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Re reactions to the thread : WI: Oswald's rifle jammed? how about WI: Sirhan Sirhan's pistol jammed? Personal Observation Those that believe in the lone gunman theory over the death of JFK never seem to cover the death of RFK in '68 The suspect arrested for the RFK murder...

QEs stand and fight This is the nub of the issue with this post - how much of the HSF survives after neutralising the QEs? I've meant to post this myself as The Long Run To The North. WI , With the death of Beatty, Evan Thomas takes command of the surviving battlecruisers and with the QEs...

I'm guessing you would be one of the people who would blame Carter entirely for the failed hostage rescue in 1980? because POTUS either gets blame/credit for these decisions, or he doesn't

warming up HMS f***ing Invincible and going after the darkies Thanks for the racisim accusation - it has really made my day. I guess the Daily Mail has invented all the news coming out of Gibraltar this year? The border wrangles? The recent naval incursion...

New Year's Eve 2012 : Spain Seizes Gibraltar Instead of the current levels of low level intimidation what if the Spanish government anticipated the events of 2013 and just siezed Gibraltar? Note that Gibraltar is defended currently by one light infantry battalion and usually there are no...

"Only the Japanese" - I should have clarified that I was talking about comparative armoured forces, not the quality of veteran pilots and soldiers

Any large natural disaster striking Allies seen as new V-Weapon? Either a rock or Tsunami.. in the first year or so, if devastating enough no-one at the time will have any idea what caused it and the Japanese and Germans may well try and claim responsibility (our secret "wonder weapon"...

This is a toughie. 1973 the Unionists managed to make Ulster completely ungovernable, resulting in Direct Rule from Westminster, just by going on strike. If they took up arms there is very little a government from Dublin could do anything about it. It was a gigantic problem for the Heath...

Presumably an Overlord with US involvement would be a much wider landing - any US posters like to speculate how that would compare in scale with the real thing? Separate beaches for the Poles and De Gaulle's forces was obviously a stretch. Would MacArthur insist on invading near Calais or in...

Similarly you could not expect more from the Polish Army which came ashore between Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes and Vierville-sur-Mer. You have to wonder if someone upstairs (not just Allied high command) has it in for the Poles to present them with that objective. Thank god they made the most of...

I hate to say it but it needed the Americans. At least the RN got them ashore! Among the minor fallout I don't think Canada would be a full fledged Republic now, and perhaps Churchill would be the war criminal who used the Bomb on Berlin rather than Atlee. The major fallout is of course all...

1000 bomber raid on ... Bombay Yikes I suggested in a different thread that following a peace treaty with Britain in 1940 the Nazis would be smart to back the Empire and extreme-pro Empire elements in British society to the hilt. By acting protective of the Empire and backing its...

Grand Old Lady at this stage is headed back to Scapa and trying to ram a U-Boat I think speaking of which I'd say that RN aggression which looks so witless from the likes of Beatty during the Run To The South is going to be a big asset close quarters. In the break down of orders and chaos the...

I have just reached the Siege of Antwerp in Max Hasting's Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 - this possibility is discussed. He suggests events of WW2 would happen early, around Antwerp rather than Dunkirk

The luck is with the HSF while they can use their superior gunnery and tight maneuvering. The more this gets like a Napoleonic slugfest the more the GF is going to like it (this is after all what they've been expecting all along).

French army in 1940 has PIAT? Mid 1930s Henry Mohaupt develops shaped charges. Late 30s a far seeing French millionaire has the potential developed as an AT Weapon. As war with Germany is declared this millionaire has privately trained and equipped squads widespread throughout the French army...

The revolution in 1918 that ends the 2nd Reich starts with a revolt in the HSF at Kiel I think - when the Kaiser orders the fleet out to the same kind of fate we describing here

Greek offensive was vetoed by the Russians, who wanted their orthodox Church to be the ones to restore Constantinople!

A thought occured recently on this subject when reading Max Hastings recent WW2 history.. What military venture was the most pointless waste of human life? Gallipoli or Second Battle of El Alamein? .. given than Operation Torch began a few days later I'm going to hide now

In Castles of Steel Robert K Massie I think is at least 50/50 on it succeeding if done properly and pushed to the end. Impact on the rest of the war? If the Allies can import food into Southern Russia it possibly keeps Russia in WW1, stops the rise of Bolshevism and potentially changes the...