What Happened in Mexico During WW1? The Mexican Revolution | Animated History

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  • @TheArmchairHistorian
    @TheArmchairHistorian  Рік тому +224

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    • @SrGongalong
      @SrGongalong Рік тому +5

      As a Mexican, i thank you for covering Mexican History

    • @matthewpoe1056
      @matthewpoe1056 Рік тому +3

      You forgot about the Cristero War that was going on in Mexico at the same time.

    • @NOVAKMovies
      @NOVAKMovies Рік тому +1

      Can you start including subtites for us hard of hearing?
      I know there is auto-generate but the feature sucks unfortunately

    • @erickgonzales6244
      @erickgonzales6244 Рік тому +1

      I love that you created a video talking about mexico 🇲🇽, wish to see more videos of these

    • @habbyhouse
      @habbyhouse Рік тому

      U beautiful man

  • @ivanvladimir0435
    @ivanvladimir0435 Рік тому +1143

    The fact the 4 revolutionaries were destinated to fight each other at the end is something I see as a massive tragedy, but here, every single one of them is remembered as national heroes, thank you for this video, november 20th will soon arrive

    • @matrixtrollmarine
      @matrixtrollmarine Рік тому +1

      Well, revolutions do tend to devour their children.. we've seen it.. again and again

    • @mexcore14
      @mexcore14 Рік тому +29

      I still think Villa should not be considered a hero. He was not one by any stretch of the imagination

    • @ivanvladimir0435
      @ivanvladimir0435 Рік тому +80

      @@mexcore14 When he was made a governor for a period of I think it was 30 days he did a lot of good, he also fought to liberate Mexico from Huerta, that alone is enough to consider him a hero, people from the US hate him for his raid but we don't praise him for that, we praise him for what's worth remembering and the role he played

    • @IsaiahRichards692
      @IsaiahRichards692 Рік тому

      They’re not heroes and calling someone a “national hero” is basically a get out of jail free card for genocidal tyrants! Russian satellites, the Balkans, the French: 👀

    • @P71ScrewHead
      @P71ScrewHead Рік тому +44

      @@ivanvladimir0435 The gringos hate Villa bcuz he outran them n the Mexican military like a Speedy Gonzalez..lol Villa raided often tho.. Not just once..

  • @blindbicycle
    @blindbicycle Рік тому +1716

    You and your animation team have come so far and have changed style so much. It just shows how this channel has become so much better and its just horrible that UA-cam demonetize videos that are explaining and showing history.

    • @daveacbickford
      @daveacbickford Рік тому +22

      Absolutely knocked it out of the park with this one, especially the Road Runner and Coyote, and even the Windows references 😊 very cool!

    • @St4rTr3v1Ut10n
      @St4rTr3v1Ut10n Рік тому

      It's political and nothing else. UA-cam is part of a faction that wants to rewrite history

    • @andoriannationalist3738
      @andoriannationalist3738 Рік тому

      There’s an assassinated president missing a right hand when laying on the floor dead.

    • @justanotherperson7774
      @justanotherperson7774 Рік тому +18

      Anyone noticed how nice the thumbnails are now? They look kind of artistic

    • @xAustere
      @xAustere Рік тому +2

      @@justanotherperson7774thumbnail is really good, and the animations throughout are too

  • @migol15-21
    @migol15-21 Рік тому +1265

    Mexico's story is full of heroism, as country which has never seen peace in almost all its independent history. From the Spanish, Americans, French and Mexicans themselves. It'd be delightfully interesting to see videos about these conflicts in the future.
    My beloved Mexico 🇲🇽

    • @joaopedrobaggio4475
      @joaopedrobaggio4475 Рік тому +102

      Unfortunately the drug cartels are destroying México, i am Brazilian and we have the same problem with organized country.

    • @migol15-21
      @migol15-21 Рік тому +45

      @@joaopedrobaggio4475 that's another good conflict to cover here, it's already marked the modern history of Mexico.

    • @darthbalgarus6986
      @darthbalgarus6986 Рік тому +9

      There may be heroism in the part of the Americans during the occupation of Veracruz and the pancho villa expedition, but that is it

    • @ccalico164
      @ccalico164 Рік тому

      ​@@joaopedrobaggio4475 Mexican cartels are so fucking bad that they are already infiltrating -and somewhat even worsening- the organized crime of Colombia and other countries

    • @doscaminos204
      @doscaminos204 Рік тому

      @@darthbalgarus6986 lol are you trolling them? No point, I am one of them and see it for what is. I am not delusional like the majority only the minority see Mexico as the country for what it really is, a failure. I mean we had cannibals and mercenaries breed what result was that supposed to bring? The exact violence and corruption you see today lol. Then they go to Murica blaming them for their failures while boasting how they are more willing to do hard work like they are the exception without realizing every immigrant before and now do the same thing. Viva Mexico Cabrones, no other country on Earth that I know of uses a curse word openly as a way to boast themselves. The real Mexican failure is in its mediocrity.

  • @nbewarwe
    @nbewarwe Рік тому +1397

    "Diaz ended despotic rule and banned reelection and even stepped down at the end of his term."
    Man this Diaz guy sounds great. Why would Mexicans want to overthrow him?
    "A few years later, Diaz broke his own ban on reelection and arrested all journalists who reported negatively on him"
    Ah, that's why.

    • @rockoorbe2002
      @rockoorbe2002 Рік тому +54

      Except that Madero wasn't much better.

    • @Chronosmaster002
      @Chronosmaster002 Рік тому +3

      Diaz is proof that even a dictatorship under a capable leader can be beneficial. Heck, after all this time, a lot of Mexico still use the infrastructure of the Porfiriato, goes to show how little the post-revolution politicians accomplished.

    • @migol15-21
      @migol15-21 Рік тому +98

      He brought prosperity and inequality to the country.
      Very controversial figure nowadays.

    • @adrianayala5476
      @adrianayala5476 Рік тому +73

      There were a couple of labor strikes during Diaz's rule that were very bloodily suppressed, by the federal police under his control as well. So not the best of guys.

    • @A_reasonable_individual42
      @A_reasonable_individual42 Рік тому +11

      Thought he was going to pull a Washington.

  • @aaron90omar
    @aaron90omar Рік тому +771

    From a fellow Mexican Historian, to the American Armchair Historian, I thank you so much and so deeply for presenting this video in honor of the 113th anniversary of our Mexican Revolution. Your video was so good and summarized pretty well the whole 10 years or so of civil war that was the revolution 1910 to 1920s. Whenever you have the chance, I strongly recommend you that you do a video about the Cristero Rebellion. That rebellion was fought as a consequence of the implementation of some of the most anti-clerical reforms implemented. Thanks again!

    • @luigidisanpietro3720
      @luigidisanpietro3720 Рік тому +1

      Mexicans did not take lightly the killings of priests...

    • @metalgearray6832
      @metalgearray6832 Рік тому

      @@brianselley1745descendents of British… close enough.

    • @milibaeindustries
      @milibaeindustries Рік тому +25

      ​@@brianselley1745 Are you sure? He definitely sounds American.

    • @aaron90omar
      @aaron90omar Рік тому +11

      @@brianselley1745 My mistake. I thought he was American because he certainly doesn't sound English. I'll edit my comment.

    • @tomthebuilder794
      @tomthebuilder794 Рік тому +18

      He is American, check the channel description

  • @vitorpereira9515
    @vitorpereira9515 Рік тому +833

    As a Brazilian I have a deep respect for Mexico and its people. It was in Mexico that Roberto Gómez Bolaños, one of the greatest comedy legend of all time was born and he gave the world the marvels that are Chavo del ocho and El Chapulín Colorado. Mexico has everything it takes to be one of the world powers and i hope our two nations can work and grow together. 🇲🇽🇧🇷

    • @KOTYAR0
      @KOTYAR0 Рік тому +76

      I'm Russian and I love el Chapulin Colorado

    • @iantheduellist
      @iantheduellist Рік тому +52

      As a Mexican, I share a deep respect for your nation of Brazil, its history and its culture. But when it comes to joining BRICS I have to disagree. I stand in complete opposition to the rather authoritarian governments of Russia but especially China. The Chinese government is quite oppressive to a diverse population and has a pretty nasty list of human rights violations, especially in its western regions. Then there is the simple matter of security. China supplies the Narcos with the ingredients to make powerful and addictive drugs, while the U.S. supplies the Narcos AND the Mexican police force with weapons. Not to mention that both the right and the left in the politics of the U.S. acknowledge that there is a problem in Mexico and want to do something about it, they just don't agree on how to solve the problem... The U.S. and NATO in my opinion is the lesser of two evils. Its not perfect, but at least its somewhat democratic.

    • @vitorpereira9515
      @vitorpereira9515 Рік тому +17

      @@KOTYAR0 I've watched it 1000 times and it never loses its fun.

    • @vitorpereira9515
      @vitorpereira9515 Рік тому +23

      @@iantheduellist I agree with everything you said about China and Russia and I believe the same thing about the importance of defending democracy and human rights.
      Edit: I fixed my comment to be better.

    • @alexplatte7002
      @alexplatte7002 Рік тому +8

      Why would Mexico hinder relations with their number one trading partner in the US? Having a respect for a country culturally is different than trying to align economies together.

  • @pablosalazarsojo3877
    @pablosalazarsojo3877 Рік тому +192

    13:19 If you wonder where is the right hand of Obregon, he lost it in the Battle of Celaya against Pancho Villa

    • @provisionalmtorres8199
      @provisionalmtorres8199 Рік тому +22

      Se llama la batalla de Celaya pero realmente fue en hacienda del conde actualmente en Silao - León

    • @cavc94
      @cavc94 11 місяців тому +9

      ​@@provisionalmtorres8199La batalla de Celaya SÍ fue en Celaya. Pero en efecto, fue en la Batalla de León, y no en Celaya, dónde Obregón perdió el brazo.

  • @Napoleon_Bonaparte1804
    @Napoleon_Bonaparte1804 Рік тому +131

    My Great Great grandfathers and his brothers fought alongside Emiliano Zapata. My Great Grandmother (
    my grandmother's mom) told us stories of her father and her uncles. Then for my grandfather so did both his grandparents. His grandparents met each other during battle. On my grandfathers side they were middle class so they were well off. But on my grandmother's side, they were poor, in the end they got what they wanted, land and peace.

  • @fossilrex9770
    @fossilrex9770 Рік тому +216

    As a Mexican I’m so glad you talk about the history of my country, foreigners often don’t realize how complex it is

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 5 місяців тому +3

      But what about the Aztecs organizing the Triple Alliance before Germany thought of it?

  • @ProtoPurity
    @ProtoPurity Рік тому +2925

    Mexico may seem kinda irrelevant in world history but our history is full of sacrifice, blood and will 🇲🇽❤️‍🩹

    • @christopherruiz9936
      @christopherruiz9936 Рік тому +128

      Absolutely 🇲🇽🇲🇽

    • @griggsz9649
      @griggsz9649 Рік тому +158

      Why doesn’t Mexico just give up and sign the land over to the US I mean all the people there just dream of being over here any way 😂

    • @ProtoPurity
      @ProtoPurity Рік тому +554

      ​@@griggsz9649porque somos más chingones que eso

    • @INSANESUICIDE
      @INSANESUICIDE Рік тому +204

      I wish Mexico and it's citizens the best in dealing with and overcoming the cartels.

    • @Adrian-kb4rg
      @Adrian-kb4rg Рік тому +375

      ​@@griggsz9649its better to be poor than homeless

  • @santiagosanchezrodriguez8787
    @santiagosanchezrodriguez8787 Рік тому +1039

    Gracias por unirte a nuestra celebración de la revolución contando su historia 🇲🇽

    • @darthbalgarus6986
      @darthbalgarus6986 Рік тому +16

      As if Mexico is more peaceful today XD

    • @zaidaquintanilla5725
      @zaidaquintanilla5725 Рік тому +15

      ​@@darthbalgarus6986more or less, sadly...

    • @santiagoo.7143
      @santiagoo.7143 Рік тому

      ya mmle la vrga al gringo

    • @santiagoo.7143
      @santiagoo.7143 Рік тому

      @@darthbalgarus6986 had you taken your daily dose of fentanil?

    • @CanalOmega
      @CanalOmega Рік тому

      ​@@darthbalgarus6986well, we don't like foreign influence and we are rogue. Stop invading and giving money to criminals and Mexico will become peaceful.

  • @JavierCR25
    @JavierCR25 Рік тому +566

    Love to see the Mexican social achievements duly spoken of. Hopefully one day our Mexican brothers and sisters will enjoy a country without cartels and corruption.

    • @derederekat9051
      @derederekat9051 Рік тому +89

      we will need an America free of drug addicts to begin with, also no American Agencies stirring the pot of bs in other countries.

    • @Unknownstatus_521
      @Unknownstatus_521 Рік тому +38

      You ask for a lot having Uncle Sam as neighbor

    • @RealNaisuCinema
      @RealNaisuCinema Рік тому

      @@derederekat9051funny how Mexico is the one who has never had a peaceful independence and has cartels doing whatever they want but somehow blame America for Mexico not being able to control itself.

    • @cashewnuttel9054
      @cashewnuttel9054 Рік тому +10

      @@derederekat9051 You will need to do to them what the Allies did to Germany and Japan to achieve that.
      I can't use the word because UA-cam doesn't like it, but it starts with the letter 'd'.

    • @Burningpaladin
      @Burningpaladin Рік тому +1

      @@cashewnuttel9054 what does it end with?

  • @iantheduellist
    @iantheduellist Рік тому +55

    FINALLY, A MAJOR HISTORY CHANNEL COVERING THIS CONFLICT.

  • @Pewchb
    @Pewchb Рік тому +53

    This was pretty cool to learn on. I’m not Mexican but I respect their culture and history. It’s a beautiful one in every aspect.

  • @thegibbmiesters6046
    @thegibbmiesters6046 Рік тому +127

    I've been waiting for Mexican history to be covered, thank you

  • @pablosalazarsojo3877
    @pablosalazarsojo3877 Рік тому +374

    I just love Zapata outfit, as a Mexican, I am in love of the idea of a simple man becoming a Caudillo in order to oppose a tyrannical government and secure wealth and prosperity to its people, all at all in style

    • @A_reasonable_individual42
      @A_reasonable_individual42 Рік тому +53

      Yeah ain't gonna lie Zapata had style.

    • @occam7382
      @occam7382 Рік тому +13

      And in Kaiserreich, the man actually managed to become President of Mexico between 1932 and 1937.

    • @ivanvladimir0435
      @ivanvladimir0435 Рік тому +3

      @@occam7382 maybe I should play kaiserreich then...

    • @occam7382
      @occam7382 Рік тому

      @@ivanvladimir0435, I highly recommend it. It's quite a time.

    • @elpidiovillarreal6246
      @elpidiovillarreal6246 Рік тому +4

      Zapata was actually a landowner.

  • @tenneseeangel1293
    @tenneseeangel1293 Рік тому +37

    Freaking finally I've been talking about how underrated the Mexican Revolution is and how it should be covered more by bigger youtubers.

  • @Random.American.
    @Random.American. Рік тому +54

    As a Mexican i thankful for covering us

  • @DeepThinker_6597
    @DeepThinker_6597 Рік тому +28

    I was wondering for a while when you'd make a video of the Mexican Revolution and as I was watching another one this pops up in my notifications. Thank you!!🇲🇽

  • @TopGuardDawg
    @TopGuardDawg Рік тому +11

    I liked how you and your team covered this topic my great great grandfather’s bother actually fought in the revolution while my grandfather already immigrated not wanting to get involved in the conflict fled to the U.S. and stayed and served in the U.S. Army during WW1

  • @dr.virus1295
    @dr.virus1295 Рік тому +54

    Now this is a revolution that needs to be a TV show.

    • @CogitoErgoSumFortis
      @CogitoErgoSumFortis Рік тому +8

      The true Juego de Tronos

    • @macielguzmanjosericardo7245
      @macielguzmanjosericardo7245 Рік тому +3

      Unfortunately there isn't one (in fact this type of production is very rare here), but there is a Diaz tenenovela called "The Flight of the Eagle" that tells the story of Diaz's childhood until his exile and death in France although it is old ( from the 90s) .

    • @vegassincity702
      @vegassincity702 Рік тому +5

      ​@macielguzmanjosericardo7245 there's one call El encanto del Aguila

    • @josem588
      @josem588 8 місяців тому

      @@CogitoErgoSumFortis things like that is that I always that an American will *NEVER* be close to the mental toughness of a Mexican

    • @vxxiii4160
      @vxxiii4160 7 місяців тому +3

      There's been quite a few TV series about the conflict but they're pretty average, nothing really special. But I do agree maybe a modern production with a bigger budget would be interesting.

  • @xMetalhead2000
    @xMetalhead2000 11 місяців тому +11

    The Mexican revolution plays out like a tarantino movie I love this era of history so much, Pershing hunting villa and no one survived in the end

  • @compatriot852
    @compatriot852 Рік тому +170

    Mexican history is one often overlooked on the global stage. Glad you did on video on it.
    My family was impacted a lot by the haciendas and revolution especially being from a much lower class

    • @michaelhowell2326
      @michaelhowell2326 Рік тому +1

      Bc Mexico doesn't have a real global presence. In the grand scheme of things Mexican history is at best footnotes.

    • @pottertheavenger1363
      @pottertheavenger1363 Рік тому +21

      @@michaelhowell2326 It's eclipsed by the loudest bully of all times while being one of the cradles of civilization.

    • @michaelhowell2326
      @michaelhowell2326 Рік тому

      @@pottertheavenger1363 even if the US wasn't a powerhouse Mexico still wouldn't matter. Active war zones are less dangerous than Mexico. Every single swinging Richard is on the take down there. Everyone. Last time I was there a woman tried to sell me her daughter. I've never once been impressed by anything in Mexico except how they corrupted an entire country. It was a cradle of civilization that was snuffed out in half a century and didn't add much to the global index. I'll give you corn and potatoes, but that's about the limit of pre-Comumbian Mexico, and nothing really super important since. If Mexico never existed, the world would look pretty much the same.

    • @pottertheavenger1363
      @pottertheavenger1363 Рік тому

      @@michaelhowell2326 Such ignorance and arrogance. A true gringo.

    • @centurion945
      @centurion945 Рік тому +1

      ​@@michaelhowell2326youre an ignorant troll, go read a history book and learn something

  • @Baha2000
    @Baha2000 Рік тому +77

    The animations you guys make are by far some of the best I've seen out of a history channel

  • @charlesferdinand422
    @charlesferdinand422 6 місяців тому +13

    Actually, Villa lost the battle of Celaya against Obregon in part because an American gun merchant who sold him the ammunition he used in the battle had been bribed by Obregon and sold Villa bullets with just a third of the gunpowder they normally had (his soldiers would complain that their ammo was so weak they could see their bullets strike the ground a few yards after they fired their rifles and pistols); so one of Villa's aims when he attacked Columbus was to kill this gun merchant (he was in another town visiting the dentist when the raid took placr so he survived).

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory Рік тому +41

    Finally, someone covering this insane moment in history. Thank you

  • @davianoinglesias5030
    @davianoinglesias5030 Рік тому +11

    We need more videos and longer ones about Mexico, the Carribeans and Pacific Islands. These places are often given a back seat in history, we wanna hear their stories

  • @MarcoCaifan87
    @MarcoCaifan87 Рік тому +12

    FINALLY. I’ve been waiting for one of my favorite history UA-camrs to make a video on the Mexican Revolution. Thank you for this, Griffin!

  • @AmFuture
    @AmFuture Рік тому +111

    I wished you had talked about each of the big 4 more in depth. Especially Pancho Villa. Villa was the one who made the most difference in the life’s of people. As Governor of Chihuahua, he implemented various social policies. Built schools, infrastructure, lowered the price of meat and corn, and even printed his own currency with his name on it, that banks in the United States accepted at face value! What other revolutionary in history can you name that has done the same? Still, I enjoyed the video very much!

    • @matrixtrollmarine
      @matrixtrollmarine Рік тому +8

      Ataturk did

    • @SamLJack
      @SamLJack Рік тому +6

      Pancho Villa is my ancestor. So I feel the same haha.

    • @laziflores8009
      @laziflores8009 Рік тому +2

      ​@@SamLJackpancho villa is the ancestor to a lot of north mexicans. When i was young i thought this was cool. But now not so much.

    • @cuginkcain5430
      @cuginkcain5430 Рік тому +1

      I own a newspaper headlining villa invading america.

    • @Matuterocks
      @Matuterocks Рік тому +1

      ​@@SamLJacklol I am also related, but not directly

  • @VendettaDylan
    @VendettaDylan Рік тому +14

    This conflict always took my interest, glad to see Griffin make a video on it! 🤔😃

  • @GreatValueMapleSyrup
    @GreatValueMapleSyrup Рік тому +51

    Your team has done amazing work. Its sad that UA-cam is demonetizing history videos.

    • @koiue.g8709
      @koiue.g8709 Рік тому

      Why are they doing that?

    • @noahamankwaah9802
      @noahamankwaah9802 Рік тому

      ​@@koiue.g8709Because history isn't "Ad-friendly"

    • @josem588
      @josem588 9 місяців тому

      @@noahamankwaah9802 it’s better enter a video and not have to see an ad of 15 seconds that you can’t skip

  • @omargerardolopez3294
    @omargerardolopez3294 Рік тому +54

    I loved your take on the Mexican Revolution! It's very on point for a 15 minute video.

  • @Lazarus98849
    @Lazarus98849 Рік тому +64

    My ancestors took part in this and the Cristero War after. My ancestor was Poncho Villa’s right hand man, a brigadier general for free Division del Norte and met Jack Reed when he was in Mexico

    • @SamLJack
      @SamLJack Рік тому +7

      Hey friend. I'm related to Villa myself. Hope you're doing well

    • @corpmex
      @corpmex Рік тому +2

      Hey my great grandmother's younger brothers were kidnapped, at gunpoint by villa himself and forced to fight. Boys no older then 16. They all were killed because of villa. He was a gangster and bandolero, nothing more. If I were you guys, I wouldn't be spouting my pride for my ancestors who did monstrous things.

    • @atomant332
      @atomant332 Рік тому +1

      "Poncho"? I thought it was Pancho. Poncho is a thing to wear.🤔

    • @AzSureno
      @AzSureno 9 місяців тому

      Hey my great uncle was with pancho villa to , my family is from chihuahua

    • @S.M.Mer0
      @S.M.Mer0 7 місяців тому +2

      Villa was a gangster. His men killed my great grandfather. They did no good

  • @axelravager9327
    @axelravager9327 Рік тому +26

    If you guys want a more in depth telling of the Mexican revolution check out Mike Duncan’s revolutions podcast season 9. You can start on episode 4 for the beginning of the porfiriato, episode 6 for the election of 1910, episode 8 for when the revolution was proclaimed by Madero, episode 14 when Madero was overthrown with the next episode’s topic being the second phase of the Mexican revolution.

  • @TKDragon75
    @TKDragon75 Рік тому +15

    There were also a few battles along the US-Mexican border between US Troops and both Mexican regular troops and rebels as well as the occasional German.

  • @Arcadius2207
    @Arcadius2207 Рік тому +41

    2:05 finally a foreign channel...recognizing that everything during the porfiriato of porfirio diaz was not so bad for mexico. thanks brother from mexico

    • @josem588
      @josem588 9 місяців тому

      I wonder why usa NEVER had a dictator or a traitor

    • @josem588
      @josem588 8 місяців тому

      @@jjjhnmj but why they NEVER had a traitor like we did in Mexico ?

    • @josem588
      @josem588 8 місяців тому

      @@jjjhnmj yeah why America don’t have other civil war after 1865 ?.

    • @Ashy_Slashy3
      @Ashy_Slashy3 7 місяців тому

      Neither was Mexico's monarch. They were pointless revolutions

    • @Ashy_Slashy3
      @Ashy_Slashy3 7 місяців тому

      ​@@josem588they basically did on January 6th 2020 I think it was

  •  Рік тому +38

    For quite some time I was waiting for someone to upload a high-quality video on this topic, since as a Hispanic who is not from Mexico, it is difficult to understand it beyond its popular figures like Emiliano Zapata. Changing the subject, it would be great if you talked one day about the War of the Pacific between Chile, Bolivia and Peru; or the Thousand Days' War, which was a civil war that spread through Colombia and my country Panama (which ended up separating from Colombia a year after the end of that war), with the intervention of liberal soldiers from Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, as well as the United States.

  • @franciscomendez8350
    @franciscomendez8350 Рік тому +60

    Professor Johnson, did you know that an American journalist named John Kenneth Turner traveled to Mexico and talked about the horrible things about the Díaz dictatorship? He even expressed his dismay at the Haciendas, which he even compared to the black slavery camps during the American Civil War because it was a system of local slavery so that workers continued to owe their debtor and continued working for generations due to the hereditary nature of those debts.

    • @DanielGarcia-kw4ep
      @DanielGarcia-kw4ep Рік тому +13

      According to that author, It was way worse than the black slavery. The americans kept those slaves alive for as much as they could. In Mexico, a lot of slaves only lasted one year before perishing, as it was more profitable to get more slaves than keep healthy the ones you already had

    • @elemperadordemexico
      @elemperadordemexico Рік тому +2

      American propaganda

    • @C-Farsene_5
      @C-Farsene_5 Рік тому +17

      @@elemperadordemexico you’re calling the memoirs of most folks in the lower class mexicans and the press as american propaganda?

    • @DanielGarcia-kw4ep
      @DanielGarcia-kw4ep Рік тому

      @@elemperadordemexico nmme primo. Los americanos son los que apoyaban el régimen de Díaz, lo mantuvieron en el poder y apoyaron la contrarrevolucion. Estas no son teorías, son hechos fácilmente comprobables, que sentido tiene que las condiciones en las haciendas hayan sido exageradas por la propaganda americana cuando se la pasaban encubriendo el régimen y encarcelando a opositores de este incluso en el suelo americano? Váyase a dormir mejor alch

    • @DanielGarcia-kw4ep
      @DanielGarcia-kw4ep Рік тому

      @@C-Farsene_5 People like to do that in the internet. Don't listen to him it doesn't make sense. It is a great contradiction when you take into account the stubborn support the American government gave to Porfirio Diaz. They went so far as to jail and punish Mexican politicians (not even revolutionaries) that were seeking political asylum in their country, then they blockaded the country during the revolution and supported the counterevolution that happened with el maldito cirroso de Victoriano Huerta

  • @cw4608
    @cw4608 6 місяців тому +3

    I love the Roadrunner tribute and am very appreciative of a piece of Mexico’s history completely overlooked by any of my school teachers.

  • @kaelsherwood8984
    @kaelsherwood8984 Рік тому +104

    Me da mucho gustó que estas cobrando la historia de un conflicto desconocido por la mayoria del mundo. Como alguien con raices en Morelos, me da mucho emocion ver nuestra heroe, Emiliano Zapata en tu video. Para que dios te bendiga y regala exito en todas tis esfuerzas 🙏

  • @frightenedchaos
    @frightenedchaos 6 місяців тому +8

    Zapata didn't want power, he knew he was not capable of governing, he fought for the people and wanted desperately needed social reforms. He was truly a man of the people.

  • @mxvrdahegaouwu7577
    @mxvrdahegaouwu7577 Рік тому +22

    Someone said it best:
    "We have a better story than Game of Thrones in the Mexican Revolution"

  • @thatrobocop8175
    @thatrobocop8175 Рік тому +3

    FINALLY, I'VE BEEN WAITING A MEXICO VIDEO FOR YEARS, Thanks so so much

  • @CountryBall.Mapping
    @CountryBall.Mapping Рік тому +22

    Ah, Mexico a great and powerful country with military, culture, and people. Mexico will always suprise me with its beauty of nature

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 Рік тому +19

    Glad to see you guys covering the Mexican revolution

  • @JadedSundewYT
    @JadedSundewYT Рік тому +36

    You should also cover the help of México during ww2

    • @mightbejordxn
      @mightbejordxn Рік тому +1

      they were useless ngl

    • @eduardoxd543
      @eduardoxd543 Рік тому +15

      ​@@mightbejordxnel escuadrón 201 que peleó en Filipinas en tan solo unos meses logro acabar con 30,000 japoneses aceptando misiones que sus pilotos no aceptaban por miedo ya que eran muy riesgosas mientras que nuestros pilotos las aceptaban sin importar lo peligrosas que fueran

    • @MrKevin-wu8re
      @MrKevin-wu8re 11 місяців тому +12

      @@mightbejordxn more useless than you will be in life? I think not...

    • @musolinging
      @musolinging 11 місяців тому +1

      ⁠​⁠@@MrKevin-wu8rebut seriously, they did nothing on the real front. Stop being patriotic and just realize that Mexico did barely anything in it

    • @musolinging
      @musolinging 11 місяців тому +1

      @@MrKevin-wu8rethe Mexicans didn’t even have proper tanks, even the Italians were better LMAO

  • @thenewongoam2486
    @thenewongoam2486 Рік тому +48

    Thank you for covering The Mexican Revolution. It was one of the most important revolutions of the 1910s. I planned to write a Revisionist Western Comic set during the Mexican Revolution.

  • @EnclaveStormXL
    @EnclaveStormXL Рік тому +40

    Mexico 🇲🇽

  • @mexispartano8381
    @mexispartano8381 Рік тому +37

    As a Mexican American, I wanna say thank you for covering topic relating to Mexican history!! And I’m looking forward for you to cover up more!!! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

  • @idontknow14672
    @idontknow14672 Рік тому +5

    You are such an underrated youtuber, I love the animation of your videos and how you change it up depending on the topic, keep up the good work man.

  • @novaproductions853
    @novaproductions853 Рік тому +13

    So glad you’re covering such an interesting topic

  • @cristofori2230
    @cristofori2230 Рік тому +9

    Amazing! Can you do the Philippine Revolution / Philippine-American War next? It's a similar story with many parallels of factions within factions and great powers doing back dealings with each other.

  • @Bad-Humor
    @Bad-Humor Рік тому +3

    I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS, THANK YOU ARMCHAIR!
    edit: ALSO WHY IS THE QUALITY SOO GOOD, BRO HAS IMPROVED SOO MICH SINCE I GOT ON THIS CHANNEL AND I LOVE THE LOONEY TOONES REFERENCE!!!

  • @Reheheboi
    @Reheheboi 2 місяці тому +5

    Love learning about countries not in Europe love Mexico from Poland

  • @tylersizelove7521
    @tylersizelove7521 11 місяців тому +2

    Pancho Villa leading Pershing on a wild goose chase would be an awesome movie. Good for Villa.

  • @pacotaco99
    @pacotaco99 Рік тому +8

    The animations in this video are incredible. Amazing content by you and your team.

  • @siddd5745
    @siddd5745 Рік тому +3

    I love your ‘obscure’ history episodes, events liked these are often overshadowed by larger ones (like ww1)

  • @autor3015
    @autor3015 Рік тому +7

    It would be great that you you would make a video of the Mexican American War of 1846-1848, a forgotten conflict but extremely decisive for the future of both nations.

  • @tophand1257
    @tophand1257 15 днів тому +1

    Venustiano Carranza is my great(x2) uncle, which was always funny to me because everyone on my mom’s side were Villistas, and remained loyal to Villa even after they fell out.

  • @Impeldown77
    @Impeldown77 11 місяців тому +9

    My grandparents are from Cuba, so Im super interested in historical rebellions and revolutions. I never knew about all this turmoil Mexico went through! Cuba only really had 1 (technically 2) rebellions, so I was shocked to learn that Mexico had like 4!!! 😂
    Viva México Viva Cuba!!! 🇨🇺❤️🇲🇽

    • @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870
      @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870 5 місяців тому

      Isn't there like the Ten Years War, the Little War, and the Spanish-American War? Which makes it more than 3?
      Not to mention the rebellion of Hatuey against the conquistadors.

  • @Sonoran_Douchebag
    @Sonoran_Douchebag Рік тому +32

    As a mexican from the state of sonora (the state with the roots of mexican revolution) thank you, its a compliment that you made this video, thank you.

  • @thatoneprussian20
    @thatoneprussian20 Рік тому +7

    Love it, you should definitely do a video on the Cyprus War also!!! Btw you guys are the best history channel in my opinion!

  • @juliomanuel1885
    @juliomanuel1885 Рік тому +10

    I so glad you finally touched on the Mexican revolution and the mess it was. I hope you make more content about Mexico and the rest of Latin America in the future.

  • @stereorapier7919
    @stereorapier7919 Рік тому +3

    As a Mexican History nerd I do need to clarify a BIG thing that you oversimplified. And that is that there was an interrim president in between Díaz and Madero. This interrim president was a Porfiriista (a man of Díaz' government). Zapata didn't rebel against Madero but against this Interrim president who then sabotaged peace talks between Madero and Zapata.

  • @state_song_xprt
    @state_song_xprt Рік тому +6

    If anyone wants to hear more about the Mexican Revolution I wholeheartedly recommend the Revolutions Podcast

  • @jamesalexander-young5024
    @jamesalexander-young5024 Рік тому +6

    I’m a huge fan of all the ways that you and the team are bringing creativity to your animation style. This video and the conquistador video embody not only historical excellence, but also artistic prowess. Keep doing what you’re doing!

  • @Fr4nkSanchez
    @Fr4nkSanchez Рік тому +13

    0:03 Its been chaos since day one

    • @justaborderhopper
      @justaborderhopper 3 місяці тому +1

      As a Mexican, I can tell you that's very true 😅

  • @pokefan-ix7sh
    @pokefan-ix7sh Рік тому +11

    Mexico was a neutral country in World War I, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. The war broke out in Europe in August 1914 as the Mexican Revolution was in the midst of full-scale civil war between factions that had helped oust General Victoriano Huerta from the presidency earlier that year. The Constitutionalism Army of Venustiano Carranza under the generalship of Alvaro Obregón defeated the army of Pancho Villa in the Battle of Celaya in April 1915.

  • @frb1808
    @frb1808 Рік тому +14

    I really had a difficulty understanding Mexico's history from the death of the Mexican Habsburg emperor to WWII, Mexican Revolution most especially. I hope you also cover the Cristero Wars, which immediately follow this period. Your video really helped me! Great work!

  • @Cartoonimator.
    @Cartoonimator. Рік тому +4

    Finally an Armchair Historian video with Mexico !!!

  • @joeboggio4002
    @joeboggio4002 Рік тому +7

    Fascinating history, I had to admit all throughout the video that I knew next to nothing about any of this.

  • @darthchungus973
    @darthchungus973 Рік тому +2

    I remember learning about it for world history. I was talking to my dad about it and when I mentioned Porfirio Diaz to him. He was like,”Oh he was a bad guy”. He was born in Mexico and I thought it was interesting to see how he was taught history there.

  • @Molester_64
    @Molester_64 7 місяців тому +5

    As an El salvadorian spanish person, I never knew mexico had a sick and awesome history!

  • @Spongebrain97
    @Spongebrain97 Рік тому +28

    The Revolution also served to create a national identity for the country. Whereas before the country was split with people being more loyal and identifying with their respective states and regions they then began to identify more so as Mexican. Where the government emphasized tracing the history of the people to start with the Aztecs and also making the mestizo as what tied everyone together. This is was later seen with Mexican artists such as Diego Rivera

  • @baoxidiaoyu
    @baoxidiaoyu Рік тому +5

    Loving the new yet classic animation

  • @nicholascastellano5106
    @nicholascastellano5106 Рік тому +5

    Underneath all of the violence and bloodshed is a country with a rich history and culture. Easily one of my favorite vacation destinations.

  • @emilioloza5538
    @emilioloza5538 Рік тому +4

    Glad you made an episode about my dear country!

  • @GuyInBlackClothes
    @GuyInBlackClothes Рік тому +6

    I appreciate the non news worthy historical content. I hope to see more of these videos.

  • @2packrm781
    @2packrm781 Рік тому +4

    This upload of the Mexican Revolution was indeed needed & I'm blown away by all of in fighting & 15:17 their constitution that inspired Germany & The Soviet Union's own constitution😮.

  • @MarshalofFrance
    @MarshalofFrance Рік тому +9

    The amount of betrayal in this is insane. Idk if there's any good film epics about this revolution, but it certainly deserves a good movie.

    • @osvaldovalencia6330
      @osvaldovalencia6330 Рік тому +1

      There is but they are very old in black and white lol

    • @moic9704
      @moic9704 Рік тому +1

      There Is a good TV series called El encanto del águila (Eagle's Charm) about the Mexican Revolution, It was produced to celebrate the aniversary of the Mexican Revolution In 2010

    • @pascualgomez7839
      @pascualgomez7839 11 місяців тому

      Antonio aguilar

  • @liamflynn1120
    @liamflynn1120 Рік тому +5

    This might be one of my favorite videos you've done. The conclusion was especially poignant :3

  • @jaimeamaya2679
    @jaimeamaya2679 7 місяців тому +2

    Emiliano Zapata greatest saying, "It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees" 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

  • @MarcoCaprini-do3dq
    @MarcoCaprini-do3dq Рік тому +5

    Great video, I didn't expect all of this to he happeng in Mexico at the same time of WW1.
    I was wondering if you could do a video about italian unification, maybe about the expedition of the 1000

  • @vaihansen609
    @vaihansen609 Рік тому +2

    This is so nice and well done, mexican history is so interesting and full of heroism and great men along centuries, and this video depicts in an original style one of the most important and misunderstood pages of Mexican history.

  • @cuesi3898
    @cuesi3898 Рік тому +4

    Amazing job condensing one decade of revolution and civil war in a fifteen minute video! Also loved the thumbnail!

  • @cirovaldez4871
    @cirovaldez4871 6 годин тому

    Thank you for this. Such a succinct way of explaining a very complicated period of my country's history. Loved the animation too.

  • @fadedjokah
    @fadedjokah Рік тому +3

    I love this channel keep up the AMAZING HISTORICAL CONTENT I can’t wait for the Rhodesia video to drop

  • @pablosalazarsojo3877
    @pablosalazarsojo3877 Рік тому +11

    The mexican revolution, one of the few revolutions of the early 20th century that succeed and its reforms keeps living to this day

    • @crawdaddy6969
      @crawdaddy6969 11 місяців тому

      Mexico is a failure. If you have to export ten percent of your population you have failed your people. Mexico has contributed almost zero to the world stage. The greatest accomplishment is the taco.

  • @Locoinmysleep
    @Locoinmysleep Рік тому +3

    Finally glad to see something of high quality regarding this war. Have plenty of relatives who laid their lives under Zapata, sometimes i wonder if it was for nothing...

  • @brianwilke592
    @brianwilke592 Рік тому +2

    I've heard of these guys, but never really understood their significance. Thanks for sorting it out in such a short time.

  • @LannyRoe
    @LannyRoe Рік тому +2

    I’m so happy my idea got made

  • @uzhistory
    @uzhistory Рік тому +3

    Here's a Fact
    Alexander's military campaigns were known for their speed and adaptability. He defeated Persian King Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BCE and later at the decisive Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BCE, solidifying his control over Persia. During his conquests, Alexander adopted various local customs and encouraged the blending of cultures, a policy known as "Hellenization." He also promoted the fusion of Greek and Persian styles in art and architecture. After his death, his empire was divided among his generals, marking the beginning of the Hellenistic period.

  • @adammitchell3462
    @adammitchell3462 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for bringing light to this foggy subject, I've always wondered what happened with Mexico after it's war with America...I never truly understood poncho Villa's motives or anything else from this period

  • @butterygoodness8242
    @butterygoodness8242 3 місяці тому +14

    John Marston happened

  • @Aramy_D
    @Aramy_D 2 місяці тому +2

    I love when a english-speaking person says Spanish words in English like "Zapata" or "Díaz"

  • @BBBrock-k6y
    @BBBrock-k6y Рік тому +3

    Sponsor ends at 3:55

  • @flagassault9715
    @flagassault9715 Рік тому +2

    Recently finished Red Dead Redemption 1 and wanted to know more about Mexico's Revolution

  • @TheOneWhoKnocks70
    @TheOneWhoKnocks70 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for giving quality content

  • @arath8893
    @arath8893 Рік тому +2

    Thank you very much for covering this!!! Love your videos
    Muchas gracias!