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Agreed. Though for the reasons outlined above it still seems extremely unlikely that Thailand will push all the way to Phnom Penh even if Pol Pot's actions against the Khmer Serei in the border area did spark a war. Doing a large operation to establish a buffer zone is likely to achieve the aims...

The Fleur de lys inside the cross would probably looks really small. As it is, it sounds like the solution to that request is to have the Fleur de lys and Occitan cross quartered on a shield like this (using @Marc Pasquin 's excellent flag as a basis):

I don't necessarily foresee Thailand pushing all the way to Phnom Penh. Whilst it is almost certain that Pol Pot would antagonize all of his neigbours, Thailand's relations with Kampuchea/Cambodia oscillated quite a bit between the 1973 popular uprising in Thailand that ended military rule and...

Yes, if somehow that went through (assume 1869-1870) I would imagine it would supercharge the confederation process in British North America and we MIGHT have seen Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland join sooner than they did in OTL.

But if this is Armstice Day (November 1918) wouldn't the islands already be French? After all they were ceded to France in 1904 no?

Interestingly enough if all of the members of ECOWAS were to join OHADA then that would roughly correspond to the United States of Africa featured on that map. Now if the non-CFA Franc members of ECOWAS adopted the West African CFA Franc/Eco and the Eco kept the same exchange rate as the Central...

What happens with Lebanon and Syria in a TL like this? Remember Iran is now free of any large scale military commitments and this being June 1982, Israel has just invaded Lebanon and driven onto Beirut and in the process had a short sharp war with the Syrians driving them back from some...

Though it would have meant Malta leaving the EU too if the Brexit referendum happened as in OTL and Malta's vote in it wasn't decisive...

s So was checking around for any Allied plans (other then the blacklist series of plans) for invading Korea and I saw Google books reference to Richard B. Frank's book "Downfall" where on page 33 he wrote (When I get to access my copy again I must look at that chapter again): "Korea , China...

Well as you pointed out in later posts this would be equivalent to the Hokkaido option if there isn't any land based air cover. Which is a risk I honestly can't see the Americans taking. A major problem with the war in the Pacific is the limitations on air cover. To invade place C you need...

The thing is that up until the surrender the US focus was very much on Japan. They switched in OTL pretty quickly from the original four power trusteeship to a partitioned two power occupation of Korea and only as the result of a very last minute agreement due to the urgency generated by...

Look back at my first post where I discussed Pusan. I was saying they might have an interest in allowing it in exchange for the Americans recognising the new (mainly Soviet-aligned) government of Korea (and signing an agreement with the Korean govt concerning temporary basing in Pusan). Since...

Pusan's defences in this scenario would only be relevant for the Soviets and the Koreans (Soviet and American assisted ones), not the Americans. The Americans would get to set up shop in a Pusan area already under Soviet and Korean control. Yes it might well have been a very interesting set of...

Yes! Lack of sleep can be a killer! Personally I would split the difference between the 1946 and 1985 studies or, suggest that what would happen is that the planners would initially estimate a 30-45 day delay to Majestic after the typhoon but that perhaps a few days to a week later as...

Giangreco's book was an interesting read but some of his conclusions I had to wonder about. Like the idea that after reaching the intended stop lines the Americans would be sucked into advancing some kilometres further north in pursuit in the Japanese retreating towards the local redoubt on...

But the screenshot you posted says 30-45 days not 14 days

Interesting discussion over the past 3 pages and always great to see maps! I think CalBear just about summed it up in his posts though. To add to the discussion I thought it would be good to throw in the map I had done almost 9 years ago in another thread concerning Japan not surrendering and...

I believe a more apt description that Glantz could have used would be pyrrhic victory.

Wouldn't China be paying this cost? After all when mercenaries are hired isn't it the entity or state they fight for that pays them? EDIT: Nevermind, just read through pdf27's omnibus reply, and you can't have a pay issue between the Entente/Germany and China if you don't have government...

Well I'm approaching it from the perspective that with the 1982 Constitution Act amendment formula in operation by 1995, then you can get a block of provinces with literally nothing to lose by playing hardball and seeing where it gets them. After all, how does derailing Quebecois secession...