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I've been thinking about this a little more. We can't simply say that because German naval aircraft outclassed RN naval aircraft, so the Germans must win. If we say that, the Americans would lose the Battle of Midway. Also, the Germans had no viable naval torpedo aircraft. When you get down to...

The short answer to the question is No. The convoys would have to be suspended whilst the raiders were hunted down. It raises two interesting contrasts with OTL. First and most obviously, tracking the Germans once they were in the Atlantic would be more difficult. This was done by aircraft and...

I don't suppose there would be a great deal of difference. As I understand it, the heavy casualties at Omaha were caused by factors other than the troops, that is, the naval bombardment, the release points, the DD tanks and so on. Whether heavy black casualties would have caused unrest in the...

If the nazis had developed Superman, the problem is he might have had an effect on fashion and clothing. Quite apart from the cape continually getting caught on the turret ring when they were climbing in and out of their tanks, I am concerned about seeing Elite Panzertruppen wearing their...

It was a question of alliances. Serbia was allied to Russia which was allied to France and so on. The World could well have believed that Serbia was implicated, but would this make any difference to Russia? It wasn't a democracy and if the ruling classes believed they should act in support of...

I've never liked the American habit of referring to military kit by manufacturer's numerical/ alphabetical designations. It sounds very businesslike, but in practice leads to immense confusion. At the risk of repeating an old joke, how about the USS Bunker Hill getting a consignment of M4s...

Now I think about it, for years Dr Who has had the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (which always struck me as something of a contradiction in terms.)

I am distrustful of the idea of Special Forces. They need an awful lot of backup compared to the ordinary military unit. And anything they achieve seems to be merely propaganda for their home front. How can a unit of 20 or 30 men change the temper of an whole enemy country? And that's only if...

I should have thought if the Indians can call Bombay Mumbhai, then the Brits can call their island Great Britain, or anything else that takes their fancy. Other nationalities can call it Wonderland or Dat Focking Place or whatever. It is however necessary to have some coherence to...

We have to be more precise about this pre-WW1 Anglo-German lovey-dovey. When did it happen? The Japanese fleet was largely developed with British technology and assistance. If this were withdrawn, what would be the effect on the Russo-Japanese war? Also the Germans would have a certain naval...

We're looking at it as though there was some kind of united India. I don't think that was the case. The Indian sub-continent was a collection of disparate states. Even the Mogul Emperors (who, BTW, were no more Indian than the British were) managed only a loose confederation and their satraps...

There's two possible PODs:- (1) The Greek government is not voted out in 1940, so the British Expeditionary Force is never invited in. Two things militate against this, first, would this have stopped Hitler invading? Second, there's no evidence that this government would have been softer on...

Just think, if Grey's original scenario came about, Betjeman could never have written, "Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough/You are not fit for humans now."

My point was, there's little virtue in having a state unless you've got a viable army to protect it. In 1946, the Sikh regiments were happy to join the Indian Army. And I think the Sikh population went along with this. Time changes things and a violently nationalistic Sikh Independance...

Maybe they might have a public "down" on body-building substances, but the Nazi's ideal was always to win. Such a double-standard has not been unknown in recent years.

Getting back to the Sikhs at the time of partition, I don't think buttreflying the Mahatma is useful. The lead negotiator for independance was Nehru and he wanted a state corresponding with Raj India. Jinnah, however, wanted a separate Muslim state. I think Nehru came round to the idea of...

I agree with Grey Wolf. Windsor Castle would be too good to miss. Just the thing Hermann Goering would like. So Slough, being nearby, would be just the place to barrack the soldiery, whilst the officers lived in the nice houses in Windsor. There is a road in Slough where linked traffic lights...

Good business for the German chemical companies manufacturing steroids and the like.

From the point of view of the Western democracies, there is no reason to suppose Zhukov would be less hard-line and ruthless than Stalin. In fact, he may have lived longer, with detente being correspondingly delayed. Also, being professional military, he may not have felt inclined to let Tito...

I don't think either France or Germany were unduly worked up about the USA at the time of the ACW. Leaving aside le petit Napoleon's adventurism, they were mostly worried about each other. Look what happened within ten years... As for the UK, Alcuin's estimation of the temper of the working...