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    Knights of the Sky

    Fighter pilots are often referred to as "the knights of the sky"- your challenge is to make this literal. Have air superiority be the domain of the landed aristocracy, equipped, maintained, and manned by the gentry. I'll put this in Before 1900 because I'm assuming it'd take a pre-1900 PoD for...
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    WI: No unconditional surrender for Japan?

    Simply, I ask the question, how much sooner (if at all) would the war in the Pacific have ended if the Allies promised to grant Hirohito amnesty? What would be the implications of Japan surrendering sooner?
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    WI: Kyoto Nuked?

    Apparently, Kyoto was briefly on the list of potential targets for atomic bombing in Japan. What would be the ramifications if Kyoto were nuked instead of Hiroshima? Effects on Japanese morale, resolve to fight, Japanese culture post-war, etc.?
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    Why was dynasty synonymous with nation in Korea but not China?

    How come China gravitated towards being referred to as Zhongguo over dynasty names, while the Korean dynasty name of Joseon (and later Great Han) survive to this day as names for the Korean nation? Furthermore, is there a way that Chinese nation-state could be referred to by a dynasty name...
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    WI: Protestant, not Catholic Missionaries?

    A huge contributing factor to the failure of the Catholic Church in creating a lasting foothold in East Asia was its structure, wherein the faithful are supposed to be nominally loyal to the Pope, which created tensions as leaders thought it might compromise their countries to foreign influence...
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    Name of Scandinavian Language in United Scandinavia?

    Just curious- what would the name of the language of a united Scandinavia be called, both by outsiders and by Scandinavians themselves? Would it be Norse, Norsk, Nordic... -Danish?
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    WI: Tumu Crisis Results in Mongol Conquest of Beijing?

    What it says on the tin: if, once the Zhengtong emperor is captured, he is ransomed and as a result Beijing is captured by the Oirats, what kind of fallout would there be? Would this lead to the early decline of the Ming, and the re-establishment of a Mongol dynasty? How would the Jurchen...
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    DBWI: Vietnam Adopts a Latin Alphabet

    In the 16th century, Portuguese Jesuit missionaries developed a transcription of the Vietnamese language using the Latin alphabet, and seemed to initially gain some traction before the Nguyen Dynasty adopted Chu Nom as Vietnam's official script in the late nineteenth century. How could the...
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    WI: Hirohito Successfully Assassinated in 1932?

    On January 9 of 1932, Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang threw a grenade in the direction of Hirohito's carriage when he was on his way to a military parade. The grenade missed, instead exploding near the carriage of Imperial Household Minister Ichiki Kitoko. There was little fallout from this...
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    WI: Yi Seong-gye Invades Liaoning?

    During the collapse of the Yuan dynasty, a faction of the Goryeo court supported a war against the Ming to seize the Liaodong peninsula, sending general Yi Seong-gye to lead the invasion. He would proceed to turn his army around and oust the ruling dynasty from power, forming Joseon. What if...
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    WI: Mao Dies in 1953?

    What happens if Mao Zedong dies in 1953? How will China evolve without the Great Leap Forward or the Cultural Revolution (or, how does the Great Leap Forward differ, and does the Cultural Revolution still happen)? Further, how would Mao be viewed by the Chinese and by Westerners? Will his cult...
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    What Would Hideyoshi Do if He Conquered China?

    As you might know, Toyotomi Hideyoshi attempted to invade Korea and China in the late sixteenth century, but was eventually repulsed after a protracted military campaign. I'm not asking whether it's possible if he could have won, but what he might have done if he did- what were his plans, or how...
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    Fate of Manchuria Without Nurhaci?

    What if no figure unites the Jurchen tribes and invades China? What happens to the Jurchen and Mongols later on? Do they get absorbed into the Russian empire, China, Korea, or even Japan? Can they manage to form their own nation-state, and if they do, what effects would that have on regional...
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    Plausibility: Trading Taiwan for North Korea?

    If the US abandons Taiwan to Communist invasion and acknowledges the PRC as the legitimate government (dunno how plausible that is), would this mean, without Chinese intervention, Korea gets united? What would happen after that, and what would US-China-Soviet relations look like as a result...
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    WI: Emperor of Japan Converts to Christianity?

    Okay, I was thinking about this because of the ASB thread that supposes a majority Christian Japan after WWII. What if the Japanese Emperor converted to Christianity? I have three main scenarios: 1. During the Sengoku Jidai, the emperor converts to Catholicism. Perhaps a Catholic daimyo forces...
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    DBHC: Celt-Screw

    As we all know, the Celtic languages are the majority language in Western Europe. Could this be changed so that Germanic or Italic languages could displace Celtic languages, perhaps even as far as Gaeldom (I'd include Greek, but historically I feel like they've already been pretty wanked)? Maybe...
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    Different Name for Dutch Language?

    Other than Dutch/Nederlands, could there be another name for the language? Is there any chance of one of its regional varieties, like Flemish or Hollandic being used to refer to all speakers? If so, how would that come about?
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    WI: HRE Seen as Resurrected WRE?

    The Ottonians were known to intermarry with the Byzantines, and Otto III, who was raised by his Greek mother, was betrothed to the Byzantine princess Zoe, who reigned as Byzantine Empress OTL. Would children born from this union bring the two empires together, perhaps with one brother ruling the...
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    AHC: Butterfly African Chattel Slavery in Americas

    Your challenge is to butterfly the transatlantic slave trade with a PoD no earlier than 1000 AD. The later the PoD, the better.
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    AHC: China and Korea view Japan Positively

    Your challenge is to make popular sentiment in (independent) China and Korea majority positive and for both countries to view it as a natural ally instead of a natural enemy.
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