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  1. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    Great TL, Star Eater! Could I write a couple of vignettes about life in places like Kyiv, Moscow and Kaliningrad ITTL? I can send them for pre-approval if it's needed.

  2. What if Japan had joined Barbarossa?

    This made me think of another interesting point. If you recall the issues with B-29s landing on Soviet territory, they and their crews were interned due to SU pacific neutrality. Nothing like that in this TL. Here the bombrs could continue working from Soviet airfields. What's more, we could get...

  3. What if Japan had joined Barbarossa?

    Calbear, AFAIK, they still had a significant number of BT-7s as late as 1945. Also, Apanasenko (the Far East Front commander) did send many divisions to the West, replacing them with others formed on the spot. It is clear that we do not get them in October-November, whatever the course of war...

  4. What if Japan had joined Barbarossa?

    If the state of affairs is the same as in the western mechanized corpses, the best way to use these tanks would be stationary defense points. I cannot find any western sources for that, but try looking for directive No. 1 of June, 21. Stalin _did_ order to prepare the forces for attack, but to...

  5. What if Japan had joined Barbarossa?

    I'm betting on the USSR holding out. We still have the Siberian divisions, as well as Ural industry. Still, Soviet Union is significantly weaker then IOTL, although China becomes communist sooner (circa 1945). Still, the bomb is not to be expected until early 50's. And absence of German assets...

  6. Trotsky Ascendent?

    Think of Tukhachevsky's army and your get the idea. A doctrine based on sparking up a proletarian revolution by attacking a capitalist country is pretty awesome... Except that it never worked.

  7. What if Japan had joined Barbarossa?

    I we assume that somehow, just somehow (one plausible version is no-Zhukov and thus indecisive Halhin-Gol) the Japanese do attack on the 22st of June, things still don't look so bright for the Soviets. These 3000 tanks in the Far East are probably equivalent to the 20000 tanks (TM) in the...

  8. Trotsky Ascendent?

    If Trotsky is patient enough (which I doubt), then he is going to start WWII in 1929-1930, taking the Great Depression for the agony of capitalism. Here he does have a chance to succeed, conquering Europe and eventually heating up the revolutionary situation in the US. That is, again, only if...

  9. 4th Countries of an Alternate World Thread

    The powerful Byzantine Empire has sought to bring the Slavs into her sphere of influence since the Dark Ages. For a long time it played the part of OTL Golden Horde in determining the politics of the Balkan and East European tribes. The Varyag influence was thus limited to the northern lands of...

  10. 4th Countries of an Alternate World Thread

    I'm going to try and extract a timeline for Russia and her closest neighbours. BC 1000 Khazaria Enclaves zenith (contradiction? ) 0850 Khazaria Enclaves founded AD 0859 Novgorod Republic founded 0900 c. Norway founded 1000 c. Sweden founded 1030 Novgorod Republic zenith 1046 Volga...

  11. Factors needed for successful Nazi invasion of the Soviets

    That military purge idea is nice. But I imagine it being better with no military purge and the "Marshal Plot" (assuming it was real) succeeding. With Tuhachevsky's "incredible" military talents and out-of-touch-with-reality projects of Red Army development you could easily have a 1939 Soviet...

  12. 1945 - Stalin dead in a "horse accident".

    It is a not-so-known fact that Stalin was supposed to appear on horseback during the parade of 1945. But, when he tried out riding a horse, it turned out that he was absolutely unable to do that - due to his figure, age and lack of skill. At some point he fell off the horse. Nothing happened...

  13. A World of Communism

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtU3vUOa2sw

  14. Soviet Beatles?

    Like I said, we need cultural exchange. Does anything but surviving Roosevelt come to mind?

  15. Germanisation of the Conquered Peoples

    The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and probably Britain would most likely be entirely German by now. The population excesses would colonize Eastern Europe, which would be made easier as Slavic population continues to decrease. Still, the culture of these lands would be predominantly German (any...

  16. A World of Communism

    "People of America! Comrades! Brothers and sisters! Today our glorious nation once again stands in defense of democracy and social justice. The People's Congress has just approved direct action against the fascist regime of Saddam Hussein. As I speak, sons and daughters of the Socialist States...

  17. Economical prospects of Communist Germany

    There is still a darker side to this TL, and this is the attitude of "democracies" towards the Germany-USSR tandem. The West will not allow Germany to violate Versailles. I can't see a possibility to win WWII for the communists. That is why they probably would try to rock the boat during the...

  18. Soviet Beatles?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson Here is one candidate. Still, what we need is a different attitude towards the Soviets after WWII. One plausible variant is Roosevelt staying alive and prompting a more peaceful post-war world with increased cultural exchange. Another musician that...

  19. A World of Communism

    More on the peculiarities of the superpowers: German (or French) European Socialist Union would be orthodox Marxist and internationalist, thus criticizing Soviet Russia for revisionism and nationalism. "Eastasia" has its twisted version (with an immeasurable personality cult and occasional...

  20. A World of Communism

    Interesting that OTL major powers would still emerge: German-dominated Europe, Russia, China, America. As for the rest of the world, in the worst case (1984-style) scenario it would be a constant battleground, At best - retain most of its independence with all the superpowers making a...
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