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Derek Pullem
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Sweden doesn't enter the Thirty Years' War, so what do the Habsburgs and their allies do?
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Brandenburg was "neutral" in 1630 (actually it was more like "please leave me alone"). Brandenburg had been neutral earlier but...
Wednesday at 10:22 AM
Derek Pullem
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Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.
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One solution is to use a binary explosive where the two components are stored and pumped separately only being mixed as they enter the...
Wednesday at 5:17 AM
Derek Pullem
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Sweden doesn't enter the Thirty Years' War, so what do the Habsburgs and their allies do?
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They don't enter the Thirty Years War as IOTL pre-1630. Doesn't mean the threat of them entering doesn't exist. Brandenburg is neutral...
Tuesday at 8:00 AM
Derek Pullem
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Sweden doesn't enter the Thirty Years' War, so what do the Habsburgs and their allies do?
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Swedish threat is still alive - the incentives for the Empire to peace out before intervention are still there. Don't see much changing...
Tuesday at 5:25 AM
Derek Pullem
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Sweden doesn't enter the Thirty Years' War, so what do the Habsburgs and their allies do?
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Well the Protestant parliament is going to be terrified of the prospect of a Catholic victory in Germany so while I agree that Charles...
Tuesday at 4:23 AM
Derek Pullem
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Sweden doesn't enter the Thirty Years' War, so what do the Habsburgs and their allies do?
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Well if the consequence of a (more) Catholic Germany is a (more) Protestant England then there will be less of a drive for the Puritans...
Tuesday at 3:31 AM
Derek Pullem
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Sweden doesn't enter the Thirty Years' War, so what do the Habsburgs and their allies do?
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Sweden and Poland almost certainly go around for one more war in 1635 when the truce runs out. Likely Sweden cements control of the...
Monday at 11:11 AM
Derek Pullem
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USSR gets absolute victory in the Winter War, effects on WW2.
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Please address the points I made rather than points you would have like me to make. I suggested that the Soviets would be regarded as...
May 8, 2024
Derek Pullem
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What if Disney had bought Classic Media instead of Dreamworks Animation?
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Classic Media is a rounding error in the Fox / Time Warner deals so it wouldn't have made any difference. Disney already had the...
May 8, 2024
Derek Pullem
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USSR gets absolute victory in the Winter War, effects on WW2.
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If the Finnish collapse is relatively early (e.g. Soviets fully exploit their armoured breakthrough at Summa and the Mannerheim Line is...
May 8, 2024
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Story of the study of history. labour had a majority of.....checks notes;...about 200. No way they were falling.
May 6, 2024
Derek Pullem
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What if the Polish occupation zone in West Germany remained and was established as an independent polish republic in the heartland of Germany?
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I think the area on the map is unfeasible but the idea of a Polish safe haven is not so unlikely. something like the "Free city of...
May 6, 2024
Derek Pullem
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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?
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It's very difficult to say as the three options (lost, stalemate and didn't happen) offer very different outcomes. If stalemate and...
May 2, 2024
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