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I am writing a fanfic set in WW2 America and Europe. As part of the story a smallish convoy of personnel and equipment from a para-military organisation are crossing the Atlantic (New York to Liverpool) in mid-May 1943.

I know that this month was a turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic and that a number of U-boats and ships in convoy sank. ( Read more... )

I wanted to use an IED (Improved Explosive Device) circa 1840, but the earliest references I can find to them is around World War One, but much more after World War Two.    The character is from the present day, and the setting is a European kingdom where the timeline sort of swings around but tends to settle around 1840 or so.  What would he ( Read more... )

I would love some suggestions for a story that I'm plotting. This is a near future setting where the protagonist is a history student. For the setup of the story, I need her to research a historical figure or place that an entire society uses as an identity touchstone. This needs to be a situation where if she can disprove a cultural assumption it ( Read more... )