Does she expect to inherit Norway? Such a union of crowns seems rather a stretch. Furthermore, she hasn't seen Norway in ten years. IIRC, she hasn't even seen a Norwegian for ten years. If she is any sort of potential heir to the crown of Norway, there would have been numerous Norwegians...
Not quite. In in 1996, 1999, and 2001, Israel had direct elections for Prime Minister, while retaining the office of President as head of state. The Knesset (parliament) retained the power to dismiss the Prime Minister and force new elections. (I'd guess new elections were required, unlike in a...
It could have happened. A very large part of the FORTITUDE deception was misinformation passed by Abwehr agents in Britain under the control of the Double Cross System - notably GARBO. The Abwehr "handlers" of these agents were mostly in Spain.
One of them (Johnny Jebsen, British codename...
Yes, obviously.
The RoC held elections in 1947. These elections were very confused and often manipulated by various elements (mostly by the ruling KMT party), but hundreds of delegates were elected from other parties, and there were contests between rival KMT factions.
The important point here...
Very much like the USSR, and very much unlike US, UK, France...
That's different, to be sure.
When did "the people" have anything to say about "the direction and goals of the economy" in any Communist state? While total state control of the economy was not a fundamental element of "Red"...
The Allies would happily buy the nickel to deny it to the Germans and cover Finland's operating expenses. Given the importance of the nickel to Germany (gun barrels, armor plate, engines, ball bearings), they would insist. Also, the Allies would want the mine returned to its original developer...
This many casualties by the end of 1941? 1945 (OK)
2M soldiers (1.1M Axis, 890K Allied) (1M Axis, 890K Allied, 123K Italy - on both sides).
1.5M civilians (211K Axis, 1.3M Allied)
I note Allied casualties include the Italian campaign. What about German and Italian casualties?
And Italian...
But a helluva lot more than I ever imagined. It's well over the "advisors" and well into full-on combat force. 50,000 is lot. But if the Soviets decided it was a good idea, it's not ASB. I don't think it would be determined just by the personal relationship between Castro and whoever is...
Presumably, this election takes place when each newly elected Congress convenes. Given the improvements in communications and transport since the Founding, might there be a provision setting the starting/ending date in early January?
Also, leaving the election of the VP to Senate separately...
Huh? The 1527 sack of Rome was committed by troops in the service of Emperor Charles V. There were some Lutherans among the Germans, but all the Spanish and Italian troops were Catholic.
It diverts German attention to the west and in Stalin's view is another reason for Germany to delay invading the USSR. Also, if the Republic is Communist-influenced, but not controlled, the Germans will crush all the non-Communist elements in the government while the Communists go underground...
Stalin expected a war with Germany at some point. In 1939, he told the Politburo that the reason for the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was to enable Germany to attack Soviet enemies (such as Poland, obviously, and France and Britain, less obviously but still on the "enemies list"). That would lead to...
1943 is too late for Germany to make truly effective use of anti-Soviet sentiment in the occupied USSR. (Or Poland: Poles were very anti-Soviet, but would they ever fight for Germany?)
OTL, Germany did recruit a substantial number of Osttruppen and "Hiwis", which added to the Wehrmacht's...