#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Britain chose detachment as an alternative to appeasement? 18th March, 1935 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Adopts the Policy of Detachment www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
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#tweetfromalternatehistory 1778 #OnThisDay #alternatehistory Catherine the Great signed a supply agreement with the British Empire that would see 100,000 Russian mercenaries transfer to British North America to serve under the command of Sir Henry Clinton www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Greenlanders had discovered how to make Aluminum Bronze? 1215 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Karl the Kopar settles Greenland www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf The League owned postwar settlement? 1922 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory League assumes direct responsibility for the security of the Straits, the administration of mandated territories, while Greece receives Smyrna as a mandate www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #ColdWar #whatif Nixon beat Kennedy & then ordered the Berlin Wall destroyed like Reagan 25 years later? 1961 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory President Nixon travels to West Berlin to tell Secretary Khrushchev to "tear down this Wall" www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Britain and France had abandoned Sykes-Picot and honoured the Arab promises to permit a large unified Arab kingdom centred on Mecca? 19th May, 1935 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Colonel T.E. Lawrence Tours Hashemite Arabia www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #zimmermantelegram #whatif Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico had put down the rebellion in the 1860s? 1914 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory #Habsburg #Mexico declares war on the Allied Powers www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Biden had rested instead of rehearsing for the debate? June 27th, 2024 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Biden's Strong Debate Performance Alleviates Voter Concerns About Age www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Cecile Fatiman became Haiti's guiding visionary healer? August 14, 1791 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Priestess of a nation's rebirth www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Neville Chamberlain had lived another fifteen years? 15th September, 1950 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Chamberlain's Memoirs Reopen the Appeasement Debate www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Napoleon claimed the ancient imperial crown? 1806 #OnThisDay in #alternativehistory Francis II abdicates after the catastrophic defeat of the Third Coalition at Austerlitz, Napoleon Bonaparte Crowned Holy Roman Emperor www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf India's partition became a UN decision? 17th August, 1947 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Sir Cyril Radcliffe Refers Partition To United Nations www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory @robbietaylor.bsky.social #WhatIf discovery of a poisoned dinner had saved American unity? 4th July, 1850 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory President Taylor survives an assassination attempt and begins the peaceful end of American slavery www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Nixon faced a constitutional checkmate? 1974 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory General Haig took Gerry Ford for a walk in the rose garden at the White House. Nixon was going bonkers said Haig, and we have got to get him out of here www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory @robbietaylor.bsky.social #WhatIf Zachary Taylor survived the lethal bowl of cherries? July 9th, 1950 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the incomparable 12th president recovers from the illness that had kept him bedridden for several days www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf US-purchased Greenland became a nuclear-armed Alaska? 24th October, 1962 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Kennedy Chooses Air Strikes to Save Thule www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory 1919 #OnThisDay in #alternativehistory revised Weimar constitution came into force tempering democracy before extremism. Elections rewarded parties capable of forming stable governing alliances rather than narrow ideological movements www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Prince William , Duke of Gloucester survived his fatal illness? Kensington Palace - 1700 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Son of #QueenAnne & Prince #GeorgeofDenmark, recovered from fever, falling ill after his 11th birthday party www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Franz Joseph refused to declare war? Schönbrunn - 1914 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom Franz Joseph of Habsburg refused to sign the declaration of war against Serbia www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Lafayette became France's first President? 1830 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory The Glorious Days of President Lafayette www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Robespierre's Defense Published? Redux 1794 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Robespierre's Defence Saves the Revolution www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory Robespierre's Defense Published 1794 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory at the height of Reign of Terror, the French Revolution held its climax as forces loyal to Maximilien Robespierre overwhelmed the Convention army thisdayinalternatehistory.blogspot.ca/2011/11/july...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Richard Nixon selected George Romney instead of Spiro T. Agnew for running mate? 1995 #otd #diedonthisday President of American Motors Corporation (1954-62), 43rd governor of Michigan, 39th vice president & then 38th President www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Hitler's Decision to save Mussolini led to His Own Assassination and the Collapse of the Axis Alliance? 28th January, 1941 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Assassin Hans Oster ends Hitler's Madness www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Taft's campaign pushed General Eisenhower into politics much earlier? 1947 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory isolationist Sen. Robert A. Taft (R–OH) launches his ill-fated campaign www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Queen Elizabeth I had not imprisoned her cousin Mary for twenty or so years? Linlithgow Palace - 8th December, 1542 #BornOnThisDay in #alternatehistory Mary, Queen of Scots www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Alexandre Dumas had enjoyed a real-life (non-fictionalised) military career? 1802 #BornOnThisDay in #alternatehistory General Alexandre Dumas thisdayinalternatehistory.blogspot.com/2016/07/july...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf Africa's settler governments united before decolonisation? 25th May, 1963 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Settler Governments Establish the Defence and Economic Community of Southern Africa www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #WhatIf America chose nuclear partnership over monopoly? 20th December, 1946 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Congress Rejects McMahon Bill, Preserving Allied Atomic Alliance but opening the door to the Atomic Victory at Dien Bien Phu www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Treaty of Trois-Rivieres Ends Anglo-American Crisis? 1812 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Diplomats gathered in the Canadian town as tensions between two English-speaking powers reached their highest point in a generation www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...