Recent content by HammerofWar

So here's the idea I had. Say in 1208 what became the crusading army that would go on to, well, massacre the Cathars instead stayed on topic? Say they instead investigate further and come to the conclusion that the Cathars themselves were not responsible for the events, but merely a select few...

Hey fellow alternate historians I was just thinking about the 60s and had the following question: Are there any basic simple ways that the Johnson/Goldwater election could have gone significantly better for the latter? Im not saying he needs to win, just less of a landslide. And like I said, Im...

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https://time.com/4817240/martin-luther-king-john-kennedy-phone-call/ Double What-If? 1) What if JFK and RFK hadn't made phone calls to MLK jr.'s wife, the Governor, and the judge who sentenced him respectively in 1960? 2) What if Nixon had made the calls first? Would this have effected the...

An imperial inspector to a fleeing Hebrew slave. Emperor Fantabulous was infamous for the thorough searches of his men as well as his---admiration---for his sweaty muscled workers. "Sir Giles De Rais, we offer you a sainthood."

Stephen Dando-Collins did an excellent overview of Caligula's career where he also discussed whether or not Caligula was...mad.

Robert E Lee to a young U.S. Grant during the Mexican war. Grant would indeed eventually move to Georgia and fight as Supreme Commander against Lee for the Confederacy in the Civil War. "Extra! Extra! War declared over King Tut's remains. Troops at the border."

Nazi officer Hermann Goering before Germany was to invade Switzlerland and break the countrys neutrality. Little did they realize the trap they were walking into as thr Swiss used their terrain to slaughter the Nazis thoroughly before a Swiss sniper assassinated Hitler himself. "Nuclear fission...

Say that Kennedy lives but Johnson is killed instead. In 1964 he needs a new VP. How likely is it that he chooses Scoop Jackson and if he did how would that help or hurt his election if he say...faced Barry Goldwater?

Contemporary Northerners.

Is there anything Jeff Davis could have realistically done to improve his reputation after the war? POD no earlier then the end of the battle of Gettysburg.

Wellington, having taken a blow to the head and believing he was King Arthur of legend, to Napoleon Bonaparte at the battle of Waterloo. After Napoleon turned down a duel challenge, Wellington snatched out his sword and calling it Excalibur and that he was invincible, he charged the French lines...

Anybody else read this? I have the audiobook and Ive listened through it several times over the years. I feel the author gives it a good try and its entertaining but I think a little too optimistic. Too much goes right and too little wrong. Still worth a read (or listen) but thats my two cents.

Did you literally just intone that mass murder is sometimes acceptable?

I've heard what people think Kennedy would do if he weren't assassinated, but I wonder what he would do after. Assume he serves only the one term or both both if you want. What does he do after the Presidency? Does he stay in politics? Write books? Raise his family?