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  1. RMcD94

    Map Thread XX

    Ok, then that the colonies of New Caledonia, Guyana or Reunion isn't the heartland of France Having ethnic Russians or even fully integrated land doesn't mean that it's part of the heartland but if we're just arguing over semantics of what exactly a heartland is then just change the word to...
  2. Tjakari

    What were the biggest tech and weapon mistakes and missed opportunities of Germany in ww2

    It feels like low-hanging fruit to say, but none. There's nothing about making Germany lose the war faster, making them less competitive with the allies, that's a mistake.
  3. McPherson

    Alternate Aircraft of Nations

    Douglass Devastator (weak engine). Continental Catalina (Wing design too draggy). Lockheed Electra (Bomber version).
  4. Count of Crisco

    Alternate Aircraft of Nations

    What's an interwar aircraft that you think never got it's time to shine? Either because it was introduced to late to make a difference, was obsolete in WWII but would have done very well before then, or was hampered by poor engines or other tech. If things had gone differently what planes would...
  5. Worffan101

    Most likely winner in a no-watergate 1976 Presidential election?

    Reagan was too fringe IMO. But with Tricky Dick hitting the beginnings of the oil crisis and not being the best on economics...he might be able to push Connolly through, but it might be some other establishment Republican as the nominee. I'd say that some lesser scandal hits Dick just by...
  6. River of Death

    Instead of launching Gettysburg Campaign, Lee relieves Vicksburg

    If any forces are sent west from Virginia in May-June, they will not be following Longstreet's OTL September route, but will rather follow the more direct rail line from southwest Virginia through Knoxville and on to Chattanooga. I don't know how the capacity of this line compares to the more...
  7. McPherson

    Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    This is the part where I step out the door, yell Geronimo and pull the rip cord, look up and see the anvil.
  8. The alternate US of the Great Nebraska Sea.

    The economic impacts of this - both national and global - would be utterly catastrophic, almost beyond imagination. To begin with, I'm going to guess something like 25,000,000 people in that area; if you start out assuming 14,000,000 dead, that leaves 10 million displaced - and where are they...
  9. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    Oldnavy i hope you do another who owns what soon
  10. McPherson

    What happens if Rock Island chooses the Christie Route to American armor for WWII?
    Threadmarks: Tankeducation Part 2

    Continued from the article. The problem with wet pin tracks, not often mentioned in discussions is that if one puts one on a tank with bell crank suspension with steerable road wheels, one gets the shake and shimmy problem of those wheels which when tracks run over them, tends to lead to tracks...
  11. "Our Struggle": What If Hitler Had Been a Communist?

    So no difference from OTL then, seeing how quick the 'West' is to get in bed with the fascists.
  12. WI: The Netherlands Keeps South Africa

    What POD could be used for this to happen? I always that Congress of Vienna would be good, but @pompejus pointed out to me in a private conversation that there weren't any really good reasons for the Dutch to WANT the Cape back by 1815. Would a better POD be not selling it to Britain in the...
  13. Could any of the communist goverments of Eastern Europe have survived the Soviet Collapse?

    This isn't exactly true. Neither Yugoslavia nor Albania were dependent on Soviet support to remain Communist. The significance of the USSR's failure wasn't so much that the USSR was no longer able to enforce Communism in Eastern Europe (although that was important, especially in Poland), it was...
  14. AHQ/AHC: Ideal modern tank design?

    Each region has different needs, so there isn’t really an “ideal tank”. The ideal tank for one country is not the ideal tank for another one.
  15. Fact Check Article: Prototype Nazi Nuclear Bombers Were Within a Few Months of Hitting New York

    Let's make a few assumptions here. The Norsk-Hydro plant in Norway is not destroyed but heavy water production continues. Heisenberg is able to make a through breakthroughs and the nuclear program gets more financial support from the Nazis - say at the cost of some of the other wonder weapons...
  16. Request Maps/Flags/Coats of Arms/Heraldry here, II

    M. Pasquin, thank you very kindly for this answer - it makes an excellent point! (-:
  17. Worffan101

    Would Beria have been a good leader for the Soviet Union?

    Beria was a psychopathic serial rapist and pedophile whose "liberalization" suggestions were more of an attempt to outflank Kruschev and other ambitious younger officials than any genuine attempt to fix the aftermath of Stalin's regime. He would be an absolutely terrible leader. You have...
  18. Most likely winner in a no-watergate 1976 Presidential election?

    Reagan was still way too out there to win a national election in 1976. I mean in 1980, after all the failures of the Carter administration, he still only won by like 8%. Without the distrust of government Watergate created and without the Carter administration, there's no reason to think he...
  19. AHQ/AHC: Ideal modern tank design?

    The T-14 Armata is a good signpost towards where things are going: unmanned turret with enhanced crew protection by way of an armored, buttoned-up crew capsule; Tesla-style 360-degree camera coverage to compensate for lost visibility; advanced radar sensors for APS; dramatically enhanced...
  20. AHC: Save a notorious flop

    Then again, it’s not like that stopped the Xbox One or the other stuff like it. I mean, no one thought the SNES was an add-odd to the NES
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