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  1. What if there was no Operation Urgent Fury/Invasion of Grenada in 1983?

    Okay, so I looked around on the forum for threads dealing with the Urgent Fury/Invasion of Grenada operation and didn't find any that dealt with the consequences of there being no invasion (at least I didn't find any threads specifically about urgent fury that asked this question). So...what...

  2. Fictional countries in political thrillers (TV and books)

    So in Scandal there is reference to the fictional independent countries of East Sudan and Kurdistan. When I first came across these references I thought it would be interesting to see a map of the world in Scandal. And I also wondered if there were any other fictional countries that anyone...

  3. No partition of Vietnam

    So I tried using the search function to find threads on this but the search function isn't working for me and I haven't been finding threads which address this specifically. Inspired by the recent Vietnam thread which were very informative, I've been wondering if there was any way for the...

  4. Typhoon "Louise" and Operation Downfall....

    Okay, so it is accepted wisdom that the Typhoon that unexpectedly struck Okinawa on October 9, 1945 (nicknamed Typhoon "Louise") would have caused a 45-day delay in the invasion of Kyushu had the war not ended in August 1945. I've wondered about this for a little while now, because of...

  5. Can anyone do a Canadian version of this map?

    I know we have some truly awesome cartographers on here, so is there anyone who is up to the challenge of doing a Canadian (or even an Australian) version of this map? http://www.radicalcartography.net/?us-territory (full size version (which is BIG)...

  6. Map confusion - West(ern) Virgina and secession

    So I saw this map in this thread and one thing lead to another and now I would like some Virginia experts on here to this up if possible: Which counties in what is now West Virginia really voted for secession from the United States in 1861? I've seen maps like this: EDIT: and this: which...

  7. AH Design Challenge: Subnational currencies for the United States...

    Linked to my challenge in the Post-1900 forum, I would like to challenge our resident designers to come up with subnational currencies for the United States. For a bit of background it seems that according to a 2001 study by Michael Kouparitsas, the United States is not an optimal currency...

  8. AH Challenge: Subnational currencies for the United States...

    So from my "Personal opt-outs for integration (UK and Europe and elsewhere)...." thread in Chat I discovered (and posted) the interesting tidbit of info which suggest that the United States itself is not an optimal currency area (i.e. "a geographical region in which it would maximize economic...

  9. How the States got their shapes...resource thread

    So after watching "How the States got their shapes" the other night I went about looking for more information as obviously a television program is going to have to cut out a lot of the information and basically give a summary. I found this very informative document on how Idaho got its name...

  10. Governor Tomas Estrada Palma of Cuba....

    So I once remember reading that President Tomás Estrada y Palma of Cuba favoured annexation of his island to the United States. Given that he was President of Cuba from 1902 to 1906 I thought it might have just been an apocryphal story that had made its way into a minor history book, since I...

  11. AH Challenge: 1986 Gulf War...

    ...Gulf of Sidra/Sirte that is. With the current events in Libya I decided to see if any threads from the past had discussed the 1986 or 1989 tensions between the US and Libya exploding into an actual war. I only found one: https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=129834...

  12. Durand Line question

    In looking through the PCL site I came across a map I had seen before but forgotten about which shows Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Pushtun areas as well as showing the 1893 Durand Line and where the modern border deviates from it: I've been trying to find out when the border changed...

  13. Real money like potraits for alternate American currency

    Ever wanted to do a good, believable alternate American dollar bill but just couldn't find the right potrait? Well whilst looking for images of world treasury notes/bonds/bills etc I came across a site with a plethora of suitable images from old US notes (unfortunately though there doesn't seem...

  14. What would the climate and ocean currents be like if Aus and Antarctica didn't split?

    So as the title says, what would the world's ocean currents and climatic zones be like if the world looked like this? [I know Antarctica actually split from Tasmania last and not western Australia, but assuming some butterflies and ASBs, let's say it split the other way and didn't fully split]

  15. The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere...what was it really supposed to be like?

    Okay, we can find tons of information about what Hitler (and to a lesser extent Mussolini) envisioned for Europe and (again to a lesser extent) the wider world. But when it comes to Asia and Japan's plans it all still seems rather sketchy and at times contradictory. We all know that Japan...

  16. Films which got some things surprisingly right...historically

    So I was watching 55 Days at Peking a day or so ago (hadn't seen it in a while) and to my surprise I've now noticed that the opening scene had the historically accurate British flag as used for embassies (not high commissions - which weren't even around in 1900 anyway). I am referring to...

  17. Falklands-like conflict....with Brazil

    Came across this on the Wiki and it seems that back in the 1800s Britain almost got itself involved in a dispute with another South American country over some unimportant (by today's standards) island in the South Atlantic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Trinidad So even...

  18. When did people stop using the term "the Brazils"?

    This question has been bugging me ever since I first read about "the Brazils" in Robinson Crusoe. So why was Brazil called "the Brazils" originally and when did people stop referring to the area in the plural and why? In this article both the singular and the plural are used and this is...

  19. How do you write in a scroll

    Okay, this might be easy for those used to editing, but I've been wondering how to write words in a scroll such as the scroll found on the standard governor-general's flag? So if I edit the scroll to be blank yellow, how do I get the words to fit the scroll? Thanks in advance.

  20. What if Sihanouk captured by the Vietnamese in 1979?

    After Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge ill-advisedly provided Vietnam with a reason to overthrow that regime, Vietnam invaded Kampuchea in late 1978 and within 3 weeks had captured Phnom Penh. One part of the plan had apparently been to capture Prince Norodom Sihanouk who was essentially under...
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