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  1. Timeline: The Major U.S. Automakers Survive

    In this TL all that happens is that none of the American manufacturers, excepting perhaps GM (thanks to all those non-automaking, but HIGHLY profitable companies like GMAC) have the resources to survive the oil shock & it's impact on auto sales. (Remember the Chrysler bailout? Think Congress...
  2. At what point was Nazi Germany doomed to defeat?

    The day that Hitler decided that fighting the Soviets & the Russian winter was just too damned easy & gave the U.S. the excuse that FDR had been looking for by declaring war, Germany was finished. What was the fool thinking? "Yea, let's get the country most invunerable to attack, with a...
  3. Third American Revolution....

    I believe she was two for two. She had two terms in Congress, 1916-18 & 1940-42, and voted againt BOTH WW I & W II
  4. WI Venezuela invades the Netherlands Antilles

    I see a sudden lease of a Ready Reserve U.S. carrier or two, along with a few squadron's of the recently retired F-14 B/D Tom/BombCats. Be a good chance to recoup some of the unit costs that are involved in maintaining the Ready Reserve Fleet. Last I checked the UK still operates several...
  5. Norsefire Nation

    Who do your troops pledge to protect? (In the U.S. this Pledge is to the Constitution, so, in theory, the Military, police, & other government employees are compelled to act against any internal or external threat to the Rights listed in the Constitution & to the underlying concepts of the...
  6. WI Venezuela invades the Netherlands Antilles

    Two things fall into play in the Falklands. 1. The islands clearly are not within the Europe/North America area And much more importantly 2. The UK never asked NATO to intervene. If Chavez went after ANYONE in the Western Hemisphere it seems reaonable to assume that the U.S. would find...
  7. Wi: Operation Sealion is a plausible TL

    The flaw I see with the initial question is that it requires far too many things to be different than actually existed. Once you make that many changes you can make ANYTHING happen. Consider this WI: Pearl Harbor is on full alert when the Japanese attack, because the US has been warned by...
  8. Who tries a soldier assassinating

    Federal executions in the U.S. (both Miilitary & Civilian) are by lethal injection. Military courts, are, I believe, required to to allow State or U.S. District courts to try members of the U.S. military for crimes commited in their jurisdiction.
  9. The Holocaust Comes Out in WW2?

    The killing of the Pope may have brought a few of the South American couintries out of their neutral status. The Agrentine & other South American states may become somewhat less of a post war refuge for Nazi's. Italian partisan activity may tic up. As far as the final war effect it would be...
  10. Challenge: Terrorism in 1906

    Terrorism, as we know it today, requires a couple of things that weren't available in 1906, rapid mass communication and places where minimal effort can cause significant casualties. You can be any flavor of revolutionary or bomb throwing radical you desire, but without those two elements you...
  11. Admiral Graf Spee not sunk

    Of course they weren't 11" gun ships in a 16" gun world.:)
  12. Admiral Graf Spee not sunk

    As was mentioned, the Warspite wasn't alone; more importantly, she also wasn't at that great of a speed disadvantage. The Spee was capable of 26 knots, and the Warspite, post rebuild, was 24+ knots. So the Spee runs away? Not really. The Spee had been at sea for a while, refueling at sea, etc...
  13. Political parties for homosexuals?

    Why? Straight politicians are an endangered species in San Francisco. Remember, this is a city where Willie Brown was looked upon as a conservitive!
  14. Nuclear Power Apollo CSM Modules

    Well, besides the weight that would have prevented the launch...
  15. Why do the Soviets get manhandled

    I wasn't in the service at that time, so I can not give you a specific incident. That it happened is part of the historical record. It was not a serious issue in the Corps, but both the Army & Navy had serious problems. This was before the Zero Tolerance policy on drugs, right at the end of...
  16. Admiral Graf Spee not sunk

    Well, it would be a bitch for the crews of those three ships. If it takes a while to complete the engagement, the Spee will be confronted by HMS Warspite which was more than capable of handling an armored cruiser. If you mean on the war overall, no difference at all. The Spee was a waste of...
  17. Why do the Soviets get manhandled

    Depending on the timeframe, the "West wins big" scenarios can be considered to be overly optimistic. During the Vietnam/post Vietnam period NATO didn't even pretend that the Soviets could be stopped without Tactical nukes being involved. During the 'Nam, too much U.S. muscle was devoted to...
  18. The CSA doesn't win, it just doesn't loose

    There have been a variety of "South wins by not losing" scenarios over the years (IIRC one of the "Harpoon" computer game add on modules even had one), but they all fail to account for one thing; the Union forces always had the ability to crush the CSA. Lincoln had it exactly right when he said...
  19. Olive Branch Petition accepted

    If it is the same person, they have multipule personalities. Besides spelling, capitization, & punctuation TMOT also responds to questions with more that that an "up yours" (or worse). I will agree that he has not written a large timeline for comment, however his TL are fairly well reasoned...
  20. Are alternate histories of any real and practical value?

    :eek: I must ask: If you have such a poor opinion of history in general, and AH in particular, what drew you to a site that effectively worships the subject?
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