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  1. Keep the Essex class as a strike carrier

    They Spey was chosen for a number of reasons that are specific to British requirements and not needed by the US. First and foremost the Spey provides a lot more bleed air to the far more powerful BLC blown flaps, as well as considerably more overall power particularly at low level. This gives...
  2. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    This map shows Europe in 1917, after the Berlin Peace Conference:
  3. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    Berlin Peace Conference After all parties involved have signed the armistice, Germany organizes a peace conference in Berlin. Three treaties will be drawn up at this conference, named after the location where the discussions take place. The status quo at the time of the armistice is taken as a...
  4. WI: No Drug War

    The drug war started under the progressives with prohibition and other drugs, yes Nixon took a bad idea and more fully implimented it but we are talking about something that had been going on for awhile and was supported by people in both the left and the right. With that out of the way the...
  5. RedKing

    WI: Henry Fitzroy had had a son?

    So an Elizabeth-Fitzroy match? Maybe their son (let's call him Edward) could marry a French princess like Margaret of Valois?
  6. What would the British do if German tanks roll into Dunkirk? (no halt order)

    Its a bit obscure. You have to actually read Guderians book, or some old 1960s histories of the campaign to catch it. My Guderian WI is if he had gone into plastics? never midwifed the panzerwaffee. (there a movie reference there. Bonus if you can identify it.) For Rommel I have his father...
  7. Earlier use of Tall Boys

    Its mentioned in James Brickhill's 'The Dambusters', the pens at Le Harve were also attacked in this way.
  8. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Churchill noted of the 'H2S' system that: '...H2S was found to be difficult to use, even for area bombing, if there were no prominent water features within the target...' (The Second World War volume V, 'The Mounting Air Offensive') Edit: (This post made in response to discussion of H2S on the...
  9. McPherson

    Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    I would have used any reasonable war-legal and moral excuse to get at the Nazi regime from the East. Russia is an unused air attack vector for airpower for most of the war. The death camps were just one set of industrial targets for the US (fictional) 25th Army Air Force. Do not forget, that a...
  10. SEAD without anti radiation missiles [ 1970 to 1991]

    Locating the missile launch sites with photography or direct observation, & attacking them directly with bombs, missiles, or cannon & MG. That does not do much for missiles in the air, but reduces future launches. When I wrote cannon I also meant field artillery. Back when I was paid to do...
  11. jacobthebruh

    The JABB Project - One Borderpool to Rule Them All

    Should I expand the size of the JABB map? https://www.strawpoll.me/42864515
  12. What if the Soviet Union never existed?

    Maria Spiridonova and the Left SRs probably could have beat the Bolsheviks to the punch in August or September of 1917. The Bolsheviks weren't alone in ruthlessness (I mean, the SRs were pioneers in terrorism and political assassination), but Lenin was definitely better than his contemporaries...
  13. Fumbling through the Wilderness - a TL from 1918

    Sorry i was not clear. I meant that the independent Liberals and Asquiths petulant behaviour did far more damage to the Liberal cause than anything LG did. They were largely little men with little talent and the party and the country would have been better off without them. Any great success...
  14. What performance can a turboprop fighter of the late 1940s achieve?

    Just for fun here is the Wikipedia article on the Piper Enforcer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-48_Enforcer
  15. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    The map below gives an outline of the course of this "Alternate Great War"
  16. HMS EAGLE in the Falklands (Story Only)
    Threadmarks: The Road to Stanley

    Firebase Kent, 25th – 29th May When capital punishment was still practised in Britain hangmen used to carefully measure out the length of rope to be used. The aim was to allow for a long enough drop to create enough momentum to cause what was known as a hangman’s fracture. This term meant a...
  17. AHC: Save a notorious flop

    What about the franchise-killing Batman and Robin? The first step, I assume, would be not having Clooney wear that ridiculous batsuit with nipples.
  18. WI: Henry Fitzroy had had a son?

    Edward was a pretty firm Protestant so one of his main goals was keeping the throne from Mary. And FitzRoy Sr and Elizabeth together would have a very strong claim.
  19. WI: Ottoman Empire modernizes successfully in 18th century, Russia does not

    Y Whst if for some reason early 18th century Ottoman Empire modernized successfully experiencing renewed economic and population growth while Russia descended into total decadence becoming the sick man of Europe? How does it impact everyone around? Much weaker Russia would not be able to mess...
  20. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    Suppose the Central Powers are victorious in 1916 because Germany chooses an "east first" strategy, what will Europe look like afterwards? I have worked out a timeline for this and incorporated it into maps. I am curious about your opinion! Prelude 1914 28 June Murder of Franz Ferdinand...
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