samoa

Operation FS, the Japanese invasion of the South Pacific islands, will likely always be the most ambitious military campaign ever attempted. The plan demanded that thousands of Japanese soldiers be transported as far as 7500km away from their home bases, to capture several islands including one...

What are the best POD for the people in the Pacific islands to adopt Hinduism or Buddhism as their religions? Syncretic versions are also accepted.

What if there was an actual naval clash between British, US, and German Naval Forces during the first Samoan War in 1889? This would be been a very "interesting" three-way war, as each nation was backing a separate Samoan faction to get control of the islands. Each of the powers may have taken...

What if instead of going to the United States, the German portion of Samoa was instead given to Britain? What would be needed for this to be plausible? Would Britain unite the Samoas (which leads to a United Independent Samoa after decolonisation) or not? What effect would a United Samoa...

What if the United States ceded the Territory of American Samoa to the Independent State of Samoa? What would the reason for this be? What would the effects be of this?