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  1. WI: Hitler extends diplomatic recognition to the Terijoki government in 1939

    I just discovered a reference to a Foreign Office report which states that Goering prevented Hitler from extending diplomatic recognition to the Terijoki 'government' of Otto Ville Kuusinen at the beginning of Winter War. The official Nazi newspapers were initially critical towards Finland at...

  2. The 1930s Army and Navy of Japan in a world of a continued Anglo-Japanese Alliance

    Aleksandr Mikhailovich Bezobrazov chokes on a befstróganov in New Year celebrations of 1900, other butterflies flap happily around, and there is no Russo-Japanese War. Alarmed of the perceived Russian strength, Britain is more accommodating to her ally in the East, while Japan in turn agrees to...

  3. A different Uganda Proposal - Israel in British Somaliland?

    POD: Hussen Hirsi Dala Iljech' plot succeeds, and Muhammad `Abd Allāh al-Hasan ('The Mad Mullah') is killed in 1900. Without a unifying leader figure the scattered Somali clans continue their traditional infighting, and British Somaliland remains a peaceful backwater without major security...

  4. The March of Time - 20th Century History
    Threadmarks: Chapter 1: Boxer War

    The March of Time - 20th Century History With a PoD in Boxer Rebellion, this TL focuses on the major geopolitical events of the 20th century. The rise of the Boxer movement By the beginning of the century, tensions within the Chinese society were reaching a boiling point. After a century of...

  5. AHC: Bridge to Prussia - Danzig and a demilitarized railroad line

    The picture above describes a transportation system in use in Richmond in 1919. It got me thinking...Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to somehow enable Gustav Stresemann or equivalent pre-Nazi German leader to secure a demilitarized railroad connection to East Prussia in late 1920s...

  6. Kingdom of Lithuania as a part of Mitteleuropa

    Yet another thread about my upcoming TL and mod project, discussed in detail here. So then, who would rule Kingdom of Lithuania? My initial bet would be someone from the Catholic kingdoms of the German Empire, but definitively not Mindaugas II who was never approved by the German authorities in...

  7. Portugal in CP victory world after much more limited WW1

    So, what would Portugal do and look like in the postwar decades? Could the Portuguese monarchy be still saved with a POD in early 1900s? And how would Portuguese neutrality in WW1 affect their internal situation? Are there any credible alternatives to the PRP-controlled First Republic and...

  8. Limited CP Victory - Politics and politicians in the Kingdom of Poland

    Pretext: This thread is a part of my upcoming TL and Hearts of Iron 3-modding project about a world where PODs at the beginning of the century lead into a scenario where WW1 was considerably more limited, mostly central European affair with Eastern Front being the main battlefield. Major...

  9. WI Finland cuts the Murmansk railway in spring 1942 at Belomorsk?

    This is one of the best-known what-ifs of Finnish military history, but I haven't seen a thread about it around here yet. The background: The Finnish Army was one of the last Axis forces to conduct offensive operations in Soviet territory in winter 1941 - in fact the Finnish forces halted...

  10. Limited WW1 and CP victory - status and equipment of major air forces in 1930s

    Starting scenario and purpose of this thread: Discussion about technical properties of ahistorical and historical plane types, and the tactics and strategies of their potential usage in this ATL. The year is 1936. World War One ended 19 years ago after three years of open warfare. The primary...

  11. Prominent Czech parties and politicians in CP-victory Austro-Hungarian Bohemia

    Supposing that Austria-Hungary slugged its way through the World War intact, how would the Bohemian politics look like? Which parties would run the show in 1920s, and are there any OTL prominent Czech politicians of this era who would most likely remain influential in such TL as well? All this...

  12. Status of major political ideologies of 1930s in a CP victory world?

    Greetings, and welcome to this thread. I'd like to discuss the way major political ideologies that affected the global events of 1930s and 1940s came to being in the form we know them in OTL, and talk about the ways different outcomes of WW1 and Russian Revolution might have affected to their...

  13. Soviet victory in Afghanistan?

    What would need to change for Soviet Union to win in Afghanistan? And by win I mean an outcome where Kabul is led by a pro-Moscow regime that controls the country against internal opposition and allows Soviet troops to be based on Afghan soil.

  14. Political parties and key politicians in the Dominion of Ireland during 1930s

    The premise, partially based on DerGreifs TL and ideas of pipisme: Due better German diplomacy on naval arms race and 1st Moroccan Crisis, Britain remained out from WW1 (since Germany fought it out with Russia and France without violating the neutrality of Belgium by attacking against Russia...

  15. Non-belligerent Britain in WW1 and the world two decades after CP victory in WW1

    Prelude: On the night of July 31st, 1914, Generaloberst von Moltke was becoming as desperate and frustated as the man he was speaking with. "Your Majesty," he said to Wilhelm II once again, "it cannot be done. The deployment of millions cannot be improvised. If your Majesty insists on...
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