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  1. If not Catherine of Aragon, then who?

    Was watching a PBS show on the six wives of Henry VIII last night. It got me wondering if he hadn't been so infatuated with his elder brother's fiancée (and perhaps her dowry), who else might have been the leading contenders (both foreign and domestic) for his choice of a first bride?

  2. WW2/Korea TF sustainable speed

    Seen lots of sources on the Internet that identify maximum sustainable speed of Essex carriers and supporting ships in the Task Force as 30 knots. But I don't see anywhere how long "sustainable" means. 4 hours? 8 hours? A day? Multiple days? Eventually destroyers and the other smaller ships in...

  3. TF 77 in Korea, help with which ships when?

    Does anyone have a link to a source that lists which ships sailed when with TF 77 during the Korean War? Finding out the carriers was easy enough, but identifying the supporting destroyers and what not is proving a tedious exercise. Thanks, HPD

  4. Sean Bean Saves Westeros - Book 2: Sean Wins by a Nose

    The Discussion Thread - https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/sean-bean-saves-westeros-book-2-sean-wins-by-a-nose.335507/ Prologue March 14 The logs crackled and hissed and splintered, practically exploding as the flames sucked the last moisture out of the driftwood; the intense heat...

  5. Sean Bean Saves Westeros - Book 1: Sean Lends a Hand

    Sean Bean Saves Westeros – Book 1: Sean Lends a Hand The Discussion Thread Prologue If Lord Jonos’ observation was correct they still had a full day, more likely two, before this hodgepodge of a medieval army passed out of the Riverlands and into the Crownlands. Though he’d often portrayed...

  6. LOTR X-(wo)men Style: A Mutant Fellowship

    The story which developed from the following thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=278497 Part 1 – An Unexpected Journey When he came to himself again, for a moment he could recall nothing except a sense of dread. Then suddenly he knew that he was...

  7. What was the Economic Devastation Break Point for World War One?

    The Entente Powers economically lasted through World War One in large part through US loans. Then after the war, they were too economically tired and indebted to fully return their economies to what they had been before the war. The German economy fell apart by the end of the war. The...

  8. Bo knows the Big Apple

    At age 19, Bo Jackson is drafted June 7 in the second round of the 1982 amateur draft by the New York Yankees. Instead of honoring his football scholarship to enroll at Auburn as a freshman in the autumn, George Steinbrenner courts Bo and gets him to sign a contract with a $150,000 bonus to...

  9. Pearl Harbor WI: Lady Lex outs the Kido Butai on December 6th

    IOTL the Lexington left Pearl on December 5th to deliver planes to Midway. Her course on December 7th took her within 400 miles of the Kido Butai. What if she leaves a couple days earlier, delivers the planes, and then takes a more northerly return route to head back to Pearl. At some point...

  10. Question: Affect of Napalm on WWII Carriers?

    If napalm had been invented a couple of years earlier, would it have made an effective bomb to drop on flattops?

  11. D-Day One Month Earlier, bad odds?

    To make this happen, the major obstacles are weather and landing craft. Anything else? How cooperative was the weather in May? To make up for fewer landing craft, can the Allies land at just 4 beaches, excluding Utah, the westernmost beach? Without Utah, where would the 101st parachute...

  12. Why no reconquest of Wake?

    There is a fair amount of discussion in various threads on the board about how the US retaining control of Wake would have resulted in a more effective Pacific campaign. Why did the US never bother to take Wake back?

  13. WI: Kota Bharu Invasion Force Annihilated

    What if the 5,000 or so Japanese Troops who landed at Kota Bharu Malaysia are all killed or captured? The how doesn't really matter so much. I think there were some UK or Indian artillery near the landing site. Let's say they get really lucky and hit the three IJN transport ships carrying the...

  14. WI: B-26 hits Akagi Bridge during Midway

    While on vacation at my parents, picked up and started reading a 1960s copy of Walter Lord's Incredible Victory. Was surprised to read that the second strike from Midway against the Kido Butai with B-26s almost resulted in a B-26 hitting the bridge of the Akagi. What if in fact that B-26 had...

  15. 2nd Crusade - A Better Behaved Roger II of Sicily

    Roger's antagonism with Conrad III of Germany prior to the crusade and his forces outright naval raids against the Byzantines during the 2nd Crusade had major effects on the crusaders' march routes and the amount of Byzantine military/logistics aid available to the crusaders. As ASB as it...

  16. TFs 11 & 14 combine for relief of Wake

    With PODs of Vice Admiral Pye, A) ordering TF 11 (Saratoga) and TF 14 (Lexington) to combine for the relief of Wake; and, B) not ordering a turn around to Pearl after hearing about Soryu & Hiryu, what likely happens??

  17. Curtin gets earlier release of 6th & 7th Divisions

    Base this not necessarily on a more successful Operation Crusader, but on an improved perception of Crusader's success by the politicians. (6th & 7th weren't involved in Crusader, but they were in the Middle East Theater.) Question #1: How much earlier is realistic? 1A) AK at Gazala Line...
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