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  1. If Jackson Had Survived?

    Pretty to think so. Unfortunately the secession Declaration of causes of the seven original Confederate states lay out the reason as Slavery Alabama: Whereas, the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the officers of President and Vice-President of the United States of America by...
  2. Strategically Pointless Battles of the First and Second World War?

    While the USSBS is a wonderful source of data, especially the records of the interviews/interrogations with Axis officers, it is important to keep in mind that the writers AND editors had a very specific stake in the game. The goal of the USSBS was the creation of the USAF as a free standing...
  3. Let's mention that sea mammal: What if the Germans had first taken the Isle of Wight?

    Probably not. Be back home in time for a pint and some bangers & mash.
  4. If Jackson Had Survived?

    Of course there were a number of terrible Union Generals, just as there were a number of terrible Confederate Generals. OPFOR = OPposing FORce. And the West, under Grant, was where the Confederacy LOST THE WAR. Once Grant took Vicksburg it was literally a question when the already dead body...
  5. WI Japan kept Taiwan

    No. At least not the PRC. In the Antebellum, maybe, but with the PRC? Not a chance. Beijing is out there playing chicken over a literal couple rocks because the private owner sold them to Japan.
  6. American FAL?

    Yep. You use it to find the door, or get the other guy to duck so you can di di
  7. AHC/WI: Iraqi Air Force Fights to the End in 2003

    Well, the Patriot PAC-2 would finally get to perform its actual function as a SAM. The Iraqis would be fighting blind since they had no capability for airborne command and control. That puts them into the gunsight as soon as they take off, against aircraft that can keep their radars on stand-by...
  8. Is Lycaon pictus domesticable?

    Sometimes the easiest answer is the best one. Perhaps dogs, from Wolf stock, got there first and/or were easier to deal with and domesticate. EDIT: As a question, could the African Wild Dog survive outside of the tropical/semi-tropical zones. It apparently does not grow an undercoat, which...
  9. My list of presidents if j.f.k had died

    Ai this supposed to be a DBWI? If so, it has already failed.
  10. WI Japan kept Taiwan

    Difficult. Not impossible, but close. Either Japan will have to somehow get the Chinese to recognize the Annexation permanently either through purchase or some other method, like a 499 year lease or install a puppet government in Nanjing/Beijing that allows the Japanese to keep the Island. As...
  11. My AH novel, "One Nation, Under Jupiter" is now complete and online!

    Please DO NOT SPAM this Board Please limit your advertising to your sig. Thank yopu.
  12. Midway First

    Well, to be fair he hit his promise almost to the day. He gave them six months, maybe a year, after that, he gave no assurances. Midway was almost exactly six months. 2nd Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was 11 months, 7 days. Called his shot. He committed 3 vs. 2, then 4 vs. 3. 10 vs. 4 isn't...
  13. Let's mention that sea mammal: What if the Germans had first taken the Isle of Wight?

    That article mentions two DIVISIONS, i.e. 20-25,000 men, not 4,000 (or a reinforced Brigade). Even 4,000 is effectively a non-starter. If the Heer could have managed to put two divisions on the Isle of Wright and support them, they could put the same two divisions on Britain and support them...
  14. American FAL?

    The 7.62 NATO IS a "Kurtz"/intermediate cartridge. Full size cartridges are the .30-06, .303 Enfield, 7.92x57 (8mm Mauser) and 7.62x54. The 5.56mm was a varmint cartridge.
  15. [Middle East AH] - Israel loses the '48 War

    The Soviets lacked the lift to manage it. By the time the Red Army could get a force organized it would have been over. The only two forces that could have intervened effectively was the U.S. Naval Forces, Mediterranean (later 6th Task Fleet, then 6th Fleet) and the British Mediterranean Fleet.
  16. American FAL?

    Without refighting the 5.56mm war again, which is not the point of the thread, I will simply say that, for European conditions (that is less deep patrolling on foot and more action on a traditional frontage with mechanized forces) the M-16 is not the ideal weapon. The M-14 was also not ideal...
  17. [Middle East AH] - Israel loses the '48 War

    Israel loses in 1948 and they are in the sea. Maybe the Truman Administration, along with the British arranges some sort of cease fire to get as many of the fresh refugees out of the grinder as possible, but there was really nowhere for those folks to go. U.S. wouldn't have accepted them, not...
  18. If Jackson Had Survived?

    Last time I checked, the purpose of engaging the OPFOR is to gain ground, push the OPFOR back deeper and deeper into their own territory, end or severely curtail the OPFOR's ability to engage in offensive operations, cut off or destroy the OPFOR's line of supply and retreat. After the...
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