He Zhounghang and the Blue Shirts Society pull a coup and takeover China. They force China into a White Terror and weaken the Reds so much that, by the end of WW2, they are in control of China.
Tears of Haberdasher
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He Zhounghang and the Blue Shirts Society pull a coup and takeover China. They force China into a White Terror and weaken the Reds so much that, by the end of WW2, they are in control of China.
Tears of Haberdasher
A French button-maker, scarred by fours years in the trenches on the Western Front, comes to see the Paris Peace Conference as a betrayal of all he and his dead comrades fought for. He crashes a session of the Council of Ten with pistol in each hand and a bomb strapped to his chest, and his tears are no longer the only ones falling in Paris.
First, Last, and Always
George Washington is reelected in 1796 and serves as President until his death two years later.
I Am Worth No Worse A Place
I Am Worth No Worse A Place
Martin Luther King Jr. barely survives an assassination attempt, then goes on to run for Congress. This inspires a young Malcolm Little to become a pastor, lawyer, Congressman, and eventually the Vice-President of the United States.
Montreal Love Song
A young Nicholas II becomes heir to the throne of Great Britain after an epidemic of polio sweeps the British royal household.
Boxing The Shadows
A dramatic tale of the gas attacks in Halabja during the Iran-Iraq war but Iran and the Kurds won
Also BTW how can Nicholas II take over the British throne?
A Russian Korea
He was related (1st cousins, just like the Kaiser) to the British monarchy
A Russian Korea
Russia wins a crushing victory in the Russo-Japanese War, making Korea a protectorate, then province, and eventually a battleground in an Anglo-Russian Cold War
The Agnew Doctrine
Following the assassination of Richard Nixon shortly after his 1972 victory, Spiro Agnew is thrust into the Presidency. Agnew is faced with concluding the Vietnam war, detente with the Soviets and opening up Red China, as well as problems at home as his administration becomes the source of public scrutiny and mired scandal, both from his years as Governor as well as the doings of his late predecessor. President Agnew must scramble to find a way to save his Presidency, and must find out just how far President Nixon really went.
Fire in the Sky
During the 1968 Election, Hunter S. Thompson accidentally assassinated Richard M. Nixon by lighting a cigarette near the candidate's airplane while it was refueling. The resulting fireball is seen throughout the vicinity, and the Republican Party is out one front runner. (Laugh if you must, but this very nearly happened!)
Devil's in the House of the Rising Son
John Fredrick Parker
Donor
The story of the political career of JFK Jr -- makes much use of fake political satire (including a famous SNL bit, "The Devil Went Down to Cape Cod" -- Tina Fey says of the song, "what looks to his left-wing opponents like a Faustian Bargain made by Kennedy's son -- it's less about selling out, more sheer ego").
Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit*
*(hey, could be a recent events TL...)
It's 1996, but it's shaping up to be a lot like "Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail"'s 1972 election. Clinton caved in during the government shut down before the GOP did in OTL, and looks weak. With Dole declining to run due to age, the Republicans settle on socially liberal Pete Wilson to be the nominee, and use Pat Buchanan as the running mate to balance the ticket and secure the conservative vote.
However, due to a strong Reform Party ticket of former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm and former Congressman Ed Zschau, who unlike Perot in OTL 1996 actually seemed to give a shit and were invited to debates, Maine goes votes third party, and there is no majority in the Electoral College. In the ensuing chaos of voting for the president in the House, Pat Buchanan in confirmed by the Senate as Vice President and therefore Acting President...
21st Century Schizo Man
Green Day breaks up in the mid 2000s, and Billie Joe Armstrong ODs on cocaine and almost dies. He becomes more serious, and with his life nearly in shambles, he decides to try politics. He runs for Congress in 2006, and serves as a famous left-wing activist in Congress. In 2012, Congressman Armstrong decides to challenge President Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries after a much less successful Obama presidency, and he narrowly wins, and then upsets Mitt Romney in the general election. It is the story of President Billie Joe Armstrong.
I Can Do That
The premature death of Kemal Mustafa Ataturk in 1919 leads to a Greater Greece, a Soviet-backed Turkey, and butterflies galore
The City Code is Lock N' Load, Any Minute is Rock N' Roll
Bolt451
Gone Fishin'
President George Bush pushing a stronger interventionist foreign policy leading to large scale direct intervention in Somalia and winning a Second term as president.
(Not sure, my first time doing this)
That Golden Rule
Germany is crushed even more so than OTL by the Western Allies after World War 1 and Weimar Germany becomes ground zero for international pacifism and democratic socialism. This leads to the Germans becoming the best neighbours anyone could hope for, and a very different Europe.
We Won't Get Fooled Again
We Won't Get Fooled Again
The story of the rise of the USFL after the 1981 NFL players strike and it's eventual success in its anti-trust case that changed the landscape of professional sports in America.
If you won't use the army, I'd like to borrow it for a time...
The story of the rise of the USFL after the 1981 NFL players strike and it's eventual success in its anti-trust case that changed the landscape of professional sports in America.
If you won't use the army, I'd like to borrow it for a time...
Douglas MacArthur disobeys direct orders and leads UN troops across the Yalu. Truman quickly denounces MacArthur's actions but events have already been set in motion. Relations between the United States and Soviet Union quickly unravel. WWIII is avoided, but the world is left in a very unpleasant position following the end of the Korean War.
Non Je Ne Regrette Rien.
Non Je Ne Regrette Rien.