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Interesting fact: the success of the March coup in Yugoslavia prompted a major shakeup in German intelligence efforts in Southeastern Europe when it was revealed that certain actors including the German military attache in Belgrade knew about key developments but did not report them in time...

Let's not kid ourselves here. The USA played no small role in the origins of the ECSC/EU as they saw it (rightly) as the best way to combat extremism/communism in Europe and to prevent Germany from initiating round 3. The last one is IMO the biggest driver for the formation of the ECSC as it...

Given that the Albanian Communist Party increasingly became a cult of personality centred on Hoxha as the Cold War progressed and Hoxha killed off his major rivals, Hoxha's earlier death could have a far more destabilizing effect depending on when it happened. Another thing to keep in mind is...

Without the shadow of TR hanging over the 1916 and 1920 elections the GOP nomination could go quite differently.

Though I'll admit that my inclination is to disagree with you, I am open to having my opinion changed. Could you flesh out your argument a bit more? I'm not quite sure what all the circles on the map represent. How would avoiding CARTWHEEL impact the Central Pacific Offensive? Why not just let...

Great to see these latest updates! Of the 500 or so Jews in Corsica, what's the split between Italian and Tunisian immigrants? I'd imagine that the island is going to become a hotly contested subject in the emerging Jewish Enlightenment.

IMO, without an POD years earlier a "no" vote in the plebiscite is ASB. By March 1938 any alternative to Anschluss had been thoroughly discredited. In addition to struggling economically, the Austrofascists had essentially lost Italian support against Germany and the Socialists had not come up...

While I don't think UMich would solve all their problems, it's hard to think of how Detroit could do much worse... I've always found that excuse ridiculous. The British had hardly any troops in BC and most of those were on Vancouver Island. There were dozens of other places for the Americans...

Another good POD for Vancouvers growth would be to keep the University of British Columbia out of Point Grey. Though this would deprive the world of one of the most beautiful university campuses, a more centrally located university campus would remove one of the major transit headaches facing...

Unless you move the POD much further back this is politically impossible. I've always thought that one of the biggest factors which retarded Vancouver's growth was the lack of connection south of the Frazer river. The first bridge wasn't constructed until 1905, and development proceeded only...

Hitler was notoriously distrustful of Serbian nationalists so I don't think it's going to be a Serbian wank necessarily. I think a rump Yugoslavia is more likely after Italy, Bulgaria, and Hungary get their choice territories (though Hungary isn't getting much more than they got in OTL due to...

Also important to note that in TTL neither the Shokaku nor the Zuikaku get the infusion of veteran crews from the four carriers sunk at Midway. IIRC these crew members dramatically increased their effectiveness for the remainder of the war. Let's also remember that the Japanese weren't...

In Dec' 41 the USMC flew a squadron of Vindicators from PH to Midway with a PBY acting as a shepherd. So you wouldn't necessarily even need carriers. Another interesting question would be whether or not Japan attempts to avenge their landing force slaughtered at Midway.

Well there's a good chance she gets scrapped as she's too large to go through the Turkish straits in peacetime (due to the 1936 Montreaux convention limiting peacetime warships transiting the straits to 15k t.) This means either the Baltic, Pacific, or Arctic. Carriers don't make sense in the...

Well it's hard to see the press treating her worse than "Joe Who?" Given the reasonable assumption that she will bring in similar staff who got Joe Clark within a hair's breadth of a majority even with his poor public image I'd wager she'd certainly stand to do better particularly in Ontario...

I would argue that the peculiar nature of antisemitism in Tsarist Russia was the product of the Pale of Settlement. I also should have been more clear on my last point. The issue isn't that Jewish immigration could displace Russian merchants it was that the perception that it could existed (as...

Let's also remember why the Pale of Settlement was instituted. With the partitions of Poland, the Russian Empire went from having an almost non-existent Jewish community to the largest Jewish community in the world. The major Russian fear was that the Jews would migrate en masse to Russian...

What effect would a Clay presidency have on the Democratic nomination in 1852? Pierce's nomination was by no means guaranteed and at different times Cass, Buchanan, and Marcy all had the most delegates (Stephen Douglas came close as well).

Great update! I am looking forward to both the aftermath of the British victory in Corsica and the effects of it on the broader Seven Years War. It will be particularly interesting to see the effects of Wolfe's absence from Canada. His attack on Quebec City which provoked the battle of the...

According to the original order of Presidential succession that would be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate so either David Rice Atchison (D-MS) or William King (D-AL) depending on whether or not the former steps down in TTL in 1849. I suppose theoretically a Clay win could lead to minor...