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  1. Neutral Netherlands during WWII

    The Netherlands managed to remain neutral during the first world war. According to the always reliable source of wikipedia Germany was actualy considering keeping the Netherlands neutral in world war 2 too. Obviously they did not, but what if they did. A couple of questions come to my mind...

  2. Plausibility check: James II in the Netherlands

    I was wondering about this scenario and how plausible it is. In short, stadholder Willem II survives and wins the powerstruggle in the Dutch republic. In England the Civil War happens and (future) James II and Charles II flee the country like OTL and end up at the court of Willem II and basicly...

  3. A fascist revanchist France

    An alternate history cliche is that after Germany is victorious in WWI France goes fascist and fills the role Nazi Germany did OTL and starts another war, just like OTL WWII. Personaly I have my doubts about that scenario. France was OTL completely unable to defeat Germany on its own in WWI. It...

  4. Dutch colonies after WWI

    I am thinking of writing a minitimeline (or whatever) in which the Netherlands is attacked by Germany during WWI, just like Belgium was and the consequences. The rest of the war ends roughly like it did OTL. Germany still loses. I am wondering what colonies the Netherlands could realistically...

  5. Could the Rhinecrisis lead to a war between France and the German Confederation in the 1840's?

    When looking at wikipedia I found this article about the Rhine crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine_crisis I have never heard about it before, but maybe people here have heard about it. Apparently the French government in 1840 it realy wanted the Rhineborder again. This lead to tentions...

  6. What if the Nazi's respect Dutch neutrality in WWII

    Lets ignore the likelyhood of it happening, but what if the Nazi's respected Dutch neutrality, just like the Germans did in WWI (they respected Swedish and Swiss neutrality, so it is not completely impossible). What would be the consequences? Short term? Would the German attack on France be as...

  7. French-like revolution in other countries

    With a POD somewhere in the early/middle 17th century, how likely is it for a revolution, which is similar to the French revolution (although not exactly the same) to happen in another country than France. For example I am thinking of a timeline and France is financialy and politicaly in...

  8. Shorter lived Louis XIV

    Louis XIV was king of France for 72 years, longest of all the kings of France (although I guess the first couple of years barely count) and reached the age of 76, which was pretty old in those days, even for a king. He was one of the most brilliant rulers of France, but his policies were some of...

  9. Territorial compensation for the Netherlands after WWI

    I was looking at the Bakker Schut plan, which obviously never happened. The Netherlands wanted a lot of territory from Germany after WWII and was told off by the allies. Yet after WWI Belgium did get some German territory. So what if for some reason the Netherlands was attacked by Germany...

  10. France and England divide India

    As you might know (or probably not), I am sort of planning to create a timeline in which the French ally with the Dutch and the combination of both would create a naval counterbalance to the English. Basicly, England won't rule the waves, but has to share it with the Dutch and the French. This...

  11. What would happen with the hugenots if France and the Netherlands were allied

    I am thinking of creating a timeline in which France and the Dutch Republic are allied (I think an alliance of both would createa good counterweight to the English). I mean an alliance between equals, so not a Batavian Republicor Kingom of Holland type of alliance. So I started thinking about...

  12. Alternate Chunnel

    I was wondering if Dunkirk remains English somehow* how hard would it be to create a Channel Tunnel from Dunkirk to England? Would it be too expensive to contemplate. Would it be possible, but just at a later time (early 21st century)? If Dunkirk would be technically possible, what would be too...

  13. What if France conquers a Prince-elector

    What if France, in its quest for the Rhine Border, manages to conquer either Trier or the Palatinate, what would happen to the electorate? I somehow doubt the emperor/HRE/Germans would like to have the king of France as one of the electors. So what would happen? Would they simply have to accept...

  14. AH Challenge: Dutch as a second language

    I recenly found out that Dutch is the easiest language to learn for people speaking English. The problem though is, why would anyone ever learn Dutch? Only few people speak Dutch and most of those speak English. So that is why I got this challenge: With a POD of at least 1609* make it as...

  15. Colonial question

    So I got this idea for a world in which England does not dominate colonialism as it did OTL, but it has a counterbalance in France and the Netherlands. The POD is roughly in the middle of the 17th century, when the Netherlands and France basicly remain allied against England. The thing is, I...

  16. Dutch Antwerp

    What if the Netherlands in the last years of the Dutch revolt managed to capture Antwerp. What would be the consequences of this in the Netherlands? Antwerp was the main target at that point, but theDutch did not manage to capture it from the Spanish. I think with a couple of minor butterflies...

  17. The Aken War

    The Aken War During the 19th and early 20th century the two major European continental powers Germany and France had gone to war several times. The border regions of Alsace-Lorraine, Luxemburg and the Saarland had switched ownership many times, but usually these wars were limited to just...

  18. 19th/20th century French Wallonia/Belgium

    It is always a bit of a cliche that France manages to gain Wallonia somehow during the 19th century. I was wondering, exactly how likely is it? So with a POD after the Belgian revolution*, at what point did France actualy have the oppertunity or the intention to gain Wallonia or all of Belgium...

  19. A Franco-Dutch alliance Timeline proposal

    I have recently finished "The Dutch Republic" by Jonathan Israel and got inspired for a timeline idea. Basicly the idea is this: France and the Netherlands were allied during the last stages of the Dutch revolt; what if that alliance would have continued after the end of the Dutch revolt? Bascly...

  20. Where would the border be of a divided Southern Netherlands?

    Lets say that during the mid 17th century the Netherlands and France decide to kick the Spanish out of the Southern Netherlands (for exapmle the 80-year war continues for a while, or Willem II lives and makes a deal with France) and they succeed. Which parts would France gain and which parts...
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