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  1. WI Saratoga at Midway

    Assume the Battle of Midway was delayed 3 days. What role would Saratoga have played in the battle?

  2. AHC: A 1943 Carrier Battle

    Come up with a series of events that lead up to a carrier battle in 1943 then discuss in some detail how that battle plays out. As AHC go this shouldn't be too hard.

  3. A Greater Alodia

    Nobatia, Makuria and Alodia were the three medieval Christian kingdoms of Nubia. However Makuria which was in the middle annexed Nobatia to its north during the 7th century. Christianity in Nobatia was Miaphysite and firmly subordinate to the Coptic Church. Makuria was initially Chalcedonic...

  4. WI No Onin War

    POD in 1459 Hino Tomiko gives birth to a healthy baby boy who goes on to succeed Ashakagi Yoshimasa as shogun without any controversy. Does this merely delay the Sengoku or is there a real chance that it is averted altogether?

  5. Next Carrier Battle after Japanese Victory at Midway

    The long term consequences of a Japanese victory at Midway comes up periodically with their being an overwhelming consensus that Japan still loses. I am not interested in revisiting that per se. Instead I am curious about people's speculation as to when and where the next carrier vs carrier...

  6. CSIR North

    In OTL Hitler was not enthusiastic about having Italian participation in Operation Barbarossa based on what had happened in North Africa and Greece. Nevertheless there was an Italian Expedition Corps (CSIR) consisting of two semimotorized divisions and the 3rd Cavalry Division. This corps was...

  7. What if King Baldwin killed at Ramla 1102

    King Baldwin just barely escaped being killed or captured at the Second Battle of Ramla in May 1102. So what happens if he doesn't? I am a little more interested in him being killed but if anyone feels captured is more interesting, feel free to hijack. If this has been done recently in...

  8. Pope Pius II has better health

    I have only recently discovered Pius II and find him an intriguing figure. He died at Ancona in 1464. He had been waiting for a Venetian fleet to arrive to transport a crusader army he intended to lead in person against the Turks. When they did arrive he was very sick and died two days later...

  9. WI Anhedonia

    http://www.ozy.com/flashback/anhedonia-nearly-swallowed-annie-hall/4658 So WI Woody Allen Anhedonia instead of Annie Hall?

  10. WI Vatican II a decade earlier

    In 1948 Cardinal Ruffini came up with the idea that what the church needed was a general council. He persuaded other influential clergy and together they got Pope Pius to take some preliminary steps towards convening one. However after 2 years Pius decided against doing it during his reign but...

  11. "Mad Men" in its own time

    WI there was a TV series in the 1960's about an ad agency? How similar would it be to Mad Men? When I first thought of this idea, I thought "not even close". Then today I was watching the Twilight Zone episode "A Stop at Willoughby" and it is roughly in the same ballpark IMHO.

  12. WI No Athanasius

    Athanasius dies in childhood. Does that mean Arianism wins out? Any other impact such as the Alexandrian school retaining more of Origen's provocative notions?

  13. WI Hemingway lives longer

    Assume that Ernest Hemingway lives considerably longer. Doesn't inherit hemochromatosis and does not commit suicide. How does he interact with the cultural changes of the Sixties and Seventies? How does he get along with Norman Mailer? What if anything does write? My apologies if...

  14. WI Jobs dies 9/11/2001

    Sept 11, 2001 Steve Jobs is visiting the WTC. He does not make it out. What are the implications for tech, music industry and Apple? Also what is the verdict of history on Jobs in TTL?

  15. WI no Italo-Turkish War

    Giolitti entered the Italo-Turkish War with considerable reluctance and when it was over he considered it a mistake. WI he had decided against going to war? As a start it seems that the Balkan Wars go away. Does a much smaller Serbia behave itself and so no assassination in Sarajevo? And...

  16. WI an Austro-Hungarian Tannenberg

    Several WWI histories I've read claim that the Russian Fifth Army under the impetuous Gen. von Plehve was in serious danger of being encircled during the Battle of Komarov. POD: Battle of Komarov On August 31 Auffenberg in command of the Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army decides to try to...

  17. Pyrrhic Victory Redefined

    Is there any reasonably plausible (not the same as probable) way that Pyrrhus of Epirus could have made Carthage his ally in his struggle against Rome? Would an early demise of Agathocles help or hurt (or neither) this development? If such an alliance is concluded how much trouble is Rome in...

  18. Castlereagh puts down the knife

    In Aug 1822 Lord Castlereagh slit his own throat with a penknife. What if he did not and his depression lifted enough for him to remain functional? He was much more favorable to the Congress System and the Holy Alliance than Canning. One particularly interesting aspect of this is that...

  19. Black Hawk Up

    Inspired by some suggestions I received offline from Chief Grey Wolf I would be interested in constructive criticism and comments on the following. GW loved multiple POD's. I am more moderate and will have 3 independent mary divergences: Primary divergence 1: In Aug 1812 Lt. Gen Prevost...

  20. Grey Wolf's 1840's War against USA

    Recieved written comunications from Grey Wolf about one project as follows: Refining the TImeline Information gratefully received from people in addition to my own researches has led me to conclude that the POD envisaged for this TL is flawed and therefore needs attention. I am thinking...
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