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  1. AHC: Convict OJ Simpson

    Actually you have a really good point. People didn't understand what DNA was all about. CSI and other procedural have made it seems much more clear than it actually is, which brings in a whole different set of issues, but the defenses arguments regarding the DNA would never have stood up today...
  2. WI Thatcher's SAS stunt fails

    Closed at OP request.
  3. WI Thatcher's SAS stunt fails

    180 degree the other way. It was in London. SAS wouldn't initiated if they didn't have close to 100% chances of success. Neither the SAS command nor the British Government was heavy with morons.
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    It would not be a completely unreasonable argument to declare that the USSR/Russia/Ukraine and Poland had first call on all the Nazi leadership. That is however, very clearly Victor's Justice, and the WAllies wanted to limit that to the extent possible. The goal was to make an example, but more...
  5. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Sentences were quite severe, much more so than IOTL where there was a political element involved and the impact on the German civilian authorities ability to govern were a serious consideration. ATL, as the Balkanization of the Reich demonstrated, no one much cared what the German authorities...
  6. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The basic methods were to send the accused to face trial where the crime was committed, assuming the government in question was considered to be "representative". In practice this meant that countries with Governments in Exile that the WAllies approved of were allowed to conduct their own...
  7. German atom bomb after D-Day, irrelevant to the outcome of the war?

    The casing, at least the shell, was a minimal part of the weight, the biggest mass was actually the tamper/neutron reflector assembly surrounding the smaller slug, where the reaction occurred, at 5,100 pounds. Most of the remaining mass (outside of the actual fissile materials which only massed...
  8. A military base on the Moon?

    Big piles of money. That is it. Big Bucks = Buck Rogers
  9. German atom bomb after D-Day, irrelevant to the outcome of the war?

    They do, however, have all the weight, and the "gun type" design has no weight to space, even if modern electronics were used it wouldn't lose more than a few hundred pounds. If the Luftwaffe had a Lancaster it MIGHT be able to put one into the air, assuming a long enough runway. However...
  10. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I am curious regarding the specifics here. It is, unquestionably, horrific, however the Reich itself was far beyond horrific. The combat is as accurate as I could make it, be it systems, tactics or strategic. The portrayal of the Reich's actions in the East are taken directly from Generalplan...
  11. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Thank you! If someone hasn't slogged through all the comments the Afterword is an "extra". BTW: To all - If you did buy the book, could I trouble you to give it a review? There is one there, and it is so positive it almost literally makes me blush, but there is only the one. Thanks.
  12. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The differences are, much like the rest of the post war ATL, generally subtle but significant. It is not an "anything goes" environment, certain subjects (support of National Socialist ideas being the most glaring example) are censored to the point that it can rise to actual crime, rather like...
  13. Why did ROC get such bad rep?

    No. It makes Truman a realist who eventually decided to stop throwing good money after the bad. Truman was, after all, the one who closed the tap.
  14. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Correct. It was part of the WAllies failed effort to take pressure off of the USSR following the Stalingrad disaster.
  15. Biological weapons in the Cold War

    Of course they were backed by the Soviet government, with its vast resources. What is seriously worrisome is that one no longer requires the entire Soviet state, or any real national infrastructure to speak of, to play in this game. Need a few really clever folks with Master's in the right...
  16. The NOT-so-best looking fighters of all time

    A single Gurkha is always overkill.
  17. Biological weapons in the Cold War

    Done properly biological weapons are impossible to defend against. While some of the old stand-bys are readily treatable now, that wasn't the case in the 1950s. As an example the big guns against anthrax are quinolones, specifically Ciprofloxacin (which wasn't developed until the 1980s) and...
  18. Wrapped In Flames

    Okay, real simple here - EVERYONE needs to holster their snark guns NOW. Y'all need to start playing by the Board rules. You truly do not want to press me on this. I already have two kick messages written. Back away from the keyboard, find your manners, and come back later.
  19. Brit carrier at midway?

    To have a preemptive strike you would need to know where Nagumo was, to a reasonable degree of accuracy and be within 200 miles of the Japanese force. You would also create a scenario that allows the Japanese to throw four full decks (less any that the night strike by less than a dozen...
  20. Why did ROC get such bad rep?

    Beside or including diversions of MASSIVE amount of military aid provided by the U.S., at considerable risk to U.S. personnel, to combat the Japanese that he withheld to fight (and, in spectacular fashion, LOSE) the Civil War? The over reporting of troop strength to acquire materials for them...
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