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Likewise to my fellow tread heads may 2021 be a cracking year for one and all. But first to sleep as I am well passed my bed time. #dadlife

That's so insane I just might do it. Guess I just got older and didn't grow up.

Yeah I was toying with AH joining the Entente as well, working out how the initial campaign unfolds for each power is the trick.

I like that scenario in that Germany does slightly better due to her logistics and manpower advantage leading her to gain an advantageous position during the race to the sea. While I think this leads to the Brits doubling the BEF, which leads us into a battle of attrition. This is where I'm...

My understanding that it was the weight of the computer systems, combined with the cooling systems required to keep them from overheating that contributed to the project being canned. Is there a way to have a simpler Radar System installed that might allow it to enter service, thus allowing...

I received a copy of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark for Christmas and, there was a passage in the book that spoke about how Tsar Alexander III wanted to remain neutral from the web of European alliances. If Russia remains outside of either Alliance blocs...

Merry Christmas to all!

As other posters have identified I think that France's position in Algeria is untenable and that independence was the only solution given the circumstances. That also provides Italian Libya with a number of additional settlers from the pool of pied noirs that originally emigrated from Algeria to...

Probably need a canvas top during the monsoon season, but great find nonetheless. Is that a Kongo class?

Kazakhstan & Russia is a good analogue, i.e. significant ethnic minority from a neighbouring power with major economic linkages between the two countries.

I love the amount of knowledge that is available on this thread. Was there anything that could have been done to fit the Panzer I with a more capable armament? I would think that the turret would need to be enlarged and possibly a 37 mm cannon fitted (happy for larger weapons).

I have a few books on the Chinese theatre and, particularly the Battle for Shanghai as it has been described as the Chinese version of Stalingrad. Certainly, it was a complete meatgrinder for all involved, there was even a Nationalist version of Pavlov's house. The logistical tail was ignored...

With a POD where Italy sits out the second world war, are the Italians able to hold onto the 'Fourth Shore' during the Cold War? My thought based on the numerous population graphs that I've seen on this website, is that the Italians either were or would become a plurality post war. What would...

Sounds like he was a very astute man and, if only a few more men like him were in the upper echelon's of the Nationalist government then history would likely have been far different. I've toyed with a SI into Chiang Kai Shek based largely on the Jonathan Fenby biography, which was very good. On...

Continuing my love affair with AFVs within an East & South East Asian context. I stumbled upon the use of fifteen Panzer I's during the second Sino - Japanese war by the Nationalist forces, now they were apparently all destroyed or abandoned following the Battle of Nanjing by December 1937...

As others have said training is an important first step to build not only capability, but also unit cohesion. However, that also functions as an outgrowth of a solid logistical network and transparency (i.e. getting paid on time and in full). So a professional core of soldiers supported by...

Did you drive up in your car or with your neighbour?

The Shah unless there are severe butterflies is very unwell at this stage, so I'd like to see what other factions would advocate for this course of action. Since you might see a single strike mission if border skirmishes escalated, but it is in everyone's interest to step away from a broader...

This is such an interesting POD and I hope that someone makes a TL out of it since the butterflies are endless. If someone does hopefully this chap survives the war, which will cause huge changes post war.

As we used to say in the Navy - passive is massive. The more that you know as they say and, this helps with my final RoTW narrative. Plus as you said it is a very Russian solution, much like their COVID 19 vaccine ;).