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Hey Guys, Is there a way of getting Prussia the island of Bornholm and keeping it? If the Prussians had struck a more resounding victory against the Danes in the Second Schleswig War could we have seen Bismark demanding Bornholm? I doubt he'd take any of the Danish Empire as that would've...

Hey Guys, When discussing an 'Italian Tunisia' on this site some people often say that, with their colonial appetites appeased by annexing Tunisia the Italians wouldn't feel the need to attack the Ottoman Empire for Libya, nor would they take the colonies of Eritrea and Somaliland in East...

Hey Guys, Here's a little thought experiment for you, in the Seven Weeks War between Prussia and Italy against Austria the war ended primarily due to fear of French intervention, however what if there wasn't this fear, or at least the fear was greatly reduced? If you really need a POD then...

Hey Guys, In 1926 the Weimar Republic and Belgium began secret negotiations over the purchase of the 'East Cantons', also called Eupen-Malmedy. These were predominantly German areas and had only been ceded to Belgium in the Treaty of Versailles. However when the French got wind of the...

Hey Guys, What if the Dutch Language, already a Germanic language, was actually far closer to German than it already is. As it is I believe many Dutch speaking people can read understand some German and vice versa due to the closeness of their languages. However it's speech that truly shows...

Hey Guys, Let's say that during the Dutch Revolt they fail to capture the port of Brielle, thus being unable to get a foothold in the Seventeen Provinces again. How would this affect the war? If the rebels lost how would Philip II deal with the Protestant Provinces? How would the...

Hey Guys, I was wondering if it's at all plausible to have made the Angevin Empire into something like the Holy Roman Empire, as in one central Emperor that's elected by various other Kings, Archbishops, Princes etc within the Empire. P.s. Before you get all uppity I realise that the term...

Hey Guys, In 1661 both the French and Spanish carriages had a running fight in the streets of London over who's carriage would follow directly behind King Charles II's. At the end of the around a dozen men had been killed by gunfire and sword-fighting, it was only by threat of war that Louis...

Hey Guys, I've recently started University and one of the topics we do is the Spanish Conquest of the New World (don't worry, natives warriors are spoken about in respect to Cortez). Anyway I'd read somewhere on this forum that the Portuguese had mad contact and was trading with the New World...

Hey Guys, I realise that the Peace of Prague was about as harsh as Bismark was willing to go, and I don't doubt that it'd be highly implausible for it to have been any harsher with Bismark steering the peace, however as a thought exercise how harsh could it have been? IOTL it was fairly...

Hey Guys, I admit I have little-to-no knowledge of the internal situation of Russia during the February and October Revolutions, so pardon me if this scenario is particularly ASB or implausible. Anyway, is there any way during said two rebellions for Russia to be split between two 'Russia's'...

Hey Guys, What do you think is the worst kind of TL to make? Like a political one, a war one, a diplomatic one etc? I personally find political ones difficult, because the personal beliefs of the writer will obviously shine through and people will always agree and disagree. But what...

Hey Guys, Let's say that Nazi Germany never comes into being, or it does but Hitler dies along the way prior to the Second Great War. So, Europe never implodes with a Second War and instead wanders along slowly recovering. However in the East the USSR has finished its Ten Year Plan, it's...

Hey Guys, Let's say Hitler is assassinated by some random person (Maurice Bavaud for simplicity) in between the Munich Conference and the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia, who would take over from him? I doubt there'd be civil war as the SS isn't powerful enough yet, however who would the...

Hey Guys, IOTL Poland gave Lithuania an ultimatum on 17 March, 1938 to establish diplomatic relations with Poland, thus causing a de facto renunciation of Lithuanian claims to the Vilnius region. The Soviets supported the Lithuanian claim, but they made it clear they wouldn't militarily support...

Hey guys! It would seem that I've found a crack in the Universe to talk to you through, so why not, eh? Ask me anything you like and I'll try and answer you. OOC: :p Couldn't resist

Hey Guys, An OTL question here, does anyone know the populations of the various Spanish American colonies between the 1760's-1780's? For example how many people lived in the Vice Royalty Rio de la Plata? According to this website it was 22,000 in 1776, but this seems like a very small number...

Union of a Tudor Rose and a Noble Rose Preface In our TimeLine (TL) Queen Mary I of England married King Philip, a King who controlled large swathes of Europe and America but more importantly was a Hapsburg, the most powerful Royal House in Europe. For Philip and his father, Charles, this...

Hey Guys, In my ASB TL the North American colonies will unite with Great Britain and send MP's to Westminster, however how would this be done and how big would their constituencies be? In my TL each individual colony will be treated like a seperate kingdom or principality (like Wales) so...

Hey Guys, Quick question, how did the HEIC rule India in the late 18th century, such as the lands it directly controlled and the other Indian states that were independent but heavily/forcibly reliant on the Companies trade. Also when did Princely States make an appearance? Was this only in...