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  1. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    If it was meant as a largely peaceful expedition they should have been part of his sermon. Priests encouraged peaceful duty to God all the time, it’s not like the language didn’t exist. But if every after the fact witness described it largely the same, we can be relatively certain, surely...
  2. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    I agree with your time line, this seems very plausible, and do fit in the, still 19th century, mind set of the diplomats of that time. Although diplomats rarely seem to care of the consequences their decisions have on the populations of the territories they decide on. I do understand that...
  3. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    People always seem to misinterpret the order. It was an order that was aimed at stopping officers withdrawing their units without permission, not a shoot anyone who fell back. Most stragglers were just sent back to their units, only officers/commissars tended to get shoot ( and a lot of them...
  4. No intermediate cartridge as we know it?

    i'm not seeing how that's relevant here. care to expand on your thoughts?
  5. RedKing

    John the Baptist's movement survives, Jesus' doesn't.

    Maybe have Jesus be killed before he can do his miracles? Then have John live and become an antiquity philanthropist.
  6. Gillan1220

    Photos from The Man in the High Castle

    Reichsmarschall John Smith overseeing the burning of resistance propaganda films.
  7. Was the Arab Expansion Inevitable, and Can It Happen Without A United Faith?

    Ok, but you didn't yet make the case for it, why was an unifying figure probable? Why did no such figure arise and succeed in other places with a similar situation? Also why was success against the Romans and Persians inevitable? If the Arabs were not unified at the right time to invade the...
  8. Gillan1220

    Photos from The Man in the High Castle

    IJA bicycle infantry patrol in Penang, Malaya.
  9. Was the Arab Expansion Inevitable, and Can It Happen Without A United Faith?

    No, my idea is that it would happen regardless due to any number of potential contemporaneous unifying figures. A unifying figure was very probable and, once united, their success to at least some degree against the Romans and Persians was inevitable; that it was Muhammad who led them was not...
  10. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    As for the Ottoman Empire after a CP victory, I find this a very difficult one myself. So many butterflies... As Russia loses the war, Russian expansion of territory in Armenia is unlikely. Since the Ottoman Empire has been unable to take Russian territory, expansion of territory for the...
  11. Vietnam, a unwinnable war?

    That would simply have kicked the ball down the road
  12. RedKing

    WI: Henry, Duke of Cornwall survived?

    Catherine keeps her head (yay!), England stays Catholic and Henry VIII gets his son. He probably still has his falling out with Charles V, if Charles V decides to be Charles V (so a bad ally), but he won't break with Rome. Henry IX of England (1511-1569) M. Infanta Maria of Portugal [1]...
  13. Raumboote modern derivatives

    I suggest you take a look at the post war RN Ham class inshore mine hunter. Nearly one hundred of these were built and seem to me to me the natural progression of the Raumboote design.
  14. Middle Roman Empire

    That's always the question, because the resources of Gaul and Hispania could also be used to push further, especially if there are more groups coming behind them. And, of course, Italy is wealthy, which makes it very lootable, and therefore, a great target. Especially when it will be having to...
  15. Orry

    Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Does Stalins "not a step back order" apply to allied forces? What happens when a British unit retreats anyway? Do the NKVD have any control?
  16. AHC: Rome without slavery

    The Romans and many ancient states were inextricably wedded to slavery, unfortunately. The only instance I can think of besides the Achaemenids dislike of slavery was the Sun Citizens rebellion in Pergamon. A popular antislavery revolt against the Roman Republics deprivations on a peacefully...
  17. AHQ/AHC: Ideal modern tank design?

    In a world with large numbers of ATGWs and armed RPVs, air-delivered mines, and so forth, what features should a clean sheet tank design of (say) 2050 have? I imagine, for a start, composite armor, multifuel capacity, at least a 105mm, probably reactive armor, & something like an imaging NVG...
  18. Was the Arab Expansion Inevitable, and Can It Happen Without A United Faith?

    Ok so you think it's a snowball event caused by the succes of Muhammad, this again doesn't support your initial idea that it would happen regardless of the existence of a unifying figure. Plus you are again not really explaining why you think this snowball effect is itself inevitable, in many...
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