That is important to remember, if he fought for a morganatic marriage it would be far more difficult to push it through.
A great many people did not care all that much about divorce, and their opposition to the match had to be justified more through concerns about the risks of someone of the...
Problem with that was the international situation. As I recall there was a Hapsburg regent in Hungary briefly - I think he resigned as armies started marching towards Budapest.
It is difficult for Hungary to restore the monarchy without that being seeing as a provocation by her neighbors.
I...
Is France getting heavily involved in the Spanish quagmire going to help them when the Germans invade? If they over-extend themselves then I think a German victory becomes even more likely. Then the Germans are in a good position to help the Nationalist finish the civil war and cause trouble for...
When you remove the Communists providing guns and encouragement decolonization slows down. If you have Germans and Italians wanting to expand their empires then such colonials have to ask themselves if independence is something they can maintain.
It is not as if the British and the French were...
This seems likely - the British government may feel they have no choice but to allow many of the refugees into camps in Cyprus (they would not be integrated into Cypriot society I think though - like the Palestinians in Jordan OTL they would remain refugees) - the locals would not want them to...
I disagree with you there, a former VP and the last runner up for president is far more famous and noteworthy than General Walker who is the one he went after first.
Ironically the 1960s could have gone much the same throughout, Lodge was instrumental in starting the Vietnam War and a staunch proponent of civil rights so I'd think the same things would have happened.
The interesting question becomes if Kennedy might decide he needs to refocus on a southern...
I find that very unlikely.
Ian Smith fought against the Nazis, as did many others.
In this sort of situation I think Britain would be more inclined to hold onto its overseas territories longer - if not (white ruled) dominion status for Rhodesia and possibly Kenya is quite plausible.
South...
I think in most situations where the Axis wins (even potentially scenarios where Algeria is in Free French hands) De Gaulle eating a bullet and the Free French rejoining Vichy is quite likely.
The colonies are not in a position to go the way of Taiwan and Vichy France is not as ideologically...
This point is very important - I can still see the Iran-Iraq war ending on schedule but the USSR could probably veto a war against Saddam. An expanded Iraq would control about 20% of the world's oil - and would likely be facing an embargo from the West.
This is very beneficial to the Soviet...
I see no reason why he would like Nixon more and as you say, there were good reasons for Nixon to be in Texas that year.
A major factor setting Oswald off was Cuba which I suspect Nixon would have handled differently, but my money is on Oswald trying to kill him if the opportunity presented itself.
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Danny DeVito would have been hilarious as Mario.
And maybe he could have pulled it off, although I always viewed Mario as having a cheerful, wholesome look in his eye which I don't know if DeVito can pull off.
Although I detested the film I should note that my brother loved it and rented...
Hard to say, I think Ignatieff could have done a bit better than Dion, he came off stronger and perhaps he would avoid the Green Shift, but I'm inclined to think that election would probably have gone much the same way regardless - I don't think he would do worse than Dion, but I don't think he...