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  1. Soviet takes Western Europe, What kind of Recistance

    Last time I checked a registered weapon kills just as effectively as a non-registered one. Registration is a joke as a crime deterrent. For that matter gun control itself is assine. New York City has one of the strictest gun control laws in America, Texas is a "carry state" where any...
  2. Soviet takes Western Europe, What kind of Recistance

    The Soviets lacked that kind of subtlety. See their actions in in Afghanistan in the 80's or in Chechnya even today. It was/is brutal to the extreme, possibly, even probably more thuggish than the Nazi's. Overall discpline of Soviet/Russian troops was/is well below the Wermacht or Waffen SS. The...
  3. Soviet takes Western Europe, What kind of Recistance

    That sure worked for the Nazi's in Yugoslavia. They had to use almost as much manpower to hold the Balkans AFTER they "conquered" them as the did during the attack, despite the brutal retribution that was doled out for any attack. Resistance is as much a function of terrain as anything else...
  4. Favorite World War 3 Scenarios?

    Actually the Harpoon game (the original, as created by Larry Bond) is the basis for much of the Naval & Air combat in Red Storm Rising (Bond got a co-writer credit on RSR).
  5. Division of America

    True, as far as defeating the invading Army in the field. In this case I was talking about the post invasion period. The Insurgency, to use the term currently in vouge. You also underestimate the number of Americans with military and/or police training. You will find that number ranges well...
  6. Cold War ends with Soviet Rump State

    I have to go with Wendell on this one. What WAS Russia will still be Russia, the Western SSR's wanted nothing to do with the old regime, and the Islamic regions what to be... Islamic. All that really leaves is a couple of the 'Stans.
  7. Division of America

    Any power that breaks up the United States would be well advised to settle in for a long, VERY expensive, stay. They will need to break up any potential center of resistance. That means no regional substates (CSA, West Coast, upper Mid West, New England, etc.) You will probably need to break...
  8. Division of America

    And WITH 15 Soviet motor-rifle divisions in residence.
  9. Good times with Nazis!

    Sorry, it should be Raeder. He started the war in Overall command of the German Navy. The German Navy, more than any of the other services, clung to the Pre-Nazi ways. In the end it had to submit, but it at least tried to stay reasonable. Rommel seems to have been less culpable for War Crimes...
  10. Good times with Nazis!

    Of course not. That being said... I'm not altogether sure that it would not have led to a better post war world, at least from the American perspective. No Red Scares. No Tail-gunner Joe McCarthy. No supporting evil tin-pot dictators because they are anti-USSR. No Viet Nam. No Cuban Crisis...
  11. Nazi victory: Party faithful? New breed?

    I just posted a similar message on a different thread, however... Nazi beliefs were, in & of themselves EVIL. There is no way to stay true to the Party's beliefs without being hopelessly poisoned by them. What you would find is generation after generation of brutal, racist, self assured pigs...
  12. Good times with Nazis!

    If you are white, preferably German or Nordic, have no great love of freedom of religion, association, or speech, are willing to enjoy the benefits of medical breakthroughs based on experimentation on unwilling human subjects (hey, PETA may love this TL), and can overlook the occasional...
  13. Axis Europe Survives the Nazis

    From the Merriam-Webster On-line dictionary Main Entry: fas·cism Pronunciation: 'fa-"shi-z&m also 'fa-"si- Function: noun Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces 1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime...
  14. Axis Europe Survives the Nazis

    To quote Dr. McCoy "What the Klingon said is unimportant, and we do not hear his words."
  15. Photos from Alternate Worlds

    WOLVERINES!!
  16. Commonwealth Expeditionary Force Intervenes in Zimbabwe 2006

    Beyond the difficulty of getting that many states to agree that intervention is: 1. worth it & 2. likely to work long term? The countries indicated lack the logistical lift to make a major intervention with ground forces practical. This alone is a killer. If you can't get sufficient...
  17. Axis Europe Survives the Nazis

    Spain was sort of fascist light. Greece was just a run of the mill dictatorship.
  18. Axis Europe Survives the Nazis

    Ummmm.... NO. Post war you had two options (well, really you had one, depending on which army was occupying your state). Democracy of the U.S./U.K. flavor or the dictatorship of the Stalinist USSR (which might have called itself communist but was as far from that system as is possible)...
  19. An International Nation

    It is unlikely that the major powers would allow this to occur. Giving an Extra-National body actual territory makes it far too powerful, and far to independent. It would be a threat to all the Powers. In all likelyhood the Powers would withdraw from the body and attack it as a group.
  20. WI: No Gulf War in 1990, but...

    Saddam was capable of anything, so yes it's possible. What would happen? Syria loses virtually the entire engaged force in combat with the IDF. Saddam's troops suffer much the same fate. Front is less than 15 miles wide, far too compact to overwhelm the IDF. If necessary (and it almost...
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