I am not a hardcore believer in butterflies. For example, I am not one who will say that we can say with certainty that a person born more than nine months after a POD would not exist. I find it plausible that this person might exist or someone very close to them might exist.
However, I...
As many people have pointed out antisemitism was deeply engrained in right-wing European political thought. Therefore, the idea of completely non antisemitic Nazi's is implausible. Therefore, I would propose the group needs to assess different degrees of antisemitism.
I would propose the...
I am going to suggest that if the Japanese vigorously prosecute a war with the USSR they are finished by late 1942 or early 1943. Recall that the fundamental (albeit erroneous) premise behind Pearl Harbor was that the US would be crippled for 6 months. During that 6 months the Japanese Army...
I would agree with you assessment. Again, this was the goal of the Reformation, so in this case you might see it as the Reformation succeeding (from its perspective) rather than half succeeding as it did IOTL. The fact that the Reformation was not crushed (as most schismatic groups had been)...
Actually, the answer to your question is simple. If England, the Holy Roman Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, France, the Scandanavian States and nearly all of the other German states become "Protestant", the next Pope will be a Lutheran (or perhaps a Luthero-Calvinist). It is...
There were some rumors that King John of England had sent envoys to Muslim rulers offering to convert (and make England a Muslim state) in return for military aid against the barons. This certainly could be a rumor to blacken his name, but it is interesting.
Katherine Howard was almost certainly not Protestant. Oddly, the Howards were and are the most prominent Catholic family in England. Traditionally, the Duke of Norfolk (the head of the Howard) family has been seen as the leader of English Catholics. The Protestants became ascendent when Henry...
The NSDAP as we know would not exist and if it did exist it would never attain power. My argument is as follows: the most important aspect of Nazi ideology was preventing another November 1918. I would suggest this was even more important their racial insanity.
November 1918 was a direct...
George HW Bush wins in 1980.
Bill Clinton runs and wins in 1988.
Hillary Clinton gets the nomination in 2008; Obama runs and wins in 2012, 16 or 20.
Biden runs and wins in 1988.
Johnson wins in 1960.
I think there is a descent argument that one incredibly minor change allows Russia to win the 1914 war.
Specifically, in early August 1914 German General Erich Ludendorff walked up to one of the main Belgian forts at Liege and pounded on it with the hilt of his sword. IOTL this incredibly...
Strongly disagree. LBJ HATED Connally. One of the main reasons JFK went to Texas in Nov 1963 was to try to effectuate some type of peace between his VP and the Governor of Texas.
I missed the point about no modern examples.
That said, I disagree with regard to Britain. First, by 1930 Britain had serious economic problems. Even if it somehow could have developed the bomb I think the US would be able to resist them absent some ASB scenario. As I noted, there was a...
I am going to suggest that an evil American coming to power in around 1935 might be able to conquer the whole world. Specifically, I am imagining an American with megalomaniacal tendencies who is not an isolationist. Specifically, WWII plays out (at least at first) as it does IOTL. This evil...