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An intriguing idea although I'm not sure the old fox would go for it. I understand he was offered the post of Minister for Agriculture by Churchill and he declined it on the grounds of his age. I find it interesting though because Hitler was a known admirer of Lloyd George so there would be some...

Presumably the British Liberal Party will continue as one of the two main parties in Britain. This is a very good development as its demise was one of the great tragedies of the 20th century imo.

Is there potential for an Irish branch of the royal family to ascend the throne of England (or vice versa)? It will likely mean very close ties between the two so it may not satisfy the OP, but a gradual and peaceful march to formal union is obviously far superior to what happened OTL.

johnboy congratulations on an interesting timeline here. Looking forward to more. Will we see the fall of Singapore ITTL? If it can be avoided it will drastically affect British decolonisation. Also, although later in the timeline, I imagine West Papua (or Irian Jaya) can be negotiated to...

It's interesting. What happens to the Spanish and French colonies in North America? How does Britain take Alaska from Russia? Also as to Germany, you could have the North German Federation continue, along with a South German Federation, an independent Austria and a continuing Kingdom of Prussia.

Have the London Riots of 2011 happen 40 years earlier AND in the run up to an election campaign with the Tories lagging considerably. Powell's Rivers of Blood speech strikes a chord with many prone to a knee-jerk reaction and an already nervous Conservative Party machine gets really nervous...

So you've heard of Ping Pong Diplomacy, Chess Diplomacy and even Rodman's Basketball Diplomacy - now your challenge is to make Computer Game diplomacy! Bonus points if it can involve South Korea proving their intellectual supremacy in a massive game of Starcraft with the North. (I understand...

The French Army fought bravely in WW2 but their incompetent leadership really let them down. The political leadership of Daladier completely misread the threat of Hitler, and the Army Chief Gamelin was next to useless. Even his flawed doctrinal approach to rely on static defence lines could have...

A Sikh majority India is very interesting. However I agree with the other posts that it will need to happen through conquest since apostasy is punished by death in Islam. Perhaps the Sikhs become the British/French proxy in their exploitation of India and the Europeans see them as very useful...

Indeed. An interesting POD is if Egypt joined WW2 as a co-belligerent with Britain, fighting alongside the British army against Italy. Their contribution would be very small, perhaps only a division, but it could make all the difference in the post war world. Perhaps because of the strengthened...

That is a really interesting story. I can't see Hitler ever being a priest, but I can definitely see him as a failed counter-revolutionary to a communist Germany. He would probably be the most successful of all such counter-revolutionary owing to his dominating personality and organisational...

In my timeline I called it the Autumn War. However the war ended fairly quickly with the Wehrmacht stepping in to remove the Nazi's after a rapid collapse in the west from the French Saar Offensive.

Not only that, but what is going to be the Upper House in this scenario? It sure as hell isn't going to be Lords if you want to have Australia and New Zealand part of the equation. The Canadian appointment/judicial system is 'interesting' and it's something I could stomach as a compromise...

Huguenots prevailing in France are definitely the easiest. Another candidate might be Poland where many of the nobility were protestant. Poland was in fact very tolerant during the religious war period and extended religious freedom to all Commonwealth subjects in the Warsaw Confederation of...

Perhaps no execution of the King (or his attempted escape) leads to a continuing moderate tone to the revolution.

Alaska is not Texas and Russia is not Mexico. America will not risk starting a war with a Great Power when there is no casus belli and international law is against them. Even in OTL with Texas the US was initially cautious despite their enormous advantage over Mexico. However for the sake of...

A successful Central African Federation (or Rhodesia-Nyasaland) presents an interesting opportunity to rival OTL South Africa, albeit I'm not sure if they could surpass them. Perhaps Garfield Todd's agenda is successfully implemented with education to the black population being rolled out more...

Perhaps with no American involvement in WW1 and the British continue the Anglo-Japanese Alliance then the US would adopt such an approach. The US may retreat back into its traditional role of guardian of the Western Hemisphere. Provided everyone else stays out of their way they may accept the...