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The Brutal French Conquest of Algeria
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2019
- We are in 1830. The Bourbon Dynasty has been restored and France is on the brink of yet another revolution. The King of France knows his people are angry but in no way quells his efforts to increase absolutism. Instead, he has a plan to distract them. This is the story of the French Conquest of Algeria. #ProjectAfrica
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EDIT: While the use of the term "Barbary Pirates" is not necessarily accurate, since they were mostly corsairs, I still used that term because it's what they are most commonly known and mostly, it's how they were perceived by French people back then - foreign pirates that were enslaving Christians. The point of that segment wasn't so much to talk about the history of Barbary Corsairs but explain the justifications France used to invade Algeria.
Glad to see new content Barris! And thanks for #ProjectAfrica ; I'm gonna check that!
And glad to see you here Bugs! I hope you enjoy the other videos too. Merde!
Please let's do a Haitian Independence one. I will narrate in Creole since Haitians don't speak English. You can do an English one and I will narrate a Creole one. Please!
Amazing video definitely subscribing!
The French have surrendered more times than Americans eat hamburgers.🤣
I think a lot of folks forget how big Algeria is. It's 1/4 the size of the United States. Sure, it's mostly desert, but still.
I didn't even know that myself! It really shows how much the Mercator Projection warps our view of the world. Thanks for watching Mr. Beat! And merde!
You forget the North of Algeria
@@emad3952 Yeah, that's why they said 'mostly', because aside from the north it's basically desert
This entire comment chain is quite comedic.
You are illuminati
I really like how European colonial think, there excuse for colonialism is to end the slave trade, by basically enslaving the whole nation. So much logic in that.
lmao, don't forget the part where they wanted to "civilise" us by killing us
@Based عOdat Wtf? How the ottomans were not violent? Are you dumb?
@Based عOdat shh you lost the Argument.
@Based عOdat If you can't realise it then you're really are a smooth brian keep embarrassing yourself.
It's a smart choice. The credits to goes to Barbary coisars who paved a way to European conolists.
"The skin of one of my drums has more value than these 760 people." That's probably the most monsterous quote I've ever heard, absolutely disgusting.
Yes. People can argue what they want about how cruel the conquest was, but when you have some of the conquerors saying things like that, it's hard to defend them. Thanks for watching Anthony and merde!
@o l those were turkish janossaries ,and spaniards and french also raided
o l
1) He mentioned so at 1:50
2) The Dey of Algiers had prohibited the Trade of Christian Slaves
3) Killing a tribe of innocent civilians who didn’t even descend from the coastal pirates isn’t “revenge “ it’s genocide bro
@@ThisisBarris I think no one in their right mind would defend these brutal past events. But, to play the devil's advocate, the mentalities back then were very different, which in turn, would only enable monsters such as Aimable Pélissier in their atrocious behaviors.
Also as a side note, it is very ''ironic'' that his surname; Aimable, if translated from french means ''Likeable''...
life is the cheapst. on almost any planet ^ ^
Charles X: Everybody hates me because im super autocratic and catholic
Advisors: Well you could invade a country to get people patriotic...
Charles X: What a great idea! Way better than addressing my own failings!
*Charles gets overthrown* **surprised pikachu face**
I hereby name you the official memer of the channel.
12:45
now you know what the phrase “Smoke them out” means in real life. Whole tribe in Algeria was brutally massacred and very few people know or talk about it
it.
Yeah it was a really sad thing to read about and definitely a shame not more people know about it. I hope this video helped educated people about it. Thanks for watching and merde!
@@ThisisBarris i thought when watching fiction (inspired by history) mel Gibson Patriot movie scene when they burn the church full with 20-30 people inside are really the most brutal things, then there is french imperialist who burn and smoke the whole tribes alive in cave full of 760 peoples in real history, and then proudly mock those poor souls as their lives were less valued to his drums.... human are much worse than we thought.
@@ammarhaziq919 you did the same...they paid you in full
@@stxfdt1240 quand ? When ?
@@stxfdt1240 ce que tu vas payer sera le triple sois en sûre
Gotta love the Algerians, they are very creative in naming their capital city
u know the country was named after the capital
Ipernick The Great some of our city names have Berber origins.
Algiers originated from the name of Zirids (from the Middle Ages but had a different name prior) hence Dzair.
It s the other way around : country named after the city ...
@@washizukanorico m8 I am obviously joking
Ipernick The Great lol, I am bad at this ...
New drinking game where you take a shot every time France is on the brink of revolution.
*dies of alcohol poisoning*
There isn't enough units of alcohol in the world to play that drinking game
@@Edmonton-of2ec Fool I already won that game, of course I am French goes back to the barricade !!!
Wine*
I don’t think I can pay this bill.
This could make a good Assassin's creed game tho. But we can't get it because Ubisoft is french xD
Yes, I think you're right but it's such a controversial topic that I think Ubisoft wouldn't even approach it haha I think Ubisoft avoids anything too recent.
I've never paid for an assassin's Creed game before but I sure as hell would pay for the chance of playing with an Algerian assassin character
@@sarakhlifi5103 yeah, imagine an assassin with the amazigh culture and clothes, that would be sick
@@techmode9716 yeah!!
Ubisoft is Quebec (French Canada Company)
The Algerians have suffered greatly to liberate their country. Children, women and men have been killed
On between themselves for thé main.
True
And the Algerians do it to the French today, except with the pity of French public, and encouraged by French and jewish elite.
Do you know how many terrible things bebers nd Algerians did against European nd french
They were not only killed women’s were rapped by the soldiers. Women’s were forced to take off their hajab and bushia. Soldiers would molested them sexually pretended to search them. Homes were looted. Hajab was banned in Algeria and morroco by the French and French language were forced on them. Their goal to wipe anything to do with Islam.
My family has a alot of military and historical background but I will talk about the independence:
My grandfather was freedome fighter, his job was to find strategic information about the French in Oran. In one of his missions he was shot in his neck but actually recovered and still fought for freedom.
At the time that Algeria took independence, my grandfather thought it was a trick from the French to find the freedom fighters and kill them, so he burned all his documents.
He sadly passed in 2014 away but will be remembered.
( I will re-edit this comment when I get more information)
Thanks for sharing! I look forward to reading more as you get more information.
Freedom fighter????? Algerian call them moudjahidines
@@Muhammed-ug8onsame shit real hero's ❤
@@Muhammed-ug8on Well true, just was trying to clarify cause not everyone understands what it means:)
@@ThisisBarrisWell he was a Coporall of the FLN, and was part of the ALN too.
His real names was Messoud but undercover name was Murad.
He decided to fight because my grand grand father died just some days after returning from WWII(he was forced to fight) and was angry of how our people got exploited.
On some instances, they were forced out of their homes to cook for French soldiers.
And let's not forget the bombardment of villages.
My grandmother from my mothers side told me how she would hide in a water fountain, when the planes did their boming strikes.
I am sad for the Algerians because of French terrorism. I cannot imagine the feeling of fear there among Algerians and the killing of their relatives. This terrorist act is unforgivable.😢😣
I'd never known anything in regards to how Algeria came under French rule! Very interesting and the production quality is simplement fantastique. Merci Barris!
Merci Wow! Always happy to see you in my comments. I'm glad you've learned something too. Merde to you!
@@ThisisBarris Wait minute: isn't French word "merde" basically the same as the word "shit" en Anglais? I ask because you seem to use the word "merde" in what seems to me unusual ways. But the word, or your usage of it, may carry some nuances that I am unaware of
@@SagesseNoir auto correction i guess he meant to say "merci " hahaha
Yes, it means shit but it also means good luck or good fortune! Basically, it comes from the theatre world. Actors would tell each other "merde" before each performance as a sign of good luck because more "merde" meant that more carriages had come to the performance so more people. I hope that clears things up!
@@ThisisBarris I would never have guessed this other meaning for "merde." LOL! When in French movies someone (like the police woman in DIVA) used the word "merde" it seemed to be in the same way we should the English word "shit!".When one studies French in American schools, you learn that the French expression for "good luck" is "bon chance!" Of course, many of our American of French teachers probably wouldn't want to use the word merde at all. LOL
my late grandfather was a famous revolutionist in our city during the occupation my grandma said he used to hide guns and utility for his companions when the french found him they took him prisoner and he got tortured and abused they called him a terrorist like his comrades his dream was the freedom of the country and the algerian people but he died before witnessing it .
My grandfather was also tortured in Algiers during the War of independence. He never took part in anything during the War but he sure kept the trauma of that terrible chapter of his life until he died in 2000. He used to enjoy peacefulness and silence more than anything.
Merci, I lived in France for 15 years and met great people of Algerian descent, Kabyle, Arab and Pied noir. It is a pity that this savage story of French colonisation is not more widely known about in modern French society
As long as it's well known by algerian
Why when they tell you that your ancestors were evil monsters do you just submit and say “Sigh… yes I am ashamed to be white. 😔” DEFEND YOUR OWN PEOPLE FOR ONCE.
@@prenom8793 Well they dont teach in Algeria that 1 million europeans were enslaved by them.
@@liveforever9888 Who are "they"? Look up Murad Reis, famous pirate captain. LIke half of Barbary pirates he was a Euro. A Dutchman. Wanna kill Algerians for acts of dutchmen? lol.
@@liveforever9888 who is them? i didn’t enslave anyone. my grandpa didn’t enslave anyone. his grandpa didn’t enslave anyone. the 30,000 innocent men and women in setif didn’t enslave anyone before they were killed. so tell me, who is them?
Its a masterpiece the music the pictures .. I hope you'll upload other subjects concerning Algeria .
I definitely will! I intend to discuss the Franco-Algerian war although since it's a recent conflict, I want a bit more experience before I do so. Thank you for watching.
@@ThisisBarris You're welcome
@@ThisisBarris you should search about Jugurtha the king of numida and he was the enemies of Rome, he united the all North of Algeria, but he was kept by Rome because he was betreated by another berber king in the ouest of North Africa (maroc) its a passionate story...
Très bien edité et les effets sonores sont magnifiques! It was a pleasure taking part in this collaboration with you.
Merci Ghipoli! It was a pleasure taking part in collab with you too and your French is great. Merde!
What is it with the French and their revolutions, can't you just have one and be happy?!
Never! France must have a revolutionary every 20 years or so.
@@ThisisBarris still waiting for the next one ngl
Algerians put up heroic resisistance and endured much suffering to remove the brutal french colonialism.. yet even today the hypocrisy of french government and many french people in not admitting the evil things that france did there is quite amazing
Algeria' : roads, tracks, bridges, aqueduc, hospitals, Harbours, airports ....towns .... made during French colonialism ....
@@bouchacourtthierry8506no one asked
They were not made for us Algerians they were made for the european colonials who thought they would stay here forever so STFU @@bouchacourtthierry8506
@@bouchacourtthierry8506 And not forget slavery and mass killing
my grandpa went to algeria for a few months many years ago for work and in the 17 years I was alive, no one ever told me until a few weeks ago
I had a similar experience - both my great uncles took part in the French-Algerian war and no one told me until last months. I hope to go to Algeria one day (well not as a soldier of course), seems like an interesting place. Thanks for watching Peter! I hope you enjoy my other videos too.
@@ThisisBarris 2 years late but I hope you visit our beautiful country one day brother
@@ThisisBarris Well the past is thr past, but you'll be my welcome to our country:)
I'm from the dahra region and what happened at that cave still make locals hate france to death
I understand why
@@ThisisBarris we will never never ever get over it.
@@Ucarebc Enough is enough. Algeria needed to be taught a lesson.
@@liveforever9888 a lesson? Huh? So invading someone’s country, kill them and commit war crimes against them is teaching them a lesson? With your thinking racism and every Damn injustice in the world would’ve been still present til this day, seek help you weirdo
The Berbers sent out a negotiating party asking why the French would attack them, they had only troubled the Genoese, a natural affair among neighbors. In answer they were told that they were unbelievers who had "crucified and put to death the son of God called Jesus Christ." The Berbers laughed saying it was the Jews not they who had done that. Negotiations broke off.
The French destroyed religious ornaments all over Europe (the exact same generals under Napoleon are the ones who invaded Algeria). So it was an insincere excuse from the beginning. The French where Athiestic tyrants at the time
@@nadjiguemarful I commented the wrong video
That's a lie 😂 Muslims don't believe in crussification and had zero knowledge of the history of Judea ro know that jews ruled over that land 😂 stop lying and making up stuff.
I'm really grateful of this project. It's led me to a lot of other history channels that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to find. You're all doing great. Thank you for all your work.
It's our pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm glad it helped you discover great channels - they definitely deserve it. Thank you for watching and merde.
I agree, thank you!
It would be good if you did part 2 for this video and explain the rest of the story. That would be nice.
wouldn't it?
Definitely! Although it's a controversial subject, so I wish to have more experience before I tackle it. Thanks for watching and merde!
@@ThisisBarrisMaybe talk about what happened in the 1980s-2000s
My uncle served in the Algerian Army before my father immigrated to Germany.
One day an insurgent laid a bomb under the baracks balcony where my uncle was staying at.
It collapsed and he feel two stories down, luckily surviving.
And after the professor of the university where my father was studying at, got behaded, he immigrated with my uncle to Germany to get a better life.
Christians forgot that they made the worst pirate ever.
No, North African pirates were the worst.
@@___E We know each other since Roman periods. We still remember that some Christians like France called us against both Papal states and Spain and Portugal. We know Christians so much who you're trying to fool? 😏
a French friend of mine told me that "France made Algeria" and helped Algeria by building infrastructures. Never before he made me so upset and I'm not even Algiers. But since I came from a colonized country, I shared the same sympathy. Now I'm going to send him this video to educate him a little bit. Or maybe a lot.
The French came to steal resources, kill n destroy
Always in colonization the colonizer help the colonized country to be developed not for them but for their own purpose so they can take more resources from them and of course they help them because it is considered their land anyway 😂
Well it is true that France built Algeria in many ways, but it also mistreated the locals in other ways which lead to the ultimate fall of french Algeria despite a good support in the local population
Well, your friend isn't wrong.
France made Algeria, gave it its name, administration, infrastructure, industry, and current borders. Things that wouldn't exist hadn't France created them in the first place.
Without the colonisation of Algeria, this place would've become a lawless and irrelevant barbary state after the fall of the Ottomans, eventually absorbed by the superior morrocon state.
How cruel was the conquest and colonisation of what would become Algeria is irrelevant to that fact. Regardless even of the fact that it wasn't any different from any other war of conquest and subjugation in history.
@@remilenoir1271 Your explanation of the benevolent France 'helping' Algeria to be a developed region already giving off a tone of European supremacy while anyone that are non-European are non civilized and barbaric community. There are many studies already that pointed out such depiction is heavily biased towards giving a good light of the colonizer. Development will always eventually come if a nation is willing to be open with the rest of the world. In other word, being colonized is not a mandatory factor to be come a 'civilized' and 'developed' country.
This video seems unbiased and well done. Some of the information is usually scattered around in the internet or hard to find in western side of the net.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@BorekSigar ?
Great video from Algeria 🇩🇿
Thank you Ziouani! I'm glad to see an Algerian appreciate it. I hope you enjoy my other videos too. Merde!
@@ThisisBarris Can you make a video about the Algerian revolution?
Une superbe vidéo! Les thèmes abordés par ta chaîne sont souvent méconnus, or je suis toujours ravi de voir une telle qualité sur des sujets concernant l'histoire de la France.
Merci beaucoup! Je suis ravi d'entendre ça et je suis toujours content de voir d'autres francophones dans mes commentaires. J'espère te revoir et merde!
What a wonderful gallery of portraits, and a page of our history with repercussions still today ... Lalla Fatma N'Soumer embodies a fierce and so interesting resistance ... a period finally rarely approched in figurines, that we are playing during the year 1848 ... Superb and fascinating video my friend!👍
Thank you Phil! Always happy to see you here my friend. Yes, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer is pretty awesome and I felt bad for not talking about her more but I simply didn't have enough time... Also, it's just hard to find enough information and resources about her, or even the whole invasion as a whole. I look forward to seeing your figurines recreating these battles Phil! Merde.
I like the Europeans when they tell history according to what suits their mood. The main reason for France's attack on Algeria was Britain's destruction of the Algerian flotilla in the Battle of Navarre. Algeria remained without protection. The second thing is that Barbary piracy ended after Dey Hussein came to power, the same person who helped France financially. Barbary pirates were a reaction to 47 campaigns Crusade carried out by the Europeans against Algeria
This is interesting. I've read far more about the anti-colonial movement in Algeria during the 1950s--62 than about the earlier historical beginnings of French colonialism.
Yeah it often gets overlooked to the benefit of the anti-colonial movement, mostly because it's much more recent and relevant to current issues.
@@ThisisBarris In the USA, many people became familiar with the conflict between French and native Algerians through the famous move "The Battle of Algiers." And then there was the writing of Frantz Fanon (especially popular among black students and activists in the 1960s & 70s). We lacked a larger perspective.
Wow, so much behind the scenes stuff going on with regard to Algeria that I never knew... great sound effects, visuals and of course, telling of the story...thank you!
Thank you man! I really appreciate it. I'm glad I could teach you something you didn't know too. Hope you enjoy my future videos too.
I would definitely be interested in the story of how Algeria became independent. I understand the French were said to be very aggressive in resisting the Algerian independence movement.
I intend to cover it but in all honesty, I'm a bit scared of the backlash! (Yes, I'm a coward.) It was definitely an aggressive period of French history to say the least.
I’ll wish u help me out…I want to write a presentation on Algerian liberation from French colonization
French were barberic inhuman aggressive against the Algerian people, who legitimately wanted their sovereignty back.. Anyway, they had it even the French were in Algeria
@@fidofido4380 muslims were inhumane barbaric and aggressive by enslaving more than a million Christians who legitimately wanted to be left alone
Thank you so much for making this! It gave me lots of useful information!
You did a great job merging the internal and external reasons for the conquest. I'm also glad you devoted a majority of the video to the failure to rule, including the descent into total war. I would also add that even where the French were not actively engaged in war, they demolished all the schools and charity hospitals, legacies of 1000 years of Algerian civilization, because they were worried that they could be used to incite insurrection. Not exactly a great way to win hearts and minds.
@mr_ anheuser Sure thing, here are some citations for you:
James McDougall, "A History of Algeria," Cambridge University Press, 2017. pp.94-95 (on the demolition of the habus)
Miriam Hoexter, "Endowments, Rulers and Community: Waqf al-Haramayn in Ottoman Algiers." Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998.
Now, here's the interesting thing I wait for in your reply. Are you going to say "thank you, I learned something today about Ottoman period social services"? Or will you continue to spout Robert Spencer style ignorant hatred? You see, when you ask for sources but are ungrateful when they are provided, it shows you weren't sincere in the first place, but are willing to say any kind of falsehood as long as it supports your view.
@@yrobtsvt Thank you for sharing that source. I remember reading about how Zaragoza converted some mosques into churches, including the Ketchaoua Mosque, which is probably the most important religious building in Algeria. So as you said, not a great way to win hearts and minds, and in fact, a lot of French colonists and politicians were quite upset by the brutal tactics of governors because it only created more resentment with the local population and often lead to violent reprisals.
@@ThisisBarris colonisation impacted a lot our traditional cities : most of them were at least partialy destructed (half of the casbah in algiers, etc )
France having 1000 revolutions per minute
Also France when it sees former African and Asian colonies also starting revolutions every 5 minutes :
*France : I raised that boy*
May God bless the one and a half million martyrs country 🇩🇿🥀 thank you for charing our history
Thank you for this great information! Thank you for increasing my knowledge. Great job! Looking forward for more of your videos.
Thank you Michael! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and learned from it. I hope to get a new video out soon. Merde!
Fantastic video my friend. The tale of the Barbary pirates is certainly interesting. One of the reasons that they were not dealt with prior to the 19th century, was because the piracy thrived on the competition among European powers. France encouraged them against Spain, and later Britain and the Dutch supported them against France. For this reason, even when a nation had naval dominance in the Mediterranean, strict cession of the activity was never enforced. Post the Napoleonic wars, the need of such a thing from the European powers went away. So, the usefulness of these pirates became non-existent.
You're absolutely right! The Barbary Pirates deserve a whole video by themselves although I think that's beyond the scope of my channel. Although I think you discuss them in a bit more details in your own French Invasion of Algeria video, no?
@@ThisisBarris It was in the "Barbary Wars" video that I did yes. But you are correct, the pirates do deserve a whole video by themselves. Will add it to the list!
It was great to see more content from you my friend. Your videos are always fantastic and extremely informative.
@@AnnalOfHistory A show on the Barbary corsairs would be great. You very rarely find an Arab or Amazigh as captain of the vessels though; they are virtually always European in origin - such as the raid on Iceland mentioned in this video being under the Dutch captain Jan Jansen van Haarlem. Barbarossa was from Rhodes, Simon Re'is was Dutch, John Ward was English, and so on.
@@AnnalOfHistory Ah yes, I remember that video now. Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@ThisisBarris Actually, they were not barbary Pirates but Corsairs.
A corsair works for a state whereas a pirate works for himself only
NEVER FORGET and NEVER FORGIVE.
Even Abdelkader forgave his enemies, that's what a great man does.
Not holding a grudge like a woman.
@@Naeinsengimnida you know nothing about Amazigh and what we've been through. we shall not forgive our enemies.
@@ahkh47 Hate will consume you. Suit yourself.
@@Naeinsengimnida hate is good! you will forget but the enemy never! france is a massa murderer!
@@ahkh47 if you are to be consistent, France is not the only nation you "should" hate then, the Arabs and Ottomans, as well as many others, "should" be next on your list, right?
thank you so much! my professor threw us headfirst into a really complicated text on this, and it was completely going over my head before i watched this video. very informative and concise!!
My pleasure - glad I could help. Merde!
So great, Barris. I eagerly await your every video. Always so well done, so entertaining, and so informative.
Thank you Tim! Those words mean a lot to me - it makes me really happy to see people enjoy my videos as much as you. I hope you keep enjoying my future videos.
tnx, great video on the subject. learned new stuff I wasn't taught about as an Algerian ;)
I'm glad you learned something and it's weird/a shame you're not taught all this as an Algerian! Thanks for watching and make sure to share it with your Algerians friends if you think they can learn something too :)
@@ThisisBarris oh, u miss understood me!
It's not that there's fact I wasn't taught about, it's just that u give a bit more detail to the subject; for example:
- the French reasoning and political motivation for the king to invade and distract his people
- or the fact that the debt was to napoleon in his Egyptian campaign, or the fact that the merchants were Jewish!
u know little details here and there
thanks again for the great content and showing both sides' perspective!
Oh okay, sorry for the misunderstanding. Well I'm glad I was able to give you a more in-depth summary of the events :)
@@ThisisBarris the goverment always tried to show as powerful and good guys who always achive world peace
PLEASE!! More historical videos about this country.
And also talk about the creative French architecture in Algeria!!! 🙏🙏
Every time I watch new videos of yours I find animation effects I want to try to put in my own videos 😄 very well done!
Thank you! I really enjoy your editing too so it means a lot to hear that from you. Looking forward to your next video.
Vive l'Algérie libre et indépendante 🇩🇿 🇩🇿 🇩🇿 🇩🇿
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Hey if you are interested in making other videos about Algeria I recommand the books of Gilbert Meynier....
I definitely count on making more videos on Algeria so I really appreciate the suggestion. Thank you and merde!
no one comes with more hypocrisy than someone claiming to be a liberator with a bible in hand. 🤔
I find it quite ironic that one the most brutal colonizers gave birth to what we know as human rights today. Destiny alway have its own way of keeping balances.
Unfortunately, a lot of these liberal states were also quite hypocritical ...
I like how in every video you make there is another revolution. Really says something about French history 😅
The worst part is that I'm not over! I got like 4 more revolutions to cover haha thank you for watching man and merde!
I got here from 'Adieu Philippine' that old 1960's french movie
Thank you for this video , good job.
My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching and merde!
This was so well put that I would love to have a Haitian Independence video made by you by narrated by me in Creole. Can we please do it? Please???
Let me think about it! We'll definitely have to discuss it and you have to send me some recording samples to see your audio quality. At the minimum, you can help me pronounce stuff in Créole correctly? Send me an email!
French must know who their ancestors were
So do the Algerians.
@@liveforever9888 You first
Conquest? 😂
You mean massacres and colonialism.
That's kinda the point
Thanks, thanks from the bottom of my heart, i hate when i search for this period of our history and see a story that is changed by the person that talk about it, this beautiful simple video give us something that we can know what really happened, thanks again for your work
Thank you! That really means a lot to me. I tried to be as impartial as possible on this video, so I'm glad to see you appreciate it. Thanks for watching and merde!
Damn each massive collab somehow gets bigger than the last. I got a lot of videos to watch now :D
Hahha yeah this one was pretty damn big! I think it was too big actually and I'm afraid people just got overwhelmed by the number of videos, you know? I'll have to look into it. Thank you for watching man!
Amazing visuals and sound effects. It is really effective. What is in fact a slide show with a voice-over becomes a captivating story. I didn't know much about the French conquest of Algeria. Now I know it was perhaps as brutal as the decolonization of the country. To what extent do French pupils learn about this?
We learn that Africa was colonized in the 19th century and that there was a difficult war for the independence of Algeria which caused the 4th republic to fall.
I actually spent most of my college years in the English system, which is why I speak English decently but unfortunately I didn't do much French history. In fact, one of the reasons I started this channel was to make up for all that history I missed out. Thank you man. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
The Algerian war of independance is a big part of the History curriculum.
Interesting to read, thanks!
a lot of the independance part, but not so much for the colonization part. In fact we don't talk about any colonization processes in detail, except maybe for quebec. French education talks more about decolonization than colonization itself
This documentary represents only a small fragment of Algeria's complex and rich history. It is crucial to understand that even the most vulnerable individuals-such as shepherds, women, and children-were subjected to horrific torture during the struggle for independence. What is even more shocking is that this people endured unimaginable suffering and humiliation. Despite these atrocities, the Algerian people displayed remarkable courage and dignity in their fight for freedom. To fully grasp the depth of their struggle and resilience, it is essential to visit historical sites and monuments dedicated to the martyrs, such as the Martyrs' Memorial in Algiers. These places, like the Casbah, are filled with emotion and offer a deeper understanding of the magnitude of their history and heritage.
The French pirates are less well-known than some of their European counterparts but they enslaved a fair number of Amazighs and Arabs so that reason given by Chuckie X is questionable. That the French government refused to repay a debt to Algiers that was incurred under Napolean is ironic as that is the same reason the US refused to repay their debt stemming from the War of Independence to the Republic as it was incurred while Louis was still on the throne of France.
I don't think Europeans cared about the enslavement of non-Europeans though, only of other Europeans/Christians, so that's why Charle X's reason was good enough for the people back then. And that is really ironic - I knew the US refused to pay back French debts, but never the reason why so pretty funny/ironic. Thanks for watching Brian! I hope you enjoy my mother videos too.
3:54 The Dey didn't actually hit the French person, He waved it in front of his face as to tell him to get out. A lot of people think that he struck him in the face or the wrist but he didn't touch him at all. Good video by the way!
Very insightful! Thank you for the animations and clear timeline!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy my other videos too.
I've read Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America," but nothing of his writings concerning Algeria. I must do some inquiry into that aspect of Tocqueville's writing
Splendid work, my friend! Hats off to your editing skills once again and good luck in your future projects.
I enjoyed the map shots, they look great.
Thank you my friend! I look forward to your next videos too. Your editing and storytelling is quite remarkable.
Liberty, fraternity... so long as you are white and french.
Yes, unfortunately, a lot of these countries that followed ideas of Enlightenment were often quite hypocritical, for example, the US regarding slavery. Nevertheless, I still believe the ideas they espouse, such as Liberty, Fraternity and Equity, are worth pursuing. Thanks for watching Daniella and merde!
We never forget and we never forgive
Algeria has paid 1.5 million heroes for freedom
Free palestine 🇵🇸
How’s that working? 😂
Im part french and i feel so sorry to the Algerians who had to experience this
Yes, I feel sorry too. Colonialism was a truly disgusting, immoral thing. Thanks for watching and merde!
Respect from a fellow North African
It's not your fault guys , we too Moroccans Berbers we have colonized our neighbors Spain for 8 centuries but I feel shame about it too
Algeria needed to be taught a lesson.
Don’t feel sorry for them. Feel proud for them. They won in their struggle. Long live Algeria
Berbers were not pirates! Your fellow mates were. Our Berber folks were protecting their maritime fields.
Nah, you were on jihad against the unbelievers
@@agricola actually alot of Berbers never left their Land to fight in any religious war
The most Berbers invading Spain were Moroccans
Anyone watching this video would enjoy the book "L'Art de Perdre" ("The Art of Losing") about the history of Algerian occupation. I'm trying to read it in French and came here because the subject matter is exceptionally difficult.
Well done with your editing animations and audio! :)
Great video!!!
Dear God!!! The Dey struck the French diplomat with his fly whip? This means war. One person was hit with a fly whip so we must declare war. The French often went to war over pride. The Franco Prussian war was because a French diplomat felt insulted. It’s gotta be hard losing a war you only fought over a insult.
I mean, let's be honest, these were all just pretenses. The Franco-Prussian war, for example, was to curtail German unification and growth as another power in Europe. Thanks for watching Robert and merde!
Great video, mon mec ! I was wondering if you could make a video of how France was beginning to have territory in Asia (in particular Vietnam), starting in the middle of the 19th century (around the time of Napoleon III.
Great video! Thank you! Interesting tidbit about Louis Philippe: He spent much of his younger years in exile, part of it spent in the United States. He even worked as a waiter in an oyster bar in Boston!
lol I was playing victoria 2 as france and was looking for a vid on french algeria... not surprised with your choice of music haha
great vid!
I'm sure you are aware of the assassination attempts on De Gaulle because of the Algeria situation.
I hope you upload more videos about algeria, it's interesting
I'll try to but it's definitely a controversial subject haha thanks for watching and merde!
A humiliating history and terrorist crimes of France.
god bless algeria.
Hi at 4:41 there is the man who deserted Napoleon and changed sides at the Waterloo campaign, one reason of the restoration of the monarchy happen, Bourmont, Intresting history, especially because Napoleon didn't trusted him for his ideals, Bugeaud was neither trusted or liked by Napoleon, but he didn't deserted him.
This is really well done thank you to tell the true history about my country,.. This story was hidden by the French unfortunately,
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. To be fair, French-Algeria is discussed in French schools although there's only so much you can learn at school. Thankfully this video helps make up for it. Merde!
Love this channel, had to sub!
Thank you for subscribing! And thank you for the compliment. They always make my day. I hope you enjoy my future videos.
Algeria's population in million .... 1830=10 .... 1962=8 .... 132 years of death
it was a brutal conquest mainly due to the fact that the turks were not the real leaders of the country, they simply had the coasts, while the cities and the mainland payed them tribute without fully being under their control. the local population was governed by a system of local religious schools called the Zaouias. this is why the french faced resistance as taking out the Turks meant nothing in the eyes of the locals. perhaps if the french decided to implement the same system the Turks had, it wouldn't have taken long nor needed that amount of violence.
great video, subbed!
You're absolute right. The long, grinding guerrilla warfare that ensued was the main cause of the brutality of the war, and frankly, it felt all rather pointless because other than the coasts, I cannot imagine Algeria offering much more to France, no? It all felt like a "pride contest" of who held the most land.
Thank you for watching Mohamed and for subscribing. I hope you enjoy my other videos and merde!
wow this was an amazing presentation
Nice synopsis - would have been more balanced if you included the fact that the majority of the "Barbary" pirates were European, e.g. the raid on Iceland was under the command of Jan Jansen van Haarlem, aka Murad Reis. Any idea on the number of Arab, Amazigh, and Moorish slaves sold in Europe that were taken from North Africa? I think the true numbers are roughly equal - Marseilles and Livorno were the two biggest slave markets in Europe but most coastal cities had them.
I didn't know that Reis Mourad the Younger was Dutch, so you learn everyday. Thanks for sharing. However, this video really wasn't about the barbary pirates/corsairs, it was just an overview/introduction used to explain the justification France used to invade Algeria. I'm glad you enjoyed the video nevertheless. Merde!
Their were no Moorish slaves taken by European pirates
@@Revitalization4241 provide a scourge for that claim, because as far as the historical record goes, there absolutely were
@@Revitalization4241 provide a scourge for that claim, because as far as the historical record goes, there absolutely were
The worst period of Algerian history 😢
And let us also not forget about the Paris massacre of 1961 where the lead architect Maurice Papon, who was bff with Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lion, and a full-blown car-carrying member of the Nationalist Socialist party of the Third Reich from Germany,
Thank you Sir!
Hard to fathom today how the French (and British) would go into someone else's country, plant their flag and announce they were taking over. Those who could not accept the new status quo as slaves to their European masters were dealt with in the most brutal manner possible.
The same way Turks planted their flag on Algeria in fact France abolished slavery in Algeria while Spain didn't interven in the matters of local Arabs in the Spanish Sahara which let the slavery practice and the castration of men continue till the 70ties of the last century.
Who's here after the french cartoons?
Actually got a significant view boosts because of the cartoon polemic. I hope you enjoyed the video - merde!
There is an old story that can be told by old people here in algeria about the war crimes here so let me start first the french soldiers got a whole village put them in a cave with all there animals and filled the entrance with wood and other flammable materials then they light it and the thing is people didn't die because of burning alive they couldn't breath after that some people got in there and saw a horrific scene most people were of course dead but one man took them by suprise he died holding cow down on the ground to protect his wife and child i don't how to feel abour that.
Yes, I discuss that story - the Dahra caves. Very sad stuff.
First time finding you channel, thanks for this video ill sub and check out your other stuff :)
Thank you for subscribing Phil! Happy to have you here. I hope you enjoy my other videos too and merde! :)
1:14 satisfying that I made it as a ringtone.
Hahaha thanks I guess!
Best video I have seen about Algeria .....
La ville d'ALGER, s'appelle: the city of ALGIERS, in English, El Jaza'ir in phonetic Arabic, D'zayer in Algerian and Bedrber, Argel, en español and Algeri in italiano, etc., unless it's OK to mix all languages which doesn't sound right, and it would then be best that everyone should say D'zayer.
The wounds of Algeria haven't healed yet. Hope one day Algerians forgive France.
Lol does it look like they deserve to be forgiven? 😂
@@bmwfan4552 no. But in God's eyes, whoever forgives, wins.
@@santagemma6212 your right brother.
@@bmwfan4552 Enough is enough. Algeria needed to be taught a lesson.
@@liveforever9888 LOL really? Why?
Salut l'ami, je ne découvre ta chaîne et je suis agréablement surpris de la qualité de cette dernière, en général les gens évoquant cette période se trompe souvent souvent sur le titre de l'Algérie à cette époque ou sur les bonnes dates de la conquête algérienne par la France, mais ici non seul précision, tu dis que les régences d'Alger, le beys de Tunis et la régence de Tripoli sont indépendantes hormis pour le nom sauf que pour la régence d'Alger, dès 1567, nous avons des traces que ce dernier se faisait appeler royaume d'Alger et non plus régence, donc la différence se faisait aussi sur le nom et bien sûr le reste mais ça tu l'as déjà souligné.