lusitania

  1. Kaiser of Brazil

    What if it was known the Lusitania carried ammunition?

    At the time of the sinking, the Lusitania shocked the American public and was pivotal to make the opinion of the American people become more Pro-Entente than ever. So much so that it's argued the Unrestricted Submarine Warfare in 1915 was suspended following the sinking due to the fears the...
  2. Alias_The_J

    WI: Lusitania Ammunition Detonation in NY Harbor?

    The May 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania is a minor, yet important, reason for the entry of the US into WWI in 1917. The reason for the sinking was Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare; that is, the Germans were attacking any trading partners. The Lusitania, despite being a cruise liner...
  3. Bomster

    No Lusitania, No Zimmerman

    If somehow both the sinking of the Lusitania and the sending of the Zimmerman Telegram were both avoided, would US entry into the Great War be butterflied or delayed? If American entry into the war is avoided or delayed, how does this affect the overall war. Without the hope of American entry...
  4. Development of the Iberian peninsula without Rome

    In a scenario without a successful Rome how would the pre roman peoples of the Iberian peninsula develop? For the sake of this scenario we could say that that Rome could be abandoned after its sack by the gauls in 390 BC.
  5. AltoRegnant

    WI: America Entered Right After The Lusitania?

    OTL, despite it being the most commonly cited reason for american entry, America didn't get involved in the Great War until over a year later with the zimmerman telegram. But say that there were no weapons on the boat and more americans died, and american outrage was far stronger than otl...
  6. Cheer

    Lusitania Doesn't Sink

    I've been watching the Smithsonian documentary on the Lusitania and it got me wondering: what if the U-boat still fired, but the torpedo did not sink it? A shot from that distance, according to the documentary, had never hit. Anything could have gone awry in the shot. What would have happened if...
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