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  1. AHC: With a POD after the Paris Peace Accords of 1973, how could South Vietnam survive?

    From my limited understanding, the OTL fall of South Vietnam was due to lack of American supplies and airpower. While they never quite ran out of ammunition completely, they certainly couldn't fight the highly resource intensive war they were used to. I think one obvious POD would be no...

  2. Prolonging the Futility: A WW2 European TL

    First of all, it's mind boggingly stupid for the Allies to allow Italy to leave the war, then freely trade with Germany. It's one thing to have continued bloody ground offensives. But I wonder if anyone would have opposed a continued air campaign. From bases in France the distance is so much...

  3. Prolonging the Futility: A WW2 European TL

    Unless I misread your TL, the Soviets are still fighting. What do you mean by no eastern front? In any case, trying to cram more troops down the same crowded roads won't do a lick to stop the Allies from smashing up supply columns, and would in fact create a target rich environment. Assuming a...

  4. Prolonging the Futility: A WW2 European TL

    They can't keep them fed forever, but long enough for a breakout/breakin to succeed. Meanwhile once the skies clear up, air interdiction would badly cut German supplies needed to attack the pocket. While breaking out may be difficult, in the absence of an all out attack and with the pocket so...

  5. Prolonging the Futility: A WW2 European TL

    Hmm, the Germans surrounded 200,000 soldiers on Christmas Eve and secured their surrender in one week? Sorry, even rolling all the sixes you like it ain't happening. Even the massively outnumbered Stalingrad pocket far behind enemy lines and isolated from support held out for months. The...

  6. How much could Prussia take after the Franco-Prussian war?

    They took all they could chew already, I think. The Austrians had a few times considered revenge for 1866. Dismembering France any more than it already has might alarm the British a bit, and taking the Baltics, for a war against Russia? No way. I could see them do it if they fought a bunch of...

  7. Best possible French performance in the Franco Prussian war?

    Easiest POD would be that Bazaine slips and falls to his death, or his ship sinks on the way back from Mexico, etc. An absolutely atrocious and indecisive commander. Longer past that, a better artillery would have been welcome. Perhaps Reffye, instead of working on the mitrailleuse, should have...

  8. AHC: Better Japanese campaign in Burma during WW2

    I'm not sure that even with excellent leadership that the Kohima-Imphal offensive would have gone very much farther. As I understand it, the Japanese achieved surprise and rather good results in their initial maneuver OTL, but after that both the Kohima battle and the Imphal siege seem like...

  9. How could the USSR do better with a POD of June 22 1941?

    I'm not sure what could really be done in 1941. Perhaps if the Soviets became far more cautious they could avoid some of the later big encirclements, e.g. the Kiev pocket and Bryansk pockets. They really should have held back on any serious attacks when they were not ready, but such a massive...

  10. Biggest "You Blew it!" moments in History (Pre-1900)

    Napoleon's invasion of Spain, then Russia. Then even after both ended in disasters, turning down a generous offer of peace while fighting a coalition of literally every other major power in Europe. A military genius but a strategic idiot, his decision to invade Spain/Russia might as well have...

  11. Operation Bagration in numerical equality

    What is the POD exactly? Considering lack of elaboration of what happened to make things this way, this belongs in ASB. Such huge demographic changes would greatly change the entire strategy, structure and nature of the armed forces that it's a stretch we'd see the exact same situation as in...

  12. How would you fight the Pacific War as Japan?

    Fully agree, but I'm just playing along with the OP's premise that you have to fight the US at some point. Not too familiar with the political situation in the Philippines, but weren't they going to get independence anyway? Were there groups unhappy with the form of government to be adopted? I...

  13. How would you fight the Pacific War as Japan?

    This is a very good point. A pissed off America attacked without provocation vs a war of choice is a big difference. If the Japanese constantly proclaim their desire for a white peace in a war that the Americans started, every loss will be felt more keenly and the isolationists will wonder out...

  14. How would you fight the Pacific War as Japan?

    Just limiting myself to strategy, but I would honestly try to peace out of China as quickly as possible. Accept the first Trautmann proposal which Chiang was already willing to negotiate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trautmann_mediation#First_proposal). Without this huge bleeding sore the U.S...

  15. Could France have won the Franco-Prussian War? (Idea)

    OTL they were deployed forward after their initial misuse of keeping them at artillery ranges. But less secrecy would certainly have served them well, if gunners were better trained in their use. They tended not to sweep their fire so one man would take a lot of bullets but leave the surrounding...

  16. WI: The Dutch in 1940 hold out but France, Belgium collapse as OTL. What next?

    I was kind of curious about what exactly the Dutch would have done, if they managed to beat off the first Nazi attacks, but France falls as OTL. It just doesn't seem to be a good defensive position to hold. Once all German grounded forces are finished with France, I don't think you could...

  17. AHC: Purge the Japanese Army of disobedient officers in the 30s

    OTL Japanese army was completely out of control, to put it lightly. Political assassinations, starting wars without authority, etc etc. It could have used a lot of cleaning, but would it have been possible? Supposing the emperor gave such a purge (doesn't have to be executions, but could just...

  18. Japan does not surrender after atomic bombs, how does the Soviet invasion of Manchuria go?

    I wonder why the Soviets didn't push for an earlier encirclement. Was it likely that they would be able to pocket Japanese forces north of Changchun, or were they escaping south already? In any case I still don't believe 6 GTA alone can take Mukden in mid August, even assuming full strength. 1...

  19. Japan does not surrender after atomic bombs, how does the Soviet invasion of Manchuria go?

    What is the significance of Mukden in this case? Logistics center for future Soviet offensive (after pause). Or something to take on the way to a more important objective? Was there a big rush to take this position? In any case I'm inclined to think taking Mukden would be tough for 2 Soviet...

  20. Japan does not surrender after atomic bombs, how does the Soviet invasion of Manchuria go?

    Fuel consumption fighting through an effective defense is quite a bit higher than movement. I read in one book on the 1944 offensives that the faster a Soviet tank army advanced, the less losses taken and resources used. (I can't seem to find the primary source but I think it might be taken from...
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