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  1. Alternate u-boat/submarine strategy in ww2

    What if the head of allied submarine in ww2 decided in 1942 to avoid the transports and instead go after the escorts or warships in general. Would it change anything? I think Japan would run out of warships before Leyte.
  2. Retired, now what?

    I thought of one thing, i never see TLs about what happens when a person ends a career and have to think about what to do now. As ýou see there have already been butterflies becauce he has won so much in Tennis. He broke Connors records and have two Grand slams under his belt...
  3. What if the Germans lose a entire armygroup in 1942/1943 in Soviet

    When the red army had the 6th army surrounded they started a offensive against Rostov on the Don that failed. But what if they had managed to break through and surround AG south in the Caucacus along with the 6th army? Losing over a million men and thousands of tanks must mean that the Soviets...
  4. Could the allied have moved faster post Overlord?

    After June 6 invasion the allies spent almost two months fighting before they broke out with operation Cobra? Could they have done something to progress their advance and thus reaching Paris long before August 24 and Belgium long before September?
  5. ACW Petersburg WI

    There are two WI in regards to Petersburg in 1864 First is WI the federals had pressed harder in the begining against the small defences Second is WI Grant continue to try to outflank Lee either only in the south or also in the north?
  6. What was the difference when it came to Islam between Palestine and Espania?

    We all know about the Islamic expansion and the reconquista. My question is, why did different part change fast to Islam and some parts did not. Souther part of the Spanish peninsula was under Islamic controll for 800 years and other parts of Spain for 4-600 years. 400 years after the...
  7. WI different allied strategy in Italy?

    WI the allies in WW2 had different strategies in Italy Once they reached the Gustav line and realized how hard it would be to crack it they withdraw a few miles and build defences and just sit there and let the clock run out so to speak. Troops are used in Greece or southern France. Instead...
  8. What if Germany did not occupie italy during ww2

    What if Hitler for some reason upon hearing that italy asked for armisice ordered german troops to withdraw from italy and dig in in the alps? Would the allies respect a neutral italy that surrendered or would they flood the country with troops?
  9. Alamo WI. The gunpowder magazine blow up

    Note: I do not know if this actually happened or if it made up by Hollywood. During the ending of the siege of the Alamo the last remaining defenders tried to blow up the gun powder magazine they had. What if the defenders managed to do that? Would there be many casualities among the Mexican...
  10. The family, a family-tree TL

    This is a TL about a family that starts of as ordinary pesants in Sweden and their rise to power. Since i am no expert of nobility i have part of the family move to the USA and work within the system there as i think more people will understand. Expect hardship and triumph. Love and war. And...
  11. Effects on POWs if 6th army at Stalingrad surrender other dates

    I have followed timeghost ww2 week by week about Stalingrad and read the wikipediasite about the battle. When the 6th army finally surrendered in February of 1943 we know that 90,000 Germans surrendered and 5000 came back home. Of those that did not make it 30,000 died before getting on the...
  12. More competition for Steam

    Steam is basically the biggest retailer for PC-games. What is required to have more companies to have a steam competitor instead of Steam being basically the only one together with EA
  13. Candlestick park is not renovated in 1989

    I watched the 30/30 series on Disney+ about the 1989 Earthquake impact on the world series. Candlestick park was damaged, but it could have been worse as it had been renovated earlier that year. Without the renovation the upper deck could have collapsed. What would happen if it had not been...
  14. The fotballer, start of the realistic TV-universe TL

    A long running hit series for the streaming service Netflix despite the fact that it was produced in Sweden and followed a Swedish(fictional) character and during the first seasons everyone spoke Swedish. It was one of those shows that Netflix produced to be able to show the EU they produced...
  15. Titanic do not hit ice berg, what is the impact of the coal fire

    Lets say that the Titanic do not hit the ice berg in 1912 and reach New York. How fast will she depart back to UK? The reason i ask is that the hull is weakened becauce of a coal fire that might have weakened the hull prior to the impact and let water in. If Titanic needed repair how long would...
  16. US carriers more lucky

    Lets say that USA do not loses any carriers at Coral sea or Midway. Lexinton badly damaged and unable to take part of Midway, but take part at Guadacanal. Yorktown damaged as OTL at Coral sea and suffer less damage at Midway and get back to Pearl. Then at Guadacanal the American carriers are...
  17. Doolittle raid question

    USA used two carriers for the Doolittle raid and one was the Enterprise for fighter protection. My question is the picket boats that the USN sank. Did the fleet not have any aircraft scouting ahead?
  18. WI princess Diana give birth to a girl as the first child.

    UK changed its succession laws in 2011 so the eldest child regardless of the sex was the heir. What if prince William had been born in 1982 as princess Wilhelmina? Would the royal court have deemed it fit for change it in the 1980s already?
  19. WW2 allied strategic bombing with focus on one city

    WW2 allied strategic bombing was all over the place. They did raid against every city and Berlin multiple times. But what if after the USAAF arrived in force they made this strategy: Choose one target city in Ruhr for example Aachen Bomb that target to the point there is no building left...
  20. WI Census of Quirinius starts geanology

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_of_Quirinius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy WI Emperor Augustus in his reign expanded on this census and created what basically is the modern form of family research? It is possible to find records of ones family in Sweden back to the 1700s thanks...
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