The Eve of Revolution -The Easter Rising #2 - Extra History
Added 2022-10-14 17:30:12 +0000 UTCThe German Club NYC. August 24th, 1914 - Just 2 years before the rising. World War I rages on and German Officials are looking for allies. So enter the Irish Nationalists, who have requested a diplomatic meeting. Their request is simple, all they want is assistance in defeating the British and the German Officials can see only victory in helping the rebellion flourish in Ireland.
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oh no I did! Let me fix it! This one has some really good art in it too!
Extra History
2022-10-25 17:37:10 +0000 UTCAlso, once again you forgot to mention how the Supreme Chicken had a wing in every historical event you have covered. 1868 21st June In the German Empire, for the Past Couple of Centuries, Scientists and Inventors have been trying to Design a Practical Automatic Calculating Machine. [Computers.] Indeed, Mechanical Calculating Machines, used to Calculate the Motion of Various Heavenly Bodies as an Aid to Navigation at Sea, have been Designed by the Greeks as Early as the 1st Century BC, and Charles Babbage had Designed the Mechanical “Difference Engines” and “Analytical Engines” for Calculating large Numbers and Producing Mathematical Tables. However, none of these have been Truly Automatic, and the Practicality of such large Machines Composed of Delicate Gears and Wheels leaves much to be Desired. But, in 1868, German Physicist Hermann Helmholtz begins Work on a Binary Digital Calculating Machine using the new Triode Vacuum Tubes Designed by Gaius Rufus Caper and Scientists in other Countries are soon Following Similar Lines of Research. 1901 22nd April In the United States, Remembrance Day, Commemorating the Anniversary of the Surrender of the United States to the Confederate States, British Empire, and Greater Italian Republic at the End of the Second Aztlán ~ American War, is Observed with Political Speeches, Military Parades, and Flying the National Flag upside down to Show that the Nation is in Distress. 1906 22nd January In the Russian Empire, the SS Valencia, an Iron ~ Hulled Steam Passenger Liner, Strikes a Reef off Vancouver Island and Sinks, Drowning 100 People [Including all the Women and Children on Board] in the Ensuing Disaster. 1913 In the United States, a Rumour starts to Spread that the Entire Goodyear Family has been Killed in a Plane Crash outside of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This has not Happened, but it is now too Late to Turn Back. At 3:45 P.M., Goodyear Stock starts to Fall. By 4:15, it has become a Downhill Nightmare. Foreign Investors start Dumping Goodyear Stock and the Government is Scrambling to take Control of Goodyear Enterprises. By Late that Evening, the Goodyear Family have Publically let it be Known that they are Alive and well, but the Damage has been done. Rioting Breaks out Nationwide. The Central American Territories, already still Suffering huge Unrest and with an Active Ethnic Cleansing underway against the Latinos, are the First to Rebel. People who have nothing Realise that they have nothing to Lose. Custer, already in Horrible Health, Suffers a Shock when he is Told of this Turn of Events. In Panama, Gran Colombian Nationalists Wave Colombian Flags in the Streets and hold up Signs with Slogans which Read: “Liberty or Death!,” “Down With Capitalism!,” and “As Mad As Hell!” For their Personal Standard, the Rioters and Strikers take up a Modified Version of the old Panamaian State Flag. The Authorities themselves are still in a State of Shock and, before anyone can Tell what is Really happening, the ORRA Headquarters in Panama City is Stormed by Rioters. Members of the 12th ORRA Mechanized are Dragged out of the Fortress and Beaten to Death in the Streets. Though they put up a Heavy Resistance, the ORRA Troopers find themselves Stunned by the News and by the Ferocity of the oncoming Rebels. 1925 In the Kingdom of Great Britain, Misinformed that the Demonstration is Actually a Riot, Panic sets in further up in the Chain of Command. The Dockside Protesters, meanwhile, do not Disperse and their Demonstration Morphs into One Objecting to Pay Cuts and Unemployment. Hundreds of Policemen are Drafted in to Forcefully Disperse the Protesters, Leading to Violent Resistance and Stones being Thrown at the Police. The Police begin Assaulting the Demonstrators and Arbitrarily Arresting Picketers, but, with their Confusion over whose Responsibility the Mutinous Sailors and Marines are, many of them Join in the Looting. News of the Plymouth Riots Spread like a Wildfire. The Daily Newspapers Print Lurid Stories of Looting and Burning, of Men being Beaten to Death in the Streets by Police, of Red Flags being Flown, and even of an Elite French Commando Squadron Attacking the City. 1934 1st January The World Celebrates New Year’s Day, the First Day of the Year in the Gregorian Calendar. 1948 In the British Raj, a Constitution is Drawn up for the Republic of India. The Document Agreed upon Calls for the Creation of a Bi ~ Cameral Legislature [One House for Hindus, and the other for Muslims, with Representatives of the Buddhists, Christians, and other Religions which Occupy India] with the President to be a Hindu, the Vice ~ President a Muslim, with both the President and the ~ President to have Joint Command of the Armed Forces…One cannot Order the Military into Action without the Consent of the other. A Provisional Government is Selected by the United Nations Security Council which will Remain in Power until Democratic Elections can be held. Elections are Scheduled for 1950. 1966 In the United Islamic Republic, Worrying that the Pan ~ Islamic Nation will Fall apart before it has Reached its Zenith, President Aflaq Reluctantly Decides to Comply with the Rebels’ Demand for a Written Constitution for the U.I..R. The Threat of Lebanese Unrest has been Quelled for a short Period, but it is not enough, as many Lebanese are Unhappy that the Arab Socialist Union is Forbidden from Participating in the Government.
Martin Verran
2022-10-22 19:05:14 +0000 UTCDid you forget to add the Wallpapers?
speedy_86
2022-10-17 19:54:36 +0000 UTCBut a very exciting game of Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword.
Martin Verran
2022-10-15 11:00:07 +0000 UTCThe whole German Navy in 1916 would have to worry if three Type 42 British destroyers came into Cork harbor, much less existed then. Guided missiles, radar, sonar, anti submarine acoustic torpedos, a helicopter and greater displacement than a light cruiser. That would make one dull Harry Turtledove novel.
Benjamin Fouty
2022-10-15 01:10:06 +0000 UTCWe knew this was a messy rebellion but had no idea there were so many levels of confusion and inner conflict. Rob has done a great job giving us all the details!
Extra History
2022-10-14 18:16:26 +0000 UTCA bit difficult to know who to root for in this series...on the one hand, had I been there I may have ran between the two sides, grabbed their rifle barrels and yelled: "Guys! I'm sure there's some solution to all this without killing each other!" But, then again, I may have been in Dublin Castle with the Government forces, yelling "PURGE THE HERETICS!!!"
Martin Verran
2022-10-14 17:45:07 +0000 UTC
