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Let's say Central Powers win in late Summer of 1918, as a result of multiple POD's( no USW, they go on with their tank projects, more competent Austria post-1916). They enforce fairly cliched peace treaty on France, with France having to surrender Briey-Longwy and Nancy-Moselle department, aka...

When reading or watching the general history about South Africa, I’ve read about the Great Trek, in which masses of Dutch Settlers from Cape Colony, called Boers, move further inland, and established various republics, like the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. The Question I’d...

I've read that for much of the Republic of China's history, starting sometime during the Warlord Era, there were many who wanted to bring about a new dynasty. Of course, there were two attempts at making China a monarchy again, but neither lasted very long. Let's say that someone succeeds at...

What I find interesting about the perception of Traditional Chinese Culture, is that many things people view as Chinese isn’t originally Chinese. Like how the Cheongsam, the changshan, and the Queue hairstyle, isn’t originally Chinese, those things were Manchu, which were brought because of the...

I'm working on a little AH side project - a military-centric TL, beginning four years after the POD. However, I've hit a bit of a roadblock: For fictional military characters, how high in rank can I get away with making them before it starts getting ridiculous and "interfering" with actual...

I’ve always had an interest in Royal lineages. About how different Royal houses rule different countries, and some inherited titles and kingdoms due to Marriages and Succession laws, like the Bourbons or the Habsburgs. But what I’m curious about, is, in the past, could the Monarch legally...

I know there were many "ethnic" organized crime groups in American history, especially those associated with "immigrant" demographics (which has, unfortunately, been both a consequence of and a rationale for discrimination against said demographics). Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans, and...

Oda Nobunaga. One of the most famous men during the Sengoku Jidai. From his home province, he manage to expand, and unify most of Japan, defeating the Azai, Asakura, the Ikko-Ikki, and the Takeda. He almost succeeded in unifying most of Japan, before he was assassinated at Honnō-ji, by Akechi...

Napoleon defeated the Coalition in 1806, at Austerlitz, and Francis II dissolved the Holy Roman Empire. I've heard, that Francis II dissolved the empire, because he didn't want Napoleon from becoming Holy Roman Emperor himself, so he dissolved it. But did Napoleon really want the title? He saw...

Cesare Borgia. One of the most famous men during the Italian Renaissance. To some, he was a evil man, who was part of an debauched Papal Family. To others, he was a complex, brilliant man, who was villainized by rival Italian families. And to another group, he was the Villain in Assassin's...

I've searched for PODs where the English keep their contintental holdings, but most of them involve England winning the 100y war, which would make them kings of France. IS there a possible pod where England does not form an ''Angevin'' Empire but still hold their continental French holdings...

So here is my question what if after a communist revolution in the late 60’s or 70’s America gives the minorities some autonomous zones within the country could we see a cult of personality develop around the leaders of the BPP in the black autonomous zone.

OTL, the British occupied the core parts of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia0 during the Napoleonic wars and considered annexing the Dutch East Indies outright. Assuming that for whatever reason this went through (well, whatever reason that isn't a Napoleonic victory, which is the best way for...

The ottoman harem is rather famous, as is the succession of the empire (i.e Sultan picks the best son, Best kills the rest when the time comes). The ottomans went the whole of their five hundred existence without a Sultana on the throne, which makes sense to be honest, for no other reason than...

What's the earliest that German unification could have happened?

While I was aware of the White Ship Disaster, it wasn't until today when I decided to read up on it that I learned there was a single survivor: a butcher named Berold of Rouen. I'd been under the impression that when the White Ship had gone down everyone aboard had perished! Does anyone know...

There are many who believe that, with the benefit of hindsight, we can tell when a nation's fall became inevitable. But there's almost always debate on exactly when things became bad enough that recovery was impossible. I've heard a lot of debates about this when it comes to a whole number of...

After rereading 'Es Geloybte Aretz' I want to know how the Empire would go had Bismarck done his thing for even longer? Would conflict with Britain be more unlikely, how would the political Climate at home have gone? Would WW1 still be inevitable or would we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of...

What do you guys think might be interesting Early Islam PODs?

How far could Cesare Borgia have gotten? Could he have achieved significantly more than he did IOTL?