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  1. The Kaiser's Toy Fleet and the Real German Army

    The naval build-up has an interesting side effect. There´s practically no german civil service. I actually couldn´t say at the moment if the civil servants performing Reich (federal) functions weren´t just on loan from the member states. There wasn´t de jure a german army. There´s a rising...

  2. Why did Germany's WWI invasion of Russia work?

    I´d say many aspects came together: A weak industry to support the war effort, with disputes between staffs, the Court, whomever; at least for the 1914 offensive I´ve read half of the Russian divisions didn´t get the new cypher books on time, so they radioed in clear.

  3. The German north-east seceeds in "Die Grenze"

    Sounds interesting. Strange to meet Prof. Battis in the article. He´s a brilliant professor of administrative law.

  4. WI West Germany sent combat troops to Vietnam in 1966?

    No, I actually don´t think so. We are talking about the GG of 66 here: All the articles introducing a narrow definition of "defense" like Art. 87a GG, 115a GG weren´t in the GG until 1968. So we have only Art. 26 GG "Prohibition of Wars of aggression" - but here, an allied government asks...

  5. WI West Germany sent combat troops to Vietnam in 1966?

    I´m not sure. If it´s a NATO request, it´s not such a problem.

  6. WI West Germany sent combat troops to Vietnam in 1966?

    hm. What about an advisory mission of the Bundesgrenzschutz? (Federal border police) a paramilitary security force with light tanks could see a role there.

  7. Ways for the Nazi Reich to survive W/OUT total victory?

    I think the basic pattern needs a less successful Axis in the first part of the war: the patterns of strategic thinking cultivated until the thirties were very effectively broken in 1940 with the fall of France. And if Japan is less successful in the Far East, we might see something very...

  8. Rhine Danube Link

    of course. My idea Austria tries an aggressive economical policy towards the southern german states. btw and partly unrelated, I think there´s a part in "Wealth of Nations" where Smith speculates about the benefits of one country controlling the Danube from mouth to spring.

  9. Rhine Danube Link

    An earlier, better canal could propel A-H interest in economic cooperation, maybe an earlier "Zollverein" on a south-eastern Axis?

  10. Rhine Danube Link

    ACtually, it´s an idea going back to Charlemagne: I´ve found a map on Wikipedia

  11. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    talk about a rich man´s war

  12. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    Bill, I don´t want to be misunderstood: the battles in the Pacific were hard- but different from Europe. Sorry if it came over differently. Coral Sea and Midway were battles between carrier task forces (I discount the B-17s from Midway) and Okinawa as a quasi- part of the Japanese homeland...

  13. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    Yes, but at the same time, is it worth the effort in 1944? You have long range escorts & strategic bombers who can cover all the areas you could reach with your naval task force, and can´t rule out a german submarine getting lucky. Maybe an attack on Norway, but it´s a secondary theatre at best.

  14. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    Otoh, the said hostile environment would make it hard for unprotected Carriers.

  15. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    I was thinking about british/ german carriers. Ark Royal - 60 planes, Graf Zeppelin about 30

  16. No West Berlin

    it was more of a political point- in several ways. Potsdam declared 4 power responsibility, so giving up western positions in Berlin would undermine the whole position in western germany. (that´s why Kennedy is for some people, quite awful with his 4 essentials)

  17. German Carrier Fleet 1939-45

    Carriers in European waters overrated? We have from time to time threads about carriers in european waters. I think that´s generally overrated because of the pacific war. Pacific: The US attacked with a very strong force on their own time rather isolated outposts one by one. In european...

  18. WI the North German Confederation never united with the southern German states?

    Maybe a Southern German Federation of sorts?

  19. The Saving of German Democracy

    Maybe they bring Adolph Hoffmann back. This would make a fun TL.

  20. The Saving of German Democracy

    why did you introduce a minister of education? Stronger centralisation tendencies?
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