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.”

made with sketchbook, op on lemmy, 2025

I’ve just started collecting books a few months ago so it’s a pretty small collection but I’m working on it does any one have suggestions for other books?

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15775573

I wish I could unlearn this

I’m working on building one myself

I have

The Atlantropa Articles: A Novel

I have these books coming in

The Bush Soldiers

Ice by Shane Johnson

My dream book to get is

Alternate Presidents by Mike Resnick

Any suggestions on what to get next?

The film is a mockumentary about the Soviet Union landing on the moon in 1938. 

The plot follows a group of journalist in 2000 uncovering a secret document detailing the Soviet unions plans to send a craft to the moon and back.

Wikipedia article

Film link

For me it really depends

My favorite alternate history books are not even remotely in the realm of possibility but I still like a serious work every once in a while

Let’s hear the community’s thoughts

What book should I add to my collection next?

What if the space race was a tie?

Either both sides give up trying to go to the moon

Or both make it to the moon in a very close timeframe and have to deal with each other on the moon

cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/3740832

Canvas in 30 days 👀

turns out I did my math wrong, so it’s a little less than 30 days

July 12th, 2024 @ midnight EDT

https://canvas.fediverse.events/

✨ this year’s event also supports the entire fediverse not just Lemmy!

(you have to be able to make/receive text posts, like mastodon, lemmy, pixelfed, etc) (peertube accounts will not work)

you can get update announcements on other fedi platforms with @[email protected] link

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Examples

The Axis win WW2(somehow) by making more of this or that

Historical figures act in ways completely outside of the way they acted in real life

I’m aware of what many say is the first (I talked about it in an old alternate history of the day post) but what are some other examples?