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"Mikado X10" Sorry, I can't find the reference. I'm sure it isn't a big steam loco...

SAS & SBS raid the Argentine naval base ??

"... still had an effective Atomic Bomb program until December 1944." Not ?? IIRC, they had a bunch of different projects, but their physics was off. IIRC, their 'pile' moderators were not pure enough. Also, they were verrrry slowwwwly separating their U isotopes with what seems a Calutron, an...

The RN raze lots of US coastal towns to ash and rubble, send their Marines in to burn Washington DC again...

One of the problems was turret-ring size. Took a while to work up to a turret which could handle the long recoil of a more powerful gun. Hence the apparently bizarre M3-Lee / Grant with its big sponson gun and small turret gun... A bigger gun needs a bigger turret ring needs a bigger tank, more...

IIRC, the French kept enough influence to begin dredging a canal through the Sudd. Got most of the way, then the workers were attacked by rebels, the big machinery damaged and/or abandoned. Seems they're going to have another try, as a lot of that Nile's water is lost to evaporation in the...

Hurricanes ?? Also, snakes & 'gators... And Alligator Snapping Turtles. And mosquitoes...

Given the 'Flying Flapjack' was STOL, it Could have been very, very useful for Atlantic convoys. Better than catapulting one obsolete fighter and having the pilot ditch after biting a Kondor on the butt... Of course, by the time the custom props and weird drive-train had been un-tangled, it had...

Also remember that these routes doubled as military roads. Such received added impetus due risk of nuclear war, as many existing routes via city-centres etc could be expected to become impassable... Don't forget Germany built its autobahns before your due date...

Well, I knew about the portage route through the wadi from Nile to Red Sea, but not about the multiple, oft-seasonal canals from Nile Delta to Bitter Lakes etc. Thank you all.

Read some-where that the infamous XVII stuff was only used for recording results, not for actual calculations, which were done on abacus / sand-board etc. Ha !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_abacus

IIRC, there were problems with ice ridges, where multi-year pack-ice would get flipped & heaped by changes in wind direction etc.

well, yes, there was talk of a tunnel, and some of hot-air balloons... Fortunately, no-one pre-invented Pycrete...

Napoleon simply could not get an army across the Channel. The RN were not only blockading ports, they were raiding them, cutting out or burning moored ships. And single RN ships happily took on daft odds, out-sailed and out-gunned most opposition, caused disproportionate damage... Must also be...

Um, I notice Wiki & links do not mention that era's US' lifting bodies. IIRC, there were very few occasions that they came out to play as a group. Also, without a bomb-load or brimming fuel tanks, they would have been that nimble...

Henry VIII doesn't survive split from Rome ?? Object lesson ensues...

Need more lift ? Go 'canard' or, more specifically, tandem-wing, such as DeLanne configuration. Such also permits a WIDE C/G range allowing for easier load-outs... IIRC, there was the UK's 'Libellula' which was intended for carrier ops, and the Lysander P12 prototype which gained a big...

Antarctica is a bad idea due ethics, totally dire logistics and losing the velocity assist from Earth's rotation. Australian outback may be best compromise, provided you stay well clear of Ayers Rock aka Uluru and ask very, very nicely...

I think I need a bigger dictionary...

Seen from a logistical angle, the East of Ireland's infrastructure was 'victorian', but the West was 'medieval'. It had the problem that you simply could not move much food across country without feeding half to the cart- or pack-horses...