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  1. Lee dies at Gettyburg?

    Just remembered the theory that Lee was suffering from a heart attack during the battle and my rather charitable thought was why didn't the bastard keel over? So WI the army of Northern Virginia loses its General on the final day of the battle?

  2. A liberal German Kaiser/happier childhood for Kaiser Willem II?

    Just wondering what would be the effects of a more stable European diplomatic situation starting with the Kaiser being on excellent terms with his family probably starting with not being crippled/brain damaged but also having a happier home life. Sorry for the brief OP but I don't know very...

  3. AHC: Thor's Hammer as one of the UK's Crown Jewels

    Here is a weird one. After being reminded that the Queen is technically claimed to be a descendent from a Norse God I thought it would be funny if a fraudulent Mjölnir ended up property of the Crown and used during coronations straight faced.

  4. How effective were SS divisions?

    I was recently going through the book selection at a British Army barracks when I noticed there were no fewer than two books on the SS Das Reich division and another book on the Waffen SS. Irony aside I had a quick skim read and the first thing the author of one had to say was that the actual...

  5. WI: US Pacific Fleet was based in the Phillipines.

    Just a thought but what if when moving the Pacific Fleet closer to Japan to show he meant business FDR moved it to the Philippines instead?

  6. Worst plausible Scapa Flow raid?

    Without outright wanking how bad could the RN have been hurt during the period of vulnerability? OTL they lost one modern battleship and one outdated one to four bombers and a single submarine. It would be implausible for the Germans to risk more than at most a handful of subs but say they...

  7. AHC/WI? Franco-American special relationship.

    Just a thought but would it be at all possible for the USA and France to have extremely close and friendly ties that are a source of pride and generally can be counted to support each other? The British special relationship can remain or be sacrificed for this. What would the effects be on...

  8. WI? Tom Clancy works on Call of Duty series.

    What it says on the tin, what if Tom Clancy before his death did some work on the Call of Duty series? Would the plots be better? Would the industry change at all as a result?

  9. AHC: Better X-Men movies?

    Title sums it up. How would you make the first three X-Men movies better? Especially the last one. As a matter of taste nothing along the lines of "Ratner gets hit by a car." Bonus points if it involves not screwing Cyclops over and maybe giving him at least as important a part as Wolverine.

  10. WI/AHC Sealion feared for longer?

    In OTL the British public was kept in fear of a German invasion as late as 1943 for propaganda purposes but the military and government while taking longer than they should and at much cost did figure out that it wasn't going to happen much earlier. What if with a different naval build up or a...

  11. AHC: Make Fezzes popular in the West

    Tiredness, Doctor Who and boredom combine to make me post this challenge. Make Fezzes popular in the west, any POD goes although preferably not just a random hipster trend.

  12. Earliest possible unified Germany?

    What is the earliest date that a state (not the HRE) could unite most of the German states into one nation? A union of states is acceptable but it must be relatively cohesive.

  13. WI Saddam Hussein dies pre 9/11?

    I was wondering something earlier some people say that the Bush Administration was always going to invade Iraq post 9/11 mainly because of the hatred of Saddam if this is true what if Saddam died early of more or less natural causes? What if Saddam Hussein was in a plane crash or had cancer...

  14. AHC/PC: New York state split in two.

    Just talking to an American friend from upstate New York who really hates how much the city dominates his state and says breaking it off from the rest of the state is popular where he lives. It got me wondering, was that ever proposed? Would it have any effects on other states? Just an...

  15. WI longer Disney renaissance?

    Just wondering what would be the effects of the Disney renaissance continuing into the 2000's. Would more successes like Lion King and Alladin be possible? Would handrawn animation continue to be the main type used?

  16. Bush seen as a great president. No Tea Party ect?

    Just wondering idly what if Bush handles things better either no Iraq or lucks out and it turns out reasonably well fairly quickly and the recession holds off for a while. Would the Republican stay more or less reasonable and the crazier elements not gain power? If so when the democrats win...

  17. AHC: Make the F-35 a sucess story.

    Your challenge is to make the F-35 a modern military project success story preferably meeting it's promised capabilities preferably being a popular uncontroversial project that meets it's deadlines and fits it's requirements. Just using a different aircraft and keeping the F-35 Lightning II...

  18. German Military without the Nazis.

    I believe that the Weimar government would eventually built up the armed forces wether they would start a war depends on who's in power at the time. Without the Nazis what would a rebuilt German military look like in the 40's-50's?

  19. WI: No Black Hawk down?

    Simple question Battle of Mogadishu goes differently no US casualties targets captured what next? Chances are that a Black Hawk will get shot down eventually as several groups were preparing to do that next chance they got anyway but I understand that one had been shot down earlier to little...

  20. What would a real early 18th century/19th century U.S navy look ike?

    For the most part of it's history the US navy was one of the weakest in the Americas for long time this was more down to choice than lack of resources. So if the US navy was built up to be a proper regional force at least capable of defending itself what would it look like? How many ships...
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