Any thoughts on the story idea of Hitler coming to power in Austria in the 1930s and not Germany due to him joining the Austro-Hungarian Army rather than the German Army?
Yes they rejected him, as did the Bavarians in early 1914. In my premise he is declined in Bavaria for a second time but a wealthy German who was nearby gives him some money to take a train to Linz and on the way he eats a steady diet for a few weeks. By the time he enlists he is somewhat healthier.
Geologic events typically go in the asb area, so you might want to check there.Has anyone write Yellowstone eruption timeline on this forum? I am interested in reading timeline about yellowstone.
Ah ok thank! Only find thread that discuss what if it happen rather than story, but I will try to look some more.Geologic events typically go in the asb area, so you might want to check there.
I have this stupid idea bouncing around in my head, and am too lazy to do the research of width and depth to ascertain it's viability, so...
Let's say that we have Stalin - or some ISOT pretending to be Stalin - having a bit of a different calculus about Nazi Germany, to the tune of deciding to go to war with it in 1940, while they're still busy with Entente.
So, there are two overland targets - either going for Romania (And it's a bit of a distance to Germany), or for Poland (And there we have a problem of underdeveloped infrastructure and different gauges), and both wouldn't allow Soviets to get to Germany faster than Entente would.
Of course, there's a value in going for Romania anyway, to the tune of "OIL!". But pure land approach in Poland would be rather slow.
However, with Poland we have a possibility of using marine shipping, as there's a stretch of Baltic coast along with significant ports, that could be used to support soviet armies... Once Kriegsmarine is dealt with.
However, Kriegsmarine is a shadow of it's predecessor, and most of it would be engaging Entente fleets in any case - after proper preparations, Baltic fleet might be able to establish naval superiority in Baltics for some time if not indifinitely...
But then, why go for Polish ports, if you can go for German ones?
Thus, a plan that consists of Baltic fleet moving out of Leningrad to Pearl Harbor elements of Kriegsmarine present in the Baltics, to mine the Danish Straits and to escort ships full of troops to german shores, to be executed simultaneously with declaration of war, assault on Romania and engagements along the border in Poland.
Of course, you have to conceal preparations for such a move... Like, say, bungle the war with Finland even more in the eyes of the world and prolong it through the spring of 1940, while using it to build up necessary forces around Leningrad.
So, disregarding politics, would such a plan be possible to execute for the soviets, and why (not)?
I have this stupid idea bouncing around in my head, and am too lazy to do the research of width and depth to ascertain it's viability, so...
Let's say that we have Stalin - or some ISOT pretending to be Stalin - having a bit of a different calculus about Nazi Germany, to the tune of deciding to go to war with it in 1940, while they're still busy with Entente.
So, there are two overland targets - either going for Romania (And it's a bit of a distance to Germany), or for Poland (And there we have a problem of underdeveloped infrastructure and different gauges), and both wouldn't allow Soviets to get to Germany faster than Entente would.
Of course, there's a value in going for Romania anyway, to the tune of "OIL!". But pure land approach in Poland would be rather slow.
However, with Poland we have a possibility of using marine shipping, as there's a stretch of Baltic coast along with significant ports, that could be used to support soviet armies... Once Kriegsmarine is dealt with.
However, Kriegsmarine is a shadow of it's predecessor, and most of it would be engaging Entente fleets in any case - after proper preparations, Baltic fleet might be able to establish naval superiority in Baltics for some time if not indifinitely...
But then, why go for Polish ports, if you can go for German ones?
Thus, a plan that consists of Baltic fleet moving out of Leningrad to Pearl Harbor elements of Kriegsmarine present in the Baltics, to mine the Danish Straits and to escort ships full of troops to german shores, to be executed simultaneously with declaration of war, assault on Romania and engagements along the border in Poland.
Of course, you have to conceal preparations for such a move... Like, say, bungle the war with Finland even more in the eyes of the world and prolong it through the spring of 1940, while using it to build up necessary forces around Leningrad.
So, disregarding politics, would such a plan be possible to execute for the soviets, and why (not)?
Failure of the Norwegian Campaign for Germany in WW2
Source: https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3484.html
POD 5: Naval victories off the Norwegian coast result in more decisive action taken against the Germans at Narvik, resulting in their surrender before June 1940 along with the Allied recapture of Narvik. The same occurs with all other German controlled Norwegian ports, resulting in the German invasion of Norway failing completely by 21 May 1940.
Any good readable sources covering Elihu Root's attempts at reforming the US Army's command structure in the early 1900's? As I understand it, he attempted to combine aspects of then current corporate management models and the Prussian Army command structure, with the idea of bringing the US Army into the 20th Century. I know he set the ground work for the Chief of Staff, improved officer training and such, but ran into problems trying to corral the semi-autonomous fiefdoms of the Army's Bureaus. What I've found so far is pretty scant on detail
Not really. For a man as important to the American army as Mahan was to the American navy, he published very little on what he did to reform the disaster that was the American army of the Spanish American war. What he did write
Books by Elihu Root (Author of Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution)
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is more about government reform in general and about foreign relations.
For work about Root's army reforms...