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So what if Balthasar Gérard isn't such a good shot and misses William. As William was 51 when he was killed he could have lived for another decade or more. {Does anybody know what the average life span was of a noble in the 16 century} What effect if any does William surviving have on the...

This just jumped into my head. Lets say tectonic movement was different and over the course of time Australia is moved further north and East so instead of being centered on the Tropic of Capricorn it straddles the equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. What effects does this have on...

At the End of WWI instead of the Bolsheviks having control of Russia at the end of the civil war it fragments with each of the sides having territory. So Russian territories of Ukraine, White Russia, Russia proper, the Baltic States and Finland are all independent states. What happens now...

The Pod is that in that Ronald Reagan at the start of his presidency orders the USAF to restart the EB-70 Valkyrie program to replace the ageing B-52's. The only condition that President Reagan placed on the USAF was that the aircraft had to be capable of both nuclear and convention roles...

The POD for this is Texan cotton baron Colonel Edward House on his trip to Europe and Great Britain in 1912 receives a rude reception in Britain with several British aristocrats being most rude with some referring to Col House as a colonial ape. Being a Texan Col House takes this reception...

The POD for this TL is a change in policy by Australian politicians after WWI. IOTL "Enemy Aliens " especially non English speaking ones had had strict quotas even after the initial five year ban from 1920. My POD is that instead of this ban it is replaced by one where only "white Aliens"...

So what was it that made George Lazenby the best ever Bond. He made 11 films over 20 years with his best performance being his last in Licence To Kill. The only pity being that he was considered too old and dumped from the next movie GoldenEye that was a commercial failure. Since his...

WI Woodrow Wilson had suffered his stroke and become incapacitated on the October 1914 instead of the historic 1919. How would this effect the newly started war in Europe? Does Thomas R Marshall assume the presidency? How does this effect the Entente now that the People making the...

What if apart from their other activities the Knights Templar saw part of their mission as not only the protection of the pilgrims but also the protection of God's representative on Earth in the Pontiff. How does this effect the history of Europe and the rest of the world with the Templars...

Yes a challenge that had probably been done before. Make the USA the red menace by 1940 using a pod no earlier then 1914. I'd prefer it to be plausible but I'll accept a bit of handwavium if necessary. There is reason to my madness well in my mind anyhow.:p

What If Woodrow Wilson had suffered a massive stroke three years early so instead of being incapacitated on 2nd October 1919 it happens in 1916 before his second term and before the presidential election? What happens now? Does he still win a second term? Does he get forced to resign and...

WI after the Battle of Jutland Kaiser Wilhelm II dismayed at the lack of action or effectiveness of the Kaiserliche Marine ordered all resources allocated to the KLM to go to the Heer instead. The Kaisers orders are taken literally by the Heer and bureaucrats in Berlin. Resources that would...

The title says it all. How does the world develop if China is landlocked? This just jumped into my head and I have no idea what would happen or what effect it would have on history.

What if in June of 1897 Kaiser Wilhelm II, was so taken with Charles Algernon Parsons, unexpected demonstration at queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee that he sought out who was responsible. Kaiser Wilhelm II was fascinated with the demonstration and sought out Charles Parsons. A couple of weeks...

A what if a major Gnostic Christian sect survived outside of Roman influence. 143 AD Valentinus having failed to become Bishop of Rome withdrew to Cyprus and continued to draw converts to his beliefs. With his sect growing in numbers Rome started to suppress this new upstart. In 148 AD...

So WI on the 10 December 1972 a vast ocean of Oil was discovered off the Australian Southern coast. Australia has just had a change government for the first time in since 1949. What happens now? It will take a few years to bring this field online and in roughly a years time the Arab...

Ok so what happens if The Crusaders win the Battle at Jacob's Ford on the 29 August 1179? What happens next do The Crusaders' maintain control of the Holy Land? Does victory in this epic battle ensure the survival of the Knights Templar? What does Saladin do Now? Does he even survive the...

So how would our world be like today if Alexander was only a mediocre general / leader. Most of his conquests would be out, so what does the world today look like? Do the Persians remain a world power for another centry or two/ Or would it simply be the nature abhors a vacuum and...

WI Admiral Tirpitz in his plan to enlarge the KLM developed and implemented the Dreadnought type battleship? How would history have panned out if Germany had started building dreadnoughs from 1897. Included in this would be Battlecruisers taking the place of armoured cruisers. What effect...

WI in 1892 instead of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence dying of pneumonia as a complication of influenza on 14 January it was in fact his father, Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales. So what happens now, Albert Victor is now the Prince of Wales but more to the point he has the best part of...