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Nick P replied to the thread Pearl Harbor never becomes a major Naval base?.If Hawaii were British then it would still be a prime target for Japan to attack in 1941. Taking out the Royal Navy could prevent...
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Nick P replied to the thread The Malouines War: France in the Falklands Redux.Why not use the islands as a remote training area for the Foreign Legion with associated live fire ranges? Ideal for practising those...
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Nick P reacted to The Angry Observer's post in the thread For the Republic: A History of the Second American Civil War with
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“Old World Blues - Paris is Burning” “Our spirit of enjoyment was stronger than our spirit of sacrifice. We wanted to have more than we... -
Nick P reacted to The Angry Observer's post in the thread For the Republic: A History of the Second American Civil War with Like.
“The Arsenal of Democracy” "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers." -...
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Nick P reacted to JasTysoe's post in the thread Robert Falcon Scott survives returning from the South Pole with Like.
We can't be clear on things that are factually incorrect. It's not refreshing to find that there are people here who throw insults but...
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Nick P replied to the thread España No Ha Muerto: If Franco brought Spain into the Second World War.The best course of action is to have a small but strong Allied Force in Portugal threatening the German army in Spain. That means less...
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Nick P reacted to The Angry Observer's post in the thread For the Republic: A History of the Second American Civil War with Like.
“Wolves at the Heel” “Seventy years ago today, John Wilkes Booth shot this man in the back of the brain. It was at the end of the war...
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Nick P replied to the thread What if these 2 aircraft meet in combat …..You don't need a subscription for this one...
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Nick P reacted to CaptainCalvert's post in the thread AHC: Worst Case Scenario for Post-War Britain with Like.
The only one of those that deserves an adverse comment is rationing. Rationing was done to ensure everyone had (just) enough to get by...
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Nick P replied to the thread AHC: Worst Case Scenario for Post-War Britain.Take away Britain's ability to rebuild post-WW2 and you set the pace for disaster. Increased repayments on wartime loans - decide to...
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Nick P reacted to Gillan1220's post in the thread What If These Two Warships Met In Combat with Like.
Kinda late since I was about to ask what if the USS Missouri faced off with the largest cruisers or battlecruisers the Soviet Navy had...
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Nick P reacted to Shevek23's post in the thread España No Ha Muerto: If Franco brought Spain into the Second World War with Like.
I find this TL fascinating for reasons others have given--a very neglected POD, with major (though in a sense limited) consequences to...
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Nick P reacted to JasTysoe's post in the thread What if Tasmania secedes from Australia in 1928-9 with Like.
1929 - The British government, remembering that Jellicoe wanted the Anglo-Dominion Fleet to be based in Sydney but that (as it has been...
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Nick P reacted to Iggies's post in the thread España No Ha Muerto: If Franco brought Spain into the Second World War with Like.
“Once, half of Spain was white, and the other half was red. The whites won, so now both halves are red.” - Anonymous Republican soldier...
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Nick P replied to the thread Wi: Coffee targeted as a drug..Unable to find any details on that but Brazil did burn bricks of dried coffee in their railway locomotives c1932. Around this time the...