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  1. Paul McCartney joins ELO

    Exactly what it says on the tin. Paul joins the Electric Light Orchestra in 1972 right after the breakup of the Beatles and the departure of Roy Wood from ELO. Any thoughts?

  2. WI: Right-Wing Environmentalism

    Inspired by this thread, let's assume that somehow, environmentalism and conservation become associated with the Republican Party in the United States. Whatever the cause, by the 1930s, the Republican Party is environmentalist (God wants us to protect His creations; America has the greatest...

  3. Polsten gun replaces Oerlikon

    For some reason the Oerlikon gun has been used for many decades while the Polsten gun--which is simpler, cheaper, and more reliable but has similar performance--was mostly phased out of service in the 1950s. Why? What if the Polsten was adapted and used for naval mounts instead of the Oerlikon?

  4. Argentine F-4 Phantom

    What if Argentina had bought F-4Es from the US in the 1970s with Mavericks for attacking ships, and fewer A-4s and Mirages, and no Super Etendards? How would the Phantoms perform in the Falklands? One difference which should be remembered is that the Argentine Air Force was limited by the fact...

  5. Could the Cod War have gone hot?

    ^That's not a typo. Is there any possibility of the Cod Wars becoming more intense than in OTL? One idea that I had is, what if during the Third Cod War, the British countered Iceland's threat to close the Keflavik NATO base by deploying soldiers there to defend it, and refusing to recall...

  6. Effects of a Failed Operation Sealion in British Popular Culture

    If Operation Sealion was launched and failed in summer/autumn 1940, what could be the resulting influence on British culture? For one thing, there would probably be no Battle of Britain movie, or any BoB idealization for that matter, because the RAF wouldn't have really stopped the invasion...

  7. Folland Sea Gnat

    Could the Gnat have been adapted for use as a naval fighter for the Fleet Air Arm? Considering its small size and weight, I imagine it would have been a good match for the Centaur class carriers. Any thoughts on this?

  8. WI: Hermann Goring dies... in 1918

    Let's say that Hermann Goring gets killed in 1918 as a fighter pilot, either fighting or in an accident (for example testing the Dornier D.I). What would happen; would Kesselring or Milch be in charge? What would be the results of this (and please be more specific than simply saying 'the...

  9. Luft '19

    "New Year's Day, 1919: Today we flew our Siemens and Fokker biplanes to a new airfield fifty kilometers from Paris. The skies are heating up as the weather clears. Yesterday, Leutnant Kraut was shot down by an English "Buzzard" biplane during a routine patrol. Those are appearing in increasingly...

  10. German Light Carrier Seydlitz

    An interesting bit of AH that I found. http://www.combinedfleet.com/furashita/seydli_f.htm

  11. The Rent is Too Damn High!

    November 4, 2008, at CNN The Situation Room “I am Wolf Blitzer and we are in the CNN Election Center with the best political team on television. The polls in the last states are closing, and the results of tonight's presidential election are obvious. Jimmy McMillan has defeated Senator...

  12. Could NERVA succeed?

    If the NERVA nuclear rocket project had been given sufficient support, could the nuclear thermal rocket become a viable launch vehicle?

  13. Three-engined twin boom fighters?

    Imagine a P-38 Lightning, but with a longer central nacelle that includes a third engine driving a pusher propeller. Is it possible that any aircraft of this layout could have been produced during World War II?

  14. What if the Japanese accidentally raided Ulithi after WWII?

    During World War Two, the Japanese had a plan to send submarines carrying Aichi M6A attack seaplanes to raid the Panama Canal. But by the time the submarines, aircraft and crew were ready for this plan, Japan was on the brink of invasion and the target was switched at the last minute to Ulithi...

  15. What if Japan invaded the Netherlands and Britain but not the US?

    What if the Japanese attacked the Dutch East Indies and Malaya in December 1941, but did not declare war on the US? When would the Americans join the war? Also, if the Japanese only attacked the Dutch East Indies, would the British and/or the Americans have declared war on Japan? When?

  16. Make Yamamoto PM

    Your challenge, with a POD of 1930 or later, is to make Yamamoto the prime minister of Japan before Pearl Harbor and thus avert war with the United States.

  17. Germany cancels jet development, focuses on piston engines?

    Let's say that in 1941 the RLM gets fed up with the slow progress of jet engine development and postpones jet engine/aircraft development indefinitely. Instead they focus on building the DB 604, Argus 413 and Jumo 222 piston engines, and issue a new specification for Germany's next...

  18. Divine Wind

    Pacific War timeline, with POD set in October 1942: Japanese carriers establish naval supremacy around Guadalcanal. Discussion thread here. DIVINE WIND By October 1942, the 1st Marine Division, supported by the fleet of the United States Navy, had secured...

  19. Second Russo-Japanese War?

    Forgive me for asking what may have been asked before because the search function is not working yet again. 1. Could Stalin have decided to press Zhukov's victory in the Battle of Khalkin Gol and taken Manchuria and perhaps even Korea? He could set up communist republics in those areas and...

  20. Dornier 217 replaces He 111?

    What if in the autumn of 1942 the RLM orders He 111 production to be cancelled in favor of the Do 217?
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