Not a single island in Adriatic sea AGAIN!!!

[Ivan Bajlo]

At lest it seems Istria is no longer covering half of Croatian littoral, that is at lest something...

Now I have to start gathering material for another mod and I have yet to finish ones I'm working on...

 

[John Poole]

Originally posted by Ivan Bajlo
At lest it seems Istria is no longer covering half of Croatian littoral, that is at lest something...

Now I have to start gathering material for another mod and I have yet to finish ones I'm working on...

The Croatian Littoral? Oh you mean the Austrian littoral! Yes its good to keep it separate from Istria and the glorious Imperial city of Trieste. So are you practicing your "Long Live Francis Joseph I!" yet like a good imperial subject?

 

[Ivan Bajlo]

Re: Re: Not a single island in Adriatic sea AGAIN!!!

Originally posted by John Poole
The Croatian Littoral? Oh you mean the Austrian littoral! Yes its good to keep it separate from Istria and the glorious Imperial city of Trieste.

Croatian Littoral (Hrvatsko Primorje) was always Croatian Littoral it is considered geographical region.

Originally posted by John Poole
So are you practicing your "Long Live Francis Joseph I!" yet like a good imperial subject?

Long live Emperor and King Franz Joseph!
God Bless Austro-Hungarian Monarchy!
Good Bless the late Franz-Joseph and the House of Habsburgs!


Viva Don Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón!
Viva El battallion de San Patricio!

Hey last one would make nice event?

 

[Avernite]

Viva Filippo II!


Or however you want it, I'm not going to continue. I am no spaniard anymore

 

[Vulture]

Originally posted by Ivan Bajlo
At lest it seems Istria is no longer covering half of Croatian littoral, that is at lest something...

Now I have to start gathering material for another mod and I have yet to finish ones I'm working on...

You want *islands* in there... Now, I'm sorry... But if you gonna put in islands *that* size, you have to put in a few thousand of other islands.

 

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Re: Re: Not a single island in Adriatic sea AGAIN!!!

Originally posted by Vulture
You want *islands* in there... Now, I'm sorry... But if you gonna put in islands *that* size, you have to put in a few thousand of other islands.

more provinces... *drool*

 

[brandnew70x7]

I hope the Virgin Islands are in though, I want to play Denmark with a Colony >:-|

 

[Dark Knight]

Originally posted by Burris
I hope the Virgin Islands are in though, I want to play Denmark with a Colony >:-|

Denmark also controlled the Faeroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland. Or are they too cold for you?

 

[brandnew70x7]

Bah. Thats a skip hop and jump from Denmark. I want a place to start my caribbean invasion.

 

[Vulture]

Originally posted by Burris
Bah. Thats a skip hop and jump from Denmark. I want a place to start my caribbean invasion.

Were they in EU II?

There you go

 

[brandnew70x7]

OH! If Alaska is in does that mean Spitsbergen is too!? I've always wanted to go there.. lol..

 

[Ivan Bajlo]

Re: Re: Not a single island in Adriatic sea AGAIN!!!

Originally posted by Vulture
You want *islands* in there... Now, I'm sorry... But if you gonna put in islands *that* size, you have to put in a few thousand of other islands.

Several islands *that* size are bigger then Malta.

http://www.visit-croatia.co.uk/islands/

Krk 157 square miles other source 158.2 409.9 (409.9 square km)
Cres 155 square miles
Hvar 182 square miles (300 square km).
Brac 150 square miles (394 square km),
Pag 110 square miles (284.6 square km) and is 37 miles (63 km) long

vs.

Malta 94.9 square miles (246 square km)

more islands *that* size or smaller...
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago 116 square miles (300 square km)
Mahe 56 square miles (145 square km)
St. Helena, UK 47 square miles (122 square km)
St. Martin 34 square miles (88 square km)
Hong Kong Island 30.6 square miles (79.2 square km)
Bermuda Islands, UK 20.6 square miles (53.3 square km)

Note before we go to strategic importance we have Vis (Lissa) island 56 square miles (90 square km) were in 1866 naval battle took place between Italy and Austria, after Italian failed attempt to land on the island.
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/5294/vis.html
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/5294/battle.html

It was first battle of ironclads in history (were not counting that Civil war incident since those things could hardly be called ships beside they couldn't even sink each other ).

Islands strategic importance didn't diminish through centuries, British used it as base against Napoleon, and later as forward airfield during WW2.

 

[brandnew70x7]

Sorry.. but part of the reason those islands are visible is becuase of their strategic/historical (Napoleon I believe was exiled to Saint Helena) importance.. something the Croation Islands probably dont have.

 

[Syt]

Originally posted by Burris
Sorry.. but part of the reason those islands are visible is becuase of their strategic/historical (Napoleon I believe was exiled to Saint Helena) importance.. something the Croation Islands probably dont have.

Correct.

 

[unmerged(11633)]

There's Corfu in the Adriatic- just no Croatian Islands. Have to draw the line somewhere.

 

[Ivan Bajlo]

Originally posted by Gjerg Kastrioti
There's Corfu in the Adriatic- just no Croatian Islands. Have to draw the line somewhere.

Corfu is not in Adriatic, at lest that what we have been though in our Geography class.

 

[Ivan Bajlo]

Originally posted by Burris
Sorry.. but part of the reason those islands are visible is becuase of their strategic/historical (Napoleon I believe was exiled to Saint Helena) importance.. something the Croation Islands probably dont have.

Yes that makes St. Helena really strategically important, then Elba should be in the game too.

As for strategic importance of Adriatic islands maybe you should ask why did Venice fought so hard to keep them.

 

[brandnew70x7]

Notice the /historical and after that the explaination.

Taking a tiny island in Croatia will serve what purpose? At least seizing an Island int he middle of the atlantic could make for a good stopping off point to wherever your going, taking a rahter small island group JUST off the coast of something doesnt serve much.

 

[Ivan Bajlo]

Originally posted by Burris
Notice the /historical and after that the explaination.

Taking a tiny island in Croatia will serve what purpose? At least seizing an Island int he middle of the atlantic could make for a good stopping off point to wherever your going, taking a rahter small island group JUST off the coast of something doesnt serve much.

Well island in middle of Atlantic could hardly be called important for anyone beside colonial powers.

OTOH they were very important for anyone nearby Venice, Austria, Italy also for France, UK and Russia during Napoleon's rule.

They could have at lest been drawn as part of the shoreline!

 

[brandnew70x7]

You just proved my own point.