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  1. [Query] Successful Ottomanization or Turkification of Greece?

    I think early PODs run the risk of the reverse uno card play; widespread conversion to Islam by Greeks would see the post-1453 Ottoman state dominated by Hellenized Muslims, especially with the capital in Constantinople. OTL the Ottomans were already rather infamous for viewing their Balkan...
  2. WI: Henry Fitzroy had had a son?

    I can not see any reason against that match, at least if Henry IX and Edward VII are less harsh on Catholics than Edward VI. Still Edward was engaged to Elisabeth of Valois, so an engagement between his nephew and her younger sister is pretty likely for me
  3. What if America banned guns instead of repealing prohibition?

    I'm familiar with that but for the sake of OP would it be possible to likewise have some sort of early gun control movement emerging in the mid-late 19th century? Perhaps the federal government taking a different tactic with regards to reconstruction and how to temper armed militia groups like...
  4. TheMann

    Have Triumph Motors continue to be a viable company up to the present day.

    @CalBear I agree completely on the need to dump Lucas and massively improve the reliability of the cars produced, but Leyland Group was very much a profitable enterprise prior to its shotgun merger with BMC and I think that moving the company reasonably upmarket would allow it to survive and...
  5. Have Triumph Motors continue to be a viable company up to the present day.

    Again, I guess Im coming from a British perspective where MG was seen as the sports car manufacturer while Triumph was as much a rival for Rover as anything else. Definitely has to be rwd. As I said, the actual MGF adapted fwd Metro components to make a rwd mid engined car on the cheap -...
  6. HesitatedEye

    Patton in Korea/MacArthur in the White House

    Interesting thought would be if the USSR took MacArthur being elected as a sign of a military coup and purged the military again or the military fearing another purging because the Politburo thinks they are going to launch a coup end up actually doing so to head them off at the pass and we end...
  7. Sarufiyyun

    WI: The Kushans destroy the Parthians

    Inspired from the thread asking whether the White Huns could take out the Sassanids. The Kushans were an syncretic empire formed by the Yuzehi, an Indo-European people who originated from Gansu, a province in modern-day China, before migrating westward, simultaneously being pushed by the Wusun...
  8. Crazy Boris

    AHC: Native-Colonist Alliance In Americas?

    IOTL the Crow were pretty friendly with the Americans because they were valuable allies against the Crow's traditional enemies, the Sioux, Blackfoot, and Cheyenne
  9. WW1 Aufmarsch II Ost in maps

    It took a while, but I worked out a "peace treaty"! Because there is much more to it than just the situation on the eastern front, I started a new thread: East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916 I am curious how likely you think the outlined TL is. And of course it also raises...
  10. SEAD without anti radiation missiles [ 1970 to 1991]

    Cluster bombs were used in GW1 against radars that were known for, but were not emmiting in hope that they will not be target of anti-radiation missiles. Otherwise - a ground-based radar is just yet another surface target, fair game for Maverick, TV-guided bombs, unguided rockets, cannon etc...
  11. What if America banned guns instead of repealing prohibition?

    The difference is that OTL's Prohibition was proceeded by a half century of Temperance and Prohibition campaigns (and numerous victories at the state level) and was further accelerated by war powers, whereas gun control would have had none of that in the time period.
  12. AHC: Native-Colonist Alliance In Americas?

    There were many examples of the two joining up to fight other Natives or European powers The Red Stick Creek War was a great example of this. Same with the Mexican War of Independence
  13. What if America banned guns instead of repealing prohibition?

    Is it really ASB? I mean if prohibition never happened people today would probably think the government deciding to ban alcohol something humans have consumed for literally thousands of years and is revered by some religions would probably sound pretty ASB too. Also from what I understand the...
  14. Without the Ottomans, what happens to the Mamluks?

    Presumably they'd be able to govern Egypt and Syria long term as an underdeveloped and poor state that loses its edge over regional competitors Presuming Safavid Iran rises, they could face pressure from the East Without the Ottomans, it's possible that Catholic Mediterranean powers could take...
  15. A Familiar First Daughter...

    Thomas D'Alesandro would I think have been a fine President - a capable administrator and urban politician of the old school. OK, there were allegations of corruption made against him, though nothing too serious; and it's Baltimore, what can you do.
  16. East first! Europe after a German / CP victory in 1916

    Aftermath The question is how this TL will develop further. To give you a start: "Mitteleuropa" The customs union and military alliance will probably continue to expand under German leadership and eventually lead to a kind of European Union in the long run. Will Austria-Hungary, Romania and...
  17. The flame of British Liberalism burns steady and brighter: A timeline from 1945

    Many commentators attributed the Conservative victory in the West Bromwich by-election to the issue of immigration. They wanted to restrict immigration from the Commonwealth, similar to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 in OTL. (1). However the Labour and Liberal parties opposed...
  18. Demographics of a world without the Great War megathread

    Without the Great War how Ireland plays out is an open question, from Home Rule (which might lead to Dominion status at some stage) to potentially a ulster rebellion... so making assumptions about the population figures is extremely hard.
  19. TheMann

    Have Triumph Motors continue to be a viable company up to the present day.

    I agree with him Dr Dee, which us why in my world here I saw MG go down. There is only so much room in the market and by 1970 MG was selling old cars out of an old factory that had little prospect of renewal. I don't see a FWD sports car being a particular problem, but I personally felt both...
  20. What if America banned guns instead of repealing prohibition?

    This would be almost comically dumb in terms of an effort. Gun ownership rates at that time were well over 70 percent of households. There is no credible path to enforcement of this or popular demand.
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