In addition to the availability of sources, the aspect of language is important, if German is suitable in addition to English, then the Organizationsbuch der NSDAP provides a lots of information contemporary to Sturmabteilung. Wikimedia commons has links to 7.th edition of this...
Germans would probably use rockets, because it was technology not covered by ToV, in OTL Verein für Raumsciffahrt predates Nazy takeower and had military connections (there is more to read about the association in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verein_f%C3%BCr_Raumschiffahrt).
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In the case of the President-elect, yes, but in the case of the VP, it is possible that Dixiecrat was a last-ditch lure to draw southern votes to the Democratic Party. And if the president is replaced by a VP for some reason, this Dixiecrat won't stand a chance in the new elections, but maybe...
Probably yes. But even more likely, I believe that the Army can promote him with the battlefield commission to second lieutenant, because in his case, however, it is about excellent leadership and not special technical skills. In other words, he will suffer a fate similar to Walter Horst in the...
Two important things about two other big criminal orgaisations in Italy:
1) 'Ndrangheta has in last forty years been the main drug importer of Italy, their revenue of all activities (legal and illegal) is noticeable part of Italy's GDP.
2) Neaples has had in the last few decades two Comorra...
Cicilian Mafia is only one of Italian criminal organisations. During Mussolini's rule, there were 2 other organizations, what are still active today. In Campania region there is Comorra, in Calabria there is 'Ndrangheta. According to Wikipedia Comorra and 'Ndrangheta are older than Cicilan...
Great reading. Only one thing, UK territorial waters back then were 3 nautical miles ie little over 5 and half kilometers (5.556 km) from coast line, and same goes for France too. The OTL expansion of terrtorial waters from 3 to 12 miles was for most countries in the second half of 20th century...
Longest living OTL WW1 veteran was Emiliano Mercado del Toro (1891 - 2007). Veteran born around 1900 and living the same 115 years, can also see the centenary of the beginning of the war.
As an Estonian, I dare say that there is a very strong linguistic similarity. At the same time, the situation is more culturally diverse. Historically, Estonians have strong cultural ties to the German cultural space, but since the 1960s it has been possible to watch Finnish television in...
A big part of large scale training operations is logistical part and the logistical part needs to be tested as close to reality as possible, therefore a long overland movement of troops is quite plausible and necessary. This is especially true for combat units whose main task is not logistics...
Poland, Bulgaria and East germany are possible, Czechoslovakia not so. The reason is, that Czech did extensive business with the Americans, selling to the latter the main component of Agent Orange - since the Czechoslovak chemical forces were and the Czechs are the absolute top in the world...
It was a rumor in some post-soviet countries, precisely in Baltic republics. Soviets were conducting some successful landing operations in august 1945. There is a guess about reasons and not my guess, but someone else's, but it was most likely a bribe to the USSR not to make a landing on Home...