ww2

I became a fan of alternate history many years ago. Turtledove was a major reason for me becoming interested in the genre, with his Southern Victory and his Worldwar series being the ones that really drew me in. But there was one collection of stories that introduced me to the concept of...

Challenge here is to create a WW2 where the great land powers of Germany, Russia and China fight the great maritime powers of USA, UK and Japan. Basically an Elephant vs a Whale. What happens in this war and who wins?

What if America decided to ally with Germany and Japan during the 1930s and World War II against Britain, France, and the Soviet Union? What circumstances would make that work? The first contingency is that the Confederacy cannot win the Civil War and drive America into German hands decades...

What if America decided to ally with Germany and Japan during the 1930s and World War II against Britain, France, and the Soviet Union? What circumstances would make that work? The first contingency is that the Confederacy cannot win the Civil War and drive America into German hands decades...

Had France fought on in Algeria in 1940 (and eventually won), keeping a butterfly net until 1945, how would things have changed regarding Algerian independence? Would France have been much more likely to keep Algeria due to its new place in French cultural consciousness, demographic change, and...

In late stages of WWII, I've heard that Hitler had digestive problems along with other health issues which turned him into a vegetarian. But what if he was vegan way before 1939? How would that impact his health and would that possibly change his personality and attitude that made him more...

What are the differences between the ammunitions and parts of Japan and America’s aforementioned guns? Also, are there any sources for the Japanese 40 Type 89 guns? The Wiki doesn’t cooperate with me right now.

What if the German spies had accessed the blueprints of Bob Semple tanks in New Zealand and are impressed as how they could possibly consume less fuel since that's what Germany lacked during WW2 and as a result, the Germans then mass produce the tanks and use it for the invasion of the Soviet...

Otl, France and Britain shut down Adolf Hitler's attempts to remilitarize the Rhine in violation of the treaty of versailles. Hitler was removed from power and France directly took the Rhineland this time. Britain and France continued on rebuilding until 1940, when the Soviets invaded. While...

How would it be possible to have post-WW2 West Germany remain like this, and how plausible are these points? -The name of the country remains "Deutsches Reich" (German Empire). The currency also remains the Reichsmark, although the Swastika goes, replaced by the generic German Eagle -The...

If Japan won WW2 (in this scenario I'm constructing for a tl, a victory is much more plausible as America has no territorial presence in the Pacific) and conquered territories from across Asia, how long would this empire last and how would it break apart, if it does? What's the international...

What could Stalin have realistically done to make himself much more evil than in OTL, to the point where he is widely considered to be the most evil person in history (alongside Hitler or even worse)? Perhaps if he lives longer and the Doctor's Plot goes according to plan? Preferably using a POD...

What if the Japanese sink 2 US carriers, try to invade and get curbstommped on the beaches. The whole Japanese invasion force is lost at a cost of a 36 marines on land. Could the US government still spin this to be a major morale boosting victory? What would the headlines be like? How does the...

Nazi Germany and Nationalist China were the ideal allies. China had plenty of raw materials it was willing to sell for money, while Germany needed those exact resources for its war machine. Germany also promised not to interfere in Chinese politics while it sold weapons, equipment, and sent...

So, I know that the Japanese of the 1930s and 40s often floated the idea of Asian decolonization around backed up by catchy slogans like “Asia for the Asiatics” and even creating the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Dai Toa Kyoeiken) but it was all, of course, a farce. In reality the...

Before and during WW2, there was an active plan for Nazi Germany to recruit Native Americans to their side against the United States. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/15/nazis-considered-sioux-extension-native-americans-aryans-2/ There was a deeper reason for this; according to my...

Say that Stirner, contrary to OTL, actively promoted Egoism to a point that his philosophy overtakes Marx's Communist philosophy. Say that when the German Empire sends Vladimir Lennin back to Russia in 1917, that he becomes the leader of a Egoist Revolution, and they win. How would this Russia...

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...

As you know OTL Nimitz decided that Midway wasn't worth risking carriers over. The island was small, it was in the middle of nowhere and totally unimportant and so he decided to withdraw the garrison and allow Japan to take it. He also foresaw that the island would cost Japan far more than it...

Franzi the Hero Chapter 1 Franzi sat as high as he could on his “tree” and watched the proceedings. Of course it wasn’t real tree, there wasn’t room for that, but you had to make do. It hadn’t been a good summer. The weather wasn’t quite right and there seemed to be something wrong with the...