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  1. No F-104 Starfighter for Europe! Alternate designs instead.

    Don't forget we get ours some time later than other countries, so we know the problems other people had faced

  2. Spain sells Philippines to Japan in 1896 - impacts on World War II(and 20th century)

    The POD is very questionable, you need to look at the context of Spanish politics, selling the Phillppines or Cuba was the beancounters solution to the rebellions which were draining more than 60% of the national budget, not only stop the spending but getting some money. But the idea was dead...

  3. 40 years since the Stanislav Petrov incident - where were you on Sept. 25/26, 1983? Would you have survived if the nukes were launched?

    Ok, I am was 8 years old, living in my village in Northern Spain and I think the chances are quite good in short and medium term in case of a counterforce attack, not so sure about a counter value attack. I elaborate. Spain is the newest NATO member, not even minimally integratred but there are...

  4. Had Spain not been under the control of Franco, would the UK have given back Gibraltar?

    I do not mean tax heaven for the UK but for Spaniards and UE people, Channel Islands are quite remote from the continent, there is the statistic when the door to Gib was opened in the 80's, suddenly was a drop on the travels to Switzerland (the usual safe haven for corrupts in Spain)

  5. Had Spain not been under the control of Franco, would the UK have given back Gibraltar?

    But the Falklands were invaded, here we are discussing a peaceful agreement I think. I had the notion that without an invasion, and USA sponsored agreement about the Falklands was feasible as a way to cut costs in which the "iron Lady" was upon

  6. Had Spain not been under the control of Franco, would the UK have given back Gibraltar?

    No, the corrupt money laundering and other gray bussiness in Gibraltar are too important for the UK economy to lose it

  7. Question: In what specialized niches could zeppelins survive?

    Nowadays it can be very usful on aerogeneration parks building and maintenance, most times there is no road to the place and the equipment is not as heavy big in size that even normal roads are banned sometimes. Here where I live used heavy lift helicopters in some places

  8. Alternate warships of nations

    My friend (my first bicycle had an athletic banner on it), no way a protopocket will fill the bill: 1st Triple turrets are new so tech and work intesive so higher costs 2nd Diesel engines are even newer, very expensive and not fully reliable A six gun España could be but only to make it...

  9. Alternate warships of nations

    I'm a fucking spaniard. I have done some reserach on the shipbuilding subject and talked to spanish historians. As soon as the "ironclad revolution" came, so you need something tech and iron/steel to build ships instead of timbers and a lot of carpenters, the sanctioned mantra was "build on the...

  10. Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation

    The real name is Marques de la Ensenada, reformist and naval minister in the XVIII century,

  11. AHC/WI: Faster Nelson class?

    That's the genuine article, french tower is not only higher but also has that that spreading poles

  12. Competent and loyal Abwehr?

    In a dictatorship, in the inteligence work, loyal and competent excludes themselves, The loyal tell the boss what he wants to litsen, period

  13. AHC/WI: Faster Nelson class?

    Sure is a KGV? The bridge tower looks too frenchy for my taste, May it be Jean Bart damaged turret in Casablanca?

  14. What if japan attacked/destroyed the panama canal at the same time as pearl harbour?

    Oh my GOD! Am I the only Bogey fan here? Am I the only one who remembers this movie? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034428/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

  15. Munich Shuffle: 1938-1942

    Whale has wings on this forum and also as 3 books, pity the 4th book never go out

  16. WI: Admiral King in command of US Pacific Fleet before Pearl Harbor

    The million dollar question: Would Adm. KIng dismiss the use of torpedo nets in Pearl Harbour? That's the most important "If" from my viewpoint as it could lessen the damage taken even in full surprise attack like in OTL

  17. WI the Panzerfaust 30/60 were readily available to the German troops for the invasion of France?

    All powers, great and minor were sure antitank rifle was what they needed before the war started. And most of them take too long to admit they were useless. The americans got bazooka fisrt beacause the don't have antitank rifles, their doctrine was using M2 Brownings 0.5 machineguns with ap...

  18. How would Spain be today if it never had the Civil war and/or Franco?

    The coup was well on its way 1935, the ringleaders think CEDA was too "soft" for their like, the CADA people only join afterwards

  19. How would Spain be today if it never had the Civil war and/or Franco?

    I don't agree: 1º War was avoidable, the only ones who wanted it were the monarchists: https://g.co/kgs/okSmjh 2º You say there is no other option than a rigthtist goverment, why the center or the left is not a valid solution? Most historians agree in that Indalecio as prime minister was a...

  20. How would Spain be today if it never had the Civil war and/or Franco?

    Sorry to point some facts again, even risking getting banned: There was no "monolitic" communist agitation in the interwar period in Spain, people from other nations put in the same bag all that "smells" left or revolution. In Spain, backwardness, small industrialisation, land ownership and...
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