cold war

Hello everyone, and welcome to a brand new adventure. While we wait for my next large scale project, Horizon, I began to wonder about a new project, and a new story - one that takes us not to space (Right away, at least), but the bottom of the ocean. Scorpion’s Tale is a story of Cold War...

What if the People's Republic of China was taken more seriously and a bigger threat than the Soviet Union and the WARPAC ? Could have it happened? What if there wasn't a thaw between China and the USA?

What if the German Basic Law adopted in 1949 would have allowed the Bundesländer to decide their own form of government and consequently Bavaria would have restored its monarchy? I read the idea of Wittelsbach restoration was very popular at the time, and it only didn't materialise because of...

In May of 1946, a Constitutional Referendum was presented to the French electorate, featuring reforms such as greatly expanding the power of the Assembly, abolishing the Senate, and more. The Yes side was backed by the Communists and SFIO, who failed to run a unified campaign. The No side was...

Let’s say industrial production generally used much more inefficient and CO2 producing processes in the early early years of industrialization. The mass production of more potent green house gases becomes more common place such as Nitric Oxide and Fluorinated gases in areas like agriculture...

Argentina's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands goes back centuries, but the 1982 invasion of the islands by Argentina's Junta was largely motivated by a desire to stir up patriotic sentiment to distract from domestic unrest. What would it have taken to prevent the Junta making this...

In OTL, Robert Welch is remembered for having been an inflammatory and conspiratorial anti-communist who founded the ”John Birch Society“ back in ‘58 and said numerous insane things like Eisenhower being a communist, The Civil Rights movement being a ploy by The Soviet Union to create a “Soviet...

How would the initial and later Cold War mutate if he was President ? How Japan would be dealt with? Would NATO still be considered necessary to be created? Would the Stalin note be accepted? What would happen to Vietnam? What would happen in the Trieste crisis? What about Egypt in 1952 ?

Kennedy had plently of health problems, so I was wondering what could kill him before or after 1963. Any thoughts?

I am thinking of a scenario in which after the Japanese empire has fallen, Manchukuo never was annexed back into China and then invades outer Manchuria thanks to a sufficiently strategic leader. The part I would like to discuss is that after years of spectacular development, this new Manchu...

What wpuld have happened if Germany was divided on the elbe and Saale into French and Russian satellite state How would this affect the balance of power in Europe, Great Game, Russian internal politics, British empire's survival, Future growth of France, American Foriegn policy and military size...

Hello, my name is 4449Boi, welcome to my thread of this Alternate history saga, 45 Year Reich and Wolves of the South. If you have any questions, feel free to drop a comment. This series takes place from 1945 to 2025.

Title. What would be the long-term ramifications of a Soviet-aligned Israel on the web of political alliances in the Middle East? How would the nascent Jewish state's alignment with the Soviet Union affect its public image in the West, and how would it reflect on Jewish politics in Israel as...

Supposing that the tensions that led to WW1 still exist but there's no spark to set everything on fire, would it be possible for there to be an atmosphere similar to that of the Cold War, with poison gas taking the place of nuclear weapons?

I find it confusing to what could happen Afghanistan if the Soviets never had withdrawn. And I have read these threads https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/war-on-terror-with-a-surviving-ussr.132355/ and...

Hey all! Let's start things off! Cuban soldiers in occupied territory setting up perimeter defenses. The Cubans used multiple varieties of structures for ad hoc garrisons such as college campuses, summer camps and warehouses. This group is setting up near the cabins of a seaside tourist...

Hugo Borghi is one of the many obscure historical figures who could've become far more prominent had they been just a little bit luckier. A landowner from the interior of São Paulo who benefited from a very profitable relationship with the Estado Novo dictatorship - which led, following its end...

In this timeline, the USSR end up being less controlling of their satellite states in Europe. The Soviets don't remove Imre Nagy from power in Hungary leading them to avoid the Hungarian Revolution. Soviet leadership also decides to make a compromise with Czechoslovakia and does not invade them...

Instead of the unpopulated suburb, the plume of anthrax spores goes the other direction directly over the city of Yekaterinburg killing tens perhaps even hundreds of thousands. So this is essentially Chernobyl 7 years early, except a million times worse caused by the Soviet offensive biowarfare...

Mao Zedong's family photo, with his son Mao Anying standing at the center. 25 November 1950 Despite being the Chairman's favorite son, Mao Anying (毛岸英) did not choose to spend his days idly on the home front, far away from the horrors of war. Instead, he had volunteered to serve in the Korean...