Recent content by King Helü of Wu

It would help if Emperor Chongzhen gave up his throne to Li Zicheng, but that's difficult. It would definitely help if Shun troops did not loot Beijing, but to try to take over the pre-existing bureaucracy in an orderly manner.

It's a common misconception and it's false. Mao believed that with education and increased living standards, people would willingly lower their birth rate and a "one child policy" would not be necessary. Still, he began to gradually push for "Planned Births" as early as 1957. But when it...

Imperial Japanese plan to move to Manchuria and continue fighting the Allies after the loss of Home Island. Conceived in a world whereas the Soviet Union was defeated and the Pacific War still turned against Japan's favour. Operation White Blood

The New Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's general uprising against the Chu Empire. The Empire rose out of the chaos of Taiping Rebellion after the fall of Qing. Operation Impossible Resistance

Would Iran have ever approved Hezbollah's actions? IOTL right after the the attacks there were Iranian schoolgirls lighting up candles to pray for victims in the United States, and it was Khatami in charge at that time, who condemned the attack one day after it took place...

For a country with a parliamentary/democratic history, it's more likely than not for democracy to come back after a couple of years of dictatorship. You need a very early PoD for US to be undemocratic, perhaps the British used a France-like system in their colonial management.

I'm not sure about other Asian countries, but in China, there are also political elements in this phenomenon: a hatred for Russia among young Chinese; longing for an alternate dictatorship when the CCP is discredited; sympathies with the KMT who allied themselves with Germany IOTL (Although such...

In China, and Mongolia? There is always an Ecological niche for ultranationalists in every country, but if the circumstances turn in their favour, and other ultranationalists fail to exploit it, then Neo-Nazis takeover in this two countries are not impossible.

Having fought a war of independence with French assistance, how probable was it for the Young United States to develop a reliance on France, lose its political independence, and become a French client state? It could either fall for the Kingdom or the Republic of France, or both.

So that nuclear weapons are never used in the Second World War, or never used at all.

Without any pre-December 7th, 1941 PODs? In the morning of December 7th, 1941, General Yamamoto Isoroku call off the attack on Pearl Harbor. The next day, Japan retreats from Vietnam and China (Manchuria included), and bring the men and military resources back for the defence of Japanese...

Chiang Kai-shek almost did (Project National Glory), but the outcome of this might not look good. It's would fail even with initial successes. Soviet Union? The furthest they would go was to to support a native coup attempt. Surgical strike against nuclear facilities is one thing, all out...

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With large Soviet military presence in North Japan, any sprouting resistance is likely to be nipped in the bud before it spreads. It's unlike Hungary where the Soviets showed initial restraints.

I agree with you... Most likely there will be unification by 1991 latest. However, if either North Japan screw it (like OTL North Korea, having a cult-like leadership, owning nuclear weapon, and a starving economy) or South Japan screw it (Syngman Rhee-like figure blocking development in South...