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  1. Sārthākā

    What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL?

    Germany's points during this time period is constrained by the varying laws of the varying kingdoms and duchies. Some were liberal like the Prussians who had universal suffrage and then there were some of the duchies which basically had very limited suffrage. Channcelorships followed a...
  2. Ivan's revenge : Soviets try to settle score with EGYpt

    Will a small damn upset the Egyptians so much that their leaders irrationally attack Ethiopia to destroy it ?
  3. What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL?

    Was the US systematically racist in1914?Yes. That doesn't mean they are not more democratic than Germany,where the executive branch(Chancellorship) is not bound by popular votes.
  4. Sides in WW1 if France won the Franco-Prussian War?

    At one point of its OTL history, Germany choose that they preferred Austria-Hungary than Russia as its main European Ally. Choosing AH as an ally mean also loosing Italy as an ally in the long term, because Italy had more territorial problems with AH than with France.
  5. Gukpard

    What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL?

    Well, a traditional german dominance over eastern europe is less worse than the USSR, the only way for things to turn out better than that is if Germany lose the war after these states are created and nobody seizes these new states allowing native rule
  6. Could the USSR work well enought on its orthodox form to be a pleasant place in modern day?

    Depends what you mean by "well." The average Soviet citizen in 1980 had a much better standard of living than most of the world (electricity and running water, healthcare, fairly abundant food), but still significantly worse than the USA. For much of its existence, it had a higher rate of...
  7. Mad Bad Rabbit

    Could the USSR work well enought on its orthodox form to be a pleasant place in modern day?

    No, not without eliminating the gulag system, and the ideology-driven planning that led to Lysenkoism. Nobody can be productive if they are constantly afraid they will be sent to Siberia for political reasons.
  8. The Forge of Weyland

    The FIE's national anthem - including the triumphant kazoo's.
  9. What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL?

    And the myth of “CP victory makes a better world” is becoming commoner and increasingly annoying. Just because the Krauts got really dirty and violent trying to enslave Slavic peoples for the second time,doesn't mean you should surrender to them in the first time.
  10. Ivan's revenge : Soviets try to settle score with EGYpt

    All of em are possible and are actually good except for the dam, technology and infrastructure in Ethiopia just didn't exist back then to build a dam on a scale that would upset the flow of nile.
  11. The Forge of Weyland

    Oh God, I've created a monster!
  12. Sides in WW1 if France won the Franco-Prussian War?

    Mmh, that is basically how WWI went in the Bonaparte's Legacy mod for Darkest Hour (though there the Franco-Prussian war was avoided instead), with the exception of Britain. In that mod the British had declared war on France over their invasion of Belgium in WWI. The creators apparently were...
  13. Time Enough

    Everything Has Gone Green: The Consequences of Googling Murray Bookchin

    Calm Night: 1991 & The New Sovereign States In the Soviet Union, opposition to Mikhail Gorbachev’s rule was reaching a breaking point. The clock was ticking on whether the New Union Treaty would succeed, and with 78% of the USSR in favor of it, the GKChP were convinced that only “decisive...
  14. FalconHonour

    Robert Dudley gets Queen Elizabeth I pregnant

    Maybe I should write a story about this premise.. I've always loved Elizabeth and Dudley together...
  15. Sides in WW1 if France won the Franco-Prussian War?

    The French tried that IOTL, but it didn't work: generally, after the first few waves of Prussian infantry were shot down, the Prussians just got their guns to blast the French into smithereens. Getting a better artillery arm would be a better bet, IMHO.
  16. Robert Dudley gets Queen Elizabeth I pregnant

    A very quick marriage is probably the safest bet. Well he's still got the "did you murder your wife" issue. But if she already know she's pregnant, she needs to marry fast. So it'll have to be an Englishman. I'd say Robert has 3/4 odds.
  17. In a scenario where the byzantines are able to hold Syria and Egypt and repeal the arabs, can they hold the Exarchate of Africa?

    Yeah, Romance language speaking christian Berbers, who will be much more connected to the rest of Christendem. North Africa would probably be considered to be a part of Europe culturally ITTL. And then the trade links with West Africa lead to Christianization, not Islamization. The butterflies...
  18. The L84A1, A2 and A3 Assault rifle - "The Last Enfield"

    Having fired it, the L85A1 that is (along with the M16A1, the AUG and others) I'd disagree utterly with your claim. It was a shoddy, poorly manufactured piece of junk with a vast range of flaws and faults; magazines, magazine release, sights (iron and SUIT/SUSAT), bayonet, safety plunger...
  19. Sides in WW1 if France won the Franco-Prussian War?

    Easy POD : More defensive tactics that will the superiority of the Chassepot and a better use of the machines-guns the French owned. No defeat in Sedan and no capture of Napoleon III. A better coordination between the French corps, that will transform the Battle of Gravelotte from a tactical...
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