What if Scenarios
Explore intriguing ‘What If’ scenarios—reimagine history and discover how small changes could have shaped the world differently.
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As we know in our timeline, the Italian peninsula was unified by and under the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, with the help of the French, in 1861. Although the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed by then, the Papal States survived until 1871, controlling Rome and some surrounding cities, with the protection of French troops. But this…
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Across the 1800s, the Ottomans had an important role to play in European politics—not necessarily due to their immense power, but because of the people they ruled over and their geopolitical location. The huge Russian Empire was feared across Europe, and its ambitious eyes often wandered toward the Ottomans, specifically for control over the Balkans…
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The National Socialist ambitions for a pan-German state had already raised tensions between Germany and the Allies. The German Army saw a war with the Allies as unwinnable and had planned a coup against Hitler’s regime. This was known as the Oster Conspiracy, named after its mastermind, Hans Oster. For this plan to work, the…
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The Thirty Years’ War (1618) The Austrian Empire had solidified its position in Central Europe as the ruling power of the Holy Roman Empire. It maintained long-standing rivalries with the Ottoman Empire and France, while Habsburg kings held important thrones in Spain, Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia, Portugal, the Netherlands, and several smaller kingdoms and principalities in…