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Historically, the Treaty of Versailles was not particularly harsh for a treaty imposed on a defeated power. Germany's demands at...
Mar 26, 2024
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What should the United States, Britain, and France, have done differently regarding Germany, and Europe, at the End of World War One?
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Unfortunately, in any TL where France was free to do whatever it wanted to Germany post WWI, there wouldn't BE a German nation, but...
Mar 25, 2024
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I rather think not. 1918-1919 is right at the end of, and immediately after, WWI, which Russia lost, and then we have all the other...
Mar 25, 2024
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Too big to succeed? 'Rightsize' an overextended nation or empire
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OTOH, Rome with modern Italy borders would be a very compact and defensible state with sufficient wealth and population to defend such...
Mar 14, 2024
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I feel that the Alps are a more defendable frontier than either the Danube or the Rhine, no? Anyway, I'd take the resource sink that...
Mar 14, 2024
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The Roman Republic might have lasted well beyond the Migration Period of 4th-5th centuries AD if it remained within the territories of...
Mar 14, 2024
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The only example I can think of was Charles V's European domains. Hence why he himself split them on inheritance. Most other...
Mar 14, 2024
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No, but given Justinian’s logistics versus the newly established powers in formerly Roman lands like the Gothic nations, I’d argue that...
Mar 14, 2024
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Roman *Republic* (key here is Republic)
Mar 14, 2024
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How would you have dealt with Germany post WW1?
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Yes there was something wrong without hindsight. The USA was clearly not going to maintain a large standing army in Europe to enforce...
Mar 10, 2024
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Treat Germany with respect and expect that they will always be a significant force on the European and World stage.
Mar 10, 2024
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Could France be saved in 1940?
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More generally: if you want to save France, just put Daladier and his beloved Gamelin in a plane, circa 1936, and crash and burn the...
Mar 3, 2024
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How to fix Rome - the republic - the imperial inflation?
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The problem wasn't that Rome couldn't control the Med, it was that the Republic's institutions and social structure, whilst excellent...
Mar 1, 2024
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Plus, a smaller Roman Republic confined within the very defensible Italian Peninsula would have attracted fewer barbarian hordes - so...
Mar 1, 2024
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Here’s my take, the problem was not of Rome’s size but of the speed it expanded. Much of the republic’s institutions and traditions had...
Mar 1, 2024
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