Alternate History Thread IV: The Sequel

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Spoiler Third Installation Cont. :

1400 –
1.) Treaty of Nantes signed. Richard II secures northern France, including Paris, and the title of King of France. Louis is given the title Grand Duke of France and sovereignty over the remnants of the French Kingdom. Provence is expanded to include all of southern France excluding English Bordeaux. Brittany is returned to pre-war borders and the title of Duke of Brittany changed to Grand Duke of Brittany to reflect the fully independent nature of the state. The Milanese territory is divided between Florence and Bologna with Genoa and Venice gaining maritime rights and minor land gains in Italy.
2.) Richard II returns to England, where an angry and officially exiled Henry Bolingbroke has him imprisoned and seizes his crown and titles.
3.) Thomas Arundel retakes his place as Archbishop of Canterbury.
4.) Welsh rebellion under Owain Glyndŵr begins with Owain declaring himself Prince of Wales.
5.) A series of squabbles over the Holy Roman Emperorship results with Wenceslaus the Drunkard Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, King of the Germans, and King of the Romans being deposed in favor of Rupert III, Elector Palatine, Count Palatine Zweibrücken, and King of the Germans.
6.) Timur defeats the Ottomans and Egyptians to capture Damascus.
7.) Timur conquers the Black Sheep Turkomans and Jalayirid Dynasty. The leaders of both seek safety among the Ottomans.
8.) Timur sacks Ottoman Sebaste (modern Sivas) in western Anatolia.

Spoiler Fourth Installation :

1401 –
1.) Timur raises Baghdad.
2.) Passing of De hæretico comburendo Act in England and France by Henry IV at the behest of the anti-Lollard Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Arundel. English translations of the bible are now illegal and heresy now punishable by burning at the stake.
1402 –
1.) The Ottomans loose the Battle of Ankara to Timur. The following infighting between claimants to the Ottoman throne causes a stagnation of the Ottoman rise in power.
2.) A Scottish raiding army under the Earl of Douglas is defeated by the English under Sir Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy at the Battle of Homildon Hill.
3.) The Canary Islands are colonized for Castile by Jean de Béthencourt on the orders of Henry III the Infirm Trastámara of Castile.
4.) The Welsh rebels are decisively victorious over the English, destroying the enemy army, who outnumbered them nearly 2:1, at the Battle of Bryn Glas near the Anglo-Welsh border.
5.) The former Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, dies from illness as he prepares a rebellion against Florence and Bologna.
6.) Vicenza is conquered by Venice.
1403 –
1.) A peasant uprising occurs in Paris and the surrounding countryside. Henry IV and his son leave with a large force for France.
2.) Sir Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy rebels against Henry IV and allies with Owain Glyndŵr of Wales.
3.) Battle of Shrewsbury takes place in late July in the north of England. Rebel forces under Sir Henry Percy face off against royalist forces. The Cheshire archers prove decisive in holding off the much larger royalist force long enough for rebel Welsh reinforcements to arrive. The rebels emerge victorious.
4.) Jan Hus begins preaching Lollard inspired teachings in Bohemia.
5.) The rebellion in France is put down and Henry IV returns to England.
6.) Henry IV marries Joanna of Navarre née d’Évreux, former regent of Brittany and daughter of the Navarrese king, Charles II the Bad d’Évreux.
7.) While the Ottomans are absorbed by internal struggles the Byzantines make a grab for Ottoman territory in northern Greece but are “advised” against this by Tvrtko.
8.) Vytautas ends the Lithuanian-Muscovian alliance and captures Smolensk and Vyazma.
9.) Georgia recognizes Timur as suzerain.
1404 –
1.) Owain Glyndŵr secures a triple alliance between himself, Scotland, and Sir Henry Percy’s rebels against England. Parliamentary assemblies begin in Wales.
2.) Pope Innocent VII succeeds Pope Boniface IX in Rome.
3.) Stefan Tvrtko I Kotromanić, King of Hungary, King of Naples, King of Jerusalem, Grand Duke of Provence-Forcalquier, Prince of Albania, King of Poland, dies and is succeeded by his son Stefan Tvrtko II Kotromanić.
4.) Peace and alliance against Moscow is signed by Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights.
5.) The Battle of Shipton Moor results in a defeat at the hands of Henry IV of rebel troops under the leadership of Archbishop of York Richard le Scrope and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk. The rebel troops retreat to better positions and join with forces under Sir Henry Percy.
1405 –
1.) Timur dies of fever while on campaign in China.
1406 –
1.) The Battle of Brassington is fought between the English rebels, Welsh rebels, and Scots on one side and the royal forces on the other. The royal forces are overwhelmed and the rebel alliance emerges victorious.
2.) Peace of Derby is signed. The independent Principality of Wales and Grand Duchy of Northumberland are recognized with the former under Owain IV the Great Glyndŵr, Prince of Wales and the Parliament of Wales and the later under Henry Hotspur Percy, Grand Duke of Northumberland. Man is secured as a definitively Scottish holding.
3.) Pope Alexander V succeeds Pope Innocent VII in Rome.
4.) Vytautas signs an alliance with the Novgorod Feudal Republic.
5.) Pisa falls to Florence.
1407 –
1.) The Grand Duchy of France invades that of Provence-Forcalquier.
2.) Tvrtko II responds by leading a large force into Provence.
1408 –
1.) Battle of Marseilles ends with a climactic clash between French and Provencal-Hungarian forces. Tvrtko II is killed be a random arrow in the back as Louis de Valois leads a surprise attack from behind. Hungarian forces are withdrawn from Provence.
2.) The death of Tvrtko II leads the ascension of Borić I the Infant Kotromanić, at the age of eighteen months, to the Hungarian throne and the regency of the Queen Mother Kujava née Radenović.
3.) The Treaty of Montpellier is signed by Kujava née Radenović, in the stead of Borić the Infant as Duke of Provence-Forcalquier and Louis de Valois. Languedoc and other Provencal holdings outside of Provence’s own borders are handed over to the French Grand Duke.
4.) Vytautas is invited to become knyaz of the Novgorod Feudal Republic.
1409 –
1.) The Mac Carthy Mors and O’Briens of southern and Western Ireland lead a revolt against the English with support from the Scottish. The other de facto (some of them also de jure) independent clans of Ireland join the revolt.
2.) The Anglo-Irish lords, by now in large part Gaelicized, are convinced to join the rebellion at the Summit of Dingle, in the territory of the rebel-friendly and Gaelicized FitzGerald clan.
3.) Battle of Kildare proves a victory for the Irish. Though not resulting in significant territory transfer, it does force Henry IV to go to Ireland with as much of an army as he could assemble to put the rebellion down.
4.) The Battle of Louth results in an English victory and the Irish rebels are pushed back from the Pale.
5.) The Battle of Tullamore proves a decisive rebel victory with Henry IV himself being killed in the fray.
6.) With absolutely no money to pursue the rebels, Henry V, the new King of England and King of France, is forced to sign the Treaty of Cork establishing the independent Kingdom of Ireland.
7.) The Kingdom of Ireland is formed with the Parliament, consisting of representatives of the rebel clans, the few remaining old kingdoms, and the Anglo-Irish lords, sitting in Cork. The FitzGeralds become the royal house.
1410 –
1.) The conquest of Sardinia is completed by the Aragonese.
2.) The Battle of Gulbene, one of the largest and bloodiest in medieval history, is fought in eastern Latvia between forces of the Teutonic Order and forces of Lithuania-Novgorod. Utilizing ingenious tactics, some of which were acquired from the Mongols, forces under the leadership of Vytautas the Great are decisively victorious over the Teutonic Knights.
3.) Pope Martin V succeeds Pope Alexander V in Rome.
4.) Frederick I Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, Margrave of Brandenburg and Brandenburg-Ansbach, Burgave of Nuremburg is elected King of the Romans, King of Germany, and King of Italy. He is subsequently crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome.
5.) Formerly Temurid Georgia falls under the control of the Ottomans.

Spoiler Fifth Installation :

1411 –
1.) Battle of Rapla is fought between Novgorodian and Teutonic forces in eastern Estonia. The already severely weakened Teutonic Knights stand no chance against the high moral of the Novgorodians and the battle is quickly and easily won for Novgorod.
2.) Forces of the Teutonic Order and the Lithuanian-Novgorodian alliance (mainly Lithuanians) meet at the Battle of Mažeikiai. The battle at first appears to be a real competition, but once cracks appeared in the Teutonic ranks they broke and the superior moral allowed the Lithuanians to break the enemy ranks.
1412 –
1.) The Valladolid Laws are passed in Spain placing severe restrictions on the civil rights of the Jewish population.
2.) The Peace of Turoń is signed by the Teutonic Order and the Lithuanian-Novgorodian alliance. The major Teutonic holdings in Livonia and Lithuania are split between the Novgorodians and Lithuanians leaving the Prussians with their holdings in Germany and Pomerania.
3.) Jan Hus condemns the practice of indulgences.
4.) Under papal order the Cardinal of St. Angelo takes action against Jan Hus.
5.) The Synod of Český Brod is held in Bohemia. The traditional Catholics, wishing to avoid a major confrontation, give into the Hussites by agreeing that condemnations can only be made with the agreement of the political leader of the concerned region.
1414 –
1.) Florence invades Sienna.
2.) Hussite Lollardy begins gaining dominance in Bohemia and spreading to neighboring regions in the Hungarian Empire and Austria.
3.) The Union of Yama is signed, creating the Lithuanian-Novgorodian Commonwealth with Vytautas the Great Gediminaičiai crowned King of Lithuania and Novgorod and the Novgorodian legislature expanded to include Lithuanian representation. Vytautas and the Lithuanian nobility convert to Eastern Orthodoxy.
1415 –
1.) Sienna falls to Florentine forces.
2.) The Church in England begins a crusade to eliminate Lollardism, including the burning of all works by Wycliffe and the systematic persecution and on occasion execution of nobles supporting the Lollards.
3.) A number of Lollard nobles flee to Northumberland to escape persecution.
1416 –
1.) Wenceslaus IV the Drunkard Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, gives full legal standing to Hussite Lollardism along with the Roman Catholic Church.
2.) Construction of the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension of the Holy Virgin Mary begun in Vilnius by Vytautas.
1417 –
1.) The Genoese-Florentine War begins with Florence invading Genoese holdings in the former Duchy of Milan.
2.) Siege of Genoa begins.
3.) So-called Celtic Reformation, inspired by Lollardy, begins in Ireland under the leadership of Sister Mary, Abbess of Kildare and a number of abbots around the countryside. Much of the nobility openly supports the movement.
4.) The Celtic Reformation begins to spread to Scotland.
5.) An assignation attempt by Sigismund Luxembourg, Margrave of Brandenburg, on the life of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia is halted and Sigismund is executed.
6.) Ernest I and William III von Bayern-München Wittelsbach, close allies of Sigismund, distance themselves from Sigismund by allying with the Hussite allies of Wenceslaus giving them freedom in Bavaria-Munich.
1419 –
1.) Genoese and Florentine diplomats sign the Treaty of La Spezia ending the war and creating the Most Serene Dual Republic of Florence-Genoa.
2.) Persecution of Lollards in England heightens.
3.) Celtic Reformation gains ground in Ireland and Scotland. Spreads to Man and Wales.
4.) Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia dies. His wife, Sofia of Bavaria, becomes Custodian of the Throne.
5.) Ernest I von Bayern-München Wittelsbach is crowned King of Bohemia as the closest successor to the deceased Wenceslaus IV.
6.) Under the leadership of Vytautas Lithuania-Novgorod reaches the Crimea, thus stretching from the Baltic to the Black.
1420 –
1.) Portuguese rediscover and begin settling the Madeira Islands.
2.) Native Northumbrian nobility begins adopting Lollardy.
3.) Celtic Reformation continues spreading in Ireland, Scotland, Man and Wales. Begins to gain adherents in (English ruled) Cornwall.
1421 –
1.) The Kingdom of Cyprus invades Mamluk Egypt.
2.) Murad II Osman leads an Ottoman invasion of Egypt taking advantage of the Cypriot invasion, severe political instability, and continued upheaval in Syria.
1422 –
1.) Under pressure from the nobility, Henry II Percy, Grand Duke of Northumberland, adopts Lollardism as the state religion.
2.) Savoy invades and conquers the remaining independent states of western Northern Italy, Genoa those of central northern Italy, and Venice those of eastern Northern Italy.
3.) The Battle of the Al-Fula is fought between Ottoman and Mamluk forces in the Jezreel Valley. Despite suffering large losses the Ottomans emerge victorious due to the valiant efforts of the Turkish Sipahi cavalry.
4.) The Mamluks make one last stand for Syria and the Holy Land at the Battle of El-Azariya (remembered in Christendom as the Battle of Bethany) some two miles from Jerusalem. Though the Mamluks fought valiantly to keep the Holy City, the Ottomans fought equally fiercely to gain it. In the end the Sipahis once again proved their value by tilting the battle in the Ottoman favor and handing control of the Holy Land to the House of Osman with surprisingly minimal losses.
5.) Cypriots emerge victorious at the Battle of Alexandria against demoralized and severely weakened Egyptians.
1423 –
1.) Battle of Giza is fought below the Great Pyramid between Mamluk, Ottoman, and Cypriot forces. The Cypriots emerge victorious with the Ottomans forced to accept a Cypriot victory due to earlier losses in Syria.
2.) Following the Battle of Cairo Mamluk Egypt splinters apart as numerous claimants from among the ruling Burji dynasty and from the rest of the Mamluk class claim power for themselves throughout the empire.
3.) So-called “Coptic Renaissance” begins under the pro-Christian rule of the Cypriots and leadership of Pope Matheos the Poor. Orthodox in Cyprus, however, are further angered by the Latin Monarchy’s support of Coptic Orthodox in Egypt and oppression of Eastern Orthodox in Cyprus.
1424 –
1.) The Great Italian War breaks out with the Dual Republic invading Venetian holdings in the former Duchy of Milan and in the east of Italy.
2.) The forces meet in the Battle of Peschiera outside the town of Peschiera del Garda in western Veneto. After a drawn out battle in which the Venetians are successful for some time in defending the fortress, the superior numbers and technology of the Dual Republic win out.
3.) Padua is placed under siege. The city holds out for eight months before surrendering without bloodshed.
4.) The Synod of Canterbury is called for by English authorities to discuss Northumberland’s adoption of Lollardy. They decide to raise an army to crusade against Northumberland and to request of the pope to officially declare a crusade against Northumberland.
1425 –
1.) Forces of the Dual Republic reach the outskirts of the Venetian lagoon.
2.) The Venetian doge agrees to meet that of the Dual Republic in Padua so as to avoid the siege and possible destruction of Venice.
3.) The Treaty of Padua is signed by Venice and the Dual Republic, forming the Most Serene Republic of Italy.
4.) The pope refuses to officially declare a crusade, though he unofficially encourages the English to pursue an invasion of Northumberland.
5.) An Ottoman invasion of the Cypriot home island is launched, taking the Kapasia Peninsula and from there moving south west through the island.
6.) Murad II personally leads an Ottoman army from Syria into Egypt.
1426 –
1.) English forces under John of Lancaster Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford set out for Northumberland with the intent of deposing the Grand Duchy and bringing it back under Roman Catholic control.
2.) English forces camped in Weardale near Wolsingham are surprised in a night attack from the high ground above the valley by Northumbrian troops. The Battle of Wolsingham is a massacre and the English are left devastated.
3.) Greek Orthodox Cypriots are stirred into revolt against their Catholic leaders by the Ottomans, who promise greater freedoms than the Catholics have provided.
4.) Murad’s forces confront a Cypriot army in the Battle of Damietta. Though the Ottomans emerge victorious, Murad is killed his successor, Mehmed II the Conqueror Osman, takes over command of the army.
5.) The Battle of Ain Shams is fought between Ottoman and Cypriot forces outside of Cairo. The Ottomans emerge victorious and secure Cairo and all of the Cypriot territory south until the Mamluk warlord dominated regions.
6.) The Cypriots are pushed out of Egypt by the Ottomans at the Battle of Rosetta.
1427 –
1.) English sign the Treaty of Cornriggs. The English crown agrees to relinquish all claims to sovereignty over Northumberland and to legalize Lollardy. Northumberland in turn agrees to give Roman Catholicism the same rights as Lollardry.
2.) Ernest I von Bayern-München Wittelsbach legalizes Hussite Lollardy in Bohemia under severe pressure from the merchants, peasantry, and Hussite Lollard clergy who now dominate. This is soon followed by the legalization of Lollardy in Bavaria.
3.) Celtic Reformed Catholicism is made the state religion of Ireland (Irish Reformed Church), Scotland (Scottish Reformed Church), and Wales (Welsh Reformed Church). All of these churches claim full communion with the Pope of Rome.
4.) Witch hunts begin in Switzerland.
5.) Diogo de Silves discovers the Azores Islands in the service of Portugal.
6.) The Battle of Nicosia is fought between Ottoman and Cypriot forces. The Cypriot’s appear set for victory on the eve of the battle when word reaches that Mehmed II has emerged the winner. The demoralized Cypriots are decimated by the Ottomans and a force of rebel East Orthodox.

 

[Israelite9191]

Spoiler Sixth Instalation :

1428 –
1.) Hussite Lollardy begins to gain popularity in Hungary, particularly among the German-speaking communities of northern Hungary.
2.) Albert III von Bayern-München Wittelsbach, heir to the Bohemian and Bavarian crowns, marries Teodóra Kotromanić, a Hungarian princess and sister of King Borić I the Infant Kotromanić.
3.) The Most Serene Republic of Italy invades Bologna in a five pronged attack, moving against Bologna itself with two armies and against their formerly Milanese holdings north of the Po with three armies, two from the west and one from the east.
4.) Siege of Bologna begins.
5.) Northern Bolognese territory conquered, Italian troops redirected south to aid in the siege of Bologna.
6.) Remaining Cypriot forces retreat into the south and of the island, appealing to Western Christendom for aide, which they do not receive.
7.) Fearful of the growing power of their neighbor, Muscovites invade the Commonwealth of Lithuania-Novgorod.
8.) The Coptic Renaissance continues with the conversion of the Mamluk warlord of Tmoon, the first such conversion of a Mamluk warlord.
1429 –
1.) The anticlimactic Battle of Paphos is fought between Ottoman and Cypriot forces near the ruins of what was once the center of the Aphrodite cult. The Cypriots, too hungry, demoralized, and generally worn out to resist too heartily, are slaughtered by the Ottomans and Orthodox Cypriot peasants in a matter of an hour or less.
2.) With Italian troops focused on the arena south of the Po, Savoy advantageously invades Italy, taking territory up to and past Milan itself as well as much of Liguria, falling short of Genoa, however.
3.) Aragon lands an invasion fleet on Corsica, intent to take the territory as its own while Italy is involved with more important matters.
4.) Vytautas repulses the Muscovite offensive with a series of battles in the hinterlands. He proceeds to lead his troops in an offensive into Muscovite lands.
1430 –
1.) Rinaldo degli Albizzi of Florence rallies Italian troops under his command, leading them to a swift series of victories, destroying the Savoisienne army and securing Milan and the associated territory north of the Po.
2.) Rinaldo continues on, leading his troops into a direct offensive against Savoy.
3.) Bolognese and Italian officials sign the Treaty of Modena, incorporating Bologna into the Most Serene Republic of Italy.
4.) The last resistance in Corsica is decimated by the Aragonese.
5.) The Ottoman expansion redirects itself east ward with an invasion of Trebizond.
6.) Coptic missionaries sent by Alexandrine Pope John XI of Maksi covert several Mamluk warlords as part of the Coptic Renaissance, including the powerful warlords of Benghazi and Akhmin.
7.) The Battle of Porkhov results in a Muscovite victory. The Commonwealth forces are pushed back from the Pskov area further in towards Novgorod.
1431 – 1433 –
1.) The Ligurian War continues with Italian and Savoisienne forces clashing along the Savoy-Italy border and Italian and Aragonese fleets staring each other down, trying to outmaneuver one another but never actually engaging in combat.
2.) Muscovite and Commonwealth forces trade blows along the mostly stagnant battle front with the Muscovites failing to capitalize on their victory at Porkhov.
3.) Coptic Mamluk warlords and their Muslim counterparts clash throughout Egypt. In the Ottoman court of Bursa opposing factions debate remaining outside of the conflict, intervening on the side of the Christians (who were encouraged to have good relations with the sultan by their Pope) with the aim of securing control over all of Egypt, or intervening on the side of the Muslims (who were more nationalistically Arab and anti-Turkish) with the aim of securing control over all of Egypt. For the time the sultan chose the first possibility.
1434 –
1.) Chambéry is laid under siege after the Italian victory at the Battle of Thonon-les-Bains, forcing the Savoisiennes to the discussion table. The subsequent Treaty of Thonon-les-Bains incorporates Savoy into the Most Serene Republic of Italy.
2.) Hafsid Ifriqiya launches a surprise attack against the Aragonese in support of Italy. The two fleets face off in the naval Battle of Sant’Antioco Island off the southern tip of Sardinia, which is easily won by the fresh and well prepared Ifriqiyans.
3.) In the Battle of San Fiorenzo Bay a combined Italian-Hafsid fleet defeats an Aragonese fleet, securing dominance over the Ligurian Sea and the islands of Corsica and Sardina.
4.) Kujava Kotromanić née Radenović, former regent and de facto ruler of Hungary in the stead of Borić I the Infant Kotromanić, sends Borić the Infant to lead Hungarian forces in an invasion of the remnant holdings of the Teutonic Order.
5.) Gil Eanes, in the service of Portugal, rounds Cape Bojador. The Portuguese enter the African slave market.
6.) Alexandrine Pope John XI, an ally of the sultan, backs the devout Coptic warlord Shenouda Fanous of Benghazi, encouraging his wars to conquer the whole of Cyrenaica.
7.) Muscovite forces manage to break the Commonwealth line in the Battle of the Msta River.
1435 –
1.) Italy sends two fleets to retake Corsica and conquer Sardinia.
2.) Italian forces defeat the Aragonese invasion forces in the Battle of San Martino di Lota in central Corsica. In securing the highlands and the eastern coast the Italians are able to drive the Aragonese into relatively defenseless positions and thus to control the island.
3.) The Battle of Mount Ortobene in northern Sardinia drives the Aragonese away from the coast and into the interior.
4.) The Aragonese are forced to retreat into west-central Sardinia where the Italians catch them some ways outside the town of Bosa. The ensuing Battle on the Temo is won by the Italians, who were superior in training, technology, and experience coming straight out of the great battlefields of Northern Italy.
5.) The last of the Aragonese in Sardinia are cornered by the Italians in the southeast of the island. The Battle of Ilbono results in a decisive Italian victory.
6.) In the naval theatre the climactic Battle of Es Migjorn Gran is fought off the southwest coast of Minorca. The mass of the Aragonese fleet is pitted against that of the Hafsids, mercenary Barbary pirates, and a moderately sized contingent of Italian supporters. Both the Aragonese and Hafsids suffer tremendous losses. In the end, the Italians tip the balance and the day goes to the Italians-Hafsids givin them complete naval supremacy in the Western Mediterranean.
7.) Hungarian forces, far outnumbering their opponents, defeat the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Neuteich. They go on to secure remaining Teutonic territory and to lay siege to Königsberg.
8.) Vytautas rallies his troops to a spectacular victory at the Battle of Oreshek (Shlisselburg), successfully utilizing the fortress defenses to destroy to annihilate the Muscovite army.
9.) The Ottomans under Murad II capture Medina and Mecca. Having come into control of the three holiest cities in Islam (Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem) as well as the former Caliphal seats of Damascus and Cairo, the sultans begin tentatively claiming Caliphal authority.
1436 –
1.) The Treaty of Vila-real (Villareal) is signed by the Aragonese, Italians, and Ifriqiya. Aragon agrees to hand over Sardinia to Italy and the Balearics to the Hafsids.
2.) The still large Italian fleet launches a sneak attack on their (former) allies, the Hafsid Ifriqiyans. The Battle of La Savina Beach, fought off the coast of Formentera at the southern extremity of the Balearics, results in a definitive Italian victory and the destruction of the Hafsid navy.
3.) Barbary pirates, under hire of the Italians, destroy the harbors of Bizerte, Nabeul, Sousse, Sfax, and Halq al Wadi (La Goulette) and the ships docked there in.
4.) A small Italian force lands in the Balearics, raising the Italian standard over Majorca.
5.) Königsberg falls to the Hungarian forces. The Teutonic Order is no longer extent as a political force.
6.) Vytautas’ forces, in a dramatic counterattack, reach and lay siege to Moscow.
1437 –
1.) Italian forces establish beachheads in Bizerte and Nabeul.
2.) Forces under Rinaldo degli Albizzi move out from Nabeul to lay siege to Tunis, where the superior Italian troops manage to hold out against valiant Hafsid attempts to break the siege.
3.) A separate army under the command of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, the “Wolf of Rimini”, marches on Halq al Wadi from Bizerte taking the city easily.
4.) Malatesta’s troops join in the siege of Tunis.
5.) Scottish capital is moved to Edinburgh.
6.) Having completed the conquest of Cyrenaica with the fall of Ajdabiya, Shenouda Fanous embarks on a pilgrimage, traveling to Alexander to visit Pope John XI, then on to holy sites throughout the Ottoman Empire including Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Antioch before pledging his allegiance to the sultan’s court in Bursa. Shenouda leaves his nephew Youssef Wahba in control during his absence.
7.) Moscow capitulates and the Commonwealth forces take the city. In the ensuing celebrations Vytautas dies choking on a chicken bone. Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis takes his place as general and de facto ruler of the Commonwealth.
8.) Metropolitan St. Pimen moves the Metropolia of Moscow to Yaroslavl.
1438 –
1.) A large Hafsid army, consisting of a mix of Ifriqiyan troops and Berber mercenaries, attacks the back of the Italian besieging forces. The Battle of the Bab el Bahr is fought long and hard beneath the looming shadow of the famed arch. Italy’s superior leadership, greater troop experience, and top-of-the-line weaponry finally win the day due to crafty in-battle diplomacy on the part of the Wolf of Rimini, who manages to persuade the Berber mercenaries to turn their backs on the Ifriqiyans in exchange for hefty sums of gold florins.
2.) With the fall of Tunis the Hafsid governance collapses and resistance becomes minimal with Italian troops seizing the remaining territory with relative ease.
3.) The Wolf of Rimini, appointed governor of the new Piccola Sicilia, or Little Sicily, territory formed of Ifriqiya, establishes government functions in Halq al Wadi and renames the city La Goletta. Colonizers, mainly from Maltesta’s home lands in Romagna, soon begin to trickle into Piccola Sicilia, in particular the highly Italianized La Goletta.
4.) Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis returns to Vilnius having completed the conquest of Muscovy (and thus all of the Russian principalities with the exceptions of Ryazan and Tver). Following the funeral ceremonies of Vytautas, he is given the Lithuanian crown before traveling to Novgorod to receive the title of knyaz.

1439 –
1.) Alfonso V the Magnanimous Trastámara hires Federico III da Montefeltro to lead his troops and a large contingent of Italian mercenaries in an invasion of Castile.
2.) Sweden deposes Eric VII, III, and XII, King of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, the Vends and Goths, Duke of Pomerania, in favor of the Karl Knutsson Bonde, Regent of Sweden.
1440 –
1.) Youssef Wahba seizes control of Cyrenaica declaring himself Pharaoh of Egypt and rightful successor to the fabled ancient Egyptian empire in a bid to gain legitimacy among the Copts and nationalist Egyptian Muslims as he raises a large army to strike into Ottoman Egypt.
2.) Shenouda Fanous, upon hearing of his nephew’s actions, leaves the court of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, where he had been resting in preparation for the trek back to Benghazi, and boards a ship for Alexandria.
3.) The Pope of Alexandria issues an excommunication of Youssef Wahba.
4.) Christopher av Bayern von Pfalz-Neumarkt is elected king of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the Vends and Goths reuniting the Kalmar Union.
5.) Frederick I Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, Margrave of Brandenburg and Brandenburg-Ansbach, Burgave of Nuremburg, King of the Romans, King of Germany, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor dies. Frederick II the Gentle Wettin, Elector and Duke of Saxony, replaces him as King of the Romans, King of Germany, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor.
1441 –
1.) Da Montefeltro’s troops marching across the north Castilian coast encounter little resistance as Castile’s troops, led by an ineffectual, corrupt, disrespected, and, as many would say, illegitimate government either break lines into disorganized retreat, are swayed over to the Aragonese side with bribes, or are ordered to defend Toledo and the court of the incompetent king John II Trastámara, at the time controlled by the equally incompetent queen consort Isabella of Portugal Aviz.
2.) Meanwhile, further south, the second column of Aragonese troops meet much greater resistance in their push towards Toledo as Isabella of Portugal, desperate to maintain her own position against any would be court intrigues emboldened by the presence Aragonese troops, has a good three quarters of the army shifted to the Tagus River basin to defend central Castile and the capital
3.) Bartolomeo Colleoni and a contingent of Italian and Swiss mercenaries arrive in Toledo, hired by Isabella of Portugal to defend the city as she fears the Castilians will betray her as she is Portuguese.
4.) A planned Aragonese landing along the Murcian coast is beet back by heavy and unexpected civilian resistance.
5.) Portuguese explorers reach the mouths of the Senegal and Gambia Rivers.
1442 –
1.) Troops under Francesco Sforza, hired by Alfonso V, make a second attempt to land along the Murcian coast. This time, under the experienced leadership of the condottieri, the Italian mercenaries and Aragonese regulars emerge victorious.
2.) The southern Aragonese troops are stalled by the Castilians at the Battle of Madrid.
3.) Shenouda Fanous, having raised an army of Berber and Arab mercenaries, fanatical Copts taking the Pope’s excommunication of Wahba as a call to arms, and a few Ottoman divisions on loan from the sultan, sets out from Alexandria moving south to Cairo to gather further supplies and troops.
1443 –
1.) Sforza’s troops begin the long march north and west towards Toledo through the vast and dry expanses of La Mancha.
2.) Granada, utilizing Italian mercenaries led by Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, the “Wolf of Rimini”, capture Seville and Córdoba in relatively bloodless battles with most of Castile’s troops defending Toledo and the Tagus River valley and what troops were positioned in Andalusia moving eastwards to stop Sforza’s troops from reaching Toledo.
3.) Castilian troops begin a counter offensive against the Aragonese, moving out north and east from Madrid towards Zaragoza, securing the whole of the Tagus River valley while a separate contingent in the west constructs a series of forts north of the Tagus and along the Portuguese border.
4.) Shenouda Fanous returns north to Alexandria from Cairo, where a contingent of Italian and Swiss mercenaries under the command of Scaramuccia da Forlì are waiting to join up with his army, bringing his numbers to an almost two to one advantage over his nephew.
1444 –
1.) Sforza is defeated in the Battle of Calatrava, near the former monastic fortress of the same name, stalling the Aragonese offense along its southern banks.
2.) Castilian troops push the Aragonese offense along the Tagus back nearly to the Aragonese border where the Aragonese manage to win a minor victory taking advantage of the elevation and stop the Castilian counter-offensive.
3.) Da Montofeltro’s troops emerge from León in full force, their numbers swelled by Basque mercenaries from Navarre, and defeat the Castilian garrison in Burgos before seizing the more important city of Valladolid and pushing the front south to the Duero.
4.) The Wolf of Rimini’s troops complete their conquest of the Guadalquivir River valley with the Battle of Jaén, the only sight of real resistance and set to work constructing a series of fortifications to defend their conquests.
5.) A (jealous) former lover and (or so she thought) close friend of Isabella of Portugal, kills her.
6.) Shenouda Fanous finally departs Alexandria heading west into Cyrenaica. He soon enough runs into his nephews troops, headed towards Alexandria, at El-Alamein. The battle quickly ensues, with neither side prepared. The expertise of da Forlì combined with the fact that many of Wahba’s best leaders had defected to Fanous out of loyalty to their original commander allow loyalist troops to gain some sort of organization much quicker than the “Pharaonic” troops. Soon enough, this translates into a decisive and bloody victory for Fanous.
7.) The Battle of St. Jakob results in a decisive victory for the Swis Confederation over Zürich. The battle is seen by historians as a defining moment, affirming the power and unity of the confederacy.
8.) The first European slave market auctioning imported Africans, the Mercado de Escravos, opens in Lagos, Portugal.

 

[Israelite9191]

1445 –
1.) With the death of the Isabella of Portugal, the Castilian leadership collapses and many contingents punished along the outer fronts defect to the Aragonese while the morale of the loyal remnants takes an unredeemable hit.
2.) Da Montofeltro’s troops cross the Duero heading south and west to lay siege Salamanca, a very well defended and stocked, but never the less essential to the Aragonese, city.
3.) The troops under Sforza make their way unopposed to Toledo. Upon reaching the city they lay siege, digging in for a drawn out process.
4.) Madrid is seized bloodlessly.
5.) Shenouda and Wahba face off in the Battle of Benghazi. The battle is over quickly with the “Pharaonic” rebels decimated. Though he begs for mercy, Wahba is decapitated by his uncle, leaving Shenouda undoubtedly in control, but without a natural successor.
1446 –
1.) The Portuguese explorer Álvaro Fernandes discovers the mouth of the Geba River in OTL Guinea-Bissau.
1447 –
1.) John III retreats from public society, believed to have finally gone insane from the loss of his wife.
2.) Shahrukh Mirza Timurid Barlas, Great Amir of the Chagatai Khanate dies, ushering in a period of instability in the khanate.
3.) The von Bayern-Ingolstadt line of Wittelsbachs dies out and Albert III von Bayern-München Wittelsbach inherits the territory.
1448 –
1.) Colleoni betrays Toledo, effectively selling the city and the Castilian crown to Aragon.
2.) Sforza’s troops and those of the original southern push are join together in Toledo, before continuing south and west into what remained of Castilian Andalusia and Leon south of the Tagus.
3.) Christopher av Bayern von Pfalz-Neumarkt, King of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Vends and the Goths, dies. He is succeeded in Sweden by Karl Knuttson Bonde who is hailed as Charles II Bonde, King of Sweden from the Stone of Mora. In Denmark he is succeeded by Christian I Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst.
4.) Albert III von Bayern-München Wittelsbach launches an invasion of Bavaria-Landshut, the last remaining Bavarian territory not in his control.
1449 –
1.) Badajoz is taken by Sforza. His troops turn north to join the still ongoing siege of Salamanca.
2.) Constantine XI Palaiologos is crowned as the Byzantine emperor.
3.) Charles II Bonde, King of Sweden is crowned as Charles I Bonde, King of Norway in Trondheim.
4.) Albert’s forces defeat the Landshut Bavarians at the Battle of Memmingen, thus securing the valuable Salt Road connecting the Alps to Albert’s territories in Bavaria-Munich and Bohemia. Capitalizing on the near-universal hatred of Henry XVI, a horribly oppressive and aging monarch, Albert is able to secure Landshut’s territories south of the Danube without much further bloodshed.
1450 –
1.) Salamanca, after approximately half a decade of resistance, falls to the Aragonese forces with the arrival of fresh mercenary troops from Switzerland.
2.) Charles I/II Bonde is deposed in Norway and replaced by Christian I who adds “King of Norway” to his titles and reestablishes Denmark as the center of the (fractured) Kalmar Union.
3.) The Battle of Frontenhausen results in a serious loss for Albert with many of his mercenaries dying.
4.) Rights to the Wittelsbach holdings in the Low Lands are sold to William III the Brave Wettin, Landgrave of Thuringia, Duke of Luxemburg. The profits refill Albert’s war chest.
1451 –
1.) Recovering from their losses, Albert’s troops win the Battle of Landau an der Isar, assisted by rebels from the city.
2.) A second offensive, launched from Bohemia rather than Bavaria-Munich, surprises Landshut allowing for the striking victory for Albert in the Battle of Bayreuth.
3.) The Battle of Regensburg results in a clear and relatively bloodless victory for Albert.
4.) Henry XVI von Bayern-Landshut Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut, dies of a heart attack. Though his son Louis IX von Bayern-Landshut Wittelsbach is the clear successor, the death of the duke at such an unfortunate time shakes the confidence of what few supporters remain.
1452 –
1.) Siege of Landshut begins.
2.) The Battle of Fürth, pitting the remnants of the loyal Landshut troops in the north of Bavaria against Albert’s Bohemian troops, results in a bloody and brutal victory for Albert after a prolonged battle.
3.) Nuremburg surrenders without resistance.
4.) Albert’s troops cross the Danube from the south and seize western Landshut, quickly defeating the demoralized defenders in the Battle of Neuhof an der Zenn.
1454 –
1.) Landshut capitulates and is taken, thus uniting Bavaria.
2.) The daughter of Mehmed II the Conqueror Osmanli, Sultan of the Most Sublime Ottoman State, Hürrem Osmanli, is married to Abu Sa’id Timurid, Amir of the Chagatai Khanate in Samarkand. Due to the diplomatic importance of the marriage, she is quickly elevated to the position of chief wife and queen.

 

[Symphony D.]

Just as commentary, it would be much easier to just link to previous entries, instead of reposting them every single time more is added...

 

[das]

Ah good, a new installment for me to attack.

Alfonso V the Magnanimous Trastámara hires Federico III da Montefeltro to lead his troops and a large contingent of Italian mercenaries in an invasion of Castile.

Would Aragon be in any position to launch a new foreign adventure this early? Or was Alfonso simply desperate to reestablish Aragonese power and prestige one way or the other after that Mediterranean debacle?

Pharaoh of Egypt

Was this kind of title still in favour amongst the Coptic community?

5.) Frederick I Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, Margrave of Brandenburg and Brandenburg-Ansbach, Burgave of Nuremburg, King of the Romans, King of Germany, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor dies. Frederick II the Gentle Wettin, Elector and Duke of Saxony, replaces him as King of the Romans, King of Germany, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor.

Not much in the way of imperial monopoly, then. I still think that in the absence of the Habsburgs the Wittelsbachs have the best chance of seizing it eventually.

Incidentally, Imperial politics are getting hard to keep track of. Perhaps some kind of a recap is in order?

Granada, utilizing Italian mercenaries led by Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, the “Wolf of Rimini”, capture Seville and Córdoba in relatively bloodless battles with most of Castile’s troops defending Toledo and the Tagus River valley and what troops were positioned in Andalusia moving eastwards to stop Sforza’s troops from reaching Toledo.

I was under the impression that the Nasrids were quite firmly on the defensive by this moment; not to mention plagued by internal strife. Would they actually try and attack?

What would make more sense would be a Moroccan expedition to secure a position in southern Spain and then take over Granada as well. That's how most Muslim offensives in Spain worked. Perhaps the Granadans would even invite the Moroccans themselves, and then be taken over.

He is succeeded in Sweden by Karl Knuttson Bonde who is hailed as Charles II Bonde, King of Sweden from the Stone of Mora.

Inconsistancy; didn't Karl already depose him in Sweden, according to earlier in the timeline? If so, then why wait for him to die, unless some agreement was negotiated?

2.) The daughter of Mehmed II the Conqueror Osmanli, Sultan of the Most Sublime Ottoman State, Hürrem Osmanli, is married to Abu Sa’id Timurid, Amir of the Chagatai Khanate in Samarkand. Due to the diplomatic importance of the marriage, she is quickly elevated to the position of chief wife and queen.

And that answers the question of what will happen in Persia, Iraq and so forth in coming years. But is Mehmed the Conqueror already?

Aside from that, the big question is, what happened in Eastern Europe, England and France during this time? I suppose you'll add that in later.

 

[Israelite9191]

Would Aragon be in any position to launch a new foreign adventure this early? Or was Alfonso simply desperate to reestablish Aragonese power and prestige one way or the other after that Mediterranean debacle?

A mix of both. Whereas in OTL Aragon was able to concentrate the economic force accumulated by the Catalan merchants (a force often overlooked by historians in favor of the northern Italians) in the Med, here they have been kicked out. Alfonso, having something of a power base, desperate to recover after the Mediterranean War, and seeing Castille in such a vulnerable position, took advantage of the situation, and did so mightily well.

Was this kind of title still in favour amongst the Coptic community?

I would think so, yes. The Coptic Renaissance, besides reviving Oriental Orthodoxy, has revived Egyptian identity seperate from the Arabs as a whole. The legacy of the pharaohs (both native and Hellenistic) are being glorified during this period in a similar way to how the Roman emperors were in OTL, and as a man desperate to acheive some sort of legitimacy it only seems natural that he would claim the title.

Not much in the way of imperial monopoly, then. I still think that in the absence of the Habsburgs the Wittelsbachs have the best chance of seizing it eventually.

Incidentally, Imperial politics are getting hard to keep track of. Perhaps some kind of a recap is in order?

The Wittelsbachs are more powerful, that is certain, but they are at this point gradually growing away from interest in the greater Holy Roman Empire in favor of their personal empire in Bohemia and Bavaria.

Well, basically, the Empire is in a state of disorder on a larger stage while there has been quite a bit of reorganising of the different territories and condensing of power into fewer and fewer hands. At this point the Wittelsbachs are indeed the most powerful family, with about a third of the empire (Bohemia, Bavaria, the Rhine Palatinate) in the hands of the family's head, but relatively uninterested in pursuing the Imperial Crown. The Wettins, meanwhile, have brought the Low Lands (including Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, and few more territories, under their control) making them the second most powerful family, though not be a large enough margin to allow them to sieze an imperial monopoly, especially with the Wittelsbachs around who, while uninterested in the crown for themselves, are certainly not keen to allow another family to sieze a monopoly. Basically, at this point, it's anyone's game so to speak.

I was under the impression that the Nasrids were quite firmly on the defensive by this moment; not to mention plagued by internal strife. Would they actually try and attack?

They see a week Castille and the ability to resieze Seville and, more importantly Cordoba. The amir at the moment would, in particularly, be eager to secure his position by directing the efforts of the nobility at expansion and gaining personal glory in the siezing of Cordoba itself. Also, given the high availability of Italian mercenaries at the moment (the unification of Italy made them in large part obsolete in the peninsular itself), the Granadans would be able to raise a large and well trained army in a flash. With such an easy target, so much to gain from attacking, and so much available military strength, what nation would in their right mind not attack?

Now, I don't expect this to be the begining of an Andalusian renaissance. You're right in that the Nasrids are dissunited and weak at the moment, and wouldn't likely be able to hold themselves together. However, a very brief recovery seems likely given the circumstances.

What would make more sense would be a Moroccan expedition to secure a position in southern Spain and then take over Granada as well. That's how most Muslim offensives in Spain worked. Perhaps the Granadans would even invite the Moroccans themselves, and then be taken over.

I wouldn't think Morocco would be in such a position. With the Italians in such domination of the sea lanes and the removal of inter-Italian fighting, the Barbary piracy that provided much of the Moroccan treasury is no longer feasible. The Moroccoans at this point are in a quicker decline that the Andalusians, which I am pretty sure will be reflected in the next installation.

Inconsistancy; didn't Karl already depose him in Sweden, according to earlier in the timeline? If so, then why wait for him to die, unless some agreement was negotiated?

Just following OTL good sir. These events are unnafected by the PoD, but important to the evolving story.

And that answers the question of what will happen in Persia, Iraq and so forth in coming years.

In what manner?

But is Mehmed the Conqueror already?

Retrospective naming.

Aside from that, the big question is, what happened in Eastern Europe, England and France during this time? I suppose you'll add that in later.

Hungary and Lithuania-Novgorod are both in a period of stagnation (Hungary more than Lithuania) which will be ending soon (I expect rather violently with Hungary at least). England and France are quite boring at the moment, but will be heating up once Protestantism rears its ugly head.

 

[das]

In what manner?

Well, duh. Chagatai and the Ottomans are extremelly well-positioned to divide everything between them, and given the situation in the Mediterranean the Ottomans don't have any better directions for expansion other than the east.

 

[Israelite9191]

Well, duh. Chagatai and the Ottomans are extremelly well-positioned to divide everything between them, and given the situation in the Mediterranean the Ottomans don't have any better directions for expansion other than the east.

There is a little thing called the Red Sea-Indian Ocean trade that I'm sure the Ottomans are very keen to control.... But yes, I was thinking something like that with a revived Timurid empire, propped up by Ottoman allies, causing the Shi'a Safavids and the Uzbek Turks to be still born.

 

[silver 2039]

Hmm....with a Ottoman Empire looking east would they be able to stop European expansion into the Indian Ocean? In OTL they fought against the Portuguese allied with Gujurat and other local states. Here if they concentrated more on this area there could be an Ottoman dominated Indian Ocean.

 

[das]

Hmm....with a Ottoman Empire looking east would they be able to stop European expansion into the Indian Ocean? In OTL they fought against the Portuguese allied with Gujurat and other local states. Here if they concentrated more on this area there could be an Ottoman dominated Indian Ocean.

At least temporarily, yes. And Israelite did mention a more naval focus for them here. But in any case Basrah would be very useful in establishing Ottoman domination.

Hmm, they probably would also introduce stronger central power in Egypt in that case.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Spoiler :

The year was 2010. America has recently left Iraq, and created 3 new governments; Kurds in the North, Sunnis in the west, and Shiites in the East. While it really wasn't complete, the American people said "Mission Acomplished". The three governments decided to take sides. The Kurds (Kurdistan) went to Turkey for help, The Shiite's (Baghdad) turned to Iran, and the Sunni nation (Iraq) went to Saudi Arabia for protection. While no one realised at the time, the Iraqi-Arabic alliance would be very important, but lets not do that yet.

(2010-2013) In Europe, especially the eastern nations, the EU was becoming a dominating factor in politics. The British were largely hands off, but France, Germany, and Italy were locked in a power struggle. Due to a Russian bear on their horizon, Germany started a large military build up, and Italy and France were scared not only of Russia now, but the Germans too. When Germany got their first Nuclear weapon 9 months later, France and Italy panicked, but kept their cool, and had a finger on the red button. The other nations, sensing a deadlock, started chosing sides. Spain, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece fell under the sway of Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, and Belguim were locked between power hungry Germany and France, and in the end, all 3 chose France, and finally, the Germans, Serbians, Slovakians, Austrians, Hungarians, Macedonians, Croatians, Danes, Romanians, Chez and Bulgarians all joined to form the East European Union (EEU). Finland, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldava, Lithunia, Lavita, and Estonia more or less peacefuly joined Russia. Poland, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland all stayed nuetral.

(2010-2012) In Asia, China was going through Civil war. One wanted to make China even more industrious than it already was, while another wanted to go try to make China as a whole more wealthy. Taiwan was not absent, and quickly (with U.S. premission) seized China's southern part declaring the Nationalists had returned. American and Austarlian elite troops quickly secured China's nuclear arsenol, and immediatly made wrong on their promise to not disarm them. With China in Civil war, South Korea (With U.S. air support, and help from the Japanesse navy) started attacking North Korea. While the North Koreans were going to use their artillery by Seoul to decimate the city, the American stealth bombers destroyed them the night before war was "declared". While the North Koreans had hoped to use their civilians as resistance fighters, it backfired on them. You see, with Kim Il Jung trying to make North Korea a nuclear power, little food was coming in, and the people greeted the Allies (America, Japan, South Korea) as liberators. After 2 years of combat, the allies won, and the Republic of Korea was formed.

(2010-2014) In China, things were still going bad. While the commies were still fighting eachother, the Nationilists were kicking back, and occasionaly taking huge chunks of Chinese territory. At long last, after over 50,000,000 casulties, a temporary ceasefire was signed, and the Communists got most of North China, while the Nationilists got South. Tibet was also freed by American request. Everyone knew that this was just a re arming period, and 2014 was one of the biggest emmigration application years in the history of China.

(2012) With America and China occupied in Asia, Europe has all hell turned over, and the British in total isolation, no one but Iran could really do anything about the growing league of Islam, first consisting of just Iraq and Arabia, but now the only non Sunni nation in it was Turkey. All of North and West Africa were in the League, and not many people outside of Iran cared. However, the world was chocked when the entire league of Islam anounced that it would be uniting into Dar-al Islam; a large republic with religion as the final law. While united, they may have stood a chance, the little kingdom/dictatordoms divided had no chance against the league and lost their land to Dar-al-Islam. Even with this unification, the only people who can do anything are Iran, India, and Turkey, none which are truely powerful enough on their own to do anything.

(2013) After over 27 assasination attempts, Raul Castro is finaly dead. A reinactment of the Bay of Pigs with heavy american support crushes the communist garrison, and Cuba has a democracy for the first time in over 60 years.

(2016) China's communist government is overran, the Republic of China is instated. By this time, the Alliances of the world are The Free World Alliance: U.S.A., India, Republic of Korea, Republic of China, Japan, Mexico, Cuba. The Commintern: The new and Improved Soviet Union, Poland, Mongolia. The Commenwealth Alliance: Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zeland, South Africa. The Anti Commintern Axis: Greater Republic of Italy, The Fourth Republic of France, The EEU. The league of Islam: Dar-al-Islam, Ethiopia, Congo, other various African nations.

(2020) World War III starts, with the Soviet invasion of the EEU. No Alliance other than the Axis and the Commintern are at war.

(2021) Berlin falls to Soviet government. FWA, and CA mobilise

(2023) Battle of the Rhine. The Soviet advance is halted, as European forces dig in, with Air Supperiority. The Soviets fall back. Romania and Bulgaria join Commintern (Forced)

(2026) Beak in the Rhine front, Soviets threaten Ampsterdam, Soviets capture Italy, Prepares for assult on Sicily

(2027) Sicily falls to Soviets, Centeral Europe falls to Soviets, Ampsterdam falls to Soviets, Brussles under artillery fire by Soviets.

(2028) Naples falls, FWA and CA Volunteer force lands at Brest, Brussles falls, Calais falls, Sweden and Norway forced to join Commintern, Denmark falls, Rome falls, Greece falls, Istanbul assulted and captured, Dar-al-Islam joins war on Axis side, all land West of Luxemburg in Europe is under Soviet control, EEU forced into Guerilla warfare, Paris is under seige

(2029) French forces win huge victory at Paris, FWA and CA join war on Axis side, Rome retaken by CA forces, Calais retaken, Low countries liberated by FWA, Vladvistok attacked by FWA, taken by Japanese/Korean forces.

(2034) Rhine Front retaken by Axis, Denmark reemerges, Sweden/Norway declare Independence, Berlin threatened

(2036) Soviet Union Proper threatened, Pre war borders offered, with a free Poland, and reperations to be paid for. Everyone just wants peace.

(2078) British are able to establish first colony on Moon, mostly mining camp

(2080) British take control of moon

(2085) America colinises Mars

(2100) British find world similar to Earth, uninhabited, starts the Colonial Era

 

[a_propagandist]

A German military build-up seems highly unlikely and France and Italy would not be very worried about that. For another thing, the French have several hundred nukes; the Germans getting one wouldn't worry them THAT much. Civil war in China would also be very unlikely. The oncoming famine and weird weather patterns would cause great dissent, but, unlike the other Communist revolutions during the 20th century, these rebels would not be able to find a source of aid and arms. THe North Koreans would not greet Americans with that much welcome as per the indoctrination the North Korean government conducts. (like the textbooks with arithmetic problems about destroying American imperialist tanks) For another thing, the Nationalists in Taiwan aren't that strong. They only control around half of government. The other half, the ruling half with the embezzling problems, is strictly independence-minded in terms of rejoining with China. That many nations would not join the "League of Islam" as Algerian and Egyptian extremists would not be friendly to the Saudis, seen as traitors to an Islamic cause. Plus, you grouped in Libya, which is heavily US-friendly (playing on Cold War and terrorism fears). West Africa would not be that connected with the Middle East either. As a reminder, the Somalians, Iranians, and assorted extremists in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Somalia, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria would be the radical extremists who would form such a nation based on Islamic law (called sharia, I think). No offense, but it is preposterous to think that the Saudis would start a radical Islamic nation. For another thing, the Cubans are not that dissent-minded in terms of leadership. Unless the US or some nation undertook an effort to kill Cuban leadership, such a thing would not occur. The polarization of Western Europe is preposterous as the very economic structures are being bound together. Say, if Germany attacked France, both economies would be greatly hurt. The Soviets also fell from their facade of grand military might. Though currently pursuing a more repressive stance towards dissenters, they do not really pose a threat to Europe, such that Europe would not divide as your premise suggests. If the economic power is still the US, the idea of Britain colonizing the moon before the US is kinda out there as the British space program doesn't rank in the top three. Of course, that could be bias from me (a non-ignorant American, hopefully). Your "colonising" spelling could be that you are from Britain or... nvm, checked your location thing. Also, the 5 year span is not a feasible gap for the colonization of Mars.

 

[silver 2039]

There are so many things wrong with this I don't even know where to start.....

 

[a_propagandist]

My comments?

 

[silver 2039]

No NK's....

 

[TheBladeRoden]

Still better than the alt-hists I was writing at his age.

 

[jeps]

QUESTION: why would finland (the rest of the list secondary) EVER join russia? the Finns I know STILL HATE the russians with a passion I have for hating the Detroit Red Wings, and then some.

As well, some of them might ally with a fascist russia, a democratic russia, or anything BUT a communist russia. poland would NEVER AGAIN go communist.

Ethiopia is mainly christian. Christians make up 61% of the country's population, Muslims 33%. As well they are a secular nation. If they sided with anyone, it would be the Communists or Americans.
Christianity is the predominant religion in coastal regions of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire

There is no Kim Il-Jung. You are either referring to Kim Jong-Il or his dead father, Kim Il-Sung.

Israel would be involved with the americans. one of the highest technological powers of the world and THE powderkeg of the modern world would not disappear completely by 2010.

 

[Swissempire]

There are so many things wrong with all of that i can't start

I'll only point out that Turkey hates Kurds and Vice-Versa.

 

[Nuka-sama]

oh, well thanks for your opinions. This will just help my next Alt history

 

[Disenfrancised]

Your "colonising" spelling could be that you are from Britain or... nvm, checked your location thing.

He's really not from here . The no proper UKian would ever believe would could accomplish so much .

Well anyway lets criteque the timeline a bit.

1)A three state solution in iraq is widely regarded as a bad plan for various reasons, and isn't proposed by the front-running candidates for US president in 2008.
2)The Kurds turning towards turkey is laughable - turkey would never support an Kurdish state as it gives fuel to their own (semi-oppressed) Kurdish seperatists and has repeatedly said so.
3) Do you understand the EU at all? There is no 'power struggle' to dominate it, the conflict is between nationalists who want to put their country first+and disentangle, and superstaters who want a uniting federalism. The community knows full well what petty dominace battles brings, and any internal military build up by any player will be met with condemnation and ejection.
4) What 'russian bear'? why and how has russia reemerged as a threat to germany. Russia would have to go through other EU members to get to germany, and is actually far friendlier with the germans than the poles. A threatening Russia would lead to solidarity rather than dominace games. Plus, Russias new standing is built entirty on energy exports - they need to keep europe as a market so they will bully but never outright threaten (the reason Putin and Brown can argue like this is because Britain gets ~2% of its gas from Russia, they don't need us as a market and we don't need them as a supplier).
5)The political environment in germany is very much against nuclear weapons (besides which they have the expertise and supplies to build on rather faster than you timespan ), and know they are under the US, Britain and Frances nuclear umbrella by staying in the EU (not to mention the vast trade advanatages).
6)The 'minor nations' picking sides is ludicrious, they push much more for a 'alliance of equals' in europe and would never allow themselves to be domianted by one local nation again (and they can always run to uncle same and NATO if they feel threatened). Whats much more likly would be the return to a more EEC model dominated by Britain and Scandinavia which the minors could use to counterbalance the core. Plus the minor nations arn't really - the low countries combined have about 40% of frances population and 50% of her economy and are plugged firmly into global trade - they are not going to let themselves get pushed around.
7)All the countries you mention except Belrus (and half the Ukriane) have a long history of and current disputes with Russia (see Estonia and cyberterrorism) and are again very eager partners of the EU and NATO specifically to protect themselves from russia - 5 years from now they will not be 'peacefully rejoining russia.
8)Why is the PRC going through a civil war? They are having great growth and stability (even if they are not nice people) right now, not to mention the state massively overpowers any rebel groups. Serious conflict in the western provinces yes, environmental crises leading to widespread problems and dissent, but civil war? Your two factions make no sense.
9) See others posts on Taiwan, plus the US will not risk a military conflcit with a superpower and trading partner to help taiwan gain land on the mainland (protect taiwan and amybe make it independent yes, not support it in a war of agression).
10) "American and Austarlian elite troops quickly secured China's nuclear arsenol" China has quite a few nukes, and some are very well hidden, and foreign forces seizing them is going to unify the populence (or at least the estbalishment) quite well, and that multimillion man army shouldn't be messed with on its home soil. Plus this is the last thing australians are going to go for, plus there is (I think) the chinese nuclear submarines to worry about. Plus a chinese civil war = recession and problems all over the world, especially as the chinese government will probably start offloading its foreign currency reserves.

Since I got ten points of amazingly unlikly events in 12 lines of your timeline I'll think I'll stop with my point proved okay .