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  1. What if the PLO were Islamists?

    Internationally it would be seen much less favorably. Making itself a purely religious based movement would deaden any sense of legitimacy that it achieved outside of the Middle East. Had it persisted of course, post 9/11, the movement would have become a Category A target for the U.S. If the...
  2. WI: Tobacco Products Completely Banned in the United States

    Exactly. Tobacco is a weed (much like hemp). It grows anywhere, and a fairly small patch gives quite a bit of production. The other issue is that tobacco, unlike marijuana or even the previous Prohibition target of alcohol , IS ferociously addictive, even for rather casual users...
  3. Pacific Ordeal

    Uh... Please don't. Next update is coming in a couple days,
  4. 'Luft 46'

    If you add a tail to the Ho-229 it rather spoils the whole "flying wing" bit :D, although it might benefit slightly in terms of stealth thanks to the buried engines and wood used in the design. The Ta-183 is interesting. The design had some serious stability issues. MiG didn't do a...
  5. WI: Nazi U-boats After End of War in Europe

    WW II era subs had a maximum endurance of around 40 days. After that you ran out of food, fuel, and potable water runs out quickly once the engines die. Torpedoes are not replaceable in this scenario, and deck gun ammunition was relatively limited. Even if you had every boat manned by the...
  6. WI: The West Takes Civil Defense Seriously in the Cold War?

    Most Western states realized early on that the possibility of moving millions of people out of major urban centers in the case of a conflict was impossible. A really simple example of the issue (continuing with your Swiss example). Population in 1960: Switzerland (15,940 square miles)...
  7. 'Luft 46'

    I suggest you read something that is not a veritable love letter to the aircraft. As I noted, as other have noted, flying wings absent the presence of computer aided control surfaces that can react far more quickly, and in far more variables than any human pilot, are great places to die...
  8. Nazi Europe. A dutch view.

    I suggest that both of you keep in mind Board policy on insulting other members.
  9. Could the US have conquered Europe immediately following WW2?

    Uh.... Might want to read back a couple pages.
  10. Could the US have conquered Europe immediately following WW2?

    Speed it? In 1958 it was still a massive pile of... Well, it was already being worked on with a wartime fervor.
  11. AHC/PC: Represent The Vatican At The Olympics!!!!!!!

    You could have a Swiss Guard compete in pistol or Modern Pentathlon. The real stopper is that the Vatican City-state is not an IOC member.
  12. 'Luft 46'

    Luft 46 is, to be brutal, utter crap. Worse, the vast majority were vapor-ware. The aircraft that were built were intetesting, even 1st of their kind, but all had enormous issues (the Swallow's engines just being the start). The Horton designs were quite literally death traps. Flying wings...
  13. Battleship carrier hybrid

    The Kiev class was from a different era. The ship made no pretense of being able to survive a slugging match with a peer using non interceptable ship killing munitions. When the USN recommissioned the Iowas in the 1980s it was estimated that even the Kirov would sink after a maximum two hits...
  14. Did the Wehrmacht fight "harder/hardest" against the French?

    The French Campaign was actually quite, to perhaps stretch a term, gentlemanly. It was not marred even by the sorts of excesses one saw during the Bulge (on both sides, although the Waffen SS seemed to flatly delight in them). There were more atrocities in an average 24 hour period during...
  15. Could the US have conquered Europe immediately following WW2?

    I've been pushing what has not yet become the consensus since page one of the thread. Only difference from how you defined it is that the USN would be trying to pull everyone out. Dunkirk, not Pusan.
  16. WI: Venezuala invades Dutch Caribbean Territories

    3rd world regime protection force.
  17. WI: Venezuala invades Dutch Caribbean Territories

    It wouldn't be a NATO situation due to the location. It would be more of an informal rendering of assistance to a longtime friend and ally. Same can of whup-ass, different shelf. Probably why even at the most desperate the Venezuelan government wouldn't do it. The current (and immediately...
  18. Could the US have conquered Europe immediately following WW2?

    U.S forces were always tail heavy. As an example the 1st ID had a paper authorized strength of 14,109 officer and men. They were organised into three Infantry regiments, one engineer battalion, and one recon squadron. for a total of ~9,000 officers and men (or ~8,000 trigger pullers). The...
  19. Could the US have conquered Europe immediately following WW2?

    Right now I am leaning toward Unkillable. At least for the thread.
  20. Could the US have conquered Europe immediately following WW2?

    Again, I have to disagree, based on your source. The table for total aircraft in the ETO shows the U.S. with 12,200 and the Soviets with 15,800 in December of 1944. That would indicate the Soviets had a considerable advantage, approaching 25%. The two sources you provided indicates vastly...
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