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Truly, taking complete military and economical control of the canal from the nation that built it would only serve to harm US relations. Unless you wish to keep the American Imperialism route, alienating the European powers and existing alliances would be a bad move. The US will be...

WI Filipino rebels capture Manilla before the Americans or rebels successfully seize the city during the bombardment by the Asiatic fleet? Or if they set up a stable interim government in the major captured cities with US backing? What factors would make the Schumann Commission recommend...

Someone remind me on the American mindset. If the Canal was finished by the French, how do the Americans justify taking such an important asset from another nation, especially when it is built, not just a natural formation? Maybe a sum of money that appears to be generous while forcing the...

A British-led Economic Union of the Commonwealth might do nicely to cement the UK as a leading influential power on the world stage, but nothing more than that. Free Trade between the Dominions + India would have positive benefits for the UK. However, demographics would shift the balance from...

Why would Japan support any side in China? A strong China is an threat, especially when Japan holds Chinese territory. Japan is in its expansionary phase, and wouldn't be satisfied with what it already has. It's bound to conflict with the other colonial powers, the US and Russia. You'll have...

While a personal union is great and all, no-one is going to allow it to happen. Would Britain stand idly by while the Germans get possession of the Dutch Navy and the colonial holdings? Given how many powers were opposed to German Unification, not to mention the Spanish Succession, letting...

The only way I see this happening is if Philip II abdicates the throne to his heir and retiring somewhere far far away. You could have a more disastrous Dutch War which bleeds into a War against the French Protestants. Spain faring much more poorly in both may lead to poorer health for...

If someone did a plausible TL with Pyrrhus taking over Southern Italy and making Epirus unify the Greek City states... that'll be great. A three-sided balance of power in the Mediterranean between Epirus, Rome and Carthage.

How would you model industrialization in the CSA? Would the workers consist of non-slaves, slaves or slaves with increased rights? The last option would be more akin to the Russian model of Serfdom, which ironically, abolished at around the same time. And the productivity of slave workers...

Biplanes carrying one or two napalm bombs would be much more effective than normal bombs. How would napalm fare against ww1 tanks? Do they have the technology to protect the crew from intense heat and asphyxiation? Napalm weapons I think would be banned if they get around developing it...

The Caribbean states are the most likely to be annexed out of the list.. But Taiwan? Hm, what?

It depends. But it was really the wars and devastation Europeans suffered throughout the last few centuries compared to Americans that would be the main difference. Especially post WW2. But there was a much larger support for 'Socialism' prior to the Cold War. And that's why Socialists...

Then that means that at any point should the war start turning against Israel, the US and the USSR would both step it to 'mediate' a treaty similar to the mandate but with adjustments for both sides. Whether either side would accept it or not - depends on the leadership.. but if it was anything...

The interesting stuff would be the butterflies from such a small action later on. How about if Germany break ties with Japan, officially denouncing the sneak attack but no declaration of war? By that time, inter-axis co-operation is quite minimal anyway. This would be a more plausible...

Pan-Slavic Union or just Eslavia. Go the Glorious Union!

How do you define evil? You could make the Dutch the holdouts in decolonization and (secretly) starting punitive wars to consolidate their colonies through the usual war atrocities. Even better, get dutch military officers to go and set up mini-dictatorships in the colonies with tacit...

I was wondering, if the US somehow managed to get control of British Columbia, would Alaska be likely to fall into British (then Canadian) control? If so, what would be the consequences? For this to happen, the first thing would most likely be having no Oregon Treaty being signed and creating...

The Ideal solution would be for the Soviet leadership to lie down and let he Menshevik Socialist-revolutionaries strike back from the brink and take over. But if the 'international revolution' was restricted to non-violent peaceful demonstrations, it'll be a good start. Just wipe out the...

Alexander becomes crowned a Raja, unites Northern India and marches through the Jungles into China. The Key to his Empire lies in India, not Mesopotamia. Delhi would be the Eastern Babylon. Alexander did help unify India anyway with the later formation of the Maurya Empire. A failed...

Mongol/Timurid Wank. Or the reverse might work. No Mongol/Timurid invasion would significantly prolong the Delhi Sultanate and without the numerous massacres of Hindus, increase the conversion to Islam.