britain

Big things: Greater Germany, Super Italy(yes that is italian crimea- the idea of genoa keeping black sea possessions up to italian unification seemed fun), earlier ottoman explosion, french wallonia and ne spain, and swedish victory in the GNW

King Alexander I Tudor was one of England's greatest monarchs, as well as the Kingdom of Great Britain's first expanding the realm oversees to the Chesapeake Colony, ensured tolerance of Protestants within England (after he used Scottish Protestantism to get the pope to let him invade and claim...

BBC News 9th October 1963 Hello, this is BBC News, I am Richard Baker and these are the headlines for this evening. Ugandan Prime Minister Milton Obote has declared the nation a republic on the first anniversary of its declaration of independence from the United Kingdom. The...

I know it might not really change a lot but it seems that there are quite a few "what if x was fascist/communist" threads and there was a recent DBWI Mosley thread so I thought I might give this a go. Basically, how can you get Oswald Mosley to become a communist instead of a fascist? POD should...

I don’t know how this could be accomplished, but how could you get the Phoenicians and/or Carthaginians to establish a permanent presence, perhaps even colonies, in the British Isles? Could this be done using refugees from the Third Punic War?

The 5th century was marked as a period of turbulence for all of Europe, but let’s focus for a moment on Britain. The Roman Empire had established a direct presence on most of the isles since Claudius, subduing the local Celts and introducing Roman culture into the new province, with varying...

Okay, so I'm sure that most of you are familiar with Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg, where, after a syndicalist revolution breaks out in Britain due in part to their defeat in the Great War, the British government and the royal family fled to Canada. This scenario... isn't Kaiserreich. It...

Otl, I and many others, would argue the seeds of the pax britainica were sown by their victory of the seven years war, where France was thrown into massive instability after the loss of... all te money. All of it. Also it's colonies, that too. And then as it slowly recovered, it decided to blow...

Tabacalera Muerte Preface This TL explores the scenario of the Spanish Tabacco Monopoly failing due to the Pagans surviving and thriving, this is another version of my TL the Silent Revolt but more focused on the area I specified. This is basically another version of the Silent Revolt and...

Simple enough. Rewrite the Treaty of Versailles in a way that prevents the subsequent troubles that led to Hitler's rise to power.

Exactly what it says on the tin. Can a BIS Moonship conduct a manned Lunar landing before July 20th, 1969? Personally I think it’s possible, but then I am a member of BIS, so I may be a bit biased. For those of you who don’t know exactly what I’m talking about, here are some articles about the...

I know it seems unlikely and is incredibly controversial but I think that it should be brought up. Now when most people think of the american revolution they think of it as a precursor to Slave-owner Revolt of 1833 but in reality this isn't true at all. The United States of 1776 was very...

OTL, Christopher Columbus was rejected by the Portuguese and Spanish Crowns, who already had established the ability to go around the Cape of Good Hope. He's picked up by France, who didn't have the reach into North Africa spain enjoyed, and discovered Chesapeake, and France established missions...

Is there anyway that Louis XVI could keep his head and his power? I have to imagine something like this -No Marie Antoinette. Austria was despised and she was widely seen as a symbol of Austria trying to influence France. I don't know who would replace her though. Catherine the Great (and peter...

I've heard that one of the reasons for the success of the ICAC in Hong Kong and CPIB in Singapore were because of there good colonial institutions, so is there a possibility for an effective anti-corruption agency for the country where there institutions originated from?

Eisenhower threatened the 3 invading nations(France, UK, Isreal) with economic sanctions and persuaded the British and French to withdraw. Isreal also withdrew a bit later. I believe that the French would the have continued the operation had the British not called it quits and didn't feel...

OTL, after the German invasion of Poland, France briefly rushed the Rhine but nothing came of it and until Germany broke through Belgium, the war just... kinda wasn't happening. There were naval clashes, especially in the north sea due to Germany wanting scandinavian resources. This is because...

'Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour".' Your task is to make this a reality - have the British Empire last for one thousand years or more...

Otl, Germany, is one of the oldest powers in europe, holding the low countries down to the alps, as well as denmark for basically all of her history, and frequently having power in the Baltic, though it never lasted for more than a few years. They colonized neurort, tainolund, and most of...

The Alliance Falls in Blenheim The Triple French Attack Deciding the Battle of Blenheim In the midst of the battle, Clérambault remains calm about the persistent attacks on Blenheim, and does not dispatch the reserve battalions. With this, Cutts proceeds with the third attack on the village...