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    Palmerston's vision for the Crimean War

    The Crimean war OTL was fought on a limited front with limited objectives, but the British PM Palmerston (among others) sought to transform the war into a much larger struggle to permanently weaken the Russian Empire. A larger coalition including Sweden, Austria, and Prussia was to be assembled...
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    WI: no Haijin

    The Haijin being an array of restrictions relating to maritime commerce in Ming China. Haijin By most accounts the policies were an expensive failure: They still tied up resources for policing the coast, cut state revenue, impoverished thousands, and apparently increased piracy several times...
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    Napoleonic Hungary

    Why didn't Napoleon further break up the Habsburg realm when he had the chance (at Presburg, say) and create an independent Hungary like he did with Poland? It would weaken Austria considerably, create what would presumably be a more reliable ally than Francis II, and maybe even be a happy home...
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    Non communist Russia TL?

    Are there any timelines that feature a non communist Russia post WWI (and pre-1990)? Just remembered I wanted to ask this about a month ago. Somebody mentioned that Russia might have gotten control of Czechoslovakia post great war, a possibility I was totally unaware of. The TL can have...
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    1920 Curzon Line?

    What if the Soviet Union got the Curzon line as its 1920 border following the war with Poland? What impact would this have on the countries involved (Poland, USSR, Lithuania)? What would be the long term effects?
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