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  1. 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 German soldiers to defend Italy, Normandy or the south of France once those invasions take place. Could even have an earlier version of Patton's First United...
  2. What if these 2 aircraft meet in combat ….

    You don't need a subscription for this one: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/lightning-vs-spitfire-why-the-iconic-mach-2-interceptor-struggled-to-win-mock-dogfights-against-the-legendary-wwii-plane-during-the-trial-flights-conducted-by-the-raf-between-the-two-types/
  3. 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 repay it all within 20 years Because We Can. But we really can't. Increased military spending that includes the atom bomb "We’ve got to have this thing over...
  4. 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 Brazilian govt was combating a drop in global coffee prices by buying up stocks of unsold coffee beans and destroying them. The intended effect was to stimulate...
  5. How could the Irish troops won in the siege of Jadotville?

    A good start would be to use clean containers when parachuting fresh drinking water to the besieged troops instead of used petrol cans.
  6. España No Ha Muerto: If Franco brought Spain into the Second World War

    Brazil gained independence from Portugal in 1822, and their main language is Portuguese. If Spain attacks Portugal would Brazil send their Expeditionary Force to Lisbon? Would this force be raised faster than OTL due to the historical situation? Would they be trained better (couldn't have been...
  7. British Rail sanity options : 1948 - 2000

    I would say that selling off all the land piecemeal was a poor idea. Keeping route formations intact and actually looking ahead to the possibility of population growth would serve a lot of places today quite well. Passing them on to councils for bridleways and cycle routes would be nice - at the...
  8. WI: The Lego Group went bankrupt in the early 2000s

    LEGO goes bankrupt. The brand name would be a highly prized asset for any replacement, as would the designs and moulds. The skills and knowledge of the designers would also be in demand. Honestly I think they would have been bought up lock, stock and barrel by an asset manager firm. Blackrock...
  9. Your own Spitfire wank

    It's all very well increasing the numbers of Spitfires produced but you'll only end up with airfields full of airframes. You need to work out how to get more pilots for the RAF by 1940 and have them ready for combat. When Castle Bromwich was getting started there was some talk by the older...
  10. AHC: Export options for the B-58 Hustler

    The most likely alternative user for the B-58 was the Soviet Union. As an aircraft that was complicated, expensive to operate and had a high number of crashes it could have done significant harm to their offensive capability... ;)
  11. U.S. schools end football during Great Depression, when concept of “liability” is still new and fresh?

    If you replace American Football with Soccer (aka Real Football ;) ) then you still have an exciting sport to follow, and one in which the US gets to compete on a worldwide basis. The possibility of earning higher wages for playing your favourite sport then leads to an imbalance in which it's...
  12. WI: German Kaiserliche Marine Focus on Forcing a Battle of Dover Strait

    Looking briefly at the possibility of land actions along the Kent and Sussex coastline... Royal Marines at Chatham Royal Engineers at Chatham Royal Navy barracks at Chatham Royal Marines at Deal Dover Barracks Dover Castle Dover Redoubt Folkestone Napier Barracks Royal Military Canal at Hythe...
  13. AHC : United States Military Coup in the 80s

    But those generals might see their own actions in replacing the President or Govt as 'defending the country against all enemies, foreign and domestic'. Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason. John Harington
  14. Plausibility check scenario: F-4's at Falklands 1982

    Let's say that RAF Stanley is created in the mid 1970s with an expanded runway that can take an airliner like a Comet, VC-10 or Tristar for the purposes of flights to the UK without having to stop in South America. There's a hangar, a half-decent radar and crew facilities. What military aircraft...
  15. Least Populous London?

    During WW2 British scientists carry out experiments on the nations potato, corn and barley crops. Their intention is to increase the yield and ensure that the UK does not face starvation again. It goes wrong. Crops fail. The potato blight of the Irish Famine looks more like a gardening accident...
  16. WI - The F-86 Sabre was not built, or not built on time for the Korean War?

    USAF send more F-51s to take up the fighter gap. They might bring back the Mighty Jug (P-47/F-47) as it could take more punishment. The RAAF, RAF and Fleet Air Arm send more Meteors and Vampires and Sea Furies to Korea to make up the numbers. Same effect on the Migs, possibly a few more Allied...
  17. Seven Days to the River Rhine: the Third World War - a TL

    So what happens to all the ground forces in Europe now? The navies will sail back to a safe port and the air forces will find somewhere to land or bail out to. But the various armies will be operating out in the open with only tents, barns or their vehicles to shelter in. Those that haven't...
  18. Royal Canadian navy helicopter cruiser?

    Heller are still going after various takeovers. They just don't have a great presence in UK/US model shops who know more of Airfix and Revell. You will find their kits online and more likely in French and German model shops. https://www.heller.fr/en/81034-jeanne-d-arc-1000810340
  19. The Ballad of Sailor Bill: A Timeline of the Tortoise in the White House

    Just imagine the conspiracy theories :D Sailor Bill uses mind control on the President! Tortoise in charge of US Nuclear Codes! Sailor Bill died years ago, Walt Disney animatronics make his body move like a robot!
  20. Better names for US warships

    There was an HMS Derbyshire - https://www.arborfield-september49ers.co.uk/hmt_derbyshire.htm Talking of landlocked counties; there was also an HMS Hertfordshire - https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6351.html and an HMS Bedfordshire - https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1626.html Back to...
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