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  1. What if the Italian unification failed?

    The reigns of Louis XIV and his successors saw a series of pan-European coalitions designed to stop France getting too big, so maybe the French monarch decides that surrounding his country with subordinate "allies" is a better way of ensuring national security than trying to expand the French...
  2. Burying the Hatchet: A Nintendo/Sega TL

    It was mostly just random things I thought of. Nothing is really connected. Though you may notice that Yuji Naka mentions things from OTL. The Sega-Sammy merger, MS buying Rare, Sonic 06, the Wii's Motion Controls, etc.
  3. WI: The Karens take over Persia

    4/1 in American style, 1/4 in International style, aka April Fools Day
  4. More Helicopter/light carriers in post ww2 period

    Very rarely. It sharply limits the amount of fuel and weapons they can carry. The vertical landing capability, though, that's used with frequency, though with the Harrier it requires ditching weapons and sometimes dumping fuel. Don't knock the STOL capabilites, though. Getting a fighter in the...
  5. The Footprint of Mussolini - TL

    I don't think that SA regime is going to collapse on seeable future. It is quiet stable, citizens are fine with their regime and its extreme level racism and some countries have opened trade with SA. So hard to see how it could collapse without nuclear war. And since it has nukes targetted...
  6. curlyhairedhippie

    Miguel de Paz and the stillborn daughter of John and Margaret live

    So, in my concept for a TL with pretty much this exact setup, the daughter of Juan and Margaret (who I named Maria because I wanted to lol) married Miguel to prevent civil war over Castile. After reading this thread, I'm wondering if i should revisit it...
  7. What if the President after the Cold War decides to begin to begin a draw down from the world?

    What if after the Cold War ended, Bush Sr. (or an alternative President) decided that maintaining a large presence overseas is a waste of money and began to withdraw, withdrawing the Middle East especially fast after deciding it is too unstable to bother with. The US stays out of Iraq here. He...
  8. AHC: Embarrass the Nazis and destroy their legacy

    Hitler is in a fatal car accident on February 5, 1933. Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen is declared acting Chancellor by Hindenburg who then publishes a decree dissolving the Reichstag (which would have been legal). Two days later Hermann Göring is in a car crash and dies, the office of...
  9. Plausibility checks: Habsburg exchanges during the Napoleonic period

    Thanks and great stuff, the best I've read on here on this topic. Can't really fault anything you said, other than Nap not liking fighting. For me, he was a General at heart who valued glory above all else, which unfortunately came hand in hand with war... but that debate has being going on for...
  10. Chocolate Raines

    A True World Cup: 24 teams at England '66

    Dutch, England, USA, and German final four
  11. AHC: a Labour majority government before 1945?

    I'm actually working out a TL based on something similar to this at the moment The Labour vote actually held up quite well in 1931, winning roughly the same vote share that had been sufficent to form a Labour minority government in 1923. About 9 out of 10 of Labour's 1929 voters stuck with the...
  12. Treaty Ports (Ireland) in WW2

    Again that work can’t wait. Cork is the second society of Ireland and has “less than good” views on British forces. If the Treaty Ports are held that means it’s only a few minutes flying time for bombers to miss the Harbour and hit the city, so day 1 of WW2 the U.K. is going to have to throw...
  13. Bicentennial Man: Ford '76 and Beyond

    Got it, looking forward to when the next post here comes. I love your writing style in this timeline, I feel like I'm watching a Frontline episode.
  14. TheMann

    Have the Austin Metro be more successful

    Perhaps it is, but if you compare a Metro to its greatest competitors - Ford Fiesta, Volkswagen Polo, Peugeot 205, Fiat Uno - and indeed competitors it didn't really fight with that much like the Honda Jazz, is it really going to come out the better? All of the above are much more advanced...
  15. AHC: Embarrass the Nazis and destroy their legacy

    This is an interesting one because objectively the Nazis were failures! Their regime ended in a terrible disaster and an overthrow of almost everything they wanted. How to get people to remember it that way, hm. The post-war Wehrmacht cult was driven by: A. Western Allies who wanted to...
  16. Conservative Democrats in the 1990s?

    Let’s take the issue of LGBTQ+ persons having the same rights as everyone else . . . By executive order, Clinton began the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” in the U.S. military. But I understand that sadly, and paradoxically, this led to an increase of gay and lesbian persons being...
  17. WI: Petain Joined The Resistance With De Gaulle?

    I think this hits the nail on the head - 84 year old hero (but associated with the failure of the defeated government) vs ‘young’ dashing hero with an ego leads to his effective sidelining, though remembered in a more positive light. Would this have given more weight to the Free French cause...
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