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  1. AHC: American Interstate Rail System

    Impeached? Bit harsh there, but it would definitely hurt his legacy and, potentially, the GOP's chances in 1960.
  2. WI: Germany does not support Austria-Hungary in WWI?

    When the attack happens, Germany will - unlike A-H - quickly carry the outrage and either demand an humiliating reparation or skip to a punitive attack. No matter what realpolitik says, Nicholas won't fight with those who tried to kill his beloved cousin - a fellow Emperor. And that is if such a...
  3. How much different would cancelling operation Barbarossa make on WW2

    Does anyone know if Hitler dies early after the fall of France (possibly assassinated on his victory tour in france) if Rudolf Hess (Deputy Fuher) or Hermann Goring (early favorite of hitler) would have been happy with gains in europe and willing to make a deal the UK could accept(I am not...
  4. South Africa restores the monarchy after Apartheid

    POD could be the Monarchy and Thatcher in Britain having an even more public falling out over sanctions in '86 and Thatcher conceding more than she did IOTL. (For added ASB spiciness turn it into a constitutional crisis with Maggie resigning as her own party doesn't support her on this issue...
  5. Miguel Angel

    WI French capital isn't Paris

    That's all very interesting Harry but do you have an opinion about the actual question of this thread? :) For me, my vote is Lyon.
  6. Harry_Z_Trumen

    WI French capital isn't Paris

    Yes. I wasn't trying to create a competition. Indeed, there are other political-economic examples; Ottawa -Toronto in Canada and Canberra-Sydney/Melbourne in Australia. The wider point I was making was against talking in absolutes. What can seem strange to us (or commonplace) can become vica...
  7. Would 6 litres be enough to beat the Repco V8?

    For 1966 Australian Group A sports cars were given a 5 litre capacity cap, which was all well and good, a series of 4 Elfins were built with the alloy Olds, SB Chev and 289 Ford engines. But in mid 1967 the Repco V8 of Brabham F1 lineage became available for customers which was 4.4 litres in...
  8. AHC: American Interstate Rail System

    I'm thinking much the same: a federal rail company, akin Amtrack, for long-distance troop movements when (if) needed, to supplement existing short/medium-haul passenger lines. Some adjustment of taxation for them might be possible (so they don't pay tax on the land under their rails, frex), if...
  9. List of monarchs III

    Katherine couldn't have received the Portuguese Dukedom from her grandfather, as it was restricted to the male line, and was therefore rightfully Charles'. The Spanish Dukedom was created with male preference primogeniture, and would rightfully have been Katherines. She could pass this to her...
  10. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    Sure hipper, sure, thousands of your sailor will die but i'm certain that their family will find sooo much confort in the fact that the honor of the German Navy is safe now that had fought a useless battle (knowing that's useless), damn what a generation of old stupid fool
  11. South Africa restores the monarchy after Apartheid

    Well it could work though in that case opposition will come from britain calling it an attempt at recolonization but again if those 2 did become another part of the uk (perhaps even integral like french guyana) and prosper south africa might be swayed to becomes a monarchy (though thjs is only...
  12. Comte de Dordogne

    WI: HRE Matthias has a son

    When I speak of Klesl as a pacifist it was in the context of the Bohemian revolt. Ferdinand II removed Klesl from power for attempting to negotiate with the rebellious Protestant nobility. In a different context he could have continued to favor dialogue over confrontation (but it depends on the...
  13. Southeren Legion

    AHC A dictatorship built on 1910s art noveau nostalgia

    That seems like the most likely way for this to happen. Yes
  14. Gukpard

    AHC A dictatorship built on 1910s art noveau nostalgia

    I once saw this SPD propaganda showing how german wages were higher on the 1920s than the 1960s (when the video was made), so yeah, true So we need the post 1910s to turn into such a chaotic mess that the commonly accepted hightest point of mankind is the 1910s?
  15. Miguel Angel

    AHC: Have the Conch Republic gain independence

    Not ASB but not in any way realistic.... Worse rising sea levels put a strain on the United States budget in an effort to keep building levees to stop parts of the coastline becoming submerged. Eventually it is decided that Florida is more trouble then its worth (due to its marshy geography and...
  16. Comte de Dordogne

    WI French capital isn't Paris

    I must be honest, I got this observation from a professor. I didn't check all over the world to see if the majority of countries have a common economic and political capital or not. But I can also cite examples that go in my direction: Madrid-Barcelona for Spain Berlin-Frankfurt for Germany...
  17. Patton in Korea/MacArthur in the White House

    Nixon essentially is better off doing either foreign policy work or as a very pro-civil rights lawyer. He spent a lot of time trying to push abill through under Eisenhower but Eisenhower really watered it down to make it pointless.
  18. Southeren Legion

    AHC A dictatorship built on 1910s art noveau nostalgia

    I can see this happening in a TL where Europe is utterly devastated from the Second World War and a harsh Cold War. So the people look back to the 1910's as an utopia. Of course it would require a series of divergences there's no one POD. However I can see a society built around rejecting the...
  19. The Reform Party: 20 Years of History

    They certainly won't have that hanging over them, and I'm sure Harry will have a much happier childhood with his mother alive. Yeah, the Democratic Parties in LA, NYC, and other places feel about as startled and inept as the Montana Republican Party. Holding an unchallengeable hegemony with...
  20. Gukpard

    AHC A dictatorship built on 1910s art noveau nostalgia

    Belarus today is a special place for being a dictatorship built on soviet nostalgia, the country secret policy is the KGB, there are still soviet era cars being produced, there are worker's parades, soviet like propaganda posters, worker's medals, old soviet uniforms still in use and a...
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