What If Russia STAYED a Monarchy?

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[@aladron13]

Can we have another "Stakuyi Has Fun" episode? I enjoy seeing you laugh maniacally at these scenarios 😅

[@mynameisfroppy3182]

I 100% second this

[@tiredman99]

​@@mynameisfroppy3182 I 100% third this

[@stevestorytime-il2iy]

@@mynameisfroppy3182I second the seconded

[@blackjed]

Lets go!!

[@idontlikerome2744]

Maybe a Central Powers Italy? Player-led together with Germany and Austria would be a breeze

[@tylermorrison420]

what if operation unthinkable happened? (allied plans to invade the soviet union after the fall of germany)

[@Ultramarine_for_the_Emperor]

That’s literally Unthinkable

[@8-bit_astronaut]

The unthinkable would happen

[@BlueBonnieTexas]

That’s unthinkable!

[@TheBiggersofLand]

Yes

[@Cat_DeGaulle]

Yes

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Attempt 12: (Using the Great War Redux again) What if Italy honored the Triple Alliance and eventually joined the Central Powers when WWI comes around?

[@liladoodle]

This man won't quit, I respect that.

[@ryujin2135]

F*** it I'll give this dedicated man a vote.

[@idontlikerome2744]

Imagine would Italy would seize/take if the Central Power bois had won

[@humanfrommars882]

france gets a tatse of what a two front war looks like

[@SketchG]

Bro is as dedicated as soldiers at Isonzo

[@JackSully110]

What if Bulgaria was able to capture Constantinople during the First Balkan war? If I remember correctly they got pretty close but then just ran out of steam after several attempts.

[@andysierra1618]

I think that because the great war mod is railroaded even if you capture Constantinople the peace treaty would be the same.

[@squeakythecute3958]

I thought it was because they were going to take it but Russia told them to back off

[@MrPlainsflyer]

Bulgars once again break on the walls of the great city

[@thequinnimator]

​@@andysierra1618 Yeah, Great War Redux is simultaneously the worst and best WW1 mod at times.

[@idontlikerome2744]

Bulgaria in the Entente maybe?

[@AtlasAccord]

What if Mexico actually attacked the US in WW1 (Zimmerman Telegraph is never discovered)

[@ryujin2135]

I would also like to see an amputee punch Mike Tyson. I know weird analogy but the Mexicans were no where near ready to fight the US.

[@pc_suffering6941]

They'd be quickly defeated

[@damiangaming5696]

Due to instability poor infrastructure and a divided military they'd collapse

[@Gamercap10]

Mexico could get a bit into USA as they would be unprepared maybe but they would be quickly dealt with after was @damniangaming5696 and @pc_suffering6941 said.

[@shookt1569]

Mexico was in the middle of a Civil War during this period. Realistically, there was no way they could have attacked the US.

[@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. Or, alternatively, one of his sisters, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, or Anastasia, survives and is married into the Japanese royal family giving Japan a claim over all of Russia.

[@andreichira7518]

Princess Anastasia marrying the Emperor and converting the Japanese to Orthodoxy is truly the greatest timeline of all time.

[@andysierra1618]

But Alexei Lives! At least that's what Tabby said

[@woober6]

@@andreichira7518orthodox church x shintoism crossover is the religious cocaine we need

[@meatycitadel]

this sounds like a path from kx transamur

[@rextroop1941]

So the European part of Russia is still under Bolshevik control?

[@cubefreak123]

What if Nationalist Spain won their civil war earlier and joined the Axis?

[@don1angel]

That was my previous suggestion, which ended second place... Spain joins the Axis. I did post again, but you have my vote here too!

[@cubefreak123]

@@don1angel Gave you an upvote too. Can’t let the suggestion die!

[@HD.Keem96]

The Allies would invade Spain instead of Italy. If we thought Italy was weak then post-civil war Spain would've been a child with gold bars weak, I'd still like to see this concept though

[@RockWaveAI]

In one of my games, Spain joined my Axis faction late-war and broke the stalemate. The Africa Offensive was won in some months cutting off the the British in the Mediterranean sea.

[@the_only_lonely]

@@HD.Keem96doubt it, Italy also served as a way to get to bring the war to germany, Spain couldn‘t do that

[@kal7160]

I'm just waiting for the "What if the mensheviks/Trotsky took control of the Soviet Union and not Lenin/Stalin" vid

[@catalyst4448]

What if the Republic of China founded by sun yat sen didn’t break apart and china never had the warlord period

[@idontlikerome2744]

It fractured internally right? It wasnt like the japanese or british, think i saw a vid about this

[@DominionSorcerer]

@@idontlikerome2744 yeah. It fell in no small part because Sun Yat-sen's chosen successor, Yuan Shikai, declared himself Emperor which led to the warlord period.

[@shookt1569]

Honestly, what if Sun just didn't have cancer

[@genuinocolombia4100]

what if japan won the batlle of midway ?

[@jeffgraham9208]

…or followed up on the Pearl Harbour attack?

[@genuinocolombia4100]

@@jeffgraham9208 no

[@bidenator9760]

@@genuinocolombia4100 Why?

[@Norbert_Sattler]

I don't think it'd change much in the grand scheme of things. The USA has just way too much of an edge in industry, population and resources (oil in particular) for Japan to ever win, and they were too pissed off about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour for a negotiated peace to happen. I can't imagine anything other than the time of allied victory changing. This is more a what-if for the peace negotiations than the war itself I'd imagine.

[@MrLabowski]

What if Steiner’s Attack was Carried out and successful?

[@witherblade7558]

Yes.

[@bejaminmaston1347]

It'd be almost immediately countered and Germany would fall maybe a week later , Germany was in zero position to prevent their fall that late in the war, Germany had zero chance

[@Sugarierspoon99]

Mabey western allies reach berlin.

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

Bittersteel save games would say otherwise (just hold the river line, cause small encirclements, then pray the AA works)​@@bejaminmaston1347

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

​@Sugarierspoon99 that could be, but the peace would likely be the same

[@don1angel]

Let's try again. Spain joins the Axis!

[@michaelsurratt1864]

Germany loses quicker

[@idontlikerome2744]

@@michaelsurratt1864 nah the spaniards would have less time for their siestas, things would be good lol

[@michaelsurratt1864]

@@idontlikerome2744 I mean Spain is just a landing pad for the allies at that point

[@Vlovesoffensivememes]

Spain was a trainwreck and franco knew if he joined he'd get clapped harder than germany after winter 1943

[@Someone-dy5ui]

What if Ethiopia and Japan peacefully united. This is based on an actual historical proposal to marry children of the two monarchs.

[@SoS-1zyx]

that's actually rather surprising, neat guess you really can learn something new everyday

[@henrywilson2136]

What if Turkey joined the allies Earlier? They remained neutral until the final year or so during the war.

[@tacomeister4130]

What if England truly stood alone (no commonwealth allies able/willing to help)

[@nightmarexgaming120]

Germans eventually invade the Soviets which will receive lend lease from the USA and the war will end with a more communist Europe

[@idcgaming518]

You mean either BRITAIN or the UK, right?

[@GDWII]

Spoiler alert they lose horribly

[@tacomeister4130]

@@idcgaming518 nah just england lmao

[@waltercommunitycollege1615]

Fun Fact: Tsar Nicholas II and his family are venerated as Saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church. They are called 'The Passion-Bearers". Maybe Orthodox who convert to the faith actually choose him as their patron saint, changing their name to match his.

[@julianbenitez6253]

What if the spanish coup of july of 1936 completely failed, or What If the spanish civil war ended with Franco defeated, wichever its easier to make

[@michaelbarnard8529]

Communists take over Spain.

[@Spanishinquisition98]

Im going to keep going: "What if Oswald Mosley got into power during world war 2?"

[@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.

[@Redeyes0815]

What if the German "wonder weapons" (Wunderwaffen) had been used a few years earlier? Firstly, sorry for my bad English (it's not my native language and I'm trying to translate this with my limited school knowledge and Google) Towards the end of the war, the Germans had brought some innovations to the battlefield (even if the propaganda portrayed their efficiency in an extremely exaggerated way), the heavy tanks, land cruisers and super battleships (Tiger, Tiger II, Maus, P-1000 Ratte, H-class battleships) were, in terms of warfare, dead ends, but with the Me 262 (first jet aircraft in series production), the U-boat types XXI and XXIII (together with the "Zaunkönig I and II"- torpedo, effectively redefined submarine warfare) or the V1 and V2 rockets (practically precursors of modern guided missiles) some really strong innovations had also been introduced. The general consensus, however, is that these weapons came too late and could not be produced in sufficient numbers to save Germany from defeat. I have often heard that the Allies would have had problems if the war had lasted a few more years, but I think that would not have helped much because, despite the new technologies, Germany simply would not have had enough raw materials and industrial capacity to use these technologies (+ the Americans' Manhattan Project could then be completed and used against Germany instead of Japan). Instead, a more interesting question would be what would have happened if the Germans had had these innovations much earlier (while the rest of the world had made roughly the same progress). Could Nazi Germany use this to avert defeat and perhaps achieve a stalemate, or perhaps, for example, take over the Caucasus and its oil reserves and thus put itself in an economic position to hold out longer?

[@daniellovestortoises3044]

Really great Video please make a part 2 for this scenario

[@Silver_Prussian]

Nicholas wasnt such a bad ruler as people make him out to be, he was a veey compasionate and caring individual that had good intentions he was just never able to translate them into actions as he was never properly educated by his father on how to run the country. What happend to his grandfather aslo had an effect on his liie it did on his father, it thought them a lesson that once you try to liberalize and relax your control people immidiatly notice and jump on your back. For example he gave his support to Stolypin to enact his reforms and had he not died things could have very well been different. The Romanovs werent bad people, they just had bad luck.

[@obi-wancranobi9631]

FINALLY! I'VE BEEN MAKING THIS REQUEST FOR WEEKS!

[@BakedClams]

What if Bulgaria won the second Balkan war?

[@turkeyman1123]

I don't know if this is even supported in any of the HOI4 mods, but I would love to see an alt history where Baron Franz Nopcsa successfully marries into an American oil baron family and becomes king of Albania. Historically accurate Indiana Jones has a fascinating life story, which would make for a fun video IMO

[@BigChucka419]

If Britain can have tanks with tea kettles, how about tanks with towel warmers 😂

[@golovko7826]

What if Brazil reformed the Portugal-Brazilian empire

[@MorkiMoo]

What if the UK failed in the Malayan Emergency? (You could play as communist Malaysia in the Cold War: Iron Curtain mod, they got a focus tree and everything)

[@brawnwickhawksmith1088]

what if Stakuyi leaned into the technical difficulties with his webcam? (the screen tearing of the webcam was a bit annoying/distracting but could have been made funny if there were some intentional screen tears moving either up or down constantly like some old game/tv/movie screen showing someone with bad tech/connection)

[@owencover693]

What if Germany kept supporting the Chinese nationalists

[@milesfantasy14]

What if Korea maintained their Independence and prevented the Japanese from colonizing them.

[@konstantynmror7950]

What if atlantic wall existed in it's full shape? (I recommend playing from 1936) The atlantic wall supposed to be a line of forts begining from the franco-spanish border, to the norwegian-USSR border in the far arctic. The planned length of it was 3862 km long, which would've been the longest fort line ever existing The atlantic wall was a fortification built to stop the naval invasion of the Allies. The german inteligency knew, that D-Day would come, but they to the last moment didn't know where (That's why the atlantic wall was so long). Germany started constructing it shortly before the D-Day (not much more than few months ahead of it). The most work on it was made on two weeks before the D-Day, after inspection of fortifications by Erwin Rommel. The fortifications were too weak to hold the allied soldiers. They broke through the same day

[@Geshiko-GuP]

Good example of a Monarch on the front in WW1: Albert the First. He personally was side by side with his men in the trenches and refused to participate in any unneeded charges, instead seeking to keep his men alive and well. His Wife was also a Nurse on the front This is why we love him here in Belgium

[@Mīlkïye1329]

What if the Carlists won the Spanish civil war themselves?

[@harryholden4606]

I❤ALT History

[@fatelmite1175]

Alternate history suggestion: what if Germany had figured out rocket technology before the war

[@Anders_Lund]

While not rocket technology, they did have the first jet aircraft flight in 1939. Yes, the Heinkel 178 flew on 27 August 1939, just days before the war started

[@RandomPerson0646]

I'd love to see a resist the Duma Run of this

[@robertyingling8193]

I actually asked this question like weeks ago when I was watching the Romanovs on Netflix

[@BullMooseSpirit]

What if Austria won the Brothers War (End of a New Beginning mod) or What if Prussia embraced the Greater German idea (Since I can’t remember if Austria has content)

[@TsarVladolfPutler]

What if Stalin didn't ignore his spies and was prepared for Barbarossa?

[@dimas3829]

as if spies told his anything useful about it. Quit spreading history revisionism, Soviets didn't know about German plans, nor about their innovations in tank division structure hence early defeats of USSR.

[@theblastzone3037]

What if Stailn was assassinated during WWII

[@leserb9228]

What if Serbia didn't collapse to the German, Austrian-Hungarian and Bulgarian onslaught in 1915, but actually held out until the Entante reinforcements arrived?

[@idontlikerome2744]

That just sounds like a player-led Serbia in the mod lol

[@Heylo-714]

i didn’t even know this channel did alt history. god i love alt history.

[@FromRussiaWithLuv007]

What if the Beer Hall Putsch had been much more successful

[@theelectro6812]

EU4: what if Denmark won the war for Swedish independence?

[@idontlikerome2744]

Its interesting since in game its actually something pretty easy to do, Kalmar Union/Scandinavia united into a single polity in a good timeline maybe?

[@jaybiks2458]

What if France opposed Germany at everything it did no matter what

[@jullo12]

Word of the day: Simultaneously 🤩

[@dovakiin2309]

What if Henry Tandy shot Hitler in WW1

[@Luh1nzk]

13 SECONDS IS CRAEY

[@Aleksandrija2002]

One universe I'm really curious about is what if Bulgaria had never joined the Central Powers side, since Serbia itself was holding up perfectly until they joined. As unrealistic as this may be, it is still something relatively unique among alt-history KZbinrs, and it would also be interesting to see how just one country changed an entire front, since they practically conquered two countries quickly.

[@femurremover]

Alt History Idea: Canada, with its infamous acts during the great wars, slowly leans into the chaos and cruelty. Anarchist Canada. I mainly just wanna hear how you weave a story to anarchism or something adjacent.

[@ExiledPiasa]

1) China and Japan form an alliance after WW1 and begin creating the Great Eastern Imperium? 2) Japan joins the Central Forces in WW1?

[@nathanmckay2998]

Did anyone else have Stevens head shake like a bowl of jelly when he’d move his head?

[@nathanbrooks7734]

What if Ireland concoured Britain during the 1916 war.

[@Dexbox]

What if both superpowers lost the Cold War?

[@MagaldiMateus]

Dont know if there is a mod for it, But what if The Glorious Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping won.

[@zackslechta5517]

Alternate History Idea: Czechoslovakia goes monarchist and brings back Kingdom of Bohemia.

[@foxo3633]

FINALLY!! i was waiting for this haha

[@ElGranDoTe1]

What if Greece joined the axis after the fall of France?

[@ElGranDoTe1]

I think. There would be some ups. 1) italy would not get bogged down. North Epirus (South albaina) could have been a intimate sweetener plus the Ageian colonies. Greace would deter the yugoslavians from Carrying out the antiaxis coup. Provide manpower. Generate unrest in Cyprus. And ofer earlier naval air bases in the Eastern med.

[@tootsplasman2107]

What if the Dutch fought in the Great War?

[@FromRussiaWithLuv007]

What if Russia had sided with the Central Powers?

[@alexboghossian7700]

a few suggestions here, love your vids ! ; - what if mexico actually joined - what if France reformed (going colonel de la rocque or bourbon here) and stood up against German behaviour?

[@petisanmayol6536]

I love this videos pls keep going ❤

[@arieltal1010]

What if Maimonides moved to England with the crusaders? (He was offered to be a physician and chief Rabbi)

[@ashmarklynn]

No clue how, but I think "What if the Cold War escalated even further?" would be epic

[@mrdoom2353]

Alternate history idea: What if Poland did not fall and held against Germany and The Soviet Union during WW2

[@dimas3829]

imposiburu.

[@w0t3rdog]

I think... the easiest way for the Tsar to remain in power past WWI would be... for him to not support Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. They largely refused to submit to Austria-Hungary's demands following the assassination because they knew the Tsar had their back. He could have played that in a thousand different ways that wasnt escalatory. but he didnt. and Austria-Humgary was caught between being forced to just accept the assassination of their archduke, or... invade, and start a two front war with Serbia and Russia. Everything else stemmed from that choice. Had Tsar Nicholas sat out on the situation, had he tried to just act as an intermediary without pledging military support, had he asked a third party to weigh in... Then Russia (and the world) wouldn't have gone to war. He could have focused on social and economic issues in Russia, and gotten rid of that freaky monk, and probably lived to abdicate at a respectable age and seen his children take his place on top of the biggest Empire in the world.

[@HomelessInternetTroll]

Anyone else noticing the random “split” on staks webcam? It almost looks like a crack.

[@angleofdarkness9149]

What if Gabby ruled the word???

[@DeaconBlues117]

'In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!'

[@ciomuda2406]

What if Stalin never purged anyone?

[@dimas3829]

USSR would turn into corrupt shithole easily overtaken by Germany.

[@BrodzyAhh]

Stakuyi, I bet you are a great father 👍

[@Hello-z5n]

What if Japan joined the allies and china joined the axis

[@isntbeautiful4950]

It is important to note that during the lead up to the end of his reign and the end of his life, he did everything in his power to protect his family.

[@TheAcousticOsama-od7gw]

Have Germany still stayed a republic.

[@teadrinker1632]

What mod would you use for this scenario? because the only one I can think of is the 1930 start date mod.

[@aperturescience1823]

Maybe The Darkest Hours or Road to 56 and rush The civil war path​@@teadrinker1632

[@Koba_1917]

The third reich was de facto a republic

[@zongdong266]

What if Hannibal won against Rome?

[@AverageStrategyGameGeneral]

What if Bulgaria won the second Balkan war and formed Byzantium later on?

[@Nerazmus]

I don't know what you did with your cam, but your head is super wobbly.

[@michaelwalker7000]

What if Sweden helped Finland militarily in the winter war

[@dimas3829]

it did, though.

[@michaelwalker7000]

@@dimas3829 I meant full out like joined the wat

[@michaelwalker7000]

War*

[@dimas3829]

@@michaelwalker7000 ah, then it would give huge moral boost to the soviets cause Sweeden is ancient enemy of Russia and there are plenty of cultural gripes to use in propaganda.

[@stormingberserker87693]

What if the Ottomans took over Turkey in 1939?

[@dumbledax1040]

Byzantium sequel: what would a reformed Byzantium do in WW2?

[@anirudhpakala8826]

What if India managed to Reunite itself during the cold war and see what happens afterwards?

[@AlexRoot95]

What if Belgium didn’t slow the Germans in ww1?

[@nithsk]

The 1 guy who disliked is Lenin

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of What If Russia STAYED a Monarchy? Momentum 100

[@PatrioticAmerican1776]

What if Stakuyi did an episode where he does whatever he wants again?

[@3rr0r4o40]

Honestly, i just want to see a "what if Germany won WWI" and he just play Kaiserreich but go into this much detail with its lore

[@simonhenry6363]

alternate history idea:what if Bulgaria joined the entente in WW1 rather than the Central Powers

[@spartanhawk7637]

Ah yes, the theoretical timeline in which Tsar Nicholas II wasn’t cucked by a crazed invincible wizard.

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

Who had an "asset that could be compared to a moose"

[@robertlombardo8437]

None of that matters when your body is falling apart!

[@ratrakksstar4420]

Just a left essers myth

[@spartanhawk7637]

@@ratrakksstar4420 Probably, but that doesn't make it any less funny.

[@MalikF15]

What if no carving up the Middle East after WW1

[@tsamoka6496]

Hi Stakuyi! If you think it'd be worth it, I think a playthrough of the Youjo Senki Redux mod would be fun to see. Please? It would really make my day. =^x^=

[@smileyg7483]

Here is a scenario that I would like to see. What if the Boers won the second Boer war?

[@DippKlippGuy]

"What if Germany Supported the Boers in the Second Boer War?" A more accurate title might be, "What if Six of the Eight Nation Alliance Jumped Britain during the Second Boer War?"

[@Astro-strategist]

What if Czechoslovakia fought back against Nazi occupation? (harden than in our timeline)

[@gerrituudikas2631]

Stack, first of all, love your content, I have learned a lot of good strategies for my own HOI4 games from you, however, for the love of god, it is Nikolai, with an I not S. Nickolakus or Nickolaous, (however you pronounce it) is Santa. Nikolai 2 was everything but the Santa in history... Besides that rant out of the way, Try for the Baltic States to stay independent without relying on either the Allies or Axis. Scandinavian unity or Baltic + unity.

[@loizosdemosthenous5642]

What if the Byzantine Empire returned in WW1 also this comment is based on the alternative timeline that Videntis made it’s pretty accurate

[@TheBlasphemite]

The anthem of the Russian Empire was "Боже, Царя храни!", translated as "God Save The Tsar!". I guess in this universe, there was someone that gave a damn about the Tsar.

[@JoahBanks-k1p]

What if Japan pursued a diplomatic alliance with China in the 1930s to liberate Asia from colonial powers? This partnership could enhance regional stability and military strength while threatening British and Dutch territories, potentially shifting the balance of power and igniting independence movements across Asia during World War II.

[@nick3xtremegaming212]

What if Japan won the battle of Midway?

[@markmarano913]

Wild idea - what if Argentina won the Falklands War?

[@nick24488]

What if Paraguay tried to avenge the loss in the war of the triple alliance