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Simon Darkshade
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AHC: Kill the Fast Food Industry
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Now, the history of British food is one of my areas. Prior to the ‘arrival’ of McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1974 and 1965...
Apr 30, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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AHC: Kill the Fast Food Industry
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The rise of modern fast food was the confluence of postwar affluence, the car culture, mass production and a few related factors. Before...
Apr 30, 2024
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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All that doesn't even account for the possibility that the Americans will do as they did post war and use the U-235 that was meant for...
Apr 18, 2024
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Definitely not. The halt of production operations occurred because It was not needed. Had the war continued production would have...
Apr 17, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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The cost of ground troops is hundreds of thousands of casualties. It can be argued that there are very real practical and political...
Apr 16, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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Do we see the same shut down occurring as in @ with an active war against a better positioned Nazi Germany? I’m not so sure. Some of...
Apr 16, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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Post 1900. I’m loathe to defend that 2009 story, but it did have a single PoD, as well as a very clear authorial declaration that it...
Apr 16, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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In answer to 22000 Kevin: As I said in my most recent post above, that is like an 8 year old asking someone “I had an amazing dream...
Apr 16, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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So, additional PoDs upon PoDs upon fictional German admirals, followed up by further changes? That seems fine for a story, particularly...
Apr 16, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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A floating PoD isn’t a real one, but many, many ones. Further, by focussing on individual trees, we miss the forest. The Germans were...
Apr 16, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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That is still well behind the Manhattan Project. From viability to an actual production effort of a working bomb that yields tangible...
Apr 16, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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Delivering the blows in one swoop in a compounding series of hits. Not only have they lost more killed than WW1 in a space of hours, but...
Apr 16, 2024
Simon Darkshade
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Could nuclear weapons have gotten Germany to surrender in 45-47 without a Western Allies invasion of Germany?
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Set against that scenario is that the development of the Bomb was aimed at the Germans, who were the greater foe and threat and were the...
Apr 16, 2024
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