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  1. TLIAW: Memorias de nuestros padres

    As an spaniard born in 1965 I can only say Wow!

  2. Yo me bajo en Atocha: a Spanish political TLIAD

    A spanish TL! Always nice, but a good idea given the moment we are living.

  3. Soviets in the Sun: A Timeline

    Outstanding timeline. My grandfather was a Republican army captain, and member of de PCE. He participated in the only republican victory, the taking of Teruel. Was nearly killed twice, by the fascists and by the CNT, and managed to escape from a POW camp in 1939. I imagine he had dreams very...

  4. The Republicans win the Spanish Civil War

  5. Hitler doesn't Declare war on America in support of Japan

    Well, I only see one realistic way Germany and USA don't fight. Japan does not attack Pearl Harbour. The japanese retreat to Manchuria, they suffer some kind of internal turmoil, whatever. Without war against Japan, FDR would have it found much more difficult to DoW Hitler. OTOH, even in OTL...

  6. There won't be any illuminations: P&S Lancashire

    I was in Morecambe in early 80's, learning english with a family, the Fitzsimmons. I was 15, found it a quite boring town... Hope they survive this.

  7. No Miracle of Dunkrik

    Military, it would not change that much. The only thing that UK had to do after the fall of France and before the arrival of US forces is hold on, and to do that they only needed the Navy (RAF also helped). Once the US enters the war, british land forces are usefull but not essential. North...

  8. Could Nazi Germany defeat the soviet union alone?

    The USSR was huge and powerfull, but not unbeatable. Had the germans conquered Moscow and its sorrounding industrial area (Tuzla and Gorki) AND cut the oil traffic through the Volga (they don't even have to take the Caucasus) the soviets would have been doomed in a war of attrition. East of the...

  9. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Very interesting. I was thinking... what's going on in Spain? Are tyey sending troops to fight in France? Is the RAF and USAAF bombing them? Have they lost the Canary Islands or the North african lands? Are the republican maquis (guerrilla) being reinforced by the Allies? I just imagine that in...

  10. No Spanish Civil war: A swift Military Coup

    The coup could have succeded. In Barcelona, it was the Guardia Civil who decided the outcome by siding with the legitimal governement. If Madrid and Barcelona fell, there would be no Spanish Civil war. Besides, Franco would not have been the boss, which opens a new lot of possibilities. An...

  11. Did Mussolini cost Hitler the war?

    If Italy is neutral, and BoB and Barbarrossa go more or less like in OTL, things become interesting in late 1942. The allies have to strike, but Algeria is not an option, neither Italy. They would probably go for Norway (erase U-Boat bases, interrupt commerce) but in 1943 as latest they have to...

  12. Spanish Incursion in WW2

    Well, tell Iran about it. Any way, I agree this scenario is not plausible. Franco was one of these dictators that made the west powers feel comfortable (a la Pinochet). He was helped by Hitler in our civil war, but he also was London's choice in that conflict. He was an opportunist, and once he...

  13. Best case scenario for Nazi missiles

    The Wasserfall sistem could have been very usefull, as Speer recalls in his memories. A ground-air missile against which there was no known defence (as it was the first one). If Germany could have eliminated or greatly reduce danger from the air in the first half of 1944, things could have been...

  14. D-Day:A TOTAL FAILURE

    Let's see. The Allies had massive superiority in the air and in the sea. A better german reaction, even a free hand for Rommel, could have meant more (much more) allied casualties, but not a failure. The only way I see a possible failure has to be through intelligence. If the germans somehow...

  15. Could the USSR Have Defeated Nazi Germany Without the Help of the Western Allies?

    I would say no. One main factor would be air superiority. In OTL, the Luftwaffe was defeated in the west front. IMO, the germans would be able to gain air superiority in the east, with better planes and pilots and a non-bombed industry. They could do to soviet land forces what the allies did to...

  16. WI: Republican Spain wins Civil War

    It all depends on when and how the republic wins. If it is at the start of the war, the non-communists remain in power. Let's say that the coup is aborted on time or the army from Morocco is not allowed to croos into Spain. But if the republicans win later on, say in 1938, they can olny do so...

  17. 20th century wars which did not occur but should have

    1938. French intervention in spansih civil war, on republican side. 1944. Allied invasion of Spain to overthrow Franco.

  18. Thoughts on the BSG Series Finale

    Just saw the final chapter yesterday (downloaded, I'm in Spain) and think there are some things unclear: First basic flaw: The initial colonies are still habitable. There can be other survivors, besides Anderson’s group. Anyway, the countryside and buildings are still there, and are not...

  19. A portuguese spy and Torch

    I just read that a portuguese spy, who was following allied convoys for the U-Boats, was on the verge of alerting the germans that the Torch forces were heading for North Africa. The british, through Ultra, detected it and arrested him in his boat in mid-Atlantic. Well, I always thought that...

  20. No battle of Britain, Mediterranean instead?

    Avoiding the BoB could only be beneficial for the germans, even if the Med strategy has no other gains. It would double the planes for Barbarrosa, which might speed up the advance or help stop soviet counterattack in winter. On the other hand, I think the main reason the british resisted was...
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