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  1. Hitler dies at Nuremberg Rally

    Pretty self-explanatory really, what if Hitler suffered a fatal medical malady (heart attack, stroke, w/e) while speaking at the Nuremberg Rally (let's say the 1935 one). How will this affect Germany? What about the rest of Europe?

  2. WI: Jefferson's 1784 'Report' Was Passed?

    Okay, just watched a video on how the Founding Fathers (mostly Jefferson in this case) viewed slavery, and it got me wondering, what would have happened if Jefferson's Report of a Plan of Government for the Western Territory had been passed (OTL it lost out in congress by one vote)? Briefly, it...

  3. WI Churchill Dies in late 1942

    Just reading up on Churchill, I found out he had a mild heart attack on the night of 26 December 1942, after addressing the US Congress earlier that day. But what would have happened if the heart attack hadn't been mild, and Churchill had actually died? Who would have taken over, and might the...

  4. Technological Progress Without WW1

    Sort of a counterpoint to this thread discussing how military technology would develop if WW1 hadn't happened, how do you think technology in general would develop if the World Wars hadn't happened? Would petrol vehicles have been slower to gain dominance? Would the early heavier-than-air...

  5. AHC: A successful European invasion in 1943 (outside Italy)

    Okay, based on this thread, which rather succinctly emphasised the problems of attempting a D-Day style landing in Europe in 1943, I have to wonder, with a POD no earlier than 5 June 1940 (the day after the Durnkirk evacuation ended), I have to wonder, is there any way for things to develop...

  6. 1939 WI: Two torpedoes for two carriers

    Okay, looking back at the disastrous use by British of carriers for ASW patrols in the early part of the I got to thinking, how would the war gone if, instead of HMS Courageous receiving two torpedoes from U-29, putting her in sinking condition, while HMS Ark Royal in its fight with U-39, got...

  7. WI: Chamberlain Dies Before Munich

    Okay, a quick WI, but maybe an important one: WI Chamberlain's plane crashes on the way to the Munich conference, and he dies? What are the likely outcomes of such a PoD? Who becomes PM afterwards, and can they avert WW2?

  8. WI: European Intermediate Cartridge in the 50s

    Inspired by Maximinus Thrax IIs thread, I got to wondering , WI Churchill, instead of stopping the development of the .280 British cartridge, had instead seen its value, and tried to sell the idea (if not the cartridge itself) to the French and/or other European powers? Could he have been...

  9. WI: "American Hippo Bill" Gets Passed

    Just an interesting titbit I discovered, in 1910 there was a proposal by Representative Robert F. Broussard to import and release hippopotami into the Louisiana Bayous, both to help control the invasive Water Hyacinth, and provide meat to the . The plan received backing from former president...

  10. AHC/WI: Britain Adopts EMF Post-Dunkirk

    The discussion on the Matilda II thread got me thinking, what would be needed to get the British, post-Dunkirk to realise the errors of their previous doctrine and to pull a lot of ideas from the Experimental Mechanised Force, and what would happen afterwards if they did?

  11. AHC/WI Schwarze Kapelle Survives

    So one thing I found interesting was how often the Schwarze Kapelle (German for Black Orchestra) tried to assassinate Hitler, but failed so spectacularly that they were never even really suspected. Then came the July 20 plot, which blew up in their faces. So what say that never comes off, and...

  12. AHC WWII Starts in March

    Okay, after reading this thread, I'm wondering, is there any way would could get war happening over the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, rather than over the Polish one. What effect would the war starting 5½ months earlier have on the outcome?

  13. Early End for Bismarck (BB)

    In response to the other thread about Bismarck doing better, I wondered, what if Bismarck had gone down sooner. How is this achieved? Well, instead of the flank hit she took from Victorious' Swordfish, the one hit she gets is on her rudders. How does the early sinking of the ship affect the war?

  14. AHC/WI: Italy Neutral in WW2

    After taking somewhat more than a mild interest in one of Emperor Palpatine's threads, I got to wondering, is there any PoD or list of PoDs that would see Italy staying neutral (no conflict in NAfrica, no British/German intervention in Greece), but the rest of the war in Europe playing out as...

  15. WI Rommel Takes Tobruk in 1941

    Just a thought I had after reading some of my old stuff, what if Rommel had successfully taken Tobruk in 1941, would he have been content then to sit on his laurels and get the Italians improving the infrastructure in North Africa, or would he have tried to push on into Egypt? And what would the...

  16. AHC/WI: Rod Serling Survives

    Rod Serling of 'Twilight Zone' fame died aged 50, probably of heart failure, but what might have happened if his health had been better and he'd lived longer, say to 60, or even 75?

  17. AHC/WI: Israeli in the Syrian Spring

    One thing that puzzled be at the time things kicked off in Syria was why the Israelis never took the chance to level a few scores with the regime, which was certainly no friend to them. With that in mind, is there a plausible way to get the Israelis involved in the Syrian wing of the Arab spring...

  18. AHC: Germany invades Britian

    Okay, this isn't per-se a sealion thread, because that operation was impossible, but I'm wondering, given open reign on plausible PoDs, starting on 12 November 1918, is there any way Germany could launch a successful invasion of Britain before December 31, 1945? I've a couple of ideas on this...

  19. AHC: Powerless Superheroes

    A slightly unusual one from me, but here goes. What PoDs are required to make the American comic industry focus much more on 'human' Superheroes (Batman, the Phantom, Green Lantern, etc) rather than 'extraordinary' ones (Superman, Spiderman, X-men, etc). Edit: Superpowers can come via 'Green...

  20. WW2 w/o A-bombs and V2s

    I was just wondering how the war would play out if it contained neither A-Bombs, nor V2s. Surprisingly, both these weapons are fairly easy to do, kill a few more people in the Spanish flu (Arthur Jeffrey Dempster and F. W. Aster for the Nuke, Goddard and von Braun for the rocket), and you can...
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