History Forum / General / What If / September 2006

Tender readers,
In his _Sydney Morning Herald_ column today Mike Carlton gives us a
history lesson.[1]  It is an Australian history lesson touching on
several familiar s.h.w-i themes - when exactly did Herbert 'Doc' Evatt

Let's say Charles Martel doesn't exist (for what ever reason), but is
replaced by someone reasonably compatent.
I'm not talking Charles the Great here, just someone that can hold the
Frankish Empire more-or-less together.

This expands on previous central power victory/US stays neutral in WWI
scenarios. Towards the end of WWI Turkey had lost Jerusalem, Damascus,
Baghdad, etc.  If US is neutral, and Germany doesn't have to gamble on
early 1918 offensives, but instead, not panicked by pending ...

Or has it already done this?

POD: In March 1945, during in the Firebombing of Tokyo, one of the
American bombs lands within the Imperial Palace and kills Emperor
Hirohito. This makes his older son, Akihito, emperor at age 11 (Born 23
December 1933). The new emperor, while obviously respected by the

This is fairly simple, and an attempt to restore some quality to SHWI.
In 1798, the US came rather close to war with France, but things
defused, and we went our merry way and bought Louisiana in 1803.
Make Adams more aggressive, or the French even ruder regarding bribery

Tender readers,
Abraham "The Original Gorilla" Lincoln (1809-1865) was arguably the
greatest American Boswellist,[1] or humorous raconteur, of the 19th
century.  Originally trained as a lawyer, like the great Boswell

Another Time And An Inner Place    Part 1
by Peter Farley
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/4truthseekers
"According to John Lear, William Cooper, and several other

WI John Lennon had divorced Yoko and married Cher?
Would he have moved away from New York, and be with us still today?

I went to a talk where a Professor made a claim that Stalin takeover of
Eastern Europe was simply a continuation of Tzar's policy in Eastern
Europe. I was wondering if this was true.
Say that after Napoleon's retreat in 1812, say the Russian tzars had

Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1 January 1511 - 11 February 1511) was the
second child, oldest son and Heir Apparent of King Henry VIII of
England and Catherine of Aragon. He was born on 1 January 1511,
eighteen months after his parents' marriage and coronation. His older

What if Germany manged to prevent the Allies from landing in June of
'44?
What would that mean? Would the Allies try again across the channel at a
later date? Try landing in Southern France or Italy?

So what would have happened had mexico had a slightly more unstable
government in the 1830-1850 period and along with OTL's
secessions(texas), The republic of the rio grande(more or less OTL's
coahuila, tamaulipas and nuevo leon in northeast mexico), Yucatan(most

Boswell is pleasant and gay,
For frolic by nature designed;
He heedlessly rattles away
When company is to his mind.

PoD: 1793
Alexander Hamilton waits too long to leave Philadelphia, and catches
yellow fever.  He dies two weeks later.
Effects, anyone?