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Derek Pullem replied to the thread What if Disney had bought Classic Media instead of Dreamworks Animation?.Classic Media is a rounding error in the Fox / Time Warner deals so it wouldn't have made any difference. Disney already had the... -
Derek Pullem replied to the thread USSR gets absolute victory in the Winter War, effects on WW2..If the Finnish collapse is relatively early (e.g. Soviets fully exploit their armoured breakthrough at Summa and the Mannerheim Line is...
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Derek Pullem reacted to aaronupright's post in the thread WI: New Labour falls over the 2000 fuel protests with
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Story of the study of history. labour had a majority of.....checks notes;...about 200. No way they were falling. -
Derek Pullem replied to the thread What if the Polish occupation zone in West Germany remained and was established as an independent polish republic in the heartland of Germany?.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...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread 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?.It's very difficult to say as the three options (lost, stalemate and didn't happen) offer very different outcomes. If stalemate and...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread What if China, Thailand & Iran all joined the cental powers in ww1?.Army of 20,000 split by the coup with no artillery is unlikely to pose a significant threat to Entente interests
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2..So PQ 17 gets +1 carrier in covering force and an escort carrier in the convoy itself as per PQ18. And the destroyers are first rate...
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Derek Pullem reacted to allanpcameron's post in the thread Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2. with Like.
10 June 1942. London, England. General Alan Brooke had prepared a statement to be made at an interview with the Soviet Minister of...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread What if China, Thailand & Iran all joined the cental powers in ww1?.China - they could have declared for the Germans in OTL but it wouldn't change a thing. In OTL Germans provided some support for one...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread If the Triple Entente lost WWI, it is likely that Britain, not France, would have been the most revanchist of the three.Nah, not buying it. Britain would be pissed but when they did lose they just picked up their toys and played somewhere else (ARW) or...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread Malaya What If.You miss the point - Churchill gave Gort and Phillips carte blanche on the 5 December and they sailed at 0430 on the 6 December. The...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread Malaya What If."Former naval person" could pick up the phone. May be somewhat cryptic given the lack of scrambler technology but I'm sure that the...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread Malaya What If.That is if the information comes from all the way the front line to Pearl. What might be more pertinent is that Winston may inform FDR...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2..cant check all the figures in this article but it sounds like he's done his homework...
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Derek Pullem replied to the thread How long can Decolonization be delayed?.For the British, India is the key. Arguably WW2 delayed self government but without the trauma of WW2 and the perception that a strong...