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On 3 July 1940, the Royal Navy attacked the French Navy at Mers El Kebir. What would have been the ramifications of the French fleet agreeing to join the British, as was the first option in the ultimatum given to them by the Royal Navy? A few battleships could have been quite useful to the RN...

I have recently been privy to a debate amongst my friends over the importance of US and UK lend lease on the Eastern Front of WWII. The common thought is that if the US does not enter the war nor conduct lend lease, the Soviets would be delayed but would still be able to crush Germany in the...

Hello, I was thinking about the Barbary Wars for some reason, and I started to wonder about something I hadn't thought of before: how did the US manage logistics during the Barbary Wars? US ships obviously had to operate out of some port, so my question is, where did they usually operate out...

I remember reading a fantastic TL about a British victory in the war of 1812 a while back, but I forgot what it was titled, and the search function doesn't seem to be serving me well. Would anybody happen to know what it was, by chance?

I have frequently been told that General Patton and the western Allies could have pushed towards Berlin and captured it before the Soviets, but that Patton was stopped by Eisenhower. Is there any truth to this claim? Could the western allies actually have reached Berlin before the USSR without...

How plausible would it have been for Britain, instead of adopting the dominion policy, decided to make some sort of Commonwealth Union after WWI or WWII? Basically something like the EU, between Britain, Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, and maybe Singapore and Hong Kong (I don't think they...

As we all know, in 1985 the British government agreed to hand over control of Hong Kong to the PRC by 1997. However - what would happen if this joint declaration never happened? What if British nationalism prevented it, or the Chinese government simply decided against it. Surely the Chinese...

As we all know, the Japanese Empire was one of the most brutal and violent empires in human history - and thanks to its own decisions, one of the shortest lived. However, before the 30s, the Japanese Empire was generally lead by competent, sane leaders (no lovers of democracy, but still sane)...

How would the USSR of developed if Gorbachev managed to hold on his power? Was it even possible for him to remain in power? Plus, have any good tls been made about this?

As we all know, the British and American War of 1812 resulted in a tactical draw: the Americans had failed to capture their objectives in Canada, and the British sieges and incursions in the former colonies failed. However, what happens if this war was vitally different - what happens if the...