====== Points of Divergence : Wars and Battles ======

Points of divergence dealing with various wars and other military conflicts throughout human history.

==== Antiquity ====

**[[pods:Greco-Persian Wars]]**

**[[pods:Wars of the Hellenistic Period]]**

**[[pods:The Punic Wars]]**

**[[pods:Roman Conquests]]**

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==== The Middle Ages ====

**[[Arabian and Muslim Conquests]]**

**[[pods:Tours|The Battle of Tours]]**

**[[pods:1066|The Battle of Hastings]]**

**[[pods:The Crusades]]**

**[[pods:Manzikert|The Battle of Manzikert]]**

**[[pods:Mongol Invasion]]**

**[[pods:The Hundred Years War]]**

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==== Early Modern Era ====

**[[European-Ottoman Wars]]** (late 14th century / 1521 - 26 January 1699)

**[[Wars of Religion]]** (1524 - 1598, sans Thirty Years War and English Civil War)

**[[pods:Thirty Years War]]** (23 May 1618 - 15 May 1648, several conflicts)

**[[pods:English Civil War]]** (22 August 1642 – 3 September 1651, several conflicts, part of "The Wars of the Three Kingdoms")

**[[Anglo-Dutch Wars]]** (1652–54, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)

**[[pods:Great Northern War]]** (22 February 1700 – 10 September 1721)

**[[pods:War of the Spanish Succession]]** (1701-1714)

**[[pods:The Jacobite Rebellion]]** (1745–1746)

**[[pods:Seven Years War]]** (1754/1756–1763)

**[[pods:American Revolution]]** (1765-1783)

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==== 19th century ====

**[[pods:Napoleonic Wars]]** (18 May 1803 – 20 November 1815)

**[[pods:War of 1812]]** (18 June 1812 – 18 February 1815)

**[[pods:Mexican-American War]]** (25 April 1846 – 2 February 1848)

**[[pods:Crimean War]]** (October 1853 – February 1856)

**[[pods:American Civil War]]** (12 April 1861 – 9 May 1865)

**[[pods:War of the Triple Alliance]]** (1864 - 1870)

**[[pods:Austro-Prussian War]]** (14 June – 23 August 1866)

**[[pods:Franco-Prussian War]]** (19 July 1870 – 10 May 1871)

**[[pods:Boer Wars and Anglo-Zulu Wars]]** (16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881; 11 October 1899 - 31 May 1902; 11 January – 4 July 1879)

**[[First Sino-Japanese War]]** (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895)

**[[pods:Spanish-American War]]** (25 April 1898 – 12 August 1898)

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==== 20th century ====

**[[pods:Russo-Japanese War]]** (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905)

**[[pods:No World Wars]]**

**[[pods:WWI|World War I]]** (28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918)

**[[pods:Russian Civil War]]** (November 1917 – October 1922)

**[[pods:Chinese Civil War]]** (1 August 1927 – 22 December 1936, 31 March 1946 – 1 May 1950)

**[[pods:Spanish Civil War]]** (17 July 1936 - 1 April 1939)

**[[Second Sino-Japanese War]]** (7 July 1937 – 9 September 1945)

**[[pods:WWII|World War II]]** (1 September 1939 - 8 May 1945)

**[[pods:Cold War]]** (ca 1947–1991)

**[[pods:Korean War]]** (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)

**[[pods:Vietnam War]]** (1 November 1955 / 8 March 1965 – 30 April 1975)

**[[pods:Post-Cold War conflicts]]** (since 1990)

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==== General POD discussions ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259333|Most overrated battles as PODs ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=147843|That War's Totally ASB]]** - Discussing wars that seem implausible, yet have occured in [[alternate history:OTL]].

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=244174|Strangest wars in history]]** - Similar to the above.

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=57349|Most unlikely OTL and ATL wars/combatants]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-question-about-why-some-ah-wars-are-less-used-than-others.248909/|A question about why some AH wars are less used than others]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=246112|Earliest possible use of suicide bombers ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/most-decisive-battle-of-the-middle-ages-500-1500.394802/|Poll: Most Decisive Battle of the Middle Ages 500-1500]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=230365|Discussion on weak and inefficient conquerors throughout history]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=34808|Challenge: Three World Wars (and their consequences)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=301278|Plausibility check: Earliest possible acceptence of woman fighter pilots post-1900 ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=165667|Challenge: Banana Wars 1936]]**

Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. 

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==== See Also ====

**[[pods:military technology|Points of Divergence : Military Technology]]**

**[[resources:military|Useful Resources about Military History and Military Topics]]**

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