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Can you help me realize these events in an alternate timeline I’m making to help with its plausibility? (My confidence in this fluctuates in regards to what I want to summarize in the story.) - A sadistic member of the Gestapo, goes into hiding in Argentina along with four other fugitives...

Alternate history is a fun idea. Trying to map out the PODs, the changes in a timeline, and the butterfly effects that could cause in history. However, at the end of the day, alternate history is merely fiction, and sometimes in fiction, it's up the writer to decide what happens. Now, this is a...

As we all know, Rare was a huge supporter of Nintendo during the days of the SNES and N64, and really only made 2 games for the Sega Genesis(Battletoads and Battletoads/Double Dragon). But, what if Rare was a close partner for Sega instead of Nintendo, and how could this affect both Sega and...

Often in this forum, it is discussed just how much the Romans hated King's, while this is the popular opinion on this website: how much did the Romans, or to be specific, the lower-class citizens', hate the idea of King truly? History While it is a popular saying that Victor writes history...

Planning to start a personal Alt-history scenario which includes Britain as a central power, and just wanted some thoughts on what might happen if they ended up losing, as almost every UK central power scenario or discussion entails them winning. So, in a WW1 scenario in which the ending...

Originally I was going to ask 'What if the Toyotomi Clan survived into the Edo Period', but I felt like I should ask this question before as it could be important to context the hindsight. For those who want context: The Toyotomi Clan was a Japanese clan during the Sengoku Jidai, founded by...

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So guys, like most people here, my intro drug to Alternate History was in the famous Axis Victory hypothetical and began going in deeper through various Kaissereich victorious scenarios and a running theme in both is eventually a German nuclear program that (eventually) yields a devise, no pun...

Let's say for the sake of argument that the Western Roman Empire was able to not only survive but last in some capacity until the modern day (at least inside Italy) and the Eastern Empire falls sometime around the same time as the WRE in OTL. What impact might this have on European history and...

Whenever there’s a thread about Cold War Royal Navy Carriers the following points are always brought up: 1) CVA’s are argued as missed opportunity, but with an acknowledgement they were a mess 2) the Malta’s are offered as alternative, but (mostly) disregarded as an idea best suited for service...

During the Sengoku Jidai of Japan, lots of prominent clans rose up, amassing so much power during the time of chaos. Famous figures like Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Shigen, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Chosokabe Motochika, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose to power and made their clan names known through history. Yet...

Whenever I study history, it always fascinates me. Societies formed, empires and kingdoms rose and fell, and people made decisions that culminate change the course of history. However, there are some moments in history, where something that seemed so built up, only to never culminate, whether...

Welcome to the thread, the goal here is to try and outline the real history of pre colonial Australia and to discuss potential avenues for alternative history and the challenges there-in. Before we begin in earnest I would like to note I have read the Lands of Red & gold and enjoyed it, but that...

As we know, the Norse were great seafarers, sailing from the Baltic to the North Sea, all the way to Greenland. They also made it to Americas, mostly around modern Newfoundland, or as they possibly called it, Vinland. However, this didn't last long, as Norse settlement disappeared, possibly due...

In the long history of the world, there are many clashes and battles that are almost legendary. The Battle of Thermopylae, the Battle of Zama, the Battle of Tours to name a few. All these battles are that legendary in history. However, there are battles that could've occurred, but never did...

Alternate history is more of a thought experiment and storytelling. To theorize what could've happened had certain PODs were different. In best cases, the Alternate History Timeline tries to be logical and realistic, trying to create a timeline that could theoretically happen with specific PODs...

Marriages between royal families has been a long and varied history. Back then, marriages were mostly for political means, making Royal families respective nations closer. On rare occasions, a monarch might marry for genuine love, even if it means the disapproval of everyone else. On even rarer...

There was a quote in The Newsroom in "The 112th Congress" the that always stuck out to me and I am surprised to not find this being discussed here: Would that have been plausible for a commercial free evening news? And if so, what effect would that have, especially on public media? Also, since...

Ideas or strategies or plans sounds usually good on paper. In most cases in history, there are plans or strategies or ideas that work out for the best, that live on in the history books. We're not talking about those moments. Instead, we're going to look at moments where ideas or plans or...

So, we're all familiar with the Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. If not, to overgeneralize it, the Partitions of Poland is when the powers of the Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Monarchy divided the once mighty Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on three...