Re: Blood and Iron
Karl Wagner is a disgruntled middle-aged instructor at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College. He finds himself concerned about the direction which the German nation is headed in—just as he is killed by a terrorist attack. Only to awaken and find himself reborn as an infant, Bruno von Zehntner, the youngest son of a noble family renowned for its part in the German war industry a few years after the founding of the German Empire. Bruno, as he is now known, desires to rewrite history and ensure the German Empire emerges victorious in the coming century. And in doing so, finds himself entrenched in a world filled with Blood and Iron!
Inventing Anti-Aircraft Weaponry
The Ottoman Empire was an interesting instance of fate taking hold of the destiny it had set forth for the world. Built upon the skeleton of the Byzantine Empire, which it had conquered, the Ottomans had forged a realm that had lasted the better part of 5 centuries.
But its feeble foundations would ultimately be its demise. For centuries, the oppression which the Turks had forced on its subjects had bred a level of hatred and resentment for their people seldom found in history.
Wounds such as these took a very long time to heal, and no doubt they continued to bleed to some extent even in the 21st century, or at least insofar as Bruno had known the world prior to his death. Perhaps because of this, he himself held no love for the Ottoman Empire, nor did he necessarily desire to save it, unlike other monarchies in the world.