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  1. Operation Griffon

    I know we've been over the topic of why the unmentionable sea mammal was impossible time and time again, and agree that the changes required to make Sea Lion possible are so large that you've probably butterflied the OTL course of WWII up through the Fall of France out of existence. But what...

  2. EUIII is Devouring My Soul

    If you want to know why I haven't posted much in the past week or so, it's mainly because I picked up EUIII last Monday and have since been engrossed in my quest to lead Portugal to world domination. Thus far, it's 1550, the Aztecs and Incas (with their lovely gold provinces) are now mine...

  3. Save the Moa

    New Zealand has always seemed like an interesting location as far as an ecological POD, due to the large number of bird species that were wiped out after human settlement. But what if that hadn't happened? The idea of domesticating the moa, for use as food or beast of burden, could be an...

  4. Early Bicycles

    The title should be self-explanatory: was there any real possibility of the bicycle being invented earlier, and what effects might it have had? Particularly on the military (bicycle infantry would be very useful in an era before cars), but also any other societal effects.

  5. No Yugoslavian Coup

    The Serbian coup in 1941 that overthrew the Yugoslavian king was unarguably a disaster for Yugoslavia, and a major irritant for the Axis; the country was overrun in a matter of weeks and then suffered through years of occupation and the Ustashe regime in Croatia. For Germany, meanwhile, it was...

  6. DBWI: The St. Petersburg Meteor hits Tunguska Instead

    As we all know, the capital of the Russian Empire was obliterated early in the morning on June 30, 1908 by what we now believe to have been an airburst of a particularly large meteor. Had the meteor arrived just a few hours earlier, however, it would have destroyed a region of sparsely...

  7. TL Research - Meiji Japan

    Would anyone happen to know how the Japanese government was structured during the early Meiji period (1870s and 80s) and who the major players were, along with their policies regarding industrialization? Or know any reliable sources for this info?

  8. Kentucky Secedes

    Basically, the thread title is self-explanatory: Kentucky joins the other Southern states in seceding in early 1861. How would this affect the war?

  9. TL Idea - Better Japanese Empire

    For a little while now, I've been kicking around an idea for a Japanese Empire that has some chance of surviving into the modern day. The main POD is twofold; first, an emphasis on Japaneseness as a cultural/spiritual trait rather than an ethnic/biological one (allowing for assimilation and...

  10. What would it take to make Judaism a widespread religion?

    When compared to the other major religions, each of which seems to have about a billion members, the 20 million or so adherents of Judaism are a little bit outnumbered. Is there any way to change this? Any remotely plausible way, that is.

  11. European Reactions to Competition

    I just started reading the Guns of the Tawantinsuya timeline, and it made me wonder what the reaction to something similar might have been in Europe. In OTL, the Europeans didn't really have any serious competition in the world, with exception of the Ottomans, for several centuries. This...

  12. Decaf World

    I have heard statements to the effect that the increasing availability of stimulant beverages such as coffee or tea were a major, and often overlooked, factor in the Industrial Revolution. They were what allowed workers to transition from a burst-based agrarian economy to an industrial one...

  13. A Greater American Revolution

    I have two questions for anyone who feels they can answer: 1. What would be required to have both Canada and the British West Indies (including Florida in this instance) either rebel alongside the 13 colonies or be ceded to them post-war? 2. What would be some long-term effects of...

  14. Khazarian Survival

    Anyone have any ideas for the likely effects of Khazaria not being destroyed in the 900s? The existence of a powerful Jewish state in what is now Ukraine and European Russia would probably cause at least a few changes in future events.

  15. Operation Downfall in Hokkaido

    One of the many little details relating to the planned invasion of Japan that were discovered after the war was that the Soviets were planning to invade Hokkaido by the end of August. Although I don't think the Soviets had all that much naval capacity, the Japanese no longer had anything...

  16. On the Flagellation of Deceased Equines

    Here's a simple question: which particular timelines have been discussed, time and time again, without any genuinely new ideas being introduced. Bonus points if someone can come up with new spins on these old TLs! The obvious ones, for me, would be CSA/Nazi Germany wins, Austria/Ottoman...

  17. Ethiopia Triumphant

    My two questions, for anyone who knows more about Ethiopian history than I do (not hard) are: 1. After Adowa, could the Ethiopians have made a serious attempt to conquer Italian East Africa? 2. What the aftermath of such an attempt be if it were to succeed?

  18. How long could the Confederacy have lasted?

    One topic that I feel doesn't seem to get enough coverage in Southern Victory timelines is that the very nature of the Confederacy ensured that it would disintegrate within a relatively short time after it came into existence. After all, in a country created via the principle of secession and...

  19. No Great Kanto Earthquake

    From what I have gathered, the massive earthquake that leveled Tokyo in 1923 had significant effects on Japan throughout the next two decades due to the economic damage and such. So, what else would change if the earthquake does not occur?

  20. Triple Alliance Holds

    What if the Italians, aided by the Central Powers offering them tidbits like Tunisia, Nice, Savoy, and Corsica, honored their treaty obligations and joined the Central Powers? How might this have changed the war?
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