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Wizarding School Locations from Harry Potter

January 31, 2016 119 Comments

Wizarding School Locations from Harry Potter

Map created by Pottermore.com

The map above shows the locations of the 7 Wizarding schools that have been revealed so far, that exist in the Harry Potter universe.

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Filed Under: Fictional Tagged With: books

What If Nazi Germany Won World War II? Fictional & Historical Scenarios

January 19, 2015 216 Comments


Europe under Nazi domination

How close Nazi Germany came to dominating Europe. Map by Morgan Hauser via Wikimedia

What if Hitler and the Nazis had won World War II? This is perhaps the greatest historical ‘what if’ of all time. The map above shows just how close they came.

This has led both novelists and historians to speculate about might have happened if Germany had won the war and how they might have done so. Below we’ll look at a few fictional scenarios (with maps) where they do win and what that means for the rest of the world. This will be followed by some historical speculation about whether or not Germany really could have won.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: books, fiction, war


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