Subreddit: HistoricalWhatIf

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Some rules clarifications and reflections from your mod team

created by buffalo_pete on 14/01/2020 at 19:14 UTC* - 114 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

What if the Romans never conquered Greece?

created by Inside-External-8649 on 03/03/2025 at 21:05 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

July 1940: You replace Ribbentrop after the Fall of France, and are tasked with brokering a ceasefire agreement with the UK

created by BrianChing25 on 03/03/2025 at 19:03 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if Anthemius was successful in restoring the Western Roman Empire?

created by Polla_8 on 03/03/2025 at 15:32 UTC - 4 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if Napoleon and Arthur fought it out in Waterloo without reinforcements?

created by milford_sound10322 on 03/03/2025 at 15:01 UTC* - 2 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if Vladimir the Great had selected Buddhism instead of Orthodox Christianity and made Kievan Rus' (I'm sorry if this upsets you, but it's much easier to spell) Buddhist?

created by Dark_Swordfish2520 on 03/03/2025 at 00:44 UTC - 20 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if Francis I of France became the Holy Roman Emperor instead of Charles V? Would the Holy Roman Empire be absorbed into the Kingdom of France or would it still remain as a separate state until the Rise of Napoleon?

created by jacky986 on 03/03/2025 at 11:02 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

2 comments

The Third Reich Never Came Into Power?

created by villianrules on 02/03/2025 at 22:50 UTC - 10 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if Ethiopia was more powerful and developed? (read body)

created by adhmrb321 on 02/03/2025 at 10:45 UTC - 8 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if the Amish and other "Anti-Technology" Anabaptist Groups decided to live as if they were in the 1st Century instead of the 1800s?

created by Dark_Swordfish2520 on 02/03/2025 at 01:17 UTC - 32 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if Otto Von Bismarck had German Crown Prince Wilhem II assassinated in secret before his ascension in 1888?

created by JustaDreamer617 on 02/03/2025 at 18:58 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

3 comments

What if: GCO vs PBC

created by Seraphzerox on 01/03/2025 at 23:47 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Mexico Helps The Union

created by villianrules on 01/03/2025 at 18:20 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if Bill Clinton has decided not to run in 1992, and instead keep his options open for later?

created by Alone-Ad8952 on 01/03/2025 at 05:30 UTC - 10 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if the Wehrmacht is routed at Eben Emael and the Belgian Army surrounds and destroys Von Kleists army in a pincer movement?

created by BrianChing25 on 28/02/2025 at 14:44 UTC - 11 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

5 comments

What if Charles the Bold and Margaret of York had a son?

created by Remarkable_Usual_733 on 28/02/2025 at 16:25 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

3 comments

What if Hurricane Katrina struck 25 years earlier?

created by bsmall0627 on 28/02/2025 at 02:00 UTC - 11 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

4 comments

If Himmler becomes Fuhrer, how would his uniform look like?

created by Tee-34 on 28/02/2025 at 14:58 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

13 comments

What if William III and Mary II had a son

created by Remarkable_Usual_733 on 26/02/2025 at 22:34 UTC - 11 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

8 comments

What if the CIA's ties to the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) were never exposed? Would the CCF expand their operations to working with the underground art scene in the Eastern Bloc and assisting the CIA with the Canadian Caper?

created by jacky986 on 27/02/2025 at 04:58 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Ides of March, 1783

created by hlanus on 26/02/2025 at 22:30 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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What if the USA had supported Ho in Viet Nam after 1945 and told the French to get out, no support for the French moving back. Told Ho he could be a socialist if he stayed a nationalist opposed to China.

created by StoutNY on 25/02/2025 at 21:37 UTC - 35 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

37 comments

Challenge: Make George Washington King of the United States while keeping his character accurate.

created by Beneficial_Garage544 on 26/02/2025 at 01:06 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

15 comments

What if Trump got the Reform Party nomination in 2000 and pulled off the upset?

created by clearly_not_an_alt on 25/02/2025 at 23:28 UTC - 0 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

11 comments

What if Japan did worse in the Russo-Japanese war, but still won?

created by adhmrb321 on 25/02/2025 at 14:46 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

5 comments