postwar

What British colonies were actually profitable in the postwar world? Obviously profits are not all direct — plenty of benefit to the metropole can be had via trade, resource extraction…etc. even if the state itself is making little revenue. But had the UK tried to decolonize “strategically” to...

I found this article recently talking about the causes of the Baby Boom, and it basically says that the main causes were the adoption of new appliances, better healthcare, and rising homeownership. Basically, it says that the causes were mainly unrelated to WW2, and that it was already beginning...

Hi! Time for some food AH! For those who don't know, British Restaurants were these community kitchens run by the local councils during WW2 to provide cheap food to people. They were fairly popular and sucessful, most of them even turning a profit, and remained operating as "Civic Restaurants"...

The Governorate of Russian north America was occupied by the United Kingdom during the great war. When the February revolt brought Russia out of the war the United Kingdom symbolically returned to Columbia and returned the governorate to the new republic. However, when the October revolution...

Hello everyone, perhaps I am a bit pedantic with the topic since most of my publications have revolved around that topic, but today I would like to see something deeper instead of the classic discussions about a victory of the central powers, about their possible peace or how the PCs could...

Hello all, So, back in the late 1940s (shortly after World War II), there was a fringe political party in Italy called the Italian Unionist Movement, which had the goal of joining the US as a state. It was hoped that this would strengthen both nations, and that the US would become a world...

The Volkswagen Beetle is possibly one of the most iconic and influential cars of all time. What started as one of Adolf Hitler's pet projects became the second best-selling car in history, launching Volkswagen to become one of the largest automakers in the world, and (before Dieselgate at least)...

Alright guys, this is my first timeline. I have a rough outline for what I'd like to do, but I'd like feedback, both on the concept and on what I have so far. POD: 1944. Tories realize that the coalition isn't going to continue after the war, and start working on an actual alternative domestic...

This timeline is going to focus on union between the Scandinavian countries formed in the aftermath of a slightly different second world war in which Sweden is also invaded by Germany along with Denmark and Norway. (Finland might join after the Cold War is over but I am getting ahead of myself)...

September 8th, 1939 Manila, Philippines 6:18 AM September 8th was a day that began much like any other, and a date after which nothing would be the same. The sun rose over Manila. Old men in barong tagalogs opened their small shops, and every tita hung her washing, much like any other day...

So, handwave an ATL into a UN victory in the Korean War. Maybe Mao chooses not to intervene, what have you. Korea is unified under a western-aligned regime. What are the overall effects on world politics? Would the UN's Security Council be strengthened in power? Would the Sino-Soviet Split be...

Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a leader in the anti-Nazi "Confessing Church," was imprisoned by the Nazis for complicity in the July 20th assassination plot. However, for various reasons, he wasn't actually executed till 9 April 1945 - only a few weeks before the war ended. What if he survived...

The big three meets in Yalta, and discusses the future postwar development of Europe. Americans are very needy for Soviet support in Asia, and are very uninterested regarding future of Europe. For the Soviets, the goal was to press as far west as possible. However Churchill was to have none of...

Suppose Operation Downfall happens and the four-power partition of Japan commenced,but the KMT still loses the mainland China and withdrew to Formosa AND Shikoku. Could the KMT realistically keep Shikoku and probably enforce Sinicization?What name they could use for the island?What resources...