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  1. Three Alternates for the Korean war

    The War is over in early 1951 and is unversally seen as a truimph for the West and UN. The United States, UK, and either the UN or many of the nations that contributed force to the UN, conduct a series of amphibious landings and kick the DPRK out of the South drive North and eventually...
  2. What if Nazis have two or three "dirty" atomic bombs in March 1945?

    Dirty bombs wouldn't really have been noticed. Their impact is very limited in scope and radiation was barely understood at the time. Instant lethality would be very low except for actual blast or shrapnel (unless the Germans managed to get several pounds of Pu-239, which was, as we have shown...
  3. Japan doesn't get a Pacifist Constitution

    To get Article 9 out of the new Constitution you have to get the JAPANESE people to see any reason to return to an active military role. Since the active role had killed around 5 million Japanese citizens, caused mass starvation, the utter destruction of nearly every urban area in the country...
  4. WI Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor

    Not as much as you might imagine. It wasn't until the 20th Century that the millennium long hostility between France and Great Britain finally ended. It is noteworthy that the friendship, and eventual alliance, between France and the UK did not happen until there was a united, powerful, and...
  5. The Luftwaffe has a longrange bomber in 1941

    As I noted, I think the Allies would have been happy to deal with 1,000 heavies and 8,000 fewer Fw-190s or Me-110 night fighters. The British civilian population might not agree, but Bomber Command would have danced in the Streets.
  6. The Luftwaffe has a longrange bomber in 1941

    A heavy would have been a threat to unescorted shipping or as a scout, but attacking single ships with a heavy is an utter waste of resources. You can get nearly the same range out of a Condor (which had a combat radius of about 1,000 miles which is in the ballpark of the B-24 (1,100 miles)...
  7. WI: Cold War turns hot, but not nuclear.

    That ends with a nuclear weapon destroying both Manchester and Minsk.
  8. WI Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor

    The real problem is that, sooner or later the Empire and the U.S. were going to engage. Zero chance of any other outcome. The two Powers security requirements overlapped in too many spots and far too seriously for any other outcome. DaleCoz has it about right in what happens if Japan waits...
  9. WI: Cold War turns hot, but not nuclear.

    Outside of Tom Clancy, who, along with Larry Bond, wrote what for my money is the definitive Conventional WW III novel in Red Storm Rising it is impossible to have an all out WW III without Specials. In the early '60s the Soviets doctrine called for "tactical" strikes (if you can call a weapon...
  10. WI Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor

    Probably correct, although the dislike of the Empire was both deeply rooted and on regular display in the halls of Congress. The Japanese, of course, simply didn't understand the way the U.S. government worked. The few really knowledgeable senior officials tried to explain to the rest, but...
  11. WI Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor

    Firstly, Welcome! :D Now, to the Question: The issue here, and it is the issue that almost always is ignored in these sorts of questions both here and elsewhere, is that the Japanese couldn't leave the U.S. untouched if any move to the Southern Resource Area was going to be attempted. Any...
  12. Combined Axis Fleet (including Vichy France v US Fleet

    I would conjecture that you would get just as many refugees from Europe to the U.S. ITTL, perhaps even a few more, as well as a decent number of people from the UK who would be more than a little leery of staying home. There is also (since the OP is silent on this subject it is open as a...
  13. Combined Axis Fleet (including Vichy France v US Fleet

    The Finnish Buffalo? :confused::confused::confused: Ah yes. The same aircraft that I abhor and Marcus adores.;) But the Finns will not not receive their faithful Brewster steeds, condemming them to defeat that the hands of the Red Air Force. The U.S., on the other hand, will need to shake...
  14. Combined Axis Fleet (including Vichy France v US Fleet

    I could see a British government that was so demoralized that it would accept terms doing something like send Churchill out of the country (shooting, well that is a different story, but I know that was simply making a point in the post). I can see him being shipped off to the Raj, from which he...
  15. Combined Axis Fleet (including Vichy France v US Fleet

    Not going to be able to air ship much ore with the cargo lift capacity of 1941 aircraft. Not that the ore will be that difficult to ship via surface transport. No need for the qualifier on the USN if you make it late 1944. Now, to the bigger picture... This thread, like a surprising number...
  16. World War III starts in 1945

    T/L or TL = Time Line POD = as you ferretted out:D OP = Oringinal Poster aka: the individual who made the original proposed T/L post or asked the WI (What If) question OTL = Our Time Line Also can be used as part of IOTL or In Our Time Line ALT = Alternate Time Line There is a glossary...
  17. Mexican Phantoms...

    Depends on the driver, among other things. I'll take an IAF driver in an F-4 2000, a Luftwaffe pilot in an ICE, an U.S. Air Guard Weasel driver or even a Turkish AF pilot in a Terminator 2020 over a Venezuelan in a Flanker. Training tells. Maintenence means a lot.
  18. WI Nazi Germany made an attempt to reconquer former German colonies

    Actually, much of the supply (not to mentio the troops themselves) came from India, South Africa and Oz. They all came up through the Red Sea and Suez. Much of the rest came through Strait and crossed the Med.
  19. World War III starts in 1945

    Actually the probability of the A-Bomb rose to just about 100% in 1942 once the U.S. and UK agreed to pool resources and the Americans decided that money was, quite literally, no object (unlike the USSR or UK, or any other player, the U.S. could literally spend all the money required, it helps a...
  20. WI: Ike dies

    Dear God, can you imagine how screwed up the ETO would be with Clark in charge?:eek: Alexander had his issues with "jointness" (among other things) but Clark was a hack to the nth degree.
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