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He was constitutionally incapable of leaving things alone?

No idea how I could have missed it all this time, but I just binged "The Sea Eagles." Really spectacular work you did there.

It's possible for a limited takeover. For example, Iraq/Saddam continuing south to seize the KSA oil fields, but leaving the rest of the country alone. I think that was the great fear of the coalition, since it would have left him with an enormous percentage of the world's oil reserves and...

Excellent as always. Keep up the good work.

Having read through this thread, it seems the OP put a lot of effort into a Venezuelan superpower scenario, but is lacking in the self-assessment needed to somewhat objectively judge whether it is plausible. In addition to that, despite numerous well-reasoned, detailed arguments why the...

One additional problem for the air power argument, and to a certain extent the nuke argument as well: what is to stop the Germans from moving production further east? Obviously a herculean task, but nevertheless (as evidenced by the Soviets) a doable one. Bombers were definitely adding range...

He assassinates Nicholas, claims the crown for himself and marries his beloved Czarina. They live happily ever after. The end.

Honestly, a basic grasp of logistics and intel would be good places to start.

Youtuber who focuses on warships. A bit too much of a Britwanker for my tastes in the videos of his I've watched (I prefer as close to objectivity as possible), although I haven't watched the scenario in question.

Is there an option for "none of the above?" The problem with all of these people, as with all the presidents that were acually elected, is they weren't actually sufficiently competent to run a huge organization like the US federal government, much less set policy. The US needs something...

I was enjoying this TL until it went off the rails with America becoming socialist/communist. Even in the depths of the OTL Great Depression, that was not going to happen, if only because the vast majority of socialists and all the communists were anti-Christian atheists, and the vast majority...

Same with my high school. I'm not sure whether that is still the case, but I do know there is a German immersion charter school that is quite highly rated. I have my doubts bilingualism would have survived unless there was some compelling cultural reason for it to do so.

Why would the "Black Brothers" need to get guns from the ANC when they can just buy them locally? The ANC were a terrorist organization at this point, so whatever training they can give would be significantly worse than whatever the US Army or Marines could provide, so again what would be the...

Ironic then that Truman was rumored to have been elected to the Senate due to the influence/vote rigging of the KC mafia.