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  1. Caught between the Bear and the Rooster (Stalin invades Germany 1940)

    Stalin was capable of believing many things despite loads of evidence to the contrary. Look at his refusal to believe Hitler was panning to invade in June, 1941. To me at least it is plausible he would believe in a French German conspiracy and Beria was just the sort of person to support his...
  2. Which countries would have been most likely to fall to Communism during the 20th Century?

    America during the depression. Better yet, Japan, which is heavily isolated or Italy which has the Alps to protect from foreign invaders and fighters.
  3. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    I just remeamber somebody suggested the idea the of a show with a socceror walt disney who had a magic paint bursh during the oringal american magic. Oldnavy like the idea but neaver got around to it. I also remaber that oldnavy was unable to come with a name for the show's scert socity of...
  4. LordMartinax

    Ottoman Empire & Austria-Hungary collapse naturally?

    While possible, I don't think it is very likely. After all, it would simply add more minorities, only these once being much more hostile. More limited ones are far more likely, perhaps annexation of the Montenegrin coast or Belgrade itself, though perhaps, should the KUK have a better run on the...
  5. Hail, Britannia

    I wonder what is the state of space travel in this world.
  6. AHC/WI: WWII Axis Commando Raids in the Western Hemisphere?

    The Japanese did have an amphibious tank that could be transported by submarine. https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/category/ww2-japanese-amphibious-vehicles/#:~:text=Type%203%20Ka-Chi%20%20%20Dimensions%20L-W-H%20,knots%20%28%20...%20%203%20more%20rows%20 (Mad Missouri may have used some of them...
  7. KingOnTheEdge

    Without the Ottomans, what happens to the Mamluks?

    Sounds like either a 3rd Bulgarian or second Serbian empire is our best bet; especially with tamerlane, they're in a strong position to reestablish themselves without the Turks. Hell even if they're rebelling, the leader who got independence could probably build a Balkan power while he's at it...
  8. GrahamB

    Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    This was my assumption. As a CS/assault gun, an autoloader 6pdr isn't a terrible option, arguably more useful for supporting infantry than a heavier gun that fires slower, especially with adequate artillery support as the British are wont to do. As has been established in this timeline, the...
  9. For Want of a Word – Stolypin endures

    Since Stolypin was alive for far longer (Russia's war economy pretty much had his picture printed on it), then would it be too irrealistic to expect that the movement of settlers was facilitated? Also, I don't see why NII (or some sort of revolutionary government, if it comes to power) would...
  10. WI: Ottoman Empire modernizes successfully in 18th century, Russia does not

    In that scenario Russian-Ottoman conflicts simply would not happen by the obvious reason: Ottomans would not have a reason and Russia would not be able to go beyond the agreed upon “buffer zone” controlled by the Crimea. Tsardom would keep relying upon a relatively passive model of defense...
  11. Demographics of a world without the Great War megathread

    No it wasn’t settled, hell as Europe descended into WW1 the British cabinets main issue was trying to get Nationalists and Unionists to agree to a partition plan in talks at the Palace. It still could have gone either way (as to a degree it was only after WW1 London settled on NI coming into...
  12. Earlier use of Tall Boys (beer)

    Large (+12oz) containers of beer have been common since beer has been packaged. There were big cans of beer in the steel cone-top days. There were "picnic" size bottles forever, big enough to serve 4.
  13. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    The extra space for an autoloader would be better used to give the Crew better ergonomics and have more ready use ammunition, 6pds rounds are not heavy or long rounds so loading by hand will be quicker than the gunner can lay the gun onto the target.
  14. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    There was no way Stalin would have allowed a Western air base in his territory so the attack on Auschwitz would have had to come from Italy, The idea of destroying 12 or more rail bridges to cut off the flow of victims was beyond the technical accuracy of 1944. An attack on the camp itself...
  15. [Query] Successful Ottomanization or Turkification of Greece?

    This could be said to be the reality - Greeks were very much important players in Ottoman politics, playing a key role in the bureaucracy and esp. in foreign affairs over the 18th century.
  16. soviet_killer

    Map Thread XX

    ok I love that
  17. Romanov Ascendant: What if the Soviet Union survived?

    Unlikely, limited migration would be a thing, but large amounts of immigration would hurt relations with the WP nations. And such conflicts would look very bad for the CCCP, as Romania's defiance did historically.
  18. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    @OldNavy1988 Will the last animated film released in Walt Disney SR.'s lifetime still by an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film like in the original version? How are Walt's grand project cities coming? Does Walt Sr. still appear on the Sunday night variety show from time to time?
  19. Which countries would have been most likely to fall to Communism during the 20th Century?

    The capitalist powers didn't seriously attempt to crush the revolution in Russia; the Allied interventions were overwhelmingly focused at trying to get Russia back in the war/recover war materials, not push on Moscow, which is why they ended once WW1 ended. The other capitalist powers (the CP)...
  20. Berlin Contengency or War on the Autobahn

    An german articel, how NATO could have tried to military break a new blockade during the Berlin-crisis. https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article217517954/Kalter-Krieg-So-wollte-die-Nato-West-Berlin-retten.html There would be Bercon-plans for ALPHA: Enforcing a new air-lift BETA: Nuclear...
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