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  1. What if Churchill didn't under-estimate the Turks at gallipoli?

    yea this was the B team and the plan kept changing. But the reality is that while they could have done better then they did They were just not going to achieve the goals with the numbers that they had. If you give them the choice leaders then you will simply get farther inland before they get...

  2. Zubr Class skirtless hovercraft

    It is a matter of air presser (in over simplified term). you need to push down hard enough to push up however much weight your vehicle needs. In the case if the lift platform show in the still of video that is not as that weights next to nothing. The problem with this is when you build...

  3. WW1 starts with Tanks

    What i was trying to point out (badly) was that tanks in WW1 sucked because it was very easy yo build an anti tank weapon that could be easily built in mass numbers and supplied to troops and be moved around with relative ease and often have another use, In WW2 it took a serious weapon and or a...

  4. What if Joanna Lumley Played the Doctor for Real in 1999?

    In 1999 with no “set up” that a Time Lord could change gender and only three years after the flop that was the TV movie, it does mot have a hope mo matter how good the writing. At the end of the First run? It would not help as the scripts were poor. And a female Dr will get blamed for killing...

  5. WI: Atomic Bombing on German cities?

    So we are supposed to have the US extend the war in the pacific indefinitely so they drop some pointless bombs on Germany when they were not needed? You know the people plan the war for the US were neither insane or stupid, right? And even the might US can not afford to stand off the coast of...

  6. What if Churchill didn't under-estimate the Turks at gallipoli?

    Amphibious landings in 1700s and early to mid 1800s are NOT the same thing as an amphibious landing in WW1. GB had been successfull with is calvery and it other troops before WW1 but they got hung up like everyone else in France. Past history was no NO help in WW1. Technology had cause a huge...

  7. WW1 starts with Tanks

    Yes artillery made maneuvers possible by busting the forts but it was the Magazine Rifle and the Machine Gun that forced trops to dig trenches and that ment the troops stopped maneuvering long enough for the artillery to blow them to pieces. The Artilery in WW1 was not as maneuverable as it...

  8. What if Joanna Lumley Played the Doctor for Real in 1999?

    TLDR:It would have imploded. And she would have gotten the blame (right or wrong) Now for the Long answer: the First run had ended in 1989. The American movie bombed in 1996. And the revised series started up in 2005. It succeeded because it was lfaithful (more or less) to the original...

  9. What If WW1 ended in 1916?

    I seam to be in the minority. I think that if you get a peace treaty in 1916 with the changes the OP said happened then I think it turns into something MUCH closer to a white peace. Germany and Austria will not being doing that much worse in this TL and the US will be weaker than it was when it...

  10. What if Japan and Italy fought in World War I on the side of the Central Powers?

    Italy siding with Austria while highly unlikely is the bigger factor as it frees up a LOT of troops that can then go and face Russia AND it would force a longer front on France as Italy comes in from the south. If this happened on day one that could end up with France and Russia out of the war...

  11. The concept of the Nazi takeover of South America (& Argentina in particular) was a ridiculous distraction before, during & after the war

    Well it was a mostly pointless concern during the war. Yes some of South America had good relations with Germany and some areas had a lot of Germans. My own Great Grandfather lived in South America for a number of years running a farm before moving to the US. All of this between WW1 and WW2...

  12. What if Churchill didn't under-estimate the Turks at gallipoli?

    And i doubt that a land invasion was truly possible at that time and at that distance. The US and GB and their Allie’s had a hard time in WW2 pulling off major landings from the sea and that was with improved tactics, much better technology including better landing craft and radios to keep...

  13. What are the Chances the SS Gets Purged in a Nazi Victory Scenario?

    This is yet another post we’re the OP skips the how to get to the result. But without knowing the ”how” it happened we can’t reasonably discuss the results. As the assumptions one person makes on hwo it happened may look nothing like another’s person how it happened and thus they have a...

  14. What if Churchill didn't under-estimate the Turks at gallipoli?

    To answer the question the OP asked…. what if Churchill didn't under estimate the Turks. We have two asnwers 1) The answer to the asked question.: Nothing changes, Why? Contrary to popular opinion Churchill was not the ONLY person involved in planning this. Nor was he 100% in charge. And...

  15. What if Churchill didn't under-estimate the Turks at gallipoli?

    You need a bit of both. You have to accept the coasts which frankly no one in that campaign wanted to do. The navy didn't want to accept the cost if forcing the battle so they turned back and the invasion plan was put forward. But then again the navy didnt want to pay the cost yo put the...

  16. The Lusitania Disaster would make for a fast-paced Hollywood thriller..

    Ignoring what really happened as that is open to arguments and none of us have been to the wreck or were there back in the day. We are left with a few facts. Not the least of these is the extremely long time that both GB and the US put on the relaese of all info they had. They kept the...

  17. What if Churchill didn't under-estimate the Turks at gallipoli?

    It may be more effective to run the navel gauntlet.

  18. Earning the vote through National Service of some type.

    in the book it is pointed out that EVERYONE is gambling with their live and health and even those that are chalanged may end up in some sort of dangerous position. I forget the example used but to use the ne above about the catapiler. It may be poisonous or in a hazardous location. It may not...

  19. WI: Atomic Bombing on German cities?

    You cant have you cake and eat it too. If you are using the Atom Bombs in Europe (were in RTL they were NOT needed) then those bombs CANT be used in Japan. No matter how you want to flip this the US was not up to producing tons of bombs in the first year of production. So once the US is in...

  20. Highest possible development of piston engined aircraft.

    If you look at attempts to build racers such as rare bear they have not gotten much faster then the very end of the war super prop aircraft. So i doubt that the speads would increase much. The aerodynamics will improve and better prop design will gain a bit as well. But there is very little...
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