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  1. What Would be the International Reaction to an African Nation Invading and Annexing its Neighbours?

    For the sake of argument, I'd prefer to focus on the international community's response to this rather than the plausibility. Let's just assume a country like, say Nigeria found a pretext to invade Benin, Cameroun and Togo. Nigeria either outrightly annexes its conquests or holds rigged...

  2. Effect on Argentianian victory in the Falkand's war on Britain's Global Standing?

    I imagine the aftershock would have been worse than that of 1956. Presumably as the US had initially been against the operation. Could Britain have lapsed into despair and isolationism?

  3. Captured French Fleet in Sealion

    Let's just assume it's captured intact and not get bogged down by how it's captured. The fleet at Mers-el-Kebir comprised 4 battleships and 5 destroyers. Combined with the Kriegmarine's 4 battleships, this gives Germany 8 battleships. The Royal Navy in 1940 has 14 battleships. Italy has 7...

  4. AHC: Make The Force Awakens Even Better

    I'm not sure if this has been done yet. In any case, enough time has passed for a spoiler laden discussion to be acceptable. I very much enjoyed the movie as did most of my friends. Just of the top of my head, I can't really think of any way to make the movie any better. It did what it needed to...

  5. Why did Britain come off worse from WW2 than the Soviets?

    The Soviets had almost all of European USSR destroyed 1st by scorching the earth as the red army withdrew, secondly by German bombardment, 3rd by scorched earth as the Wehrmacht withdrew and 4th by Soviet bombardment. The USSR also lost at least 20 million of its people. In the struggle...

  6. Treaty of Amiens leads to a Long Lasting Peace In Europe

    The reason Addington declared war in 1803 was because he felt Napoleon could not be trusted. His treatment of the Luneville treaty showed that he did not care to stick to agreements his diplomats had negotiated. Secondly, his continues fascination over India and failure to denounce the...

  7. WI: Anglo - French Victory in the Suez Crisis

    In OTL, the British decision to withdraw implicitly meant that France had to withdraw as well since this was a British eld operation and air superiority depended on the use of British airfields in Cyprus. What forced Britain to agree to a pullout was US refusal to provide loans or oil and...

  8. Taxation with Representation

    What if from the very start, English colonies in America are incorporated into England and send MPs to parliament? This would butterfly a lot of the impetus for the American revolution because the colonists could not cry foul that they were being taxed without representation. Additionally, the...

  9. AHC: Have WW2 known as the Hitlerite Wars

    Just as the period from 1803-15 is known as the Napoleonic Wars, have the period from 1939-1945 known as the Hitlerite Wars. Feel free to limit the actual fighting to Europe itself but it's most desirable to still have the Pacific War bungled in - again it's not essential but it would be nice.

  10. How would A Muslim Europe have worked?

    The POD for this is a failed attempt by Charles Martel to expropriate clerical lands after the battle of Poitiers. The Franks therefore can't suppport adequate cavalry forces to successfully repel subsequent Ummayad invasion and eventuallly fall to the Muslim armies. In a Europe where the...

  11. How to get Spain and Portugal as one Country?

    What POD is needed to unite all of Iberia? The two that come to mind for me at least are the Spanish invasion during the 7 years war and a Napoleonic victory in the Peninsular war.

  12. AHC: Rule Britannia!!!

    With a POD after New Years Day 1900, have Britain be the world's most powerful country by 2015. The Royal Navy must be the world's largest and have more aircraft carriers than the rest of the world combined. The RAF must also be the world's largest. The naval bases at Esquimalt, Simonstown...

  13. Could the Falklands war have spread to Mainland Argentina?

    Under what circumstances would Britain feel the need to bomb the Argentine mainland or perhaps even launch an amphibious invasion? How long could such a war last?

  14. Most Badass Plane of WW2

    For me it's got to be the Stuka. The siren struck untold fear in the hearts and minds of its targets, civilians and military alike. The Stuka reached its high point at the Battle of Kursk. The ones fitted with anti tank cannons (See below) were just the sickest Luftwaffe planes ever. This...

  15. Last Possible POD to save the Roman Empire

    What in your opinion is the last possible date that the Roman Empire can be saved? Preferrably there should be no East West Division but if you think it's the only way to save Rome then you can have the Eastern Roman and Western Roman Empires.

  16. Why did the tribe die out in Europe but continue to thrive in Africa and Asia

    Lately I've been interested in the idea of "the tribe". Europe used to be populated by Germanic tribes, Gallic tribes, Iberian tribes, British tribes and so on. Today however, no one identifies as Iceni or Brigantes for example. Yet in places like Africa and India, tribal affiliations continue...

  17. Can Poland pull a Finland in 1939?

    Poland's mistakes included spreading out their forces in an attempt to defend the whole border. What if they instead choose to concentrate their forces at key choke points and attempts to bleed the Germans white. In this TL, they would also disband their 12 cavalry brigades and convert them to...

  18. DBWI: Britain doesn't nuke Japan

    70 years ago today, the RAF nuked Hiroshima and then went on to nuke Nagasaki 3 days later. At the time, the bombings were justified because it was thought that an invasion of Japan would have cost far more Japanese and Allied lives. To put this in further context, the allies had just fought an...

  19. WI: Belgium grants military access to Germany in 1914

    The Germans had initially hoped that the Belgians would be willling to do a deal in order to avoid war with Germany. If such an agreement is reached then Germany will not be delayed for weeks and so France will not have as much time as OTL to prepare. Britain will also have no pretext to enter...

  20. AHC: Spain the world's most powerful country by 1900

    With a POD of a victorious Spanish Armada in 1588, have Spain be the world's most powerful country by 1900. ITTL, the Armada first decisively engaged and defeated the English fleet at Plymouth before successfuly escorting the Duke of Parma's invasion force to England's shores.
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