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    Faster AK47 Introduction

    So this question requires someone to put 50p in the handwavium generators. Assume for some reason WWII continues in Europe for another 12 months. Insert your own reason why, it's not relevant really, just that it has. What are the chances of seeing the AK introduced before the end of 1946...
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    RAF B1

    In the late 70's/early 80's, (pre Falklands), the Vulcan was due to be retired from front line service. In 1974 the Rockwell B1 was in development and had made it's maiden test flights and while the costs were increasing, it should have looked attractive. Is there a way, (assuming Carter...
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    AHC: Not so much snarl, Julius, not Karl

    Following this quote in Polchat I skimmed Marx's Wiki page and found this quote from Irving Berlin I do not, and will not claim to be an expert on any of the Marx's lives, although I do enjoy their films, so here's the challenge, with a POD that still includes the making of Duck Soup in it's...
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    Spanish Civil War Question

    How much impact did the Nazi intervention in the Spanish civil war have on the war itself? The scenario is that Germany, for whatever reason has not fallen to extremism, no Nazism, no Communism. It has a very conservative government, and one that has decided not to intervene. Italy and the...
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    No Hitler & the butterflies

    A question has been percolating through m mind recently, what would Germany look like without Hitler? So assume that Hitler dies in the first was of the 1918 flu epidemic while in Hospital for treatment for his gassing injuries. He's just another dead Gefreiter at this point, one among millions...
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    AHC: Retain an Independent Scotland

    I've been thinking, (not very hard), from what I can see, the last straw preventing the 1707 Act of Union between England and Scotland was the failure of the Darien colonies and the huge financial losses incurred by that. If King William III/II refuses permission for the Darien Colonies...
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    Would Operation Sealion shorten WWII?

    Rather than necro this thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/failed-sealions-effects-on-uk-up-to-present-day.291256/, and to widen the question somewhat, while the war would be changed beyond our recognition, would it have shortened the war and what are the global effects likely...
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    Fast cargo ships in WWII

    I'm watching Armchair Admirals, and was surprised, (because of my lack of research), that cargo ships of the day only did around 10-15kts meaning the run from Iceland to Murmansk could take up to 2 weeks. At the same time, the RMS Queen Mary was capable of hitting 25kts+ so large, fast ships...
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    Plausability question - WWII "Commando" raids into fully hostile nation

    From fairly soon after Dunkirk, Churchill ordered the creation of the Commando brigades. Their exploits, successes and failures are well known, however, most of the time they operated in countries with friendly, or at least not hostile, local populace where at some basic support could have been...
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    DBWI: Pop Culture WI/AHC - Buffy runs for longer

    Something that came up at work today as a conversation piece - what would have happened if Joss Whedon's Buffy The Vampire Slayer had run for more than one season? Whedon was clearly an excellent Sci-Fi writer, but could he have handled Supernatural Horror? Could anything have come of it had...
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    WI No Horses - Stalin dies in '45?

    This is one that has been bubbling around in my head for a little bit, but have neither the time nor resources to explore properly really. One of the minor stories surrounding the Moscow Victory parade was that the original plan was that Stalin was to lead the Parade upon a white horse...
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    Could Hitler have assisted OVERLORD more than he did?

    For my mind, in a rather simplistic term, Hitler did a huge amount to aid in the success of OVERLORD by, well, just being himself. However there's a question lurking in the back of my mind: Had he woken/been woken up earlier, accepted that the Normandy landing were the real thing and released...
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    Egads, Not Little Belgium! - TLIAD

    Egads, Not Little Belgium! - TLIAFD It has been a matter of great conjecture what would have befallen Europe had the German Army carried out the Schlieffen plan, or some variant of it in August 1914. It has been suggested, that had they done so, then this, rather than the Great World War of...
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    TLIAD - When the Sun Sets

    TLIAD - Time Line In A Day - an idea stolen utterly from Meadow. Although this one will take place mostly post 1900, the POD begins in 1871, so here it is: When The Sun Sets December 1871, while staying at Londesborough Lodge, the Prince Of Wales, Prince Edward contracts Typhoid. Although...
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    External Pressures on the British Empire

    This is more of a question which will hopefully steer my research a bit: Among the various discussions regarding the longevity and conduct of the colonial administrations within the British Empire, I got to thinking, if the external pressures facing the British Empire could be removed or...
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    No Royal Air Force

    DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a "Make That Plan happen" thread. Please do not even think about bringing up that plan. Thank you. in August 1917, General Jan Smuts presented his paper on the use of Air Power in strategic warfare, a decision was made to spin off the Royal Flying Corps and part of the...
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    DBWI - Mathias Rust actually lands in Red Square?

    OK, I was reading up on a case from 25 years ago. It was one of the lesser known episodes of the cold war. In December 1987 a German kid named Mathias Rust attempted to fly from Finland into the Soviet Union. The result was pretty much as expected, as he got over Estonia, despite the Soviets...
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    A Very British cover-up

    This was the note attached to one of the most unusual files to be released under the freedom of information act in the last few years, the only known armed raid by Nazi forces on mainland Britain. Quote: NAZI INVASION LASTED ONE DAY BEACH TOWELS STAYED LONGER Headline from The Sun...
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    AHC: Britain a Military Dictatorship by 2012

    As Brits we tend to be rather dismissive of the idea that we could ever be ruled, even benignly by a military dictatorship, because, well, it's just not British. So I got to thinking, what events of the 20th Century, if spun differently, could cause Britain to be ruled by a military...
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    Sealion '41

    This is "inspired" by the Sealion Coxed thread. It depends on Hitler being as frothingly insane in the earlier period of the war as he was later on. So yes, this is somewhat ASB, but unlike the other thread, for better or worse, this is my own work. Comments, critisism, flaming etc is...
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