Recent content by naraic

I disagree here. I think the Balkan league can be held together as Russian Allies. Macedonia only became everyone's red line once it was it was made clear to the Balkan league that nothing else was available as a prize. The Russians of course threatened to send the Russian fleet to defend...

I can only find evidence of one crusader called by the church against the Mongols (1241 in Poland) but I can find evidence of multiple Jihad called against Mongols by different bodies. If you line up a crusade against the Mongols in Europe happening at the same time that there is a jihad called...

Have a consistent policy in the Balkans. Backing Bulgaria through the 1900s before threatening them during the balkan wars was a bad reversal. If you want to fight WW1 you need to carry the Balkan allies you want into the war.

I don't think West Germany backs and joins the Euro in a world where Germany is divided. The problems of the Euro would be magnified to Germans in a world where West Germany doesn't have the soft power that Germany does over monetary policy.

One might argue that it only happened because the soviets looked weak. Others would argue differently. Had the Soviets looked strong there may have been a Nazi cold war instead.

I agree with you there. The Royal Navy really needed to rebuild their cruiser fleet post ww1. They won't have the capital to do this if they get the 2 power standard for capital ships. Unless of course the British are much much better off than otl.

I doubt that the not building cruisers would fund the naval expansion suggested in the op but I do agree that the cruisers would be a cost of the capital ship expansion. The Navy might try and keep as many older battlecruisers as they can to try and relieve pressure on cruiser forces but a 28...

The Grand Fleet base at Scapa was partially due to submarines. The Grand Fleet didn't base further south for this fear. If the Germans actively worked in the North Sea and the British failed to make contact (a plausible suggestion without room 40 for a few incidents but not for sustained german...

My understanding is that from the location where Canopus was grounded that no Germans could spot Canopus unless they came inside the harbour (and Canopus couldn't spot the German squadron). Canopus was grounded behind a hill and reliant on spotters from the spotting station on sappers hill. The...

I guess it depends on what no major fleet action looks like. If we have raids on the British coast and actions like Helgioland Bight and Dogger Bank it may reinforce the navy and in patricular battlecruiser ideas.

We had this discussion relatively recently. The key point was that the prewar pilot core of the Kido Butai was a precious resource that could not be thrown away on suicide attacks. That said carrier air groups weren't really full a lot of the time. They could theoretically pull a couple of...

Try this forum https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-more-powerful-curtain-call-the-australasian-federation-and-world-war-2.305127/ Otherwise known as Johnboy of this forum.

Please explain why and how. The Dunkirk evacuation was sold at the time as a miracle in propaganda. It wasn't. Maybe the extent benefited from some luck but it would have taken a German miracle to make it a failure. Or else pigs flying and carrying Luftwaffe bombs. If you get that then surely...

Greater freedom for shipping supplies through the Baltic would take some pressure off the overstressed rail network too.

First off would Cornwall and Dorsetshire have been in that position if there was decent fighter cover in Ceylons. Secondly the strike that sank Corwall and Dorsetshire was being prepared to hit airbase around colombo. The second strike on Ceylon airbases was diverted as the first strike was...