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  1. Czechoslovakia formed without the Sudetenland

    The Austrian successor state actually did claim the Sudetenland and the other German parts of Bohemia, but they didn't control it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_German-Austria You would have to have the Entente basically agree to screw over the Czechs (their loyal allies) in...

  2. If someone killed Hitler either before WWI or in the 1920s, what would his punishment be?

    Couldn't you have killed him in the Beer Hall Putsch and gotten off relatively lightly? Iirc there were lots of murders of rival political "gangs" that happened in Weimer Germany that went either un-solved or un- or under- prosecuted by the authorities. Rudolf Höss (the commandant of Auschwitz)...

  3. AHC: Indian divided North/South instead of Muslim/Hindu

    With a PoD from 1900 on, how can the Indian subcontinent be partitioned between the Hindi/Urdu speaking north and Dravidian south? While preventing the Muslims from seeking an independent state seems an obvious first step, how or even could an All-Indian league so alienate the south to have it...

  4. AHC: fuck the American South

    If you butterfly away American participation in the World Wars you won't get the investment in heavy industry and military bases that happened iotl. The 1940's and 50's were when the South finally started to recover and grow (it had remained rather stagnant after the Civil War). You could also...

  5. What if Central Asia remained part of the Russian SFR through all Soviet history?

    I'm trying to comprehend a Central Asian uprising. It would be like Chechnya on steroids and, depending on the butterflies, could have a safe haven/support network run from Afghanistan and/or even Iran.

  6. What if Central Asia remained part of the Russian SFR through all Soviet history?

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Soviet_Union_-_Russian_SFSR_%281922%29.svg Personally I don't think the Soviets would have been able to get as much from the region as they did iotl. Granting the Central Asians (in theory) equal partnership in the USSR helped bring people in...

  7. British India with the fall of the Home Islands

    Suppose, for whatever reason, that the British Home Islands fall to foreign invasion in the 20th century as part of a major European and/or World War. I don't care who does it, how, or when (won't bring up our favorite Sea Mammal), I'm just interested in what happens next. I can see the white...

  8. DBWI AHC unite Italy

    Well, I don't think we can understate how helpful they were to the cause. I think without royal support the movement is swamped by the national Italian identification but I could be mistaken. Nevertheless, turning Naples back into a great European city was definitely their crowning achievement...

  9. AHC: Iraqi Victory in Desert Storm.

    http://www.meforum.org/441/why-arabs-lose-wars A good read for anyone curious.

  10. Medival East-European pagans convert to Islam

    Another problem is the dietary restrictions. Quite simply, in pre-industrial society agriculture on the scale needed to support the populations of those regions isn't possible without pigs. They are hardy enough to survive the winters, can eat a varied diet, and provide both food and fertilizer...

  11. DBWI AHC unite Italy

    One way might be to not have Louis Napoleon assassinated by Felice Orsini in 1858, which pretty much made supporting Italian unification a poisonous prospect even for enemies of the Austrians like Prussia. You're also going to have the tank the popularity of the Sicilian Bourbons among both...

  12. WI: Lan Xang (Laos) stays united

    I'm more versed on the history of Vietnam and Thailand but I can tell you what I know about Laos relative to them. Laos' population was and is incredibly low compared to both Thailand and Vietnam. I think the most likely scenario is that it remains unified, but as a buffer state between the...

  13. DBWI: China as the largest economy

    Considering how well the economy did under the KMT I would say the potential is there, but the socialist system that the Maoists use dooms the country. A more liberal and capitalistic model of government, I would argue, makes China at least a second-tier economy in the short term but given how...

  14. WI: Nazi Europe as a Hellscape

    At the same time, what's the point in attacking Italy and bringing them in further into the Reich? The Nazis were evil, and at times very stupid, but not totally without pragmatic elements (see the State of Croatia). Holding onto the East and occupying Italy, Romania, Hungary, etc, is just...

  15. WI: Nixon Arrested during trip to China?

    I mean, Maoist China just arrested another head of state, breaking a long string of diplomatic traditions dating back centuries. The PRC becomes a pariah state.

  16. WI: Nazi Europe as a Hellscape

    Would the Nazis have eventually invaded Switzerland?

  17. TL: The War of Dogger Bank, or the Anglo-Russian War- Version 1 DISCONTINUED

    I don't see how partitioning French Indochina would go in 1907, considering that the Siamese had lost a lot of land to them and would (as a de facto British protectorate) probably gain the lion's share of any "British" concessions: IMHO, Laos and northern Cambodia are returned to Siam, Germany...

  18. What if the Soviets won the battle of Warsaw? (1920)

    Would Germany be allowed to "liberate" the lost Eastern provinces in this scenario, using the Freikorps to de facto annex the areas back into the republic?

  19. AHC:Have baathism as a major ideology in the 3rd world

    My thing is I don't see how you could make it have broad appeal outside of the Arab cultural sphere (and I include the greater Islamic world because Islam started in Arabia). IMHO even disconnected from Islam, its still a Middle Eastern political ideology and while I can certainly see elements...

  20. AHC:Have baathism as a major ideology in the 3rd world

    Obviously you can't have "true" Ba'athism outside of Arab areas (since a core tenant is Arab nationalism), but I could see it evolving into a pan-Muslim (*not* Islamic) movement in the greater Muslim world, with either non-Arab offshoots or copy-cats adopting the core tenants of the movement in...
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