The objective is to create a plausible series of events that leads to the Americas being colonized by a completely different civilization, rather than the Spanish and the English like in the OTL
Alternate title: What if the American War of Independence had a bad ending?
Suppose in a parallel universe, the Founding Fathers still declare independence from England but after winning it, the US government gradually becomes the very government the Founding Fathers were against.
The people who fought for independence and freedom from oppressors became oppressors themselves.
Perhaps Washington, Adams and Jefferson spawned a 1700s version of the OTL’s MAGA movement and they create the very government they believed England had.
How I see this happening is a situation where the Founding Fathers settle on a SUPER RIGID interpretation of the US Constitution and anyone who dissents is arrested on charges of treason and/or executed at worst and fired from their position at best.
The new country, despite winning its independence, essentially becomes a North American clone of the British Empire under King George (Author’s note: Somehow I got the impression that the Founding Fathers really did see the British Empire as a regime in the OTL, which is why I said “Regime” originally).
Does this mean the British re-invade the United States and reabsorb it into the British Empire?
Or does the US simply collapse?
What would realistically happen?
Say there is no pact to defend Poland. England and France tell Hitler "you leave us alone, we leave you alone. And when Germany ultimately attacks Russia, America sends no help.
Does Germany win? Or do Russia still defeat them somehow?
For those who don't know Generalmajor Gersdoff attempted to kill Hitler in a suicide bombing in March 1943 during a visit to the Zaughaus in Berlin with a time bomb hidden in his pocket but Hitler left much earlier than he anticipated. If Hitler had stayed in the Zaughaus longer and Gersdoff's bomb successfully killed Hitler along with the other high ranking Nazis present (such as Himmler, Goring, Keitel and Donitz) what would happen next?
I’m imagining a parallel universe where the Aztecs practiced ritualistic cannibalism, which leads to an outbreak of prion disease that ultimately destroys the Aztec Empire several years earlier, as opposed to the 1500s like in the OTL.
So, basically, by the time the Spanish arrive in the Americas, the Aztecs are either completely destroyed or are reduced to isolated pockets across the former empire’s territory.
Does this affect the Spanish conquest at all, or does it change nothing?
Let’s say magically The US makes a big show of destroying it’s research on nukes so all the worlds superpowers don’t have an incentive to make their own and again magically don’t want too have their own anyways
Would the lack of a nuclear deterrent just make sure the US was more aggressive in their proxy wars at this time or would they start planning with western powers and a post sino split China to make a new operation unthinkable to end the empire early?
Ben Franklin sticks to a healthy diet and regular exercise, maintains healthy lungs, never develops gout, and remains in remarkably good health for his age up until 1801. What would he have done differently as a result of being in better health, and how would it have impacted American history?
catherine the great and subsequent tzars before the revolution happened she settled germans in the russian empire from the volga to kazakstan to develop the areas sparsley populated for the russians and catherine was german descent.
but stalin deported the germans from the now soviet union.
so what if the germans weren't deported from the empire territory? what is the consequece of having a german diaspora in russia.
What if the official language lingua franca was demanded as Texan or New Orleans english post ww2?
The objective is to create a plausible series of events where the UK is in a position to reasonably do something that becomes an alternate catalyst to WW2
For the purposes of my story, I want WW2 to be so drawn out that all parties involved are equally on the verge of collapse basically what Germany was in 1945 except applied to all the major players, including the Soviet Union, the USA, the UK, and Japan. There should still be active fighting in 1946 in Europe and Asia, with no one having the upper hand.
What changes would I need to make to the OTL to make this at least somewhat plausible?
After the battle of cannae he marches on Rome and kills some senators destroys a lot of the city BUT then reinforcements come and surround Rome they kill Hannibal as most of his army escapes
What happens next ?
Suppose in a parallel universe, there was some sort of Christian revival in Mandatory Palestine sometime between the 1930s and 1948 (the date the State of Israel was formed) and Palestine ended up becoming a Christian Theocracy?
How would this affect the history of the land of Palestine?
Author's note: The Denomination is irrelevant.