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  1. Nazis Invade the UK, 1950

    Flying wings, absent computerized "fly by wide" stability control, are inherently unstable and have a less than charming habit of entering multiple axes spins (e.g. the dreaded falling leaf). Flying wings look great on paper (YB-49 anyone?) but, prior to 21st Century avionics, were impractical...
  2. Nazis Invade the UK, 1950

    The United States had, by 1940, already committed to more or less the Navy, Army, and Air Force that won WW II. Many of the carriers, BB's and cruisers had already been Funded & NAMED a year before Pearl Harbor. Watching the Nazi's wipe out the armies of Europe (and the horror stories that would...
  3. Could the Americans have won the ARW without French and Spanish support?

    Without French & Spanish funding, weapons imports, and in the French case, Naval support, the colonies would have been fairly hard pressed to keep a revolution going. I would disagree that Britain was more able to wait. British merchants and businesses were starving for 1) raw materials from...
  4. Soviet Invasion

    1st point - Mostly agree, but, contrary to some opinions, American DO have a sense of humor & know a joke when they hear it. The whole quote is "I have signed papers making the Soviet Union illegal; we start bombing in five minutes." That is obviously a joke; had Brezhnev said, we might have...
  5. Soviet Invasion

    OTL = Our Time Line IOTL = In Our Time Line ITTL = In This Time Line (generally used when discussing a proposed variation to OTL aka an ALT) ALT - Alternate Time Line
  6. WW1 fought in mid to late 1930's between American Rebels and British Empire

    Bit, actually a lot, of more information might be a good thing.
  7. Soviet Invasion

    That is one of the really big question from the Cold War. There are two schools of thought, both with some solid data on their side. The 1st school holds that, once the missiles start to fly, it is likely that most of the world gets hit, with the U.S. and USSR using some of their massive...
  8. Soviet Invasion

    Argentina. Actually, it is possible (albeit not likely) to fight WW III without nukes being involved. It would have to be fairly late in the Cold War (84 or later, ideally 86-87) where the NATO forces had sufficient strength and techological advantage to stop the Red Army. Once you get ICBMs in...
  9. what if Jesus had not let himself be captured and executed?

    Well, that would rather defeat the whole purpose wouldn't it? If you are a Christian, it is an element of faith that Jesus CAME to Earth for the specific end of being crucified and matryred. He was still fully man and could have gotten out of it by running away & He was fully God & could...
  10. Plausibility check: U.S. buying Greenland from Denmark

    To what end? It was too far North in the pre-war era to be of any use, the USN didn't patrol that far up to need a coaling station.
  11. Was a Vietnam-like War Inevitable?

    Vietnam? No Vietnam like? Probably. Vietnam was a surrogate war between the Superpowers, one mainly focused on testing exactly what American resolve was during the '60's. From the Soviet side: If the U.S was willing to lose 58,000 men in VIET NAM (or some other godforsaken locale):eek:, it...
  12. Eastern Austria remain part of USSR

    Thank you. I thought I'd missed something pretty major.
  13. Iraq War Expansion

    I wouldn't either. Burying masses of bodies, especially when they have been exposed to the heat for a few days, is a REALLY crappy job. It might be useful to note that the only way for Egyptian force to access the Arabian Peninsula is A) through Israel (a poor choice) or B) by Sea (an even...
  14. Iraq War Expansion

    Totally agree with part 1. Absolutely disagree with the first clause of part 2.
  15. Iraq War Expansion

    Plausible? Not in the least. An ASB scenario. I won't go into great depth why, but just as one example: The U.S. forces IN THEATER before the 2003 invasion were more than sufficient to inflict a crushing military defeat on the combined militaries of the region. Just the FIVE CBG's in the...
  16. Soviet Invasion

    The U.S., as doctrine dictated during virtually the entire Cold War, launches on warning, executing a Land based ICBM counterstrike (use 'em or lose 'em) on all know Soviet missile sites and attacks all SSBN's currently being tracked. (The U.S. maintains, in central Michigan, an extremely...
  17. Top Ten Most Inaccurate Historical Films

    One Million Years BC? Raquel Welch was a hottie in the bearskin bikini, but she sure wasn't a Homo Erectus (although she MIGHT explain why all our ancestors from the era walked around semi erect all the time). Then, of course, there is the whole T. Rex issue.:rolleyes: The Alamo - Especially...
  18. July 1967: North Vietnamese terrorist fly hijacked US Airliner into Capital building

    A 707 could have destroyed the Capital; it is not a heavily reinforced structure. Getting everyone would be a good deal trickier, The result? Version 1 - The USSR delivers everyone in the North Vietnamese government & anyone involved in planning the attack to the U.S. Embassy in Saigon...
  19. Soviet Invasion

    The U.S. would have gone ape if the USSR had tried direct intervention. Look at the 1967 & 73 Arab/Israeli wars for examples. In '73, the USSR threatened to move directly against Israel if they didn't back off of the Egyptian III Army which was mousetrapped in the Sinai. The U.S. moved a CBG...
  20. Soviet Union Survives

    The DDR was bad, Romania was very bad. Show me at least a million dead bodies (and millions other broken in the Gulags) from 1945 to 1991 in any of the satellite states and we are then on a level playing field. (I reduced the number murdered to match the difference in population, allowing for...
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