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  1. What if these 2 aircraft meet in combat ….

    I’ve only played it a few times, but this entire thread is a Check Your 6! Wishlist.

  2. Return of Horrible Educational Maps

    Australia is indeed the land down under...

  3. What if Germany invaded Malta in 1942?

    Malta is close enough to Italy that the Germans and Italians can try to take the island theoretically up to the launch of Operation Torch, But they may not take it, and they won’t keep it. It will be a priority to recover before or just after the conquest of Sicily. There is a game on the...

  4. U.S. goes BIG against drunk driving in the 1980’s, and remains a democracy?

    Not possible under the US legal system. You are not going to be able to shut down a business that quickly. You would need evidence, not just an allegation. There is also due process. It’s one thing to get a search warrant on short notice, it is another thing to seize and or shut down a...

  5. How long would the Japanese Empire have lasted if it never attacked Pearl Harbour?

    Which begs the question, did the Japanese ever consider not attacking the US? As far as I know, the Japanese assumed they were attacking the US, British, and Dutch from the start. Is there a POD in Japanese planning that would remove the US from the target list?

  6. How long would the Japanese Empire have lasted if it never attacked Pearl Harbour?

    The Japanese can’t take the risk. There are reasons the US was included in the first place. Even absent a Japanese attack, US-Japanese relations deteriorated through 1941. The US was withdrawing the US Navy and Marines from China and reenforcing the Philippines for a reason.

  7. How long would the Japanese Empire have lasted if it never attacked Pearl Harbour?

    No, not with the Philippines astride Japans supply lines.

  8. How long would the Japanese Empire have lasted if it never attacked Pearl Harbour?

    1945, Japan not attacking Pearl Harbor does not prevent war, as Japan will still be attacking Wake, Guam, The Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies. Kimmel might be more aggressive in reenforcing Wake, setting up a possible carrier battle, but the broad outline of the war...

  9. AHC: USCG gets and keeps CVE’s

    It’s a single vessel used for training and PR. The cost for operating it is far lower than 1-6 CVEs.

  10. WI: no partition of India

    Possible, but it would require a more federal India, less Hindu nationalism, and no Jinnah.

  11. AHC: USCG gets and keeps CVE’s

    The problem is the USCG has no need for a vessel like a CVE. For the vast majority of its missions, a single vessel with a helicopter or two onboard is sufficient. It would be a waste of resources.

  12. Nuclear War Simulator

    “Shall we play a game?

  13. How come there was no peerage in British North America?

    There was one Peer resident in Virginia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fairfax,_6th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron

  14. Picket ships to defend against Pearl Harbor surprise

    Impractical, Kimmel was short on smaller vessels, as a lot had been sent to the Atlantic. The war was expected to breakout in the Western Pacific, with attacks on Wake, Guam, and the Philippines to support attacks on the Dutch East Indies and Malaya. Both the Army and Navy were short on...

  15. When is the Earliest a possible time we could have a Black President?

    Jackson ran an activist vanity campaign. He was never close to being a contender. If memory serves he did worse against Mondale than Kennedy did against Carter for years before.
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