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Is it in any way possible to have either the settlement of Colonia Tovar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia_Tovar) grow into a thriving colony, and be annexed by the German Empire when that entity forms? Or would it be lost due to the Venezuelans resisting the Germans or the Americans...

Inspired by a misreading of the other thread, how do you make Howard Hughes President of the United States after WWII?

In 1642, young King Louis XIV wanders off into the palace grounds, climbs into a fountain for a bit of fun, but drowns in it (my history teacher said that, IOTL, he was pulled out by a gardener. POD is that gardener is not there in time). His brother, Philippe, is crowned King of France. What...

How can we have Sweden remain a Catholic nation, at least officially? One idea is that in 1523, the Archbishop of Sweden, Gustav Trolle, catches a disease/is mauled by wolves/trampled by horses or is otherwise removed from the picture. With the post of Archbishop of Sweden vacant, King Gustav...

Similar to the other one about ships, which aircraft, military and civilian, should never have seen service?

How can we get Cnut the Great to have all his OTL titles, plus the title of King of Poland, with at least the borders of that state at the end of the reign of Boleslaw I? Further on, is there any way for such an Empire of Cnut, ruling the entire coast of the North Sea and into Sweden and...

Besides Spain, Portugal, France, Britain, and the Netherlands, which European states had a chance to colonize the New World, Africa, and India, to at least the extent that Portugal did IOTL? By that I mean, which nations can impart a significant degree of their culture, language, religion, and...

Engelbert Dollfuss survives the assassination on July 25, 1934. The rest of the attempted Nazi coup is put down within two weeks. Dollfuss, upon recovery from a flesh wound sustained, proclaims that this "German attack on the very sovereignty of Austria will not go unpunished," and declares...

WI Yuri Gagarin on his first flight reenters early due to a problem with the second stage of the rocket (too low an orbit), and lands in Montana, where he is apprehended by American police?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket) Your mission should you choose to accept it is to have the United States build and fly (manned) at least one Sea Dragon rocket between 1965 and 1980. Bonus points if there's a whole production run of them at least 10 strong. Double bonus...

PODs: First, Urquhart's radios work, and he is in contact with his superior officers from the start of the landing. IOTL, the British radios failed to work for some reason. Second, the British 1st Airborne, completely unwittingly, captures Model. I dunno, a powerful wind knocks about a...

Your mission should you choose to accept it is to have a successful invasion of Britain by Napoleon's France with a POD no earlier than his coronation on December 2, 1804. Success is defined by the conquest of England. Bonus points for the conquest of Wales and Scotland. Double Bonus Points if...

The POD is that Andrew Jackson dies in a duel against Charles Dickinson on May 30, 1806. What are the effects on the War of 1812 and American politics, and the Native Americans, without Jackson? And what would be a good name for a TL on this premise? "Chopping Ol' Hickory"?

What would the effects on aviation development be if Vincent Burnelli developed his Lifting Body designs of the 1920s further? IOTL, he got as far as the CB-16, which was a reasonably good plane. 115mph speed, 800 miles range, and well-built. So, POD: Burnelli's CB-16 is a smashing success in...

The challenge is to have all four Iowa-Class Battleships destroyed in battle with a POD no earlier than the laying down of Iowa on June 27, 1940. Bonus points if any one of those battleships is destroyed by an enemy battleship.

IOTL, Saddam Hussein had a relatively good relationship with the USA in the 1980s. The US helped him in the Iran-Iraq War, for example, in an effort to destabilize Post-Revolution Iran. So, with a POD no earlier than the inauguration of Ronald Reagan to his second term as President of the United...

IOTL, 12 Nazis were sentenced to death for their crimes against humanity. What is the lowest number of executions we can reasonably get from these trials?

With a POD no earlier than May 7, 1937 (the day after the Hindenburg burned down), have airships remain the dominant method of intercontinental transport.

Forgive me if my knowledge is inaccurate, as I got the idea from the History Channel, but here goes... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb Given that the project was apparently in progress in 1994, let's say the USAF or Department of Defense go ahead with the project, and test the weapon...

It may be implausible, but hopefully not ASB. The idea is that, in 1st century AD China, someone is born whose teachings are very like those of OTL Jesus (Golden Rule, good deeds over law, meek shall inherit the earth, Son of God), and he gathers a large group of followers, who write his...