So I was curious about this question after watching a WW2 documentary

From the beginning of mankind, every human has the mental effect of ethanol consumption without the health effect of it.

How it affects each person varies, but assume every human is just one drink short of wasted at all times.

How is history affected?

Hello!

I'm a fan of history and coincedentally came up with the what if scenario, and then found this subreddit today.

I'm trying out a new daily, based on the same day in history, of an important event or milestone and how a different decision could've created a different outcome, and then at the end of the one minute video giving an update on the actual timeline and events that occured.

So it's a brief history lesson, a what if scenario that makes the imagination work, and a closure.

I released my first short today. I have already pre planned the next 2 weeks. But i'd like to have some feedback on the format or whether you think it's interesting enough to pursue...

Thanks

(Full disclosure: AI was used in researching the most interesting events of every day, and some elements of production)

First video link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zTUqk8HUQu8

En esta línea temporal alternativa, Japón no ataca Pearl Harbor en 1941, por lo que Estados Unidos permanece fuera de la guerra durante más tiempo. Sin embargo, en 1942, tras un ataque alemán contra barcos mercantes estadounidenses en aguas británicas, Estados Unidos entra en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Japón, siguiendo las órdenes de Alemania, comienza a bombardear la costa estadounidense, especialmente California, y ataca también Pearl Harbor. Estados Unidos se encuentra mal preparado para defender sus dos costas y sufre graves problemas de organización, mientras la guerra se extiende hasta territorio continental estadounidense.

Entre 1944 y 1946, México se alía con Japón con el objetivo de recuperar los antiguos territorios mexicanos perdidos frente a Estados Unidos. Ambos países ponen en marcha la Operación Río Bravo, que termina siendo un fracaso. Aun así, Japón consigue utilizar Baja California Sur como base para continuar sus operaciones militares en América.

En 1945, la guerra termina en Europa de forma similar a la historia real, pero el conflicto entre Japón y Estados Unidos continúa. Ese mismo año, la Unión Soviética invade Manchuria y derrota a las fuerzas japonesas en Asia continental. Como consecuencia, Japón pierde prácticamente todas sus colonias asiáticas, que son liberadas o pasan a estar bajo nuevas administraciones. Sin embargo, Japón continúa resistiendo en el Pacífico y en América. En esta línea temporal, el proyecto Manhattan nunca llega a desarrollarse, por lo que Estados Unidos no dispone de la bomba atómica.

Finalmente, en 1947, Japón y Estados Unidos firman un tratado de paz después de años de guerra y agotamiento. Japón consigue conservar varios territorios estadounidenses, entre ellos Hawái, California, Oregón y parte del estado de Washington, utilizando el río Columbia como referencia para delimitar su frontera(paralelo de Columbia). Estos territorios quedan bajo dominio japonés y pasan a formar parte de la llamada «América Oriental». A pesar de estas conquistas, Japón ha perdido la mayor parte de su imperio colonial en Asia.

En 1948, preocupados por la expansión japonesa, el Reino Unido, Canadá y Estados Unidos contemplan un nuevo ataque contra Japón para recuperar los territorios ocupados. Sin embargo, el plan es cancelado debido al agotamiento de las potencias occidentales y al elevado coste de iniciar otra guerra.

En las elecciones presidenciales estadounidenses de 1952, Adlai Stevenson derrota a Dwight D. Eisenhower. Estados Unidos continúa marcado por la pérdida de sus territorios y por el deseo de recuperar las regiones ocupadas por Japón. No obstante, en 1956, Eisenhower vuelve a ganar las elecciones y comienza una nueva etapa política, caracterizada por una mayor determinación para recuperar los territorios perdidos.

En 1957, Estados Unidos vuelve a entrar en guerra con Japón. Esta vez, las fuerzas estadounidenses consiguen recuperar California, Oregón y los territorios ocupados de Washington. También Baja California es ocupada por ambos bandos durante la guerra. Japón se ve obligado a abandonar sus posesiones continentales y a pagar indemnizaciones, pero consigue conservar Hawái, que permanece bajo dominio japonés.

Finalmente, en 1960, México recupera Baja California. Baja California Sur, que había permanecido bajo control japonés durante aproximadamente un año, y 3 bajo estadounidense.

Hypothetically, If you could go back in time 100, or 200 years with a piece of modern tech, knowledge or process that would be easily reproduceable with their current technology (Mobile phones and solar panels are out for that reason)

What would you give them in order to have the greatest positive impact on the human condition?

I listened to this podcast it was interesting

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/branching-point/id6823008651?i=1000797492933

What if at the Battle of the Chesapeake 1781, the French Admiral had told General Washington, “we are not supporting America because the British will sell us some supplies we need. You are on your own at Yorktown.” Where would we be now?

So in this scenario, Manfred von Richthofen, aka the Red Baron was never shot down and killed. Assuming his continued aerial combat had no effect on the outcome of the war, would he have supported the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler or would he have been opposed to them and supported measures like the Oster Conspiracy?

I know the King changed his mind about offering his cousin the Czar and his family assylum in Great Britain. He feared losing his own crown as a result.

I've heard a theory that his subjects might've reacted better if he instead sent the Romanovs to a Commonwealth country instead.

Assuming it didn't end as abruptly as it did in 1877 and it carried on for, say, another eight years (twenty years in total) was the unfortunate fallout in the Southern states against African Americans always going to happen?

Could the Union have done anything different to ensure African Americans had better security?

They were allies during one point in history, then became bitter rivals, most notably in 1969 when Golda won 56 seats in the Knesset which imfuriated BenGurion.

Who was more productive and better leader of Israel, for the Israelis.

And who showed more sympathy for Palestinians?

As far as I know they were both on the left wing, and despised the Menachem Begin who founded Likud party and mentor of Netanyahu. And were against the annexation of Gaza and WB and against "from Nile to Euphrates" because of millions of new Arabs under their control.

What we see today is that Israel went much more radical after Golda's era in 1974 until today.

Your thoughts?

Tired of all the German win Whats ifs. Germany was barely holding it together when it rolled into Poland. Lets get scenarios of Poland either putting Germany in a quagmire or forcing Germany to collapse.

What could have done it? What would 1940 look like with a defeated Germany ?

Point of divergence: 1856. Instead of stalling after taking Nanjing, Taiping forces push north and take Beijing; the Qing court flees to Manchuria. Hong Xiuquan's Heavenly Kingdom now holds the Chinese heartland.

Some threads to pull: - The Taiping were heterodox Christians who banned opium and foot-binding and preached communal land ownership. Does a victorious Taiping state enforce any of this, or does it simply become a new dynasty within a generation? - Foreign powers: Britain and France wanted trade and treaty ports, and historically turned against the Taiping late in the war. Do they accept a Taiping China, carve out spheres anyway, or back a Qing rump state? - Without a humiliated Qing stumbling into the 20th century, what happens to Japan's Meiji-era expansion? Is there still a First Sino-Japanese War in this timeline — and who wins it?

Genuinely curious how people see the internal stability question: the historical Taiping leadership tore itself apart in the Tianjing Incident of 1856 even while winning. Does victory fix that, or make it worse?

1961: B-52 crashes and the final switch triggers and the atomic bomb explodes over North Carolina. What would be the fallout, what else would've happened?

What if in the years after ww1, instead of the grouping act, there was an act unifying all railways in the British Empire? How would it change the course of history? what would the engines look like? Would it make the empire stronger? Would it even last 10 years?