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  1. Game: Explain wacky Hearts of Iron screenshots!

    Italy have clearly been dragged into the Spanish-American War somehow- note the Spanish army unit in Charlotteville and the Spanish warship off Charleston, plus the date. You'd need to have some Italian colonies somewhere in the Western Hemisphere, surely- or the war could have set off...

  2. How to get whole Hong Kong permanently leased to the UK?

    In this case, because Francis Urquhart was Prime Minister...

  3. How to get whole Hong Kong permanently leased to the UK?

    I did post an idea once where Britain adopts a strange variant of a "two Chinas" policy where the PRC is recognised as the legitimate government of the Mainland, but the ROC is recognised as the legitimate government of Taiwan and the successor of the Qing Empire. Therefore, Hong Kong is leased...

  4. From enemies to close allies

    That took a fairly long time, though- they last fought against each other in 1815, and first allied 102 years later- and even then WW1 was not necessarily a permanent alliance and they were planning defence against each other in the late 20s and early 30s.

  5. From enemies to close allies

    Britain and Israel might count- from fighting Haganah in 1948 to Suez in 1956. Do forced changes of sides count? I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Italy in WW2 yet, and there's also Finland from Continuation War to Lapland War. The Balkan Wars probably set the record (in modern times at...

  6. Challenge: Videogaming in North Korea

    Reminds me of this: http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2008/09/inside-north-korean-arcade.html

  7. AHC: United Kingdom and France vs. Three Great Powers

    Russia could possibly be kept out of things by a successful 1905 revolution, or one which results in it breaking up.

  8. Civilian Jetliners of Alternate History

    Re British jets: The planned but unbuilt Comet 5 did have engines under the wings (I think), despite the fact that low-bypass turbofans such as the Conway did fit in the wings of some aircraft (Victor B2). Later British jetliners had their engines mounted on the tail- I think the BAe 146 was the...

  9. Israel under Soviet Union patronage

    I didn't say Britain would remain at Suez, I said East of Suez- in 1967 IOTL the British government withdrew its troops from most of the bases east of Suez. These were in Malaysia, Singapore and most importantly Aden. ITTL a continued British presence in the Middle East could be a way to...

  10. Israel under Soviet Union patronage

    While it wouldn't be an American fortress to the same extent, the Americans might well end up propping up say Lebanon, Syria or Egypt. Other possible implications: Might Britain remain East of Suez for longer ITTL? Would there be a resurgence of, if not anti-Semitism, then distrust of Jews in...

  11. AH Challenge: UN Armed Forces by present day

    I could see a "UN navy" happening, and possibly an air force (only transport aircraft). Many countries that contribute troops to the UN aren't really able to project power, so possibly you could have the UN own and operate a fleet of amphibious landing ships for both humanitarian operations and...

  12. Letters of Marquee

    Either that or use a country that didn't sign the treaty. The only major powers that didn't were the US and China. Some South American countries also didn't (including Bolivia which actually tried to issue letters of marque in 1879), and the only Asian countries to sign were the Ottoman Empire...

  13. Letters of Marquee

    IIRC the WW1 German commerce raiders were also state warships. I have heard stories about the Goodyear blimp being issued a letter of marque in WW2, but that may be apocryphal.

  14. Earliest year the Soviet Union can fall?

    Could it have gone in '53 with a civil war between supporters of Khruschev/Malenkov and Beria?

  15. The Azores are British territory in WW2

    Salazar did lease bases in the Azores to the Allies IOTL- the ports of Horta and Ponta Delgada and the Lagens and Santana airfields. The agreement was signed in August 1943, and Coastal Command ASW operations out of Lagens began in October. The Azores were also used as a refuelling point for...

  16. What if nations with empires treated the natives the Way the US did

    It would also be impossible. White settlers in what is now the US outnumbered the Indians due to the catastrophic effects of smallpox etc. The British troops in India, despite being at some points 20% of the British Army, were vastly outnumbered not just by the native population, but by the...

  17. A new AHC

    Minor countries is one thing, but I just got two countries in different oceans, neither of which has a military beyound a tiny police coastguard! The only war I can think of between the two involves St. Lucia-flagged (flag of convenience) ships illegally dumping or fishing in Kiribati's...

  18. A different kind of wank thread; small arms that should never have seen service

    Didn't the same thing happen with the M16 and Mattel? My entry would be the Nambu pistol, which was known for accidentally going off in the holster...

  19. A new AHC

    Can I have 26 and 160?

  20. A new AHC

    Uruguay and Guatemala: This is damn tricky. Possibly the easiest would be a Greater Brazil (which includes Uruguay) backing rebels in a banana-republic Guatemala. Alternatively, some sort of South American Union could send in Uruguayan peacekeepers to intervene in either a Guatemalan Civil War...
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