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Still more alternate NATO members Ireland Ireland entered the post war world attempting to maintain a stance strict neutrality in the cold war similar to what it had done in World War 2. Occasional Soviet Naval intrusions into Irish waters and economic pressure to integrate into the west...

Heavier British casualties and Stalin's channeling of Polish POWs into Soviet sponsored "Free Polish" units leads to a man-power shortage for the western allies. Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, and Colombia parlay this crisis into gaining economic and military aid from the United States; the FDR...

What is the largest possible number of member states that could be part of a cold war era NATO (or equiv. alliance). Extra points for including states from out side Europe and north america. Please provide pseudo justification.

As both the Mexican and Cuban forces in Europe are equipped and organized along U S t o and e lines. The only exception being the French made armored cars in the "lancer" squadron of the mexican armored Cav regiment.

Actually Cuba has more troops in Europe than Canada. A reinforced motorized infantry regiment and a rapid response brigade consisting of 1 airmobile battalion, 1 light infantry battalion, a motorized cavalry squadron and some special ops types. Mexico has its motorized division, an Armored...

I contemplated a time where the Brits were able to get Catherine the great to allow the recruitment of Russian and Cossack mercenaries in addition to the hessians. The american revolution takes a much nastier turn and ends up more like the French revolution. When it is over no one wants the...

Never heard or read this before, could you please site some sources?

I think you might see the czar becoming a much reduced figure head with some military strong man and or fascist regime that had made some deal with the upper class / industrialists. Being helped out by both Germany and the Allies to some degree as no one wants russia to collapse entirely.

There was a period from the late 1500 to say late 1700's when ramming was used against sailing ships, mostly in the med. Galleys were oar powered but glasees used sails. The normal object of these attacks was to immobilize and board, ramming to sink it turns out is just as dangerous to the...

I actually worked on a similar time line for a naval warfare game supplement I am writing. I think having the Byzantines conquer egypt or Aqaba would be an iffy proposition. Burning Mecca would possibly only inflame the jihadis, though I am sure the Romans would to have loved to try it...

Yes, I would like to see more on how this time line develops down the line, and the impact that a surviving Byzantium would have on the rest of Europe. People often picture Byzantium as developing as a Greek speaking ottoman empire; ignoring the fact that the social and economic systems of the...

My thoughts were that it was turtledove.

Bumped . Keep it coming.

As a formal school teacher I would like to say that the studies finding that corporal punishment does more damage are complete bullshit!!! Most american public schools have become complete disasters because the kids know that they will not face any relevant consequences for bad actions. The...

Another aspect to view might be the impact on higher education. If college campuses were centers of the revolt then societies willingness to put up with youthful rebellion might be reduced. For example the professors might have to face more review as to what they are teaching. For example the...

Overall you would probably see a lot more open anti-semitism in American society. The closet example from out time line would be Interwar germany where where the prominence of Jews in the Red uprising at the end of WW1 led to all Jews being seen as disloyal are a result. As a result of this...

Depending on how far some of the upper class families went in their support for the uprising you could see a lot of famous families being striped of their wealth, perhaps even destroyed if enough of the younger generation were killed. Another thing you might see is a large american ex-pat...

Also the upper midwest and parts of the great lakes, although I don't think all of the midwest would go for the commies. States like Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Illinois would most certainly be split along factional lines. The historical ironies would be delicious though. Imagine the...

labor unions would not be as powerful...maybe even outlawed if they played too big a role on the communist side. Also if immigrants played a big part in the uprising you could probably be certain that immigration would be cut off or heavily curtailed. For example if you see large numbers of...

I have had similar thoughts along these lines. How about this. Tensions escalate between the US and Germany, Japan, and UK over recently captured Spanish colonies. In 1904 the Japanese torpedo boat attack on the Russian Fleet transiting the English channel is exposed to the world when a...