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This is a good resource

...and quite a few actual battles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1689 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland

"For All Mankind", Season 1, Episode 10 See also

Here's a Churchill Mk4 IRL Isn't the rule for upgrading tanks as below? 100 add moar power, 200 add moar suspension, 300 add moar armour, 400 add moar gun, 500 Goto 100 You can't add moar gun nor moar armour, because the thing will grind to a halt. It was built to be slow (infantry tank!)...

@Mitchell Hundred , the Falklands are definitely British but are definitely not part of the UK. Neither are the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Ascension Island nor St Helena, yet they are all protected by the British Armed Forces. To explain. It is the British Army, the Royal Navy, the Royal...

Following John Smith's death, Whitman never succeeds to the post of GNR/NAR Reichsfuhrer. History (written by the winners) believes him to have been a covert leader of the forces that killed Smith and he would have been executed had he not "died whilst being questioned due to a...

"NCC-2000"? Isn't that the registry of the USS Excelsior in Star Trek 3 IOTL?

This timeline looks promising. I will read it with interest.

Oprah Winfrey 2005-2009 Encouraged by the suggestion in Michael Moore's "Dude, Where's My Country", 44th President Oprah G. Winfrey stood as a Democratic candidate in 2004 and marginally won. Her Presidency was marked by an early drawdown in Iraq which was initially popular but she was...

I love that plane. Please accept some nice links about it. https://hushkit.net/2018/03/06/the-killer-bee-a-british-technical-liaisons-view-of-the-rutan-ares-close-air-support-aircraft/

I must re-emphasise the points that @Coulsdon Eagle , @Old Bleep and others have made. In the UK there is no such thing as an Acting Prime Minister: if a PM dies in office the post remains vacant until the Crown appoints another. It is possible that one person may carry out the PM duties during...

Indeed

Glen Allen Walken? https://westwing.fandom.com/wiki/Glen_Allen_Walkenhttps://westwing.fandom.com/wiki/Glen_Allen_Walken Although he's probably disqualified by being fictional... :)

That's very kind of you, thank you.

[I really like this idea: please forgive me if I expand on it] DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY OF FALKLAND AIR (2010-present) From: Henry Fielding, Permanent Secretary To: The Right Hon Alan Hawksmoore, MP for Wargrave, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Multidepartmental Oversight Good day, Mr...

This is an useful thread. Let me put this comment here so I can find it again at need.

The smaller Airbuses are doing well. However in terms of new orders, both Airbus and Boeing are in trouble: Airbus I think hasn't had an order since April, and Boeing is doing even worse: its gross orders are less than its gross cancellations for 2020, giving it a negative net orders for the...

Stephen Baxter's "Voyage" novel seems to cover this quite nicely https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/stephen-baxter%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cvoyage%E2%80%9D-thoughts-on-the-aftermath.468023/...

1) TO RESOLVE AMBIGUITY Some countries have similar names and their government type names are used for disambiguation. Examples are: People's Republic of China (China) vs the Republic of China (Taiwan) Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany) vs Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)...

Stephen Norrington Following his successful streak on Death Machine and Blade , Norrington accepts the directorship of Blade II (instead of turning it down as he did IOTL) and does not direct the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. With confidence still intact, he evolves into a reliable director...