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     This was based on Reader's Digest: The Story of the Filipino People - Parts 6 and 7 ( Under the Stars and Stripes  and The Japanese Occupation ) by Milagros C. Guerrero and Ricardo T. Jose.      Now that I think about it, I would call the Spanish occupation "the first storm," the American occupation "the second storm," and the Japanese occupation "the third storm." The "between the storm" parts would be 1898 - 1901 and 1935 - 1941.  Part 1 - The Second Storm (1901 - 1935)     After the Philippine-American War, the United States turned the Philippines into a colony. They gained it in the Treaty of Paris along with Puerto Rico, Cuba, and some other islands. The Americans needed to keep it away from Spain, France, and Germany.      Under Spanish rule, the Filipinos were taught Catholicism. But the Americans were mainly Methodist (a sect of Protestantism). American missionaries were sent to the Philippines, although most ...

     In my opinion, if the Germans never sent the Zimmerman Telegram, the Central Powers might have won. Out of all the mistakes in world history, it would be up there as one of the worst. Let's see why.      The Zimmerman Telegram was sent by Germany to Mexico in 1917 during World War I. They wanted to form a coalition with Mexico against the United States. In return, Mexico would regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.  Mexico rejected this, but something even more important happened.  You see, British intelligence detected the telegram, and they sent it to Washington. ( source ) The American government was furious. So they declared war on Germany.      Now, why was this a big mistake? Well, you see, the Central Powers were winning until the Americans joined. Romania and Serbia had capitulated by 1917, and Russia was close to losing. (They did leave later on.) Also, Germany was getting close to Paris. They should have just kept the...

     Welcome back to the Sesame War! Well, the war has already ended, but this is the aftermath. Let's see how the new nations of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia dealt with the neo-Sesames.      In Bohemia, the Friends of Abby party currently holds the chancellor, Frank Arthur. Now, he actually negotiated in 2021 about reunification with Moravia. But the Treaty of Prague that divided Bohemia-Moravia in 1963 said that Bohemia and Moravia "shall never reunite to prevent Sesame Street's return." The name of Arthur's party explicitly states that they are friends of Abby Cadabby. (Yes, I have been spelling her name wrong the whole time. Haha!) But the treaty had already been signed. So the president of Moravia, Evan King, rejected the offer.      However, despite Moravia having an anti-Sesame president, the senate of Moravia has never had an election where their two neo-Sesame parties, Super Sesame and Cadabby Group, were absent. Moreover, they're ...

     Guys, welcome back to the Sesame War! We left off with the rapid rise of the Sesame Empire, aka the Czechoslovakian Empire. They had fast war tactics reminiscent of the Mongol Empire. But in 1959, something shocking happened. So let's see what it was. Let's go, OttoRomans!     As the empire rapidly grew, something shocking happened. Military Manager Big Bird, General Ernie, and Colonel Bert split from the Sesame Street Party, leaving the party in the hands of Party Secretary Abby Caddaby. (Judicial Manager Elmo Monster was still there, but he was barely doing anything.)      The new party formed by Bird was called the Czechoslovakian Liberation Organization. Though Caddaby was suspicious that "liberation" meant liberation from Sesame Street, she allowed it due to her trust of Bird, who helped with the growth of Czechoslovakia.       She made a big mistake. On September 7, 1959, Bird started negotiating with the United Stat...

  The Sesame War is back! In Part 1, a new rightist party took over Czechoslovakia, leading to a war. Last time we looked at the front, it was a stalemate. Let’s see what happened now.  Since it was a stalemate, Military Manager Big Bird started drafting troops on January 7, 1954. It was a smart decision. Within 3 months, Warsaw was conquered, and Budapest was encircled, though it was never captured. Just a month later, all of Romania fell, and the Soviet Union was forced to send troops to Bucharest. This failed, however, as Sesame Czechoslovakia managed to capture Moldova in the process.  Both the American and Soviet governments started convincing other countries to join the war to stop Czechoslovakian expansionism. They did make a bit of progress, leading Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece to join the American and Soviet’s sides. These countries made almost no contributions, however.  What was even worse was that Sesame Ships, the new navy of Sesame Street, forcef...

Welcome to Part 1 of the Sesame War! Here, a new political party in Czechoslovakia forced the United States and Soviet Union to set aside their differences… again. We’ll find out who this political party was in this new series.  It was 1945. World War II just ended, and the United States and Soviet Union entered the Cold War. But a new political party was established in Czechoslovakia that resulted in a full war. Led by Party Secretary Abby Caddaby, Military Manager Big Bird, and Judicial Manager Elmo Monster, the Sesame Street Party set their aim on taking over the country.  Then, in 1948, Joseph Stalin added Czechoslovakia to his list of satellite states. (He did in real life.) But a day before the first speech of the communist party, members of Sesame Street launched a coup that forced the communists to leave. As you can tell, they were against communism. But they were also against democracy. They were on the right of the spectrum.  Eventually, Sesame Str...