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  1. World War II if Huey Long was President

    It's an interesting scenario, but one wonders whether events would have a momentum of their own, whatever Huey himself might want.

  2. AHC: Have the Central African Empire survive

    Anyway, I wonder whether you could keep the Empire going longer if you allowed other African monarchies to survive (e.g., the Kabaka of Buganda/Uganda). They might be able to huddle together for mutual royal protection like the Middle Eastern royal houses did.

  3. AHC: Have the Central African Empire survive

    A title he retained until his death, since the birds and fish never formally deposed him.

  4. Without the Second World War, would Italy's conquest of Ethiopia ever have paid off economically or politically?

    It may be borderline ASB to avoid WW2, but is there any plausible scenario where (1) WW2 doesn't happen and (2) Fascist Italy's conquest of Ethiopia pays off for Italy, either in terms of economic benefits or greater international political power? In other words, was Italy's project in Ethiopia...

  5. Plausible limited nuclear wars?

    Certainly. It's a major escalation over tactical use, but I've seen escalation ladders where it's still below strategic nuclear bombing of population and industrial centers. Either tactical or anti-nuclear strikes would count for this thread, so if you think they can't ramp up beyond tactical...

  6. Plausible limited nuclear wars?

    It was believed at one part that such targets existed, especially for smaller nukes. Portions of the opponent's nuclear arsenal, troop / fleet concentrations, enemy satellites, submarines (nuclear depth charges), etc., might include some targets that don't wipe out civilian centers. EDIT: Also...

  7. Plausible limited nuclear wars?

    Using a POD after 1900, is there any plausible scenario where two nuclear powers go to war, but by tacit agreement limit their use of nukes to the low end of the escalation ladder, either by limiting themselves to tactical weapons or to purely military targets?

  8. Smallest operations that could have significantly changed either World War?

    The paratroop assault on Eben Emael, while only marginally decisive (opinions differ on how much of a difference Eben Emael holding would have made) fits the small group requirement pretty well. 85 guys took out the fortress, which was a strategically important one for the German advance.

  9. WI: Germany opts for a frontal attack on the Maginot Line

    This may drift into ASB territory, but what happens if the Germans forego any plans to go through the Ardennes or Belgium in WW2, and instead make the dubious choice to ram straight into the strongest sectors of the Maginot Line?

  10. Create an offensive inter-war French Doctrine

    Shortly before WW2, secret German war plans somehow leak out to the general public/press in the Western democracies. They specifically cite France's defensive doctrine as a weakness that will allow Germany to crush Poland unhindered. Perhaps there would be enough of a public scandal to support...

  11. AHC: A large-budget and well made adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Conan" is filmed in the 50s or early 60s

    Oh, good ones. Shame it wasn't a bit earlier, or you could have recruited Humphrey Bogart into it. If you had the money.

  12. Could Japan have won WWII if the US had mismanaged like Mussolini?

    I've seen people argue that Italy itself could have performed OK against Japan if they'd been neighbors. If so, then no, Japan could not beat a version of fascist Italy with half the world's industrial productivity.

  13. AHC: A large-budget and well made adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Conan" is filmed in the 50s or early 60s

    Hm. Frank Finlay, maybe? There's a bit of Iago in the Mouser's DNA, and Finlay did a good job with that in the '65 Othello, although he'd need to tone it down. Move it to the mid 60s and make it one of the earlier stories, and perhaps Malcolm McDowell? Somebody like a young Dalton could do...

  14. What would be the implications of a non anti-semitic Stalin?

    This is the correct answer, I think. Tinkering with Stalin's antisemitism won't change anything, because Stalin's Wheel Of Paranoia was an equal opportunity game. It was going to land on the Jews eventually, just like it landed on all sorts of other groups. Stalin was vehemently pro-Communist...

  15. AHC: A large-budget and well made adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Conan" is filmed in the 50s or early 60s

    I was going to say that Mature's characters always seemed oddly unhappy even when they were feasting and such, but y'know, that's also Howard's tone to a "T."

  16. AHC: A large-budget and well made adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Conan" is filmed in the 50s or early 60s

    Encouragingly, Kubrick appears to have still been working on movies in the upper end of the price ranges I listed even after he did Spartacus. So that might work.

  17. Was Albert Speer genuinely remorseful about his role with the Nazis?

    Possibly true; I haven't researched the long term prospects for rehabilitation among serial killers.

  18. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    That's actually even worse than I thought.

  19. Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

    Isn't that the model that Ethiopians managed to put out of commission by hopping on, knocking on the hatch, and beheading the crew when they opened it?

  20. Was Albert Speer genuinely remorseful about his role with the Nazis?

    It's an interesting question. In the abstract, I suppose I would take it as a good sign if a guy who murdered people becomes sincerely convinced that an all-powerful being is going to punish him if he does it again.
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