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  1. After the Assassination of Gerald R. Ford - a TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter I: Watergate and the Assassination of Ford, 1974-1975.

    So I've been working on a new project. I was reading up on the two assassination attempts on President Ford, neither of which succeeded. I decided to write a TL with this as the PoD because it has the real potential for a totally different 20th and 21st century. Without further ado I present the...

  2. Under the Stainless Banner - a Southern Victory TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter I: The War of Southern Secession, 1861-1862.

    With other projects on hiatus, I was inspired to write my own Southern victory TL detailing a Confederate victory in the American Civil War. I chose the same PoD as Turtledove, the infamous Order 191, but things diverge from there. To make certain I wouldn't inadvertently rip off Turtledove's...

  3. Seven Days to the River Rhine: the Third World War - a TL
    Threadmarks: Prologue: The Cold War, 1945-1983.

    I've been working on something new for a while and today I feel ready to post the first small piece of this TL. The topic is the outbreak of a Third World War in 1983, escalating into a full nuclear exchange between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Seven Days to the River Rhine: the Third World War...

  4. King William III of the Netherlands dies without issue: a German on the Dutch throne or a Republic?

    King William III of the Netherlands, who died in 1890, outlived all three of his sons. His daughter Queen Wilhelmina was born in 1880 and succeeded him in 1890, under a regency of course by her mother. She reigned until her abdication in 1948 and died in 1962. Let's say Wilhelmina is never born...

  5. WI: Hitler Assassinated in Paris in May 1941

    We all know of the famous July 20 Plot, the failed attempt to kill Hitler and use Valkyrie to stage a coup, as well as the assassination attempts by Elser and Bavaud. There are other lesser known attempts too and this one piqued my interest: An attempt to assassinate Hitler was planned for July...

  6. After the Assassination of George W. Bush - An Alternate History of the early 21st century
    Threadmarks: Chapter I: The Bush Years, 2000-2005.

    I've been working for a while on a TL with a PoD in 2005, which is obviously the assassination of President Bush as the title suggests. This TL will focus primarily on how the world develops after that. This is the first chapter of that TL. After the Assassination of George W. Bush Chapter...

  7. Plausibility Check: some or all PIIGS countries leaving the Eurozone in worse Euro crisis

    Assuming that the Euro Crisis that started in 2009 somehow became worse, disregarding the why for the sake of this discussion, what would the likelihood be of one or more PIIGS countries (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) leaving the Eurozone, either reverting to a ¨Southern Euro¨ or...

  8. The Russian Century - a TL
    Threadmarks: Prologue: Period of Decline, 1825-1881.

    Hello to you all on this second day of the new year. I present to you the beginning of my newest (hopefully) non-ASB TL. The Russian Century Prologue: Period of Decline, 1825-1881. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, Russia devastatingly defeated Napoleon and became known as the saviour...

  9. Ottomans take Vienna in 1683, Louis XIV as Holy Roman Emperor?

    I've seen it mentioned in books on the matter that Louis XIV was aspiring to the position of Holy Roman Emperor and would likely have thrown is hat in the ring had Vienna fallen to the Ottomans. The idea was that this would've gravely weakened the position of the Habsburgs. How likely is it...

  10. The Sudeten War: History of the World after an Alternate 1938
    Threadmarks: Chapter I: Rise of the Nazis and the Sudeten Crisis, 1933-1938.

    After reading the Wikipedia article on Turtledove's alternate history series concerning WW II erupting over the Sudetenland Crisis, I decided to do my own take on how such a world might develop. This is the first installment of that TL: The Sudeten War Chapter I: Rise of the Nazis and the...

  11. (military) technological progress without WW 2

    This thread is not about discussing the notion of whether or not war is a social and technological catalyst. I personally believe WW II, apart from advancements in specific fields, was a net loss given that 50-60 million people died and the famines, genocides, political instability, civil wars...

  12. Most likely result of a successful August Coup in the USSR in 1991?

    I've been reading some threads on this forum on the August Coup, an attempted 1991 Soviet coup d'état. Communist hardliners tried to seize power from Gorbachev, President and General Secretary of the USSR. They opposed his reforms and the new union treaty, which decentralized a lot of power to...

  13. The Four Horsemen: the Nuclear Apocalypse of 1962
    Threadmarks: Prologue

    The Four Horsemen: the Nuclear Apocalypse of 1962 Prologue Fortunately for a generation of post-war historians seeking to explain how World War III came about, there is a fairly abundant amount of sources available. This may seem surprising given the enormous amount of devastation inflicted by...

  14. WI German-Japanese Alliance instead of Anglo-Japanese Alliance

    So I've been thinking lately about this topic and I'd like your input. As we all know, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance was a diplomatic milestone that ended Britain's Splendid Isolation. The reason is that both signatories felt threatened by Russian expansionism in the Far East. Eventually the...

  15. Five Years Less - Brezhnev dies in 1977
    Threadmarks: Chapter I: Brezhnev’s Succession, 1977.

    While I will continue updating my Dragonball Z timeline in the fandom section, I've also begun work on a more serious TL based in real 20th century history. I hope you'll enjoy the butterflies ;). Five Years Less Chapter I: Brezhnev’s Succession, 1977. By November 1977 Leonid Brezhnev had...

  16. AHC: make your country as small as possible without erasing it from the map

    Exactly what it says on the tin. I'll start: the Dutch Republic loses the Franco-Dutch War early on, i.e. somewhere during 1672. The result is that all of the Dutch Republic is annexed by France, except for the County of Holland. At the risk of somebody mentioning that this puppet would later be...

  17. The Dogger Bank War - how a North Sea battle changed the course of the 20th century
    Threadmarks: Chapter I: The Russo-Japanese Conflict and the Dogger Bank Incident, February-October 1904.

    I've been working on a new TL lately. I think the time is right for the first installment. The Dogger Bank War Chapter I: The Russo-Japanese Conflict and the Dogger Bank Incident, February-October 1904. The Russo-Japanese War started in 1904 and was initially fought between the Russian...

  18. WI Korean Reunification with a 'normal communist' North Korea?

    Let's suppose Kim Il-sung dies before he can consolidate power or simply gets outmanoeuvred by one of the other factions in the Workers' Party of Korea in the power struggle of the early 50s. That means no cult of personality and no Kim Dynasty, as Kim Jong-il is still way a kid and way too...

  19. The Fatherland - a Nazi victory TL
    Threadmarks: Chapter I: The Fall of Stalingrad, May- August 1942.

    As the title clearly references it, it must be clear this won't just be a Nazi victory scenario but one that aims to plausibly achieve a world similar to the one depicted in arguably the most well known alternate history novel: Robert Harris's Fatherland, which I do not own or claim to own the...

  20. No Leopold II: what happens to Congo?

    Let's suppose Leopold II dies young. He was the driving force behind colonial ambition as, in his day, the Belgian government itself was uninteresed in colonial adventures. Eventually, Belgium inherited Congo from him anyway. Without him, no Belgian Congo. So the question is: what happens to the...
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