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Alt History ideas, rec and general dicussion thread

This is more of a concept timeline than a hard alt-history timeline but I've always wanted to write a version of the The Seize of Power by William Allen except set in a small English town in the aftermath of a succesful Operation Sealion. (I've not quite worked out how the unmentionable would suceed ITTL and to some extent it doesn't really matter, just that it does.)
 
How possible would it have been for the Russian revolutionaries to adopt the name Eurasia in order to be more inclusive in a scenario where the 1905 revolution succeeded?
 
FiskenIsFishy said:
How possible would it have been for the Russian revolutionaries to adopt the name Eurasia in order to be more inclusive in a scenario where the 1905 revolution succeeded?
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Very unlikely assuming you can even gauge what a successful 1905 Revolution even looks like. And the forerunners to Eurasianism might be more of an intellectual thing.
 
Are there any good "communist Japan" timelines?

Not just having the Soviets invade and spread revolution to Hokkaido. I mean having the entire country turn red.

(Reds! and Pax Britannica don't count.)
 
Mazeka said:
Are there any good "communist Japan" timelines?

Not just having the Soviets invade and spread revolution to Hokkaido. I mean having the entire country turn red.

(Reds! and Pax Britannica don't count.)
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A Day in July has a Red Japan later on. Somehow makes the statement "The communists overthrew the liberal government to protect the Emperor" make sense.

A Day in July: An Early 20th Century Timeline

A Day in July - An Introduction Bolshevik Leaders Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin Dawn, 5th (18 N.S.) of July 1917 (1) Pravda Offices, Petrograd, Russian Empire (2) Seventeen-year old Kolya Stepanovich studied his fellow military cadets, gathered awaiting the final details of their orders...
www.alternatehistory.com
 
King Washington said:
A Day in July has a Red Japan later on. Somehow makes the statement "The communists overthrew the liberal government to protect the Emperor" make sense.

A Day in July: An Early 20th Century Timeline

A Day in July - An Introduction Bolshevik Leaders Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin Dawn, 5th (18 N.S.) of July 1917 (1) Pravda Offices, Petrograd, Russian Empire (2) Seventeen-year old Kolya Stepanovich studied his fellow military cadets, gathered awaiting the final details of their orders...
www.alternatehistory.com
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Was going to recommend this one, the one example I've ever seen where MonSoc actually makes sense.
 
Is this timeline any good? It got recommended to me on Discord.

Red Sun Rising: The Reverse-Russo-Japanese War

Exert from John MacIntyre's ‘Baptised in Blood and Fire: The Story of Revolutionary Ideologies in East Asia’, 1982, pp.124 “The vast continent of Asia’s history is prolific and rich in ways that are greatly overlooked in our European culture, with long and ancient traditions being formed and...
www.alternatehistory.com
 
Mazeka said:
Is this timeline any good? It got recommended to me on Discord.

Red Sun Rising: The Reverse-Russo-Japanese War

Exert from John MacIntyre's ‘Baptised in Blood and Fire: The Story of Revolutionary Ideologies in East Asia’, 1982, pp.124 “The vast continent of Asia’s history is prolific and rich in ways that are greatly overlooked in our European culture, with long and ancient traditions being formed and...
www.alternatehistory.com
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It's got the "every socialist state in alternate history must have its own Stalin analogue" cliche tbh
 
king of hybrids said:
How badly would 2nd term Reagan/Bush Sr have to fuck up for the United States to break up by December 1991 at the same time as the USSR does as per OTL?
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Maybe something like this
Mad Bad Rabbit said:
The Titan II missile accident on September 19th 1980 leads to a full-yield 9 MT explosion (which should have been impossible, is probably some sort of fundamental flaw in the arming circuits, and means ALL our W-53 and B-53 warheads need to be taken offline immediately). Thousands dead (including Walter Mondale whose plane was leaving Little Rock that night), millions homeless as groundburst fallout leaves huge exclusion zone across Arkansas/Oklahoma/Kansas. Carter and Reagan both agree to suspend campaigning; Reagan wins but it's a very hollow victory. Severe economic downturn, Pershing II missiles in Europe are right out, and the U.S. is basically headed for another full decade of even worse malaise.

Then on February 20th, 1981, due to heavy fog and pilot error Argentine Airlines flight 342 hits the North Tower of the World Trade Center, leading to a fiery collapse. The South Tower remains standing but is so badly damaged it'll have to be brought down ... somehow (civil engineers have no idea). Until then, Lower Manhattan remains cordoned off.

Then on March 30th, Reagan is shot and killed by John Hinckley (who had some sort of batshit insane plan to marry Jodie Foster and flee the collapse of America together).

God help Acting President George Bush... Meanwhile, absolutely nobody gives a crap about the culture wars at this point. They're worried whether they'll have jobs tomorrow, or get gunned down by a crazy person, or get some sort of radiation poisoning ten years down the road.
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Maybe also throw in the Iran Hostage Crisis escalating into a massacre and then war, and a worse Three Mile Island accident. Kill Bush too and get President Haig.
 
BBadolato said:
I think @Squidfam has done if not a full timeline, then she's whipping something up on the Japan front, I don't think it's Communist as we know it.
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Oh hey, didn't expect to ever get a shout-out like this! But yes, I do have plans for Japan and East Asia in general which involve socialism that isn't "imposed" by an outside power a la the soviets. Things have admittedly been standing very still in terms of actual timeline entries for... A number of reasons, but for those who don't mind spoilers i have a whole heap of timeline-related stuff on my deviantart to check out in the meantime.
 
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