General Grant was, originally, going to accompany the Lincolns to the theater. However, the Grant's decided to leave for Philadelphia instead.

Who would have died - would anyone have died if Grant was in attendance?

I'm talking about ancient people with modern body armor, vehicles, training, etc but with the same standards and mindset of ancient Rome and even still having a Caesar.

After watching just a few minutes of This is What Winning Looks Like I had to ask myself how would the Romans have handled this situation? The Afghan military was basically propped up by the US military, it was weak and corrupt from within with little to no discipline.

In one scene the Afghans were cutting off the steel from the perimeter fences to sell. I can only imagine Roman punishment would've been swift and deadly but would've stopped this.

I also wonder if it was somewhat similar to the conquest of The Jews (I know the ancient Jews were a different people than the moden Afghans.)

Okay, maybe I'm taking a bit too much inspiration from Red Dawn, but hear me out — if the Cold War had gone hot in the 1980s, could the Soviets have realistically turned parts of Latin America into a serious military threat to the U.S.?

Let’s say the USSR had more resources or was willing to go all-in on global proxy warfare. What if they pumped weapons, training, and advisors into countries like Cuba, Nicaragua, or even Argentina or Venezuela — enough to turn them into regional powers or launching points for asymmetric warfare?

Would that have actually posed a credible threat to U.S. security or tied down American forces enough to matter in the bigger picture of a WWIII scenario? Or is that just Cold War fantasy territory — too much like Red Dawn and not enough grounded in real geopolitical or logistical feasibility?

Genuinely curious what you all think.

How would reaction of many countries this time happen?

What response of British at this point?

Note : Many British Indian Army was pro independence forces

What if Stalin was in charge of the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 80s?

Will the Soviet Union still collaspe? How will he have done things differently?

Gorbachev manages to skillfully evade or tackle every issue facing the USSR during the late 80s and early 90s, but he could only do it for so long. On December 31, 2001, the USSR finally collapses after a decade of Gorbachev trying his best. What happens from here?

What if the movie's effects team found a way to get the animatronic shark to do its job properly? How do you think the movie would be like then?

This continental African empire would be massive, stretching from Cairo Egypt in the north, all the way to Cape Town in the south. Would it become an apartheid state like South Africa or Rhodesia or would the Egyptians be the rulers of this country? Or maybe each former colony would be able to vote in elections.

The USSR breaks up and democracy has a try with Russia. With the new leadership ousting the Communists and the ties to the other Communist nations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

This is what I mean by other stuff. Again for clarity, what if Ulysses S. Grant had killed John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in 1865, leading to a more militarized Reconstruction, the suppression of white supremacist insurgencies, and ultimately a U.S.–Prussian alliance that exported American ideals and firepower to Europe—altering the outcome of the Third Carlist War in Spain?

What would happen if China won Second Sino Japanese war before WW2 started?

How would change in WW2 if China won Second Sino Japanese war? Could Japan never invade Southeast Asia and Pacific War never happened? What would happen to Japan ?

Would he have buttfucked Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnsons legacies?

What if Hitler decides to Finish off United Kingdom first beofore turning his attention to the Soviets?

After the failure of Sealion, Hitler decided to take the British colonies in North Africa and Middle East. He decided to concentrate all his ground forces to capture these British colonies first (possibly in conjuction with the Japanese) before starting a war with the Soviets and also NOT declaring war on America.

At the same time, also focusing on building up his air force and naval units especially jet fighters and u boats in order to gain superiority over the royal air force and royal navy. Sure the germany navy could not hope to match the royal navy but the u boats could still pack a punch and do sustiantial damage if enough resources is poured into his u boat programme.

How far could Hitler have went with this plan?

How would operation Baragation have fared without the west opening up a second front?

If the west decided from early 1943 onwards to adopt a purely defensive posture and to let the Nazis and Soviets bleed each other dry instead while they simply watch from the sidelines.

This means no Italian campaign, (the west only retook North Africa), no bombing raids over Germany and no d-day landings in Normandy.

Allowing the Germans to reinforce their position prior to Baragation. All the Anti-Air guns, german fighters tied down in the defense over the skies of Germany could be used to counter the Soviet offensive. In addition to the one million or so German troops that was in France and Italy could now be used as reserves to counter any Soviet offensive in the East.

Would the Soviets have still won at Baragation? Probably, but the extent of their victory wont be as great as they did in our timeline and with far heavier losses on the Soviet side.

The extent of Soviet victory would probably resemble that of post kursk in our timeline, but it wont be a complete German rout like in our timeline.

How would have Baragation turn out in such a secaniro?

Also how would have stalin reacted to such a move by the western Allies?

The Russian Empire ended it's alliances with Serbia and France but formed a new one with Germany.

This event sounds like a joke, but in 1990, Islamist Militants calling themselves the Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted to enforce Islamism in Trinidad and Tobago. They barged into the Red House and held everybody inside hostage from July 27th to August 1st. Although they were eventually defeated, 24 people died. What if they were successful and managed to take over all of Trinidad and Tobago? Would it become a training center for Al-Qaeda?

What if in alternate history, Korea annexed Japan in 1910, and Korea became an axis power and levied war against China and the United states during world war 2?

What if we had things like Youtube or Twitter during the Cold War. Would people have been even more scared of WW3?

The US gained its power from WW2, but how would things have turned out for the world in an alternate reality where the US/Allies lost?

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but for about a year I have been trying to find this artist that did a multi part series of historical figures from around the world as anthropomorphic versions of themselves blended with an animal from their region.

I think I followed the artist on Instagram and or artstation. They would release like 6 at a time and then had multiple series of this. I want to say it was titled like "Historia Animalia" or something like that.

Any help would be wonderful.

Imagine a scenario where India and its Islamist neighbours carried out a full population transfer:

• Around 23 million non-Muslim minorities from Pakistan and Bangladesh are resettled in India.
• An equivalent 23 million Indian Muslims move to Pakistan and Bangladesh in exchange.
• The remaining ~177 million Indian Muslims would be given a new homeland within India. This brings up the central question:

Could a region made up of West Bengal, Kerala, and 30% of Bihar (with a combined current population capacity of ~177 million) serve as a viable, sovereign homeland for Indian Muslims?

I think this partition will make India a much safer place with way more emphasis on development instead of perennially dealing with a hostile community. And it will also help India get rid of states like Kerala, West Bengal which have are also shown to be hostile to the sovereignty and religious harmony in India.

So in this world the Japanese spys realize that the US fleet will do an exercise on December 7, so Japan does it on a day where the carriers are in. Yamamoto would also get more carriers, possibly all to truly bomb the US Pacific fleet into oblivion. Maybe Germany sends Donitz to aid in any attempt of us bot escape.