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In summer 1945, US President Harry Truman was faced with the difficult decision to either use nuclear weapons or invade Japan. He chose the latter, adding another 300,000 US casualties to the list of WW2 dead. But what if he went with the atom bomb? Would Japan surrender or hold out until...

Julian the Apostate was well known in Roman history for being the last pagen Emperor of Rome. However, he was killed fighting in Persia in 363. Let's say that, for whatever reason, he does not get wounded. How does this affect his campaign and Rome?

Diocletian was one of the more important emperors in the late 3rd century. But what if he had bee killed in battle around, say, 270? How would the empire look? Discuss.