Recent content by LongVin

  1. V-Weapons vs. Allied Bomber Bases

    The V weapons were never accurate enough for this type of precision strike.
  2. WI: Covert conversion of an European ruler to Islam?

    Perhaps he would create his own branch of Islam without the pork restriction. Say it was misinterpreted in a translation or a relic of Judaism. Same argument could be made for alcohol. They might say wine is haram but anything that's not from a grape is ok, which was the justification of some.
  3. Foothold at Dunkirk

    Most of the conversations revolving around Dunkirk are about What IF the evacuation of the BEF failed and the like. I'm rather curious though what if there is no evacuation. Instead Britain decides they have enough troops on the continent to hold a foothold in Europe and instead orders the BEF...
  4. What would the impact on WW II with no Valkyrie?

    Without Rommel's suicide we also don't know how he would have followed through with the rest of the war. His vaunted reputation may well have been over. If he couldn't pull off any dramatic successes his actions in Africa could very easily be attributed to "he got lucky."
  5. If the 9/11 Attacks Were Just Barely Thwarted

    Ransom or political statement would be rather par for the course for hijackings. Like the hijackings of the 70s where communists would take over a plane and demand they be flown to Cuba.
  6. Nazis overthrown in a military coup years after a German victory. How would the new regime look back on its past and present itself to the world?

    What would the the wehrmacht look like with another decade and a half of nazi rule though? How much independence would the officer Corp at this point have from the nazi party itself?
  7. Why do people on this site unanimously agree that a Nazi European victory via defeating the USSR in Fall Blau and ceasefire with west is impossible?

    I think it is still possible but would need to have some sort of cascade effect that leads to a panic that eventually can't be stopped. Let's create a scenario prior to Barbarossa that the Germans get lucky and take out a bunch of British oil depots resulting in a legitimate shortage. British...
  8. Would the colonial empires still exist today if World War II never happened?

    Libya will probably be kept. It was often referred to as Italy's fourth coast plus the Italians did have the concept when Balbo was in charge of the colony. Without WW2 it is quite possible they can get enough Italians into the area to make it majority Italian especially once oil is discovered...
  9. Would the colonial empires still exist today if World War II never happened?

    Libya will probably be kept. It was often referred to as Italy's fourth coast plus the Italians did have the concept when Balbo was in charge of the colony. Without WW2 it is quite possible they can get enough Italians into the area to make it majority Italian especially once oil is discovered...
  10. Would the colonial empires still exist today if World War II never happened?

    As most have said they will probably only last a few more decades. The paradigm shift against empires really came about after WW1, for a lot of people there wasn't the mental will to continue on with these expensive empires, and also a moral shift, Europe was not as self assured with themselves...
  11. Why do people on this site unanimously agree that a Nazi European victory via defeating the USSR in Fall Blau and ceasefire with west is impossible?

    Very implausible but not impossible. The problem is Germany is literally fighting against the entire world. I think a few factors could lead to Germany victory of sorts though. But all of these come prior to Fall Blau. 1. No winter war. The soviets learned just how bad their military was...
  12. Wealthy UK post WW 2, How & Consequences

    Something you have to look at is the role of the US in basically forcing open the UK's economy. Prior to WW2 they had a system in place where the nominally free parts of the Empire and the commonwealth nations traded with the UK first at favorable rates for the UK. The US for all intents and...
  13. Soviet succession without Stalin

    Revolutions eat their own. It is quite possible that a longer surviving Lenin gets declared not communist enough and gets knocked out.
  14. Questions about the nobility of children who don't inherit.

    Thanks all for the input! Anyone have any specific details on how France did it? After reading through everything I'm leaning more towards the continental system.
  15. Questions about the nobility of children who don't inherit.

    I'm in the process of writing a historical fiction story and something came up that I'm having trouble finding an answer for. What happens to 2nd and 3rd and so on sons after their eldest brother inherits? I know in most countries the title as well as the land associated with it passed only to...
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