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  1. A swift Republican victory in the Spanish Civil War?

    There might be an even "quicker" victory by avoiding the whole civil war at all. "The government of the Second Republic, led by Santiago Casares Quiroga, gathered for its customary Friday Cabinet meeting on July 10, 1936. Bernardo Giner de los Ríos, the minister of communication, handed the...
  2. A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France

    *clenches teeths and goes back to my burgundian tl and writes aggressivly about Catherine being awesome*
  3. Keynes' Cruisers Volume 2
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    The French Rivera, 0600 May 14, 1944 The Free French battleship Lorraine fired the first shell that would land on her country's southern liberation. Four seconds later, Arkansas and New York started their bombardment. Eight miles to the east, the Royal Navy's bombardment group centered around...
  4. A swift Republican victory in the Spanish Civil War?

    I assume they'd fight on for a few months before finally surrendering in either late 1936 or early 1937, especially if the Army of Africa stays in Morocco. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if a Nazi invasion of Spain turned into Peninsular War 2: Electric Boogaloo, since they'd probably alienate...
  5. WI: Warsaw Pact armies if USSR liberalizes

    Georgy Malenkov (a Stalinist to the core, so don't expect any major political liberalization except shutting down the gulags and releasing most political prisoners) was in favor of investing in consumer goods rather than in heavy industry, so assuming he holds on to power and doesn't do anything...
  6. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    I wouldn't mind Gulf+Western buying the company. That is, if WB still wants to sell the company responsible for Pinwheel, MTV, and potentially Double Dare down the line. I mean, for all we know, Danger Mouse might have brought in money for Nickelodeon at the right time to have Warner keep it.
  7. Keynes' Cruisers Volume 2
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    The Aegean Coast of Greece, May 14, 1944 Just a few miles from the coast, two dozen landing barges motored along at a steady seven knots. They had been at sea since before dawn. Behind them where half a dozen larger landing craft with a half a dozen tanks aboard. The little flotilla was led...
  8. GrahamB

    A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    You and me, both! Just reading the outline for The Cheapest Muppet Movie... had me laughing. The touch where Gonzo is reduced to narrated storyboards before picking up his 'sponsorship' and finishing in lavish 70mm colour was a brilliant touch. And then Weird Al takes centre stage for the...
  9. GauchoBadger

    What are some likely convergences?

    Geographical politics are never so clear-cut. The same conditions you've attributed to Wales and Scotland can be applied to Portugal as well when that country is compared to Spain, yet here it is today.
  10. AHC: World War fought in North American soil?

    Any chance that the British could somehow violate American neutrality during the Great War? Hard to see how they'd do so--unrestricted submarine warfare against Americans trading with Germany seems unlikely when the RN rules the seas. Maybe something profoundly stupid like sailing into New...
  11. A swift Republican victory in the Spanish Civil War?

    Interesting Idea! No clue how plausible a quick collapse is. Even with a few less towns, wouldn't the putschists still control too much to expect them to throw up their hands? Also, no idea on France, but Hitler would indeed want to invade Spain, which he could easily pull off, but it would...
  12. perfectgeneral

    Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Industrialists are chasing contracts here. The government could issue a new requirement for extra spares as a contract, but so could Vickers. Tailor that sub-contract to suit the company struggling to get the go ahead on full production (Vauxhall) and they might regard it as a stop-gap measure...
  13. SirHalifax

    The Quarter-BAM project

    Sorry to ruin the fun, but East Timor in 2000 was under UN administration. Indonesia gave up the territory in 1999, and Timor became independent in 2002. So either a UN outline for East Timor color, Indonesian East Timor with UN outline, or color East Timor with UN blue,
  14. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    Maybe Amblin because I want to see what Spielberg has in mind for the studio
  15. Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    Ahhh i see, so it becomes a case of preventing the development of nuclear power itself then?
  16. Alternate Stewart succession of England?

    This is just something I came up with. We all know that Margaret Tudor had only one son by James IV to survive to adulthood, James V, and that she then married two other husbands who proved unsuitable for her: Angus and Lord Methven. However, after doing some research on Scottish politics at the...
  17. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    What I wonder is who Warner-Amex will be sold to. I'm considering Gulf & Western, MCA, Hearst, Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, Henson, and Amblin.
  18. RedKing

    A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France

    True I suppose. Ideally her epitaph reads “Here lies Infanta Catalina of Aragon. Married once to Prince Arthur, led astray by a most unfaithful sinner”.
  19. Alessio97

    Photos from 1983: Doomsday

    One don't need much in order to improve the ugly thing of before
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