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  1. Alternate names for the Euro

    May I then propose "Daler"? This was the Norwegian (and Danish) currency used in the period 1544 - 1875. It literally means "Valley's" or "From the valley's). I think Dollar originally derived from Daler. So then we could claim that the European Daler really is not subordinate to the US Dollar...

  2. Auferstanden aus Ruinen: An East German Timeline

    The Cab driver never admitted to being Jahn, that's right. I didn't remember that. "Goodbye Lenin" got some hidden depths alright. I like it when movie- or book-references are cleverly tossed into a good AH-story. Maybe you could find some way to bring in a couple of the characters from "The...

  3. Auferstanden aus Ruinen: An East German Timeline

    Hah, funny :) In the film "Goodbye, Lenin", Sigmund Jahn has to drive a taxi to make a living after the unification of Germany. While the fictional hero of the film is called Alexander Kerner. And he is a great fan of Jahn and very proud of the East German participation in the Soviet space...

  4. Iraq uses chemical weapons against coalition in '91

    I think there are several things with this scenario which are unlikely. They are mostly mentioned before: First, as mentioned previously, Saddam Hussein is unlikely to employ Chemical Weapons. His use of them against his own Kurds and against Iran shows that he had few qualms about using WMD...

  5. Northern Wind, a P&S spinoff

    Very interesting timeline. I love a good Cold War-timeline , and I'm very glad that you are writing one. I've thought about it myself, several times. But I've never felt confident enough to try, or felt I had the time necessary to invest in making it realistic. So please keep it up! I feel the...

  6. Northern Wind, a P&S spinoff

    I just saw this story, after having been too busy too visit alternatehistory.com in a while. A very gripping story, and I'm waiting for further exciting updates. I'm a bit uncertain about the list of Norwegian nuclear targets. It all depends on very many parameters, of course. Like how early...

  7. Franco-Norweigian War: Who wins?

    Yay :) Today France, tomorrow the entire world! After beating France, we'll invade Russia and take the Kola Peninsula and the rest of Russia north of the Polar Circle. And then we'll go after Greenland, like some of our over-eager nationalists tried to do on their own in the late 20s...

  8. WI 1905 Norwegian War of Independence

    It's of course difficult to say whether the Death Gangs would have had much of an impact or not. But a bit over 22.000 of the Death Gangs was called up for duty and stationed on the border on "Border Guard Duty" when war did seem an option. My Great-grandfather and his oldest son (my...

  9. WI 1905 Norwegian War of Independence

    In volume 2 of Norwegian Defence History" from 2001 (Roald Berg: Profession - union - nation. 1814 - 1905), the author discusses a secret General Staff-agreement between the Norwegian and Swedish General Staff regarding joint defence of Northern Norway and Northern Sweden against Russia. He...

  10. What if The terrorist won the Invasion of Afghanitsan

    Well... It depends how you define "win". Achieving your goal can be called a win. What is the goal of terrorists? Defeating the Coalition who is led by a USA who wants to punish the perpetrators of the most shocking thing to happen against it since Pearl Harbour, on the field of battle, is of...

  11. WI 1905 Norwegian War of Independence

    I agree with von Adler regarding Swedish superiority in numbers and artillery, while the terrain would favour the defender, which would be Norway. But there are some points which taken together would, I think, favour Norway: Norway would be the defender and need only put up such a fight as...

  12. WI: Muslim State in the US?

    You are probably right. But I guess not in the way you think: Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovian are both muslim-majority countries. They are not members of the EU, but will probably be in the near future. Other than Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which have been muslim for centuries, there's not...

  13. Nazi Architecture madness

    If we propose that there exist a special totalitarian-style architecture, as shown by the likeness of Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet regarding the fascination for megalomaniac buildings, we could perhaps look to late-Soviet architecture for inspiration as to what a 1980s Nazi-Germany would...

  14. Challenge: Make Kim Jong-il POTUS

    I also, am quite impressed!

  15. City names in the New German East

    Tallin is Estonian for "Danish City" or "City of the Danes". It was founded by Danish king Valdemar Sejer (Victorious Valdemar) in the 14th century. According to the story, the Danes faced a huge army of Estonians. But then God dropped a flag from Heaven, promising the Danes victory under this...

  16. Challenge: Make "Operation Sealion" a German succsess

    It may very well be technically possible for Germany to find a way to invade Britain, given an early enough start at preparations. I don't know enough about the logistics involved, to say. But I still think that preparing for an invasion of Britain would be impossible, for political reasons...

  17. Challenge: Make "Operation Sealion" a German succsess

    A German invasion of Britain would also fail of political reasons. As other posters have pointed out, Germany would have to change direction of it's rearmament program very early. Away from mechanisation of the Heer and the buildup of a close air support-heavy Luftwaffe, and over to more...

  18. How to make Europe's population keep growing

    I didn't mean that Norway's approach to child care is the same as US. I know that the difference is rather large. What I ment, was that the ATTITUDE towards children and whether the kid's or the parents concern should have priority, seems to be a bit different between the Americans and the...

  19. How to make Europe's population keep growing

    I'm from Norway, a country I've always thought was situated in Europe. Granted, it's on the outskirts and maybe a bit strange, as having turned down EU-membership two times. But we do still usually reckon ourselves European. But now I'm starting to wonder. I feel much more familiar with how this...

  20. Could the Able Archer exercise have lead to nuclear war?

    As a previous poster has noted, Able Archer coincided with Project Ryan, started by a somewhat paranoid then KGB chairman Andropov. Project Ryan gained in significance when Andropov became General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1982, so Able Archer came at the worst possible moment. As far...
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