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    A list of 10 alt-hist crime thrillers

    https://crimereads.com/10-more-must-read-alternate-history-thrillers/ I wish more of them were not lost-Nazi conquered the world. I do think the one where Israel exists in the 1930s and tried to get Jews out of Germany might be an interesting read
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    What if D-Day delayed?

    As it happens, There was considerable debate on whether or not to go with June 6, as the weather was potentially bad and it was almost a coin flip choice. So, If Eisenhower had decided instead to postpone to July: In OTL, the weather on the potential date in July was even worse, with storms...
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    quickie WI: What If Indianapolis sunk earlier?

    USS Indianapolis was sunk on its way back to Hawaii after delivering both Fat Man and Little Boy to Tinian. What are the consequences if the I-Boat sank her on the way, taking the two A-Bombs down to the bottom of the Pacific. How long before new bombs can be built to replace them? Without...
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    WI: Confederate Leadership tried for Treason?

    what if after the Confederate surrender all of the following were arrested and tried for treason: Any Members of the Confederate Cabinet, including staffers Any Members of the Confederate Congress, including staffers All Confederate Governors All Confederate state legislators Anyone who...
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    WI: MacArthur Captured on Bataan

    a vague idea for a timeline has occured to me: MacArthur is captured on Bataan, instead of escaping to Australia. At the end of the war, Chester Nimitz is made the Administrator of Japan. Effects on the Pacific War with no MacArthur? Who commands in the Southwest Pacific? and how does this...
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    Continue the 2nd term curse?

    Between 1960 and 1980, no President completed two full terms in office.: John F. Kennedy was assassinated in his first term. Lyndon Johnson win in 1964, but declined to run in 1968. Nixon won 2 terms, but resigned 2 years into the second term. Carter lost re-election To continue that trend to...
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    Race To Berlin

    Sunday, April 15, 1945 SHAEF Headquarters, Rheims, France 1600 hours Eisenhower had spent the last hour digesting the contents and implications of the orders he had just received. "Proceed to Berlin at all deliberate speed. In light of weakening German resistance, Allied forces are to make...
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    Just a thought

    a vague idea for a timeline has occured to me: MacArthur is captured on Bataan, instead of escaping to Australia. At the end of the war, Chester Nimitz is made the Administrator of Japan. Effects on the Pacific War with no MacArthur? Who commands in the Southwest Pacific? and how does this...
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    Amazon is doing a Classic AH novel as a series:

    http://tinyurl.com/pozsgld Amazon Prime is aking Phillip K. Dick's The Man In The High Castle as a direct-to-streaming series. The link above is to the trailer
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    What if Japan presses advantage after Savo Island?

    The battle of Savo Island was arguably the worst, most lopsided naval defeat the US navy ever suffered. On teh night of August 8-9, 1942, just days after the Guadalcanal landing, a Japanese task force under Admiral Mikawa of 5 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, and 1 destroyer slipped...
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    An early Belgium (c) 1609?

    If archduchess Isabella (daughter of Phillip II) and Archduke Leopold (younger brother of Emperor Rudolph) had had a son, Phillip III would have devolved the Spanish Netherlands to them as a separate country. Phillip hoped that the Dutch Republic would be more willing to reunite with an...
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    AHC: The Blackcurrant War

    Over on anther board, the rather delicious typo of Cassis belli was made. Cassis is the name of a place in southern France (and a shortened version of crème de cassis, the name of a blackcurrant liqueur. so Cassis belli would translate as The Blackcurrant War which is too good a name to just...
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    AHC: prevent US conservative backlash of the 70s?

    Is there any way to minimalize the conservative backlash against the 1960s that started with the election of Nixon, but REALLY got going with the Moral Majority. Basically, is there a way to KEEP the liberal gains of the 60s and 70s instead of the backpedalling from the formation of the Moral...
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    Dean Smith vs Jesse Helms

    Instead of Harvey Gantt's 1990 run against Helms, the NC Democratic Party nominates famed UNC Basketball coach Dean Smith, who is a lifelong Democrat and possibly the single most popular man in the entire state. Can Smith win? He's never run for office before, but has been a regular...
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    AHC: Keep Britain a Superpower through at least 2000

    In 1900, Britain was a superpower. Down some from her 1860-ish peak, but a superpower nonetheless. Your challenge, with a post-1900 POD: Keep Britain a genuine superpower on par with the US and Russia (and Germany if there are no world Wars) through the end of the 20th century.
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    vague idea for a timeline

    POD: Amelia Earhart survives and succeeds in her round-the-world flight. Come Pearl Harbor, 3 years later, she organizes an all-female-pilot squadron. At her insistence and lobbying, they get a combat role, instead of just being ferry pilots as in OTL. Plausible? Possible effects?
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    Guns of The South

    It is January, 2014, the time when AWB jumps back to 1864. Thought it might be appropriate to discuss Turtledove's first really big hit. What do people think of it?
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    Guns of the South circa 1900?

    Where do people think the Confederacy of Guns of the South will be by 1900? I'm presuming this south is going to be unlike almost any 'south Wins' ever. Gradual emancipation from 1870-1880, a potential jump start in electrification, computers (how long to build the tools to build the tools...
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    Who Killed Kennedy

    http://tinyurl.com/ldmlc65 Has anyone else besides me read this conspiracy novel about the links between a Time Lord and the death of JFK?
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    WI Original Battlestar Galactica decided to stop at Terra?

    What if the writers of the 1978-79 series decided that Terra, whether "Really" Earth or not, was still a good enough spot for the 'rag tag fleet' to stop and set up shop. Ita full, highly habitable planet of Humans, who are space-faring, if a bit behind the Galactica's tech level. With...
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