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KAISER WILHELM THE TENTH PROUDLY PRESENTS: I must begin by thanking all the readers and commentators who made the original Place In the Sun what it was! Well over two hundred people actively participated in the original thread, and countless more read and liked without commenting. With your...

Basically, what if the Republic of Austria, after 1918, had managed to negotiate its way to retaining the majority German province of South Tyrol (minus the Trentino region, which imbues some confusion into me as it could theoretically be considered “Middle Tyrol”), thus preventing 150.000...

The Kingdom of Burgundy (not to be confused with the later, aspired-to royal demesne of Charles the Bold), more frequently known as the Kingdom of Arles due to its capital, was a medieval state spanning what is now roughly the border region between France, Italy, and Switzerland. From around the...

After the fall of the Roman Empire, is it possible for a centralized empire -- rather than a loose suzerainty -- to survive on both sides of the Alps before modern technology decreases travel time? And from which area is it easiest to control all sides of the Alps: France, Germany, Austria, or...

Due to a delayed or failed Operation Overlord, yet historical performance in Operation Bagration, the Soviets push much farther west and the Allies have a harder time pushing east. By the time the Germans surrender, the frontlines between Soviet occupation and American-British-French occupation...