tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641156604051232652024-02-20T11:00:33.281-06:00The Alternate HistorianMitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-78265007244360503332024-02-20T11:00:00.000-06:002024-02-20T11:00:01.871-06:00What If South America Invaded the United States? (A Call of Duty: Ghosts Plausibility Review)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9ODiU9Bimo" width="320" youtube-src-id="V9ODiU9Bimo"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Call of Duty: Ghosts changed things up a bit with the Federation of the Americas...but was it plausible?</span> <p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-81889892824479769442023-12-22T11:00:00.000-06:002023-12-22T11:00:12.543-06:00NEW VIDEO: What if the Christmas Truce Ended the First World War?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x2Sf_lN6HmA" width="320" youtube-src-id="x2Sf_lN6HmA"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It's a Christmas mutiny!</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-58969354952367803502023-10-25T11:00:00.005-05:002023-10-25T11:00:46.304-05:00NEW VIDEO: The World After Ragnarok (A Map Analysis)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/krZJEwBlqJ8" width="320" youtube-src-id="krZJEwBlqJ8"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What if the world was almost eaten by a giant snake? You might get a map that looks like this...</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-72966276703991775502023-09-29T10:00:00.000-05:002023-09-29T10:00:04.159-05:00What if the Republicans Won the Spanish Civil War?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZxksefZ3ml8" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZxksefZ3ml8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What would it mean for Spain and the world if the fascists were defeated in Spanish Civil War?</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-32424516870513803902023-07-26T10:56:00.006-05:002023-07-26T10:56:51.233-05:00NEW VIDEO: What If America Stayed Out of WWI?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j6sUEjmEFSQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="j6sUEjmEFSQ"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The consensus seems to be that if the Entente was going to win the Great War they needed American troops…but what if you don’t need America to win a world war?
</span> <p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-60563920018436893692023-06-12T11:00:00.000-05:002023-06-12T11:00:44.261-05:00ReSliders: The King is Back<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QfRnzUxDIeI" width="320" youtube-src-id="QfRnzUxDIeI"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rembrandt is bigger than Elvis! Not much else to say other than that...</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-80275794224724017092023-04-26T11:00:00.000-05:002023-04-26T11:00:09.009-05:00What if Ancient Egypt Built a Canal from the Nile to the Red Sea? (ft. Armchair Egyptology)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hXV8trp7H08" width="320" youtube-src-id="hXV8trp7H08"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">What if the reign of the pharaohs never ended? A canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea might have been the key to their longevity.</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-78125092127143993122023-03-22T11:02:00.005-05:002023-03-22T11:11:18.597-05:00What I've Been Reading (3/22/23)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DpR_VlTmuO4" width="320" youtube-src-id="DpR_VlTmuO4"></iframe></div><br /> <span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">While I continue to work on my upcoming what if video, I decided to introduce a new series of short alternate history book reviews. Enjoy!</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-90929346836278075142023-02-27T10:58:00.000-06:002023-02-27T10:58:36.566-06:00Death or Liberty: An Alternate History of Slave Revolts in America<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f2vJqlNX1eM" width="320" youtube-src-id="f2vJqlNX1eM"></iframe></div>Could a major slave revolt or a series of slave revolts end slavery in America?<br /> <p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-72472871734104306632023-01-23T10:59:00.002-06:002023-01-23T10:59:50.969-06:00What if the Sino-Soviet Split Didn't Happen?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fvv4_0URWu8" width="320" youtube-src-id="Fvv4_0URWu8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Sino-Soviet split tore apart the communist world during the Cold War and perhaps contributed to the downfall of the Soviet Union. But what if China and the USSR remained allies?</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-65694451804385693642022-12-26T11:05:00.003-06:002022-12-26T11:05:16.020-06:00The Model E: An Alternate History of the Electric Car<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PdibJ5dvU_w" width="320" youtube-src-id="PdibJ5dvU_w"></iframe></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lets discuss the "Model E". The electric car that never existed.</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-63048332826473561042022-11-26T15:53:00.003-06:002022-11-26T15:53:25.697-06:0030,000 YouTube Subscribers Q&A<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sBGUVOZry4U" width="320" youtube-src-id="sBGUVOZry4U"></iframe></div>In case you missed it, you can check out the recorded version of my 30,000 subscribers Q&A celebration!<p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-40919411561272696182022-11-21T15:08:00.004-06:002022-11-21T15:08:24.800-06:0030,000 subscribers celebration Q&A!!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sBGUVOZry4U" width="320" youtube-src-id="sBGUVOZry4U"></iframe></div>I will be holding a live Q&A at 2 pm CST this Friday to celebrate getting 30,000 subscribers on YouTube (assuming I can recover from Turkey Day shenanigans). https://youtu.be/sBGUVOZry4U<p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-5960443280431812222022-11-19T14:06:00.000-06:002022-11-19T14:06:00.702-06:00Road to 30,000 subscribers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZTWBi9osv-603scxTfqXe1I_QkoibjHi4E9AgIXYNlx3W6xRYGk2WqqD0uNFjDJvNRMvjxXpvQUSP3spG0f8p2whe0WqHzr9lu_S2bHl1N173KyECyfbHJeILLmQULhUWAPkEFmhDLZEpK9DsvzWhpBCU64rytC5x1Mm0XgwMcX_wdngIVCdaRc0Yg/s2560/background4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZTWBi9osv-603scxTfqXe1I_QkoibjHi4E9AgIXYNlx3W6xRYGk2WqqD0uNFjDJvNRMvjxXpvQUSP3spG0f8p2whe0WqHzr9lu_S2bHl1N173KyECyfbHJeILLmQULhUWAPkEFmhDLZEpK9DsvzWhpBCU64rytC5x1Mm0XgwMcX_wdngIVCdaRc0Yg/s320/background4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I only need eight more subscribers to reach <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAlternateHistorian"><b>30,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel</b></a>!!! If you haven't already, please subscribe to get me over the edge. To celebrate I will host a live Q&A for all of my subscribers.<p></p><div>Thanks in advance for all of your wonderful support!</div>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-59501404661382539712022-10-31T11:00:00.000-05:002022-10-31T11:00:31.509-05:00What if Theodore Roosevelt Hunted Kaiju? (Or How to Use Giant Monsters in Your Alternate History)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A3wK5O3wL_A" width="320" youtube-src-id="A3wK5O3wL_A"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are giant monsters implausible? Sure, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun with them in your alternate history.
</span> <p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-7633685718604795812022-09-14T10:59:00.000-05:002022-09-14T10:59:30.292-05:001632 by Eric Flint: What If Time Traveling Hillbillies Saved Europe?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DKcyqH0mZnk" width="320" youtube-src-id="DKcyqH0mZnk"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alternate historians love stranding people and places in the past because we want to see what happens when technology and ideas from the present are unleashed on earlier eras. And one novel would revolutionize these kind of stories and launch a new community of writers.</span>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-11336839261662182312022-07-29T10:59:00.002-05:002022-07-29T10:59:42.833-05:00The Alternate Histories of Mars<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fK2nPCU-15M" width="320" youtube-src-id="fK2nPCU-15M"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have you ever looked up at Mars and asked...what if? Well some alternate historians have and I'm going to talk about a few of the alternate red planets they've created.
</span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-1648978001461283022022-06-21T09:00:00.000-05:002022-06-21T09:00:41.668-05:00An Alternate History of Abortion in America<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pD58OxhrdRo" width="320" youtube-src-id="pD58OxhrdRo"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 1973, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that American women were guaranteed a right to an abortion under the United States Constitution...but what if the Court went a different way?</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-12284952991508479782022-04-28T11:01:00.000-05:002022-04-28T11:01:12.069-05:00Bring the Jubilee: A Misunderstood Alternate History Masterpiece<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shC0IoBQqwo" width="320" youtube-src-id="shC0IoBQqwo"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bring the Jubilee is a foundational work of alternate history...but its also a satire. And not everyone got the joke.</span><br /> <p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-90588414697959542302022-02-28T11:01:00.005-06:002022-02-28T11:01:44.162-06:00Could North Korea Invade America? (A Plausibility Review of Homefront)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FfJGzC2iofg" width="320" youtube-src-id="FfJGzC2iofg"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lets go back to the early 2010s when America was introduced to a video game about Chi...ahem...North Korea invading America.</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-75777293020390642762022-01-05T11:05:00.004-06:002022-01-05T11:05:30.507-06:00ReSliders: Eggheads<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZbBmT-T8l9w" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZbBmT-T8l9w"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Sliders visit a Earth where nerds are the cool ones. Quinn finds out he's this timeline's version of Michael Jordan, while Arturo gets a second chance to reunite with a lost love. Rembrandt and Wade are there.
</span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-28078431366690423382021-11-15T10:59:00.002-06:002021-11-15T10:59:27.528-06:00The Space Cowboy Future That Never Was | Cowboy Bebop<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bCx6GeL5VUQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="bCx6GeL5VUQ"></iframe></div><p></p><p>Cowboy Bebop is great, but its setting is implausible...right?</p><p> </p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-49402938442922887712021-10-18T10:56:00.001-05:002021-10-18T10:56:06.986-05:00Top 5 Reasons to NOT Travel the Multiverse<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vb5O2Ycqups" width="320" youtube-src-id="Vb5O2Ycqups"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Want to travel the multiverse? Be careful! Nightmares may be waiting for you.</span><p></p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-80449303719211622292021-08-06T11:00:00.000-05:002021-08-06T11:00:17.608-05:00What If Moscow Was Worth a Mass? (Or That Time Poland Almost Conquered Russia)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BdR_SwASH_g" width="320" youtube-src-id="BdR_SwASH_g"></iframe></div>Do you remember that time Poland almost conquered Russia? Do you want to know what I think would have happened if they did?<p></p><div><br /></div>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764115660405123265.post-32096984131906563612021-07-20T15:56:00.004-05:002021-07-20T15:56:49.496-05:00The Buddhist Greek Empire That Never Was<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVfaQGAxvCpQ16rXPVHi_kVL2Lz3WeIumy8qrvn3Yu_WZGa2YjPoj0E_jzcM6BYYRb0BXQ6D_MwcJiEEL99YxPUHWh9pZ52kI7XvlPaHpWt4MHyatJDjLNK7lVMVLK7JyvPZ9QBC57Zns/s680/bhuddist+greek.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVfaQGAxvCpQ16rXPVHi_kVL2Lz3WeIumy8qrvn3Yu_WZGa2YjPoj0E_jzcM6BYYRb0BXQ6D_MwcJiEEL99YxPUHWh9pZ52kI7XvlPaHpWt4MHyatJDjLNK7lVMVLK7JyvPZ9QBC57Zns/s320/bhuddist+greek.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Check out my newest exclusive on Armchair History TV: <a href="https://thearmchairhistorian.uscreen.io/programs/the-buddhist-greek-empire-that-never-was_1mp4-1e6557?categoryId=39286 ">The Buddhist Greek Empire That Never Was</a>. If you like alternate history maps, you will definitely want to check this one out. </p>Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.com0