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I bet this took a hell of a lot of cross-referencing the different family trees. Peabody Martini staggers away from writing that chapter for a well-earned rest.

Wrong World War. Peter Jacksons excellent documentary was about the First World War. No Nazis yet. A complex stew of motivation, 'To do your bit', empire loyalty, propaganda fuelled anger at the 'Beastly Hun', and yes, adventure with the chance to get away from a dull parentally controlled...

A tear came to my eye reading that. Well played, Peabody-Martini.

Less mismanagement by Commodore would be a good start. I'm sure subsequent subject matter experts can detail the many ways this can be done. Continued development of post-AGA chipsets, a worthwhile console, rather than pushing out the CD 32?

King's Cross fire, down to the proximate cause.

There may be a difference between an existential threat, especially at WW 2 levels and what might be considered as a neo-colonial misadventure in a faraway hot and sandy place. There was not a lot of popular support for the Iraq intervention generally.

That song wasn't by Spike Milligan. Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli in 1936. Spike Milligan did comment in one of his memoirs that the bombing of Nagasaki did have the unfortunate side effect of killing the song writers income.

Scraped the bottom of the barrel, gone right through the rotten timbers and desperately scraping the unyielding floor.

The ghost of Jackie Fisher cackles with insane glee.

Could this topic be the Irish version of the Unmentionable Sea Mammal? It has the same aroma of implausible Doom about it, even less likely, but people will be irresistibly drawn in.

Congratulations on your Turtledove win!

Falklands crisis electric boogaloo, fine radioactive particles of Buenos Aires floating in the upper atmosphere?

Without detracting from your point, there is a massive cultural difference between the USA and UK re. Museum ships generally. UK does not hang on to that many old ships, USA tries to preserve all it can, maybe too much so? Also desperate postwar economics forced a quick sale of much of the...

HMS Naiad, same as the OTL Leander class frigates?

If you are including 'utter shit stain of a human being' in your working definition. The ultimate serial killer with a military rank, Oskar Dirlewanger might be king of the stinking heap.