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  1. Osama Bin Laden is captured instead of killed in 2011

    I just don't see the US Govt wanting to ignite what remains of Al Qaeda or drive extremist recruitment across the world by putting him through a trial. By 2011 he was isolated, al-Qaeda was waining and other threats were emerging. Do I believe he was shot in the face during the raid? Yes. Do I...

  2. WI: Failed peace negotiations in 1940 prior to the Fall of France

    That's a good point (negative morale impact to UK and France). My first thought was what it might do to popular opinion in the US: Having been given the option to end the conflict, corporal mustache chose to remain the aggressor. I suppose that depends on the terms he offers and how focused...

  3. Music PODs

    I think the tide of music was moving towards grunge anyway. I really think Mother Love Bone's sound, had it been popular earlier (1990), would have greatly impacted 90's music. When I discovered the band a year back, my first thought was that their sound is 90's with a bit of 80's rock drama and...

  4. Music PODs

    I've got one: Andrew Wood (Singer for Mother Love Bone) doesn't die of an overdose in 1990, two days before the release of the band's album, Apple. Woods death lead to the release of Temple of the Dog and the formation of Pearl Jam. I like this POD because it happened to a rising star who's...

  5. How big can nuclear apocalypse get?

    https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/humanity-after-a-3-world-war-1980s-1990s.491504/

  6. WI: USA agrees to intervene in 1940

    The POD would need to be early enough and would need to affect world events enough that the US is ready for war in 1940 and already has troops in France in 1940 when the Germans invade. This in itself would preclude a German Invasion on the same timetable as OTL. A POD after May 10th 1940 is...

  7. Humanity after a 3 world war (1980s- 1990s)

    More advanced nuclear weapons reduce death-toll versus increasing it. You need smaller-yield weapons to "win" if your weapons are more accurate. In a 1980s/90s nuclear exchange between USSR/Russia and NATO, most of humanity would survive the primary effects (blast/burns/radiation/fallout) of...

  8. nuclear attack on new millennium

    What type of nuclear attack? Are we talking a dirty bomb, Fission in the sub-KT range, or several KTs up to a MT? Where was the fissile material refined? From what I gather, the source of the fissile materials can be determined after the blast. Is the port of Los Angeles destroyed, degraded...

  9. WI: WAllies decided to invade Europe through Italy and the Balkans?

    Terrain is the biggest issue: Invading though Italy/Balkans both involve routes through mountains in order to reach Germany. WAllied casualties would be higher compared to OTL. Putting the Romanian oilfields out of commission would obviously complicate matters for the Nazis but would not put...

  10. I finally thought of a POD that allows Germany to win WW1 and WW2

    This POD would butterfly away WWI and WWII as we know them in OTL

  11. What would be the effect of the development of nuclear Power in peace time?

    Nuclear power was developed during peacetime: The first reactor that generated electrical power was created in the early 1950s and it was Government-funded submarine propulsion research that built the technology. Prior to that, reactor piles were used to create weapons-grade materials for...

  12. PC/WI: 'Operation Sandstone' (US invasion of UK) went ahead?

    I think any such invasion under would need to occur shortly after WWII before France and the UK develop a nuclear deterrent of their own. In a case where the US suffers a collapse of national strength after Vietnam, it's too late. Reason being, from what I gather about French Cold-war strategy...

  13. Operation Pike goes ahead - USSR oil production totally wrecked

    How much oil was Germany getting from the USSR during 1940-41? I do not have sources (would love to see some data) but, depending on the amount, this might preclude Barbarossa from happening at all.

  14. What if a three way World War 2 happened?

    Can't really answer this without a POD since that sets the stage for everything from balance of power, public opinion, resource availability and a host of other things that affect the answer to "who wins?" Some Potential PODs to think about (I am by no-means well versed in the nuances here, but...

  15. AHC: Kill the big cats

    The PzIV was not a replacement for the PzIII - it was a complement to it. Additionally, the PzIII and PzIV were designed and produced essentially in parallel, not sequentially, and this was done in the 1930s. I think you need an POD before 1934 to change this. Also, another potentially key...

  16. Best world war 3 timelines?

    I really enjoyed this: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/lions-bears-story-only-thread.373282/

  17. WI Leningrad Nuclear Plant instead of Chernobyl

    The HBO show didn't claim that nuclear reactors can explode like a nuclear bomb. I definitely agree that there are a lot of falsehoods out there, but that is not one that the show repeated.

  18. WI: Churchill Supports Intervention in Vietnam in 1954

    From my understanding, the UK preferred to use the Geneva Conference April (26-July 20 1954) as a way to resolve the conflict in Vietnam. Perhaps this conference not being scheduled in 1954 would cause Churchill/UK to embrace the idea of intervention? Interestingly, this would very-likely effect...

  19. AHC: Save South Vietnam

    I like it. IMHO, this potential course, would also need changes regarding corruption in South Vietnam that others have mentioned. What might prompt such a war?

  20. Operation Sea Lion (1974 Sandhurst Wargame)

    If such a thing as Alternate History Porn exists, this thread embodies it.
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