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  1. WI: Kaiser Wilhelm II invades the United States

    Just how does the invasion force get coal, food, bullets, bandages, etc.? This is well trod ground. The answer seems to be the Germans wind up doing a remarkable impression of a tortise on it back & wither up, killed by the relentless sun.
  2. WI : A more devastating, earlier San Francisco Earthquake takes place.

    Chile was in a landlocked area. The San Andreas runs, mostly underwater from San Francisco north, the length of the California. The Northern end is a joint between THREE plates, creating a incredibly unstable area. I didn't even mention the possibility that a quack of that size, impacting that...
  3. AIDS Appears in the 1780s

    Do you know it didn't? HIV/AIDS as an epidemic is as much the result of jet travel as anything else. There is evidence of cases going back to WW II, and some sources speculate even further. If it existed before modern medicine could test for it, it would just be chalked up as another "African...
  4. WI : A more devastating, earlier San Francisco Earthquake takes place.

    An 8.9!:eek: Do you have any idea how big of a quake that is? The 1906 Quake has been downgraded to a 7.7 or 7.8. Even that broke loose the ground for 300 miles along the San Andreas faultline. A 7.5 earthquake release energy equaly to about 170 Megatons. A 9.0 releases 30 GIGATONS:eek: ...
  5. The Divided States - Washington dies and Napolean cries, what next?

    Interesting. A couple of points - No Washington = No Continental Army Washington's greatest genius during the ARW was his understanding that the Army could never be placed into a decisive battle (Long Island taught him that) where it could be destroyed. He was alone in this...
  6. No Sale of Alaska to US

    Now THAT would be one hell of a piece of engineering!
  7. Henry VIII dies in 1529

    True enough. Just take a look at Prince Charles.:D
  8. Polish-Czechoslovakian Union after WWII

    Post WW II this would be more of a Soviet administrative decision than anything else. Combining the two post-war might have made the result a bit too strong for Ivan's taste. Post Fall of the USSR? No real centuries old hatred's or serious religious issues (which is what made Yugoslavia's...
  9. The Tunguska meteor falls 8 hours earlier: London obliterated in 1908

    Regarding the power of the detonation - Most sources quote anywhere of 15-20 MEGATONS up to as high as 40 MEGATONS. Hiroshima was 15-20 KILOTONS. Kiloton (Kt)- 1,000 tons Megaton (Mt) -1,000,000 tons The Tunguska Event was anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 more powerful than Hiroshima. It...
  10. Operation Sea Lion - An Alternate History non-starter?

    If you hunt around here a bit you will find LOTS of Marine Mammal threads. (I dare not speak the forbidden name!) Most of them grow quite passionate. The problem with the scenario (and the book you mention) is that the logistical element is ignored, as is the overwhelming presence of the RN...
  11. ASB or not?

    That's because there is an ASB forum for ASB threads. I enjoy the ASB concept, but it has it's place & it's not this forum IMHO.
  12. Christian Democratic Party in America?

    Another factor is that, despite the way religion has recently become the elephant in the room in American politics, American voters have long shied away from overt religious parties. Most Americans embrace the whole "separation of church & state" concept. The current religious right powerbase is...
  13. Alternate Invasion of Darwin TL discussion link

    The U.S. economy was in recession while Carter was President. American voters have shown that they will quickly turn on a President if the economy sucks. In 1992 Bush went from 92% approval to ex-president in about 18 months, and that was with a much better economy than existed in 1980, when...
  14. 1800: A TL

    Damn. I hate it when I get hoisted with my own petard.:D
  15. ASB or not?

    There is a series of short stories written in the '80's based on this very idea. The bacteria is used as a bio-weapon by the USSR during WW III to destroy NATO's fuel supply (the Soviets have a vaccine for the bug which they add to their fuel). The stories were printed in, among other places...
  16. 1800: A TL

    Just a point about differense in age between men & women, which seems to be a primary point of the POD. The current social view of proper age differences between men & women, is a relatively recent phenomena. In the 1800's it was extremely common. This was due to a combination of factors, a...
  17. Alternate Invasion of Darwin TL discussion link

    The resupply issue is a good question. The problem I see is that by the time you have starved out the Indonesians, you will have starved your civilain population 1st. Nothing says that the Indonesians have to react according to Hoyle. Imagine East Timor in Darwin. I don't know the number of...
  18. Germany fights France in 1905.

    It is worth considering that the nine years between 1905 & 1914 were full of revolutions in industry, chemistry, medical, and weapons technology. In 1905 the large caliber guns that made infantry advances possible against defended targets did not exist. Blood transfusions were death sentences...
  19. Alternate Invasion of Darwin TL discussion link

    The Indonesians could, but they need to find a country that doesn't have a mutual defense treaty with a permanent member of the Security Council. Australia is at the right place on the map, but is the wrong way to step. Indonesia, in 1980, might have gotten away with agression on Borneo, as long...
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