http://www.twcenter.net/forums/ For the discussion and posting of topics that discuss alternate or hypothetical historical events or persons. en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:47:06 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/y2skin/misc/rss.png http://www.twcenter.net/forums/ http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?604723-Were-the-Atomic-bombings-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki-a-good-idea&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:57:15 GMT It may have been many years, and the cities may have been rebuilt, but was it... It may have been many years, and the cities may have been rebuilt, but was it really a great idea?

I mean, I know that the World War II had already killed many people, and the Alliance wanted to stop it(and I am fully agreed with them), but didn't they just doubled the causalities? They just killed that thing that differed them from Hitler; he killed people, they killed people, the difference bieng that he started it, they finished. But the latter doesn't quite get the same impact as the first.

Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day.

So, was there a better way to tackle this situation, a way that doesn't involved killing ten thousands of innocent people?

(PS, I am not at all the "Anti-US" type person, at least, not now) ]]> Alternate History Ussaid_modder http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?604723-Were-the-Atomic-bombings-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki-a-good-idea http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?602503-Alternate-Kursk-Batte-Mostly-likely-a-reposted-thread-though&goto=newpost Wed, 29 May 2013 19:07:31 GMT I was watching this documentary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgo3p1IqVy0),... I was watching this documentary, and I was wondering about the Kursk battle:

In the documentary, it states that when the Germans delayed their offensive, the Russians were getting anxious waiting for the supposed attack and at least one general (Gen. Vatutin) asked repeatably to attack the Germans. So there was a plausible scenario where the Russians go on the offensive side.


So I am wondering:
Had the Russians been the ones attacking, and the Germans been defending, would this have changed the results?
I.e would have the Russians lost battle given all the preparations set up by the Germans? ]]> Alternate History Morbius Sire http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?602503-Alternate-Kursk-Batte-Mostly-likely-a-reposted-thread-though http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?601822-If-Alexander-never-existed&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 00:29:53 GMT Just wondering what it would have been like if Alexander the Great never... Just wondering what it would have been like if Alexander the Great never existed? Would Greek culture be much more limited? Would Persia's power continue to grow? How would this impact our modern world today? ]]> Alternate History Jedifox http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?601822-If-Alexander-never-existed