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  1. Place In the Sun: What If Italy Joined the Central Powers?

    A Markov lead Russia sounds cool.
  2. WI: Belisarius reconquers Italy

    My father tried very hard, but the odds were too stacked against his cause. Africa, and Sicily were easier to conquer, and hold, but Italy had too many competing forces, and Byzantine reinforcements were too limited. The local Roman populations weren't much help ether. Dad told me it would've...
  3. What were the biggest tech and weapon mistakes and missed opportunities of Germany in ww2

    Just as a for everyone's information the battery inspection system that a particular poster is seeing as a lethal engineering catastrophe was exactly the same one as used on the Type VII U-Boat. Was it a bad design, well it was less than ideal. Was it a design flaw, well it wasn't exactly the...
  4. WI: HRE Matthias has a son

    Albert will be Emperor. If he managed to will live longer than OTL (at least another couple of years) and get Maximilian elected as King of the Romans around 10 years old, then the Empire will have some years of interregnum waiting for the “coming of age“ of the young Emperor. If Anna also...
  5. What if the InterWar RCN was given the same portional funding as the RAN?

    2 - 4 Leander/Arethusa types and several destroyer flotillas would be ideal, if the Canadians could bring out say 4 x Leander's and 12 Tribals at the start of the War that would be very nice thank you very much.
  6. Kantai Kessen

    WI: Gneisenau on Operation Rheinübung?

    I doubt this would happen. Raeder knows Barbarossa is going to happen in June, after which Kriegsmarine fuel will be severely curtailed. It's now or never for the operation. Hell, if Gneisenau doesn't get damaged in April, Rheinübung might even be brought forwards. See...
  7. Keynes' Cruisers Volume 2

    So the six fish from Archerfish hit the only ATL IJN ship in this story.... Huh. She didn't even get to fire her guns im anger.
  8. Do you think the Union would have won a Civil War beginning in 1856, 1852, or 1848?

    Guys, The Mexican War was 1846-1848. That was the spark that lit the long fuse. The earlier the date, the bigger the Union advantage. Remember, the best Generals are Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor. In 1848, both are available in the field. Taylor died in 1850. Scott was too old in 1860. He...
  9. WI: Belisarius reconquers Italy

    I think further conquests are out of the question. I recall reading in Norwich's histories of Byzantium that by the end of Justinian's reign, the Empire was pretty much bankrupt from all the massive building projects and military campaigns. The conquest of Italy was essentially akin to the...
  10. WI: Gneisenau on Operation Rheinübung?

    If Gneisenau isn't damaged Raeder might decide to postpone Rheinübung until Scharnhorst was ready in July or August 1941 with the bonus that Tirpitz would be ready too. The disadvantages of waiting were that Prince of Wales and Victorious would be fully worked up, more ships and aircraft would...
  11. at U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787, northern states engage in brinksmanship and get deal on phase out of slavery by southern states

    As far as I know, there was no ramp up in the international slave trade between 1787 and 1808. The opposite happened if anything. After 1794, ships flying the stars and stripes couldn't import slaves. I believe most states had already banned slave ships from their ports with local legislation...
  12. WI: HRE Matthias has a son

    That's true but I don't think Anna ever demonstrated much political acumen OTL and trying to manage regencies in Bohemia, Hungary and Austria will be extremely difficult. On the other hand effective or not if she lives she is the obvious candidate. I was assuming her death in having her son...
  13. WI the Enterprise in Pearl Harbor?

    thanks for that, DN. Zimm's book on Pearl makes it clear Yamamoto was counting on getting the battleships. In one of the pre-attack briefs, Genda told the pilots, 'get the carriers and the battleships' but that was Genda, not Yamamoto. At Washington, the Japanese wanted a 7:10 ratio in...
  14. What kind of PM Rab Butler would be?

    So going from the above scenario, if Butler had become Prime Minister in 1953, then the first butterfly that comes to mind is that Walter Monckton wouldn't remain as Minister of Labour and National Service under Butler. This would mean that his successor (Powell maybe?) might come down harder...
  15. Place In the Sun: What If Italy Joined the Central Powers?

    The Bolsheviks won by a rather remarkable combination of circumstances, so I think that they should lose either way, since things aren't going to happen for them the right way. I'd like to see the Kadets make a better showing no matter how it actually goes though,.
  16. WI the Enterprise in Pearl Harbor?

    One codicil, if Enterprise is in port, would the fleet be on a higher alert? Would her aircraft be able to fly?
  17. Keynes' Cruisers Volume 2
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    Northwest Pacific, 0900 May 15, 1944 Dozens of warships accelerated. Half a dozen aircraft carriers were turning into the wind. Almost full deck load strikes consisting of pilots and aircraft carefully husbanded over the past seventeen months. The Americans had been located and followed by...
  18. haider najib

    Es Geloybte Aretz Continuation Thread

    wait the ottomans rule lower Caucasus countries? independent crimea. They probably would want more independent caucasus nations such as Chechnya, Dagestan, and maybe a Cossack state. Also a lot of money.
  19. Zulfurium

    A Day in July: An Early 20th Century Timeline

    The two most recent sections covering events in Ireland are in Update 31 and Update 38. I have drawn out and posted the most relevant parts directly below. Basically, British repression in Ireland remains high, and memories of the Revolt widespread. The Americans are starting to support the...
  20. What if the InterWar RCN was given the same portional funding as the RAN?

    The 'U-boat threat' doesn't reappear until the ANG of 1935. I would think an expanded interwar RCN would be cruiser based, possibly with a couple destroyer flotillas. If the RCN is picking up some of the procurement and operating expense of cruisers would free-up Royal Navy funds for the...
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