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  1. Remember the Texas! The United States in World War II (an alternate history)
    Threadmarks: Prologue and Chapter One (part one)

    Prologue In June 1941 the separate wars in China and Europe already known as World War II exploded into a truly global struggle as the United States and Soviet Union were both drawn fully into the fray. It is generally known the true consequences of this and the critical miscalculation that...
  2. The Battles at Dawn: The Japanese and American Battles that shaped the World War in the Pacific An Alternate History

    Prologue The War in the Pacific, the battle for supremacy of the Pacific between the United States and its allies against the Japanese Empire, was the greatest naval war fought so far by humanity. Powerful fleets steamed thousands of miles to strike at the very heart of their enemies...
  3. From a Battle at Dawn to Sunset of Empire: An Alternate Pacific War

    The War in the Pacific, the battle for supremacy of the Pacific between the West and Japan, was the greatest naval war fought so far by humanity. Powerful fleets steamed thousands of miles to strike at the very heart of their enemies strongholds, while submarines, mines and aircraft brought...
  4. Red Storm Rising: the Map

    While technically speaking "Red Storm Rising" (Tom Clancy) is not alternate history, it is a 'what might have been" On a facebook group I frequent (Red Storm Rising Gamers) someone was kind enough to create and share this map All the place names in the book (in Germany of course)...
  5. A Hard Won Victory: The South Pacific 1942-43 (Eisenhower in the Pacific part 2)

    No one really ever planned to fight in the South Pacific before the war when plans were drawn up in the 1920s and 1930s. Most people had never even heard of the islands there aside from the few Europeans with interests in the islands and the few sailors that visited the region for short visits...
  6. The Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer

    Years ago (longer than I am willing to admit but the book was new then) I found this little gem and I have read and reread it a number of times over the years. https://www.fantasticfiction.com/j/douglas-c-jones/court-martial-of-george-armstrong-custer.htm One of my favorite novels of the US...
  7. Flattops and Flyboys: The Carrier War in the Pacific 1942-44

    A new kind of war In the Great War, the Royal Navy invented the aircraft carrier, the first ships to be modified to launch and recover combat aircraft. Although they did not accomplish much during the war, the promise was clearly there. Soon after the war the Japanese and American navies...
  8. A Rising Sun on Tropical Seas (a story from a Battle at Dawn)

    A Rising Sun on Tropical Seas: The Japanese Invasion of the East Indies 1942 In January 1942 the Japanese have already started their invasion of Malaya and the Philippines, secured Siam, and already have invaded and secured in the face of minimal resistance Sarawak and Brunei (and their...
  9. Eisenhower in the Pacific: Part 1 The Shoestring Warriors of Luzon
    Threadmarks: Prologue and Introduction

    Eisenhower in the Pacific Shoe String Warriors of Luzon 1935-1941 “There is one line, and one only, at which the defending force will enjoy a tremendous advantage over any attack by land. The line is the beach.... The enemy must be repulsed at the beach.” Dwight Eisenhower in a strategic...
  10. The Battle at Dawn: The first battle between the United States and Japan December 7-10, 1941
    Threadmarks: Battle at Dawn introduction

    The Battle at Dawn: The first battle between the United States and Japan Prologue Nearly all Americans and Japanese know of the series of battles around Hawaii in the opening week of the war between Japan and the United States. The “Date which will live in Infamy” was how President Franklin...
  11. Feasibility question: German built SS2 with proximity triggered nerve gas warhead 1946

    This assumes continued development of the A4/V2 into what the Soviets developed into the SS2 Sibling missile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-2_Sibling It also assumes that the Germans managed to mate their early proximity fuses (developed 1945 and still testing when the Allies overran the...
  12. Gorings Reich (Part 2) Heartland versus Rimland

    Gorings Reich: The Heartland versus the Rimland “Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island commands the world." (Mackinder, Democratic Ideals and Reality, p. 150) Germany celebrates September – October...
  13. Divided America: An alternate 19th Century

    The Eight Nations of America The Civil War in the United States, fought 1861 – 1870 and the division of that former nation into 6 nations was the critical event of the second half of the 19th Century. Those six nations along with Canada and Mexico formed the community of nations in North...
  14. Anglo-American Wars of the 19th Century

    There are several possibilities of a major war breaking out between the British Empire and the United States from 1815- 1899 All of these require major miscalculations to worsen and outright folly to break out into warfare, but history tells us the those things do indeed happen a short list...
  15. "Goring's Reich" An Alternate World War II

    Prologue: Herman Goring was carefully examined, observed and analyzed during the Nuremberg Trials. He was widely considered the most dangerous of all of the defendants. For good reason. He was ruthless, charismatic, and after he was detoxed from his addictions and lost weight, a man who...
  16. an alternate Twilight 2000 timeline

    I wrote this up for a friend of mine to make the Twilight 2000 RolePlaying Game more relevent in light of real history. comments are welcome This timeline was created as a background for a roleplaying situation similar to TW 2000, that also could be used as a background for a multiplayer...
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