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  1. Dunkirk disaster and Spain declares war on Britain.

    Again nothing but a collection of assertions that don't fit with actual facts. You grossly overstate the impact of the loss of the BEF on both British capabilities and others perceptions of the British. Neither Franco nor Stalin is going to go to war with the British unless the Heer is marching...
  2. British Empire in WW2 using colonial forces across pacific and european theatres in much larger numbers

    Whilst having possibly the largest empire with the highest population ever, the British for a variety of reasons didn't use colonial soldiers outside their regional theatres, whilst at the same time having a constant fear of never having enough British soldiers to match German and Japanese...
  3. Hitler incapacitated on 1 june 1940 (stroke/aphasia)

    You get a response over the BBC: “ HERR HITLER,” I said in my smoothest and most deferential , German, “you have on occasion in the past consulted me as to the mood of the British public. So permit me to render your excellency this little service once again tonight. Let me tell you what we here...
  4. Dunkirk disaster and Spain declares war on Britain.

    You keep throwing out unsupported assertions. Spain didn't believe it could take Gibraltar and neither did Germany - Germany planned for2 panzer and one motorised division to cover the siege artillery of 28 battalions(!) and two assault regiments. Spain does not have that kind of firepower...
  5. McPherson

    Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    I thought I covered this...
  6. KaiserFriedrichIV

    Edward IV and Henry Tudor/VII switch personalities

    Please quote this or i will kill you
  7. AHC: Make Lyndon LaRouche actually a relevant political figure

    Maybe if he follows the Trotskyite-to-Neocon line that a couple of American Social Democrats followed and becomes a Republican. It would take a lot of reworking of his ideas (SCENE: The White House. Margaret Thatcher is visiting. LaRouche is one of Reagan's advisors, but his mouth is covered...
  8. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    The British had used defoliants in their successful Malayan counter insurgency campaign. Seeing this the USA simply saw it as a successful tactic and tried to emulate it. I don't think that the long term impact of the chemicals was even thought about at the time. Anyway this is out of scope...
  9. Admiral Bloonbeard

    If Britain/France vs Germany/Italy goes on for many years, what moves do the Soviets make?

    Romania already had an exclusive oil deal with Britain and France OTL
  10. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Better boats don't do a thing about poor navigation skills, though not using 15 year old Midshipmen to command them might.
  11. KaiserFriedrichIV

    Edward IV and Henry Tudor/VII switch personalities

    Please teach me how do delete this
  12. WI: Hebrew goes extinct

    Can Hebrew be revived in Antiquity or Early Middle Ages?
  13. McPherson

    Alternate warships of nations

    I did a number on Savo Island where I tried to rehab Crutchley. One may want to read it. Start here. By the time one reaches the casualty lists, one should be shocked at the results, even if everything had gone "right". Two competent navies who know what they are doing, tend to kill each...
  14. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    IIRC they were using rowing-boat though, weren't they? This time wouldn't they be a bit better-equipped? Does anyone know what the harbour defences of Rhodes were like?
  15. Brabant choses differently in 1355

    Well Louis II count of flanders would offcourse remain count of flanders but in the ATL he would sign the Joyous Entry I think that makes her Margaret the duchess no? Louis II could name himself duke but say she dies without a heir would brabant go to one of her sisters or to Louis II? (I imagen...
  16. Orry

    Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Almost key word that
  17. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Exactly. It is okay to look into the Abyss, as long as when the Abyss looks back at you you punch it between the eyes and remember who the hell you are.
  18. AHC: is it feasible if the world started diversfying away from fossil fuels much earlier

    Maybe in due course wind power as well (perhaps combined with pumped hydro schemes to provide energy storage.). Solar might also eventually have a role to play as the technology improved.
  19. Foreign policy changes after a Bush win in ‘92

    800,000 persons were killed over 100 days, which is quick, but there’s still enough time to do something. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26875506 Following the president’s plane going down, the killing was done by using government checkpoints and checking ID cards which already existed...
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