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(Ooc: this TL, Alexander II's son Nicholas doesnt die from illness, and so he becomes Nicholas II. This prevents Alexander III's reactionary and absolute rule and whatnot) The Russian Empire had a magnificent 20th Century. Russia managed to properly industrialize most of siberia, and over his...

In 1918, the Bolshevik army assassinated the Romanov family, the former royal family of Russia. However, due to his young age and fearing for their image, they spared the youngest son of the family, Alexei, who suffered from hemophilia. He was, however, forced to watch his family's execution...

Otl, France and Britain shut down Adolf Hitler's attempts to remilitarize the Rhine in violation of the treaty of versailles. Hitler was removed from power and France directly took the Rhineland this time. Britain and France continued on rebuilding until 1940, when the Soviets invaded. While...

What if Qusay had not overthrown his father Saddam in 2002? What would have been the changes for Iraq and the Middle East?

Otl, the Visogoths managed to repulse the Umaayads from Iberia, thus keeping it Christian. But what if they failed, and Iberia fell to invaders? Could a christian state emerge in the mountainous north, ala the Kingdom of Tangiers in northern Morocco? What would the ramifications be? Ooc: the...

So during Middle Ages there was a Slavic political entity known as a kingdom of Poland in Eastern Europe. It was founded by Mieszko I and dissolved during the rule of William I Habsburg (married to Hedwig d'Anjou), who lost control over northern parts of country (Greater Poland, Cuyavia) which...

Lions Crown is a neat webcomic I recently read about a world where Napoleon lost at Leipzig, and this led to the French empire spiraling out of his hands over the next few years, in no small part because the russian tsar was brave enough to leave the continental system and France lost 80k men...

After the crash of the Hindenburg the Zeppelin industry lost a lot of popularity. Especially with its association with Germany during WW2. But after the war the industry eventually revived as the main delivery method for low priority packages and as a luxury transportation method. But what would...

As colonialism in the New World faded, most of the newly independent nations became monarchies, as in the Old World. There were notable exceptions, of course, but monarchism by and large carried the day. But what if most of the New World's states were republics?

OTL, Spain has long been the greatest power of Europe. Despite being forged in the fires of la reconquista, it maintained the relative religious tolerance that muslim iberia held. This gave it the edge in manpower to compete with the other big boys, and it established strong loyalty to the king...

In the context of the end of WW2, Yugoslavia's President Josip Broz Tito carried out massive population transfers within the country modeling what happened in the rest of Europe like the 14 million Germans expelled from Eastern and Central Europe, the Hungarians from Romania and the Poles from...

Otl, America was the great haven during the great war, and didnt enter, as Germany promised (and fulfilled) compensation for the lusitania incident, and the Zimmerman telegram was immediately thought to be a desperate British hoax. And so, September 9th, mere months after Russia's early...

(OOC: based on this excellent AAR subcontinental subtleties) As everyone knows, the 19th century was a period of intense turmoil in Hindustan. Indeed, the Sikhs only stole India from the Brits by the skin of their teeth. Of course it could have gone the other way too, if not for the expertise of...

On November 4th 1995 PM Yitzhak Rabin was almost assainated in Tel Aviv by Yigal Amir. Fortunately the gun got jammed and didn't fire. What if Rabin had been killed? How would Israel change with such an event?

When Carthage fell, its nearby rival Utica, a Roman ally, was made capital of the region and replaced Carthage as the leading center of Punic trade and leadership. It had the advantageous position of being situated on the outlet of the Bagrada River, Numidia's only river that flowed all year...

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...

OTL, Brazil is easily the most successful former colony in the americas. With Napoleonic victory in Europe, Latin America received constant immigration from Italy, Spain, and Portugal while the homelands were in crisis. But only Brazil got a strong, competent government, royal treasury, and...

OTL, Julius Ceasar was a semi-obscure governor and general, who conquered most of gaul' major areas, and all of Britainia. He was extremely popular with his men and Rome as a whole, but he never was able to go for a second consulship, as he was killed in an expedition to Caeledonia. Britannia...

After 13 years under the British rule the quebecois rebelled shortly after the 13 american colonies did against the British Empire. But what if they hadn't? How would the United States, Quebec and Canada look like today? Could the American revolution have won without the quebecois rebellion?

Today, the Byzantine Empire (also known as the Kingdom of Rhomanoi), is a world player, with a seat on the UN Security Council. It is widely considered the most powerful state in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, stretching from the Danube in the west to the Euphrates in the east. Although it...