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05-28-2012, 06:41 AM
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This might be useful: http://www.dalecozort.com/AHNewslett...WorldWarII.htm Personally, I find it more 'realistic', and much less fanciful, than the cliched "Germans suddenly unleash The Superweapons" idea.
I've also read on the 'What If?' site an alternative history idea where the Allies keep going, i.e. Patton doesn't stop, and post-war Czechosovakia is split into Czech NATO and a Slovakian Warsaw Pact halves. The Canadian's administer the Western half for a while, revive the arms industry and use upgraded Panther tanks in the Korean War and for several years later. (Some now missile armed Jadgpanthers might still be available for T2K...) 
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05-28-2012, 07:19 AM
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There's also the possibility MacArthur could have gotten his way and attacked into China from Korea in 1951. That would have resulted in a VERY nasty situation as you can be sure the PACT (did they exist as a formal body then?) would have moved in Europe as well as in the east. MacArthur was also keen on using nukes at the time and the Soviets wouldn't have held much back. MAD wouldn't have been possible, with nukes being used only as fast as they could be hand built.
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05-28-2012, 07:52 AM
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05-28-2012, 08:14 AM
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Absolutely, which would further restrict the ability of one side or the other completely flattening the opposition in one go. Makes a slow slide into chaos and anarchy even more plausible than the original T2K.
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05-28-2012, 08:29 AM
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And if anyone wants a 'C.O.' so was Maurice Micklewhite, soon to be 'Michael Caine'! Cut'n'paste a photo of the older actor from a 'Bridge to far' for a later war...
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05-28-2012, 08:38 AM
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After reading about MacArthur's 'nuclear ambitions', I always thought a alt-history Korea would be quite unique and exciting. Could also lead to some climactic moments, what with the Chinese human wave assaults and all.
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05-28-2012, 08:45 AM
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He was certainly a very dangerous man all right! If Truman hadn't sacked him and MacArthur had pushed his luck just a little more....
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05-28-2012, 12:23 PM
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The problem with Mac in Korea, is that both sides was right: China was sticking its finger in the pie, and the best way to stop that, and win the war, would be to take it to them. However, in this area, Truman was also right: On the broader geopolitical stage, doing so would have escalated the war to unknown heights. In the end, Truman made the right call: Get Mac out of there, but at the cost of leaving Korea the mess it is now. I'd take that over a 1950's nuclear WW3.
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