Search results

The assassination of Joseph Stalin in August, 1918, at the hands of Fanya Kaplan, was a major loss for the new Soviet government. There are many who felt that he may eventually have succeeded Lenin. What is not well known is that Lenin had been intended to visit the Moscow factory that day...

In our history, King Clotaire II of the Franks reorganised his government in 615, under the Edict of Paris. Some view it as a sort of early Magna Carta. WI King Clotaire had produced a different Edict of Paris. 615 In his reorganisation of his government, King Clotaire II agrees to the...

What if: With the end of the Phyrric War and the establishment of the predominance of the Roman Republic over the entire Italian peninsula, the Council of Elders in Carthage are concerned that the final Greek states have been pushed out. There is a feeling that Rome is strong, and potentially...

Before I commence into 1923 in the common era, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my readers for their continued support and well wishes. It has, and continues to be, a distinct pleasure to write for you. I have laid out an economic and political framework into the future - the...

In 1891 (OTL), Victoria, NSW, Tasmania and SA were all keen for Federation, but Queensland, WA and New Zealand were not. Queensland and WA considered not giving its people a referendum on the issue. What if these two states and NZ had decided to go it alone, but the other four states had...

Today, in history, the Puritans are quite often acclaimed. However, in England at the time, they were regarded as fundamentalist extremists and, particularly after Cromwell, regarded by the general public as repressive and harsh practitioners of theocratic autocracy. What POD would be...

On the day that the Prophet Mohammed died, there was a gathering of Medina factions to elect a new Caliph. Abu Bakr was informed of the meeting, went and was elected, even though Mohammed had made clear that Ali, his son-in-law, was to succeed him. But what if Abu Bakr is never informed and...

Readers of my IHOR timeline and other interested parties, The 1919 US Constitutional Convention is about to open. I have a few ideas, but what is on the table is the option to completely rewrite the Constitution. So my question is this: If you had the opportunity to rewrite the US...

Amendments to Part III can be found in the Timelines version. The only major change is that US President Albert Beveridge did not step aside for Pershing; rather, he deferred to Vice President Harding until he had sufficiently recovered, which he will do in September, 1919. Until that time...

I came across this idea while writing my own timeline and I don't intend to use it, but I thought it might be an interesting discussion point. Henry Ford was drafted into an unsuccessful Senate bid in 1918 by Woodrow Wilson. He made no speeches or statement and didn't spend a cent on...

Hi guys. I'm back.....;) I think I have managed to eke out a little time in my inordinately cramped and very annoying schedule. So, I'm gonna see if we can do Round Three.:eek: Hope it is as fun for me as I hope it will be for you. LacheyS

I have a question about what to do with Bulgaria. Clearly, Bulgaria didn't have the power in 1909 to question the Treaty of London, but, as we all agreed at the time, she wouldn't be happy with the breakup of the Balkans in which she got very little. Is it plausible for her to become happy, or...

Imagine that Australia, due to the collapse of the continental plate in ancient times or whatever, actually did have an inland sea. It might look like the map below. How would this affect its history?

Welcome back, everyone, to 1909. It will be a great year for In His Own Right, where Theodore Roosevelt, now in his third term, will have to face trouble within his own Cabinet, manage a major diplomatic break with Mexico, deal with the rise of white supremacists and militant African Americans...

I need help writing a few things about China in my next timeline and I am hoping that I can get a few China experts to contribute. It is for a world where France and Germany are now allies in pre-WWI Europe. Consider this P.O.D "The Imperial Chinese warship stationed off Quemoy was highly...

Prologue: In His Own Right is based upon the supposition that, following the assassination of US President William McKinley, the Republican Party became very concerned with the behaviour of his successor, Theodore Roosevelt. The Republican Party "kingmaker", Mark Hanna, in our timeline, decided...

In my thread "In His Own Right", Roosevelt failed to achieve peace between Japan and Russia at Portsmouth. So what does Japan do next? Does it push its military north toward Harbin, or does it strike at Vladivostok?

Election Night 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, felt the victory coming long before the dispatches reached him. However, the dispatches did surprise him. The idea of winning by a margin of over 2.5 million votes confirmed for him that he had been right. Only six...

WI, in AD 612, Mohammed, the praised one and future prophet of Islam, took a different course? Familiar with the ideas of Judaism and Christianity from his business trips to Palestine and Syria, Mohammed investigated theses faiths further. In his studies, he looked at the schism between the...

In February, 1946, US envoy General George Marshall had the agreement of the Communists and the Nationalist Government in China to a democratic transition, disarmament and unification of the two armies. Zhou En Lai, in particular, has been credited with coments that speak highly of Marshall's...