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  1. Post 1905 Sanity Options For Czarist Russia

    Kind of riffing off the recent spate of "Sanity Options" threads...but, assuming a POD after the 1905 revolution (i.e., the establishment of the Duma and the 1906 constitution), what-realistically-could the Imperial government have done to avoid overthrow in the future? Some things, obviously...

  2. What Better CSA "Home Front" Performance Was Possible?

    Been reading up a little about the (US) Civil War...but not about the military campaigns. These are the subject of much study and AH, but I am more interested in the civilian, or "home front" side of things. What could the CSA have (realistically) have done to prolong their resistance and better...

  3. Which Great Power(s) Had the Greatest Over- or Under-Performance In WWI?

    Inspired by this thread, I am curious what is everyone's opinion about the performance of the various Great Powers that fought WWI? Not only overall (1914-1918) but also in each year of the war. Who do you think managed to punch above their weight in 1914/15/16/17/18? Offensively or defensively...

  4. Pre WWI Russian Reform Plans

    I have often heard of Russia's plans to reform the Army (and economy, specifically railroad development?) in the years before WWI. As I understand, the general idea was that the plan would be complete by 1917-which, of course, was impossible because of the war. Could anyone point me to some...

  5. Questions About Liberty Ships/Convoys

    If this is the wrong forum, Moderators, please move/delete I have a few questions about WWII convoys: Convoy Sizes: -How did the size of Atlantic convoys compare year by year? I understand the British started theirs in 1939(?), the US in 1942, and they grew in size during the war. But how many...

  6. 1759, The Annus Horribilus

    While listening to "Heart of Oak" today, I got to wondering...what if the "wonderful year" of 1759 had turned out to be a series of disappointments rather than victories? Specifically: The British garrison at Madras is defeated The French fleet prevents/defeats the attack on Guadalupe The...

  7. Mexico Without Violent Revolution

    Just curious if anyone has any speculations (or could point me to a past thread) about how Mexico could have avoided the revolutions/civil war that afflicted it OTL 1910-1920. I am posting it here because I am mostly curious as to if/how a peaceful change could have come about after the end of...

  8. Two Disasters for the Price of One

    Inspired by Clandango's comment in this thread, I was wondering about what "mega events" might have occurred during other, already or closely occurring, major historical events? In the thread referenced, a Yellowstone eruption affects the US civil war. But what about a New Madrid earthquake...

  9. WI: Nazi Germany Fails to Secure Norway

    The Nazi invasion of Norway was "a damned close run thing" but they managed to gain control of the country, anyway. But...if they hadn't been able to pull it off in 1940 as OTL, what do you think would have happened then? A few different POD's: -UK manages to successfully occupy the country...

  10. Australia On Its Own In WWII

    OTL, the Australian government asked the UK to return troops home (from North Africa?-can't recall offhand) to shore up against increased Japanese threats. But what if either the need in Europe/UK was too great or the transportation was not available and Australia had to make do without them...

  11. CSA Without Blockade

    I'm curious. Seeing as the CSA was so much more dependent on imports that was the Union, and the efforts of the US to blockade the South, what would have been the direct effects of an ACW without a Union blockade? I would ask you to assume that this is because of US decision (not necessarily a...

  12. No Naval Limit Treaties-How Far Does 1920's Naval Race Go?

    After WWI, a naval arms race picked up again as the US/UK/Japan, etc. started planning larger fleets of larger battleships. Eventually, with ruinous costs facing them, the major powers agreed to naval limitations (Washington & London Treaties). But if they couldn't come to agreement, what would...

  13. Latest Successful Southern Secession (ACW)

    I recall being taught in history class that the Compromise of 1850 bought the United States enough time to develop sufficient industry and population that the Confederacy would surely be defeated when the American Civil War broke out a decade later. I have always wondered what would have...

  14. Alternate 1923 British Railways Groupings

    I have been toying with some different post WWI groupings of British Railways-no TL or anything, just having fun. A few requests for information from those familiar with them: What was the mileage of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway? In the 1923 grouping, the east coast...

  15. "Postwar" Japan In A "Europe Only" WWII

    Looking for some speculations here. If the US policy moves from a "Germany First" prosecution of the war into a "Germany Only" one, what might the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" develop into? Since we need a POD, let me throw out the following scenario: Pearl Harbor (they sink our...

  16. Stalin's Importance to USSR's War Effort

    Reading over some "WI/AHC: Germany Wins WWII" threads, a lot of the plausible scenarios involve knocking the USSR out of the war. OK, that makes sense...but one of the most common POD's for that to happen involves the death or (less likely) removal of Stalin. Going with the former (specifically...

  17. No WWI - Canadian Immigration

    One of the changes brought about by WWI was the great lessening of transatlantic emigration to North America. Not only to the United States but also to Canada. If we can avoid the all-out European conflict (perhaps limiting things to no more than a series of "damned fools things in the...

  18. How Long Can WWI Last?

    If Germany never asks for an armistice but fights until the end ala' WWII, how much longer will WWI last? I understand that there were plans already in preparation for offensives in 1919 but would it go until 1920? Beyond?

  19. What If the High Seas Fleet Was Not Scuttled?

    Assuming that the German Navy either does not try or is not successful in scuttling itself in Scapa Flow after the armistice, what happens to it? I have read that there were proposals to divvy it up among some of the Entente powers but who would get what? Would Britain want all of it? Most? Or...

  20. The World Without Railroads

    How would the world look-economically, politically, militarily, demographically; however you want to look at it-had railroads as we know them (anything beyond the primitive coal mine plate ways) never been developed? The POD is that there is no POD, just plain no one ever thinks of it. Assume...
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