What if the Teutonic knight order, sword brethren men at arms order, and Livonian crossbowmen Auxiliaries conquered Eastern Europe like they almost did becoming a third or second Germany in Eastern Europe . Imagine 3 military orders with a different style of leading and governing due to their military structure.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Nice one! I don't know much about the military orders, just their location pretty much. I will save this idea and research it to see if I can make a video about it right now.

What a fun scenario. An interesting scenario in a way would be if the Vikings kept Vinland and Vinland became a power in its own way.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I will do a Vinland scenario soon, so stick around! Already have the idea saved!

@board-qu9iu

5 ай бұрын

Imo I think it's possible that over time a sort of northern equivalent of Mestizos would become the large majority of Vinland since there isn't much reason for the natives and Icelandic settlers to not intermingle

@Hallvard0

5 ай бұрын

@@board-qu9iu You know why natives died out in our timeline right? They all were killed by old world diseases. Much the same would happen if the old Scandinavian settlements in Vinland survived. It would become a land inhabitet by a scandinavian majority.

@board-qu9iu

5 ай бұрын

@@Hallvard0 There wouldn't be that likley for diseases to spread that far and also even with those diseases did occur, the Icelandic settlers are too few numbered to really take over fully.

@Hallvard0

5 ай бұрын

@@board-qu9iu Well the entire scanario rests on a permanent presence of skandinavians in vinland. And there is no reason to rule out that some natives did die to diseases when there was contact between them and the old settlers. If vinland were to survive past the medieval warm period and into modern times it would have led to the same things that happened in real life.

So that's what you meant when you were talking about making a Scandinavia scenario in the Finland premiere oh. love your videos man.

@void_fruit212

5 ай бұрын

Also love your vids keep it up

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it and you remember the premiere

One thing you didn't really bring up in the video is that not only the Swedish Nobility was displeased with the union, the peasant class (serfdom wasn't really a thing in Scandinavia except denmark proper) was heavily taxed on by the Danes and the Swedish Merchant class was further screwed on by Danish foreign policy making it difficult to export Iron and Wood to the continent. Just appeasing the nobility wouldn't have been enough to solidifying the union, a war with Livonia and Poland with promise of Swedish monopoly over the important trading cities along the coasts might have.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I didn't forget to bring it up, I simply didn't know it had happened. It's interesting to learn about this, as I couldn't read about it anywhere! Thanks for letting me know!

Well I would assume there would be larger scandinavian populations, the numerous northern wars got a LOT of young men killed that never had families of their own. That snowballs over time. I also don't think Napoleon would be much of a threat, you can't invade Denmark (except MAYBE Jutland, though its a nightmare trying to siege down a harbor city such as Kolding with uninterrupted supply lines) without first destroying the scandinavian navies, which even the british would be hard pressed to do in a timeline where Sweden and Denmark aren't constantly at each other's throats.

Can you make a scenario if Russia was Democratic

@FodaseNaoLigo

5 ай бұрын

They are , bozo

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Yes I can! Will save the idea for later

@jeeves8742

5 ай бұрын

​@@FodaseNaoLigoim sure he means during the ussr, instead it is democratic

@Nyx-25

5 ай бұрын

@@jeeves8742 you mean a capitalist USSR?

@ChanceKearns

5 ай бұрын

@@FodaseNaoLigo:/

Great video as always: Suggestion, what if Richard III defeated Henry Tudor and the Plantagenet Dynasty survived.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I saved it in my folder of ideas!

@danielsantiagourtado3430

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history np

@rizkyadiyanto7922

5 ай бұрын

nothing will change lmao.

very interesting idea. Thank you for covering this topic!

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Of course! I will keep doing more of Scandinavia, since people actually like it!

Chapters 0:48 why did the countries unite? 3:07 what wars did they fight in? 4:58 why did the Kalmar union collapse? 10:31 what if the Kalmar union never broke up?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I will add them in the video right now!

@1mol831

5 ай бұрын

What if kalmar union invaded UK

I've been looking for something like this man! I also wanted to see what if the danish empire for the 1000s united today, consisting of norway, england, and denmark, maybe even also canadian colonies and iceland and greenland if you did one with all historic lands. Great video as always

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

The North Sea Empire? Yes, I'm planning on making a video about this ASAP

@Alex-yz6uq

5 ай бұрын

canadian colonies?

@emayex74

5 ай бұрын

@@Alex-yz6uq the territories the vikings had in canada

@Alex-yz6uq

5 ай бұрын

@@emayex74 That was Norwegian colonies, and It wasn't even really colonies.

Glad to see a new video! I really think you have a lot of potential to get tons of subs.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it man! I'll keep grinding and get there soon or later

Amazing!! Yet another great video by you man!

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it very much, friend!

This video is great it blends all the editing styles you have tested in the past few vids perfectly A longer explanation and alt history story A neat organized system of explanation and the the alt history itself A nice amount of memes, clips, gifs and pictures Amazing maps as always

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm trying to get the balance right, still working on it. Let's see how this video goes!

@stargazer-elite

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history 0:39 I like the introduction of a neat organization of chapters Keep up the great work 😊

As a Dane this warms my heart

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I'm very interested in what Denmark thinks of the Kalmar union, I hope it is something positive!

@allanjensen6855

5 ай бұрын

as another dane its very positive and Im very sad that the modern Nordic Union didnt work out@@rewriting-history

I love how you jump right into the video without restating the question

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

This is the idea! I hate wasting people's time!

Suggestion: what if france attacked germany through belgium and britain joined the war on the other side

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Holy shit this is amazing! I will save it and for sure will make a video about it in the near future!

@drew17210

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-historyPLEASE make that video soon

Huge fan man! You're awesome! Please do a Habsburg one 😊😊😊

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I will look into doing that! I have many Habsburg coins I can also show!

@danielsantiagourtado3430

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history Awesome! They are an great Dynasty

Great video 👍

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Ayy I appreciate it!

A few things to note: 1) The countries weren't actually united or combined. They were still three countries with their own laws and councils. They just happened to have the same king as their monarch. 2) Why did it happen? It happened simply for monastic reasons. Margaret the daughter of the Danish king, got married to the Norwegian King, he happened to be the son of the Swedish King. When the old kings died, Margaret's son Olaf inherited the Kingdoms one by one, first Denmark then Norway, unfortunately he died at age 17 before he could be crowned king of Sweden. Since Olaf had been a minor, Margaret had been the de facto regent. And so she could choose the new heir. She chose her great nephew Eric, he was also a minor, but was crowned the three Kingdoms. Margaret remained regent until Eric came of age in 1412. 3) The name "Kalmar Union" was never the official name, and the monarchs styled themselves as the Kings of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The "Kalmar flag" red cross on yellow, was introduced by Eric in 1430, and wasn't used more than locally at Kalmar and at the monastery at Vadstena, and there's no evidence that it was used by later kings. The Dannebrog was the only official flag used in the Nordic area until the Swedish flag was introduced in the 16th Century. 4) When a King died, a new one was chosen (it wasn't automatically inherited), and had to be recognized by the councils in each of the countries. And he then went to each of them to be crowned. It wasn't always a smooth process, and at times kings were rejected. When Eric sugested his cousin Bogislaw as heir, the Danish council first rejected Bogislaw, and then Eric was deposed in 1439 by both the Danish and Swedish council. The Norwegian council still recognised him as king until 1442. 5) You mention King Hans, and say he was King of Denmark. That is true, but he was just as much king of Norway and Sweden, sure there was squabble about his coronation, but not a violent rebellion, and he was later crowned in all three after several negotiations. 6) The bloodbath in Stockholm wasn't the idea of Christian II, It was mainly due to internal intrigues in the Swedish council. Swedish Bishop Gustav Trolle was the main instigator, and the execution likely didn't happen with the consent of King Christian, and it happened after he had left the city, so it is now believed that his signature had been forged. In any case it was naive of Christian to leave Bishop Trolle in charge. He also mismanaged his affairs in Denmark, so he was deposed there in 1523, two years after Stockholm. So to sum up, the "Kalmar Union" was never a Country, and was never seen as such by anyone at the time, that idea is a much later romanticisation, that happened in the 19th century, when Scandinavism became popular. It was a flimsy monastic union, that relied on the goodwill of the Noblemen in the three councils. And when that goodwill was no longer there in the case of Sweden, they chose their own king. And thus the Union continued without Sweden, now as Denmark-Norway.

@hermeliin8223

Ай бұрын

Wasn’t Christian II present when the guests were called back to the castle? As he would later have another celebration in the same castle over his daughter being born back in Denmark. Both Trolle and the king had things to gain from the bloodbath, it would have been in the king’s favour if he was informed about the possibility of condemning them of heresy.

@Aoderic

Ай бұрын

@@hermeliin8223 New research have indicated that he was not present in Stockholm at the time of the executions. He was definitely not present at the executions, there's no account of him being there, and the King would definitely have been noted. He could of course haft left the city itself, in an effort to wash hands, we don't know. And as you say, it was convenient for him if his opposition disappeared. But the account of his nature (forensic psychologists have examined the case) makes it unlikely that he had wanted a bloody spectacle. His daughter Dorothea was born on the 10th of November, so on the final day of the executions, but it would have taken several days for the news to reach Stockholm, so any celebration would not have happened until the week after.

@hermeliin8223

Ай бұрын

@@Aoderic That’s interesting, thanks for the explanation! :)

bro's editor is the average facebook user 💀💀

Yea sorry i am q Annoying ... Can your next video be if what if san stefan treaty was accepted ❤ Ur videos are great 💯❤ I hope u will get 1 milion in near future

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Actually my next video will be similar to what you recommend. It's about what if the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1878. Bulgaria will get their San Stefano borders in that video

@Chefo_311

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history very interesting 🤔 Idk how u write this scenarios ( bur they are interesting and very realistic) Keep going until 1 million and more 🫶❤️♥️

damn, Denmark is definitely happy about that

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I bet! For sure!

Belarus looking THICC Really good video though loving yohr channel

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it very much! Cheers mate!

Can you do an al-andaluds senerio?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

What suggestion do you have? I could if you have something good to suggest!

@void_fruit212

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history a what if Andalusia survived or what if Navarre conquered Iberia though I would rather have a Navarre scenario because they have a cool language

I love your video, but my only problem is the peace deal in every ww2 video. I don't think that in all universes, germany loses schlesien and pmmern, but keep up the good work 👍

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate it! Regarding the peace deals, if you have seen me on any Possible History livestream I have said many times that I don't want any alternative peace treaty to have the same borders. I'm just changing a few things up to make the video a bit more interesting and enjoyable for the average viewer.

What if the East Roman Empire was able to reform and with stronger foreign support and (this is necessary for them to not die) internal instability in the Ottoman Empire they were able to start reviving and maybe start reclaim their old land? This all requires that they keep having good emperors like they did towards the end of the empire sadly when it was too late to save it and that they have decent generals. Remember plague and raids had also greatly reduced their population so their armies wouldn’t even be able to be that big either. They were at the end of their resources so other ways of them surviving must be considered.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I want to so a similar video. Will try with a video in the similar time period, to see if my audience would like it

An interesting timeline, but I am not so sure about when it gets to the WWs, as the Polish USSR war would provide the Kalmar union it's best chance to essentially carve up the USSR's western holdings after the miracle of the Vistula saw the russians pushed back. They might be neutral at the start, not believing Poland could survive, but when the reversal happens they might decide to take St.Petersberg and maybe even the rest of the Karellian peninsula to shorten the length of the border they have to defend. Even if they did not, they might be able and willing to tell the French and the English to not interfere in the war and to push for the peace that in hindsight proved so damaging to the world by giving the USSR a saving grace. Either way, the USSR would either be destroyed or in a much rougher place and conversely you'd see a larger poland with more resources and an ally against the germans in their invasion, assuming the USSR's rougher situation or dissolvement did not cause the germans to change their strategy for handling the poles.

I was looking for something like this like a weak ago

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I made it a week ago, but it took a while to edit and put it together. Wish I was faster. Did you enjoy the video after all?

@ChariTheAlternate

5 ай бұрын

​@rewriting-history Absolutely, your video was amazing, especially the 1920s part, as I agree with it completely, you've made this video extremely well!

Woohoo! Upcoming videos section is finally here! :)

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

A new video will be coming very soon, so stick around!

I always actually thought that Bohemia was a kingdom in Austria Hungary but without as much autonomy due to it also being a Habsburg state and was german

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I think that they were initially a kingdom under the Habsburgs, but eventually became dominated by Austria. Correct me if I'm wrong.

@Dack-i

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history ok thanks for the information once again

i think kalmar union wouldnt be intact after wwII because you mentioned the that the soviet would also invade, and since you went with historical prediction during wwII i think the soviets would either annex filand and bits on north norway or make them a puppet

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I agree with you, it's hard for them to keep going, but I wanted to make the video more interesting, so this was the result.

Perfection

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Благодаря много, братле! Оценявам го!

@bulgar1595

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history нп

So how wuold the internal kingdoms look like in this time Line Will Denmark keep scania?

Can u make a video on what if in the end of 1857 indian war of independence resulted in a unified india?

I really liked this scenario. Although I'm pretty sure that Finland and maybye the baltic would gain their independence. Considering how culturally dissimilair they are to the rest of the union.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Perhaps you're right. This video is focused on the Kalmar union, so they should have a good ending in my opinion

@butterflies655

5 ай бұрын

Finland's culture is not dissimilar.

@bedrock-chess

5 ай бұрын

Ehhh... Maybe the Baltics but not Finland. Finland has only a small bit of it's original culture present, with mostly Swedish and Russian influence in their culture now. And it would likely be just Swedish culture in this timeline.

Great video, but could you try decreasing your usage of memes and whatnot?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I'm experimenting with more to see if it increases retention. Need to find the right balance

Jesus Christ amazing fucking video. This reminds me, I have this scenario in my head in the 18-hundreds, during a time in which "Scandinavism" was popular amongst especially the southern Swedes and Danes. It really didn't go anywhere due to Prussia and Austria attacking us. BUT, what if, Sweden actually did what they promised, and helped Denmark against Prussia and Austria? There could've been a slim chance of victory for Denmark and Sweden-Norway, due to Denmarks superior weaponry and Sweden-Norways larger population, perhaps Prussia and Austria would give up on "liberating" the Germans in Holstein and Lauenberg, due to once again, Pressure from France, Britain, and Russia like in the first schleswig war. Maybe after a Prussian lose, France and Austria would both invade Prussia, to secure Westphalia as a protectorat, and Austrian annexation of Silesia. Which would've meant, no united Germany. BUT, a united Scandinavia.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Ayy I appreciate you liked the video! I know what you're talking about and I could do something similar. I mentioned Scandinavianism in the video, so I did my research on that already

What if Holy Roman Empire never fell

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I'll consider this! Thanks for the suggestion!

also what you said about the baltic i think alsungary also wouldnt happen as hungary as controlled lands for hundreds of years but never got them.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Perhaps you're right. The video is focused on the Kalmar union succeeding, so I wanted to make them stronger

15:43 I don't see the kalmar union defeating prussia and Austria. I do however see them joining the brothers ear on the side of Austria to prevent prussian domination of North germany/Germany in general. In exchange the Austrians give them back their lost territory.

🔥

Idk if this interest you but what if Antilla did exist (along with it's other mythical Island friends) and the myth was real?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Oh nice! Will save the idea and think of some mythology. It's a good inspiration

@board-qu9iu

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history the wiki page of Antilla can help if you want it

10:43 chp4 starts

to be honest i believe that history should have went down this way

Make a scenario if italy joined allies in ww2

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Yooo I'm already working in this scenario, believe it or not! Haha nice timing! Expect to see this video very soon!

@SANP76234

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history I hope it will be as amazing as kalmar union scenario🙂

What if Crassus conquered Persia

Good video, but I really don't think Muscovy would have united Russia in the way that they did, if the kalmar union(KU) would have been like one nation (under god). KU would have conquered the most valued lands of Novgrorod and Pskov, and that would have set Muscovy back in the wars against the Mongol states. At least that's what I think, none can know :)

Much chad kalmar union

Could u do a scenario where Kyiv Rus never fell

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Yes! Maybe not right now, but I will save this idea for later!

@Scottish-Englishmapping

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history thanku so much 😄😄😄

nice ending btw if it was united whould they

Eric of Pommern was the son of Margaret's sister.

i see the Baltic nations being under soviet control in ww2 being more realistic, What if the arabian peninsula united after ww1?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Great suggestion! I would do this very soon! I was planning it

What if the first Bulgarian Empire never collapsed

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Which Bulgarian empire? There are 3

What if the Kalmarer Union would have joined the Hanse?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Would be impossible, but a cool concept to explore!

Can you make a video if the serbian empire never collapsed?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Which one? You mean the first Serbian empire or Yugoslavia?

@TheOldVoid

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history the first serbian empire

It would be the darkest timeline as a swede I hate the idea of being ruled by danes from copenhagen.

@unilajamuha91

5 ай бұрын

Soon

Wait if u have 800 more subscribers u will give free hoi4 dlcs or

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Yes I will

oh boy

The Canada would be nordic coutry

video idea: what if communist yugoslavia never broke up and what if ussr won the cold war

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Planning this scenario for a while, but I'm delaying it due to wanting to improve my content before I go into more mainstream scenarios

@TeikonGom

5 ай бұрын

What if pigs could fly?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

@@TeikonGom no pig war

The name of the video almost made me think, tha Denmark and Sweden were married... LOL

@rewriting-history

Ай бұрын

Haha nice one!

Us Danes are proud of our empire. Kalmar was Danish.

@Alex-yz6uq

5 ай бұрын

Wrong.

@fowreeeeeeeel

5 ай бұрын

It was all of scandinavia united as one, we are equal brother nations.

@DukeofDenmark2

5 ай бұрын

@@fowreeeeeeeel mostly danish

@DukeofDenmark2

5 ай бұрын

@@Alex-yz6uq mostly danish

@fowreeeeeeeel

5 ай бұрын

@@DukeofDenmark2 Perhaps in the beginning, but not later on. Sweden took center stage later on no matter what, we scandinavians are still brother nations.

What if the second Balkan war never happened?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I will do this, but I'm not so sure if my audience would like it. I will poll it to see what they think.

banger as a finn tbh

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Ayy I'm not so sure what Finland thinks of the Kalmar union, but I assume it's somewhat positive

@RYYGE

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history not positive at all bc the we were under swedish control..... but the vid is goated

what if Yugoslavia joined the European union Dident collapse 😊

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Yooo this is awesome! I'm saving this idea for sure!

Ok what if Polish Lithuania Still have moscow?

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Nice one! Will look into making a short about this perhaps

why did you give it kaliningrad? the area is majority russian and wouldnt want to be nordic

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

It used to be majority German historically. Things change with history, I just thought the borders would look better!

@yaboi3398

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-history my polish was telling me an even biigger kalmar was worse

Good video but one problem I have with it is the goofy ass graphics but that is only my opinion.

@rewriting-history

3 ай бұрын

I have turned back on using them in future videos. Glad that you liked it!

i formed kalmar union to stop germany it worked

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

In the new HOI4 dlc?

@ITT59Gamer

5 ай бұрын

@@rewriting-historyyes

social democratic empire

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

What if Denmark ruled the world!

ok based Estonia can into Nordic

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

They wish! Haha

hello

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Hello!

The chadmar union

But what if it was the Karl Marx Union tho

Nu snackar vi.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Long live the Kalmar union

I love your videos but stop with the stupid gifs

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the opinion. I will consider it, or maybe even poll it on KZread.

This is an interesting scenario, as a Swede i personally hate the kalmar union but this does interest me alot.

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate the kind comment! I'm glad that you liked the video too!

Can you make a scenario if Serbian empire didn't collapsed

@rewriting-history

5 ай бұрын

Which Serbian empire?