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  1. WI The Soviets built extermination camps

    The Gulag was a series of brutal labor camps where a percentage of inmate deaths was accepted as the cost of doing business. Remarkably cruel, but not even close to what the Nazis devised. As noted, around a quarter of prisoners of the Gulags were released each year, usually having survived for...
  2. SEA PLANES! THIS TIME WITH... JET ENGINES?!

    The SeaMaster was a really interesting design, not to mention a fairly fascinating example of the politics that exist within the U.S. military. The aircraft was a deep penetration strategic bomber and was one of the USN's many attempts to get part of the Strategic mission pried away from the...
  3. what would an independent Quebec be like today?

    Six and a half YEARS? For this silly statement? NEVER resurrect a long dead thread for this sort of uselessness again.
  4. Why was there seemingly no resistance to the allied occupation of Germany ?

    There was resistance. It wasn't as wide spread as you might see in other, less thoroughly occupied nations (Iraq comes to mind), but it was there. It was just muted due to a number of factors. The Powers had well over 2 MILLION soldiers on the ground in Germany. The USSR alone had THREE...
  5. WI Midway ends in a descisive Japanese victory

    No real difference. BTW: This is REALLY well plowed ground. You might want to search for similar threads.
  6. Hitler won't declare war after Pearl Harbor

    The Commonwealth can, the question is if it would. There were plenty of available forces to be drawn on from the Raj, as well as colonial forces from Africa. The British might not have wanted to train and arm that many people for places they are trying to control, but the force structure was...
  7. Hitler won't declare war after Pearl Harbor

    Actually, getting the Reich to declare war, even if Hitler was reluctant, is fairly easy. One part has already been mentioned, namely sending large number of U.S. flagged and escorted vessels to the British under the excuse of helping an ally in the fight against Japan. The British get all the...
  8. Can Germany stay in the war past 1946 ( or can it withstand atomic attacks )

    I. The "1000 plane raid" was usually a misnomer. Nevertheless... 1000 B-17s would deliver 2,000 tons of bombs (the normal bombload was 3,000-4,000 pound, so call it two tons per aircraft), but around half of that was steel. Total explosive was around 1,000 tons or one kiloton. This would be...
  9. WI Proof shows up that the US knew about Pearl Harbour

    Actually Pearl was a forward anchorage. In 1941 the primary USN base for the Pacific was San Diego. The fleet was at Pearl as a show of resolve and concern.
  10. Prince William and Malia Obama

    While I will agree that there is a certain ICK! factor to this thread I am constrained to note the following: The "fairytale wedding" of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer, which was THE event of the early '80s, took place when he was 34 and she had just turned 20 (and I mean just...
  11. Effect of Mississippi Blockade

    Yea, that would work SO well. So far beyond ASB that you can't get there from here with three bus transfers.
  12. WI/PC: Skybolt ALBM Not Cancelled

    This was just for the Hot Pad alert aircraft. It is impossible to keep all the aircraft on Hot Pad status. The goal to get the entire wing up was 15 minutes, which is still fairly remarkable. The likelyhood that a good percentage of the bombers would never get into the air was the reason for...
  13. Effect of Mississippi Blockade

    With a post 1850 POD this is literally ASB. There isn't a country on the Planet that could both invade AND retain control over anything but the very short term. With a post 1920 the invasion itself, in sufficient strength to qualify for the term is near ASB. Post 1930 invasion IS flat ASB. If...
  14. Effect of Mississippi Blockade

    Shipping? Not Really. The Mississippi is unique in that it runs the length of the country, runs through, or adjacent to, several of the primary agricultural and mineral exporting states, and is navigable by heavy traffic for most of its course. Replacement would be by far more costly rail (or...
  15. WI/PC: Skybolt ALBM Not Cancelled

    Well, IOTL that hasn't been the case. The RN continues to have one boat on deterrence patrol at all times. The U.S. used a portion of the B-52 force as conventional bombers, even when they were still the primary bomber leg of the Triad, but the difference is that the U.S. had a Triad, with...
  16. WI Arthur Tudor lived a few more years

    Calm down. Since you clearly are using the larger font size to "shout" please stop using it. NOW
  17. WI/PC: Skybolt ALBM Not Cancelled

    The Vulcans wouldn't have been available for use anywhere, not of they were the only nuclear deterrent in service. Way too valuable to risk in a conventional fight.
  18. Alternate names for the state of New Mexico?

    Calm down. If you can't handle civilized discourse it may be best to take a moment, do a bit of deep breathing, whatever, before you post.
  19. Worst air force in all of human history

    The DPRK is saddled with older aircraft but it is far from the worst of all time. It is considerably more capable than the Philippine Air Force (to name a nearby nation) and would certainly be a serious opponent to a number of the world's current air forces (including several Western ones).
  20. WI: Naval war between Sweden and USSR?

    How come? This is how come: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-22m.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raduga_Kh-22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raduga_KSR-5
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