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After World War II, the islands achieved self-government, with the Malta Labour Party (MLP) of Dom Mintoff seeking either full integration with the UK or else self-determination (independence), and the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) of George Borg Olivier favouring independence, with the same...

So, for a WI which hasn't really been done before, WI Yelü Chucai had died along with his brother in the siege of Beijing? As such, the two most obvious consequences are, A) in Yelü Chucai's absence, there's no-one to dissuade Genghis Khan and the Mongol Hordes from pursuing their planned...

So, IOTL, in February 1937, before a meeting with the Lord Privy Seal, Lord Halifax, Ribbentrop suggested to Hitler that Germany, Italy, and Japan should begin a worldwide propaganda campaign, with the aim of forcing Britain to return the former German colonies in Africa. Hitler turned down this...

Based on a possibility which arose to me upon reading SPJ's recent WI thread- What if, in an ATL, the Native Amerindians managed to discover Guncotton prior to Columbus' arrival in the New World? It isn't as far fetched or ridiculous as it sounds- Nitric Acid (/'aqua fortis') can be produced by...

Your Alternate History Challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a plausible ATL where Greater Manchester is the second most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom, after Greater London, in the present day. Bonus points if the total population of Greater Manchester ITTL is more...

In an ATL I've been working on, I'm considering the potential repercussions of the Gloster Aircraft Company being taken over by Bristol instead of Hawker in 1934. Could the Gloster (/Bristol) F.5/34, also known as the "Unnamed Fighter" or the "British Zero", have entered service with the RAF...

You Alternate History Challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create an ATL where Greater Bristol is the second most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom, after Greater London, in the present day. Bonus points if the total population of Greater Bristol ITTL is more than half that...

So, in a referendum in April 1933, 68% of voters voted for the state of Western Australia to leave the Commonwealth of Australia, with the aim of returning to the British Empire as an autonomous territory (with a similar level of independence to Northern Ireland at this point in time). The State...

So, IOTL, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur and orator, who was a staunch proponent of the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities...

IOTL, there was only one 'Football War'- a full-blown international conflict between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969, which was triggered by El Salvador losing a (association) football game, with tensions subsequently continuing to rise until, on June 14, the El Salvadoran Army launched an...

PROLOGUE ...The global market decline of the Great Depression fueled the simmering conflict between Firestone and the government of President Edwin Barclay, who had assumed office following the December 1930 resignation of President King. The Liberian slave labor 'Christie Scandal', which had...

IOTL, the Rapa Nui people, originating from Easter Island, was arguably the single most screwed group in the world (which still survives to the present day), culminating in Jean-Baptiste Onésime Dutrou-Bornier's disastrous decade as the would-be white raja of his 'Kingdom of Rapa Nui', during...

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create an ATL in which an absolute majority (50%+) of both the world's land area and the world's population is controlled by nations with nominally Marxist-Leninist governments- a 'Red World', dominated by Communism. The POD has to be after...

Based on Albert Einstein's famous quote, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a TL where there are not just three, but four 'world wars', with the fourth...

First, a bit of OTL background info. During the 1920s, the United States access to rubber was restricted by the European colonial powers (Britain and the Netherlands), which held a monopoly in rubber production. Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, considered rubber a vital resource due...

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with a convincing ATL where the Republic of Liberia (OTL's Republic of Liberia, with a POD after 1847) rises to become both the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the whole of Africa. Up for it?

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to feasibly have at least one 'nation' (/ethnic group/tribal society) with a permanent settlement located inside the Antarctic Circle, prior to 1900CE. Up for it?

So, ITTL, James W. Gibson never invests his money to take control of the football club and save it from bankruptcy in December 1931, and as such, Manchester United F.C becomes defunct before the start of the 1933 to '34 season. What impact does this have?

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create an ATL with a POD after 1776 where The New World is just as politically divided by the present day as The Old World is IOTL- a world in which there are at least 88 independent, internationally-recognised nations in both the Americas...

So, looking at Jimmy Savile's connections with political figures and the royal family, I was just wondering- WI Jimmy Savile had decided to go into politics in the early 80's, joining his best friend PM Margaret Thatcher as a member of her Conservative party and setting his sights on eventually...