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  1. The Restoration of the Monarchy of Afghanistan

    If the Afghan monarchy was restored in around 2002 what form would it take (Absolute monarchy would almost certainly have been unacceptable to the US) and how might Zahir Shah have been able to avoid the image of being a foreign imposed ruler?

  2. The Restoration of the Monarchy of Afghanistan

    Mohammad Zahir Shah was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning for 40 years from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed in a coup in 1973. Today Zahir Shah's long reign is remembered for the long period of peace and prosperity and modernisation that Afghanistan experienced before his overthrow...

  3. Question: What era are ceremonial uniforms and royal attires of your country stuck in and why?

    Possibly if applied extremely broadly but even then it wouldn't be enough to be an absolute rule of thumb. As mentioned earlier for most European militaries it will most likely be the point when ceremonial and practical uniforms began to diverge. Making matters more complicated you have the US...

  4. Question: What era are ceremonial uniforms and royal attires of your country stuck in and why?

    Nope otherwise the guards would be wearing coalscuttle helmets and field grey uniforms taken from the defeated Werhmacht. If anything it's a strong sense of tradition. Its more more a continuous series of circumstances than any explicit decision or rule. In the case of the guards and other...

  5. Question: What era are ceremonial uniforms and royal attires of your country stuck in and why?

    Tradition and pride. The Grenadier Guards defeated the French Imperial Guard at the battle of Waterloo and took the bearskins worn by the French guardsman as trophies and ended up incorporating them into their own uniforms. In terms of practical benefits the hats were designed to make the wearer...

  6. Wars that could have happened, but didn't.

    Apartheid not ending in 1994 leading to some sort of South African Bush war/civil war. US/UK/France militarily intervening in Syria in 2013. Russia mounting a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2014. The Dogger bank incident leading to something more than just angry letters The US invading...

  7. A better Imperial Japanese Navy

    In terms of actual ships: Abandon the Yamato's in favour of more fleet carriers. Scrap existing older battleships if you have to in order to free up resources. Build a lot more destroyers, escorts and ASW ships to protect convoys. Possibly (if resources allow) Build more cruisers geared towards...

  8. The Day of the Jackal: WI Charles de Gaulle Assassinated in 1963

    In the aftermath of France's withdrawal from Algeria did the OAS really have much of a game plan following their historical intended assassination of De Gaulle? Were they ever interested in trying to provoke some sort of uprising or staging a coup or anything of that nature?

  9. The Day of the Jackal: WI Charles de Gaulle Assassinated in 1963

    What would have happened if the plot to kill then President of France Charles de Gaulle described in Fredrick Forsyth's 1971 political thriller The Day of The Jackal not actually occurred but also succeeded? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Jackal In 1962 France was suffering from...

  10. The Eurofighter Typhoon is still born?

    If the Eurofighter is stillborn then depending on how early in its development it is when this happens that might kill off the Rafale as we know it. The visible similarities between the Typhoon and Rafale are a result of the French dropping out of the Typhoon project and taking what had already...

  11. WI The Imperial Regiment of Foot guards

    An overheard conversation at an event frequented by various old ex army and military historian types that I thought would make an interesting What If scenario. The story goes that it first emerged as someone's bright idea early in the war when the army was expanding massively and trying to...

  12. WI The Imperial Regiment of Foot guards

    As you say post war with a shrinking army there was no requirement for new Guards units (which likely prevented through proposal for a new guards unit getting off the ground IOTL). However suppose the Regiment is formed at some point during the war as the Welsh Guards were in 1915 (and...

  13. WI The Imperial Regiment of Foot guards

    While as a few have pointed out the Regiment might have struggled to survive past WW2 (unless they were to dramatically change their recruitment criteria) its worth pointing out that this would be a Guards Regiment as opposed to just another line infantry unit. Something the Guards are somewhat...

  14. WI The Imperial Regiment of Foot guards

    Edit: For their battlefield participation awards

  15. WI The Imperial Regiment of Foot guards

    The OTL British Army contains a not insignificant number of personnel recruited from across the commonwealth (about 5% of current strength not including the Brigade of Gurkhas) serving across most arms and regiments. Could a guards regiment intentionally drawn from foreign nationals have...

  16. WI The Imperial Regiment of Foot guards

  17. WI The Imperial Regiment of Foot guards

    The British Army's regiments of Foot guards are perhaps the most famous military units in the world. Instantly identifiable by their red tunics and bearskin hats the five regiments of guards are famous for both for their ceremonial roles in London and for their legendary battlefield successes...

  18. Planned aircrafts carriers on countries that never had any up to today

    Ukraine could have ended up with a brand new aircraft carrier as the Russians famously had to "steal" their one aircraft carrier Admiral Kusnetzov from the newly independent Ukraine as the ship by virtue of still in a Ukrainian shipyard being completed was now technically legal property of...

  19. Planned aircrafts carriers on countries that never had any up to today

    Angola might have been a serious contender recently as they (along with "several Arab countries") reportedly expressed a strong interest in acquiring the small Spanish aircraft carrier Principe De Asturias when she was decommissioned in 2013. Could the Angolans have actually operated the ship to...

  20. Planned aircrafts carriers on countries that never had any up to today

    So if you were to find yourself in possession of a Colossus/Majestic class carrier and you wanted to operate fast jets in a strike or air defence role are there any serious options beyond A4 or Super Etendard?
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