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  1. lounge60

    A strong British Commonwealth from another perspective.

    In this forum are many threads about a possible way to obtain a strong British Commonwealth or a sort of confederaton or union (like European union) between UK and Canada,Australia and New Zeland in XX century. Correctly has been said was too many late,and that those old Dominions had no...
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    Alternate "Hollywood".

    "By 1912, major motion-picture companies had set up production near or in Los Angeles. In the early 1900s, most motion picture patents were held by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company in New Jersey, and filmmakers were often sued to stop their productions. To escape this, filmmakers...
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    A question about "Wall Street crash and Great Depression ".

    Which events,laws or rules would have avoided the stock market crash of 1929 and the great depression , and which politics or parties could approve them? (Maybe Democratics in the White House in 20s)?
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    A British "Empire" 2.0

    You,just you,are the adviser of Prime Minister of UK after WW-II. Suggest the best way to keep a status of great power for United Kingdom in second half of XX century, and to manage at best the Commonwealth for modernize the old British Empire in a new,smart,cool "empire" 2.0.
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    A endless prosperity.

    I was almost sure about these objections; is for this reason that i have i did that premise :noexpression: ....but okay. Was the crash and the depression avoidable ( or "the great depression was unavoidable" is another mantra of this forum as " the WW-I was unavoidable" or "the axis could not...
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    A endless prosperity.

    The thread is not how avoid the crash and the depression. Is about the changes that would been occurred in a timeline in which the crash and the depression are avoided.
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    A endless prosperity.

    Assume that due to some wise legislation the Wall street crash of stock market in 1929,and the following depression is avoid ( the kind of laws or how are approved is not subject of this thread,just assume that). How change the decade 1930s without economic depression? Herbert Hoover have two...
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    Madagascar plan: could work,if....

    Actual population of Madagascar are 25 million of peoples (in 1960 were 5 million).
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    Madagascar plan: could work,if....

    Franz Rademacher, head of the Jewish Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the German recommended on 3 June 1940 that Madagascar should be made available as a destination for the Jews of Europe. The Madagascar island is more large than United Kingdom and more large than France,so...
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    Plausible size of British North America in XX century.

    And if British North America is organized as a federation of dominions which could be the capital in which are the federal parliament,the prime minister of North American Commonwhealth and the Governor general of North American Commonwhealth? Williamsburg,Filadelfia,Boston or New York?
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    Plausible size of British North America in XX century.

    If American of British Empire indipendence never happened,and original 13 colonies remained in the Empire,which could be the plausible size (and borders) of British North America in early-mid XX century? OTL Canada,more the 13 colonies...more ?
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    Pop Culture WI: Rudolph Valentino survived and lived after 1926

    After 1929 Valentino declines as leading role actor for his heavy Italian accent,and became a character actor in exotic roles (Italian Count,Spanish Hidalgo,Arabian Sheik,and so). Displeased, he back in Italy in 1932 and become a major star in pre-war Italian cinema. In late 30s become also...
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    What if Gorbachev didn't come to power?

    Or a more brutal dictatorship.
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    What if Gorbachev didn't come to power?

    What if ,instead Gorbachev, a conservative leader had taken the power after the death of Chernenko in 1985? Would the USSR survive (and still exist) if Gorbachev hadn't come to power?
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    A different Fuhrer.

    The philosopher (and social activist) Noam Chomsky have write recently: "What would have happened if in 30s Hitler had been disarranged by the Third Reich and a more moderate Nazi Hierarch was to throne? Imagine if this new Fuhrer had not invaded Poland if the war had not started, if the Jews...
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    Succes of fascism with a moderate "Hitler"?

    This is a interesting scenario little explored in alternate history. For sure in 1970s or 1980s peoples of fascist block ( in a timeline in which a more moderate German regime don't make the war) wanted more freedom. But how would have been a post fascist society in late XX century? For sure not...
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    Succes of fascism with a moderate "Hitler"?

    A Italian journalist,Paolo Barnard in a recent editorial have write that a more moderate fuhrer in place of Hitler would have been a disaster for the future of the democracy because with more moderate politics and foucusing on the industrial production and export of goods instead that on the war...
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    AHC: Modern day Colonialism

    Indeed is needed a timeline without WW-II.
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    AHC: Modern day Colonialism

    Right! And in a timeline without WW-II heroic anti-imperialist freedom fighter could easily be massacred without any protest in western public opinion from "our heroic" colonial troops (and air forces).
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    A very boring nation.

    What if in 60s UK,for some reason,had not produced nothing of new in music,fashion, art? No Beatles o,Stones or new music,no carnaby street or peacock revolution,no long hairs,but a quiet,traditional society as in 50s? Which changes in the western society?
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