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Needs more Old World Blues.

Britain didn't abstain from Latin America because of Andrew Jackson, it abstained because it had profitable markets.

A couple of thoughts. First, is going "backsies" worst than never supporting the abolition of slavery? We criticize Napoleon for reinstating slavery, but by this logic should we call Jefferson and Washington, and the British government, despicable as well? If not, why not? Do you think...

You know, one thing I wonder about is whether, as nations recover, their birth rates would expand to "fill the gap" or whether even in a post WW3 nation, the demographic transition will have already hit. Maybe America never reaches its prewar population...

I would call this the German Ireland but you already have Poland.

...Aren't the logistics of invading and partitioning Brazil messy?

I think he means WW1, WW2, and Communism were shitshows. Anyway, I don't see how a German minority means Bohemia is worse off. "You see, it was really a good thing you kicked out a bunch of people who lived there for centuries..."

Yes, the Allies cheated with their "more weapons," "atomic bombs," "RADAR" and other tricks.

That's a great map.

Surely the Elbe holds a great deal of water?

What's China doing in this scenario?

... Go on.

What's the alternate history on that map?

It's an interesting thought experiment to go to Versailles in 1919 and say: "Just so you know, in twenty years from the treaty you are passing, a Germany angry over having to pay reparations for causing this war, and having to cede territory with Polish people, will unite under someone far...

Since the Corridor and Posen were demographically Polish, I don't know how much a plebiscite helps... If Are we going to give Berlin a plebiscite on joining Poland? I don't know why we assume Germany must be coddled and the Polish people treated like supplicants.

Where's Walkeropolis?

You know, I have a New York Times photo book that was published in 1918, and there's a scene of German troops returning home to cheers. The editor notes "huh this is weird hope nothing comes from the fact that these guys are being treated like they won!" Anyway, I find these discussions...

I join those who think that Germany should not have to give up Alsace, which they had ruled since history began in 1871, and that Germany should not have to pay reparations for the damage it did in Northern France and Belgium, since if those countries had surrendered they wouldn't have been...

I'm not sure I see why Russia hates America in this scenario.

Okay, what's yoru counter source?