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A wikipedia list of "events named massacres". When the very term "massacre" was in the colonial era a sensationalism term which was only used by English speakers, that's about as relevant as a Nazi German list of their "events named genocides". Might as well say that there were never any...

So, basically having the Japanese Navy winning out over the army earlier, and having the Japanese launch their invasion (/'liberation') of the Dutch East Indies instead of Manchuria?

If it's because they don't exist ITTL, then ASB. If it's because they're just never utilised by people ITTL, then it'd belong in this forum.

Or simply closer integration, breaking down ethnic and racial barriers by changing the colonial nation's mindset to embrace the cultures which they've colonised (akin to the approach of the Manchu Qing in China). The Dutch in particular were supposedly already well versed at this, and if the...

Subcribed. :D So, if it's "the island-that-would-never-be-Madagascar" ITTL, what will it be known as instead? And unifying to become an organised kingdom-state by 100CE? Wow. That'd be at almost exactly the same time as the formations of the first major kingdoms in present-day Thailand (Kingdom...

IMHO, the most apt name for our current age would be either the 'Plastic Age' or the 'Silicon Age'.

The Death of Ewing Young (1841) An incident occurred early in 1841 that underlined the clear need for self government, and which set the wheels in motion. Ewing Young, entrepreneur and cattle baron (leader of the Williamette Cattle Drive), died with considerable wealth, no apparent heir, and no...

Er- is this the basis of a proposed ATL? Or are you saying that this actually happened IOTL? And if so, have you got any sources to back that up?

That's kind of the point. After WW3, you'd need every body you can get- put those POWs to work for you, and even if they all die, you're not wasting vital resources, such as fuel or ammunition, on actually killing them- instead, you're simultaneously using them to produce more of these vital...

IMHO, putting the POW's to work in Gulag-style forced labor camps (probably in areas with high levels of radioactive fallout) is probably going to be an extremely popular option.

Yep. By including the entirety of Long Island (incl. Nassau and Suffolk County), even present day NYC (with its population of 8.4>10M people) becomes a net exporter of food, and becomes self-sufficient with regards to its fresh water supply (as the locations of the aquifers which supply 4M...

Still the exact same problem though. And given that the whole world's slightly more important than the United States of America...

Just Manhattan? No. Including the entirety of Long Island? Maybe.

UN Security Council.

Sounds interesting. Personally though, I prefer to go with the latest and seemingly least significant plausible POD possible, in order to keep the butterflies at bay and retain as many noteworthy individuals from OTL as possible. Although, ITTL, this POD has already created a few significant...

Thanks. BTW, the POD's actually already happened; but the event itself was far too insignificant to make it into TTL's history books. Suffice to say that in this timeline, this novel... ...is never published. And the author never manages to complete the writing of the original draft (the...

Oregon: The Beginnings of Self-Government The Oregon Country first entered the colonial era in the 1790s, when Captain Gray discovered the mouth of the Columbia River. US President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore Oregon in 1804, and even then, at such an early stage, he had...

What about this POD- IOTL, in 1185, King Henry had tried to have Prince John (of Robin Hood fame) officially proclaimed King of Ireland, but Pope Lucius III wouldn't agree and the attempt to create the Kingdom of Ireland under Prince John's rule had to be abandoned. However, WI Pope Lucius had...

Well, here's a map of the territory which it would claim upon its declaration of independence; The boundaries which the republic could potentially be capable of ending up with, on the other hand, are anyone's guess. Though I'd be inclined to go for Northern California (north of the California...

Of course. But that could easily manifest in an earlier Mexican-American War with even harsher terms for the Mexicans. Or simply in the USA placing their offer to purchase the regions of Alta California and Nueva Mexico from the Mexicans on the table earlier. The Republic of Oregon would be a...