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  1. WI; Qin Shi Huang born a girl

    This guy will likely ascend the throne instead.
  2. McPherson

    How not to build a submarine. The Collins Class.
    Threadmarks: The Collins Class is a Lesson Learned the HARD WAY.

    It has long been my contention that the Australian government, of the day, made one fundamental error when it chose a vendor for its first indigenous submarine project. RAND. Kockums, the core designer and vendor for the Collins Class submarine project, had no tradition or history of building...
  3. For All Mankind (AH Tv series at Apple TV)

    We get a second Seadragon launch and we finally get to see what Pathfinder looks like. Honestly, I feel a little disappointed by the design and I can't help wondering if the launch system they're using is practical. The plane they're launching from looks like a C-5 Galaxy while Pathfinder itself...
  4. TL-191: After the End

    I guess this is something to be expected. I remember e.g. the Viva California timeline from Wikia which is maybe from the mid-2000s at the latest (POD: American-Mexican War is lost because Zachary Taylor is already dead, IIRC.) and one page there read "while the USA and Stalin differed on...
  5. AHC make it hard to colonize North America

    Gunpowder isn't invented by anyone. The Norse manage to survive longer and properly settle Vinland (and if they bring horses, that would be even better). This gives a level of disease immunity to the Native Americans, and the Norse don't have quite the capacity to conquer the Americas at this...
  6. Communist Sudan: What Would It Look Like?

    no but definately after Egyptians betrayed the soviets and stabbed them in the back
  7. Chinese pulls a Russia, conquerors the eurasian steppe

    Sure. If Russia can do it, why not China? You just need to give them an incentive to conquer the steppe. You'll need better gunpowder weapons though. It was only until the 18th century the Chinese managed to really bring their part of Central Asia under their complete control.
  8. Vainglory and death: Kurita continues

    Intresting POD. Follow
  9. Chinese pulls a Russia, conquerors the eurasian steppe

    I have been thinking about this scenario and I think is very unlikely for a han dynasty to bother with expanding north of southern mongolia so my guess is your best best is a China that eventually inherates the territories and vassals of mongolian and manchu dynasties. I mean if China today is...
  10. Was Britain Right to Enter WWI?

    1). they're supposed to be neutral, letting countries march through you violates that 2). they don't trust the Germans
  11. SpaceOrbisGaming

    For All Mankind (AH Tv series at Apple TV)

    I must say that I didn't see that ending coming at all. On the one hand, it is nice to have a Soviet equivalent of the Americans retaking of the mining site. On the other hand this seems to be the show's way to raise the tensions between the two superpowers and nearly start World War 3. I'm...
  12. Virginia Liberal

    God Save These American States
    Threadmarks: The Bloody Decade: Commonwealth-Mexican War: Second Battle of Ciudad Victoria

    just ignore the modern uniforms. Second Battle of Ciudad Victoria February 28,1845, Emperor Christobal I stood on the Balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City watching the troops Paraded by, to the tune of the War Drums. He had a whole army heading north 96,000 men eight divisions of...
  13. A 'smarter' NATO cartridge strategy 1950-1980?

    5.56x45mm SS109 round was developed to penetrate an M1 helmet at 600 metres. The .270 round was developed to provide a round that was able to wound a man at 600 metres. 7.62x51mm was designed to hit a man sized target at 1,000 metres plus.
  14. AHC: Stop the Confederacy from seceding

    Just explain to them that as long as they stay in the Union they can block abolition.it takes 3/4 of the states to ratify an amendment.
  15. WI; Qin Shi Huang born a girl

    What if Qin Shi Huang was born a girl? Did he have male siblings who could take the throne? Do we have information about their intellectual and psychological characteristics? For one, someone who unites China but possesses different personality characteristics (less megalomaniac) may have...
  16. A 'smarter' NATO cartridge strategy 1950-1980?

    Exactly so. The British doctrine was based upon extensive research into what effects were needed and what could provide those effects whilst being used by most troops. The USA doctrine appears, at this distance in time, to owe less to thorough operational research and more to the Jeremy Clarkson...
  17. Was Britain Right to Enter WWI?

    No *obligation* to - but the independence of France was widely seen as an importat British interest, so a DoW would at least be highly likely.
  18. How would a presidency of Lyndon Larouche look like?

    Best not to. Once you get into specifics on policy its always best to go to Chat. Someone will inevitably start comparisons to current politicians policies and The Lock happens or someone picks up an action.
  19. Jean Jaurès lives

    Could a mod move this to After 1900
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