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  1. The cultural ramifications of assassinations in sports history?

    A thread on the violent deaths of athletes and no one's mentioned the Munich Massacre yet?

  2. A Longer Lasting Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

    http://http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Komet

  3. A Longer Lasting Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

    Given the coziness between the Germans and Russians, and the apparently universal underestimation of the Soviet Union, it seems surprising the Entente didn't shove the USSR into the Axis themselves. Just to add to the list of Nazi-Soviet collaboration: I believe Soviet icebreakers escorted...

  4. Japanese Invasion of Alaska and Hawii

    That's funny, I was about to ask the same question. :p If the advance is a sort of rapid island-hopping down Midway Island to French Frigate Shoals to Niihau to wherever, I think the ranges are short enough to fly Zeroes from the Marshall Islands to Wake Island to Midway Island to the most...

  5. Japanese Invasion of Alaska and Hawii

    So Glen, let me see if I can understand your proposed AH strategy for Japan: First, the invasion of the Philippines is cancelled, to be completed at a later date. Then the Kido Butai conducts its historical attack on Pearl Harbor. I think you would recommend that there are more than two...

  6. No High Seas Fleet 1900-1914

    That's a really different analysis of what Germany could have done with its navy. Did the German fleet have enough range to escort ships across the Atlantic, or are you suggesting building one that could would be a better allocation of resources?

  7. IJN Carrier attack on Hawaii - January 1942. Wargame for thread in progress.

    So some months ago, I asked what would happen if the Japanese returned for a second Pearl Harbor Raid. I don't think I could have possibly predicted the outcome. This is the wildest dream of anyone who's posted "WI..." on this website. A massive simulation of the exact scenario, with a lot of...

  8. IJN Carrier attack on Hawaii - January 1942. Wargame for thread in progress.

    Isn't it still possible that Lexington is sunk? And don't forget about Saratoga. Speaking of Saratoga, IIRC, scouts discovered she was in dry dock at Pear Harbor. Why was she not a priority of the raid that attacked the oil tanks? I'd think that catching an aircraft carrier in port is the dream...

  9. Decimation - A Europe after the French break at Verdun

    This is one of the best timelines I've ever seen.

  10. IJN Carrier attack on Hawaii - January 1942. Wargame for thread in progress.

    Welcome to the first year of the Pacific War.

  11. AHC: Most of Earth Communist

    I've had an idea for a timeline where Italy also goes red shortly after World War One. With the spread of communism Britain favors allowing Germany to rearm, which drives socialist France into alignment with Italy and Soviet Russia. I've often wondered why there aren't a lot more timelines...

  12. No Barbarossa

    Even if Hitler decides November 1st, 1940 to forget about invading Russia and switch to a purely anti-British strategy, what can really be done? More resources to the Kreigsmarine would be logical, but the U-boat war was brought under control during this period IOTL, and surface vessels are...

  13. No Barbarossa

    Or it could work in the opposite direction. Churchill tells Roosevelt he needs a game changer quick or risk defeat, and one of many possible casus belli are used or Lend-Lease is stepped up even further.

  14. No Barbarossa

    If there was no Barbarossa, there would be an extra six months where Britain is fighting without allies. That means it's somewhat more likely to bow out of the war war before America joins it. But there's no foreseeable major catalysts. There's little reason to suspect Suez would be lost in the...

  15. No Barbarossa

    One thing I've wondered about is if there's ever a point it becomes beneficial to the USSR to prop up Nazi Germany. Can the Western Allues invade Normandy in 1944 without the Russians absorbing the bulk of the Wehrmacht? Can they do it even in 1945 if Stalin is "Lend-Lease"ing Hitler legions of...

  16. AHC: Working SAMs and AAMs by the beginning of WWII

    I'm not a proponent of the "wars drive technological advance" theory, but when it comes to weapon systems there's probably some truth to it. SAMs were apparently introduced in 1954. In an ATL with no WW2, it will only take longer to develop them. A world war that starts in 1955 or later would be...

  17. AHC: Surviving Colonies

    What if instead of outright blatant colonialism (i.e. claiming hunks of Africa for the Crown) the Europeans adopt a more neo-imperialistic, gunboat diplomacy style colonialism? China and South America never lost their independence per say, but the definitely felt the effects of colonialism...

  18. May 1945, Quisling makes a run for it...

    I didn't think so, but even if Sweden or Finland are guaranteed to turn him over, it gives him a little extra time to figure out a new plan. Shave his head, grow a beard and dye it. That sort of stuff.

  19. May 1945, Quisling makes a run for it...

    He doesn't just have to be worried about the Allies, the Nazis are not going to take kindly to a rat leaving a sinking ship. So Switzerland is probably out of the question. Fortunately Sweden is right over the border. Finland also might be a refuge, having collaborated with Nazis during the war...

  20. Aggressive France.

    I don't mean nuclear weapons are developed earlier, I meant an aggressive France might be able to more strictly enforce Versailles for a longer period of time, perhaps into the 40s when it becomes more and more obvious atomic bombs are technologically viable.
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