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  1. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    I believe that armed merchant ships were regarded as naval axillaries and under the convention these would be subject to the same rules as warships. Essentially I think the Turks would do whatever they felt was in their best interests and then find a way to justify it. In any event most...

  2. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    The Montreux Convention allows the passage of merchant vessels with "Complete freedom of navigation and passage by day and by night under any flag and with any kind of cargo". It specifically states that in time of war the same conditions apply (so long as Turkey is neutral). So the Axis could...

  3. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    But the British have to pay for that from their declining amounts of US Dollars or specie instead of getting it from oilfields they control. Economics dictates that they get as much as possible from the Middle East instead of the US.

  4. Why the Chinese play cricket (an Imperial Federation timeline)

    At the end of the day any treaty is only valid if the signatories feel it in their best interest to comply. If the object of a given treaty is no longer felt to be in the national interest or if the cost of complying with a treaty is deemed to be greater then any benefit gained then a nation...

  5. Why the Chinese play cricket (an Imperial Federation timeline)

    Actually Quebec did not feel any particular loyalty to France as the general feeling prior to WW1 was that France abandoned them to the English. There was a quote which I can't find anymore related to a French official trying to drum up support during the war to which a Quebec official replied...

  6. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    And in many ways that doctrine still exists in the form of the AH-64 Apache units, which are essentially tank destroyer units.

  7. Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread III

    I guessing it was more than just a scare based upon the quote "he instantly saw the danger that they couldn’t possibly know about. One that the Luftwaffe had learned about though bitter experience." That suggests at least one prior incident. Given that it specifically mentions the...

  8. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    It's a one hour video. You really need to get past the first 3 minutes. The title splash doesn't even come up until 7 minutes in. Though I will admit that Lazer Pigs' style take a bit of getting used. to but who doesn't like a good logical rant.

  9. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Preach it brother! I love these kind of timelines but when the "experts" get involved my eyes glaze over and I start skipping great swathes of tech argument posts. I petition for a tag similar to the spoiler tag called "Tech" (or something less complimentary) so as to allow us to easily bypass...

  10. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    I think that's the most likely interpretation. The portion of the title "Before the Storm" would indicate that the US does get involved in the war and that this book only covers the period prior to that, however long that may be.

  11. Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid: A More Radical American Civil War

    It's interesting how much this resonates with Imperial Japans strategy during WWII. The enemy does not have the willpower or fortitude we have to endure and we are better warriors anyways so all we have to do is inflict bloody defeats on them and they will eventually tire of the blood and give...

  12. Munich Shuffle: 1938-1942

    Hmmm.... Montgomery at Inchon instead of McArthur?

  13. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Can the universe survive having them all in the same room? Have McArthur also in the same room and I think there is a passage in Revelations regarding the outcome. :)

  14. Munich Shuffle: 1938-1942

    One of the reasons that I groan whenever an author dives too deeply into technical specs is because sure as anything someone will come out of the weeds on their favorite hobby horse ready to argue every rivet and bolt to the death regardless of significance to the story being told. Discussion...

  15. Why the Chinese play cricket (an Imperial Federation timeline)

    That's actually more than what was needed. In OTL the Ross was selected because the Brits refused to license the SMLE for production in Canada and Ross offered to finance a factory. Just allowing the license would probably have been enough but adding a subsidy cements the deal. In OTL by the...

  16. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    The ultimate opponent of any military is the national treasury. Service chiefs all recognize that the military budget is finite, usually with pressures to reduce said budget, therefore the ultimate battle is to get as large a percentage of that budget as possible whilst simultaneously arguing...

  17. Ghastly Victories: The United States in the World Wars

    That was the winter games in 48, summer games were in London, but the point stands.

  18. Munich Shuffle: 1938-1942

    Probably more like the Shogun era where the emperor is "in seclusion" whilst the "bad" advisors are purged.

  19. Munich Shuffle: 1938-1942

    Probably the only concession to his military hero status.

  20. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Actually the lesson learned was that these tactics worked. After all they did capture Port Arthur. The fact that they did not work on the Western Front in WW1 could simply be passed off as a lack of true warrior spirit amongst the westerners.
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