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    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.

    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....

    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.

    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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    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"?

    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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    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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    Hellenistic printing press.

    What if Archimedes of Syracuse,or Ctesibius of Alexandria or another Hellenistic genius had invented the printing press (and the paper) in III century AD?
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    Find a name for the ex Austro-Hungarian Empire.

    Imagine that in early 1900 the dream of Arcidukes Rudolph and Franz Ferdinand come true,and that the Austro-Hungarian Empire become a federation of peoples under the Ausburg crown. How call the new federation? "United States of greatest Austria" is too much on Austria. Ausburgic federation...
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    No salic law in Hannover.

    After his accession in 1714, George Louis of the House of Hanover ascended the throne of Great Britain as George I, and Hanover was joined in a personal union with Great Britain.During the British Regency and the reigns of kings George IV and William IV from 1816 to 1837, their younger brother...
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    A Commonwealth Union.

    What if,we said after WW-II,The Commonwealth countries,or at least UK,Canada,Australia and New Zeland,had organized in the same way of the modern European Union,with a Parlamient,and institutions as Council of the Commonwealth Union, the Commonwealth Commission, the Court of Justice of the...
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    A very British Kaiser.

    Human factor is important in modern history? What if Kaiser Willhielm ( or a alternate Kaiser) had been very anglophile and absolutely determined to have excellent relations (and possibly a alliance) with British Empire? Could the Kaiser determine the military and foreign policy of his country?
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    Dominion of Ireland.

    What if Ireland was declared Dominion (like Canada) in 1907?
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    What if the Kalsh people were the last "ancient" greeks?

    The Kalash people are a Dardic indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalasha language, from the Dardic family of the Indo-Iranian branch. They are considered unique among the peoples of Pakistan.They are also considered to...
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    1866,the worst scenario for Prussia.

    What if,for fear of greatest Prussia,the Russian Empire had joint to Austrian Empire in the war of 1866 and had attacked the Prussians? And if Napoleone III had joined too for crush the head to the Prussian snake?
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    Partition of Germany after WW-II

    If the Allied,after the WW-II had decided to divide the Germany in several states (more that East and Ovest Germany of OTL) how many "new" Germany nations could arise? And were possible put some old Geman prince as King or GrandDuke of these States?
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