cold war

1) Hanyang Type 88 rifle Produced from 1888 to 1944 In front-line service from 1888 to 1949 In service as a ceremonial rifle 2) Chiang Kai Shek rifle / Type 24 rifle Produced from 1935 to 1955 In front-line service from 1935 to 1959 In service as a ceremonial rifle 3) FN-49 rifle / Type 39...

Having this idea for a couple of months now, could a Soviet Union that is only missing the Russian SSR turned Russian Federation continue to exist? OTL the last remaining member state was Kazahkstan, but what if more stayed part of the SU? I know that could be tricky as soon as Belaus and...

There are many TL of the Cold War period for other European countries, but for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, they do not seem to have received much attention. Apart from occupation by the Soviet Union in World War III, and the near improbability of a communist and military coup, What events could...

Asking for a map I am probably going to make sometime in the future, what are some plausible alternate border settlements in Europe after WW2 given the OTL war? There can be changes as far back as Yalta and other wartime agreements about the state of Europe post-war, but assume that the war goes...

What if Edgar Whitehead's United Party won South Rhodesian election of 1962 and thereafter? It favoured continuation of the Federation in some form, together with moves towards multiracialism and gradual progress to majority rule What would happen next? Was it really possible to place a...

Obviously very implausible but so is basically every Nazi Victory scenario, so... Let's just say that for whatever reason the Nazis are much MUCH more successful during Barbarossa, with Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad falling by 1943 and from they are the war drags on into a horrific...

In this timeline, the ROC won the Chinese Civil War, and then annexed back East Turkestan. This version of the ROC controls all of Mainland China (excluding Macau that is to be returned in 1980 and HK that is to be returned in 1997), Taiwan, and the Diaoyu Islands except for Western and Central...

After the fall of the Eastern Bloc their socialist economies privatised. In Russia, Ukraine and Belarus the industries were given to the former nomenklatura who previously administered them. This severely hampered their productivity and led to economy decline. The POD is that the fall of the...

Eternal National Glory Kein Ende in Sicht für den Nationalstaat Guójiā róngyù yǒng wú zhǐjìng - 国家荣誉永无止境 Kokka no meiyo wa kesshite owaru koto wanai – 国家の名誉は決して終わることはない Великая нация продолжает свой долговременный путь For as long as man has been on this earth, change has been a constant...

Hi! I am currently writing an alternate history timeline in which the KMT defeated the Communists and re-united China (including Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands but not Mongolia and Tuva). In this timeline, Tibet is a Chinese protectorate, as China chose to vassalize Tibet instead of annexing it...

Hi! I am currently writing an alternate history timeline in which the KMT defeated the Communists and re-united China (excluding Mongolia and Tuva). Note that in this timeline, Tibet is a Chinese protectorate because China chose to vassalize Tibet instead of annexing it. In this timeline, the...

Lockheed and the F-104 starfighter, supposed to be the cheap alternative to beat the dreaded MIG 15/17 in combat. In reality the F-104 wasn't really good from the get go, it had the speed but, from the poor turning radius due to its stubby wings, it's landing speed being it's stalling speed...

Recent events in Haiti have made me take a closer look at the history of this small Caribbean nation, and while I'm far from any sort of expert on Haitian history, I would consider myself decently well read. In particular I've spent a lot of time studying François Duvalier aka "Papa Doc" the...

Let's say that during the war, the Western part of Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia) was liberated by the Western Allies and non-Communist partisans, while the Eastern part (Serbia, Montenegro, etc.) was liberated by Tito's partisans and the Soviets. Both sides set up their own...

Top-of-the-line Chinese weaponry as of 1978: Service Rifle: Type 59 Rifle (License produced Colt M16A1) The Type 59 is a variant of the M16A1 rifle that was adopted by the R.O.C. Armed Forces in January 1970. Here are the specifications for the Type 59: Select-Fire License-produced variant of...

Hi. I am currently writing a story set in an alternate timeline in which China remains under KMT rule. These are my notes about this alternate timeline. Please review my notes, analyze them, and correct anything if I wrote something wrong or inaccurate. Sorry if the notes are a bit too...

For those unaware, Goa refers to a Portuguese possession on the coast of India from 1505 onwards. Its population converted to Christianity as a result of Portuguese colonialism. After India became independent in 1947, they demanded that Portugal turn over Goa to them, but Portugal (then under a...

You know, the US has had a history of overthrowing lots of Latin American governments if they looked even vaguely left-leaning, but as I understand it, in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse the US mostly stepped back from this policy, allowing popular discontent against neoliberalism to...

Edifice: A History of the National Redoubt By JessAH The concept of the national redoubt was formulated long before the advent of nuclear weapons, but it has only become relevant since the widespread proliferation and escalating use of weapons of mass destruction. To understand the national...

Before We Begin, Please Rise for the National Anthem of the Great Qing: The Ninth Lunar New Year Festival of the Current Era as covered by the BBC: CARRIE: Over two billion people around the world are welcoming in the Year of the Dragon as the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations begin. This...