History Forum / General / What If / May 2006

  Country         Year  & Population(in millions) (if i recall
correctly)
                      1900             1950             2000
 Russia            128               100              143

POD:  The Brits capture George Washington and most of his Army at Long
Island in 1776.  The Revolution drags on for a couple more years but it
ends with Britain in control and the rebel colonies once again part of
the British Empire.

What would have to occur from June to December, 1939, for France to win
WWII by December 31, 1939?
Suppose you could alter history in France during the summer of 1939
with war time powers. How would you configure France's army and navy,

Several PODs: Iran has at least a half dozen nukes by 2005, and
Musharraf is overthrown in January of that year.
April 24, 2005: Chinese ships take up position off both the west and
east coasts. The western ship fires a bunker buster nuke (based on

We've discussed the possibility of states choosing their presidential
electors by congressional district (with two electors at large for each
state) several times.  Many states once used this method; two (Maine and
Nebraska) have revived it.  Most states are unwilling to do this, ...

1.This timeline is based on ' No Islam" POD.
2.Since there is no Islam , the entire Middle-east and North Africa
remain Christian.And Persia remain Zorastrian till now.
3.But the population of the above regions are different from Europeans

A really interesting site for anyone interested in a particular ship
type or wishing to visit such ships.
http://timedesign.de/ship/ship.html
Reed ships 5

Decades of Light Post #4b: The Great laid Low.
Taken from "Columbia Historical Dictionary".   1914 edition.
Columbia Group Printers, New York City
Used with permission.

What If during the last decades of the 19th century or the first of the
20th, it dawns on the German government and Kaiser that this whole
notion of getting overseas colonies is outdated and totally
irrelevant to Germany's economy? That building a High Seas Fleet is

PoD: Prince Consort Albert survives his illness of 1861 and his (and
Victoria´s) displeasure with their son Albert is lessened in the
followeing month. So when the weakened PC dies two years later from
another rainy-autumn-fever, subsequent events lead to the resignation

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In 1926, Gustav Stresemann and Aristide Briand met in Thoiry, France,
to hammer out a proposal that would have changed Franco-German
relations.

Suppose that the following famous writers somehow managed to come to
power in their respective countries.
1. Tocqueville's book becomes such a hit in France that Tocqueville
comes to power in an effort to turn France into what Tocqueville

     POD 1400:  Henry St. Clair, Earl of Orkney and Lord of Shetland,
survives his encounter with pirates and sees fit spread word of his
journeys to the lands beyond Greenland at least to his nominal overlord
Eirik III of Norway and Scottish royal house of Stewart to which he was

For the first time in the song contest's 30-year history, the Finns
have claimed the palm.
Finnish folk-band Lordi broke a decade-long streak of victories by
hard-rock, metal, goth and neo-punk act.  Although many critics

     Robert de Brus (V) had made a name for himself reestablishing the
independence of Scotland during the wards ending in the Battle of
Bannockburn.  However he had some difficulty fathering a male heir and
named his brother Edward his successor in 1315... as they were