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  1. Hitler Dies 1939, no war. Modern day....

    I respectfully disagree. The secret protocols alone indicate that the USSR was interested in more than a simple trade pact. The Soviet records are increasingly available in translated format. They are fairly clear regarding Moscow's intentions.
  2. What if Hitler was assassinated in 1943?

    Well, there's what I've been trying to write all damned day! Good post.
  3. Hitler Dies 1939, no war. Modern day....

    Stalin intended to invade what became the Warsaw Pact as part of an overall plan to expand the World Soviet. The 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact contained the seeds of this desire, with the partition of Central Europe between Germany and USSR spheres of influence. Stalin intended for the Pact to...
  4. A homeland for _________

    Kurdistan. It would exist today if the countries in the region, all of whom loathe each other, didn't hate the Kurds more. Anytime you want to start up a list of groups that have gotten the short end in the self determination sweepstakes the Kurds make the short list. Chechnya - Self...
  5. Hitler Dies 1939, no war. Modern day....

    Why no expansion by the Soviets? That violates all the plans the Soviets had in place by 1940. It is remarkably unlikely that, without the satellites it acquired in 1945 that the USSR would have survived to the current day.
  6. What if Hitler was assassinated in 1943?

    Wonder if that had something to do with the 500 years or so when various Germanic warlords ground the region under their armored heels? It is less than surprising that a lot of dislike would build up over the centuries. Personally, I'm German on one side (although my sainted Mother insisted we...
  7. Towards a New Direction: America in the Second World War

    You will need some SERIOUS changes to the U.S. AND JApan to remove them from the path to war. Japan saw the U.S. as an enemy since 1900, the U.S. returned the favor. Japanese actions in China had horrified the American public, which had a rather paternalistic attitude toward China. Based on...
  8. WI: A nuclear war in the 1960’s

    in the LATE '60s? Not a chance. Any city with a seaport is going to be destroyed by one side or theother to deny refuge to the enemy. South Africa is going to get belted because it is part of the West. Major South American cities are going to get zapped because thay are part of the West. The...
  9. What if Hitler was assassinated in 1943?

    Edit: Gee, you edited out the part about Danzig, and the other pieces of OTHER COUNTRIES that Germany had a right to? Why? That's okay, lots of us read it. And will remember it. So if most people in an area want to belong to a country, that should be all that is necessary? Most people In...
  10. WI: A nuclear war in the 1960’s

    Depends on the date. MacNamara was probably talking about Cuba, that is very well ploughed ground here. Short version: Bad to be in DC, worse to be in Western Europe, worst to be in any city of the USSR. If we are talking 1969 and a full exchange, now we are at Game Over. Not a city on the...
  11. What if Hitler was assassinated in 1943?

    One can only wonder why the Czechs would want to ensure that the German population was safely returned to Germany, after their presence had been used as pretext to invade and occupy the entire country. The concept that Germany had some sort of right to rule any area that had some sort of...
  12. The First Ride of Victory Bismark

    Interesting. The shock of the loss of PoW to IJN aircraft on December 8th 1941 would even more crushing if she was seen as the Queen of the Atlantic after finishing off the Bismarck.
  13. The Complete Military Fiction Collection (in my house)

    That is about a quarter of one bookshelf in my place. I would be here for days typing in all the titles. :D I'm surprised that you do not have either of General Hackett's books The Third World War & The Third Wold War 1985: The Untold Story. A bit dry, but very well written and informative by...
  14. What if Hitler was assassinated in 1943?

    Ethnic Cleansing?
  15. The First Ride of Victory Bismark

    Because that was half the fleet (and the BB were the older of the battle force. with the 16" ship in the Pacific facing the much more compentent IJN)? Two Ocean navy and all that, don't you know.
  16. What if Hitler was assassinated in 1943?

    The Germanphobia was not limited to the elite. The feeling of the general populous was exactly the same as that of the leadership. Germany had started TWO World Wars in the first four decades of the 20th Century. It was, especially by 1943, despised by the "man on the street". The...
  17. What if Hitler was assassinated in 1943?

    Spain? SPAIN? Not a chance in the world. Not a prayer. None. Italy happened for one reason. Overlord couldn't be ready before late Spring of '44 and that would have put the Western Allies Ground Armies on the trailer for more than a year. Because of that fact the Americans let Churchill...
  18. The First Ride of Victory Bismark

    Bill pretty much covers the bases here already, although I will add in a factor that Bismarck fans frequently fail to realize. The Tirpitz wasn't ready for sea until late 1941. In late 1941 guess what/who was extremely active in the North Atlantic and escorting convoys as far east as Iceland...
  19. F-111B survives: More effective USN carrier aviation

    Well, He is the only one that could have turned the 'Vark into a shipborne fighter.
  20. The timeline of God

    Not as good as whatever this guy is using.
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