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  1. Discussion - Reasons for Athenian defeat in 2nd Peloponnesian War

    Why was the Sicilian expedition undertaken even? Like what was the strategic goal? What was the end game? And if nothing else what was the motive?
  2. Discussion - Reasons for Athenian defeat in 2nd Peloponnesian War

    I was recently playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey and that got me reading up about a topic that i had previously never really looked into - the 2nd Peloponnesian War/Attic War. Apart from the devastating plague what were the other major reasons why Athens lost? From the little that I understand...
  3. Didn’t expect that, but thank you for the wishes! :)

    Didn’t expect that, but thank you for the wishes! :)
  4. PoDs that can stop WW1 from happening?

    A hundred years ago today, WW1 ended. Are there any PoDs that can stop WW1 from happening? Obviously, no one getting shot in Sarajevo on that fateful day helps, but what changes will truly ensure that WW1 never happens? And then what’ll be the result of such a world?
  5. Gandhi dies in prison in 1944. What will be the effects?

    Not necessarily, Nehru had the money behind him.
  6. Gandhi dies in prison in 1944. What will be the effects?

    If Nehru wants to and is willing to make the appropriate concessions to Jinnah then possibly yes. In 1944 ML was in a tough spot, the Bengal Famine had eroded away the support it enjoyed in Bengal, as it's provincial government was being partly blamed by the people for the disaster, mostly...
  7. Gandhi dies in prison in 1944. What will be the effects?

    That would be an interesting possibility, but unlikely since there wasn’t really an Indian Mao or Uncle Ho.
  8. Gandhi dies in prison in 1944. What will be the effects?

    Yes. He dies shortly before he was to be released. OTL the British administration was freaking out over possibility of Gandhi dying in prison. So they released him when he got really sick. ITTL they would be freaking out too, but due to bureaucratic inertia and simple butterfly effects, the...
  9. Gandhi dies in prison in 1944. What will be the effects?

    He was allegedly willing to accept indian participation in WW2 (provided the indian troops were placed under the command of indian civilian government and British agreed to giving independence after the war was over) in exchange for calling off Quit India, he was willing to accept concessions to...
  10. Gandhi dies in prison in 1944. What will be the effects?

    February 1944. Gandhi's wife Kasturba, dies as per OTL from failing health. Gandhi in prison at that time, goes on fast for 21 days in protest. OTL he caught malaria in May, here however i propose that he gets malaria in March and dies from poor health at the age of 74. BTW he dies in March...
  11. ...If you want I'll unlink the TL from my posts. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. If there is...

    ...If you want I'll unlink the TL from my posts. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. If there is something else on your mind, do let me know.
  12. ...He couldn't get rid of the corruption around him and hold on to power enough to effect change...

    ...He couldn't get rid of the corruption around him and hold on to power enough to effect change while simultaneously hold off against any western interference in the USSR and it's sphere. So the result of the TL will be failure, which by itself would be a novel conclusion for an ASB story, if...
  13. ...We kinda see him as an omnipotent deity inside the Soviet Union in that era, but that was not...

    ...We kinda see him as an omnipotent deity inside the Soviet Union in that era, but that was not the truth. That was what he and his supporters wanted us to believe from the outside, in the end he was as dependent upon his supporters as much as their lives depended upon his good graces...
  14. It's not canceled as much as it is out of steam. My personal life has taken a turn for the worse...

    It's not canceled as much as it is out of steam. My personal life has taken a turn for the worse so i can't really dedicate time to it. Plus i realized nothing a 21st century Marxist can do to improve the situation in the soviet union except win the great patriotic war more readily. There is...
  15. President Reagan's Legacy if Struck Down in 1981?

    My 2 cents is Bush Sr takes over. Fires Haig shortly after, replaces with Kissinger who he knew from his time in China, if not earlier. Keeps most of Reagan's picks. Reagan tax-cuts are still on the table, but Bush sees that they'll produce and an unwieldy deficit. He has a degree in economics...
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