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Well, I had seen many TLs and AH books with an uber-US that include Cuba, Puerto Rico and sometimes even Mexico and most of Central and South America. Apparently, many guys think that the Spanish-American War was an easy military walk with an inevitable Amercan victory. But the truth is that...

In 1719, the Cardinal Giulio Alberoni, advisor of King Philip V of Spain, made a plan to put the Old Pretender in the British trone. In exchange, the new British King would support the Spanish reconquest of Sardinia and Sicily. The Alberoni's Plan had two fases: First, a small contingent of...

I mentioned this possibility in a thread called "Challenge: Make the Ottomans a Colonial Power" or something like that. I still surprised that anybody then said "What the hell are you talking?". And I still thinking that this thing is interesting. For people who don't know that, I'll say that...

Imagine that the German attack on the Falklands (December 8, 1914) is a total success for Maximilian von Spee. Doveton Sturdee is killed, the 6 British ships in Port Stanley are sunk and the islands are occupied. What happens next?