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  1. Nazis take the Azores?

    Is it feasible for the Nazis to launch an invasion of the Azores to deny them from the Allies as a airbase, and to use as a U-boat base themselves? I think the best time to attempt it is late 1940 when Britain is at their weakest but Sealion has been discarded as impossible. I think the Germans...

  2. Anschluss of Switzerland?

    I was wondering the other day why Hitler didn't turn his aggressions at any point towards Switzerland before World War Two. It seems to be a juicy target; rich, industrialized, German majority, and nobody's client. So, could Hitler have targeted Switzerland with any measure of success?

  3. WI: Stalin doesn't purge the military?

    What if Stalin never purges the officer corps of the Red Army? How much better would the Red Army do in Finland and during Operation Barbarossa? I've heard some Soviet-wankers claim Soviet doctrine was every bit as progressive as German Blitzkrieg, if not more so, but the purge ruined that right...

  4. AHC/WI: Worst possible USA/UK WWII relations

    How bad can the relationship between the two western Allied powers get? Compared to the relationship with the USSR, Britain and the USA coordinated their campaigns very well, shared secret technology, etc. But what if arrogance from the US and Britain caused them to try and fight the Axis on...

  5. Second Pearl Harbor Raid

    I was wondering about the possibility of the Kido Butai returning for a second swing at Pearl Harbor, approximately a couple weeks after the first attack What defenses did Pearl Harbor have to prevent a second raid? The first raid neutralized the battle line and damaged or destroyed hundreds...

  6. Hillary in 2004?

    Was Hillary Rodham Clinton a viable candidate for president in 2004? I think everyone agrees John Kerry was an uninspiring candidate, but even with him as the nominee, the election was reasonably close. Could Hillary done enough better to win the election? Why didn't she run IOTL, and what would...

  7. WI: No Iranian hostage crisis

    I searched for old threads, but most seem focused on worse outcomes than OTL. So what would happen if the embassy is never taken over, or is resolved quickly without much drama? How would this effect the US-Iranian relationship and the Middle East in general? Would Jimmy Carter get a second...

  8. Kennedy assasination not caught on film

    This what if was based off of a misinterpretation of the "Television WI: No Dallas etc" thread. :p What would happen if no one happened to catch Kennedy's assassination on film? Additionally, what if Oswald's subsequent killing was also done off-camera? Would this make the conspiracy...

  9. Spain wank?

    Spain avoided the two most devastating events of the 20th century by staying neutral during both world wars. However, Spain suffered from a civil war and ensuing fascist dictatorship. Spain's not a bad place to live nowadays, but avoiding world war twice seems like it should have a bigger...

  10. Overt pre-war support of Poland

    One of the main factors for WWII occurring when it did was Hitler underestimating the Anglo-French commitment to Poland. What if the Allies made their intentions clearer to Hitler? For example, they could deploy token forces to Poland. A British battleship anchored off Westerplatte, or a French...

  11. Can shipping through the Turkish Straights save Russia?

    If the Ottoman Empire was neutral and allowed Russian supplies through the Dardanelles and Bosporus, would this be enough to save the Tsarist government? Or would it at least be enough to keep Russia from becoming communist? If the Russians hung in to the bitter end of the war, what kind of...

  12. Earlier appreciation of Mendel's work

    I've got a genetics test tomorrow morning so instead of studying, I'm on ah.com. :p But it's got me thinking, what would happen to the field of biology if Gregor Mendel's work was 'discovered' within his own time? I've heard it said that Mendel's paper was in Darwin's library when Darwin died...

  13. Reverse Barbarossa 1940

    Basically what the title says. Stalin backstabs Hitler in 1940. Let's say it happens right after the invasion of France, as soon as Stalin is convinced the Nazis have committed to war in France, but before it sinks in how bad the Allies are versus Blitzkrieg. Soviets are lacking their later...

  14. AHC/WI: USSR not a superpower

    How could the USSR be prevented from rising to superpower status, and how would this change global geopolitics?

  15. Bolsheviks at Versailles?

    If Germany had been defeated in the West before they had a chance to impose Brest-Litovsk or similar terms on Russia, AND if the Bolsheviks still took power, what would happen? I know it's unlikely for this to happen, but I think with a few adjusted variables (earlier American entry?) it can...

  16. Ottomans join Entente

    For a general background, let's say the Goeben and Brealau get intercepted and sunk, the British don't sieze the Ottoman battleships and no secret treaties between Germany and the Ottoman Empire get signed. Later, the Entente offers basic concessions to the Ottomans and they jump in around 1915...

  17. High Seas Fleet becomes League of Nations Fleet?

    To my understanding, the Allies had not yet decided what to do with the High Seas Fleet when it was scuttled in Scapa Flow. What do people think of the idea of assigning the ships to the League of Nations as a peacekeeping force in an ATL where it's not scuttled? It would give the League some...

  18. Communist country aligned with the West/USA

    Would it be possible for at some point in the Cold War for the power bloc led by the USA to include a communist state? There's examples of communist countries like Yugoslavia and China that broke from the USSR led power bloc, but didn't join the West instead. I was thinking something like...

  19. AHC: Colony integrates with colonizer

    This is a really tough one, but I was wondering if it would be possible any colony to become a full part of the colonizing country. Equal voting rights, representation in the national legislature, a stable situation. Note that the fused countries do not need to share the same culture, only have...

  20. Early and decisive Entente victory?

    What does an early, decisive victory for the Entente look like for World War One? Is such a thing even possible?
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