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  1. How much would it cost the modern UK to rebuild the Royal Navy to 1960s/70s levels of fleet strength?

    The second thing would be reopening closed training establishments. Which is another reason there's no real advantage to building overseas: if you have umpteen shiny new warships, but nobody to crew them, you've just wasted a huge wad of money. And you can't really solve the training problem by...
  2. RedKing

    Yeah they wouldn’t try to usurp the throne in any scenario here.

    Yeah they wouldn’t try to usurp the throne in any scenario here.
  3. KaiserFriedrichIV

    And by main line i mean

    And by main line i mean
  4. Romanov Ascendant: What if the Soviet Union survived?

    Maybe they can ease themselves into Socialist-Capitalism. Create private companies, but have the workers own 80% of it and the state own 20%. The workers can sell their shares but none should control more than the states shares. The soft purge of all the old members of the party can also combat...
  5. Basileus_Komnenos

    Byzantines reconquer southern Italy and Rome by 1100, how does Christendom develop from there?

    It was a whole series of gradual and specular sets of failures which eventually led to Manzikert. If you have Basil II sire an heir Sicily's conquest is likely done by him upon Basil's death. From there the Catepenate of Italy will likely focus on reconquest. Without the shenanigans of the...
  6. How important was the Dunkirk evacuation ?

    True, the Conscription Crisis wasn't as bad in Canada as in Ireland in the Great War but King wouldn't have wanted a repeat. IIRR Britain wasn't interested in Canadian troops in Europe until near the Fall of France, with one brigade in the 2BEF.
  7. How important was the Dunkirk evacuation ?

    The perceived issues were seen in the context of OTL i.e. having other options than having to do that and it being trade off with those issues. The issues among other things being basically the more Indian troops were used outside of India (and to a lesser extent southern Asia) the higher the...
  8. Byzantines reconquer southern Italy and Rome by 1100, how does Christendom develop from there?

    Question is will the ERE implode?The ERE has a penchant of reconquering some land and then implode and lose even more land.
  9. WI Italy discovers oil in Libya in early 1930s?

    The effects on world war II Italy will have to be a little more aggressive with its Navy to protect the supply lines going to Libya because if they don't their oil supply will be cut off. Italy just does not have a naval capability to maintain the supply lines, Germany would have to assist which...
  10. How important was the Dunkirk evacuation ?

    Canadian Army at the time was pretty much a joke, at least in comparison with loss of BEF... How much could they send in early summer 1940, one division?
  11. FalconHonour

    A Britain of Panthers and Lions: House of Oldenburg Britain

    Sounds good to me! I'll bring the strawberries dipped in chocolate!
  12. RedKing

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

    Congratulations on the well earned Turtledove!
  13. Denliner

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

    Well, the Spanish government (and to an extent the taxpayers) do partially own the theme park and are cooperating with the I-Works in this project, so inevitably Disney would be fairly careful in integrating the host country's culture into the park foremost before anything else. It's something...
  14. WI Italy discovers oil in Libya in early 1930s?

    The thing about "random Axis member gains lots of oil" threads is that unless they are in a relatively secure area then they will be a money pit and bomb magnet. Oil was not especially valuable in the run up to WW2 - there was a global glut of oil. It was a strategic resource clearly but...
  15. A Britain of Panthers and Lions: House of Oldenburg Britain

    I’m delighted to announce that this old boy alongside @FalconHonour s superb a queen twice over has won a turtledove. Thank you to all who voted. Falcon, I’ll get the champers shall I?
  16. FalconHonour

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

    Ladies and Gentlemen: I am thrilled to announce that we did it! Queen Twice Over has won the Early Modern Turtledove, alongside the wonderful 'Britain Of Panthers and Lions' by @VVD0D95 ❤ I am absolutely thrilled! I never thought for an instant that this TL would win so early in its...
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