What If the Nuclear Bomb Never Existed?

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  • The nuclear bomb brought on a new fear. Us destroying ourselves. We've come close many times, and the question always is raised, what if we just never invented nukes? The world isn't as peaceful as you'd think.
    Twitter: / althistoryhub

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  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub  5 років тому +8855

    Happy Mother's Day to the mother of all weapons I guess.

    • @shadithakis
      @shadithakis 5 років тому +83

      That's funny

    • @cinos9940
      @cinos9940 5 років тому +152

      North Korea wants to know your location

    • @matthewslentz5481
      @matthewslentz5481 5 років тому +63

      Ain't the MOAB the mother of all bombs, and the Nuke the Father of all bombs

    • @gipsydanger7379
      @gipsydanger7379 5 років тому +36

      What if the Chinese Communist Forces didnt win the Chinese Civil War?

    • @remenir97
      @remenir97 5 років тому +21

      #MOAB #Feminism

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 5 років тому +5365

    Red Alert taught me Japan would be ran by George Takei with an army of laser armed samurais and Gundams.

    • @KaiserMattTygore927
      @KaiserMattTygore927 5 років тому +363

      We'd also have psionic schoolgirls wrecking entire armies :/

    • @darthmortus5702
      @darthmortus5702 5 років тому +96

      How that Emperor produced an heir I will never know...

    • @netbotcl586
      @netbotcl586 5 років тому +60

      Somehow the Soviets still got the reactor without nukes lol.

    • @zandaroos553
      @zandaroos553 5 років тому +11

      SkyTech RTS K I R O V

    • @solidus_snake_
      @solidus_snake_ 5 років тому +9

      OOH MYYYYYY!!!!!

  • @wulf5247
    @wulf5247 4 роки тому +4427

    "World War 3 Would've been a world war"
    Hmmm yes the floor is made of floor

    • @youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612
      @youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612 3 роки тому +128

      Fascinating observation skills

    • @potatogod975
      @potatogod975 3 роки тому +33

      bur is ur mum, ur mum

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 3 роки тому +8

      Where does this meme even come from?

    • @youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612
      @youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612 3 роки тому +12

      @@JonatasAdoM im prety sure its from Toy Story

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 3 роки тому +2

      @@youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612 Oh really?
      Which one, because I truly cannot remember anything that even resembles it.

  • @Xenderman
    @Xenderman 4 роки тому +2466

    "What If the Nuclear Bomb Never Existed?"
    Then there wouldn't be a fallout franchise...
    :(

    • @pississippian
      @pississippian 4 роки тому +181

      but we also wouldn't have gotten Fallout 76, sooo...

    • @rage_2000
      @rage_2000 4 роки тому +74

      War... war changes

    • @jackgibeau1858
      @jackgibeau1858 4 роки тому +20

      @@pississippian I like fallout76

    • @jackgibeau1858
      @jackgibeau1858 4 роки тому +14

      @raffle baffle in matter of opinion you are always right so I don't care what you think you probably haven't even played it

    • @jackgibeau1858
      @jackgibeau1858 4 роки тому +7

      @raffle baffle I'm not a fucking witch dip shit

  • @xparallels
    @xparallels 5 років тому +4050

    If the nuclear bomb didn't exist, we wouldn't have this conversation.

    • @datfisheboi6519
      @datfisheboi6519 5 років тому +352

      "What if we invented a weapon which can reach nearly anywhere in the world and destroy entire cities and leave the entire area uninhabitable for years?"

    • @dannythepharaoh3507
      @dannythepharaoh3507 5 років тому +69

      And no fallout 76

    • @schemar17
      @schemar17 5 років тому +13

      Creaplainer or fist of the north star

    • @dbelow_1556
      @dbelow_1556 5 років тому +42

      "What if there were no world war III?"

    • @breakingbacon658
      @breakingbacon658 5 років тому +8

      What conversation?

  • @alcazar9266
    @alcazar9266 5 років тому +2498

    “the ones behind the jihadist mentality” sees saudi flag
    cya in the embassy bro

    • @Sovetskyz
      @Sovetskyz 5 років тому +96

      @@stevenutter3614 cya as in "see ya" to refer the recent Khashoggi murder in the Saudi embassy.

    • @matchesburn
      @matchesburn 5 років тому +65

      [black bagging intensifies]
      Better hope they don't think you're a journalist...

    • @itsblitz4437
      @itsblitz4437 5 років тому +41

      "What Happened If the U.S. invaded Saudi Arabia?"

    • @Cpt_Boony_Hat
      @Cpt_Boony_Hat 5 років тому +3

      Everyone in that situation is bad including Khashoqi.

    • @mc-ps-playa5569
      @mc-ps-playa5569 5 років тому +11

      Captain Boony Hat How?

  • @Greyspecies9999
    @Greyspecies9999 4 роки тому +748

    "Maybe the soviets can go back in time to kill Einstein"
    That italian guy: *sighs in relief*

    • @cbboone
      @cbboone 4 роки тому +39

      Enrico Fermi paved the way for the bomb ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @nichsa8984
      @nichsa8984 4 роки тому +3

      @@cbboone the omega tech company based AI and card uno reserve himself creation of superhuman

    • @misterfelix5816
      @misterfelix5816 3 роки тому +4

      Einstein Fermi and Tesla are like the greatest minds of 20th century

    • @Ved000000
      @Ved000000 3 роки тому +5

      I believe you mean Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie.

    • @Simboiss
      @Simboiss 3 роки тому +6

      Red Alert Hell March theme starts playing...

  • @unwillfullyignorant7805
    @unwillfullyignorant7805 4 роки тому +2418

    “19XX” *Ah yes, 1914, the middle of the Cold War.*

    • @TheRealFocalors
      @TheRealFocalors 3 роки тому +22

      lololol

    • @Canada1994
      @Canada1994 3 роки тому +148

      Britain and Germany was in the middle of a Cold War like situation from the Franco-Prussian War to the start of WW1 which rapidly escalated when Wilhelm II took the German throne. They had a Naval Arms race very similar to the nuclear arms race the US and the Soviets had.

    • @bigolteefies
      @bigolteefies 3 роки тому +58

      We're on a history video so that means some people probably care

    • @bigolteefies
      @bigolteefies 3 роки тому +37

      I wasn't saying you cared, I was saying other people might.

    • @bigolteefies
      @bigolteefies 3 роки тому +8

      Ok sorry

  • @cshelley5658
    @cshelley5658 5 років тому +3834

    "It'd be like the War on Terror but we never actually go after the ones behind jihadist mentality... Oh wait!" 😂 Such a genuine moment!

    • @michaelpothoven1041
      @michaelpothoven1041 5 років тому +163

      Best part of the video

    • @hans4595
      @hans4595 5 років тому +194

      Yeah fucc Saudi Arabia

    • @JenniferinIllinois
      @JenniferinIllinois 5 років тому +90

      Yep, Cody ALMOST went too far with that comment. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @yurachunt3179
      @yurachunt3179 5 років тому +67

      @@JenniferinIllinois this whole video is spicy as heck; i expected a ton of dislikes

    • @bryanbriseno9299
      @bryanbriseno9299 5 років тому +41

      I literally thought that was the best part of the video 😂 straightfacts

  • @JYT256
    @JYT256 5 років тому +1187

    "It'd be like if we fought the War on Terror but never actually went after the true ones behind the whole jihadist mentality--Oh wait."
    DEAD

    • @matthew8153
      @matthew8153 5 років тому +4

      Max Smith
      You mean Muslim countries.

    • @user-Ari00
      @user-Ari00 5 років тому +15

      @@user-op8fg3ny3j Saudi Arabia?

    • @openthinker6562
      @openthinker6562 5 років тому +19

      The Islamic nation’s that literally refused to respectfully fly their flags at half mast for the Munich Massacre (Palestinians murdered 12 Israeli olympians and 1 German police Officer in 1972).

    • @roguemaniac7929
      @roguemaniac7929 5 років тому +10

      *DEMONITIZED*

    • @spacetime269
      @spacetime269 5 років тому +34

      Max Smith yeah Israel refused to make it illegal to shoot unarmed civilians for no reason. Israel isn’t the good guy. It’s the republic from the clone wars, except it’s the Empire at this point.

  • @jplabs456
    @jplabs456 4 роки тому +2331

    USSR:
    ‘COMMUNISM!’
    USA:
    ‘CAPITALISM!’
    People’s Republic of China:
    ‘WHY NOT BOTH?’

    • @chaomatic5328
      @chaomatic5328 3 роки тому +43

      It's all in the _balance_

    • @yamayam1389
      @yamayam1389 3 роки тому +136

      The USSR wasn't communist, There's debate, but some Economist agree it was a command economy capitalist state with social safety nets. Then, it transitioned to socialism. The problem wasn't "communism," it was authoritarianism. Communism, depending on the many branches, has never existed

    • @kyllme1500
      @kyllme1500 3 роки тому +143

      @@yamayam1389 You're right. That wasn't real communism. We should try again.

    • @Hello-jf7go
      @Hello-jf7go 3 роки тому +34

      @@kyllme1500 sure why not

    • @the-letter_s
      @the-letter_s 3 роки тому +34

      @@kyllme1500 You know, REAL national socialism has never been tried. Goring was WAY more ideologically pure than funny mustashe man.
      Now, if you excuse me, I need to go slam my head into a wall again.

  • @nemraccc
    @nemraccc 4 роки тому +261

    "It's a gun to our head to make sure we play nice." Perfect way to describe nukes

  • @darkmatterhafnium1522
    @darkmatterhafnium1522 5 років тому +5006

    “The soviets will never put a boot on u.s. soil.”
    Alaska: “Yay! That means I’m safe, right?”

    • @Deridus
      @Deridus 5 років тому +129

      ... Nope. Bomb, bomb, and more bombs.

    • @user-jn4bm3et1i
      @user-jn4bm3et1i 4 роки тому +84

      Well yes but actully no

    • @stevenchoza6391
      @stevenchoza6391 4 роки тому +234

      For the most part, because of the naval disparity. Hell, the US would be able to easily secure the Pacific by capturing Vladivostok.

    • @supermanXL
      @supermanXL 4 роки тому +14

      @Panama Ball but Canada and Alaska isn't safe

    • @dartsummersill6547
      @dartsummersill6547 4 роки тому +108

      Ever heard of the sino-american war? The battle of anchorage? Didnt work well for the sinos

  • @cookieusa1
    @cookieusa1 5 років тому +570

    Russia: *Invades*
    NATO: We’re in the endgame now.

    • @comm___4871
      @comm___4871 5 років тому +37

      Ironuniverse 1230 The fallout franchise, but we get some kickass WW3 games

    • @andrewschuster9156
      @andrewschuster9156 5 років тому +6

      @Ironuniverse 1230 everything

    • @remuslazar2033
      @remuslazar2033 5 років тому +13

      Russia : I am inevitable.
      NATO: I ... am USA

    • @jacobduggan8008
      @jacobduggan8008 5 років тому +8

      @@remuslazar2033 I think the USA is too overpowered for that role, like Captain marvel. France or Great Britain maybe
      I'm not spoiling it

    • @nichsa8984
      @nichsa8984 4 роки тому

      @@andrewschuster9156 somewhere will not seeing modern tank not only military and such as a life average day seem as high-tech superior cool look like a luxury sci-fi of anything normal

  • @Woodswalker96
    @Woodswalker96 4 роки тому +239

    I liked how when Cody said he wasn't an American fanboy, he uses an African fish eagle instead of a bald eagle.

    • @mrsslav5593
      @mrsslav5593 2 роки тому +6

      he obviously sounds like someone strongly pronged to USA side in all of his scenarios. Russians in 1960s were superior in conventional warfare by every metric,

    • @hazmatt3250
      @hazmatt3250 2 роки тому +36

      @@mrsslav5593 It’s because the US is just simply better. It’s not an opinion, it’s a fact.

    • @mrsslav5593
      @mrsslav5593 2 роки тому

      @@hazmatt3250 you are brainwashed incel, fact Is that in the whole spam of cold war without the nuclear weapons, western block would be obliterated in Time spam of weeks, samé with the US alies in whole od Asia, you being patriotic to the US makes you Blind to facts, but still this is history,Dont matters now, what matters now Is that USA Is going to die in blood pretty soon,empires fall, So does us

    • @specificocean588
      @specificocean588 2 роки тому +5

      @@mrsslav5593 lol you are a joke

    • @frogking5573
      @frogking5573 2 роки тому +19

      @@mrsslav5593 no they lacked the industry to fight NATO. Russia would of lost to Germany without America land lese

  • @sterlingtube5676
    @sterlingtube5676 5 років тому +574

    Doctor Strange: We’re in the end game now
    Cody: We’re in the long game now

  • @connorsimmonds9698
    @connorsimmonds9698 5 років тому +447

    10:09 ‘World war 3 would have been a world war’ I do believe thats how that works yes.

    • @UODeadeye
      @UODeadeye 5 років тому +9

      Connor Simmonds No he meant it would have been a war that already existed at the time, Without the nuke we’d probably be in world war 7.

    • @vegisamalzero3681
      @vegisamalzero3681 5 років тому

      No shit sherlock

    • @germanyballwork5301
      @germanyballwork5301 5 років тому +5

      @@UODeadeye world war 4* I dont think after ww3 (communism vs democracy) the world will be exhausted, however expect another world war by the late 2030

    • @evilproductionstudios9659
      @evilproductionstudios9659 5 років тому

      Connor Simmonds lol

    • @connorsimmonds9698
      @connorsimmonds9698 5 років тому +1

      Matheus Melo WWI wasn’t 90% in Europe, thats someone insulting to the millions that died in the colonies.

  • @hashiramasenju3246
    @hashiramasenju3246 3 роки тому +75

    8:15 "You can never win a land war in Asia"
    Roll "We're the exception!" Mongol clip

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 2 роки тому

      Honestly I think the Americans could actually be the second exception lol.

    • @hashiramasenju3246
      @hashiramasenju3246 2 роки тому

      @@buddermonger2000 which war are you referring to? Or are you talking about the futurw

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 2 роки тому

      @@hashiramasenju3246 Oh I mean in this hypothetical conflict.

    • @hashiramasenju3246
      @hashiramasenju3246 2 роки тому

      @@buddermonger2000 hmm. Maybe. I've heard people say if we went to war with Russia straight after VE day that the Russians could push US and UK all the way to the Atlantic. I suppose we will never know though

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 2 роки тому +1

      @@hashiramasenju3246 Lol no. The only reason they were able to do so was because of the 45% of all trucks they used by American lend-lease. Now imagine a force able to successfully destroy all of them and the country that produces them using them themselves. Initially they'd push them probably to central France... but if they didn't push to the Atlantic with that initial push then they were absolutely going to be pushed back to the Urals.

  • @youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612
    @youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612 3 роки тому +81

    This is my second favourite thing that end on " Hub "

  • @quetzalcoatlthe84th80
    @quetzalcoatlthe84th80 5 років тому +1284

    Of course Cody’s not an American fanboy.
    He’s a pure blooded patriotic Ohioan.
    Corn nation unite!!!

  • @ThatGuy-jj3kz
    @ThatGuy-jj3kz 5 років тому +756

    "I don't feel so good," - Albert Einstein of Alternate 1945 after meeting Thanos disguised as Stalin

    • @Cityinlead
      @Cityinlead 5 років тому +21

      *After shaking hands with Tim Curry in 1920s

    • @GamerFromJump
      @GamerFromJump 5 років тому +4

      Or he didn’t bail out of Germany fast enough and got Holocaust’ed.

    • @roejogan8683
      @roejogan8683 5 років тому +1

      Spoilers Dude!
      I haven't seen Communism: Infinity Hunger yet!
      Fack off...

    • @Niom_Music
      @Niom_Music 5 років тому

      that's a mouthful

    • @ludwiglian597
      @ludwiglian597 5 років тому

      K I R O V R E P O R T I N G

  • @morsecode980
    @morsecode980 2 роки тому +97

    My guess is without nukes, WW3 could have started as early as the 1950’s. I doubt Operation Unthinkable would have happened immediately after WW2 ended, but I’d bet maybe the Korean War could have started it. Without nukes, MacCarthur may have opted for a regular bombing campaign of northern China which may have been approved, which likely would’ve sparked tensions with the USSR had it happened.
    Otherwise, the Berlin Blockade could’ve been another trigger, and if somehow that didn’t cause it, then possibly the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

    • @matthewjones39
      @matthewjones39 2 місяці тому +3

      @Felix_DrusoWhat are you talking about?

  • @sethvanpelt5707
    @sethvanpelt5707 4 роки тому +84

    Imagine Kubrick's self-help masterpiece
    "Dr. Strangelove: Or how I learned to stop worrying"

  • @KaiserMattTygore927
    @KaiserMattTygore927 5 років тому +511

    4:05
    That truth killed me, lmao.

    • @Dirty_dms
      @Dirty_dms 5 років тому +11

      bruh usa created tham cut the bullshit

    • @REDI____
      @REDI____ 5 років тому +36

      @@Dirty_dms the USA and Saudis help create and fund a group then the control goes to whom ever wants to keep funding them based on the battlefield stats and geopolitical influence, got it now Wahhabi

    • @Dirty_dms
      @Dirty_dms 5 років тому +6

      @@REDI____it's not Islam fault

    • @muhammadfahimrahman6204
      @muhammadfahimrahman6204 5 років тому +57

      @@Dirty_dms It's not Islam's fault. It's the fault of Saudi leadership

    • @user-iq7ds8ld5w
      @user-iq7ds8ld5w 5 років тому

      SkyTech RTS but Iran, not saudia

  • @andrewfingeret364
    @andrewfingeret364 5 років тому +637

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make a Part 2!!!! This scenario is incredible and deserves more justice

    • @_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._-
      @_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._- 5 років тому +1

      Its a little flawed but it would be entertaining nonetheless. :)

    • @Viperzka
      @Viperzka 5 років тому +5

      A good starting point would be to look at how Germany and America differ. Also, what happens if China goes communist before the war? In our timeline the two fought each other, but I assume that in the alternate timeline they would be more willing to join forces for WW3. There are even more people and resources in China. If the great leap forward was started early enough it might have a significant impact.

    • @_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._-
      @_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._- 5 років тому +6

      +Don Reynolds
      Exactly what I said! XD
      The lack of a nuclear age does not mean the Soviets do not develop conventional missile submarines, conventional ICBMs and ultra-long range, high altitude bombers. Cody forgets the Communist Chinese are a big player too. Russia and China, despite their falling out in the 60's, would most certainly join forces to defeat the West if the cold war ever went hot. They intervened in Korea and deterred the US from directly attacking North Vietnam. I see a hypothetical nuclear-less World War III spanning the globe much more than the video leads others to think.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain 5 років тому

      ya, i mean what would the effect be on the US? sure they wouldn't be fighting on their own soil (AGAIN), but are you seriously telling me that the country would be willing to put up with another world war??

    • @METALRON
      @METALRON 5 років тому

      I would love a part 2!

  • @Baldwin-iv445
    @Baldwin-iv445 Рік тому +22

    I feel like nuclear technology is the ultimate example of technology being both our savior and our doom. Because while the nuke would send humanity into a radioactive stone age, that same fear saved us from what would be the vilest war in human history.

  • @liamking6411
    @liamking6411 4 роки тому +30

    The Warsaw Pact really didn’t start during WW2. They all might’ve come under communist control, but the Warsaw Pact didn’t exist

    • @iliadnetfear2586
      @iliadnetfear2586 11 днів тому

      I think he meant more that the seeds for it were planted, as Russia did kill off government and military leaders in liberated countries to establish pro Kremlin regimes.

  • @02091992able
    @02091992able 4 роки тому +856

    "Fear the Military Industrial Complex" I believe that was said by Eisenhower.

    • @brandonvistan7444
      @brandonvistan7444 4 роки тому +20

      I believe you are correct.

    • @nichsa8984
      @nichsa8984 4 роки тому +2

      @@brandonvistan7444 you know soviet boot is able crushing everything

    • @th4tch4nn3l7
      @th4tch4nn3l7 4 роки тому +22

      Nichsa 89 Afghanistan?

    • @02091992able
      @02091992able 4 роки тому +28

      @@th4tch4nn3l7 Don't forget Finland they tried to take them over and failed at that too.

    • @bfg5291
      @bfg5291 3 роки тому +2

      I believe he said it as he was leaving office. Our last 5 star general, and he made POTUS, and still we refused and still refuse to listen.

  • @darnchacha1632
    @darnchacha1632 5 років тому +420

    Alternate History Hub: Drops random Command and Conquer reference
    Me: Ah, I see you're a man of class as well.

    • @qazeroo
      @qazeroo 5 років тому +6

      DarnChaCha I was searching for this comment :)

    • @ragingshibe
      @ragingshibe 5 років тому +7

      Truly a man of culture. I thought C&C would've been long forgotten by now

    • @Edward-it9cr
      @Edward-it9cr 5 років тому +13

      I am escaping to the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism!
      SPACE!!

    • @darnchacha1632
      @darnchacha1632 5 років тому +10

      1:22 Going back in time to kill Einstein is A major plot point in C&C, In Red Alert that leads to the Empire of The Rising Sun, It's Japan who go Ham with mechs and junk, They are also lead by Emperor George Takei.

    • @Turbogyros
      @Turbogyros 5 років тому +1

      @@ragingshibe The good old C&C games will never be forgotten, my friend.

  • @urphakeandgey6308
    @urphakeandgey6308 Рік тому +10

    One important thing to remember is how drawn out the battle between the US and JP Empire would've been.
    It easily could've made relations between the two countries salty up to current day due to how gruesome it would've been.

  • @MASTERPIECEFROMGOD
    @MASTERPIECEFROMGOD 10 місяців тому +10

    Here after watching Oppenheimer

  • @danuk500
    @danuk500 5 років тому +1423

    "What if the nuclear bomb never existed?"
    WW3 would have already happened, that's what.

    • @danuk500
      @danuk500 5 років тому +52

      @DefiantBoris Probably not, but it would have certainly escalated things

    • @Mr-kh7en
      @Mr-kh7en 4 роки тому +1

      @Jason Buford world war 3

    • @nightmarekhazix4419
      @nightmarekhazix4419 4 роки тому

      @@danuk500 world war 3 WOULD of happened and will happen eventually even with nukes. I do not know when but you can't claim *never*

    • @danuk500
      @danuk500 4 роки тому

      @@nightmarekhazix4419 when and where did I claim it will never happen?

    • @Yatukih_001
      @Yatukih_001 4 роки тому +1

      The nuclear bomb does not exist because the only people who believe in it are silly people.They are silly people who are silly enough to believe silly old wive´s tales.

  • @essexclass8168
    @essexclass8168 5 років тому +635

    *"GOOOOOOD MOOOOORRRRRNING JAPAN!"*
    **Fortunate Son Intro**

    • @jasonbelstone3427
      @jasonbelstone3427 5 років тому +9

      "Ohayooooo!"
      **Jellyfish Princess OP**

    • @moguldamongrel3054
      @moguldamongrel3054 5 років тому +3

      Pretty sure the us would have still invaded, and lost quite a lot of its army in the process. Japan was not afraid of death.

    • @robertgibson963
      @robertgibson963 4 роки тому +3

      @@moguldamongrel3054 estimated 1 million dead US troops but defeat for japan was inevitable especially because the Soviets were on their way. Better to surrender to america then Russia

    • @moguldamongrel3054
      @moguldamongrel3054 4 роки тому +1

      Robert Gibson which is odd right, cause americas military would have been crippled and the russians would have gone for america following japan

    • @robertgibson963
      @robertgibson963 4 роки тому +2

      @@moguldamongrel3054 Russians had no realistic way of getting to the United states. They had inferior airforce and navy. Would it have been easier? Yes. Would they have succeeded? Hell no. America still had plenty of young men to throw at the Soviets and an invasion of America is next to impossible. Different weather conditions, massive natural defenses, a gun in every house. It would've been suicide for them. Not saying they couldn't of done some damage but they wouldve had to take a decade or two to prepare their naval fleet and airforce. After all we were the ones funding their war effort in Germany

  • @Whynotmini
    @Whynotmini 3 роки тому +18

    Alternate timeline: what if we had big ass bombs

  • @robnewman5329
    @robnewman5329 3 роки тому +24

    I’d definitely love a part 2 mate , also as an Australian I’d love to hear a alternative history hub of what if Japan invaded Australia in WW2

  • @skytard2974
    @skytard2974 4 роки тому +1399

    “By the end of the 1960s the US had 67 carriers”
    In this timeline it’s at least 64 because the USS Enterprise was a nuclear powered carrier, all carriers built after it were nuclear powered.

    • @doctorballs8309
      @doctorballs8309 4 роки тому +96

      Screechy Boi Its still likely they would build more

    • @thatonewaguy7841
      @thatonewaguy7841 4 роки тому +51

      Weren’t the USS John F. Kennedy and the USS America conventionally powered?

    • @looinrims
      @looinrims 4 роки тому +88

      They’d just make the standard carriers, and its irrelevant anyway because it’s just a comparison of numbers to show how pathetic they were against the Americans

    • @Umbrella419
      @Umbrella419 4 роки тому +9

      Interesting good to know

    • @B52Stratofortress1
      @B52Stratofortress1 4 роки тому +32

      The Soviets never historically paid too much attention to capital ships, instead choosing to focus on a large submarine force. An interesting historical parallel to the Kriegsmarine in WWII. Both navies never built up a large surface fleet to combat their rivals, knowing that they could never hope to compete evenly.

  • @seeanddie8801
    @seeanddie8801 5 років тому +225

    Please make a part 2. This is a very interesting subject. Our most dangerous weapon concieved has caused world peace.

    • @DuranmanX
      @DuranmanX 5 років тому +7

      Live in Peace or Rest in Peace

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 5 років тому +3

      Part 2? No, we need a book! :D

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 5 років тому +1

      @@SupersuMC
      He already made one amazing book, why not another right?

    • @cobraglatiator
      @cobraglatiator 5 років тому +3

      nukes are a double edged sword, that has stopped conflicts from getting too big..at least any individual ones...but God help us if that sword ever gets swung...it'll be the end of us.

    • @grubbybum3614
      @grubbybum3614 5 років тому

      Yes! And please focus on other areas eg. What happens in Australia, or India, or Argentina etc...

  • @jasper_4278
    @jasper_4278 4 роки тому +21

    “Let’s just say that they had other pressing matters” 😅

  • @imperialhistati2348
    @imperialhistati2348 3 роки тому +10

    It’s so funny when Cody makes an example out of a real life scenario without even realising it.

    • @giuseppezeppelo8289
      @giuseppezeppelo8289 Рік тому

      they are no match to western supply chains. 3 years later:
      yep

  • @AnthonySpecialeJr
    @AnthonySpecialeJr 5 років тому +1682

    Part 2 please! I'm liking this scenario, good job!

    • @32bob69
      @32bob69 5 років тому +12

      Do a part 2!!!

    • @elevated_0574
      @elevated_0574 5 років тому +5

      one of my favorite alt hist scenarios please pt2

    • @albens5852
      @albens5852 5 років тому +4

      PART 2 PLEASE

    • @kuda9828
      @kuda9828 5 років тому +4

      part 2 plz

    • @gavinsmith6516
      @gavinsmith6516 5 років тому

      Yes, please make a part 2. Thanks either way.

  • @benbovard9579
    @benbovard9579 5 років тому +436

    I like how the little insignia on Hitler's shoulder is a UA-cam logo.

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 5 років тому +44

      Hehe. He's done that in earlier videos, too (partly because you can't show swastikas without getting demonitized, and partly because fuck UA-cam, for demonitizing controversial things regardless of context). A good place to see it is in the "What if the Germans Won WWII?" videos, I think.

    • @moth.monster
      @moth.monster 5 років тому +9

      @@robinchesterfield42 You see, advertisers don't care about context. Nobody wants to be the company that's tangentially related to being a Nazi.

    • @gradysmith3441
      @gradysmith3441 5 років тому +7

      @@moth.monster It's not the advertisers, it's Susan.

    • @SpookyMarine
      @SpookyMarine 5 років тому +2

      eri And so they become Nazis themselves

    • @moth.monster
      @moth.monster 5 років тому +1

      @@SpookyMarine that's really not how it works, I haven't seen them blaming the jews for anything

  • @dannykeuerleber7419
    @dannykeuerleber7419 Рік тому +5

    man the part about Russias not being able to keep up production compared to the west and having supply issues aged like a vintage wine.

    • @freetime5803
      @freetime5803 Рік тому

      More like poor quality milk since Russians have been having "production/ammunition issues" since last year.

    • @Cotac_Rastic
      @Cotac_Rastic Рік тому

      I seriously think the RF would just have to disable the West's wifi for less than a week and you would all be in barbaric, bloodthirsty anarchy.
      Anyway, clearly you have no concept of what a war with Russia entails. You could look at the millions of highly trained and equipped German soldiers who are now bonefields stretching from the Volga to Berlin.
      The Warsaw pact outpaced every single member of NATO's military, Resource spacecraft production, combined.
      They were always anticipating you gluttonous colonial freaks attempting a second extermination on Slavs. And they were proven right when the KGB uncovered Operation Unthinkable.
      They subsequently re-armed and organised the entire army stationed in Berlin and shipped over all their modern equipment for the combined military parade.
      This is where the West saw the monstrous ogre that was the IS-3, and subsequently decided war was not an option at the moment.
      Soviet doctrine antipated heavy usage of chemical, nuclear and biological weapons saturating the battlefield. Which is why the BMP and numerous other vehicles were modified to operate in an inhospitable chemical hell on earth with Soviet armour and infantry pouring into ruined European cities.
      It would have been so traumatizing for the west, i would be surprised if any of you would be able to even remember the old America or Europe.

    • @twinzzlers
      @twinzzlers Рік тому +5

      ​@@Cotac_Rastic Lmao nice troll

    • @Kongongongg
      @Kongongongg Рік тому

      @@twinzzlers get *** yanke

  • @RainbowMuse2
    @RainbowMuse2 2 роки тому +41

    Ah, I remember that. "The longest period of peace in human history."
    That is over now of course.

    • @RainbowMuse2
      @RainbowMuse2 2 роки тому +6

      This isn't over yet. Were I in charge of the PRC, I'd be moving on Taiwan. There are a good number of other flashpoints that could go similarly. It is still a ground war between European powers, and that is what stopped for all that time. Almost everyone else was still going through internally and/or externally generated conflict at one point or another. (also, I doubt Ukraine can be considered minor anymore given the shellacking they're giving the Russians)
      In reality, that long peace line is a lie outside of Europe. Always was. Mountains of proxy wars at the hands of the major powers did not create a world of peace, but a world of undeclared wars and far less restricted slaughter.

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony 2 роки тому

      @@RainbowMuse2 There was in fact a intelligence report that China was planning an invasion of Taiwan to happen this year between October to December. But canceled due to Russia underperforming in Ukraine. I doubt China would win a war with Taiwan and might be cause an invasion of the mainland.

    • @RainbowMuse2
      @RainbowMuse2 2 роки тому +1

      @@Marylandbrony they would certainly win, because no one would be able to support Taiwan directly in a sustained manner. The island and everything around it can be hit by almost every piece of long range arty and every missile that the PRC has. It's within their first defensive ring. Taiwan is doomed the moment the PRC decides to move in.

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony 2 роки тому +3

      ​@@RainbowMuse2 Can you give me a source on these artillery pieces that can literally fire a hundred miles away and the missiles would literally have to hit hundreds of thousands of targets. Remember Taiwan per capita is wealthier than China and regardless if China has magically artillery that can strike every part of Taiwan and enough missiles to flatten the island. The physical terrain of the country for the hundreds thousand plus initial invasion force plus the probably million person occupation force would be a nightmare as Taiwan only 14 small invasion beaches, and they are bordered by cliffs in the hundreds of meters and urban jungles. Sure if the government was decapitated and their was no morale and the U.S or it's allies refused to help. China would probably occupy the island. But if there was a general mobilization of the country, generally good morale and support from the U.S and allies like Ukraine. Then the invasion would be halted at the beach.

    • @RainbowMuse2
      @RainbowMuse2 2 роки тому

      @@Marylandbrony there are small islands the PRC would take first, that neither Taiwan or anyone else would be able to keep them from taking, which would place all of that within range. Even without that (and they WOULD do that) the PRC's new amphibious military and navy are enough alongside their air force. Taiwan will have no one coming to its direct defense against the PRC. That is why the US's position on Taiwan has been intentionally ambiguous for decades. In short, they're alone, they lack the arms and men to defend themselves effectively, and they are massively outgunned.

  • @choojolie7238
    @choojolie7238 5 років тому +1187

    Well, that means no more Civ Ghandi jokes.

    • @Deridus
      @Deridus 5 років тому +84

      Nukes exist:
      Ghandi: Hippity hoppity, I'll nuke all your property.

    • @soldier4003
      @soldier4003 5 років тому +5

      GOSH FREAKING DANGIT (im a good christian boi) THERE GOES ALL MY JOKES.

    • @karandullet380
      @karandullet380 4 роки тому +2

      Deridus 🤣🤣

    • @Saudi_in_an_audi
      @Saudi_in_an_audi 4 роки тому

      You people think Saudi Arabia a terrorist Country

    • @massineben7198
      @massineben7198 4 роки тому +16

      @@Saudi_in_an_audi dum dum Ghandi is Indian. This is a meme about a video game. Not everything we say is "Saudi Arabia is a terrorist country".

  • @Frankenbutt99
    @Frankenbutt99 5 років тому +343

    This is Cody’s mom, my son has gone missing. Last I heard he was walking near the Saudi embassy. Please, if anybody has seen a piece of my son, please bring them home.

    • @chackmete9177
      @chackmete9177 5 років тому +20

      So...wait. If you’re “Daddy Donald”, why are you saying you’re his mother?

    • @meharmann4328
      @meharmann4328 5 років тому +19

      ChackMete r/woooosh

    • @jamesk5541
      @jamesk5541 5 років тому +4

      @@chackmete9177 R/WOOOOOOOOSH

    • @scott_hunts
      @scott_hunts 5 років тому +6

      ARE/EYEHAEVRADDIT

    • @rakinkazi9780
      @rakinkazi9780 5 років тому +5

      Fellas, we have a r/wooooooosh moment 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

  • @mackenziemcinnis1879
    @mackenziemcinnis1879 4 роки тому +11

    Can we get a part 2 in this that sounds marvelous

  • @ComradeCorvus
    @ComradeCorvus 2 роки тому +6

    10:35 aged like milk, didn't it?

    • @falsesatsuma5659
      @falsesatsuma5659 2 роки тому

      Russia has been in over 10 conflicts since 1991

  • @danielcoggins7691
    @danielcoggins7691 5 років тому +230

    "They're the gun to our head to make sure we all play nice. Whether that's a positive or negative depends on if we pull the trigger."
    Absolutely brilliant stuff. This entirely changes how I view nuclear weapons in our world. I always assumed that if a World War III was to happen that it would be a war with guns and bodies, like the previous two. Now, I see that the bomb's threat is so massive that a war like that is no longer possible... at least not without the bomb getting involved.
    If there is a World War III, I think it would likely be a cyber game of how many minds can you control and how many uncontrolled minds can you destroy. This may not be fully possible right now, but technology is not stagnant. While we can measure the power of the nuclear bomb, measuring the impact of mental destruction is far more difficult.

    • @sebastianliebmann6014
      @sebastianliebmann6014 5 років тому +3

      Einstein said he doesnt know with what weapons ww3 will be fought, only that ww4 will be with sticks and stones.

    • @VCBird6
      @VCBird6 5 років тому +7

      The culture war is doing exactly as you describe...

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 3 роки тому

      @@sebastianliebmann6014 earth is end up become dystopian

  • @_brandon_jean_8032
    @_brandon_jean_8032 5 років тому +501

    Nobody:
    1940s Harry Truman: Alakazam there goes japan

    • @emilie6466
      @emilie6466 5 років тому +29

      _B r a n d o n_J e a n_
      Nobody:
      McArthur: Alakazam there goes Chi...!
      Everybody: No more nukes!
      McArthur: fine! Cowards, the Chinese will get you back! ;(
      China: Thank god no listened to McArthur otherwise the capitalist might have figured out our plot for world domination
      Hauwei and a bunch of foreign exchange students: *trips and
      spills all their espionage plans*
      China: **panics** Aw shit!

    • @dog_on_chair
      @dog_on_chair 5 років тому +3

      👍

  • @tristanpiepmeier7746
    @tristanpiepmeier7746 3 роки тому

    Thank you Mr Cody that was well put together.

  • @Tr4sh_can34
    @Tr4sh_can34 4 роки тому

    Seen your content since 2016. You're making great videos

  • @kyleclark4449
    @kyleclark4449 5 років тому +179

    Ooh, please do pull the trigger on Part 2. Pun intended

    • @madmanf1179
      @madmanf1179 5 років тому

      Yes

    • @hoosierhell7456
      @hoosierhell7456 5 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/e3AzwBPnUxs/v-deo.html

    • @nichsa8984
      @nichsa8984 4 роки тому

      @@madmanf1179 so true is yes elon musk say that artificial intelligence is more dangerous than nuclear weapon

    • @obitwokenobi9808
      @obitwokenobi9808 7 місяців тому +1

      4 years later and still no part 2. :(

    • @zaynkhan9147
      @zaynkhan9147 20 днів тому

      5 years and no part 2

  • @IARESMART8
    @IARESMART8 5 років тому +371

    The Fallout series gonna be wack in this world

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 5 років тому +16

      Don't forget metro 2033

    • @fruitella196
      @fruitella196 5 років тому +14

      Fallout would just be the beginning of fo4.... just without the bomb

    • @A_annoying_rodent
      @A_annoying_rodent 5 років тому +16

      @@fruitella196 courier 6 could finally deliver mail without getting shot and go full kill bill.
      He'd go full on john wick.

    • @abandonedchannel281
      @abandonedchannel281 5 років тому +7

      Metro 2033 but it’s a Metro Tycoon were you build and run a Metro Station.

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 3 роки тому

      @@USSAnimeNCC- 2111 human future is just basically multi-galactic

  • @dantereinhardt6911
    @dantereinhardt6911 2 роки тому +5

    To be honest, the fact that even upon its colapse the Soviet Union didn't use nukes, makes me hopeful that maybe no one will for the foreseeable future.

    • @RadikatMLG
      @RadikatMLG Рік тому +1

      The world was a different place back then, today theres more tension between world powers than then.

  • @ahumblemerchant707
    @ahumblemerchant707 3 роки тому +6

    "The Soviets had the manpower, but were totally outclassed by the 'wast' " Best quote ever lol.

  • @TheDeadAlewives
    @TheDeadAlewives 5 років тому +141

    Have a part 2, bro. One thing you never brought up, for example, was Alaska.

    • @prouddegenerates9056
      @prouddegenerates9056 5 років тому +9

      Navel superiority! They wouldn't stand a chance at invasion, we could arm the fuck out of Canada or annex it if need be.

    • @novicman8742
      @novicman8742 5 років тому

      Isn't it just too cold there

    • @livingangrycheese2668
      @livingangrycheese2668 5 років тому +1

      I was also thinking of the collapse of the colonial empires and how that would pan out differently

    • @Annadog40
      @Annadog40 5 років тому +4

      @@novicman8742 Russia doesnt care about the cold

    • @ShneekeyTheLost
      @ShneekeyTheLost 5 років тому +2

      The problem with actually invading Alaska is this little thing called the bering strait. It would be nigh impossible to send that much materiel without risking naval interdiction. Russia never had enough naval capacity to even BEGIN to try and move enough stuff into Alaska to make any real headway.
      About the worst they could do is conventional bombing, which likely would have happened. However, even without nukes, you still have American aircraft being far superior to Russian bombers, and shooting them out of the sky in droves. You'd also have missile technology, even without nukes, and that would be more effective. So you'd see a shelling or maybe missiles fired on Alaska, but really it wouldn't even begin to open up the capability of invasion.
      It would have tied up some American manpower and materiel, but not enough to turn the tide.

  • @barfvader6712
    @barfvader6712 5 років тому +109

    Video idea: What if Y2K actually happened?

    • @bowdimiller933
      @bowdimiller933 5 років тому +7

      I like this one

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 5 років тому +10

      It actually would have happened had it not been for intense last-minute fixes to computer calendar code, some of which are still evident to this day. (For example, if you're born before 2000, your under 21 ID card says it expires on your birthday in 2021 due to some bugs from fixing the code that helps automate DPS ID services - as much good as that automation does. It's still too slow. This error occurs at least in Texas, where I have seen it.)

    • @Erine120
      @Erine120 5 років тому +1

      That’s a good one

    • @themondoshow
      @themondoshow 5 років тому +1

      Nathaniel Palmer that’s called world war Z

    • @Y2J
      @Y2J 5 років тому

      I too wanna see this! Y2K bug! Y2K shuts down computers worldwide

  • @eagaleye56
    @eagaleye56 4 роки тому +7

    The book Red Storm Rising has a great view on how a conventional war between the USSR and NATO would play out.

  • @seanld444
    @seanld444 3 роки тому +5

    Song at the end of the video is "Sunshade Cops" by Radio Night, in case anyone else was curious. Super groovy.

    • @Zarcondeegrissom
      @Zarcondeegrissom 2 роки тому

      nice, thanks, now I just need to find the track at the 9min mark. B)

  • @masterchief2ish
    @masterchief2ish 5 років тому +371

    See Red alert 3 for reference on what happens when no nukes are in play....They just make other super weapons

    • @StarSage66
      @StarSage66 5 років тому +54

      Damn those giant robots and weather machines

    • @jamesayewale5695
      @jamesayewale5695 5 років тому +9

      @Malryn Weellll, nuclear fission and giant weather machines are wayy, wayyy different. I wouldn't directly compare them like you have.

    • @Martin-fo7bm
      @Martin-fo7bm 5 років тому +8

      Prequel of Red Alert 3 XD

    • @cakebear9534
      @cakebear9534 4 роки тому +2

      Lmao predicted Cody’s video on Red Alert

    • @solarprophet5439
      @solarprophet5439 4 роки тому +1

      @@jamesayewale5695 Well, we DO have weather machines. See HAARP.

  • @schlirf
    @schlirf 5 років тому +138

    "Or how I learned to stop worrying, and love the Bomb" 😎

    • @RockmanDash
      @RockmanDash 5 років тому +6

      "I do not avoid women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence."
      That movie has some weird lines.

  • @aguilanathaniela.1207
    @aguilanathaniela.1207 3 роки тому +7

    "History has shown if wars don't produce good results ideologies begin to crack"

  • @Frankenbutt99
    @Frankenbutt99 2 роки тому +5

    Russia would never have done their big oopsy

  • @ijent3819
    @ijent3819 5 років тому +728

    World: Phew another world war can never happen again!
    WW3: Well yes but actually no

    • @Cybrid324
      @Cybrid324 5 років тому +37

      WW3: Just waiting for nukes to become irrelevant

    • @goldenfloof5469
      @goldenfloof5469 5 років тому +8

      @@Cybrid324 *BIGGER NUKES*

    • @Cybrid324
      @Cybrid324 5 років тому +7

      @@goldenfloof5469 I was more thinking that some device that stips nukes from going off or we have other planets to go to.... 😅

    • @danuk500
      @danuk500 5 років тому +4

      @ivan arciniegas well looking at the developed world's demographic problem, sooner or later it will be the end for them with or without WW3

    • @bobmalone3726
      @bobmalone3726 5 років тому +3

      You thought it was world peace, but it was me, DIO!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 років тому +451

    No Cuban Missile Crisis, anime, manga, and hentai

    • @jamesdavis9036
      @jamesdavis9036 5 років тому +26

      @Donald J. Trump It wouldn't be

    • @mmmbrunommm3
      @mmmbrunommm3 5 років тому +20

      No hentai ? You see, there's no good without bad consequences. It's the Butterfly effect.

    • @french_bread4961
      @french_bread4961 5 років тому +3

      @Harsh Sidhu Harsh Sidhu, *raves in Japanese*

    • @anothermediocreuser6422
      @anothermediocreuser6422 5 років тому +1

      #jeje

    • @Jonnyc448
      @Jonnyc448 5 років тому

      What about rocket man

  • @kartavianmacrath7219
    @kartavianmacrath7219 4 роки тому +1

    Definitely curious if there was a part 2

  • @bumboschaumburg
    @bumboschaumburg 4 роки тому +11

    Loved the video, but one essential question remains unanswered: whats the song at the beginning?

  • @poll-lie-ticks1776
    @poll-lie-ticks1776 5 років тому +600

    Soviet's invade Western Europe
    NATO: "This isn't even my final form"

    • @harrisn3693
      @harrisn3693 5 років тому +6

      NATO wouldnt even had the chance to be big back then.

    • @MrXuliest
      @MrXuliest 5 років тому +19

      @@harrisn3693 think 1980s

    • @dragnarok4286
      @dragnarok4286 5 років тому +5

      i hate when vids like this ignore the 3rd side the 3rd player in the cold war the Neutrality faction led by Yugoslavia which inlcuded all countries not communist or part of Nato

    • @FelipeJaquez
      @FelipeJaquez 5 років тому +8

      @@dragnarok4286 in a race it would be 2 formula 1 cars and a model T

    • @soldier4003
      @soldier4003 5 років тому +12

      Soviets: Invade's western Europe
      U.S.A: Foolish mortals....

  • @BigSleepyOx
    @BigSleepyOx 4 роки тому +1222

    I've also believed that the existence of nukes prevented WWIII. But I'll go even further and say that it was the actual dropping of atom bombs on Japan prevented WWIII. For if those bombs were not dropped, I don't think people would have fully appreciated the power of nukes (since they'd had not been used "in anger"), so WWIII would have happened, and it would have been a nuclear war in that case.
    So prevention of WWIII (or more like aversion of WWIII) required not just the invention of nukes, but also a small scale use of them.

    • @raymondgough6070
      @raymondgough6070 4 роки тому +69

      The low yield nukes dropped on Japan were no more destructive than the firebombings of Dresden or Tokyo, while the high yield hydrogen bombs of the late 50s-60s are in a class all on their own. For those reasons, I don't agree that nuking Japan was necessary to legitimise MAD.

    • @s0urcl0ut
      @s0urcl0ut 4 роки тому +113

      @@raymondgough6070 maybe so, but those hydrogen bombs likely only exist due to data gathered from the drops on Japan.
      I believe without nukes, we, the vile bastard humans we are, would find another way to destroy each other en masse. Like say, orbital weapons for example.

    • @wtfbros5110
      @wtfbros5110 4 роки тому +18

      @@s0urcl0ut or bioweapons

    • @zaphlebrox390
      @zaphlebrox390 4 роки тому +17

      @@larsk1161 true but the destructive effects of the light and radiation on the Japanese was a horror that could never have been realized without such an attack.

    • @bunger6813
      @bunger6813 4 роки тому +12

      @@s0urcl0ut not really, the bombs dropped on Japan were studied alot less than the organised tests which had proper equipment on the ground. Plus the design of a hydrogen bomb is very different from that of a plutonium or uranium based bomb. So the technology, while similar, has inherent differences.

  • @anthonypalmer3351
    @anthonypalmer3351 3 роки тому

    Would love a part two of this!

  • @67Kevlar
    @67Kevlar 2 роки тому +3

    "We are in the greatest period of peace.". Sigh. Were.

  • @mlgsty8880
    @mlgsty8880 5 років тому +344

    Lets be real nukes are best peacekeepers in history so far

    • @blunderingfool
      @blunderingfool 5 років тому +56

      Until literally inbred nations like Pakistan get their hands on them. I'd be a liar if I said that doesn't worry me from time to time. =s

    • @ImmaDBZvillan
      @ImmaDBZvillan 5 років тому +2

      BlunderingFool you think one of the most populace countries in the world is more inbred than a less populace country?

    • @nimarjeetbajwa4322
      @nimarjeetbajwa4322 5 років тому +5

      @@blunderingfool Pakistan has nukes

    • @blunderingfool
      @blunderingfool 5 років тому +29

      Pakistan has a sort of crazed obsession with keeping wealth in the family, this has attributed to inbreeding on an unthinkable scale. I won’t claim to know their native figures but over here in my country they’ve hit 75% inbred in one city, their national average is 50%.
      I don’t care for whatever DARVO bullshit you think you’re gonna pull, Pakistan is an inbred mess unlike most other countries, that is a sad fact of life. So please, don’t start the outrage train, you’ve no fuel to run it on and no point to make.

    • @davidulanovsky8943
      @davidulanovsky8943 5 років тому

      @@blunderingfool Shut the fuck up.

  • @jacoboreilly2413
    @jacoboreilly2413 4 роки тому +560

    "because they don't wish to defend their own land against the reds"
    *Adventure communist advert starts playing*
    Perfect timing

  • @patrickoeary1425
    @patrickoeary1425 4 роки тому

    Any chance we could get a part 2 to this. I would love to see you go into more detail.

  • @irishspartanstudios
    @irishspartanstudios 4 роки тому

    I really want a sequel! You could dove into detail on this subject!

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 5 років тому +424

    I think it depends on when the war starts. If it's during the Stalin era or shortly after, the Soviets would be both too militarized for dissent and too zealous for a movement to think they're hypocrites.
    If it's during the Khruschev era, the Soviets are revisionist AF. Radical centrism does not a good pro-war movement make, and ideological inconsistency would invite much more likelihood of internal collapse. Afterall, look in our timeline? Gorbachev is popular among Americans but *hated* among Russians.

    • @giovanni848
      @giovanni848 4 роки тому +10

      Peter Smythe why Russians hate him so much?

    • @thelouster5815
      @thelouster5815 4 роки тому +25

      Giovanni Francis Becuz Gorbachev not stonk

    • @wtfbros5110
      @wtfbros5110 4 роки тому +44

      @@giovanni848 he advertised pizza hut

    • @giovanni848
      @giovanni848 4 роки тому

      wtf bros omg wtf bro

    • @wtfbros5110
      @wtfbros5110 4 роки тому

      @@giovanni848 ua-cam.com/video/fgm14D1jHUw/v-deo.html

  • @christianhenry558
    @christianhenry558 5 років тому +164

    You’ve done what if JFK was never killed, how about what if Robert F. Kennedy was never killed? Could talk about its effects on the 1968 election and also on the Democratic Party

    • @hunord.9903
      @hunord.9903 5 років тому +15

      What if Stalin chose not to have a mustache? I think the Soviets would have won the Cold War.

    • @emilie6466
      @emilie6466 5 років тому +9

      Hunor D. What if Karl Marx grew a hitler mustache would he have been more influential?

    • @SunflowersAreCute
      @SunflowersAreCute 5 років тому +1

      nixon probably still would’ve won bc vietnam

    • @nathanbrown8680
      @nathanbrown8680 5 років тому

      This one gets deep into the weeds of American politics. JFK was the last charismatic Democrat leader that was actually interested in fighting the Cold War. If RFK could have stepped into that role the parties would have diverged less. Reagan would likely have stayed a Democrat instead of leading an exodus and those voters would have anchored the Democrats to what we now call the center right. The far left if it ever rose would probably have had to form a third party, which would have pushed the Democrats and Republicans to merge.

    • @Jakeisvibeing
      @Jakeisvibeing 5 років тому

      Nathan Brown Reagan voted for Nixon he switched in the 50s pal

  • @LiezAllLiez
    @LiezAllLiez 4 роки тому +7

    2:28
    Such a wasted opportunity to write: **sweats in japanese**

    • @JuiceyBeverage
      @JuiceyBeverage Рік тому

      Did you realize Japan's eyes are more line like then circular

  • @valentinocruz2873
    @valentinocruz2873 Рік тому

    Your videos are so great, when for background sounds because you learn and sleep at the same time.

  • @sirquack1815
    @sirquack1815 5 років тому +307

    The answer is simple. We'd be fighting WW7 now.

    • @davidgg8318
      @davidgg8318 5 років тому +15

      We technically still have "World Wars" because we fight amongst other nations geographically far from us. We just fight for oil purposes nowadays rather than ideology.

    • @superbananas7792
      @superbananas7792 5 років тому +1

      @@davidgg8318 I mean technically ideology definitely comes into play.

    • @vincelam1998
      @vincelam1998 5 років тому +1

      lmfao

    • @DeathShouldTakeMeNow
      @DeathShouldTakeMeNow 5 років тому +3

      I can imagine every few years "Hey didya hear were in another world war" "AGAIN? What the f-" suddenly cut off by a firebomb.

    • @reeseman1932
      @reeseman1932 5 років тому +3

      Ww4= west vs china
      Ww5= west vs islam
      Ww6= liberals vs conservatives
      Ww7=west vs oil

  • @keelanfarrell8047
    @keelanfarrell8047 4 роки тому +29

    I think you might have underestimated the soviet economy,
    You see, the term "seize the means of production" has become a meme, but the USSR was so focused on this, that instead of produce individual items, they produced machines to make more items, this made their economy bloated and inefficient in peacetime as they had too much machinery to produce low quality items than needed and not a smaller quantity of high quality items, but in wartime their economy was probably the best geared up in the world, as within a matter of weeks, they had so much production machinery that they could churn out huge quantities of low quality weapons (e.g, Kalashnikovs) which is why they could sustain huge losses of equipment, couple this with the government having absolute control, being able to fully dedicate the economy to war, and the fact that factories would stop intentionally underperforming to receive more resources (as they were producing for their lives). This makes, I would say the Soviet economy the most effective economy in the world, (although they would still most likely lose).

    • @justinh6651
      @justinh6651 4 роки тому

      How are they gonna fuel all that machinery, who will use the weapons and machinery? Etc. Production doesn't mean logistics will also follow it. It's why Germany mass producing like the allies in ww2 wouldnt work.

    • @keelanfarrell8047
      @keelanfarrell8047 4 роки тому +6

      @@justinh6651 The USSR had plenty of oil fields and natural gas which is why the energy sector is one of the biggest in todays russia, and don't forget the allies of the USSR like China and eastern europe, and most of the production was near moscow and eastern europe right next to the front, and yes, while it would be hard to transport men and supplies from asia, russia had enough troops already,

    • @keelanfarrell8047
      @keelanfarrell8047 4 роки тому

      Also you are arguing about this with a 15 yr old

    • @justinh6651
      @justinh6651 4 роки тому

      @@keelanfarrell8047 aerial superiority and naval superiority could easily deal with their industry and soldiers. Also, in the video he said most likely 1960s, which is the decade when Mao stated that the USSR had the wrong way of communism.

    • @justinh6651
      @justinh6651 4 роки тому

      @@keelanfarrell8047 I'm 14. Bruh. Welcome to the teenager club.

  • @nsa6154
    @nsa6154 2 роки тому +3

    Cody: Nukes mean we all have to be rational actors now
    Russia on Feb 24th 2022: We don't do that here

  • @mothernadur
    @mothernadur 5 років тому +269

    I'm just going to leave a couple suggestions here.
    1. What if the Soviets lost the Russian Civil war?
    2. What if Imperial Powers never colonized the Americas?
    3. What if the USSR joined the Axis in WWII? (Like Italy and Japan did, not just some pact)

    • @treymagathan847
      @treymagathan847 5 років тому +31

      German King
      I don't think the USSR would have ever joined the Axis Powers after the Germans and Soviets fought a PROXY Civil War in Spain, with the Germans funding the Nationalists and the Soviets funding the Socialists. Political relations between the two nations were just too tense to glance over that little detail.

    • @hockeyislife2
      @hockeyislife2 5 років тому +16

      He already did videos on what if the America’s were never colonized and if the Soviets lost the civil war

    • @TurtleFish823
      @TurtleFish823 5 років тому +7

      Trey Magathan not even that but never with Hitler in charge either, Hitler hated the communists more than anything else, even the jews. It would’ve had to have been someone else.

    • @q1w2e3621
      @q1w2e3621 5 років тому

      top one yes plz

    • @TheCJUN
      @TheCJUN 5 років тому

      @phantom killer087The EU isn't a military alliance, yet.

  • @citywokbesitzer6834
    @citywokbesitzer6834 5 років тому +205

    Please do: What if the Nationalists won the Chinese Civil war?

    • @Malohdek
      @Malohdek 5 років тому +17

      That would actually be interesting.

    • @vicareux6875
      @vicareux6875 5 років тому +9

      Just watch any HOI4 video. World domination,obviously

    • @yourneighbour5738
      @yourneighbour5738 5 років тому +4

      I would be ready for the 50 cent army salt lmao

    • @bootlegga69
      @bootlegga69 5 років тому

      This could be very interesting to see.

    • @certifiedbruh2180
      @certifiedbruh2180 5 років тому

      China would still be fourth-world

  • @DABLOODMAFIA
    @DABLOODMAFIA 7 місяців тому +3

    10:34 That aged well :/

    • @SquidMonke4
      @SquidMonke4 3 місяці тому +1

      It’s still true. When this video was made there were still wars. Ukraine and Russia is still kinda bad.

  • @codywearsoxnot
    @codywearsoxnot 4 роки тому

    I love this format, the musiC adds levity.

  • @Fangoros
    @Fangoros 5 років тому +108

    What If the Nuclear Bomb Never Existed?
    We would all be safe from Nuclear Ghandi O_O

    • @danielehrenbrink1246
      @danielehrenbrink1246 5 років тому +14

      Implying he wouldnt go Biological and chemical

    • @axlmagnus
      @axlmagnus 5 років тому +1

      Nuclear? Maybe not but army crazed perhaps. Imagine him launching infinite armies.

    • @MySparkle888
      @MySparkle888 5 років тому

      HaHa

    • @77777Spooky
      @77777Spooky 5 років тому

      Was that a civ game that you are referencing? Which one?

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 3 роки тому

      @@danielehrenbrink1246 soviet attacking with high-tech futuristic tank and biologically technological evolutionary of superior

  • @martinjez1
    @martinjez1 5 років тому +226

    At that point Soviets could only escape to one place that wouldn't have been corupted by capitalism... SPACE

    • @arcturus9366
      @arcturus9366 5 років тому +27

      martinjez1 Nope, the asteroids up there would have a price tag on them too.

    • @hunord.9903
      @hunord.9903 5 років тому +54

      According to my knowledge SPACE doesn't contain any food. Great place for communism.

    • @mrs.butterworth400
      @mrs.butterworth400 5 років тому +5

      The irony is that even though Capitalism is the dominant economic system throughout the world, the Earth as a whole has gotten even more corrupted and shitty since the USSR collapsed in 1991, Earth's oceans are still polluted and getting worse, global debt continues to rise, more pointless wars that don't show signs of stopping, ect.........

    • @bozokdraaf5996
      @bozokdraaf5996 5 років тому +2

      @@mrs.butterworth400 ec tetera

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 5 років тому +1

      All of you still don't get it...

  • @Cybermat47
    @Cybermat47 Рік тому +5

    When it comes to if it was the nukes or the Soviets that caused Japan to surrender, my university teacher made a good point: Japan knew that a Soviet attack on Manchuria was a possibility. They didn’t know that one bomb destroying an entire city was a possibility.

    • @mr.gigagod9736
      @mr.gigagod9736 5 місяців тому

      Its important to remember that Japan knew victory was impossible by this point, and was simply fighting for a negotiated surrender. The invasion of Manchuria was a possibility, but the Japanese still hoped that they could use the Soviet Union as an ally for diplomatic negotiations.

  • @FellowDrive
    @FellowDrive Рік тому

    I know this video is a few years old but would LOVE a part II!

  • @EarthChampion_TophBeifong
    @EarthChampion_TophBeifong 5 років тому +326

    "The day when two army corps can annihilate each other in one second, all civilized nations, it is to be hoped, will recoil from war and discharge their troops"
    -Alfred Nobel

    • @eddiezebeast
      @eddiezebeast 5 років тому +44

      One thing Nobel did not see well with this statement is that he was talking of his own invention, dynamite, which... well... did not work for that purpose.

    • @jamesrussellangeles4054
      @jamesrussellangeles4054 5 років тому +18

      @@eddiezebeast Richard Gatling also thought the same for his gun as well

    • @jamieburton8219
      @jamieburton8219 5 років тому +17

      Did you just finish researching gunpowder?

    • @kevint1929
      @kevint1929 5 років тому +14

      @@blyat3422 The central issue is that with dynamite and rifles, two corps can annihilate each other. With nukes, two nations can annihilate each other, and can kill the politicians who rule them. Lawmakers and leaders get more ancy about wars when it means that they and everyone they love will die, not just a few thousand or million nameless young men.

    • @Bidmartinlo
      @Bidmartinlo 5 років тому

      Civilized nations conduct tactful and intelligent diplomacy. Modern nations do conduct diplomacy too, but with bombs and threats of murder. *Like an animal.*

  • @youngsmitty347
    @youngsmitty347 5 років тому +198

    What if Aquaman didn't drown in Endgame?

    • @markchip1
      @markchip1 5 років тому +2

      How would that affect WW3??

    • @sharkronical
      @sharkronical 5 років тому +5

      Mark Chippendale without aquaman down, every nukes in US will be launched to Russia, so Russia and China made a counter attack, thus beginning the World War Season 3

    • @davidillarretasolans6970
      @davidillarretasolans6970 5 років тому +5

      LMAO why you spoiling the post-credit scene

    • @blunderingfool
      @blunderingfool 5 років тому

      @@davidillarretasolans6970 That... never happened. XD

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 5 років тому

      How do u drown someone that can breath water

  • @buddermonger2000
    @buddermonger2000 3 роки тому

    Please make a part two to this I'm still waiting

  • @matcauthon9669
    @matcauthon9669 4 роки тому +3

    We wouldn't be patrolling the mojave wishing for a nuclear winter.

    • @DakotaofRaptors
      @DakotaofRaptors 4 роки тому +1

      When I got this assignment, I was hoping there would be more gambling.

    • @Daniel-bb9qj
      @Daniel-bb9qj 4 роки тому

      It’s been a looong tour

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 3 роки тому

      @@DakotaofRaptors human scifi is getting wild fantasy

  • @dannybradley7183
    @dannybradley7183 5 років тому +83

    It makes sense, it was always meant to be a 'trilogy' of World Wars, World War III really would've been the 'perfect' concluding episode to the 20th century's war of ideology, and the invention of nukes prevented that. Feels so strange but so right that the prospect of WW3 is and always has, been firmly implanted in our vocabulary.

  • @alejoalfonso1459
    @alejoalfonso1459 5 років тому +75

    The french would have to find new ways of getting energy

    • @FALslayer
      @FALslayer 5 років тому +1

      @John Wayne Savage haha

    • @cplpetergriffin1583
      @cplpetergriffin1583 5 років тому +4

      @John Wayne fuck that was good

    • @Niom_Music
      @Niom_Music 5 років тому

      nice pic

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 5 років тому

      Thought it's just splitting the atom not splitting the nucleus of one.

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 3 роки тому

      @@FALslayer french maybe will using high-tech fusion reactor

  • @cromtOH
    @cromtOH 3 роки тому

    This is an awesome video, really well done bro

  • @artyomfromsib
    @artyomfromsib 3 роки тому +1

    This is a great video, man.

  • @cammysmith7562
    @cammysmith7562 5 років тому +88

    Fun fact. Canada, Australia and New Zealand were not fully independent from the UK until the 1980s

    • @kingbillycokebottle5484
      @kingbillycokebottle5484 5 років тому +14

      And Australia never fucking asked for it nor wanted it, now we are alone and china's bitch... Thanks mum...

    • @kingbillycokebottle5484
      @kingbillycokebottle5484 5 років тому +10

      Australia: Why did America get to stay till he was 21? Mum I'm only 14 u can't kick me out of the family, I'm still a baby!
      Britain: lol have fun with Chinese honey!

    • @kingbillycokebottle5484
      @kingbillycokebottle5484 5 років тому +10

      China:*looks over fence rubbing his hands having over heard the family squabble*

    • @chiangkaishrek5123
      @chiangkaishrek5123 5 років тому +5

      Steven Edwards The land down under the Great Wall of China

    • @ceiling_cat
      @ceiling_cat 5 років тому

      @@kingbillycokebottle5484 Are you sure about that? "Gallipohli was an oppressing overlord's usage of poor aussies" and shit?

  • @Uzzy66
    @Uzzy66 5 років тому +46

    No Nuke = WWIII? I think you're absolutely right. The Cold War was basically WWIII, but it stayed pretty cold because of the threat of how hot it could get. Excellent vid.