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  1. Bomber Command continue attacks on Ruhr in 1943 instead of Berlin

    According to Speer the Ruhr was almost on its knees after the mid 1943 offensive. Did Harris seek his own glory by switching to attacks on Berlin? The Ruhr was well within a much safer range for British bombers and represented a much dangerous target than long-distance trip to Berlin. The...

  2. Lancasters fitted with Nitrous to escape Corkscrew?

    Both the British, Americans and Germans knew about the advantages of Nitrous injection. So why wasn't it given to our bombers so a Tail end Charlie could give the command to escape through sheer speed?

  3. Beatles with Billy Graham

    WI George had done another Ringo and invited Billy into the band. His keyboards were a massive influence and he was on the rooftop but all footage shows him hidden away. He was a complex character being Gay but also a commited Christian. I saw his performance of "My Sweet Lord" and that totally...

  4. Led Zeppelin re-launch 1986 with Tony Thompson on drums

    John Bonham died in 1980 as a result of drinking too much on the day and choking on his own vomit. The band thought they would be split for ever but in 1985 the 3 survivors performed at live aid with fellow Atlantic star Tony Thompson with such success that there would be a revival of Zeppelin...

  5. Give BC aircraft >than 50:50 chance after visual

    Bc aircraft were 10 % shot down when coned by searchlight but 50% shot down on a nightfighter getting a visual. Would deleting the top turret and giving the rear gunner a pair of 50s or having more Mosquito escorts even this up?

  6. Did Hitler's unique Personality precipitate the disaster of WW2 on the world

    Hitler has occurred to me to be uniquely crazy. Sure he took advantage of a terrible situation of German humiliation and anti semitism to build a cartoonishly evil state. But was it the conditions, or the individual that did this?

  7. Longrange Fighter Bombers as an alternative to WWII Strategic Bombers

    Strategic bombing has been criticised as being too inaccurate to warrant the effort. Until 1944 Bomber Command operating by night improved accuracy in the D-Day preparations, but returned to area bombing. USAAF daylight operations had some degree of accuracy but without a fighter escort were...

  8. DBWI: Manchester with 4 Merlins

    The Manchester must go down as one of the worst bombers of WW2. It had coupled engines that failed spectacularly. On one raid 12 planes were lost this way. Thankfully Beaverbrook took one look at this flying coffin and ordered Avro to produce the Halifax. But there was a plan by the...

  9. Hitler without Morell

    Hitler's personal Doctor allegedly gave him an amphetamine injection masquerading as a vitamin supplement. A normal person taking the alleged dose is likely to be rendered irrational with delusions of Grandeur. So for Hitler the above Squared. So first - none of the serious biogs I have read...

  10. Could D Day have been achieved without the Level of French Casualties from Allied Bombing?

    I have to say that the French do not seem very grateful for the Allied liberation. Certainly at a high level they pay lip service at the commemorations, but talk to the average Frenchman and there is a different story. I think this resentment is due to the high level of French casualties...

  11. Metal Mosquito built massively in the US

    The attache of the USAAF to Britain recommended the Mosquito as 'exceptional' and a plane was taken to the US for evaluation once the US came into the war. The feedback from manufacturers was poor, citing the wooden construction as an act of desperation to utilise limited resource, unable to...

  12. The Nazi/American space race

    The Dunkirk retreat went bad and thousands were encircled. France and the Low Countries were returned in exchange for a peace that meant no interference to the East. This is the history of the space program that can be achieved when one nation is determined to use the prestige of space travel...

  13. AHC - Make the WW2 Russian Advance Liberate France

    I am possibly thinking of a 1943 D-Day where the Allies are turned back at the beach. Or a better Russian force under Stalin that means he does not agree defined limits of advance at Yalta. Or Maybe the Japanese go South without triggering war with America. Would this give Russia the...

  14. DBWI: German Weimar Republic Collapses

    Hello everybody from the moon! I hope I am not the first Alternate History fan to be stationed out here and I hope I am not the last. I have an unlikely but horrible "what if". It does disturb me what would be the consequence if the Weimar republic collapsed? I am guessing Europe would be a...

  15. Fw 190 BMW 801 Effect on Radial Engine Use

    The Fw 190 was famous for giving a low aerodynamic profile to the radial engine. The BMW 801 used a design whereby a fan assisted the cooling of the engine, not just the normal airflow. From Wikipedia The BMW 801 was cooled by forced air from a magnesium alloy cooling fan, 10-bladed in the...

  16. WI Earlier and simpler P61?

    The P61 was a great Nightfighter but arrived too late to really affect things in the air war. The P61 was a British spec from late 1940 with dorsal and ventral turrets with quad 50s. (Almost like a super defiant!) The spec changed continuously as it was taken over by the USAAF and more began...

  17. Der Grosse Schlag instead of Bodenplatte with sufficient R4M

    Der Grosse Schlag or the Great Blow was the Luftwaffe's final attempt to stop allied daylight bombing. The Luftwaffe was reserving planes for this but on January 1, 1945, the Luftwaffe initiated Operation Bodenplatte, attempting to destroy Allied aircraft on the ground In Belgium and France...

  18. Britain post Nazi victory in the East

    This thread pre-supposes the Dunkirk evacuation was hampered by unusually rough seas. The nazi panzers closed in and British casualties were 30,000 before 250,000 prisoners were taken. A truce was negotiated granting Britain her Empire and the Nazis a free hand in Europe. Without Western...

  19. Doctoral Dissertation regarding Hollywood's "King Adolph" Trilogy

    Trump University : Doctoral Dissertation regarding Hollywood's "King Adolph" Trilogy (62.5% of Marks) Adolph Hitler (1889 - 1937) is perhaps best remembered in the Hollywood series of films from 1941 to 1945. He was a German Gangster that nearly brought the German Monarchy to its knees. At the...

  20. Star Trek: Series 4, 1970 Episode Listing

    If ST S4 got the green light what would the episode listing be? I have posted a template below, but please feel free to imagine how the Enterprise would boldly go into season 4 ala new actors, new stories, new Sfx and new themes.
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