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Here's a map of the Cold War. What happened? USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics PRF - People's Republic of Finnmark FDR - Finnish Democratic Republic PRP - People's Republic of Poland GDR - German Democratic Republic SSR - Slovak Socialist Republic DRH - Democratic Republic of...

Around the beginning of the reign of Heraclius, Byzantium was in a massive war with the Persians, who had taken Palestine and Egypt by 616. He managed to rally the Byzantines into a counter-attack that took until, IIRC, 630 to end. Now, what would it take to collapse the Byzantine Empire at...

I've read that there was alot of support for the Finns in Sweden during their Winter War against the USSR. What if Sweden decided to enter the War? IIRC, in OTL they came very close. Could they have made a different against the Red Army? If the Finnish-Swedish alliance is still forced to give...

1836 - The future Francis II of the Two Sicilies is born. He is slightly different than OTL, however, these changes do not manifest until... 1859 - Francis II is crowned King of the Two Sicilies. - The Austro-Sardinian War happens during this war. Lombardy is transferred to...

What if the Bulgars, rather than migrating to eventually end up in the Balkans, ended up in the Caucasus and tried to invade Anatolia? According to wikipedia, the first Bulgar incursions into the Balkans and the subsequent establishment of the first Bulgar Khanate there occured in 681. If we...

This, according to Flags of the World, was the flag of Tuscany during the 1848 Revolutions. Your challenge is to have it as flag of a united Italy that must, at least, include all of Mainland Italy before WW1.

What if Frederick II of Prussia had decided not to begin what would become the War of the Austrian Succession by invading the Austrian possesion of Silesia? Is this a viable POD on its own, or would this require a larger change, such as a male Maria Theresa?

Could Finland have done better in the Continuation War? Faced with a new Finnish counterattack and an increasing threat from the Nazis, could the Soviet Union agree to make a separate peace with Finland, and return to 1914 borders, but perhaps with an indemnity paid to Soviet Russia?

Alright, I'll list the changes here: - Finland at pre-Winter War borders - Ukraine and Belarus part of Russia - Vilinus County part of Poland - Saarland part of France - The entire Schleswig is part of Denmark - Serbia and Montenegro still called Yugoslavia - Kosovo part of Albania -...

(From Wikipedia) Frederick was married three times, and had numerous affairs to boot, but was apparently sterile...the fact that he reached middle age without producing an heir meant that king Frederick VI's nephew prince Christian of Glücksburg (1818-1906) was chosen to suceed him in 1852, and...

By King Alexander, I mean a male Victoria- Her full name was Alexandrina Victoria, but she was titled Victoria from birth. I suppose that were she born male, he'd probably be "Alexander George" or something and end up being called George, but.. Anyway, I've been thinking about doing a timeline...

I have a question- What do you think would be the best way to push a tribal region into becoming a nation when it did not in OTL? For example, there were many tribes in Europe that were simply divided between their neighbors and/or assimilated into other populations. Basically, what kinds of...

The year is 2005. Bosnia has recently been conquered by an alliance between Croatia and Serbia, and Slovakia is in negotiations to join Otto I's Austrian Empire. What happened to produce this political situation?

Here's Today's Challenge of AH Challenge of Today: Have Calais be regained by the British during the reign of Elizabeth I. It must remain British from then to the present day. England may not rule all of France, though it can rule more than Mary's Calais.

In OTL, the Bulgars, who if I remember correctly were related to the Turks, invaded the Balkans, but were assimilated by the Slavs living there, and what remains of their culture is the country's name. Could the Bulgars have avoided assimilation, and perhaps have assimilated the local Slavs...

Here's the challenge: Have the Republic of San Marino united the Italian peninsula. Your POD must be after the fall of the Roman Empire in 476, and San Marino must remain a Republic throughout it's entire history. Can you do it?

When Grand Duke Nicholas went to the Far East, he returned with a scar. A Japanese samurai had attackd him, but George of Greece knocked the samurai's sword away with his cane before the samurai could kill the Grand Duke. So lets see, Prince George fails to hit the samurai's sword away, and...

Near the end of WW1, the Provisional Government of Finland offered a German prince the Finnish Throne. He originally accepted, but withdrew when the Kaiser was forced to resign. What if Finland had asked a prince of a different nation, and that prince had not declined? Would a Royal Finland...

I've started a short timeline based off a Muslim victory at Tours. How does it look? 732 - The Battle of Tours. Muslims stream into Aquitaine. 734 - The Battle of Soissons. The Neustrian knights are defeated by the Islamic army, and Neustria is eventually annexed. 735 - Battle of Reims. The...

Based off my history teacher's rendition of the results of the Boer War... There were two Boer Wars, around the same time as OTL. These wars were between the British, who wanted to seize the Dutch colony in Cape Town. Eventually, the Boers established the Transvaal, and the Orange Free State...