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Korean war would have ended in a UN win with no chinese volunteers coming south. South Vietnam would probably still exist with far less support for the North. Laos and Cambodia may have remained democracies - best case they are more Asian Tiger ecconomies - worst case either current or...

Joining with the allies in WW1. It would have been the best call for a number of nations It means being far sighted enough to over look a number of slights by the British and a better control over the Government by its nominal head. Is also a bonus for the Allies as it makes it easier to...

Edited. In OTL some of the divisions were rushed to France - even if that was so they could have been pulled out over winter. In TTL the British are holding a shorter section of the front in France so need less divisions on that front.

Assuming that with a different 1914 the British can assign most 'new' units to the task of taking out the Ottoman Empire the maximum force I can see them being able to use initially in the Eastern Med theater is.... and no not landing in one attack and some will be needed to cover the Suez...

That was my thought - no 2nd war means Serbia focused on land occupied by Bulgaria not AH...... Also without 'winning' the 2nd War Serbia as you say may be less willing to support the Black Hand against AH.... ******* It may seem obvious but this is the first time I noticed the...

I find myself wondering if there is any way to satisfy Bulgaria after the first Balkans war without upsetting the other nations. If there was any way of avoiding the second Balkans war it would mean a weaker Ottoman empire and greater likely hood of Bulgaria working with the other Balkan...

Maybe not that far... The British naval base at Valetta, Malta. The first dry Dock was built in 1848, followed by another in 1871. Based in Malta was a dockyard, Supply Depot and a Arsenal. and by 1900 a total of four dry-docks were built. ,Malta was a great strategic Base and proved its...

Does using Cyprus as a launch pad give better opperational security than Egypt? I do not need the ports to be able to repair Battleships but to be able to allow other ships to load and offload. Cyprus is ideally situated to attack all along the Turkish coast.... an announcement from The Board...

I wanted to do this but thought people would call ASB... though I was thinking more Lebanon where the population might be friendlier. This is a different war - the Brits are not attacking in France except for local counter attacks and limited tactical demostrations,

Mines were laid around 15ft (4.5 Meters) below the surface of the water - they are contact mines the mines must be shallow enough that lighter craft can not just go over them - they were also shallow enough that Submarines could go under them as happened in OTL. The German mines had around...

Looking for information on the extension of the mine fields B-11 set sail from Tenedos on the early hours of 13 December 1914. Successfully passing under five mine barrages, she arrived at the Sarısığlar Bay where she sighted Mesudiye at around 11:30 am. B-11 fired two torpedoes. Mesudiye...

Thanks for your comments. I agree that the British will not be able to break through the Turkish position frontally once it solidifies with the forces that they have to begin with - indeed I do not intend for them to attack frontally at all. (well maybe once to show how stupid an idea that is)...

unfortunetly there would be many who treat them as Heretics - it is a good excuse to seize their land and assets. My understanding is that one of the reasons Egypt was conqured by the muslims in the first place was that the copts were oppressed and had little interest in supporting their...

According to QI the first american indian the Pilgrim fathers off the May Flower met asked them if they had any beer - in English. Not that it did him much good.....

In which case need to make sure that Churchill sees them as A) his baby B) As naval assets over which Kitchener has no say However they are NOT going to carry a Landship..... A Royal Navy Armoured Car on the other hand :D Initial work could be kept secret reading about the Landships...

I think you are over estimating the Ottoman railway system. A Division takes up quite a lot of train loads and the Ottoman Empire was not called the Sick Man of Europe because of its wonderful transport infrastructure. In OTL other than the 5 Divisions that I marked as being part of 5th Army...

My POD for early development (6 months earlier) is attempts to land troops on the Belgium coast as part of the race to the sea. A couple of units get shot up coming in in open boats and some bright junior officer puts up a proposal for landing craft that gets to Churchill. A couple of...

Location of Turkish divisions in August 1914... Division Headquarters 1. Infantry Division 02.08.14 Ist. (Râmi barracks 1. Cavalry Division 02.08.14 Erzerum 1. Caucasian Division 02.08.14 Istanbul (Davud Paşa barracks) 2. Infantry Division 02.08.14 Hadîm Köy __.11.14 Istanbul (Aya...

If he had more than one son might there be the possibility of factional infighting from the beginning over who takes over? Might this weaken the Arab conquests if some of that energy and resource is being used against themselves? Leading to the Byzantine and Persian Empire lasting longer...

X Lighters - the Black Beetles http://xlighter.org/ Thanks for that ITTL work will start on these in October 1914 following the TTL loss of troops trying to land from open boats to turn the German flank during the 'race to the sea' so they will be ready (and in larger numbers from the...