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  1. WI: Sirhan Sirhan's pistol jammed?

    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...

  2. New Year's Eve 2012 : Spain Seizes Gibraltar

    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...

  3. WI:TE Lawrence is more like Fleming's James Bond?

    Suggested by the thread Pop Cult WI: James Bond films first made in WW2 We are accustomed today at looking at the Middle East and tutting at the mess the British and French made of it re: sykes picot agreement TE Lawrence of course tried his best and was considered to be the arch British...

  4. New Zealand joins the Warsaw Pact - late

    Just published here - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/russia-offered-newzealand-military-hardware what if the Kiwis took up the offer? Missiles for milk: how Russia offered NZ military hardware to settle dairy bill Former PM Jim Bolger 'absolutely stunned' to be offered...

  5. WI : Japan interfered with China like Britain interfered with Europe

    Apologies 1 - I'm sure this has been covered before, a link to the best thread on subject would be a good answer Apologies 2 - This isn't my era or region Britain and Japan, both islands off the coast of large landmasses. Britain endlessly interferes with European politics to ensure...

  6. IJN Indian Ocean Raid >> Red Sea >> Suez

    suggested by Nazi's take the Azores thread POD April 1942 IJN Indian Ocean raid is a total success. Somerville's RN Indian Ocean fleet is brought to battle and is destroyed with contemptuous ease. With the help of a rising among the Sinhalese population the IJN occupies Trincomalee...

  7. South Pacific (not a musical) - Naval Battle of Samoa 14 September 1914

    South Pacific (not a musical) - Battle of Samoa 14 September 1914 Admiral Maximilian von Spee’s East Asia Squadron finds the the Allied invasion force still at anchor at German Samoa German Armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the light cruisers Nürnberg, Leipzig and Dresden...

  8. What is the best healthcare system - in the event of limited nuclear war

    Ironically this could kick off a form of limited nuclear war on this very forum but prompted by Able Archer thread In the event on a limited nuclear exchange - major cities destroyed but national infrastructures still in place - which national healthcare system would cope the best...

  9. 1904 : Imperial Germany seizes Puerto Rico, raids US west coast tries to take Boston

    Those of us conditioned to give the Germans the benefit of the doubt with regard to the outbreak of WW1 were astonished to come across this bit of ATL crazy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_plans_for_the_invasion_of_the_United_States which puts even Sealion to shame POD 1860s...

  10. WW2 After Operation Felix

    Suggested by the excellent Manstein in Africa Thread I lived in Gibraltar for six months. Fascinating place, more mileage of road within the rock than outside it. Fortifications that boggle the mind. Siege has been a mindset for centuries. (One of the crazier plans for Nazi occupation was...

  11. Alien Space Bats in Pacific Rim

    Posted in error please remove

  12. Would Fall of Singapore have looked like ASBs once?

    Since I've just signed up to this forum and I need to make a name for myself :-) I thought I'd kick something off which has bugged me for a while and has relevance throughout I'll call it the Singapore Problem. It could just as easily be called the France 1940 problem but as we British...
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