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  1. A Transatlantic Invasion

    You are assuming that the Reich would be able to develop nuclear armed ICBMs decades earlier than was the case IOTL. It is actually somewhat questionable if the Reich would have managed to develop a nuclear weapon before an ATL U.S. was able to turn the country into a ruin. BTW: Heisenberg...
  2. A Transatlantic Invasion

    Short version is No, not as you lay it out. Longer version is not without moving a couple million men into Africa, liberal use of nuclear weapons in both strategic and tactical settings, and not much before 1955. If the Soviets have made a separate peace, or, God forbid, been outright...
  3. WI Big Bird Had Been on Challenger?

    NASA sort of figured that out too. It was one of the classic "marketing has a great idea right up until the grown-ups come into the room" episodes that make you shake your head in a mixture of awe and disbelief.
  4. Which nation was most likely to fall to the axis

    Closed at OP request.
  5. Russian battleships sent to the Far East earlier

    49 minutes before a bump? Seriously? Don't do that.
  6. AHC/WI: the US 9th Air Force converts more twin engine bombers into gunships

    BIG difference between a 400 MPH single engine fighter with a 37-40 foot wingspan and a 240 mph (maybe) twin engine bomber with a 68 foot wingspan, starting with the fact that it can defend itself from other single engine fighters. B-25H is sort of weak in the whole dogfight arena. The three...
  7. Why didn't the WAllies land in Germany?

    Ya, I had palpitations for a second. Could? Maybe. Should? Not really. Norway has the same issues that directly invading Germany has, except magnified by distance and geography. The Reich always expected the WAllies to attack Norway, Churchill would get on his hobby horse about it on a...
  8. AHC/WI: the US 9th Air Force converts more twin engine bombers into gunships

    Much higher losses would be the result. The Heer actually had some very good AAA, unlike the IJA, including a large number of tracked carriers with dual/quad turreted guns. This doesn't even begin to consider the 88mm DP that the Heer used for everything from aircraft to shelling troop...
  9. Most effective "possible" WWII weapon at sinking merchantmen?

    France also had three oceans to cover and was a firm ally (rather like the fact that the Admiralty doesn't have many sleepless nights these days because the USN has 10 CVN and close to 100 SSN/SSGN/SSBN, unless the concern is that the U.S. could use a few more hulls :)). That being said, if a...
  10. Most effective "possible" WWII weapon at sinking merchantmen?

    How many 40mm shells are you imagining it will take to sink a single 10,000 ton, 400 foot long merchant vessel? Keep in mind that the ships can survive 100kg bomb direct hits, and many shrugged off 250kg bombs. You can manage to sink a barge (a small one) or a 65' fishing trawler with 40mm, but...
  11. Most effective "possible" WWII weapon at sinking merchantmen?

    Surface raiders are useful, but they are, in general "one and done". They go out and raise hell until they are tracked down and sunk. They can tie up lots of naval assets, which is a positive, but subs can do the same, on their own, and can make multiple sorties. You can build two-three boats...
  12. No Nursery Rhymes

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  13. Samuel Clemens writes as Samuel Clemens

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  14. Shirley Temple Black: No political career

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  15. King Charles IV of Hungary

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  16. Victoria Louise: Grand Duchess Michael

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  17. No Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

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  18. No fairy tales

    You were warned about this sort of minimum thought, low content thread two weeks ago. Probably should have taken that more seriously. See ya in 7.
  19. Has anyone done a TL. . .

    Not that I am aware of. Given that sort of advanced notice the Earth might well be able to develop systems independent of the Galactics that would wipe the Posleen out. With Galactic help, assuming the Darhel aren't allowed to drag the majority of the Human race off to fight off planet, it...
  20. Most effective "possible" WWII weapon at sinking merchantmen?

    Submarines in a walk. Nothing else comes even close. Had the KM had a reasonable number of boats (the total force was only 57 boats, only 23 were capable of operation into the Atlantic shipping lanes) the Reich could have done vastly more damage. The Reich would not have been able to force a...
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