What if Oswald Mosley’s Fascists succeeded in Britain, in the early 1930s, whilst Hitler’s Nazis attempt at government failed & the German Nazis faded into the background. Meanwhile Mussolini’s fascists are just as successful as the OTL.
What effects would a British Fascist government, with...
So what other names could motor car companies be known by, whether it be Ford, Opel, Vauxhall, General Motors, Toyota, Saab, BMW, or whoever else?
Could Nissin, for example, be known as Bitsaremissin?
Who/what else?
What if Joseph Stalin's parents somehow managed to find their way to the United States prior to 1878 when young Joseph was born. Consequentially baby Joseph was born on US territory & is an American citizen.
So what does life have install for Joseph Stalin, citizen of the United States?
Battle of Gettsyburg, day two, July 1863. What if Longstreet when ordered by Lee, to attack the centre of the Union line, went with his initial belief & simply refused to conduct the now famous Pickett's Charge.
What would this immediate refusal mean for the Battle of Gettysburg?
What...
So what could have the legendary country singer, Jimmy Carter, had been if he put his mind to it other than being the pot smoking & alcoholic country singer who has defined a generation?
Discuss
During the ACW Peninsular Campaign, in 1862, General George McClellan brought along a couple of hot air balloons, in the charge of one Professor Thaddeus Lowe, which were used at various times, most notably during the siege of Yorktown, during which one of the balloons got loose, from its...
This is more speculation, than anything, but what if Jeff Davis stood as the Democrat Presidential candidate in the 1860 Presidential election against Abe Lincoln.
What happens?
Discuss
What if a US President was captured & held hostage? I know it sounds like a Hollywood B-Grade movie, but there have been numerous US Presidents who were notorious at scoffing at security & thus opened the prospect of being taken captive by one group or other.
So which President could have...
What if the assassination attempt on Queen Victoria, in 1887, was successful?
How does Britain react let alone the rest of the world?
More to the point, how is history changed with such a POD?
Discuss.
What if Texas, after achieving its independence from Mexico, eventually decided that it was in its best interests not to join the United States. Instead the Republic of Texas lived on as in independent nation.
So how does this effect American history in general?
In particular how is the...
What if Rommel, whilst conducting operations against the Australian lead garrison at Tobruk, bumbled into an Australia patrol resulting in shots being traded between the Australians & the Germans accompanying Rommel. Importantly, in the firefight, Rommel gets seriously wounded (not an unusual...
During Early's assault on an outlying fort of Washington DC, Fort Stevens, Lincoln turned up to view the battle in progress. At one stage bullets/shells went flying passed Lincoln which, presumably, could have killed him.
So what if Lincoln is actually killed?
Could it change the outcome...
What if Henry VIII actually backed down & accepted the fact that he couldn’t divorce his latest Queen. Consequentially the Roman Catholic Church presumably remains the only official church in England.
So how does English let alone European history change as a result?
Or does England still...
Yes, kids, it’s time to get the forks & steak knives out as it's time to carve up the UK!
The AH challenge: by the year 2000 have the United Kingdom break up to several states. It’s up to you to decide what these states are & how many. It’s also up to you to decide whether some form of...
What if Kentucky was not invaded by the Confederacy, due to Polk's own idiotic initiative, but a Union force entered Kentucky territory uninvited accidentally/on purpose kind of thing instead. Kentucky then joins the CSA in protest more so than anything else.
How does this effect the Civil...
What if the world’s first motor car, reputed to be made by Karl Benz, exploded in spectacular flames when publicly demonstrated for the first time, taking its chief designer/builder with it to a fiery death.
Could this catastrophe have any major effect upon the early development of petrol...
What if the Serbs, fearing being overrun & destroyed by the Austria-Hungarian armies, reluctantly agreed to a vigorous & honest investigation into the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand as Austria-Hungary first demanded.
Would such a simple act of compliance, on behalf of Serbia, avert...
What if, just as Henry V jumped up & commanded Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more... a French crossbowman shot off a bolt that hit Henry in the head killing him instantly.
What happens to the English army besieging Harfleur?
But more importantly, what happens to England...