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  1. Impressive sieges

    I thought we could make a separate thread for sieges - specifically sieges that are impressive for some reason. First I would start off with the 1532 siege of Kőszeg. Kőszeg was a small border fort in Hungary, and was defended by Nikola Jurišić and 7-800 coatians against an Ottoman army of...

  2. WI: An Austrian Schlieffen-plan in WWI

    OTL the Austrian plan for a war against Russia and Serbia was to have one army defending against Serbia and 4 focus and attack against Russia. Even if this wasnt horribly botched like OTL and went perfectly it would still not have achieved much of significance. From 1908 the latest Austria...

  3. WI: Armada and spanish invasion succeeds, a Catholic and Habsburg England

    The PoD is in 1588 the Armada on its way decisivly defeats the english at Plymouth. The duke of Parma is made to take the invasion effort seriously and so he takes Calais where the boarding wont be a problem. His troops land in southern England without further issue, defeats the english forces...

  4. Alternate 2nd Balkan wars - no or early WWI?

    OTL the Balkan wars resulted in the defeat of Bulgaria, the break up of the Balkan League, Serbia becoming Russia's number one protege on the Balkan's, boosted by victory in moral and material with Austria remaining it's only target for expansion. Basically an austrian-serbian conflict was set...

  5. What if the british don't decide that food is warmaterial and allow the CP's to purchase it throughout the conflict?

    So for whatever reason - for example a specific pre war agreement in this regard that the british and every one else decide to honour - the british allow food for presumably civilian consumption to reach the CP's. The CP's in turn allow the same for Russia through the baltics. How would the war...

  6. WI Germans dont drive the british from the continent in WWII?

    I'm not an expert of WWII but I have a question that might be interesting - or simply idiocy. I'm sorry for taking up your time in the latter case. The germans are at their strongest on land so that's where they should be fighting the british at. If the british retreat to their Island the...

  7. What if Edward Grey had died before WWI?

    If there is any blame dished out for the UK in regards of the outbreak of WWI and especially them getting involved its usually laid on Sir Edward Grey. To test this out lets remove him from the picture: let him have a tragic accident for example in the january of 1914. He dies immediately...

  8. What if Octavian keeps more legions?

    OTL by the end of the civil wars the number of Legions was well above 50. Octavian decided to drastically lower the number to 28. What if he decided to keep a significantly larger force? How big an army could he have maintained and how should he have used them? Even if this prowed too constly...

  9. Alternate start to WWI?

    There has been a lot of threads about one of the countries making a different, better decision at the start of WWI and how that would help them win. My question is what if all of them make the proposed better decisions, how do you think that would turn out? The war starts from the same...

  10. War guilt clause in a CP victory scenario?

    If the CP's won WWI would there be a war guilt clause in the peace? If yes who would be labeled as the main perpetrator? If Serbia is declared guilty because of the assasination is it possible that an international organization would be created to deal with "terrorist" states? If not that would...

  11. What if Russia takes Constantinople in 1913?

    During the first Balkan war after the Balkan alliance's victory the only thing between the bulgarians and the Ottoman Capitol were the last deefensive line of the Chataldzha. At that point in most european capitals it was assumed that Constatinople falling to the bulgarians is only a matter of...

  12. Britain joining the Entente inevitable?

    Im slowly coming around to think that there was never really another workable solution for the British Empire. The problem is many fold and it centers on Russia. With railway building and rearmament Russia had by 1914 a booming economy and reformed and improved its army to a degree that even...

  13. WI John Hunyadi doesnt die after the siege of Belgrad?

    OTL John Hunyadi has died in a plague after the victory at the siege of Belgrad. His elder son, László has been beheaded because of the murder of Ulrich of Celje. His younger son, Matthias was taken as a prisoner to Bohemia and in 1458 elected as the king of Hungary while only 16 years old. So...

  14. Middle ages without jews in Europe

    So what do you think would change if there were no jews in the middle ages in Europe? (I dont really care for the why, maybe they remained in Judea or went east, south etc) How would society, culture be different? The economy? Other things?

  15. What if earlier canal system to make Baltic-Black sea-Caspian travel possible?

    So I was thinking that if the Vikings could travel from the Baltics to Constatinople using the Russian rivers why wasnt there a canal created in tsarist Russia. A fast search showed that today this is indeed possible, though the Volga-Don canal was only completed in the 1950's. So what if...

  16. What if different British initial strategy in WWI

    Im reading a book about the british navy before WWI. Regarding the british entry in to a continental war between Germany and France the Admirality had very different ideas how that war should be conducted than the army. The navy basically envisionaged a purely naval war and only transporting the...

  17. Russian Capital on the Black Sea

    So OTL Peter built Petersburg basically from scratch. So what if either he in different circumstances - in this case instead of Petersburg - or some of his sucessors decide to build a new capital on the shores of the Black Sea? Im thinking something replacing Azov or around there. What would be...

  18. Would it have been better for Brittain to make peace after the fall of France?

    So I know that humanity would be off most likely worse. But what about the British and the British Empire? Because I was thinking if they can make a kinda white peace - most important being that they are not left at the mercy of the germans - they might be better off. Hitler might agree to this...

  19. Stabil country in latin america

    So one of my prejudices is that when I hear Latin America the first things to come to my mind are political instability and chaos - constant changes of governments and coups, military juntas and criminal organizations more powerful that the state - followed by poverty and corruption. My...

  20. What if Eumenes remained true to Antigonus?

    So Eumenes besieged in Nora made a deal with Antigonus after the death of Antipater. OTL he betrayed Antoginus and allied with Polyperchon shortly after. A very stupid move but understandable as he was a royalist. What if he instead remained true to Antigonus? He was a really good general and...
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