What would change story wise had Itachi chosen to side with the uchiha clan over the leaf village?
Would the uchiha clan have won or been slaughtered by danzo and the leaf villages anbu?
warning major wall ahead: theres 3 possibilities
1. Itachi saves sasukes life and he is taken in by orichimaru
2. Sasuke is killed with his clan
3. Itachi saves sasukes life and Obito takes him in.
Scenario 1
I think the coup would be stopped and the uchiha clan still murdered but by the village instead, Itachi may still find a way to save Sasukes life but this would probably lead to him getting into either Obito or orichimarus hands sooner, I'd say as soon as Itachi still saves sasuke life, probably by taking him away from the village. Let's say Obito has no use for the young uchiha but orihimaru knowing Sasuke is the last Uchiha would go for him and get his body before he becomes more powerful then orichimaru.
In the end orichimaru would win, with the sharingan, maybe even the mankekyo, killing the 3rd hokage would be easier. The leaf wouldn't stand a chance after orichimarus invasion and so they probably have to evacuate, also let's assume Naruto still somehow beats garra. So they evacuate the rookie 9 and alot of jonin. The sand village learning of orichimarus betrayal will work with the survivors to fight orichimaru and it becomes war with orichimaru's sound village I guess jiraiya and tsunade will still come back to help with this and still train Naruto and Sakura. Soon the akatsuki come for garra and Naruto but with tracking ninja like neji, hinata and kiba they'd find them fast and get them back from a weakened deidara and sasori as they'd have more people near by as opposed to having to travel 3 days to the sand village.
So the akatsuki probably get dealt with by Naruto and garra who become rivals after the chunin exams until pain arrives and if Naruto still learns senjutsu he can take him down. With Bee,garra and Naruto the akatsuki is missing 3 jinchuriki and can't revive the tentails since orichimaru has kabuto with him still he has no reason to revive madara or kinkaku and ginkaku nor does zetsu have a reason to go to Kabuto with madaras corpse as they're still missing 3 jinchuriki. in the end Obito will come after the three of them but if kakashi survives they can still use his mankekyo sharingan to take out obito with no tentails he's alot easier to beat when they're all in a group. Orichimaru would probably be dealt with last but he could team up with the akatsuki and get taken out along side them.
Another thing to consider in all this is if Naruto still learns to master the ninetails, if the five kage summit still happens after akatsuki tries to get bee then yes obito still wages war and they hide Naruto, Garra and Bee on the island and maybe even Garra masters shukaku too. with 3 perfect jinchuriki they break out and fight in the war. If Orichimaru helps he'd still be able to use some edo tensei but not as many as this wouldn't be a plan he's had for awhile and would be a recent thing, with kabuto he'd been digging up bodies for months before the war. Madara gets revived and they beat Naruto, garra and bee stealing the bijuu as Madara did by himself, he then forces obito to revive him he becomes the tentails jinchuriki activates IT and Kaguya takes Madaras body, end result Kaguya wins as Naruto can't be revived as No one revives minato with the other half of kurama.
Scenario 2
If sasuke is still killed same end result as above since we need sasuke to beat kaguya with naruto.
Scenario 3
Now if Obito gets to sasuke before orichimaru does. If Obito gets sasuke first he trains him to master the sharingan and uses him in the akatsuki in place of Itachi. Sasuke seeks revenge on the leaf and will attack it probably while trying to capture Naruto. Since Sasuke doesn't have the ms Asuma, kureinai, kakashi and guy are probably enough to make Sasuke retreat with kisame. 3 years pass Sasuke through training archives the ms like shusui. Garra is still captured as are the rest of the jinchuriki save for Naruto and bee and sasuke begins to lose his sight, however Obito probably got ahold of Itachis eyes somehow and gives them to sasuke. Sasuke attacks the summit does better but is still overwhelmed, even more so without karin there to heal him. Sasuke needs Obitos help due to his weakened state but still kills Danzo. Pain is still taken care of by Naruto. The war begins, Orichimaru wanting Sasukes eyes offers to help the war effort and uses the same edo tenseis as Kabuto.
The edo tenseis are beaten as they were before Sasuke is kept hidden but leaves on his own, the edo tensei is not stopped as Itachi didn't get to set up koto amatsukami in Naruto. Naruto and bee are beaten without Itachis help to fight nagato unless Naruto gets BM here for the sake of argument let's say he does and beats Nagato and Itachi with the help of bees sealing jutsu. They fight Obito and his paths of pain and beat them and fight Obito until he revives the tentails using kinkaku and the eight tails tentacle and sasuke ends up joining with Obito and Madara, Sasuke fights Naruto here while Madara and Obito destroy the ninja fighting the tentails. Naruto and Sasuke kill each other and the tentails is sealed into Obito who activates IT and is then stabbed by black zetsu leaving Madara as an edo tensei to fight Kaguya and the final truth seeker orb will kill him in the end.
SO Itachi siding with Konoha saves the whole world in the end with all 3 scenarios
Would the uchiha clan have won or been slaughtered by danzo and the leaf villages anbu?
warning major wall ahead: theres 3 possibilities
1. Itachi saves sasukes life and he is taken in by orichimaru
2. Sasuke is killed with his clan
3. Itachi saves sasukes life and Obito takes him in.
Scenario 1
I think the coup would be stopped and the uchiha clan still murdered but by the village instead, Itachi may still find a way to save Sasukes life but this would probably lead to him getting into either Obito or orichimarus hands sooner, I'd say as soon as Itachi still saves sasuke life, probably by taking him away from the village. Let's say Obito has no use for the young uchiha but orihimaru knowing Sasuke is the last Uchiha would go for him and get his body before he becomes more powerful then orichimaru.
In the end orichimaru would win, with the sharingan, maybe even the mankekyo, killing the 3rd hokage would be easier. The leaf wouldn't stand a chance after orichimarus invasion and so they probably have to evacuate, also let's assume Naruto still somehow beats garra. So they evacuate the rookie 9 and alot of jonin. The sand village learning of orichimarus betrayal will work with the survivors to fight orichimaru and it becomes war with orichimaru's sound village I guess jiraiya and tsunade will still come back to help with this and still train Naruto and Sakura. Soon the akatsuki come for garra and Naruto but with tracking ninja like neji, hinata and kiba they'd find them fast and get them back from a weakened deidara and sasori as they'd have more people near by as opposed to having to travel 3 days to the sand village.
So the akatsuki probably get dealt with by Naruto and garra who become rivals after the chunin exams until pain arrives and if Naruto still learns senjutsu he can take him down. With Bee,garra and Naruto the akatsuki is missing 3 jinchuriki and can't revive the tentails since orichimaru has kabuto with him still he has no reason to revive madara or kinkaku and ginkaku nor does zetsu have a reason to go to Kabuto with madaras corpse as they're still missing 3 jinchuriki. in the end Obito will come after the three of them but if kakashi survives they can still use his mankekyo sharingan to take out obito with no tentails he's alot easier to beat when they're all in a group. Orichimaru would probably be dealt with last but he could team up with the akatsuki and get taken out along side them.
Another thing to consider in all this is if Naruto still learns to master the ninetails, if the five kage summit still happens after akatsuki tries to get bee then yes obito still wages war and they hide Naruto, Garra and Bee on the island and maybe even Garra masters shukaku too. with 3 perfect jinchuriki they break out and fight in the war. If Orichimaru helps he'd still be able to use some edo tensei but not as many as this wouldn't be a plan he's had for awhile and would be a recent thing, with kabuto he'd been digging up bodies for months before the war. Madara gets revived and they beat Naruto, garra and bee stealing the bijuu as Madara did by himself, he then forces obito to revive him he becomes the tentails jinchuriki activates IT and Kaguya takes Madaras body, end result Kaguya wins as Naruto can't be revived as No one revives minato with the other half of kurama.
Scenario 2
If sasuke is still killed same end result as above since we need sasuke to beat kaguya with naruto.
Scenario 3
Now if Obito gets to sasuke before orichimaru does. If Obito gets sasuke first he trains him to master the sharingan and uses him in the akatsuki in place of Itachi. Sasuke seeks revenge on the leaf and will attack it probably while trying to capture Naruto. Since Sasuke doesn't have the ms Asuma, kureinai, kakashi and guy are probably enough to make Sasuke retreat with kisame. 3 years pass Sasuke through training archives the ms like shusui. Garra is still captured as are the rest of the jinchuriki save for Naruto and bee and sasuke begins to lose his sight, however Obito probably got ahold of Itachis eyes somehow and gives them to sasuke. Sasuke attacks the summit does better but is still overwhelmed, even more so without karin there to heal him. Sasuke needs Obitos help due to his weakened state but still kills Danzo. Pain is still taken care of by Naruto. The war begins, Orichimaru wanting Sasukes eyes offers to help the war effort and uses the same edo tenseis as Kabuto.
The edo tenseis are beaten as they were before Sasuke is kept hidden but leaves on his own, the edo tensei is not stopped as Itachi didn't get to set up koto amatsukami in Naruto. Naruto and bee are beaten without Itachis help to fight nagato unless Naruto gets BM here for the sake of argument let's say he does and beats Nagato and Itachi with the help of bees sealing jutsu. They fight Obito and his paths of pain and beat them and fight Obito until he revives the tentails using kinkaku and the eight tails tentacle and sasuke ends up joining with Obito and Madara, Sasuke fights Naruto here while Madara and Obito destroy the ninja fighting the tentails. Naruto and Sasuke kill each other and the tentails is sealed into Obito who activates IT and is then stabbed by black zetsu leaving Madara as an edo tensei to fight Kaguya and the final truth seeker orb will kill him in the end.
SO Itachi siding with Konoha saves the whole world in the end with all 3 scenarios