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  1. WWII: German Victory in Battle of Britain, could USSR win alone?

    A few random thoughts. The UK was NEVER going to agree to terms that adversely effected it. It is not giving up territory for example. Why? Because it di need to. Germany could not force terms on GB. All it could do was make GB WANT to stop fighting. And a GB that just wants the war to end...
  2. There and Back Again: The English Journeys of Catherine of Aragon.

    Actually its wrong. The OTL plan by Henry VII was to style his son as Arthur II to play on the notion of a noble ancestor to give the Tudors more gravitas. Henry VII was painfully aware his claim was little more than "I won so I'm King" and was continually looking for ways to big it up. One of...
  3. Is an OPEC for iron ore unrealistic?

    The problem with rare earth metal ores is that while they are indeed low concentration, it is actually fairly simple to extract the metals from them using a range of rather unpleasant chemicals. Doing that properly, in a way which doesn't result in leaks, contamination and destroying the local...
  4. 2018 Presidential Election

    Wednesday April 14th, 2021 Charlie Forrester makes 2022 Presidential announcement Georgia Senator Charlie Forrester burst into the Republican Presidential race with a freewheeling and, at times, emotional speech that hit on two main points: Republicans can help those less fortunate themselves...
  5. Sārthākā

    The Revenge of the Crown : An Alternate 1812 and Beyond.

    no, a prelude to that kinda that much is obvious
  6. A destiny fulfilled - An Eleanor of Austria TL

    It will work and likely without any need to apologize in words
  7. WI: Alsace-Lorrena is not taken by the Prussians?

    The Austro-Hungarian Emprie allied with the Ottomans, and while there was no more HRE at the time, the Habsburgs had been emperors for more than 300 years during its existence. The United States allied with Britain which other than previousluly fighting against in a war of Independence, was...
  8. Primavera d'Italia: War, Love and Revolution

    We will have to see how things play out, but Cavour's political strategy is not wildly different from what he managed IOTL (although ITTL he has been dealt a much stronger hand of cards, and this might certainly enhance his clarity of political vision). Another thing which is going to play in...
  9. Horse mounted infantry for COIN

    The problem is that even the smaller breeds still take time and grazing range in order to feed itself. A horse thats been ridden all day isn't going to have the time or energy to find and eat lower caloric value grass versus higher caloric value fodder. And in the terrain that horses are still...
  10. Margrave of Moravia

    Challange: Prague Spring

    By succeed I mean that liberalization would happen, at least partially, which of course means no USSR invasion. I think, that those reforms could be undergone, if the communist party leadership in CSR would act against some liberals in the society, mostly in media. This os of course against the...
  11. Gentleman Johnny

    WI: Canada accepts Article Eleven and joins the United States?

    If they rebel though, it'll be easier for the Americans to be successful in an alt campaign to seize Quebec as opposed to OTL. It doesn't ensure success, but it makes it more likely. Even still, the OTL campaign was arguably a close run thing. Governor Carleton was nearly captured in battle and...
  12. Talus I of Dixie

    Under wings of the Zilant: a Golden horde timeline

    I'll be looking forward to this! o_O
  13. Primavera d'Italia: War, Love and Revolution

    Thank you. @Tarabas and I believe in world building, and in the exploration of alternative ways to shape the future of Italy: which requires politics more than anything else. Next interlude should deal with the surrender of Verona (I think that for once I can give you a lil peek in the...
  14. There and Back Again: The English Journeys of Catherine of Aragon.

    Thank you for your praise! This is all true, but I will say that unless he didn't like his wife, it normally took awhile for his eye to wander, especially if she wasn't pregnant yet. Their bliss will be interrupted soon though...
  15. WI: Iraq invades Saudi Arabia?

    But at the time someone in the US government said US airstrikes would have only a "one in four chance" of stopping the Iraqis. The highway of death came long after the US etc had localized vast airpower.
  16. FRG withdraws from NATO

    Yes but he was explicitly saying Germany was " occupied" today. Even used the example of the less then 200 strong almost totally logistics troops the Brits currently have as an " occupation force".
  17. UoBLoyalist

    Was Britain Right to Enter WWI?

    That wasn't supposed to be serious
  18. What kind of PM Rab Butler would be?

    Quite possibly - although I still think that was a tough election for the Tories to win (appreciate it was still close). Truthfully, I don’t expect Butler would have been that different vs Macmillan et al.
  19. FRG withdraws from NATO

    Thats an utterly ridiculous statement. All three nations have generally been drawing down their forces in Germany since the 1990s. The current British " Occupation Army" consists of 185 men none of whom are actual combat troops. The Belgians ( besides the EU joint German/ Belgian brigade)...
  20. Peabody-Martini

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I am reminded of accounts in Vietnam of tree branches found lodged in the underside of Phantom IIs and the airframes rattling because so many rivets popped loose from being over-stressed.
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