rethinking history

"History is a tangled skein that one may take up at any point, and break when one has unravelled enough." Henry Adams

Monday, June 14, 2021

What if Japan's attempt at a decisive June 1942 'Midway' battle, had been at Ceylon instead?

Another amusing 'what if' that came out of the current series of 'what if' articles. Enjoy. What if Japan had made a serious...

Friday, June 11, 2021

Pearl Harbour - the follow up invasion plan

In the afternoon of December 7, 1941, Admiral Nagumo's staff debated whether a third strike should be made on Pearl Harbour ? The answer...

Saturday, May 8, 2021

If Japan had attacked the US, but not Britain – An earlier Midway?

If Japan had attacked the US, but not Britain - An earlier Midway? This fun little concept comes from my previous articles about what woul...

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Nigel Davies: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; A professional historian and educator challenges some assumptions. (A sometimes tongue-in-cheek polemic, with a Socratic emphasis on challenging people to argue back. Please do so... I make some of it outrageous largely to encourage a debate).

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