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^ All, Thanks for the encouragement. I hope to have another installment tomorrow. I was in a land with out computers for some time.

That is a good point. As a side note, the Second Happy Time, East Coast ramapage only involved a handfull of German Uboats (usually selected for having expert captains and experienced crews). The Germans could have even tipped the Japanese off about their "Operation Drumbeat" intentions and...

I dont think so. Most of the glory days of German submarine warfare were in the early days of the war, and later, against unescorted targest (Second Happy Season rampage along U.S. coast). Allied technology evolved very quickly and by say spring 1942, Huff Duff, Cetimetric radar on ships...

The Monroe Doctrine only applied to outside encroachment. These Islands have been French for generations- even before the Monroe Doctrine was established. I think the best the Canadians could hope for is for the U.S. to be a friendly nueteral (due to cultural and lingustic ties to English...

Ok, tweak the scenario: - The islands go Vichy and are occupied by the Canadians (casualties on both sides are low). - 1945, Canada does not want to give them back. They host a referendum where the majority of the islanders agree, (or is it "agree"?) to be merged with the province of...

I dont think the U.S. approach would have to be that different: Despite their "no siezure" stance, the U.S. had little difficulty with pressuring Portugal to "voluntarily" allow the allies to create bases in the Azores, nor with pressuring the apathetic Icelandics to "voluntarily" invite allied...

Well said :), short and to the point.

^ All, thanks again for the suppport April 05, 1946 Colonel Richardson sees light at the end of the tunnel…. Colonel Richardson and the 13th armored regiment, 1st Armored Division was finally going home. The entire U.S. occupation force was in the process of re-organizing- naturally to be...

Good points, and thanks for the detailled information. You are right, once a solid lead is established, Quisling was a big enough fish and the Norweigans had enough clout to offically by pass any local obstruction and / or "I am too busy thinking of home or "blitzing" my local girlfriend to be...

All, thanks again for the compliments and the encouragement. March 25, 1946... The mathematical facts of life ala Winford are explained… Investigator Abel Dahling, having been with the Oslo police for 15 years, most of which was spent chasing pimps and opium smugglers, really was an...

I dont think the Italian Front should count as a German collapse. The surrender (just days early) seems to have been brokered by senior German commanders in light of the hopeless strategic situation (Soviets in Berlin Suburbs) and, as you mentioned, the increasingly hopeless tactical situation...

Stalingrad for me as well. The Soviets needed to win there. Though Soviet victory at Kursk was strongly preferred, it was not truly needed.

I agree. Any escape would have to be with in days, or perhaps a week of the encirclement. Even, then, such an escape would still lead to the capture of significant numbers of German, Rumanians and Hiwis.

Good points. One good thing about writing these alternative scenarios is that you learn alot. Through your posts, I have learned that even after the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans fought very hard for the approaches into Germany and the Rhine. It never ceases to amaze me how despite 5 1/2...

Do you have a source citation for this? Yeah, I also read somewhere something linking FEMA camps with Obama's war on the second amendment and Obama's insistance on medical care death boards. My point being is that if one is going to make accusations of this level, one should supply a source...

All, thanks for the continued interest and corrective comments. An ally's silence tells of Quisling….. Msgt / Investigator Rolf Laresen’s interrogation skills were honed. First, he showed only family photographs of Quisling to Winford with out explaining who the man in the photo was. He...

Saburo Sakai Japanese Naval Ace Wounded in the face over Guadacanal that resulted in the loss of an eye, Sakai returned to combat in the desperate (well, from the Japanese POV) days of 1944. Even by fighter ace standards, Sakai had amazing situational awareness. Despite always being...

I think the average German would support military action to regain Danzig, the surrounding areas and especially the Sudenltland. There had been some massacares of ethnic Germans by Czech militants following WWI. Because of these massacares, the local German population strongly favored...

Thank you for your interest in the time line. Being attatched to a combat unit would not allow Winford to wear combat branch insignia. He would still be classified as a Signal Corps officer (not very "sexy" given his political ambitions). He would, however, be allowed to wear the divisional...

Thanks for the tip. I"ll do some research and see if Quisling can get to South Tyrol with a minimum of scrutiny. Though I think his assumed identity can with stand moderate scrutiny, he still needs to avoid the more "Quisling aware" British and the more physically rough French occupation forces.