What if the U.S Had Annexed Cuba?

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  • The Spanish American War brought brought the U.S onto the global scale. It annexed multiple territories, but not one, Cuba. What if the Americans had annexed the island in this alternate timeline? Here is one scenario.
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  • @awecrafters
    @awecrafters Před 6 lety +3283

    What if emus over threw the Australian government

    • @terrypennington2519
      @terrypennington2519 Před 6 lety +232

      Emu dictatorship. WW3

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 Před 5 lety +236

      Thats the most realistic scenario, but i wouldn't be a Emu dictaorship, no. It would be an Empire, the Emu Empire under the Emu Emperor, Kluklu, and lead Australia to freedom, having a flag with a Emu head on it, breaking relations from britain, freeing the natives in the reserves, and ultimately, INVADING Indonesia and Japan!

    • @finnmccool5272
      @finnmccool5272 Před 5 lety +51

      But they already do

    • @dritchart
      @dritchart Před 5 lety +10

      yes

    • @davids1854
      @davids1854 Před 5 lety +9

      You see when austatalia they made a peace desl

  • @poots605
    @poots605 Před 7 lety +1495

    Late 19th century = American puberty

  • @DASCO2136
    @DASCO2136 Před 7 lety +1327

    What if Archduke Ferdinand of Austria wasn't assassinated?

    • @ferbthe2gadgetguy
      @ferbthe2gadgetguy Před 7 lety +40

      DASCO2136 I'mma guess WW1 never happens and along our fancy smachncy weapons

    • @ethanc5137
      @ethanc5137 Před 7 lety +126

      ferbthe2gadgetguy actually most likely world war 1 would still happen the death of the arch doesn't change the other reasons of war

    • @jullienharris8806
      @jullienharris8806 Před 7 lety +94

      Barnie Sanders actually, yeah, the assassination just gave reason for war. tensions were already high between the two countries. Either one just needed a push.

    • @ethanc5137
      @ethanc5137 Před 7 lety +10

      Jullien Harris wow someone when I say this doesn't get pissed at me AND they agree with me!

    • @zee2826
      @zee2826 Před 7 lety +7

      DASCO2136 it would have had happened anyway

  • @wilsthelimit
    @wilsthelimit Před 5 lety +1053

    USA:Watches over Cuba
    Cuba:Turns Communist
    USA:I am so disappointed in you

  • @iNzynaa
    @iNzynaa Před 8 lety +398

    What if the world was 71% land and 29% water?

    • @waterlight0243
      @waterlight0243 Před 7 lety +16

      Jason the ocean grows bigger overtime sooo...

    • @eggrollsoup
      @eggrollsoup Před 6 lety +1

      Anger Assasin how?

    • @connorneely3458
      @connorneely3458 Před 6 lety +14

      But the surface is about 70% water, we're not talking about the mass here

    • @xo-1320
      @xo-1320 Před 6 lety +1

      Jason W
      The water would have evaporated long ago.

    • @fivesquaredyt2521
      @fivesquaredyt2521 Před 5 lety +1

      Jason W the heat though

  • @lennyjudd123
    @lennyjudd123 Před 8 lety +1060

    What if I didn't drop out of school and pursued my dreams of creating a currency for dogs and cats

    • @doritofanbaseop6702
      @doritofanbaseop6702 Před 8 lety +69

      You would live a normal, dank lief

    • @triforcecollabsjosh2684
      @triforcecollabsjosh2684 Před 8 lety +85

      You'd beat Donald Trump in the Republican primary of 2016, being elected into office and beginning your first term in 2017. You would go on to create laws that better equaled the rights now shared between man and animal. This is Josh from the NotAlternateHistoryHub.

    • @AppleBiscuits
      @AppleBiscuits Před 8 lety +6

      MuttBucks (tm) (patent pending) (cc) (fuck off)

    • @dantheman6441
      @dantheman6441 Před 8 lety +18

      +lenny judd Welcome to the White House, President Judd.

    • @user-du3jr2gp1o
      @user-du3jr2gp1o Před 8 lety +7

      +Dan TheMan still more logical and thought out than Trump...

  • @cheesegaming1699
    @cheesegaming1699 Před 7 lety +574

    got one what if we stayed only 13 states

    • @kalvincastro9042
      @kalvincastro9042 Před 7 lety +81

      Unlikely since one of the reasons to declare independence was because England didn't let Americans settle west past the borders of the colonies because France and England had a deal that France Louisiana.
      Another unlikely thing is for the US not to take France up on the chance to buy the Louisiana territory, by doing so, they're eventually not going to remain 13 states.
      Simply, the only way for the 13 states to stay the 13 states is if absolutely no one in the states are interested in expanding west or south (Florida).

    • @Tristan7VlogsTristan7Gaming
      @Tristan7VlogsTristan7Gaming Před 7 lety +30

      Kalvin Castro shut. up. nerd.

    • @Echo0221
      @Echo0221 Před 6 lety +18

      Tipperary then America would be a weak, minor power

    • @hogndog2339
      @hogndog2339 Před 5 lety +7

      The only reason we didn’t stay 13 states is because states that didn’t touch any British territory and only touched other states (Delaware, New Jersey, etc) couldn’t expand

    • @cpmenninga
      @cpmenninga Před 5 lety +11

      Hawaii would be part of Delaware and Alaska would be part of Maine. There would be thirteen thick stripes covering everything to the west coast. There would have been a lot more wars between individual states/colonies.

  • @jovyannlao3918
    @jovyannlao3918 Před 7 lety +834

    I am a Filipino so I question these:
    1.What if the Philippines was never found by the Spanish?
    2.What if Manuel L. Quezon agreed to the US?
    3.What if the Philippines is a state?

    • @justinp1011
      @justinp1011 Před 7 lety +111

      As a Aussie with a Filipino blood, I say this should be done also..
      1. I think any other colonial powers would have colonized the Philippines. Like if the Portuguese King allowed to have Magellan to explore for Portugal.. and the Philippines is now Portuguese?
      2. What agreement?
      3. Filipinos in these days would have better abilities and skills in speaking English, and Philippines could be used as a strategic location for the US Pacific, in Asia, to combat the Chinese and such.

    • @jasatotakouzeno4674
      @jasatotakouzeno4674 Před 7 lety +74

      1. My best guess would be that Philippines would become a Portuguese Colony. practically Spain but not Spanish.
      2. We'd probably be redeveloped faster since we are still under American care after World War II. But probably get independence at most by 1970s.
      3. My first definite thought that comes to mind is that Guam would be a state too. Since Philippines is further than Guam. We'd be using the Dollar. We'd be similar to the former Mexican territories in terms of cultural background.

    • @justinp1011
      @justinp1011 Před 7 lety +85

      James Satuito
      We're going to build a wall, and make Malaysia pay for it.

    • @tidebleach8215
      @tidebleach8215 Před 7 lety +34

      +Justin Patrick it worked with the chinese they practically have no mexicans

    • @keithlee4081
      @keithlee4081 Před 7 lety +7

      +Justin Patrick we are going to build a huge navy block all you migrants
      And we are going to make you pay for it

  • @ArcticTemper
    @ArcticTemper Před 8 lety +432

    "What if France won the Napoleonic Wars?"

    • @Joshua-hz3cl
      @Joshua-hz3cl Před 8 lety +5

      +ArcticTemper France was against Napoleon and technically they did win, its more of a question if Napoleon had won the war. Just like the question would be if Germany had won WW2, its more what if the Nazi's had won WW2.

    • @ArcticTemper
      @ArcticTemper Před 8 lety +72

      Joshua Feldhacker Nahhh, the Napoleonic Wars made the French the French, it was the war that created French nationality and the sense of unity they have until this day. The French people were certainly behind Napoleon and so the question remains. What if France had won the Napoleonic Wars?

    • @Joshua-hz3cl
      @Joshua-hz3cl Před 8 lety

      ArcticTemper Yeah I guess thats true.

    • @joelmonteiro1419
      @joelmonteiro1419 Před 8 lety +5

      This one would be interisting.

    • @tpmiranda
      @tpmiranda Před 8 lety +11

      +ArcticTemper Code Geass

  • @Shack11
    @Shack11 Před 7 lety +41

    I think this would've been a little more interesting if the alternate history was that, instead, the US traded Cuba for the Philippines, leaving the latter in the same situation that Cuba was in the original timeline. Such an event would give the US less reason to interfere in the Far East, and could greatly change the dynamic between the US and an Imperial Japan that may not see a need to attack the US in World War II, if such a thing still occurs(butterflies and all that).

    • @timothyclark803
      @timothyclark803 Před rokem +5

      Admittedly, also, it would have been politically less contentious too if the US had negotiated for Phillipino and Guamanian independence in exchange for annexing Cuba and Puerto Rico given both are next to the US. Which, would have indeed largely kept Imperial Japan from attacking since no American intrests existed in the region. Which, means the US just gets dragged into WW2 a different way and likely only has the European front to contend with. And, given our much better military, the Allies would have gotten much further into Europe than the Soviets did. Which then changes the Cold war dynamic as the Soviets just get pushed out of Europe entirely. So, the conflicts get pushed over to Asia.

  • @GT-he4jt
    @GT-he4jt Před 4 lety +311

    Do a what if the bay of pigs invasion succeeded scenario

    • @Robin-jk6wz
      @Robin-jk6wz Před 4 lety +33

      Then the Cubans would be speaking Swine to this day.

    • @anthonyf.3009
      @anthonyf.3009 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Robin-jk6wz bro....

    • @Maydaypayday7
      @Maydaypayday7 Před 4 lety +19

      Robert Rich the rebels are hiding in a small house, desperate for food and supplies, suddenly a load roar is heard, the rebels faces going pale.
      *oink* , the sound shatters the eardrums of the partisans, and knowing that they stand no chance they surrender.

    • @Robin-jk6wz
      @Robin-jk6wz Před 4 lety +8

      @@Maydaypayday7 They exclaim "shoat, the piggies are here to cutter our sow with boar, and hog us for our grunter, and sell us comics of Peter Porker"

    • @anthonyf.3009
      @anthonyf.3009 Před 3 lety +1

      Then Hogwarts would exist

  • @MattUK36
    @MattUK36 Před 8 lety +186

    The funny thing is: Spain was absolutely instrumental and deffinitive in US independence.

    • @robjacobson7041
      @robjacobson7041 Před 6 lety +53

      Funny thing is they actually weren't. Their support was very minimal because they didn't want republican colonial revolutions spreading to their own colonies. They recognized the American revolution set a dangerous precedent ( consequently the latin American wars of independence just a few decades later would prove them right). Their support to the Americans was purely geopolitical and their only interest was to gain more territory. Which they did when the treaty of Paris gave them east Florida back.

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 Před 5 lety +14

      You both right, but Spain wanted a chance to give a bad moment to britain, the usa honored Bernardo de Galvez, Galvezton and it also didn't want republican ideas to spread across his territories, but they definitely wanted to assure a balance of powers to britain, and on the way, recapturing Florida

    • @lordmango545
      @lordmango545 Před 5 lety +25

      France helped america WAY more hell you could even say germany helped more since a German trained alot of American soldiers how to fight

    • @Ag3nt0fCha0s
      @Ag3nt0fCha0s Před 5 lety +6

      France? Surely?

    • @UwU-xk5cx
      @UwU-xk5cx Před 4 lety +6

      I mean they helped a bit, but they werent essential

  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub  Před 8 lety +468

    This video was meant to release last Friday, but there was some glitches with CZcams that I thought would be resolved but have not. Oh well, show must go on.

    • @augustlundin
      @augustlundin Před 8 lety +10

      Alternate History: What if Sweden won the Nordic War?

    • @SpiderkillersInc
      @SpiderkillersInc Před 8 lety +15

      what if the USA collapsed in the 1920's?

    • @kevinpoppe8285
      @kevinpoppe8285 Před 8 lety +3

      what if Pearl Harbor never happened?

    • @stevenchoza6391
      @stevenchoza6391 Před 8 lety +5

      +AlternateHistoryHub
      How about "What if Boudica's Rebellion succeeded?"

    • @relaetsecyr
      @relaetsecyr Před 8 lety +2

      +AlternateHistoryHub How about the world of xcom?

  • @finnbazz6315
    @finnbazz6315 Před 8 lety +247

    What if the Great Irish Famine Never Happened?
    You knew I was coming.

    • @finnbazz6315
      @finnbazz6315 Před 8 lety +1

      That's if you read my previous comments

    • @kostam.1113
      @kostam.1113 Před 8 lety +11

      +Colic Shark Nothing special, just more Irish in Ireland and less in USA.

    • @somalilion3207
      @somalilion3207 Před 8 lety +2

      Yo stop spamming on every video.

    • @colmryan9289
      @colmryan9289 Před 8 lety +11

      Personally, I think it would be more interesting to see if Ireland had conquered Britain instead of vice versa.

    • @finnbazz6315
      @finnbazz6315 Před 8 lety +2

      Colm Ryan We could have if the Spanish successfully landed in Cirk without being out numbered, or if the French Fleet of over 15,000 soldiers didn't get destroyed by our shit weather so they could help us.

  • @spacecadet28
    @spacecadet28 Před 7 lety +681

    if cuba spoke english it would have been annexed.

    • @nicholaswhyte9442
      @nicholaswhyte9442 Před 7 lety +36

      Look at belize, it is geographically absurd to annex it

    • @spacecadet28
      @spacecadet28 Před 7 lety +27

      I believe if you look at the records/documents of the time, if cuba spoke english it would have been annexed.

    • @SuperRichyrich11
      @SuperRichyrich11 Před 7 lety +42

      ... AND if it were protestant instead of Catholic then maybe.... bonus points if most Cubans were European.

    • @dontworry1302
      @dontworry1302 Před 6 lety +5

      Belize speaks an English Creole

    • @monarchatto6095
      @monarchatto6095 Před 6 lety +15

      If USA can handle Louisiana It can It can handle the language of English and Cuban to

  • @oddvillainnetwork
    @oddvillainnetwork Před 7 lety +173

    What if Spain won the Spanish-American war?

    • @cloroxbleachjr3047
      @cloroxbleachjr3047 Před 6 lety +22

      ODD VILLAIN simple we'll all say hola

    • @josh-kg1rb
      @josh-kg1rb Před 4 lety +6

      @@cloroxbleachjr3047 that makes no sense

    • @josh-kg1rb
      @josh-kg1rb Před 4 lety +2

      @@gerardthompson3851 if it was they wouldn't have lost dumb

    • @Joridiy
      @Joridiy Před 4 lety +33

      Spain could have won the war but the cost would have been too high.
      Spain would have retained the overseas province of Philippines and the two Autonomous Communities of Cuba and Puerto Rico (they weren't already colonies) but Spain would have ended economically devastated.
      It would eventually led to the independence of Philippines (which without the United-Statesian colonization and without the Japanese genocidal war crimes) would be more Hispanic than it is today and they all would speak Spanish.
      Philippines also would end acquiring the Micronesia, Guam and Mariana Islands (Because legally they were part of them).
      Cuba and Puerto Rico might get more autonomy but eventually they'd get independent two decades later.
      With the war won and no money, the First Spanish Empire wouldn't have died but rather just dissolve into a Spanish state and the Second Spanish Empire (the actual colonial one which centered in Africa) wouldn't have been born and Equatorial Guinea and Spanish Sahara wouldn't exist because Spanish economy would have been way too destroyed to even look at them.

    • @davidp.7620
      @davidp.7620 Před 3 lety +2

      You wake up five minutes later

  • @savagelyjoe6815
    @savagelyjoe6815 Před 8 lety +45

    hate to be that guy but at 3:02 spain says, "if" instead of sí, which is yes

  • @PREDMATEUSZ
    @PREDMATEUSZ Před 8 lety +144

    What if Warsaw Pact invaded Western Europe

    • @GodOfExploding
      @GodOfExploding Před 8 lety +23

      +HUSAR implausible scenario. all warsaw pact war plans were defensive

    • @Corey-ld7os
      @Corey-ld7os Před 8 lety +6

      It doesn't make sense but I'd like to see it done I mean if he can do fallout history and wwz he can do this

    • @xelgringoloco2
      @xelgringoloco2 Před 8 lety +8

      +Fernando Cornejo Literally the entire point of this channel is discussing unlikely historical scenario's...

    • @Prevordan
      @Prevordan Před 8 lety +10

      +HUSAR Obviously nuclear war. Everyone in NATO and Warsaw Pact dies. It'd make for a pretty boring video.

    • @Jacob-yg7lz
      @Jacob-yg7lz Před 8 lety

      +HUSAR WW3

  • @Geofiendlux
    @Geofiendlux Před 3 lety +71

    I disagree with your suggestion about the US simply letting Cuba go. Sure decolonization was a thing, but so was the Cold War and America often alongside the colonial powers (most notably the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War) so they could keep their possessions, in order to prevent the spread of communism. That, alongside Cuba's strategic positioning in the Caribbean (being 90 miles from Florida as you pointed out several times) and the existence of Guantanamo Bay meant that it would remain in US hands throughout the Cold War. By the time that period of history ended, any movement for independence would have long since lost most of their steam, and Cuba would have remained a US possession into the present day with a similar status as Puerto Rico. That is if it already hasn't become a state (and Puerto Rico too, as a result) due to its closeness to the lower 48. Geopolitics, not morals, rules the day in Washington, especially at the height of the Cold War.

    • @AutistRapper
      @AutistRapper Před 10 měsíci

      But the US let go of the philipines too during the cold war and it was also in a very important location and was near communist china

    • @Geofiendlux
      @Geofiendlux Před 10 měsíci

      @@AutistRapper Yes, it is also very far away from the US, unlike Cuba.

    • @AutistRapper
      @AutistRapper Před 10 měsíci

      @@Geofiendlux i think the US will just let Cuba go but just keep tabs on it to make sure its not communist. like they did with japan.

    • @Geofiendlux
      @Geofiendlux Před 10 měsíci

      @@AutistRapper that depends on whether the Cubans will still want to be independent. Florida saw immense growth and immigration during that period, and there were many American interests on Cuba IRL. At that point, independence might not have economically sound.

  • @nucleartriggered3311
    @nucleartriggered3311 Před 7 lety +165

    what if homo sapiens were homos

    • @nerisb5495
      @nerisb5495 Před 7 lety +32

      Nuclear Triggered Can't reproduce.

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia Před 5 lety +1

      They're

    • @livinglifeoutdoorstv6550
      @livinglifeoutdoorstv6550 Před 5 lety +1

      Neanderthals rule the world. And since recent discoveries revealed that Neanderthals were basically human with minor physical differences (you couldn’t really tell the two apart in a police line up) the world goes on as it would, maybe with some delayed advancements given a lower average IQ among Neanderthals

    • @ekanshagarwal5125
      @ekanshagarwal5125 Před 5 lety

      Nuclear Triggered we be dead but dont worry we still have some people who are 😏

  • @battaglino77
    @battaglino77 Před 7 lety +22

    i love how the US always wears Top Gun aviators lol.

  • @N0oDleZ9
    @N0oDleZ9 Před 8 lety +136

    What happened to the USA's shades???

    • @theadamant7125
      @theadamant7125 Před 8 lety +157

      They got the shades for winning WWII/The Cold War

    • @jreganalyst9260
      @jreganalyst9260 Před 8 lety +52

      The shades show the US as the dominate super we are today. So talking about the US before this = no shades

    • @intricatedesign3559
      @intricatedesign3559 Před 8 lety +19

      +Ryan Hawkos That's the reason why the shades pop in and out of the video, depending on when in history Cody is talking about :)

    • @jreganalyst9260
      @jreganalyst9260 Před 8 lety +14

      +IntricateDesign I know it's a cool addition XD

    • @forgefathereli8354
      @forgefathereli8354 Před 8 lety +7

      +Biz Nasty The US gets the shades when we become a superpower aka after ww2

  • @TheWhiteLionn
    @TheWhiteLionn Před 7 lety +17

    If anyone was wondering, pic in 1:13 is in catalan.

  • @juanmar4712
    @juanmar4712 Před 4 lety +355

    The best part of this alternative history: Cuba would have never been ruled by the Castros, so my cuban father would have not had suffered the Castro-Communist dictatorship. Best regards...

    • @556poor7
      @556poor7 Před 3 lety +45

      Communist no matter where they come from are evil. The US should grant asylum to any Cuban who wishes to be an American, they know how valuable freedom truly is. Sadly too many in the US don’t seem to appreciate it.

    • @luisenriqueperezperez3193
      @luisenriqueperezperez3193 Před 3 lety +28

      @@556poor7 Authoritarian regimes in general tend to be evil. Fascism is essentially Communism with a Capitalist Economy and it still sucks. Striking the balance between Authoritarism and Anarchy is key, the US does that pretty nicely.

    • @willblack7353
      @willblack7353 Před 3 lety +8

      @@luisenriqueperezperez3193 Fascism is a mix of Nationalism and Socialism. For example, Hitler. He was, as we all know, _extremely_ nationalist. He did privatize a lot of stuff, but it was essentially crony capitalism, socialism but with extra steps.

    • @luisenriqueperezperez3193
      @luisenriqueperezperez3193 Před 3 lety +18

      @@willblack7353 Hitler did not have socialism at all. The only socialist thing in the Naxi party was the name. They privatized EVERYTHING and the only reason they had certain level of welfare was due to the Great Depression. The people in the party were mostly small businessmen, artisans and Military Officers, so people who didn´t give a damn about factory workers.

    • @Ambitwine
      @Ambitwine Před 3 lety +2

      trading a foreign iron hand rulership for a native iron hand rulership seems like a difficult choice, history hasn't been nice to Cuba has it?

  • @MrGotenYT
    @MrGotenYT Před 8 lety +62

    What if Leon trotsky came back to power?

    • @MrGotenYT
      @MrGotenYT Před 8 lety +13

      or what if Robert Kennedy didn't die?

    • @xelgringoloco2
      @xelgringoloco2 Před 8 lety +4

      +100,000 Muslim subscribers but no videos! They're afraid of taking an ice pick to the head?

    • @xelgringoloco2
      @xelgringoloco2 Před 8 lety +1

      *****
      Trotsky was assassinated with an ice pick

    • @steliosmitr8245
      @steliosmitr8245 Před 8 lety +1

      The USSR would turn into a revisionist hell hole.Also Trosky would never rose to power in any way.

    • @chadkingoffuckmountain970
      @chadkingoffuckmountain970 Před 8 lety +1

      +BOOM! Explosion he said "what if" not "he could've"

  • @WWNerfman
    @WWNerfman Před 8 lety +144

    Do what if the Russians (USSR) got to the moon first

    • @congealedbox7854
      @congealedbox7854 Před 8 lety +38

      Nothing really

    • @adambrash6237
      @adambrash6237 Před 8 lety +2

      +WillXplode i think he did that but he has been remacking some of his videos

    • @Niasall
      @Niasall Před 8 lety +4

      +WillXplode They DID get to the moon first..

    • @Niasall
      @Niasall Před 8 lety

      ***** What, don't tell me you seriously believe US propaganda lol, the USSR landed first, just never got out and went straight back home. So yeah, the 'first' man on the moon thing is true for the US, just the first ship and first one to land? No

    • @JohnSmith-qy2fh
      @JohnSmith-qy2fh Před 8 lety +9

      The USSR had a habit of covering up failed space missions. They likely got to the moon first, but on reentry, the ship burned up (I think so at least).

  • @LocoMenteClaraOne
    @LocoMenteClaraOne Před 8 lety +42

    How about you do one of these on PR Independence or about the realization of Simon Bolivar's dream of uniting ALL of the Spanish-speaking Americas into ONE nation instead of the 19 they eventually became (well 18 and one commonwealth) Great vid!

    • @hackman669
      @hackman669 Před 7 lety +1

      USA number two, the spanish speaking version. Worlds 4th superpower?

    • @mr.battledroid2195
      @mr.battledroid2195 Před 6 měsíci

      Simón Bolívar era un genocida masón, y en Puerto Rico había una escuadra enorme y una guarnición aún más grande esperando a los genocidas colombianos, así que eso es imposible

    • @mr.battledroid2195
      @mr.battledroid2195 Před 6 měsíci

      @@hackman669Mexico was already US number 2… or should I say number 1? If Mexico had not lost the most outrageous and unfair stealing and sacking to the us, Mexico would be one of the most if not the most important nations in the world, and even so, I can tell you that’s impossible because bolivar’s dream is manipulated generally, just seeking the integration of Spanish America to the British crown… and this is real, he went to London and sent a card to the king of Britain seeking said events, additionally he himself and other “libertarians” were masons which got their ideas from the matbly I think it was called which seeked the dismemberment of the Spanish empire through revolutions, this plan was called like that in honor to a Scottish general by the same name, he along Scottish elites as a whole was known for being a mason, just as Wellington was, also of Scottish origin, these 2 gave bolivar said ideas, they were also transmitted to him when bolivar was exiled to Jamaica for his pro-slavery ideals

  • @carlorjustcarl3675
    @carlorjustcarl3675 Před 3 lety +14

    🇨🇺: Independence
    🇵🇼: Independence
    🇵🇭: Independence
    🇵🇷: How about me
    🇺🇸:No
    🇬🇺: (Silent)

  • @ItsAce671
    @ItsAce671 Před 3 lety +29

    AlternateHistoryHub: says Guam
    Me a chamoru: THATS MY ISLAND!!!

    • @enotsnavdier6867
      @enotsnavdier6867 Před 2 lety +1

      What do people from Guam call themselves, Guamians?

    • @ItsAce671
      @ItsAce671 Před 2 lety

      @@enotsnavdier6867 Guamanians are what people from Guam specifically are. But our ethnicity is Chamorro

    • @enotsnavdier6867
      @enotsnavdier6867 Před 2 lety

      @@ItsAce671 Thanks for the info. Also I wanted to know, what do the people of Guam think about being part of the US?

    • @ItsAce671
      @ItsAce671 Před 2 lety

      @@enotsnavdier6867 well many people do have negative thoughts, the American military here is tearing down major cultural sites of Chamorro history.

    • @imperiumromanum7375
      @imperiumromanum7375 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ItsAce671 really? The land of the free home of the brave tearing down culture? America used to be great

  • @madmoblin
    @madmoblin Před 7 lety +35

    0:06 Mentions European cousins
    shows Britian who's clearly America's Mother.

    • @danielray1027
      @danielray1027 Před 7 lety +2

      Why not both?

    • @lmao2302
      @lmao2302 Před 7 lety +5

      European countries are our aunts and uncles while Britain is our mother.

    • @madmoblin
      @madmoblin Před 7 lety +4

      And France is Father.

    • @madmoblin
      @madmoblin Před 7 lety +7

      (The US was illigenimate unlike Canada who was born leagaly)

    • @Heliogabalos
      @Heliogabalos Před 7 lety +5

      madmoblin France is more of a step-father with Spain just running from responsibility.

  • @christianpenning3886
    @christianpenning3886 Před 7 lety +2

    Awesome channel! Keep up the great work man

  • @ac130GUNSHIPp
    @ac130GUNSHIPp Před 8 lety +9

    Alternate history is the most interesting thing to me. I'm always asking myself "what if" in history courses. So thank you AlternateHistoryHub for existing and answering all these questions in a neutral point of view and addressing multiple scenarios very thoroughly. You're the best

  • @Lancynical
    @Lancynical Před 8 lety +127

    What if the US didn't give the Philippines their freedom?

    • @haydendietz1353
      @haydendietz1353 Před 8 lety +4

      +James the Hedgehog Because the US annexes middle eastern nations.

    • @DMS-pq8
      @DMS-pq8 Před 8 lety +36

      You have no idea what imperialist means

    • @chadkingoffuckmountain970
      @chadkingoffuckmountain970 Před 8 lety

      +James the Hedgehog ha. no.

    • @carljuvy
      @carljuvy Před 7 lety +2

      Probably there would be a long standoff and war between them, and I honestly think the Philippines would win. O_o

    • @Lancynical
      @Lancynical Před 7 lety +2

      kar muts
      seems impossible, especially that PH is a sucky country today.

  • @brosofolympus5350
    @brosofolympus5350 Před 8 lety +10

    Omg that Uncle Sam comic 1:14 is in Catalan, so proud.

    • @dontworry1302
      @dontworry1302 Před 6 lety

      I just found out how similar French and Catalan are

  • @brendopls
    @brendopls Před 5 lety +1

    The thing I love to think about with these videos is whether or not there’s another alternatehistoryhub in the alternate realities you create; one who questions what would have happened if things went the way they did in our reality

  • @chalk8minecraft
    @chalk8minecraft Před 8 lety +6

    Risk is a game of conquering between empires. I would love to see you play a risk and create a entire timeline for it based on territory grabs and battles between territories. A risk extra long special.

  • @brianvulcan5252
    @brianvulcan5252 Před 7 lety +19

    Here's a multi part idea, what if the US had succeeded in taking Canada in either the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and, what if War Plan Red went forward in the 1930s and how would this change World War 2?

    • @marinerproductions1315
      @marinerproductions1315 Před 3 lety

      What's "War Plan Red?"

    • @wagadooger
      @wagadooger Před 3 lety

      @@marinerproductions1315 it was a presumed offensive/defensive plan made by pentagon if they needed to invade Canada

  • @bluecedar7914
    @bluecedar7914 Před 2 lety +5

    There would be a second Puerta Rico south of the U.S.A. that they could also largely ignore.

  • @michaelroach4219
    @michaelroach4219 Před 6 lety +1

    muy interesante.muchisimas gracias para su trabajo.

  • @jessepinkman3108
    @jessepinkman3108 Před 8 lety +3

    I've been looking forward to this

  • @xcalibrx1653
    @xcalibrx1653 Před 7 lety +85

    Id be able to make better spliffs with Cuban cigars.

  • @machspeed7610
    @machspeed7610 Před 7 lety +79

    What if Hogwarts was discovered

    • @pylonbuffering8523
      @pylonbuffering8523 Před 7 lety +6

      life would be far better

    • @madmoblin
      @madmoblin Před 7 lety +1

      The UK goverment and MOM would agree to keep the wizzarding world a secret from the muggle world, while only the leaders on the UK can know about importent events in the wizarding world for safety reasons.

    • @myfuckingwonga4236
      @myfuckingwonga4236 Před 7 lety

      madmoblin u have triggered me

    • @Galactipod
      @Galactipod Před 6 lety +2

      The XCOM project is activated.

    • @lelgie601
      @lelgie601 Před 6 lety

      Mr Sandwich *You're

  • @MarkZschiegnerII
    @MarkZschiegnerII Před 7 lety +278

    What if Japan won the Second World War?

    • @marcellofesta8678
      @marcellofesta8678 Před 7 lety +59

      The Axis would have won?

    • @Sh0cKwavE__
      @Sh0cKwavE__ Před 7 lety +15

      Mark AndroidReviewComicBooks Zschiegner II impossible. Americans reck and Soviet could clean up if we get tired

    • @PIERCESTORM
      @PIERCESTORM Před 7 lety +3

      JDB, Viewer of CZcams no, he only did Germany, but here is my view based off of my knowledge and not American Propaganda
      Japan would have to win by draining American resources. So after that happens, here is what happens
      Japan and American tensions still run high, as Japan successfully kept Western Powers out of Asia. Japan becomes technologically superior, and keeps a tight hold on east asia. Russia still wants to work on their Soviet Union, but can never get to China or Korea, so they never become Communists, nor Vietnam. The Vietnam War and the Korean War never happens. Russia goes to war with Japan after recovering, but remember, Japan is now technologically superior, and at this point, has developed their own assault rifle, with German assistance, if Germany won as well. Japan and Russia go to war, then Germany declares war. America is still angry with Japan, since they cant make money in China anymore, and is debating to help Russia, but they don't like Russia's Communist Party. The Nuclear Bomb is also never finished because America couldn't afford it the way World War 2 went. This can go 2 ways.
      1. America joins Russia
      America will join Russia, but still most likely is recovering from World War 2. They attack Japan, but start collapsing as the Spanish did, and start becoming a poor nation. They eventually drop out, and Russia, Japan and Germany sign a peace treaty. Germany however, will wait a few years, and then Assault Russia on their own during spring, and every one simply leaves Japan alone, maybe attacking of they want to take territory, but now Japan controls so much, and has so many people joining, no one can capture Japanese Territory.
      2. America doesn't join and waits to recover
      America simply doesn't join and the same things happen with Russia, Japan and Germany.
      However, now a few years later, with Germany and Italy keeping Japan up to date. America attempts vengeance, but soon realizes, how Japan's troops are dug in for defense, and will stop fighting. Japan will eventually just be left alone, as Japan simply wanted Western Piwers out of Asia
      America will still make up lots of propaganda towards Japan, and still make up things like the Rape of Nanking (waiting for shitstorm) and a possible arms race may start as well, but Japan will have so many Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Filipino soldiers joining, they will be at peace and no one will want to fight them. They may become the most advanced nation ever, more advanced then they are today.

    • @jullienharris8806
      @jullienharris8806 Před 7 lety +24

      Mark AndroidReviewComicBooks Zschiegner II more anime

    • @TheBigSlugger
      @TheBigSlugger Před 7 lety +18

      Mark AndroidReviewComicBooks Zschiegner II hentai, hentai everywhere

  • @GamesLegitament
    @GamesLegitament Před 8 lety +39

    What if the Bourbons dynasty had not been overthrown during the French Revolution?

    • @bunney3272
      @bunney3272 Před 8 lety +8

      France would be the most powerful nation in Europe today. Britain and Russia would be the main rivals.
      Instead of a revolution, France would most likely see evolution, like most other countries did.
      Since there won't be Napoleonic wars, Latin America might remain under Spanish or Portuguese administration, at least for quite some time.

    • @anacousticwalrus
      @anacousticwalrus Před 8 lety +2

      +George Severn also maybe no Louisiana Purchase, so France would still own parts of North America

    • @1redrider100
      @1redrider100 Před 8 lety +1

      +George Severn Actually there would likely be no wave of Liberalism. It was the traction from the revolution that lead to that evolution due to inspiring the intellectuals and peasants as well as terrifying many tyrants. We'd likely still have a few absolute monarchies in Europe to this day.

    • @marvelfannumber1
      @marvelfannumber1 Před 8 lety

      +GamesLegitament
      YES! I really want to see this, especially a timeline where they won the Seven Years War.

    • @triforcecollabsjosh2684
      @triforcecollabsjosh2684 Před 8 lety

      +George Severn Nice theory. THERE MUST BE A BOOK! Call it, "Louis LXIV The Mentally retarded (due to inbreeding) and his legacy"

  • @iiiiitsmagreta1240
    @iiiiitsmagreta1240 Před 8 lety +4

    Interesting scenario, thanks for this video!
    Out of curiosity, where'd the music go?

  • @rapidsabotage6649
    @rapidsabotage6649 Před 8 lety +1

    Love dis dudes videos!

  • @janitoalevic
    @janitoalevic Před 4 lety +9

    0:20 "From the tip of Argentina"
    Chile: Am I a joke to you?

    • @looinrims
      @looinrims Před 4 lety +1

      janitoalevic Argentina has a more southern point

    • @janitoalevic
      @janitoalevic Před 4 lety +3

      @@looinrims Diego Ramírez Island and Cabo de Hornos, Chile is southern than Ushuaia. The Antarctic territories of both are disputed as well as the South Georgia Islands

  • @mykomatos5445
    @mykomatos5445 Před 8 lety +115

    What if the Huns never invaded in europe?

    • @lovatojonasfan1
      @lovatojonasfan1 Před 8 lety +1

      You mean the Mongols?

    • @mykomatos5445
      @mykomatos5445 Před 8 lety +20

      Matthew Brunette
      No, the Huns, during the migration era, with Attila

    • @taylorbeckett9686
      @taylorbeckett9686 Před 8 lety +7

      +Mykomatos L0l goteem

    • @shen_loves_bouncy_castles4106
      @shen_loves_bouncy_castles4106 Před 8 lety

      +Taylor Beckett OOOOOOH U GONNA NEED ICE FOR DAT BUUUUUURN!

    • @MrWolfman229
      @MrWolfman229 Před 8 lety +14

      +Mykomatos As a lover of the Migration Era, that would be an amazing video.... I would pay money to watch that, maybe just a dollar, but a dollar none the less.... Do you know how how much that would have changed the ethnic make up of Europe on top of history?? Groups such as the Goths may have never settled in Spain, the Franks may have never migrated to Gaul and established France. The Vandals probably never would have established a kingdom in North Africa. Just so many possibilities.... The Huns pushed so many tribes West, it totally changed Western Europe from being predominately Celtic/Roman into being much more Germanic.

  • @BadgerCheese94
    @BadgerCheese94 Před 8 lety +6

    I'd imagine it'd be similar to how Puerto Rico is now, but a closer dynamic. There's already a huge Cuban presence in Florida, and a considerable amount outside the state, and in this scenario it would be even bigger.

    • @jaredvale
      @jaredvale Před 9 měsíci

      Puerto Rico and Cuba would essentially be sister states, I mean their flags are literally the same just inverted colors.

    • @mr.battledroid2195
      @mr.battledroid2195 Před 6 měsíci

      So basically, Cubans would be abused just as Puerto Ricans and Spanish industries and railways would be razed further, yes?

  • @samuelthegreatoo
    @samuelthegreatoo Před 3 lety +1

    You should totally make an updated version of this.

  • @shunt0141
    @shunt0141 Před 8 lety +1

    I have a suggestion; You should try makoing your country "characters" like how Quality Mapping does his; little globes with eyes. Though, yours are pretty unique. Keep up the great work.

  • @dallascopp4798
    @dallascopp4798 Před 8 lety +18

    So, if America annexed Cuba, the island nation would have been way off better today than it actually is? Like you said it would have probably brought civil rights down into the country, Castro wouldn't come to power, thousands more of people would be alive and the USSR wouldn't have Cuba to place nuclear missiles on during the Cuban missile crisus. So imperialism/colonialism isn't necessarily bad as people think.

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 Před 7 lety +4

      yippyyippy yoyo that's pretty hypocritical but then again America doesn't even follow common sense and create their won laws

    • @dallascopp4798
      @dallascopp4798 Před 7 lety +3

      What did I say that was hypocritical?

    • @allisondoak9425
      @allisondoak9425 Před 6 lety +2

      There is a racial equality movement in Cuba promoted by the government. And Cuba was far better off than Puerto Rico while the USSR was around and to this day still is in some ways. Their superior health system leads to way better treatment and less babies dying compared to US territories and the US proper as well as a higher life expectancy so perhaps there would be less people.

  • @telesniper2
    @telesniper2 Před rokem +5

    7:44 not necessarily. Look at the cultural and linguistic evolution of the Philippines after it became a territory of th U.S. after the Spanish American War. The Filipinos LOVE the U.s., many things are modeled on the u.s. there, and English is widely spoken and is an official language.

    • @mr.battledroid2195
      @mr.battledroid2195 Před 6 měsíci

      What are you on? Filipinos speak mainly English because the USA illegalized it and because Spanish wasn’t such a widespread language, additionally the US army followed a doctrine to “Kill all above 13” basically ending most Spanish speakers

  • @igotchomom87
    @igotchomom87 Před 2 lety +2

    I wish you’d have touched on the fact that the cuban missile crisis would never have happened, maybe a follow-up video with the ramifications of that?

  • @stewartsaurus5796
    @stewartsaurus5796 Před 7 lety +200

    What if slavery was still legal?

  • @tylerjohn2957
    @tylerjohn2957 Před 7 lety +412

    Let's annex Canada

    • @tylerjohn2957
      @tylerjohn2957 Před 7 lety +20

      A Very Kind Guy i think tf not

    • @tylerjohn2957
      @tylerjohn2957 Před 7 lety +11

      A Very Kind Guy Why not my idea?

    • @waterlight0243
      @waterlight0243 Před 7 lety +26

      Tylerjohn29 Canada is more liberal. They have a shit load of cultures too which knowing Trumps presidency is gonna be a problem.

    • @muhammadhafiz_h4
      @muhammadhafiz_h4 Před 7 lety +24

      1812

    • @joshuachamberlain1485
      @joshuachamberlain1485 Před 6 lety +50

      Little do you know wee have made super weapons useing hockey sticks and maple syrup

  • @CoffeeConnoiseur
    @CoffeeConnoiseur Před 8 lety +9

    what if Napoleon won the battle of Waterloo?

    • @CoffeeConnoiseur
      @CoffeeConnoiseur Před 8 lety

      **just a suggestion**

    • @Freadauk
      @Freadauk Před 8 lety +3

      +Alex castwell Not much, he most likely would have been defeated by the Austrians or Russians later. He would have needed to defeat Russia in 1812 or build a fleet capable of rivaling the British and invade England to win the War.

    • @mathiasbartl9393
      @mathiasbartl9393 Před 8 lety

      +Alex castwell He would have just defeated one of the armies operating against him out of the coalition of most of the european nations.

    • @hdhale2
      @hdhale2 Před 8 lety

      +Alex castwell If he beat the combined British-Prussian force, a lot depends upon how decisive the victory was. Merely routing them from the field wasn't enough. He had to crush them sufficiently such that they were no longer a threat any time soon. Let's say that happens. He then faces a combined Austrian-Russian force. That might seem like it would be too much, but remember that he had rather good luck fighting the Austrians and the Russians did not have a good road record, I'll put it that way. If he could delay the combined Austrian-Russian force until his army was finished licking it wounds and been further reinforced (French soldiers were joining his ranks ranks in increasing numbers ever since his return), he could have beaten the Austrian-Russian force as well.
      What would likely follow would be a negotiated settlement, where France would get back some of the territory it lost in 1814, but Napoleon's empire would still have been effectively dissolved. Whether the Nap would have been happy ruling a smaller piece of Europe is an open question, but if he could, he still have had to dealt with German nationalism lead by a hostile Prussia, and a hostile Britain. The former could been resolved by closer ties with Austria (thus no Prussian Zollverein), the latter would have been far more problematic.
      Ultimately World War I, assuming it happens "on schedule" some 100 years later may have featured France, Italy, Turkey, and Germany (including Austria) against Britain, Prussia (essentially northern Germany), and Russia. The U.S. may have stayed out of the war entirely, or feeling the pinch of the Royal Navy on its trade ties in Europe, eventually went to war with Britain. U.S. invades Canada, and we get a nice rematch of the War of 1812, with modern weapons.

    • @mikhailsachena9965
      @mikhailsachena9965 Před 8 lety

      Agree with most of your hypothetical until the end with British US war.

  • @chetviksharma8441
    @chetviksharma8441 Před 5 lety

    nice content

  • @DMASTERCRAFTER
    @DMASTERCRAFTER Před 7 lety

    I love your videos

  • @bj.bruner
    @bj.bruner Před 8 lety +7

    "Si" without the accent means "if"

  • @drbright8639
    @drbright8639 Před 7 lety +169

    What if the Holy Roman Empire never collapsed

    • @thesharpesttool9666
      @thesharpesttool9666 Před 6 lety +1

      an impossible dream

    • @danielsass1826
      @danielsass1826 Před 5 lety +1

      They did that one

    • @macvena
      @macvena Před 4 lety +6

      The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
      --Voltaire.

    • @vedantthapar3666
      @vedantthapar3666 Před 4 lety

      3 years too late, but which one? Charlemagnes or Ottos? Or the Austrian HRE? All have very different outcomes

    • @paulandreig.sahagun34
      @paulandreig.sahagun34 Před 2 lety

      A fun-sized French guy would'nt even existed.

  • @andrewlu4600
    @andrewlu4600 Před 7 lety +1

    I love the people you animate xD

  • @Thesurvivour-yl3hd
    @Thesurvivour-yl3hd Před 7 lety +154

    fidel Castro is now ded.

    • @gregthextremegamer2657
      @gregthextremegamer2657 Před 7 lety +48

      Thesurvivour2000 good

    • @ottovonbismarck4920
      @ottovonbismarck4920 Před 7 lety +7

      Anime Is Trash you vile heritic

    • @carlospeiro3965
      @carlospeiro3965 Před 7 lety +2

      RIP my kind of ok President

    • @erick7mz
      @erick7mz Před 7 lety +10

      Carlos Peiro, president? Lmao okay bud

    • @darexinfinity
      @darexinfinity Před 6 lety +7

      And his brother is now President, the Cuban exiles have failed completely. Having multiple leaders under the same government only strengthens their dominance and weakens any chance of an uprising.

  • @ZanstepsAxis
    @ZanstepsAxis Před 8 lety +9

    What if the Mormon Church had successfully created their nation of "Deseret" in Utah, and the United States doesn't intervene in this alternate timeline?

  • @posu1882
    @posu1882 Před 8 lety +18

    What if Dom Pedro I, accepetd the Crown of Portugal,Spain,Greece and Bolivia? How Would the Brazil today?
    *A ROTTEN ENGLISH WRITTEN BY A PORTUGUESE*

    • @posu1882
      @posu1882 Před 8 lety

      +Ian Ewald sim.

    • @GeorgePerakis
      @GeorgePerakis Před 8 lety

      +ZUMBI Desempregado Greece too? That's my country. Geez, that's one big ass crown.

    • @posu1882
      @posu1882 Před 8 lety

      +your lord and savior Trump 2016, www.google.com.br/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjy-PHep7TKAhWKgpAKHXVjCRgQFgghMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revistadehistoria.com.br%2Fsecao%2Fcapa%2Fuma-cabeca-muitas-coroas&usg=AFQjCNHrPeE2egF3R-MzLgsr_GSQ30AarA&sig2=RTFO6UNiLEG1SvEJxJ_aQA

    • @gcircle
      @gcircle Před 8 lety

      +ZUMBI Desempregado Holy shit. I didn't know that happened. But I don't think such an empire would last long, since it was a bunch of separated regions, therefore, hard to coordinate. Even it it survives wars, the regions would get independance anyways. Though Portugal and Spain might remain united in one large country for a longer time until falling apart - if Spain has regions wanting independance right now, imagine the combined nation.

  • @yeetingthot9343
    @yeetingthot9343 Před 6 lety +5

    Please do more things related to the Philippines and former spanish colonies

  • @cubalibreball3809
    @cubalibreball3809 Před 8 lety

    this was great

  • @itsdomtoo
    @itsdomtoo Před 3 lety +16

    i like to imagine that if the US annexed Cuba, it would become a state and the US will eventually be not only the mainland US, but also a lot of islands making up more and more states, like the philippines, cuba, puerto rico, hawaii, and more

    • @AntilleanConfederation
      @AntilleanConfederation Před 5 měsíci

      As a Cuban. I would have actually preferred this over communism. I could visit my family and even live in my native soil. 😢.

  • @noaho4515
    @noaho4515 Před 8 lety +40

    Can you do a "what if the u.s won the war of 1812?"

    • @clayton1117
      @clayton1117 Před 8 lety +42

      Nobody really won or lost the war.

    • @clayton1117
      @clayton1117 Před 8 lety +22

      It was more like a draw.

    • @TheNutmeg33
      @TheNutmeg33 Před 8 lety +33

      Canada would be ours......sooner

    • @Prussian7789
      @Prussian7789 Před 8 lety

      +B3RSERKER Neither side one

    • @spyro40000
      @spyro40000 Před 8 lety +1

      +Planeguy 58 cdn.history.com/sites/2/2015/04/hith-british-burn-washington-dc-200-years-ago-E.jpeg

  • @onceuponarevenant9409
    @onceuponarevenant9409 Před 3 lety +5

    Anything that the U.S would had done if Cuba was annexed would had been better that anything that Castro did, imagine the possibilities

  • @Synnerization
    @Synnerization Před 7 lety +30

    The Philippines didn't win their independence. It was given to them. It was always the American intention to give independence to PI. It was a question of how to give them their independence without the country descending into a balkanized quagmire.

    • @doopboop8359
      @doopboop8359 Před 5 lety +3

      And quagmire it became

    • @user-mm4nd4gp8p
      @user-mm4nd4gp8p Před 4 lety

      @@chesterlloyddoliente4649 true however, after the long war Americans admired the Filipino bravery during the 2nd world war and suggested Filipino independence peacefully with full US support, something very different 50 years after the 1st Philippines declaration of independence. Even now, The Phillipines and America have great relationship both politically(somewhat) and militarily.

  • @rileytvs2288
    @rileytvs2288 Před 8 lety +3

    This one goes back a long time and changes everything, but here it is: What if civilization had started in someplace like Australia or South America instead of in the Fertile Crescent?

  • @dereklogan9097
    @dereklogan9097 Před 5 lety +2

    I suggest reading Guerra contra todos los puertorriqueños by Denis Nelson. This book provides a great view as to what has happened between USA and Puerto Rico.

  • @ilikebowling6080
    @ilikebowling6080 Před 8 lety

    this is really cool

  • @typhoon8711
    @typhoon8711 Před 2 lety +1

    'Cuba has been annexed'
    Years later: Cuban missile crisis has been cancelled

  • @mattedward6155
    @mattedward6155 Před 8 lety +30

    I am Puerto Rican and the debate is a big one a while back it was almost brought into statehood congress even planned the 51 star flag but last minute shrugged and chucked it out the window I think it should be brought into statehood because life is hard over there and crime is high and the poorer and lower classed population over there is high united states absorbing it would bring in welfare and better police and in bad cases the options of use of the FBI which would drastically reduce crime and making it a safer healthier environment to live in and it would have an important role in congress and the american government because of it's new stay and I know my views on things are a bit different because I am hispanic and our views are slightly different we are a tough wise population who needs a voice and help with crime independence would not last long such as like AHH(alternatehistoryhub) sated in the video if texas regained independence or never lost independence it would simply fall back to america which would cause tension @AlternateHistoryHub this is what I think would happen with puerto rico or what I think should happen

    • @dragoncatsage3049
      @dragoncatsage3049 Před 6 lety +7

      Matt Edward look man that sounds nice but I feel like in order to have Puerto Rico to become a state it would need to actually make a profit and also are you expecting the mainland USA being very happy about poring millions into there new state just so it can make mediocre amounts of cash and also I don't think it's ever going to make money if mass welfare is instructed there I'm sorry as much as it sucks adding Puerto Rico as a state would be like adding another Chicago with the same crime and poverty rates except without all the income it just isn't very practical.

    • @dragoncatsage3049
      @dragoncatsage3049 Před 6 lety +2

      Matt Edward wow that came off as really condescending sorry about that.

    • @00darkurza00
      @00darkurza00 Před 6 lety +15

      What if periods and commas never existed?

    • @mrbisshie
      @mrbisshie Před 5 lety +7

      The US isn't a charity, the US should only allow PR to become a state, if PR can offer the US something.
      PR is a bankrupt, corrupted country, with shit infrastructure. It's a shit hole. The US gov tried to help PR with the aftermath of a Hurricane Irma, but the leaders just accused the US of not doing shit, and their leaders just bad mouthed the US' leadership. When in fact, it was their own fault, and their shitty infrastructure.
      If anything, we should just cut them loose, and give them independence, and revoke citizenship from everyone who remains on the island. They voted for their leadership, if the leadership is bad, then too bad.

    • @MrCubFan415
      @MrCubFan415 Před 5 lety +5

      mrbisshie “but the leaders accused the US of doing nothing”
      That’s because Trump did exactly that about Irma: nothing.
      Also, Puerto Rico doesn’t get to vote in US presidential elections. So no, they don’t vote for their federal leadership.

  • @jorgejavierlaborde6623
    @jorgejavierlaborde6623 Před 8 lety +3

    What if the Byzantine empire could withstand against the ottoman and survived
    What happens if the crusader won the third and fourth crusade
    What if Spain never losses its colony
    What if Italy unified much more early
    What happens if the Catholic won the 30 years war
    What happens if Scotland gain its independent

  • @Pol-Pot
    @Pol-Pot Před 3 lety +2

    2:10 Henry Teller?! More like Nick Cage with a time machine!😂

  • @ericschuldt5553
    @ericschuldt5553 Před 3 lety +2

    Imagine a timeline where Spain keeps the Phillippines therefore is attacked by Japan and brought into WW2

  • @JestemtrollemxD
    @JestemtrollemxD Před 8 lety +3

    Propositions for next part:
    1. What if Germans won under Kursk in 1943?
    2. What if Japan didn't declare war for USA?
    3. What if France and Great Britain attacked Germany in September 1939?
    4. What if France joined Catholic Coalition during Thirty Years War?
    5. What if AlternateHistoryHub never exist?

    • @MiguelGonzalezP
      @MiguelGonzalezP Před 2 lety

      I wonder what would've have happen if mexico didn't enter or help in ww2?

  • @squipy184
    @squipy184 Před 8 lety +71

    534,560th

    • @misha2680
      @misha2680 Před 8 lety +4

      +Squipy good job!
      that makes me 534,561th comment
      so happy

    • @therealmaskriz5716
      @therealmaskriz5716 Před 8 lety +5

      +X6- 22 st*

    • @misha2680
      @misha2680 Před 8 lety

      The Real Maskriz LOL
      sorry my english is kinda sh*t
      i'm not english :D

    • @ireallyhatemakingupnamesfo1758
      @ireallyhatemakingupnamesfo1758 Před 8 lety +4

      3.57257480475836285835388937963927926396386386...*10^5388639629649874 th

    • @carultch
      @carultch Před 8 lety

      +I really hate making up names for this kind of stuff
      Are you calling the Ackermann function with Graham's number just to horrify mathematicians?

  • @fishfossils8858
    @fishfossils8858 Před 4 lety +20

    "Its racial diversity would never allow it to become a state"
    Um excuse me sir...have .-.you never heard of Texas, New Mexico, or Louisiana? Ya know three highly diverse states? No? Well that explains alot

    • @nouhowlmao2809
      @nouhowlmao2809 Před 4 lety +5

      Hey do you remember how those states either went through either ethnic cleansing or immediately putted every non white under a white owned business

    • @andod881
      @andod881 Před 3 lety

      @Nou how Lmao
      Well they could have made the same with Cuba then

    • @VinceSlzr
      @VinceSlzr Před 2 lety

      did you know that at the time of statehood;
      New Mexico and Texas were sparsely populated and most had a majority European population
      This is a no-brainer for Louisiana as well. They all spoke english, they all came from europe most of them. I hope you knew that in your uhh 7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS.

    • @VinceSlzr
      @VinceSlzr Před 2 lety

      @@nouhowlmao2809 you really don't know for sure since you haven't lived in that time period

    • @fishfossils8858
      @fishfossils8858 Před 2 lety +1

      @@VinceSlzr I recommend you do your research. Texas was almost non white at its conception, being almost entirely hispanic, black, and Native American. Texas revolution was basically a Mexican civil war. Hispanics fighting Hispanics. And no they were not “sparsely populated”, at least not by the standards of the time, having about 125,000 people and Houston quickly becoming one of the most populated cities in America.
      Texans and New Mexicans were mostly Spanish speaking, news flash you smart aleck, Spanish IS A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE. So is French, German, and Russian. All languages heavily spoken in Louisiana, but mostly French, as Louisiana was purchased from France. Lol good job, you’ve proven to everyone here that you’re a fool.

  • @Euro2610
    @Euro2610 Před 7 lety +27

    So what if the Philippines remained a commonwealth or changed to a state to the present?

    • @qehaswe
      @qehaswe Před 7 lety

      but before the official leguage is spanish

    • @alishahzad9141
      @alishahzad9141 Před 6 lety +5

      There are 103.5 million people in the Philippines which would raise the American population from 324,100,000 to 427,600,000 million which is still 3rd if I mean if The Philippines was a state

    • @printertimes
      @printertimes Před 6 lety +3

      Then i would be from U.S.A...
      DREAM COME TRUE

    • @genghiskhan5701
      @genghiskhan5701 Před 4 lety +1

      The US will be investing lots of money in the Philippines since it was so close to Communist China and Vietnam if the COld War still happened which would make the Philippines more developed than it is today, maybe like Hawaii.
      Corruption will still exists off course made worse by lobbying and the two party system but hey atleast we have the 2nd Amendment and Popeyes

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 Před 8 lety +25

    What if Hannibal sacked Rome?

    • @yogsothoth7594
      @yogsothoth7594 Před 8 lety +5

      +Salokin Sekwah I don't think he could have but if he did I think Rome wouldn't have recovered. He would have made a personal empire in Italy to expand his families in Iberia. It would be closely allied to old Carthage but would have some independence. It's hard to say what Hannibal would do once he beat Rome, it had basically been his life's goal and I'd guess he'd feel a bit lost and for a few years focusing on hunting down Roman's who fled the destruction of Rome, cementing his control over the peninsular and taking over any Roman allies cities in Iberia. He probably wouldn't head into Gaul much seeing as many tribes there were his allies but he might have played with the idea of doing a joint campaign with his allies in Greece and Macedonia or maybe head further East and make colonies in the middle east and further along the coast into North Africa. Much of his army was mercenaries and Gaul who would probably go home after Rome was beaten so I think he'd have to wait a decade or so before doing anything major but once he was ready he'd definitely be a powerful leader in the Mediterranean.

    • @MsSomeone98
      @MsSomeone98 Před 8 lety +1

      +Gareth Brooks-Martin How he could have done it is actually not that big of an impossibility. All that is needed to have happened is him not losing most of his army in the Alps.

    • @ZORO12ful
      @ZORO12ful Před 8 lety

      +Salokin Sekwah
      That would be extremely hard to do in his situation since his army was insufficient to even encircle the capital. The Chartaginian fleet was outnumbered and couldn't have blocaded the port therefore a siege of Rome was pretty much impossible.
      If he somehow did however assault successfully, Carthage would win the war and the world would be a *much* different place without the Roman culture.

  • @UwU-xk5cx
    @UwU-xk5cx Před 4 lety +8

    Now I need a "what if spain won the american-spanish war"

  • @arko09
    @arko09 Před 5 lety

    Great vid. So, no Cuba Crisis during the Cold War and subsequent de-escalation?

  • @Lordpeyre
    @Lordpeyre Před 5 lety +10

    This is kind of nitpicky, but in the illustration, the Spanish representative is saying "If" (Si), not "Yes" (Sí).

  • @jarrettwattenburger1272
    @jarrettwattenburger1272 Před 8 lety +13

    What if humans never evolved different skin colours? In other words, what if everyone was black throughout history?

    • @Coolchannels4you
      @Coolchannels4you Před 8 lety +4

      +Jarrett Wattenburger We would be just like the tribes in the middle of Africa.

    • @jarrettwattenburger1272
      @jarrettwattenburger1272 Před 8 lety +6

      +Coolchannels4you I feel like not much would be different from our timeline, except that there wouldn't be a racial superiority complex and/or slavery would have been different or nonexistent. It would be interesting to hear Cody's take on it, though

    • @jarrettwattenburger1272
      @jarrettwattenburger1272 Před 8 lety +4

      +Sentient tomatoes This is true. Oh well there goes my idea.

    • @sentienttomatoes8507
      @sentienttomatoes8507 Před 8 lety

      Jarrett Wattenburger Also to answer your question, I suppose that would mean we never migrated from Africa.

    • @jarrettwattenburger1272
      @jarrettwattenburger1272 Před 8 lety +1

      +Sentient tomatoes No, the way I thought of it was we migrated like we did in our timeline, but just never evolved different skin tones.

  • @TommygunNG
    @TommygunNG Před 8 lety +110

    Upshot: The answer is: Cuba and everyone else would have been and would be now better off if the USA had annexed Cuba. Thank you.

    • @arielgaray302
      @arielgaray302 Před 7 lety +20

      TommygunNG
      For me it wouldn't, If this happened Cuba would have been brainwashed the same way way the US brainwashed away the Phillipines hispanic culture and spanish language, (and now they hate everything related to latinamerica and Spain, the Phillipines true brothers and Mother respectively) and that is a world I would never ever want to live in. Although I hate communism, the revolución was better than cubans losing and hating their hispanic identity like the phillipines did

    • @TommygunNG
      @TommygunNG Před 7 lety +37

      Your characterization of the Philippines notwithstanding, your response would be considered "racist" if uttered about a White nation. If it is "racist" for Whites to maintain their language, culture, and identity, then it is for "Hispanics."
      I would note, though, that Filipinos are not Hispanic. They are Asian. The Spanish influence was very limited, even in terms of language. You are either very shoddy in your research and thinking, or you are simply anti-White. In either case, your point is invalid.

    • @scorpioninpink
      @scorpioninpink Před 6 lety +11

      Yes. Honestly, I also hope my country The Philippines just became a state instead of becoming Independent.

    • @emilianotanc4126
      @emilianotanc4126 Před 6 lety +5

      No it would be bad for both countries. For the USA it would hurt our economy and a lot of cubans would head to the mainland for better wages. And the racism is another thing.

    • @Lando-kx6so
      @Lando-kx6so Před 6 lety

      Not black cubans

  • @Numba003
    @Numba003 Před 4 lety +1

    Nifty video. Im a bit surprised the possibilities stayed so tame in this one haha. Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊

  • @alanhembra2565
    @alanhembra2565 Před 6 lety +1

    I want to see one of these for the premise at the beginning of the movie, "Operation Canadian Bacon".

  • @lemadnesspy2828
    @lemadnesspy2828 Před 7 lety +3

    Finally, Someone mentioned Puerto Rico

  • @shanemize3775
    @shanemize3775 Před 3 lety +3

    Cuba should have been made a Commonwealth (territory) of the United States after the war, just like the other territories. All of those folks became American citizens with US courts and laws. And, by the way, the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands did NOT win it's independence from the United States after WWII. Independence was granted by law passed by Congress before the war, but the process was delayed by the war. Great video, as always. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

  • @oflippert
    @oflippert Před 7 lety +1

    hey, youshould do a video on what if the French won the Franco-Prussian war or What if the Austrians won the Austro-PrussianWar. Just a suggestion! Great videos as always!

  • @samobispo1527
    @samobispo1527 Před 5 lety +2

    6:30 Castro might have become a professional baseball player or a politician.

  • @mz9791
    @mz9791 Před 8 lety +31

    Can you continue on your carthage beats rome video?

    • @npgabriel
      @npgabriel Před 8 lety +12

      +Sacred Band Urban cohort > sacred band

    • @mz9791
      @mz9791 Před 8 lety +2

      Npgabriel u w0t?

    • @npgabriel
      @npgabriel Před 8 lety +10

      Sacred Band thats rite m8

    • @npgabriel
      @npgabriel Před 8 lety +7

      Sacred Band rome 4eva

    • @xelgringoloco2
      @xelgringoloco2 Před 8 lety +6

      +Sacred Band Total War reference

  • @Dedon33
    @Dedon33 Před 8 lety +8

    What if John III Sobieski, who was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, would not come to Vienna in 1683?
    PLEASE SUPPORT

  • @Wenseb77
    @Wenseb77 Před 7 lety +1

    Can you do a what if video scenario about the Philippines? Like what if it stayed under Spanish rule? Or what if it stayed under American rule?

  • @andresvaldes5568
    @andresvaldes5568 Před 7 lety +26

    There was no need to use the term "White Hispanics" in this video...."White Cubans" would have been a better term to use while differentiating between Black Cubans.
    Just to inform you Cubans hate the terms Hispanic/Latino & almost NEVER use those words to refer to themselves...ONLY non Latin Americans use the words Hispanic/Latino most of the time.
    The terms Hispanic/Latino should stop being used completely in the USA because it confuses most Americans into thinking
    there is a race called Hispanic
    which is separate from "White" when in reality Spanish people from Spain are White while descendants of Spain in Latin America are White as well

    • @geoffreystraw5268
      @geoffreystraw5268 Před 6 lety +9

      Many hispanic americans call themselves latino. It's not only non latin americans who use the term.

    • @USSCYT
      @USSCYT Před 6 lety +1

      Geoffrey Straw It feels offended so it pulls facts out of it's ass.

    • @olgeckoproductions
      @olgeckoproductions Před 6 lety

      Good to know.

    • @venator8139
      @venator8139 Před 5 lety +2

      But most people from South America and Central America + Mexico have at least 40% native blood in them which is quite a lot.

    • @andrewgreen7473
      @andrewgreen7473 Před 5 lety +1

      Nobody cares that you're offended. Get over it. It's just a word

  • @joes4866
    @joes4866 Před 8 lety +7

    I would much prefer this timeline than to ours.
    Also, EU4 brought out the imperialist in me.