:rofl: Hadn't considered that one.BTW:
- The British named the territory south of Columbia Washington, in honour of the rebel General's brave treason and sedition.
:rofl: Hadn't considered that one.BTW:
- The British named the territory south of Columbia Washington, in honour of the rebel General's brave treason and sedition.
The Balkans were there powderkeg of Europe. However, teachers often have difficulties lecturing on this point in their classes. The problem stems from the lead-up to, and the countries comprising, the largest war in southern Europe in the Victorian period: the Italian Conquest of Languedoc. The Italian government, tired of French meddling in the Balkans, used a border dispute to press ahead for a war that promised to chastise the hated cheese-mongers for their arrogant placement of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in their sphere. When war was declared in May of 1920, Italian troops eagerly crossed the border into Languedoc from their bases in Provence and Rhone (acquired in the previous War of Provencal Conquest) and engaged the conscripts of the French army, giving them a good thrashing at the battles of Verdun, Paris, and (obviously) Languedoc.
This is the easy part of war to teach students.
The hard part to teach students is what was happening in the eastern theater. Austria and Hungary, two of Italy's closest allies, fought a valiant war against Austria-Hungary. Austrian and Hungarian troops fought against the hated Austria-Hungarian brigades in a series of battles that claimed many lives as trench networks grew exponentially. But as valiant as the Austrians and Hungarians were in their attempts to break the lines of the Austria-Hungarians, the battles were not decided until troops from the Ottoman Empire marched through Bosnia and encircled the Austria-Hungarian armies. The largest battle ever fought in eastern Europe, and comprising Turks, Austrians, Hungarians, and Austria-Hungarians, was not actually fought in Austria, Hungary, or in Austria-Hungary. It was fought in Croatia, which has caused a never ending stream of undergraduates to fail their tests on the subject.
Macmillan textbooks often use the following visual aid to assist new teachers who try to teach this confusing segment of European history. [Just in case you think I am making it up.]
That is easily the most ridiculous thing I have yet seen on this board.The Balkans were there powderkeg of Europe. However, teachers often have difficulties lecturing on this point in their classes. The problem stems from the lead-up to, and the countries comprising, the largest war in southern Europe in the Victorian period: the Italian Conquest of Languedoc. The Italian government, tired of French meddling in the Balkans, used a border dispute to press ahead for a war that promised to chastise the hated cheese-mongers for their arrogant placement of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in their sphere. When war was declared in May of 1920, Italian troops eagerly crossed the border into Languedoc from their bases in Provence and Rhone (acquired in the previous War of Provencal Conquest) and engaged the conscripts of the French army, giving them a good thrashing at the battles of Verdun, Paris, and (obviously) Languedoc.
This is the easy part of war to teach students.
The hard part to teach students is what was happening in the eastern theater. Austria and Hungary, two of Italy's closest allies, fought a valiant war against Austria-Hungary. Austrian and Hungarian troops fought against the hated Austria-Hungarian brigades in a series of battles that claimed many lives as trench networks grew exponentially. But as valiant as the Austrians and Hungarians were in their attempts to break the lines of the Austria-Hungarians, the battles were not decided until troops from the Ottoman Empire marched through Bosnia and encircled the Austria-Hungarian armies. The largest battle ever fought in eastern Europe, and comprising Turks, Austrians, Hungarians, and Austria-Hungarians, was not actually fought in Austria, Hungary, or in Austria-Hungary. It was fought in Croatia, which has caused a never ending stream of undergraduates to fail their tests on the subject.
While not as ridiculous as the Austria/Hungary/Austria-Hungary war, I found that in EU3 you can get in the somewhat strange situation of a war between Scotland and England on one side and Great Britain on the other, where Great Britain is a New World power without a single province on the British island. The history of this situation is not unlike Secret Master's story.That is easily the most ridiculous thing I have yet seen on this board.
* A common occurance in the Victorian Era was many different people rising up in rebellion and taking over their country. The rebels that arrived in the capital first were unilaterally declared the winner once the rebellion(s) succeeded, but then the remaining disagreeing rebels would rebel against the victorious party, leading to a cycle of rebellions between Jacobins, Anarcho-Liberals, Reactionaries, and Nationalists.
That guard regiments will sit and watch as their nation is occpuied until they recieve their alchohol. Only then will they do their job.
That guard regiments will sit and watch as their nation is occpuied until they recieve their alchohol. Only then will they do their job.