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But he's a Republican and a Christian. Not only that, but BHO rejected his Anglicized birth name and chose a very Muslim-sounding name instead. The fact that BHO is a very liberal Democrat and there are some deep suspicions that he's lying about his faith are two big strikes against him...

No, not really. The Great Depression was largely caused by untoward panic about the idea that people wouldn't be able to live the lives they were accustomed to. Back then the average person was frankly too ignorant to mentally separate the stock exchange and their own bank accounts. Simply...

That's interesting. I wonder how many Norse were stuck with Anglicized surnames because of Ellis Island cock-ups.

My last name is Larsen, which is Danish in origin. My particular branch of the family originally hailed from Schleswig-Holstein and from what I gather my ancestors were decently well-off merchants. One interesting quirk is that some female cousin of the Royal Family (probably not all that close...

So tanks, pump-action shotguns, submachine guns, and bombers probably aren't going to see widespread use until trench warfare becomes prevalent.

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this point. It could very well be I don't have a proper appreciation for the distances involved, but my understanding is that Nicaragua is a fairly narrow country going from east to west.

Remember that Gatling guns came out of OTL's ACW. The Browning M1919 (in .30-30) and M2 (in .50 BMG) come into US arsenals during or shortly after WWI. Submachine Guns (like the infamous Tommy Gun) came out roughly a decade later. Intermediate caliber assault rifles (specifically the Nazi one)...

*shrugs* I didn't TELL you what to do with your timeline. I could've gone into a lot more detail about why I didn't find the butterflying of football to be realistic, but I didn't bother because I know it wouldn't have changed a thing. First, I know why the capital was moved. My very concern...

Also, a general commentary on future nuclear weapons development in this TL as it relates to how geography is shaping up. I think ICBMs are going to basically be useless outside of a counter-force role, given the limited dispersion possible once the warheads separate from their bus (this is...

More like ASB'd. American football and soccer (IOW, the foot fairy abomination that you dare call football) are branches of the old rugby code (which dates back to the 1100s). Also, the Native Americans had a game that was remarkably like the old rugby code was a major contributor to the...

Wow. Just wow. I have to agree that TBO'ing Germany would've been a mercy. At least in that ATL an agrarian culture was possible for the survivors.

And what good is that long-range attack going to do if the aircraft can't get through a surface action group's defenses? Once a carrier loses its air wing, it's just a very expensive and very vulnerable cargo ship. OTL, Japanese carriers were the equal, if not better than, USN carriers, but I...

A couple of more points: 1) I see two huge weaknesses in the Russian doctrine. They seem to rely heavily on timing, which is going to be their undoing the moment the Central Powers managed to mount a successful counter-attack at exactly the wrong time (for the Russians, anyway). Also, they...

I won't deny that WWI had a heavy influence on forming the Blitzkrieg doctrine, since IIRC the use of Sturmtruppen by the Germans in that war was the major point of evolution, but the study I mentioned (can't remember what the study was titled or the name of the general who wrote it off hand)...

I like the three different takes you have on combined arms warfare, but I have a couple quibbles. 1) Blitzkrieg was actually developed based upon a 1905 study done by a British general about William T. Sherman's OTL Southern Campaign. I can't imagine that Blitzkrieg is going to be developed...

It shouldn't. Search "wolf's cross unchangeable fate" in google and click on the page that matches my link. It works for me.

http://axelsarmoury.com/runic.htm Bottom. I once found a website that described in detail the location of the finding and the estimated date, but it eludes me now. Best I can figure it's two wolf hook runes crossed and turned 45 degrees.

The Empire isn't the least bit fascist. A lot more mercantilist (not something associated with fascism) and a lot more militarist, plus a tad more authoritarian than the US.

Miami and Orlando are both American cultural centers, for obvious reasons.

F-120B Shadowfalcon of the Imperial Air Force in a "Cirrus" camo variant scheme. Line work was done by commission, all other work is mine.