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  1. WI: "Piano Solo" is put into action

    In 1964, Antonio Segni asked to the general of Arma dei Carabinieri Giovanni de Lorenzo to draft up a plan for a coup, in case of election of Aldo Moro. The plan, drafted with the help of the chief of CIA's station in Rome, planned to have the carabinieri occupy major media outlets...
  2. How many nukes?

    So, I am writing a timeline based around a Cold War gone hot during he Cuban Missiles Crisis. Due to my lack of ideas of where get decent/accurate information, I've been asking myself some things: 1) What would be the maximum number of nukes that could be launched without causing extremely...
  3. AHC: Make Swizerland Disappear

    With a PoD later than 1291, make so that any attempt to form a state in the valleys of the Alps fails miserably and leads to a shared border between Germany and Italy (or equivalents, in any case).
  4. Sicily as American Protectorate

    So, I know it's borderline ASB, given that Tito was never going to let Italy keep Istria so easily, and given that the Sicilian Indipendence Movement wasn't exactly in the best position for push their positions. However, I wonder, what would take for create an American protectorate or...
  5. AHC: Make the Protestant Reformation start in Southern Europe.

    With a POD not earlier then the XIV Century, make so that a major religious reform starting in Southern Europe ("Southern Europe" in this context begin Spain, Portugal, Italy under the Arno and the Catholic parts of the Balkans) ends up in dividing (permanently) Western Christianity in two...
  6. WI: Pope remains in Avignon in 1377

    What would happen to the French Monarchy? Would it turn more clerical, and, later on, make the possibility of the presence of Calvinists/Lutherans on French soil very unlikely? Would it result in a development of a decent nation-state in Italy before the 1800' ? For this to happen, let's say...
  7. AHC: Make dog, cat and generally pet meat an acceptable foodstuff in Europe.

    As for the title. Make it so that butcher and eat what are usually considered "pet animals" isn't unacceptable and/or illegal, a bit like guinea pigs on the Andes, or dogs in Asia.
  8. DWI: Bellerio's Riots a failure?

    14 September of 1996. This is the fateful day that has started the hcain of events that has forever changed the political landscape not only of Southern Europe and Italy, but of the entire continent. But what would have happened, if the people that were going to form the Padanian...
  9. Theodatus' Pigs of Destiny.

    The besieged, hidden from their enemies' gazes, sent a message to Rome for beg to Theodatus from him to deliver them as quickly as he could do. Theodatus, in spite of his nature, which made him not dauntless, called to himself soldiers and horsemen, and made preparations for war. It is said...
  10. DBWI: WI: Giovanni Falcone dies in Capaci's Murder Attempt

    Recently Giovanni Falcone, has published a new book, "Il Rantolio della Mafia," ("The Death Rattle of the Mafia"), and, in-between the tales of his work, he mentioned the various attempts to murder him. The closest one, according him, was at Capaci, near Palermo, on the day of 23 May of...
  11. DBWI: Jugoslavian troops do not pass from Trieste in 1991.

    20 years ago, in this same day, the peace deal between the Republic of Italy Jugoslavia was signed It was the end of a blood war, started with the pretext of Jugoslavian troops breaking Trieste's inhabitants closing of their city, and the sacking of Trieste. That day, the Parliament, with the...
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