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  1. Mercedes without Lewis - an F1 WI

    So... Schumacher quits in 2012. Who replaces him? Alonso? Vettel? Does Nico Rosberg wind up lead driver? And does he dominate the way hamilton has? My hunch... Alonso. Who then winds up staying on as F1's most successful driver, Rosberg gets replaced by hamilton or button around 2016... What...

  2. WI: No Atomic Bomb, Invasion of Kyushu Fails

    Honestly, I can't see OLYMPIC really going ahead. LeMay was in his element by then, total air supremacy.. firestorm would have followed firestorm would have followed firestorm, the Navy subs prevented food transportation.. Japan would have starved and burned. And I think the same is true had...

  3. AH Vignette: The Fear of God

    Superb. My hat is off to you, sir

  4. Red Bears and Soaring Eagles: The Third World War

    Ok, not sure about Mac getting the presidency so quickly but, other than that - Love it! More!! MORE!!!!

  5. Poland says Yes!

    I imagine it would serve to piss off Stalin quite severely - might well put in the Nazi-Soviet non aggression pact and get Stalin motivated to strengthen the Red Army, perhaps making the opening phases of Barbarossa a tougher deal?

  6. WI - No CHROMITE: A Korean War without Inchon?

    So, the experts pretty much decried MacArthur's concept as impossible - it was really only Mac's own personal charisma and status that seemed to sell it to the Navy and Marines. What if he fails? What if the two divisions becoming available are sent to Pusan and reinforce a breakout from...

  7. Let's all go down the Strand - Images of 1984 reboot

    Subscribed. Colour me intrigued... Does anyone have a link to the original? If not I'll go delving :-)

  8. WI: No Soviet Invasion of Manchuria

    I'm going to stick my neck out and disagree here- I don't think they would have invaded, at least not that soon. LeMay would have burnt Japan to a cinder, city by city and town by town, and the naval blockade would have starved whoever was left over. Without the worry of Stalin getting pushy and...

  9. Should Protect and Survive be a film?

    I'd second that - I thought Macragge's writing set the scenes brilliantly and would translate well to screenplay. There seems to be a new breed of "crowdfunding" for indie films - check this out as an example. http://www.ironsky.net/site/support/finance/

  10. WW3: Battlefield Germany 70's-80's

    That's a great documentary, where did you find it?

  11. Mclaren Have a Plan B - an F1 WI

    Fair point, but it would have made them stronger in the earlier part of the season, and the could continue working the bugs out of the 2013 car behind the scenes... As I understand it, the MP4/28 has a pullrod suspension system which is basically a prototype for the 2014 model, but has been...

  12. The Man from Sao Paulo - Senna to Williams in 1992

    One thing from earlier - someone mentioned Ford's increasing involvement with Lola might butterfly away Stewart GP, which if I've got my lineage right became first Jaguar Racing and then the all conquering Red Bull of today...

  13. Mclaren Have a Plan B - an F1 WI

    So Mclaren end the 2012 season with arguably the fastest car on the grid, one that would still have been race-legal with a few tweaks for this year... and instead produce an utter dog of a car that has landed them the worst season in decades. Team principal Martin Whitmarsh specifically...

  14. The Man from Sao Paulo - Senna to Williams in 1992

    Been digging this, I grew up on this era of F1 :-) Looking forward to seeing where this goes, and you've given me an idea for an F1 WI of my own....

  15. ABLE ARCHER 83: Timeline of a Third World War in 1983

    Longtime lurker, just finished catching up with this thread - just wanted to offer my respects to the OP, Giobastia, you've done a great job. Fascinating read.

  16. Stalin gets the bomb - a bigger and better Operation BORODINO

    Fair enough - Stalin getting the bomb pre USA is ASB. I'll write that story and put it in the appropriate place :-) Now THAT's an interesting scenario- full atomic capability eludes Stalin but his scientists are able to provide him with a "dirty bomb" - how does this change the balance...

  17. Stalin gets the bomb - a bigger and better Operation BORODINO

    As I understand things, TUBE ALLOYS became a lower priority for the UK after the US came into the war and the Manhattan project got underway, and didn't really come back into focus until the US made clear they weren't going to share their research, which would delay things. Plus, Stalin has the...

  18. Stalin gets the bomb - a bigger and better Operation BORODINO

    Okay, let's say February 1939 Stalin is made aware of the Paris Group findings and orders research into this. The Kazakh uranium deposits are found in August of that year and research gets underway, Stalin planning initially on using it as a deterrent against a Nazi double-cross... how soon...

  19. Stalin gets the bomb - a bigger and better Operation BORODINO

    So my understanding is that this project was undermined by Stalin's scepticism of the intelligence received from the spy John Cairncross in 1941 and the fact that the Soviets didn't discover decent quantities of uranium until 1945 in Kazakhstan. What if Stalin listens to the intel, and for...

  20. WI: MacArthur killed during the advance on Manila?

    Just been reading Max Hastings' excellent book on the WW2 Pacific Theatre, and apparently ol' Mac got himself dangerously exposed to enemy fire hustling his generals on to take Manila. So, what if the Japanese had got him? I don't believe for a minute it would have changed the course of the...
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