Out of the following five historical empires, which one do you think is the most unique, or hardest to replicate/emulate?
A primary parameter that can be used to determine the "unique-ness" of an empire is to imagine alternate worlds where it's nipped in the bud, and asking, how hard it will be...
AFAIK it has been universally agreed that, if in WWI Germany has focused the attacks on just one front and went defensive on the other one, the Germans could have won the War.
However, the question is now: which front should Germany focus first?
I've seen arguments from both sides, which...
That map is based on (and mostly taken from) this map by rvbomally on deviantart, which in turn is inspired by this timeline by our fellow (now deceased) member robertp6165
And no, Antartica is divided by those empires mainly as part of dick-measuring contest and only occasionally visited by...
The idea here is to create the world where humanity is in the most miserable condition as possible. This is not about nuclear war, plagues, natural disasters, etc. This is about building the worst international order possible. Our fellow member rvbomally has suggested this in a past thread...
Sorry to bring back ages-old debate, but I have just read through old threads and polls about this particular topic (who was to blame for WWI?), and noticed that it has been nearly universally agreed that Austria-Hungary was the most responsible for starting it (yes, Germany gave the blank...
The WWII ITTL started mainly because Britain and Germany were concerned about growing Russian expansionism in Europe and Middle East, since without carnage of OTL WWI and Russian Civil War, Russian economy and population continue to expand further.
And I never said they lose; I said it ended...
Let's say there are four different AH scenarios with PODs no earlier than 1900:
1) The World War I ended up with a quick Entente victory in 1915, Tsarist Russian Empire reformed itself up, stalemated the World War II against Anglo-German alliance
2) The economic reforms of the Soviet Union is...
I've seen arguments from both sides on the Internet.
The first group argued that had the USA not entered the First World War on the Entente side, the Central Powers would've gained phyrric victory. OTOH, the Allies would still win the Second World War regardless of US intervention, since no...
What was the Axis worst mistake in WWII?
1. Italian Invasion of Greece
2. German Invasion of Russia, aka Operation Barbarossa
3. Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
4. Hitler's Declaration of War on the United States
5. Hitler's Fixation on Wonder Weapons, aka Wunderwuffen
6. Hitler's...
In 1914, Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand was not shot. Instead a failed assassination attempt on the Tsar Nicholas II takes place in Moscow. This is traced back to a pro-democracy group backed financially by the US state department (Wilson got a little crazy stupid at some point). Outraged, Russia...
Just seeing another interesting map by rvbomally, which depicted the aftermath of Operation Unthinkable.
Which leaves me wonder: is this ATL overall better or overall worse than our world?
The positives are of course the elimination of decades-long Cold War and the "liberation" of both Russia...