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  1. pandizzy

    An Imperial Match: Anne Boleyn marries Charles V

    I'm still debating on the necessity of it. They are 7th cousins once removed, and there's the marriage contract he signed before, so maybe just the pope saying "its cool" will make it valid.
  2. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Don’t think the Germans have a clear idea of what the Valiant is capable of if memory serves though they should be getting some report from thr Italians which should be filling in the gaps if their officers take them seriously. Also would it be worth expansion of the repair and maintenance for...
  3. An Imperial Match: Anne Boleyn marries Charles V

    Would a dispensation actually be required?
  4. Early Discover of Oil in the Middle East

    It was Persian Gulf oil that convinced the Royal Navy to switch from coal to oil prior to WWI.
  5. How long would it take for the Confederates to abolish slavery if they won the civil war?

    Sure. But if Texas decalres independence the CSA isn't going to be able to stop them.
  6. Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    CANDU style reactors operate on unenriched uranium and produce plutonium.
  7. Alessandro

    Primavera d'Italia: War, Love and Revolution

    Ohhh that's devious 😈 just when the Pope decided to withdraw his "support" to the unification of Italy Ferdinando and Cavour delivered this masterstroke 🤔😆 if the Pope decline this offer he risk an uprising at worst and a lot best losing a massive amount of face and the possibility of...
  8. TL-191: After the End

    You said Texas was an independent country. As an independent country ITTL, what happens to its power grid during the February 2021 Winter Storm? Keep in mind that even OTL, its state grid is largely independent of the rest of the USA. I assume that it's even more so than in OTL. Naturally...
  9. WI: The Enterprise completes its five year mission (Star Trek survives for 5 seasons)

    Ranks of each character after TOS ITTL ends: Kirk: Captain Spock: Commander McCoy: Commander (gets promoted in season 5 when Spock leaves the show) Scott: Lieutenant Commander Uhura: Lieutenant Commander Sulu: Lieutenant Commander Chekov: Lieutenant (he gets LTJG in season 4 and is promoted...
  10. Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    But reactors can produce plutonium, and all that requires is chemistry to separate. Really plutonium is an easier path to fission weapons than uranium.
  11. Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    You don't actually need a bomb to have 'nuclear weapons'. I remember reading a science fiction story written in the late 30s or very early 40s where a nation used airplanes to scatter radioactive dust over enemy cities.
  12. German completely adopts the defensive September 1942

    Whatever the Germans do after Stalingrad is just rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. Better choices (from their POV) may prolong the war a few months, worse choices may shorten it a few months. They're just too heavily outnumbered in men and material. The numbers @TDM posted spell...
  13. WI British/Italian war in the 1930s

    Nothing to stop them raising loans earlier. The issue was, deflation and cutting government spending was seen at the time as the way to fix things. And ironically they were right, it was just that the social cost was, really, too high. There were many voices in the early 30's suggesting that the...
  14. pandizzy

    An Imperial Match: Anne Boleyn marries Charles V
    Threadmarks: 3rd of July, 1522.

    Hever, England. 3rd of July, 1522. “You can’t possibly think we believe in you, Anne,” said her father, his face red with fury. “But it’s true,” Anne responded, extending her arm. On her finger, there was a golden ring, a ring that until the day previous had been on the hand of Emperor...
  15. German completely adopts the defensive September 1942

    I have to point out the problems here of substantial disruptions to production while factories retool to produce a different model of aircraft, not to mention lowered productivity as factories have to learn how to efficiently build a new design. And surrender access to food and vital raw...
  16. Alternate History: Explain the historical event

    I'd suggest shortening this a bit.
  17. WI British/Italian war in the 1930s

    You don't seem to realise the position Britain was in in the 30's with Sterling. That was one of the reasons America worked so hard to destroy it in 1944, it was very advantageous. Britain had currency limitations - in the USA, with dollars. Everyone else takes sterling, which they control the...
  18. Sārthākā

    How long would it take for the Confederates to abolish slavery if they won the civil war?

    you missed my point with that example. I said 'no-ww1' not 'csa wins confederacy' as my example. Economic Trends remain 'similar' not the same. There is a difference.
  19. Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    Thing is, its a lot easier to build a bomb than a reactor! Both need enrichment. Bomb-grade material just needs higher U235 content, its pretty much the same thing but with more iterations. But building a reactor runs into all sorts of issues about contamination, safety, and corrosion issues...
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