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  1. Japanese invasion of Ceylon after winning Midway?

    Regardless of how Midway and/or Ceylon went, Japan would sooner or later have lost the war with the United States. The US was not in a forgiving mood after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and would not have been after a Philippines-only attack once details of the Bataan Death March, etc. became...

  2. What Happens to Europe After A Halifax-Hitler Treaty?

    Halifax was one of the biggest supporters of the British guarantee to Poland from what I've read. He really did feel they let Czechoslovakia down at Munich.

  3. WI: Japan avoids going full militaristic and reins in the Kwantung Army

    No Great Depression. Japan was taking steps toward Democracy during the Taisho period, and IIRC Hirohito initially followed those steps. The Great Depression screwed everything.

  4. WI: Moscow Captured In 1941?

    Would there be a Moscow for the Soviets to take back? I read that Hitler wanted to open some dams so that Moscow would get flooded. OTOH the Wehrmacht could find Typhoon a costly victory if they then freeze to death in the Russian Winter. I suspect they still would have had to follow with...

  5. althist short stories

    What's everyone's thoughts on the Peter Tsouras series of althist anthologies?

  6. Japanese Invasion of Australia

    I like to think of Japan invading Australia as The Unmentionable Marsupial.

  7. Axis controlled mediterranean 1941/early 1942

    not sure whether that was an original condition, but I do know Canaris encouraged him to make exorbitant demands, so much so that Hitler remarked to Mussolini "I would rather have four of my teeth pulled out than have another meeting with that guy."

  8. AHC: Better Uboot as fast as possible

    How viable are the electroboots?

  9. Axis controlled mediterranean 1941/early 1942

    Spain wanted to join the Axis right after France fell, which would have been a prelude to seizing Gibraltar. From there they might have been able to advance eastward to the Suez Canal, Iraq, and Southwest Iran. The Soviet Union had its own interest in Iran, and this might have led to a...

  10. AHC: Three-way war between the Allies, the Axis, and the Comintern.

    Can't think of anything, but there was for practical purposes a three-way war in China during that time.

  11. AHC/WI: France more involved in Spanish Civil War

    The French government was sympathetic to Spain's Republican government, at least initially, but backed off full support. What do you think would have happened if France had supported the Republicans more aggressively?

  12. WI: The Whermacht manages to reach the interior of the Caucasus?

    If the Germans seize the oil fields at Baku it might force the Soviet counteroffensive there instead of Stalingrad. Turkish troops could be seen as liberators in Azerbaijan, but Georgia and Armenia would be another story. There could also be separatist sentiment in Central Asia.

  13. Plausibility Check: Japanese "Victory" in WWII

    Better collaboration with Germany. Under Hitler's orders Ribbentrop kept Japan in the dark about Barbarossa. IF there were better axis victories against the U.K. early on (and I don't mean THAT) I can see Japan adopting a "counterclockwise" strike in the East Indies, which is what the Army...

  14. What If: Leningrad falls in 1941

    Would a northern advance to Archangelsk be possible in this scenario?

  15. Turtledove althists

    There are a few of his stories that have a Nazi conquest of India. Would they be considered ASB over the plausibility factor? Apart from how feasible that would have been, didn't Hitler have almost zero interest in India?

  16. Turtledove althists

    I was curious, are Turtledove's alternate history stories considered ASB even compared to a lot of other althists?

  17. Innovative WW2 ideas

    The other day I read about this ASW weapon and was wondering how effective it would have been against some of the more innovative Axis submarines, such as the Electroboot or Japan's 201 class subs.

  18. Japanese subs, big and small

    One of the most noteworthy Japanese subs of World War II was the I-400 class designed to double as an aircraft carrier. At the other end were "midget subs" used for harbor penetration and which were carried on larger subs. Could the I-400 have been used to carry the midget subs in addition to...

  19. AHC/WI: Britain stays out of WW1

    I've read in Wikipedia that the United Kingdom wasn't under obligation to enter the new war between Germany and France. Do people here think it could have stayed out, and if so how does this change things?

  20. Best time for Germany to act

    I've read different accounts of when the best time for Germany to launch WW2 was. Some accounts suggested Germany's military wouldn't be ready till 1942-5, others suggest the allies were more vulnerable in the 1938-1940 window.
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