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Blairwitch749's excellent "Manstein in Africa" TL has been developing for some time the interesting PoD of the European Axis fighting an efficient coalition war, with extensive economic, technological, and training standardization and integration, which raises the Italian military (and...

I offer you the following map and TL sketch, CE 1500: PoD is the survival of both Frederick I Barbarossa and his son Henry VI Hohenstaufen to the completion of the Third Crusade and a successful long reign respectively. This creates a strong basis for the gradual centralization of the HRE...

In your judgement, how bad ought Britain to lose a major war, in order to suffer a radical change of its political system and constitution, such as a republican revolution, an authoritarian coup, or a fascist/communist takeover ? Successful Seamammal foreign invasion and occupation of the...

A common assumption (also eagerly made by yours truly) is that a CP victory TL (hereby defined for the sake of this discussion to be caused at least by Italy in the CPs and USA out of the war) is going to produce a rather more utopian 20th century than OTL. The CPs becoming socialdemocratic...

Inspired by this interesting thread. Let's assume that ITTL, the Free French don't exist because De Gaulle takes a German bullet in May 17, 1940. Let's also assume that Vichy France ends up declaring war to Britain and the USSR in 1940-41, and being a cobelligerant member of the Axis at the very...

A question that dawned on me as I revised my post-Valkyrie Cold War maps and proto-TL notes: A plan that circled in the Comintern and the Soviet bloc up to the early phases of the Cold War was to build the Balkan Federation, some kind of confederal setup between Communist Yugoslavia, Bulgaria...

Let's assume that during the Paula Jones trial, Clinton realizes that his best course is to admit having a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, and does so to the grand jury. What would the outcome be ? Although there would still be some moralistic backlash about his adultery, he would...

This is the product, in a more organized TL form, of the fruitful debate previously held here (where TL discussion may continue), plus further reflection of mine and introduction of some new (and not so new) developments. It also owes some ideas to this nifty TL, which the present one aims to be...

IOTL Napoleon turned conquered European nations, especially Germany and Italy, but also other areas like Poland, into a hodgepodge of areas directly annexed to France with hardly a French in them (which fueled nationalistic resistance) and separate vassal states, some entrusted to various...

As we all know, making the German and Italian unifications more successful than IOTL is actually not that difficult. With a few appropriate PoDs and butterflies in 1848-49 or 1866-71, Germany may easily find itself with Austria, Bohemia-Moravia, all of Alsace and Lorraine, Luxemburg, and...

Another spinoff of the CP Italy discussion. The goal is to have the following WWI lineup: Alliance: Germany, Britain, Italy, Scandinavia, Turkey. Entente: France, Russia, Austria, Spain. My idea (a variant of the ideas developed by Lord Kalvan and me in my previous "a different 1866"...

This is mostly a spinoff of the recent discussion about CP Italy: a scenario where Italy joins the CPs because the Entente powers attack first, so Italy is bound to the terms of the defensive Triple Alliance. Your task is to devise the means by which this alternative sequence for the start of...

Let's assume that a slightly better funded, organized, and lucky Al-Quaeda manages to let the third plane hit the White House, killing VP Cheney and to attack America, Europe, and India at the same time: a series of bomb blasts in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, and Mumbai kill about...

Inspired by the PoD posted here. 1949: Stalin gets disillusioned by the formation of the GFR and decides that his chances are unrealistic of wrestling West Germany from allegiance to America with the lure of unification as a neutral united German state. As a result, he decides to go for...

Your task is to devise a PoD (not messing with Union victory in the ACW, nor Italo-Prussian victory in 1866, nor Alaska Purchase, and preferentially not requiring an Anglo-American War) that would make the USA buy western Canada (Rupert's Land, Northwestern Territory, and Columbia, although...

This is a subject I would love to do a TL about one (distant) day, but I fear lack satisfying grasp of period knowledge about to implement (esp. the various dynastic developments). Which manifold PoDs would be necessary to ensure that, starting with a more successful (and longeve) Barbarossa...

This is inspired by Onkel Willie's recent excellent "Munich Coup" TL. Let's assume that ITTL the Nazis get overthrown by the generals in 1938, Germany returns to a democratic constitutional monarchy, the Munich Agreement and the First Vienna Award iare implemented and followed by detente between...

Instead of the tired and worn clichè "WI Germany and the West fight over Czechoslovakia", I've decided to go for an IMO more original and interesting PoD. Let's assume that Czechoslovakia refuses to implement the Munich Agreement, because it has got strong guarantees of military backing from...

Assuming that America ITTL is willing and able to start the construction of the Nicaragua and Panama Canals (both of them at once) at the earliest possible date, when it would be technologically feasible (assume a rather more powerful and affluent 19th century America) ?

We have discussed a more extreme version of this PoD in a previous thread, the recent discussion about a more lenient 1871 peace has inspired me to dust it off in a more moderate version. Let's assume that in 1866 some changes occur in the Italian military chain of command that leave the...