Also just brought me to the realization that most “well-regarded” WWII TLs saw the Eastern Front as kind of a sideshow—despite being the raison d’etre of Nazi policy—and usually the Soviets aren’t portrayed with as much care as the Americans, British or Free French.
Ah, i was interested on the dispositions of the Kwantung Army and the Far Eastern Front, as well as if the Soviets aren’t asleep on the wheel and their ability to mobilize earlier.
Yeah many history books are pretty adamant in saying “thinking about what if this thing happened differently is dumb shit and wouldn’t affect anything”, which is kinda funny because i read said books to get an idea of said thing happening differently.
Bernard Fall, of Hell In A Very Small Place and Street Without Joy fame. It was actually mentioned in the foreword to the 2018 edition of Street Without Joy.
I always felt that alternate history is less a genre and more of a canvas whereas anyone can write down on it so yeah, i think it would be pretty interesting and i had no problems with the supernatural.
It goes without saying that the maintenance and/or expansion/acquisition of colonies are one of the policies of fascist movements. Italy's invasion of Ethiopia sank Fascism's appeal among the colonized peoples and only Japan which are arguably not as codified as Germany and Italy put out "Asia...
A lot of ISOT TLs feels like "Colonialism: This Time We'll Do It Right". It can be well written, but still. (As One Star Sets for example, i feel like Japan seems too altruistic? Maybe i have more skewed opinions on Shinzo Abe, i guess)