Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'world war ii'

Browse all alternate history scenarios about 'world war ii'.

What If Penicillin Was Never Discovered?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Alexander Fleming never discovered penicillin in 1928, potentially delaying the antibiotic revolution and transforming modern medicine, warfare, and global health outcomes throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

What If Poland Surrendered to Germany Without Fighting?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Poland capitulated to Nazi Germany's demands in 1939 without military resistance, potentially altering the outbreak and course of World War II.

What If Stalin Never Came to Power?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Joseph Stalin never became the leader of the Soviet Union, potentially altering the course of 20th century communism, World War II, and the Cold War.

What If Stalin Was Never Born?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Joseph Stalin never existed and how the absence of this pivotal Soviet dictator might have dramatically altered the course of 20th century geopolitics, World War II, and the Cold War.

What If The Allies Bombed The Death Camps?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Allied forces conducted targeted bombing operations against Nazi death camps in occupied Poland, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of Holocaust victims.

What If The Allies Invaded Japan?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Operation Downfall—the planned Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands—was carried out instead of using atomic weapons, potentially reshaping the Pacific War's conclusion and the entire postwar world order.