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  1. Saddam Hussein Does Not Invade Kuwait

    During a History Channel documentary about Atilla the Hun (back when the History Channel really talked about history), after the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (where Attilla was defeated destroying the Hunnic invincibility belief), it was described as the main reason the Romans didn't finish...

  2. Which 20th century dictators would you classify as true believers vs the self interested?

    Ho was a true believer in Vietnamese independence definitely. He went with the Communists because he felt they were his bet chance to get said independence. I've always felt that if he had portrayed his movement more as an independence movement rather than a communist uprising, the US might...

  3. Could there have been an equivalent to the western front stalemate in the American Civil War?

    The Siege of Petersburg was 9 months of trench warfare with over 30 miles of trench lines from Petersburg to the eastern and southern outskirts of Richmond. There were numerous raids and battles to cut the Richmond and Petersburgh Railroad keeping Robert E. Lee's forces supplied, with many of...

  4. The Death of Russia - TL

    There's no way they'd bring it back as an autocracy, but I can see a constitutional monarchy like Britain has.

  5. When Did JFK's Infidelities Become Public Knowledge?

    I think that during the Kennedy administration there was kind of a gentleman's agreement with the press: Kennedy would allow the press a degree of access but they wouldn't report on anything that the administration didn't want revealed. Plus Attorney General Robert Kennedy was very good at...

  6. Coaching changes of the 20th and 21st Century

    Imagine if the coach of your favorite team was instead at another professional or college team? Which coach would you have liked to have seen coaching your favorite team? How would you have the coach of your team's biggest rival if they had been your team's coach? I'd like to hear anyone's...

  7. What if drive in movie theaters never died out

    Given the rise of home entertainment systems (VCRs and home videos), it was getting cheaper in the 80s to rent a movie than to go to a drive-in.

  8. AHC: Soviet Union breaks up violently like Yugoslavia?

    You mean like "The Death of Russia" timeline?

  9. What if no Soviet spy in Manhattan project?

    Without spies in the Manhattan Project, I'd say it would delay the Soviets about 5 extra years before they detonated their own bomb. 10 at the most, and that's probably pushing it.

  10. If Japan was firebombed to near oblivion would that have been viewed as more moral to the public than the atom bombs?

    I share this opinion. The firebombing required hundreds of planes to drop thousands of bombs. The atom bombs were, in each case, one single plane dropping one single bomb.

  11. Montgomery incapacitated in August 1944

    I've heard that Miles Dempsey was an exceptionally able commander, but was rather colorless in personality so Monty tended to overshadow him. What about Monty's chief of staff Freddie de Guingand, who was actually liked by many and got along with William Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's chief of staff?

  12. Montgomery incapacitated in August 1944

    There's been a lot of opinions about Bernard Montgomery during WWII. While many believe he may have been a success general, he was also arrogant, unlikeable and completely lacking in tact and diplomacy. He was essentially everything the Americans hated and was even disliked, if not hated, by his...

  13. The Death of Russia - TL

    I was wondering, what other nations could possibly experience a "Death of" -type scenario? Personally, I think China would be a good candidate, like with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests becoming more violent and/or causing a general uprising against the central government.

  14. Best monarch or head of state to kill off early for a more prosperous future

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  15. Best monarch or head of state to kill off early for a more prosperous future

    Given what we saw of Elisabeth II OTL, I think the only way she'd abdicate was if she was given a terminal and/or debilitating diagnosis (such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's) and she knew that she wouldn't be able to perform her duties as monarch to best of her ability. And even then she'd have...

  16. Best monarch or head of state to kill off early for a more prosperous future

    I remember I started a thread last year but it dealt with Edward VIII dyeing around 1930. Yes, in the long run, there aren't a whole lot of changes. We'd still get younger brother Bertie becoming Prince of Wales and then king after the death of their father George V. The abdication crisis is...

  17. Best monarch or head of state to kill off early for a more prosperous future

    I know there were some mentioning killing off Wilhelm II, but I vote for Wilhelm I ten years earlier in 1878. Germany is a united country by this time, and Wilhelm (or William) was 90 at the time of his death OTL. His early demise allows for his son Frederick III to take the throne and he was...

  18. The Death of Russia in other countries

    It's Sorairo's timeline "The Death of Russia", found here at https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-death-of-russia-tl.533392/. It deals with Russia collapsing into a second civil war after the fall of communism

  19. WI: House Bill for importing African wildlife into America passes?

    North America has a much different climate than Africa. Many, if not nearly all of these animals, wouldn't make it past their first couple of winters in the wild. African seasons are basically rainy or dry. I know some nights can get icy conditions but nothing compared to what winter on the...

  20. How Didn't The Japanese Have Air Superiority In The Pacific During WW2?

    Remember Japan (like Germany) needed to win the war as quickly as possible. Their Naval pilot training program produced some of the best naval aviators in the world, but they didn't produce a lot of them. It was basically geared to producing a relatively small number of superb aviators and was...
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