Top 10 of the Biggest “WHAT IF” Scenarios in History

The world is full of “what ifs?” What if JFK hadn’t decided to go cruising through Dallas in an open-top car? What if Gandhi had never got teed-off with the British Empire? What if we’d been wearing pants that time the cops pulled us over? That’s the nature of things: we can never truly know. But we sure as heck can speculate. And, thankfully, Earth’s long, long history has given us plenty to speculate about. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6052538 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Business inquiries to [email protected] Other TopTenz Videos: What Would Happen in a World WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS https://youtu.be/NilGrhbmhtE?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnL72IcdJzPXC7DNyxk9KA6K What Would Happen if “The BIG ONE” (Earthquake) Hits the WEST COAST https://youtu.be/FfiIMp5JavE?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnL72IcdJzPXC7DNyxk9KA6K Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/10-biggest-scenarios-history.php Coming up: 10. The Nazis Finish Their V3 Supergun 9. Franz Ferdinand Isn’t Assassinated (or survives) 8. Carlos II Manages to Sire an Heir 7. Bill Clinton’s Defense Secretary Tells the Truth About Bombing North Korea 6. The Romans Win the Battle of Teutoburg Forest 5. Japan Doesn’t Bomb Pearl Harbor 4. Napoleon Doesn’t Invade Russia 3. Rommel Isn’t Absent During D-Day 2. Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI Escape the French Revolution 1. 9/11 is Foiled Source/Further reading: https://youtu.be/dL59M53VJWY http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff7_vweapons.shtml https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gavrilo-Princip https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/19/archduke-franz-ferdinand-lives-richard-ned-lebow-review https://www.britannica.com/event/War-of-the-Spanish-Succession http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/11/24/the-last-korean-meltdown-bill-clinton-on-the-brink-of-war http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ambush-that-changed-history-72636736/ http://io9.gizmodo.com/10-shocking-ways-the-second-world-war-could-have-ended-1558135375 https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 http://www.history.com/news/napoleons-disastrous-invasion-of-russia-200-years-ago https://books.google.cz/books?id=teAr_z1oVLEC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=%22If+Rommel+had+been+with+us+instead+of+in+Germany,+he+would+have+disregarded+all+orders+and+taken+action%22+holding+juno&source=bl&ots=oaKzdJdR8x&sig=r2hkW9MDCNoUYBWKDHeB5Aj6j1M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy37qvjIbUAhULbxQKHQEPCTUQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=%22If%20Rommel%20had%20been%20with%20us%20instead%20of%20in%20Germany%2C%20he%20would%20have%20disregarded%20all%20orders%20and%20taken%20action%22%20holding%20juno&f=false https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=BxsnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT16&dq=flight+to+varennes+slow+carriage&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BO8IU47KJeq8iAfwkYHoCg#v=onepage&q=flight%20to%20varennes%20slow%20carriage&f=false https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/23/usa.september11 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/What_if_I_ask_for_help.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Flickr_-_Laenulfean_-_crossroads.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Sonnengewehr.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1981-147-30A%2C_Hochdruckpumpe_V-3.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Bcce-ogQQ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/DC-1914-27-d-Sarajevo-cropped.jpg/905px-DC-1914-27-d-Sarajevo-cropped.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Assassination_of_Archduke_Ferdinand.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Richard_Ned_Lebow_IMG_1882_edit.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Vickers_machine_gun_in_the_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_September_1917.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Ebensee_concentration_camp_prisoners_1945.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_map_of_the_Austro-Hungarian_Empire.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Russian_Revolution_of_1917.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Vendome-and-PhilipV.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Europe_c._1700.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/The_British_Empire_Anachronous.png