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  1. Anglo-American Split post Cold War?

    Well, there was something of a falling-out over nukes and spy-intel. The nukes stuff was sad, as the UK had contributed a lot of the basic science which the Manhattan Project then weaponised. So, UK had to home-brew 'civilian' reactors as a me-too rather than direct copies... I put 'civilian'...

  2. 1973 Korean War

    Capital, previously Seoul, re-locates to South-East coast ?? Makes subsequent posturing by Norks rather less of a threat...

  3. What would the Confederacy be like today if it won its' independece in the American Civil War?

    Imploded to revolution in 1920s, their former leaders lynched, reviled...

  4. A different Pearl Harbor scenario to consider

    Not catching the USN carriers in port meant they were out there, some-where, and very, very riled.... ( Cue meme of mime's invisible dog getting off leash... ) Hence IJN aborting third wave attack --I'd thought second, but was mistaken-- and departing at best speed initially, slowing to...

  5. Japanese Drop tanks, and float planes, 1930-1945.

    A couple of points: IIRC, the Schneider Trophy float planes often used their floats as streamlined 'radiators' for engine / oil-cooling. This some-what offset the floats' drag... Despite inherent streamlining, floats and their 'legs' are heavy and draggy. So, such aircraft are at a disadvantage...

  6. How close was operation downfall from happening?

    If the gas centrifuge cascades had been much slower, and/or first desert nuke test had fizzled rather than fissioned, setting everything back, the Japanese city fire-bombing would become town, then village fire-bombing. IIRC, several cities lost more people to 'traditional' incendiary...

  7. Long-term effects of an Islamic conquest of Southern Europe?

    OTL, didn't the Islamists famously get to the walls of Vienna before being beaten back ?? In this ATL scenario, looks like they didn't stop until colliding with the Steppes' horse-clans

  8. What if Hitler sacked Goebbels after the Baarova Affair?

    I don't know enough about the structure prior to Kristallnacht, but I reckon Hess could be a front-runner for 'Spinmeister'... He was good enough at the 'turning opinions' stuff that he later reckoned he'd crafted a coup-grade backing in UK among the aristocracy. Fortunately, they had enough...

  9. How might a modern baby boom occur?

    A niece is up to three by doing valuable academic work from home, having a partner who's on very good tech-money and having an extended family who happily cover for need... Else, you need reliable, affordable child-care, and no 'benefit trap' such that some-what bettering yourself does not...

  10. WI: Luftwaffe focused on Liverpool docks

    One of my uncles (by marriage), an ex-seafarer, did fire-watch on the river-facing side of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral's vast roof. Armed with a short shovel and a half-bucket of sand, he'd jog to and fro, pry flaring incendiaries out of the roof's lead sheathing before they could burn...

  11. Infinity Wanderers magazine

    Bravo !! Especially for getting past the first handful of issues... I still remember the huge 'buzz' I got from seeing a couple of my 'shorts' appear in 'Threads'...

  12. Was Japan really in an "unwinnable" war?

    Admiral Yamamoto called it right: If IJN did not win at outset by getting 'favourable terms', the industrial might of USA would probably crush them. Worse, the Pearl Harbour attack --Taranto 2.0-- was supposed to follow formal declaration of war by a couple of hours. Due Japanese diplomatic...

  13. What other countries could have been 'Taiwanised'?

    "So for instance Japan somehow taking over all of Australia." IIRC, it was a toss-up between Aus defending the Southern coast of New Guinea and Northern coast of Australia, or 'pulling back' to let the IJ forces struggle to maintain logistics across the 'Dead Heart', while interdicting them...

  14. What other countries could have been 'Taiwanised'?

    Not quite your premise, but Turkey either reduced to the European rump, losing 'Asia Minor' to the neighbours, SE border across isthmus near Izmit, or Turkey losing the European side, back to the NW edge of Istanbul, frontier along the rivers/lakes on isthmus... Or both, Istanbul becoming a...

  15. JAXA+ | What if Japan had an unlimited space budget? | 2060-02-18 - Massive crewed missions to Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and more! [VIDEO]

    Yay !! FWIW, I could not find how your JAXA managed to 'buy off' the Japanese fishing fleets who've stymied umpteen lesser launches by refusing to leave their traditional fishing grounds... Totally tangential, looks like the recent release of that near-homeopathic diluted Fukushima waste-water...

  16. Late nuclear bomb

    Between the US naval blockade starving populace to Nork-extremis, and daily USAF fire-bomb raids progressively razing the remaining cities then the larger towns, literally only the centre of Tokyo would be left standing. Don't forget the RAF were planning to contribute their skills with TallBoy...

  17. Would Christianity Rise w/o Constantine?

    IMHO, you also have the issue that 'Christianity' had been a zoo of rival factions & squabbling sub-sects until the 'Nicaea Council' crafted the 'official' version, literally at the point of Roman sword. There were 'escalating sanctions' on the bishops who refused to accept or comply with this...

  18. What if Constantine made Alexandria the eastern capital instead of Byzantium?

    Against that, a strong navy is really, really useful. Provided, of course, you can build enough nimble ships ?? ( See UK for example...) IMHO, securing the Dardanelles against Eastern raiders means there will so be a strong city there. Alexandria has the army-swallowing Western Desert to West...

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  20. Hi ! Is TBOverse still 'under maintenance' for you ? Nik

    Hi ! Is TBOverse still 'under maintenance' for you ? Nik
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