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  1. German AAM and SAM missile accelerated by 2 years

    Try 5, maybe 10 years. Then figure out a way for them to mass produce the weapons. Then figure out a way for them to do it while being engaged on three fronts without strangling their supply to deployed forces. In other words, figure out a way to make give them the resources of the United...
  2. WI: River Phoenix doesn't take that Speedball

    Who knows, more importantly, who cares? The poor sod wasn't even a serious "movie star". It is an open question if would have made the jump from "child star" to adult actor. Many do not. It was tragedy for his family & personal friends (& I suppose, his fans, in the very short term). The...
  3. Your region in Dies the Fire?

    Any Towns (30K population) closer than 10 miles? Cities over 50K within 30? Hate to say it, but stored food, unless it is a DEEP dark secret and stays that way, is MORE likely to get you killed. Even a couple of folks REALLY good with a bow can only hold off so many starving neighbors...
  4. Mussoliniwank!

    I have to admit that I never expected THIS flavor of ...wank. :D
  5. Your region in Dies the Fire?

    If you were walking distance (+/- 100 miles) of ANY metro Area of better than 100k you are pretty much done. Eaten or Eater, more than likely Eaten, especially on the East Coast. The foot prints of the dead zones overlap, much like they do in most of California. Stored food runs out, clean water...
  6. A Non-Nuclear World War 3

    Post 1955, pre 2000? Zero chance. Losing side would always look to stop their defeat by pulling out the big stick. Today? Depends on the players. if it doesn't feature the U.S. & Russia on opposite sides, it's possible. Unlikely, but possible. The remaining nuclear powers lack the throw...
  7. Did Pearl Harbor have to take place on December 7?

    Japan was under considerable pressure, time-wise. Pearl Harbor was only part of a huge series of attacks, all of which needed to be timed to maximum advantage. Sunday, as was already discussed, was the only day that Japan could be assured of finding the Battleship squadron all in port (got to...
  8. Your region in Dies the Fire?

    Everyone dies. The region is then repopulated from the survivors who fled to the Isle's. On the Stirling site I mentioned above he has a rather detailed history of what happened to England from 1998 to roughly 2050. Might want to check it out.
  9. Germany continues fighting after November 1918

    Germany was done like dinner. There was no way that she COULD have fought much longer. Her home front was in disarray & the Red Flag of revolution was already being prepared in most major cities. Her militiary logistic were in shambles. Her forces on the Western Front had, by & large, been...
  10. Bombing of north Vietnam's dams.

    Very much so. At this point in history the U.S. still tended to see communism as monolithic. The idea that the PRC & USSR did not have the same goals was just beginning to come into vouge & it would have boggled the minds of the "experts" to learn the the VC & NVA were not on the same page.
  11. Bombing of north Vietnam's dams.

    There are a number of well documented published works that indicate that the Viet Cong were not felt to be politically "pure" enough by Hanoi. A popular body of thought is that Tet was a convenient way to cull the herd while also making major political gains against the American war effort. It...
  12. Long term consequences of the actual ISOT..

    Well, there is always the death of 5,500,000,000 pople in the DtF world.:eek: I have always assumed that the DtF world is just one of an infinite number of possible results of the ISOT event. The recent chapters posted for The Sunrise Lands seem to indicate that this is the case.
  13. Korean War WIs....

    I think that the reason for a relative last of "WI's" is that Korea is sort of a forgotten war. It is overshadowed by WW II just a few years before and by the Viet Nam just a few years later. It also hold little "earth-shattering" potential, save McArthur getting his way regarding nukes...
  14. Bombing of north Vietnam's dams.

    Not that many got out, at least to the 'States. As I mentioned in my last post, I know quite a few Viet refugees (both professionally & personally) and they are almost all from either Catholic or ARVN families. This may be because those who came to the U.S. needed sponsorship & it is undoubtedly...
  15. Bombing of north Vietnam's dams.

    Tielhard's vacant position on the board has been filled! The unvarnished '60's style leftist viewpoint is again represented. Welcome Comrade!:p BTW: Have you ever actually SPOKEN to any of the Boat People/refugees from Viet Nam? Most of the one's I know (& I know a fairly large number...
  16. A Naval Force for the Waffen SS ?

    A SS naval force is fairly unlikely. Naval vessels, especially capital ships, require HUGE manpower to operate, not just crewing, but support. To crew and support a single BB you need the same staffing as a Panzer Division. The Waffen SS didn't HAVE that many divisions, certainly not enough to...
  17. WI there was a different target for the atomic bomb?

    The Enola Gay or Mt. Fuji?? If it's the volcano, the resultant shock wave from a detonation large enough to completely destroy a 3776 meter tall piece of rock kills everyone in most of Asia, including asiatic Russia, most of the Pacific, & large sections of North America by direct effect...
  18. WI the British and German Comandes in WWI fought naval battles like Most Gamers do

    Probably wouldn't hurt morale all that much. Everyone would be DEAD!:p
  19. Your region in Dies the Fire?

    The U.S. Government, along with virtually everyone living along the Eastern Seaboard and in every city worthy of the title, died. No doubt there are any number of minor warlords proclaiming themselves to be the legitimate President of the U.S. None of their claims extend beyond the edge of their...
  20. Japan forced to accept reality of its crimes

    Me too, actually. But these days, especially with the increase in Indians (those from the sub-continent) in the U.S. population (not to mention on-line), it seems fairly idiotic to call Native Americans anything but that (except, perhaps, by their tribal name, but that seems to have plenty of...
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