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  1. WI The Mexican Fascist Party comes to power

    Not really. The U.S. outspends everyone on the military, but the U.S. economy is mainly driven by supplies and services, along with raw materials, manufacturing and high tech. Far & away largest GDP (EU actually shades it, but that is 28 countries, including 4 G-7 states (France, Germany...
  2. Massacre at Dunkirk

    Nationalist much? Pride's a fine thing as long as it doesn't result in the belittling of entire national groups. That tends to have unfortunate results.
  3. WI The Mexican Fascist Party comes to power

    The Nazis created the appearance of a strong economy by going broke building weapons. Mexico didn't have that option, they didn't even have an arms industry or the related manufacturing base. Dog won't hunt.
  4. Was Germany punished too hard for WWI?

    Being unwilling, if that unwillingness is known going in, which was the case here, makes one incapable of enforcement.
  5. WI The Mexican Fascist Party comes to power

    Mexico would need the money to build an army. Mexico was broke, dead broke, and that was BEFORE the Depression. It was so broke that the Depression had much smaller impact than any major economy. Manufacturing was close to nil and the Civil War did little to improve that. It was not until...
  6. Was Germany punished too hard for WWI?

    As noted by others it was either too harsh or too lenient. It embarrassed Germans to the point of humiliation, imposed reparations that we nearly impossible to repay, but did nothing to ensure that the terms were actually followed or that the German economy would actually be able to generate...
  7. WI: Soviets intervene in the Yom Kippur war

    The U.S. had already kicked SAC to DEFCON 3. They had aircraft loaded with live weapons at every SAC base in the world. The missile crews had opened their safes and gotten the launch keys out. The Independence had moves her patrol area East to interdict any Soviet airlift effort. Nixon was...
  8. POD Dec '41 - How long can the Nazis Survive?

    How do they "up their game"? They only have one card to play by then, and that is to refrain from declaring war on the U.S. If they do that, by early January the U.S. declares that it is sending supplies to its co-belligerent Great Britain to aid it its war against Japan, with a good deal of...
  9. WI: Germany gets nuked?

    The thing about the Nazis is that they simply didn't care. The RAF had been burning cities to the ground for four years, with the USAAF bombing "military targets" (which happened to be a few hundred yards away from housing, this in an era where you were doing a helluva job if you got 70% of the...
  10. Cro-magnons settle America

    It is a reference to the cave system where the first modern human artifacts were found in France, but the term has come to equate with "cave man". The poor sods in the Insurance commercials a few years back were supposed to be Cro-Magnons
  11. Cro-magnons settle America

    You aren't quite getting it. EVERYONE, all humans (h. sapiens sapiens ) are Cro-magnons. Africans, American Indians, Asians, Caucasians, everyone.
  12. WI:Hitler goes after Poland in 1938 instead of Czech?

    He gets his ass kicked up between his shoulders. The Reich need the Czech armament factories to produce enough equipment to invade the Poles. A significant percentage of the armor used by the Heer in 1939-40 was Czech in origin (Pz-38t). Czech tanks were used into 1942, when the chassis was...
  13. WI: Michael accepts the Throne?

    So this is your idea of a moderate position? You admit he killed millions, purged rivals and military officers, but its okay because he exported communism. Ya'. I so don't think so. We divorce you. To Coventry with you. BTW: For those who are wondering why this is a Ban while the...
  14. WI: Michael accepts the Throne?

    Did you actually just excuse Stalin for the Holodomor? Did you conveniently forget the mass deportation, the purges that killed thousands, and the fact that each of his Five Year Hero projects had untold thousands of gallons of human blood mixed into the concrete? Justified the action of one of...
  15. WW2 Timeline Help

    Zero probability event. Even MacArthur, that worthless bastard, wouldn't take part in a coup. It sort of bothers me every time this sort of thing comes up. Its like some people believe that the U.S. military leadership, and the millions of troops under their command, was utterly without...
  16. WI the BPF engaged Yamato?

    Supposedly Spruance offered his screen commander the opportunity to go after the Yamato force instead of killing it from the air. Depending which version you choose to believe: Admiral Willis "Ching" Lee, COMBATPAC (and winner of the battleship action on 11/14/42 of Guadalcanal)...
  17. WI the BPF engaged Yamato?

    The escort consisted of 1 CL and 8 DD. It is very likely that the Yamato would have been seriously damaged before any surface engagement. It is equally likely that the on scene commander would have tried to decide the action with torpedoes, although how many DD could be detached is something...
  18. WI the BPF engaged Yamato?

    There were waves, but it was more in the sense that there is only so much air to fly in than in "we flew everything we had, went back, rearmed and tried again". The first wave was nothing but fighters sent to clear out the expected CAP, when it was determined that no CAP existed the attack...
  19. wi Victoria lives to 100

    The Kaiser apparently adored his Grandmother, came close to worshiping the ground she walked. No way on Earth he goes to war if she's still alive. He would also not have had his ego driven competition with Edward, so no naval arms race. While it is likely that a "Great War" among the powers...
  20. WI the BPF engaged Yamato?

    Likely? No. Possible? Yes. The problem is that the KGV would be under aimed fire for at least 15 minutes before she could even engage (the Yamato will be able to open fire 7 miles outside of the KGV's max range) and she will need to close to under 7,000 yards to even hope to get a round...
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