What if America Had Nuked China?
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2017
- During the Korean War, General MacArthur had a plan. A plan to nuke China 50 times to win the war in a matter of days. Nothing wrong about that huh? So what if America had nuked China?
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"its like taking out a grenade during a little league hockey brawl" - Best line
Provocateur they aren't going to do that and even if they do they will fight later over the spoilers of war
Is-lame haha thats a good one
If hockey was allowed in war
canada would obliterate every other country
Chaotic good
Piroclanidis Russia called they said nope...
Douglas MacArthur: "Nuke em"
Harry Truman: "No"
Douglas MacArthur: "NUKE EM"
Harry Truman: "NO"
Douglas MacArthur: "Aw come on!"
Harry Truman: "You're fired!"
Jeffrey Herrera dude your really messed up what’s wrong with you?
Jeffrey Herrera you fat illbred boy
Jeffrey Herrera I think you’re crazy
@Jeffrey Herrera oh come on that's a bit harsh, sure he/she smells a bit but I wouldn't say they're revolting!
Jeffrey Herrera I’m in charge now to the GULAG
Truman: "All weapons are on the table"
MacArthur, circa 1951: *Oh yea, this is big brain time*
Someone should have assassinated Truman and let McArthur gained approval.
I seriously despised North Korea.
Its a mockery that shouldn't even exist.
@@rogueascendant6611 As much as I hate North Korea, I do not by any stretch believe that assassinating Truman would be the answer
@@rogueascendant6611 isint north korea an irrelevant state nobody cares about though? hardly worth getting rid of a president over.
@@tctlunar3488 it wasnt the answer, Its the question. THE ANSWER IS YES
@@sorcierenoire8651 No
USA: *didn’t nuke China*
Soviet Union in 1969: Fine, I’ll do it myself
Nixon: 😯
Sorry I don't get this reference, what are you talking about
@@duncanreeves225 On March1969, Sino-Soviet relationship broke apart due to The Battle of ZhengBao Island.
@@milokaw4193 but the USSR didn't nuke China in that conflict
@@duncanreeves225
After China took over ZhengBao Island, Soviet threatened China to return the land or else they will nuke Beijing.
During 70's~80's, China has tight relationship with USA. In order to further tightening the relationship, USA provide nuclear protection to China (if Soviet nuke China, USA will nuke Soviet)
Hence, Soviet then not dare to nuke China
@@milokaw4193 thanks, I didn't know that
China would develop anime, their population will slowly dwindle, and the only reason China would hate Japan is over the waifu wars
Ringkun Mori I will never understand your kind
Ringkun Mori Great Waifu War of 2017
+Ringkun Mori You do realize your theory is already happening right? Their population is aging, recently has to repel the one-child policy because birth rates were too low. They hate Japan's waifu cultural power so much that they had to develop crappy anime knockoffs.
it would trigger WAIFU WARS 3
Love myself some waifus
goo goo ga ga
-Atomic bomb, early 1950's
A-Bomb: How Are YOU??
H-Bomb: I'm YOU, But Stronger!!!
Atomic bomb really said: Use me for once.
boom boom bam bam
*_"It's not a phase mom!"_*
*_-Hydrogen bomb_*
@@justarandomsovietofficerwi2023 nice.
“ the Chinese crossed the border in *SECRET* “
Chinese soldier: * starts firing bullets *
For real, Chinese actually warned the U.S
@Justin y’all dropped bombs on our factory saying it was a “mistake” multiple times and sent planes to take picture of our military bases yall expect us to just sit and do nothing?
“America certainly does win the war.”
Ya don’t say...
Ya but it becomes a pyrrhic victory in a way. Cause it leads to WW3 and end of civilization.
What if micro transactions never existed?
$3.99 for answer
TyOrca 5 no more Activision
TyOrca 5 😂😂😂
We'd live in a paradise where no-one wants for anything and theres never any war
ooo ya
TyOrca 5 We would have a better games industry.
What if big smoke never ordered food?
Ahmed Mustafa My god...
Ahmed Mustafa black hole
Ahmed Mustafa ww3
Ahmed Mustafa we wouldn't have made fun of him
CJ would have followed the damn train
The “Glassing over China & turning the border into a nuclear wasteland” quote kills me every time 😂. Need more ‘Nuclear what if’s” videos
Imagine if we made a fusion bomb that didn’t require a fission bomb to set it off. There would be very little to no fallout. It would be as powerful as the H-bomb, with no long term side effects. Do you think we would have used the hell out of it?
Usa and russia: *takes notes*
The power to annihilate an entire city in an instance is still too dangerous.
it would be but the problem is no working pure fusion bomb exists as its a very damn difficult prospect but there also is a bit a fallout, it lasts about 3 times less but has way more radiation than normal fallout
@@30cal23 If we can learn to store antimatter, then you can use a few micrograms of that to initiate a fusion weapon. But we don't have that tech yet.
No, because the main problem with nuclear bombs is not that they leave behind radiation. For example, under normal circumstances it takes around 2 days for 99% of the generated radiation to disappear. You actually have to make special "dirty" bombs in order to have massive long lasting radiation.
China and US stick fighting
US "drops nukes"
China "dude what the fuck?!"
Artemis lmfaoo 😭😭
Europe:- DUDE!!?
I read that last statement in torrette's guy's voice
Artemis
Hahaha i dont get it.
In an alternate universe Cody is talking about an alternate history where America didn’t use nuclear bombs in the Korean war
no because we’d all be dead
@MrOverCritical1989 Then the soviets would have a reason to use nukes,and then we would all die.also i know this is an old comment
@MrOverCritical1989 Honestly, we would not die immediately, but by 2018 we would all be at best dead, at worst, living in a primal nightmare of winter, starvation and disease.
@@suggestiveguy they wouldn't use nukes because then USA could directly nuke russia.
Big dumb dumb
Alt. univ.
Cody: Hey its me again, today itll be another one of the Cody's campfire stories.
Audience1: Is it another one of those alternate history things again ?
Audience2: C'mon Cody, everytime its your turn you always go with this. Can't you tell something else ?
Audience3: Dudes, be thankful that you CAN hear stories at the campfire like this. From tommorrow morning we will be moving through another one of the city ruins. Till we cross it, which might take a week or two we have to be constantly on our guard. That means no stories from tommorrow night. Thats why it is better you shut up and enjoy what you get.
Cody: Yes, now listen, try to think what could've happened if that big nation...USA i think, would not have used that world ending bomb on that country...er, China probably.
Audience2: Thats the thing that started all this ain't it ? But why would it matter? Such a dangerous thing would have led to ruins eventually anyway don't you think ?
Cody: It might appear like that but think a bit harder. If that weapon wasn't used back then,...
It's scary to think this was even considered by MacArthur.
Why? I don't. We would have known more about the impacts of nukes very soon after that, and I don't see it not going back to MAD for very obvious reasons here.
He was a little bit screwed in the head whenever he saw himself humiliated
Someone should have assassinated Truman and let McArthur gained approval.
I seriously despised North Korea.
Its a mockery that shouldn't even exist.
@@rogueascendant6611 now now, let not talk about assassinating anyone, north korea wasn't meant to exist, but I don't think by taking out Truman The consideration would have been revoked.
It'll be better if communism never existed
“Using nuclear bombs against enemies in... Eastern Europe”
Is that how the Hungarian Uprising ends in this timeline?
Probably yes.
Nuke'em
Yes, along with Hungary
Warsaw Pact memebers could be nuclear test sites by this point
What if the United Kingdom never cracked the enigma code?
That's a good one, hope he sees this
That's awesome.
The 115 YES IT MUST BE DONE
Poland*
YES MAKE IT HAPPEN
In Another Timeline:
"What if we never nuked China?"
Daniel Awesome no fallout refe- oh wait your pfp
But the Chinese shot first...
@@xxheartbrokexx100 we must repay Alaska!
Cedric Crow It’s not that simple... I heard that if CCP did not enter the war, the USSR would, and meanwhile occupying the northeast of China, which was the most industrialized region at that time.
@@bigwhitesheep4451 Soviets did fight Japan for a brief period. For about a month. But USSR still got back some land Russian Empire lost in Russo-Japanese war.
Mcarthur would be laughing at you today
?
Why?
I am also curious.
Probally cause of tensions in China and Korea
because there Covid outbreak is gonna kill more people than those nukes would have
That’s why we used to call nukes “tactical” but now it’s a “strategic” weapon : you don’t let a tactician use a strategic weapon or the consequences might be dire.
Also, tactical nukes are low yield where strategic are high yield
@@Stacknasty69 True. Though, (AFAIK) the former have never been used so far. Doing so would have far-reaching diplomatic consequences and possibly open a floodgate no one wants to ever see open.
So it would make sense that, even if they are low yield, their launch would need approval from the government rather than being 100% a military decision.
Honestly an important distinction to make. Macarthur might not have been the most humble of men, nor the most reasonable, but the thinking surrounding nukes have changed quite a bit. For all the likes of macarthur was concerned, it was just another bomb, another cog to abuse in warfare. Now we have a different understanding, one that the atom bomb is more than just a tool. It's something that could end mankind.
Reagen be like
"Gorbachav, tear down this wa-"...
Wait, wrong quote.
"I hope you step on a lego"
and Russia says cyka blyat
SolarSunou we did that a few years ago didn't we
Ukraine wasn't smart enough to cover its borders with lego bricks. So when we invade, boom dead.
what if i had a girlfriend?
Girl? Friend? What are these things?
oh there unpredictable females who can be greedy gold diggers crippling you financially till you run dry and go for another.
Multiple universes would break
Blasphemy!
Ryan Mckenna Well thats a little far fetched isn't it, lets stay within the realm of possibility.
Basically, Macarthur got rekt by China then got triggered af.
he didn't really get rekt by them as his counter offensive against China did manage to keep the South free
You do realize over half a million Chinese soldiers died in the war while US causalities were only in the few thousand....the Chinese got rekt considering they had surprise and home advantage on their side..
"The use of Nuclear warheads, it would set up morale questions of its u-"
Me: -laughs in fallout with Davy Crockett nuclear catapult-
what if alternatehistoryhub was never created?
PylonBuffering A million people would suffer from depression.
We would be even dumber
PylonBuffering we will all be dead without Cody's sexy voice
Another channel would be.
PylonBuffering you wouldn't be here
So in my Hoi4 campaign, me and my pals flattened Stalingrad with 4 nukes
@Wilhelm II. lol
I'm from Ukraine and i like it!
MacArthur: FUCKING NUKE THEM.
ahh nothing can beat a good hoi4 game with ur homies
I can do you one better
I flattened japan by nuking every province at once
UA-cam has a sick sense of humor recommending this to me as I was talking about us - China relations
this was very well done!
Douglas "Gandhi" McArthur
LMFAO
Francesco Azzoni This is amazing
"Our words are backed with nuclear bombs"
it's so true XD
all the ppl who watch this that don't play Civ are going to be so confused... :P
Then you'd have a new fallout game.
IT’S ALMOST HARVESTING SEASON FALLOUT : NEW KOREA
Fallout irl
COUNTRY ROADS
I’d play it
@@v4mp1anth3m4 me 2
No one is laughing at General Douglas MacArthur now after the coronavirus.
Oh yeah, and, you know, maybe we could have another major war resulting in many thousand times more death than coronavirus caused...
And, uhh, maybe they'll nuke us back?
Why don't you try thinking?
Seriously they will laugh at people like you who thinks China is the only one to blame for this coronavirus.
@kupah Someone in China did caused the virus, but we were the once to spread it to our own nation.
And who said they're lying? Just because they controlled the virus better than our joke president did doesn't mean we get to say they're lying. We need to try to stop the virus, blaming it on them wouldn't help one bit.
Besides, we were talking about if we had nuked China back then during the Korean war. That would go terrible for both sides in the end.
@kupah lol as I had said we were the once to bring it in USA sure they caused it but it's not their fault we were infected. And the CIA is investigating? Can you show me your sources? Tell me some proof that they're lying as well or give me a reason why they would. Their cases aren't rising because they made going outside illegal in Wuhan how do you get infected if you don't go outside? We should be closing our cities as well.
Hispanic Warrior 哈哈哈哈哈
A great video as always.
What if congress got REALLY high and dropped the entire United States nuclear arsenal on Hell, Michigan?
Kim Jong The Choo Choo Train of Bel-Air then I'd probably be ded
plot twist,it was actually detroit.
While we cannot know for sure, I think that it would kill at least a couple dozen people living there.
would Detroit really be any different?
Well then the name of the place of the place would become a lot more accurate.
Also Michigan in general would probably become a radioactive wasteland. So not much would change, in fact it'd be an improvement as it would help balance the federal budget somewhat. That effect might be counterbalanced by increased spending in healthcare for the surrounding states though.
"I hope you step on a lego"
I LMAO
LuckyTuxRBLX That's worse than a nuke
LuckyTuxRBLX ｃｙｋａ ｂｌｙａｔ
That is such a savage thing to say, when I did that the hospital was full of reporters who wanted to hear my story XD
Bill Anderson id say its a tie
LuckyTuxRBLX thats what im gonna say for now on
No coronavirus
we wouldn't have the coronavirus
yeh. definitely, cause all the human beings wouldn't live before 21century
What if China attacked Alaska but America didn't make power armor
over 300 like, wow
Tym Avice lol, Fallout reference xD
Tym Avice XD
We'll never know for sure. But it's fun to theorize.
Tym Avice II
Interesting theory... Let me process that.
***Tactical asessement: red chinese victory... Impossible!***
8:00
US nukes China
USSR And China declare war on US
*USSR nuke europe*
Hey tf did we do now ?
Wololo l how can china declare war on US when chinas in ruins? oh wait
+Biggie Cheese
One problem with that assumption - as previously stated, the nukes would have been used tactically rather than destructively. The targets would be along the Chinese/North Korean border, only a small fraction of China. There would be plenty of China left to declare war afterwards.
you got instantly nuked by china and earth is doomed.
You know what NATO is?
That is why russia would nuke europe, they are what's the closest danger.
It was right after world war 2 Europe was still pretty much in ruins and American military was basically in control especially Germany and France
Some dude wouldn’t have eaten a bat
A very good video. I'm very thankful that we didn't nuke China back then, but I'm not so sure that it's a given that the Soviets would have used this as an excuse to start nuking other countries around them. I do think that this would have made other Cold War standoffs more scary, but I'm not certain that it would have increased the likelihood of a nuclear exchange. I think that the results of this would have scared everyone involved so much that nuclear weapons exchange might have been LESS likely in the future. Just a thought. Great video, though. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!
China will feel how they chew 5 gum
Roman Snow that is a fantastic reference, well done my friend
Roman Snow
Stimulate your senses.
Power level > 9000
The_SkyDragons but their is only 7 bil people also not everyone in china lives in beijing
@@genericname5909 he meant 10 million
What if George Washington became King of America?
Cisco Blue good question
Lin Manuel Miranda couldn't have written "one last time"
assassin's creed?
Cisco Blue in reality that would never happen, mainly because the Americans didn't want another monarchy. The phrase "No taxation without representation" perfectly illiterates the reason as to why that would never have possibility to happen, because the people wanted to be represented and not be forced to follow a single person
It would be made into DLC for Assassin's Creed
No coronavirus, probably.
@RJ DA No he is not he is simply stating facts that the Chinese population would be smaller so everyone would have proper food and no corona ok so stop
RJ DA go back to Twitter liberal
@Frederick Simmeth Please watch 3:01- 3:18 again. This time listen carefully.
Me and the boys liberating south korea
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Where is Luxembourg 0/10 not enough Luxembourg
Ok Boomer luxemburg is at the end
A Worm named Scoobis he edit his comment dude did you not see it.
What if America joined the Central Powers?
Carolus Rex maybe a french or british hitler but definitely not as bad as the one we had
But there would be no democracies in Europe
(would have been pretty easy on Britain and France) nop certainly not
I said easier on Britain, not France. The US would try to protect Britain because of the close ties they had, even in the face of an vengeful Germany. France on the other hand, would get fucked just as hard as Germany did in our timeline.
+Carolus Rex but... if it wasn't for France America wouldn't have been here in the first place.
I don't want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart
I don't want to *set* the world on fire
I want to watch it *burn*
lol
i only want to tear it apart
Actually, if there is no fire in the area of a nuke, i believe it's not going to be on fire. Nukes just have the massive pressure inside of a bomb the size of a couch. No fire included, just HUGE HUGE pressure
Biggest missed opportunity in world history
cry about it
I’d fuckin pay to be at the un security council meeting after that
Why don't North Koreans have books?
Because Kim Jong Un is a supreme reader...
Zach HILLARIOUS AND ORIGINAL
Badum dum!
AlphaChocolateTruffle (USING 55 YEAR OLD TANKS INTENSIFIES)
Walktheline ah accent racism jokes
AlphaChocolateTruffle (SOVIET UNIFORMS INTENSIFIE)
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random petrol can HAHA PUNS!!
took me a second
gross
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Pun***
Salted Tactical Nukes? Interesting concept.
@alternatehistoryhub would an equally interesting tl to pursue be "What if MacArthur had backed down after his ask and remained in his role as Supreme Commander?"
What would the effects be on the Korean War? On China? The USSR? Would a land invasion of China been a possibility? Or an amphibious one?
Appreciate this is an older atl but I think this would be worth it to revive.
yo you can totally make a game out of this... oh, wait.
Its not really fallout tbh
It didn't take long either to make the bombs bigger. 10 years and they were already too big. The what if's and the atomic scare were more than a mere scare but an inevitability. Another war and more technological leaps and Starship Troopers Mecha robo-suits with automatic nuclear machine guns woulda been real. The Death Star was already dreamed up by the Nazis in WWII just think what we would have in WWIII.
WHAT IF PABLO ESCOBAR WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA
What if you were elected president of Colombia?
What if you spelled Colombia correctly?
Or maybe he meant the State of Washington, that was formerly named Columbia
Hell he basically was for a while.
Your spelling of Colombia just triggered me, please don't mispell it anymore.
Then we wouldn’t have COVID-19
@Cliff 123 do you have the right to call innocent people idi*t? Such a privilege
I feel like there would’ve been some way to avoid the repeated use of nukes in other wars. Maybe a treaty after Korea or something.
Alternate history...Alternate history never changes.
Justin Widle yes 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Do you have a geiger counter?
Alternative history.....has changed.
Ain't no party like a Pyongyang party because a Pyongyang party is mandatory. Plus who would pass up the opportunity to party with the supreme techno DJ of the world Kim Jong Untz-Untz-Untz-Untz-Untz
lmfao
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A Canadian Dildo bayonet best bayonet
Press Secretary Alex Jones lol wtf
Best Korea!
the best disco party in the world
What if I had never stepped on a lego?
The legos would be infuriated, they would have been humiliated by their defeat and seek revenge.
They would be so angry they would begin rioting, until Denmark is in a full on revolution.
Eventually as the legos won and established a dictatorship, they would create their new ideology and enslave the danish humans!
By the time NATO realized what was happening, it was too late, The newly designed lego tanks would be impenetrable, all the lego across the battlefield would be worse then land mines!
By the time Germany collapses to the new lego empire, there would be several lego rebellions in Nations across the globe!
The UN has decided to combat this threat, Russia, China, and all their allies would help America and democratic Europe (or what was left of it) in the war!
But it’s not enough! After a year of fighting the lego empire would have taken the whole EU and reached Moscow!
As they succeed in naval invasions across the globe, it becomes apparent that nothing will stop them from taking over the world.
As they enter your country, the reason they did all this has been revealed; revenge on the man that humiliated them... YOU!
You will be tortured from stepping on lego bricks until you die!
All of humanity is enslaved and taken over by the lego overlords because of you, and you will forever be tortured thinking about what you have done.
@@Lloyd_lyle that is a incredible comment :0
@@Lloyd_lyle 👏👏r/madlad
A lot of people loving this alternate timeline apparently did not finish the video or they think they know better
But what if the Korean war was just Korea? No Soivets, Chinese, or Americans. Just Koreans.
north would win, America gave south Korea little (in terms of weapons) So they didn't stand much of a chance against the soviet armed north.
Magni56 the North Koreans got guns and tanks from china and ussr. That's why they were more prepared
jiman kim So every one would die from swamps?
I LOVE YOU exactamundo
South korea would be one giant labour camp
I love the caption of "Our Dear Leader" inserted. Hilarious
6:48 Func fact: actually it was France who first discovered and used mustard gas
''nuked'' translated in the dutch means fucked
Man is Man How appropriate.
Man is Man
what is U.S. fucked China lmao
ZeUbermensch123 LMFAO
Man is Man kappa pride!
That's not true i'm dutch fucked is geneukd
I thought China warned them but U.S. forces refused to back down.
MacArthur was extremely upset that the Chinese basically undid all his troops work in Korea in a time span of 72 hours, the success of the Chinese (which in turn he saw as his failure) deeply wounded him, which is why he was so stubborn about using nuclear weapons on China.
From what I understand, China warned the US about crossing the border. UN forces simply got "relatively close" (my words) to the border. I'd liken it to someone saying "don't punch me or I'll fuck you up" and you swinging at him but stopping a few inches from their face and they just fucking deck you in the face.
Stefan Ivanovski Then how illegal is the Cuban blockade? Cuba isn't even actually boardering the US and the US itself had already built missiles in Afghanistan against the Soviets, and yet the US made such a big deal out of it. How legal is that?
@@papel6280 well dumbass they are 90 miles away and u literally look over to come from key west
@@papel6280 Do you mean the ones in Turkey that the US quietly removed after the crisis?
Legitpenguins69 I’d say it’s more along the lines of them warning you about punching them, you flip them off and then they deck the fuck out of you. Because China doesn’t give a fuck whether or not you actually did anything to them.
The world would be a better place
Negative because Russia would have nuked us
@@kirkmcdirt3803 Cowardly acts by piece of tvrd CCP Pig eat bat thief of asia by Mr. Weiner The Poo
Yeah better without humans
@@tidaltidaltidal This is why nobody takes America seriously
Just throwing this out there at the start, if this video idea interests you then Harry Turtledove is your man. First book in the Hot War series is Bombs Away.
I would say option #3. What if the USSR used America's use of the bomb as an excuse to censure the US while appealing to the United Nations? The UN agrees and suddenly the USSR is seen more of a peace loving nation and gains political clout in the world while the US is seen as an aggressor and suffers political blow back. Especially during the case of the Cuban Missile Crisis when the UN had backed the US, but in this alternate timeline the UN takes sides with the USSR and allowed to keep their missiles in Cuba.
Yeah, that sounds more plausible.
This could potentially lead to the Soviet Union winning the cold war, as more countries in Latin America and Africa would allying with the Soviet Union
ohh... nice move, Stalin would have seen the chance to swing the pendulum against us and would have taken it whole heartedly.
That's unrealistic. First off, the UN doesn't have power over jack shit and nobody cares. Second, the balance of power in the UN wouldn't change in the slightest as all the countries that side with the US would never side with the USSR no matter what the US does because they need the US to protect them from gommunism, and all the countries that side with the USSR would always side with the USSR. Worst case scenario it sparks a gommunist revolution in France that's quickly supprssed by the military.
You're assuming that the politicians in the UN actually have any morals. They don't, they never did, they just use moral-sounding excuses to do what benefits them in the long run. And after that kind of show of force by the US, especially in a time when the USSR didn't have that kind of raw power yet, it would benefit absolutely none of the US allies to distance themselves or to stop siding with the US in the UN.
World politics is much less about morals and image than it is about interests and profiteering. It's much easier to do what you know is in your interests and then trying to justify that as moral through propaganda among your populous than it is to do what would actually be the moral, ethical thing, because in the end of the day people care much less about morality and ethics than they do about self preservation, which is entirely reasonable since ethics and morals is shit we made up and doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.
Well that's true that communism was a threat, but what was a bigger threat was "gommunism"! Communism's more sadistic brother. Founded by Gollum in the pursuit of total equality and to find "The Precious". It was said that Franco's Fascist Spain was still fighting gommunism up until the 1970's.
What if America and the Soviet Union united together during the Space Race?
Viet_balla We would probably be on Mars already by now.
Lord Beerus Eh probably not. It was the conflict that was driving the space race. We were going to send astronauts to the Mars, but then the USSR collapsed so a pin was put in that.
it almost happened but since JFK was assasinated, Khrushchev didn't trust Johnson and the deal was broken
Viet_balla That's almost what happened. A lot of projects like the ISS are collaborations.
the ISS was launched in 1998, well after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
"So, if you want to hear more of my voice"
Oh Cody, we all did.
Well...now seems like they should’ve...
Nope Russia would have nuked us
@@kirkmcdirt3803 Cowardly acts by piece of tvrd CCP Pig eat bat thief of asia by Mr. Weiner The Poo
@@tidaltidaltidal there’s only one way to deal with the ccp: KILL.
@@oliveralibi7949 America have had lots of practice with that in Afghanistan. Most of them were afghan citizens but who cares?
he was basically trying to make the glowing sea
Hahaha A Much larger Sea than the one on Commonwealth 😂
What if North Korea fell tomorrow?
Good topic. But it's not really "alternative" or "history"
Isaiah Gordon not "hub either"
Massive refugee crisis , warlords and loose WMDs
John O'Malley probably be taken over by China
it won't.
I’m sure it’s been mentioned, but good ol’ Harry Turtledove wrote a series about a timeline where nukes were used to win the Korean War.
The difference is that far fewer nukes are used (they bomb the rail lines and staging areas in fairly limited strikes to try to avoid pissing off Stalin) and the Chinese just keep marching people through, while the Russian response escalates things into an all out war.
The most interesting part of the scenario however is that the vast majority of nukes used are targeted at strategic targets, rather than tactical ones. In Europe, it’s because the Russians don’t want to deal with potential mutinies if they nuke the armies in front of them and then force their men through the craters, and for NATO it’s because they would be nuking their own territory.
Very good series overall.
Everyone: Finally WW2 has ended
America: Im about to ruin this man whole career
I know this is a joke, but both USSR and the western allies started cold war. Just saying.
What if Czechoslovakia chose to fight in 1938 and won .
Chose*
Thank You.
Chode**
What if the Baltic states all started fighting against the USSR instead of being annexed?
I don't know about "won." Survived maybe
Highly recommend to anyone interested in this "What if" scenario, to read Bombs Away by Harry Turtledove. The reason Truman agrees with MacArthur in the book is that instead of breaking out of the encirclement at Chosin Reservoir, most of the UN forces are trapped and destroyed there. With precious few troops left in Korea, this leaves Truman in a difficult position. The resulting outcome is disturbing to say the least, considering how easily something like that could of actually happened in the early years of nuclear weapons and the Cold War.
wondering if maybe you could do a video on "What if Operation Fracture Jaw was put into effect?"
US forces: push the line towards Chinese border
Chinese: I am about to end this man's whole career
Cold War GONE WRONG
Nuking China *gone wrong*
Gone sexual !
*3AM*
GONE NUCLEARLY WRONG
In the hood
Hi Cody!
I'm a huge fan of your work. I have a suggestion for an alternate history scenario which I'm pretty surprised you haven't yet done - What if the Nationalists won the Chinese Civil war? I believe this is a very interesting idea to explore as a non-communist China would have enormous consequences for conflicts like the Korean War, the Vietnam War and in general the entire Cold War. Please, at least consider this scenario!
Regards,
Your faithful fan
Mart kenyon In a way, America and the USSR wouldn’t be the biggest enemies. China and the USSR would be, since they share borders.
Then China will be like India right now. Like, I hate both of them, however, it was indeed the communist China that really bonds people together at that time, at people really trusted them. The communist is egregious after WW2, so what I want to state is that both of them are assholes, that's why I like the concept of Capitalism better. Just keep in mind that there were two slightly different generations of Nationalists, therefore their concepts alter, and the new one is much much worse. Judging from that, I still prefer the government people get right now, as it won't last any longer, not more than 30 years. Still, I don't want China to become India.
My PC glitches a lot, so there are a few typos as I didn't get the chance to correct them.
You'd be able to say this "天安门广场大屠杀" without the cops kicking in your door, and shutting off your internet.
@@jess8847 A genuine question, why do you hate both India and China?
This reminds me of what Belka did in Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War, when the Belkan Federation detonated 7 tactical nuclear warheads on its own territory to stop the Allied Forces from continuing north after they captured the majority of Southern Belka
well we wouldn't have covid-19 for one thing
Answer: China would be the host country of the emo weeaboo ashfur defense squad
So glad you showed the Aussie troop.
Australia sent 2282 soliders to Korea, 339 dead , 1216 wounded , 43 missing , 26 captured.
Needed a Kiwi as well though.
I'm not too sure about the Korean war but I think Aussie's did better than the US in terms of numbers.
I don't know, but I know that's for certain regarding the Vietnam war.
Agreed.
BestAverageGaming Do you mean in terms of casualties or personnel sent to the conflict?
It's weird to think that this video is more than half a decade old
If the objective is to create a "radioactive sea", airbursts aren't the way you go about doing that.
Harry S. Turtledove has a decent Alternate History trilogy that has the U.S. use nuclear weapons in China which brings the USSR into conflict with the US. A very scary scenario.
@Chet Ripley turtledove.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hot_War
"Hey U.N lets actually do something" lol
Olorin TheWise because China wasn't a permanent member and Soviet Union boycotted the UN Security Council.
Nuclear airbursts do not create much (if any) local fallout. You need ground bursts for that.
"you need what to win the war?!"
"did i stutter Mr. President?"
What if the Byzantine Empire never fell?
Gregory Gwynn yes !!!
Gregory Gwynn THIS
*Held off the arab invasions
Yes, this is a good idea. I feel the Byzantine empire is neglected a fair amount in history.
they didn't fall to the Arabs
What if America Had Nuked China? Son, just play Fallout series and you will know.
Max Thriller no. China would've been way weaker in that case.
Fallout is banned in KSA. Now can you tell me dad?
BomberWah he is a Japanese not arab you should focuses on his profile picture
BomberWah it's not I live there and I play it
Idk I think I read this page saying KSA banned fallout 4.
me.ign.com/en/ps4/113209/news/fallout-4-officially-banned-in-saudi-arabia
Maybe I should go to Jarir and check out.
I'm pissed off at china
What for having decent leadership and and the worlds most eficcent state and buying upp ports aimed att controlling trade while everybody in the west are fucking retarded.
@@quipy9660 yea ur right about that china really is doing horrible things.
Who isn't? I'm pissed at them for the right reasons. But are you?
@Wardog Fights oh look a CCP shill. You realise china keeps comiting genocide against THEYRE OWN PEOPLE and muslims which is way worst than nuking some other country because of an impirialistic act
Truman didn't have balls
"I'm gonna bomb the shit out of them" - Donald Trump
Cody, you may have just predicted the future.
We would never come back from it, it would pretty much be the extinction of mankind. Fallout is better since you have radaway going for you. No such thin in real life.
Actually nuclear war isnt as bad as most media would make it seem. radation from madern nuclear weapons actually has a really short half life. You would be able to go out side without a gas mask or protctive suit in a matter of months. As long as you werent close (a few miles) from the impact sight. Most people living in major cities or near military bases would be dead yes. But after that not much else. The real problem comes from nuclear winter. All of the shit thrown into the sky would lower the global temp by a lot. And most animals and plants would die out from the initial radiation. If you were in africa or south america you would probable survive. But more then likely you would survive in a world with a destroyed economy and no goverment.
Fenrirthewolf Nukes are still really shit. Stop trying to sugar-coat it.
I agree Nuclear weapons are bad. I mean they keep us from having world war 3 and I've been waiting for that since I joined the Army. I'm just being factual that nuclear war doesnt mean the death of all of us. Just most of us.
Fenrirthewolf 99.99% of us
*insert forced fallout reference*
I don't want to set the world on fire
It's three dog. Owww!
Hey Boy what are you doing here?
Democracy...IS NONE NEGOTIABLE!
@@JARedwolf100 COMMUNISM.. IS DEATH lol
The plan of McArtur was one of those crazy plans that they say in the movies OMG is so crazy It could work ..... Or not ahahahahaha
Looking back now, we probably should have