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I have one in my sig with Tesla as the pioneering scientist.

In that matter, is the heavy industrial center in Silesia still relevant in pra-1945 world? Can they make something out of it or it's simply outdated nevertheless?

They do not need to be necessarily poorer, if we could have stronger DDR then it might be in the situation to assist its fellow Warsaw Pact state. (Voluntarily or directed by USSR.)

What if that knowing the Germans are going to capture it the British decided to wait until the process began and in the process of capturing the ships the British suddenly attacks? Hoping to destroy both, the British finds the French fleet and Germany fighting on the same side.

This might be against the odd but if somehow DDR national identity is strong enough the people would think twice than to let their nation be directly incorporated to the Federal Republic? Perhaps longer negotiation before the unification began? It certainly would not make the situation better...

Don't you think that involving European Powers to the Vietnam War gives the impression that the North Vietnamese are not defeatable that even the mighty US needs to be reinforced in subduing this one colonial nation? Beside more importantly, is the threat of North Vietnamese communism that...

Stalin might saw the dangerous prospect of West Germany arising again from the ash since it still had the majority of Germany industrial region. He wanted to have 'his Red Germany' be able to compete with the 'West' Germany. On the base of this reason could we also see DDR being given...

Say Stalin decided that it is better to give DDR the majority of Silesia rather than to Poland. (The rest goes as OTL) Would DDR be able to develop such heavy industrial region into something that could sustain the economy of DDR or match the Ruhrgebiet at some level? As a compensation to the...

Could we have an event where a combined German and Italian squadrons (including bombers?) sent to Mers-el-Kébir end up fighting on the same side as the Vichy French after their timing there coincided with the British attack?

I would like to know more about the condition in the Civil War, do you happen to know any source of internet articles where I could get the readings about it? Well while the Needle Gun would certainly bring some advantages to the Union Army the ordinary Enfield musket could still out range it...

This is a good point. I'm curious with the fate of President Lincoln in the case the civil war is shortened. Would he still be assassinated or would some butterflies change the plot?

I don't think that would be necessary, after all even after serious setbacks in OTL the Union still managed to overpower the Confederacy. It might just reduce the time when the CSA would be defeated.

Could the American civil war wait until 1870? Perhaps this whole venture could act like some sort of 'Bad Ems' pretext for France to declare war on NGC?

There were in OTL many German generals who immigrated from the smaller state of the German confederation in the Union. There were even one army with German immigrant. (Sigel's Army?) I wonder if the Prussian could just send one their best commander to provide advise or command the said army.

I have the impression that at that time OTL the world was indeed nearly a Habsburg World, especially under Charles V when the dynasty still had one branch.