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  1. What if Hungary won the 1848/49 War of Independence?

    I'm not sure how much this has been discussed here and I'm not that familiar with this period of history, but hopefully this forum is knowlegeadble on the subject. Firstly, do you think the Hungarian revolutionaries could have defeated the Habsburgs and retained independence? What would be a...
  2. Which pre-WWI crisis was likeliest to start a similar war?

    A notable feature of the leadup to WWI was the increasingly regular diplomatic crises between great powers and alliance blocs, though this is more obvious in hindsight. How do you think these crises compare with that of July 1914? So which do you think was likeliest to start a similar war? By...
  3. What was the best chance for an Allied Western Front breakthrough before 1918?

    Excluding the perhaps obvious choice of at the Marne or in the Race to the Sea, so I'm thinking of a change sometime between 1915 and the end of 1917. The odds of any kind of breakthrough or even a significant advance may be low due to the nature of WWI. However, when do you think the Western...
  4. What if the Brusilov Offensive was more successful?

    The Brusilov Offensive is an interesting potential turning point for the Russian Empire and the Allies to do better in WWI. The Offensive, while producing impressive results against the Austro-Hungarians, did not matter much for the Russians in the long-term. I'd be interested to see what other...
  5. What if SDP resisted von Papen's takeover of Prussia in 1932?

    Richard Evans in The Coming of the Third Reich raises an interesting theory that I haven't seen mentioned here. He argued that the failure of the SDP to stage an uprising after Chancellor von Papen dissolved the Prussian government was a "mortal blow to the Weimar Republic." On one hand, the...
  6. How successful could the British have been at the Somme?

    I've been reading Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson, and his take on the Battle of the Somme was quite startling. I'd previously thought of it as a senseless slaughter, but he argued it was more of an Entente opportunity gone wrong. It was only a few pages and I'm not sure how much of an expert...
  7. How much better could the Soviets have done in January 1942?

    This is a point I've seen in a few sources about Barbarossa, but I like the summary in Wages of Destruction- Is Tooze right? How well could the Soviets have done in early 1942 with a concentrated offensive? If an early Stalingrad or a proper 1812 repeat had occurred (depending on the...
  8. What if Germany went for a negotiated peace in late 1916?

    It seems that in late 1916, Germany realised it could not win the war militarily-rememerbing that events like the Russian Revolution were not yet foreseeable-and so it faced a choice between either a negotiated peace or taking extreme measures to win the war and achieve its war aims. The problem...
  9. Did the Mechelen Incident help cause the Fall of France?

    Just in case people reading this thread don't know, here is the basic info about it. Essentially, in early 1940 the original Nazi war plans accidentally fell into Belgian hands. It seems that those plans would have had the bulk of the Nazi force go through northern Belgium, where the Allies...
  10. WI no NDP surge in 2011 Canadian election

    What if the NDP did not get the surge in support they received in the 2011 Canadian election and the Liberals weren't forced into third place and the Bloc Quebecois did not lose most of its seats? I made these changes to the election results: Quebec; NDP -27%, Conservative +5%, Bloc +15%...
  11. What if the PCs did better in the 1993 Canadian election?

    The 1993 Canadian election is a pretty interesting AH topic given how volatile the political environment in Canada was and how there was much potential for different results, in particular the PCs winning or not doing as badly. As the PoD, let's have it that Jean Charest wins the PC leadership...
  12. WI 2010 midterms weren't as bad for Democrats?

    What if Democrats won all races they lost by 4% or less in 2010? I was making alternate results and this is what I got; 2010 Senate elections Harry Reid-Democratic: 53-4 Mitch McConnell-Republican: 45+4 Independent: 2_ 100 seats 51 for majority Illinois: Alexi Giannoulis(D) defeats Mark Kirk(R)...
  13. What if the PCs did better in the 1997 Canadian election?

    What if the Progressive Conservatives had done better in the 1997 Canadian election? Charest got a post-debate bounce and they polled as high as 25% in that election, though in the end got only 19% of the vote and given the inefficient distribution of their support this translated to only 20...
  14. What if Bill Weld ran against Ted Kennedy in 1994?

    What if Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld had run against Ted Kennedy in his 1994 Senate race, rather than Mitt Romney going against Kennedy and Weld running against John Kerry in 1996? This article suggests he would have had a better chance against Kennedy, though it was written before the...
  15. WI Robert Bork Confirmed To The Supreme Court

    What if Robert Bork had been confirmed to the US Supreme Court? It doesn't necessarily have to be in 1987-as I've heard that if Reagan nominated Bork to Rehnquist's seat and Scalia to Powell's seat, both could have been confirmed-though a PoD for Bork on the Court in 1987 would be fine too(would...
  16. Hoon-Hewitt Coup Succeeds

    What if the Hoon-Hewitt coup in January 2010 had succeeded in unseating Gordon Brown as Prime Minister and leader of the UK Labour Party? Most discussion on unseating Brown as Labour leader has focused on Purnell's resignation and 2008. Perhaps that's due to the impression as the time that the...
  17. WI Bob Rae wins Liberal leadership in 2006

    What if Bob Rae had been elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2006? What PoD would be needed for this to occur? If Rae won, how would he do as Liberal leader? What would be the impact on Canadian politics-and could he become Prime Minister? What if?
  18. WI McCain picked Lieberman for VP in 2008

    John McCain recently said he regrets not picking Joe Lieberman as his running mate in 2008. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/john-mccain-regrets-choosing-sarah-palin-as-2008-running-mate-over-joe-lieberman What if McCain went with his gut and picked Lieberman? How would...
  19. WI Labour-LibDem coalition formed after 2010 election

    What if, following the 2010 hung parliament result, Labour had formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats? This would require a 'rainbow coalition' to reach an overall majority. With Sinn Fein abstentions, 323 or maybe even slightly lower(after the Speaker and Deputy Speaker) would...
  20. WI The 2015 UK election ended in a hung parliament

    What if the 2015 UK election had ended up with a hung parliament, as it was supposed to? I did a 5% swing from the Tories to Labour, so the Tories win the popular vote by a margin of 1.48%. This actually produced surprisingly few seat changes compared to OTL, but still enough to make a...
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