Here's a what-if for those interested in the Vietnam War: What if the Son Tay Raid (21 Nov 1970) succeeds? This was a raid by U.S. Army SF led by Col. Arthur "Bull" Simons on Son Tay Prison in NVN to rescue American POWs. While the POWs had been moved (and intel showing the move wasn't passed down until it was too late), what if the raid had succeeded in rescuing the POWs (there were 70 POWs there as of the move on 14 June 1970)? Since the North was playing the "victim of American imperialism" card, and proclaiming "humane and lenient treatment" of POWs, how bad does the North look to the world if rescued POWs hold news conferences and tell how poorly they were treated: torture, solitary confinement/isolation, knowing of several POWs who'd died of such mistreatment, etc? FYI although the raid failed IRL, the former POWs feel it did succeed in one way: the NVN moved all of them into three prisons in downtown Hanoi, and the NVN allowed the POWs to be together, food and medical care improved greatly, there was much more outside time, and overall conditions improved tremendously.