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Would there even be an EU? Part of the rationale of the EEC, EU, and NATO was to tie Germany so closely to the west (and especially France) that Germany would never again "go crazy". If Germany reformed itself in the 1930's (unlikely, but that is the OP) and became a productive and reliable...

No. There is no way Japan could retain Formosa, Korea, or Manchuria. Remember, China was a key member of the allied coalition in the Pacific War Allied demands (they would in effect be US demands) would include: 1. Withdrawal of all Japanese forces to the Japanese home islands, with their...

Your map is wrong. Unless my geography is off, most of the red area already was part of Germany. As to the question, the Allies had made no commitments to Denmark, since it was a neutral - Poland was an ally. I think that by 1939, the Allies were simply fed up with Hitler and his unceasing...

There is a distinct difference between a tactical "bomber" and a dedicated ground attack, close support aircraft. The ideal tactical bomber needs to be fast, have a useful range, carry a useful bomb load as well as a battery of fixed cannon and MGs and rockets or other special purpose...

Just about any vaguely sane republican would have beaten Carter in 1980. Deservedly or not, Carter had come to be for many Americans a weak, scolding, moralist with little grasp on political realities who even incapable of dealing with his own party in the Senate and House. A full 8-year Ford...

Suh, a True Southron gentleman would never loose his composure in such a demeaning manner. Especially in front of a foreign dignitary. The troublesome negro can be chastised later. Should your persist in this inquiry, I will be forced to defend the honor of the South. You do have a second...

Very interesting. Given your final list of combatants, I tend to think Team Japan/Germany/Ottomans/Britain might have the advantage in the long term. France and Russia would be an effective counterbalance to Germany on land in Europe, but combining the large and modern navies of Britain...

I agree. If a war broke out between the US and Japan, the US would have to have been the clear aggressor for the Anglo-Japanese treaty to be invoked. This is fairly unlikely. Most likely, Britain would initially sit on the sidelines unless/the US did something really stupid that forced British...

As CalBear and others note, few BB vs BB engagements are truly decisive in the sense of ships actually sunk. Even assuming a Japanese force containing Yamato is victorious against the two US battleships in theatre, the IJN could probably only claim an early tactical victory as the battered US...

Yes, it's a cliché, but plenty of mediocre artistic talents survive in the arts, both as so-called serious artists and in related professions like advertising, illustration, architecture, film, etc.

My first response is "who cares?" But to answer the question, it's my opinion that Hitler would probably not become a politician. In a "Germany victorious" scenario the whole "backstab" mentality would not exist, and Germany would be remain a limited constitutional monarchy with a tendency...

Yup. Sallah was portrayed very sympathetically and wise Egyptian former archaeological assistant of Indy and his humor was understated and very effective. Unless you completely rewrote the character, him Lenny or Stinko, and made him an obnoxious wise-cracking American former antiquities...

Point being that heavy multi-place fighters are pretty much unnecessary until radar-equipped night-fighting happens and then high performance is not that critical... The Ju 88 is clearly better as an attacker/light bomber. For an air force being designed in the late 1930's the whole multi-place...

I'd go with the Ju 88 and its variants for the heavy fighter/light bomber/attacker roles and the Fw 187 as the high performance escort fighter.

Unlikely (because of the religious and cultural baggage surrounding snakes in the west) but fascinating. I find the "don't tread on me" and "unite or die" iconography in early US flags interesting. And the choice of the rattlesnake is perfect. Its an indigenous American animal, and because it...

So true. People need to remember this about bowl games and championships. College football in the US is unique among money-making spectator sports in that deciding a "champion" on the field is a very, very new idea...and is still incompletely established today. Only a few decades ago, bowl...

Since it was alliance system and secret agreements that turned what should have been a minor conflict in the Balkans into a general European (later World) war, I'd look outside of Europe to the Pacific/Asia for a World War. The US and Japan were on a strategic collision course for naval...

It's hard to believe the Hs 124V3 would have been a clearly better choice than the Bf 110. The Fw 187 would have been an excellent fighter for the Luftwaffe, but as designed it was really not intended to be a heavy, multipurpose destroyer, but a high performance single-seat twin-engine fighter...

So? A lot of novels and movies refer to characters who never appear in the novel or on screen. Han had debts to a shady gangster named Jabba. Makes sense. The Galactic Empire had an emperor...duh. Neither of these characters ever needed to be in the original Star Wars to support the plot...

Tom Selleck would have been fine. Danny DeVito as Sallah would have been a horrible choice. Thank god that didn't happen.