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Out of curiousity, just what exactly would Britain be doing during this conflict? I can't see them remaining completely neutral (as that could lead to a belligerent Germany dominating Europe). What's probably most likely is that Britain will blockade the North Sea, gleefuly flog war materials...

A lot has been written on the racial problems of the United States in that period, and my personal opinion is that to solve them, a different leadership was needed, way back in the 1960's. The main problem was that Kennedy was not committed to civil rights, and spent both his terms burying the...

It depends. If Stalin thinks that Rohm could be useful in spreading chaos around Europe, then probably. Otherwise, it's "Rohm who?". Stalin was generally more interested in spreading Communism by playing the political game rather than grass-roots action.

Concerning diseases I don't think the natives would be completely immune to all European diseases if the Carthaginians had landed around 140 BC. There are bound to be plenty of diseases in Europe in 1500 AD that arrived in Europe in the preceeding interval. There's also mutations of illnesses...

The last thirty years have seen a massive change in the balance of power in the world. With the Great Crash of '73 and the race riots and War Measures Act of that decade, the United States just bowed out and slipped away from the Cold War. With the formation of the European and Asian Defense...

Well, how exactly is Britain going to deal with the German High Seas Fleet? Its growth, combined with the anti-Angloism of the Kaiser, was one of the main reasons that Britain felt it had to wade into the whole bloody mess in the first place. Maybe in this war Britain blockades the North Sea...

Why the hell would the Japanese want to square off against the Brits, Russkies, and Americans? They already have their little empire in China, and thier economy is rickety enough as it is without starting a fight with half the Western world. Even against the Americans, the Japanese would be...

I was watching the intro movie for the game "Freedom Fighters", and was reading the little historical blurbs that popped up on the screen. In this game's universe, the Soviets developed the A-Bomb first, and used it to wipe out Berlin in 1945, forcing a surrender of the Reich to them. By 1953...

Wasn't Holstein back into prominence in this new republican German Empire? If so, expect Germany to become more anti-Russian (Holstein was a practicing Russophobe). This could lead to trouble down the line. Say, with Germany on the downswing, could this lead to the Ottomans becoming...

Well, if the American atomic arsenal is limited to bombers and short-range missiles, then it isn't much of a problem. Sure, Volgagrad and Kharkov will glow in the dark, but the rest of the country should be okay. With world-spanning ICBM's, the only possibility is a secret, working SDI...

Generally, yes. However, there may be instances where, due to the era and location the POD is in, the length of time between the POD and no duplicates of people from our world existing can vary wildly.

Sorta what Germany did in the book 1901. On invading the United States in the post-1950's world, I think that the main problems are the American navy, air force, and nuclear arsenal. The navy and air force can be dealt with: just set up several nasty insurrections in countries vital to US...

I dimly recall seeing a book entitled "Vandenburg", about a world where the Soviets used a bioweapon (or something) to kill everyone in Washington D.C., nuked Western Europe, and took over America without much of a fight. It appeared that most of America was in the later stages of terminal...

One of the things that pops up in quite a few AHs is the invasion and conquest of the United States by a foreign superpower (generally a surviving Third Reich or an gigantic Soviet Union). However, many of these scenarios have problems in their logic (namely that the USA could nuke the...

Yes I have...and I talked about it here. I thought it was pretty good, and I don't even read comic books. BTW, in the introduction to the book, it was mentioned that the story is something of a criticism on American foreign policy. The only message I got was "It's not the message we...

Yep, the title is "Dropshot: The United States Plan for War with the Soviet Union in 1957". You can probably get it at amazon.com, or through alibris.com, which is an online rare book dealer. I found the one I'm reading right now in a university library.

This is backed up by historical documents, and while there's no smoking gun (probably destroyed in the early days of Barbarossa to avoid the possibility of a German propaganda victory), the evidence is suggestive that such a scheme was in the works. For an interesting discussion on the subject...

Okay, I've finally got to the part where it describes the Soviet objectives in said war. General Objective: Defeat/render harmless the United States and NATO. Specific Objectives: 1) Invade and conquer Western Europe (and Italy). 2) Launch a massive air/sea campaign against Great...

Odd, I would have thought that a few minor operations directed against Al-Qaeda in the early months of Bush's presidency might get him (and/or his advisors) to think a bit more about Al-Qaeda, and maybe pay attention to a few reports that seemed to have been overlooked in OTL. That's my opinion...

I saw a trailer for "Skycaptain" yesterday, and I was much impressed by the giant British "airships" that were launching swarms of planes. Is there any way that a sort of "flying aircraft carrier" could be built, or is the whole idea too fraught with technical and military problems?