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  1. KaiserFriedrichIV

    Discussion: What if Edmund, Earl of Rutland survives Wakefield?

    Didnt she plotted her whole life to put him on that throne
  2. Basileus_Komnenos

    Murat joins the 6th coalition in 1813

    Not to mention the Papacy. I feel like the prospect of a liber Naples right within the Vatican's backyard would scare it into action. You might see the Pope actually seriously invest into the Papal Army and getting government's crap together in terms of secular administration. Bourbon Sicily...
  3. WI: Japan don't attack Philippines/Hawaii in 1941: how does US react

    The idea of attacking the European colonies without attacking the US was actually seriously supported by a faction of very senior officers within the IJN high command in 1940-41. Head of the naval general staff Nagano Osami and others reasoned that FDR would not be able to rally domestic...
  4. RedKing

    Discussion: What if Edmund, Earl of Rutland survives Wakefield?

    Agreed, if anything it makes Richard III look like an idiot for having the Princes being so poorly guarded.
  5. Jasper Tudor had children. The effects?

    All too true if Edward I of England was not fighting Philip IV of France over Aquitaine or if the Capations did not die out than its very possible Edwards I and ii would have been successful in Scotland. As for a future war with France over Brittany if the male Tudors of England die out but...
  6. Discussion: What if Edmund, Earl of Rutland survives Wakefield?

    Absolutely not! Philippa Gregory is a lying lier.
  7. Lady Visenya

    Was the Arab Expansion Inevitable, and Can It Happen Without A United Faith?

    It enabled them to be united, yes. But the idea that the Arabs wouldn't go *conquering* at all without Islam is just *silly*. So I do agree with you.
  8. Napoleon, instead of invading Egypt to get to India, disembarks his troops onto Egypt and pays for some ships to get to India

    Brilliant idea. How about hiring them from the most obvious source (aka, one that possesses most ships reasonably close to the French coast), aka, Britain? Following Marxist theory, a capitalist would do anything for 100% (or was it 200?) profit so this would be just a matter of a proper...
  9. Was the Arab Expansion Inevitable, and Can It Happen Without A United Faith?

    Islam did reinvigorate the Arabs, and gave them one the mainrl reasons for conquest, which was to spread their religion Arabs would most likely still have an empire, but without Islam, it would be quite a bit smaller, as rapid victories in the early Caliphate conquests convinced both Arabs and...
  10. Alternate Hundred Years War with England-Scotland Personal Union

    How i understand it as well, better an Evreux than a Plantagenet.
  11. Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg

    Because the chickens, in their infinite wisdom, persuaded the Mexicans it was a bwuck! bwuck! bad idea. The original King Kong was released on 2nd March 1933 and is regarded as the fourth greatest horror film of all time. Well, the Shangqing Tianguo [played by me] have crushed the Left...
  12. Emperor Norton I

    Without the 1963 coup in south Vietnam, how would it affect south vietnam?

    I think the biggest problem is South Vietnam was so flawed, in retrospect a poor leader like Ngo Diem looks like the *best* option.
  13. Napoleon, instead of invading Egypt to get to India, disembarks his troops onto Egypt and pays for some ships to get to India

    there is no french ottoman war in this POD, the French-Ottoman Alliance still holds, the Ottomans are providing military access to Napoleon's Army and providing transports for the French Navy, in exchange for French assistance in modernizing the Army. All that is needed is a squadron of French...
  14. A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    Goofy in the army, Goof Troop could take on a whole other meaning. I could see two ways to do it. Goofy bumbles into a command position, with Pete as the glory seeking/get rich quick type I'd say Bilko, but Bilko was the star of his show. Or Pete as the demanding CO and Goofy as the long...
  15. The Forge of Weyland

    I vote for a strong chorus of Hearts of Oak, followed by rendition of the finale of the 1812 Ovature sung by 4.7 to 15 inch guns!
  16. Lady Visenya

    Was the Arab Expansion Inevitable, and Can It Happen Without A United Faith?

    What in G-d's name are you talking about? Modern scholarly consensus has agreed that the idea that the Arabs were all a bunch of uneducated weak groups is ex post facto horse-shit meant to emphasize the role of G-d as opposed to the actual capabilities of the sophisticated Arabs. The Arabs were...
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