Shattered World : A Worse World War

The new segment is coming very soon, but the in the meantime here is a new interlude that goes with the coming segment.... Operation Tumble Down : General Atomic Warfare against 'Fortress Europa'

http://fractured-timeline.blogspot.com/ Here is the first posting from this project, a taste....... Excerpt from "The Time of the Five World Wars" Pittsburgh Presses, Neo-Windsor, 2111 AD May 21st, 1883 The streets of New Amsterdam thronged with masses of cheering people, and great unending streamers of ticker tape fell from the eight story skyscrapers lining Central avenue in downtown Manhattan. Ceaseless columns of soldiers paraded down the avenue, their polished boots stomping the pavement in unison as brass bands played triumphant national songs vigorously and the crowd roared with approval at the passing of each immaculate regiment. It was a mixed throng of spectators, a hundred thousand and more common laborers and mill managers, shopkeeps and news boys, maids and wives, stock brokers and bankers, curious orientals pausing from their afternoon chores and blacks in from the wharves ; all of New Amsterdam was assembled, and the spirits of all New Dutch soared with them. F...

Working Title : "Fractured World : The Five World Wars" I've been considering doing another timeline project similar to Shattered World, except set in a world with a point of departure in the early or mid 1800's, or possibly even the 1700's. The timeline story would begin in the late 1800's, and describe a series of VERY alternate world wars that take place from the 1880's to the mid 20th century. Done in a style similar to Shattered World, but with a more consistent tone. Atomic weapons come along a couple decades later than in OTL, allowing for several conventional world wars to occur from around 1880 to around 1960, or so. The setting - I'm thinking the French do somewhat better than in OTL and are on more equal terms with the British in terms of economic/military/naval might and the size of their Empire. The French also do better in North America and the U.S. never quite forms, instead North America ends up divided between a few post-British...

Just wanted to post a "proof of life" message since I've been quiet for awhile now. The next Segment should be coming fairly soon and it should cover a longer period than my recent micro-segments.