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  1. Different Allied 'Ace' policy.

    The U.S. (not sure about the RAF) brought ALL of its experienced pilots home after they completed a tour (25, later 50, missions) and used them as training cadre. This allowed the experiences of combat to be taught to the next generation of combat pilot. None of the RAF or U.S. pilots were...
  2. "Oct. 31, 1941, a date which will live in infamy..."

    The amount of warning that would have actually benefited Pearl Harbor has been a source of debate for years. The worst possible outcome, from American perspective, is the loss of the battle line AT SEA. As was, the vast majority of the BBs "sunk" at Pearl, were raised and back in the war by...
  3. US Left 'Til Last in WW2

    It seems that the ability of the Viet Minh is being overestimated by at least several miles here. The IJA would not have played by the same rule book that the Americans did (or even the French before them). The Viet Minh ITTL would also lack the massive support from a Superpower that the NVA...
  4. WI Argentine submarines torpedoed the UK aircraft carriers...

    I have!:D I was even a Nielsen diary keeper. Now you know why American TV is as screwed up as it is!
  5. US Left 'Til Last in WW2

    The POD has been done, several times, with varying degrees of success. The biggest problems with this version, which otherwise is pretty reasonable, and all other similar PODs are 1. The U.S. was, effectively, at war with Germany since early 1941, when the U.S. took over escort of convoys all...
  6. The Most Brilliant Defensive Battle of the Nineteenth Century

    Rorke's Drift, the REAL battle, is one of those "one-off" events that are sprinkled through military history. There is no reasonable way for the defenders to survive, nevertheless, they did. The Zulu used Cowhide shields and stabbing spears calledImpi as their melee weapon. The shields were...
  7. Aircraft carrier battle in the Falklands War

    More likely something wrong with the armorers who loaded the weapons onto the aircraft. Warheads probably never got the "live" command and went in inert. What killed Sheffield was her construction. Too much aluminium and not enough steel. That, and the fact she was in a war zone 8,000 miles from...
  8. Has anyone ever played Harpoon?

    Harpoon, in its day, was THE naval simulator. Larry Bond, who wrote the original game scenarios, co-wrote Red Storm Rising with Clancy. I loved the stupid game back in the '80's. Wasted WAY too much time playing it. Harpoon II , the follow up, was a disappointment, at least to me. I guess I...
  9. Slavery survives in the USA

    Says YOU!:p
  10. I have an idea for a time line...

    Welcome to the Board! There was no particular (or sane) reason for the Spanish to establish colonies in California by 1607. As has been pointed out, Spanish colonies of the era were more of the plunder and extort variety rather than settlements (rather like the French, except with Gold instead...
  11. Slavery survives in the USA

    You need 3/4 of the states OR FIVE votes on the Supreme Court. Given the evolution of public thought on the subject, it would not have been too long into the 20th Century before some case allowed for the over-turn of the Dread Scott case. That, in turn would have led, fairly quickly, to a...
  12. WI Argentine submarines torpedoed the UK aircraft carriers...

    If the Argentines had possessed a competent sub force the Task Force would have been screened differently & the SSN's that were used IOTL as hunters (at least one of them) would have been kept closer to the TF line of advance to sanitize the area before the main force arrived. The Type 209 is...
  13. Aircraft carrier battle in the Falklands War

    The A-4 was at the very end of it's service life & had never been designed to survive a SAM enviroment. The only advantage the Argies would have had is that they could have gotten fairly close before detection. The AEW version of the Sea King just wasn't up to long range detection. There MIGHT...
  14. Robert A. Heinlein live to present day

    He'd be REALLY old.
  15. Keith Richards dies in 1972

    June 7, 1972 - Richards returns as a zombie like creature that continues through present day to walk among us. Proof of this odd, semi-living existance was most recently seen in Pirate's. End of the World. :p
  16. A Pale Horse: The Plague of 1512

    Since we are not in ASB, what illess is this, since IOTL Plauge didn't ever mutate this way (& true bubonic was not the real Angel of Death in the 13th-14th century, at least according to recent research)? The POD is at an excellent time to really throw a spanner into the works.:)
  17. The Assasination of Bill Clinton

    Gore in a walk in 2000. Martyered President + Gore's clean as a whistle reputation= 20 point win. As far as 9/11, you might not HAVE a 9/11. Gore would likely have been a bit less squemish about offing bin Laden when the Agency zeroed him in 1999, especially after an Assassination. Besides, if...
  18. How exactly did the Roman Empire fall?

    Not really. The Roam Empire (including the Eastern Empire) fell because it was overtaken by events. Nationalism began to mean something. Rome's legions lost their technological and training advantages. Islam rose, bringing with it a dynamic period of expansion. Too few Roman citizens remained...
  19. Z plan 2

    Since I am facing a Anglo French force at least three times my size and the Reich has no useful Air Force, I am going to be staying in the harbor, transfering my aircraft to defensive positions on shore, and preparing my farewell to the troops speech. I have Panzershiffs that are death traps...
  20. Germany buys Philippines in 1898

    Absolutely. The reason to attack the U.S. was, in the end, the Philippines. The Philippines, then, as now, are positioned to dominate the shipping lanes from the East Indies to either China or Japan. They also provide a near ideal location to move against what at the time was French Indochina...
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