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  1. Anthony Appleyard

    Operation Unthinkable

    See https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/23/operation-unthinkable-churchills-top-secret-plan-invade-russia/ . What if this plan to attack Russia after the 1945 victory in Europe, had been attempted?
  2. Anthony Appleyard

    Great Game :: Russia takes over Afghanistan

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game :: what if in the later half of the 19th century Russia invaded Afghanistan?
  3. Anthony Appleyard

    Germany ATL :: the Kaisers stay in power to now; Germany stays powerful.

    This is shown in the Youtube video , time length 1:40:36 , written by Gaelic Mapper, 16 Feb 2020
  4. Anthony Appleyard

    Another list of alternate histories

    For another list of alternate histories, see https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist/videos
  5. Anthony Appleyard

    2nd Chinese Civil War

    That Youtube video is about "What if the Tienanmen protests in China escalated into a big anti-Communist rebellion?"
  6. Anthony Appleyard

    German attack on Crete in WWII

    For OTL, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crete . The Germans by paratroop drops early got hold of Maleme airfield on Crete's north coast and used it to fly supplies in. An Allied attempt to quickly recover Maleme airfield was delayed a day by a sea storm (bad weather) delaying Allied...
  7. Anthony Appleyard

    Petain’s Panic, or, How the Germans Might Have Won the Great War by Default

    I found this end-of-WWI ATL on the internet:- http://www.changingthetimes.net/samples/ww1/petain.htm
  8. Anthony Appleyard

    In WWII, what if Russia/USSR used the same railway gauge as western Europe?

    In WWII, what if Russia/USSR at start of war used the same railway gauge as western Europe? I recently saw a television program that said that in Operation Barbarossa, inability to use Russia's railways at once, proved crucial.
  9. Anthony Appleyard

    Another Korea War

    If another war starts in Korea, I see various POD's: (1) North Korea invades South Korea (2) South Korea and the USA invade North Korea to stop the missiles. (3) There is a civil riot (caused by hunger?) in North Korea. Army units are sent to quell it, but instead join in, and the trouble...
  10. Anthony Appleyard

    No 2nd Balkan War

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars What if the Second Balkan War did not happen and Bulgaria was content with what she had? What if in the First Balkan War the Bulgarians had got past Chatalja? (I read that OTL what stopped the Bulgarians there was the cholera disease rather than force...
  11. Anthony Appleyard

    Thr 1944 eruption of Vesuvius

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius#Eruptions_in_the_20th_century http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/Vesuvius.html This eruption destroyed from 78 to 88 USAAF aircraft at Pompeii airfield :: see these 2 links. What if these aircraft had survived and were available...
  12. Anthony Appleyard

    Napoleonoc War:: What if Napoleon is captured in Russia?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berezina (Sorry if this subject has already been discussed.) OTL: In Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, at Berezina Napoleon escaped an attempt to trap him and his army. ATL: The Russians capture Napoleon and the staff with him there (and likely much or...
  13. Anthony Appleyard

    1918 or after :: The Treaty of Sèvres holds

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_S%C3%A8vres POD 1918 or somewhat after :: The Treaty of Sèvres is enforced and holds, including Woodrow Wilson's big Armenia. Provided that a state of Israel arises and persists, then or later.
  14. Anthony Appleyard

    Shipworms

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teredo_navalis The common shipworm is a severe enemy of wood in the sea, including ships. On the coast of Holland it became a big disaster about 1730, and so likely about then in the North Sea and around. What would have happened if the shipworm in its modern...
  15. Anthony Appleyard

    Ripple Rock (former sea rock near Vancouver in Canada)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_Rock OTL: Ripple Rock is blown up in 1958. ATL: A bridge is made from Vancouver Island to the mainland, using Ripple Rock as a mid-support. (There was OTL talk about doing this.) Ripple Rock is not destroyed.
  16. Anthony Appleyard

    Nazi Germany has plenty of helicopters and sooner

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter#Birth_of_an_industry What if Nazi Germany has plenty of helicopters and sooner?
  17. Anthony Appleyard

    BUF / Oswald Mosley gets power in Britain

    I don't know what threads have already discussed this topic. I raise it here because when looking for something on the internet I found this thread:- http://gwargamesp.18.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=3344 -- STORY in a wargaming forum, which had spread to a text story. POD: 1937 in England...
  18. Anthony Appleyard

    Heathrow Airport is not built

    POD: In 1944 the secret leaks and construction is stopped. The story is at this link:- http://www.larashots.com/appleyard/sf/heathrow_alt.htm There is some amount of DBWI in remarks and thoughts by characters. I welcome all comments and criticisms. As this story is in my web space, I can...
  19. Anthony Appleyard

    Heathrow Airport (UK, west of London)

    See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_London_Heathrow_Airport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_(hamlet) OTL: The UK Government starts building the airport in 1944, pleading (allegedly falsely) military necessity as a way to avoid a long public enquiry. The Heathrow farmers...
  20. Anthony Appleyard

    No Wall Street Crash

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929 OTL: The Wall Street Crash happened, which caused worldwide depression, and in Germany led to the rise of the Nazi Party, etc as well known. ATL: In 1929 the USA federal government sees sense in time and sees that a speculation bubble...
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