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A phrase originating from a somewhat controversial quote by Sir James Poynton, a barrister and judge famed for his wit, during the trial against poet and self-claimed cryptographer William Pollett. Under the employ of Henry IV of Somerset as a military cryptographer during the War of the Four...

I have absolutely no idea on what basis this assertion is made. Nearly all civilizations began with a polytheistic belief, most likely arising from the ascension of spirits to worship. We can see an intermediate step in the form of animism. Theism is by no means necessary for any religious...

With a PoD no earlier than the death of Genghis Khan, create a timeline where Classical Chinese poetry developed into rap and Japanese min'yo evolved into a jazz analogue, and have them be popular throughout the OTL Americas. Bonus: Make the genres popular in Europe and the Middle East, while...

The Xi'an Incident in December 1936 prevented the destruction of the Chinese Communist Party as well as lowered unity within the Republic. If it had not occurred, resulting in a more centralized China, then there would have been less reason for Hitler to slow down production of the 80 Division...

Most likely a more resistant Battle of Shanghai following a better military modernization of China, which would give the Germans the incentive to support China rather than Japan.

:confused: The POD is before 1938, so the Lend Lease Act does not apply yet. The United States indeed used Pearl Harbor as a casus belli, but their main purpose was to prevent Japanese imperialism in any case. Japan would not be part of the Axis, and the attacks on the US by the Kriegsmarine...

What if, instead of deciding to side with Japan, Germany continued their support of Nationalist China into late 1930s and 1940s, due to the shared history of good relations between Germany and China as well as its mutual anti-communism and nationalism, resulting in a more significant...