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  1. Vietnam War in the 1920s?

    Is it possible for Vietnam, or all of French Indochina, to attempt to secede violently in the post-WWI environment? What would that kind of struggle look like, and how would it impact European domestic politics? Would the domestic population even accept such a thing? I imagine it would be...

  2. WI: Napoleon Frees the Serfs?

    In the initial stages of France's 1812 invasion of Russia, the Russian elite was terrified that he would attempt to liberate the serfs and start an uprising. The memory of Pugachev was strong, and there were rumors of disorder. As it turned out, Napoleon was not interested in abolishing serfdom...

  3. WI: No 1953 Coup; Britain Invades Iran

    This would actually go back to 1951 when Iranian Prime Minister Mosaddeq nationalized the Anglo Iranian Oil Company. The British were immediately incensed, and quickly began to work towards his overthrow. Abadan was blockaded and sanctions imposed. In September, negotiations were suspended by...

  4. Al-Afghani Lives

    Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani was a late nineteenth century Persian intellectual, widely remembered as an advocate of Pan-Islamism, Islamic Modernism, and as a great opponent of Western Imperialism. He agitated from India to Egypt to Russia to Qajar Iran to the Ottoman Empire for unity and opposition...

  5. Sweden Joins World War I: Consequences?

    I've been writing a paper on Scandinavia during WWI lately. At the moment I'm embroiled in summarizing Sweden's experience. One thing that's stood out is just how prevalent pro-German sentiment was in the military, the monarchy, right-wing intelligentsia, and even within the Social Democratic...

  6. WI: Afghanistan and Persia Join the Central Powers

    In 1915 Germany and the Ottoman Empire initiated a plot to bring Persia and Afghanistan into the war. The German Ambassador to Persia worked to whip up nationalist sentiment against the Russians and British. Meanwhile Enver Pasha would lead a number of Turks along with a much smaller number of...

  7. WI: France Keeps Algeria

    Is it at all possible for France to retain Algeria as an integral part of the nation? Would liberalizing reforms granting equality to Muslims after the Second World War help? Or what if the military successfully sponsored a coup and continued fighting the Algerian War? I just watched The Battle...

  8. WI: No Brest-Litovsk, Allied Victory in WWI?

    I was thinking earlier, how might the final peace treaty have worked out if Germany failed to decisively knock out Russia during the First World War? In particular I wonder how Poland would come out? Russia surely couldn't handle any further annexations, even if it didn't collapse during the...

  9. Roman Rota System

    This is a sort of strange idea that came to me yesterday in my Roman history class. At this point we are approaching Caesar's rise to power, having just finished up the dictatorship of Sulla and Pompey's rise to prominence. I started thinking about how messy the civil wars were, including...

  10. Elián González Goes Wrong?

    I just finished watching an old South Park episode, Quintuplets 2000. It's a parody of the affair mentioned in the title, and as an early episode, (Spoiler!) Kenny dies in a parody-raid in Romania. So that made me think. What would happen if Elian Gonzalez had been accidentally harmed during...

  11. Mussolini Escapes to Spain

    Historically, ex-Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was close to Switzerland when he was captured by partisans. Apparently he was supposed to fly to Spain from there. What might have happened to him had he escaped detection? Would Franco hand him over to the Allies after, presumably, being...

  12. Of Lions and Eagles: A Timeline

    Of Lions and Eagles: A Timeline In 1749, Maria Theresa, Empress Consort of the Holy Roman Empire and sovereign of the Habsburg Monarchy, convened a meeting of the Privy Council (Geheime Konferenz) to conclusively solve the problems caused by and preceding the loss of Silesia during...

  13. Hohenzollern Hungary

    I know I sound like a certain member who enjoys matching dynasties and countries, but hear me out. In Christopher Clark's book Iron Kingdom (The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947), he says that during the Austro-Turkish War of 1787, Prussia was concerned that the Austrians would make...

  14. Saxon Silesia

    I've been reading in research for the timeline I'm working on. In Christopher Clark's rather excellent book Iron Kingdom (The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947) I encountered a brief mention that Saxony and Austria had agreed that Saxony would be ceded a strip of Silesia to create a common...

  15. WI and PC: No 1756 Diplomatic Revolution?

    For the What If: What are some possible ramifications of no Diplomatic Revolution, which upended traditional European alliances between France and Prussia and Austria and Britain? For the Plausibility Check: I have two main trains of thought as to how it would happen: 1. As an earlier POD...

  16. WI: Louis XV's Son Survives?

    Historically, Louis XV of France was the great grandson of Louis XIV. His ancestors had died before they had a chance to succeed Louis XIV. Louis XV's heir looked like he would break that unlucky streak until his untimely death in 1765 of tuberculosis, making his son the new heir. And we all...

  17. WI: Larger US Muslim Population?

    Somewhere on this site I recall reading an off hand comment about Balkan Muslims expelled by Christian nationalists resettling in the United States rather than the Ottoman Empire. Obviously all of them would be quite implausible, but what if some (perhaps several thousand or tens of thousands)...

  18. WI: No Marbury v. Madison?

    In 1803, the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison more or less established the power of judicial review in US law. Nowhere in the Constitution is the Supreme Court given this power, but it has since been enormously influential. What if it never happens, or, perhaps less probably...

  19. AH Challenge: Third Spanish Republic

    To keep it short, could a (democratic) Third Spanish Republic be established, ideally with a POD around Franco's death in 1975? Bonus points if Franco endorses it and relinquishes power himself. (Though that would likely require. POD before his death.)

  20. Rupert's Land in this Scenario?

    I have been working on a project based on a POD during the early stages of the Seven Years' War. Progress is slow, because I am lazy and at times crippled with doubt about plausibility, which is why I'm posting this here. :rolleyes: My current (very rough) draft has Great Britain recieve Cuba in...
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