Recent content by WatsonLadd

  1. AHC: The 27 Club Test - If They Died at 27

    They would be the tragedy of US metal. We'd wonder what they could have done after five great albums, an unblemished legacy to stand up to the best of the Scandinavians.
  2. the best movies never made

    The Man with the Golden Arm (2018) A heartwarming biopic of James Harrison. Trainspotting A look at trains and the people who love them in Scotland.
  3. Trotsky in Command

    Stalin had the ability to find Zhukov, recognize his abilities, and put him in charge. He didn't however take decisive action until it was almost too late, and this delayed response cost Russia dearly. Plus his purges had deeply weakened the armed forces. What does a leader of the USSR who had...
  4. WI: 11th Army Division pushes north from Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom

    The airborne operation or delaying taking Antwerp would both have required a lot of foresight and resistance to The supply shortage is pretty well known given the extraordinary efforts being made to ensure the spearheads still have supplies. The reason a push slightly beyond Antwerp as a POD is...
  5. WI: 11th Army Division pushes north from Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom

    On 2 September 1944 the 11th Army Division halted in Antwerp. Had they pushed just one town further, they would have trapped the German 15th Army on the Beveland Peninsula. It's unlikely that this would modify Market Garden: Montgomery and the British General Staff are not going to hear that...
  6. Absinthe AH challenge

    67.5? All we need is a russiawank and it will be enormously popular.
  7. How many POD's does one need to have Nazi victory?

    Russia cannot win without lend lease. The United States was reluctant to help Russia IOTL. Let's have Trotsky instead of Stalin. With exporting revolution a major Soviet activity the western democracies will help Hitler win in Russia.
  8. Three Seconds Late

    One issue: Many of the Mexican provinces are ready for admission as states due to population, and will want it for economic reasons. Will this happen quickly, or will there be opposition to Mexicans getting states?
  9. Wir Sind Spartakus!

    Could you please explain how the Belgians take over Dutch Territory, especially since the border looks right to me. (modulo Baarle-Hertzog, which no one cares about). It's much more likely that they just don't give a damn. (Either side)
  10. Tybee Island bomb goes off in '58

    Not so. The seismographic evidence would be unmistakable. A 3.8 megaton bomb is a 6.0-6.5 magnitude earthquake if all the energy is coupled to motion of the earth. Assuming 1% of the energy is coupled, then 4.0 magnitude earthquake. That will be detected, and given the region it takes place in...
  11. The Rats of Singapore

    How about the British putting out a large minefield on the North end of the island?
  12. Tybee Island bomb goes off in '58

    The United States government would be caught with its pants down. Having reassured the public that nuclear testing was safe they would have been crucified in the press for killing rich white people with cancer. The Nuclear Disarmament movement would grow overnight, and the United States...
  13. M1 Abram in battle vs Soviet Tanks

    Big question: 1 on 1 or big groups, and how is it that after NATO uses nukes the Russians don't fry everything in sight.
  14. challenge:Muslim Taiwan

    The Dutch import Indonesians not Chinese in the 1700's.
  15. Years of Flames: A Timeline

    Won't the use of nuclear weapons have immediate consequences for the conduct of the war? I see a lot of basing and air rights being immediately suspended, and a lot of screaming from France. Also, besieged troops under aerial bombardment will take much more fire then the besiegers, and the US...
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