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  1. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    You're right in that Germany's control over the continent wouldn't be nearly that tight, but I still think London would regard the post-war order with a lot of alarmism and exaggeration. You're also right in that I wasn't considering the influence debt would play on Germany's post-war policies...
  2. McPherson

    What happens if Rock Island chooses the Christie Route to American armor for WWII?

    The "principle" is the compression and returned involved, not the coiled steel bar. That seems to have been an American add-on to the idea. The problem with volute is the movement. The scissors action allows for very little vertical wheel travel. Aside from that, it was my understanding...
  3. SealTheRealDeal

    Alternate Armoured Vehicles of Nations

    Won't it catch fire? HEAT rounds are like an order of magnitude hotter than diesel's flash point.
  4. What were the biggest tech and weapon mistakes and missed opportunities of Germany in ww2

    No new design. Just like the MC.202 was not a new design, or Re.2005, or MC.205. Nor the La-5 or Ki-100, when we look the engine conversions from V12 to radial engines. The Fw 190 powered by DB 601E or 605A is already a Re.2005 or MC.205N analogue, indeed made in a modern way. Bf 109 was a short...
  5. theg*ddam*hoi2fan

    Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I suppose, but then once the cool factor's removed then there's the question of what the mission is. From what I've heard, the Tonka was absolutely perfect for low level strikes.
  6. Romanov Ascendant: What if the Soviet Union survived?

    Nice! :) But I have one question - what happen currently (1993) in Albania? Who are head of state - Ramiz Alia or someone else, and are there a possibility, that Albania moves to Soviet Bloc (like Yugoslavia did)? And if you do GDR next leader poll, I suggest Margot Honecker as one leader...
  7. What if the U.S. outsourced manufacturing to post-Soviet Russia instead of China?

    Except Argentina did try the protectionist system and it failed. And you're just wrong about the Rio de la Plata system being "no worse than the mississippi". The Mississippi is the best river system in the world when it comes to transportation and potential for development. Its navigable for...
  8. A more realistic (IMO) AHC: US Metro/Regional Transit as good as in Europe.

    There's been a lot of good discussion here, but one factor I'd like to emphasize is that without a really early POD, some level of decline in the urban cores of the US post WWII is pretty much inevitable. There are several factors pushing for this, including: Automobile adoption enabling easier...
  9. Middle Roman Empire

    I had similar thoughts. A "fair" division would be more at the East's expense somehow. But how? Dividing Greece might be one answer, the Center gets mainland Greece, the East island Greece, perhaps the Peloponnesus is a swing district to make the adjustment exact--regard it as practically an...
  10. What were the biggest tech and weapon mistakes and missed opportunities of Germany in ww2

    I will note that the UK has a way bigger shipbuilding industry than Germany and during much of the 30s it wasn't doing all that much when compared to what it should have been building. If the Germans go for sub spam assuming the Government is willing to foot the bill it can spam escorts and...
  11. RedKing

    A Second Wife, A Second Husband: A Tudor Timeline

    Well let's just hope he doesn't take after his namesake, or else his wives won't have a good run of it!
  12. A Second Wife, A Second Husband: A Tudor Timeline

    And good, having said that, it's interesting how future of young Philip would turn out.
  13. A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France

    I’d call you evil... but we both know what you have planned! I’ll wait. THEN I’ll call you evil. It’s your birthday - I’m not nasty enough to call you evil on your birthday. I think?
  14. LordMartinax

    AHC: As big a Eurozone as possible

    Yeah, it would be extremely difficult. Considering that to most people, it's one of the last signs of sovereignity this country has in the EU, actually getting enough popular support would be extremely difficult. It would probably require the last decade of politics to have gone in a much...
  15. Rhaegar I

    A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France

    Out of curiosity, what aunt is she talking about? Also, happy birthday! We shall have to throw a tournament in your honor!
  16. Alternate 'Battle of Midway': RN instead of USN, what's the result?

    Would Summerville not after launching the strike (assuming the KB is found) - send his carriers West and opt for his strike planes to land at Midway, refuel and then recover later in the morning (in daylight?) much further West, allowing for an evaluation of the night strike and follow up...
  17. Alternate Armoured Vehicles of Nations

    Fuel is of much lower density that steel so it is more weight-efficient against shaped charges.
  18. 1901 and Going Up (A Collaborative TL)

    But Before we get to the Second to Last WBL Season, Let's See how the MFL Did in 1909 NOTABLE DRAFT PICKS 1. St. Louis Cardinals - Bill Hollenback (RB) 5. Cincinnati Celtics - Hamilton Fish (T) 11. Minnesota Lumberjacks - Frederick Tibbott (RB) 14. Washington Senators - Francis Burr (G) 1909...
  19. Slave rebellion during the Mexican American war possible?

    AIUI, a bunch of slaves did take the chance to flee to Mexico during the TWI, during the chaos of SA's drive north and a lot of the white population fled. One of them was Joe, Travis' slave, one of the few survivors of the Alamo, and the only certain one who took part in the fighting...
  20. What were the biggest tech and weapon mistakes and missed opportunities of Germany in ww2

    Curzon Line, I'd figure, which was on the table and as I understand it what Russia had wanted in the first place post WW1, but then the Polish-Soviet war happened... edit: As Cryhavoc points out German submarine spam is an indication that Germnany is very definitely preparing for war against...
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