Alternate History Thread

[Olafson]

Most interesting alternate history is... What if the Romans invented space travel in 20 AD and the Greek the nuclear missiles

And what if the Macedonians invented the Katana, and used that instead of the pike? Would they have conquered the whole word?!!!!!!!??

[Wismar]

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[Prince_Eugen]

Then it's just one of those motives historians decided to add to the long list of 'reasons to invade Russia'. Incorrectly, in my opinion.

Napoleon had an alliance with both Russia, Austria and Prussia after the 1809 campaign. If he wanted to invade India, he would have done at that stage.

Fair enough.

[Harybo]

What if the Germans had entered the Second Boer war on the Boers side against Britain, starting something that might have been like WW1, but around 15 years earlier?

[Nipplestockings]

What if the Germans had entered the Second Boer war on the Boers side against Britain, starting something that might have been like WW1, but around 15 years earlier?

I don't imagine that it'd be anything besides an isolated conflict, like the Crimean war. Wars between great powers in the 19th century tended to be rather small in scale and concise, due to most nations still observing the principles of the Congress of Vienna from the end the Napoleonic wars. World war 1 marked an end to this, but it wasn't triggered by something as small as a conflict between Germany and Britain would have been in the Boer wars.

[Harybo]

I don't imagine that it'd be anything besides an isolated conflict, like the Crimean war. Wars between great powers in the 19th century tended to be rather small in scale and concise, due to most nations still observing the principles of the Congress of Vienna from the end the Napoleonic wars. World war 1 marked an end to this, but it wasn't triggered by something as small as a conflict between Germany and Britain would have been in the Boer wars.

But this was still at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th, and it would have been between two Great Powers who probably wouldn't give up so easily when they had already started
But maybe not, it just depends on if anyone else would get involved, which might have been unlikely since it was mostly Britain and Germany having anything to do with southern Africa at the time

[GodsonGuys]

Most interesting alternate history is... What if the Romans invented space travel in 20 AD and the Greek the nuclear missiles

And what if the Macedonians invented the Katana, and used that instead of the pike? Would they have conquered the whole word?!!!!!!!??

The battle of Word. Who would win? 2 great powers, one language killed off, and the other, is now an International language.

[Killington]

What if the Germans had entered the Second Boer war on the Boers side against Britain, starting something that might have been like WW1, but around 15 years earlier?

I'm not really a history buff, but I don't think it would have been like World War 1. WW1 had loads of artillery spamming, but the Haber Process hadn't been industrialised until 1913, so Germany wouldn't be able to produce enough explosives to have good ol' WW1 warfare.

[AlekoTheGreek]

What if Alexander the Great didn't die of disease at the age of 33?

[Turin Turambar]

... and would have lived forever like a god?

He would have conquered the world and that's it.

[Pinball Wizard]

What if the framers of the Constitution really created the NSA

[ClearlyInvsible]

... and would have lived forever like a god?

He would have conquered the world and that's it.

Eh, his Army did mutiny when it reached India. They said that they wanted to go home (To be fair it'd been 10 years)

[Prince_Eugen]

... and would have lived forever like a god?

He would have conquered the world and that's it.

Eh, his Army did mutiny when it reached India. They said that they wanted to go home (To be fair it'd been 10 years)

Well, he could end the campaign without reaching the India, disband veterans, and for certain period of time just worked on establishing his rule in conquered states. Then he could create a new army and start new wars.

[AlekoTheGreek]

He actually estamblished a rule at the conquered territories The title "Great" is given to a person when he is both a good battle-commander and a good state-commander and a person loved by the population

[Duuring]

Not really. 'The Great' is given to so many people for the silliest of reason. It's a weapon of propaganda. Even Napoleon was, especially after he was gone, often called 'The great' by his admirers.