Honestly, even though the North won the Korean War, Kim Il Sung was unable to seize power and rule the nation as a dynasty because there were four communist parties which opposed Kim the South Korean Labor Party, Yan’an Faction, Kapsan Faction, and Soviet faction but unfortunately, these four factions were brutally purged by Kim Il Sung and his gangs. In this universe, with the help of the Soviet and the China, these four faction formed an alliance to oppose Kim Il Sung’s dictatorship such as personal idolization and they kicked Kim Il Sung out of power and ruled Korea in the Soviet-style. Later, the communist regime of Korea reformed both their economy and politics and they united with Jeju Korea between the '90s and 2000s.
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Thanks for letting me know! I never knew that! Doesn't matter if the Kim dinasty remains or not for the scenario. The domino effect of communism would start in South East Asia
@이동연-c6d10 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-historyYes, that’s true indeed…
@uhh...16519 ай бұрын
Imagine if that split will cause Korea to become the soviet democracy rather than kicking Kim out of power. That's very unlikely to happen, but it's funny to think about it.
@Imulti9 ай бұрын
0:42 minor mistake. South Korea was not a democracy it was a dictatorship. South Korea became democratic later after the Korean war was already over
@yokolee52436 ай бұрын
South Korea is shit. Korea has too unify South Koreans chose this bullshit scenario
@muxijim644210 ай бұрын
Oh yes South Korea, known to be very democratic pre 1980’s Also a very obtrusive technicality, North korea is not comunist. No not only because they are “juche” or basically a monarchy.But because like the Soviet Union they claim to be socialist but ruled by a comunist party.It’s the whole “ReAl CoMmUNisM” hasn’t been tried thing.Which is tecnically true because to be comunist it would require a “stateless and classless society” both of which NK has.
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
I see your point, thank you for letting me know. Also yeah South Korea was more authoritarian up until 1960 maybe
@averageinsanityfan11 ай бұрын
Bro made South Korea an Second Taiwan💀 Imagine Third Taiwan(Greece)
@rewriting-history11 ай бұрын
Ayy I'm glad people understand from the thumbnail that South Korea is going to end up like Taiwan
@averageinsanityfan11 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-historyfr
@MarxBoi484 ай бұрын
Based lmao
@Paul2kdj6910 ай бұрын
I remember requesting the video on a live stream you made 3 months ago, the wait was worth it for sure!
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the idea! Sorry it took me a while, I get a lot of suggestions.
@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja10 ай бұрын
2:52 Since you didn't say thousand here, I got a funny mental image of 250 Chinese super soldiers over running the international coalition.
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Oh my god how did I make such a mistake lol! Thanks for pointing it out!
@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja10 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history I can actually see and understand how you and most others here, failed to notice the mistake. It's because of top-down processing done by our brain. When talking about army sizes, the expected number is in the thousands, if not millions, so when we hear "China decided to help and sent 250 troops", our brains already expected the number to be higher, so it autocorrected it for our perception. Because of my autism, I have enhanced perceptual processing, which involves heightened attention to detail and a focus on local rather than global features: paying more attention to individual components of a stimulus rather than relying on the overall context. It really is a gift and a curse to be able to catch anything out of the ordinary. Since, I can't focus on the bigger picture, catch on to what people are saying, but I also am able to spot my own mistakes better.
@zayedbinimran9577 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history it was more like 2.5 million troops sent by china
@simonpetrikov39926 ай бұрын
I’m laughing too hard at this
@micahistory10 ай бұрын
very interesting idea. This idea is surprisingly underrated in the alternate history community
@julianpignat90952 ай бұрын
thank ou foe your simple presentation of why and how it happend
@rewriting-history2 ай бұрын
@@julianpignat9095 glad you liked it!
@이동연-c6d10 ай бұрын
Since this video is about the North Korea, I want to see the video that what if the North Korea involve the Sino-Soviet conflict as a Soviet side.
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
I will do more videos regarding the split very soon actually. What if it resulted in a war and what if it never happened
@이동연-c6d10 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-historyOh really?! That’s wonderful! And I want to see that Soviet(including Mongolia and Warsaw Pact) and North Korea invade China and took some of their lands in that scenario.
@germancat4299 ай бұрын
The coins you show are cool, I’d like it if you kept showing them in your videos
@rewriting-history9 ай бұрын
Thank you, I try to show when relevant in most videos. Soon I will do an entire livestream, where I show all of my coins
@stargazer-elite10 ай бұрын
Nice video A nice balance between the side of pure chaos with pictures and gifs and the maps and text
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! Will continue doing this style
@greeneanimations642210 ай бұрын
Very cool! A lot of the Cold War focus is dragged away from the Korean War and put on Vietnam and Europe. It’s very pleasant to see some focus put on the Koreas!
@rechtech547410 ай бұрын
Great video
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@princeoffear176410 ай бұрын
Thanks for your hardwork to make the all of interested video keep going! support from Thailand 🇹🇭
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Much appreciated! Love from Bulgaria!
@MohabWali0810 ай бұрын
i see this video as a big improvement to the style of the channel in a lot of stuff like it's 18 minutes (Not long not short) and it has very good visuals
@rechtech547410 ай бұрын
8:58 that coin is as old as my dad😂
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
I have some really old coins, need to make a dedicated video for it
@rechtech547410 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history yeah Its really cool u show ur coins
@josepsamarrafarre10 ай бұрын
I love how the coins give these videos a distinct historical feeling!
@ChariTheAlternate10 ай бұрын
Please continue this
@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja10 ай бұрын
2:50 Wasn't the invasion preplaned and Chinese forces guaranteed, if the North desperatelly needed them? I recall reading that Kim Il-Sung first needed Stalin's permission and then asked the Chinese for support, which they reluctantly agreed to, but only if the North is losing hard,
@Kuricang3110 ай бұрын
Sort of. But even if Kim didn't request it, China would still be willing to send troops to fought off the UN coalitions as according to PLA archives, Mao already prepared it's soldiers dressed in North Korean military to be deployed to combat zone at any given time Looks like Macao and Hong Kong had already given enough headaches for Mao to the point that he's desperately trying to make sure that China would not be bordering any additional Western territories 😂😂
@robe317610 ай бұрын
As a south korean, I see this video interesting
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
I would hope to hear your opinion on what you think. Did you like it?
@Andrew-x3w6i10 ай бұрын
Korean*
@robe317610 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-historyYes, I liked the video
@danielsantiagourtado343011 ай бұрын
Thanks for all your hardwork! Can't wait for this! Suggestion: What if the sixtus affair succeded?
@imember737510 ай бұрын
what if italy won the first italo-ethiopian war
@alphapollete773310 ай бұрын
Bro, how tf do u have a NK coin, thats a real treasure u have there
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Yeah right, especially the first edition.
@rudmillahnowrin915110 ай бұрын
Great 👍🏿
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it!
@RevoluitonaryTV10 ай бұрын
Dude this is way too long of a waiting time!
@Confederate_Mapping18 күн бұрын
You should've said dongs instead of coins lmao 8:57
@ChariTheAlternate10 ай бұрын
That's the best timeline
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@yazovgaming10 ай бұрын
NORTH KOREA, BEST KOREA!
@void_fruit21210 ай бұрын
If i learned anything from drew Durnil it is that north korea best korea 🫡
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Yeah same here
@mappingshaman528010 ай бұрын
What if archduke franz karl von hapsburg, the father of franz joseph died in 1820 and his father and brother too, leading to austria being inherited by napoleon II?
@TrainEnthusiast20093 ай бұрын
Than no Korean drama
@SNCY2911 ай бұрын
I swear these videos come out fast 😅
@rewriting-history11 ай бұрын
Yeah I'm a machine, and I'm even just starting!
@SNCY2911 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history wow. I wanna make a channel and have some video ideas. But rn I’ve got really bad intertia . Any motivation?
@TheDarkCeratosaurus10 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-historyhow do you make these videos so fast if i may ask?
@ClovarChillin10 ай бұрын
Bro never fails to flex his coin Collection
@PizzaChess6910 ай бұрын
The South was not "democratic". If anything, it was more like Spain under Franco.
@Kuricang3110 ай бұрын
But more ruthless and politically unstable. At least Spain's economy under Franco was seeing better numbers than South Korea is until it was ruled by Park Chung-Hee
@BlackpilledNihilist4 ай бұрын
1950s Spain was a far better place to live in compared to 50s South korea
@JCEurovisionFan199610 ай бұрын
Now, what would happen if South Korea won the Korean War?
@LittleRamsies9 ай бұрын
Here a more realistic timeline to what would’ve happened if North Korea 🇰🇵 had won the war in Korea (this is is just IMO though) 1950: Korea is unified under 🇰🇵 1951: China 🇨🇳 Invades Taiwan 🇹🇼 but the USA 🇺🇸 comes to defend it. The Sino American War (1951 - 1954) 1954: China 🇨🇳 and The USA 🇺🇸 declare a ceasefire then China spares Taiwan. The Vietnam War (1955 - 1973) 1968: The USA 🇺🇸 Invades North Vietnam 🇻🇳 then China 🇨🇳 intervenes to push U.S troops back to the 17ht parallel. 1973: China, U.S, North & South Vietnam declared a ceasefire signing an armistice officially ending the war in Vietnam keeping the Vietnamese nation divided to this day. 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, & 2000s: Korea 🇰🇵 became a poor but still a powerful nation on earth with the strongest military behind Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 also depends space technology stuff by the end of the 21st century Korea 🇰🇵 will officially collapse and be annexed by China 🇨🇳 both China and Korea reunite together. In conclusion: “ if North Korea 🇰🇵 Won the War “ Russia 🇷🇺 China 🇨🇳 Korea 🇰🇵 Pakistan 🇵🇰 Iran 🇮🇷 & North Vietnam 🇻🇳 are the Best Allied Friends ❤️🤝 “ if South Korea 🇰🇷 Won the War “ USA 🇺🇸 Japan 🇯🇵 Korea 🇰🇷 Taiwan 🇹🇼 Philippines 🇵🇭 India 🇮🇳 Israel 🇮🇱 UK 🇬🇧 Australia 🇦🇺 New Zealand 🇳🇿 & South Vietnam Are the Best Allied Friends ❤️🤝 “ in the real timeline “ North Korea 🇰🇵 and South Korea 🇰🇷 Today still divided… and will probably never reunite for now maybe is for the best.
@00martoneniris8610 ай бұрын
What if the French monarchy was restored after the French lost the Franco Prussian war
@SANP7623411 ай бұрын
Then USA would be desperate to keep vietnam in their hands
@erasin88449 ай бұрын
2:54 the international troops were overwhelmed by 250 troops?
@rewriting-history9 ай бұрын
forgot to say thousand lol
@ArmandoIIIEspinosa10 ай бұрын
That mean, there’s no Cambodia Vietnam war. The More Liking , I Jeju Korea Will be annex Japan If that’s United States don’t want unify Korea
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Vietnam war would still happen, but would end before the US could get too much involved
@JetHistorian-vv5ji5 ай бұрын
Bro if they cant do a naval invasion why not just use paratroopers IF YOU GOT NORTH KOREAN UNITED KOREAN CHINNESE AND SOVIET PLANES WHY NOT!?!?!
@stargazer-elite10 ай бұрын
Now to preserve the balance I suggest what if South Korea won
@randomguy615210 ай бұрын
theres no way i see korea with its own taiwan im sure this will be great
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
at least it's an original idea
@randomguy615210 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history I liked it, if the Chinese hated that we defended 1 Taiwan can't imagine how they'd react at 2
@blazingblizzard-689410 ай бұрын
Wait a sec, why does the USSR own Dalian?
@HOI4notsoproplayer10 ай бұрын
They occupied it until the 1950s
@m3c4nyku4310 ай бұрын
0:30 Before it was split up (by the USA), there was a short-lived united People's Republic of Korea.
@legendarygodzilla35778 ай бұрын
There wasn't a united peoples republic of Korea, there was an attempt to create one by rebels, which failed.
@m3c4nyku438 ай бұрын
@@legendarygodzilla3577 From Wikipedia itself, your highest go-to source possibly: The People's Republic of Korea (PRK; Korean: 조선인민공화국) was a short-lived provisional government that was organized at the time of the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II. It was proclaimed on 6 September 1945, as Korea was being divided into two occupation zones, with the Soviet Union occupying the north and the United States occupying the south. Based on a network of people's committees, it presented a program of radical social change. In the south, the US military government outlawed the PRK on 12 December 1945. In the north, the Soviet authorities took over the PRK by installing pro-Soviet Korean communists such as Kim Il-sung into positions of power and incorporated it into the political structure of the emerging Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). TL;DR: 1) It was a short-lived provisional government 2) It was banned by USA who controlled and still controls the South (their military is under DIRECT control of USA even today, and the armistice was signed between North Korea and USA, NOT North Korea and South Korea) and USA installed a dictator in the South with no elections that would go on and have massive repressions of population even against centrists (which was one of the reasons why the North attacked the South later on). This is also why they dropped the "People's" part, because it was no longer of the people, it belonged to US interests from then on. 3) Despite Wikipedia's usual biased language, the North has worked with it, and had elections and surprise surprise, the founding father of the country, the person who lead the Liberation of his country won. Must surely be biased according to western capitalists. That is why they added "Democratic" to that name, because they had elections unlike the South for many decades. And after the South had elections, EVERY president was forced to step down due to corruption scandals (except the last one who had friendly relations with thw North).
@m3c4nyku438 ай бұрын
@@legendarygodzilla3577 From Wikipedia itself, your highest go-to source possibly: The People's Republic of Korea (PRK; Korean: 조선인민공화국) was a short-lived provisional government that was organized at the time of the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II. It was proclaimed on 6 September 1945, as Korea was being divided into two occupation zones, with the Soviet Union occupying the north and the United States occupying the south. Based on a network of people's committees, it presented a program of radical social change. In the south, the US military government outlawed the PRK on 12 December 1945. In the north, the Soviet authorities took over the PRK by installing pro-Soviet Korean communists such as Kim Il-sung into positions of power and incorporated it into the political structure of the emerging Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). TL;DR: 1) It was a short-lived provisional government 2) It was banned by USA who controlled and still controls the South (their military is under DIRECT control of USA even today, and the armistice was signed between North Korea and USA, NOT North Korea and South Korea) and USA installed a dictator in the South with no elections that would go on and have massive repressions of population even against centrists (which was one of the reasons why the North attacked the South later on). This is also why they dropped the "People's" part, because it was no longer of the people, it belonged to US interests from then on. 3) Despite Wikipedia's usual biased language, the North has worked with it, and had elections and surprise surprise, the founding father of the country, the person who lead the Liberation of his country won. Must surely be biased according to western capitalists. That is why they added "Democratic" to that name, because they had elections unlike the South for many decades.
@m3c4nyku438 ай бұрын
@@legendarygodzilla3577 I tried making this comment twice, but it kept disappearing, probably because I copy-pasted from Wikipedia. Anyway: 1) It was a short-lived provisional government 2) It was banned by USA who controlled and still controls the South (their military is under DIRECT control of USA even today, and the armistice was signed between North Korea and USA, NOT North Korea and South Korea) and USA installed a dictator in the South with no elections that would go on and have massive repressions of population even against centrists (which was one of the reasons why the North attacked the South later on). This is also why they dropped the "People's" part, because it was no longer of the people, it belonged to US interests from then on. 3) Despite Wikipedia's usual biased language, the North has worked with it, and had elections and surprise surprise, the founding father of the country, the person who lead the Liberation of his country won. Must surely be biased according to western capitalists. That is why they added "Democratic" to that name, because they had elections unlike the South for many decades. And after the South had elections, EVERY president was forced to step down due to corruption scandals (except the last one who had friendly relations with thw North).
@hanzoofoasisworld795310 ай бұрын
What if South Korea won the Korean War?
@Sander_van_de_Reep10 ай бұрын
There was a communist uprising in Jeju so what would have happened with that uprising? Would it be taken down?
@m3c4nyku4310 ай бұрын
0:35 The North held elections and the South didn't and instead was ruled by the US-installed dictator. This is why from the "People's Republic of Korea" the North part added "Democratic" to their name and why the South part didn't (and removed "People's" from their name because it was associated with left-wing movements).
@Kuricang3110 ай бұрын
Election but it's all just government illusion to the people showing that they had the power over the government while in fact they are not. Kim's appointment had probably been predicted from the moment he was educated by the Comintern The only thing that is good about Kim Il-Sung is that his rule over North Korea was politically stable and prosperous, something that his son and grandchild still struggling to achieve. Also he succeeded in uniting the people while South Koreans had to massacred it's own people left and right, especially in Jeju 😁
@eleniparaskevaidou55152 ай бұрын
YOU FORGOT GREECE
@Darker_Editrn4 ай бұрын
How the fuçk did u get a North Korean coin😮
@rewriting-history4 ай бұрын
I know, I'm insane. It's very rare, as its from the creation of the country. Right now you can easily get their currency in circulation, but not the old ones
@Darker_Editrn4 ай бұрын
@@rewriting-history damn lucky i want one
@realbaron571410 ай бұрын
A world without Samsung, Hyundai, Kia, Daweoo and K-POP, too bad. You can made another video but what if the south won.
@ILOVEJAPAN2237 ай бұрын
They might have still existed In Japan
@00martoneniris8611 ай бұрын
What if the Nederlands colonized Australia new holland and nieuwe Zeeland instead of Britain?
@eidoneverchoosen117111 ай бұрын
Will this implys the USA dose not get involved in the korean war. Which is good cause then American lives are not lost ot wounded in another foreign war that we should not had been involved in. Plus the koerans in the south at the time if they wanted communism then its the government and society they deserve then.
@rewriting-history11 ай бұрын
You're on the right track, but now quite the idea I came up with! You will see it soon!
@zenktwtPH17 ай бұрын
Finally no more bts😂
@Robert-xo3yi10 ай бұрын
i like your accent
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I wouldn't have expected people to like it lol
@Iter_fire_guy11 ай бұрын
Best Korea
@rewriting-history11 ай бұрын
Agree
@00martoneniris8610 ай бұрын
What if the ottomans won the Battle of Ankara
@00martoneniris8611 ай бұрын
What if the British and French and me by American colonial empires collapsed after or when the war happened World war one? What if India revolted against the British when World war one or two happened What if the ottoman caliphate sultanate dident join the central powers in World war one and staid neutral 😐 What if Bavaria united Germany
@eidoneverchoosen117110 ай бұрын
Well the USA have to annex Canada then in the power vacuum of the british empire and the British colonies wold end up in the USA spere of influence.
@ArmandoIIIEspinosa10 ай бұрын
Or Jeju Korea Like east Germany.
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
So I do the reverse and let the South win?
@fredrikjonsson-bj5ru10 ай бұрын
Coins are cool do it
@ratisgood444810 ай бұрын
North Korean Republic Of Iowa
@konnoroesterblad839811 ай бұрын
Jeju Korea best korea??
@rewriting-history11 ай бұрын
I even called them in the video Jeju Korea! So many people are getting the reference and it makes me so happy!
@ivanaladic613310 ай бұрын
epic
@TheEmperorYTP10 ай бұрын
Fredda batukam
@kuroazrem537610 ай бұрын
The South wasn't technically democratic yet.
@rewriting-history10 ай бұрын
Yes, maybe even North Korea was more liberal in that time-period, but still the south was a US ally, so they became democratic