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  1. An alternate Falklands war- what is the fallout?

    At the news of of the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands, many senior Naval chiefs said that an armed response would be impossible. They said the distance was too large, the navy was too weak thanks to government cutbacks and that the Argentinian aircraft would take out the flotilla- which it...
  2. Mild Obscure POD: what minor pods can you think of?

    I'me thinking of setting up basicly a big collection of small TL ( once my troodon TL is finished) about loads of small, seemingly insignificant PODs ignored by historians but could have had a large, if not significant changes. Send me some ideas you may have, and some links or info on it and...
  3. Egyptians in Australia:How is Australia changed....

    I was on the website when i found this: http://www.historum.com/speculative-history/46871-ancient-egyptians-australia.html Its probably a hoax ( and a bad hoax) sadly but suppose for a moment it is true..... and that Egyptians did land in Australia! How would Australia be changed in this...
  4. Obscure PODS in the last 20 years

    OK here's a challange- come up with a really obscure possible POD that occured in the past 20 years but may have a significant effect on history: A diffrent president in a Latin American Country? An assasination that could have not occured? You can even add your own birth to the mix if you think...
  5. William the conqueror loses the battle of Hastings?

    For such a huge historical event, i'm surprised this hasn't been discussed more: What if Harold won the battle of Hastings? What if he waited to rest his troops and the arrival of reinforcements, what if William had been killed while charging the Saxon lines? Who would inherit after Harold...
  6. A brave new world: the dinosaurs not quite wiped out.....

    Earth's atmosphere, 65 Million BC: The apocalypse had come. It came in the form of a huge, jagged piece of space rock, worn down by seemingly endless millennia of collisions with other asteroids, yet still formidable, daunting. And dangerous. It had spent millions of years hurtling through...
  7. The British Empire: how could it survive?

    OK how I've been wondering how to do this: How could you make it that the British empire is still around today? You can make the POD at any point in history that you want, although try to keep it plausible!
  8. Alexander the great continues his invasion of India

    What if Alexander was able to convince his men to press on into India following the battle of Hydaspis river. How will this change history? Will be Alexander be overwhelmed by the sheer number of Indian troops and killed with his men, causing an earlier collapse of his empire? Will he be...
  9. Alternate battle of Bosworth: no Tudors?

    Ok this might be interesting, what if Richard III won the battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor is killed along with most of the remaining house of Lancaster? How will history be changed? Could Richard III and his successors be stronger then the Tudors? How will this effect Europe and the rise of the...
  10. King Gyges of Lydia Doesn't have his dream...

    Suppose that King Gyges of the emerging kingdom of Lydia Stayed up the night before battle with the invading Cimmerians didn't have his famouse dream and opened relations with Assyria and his killed earlier then OTL and his kingdom destroyed. What is the result? The Cimmerians continuing to...
  11. Henry VII son Arthur survives- how is England changed?

    This one has been puzzling me for ages. What would have happened if Arthur, Prince of Wales son of Henry VII survives his illness, becomes king and his younger brother Henry becomes an unknown prince. How would England change? Would there be no break with the Roman Catholic church? No future...
  12. Battles of Khalkhin Gol: alternate history!

    Ok so i'm planing my first TL: an alternate history battle, where Zhukov is killed in Stalin's purges and they lose the battle of Khalkhin Gol, setting in motion a chain a catastrophic events that will see WW2 and the resulting cold war taking a very different path...... so before i get...
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