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Well, there goes my favorite English monarch.

Can't wait!

What years are we talking about here? If it's before a bunch of US settlers move into Tejas, then maybe the US would be open to it. But I very much doubt that the Mexican government or people would support trading with people that often raided into the Mexican lands since the Comanches formed.

A rather dubious idea, but maybe have some form Dutch refugees loyal to the Spanish come and settle after the 80 years war. Maybe even set up some form of land grant system to the "wild geese" later on for loyal service to the Spanish. Just spit balling here.

That is a point that often gets looked over in operation Barbarossa. The Lithuanians and other oppressed people looked to the Nazis as saviors, until they intentionally started starving them, the make "living room" for the aryan race.

I agree, the early and middle war trenches would've stood no chance with Soviet WW2 tactics. Later in WW1 we see proto- WW2 armies, especially after the Siegfried line was broken. Even then though, the German Army didn't invest much into armored vehicles during WW1, and thus had a disadvantage...

If I would have to place a bet, The Dutch, because they were always looking to turn a profit. So imagine when they find that tobacco is an excellent crop for the land. They would jump on that like a tiger pounces on its prey. Maybe we would even see a purchase of OTL Virginia, along the lines of...

Amen Brother!

And Ian Fleming and Christopher Lee stand in the background, Fleming thinking of changing his Janes Bond character into a dog, and Lee jealous.

Probably not, and here's a list of reasons: 1) Travel time for more colonists is too long for it to be viable. Maybe when Greenland gets full, but that never happened (to be discussed in a later point) 2) The natives were too populous, because no major diseases had spread through Europe that...

1. Of course, Austria was humiliated by the assassination of its heir. They wanted to make the point that they were not to be trifled with. Also, if they could crush Serbia, it would make a point to the rebellious ethnicities within their borders about what happens to "traitors". 2. Serbia...

Not to get into too many specifics, but last time I checked, there were statues of the Buddha in Scandinavia from the vikingr period, so who's to say that there weren't already a few Islamic vikings splitting skulls? They were magnificent traders and raiders, and evidence shows they made it to...

Don't worry, Elizabeth and her successors more than made up for Mary's attempts. Especially in Ireland...

Better, but Stalin already had his crack troops on the way to the front. So the fighting would probably be beyond Moscow, but Hitler's troops were already worn to the nub, so the Soviets reversal would be inevitable. Soviet infrastructure was already undoing the German offensive. The road...

True, but if he had been more successful, then we would have a different story on our hands.

Actually, you don't need a POD in British rule, all you need is St. Thomas the Apostle to convert more people. He went strait to India after Pentecost, and he established a group of Christians that actually survived to this day.

Dan Carlin made an interesting point in his Hardcore History podcast episode, Judgement Day at Nineveh. He was referring back to an interview he had with a professor in the middle east, who said that the Assyrian people were still around, and he pointed to the Jewish people, and even though they...

Terrian was really important to winning an encounter with these types of horse dominated armies. But another was tactics and discipline. If you could hem the horse arches into a place where they can't get away, the shield walls and other formations can do their damage. But, you had to have your...

The 30 years war might have been continued for quite a long time, and further causing divisons in the HRE and effectively telling the enemies of the HRE, "hey time to strike!"

Love that book