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New Amsterdam would change the whole modern history The Dutch were better at trade than either the Spanish or Portugese that they supplanted, or the English and French who came after them. Indeed they were so successful in overtaking Portugese and then later Spanish trade that this lead to the...

If the crimean war is lost fast, perhaps Russia does not get into so much debt as tp sell Alaska ... so Alaska might still be Russian today (with interesting implications to the Cold War etc.) Also, Russia might have rebounded faster and succeeded in attacking the Ottomans before 1877-78...

A more peaceful Europe This is a very interesting proposition. Suppose we could start at 1866 at Koniggratz although some earlier times could have been possible as suggested, maybe 1853. Austria does not deny help from Russia and they remain on cordial terms, Russia succeeds in the Balkan...

Not a good option for the Soviets In 1939 winter (when the Finnish invasion begun, November 30th), the Russians would invade Romania instead of Finland. At this point the Germans are not committed anywhere - until April 1940, the invasion of Denmark and Norway and then May, the invasion of...