This is how I feel, which is why I think he should have called their bluff. I just don't know what (realistically) the government would or could do in that situation. All possible responses (resign, stage a coup, start a civil war) seem disproportionately radical. Which leads me back to the feeling that they would just have to give in and make it legal.
I highly doubt Parlament would have actually done something like that if they did threaten to do it it was almost definitely a bluff. I think the establishment would have begrudgingly accepted the marriage if Edward was willing to really dig his heals in. Having him on the throne going into World War Two would definitely complicate things. He is infamous for his pro nazi sympathies and I would imagine he possibly openly supports the appeasement part of the British government. However when the war actually starts I think he may publicly change his toon and and perhaps just stay silent on many of his more extreme beliefs out of public pressure and the fact that he very much loved all things English and so he would want to support England during wartime even if he had some reservations.
I agree. Edward liked the British, and definitely supported fascism, but he was first and foremost a British fascist, and he wanted Britain to be the dominant world empire. He would not be happy with the idea of German hegemony over Europe.
Eastward, definitely eastward. Hitler wanted revenge on France, and he wanted to unify the German people. But more than anything else he wanted to destroy and colonize Russia. If he got away with carving up Poland, the next thing he would do is build up his forces, and then launch a war with the Soviet Union
The monarchy had no real say in foreign policy by World War Two it was exclusively parliamentary controlled. I only say this because I highly doubt Churchill or anyone in the parlement would go along with it.
The common answer is that Edward VIII would make it his first institutional act to swear allegiance to Hitler and then stage a coup to appoint Oswald Mosley as his Prime Minister.
I would imagine that in reality there may have been no solid name for the preposed union. It was likely it is likely that it may have not been planned out far enough for a consistent agreed upon name to form. So in that case the republic of Guinea-Cabo Verde or something like that is fine to use. It also is kind of similar to the senegambian union of Senegal and Gambia from the same region.
I've actually seen this theory but in reverse, meaning that it is WESTERN politicians who are causing the famines because they want to reduce the population... for reasons (the reasons vary depending on who you ask, and generally cover the spectrum from "this is nonsense" to "this is completely fucking nuts")
Reverse theory is nuts. At best this is "Western (chiefly American) politicians making famine worse because of the problems of American imperialism and climate change hurting undeveloped and developing countries the worst."
Manufactured on US? In 1940? Imperial without a doubt. The use of metric system in the US was only a thing after 1980, and only as an option, not as mandatory.
No, 1980's and on into the 21st Century. For instance, what measurement system is used for the nuts and bolts on an F-18? I'm assuming not everything is fastened with rivets, welding, or adhesives.
