What If Everything went PERFECT For Imperial Germany?

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 955

  • @RoyalRoseTrue
    @RoyalRoseTrue Рік тому +396

    How to Germany:
    Number 1: Beat France
    Number 2: Beat France
    Number 3: Beat France
    Number 4: Beat France

    • @AndrewBunch1
      @AndrewBunch1 3 місяці тому +16

      What's number 5? Invade russia?

    • @kwc0435
      @kwc0435 2 місяці тому +33

      ​@@AndrewBunch1 beat france

    • @SukunaJJKaisen
      @SukunaJJKaisen Місяць тому +4

      @@AndrewBunch1 No thats number 6, number 7 is loose

    • @JRyder_Gaming
      @JRyder_Gaming Місяць тому +7

      @@SukunaJJKaisenit’s tough but I think you break France again

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 11 місяців тому +314

    The video doesn't continue, because most likely a Belgian artist with a funny mustache comes in power in France 😂

    • @earthgaming228
      @earthgaming228 7 місяців тому +43

      The 3rd Frankreich momento

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 7 місяців тому +34

      @@earthgaming228 The Third French Empire.

    • @dqnkdoggo_
      @dqnkdoggo_ 4 місяці тому +8

      Frankreich

    • @PRISMnsa
      @PRISMnsa 2 місяці тому +2

      @@KaiHung-wv3ul(for context, Frank means France, and Reich can mean empire)

    • @IDKisReal2401
      @IDKisReal2401 Місяць тому +4

      @@PRISMnsa Doesnt Reich mean realm but because different language it has slightly different uses

  • @amund8821
    @amund8821 Рік тому +1781

    Germany could probably have gotten a german king on the norwegian throne. They did not really bother that much in our timeline because of the ongoing first moroccan crisis. But that would probably not have happened in this timeline. They would be able to spend more ressources and time on trying to convince the norwegians. The candidate chosen in our timeline was the danish prince christian. It would be a more complicated affair in this timeline at least.

    • @wilsonriley1856
      @wilsonriley1856 Рік тому +118

      In this timeline, the danish prince would be a german prince, given that the kingdom of denmark would be a part of germany.

    • @amund8821
      @amund8821 Рік тому +30

      @@wilsonriley1856 That is not how ethnicity works

    • @lordphonix0994
      @lordphonix0994 Рік тому +70

      @@amund8821 but nationality

    • @Tethloach1
      @Tethloach1 Рік тому +12

      Unintended consequences are never factored in, the choice you make includes the choices you don't make, leading to other issues.
      1. Germany invades Russia, the allies will step in if power balance breaks.
      2. Power shift will cause a greater war, economic trade will prevent war.
      Contained by other great powers:
      Spain = no further gains in Europe
      Ottomans = no further gains in Europe
      France = no further gains in Europe
      Russia = no further gains in Europe
      Pillars of power balance in Europe:
      Briton: Oceans
      Russia: Land
      Turks: Land/Sea
      France: Land/Sea
      Germany: Technology
      Problems with power:
      1. Outlaws = criminals
      2. Corruption = inefficiency
      3. Opposition = resistance
      4. Rivals = challenger
      5. Utility = use it or lose it
      Central authority vs regional authorities:
      1. Chain of command, compliance with authority
      2. Forces of unity > force of division
      3. No crisis or systemic shocks
      4. No regional drift or divergence
      5. No formation of independant identities
      6. No erossion of social fabric
      7. Self reinforcing identity
      Perfect authority = perfect order
      Perfect outlaw = perfect chaos
      Break power balance = rapid growth in power, rapid shift in power
      Systemic shift, different order, different structure, different organs

    • @wilsonriley1856
      @wilsonriley1856 Рік тому +19

      @@amund8821 Its nationality, not ethnicity. If you want to talk ethnicity, Scandinavians are ethnic Germans, so my point stands regardless

  • @louisnall3102
    @louisnall3102 Рік тому +1268

    A couple things:
    1. Would the Spanish-American War still happen in this timeline?
    2. Would the Moroccan crisis still happen, and would it favor Germany in this timeline?
    3. Assuming this timeline benefits Germany the most, and since Italy is a German ally. Does Italy conquer Ethiopia and Libya still?
    4. Does Germany still get its territories in New Guinea and Palau?
    5. In this WW1, does Japan still join the Entente?, what does this mean for Germany’s Far East possessions?

    • @Tethloach1
      @Tethloach1 Рік тому

      American capitalism vs Spanish empire, profit from tropics? Regime change?
      Rebellions from central authority? Obedience to authority?
      Do empires share the spoils of war? Can you invade others possessions?
      If nobody claims it and it looks promissing.
      Do they join, do they stay out, why would they do either?

    • @emanueleacquati
      @emanueleacquati Рік тому +104

      Interesting those questions, specially the first one. I could only answer to the third one, and my answer is yes. Italy would have been stronger and still have had it's interest on the corn of Africa and Libya. Probably Italy would have also try to gain more territories that were under french control. The interest of Italy always was to make the Roman Empire come back with a new and modern face, so making the empire as much as big as it can it surely would have try to do that. The sentiment of making Italy the perfect and glory successors of Roman Empire, the father of Italy, is still present nowadays. Also, it was highly probabile that fascism wouldn't have had ever born and Italy would have had turned into a parliamentary monarchy, like UK

    • @emanueleacquati
      @emanueleacquati Рік тому +4

      *it surely was the goal

    • @bigchungusdriplord2301
      @bigchungusdriplord2301 Рік тому +90

      @@emanueleacquati ok the corn of Africa is probably the funniest accidental mispelling I've ever seen

    • @emanueleacquati
      @emanueleacquati Рік тому +20

      @@bigchungusdriplord2301 idk if it's correct. In Italian we call it the corn of Africa and i once hear it from a british person so i assumed that it was used in english too if it's not like that, my bad

  • @ryannathaniel9296
    @ryannathaniel9296 Рік тому +232

    I know technically they aren't a nation per se, but I would love to see one about the Habsburgs. Seeing how they would consolidate their various disparate holdings across Europe into a single pan-European Habsburg state

    • @lmvr127
      @lmvr127 Рік тому +18

      That would also include a successful Habsburg Mexico, making them a global-wide Dynasty

    • @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500
      @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500 4 місяці тому +2

      Nice, he actually did do this

  • @MikaelNevear
    @MikaelNevear Рік тому +569

    One for France would also be interesting, especially post-Napoleon. France had their falling birthrates, threats from Germany, and playing second fiddle to Britain. It would be interesting to see what a superpower France would look like without being able to steamroll everyone as they were in the Napoleonic era

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 Рік тому +23

      Birth rate wasn't really falling it was just that thanks to the Napoleonic codes life was much better for commoners and everything was shared equally to the siblings not just the eldest child got everything, so more children meant a greatly divided wealth

    • @DaDa-ui3sw
      @DaDa-ui3sw Рік тому +25

      France 'playing second fiddle to Britain' is an overstatement: throughout the 19th century France was still the most powerful country in continental Europe, even though the Franco-Prussian war put an halt to it for some times.

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 Рік тому +15

      @@DaDa-ui3sw Great Britain had a far better colonial game though, plus their island really came through for them.

    • @grandmanitou6563
      @grandmanitou6563 Рік тому +16

      @@sebe2255 The power of GB at the time is vastly overrated, while they were very rich and had the largest colonial empire, their soft and hard power couldn't compete with the likes of France, the same way no one could attack their homeland because of the superior navy they possessed, they couldn't defeat anyone that used a technology more advanced than spears and bows in a land battle.

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 Рік тому +18

      @@grandmanitou6563 Sounds a bit like cope. Why worry about fighting land battles when you can become the world’s leading country without it

  • @darthzayexeet3653
    @darthzayexeet3653 Рік тому +86

    That was a great scenario, but I would love to see a possible “Großdeutschland” solution, where the German Empire annexes Switzerland and Austria.

    • @ruin8891
      @ruin8891 10 місяців тому +9

      The other European powers wouldn’t let that happen, the threat would be too great.

    • @sandjaarx
      @sandjaarx 9 місяців тому +11

      Switzerland would have likely remained whole, as breaking off to join other countries wasn't popular back then, only perhaps in 1918 during a short time where Switzerland's existance was on Edge after WWI. Austria however is very likely. If the Austro-Hungarian empire was dissolved or reduced passively and no one could go against Germany, Austria and allies, it's likely Austria would've joined Germany. Other than modern Austria joining, the borders of German Austria (a post-WWI rump state, predecessor to interwar Austria) would've likely been included as well, and possibly the rest of Czeckia, as seeing ethnic maps, the population was slowly becoming German, which can be seen in our world between 1918 and 1938 with the growth ot Sudeten Germans. Other lands could be added but aren't as likely, except possibly Slovenia and Istria, to gain ports in the Adriatic sea, part of the Mediterranean.

    • @WhizzKid2012
      @WhizzKid2012 6 місяців тому

      Annexing 🇨🇭 is impossible their are 🗻 there

    • @shimanopetermann9068
      @shimanopetermann9068 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@sandjaarx With Austria I would say it depends on their system of state. Even if the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved prior to WWI, as long as the Austrian parts (Austria and Bohemia/Czechia) remained monarchies under the house of Habsburg-Lorraine (which is likely), they would've never joined the German Empire willingly without war as that would've been the biggest humiliation for the Habsburgs. Not only would they have had to give up their title "Emperor of Austria" - as there can only be one Emperor in one country - the house of Habsburg-Lorraine which had been dominating the German speaking world for centuries before 1866 would've had to accept Prussia as their superior. This humiliation they would've never accepted. It is nore likely that the Austrian parts of Austria-Hungary would've remained an independent Empire of Austria in this scenario. Only the events of our timeline, which saw the abolition of the monarchy in Austria as a result of the defeat in WWI would've lead to these lands joining Germany, which, of course, also happened in our timeline with the Anschluss.

    • @TokitoZinn
      @TokitoZinn 17 днів тому

      If ima not wrong grossbdeutchland in austria and czequia right?

  • @ucminhvo295
    @ucminhvo295 Рік тому +47

    Actually Prussia try to established a diplomatic relationship with the ruling Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam at the time when the French began to invade Southern Vietnam, even try to sell us weapons like the Dreyse rifle and Gewehr 71 so the scenario with likely be Imperial Germany help the Nguyen dynasty kicked the French out of Indochina or the Germans keep Cochinchina (Southern Vietnam) only and forced the Nguyen dynasty to open up Vietnam for trade with the American and European.

  • @gustavotreze3193
    @gustavotreze3193 Рік тому +88

    One other idea not explored in this video was the plan of the Kaiser in 1889 to invade Brazil (who turned a republic in that year) and put a guy of the Saxe-Coburg dynasty in the power of Brazil. This plan wasn't used in real life, but a Brazil with military training and equipments from Germany would be a good ally on America

    • @Vitorruy1
      @Vitorruy1 Рік тому

      the weak brazilian government would not be able to contain the inevitable anti-german revolts, Brazil would be a drain on the german empire requiring constant ocupation.

    • @diogenesoliveira6473
      @diogenesoliveira6473 Рік тому +16

      Wow, I had no idea. Certainly would make for something interesting happening geopolitically down here, nothing ever does in these alternate timelines

    • @GlizzyGoblin757
      @GlizzyGoblin757 Рік тому

      why put a saxe coburg on the throne and not a hohenzollern?

    • @gustavotreze3193
      @gustavotreze3193 11 місяців тому +13

      ​​@@GlizzyGoblin757 because that guy was married with the daughter of Dom Pedro II
      Edit: and he would have the support of the Brazilian Navy, as he was a leader of the Navy

  • @ribspice1238
    @ribspice1238 Рік тому +302

    Very interesting idea! Would love to see a version of this where Scotland becomes the dominant power on the British Isles, forming a worldwide empire.

    • @tateullock7236
      @tateullock7236 Рік тому +21

      gross

    • @echidnanatsuki882
      @echidnanatsuki882 Рік тому +33

      That would be weird and unrealistic even if things always favours Scotland because Scotland unlike England has a lower population and is very Mountainous which is not good if you want to increase your Population and Manpower.

    • @big_slurp4603
      @big_slurp4603 Рік тому +1

      Lol no

    • @NelsonDiscovery
      @NelsonDiscovery Рік тому +29

      Scotland did become the dominant power on the british isles. And it did form a worldwide empire.

    • @AnthroCatTidal
      @AnthroCatTidal Рік тому +12

      Fun idea but even if Scotland was able to fend off England permanently they wouldent have the resources or population to build a large empire

  • @Natpad_027
    @Natpad_027 Рік тому +62

    Kaiserboos living in their appartement in Dellas: Holy fuck, tgis is the best timeline!!!

  • @MrReVersed
    @MrReVersed Рік тому +20

    Btw the Danish king offered the king of Sweden and Norway his spot as King of Denmark, because he wanted to just rule Holstein to not upset Prussia and Austria, so its not impossible that The Swedish and Norwegian king become a ruler in the German confederation if Denmark is included, that would make for a potential ally that would be all of Scandinavia.

    • @fallout44454
      @fallout44454 10 місяців тому +2

      As a Swede that would be awesome

  • @emanueleacquati
    @emanueleacquati Рік тому +199

    Many people have to understand how important Italy was, when it formed itself, to Europe in that situation, and this guy perfectly shows it. I really love your videos and i would like to see a little more focus on Italy through history, like if Italy formed itself in 1300 how Europe would have looked like

    • @alexzero3736
      @alexzero3736 Рік тому +12

      I m interested too, but 1454 would be more realistic date for creation of Italy. ( Italic league)

    • @emanueleacquati
      @emanueleacquati Рік тому +1

      @@alexzero3736 yeah probably

    • @GameyRaccoon
      @GameyRaccoon 4 місяці тому

      Says the Italian

  • @LegianYT
    @LegianYT Рік тому +87

    Another version of this that might be nice is for Japan, as it's one of the countries this could work especially well for (considering the rather limited number of very big mistakes namely the Strike South doctrine)

  • @loui2bolus265
    @loui2bolus265 Рік тому +47

    A part 2 of this would be amazing

  • @chinesetaxevader
    @chinesetaxevader Рік тому +129

    id like to see one about either austria-hungary or the ottomans (smaller powers would be cool too)

    • @ErminDedicNT
      @ErminDedicNT Рік тому +9

      The only alternate universe different from the abomination that austra-hungary is would be Franz Ferdinand not being killed and taking the throne. That would mean a much better long term relation with the Balkan nations (never perfect though). As for the Ottomans, hard to find any good ending for them without going back 200 years further.

    • @ottersirotten4290
      @ottersirotten4290 Рік тому +3

      @@ErminDedicNT That wouldnt solve the underlining Issues that led to WWI though. I say, if it wasnt for to "offing" of Prinz Franz Ferdinand, something else would had triggered WWI

    • @KingAgniKai
      @KingAgniKai 7 місяців тому +1

      I want to see everything go perfect for the Ottomans

  • @pahtar7189
    @pahtar7189 Рік тому +30

    I like the notion of Benelux unifying and focusing on trade, perhaps gaining any non-French parts of northern France and any non-German parts of northwest Germany. They could do what Qatar is doing in our timeline, making itself an indispensable hub for commercial sea (and eventually air) traffic, shipbuilding, etc. In our timeline they have first, second, and fourth busiest ports in Europe, but if optimized they would also be the rail hub. With t/he Hague, they would eventually become effectively the capital of Europe, perhaps dominating it much as the Grand Duchy of Moscow came to dominate Russia and oversee a vast empire.

    • @truekingoferebor5676
      @truekingoferebor5676 Рік тому +6

      There aren't really non-German parts in northwestern Germany; instead, there are some German parts in the Benelux area.

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 11 місяців тому +3

      ⁠@@truekingoferebor5676 Just one is actually German Eupen, which is tiny. There are some parts of Germany which you could see as Dutch though, for example the Limburgish speaking region in Germany

    • @karlmuller4764
      @karlmuller4764 6 місяців тому +1

      @@sebe2255
      If you argue that Limburgish is Dutch, you’re just opening a tin of worms you don’t want to open.
      It’s it’s own language, you could claim just as easily that Limburgish is just a dialect of German really.
      The Rhineland speaks Limburgish, while also very clearly speaking German, does that make the Limburgish Regions in the Benelux countries German as well?
      It definitely doesn’t.

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 6 місяців тому

      @@karlmuller4764 It obviously is. Limburgish is a regional language that is closer to Standard Dutch than it is to standard German. It was also the first of the Dutch regional languages to develop a literary tradition. And ultimately the vast majority of Limburgish people have identified with a Dutch culture and entity and not a German one
      Also “the Rhineland” doesn’t speak Limburgish. It is a relatively small part of the border region in Germany. Currently the German parts of the language are almost dead and primarily spoken by a few old people. It is not like people in Düsseldorf actually still speak Limburgish (the same goes for Klevelandish, another “Dutch” regional language which is also not really spoken in Germany anymore).
      Ultimately this is an alt history video, and the Limburgish and Klevelandish regions could easily have been seen as Dutch as well. Especially because German is more of a merger identity than Dutch is. But Obviously no one who currently lives in that (former) language zone identifies as Dutch. Just as how no one in the Low Countries identifies as German.

  • @ethandornton355
    @ethandornton355 9 місяців тому +38

    I definitely appreciate you having Germany adopt Denmark into the German empire, I’ve been trying to find alternate history channels that will talk about this, but very very very few have. Thank you for this video!!!!

  • @wargamesmaster
    @wargamesmaster Рік тому +72

    Does that mean that other videos on if everything went perfect for other nations (ancient or modern) will be made?

    • @possiblehistory
      @possiblehistory  Рік тому +58

      Absolutely

    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +16

      @@possiblehistory Awesome! Looking forward to Austria-Hungary! Go Habsburgs!

    • @wargamesmaster
      @wargamesmaster Рік тому +9

      @@possiblehistory Great! I'm looking forward to (not in any order):
      France
      England
      Russia
      Ottomans
      Incas
      Aztecs
      Rome
      Persia
      Greece (post revolution against the Ottomans)
      Ancient Greece (like, when Alexander the Great was alive)
      Japan
      Byzantium (I definitively see the Greek/eastern part of Rome replacing the Ottomans with the same borders they had at their greatest)

    • @adamrogowski2748
      @adamrogowski2748 Рік тому +2

      ​@@possiblehistory looking forward to Poland

    • @kenos911
      @kenos911 Рік тому +3

      @@wargamesmaster everything did go perfect for alexander the great, he got all he wanted and i find it really hard to believe it wouldn't end up collapsing in the same exact way

  • @KawaiiCanadafreememes
    @KawaiiCanadafreememes Рік тому +15

    I feel like Lithuania should still be independent, maybe with no coast.
    Lithuania never really had a German elite and iirc there were no German plans to colonise the country like other Baltic states

  • @PaintTheWorld911
    @PaintTheWorld911 Рік тому +35

    I’d like to see a video like this but about France starting from their loss in the Napoleonic wars

  • @oliverhendrix8176
    @oliverhendrix8176 Рік тому +10

    13:42 I don’t think Italy would enter this version of the Great War unless France was about to fall as France doesn’t have anything that Italy wants.

    • @simulacrumpilot2777
      @simulacrumpilot2777 11 місяців тому +1

      It's very likely that France would be hostile towards Italy in this timeline because of their loss of territories like Corsica.

    • @tahamuhammad1814
      @tahamuhammad1814 9 місяців тому +1

      Bro France has Italian-speaking Corsica, what do you mean it has nothing Italy wants?

    • @oliverhendrix8176
      @oliverhendrix8176 9 місяців тому

      @@tahamuhammad1814 Not at 13:42

    • @mrsillytacos
      @mrsillytacos 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@tahamuhammad1814bro Corsica wasn't Italian for 100 years at the time what r u on 💀

    • @tahamuhammad1814
      @tahamuhammad1814 9 місяців тому +1

      @@mrsillytacos I mean it's culture and language was Italian

  • @robbsclock2675
    @robbsclock2675 Рік тому +50

    Really interesting and fun concept! I am looking forward what nations you will cover next.

    • @goofygrandlouis6296
      @goofygrandlouis6296 11 місяців тому

      A bit ridiculous.
      It's against European rules.
      Become too strong, and the other nations will ALL ally against you. No exceptions.

  • @6Pokefan9Hatt
    @6Pokefan9Hatt Рік тому +6

    Luxembourg not having a Germanic king despite being in the HRE: I am too strong!

  • @kaspernoe1751
    @kaspernoe1751 Рік тому +3

    Great Video, a topic which I always wanted to hear. I really liked the way you approach the topic.

  • @idk-sd2kn
    @idk-sd2kn 10 місяців тому +5

    The fact that german unification is almost the same as in our timeline really tells how competent Bismarck was

  • @darthzayexeet3653
    @darthzayexeet3653 Рік тому +6

    I wondered what would have happened if there was a revolution in the Austrian Empire and the Kaiserreich annexed the Austrian and Czech parts and made the new Hungarian Kingdom its ally.

  • @Null_ify550
    @Null_ify550 Рік тому +18

    Great video as always. Very interesting concept I would love to see this done with other countries the ones I'm most interested to see are Polish-lithuenian Commonwealth, Ireland and DRC but I will be exicited to see other nations as well (I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes english isn't my first language)

  • @echidnanatsuki882
    @echidnanatsuki882 Рік тому +14

    Interesting Idea. You should also do this for other countries such as Britain, France, Russia, the US, Japan, Poland, etc.

  • @lohtupottu
    @lohtupottu Рік тому +6

    This sound like a prefect concept for a series.

  • @greatscott7691
    @greatscott7691 Рік тому +12

    Would you consider doing another of these but using 1815 as the starting point? I've always found that post-Congress of Vienna period to be a fascinating time for alternate histories.

  • @DemoncracyFucker66
    @DemoncracyFucker66 Рік тому +226

    You never fail to impress me and always make spectacular ideas for your videos. You guys really deserve 1M subs!

    • @savagedarksider2147
      @savagedarksider2147 Рік тому +8

      I will not fail, my master.

    • @YaBoiBaxter2024
      @YaBoiBaxter2024 Рік тому +4

      Agreed, Chancellor! All hail the empire!

    • @geokou7645
      @geokou7645 Рік тому +1

      The empire is Germany change my mind (the new republic is Weimar Republic and the new order funny mustache man Germany)

  • @KufLMAO
    @KufLMAO Рік тому +4

    I forgot this wasn’t alternate history hub right after I started watching because the register and cadence of your voice is so similar to Cody, until about 30 seconds in when I started to wonder why he was putting on a foreign accent 🤣

  • @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500
    @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500 4 місяці тому +3

    Bro did not just call Vietnam "China" in that thumbnail 💀

    • @herrforesight7444
      @herrforesight7444 4 місяці тому +2

      I mean 👀

    • @beans00001
      @beans00001 4 місяці тому +1

      erm I believe it’s because it would be an Asian colony in indochina that is connected to China proper

    • @Holy_224
      @Holy_224 13 днів тому

      There was a small part of china

  • @davidbalogun7569
    @davidbalogun7569 Рік тому +6

    Your next one should be Greece/Eaastern Roman Empire. Loads of time periods to choose, post basil ii, komnenian restoration, laskarid dynasty, Catherine's greek plan, megali idea

  • @supremephantomhive1737
    @supremephantomhive1737 Рік тому +1

    Please do a part two for this it seems so realistic and possible and honeslty interesting and fun

  • @reisecat782
    @reisecat782 10 місяців тому +8

    There are many talks about "What if Germany won WW1/WW2" but it is also very interesting to see a video "What if everything went perfect for Imperial Japan". Probably it would be a similar situation to the Japan state in "The man in the high castle" but i am not sure

    • @anvos658
      @anvos658 7 місяців тому +1

      That is rather unlikely as a positive outcome for Imperial Japan, realistically relies on not antagonizing the USA and selling themselves as a Pacific Counterbalance to communism.

  • @jackezzpanzer
    @jackezzpanzer Рік тому +3

    This video entirely really helps jog my brain especially for the story plot I have, literally if Germany had its way as the prologue of it

  • @Vextonomy
    @Vextonomy Рік тому +1

    Man you’re so underrated! You better reach 100k subs

  • @Mr.MR2111
    @Mr.MR2111 Рік тому +6

    But now lets imagine if Russia and France just dissapeared out of tin air.

    • @Vitorruy1
      @Vitorruy1 Рік тому +5

      but if you close your eyes....

  • @Astillion
    @Astillion Рік тому +11

    Great video! But I feel that Sweden might also join Germany in this alternative WWI and reclaim Finland from Russia, further weakening them. And if the Ottoman Empire remained a German ally in this alternative WWI, and did much better (which seems likely), they would also keep their holdings in The Middle East, and maybe even claim some lands from Russia. Further weakening Russia, Britain and France, and laying the groundwork for a much needed strong ally in a potential Second World War.

  • @christiandevey3898
    @christiandevey3898 Рік тому +41

    This is an interesting concept, I would like to see you continue with this. I’d be interested in a similar one on either Canada or the U.S.

    • @emperorsiemamappers3677
      @emperorsiemamappers3677 Рік тому

      can't wait for americans winning the 1812 war

    • @Clemens.
      @Clemens. Рік тому +5

      Our timeline is basically the one for the US 😂

    • @christiandevey3898
      @christiandevey3898 Рік тому

      @@Clemens. I was thinking something like they get the entirety of the Oregon territory (British Columbia), WWI peace deal follows Willson's 14 points. that type of thing

    • @mrsillytacos
      @mrsillytacos 9 місяців тому +1

      They just did do one with the US now

  • @hiya4034
    @hiya4034 Рік тому +1

    i love you videos PH keep it up

  • @b3nster
    @b3nster Рік тому +2

    Nice Concept!
    I would love to see a video like that about the Hanseatic League❤

  • @aravindhanil7235
    @aravindhanil7235 Рік тому +6

    Would love to see a version of this for every Great Powers

  • @capsaicin938
    @capsaicin938 Рік тому +4

    Bro really let himself go with this scenario
    Poor France

  • @blitzkrieg1941
    @blitzkrieg1941 Рік тому +9

    The greatest ending in human history

  • @nikolatodorovic70
    @nikolatodorovic70 Рік тому +5

    Could you make this is series? I thing it would be fun to see "perfect" timelines for countries

  • @EvonLanvish
    @EvonLanvish Рік тому +3

    That is very interesting video idea.

  • @londegel
    @londegel Рік тому +6

    You should try a benelux country. While their ambitions themselves arent much, their perfect scenario would have to include germany not going through the benelux in either world war, which IS interesting

    • @pahtar7189
      @pahtar7189 Рік тому +2

      I like the notion of Benelux unifying and focusing on trade. They could do what Qatar is doing in our timeline, making itself an indispensable hub for commercial sea (and eventually air) traffic, shipbuilding, etc. In our timeline they have first, second, and fourth busiest ports in Europe, but if optimized they would also be the rail hub. With the Hague, they would eventually become effectively the capital of Europe, perhaps dominating it much as the Grand Duchy of Moscow came to dominate Russia and oversee a vast empire.

    • @shamsishraq6831
      @shamsishraq6831 Рік тому +4

      Or imagine if the United Kingdom of the Netherlands existed. They would probably let Germany go through their land though, potentially making WW1 significantly shorter.

  • @guslarz
    @guslarz Рік тому +2

    Really good idea for a series

  • @emilianohermosilla3996
    @emilianohermosilla3996 Рік тому +1

    A great idea and video!

  • @Mr_OogaBooga
    @Mr_OogaBooga Рік тому +4

    Yay new vid!!!

  • @eduardoboehringer
    @eduardoboehringer Рік тому +7

    thank you, next victoria 3 campaigns will be far more interesting with this series

  • @ChristianSannino1904
    @ChristianSannino1904 9 місяців тому +1

    Great video!

  • @STCTZenzas
    @STCTZenzas Рік тому

    Can’t wait for part 2!

  • @Sumsuch000
    @Sumsuch000 Рік тому +30

    Here's a weird thought. What if instead of the Franco-Prussian war, a Franco-Prussian alliance?

    • @grandmanitou6563
      @grandmanitou6563 Рік тому +13

      Impossible, from it's inception the German identity was formed as an off shoot of the Frankish Empire, they needed to prove that they were the true heirs to Charlemagne and France's mere existence is a thorn in that vision.

    • @lucat8004
      @lucat8004 Рік тому

      Okay, let’s not forget that France was a united nation since decades. Thus German states were often a pawn for the powerful France. However, the origin of German nationalism is on the one hand an academic and intellectual pride of great philosophers like Kant or poets like Goethe etc. And on the far more important other hand the common enemy France, especially in the wars of liberation against Napoleon. France wanted to spread the world with it's liberal values such as "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" and hypocritically occupied many German Territories. So, German nationalism is originally but partially an act of liberation. The later Prussian Reich's aim was surely to weaken France and it's dominant position within Europe, but even the Nazis didn’t want to raze France completely out.

    • @stevenkaranov6801
      @stevenkaranov6801 7 місяців тому +2

      Franco-prussian alliance could be a thing if only wilhelm 1 and german nobility didnt annex the alsace lorraine after the war

    • @karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547
      @karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 7 місяців тому +3

      @@grandmanitou6563what no it wasn’t ? It was based on millennia of history of the HRE and Charlemagne was far less relevant then people like Otto or Barbarossa

    • @alejandroarroyo5124
      @alejandroarroyo5124 3 місяці тому

      That sounds too unlikely

  • @cameroonemperor755
    @cameroonemperor755 Рік тому +3

    Do post Napoleonice France next!
    Would be interestning to make Napoleon the III's ambitions and plans come to fruition
    Or maybe the USA post civil war, would be interestning to see your take since Whatifalthist made kind of that whit his super power USA video

  • @Waffles9255
    @Waffles9255 Рік тому +1

    I would love to see a part two please!

  • @milanista5303
    @milanista5303 Рік тому +1

    Love this new series.

  • @MrInkSpot
    @MrInkSpot Рік тому +6

    You could do a version of this type of thing, but with the Dutch Empire instead. So, I'd assume it starting from 1642 or something, where the Dutch beat off the Spanish from their short lived holdings in Chile and keep bits of Chile. Then, they'd have to keep Dutch Brazil (New Holland), an idea I'm rather fond of, and after the Napoleonic Wars keep South Africa and keep New Amsterdam after the British try to take it in 1673. The GWC does not fail and die, but instead manages things efficiently. I'd also assume that the Dutch would colonise all or the majority of New Holland (the second New Holland, or Australia) and expand their influence throughout the whole East Indies, up the Malay Peninsula and probably into India. It would be a very interesting video to watch. Thank you for reading.

  • @hans7821
    @hans7821 Рік тому +34

    Ah the best of all timelines.

  • @someretardedgamer6958
    @someretardedgamer6958 Рік тому

    Great video would love to see more like this
    Perhaps you could do Slovakia or Bulgaria next?

  • @theberetdepression8217
    @theberetdepression8217 9 місяців тому

    at 0:32 when germany zoomed in that part of austria hungary perfectly fit in

  • @RosTheXD
    @RosTheXD Рік тому +33

    Germany was the only ever country to do good on Bulgaria true its history, sadly nowadays Germany isn't the same good old Germany 😢 🇧🇬🤝🇩🇪

    • @jiyu4227
      @jiyu4227 10 місяців тому +7

      Like playing expansive and aggressive while taking the useful Bulgarian ally into a war?
      I mean, pleasure having Bulgarian allies but you know, we aren't too keen on this whole world domination anymore😅
      At least through wars 😎

    • @mrsillytacos
      @mrsillytacos 9 місяців тому +5

      "Germany should be in its good old days" - 👴

    • @flamer6566
      @flamer6566 6 місяців тому

      ​​@@mrsillytacos The Empire wasn't bad. And the Nazi regime was France's and Britain's fault. If they stepped in after the fall of the Weimar Republic the war wouldn't have happen. Germany may was the bomb but the entante were the ones who lit the fuse and did nothing to stop the bomb from exploding. They are just as guilty as the Nazis

  • @katanabluejay
    @katanabluejay Рік тому +3

    Love this video and it's concept!
    Would love to see a "What If Everything went PERFECT For Imperial Japan"

    • @NewYorkBall559
      @NewYorkBall559 Рік тому

      seems like the USA is going to be a big big problem in that one…

  • @zzeegermantube
    @zzeegermantube 3 місяці тому +2

    Good on you for paying attention to the offering of the Spanish crown to a Hohenzollern. When I first read about this I face palmed myself, thinking why the hell didn't the Germans go ahead with that after winning the war against France? Just like you said, my first thought was, possible two-front war against France in an alternate WWI. Even if Spain hadn't joined or only done so later, the French would have had to keep a certain number of troops on their border with Spain.

  • @cuh5018
    @cuh5018 Рік тому

    Amazing video, bravo

  • @234n9
    @234n9 Рік тому +3

    Please this, but for france

  • @septillion.
    @septillion. Рік тому +3

    Now this brings a smile to my face.

  • @Loremeister737
    @Loremeister737 Рік тому +2

    Can we get an ottoman alternate history on the Ottomans Next time
    Would love to see how the ottomans would look had they industrialized earlier and homogenized their nation by creatijg polices to make their empire more united

  • @et4235
    @et4235 Рік тому +2

    I love this concept

  • @nadri3335
    @nadri3335 Рік тому +5

    i think there would be more spanish involvement in the final german-francoist war, spain could gain a lot of territories in the pirinees, and colonies in morrocco and algeria. But regardless i like that they keep cuba and the filipines, it just make sense if they are friends with the russians.

  • @crusader2112
    @crusader2112 Рік тому +29

    The German fan-boy in me loves this. Lol 😂👍 Fur Den Kaiser!!!
    P.S. Can you do a what if Poland & former Warsaw Pact/SU countries form an Intermarium instead of joining the EU.

  • @thestra247
    @thestra247 6 місяців тому

    Do a part two of this please!

  • @swishercutterx7456
    @swishercutterx7456 6 місяців тому +2

    Germany taking Denmark implies that Germany has Greenland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands as well.

  • @marcobisi7768
    @marcobisi7768 Рік тому +3

    A video using this format on the Netherlands woukd be cool, they had quite the potential but then Napoleon(and the Brits) happened.

  • @acadea1232
    @acadea1232 Рік тому +4

    Great video! I would love to see this format applied to a minor country like Greece, Serbia or Romania!

  • @PebbIe.
    @PebbIe. Рік тому +2

    Do the same video but with Britain, I would love that.

  • @genjoh2645
    @genjoh2645 Рік тому

    Please make more what if like this

  • @MarcosArranzSoriano
    @MarcosArranzSoriano Рік тому +3

    I think Hasburg Spain would be cool

  • @shreksswamp5721
    @shreksswamp5721 Рік тому +7

    You should do the same for the other central Powers

  • @greeneanimations3660
    @greeneanimations3660 11 місяців тому +1

    You should do this for the Kingdom of Italy from unification to the end of the 20th century

  • @r1prc
    @r1prc Рік тому

    Nice one! Can you do something like this for Italy?

  • @mohadk3022
    @mohadk3022 Рік тому +3

    Can you do a "what if France had the same population growth as the other great powers " ?

  • @agreatmanlookingtotheright
    @agreatmanlookingtotheright Рік тому +28

    Could easily just rename this to "What if America was actually isolationist"

    • @Alpatrixx
      @Alpatrixx Рік тому +2

      underrated comment
      (if you are looking at my comment in the future, and this comment blows up dont say "ThIs CoMmEnT iSnT uNdErRaTeD" as i am writing this when the comment is at 9 likes)

    • @brendapaet8752
      @brendapaet8752 Рік тому

      This comment isn't underrated and so is British naval dominance

    • @oofyboi5357
      @oofyboi5357 Рік тому +1

      The comment is as underrated as Uzbek history. So very.
      Same Disclaimer as Alpatrix‘.
      This Reply was written when the Comment had 17 likes.

  • @lucaswiese6
    @lucaswiese6 7 місяців тому

    Waiting for Part 2

  • @themememan2738
    @themememan2738 Рік тому +1

    you just gave me the perfect idea for my next victoria 3 campaign 😂

  • @eli-vr1oc
    @eli-vr1oc 9 місяців тому +3

    if Germany won the german-austrian war I think they would have taken Sudetenland since it still had a lot of Germans

  • @lukasj1980
    @lukasj1980 Рік тому +3

    Possible history - What if everything went perfect for imperial Germany? or safe space and mental healthcare for us germans after a stressful day 😂

  • @DJPJ.
    @DJPJ. Рік тому

    This sounds realy nice👌🏻

  • @4realm8rusirius
    @4realm8rusirius Рік тому +2

    My recommendation would be Bulgaria next because almost everything went wrong with Bulgaria

  • @FfFf-gi1hd
    @FfFf-gi1hd Рік тому +3

    I’d love to see a similar video to this for the USA, good video!

  • @NovikNikolovic
    @NovikNikolovic Рік тому +5

    "The Germans had the power to dominate the whole continent"
    Funny enough, I had a kind of dumb idea which would be a monarchist version of the EU, where every country with a (then) currently German royal on the throne, would be part of the union by 1914.

    • @ceciliavaldez843
      @ceciliavaldez843 Рік тому

      That sounds kinda cool.

    • @NovikNikolovic
      @NovikNikolovic Рік тому +2

      @@ceciliavaldez843 it would be, but it would also be extremely hard to maintain as almost all of them had German royalty and still fought each other like cats and dogs 😅

    • @ceciliavaldez843
      @ceciliavaldez843 Рік тому

      @@NovikNikolovic ahh, politics at its finest

  • @ektekp
    @ektekp Рік тому +2

    Wanna hear about a funny alternative ending ? France not letting austria getting crushed in 1866 and entering the war which would mean no germany in 1871.

  • @alkd7360
    @alkd7360 Рік тому +1

    I love this video

  • @ezrajrperida100
    @ezrajrperida100 Рік тому +564

    Best German timeline = Worst timeline for most of Europe

    • @maykllidoniii2620
      @maykllidoniii2620 Рік тому +137

      I think that's for all countries as there best timeline usually results in the balance of power being destroyed

    • @Mr_OogaBooga
      @Mr_OogaBooga Рік тому +148

      Not really, AH Italy Balkans and Russia are all doing pretty good, Hell even spain is probably better

    • @theultimatefreak666
      @theultimatefreak666 Рік тому +127

      Absolutely wrong, most of Europe would be German and being German is obviously the best thing ever

    • @wan1edguy382
      @wan1edguy382 Рік тому +3

      True

    • @clouds-rb9xt
      @clouds-rb9xt Рік тому +31

      @@theultimatefreak666 >t. Hans Frankenweinerschnitzel Hohenzollern Von Habsburg VII Duke of Hamburg & Bayern

  • @TypdersichderTypnenn
    @TypdersichderTypnenn Рік тому +3

    To think that a war between great powers in the 1910s would take "a month at most" 😂

  • @deltainfinium869
    @deltainfinium869 Рік тому +1

    I'd love to see a video like this for Austria-Hungary and also Bulgaria!

  • @SoullessFoxy
    @SoullessFoxy 10 місяців тому

    That was really interesting, i would like to see One with Italy or Sweden!