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What are your most bizarre ideas for a world in which Christianity fails?
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"The Years of Rice and Salt" did exactly this and the POD is after Constantine. And its hard to get crazier than "The Years of Rice and...
Apr 9, 2024
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How bad can the ACW get?
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A second way to do this would be to turn the American Civil War into a world war. This is hard, but find a way to get Britain and...
Apr 8, 2024
Galba Otho Vitelius
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How bad can the ACW get?
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Its usually written that the Confederates could not wage a guerilla style campaign, since they were an elite defending slaves, and the...
Apr 8, 2024
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My own WI idea for an Islamic Roman Empire
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I think one change would be with the institution of the Caliphate. The Quaraysh are just not that important ITTL. Some members of the...
Apr 8, 2024
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My own WI idea for an Islamic Roman Empire
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The Council of Chalcedon defined most of the doctrines of catholic and orthodox christianity, and precluded further prophecy. Changing...
Apr 8, 2024
Galba Otho Vitelius
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My own WI idea for an Islamic Roman Empire
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I have a simpler POD. Muhammad lives in Damascus, not Mecca. His family moves there early in his life, or he gets married there on a...
Apr 8, 2024
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What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?
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German forces in the area had been running on fumes (and meth) for a long time at that point and needed to rest and refit. I don't know...
Apr 8, 2024
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What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?
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I've read this in countless other accounts, but for brevity I will just use the relevant Wikipedia articles. War Cabinet crisis...
Apr 8, 2024
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Could fascism survive to the present without WW2?
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It depends on whether you consider militaristic and super-aggressive foreign policies to be essential components of fascism. Italy...
Apr 8, 2024
Galba Otho Vitelius
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What if Germany Won the Battle of Stalingrad?
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The OP only makes sense if it reads "WI the Germans take and hold Stalingrad after invading the Soviet Union" or something like that...
Apr 8, 2024
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What if the pilgrims weren't saved by Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe?
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If the POD is that the Pilgrims aren't off course, and land further south, this works as the start of a different timeline. However...
Apr 4, 2024
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Which US President Is Most to Blame for the Vietnam War?
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Amadeus has a good summary. The French attempt at reconquest and American support were mistakes by Truman and de Gaulle, but the...
Apr 4, 2024
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What if the pilgrims weren't saved by Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe?
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Note that the "Thanksgiving" tradition is pretty much mythical, though they myth was heavily promoted by the New England educational...
Apr 4, 2024
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What if the pilgrims weren't saved by Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe?
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I agree with Two Vultures. I think there will be a puritan or non-conformist area of settlement. Boston, New Haven, and Providence...
Apr 4, 2024
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Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?
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It would have resulted in a depressing humanitarian disaster, even by World War 2 standards, and worse than the siege that happened...
Mar 31, 2024
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