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I did not know this. I didn't think Bedford was unique, but this seems to have happened more than I was aware of. Re the OP: No World War I might work. Imagine if the lessons learned from 1861 to 1865 and 1914 to 1918 were not available in 1939 <Shoo butterflies! SHOO!>. If the massed...

John Ritter John Denver & At least three Kennedys that should have stayed away from airplanes: Joe jr, his sister, John jr. Dorothy Stratton James Dean Ernie Kovacs Sonny Bono Glen Miller Annette Funicello

Like its predecessor Confederation eighty years earlier, The CSA didn't have the power to enforce its edicts, and devolves from a true confederation into a mutual defensive alliance. IMNSHO, once the war was over, the USA would be extremely reluctant to start another one. Don't be. This...

My main question is how would the two nations, with 1942 equipment, compare in combat; including industrial support, logistical capability, etc. I'm not really interested in the how of the wank, but let us say that in the spring of '42, the Axis string of luck continued. The Soviet Union and...

http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2008/05/07/that-mean-ol-mr-darwin/ :D :rolleyes: Not *quite* the same thing. I've never understood the meme. IMO, France in 1940 was well and truly beaten: A combination of bad luck and bad leadership destroyed the French military. They had no choice but to...

Maybe I should post this in the Unpopular Opinions thread. :p But I see a Unionist reconquest effort extremely unlikely. IMNSHO, a Federal defeat would cause a "Viet Nam Syndrome." "We just fought a devastating war! Unimaginable casualties, as well as horrific treasure expended! For...

Kurz ;) I'll look at the topic.

Most of the 56'rs I knew had names ending in Y (old aristocracy). They talked of re-establishing the aristocratic system. I figured at the time it was probably a pipe dream, but I'll ask here, any chance of this?

One single bump to see if anybody wants to take a second look, then letting it go.

OK, thanks guys. Option 1: France wins 7 years war. 1) Death of Frederick (Thank you for that link - even if you did "self advocate" ;) ) causes collapse of Anglo-Prussian war effort. 2) British fail to take Louisbourg, which bolos the whole Canadian front. Option 2: France loses, but sees...

Just what it says. I can think of three ways it could happen, but I'm curious about what the forum comes up with. Bonus points if the English colonies still revolt.

I'll repeat my first post in this thread. I suspect that Germany was aware of how dependent it was on Romanian oil, and would have over run Hungary in the same manner as they did Yugoslavia, had the Soviets tried to occupy Romania. Or it wouldn't have been in the least out of character for...

Tessek, as en baratom, tessek! Lusta nyelv diakok vagunk! I had a bit of fun (and a lot of flashbacks) trying to follow that quote. Petiki's Magyar is much better than mine, and if he's following the thread, he probably understood much more than I, but as far as I know, there are maybe three...

Yo reggelt, Kivanok! :) Damn. I have no idea how plausible this is, but, wow. In August of 1940, war breaks out between the Soviets and Hungary vs Romania? My first thought is that Germany would immediately over run Hungary to protect Ploisti. Or possibly side with the Magyars, move...

Loves to bash me some John Norman, me does. As I said many times before, I discovered Gor as a teen. There is a truly *special* quality to one's writing when shy, lonely teenage boys flip through the "good stuff" to get on with the story. :eek: That said, the thing that people hated about...

That works. Someone upthread (CCK) suggested that TR be given a prestigious position - far away from DC - and let him do his thing. Being an appointed dictator charged with dragging the Philippines into the 20th century sounds like a challenge he would relish. When do you mean "after...

I think "Teddy Roosevelt - US Viceroy to the Philippines" would make an interesting thread. Not sure if it wouldn't be ASB though. (In the same manner that SeaLowe is ASB; not physically impossible, but so unlikely as to fall in the same category). Still would be fun though. :o

Tarzan might not be missed as much as you might think. Mowgli predates him, and sets a standard for the "wild man" genre. However, I suspect we wouldn't see as much sword and blaster fic. (I like S&B, but it is a bit absurd, and out of favor). Besides, the first three Gor books are...

I'm not a TR fanboy (I know, that's a ban-able offense around here :p), but Teddy had the bravura to pull off something like that. OTOH, remember Ike's remark: "I studied theatrics under MacArthur for ten years."? I have the feeling that Dugout Doug would have taken one look at Teddy and...

Set themselves up as Praetorians? The President for Life is appointed and removed by them?