What If…?

History does not record why Hitler suddenly behaved this way. However, there is a conspiracy theory that claims there were secret contacts and even ...

So, the year is 1933. Hitler comes to power, and Germany begins military cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek, just as in RI. Germany’s choice of Japan was not set ...

We are accustomed to seeing Otto von Bismarck as a skilled diplomat and a brilliant strategist who wove the most intricate political webs while maintaining a ...

Other parts of the series The Great Southern War ended in 1706 with the Russian army’s capture of Constantinople, and after its conclusion, the Russian army ...

Other parts of the series Grand Duke Vladimir Petrovich was born in 1691. His father, the young Emperor Peter I Fyodorovich, wanted to name his son Peter, ...

Other parts of the series The second half of Peter I Fyodorovich’s reign was marked by reforms. In 1711, the emperor curtailed the powers of the ...

Older readers of this site may recall that Bulgaria was referred to as the “sixteenth republic” in the 1980s. However, it never actually became a Soviet ...

As is well known, in the early days of its existence, Rome—then still a kingdom—was in a very vulnerable position. It was surrounded by city-states that were ...

Contents: Among the countries defeated in World War I, Austria’s fate was perhaps the most unenviable: it suffered the greatest human and territorial ...

Other parts of the series Although the main theme of this part is revealed in the post’s title, the key revelation is that “Barbarossa” will take place in ...