ww1

So somehow the Western Front is lost after the USA joins up with the Entente (Caporetto goes even more horrifically wrong, earlier Brest-Litovsk, the Spring Offensive steals all of the Nazi's 1940 luck, ect) and the Central Powers ultimately win out in France and Italy. What would be the US...

That Belgium was badly unprepared in 1914 is hardly a secret. Its field forces were ill equipped, desperately short of artillery and machine guns, and only sparsely officered. War plans were thin to the point of barely existing, and mobilization schemes existed in a half-baked state of disarray...

Otl, after the abuses of the gilded age went on too long and for too little reform to be made, socialists all across America rose in revolution against the old system in 1899. Despite large numbers of volunteers from abroad, the revolutionaries won the day, and the old government capitulated...

After the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in May 1915, the United States Congress declared war on Germany. This marked the entry of America into the European war. But President Woodrow Wilson nearly avoided this by trying to seek a settlement with Germany. What if cooler heads had prevailed, and...

The 20th Century, even before the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, was full of points for the world to burst. In 1905, Kaiser Wilhelm II supported Moroccan independence, angering France and Britain, but eventually a diplomatic solution was reached. But what if negotiations broke down, and the...

Challenge here today is to make it so that these countries are allied or at least friendly towards each other by 1900 (I'm of course referring to the Russian Empire and German Empire when I mean Germany and Russia). Bonus points if you could get this to happen before or just after the...

As far as I understand, Germany in ww1 possibly wanted a Belgian puppet state after ww1, but also direct control over some of the eastern parts of Belgium, Liege especially. Assuming a victory in which France and Belgium more or less is at Germany's mercy, how likely would it be for Germany to...

As opposed to the role the British royal family played in shaping the UK’s “brand” and pop culture during the 20th century, to what degree of importance would the Hohenzollerns, Wittelsbachs and even Habsburgs be held had Germany won World War 1? You may consider any scenario other than a “home...

Is what it says on the tin, what if Germany remained on the defensive on the west and focused on Russia. Tensions between the USA and British Empire increase for whatever reason so you two major separate wars. What could be the implications of this?

Scenario: Germany sees greater success at the first Battle of the Marne in 1914, hurting the supply of the Entente enough to allow German success and then subsequent peace in mid-late 1916 with France/Britain. This leads to a reduced colonial France that turns reactionary/revanchist during the...

If WW1 is avoided, meaning no 1917 revolution ever occurs, how much longer could the Russian Monarchy last in the Russian empire? Would they be able to adapt to survive to modern day?

So there were a couple interesting posts over in this thread: So let's assume that things go as per OTL up to the point where the US decided to enter, and in TTL, the US stays out. Let's say there's no Zimmerman Telegram and that this is enough to make Wilson do his utmost to keep his...

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What if the US didn't join ww1 but Germany is still defeated? Not too unlikely since the biggest contribution the US made to the war was economic anyways. How does this change the treaty of Versailles? Obviously no league of nations, but without the 14 points national self-determination will...

Otl, America was the great haven during the great war, and didnt enter, as Germany promised (and fulfilled) compensation for the lusitania incident, and the Zimmerman telegram was immediately thought to be a desperate British hoax. And so, September 9th, mere months after Russia's early...

What if there was no WW1 or equivalent war in the 20th century? despite the improbability of it. How would this affect the (inevitable) fall of the European empires? would this delay it or speed it up. Without the brutal reality of WW1 how would this affect the European mindset towards war?. My...

What is this? Thank you for asking. The general plan is that I might have another go at writing a TL after the last one rather ground to a halt (it was not very good anyway – a lot of people have written a lot better WW1 at sea TL than I can). So what is the POD? Well I still need to do some...

This one is pretty obscure but interesting to me. So in 1914, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Serbian nationalists called the Black Hand. Austria was outraged and with support from Germany, threatened war if they couldnt investigate. Russia was mad Austria was acting in the Balkans without...

The various nationalities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had already been showing signs of tension and autonomy-desire even before Austria-Hungary's entrance into WWI. However, what if these tensions somehow built up to the point of meaningful calls for national independence before the outbreak...

With a POD of either early or late July, what are some things that the Germany and Austria-Hungary could have done to best prepare for the coming war and how much of an affect would it have on the war itself, diplomacy, and the resulting historiography? Some preliminary ideas... Early July...