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  1. What would a world war in 1900 look like?

    It's okay to make mistakes. For the most part comments will be aimed at correcting errors or explaining the "why that won't work" of a TL. There are a LOT of very sharp people here, just keep at it, and things will fall into place. Just don't mention Sea Lion in a positive way (EVER) and...
  2. Norsefire Nation

    Actually it was a beam weapon. Blew people apart by bursting the surface tension of their cells. Very cool!:cool: The book was Sixth Column. It's set after the U.S. is successfully invaded by a very different from OTL China
  3. World where working on the sabbath is a captial offense

    Dammit! A perfectly good stupid law sink by a single common sense question! :D
  4. A darker World War II

    Excellent rewrite. I compliment you on your skill in addressing the comments made on your 1st effort without changing your vision of the ATL. Well Done indeed.:)
  5. Norsefire Nation

    Semi Spoilers included! Semi Spoiler space * * * * * * * * The movie doesn't go into it, but the novelization discusses a Sino/U.S. war, that the U.S. is starting to lose. The U.S. introduces and 'ultimate weapon", an engineered virus that only killing Asians. The world reacts by...
  6. Norsefire Nation

    Bad allergy eh?:D
  7. V for Vendetta, FH or political commentary?

    True. It also helps to ensure that you are much more likely to die, or, worse, NOT die and be captured. This is an acceptable, even desirable, risk if you are impassioned to your cause or are fighting for your nation's freedom. If, contrarily, you "would freaking love to be in the revolution...
  8. What could have the Nazis done to ensure D-Day went to Hell

    Preventing movement of German reinforcements was part of the D-Day planning. The Parachute & Glider forces were inserted specifically to gum up this process. As has already been pointed out, after Sunraise anything military on the roads was meat for the Jager Bombers (P-47's & Typhoon's in...
  9. V for Vendetta, FH or political commentary?

    NATO bombing the snot out of them didn't hurt.:) Again, aided greatly by situations outside the country (although, the Romanian military contributed significantly, as much by not acting as by participating openly). There, you have the key. You need to security forces (Police, Army...
  10. What if a reverse Night of Long Knives?

    Well, the Pink Triangle will be one less memory from the Holocaust. Rohm was, well,...:o
  11. The War of Mexican Intervention? (~1995)

    So the USN has given up control of the Seas? Interesting. BTW: a solar Power Station is also one of the most devestation potential weapon systems you can orbit. Concentrated microwaves can generate energy. They can also lay waste to wide swaths of terrain.
  12. V for Vendetta, FH or political commentary?

    Bad news... The mob generally gets overrun by the government. The people with weapons get taken to the local rathole of a prison. While in prison you get to learn the exquisite pleasures that are possible with an Ice pick and a set of male genitalia. Well, not pleasure for you, but still...
  13. Never mind Sealion here is the attack on the Radiostation Helgoland

    To successfully invade you need so many improbable conditions that it rapidly approaches ASB status. (NOTE: No sea mammals were annoyed or harmed in the construction of this message!:) ) A short list: 1. German Air Supremacy - Completely destroy the RAF as a fighting force. 2. Control...
  14. A Communist Victory in the Cold War

    The USSR actually figures out a way to 1) feed itself, 2) support itself, 3) advertise itself, & 4) not go broke. POD?? No collectivization. No Stalin, No Beria, Lenin dies in 1917. Local Soviets actually evolve to representitive bodies. Democratic state (following American, British, French...
  15. The Second American Civil War

    All due respect, but this seems to be an ASB thread. Perhaps you could have it moved.
  16. Never mind Sealion here is the attack on the Radiostation Helgoland

    It would take a ton of ships to transport sufficeient troops. There simply wouldn't be enough traffic to sneak in that number of troops.
  17. A different World War II help

    A few points... With all the major changes, D-Day being a near failure, etc., it seems unlikely that the Germans would only be able to hold out for six weeks longer than in OTL. How CAN D-Day fail AFTER D+1? Once the beachheads are secured, it's all over. The allies just have too much of...
  18. "The Plot Against Harold Wilson"

    When UK officers take their oath of service to who/what do they pledge it? (e.g. In the U.S. the oath is to "preserve, protect & defend the Constitution of the United States...")
  19. Stalin in Space

    Given that Stalin had just died, it seems unlikely that a 1955 Sputnik was possible even if he survived. As far as taking risk's the USSR tried things that NASA would never have even dreamed of (not that NASA is a paragon of safety) There is some evidence that the USSR lost several crews, either...
  20. What if The US had fielded the M26/M46 tank in 1943

    Short answer: NO This was explored in some depth on the board a couple of months back. As was already pointed out, unless you come up with a tank that runs on water & air you won't save much, since fuel supply was the real limiter on Allied advance. You may reduce allied losses (which has...
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