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  1. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    The link was at the bottom. Except this was at Cabinet level, the Butt Report had already discredited the 'metrics' that the RAF had been using to claim they were hurting the enemy and being effective, the reality was that the bombs were miles off from where the RAF said they were aimed. Mr...
  2. AHC: Wank the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II

    I'd read that the Spey struggled with supersonic speeds in the pre internet days (i used to date a librarian, the perfect woman for an avid reader) but finding something on the net is hard. The TF30 compressor stalls were prettu well known, but what about turbojets, did they stall too? Were the...
  3. DrakonFin

    East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    Like I argued in the thread you linked to, a Swedish conquest of Finland would not be all that easy in reality. I think you are being much too optimistic for Sweden's chances here. The Russians have a vested interest in trying to hold on to southern Finland to keep St. Peterburg's defences...
  4. Alternate Hundred Years War with England-Scotland Personal Union

    Wonky? France succession law was wonky, and that is why Ed was able to claim the throne, French law never said stated that a woman can’t inherit, it was some archaic obscure Frankish law book that said salic law was absolute, the succession was not as clear cut as the Valois would have you...
  5. A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    Maybe in this TL Moontrap is a hit? I've never really understood why it is hated so much, all I've ever heard is snide remarks about Walter Koenig's hairpiece but from what I recall it was a solid sci/fi adventure horror with good performances from Koenig and Bruce Campbell.
  6. Galloway and the Plan of Union: A Saga of a British America

    Its great my only quibble is technically India was never a colony
  7. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    Good question! Well, after reading this thread by @Eric C Johnson , I got convinced that a Swedish conquest of Finland should be possible. With German support of course. Once the Germans land in southern Finland and start an offensive towards St. Petersburg, most of the Russian forces will...
  8. AHC: Save a notorious flop

    Ah, to make a short story long: Robert Evans, the legendary producer and even more of a legend of the Hollywood stories of excess, saw "Annie" when it was first staged on Broadway as a play in '77 and right there and then he knows - he knows - this is a hit waiting to happen to hit the movie...
  9. Alternate 'Battle of Midway': RN instead of USN, what's the result?

    It is a thing of who discovers the enemy 1st, keeps tabs on it, so they can launch early and arrive at and around the target in a coherent manner. We also have a thing on what the aircraft composition at Midway is, and what they can do. Eg. a Spitfire V force escorts Beuforts or Wellingtons or...
  10. WI no Suez Canal built before 1900?

    Britain with or without France would build it after WW1 at the most.
  11. SEAD without anti radiation missiles [ 1970 to 1991]

    A battery/regiment of SAMs is a hell of a lot cheaper than a fighter squadron.
  12. A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    and the movie music will be done by Bachman-Turner-Overdrive?
  13. Alternate Hundred Years War with England-Scotland Personal Union

    Logically no child of her could sit on the throne, the Plantagenet claim otl was wonky af. If E3's married to Joan then atleast he's got a feasibly higher claim, and why would the French "never agree" to their king's daughter marrying the English king, especially given that the English king is...
  14. Alternate 'Battle of Midway': RN instead of USN, what's the result?

    What about the planes on midway itself, what were the British counterparts and how would they fare at mid 1942 levels expertise?
  15. SEAD without anti radiation missiles [ 1970 to 1991]

    Some of these weapons have had a better stand-off capability, some were up-close and personal. People were making anti-radiaton missiles for a reason.
  16. Alternate Hundred Years War with England-Scotland Personal Union

    Because the french nobility would never have agreed to it, especially not the Valois, Isabella is safer since no one at the time of her marriage had any expectation a child of hers could sit on the throne.
  17. Zulfurium

    A Day in July: An Early 20th Century Timeline
    Threadmarks: Update Thirty-Eight (Pt. 4): The American Divide

    The American Divide President Juan Vincente Gómez of Venezuela The Titans of the North Colombia's Conservative Hegemony had emerged intact from the devastation of the Thousand Days' War at the start of the century, with a successful reconstruction and reconciliation between the Liberals and...
  18. AH discussion: Domino theory correct?

    Yes, based off the Definition of Domino Theory, it did happen, although much of it occurred before the Theory was created. Also, are we applying this only to true communist states or all Soviet aligned ones? 1) Otl examples of Domino Theory actually happening are as follows: A) China -> North...
  19. Alternate 'Battle of Midway': RN instead of USN, what's the result?

    The RN did have night-time strike capacity thanks to radar-equipped Albacore though. It would be interesting if somehow the RN managed to pre-empt the IJN on 3 June 1942 by way of a night-time torp strike.
  20. Independent Schleswig after WWI

    Well, if we get an independent Schleswig as a sort of "Luxembourg by the North Sea", my thinking is that its development will be driven a lot more by external factors, such: How do the allies go about establishing the state legally? (i.e. as a mandate, a proctorate, simple creation etc) How do...
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