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  1. Population of Europe Without World Wars

    There is the question of whether birth rates would decline faster without the World Wars.Maybe the sexual revolution takes place earlier say 40's and 50's.So you could end up with approximately the same population.One thing is certain Europe would be a lot more mixed than today with large...

  2. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    Whether Europe is headed for war or another 70 years of peace is not really a topic here.No one can now for sure until it happens and that's that.

  3. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    Awesome or not,but its best to keep the story at least somewhat plausible.

  4. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    The USS Missouri was decommissioned in 1992,she was the last of the Iowa class to be retired.To reintroduce them into active duty would take quite a while especially considering their age around 70.Plus the systems are so different from what they have today on board US Navy ships.They would also...

  5. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    There is one problem with striking on russian soil,it might make the russians decide to escalate.Escalation in this case could lead to a spiral into nuclear war.No one knows exactly what russian contingecy plans say we can assume but not be sure.For the US its a difficult decision conventional...

  6. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    Which means either an expansion of the war into southern Europe with the purporse of closing off the Black Sea from NATO or a major thrust into Poland both of these would reduce the importance of the Far East operation for the US and force all remaining reserves to be deployed to Europe.One...

  7. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    The russians would either concentrate all efforts to retake Sakhalin or keep the US forces there pinned in using air and naval units and maybe some Spetsnaz raids.In the meantime the best strategy would be to widen the war in Europe forcing the US to abandon any other operations and concentrate...

  8. WI: Spanish Flu-esque plague after WWII

    It seems unlikely we would have another epidemic like that.Prevention was somewhat better after 1945 than in 1918.

  9. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    Its actually kind of hard to predict who is on their side since in practical terms the russians can easily threaten countries like these with invasion if they want to.Or even drop some hints that if things get bad they might just nuke them in the process,I doubt any central asian country would...

  10. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    One interesting effect of a war would be the return of punishments and laws from bygone eras at least in some places.The russians would almost certainly reintroduce formally capital punishment after nearly 20 years without official executions.In the EU i don;t expect anyone to propose something...

  11. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    South Africa is in no position to fight in such a war.Libya would probably collapse even sooner into civil war than in real life.

  12. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    Home Guard units might work in some countries but in others they might worsen internal problems.Countries known for their corruption and general lack of efficiency such forces might end up as private armies.And with the rise of the far right in Europe such forces could easily be hijacked by...

  13. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    At this point the brits sending under 18's in combat is most unlikely,current regulations bar such a situation.Plus under 18's are not that many in number,while they represent a sizeable part of the new recruits they are not a large part of the army as a whole.Last but not least there is still...

  14. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    The russians need to get NATO assets away from the main thrust region in the Baltics,so either an attack on Norway to take out instalattions there with a few strikes on Sweden and Finland to keep them quiet or a southern strike towards Turkey.Its kind of hard to decide Norway is viewed as a more...

  15. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    The war is too new for Hollywood to react yet in the sense of making movies adressing directly the events.The only reaction would be cancelling movies that have scenes of war in them or portray a bleak future.X-men Days of future past is in trouble since the opening has Patrick Stewart talk...

  16. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    One effect of a major war would be the reactivation of many units that have been disbanded in the past 20 years.With the armed forces again increasing to their highest levels since WW2 there would be an immediate need to reinstate some old units.

  17. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    I'm not saying a full blown invasion but taking out NATO naval bases and airfields would still be a wise move since it would force any NATO troops here on the defensive.No one knows NATO contingency planning but at the very least taking out NATO bases in the north and south would keep the...

  18. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    I wonder if there has been an official declaration of war.Such declarations are unusual these days but considering the size of the war,Obama could ask for a formal declaration to eliminate any ambuguities and give him a freer hand to act.

  19. And To Think It Might Have Happened: A Ukraine War Timeline

    The single most logical measure now would be either a northern strike into Norway,maybe a few attacks on swedish and finnish navy bases,while both are neutral taking out their naval assets would keep them out of any war and on the defensive.Or a southern strike towards Turkey,and take out any...

  20. Computers where Alan Turing lives longer

    We could have him avoid conviction somehow,maybe he managed to keep his private life a bit more private.
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