Matthew Sylvester
alternative history
Bolt Action Scenario – Clear Desk Policy
As the regular German forces advance, they are being followed by rear echelon units, intelligence services, secret police and NSDAP administrators. Prime Minister Churchill, from a secret location somewhere in the United Kingdom, has ordered the Auxillary Unit into action. They are to kill these people and disrupt all efforts by the Germans to install a … Continue reading
Bolt Action Scenario – Hold the Line
The Gen Enemy forces are driving the British Army constantly backward. Always on the back heel, High Command have issued a hard order, ‘Hold the line’. They have drawn a line and part of that line includes the Southern Command Stopline positions near Taunton, Somerset. In order to muster the manpower required a general conscription … Continue reading
Bolt Action Scenario – Capture Captain Chumsley
Operation Sealion has begun. The forces of the Third Reich have crossed the English Channel, landing on the southern coast and sending elite forces deep in to Southern England to capture key objective points, and people. The allied forces are racing to either rescue, or kill, the boffins, whilst the Germans race to capture them. … Continue reading
Writing challenge – What if Guy Fawkes had been successful?
Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. Not a lot of people actually seem to understand Guy Fawkes day anymore. Last year I even saw some people saying that it was an outmoded religious festival that needed to go. I must admit that I failed to bite my tongue and pointed out … Continue reading
Writing Challenge – What if the British won the American Revolution?
The American Revolution was a pretty pivotal moment in the history of mankind so far. Not only did it see one of the world’s greatest powers losing a war – albeit because they were pretty tied up fighting across Europe as well – but it saw the formation of a country that has never been … Continue reading
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