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Which President is, in your view, most responsible for creating the situations that led to the Civil War? Whether through misguided action or failure to act.

I have recently heard that King George had planned to visit his American colonies some time before the revolution, but that he had to cancel due to health issues. I don't know if this is historically accurate, but for this thread I'll assume it is. So what would've happened if his health had...

In nearly every battle of the Pacific War, even when Japanese troops had years to prepare and were well supplied, the Americans slaughtered them, with casualty rates of 10:1 or even 50:1. In your opinion, what were the primary causes of this disparity?

When the Civil War broke out, the construction of the Washington Monument was stopped. If the Confederacy won, I couldn't see a better way to represent the loss than the ever unfinished monument, a testament to the end of the hopes of a United America. What do y'all think?

in the event Douglas MacArthur dies attempting to escape the Philippines, who are some likely prospects to become Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific?

in a TL I'm writing, the submarine USS Tautog encounters the Japanese fleet 250 mi north of Hawaii as they're retreating back to Japan. What kind of damage could the Tautog do? Would it survive the encounter? Would the American fleet or aircraft be able to find and attack the Strike Force?

Who do you think were the best American Marine leaders of WWII? I feel that the Marines are often forgotten, while the Army, Navy, and Air Force get the glory.

What would have changed in the Pacific War if the USS Lexington and Enterprise were sunk at Pearl Harbor alongside the historical losses?

Does anyone know what ships were in or near Pearl Harbor in July of 1941? It's almost impossible to find this information online. I'm trying to theorize what would've happened had the Japanese attacked on July 4 instead. Also, does anyone know if there would've been regular sorties and patrols...

As it says on the tin. Make America violently break from Britain as early as possible

In a hypothetical full nuclear engagement between NATO and the USSR in 1983, would peripheral US islands such as Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have been blown up by the USSR? Or would the USSR have been completely focused on more important targets?

President Roosevelt was always in poor health, and it was amazing he managed to live as long as he did. So let's say he wasn't so lucky. Upon learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the stress gives him a brain aneurism and Roosevelt falls out of his chair instantly dead. Henry Wallace is now...

Is there any way to realistically make France never fall to Germany from say 1936 (assuming WWII starts on the same date for the same reasons)? What went wrong in the French defense? I can think of a few. Their over reliance on defensive structures (maginot line), their dated military theory and...

ATL Texas Idea Texas remains a part of Mexico This was the product of 2 10 hour drives and a weekend without Internet connection. Because of that, this is entirely prior knowledge and logic, with no research. There are obviously going to be many problems with this, and because it was only...