Canadian, huh? Well at least better than the freedom burgers who dronestrike children's schools. Thanks for trying to restore peace. At least you tried.
@@behindyou3689 I think America target kids I am from America after all so I should be supporting America but have you heard about the kids in Syria why can't they do it to other countries?
I can’t believe only the best military minds in history have had even the slightest success with Afghanistan and yet we still tried to invade it in modern times... I am starting to like the America first policy and non-interventionism.
4:43 Paraguay’s situation would be like if Switzerland decided to declare war on France, Germany, and Italy at the same time and somehow lived to tell the tale.
Idk if that's accurate. Tbh Paraguay had more man power than Uruguay and Argentina together... When the war started Paraguay fought with 150.000 soldiers, while Argentina and Uruguay sent 33.000 and 5.000 soldiers. Paraguay got outnumbered by the Brazilians, 200.000 soldiers were sent to war. Uruguay just had a civil war (which Brazil supported one side, while Paraguay was allied with the other one) and Argentina failed to gather soldiers.
Argentina tried to make a partition of Paraguay with the Empire, but Brazil decided that a buffer state against Argentina was more desirable. If Brazil agreed, paraguay would be no more, it was entirely occupied by us.
agreed, the swiss should be in here too. they lasted as a decentralized confederate state for some 600 years without losing a war... i think. only losing to the french revolution and becoming a more centralized puppet state for a bit. then, again, never lost a war. (mostly because they never really got attacked again, as the cost/benefit is simply too high.
@@SuperExodian Switzerland was too small. Man for man the Swiss should be here but the smallest countries on this list are Afghanistan-35 million, Britain-66 million, Korea-76 million, Vietnam-95 million, meanwhile Switzerland has a measly 8 million. Geographically Switzerland is also smaller than US state of Maine as well.
@@SuperExodian an interesting thing about the Swiss is their military service. You keep your weapons and kit after finishing your service, so in emergency situation they can almost turn the country into an army/militia almost overnight. Beside that, there're bunkers and preassigned strongpoints in like every mountain. The Swiss might not win in the long run, but they will be damn sure to make it so costly to the enemy that no enemy would find it remotely worthwhile to invade.
I feel America was a bit cheap as number one, since they're a relatively new nation, and never really had an opportunity to get invaded... I mean, Australia has an even cleaner record than America, if we're factoring in "new nations".
@@micahistory Just like persia , persians and arabs (even alexander and selecuids) choose Mesopotamia (iraq) to be their administrative center because its the richest land, except for Omayyad who choose Levant because of public support to them in that land .
Even as of 1453, when the only holdings the Byzantines had was Constantinople and the Peloponnesian Peninsula, it was still an extremely difficult nation to conquer. The Ottomans only won because of sheer luck. And even after getting passed the outter wall (after a gate was left open), Mehemed still close to giving up. (He himself said that if his final wave failed, he would have just left. But luckily for him it successed). It took an army of 80,000, including thousands of elite janesseries, dozens of ships, and dozens of cannons and other siege weapons, several months to barely defeat 7,000 defenders. Imagine if Constantinople was able to get more outside reinforcements before the seige.
It amazing how lucky the Ottomans were during that time, because Bulgaria and Serbia (which were powerhouses in the region that bullied the Byzantines northern border) were both dealing with internal struggle which allowed the Ottomans to get the positioning they did to seize Constantinople. If Everyone in the balkans hadn't been in the worst shape of their entire history the Ottomans wouldn't have been successful in conquering the Byzantines
Now to conquer Russia: 1) Is Russia fighting itself? No - wait, Yes - proceed to the second question 2) Is it winter? No - you may try, Yes - don't even think about it
Frankly, the mud has been as much, if not more, of a problem than the winter. Vehicles can drive on frozen ground, they can't drive through mud that's a meter deep.
How to conquer America: 1. Birth Napoleon in Mexico 2. Have them conquer Latin America 3. Realize that you’re still incredibly far from the capital and will be fighting a land war against one of the greatest militaries in history while being surrounded by water against one of the greatest navies in history, all while going through unfamiliar, hostile terrain. Did I mention that the country has bombs powerful enough to turn you and all of your allies into flecks of radioactive dust dozens of times over? 4. Pray that the country collapses as you realize that only America can defeat America in a war for survival.
It was good of you to mention the Byzantines. Most of their history is fighting off Invaders while dealing with civil uprising. That's pretty impressive looking back.
@@UntoldHistoryAnimations Technically western Roman empire existed longer, just that its capital moved out of Rome and was more of a loose confederation of sorts comprising of N. Italy, Germany, France, Spain at different points
If you are adding mordern nations , then try invading China and India😂😂 More than a billion people , while us if loses 100 they will withdraw and you call that patriotic 😂😂 Mind you our each person will fight till the death 😎
@@Spoonwranglerz As someone who once lived in Florida, I can confirm all of the retards would drive out the entire force of China in a single night through sheer fear-inducing alligator chariots and crazy, back-country men with 20,000 different types of illegally owned machine guns.
Europe has a better climate and a better position with a direct connection with the other great civilisations (China, India, Persia,...). Europe has a gigantic population in continent the size of Australia and only eastern China and the Indu valley has a greater density. US is huge but most of the population is concentrated in the East and West coast.
America’s already dying what do you mean lmao. the USA will fracture along ethnic lines like the Balkans, you can’t keep a multiracial population unified it’s a historical precedent
@@nahouledeb5949 except for Europe can’t be unified as they were to divided among religion and language America started from a single area(13 colonies) and ate up and populated their neighbors which had barely a body living their
shiny eevee102 I did watch the video, but I originally had the idea after seeing this Reddit post www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/bibacx/contest_entry_the_totally_logical_and_stable_holy/?
He was unsincere about that by the way. Even if the Allies accepted he would have found an excuse to backtrack. He just wanted to convince East Germans that the West, not the USSR was in the way of unification.
I would add Australia. Despite the fears of Japanese invasion during the Second World War, contemporary records show that Japan had no intention of invading Australia, although they did regularly bomb our northern bases. Apparently this was because they saw nothing of value to conquer, or at least nothing worth traversing the enormous distances to get to. I am Australian by the way. And of course this ignores the initial conquest by the British of the indigenous Australians.
@@zackarynigbor7821 Have you ever seen one of those fuckers? The humans were lucky they didn't call in support from the cassowaries. That said, if I'd been around then, I'd have been on the emus' side.
Can we get to see the last two hours on the impact of adding space war to geopolitical tensions between rival countries that are hard to invade please? I’d really like to see that!
I'd love that too. Although I do feel it's a bit strange when he talks about land invasions and large conquests and annexation of territory in the near and medium term future. Nuclear weapons make that pretty damn difficult
RaidsEpicly I agree, nuclear war does seem to do that, although with the addition of a new space race that we have seen lately between rivals nations such as China and America, we may see nations try and circumvent international treaties by simply having high-orbital but not spacial weaponry in the near future that could eliminate such nuclear weapons. Add that with the rise in hypersonic missiles, we could see a new shift in geo-strategic areas of importance, like Florida for the United States, a place that can launch troops and rockets into orbit relatively quickly and with little chance of it re-entering into enemy waters, and a valuable piece of property to gain/lose if a nation were to win/lose a war. The closest equivalent I can think of for China would be Taiwan, but they don’t have much jurisdiction over there as of right now.
It’s not just the mountains that’d give you trouble, it’s the steep valleys and ravines in between here in the US too. The hills behind my house are too steep to walk down and without the trees to grab onto it’d be almost impossible to get back up.
Canada is protected by General Winter, Field Marshal Mud, Captain Empty Mosquito Infested Tundra, Private distance, and the Grand Admirals Pacific and Atlantic. Then there's the additional Commander Alaska who serves as a massive rampart/buffer for any eastward movement which quite severely limits any potential invasion routes into Canada if they wish to avoid direct confrontation with Canada's nuclear powered boots. Whatifalthist was clearly just too scared of Canada's pantheon of military power to try describing it!
In all honesty, the war doesn't even have to last until "General Winter" wakes up from his nap. Canada's greatest geographical edge is the fact that they sit on America's vast northern border. And America doesn't want anybody on their northern border other than the giant red maple leaf. They would help Canada against any foreign invasion from Europe, Asia, or really anywhere else, with no hesitation. And it would be so easy to defend, too, because 80% of Canada's population lives within proximity of the vast border, along with every major city (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, etc), political center, and military base. All Canada really has to do is hold out until Winter, like the Russians do, because Canadian winters are borderline INHUMANE with how brutal they are!
Not to mention he got American invasion of Canada in 1812 backwards. The fact is America was looking for more land & believed the north to be easy pickings, & were proven wrong. I really believe that is what is taught in the US. LOL, Whatifalthist, love your stuff, keep up the great work!
@@amandil6579 Ever heard the phrase Press-gang? You sound like a southerner talking about "The War of Northern Aggression." We only invaded Canada because the Brits started screwing with our trade, the one thing that Americans have always been willing to fight for. The Canadian campaign wouldn't have lasted as long had their not been a feeling of a national need for revenge after the burning of the white house. The last battle of 1812, just to be clear, was the battle of New Orleans when the Brits tried to invade the bayou AFTER the war was technically over. I know it gets real dark up in those Canadian winters, but you've got the whole summer to read history, you should utilize it better.
6:12 England is a country since 927 a.d. It's most likely that you have counted the year of formation of Great Britain which came into existence in 1707 but you should have counted it's begging as 1066 because in a way the title of head of state have been controlled by the same family expect when England became a Republic (it does not really count btw) Btw great vid;)
@Britannic The only change was all leaders speaking French, and later a second French dinasty (Plantagenêt) inheriting the kingdom. Looks much like a conquest.
I thought 'violently patriotic' was hilarious and points to something I think most Americans feel - that we are so well armed -to the point of absurdity - that invading us would be suicide. Another great vid, thanks.
Invading USA as Japan in Hearts of Iron 4 is absolutely brutal. After the initial success of taking the West coast, there is over a thousand kilometres of worthless mountains and deserts that cause horrible attrition and are fairly easy to defend while the USA is mobilising and building divisions. The good stuff starts only after reaching Texas.
Your easily my favorite alt history channel the depth and thought you put into this is just amazing. I wish I could support you but I’m 14 and broke, go figure.
Yeah invading the US would be really challenging. There's a large heartland that's very well inter-connected with rivers, railways and interstates, and is home to a wide variety of resources from oil, food, lumber, steel, coal, etc. and is also home to most of the manufacturing capacity and a very large population. So while an invading nation might make a beach-head on one of the coasts, the US would still be able to launch counter attacks from the Midwest. Next question is where would an enemy try to make a beach head. West Coast? You'll be up against substantial coastal defenses, and big cities all over (urban warfare), as well as mountain warfare. If you star in California, you'll face the worst urban warfare, and if you start in the Pacific NW, you'll face mountain warfare where the Americans have significant forest cover to their advantage. In order to avoid getting outflanked, you'll also have to conquer pretty much the entire West Coast before being able to strike at the American heartland, which will involve a lot of marching across inhospitable deserts and mountain range after mountain range with relatively few worthwhile resources to capture (other than some gold and copper which is not as useful in war as fuel, steel and food). Due to the isolate nature of this region, you might have a chance at cutting off American supply lines and the Americans might have a hard time reinforcing local operations, however, due to the lack of resources, you would have to ship in most of your own resources from across the Pacific which an extremely long voyage. As a result, progress across the challenging terrain will probably be quite slow, giving Americans the chance to prepare extremely tough defenses along the Rockies which are up to 1000 miles from the Pacific Coast. The amount of territory you would need to conquer is about 1,000,000 square miles, just to get past the Rockies. By comparison, the most successful European invasion of Russia was probably by Nazi Germany, and that was only about 700,000 square miles of land conquered on the Eastern Front. This region is about as inhospitable as Afghanistan, but 10x bigger. All that just to beginning striking at valuable American assets like the coal fields of Wyoming or oil feeds of Texas. Northeast US? Again, you'll be facing intense urban warfare with every square inch being intensely fought over. The US would also be able to easily reinforce coastal operations from the Midwest, since the Midwest would be far enough to be relatively safe from attack but close enough to easily resupply, leading to massive counter attacks. Outside the cities, there would be a fair bit of forest cover for American forces, especially as you approach the Appalachians which would be intensely fortified by the time the invaders reach it. And you'd be vulnerable to outflanking counter attacks from the Midwest and Southeast. Florida? Maybe if you can get Cuba to co-operate with you, this would seem like an attractive option due to the proximity. However, in order to avoid facing intense urban warfare, you'd have to bomb the place to shit first. That means that the invasion force would be greeted by a landscape filled with bomb craters, and due to the high water table and karst landscape of Florida, that means the craters will be filled by water that will be a cesspool of disease, insects and unsanitary conditions, not to mention possibly alligators and pythons that would be a terrifying thought for your soldiers and bad for morale even if they don't result in that many deaths. After traveling through hundreds of miles of disease ridden swamps and bomb craters, you'll reach a heavily fortified US frontline around the Florida-Georgia border, all while gaining little in terms of resources and doing little real damage to the US war capabilities. Another option is to not bother with a full fledged land invasion of Florida and simply do enough damage to knock out the air and naval bases that the Americans would use to control access to the Gulf of Mexico. Then after gaining access to the Gulf, launch a second invasion force in Texas and New Orleans and wreak havoc on the US oil production capabilities by taking out all the oil rigs and refineries, and then taking the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma. Southeastern US. The best landing point would probably around Myrtle Beach, SC. Opening a front in the SE would require large scale spread out tank warfare for a chance of long term success, similar to the Eastern Front of WWII. However, the coastal landing areas are full of swamps that would swallow up tanks. The small amount of dry land would give the initial invasion force little room to maneuver, making them easy for the Americans to cut them off with pincer movements, or target them with artillery or aerial bombardments. However, perhaps a sufficiently large and unexpected invasion force would be able to break past the swamps of the coastal lowlands and reach the Piedmont uplands. The Piedmont is still relatively flat, with rolling hills at worst, so enemy tanks could operate here. From then on, there would be three possible goals. 1) Make a push towards DC, since taking it would deal a crushing morale defeat to the Americans, and allow the enemy to move on towards other symbolic cities such as Philadelphia and New York City. 2) Make a push across North Florida and take Tallahassee to secure a position on the Gulf of Mexico, and cut off the Florida peninsula from reinforcements, and then take the rest of the Florida Peninsula. This would give access to the Gulf of Mexico and if the invaders are able to make allies with say, Venezuela, and Cuba, use those as starting points to assemble landing forces to strike into the US heartland via Louisiana and Texas. 3) Make a push to capture the front ranges of the Appalachians. From there, either a) continue pushing into the Midwest to disrupt American industrial production, this would cut the United States/Canada in two, with the Northeast on one side and the Great Plains/Rockies/Pacific on the other side. This would severely disrupt communications, transport/logistics, allowing the invaders to divide & conquer. Obviously this would be a very large push, and extremely difficult to pull off, with the distance from Myrtle Beach to Chicago being approximately the same as the distance Hitler's army travelled from Poland to the outskirts of Moscow (but slightly less than the distance they travelled from Romania to Stalingrad). b) Build defenses along the front ranges of the Appalachians to slow/block large scale American counter attacks from the Midwest and allow the invaders to move up the East Coast towards DC, Philadelphia, NYC, etc without having to worry too much about being outflanked. Newfoundland. Canada is basically counting on the US to defend them so its military facilities for defense aren't as strong. This represents somewhat of a weak point that an enemy could exploit to attack the US from the North. One option would be to take the island of Newfoundland. If the invader can seize the main airports by surprise, they can probably squash any resistance quite quickly, and it would be a bit difficult for the US to counter attack due to it being an island. So the invader could try to use it as a staging area for future landings onto the North American mainland. The US would still try to do various sneak attacks, using its airforce, navy and special forces to try to disrupt the enemy's attempts to establish a base of operations on the island. Since the island is very large, it would take too long for the invader to fully fortify the island against such air/water attacks, giving the Americans enough time to reinforce Canadian positions on the Gulf of St Lawrence. Therefore the enemy would have to make a quick landing on the mainland while simultaneously fending off attacks on their Newfoundland bases. From there work up the North Shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. However the North Shore makes the WWII Eastern Front look like a tropical vacation, and there's basically no infrastructure, so it would be very difficult for a large army to make progress quickly (with the goal of reaching Quebec City where the St Lawrence is easy to cross to continue South/West). More likely, small forces would have success taking positions in Labrador, taking over the iron rich mining districts there, and also allowing control of the Labrador Sea, which would be the main gateway to the Arctic Ocean for the Americans (the other would be the Bering Sea, but if Russia is hostile, this would be dangerous territory). If the Americans then lose control of the Arctic, the enemy could launch attacks on the Alaska oil fields, Hudson Bay hydroelectric damns, and even make their way up the Nelson and McKenzie Rivers into the American heartland.
The only countries that could feasibly invade the United States would be Mexico or Canada & neither of them have sufficient military capabilities to actually CONQUER the US.
@@raydavison4288 They'd have to make a secret alliance with a more powerful enemy and invite them in. That seems rather unlikely although I think China is working on targeting Latin American countries so it's not impossible.
@@abhignavijjapurapu209 Looking at the way things are playing out in Ukraine, and how roads are prone to ambushes because the Ukrainians are able to anticipate Russian movements along them, I now think that an invading army would have severe difficulty pushing along the North Shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence. If you make a landing from Newfoundland to Blanc Sablon, which is the part of the mainland that's closest to Newfoundland, you have almost 250 miles to go with no roads. There's a large stretch of shoreline with small communities only accessible by air and water (not rail or road). They also get 5-10ft more snow than Moscow, and have winters 10F colder, so as I said, (European) Russian winters are mild by comparison. If you land where there is a road (Kegaska, QC), then you have to travel 150 miles by ship from Newfoundland, instead of 15 miles from Newfounland to Blanc Sablon. And from Kegaska, you still have to travel 600 miles before you reach anywhere significant (ie Quebec City), all along one road with no alternate routes. Also, the present day crossing of the Saguenay River is done by car-ferry, so the enemy would likely have to take a detour up-river to where there are bridges (an extra 150 miles). Trudging through 900 miles of remote areas like this just to avoid heavy defenses is... a lot. Alternatively, you can take the Labrador route, where you will have a road the whole way, but it's 1400 miles instead of 900 miles. You get to capture some important hydro-electric dams and mines along the way though. Or you could try landing from Newfoundland to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. But that's a decently long ship journey (75 miles) so you'd need to control the waters fairly well if you want to supply your landing force reliably, and then you still have 800+ miles to go before reaching major cities like Boston or Montreal. Also, Newfoundland is 300 miles across, so just holding and controlling that is not entirely easy. Considering Russia is having a hard time managing supply lines of more than 100-150 miles, crossing an ocean, then crossing Newfoundland (250-400 miles), then crossing the Gulf of St Lawrence, then travelling 800-1000 miles through remote forests (whether it's New England/Maritimes or northern Quebec) before reaching the first major city... I'm not sure any enemy army could pull it off.
What about this time when the Spanish Empire tried to take Brazil from the Portuguese and failed miserably while outnumbering them so much Portugal should have ragequit?
5:35 sabbaton made a song about brazilian soldiers that fought WWII!! its called smoking snakes, witch is a famous saying here. that whe whould only go to war if snakes started smoking, and they started, so the patch of the soldier of the FEB (Brazilian Expeditionary Force) was a snake smoking, whe fought in italy and the our most famous battle is the battle for "monte castello" . the song is about three soldiers from scout division who fought the whole german forces located in montese all alone, while their pined down division retreated to safety, they fought for 3 hours and finally died when their ammo went out, when the germans found then they where suprised, they thought that it was a hole division fighting then, so one of the officers ordered to burry then and put a plack whitch was writen "Three Brazilian Heroes"(in german obviously).
I want a follow up video with some wide claims about the future of space warfare and potential geopolitical options of each nation on the list Whatifalthist. Thank you for this one though.
22:53 Where did you get that image from? I'm a writer for the 'AtE Fan Fork', a mod for the video game Crusader Kings II about a post apocalyptic North America with medieval technology. Could you give me a link of the image used? It's a bit hard to read some of the names and I know a few people who'd be very interested in that map.
@whatifalthist could you do a video on Anglo-America during Middle Ages and if you haven’t share the link for that map really interesting concept and love the videos keep it up. 👍
If we count historical nations, the Knights Hospitaller on Rhodes island would also be a good candidate for ridiculously hard to invade. They made the whole island into a fort, and had food and relatively clean water for years on end.
What if doggerland still existed What if the allies reached Berlin first What if the gunpowder plot succeeded What if Japan never annexed Korea What if persia stayed zoroastrian What if the great purge never happened
The USSR still won... and it was only for a few months. Finland did nothing special, Germans also slapped soviets about for 2 years. Stalins purges and butchering of officers and generals is what did most damage
Finland does not belong to this list objectively. You have some point though there, vikings never conquered finnish tribes who where their neighbours, when whole Europe was in fear. Instead they invited them to their raids to east since they had similars language like in northern russia finno-ugric people. They guided the vikings helped with trading and fought with them. Since then Finland has not been independent state, but an eastern part of greater Sweden 700 years. It is a peaceloving country in bad geographical spot invaded several times by Russian empire and even in 18th century some 5% of its population was taken to slavery in russia. Finns as part of Sweden conquered also Moscow, Russian empire in 17th century, when Russian empire was weak. As independent state it has proven its tenacity in 1940's. It is only state affected by Ribbentropp-Molotov agreement, which did not fell into soviet hands after 2nd WW, but remained independent though losing great part of its land area. Finland did not take Marshall aid and paid all war penalty fees put on it by Sovjetunion. It is unique in this way. Finland has no great nature resources, so there is very little point to try to invade a country with unified peacefull population, who fights back and has big forests (70% of land area and 10% swamps) for guerilla warfare. Sweden is a country that belongs to this list without going to details. It has a better geographical advantage surrounded by sea and it is strategically important to nato.
"I'll listen. it will take a few days, but i will listen to your opinion" ...........sounds like the start of a momma joke what you just said there lol ............"SuBrJe momma so dumb, it takes her a few days to listen to a 2 hour rant"
Yes I agree, but what if the western empire had survived! We could be having this discussion in a starship. Don't understand this modern historical view that the Dark Ages were real fun!
Great Video! You could also make the comparison between the USA and Australia and New Zealand, who have also never been invaded successfully (except when colonised by the British) and both these countries are also geographically isolated from the rest of the world, however, New Zealand does have a strong warrior culture, and Australia to a lesser extent perhaps historically.
Let me try to guess before the video. (Not in a particular order.) USA China Russia U.K France Mongolia Japan Germany Vietnam (Sigh) North Korea Edit:This is the actual list and my reaction to it. Ethiopia (did even think of it,I apologise for my arrogance) Brazil (same as Ethiopia) The Byzantire empire (you didn't mention that old countries were going to be in this list! But this is a good choice.) Korea (it's kinda unfair to put the two Koreas as one country) (hey I guess North Korea so I was half right!) Vietnam (yes,I guessed it!) Afghanistan (I should of known it was going to be in this list...) Britain (*rule Britannia plays*) Japan (I knew Japan was going to be in this list!) Russia (everyone saw this coming) USA (America is arguably the hardest country to conquer,and I'm saying this as a non American.) (you could argue that a country is harder to conquer though but that's going to be a tuff case.)
thevioletskull North Korea is much weaker than South Korea now though. North Korea is still very far behind in technology and much of it's military is stuck in the 1950s plus many people there would rebel should an actual war start
Just an observation about Brazil: since its independence, Brazil has never lost a single war. It's actually one of the few countries in history that can say that. It basically erased Paraguay off the map during the Paraguayan War, was able to supress every revolt that ever happened in the country, was an active allied force during WW II defeating the italians in the Battle of Monte Castello, won the Platine War against Argentina, the Uruguayan War against Uruguay and the Acre War against Bolivia, which ended up giving us what is now known as the State of Acre. In other words, even though Brazil is not known for its military force, whenever it was necessary, brazilians fought bravely and won.
@Andrei Genrikhovich yes, but that's not what I said. I said Brazil never lost. The Cisplatine War ended in a peace agreement where neither of the parts involved got what they wanted. And that's how Uruguay exists. Had Brazil lost this war, Uruguay would be a part of Argentina.
@Andrei Genrikhovich and keep in mind, by the time the Cisplatine War began, in 1825, Brazil didn't even have an organized army yet. The declaration of independence of Brazil happened in 1822, but it was only in 1824 and 1825 that other countries actually recognized it. So if you ask me, not losing a war under these circumstances might aswell be considered a win haha
@Andrei Genrikhovich yeah, that's not how it works. The official result to the war is something called a "stalemate", when neither parties are declared victorious. Basically, a tie. In the Cisplatine War's case, Brazil wanted to keep possession of the Province of Cisplatine. Meanwhile, Argentina wanted it for them. The war stopped with a british mediation of the conflict, where both countries agreed to make a peace deal and declare the independence of Cisplatine, that later on became Uruguay. So no, Brazil didn't lose. As I said, if it had lost, Cisplatine would be a part of Argentina.
@Andrei Genrikhovich again, you're wrong. A country loses a war when it officially declares their surrender. Neither Brazil nor Argentina did that. If someone loses, someone has to win. In the case of the Cisplatine War, who won it? Nobody. If nobody won, nobody lost. It's that simple. It's actually one google search away from you. Wikipedia has a complete list of every war Brazil was a part of and their results. Just look it up. Stalemate is not losing. Never was and never will be.
@Andrei Genrikhovich in a war, if someone loses, someone else has to win. That's pretty obvious. It was a stalemate that ended in a peace agreement. You can have your own opinion, but the fact is Brazil has never officially lost a war. Not achieving the goal doesn't mean defeat. A surrender does. That's the official definition.
Switzerland is so well defended, no one even gets the idea of invading it. Of course I'm exaggerating but I was surprised too not to see it on this list.
@@maximumfun1078, historically Switzerland has been a small fish stuck near some big sharks. The Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France (including Napoleon Bonaparte), the German Empire and the Third Reich. All have at one time or other eyed Switzerland hungrily. The Swiss have a long tradition of being citizen-soldiers and they have a democracy that is over 600 years old. A classic example of Swiss badassery is during WW I. At the time they had a militia of about 250,000 men. Kaiser Wilhelm asked they what they would do if he were to invade with an army of half a million germans. Their response. "Shoot twice and go home."
Swiss were renown warriors, from 14th to 19th century. But they remain independent mostly because no great powers (France, Spanish Empire, Austrian Empire, Germany) would leave control of the Alpine roads from Italy to Germany and France to another power. So basically after their defeat against France at Marignan 1515 Switzerland never went to war, and did not had to resist invasions. When this balance was broken during Revolution, French invaded Switzerland in less than one year, despite fierce resistance.
Whatifalthist i have a request to make, and an interesting one: What if the Byzantines have given lands to the Varangians like the franks did under Charles the pious?
Even as a non-Greek myself you are right to include the Byzantine Empire because without some minor elements (including treachery) the Byzantine Empire was (military and culturally) the Usa of its time, if they would have survived until 1600 they would have been at peace because at this time there was no more nomadic raiders and tribes to threathen them, but there was civilized nations which who you could make concetions and treaties, avoiding loosing 70% of your lands at once. Plus the Byzantine Empire would have not desire to expand into Christian lands and Kingdoms and would be at relatively peace, being a progressive state that could develop better firearms (they did invented flamethrower centuries before the german Wex) Athens and Constantinople would be places where all students wanted to study (Simeon of Bulgaria was educated there despite the tensions of the 2 empires)
@@bagdon8144 if the US ever invaded Canada it would be the end of the US as we know it. Not only would it be an immense waste of resources they’d be hard pressed to find out Canada won’t just roll over as it’s in an amazing geographical location, a capable military and strong relationships across the world. Need I remind you of the one time America did try and invade Canada? You had your capital seized and razed.
@@xbollisx2612 All the US has to do is capture Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Winnipeg and the war is practically over. And the war of 1812 was 208 years ago, military technology has significally been improved.
@@xbollisx2612 lol what? We’d eradicate Canada if we do wanted to. Sure, our capital was burned by the Brits, but what would it look like if all Canadian cities were occupied and raided by the Americans? Nothing would be able to stop us.
I disagree with including the English. We’re famously conquered many times. Romans, Saxons, vikings, Norman’s. I can’t really think of a time we successfully fought off an invasion, maybe Battle of Britain? I agree with number 1 though. US is practically impossible to invade
I’m not sure the USA can be invaded, at all. Even if someone could get here without us seeing, then what? How do you resupply? How do you beat our military (and citizens) on our turf? How do you subjugate the most unnecessarily patriotic people on earth? How do you hold it? Blowing up the USA seems easier than taking it and I’m not sure it can be blown up either.
We Brazilians aren't conquered because invading forces would see what Rio de Janeiro is like and be so upset they'd leave
Ou os traficantes iam chutar os americanos
I saw on google maps, its a preety cool city
@@thetrickster9885 it's a very beautiful and cultural city but unfortunately organized crime, militias and corruption make the place a shithole
@@gabrielsiqueira4384 sounds like America without the PR
*insert "no n-not brazil" here*
Wait. Sabaton did do a song about Brazilian soldiers. Smoking Snakes.
Yes
That they did
@@sealgaire3038 same
Yes they did.
COBRAS FUMANTES ETERNA É SUA VITORIA!
I fought in Afghanistan, I'm a Canadian Veteran and boy oh boy, I can definitely say that the landscape is no joke
@@behindyou3689 Thanks 🙏
Canadian, huh? Well at least better than the freedom burgers who dronestrike children's schools. Thanks for trying to restore peace. At least you tried.
@@behindyou3689 I think America target kids I am from America after all so I should be supporting America but have you heard about the kids in Syria why can't they do it to other countries?
@@behindyou3689 Yes a lot of civilians die on "accident" I'm sure it wasn't kill as much as you can since the population might fight back.
I can’t believe only the best military minds in history have had even the slightest success with Afghanistan and yet we still tried to invade it in modern times...
I am starting to like the America first policy and non-interventionism.
Incorrect! In Britain, we don't say we haven't been invaded since 1066. We say we haven't been SUCCESSFULLY invaded since 1066.
But his point still stands, successful invasion during the Glorious revolution.
@@whoknows7968 William of Orange was invited to become king by the nobility, hardly a typical invasion.
The last invasion of Britain took place in 1797, i think
Not even successful, no one has successfully invaded scotland
@@Beamboy555 And yet the 'Wars of Scottish Independence' exist. Also 1650, conquered by Cromwell.
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Paraguay’s situation would be like if Switzerland decided to declare war on France, Germany, and Italy at the same time and somehow lived to tell the tale.
Idk if that's accurate. Tbh Paraguay had more man power than Uruguay and Argentina together... When the war started Paraguay fought with 150.000 soldiers, while Argentina and Uruguay sent 33.000 and 5.000 soldiers. Paraguay got outnumbered by the Brazilians, 200.000 soldiers were sent to war. Uruguay just had a civil war (which Brazil supported one side, while Paraguay was allied with the other one) and Argentina failed to gather soldiers.
And they belive brazilians don't have strenght, we challange even France more than once, last time was in the 60's...
@Default Profile Picture No that would be Bolivia.
Argentina tried to make a partition of Paraguay with the Empire, but Brazil decided that a buffer state against Argentina was more desirable. If Brazil agreed, paraguay would be no more, it was entirely occupied by us.
@@Nimai_Aquino Today Argentina is a friendly nation (so no need for a buffer state) and we wasted the oportunity to annex paraguay :(
What about Switzerland? They've practically never been invaded in 400 years
agreed, the swiss should be in here too. they lasted as a decentralized confederate state for some 600 years without losing a war... i think.
only losing to the french revolution and becoming a more centralized puppet state for a bit.
then, again, never lost a war. (mostly because they never really got attacked again, as the cost/benefit is simply too high.
@@SuperExodian Switzerland was too small. Man for man the Swiss should be here but the smallest countries on this list are Afghanistan-35 million, Britain-66 million, Korea-76 million, Vietnam-95 million, meanwhile Switzerland has a measly 8 million. Geographically Switzerland is also smaller than US state of Maine as well.
@@SuperExodian an interesting thing about the Swiss is their military service. You keep your weapons and kit after finishing your service, so in emergency situation they can almost turn the country into an army/militia almost overnight. Beside that, there're bunkers and preassigned strongpoints in like every mountain.
The Swiss might not win in the long run, but they will be damn sure to make it so costly to the enemy that no enemy would find it remotely worthwhile to invade.
To be fair there is no interest to conquer Switzerland country of cowards lol
I feel America was a bit cheap as number one, since they're a relatively new nation, and never really had an opportunity to get invaded... I mean, Australia has an even cleaner record than America, if we're factoring in "new nations".
1:50 Ethiopia
3:56 Brazil
5:48 Byzantine Empire
8:25 Korea
9:48 Vietnam
11:12 Afghanistan
13:35 Britain
15:50 Japan
17:56 Russia
21:07 United States
You know the content is good when you know "the list" and still watch every second of the video.
thx
Australia???
US conguered native indian
@Sol US cant be on the list
That laugh convinced me he knows how nerdy he sounds
Eastern Rome would have lasted even longer if they didn't have a civil war every other year
Micahistory 2 this means they failed socially, they didn’t know how to make a better administration system like that in Persia or Arabia .
@@hassanbassim4007 arabia didn't have any administration
Micahistory 2 Rashidun , Umayyad, Abbasids , pre-Islamic kingdoms , etc .
@@hassanbassim4007 nothing pre islamic. Most of their infrastructure wasnt in Arabia because it is hard to build infrastructure in a barren desert
@@micahistory Just like persia , persians and arabs (even alexander and selecuids) choose Mesopotamia (iraq) to be their administrative center because its the richest land, except for Omayyad who choose Levant because of public support to them in that land .
Now do top 10 easiest countries to invade.
hint: all are occupied and they're population assimilated or genosided
@Hoàng Nguyên no more like belgium luxembourg the vatican city andora san marino ect ect
@Hoàng Nguyên France had really good geography. Just 1 bad location
Hoàng Nguyên If only they didn’t surrender...
Luxembourg
Even as of 1453, when the only holdings the Byzantines had was Constantinople and the Peloponnesian Peninsula, it was still an extremely difficult nation to conquer. The Ottomans only won because of sheer luck. And even after getting passed the outter wall (after a gate was left open), Mehemed still close to giving up. (He himself said that if his final wave failed, he would have just left. But luckily for him it successed). It took an army of 80,000, including thousands of elite janesseries, dozens of ships, and dozens of cannons and other siege weapons, several months to barely defeat 7,000 defenders. Imagine if Constantinople was able to get more outside reinforcements before the seige.
It amazing how lucky the Ottomans were during that time, because Bulgaria and Serbia (which were powerhouses in the region that bullied the Byzantines northern border) were both dealing with internal struggle which allowed the Ottomans to get the positioning they did to seize Constantinople. If Everyone in the balkans hadn't been in the worst shape of their entire history the Ottomans wouldn't have been successful in conquering the Byzantines
Or even better İmagine Constantinople with modified Fortifications similar to that of Rhodes at the reign of Hospitalier knights.
Not several months but 1 and half fool
The city was also significantly weakened by the fourth crusade.
Now to conquer Russia:
1) Is Russia fighting itself?
No - wait, Yes - proceed to the second question
2) Is it winter?
No - you may try, Yes - don't even think about it
And even then you only have half a year tops because the mud.
Ah yes, Russia's famous General Winter
#2. Unless you are the Mongols.
Frankly, the mud has been as much, if not more, of a problem than the winter. Vehicles can drive on frozen ground, they can't drive through mud that's a meter deep.
How to conquer America:
1. Birth Napoleon in Mexico
2. Have them conquer Latin America
3. Realize that you’re still incredibly far from the capital and will be fighting a land war against one of the greatest militaries in history while being surrounded by water against one of the greatest navies in history, all while going through unfamiliar, hostile terrain. Did I mention that the country has bombs powerful enough to turn you and all of your allies into flecks of radioactive dust dozens of times over?
4. Pray that the country collapses as you realize that only America can defeat America in a war for survival.
It was good of you to mention the Byzantines. Most of their history is fighting off Invaders while dealing with civil uprising. That's pretty impressive looking back.
i thought it would be n1
The fact it lasted longer than the roman empire with all the odds stacked against them is beyond impressive
@@UntoldHistoryAnimations Technically western Roman empire existed longer, just that its capital moved out of Rome and was more of a loose confederation of sorts comprising of N. Italy, Germany, France, Spain at different points
@@w8stral uhh that’s wrong
@@w8stral The HRE came out of Germania and Charlemagne's empire of the Franks who then proclaimed they were the successors to that empire.
"America is in Easy mode"
RIP B4B
Absolute legend he was
:( I miss him
Glory to him
If you are adding mordern nations , then try invading China and India😂😂
More than a billion people , while us if loses 100 they will withdraw and you call that patriotic 😂😂
Mind you our each person will fight till the death 😎
@@abhishekyadav-hy3gq k
Me in 8th Grade: "I could run these 2 miles without even stopping!"
Me 3 steps later: 12:24
😂 love from india bro
"Violently patriotic" you brought a tear to my eye.
भारत और है
Just Florida by itself would be impossible to hold.
@@Spoonwranglerz As someone who once lived in Florida, I can confirm all of the retards would drive out the entire force of China in a single night through sheer fear-inducing alligator chariots and crazy, back-country men with 20,000 different types of illegally owned machine guns.
@@Spoonwranglerz Why would you invade a place where every man is a Florida man
@@jimboonie9885 But not armed
The United States is so huge and has amazing terrain. It is the most lucky nation geographically
@Gizio the Jackal it definitely is, and we monopolized and took huge advantage of it. Now look at us.
Don't give yourselves such a hard on, superpowers come and go.
Europe has a better climate and a better position with a direct connection with the other great civilisations (China, India, Persia,...).
Europe has a gigantic population in continent the size of Australia and only eastern China and the Indu valley has a greater density.
US is huge but most of the population is concentrated in the East and West coast.
America’s already dying what do you mean lmao. the USA will fracture along ethnic lines like the Balkans, you can’t keep a multiracial population unified it’s a historical precedent
@@nahouledeb5949 except for Europe can’t be unified as they were to divided among religion and language America started from a single area(13 colonies) and ate up and populated their neighbors which had barely a body living their
Please do what if west Francia (France) became the Holy Roman Empire instead of East Francia (Germany)
Yeah good idea!
Something tells me youve seen a certain drew durnil video
shiny eevee102
I did watch the video, but I originally had the idea after seeing this Reddit post
www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/bibacx/contest_entry_the_totally_logical_and_stable_holy/?
@@meanleanbean1628 neat
Wow, never thought of such scenario
So the mountains are why Koreans are so good at Starcraft
Well yes, but technicly... yes???
Japan: the first time was the migration of modern Japanese people onto the island. The half was the nukes.
had me C R Y I N G
what if the Stalin note happened (a plan to have a united neutral Germany in 1951)
Neutralität ist eher so eine Sache der Schweizer.
@@Holuunderbeere lol
He was unsincere about that by the way. Even if the Allies accepted he would have found an excuse to backtrack. He just wanted to convince East Germans that the West, not the USSR was in the way of unification.
Spoiler: Ulm is number one.
Thanks
Ah, a fellow eu4 player. What’s the funnest campaign you have ever done?
very big brain. saw this after I got the burgundian inheritance as ulm in a game.
WHY DID U SPOIL IT
That's a weird way to spell "Tannu Tuva"
I would add Australia. Despite the fears of Japanese invasion during the Second World War, contemporary records show that Japan had no intention of invading Australia, although they did regularly bomb our northern bases. Apparently this was because they saw nothing of value to conquer, or at least nothing worth traversing the enormous distances to get to.
I am Australian by the way.
And of course this ignores the initial conquest by the British of the indigenous Australians.
@Plamen Stoev one word: desert. Everything else you mention is irrelevant.
@Plamen Stoev What a very strange fantasy world you live in.
You lost a war against Emus
@@zackarynigbor7821 Have you ever seen one of those fuckers? The humans were lucky they didn't call in support from the cassowaries. That said, if I'd been around then, I'd have been on the emus' side.
I mean they lost against Emus 😂
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"Its my channel I can do what I w-"
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CZcams: AD TIME BABYYY.
Can we get to see the last two hours on the impact of adding space war to geopolitical tensions between rival countries that are hard to invade please? I’d really like to see that!
Yes this please
I'd love that too. Although I do feel it's a bit strange when he talks about land invasions and large conquests and annexation of territory in the near and medium term future. Nuclear weapons make that pretty damn difficult
RaidsEpicly I agree, nuclear war does seem to do that, although with the addition of a new space race that we have seen lately between rivals nations such as China and America, we may see nations try and circumvent international treaties by simply having high-orbital but not spacial weaponry in the near future that could eliminate such nuclear weapons.
Add that with the rise in hypersonic missiles, we could see a new shift in geo-strategic areas of importance, like Florida for the United States, a place that can launch troops and rockets into orbit relatively quickly and with little chance of it re-entering into enemy waters, and a valuable piece of property to gain/lose if a nation were to win/lose a war. The closest equivalent I can think of for China would be Taiwan, but they don’t have much jurisdiction over there as of right now.
yes!!!!!!!!!
I thought he was just making a COD Ghosts reference but I would also like to hear what he would say
"Come at me Soviet copyright law"
Fun fact: All (or almost all) Soviet movies and cartoons (pretty fucking good) are available on CZcams
Free Soviet Anime. Sounds very Communist to me
@@nickhueper2906 Soviet anime is shit, Soviet Hentai doesn't exist.
@@endy776 good
Yeah and most of those films arey in Full HD. So check it out everybody
All soviet material is copyright free
Whatifalthist: “Violently patriotic”
Everyone in a semi-large city: am I a joke to you
Unfortunately true.
Oh hey another fake me
@muumilimu The Soviets still won the war...
Yes, yes they are a joke.
( insert meme of extremely enthusiastic yeah and photoshopped shades)
Your epic daddy Stalin I love uppressing people can we have no water an no talk cause we need to work in the mine please
It’s not just the mountains that’d give you trouble, it’s the steep valleys and ravines in between here in the US too. The hills behind my house are too steep to walk down and without the trees to grab onto it’d be almost impossible to get back up.
Canada is protected by General Winter, Field Marshal Mud, Captain Empty Mosquito Infested Tundra, Private distance, and the Grand Admirals Pacific and Atlantic. Then there's the additional Commander Alaska who serves as a massive rampart/buffer for any eastward movement which quite severely limits any potential invasion routes into Canada if they wish to avoid direct confrontation with Canada's nuclear powered boots. Whatifalthist was clearly just too scared of Canada's pantheon of military power to try describing it!
Canada sucks
In all honesty, the war doesn't even have to last until "General Winter" wakes up from his nap. Canada's greatest geographical edge is the fact that they sit on America's vast northern border. And America doesn't want anybody on their northern border other than the giant red maple leaf. They would help Canada against any foreign invasion from Europe, Asia, or really anywhere else, with no hesitation. And it would be so easy to defend, too, because 80% of Canada's population lives within proximity of the vast border, along with every major city (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, etc), political center, and military base. All Canada really has to do is hold out until Winter, like the Russians do, because Canadian winters are borderline INHUMANE with how brutal they are!
Like alternative history said canada exist beacuse America let's it live
Not to mention he got American invasion of Canada in 1812 backwards. The fact is America was looking for more land & believed the north to be easy pickings, & were proven wrong. I really believe that is what is taught in the US. LOL, Whatifalthist, love your stuff, keep up the great work!
@@amandil6579 Ever heard the phrase Press-gang? You sound like a southerner talking about "The War of Northern Aggression." We only invaded Canada because the Brits started screwing with our trade, the one thing that Americans have always been willing to fight for. The Canadian campaign wouldn't have lasted as long had their not been a feeling of a national need for revenge after the burning of the white house. The last battle of 1812, just to be clear, was the battle of New Orleans when the Brits tried to invade the bayou AFTER the war was technically over. I know it gets real dark up in those Canadian winters, but you've got the whole summer to read history, you should utilize it better.
6:12 England is a country since 927 a.d. It's most likely that you have counted the year of formation of Great Britain which came into existence in 1707 but you should have counted it's begging as 1066 because in a way the title of head of state have been controlled by the same family expect when England became a Republic (it does not really count btw)
Btw great vid;)
Yeah, in 1066 England was formed after the Norman invasion.
Begging, really?
@@thedankmemelord5215 I think it's obvious he ment to say beginning
@Britannic The only change was all leaders speaking French, and later a second French dinasty (Plantagenêt) inheriting the kingdom. Looks much like a conquest.
I thought 'violently patriotic' was hilarious and points to something I think most Americans feel - that we are so well armed -to the point of absurdity - that invading us would be suicide. Another great vid, thanks.
Invading USA as Japan in Hearts of Iron 4 is absolutely brutal. After the initial success of taking the West coast, there is over a thousand kilometres of worthless mountains and deserts that cause horrible attrition and are fairly easy to defend while the USA is mobilising and building divisions. The good stuff starts only after reaching Texas.
I love the self-aware, sarcastic sense of humor.
Your easily my favorite alt history channel the depth and thought you put into this is just amazing. I wish I could support you but I’m 14 and broke, go figure.
Your voice has a fascinating and distinct downward intonation and rhythm pattern.
Yeah invading the US would be really challenging. There's a large heartland that's very well inter-connected with rivers, railways and interstates, and is home to a wide variety of resources from oil, food, lumber, steel, coal, etc. and is also home to most of the manufacturing capacity and a very large population. So while an invading nation might make a beach-head on one of the coasts, the US would still be able to launch counter attacks from the Midwest.
Next question is where would an enemy try to make a beach head.
West Coast? You'll be up against substantial coastal defenses, and big cities all over (urban warfare), as well as mountain warfare. If you star in California, you'll face the worst urban warfare, and if you start in the Pacific NW, you'll face mountain warfare where the Americans have significant forest cover to their advantage. In order to avoid getting outflanked, you'll also have to conquer pretty much the entire West Coast before being able to strike at the American heartland, which will involve a lot of marching across inhospitable deserts and mountain range after mountain range with relatively few worthwhile resources to capture (other than some gold and copper which is not as useful in war as fuel, steel and food). Due to the isolate nature of this region, you might have a chance at cutting off American supply lines and the Americans might have a hard time reinforcing local operations, however, due to the lack of resources, you would have to ship in most of your own resources from across the Pacific which an extremely long voyage. As a result, progress across the challenging terrain will probably be quite slow, giving Americans the chance to prepare extremely tough defenses along the Rockies which are up to 1000 miles from the Pacific Coast. The amount of territory you would need to conquer is about 1,000,000 square miles, just to get past the Rockies. By comparison, the most successful European invasion of Russia was probably by Nazi Germany, and that was only about 700,000 square miles of land conquered on the Eastern Front. This region is about as inhospitable as Afghanistan, but 10x bigger. All that just to beginning striking at valuable American assets like the coal fields of Wyoming or oil feeds of Texas.
Northeast US? Again, you'll be facing intense urban warfare with every square inch being intensely fought over. The US would also be able to easily reinforce coastal operations from the Midwest, since the Midwest would be far enough to be relatively safe from attack but close enough to easily resupply, leading to massive counter attacks. Outside the cities, there would be a fair bit of forest cover for American forces, especially as you approach the Appalachians which would be intensely fortified by the time the invaders reach it. And you'd be vulnerable to outflanking counter attacks from the Midwest and Southeast.
Florida? Maybe if you can get Cuba to co-operate with you, this would seem like an attractive option due to the proximity. However, in order to avoid facing intense urban warfare, you'd have to bomb the place to shit first. That means that the invasion force would be greeted by a landscape filled with bomb craters, and due to the high water table and karst landscape of Florida, that means the craters will be filled by water that will be a cesspool of disease, insects and unsanitary conditions, not to mention possibly alligators and pythons that would be a terrifying thought for your soldiers and bad for morale even if they don't result in that many deaths. After traveling through hundreds of miles of disease ridden swamps and bomb craters, you'll reach a heavily fortified US frontline around the Florida-Georgia border, all while gaining little in terms of resources and doing little real damage to the US war capabilities. Another option is to not bother with a full fledged land invasion of Florida and simply do enough damage to knock out the air and naval bases that the Americans would use to control access to the Gulf of Mexico. Then after gaining access to the Gulf, launch a second invasion force in Texas and New Orleans and wreak havoc on the US oil production capabilities by taking out all the oil rigs and refineries, and then taking the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma.
Southeastern US. The best landing point would probably around Myrtle Beach, SC. Opening a front in the SE would require large scale spread out tank warfare for a chance of long term success, similar to the Eastern Front of WWII. However, the coastal landing areas are full of swamps that would swallow up tanks. The small amount of dry land would give the initial invasion force little room to maneuver, making them easy for the Americans to cut them off with pincer movements, or target them with artillery or aerial bombardments. However, perhaps a sufficiently large and unexpected invasion force would be able to break past the swamps of the coastal lowlands and reach the Piedmont uplands. The Piedmont is still relatively flat, with rolling hills at worst, so enemy tanks could operate here. From then on, there would be three possible goals.
1) Make a push towards DC, since taking it would deal a crushing morale defeat to the Americans, and allow the enemy to move on towards other symbolic cities such as Philadelphia and New York City.
2) Make a push across North Florida and take Tallahassee to secure a position on the Gulf of Mexico, and cut off the Florida peninsula from reinforcements, and then take the rest of the Florida Peninsula. This would give access to the Gulf of Mexico and if the invaders are able to make allies with say, Venezuela, and Cuba, use those as starting points to assemble landing forces to strike into the US heartland via Louisiana and Texas.
3) Make a push to capture the front ranges of the Appalachians. From there, either
a) continue pushing into the Midwest to disrupt American industrial production, this would cut the United States/Canada in two, with the Northeast on one side and the Great Plains/Rockies/Pacific on the other side. This would severely disrupt communications, transport/logistics, allowing the invaders to divide & conquer. Obviously this would be a very large push, and extremely difficult to pull off, with the distance from Myrtle Beach to Chicago being approximately the same as the distance Hitler's army travelled from Poland to the outskirts of Moscow (but slightly less than the distance they travelled from Romania to Stalingrad).
b) Build defenses along the front ranges of the Appalachians to slow/block large scale American counter attacks from the Midwest and allow the invaders to move up the East Coast towards DC, Philadelphia, NYC, etc without having to worry too much about being outflanked.
Newfoundland. Canada is basically counting on the US to defend them so its military facilities for defense aren't as strong. This represents somewhat of a weak point that an enemy could exploit to attack the US from the North. One option would be to take the island of Newfoundland. If the invader can seize the main airports by surprise, they can probably squash any resistance quite quickly, and it would be a bit difficult for the US to counter attack due to it being an island. So the invader could try to use it as a staging area for future landings onto the North American mainland. The US would still try to do various sneak attacks, using its airforce, navy and special forces to try to disrupt the enemy's attempts to establish a base of operations on the island. Since the island is very large, it would take too long for the invader to fully fortify the island against such air/water attacks, giving the Americans enough time to reinforce Canadian positions on the Gulf of St Lawrence. Therefore the enemy would have to make a quick landing on the mainland while simultaneously fending off attacks on their Newfoundland bases. From there work up the North Shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. However the North Shore makes the WWII Eastern Front look like a tropical vacation, and there's basically no infrastructure, so it would be very difficult for a large army to make progress quickly (with the goal of reaching Quebec City where the St Lawrence is easy to cross to continue South/West). More likely, small forces would have success taking positions in Labrador, taking over the iron rich mining districts there, and also allowing control of the Labrador Sea, which would be the main gateway to the Arctic Ocean for the Americans (the other would be the Bering Sea, but if Russia is hostile, this would be dangerous territory). If the Americans then lose control of the Arctic, the enemy could launch attacks on the Alaska oil fields, Hudson Bay hydroelectric damns, and even make their way up the Nelson and McKenzie Rivers into the American heartland.
You will also have to deal with 100 million armed nutjobs that will fight to death hust to protect their nation, families and community
Chances are by the time you have a plan to invade the us down, american bombers are firebombing your cities to rubble
The only countries that could feasibly invade the United States would be Mexico or Canada & neither of them have sufficient military capabilities to actually CONQUER the US.
@@raydavison4288 They'd have to make a secret alliance with a more powerful enemy and invite them in. That seems rather unlikely although I think China is working on targeting Latin American countries so it's not impossible.
@@abhignavijjapurapu209 Looking at the way things are playing out in Ukraine, and how roads are prone to ambushes because the Ukrainians are able to anticipate Russian movements along them, I now think that an invading army would have severe difficulty pushing along the North Shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence.
If you make a landing from Newfoundland to Blanc Sablon, which is the part of the mainland that's closest to Newfoundland, you have almost 250 miles to go with no roads. There's a large stretch of shoreline with small communities only accessible by air and water (not rail or road). They also get 5-10ft more snow than Moscow, and have winters 10F colder, so as I said, (European) Russian winters are mild by comparison. If you land where there is a road (Kegaska, QC), then you have to travel 150 miles by ship from Newfoundland, instead of 15 miles from Newfounland to Blanc Sablon. And from Kegaska, you still have to travel 600 miles before you reach anywhere significant (ie Quebec City), all along one road with no alternate routes. Also, the present day crossing of the Saguenay River is done by car-ferry, so the enemy would likely have to take a detour up-river to where there are bridges (an extra 150 miles). Trudging through 900 miles of remote areas like this just to avoid heavy defenses is... a lot.
Alternatively, you can take the Labrador route, where you will have a road the whole way, but it's 1400 miles instead of 900 miles. You get to capture some important hydro-electric dams and mines along the way though.
Or you could try landing from Newfoundland to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. But that's a decently long ship journey (75 miles) so you'd need to control the waters fairly well if you want to supply your landing force reliably, and then you still have 800+ miles to go before reaching major cities like Boston or Montreal.
Also, Newfoundland is 300 miles across, so just holding and controlling that is not entirely easy.
Considering Russia is having a hard time managing supply lines of more than 100-150 miles, crossing an ocean, then crossing Newfoundland (250-400 miles), then crossing the Gulf of St Lawrence, then travelling 800-1000 miles through remote forests (whether it's New England/Maritimes or northern Quebec) before reaching the first major city... I'm not sure any enemy army could pull it off.
What about this time when the Spanish Empire tried to take Brazil from the Portuguese and failed miserably while outnumbering them so much Portugal should have ragequit?
Not only Spain, Dutch and even France get screwd by brazilians, in fact, France looks like masoquists, they keep comming for more...
Smoking snakes from sabaton is aboud Brasil fighting in Italy during WW2 5:35
None:
Every second country in the fucking world:
*Skilled warrior people*
This was the first of your videos that made me laugh out loud at the end.
5:35 sabbaton made a song about brazilian soldiers that fought WWII!! its called smoking snakes, witch is a famous saying here.
that whe whould only go to war if snakes started smoking, and they started, so the patch of the soldier of the FEB (Brazilian Expeditionary Force) was a snake smoking, whe fought in italy and the our most famous battle is the battle for "monte castello" .
the song is about three soldiers from scout division who fought the whole german forces located in montese all alone, while their pined down division retreated to safety, they fought for 3 hours and finally died when their ammo went out, when the germans found then they where suprised, they thought that it was a hole division fighting then, so one of the officers ordered to burry then and put a plack whitch was writen "Three Brazilian Heroes"(in german obviously).
The apology at the end was too funny!
I want a follow up video with some wide claims about the future of space warfare and potential geopolitical options of each nation on the list Whatifalthist. Thank you for this one though.
Dude I like your videos before they even start because I know it's quality content every time.
22:53 Where did you get that image from? I'm a writer for the 'AtE Fan Fork', a mod for the video game Crusader Kings II about a post apocalyptic North America with medieval technology. Could you give me a link of the image used? It's a bit hard to read some of the names and I know a few people who'd be very interested in that map.
I made it. Give me your email, I've composed an entire complex alternate universe set in it, I'd love to share details and give the map(s), I've made.
@@WhatifAltHist I'm an avid altenate historian fan (obviously, I'm watching this video ahah) would it be to much to ask to also see this? :)
@@WhatifAltHist. Would love to see a video on your scenario about that...
@@WhatifAltHist Dude, I want a video about this too, or atleast a more HD map. Love your videos by the way.
same, I'd love to see more on this
That must be one of the greatest endings ever to a video
@whatifalthist could you do a video on Anglo-America during Middle Ages and if you haven’t share the link for that map really interesting concept and love the videos keep it up. 👍
Very interesting vid thanks !
Yes you got a new mic sounds great 👍👍👍 that was your only weakness sky's the limit now keep it up
Agreed. He's seriously underrated for alternative history.
Spoiler, Wakanda is number one.
Wakanda is fictitious not real
@Pecu Alex I didn't know
@Pecu Alex thanks for the tip
What ?,whoosh this bozo does not ,
wakanda is not real
I'll use this as my checklist, thank you
I really really very much liked this video. My brain just loves this.
If we count historical nations, the Knights Hospitaller on Rhodes island would also be a good candidate for ridiculously hard to invade. They made the whole island into a fort, and had food and relatively clean water for years on end.
same with Malta - it's really surprising how long they stayed independent
What if doggerland still existed
What if the allies reached Berlin first
What if the gunpowder plot succeeded
What if Japan never annexed Korea
What if persia stayed zoroastrian
What if the great purge never happened
i member
what is this ‘the great purge’
@@binozia-old-2031 You know, Stalin and stuff
What if King James turned down the throne of England?
Well now I wanna know about space warfare/geopolitics, thanks.
Finland: let me introduce myself
Russia: confused screaming
Conquered by ussr
The USSR still won... and it was only for a few months. Finland did nothing special, Germans also slapped soviets about for 2 years. Stalins purges and butchering of officers and generals is what did most damage
Finland does not belong to this list objectively. You have some point though there, vikings never conquered finnish tribes who where their neighbours, when whole Europe was in fear. Instead they invited them to their raids to east since they had similars language like in northern russia finno-ugric people. They guided the vikings helped with trading and fought with them.
Since then Finland has not been independent state, but an eastern part of greater Sweden 700 years. It is a peaceloving country in bad geographical spot invaded several times by Russian empire and even in 18th century some 5% of its population was taken to slavery in russia.
Finns as part of Sweden conquered also Moscow, Russian empire in 17th century, when Russian empire was weak.
As independent state it has proven its tenacity in 1940's. It is only state affected by Ribbentropp-Molotov agreement, which did not fell into soviet hands after 2nd WW, but remained independent though losing great part of its land area.
Finland did not take Marshall aid and paid all war penalty fees put on it by Sovjetunion. It is unique in this way. Finland has no great nature resources, so there is very little point to try to invade a country with unified peacefull population, who fights back and has big forests (70% of land area and 10% swamps) for guerilla warfare.
Sweden is a country that belongs to this list without going to details. It has a better geographical advantage surrounded by sea and it is strategically important to nato.
5:37 sabaton has a music about Brazilian military, It is called smoking snakes
PLEASE PART 2!!
basically the whole 2 hour rant. just upload it. I'll listen. it will take a few days, but i will listen to your opinion
@whatifalthist i actually mean it... i would like to hear that rant... lol
"I'll listen. it will take a few days, but i will listen to your opinion" ...........sounds like the start of a momma joke what you just said there lol ............"SuBrJe momma so dumb, it takes her a few days to listen to a 2 hour rant"
Amazing video.
Great video!
11:14 "Number 5.. æ-"
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Dude, you should have got revenue for promoting Rebel Inc, I'm gonna download it now. Thanks for the suggestion!
I want the whatif cut of this video. The full 2 hour rant would be awesome
I would love to hear the rest of that 2 hour rant
Wow that laugh was terrifying.
Heraclius wasn't a byzantine general he was the Emperor, one of the good ones too.
@Pecu Alex He was emperor during the Arab invasion
I wish byzantine survive. #constinople #will #back.
@@lucasestreito9297 You and me both brother
Yes I agree, but what if the western empire had survived! We could be having this discussion in a starship. Don't understand this modern historical view that the Dark Ages were real fun!
@@lucasestreito9297 😂😂
I want that 2-hour space rant plz.
Great Video! You could also make the comparison between the USA and Australia and New Zealand, who have also never been invaded successfully (except when colonised by the British) and both these countries are also geographically isolated from the rest of the world, however, New Zealand does have a strong warrior culture, and Australia to a lesser extent perhaps historically.
Yeah, Sabaton! The price of a mile is the song I'd recommend the most.
Yet, he is wrong about the song, theres a song about brazilian soldiers: Smoking Snakes
Let me try to guess before the video. (Not in a particular order.)
USA
China
Russia
U.K
France
Mongolia
Japan
Germany
Vietnam
(Sigh) North Korea
Edit:This is the actual list and my reaction to it.
Ethiopia (did even think of it,I apologise for my arrogance)
Brazil (same as Ethiopia)
The Byzantire empire (you didn't mention that old countries were going to be in this list! But this is a good choice.)
Korea (it's kinda unfair to put the two Koreas as one country) (hey I guess North Korea so I was half right!)
Vietnam (yes,I guessed it!)
Afghanistan (I should of known it was going to be in this list...)
Britain (*rule Britannia plays*)
Japan (I knew Japan was going to be in this list!)
Russia (everyone saw this coming)
USA (America is arguably the hardest country to conquer,and I'm saying this as a non American.) (you could argue that a country is harder to conquer though but that's going to be a tuff case.)
thevioletskull North Korea is much weaker than South Korea now though. North Korea is still very far behind in technology and much of it's military is stuck in the 1950s plus many people there would rebel should an actual war start
American civilians are better armed than most militaries
Mumbʟes005 and at that point there’s no reason to invade.
@@venomlink2033yea and that's not really good.
Thank you for summarising this video for me, now I don't need to put up with his voice!
Just an observation about Brazil: since its independence, Brazil has never lost a single war. It's actually one of the few countries in history that can say that. It basically erased Paraguay off the map during the Paraguayan War, was able to supress every revolt that ever happened in the country, was an active allied force during WW II defeating the italians in the Battle of Monte Castello, won the Platine War against Argentina, the Uruguayan War against Uruguay and the Acre War against Bolivia, which ended up giving us what is now known as the State of Acre.
In other words, even though Brazil is not known for its military force, whenever it was necessary, brazilians fought bravely and won.
@Andrei Genrikhovich yes, but that's not what I said. I said Brazil never lost. The Cisplatine War ended in a peace agreement where neither of the parts involved got what they wanted. And that's how Uruguay exists. Had Brazil lost this war, Uruguay would be a part of Argentina.
@Andrei Genrikhovich and keep in mind, by the time the Cisplatine War began, in 1825, Brazil didn't even have an organized army yet. The declaration of independence of Brazil happened in 1822, but it was only in 1824 and 1825 that other countries actually recognized it. So if you ask me, not losing a war under these circumstances might aswell be considered a win haha
@Andrei Genrikhovich yeah, that's not how it works. The official result to the war is something called a "stalemate", when neither parties are declared victorious. Basically, a tie. In the Cisplatine War's case, Brazil wanted to keep possession of the Province of Cisplatine. Meanwhile, Argentina wanted it for them. The war stopped with a british mediation of the conflict, where both countries agreed to make a peace deal and declare the independence of Cisplatine, that later on became Uruguay. So no, Brazil didn't lose. As I said, if it had lost, Cisplatine would be a part of Argentina.
@Andrei Genrikhovich again, you're wrong. A country loses a war when it officially declares their surrender. Neither Brazil nor Argentina did that. If someone loses, someone has to win. In the case of the Cisplatine War, who won it? Nobody. If nobody won, nobody lost. It's that simple. It's actually one google search away from you. Wikipedia has a complete list of every war Brazil was a part of and their results. Just look it up. Stalemate is not losing. Never was and never will be.
@Andrei Genrikhovich in a war, if someone loses, someone else has to win. That's pretty obvious. It was a stalemate that ended in a peace agreement. You can have your own opinion, but the fact is Brazil has never officially lost a war. Not achieving the goal doesn't mean defeat. A surrender does. That's the official definition.
Whatifalthist You should have you rant about space warfare and how it will change everything in its own video!
What if Napoleon never invaded Russia?
Bistros would have never existed in France and later, Europe
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 That's an amazing deep cut!
@@466chalk It's pretty easy to figure out for anyone who understands Russian, it comes from the Russian word "Bistra" which means faster
What no Switzerland? They threw back Hannibal for Pete's sake.
Switzerland is so well defended, no one even gets the idea of invading it.
Of course I'm exaggerating but I was surprised too not to see it on this list.
@@maximumfun1078, historically Switzerland has been a small fish stuck near some big sharks. The Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France (including Napoleon Bonaparte), the German Empire and the Third Reich. All have at one time or other eyed Switzerland hungrily. The Swiss have a long tradition of being citizen-soldiers and they have a democracy that is over 600 years old. A classic example of Swiss badassery is during WW I. At the time they had a militia of about 250,000 men. Kaiser Wilhelm asked they what they would do if he were to invade with an army of half a million germans. Their response. "Shoot twice and go home."
@@enoughothis yeah but nobody really care about them
Swiss were renown warriors, from 14th to 19th century.
But they remain independent mostly because no great powers (France, Spanish Empire, Austrian Empire, Germany) would leave control of the Alpine roads from Italy to Germany and France to another power. So basically after their defeat against France at Marignan 1515 Switzerland never went to war, and did not had to resist invasions.
When this balance was broken during Revolution, French invaded Switzerland in less than one year, despite fierce resistance.
Hi, i speak mandarin. Surprisingly accurate description of Vietnam. 很好!
the immediete cutoff from the space argument is so funny tbh
Before watching it I will say... Russia, Mongolia, Afghanistan, england, Switzerland ummm
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mongolia is actually pretty easy to conquer
England? Why?
@@saupiquet7516 only been conquered once by the Normans
@@saupiquet7516 we are an island and have/had one of if not the best navy’s in the world
Whatifalthist i have a request to make, and an interesting one: What if the Byzantines have given lands to the Varangians like the franks did under Charles the pious?
My bet, they would get the same problem that they had with normans and Kiev.
that laugh when talking about Afghanistan was *haunting*
I enjoyed this video even though I’m here super late but you have some serious vocal fry at the end of every one of your sentences!
22:36 the mountains in California are very off....we don't have a coastal plain. The mountains are on the coast.
What if the Dutch East India Company decided to create settlements in northern Australia rather than considering that it was not worth doing it.
6:02 is the best response I’ve seen.
Where did you get the map for Anglo-America medieval technology?
"only occasionally turned Kiev into a pile of skulls"
amazing.
I'm sure kiev loved that.
12:24 I need that laugh as my ringtone
What is your ringtone?
“It’s my channel and I get to do what I want” coldest man on CZcams lol mans shut it down ASAP
24:30 will you upload your 2 hour rant about sapce warfare?
Being an island, having a great navy and a good army certainly helped the United Kingdom over time
Even as a non-Greek myself you are right to include the Byzantine Empire because without some minor elements (including treachery) the Byzantine Empire was (military and culturally) the Usa of its time, if they would have survived until 1600 they would have been at peace because at this time there was no more nomadic raiders and tribes to threathen them, but there was civilized nations which who you could make concetions and treaties, avoiding loosing 70% of your lands at once. Plus the Byzantine Empire would have not desire to expand into Christian lands and Kingdoms and would be at relatively peace, being a progressive state that could develop better firearms (they did invented flamethrower centuries before the german Wex) Athens and Constantinople would be places where all students wanted to study (Simeon of Bulgaria was educated there despite the tensions of the 2 empires)
@6:13 love the accuracy of Oman being painted white
is there gonna be a release of your rant at the end? I'm curious what u said about space in relation to future politics
you're forgetting that canada had a pretty in hardass warrior culture until about 1950 and still exists to some extent today.
yea, invading canada is hard.....unless you're the US
@@bagdon8144 if the US ever invaded Canada it would be the end of the US as we know it. Not only would it be an immense waste of resources they’d be hard pressed to find out Canada won’t just roll over as it’s in an amazing geographical location, a capable military and strong relationships across the world. Need I remind you of the one time America did try and invade Canada? You had your capital seized and razed.
@@xbollisx2612 By the brits
@@xbollisx2612 All the US has to do is capture Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Winnipeg and the war is practically over. And the war of 1812 was 208 years ago, military technology has significally been improved.
@@xbollisx2612 lol what? We’d eradicate Canada if we do wanted to. Sure, our capital was burned by the Brits, but what would it look like if all Canadian cities were occupied and raided by the Americans? Nothing would be able to stop us.
I disagree with including the English. We’re famously conquered many times. Romans, Saxons, vikings, Norman’s. I can’t really think of a time we successfully fought off an invasion, maybe Battle of Britain? I agree with number 1 though. US is practically impossible to invade
I’m not sure the USA can be invaded, at all. Even if someone could get here without us seeing, then what? How do you resupply? How do you beat our military (and citizens) on our turf? How do you subjugate the most unnecessarily patriotic people on earth? How do you hold it?
Blowing up the USA seems easier than taking it and I’m not sure it can be blown up either.
Did you ever make a video on the impact of space on terrestrial geopolitics?
Any recommended reading to learn more about the Apache predecessors in 4,000 B.C.?
wow, all these rebelled invasions makes me think : What if the Abbasid empire rebelled the Mongol Invasion ?
24:13 this is litterally the plot of call of duty ghosts ! 😂😂😂
Yes! Literally the first thing I thought of.
3:44 damn, Ethiopia suddenly got tiny. It's like 3x the size of this, if not more.
Soooo, did you ever release that 2 hour rant on space warfare?