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  1. Book recommendation

    Can anyone recommend a book that describes a alt history scenario of a war between USSR and Japan during the cold war 1945-1990 ?
  2. Khawarij caliphate starts after First civil war

    The climax of the first civil war came in the form of an arbitration between armies of Ali and Muawiyah.Khawarij later become opposed to this deal and hatched a plan to assassinate both ALi and muaiwyah ( along with amr b a'as who was an ally of muawiyah ) Assuming they kill all 3 and their...
  3. No german reunification

    WI the east german leader relented and offered sweeping political and economic reforms and on the other hand opposed reunification. That would also please france and UK , and US will probably relent to their pressure.Even the soviets would not neccesarily push for reunification as nobody wanted...
  4. Red Napoleon

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Napoleon-Lost-American-Fiction/dp/0809307642 Interesting ! I cant wait for it to be delivered
  5. Kurdistan after WW1

    What if ( for once ) the British honored their promise to the Kurds and carved out a Kurdish state after WW1 ? spanning present day turkey/Syria/Iraq and iran
  6. Basmachi revolt succeeds in Central asia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmachi_movement WI this movement manages to create a series of warring khanates in central asia free of Russian cultural influence and soviet economics
  7. WI no sealoin WI threads

    It seems like half of all discussions on any alternate history forums are sealion related wonder if we would be in business without them ? Not to point in any fingers 10yrs ago I started one myself I think :( loin was not intentional my apologies
  8. Egypt ethiopia war over Nile

    1990s the Ethiopians plan a huge dam over Upper nile Egyptians protest , Ethiopians dont back down negotiations fail diplomatic relations break what are the options for both nations ? ANy superpower involvement ? regional power involvement ? KSA, Israel etc ROle of SUdan ?
  9. War in the Kurils 1990 Japan vs USSR

    With the fall of berlin wall and collapse of communism in eastern Europe fully underway and the SOviet forces being withdrawn the Japanease nationalists consider this an ideal time to take back kuril Islands in a lightning campaign. Using overflights by soviet recon aircrafts and presence of...
  10. A Saner Idi Amin , rise of pan -afriacan unity

    WI IDi AMin was less eccentric and through a combination of charm charisima and heavy handed measures manage to unite severl african countries ( uganda, tanzania, kenya, central afrian republic, congo) in sub sahaharna africa in one unified block. Oppossed to interests of western mineral and oil...
  11. Indonesia Aceh insurgency

    Free Aceh movement had gained more momentum in the 70s and 80s agianst Suhartos regime.With covert support from some conservative moslim countries it might lead to a full scale civil war any repurcussions in the SE asia region ?
  12. Bahrain upring in 1979

    Encouraged by Khomeinis revolution in neighboring Iran the bahraini shias rise up against their king and a civil war breaks out How will the Gulf states and KSA react ? full scale war between Iran and Gulf states imminent ? ALso complicating the issue will be the island disputes with UAE (...
  13. Greeco-Turkish War in 1974

    Full scale war between greece and Turkey after Turkish "operation Atilla" what are the options ? Greek slavs helped by warsaw pact and USSR Greece withdraws from NATO USA is neutral but backs Turkey covertly
  14. Che becomes the second Boliviar

    If a few of south american countries like paraguay, bolivia, columbia had been overthrown by Che guevara and replaced by comminst govts in the 60s and 70s after long protracted civil wars what would have been the impact on the outcome of the cold war ? if any ? A south american war involving...
  15. Romanian-Hungarian War over Transylvania 1991

    With the dissolution of warsaw pact and nationalistic feelings rising in both states the issue of Transylania flares up again.Hungry and Romania goto War over this issue. What happens next ? will the west ignore it like the yugoslav civil war ? would the Russians intervene ?
  16. Russo-japanease War 1991

    Taking advantage of the confusion at the dissolution of USSR, Japan attacks the Kuril Islands and reconquers them.Will the Russians fight back ? and will the military of Russia be able to drive the Japanease invaders out of Kurils ?
  17. Soviet Success in Subsaharan Africa

    What if the soviets and their proxies ( GDR, Cuba, vietnam etc) more actively supported the leftist movements in Sub Saharan africa in the 70s and 80s ? If the subsahara africa comes to be dominated by pro-soviet states ( Congo,Angola, mozambique, Ethiopia, Cameroons , Zambia) would that affect...
  18. Sino-Indian War 1987

    If this skirmish had turned into a full scale war , how would that affect the cold war and South asian politics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Sino-Indian_skirmish How would the military of china and India compare at that time.Given that this would largely be a infantry heavy campaign with...
  19. Yugoslavia/Greece in warsaw pact

    if the yugoslav communists had been more loyal to their comrades in Moscow and greek civil war had been decided in the favor of communists then what effect this would have had on the warsaw pact ?
  20. Leftist leaning Israel

    Many of the Founding fathers of Israel had leftist leaning WI Israel became more closer to USSR after winning its initial war of independence and the arab kingdoms around it were more western ? Arab Israeli wars fought with soviet weapons in israeli service and western weapons with arabs ...
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