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Specifically, in a scenario where Turkey still joins the CP and the indian auxiliaries are still given a chance to fight in the Entente side. Could indian independence come earlier? And when it comes, will India's partition end up different?

When I first studied a very shrunk down and simplified version of this pivotal moment in our history in school, my first thought, as I imagine that of many others, was: "Ah, if only the Archduke had not been killed that summer in Sarajevo..." A few years later, having grown more and more...

IOTL, during the mesopotamian campaign of WWI, british forces were achieving victories in southern Iraq. The british commander, Charles Townshend, could not hold his excitement and ordered a quick advance towards the city of Kut-al-amara, despite the fact that his supply train could not catch up...

The Schlieffen plan originally demanded the passing of troops through the Dutch city of Maastricht, which was an important rail hub. As it happened, during the opening of WWI, the Dutch allowed transit of German "civilian" equipment required for warmaking such as foodstuffs through Maastricht...

That's right, the German Empire. Not Nazi Germany or the Weimar Republic. With a POD centered around 1900, find a way to make the German Empire a neutral Great Power when total worldwide - or regional - war comes to the Continent. Suppose say Russia and France make an alliance against the...

For World War I to spread beyond an Austro-Serbian war, the other great powers have to either Declare war or cross a border. In OTL the war spread when the Germans declared war on Russia and sent their ultimatum to Belgium. The German declaration is made August 1 to cover the German planned...

Is it possible that the 1911 Agadir Crisis, which pitted Germany against France, Spain and England over disputes in Morocco, could lead to war? If so, then how different will this earlier WWI be from OTL's? With no proper balkan crisis or austro-hungarian involvement to speak of, will Russia or...

What if, during World War I, russian general Evert, who was given orders to attack simontaneously with Brusilov during the Brusilov Offensive (1916) yet decided to take a defensive approach, had manned up and actually assumed an offensive attack on the territories occupied by Germany until then...

I came up with a scenario idea: the Italians perform better in the invasion of Venetia during the astro-prussian war, and so they decide to not only invade the papal states, but they also declare war on France after the battle of Sedan, and this makes austria declare war in the northern german...

So we all know of the infamous promise whereas Kaiser Wilhelm II told the German soldiers marching to the Great War that "they will return home by Christmas" and stuff like that (although in some accounts I've heard that he said "home before the leaves have fallen off the trees"), which is now...

Are there any circumstances in which Japan could be awarded German New Guinea as part of the peace settlement of WWI? Or would Britain consider this too much of a potential threat to Australia/New Zealand? Would a particular alternate course of WWI make this outcome more likely?

Welcome to my latest TL! This will be based on the POD that Emperor Franz Josef II does not die from pneumonia in 1916, having not gone for that ill-fated walk in the park with Ludwig III of Bavaria. This will be done in the story style, one I've never really attempted before (bar on vignette...

In OTL Germany and AH managed to win on the Eastern Front, knocking Russia out of the war. However, they eventually lost the war by losing in the West. What POD could change the war so that the Central Powers win in the West but eventually are defeated by the Russians? Also, what would a peace...

If the Italian government had somehow decided to maintain its alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary and declare war on the Entente (maybe vicious anti-Entente warmongers in the government?), what would Italy's strategic situation look like at the outset of the war? Are most troops diverted...

What if the Schlieffen Plan (the german invasion through Belgium) had been cancelled by the Kaiser or someone with as much veto power at the start of WWI? Would Britain still enter the war later? Do you believe the plan, in essence, was a benefit or a hindrance for Germany? Do you think the...

The Senussi Rebellion was a berber rebellion, situated in then-italian-controlled Libya, that served as a minor theater of WWI, which lasted from late 1915 to early 1917. The Senussis were supported by the ottomans and the germans as a divertion from ottoman attacks on the british-controlled...

As the title says, what if the colonial powers of Britain and France did not carve out colonies for themselves in the Middle East after WWI, but instead lived up to their promises of granting the Arabs independence?

So this is my first attempt at such a thing. Anyway was recently reading the wiki article on Brittany (a fascinating region) and was inspired to write this. Anyway, without any more stalling here we go. Lands owned by the Kingdom of Brittany at its height in 1900. Light blue are former...

The german high command in 1918, wary of the imminent entry of the US in the war, decided to try and knock off the entente as quick as possible before the americans could enter instead of offering peace negotiations. The subsequent series of manoeuvers was known as the Spring Offensive...

IOTL There nearly was such an attack against Sweden. There was an old TL about this but it ended prematurely a few years ago. The attack itself was to take place in the beginning of August IIRC right after Britain declared war. Sweden's Navy at the time consisted of alot of coastal defense...