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  1. Q: Would Hitler still be the man we know if he wasn't kicked out of art school?

    No, butterfly effect as he might not be in german army.
  2. Driftless

    Alternate Armoured Vehicles of Nations

    While clicking through this link (Wolsley/Hamilton Motor Sleigh) (thanks to Canuck Wingnut for that connection), I came across the 1917 TNCA Salinas Tanque. I had not heard of this OTL machine till now. Photo and link courtesy of "Online Tank Museum" TNCA Salinas Tanque - 1917 Mexico BTW...
  3. A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    Sorry, but with a name like "Blue Sky Disney" at a time like this, at least three people would think about Blue Sky Studios beforehand. And considering what they were hoping to go out on as a company, well...
  4. Orry

    Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    My books are still boxed up until I can getsome shelves fitted I remember reading that Stalin wanted British troops fighting in Russia on at least one occassion early in the war and was even prepared to let them have their own command structure and supply lines.
  5. Odinson

    Request Maps/Flags/Coats of Arms/Heraldry here, II

    Hello there, could somebody make me a map of the world c. 1875? The only major differences from OTL would be no German Empire, only the North German Confederation with the following German states still independent Kingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Wurttemberg Grand Duchy of Baden Grand Duchy of...
  6. Inferus

    Q: Would Hitler still be the man we know if he wasn't kicked out of art school?

    His contemporaries thought Hitler better suited for architecture. Hitler the architect could become... interesting.
  7. Boldly Going: A History of an American Space Station

    The original post said ALL you need is tethers. For a 45 degree orbit you're still going to need 70% as much thrust sideways, which isn't a huge savings.
  8. wcv215

    Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Yes, that’s part of what recruiting an army of mercenaries entails. The point isn’t that it was good or moral. It’s that it was complicated, the same way modern decisions are complicated. It only even came up because someone tried to use a gleeful supporter to denounce the OP’s topic.
  9. Q: Would Hitler still be the man we know if he wasn't kicked out of art school?

    Why? I guess he could be drafted but otherwise I think he would mostly be interested in trying to make it as a "great artist".
  10. Roger Taney Dies, 1855

    There are two knock on areas. First, the alt-CJ doesn't issue Dred Scott. or Second, he serves through the end of the War and Reconstruction.
  11. Boldly Going: A History of an American Space Station

    More to the point, they accelerate the spacecraft perpendicular to the magnetic lines. Cross product and all. So you still need other forms of propulsion for the parallel-to-magnetic lines portion of the velocity vector. Otherwise you will end up in equatorial orbit even if you started with a...
  12. Count of Crisco

    Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    Yeah I went to school in the south. So I grew up hearing in history that the Germans were noble warriors fighting under an evil man. And that the commies were the real villains of the war. Oh and that the USA won both worlds wars singlehandedly with a blindfold on. The British were hardly ever...
  13. Boldly Going: A History of an American Space Station

    OK. But since the original post was about maintaining or raising the orbits of used shuttle external tanks for future use, this limitation isn't much of a problem. The tanks are generally delivered to orbits that are less inclined than OTL's ISS, not polar.
  14. Long term effects of a Dewey '48 presidency?

    He never seriously contemplated the idea -- while nominally independent before the 1952 election, his sympathies were certainly in the Republican camp. His parents were GOP supporters, was heavily anti-Communist (whereas the Democrats were generally seen as "softer"), was fiscally conservative...
  15. SlyDessertFox

    Tiberius Gracchus - More Successful?

    If the opposition is not so fierce, and the chances for a successful prosecution so likely, he would not seek a second tribunate. The second tribunate was a desperate move that Tiberius would have preferred not to have to make a run for. Another alternative is to have Tiberius propose this in...
  16. Vietnam, a unwinnable war?

    They wanted one thing over everything else - independence and were happy to get help from where ever they could - being communist was simply a means to an end - Việt Minh was not a communist organisation but a coalition of groups fighting for a common goal and when the USA did not deliver they...
  17. What were the biggest tech and weapon mistakes and missed opportunities of Germany in ww2

    It's really not relevant to the outcome of the war. For the first few years of the war, the Allies were nearly constantly making mistakes and the Germans were incredibly lucky, but they still had no chance at winning. You have a few unlikely PODs where Germany might have lasted a bit longer, and...
  18. marathag

    Suicide weaponized by Soviet bloc

    The US equivalent, the W-33, was 243 pounds. The Davy Crockett Mk-54 was 55 pounds You can do 55 pounds for a suitcase or backpack. 240 pounds, hope Ivan ate his Soviet Wheaties before trying to carry that into West Germany
  19. Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    So I just learned that the Scott expedition used tracked carriers on their fateful Antarctic exploration. If the expedition had been successful, or the carriers somewhat better, they would presumably provide a good path for a Bren Gun Carrier analogue in WW1- call it a Lewis Gun Carrier. My...
  20. WI: Japan don't attack Philippines/Hawaii in 1941: how does US react

    documented accounts of the political/military coordination/planning/thought twixt GB/NEI/USA is all three will be involved, regardless of which combination japan attacks. the u.s.a. will be at war before the end of december; the supposed predominate "isolationist" attitude of americans...
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