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What if the maps of post war Europe were redrawn differently? What if the Central powers were punished less harshly? As we learned in school, this is what Europe ended up looking like at the end of the war: This map forgot that Britain owned India, but it’s mostley correct. OOC: I saw this on...

I'm making this post to gauge interest in a timeline that opens up with the question of, namely, what if Austria-Hungary had performed better in 1914- making key decisions like stifling Hötzendorf's indecision and committing to fight the Russians first and foremost, and appointing such competent...

Just a little thread for some speculation. We rarely talk about CP victory worlds*, long after history went off the rails. Sure, we can extrapolate what happens in the 20s, 30s and maybe even the 40s but everything beyond that feels really alien to us. OTLs post-war period shaped the world...

I've noticed a lot of people create threads based on their major TLs, so I've decided to post my maps for TOH here as well as some history of versions I have as backups. (I also just wanted something to put on my signature). I might even make flags and graphics, but don't get too exited. The...

I've been reading some articles and online content about the performance of General Hubert Gough, the commander of the BEF's Fifth Army and his command and actions in the led and up and through the German Spring 1918 offensive. If Gough was removed from Fifth Army command by January 1918 in...

As the title says, what if the Austro-Hungarians adopt English as the command language in their common army? Let's say, it happen somewhere between 1890 and 1900. What are your thoughts? How does it influence the military performance and Austria-Hungary in general?

Not!Central Powers: TTL: Anglo-Scottish Empire = OTL: Austro-Hungarian Empire TTL: Scandinavian Empire = OTL: German Empire TTL: Iberian Empire = OTL: Ottoman Empire TTL: Normandy = OTL: Bulgaria Not!Entente Powers: TTL: Germany = OTL: France TTL: United Kingdom (of Switzerland, France, and...

What do you think the peace terms should be for the peace treaty of WW1 if the Entente lost and the central powers won? There doesn't have to be a POD to set this (but you can add your own POD if you want to), just an idea of what the treaty could look like in your opinion.

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Static fortifications became significantly less important after gunpowder and especially so after the end of WW1. However they still obviously had strategic uses. What's the most important place and time that a particular line of fortifications could possibly be in the 20th century? How long...

The War of 1914 At the outbreak of the War of 1914, the German armies were organized into a right wing, a center, and a left wing. The right consisted of the First, Second, and Third armies; the center consisted of the Fourth and Fifth armies; and the left consisted of the Sixth and Seventh...

This is not a thread about teritorial changes after a central powers victory. I would like to know how live would be. Would english still be the dominant language? Could Babelsberg replace Hollywood? After ww1 a lot of republics had been proclaimed and women got the right to vote. How would this...

I tried to discuss this in the fandom thread in regard to the alternate world of an anime film which takes place in an Alternate History European Nation (likely Germany/France) where both world wars never happened. I was fascinated by the concept of a world like that. Because World War I and II...

I have read basically all the threads about the world wars not happening posted in this site and one thing I noticed is that they are mostly focused on the great powers (quite understandable obviously). Now I want to talk with you about the effects of no or severely delayed world wars in neutral...

Given the massive material superiority of the Entente the POD(s) for a non-phyrric CP victory have to happen prior to the war or in the early war. The factor that decides the war in my oppinion is the interplay between British mobilization and French exhaustion. There was a window of...

So, I'm working on an alternate history novel. If Ireland gained independence way early (I'm not precise on when, but before the Irish Potato Famine), how unlikely is it that WW1 similar to as we know it (with the German Empire, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, etc) would occur? I mean...

During WWI, in the Eastern front, the Germans launched the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive in 1915 that resulted in an event known as the "Great Retreat" where the Russians fled Poland to establish a better defense around west Belarus and Ukraine. But what if they failed to create a defensive line in...

Okay so hear me out: we all know that the Austro-hungarian army was rather ineffective during WW1. Could the resources used by Austro-Hungary be used better? What I'm thinking about is a Central powers compromised of a Grossdeutschland which is German Empire + Austria + Bohemian crown and a...

I mean, it's more logical than the vanilla Victorious-Kaiserreich-Helps-the-Whites scenario; after all, why would they help the folks they've been fighting for the past four years? It makes more sense from a strategical PoV; a White Russia would only have one thing to focus on: take back Eastern...

Lets assume a scenario where the Brussilov Offensive never happens. Instead we see pointless and costly offensives against the German sectors. Basically a string of Lake Naroch Offensives. The Tsar and his demoralized military are convinced that the war is unwinnable and sue for peace...