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What if instead of building the Trans Siberian Railway, the Russians stayed close to home building their European railways nothing further east than the Orenberg-Taashkent designed to make the British go bananas Obviously, there can't be a serious Russo-Japanese War but what does that do to...

On January 1, 1900, His Imperial and Majesty Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary passed away quietly in his sleep. His nephew Franz Ferdinand has succeeded him. How does this change the future of Europe? What happens to Austro-Russian relations? What the future of the...

The OTL Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement is a simple partition of Eastern Europe between Hitler and Stalin. While dividing Poland between them is easy, the plan leads the two to have a common border making Barbarossa possible. Let's suppose that Koba is a bit more weary of Hitler. Instead of a...

For World War I to spread beyond an Austro-Serbian war, the other great powers have to either Declare war or cross a border. In OTL the war spread when the Germans declared war on Russia and sent their ultimatum to Belgium. The German declaration is made August 1 to cover the German planned...

King Leopold II of Belgium dies in December 1909 but suppose he lives another five years (he would be just under 80) or wwI breaks out earlier. Would the Belgians still fight or would he take some offer from the Germans

During the July crisis, John Morley asked his cabinet colleagues the simple question "Have you ever considered what will happen if the Russians win?" A delightful question for us so let's assume the Russians win- The fighting in August-September goes pretty much OTL with a deep German...

Let's assume that Empress Elisabeeth dies ten years later in 1772 She'd be only 63 when she ies, so its quite doable. Obviously, the Seven years war ends differently. What would the final settlement look like? Also, Paul would be seventeen when Elisabeth dies. Even ifPetter III is...

In OTL, Romania stays out of the First Balkan War hoping for compensation at the table. When Bulgaria attacks Serbia and Greece over the spoils, Romania attacks Bulgaria and takes what she wants. Suppose however, the Romanians don't wait. Instead, they join with the Turks in the First Balkan...

In July 1943 as the allied invasion of Sicily was underway, Antonescu flew to italy for talks with Mussolini. Basically, Antonescu argued that the war was lost and that the minor axis powers (Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland) should all offer to leave the war together. Mussolini...