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I wonder if it would be worth while for the Germans, Greeks and Bulgarians to get together and build a Med - Black sea canal. The Otto's would hate it as they would lose control of access to the Black Sea Greece would love it as it give the Otto's a black eye and created valuable income and...

Rast, Hate to be a spoiler for you but there in no way that Helgoland, Nassau, Poznan, Ostfriesland would be operating as part of this sort of fleet in fact I doubt that the Nassau's would remain in front line service the same might be said for the helgoland class dreadnoughts as they are non...

I doubt that the Rb would be in Ireland. He would have been in line for high level command in the Imperial German airforce. His Lt's however and brother are far more likely contenders. BTW the RB was a captain even though he was performing the duties of a lieutenant colonel or wing...

AHP, Don't forget the two dreadnoughts that the Royal navy stole. In any CP win scenario you'd expect to get these ships back at the very least possibly better one as the OE had already paid for them. So expect the Sultan Osman I and Reshad V to also be in the fleet at the very least. GB can't...

GMB GB was bound by treaty to protect Belgium and it was in their own interests to do so as it effectively bottled up the HSF. GB wouldn't end the war unless Belgium independence is assured. Germany acn get everything it wants at Frances expense at the piont of a gun thus upsetting GB's...

GMB, A few points. Why does GB pull out of the war when Paris falls leaving the French and Russians to fend for themselves. Secondly if they did pull out then there is no way in hell they'd have to pay massive repatriations. Germany couldn't force them to pay them and GB would simply...

Riain, where did you get these production figure from? IOTL PzkI~ 833, PzKII~1856, PzKIII ~ 5774, Pzk IV ~ 8800 approx, PzK V Panther ~ 6000 approx, PzK VI Tiger ~ 1355 & PzK VII king Tiger ~ 487. To me this adds up to only 25,000 panzers produced in total by the nazis and not just during...

Its quite simple. lets look at naval / merchant production from 1941 to 1945. The USA produced 141 carriers of all types, 10 BB, 48 CA's / CL's, 349 DD's, 498 escorts vessels and only 203 subs. Now I don't know if the BC's were included in the cruiser total or not. The BB were the NC's...

This argument is moot. The moment the USA goes to war with Germany, Germany loses. Regardless of how efficient the Germany economy has been made they simply can't match the USA. Just look at OTL the USA started gearing down their production in 1944 because that were producing more...

The Pod is that in that Ronald Reagan at the start of his presidency orders the USAF to restart the EB-70 Valkyrie program to replace the ageing B-52's. The only condition that President Reagan placed on the USAF was that the aircraft had to be capable of both nuclear and convention roles...

Another problem with the Belgium option is that Belgium was not unfriendly towards Germany at the start of the war. If France attacked them then they would fight France. It is even possible they they'd ask for assistance from Germany. Thus the S plan would have a very good chance to succeed...

Hate to rain on your parade but both William and Harry were born by 1985 and they wouldn't be on a tour to Ireland with Diana even if Charles was with her. So at best you could get Andrew being regent for William. Remember the policy is not to have all those inline to the throne on the same...

The point I was trying to make was that French Morale was at the bottom of the barrel in 1917 and only the sure knowledge that the Americans were joining kept them from making a separate peace. No American + Russia surrendering = France making best peace possible. Sure the war could still...

The first line says it all USA stays neutral. Once this happens then the likely hood is that France will sue for peace some time in 1917/18. They were only kept in the war in 1917 by being assured that the USA was going to enter. If this didn't happen then expect France to sue for peace...

HSB, Goa in India should still belong to Portugal as should several other Indian west coast cities. I guess the french ones will have gone to GB as there is no way in hell they'd allow the Germans to get them.:D

OW, On the Iowa's if the six were laid down in the late 30's lets say 39 for now then it is most likely that they would be damn near complete by 1942. On average these BB took roughly three years to build and if laid down in 39 or 40 then these ships would be too far along for any feasible...

This is going to cause a bit of flame but I think there is a good chance GB will join the war but only against France. A to honour its obligations to Belgium and B to be in a position to seize french colonies in Africa and Asia before the German get then by treaty through the barrel of a gun...

The easiest one is for the US and GB to wait for the newly formed united nations to formally make a decision on which side to support after the veto by the SU, Israel would have been destroyed before any high level government help arrived.

Actually plausible today. Just have a freighter loaded with Ammonium Nitrate pass through the canal and have the primer burried under all the tightly packed fertilizer. You could even track the ship by GPS and detonate it by remote without the crew having any real knowledge about your evil...

The POD for this is Texan cotton baron Colonel Edward House on his trip to Europe and Great Britain in 1912 receives a rude reception in Britain with several British aristocrats being most rude with some referring to Col House as a colonial ape. Being a Texan Col House takes this reception...