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  1. The Eagle vs the Bear - An Alternate History of the Cold War TL

    Introduction: The Berlin Crisis. 1 When World War II ended the former Nazi Germany was split into four zone. The Allies consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France held the western side of Germany divided into their own sectors. The Soviets held eastern Germany. The capital...

  2. Alternate Cold War History Planning Thread

    Note: I explicitly asked @Ace009 if I could create my own planning thread. I am not plagiarizing as my TL will revolve around the Cold War from 1948 to the 1990s. This story is going to be an alternate history of the cold war. I have many ideas for the TL but I wanted to get the community's...

  3. WI:A Great Pacific War in 1931

    Scenario is from the book "The Great Pacific War." In 1931, what if Japan invaded Manchuria, Formosa, and Korea. Afterwards, they launch a surprise attack on the Panama Canal. In the book (written before the Great Depression) they do this because an American mining company gets a contract in...

  4. In a Time for Leadership TL

    Chapter One Time: December 1990 - January 1991 The VH-3 helicopter landed on the helicopter pad at Camp David. The Camp David detachment immediately opened the helicopter' s doors, letting the President and the First Family out. The meet and greet that was originally planned to be held...

  5. WI: CIA assassinations in allied countries are leaked

    I picked this premise up from a book. Basically, what if throughput the 50s-70s of the Cold War, the CIA actually performed assassinations on activists or politicians that were anti US in allied countries like France. One particular assassination scenario in the book was this. During the 60s...

  6. WI:Kennedy loses the nomination to LBJ

    What if Jack Kennedy loses the Democratic primaries to LBJ who later faces of against Nixon? Would LBJ be able to be able to defeat Nixon? How would they feel about facing off against each other (considering LBJ was Senate majority leader and Nixon was veep)? Also how would this effect...

  7. WI: Iraq really did have nukes and Bill ordered a raid to retrieve them

    What if Iraq was creating nukes with the help of a North Korean scientist in exchange, NK gets oil? If this was discovered and President Clinton authorizes a CIA/special forces operation to retrive them that's successful how would this effect Iraq and North Korea's positions to the world and...

  8. WI: Radical communist group splits from the IRA in the 80s

    What if in 1981, a rogue communist groups splits from the Provisional IRA and receives funding from the Soviet Union and other communist states through covert means. This communist group later comes out stating their goal is to spread communism to a sovereign Ireland and starts targeting...

  9. WI: Reagan responded to the Marine Barrack Bombings

    What would be options for president Reagan to respond to the 1983 marine barrack bombings? I seem to recall reading that Reagan promised to avenge them but ended up with him withdrawing troops and invading grenada two days later. What if he actually did try to do something after the bombing?

  10. What could the Carter administration have done better?

    The Carter administration is usually seen as a failure. I am aware that Iranian hostage crisis contributed to this. What could Carter have done better (especially with Iran) during his presidency in order to win 're election?

  11. WI: Apollo 11 planted the UN flag on the moon

    The idea came to me after reading Advise and Consent. The subplot involved the Space Race and the USSR tries to claim the moon, so the US launches an expedition and the crew is suppose to land and plant the flag of the UN. So what if the crew if Apollo 11 planted the the flag of the United...

  12. To Preserve and Protect

    Chapter One Transfer of Power The president sat down at his desk with jelly beans and tea in hand. He needed time to think and wine down. He had just got back from negotiating with the Soviet Premier over the LGM-118 Peacekeeper missile deployment in Europe. The negotiations had little...

  13. Would this be a second Watergate? (Pre 1996 election conspiracy)

    Note:I picked up this premise from a book and the president and his cabinet aren't Bill Clinton and his cabinet. What if a year before the 1996 election, the incumbent president's National security advisor and Chief of Staff have come up with a plot to get him 're elected. It starts off with...

  14. If One Second After happened in real life

    For those who don't know about the book it's this. The US is crippled after an EMP attack by a joint Iran/ North korea alliance. It is also mention Russia and the Coast of Japan are hit as well as China occupying the western part of the US. European doesn't get hit but was suppose too. The US...

  15. WI: The powers of ww1 had today's weaponry

    Who would win if each side had modern day weaponry? (not limited to what a certain country produced meaning Germans can have American tech and vice versa)

  16. Obama ends the cocaine trade

    What if Frederick Forsyth's The Cobra scenario played out in real life? A white house maid's grandson dies from a drug overdose which the president overhears and decides to bring an end to the cocaine trade. Probaly ASB but worth a try. Basically this. Ships with drugs on them are raided by an...

  17. Reagan sends troops to Afghanistan

    I was watching Reagan and Eisenhower speeches earlier today. While i was watching the evil empire speech it got me thinking. What if a few years after the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan Reagan manages to get public and congressional support to intervene and sends soldiers to help the afghanis...

  18. White house hostage crisis

    What if in 1999 terrorist take over the white house in order to get sanctions on Iraq removed. This scenario is from Vince flynn book Transfer of Power. It is explained more in detail in the book how the terrorist take over. How would Acting president Al GOre respond to this as he was Bill...

  19. 10/12/12 Another, Worser 9/11

    I read tim tiger's book betrayal. It was a small but fun action novel. SPOILERS: the main character( An FBI agent is set up in a terrorist attack while on a mission in Iran along with the bombing if an (EMPTY) American school in Paris and us chamber of commerce in Brussels. He is on a hunt to...

  20. Rogue bomber squad flying towards the soviet union

    What if during the cold war a heavily anti communist nuclear bomber squad decided to go rogue and target the Soviet union without SAC or Norad realizing it until they are close to their targets. Unrealistic but I am curious on what would happen if they hit their targets before the soviet air...
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