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  1. tonsofun

    Would Asia/the world of the twentieth century have been better off if Japan lost the Russo-Japan War, was stalemated, or deterred from attacking?

    Would they though? There is no Japanese occupation so they got nothing to compare Russian occupation with. Korea will also be strategically vital due to the warm water ports so grand efforts will be made to keep it. I can imagine they'd operate a Finnish model to this Korea and start off as...
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    Would Asia/the world of the twentieth century have been better off if Japan lost the Russo-Japan War, was stalemated, or deterred from attacking?

    If the Russians win, then it means that they don't need to learn the same lessons in OTL. What happens after, depends on how much Russia wins. Either way, they get full influence over Korea, whether they annex it or not is a different matter, but I think they will, because Korea has great value...
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    WI: Elon Musk remains in South Africa

    Going to the United States was supposedly his dream ever since he was a kid. His dad tried to dissuade him of this by sending all the staff home and showing him how life in the US would be, but he still went as soon as he knew he had to do his national service. But if he does stay, then there...
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    What would a Communist Britain name things?

    Sounds great. I'll bring my Cavalier Red Spaniel.
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    What would a Communist Britain name things?

    Anything with a monarchy connection would get their name changed too. There is a street near me named 'King Edward Avenue' which wouldn't be allowed to remain. I can imagine that any street with the name of a former monarch would need to change. There is also a lot of places with royal names...
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    Underground Invasion

    Exactly. Once discovered, it's easy to counter and the people inside won't have a happy end.
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    Underground Invasion

    I think the problem is that even if a nation can build a tunnel into another nation without getting noticed, it is going to have to be big enough to get an entire army through. Even if North Korea were to build a tunnel into South Korea without getting noticed, the best they're going to achieve...
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    Nobunaga’s Ambition Realized: Dawn of a New Rising Sun

    Distance probably plays a major part for Russia. The distance between Moscow and Chita is 4700KM (2900miles) which most likely means the Russian king won't hear about things until long after they've happened and projecting power out there will be a lot harder than it is for anyone else. This...
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    A Brave New World: Football after the Bosman Ruling (An Alternate TL)

    An earlier move to a new stadium maybe?
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    A Brave New World: Football after the Bosman Ruling (An Alternate TL)

    So in this tl, players have to wait until their contract is over, instead of waiting until their last six months?
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    Spain without the March 11 2004 attack?

    Well from what I can find online, the Spanish presence in Iraq was about 1300 troops which was part of the Brigada Hispanoamericana (Dominica Republic, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua) whom contributed another 1200. Which makes roughly 2500 which is a fair size number. If they stayed, then...
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    Spain without the March 11 2004 attack?

    From what I remember, it is believed that this event led to the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) winning the election three days later. I think a lot of people blamed the ruling People's Party for this bombing due to their support for the invasion of Iraq. According to Wikipedia, this...
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    Nobunaga’s Ambition Realized: Dawn of a New Rising Sun

    Brighton Pavilion was just one of many. Between Brighton and Worthing, there were at least ten Indian style buildings. None on the scale of Brighton Pavilion, but still pretty significant. Southwick even had it's Hindu style temple at one point which was visited was Indian soldiers during WW1...
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    WI: The Siamese attacks Japan during the Imjin War

    If Siam attacks the mainland then it will be down to Tokugawa Ieyasu to beat them back. Doing so, will only make him more popular. It might make the upcoming civil war even more one sided as many clans might see Tokugawa as the defender of Japan while Hideyoshi was pissing around in Korea.
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    Nobunaga’s Ambition Realized: Dawn of a New Rising Sun

    In theory there should be. Even with the changes in Europe, you got Japanese ships going around Africa. I find it hard to believe that they're not stopping anywhere on the way or that one curious Japanese person hasn't explored beyond India. Changes would've happened, but I think it depends on...
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    Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    Hello there, Google isn't giving me a clear answer so I thought I would ask here. In medieval times, when a King went out of the Kingdom to fight a war (as they did back then) who would be in charge while he was gone? And if he did die before returning, who would be left to make the big decisions?
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    WI: William of Orange strangled Mary in a fit of rage and then was badly wounded (but not killed) at the Battle of the Boyne?

    If he get the high ground at the battle of the Boyne, then all should be well. Then William can work on very obvious anger issues.
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    Possibility of Japan being divided after WW2?

    Churchill wanted it as a colony. He felt it was justified since Thailand was officially on the Japanese side.
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    Possibility of Japan being divided after WW2?

    This goes with the presumption that a Monarchist USSR would learn lessons from the civil war and that after winning they just start governing well. Even if they did, there is no way, they are getting any of the Japanese Home Islands. FDR knew which way the wind was turning in regards to...
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    Could Britain have colonized Vietnam/Indochina instead of France?

    Is there not a chance for France to help Siam modernize? The French will be pissed about losing Indochina and helping Siam would definitely annoy the British which would a big plus for the French.
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