Re: [DL] Re: European Sourcebooks

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

Hi,
    A point I've been wondering about Europe is whether or not the French
lost the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71?  The South o' the Border sourcebook
suggests that Napoleon III is still in power in the Deadlands Universe
(unlike the real world).  This in turn implies that the French at least
managed to defend themselves against the Prussians (as Napoleon III lost
power because he lost the war).  This is also significant as the
Franco-Prussian War was the last part of Bismarck's plan to unify Germany
under the Prussian king.  If Prussians lost the war, is there a united
Germany?
          Daniel Gwyn
"No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!"
From "The Mary Ellen Carter" by Stan Rogers (1949-1983)


>Good idea. I would see the Germans as almost the good
>guys of the piece, at least from a Europe-only
>standpoint. the French are still heady over their
>glory days of the Napoleons, and the Russians are
>having a few small cracks appear which would make them
>more agressive, and as for England, they're off
>killing Zulus in Africa. :0
>