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What if the Revolution Failed?
https://youtu.be/zyoSWk3ZiRY
This painting is “The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781” painted by John Singleton Copley in 1783. It depicts the final moments of Major Francis Peirson during a French invasion of Jersey. The British Commander was killed by a French sniper. The Battle of Jersey was part of the Anglo French War during the American Revolutionary War period. On January 6, 1781, a French force of about 1,400 troops under Baron Philippe de Rullecourt launched a surprise invasion of the British held island of Jersey in the English Channel to disrupt British shipping. The French initially captured the British Lieutenant Governor of the island and took control of parts of St. Helier. Major Francis Peirson was only 24 years old at the time, and, commanding troops at Saint Peter’s Barracks, refused to surrender and quickly organized a counterattack with regular soldiers, including the local Jersey militia. They fought an urban campaign in the market square of St. Helier, and, despite losing their leader, Peirson’s troops pressed the attack and decisively defeated the French invaders. It was one of the last battles fought on British soil.

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Posting two big projects this month, both quite long and neither will be typical alternate history scenarios. Video topics for the coming months are actually pretty ironed out beyond that, as I have a lot of scripts done that simply aren't edited, but I'm curious to see if anyone has any particularly good alternate history scenarios to share? Leave a comment. Hope you guys enjoy!

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Get in, we're restoring the world.

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What if Israel Never Existed?
https://youtu.be/v68NJlHaBsE

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You better be hyped

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!!

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"The Limit." On the coast of Belgium, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany stands alone, staring out at the North Sea. The Kaiser asks, "What are the wild waves saying?" The waves reply, "We were just saying, 'Thus far, and no farther!'" During the race to the sea, the German army's offensive was halted at the Yser River and the English Channel coast, preventing Germany from seizing the ports of Calais and Dunkirk. Before the war, Germany spent vast amounts of German wealth building a High Seas Fleet. The goal was to challenge the British Royal Navy's global dominance. But Germany's expensive battleships were largely trapped in port, unable to break out. Even with material victory at the Battle of Jutland, Germany could not match Britain's command of the seas, and, importantly, of the North Sea. Britain's blockade of the North Sea strangled crucial imports which Germany's war industry and agricultural sector relied upon, as they didn't have a large colonial empire like Britain, nor ready access to sea lanes without passing through enemy waters. Thus, the very sea the Kaiser raced to would eventually strangle his sophisticated modern war machine, and with it, his throne.

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Watch me play GeoGuessr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1kri...

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After his abdication in 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II retired to his wicker chair in the garden of Huis Doorn, Netherlands. He was known, in his later years, for his love of animals and more casual, contemplative personality. By 1940 (when this photo was taken) he had dashed all hope of the the Nazi Party restoring the monarchy, something he saw as a possibility in the 30s. In a notable 1938 interview (published in Ken magazine), he delivered a scathing assessment of Hitler. “There is a man alone, without family, without children, without God… He builds legions but he doesn’t build a nation. A nation is created by families, a religion, tradition… [Under Hitler] an all swallowing State, disdainful of human dignities and the ancient structure of our race, sets itself up in place of everything else… This man could bring home victories to our people each year without bringing them either glory or danger.” After Kristallnacht, he reportedly said, “For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.” Here, again, Wilhelm was 81 and now living under German occupation after the Netherlands fell. He was apparently thrilled by German victories, especially the rapid conquest of France, and boasted that the successful generals were trained in “his” army and school. But he never warmed to the Nazi government or Hitler personally. He criticized them as gangsters. Wilhelm died at Doorn on June 4, 1941. He requested no Nazi symbols at his funeral and that his body not return to Germany until the monarchy was restored.

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