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  1. Germaniac

    Abrogation of Capitulations: Ottomans 1914

    The Ottoman Empire used the outbreak of the Great War to abrogate the Western capitulations. My knowledge of the subject is mostly from the Turkish perspective. Does anyone have a better idea of the reactions from other Great Powers at the time? Could the Ottomans simply stay neutral after...
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    Political Situation in Germany w/o WW1

    While reading about the Zabern affair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabern_Affair) I was really struck by the Reichstags powerlessness to hold the Cabinet accountable. It also marked a challenge to the militarism of the Prussian military establishment. It seems to me that the Reichstag was...
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    WI First Balkan War: Greek Fleet defeated

    I hope I can get some insight on this. Im having trouble finding good sources on the thinking of the Greeks prior to the Balkan War. So my question is, if the Ottomans (for whatever reason) defeat the Greek Fleet and sink the Averof during the First Balkan War would that be enough for the...
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    Austria-Hungary abandons Przemysl

    During the Vistula River campaign in late 1914 the KUK had relieved the first siege of Przemysl. However, after the Germans failed in their attemps to take Warsaw the KUK was forced to withdraw back to their starting lines in the Carpathians. In their retreat Conrad had the Fortress reoccupied...
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    WI the Ottomans don't go to war in 1914

    On August 2nd, 1914 the Ottomans and Germans concluded their secret treaty of Alliance. To me at least the condition for the Ottoman entrance into the war is clear For some context While there is no set date for the Ottomans to join the war on Germany's side, it did take nearly three months...
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    Europe's reaction to German intervention in A-H

    While reading through threads on the collapse of Austria-Hungary after a CP victory i noticed the majority feel Germany would intervene and a great number of people believe Germany would absorb the "German" territories. Well, that got me thinking. Let's say WW1 doesn't break out like in OTL. FJ...
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    CP Italy effect on the Mediterranean?

    Presupposing the Italians join Germany and Austria Hungary at the start of the Great War, What effect will they have on naval combat in the Mediterranean? I'm not concerned with how they join, considering the unlikelyhood. But they join at the start. Prior to their decision to remain neutral...
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    AHC: Make Baseball popular in Europe

    Baseball is America's pastime, as american as apple pie and the Beach Boys, but apart from Japan it is relatively unpopular across the world. Baseball in Japan really took off in the twenties, so my challenge to you is with a POD somewhere around 1910 make baseball at least the second...
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    America cuts off loans to belligerents in 1914

    Now granted this comes from wikipedia, though sourced [1], apparently William Jennings Bryan convinced President Wilson that all loans to belligerent nations should be blocked. However Wilson changed his mind at the French' insistence. If the united States made it illegal to process loans...
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    Britain stays neutral in The Great War

    Let's say Germany decides at the beginning of the war not to violate Belgian neutrality. Great Britain does not join the war. Without the ability to cut through Belgium both France and Germany are going to be locked in the border regions attempting to break through each sides defensive...
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    The Beach Boys release SMiLE in 67'

    In the winter of 1966-67 the Beatles found that their stranglehold on pop music was being challenged by the the surfer boys from California. While the Beach Boys had battled with the British invasion throughout the mid 60's the Beatles proved time and again that they were the more innovative...
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    Altered WW1 Alliances

    I am working on a short TL set during a first world war where Germany-Italy-Russia are pitted against France-Austria-Britain. How do you think this war would proceed? I would think that A) Italy and France both attempt attacks over alps but realize the futility and it becomes a backwater, B)...
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    Hudson Country New Jersey Merges

    In 1869 the residents of Hudson County, New Jersey voted on a referendum to consolidate into a Greater Jersey City. Only Union township defeated the referendum, and do to it cutting off the other regions, ending the hopes of uniting the county. Now what happens if Hudson County is able to...
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    Challenge: Helen Zille, President of South Africa

    Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to create a TL where Helen Zille, the leader of the Democratic Alliance (the opposition to the ANC), become president of South Africa after the 2009 elections. The Democratic Alliance has been gaining considerable support over the last few...
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    Spain or Norway accepts the HSF

    Prior to the High Seas Fleets internment at Scapa Flow both Spain and Norway were asked to intern the fleet. Both refused the offer. What would have happened if the German Fleet had been accepted by one of these countries. I am assuming that since the German Fleet will not be safely tucked...
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    An Unfortunate Accident: An Easter Rising TL

    POD: Eoin Macneill, on his way to the Sunday Independent to deliver the message that all Irish Volunteers are to countermand their orders for the following day, is hit by a R.I.C. vehicle in the late hours of night. Macneill is killed, and the message is never delivered. While this message is...
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    Plausiblity: Ponto-Armenian Republic?

    So apparently after the first world war there were talks of creating a Pontic Greek and Armenian Federation in land taken from the Ottoman Turks, who made up the majority population of the regions in question. How likely could it be for this republic to survive had it been given the support of...
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    A United Ireland: A new TL

    A United Ireland Indeed another “plastic paddy” as so many like saying, a term I find rather offensive, making another united Ireland thread. Well, my goal for this TL is to create a United Ireland, free of foreign rule, non-ASB, and without the constant struggle (well for the most...
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    Whole Hearted Brusilov Offensive

    While reading Stone's the eastern front I cam across a little tidbit about the Brusilov Offensive, that the original plan was for not only Brusilov's army group southwest to advance into Galicia but also called for Evert's Army Group West and Kuropatkin's Army Group North to follow the same...
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    Challenge: "China First" Policy

    Alright, My challenge to you is to make China the main theater of the United States in World War Two. The United States must be at war with Germany/Italy and Japan, as well as the United States entering the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor so there is your earliest POD December 7th. I'm...
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