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You know who else needs a statue? This guy. He didn't save the world by accident, he did it on purpose. What a wonderful person. All though in terms of destruction he probably didn't prevent as much as the other guy, 'cause the Soviets didn't have as many nukes. Still, we all owe our lives to...

Yup. Good thinking.

So I guess I'll just explain the second one. The second one is the US backing the British and French during the Suez Crisis, this causes slower decolonization, butterflies the Soviet Union into collapsing sooner, and has a more interventionist USA. In OTL Kenya was released in 1961.

Indeed! And by the way the second one does not take place entirely at the UN, that scene is just the way that I thought I could best showcase the changes in the world. If you can figure out the POD from that seen I'll be quite impressed. But I will give you a hint, both of the people who meet...

Normally I don't really like these threads, but I seriously can't decide. Both of these are Cold War timelines, but I'm not going to describe them. Instead, I'm going to have a narrative vignette, from the same day, in the most populous city in America. And you can try and figure out the POD...

There seems to be some division on the question. Some people think that the Suez Crisis could have easily lead to WW3, where as others think there is no chance at all. So how could we make the Suez Crisis become WW3?

Maybe more veto powers?

What would we do without them...

One of the founding principles of the UN is that they cannot violate a nations' national sovereignty, that is that they cannot force a nation to do anything. Now, this is a pretty good founding principle, but it also means that even in cases of genocide and human rights abuse the UN can't...

Even if the Austro-Russian Army takes Paris first? Because in OTL hostilities ceased and the peace of Vienna was signed only when the Anglo-Prussian army took Paris.

Basically like that. Wellington and Blucher and completely defeated, routed from the field. Napoleon moves against the Austrian Army of the Upper Rhine, he skirmishes with them and forces them to retreat to meet up with the Russian Army that would have crossed the Rhine by then. Together the...

It's always been my opinion that "The close run thing" was, while close run tactically, would not have made much difference in the long run. So, supposing Napoleon wins at Waterloo, but is then defeated by the rest of the coalition when he goes for the Rhine. What happens? What is the peace...

Holy God, that was riveting. I'm sorry to see Prospero end though, America was a bit more uplifting than Britain.

The best candidate for this is the Agadir crisis, by then everyone had set up their alliances, although it will probably go better for the Germans than it did OTL because the French and Russians have less time to prepare. I think a late war would go the opposite though, Germany would be...

So, I think there is a difference between actually winning and just pressuring people out of a place. Because, Castro they definitely won, and Tito. But Afghanistan and the Soviets is a bit different, because by that definition the Iraqi insurgents have won a military victory over the US. This...

In my opinion the real question is what happens after the war. If MacArthur had not held any important command in WW2 then he certainly wouldn't be holding anything important in Korea (or TTL's version of it). Say what you will but Inchon was pretty impressive, and I don't think Korea would have...

Anyone here seen the show? New season starts on the 27th. It's pretty funny in my opinion, if a bit childish at times. It has several AH parts about it, it appears to take place in present day (cell phones, LCD screens) but everyone dresses like it's the sixties and the computers are very...

I was always of the opinion that, while extremely bleak, Threads was more accurate than TDA. Although generally I am of the firm belief that the US would come out far better than the UK. The UK is small enough to be completely swamped in fallout after a large scale attack. The US on the other...

I don't really think that the USSR would ever really turn out well. The problem with a communist system is that it cannot really have elections. Because you can't just go around every four years deciding whether something is public or not, or whether people have the right to own stuff or not...

Before I talk about the substance of what you said, you have just compared several scenarios with several others. The one's you put first are considered "ASB" supposedly. In your opinion they are the better outcome, you can't try and deny it. Your wording is the sarcastic mocking of what you...