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  1. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    Literally can't be done with 1945 technology. No surface ship reached the Pole until 1977. It was a nuclear power 24,000 ton Soviet icebreaker (the Arktika). In the mid-late 1950s the Canadians managed to force the Northwest Passage, but there was no way a non icebreaker would have been able to...
  2. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    The British are CONQUERED per the OP (already noted the low order of probability on this scenario). They did not make a deal, they did not arrange to retain anything. The British got punched in the mouth and rolled just like France, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland IOTL and the ATL USSR...
  3. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    I would be much more concerned with about subs than surface or air threats, although the air threat that far east would be mind-numbingly severe (a couple hundred miles from Dounreay Scotland, around 250 from southern Norway). ATL there are NO choke points that can allow some control over the...
  4. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    Hitler didn't in 1940. In this ATL he now has the resources of the entire European Continent. The Soviets managed to produce 39,000 nuclear weapon stockpile, with arguable fewer resources than the ATL Reich would have at its disposal.By the late 1960 in the ATL being discussed, the Reich...
  5. How much damage would Seoul suffer in a war with North Korea?

    I am rather surprised at the beliefs being stated here regarding exactly how dangerous a threat the DPRK continues to present. There are a number of issues that seem to have been either forgotten or discounted too quickly. 1. The DPRK leadership, while of questionable mental stability, is NOT...
  6. No WWW until post 2015

    Easy. The 'Net is built on a couple critical elements. The first is hardware. The original Internet backbone was built by the U.S. government, with private efforts coming along after it was opened up for non-government credential holders. Keep the original backbone restricted to U.S. government...
  7. WI: Dianne Feinstein beats Pete Wilson in CA Governor Race 1990

    Oops, wrong. Don't do this. Thread didn't gain traction. SiL
  8. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    Lack of warships, especially carriers. Lack of amphibious lift. Lack of sufficient numbers of trained personnel. Lack of sufficient supply chains. Lack of experience.
  9. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    You hit the most critical part, namely inventing the damned process in the first place. Everyone who has the slightest interest in the process understands the general principals now, Tuck, however, made it up from scratch, including the process of how to focus the detonation properly to get the...
  10. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    Better question is how hard will it be to transfer things back from beyond the Urals? Soviets lost, they will undoubtedly be required to move back whatever they originally took out of European Russia to save it from the Reich. That won't be easy, but with unlimited slave labor it is more than...
  11. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    Short answer is no. The U.S. was already producing at maximum capacity. Although a number of major warships were cancelled the U.S. can not ramp from 22 CV to 100 CV in any practical time frame. Same goes for aircraft, except even more so. Only a very few aircraft will even be able to REACH...
  12. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    I agree that the scenario is one of those justthisclose to ASB ideas, however, if the scenario is accepted as put forward this issue is not quite as you present. The Caucasus are not within easy strike range of any realistic Allied air base. It is fair to assume that a dismembered USSR is going...
  13. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    Too Slow. B-36B capped out at 380 mph and 38K (42K with a light load). The Ta-152, which was in service 3.5 YEARS before the B-36B had a service ceiling of 49K, and we are all well aware of what happens to heavy bombers without fighter escort (it is 1,500 miles from Iceland to Berlin, even the...
  14. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    The Reich, in this scenario would have total control of Europe, from the Urals (assuming the A-A Line is the end of their occupation) to the Irish Sea and from the Arctic Circle to the Med. In all likelihood it would also be gathering tribute from the rump USSR.
  15. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    At least as large as the Soviets, assuming their program doesn't collapse from excessive graft (which is always a possibility with some of the Nazi bigwigs), so 30,000+ by the mid 1960s.
  16. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    What is vastly more likely is an ATL version of the Cold War. Tube Alloys will ensure that the Reich knows that the Bomb is possible. Once the Reich has half a dozen weapons, even if they have to resort to building a submarine around the damned thing to deliver it, any invasion is impossible...
  17. Invading Nazi-controlled Europe with Britain under Nazi rule

    Short answer: Can't be done, at least with acceptable losses. Somewhat longer answer: With the USSR defeated (with the A-A line presumably achieved) and the UK defeated and occupied there is no way to mount a reasonable invasion effort. Even a respectable air campaign is questionable since the...
  18. Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes IV (Do not post Current Politics Here)

    NEVER do anything like this again.
  19. Children of POTUS who could have become POTUS: An attempt at a comprehensive list

    There is one other Father/Son pair. Arthur MacArthur Jr. (for actions at Missionary Ridge TN November 25, 1863) and Douglas MacArthur (for his leadership in the Philippines).
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