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  1. Macmillan at Suez

    I've been away for a long, long time but I've decided I need to come back and enjoy some AH! The POD here is that, on 12th April 1953, Anthony Eden dies on the operating table. IOTL, the operation was horribly botched and destroyed his health, and it required corrective surgery- surgery that...

  2. The Miracle of Komarowo

    The Battle of Warsaw, or 'The Miracle of the Vistula', was an incredible event in military history, with Poland saving itself from Soviet aggression against the odds. But it is mainly forgotten that nearly two weeks later, the Soviets came close to another blow nearly as crushing, with Budyonny...

  3. Weimar's Manna from Heaven

    Well, I've been away for a while (busy times at work and home) but couldn't resist the lure of Alternate History! So I'm back with a new timeline. But this time I had a thought. All the PODs I ever do seem to be absolutely meticulously based on some specific thing. But of course, this can...

  4. What Elser Wrought

    I've been away for rather a long time and rediscovered an old idea I once put up on here. The original was not well thought-out and I think I can do much better now. The basic POD is that, on 8th November 1939, Hitler sticks to his timetable and is still speaking at Munich's Buergerbraeukeller...

  5. Borrowed Time- A Longer-Lasting Ancien Regime

    In 1781, Louis XVI, under pressure, dismissed his reform-minded Protestant Director-General of Finance, Jacques Necker. He was replaced by Calonne, a protege of Vergennes, the Foreign Minister. Calonne, with a reputation as a lavish spender, disastrously tried to spend the nation out of debt...

  6. The Battle of Liege-All Change On The Western Front

    I'm sat in the front room of a flat in Liege, and got thinking about the Battle of Liege in 1914. IOTL, the battle was not factored into German military planning and slowed the German advance greatly. Some have in the past looked at what might have been if the battle had been avoided, but I've...

  7. The Saving of German Democracy

    In the 1925 German presidential election, Admiral von Tirpitz persuaded Hindenburg to run in the place of Karl Jarres, the DVP/DNVP candidate, in the second round. It took a lot of pressure from Tirpitz to persuade the old soldier. But what if it hadnt worked and he'd have gone elsewhere? My...

  8. The Partition of Ireland

    As we all know, sometimes the least likely outcome in history is the one that happens. One of the oddest decisions ever was the way that Ireland was partitioned over Home Rule. Various nationalist areas, such as southern Derry/Londonderry, South Armagh and Fermanagh were included in Northern...

  9. Petain in 1934- A Sinister France in the Thirties

    I was reading about the crisis of 6th February 1934, when the far-right attempted to take over in France and depose the Cartel des Gauches government. IOTL, they didn't go the whole hog, and were slightly mollified when the left-winger Daladier was replaced with the former president, Gaston...

  10. No Fog Over Munich

    The POD is that there was no fog over Munich the night of 8th November 1939, leading Hitler to speak for longer and take the plane, rather than leave earlier to take the train. In other words, Georg Elser's plot comes off. Adolf Hitler was nervous. He wanted to be back in Berlin to keep the...

  11. The Surprise of Meaux-A French TL

    On the 28th September 1567, at the Chateau of Montceaux near Meaux in the Brie, Charles IX and the royal family were taken by surprise. Louis, Prince of Conde, had surrounded the chateau with a mass of armed Protestants. Despite the best efforts of the royal retinue, Conde's men prevented...

  12. Methuen Treaty

    IOTL, the Methuen Treaty between Portugal and Britain gave Portugal military assistance and preferential export rates on wine, but also set back its manufacturing base for decades, maybe even two centuries. Now, I'm thinking of a TL where Portugal industrialises properly rather than be the...

  13. Salazar

    In the summer of 1968, the Portuguese dictator Salazar fell from his chair at his summer house and suffered a stroke. Replaced, he died in 1970. What would happen if he hadn't fallen over and avoided the stroke? Let's say he survives until 1972 or later-does htis change decolonialisation in...

  14. Mind the Door-Nixon Wins in 1960

    I appreciate that this is a common TL, but it can't hurt to give it a fresh go. In this scenario, Nixon avoids being hospitalised after injuring himself on a car door and wasting two weeks. In addition, he looks better and healthier in the first debate with Kennedy. As a result of the extra...

  15. German Political Challenge

    Your challenge if you choose to accept it is... Make a Liberal grouping (preferably the FDP) big enough to be the senior partner in a German government. And this must be after 1945. It's tough, but run with it if you can! (Double points if you can do this with Austria-especially after the...

  16. Our Man in Belfast

    I've been away for a while because I've just been too busy. But here's a new TL which hopefully hasn't been done before. In November 1965, Northern Ireland went to the polls. A promising challenge from the Northern Ireland Labour Party was crushed by the PM, Terence O'Neill, scaremongering...

  17. The Big Fellow- An Irish TL

    I've been away for a while so thought it was time I returned, and bearing the gift of a timeline on a country I've never featured before. I hope you all enjoy it! When Michael Collins was interred at Glasnevin Cemetery in November 1971, it seemed to be the end of an era. The old guard, those...

  18. Thrace in Flames

    A new and (shock for recent months) post-1900 TL! An assasination attempt fails and the history of the Balkans, and of Europe, is changed dramatically. On the 18th March 1813, Greek police in newly-liberated Salonika took one Alexandros Schinas into custody. Schinas was in a bad way. He had...

  19. From Lisbon to the Stars

    I've decided to hold back on my Sebastian of Portugal timeline for now whilst Gonzaga is doing his- partly as I'm very much enjoying his and don't want to be doing a similar POD at the moment! But I have a new TL planned. In 1147, in a highly unusual event, Afonso I, the first King of...

  20. O Nosso Reino-A Timeline of Portugal

    Getting a bit tired of writing post-1900 TLs, I was busy doing something else when I wondered about doing something new. In my timelines before I've primarily tackled France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Britain. But I fancy a change. So, this new TL will start from a medieval point. On the...
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