History Thread

On the subject of alternate history it would be good to talk about HRE campaing from EW4 like it was real history ( I know HRE existed but they didnt conqer the world ) We should talk about all the battles individually and The battle for Asia and Who would win the battle Prussia or Austria

Stalingrad order 227 it was fight or die.
Soviet Union it was more dangerous to retreat than charge the Germans.
But the USSR was born as a superpower through the blood and million of lives lost to best the Germans.

Vicky 2.
Ivan Kolev , you never told me you had that game as well!
Paradoxstrategy would be interested in that.

What if Muhammed Ali of Egypt was able to win the Oriental Crisis with aid of France and established a strong independent Egyptian state?

Ok but can you just remind me when was his reing

He's the Albanian who took over Egypt during the Napoleonic Wars, and after the wars went onto conquer the Sudan, Eritrea, Crete and the Hejaz. He later declared war on the Ottomans, Egypt's overlords, in 1832, securing all of the Levant and some of Cilicia. After the First Turco-Egyptian War, Ali's Egypt began a period of decline, with multiple (Failed) revolts in the Levant and then a Second Turco-Egyptian War in 1839 (Also known as the Oriental Crisis). The Ottomans wanted to reassert dominance over Egypt and to retake the Levant. Following multiple Turkish defeats to the Egyptians, the European powers decided to get involved against Egypt. Following a blockade by the Allies and the occupation of Beirut and Alexandria, Muhammed Ali agreed to terms presented to him by the British. Ali would give the Hejaz, Crete and the Levant to the Ottomans, as well as become a loyal satellite of the Ottomans, and in return Ali's dynasty would remain in power of Egypt. He accepted and that put an end to Ali's military conquests.

But what could this mean for the Scramble for Africa? 

Muhammed Ali was planning on invading the warring Ethiopian states I believe, so its very possible that Ali breaks through Ethiopia and even to as far as maybe Mogadishu (Somali states were also divided and were constantly at war I believe). This could mean even further Egyptian colonization of Africa, mainly moving into the Subsaharan interior and the coast. Western and Southern Africa remains largely the same. This would mean states like Italy and Britain become weaker, all though not as much (Loss of Suez is definitely a blow to the Brits)

What could this mean to the Ottomans? Obviously, like you have said, Balkan independence, Russian and Austrian expansion, but what could this mean for even the 20th century?