Alternate History is a Subgenre of Speculative fiction about what would happen if a event in history happened differently.

A quick history of Alternate History Ab Urbe Condita Libri is possibly the first example of Alternate History written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius it tells a story where Alexander the Great didn't die prematurely and Rome still beats Macedonia. This trope of the writers side still winning even though logically they should not is still a common trope in AH today. Harry Norman Turtledove is a major author for AH and other works in the modern day and his stories have gone on to inspire many others.

How to get ideas for writing? As Alternate History is about history the ideas are limitless. From making a small change in leadership or creating a massive change in how major events went down looking through history itself will give many ideas

Writing and story making There are many ways to format your story. From telling it from the 3rd person or through the eyes of someone living in this world there are many options. Some use AH as a vector for making maps,flags ETC of alternate nations. Fake Wiki articles are also a popular format(please do not vandalize articles use the sandbox or other means)

conclusion Alternate History is a fun topic to write about with endless stories just waiting to be written this guide will be updated as needed thank you for reading!

American civil religion is a faith that has been strategically used as a tool of statecraft, drawing parallels between modern American exceptionalism and the nationalistic mythologies of ancient Rome. While movements like Mormonism emerged organically from the frontier, their doctrines of divine mission were ultimately harnessed by the fledgling US government to facilitate westward expansion and national cohesion. Linked video goes into detail

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Another can of sunshine for the German gentleman, please!

This post is gonna be a bit different. Last night I watched Inglourious Basterds (great movie by the way) but in this film spoilers ahead

Hitler, Goebbels and many high ranking Nazis are killed by members of the squad. So this makes me wonder is this alternate history? I mean Hitler is dead months before he did in real life and in a diffrent manor and WW2 ends way earlier. This raises a question this movie is not wanting to be an alternate history film but it does dive into that genre. Can it be considered alternate history media if that’s not what it set out to be?

A bit of surprise to see Simple History tackling a alternate history topic but I’m interested to see where they’ll take it

I saw it on alt history hubs alternate history iceberg but for the life of me I can’t remember the name of it.

What I remember

The Dino’s never went extinct

Humans were new world monkeys

The Dino’s used living machines for tech

If this rings a bell for anyone let me know!

The Last Ship

President Obama dies of the Red Flu. Joe Biden is sworn into office on Air Force One and contracts the flu from Jill Biden on the way to Camp David and dies one week later. Speaker of the House Kelly Geller becomes acting president until she dies of the Red Flu. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jeffrey Michener then became acting president and appointed Howard Oliver as VP. Michener is murdered, and Howard Oliver becomes president. Chief of Staff Allison Shaw holds actual power due to a coup. President Oliver regains control of the government and returns to power. At some point Oliver dies and is replaced by his VP, Joshua Reiss, the 49th president of the United States.

Z Nation

President Bill Carney was the last elected president of the US. Most likely elected in the 2016 presidential election. In 2018, Carney turns into a zombie on national television. President Lindsay Barton can be assumed to be the last acting president while the country was still in any state of order, as she managed to sign Emergency Executive Order Section 7. There are several dubious claims to the office. Sketchy McClain claims to be the last in a fictional line of succession, being the 357th president under the name Thurston Howell IV. John J. Lannister claims to be the actual president, and the 2 have an election where Doc comes out as the winner.

The most legitimate claim to the office was Jane Carlson, who was assistant to the Secretary of Labor during the Carney Administration. She claimed to be the 234th president.

Designated survivor

Cornelius Moss was the 44th president. President Robert Richmond 45th is killed along with all but 2 members of Congress in the capital bombing. Sec. of Housing and Urban Dev. Tom Kirkman becomes president. He appoints surviving congressman Peter MacLeish as VP. He briefly acted as acting president during Kirkman’s surgery. MacLeish was killed by Beth. Ellenor Darby was appointed as the next but left office. Aaron Shore was the final VP during Kirkman’s time in office.

Independence Day

President Joshua T. Adams became president after the president and all other members of higher government were killed by aliens.

Bit of an odd one and not strictly alternate history but I found it a good read for Alternate history and SCP fans.

Hello everyone!

I’m working on making a catalog of alternate history books for fans and new comers. I’ve added some of my favorites, underrated classics, and some of the best. I’ll be expanding this list over time and I’m happy to hear and suggestions to add

Yes that’s right the US created a WW2 alternate history

It has lore, patches for fictional soldiers, a fictional mainland US invasion by a nation known as “Aggressor” and even a fictional language! All this for training. There are several modern versions of this too but as far as I’m aware this is the oldest and most lore rich project.

Check it out!

Some background info

Wikipedia article about the incident

Video about the conflict by an underrated channel I enjoy

and yes as far as I’m aware the events of this are 100% true including Taekwondo trained South Korea Special Forces with Claymores strapped to them

Let’s see what ideas you have c/althistory!

(Edit photo seems to not be working it’s on the Wikipedia if you wanna see it)

This channel has a lot of similar videos in this style so if that’s your thing come and check it out!

Accidental travel is a pretty normal writing trope one which is used in alternate history every once in a while A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Guns of the south (not sure if this one was a accidental time travel) plenty others but this. This is something else "popadantsi” is found in Russian works. Mainly propaganda works for the government and the stories within are sure something. Just so you can understand I’d like you to look at this 100% real cover of a book that was really released.

According to a rough Translation this is what I got

MILITARY-HISTORICAL SCI-FI

Victor Dubcek

RED PADWAN

I have not confirmed if permission was granted to use Darth Vader on this cover but I’m leaning no because. Well look at it. Anyways thanks for reading my 2am rant about a weird sub section? I think that’s what you’d call it of alternate history

Roman historian Titus Livius wrote the work Ab Urbe Condita Libri.

UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote the work If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg.

Wernher von Braun  German-American aerospace engineer and chief architect of the Apollo Saturn V rocket; development of the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany wrote the work Project Mars: A Technical Tale  

Joanot Martorell

Valencian writer and knight wrote the work Tirant lo Blanch.

From wikipedia

“Although disputed, Tandey allegedly encountered Adolf Hitler at the French village of Marcoing on 28 September 1918, while Tandey was serving with the 5th Duke of Wellington's Regiment. That day, Tandey took part in a battle for which he would be awarded the VC for bravery. As the battle neared its end, a wounded German soldier wandered into Tandey's line of fire and he chose not to shoot. The German soldier saw him lower his rifle and nodded his thanks before wandering off. Although Tandey reputedly commonly spared wounded and disarmed German soldiers, the soldier from that day is dubiously claimed to have been Hitler. Hitler, however, took his second leave from military service from 10–28 September 1918, indicating that he was still in Germany at the time. Tandey was decorated with the VC in late 1919, after which reports of the ceremony circulated with a picture of Tandey carrying a wounded soldier during the First Battle of Ypres (1914), which Hitler may have become aware of.”

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