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Exactly what the question is? What scenarios can we cook up that will create a Europe chock full of religious diversity, after the fall of the Roman Empire? This diversity can be both intra-religion (say, a Christianity where groups such as the Cathars and such gain a permanent foothoold) and...

The Dominion system worked because, unlike Spain, Great Britain was not a moribund country just barely keeping it's shit together in the 19th century. You're asking Latin America, full of countries overflowing with natural resources, and urbanized to a larger extent than Anglo-America, to keep...

A modified version of the "Political Decapitation Game". Here we're going to take the runners up in each NFL conference and match them together in a super bowl that never was. I say we go one at a time, starting with this year and working our way backwards to the first Super Bowl. For...

Kind or a simple question: what is the worst case scenario for the British at the Battle of Jutland in World War I? What was the worst possible defeat they could suffer? And what would the effect of such a defeat be?

Even if Thatcher wasn't planning on nuking Argentina, the threat is still a very serious one, especially if the general public were to learn of it.

What happens in a hypothetical scenario where François Mitterrand calls her bluff, then, and refuses to give her the codes? Sub-scenario: let's say he leaks the threat to the French press. What happens then?

I believe what he is referring to is the incident where Thatcher threatened to nuke Argentina unless France provided them with exocet codes.

Alternate possibility I proposed in the other thread: the war turns into a general South American War. Possible scenario: Chile is convinced by Britain to enter the war due to long-term territorial conflicts with Argentina. In response, Bolivia and Peru declare war, Bolivia to regain access to...

As we all know, the late 60s were a particularly bad time for the United States, with the mounting costs of the Vietnam war, the assassination of several prominent figures such as Robert Kennedy and M.L.K Jr., the riots at the DNC, the riots elsewhere, the riots everywhere, the election of...

On the opposite side, Brazil and the Soviet Union cooperated in an attempt to provide arms and supplies to Argentina. Source: http://en.mercopress.com/2012/04/23/brazil-helped-soviet-support-operation-for-argentina-during-the-falklands-conflict

Perhaps have the war be widened than just a British - Argentinian conflict? In South America alone, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil were all backing Argentina to various extents, although they would be counterbalanced somewhat by Chile, who favored the British. Instead of the Falklands war, you...