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  1. Prolonging the Futility: A WW2 European TL
    Threadmarks: Oct 44-Jan 45

    Oct 44 – Jan 45: The last chance at peace In October, Stalin opted to attack the “soft” parts of the eastern front, particularly Estonia, with the hope of breaking through into Latvia, and then Lithuania; as well as a massive attack into Ukraine. Successful campaigns would create a salient...
  2. Osman Aga

    WI: Longer Tulip Period?

    There is too much time between the Tulip Period and 1890s to say if the Young Turks would ever come at all. You gotta check your butterflies m8...
  3. The 30 mm HE shell. The ideal weapon for use by WW2 Allied fighter planes?

    The third option is the MK 108, which has a high calibre (30mm) and rate-of-fire (650[850 for the A model] rounds/minute), but with a muzzle velocity of only 540 m/s. it also had a fairly manageable weight, of just 58 kg. the real trade-off is: rate-of-fire, calibre, muzzle velocity. Pick two.
  4. A Shift in Priorities - Sequel

    The paranoid is never entirely mistaken. (Sigmund Freud) Sa váshe sdaróvye, mumbled Karl Johann Schmid with an effort and raised his glass. Russian! He had grown up with German and French, could also communicate in Spanish and Italian at a pinch; Russian, however, was a closed book to him...
  5. The Children of Camelot

    I think Infanta Beatriz of Portugal would be a exellent bride for Arthur. Isabella is most likely aiming for a higher match on the European market.
  6. Osman Aga

    WI: Suleiman takes Vienna

    Vienna falls, the Ottomans pillage the city, enslave many, and burn down whatever they cannot carry... that is if they resist long enough but not enough to avoid an Ottoman takeover. The city will later be delegated to Zapolya's troops who will guard the city against Habsburg counterattacks and...
  7. What would the Americas be like if the Chinese colonized it?

    That was a great map! Love it :D
  8. SealTheRealDeal

    In the absence of Islam, which religion becomes the primary competitor to Christianity?

    They may not need to. "Merely" destroying the state organs that hindered the spread of Christianity and promoted the Zurvanite faith (which unlike Mazdaism did not survive long after the Sassanid's fall iOTL) would still have major consequences for the Iranian plateau.
  9. Prolonging the Futility: A WW2 European TL

    Goering can't feed everyone, there is a blockade.
  10. Shock

    A True World Cup: 24 teams at England '66

    Australia vs Brazil Netherlands vs Greece Columbia vs Portugal England vs Algeria (on Pens) United States vs Switzerland Belgium vs Chile Argentina vs Italy Germany vs Scotland Gotta continue my trend of liking everyone who says Germany will win. And constantly hoping the US loses and...
  11. Abnormally Suasive
    Threadmarks: Chapter 4:

    If you may recall your preteen years, for the most part, you were pretty confident of, well, everything. You considered yourself worldly and wise and able to do almost anything your mind could conceive. No obstacle seems too great or challenges impossible to conquer. My epiphany occurred when a...
  12. WI: Atari 7800 released in 1984

    Why no simple Nintendo buy atari? Might need Yamauchi sold his soul to the government banks but in bubble economy they can easily afford it
  13. Little Rock Nine Massacre

    Yeah, I did a double take when I saw that too. Plus, I just re-read the first page and he has Bull Connor endorsing the murder of high schoolers and openly calling for ethnic cleansing in like the second story post....so the fact that Connor is still somehow in a law enforcement position...
  14. What if the U.S. outsourced manufacturing to post-Soviet Russia instead of China?

    The problem with the idea of 1990s Russia following the Chinese trajectory is that it was already a highly developed middle-income economy with an urbanized population. There was simply not an opportunity for Russia to make the same sorts of quick easy gains from modernizing and urbanizing that...
  15. Osman Aga

    WI: Suleiman takes Vienna

    Ottomans support Protestant Nobles and let them keep their land in Hungary, who in return can help other Protestant Nobles in Germany and Bohemia in return. The nobility being Protestant is a great way to spread Protestantism among the Catholic Populace within Ottoman Territory.
  16. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    On the other hand think of the thrill. Imagine being a fisherman and enjoying a day out on the water bringing in your haul. Every time you just bring up fish you get a bit of happiness instead of Nerve gas. Sort of like those farmers in Northern France and Belgium who risk accidentally dousing...
  17. TheMann

    AHC: The US with a high speed rail system as prolific as in East Asia or western Europe

    ^ The UAC Turbotrain's issues and the comments about the British approach is why I went where I did on my comment about the possibility of a Via/Amtrak collaboration on the LRC, which was specifically designed to replace the Turbotrain. Dump the old Alco 251 prime mover for a CODOG setup, twin...
  18. Osman Aga

    WI: The Ottoman Siege of Candia lasted Far Shorter than OTL

    The situation with Candia was the result of post-Kemankes Mustafa Pasha period. That is from 1644 onwards. Kemankes Mustafa Pasha was an able official who would have dealt more decisive with certain issues like halting the Venetian Blockade of the Straits. Ibrahim being on the throne did not...
  19. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    The North Vietnamese invaded Cambodia long before Pol Pot came to power. They were the ones helping the Khmer Rouge in the first place. The North Vietnamese invasion of both Laos and Cambodia was what drew the war into those countries in the first place; because the Laotian and Cambodian...
  20. WI: Atari 7800 released in 1984

    ...they completely revamp the controller interface, merge MARIA and the Picture Processor into a consolidated chip design with the strengths of both,* Adds a (Quad) POKEY for sound, analog potentiometer control support, a FREDDIE MMU/DMA, and a consolidated ANTIC and TIA for 2600 backward...
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