Hoelun, father of Temujin, does NOT fall victim to the Tatars that poisoned him IOTL.
He returns home and lives a typical life for a Mongol chieftien .
His children, including his eldest son Temujin, grow up to live unremarkable lives.
Meanwhile, another Mongol named Jamukha rose to power...
The volcanic explosion of Thera/Santorini somewhere around 1600BCE caused the nearly immediate collapse of the Minoan culture, with local ripples around the Aegean impacting Greek/Persian history, but subsequent crop failures caused by 'volcanic winter' is thought by some to affect further...
For Japan, to prevent split imposed by the Soviet 'dibs' doctrine, the USA/Brits would have to conquer the whole of the Japanese islands before the USSR has landed any troops. Unless the USA was prepared to incur even more casualties by 'rushing', this will be difficult. As it was, Operation...
The German prewar and wartime economy was, to a certain degree, funded by confiscated Jewish assets (https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/1.5136723).
Take away the anti-Semitic element, and you must also take away the resulting cash infusion that created the tools of the blitzkreig.
It is difficult...
So if the Great War started in 1914 or 1915, before the Great Influenza Pandemic rather than afterwards, how much grimmer would the war have been, with everyone's population and industry still firing on all cylinders rather than blunted by the scourge?
Can you imagine the horror of the flu...
If you look at the 'big' sports, the ones that the USA seems to have fallen in love with (American Football, Baseball, Basketball) just happen to be the ones that . . . THEY* invented and are generally the best at !!!
From the USA perspective, the 'Big Three' have a huge entrenchment, with...
Assuming no nukes yet the ability to have ICBMs?
ICBMs strongly imply the ability to put things into space as well.
Have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
for one reference.
You COULD pre-launch all of the kill vehicles over a long period of time and have them...
Back to the OP...
The butterflies may be more impactful.
Part of the reason that anti-slavery reform movements showed some caution, and "free" states were willing to compromise, was that the specter of Southern Succession (if you messed with the 'Peculiar Institution') was always there as...
I liked "Groundhog Day". I contend that counts as AH.
"Watchmen", written well after 1985, should count (although the superheros kinda messes up the AH qualities)
"District 9", although it is almost an allegory rather than AH.
Does "1984" count, now that it is 2015?
You just know that before too long, most of the goats would be concentrated to just 1% of the population, leaving the other 99% goatless and persecuted.
After the Yalta conference, I believe that the USA (and UK) were committed to letting the Red Army bleed for any territorial gains in the future Soviet Zone.
Most felt that the German hardliners would put up a fanatical resistance up to and past any rational surrender point, so why shed...
There's a BIG difference between CONQUERING a nation, and KEEPING it!
Canada:
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Quebec has generally had a big-ish influence on the Rest of Canada (ROC) before, during and after its 1867 Conferation.
Despite this, Francophone Quebec has always sought more and more independence.
If...
Does it?
If England were still divided, perhaps the Normans would be MORE likely to grab some or all of it.
If I can grab Cornwall and the lowlands from its 'local' kings and leave the rest alone until 'next time', maybe William is MORE likely to try.
This could be an interesting timeline...