Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Poland: not nearly as stupid as he lets Europe think he is, but not quite as smart as he thinks he is. Because he has USE all sussed out but fails to gasp that Russia is no longer an easy target.
You brought up the whole multiple prince Dmitri saga! Russia would certainly have been brought to tears over it.
Am I the only one who loved how Poland was portrayed in the series? For the first couple books we got the impression that Sweden will overpower Poland easily. Then the Eastern Front happens and Radio+Polish forces=a not so soft target.
But I would think that if either Poland or Lithuania ever got their hands on a history book the first thing the'd want to do was get rid of that pesky squatter they have living between them. Because in the other timeline Prussia grows to be a much bigger problem than they could ever imagine.
Poland in the books struck me as resembling Poland in the strips -- the government largely ignored the idea that Sweden and the USE would actually attack them, but when it happened, they fought like madmen. (And I'm only just now realising how there's echoes -- and only in the very broad overview -- of WW2 in there, albeit not nearly as much in the way of atrocities. Mostly because the soldiers who tried sacking the town were executed by volley gun.)
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Re: Poland and Lithuania, Freeze-Thaw Erosion.
(Anonymous) 2013-02-23 08:26 am (UTC)(link)You brought up the whole multiple prince Dmitri saga! Russia would certainly have been brought to tears over it.
Am I the only one who loved how Poland was portrayed in the series? For the first couple books we got the impression that Sweden will overpower Poland easily. Then the Eastern Front happens and Radio+Polish forces=a not so soft target.
But I would think that if either Poland or Lithuania ever got their hands on a history book the first thing the'd want to do was get rid of that pesky squatter they have living between them. Because in the other timeline Prussia grows to be a much bigger problem than they could ever imagine.
I love your fills. Thank-you for them.
Re: Poland and Lithuania, Freeze-Thaw Erosion.
(Anonymous) 2013-02-24 07:23 am (UTC)(link)Thank you! I'm glad you like them!