There would still be a negotiated peace, by 1918 a German victory as described would not enable a Diktat peace. The most the German's might get is a restoration of East Africa to be combined with the Congo to make Mittleafrika, and that's a stretch. Said victory would entail a French...
As for htgriffin, for the U. S. Communists to openly break with the Stalinist International turns them back into regular Socialists, and as I argued earlier the existence of a strong Socialist part in the pre-war International is probably required to create a viable Communist Party after the...
This would require a pre-1900 POD, looking at the labor unrest after the crash of 1873 as a catalyst that drives American political history more like France. In this case the Socialist Party (based on Labor and Populists) would divide between the mainstream, like the SFIO, and the supporters of...
Dardanelles is high risk vs ultimate reward. Cilicia is low risk vs moderate reward. If the goal is to help Russia, then the Dardanelles is necessary. If the goal is to damage the Ottomans and isolate their fringe territories, then Cicilia makes sense. IIRC the goal was to help Russia. QED.
That would depend on the SCOTUS of the time. I do recall that through the 50's some states had 'fair trade' laws that prohibited or severely restricted discount retailing. Personally I can not recall anything in the Constitution or the Amendements that would protect franchising.
In LA that would be In & Out. It is not possible to prevent the nationalization of 'fast food' as we know it without legislation that would prohibit or severely restrict the franchising system. 'Fast Food' would still exist, as it always has, but though a myriad of regional and local chains as...
Dumont was dead before UHF was even a thing. One thing I forgot before was that Dumont lacked a Radio Network link, which was another drawback in getting stations and established personalities. Even when UHF emerged by the 60's and new TV's had UHF dials a separate antenna was needed for UHF...
Sorry but there are 2 huge differences between Brazil and the Congo. Brazil has a long and well populated coastline, the coastal areas providing a solid basis for expansion into the interior, including the mineral regions. Congo has only a few miles of coastline scrunched between Cabinda and...
Best Case: Kenya or better if you get a stable period under a Kenyatta style strongman who is reasonably honest, tries at least in part to bridge tribal identities, and is not a hard-care socialist. Actually with Congo's resources I would say better.
Worse case: Tanzania level if you have...
I do not believe a Balkan/Latin American level of development is possible anywhere in post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa. If nothing else Iberian colonialism in LA ended circa 1820 and Ottoman occupation of the Balkans ended between 1820 - 1885 (except for Albania/Macedonia). African...
Prior to Abyssinia and intervention in the Spanish War Mussolini was popular even in the USA. If he dies in 1935 and his successors avoid those two errors and remain tied to the Stresa Front he is remembered somewhat as a hero. This of course would depend on one's political beliefs.
Fourth Network was not possible until cable became widespread. There were not enough channels in VHF to support 4 national networks. In the end it came down to Dumont or ABC surviving and ABC did but until the 60's ABC was always weak in number of outlets and often was shared in smaller...