alternate history

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Hello, I am developing a game called "whY". This interactive game engages players by immersing them in the lives and critical decisions of historical figures. Players are drawn to: Discover more about a protagonist's background, motivations, and pivotal decisions. Explore "what-if" scenarios...

The 1500s were a moment of great change, some of them defining much of history. As the Portuguese opened new routes to the Indies and the main hub of European trade shifted to the Atlantic Coast, Italian states such as Venice lost their unique spot in the Eurasian trade, having a significant...

What do you think would have happened? Personally, I think if the Allies had denied the annexation of the Sudetenland/Czechoslovakia Germany would have done one of two things: Possibility #1: Germany is denied the land it wants and is confronted by the Allies. Adolf Hitler backs down and...

So what if this is what happened? All Europeans never converted to all Abrahamic religions. They ignored all Abrahamic religions and stayed pagan up to modern times. What are the things that will happen to Europe especially medieval Europe? What will the medieval Europeans and the modern...

This post is being made in semi comparison to the Avars who although had some success in having the state identity bleed down to the conquered slavs for the most part failed in that and had the Avar identity vanish soon after the state was conquered, similarly with the Huns who were even less...

Would Communist China exist without the USSR existing or would the nationalist win in a land slide.

In July 1830 Napoleon the third upon hearing rumors of instability in France returned. The country flocked to him and soon the Bourbons flee France and Napoleon II enters Paris as Emperor of the Frence.

In 1610 when the Polish army captured Moscow Władysław Vasa was elected Tsar of Russia by the Seven Boyars. His father ruined the treaty by trying to convert the people of Moscow to Catholicism and war resumed but what if this did not happen and Władysław Vasa kept the throne of Russia.

I always thought it was weird that Italy fought alongside the Entente Powers despite being a member of the Triple Alliance. Do you think it would have changed a lot if Italy did stay loyal to the Alliance? Say, on 26th May 1915 instead of the Entente, Italy would have joined the war on the...

What would have happened if King Cleomenes III, who tried to reform Sparta, had won against the Macedonians and their allies in the Cleomenean War? Presumably, this would be accomplished by winning decisively at the Battle of Sellasia? How do you think the revived Spartan state would have...

I was curious. Is there a magazine that focuses on historical and alternate history short stories? Do you read any of such magazines? If so, which ones would you recommend?

Obviously, our p-o-d is in the Korean War, with Truman taking a liking to MacArthur's idea of taking rollback to completion. In what way could this have been feasible? Also, could a war with China be feasible at all?

I am currently in the process of writing a series of short stories based after the Western Roman Empire didn't fall. Now I'm new to this forum but I'm 100% sure something similar has been asked before but instead of surfing through unspecific Q & A that doesn't answer my questions I thought I'd...

Hi folks. It's been quite a while since I last visited Historum and I thought I'd make a "grand re-entrance" of a kind. So, what's this about? Well, ...... and gentlemen, I might as well cut to the chase, right? I've been a devoted AH enthusiast for at least several years now; I have probably...

I had a brainstorm. What would Europe look like if Burgundy survived as indipendent nation ? What consecquencies would it have for Franco-german wars (1870-1945) ? What POD(s) would be necessary ? Maybe all the way to Lothar, grandson of Charlemagne securing succesion of his line to the...

Everyone knows that the Allies won World War II. However, it seems extraordinarily feasible that the Axis powers could have won. -Biggest mistake on the list: Nazi Germany invading the Soviet Union. They had a nonaggression pact in place already. Hitler could make Stalin too fearful to invade by...

Another question my friends, Propose your theory of how the pacific theater of World War II would have turned out if one of the many 'Almost Deadly Accidents'(ex. Two critical masses once touched after a mishap, a scientist stepped from behind the protective lead wall and grabbed the top...

I pose a simple question, assume that the general pillars of 'Humanitarian' civilization failed and the modern world was purely a social darwinistic society based upon the survival of the fittest. This could start at any point you wish, but what do you believe the society of humanity would look...

Hello there, everybody. I'd thought about posting an actual TL on here for sometime now, and I figure it wouldn't hurt to finally get around to trying. I've been fascinated with Alexander Hamilton for a little while now; born out of wedlock in the West Indies in 1757, he was orphaned at the age...