ww2

Japan surrenders to the United States, ending World War 2. Japan abolishes it's dictatorship and becomes democratic and modernizes. Capitalism is introduced. But what if in an ATL Japan certainly becomes Capitalist and modernizes, but remains Authoritarian, with serious human rights abuses...

I'm thinking about making a timeline in which the 1930s balance of power is to some extent maintained. My thought is that the basic POD would be something along the lines of the Marco Polo Bridge incident not happening, or being successfully deescalated. (How likely would this be?) The secondary...

During ww2, the Wehrmacht went through the Ardesne forest after noticing a lack of defense. In reality, this had been a bait to lure the germans in, and just beyond the gap was a british contingent, and much of the army dedicated to dealing with the WAllies was defeated as a result of the...

Chapter 1: Unternehmen Weitsprung Soviet Embassy in Tehran, Iran 29 November 1943, 11.04 General Secretary Joseph Stalin entered the room, looking at President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill as he greeted them and sat down on the chair. The looks the three men exchanged reflected...

What it says on the tin. Just try to make the USSR less reliant on the LL, reduced casualties and losses. Time frame: 1st Sept 1939 to 22nd June 1941.

Rereading a book on British codebreaking activities in the Far East, I was reminded that somewhere, sometime, I came across a conspiracy theory that Churchill was aware of the Japanese plan to attack Pearl Harbour - but deliberately let the US be surprised. I can't confirm this and think it...

Let’s say Stalin doesn’t invade Finland, could the country avoid being dragged into WW2 even during Operarion Barbarossa?

I just watched "The Imitation Game" again, and I wondered how important the deciphering of german encryption devices like ENIGMA and LORENZ actually was to the Allied war efforts. A popular thesis among some historians is that it might have shortened the war by as much as two years (some go as...

One of the recurring weakness of Japan I always saw mentioned in the WW2 threads is the weakness of its' logistic preventing or making very difficult operations such as a landing on Ceylon or Midway (after an hypothetical victory) or even just providing adequate supplies to its' troop on the...

Surrender Is Death! 投降就是死亡！ Tóuxiáng jiùshì sǐwáng! An Alternate WW2 Sino Japanese War TL Flag of the Republic of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek Author's Note: Surrender is Death is an alternate history scenario that primarily takes place in an alternate version of the Second Sino...

OTL, Japan was sorta the 'token evil teammate' in the Allies during WW2. Dictatorial, but not genocidal. Their moves in China were retroactively justified when Cheng joined the Tripartite pact after minimizing the communists. Part of it is that Japan's armies had been deployed to put down...

The opposite of the US concentrates on heavy tanks. Instead of building Tigers and Panthers, Germany concentrates on the cheaper and smaller TDs. No tanks or TDs bigger than a Panzer IV. I think it might help them late war when they are more on the defense than offense. There would be more...

The Eagle Flies: A Fascist America The Grand Banner The Great Eagle "Know ye, beloved, that in the beginning man had no image by physical body. Intellect was. Man was created Spirit by Spirit. Know ye that intellect sought flesh for a purpose. Spirit as spirit hath no identity; only after...

Assuming this is a CP victory since it would obviously be ASB to do it along the likes of OTL. Does Edward and Wallace charm Oswald Mosely and his cronies or are they ousted like the German monarchy IOTL.

Kaiser Whilhelm the second is regarded as a poor leader of Germany under many regards. The Kaiser following the war tried to become king of Prussia and not Germany; however he found Germany and Prussia were one united country. He soon abdicates after. What if, in this alternate world; the...

To start this timeline off, i'd like to point out that this is my first discussion ever. I welcome collaboration from anyone knowledgeable on these topics; let us begin. Nazism was like a fire, it burned hot but was snuffed out quickly. So to begin this discussion, I must go into some...

WW2 had a great many naval participants but many of these navies didn't achieve as much as they had the potential to. With a POD after February 6, 1922 (Washington Naval Treaty), create the best plausible navy for an OTL WW2 combatant. The only thing set in stone is WW2 still breaking out...

Hello and welcome to my first try at a timeline! :) Why should I care? Because I think I have a great story ahead and it’ll hopefully be an interesting read. “Hopefully” being the operative word. Anyways, I expect to post about roughly once a week with a new update. No one ever accused you...

This timeline is an alternate history about a weakness Soviet Union, and with it, a different 20th century. The point of divergence is The German army managing to sorround Moscow with much of the Soviet political structure being murdred. Nikita Kruschev is given control of the Soviet...

Chapter 1 In the mid-1920s Britain was an evolving country. The great war had brought about the end of old attitudes and had brought forth a better, and equal British society. But despite this, politicians and nationalists were not happy, not in the least. British economy was no longer the...