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At which point in history would it take the least amount of deaths without issue/abdications/conquests in order to have great portions or all of Europe under a single monarch? Perhaps it could be a slow fade into this massive empire. Perhaps there could be a large united kingdom for each of the...

1939 Off-Season August 1st 1939 – Frank Patrick, not wanting to continue with owning the Montreal Canadiens sells the team to player Babe Siebert, who also is to take on coaching roles for the season. August 25th 1939 – Babe Siebert, coach and brand new owner of the Montreal Canadiens drowns...

What if Napoleon gave Ney his reinforcements to try and finish off Wellington at Waterloo? Would it make any difference?

As we all know, Thomas Paine was executed for treason, he attempted to incite rebellion among England. I am sure if he were alive he'd give Napoleon his six hours. I think a republic of England would be a nice idea. But Cornwall failed, and Paine failed. Moderator's note: This user was...

I read somewhere that days after General Napoleon was born, the island he was born on came under French control, he missed out on a French citizenship by that much. I am pretty sure that his father would have still pushed him into joining the military. I doubt that the Two Sicilies and Naples...

The POD is to be set sometime in the late 19th century. You are to create a war so bloody and costly that it starts an anti-military or pacifist movement. Your goal is that this huge war between colonial and other nations would kill any sense of national pride and jingoism. Thus preventing the...

I am writing a collaboration with someone else, we want a time travel adventure, this is the background. --- On his way back from his failed crusade to Jerusalem, Richard I was kidnapped by Leopold V, Duke of Austria and Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. IOTL, he was ransomed for 2 year's of...

I just got my Canadian Geographic in the mail and I was reading that he had planned and discussed this idea with the British. Even talking with the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. In this scenario, he survives Thames and the Brittish were able to put up a slightly stronger showing in the...

What if the D Day landings took place at Cherbourg or Calais in France, and Normandy was used as the decoy? Would the outcome be much different?

Would communism exist without him? How would the world look without revolutions, would there be elitism as he predicted IOTL?

I was reading up on Shiloh and I found two things that were coincidental: WI the bullet that knocked Grant's hat off was placed a little lower and hit him straight in the temple? (Does Sherman take command of the east?) What if Johnston's physician wasn't attending to the union wounded, (under...

IOTL The first missionary arrived 1600, and the first cathedral was started in 1604... is there a way to make China Catholic, at least to the degree of the pacific isles. Bonus points if religion isn't imposed.

http://www.historicmapworks.com/ OTL maps dating all the way from the 1500's. Bon Apitite.

Here is a time line I am submitting, another great Canadian what if. What if, in 1837, William Lyon Mckenzie was able to deal with the York (Toronto) and Hamilton Militias separately instead of together? Using divide and conquer tactics for each victory. Let's say ITTL both Sheriff William...

I was watching the Siesta Bowl this year from the stands and once again it was a zero-zero draw. Ohio State and Michigan put on yet ANOTHER snore fest. Well, I guess it was better than the Ohio State-Illinois game last year. At least one of the shots got tipped wide. I really wish that football...

Jimmy Carter liked to keep the nuclear launch codes in his Jacket Pocket, and one time he left them there when he got his jacket dry cleaned... What if a cleaner checked the pockets and either took or copied the codes? How much peril would America (or the world) be in? Another time the...

I am wondering what if someone like Hitler or Stalin used different symbols for their movements. For instance, Hitler used a 5 pointed star to contrast the 6 pointed star. Or a 1 headed eagle was used in place of the two headed eagle. I know that the USA changed their pledge from what the nazi...

Here is the idea, Sherman finishes his campaign a few months early being very successful, instead of going to the east, Lee pushes forward further west. Lee runs into Meade somewhere in SW Pennsylvania, but also gets slammed into Sherman's returning forces from the west causing a huge...

If my memory serves me correctly, after the 7 years war the french had the choice between giving up their territories in the Caribbean or New-France. Obviously they chose the latter, but what if they chose to give up their holdings in the gulf of Mexico instead of letting go of Quebec? I will...

what if the enola gay (plane used to drop the little-boy) was somehow shot down before it's bombing run, or was shot down during it's run?