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  1. japan switches sides in WW2

    The Japanese put out peace feelers offering something similar to this deal numerous times. The United States' answer was always the same. Unconditional Surrender. Japan pissed off the wrong country. It was not getting out of paying the price for that failure.
  2. Allied invasion of NW Europe in 1943

    Husky did indeed have more men afloat. It just didn't have the 3 MILLION men waiting to follow up, nor the 3 divisions of paratroopers that took part in Overlord. It also lacked most of the 5,000 vessels that took part in June of '44. The difference between the two invasions is like the...
  3. Allied invasion of NW Europe in 1943

    They did. The Pacific Theater get by on about 30% of the industrial output of the United States. The carriers, BB's, etc. that went to the Pacific would have had little to no impact on the European War. They were the wrong tool to deal with the U-Boat threat, and the new construction was not...
  4. Allied invasion of NW Europe in 1943

    Allies try to land in 1943 the political situation is MUCH worse. They wind up getting repulsed or bottled up as happened in Anzio. The players and parts were just not there yet. The shore defenses do not matter (unless they are attacking an actual port in which case they are very important...
  5. WI US offered this deal to Japan in 1941?

    Hmmm... Attack Pearl Harbor? Attempt to grab the needed resources in the Dutch East Indies before the Americans could react? End the war before the massive U.S. industrial base can start rolling? In other words, same as happened. Japan was stuck. Delay was defeat, the Americans ALREADY...
  6. Allied invasion of NW Europe in 1943

    Political will or common sense? The Germans were a badly wounded animal in early 1945, not a dead one. Given the losses eventually incurred by the Red Army, Stalin was welcome to Berlin. Ike made the right decision. The arguement that the West could have taken all of Germany, saved the...
  7. Allied invasion of NW Europe in 1943

    The invasion of Europe could not even be considered until Allied Air superiority (if not supremacy) was in hand. By 6/44 the Allies had established complete control of the airspace over the Channel and most of France. An invasion before the Allies had this advantage was unthinkable. What...
  8. Aztec and Inca Empires survive

    1491 addresses this issue in some detail. The short version is that most real killer diseases are species jumpers, (e.g. smallpox evolved from Cow pox) and the Western hemisphere didn't have the domesticated animals the would serve as the source materiel.
  9. Challenge: Saddam's Commander

    In 1991? I have, at best, two weeks before the air campaign starts? Not too much I really can do, long run I'm going to lose. However... 1) Make some more spoiling attacks. Try to get the allies started early, before the air chews me to pieces. Maybe that will upset the time table enough...
  10. President Gore

    I agree with that, right up to 9/11. After that, you oppose National unity at great political risk. Things could get interesting then. The political fallout would be quite different. Afganistan & the Taliban are still Job One, but then? Almost certainly no Iraq; Bush was obsessed with Iraq...
  11. HMS Indomitable Joins Force Z

    The TF is still doomed; the Japanese hit them with something like 300+ land based planes. But that isn't the interesting point... The TF was looking for the Japanese invasion fleet; in OTL they never found it, mainly due to lack of air recon. With a carrier, they have a much better chance of...
  12. Alt Challenge: Cats replace Dogs

    I guess that you don't have PBS, National Geographic Channel, Discover, Animal Planet or the equivalent wherever it is that you live. African Lions travel, hunt, raise cubs and live in female packs, called a Pride, generally with a single (sometimes two) male(s) as chief defender (mostly from...
  13. republic of Ezo lasts

    I see your brief sojourn away from the board has done wonders for your debating skills.
  14. Red Dawn campaign

    I would venture a guess that Calumet Colorado's High School football team (or as the guy calls it in the movie, the "local school sports collective") did not play a decisive role in this scenario.:D Hey, I loved the movie when I was a kid. It just doesn't hold up as well as, say, Casablanca.
  15. Mussolini with no Hitler

    I didn't think that a source for a post POD event could exist. In any case, here is my reasoning: Mussolini believed he was a great military strategist; the historic record seems to disagree. In OTL, when he did bite off more than he could chew, Hitler stepped in to help. In this TL, as his...
  16. Red Dawn campaign

    I'm not sure that the USSR could build that many Backfires. Also, given the ranges needed you probably want Blackjacks.:D As a movie, especially in the early 80's, Red Dawn had it's moments. As a practical military exercise it simply doesn't add up. The closer you get to the U.S. the more...
  17. No war of independance fo the US?

    Unless you find a way to keep immigration to a minimum, delete the French from North America, eliminate the massive profits offered by North American resources, and reduce the British reliance on American Forests for naval stores, you have chosen a difficult path. Whichever European State...
  18. Alt Challenge: Cats replace Dogs

    How about African Lions? Sure seems that National Geographic never has a problem finding a half dozen of 'em teaming up on a Cape Buffalo.
  19. Nazis depopulate Poland

    I thought it was sheep. That's right; para-sheep as a WMD! On the serious side - Even with a huge effort the Nazis only (?!) managed to kill about 11 million people.:eek: The transport and executions needed to depopulate a place the size of Poland would have kept them busy into the 1960's...
  20. Mussolini with no Hitler

    Il Duce would have, left to his own devices, eventually have done something sufficiently stupid, probably involving the Suez Canal, to force the British (and MAYBE the French) to smack his sorry behind. With any luck he is forced out shortly after, and his little political experiement gets dirt...
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