AlternateHistoryHub Cody, do a video o the kaisserreich mod in hearts of iron 4 Edit: or do the sunset invasion dlc in crusader kings 2 Or What if Richard Nixon won the 1960 presidential election
we'd come home from a long day of surviving and killing monstrous mutants and watch alternatehistoryhub in our underground bunkers "what if the cuban missile crisis went cold"
My father was twelve. He came home one day and his mother told him, "Jerry, it looks like we're going to have a war." That one line still chills me to the bone.
Dan Lewis I was hoping this would be the scenario. That was a way likelier way for the Cuban Missile Crisis to lead to nuclear war. All it took was that final person to agree to launch the torpedo
jo gr Thankfully, Missile defense systems are improving. If we can perfect these than we can actually take down countries like North Korea without fear of nuclear retribution
@jo gr I always find that so impressive. Twice in history, the prevention of World War III was the result of one person. Both times they made the right decision. Not only that, but they did it against opinions to the contrary within a collectivist society - Arkhipov didn't succumb to peer pressure, and Petrov didn't launch the nukes despite 5 nukes supposedly heading towards them. They also both knew it could hurt their careers. Their courage is honestly an inspiration to me even now, 58 years after the missile crisis and 37 years after Petrov didn't push the button.
The fact that we have many more chances in the 21st century is terrifying. Every year seems that we are closer to large-scale conflicts, on top of climate and social problems.
If I remember correctly, it was Charles Xavier and the X-men that saved us from this crisis, especially after Magneto tried to shoot the missiles back.
Depends on Castro. In Extra History, its mentioned that Castro had planned a Kamikaze plan (Sacrifices Himself to Force people kicking the bucket). Which means that this scenario would be likely.
@heck yeah--I remember hearing that Castro wanted to make a pre-emptive strike of nuclear missiles on the U.S. mainland to forestall what he perceived to be an imminent invasion of U.S. forces. At that time, the Soviets had already deployed Luna battlefield nuclear missiles on Cuban soil, cocked and ready--The White House was unaware of this development. Had war broke out, nobody would be here making comments on TH-cam videos.
The tone made this video what it is. The music, the timing, the lack of jokes, everything was perfect. Please consider doing more stuff like this in the future.
I know right? That's like if I said a family member died only to then announce a new shop opening up around the corner. Kills the tension, mood and annoys/angers some people...
SuperDarthVader1 i actually meant around 8:09 you can feel how everything was going fine and dandy, but then his sentence is just cut and all you hear is the nuke drop
Friendly Neighborhood Neocon I hate communism as much as the next guy but ridding Cuba of communism is useless if everything good is wiped off the planet too.
Friendly Neighborhood Neocon to rid Cuba of communism Kennedy would have brought about the end of the world as we know it, I'd hardly call that the perfect opportunity
get rid of communism in Cuba. Good job! Now what about communism across the rest of the world... yeah even if the nukes didn't fly which would be highly unlikely considering tensions were already high, the US still would have the other countries that are communist lovers. Thank god for JFK
Salokin that's a great idea. So it starts with the survivors in a underground bunker but their water purifier chip broke and you have to find a new one for you and the survivors
Nuclear winter and social revolts because of both the death of crops and livestock and the economic collapse that a half of the world going poof would mean.
BMAN488877, sure, we produce food, but we'll have to make up for the death of crops thanks to the nuclear winter, rationing might help to overcome the situation, which doesn't mean the first years won't be tough on that subject. And let's not forget the economic impact on this, economic sistems on the region will need to be reworked as dollar is now worthless, and all the money businessmen and corrupt politicians had in countries like Switzerland is now gone. The industry will need to be rebuilt in order to start producing what can't be imported anymore, and I can tell you, people will revolt, they've revolted for less. However, if governments manage to keep things stable (Which I can see happening, especially in countries like Chile, Argentina or Brazil), in 20 years or so life here won't be any different from today, perhaps even better. On the other hand, since Britain was nuked and the British army no longer exists, Argentina can now claim the Falklands back.
@BMAN488877 actually no countries at that time couldnt even reach that far and russia was actually fairly calm about the situation so i dont think there leader would have nuked america and no country would really be left to nuke
they would be okay in the sense of: there are no real major strategic targets so no one in their right mind would nuke them but nuclear fallot is a very real thnig that would lead ot famines
@@demo0831 The local Soviet Commander had release authority to deploy tactical nuclear weapons. That fact was unknown to US war planners. Casto put tremendous pressure on the local Soviet Commander to nuke the Americans forces who landed. Who knows if he would have done so knowing his 20,000 man Soviet garrison would be immediately destroyed under an American counter-attack and who knows that had tactical nukes been deployed in Cuba by both sides that each side would have taken a time out to head off a strategic nuclear war.
Jackson Taylor Easy. This video, but with Republicans. That's not meant to be a modern political slam actually... The mid 20th Century Republicans were fervently anti-communist, (both parties were honestly, but the GOP literally made it basically their entire platform) and Nixon most definitely was not and is not known for being level-headed. For what it's worth, had it alternately been LBJ, we probably get nukes slinging around as well. That man had a constant need to prove he had the biggest dick. LOL
@Mason DeLong Possibly, but it is also possible he would try and sneak it. No need to be afraid of someone if that someone doesn't even know your a threat until it's too late. Keep in mind that there were about 100 nukes we hadn't found.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion had been planned under Nixon during the Eisenhower administration. If Nixon had been elected, the Bay of Pigs would not have failed and there would have been no missile crisis. Once the Mafia had reopened the casinos and bordellos in Cuba, Nixon would have become rich beyond the dreams of avarice on Mafia tribute. But then who knows if there would have been an Apollo program? Without it, we wouldn't be sitting here debating the issue on inexpensive home computers.
I like the book " resurrection day" by Brendan Dubois. Takes place in an alternate timeline where the Cuban crisis went hot. I can recommend it. Read it for yourself
Movie Man yeah colder but we will be dead because a nuclear winter is the most devastating thing that could happen because that means the snow have radiation, the plants die, we won't get any sunlight and basically we will die for starvation or for radiation
Mushy Pork well because a lot of years have passed since what happened in Chernobyl and it wasn't total war, if it was a total war would be much more worse that what happened in Chernobyl because there's not a lot of radiation now there but if it is a total war and everybody is affected, radiation, cold, contamination and weather will be worse and there would be no green just death.
1. What if the Kuomintang won the Chinese Civil War? 2. What if NATO accepted the Stalin Note of 1952? 3. What if the Watergate scandal never happened? 4. What if the Sunni-Shia split never occurred? 5. What if the Catholic-Orthodox schism never occurred? 6. What if India was not partitioned? 7. What if Brazil remained a monarchy? 8. What if Ian Smith won the Rhodesian War? 9. What if Italy joined the Central Powers? 10. What if oil was not discovered in the Middle East?
1/2/3. No idea. 4. The Islamic world would be more internally united, perhaps even preventing the Israeli conquests of Palestine. 5. Not sure. 6. There would be a very strong separatist movement from the Muslims in Bangladesh and Pakistan, and it's doubtful they wouldn't have eventually won. If the nation somehow remained united, it could potentially become a major industrial and economic power similar to China. 7/8. Dunno. 9. WWI would've been a much more balanced fight, but I still think the allies would've won. 10. On one hand, many of the wars in the region wouldn't have happened. On the other hand, it would be a much poorer and economically weak part of the world, similar to Africa.
I gotta say. I really liked this different tone of a video, it really gives us a more real feel for what could of have happened and it makes it feel like your really there. Great Job!!
Some inaccuracies. First, the Soviet IRBMs were basically upgraded V-2s fired from open pads. They were very vulnerable to air and missile attack. Second, the Soviet Union did not really achieve the ability to destroy the US with nuclear weapons before 1968. In 1962, the Soviets had a handful of ICBMs launched from pads and a couple hundred bombers able to make a one-way trip to the US. The only other weapon that could threaten the US was a nuclear armed torpedo that could attack ports. In 1962, the US and Canadians not only maintained the most sophisticated early warning and air defense command system ever deployed, it was supported by hundreds of all-weather, radar and missile equipped interceptors and thousands of surface to air missiles across the US. Soviet ICBMs and IRBMs had accuracy problems, which required large, single RV warheads. Few, if any bombers would get through. The ICBMs would destroy perhaps twenty US cities. This is not insignificant and would be quite damaging. But on the other end, over a thousand SAC heavy (B-52) and medium (B-47 and B-58), supported by a hundred or so British medium bombers and a couple hundred USN and RN nuclear armed light carrier based bombers would hit the USSR. The USSR had over a thousand fighters, but most were day, point defense aircraft. They had thousands of SA-2 and SA-1 SAMs but they had to cover a much larger area than the US and Soviet tech was barely better than German WW2 sir defenses. This doesn't include the hundreds of US and NATO IRBMs and tactical missiles and a couple thousand US and NATO nuclear equipped fighter-bombers. Europe would be hit hard with the Soviet IRBMs and light and medium bombers, perhaps as hard as Germany in WW2 but with mostly nuclear weapons, though the Soviets still hadn't miniaturized their warheads or improved manufacturing processes so at this point they had far fewer bombs. But the USSR and China would cease to exist as organized societies. What would be left for the US and NATO to occupy? Mostly people and places far from the industrial, military and population heartlands. The number of weapons used would create a limited and temporary shadow and radioactive clouds and rain, but not to the extent feared by this video, which is really based on the MAD situation that arose in 1968 when both asides achieved nuclear destructive equivalence. 1962 was probably the last point in history where someone might actually fight and "win" a nuclear war.
@@spidermonkeynuts3851 If the whole world was nuked, no. But the USSR didn't in fact have all that many nukes in '62, as Michael point out above. So while it would have been horrible disaster _in_1962_ and for people living in or near Russia, for the ones farther away things would quite possible get better than it did IRL. As is it's quite likely Russia, the USA, or possibly China will push the button within 50 years pretty much ending humanity. If that button had been pushed in '62 I'd say that would be extremely unlikely to happen again - a couple of 100 million dead would be a pretty strong reminder.
Yeah I agree. I also think it's unlikely the conflict would have escalated to a global scale. Recall that for much of the cold war, the Soviet military doctrine assumed that nukes were only to be used in specific circumstances. The Soviets (probably correctly) assumed that NATO was bluffing, and that "an attack against one" would not be "an attack against all." No state in Europe had any incentive to engage in a nuclear exchange with the USSR due to an attack against a fellow member. It would have been suicide. Similarly, the USSR, as stated by Michael Snyder, would have been extremely disadvantaged in an exchange with the US (even if just the US acted alone). Thinking at the time (especially for the Soviets) was that there were only two ways the nukes were to be used: (1) by a nuclear state against non-nuclear state(s) that could not retaliate in kind, or (2) by one nuclear state to defend against a full-scale attack by another state (nuclear or conventional). If the Soviets were to respond to the invasion of Cuba, it is likely that response would have been limited to an invasion of West Berlin with purely conventional forces. At worst, the Soviets may have tried to seize the whole of West Germany (or the conflict may have spilled over into the West due to more bad decisions from the Kennedys if that's the scenario we're running with). In this case, the Soviets may use a few nukes to bottleneck US troops and delay US reinforcements in Germany, but it isn't likely they would actually drop the nukes on US positions and bases, as that would be too risky and could invoke full-scale US retaliation. The Soviets assumed that Poland would possibly fall to a similar nuclear fate by US / NATO bombing, as the open Polish plains were the best land route into Western Europe from the East, and the Soviets decided in the early 1950s that such a contingency was not worth reacting with a full nuclear exchange. NATO at this point, I suspect, would have fallen apart for the reasons outlined above. None of the NATO partners would have backed further escalation and confirmed the utter destruction of the European continent with an all-out nuclear exchange. "A nuke for a nuke" is not a feasible policy. NATO states would have likely began negotiations to resolve the crisis (unilaterally or as a whole), even if the Kennedys were pushing for total war against the Warsaw Pact. Even in our timeline, President Diefenbaker of Canada was quite impatient with Kennedy when the Cuban Missile Crisis had emerged, as he felt that he was not kept sufficiently informed by the Americans and that the Kennedys were prodding the world towards war without appropriately consulting other world leaders. Meanwhile, in the Western Hemisphere, I find it hard to believe that the 100 tactical nukes deployed there would have actually been useful to the Cubans, who didn't really have a delivery method for them in 1962. Cuban troops hadn't even been trained how to use them as of their withdrawal in late 1962. As a nuclear state fighting for its survival, Casto's regime **could** have been willing to use these devices under the circumstances, but it's really not likely that they had the ability. Additionally, the Cubans would have been probably acting alone, as the USSR would have likely opposed the Cubans making last-ditch nuclear attacks which would jeopardizing global stability and condemn the 60,000 Soviet soldiers stationed there to their deaths. Perhaps Cuban nukes could have been used to delay US advances by blocking the mountainous passes of Cuba and creating fallout. Or perhaps they would have been used as suicide devices, left behind with a small number of Cuban troops for US troops overrun, then detonated to inflict casualties on US personnel. However, the idea that they would rain down on advancing US forces is unlikely, and detonation of the weapons on Cuban soil is at best a double edged sword. The single IRBM that was ready posed a significant threat if not eliminated by US air attacks, and may very well have been launched at any city on the Eastern seaboard including DC. If time had been provided for a buildup of US military personnel in advance of the invasion, perhaps there could have even been a handful of IRBMs in operation. But even then, I find it unlikely that the US would have chose to escalate with a full-scale nuclear exchange with the Soviets, as the US would have sustained additional losses (several orders of magnitude greater) in an all-out exchange. It is most likely the US would have detonated its own devices only on Cuba in such an event. Furthermore, from the Cuban perspective, none of its potential nuclear options would do anything to guarantee the survival of the Cuban regime; if anything they would hasten it, and the Americans would use their arsenal to level what remained of the island. To ensure their survival, the Cubans would have been far better served to attempt to work out a deal with the US (and the USSR) rather than use its nuclear weapons. And, again, even if an exchange occurred in Cuba, the Soviets we not going to be eager to bomb the USA in Castro's defense, because the Soviets themselves would also fear US retaliation (it wasn't worth the price of a US nuclear attack on the USSR, and it wouldn't change Cuba's fate). In short, a peaceful deal, whether initiated by Kennedy or any of the other parties involved, was the most logical outcome. Everyone had little to gain from a nuclear exchange of any magnitude, with nearly everything to lose. This would only become more apparent the more nuclear weapons were used. Conflict, if initiated, would have been short, limited in scope and scale, with nuclear exchange only likely in Cuba, Germany, perhaps Poland, and (at the very worst) a few Eastern US cities. While it is frequently heralded as the time the world almost ended, I have always had trouble believing that this was a reasonable possibility. It was a serious situation, but not nearly as grave as it is often portrayed. It gets a lot of attention largely because Kennedy was basically martyred 13 months later, but JFK's role in the whole thing I believe is very frequently exaggerated, and certainly not the only thing that prevented complete nuclear annihilation.
They published Hearts of Iron 4 for example, a rts in which you can change how WW2 goes, making Germany democratic for example and fighting against the Russians with the allies.
I absolutely LOVE the feel of this one. VERY effective in bringing across the horror of the situation. And the situation was FAR worse then we ever realized at the time: look up the "Intruder in Duluth" incident (October 26 1962, while we were at DEFCON III for the crisis) where, due to a wrongly wired intruder alarm, bombers were actually scrambled to initiate a nuclear bombing run on Russia. It was only discovered JUST AS THE PLANES WERE ON THE RUNWAY ABOUT TO TAKE OFF, and standard procedure was to maintain radio silence while on this mission - only the command center sending a car out to literally chase the lead plane down saved the world.
minutemen soldier The implication of that statement being what exactly ? That Trump is going to start WW3? lol people are fed so much fake news nowadays, it’s hilarious. Let’s look at the facts shall we? The 2 issues that currently trouble the USA in this context are ISIS and North Korea. Neither of these exist because of Trump, and both grew stronger under Obama’s watch. So you ask, what has Trump done about these threats? Has he launched the nukes? Sent the invasion force? Declared War? The answer is No. ISIS pretty much no longer exists, due to a much needed aggressive strategy from the White House. North Korea is another matter all together. Trump has two choices, ignore them, like the useless Obama did, and let them grow stronger, or oppose their activities with the strongest means possible outside of War. Thankfully, Trump Chose the later. Do some independent research before making ridiculous comments. Whenever anybody mentions a past US president, there is always some sad little snivelling cunt, who can’t resist being like “Trump is a bad man......my my my feelings are hurt” 😭 Grow up snow flakes. He isn’t perfect, but Trump is what the west, not just America, needed. A shot in the arm for the SJW’s and leftist crooks.
Civil - Anarchist ISIS was already beginning to fall BEFORE Trump was elected. Have you ever heard of the Battle of Mosul? The Syrian Army and the Iraqi Army were the ones doing most of the fighting. You're just trying to take credit. If you think Trump defeated ISIS, you're sadly mistaken. In fact, Trump lost the right to claim that he's fighting "radical Islamic terrorism" *the second he gave $110 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia (the world's state sponsor of terrorism).* Also, "Grow up snow flakes"? You throw tantrums and cry "Fake news!" whenever someone criticizes Trump. *You are in no position to call ANYONE "snowflakes".*
We would simply have kept struggling until the yoke of British oppression was thrown off as so many other countries have dispensed with flying the 'Butchers Apron' (Union Jack). Ireland would still retain her unique culture as it does today and develop as it has into a successful secular state that is an example for all with the intelligence to see.
Question, as a Brit who is A) Only told the history that makes the UK look good, and B) Not all that up to snuff on my History, how did it earn the name "Butcher's Apron"?
What would happen if the Christmas truce extended to the point where: soldiers, captains and pilots decided that they had enough war and they wanted to go home I'm talking about a complete defection the captains of the Dreadnought decide to return to their homes the pilots fly their airplanes back to their homes the and the soldiers simply get up and return to their homes on all fronts they all collectively decided to say: f**k war I will go home.
TheSilentKing that is not true remember that I am talking about a complete desertion of the army, the navy and the air force. trying to execute so many soldiers would be impossible
Grand cato Again, impossible. The Christmas Truce wasn't a huge organised thing that happened across the whole front. It occured in a handful of isolated sections. Furthermore, by this point too many resources had be committed to simply 'stop' without HUGE uproar. Many wanted to keep fighting. Plus there's the French Army, the German army, Serbia, Russia and Japan you have to account for.
Erick Dominguez and then they just didn't say anything for 30 seconds? Sounds unrealistic. Or did the miscalculate how long it would take for the bomb to drop?
By that time the missiles advanced to the point where no part of the globe couldn't be reached. In the early 60's bombers were still a vital part of a nuclear deterrent plan.
I think he made that video long time ago, we would still use chemical and biological weapon, which is potentially as devastating to human life as nukes.
Both of you are incorrect, the war would've lasted approximately two years longer, with the only Axis power still existing being the Japanese imperials. We had a choice, to drop the bombs in an attempt to show Tojo, the Japanese emperor, that we could easily destroy the entire nation if given the choice. Most Americans were tired of fighting in an already intense war, so the bombs were dropped instead of keeping the war alive. If nuclear technology did not exist at this particular time, we would have invaded the main islands of Japan and fight until Tojo was either killed or captured. Neither him, nor his people were willing to give up and were unwilling to accept defeat, an example of this being a small group of about five Japanese soldiers being trapped in the Philippines who would continue to kill people who wandered near their campsite in the wilderness for nearly 20 years, and whenever someone would try to tell them that Japan surrendered, it would be thought to have been a trick by the allies to get the men to surrender. Millions more would end up dead as result, and is an even worse scenario than the droppings of the two bombs.
What if the Suez Crisis went hot? What if the Meiji Restoration never happened? What if one of the Rainbow Plans(War Plan Red) happened? What if Y2K really happened? What if the aerophile from Hero industrialized the Roman Empire? What if Napoleon won? What if the Tunguska Event had hit a major city(Berlin, for instance)? What if the Second Bill of Rights passed? I can keep going.
Personally, I think this was one of the best videos you've made. I consider myself a jaded person, but that sudden pause brought the impact. Hats off to ya mate
"BOOM" As the alien who had spent thousands of years studying humanity slowly shakes his head in sadness as he types "Humanity extinct" on his computer.
As one of your oldest fans, I would just like to say I'm so proud of you. Throughout the years your videos have gotten so much better, and this I think is one of your best. The cinematic, anecdotal style to this video is frankly amazing, and gave me goosebumps From those old silent Power-Points to this amazing bone-chilling narrative, you have improved so much, and truly put yourself in the position to be one of TH-cam's best creators. . Keep doing what you're doing, and the sky's the limit.
You seem to be forgetting the rest of the world, and that MAD was already known about then. Kennedy wouldn’t launch nukes unless the soviets did, and the Soviets wouldn’t unless Kennedy did. Also Seattle, as you mentioned would be fine, along with the rest of the world.
Kepler Burger Soviet battle field commanders in Cuba where authorized to use tactical nukes if the US invaded trust me it would’ve happened if Kennedy had of listen to his generals and invaded.
Tee Money They did Not, both sides had strict orders to only fire nukes if the other country did not, as evident because the USSR only bit the nukes there because of american missiles in turkey.
Well not really Gwinnett Technical the Soviets would never fire if the United States didn't fire both sides would probably just be even more worried both sides know good and well the consequences of a nuclear war someplace that both sides would just wait until the other person strikes first
Seeing some of the comments on this video about being in the fallout games, I can do no better then to quote a book by Yahtzee. "Unlike you people, I have no illusion as to my usefulness in an actual apocalypse. The best I can hope for is to die in a pose which confuses future archaeologists."
I'm sure Cody's parents would have been fine, can't think of many military targets in Ohio. Granted no one would have invented the internet after the nuclear war, but he can still use paper. And his first video would have been "What if the Cuba Missile Crisis Had Gone Cold?"
Actually, we (as in Ohio) are one of the top 25 nuclear targets in the country. Putting aside even Wright Patterson, we have one of the last R&D as well as production facilities for the M1 Abrams tank in the world.
The choice of music in this video makes this scenario more eerie and serious. This in turn makes the video more interesting knowing that this could’ve easily been our reality.
Not quite. The fusion warheads that would have been used in this scenario produce a lot less fallout than the ones used in the Fallout backstory. While the direct impact would be worse, the aftermath wouldn't be quite as bad.
9:43 I find it interesting that you used that photo. That photo is of the remains of National Geographic photographer Reid Blackburn's car. He was unfortunately caught up in the eruption of Mount St. Helens in May 1980. When Mount St. Helens erupted, it did so with the force of a 2 megaton nuclear blast. While they're slightly related, the results are similar.
My grandmother lived in Cuba during the Crisis. She thought not much of it. It's really chilling to see how one man's decision could've saved or destroyed human history.
@@anemu3819 world war 2 may be would never happen but what follow is more gruesome than war, the Germans total ethnic genocide because the Germans no longer have a country to protect them and post war hatred could cause them to do harm to the undefended Germans,
@@anemu3819 exactly the French lost a war to Germany at one point well it was Prussia at the time they just fell so bitter that they were basically a sore loser they only did that because they wanted to insert that they are the most powerful country in Europe Germany was picking up speed and had a high risk of becoming the new European superpower basically it was mostly greed
And the price of real estate in the Southern half of Australia goes through the roof! Ah, it's nice to be in the bottom part of the Southern Hemisphere!
So this is a different tone from my other videos. But I felt it fit the subject matter.
Could you do a video about what would happen if N. Korea fired their nuclear missiles
AlternateHistoryHub Can you make a video what if Russian Empire won the Russo-Japanese war?
Can you do video what if DBZ charachters was real how world wold look alike?
AlternateHistoryHub Cody, do a video o the kaisserreich mod in hearts of iron 4
Edit: or do the sunset invasion dlc in crusader kings 2
Or
What if Richard Nixon won the 1960 presidential election
AlternateHistoryHub What if Rhodesia won the Rhodesian bush war?
I love the tone of this video
terrifying video... normal sponsor at the end
He should do more full-themed vids
It's so good. I was riveted, holy bugger. I want Cody to do more videos like this.
The first nuke definitely caught me off guard.
Exactly as soon as the video started I knew I had to play it in widescreen
we'd come home from a long day of surviving and killing monstrous mutants and watch alternatehistoryhub in our underground bunkers "what if the cuban missile crisis went cold"
AFGalwayz don't forget the cold nuka cola!
AFGalwayz
And don't forget the bandits screaming about meat bycicles
Skylake Give me Synth armor
Never fear, citizens! The Enclave is here!
We probably wouldn’t be born
My father was twelve. He came home one day and his mother told him, "Jerry, it looks like we're going to have a war." That one line still chills me to the bone.
why do I imagine her telling him this in the same tone of "oh it looks like it's gonna rain"
Other possible scenario:
Vasili Arkhipov decides to launch the nuclear torpedo.
Dan Lewis I was hoping this would be the scenario. That was a way likelier way for the Cuban Missile Crisis to lead to nuclear war. All it took was that final person to agree to launch the torpedo
@jo gr there was another
@jo gr not only is he a hero of his country, he is a hero of humanity.
jo gr Thankfully, Missile defense systems are improving. If we can perfect these than we can actually take down countries like North Korea without fear of nuclear retribution
@jo gr I always find that so impressive. Twice in history, the prevention of World War III was the result of one person. Both times they made the right decision. Not only that, but they did it against opinions to the contrary within a collectivist society - Arkhipov didn't succumb to peer pressure, and Petrov didn't launch the nukes despite 5 nukes supposedly heading towards them. They also both knew it could hurt their careers. Their courage is honestly an inspiration to me even now, 58 years after the missile crisis and 37 years after Petrov didn't push the button.
"And his personal conflict... ended the world..."
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@Spicyleaves we know its just funny how he said right after that
It is a bit of a tonal shift.
Vladimir Putin
Billy?
What happened to Jimmy?!
JIMMY?!
#LookingforJimmy
Billy is Jimmy's grandpa. This is canon
AlternateHistoryHub canon:
Billy is the grandfather of Jimmy who traveled forward in time somehow and was able to play World of Tanks.
#LookingforJimmy
#LookingforJimmy
Didn't The Party make Jimmy an Unperson?
4:13 so Seattle is the only city left in America what a dark timeline
I guess that does mean grunge music is popular forever so maybe that’s a plus
I want more genres though
They wanted to make sure Grunge still happened.
Nothing but soyboys and overpriced coffee.
And no Hardbass :(
Alaska and Hawaii exist too....
That intro was the bomb
Pun intended?
*Aaaaayyyyyy*
Lol
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@@nothingofinterest8048 what are you complaining about had you gone to White Castle it would have been worse😀😀😀😀😀
8:08. That edit was so chilling. Reminded me of that scene in Casino when Joe Pesci's voiceover was interrupted.
The fact this was a possible alternate timeline is terrifying. The amount of times the world almost ended In the last century is crazy
The fact that we have many more chances in the 21st century is terrifying. Every year seems that we are closer to large-scale conflicts, on top of climate and social problems.
And the worst is yet to come
Probably
I wonder how the Generals would’ve felt when they saw Nukes dropping everywhere, and them wondering “Is this my fault?”
Their generals they wouldn't really give a shit most of them are Glory Seekers.
No windows in their bunker lol
@@williamrobinson5859 *"What in God's name is that thumping sound?"*
I don’t know why they’d spend the last months of their lives playing the blame game
@@eric777100763 They're still people.
08:00 Wow. That caught me off-guard. I even fell right for the ‘only one active nuke’ lie from earlier. Such fantastic editing, well done.
If I remember correctly, it was Charles Xavier and the X-men that saved us from this crisis, especially after Magneto tried to shoot the missiles back.
Who is Magento
Dr.StickFigure whats an x men?
What the Fuck is a sonic??
Judging from the United States' 'common core curriculum' I believe most of our youth would actually believe that this is so.
And then Big Boss saved us after America was framed of have launched a davey crockett in USSR territory.
The US is confident that the Cubans are going to surrender as defense was small and...
BOOM
Excelent. Couldn’t have done it better
Depends on Castro. In Extra History, its mentioned that Castro had planned a Kamikaze plan (Sacrifices Himself to Force people kicking the bucket). Which means that this scenario would be likely.
As a Cuban i liked this
@heck yeah--I remember hearing that Castro wanted to make a pre-emptive strike of nuclear missiles on the U.S. mainland to forestall what he perceived to be an imminent invasion of U.S. forces. At that time, the Soviets had already deployed Luna battlefield nuclear missiles on Cuban soil, cocked and ready--The White House was unaware of this development. Had war broke out, nobody would be here making comments on TH-cam videos.
sami6291 Russia has nearly the same amount, plus North Korea, plus there are some hidden in Cuba son the US will be reduced to ashes
That BOOM.. though 🤣🤣🤣🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣
The tone made this video what it is. The music, the timing, the lack of jokes, everything was perfect. Please consider doing more stuff like this in the future.
Damn, that transition just made me feel weird
I know right?
That's like if I said a family member died only to then announce a new shop opening up around the corner. Kills the tension, mood and annoys/angers some people...
SuperDarthVader1 perfect analogy...now I don’t know whether to laugh or frown lol
SuperDarthVader1 i actually meant around 8:09 you can feel how everything was going fine and dandy, but then his sentence is just cut and all you hear is the nuke drop
Oh, I thought you talking about the ending. Apologies...
SuperDarthVader1 no need, cus i also completely agree with you, only wish he could have done a better transition at the end
I'm just going to say simply that thank God JFK was a levelheaded guy and cooled off the tensions
Friendly Neighborhood Neocon I hate communism as much as the next guy but ridding Cuba of communism is useless if everything good is wiped off the planet too.
Friendly Neighborhood Neocon to rid Cuba of communism Kennedy would have brought about the end of the world as we know it, I'd hardly call that the perfect opportunity
Michael Hill When you say "levelheaded" you mean after the bullet went through it right?
get rid of communism in Cuba. Good job! Now what about communism across the rest of the world...
yeah even if the nukes didn't fly which would be highly unlikely considering tensions were already high, the US still would have the other countries that are communist lovers.
Thank god for JFK
Michael Hill and Nikita Khrushchev
Short Answer: We all die
Justin Young nice
HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU EVERYWHERE
YOU GOT IN FUCKING YIAY
*Now you're here too?*
Friendly Neighborhood Neocon I hope your joking
Yay
"By holding a gun to everyone's head and calling it peace."
-Captain America
ellaborate
Agreed
I don’t get it
You mistaken peace with quite. - Ultron
@@proactiveomnipresentvessel6569 That quote is from Captain America: The winter soldier
You should have made this on Halloween. This is erie as hell.
Charmx Comment Section Hub(News, Facts, Polls, Shoutouts, Etc.) Yeah man. I feel uneasy amd its and night time
His video on "What if the Cold War Got Hot?" actually gave me chills. Way eerier than this one.
I agree, Cody should've made this a little sooner...
“Thousands of Americans are vaporized instantly”-that sounds so eery
Kolbreez the horror of weapons
Congratulations on that American education system. Eerie.
@sami6291 either you are insanely moronic or making a sick joke
@@kadafi4lyf It's both.
Not thousand
Millions
This would make an excellent RTS game! Someone kickstart that shit!
Salokin there is an rts its called world in conflict
That's great, but that's 1980s, i'd love a sequel though!
Salokin that's a great idea. So it starts with the survivors in a underground bunker but their water purifier chip broke and you have to find a new one for you and the survivors
Salokin Wargame:Red dragon is good of you want a good cold war RTS game
It's called Tropico - ah compadre!
Unfortunately, to quote Ultron in Age of Ultron with your remarks about this current time "I think you're confusing peace for quiet."
No, he's not. We're extremely peaceful right now.
We as in America or we as in the whole planet. The entire planet has never been at peace all at one time.
@@jamesayewale5695 and I'm David Beckham. There is conflict, just not between the main players.
@@lifedeath413 yep. The middle east, Africa, parts of south America parts of asia as well.
No we're not in peace. We're just prolonging the inevitable doom.
This was really well produced
You should do. A video on the world of the metro books!
Pajamapants Jack That would be amazing!!!
Pajamapants Jack I love both the books and the games, Glukovsky is such a great story teller
I'd enjoy that.
metro is BS, subway would be flooded since it is the deepest subway system in the world
Alexander Abdulov The Moscow Metro was actually built to be a bomb shelter, so no. Any other subway system, maybe.
The one time I've actually felt fear while watching Alt History Hub. Excellent video
That explosion sound effect gives me chills.
Argentina might have been OK. Maybe South Africa and Australia to. But anything in the northern hemisphere, just say goodbye.
Nuclear winter and social revolts because of both the death of crops and livestock and the economic collapse that a half of the world going poof would mean.
BMAN488877, sure, we produce food, but we'll have to make up for the death of crops thanks to the nuclear winter, rationing might help to overcome the situation, which doesn't mean the first years won't be tough on that subject.
And let's not forget the economic impact on this, economic sistems on the region will need to be reworked as dollar is now worthless, and all the money businessmen and corrupt politicians had in countries like Switzerland is now gone.
The industry will need to be rebuilt in order to start producing what can't be imported anymore, and I can tell you, people will revolt, they've revolted for less.
However, if governments manage to keep things stable (Which I can see happening, especially in countries like Chile, Argentina or Brazil), in 20 years or so life here won't be any different from today, perhaps even better.
On the other hand, since Britain was nuked and the British army no longer exists, Argentina can now claim the Falklands back.
@BMAN488877 actually no countries at that time couldnt even reach that far and russia was actually fairly calm about the situation so i dont think there leader would have nuked america and no country would really be left to nuke
they would be okay in the sense of: there are no real major strategic targets so no one in their right mind would nuke them
but nuclear fallot is a very real thnig that would lead ot famines
@@demo0831
The local Soviet Commander had release authority to deploy tactical nuclear weapons.
That fact was unknown to US war planners. Casto put tremendous pressure on the local
Soviet Commander to nuke the Americans forces who landed. Who knows if he would
have done so knowing his 20,000 man Soviet garrison would be immediately destroyed
under an American counter-attack and who knows that had tactical nukes been deployed in Cuba by both sides that each side would have taken a time out to head off a strategic
nuclear war.
You should do what if JFK was never president, and Nixon beat him. I wonder how the Cuban Missile Crisis would’ve played out with Nixon.
Jackson Taylor
Easy. This video, but with Republicans. That's not meant to be a modern political slam actually... The mid 20th Century Republicans were fervently anti-communist, (both parties were honestly, but the GOP literally made it basically their entire platform) and Nixon most definitely was not and is not known for being level-headed.
For what it's worth, had it alternately been LBJ, we probably get nukes slinging around as well. That man had a constant need to prove he had the biggest dick. LOL
Ben Allen
Here's another scenario: Khrushchev doesn't sent missiles to Cuba at all because he was afraid of Nixon.
@Mason DeLong Possibly, but it is also possible he would try and sneak it. No need to be afraid of someone if that someone doesn't even know your a threat until it's too late. Keep in mind that there were about 100 nukes we hadn't found.
Literally lol. He's pulled it out before
The Bay of Pigs Invasion had been planned under Nixon during the Eisenhower administration. If Nixon had been elected, the Bay of Pigs would not have failed and there would have been no missile crisis. Once the Mafia had reopened the casinos and bordellos in Cuba, Nixon would have become rich beyond the dreams of avarice on Mafia tribute. But then who knows if there would have been an Apollo program? Without it, we wouldn't be sitting here debating the issue on inexpensive home computers.
Wow, what a great video. The tone fit the video perfectly. Keep up the good work. I love your videos.
I like the book " resurrection day" by Brendan Dubois. Takes place in an alternate timeline where the Cuban crisis went hot.
I can recommend it. Read it for yourself
One like and I won't respect Belgium's neutrality.
Kaiser Wilhelm II liked this.
Whilhelm: ok say no more
Kaiser Wilhelm II liked this.
Wilhelm II: dalé
Edit: i just realized there was the same comment in comment threax
Show them who daddy is!
@MrJanizPetke you are what you eat, you asshole.
@MrJanizPetke congo kinda contradicts it.
Good thing President Kennedy had some competence.
He didn't just have competence and confidence he and kruschev knew that pressing that button would be their legacies
There was also a submarine that was the actual game changer and actually prevented nuclear war as well
thebahooplamaster Kennedy was the only good president
+thebahooplamaster He nearly ended the world!
Kennedy treated Marilyn Monroe like a hoe.
I think the world would be a lot colder than normal
Dam the Russian Winter ;-;
Movie Man yeah colder but we will be dead because a nuclear winter is the most devastating thing that could happen because that means the snow have radiation, the plants die, we won't get any sunlight and basically we will die for starvation or for radiation
Patroling mojave desert make you wish for nuclear winter
Chernobyl is pretty green though, some people even still live there, so maybe it wouldn't be as bad
Mushy Pork well because a lot of years have passed since what happened in Chernobyl and it wasn't total war, if it was a total war would be much more worse that what happened in Chernobyl because there's not a lot of radiation now there but if it is a total war and everybody is affected, radiation, cold, contamination and weather will be worse and there would be no green just death.
8:08
Goodnight Girl, I'll see you tomorrow
*falls
Billy? I thought we were Jimmy
#LookingforJimmy
Cody, I feel so betrayed :'(
it was kinda whorish to dump jimmy
1. What if the Kuomintang won the Chinese Civil War?
2. What if NATO accepted the Stalin Note of 1952?
3. What if the Watergate scandal never happened?
4. What if the Sunni-Shia split never occurred?
5. What if the Catholic-Orthodox schism never occurred?
6. What if India was not partitioned?
7. What if Brazil remained a monarchy?
8. What if Ian Smith won the Rhodesian War?
9. What if Italy joined the Central Powers?
10. What if oil was not discovered in the Middle East?
but Italy joind the Central Powers,
and then decided "Fu*k this sh*t I'm out!"
The Kuomintang would probably never get power in China again, they are so unpopular that they are losing support in the country THEY MADE.
1/2/3. No idea. 4. The Islamic world would be more internally united, perhaps even preventing the Israeli conquests of Palestine. 5. Not sure. 6. There would be a very strong separatist movement from the Muslims in Bangladesh and Pakistan, and it's doubtful they wouldn't have eventually won. If the nation somehow remained united, it could potentially become a major industrial and economic power similar to China. 7/8. Dunno. 9. WWI would've been a much more balanced fight, but I still think the allies would've won. 10. On one hand, many of the wars in the region wouldn't have happened. On the other hand, it would be a much poorer and economically weak part of the world, similar to Africa.
Really want to see number 7
Donnie Melton You are a moron.
I gotta say. I really liked this different tone of a video, it really gives us a more real feel for what could of have happened and it makes it feel like your really there. Great Job!!
Some inaccuracies. First, the Soviet IRBMs were basically upgraded V-2s fired from open pads. They were very vulnerable to air and missile attack. Second, the Soviet Union did not really achieve the ability to destroy the US with nuclear weapons before 1968. In 1962, the Soviets had a handful of ICBMs launched from pads and a couple hundred bombers able to make a one-way trip to the US. The only other weapon that could threaten the US was a nuclear armed torpedo that could attack ports. In 1962, the US and Canadians not only maintained the most sophisticated early warning and air defense command system ever deployed, it was supported by hundreds of all-weather, radar and missile equipped interceptors and thousands of surface to air missiles across the US. Soviet ICBMs and IRBMs had accuracy problems, which required large, single RV warheads. Few, if any bombers would get through. The ICBMs would destroy perhaps twenty US cities. This is not insignificant and would be quite damaging. But on the other end, over a thousand SAC heavy (B-52) and medium (B-47 and B-58), supported by a hundred or so British medium bombers and a couple hundred USN and RN nuclear armed light carrier based bombers would hit the USSR. The USSR had over a thousand fighters, but most were day, point defense aircraft. They had thousands of SA-2 and SA-1 SAMs but they had to cover a much larger area than the US and Soviet tech was barely better than German WW2 sir defenses. This doesn't include the hundreds of US and NATO IRBMs and tactical missiles and a couple thousand US and NATO nuclear equipped fighter-bombers. Europe would be hit hard with the Soviet IRBMs and light and medium bombers, perhaps as hard as Germany in WW2 but with mostly nuclear weapons, though the Soviets still hadn't miniaturized their warheads or improved manufacturing processes so at this point they had far fewer bombs. But the USSR and China would cease to exist as organized societies. What would be left for the US and NATO to occupy? Mostly people and places far from the industrial, military and population heartlands. The number of weapons used would create a limited and temporary shadow and radioactive clouds and rain, but not to the extent feared by this video, which is really based on the MAD situation that arose in 1968 when both asides achieved nuclear destructive equivalence. 1962 was probably the last point in history where someone might actually fight and "win" a nuclear war.
The scary part? For the people alive in this alternate 2021 it's quite possible their future would look quite better than ours do today... :-(
@@henrikgiese6316 did you really just say that like would be better if the whole world was nuked
@@spidermonkeynuts3851 If the whole world was nuked, no. But the USSR didn't in fact have all that many nukes in '62, as Michael point out above.
So while it would have been horrible disaster _in_1962_ and for people living in or near Russia, for the ones farther away things would quite possible get better than it did IRL.
As is it's quite likely Russia, the USA, or possibly China will push the button within 50 years pretty much ending humanity. If that button had been pushed in '62 I'd say that would be extremely unlikely to happen again - a couple of 100 million dead would be a pretty strong reminder.
Yeah I agree. I also think it's unlikely the conflict would have escalated to a global scale.
Recall that for much of the cold war, the Soviet military doctrine assumed that nukes were only to be used in specific circumstances. The Soviets (probably correctly) assumed that NATO was bluffing, and that "an attack against one" would not be "an attack against all." No state in Europe had any incentive to engage in a nuclear exchange with the USSR due to an attack against a fellow member. It would have been suicide. Similarly, the USSR, as stated by Michael Snyder, would have been extremely disadvantaged in an exchange with the US (even if just the US acted alone). Thinking at the time (especially for the Soviets) was that there were only two ways the nukes were to be used: (1) by a nuclear state against non-nuclear state(s) that could not retaliate in kind, or (2) by one nuclear state to defend against a full-scale attack by another state (nuclear or conventional).
If the Soviets were to respond to the invasion of Cuba, it is likely that response would have been limited to an invasion of West Berlin with purely conventional forces. At worst, the Soviets may have tried to seize the whole of West Germany (or the conflict may have spilled over into the West due to more bad decisions from the Kennedys if that's the scenario we're running with). In this case, the Soviets may use a few nukes to bottleneck US troops and delay US reinforcements in Germany, but it isn't likely they would actually drop the nukes on US positions and bases, as that would be too risky and could invoke full-scale US retaliation. The Soviets assumed that Poland would possibly fall to a similar nuclear fate by US / NATO bombing, as the open Polish plains were the best land route into Western Europe from the East, and the Soviets decided in the early 1950s that such a contingency was not worth reacting with a full nuclear exchange. NATO at this point, I suspect, would have fallen apart for the reasons outlined above. None of the NATO partners would have backed further escalation and confirmed the utter destruction of the European continent with an all-out nuclear exchange. "A nuke for a nuke" is not a feasible policy. NATO states would have likely began negotiations to resolve the crisis (unilaterally or as a whole), even if the Kennedys were pushing for total war against the Warsaw Pact. Even in our timeline, President Diefenbaker of Canada was quite impatient with Kennedy when the Cuban Missile Crisis had emerged, as he felt that he was not kept sufficiently informed by the Americans and that the Kennedys were prodding the world towards war without appropriately consulting other world leaders.
Meanwhile, in the Western Hemisphere, I find it hard to believe that the 100 tactical nukes deployed there would have actually been useful to the Cubans, who didn't really have a delivery method for them in 1962. Cuban troops hadn't even been trained how to use them as of their withdrawal in late 1962. As a nuclear state fighting for its survival, Casto's regime **could** have been willing to use these devices under the circumstances, but it's really not likely that they had the ability. Additionally, the Cubans would have been probably acting alone, as the USSR would have likely opposed the Cubans making last-ditch nuclear attacks which would jeopardizing global stability and condemn the 60,000 Soviet soldiers stationed there to their deaths. Perhaps Cuban nukes could have been used to delay US advances by blocking the mountainous passes of Cuba and creating fallout. Or perhaps they would have been used as suicide devices, left behind with a small number of Cuban troops for US troops overrun, then detonated to inflict casualties on US personnel. However, the idea that they would rain down on advancing US forces is unlikely, and detonation of the weapons on Cuban soil is at best a double edged sword. The single IRBM that was ready posed a significant threat if not eliminated by US air attacks, and may very well have been launched at any city on the Eastern seaboard including DC. If time had been provided for a buildup of US military personnel in advance of the invasion, perhaps there could have even been a handful of IRBMs in operation. But even then, I find it unlikely that the US would have chose to escalate with a full-scale nuclear exchange with the Soviets, as the US would have sustained additional losses (several orders of magnitude greater) in an all-out exchange. It is most likely the US would have detonated its own devices only on Cuba in such an event. Furthermore, from the Cuban perspective, none of its potential nuclear options would do anything to guarantee the survival of the Cuban regime; if anything they would hasten it, and the Americans would use their arsenal to level what remained of the island. To ensure their survival, the Cubans would have been far better served to attempt to work out a deal with the US (and the USSR) rather than use its nuclear weapons. And, again, even if an exchange occurred in Cuba, the Soviets we not going to be eager to bomb the USA in Castro's defense, because the Soviets themselves would also fear US retaliation (it wasn't worth the price of a US nuclear attack on the USSR, and it wouldn't change Cuba's fate).
In short, a peaceful deal, whether initiated by Kennedy or any of the other parties involved, was the most logical outcome. Everyone had little to gain from a nuclear exchange of any magnitude, with nearly everything to lose. This would only become more apparent the more nuclear weapons were used. Conflict, if initiated, would have been short, limited in scope and scale, with nuclear exchange only likely in Cuba, Germany, perhaps Poland, and (at the very worst) a few Eastern US cities. While it is frequently heralded as the time the world almost ended, I have always had trouble believing that this was a reasonable possibility. It was a serious situation, but not nearly as grave as it is often portrayed. It gets a lot of attention largely because Kennedy was basically martyred 13 months later, but JFK's role in the whole thing I believe is very frequently exaggerated, and certainly not the only thing that prevented complete nuclear annihilation.
Cody did say USA would technically win the war. Implying that the country wasn’t annihilated.
Cody, your content can get a HUUUGE sponsorship from Paradox the gaming studio.
They published Hearts of Iron 4 for example, a rts in which you can change how WW2 goes, making Germany democratic for example and fighting against the Russians with the allies.
Rib iar Firstly its more of a grand strategy series than rts. And secondly that would not be profitable for paradox.
??
i think the idea would be that he would be able to create alternate history settings for their games
AARs
I absolutely LOVE the feel of this one. VERY effective in bringing across the horror of the situation.
And the situation was FAR worse then we ever realized at the time: look up the "Intruder in Duluth" incident (October 26 1962, while we were at DEFCON III for the crisis) where, due to a wrongly wired intruder alarm, bombers were actually scrambled to initiate a nuclear bombing run on Russia. It was only discovered JUST AS THE PLANES WERE ON THE RUNWAY ABOUT TO TAKE OFF, and standard procedure was to maintain radio silence while on this mission - only the command center sending a car out to literally chase the lead plane down saved the world.
"The nukes would fly. Millions would die"
Poetic dude...
R.I.P. to the best intro on this channel. The music was so fitting
Do you know what the song was called?
@@andre-yv9sySantiago de Cuba
Well, that was depressing
Thank you JFK. For quite literally saving the world.
Coysgub its quite a bit sad that a person like trump now rules the us soil...
minutemen soldier The implication of that statement being what exactly ? That Trump is going to start WW3? lol people are fed so much fake news nowadays, it’s hilarious. Let’s look at the facts shall we? The 2 issues that currently trouble the USA in this context are ISIS and North Korea. Neither of these exist because of Trump, and both grew stronger under Obama’s watch.
So you ask, what has Trump done about these threats? Has he launched the nukes? Sent the invasion force? Declared War?
The answer is No. ISIS pretty much no longer exists, due to a much needed aggressive strategy from the White House. North Korea is another matter all together. Trump has two choices, ignore them, like the useless Obama did, and let them grow stronger, or oppose their activities with the strongest means possible outside of War. Thankfully, Trump Chose the later.
Do some independent research before making ridiculous comments. Whenever anybody mentions a past US president, there is always some sad little snivelling cunt, who can’t resist being like “Trump is a bad man......my my my feelings are hurt” 😭
Grow up snow flakes. He isn’t perfect, but Trump is what the west, not just America, needed. A shot in the arm for the SJW’s and leftist crooks.
Thank you, and here is a bullet for your contribution.
Civil - Anarchist ISIS was already beginning to fall BEFORE Trump was elected. Have you ever heard of the Battle of Mosul?
The Syrian Army and the Iraqi Army were the ones doing most of the fighting. You're just trying to take credit. If you think Trump defeated ISIS, you're sadly mistaken.
In fact, Trump lost the right to claim that he's fighting "radical Islamic terrorism" *the second he gave $110 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia (the world's state sponsor of terrorism).*
Also, "Grow up snow flakes"? You throw tantrums and cry "Fake news!" whenever someone criticizes Trump. *You are in no position to call ANYONE "snowflakes".*
Does the truth hurt? You have offered no substance in your answer at all.
Please do a video on if Britain won the Irish war of independence and Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom
The Banter King wouldn't matter. The EU would still take over. Ireland as a country is dead.
Yeah 100% agree Ireland is a dead country the government is weak and corrupt and Catholicism is still a big part within the Government and the people
We would simply have kept struggling until the yoke of British oppression was thrown off as so many other countries have dispensed with flying the 'Butchers Apron' (Union Jack). Ireland would still retain her unique culture as it does today and develop as it has into a successful secular state that is an example for all with the intelligence to see.
Question, as a Brit who is A) Only told the history that makes the UK look good, and B) Not all that up to snuff on my History, how did it earn the name "Butcher's Apron"?
John Flynn lmao successful state, good one
Cody: What if the Cuban missle crisis went hot
Me: Everyone goes *Oof*
What would happen if the Christmas truce extended to the point where: soldiers, captains and pilots decided that they had enough war and they wanted to go home I'm talking about a complete defection the captains of the Dreadnought decide to return to their homes the pilots fly their airplanes back to their homes the and the soldiers simply get up and return to their homes on all fronts they all collectively decided to say: f**k war I will go home.
Short answer, never would've happened. Anyone who DID try that irl was shot.
TheSilentKing The same talking point of "would never happen" is irrelevant to one's imagination. Alt Hist Hub has done far more ludicrous.
TheSilentKing that is not true remember that I am talking about a complete desertion of the army, the navy and the air force. trying to execute so many soldiers would be impossible
Grand cato Again, impossible. The Christmas Truce wasn't a huge organised thing that happened across the whole front. It occured in a handful of isolated sections. Furthermore, by this point too many resources had be committed to simply 'stop' without HUGE uproar. Many wanted to keep fighting. Plus there's the French Army, the German army, Serbia, Russia and Japan you have to account for.
Triatomic Ai Watch his video about the Texan Revolution
What if Prussia was never disolved by the allies
Mic Clank boring
Yes please!!
Mic Clank that'd be cool haha
Not much of a difference. Germany loses it's colonies, has to pay reparations, and is humiliated.
Wasn't Prussia basically de-facto abolished by the Nazis before that?
This generation's last words if the bombs fell: "Its gonna be lit in 30 seconds bruh!"
Erick Dominguez and then they just didn't say anything for 30 seconds? Sounds unrealistic. Or did the miscalculate how long it would take for the bomb to drop?
Agreed. Nuclear war sounds lit af. Lmao
🤣🤣🤣
That intro tho, is haunting.
It gives me the creeps.
Wait, I thought you said the Stanislav Petrov 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident was the closest we have ever gotten to eradicating humanity
Probably Dylan this was probably the next biggest
We have been very blessed. Multiple miracles have allowed our country to continue.
Alicia Bell World more like.
By that time the missiles advanced to the point where no part of the globe couldn't be reached. In the early 60's bombers were still a vital part of a nuclear deterrent plan.
For luck, nobody have the madness enougth for finish the humanity...for now
Do a video about what if nukes were never invented and ww3 begins with out nuclear warfare
I think he made that video long time ago, we would still use chemical and biological weapon, which is potentially as devastating to human life as nukes.
Vladimir Putin if nukes weren't made ww2 would still more then likely be on going
Both of you are incorrect, the war would've lasted approximately two years longer, with the only Axis power still existing being the Japanese imperials. We had a choice, to drop the bombs in an attempt to show Tojo, the Japanese emperor, that we could easily destroy the entire nation if given the choice. Most Americans were tired of fighting in an already intense war, so the bombs were dropped instead of keeping the war alive. If nuclear technology did not exist at this particular time, we would have invaded the main islands of Japan and fight until Tojo was either killed or captured. Neither him, nor his people were willing to give up and were unwilling to accept defeat, an example of this being a small group of about five Japanese soldiers being trapped in the Philippines who would continue to kill people who wandered near their campsite in the wilderness for nearly 20 years, and whenever someone would try to tell them that Japan surrendered, it would be thought to have been a trick by the allies to get the men to surrender. Millions more would end up dead as result, and is an even worse scenario than the droppings of the two bombs.
Thend Music Tojo was not the emperor Hirotiohto was. But maybe you got it wrong.
Thend Music Operation Olympia as it was called by MacArthur
What if the Suez Crisis went hot?
What if the Meiji Restoration never happened?
What if one of the Rainbow Plans(War Plan Red) happened?
What if Y2K really happened?
What if the aerophile from Hero industrialized the Roman Empire?
What if Napoleon won?
What if the Tunguska Event had hit a major city(Berlin, for instance)?
What if the Second Bill of Rights passed?
I can keep going.
What if Trotsky had not been assassinated?
What if Huey Long had not been assassinated?
He already did what if trotsky was in charge instead of stalin
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Y2K happened, though it were just glitches here and there
@@iasimov4195 he did the Trotsky one and guess what, there's isn't much difference
Seriously after the chilling speech at the end, I ran to look outside and make sure everything was normal
Only 50s kids will remember this
Normie
@@Perririri Replying to a 2 year old comment and still using the word normie. I smell virgin
Cons: Possible Destruction of the world
Pros: Maybe no more Florida?
Obscurity worth it
Obscurity hey I like Florida HOW DARE YOU
I wish I could angry react this
pros: real life fallout
Kameron Jones only worthwhile if Alabama is also nuked
War... War never changes
War has changed
@@poserdragon719 sure the tactics and machinery of war had changed but the reason for war land resources prestige all of that stayed the same
And the loss of life
@@charadreemur1804 you know it's a fucking meme at this point to quote fallout whenever nukes are mentioned in something serious?
As defense is small and *BOOOM*.
Im writing a book about this scenario
TedBacon12 Really?
TedBacon12 beat me to it
I think that the X-Men helped out with ending the Crisis
badgerman That damn Magneto.
That was only in the sci-fi film, X-Men: First Class.
badgerman huh!!!!
Kaden Vanciel - Well done
Kaden Vanciel No duh
Holy crap well done on this video! :D
Zis is Berd you
The Feeling when the Nuclear alarm siren test just went on whíle watching this :D
Love this new tone
"...ended the world"
*Cuts to silence*
HEY GUYS, WORLD OF TANKS HAPPY TIMES!
Personally, I think this was one of the best videos you've made. I consider myself a jaded person, but that sudden pause brought the impact. Hats off to ya mate
"BOOM"
As the alien who had spent thousands of years studying humanity slowly shakes his head in sadness as he types "Humanity extinct" on his computer.
Tactical Nuke Incoming
Bomb has been planted.
Strategic Launch Detected
IT'S OVER!!!
NO! ITS MORE LIKE ''ENEMY NUKE INCOMING IS OVER'' MW2 LOL
WestCrook *Nuclear launch detected*
Love the Fallout style intro :D
What if AHH videos weren't deleted for no good reason?
#WhereisJimmy
AHH?
The channel youre on.
TEN OUT OF TEN
Ādams Vizulis
Alternate
History
Hub
That intro it's so perfect, reminds the Fallout intros. I love it.
Well this is creepy
Cody, I think you got the title of this video wrong. It should be What if the Cuban Missile Crisis had Gone Sexual.
Red Love Cuba is all like, "bro, it's just a prank, dude there's a camera over there!".
Kievan Rus LoL XD 😂🔫
Rehan Zainul Abdeen (ALMOST ARRESTED) (NOT CLICKBAIT)
Red Love Only fools dont wrap their tools
As one of your oldest fans, I would just like to say I'm so proud of you. Throughout the years your videos have gotten so much better, and this I think is one of your best. The cinematic, anecdotal style to this video is frankly amazing, and gave me goosebumps From those old silent Power-Points to this amazing bone-chilling narrative, you have improved so much, and truly put yourself in the position to be one of TH-cam's best creators. . Keep doing what you're doing, and the sky's the limit.
This is probably one of your best episodes
The fallout 5 lore looks good
AlphaxAlex definitely preordering this one
Can you please do a video on would if the British won the American Revolution?
Kahn Family th-cam.com/video/6RN8kft-2wo/w-d-xo.html
I think they have
Yup he already did
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That isn’t really a video on if the British won the revolution- it’s if the revolution never started. The title is misleading.
Code geass
I loved the 50s-60s vibe you have in your more serious videos. Keep up the great work!
You seem to be forgetting the rest of the world, and that MAD was already known about then. Kennedy wouldn’t launch nukes unless the soviets did, and the Soviets wouldn’t unless Kennedy did. Also Seattle, as you mentioned would be fine, along with the rest of the world.
Kepler Burger Soviet battle field commanders in Cuba where authorized to use tactical nukes if the US invaded trust me it would’ve happened if Kennedy had of listen to his generals and invaded.
Tee Money They did Not, both sides had strict orders to only fire nukes if the other country did not, as evident because the USSR only bit the nukes there because of american missiles in turkey.
blukeyify How would that happen? The population of the USA then was less than 100million, and no crop failure could accur, ass nothing would cause it
@@remenencenda768 in 1962 the population of the usa was over 150 million
Well not really Gwinnett Technical the Soviets would never fire if the United States didn't fire both sides would probably just be even more worried both sides know good and well the consequences of a nuclear war someplace that both sides would just wait until the other person strikes first
Seeing some of the comments on this video about being in the fallout games, I can do no better then to quote a book by Yahtzee.
"Unlike you people, I have no illusion as to my usefulness in an actual apocalypse. The best I can hope for is to die in a pose which confuses future archaeologists."
I'm sure Cody's parents would have been fine, can't think of many military targets in Ohio. Granted no one would have invented the internet after the nuclear war, but he can still use paper. And his first video would have been "What if the Cuba Missile Crisis Had Gone Cold?"
Actually Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio is probably one of the most prominent military targets in North America for an enemy.
No, I think Omaha is a bit more important.
Actually, we (as in Ohio) are one of the top 25 nuclear targets in the country. Putting aside even Wright Patterson, we have one of the last R&D as well as production facilities for the M1 Abrams tank in the world.
Cincinnati would have been obliterated.
Finally Billy gets his own drawing
The choice of music in this video makes this scenario more eerie and serious. This in turn makes the video more interesting knowing that this could’ve easily been our reality.
We'd be playing the fallout series in real life 👍😁
Le Godfather frog lol true
Le Godfather frog nah you'd be dead. Or you would wish to be so.
Sorry to break the illusion, man ; )
Aart Bruneel chill man that's not what I'm after, but it's just realistic, that's all. No need to be rude, we live in peaceful times after all!
Not quite. The fusion warheads that would have been used in this scenario produce a lot less fallout than the ones used in the Fallout backstory. While the direct impact would be worse, the aftermath wouldn't be quite as bad.
9:43 I find it interesting that you used that photo. That photo is of the remains of National Geographic photographer Reid Blackburn's car. He was unfortunately caught up in the eruption of Mount St. Helens in May 1980. When Mount St. Helens erupted, it did so with the force of a 2 megaton nuclear blast. While they're slightly related, the results are similar.
Amazing intro
What is the name of that Cuban song though?
Liam Stevens but who made it
The name is santiago de cuba by benny moré
I hope it helped 😁
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Idk why, but somehow, that 0:20 cuban music really fits with the clip.
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My grandmother lived in Cuba during the Crisis. She thought not much of it.
It's really chilling to see how one man's decision could've saved or destroyed human history.
"450 Historically Accurate Tanks"
Is this a part of Alternate History as well?
I love the fact you used the music from DEFCON in this.
A very different JFK.
Kaiser Wilhelm Kaiser your still alive during JFK presidency
Kaiser Wilhelm and even now
What if germany was disolved after ww1 like france wanted it
Ww2 wouldn't have happened
@@anemu3819 world war 2 may be would never happen but what follow is more gruesome than war, the Germans total ethnic genocide because the Germans no longer have a country to protect them and post war hatred could cause them to do harm to the undefended Germans,
@@trihermawan9553 all the new german states would probably be heavily monitored if france got their way and fully dissolved germany
@@anemu3819 exactly the French lost a war to Germany at one point well it was Prussia at the time they just fell so bitter that they were basically a sore loser they only did that because they wanted to insert that they are the most powerful country in Europe Germany was picking up speed and had a high risk of becoming the new European superpower basically it was mostly greed
Wait would it be like the HRE kind of desolve into multiple small states or would it be controlled by other nations
4:18 Vigilo Confido, Commander.
And the price of real estate in the Southern half of Australia goes through the roof! Ah, it's nice to be in the bottom part of the Southern Hemisphere!
What was the Cuban song at the start of the video? it is not in the description.
*EDIT* I found it, it is called Santiago de Cuba by Benny More.
well done
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Just what I was searching for!
10:22 way to ruin the moment Cody. It as getting all deep and stuff, then, OH, BY THE WAY DID YOU HEAR ABOUT
Thank God Professor X managed to prevent Erik from doing his thing.
My grandfather was a civilian in Miami during the crisis he said there was not a minute without planes preparing for invasions.