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  1. FriendlyGhost

    Malaya What If

    Not always. The global wind circulations cause the trade winds in the lower latitudes (the tropical zones) to be easterlies, so weather generally goes east to west there. From this site: Near the earth's surface at tropical (low) latitudes, the prevailing wind is from the east. These are...
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    Request Maps/Flags/Coats of Arms/Heraldry here, II

    I wasn't sure if you wanted the whole thing in the lighter yellow or the head white (as for the pickaxe), so here's both: (click the thumbnails for the full-size images)
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    Return of Horrible Educational Maps

    It's not just you - I can't see or access them either.
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    Request Maps/Flags/Coats of Arms/Heraldry here, II

    No, there wasn't a consistent interpretation of territorial waters prior to UNCLOS II (when it was set to 12 nautical miles, in most cases). Most countries claimed 3 nautical miles but some claimed more. Have a look at the 'Background' section of the Wikipedia article...
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    Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    With an early enough PoD to butterfly away the 'all-India' independence movements (such as the Indian National Association) then perhaps the various states/regions of India could campaign/agitate for independence separately. I'm very (very) far from being an expert* but I think you'd probably...
  6. FriendlyGhost

    Malaya What If

    I agree, although the person who sprung to my mind was Churchill. Now lauded as a great war leader and statesman, but definitely had a few unsavoury traits. You mentioned that earlier in the thread so I've been watching the days count down... :) The last chapter was numbered MWI 41120617 (so...
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    Kings without coronations?

    Unless the king's been excommunicated, there's nothing to stop another another cleric crowning him; there are plenty of OTL examples of kings being crowned by, for example, bishops instead of archbishops. And, depending on when and where this is, the 'top clerical authority' might not remain in...
  8. FriendlyGhost

    Malaya What If

    It's normally IE + IR (Initial Equipment and Immediate Reserve). So 12+8 would mean 12 aircraft normally assigned to missions, with 8 spare. That's aircraft not pilots/crews. In the UK during the Battle of Britain, the normal establishment for a fighter sqn was about 24 pilots for 16+4...
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    Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    It would likely be something very similar, since the Nazi salute was based on the imagined 'Roman salute' and was quite common as a symbol of shared commitment, at least in art, in the 18th & 19th centuries. For example, there's the painting of the 'Tennis Court Oath' taken by the Third Estate...
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    Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline

    That's for England. In Scotland it was 21 for men and 18 for women I think (the book I could look it up in is packed away during redecorating). However, the Guardians (the official title of the regents in Scotland) could declare Margaret to be of age earlier (I think it only needed a majority...
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    Could The Roman Empire have conquered all of the British isles, had it chosen to try?

    With the resources the Empire had at its disposal in the first and second centuries AD, yes, it could have pushed into the whole of Caledonia and even Hibernia if it had wanted to. But those resources would have had to come from somewhere else. If they came from the frontier with Germania...
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    Malaya What If

    I agree that the depth charging makes it more likely that Matador is approved, as the British commanders now have convincing evidence that the Japanese are doing something they want to keep hidden (and therefore, very likely, hostile). However, as Regulus wasn't sunk (even not damaged?) then...
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    Malaya What If

    Those little butterflies are having an effect now. The weather is the greatest uncertainty - a sighting or non-sighting at a critical time could swing this either way for Force Z. Though the working radar on PoW might just be the game changer Phillips needs.
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    Graphic Thread

    So there's a second St Margaret of Scotland? How is this one distinguished from the first St Margaret (the wife of Malcolm Canmore and sister of Edgar the Ætheling of England)? Or is she (the first one) butterflied by your PoD? Very impressive details of the curriculum, etc, by the way.
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    Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    Welcome. 1. You can post maps and other images using the 'insert image' button (in the reply box toolbar) or by attaching them using the 'attach files' button (under the reply box). If the post is just about the image, then you're best to go to the 'Alternate History Maps and Graphics' forum...
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    Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    There are some names in this article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/24761028.2014.11869071 For example (from the page numbered 84): Interestingly, the following people submitted to the Bogd Khaan Government and were subsequently promoted in rank: Amarlinggui, Zasag of Khorchin...
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    Best Non-England Location for Industrialization?

    Fully agree. There's some analysis of the prerequisites for an industrial revolution in this article: https://acoup.blog/2022/08/26/collections-why-no-roman-industrial-revolution Although it's answering the question of 'why was there no Roman industrial revolution?' it does this by looking at...
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    Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    I don't know about that one in particular, but there are plenty of ships which have survived collisions. You can find details of damage caused by iceberg collisions in section 2.4 of this paper: https://newicedata.com/collision-trends-and-analysis/ The paper looks at data from 1850 to 2005 so...
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    Miscellaneous >1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    Nuclear power technology was provided to Iran under the Shah, but access to weapon technology was specifically prohibited, with the USA (Iran's partner at this time) being very concerned about not allowing further proliferation. Source: USA National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book...
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    Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline

    Good for you. It's great to read a TL which doesn't descend into battle-battle-battle-short_aside_about_something_else-battle-battle... There are ways of referring to wars in TLs without having to do that, and I'm confident, based on your writing so far, that you're going to give us a...
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