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  1. FriendlyGhost

    Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    Probably about six to eight weeks to the Faroes and maybe another two to three to Iceland. That's assuming the ship is of a design similar to the ones used by the Danes and Norse at the time (the 'Vikings'). For comparison, the replica longship 'Sea Stallion of Glendalough' made the trip from...
  2. Was it surprising Argentina didn't become a decent size power or at least a dominant economy?

    I really don't think that holds up to scrutiny, popular though it may be. The protectionist phase in Irish economic history was much shorter than people realise - the 30s and the war, basically. After the war, accepting Marshall aid money required liberalisation, which was followed by plans to...
  3. AHC/WI: WWII Axis Commando Raids in the Western Hemisphere?

    It’s because deep down inside Americans still fear posh Brits. It’s a holdover from the War of Independence or something. They may dislike nazis, but when they need someone to really hate, they call for the Home Counties Crew.
  4. Moonlight in a Jar: An Al-Andalus Timeline

    When are we talking about here? The term changed in meaning between 1200-1400 otl, but it's hardly been the same political situation ittl. Then again, it's not like medieval Europe really cares who lays a claim to Greek heritage, as we all know that Greeks are effeminate and were never really...
  5. AHC get a Dixiecrat POTUS

    If Sparkman were thrust into office due to Stevenson's assassination— possibly by an extreme segregationist whose motive was to get fellow a segregationist into the job, as suggested upthread— I wouldn't say it's outside the realm of possibility for Sparkman to have a "come to Jesus" moment on...
  6. AHC: competent Red Army by 1939

    Alternatively: militarize less prior to 1938 and instead use those resources to focus on capacity building, laying the proper groundwork to support the expansion and modernization when it does come. Having less T-26s, BT-7s, and I-16s in 1938/9 can be worth it if one has instead focused on...
  7. Neoteros

    Sports What Ifs.

    What if the FIA-FOTA dispute had resulted in an actual parallel championship, the Grand Prix World Championship, being run? The best case scenario for FOTA and the GPWC would've resulted in this absolutely stacked lineup in 2010: The Monaco, Silverstone, Monza and Abu Dhabi circuits would've...
  8. Boldly Going: A History of an American Space Station

    ...on Shuttle-C, with its ability to throw a whole metric crapton of stuff into low orbit (way more than Shuttle or even Enterprise ever could) *and* return the expensive bits back to Earth (unlike Enterprise). Even better, while Enterprise could only ever be a one off deal in its lifetime...
  9. Luath

    Boldly Going: A History of an American Space Station

    Holy Moley! That is the single best render @nixonshead has ever done! It should be framed.
  10. RedKing

    What if Henry VIII had been better prepared to be King?

    So something like: Henry VIII of England (1491-1549), reigned from 1509, M. Eleanor of Austria (1498-1556), had issue 1. Princess Elizabeth (1515-1559) M. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500-1557) 2. Princess Mary (1517-1550) 3. King Henry IX (1519-1572) 4. Prince Edward, Duke of York...
  11. The Spirit of Salamis- A Short Allied Victory in Crete TL

    If Patton goes on one of his slapping sprees and strikes a man under Slim's command, then I can see Slim intensely disliking Patton. But even then it won't be a rivalry, if you hold someone in contempt then they are unfit to be your rival
  12. Holodomor causes Ukrainian rebellion?

    Nor do those content with their situation ;) Poland was less than friendly to their Ukrainians, sure, but other than them who else? Romania? Their Ukrainian numbers weren't really enough to worry about. Czechoslovakia? The Rusyns were mostly fine with being left alone. And that's not...
  13. The Forge of Weyland

    Sure, and a decent speed is of limited use in close waters. In April 1940 no-one in the Admiralty or AU/NZ Governments considered scheduling sailing troopships (about to depart NZ and AU ports) past the submarines and destroyers of the Red Sea Flotilla a worthwhile risk (there wasn't anywhere to...
  14. What if Henry VIII had been better prepared to be King?

    Pretty likely. I will give them six, letting her inherit her mother’s good luck in childbearing
  15. AHC/WI: US Adopts Jefferson's "Measures Plan"

    I think the question of what effects this would have is kinda troublesome; due to the way time and butterflies work, such a change could result in an absolute infinity of different worlds, in the very same way that going back in time and changing anything at all could affect the timeline in wild...
  16. RedKing

    What if Henry VIII had been better prepared to be King?

    True, it was mainly her obsessive fasting that lead to her downfall. So if Henry VIII marries Eleanor they could have 4-5 surviving children.
  17. What if Henry VIII had been better prepared to be King?

    Age was the lesser of Catherine‘s many problems, as she was not yet so old (and likeky that was her only advantage over Eleanor)
  18. AHC get a Dixiecrat POTUS

    It's possible. During the 1952 campaign Sparkman supposedly told at least one African-American editor (in a private interview) that if elected Vice President "he would become another Hugo Black." Though of course that could have just been him pandering. (In public during that same campaign...
  19. AHC/WI: NACA Rocket Research

    The National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics was a U.S. government body set up in 1915 to support research into various aeronautical problems, as a result of the widespread usage of aerial warfare in World War I and the recognition that the United States, despite being the originator of the...
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    Sorry this being rewritten
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