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  1. If the Mongols had encountered western European crusaders, how would the clashes have gone?

    I'm aware that the Mongols had conflicts with the Russians and various other Eastern European groups. However, if they had come across mounted Western European knights – let's say Crusaders – in the 13th century in the Middle East, how would things have unfolded?

  2. Would Canada be a regional threat to the US had they gained control of Alaska and Greenland?

    Canada finished World War II with the third-largest navy globally. Just by being situated between the United States and the Soviet Union, the nation held significant influence, particularly with its dominance of the western hemisphere Arctic. All of this was true without an additional 1,499,300...

  3. WI European powers in the age of Napoleon kept archers in an axillary usage?

    The Chinese had bowmen auxiliaries through the end of the 19th century; the government only abolished archery from the military exam syllabus in 1901. In Europe, archers seemed to vanish surprisingly quickly following the adoption of gunpowder arms, as opposed to being used in conjunction. What...

  4. WI tanks were introduced during the American Civil war

    Assuming the Union were able to develop the technology, would tanks have been as impactful as they were during their introduction in WW1? Additionally, what kind of doctrines might have been formulated for their utilization? The imperative of breaking through trenches, which was a pivotal goal...

  5. What would a Mongol controlled Japan look like?

    With more than a little luck from the weather, the Japanese were able to prevent the Mongols from succeeding in their repeated attempts to conquer Japan. If the Mongols did succeed however how would Mongol controlled Japan have looked like? Would they have extinguished the samurai class or...

  6. Why didn't the American Civil War turn into an international affair?

    The American War of Independence could be viewed as a civil war conflict, and it eventually involved the powers of France and Spain. There were several domestic conflicts in the 19th century that ended up turning into larger international wars. Is it somewhat surprising that as large and long a...

  7. If Nuclear weapons are not developed when does WW3 occur?

    If the development of Nuclear weapons could have been pushed back decades and World War 2 still ended more or less similarly, when would we have likely seen the third world war of the 20th century emerge? As for WW2 ending similar to OTL we can picture Japan surrendering still but at the hands...

  8. WI the US system of government had separate roles for head of government and head of state?

    In many nations, including other republics, the Head of State and Head of Government positions are distinct from one another. The head of state can frequently act as a neutral figure and symbol for the country because the head of government will always become politicized. In the 20th century the...

  9. At the very end of WW2 would it have been anymore probable for Japan or China to be an economic superpower by the last quarter of the century?

    If you were an outside observer December 31st, 1945 and saw the present states of post-war Japan and China, would it have been clear which nation was more likely to emerge as a major economic power 35 years hence?

  10. Could China have been colonized like India was?

    China or at least several parts of it were indeed colonized by European powers, however could one European power have ever gotten control over the vast majority of its territory as the British did in the Indian subcontinent? For much of the early modern period both India and China were...

  11. Could the post D-Day western front march have gotten bogged down?

    If, instead of the relatively rapid pace, the Western Allies had slowed down and become bogged down on their march towards Germany, how would that have occurred? Was there anything the Germans should have planned differently? Also, was there any chance that the fighting could have started to...

  12. What would be a realistic expectation of how 21st century Soviet Union communism would be?

    If the rapid collapse of communism could have been slowed down just enough, for the USSR to still be together by 2000. Could things have started to turn around like it did for China around that time, and would a right mix of communism with "tsarist Russia" characteristic have emerged and...

  13. How could the European theatre Second World War fighting have approximated more closely the western front warfare of the first world war?

    There was an assumption by many in Western Europe France/UK, at the outset of the second world war breaking, that Europe would again be plunged into a prolonged and ugly stalemate slugfest. Then France fell in 6 weeks, something that didn't occur in 4 years in the first war, and we know how...

  14. A future where the UK abolishes the monarchy but Canada retains it

    I can actually see how it would be easier for the United Kingdom to get rid of the monarchy than it would be in Canada, as the UK is a unitary state while Canada a federal one. Canada would need reaching a mutual agreement on a mended or entirely new constitution between all 10 provinces and...

  15. AHC save manned missions to the moon

    It has now been over 50 years since a human last stepped foot on the moon. In 1972 I don't think anyone would have believed it would be the end of manned missions to the moon for their foreseeable future. How could we have seen moon missions occur relatively continuously following Apollo? I...

  16. WI A European power in the age of Napoleon brought back longbow men?

    This along with bringing back pikes was bandied about at that time. However what if one of major powers was serious enough to reincorporate longbow/archers into their forces. Not as full blow replacement for musket or rifle men but more to supplement as light infantry perhaps. Would there have...

  17. Does a more lenient Versailles treaty really prevent the rise of Nazism and WW2?

    It's often spoken in gospel that it was the harshness of the treaty that laid out the path for the rise of the Nazis and eventually the Second World War. Let's assume then the treaty is made milder or as fair as what would be expected for early 20th century war victors to place as conditions on...

  18. AHC Japan as a superpower

    With a POD of 1950 anyway present Japan could meet the broad definition of a superpower:

  19. What would have been the impact had knowledge of Vinland and the Norse expeditions been popularized like the expeditions of Marco Polo?

    If the sagas and stories of the expeditions of Leif Erickson had become more commonly known and publicized in non-Norse medieval Europe as were Marco Polo's expedition to far east china were, what if any impact would that have had on medieval European? Would this have caused further expeditions...

  20. Is it surprising the American Civil War didn't turn into an international affair involving other nations?

    The American War of Independence can be argued to have actually been a civil war and it eventually spread from simply the rebelling colonials and the British forces to include both France and Spain. The American Civil War of 1861-1865 despite being a much larger war in battlefield scope and...
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