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  1. WI a civil war in Saudi Arabia in 1964

    By early 1960s the power struggle between King Saud and Prince Faisal continued and when the King left for medical treatment abroad Prince Faisal formed a new Cabinet without the King's aprroval and virtually seized power in Saudi Arabia while on the same time he promised reforms. When King...

  2. Could the British have held Greece in WWII?

    In 1940 Greece was attacked by Italy and following a struggle Greece managed to repel the Italian attack. However in April 1941 Greece was attacked by Germany too and following a hard resistance Greece was occupied by Germans completely in June 1941. During the Greek-Italian war (and before as...

  3. WI A Greek Pope in 1455?

    I have posted that before but this post is now lost in the depths of the forum for years so i ll post a new one. In the Papal Conclave of 1455 Cardinal Bessarion emerged as a strong compromise candidate when the voting was deadlocked between the Orsini and Colonna factions who pushed for...

  4. The Royal Counter-Coup of 1967 in Greece

    I d like your opinion in a short narrative i wrote some time ago about the failed royal counter-coup of 13 December 1967. Also i d like you to comment if the counter-coup could be successfull or it was doomed from the very beggining. Plaus what could have happened if the King was successfull...

  5. WI Guy Fawkes was successfull in his plan?

    Since today is 5 November i was wondering... What would have happened to England if Guy Fawkes had succeeded in blowing up the King, his Lords and the House of Commons? Any thoughts?

  6. WI Genseric successfully invades Peloponese in 468 AD?

    In 468 AD following the defeat of the Roman fleet outside Carthage Genseric decided to invade Peloponese in retaliation. He believed that after the destruction of the Roman fleet and the subsequent weakening of both WRE and ERE it would be easy to invade ERE thus tranfserring the war there. So...

  7. WI Zeno is killed in 475 AD?

    In late 474 Empress Dowager Verina conceived a plan to depose Zeno and replace him with her lover the former Magister Officiorum Patricius... She recruited in the plot the Generals Illus, Trocundes (of Isaurianancestry), Theodoric Strabo (Ostrogoth) and her brother Basiliscus... However...

  8. WI Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt was killed in 1834?

    In sprin of 1834 Ibrahim Pasha was in Jerusalem fighting against the Arab revolution. It happened to be Easter at the time amd Ibrahim Pasha expressed his wish to see the annual miracle of Holy Light appearing in the Holy Sepulchre... However the church was packed with a large crowd and his...

  9. Could have Hitler persuaded Musolini not to attack Greece in 1940?

    In October 1940 Italy attacked Greece as Musolini believed that this would be an easy victory for him (needed that after a serie of defeats in Ethiopia and N. Africa) plus it will be one step further for the rebirth of Roman Empire as he envisioned it... However he faced heavy resistance and...

  10. WI No Pope Julius II in 1503?

    In 1503 wealthy and influential Cardinal D'Amboise aspired to become Pope following the death of Alexander VI. So he placed French troops around Rome and in the city gates hoping to intimidate the Conclave to vote for him. However several Cardinals managed to talk him out of it and Cardinal...

  11. WI Allies invaded Greece instead of Sicily in 1943?

    I was reading about Operation Mincemeat and how Germans were fooled to believe that Allies would invade Greece instead of Italy thus moving their forces in Peloponese (Hitler even sent Rommel to assume command of the defence in Athens). I was wondering... If invasion in Peloponese wasnt a mere...

  12. WI Aaron Burr was elected President in 1800?

    In Presidential elections of 1800 a New York elector casted his 2 votes for Aaron Burr hoping to ensure his victory that way... However this violated the then regulations and after several objections and negotiations his second vote was awarded to Thomas Jefferson with the "faithless elector"...

  13. WI Nikephoros Basilakes became Emperor in 1078?

    After the deposition of Emperor Michael VII chaos ensued in the Byzantine Empire with rival claimants of the purple spawning almost everywhere. The Doux of Dyrrachium Nikephoros Basilakes decided to exploit the situation by moving his army to Thessalonike and waiting for the outcome of these...

  14. WI Tejero's coup succesfull?

    I was reading about Tejero's coup in 1981 and it seems that the coup could be successful if more Generals supported it... WI Tejero succeeded in his coup? What would change in Spain? Any guesses about international reactions?

  15. Could Hess become Fuhrer? Or is it ASB?

    I was wondering... If Hitler somehow died between 1933 and 1941 would Hess become the new Fuhrer? He was the Deputy Fuhrer after all... And if he succeeds Hitler how the other Nazi leaders react to that?

  16. WI Cardinal Bessarion was elected Pope in 1455?

    I had put this some years ago (cant locate it now)... The Papal Conclave of 1455 was divided between 2 factions lead by Latino Orsini and Prospero Colonna respectively. In the first ballots Cardinal Capranica seemed to reach the required majority but the French Cardinals started voting...

  17. WI Edward of York was declared a bastard in 1464?

    There were a few hints that King Edward IV was not the biological son of Richard 3rd Duke of York but he was rather a bastard sired by a certain archer named Blaybourne (also he beared little resemblence to his father). Also his own mother Cecily Neville threatened to declare him a bastard when...

  18. WI Richard 3rd Duke of York doesnt die in 1460?

    In 30 December Richard Duke of York was confined to Sandal Castle in Yorkshire for 9 days while Lancastrian forces were 14 km away. Richard decided to make a sortie and face the Lancastrian army without waiting for reinforcements but he was surrounded quickly and his army was annihilated. WI...

  19. WI Mary of Burgundy had been born a boy?

    In 13 February 1457 OTL Isabella de Bourbon wife of Charles the Bold gave birth to a girl which was named Mary. 20 years later her father Charles was killed in the battle of Nancy leaving Mary as sole heiress to the Duchy of Burgundy. WI Mary was born a boy? How History would be affected? Could...

  20. Kidnapping German Generals

    In 26 April 1944 2 British agents P. Lee Fermor and Stanley Moss with the help of local resistance managed to kidnap General Kreipe Commander of Festung Creta. It was the only successful kidnaping of a German General throughout WWII... I was wondering could it be possible that the allies would...
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