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@@honkingjackapole3415 Interestingly enough they are well researched compared to other imperialistic/colonial crimes countries did. The USA does really well in the research and science department, but society and politics sucks in aknowleding their past.
Correction regarding the war of 1812: Andrew Jackson fought the battle of New Orleans AFTER the British had signed the treaty of Ghent and peace had been agreed upon. News of the peace treaty being signed had not reached the forces involved in the battle of New Orleans and thus the battle occurred.
@@Shabucket125 Doesn't really feel like a win when the objective of the war(stopping impressment of American sailors) was already achieved before the war even started. Basically was just fighting a pointless war, which can never have a victor. Also having the white house burned down gives me the image of Britain and France boxing and the US trying to jump in just to then be kicked in the nuts and fall down. Speaking as an American our ability to actually fight in the war of 1812 was just embarrassing.
@@kakistocracyusa Arguably Britain won the war considering that their main goal was to keep Canada out of American hands(If counted as a British victory it would be a minor one considering that they couldn't get any border changes in their favor because they didn't really push for it and were forced to stop supporting native americans in the great lakes area, another thing they didn't really push to keep around)
@@eterinia8611 He means oldest structurally, as US isn't changing its institutions much since its founding. While many in Europe, China, and Russia are older culturally, their modern government is quite young.
@@mrsillytacos240 years is not that old in comparison to other states. China is thousand of years old. edit: b-b-b-b-but le goverment changed!!!!!! Its still the same country.
I actually tried to calculate this myself about two years ago, making a spreadsheet with every American war I could find on Wikipedia and how they ended. According to that chart, the US has won 78.4% of its wars since independence. Ever since WW1, we have suffered more defeats than usual, but we still maintained a positive W:L ratio: 29 W, 8 L, 4 Inconclusive, and 4 Ongoing. And yes, I counted both Vietnam and Afghanistan as defeats, even though we mopped the floor with them in both cases. It’s not always about K/D.
Victories in war should be based on if one party is able to accomplish its objectives and force peace on the other party. So yes, Vietnam and Afghanistan were a loss because the U.S. failed to complete its objectives in those wars.
@@thedarkassassin0116the United States sort of completed its objectives in Afghanistan by destroying the al Qaeda leadership. We should have left after the death of Osama bin Laden
@@AdvancedGamer- blames the loss of the ship and it's manifest for """no""" reason whatsoever I'd see it as sheer bad luck turned diplomatic fiasco and opportunity to ease the classic indignant jingoists and grieving mobs spurred by the press media at the time.
@@AdvancedGamer- Free Philippines... for a new management to take it over. At least they have the foresight to control these islands than pass it to their future rivals and enemies that desire to have a foothold in the Pacific.
One idea, which will be kinda difficult, but what is Napoleon instead of being exiled to Elba, was exiled to the Indian city of Madras. That was the original plan the British had for the exile, but the only reason they couldn’t do it was because arrived late at the conference in Austria, Russia and Prussia already agreed on the Elba exile. If he was actually exile to India, maybe he could’ve escaped and started a revolt within the country against the Brit’s and their EIC
@@AdvancedGamer- crazier thing have happened historically and considering Napoleon was pretty successful in using his propaganda skills I think theres a shot, a long shot to be sure but still a shot
I think losing a war but going home with the same amount of land you started with, and losing a war and having to give up land to the enemy are two very different things.
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I don’t understand how attempting an invasion of Canada and failing while your capital is being burned qualifies as a victory when even considering New Orleans (which was after the peace treaty was signed) America still suffered more casualties.
The war wasn't just a failed invasion of Canada, the war started because brits were forcing American citizens to be in their navy, they didn't do that shit after this war.
the US won the war of 1812, successfully achieved its main objectives of ending British impressment of American sailors and ending British support of the Natives, the British wanted to invade the US and take US territory but failed and lost, the US was the only country that gained territory in the war while losing none, the war of 1812 is also known as the 2nd American war of independence which the US obviously won since the US still exists, the US burnt down the Canadian capital York (Toronto) in 1813, the treaty was not yet ratified during New Orleans, and no the British if we count their Native allies suffered more casualties than the US
@@UserName-om6ft your framing is incorrect, Britain was in the midst of fighting the Napoleonic wars at the time was trying limit escalating the conflict with its largest trading partner in order to avoid a multi front war halfway across the Globe, when there real enemy in Europe was a far more potent threat. The only conquest hungry country seeking to start conflict in the americas at the time was the US, and after the wars in Europe ended, Britain was in too much debt to seek out another one in America. Secondly, empressement was largely used as an excuse by America to invade Canada, rather like a Marco Polo bridge incident excuse, “but their soldiers are attacking us at the border” sort of excuse. This was largely an attempt to demonise the British and rally America into war. Thirdly, the only people who call in the second war of Independence were contemporary American politicians persuading everyone that their failed conquest wasn’t an unmitigated disaster.
This video and all the successors in the series are amazing! I want to possibly see if you can cover every war that Canada has participated in, we haven't started many wars but we've put up a danmgood fight in every war we've been in!
@bum_fozman7068. What would you argue the U.S. was supposed to be? The way I see it, America has been an imperialist nation since its inception. Even before the brits were gone, settlers were fighting wars of conquest, and ultimately extermination, with natives peoples. These wars only became more frequent after the nation’s founding. For that reason alone, all American leaders would’ve necessarily been imperialist, and that includes every single one of the founders. America today is as it always was, only now it has expanded its area of exploitation to the entire world.
A great video! Just a correction on the map that throughout much of the 19th century the American west was split into larger territories which had different borders from the modern states.
Idea: What if Alexander the Great had failed to conquer Persia, either accepting the proposed peace deal that he rejected in real life or outright loosing?
if he takes peace, the Greeks revolt against him as he's not great enough legacy wise to keep that melting pot together if he loses and dies to Darius in battle, Darius the now great would conquer Greece and be seen as a new Cyrus and the pike military tradition dies with Macedon as it was proven Persian military tradition is superior(in a timeline where Alexander loses)
Nice job, but please show written ongoing batting average wars so we could see details, war number, name, date, location, enemy, main cause, body count, result and a final war total wins and losses?
The US was able to get Britain to stop propping up native coalitions in the Midwest, and that’s the ultimate victory we gained in that war. That, and victories at York and New Orleans.
@@CMitchell808 The US didn't stop this, though. The Brits only supported the Native Americans because they needed to keep the US tied down to prevent them from taking advantage of Britain's preoccupation during the Napoleonic Wars. Once the War of 1812 ended, along with the Napoleonic Wars, it was difficult to justify the costs to maintain this policy. Ending support for the Natives wasn't even mentioned in the Treaty of Ghent, it was simply a shift of British policy, not a US win. On top of this, the main reason the US had claimed to go to war was due to impressment of US sailors into the Royal Navy and trade restrictions. Similarly, with the end of the wars taking place in Europe, there was no need for it anymore and it stopped by itself. Furthermore, the US had failed to annex Canada. The US Congress wanted to use the war to 'easily' expand US territory into Canada (Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying it would be "a mere matter of marching"). The invasion was a failure. In summary, most of the issues the US thought they were fighting over would cease due to the Napoleonic Wars ending, not due to the US fighting the UK in the War of 1812, and almost all US war goals were never achieved by fighting. That's why the Treaty of Ghent resulted in a 'status quo ante bellum' - a return to how things were before the war began.
About the Dominican civil war. The side the Americans fought against were not communist, they were somewhat on the left but not far left. Ironically, both of the leaders of the civil war Francisco Alberto Camaño Deñó (military leader) and Juan Bosch (political leader) became radicalized and turned communist AFTER the civil war was over and they had to leave the country.
I came up with an idea for an alternate History scenario: I heard that there was once a theory that Native Americans got to America through a land bridge between Europe and America that somehow disappeared. That got me wondering: what if that bridge not only existed but never disappeared? I was thinking that the nations/tribes of this continent would be similar to those from the Americas and Europe but combined with each other. Or, maybe I'm just saying that because otherwise I have no idea what they would be like. Either way, these nations, the Americas and Europe might all know each other. I was gonna say unless this land bridge was too dangerous for early humans to cross, but then how did Native Americans get there in the first place in this scenario? They would probably trade, make alliances and wage war against each other. This would also probably lead to diseases from Europeans not wiping out the Native Americans. This would likely lead to there being a fairer fight between Native Americans and Europeans, leading to a version of the USA with a much higher Native American population. Who knows, maybe they would even make up the majority of the population as if Christopher Columbus never existed. Speaking of, would he still try to sail to India in this timeline? I was also thinking they might have horses because I heard that horses originally came from the Americas but all migrated to Asia and then Europe. So, either this land bridge somehow would cause the horses to stay in the Americas.... or, if we're willing to get crazy here, maybe they would go from the Americas, to Asia, to Europe and then BACK TO AMERICA OVER THE LANDBRIDGE!!! This would also lead to Native Americans advancing technologically because having animals to tame helps cultures advance technologically. I was also thinking that Russia might think to themselves earlier than in our timeline "you know, if the Americas exist, we should interact with them!" You might think interact could mean "invade them" but I was thinking, since Native Americans would be more technologically advanced in this timeline in this timeline, it could just mean trade or make alliances with them. Oh, and I was thinking their native American nation of choice would be Alaska since they colonized it in out timeline before selling it to the USA and they are quite nearby anyway. Also, I was thinking religiously this alternate timeline might have the Native American religions/tribal beliefs still be dominant. Oh, and the land bridge would probably have its own religions. In both cases, though, religions would spread-forcibly or not but probably a mixture of both-between the old world and the Americas. I would love to hear anyone else's take on this idea.
Britain wins the 100 years war, the British high classes continue to be french, with time the average population assimilates to french culture, British culture dies Global Win Defeats can be as important for a state as victories
@@Leo-ok3ujBritain was never in the 100 years war. Only England. Having everything go right for England and Scotland prior to the union would make no sense as they would contradict each-other.
@@Leo-ok3ujbro said British culture dies and it’s a win for the world. But French culture took it over. So therefore the global win turned into a global catastrophe
2:25 not going to show the Southern Thrust into Pennsylvania? Why? Thats important to show the Battle of Gettysburg, and that after that the Southern Army was mostly overextended, overwhelmed and under manned, and that allowed the Sherman campaign
Possible History, you mention the Banana Wars but only name the interventions in Nicaragua, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, however you did not mention the interventions in Guatemala🇬🇹 and Honduras🇭🇳!!! Wikipedia says Honduras "saw insertion of American troops in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924 and 1925" and the involvment in Guatemala is among the most famous and infamous Banana Wars. You also mention the Bay of Pigs invasion, so the reason for not including Guatemala and Honduras cannot be the unofficial and indirect nature of some of those conflicts in comparison to a World War for example. So did you forget them 😢 or is there a reason to leave them out? The list of planned videos looks very promising tough. 😁
One instance of American failure that you can add: In 1971 war, Pakistan (an ally of USA at that time) was loosing the war against India. Seeing this as a threat, USA depolyed 2 of its warships & UK deployed 1 warship to warn India of an American invasion. However, India came to know about this and even though India was neutral in cold war, India asked USSR to deploy their submarines. When American ships came closer to India's coast, they saw three Soviet nuclear-powered submarines. Without any choice, US and British ships returned back. India won the war and Bangladesh was liberated from Pakistan (sadly after Pakistan kiIIed 1 million Bangladeshis and r*ped 3 million Bangladeshis).
Idea for alt hist video: A tale of three USs. US of the Danube (Liberal Austria Hungary) US of Arabia (United Arabia) and US of China (Democratic Federal China)
The Red Cloud war was between a coalition of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho against the Crow Tribe and American forces. The Coalition won, taking more of the Crow’s land and taking two forts on Bozeman’s Trail in Powder County This left the Crow by the U.S. Prior to the conflict Lakota had bern expanding into the plains from from the east and attacking Crow lands. Eventually the first treaty of Fort Laramie was signed establishing tribal boundaries by the U.S and mainly plains tribes. This treaty would he ignored in favor of more roads into Crow lands by the Lakota, eventually pushed the Crow out of their guaranteed hunting grounds. Then the conflict happened and the Lakota for some time controlled the Bozeman Trail until the Great Sioux War in 1876.
Your definition of war is broad to include many items that we US citizens generally would consider a military action; for example Libya strikes hardly qualify as war. Indeed no declaration of war was declared.
you forgot Mexican-American war, 2nd Barbary war, Moro Rebellion, Las Cuevas war 1875. Border War 1919, Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986, Operation Praying Mantis 1988 etc...
Video idea: What if USSR annexed Slavic countries and became USSSR United Soviet Socialist Republic and none Slavic countries will be established as satellite: Romania Hungary
But, the entente did interven in the russian civil war, like they helped the whites, and that's why it had plans that helped it survive operating barbarossa
Wow… If you didn’t know any better, you would say that the United States is just simply a military that happens to have a country for logistical support I also find the European pronunciations of American Indian names to be hilarious… I’m from Nebraska, so a good chunk of our names for rivers, Towns others are indigenous names so hearing a different pronunciation is just strange
nope the US won the war of 1812 the US was outnumbered by Britain and its allies while the US largely fought alone and burnt down the Canadian capital York (Toronto) in 1813
@@tezbertzero1915 nope the US won the war of 1812 the US was outnumbered by Britain and its allies while the US largely fought alone and burnt down the Canadian capital York (Toronto) in 1813
@@baneofbanes yeah, like he skipped over the wars with the Barbary pirates iirc. Then again, what truly defines as a "war"? Does it have to be a State fighting an open conflict with another State?
In spanish there’s a saying “el que avisa no es traidor”, “he who warns is no traitor”, and Germany warned a lot about dont sending boats to europe, more than Germany messing with American boats, it was America messing with Germany’s war
Yeah, but in the overall BIG wars, the U.S. is still undefeated. A lot of those wars were apart of a certain OVERALL bigger war. American Revolutionary War 1-0 Birth of U.S. American Indians Wars 2-0 Defeated natives and other countries who allied with natives overall WW1-We didn’t win the war, but we did save the allies from defeat. And we won our tough battles with grit 3-0 WW2-US was a major reason why the axis was defeated 4-0 US fought all over the world and supplied other allies vital aid. Cold War 5-0 U.S. defeats and outlasts Soviet communism overall, and U.S. becomes sole superpower, Soviets fall. War on Terror: There was some bad failure in this that stemmed from nation building, but it was also a stunning success. The U.S. killed countless terrorists and terror leaders all over the world and dismantled and severely weakened terror groups..etc. We also thwarted attacks. We upgraded our security apparatus , and we didn’t have a catastrophic attack on our homeland since 9/11. That was the main objective. The War on Terror, the main part was declared over in 2021. So, 6-0 overall regarding the truly BIG picture. We did lose some conflicts, but some were when we were allies with other countries. Sometimes we won with other countries.
American revolution I give you that. 1-0 WW1 - You are one of how many countries of the Allies again? That is like HALF a point at best. 1,5 -0 American Indian wars. Congrats you successfully put native tribes into reservation camps after winning with advanced weapons. And you have the shame to count this as a point? 2-0 WW2- "We won our battles", by "we" you the Allies? Dropping 2 nuclear bombs on civilians is what you did alone. Despite killing innocent with nuclear weapons I give you half a point. 2,5-0 Cold War is also right. 3,5-0 Okay, why are you mentioning Vietman, Iraq or Afghanistan. And dont tell me they are not big wars. Because you lost all of them? And no invading a country just to throw in the towel does not count as a draw.
@@neos.4587 then i guess all the other allies in WW1 only get half a point using your logic, lets not talk about how many wars Europeans with their advance weapons invaded 3rd world countries armed with sticks and flip flops and still lost, i guess all the other allies also only get half a point in WW2 since both the British and USSR committed far worse war crimes than the US and they would have lost to Germany and Japan if not for the US, the US hasnt lost a single war the US won in Iraq twice we have just won the war in Syria and we won in Afghanistan multiple times, Vietnam militarily lost to the US
@@UserName-om6ft How is gaslightning all other european countries gonna change my argument? " i guess all the other allies"....was I talking about all the other allies? No? It is so pathetic that you have to gaslight other countries.
@@neos.4587 no its pathetic that you try to downplay the US when we had the biggest involvement meanwhile using your logic you admit every single other country also only gets half point so stop cry
I thought of the idea that the Dutch east india company would become independent after napoleon took over the republic. And it would be mixed with europeans and natives like south africa.
Its pretty much just the united USA/Canada as a dominion conquers North America, and the Caribbean. Keeping colonies wouldn't change conquest just turn the Americas into a new theatre. South and Central America then get "liberated" into new dominions, as Spanish power collapses, with potentially only really Brazil as a hold out.
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Can you do one for Canada ?
Tejas was way smaller in1845
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Video 2: I want it released right now
Video 3: I want it released right now
Video 4: I want it released right now
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The US-Indian wars are the most interesting and poorly-documented of them all.
Well not everyone wants to document their crimes
@@honkingjackapole3415I do. And I’m American
Those weren't wars they were ongoing genocides.
@@honkingjackapole3415 Interestingly enough they are well researched compared to other imperialistic/colonial crimes countries did. The USA does really well in the research and science department, but society and politics sucks in aknowleding their past.
Knowing Better has a good but super long video on this topic if you are interested.
Best alternate history channel
Bot?
@@Jack-pf6lveven if this guy is, he is right
@@lolvondgfwhatifalthist was pretty good... Then he stopped making alternate history
@@Jack-pf6lv Name me one better hsitory channel.
@@adamrogowski2748still good
Correction regarding the war of 1812: Andrew Jackson fought the battle of New Orleans AFTER the British had signed the treaty of Ghent and peace had been agreed upon. News of the peace treaty being signed had not reached the forces involved in the battle of New Orleans and thus the battle occurred.
Don’t care USA wins L
The war started because Britain was kidnapping American sailors. The war ended and Britain stopped. Tell me how America lost?
@@Shabucket125 Doesn't really feel like a win when the objective of the war(stopping impressment of American sailors) was already achieved before the war even started. Basically was just fighting a pointless war, which can never have a victor. Also having the white house burned down gives me the image of Britain and France boxing and the US trying to jump in just to then be kicked in the nuts and fall down. Speaking as an American our ability to actually fight in the war of 1812 was just embarrassing.
@@ojamaftk9585 Nobody won but the London bankers who waged it (and hired mercenary Hussars to fight it) , who still got their new central bank.
@@kakistocracyusa Arguably Britain won the war considering that their main goal was to keep Canada out of American hands(If counted as a British victory it would be a minor one considering that they couldn't get any border changes in their favor because they didn't really push for it and were forced to stop supporting native americans in the great lakes area, another thing they didn't really push to keep around)
I love how many wars the states have been in despite their short history
That "short" history spanned 240 years... one of the oldest countries today, not to mention the oldest in the americas
@@mrsillytacosHow is it one of the oldest if it is just fairly new compared to other countries as big/powerful as it?
@@eterinia8611The american state and government has not changed since the revolutionary war unlike in russia, china or europe.
@@eterinia8611 He means oldest structurally, as US isn't changing its institutions much since its founding. While many in Europe, China, and Russia are older culturally, their modern government is quite young.
@@mrsillytacos240 years is not that old in comparison to other states. China is thousand of years old. edit: b-b-b-b-but le goverment changed!!!!!! Its still the same country.
This is a certified Oversimplified moment (also great video and I would be interested in a series of this maybe with other nations?)
“Cooler heads prevailed”
Specifically Winfield Scott and Geoffrey Hornby
I actually tried to calculate this myself about two years ago, making a spreadsheet with every American war I could find on Wikipedia and how they ended. According to that chart, the US has won 78.4% of its wars since independence. Ever since WW1, we have suffered more defeats than usual, but we still maintained a positive W:L ratio: 29 W, 8 L, 4 Inconclusive, and 4 Ongoing.
And yes, I counted both Vietnam and Afghanistan as defeats, even though we mopped the floor with them in both cases. It’s not always about K/D.
Victories in war should be based on if one party is able to accomplish its objectives and force peace on the other party. So yes, Vietnam and Afghanistan were a loss because the U.S. failed to complete its objectives in those wars.
@@thedarkassassin0116the United States sort of completed its objectives in Afghanistan by destroying the al Qaeda leadership. We should have left after the death of Osama bin Laden
@@thedarkassassin0116 I'd count the initial invasion and the Taliban insurgency as two separate wars
Mopped the floor with Vietnam 😂😂😂😂😂
@@xueyanghe7704we did basically glass the north.....
Incredible video as always man! You're unreal! What if Everything went perfectly for Austria?
Thanks for this treat man!
Idea: what if the Habsburgs decisevely won the 30 years war?
as a swede, i reject this alternate history since it would crush our great power era :(
@@desertdesmond6736 cry about it
@@mariasirona1622no you do lmao.
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Japan: (Bombs multiple us boats)
Spain: welp, they're screwed
Also Spain: It could have been me!!!
@@shinsenshogun900how? Spain never blew up those boats. The USA blamed the Maine on Spain for no reason
@@AdvancedGamer- blames the loss of the ship and it's manifest for """no""" reason whatsoever
I'd see it as sheer bad luck turned diplomatic fiasco and opportunity to ease the classic indignant jingoists and grieving mobs spurred by the press media at the time.
@@shinsenshogun900 not for no reason. The reason was war with Spain and free phillipenes and cub a for breakfast
@@AdvancedGamer- Free Philippines... for a new management to take it over.
At least they have the foresight to control these islands than pass it to their future rivals and enemies that desire to have a foothold in the Pacific.
WW 1 and WW2 were the biggest wars of all-time and the U.S. played a major contribution in both victories.
The American involvement in the Russian civil war most famously included an American force in Northern Russia around Archangelsk
They also had forces in Vladivostok that were there to ensure that the Czechoslovak legion was able to withdraw from Russia.
One idea, which will be kinda difficult, but what is Napoleon instead of being exiled to Elba, was exiled to the Indian city of Madras. That was the original plan the British had for the exile, but the only reason they couldn’t do it was because arrived late at the conference in Austria, Russia and Prussia already agreed on the Elba exile. If he was actually exile to India, maybe he could’ve escaped and started a revolt within the country against the Brit’s and their EIC
Nah would that really happen and be successful?
@@AdvancedGamer- crazier thing have happened historically and considering Napoleon was pretty successful in using his propaganda skills I think theres a shot, a long shot to be sure but still a shot
@@juwebles4352 nah I think he has a very slim chance if that happened.
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loved that transition
gave the vid more life
The new editing style is really nice!
Also, you must be the first youtuber I've heard pronounce ''junta'' correctly.
All those “yuntas” get tiring
Based PFP.
Dude the explosion at the start of the video made me think i broke my earphones lol
Timeline idea:
What if china used its technological breakthroughs in history properly?
I think losing a war but going home with the same amount of land you started with, and losing a war and having to give up land to the enemy are two very different things.
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What if everything went perfect for France or at least for Napoleon if you don’t wanna do the whole thing lol
What if everything went perfectly for the Hapsburg dynasty control over Europe
What if the friendship between the USA and Russian empire turned into a full alliance
I don't understand what you like about america so much.
He could be American
least patriotic american
bonjour fellow patriot
@@Yomesto patriotism is a good thing, its better to love the place you were born in rather throw it to the enemy's hand
1:28 “there was all this land out west which, inexplicably, wasn’t American, which is just unacceptable”
America: shows up, obliterates army, installs democracy, leaves.
Vietnam:
@@matheusexpedito4577check the k/d though
@@someoneimportant7554 mostly civilians, the soviets had 20 million casualties during ww2, however, only 4-5 million of those were soldiers
@@matheusexpedito4577Maybe they shouldn't have hidden behind civilians then
@@bryantstudentd3831America: So you're saying that it's a good thing when gangs kill you?
Nice video
A 'What if everything went perfect for The Netherlands' would be awesome
My big takeaway from this video is that defining "victory" is hard!
Do Lithuania, France, UK. This is a series with a lot of possible content
I don’t understand how attempting an invasion of Canada and failing while your capital is being burned qualifies as a victory when even considering New Orleans (which was after the peace treaty was signed) America still suffered more casualties.
The war wasn't just a failed invasion of Canada, the war started because brits were forcing American citizens to be in their navy, they didn't do that shit after this war.
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That's why it's taught as a draw/ inconclusive
the US won the war of 1812, successfully achieved its main objectives of ending British impressment of American sailors and ending British support of the Natives, the British wanted to invade the US and take US territory but failed and lost, the US was the only country that gained territory in the war while losing none, the war of 1812 is also known as the 2nd American war of independence which the US obviously won since the US still exists, the US burnt down the Canadian capital York (Toronto) in 1813, the treaty was not yet ratified during New Orleans, and no the British if we count their Native allies suffered more casualties than the US
@@UserName-om6ft your framing is incorrect, Britain was in the midst of fighting the Napoleonic wars at the time was trying limit escalating the conflict with its largest trading partner in order to avoid a multi front war halfway across the Globe, when there real enemy in Europe was a far more potent threat. The only conquest hungry country seeking to start conflict in the americas at the time was the US, and after the wars in Europe ended, Britain was in too much debt to seek out another one in America. Secondly, empressement was largely used as an excuse by America to invade Canada, rather like a Marco Polo bridge incident excuse, “but their soldiers are attacking us at the border” sort of excuse. This was largely an attempt to demonise the British and rally America into war. Thirdly, the only people who call in the second war of Independence were contemporary American politicians persuading everyone that their failed conquest wasn’t an unmitigated disaster.
What if Sweden won the great northern war.
Interesting, also, this would have helped the ottomans against their decline
Didn’t video already happen?
It would be cool if you made some alternate history content i know its crazy but it would be cool to see
Channel is growing
Bro why weren't you in my life last year 😭, AP US History would have been so easier
This video and all the successors in the series are amazing!
I want to possibly see if you can cover every war that Canada has participated in, we haven't started many wars but we've put up a danmgood fight in every war we've been in!
American history is indeed a bloody one.
@bum_fozman7068. What would you argue the U.S. was supposed to be? The way I see it, America has been an imperialist nation since its inception. Even before the brits were gone, settlers were fighting wars of conquest, and ultimately extermination, with natives peoples. These wars only became more frequent after the nation’s founding. For that reason alone, all American leaders would’ve necessarily been imperialist, and that includes every single one of the founders. America today is as it always was, only now it has expanded its area of exploitation to the entire world.
History in general is bloody. It's not an American thing.
Yeah, but it’s got a far less Bloody History than a lot of other Countries.
@@vampiricagorist6979To be fair America hasn’t made any territorial Expansions well over 100 years.
Most nations histories are.
My recommendations did quite a good job i see
A great video! Just a correction on the map that throughout much of the 19th century the American west was split into larger territories which had different borders from the modern states.
Idea: What if Alexander the Great had failed to conquer Persia, either accepting the proposed peace deal that he rejected in real life or outright loosing?
if he takes peace, the Greeks revolt against him as he's not great enough legacy wise to keep that melting pot together
if he loses and dies to Darius in battle, Darius the now great would conquer Greece and be seen as a new Cyrus and the pike military tradition dies with Macedon as it was proven Persian military tradition is superior(in a timeline where Alexander loses)
5:32 um ackily the usa never declared war
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Wrong flags 😂
He did it on the purpose
@@stargazer-elite fun fact, liberia is very similar to isn'trael
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Oh god with Texas we brought in Taxes 🗿 1:30
Nice job, but please show written ongoing batting average wars so we could see details, war number, name, date, location, enemy, main cause, body count, result and a final war total wins and losses?
Very good video, i didn't know some of those wars
1812 was more of a british victory like the war was a side quest for us
The US was able to get Britain to stop propping up native coalitions in the Midwest, and that’s the ultimate victory we gained in that war. That, and victories at York and New Orleans.
America failed in its objective to conquer Canada and had it Capitol burnt to the ground.
Inconclusive.
@@CMitchell808bruh. Nah it was more of a draw then anything. Also USA tried to invade Canada but failed and got good ol capital burned down
@@CMitchell808 The US didn't stop this, though. The Brits only supported the Native Americans because they needed to keep the US tied down to prevent them from taking advantage of Britain's preoccupation during the Napoleonic Wars. Once the War of 1812 ended, along with the Napoleonic Wars, it was difficult to justify the costs to maintain this policy. Ending support for the Natives wasn't even mentioned in the Treaty of Ghent, it was simply a shift of British policy, not a US win.
On top of this, the main reason the US had claimed to go to war was due to impressment of US sailors into the Royal Navy and trade restrictions. Similarly, with the end of the wars taking place in Europe, there was no need for it anymore and it stopped by itself.
Furthermore, the US had failed to annex Canada. The US Congress wanted to use the war to 'easily' expand US territory into Canada (Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying it would be "a mere matter of marching"). The invasion was a failure.
In summary, most of the issues the US thought they were fighting over would cease due to the Napoleonic Wars ending, not due to the US fighting the UK in the War of 1812, and almost all US war goals were never achieved by fighting. That's why the Treaty of Ghent resulted in a 'status quo ante bellum' - a return to how things were before the war began.
July seems like a very jam packed month!
About the Dominican civil war. The side the Americans fought against were not communist, they were somewhat on the left but not far left. Ironically, both of the leaders of the civil war Francisco Alberto Camaño Deñó (military leader) and Juan Bosch (political leader) became radicalized and turned communist AFTER the civil war was over and they had to leave the country.
i can't believe you left out the battle of Schrute farms
I came up with an idea for an alternate History scenario:
I heard that there was once a theory that Native Americans got to America through a land bridge between Europe and America that somehow disappeared.
That got me wondering: what if that bridge not only existed but never disappeared?
I was thinking that the nations/tribes of this continent would be similar to those from the Americas and Europe but combined with each other. Or, maybe I'm just saying that because otherwise I have no idea what they would be like. Either way, these nations, the Americas and Europe might all know each other. I was gonna say unless this land bridge was too dangerous for early humans to cross, but then how did Native Americans get there in the first place in this scenario? They would probably trade, make alliances and wage war against each other. This would also probably lead to diseases from Europeans not wiping out the Native Americans. This would likely lead to there being a fairer fight between Native Americans and Europeans, leading to a version of the USA with a much higher Native American population. Who knows, maybe they would even make up the majority of the population as if Christopher Columbus never existed. Speaking of, would he still try to sail to India in this timeline?
I was also thinking they might have horses because I heard that horses originally came from the Americas but all migrated to Asia and then Europe. So, either this land bridge somehow would cause the horses to stay in the Americas.... or, if we're willing to get crazy here, maybe they would go from the Americas, to Asia, to Europe and then BACK TO AMERICA OVER THE LANDBRIDGE!!! This would also lead to Native Americans advancing technologically because having animals to tame helps cultures advance technologically.
I was also thinking that Russia might think to themselves earlier than in our timeline "you know, if the Americas exist, we should interact with them!" You might think interact could mean "invade them" but I was thinking, since Native Americans would be more technologically advanced in this timeline in this timeline, it could just mean trade or make alliances with them. Oh, and I was thinking their native American nation of choice would be Alaska since they colonized it in out timeline before selling it to the USA and they are quite nearby anyway.
Also, I was thinking religiously this alternate timeline might have the Native American religions/tribal beliefs still be dominant. Oh, and the land bridge would probably have its own religions. In both cases, though, religions would spread-forcibly or not but probably a mixture of both-between the old world and the Americas.
I would love to hear anyone else's take on this idea.
@@fudgepacker2858 I never said it was true, just that it was a theory.
No Barbary Pirate Wars, Boxer Rebellion, or Philippine-American War?
What if history went perfect for Britain 🇬🇧
Pax britania continues forever
Britain wins the 100 years war, the British high classes continue to be french, with time the average population assimilates to french culture, British culture dies
Global Win
Defeats can be as important for a state as victories
@@Leo-ok3ujBritain was never in the 100 years war. Only England.
Having everything go right for England and Scotland prior to the union would make no sense as they would contradict each-other.
@@Leo-ok3ujbro said British culture dies and it’s a win for the world. But French culture took it over. So therefore the global win turned into a global catastrophe
@@Leo-ok3ujI don't think you understand the differences between England and the United Kingdom
7:24 the civil war started in 1975 , and wouldn’t end until 1990 , 1982 was the israeli invasion of lebanon
What about when American created Liberia?
this video was so funny and i really enjoyed it
we've wasted trillions on wars, bailing out banks and unfunded tax cuts for multinational corporations.
you forgot about the barbary pirate stuff, and so, so many native wars
2:25 not going to show the Southern Thrust into Pennsylvania? Why? Thats important to show the Battle of Gettysburg, and that after that the Southern Army was mostly overextended, overwhelmed and under manned, and that allowed the Sherman campaign
As an American I’m proud we still have our hat
Possible History, you mention the Banana Wars but only name the interventions in Nicaragua, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, however you did not mention the interventions in Guatemala🇬🇹 and Honduras🇭🇳!!!
Wikipedia says Honduras "saw insertion of American troops in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924 and 1925" and the involvment in Guatemala is among the most famous and infamous Banana Wars.
You also mention the Bay of Pigs invasion, so the reason for not including Guatemala and Honduras cannot be the unofficial and indirect nature of some of those conflicts in comparison to a World War for example.
So did you forget them 😢 or is there a reason to leave them out?
The list of planned videos looks very promising tough. 😁
One instance of American failure that you can add:
In 1971 war, Pakistan (an ally of USA at that time) was loosing the war against India. Seeing this as a threat, USA depolyed 2 of its warships & UK deployed 1 warship to warn India of an American invasion. However, India came to know about this and even though India was neutral in cold war, India asked USSR to deploy their submarines. When American ships came closer to India's coast, they saw three Soviet nuclear-powered submarines. Without any choice, US and British ships returned back. India won the war and Bangladesh was liberated from Pakistan (sadly after Pakistan kiIIed 1 million Bangladeshis and r*ped 3 million Bangladeshis).
Not really because America doesn't loose, USA USA!
That’s not a war America fought in however.
Idea for alt hist video: A tale of three USs. US of the Danube (Liberal Austria Hungary) US of Arabia (United Arabia) and US of China (Democratic Federal China)
i like the refrence to oversimplified!😄
The Red Cloud war was between a coalition of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho against the Crow Tribe and American forces. The Coalition won, taking more of the Crow’s land and taking two forts on Bozeman’s Trail in Powder County This left the Crow
by the U.S. Prior to the conflict Lakota had bern expanding into the plains from from the east and attacking Crow lands. Eventually the first treaty of Fort Laramie was signed establishing tribal boundaries by the U.S and mainly plains tribes. This treaty would he ignored in favor of more roads into Crow lands by the Lakota, eventually pushed the Crow out of their guaranteed hunting grounds. Then the conflict happened and the Lakota for some time controlled the Bozeman Trail until the Great Sioux War in 1876.
Red Clouds was a conflict part of the Sioux war which the US won
Missed a whole bunch of little wars like long Connecticut and the Honey War
Your definition of war is broad to include many items that we US citizens generally would consider a military action; for example Libya strikes hardly qualify as war. Indeed no declaration of war was declared.
Fun fact: the Civil War, and The Filipino-American war are the only wars America won without any sort of outside help
you forgot Mexican-American war, 2nd Barbary war, Moro Rebellion, Las Cuevas war 1875. Border War 1919, Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986, Operation Praying Mantis 1988 etc...
Day 2 of requesting what if the Berlin conference went differently
Nice this is also my birthday happened
3:45 I lost it and cackled like a demon.
You should have put Volkswagen for Hilter’s armband
nice video!
Video idea:
What if USSR annexed Slavic countries and became USSSR United Soviet Socialist Republic and none Slavic countries will be established as satellite: Romania Hungary
I have to disagree, a lot of these conflicts are not war. Sending military aid, or using aircraft to support rebels, doesn't count as war to me.
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Most of the wars the USA won were extremely one-sided , not just the indian wars
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Could you also consider Entente Intervention in the Russian Civil War?
But, the entente did interven in the russian civil war, like they helped the whites, and that's why it had plans that helped it survive operating barbarossa
@@minestar2247 Yeah, which is why it might be counted as an American L
Wow… If you didn’t know any better, you would say that the United States is just simply a military that happens to have a country for logistical support
I also find the European pronunciations of American Indian names to be hilarious… I’m from Nebraska, so a good chunk of our names for rivers, Towns others are indigenous names so hearing a different pronunciation is just strange
You’ve heard the quips about Prussia, right?
Thank you. 'Sioux' = 'soo', at least in the American Midwest.
I would call this interventions not wars.
i love how one of the cardinal sins against the us is 'don't mess with our boats'
What about the Lincoln county war with Billy the kid?
“God wants me to wage WAR!!! Yes sir Jesus! I will do it! No more games!! WAR! The real thing!”
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can't forget all the warcrimes!
@@YomestoNot a war crime if you win
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as a canadian: we won 1812. we litteraly occupied the american capitol despite being outnumbered
They'll never accept that lol
nope the US won the war of 1812 the US was outnumbered by Britain and its allies while the US largely fought alone and burnt down the Canadian capital York (Toronto) in 1813
@@tezbertzero1915 nope the US won the war of 1812 the US was outnumbered by Britain and its allies while the US largely fought alone and burnt down the Canadian capital York (Toronto) in 1813
The us was not outnumbered and they did not burn down the capital britan and Canada burned down America’s capital
@pdp117O
The USA got everything it wanted out of the war, held Canadian land at the end and gained land after, it was not a us defeat lol
America is a bruh moment
Whatever you vassalized types need to feel better about yourselves.
Would you rather be praying to the Kaiser?
@@willblack7353in the case of being a black american, no
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@GoofyHist0ryseethe
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most combat forces were out of vietnam in '72 or '73
What about all of the indian wars? Or the smaller wars like the ones against pirates?
Someone didn't watch the whole thing
no wonder the country is so screwed up, since inception they've been pumping out ptsd victims continuously
See-hoe pronunciation of Sioux is incorrect, Sioux is pronounce like the word sue. But other then that one gripe excellent video as always.
perfect video for 4th of july.
this is what americans can be proud of...right?
The Late 18th to Late 20th Century? Ah, 8 minutes. The next 30 years? 20 *fuckin* minutes
Tbf he skipped over quite a bit of the 19th century wars.
@@baneofbanes yeah, like he skipped over the wars with the Barbary pirates iirc. Then again, what truly defines as a "war"? Does it have to be a State fighting an open conflict with another State?
I think you forgot about the Philippine War, which came right after the Spanish-American War.
He called it a series of native uprisings... which is in any case as incorrect as bad history it tsk tsk
Possible history can you make a video about if everything went perfect for the mexican empire
Now divide those win/lose stats by which continent they took place on.
Great video, but I am disappointed that you didn't mention Germany messing with America's boats, leading them to join WW1.
It was technically a British boat iirc.
In spanish there’s a saying “el que avisa no es traidor”, “he who warns is no traitor”, and Germany warned a lot about dont sending boats to europe, more than Germany messing with American boats, it was America messing with Germany’s war
Great video, but who taught you to say Sioux like “see-you” instead of “sue”?
Same guy who taught him how to say "Gorilleeya"
Yeah, but in the overall BIG wars, the U.S. is still undefeated. A lot of those wars were apart of a certain OVERALL bigger war.
American Revolutionary War 1-0
Birth of U.S.
American Indians Wars 2-0
Defeated natives and other countries who allied with natives overall
WW1-We didn’t win the war, but we did save the allies from defeat. And we won our tough battles with grit
3-0
WW2-US was a major reason why the axis was defeated 4-0 US fought all over the world and supplied other allies vital aid.
Cold War 5-0
U.S. defeats and outlasts Soviet communism overall, and U.S. becomes sole superpower, Soviets fall.
War on Terror: There was some bad failure in this that stemmed from nation building, but it was also a stunning success. The U.S. killed countless terrorists and terror leaders all over the world and dismantled and severely weakened terror groups..etc. We also thwarted attacks. We upgraded our security apparatus , and we didn’t have a catastrophic attack on our homeland since 9/11. That was the main objective. The War on Terror, the main part was declared over in 2021. So, 6-0 overall regarding the truly BIG picture.
We did lose some conflicts, but some were when we were allies with other countries. Sometimes we won with other countries.
American revolution I give you that. 1-0
WW1 - You are one of how many countries of the Allies again? That is like HALF a point at best. 1,5 -0
American Indian wars. Congrats you successfully put native tribes into reservation camps after winning with advanced weapons. And you have the shame to count this as a point? 2-0
WW2- "We won our battles", by "we" you the Allies? Dropping 2 nuclear bombs on civilians is what you did alone. Despite killing innocent with nuclear weapons I give you half a point. 2,5-0
Cold War is also right. 3,5-0
Okay, why are you mentioning Vietman, Iraq or Afghanistan. And dont tell me they are not big wars. Because you lost all of them? And no invading a country just to throw in the towel does not count as a draw.
@@neos.4587 then i guess all the other allies in WW1 only get half a point using your logic, lets not talk about how many wars Europeans with their advance weapons invaded 3rd world countries armed with sticks and flip flops and still lost, i guess all the other allies also only get half a point in WW2 since both the British and USSR committed far worse war crimes than the US and they would have lost to Germany and Japan if not for the US, the US hasnt lost a single war the US won in Iraq twice we have just won the war in Syria and we won in Afghanistan multiple times, Vietnam militarily lost to the US
@@UserName-om6ft How is gaslightning all other european countries gonna change my argument?
" i guess all the other allies"....was I talking about all the other allies? No? It is so pathetic that you have to gaslight other countries.
@@neos.4587 no its pathetic that you try to downplay the US when we had the biggest involvement meanwhile using your logic you admit every single other country also only gets half point so stop cry
I thought of the idea that the Dutch east india company would become independent after napoleon took over the republic. And it would be mixed with europeans and natives like south africa.
I have an Impossible Idea what if the European empires NEVER lost their colonies?
Its pretty much just the united USA/Canada as a dominion conquers North America, and the Caribbean. Keeping colonies wouldn't change conquest just turn the Americas into a new theatre. South and Central America then get "liberated" into new dominions, as Spanish power collapses, with potentially only really Brazil as a hold out.
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They deserve it.
What if the Union of Sweden and Norway wasn't dissolved in 1905?