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Did this ever get a solution? Constantly being signed out with about 2/3 mins time without doing anything.
Inaccessible while using a VPN too.

Ok, so there was a WWII analog. The only countries I can deduce were involved are the new Germany and the Soviet Union. I assume Poland was swallowed in the process. I also very much like the pic of the Ju 350 B. Did the Germans go in for labeling each evolution of a plane with a letter? I thought ...

Oh, wow..... You've done a good job, in my opinion, of capturing the psyche of a theoretical Romanov survivor. And the history that's vaguely alluded to. I want to read the history books from that universe! Belushi TD Thanks! Yes my biggest take away from the reading I did around the fall of the Ts...

jemhouston wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2026 1:10 pmExcellent

Thank you - glad you appreciated!

Ju350gothia.jpeg A Junkers Ju 350 B – one of 18 B-series aircraft built – climbs out of Theodorichshafen in Festung Gothia . The Ju 350 played a key role in supplying distant German outposts across Eastern Europe. Gothia was established in 1943, once the Heer had driven the Western Soviet (the cont...

And then there is his portrayal of Bester in Babylon 5...... Scrolled my way through a few 'best bits' of Koenig on B5 and feeling the gentlest twitches to do a rewatch. Not sure what Mrs Fox will say about that, from whom certain elements of my life (B5 included) are a lightly guarded secret... :l...

I wrote this in July 2025, unconnected to anything else. I had just finished reading Sebag-Montefiore’s Romanov’s and Beevor’s Russia: Revolution and Civil War, and that was a jumping off point…and of course, the brutality of both the Empire and of Bolsheviks really shone through it all. Me, a lapt...

OOOoooo, I see some interesting stuff here.... Is this part of a universe you're developing, or is it the logical extension of naval construction in the absence of a general war not starting until the late 40's? Either way, I want more! Belushi TD Thanks - and apologies for not responding sooner! I...

8 x 8 inch guns, 32 knots on 10K tons? Either someone's lying or they're poorly armored. Very cool! Where are you getting the pictures from? Belushi TD Thanks! On the 10,000t point, as you may surmise, is the nominal weight of the ships...much like the earlier Hippers/ I am getting the pictures fro...

Grainy Spy Photograph of Ship Bülow.png Hotel am Tiergarten Berlin 30 June 1941 Dear George, When we met Sunday last, I said I would send you a dispatch from my travels in Germany if I came across anything of interest. It may be that a man of your means knows all of what is to follow, but I dare no...

I’ve been looking for, but never found, an image of what the view through a big gun battleship’s rangefinder would look like…

Some good albums there. And agree on your vinyl comments. Lockdown made me catalogue everything (what else was I going to do…), including my CDs/albums…will see if I can find a way to share my XLS, but in the interim…. https://files.catbox.moe/sdnygh.jpeg Currently trying to negotiate with the curre...

https://files.catbox.moe/cmgmfa.png The third pair of Littorio-class battleships were laid down in late 1939 as part of the Regia Marina’s ambitious 1938–39 major fleet plan. The two capital ships were ordered alongside 20 destroyers and 60 submarines, as well as the requisition of the liners Roma ...

https://files.catbox.moe/u4jxf8.jpeg MOST IMMEDIATE MOST SECRET From: Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet To: Admiralty 1 October 1946 For First Sea Lord and Chiefs of Staff Committee. Local Intelligence reports receipt of first photographic evidence of new large Japanese cruisers. Both vessels recen...

https://files.catbox.moe/eaz3r5.jpeg Portaerei Falco labours through a heavy swell around off the Horn of Africa on her maiden visit to Somalia Italiana. Bound for Mogadishu, and supported by battleship Impero, cruisers Pola, Eugenio di Savoia, Paolo Emilio and Vipsanio Agrippa, and eight modern de...

https://files.catbox.moe/0se1ia.jpeg https://files.catbox.moe/g4v6yv.jpeg Kreigsmarine Handelsstörkreuzer ANAKONDA receiving stores from a Fa 223 Drache helicopter off Flensburg, photographed covertly by an agent of the Danish security service Sikkerhedspolitiet. At the time of observation the vess...

I’ve not been here for a while, and it’s been even longer since I posted. But recently I’ve found myself drawn back to naval fiction and alternate history - helped I’m sure by a few long car journeys where my only company was Alistair Maclean audio books. For entertainment (of myself mainly) I’ve st...

Depends on the context, of course, but "XYZ served under two monarchs..." or "XYZ served as XYZ under both Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III" is the formulation I would most likely use.

Super interesting read, thank you.

Dick Baker of the previous boards provided this article for our 'Useful Links' thread over on the BC board. It might be of interest, as it has some detail on the crewing arrangements: https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/uss-prinz-eugen/ Regards, This was a super interesting read, thanks ...