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  1. Osman Aga

    Ottomans defeat Nader Shah

    It isn't hard to get Nader killed in battle. But if you just want him to be defeated again... Yes, Osman Pasha could have retained those units. The Ottomans were two years away from war with Russia to be in dire need of veterans. Nader Shah once again opts for truce and prepares for a new...
  2. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    One Belgian farmer was caught with dozens of shells in his outbuildings. He was using a cold chisel to remove copper driving bands from unexploded shells for scrap.
  3. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Irony is that (with a little effort) holding an island is easy, taking one is hard. So if Crete holds then the Allies have to "switch ends" and run into all the issues the Axis just had.
  4. Osman Aga

    Ottomans defeat Nader Shah

    In theory, the Russians would retain if Nader were to die in 1731-1732. But in reality, the areas were a money drain and Russia would either lose it to the Ottoman Empire in the next war (the Ottomans could field more in Anatolia and the Caucasus than the Russians, while Russian attention is...
  5. Foreign policy changes after a Bush win in ‘92

    The OP isn’t writing a timeline as far as they’ve said, and even if they were, it’s up to them whether or not have any tension in it.
  6. The 30 mm HE shell. The ideal weapon for use by WW2 Allied fighter planes?

    Doubtful. The Germans couldn't manage it, and it took postwar technologies to get that rate of fire with the muzzle velocity. The other problem is that very few fighters would be able to carry enough of them to be worth it. The MK 103, the closest the Germans got, was a 300-lb gun, which is...
  7. Keynes' Cruisers Volume 2

    Another R&R this afternoon. Mother ducking Reviewer #2, we chose these covariates as we explicitly said we were replicating the approach of a 200+ citation paper for a different population/context and that paper had these covariates.
  8. A Shift in Priorities - Sequel

    Never met Gandhi, but nevertheless was active in the independence movement. Became deputy prime minister of the Bengal state after independence and played an important role in forging the Indian Federation. Was minister for education of the IF for eight years. Retired in 1955 and turned towards...
  9. Can Persia Avoid Islam? If it Does, Can it Remain Zoroastrian?

    Ninjaed. Elaborating on this point, however, one could plausibly argue that Late Sasanian rulers had access to enough info about the Achaemenids if they wanted to, even though the official narrative they (alongside the Pahlav and high mobeds) crafted had no room for them as a source of...
  10. AHC: reverse the fates of Eastern and Western Europe

    Make it so that from the time of Classical Antiquity throughout the Middle Ages Eastern Europe (Scythia, Balto Slavs and Germanics possibly as well is developed while Western Europe (Italy, France, Spain) is poor backwater. Having Italia be divided among 4-5 rival powers could help. Having...
  11. Osman Aga

    WI: Longer Tulip Period?

    There was a trigger prior to Halil's revolt, that was Ahmed III going to the Persian front (what the people believed), only to return to Istanbul. The people found out and were of course pissed off. We can have Ahmed III going as far as Bursa but staying there. The Grand Vizier's and his Pasha's...
  12. McGoverning

    NJ is a big swing state which leaned R for the 1970s and 1980s, and could help in New York and Pennsylvania.
  13. KaiserFriedrichIV

    Charles and Edward agreed to fight for the hand of Juana (in reality for the country) there is...

    Charles and Edward agreed to fight for the hand of Juana (in reality for the country) there is chavalric tournament and Juana is the prize
  14. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Black comes in shades. There is no debating that the Nazi Empire was worse, by far, then anything else around and fighting it was a moral choice that ended with more good then the alternative. Saying the Western Allies (or even the USSR) were the good guys can be true and also not absolve them...
  15. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    War sucks, everyone becomes bastards.
  16. WI: Atari 7800 released in 1984

    I had one It was a good system but the controllers were not durable enough for continuous use If it was released in 1984 the controllers issue could have been corrected before the competition became more intense.
  17. "What Madness Is This?" Volume II: Prophecies in the Dark

    Shouldn't this be in Chat?
  18. Grains of Sand and Salt

    The important factor is if it can be grown on land not used by other crops. In temperate regions that mean they can be grown in areas which is often flooded like marshland, while in mediterranean climate that mean soil with a high salinity. If it's not labor intensive that's just a bonus. The...
  19. A more realistic (IMO) AHC: US Metro/Regional Transit as good as in Europe.

    This is US Metro/Regional Transit not HSR. NY to Miami is not regional. We are talking NYC/Jersey City/Newark and whatever realistically can hook up to that. I don't know the NY area enough to say how far from NYC is viable as one regional system.
  20. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    it was a mistake to comment on this thread because we cant talk abour modern politics, and to have a meaningful conversation around the morals and ethics of war and bombing requires the ability to talk about politics in the modern day. like I have alot to say about police and policing as a...
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