The "OMG! Look what happened!" Thread

[Rhye]

found this map in the altered maps thread, in the off-topic CFC forum.

Looks familiar innit?

 

[ambassoon]

Strange map Rhye! Very funny

 

[cfkane]

found this map in the altered maps thread, in the off-topic CFC forum.

Looks familiar innit?

Is this what some Europeans wish the map of Europe looked like?

 

[Zagoroth]

Is this about the near mutiny of not creating Poland?

 

[ZachScape]

Can't you guys tell that Germany isn't on the map?

 

[ThurinEthir]

Can't you guys tell that Germany isn't on the map?

Well, yeah, they overexpanded and collapsed.
Am I the only one who doesn't get this at all?

 

[JujuLautre]

Can't you guys tell that Germany isn't on the map?

Gerwhat ?

 

[AnotherPacifist]

What is remarkable is that nearly all the cities are on rivers, including Bordeaux. Even in the alternate world, they knew that levees are important for .

 

[Cethegus]

What is remarkable is that nearly all the cities are on rivers, including Bordeaux. Even in the alternate world, they knew that levees are important for .

Even Berlin, strangely enough.

 

[Power_of_Beer]

This map is from an American author who wrote "Germany must perish" during the early years of WW2, so basically this is what he suggested after the sterilization of all Germans after the war. Obviously, he did a great job for the Nazi propaganda, who linked him to the US government and made the Germans believe that this was the way the Allies were thinking (Which they were not, the book was not accepted anywhere).

 

[onedreamer]

I wonder why austrian city names are in italian (even the very german language was banned from the map, lol) but Trent has its name written in germanic language rather than italian.

 

[ambassoon]

Power_of_Beer
This map is from an American author who wrote "Germany must perish" during the early years of WW2, so basically this is what he suggested after the sterilization of all Germans after the war. Obviously, he did a great job for the Nazi propaganda, who linked him to the US government and made the Germans believe that this was the way the Allies were thinking (Which they were not, the book was not accepted anywhere).

Umm, wait... are you saying this map was drawn up in the 1940's? That this American author somehow was able to predict the break-up of Czechoslovakia? Or Yugoslavia? Or the Soviet Union? You can clearly see he drew in Lithuania and Estonia in the upper right corner, as well as Slovenia and Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Do you have sources here?

 

[Wessel V1]

At least the map is from some decades ago, since the polders in the Netherlands weren't finished in the picture. Anyway, the Dutch would have won the soccer World Cup in 1974! Damn Germans.

 

[Cethegus]

Umm, wait... are you saying this map was drawn up in the 1940's? That this American author somehow was able to predict the break-up of Czechoslovakia? Or Yugoslavia? Or the Soviet Union? You can clearly see he drew in Lithuania and Estonia in the upper right corner, as well as Slovenia and Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Do you have sources here?

Just think... without that man's intuition Eastern Europe would still be under the Red Army's tight grip. You should give him more credit.

 

[Panopticon]

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/50-germany-must-die/

This is the explanation from the great website Strange Maps.

 

[onedreamer]

At least the map is from some decades ago, since the polders in the Netherlands weren't finished in the picture. Anyway, the Dutch would have won the soccer World Cup in 1974! Damn Germans.

but the history of Football (fellow europeans shouldn't call it soccer ) would have missed one hack of a match, Italy-Germany 4-3, Mexico 1970.

 

[onedreamer]

Umm, wait... are you saying this map was drawn up in the 1940's? That this American author somehow was able to predict the break-up of Czechoslovakia? Or Yugoslavia? Or the Soviet Union? You can clearly see he drew in Lithuania and Estonia in the upper right corner, as well as Slovenia and Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Do you have sources here?

Yugoslavia didn't exist in 1940

 

[Deego3]

Yugoslavia didn't exist in 1940

It did exist. It was called the The Kingdom of Yugoslavia and it existed from 1918-1941, until it was invaded by Nazi Germany.

 

[star15389]

Too ironic.

 

[AnotherPacifist]

Too ironic.

Did somebody kill the Germans at start? What are 2 settlers sitting in your capital doing?