There not be much idea nuke colonial cities. Colonial powers should then re-build these. And it probably would make independence fighters just more furious and probably even pro-soviets. And these wars were very much guerilla wars without frontiers so it would be pretty useless use nukes.
nuclear weapons were used on colonial rebels or rebel held city's .would it stop the rebellion or give it more support.
colonial powers have used chemical weapons on colonial rebels before.
count testing of nuclear weapon in colony also ?
see frist french nuke were tested in colony Algeria during there struggle for independents...
I reckon that would require no prior use by the Americans in WW2. Otherwise they are seen as far too horrific a weapon, without prior usage you get the situation whereby The US is eager to use it's 'new' toy and the political higher ups who would have to acquiesce to its use are unaware (at least to some extent) of its true scale.
nuclear weapons were used on colonial rebels or rebel held city's .would it stop the rebellion or give it more support.
colonial powers have used chemical weapons on colonial rebels before.
No. If the U.S. did offer the French atomic bombs for use in Vietnam, the French turned down the offer. The French foreign minister of the time, Georges Bidault, did not want to set off atomic bombs at Dien Bien Phu.like US decides to back French and nuke the shit of Vietnam? Like what the French want?...
I don't think it would be best to use on an active colonial rebellion. Rather it would be best to use them after you've written that colony off and evacuated everything and everyone worth doing so. Then you nuke it to discourage your other colonies from revolting, because the same thing would be in store for them if they won
Of course it would take a lot of butterflies for that kind of evil to show up and get access to nukes and colonies, and not have other factors influencing the decision
That requires several extremely implausible things, which is why I did not suggest itWhat about a Nazi victory TL? I could easily see the Nazis force feeding a rebellious colony a few cans of instant sunshine.
More interestingly, the French Gerboise Verte test was done in haste, in large part because of the Algiers Putsch immediately beforehand. So what happens if the French didn't scuttle the bomb and instead the putschists/OAS get hold of it?