Fantasque Time Line

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His infernal master summoned him back from Earth... Twisted Evil

Re: FDR and his health:

In addition to his paralysis*, which he had suffered from since 1921, FDR was a chain-smoker throughout his adult life and had been in declining health since at least 1940. ...

PS: Ce n'est pas parce que les camps d'extermination ouvrent plus tard qu'il n'y aura pas de morts des juifs, les camps de "travail" sont déjà très efficace pour cela.

Un petit lien su ...

Si j'avais commandé l'Allemagne Nazi, au plus tard, je me serais rendu après l'échec de l'offensive dans les Ardennes ( decembre 1944, OTL) Mais en fait la guerre était perdu une fois que les Alliés a ...

An artistic giant has left us. Pick a film, any film in alphabetical order or otherwise, and odds are that Drew Struzan did the movie poster for it. Anything, from An American Tail to Back to the Futu ...

Thanks Mikey for these explanations/ideas!

You're welcome.

Strom Thurmond

A truly disgusting person who lived waaaaay too long. And after his death, it was learned he had fathered an illegit ...

With the development of jet fighters, submarines, rocket and missile technology, and the atomic bomb, aircraft carriers, submarines (conventional and nuclear) and missile-equipped warships will overta ...

With the development of jet fighters, submarines, rocket and missile technology, and the atomic bomb, aircraft carriers, submarines (conventional and nuclear) and missile-equipped warships will overta ...

Eh hop !
Le gouvernement le plus court de l'histoire de France !
Démission moins de 24 heures après sa formation... Rolling Eyes

To think that Liz Truss was compared to a lettuce after lasting for 49 ...

FUSAG
Des “colored” trop bien intégrés
Mettlach (Sarre) – De façon complètement inattendue, sans préparation d’artillerie ou d’aviation, des positions de la LAH sont assaillies par des GI… un peu in ...

In 1987, Gary Larson made a Far Side strip that offended the Jane Goodall Institute, causing them to draft a cease and desist letter against him. Larson maintained he had no ill will toward Dr Goodall ...

J'adore les types qui se tapent la tête avec leur planches. C'est inspiré d'un ordre religieux réel, cette cornerie ?

Oui. C'est inspiré des "flagellants" : des gens, à la fin du Moyen ...

What is the fate of the POWs and interned civilians held in Hong Kong?

OTL, after the fall of Hong Kong, the POWs were sent to the following camps:

- Sham Shui Po Barracks
- Argyle Street Camp ...

4 août

Plus au nord, le sous-marin USS Sealion (Cdr Thomas Reich), chargé de couvrir la petite escadre, rencontre le patrouilleur Miyagi Maru, retardé par une panne et accompagné du patrouilleur Ze ...

I think Sabang is Japan's last outright conquest in SE Asia in the FTL, and by this point they are already on the back foot as their advance into Burma has stalled on the Salween and they have lost th ...