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  1. AbeLincoln1865

    Can Army Group A reach Batumi and destroy the Black Sea Fleet in 1942?

    As the title says, I'm curious if Army Group A could've have reached the Turkish border with the USSR and forced the Soviets to scuttle the Black Sea Fleet. Obviously this implies Barbarossa stayed mostly the same during 1941, but feel free to use any POD you want. Finally, had this occurred...
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    SWAPO and the Namibian independence movement if South Africa annexed Namibia before 1960?

    Recently I was discussing with someone whether or not there would have been a South African Border War if they had annexed Namibia before apartheid came under international scrutiny in the 60's. Just for some context, Namibia was a de facto part of South Africa, but legally a South African...
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    Japan doesn't lose the Shoho and wins at Midway: Now what?

    The Pacific War is a talked to death topic on the forum, and I wanted to see if I could add something to its most discussed campaign. Let's say that the Japanese fleet trying to invade Port Moresby at the Coral Sea was still turned back, but instead of losing the carrier Shoho, it was just...
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    Hypothetical: Lincoln loses to a peace Democrat in 1864 but the Civil War up to this point hasn't changed

    Let's say Lincoln loses in November to a Democrat who supported their platform of peace with the Confederacy (i.e. not McClellan). However in this timeline, the war has happened like it historically did (Sherman took Atlanta, Grant is trying to take Petersburg, etc.). Can Lincoln defeat the...
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    Timeline Planning: Walther Wever lives and Göring dies in June 1940

    I've always found the Luftwaffe to be the most interesting branch of the Wehrmacht to read about, mainly due to the attritional nature of its operations. Therefore, I've decided to take a shot at writing a timeline about it. Arguably the biggest cause of the Luftwaffe's defeat in World War II...
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    WI: Göring doesn't cancel a bunch of projects in the February of 1940

    On February 7 1940, Hermann Göring signed a decree that cancelled all aircraft projects that would not achieve results within a year. This decision severely hampered the German jet and rocket programs among others, and was probably the biggest mistake Göring made as the head of the Luftwaffe...
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    Fritz Todt vs Albert Speer

    Why was Speer seemingly more successful at helping the Nazi war economy than his predecessor, Todt?
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    Luftwaffe Victorious by Mike Spick

    I just got a Mylar wrapped (yay!) copy of this book by respected aviation historian Mike Spick. I was just wondering if there was anything too implausible in the book, or if it was all A or B grade alternate history.
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    Walther Wever lives, but...

    ...Ernst Udet is still around and championing dive bombers as inspector of fighters. Using his connections with Göring, he gets Wever to convert the Junkers Ju 88 into one, like Udet did when he took over the technical office after Wever's death. My question is then, without Udet actually in...
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    AHC: Maximize Bomber Command Losses From 1939-1941

    How could the Luftwaffe and German Anti-Aircraft have inflicted as many losses as possible on RAF Bomber Command from September 1939 to December 1941?
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    WI: Ki-43 with cannons

    The Ki-43 was the most produced Japanese Army plane of World War II, and the second most overall, to only the Navy's A6M Zero. However, while Ki-43 was just as good as the Zero and arguably better, it had one problem the Zero did not, inadequate armament. The Ki-43 only had two 12.7 mm machine...
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    Earlier adoption of cannons by the Japanese ARMY Air Force?

    While the Japanese Navy was quick to adopt cannons for the A6M Zero and their other aircraft, the Army stuck with heavy machine guns much longer on even their more modern planes, like the Ki-61. The Army did have a better 20mm cannon than the Navy's Type 99, the Ho-5. However, I can't find a...
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    A Quick Idea for a "Better" Treaty of Versailles

    This debate has been done quite a bit, and I wanted to take a crack at it. Since this is such a complicated issue, don't take this too seriously. 1. No military restrictions, but the German fleet will be destroyed/distributed to the Entente. 2. Germany loses all the territory they historically...
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    Plausibility Check: Earlier Kokoda Track Campaign instead of the Coral Sea

    If for some reason, the Japanese had been unable to provide carrier support for an amphibious attack on Port Moresby in May (the Coral Sea), could the Japanese have done what they did in the Kokoda Track Campaign? If so, how would they have fared compared to the historical operation?
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    What Troops Could Japan Use For Operation FS?

    For those who don't know, Operation FS was a Japanese plan to take New Caledonia, Fiji, and Samoa in order to help cut off Australia and New Zealand from the United States. An obvious prerequisite was for the Japanese to take Port Moresby in order to secure New Guinea but the defeat at the Coral...
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    Interesting Discrepancy in Albert Speer's Memoirs...

    In his famous book, Inside the Third Reich, Albert Speer wrote one of the most useful accounts from Hitler's inner circle. As the Minister of Armaments, Speer was obviously concerned with economic matters. On pages 405-406 he recalls how in early September 1944, he calculated German industry...
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    Japan and Germany Develop an Atomic Bomb Timeline Planning Thread

    Okay, so while the concept for this timeline might seem a little out there, I do have all the best books on the topic of German and Japanese nuclear research during World War II. Those books are as follows: The Virus House by David Irving Japan's Secret War by Robert K. Wilcox U-234 by Joseph...
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    What should Japan have done in Burma after taking the Burma Road?

    On April 29 1942, Japan captured the southern terminus of the Burma Road at Lashio. After that, the story of the campaign in Burma is one of stalemate until the Battle of the Admin Box and the Imphal offensive of 1944. Now, there were many supply difficulties in Burma for both sides, which is...
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    WI: No Market Garden, Allies Forcus On Clearing The Scheldt To Get Antwerp Working As A Port?

    As the title says.
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    How Long Does World War II In Europe Last If Romania Doesn't Switch Sides

    On August 23rd 1944, King Michael of Romania staged a coup against dictator Ion Antonescu and left the Axis to join the Allies. According to Heinz Guderian in his book Panzer Leader (Page 367), he had wanted to move the 4th SS Division from Yugoslavia to Bucharest to prevent this, but was unable...
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