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I would say that the US Navy did not do its bit either. It and the Germany High Seas Fleet ought to be ablw to seriously worry the Royal Navy in the North Sea and Atlantic. Therefore, without sea control the British should not risk sending a troop convoy. It is likely that the Navy did not...

Germany could certainly use the food, but Baku oil would be less important because the Ottoman Empire would/could be on her side. In terms of fronts, Russia could open one up in Persia, which would not only threaten British oil supplies (and thus the Royal Navy's ability to wage war), but also...

And the economics to be able to do so. Britain's blockade of Germany gradually strangled her. Without the blockade Germany could have done what the Entente did, namely tap the USA for money and munitions. Apart from Sweden, no country involved in the Thirty Years War could blockaded to anywhere...

Or it does not have to. If Germany does not invade Belgium then Britain will sit the war out, at least for the initial phase. For their part, the CSA jumps in to support France before finding out that Britain is sititng the war out. At this point, it has two choices. One, take on the USA...

In some respects the plebiscites are irrelevant. To quote Jerry Voorhis, US ambassador to the CSA. "If the president gave you everything you say you want, you'd just say you wanted something else." Sooner or later, Featherston would have started a war. That would delay the US superbomb...

What about Russia? Fighting within its borders lasted from 1914 to the 50s when the last anti Communist partisans got eliminated.

Remember, the objective of the wars was never to actually win but to consume stuff. That is why there is a reference to helicopters replacing planes. Thus, poor logistics would part of the plan. If you have to blow up equipment because it rusted from sitting around that's good because your...

I can understand this position if the outcome is currently indeterminable or the USA looks like winning. What though if McClellan and company has managed to start losing seriously? Napoleon may then wade in so that the CSA will reward him at the end of the war. After all, he would not be the...

Alternatively, Lincoln could calm everything down as he did in the Trent Incident. It is worth noting that whilst at times in this era France and Britain fought together, eg the Crimean War and China, on other occasions they sent their gun boats in alone. eg Korea and Syria. If the American...

This assumes that the border between the USA and Canada is closed. If it is open then supplies can shipped across the Great Lakes until railroads are laid and them too. After all, if country A declares a blockade against country B but can not enforce it there is no reason why country C need step...

Both the links show cloud cuckoo views of the world. Take one example of each. First link, China's declaration of war in solidarity with Russia. The countries were not in the same alliance and have different relationships with Europe. There would be no good reason to cut links with its major...

Actually the B-36 was developed in case the Americans had no European or North African base from which to bomb Germany. I can understand though that the T-12 Cloudmaker would have been designed to fit its bomb bay. You don't design a bomb that you can not deliver.;)

Why make the offer in the first place? It is not as if either side in the war can stop them and when it is all over they (the French) will be too dug in for any victor to drive them out. The key factor is whether or not the British object.

No value in shipping timber from Germania to Greece/the Black Sea. They can grow their own. Copper and salt have possibilities in that they are low bulk high value. In the ancient world travel times were so long that with rare exception such as grain for Rome only luxury goods were transferred...

In that case you have a very wide choice of sites. Give how in England (same climate) I know that communities have come and gone almost any locations would be suitable for your TL.

Depends what you define as a town. My define of one, or to be more precise a city is a settlement with a significant non-agricultural population, howeer you want to define that. Miners, priests and artisans all meet my definition of this role. The issue here is transport and in this era...

I am sure that names won't be the only thing that the Bard would take liberties with. A few Henry V style speeches are also on the cards.

Probably the biggest game changer was the death of Stephen's son Eustace. Without a credible heir (William the second son was too young) he was on a hiding to nothing.

I don't wish to seem too picky about the Bard's choice of names, but should it not be Cerdic as in the first King of Wessex?

You mean like Theseus, Duke of Athens? Well, two out of three is not bad. On a Harold Godwinson play, if Shakespeare were to write it in the reign of James I, another foreign monach who was the lawful King of England, that would be right up his (Will's) street. Not sure though who Harold who be...