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  1. WI: Dick Cheney Became President in 2005 with Supermajorities in Congress?

    Why all this stuff? If you want President Cheney, just have the assassination attempt on Dubya succeed. I once wrote a TL on that subject.

  2. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XXII: Continuing Challenges, 2017-2024.

    Final update! Chapter XXII: Continuing Challenges, 2017-2024. The next example of that was the Guyana-Venezuela War in 2018. This was preceded by a territorial and economic dispute dating back to the mid-19th century, which had recently been stirred up again by Venezuelan President Hugo...

  3. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XXI: The Arab Revolutions, 2015-2017.

    Update time again!!! Chapter XXI: The Arab Revolutions, 2015-2017. The spectre of revolution, however, now inevitably threatened other Arab powers as the 2014-’15 Iraqi Protests were simply too large to hide. It started in Syria, where Bashar al-Assad took an approach similar to Qusay’s. He...

  4. What if the Warsaw Pact and Yugoslavia revolted against Moscow in 1956 in solidarity with Hungary?

    The problem is that the regimes, some more than others, relied on the Soviets to stay in power. The East German regime in particular would stay loyal, because the second the Soviets no longer back them up the people will want reunification ASAP. What seems more likely to me is that the Warsaw...

  5. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XX: Clinton’s Re-Election, Palestine Independence and the Iraqi Uprising, 2012-2015.

    Sorry for the hiatus in updates. Here's a fresh one for y'all! Chapter XX: Clinton’s Re-Election, Palestine Independence and the Iraqi Uprising, 2012-2015. The US Presidential elections took place on Tuesday November 6th 2012. As the incumbent President, Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic...

  6. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XIX: The Great Recession, Start of the Clinton Presidency, the Third Intifada and the Rise of Qusay Hussein, 2007-2012.

    Update! Chapter XIX: The Great Recession, Start of the Clinton Presidency, the Third Intifada and the Rise of Qusay Hussein, 2007-2012. In the meantime, US President Colin Powell had to face what would become known as the Great Recession, which began in late 2007. Predatory lending in the form...

  7. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XVIII: Re-Stalinization and Cold War Battlefield Africa, 2006-2007.

    Update! Chapter XVIII: Re-Stalinization and Cold War Battlefield Africa, 2006-2007. In the meantime, as the last Soviet troops withdrew from the dissolving Warsaw Pact, a leadership change took place in the Kremlin. KGB Chairman Alexander Lukashenko initiated his bid for power that he’d been...

  8. WI: RMS Titanic collides with SS New York during departure.

    The collision with the iceberg would be butterflied away. After that either hospital ship or troop transport in WW I. If she isn't sunk in WW I, she resumes her career as an ocean liner in the 20s and 30s. Best case scenario is that the decision to scrap her is preceded by WW II erupting in...

  9. Gersdorff Suicidebombs Hitler, Goering, and Himmler, now what?

    Some kind of attempt was made in 1941 from what I gather.

  10. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XVII: Democratic Elections in Eastern Europe, 2005-2006.

    Update time!!! Chapter XVII: Democratic Elections in Eastern Europe, 2005-2006. The German federal elections of 2006 were the first free elections for East Germans since 1933, and they were part of a wave of democratic elections taking place across Eastern Europe. A major trend was former...

  11. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XVI: US Presidential Elections, the Strasbourg Convention and German Reunification, 2004-2005.

    The difference is that the Soviets and the US now have a common enemy. Anyhow, it's time for an update: Chapter XVI: US Presidential Elections, the Strasbourg Convention and German Reunification, 2004-2005. November 2004 saw new US Presidential Elections. Despite a victorious war that saw...

  12. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XV: The Rise of Islamism & of the Radical Right, 2004.

    Wondering where Bin Laden is? You'll have to wait a little bit longer ;) Chapter XV: The Rise of Islamism & of the Radical Right, 2004. The November 17th or 11/17 attacks as they’ve become known forced the United States and its Soviet rival to cooperate up to a point. Though the US Army and...

  13. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XIV: War on Terror and Upheaval in the USSR, 2003-2004.

    It's been a week since the last update, so I figured I'd post a new one. Chapter XIV: War on Terror and Upheaval in the USSR, 2003-2004. Worried that the instability might return upon a withdrawal of their troops, the Kremlin decided on an occupation for an indeterminate amount of time even...

  14. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XIII: Eastern Bloc Occupation, 2002-2003.

    Update time!!! Chapter XIII: Eastern Bloc Occupation, 2002-2003. In the meantime, the year 2000 had come and gone in the Soviet Union. To the outside world the USSR continued to appear to be an unshakable, unbreakable, immovable monolith in the early years of the 21st century. That was an...

  15. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XII: US Presidential Elections & Tensions in the Middle East, 2000-2002.

    Update time!!! Chapter XII: US Presidential Elections & Tensions in the Middle East, 2000-2002. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, President Specter had to leave office as he’d reached his two-term limit determined by the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution. Meanwhile, the Republicans...

  16. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter XI: Renewed Arms Race, Specter’s Domestic Agenda and the Zaire War, 1997-2000.

    That's correct. The butterfly effect sets in motion a series of events that result in nothing eventful happening at Chernobyl's nuclear power station in 1986. Having said that, it's time for the first update of the New Year: Chapter XI: Renewed Arms Race, Specter’s Domestic Agenda and the...

  17. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL

    Not a minority government, but a coalition government. The British first-past-the-post system usually means one party wins an absolute majority and gets to form a government. On rare occasions, however, no party wins a majority and that leads to a coalition. In this case a coalition of Labour...

  18. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter X: Social-Democratic Revolution, Renewed Space Race and the Yugoslav Civil War, 1992-1997.

    It all came down to the number of helicopters. IOTL too many choppers suffered from technical issues, making Eagle Claw unfeasible. ITTL there were more helicopters. Anyhow, I thought I'd post an update for Christmas. To make it more readable, the Yugoslav situation is covered in a separate...

  19. What If These Two Warships Met In Combat

    Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but Yamato vs USS Montana. The latter was intended to deal with the largest Japanese battleships, but ultimately she was never completed (and would probably have proven superfluous). If circumstances had been different, how would a surviving Montana-class...

  20. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter IX: The Iraqi-Kuwaiti War and the Early 90s Recession, 1990-1992.

    A new update! Merry Christmas everyone! Chapter IX: The Iraqi-Kuwaiti War and the Early 90s Recession, 1990-1992. Tensions were brewing in the Middle East. Saddam Hussein accused Kuwait of exceeding its OPEC quotas for oil production. In order for the cartel to maintain its desired price of...
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