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Iranian mullahs Given the apocalyptic circumstances, I wonder of some Iranian Ayatollah will argue that this is the time of the return of ther 12th Iman, adding religious contenders to the strife in Iran. Further, this is likely to give a green light to Iranian Kurds. You may also have an...

John de la Pole Richard III had designated him as the heir OTL. Regarding Edward, Clarence's son, I think attainder also involved something known as "corruption of blood", essentially barring the heirs of the attained person from claiming anything that would normally pass down to them.

Belgian targets and Pahlevi monarchs You should add Liege and Ghent--they are major river ports. Reza Cyrus was three, I have to think he would've been in Teheran. The eldest daughter was married to Iran's Ambassador to the US, so she would've been in DC. There may have been a couple of...

A cut below Napoleon Suvorov was good, but he wasn't the only general who could boast of victories in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787. Repnin bested a force, also commanded by Yusuf Pasha, that outnumbered him more than 2-1. One suspects that the Ottoman Empire just wasn't at the top of its...

Some thoughts Regarding Austria, most of it is mountainous but the Danube valley isn't. A Soviet force might go through there to thrust up into Bavaria. I don't think the Austria military would be a huge obstacle. Consequently, tactical nukes would eventually found their way to the Soviet...

Thoughts Carter signed-off on aid to the mujahadeen in July 1979, five months before the Soviet invasion. That would continue although Taraki's more concilatory policies and the lack of a Soviet invasion would mean that it would not likely reach the level it did OTL. The Iranian Revolution...

Pedantic quibble Shouldn't it be Ubermensch?

The War of the Erfurt Union Say Frederick William IV remains under the influcence of Radowitz and doesn't back down to Austria on the Schleswig question. Prussian forces are diverted by the mobilization of an army of observation by the Russians and Austrian and allied forces are able to win a...

Why not? Why wouldn't there be separate kingdoms? The breaking up of Romano-Britain wasn't occasioned by the failure to conquer Scotland. Further, the invitation was a catalyst but Anglo-Saxon raids had been happening anyway. Are you also assuming the Romans conquer Hibernia too?

Overestimated impact? I'm not sure how stronger Romanized kingdoms of Strathclyde, Caledonia and the Votadini will repel the Anglo-Saxon invasion in the south, although Northumberland will be far less likely to become a going concern. First, the Picts will still have to deal with the invasion...

US contingent I found a page on GlobalSecurity.org that states that the US had 257,000 troops in NATO by mid-1952. The issue is would the NATO allies permit their soil to be used for such an operation.

Nukes, according to FAS.org The SS-6 (SAPWOOD) was the SUs first ICBM and didn't begin flight testing until 1957. Their SS-1 and SS-2 missiles could reach 170 and 370 miles, respectively. The SS-3 had just become operational and could reach 720 miles but they couldn't have had that many of...

European intervention Actually the European powers wouldn't have lifted a finger to save Maximillian. Franz-Josef didn't care for Max and Austria hand its hands full with the Schleswig-Holstein issue and war with Prussia. Bismarck had the same concerns. Russia had no interests in America...

Monarchy? Well the fact I didn't ever say it was signed in my timeline is a good assertion that it didn't occur. Well you could also say that ASBs landed, however the Pinckney treaty was an initiative of the Washington administration. How does Arnold becoming a leading Federalist change...

A largely naval war against France isn't even close to being the type of emergency that the Depression and WWII (combined) were. Further, you can't label the Schuyler marriage a butterfly until you pinpoint the date of the marriage. The Saratoga battles started at the end of August and...

Monarchy Even Hamilton didn't dare advocate for a monarchy during the Constitutional Convention--the most he pushed for was a President and a Senate that served for life, and that proposal got nowhere. Further, if the first Washington didn't become king then a second version thereof isn't...

Rescue and Khomenei Khomenei died in June, 1989. The problem with the rescue attempt was a lack of inter-service coordination. That's not likely to have improved under a second Ford term and it was, in fact, the failure of the hostage rescue mission that sparked reforms in that area.

Problems First, Benedict Arnold couldn't have met Angelica Schuyler in 1782 as she had eloped with one John Church, GWs Commissary-General. Second, why would a full-blown war with France in 1798 result in a march on New Orleans? Spain didn't cede the territory until 1800 OTL and the...

Except that Carter handled the negotiations properly Remember the terms. The Iranians got none of their demands. All they got was the return of most (but not all) of the Iranian assets that Carter froze in the first place.

Nonsense It would've probably resulted in a couple of hostages being killed in reprisal and a boost to the hardliners. It's hard to see many differences. The creation of the Department of Energy had overwhelming support in Congress so even if Ford vetoed it (not sure what his...