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  1. Best President USA never had (20th century edition)

    As with the similar poll I just posted in the before 1900 forum, the options listed are near misses, not necessarily the most interesting politicians who ran or were strongly considered. Politicians who could have run interesting administrations, but who didn't come close enough, such as...
  2. alfredtuomi

    WI: Japan don't attack Philippines/Hawaii in 1941: how does US react

    what could be considered even more important was the 300,000,000 million(I think) authorized for infrastructure to build the fleet. then another indicator is the ask for 4 billion and the house pass a bill for 7.5 billion by 300 ish to zero.
  3. "What Madness Is This?" Volume II: Prophecies in the Dark

    So just to let you all know, the Madness is creeping into my dreams in a weirdly mundane way. Last night I had an incredibly vivid dream where I discovered a Beutelist subreddit 🤔
  4. alfredtuomi

    WI: Japan don't attack Philippines/Hawaii in 1941: how does US react

    I believe those planes were just for the Navy and Marine Corps.......but I could be wrong.
  5. WI: Saddam and Khomeni were full allies

    Issue was bigger than khomeni and saddam
  6. Dunkirk Disaster and colonies exchanged for withdrawal from France and Netherlands

    Britain lost a campaign, not a war. Germany can't directly attack Britain or the Empire. Just because Britain can't directly attack Germany at the time doesn't mean they give up their long term advantages over Germany, in exchange for German de jure withdrawal but de facto dominance over France...
  7. WI: Japan don't attack Philippines/Hawaii in 1941: how does US react

    The US was gearing up for war in a way that would have swamped Japan even if it never expanded further. The 2 Ocean Navy Act provided the CVs that started churning out in late 1943/44, and Selective Service provided the trained cadre that expanded the Army to 90 divisions. 15,000 aircraft was...
  8. Most likely winner in a no-watergate 1976 Presidential election?

    Well here's what Nixon said about nominating Connally in his autobiography. "Over the next few days we did some quiet checking, and the reports were all the same: Connally simply could not make it. He would be opposed by an overwhelming number of Democrats who would fear him as the strongest...
  9. Alternate 'Battle of Midway': RN instead of USN, what's the result?

    Did their air-launched torpedoes have them as well? The only attack that I know about is when Ark Royal's Swordfish attacked Sheffield instead of Bismarck. Fortunately, the torpedoes missed or the detonators didn't work.
  10. Dunkirk Disaster and colonies exchanged for withdrawal from France and Netherlands

    Britain lost the war it can't realistically expect to go back to the pre-war status quo. Britain has no way of directly attacking Germany in 1940. Therefore a colonies for withdrawal deal is the least best alternative. Halifax even said so. If Britain wants a continental ally Britain can...
  11. How devastating would a Japanese invasion of Korea be in the 1870s

    Actually, this is probably a shot-in-the-arm for the Qing. Yes, they have other distractions like Yakub Beg, but that's not enough to prevent a robust deployment of troops to the peninsular. Those armies are far closer to the Japanese than they would be twenty years later, and in fact in certain...
  12. A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    If Mort pans out, does this mean that we might see Hogfather or the Unseen University books for a followup? Also, will Warner, Triad, or Universal respond by making tender offers to Tom Holt, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Robert Aspirin, Glenn Cook, Jack Chalker, or John DeChancie as a rejoinder? As...
  13. Best President USA never had (19th century edition)

    I thought of this after seeing the Accidental President poll recently posted in this forum. Of the politicians who legitimacy came close, who would have made the best president? The six choices listed above are six near misses. Three of them lost really close elections (Clay, Tilden, Blaine)...
  14. Dunkirk Disaster and colonies exchanged for withdrawal from France and Netherlands

    Just exactly how would Germany actually crew these battleships? And you still have to somehow get the French fleet from North Africa/the Med to link up with the German fleet, while the RN is concentrated in the middle and controls multiple choke points. Not that I'm seriously entertaining this...
  15. GameBawesome

    The Undying Empire: A Trebizond Timeline

    Don’t burn yourself out. Take your time and get some rest. Your doing a wonderful job writing this timeline e
  16. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Well given that ancestors was married it didn’t work and TBH he didn’t have a particular good opinion on the USSR the way the great Uncle who knew him rather well told it.
  17. Eparkhos

    The Undying Empire: A Trebizond Timeline
    Threadmarks: Part LV: The Best Defense (1526 - 1527)

    Part LV: The Best Defense (1526 - 1527) By the time David and whatever forces he could scrape together from the east returned to Trapezous, things were rapidly spiraling out of hand. The Rûmites had overrun much of Inner Paphlagonia and now seemed poised to finish the job, as Kadir and his...
  18. ChadMachine999

    Romanov Ascendant: What if the Soviet Union survived?

    OTL proved that the Muslim Brotherhood didn't need western support to seize power, holding onto it is a diffrent thing though.
  19. Eparkhos

    The Undying Empire: A Trebizond Timeline

    You know, guys, I'm kind of getting tired of writing these. I think that I'll stop for a bit once I get done with this arc.
  20. alfredtuomi

    WI: Japan don't attack Philippines/Hawaii in 1941: how does US react

    then there is the selective service and training act of 1940. one gets the feeling that with the fall of France Congress felt war was inevitable.
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