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Suppose Maj. Anderson's U-2 developed mechanical difficulties before it overflew the Soviet missiles sites under construction in Cuba on 14 Oct 1962? That was the last opportunity there was before weather would prevent their detection. What would it mean for the world if the Soviet Union...

Nov. 22, 1963 - John F. Kennedy narrowly avoids being assassinated when a shot is fired during a motorcade. Fortunately the bulletproof bubbletop was in place, which shielded the President from a potentially fatal bullet. Lee Harvey Oswald, a former defector to the Soviet Union is captured...

Nov. 22, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. At almost the same instant, a plane carrying Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Four other Cabinet Members, and White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, crashes in the...

In August of 1991 a group of hardline Communist attempted to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev, and prevent the break up of the Soviet Union. It failed. But what would have happened if it had succeeded? Could they have kept the Soviet Union intact? Would they have attempted to prevent the...

The World War Z Timeline is different from ours because 1) The zombies haven't shown up yet (As far as we know), and 2) The Democrats won the 2008-2012 elections. I think it's pretty clear that the President during the war is suppose to be Colin Powell, and the Vice President Howard Dean...

World War 3 1976-1984 was a wargame produced by Simulation Publications Inc (SPI) published in 1975. Timeline 1975 - President Ford defies Congress and deploys U.S. Air and Naval Forces in defense of South Vietnam. North Vietnamese forces withdraw remain behind the DMZ. Ford announces he...

Theodore Roosevelt decides to break with tradition and runs for a third term in 1908. 1) Does he win? 2) Who does he pick as VP? 3) What effect does this have on future history?

What is Admiral Kurita launched an attack into Leyte Gulf instead of turning back after engaging Taffy 3? How much damage does he do to MacArthur's Beachhead? Does his fleet escape before Halsey and Kinkaid close in? How would it effect the U.S. Presidential Election that would take...

Due to the poor performance of the U.S. forces in the North African Campaign, Field Marshall Montgomery is made Supreme Allied Commander. The invasion of Sicily bogs down after Montgomery relieves Patton of his command, and orders all U.S. forces to guard the flank of the British 8th Army...

Presidents of the United States in S.M. Stirling's Draka Universe 1789-1797 - George Washington 1797-1801 - John Adams 1801-1809 - Thomas Jefferson 1809-1817 - James Madison 1817-1825 - James Monroe 1825-1829 - John Quincy Adams 1829-1837 - Andrew Jackson 1837-1841 - Martin Van Buren 1841 -...

July 20, 1944 - Hitler killed by bomb at "Wolf's Lair" Command Center. Military Government takes over in Berlin under former General Ludwig Beck. Most field commands side with Berlin Government. Gobbles taken into custody by Germany Army after denouncing Hitler's death announcement as only a...

Let's say that Yamamoto is assassinated by the Army before becoming Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet. Nagumo takes his place, and when war comes Japan decides not to attack Pearl Harbor. What happens next?

If Richard Nixon won in 1960, would he be the one who was killed in Dallas? That leads to another question. If the other candidate won, does he share the same fate as the President who died in office. In 1940, FDR defeated Wendall Wilkie. FDR as we all know went on to be elected to a...

June 1900 - President McKinley choses Elihu Root over Theodore Roosevelt as his running mate. November 1900 - Marconi's Patent for Radio is turned down in favor of Tesla's. November 1900 - William Jennings Bryan elected President of the United States. March 1901 - President Bryan...

The Final Countdown was a 1980 movie where the U.S.S. Nimitz travelled back in time to Dec. 6, 1941, the day before Pearl Harbor. The movie ended with the Nimitz returning to the future without altering the timeline. The movie does provoke some interesting questions. How would the Second...

The 3W wargame Tomorrow The World simulates a Third World War between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1948, three years after they have divided the world between them. The main POD is that Hitler came to power in Germany in 1923. How could the Axis won a complete victory in the Second...

Lee Harvey Oswald was killed before he could tell the world why he assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Suppose he did live, that Jack Ruby was stopped over never attempted to kill him. Would he have ever confessed? What reason would he give? If, based on his background as a...

1862 - France invades Mexico. 1863 - Maximillian becomes Emperor of Mexico. 1864 - Lincoln considers Andrew Johnson as Vice President, but changes his mind and retains Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. 1965 - Civil War ends. Lincoln assassinated. Hannibal Hamlin becomes 17th President. 1866 -...

Sept. 11, 2001 6:12 am - Sarasota, Florida. President George W. Bush is assassinated when two men claiming to having an interview appointment breach security. The President was about to begin his early morning jog when the Assassins attacked, one setting off a suicide vest that killed the...

1938 - Munich Agreement between Chamberlain and Hitler. Czechoslovakia loses Sudetenland. 1939 - Germany takes rest of Czechoslovakia. Hitler authorizes expansion of Germany Navy. Invasion of Poland. Hitler-Stalin Pact. Britain and France protest move, but do not declare war. Soviet...