What If Everything Went PERFECT For The United States

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  • @shaunrosenberg4568
    @shaunrosenberg4568 11 місяців тому +5440

    I feel like it's hard to make a "what if everything went perfect for America" story without just repeating the current timeline.

    • @SteveInLava
      @SteveInLava 11 місяців тому +554

      Well, there were some mishaps that were addressed here in the video that were modified to favor America.

    • @toddhoward1892
      @toddhoward1892 11 місяців тому +298

      That's why the map didn't change too much.

    • @bananasplit4391
      @bananasplit4391 11 місяців тому +261

      @@toddhoward1892 its also pretty hard to quantify and visualize soft power on a map

    • @peaceleader7315
      @peaceleader7315 10 місяців тому +45

      The US dollars 💸 have been the Murica since France 🇫🇷 unsuccessfully send their warship to collect their sovereign gold unsuccessfully from Murica.. 😂..

    • @mrdollyman5675
      @mrdollyman5675 10 місяців тому +94

      well we did stalemate the war of 1812 and also ended reconstruction far earlier than we should have

  • @akimgranada7239
    @akimgranada7239 11 місяців тому +3610

    It would be cool to see this with a weaker/smaller country
    if everything went perfect Bulgaria taking the First Balkan War as the starting point, how strong could this small nation realisticially become? And stuff like that

    • @polishgamer3503
      @polishgamer3503 11 місяців тому +72

      Amazing idea!

    • @cgyoboi
      @cgyoboi 11 місяців тому +130

      Takes Prussia of the Balkans to a whole new level

    • @possiblehistory
      @possiblehistory  11 місяців тому +859

      Sounds perfect! I'll schedule Bulgaria next, always had a soft spot for the Balkan underdog.

    • @marshalmarrs3269
      @marshalmarrs3269 11 місяців тому +32

      @@possiblehistory do a video on a timeline where East Asian countries colonized the world.

    • @staskesenpai5577
      @staskesenpai5577 11 місяців тому +43

      LETGOOOOOOO 💪🇧🇬
      Bulgaria #1
      im bulgarian

  • @sufi5416
    @sufi5416 5 місяців тому +208

    "In 1914 the best case for the United States actually came true. Europe had decided to set itself on fire." lol 🤣😂

  • @Red_Moon13
    @Red_Moon13 3 місяці тому +131

    The funny thing about this is that it changes very little overall. The only modern day differences are that the U.S. has more territory in North America, China doesn't go communist, and North Korea collapses. Shows how the U.S. in our timeline still essentially had everything go right for it.

    • @uhohhotdog
      @uhohhotdog 2 місяці тому

      If things went perfect for the US it would have gone communist

    • @Nerdvanna98
      @Nerdvanna98 Місяць тому +2

      And yet they've still managed to screw it all up now.

    • @ggunter2730
      @ggunter2730 Місяць тому +18

      @@Nerdvanna98nope, believe it or not it’s still the most successful “empire”. Politically tho I’m sure both sides are probably going to say America is doomed

    • @KoopstaKlicca
      @KoopstaKlicca Місяць тому +3

      But china not going communist is a huge deal, considering that's probably America's great military rival currently

    • @infamous_richard8732
      @infamous_richard8732 18 днів тому

      @@KoopstaKlicca Economic rival* China's military power isnt catching up anytime soon.

  • @hs5312
    @hs5312 11 місяців тому +615

    The US did attempt to purchase Cuba in the 1850s this seems like a change that could be easily achieved

    • @eidoneverchoosen1171
      @eidoneverchoosen1171 11 місяців тому +105

      Or the USA could have annex Cuba in the Spanish American war. No communist so then no missle crisis.

    • @hs5312
      @hs5312 11 місяців тому +38

      @@eidoneverchoosen1171 i think that was assumed in this scenario

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan 11 місяців тому +28

      Looking back at countries just being purchased is very strange lol

    • @hs5312
      @hs5312 11 місяців тому +67

      @@osheridan Cuba was not a country in the 1850s back then the US made offers to purchase Cuba from Spain

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan 11 місяців тому +18

      @@hs5312 you're right, I mean looking back in context

  • @Emanon...
    @Emanon... 11 місяців тому +3240

    Isn't the story of the US already one where they did things right and/or were lucky?

    • @Mahhistory
      @Mahhistory 11 місяців тому +779

      yes this is just more luck

    • @GwainSagaFanChannel
      @GwainSagaFanChannel 11 місяців тому +562

      Basically they had no competition in their own region allowing then to exert influence outside of the Americas

    • @craig7405
      @craig7405 11 місяців тому +357

      the only thing that could've gone better for them and had a significant impact on history after it would be the war of 1812.

    • @vreonix2592
      @vreonix2592 11 місяців тому +84

      Luck is the strongest force in life.

    • @deiansalazar140
      @deiansalazar140 11 місяців тому +66

      Yes but this is going FURTHER BEYOND

  • @elianes5505
    @elianes5505 11 місяців тому +802

    I'd like to see one with Spain starting from the 1700s to the 1900s. Poor guy couldn't get a break at the end.

    • @Vlain-hc5sb
      @Vlain-hc5sb 11 місяців тому +37

      It could be a based timeline

    • @YaBoiBaxter2024
      @YaBoiBaxter2024 11 місяців тому +10

      Greater Spanish Empire!

    • @Mf_Slimeee
      @Mf_Slimeee 11 місяців тому +8

      Naw from the 1400’s

    • @elianes5505
      @elianes5505 11 місяців тому +25

      @@Mf_Slimeee That'd be amazing. But I believe it'd be too much time to cover.

    • @NewYorkBall559
      @NewYorkBall559 3 місяці тому +2

      honestly it would be cool to see if Spain could continue staying a super power, and sure while they were struggling, I think one way to change this is basically make spain unaffected by the napoleonic wars, because that’s why Spain lost a lot of it’s colonies and began becoming weaker and weaker, but if Spain avoided that then they could’ve been in a better situation

  • @Kromiball
    @Kromiball 11 місяців тому +485

    3:40 If I'm not mistaken the Northern Mexican states were underpopulated at this time so I reckon the USA could've possibly got Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nueva Leon and Tamaulipas too.

    • @donaldtrumplover2254
      @donaldtrumplover2254 11 місяців тому

      There was one problem with that, slave states.

    • @fernandojosegonzalezolguin3481
      @fernandojosegonzalezolguin3481 11 місяців тому +25

      Ew but you’re right

    • @eidoneverchoosen1171
      @eidoneverchoosen1171 11 місяців тому +53

      Those states would had been economically developed at the least.

    • @Walker-ow7vj
      @Walker-ow7vj 10 місяців тому +31

      @@eidoneverchoosen1171and no heavy cartel control

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 10 місяців тому

      Polk and others wanted all of Mexico, the counter argument was racism.
      Racism saved Mexico.

  • @Maurcusj777
    @Maurcusj777 10 місяців тому +84

    It's crazy just how close this timeline is to ours.
    1 loss turned to a win (and some ofthe natural consequences of it)
    And 1 civil war breaking in a different direction, seems to be all seriously separates them from us.

  • @BeaglzRok1
    @BeaglzRok1 10 місяців тому +99

    The crazy thing is that 1812 is probably the only real improvement to the USA's standing, since taking Canada would lead to taking more of Mexico. Everything past that is either relatively minor gains or delving into the realm of semi-historical fanfiction. As fun as it is to imagine the entirety of Latin America and Europe steadily offering themselves to become states following the Spanish American War and WWII, or Liberia actually being a foothold in the scramble for Africa, or a complete annexation of Japan and later Korea and Vietnam as an overcharged hegemony, disbelief needs to be suspended and that doesn't usually include Australia hopping on the bandwagon of former British colonies joining an alternate history USA.

    • @restitutororbis964
      @restitutororbis964 5 місяців тому +8

      I actually disagree. Northern Democrats and Republicans absolutely hated the idea of annexing half of Mexico because it’d give more power to the southern states. With Canada under the union, I feel the Mexican American war would have obviously still resulted in an American victory, but the US wouldn’t have taken as much land due to cultural reasons and the political climate in the US.

    • @mrsillytacos
      @mrsillytacos 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@restitutororbis964Republican party didnt even exist then lol

    • @fawkewe
      @fawkewe 23 дні тому +2

      Even an Imperialist USA wouldn’t annex Japan, Korea, Or Vietnam. It was never in there interest to do so. These places have WAY more native populations than the Philippines, infact, Japan only had around 50 million less people than America proper at the time. Not to mention all 3 (well atleast Japan and Korea) were industrialized. Everything else is atleast plausible, even if unlikely.

  • @idontdeservesubs2637
    @idontdeservesubs2637 11 місяців тому +356

    This series has so much potential

    • @YaBoiBaxter2024
      @YaBoiBaxter2024 11 місяців тому +8

      Agreed and yes, you do deserve subs.

    • @spaceracer6861
      @spaceracer6861 11 місяців тому +2

      @@YaBoiBaxter2024 OMG PHILOSORAPTOR I LOVED YOUR MEEMS FROM 2010 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @blueguy5714
      @blueguy5714 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@spaceracer6861me too bro

    • @Chadius_Thundercock
      @Chadius_Thundercock 9 місяців тому +3

      Gran Columbia and Austria seem like the two that would led to world domination

    • @YaBoiBaxter2024
      @YaBoiBaxter2024 9 місяців тому

      @@spaceracer6861 Thanks, I kinda got bit by a spider and now I can launch webs 🕸 😀

  • @DGAMINGDE
    @DGAMINGDE 11 місяців тому +741

    I think its always interesting to think about how nations would perform if they integrate more territory than in reallife. Just to look at election maps and results.
    Also 95% of all people, no matter their ideology would probably love TR winning in 1912.

    • @familiescharf4207
      @familiescharf4207 11 місяців тому +6

      Du auch hier?!

    • @familiescharf4207
      @familiescharf4207 11 місяців тому +3

      By The way, wie machst du das eigentlich in deinem Video, wo du Parteien &. Länder getauscht hast? Ich habe das jetzt zwei Tage lang versucht und weiß nicht wie das geht.

    • @herrforesight7444
      @herrforesight7444 11 місяців тому +1

      @@familiescharf4207 ich bin über alles

    • @orangfriut1994
      @orangfriut1994 11 місяців тому +52

      What are the Germans planning in here

    • @DGAMINGDE
      @DGAMINGDE 11 місяців тому +5

      @@orangfriut1994 They a just a viewer of mine asking questions here for some resason lol

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 11 місяців тому +129

    What if Napoleon III won the Franco-Prussian war and the Second French Empire survived into the 21st Century?

    • @NelsonDiscovery
      @NelsonDiscovery 11 місяців тому +15

      Now that's an interesting story.

    • @YaBoiBaxter2024
      @YaBoiBaxter2024 11 місяців тому +7

      No German empire and Napoleon's legacy carries on.

    • @blizzard1198
      @blizzard1198 11 місяців тому +10

      He'd be seen as a higher being or god and people would mostly listen to him with no question.

    • @BinInABin
      @BinInABin 10 місяців тому +9

      that war was pretty much doomed from the start tho, napoleon had basically no proper army since they all died in russia and he was forced to spread his already poor army very thin, he had no chance. a better what-if would be what if he hadn't invaded russia at all
      Edit: nvm wrong napoleon and wrong war thought you were talking about 1813

    • @aircoolguy5218
      @aircoolguy5218 8 місяців тому +2

      @@BinInABinwrong Napoleon

  • @FieldMarshallWeeb
    @FieldMarshallWeeb 11 місяців тому +537

    This is a great series, can't wait for UK, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Spain, and the like.

    • @not_even_known_yet3167
      @not_even_known_yet3167 11 місяців тому +45

      Austria-Hungary was already everything going wrong, really the Scenario where everything goes right would be Austria centralises the HRE, the Spanish keep there Empire together, the Habsburg Houses reunite, the French be given a Habsburg Monarch, the Western Roman Empire reborn, expanding into the east, World Conquest.... or along those lines.

    • @Euthenon
      @Euthenon 11 місяців тому +6

      Colombia with Gran Colombia would go crazy

    • @olatsby2497
      @olatsby2497 11 місяців тому +9

      Spain with their viceroyalties already would be awesome

    • @kartang
      @kartang 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@Not_even_known_yet yeah, facts man, a world where everything goes right for Austria-Hungary is crazy

    • @TheAustrianAnimations87
      @TheAustrianAnimations87 11 місяців тому +3

      @@not_even_known_yet3167 I would've also said Austria under Charles V would be a much better scenario. A world where everything went right for Austria-Hungary would be basically a partitioned Serbia, full Austro-Hungarian influence in the Balkans, and Italy being defeated (A-H had plans to attack Italy). However, A-H was an already declining country.

  • @salutic.7544
    @salutic.7544 11 місяців тому +100

    Not too different from our own timeline, even though the changes you made at the beginning could’ve butterflied into radically different timelines.

  • @merp9610
    @merp9610 11 місяців тому +104

    Dang, great work as always! In only a month or so, you have managed to become one of my favorite Alternate History channels! I think one of my favorite things about you is your separation of internal and external politics. It helps keeps biases under control, and lets the scenarios become even more possible. All in all, phenomenal work!

    • @dallas9397
      @dallas9397 11 місяців тому +8

      God bless the Enclave

    • @UndertaleGoon
      @UndertaleGoon 11 місяців тому +9

      ​@@dallas9397 and God bless the United States of America!

    • @Capdukeymomoman
      @Capdukeymomoman 16 днів тому

      I dont mean to be that one guy, but you're Enclave Symbol is wrong. You have 12 stars instead of the 13 from the Pre-war Star Spangled Banner

  • @bitcoinzoomer9994
    @bitcoinzoomer9994 11 місяців тому +49

    Do best case scenario for Paraguay next! I really want to see how far Paraguay could've gone if they won the war of the tripple alliance!

    • @mike7671
      @mike7671 11 місяців тому +14

      Best case for Paraguay is to attack Argentina only and unify La Plata. Considering how many years Paraguay managed to face off against the Alliance, it's not unreasonable to imagine a scenario where Solano Lopez marches on Buenos Aires and declares himself President of La Plata with the help of Argentinian Federales, assuming Brazil stands neutral.

    • @taza257
      @taza257 11 місяців тому +7

      he already made a video about Paraguay: What if paraguay became the Prussia of South America?

  • @hatchmaster_5745
    @hatchmaster_5745 9 місяців тому +8

    It's kinda like "what if everything went perfectly for the roman city state" it's basically what happened, but maybe slightly better

  • @Writer_Productions_Map
    @Writer_Productions_Map 11 місяців тому +14

    =United States of North America=
    Capital: Washington, Columbia
    Largest City: New York City, New York
    Official Languages: English, French, Spanish
    Demonym: North American
    Government: Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic with Liberal Representative Democracy
    Area: 316,910,071 m²
    Population: 527,361,667
    Density: 1.7 people/m² (jeez)
    Changes:
    1. Changed name from USA to USNA
    2. Inhabitated territories + D.C. are now states
    3. Added Official languages
    4. Added the Philippines

    • @thelorddarthvader7264
      @thelorddarthvader7264 Місяць тому

      DC was purposefully not made a state due to it being the capital, they didn't want one state to have the capital
      Also some of our (USA) territory has a population of 0

  • @shamsishraq6831
    @shamsishraq6831 11 місяців тому +19

    What if when the US realized that Britain and France were increasingly unable to pay their loans after WW1, US decided to simply cancel the loans? In return for a lot of real estate, obviously. Maybe France having to give up Indochina, W Africa etc. while Britain giving up S Africa, Rhodesia, Gibraltar, etc.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 11 місяців тому +87

    Yes! I love this new series of yours. For the next one do what if everything went perfectly for Austria following Franz Joseph's ascension in 1848😊😊😊

  • @S3rp3nte
    @S3rp3nte 11 місяців тому +116

    Do it with Italy (or the Roman Empire).

    • @ryannathaniel9296
      @ryannathaniel9296 11 місяців тому +6

      Do the Roman Empire one but only after the empire was split by Theodosius the Great.
      That scenario might much more interesting since the Romans would have to face much more challenges than say having the scenario start from Augustus

    • @DeanmC261993
      @DeanmC261993 11 місяців тому +9

      No, do it for mussolinis italy, and then africa will become a big brazilian style melting pot :v , I wanna see jolof rizotto rice darn it!

    • @ghostramen7002
      @ghostramen7002 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@DeanmC261993 bro, he makes alternate history videos, not completely impossible history videos.

    • @Kaiser_von_Europa
      @Kaiser_von_Europa 11 місяців тому +2

      Do whichever one you think best, P.H.

    • @Cornbread658
      @Cornbread658 11 місяців тому +3

      i think he should do it with napoleonic france

  • @chriscooper654
    @chriscooper654 11 місяців тому +10

    Interesting. Good point about "soft power" having a significant impact geopolitically.

  • @generaluser5378
    @generaluser5378 11 місяців тому +27

    In other words, basically every game of Victoria II I've ever played.

  • @alliova
    @alliova 11 місяців тому +3

    i really like this genre of yours!

  • @PSIRockOmega
    @PSIRockOmega 11 місяців тому +12

    A fun contrast to your Three North American Superpowers video.
    I think the only thing that would make the US more dominant would be not if the nationalists won in China, but it came to more of a draw with the nationalists in the south and the PRC in the north. They could both industrialize and become more capitalist while still having tense relations, but maybe the US could play the diplomat and keep peace between the two while reaping good trade relations from them both, but neither could become a superpower.

  • @josefdrapak1889
    @josefdrapak1889 11 місяців тому +10

    Really nice video, very entertaining to watch lol. Btw I was wondering, could you perhaps do Czechoslovakia (starting with the Czechoslovak legions during WW1) someday?

  • @thatretrofellow5001
    @thatretrofellow5001 11 місяців тому +84

    I love this series! I think an interesting country to do this with would actually be Greece. I think having a Greece which completely wins the Greco-Turkish war establishing Megali Greece could have some really interesting impacts, especially during World War 2.

    • @alejandromaldonado6159
      @alejandromaldonado6159 11 місяців тому +3

      Greece becomes a great power with the annexation of Anatolia and established relationships with Armenians and Assyrians and possibly wage war against Arabs Muslims to support the Eastern Christians

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 11 місяців тому

      If greece would achieve megali, germany would probably invade what's left of turkey as a way to strike at the middle east and caucasus.

    • @oyungogdfrust4136
      @oyungogdfrust4136 11 місяців тому +5

      @@alejandromaldonado6159 even for a “everything goes perfect” video thats MEGA delusion

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 11 місяців тому +2

      @@oyungogdfrust4136 Yeah I can see them annexing the western Anatolian coast and later Cyprus, plus having all of their neighbors significantly weakened in some way, making them a regional power, but I just cannot see them becoming a Great Power, at least in the 20th and probably 21st century.

    • @user-yw1nl6sk7y
      @user-yw1nl6sk7y 9 місяців тому

      ​@@KaiHung-wv3ulThere's actually three points of history you could use:
      1) mega Alexander doesn't die
      2) The Byzantine empire doesn't get involved in the Eichonomachy .
      3) The modern one where Benizelos doesn't lose in the elections
      And the thing is that it's possible to imagine that since most of the time it was bad luck that lead to the downfall (Alexander dying and Benizelos losing) as opposed to actual bad descicions (Eichonomachy)

  • @benjaminobienu5297
    @benjaminobienu5297 11 місяців тому +34

    Here are some exciting ideas for future alternate history scenarios:
    What if the Hohenzollern were the ones to rule the Holy Roman Empire instead of the Hapburgs? Since the Hohenzollerns were Margraves of Brandenburg, a principality of the HRE from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history that formed Germany and around central Europe. And there were monarchs and Kings in Prussia ( 1701-1772). In 1701, the title of King in Prussia was granted without having a duchy title. The Duchy of Prussia is usually placed higher as a kingdom within Poland but recognized as a kingdom by the Holy Roman Emperor due to the time when monarchs were believed to be given divine right to rule their kingdoms or empires, the highest sovereign in the West. Is there the slightest chance the Hohenzollerns will win the election for HRE
    ( Holy Roman Emperor) and become the new dynasty in the HRE ( Holy Roman Empire)? If so, how could the Hohenzollerns win the election for the emperorship for the HRE, and which members of the Hohenzollern dynasty are the best candidates for Holy Roman Emperor? What would the HRE under the Hohenzollerns instead of the Hapburg dynasty be like, and would the HRE be centralized and possibly united Germany in the middle ages?
    What if Ethiopia, under the Solomic dynasty, manages to unify Africa during the pre-scamble of the African era? Ethiopia was known for resisting European colonization and was one of the first African empires to defeat a European power, Italy, during the Second Italo- Ethiopian War, resulting from the Ethiopian War winning the Second Italo-Ethiopan War. Similar to how the Japanese defeated the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War. Ethiopia was not known for that. Before Ethiopia was an empire before the Solomic ever took the mantle as Emperor, Ethiopia used to control a sizeable territorial state and access to vast trade routes linking the Roman Empire to the Middle East and India. What would be the perfect opportunity for the Ethiopian Empire to unite Africa or some of it? Is it either West, South, North, or East Africa? How could the Ethiopians unite the African kingdoms and empires to sway them to join their cause against European colonization? Would there be a united Africa under the Solomonic dynasty or a federation of African kingdoms and empires become states, similar to the German Confederation?
    What if Joan of Arc had been rescued instead of being burned at the stake for heresy and had managed to unite all of France and the French people to drive the English out of France? Could this victory and her survival in one piece make Joan of Arc Queen of France? If you don't think so, please explain to me why. But if Joan of Arc was created to become the Queen of France, what would history be like, and what France be like under Jaon of Arc as Queen of France? Would there be a royal House of Joan of Arc in France? How would it be possible with the House of Valois being the current royal house of France, and how would the nobility and aristocrats see Joan of Arc as the Queen of a united France?
    What if Novgorod became the leading power it was and could unify Russia instead of Muscovy? How Russia be like under Novogord as the capital, and what type of government would Russia be like? Would there be a Tsar of Russia or a Grand Prince of Russia? Because Novgorod did have grand princes, they were elected. And how this change for the rest of World History with Russia united by Novgorod, and what were the consequences of it?
    What if the Marathas under the Bhonsle dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Mewar and united India during the 11th century instead of the 16th century? And is it possible for a united India to expand outside the Indian subcontinent to its next borders in South Asia or beyond its borders in South Asia? What makes this alternate time interesting is the Marathas forming an alliance with the Byzantine Empire by having one of the Chhaparti ( Emperor) marry a Byzantine princess from the Macedonian dynasty. The question is, what would be the purpose of the alliance, and how this alliance be beneficial for both the Marathas and the Byzantines? And how many people react to this marriage, and which ones will respond to it and be against it, and for what reasons?
    Would the union between the Maratha and the Byzantines form an Indo-Roman Empire, a Maratha-Byzantine Empire, or just the Byzantine Empire with a different dynasty? And would the Marthas be able to rule both Constantinople in Byzantium and India at the same time? Would there be co-rulers of this empire, or you don't think a realm like this wouldn't be possible.
    What if Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein, the mother of Catherine of The Great, had not died in exile but became a regent for grandson Paul I of Russia? There have been some speculations that Catherine the Great wasn't a good mother to her two children and only used them as a political investment and never had an emotional connection to them. If Joanna Elisbateh had returned from exile and made herself a regent for Paul or Alexi, possibly Paul? The question is, how would Joanna become the regent of her first-born grandson? Would she be the mother figure Paul wanted from Catherine, or she just be emotionally manipulative and exploit Paul's "behavior issues" to control him with her with real power or overthrow Paul and make herself the new monarch of Russia?
    Which scenarios do you like best, Mr. Possible, and which are your favorites, and which ones have you never heard of in the alternate history community.
    Also, have you ever heard of Rani Lakshimbal, aka Rani of Jhansi?

    • @ArtoriasTheAbyss
      @ArtoriasTheAbyss 9 місяців тому

      I would love to see a video about the Hohenzollerns too but it's because they're an inside joke with my friend from an EU4 game so I think it would be funny to see a video about them

    • @chandradeepkumar7750
      @chandradeepkumar7750 9 місяців тому

      +1

    • @aubueruser7228
      @aubueruser7228 9 місяців тому +3

      “I ain’t reading allat” - 💻👺

    • @albertskjelmose9170
      @albertskjelmose9170 9 місяців тому +1

      That just that’s long to scroll through

    • @alot-of-sad-ponies
      @alot-of-sad-ponies 7 місяців тому

      Golly take it to a publisher 💀

  • @tusk3260
    @tusk3260 8 місяців тому +11

    Funny thing is, in 1812, the british that arrived to "help" arrived 2 years late in 1814. The war in Canada was already over and ended with the burning the Washington DC. So, the British not willing to return without doing anything went to invade Florida and suffered a humiliating defeat.... Your version of the Florida landing was actually pretty accurate with reality.

  • @hamza7033
    @hamza7033 3 місяці тому +1

    This channel is really underrrated.

  • @bmobmo6438
    @bmobmo6438 7 місяців тому +4

    I like how this timeline is mostly just "what if the war of 1812 wasn't a draw"

  • @JTL1776
    @JTL1776 11 місяців тому +9

    3 part Alternate Post ww1
    What if Imperial Federation formed.
    What if the US of Austria formed.
    What if the Ottman Empire was Partitioned, allowing for a Resurgent Byzantium.

  • @loyc12
    @loyc12 11 місяців тому +105

    I wonder what a “What if everything went TERRIBLE” video on the US would look like

    • @gregoryturk1275
      @gregoryturk1275 11 місяців тому

      The Usa doesn’t win the independence war and Poseidon skins the entire American continent into the sea almost certainly causing America to never rise to power.

    • @DOSFS
      @DOSFS 11 місяців тому +142

      US lost to the British, the end

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 11 місяців тому +27

      If they kept the Articles of Confederation and broke up soon after.

    • @peperoni_pepino
      @peperoni_pepino 10 місяців тому

      I mean there would just never be a USA. Without French support and propaganda, any attempts at independence would be quickly shut down by the UK.
      Even if we start in 1812, in the worst case the USA pisses of France enough that the English and French temporarily stop fighting to instead take care of the USA. Then quickly the USA is attacked from multiple sides by different colonial powers and divided between them in a scramble for North America.

    • @michaelbruvolt4221
      @michaelbruvolt4221 9 місяців тому +7

      😅
      Britain would now be the largest nation on Earth🇬🇧 🇬🇧

  • @mrmuffins951
    @mrmuffins951 2 місяці тому +4

    1. I think it’s interesting that you have Canada joining the US after the war of 1812. I personally think it would’ve been more likely for those colonies to join the American revolution instead because they had the option to at the time.
    2. I thought that the US made an offer to purchase Greenland in 1867 but they declined. I also didn’t know Iceland was also up for grabs at any point.
    3. The US also talked about purchasing Jamaica, Belize, and the rest of the West Indies Federation in the early 1900s, so I agree it makes sense that they might’ve bundled them with Greenland instead.
    4. When the US won the Spanish-American war, this is also when they got Guam irl!
    This is an awesome video and I’d love to see more! One thing I’ve wondered is what would statehood look like for those territories, and currently controversial territories like Puerto Rico and Washington DC.
    I’d also love to see what things would look like if “everything went right for the European Union”
    L

  • @ribspice1238
    @ribspice1238 11 місяців тому +186

    We need a Russian version! I wanna see a mega Russian Empire that’s massive

    • @SidorovichGaming
      @SidorovichGaming 11 місяців тому

      not gonna see it IRL, lmao.
      r*ssia is going to collapse soon.

    • @Jerry-tg7zx
      @Jerry-tg7zx 11 місяців тому +30

      Found putin’s account /s

    • @xtopia9758
      @xtopia9758 11 місяців тому +5

      Yeah lol

    • @retineyzer7906
      @retineyzer7906 11 місяців тому

      I mean, Russian Empire sucks, USSR in the other hand is GIGACHAD

    • @yeetyeet5079
      @yeetyeet5079 11 місяців тому +5

      Damn imagine an industrialized Russia colonizing China

  • @bigsillyman423
    @bigsillyman423 11 місяців тому +26

    Subbed at 4k, seeing this channel 11 times bigger is awesome, congratulations PH keep up the growth

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 11 місяців тому +1

      agree

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 11 місяців тому +10

    Cool series. You could do one for the Byzantine Empire

  • @andertaler3579
    @andertaler3579 11 місяців тому

    like the series love your content hope you do a Germany superstate video soon

  • @talbot9255
    @talbot9255 11 місяців тому +12

    I would love a video on a really small country like my country Iceland.
    Basically a video on a country which could never become a super power or evan influencial irl but in a perfect world could become a great power.

  • @inspectorsupremoelecto9291
    @inspectorsupremoelecto9291 11 місяців тому +5

    Nice video. I would like to see the same happening to Austria in a future video. It would be great as Austria was pretty much the great power with the worst luck ever.

  • @drksideofthewal
    @drksideofthewal 11 місяців тому +81

    The remarkable thing is, this doesn't even change very much. You could say that things already went 90% perfectly for the US, aside from getting large swaths of mostly frozen wasteland.

    • @hcab1479
      @hcab1479 9 місяців тому +6

      Yes. Besides what was stated in this video I would have also added America having a nuclear monopoly for an extra several years.

    • @gameragodzilla
      @gameragodzilla 9 місяців тому +11

      The only major changes I can think of here are the US gaining Canada from the War of 1812 and China being under control of the Nationalists. And really only the latter has major consequences for today given Canada and the US are enough allies that whether Canada was under direct US control or not doesn't really matter. China being under the Communists is what allowed the occurrence of the Korean War (and the 38th parallel split still there today), Vietnam War (and the fall of Saigon), and the current looming second Cold War with China and Russia.

    • @kaizer3847
      @kaizer3847 9 місяців тому

      ​​@@gameragodzillahe new cold war between China and US will happen even in this timeline simply because of china's sheer size and manpower. They still will want to be the ruler of Asia and will not like America's dominance in asia.
      What might be different is a democratic china would be less expansionist, improving it's relations with its neighbours (particularly india). Allowing it to be seen more friendly and welcomed in southeast Asia and india significantly reducing american influence here

    • @mrsillytacos
      @mrsillytacos 3 місяці тому

      I think the modern world would change since America wouldnt need to rely on Middle Eastern oil as Canada likely has a lot of oil fields too, some larger than Middle Eastern ones.

    • @gameragodzilla
      @gameragodzilla 3 місяці тому

      @@mrsillytacosAmerica produces a lot of its own oil (to the point of being the world’s largest oil producer). Europe and Asia are far more reliant on Middle Eastern oil than the US.

  • @actium_ev6083
    @actium_ev6083 11 місяців тому

    Love this new video idea 👍

  • @waltuhgoodman3427
    @waltuhgoodman3427 11 місяців тому +2

    Are you reading my mind, this was exactly what I was thinking about yesterday

  • @dominicadrean2160
    @dominicadrean2160 11 місяців тому +47

    Can you do this for Russia England and France as well in the future😅😊

    • @GwainSagaFanChannel
      @GwainSagaFanChannel 11 місяців тому +10

      I mean the same happened to the British you forgot about Pax Britanica being a thing? Also about Russia it basically unlike British and Americans tried to convert people into becoming Russian which never succeeded like the Belarussians and Ukranians are seperate identities and might share similarities but are not Russian in the slightest.

    • @user-pn7jz9vr2z
      @user-pn7jz9vr2z 11 місяців тому

      ​@@GwainSagaFanChannel what the fuck are you talking about lol

    • @zars1324
      @zars1324 11 місяців тому

      @@GwainSagaFanChannel That's communist propaganda, Ukrainian and Belarussian weren't a thing until bolsheviks came to power.

    • @piebit101
      @piebit101 11 місяців тому +4

      @@GwainSagaFanChannel russia got so unlucky, russian empire, ww1, soviet union, nato

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 11 місяців тому +1

      @@GwainSagaFanChannel Not everything went perfect for britain. If we won the hundred years war, won the american revolution, won the first boer war, kept hannover, took more land from china, prevented germany from existing etc then things would have went perfect.

  • @vihaankaushal7452
    @vihaankaushal7452 11 місяців тому +7

    I really like this scenario! I kinda want to see one for the british empire as it would be intresting to see if they would maintain their hegemony. hm perphaps one for china too, where it advances technoglocially speaking just as fast as the europeans

  • @LouisMcK
    @LouisMcK 11 місяців тому +5

    I fucking love these kinds of videos please do one for each country on this entire planet MEGA SERIES

  • @Hatsuzu
    @Hatsuzu 11 місяців тому +3

    I have a request, could you do an alt history on what if one of the Slovenian states in history managed to survive, Cilli being the preferable and most realistic one, as they even managed to get control over Hungary via controlling the Hungarian boy king. Nobody else has made a what if video on Cilli creating a slovene empire yet, despite the possibility they had.

  • @Godslayer5656
    @Godslayer5656 11 місяців тому +6

    5:50 Bit of a correction, but there actually has been at least one proposal from the U.S to buy at least Greenland from Denmark. It was after WW2 where the U.S occupied Greenland, and the U.S offered about $100 million for it, Denmark refused.

    • @keegansmetanko3755
      @keegansmetanko3755 3 місяці тому +2

      There were discussions in 1867, 1910, and 2019. With an actual proposal in the amount of $100M ($1B inflated) in 1946 that was denied. So you are correct there.

  • @olatsby2497
    @olatsby2497 11 місяців тому +21

    Wha if everything went perfect for Mexico (since their independence in 1821), I think is a very good scenario because Mexico had too many troubles on the 19th century, so it could be quite interesting

    • @eidoneverchoosen1171
      @eidoneverchoosen1171 11 місяців тому

      Well their be no Hollywood I feel that be great. But would Mexico go for a gold rush in California? And use its oil resources when discovered?

    • @thekommunistkrusader3921
      @thekommunistkrusader3921 11 місяців тому +9

      Yeah honestly it is surprising how much went wrong in Mexicos history and it shows to this day

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 10 місяців тому +5

      @@thekommunistkrusader3921 It went from being seen as an equal power to its northern neighbor by European observers to… well, now.

  • @Gameinger16
    @Gameinger16 11 місяців тому +1

    I really like this series.

  • @ethanflorer8373
    @ethanflorer8373 11 місяців тому

    great video PH!

  • @kirilovkobracars2477
    @kirilovkobracars2477 11 місяців тому +10

    Can you consider the following scenario: "Alternate United and Peaceful Balkan nations in the 19th and 20th century"
    For example:
    -No Bulgaro-Serbian war in 1885
    -The Second Balkan war doesn't happen, because there are slight border changes of the treaty(Serbia gets Adriatic coast, Bulgaria gets undisputed part of Macedonia promised in the Treaty, Greece gets Southern Albania, Albania gets parts of southwestern Kosovo) and thus the Balkan union is preserved
    -In ww1 the five Balkan nations fight on the same side and vecause of that we get a different treaty, that means Trianon is not so harsh and Hungary keeps parts of Southern Slovakia and Northern Transylvania, Bulgaria gets the entire region of Macedonia and Eastern Thrace, Greece gets the part of Western Anatolia(which it didn't preserve in the OTL), Serbia makes Yugoslavia without Macedonia and parts of Kosovo(as discussed earlier) and Romania gets Banat, Southern Transylvania and Besserabia;
    -In ww2 the only possible candidate for the Hungarians Might be Hungary, hungry for old land, but I digress, because they don't want a repeat of ww1, four against one, so the borders will probably remain the same after electric boogaloo;
    -If Hungary didn't join the Axis, the only communist nations in the Cold war might be Hungary(75%) and Romania (99%, and they will be stripped out of Moldova), because the Soviets will bring Communism to the closest nationa to them, while Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia join Nato(now that I think of it, Hungary might become the Yugoslavia of our timeline, the neutral state together with Austria, very funny😂)
    -After the cold war we get the same picture, no bloody conflicts on the Balkans hopefully in the 21th century and everybody lives happily ever after, for now!

  • @RandomOrthodoxMan
    @RandomOrthodoxMan 5 місяців тому +6

    6:48 French Arabian desert isn’t real it can’t hurt you.
    French Arabian Desert:

  • @ardvarkvv2718
    @ardvarkvv2718 11 місяців тому +8

    Would love to see a British Empire episode! I know they had their Pax Britannica in our TL but... it can always be better ;)

  • @pep-qew1977
    @pep-qew1977 11 місяців тому +64

    What if Poland take whole universe???

  • @IdealKangaroo
    @IdealKangaroo 11 місяців тому +13

    Scenario: what if Churchill’s confederation of the Danube succeeded?

  • @DeanmC261993
    @DeanmC261993 11 місяців тому +50

    Omg a timeline where reconstruction went well and they completely fixed all the souths institutional problems, land redistribution would be great for improving wealth and the standards of living

    • @kyckrox1
      @kyckrox1 11 місяців тому +4

      It’s an alternate scenario chill

    • @merp9610
      @merp9610 11 місяців тому +1

      Hey, that's actually something I've been thinking about too! I wonder just how far something like this could go?

    • @yesatitsfinest
      @yesatitsfinest 11 місяців тому +3

      Distribute all the land to me

    • @monetizedyay6827
      @monetizedyay6827 11 місяців тому

      Racial issues in the U.S. wouldn't be as bad as a result. President Johnson really fucked things up.

  • @user-ze5pf3sv4i
    @user-ze5pf3sv4i 4 місяці тому +2

    i will write my comment in german: ehrenhaftes Video, es macht mir Spaß deinen Kram anzuschauen :D

  • @elmoterminator6969
    @elmoterminator6969 10 місяців тому +8

    I could just imagine 9/11 happening and the USA just annexing most of the middle east in this story

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 11 місяців тому +14

    2:13 you captured the american spirit perfectly man! 😂😂😂😂

  • @liamaspholmer3255
    @liamaspholmer3255 7 місяців тому +4

    Would love one about the UK, just feels like there’s a lot of possibilities where world history could change completely. :)

  • @j.37
    @j.37 11 місяців тому +2

    a video like this for argentina would be really cool to see

  • @kizrgd
    @kizrgd 11 місяців тому

    great video

  • @mark9152
    @mark9152 11 місяців тому +16

    In this scenario, wouldn't it be better for the US to keep the Philippines just in-case they needed a forward base in Asia? Two of the largest nation, population-wise, are in Asia, so surely a huge territory there would be nice to contain the possible rise of competition.

    • @CrossBreedTacoHD
      @CrossBreedTacoHD 9 місяців тому +8

      In reality the US already has ports and bases in several countries in East Asia.
      Not saying owning the Philippines would be bad or good, just realistically the US wouldn't need to own them to build up a substantial force in that area, as our reality being the proof.

    • @kitkat47chrysalis95
      @kitkat47chrysalis95 8 місяців тому +2

      my brother in crist... the us does keep the Philippines, the us navy, airforce, army, marines all have their own bases in Philippines.

    • @riderchallenge4250
      @riderchallenge4250 8 місяців тому

      And that two countries are the only countries that would probably beat USA in every field. Russia is gone case. EU is already a puppet. Japan not powerful enough same for Indonesia and Brazil

  • @catalyst9955
    @catalyst9955 11 місяців тому +12

    i’d say the russians would actually probably be allied to the united states, assuming gorbachev does what he needs to do

  • @stephenwilliams2421
    @stephenwilliams2421 6 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting - I totally agree with most of your assumptions. One thing that I would change in your rosy history is the time of acquisition of Cuba. During the lead-up to the Civil War, there were several groups who wanted to annex Cuba and make it another state. In the real timeline, one of the main reasons for rejecting that proposal was it would upset the balance between slave and free states... this was also why we didn't acquire more of Mexico during the 1840s. Since your timeline shows us expanding farther into Mexico and having all of Canada (presumably as free states), I think the chances that we would annex (or just buy) Cuba would be near certain.

  • @sashavasilyev3000
    @sashavasilyev3000 11 місяців тому +12

    this is just real history with a couple very minor changes

    • @Alex-vx5zs
      @Alex-vx5zs 11 місяців тому +2

      True, bascially how it is today but with small changes in the past like the war with Mexico, the outcome is the same today

  • @RedRomanov
    @RedRomanov 11 місяців тому +4

    AKA. "What if countries had autosaves" series

  • @countryballsandstuff447
    @countryballsandstuff447 11 місяців тому +3

    I love these vids even if theirs only 2

  • @TodaysAnalysis
    @TodaysAnalysis 3 місяці тому +1

    Nice!

  • @adoremorekat
    @adoremorekat 11 місяців тому +2

    You should make a video about what if everything for Mexico went perfect anyways great video

  • @lewisbean4250
    @lewisbean4250 11 місяців тому +4

    Nova Scotia joining the 13 colonies, not to mention Florida and the Bahamas may be within the realm of possibility too as there were sympathies there to the rebels

  • @Maltheus_
    @Maltheus_ 11 місяців тому +5

    I want to see a scenario like this for France starting maybe before the Seven Years War.

  • @mohadk3022
    @mohadk3022 11 місяців тому

    Nice video !!
    Could you do a what if France had the same population growth as the other great powers in the industrial revolution

  • @masterchief1843
    @masterchief1843 9 місяців тому +2

    We have to see one for italy! Please!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @ritasanchez773
    @ritasanchez773 10 місяців тому +6

    As an americaN I say that I loved this video

  • @God_Save_The_King
    @God_Save_The_King 11 місяців тому +5

    This video - allthough it is very well made - is just excruciating torture for me to watch...
    You should do Britain or Austria next! :D

  • @juamont
    @juamont 11 місяців тому

    Omg its true that every alternate history channel has the same voice xD nice video

  • @justforfun9780
    @justforfun9780 11 місяців тому +1

    This is great

  • @Sander_van_de_Reep
    @Sander_van_de_Reep 11 місяців тому +4

    Please do what if everything went good for the Netherlands! Dat zou erg leuk zijn!

  • @kongtsang2022
    @kongtsang2022 11 місяців тому +3

    Do one for the Qing Dynasty next!!!

  • @Jared401
    @Jared401 9 місяців тому +1

    Interesting perspective and the timeline doesn’t require a major shifting of events. Though, two important events I think would have gone differently.
    First, the annexation of Canada. While I know domestic affairs were kept the same, the incorporation of Canada would have greatly impacted the domestic politics and the fate of the civil war. A different set of possibilities would have appeared, first anti-slave states would have gained political advantage in the legislature to not only prevent the expansion of slavery, but also start passing laws to outlaw or restrict aspects of slavery impacting other states (I.e. abolishing fugitive slave laws, imposing taxes on goods produced by slave labor). The South at this point would be outvoted on everything by the late-1820s when the Canadian states would be admitted. Either a peaceful resolution would have been worked out (such as gradual emancipation) or it would have forced a conflict by the late 1830s. The annexation of parts of Mexico would be too far off in the future to be used as a compromise for maintaining the North-South legislative balance. If, according to the video’s scenario with Mexico, the result of the Mexican-American War is getting more slave states in former Mexican territory, it would be a lot harder to impose. Mexico abolished slavery gradually starting in 1821 and then fully by 1837, the population that the US is inheriting would not only not be super welcoming of the new rulers, but bringing back slavery would not go over well. The new Mexican possessions would be rebellious despite their sparse population, and those regions are known historically as being a great place for rebellious activity.
    The second major even that would have played out differently is the post WWI settlement. The interwar period had a lot going on and if the US were to roll 20 in every geopolitical scenario, then the US would have joined the League of Nations. This would have put more power behind the organization and might have prevented aspects of the rise of fascism in Europe. This would warrant an entire video for just this situation.
    Otherwise a great thought experiment and very interesting.

  • @TheOnlyMonroni
    @TheOnlyMonroni 9 місяців тому

    I know this has been out for a while, but a date in the corner, even if its just the year every so often, would be nice

  • @Very_Silly_Individual
    @Very_Silly_Individual 9 місяців тому +4

    It honestly went pretty perfectly. Or at least as good as you could expect without cheats

  • @SirDriperHat
    @SirDriperHat 7 місяців тому +5

    The rest of the world: Dude... Uncool

  • @greeneanimations3660
    @greeneanimations3660 11 місяців тому +4

    Do this for the Kingdom of Italy from unification to the late 20th century

  • @redjackel6161
    @redjackel6161 11 місяців тому +7

    Surprised you didn't touch on the Filibusters in Central America, or William Walker's near conquest of the area.
    If the US Congress had given Walker troops, then the region would have been, if not US territories, then under the US sphere.

  • @fadhilahzaidan4946
    @fadhilahzaidan4946 11 місяців тому +5

    I would like too see this scenario for North Korea,the Qing Dynasty,Roman empire,and Yugoslavia. :)

  • @silverwarrior8142
    @silverwarrior8142 11 місяців тому +7

    Very cool video, however I'm disappointed you haven't considered US influence after WW1 possibly turning WW2 on it's head. The US supported the idea of deciding borders based on ethnic lines. This would make a possibly stronger Germany probably still falling to a political extreme over Alsace-Lorraine but most likely putting Hungary on the Allied side for WW2 and other stuff I'm too braindead to think of. This american WW1 peace ideal would be more easily achieved if the US was a colossal power like in the video. I get it though that these are super hypothetical and unnecessarily complicated concepts which is why they are not explored, but would've appreciated if you mentioned the wacky possibilities.

  • @danisagoodman4294
    @danisagoodman4294 11 місяців тому

    Great video. Can you do a What if Canada got everything it wanted

  • @andreadantuono3517
    @andreadantuono3517 9 місяців тому

    Maybe you could make a video if history went perfect for Italy starting maybe from its unification with Sardinia-Piedmont after the Napoleonic wars

  • @sirmagnifus7350
    @sirmagnifus7350 11 місяців тому +3

    Hope you do this for britain or france

  • @CMVBrielman
    @CMVBrielman 11 місяців тому +4

    Counter-proposal for the “best case” scenario for the US, regarding post-WW2 China.
    Mao is able to establish a communist regime in Manchuria, but not push beyond there, and an armistice is reached, with a red “North China” and a western-aligned “South China.” The conflict also results in Chiang Kai Shek being unable to secure Xinjiang or Tibet, so those regions are independent.
    As the Cold War goes on, Mao leans into a Manchu identity to help distinguish his regime from the rest of China. By the end of the CW, its obvious there is a “Republic of China” and a “Republic of Manchuria” and, even if Manchuria liberalizes, nobody seriously thinks about them rejoining China.

  • @Edgar_Hoods
    @Edgar_Hoods 6 місяців тому +1

    8:06 Kaiser Wilhelm II jump scare

  • @kuroazrem5376
    @kuroazrem5376 11 місяців тому +2

    Please do this scenario for: Japan, Spain, Hungary and Morocco.

  • @ramennoodle4783
    @ramennoodle4783 11 місяців тому +3

    Do it for France, they had so many opportunities to become the sole superpower but obviously wasted those opportunities

  • @UraNAHge
    @UraNAHge 5 місяців тому +3

    I’m waiting for what if everything went perfect for Brazil

  • @dragonzygade9655
    @dragonzygade9655 11 місяців тому +1

    Maybe try Napoleonic France next

  • @T_Playz42
    @T_Playz42 11 місяців тому +1

    Please make one of these about Brazil