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Alternatively you paint your flag on the side as a demonstration of your technological prowess. :D

The Ottomans would need a motive to set up a colony so far from home. The Dutch had one, a food refuelling station for sailing ships to Indies. The British, gold and diamonds came later. The Ottomans would find it easier and cheaper in treasure to seize Kenya and/or Zanzibar. No need to...

How about Nehru's India going for broke and invading its other neighbours. Whilst it would probably bounce if attacking Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan should easily be snapped up (as was Goa at a later date). The hinterland of Burma would be a struggle, but the coast should be a cinch. Of...

If I remember correctly the British Indian Army was divided into two, the Indian Army and Pakistani Army. If instead of doing this the British had given units to the princely states then they may have been able to have defended themselves from invasion. I say may because if the Indian Mutiny...

Whoever they might be they would have to accept no power and merely stick to opening things and reading prepared speechs a la the Queen of Britain. Try doing a Prince Charles and Vlad would be giving them a nice long Siberian holiday.

Churchman yes, but not in holy orders. He certainly would not have been permitted to have married Mary whilst Henry was still alive :D

What about the Empress Matilda? She certainly held her ground against Stephen. Big stakes then to play for. It would be worth a magnate kidnapping her as happened to some Scottish Kings. Alternatively, a coup a la Henry of Bolingbroke is on the cards.

On the former, I certainly agree. It makes the assumption that someone in the Nazi party predicts defeat early enough in the war that they and others can siphon off resources to build the secret bunkers. Even in the divide and rule approach used by Hitler to govern Germany someone else is going...

Not sure that the CSA had adapted that much. After all they heavily relied on the British and French to assist them in the new war. Besides, why would the USA require an enquiry on the Civil War? They knew why they had lost: it was because the British and Fench intervened. In contrast their...

Such a PoD would require either the Visigoths to repel the Franks from modern day France or the Isalmic invaders from Spain. The catch is that the Visigoths in Spain were a noble class who ruled over Romano-native peasants and thus there was always a potential fifth column against them. In...

Biggest problem with surviving Arianism has to cope with is that the Roman Catholic Church will endeavour to eliminate it just as they did using various methods Arianism on OTL, the Celtic Church, Cathars and pagans. The best places for Arianism to survive is Scotland and Scandanavia. Such...

I read the same although it was with respect to a Viking raid. The thing is that your nobles and retainers are full term whilst the militia part time. Pull the latter away for too long and their farm suffer. A factor has not been mentioned is that most troops personally only carry three days...

Pony Express riders could average 20km an hour and ride for eight hours at a stretch. They usually switched horses every hour or so.

Just how far you are prepared to go depends on the level of hatred. Jake Featherston was prepared to go all the way and he was not the first. The Mongols massacred whole cities of people whom they barely knew. Still, dictators require stooges to do their work and you can not get much more...

A Roman legion could do 30 miles/50 kilometres, but that is exceptional. I would not expect most Medieval armies to get close, especially if they are using wagons. On the matter of no looting, you must be having a laugh.

Good question. I suppose that Turtledove though that having Great Britain on the same side as the CSA would make a better plot. Certainly the CSA would need support if it was going to last very long in the war. Personally I think that the level of resources that Turtledove gave the CSA was...

1) An alternative history about a WW2 without Churchill in power even if it is only for a short time is not going to sell as well as one where he is. 2) Churchill would have no problem bending his principles if it got him into government. There is no evidence that Churchill helped trigger the...

Recorded agreement could be used to determine who is married to whom. No record, no marriage. DNA testing can prove this to a reasonable possibility subject to identical twins being involved. Yes, which is why lawyers should love it.

I read a comment on a website by a Christian fundermentalist that said that if gay marriage was legalised the bigamists, etc would be next. And he is right. Just about any mix of sexs will be able to marry.

Doubt that the Italian fleet will make any difference. There is no reason though why the French fleet does not do what it did on OTL WW2, sail to ports in North Africa.