What If Everything went PERFECT For Imperial Germany?

[@RoyalRoseTrue]

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

[@AndrewBunch1]

What's number 5? Invade russia?

[@kwc0435]

​@@AndrewBunch1 beat france

[@SukunaJJKaisen]

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

[@JRyder_1]

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

[@horatiuscocles8052]

Then Germany failed at Germany

[@georgios_5342]

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

[@earthgaming228]

The 3rd Frankreich momento

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

@@earthgaming228 The Third French Empire.

[@dqnkdoggo_]

Frankreich

[@PRISMnsa]

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

[@IDKisReal2401]

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

[@amund8821]

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

[@wilsonriley1856]

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

[@amund8821]

@@wilsonriley1856 That is not how ethnicity works

[@lordphonix0994]

@@amund8821 but nationality

[@Tethloach1]

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

[@wilsonriley1856]

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

[@ryannathaniel9296]

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

[@lmvr127]

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

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

Nice, he actually did do this

[@MikaelNevear]

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

[@ommsterlitz1805]

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

[@DaDa-ui3sw]

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

[@sebe2255]

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

[@grandmanitou6563]

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

[@sebe2255]

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

[@darthzayexeet3653]

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

[@ruin1619]

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

[@sandjaarx]

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

[@WhizzKid2012]

Annexing 🇨🇭 is impossible their are 🗻 there

[@shimanopetermann9068]

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

[@Josephgoebblez]

If ima not wrong grossbdeutchland in austria and czequia right?

[@gustavotreze3193]

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

[@Vitorruy1]

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

[@diogenesoliveira6473]

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

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

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

[@gustavotreze3193]

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

[@wildfire9280]

@@GlizzyGoblin757 Queen Victoria might’ve liked it, idk

[@sovietunion7643]

0:20 france and russia disappearing from the face of the earth would probably be the best universe to live in for everyone not just germany

[@10secxondatten]

Forgot about uk and Usa

[@KatePetrie-h7m]

What nations in specific

[@jomp6141]

Without France, Africa maybe would be less of the mess that it is today. Without Russia (or at least with the eastern part divided into the slavic nations earlier), it would be a lesser threat to stability than today

[@ucminhvo295]

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

[@emanueleacquati]

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

[@alexzero3736]

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

[@emanueleacquati]

@@alexzero3736 yeah probably

[@GameyRaccoon]

Says the Italian

[@loui2bolus265]

A part 2 of this would be amazing

[@MrReVersed]

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

[@fallout44454]

As a Swede that would be awesome

[@LegianYT]

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

[@bingobongo1615]

The strike south doctrine might or might not it have been an error… Japan didn’t lose the war because of Pearl Harbor but they lost it when the U.S. oil embargoed them leaving Japan with no other option than to attack southwards or give up their empire… It was triggered by Japan occupying Vietnam (so there the southern strike doctrine was an error) but it’s unlikely the embargo otherwise would not have come. The U.S. just started the biggest ship building program in history, based long range bombers on the Philippines, embargoed Japan and already engaged German submarines and send tons of material to the British and Soviets so there was no question war would come…

[@Helloguys_c1p]

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

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

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

[@chinesetaxevader]

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

[@ErminDedicNT]

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

[@ottersirotten4290]

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

[@KingAgniKai]

I want to see everything go perfect for the Ottomans

[@ribspice1238]

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

[@tateullock7236]

gross

[@echidnanatsuki882]

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

[@big_slurp4603]

Lol no

[@NelsonDiscovery]

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

[@AnthroCatTidal]

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

[@ethandornton355]

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

[@pahtar7189]

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

[@truekingoferebor5676]

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

[@sebe2255]

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

[@karlmuller4764]

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

[@sebe2255]

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

[@6Pokefan9Hatt]

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

[@PaintTheWorld911]

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

[@ForTheBrotherhood]

Before or after the 100 days of Napoleon?

[@PaintTheWorld911]

@@ForTheBrotherhood right after the treaty of Paris

[@oliverhendrix8176]

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

[@simulacrumpilot2777]

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

[@tahamuhammad1814]

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

[@oliverhendrix8176]

@@tahamuhammad1814 Not at 13:42

[@mrsillytacos]

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

[@tahamuhammad1814]

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

[@Null_ify550]

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

[@Mr.MR2111]

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

[@Vitorruy1]

but if you close your eyes....

[@wargamesmaster]

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

[@possiblehistory]

Absolutely

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

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

[@wargamesmaster]

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

[@adamrogowski2748]

​@@possiblehistory looking forward to Poland

[@kenos911]

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

[@kaspernoe1751]

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

[@Natpad_027]

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

[@herratr9168]

Yes.

[@CapCody]

Me

[@Jay_Johandsome]

Ich in Berlin🌚

[@Quincius]

Incredibly accurate lmao

[@redknight344]

Totally me

[@echidnanatsuki882]

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

[@christiandevey3898]

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

[@emperorsiemamappers3677]

can't wait for americans winning the 1812 war

[@Clemens.]

Our timeline is basically the one for the US 😂

[@christiandevey3898]

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

[@mrsillytacos]

They just did do one with the US now

[@greatscott7691]

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

[@avg6236]

I can see germany becoming quite like spain in our own timeline with regions such as denmark and the baltics being semi-integrated and would definitely be "core" territory after a while but still have their own regional identity and language and get separatist ideas every 3 seconds lol

[@lohtupottu]

This sound like a prefect concept for a series.

[@zzeegermantube]

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

[@JuandeMariana1994]

No se siguió con esto porque el principal valedor del candidato Hohenzollern, Juan Prim, se vio obligado a aceptar a Amadeo de Saboyá como candidato de compromiso y más tarde fue asesinado.

[@MrInkSpot]

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

[@darthzayexeet3653]

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

[@davidbalogun7569]

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

[@swishercutterx7456]

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

[@philstilcke3855]

Iceland is not a part of Denmark.

[@swishercutterx7456]

@@philstilcke3855 It was at this time

[@KufLMAO]

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

[@Astillion]

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

[@capsaicin938]

Bro really let himself go with this scenario Poor France

[@nadri3335]

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

[@Sumsuch000]

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

[@grandmanitou6563]

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

[@lucat8004]

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

[@stevenkaranov6801]

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

[@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547]

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

[@alejandroarroyo5124]

That sounds too unlikely

[@Vextonomy]

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

[@eduardoboehringer]

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

[@emilianohermosilla3996]

A great idea and video!

[@georgeflannary524]

Was there a Spanish-American War in this timeline? Did the fact that Spain was allied with Germany mean when the USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor that cooler head prevailed and there wasn’t a war?

[@KameroonEmperor]

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

[@aravindhanil7235]

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

[@theberetdepression8217]

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

[@goofycat676]

1:03 delve??? AI MOMENT!!!

[@londegel]

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

[@pahtar7189]

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

[@shamsishraq6831]

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

[@RosTheXD]

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

[@jiyu4227]

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

[@mrsillytacos]

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

[@flamer6566]

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

[@nikolatodorovic70]

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

[@jackezzpanzer]

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

[@drake5518]

The franco german rivalry did not start in 1871 but in the sixteen hundreds when the french kings started encroaching on ethnic german territory in order to get a border on the rhine as a "natural defense". Not that it ever helped them anyway. They had everything coming to them that happened in the 19th and 20th century. many times over.

[@septillion.]

Now this brings a smile to my face.

[@guslarz]

Really good idea for a series

[@ezrajrperida100]

Best German timeline = Worst timeline for most of Europe

[@maykllidoniii2620]

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

[@Mr_OogaBooga]

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

[@theultimatefreak666]

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

[@wan1edguy382]

True

[@clouds-rb9xt]

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

[@noahrice6671]

Would Denmark just be that one guy who isn’t really German but still tries to fit in?

[@AmericanImperium1776]

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

[@quan-uo5ws]

what you described is litteraly my pipe dream

[@AmericanImperium1776]

@@quan-uo5ws 😎👍

[@jenstrudenau9134]

Heil dir im Siegerkranz

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

@@AmericanImperium1776 Join the Dark side.

[@KawaiiCanadafreememes]

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

[@EvonLanvish]

That is very interesting video idea.

[@ektekp]

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

[@reisecat782]

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

[@anvos658]

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

[@NovikNikolovic]

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

[@ceciliavaldez843]

That sounds kinda cool.

[@NovikNikolovic]

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

[@ceciliavaldez843]

@@NovikNikolovic ahh, politics at its finest

[@shreksswamp5721]

You should do the same for the other central Powers

[@b3nster]

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

[@Joker-no1uh]

WW1 German Army was probably the greatest land power since Rome. I would love to know what would have happened if they didn't fight everyone at once. 1v1 with any nation, Germany crushes them with ease. IDK why everyone talks about WW2 Germany. Not even close to ww1 power and leadership.

[@SquidMonke4]

Ya ww1 was very powerful. I wouldn’t say they were as strong as Rome as Rome was beyond all their rivals but Germany did really well. Their navy was on par with Britain and army bigger than the former largest army, France. But Europe is all about balance of power and so when one nation gets to powerful they team up on them as proven by France and of course Germany.

[@hiya4034]

i love you videos PH keep it up

[@acadea1232]

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

[@Christian_Sannino]

Great video!

[@katanabluejay]

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

[@NYBProductions]

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

[@Loremeister737]

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

[@mohadk3022]

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

[@supremephantomhive1737]

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

[@marcobisi7768]

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

[@arvaakuka8568]

One part you left out was Russia granting Finland independence or even transferring it under German influence in this scenario. In our timeline Germany already had a plan with Finnish leaders to make a Hohenzoller prince the king of Finland, grossly deepening Germany's influence in Fennoscandia. This deal would most likely happen in this timeline as it was abandoned in our timeline due to Central powers losing the great war.

[@goranohlsson9235]

Can you do the same thing for napoleonic France?

[@PebbIe.]

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

[@hans7821]

Ah the best of all timelines.

[@lolpuuroa]

okay kaiserboo

[@savagedarksider2147]

You're right.

[@joaogabrielimperial7777]

4:54 why Luxembourg don't join war

[@Mr_OogaBooga]

Yay new vid!!!

[@et4235]

I love this concept

[@FfFf-gi1hd]

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

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

My 6 Ethnicities all have Nation-States: 2 are Dependencies & 4 are Independent! German is my #1 Ethnicity, so I'm interested!

[@samwill7259]

Now here's a question. Would Germanization be a worthwhile goal for this hypothetical "perfect' German Empire? While this was definatley the age of nationalism and national consolidation, we saw through the rest of the 20th century that that insistence only weakened nations where as nations who embraced democracy, plurality and diversity prospered. For example, think of how far Germany fell behind on the nuclear arms race because they drove nuclear scientists like Einstein out of the nation

[@LostMyGoatsAgain]

6:30 I think nullifying war reperations for a tiny piece of vietnam is a terrible deal. The money from france helped kickstart industrialization in germany. To change that for a random part of east-asia doesnt sound worth it at all.

[@lukasj19999]

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

[@4realm8rusirius]

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

[@possiblehistory]

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[@ugbhffgg]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks and Kaiserreich fans will be all over this, i know i am.

[@fildafernandes4366]

Bro thinks he's possible histroy

[@NelsonDiscovery]

I was just thinking: What if the Franks conquered not only Gallia and Germania but also England and scandinavia? Thus uniting both the celtic and germanic heartlands. Could you do a video about that?

[@win7cuber]

No

[@flightmasteronezeroone907]

I think one of the interesting concepts of an 'alternate WW1' would be if Germany marketed the war better to all those German-descended Americans in the Mid West, forcing Wilson to send aid to Germany instead of France and Britain. Or since you put the brakes on the naval buildup, if the two grandchildren of Queen Victoria (the Kaiser and the King) could have come together and avoided war with France and Russia by mere intimidation.

[@emperornapoleon6204]

Achievement unlocked: Kaiserreich.

[@frontgamet.v1892]

That's my Germany! WW1: All vs. One

[@eli-vr1oc]

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

[@alo5301]

Not even a "German" Romania (ruled by Hohenzollern) was a help. Romania fought against the central powers in WW1

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

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

[@herrforesight-Satanisking]

I mean 👀

[@beans00001]

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

[@Holy_224]

There was a small part of china

[@Karlswebb]

Denmark never would’ve permanently joined a german empire, bismarck was wise to not include them.

[@TypdersichderTypnenn]

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

[@maxthetube8466]

One thing i would add is that since germany has indochina and if you know anything about imperial germany, they would very likely annex siam entirely instead of taking only some bordering reagions

[@Hatsuzu]

The German navy has to be really good in this timeline

[@Incubator-yk5eg]

Aftermath: Dutch artist with a funny beard comes in power in Belgium