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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bennett WI, after his extraordinary service as the RAF's youngest Air Vice Marshal (esp as a colonial :) ) & pioneer of Bomber Command's Pathfinder Force during the area bombing of Germany, Bennett had been appointed Gov-Gen of his native Australia, instead of...

OK, how would the following relatively uncommon historical forms of execution become more widespread- at least in Western countries- before 1800 ? Boiling alive Breaking on the wheel Crushing Flaying Impalement Roasting alive

I've not seen this Charlie Chaplin classic since highschool- but does his satirical depiction of Adenoid Hynkel & his Jewish barber double- together with his incongruously making a speech for world peace- constitue a form of AH ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vijay_(1961) Is there any way that the Portuguese could've held onto Goa in the face of Op VIJAY in 1961 ? WI say there had been the Portuguese AF F-86 Sabre sqn based at the airport as the Indians had (wrongly0 suspected ? also- another...

OK, from most texts I've read on the US Army Rangers specifically, together with generally on light infantry, special operations forces, long range pentration units etc- Rogers' Rangers seem to be recognised as the main elite regt- based on their outstanding service in the FIW- from which the...

OK, how would things in North Africa & the Middle East have progressed had the AIF 7th Div, Free French Foreign Legion, PALMACH (including Moshe Dayan) & other British Cth & allied troops not been detailed to attack the Vichy French colonies in the Mideast in 1941 ?

Just read today on the plan by John Laurens of SC to free & arm up to 5,000 slaves in GA & SC for service in the Continental Army & state militias- which of course OTL didn't eventuate dur to strong opposition from SC political leaders & George Washington himself who found outrageous such a...

Just read an article in an American hist mag which stated that, unlike in previous wars, no outstanding US military leaderswere found in the US commanders on the ground- alleging that Westmoreland's strategy of attrition was the only policy in lieu of anything effective, while Abrams' greater...

Just read a book on lost colonies today, which went into detail on how certain planned European colonial settlements in various parts of the New World failed, such as- among others: Darien Roanoke Sagadahoc Wessagussett Merrymount New Providence Fort Dundas (on Melville Island in the NT)...

Is there any way during the Vietnam War that a UN blue helmet force could've been deployed between RVN & DRV ? With what effects ?

A little-known fact mentioned in Lonely Planet guides on the South Pacific is that there actually are a few white European PNG citizens who're descended from Australian administrators or European missionaries who decided to stay on after PNG independence in 1975. Now, WI there had been more...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla So, WI Rick Rescorla's threat assessments before & after the 1993 WTC bombing had been listened to by his Morgan-Stanley higher-ups & acted upon ? Could the loss of life from 9/11 have been reduced ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Albans_Raid So WI more such Confederate cross-border raids had been launched from canada into northern NE & other bordering areas of the Union ? CouldBritish acquiescenece to such raids have had the same imp[act as the Trent affair, poss leading to the...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu_Line http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/173/30474.html Although 'Crossing the Mogadishu line' only became a phrase popular after BHD in 1993, in fact IMO this concept was already active much earlier- in fact, as far back as the...

After watchin ZULU on Classic movies last night- the following qns come to mind: a) WI the outpost at Rorke's Drift had been overrun by the Zulus ? OR b) WI Lord Chelmsford's column hadn't been surrounded & defeated at Isandhlwana ? c) Rorke's Drift was an event where the largest no. of...

OK, how could the German U-Boat campaign ahve brought Britain to her knees by 1917 ? How could unrestricted submarine warfare in WWI have become similar in scale to the Battle of the Atlantic in 1939-43 ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%27s_Treaty John Batman's 1836 Treaty with the Wurundjeri near Melbourne was the only instance of a written land agreement between white settlers & indigenous Australians- which was later nullified by the Crown. However, WI the treaty hadn't been so...

OK, just had an idea after reading bout how an 8th AF bombing raid near Buchenwald in Aug 1944 caused lots of deaths among the inmates- now tying in with the idea of how the Allies could've strategically bombed the concentration camps & infrastructure to enable the inmates to escape- WI say the...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieber_code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lieber WI Francis Lieber hadn't drafted General Order No. 100 upon Lincoln's request ? How would the laws & customs of war have developed without hs input into the Lieber Code- bopth during the ACW then...

OK, what POD would be required for an indigenous person to become Australia's PM by say 1990, & who are the most likely candidates ?