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The idea came from the sheer amount of timelines on the website in question that have America stay in the British Empire and everything is thus rosy. Here it isn't. It's horrific.
The timeline is written as a series of extracts from historical books, internet news pages, photos and quotes. It begins with [[For Want of a Nail|Governor Hutchinson of Massachusetts sending a letter to Benjamin Franklin...only the letter gets lost in the post]], with Franklin unable to alert the Sons of Liberty to the dangers of possible British reprisals. Franklin is, by not sending the letters contents back to the Sons, still accepted by London high society and, in a series of riots, double-crossing, scares and oneupmanship, America is kept British...just. In this the timeline diverges visibly within a few years of the POD, and enormously by the turn of the 18th century. The timeline started with its POD in 1770, and has now progressed to (at the latest, given chapters are thematic) 1865. The whole thing can be read [https://web.archive.org/web/20150616125052/http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=101469 here]
Not to be confused with the stock phrase [[We Will Meet Again]].
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] - King Cheoljong through and through. Uses the tactic to ascend to the Korean throne, then murder his rivals and try and make his nation great once more.
* [[Officer and a Gentleman]] - Edward Lyons, to the point that he has to be [[The Men First|dragged away]] from a battle everyone knows he'll lose...
* [[Old Shame]] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20160224204540/http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=4981949&postcount=169 To 037771].
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]] - Ogonyov.
* [[One Nation Under Copyright]] - India under the [[Mega Corp|HEIC]]
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