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  1. La Rouge Beret

    AHC: Export options for the B-58 Hustler

    For those of you that are unaware of the Convair B-58 Hustler. It was the first operational bomber to reach Mach 2 speed and was developed in the 1950s for the USAF Strategic Air Command. With a rather fetching delta wing design powered by four General Electric J79 engines, the Hustler...
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    AHC: The Spanish Empire wins the Battle of Tampico in 1829

    For those that are unaware in 1829 the Spanish empire attempted to reconquer Mexico, and this culminated in the Battle of Tampico. Which saw Mexican forces led by General Santa Anna against the Spanish forces led by Isidro Barradas. The battle ended with a clear Mexican victory and this...
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    AHC Have the Philippine Scouts remain a part of the US Regular Army post 1946

    As it says on the tin, what PODs are necessary for the Philippine Scouts to remain a part of the regular US Army following the granting of Philippine independence in July 1946? As I think there is potential for the Philippine Scouts to become the American equivalent of the Gurkha regiments in...
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    AHC: Have Turkey remain a cosmopolitan society like the Ottoman Empire

    In 1923 Greece and Turkey conducted a population exchange involving 1.6 million Greek Orthodox residing in Turkey were exchanged for 350,000 to 400,000 Muslims from Greece. In doing so populations that had been living in their residences for centuries or more were denaturalised as citizens and...
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    WI no United States Air Force

    As it says on the tin. What happens if the United States Air Force does not become a separate service, instead remaining part of the Army. Would this allow the Army to maintain higher training standards & manning levels? The Navy wins the strategic deterrent role and maintains a larger...
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    WI Surcouf makes it to the Pacific

    Surcouf was a large French gun-armed cruiser submarine armed with two 8" guns and embarked a floatplane. The fact that Surcouf combined torpedos, 8' guns & a float plane seemed surreal & the model kit would make a fitting addition to my desk. Not my build and Surcouf in 1/350 scale next to the...
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    WI King Ferdinand VII of Spain accepted the Treaty of Cordoba

    After the Mexican War of Independence Mexico's independence was established by the Treaty of Cordoba. To unite the disparate threads of the Mexican independence movement, the newly formed state was established as monarchial, constitutional & moderate. The crown was offered to King Ferdinand VII...
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    AHC: Strongest UK post ww2

    With a POD after August 1940 what policies and diplomatic agreements must be tweaked? So that post war United Kingdom is in the best possible shape from a financial, social, technological & diplomatic perspective.
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    AHC: Lord Wellington assumes the Spanish throne

    As it says on the tin in one of the many Napoleonic war books that I have read over the years, in one of these mighty tomes there was a small paragraph about the possibility of the Spanish throne being offered to Lord Wellington. As events unfolded, no offer was made and he later on became...
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    Alternate Chinese dynasties

    If the Chinese people decided to restore the monarchy in the 1930s or 1940s and, a Qing pretender was not chosen. Would we see a new dynasty proclaimed or could a Song or Ming descendant take the throne. If the latter two lines are there any notable claimants within the time period?
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    AHC: Schnaebelé Affair leads to war

    In April 1887 a French police inspector Guilaume Schnaebelé was arrested by the German secret police on the grounds of engaging in espionage activities, after being invited to meet across the border with another German police officer. A flurry of diplomatic cables flew back and forth, with the...
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    1938 Coup succeeds

    Inspired by reading Munich by Robert Harris and seeing the Netflix movie. I wondered if the Oster conspiracy - which was a plot by several high ranking Wehrmacht officers and Abwehr members to overthrow Hitler and the Nazi regime. In the event that Nazi Germany declared war on Czechoslovakia...
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    AHC: Surviving Korean monarchy

    With a POD after 1945, what changes are needed to have South Korea maintain a monarchy to the present day?
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    AHC: Successful defence of Rabaul in 1942

    Inspired by my earlier thread about successfully defending the Philippines, which can be found here. With a POD in January 1941 how could Australia successfully defend the city of Rabaul and by extension New Britain island from the Japanese in 1942. Since it had an excellent harbour & two...
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    AHC: Improve the defence of the Philippines during WW 2.

    The Philippine campaign (1941 - 1942) commencing with the invasion of the Philippines by Imperial Japan in December 1941 to the fall of Corregidor in May 1942 is regarded as a significant defeat in American military history. (Above maps sourced from wikipedia article) With a POD after...
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    AHC: Prosperous Mexico

    With a POD after 1940 what changes can occur in Mexico so that it is a politically stable & economically prosperous country, with a GDP per capita by 2021 either equal to or exceeding Chile (24k) or Malaysia (29k) from it's original base of 19k? To my mind it would revolve around extending the...
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    AHC: Improve Imperial Japan's industrial capability

    With a POD after 1935 what can Imperial Japan do to improve their industrial capability? Thinking back to my undergraduate days one of the reasons provided to explain the lower industrial capability. Was that Imperial Japan industrialised their colonies, rather than deepening domestic capital...
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    Operation Trikora WI

    In 1966 Indonesia launched Operation Trikora which were a series of military actions intended to seize control of Netherlands New Guinea, while after the Battle of the Arafura Sea and several land skirmishes the two parties reached a diplomatic solution in 1962. However, as part of Operation...
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    Neutral Russia during WW 1

    I received a copy of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark for Christmas and, there was a passage in the book that spoke about how Tsar Alexander III wanted to remain neutral from the web of European alliances. If Russia remains outside of either Alliance blocs...
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    Italian Libya in the Cold War

    With a POD where Italy sits out the second world war, are the Italians able to hold onto the 'Fourth Shore' during the Cold War? My thought based on the numerous population graphs that I've seen on this website, is that the Italians either were or would become a plurality post war. What would...
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