cold war atl

May 2nd, 1963, in the South Atlantic, a transatlantic fishing dispute had escalated into a confrontation and in time the standoff between two respectable navies would lead to global repercussions in a shot heard around the world, one in which would change international maritime law forever. The...

Hey all! Let's start things off! Cuban soldiers in occupied territory setting up perimeter defenses. The Cubans used multiple varieties of structures for ad hoc garrisons such as college campuses, summer camps and warehouses. This group is setting up near the cabins of a seaside tourist...

Reading up on the Blue House Raid attempt got me thinking that if successful (resulting in the death of Park Chung-Hee that is), aside from South Korea possibly retaliating by doing the same towards Kim Il-Sung, how will it lead to a resumption of hostilities in the Korean peninsula? And if so...

Europe had been left in rubble by the Second World War, and the European empires could only remain empire for a short time. Now global politics would not be decided by the demands of London, Paris, or Berlin, but instead commanded by Moscow and Washington. Meanwhile in the orient, a new world...

I know this may not be the most realistic. I'd be happy to discuss my thought process. Being persuaded by some of his advisors, Hitler allowed for German support of pro-Axis factions within the Turkish government for a potential coup in July of 1941. Turkish officers sympathetic to Germany and...

After World War 2 a neutral zone is established called the Austria Hungary zone. From Graz to Gyor to Bratislava and a small part of Slovenia this zone is later turned into a neutral Republic. It was vey unstable, Yugoslavia, Hungary ,Austria and Slovenia hated it. Its capital city was in...

POD 1: A Man Dies, and the World Changes The Incumbent President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dies. He dies of a heart attack, while playing a game of chess with his close friend. The doctors are unable to save him. John Nance Garner, becomes the interim President, as the Elections close in...

While people talk about possible conflicts during and after the Cold War (especially a certain Third World War), what's been missing out are ones regarding terrorist (or "freedom fighter") incidents that may or may not involve hostages, especially as they became more prominent after 1972 with...

It's no surprise that after WWII, Japan was in bad shape and that the US took upon itself to rebuild it yet was having issues with the economy and of course was subjected to Cold War politics regarding purging communists and socialists and bolstering conservative and capitalist forces to support...

It is no secret that Korea and Japan (or rather both Koreas and Japan) have a lot of beef with each other since the Imjin War in the late 16th century and it seems like they'll remain rivals for years, even decades, but what if they became rivals on par with Saudi Arabia vs. Iran in that they...

You know, here's something that might pique some interest especially as this is something different for once: The State Defense Forces until rather recently were more often than not ignored and neglected though admittedly they are still not at the strength that they could potentially be as...

As we all know, Mussolini's Italy and Chiang Kai-sek's China forged a major alliance in their efforts to protect their respective interests in Western Asia, as well as to ostensibly prevent Communist take-overs of allies and neighboring countries. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance was re-forged for...

One thing that has not been done often is an ATL focusing on the Southern Hemisphere. For the purposes of the ATL, the idea is starting in August 1945, have the Southern Hemisphere become a major power bloc. This includes Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia, the Middle East, China and...

So as some of you may know between 1945 and 1948, the town of Haren in northwestern Germany, near the border with the Netherlands, was controlled by Stanisław Maczek's First Tank Division. It extended over 6,500 square kilometres to include the districts of Aschendorf, Meppen and Lingen as well...

This is a new alternate history with ASB elements covering the Cold War: https://www.amazon.com/Weird-World-Sean-Patrick-Hazlett/dp/1982124911 What if the United States had gone to war with the Soviet Union? What if these rival superpowers had fought on land, sea, air, and the astral plane...

Introduction: This is a collaborative work between me, RedHistorian1917, and GroßDeutchesKaiserreich. Entries from both of us are official for this work. I hope you enjoy Crimson Century. Entry One: Iowa, Iowa, That's Where The Tall Corn Grows It was a cold morning in Washington as the sun...

This is something that I have been working on assiduously since the last two months. This is my second most serious project after 'When it rains, it pours! A Frederick the sixth ISOT!' The concept is what would happen if the Bangladesh Liberation war were to occur 14 years later on than OTL...

Chapter I - The Great Expropriation of 1907 “This is not peace. This is an armistice for twenty years.” - Ferdinand Foch The Great War: The Long Shadow of 1914, David Reynolds Of all the wars of the 20th century, none have had a greater impact than the Great War of 1914[1]. The Great War has...

Hello Y'all, I am creating an alternate history thread on if Henry A. Wallace became Vice President instead of Harry S. Truman. This will explore the political, economical, and social changes that would happen if he became Vice President and succeeded FDR instead of Truman. This timeline will...

So I tried doing this timeline before and I thought it might be fun to actually finish it I was using a style of telling it through excerpts from history books. It was kind of interesting, but it actually made it somewhat difficult to actually describe things and kind of got dry. I also started...