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Photo of the mushroom cloud from the Kamikaze Nuclear Device rising over Honolulu, 1952. It was one of five American Pacific assets struck by Japan in the first hours of the Last War Amushroom cloud rises over Tokyo as the Americans retaliate Honoring their word Germania launches nuclear...

A still from a Stormchaser following the infamous 2005 tornado The Mississippi Queen, a EF5 tornado reported to be the largest ever recorded. This picture was taken as the beast crossed Highway 82 The first hit was Carrolton, Mississippi in the early hours of March 12th. The town was caught...

A movie poster for 28 Days Later, A historical fiction movie about the Fall of London released only five years after the Liberation of the UK. It was decried upon release for being insensitive to those who were lost and was banned from being shown in the UK even as it became a critical darling...

The League of Nations was a valiant effort to create a UN before the UN, but ultimately it failed...badly. It failed to respond effectively to Japans expansion into Manchuria, Italy's invasion of Ethiopia and the Spanish Civil War. Your challenge is to fix it. Simple right? Bonus points: Change...

A TL about the proliferation of chemical weapons noted for being a comedy despite its heavy subject matter. Noted for following gruesome descriptions of the affects of chemicals weapons with jokes many of its critics call it out for having a bit of a pacing problem but that hasn't kept it from...

A Story written and released by famed fantasy writer George R R Martin after concluding his A Song of Ice and Fire Trilogy in 2000. Taking place in a land much like Westeros from his previous series the book was the first part of a planned six part series of novels with a screenplay for a short...

A humorous quote by Mikhail Gorbachev to his wife in 1990. The real estate magnate had just bought the failing Mall of America and, after much controversy, decided to entirely renovate it rather than prop it up with his massive fortune. The renovations would drag on however as the newly renamed...

A TL about Nicaragua uniting Central America into a new Central American State in the 1800s. It starts with Walkers first attempt to take Nicaragua failing and spooked by the prospect of further adventurers from America attempting the same thing again, the ruling Conservatives of Nicaragua...

Photos of the Fall of Berlin American troops man a Machine Gun near German lines during the Spree Campaign (1921) French troops enter the Berlin outskirts, 1921 German officer after surrendering in Berlin, 1921 Berlin two years after the war, 1924

US Army specialists land in a holdout somewhere in the Great Plains Armed militia in a compound somewhere in Iran before the Pakistani-Iranian War Rioters in Manchester take to the streets as the city descends into chaos Parisians erect barricades to fight against the Zack roaming in...

An half alternate Argentina have future Argentina TL where Argentina fails to recover after its military government becoming a failed state. Multiple UN interventions in the late 80s and early 90s fail to restore order and even an invasion by an adhoc alliance of Argentina's neighbors bogs down...

A TL where Italian anarchists, after a series of bomb plots are pinned on them (insinuated to actually be radical left and right terrorists) are forced deeper underground. The movement eventually regains a stronghold in Syracuse under a variety of local anarchists in the early 1900s. After the...

In a recent interview Fmr Governor Bush revealed that his family initially considered having him run for President in 2000. They eventually decided against it due to Dubya's past struggles with alcohol and instead he backed Jeb. How do you think history would change with a different Bush in the...

If Philly became the capital after the ACW I could see DC acting a lot like Philly does in OTL, becoming one of the few 'former capitals' America has. It wouldn't have much if anything outside the WH, Capitol, etc, etc and maybe a few Smithsonian museums but would still hold a lot of potential...

Have the USSR win a Third World War. By win I mean have the Western powers be forced to come to the table and make peace with the USSR on their terms. Even if that means the Soviets do so over an irradiated world. Bonus points: The War stays conventional. The NATO surrender is total and...

Quote by the self titled Last Crusader Adam Neworth in a letter to police dated August 23rd, 1977. With various conflicts across the world driving immigrants to the United States increasingly immigration became a hot-button issue as the 70s drew to a close, especially concerning the large Muslim...

Quote by Farrokh Bulsara in 2013 as Leader of the Opposition for the Central African State and Governor of Zanzibar. When President Mugabe introduced Bill 1931 (Bill to Reduce Sedition and Treason in the Provinces) it was instantly met with harsh criticism by a majority of the Governors of the...

I think eventually, given enough time Germany would centralize Mitteleuropa into a superstate.

How long could a Byzie Empire that won Myrokephalon succeed? Its my understanding that the Empire was flawed almost to the very foundation and would take a long time to restore to a semblance of stability, but I will admit by knowledge of the Empire is rather surface level.

The Japanese Naval Station Pearl Harbor as the attack begins The IJN Kondo burns in port in Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Airfield burns after the attack One of the few photos of the American planes taken by a civilian pilot who spotted them on their way to Pearl Recon photo of the USS...