There is a thin line between a good AH story and a story that is essentialy fantasy.
Both have their merits, and for me 'a blunted sickle' is one of the best AH.
The point of departure matters a lot. Is it a logical and understandable or something made up, like an alien invasion.
Somewere on...
For 4 years Decima (2.2 acres), a small Dutch enclave in Nagasaki was the only place on earth which still flew the Dutch flag. It even fought of a British incursion.
Are you proposing an invasion of the Frisian islands? Some vague memories wake up from a long slumber.
But in this time period the islands might actually be a front and a priority location for light units and amphibious operations.
The battle of Jutland might be the battle for Texel, this time
Probably.
A lot of the rules and culture of Dutch politics is based in the "pillarisation" of the Dutch society, which stood at the basis of the "great compromise" that led to the current political system.
While the effects of the pillarisation have lessend over time it is still there.
George A. Gordon, ambassador of the USA in the Netherlands, witnessing the bombing of a residential area in the Netherlands next door from the embassy, will no doubt write an interesting account about:
- the tactics and percieved morality of directly targeting the population
- the...
There is a very well researched and documented timeline about the situation were:
- The Dutch do not expect the French to race north and come to the rescue
- They blow the Moerdijk bridges
- The French do not race to the north and blunt the German sickle strike,
Royal Dutch Shell was then, and still is, a full Anglo-Dutch venture. By making the 5 American sisters work together you are taking on more than just the Dutch
How about the mayors of Bremen and Hamburg declaring their cities to be open cities?
As the telephone lines are very much intact no doubt they know about were the front is, and will be in a weeks time.
Both cities have a tradition of being free cities within the German state (they still are)...
just curious what he has in store for poor old Goering. He must have a lot to think about right now. Things like:
- I am the most well known survivor of the German government. And it's head of state. Everybody wants my head on a stick.
- As our dear Fuhrer is gone everyone will blame me for...