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So far for new updates soon. But RL is very busy right now. So I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Updates will come next year.

The Schlieffen plan had chances to succeed, IF Moltke the younger didn't sent three corps to East Prussia, where they arrived after Tannenberg. The plan might have worked. OTOH the Germans know now that: 1. It may not work properly. 2. It will give the British a too good excuse to enter the war...

The USA had sold arms and especially explosives to the Entente. So they contributed much to the war effort. But in 1917 the Entente was on the merge of collapsing. If Kerensky had made peace in early 1917, I guess several steps would take in another direction. In June I will have less time to post.

Good ideas. I will try to follow them. But be a bit patient, as the next updates are already written.

The Bismarck could, if barely, enter Wilhelmshaven even without using the so called Raeder lock (which was IIRC not complete in 1941). Also the Kiel Canal was not widened after 1914, so Bismarck could pass the Canal and the locks. @ShadowArxxy : Also the Bismarck was quite good at relative...

Well, the designation Großkampfschiff is describing any major warship, so also battlecruisers. The German term Großlinienschiff meant just great battleship in contrast to the predreadnoughts, which were battleships. These "ships of the line", as Germany still called their battleships, had to be...

To the Anglo-German relations. Under Victoria Britain was no foe of Germany. That changed with her son Edward, because of several reasons. And family was only one point. About 1900 the British were in a difficult situation. They had troubles with France (Fashoda crisis 1898) AND Russia (Great...

At first, the photos are from General Kessler from U-234. And for the design faults of the Bismarck, well, there are some of course. The rudder, no DP secondaries. But with the armour scheme and especially the HV "lightweight" shell I tend to disagree. The HV shells made them very accurate and...

Russia is now regarded as it is. A giant on feet of clay. And the man who had the photos was General Keßler, who was indeed a member of the Widerstand. So he could have these photos. And it was my invention, that he had. As for the Herero and Nama genocide, read this first...

A new update has been posted. Thanks to Hohensaufen for editing.

Well, anyone here should read the Sleepwalkers by Sir Chirstopher Clark before. It shows very well, how ww1 started. And no, the Germans didn't start it. Anyway, the Flottengesetz will be modified and more money will be given to the army. But that is the future.

Well, not really. The SMS Derfflinger had an armoured belt of 30 cm, the HMS Lion of only 229 mm. Better than the 15,2 cm of the I classes, though. For example, the König class had a belt of 35 cm and the Iron Duke class of 30,5 cm. However, they came near to this. Still, I would regard them as...

That was another reason. The Naval budget said, there were so and so many ships needed. After 20 years they needed to be replaced. So when the British built HMS Dreadnought, the Germans replaced their old ships with dreadnoughts. Only two dreadnoughts were indeed not replacing an old ship, that...

Hi, the Bismarck class was IMO one of the best battleship designs of the time, except the rudder of course. The cargo of U-234 were mostly blueprints- and Uranium. The CQD signal was invented by Marconi. The German HSF at the same time, 1904, invented SOS. Indeed SOS was finally accepted as...

My other active TL has been posted here as well. Please discuss only in this thread. Again, this TL is dedicated to PPaul, who had started a very similar TL. Also thanks to Vnix for editing. Anyway, as I have several updates ready for editing, is here someone, who wants to do this job?