Alternate History: Explain the historical event

[davidsmith]

Cultural Restoration

The defeat of Turkey by Greece in the wars falling ww1 resulted in the annexation of far great portions of anatolia that were initially given to Greece in the treaty of sevres. More than 1/3 of western anatolia fell under Greek control. This lead to a renaissance of greek culture and also included the restoration of the Hagia Sophia as a church.


The Great Cheese War of 1919

 

[Just Another Night]

The Great Cheese War of 1919

A common nickname for the diplomatic breakdown between France and Italy following the First World War. As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was prohibited from competing in certain fields of trade, including cheese. France took advantage of this clause to ramrod additional trade laws through the League of Nations, effectively shutting Italy out of the international cheese market. Italy shut down their embassy in France in protest, and the two nations bickered back and forth throughout most of 1919, until France capitulated and let the laws lapse.

Molasses Mania

 

[Euphemios]

Molasses Mania

The Molasses Mania of 1892 was a flooding incident in which significant portions of the eastern state of Massachusetts were submerged in black treacle, after a Boston vault containing a large shipment accumulated over several decades suffered an explosion.
According to reports at the time, a man would be swimming in this petroleum lookalike were he to walk the street, and much like the Dublin Whiskey Fire of 1875, many involved took the chance to taste it, and variously ended up going to the chamberpot, hospital, or morgue.
The roads and cities a century later still have a distinct oversweetened smell, and indeed, the region suffered a substantial rise in emigration as a result for many years after the incident.

The Trial of Stephen of Blois

 

[John Spangler]

The Trial of Stephen of Blois

The trial that took place in the summer of 1485 against Stephen of Blois, prime minister of the Holy Roman Empire, who had been accused of witchcraft and attempted killing of the emperor. Declared guilty, he was behaded, and his head was then exposed in front of the Imperial Palace in Milan.

The Italian Invasion

 

[Ogrebear]

The Italian Invasion

The 'Italian Sound' was a racious mix of American rock n roll with Italian flare - it took the Mediterranean nation by storm in the 1960's and lead to a 'wave' of Italian bands breaking into the American and European pop charts. None more so than the Golden Beats a foursome from Venice that caused many a heart to beat fast with their good looks, foot stomping tunes and captivating lyrics.

The Golden Beats would clash with another invasion on the same path, the British Beatles with the infamous 'Battle of the Bands' on the 1965 Ed Sullivan special which was supposted to 'end' the rivalty insted turning into a huge jam concert wherein the Beatles proved they knew all the Golden Beats tunes and vice versa. Sullivan's show ran over its alloted time by over an hour as the two bands played, and played and played. Even making up tunes on the spot- the famous Got You Now moment.

Like the British invasion the Italian one would also die out in America, but the legacy lived on in TV specials, documentaries and all four having solo careers, often crossing over the with Beatles - most imfamously at Live Aid in 1986 where Bob Geldof put the two bands back to back at the climax hoping for some of that 'Sullivan Magic' and getting it when Live Aid overran by an hour as every celeb there joined in one by one. Queen's Feddie Mercury stealing the show on Love Me Down in Rome a highlight for many.

Of course, the influance was more than just music, with Alexandra going into Italian politics in the 70's.... [cont]

The True Book of Werewolf Rituals.

 

[Otto Kretschmer]

The 'Italian Sound' was a racious mix of American rock n roll with Italian flare - it took the Mediterranean nation by storm in the 1960's and lead to a 'wave' of Italian bands breaking into the American and European pop charts. None more so than the Golden Beats a foursome from Venice that caused many a heart to beat fast with their good looks, foot stomping tunes and captivating lyrics.

The Golden Beats would clash with another invasion on the same path, the British Beatles with the infamous 'Battle of the Bands' on the 1965 Ed Sullivan special which was supposted to 'end' the rivalty insted turning into a huge jam concert wherein the Beatles proved they knew all the Golden Beats tunes and vice versa. Sullivan's show ran over its alloted time by over an hour as the two bands played, and played and played. Even making up tunes on the spot- the famous Got You Now moment.

Like the British invasion the Italian one would also die out in America, but the legacy lived on in TV specials, documentaries and all four having solo careers, often crossing over the with Beatles - most imfamously at Live Aid in 1986 where Bob Geldof put the two bands back to back at the climax hoping for some of that 'Sullivan Magic' and getting it when Live Aid overran by an hour as every celeb there joined in one by one. Queen's Feddie Mercury stealing the show on Love Me Down in Rome a highlight for many.

Of course, the influance was more than just music, with Alexandra going into Italian politics in the 70's.... [cont]

The True Book of Werewolf Rituals.

A book describing the rituals of a secret Neo Nazi organization named "Werewolf' which was active in West Germany between 1960s and 1970s. It included among other things, homosexual acts

The Gulp War

 

[Deleted member 147978]

The Gulp War

An egregiously hostile advertising war between soda brands Mr. Pop Popper and Cool & Chill over their 2 liter size "Giant Gulp Size" bottle and both companies host drinking contests on who can gulp the 2 liter bottle in one sitting.

The war caught the absolute ire of cantankerous consumer groups and concerned parents who complained that the war "was promoting an already unhealthy hostile competition that is promoting an already unhealthy sugary drink."

After the controversy, the two companies cease production of their "Giant Gulp Size" bottles and the drinking contests.

The Age of Apathy

 

[AltoRegnant]

The Age of Apathy

Instead of the great awakening, ttl america saw a massive dropoff in religous morality, seeing it as a tool of monarchs like britain to control their masses. This, in turn, led to an apathy toward all religions, which ironically made America one of the most tolerant places in the world. It also made life difficult for slaveowners since the religious argument was out the window.

The 20th century heroic age

 

[Deleted member 147978]

The 20th century heroic age

A term by contemporary historians to describe the a group of early 20th century politicians know as the "Heroes" who with all their might prevented the supposed "Great War" had not for their "heroic" courage in preserving the Long 19th Century.

Langston v. Grantham (1919)

 

[Byzantion]

A term by contemporary historians to describe the a group of early 20th century politicians know as the "Heroes" who with all their might prevented the supposed "Great War" had not for their "heroic" courage in preserving the Long 19th Century.

Langston v. Grantham (1919)

Langston v. Grantham (1919)
Was political race between two candidates for the Presidential Office after the end of Wilson's Presidency.

The Redcoats vs the Bluecoats vs the Greycoats in the Battle of New England 1864

 

[Kylia]

Langston v. Grantham (1919)
Was political race between two candidates for the Presidential Office after the end of Wilson's Presidency.

The Redcoats vs the Bluecoats vs the Greycoats in the Battle of New England 1864

During the American Civil War, between the East-Coast Atlantic League (greycoats) and the Western Association (bluecoats), the British invaded New England after the Greycoats tried to interdict British shipping to the sole major port in the hands of the Western Association, New Orleans.

Unfortunately, the British invaders managed to assault a Western Association column that had broken through the Atlantic League line in New York - Western Association, refusing to listen to the British claims of 'it was an accident' and apparently eager to invade Canada, declared war on the British. New England thus became a three-way brawl. In the end, the American Civil War ended in 1867 with the British pushed out of most of Ontario and all of Newfoundland, and the two successor states to the American commonwealth agreeing to a truce line on the Appalachians.

The two nations would end up being (by accident) on the same side in the Global War (1917 to 1924) when their European Allies - Germany (for the Western Association) and France (for the Atlantic League) both found themselves drawn into war with the British-led Triple Alliance (Austria-Hungary, Britain and the Ottomans)

The Second Battle of Berlin

 

[ClockworkDawn]

The Second Battle of Berlin

The Second Battle of Berlin was a farcical affair. Taking place during the blockading of West Berlin by the Soviet Union and East German forces, specifically in January 1949, a shootout occurred at a checkpoint between the two halves of the city. An American military police officer, confused and startled by a Soviet officer's car backfiring just across the checkpoint, fired an accidental shot, almost striking one of the East German officers. They returned fire, and a small shootout ensued before both sides retreated at the command of their superior officers.

Two Allied soldiers were wounded, versus one East German officer being critically wounded (he would later make a full recovery).

Cooler heads prevailed, and the negotiations between the leadership led to an end of the blockade in March 1949 lest further incidents aggravate the situation further.

The American soldier who fired, Arthur Mackenzie, would be found unfit for further duty, and honorably discharged due to medical unsuitability. He would take this poorly, and successfully assassinate Presidential frontrunner Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.

The Anthropocene Extinction

 

[Ogrebear]

The Anthropocene Extinction

The Anthropocene Extinction is an American phenomenon dealing with the falling out of favour of Anthropomorphic characters in the 1980's; it seemed to start with the removal of some cartoons due to racist, sexist or violent content such as a lot of Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, and Road Runner episodes. Crusaders on 'protecting children' also went after Mickey Mouse, Daffy Duck, etc etc. By 1986 most sports teams had also removed their 'furry mascots' and such characters had vanished from newspapers and theme parks by 1990.

Reaction to this Crusade around the world was mixed. In Australia and Canada there was some calling for the same thing with mixed success. In the UK PM Thatcher surprised many by coming out in favour of 'cartoon critters' citing Gnasher from the Beano as a personal favourite. In the rest of Europe Italy saw a crackdown on Anthropomorphic characters. In the Soviet Union however they embraced all things furry with Misha the Bear cartoons, stories, and merch selling in record numbers, and being exported globally. Japan copied the US to an extent, but only on the most violent characters. The rest of the world mostly looked on in surprise.

With the rise of the Interweb in the late 90's there was a strong 'underground' culture dedicated to these now banned characters. IRC, newsgroups and later torrents all carried 'forbidden' cartoons and comics. Much was made of President Bush's Department of Cultural Standards cracking down on these groups, though some called it a waste of police and court time.

As of 2001 the US remains a cultural desert for all things Anthropomorphic, while there is a thriving scene for these characters outside the country.

Actor Jack Kennedy is Captain Kirk on the all new Star Trek!

 

[HistoryGunsFreedom1776]

Actor Jack Kennedy is Captain Kirk on the all new Star Trek!

After unexpectedly losing the 1964 Presidential Election to Barry Goldwater, the 35th President ventured into acting and auditioned to be casted as James T. Kirk much to the disgruntlement of William Shatner.

While Star Trek was sensational, on November 22nd, 1968 the feud between Kennedy and Shatner came to a head not to mention intertwining a unexpected third party.

It turned out that the two rivals as well as Gene Roddenberry all had the same mistress and upon discovering the triangle, Shatner out of rage plotted to murder his two rivals with a Carano as the former Politician and Roddenberry left for a luncheon. It tooked weeks of planning and practice, not to mention seducing Jaqueline, but Shatner would pull off the most infamous murder-suicide in American History.

- Quoted from the Introduction of The Fall of Camelot by Bob Crane (The man who starrred as Colonel Hogan in Hogan's Heroes)

Alright, what was the Anglo-American-Prussian Alliance (1898 - 2000)?

 

[M79]

Anglo-American-Prussian Alliance

Also often known as the 'Axis of Automobiles', the AAPA refers to the unusually friendly coordination of Rolls Royce, Ford, and Mercedes on the international stage against all other car makers. The acquisition of Rolls Royce by DeLorean-Nakajima in 2000 is considered the end of the AAPA especially as the 'Asian Triad' of Nissan-Fiat-GM, Toyota, and GoGo (formerly Mitsubishi, Chrysler, Packard, Mercury, Renault, Skoda, and Kia before their merger) comes into their own, even increasing their market share to challenge DeLorean-Nakajima's grip on the global stage.

The Third Hagas War (1979-1986)

 

[ordinarylittleme]

The Third Hagas War (1979-1986)

A PR battle between ex-spouses King Charles VIII of Spain and his first wife Maria, who was styled Duchess of Arjona after their divorce. Charles was known for his motto "Hagas" meaning "you do". Maria used it against him, saying he had certainly "done" all of the former women friends she had. While Charles in return accused their children of being fathered by both her ex-boyfriend and her twin brother. This battle lasted until his death in a car crash.

I just wanna go back, back to 1999

 

[Byzantion]

A PR battle between ex-spouses King Charles VIII of Spain and his first wife Maria, who was styled Duchess of Arjona after their divorce. Charles was known for his motto "Hagas" meaning "you do". Maria used it against him, saying he had certainly "done" all of the former women friends she had. While Charles in return accused their children of being fathered by both her ex-boyfriend and her twin brother. This battle lasted until his death in a car crash.

I just wanna go back, back to 1999

I just wanna go back, back to 1999

An alternate Pop album release in 2011 by Captain James Blunt, a Pop Singer and former British military. After the violent incident at Pristina Airport in 1999 during the Kosovo War, British forces and Russian Paratroopers fought a fierce battle over controll of the airport after the confrontation went wrong. This lead to an undeclared widespread fighting between British, American and Russian forces and eventually lead to a military intervention by Russia into the Kosovo War. President Yeltsin had been on the verge of declaring war on NATO and threatened with nukes. A quick deescalation had been eventually purposed but all options had been on the table by now. Milosevic begged for unconditional Russian support for Serbia and got it. NATO an KFOR and even UN-Forces had been slowly pushed back from the Balkan area, leaving Serbia's geopolitical aspirations unchecked. Russia, although to weak to confront the West directly, stauchly used its military to defend Serbia's interest by surpressing the KLA in Kosovo and even vulnerated the Dayton agreement by striking against the sovereignity of Bosnia and Croatia while also intervening against Albanian rebels in Macedonia. In 2000 a coalition by Ultra-Nationalists, National-Bolsheviks and Neo-Communists strongmen lead by Eduard Limonov, Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Alexander Dugin with the support of the FSB and the military forced Yeltsin to abdicate and turned the Russian Federation into a dictatorship and purposed a Confederation with Serbia. The new purposed military doctrine also called for limited nuclear striktes against enemy nations threatening the Pan-Slavic-Brotherhood. The new Russian state developed into an objective threat for Western Democracy and proofed to act as a hostile power towards NATO, the expansion eastwards had been stopped out of fear for the security of former Warsaw Pact members. Also the European Union stopped to accept the applying member states from Eastern Europe. The New Millenia brought a lot of uncertainity and pessimism just at the beginning. The Cold War seemed to have been reanimated.
Captain James Blunt, who nearly avoided the bloody confrontation at Pristina Airport survived the battle. He later became a Pop Star, realeasing his Album in 2011 with his title song: "I just wanna go back, back to 1999". What his fans, unaware of his role during the conflict, thought, was, that it had been a nostalgic hommage to the late 90es. In reality it was a song which lyrics expressed despair, PTSD and regret.

The surrender of the "Confederate Hiroo Onada"

 

[M79]

I just wanna go back, back to 1999

Disastrous remix of Prince by novel group Honne from the I Still Love You album. Known both as the 'Nickelback of Rap without the success', their first cover album with Prince - Kings of the Hive - was lambasted such that critics noted they, 'would rather eat steak dinner in the presence of lions as Ishtar plays in the background than hear more music from these cacophonic morons'. Needless to say there was no further collaboration.

Fifth Annual International Cannibal Convention

 

[Kerney]

Fifth Annual International Cannibal Convention

Conference held in Dublin, Ireland in 1736 and inspired by Johnathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, it looked into implement Cannibalism among the Irish and other savage races such as Negros and American Indians. It collapsed in an argument as to whether such savages should be considered human and whether cannibalism was the proper term for such consumption. No action was taken.

Guthrum the Great's Great Matter

 

[M79]

The surrender of the "Confederate Hiroo Onada"

Denotes the final 'surrender' of the Thompson family of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia in 1995. Starting with an already large family 'holler' on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, they became economically prosperous by selling anything, especially moonshine, maintaining particular sets of skills as trackers/hunters, and encouraging every family member (each averaging five to six children over the last five generarions) to serve as 'field scouts'. As more money came in, very rural land was bought in different states and 'colonized'. Family members promoted self-reliance including early adoption of electricity from various means from petrochemical to hydro, solar, and other renewables. Their continued defiance of any form of federal authority from taxes to the draft was made more evident during Prohibition when they ran what became some of the largest moonshine operations in Appalachia.

By 1945 their family controlled large sections of land in four different states with a net annual income of over $55 million. Eventually as the family diversified into marijuana and other drugs as well as different criminal activity its 'empire' began to spread with a large Confederate flag seen flying over the patriarch's compound near Hartford TN even from I-40. Interviews with family members persistently found claims of independence and loyalty to the defunct Confederate government. DEA and FBI coordination over decades eventually led to the siege of the family's primary compound with prospect for a bloodbath of unprecedented proportions as various extremists rallied to defend the family from increasing numbers of officials. As literally thousands of well-armed people inched ever-closer to a flash point, the family patriarch announced a deal with the federal government to avoid another Waco-style siege.

Although noted as the 'final surrender of the Confederacy' and comparisons to the Japanese soldier who surrendered in the 1970s, debate continues as to the deal's real effectiveness in that regard. To this day members of the burgeoning family buy land in very rural areas often supplying their own power, water, and other utility needs as a show of 'independence'. As time goes on, the family continues to purchase rural lands for 'colonization' in various states now alongside western Canada and Mexico. Questions remain about the effectiveness of the 'Final Surrender' especially as the admittedly smaller family compounds in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and West Virginia were not affected and most still remain 'independent' if only in their own minds.

Guthrum the Great's Great Matter