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  1. AHC: Save a notorious flop

    I started laughing uncontrollably after this part, it's just unbelievable.
  2. Napoleon, instead of invading Egypt to get to India, disembarks his troops onto Egypt and pays for some ships to get to India

    That’s exactly the point: if the things had been done properly, they could be easily accomplished to everybody’s satisfaction with a minimal effort as opposite to the failed plan of mobilizing the penguins for attack on India from Antarctica (the French simply could not catch enough fish to feed...
  3. galileo-034

    WI : Constantinople resisting and early fall of the Crimean khanate

    Instant peace, I don't know. I don't see Mehmed II taking the initiative of asking for a truce. Meanwhile, I could see hot tempered commanders in the relief fleet trying to seize the momentum of the Turks' departure from Constantinople to seize the strategically important Gallipoli and the...
  4. Vietnam, a unwinnable war?

    I actually had a college professor tell me the VC never committed any atrocities because “the Vietnamese are Buddhists, and Buddhists are peaceful”.
  5. America Be Watching With The Popcorn: A Sino-Soviet War TL

    Well if nothing else with a free Czechia the GDR will have a longer border to police than in OTL, making escape at least marginally easier. Also the "Tribute Payments with the serial numbers filed off" to the USSR will probably lead to higher internal dissent in the GDR, meaning more people...
  6. Ogrebear

    Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    What If the Americans stayed committed to the Aswan Dam and not only kept their money in, but sold Nassar guns and kit in exchange for his word not to attack Israel? Without Nassar needing cash, nor Czech weapons, he does not try nationalising the Suez Canal so no Crisis. How does the Middle...
  7. Votre Idéolinguiste Local

    Map Thread XX

    The Greek States in 1550. In a TL where France is the HRE, Occitan takes French's role as the big European language and the Aydinids took over the Ottoman Dynasty bc I wanted it. also yeh, wikipedia style
  8. A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    That, and the idea of a self-parody would explain the outlandish clothing opportunities and the inner conflict between the old age of cartoonish violence and bad morals, represented by Mickey Mouse, and the new age of trying to both hide and embrace said violence, represented by Kermit the Frog...
  9. No intermediate cartridge as we know it?

    You would see battle rifles with composite hardware as well as grenade launchers The use of polymers for cartridges might actually be further advanced because there would still be a desire to reduce the weight of ammunition allowing a soldier to carry more ammunition The weight of the rifle in...
  10. Long term effects of a Dewey '48 presidency?

    Likely no McCarthyism because there isn’t a Democratic administration to point fingers at. The political parties might remain more divided on class lines and less on cultural lines. Reagan might stay a Democrat.
  11. GauchoBadger

    Vietnam, a unwinnable war?

    Generally, the most important thing to consider here was that the US and its self-stabbing allies in the ARVN did not exactly need to fight a war. If we go by the example of the communist insurgency in the Philippines and perhaps the Malayan Emergency, addressing the grievances of the average...
  12. KaiserFriedrichIV

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

    Hey i know that it doesnt have anything to do with the thread but i want you to vote the TL i will write
  13. Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg

    Mexico will join if they've dealt with a non-syndie Centroamerica.
  14. Aghasverov

    Napoleon, instead of invading Egypt to get to India, disembarks his troops onto Egypt and pays for some ships to get to India

    Hey, business is business... There was an English firm that made sure that Josephine kept getting new roses to add to her collection, despite the blockade :)
  15. Side A: The Korean Peninsula under British control. Side B: Denmark takes over all of Korea, plus Norway, Finland, Iceland, the Baltics, etc.

    Yeah, no, not a fair comparison at all. -The Netherlands still had more people than Denmark at many points in history. They have roughly triple the population of Denmark today, and double the people of Denmark and Norway combined. -Indonesia was not conquered in a day. It was a slow and steady...
  16. Keynes' Cruisers Volume 2

    But that is a 1945 or a 1946 problem
  17. A more realistic (IMO) AHC: US Metro/Regional Transit as good as in Europe.

    Except countries in Europe kept more mass transit than the US in their suburbs, and having neighborhoods that are only usable by car created a huge amount of traffic congestion and other problems. So no, that does not mean it will always be preferred or that mass transit (or walking, or biking)...
  18. Napoleon, instead of invading Egypt to get to India, disembarks his troops onto Egypt and pays for some ships to get to India

    Prehapse the French could change strategy to be allying with Indian princely kingdoms to rebel agenst the British and proving they will not leave them out to dry as some destraction on the other side of the world by sending the French army (the ones from this thread) to assist in this Indian...
  19. Was the Arab Expansion Inevitable, and Can It Happen Without A United Faith?

    It's always possible, but much less likely. Islam gave the Arabs a unifying principle, without it you'd have a substitute idea. The Arabs were also fortunate in that both the Roman, and Persian Empires were in a weakened state at the time. Christian Egypt was divided by religious conflict which...
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