5punk

Inspired by a thread on the World of Tanks forum into how variations would have affected WWII. Since that's inevitably full of people bleating about how their country would have won because they're the best, I'd rather read about 5punky opinions on it. Some food for thought then (note, my historical knowledge is only really detailed for the second world war) ;

If Rome didn't fall.
If William the Conquorer had stayed in France
If Napoleon had won at Waterloo
If Archduke Ferdinand hadn't been assassinated
If the US hadn't joined the First World War
If Russia hadn't had a revolution during the First World War
If Spain hadn't had a civil war, or if Franco had won before the outbreak of WWII
If Britain had allied with the Nazis (like Mosely wanted, and I believe the Germans wanted)
If we had lost the Battle of Britain
If the US hadn't supported Britain/Russia
If the Japanese hadn't bombed Pearl Harbour
If the invasion of Europe had been delayed
If Operation Market Garden had been a success
If the Americans had retreated to regroup in the Ardennes
If the Russians had carried on marching through Europe against the Allies
If the US never dropped atomic bombs

I think that's enough to go on. We could probably go into Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, the Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq, but I'm fed up of thinking up scenarios now.

If Persian had won the Peloppenesian War
If Helen of Troy was ugly
If Attila the Hun has one the Battle of Catalavaunian Fields
If Ghengis Khan hadn't won fucking everything like a cupcake

friznit wrote:If Helen of Troy was ugly

Like after launching a thousand ships with her face?

If China began its technological advancement 50 years prior to when it did
If any of the world wars was a free-for-all instead of a team deathmatch.
If the Germans hadn't bömbed Kosice, or couldn't convince the Hungarians that the Soviets did it, during WWII.

If the Asian countries had discovered glass rather than sticking with pottery for thousands of years.