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    WI: Chiang Kai-Shek is Killed in 1938

    I have recently been wondering what the consequences would have been if Chiang Kai-Shek had been killed during the transfer of government to Chongqing in June of 1938, lets say in a chance bombing raid or something like that, prior to him ordering the flooding of the Yellow River. At the time...
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    Worst Tyrant Challenge
    Threadmarks: Introduction

    This is probably going to get rather macabre, but given the subject I think it would be hard to avoid. What I wanted to do with this thread was to present a challenge. Specifically, I wanted to propose that each of us set out a case for who we view as the Worst Tyrant in history (lets keep it...
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    Discussion Thread: Marx Goes To America

    I was listening to Mike Duncan's excellent Revolutions Podcast today as he described the development of early leftist thinking leading up to the First International as well as detailing the early lives of Marx and Engels up to the First International. It was during this that I came across an...
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    A Day in July: An Early 20th Century Timeline
    Threadmarks: A Day in July - An Introduction

    A Day in July - An Introduction Bolshevik Leaders Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin Dawn, 5th (18 N.S.) of July 1917 (1) Pravda Offices, Petrograd, Russian Empire (2) Seventeen-year old Kolya Stepanovich studied his fellow military cadets, gathered awaiting the final details of their orders...
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    Alternate Kaiserschlacht?

    Hi, I have been reading up on the German War Plans for 1918 in several sources and found repeated mentions of several potential war plans, one of which was Operation Michael which was the one chosen IOTL. These include Operation George focused on Flanders, a smaller version of which was...
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    What were Allied War Plans for 1918 prior to the German Spring Offensives?

    Basically what it says on the tin, what were the allied war plans for 1918. I know that previously, the allied forces made their plans during the winter in Chantilly, to my knowledge they did this in 1914-16, but I haven’t found anything about a 1917 conference. I have recently been trying to...
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    French Princes of the Blood

    I have been looking into the French Princes of the Blood in the mid-sixteenth century and was wondering if anyone had a clear answer here. IOTL the First princes of the blood were as follows: First Princes of the Blood Valois House of Orléans 1465–1498 : Louis II, Duke of Orléans (1462–1515)...
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    Their Cross to Bear: An Alternate Reformation Timeline
    Threadmarks: Prelude One: The State of Europe in 1525

    This is the first of three Prelude Updates for my new Timeline "Their Cross to Bear" which takes its divergence during the early Reformation and tries to conduct a detailed (and hopefully entertaining) examination of a vast number of butterflies. We will see new and different forms of...
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    WI: The Populares Win The Sullan Civil War?

    I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for what the Roman Republic would look like following a Populares victory in the second Sullan Civil War. Let us say that Lucius Cornelius Sulla is killed in the fighting during the Battle of Orchomenus. It still ends in a victory for the Romans, but...
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    WI: Tiberius Gracchus wasn’t disgraced in Spain?

    Tiberius Gracchus was castigated for negotiating the peaceful surrender of an army during the Spanish Wars against the Numantines. As a result his prospects of successfully applying to an Aedileship were weakened and he was instead convinced to stand for the tribunate. On his election he...
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    What would a Protestant/Reformed Holy Roman Emperor look like?

    I realize how unlikely a Protestant Holy Roman Emperor is, but if a Protestant majority succeeded in seating a Protestant HRE at some point between 1520-1648 what would it look like. Specifically I am wondering what the religious foundation for his claim would be without the Papal backing a...
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    Why didn't Vladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia succeed his father as King of Poland-Lithuania?

    Vladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia was the eldest son of Casimir IV Jagellion of Poland and Lithuania. As I was looking through the Jagellion line I realized that things didn't quite line up. When Casimir died he was succeeded by his third son in Poland, John I of Poland, and fourth son...
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    The Dead Live: A Hundred Years' War Timeline
    Threadmarks: Update One: A Princely Miracle

    Hello everyone! I have been reading timelines for years, so I thought it was time to start contributing. So without much further ado I would like to present: The Dead Live: A Hundred Years' War Timeline A Princely Miracle Depiction of Edward of Angoulême's Recovery In September of...
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    Implications of a Marriage between Margaret III of Flanders and Edmund of Langley

    I have been reading through Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror and came across this passage which made me wonder about the marriage which is blocked. "Charles V had outmaneuvered the King of England to win for his brother Philip of Burgundy the same heiress that King Edward wanted for his son...
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    Beria succeeding Stalin long-term?

    I was wondering if anyone had an idea for what differences a Soviet Union under Beria might look like. This is under the assumption that after taking power he is able to retain it long-term. What crises would he face and what are his likely reactions to them? What would he do differently and...
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    WI: Svetlana Stalin and Sergo Beria married?

    According to Montefiore's book Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar, Stalin suggested three different marriages to his daughter Svetlana, these were Sergo Beria, Yuri Zhadanov and Stepan Mikoyan - all sons of some of his magnates. Of these, at least according to the book, Svetlana was in love with...
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    WI: Lenin killed in July 1917

    In July 1917 Lenin was being chased around St. Petersburg by the Kerensky government and the Bolsheviks were being attacked in the Duma. While in hiding the leading Bolsheviks debated whether Lenin and Zinoviev should surrender themselves, but Stalin was convinced that they would be killed if...
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    WI: Nicholas II and Grand Duke Michael die in 1899?

    I was wondering what would happen if the main branch of the Romanovs died out in 1899. I don't know of any specific event that might work as a POD, but I simply want it to happen before Nicholas had the opportunity to completely ruin things. I think this would leave the throne of Vladimir...
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    WI: Tsar Alexander fights Napoleon

    When Napoleon invaded Russia Alexander I had to pick between two factions from among his generals. The "German" faction led by Barclay de Tolly which advocated a slow retreat that would grind down the Grande Armée and the "Russian" faction led by Bagration who advocated fighting it out in one...
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    WI: Napoleon marries into the Romanovs?

    I was reading up on the Romanovs during the Napoleonic Wars and came across the fact that Napoleon originally wanted to marry first Ekaterina Romanova, Alexander's favorite sister, and when that fell through due to the Romanov's dislike of Napoleon he tried to marry her younger sister Anne. When...
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