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  1. Could the U.S. portion of D-Day invasion have been as large as Operation Downfall?

    There was no need for any carriers (or for 400 destroyers for that matter). That was the nice thing about having a significant land mass 100 miles away. The Downfall force was going to have to cart everything it needed across the Pacific, from as far away as the Marshall Islands, and defend...
  2. WI: Kyoto instead of Nagasaki?

    It was Henry Stimson, Secretary of War. Charmingly old fashioned in a way.
  3. DBWI: Make Donald Trump run on the Republican Ticket

    Nope. Current politics will inevitably result.
  4. Was Hitler really talented at anything?

    He was an exceptionally effective orator. He was able to inspire almost unimaginable loyalty in others. He was, more or less a born politician. He could have been equally effective as a religious leader, had his dedication been to a faith other than National Socialism.
  5. The Flame Lily Harvest - a Rhodesian TL/Story

    BTW: This is a very good bit of advice regardless of the thread.
  6. The Flame Lily Harvest - a Rhodesian TL/Story

    Wow. Ethnic cleansing is a good thing? Collective punishment? I just spent the last 10 minutes talking myself out of Banning you. I am still not sure a kick is sufficient, but... Congratulations. You just came as close to getting Banned as is possible without boarding the train...
  7. Treks, Gates and Wars: The Impact of James Cameron's Watchmen

    You need to get approval from the original authors before this can proceed.
  8. Rank Insignia and Uniforms Thread

    There has been a formal complaint that much of the posts here are from the Deviant-Art group Pixel-Archives. This needs to stop now. Further complaints will result in: 1. This thread, and successor threads, being locked. 2. Action as is apropos for the poster(s) of the improperly...
  9. Littorio-Class BBs, how would they have fared at Sicily?

    There were two covering forces. The one mentioned had 4 BB. The other, the Western Covering force was centered on Howe and the KGV (interestingly enough the U.S. replaced them on the Home Fleet's Tirpitz watch with the South Dakota and Alabama during the landings before returning the two U.S...
  10. American colonies you wish had suceeded

    Vinland would have had some rather dramatic effects (not the least of them being that the wave of epidemics would have swept North to South 400 years earlier vastly altering the population dynamic when the Southern European fleets arrived).
  11. WI: Khruschev Makes It to Disneyland

    Micky pic can happen. Space Mountain didn't open until 1977. Haunted Mansion was opened in 1969.
  12. AHC: Islamic Reformation

    You are correct. This tread is totally derailed, and I have been an active part of pulling up the track. I apologize for allowing that to happen. Closing it at this time.
  13. AHC: Islamic Reformation

    Actually the future of Saudi Arabia will be fascinating since it currently represents a society (not a culture, a society) built on a ruling class that bases its rights purely on heredity and has a vast imbalance of wealth. Adding in the boons and banes of modern instant technology, especially...
  14. AHC: Islamic Reformation

    There are not superior or inferior cultures. There are elements within any culture that are abominations. Da'esh is an example, so is National Socialism. What is an error os tou project that one culture is "superior" because it happened to win the lottery on natural resources or managed to...
  15. AHC: Islamic Reformation

    Actually what I did was exactly what the OP was doing. I was making a rather strong point. Unlike the OP I did not hold up either Christianity or Islam as being without stain. The difficulty with the OP, with the premise of the OP and with the "lets jump up and proclaim Islam still weaponizes...
  16. AHC: Islamic Reformation

    Your understanding of Islam, of Christianity, and of the rejection of "weaponized religion" is quite remarkable. The ONLY real center of peace and reason for several centuries, roughly 1250 -1450, WAS inside the borders of Islam (and behind the walls of a few monasteries). After that time...
  17. AHC: Islamic Reformation

    I am unsure at this point if this is an absolutely stunning lack of historic perspective or overt racism. You need to clarify what you mean by Enlightenment and Reformation. You have until 17:00 GMT tomorrow, December 2 to specifically state what you mean.
  18. Pacific Ordeal

    At this point all I can say is to stay tuned.
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