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What if Iraqi troops crossed into Saudi Arabia soon after the fall of Kuwait? Obviously they probably wouldn'tve taken all of Saudi Arabia im not thinking that, im just wondering how far they could get before they all die in the desert or get their asses tanned by American intervention? What...

Pretty simple here. Have Japan be totally colonized by another power. Bonus points for how early it is, for how unlikely the colonizing country is and/or how long they remain a colony.

What if Cromwell's Commonwealth survived his death? Could it survive long or was a Restoration almost inevitable?

When the Japanese captured Singapore the British had a Purple, or a Japanese codebreaking machine, in the city used for intercepting and decoding messages. For one reason or another the Japanese never discovered it and their codes remained unchanged. However, what do you think would happen if...

As it says on the tin. I have a sudden hankering to read a tl about a Trotsky led USSR and was wondering if there were any good ones around

What if the Confederates staged a guerilla war against the US after the Civil War for lets say...a decade. How would this change Reconstruction? How would the US respond?

According to recently found documents in the Wiemar Archive after the repeated failures to form a lasting government, in 1932 President Hindenburg was urged to appoint Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. Hitler was leader of the "National Socialist" Nazi Party and was pretty radical even for the time...

Im sure this has been asked before but what would a Muslim colonization of America be like? I know there are a lot of reasons the Muslims never did go West but lets just say they do. Lets say the Cordoba Emirate never collapses and gets in on the colonization game to keep up with France or...

Leonard Wood was a Rough Rider, war hero and prominent Republican. He was favored for the 1920 Republican Nomination but lost to Harding. What if he won the nomination and then the Presidency?

Rather simple really right? Have Nicholas II be forced to abdicate the Russian throne during WWI, but return to the throne. Bonus points if he returns as an absolute monarch and stays that way for a long time.

What would be the absolute extent of Ottoman expansion? Would it be the OTL borders since the Ottomans tried and failed to expand many times after Vienna or could've the Ottomans taken more of Europe/Middle East/Africa?

I am sure this has been asked before but what if Nazi Germany was Strasserist rather than National Socialist. The way I understand it the Strasserists were the "Beefsteak Nazis" that were later purged from the Party. So lets say somehow the Strasser brothers are able to take over the Party or...

WWI is infamous for its stalemated, brutal trench warfare. Millions died in a war that dragged on for nearly four years in brutal conditions. However I am left to wonder, was that inevitable? Was it almost assured that the trenches would be dug and stretch from the Channel to Switzerland? Or...

WWII was a long and bloody conflict, stretching from 1935, 1937 or 1939 depending on where you start it to final victory in 1945. It killed around 73 million men, women and children many of whom never picked up a gun. It was a horrible conflict, but lets extend it. Have WWII last as long as...

Gregory Malenkov was technically second in line to Stalin and did take over all his titles after Stalin's death. However his power was chipped away for the five months he was in power until eventually he was forced to resign in favor of Khrushchev. But what if he managed to stay in power? Lets...

For a short time in the 1700s the Scottish and English kingdoms were in a personal union under the Stuarts with the Kings of one also ruling the other. This was dissolved after the Glorious Revolution in England. However lets say that the Union persists. Could the Scots and English unite? How...

What if France never fell to Fascism in the 1920s? Lets say the February Coup fails and the Fascists aren't able to form a government. How would that change French politics with the Croix Regime? How would it change European politics, especially since there might not be a Latin League?

What if Mussolini stays in the Socialist Party. Lets say his views on WWI never get out or something. Could he still rise to rule Italy? Would a Socialist Mussolini turn Italy into more or less a Fascist Italy analogue or no? How would this affect the Rise of Fascism in other nations like...

So as is well known Hitler gave explicit orders for German troops to pull out of the Rhine if France opposed it. In OTL France didn't do much to stop it. Lets say they do, they issue a strong condemnation and move troops to the border or something, prompting the operation to be abandoned. How...

In 1798 Napoleon, not yet leader of France led over 40,000 men into Egypt to defend French interests and cut off easier British routes to India. He was moderately successful for a time winning key battles and pushing all the way to Acre by the next year. However the defeat of the French fleet at...