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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    2001 chapters and going strong. Fantastic in every way. I look forward to this each day. Thank you so very much. Grimbald aka Tim Atkinson, Plano Texas
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    Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

    I think she meant 6 total
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    The White Ship doesn't sink

    Virtually everything
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I admit I have not kept up with the UK ITTL but is Birdie the heir?
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    USA adopts Universal Health Care

    Since WWII the US has subsidized allied defense and healthcare. Defense by providing the nuclear umbrella paid for by taxes and healthcare by funding the majority of R&D into both pharma and medical equipment paid for by the American consumer and taxpayer. The potential lower prices afforded by...
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    With a POD some time during the American Revolution, how can you make Canada French?

    Hard for all of Canada to become French with a starting point of the ARW. Easier for Quebec to revert to France with the US taking points west and the UK keeping NB, NS, PEI and Newfoundland in a TL where the US wins more solidly. The US did not want France as a neighbor but desperate times...
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    Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

    I hope that in the end, Ole Richard gets the Richard II treatment or worse.
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    '1859 Pig War' leads to an Actual War Between the British Empire and United States?

    A better number would be the combined Union and Confederate armies in mid 1862 after 12 months of fighting
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    '1859 Pig War' leads to an Actual War Between the British Empire and United States?

    It is not the Union; it is the United States. The ACW showed how quickly the US can mobilize. The UK wins big at sea and bombards NYC and several large cities. The US takes Canada. The white peace is either status quo anti or US gets western Canada and the UK gets money.
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    '1859 Pig War' leads to an Actual War Between the British Empire and United States?

    The differences between this and a Trent War are that the Confederate army is wearing blue along with Lee, Jackaon and Longstreet.
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    Q: Could have the US accepted an exchange of population with Nazi Germany in order to avoid a possible genocide during WWII?

    No. A thousand times no. The US might be persuaded to take more of Hitlers "undesirables " but a trade, no.
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    Peace In Our Time? Hitler Dead in '38

    The top Nazis fight it out killing each other. The military acts, restoring the royals. WII returns; immediately abdicates. WIII is fully constitutional monarch. War avoided until Stalin's ambitions cause it.
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    Anglo/American war of 1838?

    I believe Americans would remember lost territory far longer than shaking hands and little else as in 1812.
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    Anglo/American war of 1838?

    Americans of the 19th and early 20th centuries had long memories. When WWI breaks out it will be on to Canada and while the (much bigger) fleet will be no match for the RN; it plus the HSF will be enough to keep the UK Navy at home.
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    Anglo/American war of 1838?

    Russia and France are potential allies in 1838.
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    Stonewall Jackson isn't killed by friendly fire

    Battle is declined at Gettysburg and the ANV moves on to Harrisburg. What happens there is another time line altogether.
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Methinks this belongs in chat
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    it has been years.... but as I recall a rotating hemisphere of mercury can only give you a spherical surface. The best scopes of that era needed a parabolic surface. (My physics is 50 years out of date; feel free to correct)
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    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    PM's fantastic story. PM's choice. While I agree that the 20th Century was a bit ofAmerican WANK I think that it should be pointed out that more aggressive and acquisitive leadership in 1845, 1916-19 and 1945-46 would have led to an even greater WANK. Let's let PM build this excellent story (...
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