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  1. WI: Constantinople liberated 1494?

    By the time that Constantinople fell, there WAS no Eastern Empire. That was why it fell in the first place. The Ottoman empire had enveloped Constantinople long before the final seige. That is WHY the seige worked, there was nobody out there to relieve the City this side of Italy. The last...
  2. Pearl Harbor December 7, 1942

    Well, the fleet would not necessarly have been in port. The whole Battle Line was only at Pearl instead of on the West Coast as a warning to the Japanese during the negiotiations in Washington (worked wonders, don't ya' think?).
  3. The Great Nebraska Sea

    Well, A timeline... Quaz 43.23.5 (approx) - A series of geolocial events "Earthquakes"* struck Northern continent. One Quake results in a crust drop of 400 sia. Resulting water, wind and ground displacement from this event destroyed human civilization. Follow-up events, including "volcanic...
  4. World War II ATL with a twist

    Either Germany wins on all sides by late 1941:eek: OR Being totally rational, Hitler sees that it is impossible to fight the British, French & Russians at the same time and settles for Poland, makes a deal with the French & British & they all gang up on the Bolshies.:D
  5. Phyrric vitory of IJN?

    The IJA & IJN already hated each other as deeply as it was possible to do without actually exchanging gunfire. This was one of the reasons that the Japanese duplicated so much of their effort (e.g. the IJA had it's own transport fleet). Had this scenario occured the first invasion would...
  6. Phyrric vitory of IJN?

    1) Japan MIGHT not get as over-confident, but if the still succeeded in taking the initial territorial goals the belief that they could do even more would still be quite likely. 2) The Japanese had to defend the Java Sea area, it was the entire reason they took the gamble of attacking the U.S...
  7. Give unto Christ what is Caesar's

    That about covers it.:cool: From the Dark Ages until the Reformation no ruler could keep his throne except at the Pope's sufferance.
  8. No Islam

    Some things that no one has mentioned yet: European military equipment and tactical improvement will be much retarded without the Crusades. Can this Europe resist the Mongols? Without Islam, what religion DOES take root in the Arab world? Christianity? Some other monothestic faith? Without...
  9. World War III in March 1968

    Perhaps you could tell me when a Nuclear Winter style event occurred in recorded human history? The closest I can come up with a large volcanic eruption that put a fraction of both the volume of material and and dangerous elements into the air that a full exchange would. This event caused "the...
  10. World War III in March 1968

    In March 2006 the Russians STILL had a stockpile of 16,000 nuclear weapons (www.fas.org/nuke/guide/summary.htm) 3,500 of them strategic active, with an additional 2300 non-strategic active, down from the low 40,000's in the early 1980's (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists). The U.S. stockpile...
  11. World War III in March 1968

    Not true. There were more than sufficient assets that fallback positions, especially for U.S. fleet and air units WERE on the targeting lists. South African mineral transhipping ports, Middle Eastern Oil, Brazilian rubber, etc. were all part of the strategic needs of the U.S., making them...
  12. World War III in March 1968

    Perhaps you didn't read the entire post? The population centers of Australia (including Tasmania) and New Zealand (in 1968) would be targeted, as would parts of both South Africa AND Middle Eastern targets on the African continent. If the weapons were limited to conventional nukes, than small...
  13. Prince William gives up...

    Not that it would ever enter his principled head, but exactly how much money would he be tossing aside so his brother (or uncle, or cousin) could have it?
  14. World War III in March 1968

    We have a full exchange, civilization effectively ends. Serious biological and chemical weapon use is included in the exchange releasing resistant smallpox, plauge, & God alone what other biological horror, and a witch's brew of lethal toxins and chemicals is spread across the Northern...
  15. Seeds of Hope: What if the Allies had Occupied Southern Iraq in 1991? (Part 1)

    Sorry, Chris, but this one simply doesn't track. Saddam and Iraq never negiotiated at the end of Desert Storm, they were presented an offer and it was a take it or leave it. Schwartzkopf got snookered into allowing the Iraqis to fly armed helos (supposedly to fly officials around), but that...
  16. A Spanish-Moroccan War in 2002

    Bull. The U.S. stays neutral until it actually turns into a shooting war, especially if it appears, even for half a tick, that Spain might run into trouble. Rabat or Madrid? That's the choice the U.S. has to make? Yep, that's a tough one. Allow a NATO member, who is providing at least...
  17. A Spanish-Moroccan War in 2002

    THE SPANISH? How about the Sixth Fleet? Or the American, French, Italian & British aircraft that are about to turn Rabat into a smoking hole in the ground and destroy the entire Moroccan military. The Arab League? How about NATO? GW is POTUS in 2002 & let's face it, Islamic states are not...
  18. A Spanish-Moroccan War in 2002

    Did I miss something or did MOROCCO just start a WAR with a NATO member less than a year after 9/11? Wow! On the stupid scale, this one would be off the chart.
  19. A Desert Called Peace

    Not very. From what I've seen, unique. As has been pointed out they also publish Eric Flint, who is fairly far to the left as well as a lot of straight sci-fi and fantasy. They do publish John Ringo, of Posleen fame, who is also on the conservative side (less so, if I read it correctly, than...
  20. A Desert Called Peace

    That went well, didn't it? Too bad actually. A far right point of view would be worthwhile to add to the mix (even though I'm the one who started the problem, I still think it's unfortunate that it ended like this).
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