I honestly think Maria Theresa and the Austrian army in general deserves more respect for their performance in the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria Theresa's predecessor was an ineffective ruler who just recently lost against the French & Spanish (Polish War of Succession) and Ottomans. When Prussia took Silesia, France, Spain, Bavaria, Saxony and Modena all attacked Austria to make their territorial gains. Austria's only allies meanwhile were too far away to help the Habsburgs, yet the Austrian forces under Khevenhüller and Otto von Traun still survived against all odds by winning several important victories such as St. Pölten (1741), Pfaffenhofen (1741) and Piacenza (1746). While losing Silesia might be "humiliating", Austria still survived against all odds and even managed to be a more formidable foe in the Seven Years' War. None of this would've happened without Maria Theresa. We Austrians even have a military academy named under her honor.
Imagine how formidable an alliance between Frederick II of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria would be in the alternative Seven Years War of this timeline
I think Austria's prowess during that time always gets overshadowed by its terrible performance in WW1. Everyone always remembers a tired broken husk of an empire, but not the actual competent one that got and held all of these territories in the first place.
Fun fact: The War of Austrian Succession helped foster revolutionary sentiment in America. New England had managed to scrounge troops together and conquer Louisbourg, an enormous French fortress city/privateer haven in Cape Breton. Louisbourg was despised throughout the Northeast; NY, NJ, & PA also contributed to the expedition. It was captured after a 6 week siege, and to the colonists it felt like _their_ victory- an imposing French fortress conquered by some boys from Massachusetts. However in the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, the British exchanged Louisbourg for Madras- leading to American feelings of betrayal, mistrust, and disregard. Less than 30 years later the invasion's spearhead, Massachusetts, would be declared in a state of rebellion.
True I guess, but I wouldn't call the rich local landowners wanting to ignore the British treaties with the native Americans so that they might conquer their land - and rebelling to do so - a revolution. More like a cynical coup.
With a weaker Austria, the Ottomans would have tried to get minor concessions out of the Habsburgs in both wars. The Ottomans weren't very stable, but they were probably organized enough to gain concessions in the Translyvanian Highlands or even Banat.
Considering the Ottomans still had a good army during their stagnation (which was happening around this time) Id expect them to get some territories off the Habsburgs
@@tankpea2not too much Remmeber Russia could just invade the ottomans and most likely win so Russia wouldn’t allow the ottomans to get too much out of the habsburgs
@@AdvancedGamer- maybe , but it could be possible that Britain could intervene. And remember that the French-Ottoman friendship was still a thing. So , its not too likely that Russia would attack , its a possibility but not a certain ons
Charles was such a fool trying to secure the trone for his daughter with diplomacy when Eugene of savoy said " a full treasury and strong army would be better than signatures".
Early mass Hungarian privileges within the Habsburg realm? You know you've created a cursed scenario when the de-facto creation of Austria-Hungary upon the Seven Years War's aftermath becomes a legit genuine possibility.
It wasnt until the early 1800s that cartography of the kind we are used to took off (admittedly the french did have that family that worked on that map of france for three generations beforehand)
I have two video ideas for you: 1. What if prussia managed to get a hold of bohemia? 2. A general video discussing the most and least reliable courses of history. Basically, what are the points in history where the timeline could have the easiest taken a different route?
This whole scenario depends on the Bohemian nobility switching sides against Bavaria. The fact of the matter is that most of bohemian nobility WAS Bavarian, the Schwarzenbergs being the most famous house from there. If Charles VII. crowned himself the king of Bohemia like he did irl, just during a more successful war, most of them would fall in line. Over all i'd say that Bavaria could very well beat back the prusso-hungarian coalition, since the war of the Austrian succession would be shorter and there would be no silesian wars, which wouldn't leave the land devastated, hell, they might even reclaim silesia.
Hey, small correction of your map: The Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel between Hannover and Prussia consisted of two parts that you coloured differently on your map. Also, if you happen to see this, please make us (Brunswick) yellow. Thanks :)
As someone born in one of the "smaller German states" (Waldeck-Pyrmont, where the northern part of Pyrmont became Prussian only in 1922) I don't know whether it would have been better or worse for my small home town to be part of Prussia so much earlier. Being the summer residence of the principality wasn't bad for the economy of the spa town with only 2k inhabitants. (and Waldeck-Pyrmont not being independent anymore might have led Willem III of the Netherlands to marry someone else and not Emma - who made an awesome queen and regent).
Possible History video where the French seem to win but actually lose ? What a surprise! ^^ great content as always but I really starts to feel predictable:)
Ever since learning about it, this event gave me an idea: What if the Peterloo massacre lead to the UK going through their own equivalent French Revolution?
I'm from an ex Spanish colony (the P.R) and I am just as excited as you are! finally an interesting country that's getting alternate history and honestly I feel like all of Southern Europe needs more attention along with Latin America, Africa that's not Ethiopia, and Southeast Asia and most interestingly the Philippines.
I'm not quite sure I can see the conclusion of the Austrian succession war being like that. One of the main reason in our timeline Austria got off lightly despite French kicking their ass in the lowlands was Louis XV's concern of preserving the balance of power and being worried about the next war he knew was coming, having the foresight of predicting Prussia joining GB and preparing the terrain for an Austrian alliance. In this timeline, I would have assumed the same, with him either securing the Prussian alliance or sparing the Hapsburg to secure them as an ally.
important India colony was sold to British to agree with the pragmatic function and the held up to the agreement and also regions in south were given to spin cos of it
That was interesting. I wonder what if the Habsburg lost the battle of Kahlenberg against the Ottomans. I think there are a lot of interesting scenarios where things could have gone differently for the Habsburgs.
In Inverness, there's an entire museum dedicated to the Battle of Culloden in 1745. When I went there, I was shocked at the lack of context given vis-a-vis the War of Austrian Succession
ph overlooked a huge factor why the hungarian nobles supported maria theresa, the ottomans. the ottomans would jump on the possibility to reconquer the hungary especially after loosing a huge war such as the austrian succesion war.
I’m eager to see what this years Halloween vibes will be first we had “what if the darkness literally kills people” then “what if Stallin commanded zombies in ww2” so it will be interesting to see what you have in store for us
The Franco-Prussian War definitely changes, but the outcome is very loose. France's control over Luxembourg can threaten the Rhine more than the pathetic invasion from Alsace that was attempted in our timeline. Though the expansion into the Sudetenland and Silesia can also probably boost Prussia, though I can see the war either ending in more a draw than complete and utter failure for Napoleon III. I also think the more unified Southern Germany would probably be more hesitant on joining a war against France, especially after what became of it over the past centuries. But hey, that's just a speculation coming from some random guy on the internet, so don't take my word.
Napoleon III know the french army was not ready to a major conflic but with the lack of support, less money and the fact he was stick he dosen't have the time to reform it. Napoleon III was not as good than napoleon to war but he was a really good emperor in diplomatic and reform. In this time line the franco-prussian war if start more late give more time to a more rich france to reform is army and a weaker prussian with less german follow their idea.
Considering an Austro Prussian war likely still happens, and with Prussia having de facto already secured most of North Germany more so than in our own timeline it’s likely the southern German states aren’t going to have a choice as they’re likely still going to be put in the same treaty that they were historically and when France declares war, they’d be treaty bound to join in. Also, even with Luxembourg Napoleon the third’s armies are going to get crushed very very badly as even with ability to threaten the Rhineland. He managed to show up with less troops then the Germans historically. Any invasion into the Rhineland would soon be overrun and suffering far heavier casualties for the French the only major difference is in the Franco Prussian war is likely Prussia annexing Luxembourg as well, or at least a large part of it in order to secure their border with France and to protect the Rhineland taking advantage of the Germans in the region as a justification for annexing it. The only other difference I could see is Austria having been weakened, far earlier becomes embittered towards Prussia and joins with the French, which would likely expand the conflict to France’s disadvantage as Russia and Italy would now be involved well in exchange France would only gain the papal states and a weakened Austria-Hungary.
I know it’s been a little while since you have done the video format for what if everything went right for X nation, but could you do a video on that for Portugal or Bohemia(Czechia)?
The French holding Luxembourg would be a massive industrial aid, I think that in the end the Germans would end up taking it along with Alsace. And although germany is more disunited I still see Prussia having the upper hand here. As every European nation would be changed in some way, Prussia would be uniquely positioned to only have a better chance at taking over Germany
What if the Talleyrand plan was followed for Belgium? Also, please do a part two for certain vids like if everything went perfect for Napoleon, WW1 starting over Africa, etc.
Unrealistic but interesting suggestion: what if Christoper Columbus created the size canal in 1492? I’ve loved your videos for a while now and I hope you could create a video on this scenario
something I don't see mentioned that would have a great influence on world events is the endurance of the Anglo-Prussian alliance, in our timeline it ended because of Britain's separate peace during the 7yw which pissed Frederick off righteously. in otl the 7yw had an interesting effect of isolating Britain, something that would bite them in the ass during the revolutionary war, I don't know how much Prussia (presumably) intervening on Britain side would change but it would be nice to explore.
if I had to guess the dutch might've stayed neutral out of threat of invasion prussia would've used it as an excuse to extort france of wealth and britain would have a stronger seat at the negotiating table, perhaps not losing florida.
A few video ideas! What if the mensheviks came to power instead of the bolsheviks What if hobespier was able to stay in power What if china was able to not have the century of humiliation (or at least have been able to heavely reduce the demage) What if prussia was only able to form the north german confederation (unable to unify the southern german states) What if the english republic under cromwell was able to survive even if just a few decades longer
And now i need:what if Ottokar II of Bohemia won and didnt lost austria to habzburgs(in this timeline habzburgs would be just swiss guys who ruled for some time in holy Roman empire )
21:10 also the Dutch were a republic at the time so the form of government would work well with the Belgian nobles’ demands and thus a more equal treatment of the Belgians
Video idea: What if the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth wasn't partitioned? I feel like this topic is not discussed as much and your video format would be perfect!
That could mean a lot of things, though. PH did already say he wants to make a "what if everything went perfectly for the PLC" eventually. But you might also mean that e.g. Russia wants to keep all the Polish lands, or that it will take just a bit and keep the PLC as a puppet, or something of the sort (which, as a Pole, is far less interesting to me :D but i'm sure it is also interesting)
@@maciejbala477 I meant the complete independence, just PLC being competent. I didn't know PH is already considering this project, It will be quite interesting, especially because I'm lithuanian ;)
I think this different 7 years war being easier for Britain could've led to less American taxes, so no revolution, so no French debt and revolution and Napoleon. This is just a thought and I know it was hard to predict the future that far after divergence. It's also very possible that the war didn't change enough for Britain.
I wonder what in this timeline happens to the Saxon soldiers deserting from the Prussian Army to Hungary, and Francis Xavier of Saxony, Prince of Saxony and Poland.
"What if everything went perfect for Italy, starting from 963 with a rebellion for independence of the northern italian states from the HRE, a 1432-44 confederation of Italian independet states which lead to getting a lot of not necessarily italian land together for irredentism etc, alliance kept with Spain that results in a better outcome for Italy in terms of colonialism (treaty of tordesillas basically gives Italy all of northern Africa and prompts them to start conquering it and through the centuries fight the Ottomans and get back The Holy land and gaining control over Egypt etc...)"
Ah yes, i imagine alliance of absolutist monarchy and young federation with no real shared interests (besides america hating british for a while before they both understood that trading is better for both sides)
@@typicaluser697 it’s way more complicated than that, but on the basis of it, they shared a lot of interests Both were expansionist states that wanted to grow and spread their influence As you mentioned, both hated the British They did business together such as the sale of Alaska, but also many other things during various wars “armed neutrality“ Russia even threatened the UK and France that if they got involved in the American Civil War on the CSA’s side that they would declare war on them
It was, until it wasn't. A real "What if everything went PERFECT for Bavaria would have had them repel Prussia and Habsburg Hungary in this alternate Seven Years War.
@@ivrugeIt was perfect for like... a second? But PH really should make such. Austria wouldn't exist. Bavaria would control the H.R.E and stop Napoleon?
Russia dominates the Balkans even more since Austria is much less competitive. In 1829 Russia had no reason to fear an Austrian invasion of Wallachia and could send a bit more troops to Turkey. That weakens Turkey more, right before the Turko-Egyptian War, making it easier for Russia to demand more concessions in the Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi. Which bugs England & France and makes them attempt to build an alliance with Austria. On the map you drew Bawaria seems like a perfect buffer state in the center of Europe between three great powers.
How about: What if the Chartists got what they wanted in either 1832 or 1848? Or at least, mostly - I don't think they'd ever get Annual elections, but they got everything else over the course of the next century. Rather UK focused, but I can see it having an effect on events like the Irish Potato famine, participation in the Crimean War or the purchase of the Suez Canal.
There is a big misconception at the start of the video; the *_pragmatic sanction_* wasn't introduced due to Maria Theresia being the only heir of Karl VI. At the time it was introduced, the 19th April of 1713, Maria Theresia wasn't even born (she would be on the 13th of May in 1717). Karl VI either was just lucky or simply had the genius foresight to introduce it, and if he would've tried later at the time after his male heir died as a baby (he only lived for 7 months), he would have probably faced too much of a resistance to successfully introduce it. The true idea behind the pragmatic sanction being introduced comes from the Spanish war of succession, which created the Pactum Mutuae Successionis between the Habsburgs of Archduke Joseph and Karl VI on the 12th of September 1703. At the time, it was created to guarantee that the Habsburgian line stays in control for all potential lands between the Austrian and Spanish line. Before that option was lost, there were already some requests for change for female succession (for example the Croat delegation in April of 1712, as a goal to stay in personal union with Inner Austria whatever the future will bring). There were some resistance inside of Austria, but after a bit, on the 19th April of 1713, it was officially announced, especially the changes compared to the Pactum Mutua Successionis (and the introduction of female inheritance). Nowadays, this marks the true beginning of the Habsburg Monarchy, ... in Austrian histography at least.
this time line are just going the same as we are just france have luxemburg or if the army reform of napoleon III can become true a french victory over the german
No, thank you we already have a lot of German content in this channel leave some for Southern Europe like Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy or something, perhaps Latin America or the Philippines or maybe Egypt or Algeria I don't know but not another dang German one.
I just realised that Germany would probably take Luxemburg too when the Franco Prussian war happens. Do you think this would change how the schleifen plan was executed? Considering that the Netherlands has belgium?
It was in German interests from our timeline to keep the Netherlands as a somewhat friendly neutral for trade reasons, and I think the plan would have less importance anyway if Luxembourg is already in German control. Should this plan still be required, I think it's more likely for the Germans to be given passage through Dutch Belgium if and in more extreme cases even entice the Dutch into this war with promises of land up to the English Channel, to match the planned westwards expansion for Germany's postwar Belgian puppet.
I honestly think Maria Theresa and the Austrian army in general deserves more respect for their performance in the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria Theresa's predecessor was an ineffective ruler who just recently lost against the French & Spanish (Polish War of Succession) and Ottomans. When Prussia took Silesia, France, Spain, Bavaria, Saxony and Modena all attacked Austria to make their territorial gains. Austria's only allies meanwhile were too far away to help the Habsburgs, yet the Austrian forces under Khevenhüller and Otto von Traun still survived against all odds by winning several important victories such as St. Pölten (1741), Pfaffenhofen (1741) and Piacenza (1746). While losing Silesia might be "humiliating", Austria still survived against all odds and even managed to be a more formidable foe in the Seven Years' War. None of this would've happened without Maria Theresa. We Austrians even have a military academy named under her honor.
In czechia we also admire her.
Imagine how formidable an alliance between Frederick II of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria would be in the alternative Seven Years War of this timeline
I think Austria's prowess during that time always gets overshadowed by its terrible performance in WW1.
Everyone always remembers a tired broken husk of an empire, but not the actual competent one that got and held all of these territories in the first place.
holy yap
So basically France after WW2? Because everyone brings attention to how France folded like a cheap suit in that one big war.
Always a good feeling to open UA-cam and find a new possible history video
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Fun fact: The War of Austrian Succession helped foster revolutionary sentiment in America. New England had managed to scrounge troops together and conquer Louisbourg, an enormous French fortress city/privateer haven in Cape Breton. Louisbourg was despised throughout the Northeast; NY, NJ, & PA also contributed to the expedition. It was captured after a 6 week siege, and to the colonists it felt like _their_ victory- an imposing French fortress conquered by some boys from Massachusetts. However in the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, the British exchanged Louisbourg for Madras- leading to American feelings of betrayal, mistrust, and disregard. Less than 30 years later the invasion's spearhead, Massachusetts, would be declared in a state of rebellion.
True I guess, but I wouldn't call the rich local landowners wanting to ignore the British treaties with the native Americans so that they might conquer their land - and rebelling to do so - a revolution. More like a cynical coup.
@@benjamino9449French revolution came after the American revolution
This timeline 1932:
BAVARIAN PAINTER BECOMES A CHANCELLOR
1933*
@@goldenfiberwheat238 yea, they won the elections in 1932, but you're right, the government formed in January 1933
@@goldenfiberwheat238nuh Uh this is an alternate timeline
Hmmmmm welp maybe this can go very badly
Not bavariab dude😂
A.hitler is austrian born at austria bavaria border city😅
With a weaker Austria, the Ottomans would have tried to get minor concessions out of the Habsburgs in both wars. The Ottomans weren't very stable, but they were probably organized enough to gain concessions in the Translyvanian Highlands or even Banat.
Considering the Ottomans still had a good army during their stagnation (which was happening around this time) Id expect them to get some territories off the Habsburgs
@@tankpea2not too much Remmeber Russia could just invade the ottomans and most likely win so Russia wouldn’t allow the ottomans to get too much out of the habsburgs
@@AdvancedGamer- maybe , but it could be possible that Britain could intervene. And remember that the French-Ottoman friendship was still a thing. So , its not too likely that Russia would attack , its a possibility but not a certain ons
@@tankpea2 ok but Russia would still force the ottomans to not take too much
@@AdvancedGamer- thats.....true. but as i said , they would still get concessions
Seeing this i wonder "what if all went perfect for post-habsburg spain" i barely see it being talked about
Yeah its very underrated
Charles was such a fool trying to secure the trone for his daughter with diplomacy when Eugene of savoy said " a full treasury and strong army would be better than signatures".
He's an Austrian monarch, not a Prussian monarch.
“Let others wage war thou happy Austria marry” is the motto of the habsburgs for a reason
Early mass Hungarian privileges within the Habsburg realm? You know you've created a cursed scenario when the de-facto creation of Austria-Hungary upon the Seven Years War's aftermath becomes a legit genuine possibility.
0:22 image the pain that PH had to draw the HRE map and now imagine sum poor map drawer being commissioned to draw the HRE 500 years ago☠️
Imagine if he did it in like 1300 💀
On Reddit some guy did that already, and back then nobody really even had an idea of how insane that was so they just drew the bigger states
It wasnt until the early 1800s that cartography of the kind we are used to took off (admittedly the french did have that family that worked on that map of france for three generations beforehand)
@@cadentrevino5746 1300 was actually way easier
This video was sooooooo much better than the last one keep it up!
Nice video, haven't seen it yet, but probably. Edit, this is fire man 🔥🔥
I have two video ideas for you:
1. What if prussia managed to get a hold of bohemia?
2. A general video discussing the most and least reliable courses of history. Basically, what are the points in history where the timeline could have the easiest taken a different route?
Get out of here with this German nonsense, bohemian conquers Prussia and creating an even westerner major Slavic state.
Nice pfp
Yippy new video from one of my fav alt history UA-camr
I remember a time where there were no faces on the nations on the thumbnail.
if i had a coin for every time PH has said "everything from here is hypotetical"...
I would have more than one coin, which could potentially be a lot.
This whole scenario depends on the Bohemian nobility switching sides against Bavaria. The fact of the matter is that most of bohemian nobility WAS Bavarian, the Schwarzenbergs being the most famous house from there. If Charles VII. crowned himself the king of Bohemia like he did irl, just during a more successful war, most of them would fall in line. Over all i'd say that Bavaria could very well beat back the prusso-hungarian coalition, since the war of the Austrian succession would be shorter and there would be no silesian wars, which wouldn't leave the land devastated, hell, they might even reclaim silesia.
He uploaded when I could watch it thank you for uploading this great video I’m gonna watch it now:)
Dude I want history videos like this. So good brother 👍
Wooo! My second favourite orange PH!
Agreed
At least you don’t need an ID for this
Wait what's the first one I can't think of another PH nevermind an orange one
@@beans00001you don't if you live in an actual free country
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Hey, small correction of your map: The Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel between Hannover and Prussia consisted of two parts that you coloured differently on your map. Also, if you happen to see this, please make us (Brunswick) yellow. Thanks :)
Great video I like it when you do scenarios like these which make big changes
I have waited for this video for a long long time
The videos are so much better as compared to a year ago
edition skills are getting really good ngl
As someone born in one of the "smaller German states" (Waldeck-Pyrmont, where the northern part of Pyrmont became Prussian only in 1922) I don't know whether it would have been better or worse for my small home town to be part of Prussia so much earlier. Being the summer residence of the principality wasn't bad for the economy of the spa town with only 2k inhabitants.
(and Waldeck-Pyrmont not being independent anymore might have led Willem III of the Netherlands to marry someone else and not Emma - who made an awesome queen and regent).
Possible History video where the French seem to win but actually lose ? What a surprise! ^^ great content as always but I really starts to feel predictable:)
Ever since learning about it, this event gave me an idea: What if the Peterloo massacre lead to the UK going through their own equivalent French Revolution?
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I'm from an ex Spanish colony (the P.R) and I am just as excited as you are! finally an interesting country that's getting alternate history and honestly I feel like all of Southern Europe needs more attention along with Latin America, Africa that's not Ethiopia, and Southeast Asia and most interestingly the Philippines.
Best alternate history, UA-camr
Interesting, thank you!
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I'm not quite sure I can see the conclusion of the Austrian succession war being like that. One of the main reason in our timeline Austria got off lightly despite French kicking their ass in the lowlands was Louis XV's concern of preserving the balance of power and being worried about the next war he knew was coming, having the foresight of predicting Prussia joining GB and preparing the terrain for an Austrian alliance. In this timeline, I would have assumed the same, with him either securing the Prussian alliance or sparing the Hapsburg to secure them as an ally.
What if Norway Won the War of Austrian Succession?
(Please do a what if everything went perfect for Norway scenario)
Yes
pretty sure that that's just otl brother. Everyone wants to be Norway for a reason.
step 1: find oil
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THE EYES ARE HERE
important India colony was sold to British to agree with the pragmatic function and the held up to the agreement and also regions in south were given to spin cos of it
That was interesting. I wonder what if the Habsburg lost the battle of Kahlenberg against the Ottomans. I think there are a lot of interesting scenarios where things could have gone differently for the Habsburgs.
Did Possible history just forget to add the eyes in the thumbnail?-
It started with the eyes, but then they got removed.
I liked this video because the thumbnail was different!
In Inverness, there's an entire museum dedicated to the Battle of Culloden in 1745. When I went there, I was shocked at the lack of context given vis-a-vis the War of Austrian Succession
ph overlooked a huge factor why the hungarian nobles supported maria theresa, the ottomans. the ottomans would jump on the possibility to reconquer the hungary especially after loosing a huge war such as the austrian succesion war.
I’m eager to see what this years Halloween vibes will be first we had “what if the darkness literally kills people” then “what if Stallin commanded zombies in ww2” so it will be interesting to see what you have in store for us
What if Vlad Dracula was really a vampire?
lets goooo the eyes are here
The Franco-Prussian War definitely changes, but the outcome is very loose. France's control over Luxembourg can threaten the Rhine more than the pathetic invasion from Alsace that was attempted in our timeline. Though the expansion into the Sudetenland and Silesia can also probably boost Prussia, though I can see the war either ending in more a draw than complete and utter failure for Napoleon III. I also think the more unified Southern Germany would probably be more hesitant on joining a war against France, especially after what became of it over the past centuries.
But hey, that's just a speculation coming from some random guy on the internet, so don't take my word.
Napoleon III know the french army was not ready to a major conflic but with the lack of support, less money and the fact he was stick he dosen't have the time to reform it. Napoleon III was not as good than napoleon to war but he was a really good emperor in diplomatic and reform. In this time line the franco-prussian war if start more late give more time to a more rich france to reform is army and a weaker prussian with less german follow their idea.
Considering an Austro Prussian war likely still happens, and with Prussia having de facto already secured most of North Germany more so than in our own timeline it’s likely the southern German states aren’t going to have a choice as they’re likely still going to be put in the same treaty that they were historically and when France declares war, they’d be treaty bound to join in. Also, even with Luxembourg Napoleon the third’s armies are going to get crushed very very badly as even with ability to threaten the Rhineland. He managed to show up with less troops then the Germans historically. Any invasion into the Rhineland would soon be overrun and suffering far heavier casualties for the French the only major difference is in the Franco Prussian war is likely Prussia annexing Luxembourg as well, or at least a large part of it in order to secure their border with France and to protect the Rhineland taking advantage of the Germans in the region as a justification for annexing it. The only other difference I could see is Austria having been weakened, far earlier becomes embittered towards Prussia and joins with the French, which would likely expand the conflict to France’s disadvantage as Russia and Italy would now be involved well in exchange France would only gain the papal states and a weakened Austria-Hungary.
thank you my good sir for making a fire avideo with my cereal
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Britain: We have the best navy
Prussia: We have the best armies
Austria: We have S U C C E S S I O N C R I S I S
The Legendary Triumvarate
Top 100 by The Way great video
Fredrick after taking silesea: "I'm bored... oh well, I'll attack Austria again."
I know it’s been a little while since you have done the video format for what if everything went right for X nation, but could you do a video on that for Portugal or Bohemia(Czechia)?
The French holding Luxembourg would be a massive industrial aid, I think that in the end the Germans would end up taking it along with Alsace. And although germany is more disunited I still see Prussia having the upper hand here. As every European nation would be changed in some way, Prussia would be uniquely positioned to only have a better chance at taking over Germany
What if the Talleyrand plan was followed for Belgium? Also, please do a part two for certain vids like if everything went perfect for Napoleon, WW1 starting over Africa, etc.
three alternate history videos from different channels in one day is a dream come true to bingers like us
Unrealistic but interesting suggestion: what if Christoper Columbus created the size canal in 1492? I’ve loved your videos for a while now and I hope you could create a video on this scenario
something I don't see mentioned that would have a great influence on world events is the endurance of the Anglo-Prussian alliance, in our timeline it ended because of Britain's separate peace during the 7yw which pissed Frederick off righteously. in otl the 7yw had an interesting effect of isolating Britain, something that would bite them in the ass during the revolutionary war, I don't know how much Prussia (presumably) intervening on Britain side would change but it would be nice to explore.
if I had to guess the dutch might've stayed neutral out of threat of invasion prussia would've used it as an excuse to extort france of wealth and britain would have a stronger seat at the negotiating table, perhaps not losing florida.
Please make a part 2
A few video ideas!
What if the mensheviks came to power instead of the bolsheviks
What if hobespier was able to stay in power
What if china was able to not have the century of humiliation (or at least have been able to heavely reduce the demage)
What if prussia was only able to form the north german confederation (unable to unify the southern german states)
What if the english republic under cromwell was able to survive even if just a few decades longer
that scenario would have one hell of a Risorgimento
I can’t wait for the South Sudan video
And now i need:what if Ottokar II of Bohemia won and didnt lost austria to habzburgs(in this timeline habzburgs would be just swiss guys who ruled for some time in holy Roman empire )
Can you make what if everything went well for the PLC?
Thank you for making a video about my home region 🟦⬜️
21:10 also the Dutch were a republic at the time so the form of government would work well with the Belgian nobles’ demands and thus a more equal treatment of the Belgians
Hungarian Maria Theresa sounds like something that could become a sigma montage with phonk and screenshake
Why do I feel like this was all an elaborate way to strengthen the Dutch?
Video idea: What if the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth wasn't partitioned?
I feel like this topic is not discussed as much and your video format would be perfect!
That could mean a lot of things, though. PH did already say he wants to make a "what if everything went perfectly for the PLC" eventually. But you might also mean that e.g. Russia wants to keep all the Polish lands, or that it will take just a bit and keep the PLC as a puppet, or something of the sort (which, as a Pole, is far less interesting to me :D but i'm sure it is also interesting)
@@maciejbala477 I meant the complete independence, just PLC being competent. I didn't know PH is already considering this project, It will be quite interesting, especially because I'm lithuanian ;)
shit gets serious when there's no eyes on the preview
Great video
pls continue this timeline
What if Carlos II had a healthy son? No war of Spanish succession
I think this different 7 years war being easier for Britain could've led to less American taxes, so no revolution, so no French debt and revolution and Napoleon. This is just a thought and I know it was hard to predict the future that far after divergence. It's also very possible that the war didn't change enough for Britain.
They'd need to support Prussia and now Hungary financially, and France with Belgium is very strong.
Did you manually draw your maps and if not how do you do this
manually.
Idea:What if the first Chinese republic under sun yat sen survived?
This scenario would require Yuan Shikai to not make himself Emperor in 1916-1917 once he was made President of the Republic of China.
THE FACES ARE BACK YIPPEE
I wonder what in this timeline happens to the Saxon soldiers deserting from the Prussian Army to Hungary, and Francis Xavier of Saxony, Prince of Saxony and Poland.
As a Bavarian man I love this
as a bavarian i see this as an absolute win
So basically: Prussia and Britain win even harder than they did in our timeline, and everyone else just gets screwed over. Cool.
What if the War for Spanish Succession and War for Austrian Succession happened at the same time?
"What if everything went perfect for Italy, starting from 963 with a rebellion for independence of the northern italian states from the HRE, a 1432-44 confederation of Italian independet states which lead to getting a lot of not necessarily italian land together for irredentism etc, alliance kept with Spain that results in a better outcome for Italy in terms of colonialism (treaty of tordesillas basically gives Italy all of northern Africa and prompts them to start conquering it and through the centuries fight the Ottomans and get back The Holy land and gaining control over Egypt etc...)"
The “Every Modern Empire” video keeps getting pushed back
Challenge: create a scenario with Austria staying a great power without it becoming an alternative Germany.
Suggestion:
What if the good relations of the USA and Russian empire turned into a full on alliance after the sale of Alaska?
Ah yes, i imagine alliance of absolutist monarchy and young federation with no real shared interests (besides america hating british for a while before they both understood that trading is better for both sides)
@@typicaluser697 it’s way more complicated than that, but on the basis of it, they shared a lot of interests
Both were expansionist states that wanted to grow and spread their influence
As you mentioned, both hated the British
They did business together such as the sale of Alaska, but also many other things during various wars “armed neutrality“
Russia even threatened the UK and France that if they got involved in the American Civil War on the CSA’s side that they would declare war on them
Slenderman got their faces
Where did u base that map on
Well done sure. Thanks.
How do you make the maps? Pls let me know ❤😊
,,what if the clone wars spread to the cold war"
oh boy
This might be the next May 4th special…
Basically a "What if Everything went perfect for Bavaria"?
I didn't know that Bavaria getting absolutely destroyed a few years later was perfect for them
For all of 3 seconds
It was, until it wasn't. A real "What if everything went PERFECT for Bavaria would have had them repel Prussia and Habsburg Hungary in this alternate Seven Years War.
@@ivrugeIt was perfect for like... a second? But PH really should make such. Austria wouldn't exist. Bavaria would control the H.R.E and stop Napoleon?
@@ChatGPT_ChatbotTestYou are a bot! Do you think AI would take over?
Russia dominates the Balkans even more since Austria is much less competitive. In 1829 Russia had no reason to fear an Austrian invasion of Wallachia and could send a bit more troops to Turkey.
That weakens Turkey more, right before the Turko-Egyptian War, making it easier for Russia to demand more concessions in the Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi. Which bugs England & France and makes them attempt to build an alliance with Austria.
On the map you drew Bawaria seems like a perfect buffer state in the center of Europe between three great powers.
6:58 what if the clone wars spread to the Cold War? What? Clone wars from Star Wars? I’m so confused.
Also every modern empire is gone again lmao
Every MODERN Empire is GONE! 😭
Can you please do a what if 1953 iranian coup d'état failed video
You could make a video about what if Germany gave back alsasloraine or if they never took it
No eyes 💔💔💔
How about: What if the Chartists got what they wanted in either 1832 or 1848? Or at least, mostly - I don't think they'd ever get Annual elections, but they got everything else over the course of the next century. Rather UK focused, but I can see it having an effect on events like the Irish Potato famine, participation in the Crimean War or the purchase of the Suez Canal.
Did you know that the austrian empire had land in modern day Austria??????????
Insane
THE EYES ARE BACK!!!!
There is a big misconception at the start of the video; the *_pragmatic sanction_* wasn't introduced due to Maria Theresia being the only heir of Karl VI. At the time it was introduced, the 19th April of 1713, Maria Theresia wasn't even born (she would be on the 13th of May in 1717).
Karl VI either was just lucky or simply had the genius foresight to introduce it, and if he would've tried later at the time after his male heir died as a baby (he only lived for 7 months), he would have probably faced too much of a resistance to successfully introduce it.
The true idea behind the pragmatic sanction being introduced comes from the Spanish war of succession, which created the Pactum Mutuae Successionis between the Habsburgs of Archduke Joseph and Karl VI on the 12th of September 1703. At the time, it was created to guarantee that the Habsburgian line stays in control for all potential lands between the Austrian and Spanish line. Before that option was lost, there were already some requests for change for female succession (for example the Croat delegation in April of 1712, as a goal to stay in personal union with Inner Austria whatever the future will bring).
There were some resistance inside of Austria, but after a bit, on the 19th April of 1713, it was officially announced, especially the changes compared to the Pactum Mutua Successionis (and the introduction of female inheritance).
Nowadays, this marks the true beginning of the Habsburg Monarchy, ... in Austrian histography at least.
As a german, I beg you, please. Please continue this time line. I wanna see a german dominated Europe... Earlier
Lil bro thinks he dominate europe
anglo saxons gape germoids even earlier
this time line are just going the same as we are just france have luxemburg or if the army reform of napoleon III can become true a french victory over the german
Germans have dominated Europe for 1600 years.
What you on about
No, thank you we already have a lot of German content in this channel leave some for Southern Europe like Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy or something, perhaps Latin America or the Philippines or maybe Egypt or Algeria I don't know but not another dang German one.
100 years later - Austria and Bavaria - best friends in Europe
I just realised that Germany would probably take Luxemburg too when the Franco Prussian war happens. Do you think this would change how the schleifen plan was executed? Considering that the Netherlands has belgium?
Yeah in this timeline Prussia is the true winner
It was in German interests from our timeline to keep the Netherlands as a somewhat friendly neutral for trade reasons, and I think the plan would have less importance anyway if Luxembourg is already in German control. Should this plan still be required, I think it's more likely for the Germans to be given passage through Dutch Belgium if and in more extreme cases even entice the Dutch into this war with promises of land up to the English Channel, to match the planned westwards expansion for Germany's postwar Belgian puppet.
@@RoseGod0682 nah I think they still lose ww2
@@gengarzilla1685 yeah true, but let’s be honest that is best case scenario. Britain would just bankroll the Dutch into their sphere