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So earlier this month was the 30th anniversary of the first free elections in Poland since the start of the communist regime, which led to the end of the communist regime, and there were a bunch of articles about it. One of those articles...

What if Disney's America was built as planned in Virginia? How could this be accomplished? What would the consequences be? Would it succeed?

This is essentially a spiritual successor to my Top Locomotives Never Built thread. Only now with museums ranging in subject from art to railroads or even video games. Go nuts.

To celebrate and remember the chaotic nature of history I would like to have a discussion about all the many times in history that somebody in power made a dumb or irrational decision, and what would have happened if he or she had taken the more rational route. My definition of an irrational...

Just a note that AHF website offers free, no obligation listings for authors in alternate history and near genres http://www.alternate-history-fiction.com/how-to-join-ahf.pdf Authors get as fully-featured a listing as possible, e.g. newest listing for William C. Dietz...

AHF Magazine is dedicated to the wider genre of alternate history, and features fiction in the genre, and near-genres, as well as articles on writing. Poetry in a variety of genres is featured. AHF Magazine issue 5 has a lead story by Tyler Bugg, as well as fiction by Alvaro Rossi, Andrew J...

Lafayette's Choice: The Story of the Federal Kingdom of America Fireworks over the Ivory Palace during a 4th of July festival in Philadelphia. Prologue It had only been 242 years since the day 56 men, determined to stick a finger in the eye of British colonialism, signed a series of...

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My friend is being incredibly persistent that the South-Eastern Border of the Reich was supposed to stop at the Ural River.... However, I cannot find any source for this- not even where he told me it was supposed to be (Mein Kampf). However, doing a search for the Ural River and Nazi comes up...

In 1920, Congress passed the Esch-Cummins Act. This Act (officially called the Transportation Act of 1920) not only returned the railroads back to the private sector from USRA control during WWI, but it also instructed the Interstate Commerce Commission to create a plan to consolidate the...

Point of Divergence ... One of the greatest love stories in the world is that of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. Born in Agra, India, Mumtaz was betrothed to Shah when she was thirteen and five years later they were married. When Shah met Mumtaz, it was a love match, which is rare in any royal...

Everyone likes a good laugh. And History always has it's best things that make us laugh. But combine History + memes = BEST THING EVER. So what are your favorite History memes? (Also put down one of your favorite Alternate history memes) Mine is this...

What if Poland took Germany's place?

So I have participated in this year's MUN of my school and the committee I have joined is European Conglomerate. The committee is set during World War 1. The committee does not follow the actual timeline or war. The date is the 27th of June, 1914. Representatives from the major powers in Europe...

I've seen the Civil War thread and I think this could also be a good idea. I'd say MacArthur as the "American Führer" Post your b̶e̶s̶t̶ worst clichés

We start with my earliest good map that I made The Legacy of Cyril and Methodius Dragowitids , Cyril and Methodius Dragovit, in 789, was forced to pledge loyalty to the Franks and surrender hostages. Among others, Dragovit was also forced to pay a tribute and accept the influence of...

Do you guys know webpages where to find hundreds of PODs? Better if those are of the ancient era. If you can tell me some okay, but I need a lot

Note: I explicitly asked @Ace009 if I could create my own planning thread. I am not plagiarizing as my TL will revolve around the Cold War from 1948 to the 1990s. This story is going to be an alternate history of the cold war. I have many ideas for the TL but I wanted to get the community's...

I mean, a survival of the Roman Empire, but a lot smaller in area and power. POD before the final division of the Roman Empire in East and West. Roman culture must survive too, and an overseas empire in the 1600s-1900s as France or England could also be accepted

János Arany, 19th century Hungarian poet wrote a trilogy of epic poems about the 14th century Hungarian knight, Miklós Toldi. The last part of the trilogy, Toldi Estéje "Toldi's Night" takes place at the very end of the 14th century, the titular character is an old man, months before his death...