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So what are the chances of Harald Hadrada's invasion of England succeeding and establishing a norse dynasty in the nation? How will his rule differ from the conqueror in his treatment of the english nobility and customs? Will the conquest even last?

So today we know the failure of Operation Sea Lion and the ensuing problems from all of the lost German materials lead to the end of the war in 1943, now the common WI is to ask what if the Germans won but What If it never happened in the first place? This avoids the entire debacle and makes...

Weve had so many "WI:Nazi Victory" its about time for something a little less uncomfortable and go for a more sane world where Germany is able to reorganize itself and become an economically stable democracy without the Nazi's taking power. So yeah your challenge is to create a world in which...

So with a POD after 1838 find a way for the colonization of Africa to have failed to gain much ground there and for much of the continent to remain independent of European rule.

So I was just thinking about this and got wondering, what would have happened had the reforms that allowed the Emperor to choose his successor not been made thus allowing Wilhelm to take the thrown what would the effects be? Whould there even still be a monarchy with him profaning any and all...

What would be the long term consequences of an unsuccessful reconquista on Spain and Europe in general?

In 1917 during World War I there was an absolutely massive mutiny in which much of the French army refused to follow orders and led to mass strikes amongst industrial workers, What If the government had not given into the demands of the soldiers and instead caused a revolution on the western...

OTL the major Muslim empires (Ottomans, Safazids, Mughals) whent to go into decline during the 18th century and eventually all colapsed greatly weakening the Muslim world, I want you to avert that and keep those three empires as major players on the world stage and in the European theatre...

It seems somewhat odd to me that only two Ottoman controlled regions became majority Muslim when in the other parts of the empire they had largely remained Christian. What where the general causes for only those two to convert while the rest remained the same?

Your challenge is to come up with a way for the dominant and more powerful church to be the Orthodox with many more regions that where catholic OTL being Orthodox. Required New Orthodox States: Hungary, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Croatia, and Sicily Bonus Points: Orthodox Poland, Golden Horde...

Your challenge is to find a way for Persia after having largely converted to Islam experience a Zoroastrian revival and shift back to being (possibly slim) majority Zoroastrian. POD has to be post 651 AD (when the Sassinid dynasty collapsed).

(So I finally get around to starting my idea for a Saxon victory at Hastings now that midterms are over) Saxons Stand Strong Prelude On October 14th in the year of our Lord 1066 all of Anglo-Saxon England could finally breathe a sigh of relief, William the Bastard duke of Normandy lay dead on...

Ive recently been flirting with the idea of creating a timeline where William The Conqueror fails to conquer England what do you guys think the effects will be on international politics of the region where the Norman conquest to fail or be aborted for some reason?

Anyone got any recomendations of pretty good TLs where the Germans won World War I?

What would the circumstances need to be to put the American Socialist Party on the same level that the Democrats are today? Bonus points for a Debbs presidency (although that may be ASB).

I havent been able to find much info on how this happened but it seems odd to me that Feudalism developed in Europe despite the fact that the society's where it developed where descended from the roman empire despite it as far as I know not practicing serfdom.

How do you guys think the USSR would have turned out had Trotsky ended up succeeding in the power struggle and becoem the head of the government?

What would the short and long term effects of this on Islam and the nations heavily influenced by Islam?

I recently found out that one of the people Frederick The Greats father was thinking of have marry his son was Maria Theresa, this got me thinking how would this effect history in the short and long run. For this we should probably just ignore the Catholic/Protestant issue.