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  1. Could American Football have developed with limited substitutions?

    From a European perspective, one of the oddest things about American football is the hyper specialisation if players, enabled because coaches can seemingly swap players in and out at will. Was this always a feature of the game? How would American football have developed if players had to be...

  2. What did the French in 1940 think defeat would look like?

    The events of 1940 were obviously deeply shocking to France and the wider world but, while they likely thought the balance of power favoured them, they must have expected some serious attempt by Germany to win the war. Were there any ideas in French military circles what this might have looked...

  3. Climate Policy in a surviving USSR

    Presuming that the USSR was able to hold on in one form or another, what is their take on climate change and emissions policy likely to be? Given their likely dependence on fossil fuel exports, is it likely that they would attempt to discredit it or would they support efforts to limit emissions?

  4. How big was the qualitative gap between armies in 1940 and how aware were commanders of it?

    While a large part of the allied defeat is due to the deficiencies at the level of high command, at the lower levels units seem to have been slow to react and lacking in initiative. How big was this gap and before the battle of France how aware were allied commanders of it?

  5. AHC: Make inter-State sports the basis of at least one top three US sport

    I really don't know a huge amount about US sports but one thing I've noticed is the fairly arbitrary nature of the teams. Would a more "natural" unit of support be possible?

  6. Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom: What happens to the volunteers?

    It's the classic Ireland related what-if that deals with such a volatile period of history that makes it very difficult to plot out even a "most probable" outcome. What if Ireland didn't leave the UK? It's difficult to plot out the specifics but assuming it's relatively peaceful and results in...

  7. The High Seas Fleet sorties in support of Operation Michael

    What possible impact could a major sortie by the High Seas Fleet have had if it had been launched to support Operation Michael? In particular, as I understand it, Lloyd George had held significant reserves in Britain as a way of keeping Haig on a shorter leash. If the HSF could have disrupted...

  8. What's the oldest democracy to fall into authoritarianism due to internal reasons?

    Obviously there's the semantic issue of what counts as a real democracy but a fairly relaxed definition is probably best for discussion. So what is the country with the longest democratic tradition that, through internal political mechanisms, abandoned them for some form of authoritarian rule?

  9. How volatile was Britain during the Days of May?

    While reading up on the development of the franchise in Britain I came across a reference to this event. It strikes me as something with the potential to be a very interesting PoD. But how close was Britain to developing a proper insurrection or even a civil war at the time?

  10. What impact did the 1798 United Irishmen rebellion have on Britain's war effort?

    I'm considering trying my hand at contributing to this site with a tl with a POD based around this period. Did the rebellion divert serious British resources from elsewhere or was it mostly dealt with through local resources?

  11. WI/AHC: The Land War spreads across the UK

    As in the title how plausible is it for Land League style movements to spread across the UK? I understand that a land league developedin the Scottish Highlands but what would it take to spread further. It's also interesting to consider how a broader land war might impact Irish nationalism where...

  12. WI/AHC: The land war spreads across the UK

    Edir: Wrong forum

  13. Views of the United Irishmen in a modern United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

    Assuming that over the course of the 19th/20th century, through whatever mix of Home Rule, better socio-economic policy and handwavium you decide, the UK was able to keep Ireland within the UK how would the various Irish nationalist revolutionaries be remembered and viewed in the Ireland of the...

  14. German Logistic Ability

    A common criticism of the German military in the second world war on these boards is their extremely poor state of their logistics. Now the German logistical situation was often pretty dire, so I don't think it's an unfair comment on Germany's overall situation. However, I'm curious as to how...

  15. AHC: Swap the Houses of Parliament

    With no more background than the wikipedia article on Parliament and the House of commons I'm curious is there a way to make the House of Lords act as the elected lower house and the Commons the more consultative upper house, perhaps a technocratic/vocational style body like the Seanad is...

  16. Latest negotiated end to WWI

    What is the latest possible end to the first world war that does not end in the total defeat of either alliance. The end of the war can favour either side, be essentially a white peace or be imposed by an outside power but at the date of it's signing neither side should be capable of...

  17. AHC:A more boring second world war

    The second world war was a ridiculously cinematic/dramatic conflict. It even follows a story arc! The growing threat ignored until it's too late before the lone voice against this threat stands up and leads the fight against it. At first the forces of evil conquer all before them before being...
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