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Unless they secede, that's the writing on the wall. By 1861 the pendulum had apparently shifted against the slave states -- the primary reason whey they seceded when they did.

Any rapprochement between Germany and Russia is going to be temporary. They'll invade Poland, France, etc, but will still turn toward Russia. If Italy and Germany are at odds, then Germany is probably helped by avoiding annoyances in North Africa and Greece, but potentially hindered by having...

While I agree that the Southern states wouldn't accept the idea in 1861, I think there is some possibility of it thereafter. Imagine that the South does NOT secede in 1861 and is, instead, faced with a few decades of measures slowly moving against them, the advance of free states out West, and...

As always, it depends on the definition of losing. However, except in the most extremely unlikely cases, the Union will still be the stronger, will continue to get stronger, and can defend Washington. The Union will continue expanding and industrializing while the South deals with its debt...

Not in the stuff I've come across. I'm certainly not casting doubt on the P-47 -- it was a great plane and certainly would have served us better in Korea. I'm simply noting some of the arguments that came up and, apparently, led the AF to focus more on the F-51. Other than ground attack in...

Here's a list of the first 15 or so. The P-47 is definitely ahead, but that likely reflects heavier usage earlier. Clearly, both the P-51 and P-47 could be deadly. I cut it off at Col Zemke -- he commanded a P-47 group that did amazing work in protecting bombers and in "hunting" Luftwaffe...

I don't think you can get the Japanese "fighting on the same side" as the allies. What I suggest is that it's remotely possible that, with a slightly better relationship and more effort, Japan and the US/UK could reach some kind of loose agreement that would constrain Japan's aggression to...

Many considered the P-47 inferior to the P-51 in general "time to intercept" due to a longer time to reach altitude (F-47N 14.2 min to 25K feet; F-51D 13 min to 30K) and top speed (F-47N 467 mph, F-51H 487 mph). The P-51 was also generally considered more agile/maneuverable in air-to-air...

Absolutely. Unless the Japanese just suddenly decided to surrender within a 1-2 months more people would have died than died in the blasts. These would have included civilians in Japanese held areas, Japanese troops trapped on the Asian mainland, Japanese troops and civilians subjected to...

Agreed. Stalin wanted as much time as possible for Russia to recover before it had to fight Germany. It would probably fare quite poorly in 39. For France the POD to achieve this would likely have to be back in the late 20s, changing French procurement and training dramatically, building...