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  1. Soviet invasion of Iran

    We all know that a Soviet invasion of Iran was considered as CENTCOM's biggest threat during the 80s. In a limited (as in confined to the Middle East) war, could the US have actually held Iran against a Spviet armoured thrust? Presumably, when the Soviets invade from the north and northeast...

  2. The Death Penalty in Britain - A Report.

    Britain and the Death Penalty It seems as though every time the United Kingdom comes close to abolishing capital punishment, one outrage or another occurs and causes the nation to scream for vengeance. Perhaps with some forethought, a lifetime of imprisonment or solitude may be a worse...

  3. Eagle Guardian - Snippets from the War of 2010

    This piece is a snippet from a story on another forum that I am collaborating on with another writer who previously posted here. I hope it's not inappropriate for me to be posting this here, but I wanted to showcase some of the writing from that story here as well. Any comments are appreciated...

  4. A different Eagle Claw and a very different 1980s.

    A Very Different 1980s Arguably, the events that caused some of the most dramatic events of the last thirty years can be traced back to the American & British-backed coup d’état that took place in Iran in 1953. That disastrous action would have consequences beyond comprehension. Perhaps if...

  5. Is this a plausible scenario for an Axis occupation of Britain?

    I was thinking of someday writing a story set in a Nazi-occupied Britain. Obviously, Sea Lion is off of the table due to the many reasons it is thought to be impossible - let me be clear about that, I'm not talking about a Sea Lion scenario here. I had a rough idea for a rather bleak timeline...

  6. WI: 2007 Iran-UK incident is worse

    In 2007, fifteen Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel were detained by the Iranian government after their vessel was seized by the Iranian Navy. They were released within a few weeks of being detained in our timeline. What if they had not been released? I'm not talking about them being...

  7. WI: U.S. POW's are proven to be in the Soviet Union

    During and after the Vietnam War there were persistent rumors that American Prisoners of War were both left behind in Vietnam and Laos, or shipped to the Soviet Union for interrogation by Soviet military intelligence. These prisoners would presumably have been aircrew of certain types of...

  8. WI: Sex Pistols prosecuted for treason

    When the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols released the anti-monarchy song God Save the Queen, several tabloid papers along with a Royal commentator accused the song of being borderline treasonous in its lyrics. It was banned by the BBC and many shops refused to sell the record. According...

  9. Operation Eagle Claw

    Is there any way that the U.S. attempt to rescue the hostages from Tehran could have succeeded? I think the plan that went ahead was doomed to fail, but could any alternative military operation have any chance of succeeding? What would need to change for this to happen?

  10. WI: Police open fire on Ferguson protestors

    It seems fairly unlikely, but what if the local police officers monitoring unrest in Ferguson following the shooting of Michael Brown, opened fire on the protestors, killing anywhere between a few and several dozen protestors? How would the local, state and federal authorities react to the...

  11. It Has Happened Here: A British coup timeline

    I decided to do a TL based around the Harold Wilson coup plot conspiracy. Now, I don't think such a plot would have succeeded if it was actually attempted OTL, but I think with the changes seen in this timeline it would have been a very real possibility. Thanks for reading, everyone who does...

  12. Challenge: A Very British Dictatorship

    Ignoring the problems of getting such a government elected, how might an elected government go about turning the mother of all Parliamentary democracies into a dictatorship? What might a dictatorial government do once it had achieved dictatorial power? Would a left or right leaning...

  13. Worst possible London Riots?

    What would be the worst possible scenario for the London Riots of 2011? Troops on the streets? Worse rioting in other cities? Dead Police officers? A national State of Emergency? What's the absolute worst that could conceivably happen?

  14. AHC: Monarch dismisses UK government

    Your challenge is to have the UK Monarch dismiss a British government and call new elections with a POD after 1960. How would it happen? What would the consequences be?

  15. AHC: British strategic bomber

    Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is for the Royal Air Force to operate its own long-range strategic bomber in 2015. I thought one possible scenario would be for the RAF Vulcan's to play a major role in the Falklands War, and then have the government put funding into buying B-1Bs...

  16. WI: Harold Wilson coup plot is attempted

    It's probably ASB for the plan to succeed, but what if MI-5 and the military had actually attempted a coup d' etat in the 1970s? Information on the plot is scarce but their is at least some evidence of its existance. So, how does it go down? What happens after it fails?

  17. POWs in a hypothetical WW3

    Basically what it says on the tin. Assuming World War Three broke out sometime in the 1980's, does either side actually take prisoners? If so, how are they treated? Are the Geneva Conventions etc followed by both sides?

  18. Plausibility check: NATO strikes first

    I was thinking, what if there was some kind of Cold War Crisis where it was confirmed by NATO intelligence that the WP was going to attack, would it be at all plausible for NATO to mount a spoiling attack before the Soviets could Strike? Say the Soviet Premier all but says that NATO must...

  19. How long could a coventional WW3 have lasted?

    Assuming by some miracle it stayed conventional, how long could World War III have lasted in Europe and elswhere? Say it occurs in the early or mid eightees, when NATO was getting stronger and WP getting weaker.

  20. WI: Britain not in Iraq

    What would happen if Britain did not support the US in Iraq? I was quite fond of the whole "New Labour" thing up until Iraq, so I think without it Tony Blair will remain very popular. How does the invasion and the occupation go? Does it give Blair more support?
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