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  1. WI: Iraq invades Saudi Arabia?

    Based on history, they should've known better. On one previous occasion around 1960 the British helped bolster Kuwait against attack. Attacking Kuwait would incur the wrath of the West so they should've either stayed out of Kuwait or taken so much of the world's oil output they'd have better...
  2. Horse mounted infantry for COIN

    I agree with whatever you’re saying but we do have to factor in the cost And technical expertise as well A lot of armies don’t want to spend that kind of money and they do not have personnelWell that are skilled enough to operate machine for prolonged times
  3. What were the biggest tech and weapon mistakes and missed opportunities of Germany in ww2

    ...ANYTHING? Ed Heinemann for example? Like so much wehrboi nonsense I get tired of "claims" not actually historically real in evidence. Again, not *my* claim, the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (Guppy) was in fact inspired by the Type XXI (and perhaps the V-80 and Type XXIII/Type...
  4. Horse mounted infantry for COIN

    Australia experimented with horse mounted airfield defence guards back in the 1990s. They found that the needs of a horses outweighed their usefulness. It was easier to use vehicles. Their feeding and care was such that the unit spent too much time looking after their horses and not...
  5. Prolonging the Futility: A WW2 European TL
    Threadmarks: Dec 45 – March 46: The starvation winter

    Losses from Operation Downfall were equivalent to the numbers that were estimated. About a quarter million casualties were suffered and experts believed that the Japanese home islands themselves would hold off until at least the summer, with probably another million casualties. After the defeat...
  6. Horse mounted infantry for COIN

    You mean drive Toyota Landcruisers.
  7. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    This chapter is mislabeled. It's actually Chapter 2023. You forgot to threadmark the last chapter.
  8. Challange: Prague Spring

    What exactly does "succeed" mean? No invasion by the USSR? The obvious way to do it is to have the reforms not go so far. The USSR permitted significant domestic latitude to its Eastern European vassals (see: "goulash communism" in Hungary and the insanity in Romania) provided they didn't go too...
  9. WWII: German Victory in Battle of Britain, could USSR win alone?

    However unlikely I see to plausible scenarios where the UK acknowledges German supremacy in Europe. First as a result of the Battle of France - maybe Churchill's plane is shot down when visiting France - Halifax makes 'peace' inquires. UK retains Empire after some minor adjustments, German...
  10. Dan

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    Wait until the ground mapping radar is updated, Wim will be complaining about seeing sheep above them on the mountains as they discover what "tree top height" and "Zero Feet" really mean... Oh, and someone will invent an analogue for the JP-233 anti runway bombs soon as well.
  11. WI/AHC : Stable, long lasting Rome.

    Chinese repeatedly had succcessful general/warlord become Emperor so army rule clearly not impediment for longer lasting civilizations. China continuity had been greatly exaggerated. Han different from Zhou, Tang different from Han, Qing different from Song. In social structure...
  12. El principe de hierro - A Napoleonic tale
    Threadmarks: 18. The Campaign of Albuera (May 3 - 21, 1811)

    18. The Campaign of Albuera (May 3 - 21, 1811) Without little to no reinforcements and with the gaze of the Emperor fixed on the East, and with Soult happy with taking Badajoz and doing little else, Masséna slowly withdrew from Portugal as Wellington increased the size of his forces. Thus, in...
  13. WI: Iraq invades Saudi Arabia?

    What if Iraq had everything planned (KSA as well as Kuwait) months in advance? If Iraq immediately began invading KSA after Kuwait would the US have sent a limited force in harm's way? With hindsight we know it may have halted Iraq but they may have considered such a force woefully inadequate.
  14. A Thorn In The Rose: A War Of The Roses TL

    Not yet, though there will be one approaching soon.
  15. Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes VI (Do Not Post Current Politics or Political Figures Here)

    Freddy Fazbear's Pizza raid occured on the night of 18/19 November 2017. Police officers from Salt Lake City Police Departament and FBI agents entered the facility after investigation into shooting occuring in the pizzeria week earlier was disrupted by restaurant's staff. Prior to the incident...
  16. A7 Corsair II kills the A10 program

    One thing the F-18 never managed to do was match the long range strike capability of the A-7. Even the Superhornet never met the claimed objectives that were for the basic F-18. The F/A-18 was forced on the Navy (they were forced to buy a LWF) when they wanted more F-14s. This is because the...
  17. A Thorn In The Rose: A War Of The Roses TL

    Please, Somerset vs York. So....lets say that Edward Earl of March/Prince of Wales captures the Queen and the Lancastrian heir, but dies in the process. Therefore Edmund would then become heir, and he already has a son via Margaret Beaufort.... Hmmm. The Current Duke of Somerset is actually...
  18. Arctodus simus

    Under wings of the Zilant: a Golden horde timeline
    Threadmarks: A traitor is beheaded

    Ramadan 742 ( February 1342) Sarai, Khanate of the Golden horde sigh of relief Tini Beg was tensed the entire night, not knowing whether the harbingers of death will bring him good news. Perhaps Allah knows what's best and he should quit being a scaredy-cat. This morning he'll finally see the...
  19. The Second Viking Age [A Late Medieval TL]

    Just like in OTL, it would be first of many Hanseatic Wars - usually Denmark.
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