What If France Won The War Of Spanish Succession?

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[@shubhanjalshukla3879]

Crazy to see how Spain was once a Habsburg Nation then a Bourbon One and could have possibly had an Hollenzorf king.

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

That'd be an interesting althistory to do!

[@piratamaia]

You mean Spain

[@shubhanjalshukla3879]

​@@piratamaiaoh yea sorry

[@piratamaia]

​@@shubhanjalshukla3879no problem Funny that Spain is the heir to the Bourbon dynasty, having a Bourbon king to this day

[@shivanshna7618]

​@@shubhanjalshukla3879what u wrote before editing?

[@funnyman8542]

I would love a 'what if everything went perfect for the netherlands' due to the massive empire they held being crushed due to 'bad luck'

[@moonshinei]

not quite that but you’re gonna love an upcoming video

[@sheep7]

I agree!

[@DariaDarikhuu-uw2tg]

id see that

[@dblum]

By bad luck don’t you mean the British taking all their colonies plus supporting Belgium in their independence

[@damienc.6448]

I would be REALLY interested in a continuation of this scenario.

[@ryannathaniel9296]

An alternate War of Austrian Succession and Seven Years War in this timeline would be interesting to explore

[@reavdeath5854]

Would be good

[@quempire2656]

This is why j don’t really like this guy because he doesn’t continue videos or go intk the 1900s often

[@johnmcg5865]

​@quempire2656 the video is 19mins long... he's already giving you probably close to double what the average is for the genre

[@quempire2656]

@@johnmcg5865 Most of it isnt the scenario.

[@whocares427]

Scenario idea: what if Hitler just failed immediately. The 1940 offensives fail and the second world war is really just a regional crisis that fizzles, not a Great War.

[@AmirSatt]

That was extremely likely to happen

[@TheOfficalBiggestBird]

@@AmirSattye, only problem is France just kinda…declared war then sat there

[@r2baz990]

This would have happened if France and the UK did invade Germany when they declared war.

[@Wertzuio]

@@r2baz990 there was a french naval invasion tho. you dont know that because it got annihilated

[@Juan-qu4oj]

@@WertzuioNot the Saar Offensive so what?

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

We shouldn't forget the large Calvinist community in Hungary, which could mean that Eastern Europe may be more open to Protestant Christianity, which could be considered as a threat to the Orthodox/Papal churches and their local influences & powers throughout the Balkans to Russia even.

[@pika7592]

Hungary would be even more of an "alien nation" in the area XD

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

@@pika7592 ✝️🇭🇺

[@genovayork2468]

Hungary is very far from Eastern Europe.

[@AntiFurry927]

@@genovayork2468wrong

[@genovayork2468]

@@AntiFurry927 Lol, learn geography. Hungary is in South-Central Europe.

[@Theth3]

This video gives me a scenario idea: What if everything went perfect for spain?

[@notlucas6859]

i agree with this

[@mqdboy9278]

Literally a Spanish World Empire scenario

[@FBI.capturo.gente.rara.]

Some things: union with the Portuguese empire, invade China, invade Cambodia, invade Borneo, conquer or just Christianize Japan, try to find Australia and colonize it, etc.

[@Theth3]

@@InsertAccount Then europe would be agreeing that Portugal could take their lands

[@ricardoandre7049]

@@Theth3 No cause the treaty only aplied to uncolonized lands. Aka Africa and the americas.

[@solelak]

Back to some more traditional Alternate History content, loving it!

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

Yea, it was getting annoying.

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

I'd love to see a video on if the Iberian Union hadn't been the mess it was and if it had stayed united to fight for Catholics amongst europe! 🇪🇸🇵🇹

[@1vangm484]

And maybe without the Hasburgs, with Miguel da Paz surviving as a heir to Portugal, Castile, Aragon (and later Navarre). Only maintaining an alliance with Austria instead of a dynastical union.

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

​@@1vangm484Cool! Kinda like Charles V/Carlos II!!

[@aaronTGP_3756]

​@@1vangm484Yes, that would be more acceptible to the rest of Europe. Especially France.

[@minestar2247]

Portugal tried to mess with morroco, and found out the hard way

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

@@minestar2247and then morocco fell to france anyway

[@Fourbix]

I think the idea that France would give half of italy to Savoy rather than creating a new kingdom of naples offsets me a lot. Another thing you didn't mention is that a France with more control over the land could have went into a way larger naval build up, especially under Louis the 14th, wich could have been able to prevent the british to become absolutely dominant in Europe. Also even if i believe that Bavaria will get rewarded, the idea that Louis the 14th will concede the entire lowlands is quite ridiculous to me. In fact in your scenario, France litteraly gets almost nothing out of the war. Literally just a little bit of the alpine fronteer (poor region at the time) and an alliance with little to no guaranties. France doesnt even acquire a part of Lorraine, no catalonia wich was part of France for centuries and could help them control the coast and push back muslim pirates, neither any isles. It looks more like a stalemate than a victory to me, even when considering historical factors.

[@erwannthietart3602]

The problem with all of that is that France by that point may have been the strongest single power in Europe by military might alone, but the Spanish succession war happened right after another coalition war which ended in Status quo solely because of the Spanish situation, this is France after essentially 2 decades of British naval blocade, with an economy weary from decades of near constant state of war due to Louis XIVth agressive war and diplomacy aswell as the building of the palace of Versaille which by itself already strain the economy. France didnt seek to extand its land that much ultimately, it sought to become the Hegemonic power of Europe like Austria/Spain was previously which created the Franco-Ottoman alliance to offset this (France being strong enough militarily and economically to stand up to the union, just not winning alone during those days). And this scenario makes it just that, Spain and France will probably unite, Phillip would probably find a way to get rid of Louis silently while Phillip of Orleans is busy struggling with the early days of his regency filled with compromises, and either way the Brits didnt get free access into the Spanish Empires trade, nor too much in the Mediteranean, weakening their growth, while the Austrian Empire is already on the backfoot as an Hungarian independance would make the Bohemian rise in revolt at one point while Hungary itself serves as both a buffer with the Ottomans and a pain in the butt. Prussia now has to deal with a proper germanic rival in Bavaria supported by France (considering the investment Franxe made with its own Germanic ally you can bet itll try to protect it, btw yes likely that France did expand into some border territories in the lowlands but not too much) Spain and France together actually becomes a decent threat to the Royal Navy meaning more investment into the royal navy and less in the army or less foreign support. Yada yada yada

[@genovayork2468]

Because he doesn't know shit about history, that's why. He's an HOI4 obsessed who loses it when talking about anything before 1800. It's sad some say he's the fresh hope of KZbin alternate history. Naples already existed then, in the Iberian PU. Louis XIV was 75 at the end of the war, no way he would've been the one to make any significant change in the navy after the war. Rest, of course, you're right.

[@joaquinrodriguez227]

@@erwannthietart3602 "Spain and France together actually becomes a decent threat to the Royal Navy " Dude, Spain and Britain were literally on the same level until Trafalgar and the War of Spanish Independence, the idea of Britain as a Hegemonic naval power before that is just propaganda

[@erwannthietart3602]

@@joaquinrodriguez227 i never said it was hegemonic i said it would pose a decent threat, because we can only speculate And to its credit, considering the Royal did triomph over the Spaniard and french fleet litteraly less than 30 years later to claim hegemony, granted spain was a bit weaker but it was mainly on the continent. I think it Safe to say in any 1v1 the English would likely win because they dedicated their entire doctrine to naval warfare while Spain still has to keep up with the continental powers. If you however threw in a Trafalgar early without Nelson i doubt they would get a similar result a century early. Either way i was considering future consequences in mind, even if we go by Spain and UK have equal strenght in fleet, France would be the tipping point. Therefore the British would DEFINITLY invest massively in develloping its own fleet further to match it and possibly surpass it, at the cost of his land armies, like usual, if youd like i can always take away decent and it works exactly as intended still

[@clementbianchini8651]

@@joaquinrodriguez227moreover you might be surprised but under Louis XIVth France navy was actually the second in Europe below the British one, it was later disbanded to reduced military spending

[@dawoifee]

Losing wars often puts pressure on states to do reforms. This might be a Chance vor Austria to do better in the future, rebuild a better military. Also the bavarian Netherlands would propably revolt at some point, because that is what they do.

[@genovayork2468]

No, they did not revolt under 300 years of Habsburg governance, the Catholic Wittelsbachs wouldn't make any difference.

[@DonutOfNinja]

Austria would also become a contender for German unification as they wouldn't be held back by the Hungarian nobility

[@genovayork2468]

@@DonutOfNinja You say it like it was impossible for Austria to unite Germany in our timeline.

[@DonutOfNinja]

@@genovayork2468 it was definitely impossible during the 19th century because the Hungarian nobility feared giving the Germans so much power

[@genovayork2468]

@@DonutOfNinja You don't know what "impossible" means.

[@achaeanmapping4408]

I would guess that Hungary would have also conquered Croatia, due to it historically being a part of the Hungarian crown and the strategic importance sea access Also, I don't get why France would seed so much in a treaty with the British, surely with Austria knocked out of the war, they could turn their eyes towards firstly retaking the Lowlands and secondly gaining their natural borders down south without making Savoy, an enemy state, able to threaten them by gaining southern Italy

[@winsonzhu4427]

I think my biggest issue with this scenario is Savoy getting Sicily and Naples, while being an enemy of France during a French victory. The thumbnail gave it away, but imo it’d be far more likely some distant relative of the French royal family gets Naples while Sicily goes to a neutral Italian power that isn’t landlocked like Savoy is, such as Genoa or Tuscany. (Assuming no major dynastic ties between them and one of the belligerents)

[@ryannathaniel9296]

@@winsonzhu4427 Genoa is a republic, so there wouldn't be any dynastic shenanigans if they took Sicily

[@GeneralYen]

The study of the historical war aims of France shows that this scenario was quite possible. France knew they could not annex the Spanish Netherlands, and that the Spanish could not protect them. Hence the gift to an ally, the Elector of Bavaria, who was the Governor of the Spanish Netherlands before the War. A strong Bavaria was the most intelligent way of weakening the Habsburg power in Germany. France would have thus more gained with that solution than taking "Belgium" for itself (which was unacceptable of both GB and the Dutch). However, I'm not sure the Italian scenario is realistic. I think they would have taken Savoy-Piemont and given Milan to the duke of Savoy in exchange (it was one of the French proposals) ; but Naples would have been kept by Spain ; losing both Milan and the Netherlands was already quite difficult to accept for Spain, which did not have the same interests than France. The French interests were to use the undefendable Spanish territories to bargain and increase their power and weaken their enemies'.

[@genovayork2468]

Correction: Hungary *maybe* would have *tried* to conquer Croatia. 1) Succeeding is at the alternate historian's hands. 2) It had been Habsburg since Ferdinand I's first war with Süleyman I, so I don't see why you set the imperative.

[@andryuu_2000]

​@@winsonzhu4427in this timeline france remained on france side

[@joebone9421]

You should do a scenario on what if Europe had a naturally occurring high-calorie crop. Like, what if the potato was naturally occurring in Europe

[@whocares427]

As with most changes, Roman Galactic Empire is the most reasonable result

[@beepbop6542]

​@@whocares427Quite the opposite. High yield low effort crops would strengthen less centralized but still agricultural states.

[@arvaakuka8568]

@@whocares427 Europe conquered the world with the power of dairy, not crops

[@Davidman69]

Scenario idea: What if the Polish seized the Russian Throne?

[@erickromero5638]

Scenario Idea: What if Venecia united Italy with their greeks domains?

[@locusbellum]

what if everything went perfect for the austrian empire

[@AmirSatt]

It would mean more funny jaws

[@ryannathaniel9296]

@@moonshinei 🤣

[@nicbahtin4774]

It can't It's imperfect by design

[@MewG0D]

love your videos man, keep it up!

[@meisbaconyay7]

I keep seeing your videos on recommendations. I feel like another channel is going to my favorites

[@HighPeakMapping]

I’ll never get tired of these videos

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

Aside from the joke ones.

[@ShadowSkryba]

Please continue this! A Germany formed by three rivals would be fascinating

[@lmpeto94]

Savoy: *losing war to France* Also Savoy: STONKS

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Great video! The bourbons would have fallen! Suggestion: Everything went perfecto For Austria AEIOU!

[@MrSomervillen]

This is truly such a good scenario. I would love a part 2, of an alternative 18th/ 19th century based on this outcome

[@genovayork2468]

It's a braindead scenario done by a HOI4 obsessed.

[@andryuu_2000]

​@@genovayork2468 hoi4 is set in 20th century not 18th

[@genovayork2468]

@@andryuu_2000 Exactly.

[@them.m.sgamer8017]

Scenario idea here too: what if Kaiser Wilhelm 2 was raised by his grandfather Kaiser Wilhelm 1.

[@kgius7434]

When I saw the title: "Didn't they win this war?"

[@knackiechan4011]

Yes they did, it's a weird Ango assumption to think they lost it. And it's not the first alternate video on KZbin to have this take about the Spanish succession war. The Bourbons literally won the succession crisis and transform Spain into a relatable allie for all wars coming after this one until the French revolution. That was a huge European geopolitical shifting in favor of France

[@wildviper]

The Bavarian Empire will be instoppable

[@dengronebaronen5260]

What if Sweden won the great northern war.

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

SECONDED!

[@stargazer-elite]

Yes

[@davea6314]

All automobiles on this planet would only be Volvos and Saabs, and the only music available would be ABBA and Swedish folk music. It would be a criminal offensive not to eat your Swedish meatballs... Lol 😜

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

@@davea6314 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@MoroccoCountryballs]

That would change nothing. Sweden is doomed from the strart.

[@JDubs1464]

Something else to note is that this was concurrent to the Great Northern War and multiple leaders actually wrote to the Swedish king Charles XII stating that if he made peace quickly, he could decide who was the next king of Spain. He did not do this

[@Moonlight-vc7yh]

Nice video 👍

[@PizzaChess69]

Video idea: What if everything went perfect for Italy?

[@Stefan0R8]

What version of Italy?

[@theholyduck07]

there is a similar idea being worked on by 'possible history' which takes place in an alt-history world where italy was competent through ww1 oogh

[@TheOfficalBiggestBird]

@@theholyduck07Italy wasn’t really incompetent in WW1. It’s just trench warfare in the alps isn’t going to be easy for any nation competent or not

[@KainDestinedAscension]

​@@TheOfficalBiggestBirdmfw the 69th battle of the ionzo river

[@TheOfficalBiggestBird]

@@KainDestinedAscension yeah, trench warfare in the alps

[@simsportif]

"What if France won the war of spanish succession?" /Proceeds to put France in an unfavorable stalemate, gives her little to no gains while granting its enemies all of the concessions/ The most baffling part is the spanish netherlands. Louis XIV spent his reign trying to conquer them and now that he's in a (supposedly) strong position he'd willingly abandon the prospect? nonsensical.

[@andryuu_2000]

England wouldn't make it possible

[@josephernst709]

Looked up potosi, the city from that one picture. Why what a ride that was! What a cool city

[@NelsonDiscovery]

This is a much more interesting timeline than we live in, with Savoye and Bavaria in stronger positions of power than they were at this time. I quite like the Prussia of the south idea.

[@lama99654]

I had an idea for a scenario, what if oil was never found in Arabia/the Persian gulf

[@Mr_OogaBooga]

YEAHHHHHHHH BABY ANOTHER LEGENDERY VIDEOOOOOOOOOO

[@yeeyee5057]

Honestly, I'd like to see what would happen if the compromise would actually succeed

[@Kaiser_von_Europa]

can you do what if everything went perfectly for austrian empire or what if america was still a british colony but napoleanic war still happens and britain loses it

[@whocares427]

The problem is that there is no realistic way they hold onto colonial power indefinitely. If they withhold rights they rebel, if they give the vote then eventually the center of gravity changes and America essentially reverse colonises Britain. Eventually you'd have like three American voters for every English one

[@MrInkSpot]

I say this on every video, but please do a video on What if everything had gone well for the Dutch Empire, where the Dutch become a powerful colonial empire! I would love it! Bedankt!

[@skatingfreak1670]

The Dutch weren't interested in colonies or directly administering far removed foreign lands They saw them as too expensive, unprofitable, and would require constant defense not just from the native peoples but from rival kingdoms. It's why they preferred the Dutch East and West India companies and small trading posts that were for the most part established with permission from the host nations.

[@MrInkSpot]

@@skatingfreak1670 The Dutch still were interested in some colonies that would present a financial gain, or in the case of taking colonies so other nations could not gain the resources there or strengthen their positions in areas the Dutch considered their spheres of influence. In addition, the Dutch were also interested in colonial positions in the New World such as in Chile (where the West India Company attempted to carve out a colonial holding) Brazil, where the Dutch were interested in taking over the Portuguese colonies in order to take the profitable Sugar trade and also New Amsterdam, for both the prestige of controlling a North American colony, and also for the fur trade etc. The Dutch did build colonies, and although they did prefer creating trading posts and making money rather than making an empire, they would not turn up their noses if the chance came to conquer a region and expand the Dutch realm.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

What if HRE Charles VI son survived and there was no war of austrian succession?

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

Or maybe on if Maria Theresa married Frederick the Great.

[@genovayork2468]

@@YaBoiBaxter2024 From the Baltic to the Adriatic, one PU. It is interesting how that would factor in with the Franco-Austrian entente after the war of our timeline. When could this have taken place?

[@Tiex2248]

Please do a part 2

[@Yomesto]

scenario idea:what if the british tried to hold onto dunkirk during ww2.

[@ash-vs6tr]

I think that the greater German idea is more likely to succeed with Austria being annexed too

[@thenamesianna]

What if the Safavid Empire defeated the Ottmans during the reign of their first Shahanshah ?

[@genovayork2468]

He was Shah, not Shahanshah.

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

Defeated how? I can't really imagine them taking and holding Anatolia, much less the Balkans.

[@trogil775]

What if Habsburg wins the war of Spanish succession, completely roll over France and install a puppet in France as "Spanish France" (Very creative name, ik)

[@GeneralYen]

The maximum war aim of Austria would have been to completely seize Spain ; not destroy France. The other powers wouldn't have let them be that dominant.

[@genovayork2468]

@@GeneralYen That wasn't maximum, 😂🤣🤣, what proof do you have for that? (None.) A Habsburg victory with French cessions doesn't mean France being destroyed, lmao. Habsburg aims would augment according to the situation on land. Returning the borders to pre-Nijmegen, pre-Pyrénées, pre-Osnabrück and of course milder combinations of them are valid. Even other lands of the former Burgundian kingdom would've been on the table.

[@GeneralYen]

@@genovayork2468 Yes, the maximum, but the maximum within what was really possible at that time. You don't define a war aim if you know that the rest of Europe will league against you if you take it. It is the standard of the diplomacy of the age to keep his ambitions down, so that one's revendications will be accepted by other states. This is why in the end of his reign Louis XIV had renounced to annex the Spanish Netherlands : he knew it was not viable in the long term for France, because it would be like a permanent casus belli for the Dutch and British. However, a good French war aim would have been to annex Savoy and give Milan to the Duke in exchange (at the expanse of the Spanish...). It was indeed a possibility studied by French diplomats at a time. Moreover, think of Napoleon's "diplomacy" : he destroyed the power of his opponents, so that they always wanted to fight him. Scholars today argue that if he had a softer diplomacy, he would have less dominated Europe, but his conquests would have been more durable. But he was a "all or nothing" guy, at least at the end of his reign. It was not like that during the "Westphalian Era". For the rest of your argument, I quite agree with you, it doesn't contradict what I meant to say : the comment I responded talked about "completely roll over France and install a puppet in France". That's destroying an independent French power, to me, even without a loss of territory. But of course you can think of other ultimate destructions, like you argued.

[@genovayork2468]

@@GeneralYen You wrote things parallel to the question. You unfoundedly said the maximum Habsburg aims would've been fully taking "Spain" (which wouldn't even exist until 1715). You need to prove it. Which you won't be able to because it's stupid.

[@GeneralYen]

​@@genovayork2468 A very well rounded argument, thank you very much. I did bring arguments about what the "maximum war aim" means. But you want "the proof" ? It's simple : the works about the Austrian diplomacy of the age show that their most ambitious declared war aim (sidenote : a war aim being what you declare wanting at the beginning of a conflict) in this war was indeed to put a Habsburg on the throne and to take all the Spanish possessions. This was the point of the WSS. This is the maximum they could achieve because they knew they couldn't have had more. And why ? well, I've already said why in my upper "parralel" comment, as you've said : conquests were limited by diplomacy in that era. Besides, the other allies were very clear they didn't want Austrian hegemony, and when the pretender Charles became Emperor, they became very much reluctant tio put him on the Spanish throne. You can have a different opinion, and I will be pleased to respond to it peacefully, but I beg you to propose arguments, not despise arguments from others, please.

[@darthnerd4432]

I'd like to see a "What if history went perfect for France" video

[@loax966]

Nice video

[@BubbaJ18]

Now I wonder if you'll do if Austria won this war

[@eagleowl833]

I was literally watching your "what if the soviet union won the cold war" video when i got the notification for this video

[@rufflesoregano8970]

I'm aware you most likely get plenty of suggestions for videos but I still wanna throw my hat in the ring: what if everything went perfect for greece post-independence. (just a thought ofc)

[@skatingfreak1670]

Return of The Byzantines??

[@bvillafuerte765]

Good video.

[@lorenzodidio493]

PLEASE, A “WHAT IF EVERYTHING WENT PERFECT FOR IMPERIAL ITALY” I NEED IT

[@tinyveil]

What if Alexander the Great didn’t die young?

[@nicolasrvg3803]

Bro, France HAS won this War lmao, that's why Spain still has Bourbon kings, until nowadays

[@aatishkhank4a444]

3:40 "this absolute beauty of a man" dutch man, jun 29th 2023.

[@wegdhass5587]

Scenario idea: What if Harald hardrada conquered England?

[@mariasirona1622]

What if the soviet hardliner coup in 1991 succeeded?

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Civil war

[@luckyluciano1584]

Netherlands can't even get a grasp on Belgium in an alt history scenario

[@Budah_01]

How crazy is the idea of a scenario where portugal claimed the spanish throne with british support with the intention of forming an iberian union under portuguese rule?

[@genovayork2468]

Basically impossible.

[@miguelsilva1446]

​@@genovayork2468the british supporting such a thing is impossible But the portuguese tried a bunch of times to take the castilian throne King Afonso V nearly did it, he probably would have got it if he wasnt so indecive or his son was in charge of the invasion from the beggining he may actually have gotten it There were also a couple other times the spanish throne could have gone to portuguese kings or princes

[@Slavic_Gopnik69]

Video idea: What if USSR annexed Slavic countries and became USSSR United Soviet Socialist Republic and none Slavic countries will be established as satellite: Romania Hungary

[@vini333go3]

I think in future of this scenario there could be no partisions of PLC. Habsburgs are too weak, and PLC has now ally in Hungary, because this two nations are allways close friends, and have common enemies in Habsburgs and Ottomans. Not to mention that Francis II Rákóczi, leader of Hungarian uprising before that was hiding in Poland. Ottomans still would opose partision as they were in our timeline, cause stronger Russia is never good to them. But lets go back to first half of this century. After Great Northern War and later death of August II Sa(u)s Stanisław Leszczyński is elected as King in 1733. His atitiude was mostly pro France and wanted to centralize state, to make PLC Great Again, but in our timeline intervension from Russia and Prussia made him abdicate and leave the PLC, and go to France where he lived to his death in 1766. But in our new Timeline where France is Stronger and already have one ally in Central Europe (Hungary), Hungary will help Leszczyński and with aid from France Leszczyński will stay on Throne and Reform Country, somthing that August III Failed to do. And now we are in the middle of century, with stronger, more centalized Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, in Alliance with Hungary and France thanks to mariage between Maria Leszczyńska and Louis XV. If Seven Years War happens in this timeline, Commonwealth will probably stay neutral or aid France, but if Habsburgs were fighting on British side, wich in this timeline is possible, Hungary and PLC will Join on French Side. this would make war on continent little more balanced, but i think we can give victory to Polish and Hungarians in central europe, by the help of Russia, when in the sea, Britain still rules the waves. I think Poland would take part of Silesia from Prussia, or even finaly retake East Prussia if there was some kind of mirracle of Polish warfare. Hungary woud retake Croatia in this war. I thing that it's even likely to happen to king of Hungary to be elected as King of PLC after Death of Leszczyński, but i'm not sure. In Elections of 1769 (Leszczyński dies in this scenario 3 years later, he is a King after all) 3 main Candidates for Polish Throne, Leszczyński's son, King of Hungary and somone from/or backed by Czartoryski Familia, maybe even Stanisław August Poniatowski. What happens after that, is up to you PH. I'm not brave enough to thing about future wars, revolution and napoleon.

[@andryuu_2000]

Would Napoleon even be French

[@dengronebaronen5260]

What if France won the Franco prussian war.

[@MoroccoCountryballs]

Nice, but we want a serious version though

[@bones6448]

What if everything went perfect for Imperial Austria next!

[@augth]

France could get the Bavarian lowlands in exchange for helping Bavaria to conquer stuff in Germany

[@jansatamme6521]

conquering stuff in the HRE is difficult

[@AntiFurry927]

@@jansatamme6521to much aggressive expansion

[@deadbushinwater7446]

Scenario Idea: what if France never existed (France becomes a sea)

[@sosia3107]

Europe improved

[@thatsaboat2882]

We should do this in real life

[@tibsky1396]

@@thatsaboat2882 It is the United States influence that is causing havoc in Europe for a long time with woke ideology, or the War in Ukraine at the moment, not the French.

[@tibsky1396]

@@sosia3107 Or fails sooner than expected. It is the Anglo-American influence that is hurting Europe right now.

[@videosbyevan]

Scenario: the Ridolfi plot was successful and England became Catholic again under Mary of Scotland.

[@Wertzuio]

what if the central powers lost by christmas of 1915? (i would imagine way fewer deaths and perhaps a not so harsh versailles, sevres and trianon)

[@jenniferanders-katz176]

Suggestion idea: I don’t know if this already exist in your channel, but what if Germany never formed

[@11conormcloughlin]

What if the Wittlesbach dynasty overtook the Habsburgs.

[@bladefox-ik5iy]

What if the Von Habsburgs were Protestant?

[@vicrai578]

Can you please do "What if everything went perfect for Napoleon"?

[@adarshlokhande7653]

What if east rome collapsed the same time when the West rome did

[@ottovoncesar8025]

What if Philip the second of Spain conquest England.

[@fildafernandes4366]

What if sweden won great northern war

[@MauventuresMaurio]

Can you possibly make this secnario:What if Mexico won the Mexican-American war

[@givemeawand]

Scenario idea: What if Castile and Aragon has never united?

[@victorabadias9167]

As an aragonese I would have loved that to happen. The true good ending

[@mqdboy9278]

@@victorabadias9167nope, te haces castellano y punto ;)

[@FBI.capturo.gente.rara.]

Then Castilla would have united with Portugal (invaded Navarra, the kingdom of Granada and Morocco) and formed a huge empire

[@bastykino5357]

@@victorabadias9167 para que? para que aragon sea el patio de castilla y francia?

[@aB-of1nz]

Obviously we the Catalans would have been far better without those barbarians

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

What if Napoleon III won the franco-Prussian war

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

No German Empire.

[@MoroccoCountryballs]

That is an interesting idea.

[@townsley2]

The f..k are you talking about? France WON the war of Spanish succession! It won territories in Spain and imposed Louis XIV's grandson (Philippe V) on the throne of Spain. French Bourbons kings still reign over Spain today!

[@Das-ist-k-ein-VIRUS]

It was a compromise between the French and everyone else, France wanted all of Spain

[@user-vn5vm2fr7d]

yes but Philippe had to back down on his french throne ambitions and it was more a compromise than a France victory

[@UwU-xk5cx]

This map makes for an interesting war of austrian succession, in a best case scenario for France and Bavaria, when the war breaks out the bavarian lowlands would hugely facilitate a french invasion of the Netherlands, this may cause the dutch to either fall harder and quicker or outright not join the war, the greatly weakened austria most likely wont stand a chance against the italo spanish troops who already posses milan to the south, the franco bavarian forces in the middle and the prussian forces in the north, without the dutch and the austrians the coalition would fail no matter how much money the brits throw at them, and with that defeat and with no humilliation for Charles VII of bavaria he may be able to keep his position as holy roman emperor and king of Bohemia and assert his claims to the german parts of the Habsburg domain, ending the Habsburgs as a serious contestant for german hegemony, after that Germany would turn either into a divided 2 way rivalry between the british supported protestant prussians in the north against the french supported catholic bavarians in the south or the 2 would be content with what they have developing a sense of northern and southern german unity respectively and overall friendship and cooperation seeing as, unlike the Habsburgs, the Bavarians weren't rlly opposed to the Prussians and, unlike the more great power oriented austrians the bavarian leadership was far more invested in arts and culture and didnt meddle to much with policies not involving germany

[@le.crusader]

What if everything went right for the kingdom of italy?

[@genovayork2468]

Which kingdom? If it's again the cliché post-1861, better not.

[@zyakko82]

Can you make a “what if everything went perfect for x” video for the Ottoman Empire after 1815?

[@accountthatillusetocomment3041]

What if Spain didn't lose Latin America due to the Napoleonic Wars?

[@yagoruizendo6863]

HISPANIC America not Latin america

[@Ajolote_comunista]

Spain no had latín America, they had HISPANIC America

[@alegp97]

some regions would have claimed independence anymay, but probably later, more slowly, consciously and prudently

[@farmonxqc9370]

a great Bavaria that was as strong in the south of Germany as Prussia was in the north gives me a cool alt hist idea for Germany. It is nothing special but maybe Prussia would be dominant and powerful in the north of Germany, Bavaria also as powerful as Prussia but in the south and Austrian empire well in the east I guess. 3 big powers dominating each sides of Germany

[@genovayork2468]

Bavaria was much more powerful in this timeline's 1714 than Prussia.

[@megalodon3655]

Thank your for making this video but you should have discussed France and Spain’s colonial empire and what would the culture and language be in the Americas because I do think that Spain and France would unify but focus more on settling and colonizing the Americas as they wouldn’t be dominant in Europe and you should have discussed what would happen in this alternate world in the 1800s,1900s and the 2000s but thank you for making a video on this topic.

[@Dark-cq1sj]

Scenario idea: What if everything went perfect for Mongolia, starting from the Chinese revolution in 1911 if it would be interesting

[@skiteufr]

What if France won the war of Spanish succession ? But France WON the war of spanish Succession. They defended the country from foreign invasion at Denain and won the crown of Spain to give it to Louis XIV's grandson, turning Spain, a longtime enemy of France, into an ally. This was the main French goal

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Louis XIV: Happy French noises.😊😊😊😊 Austria: cries in german😢😢😢😢😢

[@loathecraft]

Every timeline in which Hungary owns Transylvania sucks to live in

[@afruitshopowner3307]

What if the Shogunate won the Boshin War?

[@suff8077]

Can you please make a video on "What If Everything went PERFECT For the ottoman empire"

[@tappyline8666]

Day one of asking what If the Berlin conference went differently

[@quempire2656]

What if Japan avoided a war with the USA

[@Autistsons]

What if ottomans join the war of spanish succession on the side of France?

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of What If France Won The War Of Spanish Succession? Momentum 100

[@DonPedroman]

Now do what if Spain won the Spanish War of Succession

[@genovayork2468]

It was on the same side as France, sunshine.

[@Sim4oo]

What if France won the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871?

[@rolandzarka5191]

They would have kept Alsace-Lorraine régions. What they will succeed later after the WW1.

[@huge7800]

Seeing as this is almost as much of a compromise as the real peace deal, it doesn't feel like a "what if France won", but more like a "what if Austria lost". The alt history prompt isn't important if history isn't actually changed, in my opinion.

[@mariusceausu112]

Will you doing another part were the austrians win

[@owain_glyndwr]

What if the Ottomans join in at some point? Wouldn’t that result in a resounding French victory?

[@Mr_OogaBooga]

What if Spain remained a global powerhouse?

[@nicbahtin4774]

Take it, take it all Louis

[@Tom-jg9de]

What if you make part 2 to your old scenarios

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

*scenarios

[@Tom-jg9de]

@@Eidolon1andOnly thank you mate