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    Germans take and hold Leningrad, Moscow and Rostov in 1941., what do the Soviets do?

    Lets assume that for whatever reason, either better Axis performance, poorer Soviet performance or dumb luck, the Germans manage to take and hold the targeted Leningrad-Moscow-Rostov line during Barbarossa. What do the Soviets do next?
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    WWII: If the Soviets fold, do the Allies invade?

    Now assuming that for whatever reason (the scenario laid out in CalBear`s AANW, bigger Soviet blunders at the beggining of the war, etc.) that the Soviet Union is knocked out of the war, or at least finished as an organized fighting force, do the Western Allies still go through with the invasion...
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    Effects of Zhukov dying in the Purges?

    I've been goin through a few of the old threads with this question, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer. Now, assuming Zhukov was purged, what would be the effects on the Soviets: A) Before Barbarossa and B) After Operation Barbarossa starts? Now I know that there's...
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    AHC Frederick the Great manages to gain only his claims in Silesia?

    Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to create a scenario where after the conclusion of the War of Austrian Sucession, Prussia only gains the lands in Silesia on which the Hohenzollerns have claims rather than taking basically the whole thing. Finally, what would be the consequences...
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    WI A decisive Russian victory at Borodino?

    Is there any way the Russian armies can decisively defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Borodino? If the answer is yes, then what consequences would a Russian victory have?
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    Largest possible Austrian Empire?

    No, I don`t mean specifically the state that was specifically called that way, but the Hapsburg state in general. With a PoD after the Siege of Vienna (1683.), what is the largest the Austrian Empire could get?
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    WI The Battle of Valmy was a decisive Coalition victory?

    Basically what it says on the tin. What if the Battle of Valmy had ended with a decisive victory for the Prussians?
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    WI Joseph II was as conservative as Maria Theresia?

    Joseph II, the eldest son of Maria Theresia and her sucessor, was a great proponent of enlightened absolutism. Throughout his reign he tried to reform his domain with various reforms based on the principles of Enlightenment, but ultimately most of his programmes failed, prompting Joseph to ask...
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    WI: Suleiman the Magnificent dies before Rhodes?

    I remember reading somewhere that before the battle of Rhodes Sultan Suleiman's ship was caught in a storm. Now assuming that this was true, what would happen if the storm had managed to sink Suleiman's ship and he ends up drowning in the Aegean? What are the effects of the Ottoman Empire's...
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    WI Tabi socks more widespread?

    The Japanese Tabi socks are an interesting oddity. Their main distinguishing feature, a separation between the big toe and other toes, has become an elemental feature of the Japanese kimono, though before the Edo period they were only available to nobles. Later during the 17th century the Tabi...
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    WI no "Art of War"?

    What if Sun Tzu had never written The Art of War? Leaving aside the issue of whether he wrote it or one of his students, how would Chinese and world history have been changed if the "Art of War" was never written?
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    Maximum Austrian expansion into the Balkans?

    With a POD no later than 1640., what is the maximum ammount of land Austria could control in the Southeastern Europe and the Balkans?
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    How would Soviet formations preform in the Golan Heights battle?

    During the Yom Kippur War the Syrian armies attacked the Golan Heights with an overwhelming force of 1200 tanks against the 180 tanks that the Israelis had in the area. The Syrians lost pretty comprehensively. Now this battle has often been used as an example of the superiority of Western...
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    Is there any chance for Galba, Otho or Vitellius to reign longer?

    After Emperor Nero's death there was a brief period of civil war in the Roman Empire called "The Year of the Four Emperors". In the year 69 AD, four men ruled as Emperor in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius and finally Vespasian. I'm wondering if there's any way for the first three to...
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    Could the Germans have made a T-34 or Sherman equivalent?

    Essentially I`m wondering if the Germans could have made one medium tank during the war that could be easily mass-produced (though probably not in T-34/Sherman numbers since IIRC the Germans lacked the production facilities and resources for that), easily upgraded throughout the war and that...
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    Fate of the HRE without the French Revolution?

    Assuming that the French Revolution never happened in the way it did IOTL (and therefore no Napoleon), what would be the ultimate fate of the Holy Roman Empire?
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    ASB war game: Soviet invasion of Europe

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    Would the CSA ever manage to conquer Cuba?

    There seems to be a ton of Confederate victory maps that feature Cuba as a member of the CSA after the war. I don't know much about the Confederacy, but I have read quite a few times that it had next to no real naval power. So in the event of a CSA victory (wether it only keeps the eleven...
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    WI the Ottomans never enter the Balkans?

    Assuming the Ottoman Turks never manage to cross the Straits and conquer the Balkans (I'm not sure what POD to use, so any suggestion would be appreciated), how would Europe be affected by this? By Europe I mean the entirety of it, not just the immedite non-conquered Balkans territory.
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    Nazi colonization after a victory.

    Browsing the Map thread and seeing some of the Nazi Victory maps there got me thinking about this issue. Now, a lot has been said about what territories the Nazis planned on settling with Germans, but even when I was in elementary school I could see that they couldn't settle basically the whole...
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