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well this bit in bold is from the wikipedia article on the conflict but I did some more reading as this was a very interesting question and I don't see the destruction of the causeway as a particular problem. Even if it was destroyed, it means that the Tanzanians can't attack over it into...

Minor correction. Bouganville's main language is not really Malay- like. It belongs to the Malay-Polynesian family but is from a branch that is found in the oceanic islands in the pacific (like the Solomon Islands). Agree with everything else though

Given that Bouganville: 1. Declared independence from Australia while PNG was still administered by Australia (PNG inherited the mess) 2. Declared independence in response to Australia allowing the expropriation of locals' land for copper mining 3. Is actually part of the Solomon Islands...

I agree to an extent. In western New Guinea Dutch was never a true linga franca from what i understand. It was the official language but given that there weren't many settlers and it was never a plantation economy like Suriname there was not much scope or necessity for native use of Dutch...

Though to be honest the Guianas were mostly settler colonies (voluntary (European, Indians somewhat, Indonesians somewhat, Chinese, Syrians) and involuntary (Africans mainly but also some early Europeans and also some Indians effectively) settlers ) with the natives (native Amerindians) being...

Venezuela-British Guiana border is incorrect I believe. The arbitral award was made towards the end of 1899, Venezuela protested the outcome but didn't actually denounce it until 1945 and even then they didn't revive their claim until 1962.

Well that would certainly be an interesting world. But while NATO might get a more gradual rearmament, wouldn't this still be accompanied by a drop in overall amounts of equipment and number of forces as the Americans continue to rely on the atomic bomb? After all in this TL there would still...

I suspect it had to do with the fact that the Western Allies refused to recognize the incorporation of the Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania into the USSR. Therefore having the region be a part of the Lithuanian SSR from the get-go would probably endanger the recognition of the Western Allies of...

Agreed. Apart from Stalin himself, most other well known communist party leaders seemed to get places named after them, after they died (Lenin, Kalinin, Kuybyshev, Kirov, Frunze....) not while they were alive (this was not always the case of course) and I can't see Stalin being okay with it as...

I'm not sure I see how Koenigsberg ("King's Hill") will be named Karaliaučius in the Lithuanian SSR. That would be like Königsberg being called "Tsargrad" or "Korólgrad" in the RSFSR. The habit was definitely to rename towns associated with monarchy after party officials (usually dead ones - see...

1. The geography isn't that different to Afghanistan. 2. As for the warm water port idea....this makes for interesting reading (if that doesn't open, simply download/open the pdf from here). The bases on a major oil route are pretty much useless as even if the Americans didn't occupy southern...

Up until the Iran War I found it relatively believable. The Iran War isn't unbelievable, but I'm not seeing how the Soviets go from losing hostages in an embassy to throwing soldiers to die over some hostages who are already dead. It feels like a piece is missing. Based on the set up I could...

As much as you don't want persons to say nukes end the story that's exactly what you are essentially setting up. In any event before nukes enter the picture the PRC leadership will probably be replaced by a faction that does not consider those courses of action to be sane by any stretch of...

I'm not sure how one gets Eisenhower to send more aid to Batista than what the US provided historically given that: 1. the moment Castro declared revolution (1953), Batista was in no need of any real US aid as the government forces dealt the rebels well enough 2. In 1956 a more clear and...

Very interesting concept! I like this idea.

Well technically...all the former British colonies in the Americas did leave the empire and have governments run by descendants of the colonists rather than natives. Canada, the Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Belize, Jamaica, the United States, etc. In the case of the USA and Canada the...

Wow. Glad your wife is okay.

Now wouldn't that make for interesting AH stories? [this is all tongue-in-cheek of course]

The world needs a Greater Wisconsin....

Yes please! A family tree would be awesome.