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  1. 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...

  2. WI: Atomic Bombing on German cities?

    A hanger queen aircraft is exactly what you dont want, Because it is much to likly to break while on the bombing mission. The B-29 was temperamental enough. And we still cant get around the simple fact that the US is not handing a furst generation nuclear weapon over to GB. And there is no...

  3. No 26th Amendment - US voting age stays at 21

    Eventually this will become an issue and it may end up in the lap of the supreme court, We have several different things going on. Age 18 you are considered an adult from a legal point of view (at least in most states back then) Age 21 to vote. Age 18 to register for the draft. Age 15-16 to...

  4. WI: Atomic Bombing on German cities?

    You are. Still ignoring that every bomb dropped on Germany is a bomb you can’t drop on Japan and by early 45 Germany had zero chance to win and was not putting up that hard a fight vs the resis Japan was putting up and the projected horror of Invading Japan itself, So why in the world waste...

  5. WI: Atomic Bombing on German cities?

    It depends on your definition of late in the war. If it is post D-Day and the Bombs CAN be used vs Japan then 100% they are getting used vs Japan, Post D-Day Japan was the harder nut to crack. Once the Breakout from the beachhead was achieved there was never a chance that the Wallies would...

  6. Japan declares war on germany july 1941

    While it is unlikly the US and or Japan may have DoW’ed Japan for invading yet another country in Asia. GB probably wouldn’t (unless the US did) because it had one war already. The US on the other hand was not having any more of Japan. This is the reason for the embargo and the economic freeze...

  7. WI: Atomic Bombing on German cities?

    Great yet ANOTHER post where the OP just assumes that the Atom Bombs were not needed, Is there any chance we can di for this Anti -US Anti-Bomb comments/posts what we did for the infamous sea mammal? Because this is both ridiculous, and insulting as well as getting out of control with how often...

  8. Japan declares war on germany july 1941

    The other trouble With this concept is that Japan and the US had been at each other’s throats for more than a decade at this point. And if GB forms any sort of aliance with Japan the US is not going to be happy. In order for the US to not go ballistic over this Japan will have to A) leave...

  9. Japan declares war on germany july 1941

    Where in the world do you find ANYTHING that indicates that Japan wanted out of China?????!?!?!??. NOTHING forced Japan to go to war with China. (Or anyone else for that matter) NOTHING stopped Japan from just picking up and leaving China any time it felt like it. So if Japan wanted out of...

  10. Side Effects of a Longer Lived Stalin with this scenario in mind

    Am i reading this right? Congress does not appoint a new VP when Russel becomes president after FDR dies. In 48 instead of running for re-election as President he runs for the Senat (who wins the Presidency?) THEN before his term is up Russel quits the Presidency and thus the SoS becomes...

  11. Japan declares war on germany july 1941

    Point 4 is imposble. Japan didnt have access to oil in July 1941 that was the main reason they Attacked on Dec 7. Point 5 is also nuts as Japan could end the War in China any time ut wanted. it simply needed to leave. Point 6 also make no sense, how does Japan offer another countries resorses...

  12. John F. Kennedy assassinated...during his second term?

    I suspect that JFK would slowly increase the participation in Vietnam. Maybe not as fast as LBJ but I think it would creep up. I am also mot convinced he would replace LBJ. Yes I know they were not seeing eye to eye but LBJ was picked for a reason and those reasons still remain. And not a...

  13. Would Asia/the world of the twentieth century have been better off if Japan lost the Russo-Japan War, was stalemated, or deterred from attacking?

    If Japan does not win vs Russia then perhaps Japan will not As arrogant as they were original timeline. They had a heck of an attitude that Europeans (and thus the US as well) were beneath them. This is why they assumed that the US would simply give up. Perhaps of they lose to Russia they...

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

    The problems with a movie are 1) What is the story that anyone cares about? i titanic we had to invent the love story and the bit about the jewell. 2) it has the whole WW1 ”good vs bad” issue. Do you try and make the Germans in the sub look like bad guys or just guys doing their jobs? or...

  15. What if America was made class mobile again?

    Not. sure how this wont ultimatly run into modern politics as all this is still an issue. That being said. Nothing you list will help if we continue with two factors. 1) Allowing Companies to be viewed as people and thus allowed to donate to political candidates and other things that were...

  16. John F. Kennedy assassinated...during his second term?

    Perhaps some of the helo effect would be diminished as you would have several more years of his actually being president too judge him on and thus perhaps we would get a more realistic view of his job as president. Vs the overblown legend he is usually seen as today.

  17. If the Triple Entente lost WWI, it is likely that Britain, not France, would have been the most revanchist of the three

    France would be the most gung ho on getting its territory back (as it was in the run up to WW1) but will be in the worst position to threatenm Germany. GB will be the only one of the three that could go toe to toe vs Germany but they wont. are as they wont have. lost anything. As Germany cant...

  18. King Charles Gay?

    It depends a LOT on what version of “gay” we are talking about. Closeted but willing to marry for the sake of the dynasty . So he marries and has kids and it is kept secret. In this case then you may get much of OTL. Closeted but unwilling to get married or have kids. This is hard to keep...

  19. WI: The IRA assassinateQueen Elizabeth II?

    Any an all support monetarily or otherwise from the US and other countries would stop and GB/England would be give a hall pass allowing them to do pretty much what they want to in going after the IRA.

  20. How would a NATO invasion of Warsaw Pact go?

    Yet another topic starting off with “ignore how/why” You folks need to understand that those of us that insist on why/how are not doing so simply to be idiots about it but because it truly matters. Lets take a simpler situation as an example… It is 2 am and your front door busts open waking...
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