wwii

This is officially my first attempt at an alternate history (which I have been thinking about for quite a long time); if there’s anything I might need help with (especially with historical accuracy), feel free to collaborate and assist with editing. Excerpt from The New York Times...

This is going to have a huge effect on the timeline: Breckinridge Long dies suddenly (be it a freak accident, unexplained death while sleeping, stray mob bullet, etc.) in 1935 during his tenure at the State Department. Considering Long’s anti-immigrant policies, could it lead to an improved...

Got tired of trying to keep up with the other two U-boat threads, as they seem to be getting much in the way of replies, but little progress on the topic of more, faster U-boats getting built. In this thread, I'd really just like to take a look at what was being built (or attempting to be...

Henry Wallace is retained on the platform in 1944 and becomes POTUS in 1945 after FDR dies. He promptly withdraws all American troops from Europe and Asia in 1945 (if you still believe this is implausible, read his 1948 Progressive Party platform), cuts spending and numbers of the US Armed...

Dr. Joseph Goebbels was a notorious womanizer with a multitude of affairs, with the most infamous example being with the Czech actress Lida Baarova. Now Hitler has excused bad behavior from his close subordinates before, particularly with Julius Streicher and Hermann Esser. But there were two...

There are many other threads on this topic, all quite interesting but with slightly different ideas. My main question is, if Britain (it doesn't have to be Britain, it could be another European colonial power, but I find Britain the most likely IOTL) had acquired Taiwan/Formosa as a colony, in...

This thread is about something that has been cluttering up the back of my mind for some time, and @phx1138 recently started an excellent thread about something I never heard of before, called OTEC, which, among other things, gives off shore platforms the ability to use the heat differential from...

On June 26, 1940 Romania was presented with an ultimatum to cede Besserabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union, or risk war. Apparently Carol II wanted to resist but was convinced by his cabinet and the German and Italian ambassadors otherwise. Following this, as well as the Fall of...

https://alternativeforcesofwwii.blogspot.com Seems to have run only for 2015-2018, but what a wealth of content. Posting here so its existence may be archived on AH.com

Would have South Japan and North Japan Divided instead West Germany and East Germany? Would have Anime, Manga and Light Novel Never Exist? Would Have South and North Japan Reunification instead West Germany and East Germany Reunification 1990? Would Have Soviet Invaded Korea? Would Kuomintang...

A silly idea really, but I have been wondering for some time about making a thread that explores heavier bombers than those built, but in a very strange way. The idea is, to make a "Very Heavy" version of US bomber aircraft, starting in 1934, for anything that actually get bought and put into...

Haven't revisited this in some time, even though I have known for some time about the one key mistake that actually caused the USS Yorktown to have been mistakenly abandoned during the battle of Midway, on June 4th, 1942. Here are links to the first two threads, so folks can follow the prior...

Ok, so, for whatever reason, say Nimitz or his bosses cancel the upcoming Doolittle Raid, before task force 16 heads west of PH/Oahu, and the carriers instead just ferry the army bombers to Oahu or Midway instead. Historically, TF 11 (USS Lexington), TF 16 (USS Enterprise & USS Hornet) and TF...

Hitler annexes Austria! MARCH 25, 1938 On the night of March 12, Hitler marched his Heer, the German army, across the border of Austria. The Nazi forces were met with little resistance as they marched to and occupied Vienna. The very next day, the Nazis held a referendum in Austria to determine...

In this alternate history, Hitler never comes into contact with the Nazi party, and is instead sent to spy on the German Anarchist party, where he becomes the Generalkommissar of the party. The party's ideology includes taking over the war, killing everyone but Germans, removing human made...

I don't know if this is the right place. But I swear I wouldn't be doing this if I weren't desperate. I'm looking for a WWII documentary I saw long ago but since lost to time. Somehow, I think the title was something similar to 'WWII in Numbers' ( it is NOT the 2019 generic doc ), but it is...

Can Anit- Commerce Warfare work in post WWI? So some things, Auxiliary Cruisers, Submarines, Aircraft/Aircraft carriers, and surface warships designed for the purpose are all fair game. This thread is for a comprehensive look at a dedicated program, not just a ship or two, for a sortie or two...

Considering how much attention is directed towards the Ottoman Empire long decline in the face of European industrialization and supposed Ottoman stagnation, the fact that the Ottoman Empire made it to 1922 is quite astonishing. Had it not joined WWI, chances were the Europeans couldn't have...

In my alternate history project, WWII goes differently, the Allied Powers are able to defeat Japan and Italy but Germany prevails after coming into possession of and reverse-engineering some alien technology which it uses to single-handedly knock the USSR, Britain, and the USA out of the War in...

As with all the other like threads, this one too is about Naval Optimizations, but this time for all three Axis navies, and working together in as much as this is possible. What I would like to do with this thread is have the initial discussions being limited to end of WWI to WNC/WNT time...