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  1. WI: Khalkin Gol escalates?

    In our timeline the summer of 1939 saw some low-scale skirmishes between the Soviets and Japanese in the Far East. They culminated in the battle at Khalkin Gol which was a decisive Soviet victory. In our timeline neither side wished to escalate farther. The Japanese felt that they were too busy...

  2. Map based mini-timelines

    I decided to collect a number of small, map-based snippets of various scenarios which I posted back under the old username. I had done a bit more, but dropped them because on reflection I stopped liking them or their plausibility. As for the thread I started last year, I still plan to reboot it...

  3. The October Campaign (draft)
    Threadmarks: 1.1 The Point of No return

    The October Campaign 1. The Point of No Return "These two pacts [the nonaggression pacts with Germany and the USSR] are like two chairs. We cannot remain seated upon both of them for long. We must be able to forsee which one we will fall from first, and when." - Joseph Piłsudski, officially...

  4. The Second Commonwealth: a timeline

    I thought that doing the description for the map I had prepared for today would be an afterthought and would cover a page or so at most. But I found myself cutting lots of stuff out in order to finish in a reasonable time. I decided that there would be enough material for a short thread of its...

  5. AHC: Svejk's WWI

    Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a scenario where the assasination of an Austrian archduke in 1914 causes a war to break out. The alliances must be such as they were "predicted" by the protagonist of Jaroslav Hasek's novel The Good Soldier Svejk, i.e...

  6. Is a lasting Brest-Litovsk settlement possible?

    Central Powers victory timelines often feature Germany controlling huge areas in the east, from the Baltics to all of Ukraine. But is it possible for WWI to end like this? In order for this to happen, the USA must remain neutral. Otherwise, if the Central Powers manage to get as far east as...

  7. Probability of France allowing German rearmament/remilitarization of the Rhineland

    The idea that France might have allowed Germany to rearm the way it did in OTL during the 1930s seems like the sort of thing that would get mercilessly mocked as ASB in timelines where this didn't happen. Suppose that an alternate post-WWI Germany decides to rearm. a) Can it be expected to get...

  8. AHC: Europe-centered Turkey

    Your challenge, should you chose to accept it, is to end up with a Turkish state clearly centered on the Balkans after 1900. It may retain territories in Asia, but these should very clearly be less important economically and demographically than the ones in Europe. It may still be called an...

  9. Western tolerance for Soviet expansion with a weak Germany

    Suppose that Germany does not embark on a revanchist path following WWI. Maybe it remains democratic, peacefully annexes Austria and reconciles itself with its new situation. Maybe France intervenes at some point (the attempt to remilitarize the Rhineland, seemingly inevitable for a revanchist...

  10. Tolerance for a Soviet conquest of East Asia

    Assume no WWII in Europe. Japan attacks and gets stuck in China, until the USSR goes to war with it with the objective of grabbing Manchuria, Korea and whatever else can be conveniently conquered sometime in the 1940s or so. Presumably the Soviets win, and press onwards. How much of China, Korea...

  11. AHC: war over the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939

    Your challenge is to make Britain and France declare war on Germany over the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 (this presumably implies the necessity of an Anglo-French guarantee of rump Czechoslovakia against Germany following Munich, but if you can find another way around this feel...

  12. Stronger Romanian army in WWII

    With a PoD in the 1930s, what potential did Romania have to build up its armed forces more then in OTL? How much additional equipment (artillery, tanks, airplanes) could it have produced by 1940/1941? Could this have made a difference and deterred somebody in 1940?

  13. Effects of Anschluss on German politics

    Suppose the Weimar Republic manages to annex Austria sometime during the interwar period. How does the presence of several million Austrians influence German politics? In particular, how would it impact farther irredentism? Would it be reduced, or would its main focus be altered?

  14. Alternate rearmaments of Britain/France/Germany and their effect on WWII

    I've asked some of those questions before at different points, but didn't get answers to all of them. So now I'll ask them together. 1. In the years leading up to WWII there was a tendency to overestimate Germany's strength. How might a more realistic asessment on the part of Britain and France...

  15. Effects of delayed rearmament on events in 1940

    Suppose that both German and Allied rearmament is somewhat delayed, although Germany's annexations and conquests still proceed at a similar rate to OTL. As a result, on the eve of the invasion of France in 1940 the state of both sides' military hardware (including static defences) is in about...

  16. Economic viability of Czechoslovakia without Sudetenland

    The Sudetenland contained significant industry and resources. How would the Czechoslovak economy be impacted by its loss?

  17. German attack on France in 1939

    Assuming Germany is not threatened on its eastern border, how would a German attack westwards go if it were launched in 1939 instead of 1940? Would it have been defeated on the border? Could the offensive have pushed deep into France, leading to a WWI-like stalemate for a time? Could France have...

  18. AHC: Germany defeated in 1940, but no Soviet gains

    EDIT: Partially ignore the title. The defeat does not have to happen in 1940. Your challenge is to have Germany defeated by France (and Britain) following the fall of Poland which goes as OTL. Germany must be beaten so badly that France and Britain are able to freely dictate terms, but the USSR...

  19. Improving Ukraine's fate

    I'd like to hear your thoughts on how to make Ukraine as free, wealthy, powerful and secure as possible? It doesn't seem like a frequently discussed topic here, so there is no need for specifics. Wether it's some idea for a Ukraine being set up in a CP victory before breaking free and forming an...

  20. AHC: Germany goes west instead of east in 1939

    Your challenge, should you chose to accept it, is to have Germany start its war with an attack westwards (including, but not necessarily limited to, France) instead of an attack on Poland. The western-Polish alliances must remain in force as in OTL.
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