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  1. Anglo-American Split post Cold War?

    only thing i can think of is the UK going 'nope' to getting involved in the 2003 Iraq invasion, and then relations going downhill from there

  2. If the US recognized the Philippine Republic's independence instead of annexing it, would another country have colonized it?

    The Germans might want it, but Britain will not want them to have it - so the Germans dont get it The Dutch probably dont want it, and if anyone else says they wont have it then they wont - so the Dutch dont get it The Japanese might want it, but the US will not want them to have it, and while...

  3. AHC: Make an African country win the FIFA World Cup

    Cameroon were 10 mins away from beating England in Italia 90 and making the semis Germany were bang average in the semi against England, and if it goes to pens like OTL then any goalkeeper would surely do better in the shootout than Shilton (who from memory guessed correctly each time but never...

  4. Pétain flees to North Africa, November 1942

    IMO - if he flees to North Africa in 42, then someone will put a bullet in him (pick a faction, any faction)

  5. What if Stalin just doesn't wanna go to war with Japan in August 1945 and sits it out?

    assuming the OP (ie, no Soviet involvement) IMO - (or what i would do) - no Downfall. Continue the normal bombing campaign. Also announce that every 14 days a Japanese city gets a can of instant sunshine (reduce / increase the timeframe as per number of available nukes) you have the world's...

  6. Heinkel He 177 Germany's succesful longrange bomber

    hi - thanks for providing the extra info, much appreciated (note - i only used the Manc/Lanc example purely as it was the other twin that turned into a 4, that had followups with extra power but with no noticeable performance gain.. The same could be said of the Halifax who got extra power in...

  7. Heinkel He 177 Germany's succesful longrange bomber

    how realistic under combat conditions do we really think those performance figures are? The Manchester going to the Lancaster I, going through the upgraded marks, going to the Lincoln, going to the Shackleton engines doubled, then power increasing as better engines are fitted and the top speed...

  8. Predator franchise gets a quadrilogy earlier on

    if you want a link from Pred to Pred2... keep the story as is, but make 2 a prequel. Have Carl Weathers play Dillon in the role that was Busey's in OTL it muddies the waters even more as to what Dillon's real reason for being there in Pred1 actually is ;-)

  9. What if the 1960 U-2 incident never happened?

    surely if the shootdown does'nt happen in 1960 then the CIA would just continue with U2 flights, and then eventually we'd just have a 1961 shootdown, or a 1962

  10. A different Cruiser idea at the WNT

    i was merely responding to the challenge of the OP (perhaps i should have just gone for the stock forum reply - ASB, cant be done, its a stupid question, etc) ;-) but as for why its a CL/CA that is effectively the same ship apart from the choice of armour and armament - and i went for 8...

  11. A different Cruiser idea at the WNT

    3 ship types - but with the same hull and machinery hmm, how about (for the RN) use the County Class as the base (i know, it had loads of sub-classes) - but roughly 600ft long, 68ft beam, 80000shp for 31-32knots CA - 4*2 8inch - armour as per standard County Class, ~10k tons CL - 4*2 6inch -...

  12. A different Cruiser idea at the WNT

    perhaps we should invent a song for this - how about the Hawkin's hokey-cokey "you put your cruiser in, you get a carrier out, in out, in out, we shake it all about" ;-)

  13. A different Cruiser idea at the WNT

    well for the RN surely you'd just end up with OTL - Leanders fit your requirement, as do the Fijis

  14. PC: United Cyprus in NATO?

    all that happens is Greece, Turkey or both veto the application also, i'm pretty sure theres a stipulation that says you cant? (or must resolve) any ongoing territorial disputes that you may have?

  15. WI: Ferguson sacked in 1990

    you can cross Mackem Enemy off the list he had done a fantastic job of destroying his reputation at Sunderland

  16. What if Canada got the Queen Elizabeth class ships it ordered

    potentially - or it could also lead to a favourite what if of mine which is a 10*15in QE (a Queen Victoria class?)

  17. Better use of RAF bombers in 1940/41

    any barge sank in a french port is a barge thats not going back to Germany - ie, good news as for what else they can do after that - as said, LRMP is one option and further gardening of German rivers is another

  18. What is the highest plausible population the US could have in 2021 with a POD of 1945?

    probably absolutely implausible (communist) left wing revolution in Mexico leads to the US going hell no - after the dust settles the US decide to shift the border south in a few places where US cities / Mexican cities are literally stone throws away - Tijuana, Mexicali for ex Hell, they go...

  19. Germany invades Russia 1904-5

    how does Russia block British access to the Far East? how does Russia win at Tsushima? how does Russia invade the Home Islands? You appear to be stating outcomes without any thought of how you achieve those outcomes

  20. Germany invades Russia 1904-5

    I'm failing to see why this is in the best interests of Britain their whole MO was to avoid any dominant European power in OTL they signed the entente cordial as a check to Germany in this ATL we have people signing them up to be the 800 pound gorilla in a potential France/Russia roflstomp...
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