What If WW2 Was REENACTED In The Modern Day? 

4:40 Cool detail that Mexico was the only nation to protest China, since Mexico was also the only nation to protest the German annexation of Austria back in 1938

Love the occasional "mask slipping" where you used "Italy" for Russia and "Japan" for Iran. Well done!

"Therapist: Putino Mussolini doesn't exist, he can't hurt you" Putino Mussolini:

This is a very creative idea. The way the players connect between real history and this allegory is pretty clever. The most obvious ones are, of course: China - Third Reich Russia - Fascist Italy Iran - Imperial Japan Japan - Great Britain South Korea - France USA - USA India - USSR The less obvious, but still easy to connect are: Afghanistan - Korea North Korea - Vichy France Pakistan - Finland Arabia - China Israel - Philippines Stanistan - Yugoslavia Taiwan - Austria Iraq - Manchuria Bhutan - Czechoslovakia Nepal - Poland Ukraine - Ethiopia Belarus - Albania But these, the ones that require a bit of thought to connect, are very clever: Europe - Africa Finland and Scandinavia - Greece Myanmar - Romania Thailand - Hungary Southeastern Asian states- Norway and Denmark Uzbekistan - Croatia Kazakhstan - Serbia Uyghuria - Israel Mongolia - Switzerland Kaliningrad - Libya Russian unsuccessful attack of Moldova and Georgia - Italian unsuccessful advance in North Africa Caucasia - Bulgaria

Ukraine = Ethiopia Iran = Japan Taiwan = Austria Bhutan = Czechoslovakia India = USSR

I love all of these shuffled roles, and then you’ve just got the US showing up to a costume party dressed as itself.

As impossible as this scenario was, there were chunks that just sounded too real

I love how many obscure nation references from ww2 are in this like, Uzbekistan being the Croatia equivalent, or Myanmar being the Romania equivalent. I also like the "Mask slipping" you did every now and again. I am honestly impressed, good job!

Sounds like the backstory for a late 2000s- early 2010s first person shooter game. I love it

“Silk Curtain” and “Glacial Conflict” had me dying 😂

This is so good! Even India was USSR, Pakistan was Finland, and Indochina was Scandinavia and Thailand-Myanmar were Romania-Hungary. Brilliant!

This is my favorite scenario you've made, this was so fun! Cast: USA: USA China: Germany Russia: Italy Iran: Japan Japan: UK South Korea: France North Korea: Vichy France India: Soviet Union Afghanistan: Korea Iraq: Manchukuo Pakistan: Finland Myanmar: Romania Thailand: Hungary Arabia: China Taiwan: Austria Bhutan: Czechoslovakia Nepal: Poland Ukraine: Ethiopia Belarus: Albania Bangladesh and Sri Lanka: Baltics Indochina: lowlands Vietnam: Netherlands Malaya: Denmark Borneo and Philippines: Norway EU: North Africa Scandinavia: Greece Central Asia: Yugoslavia Caucasus: Bulgaria Israel: Philippines Egypt: India Turkey: New Guinea? Ugyhurs state: Israel Uzbeki Southern Stanistan: Independent State of Croatia Russian puppet: Italian Social Republic Mongolia: Switzerland Indonesia: Sweden Ethiopia: Iran Mexico: Mexico Events and other stuff: Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Second Italo-Ethiopian war Eurasian Bond: Axis Iran annexing Afghanistan: Annexation of Korea Iranian Invasion Of Iraq: Invasion Of Manchuria Persian Gulf "incidents": Mukden Incident Full Scale invasion of Arabia: Second Sino Japanese War Arab United Front: Chinese United Front Nuke on Riyadh: Nanjing Massacre Medina as the new capital: Chonqing Government Invasion of Taiwan: Anchluss Random Mountains to China: Munich Conference Japanese PM peace: Neville Chamberlain Yi-Yashankar Pact: Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Invasion Of Nepal: Invasion of Poland India annex Myanmar Coast: Annexation of Bessarabia Monsoon War: Winter War Invasion of Indochina: Invasion of the lowlands Thailand joining and getting a peace of Myanmar: Second Vienna Award and Hungary joining the Axis Invasion of Malaysia and the Philippines: Operation Weserübung Cyber Attack: Blitzkrieg Evacuations at Busan: Evacuations at Dunkirk Unification of Korea under Lil Kimmy: Occupation Of France and Vichy France Battle of Japan: Battle of Britain EU vs Russia: North African Campaign Finland vs Russia: Greece humiliating Italy Joint Chinese Russian Invasion of Central Asia: Invasion of Yugoslavia Europeans out of Scandinavia: Invasion of Greece Invasion of India: Operation Barbarossa Battle at Mumbai ---> Modikashba : Battle of Stalingrad US embargo on Iran: US embargo on Japan Iranian surprised attacks on Israel: Pearl Harbor attack Mediterranean Theater: Pacific Theater Russia and China vs US: Germany and Italy vs USA Feable Ice Crown of Eurasia: Europe's Soft Underbelly Pakistan joins Operation Barbarossa: Continuation War Invasion of Russia: Invasion of Italy Russian Revolution: Italy switching sides Rescue of Putin: Rescue of Mussolini Stalemate at Urals: Stalemate in Italy Hour Of Judgement: D-Day Other fronts: Operation Dragoon? Suicide of Xi Jinping: Death of Hitler Surrender of China: Surrender of Germany Battle of Kurdistan: Battle of Okinawa? Orbital Bombardmen on Iran: Nukes on Japan Surrender of Iran: Surrender of Japan Iran Supreme Leader: Emperor of Japan Glacial Conflict: Cold War USA vs India: USA vs USSR Silk Curtain: Iron Curtain Division of Afghanistan: Division of Korea Non-Ba'athist rebels: CCP Arabian Civil War: Chinese Civil War Occupation of China: Occupation of Germany East China: West Germany 2113: 2023

11:54 I like how you just stopped the allegories and called Japan Britain

This is incredibly creative LMAO. I had honestly not seen a scenario play like this. you proove that alternate history scenarios dont have to be realistic to be fun.

00:00 Introduction 00:10 Putin as Modern Mussolini 00:27 Historical Parallelism 00:53 Ukraine Conflict 01:46 US Isolationism 02:04 Iran's Expansion 03:28 China's Aggression 07:51 India's Nuclear Weapons 09:16 Eurasian Bond 11:42 Russia's Revolution 17:05 World War 3 Conclusion 20:38 Post-war China 21:13 Glacial Conflict

Japan: UK South Korea: France India: USSR Pakistan: Finland China: Germany Iran: Japan Russia: Italy Bhutan: Czechoslovakia Nepal: Poland Myanmar: Romania Thailand: Hungary Serbia: Spain Mongolia: Switzerland Central Asia: Yugoslavia (I think) Afghanistan: Korea Bangladesh: the Baltics

Can you do a similar one but with WWI instead of WWII, that would definitely be fun

The amount of nukes launched in this video is enough to blow up the moon.

Holy shit, the parallels!! As a South Korean this surely is an ‘oui oui baguette’ moment for me lol

The meeting of China with Japan and South Korea where they discussed the fate of the Himalayas is just like the meeting of Hitler with the UK where they discussed the fate of Czechoslovakia. This whole scenario is so creative!

The reveal of orbital bombardment was honestly a surprise.

Ww1: Austria-Hungary: “so we’re fine, as long as nobody provoked the United States.” Germany: “question.” Austria-Hungary: “what’s the question, Germany?” Germany: “I provoked the United States.” WW2: Germany: “so we’re fine, as long as nobody provoked the United States.” Japan: “question.” Germany: “what’s your question, Japan?” Japan: “i provoked the United States.” WW3: China: “so we’re fine, as long as nobody provoked the United States.” Iran: “question.” China: “what’s your question, iran?” Iran: “I provoked the United States.”

A reenactment of WWI would actually go really well in the modern day actually since most countries would fit very well too For example: US: British empire (Both were the most powerful country, have great naval supremacy) China: German empire (New superpower, authoritarian, new leader is more aggressive than the previous leader to the point that the new leader fires the old leader) EU: US (isolationist but somewhat align to US/Britain) India: Russian Empire (most populous nation, somewhat of a rival with China/Germany that is seen as going to eclipse China/Germany) Japan: France (expansionist during WWII/Napoleonic war and hated by US/Britain in the past, but now is an ally of US/Britain, and is an arch enemy of China/Germany) Russia: Austria-Hungary (Known to be the "sick man of Europe", was a powerful nation in the past but now a junior partner of China/Germany)

China = Germany Russia = Italy Japan = Britain South Korea = France Taiwan = Austria Bhutan = Czechoslovakia Nepal = Poland Iran = Japan Arabia = China Nordics = Greece Europe = Africa maybe India = Soviet Union Iraq = Thailand Pakistan = Finland Philippines & Malaysia = Denmark & Norway Central Asia = Yugoslavia Caucasia = Bulgaria Burma = Romania North Korea = Vichy France Thailand = Hungary Afghanistan = Manchuria

wait a minute... does this lead to an infinite loop of sequential parallel world wars?

11:55 "The British still managed to hold out." Bit of a Freudian slip there, eh?

I wonder if the absurdity of this scenario would have been the same experience for people living in the 1930s learning about the events of WW2 before it happened 👀

IRAN: Empire of Japan arabs: China China: NoNO Germany India: USSR KOREA: FRANCE JAPAN: UK USA: still us I get it lol

Loving the video so far. You truly breathe life into the AH community and suggestion: What if everything went perfectly for Austria since Franz Joseph ascension in 1848

Reboots for a "modern audience" are never as good as the original

In this Scenario this is what I think young Historics do in the 2100s What if China Won WW3?- What if Germany Won WW2? Hearts of iron 6 - Hearts of iron 4 Woman in the high School - Man in the high Castle What if Iran Never Attacked Israel - What if Japan Never Attack Pearl harbor

One thing, Saudi Arabia’s capital would not become Medina Or Makkah, because in the Islamic religion, it is forbidden to make Medina or Makkah a capital of a nation, due to the fact that it would be bringing war to the holy cities, and the fact that only Muslims are allowed to enter the city, so diplomacy would be extremely difficult.

It always astonishes me how you always come up with new concepsts about Alternate History.

What if Sweden won the great northern war by crushing the Saxon Army at crossing of the Duna river and after the invaded a weekend Russia.

List of countries explained: (hopefully accurate) Russia - Italy China - Germany Ukraine - Ethiopia Iran - Japan Saudi Arabia/Arabia - China Taiwan - Austria Belarus - Albania EU - Greece/Africa? India - USSR Nepal - Poland Bhutan - Czechoslovakia USA - USA Japan - UK South Korea - France Afghanistan - Korea Iraq - Manchukuo Myanmar - Romania Thailand - Hungary Central Asia - Yugoslavia South Central Asia - Croatia Mongolia - Switzerland Pakistan - Finland Bangladesh - Baltic States Sri Lanka - Tannu Tuva Indochina - Denmark Indies - Norway North Korea - Benelux? Vichy France? Israel - Philippines Egypt - British Raj

Extended Timeline (Feel free to bounce off of this in the replies y'all): Bhutan would eventually split into two countries: Bhu, and Tan. Russian Caucasus and Siberia would gain independence. Ukraine would get some of Russias Caucasian land, but it would eventually rebel and gain independence. Iran would cede Qeshm Island to India, which secures Indias access to the Persian Gulf.

Did anybody notice how he accidentally said ''joint chinese-italian invasion'' at 11:18 ?

I understood what you meant when you said it would not be realistic, but I wasn't expecting it to be THIS unrealistic

Love the part where you say "a Vietnamese RU-vidr" as reference to you being dutch and in this timeline the Netherlands are Vietnam. Edit: if you didn't find it, 21:35

This is so much fun! The parallels are very clever and well done, and when you know your WW2 history it is a good laugh ^^ great video!!

Now next time, what if WW1 was reenacted in the modern day?

love how mongolia is just switzerland for this scenario

This made no sense but also totally fit in the most epic way. The ending made everything feel like a meaningful story. Everyone had to suffer, but the Japanese and the Koreans could finally find out what free time is while assembling weapons. I will probably have a fever by the night

This was legendary and so much tied to reality and history. Could you please do a second part on the Indian American cold war??

Ah yes, Mongolia: The Switzerland of Asia.

The amount of comparisons that can be made here with ww2 messes with my brain.

I love how Mongolia just stays neutral surrounded by the Asian block just like the Swiss

Did you notice they called it the Monsoon War, as opposed to the Winter War... although they're never gave a name for The Invasion that would be analogous to Barbarossa, Operation Sun-Tsu perhaps???

Well I guess I may as well look for some historical parallels Indochina- Norway and Denmark Uzbekistan - independent Croatia Thailand - Hungary Myanmar/Burma - Romania Philippines and Malaysia - Greece? Japan and s Korea - Britain and France Iran - Japan Iraq - Manchuria Arabian countries - Chinese united front Russia - Italy China - Germany Belarus - Albania Ukraine - Ethiopia Europe - Yugoslavia??? Or maybe north Africa?? Could also be British Commonwealth? Central Asia - Yugoslavia? Or Benelux? Caucuses - Bulgaria? Pakistan - Finland India - ussr Bhutan - Czechoslovakia Nepal - Poland Taiwan - Austria N korea - Vichy France Mongolia - Switzerland Israel - Pearl harbor or the Philippines Usa - usa Uyghurs - jews

In this world I would imagine Afghanistan getting split East-West, with West Afghanistan being a U.S. ally and East Afghanistan being an Indian ally. A war breaks out between each country, in which the fighting is very drawn out, until the U.S. forces get to the Indian border, which is when Saudi Arabia gets involved. The war ends in truce, and afterward West Afghanistan becomes a highly developed country with a strong economy, while East Afghanistan remains a highly oppressive, isolated state well into the 22nd century.

This is by far the most captivating & exciting video I've ever watched. The many times if watching all those WW2 history videos got me guessing which country represents which in this scenario. You my guy deserve a like 👍☺️

I liked the idea of the tactical nukes at the start of the timeline, but the silliest part so far is Iran just letting off a nuke for the hell of it lmao

Would love if there is a sequel to this one🔥 (what if the cold war was reenacted in the modern day?)

For anyone who didn't get the comparisons: China = Naughty Germany Russia = Italy India = USSR Iran = Japan

This video was awesome. Trying to catch all of the ww2 references was very fun

Today's situation in my opinion is more comparable to WW1 than WW2 except Russia which has a WW2 mentality

I love how the links are THAT strong that at 11:55 he says the British instead of Japanese

This was endlessly entertaining! I have always loved pondering about alternate history and drawing parallels throughout history and the present day. This was a real treat for me! Great work!

I like how he included 11:18 and 11:54 as easter eggs 😂

The Indian Union, The Japanese Empire, The 2nd republic of Korea, The Saudi United Front and America vs Russia, The Chinese Reich and the Greater Middle Eastern Co. Prosperity sphere

china= germany russia= italy iran= japan japan= uk south korea= france india= soviet union usa= usa pakistan= finland taiwan= austria bhutan= czech slovakia nepal= poland finland= greece ukraine= ethiopia arabian states= china vietnam= Netherlands laos= belgium cambodia= luxembourg malaysia and the philippines= denmark and norway thialand= hungary myanmar= romania turkey= burma kazachkstan= yugoslavia isreal= pearl harbor

Now we need a cold war what if, of course based around this timeline.

USA: So it's Glacial War but are you democratic or Communist? Soviet India: Well, That's Complicated.

This is the most creative video I’ve ever watched, Great job

I love how Europe was equated in importance to the North African theatre. Really speaks about EU policy and how irrelevant we are becoming in world geopolitics.

I like how Serbia just kind of sits there in the middle of a united supercontinent.

Here are the modern nations to what their ww2 counterparts: China : germany Russia : Italy Iran : Japan USA : USA India : Soviet Union Japan : UK South Korea : France Nepal : Poland Bhutan : Czechoslovakia Uzbekistan : croatia Kazakhstan : Serbia Stanistan : Yugoslavia EU : Greece Thailand : Hungary Myanmar : Romania Pakistan : Finland Afghanistan : manchukuo Iraq : mengukuo Bengladesh : Baltic States Arabia : China Caucasus nations : Bulgaria Israel :philipines Turkey : French indochina Egypt : British raj Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, : Denmark + Norway Taiwan : Austria Malaysia, Philipines : Netherlands, Belgium Brunei : Luxembourg Indonesia : Sweden Ukraine : ethiopia Belarus : Albania And I have no clue of what is North Korea’s counterpart is

Cold war 2 American-Indian Version hmmm.... intersting

Can't believe Stanistan survived into the modern day.

Also I'm pretty sure the leader of Japan said we'll fight them with the butt ends of broken Boba tea cups, because that's bloody well all we've got! Circa 2040

He literally made india the soviet union

East Asia: The Last Battle Xi Jinping: Greatest Story Never Told

I go with a more realistic one: Ch.1 Let's go team China Ch.2 America f**k yah Ch.3 Japan got nuked, sinking to the bottom of ocean Ch.4 Everyone nukes eachother Ch.5 Now it is year 2077, and the Fallout timeline just started

I loved Mongolia playing as switzerland

Funny thing is that among the 2. It's the Pakistanis who have a open to interpretation nuclear policy and a nuclear arsenal of a more tactical nature. Whereas India has said multiple times that its only maintaining a credible minimum yet affective deterrence as a second strike capability and having its arsenal be mostly of strategic nature. Also India is the only one who has shown any anti ballistic capabilities. Also unlike the Soviet troops before the ww2.. The Indian troops have actually performed well (being the largest volunteer force and not a conscripted army) and when it came to important wars actually outperformed the Pak army. *also Modi is a Prime Minister.

Inida is used as Soviet Socialist Republic

11:54 freudian slip

You always come up with interesting videos. Well done!

I just wanna say I'm going through a bad breakup and it's been killing me on the inside so I haven't been interested in any YT videos lately. BUT THIS, this video is so interesting and had my full attention the entire time watching, so good job for making a video so damn interesting lol

You really did a great job here!

I think this video was really neat, and very creative. I would have liked to see some more parallels for the Iranians/Japanese. The "Germans" and "Italians" got alot of semi-niche coverage, such as "Putin's" rescue from prison. But America's island hopping campaign barely got a mention except for the Kurdistan/Okinawa comparison, and there was no equivalence for the Ichi-Go offensive. Maybe as an alternative, have Iran conduct a surprise attack on Diego-Garcia to destroy American and British naval installations on the island, and conduct a massive naval invasion along the African coast, Madagascar, and the other island chains of the western Indian ocean. Then as America leads naval invasions of the Comoros islands, Madagascar, and Seychelles, Iran realizes it cannot either extract resources from its African holdings, or reinforce them by sea. So Iran launches a last ditch effort against the Arabian League to break across the Suez and down the Nile to link up mainland Iran with it's East African holdings. Just an idea

“The feeble ice crown of Eurasia” 😂😂

Wow, I loved this story. Surprisingly logical story. And these parallels are genius!

Japan, when fascist China tries to invade them: "Well well, how the turn tables"

I still cant get what Europe was supposed to be. My best guess is Greece. Edit: Europe was North Africa, it all makes sense now! Also, as a Croat i think its funny that Croatia got paralled to Uzbekistan.

Your channel is indredible you deserve over a million subscribers man!

This is the literal definition of “history repeats itself”

This was so so good. You really are the best alt history channel

I just love how even if China was supposed to represent Germany, they made their East Asian Co Prosperity Sphere Also as a Malaysian, if this were to happen IRL then China needs good luck to tighten it's grip over SE Asia as Southeast Asia is sooooo patriotic to the point so I'm willing to bet there would be so many resistance movements

This is one of the best alternate history(future) videos I have ever watched

Cast: China - Germany Russia - Italy Iran - Japan Bhutan - Czechoslovakia Nepal - Poland Pakistan - Finland India - Russia South korea - France Japan - UK USA - USA Taiwan - Austria

This… this idea is amazing

11:19 He calls Russia "Italy" by mistake

The thing witih mexico is, because mexico was the only nation who protested against the anschluss of austria, because of this the austrian government named a bursts in vienna “mexicon platzt”

Man can you do a video about ww-1 in modern day. Where China is German empire, Russia is Austria Hungary, Iran is Ottoman empire and North Korea is Bulgaria.

The History Channel at 3 AM:

I lobe how Mongolia=Switzerland wasn‘t Even mentioned.

The reason why south korea didnt attack china after they reoccupied manchuria is because they fear a communist revolt 😂

This could be an amazing idea for a Cold War after the World War

the end was so incredibly meta i love it