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  1. Dutch army adopt Finnish small arms in late thirties

    Although I am convinced that the only weapons does not change any military conflict but never the less small question thread. In Finland there was a development which resulted in the liht sub-machine gun Suomi M31 and the due to the favorable experiences with the BAR by the Swedish army the...

  2. What if Marlborough crushes Villars and the French at the battle of Denain 1712

    Any thought if John Chrurchill Duke of Marbrough is offred the command of the Dutch troops after his dismissal by the British. During the war campaign of 1712 Marlborough accepted the overall command of the Dutch troops around April 1712. This would give a rather akward tension in the Alloied...

  3. Double Purpose AA on Battleships/cruisers question

    Since there quite some Naval people on this forum I have a question regarding the double purpose, DP, Anti Aircraft large caliber guns on heavy naval units, like heavy cruisers, battleships and battlecruisers. Since the last year of the Great war AA guns appeared on the decks of Battleships and...

  4. Isambard Kingdom Brunel build the Great Western Line with 7 foot gauge

    Thus might be an earlier toppic, appologies for that. But what would the effects if Brunell won the gauge war and the Great Western Railway build in ''his'' larger than7 foot wide gauge set the new standard? Even by the time the GWR got approval of construction there where already nummerous...

  5. Thomas Newcomen not the real inventor of the Steam Engine

    Reevaluating the real Inventors of the Piston Steam Engine: Denis Papin and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Introduction: The early history of the invention of the steam engine has long been attributed to Thomas Newcomen, but a reevaluation of historical evidence suggests that Denis Papin and...

  6. Large use of Containerized transport before WW2 and possible effect on WW2

    A bit a long title of this Thread and open question. Long before the use of the "twist lock " intermodal container as invented by Malcom McLean and engineer Keith Tantlinger there were many earlier attemps in Europe and the USA. In Europe it were mainly the railroad companies who experimented...

  7. Stadholder William II of Orange Nassau does not die in1650 (revised)

    In the year 1650, William II of Orange Nassau, the influential stadholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Overijssel, Gelre, Zutphen, Groningen, and Drenthe, found himself at a pivotal moment in Dutch history. Having just concluded a successful intimidation campaign, where he displayed his...

  8. The life of Prince Frederik ''Fritz'' of Orange-Nassau, and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Frederick_of_Orange-Nassau February 5, 1774: Prince Frederik of Orange-Nassau is born in The Hague, Dutch Republic, as the youngest son of William V, Prince of Orange, and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia. Early Life: Prince Frederick, also known as...

  9. The Netherlands build German Admiral Hans Zenker's Panzerschiffe 1928

    In 1921 the Secretary of Naval affairs Mr. Van Dijk guided with success the Fleet law through parliament for the budget year of 1922. The fleet was based on using the submarines as primary, offensive, weapon against ( Japanese) invasion fleets. Half of the force should be in commission within...

  10. The world without Munich Agreement 1938

    1) Even France was completly cornered financial by the continuing economic depression, devaluation of the franc and reluctance of investors to buy bonds Dladier remained loyal to aliance with Czechoslovakia. Contrary to the ''impeasement'' naivity of Chamberlain and the cynic real politic of...

  11. 1584 Siege of Antwerp fails and Alexandro Farnese is killed

    The Fall of Antwerp was the greatest effort of Farnese Duke of Parma in his effort to regain the low countries back under control of the Spanish Habsburgers. The siege was the pinacle of a very succesfull campaign in whihc Farnese showed great skill in diplomacy and warfare. The Siege of Antwerp...

  12. The short lived nation of Belgium, the coup of 24 March 1831

    After the Belgian Revolution from August to September 1830, there was a strong elitist tendency that strove to restore the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. One could divide the adherents of Orangism into several groups: In the industrial and commercial sectors. Many industrialists and...

  13. Prince William II of Orange the history enigma

    Alternate History often uses the death of an individual, mostly a person of significant ifluence to alter the course of history. Oth opposite of happen a sweel, our known history is littered with sudden death caused by diseases or accidents, some very odd accidents. One of this historic...

  14. The Franco-Dutch war of 1672-1673 and the end of the Dutch Republic

    The war began in May 1672 when France nearly overran the Dutch Republic, an event still known as the Rampjaar or "Disaster Year" Background As part of a general policy of opposition to Habsburg power in Europe, France backed the Dutch Republic during the 1568 to 1648 Eighty Years War against...

  15. No WW1 (geo-)Political world

    There are some other threads, what the effects are on culture if theres no Great War in 1914 or an other thread the effects of war fare if a Great War happen in 1924. I like to share some thought if Frnas Ferdinant or his wife isn't killed in Sarajevo. Let asume both the assisnation attemds...

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  17. Dutch Colonial Empire

    Brief history. The war of the Spanish Succession does not have the devastating conclusion for the Dutch and Austrians at the battle of Denain resulting in a much better result for the Dutch Republic at the Peace of Utrecht. Due to the good and profitable, peace results for the Dutch Republic...

  18. Dutch Tobago and Trinidad

    Tobago. This beautiful and rugged island of the Caribbean (with an area of about 300 square kilometres) lies in front of the delta of the Orinoco River. Its position is a rather strategic one. Indeed, from here one can dominate the coasts of Venezuela as well as that of Guyana and also the...

  19. Dutch Ceylon

    Dutch Ceylon, The Dutch or better the VOC, Dutch East Indian Company, gradually took over by force the Portuguese possessions on Ceylon. In 1638 the Treaty of Kandyan was signed between the Kingdom of Kandy and the Dutch Republic signed by King Rajasinghe II for the Kingdom of Kandy and Adam...

  20. Mustafa Kemal killed in Lybia, no Turkey?

    If Mustafa Kemal was killed in the Italo-Ottoman war of 1911-1912 would there not be a man who organised the resistance agianst the Greek in the Greeko-Turkish war of 1919-1922 Not to mention his role in the Balkan war and the Great war and the effects when he was not arround?
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