Alternative history is a fascinating and increasingly popular topic that continues to ignite people’s imaginations many years after the real-life events in question unfolded. In this brand-new volume of What if… Book of Alternative History we speak to experts to try to uncover how the world might look or events may have unfolded if some of history’s key moments had turned out differently.
Welcome to What if… Book of Alternative History Volume 2
What if… 9/11 HAD BEEN FOILED? • It was a day that shook the world. But what would preventing the attack mean for the Global War on Terror?
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What if… THE RENAISSANCE NEVER HAPPENED? • Between the 14th and 17th century, a new interest in classicism changed Western art forever
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What if… THE DUNKIRK EVACUATION HAD FAILED? • In 1940 a vast rescue operation miraculously saved the majority of Britain’s army, but what would failure have meant in the war against the Nazis?
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What if… NAPOLEON HAD WON AT TRAFALGAR? • Nelson’s victory saved Britain from the threat of invasion, but could the British have lost the 1805 naval battle?
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What if… LENIN HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED? • In 1918, an attempt was made on the life of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. Who was behind it and what if it had succeeded?
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What if… MARILYN MONROE HAD LIVED? • After defeating her darkest demons, what could the world expect from the iconic star in later years?
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What if… POMPEY HAD DEFEATED JULIUS CAESAR? • How the outcome of one battle would have changed the history of the Roman Empire as we know it
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What if… ROMMEL HAD WON IN NORTH AFRICA? • The Nazi commander failed to hold off the Allies, but could an Axis victory have changed the course of World War II?
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What if… THE TITANIC HAD NOT SUNK? • She was the largest, most luxurious and supposedly safest ship afloat, but her loss was to change the course of history
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What if… BOUDICCA’S REVOLUTION HAD SUCCEEDED? • In 60-61 CE the queen of the Iceni tribe led a bloody rebellion that very nearly ended the Roman occupation of Britain
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What if… THE FRENCH REVOLUTION HAD SPREAD TO BRITAIN? • In 1789 revolutionary forces stormed the Bastille, but could the guillotine have come to Greenwich?
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What if… THE FIRST CRUSADE HAD BEEN DEFEATED? • How might the history of the Middle Ages have been altered had this massive event gone in a different direction?
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What if… ARGENTINA HAD WON THE FALKLANDS WAR? • Margaret Thatcher gambled on direct military action. But an Argentine victory could have left both her and Britain’s reputation in tatters
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What if… OPERATION VALKYRIE HAD ASSASSINATED HITLER? • Desperate members of his closest circle seize one last chance to eliminate the Nazi leader and change the course of history
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What if… ANNE BOLEYN HAD STAYED IN FRANCE? • Without the most infamous of Henry VIII’s queens, Tudor England’s religious and political landscape may have been entirely different
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What if… JAPAN HAD REMAINED ISOLATIONIST? • While Japan keeps its distance, overall supremacy of the region could be up for grabs
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