If it helps, I did some brief research from Bolivian sources available on the internet - there appears to be a biography of the man, Historia de una leyenda. Vida y palabra de Juan Lechín Oquendo, líder de los mineros bolivianos, by journalist Lupe Cajías, but it doesn't seem to be online - and...
I believe Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz threatened to give it a go if Hindenburg kept refusing. He would have likely lost though, for the reasons noted before.
Hindenburg got several million voters who didn't participate in the first round to show up for the second based on account of his prestige...
In regards to Hunter S. Thompson, it certainly would be interesting to wonder about his perspective on Carter being successfully sidelined, particularly with his original judgment of the man being a ruthless operator ("sheer functional meanness"). There's even a 1977 interview in which HST says...
Pat McCarran. Democratic Senator from Nevada (33-54), close to omniponent in the Senate during the 40's and 50's due to chairing the Judiciary Committee, raging anti-Communist (and I mean public admirer of Francisco Franco levels of anti-Communism), had a firm grasp on the state, was said to...
Oh, that's a great suggestion, I didn't have Savage on my radar. I picked Davis because he was actually cast in one of the failed attempts to get the film done in OTL and seemed like he had the ability to portray an emotionally complex character, and also because I wanted to avoid a different...
First Blood (1978) (Dir. Sydney Pollack)
Starring Brad Davis, Gene Hackman and Lee Marvin
Garnering rave reviews since its release in 1972, David Morell's novel First Blood had already been subject to an immediate - and failed - attempt at an adaptation by Columbia Pictures, only to fall apart...
NOBODY LIVES FOREVER (1991)
Sam Neill IS James Bond
Nobody Lives Forever is a 1991 spy film, the fourteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the third film to star Sam Neill as MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Richard Marquand, and based on the John Gardner novel by...
I get the impression that the challenge is more political than military, in the sense of having to create the conditions for the Japanese military (and establishment) to accept defeat and surrender before Germany has surrendered.
I think the "easiest" route may actually be found in Europe, via...
Thanks!
Most definetly sunk:
"Although it manages to cross half the required distance after leaving Tromso, Tirpitz enters a veritable aerial kill zone on October 7th, and is sunk within 15 minutes, taking hundreds of sailors to their graves right within sight of Occupied Denmark."
I toyed...
Indeed, which is why Guderian can make the call with only the Kriesgmarine complaining about it. It is not dissimilar to Admiral Toyoda's dilemma before Leyte Gulf: do you preserve the surface fleet in spite of it potentially becoming useless, or do you gamble it in pursuit of a larger strategic...
Threadmarks: XIX. Early September to Mid October, 1944 (I)
XIX.
September 1944:
Increasingly reduced in size after countless setbacks,
Doenitz’s Kriesgmarine is suddenly at the center-stage
August 15th to September 3rd, 1944
Helsinki, Finland:
Despite the success of Field Marshal Mannerheim’s sudden elevation into supreme power – again – in order...
Map: Europe
August 31st, 1944
(Work in Progress [*])
[*] Based off the June 1944 map available here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/wiki/doku.php?id=resources:europe_wwii_map_series. I've just tinkered with the borders and color. I'm not particularly good at map making and I have to juggle...
Threadmarks: XVIII. Late August to Early September, 1944 (II)
XVIII.
September 1944:
Now undisputed master of German intelligence,
Walter Schellenberg tries to find a way out of the war
August 1st to September 1st, 1944
Berlin, Germany:
Despite devoting most of their collective efforts to taking office, consolidating power, and generally dealing both...
There are alternatives to De Gaulle, but as it's been aptly pointed out, De Gaulle's actions in June 1940 - which earned him a ton of criticism and even resulted in other relevant individuals not wanting to work with him - provided a key boost in the long term. Without his forceful personality...