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  1. Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    What if the Union had been able to capture Savannah, Vicksburg, and Charleston in 1862? (And Mobile and Shreveport soon after.) (With or without Lee as the head of the Union, though works best with him at the head to not speed up the war too much since he’d amor likely camp in Richmond once...

  2. What if Germany Won the Battle of Stalingrad?

    The front of the army won’t stay, but if they’re busting through a bridgehead to get to another place, then it makes sense that their rear/supply train will stay in the city, and perhaps set up a command center since it’ll allow the front of the army to advance faster. Plus, that just means...

  3. What if Germany Won the Battle of Stalingrad?

    A bit hard to use anti-tank weapons if every building you’re housed in and all your supplies are being burnt to ashes around you… and with you in them. It’s one thing to fail to take a city. It’s another to take it, set up camp in it, and then have it burnt to the ground while you’re in it.

  4. What if Germany Won the Battle of Stalingrad?

    On this and the Germany would be nuked… yes, but only if they manage to hold Stalingrad. Realistically, had they captured the city, it would just provide for an even bigger encirclement once they’re fully settled in. Much as the Russians burnt down Moscow to deny Napoleon the city, so too will...

  5. The Alternate Cabinets Thread

    Best Case Scenario (for the country) Trump Appointments (Basically, Trump decides to be a serious politician, and is even considerate to Democrats by appointing has-beens like Harold Ford Jr., or soon to be has-beens like Heidi Heitkamp so that way any attempt against his Presidency by...

  6. The Alternate Cabinets Thread

    Yep! Carter considered nominating him in 1977, but he had to get surgery to treat an aneurysm, and so, due to health concerns, Carter went with another pick. Since after 1986, the mandatory retirement for federal employees is rescinded, and the FBI Director serves 10 year terms, following...

  7. The Alternate Cabinets Thread

    Obama with a more Democratic administration. Janet Louise Yellen Born: 13 August 1946 (Brooklyn, New York City, New York) Party: Democratic Chair of the Federal Reserve (6 October 2009-6 October 2021) Lisa Oudens Monaco Born: 25 February 1968 (Boston, Massachusetts) Party: Democratic...

  8. The Central Confederacy, or, what if the Upper South was its own nation-state?

    This serves as an excellent addition to my point, particularly how the liberal/conservative divide at this point would be determined by racial polarization. I think the best case scenario for the Upper South Confederacy would be a TL where Kentucky/Tennessee entered the Union as free states, and...

  9. Explain the AH Quote

    Seems you answered your own prompt, so to throw a curveball. “It seems the Emperor’s policy to conquer Europe through marriage has worked… perhaps too well. After nine months to the day of his engagement and marriage to Désirée Clary, six healthy boys were brought into this world, all carrying...

  10. Explain the AH Quote

    Forgot a quote again, oops. “It was in Hiram Ulysses Grant’s third term that one of his most consequential acts as President occurred, his appointment of New York Senator Roscoe Conkling as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court in 1873 after the death of Salmon Chase. Conkling would go on to serve...

  11. Explain the AH Quote

    (Curious what led you to this explanation, love the idea of an English monk chronicling this. Don’t understand why France and Scotland would go to war if they’re in a personal union tho. Especially since a marriage between Louis (VIII) of France and Eleanor of Brittany would unite the thrones of...

  12. Explain the AH Quote

    My bad. “After Louis of France wed Eleanor of Brittany in the year of our Lord 1201, the fate of the Kingdom of Scotland was sealed, but the more hopeful expected the kingdom to have at least a two centuries before it was subjugated, their optimism was ill placed, for circumstance would have...

  13. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    Shortening the Polish succession after Boleslaw the Brave (up to Casimir the Great). Mieszko II Lambert (17 June 1025-11 May 1034) (Early king) Casimir I the Restorer (11 May 1034-19 March 1058) Bolesław II the Bold/Generous (19 March 1058-3 April 1082) Władysław I Herman (3 April 1082-4 June...

  14. Explain the AH Quote

    An oft repeated humorous phrase said by more conservative Parliamentarians regarding the radical “Diggers”. Though the particular originator of the phrase is lost to history, evidence rules out Oliver Cromwell, though he was not opposed to the utterance of such phrase in his company. In the...

  15. Explain the AH Quote

    My bad, I thought this was chat. I’ll edit/delete.

  16. Explain the AH Quote

    Damn, why did you hate to make it a commercial failure??? RDJ as Doc Brown would be awesome!

  17. Explain the AH Quote

    - Victoria Woodhull sarcastically responding to a heckler during her 1872 Presidential run. “So… Elvis won an Oscar for playing Tom Hagen in Mario Puzo’s The Godfather. You gotta stop drinking before you time travel!”

  18. What if all of Eastern Europe including Russia joined the EU?

    The way I planted it is because more than pure population voting power, I'm thinking of voting power as it comes to National Blocs. A united Czechoslovakia would have more power in the current EU than the Czech Republic and Slovakia currently do, not just because it has a higher population...

  19. What TL ideas do you have that will probably never see the light of day?

    It’s a bit of a setup, but I’ll highlight the big part: 1) JFK and LBJ are elected to the senate much earlier (1947/1941, respectively) 2) They win the 1956 presidential election. (LBJ/JFK) 3) They trade places in 1960 (JFK brings up his Addison’s disease, and LBJ agrees because they get along)...

  20. What if all of Eastern Europe including Russia joined the EU?

    I’d say the best way to get Russia into the EU is to make the EU less E and more U, where they allow everyone to join in, both to dilute Russian voting power, and to ensure greater economic power. This goes from the usual: Turkey, Serbia, North Macedonia, UK staying in, to the wilder...
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