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  1. What if during the 1980's troubles Ireland was united but "committed" a terrifying bombing and Britain declared war on Ireland

    The POD is quite poor but the basic answer is that A State does not generally go to war with another state if attacked by non-state actors not acting in the name of said state even if they are from that state. Obviously we have an immediate and recent example where this did happen with...
  2. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Which one? The Fourth Crusade, which went immediately off the rails and sacked two Christian cities? The Northern Crusades, which started as conquest (by the Scandinavians) and forced conversion at swordpoint (by the Germans) and which devolved into outright settler colonialism? Or how about the...
  3. A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France

    @FalconHonour I'm merely going to say this. Henry + Francis + Incas = Happy me. That is all.
  4. AHC: The US with a high speed rail system as prolific as in East Asia or western Europe

    The problem is that the two issues are interrelated. There are no "low hanging fruits" for HSR in the US without changing the way a significant proportion of the US population lives and travels starting in the late 40's. Car culture, suburbanization, the interstates combined with chronic...
  5. thezerech

    Was Austria-Hungary really doomed?

    I don't think Austria-Hungary was doomed necessarily, but I think it could not survive WWI in its pre-war form. What I mean is that Habsburg power could survive, but they needed to adapt. The Slavic peoples of the Empire had little reason to support the Habsburgs. The Ukrainians and Poles vastly...
  6. Realistic Outcome of a Henry Wallace Presidency?

    ...Or Wallace simply waits for the USSR to enter the War and the Japanese surrender for the same reason in our world. The without the racist f*****r Jimmy Byrnes at the London conference literally threatening Molotov, again after Truman shouted at him during their first meeting, you likely get...
  7. Kynan

    The son of Anne of Brittany and Charles 8th lives?

    A counterpoint is that Eleanor is ONLY 6 years his junior, and that’s an age gap that would be acceptable for the time. Unless he’s sickly and needs to marry ASAP, they’re probably going to at least consider her. I agree Elizabeth is more likely, if just because by the time Eleanor is strongly...
  8. SealTheRealDeal

    Revival of Mongolia as a military power

    Yes, but the thread's topic is a militarily powerful Mongolia. This alt.Mongolia might have a much larger military than OTL, but much of that would have to be devoted to internal security, largely negating the gains.
  9. The Plantagenet Succession

    Did you find the thing I mentioned?
  10. Sports What Ifs.

    I’ll add one for the 85 Bears. What if Al Harris and Todd Bell settled their contract disputes with the team?
  11. thezerech

    July 1917 Kadet Coup against Kerenksy?

    I think this thread derailed itself more than anything else I think. Otherwise, I want to reiterate, not specifically to Ulyanovsk, my assumption has been that the Kadets/reactionary officers would try to coup Kerensky specifically in reaction to increased Ukrainian autonomy, I'm suggesting...
  12. Thousand-Week Reich - A 'realistic' Nazi victory scenario

    It'd be good if the USSR/Russia could eventually get nuclear weapons, I've done two play throughs where I've reached the Reich's borders, I begin the war and I get nuked. I usually still win because they nuke totally random cities, but being able to fling my own back would be fun. EDIT: I...
  13. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Is this the point where you define any killing you agree with as "not murder", to sidestep the issues of declaring all murder evil? Of course not. Because you didn't stop it. If an arsonist burns down my house, he bears blame. So do you, if you could reasonably stop him without commiting...
  14. AHC: Save a notorious flop

    UHF: Tell Weird Al to wait a few months so he’s not up against a bunch of blockbusters.
  15. What if during the 1980's troubles Ireland was united but "committed" a terrifying bombing and Britain declared war on Ireland

    As I’ve said before, in such a situation those units are most likely involved in a massive Troubles on steroids in NI as the loyalist groups react against Nationalist/Catholic populations, also to be blunt even in a situation when the U.K. did this Dublin would have known beforehand, I’d imagine...
  16. Stonewall Dies at Bull Run

    In OTL Gen. Bee was shot just after his famous "There stands Jackson like a stone wall" remark (regardless of what he meant by it. ) Suppose Jackson himself had been shot immediately afterwards, his young soldiers had panicked, and joined the rest of the green Confederates (many of whom...
  17. Was Austria-Hungary really doomed?

    The problem is not the war, collapse during the war is not so frequent and you need some special circumstance like Russia 1917 and Italy 1943 with the central authority basically collapsing on hiw own...the problem is the immediate moment the bullet stop
  18. The Professor

    What's your favorite alternate ethnolinguistic situation for England?

    It's a different linguistic situation since they passed through and settled in urbanised Romance areas.
  19. Goeben Atlantic breakout

    @ArtosStark OTL Goeben did leave at 1am August 3rd, and did so at a speed of 17 knots. http://www.flamboroughmanor.co.uk/superiorforce/chapter3.htm
  20. Ulyanovsk

    July 1917 Kadet Coup against Kerenksy?

    Much appreciated! Sorry for derailing the thread - I'll do a bit of reading and post an answer to what I think would happen in the case of a Kadet/coup from the right against Kerensky in 1917 tonight!
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