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  1. What if no Falklands Task Force in 1982?

    Probably done before, but since it is the 25th anniversary and all... What if, instead of launching a naval task force to reclaim the Falklands, the UK had relied solely on diplomatic efforts?

  2. Turtledove's Timeline 191 - a minor query

    Just ploughing through Drive to the East and now The Grapple when I noticed something slightly odd. It isn't a major thing but just why is Sam Carsten's ship called Josephus Daniels? In OTL there was a US Navy ship called Josephus Daniels - Belknap Guided Missile cruiser - but this was named...

  3. Columbus turns back

    What if Columbus had turned back before discovering the "New World" ? Would the Spanish have followed the Portuguese down the West Coast of Africa into the indain Ocean and beyond or would they have concentrated more on the Mediterranean? I'm assuming the absence of all the Aztec and Inca...

  4. Ramadan Rising

    What if there were something comparable to the 1916 Easter Rising in Britain or France? How would public opinion react to troops in action in a western european city with, of course, the inevitable civilian casualties?

  5. Peace with "Honour"

    Following on from the recent Sealion threads. Sealion is attempted. The Germans fail dismally - I'm assuming a general consensus on that opinion. What if peace overtures were made then? Would Britain, battered but victorious. a navy heavily damaged, be prepared to accept some form of...

  6. No Pearl Harbor attack

    I'm sure this has been done before but what if the Japanese only attacked British and Dutch East Indian territories in December 1941? Could the USA intervene - I think trying to persuade the US public to enter a war to save european empires might be difficult. OK, from the Japanese...

  7. US / NATO intervenes in Hungarian Revolution

    What if the US / NATO had intervened when the Soviets invaded Hungary to crush the revolution? Bear in mind US/ Anglo-French relations were at a bit of a low following Suez and there isn't a land border between Hungary and any NATO country. In OTL US policy was somewhat confused with the...

  8. Tanks on the Somme - July 1st 1916

    What if the first operational deployment of tanks had been on the Somme in July rather than September. As I understand it, it was an option but production delays meant that this could not happen. Haig did not want to deploy small numbers feeling that they would be wasted - ironic in view of his...

  9. Montgomery in Burma, Slim in Africa

    How would things have turned out if Montgomery had joined the Indian Army and been put in charge of XV corps (and later XIV Army) while Slim was in command of 8th Army?

  10. Dr Who - AH Cliche

    The Doctor, Rose and Mickey arrive back in London this weekend. Only not quite our London - there be airships, There be a whole lot else but good to see that some TV scriptwriters are aware of the "rule" that alternate histories went the dirigible way. :)

  11. (Double Blind) What if Pompey had lived

    (Assumes Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus had died sometime prior to Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon) Would Caesar have won his civil war had Pompey still lived ? Consider, Caesar had conquered Gaul, a bunch of Celtic barbarians. Even then he had nearly been defeated on more than one occasion...

  12. Alternative CSA President

    Following another thread (better CSA Commissariat), I have noticed a common theme. Many potentially able commanders of the CSA Western Armies appear to be have ruled out because the did not get along with Jefferson Davies. As a result people like Bragg and Hood ended up in command. Subsequently...

  13. Parliament votes against an Iraq war

    Just prior to the Iraq war, the House of Commons voted in favour of military action. What if the Commons had voted against ? How crucial to the invasion was the presence of UK forces ? Did the US have a plan B to mask / take Basra ?

  14. WI- No British investment in the USA

    To a large extent US industrial development in the mid-late 1800s was bankrolled by investment from the UK. Would the US have developed as successfully if this source of finance had been diverted elsewhere?

  15. WI Blegrano not sunk in 1982

    Recently C4 (UK) showed a documentary in the "Secret History" series about the build up to the sinking of the Argentinian cruiser 'General Belgrano' in the Falklands War. One of the big controversies about this was that it was sailing West (away from the UK Task Force) and outside the...

  16. What if Fleming had a cleaner laboratory

    Legend has it that Fleming accidentally discovered the anti-bacterial properties of the Penicillium mould due to an accidental contamination of a petri dish. What if his lab had been a bit cleaner and the mould hadn't contaminated the dish ? Would the idea of antibiotics from natural...

  17. What if...2004 style News Media in 1944

    Just how would June 1944 have played with a modern style news media ? Some thoughts: How would people have reacted to journalists reporting the bombing of German and French schools and hospitals? (I'm assuming, of course, that these are the only targets that Allied bombers would be shown...
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