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  1. Jim Smitty

    Whiskey on the Rocks, The Soviet-Swedish War of 1981

    Whiskey on the Rocks, The Soviet-Swedish War of 1981 Discussion thread here. AMH-5540 Modern Western Military History University of South Florida Professor John Smith April 23 2020 This is a reading of the material cover in class. The First few minutes are not covered because they deal with...
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    Jesse Ventura second term as governor of Minnesota

    Jesse Ventura, left the Governor's office of Minnesota in 2003 because he was an didn't have the support in either houses of the Minnesota conrgess. And couldn't get any of the reforms he wanted done past. But lets say, Ventura decides to run for a second term but he also helps gets a sizable...
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    Second Mexican-American War?

    I have been looking at the possibly a Second Mexican-American War set in the 1913-15 time peiord. The POD is TR being elected in 1912. But as to the war itself, there is a few things I want to know about, if this would happen. What would America's aims in the war be, and what territorties...
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    TR in 1912: A TL

    Washington DC May 31 1912 President William Howard Taft was going about his daily business. He hadn't been good today, but he had a job to do, so he was pushing forward. He didn't know why his chest was tight, but he made a note to ask Dr. Thatcher why his chest was tight. As President Taft...
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    Kliment Voroshilov purges Stalin?

    Here's the set up. In early 1940 for what ever reason, Larenity Beria is purged by Stalin. To take over the NKVD, Stalin taps Kliment Voroshilov. This removes Voroshilov from the Winter War which has been going badly for the Soviets. Nothing major chances till the early days Operation Barborossa...
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    Whiskey on the Rocks, The Soviet-Swedish War of 1981

    I was cleaning up the files on my computer and found this. Let me know if you guys want to see more. Enjoy. Whiskey on the Rocks, The Soviet-Swedish War of 1981 AMH-5540 Modern Western Military History University of South Florida Professor John Smith April 23 2012 This is a reading of the...
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    WI:No Miracle of the Marne in 1914

    I'm looking at the possible that the Germans in 1914 were able to take Paris in the fall of 1914. And with the fall of Paris, the French sue for peace. What would this peace treaty with Germany look like, and with the Germans being able to shift their army to the east, how long before Russia...
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    Newfoundland as the 51st State?

    During WW2 Newfoundland became economic close to the US. There was even some support for an economic union with the US, but it didn't amount to anything. What changes would be needed for Newfoundland in the elections of 1949 for a path to US Statehood on the ballot, and would they choose it? Or...
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    But for One Shell: An American Story

    Many people in the years since it happen had wondered what would happen in the magazine at Fort McHenry didn't explode. Or if General Ross hadn't fallen in the Battle of North Point, leaving command of the British Army to Colonel Arthur Brooke. Some have said that with the support of fleet...
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    Iroquois Nation?

    Would it be possible for the Iroquois people to set up there own nation and remain and independe nation till modern times? I thinking this nation would be made up what today is Ohio, Penn, NY New England, Maine, parts of Ontario and other US states. Would that be possible or ASB?
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    Tesla gets his bouns

    In 1885 Nikola Tesla is paid 50,000 dollars bouns by Thomas Edison for improvements to the motor and generators? Was the Edison-Tesla slpit something that was bound to happen and this just brought it to a head much sooner, or could the two work together at Menlo Park and fast track some tech...
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    WI: The Germans find out about the French Army Mutinies in 1917

    In 1917 after the total fuck up at Second Battle of the Aisne, the French Army broke into open Mutiny with about half of their Infantry divisions being out of the fight. By a stoke of luck the Germans never found out about this. But what if on May 30 the Germans learn of the Mutinies and...
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    Map and Graphic Help for AA817

    Greetings, I'm looking for someone to help come up with maps and some graphics for my ASB thread American Airlines Flight 817. If someone will help me I will be thankful.
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    The German Military overthrow a Communism Government in 1933/4

    Hilter dies in 1916, take your pick at which battle. The Nazis don't take off as a political party. The Communism Party become the largest party in Germany in the early 30s. Von Hindenburg makes the communism member the Chancellor of Germany. The military not wanting to go communism waits...
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    SS Normandie

    I don't know is this is AH, but was the Normandie burned by the Mob or was it just in careless worker? If it was the Mob why were they not caught?
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    No Nat Turner?

    Say for what ever reason a Nat Turner died shortly after being born. There is no slave rebillong in the early 1830s. Would Virgina, Maryland, and Delware become Free States? What other effects would there be if Nat Turner died before he turn one?
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    Nathanael Greene Lived?

    Nathanael Greene dead from a Heat Stroke in 1786. What if he had lived for another 10 to 15 years? What would happen with the early US Federal Governments? Would he be the first Secretary of War or even a VP pick for Washington?
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    Did Slavery hold Technology Back?

    I don't know if this here or not, but here it goes. Currently I'm taking Early American History at the local Community College. Plus with my general like of history, I noticed that when Slavery is done away with, in a generation there is a technology boom. It happened in Britian, to a limted...
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    Dale Earnhardt Lives?

    I have been thinking about doing a short TL where Dale Earnhardt would still be alive right now and the effects it would have on NASCAR. Would this type of TL be enjoyed here or has it been done before? It you could give me some feet back I would be thankful.
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    May 12 1945, The Soviets draw American Blood

    On May 12 1945 in Germany Andrey Vlasov was an American Prisoner. On this day a company commander in the 37th Tank Battalion was escorting him somewhere, went the Soviets spot the American convoy and took Vlasov and other members of the ROA that were in the convoy. The Americans in the company...
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