What if Greece Took Back Constantinople? (Megali Idea)

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[@stakuyi]

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[@yaboipalps8616]

Give us the stellaris video you promised. Your EaW got 10k likes.

[@Gmodvids43]

Thanks for enlightening me

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

I've been making the same suggestion for so long, since I think the second one of these "what if" scenarios. But mine is "What If the Allies invaded Greece instead of Italy"

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

Also, 39:30 the communist Hungarian revolt was a real thing and it did happen right as the war collapsed. It likely didn't matter whether the communists in Russia rose or not as the Hungarians were gonna launch their revolution anyways. The Hungarian Soviet Repuic lasted, IRL from March 1919 until August 1919

[@lefthand4943]

Bro Hungary was red during the 1918 to 1920 war but was crushed by the opposition.

[@rising_sun6752]

The Hungarian Soviet republic did exist in our timeline. It failed in its invasion of Czechoslovakia and Romania, and was replaced by a regency.

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

A regency led by an admiral. Of a landlocked nation

[@AdvancedGamer-]

@@Lady_Amelia-Eloise💀💀💀💀💀

[@cassu6]

The Balkans really were such a fucking wild place during the interwar period. We honestly need a game or a mod for hoi4 for that time period. So much interesting stuff happened

[@erdood3235]

​@@Lady_Amelia-Eloiseit wasn't landlocked when it was Austro Hungary

[@superros9412]

​@@erdood3235 Horny was the leader after the failed revolution.

[@PancakeNation1]

What if the Qing dynasty never collapsed?

[@PancakeNation1]

Pls like

[@jimtalbott9535]

@@PancakeNation1OMg, begging for likes??

[@PancakeNation1]

Bro shush up your not him

[@Jeremie-cc2qq]

Good one

[@PancakeNation1]

@@Jeremie-cc2qq thanks

[@tweetert.9978]

"WHY IS GREECE A MAJOR POWER?!" - Stayuki every time Greece is relevant to the playthrough

[@romanmorozov6974]

“What if Greece gets Constantinople” **Greece did not get Constantinople**

[@don1angel]

😂

[@totolias2010]

I swear this game's ai is just the turkish nationalists bitch because it keeps on making allies fail and greece not get the lands stak wanted

[@GÖKBÖRÜCCC]

😂

[@eliassolomou980]

The Greek army did enter Constantinople and did reach deep into Asia minor. There is a reason why the Turks moved their capital from Constantinople to Ankara. Greece will get Constantinople back and much of Asia minor in the years to come, thank you Mr erdogan :)

[@siyacer]

​@@eliassolomou980LOL

[@dumbledax1040]

The sequel to this video: what would the reformed Byzantium do in WW2 (us console commands to reform Byzantium in the beginning of the game)

[@someguy1735]

fun fact: Hungary in our own time line was commonest in 1919 for a brief time about 133 days in a very abridged summery in 1918 the first Hungarian republic was formed then they over though the democratic government and refused any territorial losses and this was one of the reasons why Hungary was punished no badly after ww1

[@cassu6]

Oh damn that's interesting

[@paweu4750]

@@someguy1735 commonest XD

[@TheTruePopeFrancis]

Minor correction, the king of Greece and the Greek royal family was danish, NOT german.

[@hvapwns]

Stakyui, god love him, often makes very specific, distinct, tiny errors.

[@jimtalbott9535]

Yes, the House of Gluksberg.

[@Subzero_Productions]

Well, technically, it's a cadet branch of the house of Oldenburg, which is was, in fact, German

[@gummi9948]

my brain is rot from {"a":2,"b":1,"c":21,"d":31,"e":{"a":" ","b":29,"c":30,"d":[". "],"e":["victoria. I"],"f":[0]},"f":"There may be a grammatical issue in this sentence. Consider rephrasing it.","g":false,"h":"Correctness","i":false} thought it

[@gummi9948]

what the fuck

[@wolfy3297]

The Hungarien soviet republic happaned in real life too and it was beaten up by mainly Czechoslovakia and Romania and it ended up with Romanian occupation of Budapest

[@AdvancedGamer-]

Possibly in this timeline it wouldn’t even happen because the Hungarian soviet republic well thought that soviets would well help Them but in this timeline soviet don’t exist so…

[@wolfy3297]

@@AdvancedGamer- agreed with you

[@Stoneworks]

What if? Brother we're preparing to take it back right NOW!

[@Turkpatriotantalia]

Nuh uh

[@Cuorion]

No, we're not, and stop spreading idiotic expansive propaganda that not even you would actually want.

[@sqwidlord8344]

Deus vult

[@ruairiodonohoe2533]

YES! To Constantinople! Charge! Byzantium shall return

[@braylen5830]

NEVER, GLORY TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE SULTAN🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@Ally.-]

What if Japan restored the Ottoman sultanate in Sinkiang? (This was an actual proposed idea by the Japanese if they won the war in China)

[@prestonjones1653]

The Turks are going back to Asia with this one

[@talha6852]

Can you explain more please?

[@lamb_link]

@@talha6852Turkic peoples live in the north western regions of China, these people are often called Uyghurs but there are a few regional names. the Japanese had the idea to essentially carve up China into multiple smaller and easier to manage countries. Quite literally divide and conquer. Since the ottoman empire was predominantly run by ethnic Turks, the Japanese believed that they could place the defunct ottoman heir in a position over the Uyghur Turks as their king, in a similar way to how they placed Qing Puyi as emperor over Manchuria. In reality the Turkish and Uyghurs are quite different culturally from one another, and in all likelihood the Uyghurs would’ve viewed a Turkish monarchy as just as foreign as a Japanese one

[@talha6852]

@@lamb_link thank you for explanation

[@siyacer]

​@@lamb_linkjapanese were really that crazy lol

[@lorekeeper8117]

LET’S GO! TYSM for doing my idea Stak

[@faelirra]

Stakuyi: I'm here to tell a story Game: I'm going to destroy the story xD

[@totolias2010]

game: im gonna make all the turkish nationalists happy and piss off everyone else

[@alfalfabillenjoyer4878]

Hungary actually was a Soviet republic for a short time after WW1, under Bela Kun.

[@QWERTYET]

38:57 this actually happend irl it is a very interesting event that happend

[@pimentaze2886]

😳😳 Ur such a Smart boy 😏

[@wolvezar1671]

Always hyped when stakuyi drops

[@epicpuppyman]

What if Czechoslovakia succesfully resisted the German invasion? (Sorry if this has already been done and i'm not aware)

[@alexkudzin4980]

What if at the start of the Siberian intervention, Japan finds Alexei Romanov and makes him a puppet ruler of Siberia to justify their ongoing “intervention”? Yes Alexei Romanov is assassinated in July and the intervention starts in August, so either move the intervention forward a couple of months, or have the Czechoslovak Legion rescue Alexei and bring him to the Japanese. Either way, Japan should remain in Siberia after October 1922, with enough legitimacy so that America doesn't embargo Japan or force Japan's withdrawal, & Japan can pay for the “intervention” with Siberian gold/iron/gems/fur.

[@dogsittinggay7273]

There isn’t really any way he can do that since in the Great War redux mod there isn’t any way to create a puppet state for Japan led by a Romanov or anything like that

[@KaiserCharles12]

What if the Soviet union had denied the molotov-ribbentrop pact

[@Turkpatriotantalia]

Then no poland, barbarossa would still happen, the western allies wouldnt have much of a problem with the soviets if they didnt invaded

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Attempt 10: (Using the Great War Redux again) What if Italy honored the Triple Alliance and eventually joined the Central Powers when WWI comes around?

[@Theodoros_Kolokotronis]

The number of Greeks living in the Asiatic portion of the Ottoman Empire (Asia Minor) in the early part of the 20th century was approximately 1.780.000. The official ottoman statistics of 1910 had the figure at 1.777.146. In 1919-1922 the Greeks in Smyrna numbered 150.000, forming just under half of the population, outnumbering the Turks by a ratio of two to one. Alongside Greeks and Turks, there were sizeable Armenian, Jewish, and Levantine communities in the city. Constantinople numbered 260.000 citizens of Greek origin. The rest were scattered in urban centres of Cappadocia, Bithynia and the Pontic region. Note that these people were native in these lands with a heritage of millenniums. Only 1.200.000 civilians made it to mainland Greece. The rest were exterminated in what is registered as the “Greek genocide”.

[@andresdominguez4914]

What if the United Arab Republic was a success? (Egypt/Cold War mod)

[@dogsittinggay7273]

Do you mean Egypt keeps control of Syria or that they unite the whole Arab world

[@psychoskink]

What if King Edward never abdicated the throne and married Wallis simpson

[@jimcat68]

You'd have a British Republic by 1945

[@Theodoros_Kolokotronis]

Man, this is a very interesting video. There is really no point arguing or trolling while hovering between ignorance and false pretensions. For those seeking answers, further accounts and sources on the subject regarding post WWI Turkey, there are plenty of credible works to delve into. Two notable books are “The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924” and “The Blight of Asia”.

[@hklassehutten1476]

What if Stakuyi had a cheeseburger instead of a bagel in the morning in Sarajevo, June 1914?

[@OctoMan1]

What if Yuan Shikai never got the presidency after the Xinhai Revolution?

[@MIGBMWLOVER]

Bold of you to post this at the anniversary of the destruction of Smyrna....

[@ostriend6011]

You mean liberation of izmir from the hands of imperialist racists?

[@electricfellow]

It's 4 in the morning in Iran and honestly seeing the notif of your video gave meaning to my night.

[@kennethsypherd5371]

"France. how are you so bad?" Do you really need to ask that?

[@ChrisVillagomez]

It's honestly really interesting to me that Greece or the Byzantines reclaiming Constantinople is so popular with everyone. Maybe it's because the Ottoman Empire was so much closer to our time than the Byzantines/Romans were, having only fallen after World War 1, or it could be because of the ways that the successive Turkish governments have conducted themselves since, from the Armenian Genocide to the modern-day demonization of the Kurdish people

[@ostriend6011]

Current Ruling party of Turkey gets half of their votes from kurds. Mister "Galactic sultan" erdogan even made kurmanji posters for kurdish majority cities. I love when westoids just consume what onesided media feeds them lmao

[@ChillyBenpa]

there is no demonization of Kurdish people but there is the demonization of Turkish people and history

[@mappingshaman5280]

I'd say it's a mixture of two aesthetics being popular in western culture those being the crusader and the roman. The roman aesthetic is obvious the byzantines were the Eastern roman empire. The crusader aesthetic is because its a Christian country retaking a holy city from a muslim nation.

[@hopedream11]

Crusader fascist nonsense along with nationalist fervor for reclaiming glory in the form of war or territory. Add in racism of Turkish people or Arabs in general and belief in Roman superiority and worship. The other more unserious answer is it's a quick and funny meme for online trolling.

[@d.ag.b1135]

Well spending more than a century being one of the worst places on the planet morally will tend to turn folks against you...

[@hydronpowers9014]

What if Mussolini wasn't bald?

[@totolias2010]

What if italians got so pissed at mussolini for failing in greece that they start a civil war (im just memeing not a realistic scenarion)

[@HistoryBuffBro]

I can feel the flow of Turkish Nationalists flowing in as we speak to say that any genocides that happened in this video, or in reality, in fact did not, lol.

[@U87-z2w]

Notice how there was no event or discussion about genocides against balkan Turks ,muslim Greeks/Bulgarians or Jews?

[@mappingshaman5280]

​@U87-z2w A: there was no balkan genocide against Jews around the time period of ww1 B: the governments of these countries generally don't make saying that ethnic cleansings of turks happened illegal, unlike Turkey which does for Armenians, assyrians and Greeks.

[@HistoryBuffBro]

@@mappingshaman5280 This exactly.

[@Blaziken36]

I’m Turkish and I don’t go on entire nationalist rants on topics like these. This one in particular was super interesting and was one I was looking forward to.

[@U87-z2w]

@HistoryBuffBro This exactly what? "the governments of these countries generally don't make saying that ethnic cleansings of turks happened illegal" What does this sentence even mean?

[@BurntMango]

What if the Zimmerman telegram wasn’t intercepted

[@ArthurOseven]

Thanks for your work O7. To make the story smoother, I recommend to place the story breaking moments like "fall of Paris" at the end of the video as bloopers. I felt like the story had to many unnecessary pauses. (Explanation about the mod fault, we have to wait for the event, AI not doing as you want, ect. that you can do behind the scenes.) Maybe that way we can have a good and smooth story that we all can enjoy.

[@isgangel7590]

The Royale Family in Greece, they were not German they were Danish. Otto was the only German king that Greece had ( Bavarian ) but he was forced to abdicate

[@Canada1994]

What if the Taiping Rebellion won? (You'll need to use the 'End of a New Beginning' mod)

[@wreaker1O1]

What if world war 2 started 2 years later then the original time line

[@Mr_Godmode]

What if the Ottomans survived after WW1 (they still lost it but weren't beaten afterwards) (7)

[@detachedobserver]

Week 6 of asking @stakuyi to play Communist Hippogriffia in HoI4 EaW: Basically everything is mostly straght-forward, but I should notice that in case of losing North Zebrican War - Hippogriffia will get one of bad endings. Also you SHOULD be nice, otherwise Posada get depressed and commits nuclear self-un-aliving with 5 possible quick endings after that. In theory you can spare scientists for sweet-sweet bonuses only if you don't take other unethical options. Also side-note: Macawia does NOT affect on outcome, but if chose to get a puppet, they'll get a nice custom flag and also if you spare Razorbeak, she'll get amnesty at the end with a fun event. The last thing: No, you won't declare war on every nation, but you get a bunch of bonuses with new project of deep-penetration bomber(you need super-large airframe for that) and you need to justify on all supremacist nations(you get a discount on that too) until there will be left none and then press an event in the decisions. DO NOT USE H-BOMB!!! I REPEAT - NO ACTIVE THERMONUCES OR YOU'LL GET A SEMI-BAD END!!! It's a long run, but it's so op!

[@MrToymaster1]

Using the Great War redux; what if the UK joined the central powers?

[@disasterratio1388]

What if Napoleon took over France again?

[@typicaluser697]

Well, they already figured out how to beat him, I don't expect much to change

[@FIRE-zt6vw]

Best part. It was the allies that place that king in greece. And then they didn't liked him. Best of the allies ever

[@graniteranger]

“The fall of Paris” should’ve sided with the German king in Greece

[@harmonicadude4732]

What happens if the Spanish civil war happened earlier and ended sooner. Then Spain joins the axis and goes in on France from the south.

[@Notexactlydat]

Finally someone remembering greece is a thing in Hoi4

[@hanzethetickler1137]

What if France attacked Germany when they attacked Poland

[@Stormgamer-xb7gv]

The Good Timeline 🇬🇷

[@BenaiahYorman]

What if the allies stood up for Czech in the Munich Agreement.

[@greywolf5590]

What if the Netherlands formed the Benelux and held off the german invasion.

[@Deamon93IT]

Kind of amusing to see you reroll saves because France somehow lost Paris on more than one occasion :D

[@kylarstahl]

What if Trotsky never got exiled

[@1221shadowdragon]

My suggestion, what if India declared independence from the UK early?

[@BreadF1sh]

You should use player lead conference mod or some other state transfer mod to help you with the borders and the outcome of the conflicts

[@yoh-dude]

I'm surprised you still haven't started using mods like the Toolpack mod as they really help with HOI4 roleplay situations as well as in fixing any AI shenanigans which happen. The ability to transfer states, add manpower, factories and political power, as well as spawn in troops in any country can be really helpful when telling a story (especially when the French AI starts to die again for whatever reason).

[@noahcopeland8470]

What if Bulgaria achieved all its territorial claims in WWI?

[@hyenafur]

Fixed points in time @stakuyi ! You messed with fixed points in time! If they don't happen, the resulting paradox destroys the universe!

[@IceLordCryo]

Here's a fun alternate history suggestion: what if the Taiping rebellion succeeded?

[@CodyDockerty]

Could be a good one for a episode full of niche challenges that can't be a full epiosde. Play as New Zealand in GWR, and what if the Dardanelles campaign was a success?

[@c.a.r-rb1oo]

what if Texas never joined the usa

[@JackSully110]

What if Bulgaria was able to capture Constantinople during the first Balkan war?

[@Stalin-hd4ch]

What if Manchukuo became independent from Japan

[@hammadbilal7871]

What if hitler told his army to wait for the winter to pass in the winter of first year of operation Barbarossa

[@VKat07]

Babeee, come quick, stakuyi made a new video.

[@BakedClams]

What is Bulgaria won the second Balkan war (sorry for another WW1 idea)

[@seameerkat.]

What if the qing dynasty survived the Xinhai Revolution?

[@Dexbox]

What if both superpowers lost the Cold War?

[@Enchie]

What if the United States adopted a more severe Manifest Destiny and conquered the entire western hemisphere?

[@ExiledPiasa]

A couple of ideas for you…. 1) What if Japan joined the Allies after China allies with Germany and Italy in ‘35? 2) Mongolia uses armored cars as their light calvary to rebuild their empire?

[@RoXu_40]

What if Poland went with Dmowski's idea rather than the First Marshal's

[@Silverstormer]

So what I learned from your video is, if Greece went for the megali Idea we would have had a german victory. Damn greece, why couldnt it be like that in our time 😆

[@jgr7487]

More fronts opened & fewer troops sent to France.

[@totolias2010]

because our timeline doesn't simp for turk nationalists

[@Cat_DeGaulle]

What if the heavenly kingdom won

[@mrnorms]

What if the Moroccan Crisis started WW1?

[@kommandantgalileo]

What if Pearl Harbour succeeded in destroying all USN capital ships at Pearl Harbour? (I recommend using the Vanilla Naval Rework mod with the Pacific war submod for this)

[@WatchingTornadoes]

Hate to break it to you, but the plan wasn't to destroy their battleship. In reality, they did succeed in destroying or crippling the battleships stationed in Pearl Harbor, however, it wasn't the main goal of the attack. The main goal was to strike the USN Carriers, which at that time coincidentally happened to be on routine exercises and avoided the destruction. Even if they where to time it right and destroy the carriers, it wouldn't have made much of a difference as the American population had stirred in anger against the Japanese unprovoked attack, and with the United States Massive economic advantage over Japan, there truly isn't much to change in the timeline, just a lesser capable United States at that time who could quickly rebuild there navy quicker than it took Japan to build up there own before the war.

[@kommandantgalileo]

@@WatchingTornadoes Hate to break it to you, Pearl Harbour's main objective was to cripple the United States Navy's capability to fight, which meant destroying anything and everything they can get their hands on, and I know the Carriers were in fact out on a exercise.

[@vraptor313]

What if America focused on its economic policy and instead of going to Europe goes down Monroe doctrine

[@GreyKingZero]

Despite the pain of this mod being messy, this what if was fun.

[@sirmcsquizzy]

What if Poland held out during WW2?

[@Piratewaffle43]

A government split between two totally different political factions, unable to take action? Never seen that before...

[@humanfrommars882]

What if germany didn't break the molotov ribbentrop pact?

[@paulbenrud1248]

What if the Ottoman's won the first balkan war?

[@OceanManTakeMeBy]

What if you wanted to defeat Bulgaria, but God said "The Fall of Paris."

[@RileySH]

Attempt 2:What if Operation Unthinkabke happened in 1945 or maybe in 1949? It could be an interesting WW3 scenario to explore in my opinion.

[@Electricfox]

Stakuyi: "What if Greece took back Constantinople." France: "What if Germany took Paris?"

[@JakubWojciechowski933]

What if Poland was competent during World War II?

[@typicaluser697]

What do you mean by competent?

[@JakubWojciechowski933]

@@typicaluser697 Managed not get totally conquered and then abandoned by allies. Not lose, basically

[@momosthegreen]

I think that when I tried to do the same, I went down the Venizelist path, won the civil war by destroying my entire army before the war started and then spawned 1 horse division and rushed the VPs, and after the war I got everything but if I remember correctly Russia went historical so they were not part of the peace deal

[@michaelbarnard8529]

Russia would also have an interest in taking Constantinople, in order to give their Black Sea fleet free access to the Mediterranean.

[@jimcat68]

I like the idea of the butterfly effect of an expanded Balkan front leading to the fall of France.

[@RHDCATADMIRER]

Should do IRL

[@Userbie78]

What if france and ingland helped poland to fight the germans in WW2 ?

[@TheGeneralgaming24]

What if the Soviet Union completely collapsed before ww2 (like between 1936 and ww2)

[@gemberkoekje]

What if Poland accepted the danzig proposal, lenghthening the 'peace in our time' doctorine?

[@Mr_Godmode]

What if the Qing survived (3)

[@xxbeastmode-sh3iv]

What if rexist Belgium was a thing. Road to 56 mod

[@ashwingarg8314]

I liked, commented and subbed 😊😊😊

[@GoofusPlays]

38:57 The Hungarian Soviet Republic is actually historical. A sister republic to the USSR took power in Hungary after the war ended but Romania and Czechoslovak troops moved in and the soviet republic was collapsed.

[@Talking_Ben_nr_1]

What if Sweden won the great northern war and kept its empire to ww1 where they join central powers (great war redux)

[@WalletWorrier]

What if Poland had lost the Battle of Warsaw in 1920, being absorbed into the Soviet Union?

[@tylermorrison420]

Hey can you do more deep dive videos You are so great at this stuff, keep it up This alternative history series is great as well just to be clear I just ain't seen many deep dives lately such as bad asses of history

[@redeyeczletsplay3235]

What if Czechoslovakia would have resisted the Germans?

[@sahilhossain8204]

Ah yes the resurgence of Pax Manga Graceia be like 🇨🇾🇬🇷🇲🇰 🗿👌😎👍❤💙💚💛💜:

[@rocket_ing5127]

Hungarian soviet republic existed in our timeline but they got wrecked by little entente