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    WI: Yuri Andropov lived 4 years longer?

    76% of Soviet voters in early 1991 supported maintaining the federal system of the Soviet Union, including a majority in nine of the 15 republics. Support for retaining the USSR was strongest in Central Asia (All were 94% or above in approval), and even Ukraine voted yes at 71%; Belarus was over...
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    WI: Yuri Andropov lived 4 years longer?

    More or less, my take is yes. The collapse of the USSR was directly tied into the decisions undertaken by Gorbachev: As oil prices fell, Gorbachev tried to maintain living standards which resulted in major growth in the budget deficit. Before Gorbachev came to power, the budget was balanced or...
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    WI: Neutral Germany Post-1945?

    In 1947, the Soviets extended a genuine offer: Molotov in 1947 proposed that with a few amendments--like restricting the president's powers--the Weimar Constitution should be used as the constitution for a united Germany. Just how serious the Soviets were about unification in 1947 is debatable...
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    WI: Napoleon accepts the Frankfurt Proposals

    I think it's safe to say that, at a minimum, German unification is derailed. Without the Trans-Rhine coal fields, Prussia is going to be much weaker and France much stronger which, combined with their control over the Rhine river, will give them much influence in Germany. How the Congress of...
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    WI: A Democratic Imperial Japan in the 20th Century

    Still applicable in terms of Chinese acceptance.
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    Yugoslavia without WWII as we know it

    Yes I did. Overlooked that sentence, my bad. 1940 elections are probably worth reviewing given they were the only sign we have of Croatian sentiments.
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    WI: A Democratic Imperial Japan in the 20th Century

    OP is proposing Japan have a puppet Manchuria.
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    WI: Napoleon accepts the Frankfurt Proposals

    After the abdication of Napoleon in early 1814, the British moved roughly six brigades to North America to fight in the War of 1812. With the war over much earlier in 1813, those formations will be available much earlier for use. Would this be sufficient for the British to win a decisive victory?
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    No Vichy France?

    The entire German garrison in France was just 40,000 men in the Spring of 1942. In January to February of 1943, the Germans brought from France 125,000 specialist workers on a monthly basis. Thus, this is still a net manpower gain for the Germans.
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    No Vichy France?

    I did, the Germans didn't begin to ransack France for those resources until after the Winter Crisis of 1941-1942, by which point the opportunity to take Moscow had passed. If they use those same resources in 1941, they will have greater logistics capacity and thus offensive power during...
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    Yugoslavia without WWII as we know it

    I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the Cvetković–Maček Agreement yet, which never really got a chance to function because of the German invasion. It met the chief demand of Croatians, by creating an autonomous Croatian entity that included as many Croats as possible:
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    WI: Napoleon accepts the Frankfurt Proposals

    Historically, the French Emperor gave a somewhat-yes, but far too late and the unilateral conditions of his acceptance (Concerning the thrones of his family in Germany and Italy) resulted in the Coalition rejecting it and pressing home their advantage. This would result in Napoleon's overthrow...
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    WI: A Democratic Imperial Japan in the 20th Century

    The Chinese were willing to cut a deal on Manchuria in 1934, according to David T:
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    No Vichy France?

    Definitely a net German benefit. For one, to cite from Chapter 3 of Peter Lieberman's Does Conquest Pay: Germany immediately began recruiting West European labor, especially skilled workers. By the end of 1940, 220,000 civilians from the western occupied nations were working in Germany; a year...
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    GOTS: No South African Contact?

    If a legal mechanism is not provided, which it was not, then it is illegal and thus banned. How exactly can something happen without a mechanism in place for such? Texas v. White gives an idea of what the word choice (and thus legal meaning of said words) was understood to mean by those in the...
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    GOTS: No South African Contact?

    I'm not misrepresenting or misinterpreting anything, unless of course definitions have changed such that "the constitution did not provide for secession by individual states" no longer means exactly. If we're going off legal definitions, as you suggested in your prior post, then looking at Texas...
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    Maps Thread

    Not really the thread to have a debate on it, would you like to start another so we don't derail this one?
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    GOTS: No South African Contact?

    The entirety of Texas v. White was based on the exact same language being used in the Articles of Confederation, with the only difference being the wording; permanent instead of perptual. How can a permanent federal government be established if secession is illegal? I'm not presenting anything...
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    GOTS: No South African Contact?

    The Confederate Constitution directly specifies a permanent federal government.
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    GOTS: No South African Contact?

    Entirely possible, but the end result is his biggest and most powerful supporters are eliminated, which would leave him considerably weaker going forward. If he goes back on it later, Lee will have had time to strengthen his hand considerably. Maybe an NBF Revolt as an analogue to the Whiskey...
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