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  1. Soviets are first to flyby/orbit the Moon

    After Apollo 8, the Soviet leadership went very cold on the Proton-Soyuz Zond flybys, and a manned flyby never took place. What would it have taken for the Zond programme to be safe enough by 1968, or 1969, for the Soviets to consider a manned flyby. Alternatively, was an alternative...

  2. What is the font?

    I went back to a project on Paint.net but I can't find what font I used. Does anyone know what font this is?

  3. WI Falklands war in late 1982

    One of the biggest issues the Royal Navy and the British government had to contend with was the rapidly approaching winter, as attempting to invade during the middle of winter would be far harder than invading when they did which meant thing had to happen very quickly So my question is - what if...

  4. No scuttling at Scapa Flow?

    Quite a simple WI. If for some reason Reuter did not scuttle his ships, such as Beatty not going out on exercises, what would happen to the German fleet? Would the Germans be allowed to keep some of their early Dreadnoughts? Who would get what? Would they be allowed to use it? Would France...

  5. WI: Thatcher fights on?

    Quite a basic WI. Instead of quitting after only getting 54% of the vote in the First round of the 1990 leadership election, Thatcher stays to fight, and contests the second round. How will she do? Major and Hurd probably won't cast their hats into the ring, but might some other ambitious Tory...

  6. Improve the Alaska class Large Cruisers

    I can remember reading on wikipedia that several different designs were put forward for the Alaska class cruisers, including 6000t(!) cruisers, or overgrown heavy cruisers. Given that the general consensus on the board is that the Alaska's were a bad design built too late, would a different...

  7. Johanna Hiedler other children?

    Hitler's Maternal Grandmother was a women by the name of Johanna Hiedler. According to Wikipedia, she had 11 children. According to Wikipedia, five of those survived into adulthood, with one marrying Alois Hitler. Does anyone know anything about these four forgotten uncles and aunts of Hitler...

  8. BBC Alternate History Series: SS:GB

    I watched a trailer after Call the Midwife on BBC 1, and on an advert for about six different original drama series, one of them was called SS:GB. So, yep, BBC going to be doing AH.

  9. Hitler Visits Britain?

    I'm doing some planning for a timeline about Hitler visiting Britain in Late October, November 1938. This is as a result of an invitation by Neville Chamberlain, as a way of helping ensure that peace is kept. Does anyone think this is implausible?

  10. Royal Navy Battleships had WW1 not broken out?

    For some reason, the First World War does not break out. Peace continues, Fisher isn't recalled, and the Royal Navy continues to build Battleships. In 1914, the Royal Navy had ordered a repeat Queen Elizabeth Class battleship and three more Revenge class ships. In this case, these ships would...

  11. WI: Richard III survives the battle of Bosworth Field?

    I have been studying the Tudors in history recently, and I wondered what kind of effect it would have on the early years of Henry VII reign if Richard III was able to survive and flee from the Battle of Bosworth Field. Henry VII had two Yorkist Rebellions in the first three years of his reign...

  12. Furutaka-class cruiser rebuilt as Light cruisers?

    This a bit niche even by the Forum's standard, so I will include a Wikipedia link to the relevant ship class. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furutaka-class_cruiser The Furutaka class cruisers were rebuilt with three dual eight inch turrets in the late 1930's, replacing six 8 inch single turrets...

  13. Japan doesn't go to war in 1941?

    Since the Pacific War didn't go too well for Japan, let's presume that in mid-1941, Japan realises that it does not have a chance of taking on the US and winning, and instead decides that peace is the best option. Obviously, this means that Japan will need to address it's oil shortage some other...

  14. Italy enters WW2 before fall of France?

    OTL, Mussolini entered the war once France was pretty much beaten, expecting a short war, a few thousand dead, and as a consequence, a seat at the peace conference. However, what would it take during the build up to war to have Italy either - Declare war on the allies at the outbreak of war...

  15. German Slipways

    Hi From my research, I have found that the Germans had 8 slipways that built ships larger than destroyers in the build up to WW2. Does anyone know what was built on what slip at which time? Is there a nice chart showing how long each slip was occupied for? Thanks in advance.

  16. Kriegmarine sorties against invasion of France?

    The idea of the Germans sending the remains of their small surface fleet against an invasion of France is admittedly far-fetched at the first glance, but when given over to closer examination is admittedly a reasonably plausible idea for the Nazis to think up (Very ambitious, suicidal and...

  17. WI: No Pearl Harbour

    Quite simple really. Japanese decide not to go ahead with the Pearl Harbour Attack, and instead decide to give the Americans a decisive battle - use the Aircraft carriers to torpedo some of the battleships and weaken the fleet, and send in the Battleships to finish them off. While the Japanese...

  18. DWBI: Senator John F Kennedy Wins 1960 election?

    As I am sure you are all aware, John Kennedy died yestesday. He was the candiate for the Democratic party in 1960, and fought a very good campaign, but lost the knifedge election when New Jersey declared for Nixon by 2000 votes. So my question is, what if he wins New Jersey, and has to do a deal...

  19. No Yamato's?

    Before WW2, Japan built two super battleships of the Yamato class, plus an aircraft carrier conversion. All these ships ended up at the bottom of the sea. Now these were pretty wasteful, but lets presume that the Japanese went Quantity not Quality. Instead, they build three 16 inch fast...

  20. German Carrier Aircraft

    When the Germans were building the Graf Zepplin, they decided the carrier might work better if they stuck some planes on it. So by 1940, the general plan was to have a Carrier version of the Bf 109, a Carrier version of the Ju 87, and a biplane called the Fieseler Fi 167, which later got...
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