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In the fifties Khrushchev offered Lithuania the Kaliningrad oblast but Lithuanians refused not wanting to change the ethnic composition of their country and iirc the region was heavily damaged by war and Lithuanians didnt want to be burdened with it. Anyway, WI for some or another reason...

WI Albrecht Hohenzollern and his brothers die childless and Duchy of Prussia is incorporated into Poland as per treaty of Cracow? What effect it would have on Brandenburg, Poland and the general history of the region?

WI due to luck, German mistakes, less Allied mistakes, better planning, better weather, communication working and whatnot, Operation Market-Garden goes like a charm (or as close to it as physically possible), and the XXX Corps crosses the Rhine more or less as planned?

Is it possible to combine Rome and Persia into a single empire stretching from Atlantic to Indus? What would it take to form such a monstrosity and could it survive for longer?

While the back of the Monastic State was broken in 1410, the war results were not so great as the victory at Grunwald. Teutonic Order remained a nuisance for the next 115 years, only to be replaced by Prussia, and we all know how it ended. So WI Poles, Lithuanians, and other assorted allies did...

As in the title, what would be the effects of Americans completely missing the nukes on Cuba until Soviets remove them on their won in the last years of the SU? (this might be borderline ASB, but it is theoretically possible, just very unlikely)

When scouting the battlefield only with his aide, Gustav Adolf ran into three banners of Polish cavalry and was saved only by quick action of his nearby escort, which was defeated though, and Poles chased him all the way into Swedish camp. Now what if Poles get more lucky, and some random shot...

This might be highly improbable, as without earlier POD it would require the allies throwing all sixes and Swedes all ones, but what could be effects of Saxons, Danes, and Russians gaining quick victory against Sweden in the GNW?

Let's say that two things happen: first (although chronologically this is the second change) forces of Duke Henry aren't divided and slaughtered in detail, but stand together and successfully defend themselves, that alone is possibly enough to led to a "victorious draw", but also forces of...

WI In Versailles Poland gets (without plebiscite) Danzig, whole Upper Silesia, southern part of East Prussia and Polish-majority part of Cieszyn (all that together would likely require British representatives get some kind of collective brain tumor, but it is hypothetically possible) and then...

DB AHC: Plausibly avoid division of German states between their three neighbors, France, Hungary and Poland-Lithiania. As we all know, the HRE degenerated to the point it was unable to prevent foreign armies wandering back and forth through its territory, and the situation continued until theor...

On the second day of Battle of Warsaw, during the charge of Polish hussars, one of them attacked the Swedish king who fell from the horse, but was succesfully defended by his guards (the hussar in question received a funeral with honors from the eventually victorious Swedes). But what if the...

WI Poland gained a colony during the interwar period? Let's say that Polish government managed to buy some territory in Africa or a Pacific island and put some 25,000 colonists there before the start of WW2.

As in the title what would be the effects of Odoacer giving the imperial insignia to the Pope rather than sending them to Constantinople ? (forgive me if it is a dumb question, but I rememer a recent thread about whether Frankish Empire could be considered continuation of WRE and wanted to know...

WI Jadwiga of Poland's daughter Elizabeth Bonifacia doesnt die a couple days after birth, but survives to adulthood and has her own children (I had played with dice and got the result that she would die at 47, and have 7 children of whom 3 would survive to adulthood, inc. 2 sons). Jadwiga still...

So, what if, while scouting the field before battle Gustav Adolf is attacked by polish cavalry. His horse breaks a leg and Poles manage to capture him. Royal escort's counter-attack is unsuccesful, Poles bring swedish king to their camp.