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  1. Logistics of a liberation of the UK

    Putting this here since it's more a military question that (arguably) relies on ASB intervention, but I'm fine with the thread being moved if need be. Basically, what it says on the tin. Assuming some kind of successful SEALION/SEALION-esque campaign (that is, a successful invasion and...

  2. DBWI: Keep America under a Two-Party System

    What it says on the tin. Today, America (like most developed nations) has a (fairly) healthy multi-party system, with the centrist/"classically liberal" GOP, the center-left Progressives, the far-right (though they deny it up and down) Liberty Party, the "big tent" populist Reform Party, to...

  3. WI/AHC: WW2 ends before the completion of the Manhattan Project

    What it says on the tin. How the war wraps up sooner is immaterial (though maybe worthy of discussion), but what would the effects be of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan being defeated before the completion of the Manhattan Project (either the project runs into a feat it did not encounter...

  4. WI: FBI Director Bob Mueller resigned over STELLAR WIND?

    What it says on the tin. Mueller, former FBI Director, is back in the headlines following his appointment as the Special Counsel for the Trump/Russia investigation, but he first achieved prominence as the FBI director during the Bush, and later Obama, White Houses. In March of 2004, then-Deputy...

  5. AHC/WI: Semi-Presidential United States Government

    What it says on the tin. With a POD after 1789, have the United States adopt a semi-presidential system of government, akin the one used by France, Russia, and others. How does this affect the United States? Would this make a better, or worse fit than OTL's system? Would such a system even work...

  6. AHC/WI: Successful Cripps' Mission

    What it says on the tin. OTL, Stanford Cripps' 1942 mission to India, where he offered India full Dominion status in exchange for full support in WW2 (there is apparently some debate as to whether Cripps was even authorized to offer this in the first place). OTL, the mission failed due to a...

  7. AHC/WI: Foreign recognition of the CSA, but no intervention?

    What it says on the tin. What would the consequences of either France or Britain (or both) recognizing the CSA and opening relations, but refraining from intervening militarily? So, ministers in Richmond and the ability to trade on the London and Paris exchanges, but no action by the RN, no...

  8. Is Soviet military dominance guaranteed?

    It's almost a cliche at this point that, no matter what, the USSR will inevitably emerge as a borderline-unstoppable military power. OTL, the Soviets ended WW2 and entered the Cold War as the Red Juggernaut due to being invaded by the Third Reich, and arguably got a boost from WAllied...

  9. Could The Third Reich Actually Build The "Alpine Redoubt"?

    What it says on the tin. During the war, there were constant rumors that the Reich had begun construction of a final redoubt in the Alps, where they and the remnants of the Wehrmacht would hold out against the combined allied forces. Ultimately, this all turned out to be a complete fabrication...

  10. Can Spain Win The Spanish-American War?

    What it says on the tin. OTL the Spanish-American war was a complete blow-out victory for the US, and lead to them expanding the war goals from just booting Spain out of Cuba to seizing all of Spain's overseas colonies (including the Philippines). Is there any way for Spain to beat the US, or...

  11. Without Halifax, Is Canada/British North America "Worth It"?

    Basically what it says on the tin. If, by some turn of events, the US managed to secure Halifax, either by conquest in the Revolution or the War of 1812, or by having Nova Scotia (for whatever reason) throw in with the 13 Colonies, is Canada/British North America "worth" keeping? Can the...

  12. Consequences of a Failed SEALION

    Right off the bat, SEALION/Seelowe is doomed to failure, despite the occasional argument that it's possible. Instead, what would the consequences of the Reich actually launching SEALION and it failing, for all the reasons we (and others) have laid out over the years? Let's assume that, in a fit...

  13. AHC: Make Juneteenth A National Holiday

    For those who aren't aware, "Juneteenth" is a holiday which celebrates the abolition of slavery in Texas, and more informally the abolition of slavery throughout the former Confederacy. While Congress has passed legislation observing the holiday, it's never made the jump to the national level...

  14. WI: The 18th Amendment Fails?

    What it says on the tin. What would happen if the 18th Amendment (which created Prohibition in the United States) either failed to pass the House/Senate (which, given the margins by which it did pass OTL, seems tough) or, having passed the Legislature, fails to be ratified by the States? Would...

  15. AHC: Hung 1860 Presidential Election

    What it says on the tin. I was goofing around with the campaign trail game and managed to fuck up the 1860 Presidential Election such that, while Lincoln won a plurality of electoral votes, he didn't win a majority, and the election is tossed to the House of Representatives. So, what would...

  16. AHC/WI: Dukasis Wins In 88

    What it says on the tin. I've been messing around with the Campaign Trail game, and running through various ways for Dukakis to defeat H.W. Bush in the '88 election. Now, historically Dukakis ran a rolling catastrophe of a campaign, and never managed to either defend himself from Bush's...

  17. AHC: Smallest Possible United States

    As a flip of this thread, how small could the US have been (barring stuff like breaking up the Thirteen Colonies up at the get go)? What would have filled in North America in lieu of a US that stretches across the continent? My guess is that it's going to be basically impossible for the US...

  18. AHC/WI: NATO/Warsaw Pact war in the 1950's

    What it says on the the tin. What would it take for a conventional war to break out between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in the 1950's? I'm assuming such a war would be mostly conventional, with a limited use of nuclear weapons (since at this point the Soviet stockpile was fairly limited, and...

  19. AHC/WI: Röhm's Reich

    What it says on the tin. OTL Ernst Röhm was one of the most senior Nazi's, and possibly the closest to Hitler himself (for example, he was the only one to call him "Adolf" instead of "mein Fuhrer"). Of course, once Hitler ascended to the Chancellery and Röhm started talking up a "Second...

  20. Political Aftermath of a Conventional NATO/Warsaw Pact War?

    What it says on the tin. What would be the political fallout (both domestic and international) of a conventional war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact? For the sake of argument, let's assume it was one similar to the one hypothesized in "Red Storm Rising": taking place sometime in the mid-80's...
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