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I actually meant that as a joke. ;) Do recall reading that until the substantial Serbian expansion after the 1st Balkan war Montenegro was still seeing itself as an alternative leader of southern Slavic nationalism although not sure how accurate that was. I think it would need Montenegro...

I did read once that the large Serbian gains in the 1st Balkan wars finished off ideas that they [Montenegro] could supplant their larger neighbour. Possibly the attempt to replace the dynasty in 1903 in the May Coup might have failed and possibly led to a bloody civil war between the two...

Definitely. Stalin was supposedly willing OTL but lacked that common border and the Poles were understandably unwilling to allow him access either in 38 or 39.

Fully agree on this. If there is a Russia that is diplomatically accepted then a Nazi Germany, especially with its anti-Slav bigotry is likely to be sat on pretty damned quickly.

Did he actually intend to spark a great war or simply 'strike a blow' against the Hapsburg's? I never got the feeling there was some sort of grand plan but could be wrong. Without WWI its unlikely that the Bolshevik revolution would have occurred, or without the German defeat [and also the...

Sorry that might have been the case but too long ago. It would have been in the 1st two series as that was while it was still on terrestrial TV and the confrontation was in a church will Alfred criticising Uhtred about it afterwards - think he wanted him to make some apology/pay compensation or...

I was thinking of the episode where he replays Uhtred with land as promised for his service but chooses land which is heavily indebted to the church - which IIRC Uhtred paid off by raiding into Cornwall including some christian lands there. Also his continued mistrust of Uhtred and rather...

The 1st series, which IIRC covered the 1st two books was originally shown on BBC. Actually checking see The_Last_Kingdom, it states that series 2 which roughly covered books 3 & 4 were "This was the final season to air on the BBC, before moving to Netflix. " Coverage started in Oct 2015...

I saw the 1st series before it went to Netflix and interesting. How accurate about the main character - an Angle who came under Danish control and became a convinced 'pagan' and who had a claim to the throne of Northumbria - or at least Bernicia I don't know. Its based on a series of books...

You could say Wessex, which was the unifying power for England and arguably later the UK. Possibly also the Paris area for France.