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  1. Alternate History Geek

    Different mains voltages and\or frequencies?

    IOTL, there are two voltages used for mains electricity around the world; most countries use 240 VAC, while the US and a few others use 120 VAC. Likewise with frequencies: most countries use 50 Hz, while the US and a few others use 60 Hz. But there's nothing, in principle, keeping countries...
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    AHC\WI\PC: Joint London Central Station?

    As the title says, basically; how can we make it so that the 20ish terminal stations scattered in a ring around London, instead of staying separate to the present day, are instead eventually combined into a single unified London Central station (plus, of course, some smaller suburban stations on...
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    AHC\WI\PC: Mafia Pope?

    Pretty much as the title says. How plausible would it be for the Mafia to engineer the election of one of their own as Pope, how would one bring it about, and what would be the effects of it happening (:eek::eek::eek:)?
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    WI: Hirohito executed in 1945-47?

    As the title says. What happens if Hirohito is executed shortly after the end of WWII?
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    WI: Copyright protection more like patents?

    What if, instead of copyright protection giving one absolute authority to decide whether or not copies get made of one's work, it instead does not one give that authority but instead requires that those who make copies of it pay royalties to the original author?
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    WI: Polish-Lithuanian Sejm ratifies Treaty of Buczacz?

    As the title says - what happens if, following the Polish-Lithuanian defeat in the 1672 Polish-Ottoman War, the Sejm ratifies the Treaty of Buczacz, instead of rejecting it like it did OTL? Obviously, this would likely require a much more crushing Polish-Lithuanian defeat in the war - maybe...
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    PC\WI: Imperial coup takes Japan out of WWII?

    How plausible would it be for the Emperor of Japan to stage something similar to King Michael's Coup and successfully depose the militarist government, taking Japan out of WWII? If it's plausible, how early could such a coup plausibly succeed? June 1945, after the fall of Okinawa? April 1945...
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    WI: Pershing's expedition captures or kills Pancho Villa?

    As the title says, what happens if Pershing's 1916-17 Pancho Villa Expedition succeeds in capturing or killing Villa?
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    AHC\WI: Austria-Hungary knocked out of WWI by Brusilov Offensive?

    Inspired by the "Failed Brusilov Offensive" thread - what can we do to have the Brusilov Offensive achieve its grandest goal, that of knocking Austria-Hungary completely out of the war, and what would be the effects of this happening?
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    WI: All land-based aircraft scrambled to attack the Kido Butai?

    Most AH scenarios involving the Pearl Harbour airstrike being detected on the way in posit that the US battleline would sail to engage the Kido Butai, while Oahu's land-based aircraft would operate defensively and engage the Japanese planes attacking their airfields. But, in light of the...
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    AHC: Aircraft carriers use RATO instead of catapults?

    As the title says. How can we make it so that the generally-used method for launching aircraft from carriers is by use of RATO (Rocket-Assisted TakeOff) instead of steam catapults?
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    AHC\WI: ABM technology makes ballistic missiles obsolete?

    As the title says, how can we make it so that anti-ballistic missile technology is so advanced as to make ballistic missiles obsolete? And what happens then?
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    AHC: BCG vaccination routine in the United States?

    As the title says. How can we make the use of BCG tuberculosis vaccine routine in the United States?
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    AHC\WI: Refusal to vaccinate a criminal offence in the US?

    As the title says, how can we make it so that refusing to have oneself or one's children\dependents vaccinated becomes a criminal offence in the United States (unless one has a written waiver from a licenced physician certifying that said physician plus one other licenced physician has reason to...
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    WI: Iowa-class battleships upgraded to nuclear propulsion?

    As the title says, what would be the effects of the Iowa-class battleships being upgraded to use nuclear propulsion after their reactivation in the 1980s (or, in the case of New Jersey, and possibly the others as well, if they also get sent to Vietnam, the 1960s), as part of their extensive...
  16. Alternate History Geek

    AHC\WI: RN and RAF bait Germany into trying Sealion - as a trap?

    Would it have been plausible for the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to withdraw some of their visible assets from southern Britain and slow down operations there in September and October 1940, in order to fool the Germans into thinking that the RAF was a broken force and the RN, having lost its...
  17. Alternate History Geek

    Orange Tempest

    I do so love meteorological PODs.:D The POD here hasn't happened yet, but it's coming... -------------------- From the National Hurricane Center website (www.nhc.noaa.gov), 8 September 2010: ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IGOR ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS...
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    AHC\WI: Islamic Celts?

    Same inspiration as for the Islamic England thread. Discuss!
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    AHC\WI: Islamic England?

    Inspired by a recent discussion in the Map Thread. Discuss!:D
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    WI: UN victory on the Ch'ongch'on River?

    What would be the aftereffects of the UN forces winning a major victory in the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, perhaps due to the UN forces catching the Chinese forces about to attack and pre-empting the Chinese attack, resulting in the PVA being mostly or entirely wiped out from the air?
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