I believe it was Winston Churchill who once said something to the effect of, "you can always trust the Americans to do the right thing once they've exhausted all other options." As an American myself, you know us like only family can.
@@simplesimon8255 Since what event(s)? And what definition of family doesn't apply to the US/UK relationship? If you take the literal genealogy approach to family it obviously applies, but I'm more talking about the social definition that has nothing to do with genes, just with closeness relative to other relationships. Familial relations could even apply to everyone in the world if we took it to the most general sense (which we aren't of course), but obviously in this case we would say nations like China or Uruguay aren't family while nations with the closest ties to the US like the UK, Germany, Canada, etc. are family. Or are we just on different pages?
Thankful the US had the means to lend/lease to UK, French, Soviet Russians, the Chinese, etc. to enable the allies to defeat the 'Axis Powers' of WWII!
@@htmljesusarchive6341 England was given to Vatican with King John's Concession to pope (inc) 1213 America was given to Vatican in 1776 Germany was given to Vatican July 1933. ALL presidents were and are appointed by Vatican!
charlie Perry so did every country ever. Britan colonized and murderd 10 of millions of natives. In ww2 alone winston churchill starved 4 million Indians.
Maybe that's why we keep fucking with the Middle East. It's not the oil. It's not the strategic location. It's not the access to the seas. It's not even freedom. I T S T H E C O F F E E ! ! !
I don't know a single person in the UK that has a bad word to say about the Irish. Not saying they don't exist, but to say our countries hate each other is a bit 1970.
Roger Theil Germany was not the good guy 100 years ago Well, actually most of them were but the people in power weren’t. There’s a christmas video of the Brits and Germans playing football on christmas, it’s sad that what happened happened
16 years later.... US: Prep the military for war with the UK! UK: Prep the military for war with the US! 2 years later... Nazi Germany: Mwahahahahahah! If the US and UK go to war then I can rule the world! 2 years later... Nazi Germany: Forget that! We are going to conquer anyway! 1 year later... Europe and Asia: War! US: let's trade! 2 Years later.... US: OK UK and USSR let's beat up these baddies! UK: You said it! USSR: Sure.... 4 Years later.... US: UK let's be friends! UK: Ok sure! USSR: Defend the Motherland comrades!
One thing about the Civil War, the Confederacy tried to force Britain's (and France's) hand into supporting them through a cotton embargo, but both countries decided on a course of neutrality and chose to instead import more Indian and Egyptian cotton. This is a pretty good indication that even under considerable economic pressure, Britain already understood that their long term strategic and economic interests lay in their relationship with the US.
UK: Hey, wanna help us in the Great War US: Nah, we're pretty isolationist right now. UK: But, if we lose we can't pay you back the money. US: ALL HANDS, MAN YOUR BATTLESTATIONS!!!!!
@@paganphil100 US: Eh? No, no, you don't understand. This is Europe's war, you guys started this. not our problem. Japan: Hey. US: On second thought, how soon can we get a battalion's worth of munitions to your shores alongside rations and medical supplies?
@@Delgen1951 wrong twat. The myth is that America came into the second world war. Which is crap. The day after the Japanese bombed pearl harbour Hitler declared war on America. They had no choice.
Also funny that the US is still an empire today and that while the British are not the empire they once were they are still a massive powerhouse and global player with oversea territories + commonwealth, Spain on the other hand is a mere shadow of its former self
The key to them staying allies after WW2 was the Soviets. The immediate emergence of another common enemy kept the ties tight unlike after WW1 when the two nations viewed each other as each other's biggest competition after Germany was defeated.
Mmm... that's true, but only to a point. The clearly approaching rivalry with the USSR certainly helped encourage continued strong ties. But unlike after WWI there could not be any great question of potential US-UK rivalry. The UK suffered horrific damage to its industries and infrastructure, while the US had vastly grown in both of those areas. The US also had, by that point, the largest and most powerful airforce in the world and a navy larger than the rest of the world's navies combined. If the relationship between the two nations had soured for some reason, the stark power disparity would have led to the US dominating the outcomes of whatever specific issues were being contested.
I mean, the US absolutely took every available chance to fuck over Britain post-war, but with things like the Marshall plan and a plethora of WW2 propaganda films showing how great they are, they managed to buy the loyalty of the public while in the shadows they worked harder than anyone to dismantle British colonialism and replaced it with American colonialism - them morally objecting to European control on the Suez Canal while themselves owning the Panama canal is a particularly funny point. Thing is, Britain at this point had been so messed up that the colonies were more of a lead weight dragging us down than any real benefit since we lost the structure needed to maintain order; we didn't struggle too much thus allowing the peaceful transfer of power. By the time that was over, we'd given the Americans too much to step away and we knew it was better to be their ally than enemy so we've stuck by their side ever since. Has to be said though, while the US government (much like our own parliament) seems to be in a neverending game of 'who can be the biggest asshole', there are few nations on Earth I'd rather call ally/friend/brother than the American people. Except when they export things like BLM protests here though (despite us having a totally different history of race relations) you guys can keep those kindof inter-community battles to yourselves if you don't mind! ;P
The REAL moment I think the Anglo-American alliance became pretty much permanent was the Korean War. Up until that point, Britain could have still tried to placed itself as the middle power between the US and Soviet Union, theoretically even acting as a mediator (after all, it was a Labour govt after World War II). When PM Clement Atlee announced Britain was joining America's coalition in stopping North Korea's invasion, all remaining possibility of being an in-between was gone (because now the Communists would view them as a full-on enemy) and Anglo-American ties would be reinforced. What makes Atlee's decision so astonishing is that not only did it go against many of Britain's foreign policy traditions, Korea was not even in the British sphere of influence (and really never had been). They were literally going out of their way to support this war effort. I'd say history was changed forever on that day in 1950.
No, I think the guy who runs this channel hit it pretty much on the head - the economic interests between the US and the UK have always been extremely strong. Even to this day, if you look at the five major English speaking countries, often called the "Anglosphere" - UK , US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - between them they control over a quarter of the worlds wealth. Sure, the US is the worlds largest economy, but the UK is the 5th, Canada is the 10th, Australia is the 13th... To be perfectly blunt, almost the entire system of free trade that we have enjoyed (and brought immense wealth to most of the world) is on the back of Anglosphere efforts. Hell, one of the reasons why the US has such a huge military force is to just secure shipping lanes post WW2. The reality of the situation is that money rules the world and that these 5 countries are the core of the geopolitical alliance that controls most of that money and ensures that more can be made.
As an American who deployed militarily with the brits on numerous occasions they have earned my undying loyalty for introducing me to the glorious meal that is the english breakfast.
And completely opposite, I served alongside the yanks when in the RAF, and all I can say is thank you... *THANK YOU* ... For bringing Burger King and Pizza Hut to Kandahar air base!
@@residentelect LOL we tend to turn our big FOBS into shopping malls. artillery - check air strip - check housing, parking, and maintanance - check strip mall - check
@@intothelean2930 I was a MERT (Medical Emergency Response Team) Paramedic, and had the privileged of treating guys from 87th Inf, 10th Mountain Division, 82nd Airborne, and 3rd Battalion 7th USMC, to name but a few that I remember. Had some great laughs in the belly of those Chinooks, despite the lads oftentimes having suffered the most horrifying injuries. You guys do "Gallows Humour" very well! All bloody good blokes, and I consider it an honour I was part of the team who plucked so many of those boys out of the shit, patched them up, and made sure they got home to their families. Made some lifelong friends, and I'll never have to pay for a hotel whenever I vacation in the US again lol Hope you made it home in one piece brother?
Made it home fine. good memories with the brits and aussies. still haven't managed to replicate the breakfast correctly stateside. I can get close and good but whoever ran our mess loved their job and made some damn good eting out of deployment based food supplies.
I don't know, I think their criticism of our politics were apt. Likewise with their solutions. And that constitution is looking pretty... Well, uh, pretty pretty... to us Brits. One can hardly blame them for attempting to turn the sea into tea either. I too feel a sadness that the dolphins might never taste tea, given that they're one of the most intelligent creatures. A very noble endeavour indeed by the Americans.
Honestly I think American guys just absolutely hate that most of their women find most of us attractive, it seems to be the root cause of a lot of problems
@@manawearblack Until we smile and scare then away with our wonky tea-stained teeth that is :') Some of us be looking like penny-wise with a meth problem. Not sure how that even happens because dentistry is free, and we clearly prefer cocanya because meth makes the tea taste funny. Feck. Roasted the wrong side 🤐
@@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III Actually that would be Spain and Portugal in terms of modern colonialism. England (and later the UK), France and the Netherlands were all fairly late to the party in comparison to them. As for Imperialism, there's nearly 1,500 years of that before England or any of the other constituent countries of the UK even existed.
In 1815, just a few months after British and American armies faced off at the Battle of New Orleans, British warships joined with American warships to fight the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean.
@@thunderbird1921 I think despised is a bit far. Maybe for the US but for Britain( after the Spanish armada. I'm talking 1700's 1800's) Britain was not that bothered with Spain. Just a fading empire increasingly losing power
France and England also became friends under the mutual understanding of Germany bad. Strange how Germany brought so many enemies together only to be torn apart by them.
@@mariano98ify Colonial adventures in South Africa and Rhodesia were too costly for the United Kingdom to effectively maintain. Sure, some might view it as betrayal, but the alternative for Britain was to go bankrupt. Their hand was forced.
The UK/USA relationship is kind of like a parent/child relationship where the oldest, most ambitious and talented child had turbulent teen years, broke away from its parent and left home during a huge traumatizing fight, later as an adult became wildly successful and reconciled to become the favorite child while other younger siblings (Canada, Australia, New Zealand...) were better behaved and also successful though not quite as dynamic.
That traumatizing fight apparently involving slitting the neck of the uncle who was trying to intervene while he was sleeping off a hangover on a holiday the weird teen didn't like for some reason
Love this analogy, that's exactly how I see it, the United States has its flaws but we are proud of what you have become. However I do feel like there is a deeper meaning to our special relationship. I have always felt that your government keeps us close because it still sees us a a threat because of our influence on the world stage and our history with war and tactics
1700s: Hated each other’s guts 1800s: Forgave each other in silence 1990s: Fought alongside each other 2000s: Friends till the end In all honesty I am American wouldn’t have it any other way for our allies across the ocean 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸
@@kaddett3717 Erm no it definitely wasn't. Being English I can tell you with 100% certainty America had absolutely nothing to do with brexit. It was to curb immigration obtain sovereignty over it's laws, have more control over it's borders and to "stop being dictated to by Brussels". All utter bull ofc by anyone with a partially functioning brain. We now have more immigration, are poor as can be, and are being dictated to by countries who want to send us more migrants, in exchange for trade deals. Regardless, literally never was America even mentioned at any point throughout the whole debacle. Most people here are either indifferent towards Americans (at best) or out right dislike them at worst.
@@kaddett3717 YT scrubbed my reply but basically I said you are 100% wrong about that. I am English, it was about "sovereignty", and controlling who comes into UK. America was not even a talking point at any time throughout the entire debacle. Americans are not viewed favourably by most people here, it's either indifference or outright dislike.
@Nurse Natalie i think father son worls better. The elderly father in his retirement being secured by the son that he created whether or not he meant to.
@@derricka7751 Except the quote is actually true for America, I don't see any other nation spawning aircraft carriers onto every sea and ocean, I don't see any other country sanctioning other countries repeatedly, I don't see any other country starting trade wars with tariffs. Which part of American Henry Kissinger's quote makes you think it's relevant to Albania, Zimbabwe and 195 of the 196 countries between those two in the alphabet?
Brothers had a quarrel.. younger brother moved out, followed destiny, big bro kept unwelcome tabs on little bro, but family ties bring them together again. Litte brother became strong and successful, not so little anymore. Then, old bro's neighbor started bullying around, and the prodigal brother jumped in to help. Their destinies merged again, their bond stronger than ever.
"So why are we going to war?" "We need to defend the people who owe us money, or they won't be able to pay us back!" Doesn't have quite the same ring as 'freedom'.
Considering we would have went to war regardless as Germany grew in power and acquired massive land and therefore resources, the naval battles would have happened and mass loss of life. It was to prevent tyranny and GIVE FREEDOM to those in need.
What's sad is that this is a very real reason to go to war, not because you support what your allies are doing but because you need them to pay that loan you issued.
@@werlder Ultimately, if Britain had fallen, then what happened to Japan would've instead happened to the USA. Especially if Germany didn't turn on Russia.
I don’t know why people think black people had it bad just in the U.S. Anyone with darker skin with African ancestry gets treated like shit across the globe. People even have black people being colorist amongst themselves and looking down on people with darker skin. This thread is a good example of the international racism. You will still never have bigger dicks than us. 🖕🏽
Has anyone ever heard the story of Gilbert Bates? He was an American who took a $1000 bet in 1872, that he couldn't walk the from the Scottish border to London carrying the American flag without being insulted. Not only was he not insulted, British people gave him free food, paid to put him up in hotels, were generally interested and friendly about American culture. By the time he reached London; he had acquired a massive crowd of supporters and had to complete the last leg of the journey by carriage because the crowds were too big for him to pass. Bates, to his credit as a person, declined the $1000 he won because he believed the story he could tell his fellow Americans had much more value than money. He could prove to his countrymen that Britain didn't hate them, despite supporting the confederacy less than a decade before.
I think the issue was always that the UK realized that as the world industrialized it could no longer punch so far above it's weight. UK had industrialized because the other European powers couldn't tear down it's infrastructure like they had done to each other... Because UK is an island. Once it became clear though that UK needed more muscle to maintain a powerful position in the world, the inevitable rise of the USA seemed too good to be true. The countries always saw each other as family along with Canada, Australia, NZ, and British Caribbean colonies. The unquestioned dominance of the USA in the relationship would eventually come with the Suez crisis. UK is full of smart people and realizes it is best to always be on the US side of things... And thus far this has worked out very well in many way shapes and forms.
@@Phoenicianx666x So the UK would basically be the same thing, just a slightly slimmer version with old timey English, and munching on fish and chips with a pint instead?
@@mufradr Oh that "tyranny" that wanted Americans to make a modest contribution to their own defence to ease the burden on the English taxpayers, or wanted them to honour treaties signed with the native Americans, or even stop creating unnecessary wars on the frontiers that English taxpayers had to fund with little or no benefit to themselves. The American Revolution taught in US schools is pure one-sided propaganda bullshit that casts brits as "redcoated nazis" while most of the warcrimes were actually committed by the patriots.
@@crowbar9566 no i mean modern americsa and old england were very different not saying one is worse than another. Are you fishinf for arguments? if so sorry but i dont wanna argue
@@mufradr There was a concept of the "laws of war" even back then, its where we get our concepts of chivalry from - nothing to do with opening doors for women. I admit it maybe never occurred to the white belligerents that this applied to the native americans or other people regarded as 'savages' at the time.
"Barring a few mishaps here and there." *early 1960s* USA: "Hey Britain, are you still peeved about that whole Suez thing?" Britain: "Don't speak to me."
Britain: Have fun policing the Middle East now you've crippled the ability of the French and ourselves to do the job for you. Sure that will never blow up in your face.
As an American, I've always found it odd that w have this tendency to become fast friends with our former enemies. Britain, Japan, Germany, Russia (at least until recently), etc.
We've never really been closer with Russia than being allies of convenience, even during WWII. As for Japan and Germany.... when you bring a nation to its knees and then hand it back to its people and spend years to decades organizing the rebuilding effort, close relationships developing are a pretty natural product of that process.
@n/a The British Empire went from AD1497 to still having a remnant today. The American Empire started in 1945 and is falling apart after 74 years. When you have been around for over 500 years come back to us, until then.......
ACTUALLY AMERICA HAD A HUGE GERMAN SPEAKING BASE WHICH WAS BANNED...I LIVE IN KANSAS AND WE HAD A MAJORITY GERMAN SPEAKING POPULATION FOR AWHILE AND MANY SCHOOLS AND NEWSPAPERS SPOKE/WERE WRITTEN IN GERMAN
In some ways it started with the CSS Alabama. After the Civil War, the US nearly went to war with England over that, but Grant set up a system of international arbitration, and essentially everyone was happy. Britain paid some direct damages, but not the indirect damages for the war lasting longer than it otherwise might have.
It wasn't just the Alabama, it was the blockade runners. All those Enfield rifle muskets came from somewhere. The US demanded Canada as reparations, but we bargained down to 'lots of gold'
We didn't like Germany. After that calmed down we both had colonial empires we were trying to maintain. I'd also stress that it's always been a matter of convenience rather than any particular affinity for each other, whereas while the Americans can be irritating at times we generally quite like them. I'm British fyi
@BlackDeathViral03 That's because Roosevelt was staunchly against the Reich, he saw the threat of them literally being able to take over all of Europe, and he was correct to fear them beforehand. Of course even then the American people were in extreme support of neutrality, until that faithful day on December 7th, 1941, "A date that will live, in infamy", which turned everyone's opinion in a complete 180 and were in full war support.
@BlackDeathViral03 Yeh when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor Roosevelt probably breathed a massive sigh of relief that the country would finally be in support of war
@Reunite The British Empire Let me reword my original comment which I deleted because it was ass A'ight so Roosevelt was obviously not a neutral lover, he made it very evident that he really hated the Reich, wanted to support the allies, and wasn't keen on supplying the Reich nor its allies that much as well. He also hated the Japanese empire, disliking their expansionism into China as well as the rest of Asia and set an embargo on them to literally stall their entire oil supply. As for Pearl Harbor, it wasn't really intentional, yes those ships were moved there to basically tell Japan to fuck off but he wasn't actually expecting an attack like that and especially one of that scale, it costed the US a shit ton of battleships. At the same time though, deep down, he was thankful it happened because he could finally unite the country under a common enemy. The war inadvertently fixed A LOT of the country's major problems purtaining from the great depression, and because of the war the US would go on to become as powerful as it is today. Can't imagine a world where the fascists won, though being of German dissent and nearly Aryan i'm sure it wouldn't change much for me, but i'd rather the world be as it is now rather than that alternative.
As an American, I love the Brits. And honestly being a nation born from the British empire we were always destined to be good friends after we got over bad feelings of the revolutionary war/war of 1812. Most American culture, customs, and obviously the language come from the English and the Scots. The more I learn about the settling and expansion of America the more I realize that even though we separated from Britain, we owe our society to them. Rule Britannia and God bless America 🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@DavidR_192 of course! Shoutout to the Scandinavians! I’m mostly Scottish and English but I do have a bunch of Danish and Norwegian ancestry as well! In my family tree there’s this fun area where you see Peterson’s and Pedersvens eventually somehow end up as Petersen.
@@bpetey5970 one area in which the U.K. really influenced the US was in the legal systems. If you look up a map of different country legal systems you’ll see both U.K. and US (except Louisiana) use English common law. Whilst most of continental Europe and South America use civil law like Napoleonic code etc. I’m not trying to say they’re entirely the same as there’s notable differences but both do use the English common law in some variety.
The whole point of the Entente was just to screw over Germany trying to become the new super power. Your best friend is truly the one who has the same enemies as you do. France: Germany is too dangerous to our lands. Russia: Germany is too dangerous to our lands too. Britain: Germany is too dangerous to our seas. US: Germany is too dangerous to our ships. Japan: I'm just gonna take some stuff the germans have over here. Italy: I'm with you Germany. Plot Twist. I'm actually not with you. China: Who are we fighting again?! And why am I here?
@dopey I mean that's not entirely true. WW1 erupted due to a complex alliance system, militarism, imperialism and rising nationalism in the Balkans. The real blame would be with the austro hungarians. Plus when the writing is on the wall and your surrounded by enemies you hit hard and fast. However as for ww2 fuck Germany.
As an American. I value the long standing Alliance between the U.S. and Britain. And I hope the feeling is mutual. God Bless America, and God Save the Queen!
I had my ocurences with ghosts before and for a fact Lincoln and his son tad haunt Lincoln bedroom in the White House famous witnesses Winston Churchill had slept in the room and had seen Lincoln and tads ghost and Lyndon B Johnson daughter had witnessed Tad's ghost
@@SouthernGentleman fuck you you where already shipping tons of guns to the brits while allowing them to blockade neutral states of food. Either stay on your contined or dont though a fit wen you do and we come over there.
So from the UK's perspective, America is like a rebellious teen who moved out after a heated argument with dad, but then mended ties once they grew more mature.
solwen yes American land and military bases all over the world japan Korea Philippines Germany Iraq etc. also Puerto Rico. As far as owning whole countries though no but huge sphere of influence.
@@solwen US has a big ass sphere of influence and a lot of military bases they use to project said influence. They dominate The Americas, most of Europe, and good chunks of Africa and Asia; Also it has a lot of territories in the Pacific Ocean and Puerto Rico and the US Virgin islands in the Atlantic.
Yeah you should. That's so baffling to me how two countries who were at each other's throats for 800 years, just improved relations within the last like 100 years.
Your answer to that question is Germany and it’s sudden formation and rise. Overnight it became the most powerful country in Europe which would’ve seriously distributed the balance of power if they stayed allies with say Russia. Which would’ve basically guaranteed German dominance of the continent which Britain would not have so it started as a calculated move to ally with France and Japan to keep both Russia and Germany in check(especially after the Russo-Japanese War) and combined with the U.S Britain would be able to keep the balance. Of course Germany pissed off Russia and sent them right to Britain and France so the U.S and Japan became less important. That’s just my American persepective though so Europeans feel free to correct me on that.
I love how the US and the UK are always picking with each other, but in the end, we are really good allies and friends, and militarily, we have each others backs. It's like we're siblings. We can mess with each other, but nobody else dare do it.
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the US's most unique presidents. His reasons for disliking Germany had less to do with domestic affairs but rather actions taken by Germany and their alliance with Austria-Hungary a nation which he vehemently hated. T. Roosevelt's opinions usually follow more to his own world view rather than that of the US's at the time.
Well Austria-Hungary wasn’t really paragon of 20th century progress. -ruled by a dual monarchy -being divided by at least 11 European ethnic cultural groups -only two of said ethnic groups had a seat in their pseudo parliament that being the Austrians and Hungarians. The list goes on.
The world would be a much better place if Teddy won the elections instead of Mr. Wilson. That douchebag of a president is responsible for many many bad things...
@@_rk553 He created the UN. Enough said. Much more important though is that Theodore didn't need a crisis to be great. Far to many people will say "blah blah had to deal with a great depression or a major war". That isn't an accomplishment, that's being a product of your time, but much more importantly doing your job. Ignoring for a moment it is the job of the President to KERP US OUT OF WARS, I have no doubt that Theodore would have navigated a war with the best of them being the fact he actually fought wars - on the front lines and served as the under secretary for the Navy. This is of course speculation, and doesn't reflect on Franklin, but Theodore probably would have ended WWII faster and with much less casualties. He wasn't the type of person to be "politically correct". He favored being actually right. So while Franklin was making as many friends as possible, Theodore was making friends with the middle class.
Yeah, that was a bit of mix up. Eisenhower would eventually admit it was the worst mistake of his presidency, but to be fair to Eisenhower the British and French invasion caught him completely off guard and he was put in a position where he had to react with limited information, they should have let him in on their plans ahead of time.
Costa Keith he was annoyed because I’m Eike I rule the world why didn’t you ask me for permission abit like thatcher when Reagan invaded Grenada but more like I rule that land ask permission before you invade it
@@wargey3431 Well, by that point he largely did rule those parts of the world not ruled by the Soviets thanks to war debts, reliance on US loan guarantees, and Breton Woods. We were also starting to consolidate control over the global petroleum reserves at that point, which is what Ike was worried about when he heard of a British and French army sailing to the middle east.
Funny story I was in India a month ago for a wedding (I'm American), and I could tell who was educated at a British school just by their posture and how they structured their sentences, the Indian people at the wedding where amazed by this and thought it was a magic trick or something.
A late response however I agree, originally it had nothing to do with slaves, it was purely economical.. And the South didn't actually want slavery despite what most people think it was just how their economy was ran, as unjust and cruel as it was. Nothing personal just business. However even after the Civil War Black people still had no right to vote or buy land/property, and as slaves at least they had shelter, food and clothing.
@@shyryTsr2k I mean, that’s a pretty watered down version of history. The civil war was about state’s rights verses a strong federal government. Slavery actually had a lot to do with it and the fact that President Davis first address mentioned slaver as the heart blood of the south kind of proves that it was a little bit about slavery. Not to mention the nearly 100 years of pro slavery “genetics” depicting the victims of slavery as subhuman being widely believed by the vast majority of the southern and northern populations. Black folks after the war in the north were able to find homes and jobs and the men and women in the south during the reconstruction era were just as screwed as the white folk. Reconstruction was a tough time and out of it grew two very distinct economies, a white one and a black one. Both grew very fast and very strong. Until Jim Crow and violence destroyed the former. Lincoln’s Freedmen’s Bureau did a great job of giving the newly freed men abandoned lands and teaching them business.
There's a reason why the UK-US relationship is called "the Special Relationship". The level of cooperation between the UK and US as world powers over many years is unprecedented, with the US seeing itself from the beginning as a child of the UK- politically and culturally. Even during the American revolution, American leaders' stated that they were rebelling to seize their rights as Englishman- not to completely sever ties. After the Revolution, the US and UK still had strong ties, even if those ties weren't always affectionate ones. Since then, the US has continued to stand alongside the UK as it gives up its Empire largely on its own terms.
I think you need to look a little more closely. Since 1945, and especially since Vietnam, Congress have been limiting the powers of the President to act unilaterally. The Presidency is where any special relationship is vested, and the strength of that depends on each incumbent. In Congress, or at least the HoR, all is Pork Barrel. To mix the metaphors, the reason the USA has such an absurdly high level of military spending is because no Commander in Chief can take away one state's slice of apple pie to give to another, they just have to keep making the pie bigger. Thatcher-Reagan meant support during the Falklands, against the State Department. Blair-Clinton in contrast; Blair spent every cent of influence he had to engage the US in Yugoslavia, even after Srebrenica. In Ukraine, US/UK were together at the start trying to persuade the EU to wake up and smell the coffee, but Boris Johnson has had to act unilaterally many times now. It is not clear if that is a cover; acting as a surrogate and thus bypassing Congress, or genuine foot dragging by the White House. Also, NEVER forget Suez. The French and Israelis certainly haven't, I doubt if the Brits have either.
funny thing, this so called _special relationship_ . the US doesn't see anything special in their relation to the UK, only UK politicians use the term to assure themselves. some would say they are delusional. the US does its thing and when push comes to shove pursue their interests. there are numerous examples when the US ignored the UK, pushed aside the UK or their interests or bullied the UK - like they do with any other nation, allied or not. the US used the UK to derail any attempt by the French or Germans or anyone else to turn the ECC/EU into something the US disliked. get real and see it as it is: the US does realpolitik, countries have interests, not friends
The moral of the imperialist era and the World Wars era is this: If you're going to do some really evil sh!t, don't do it where the people who "matter" are looking. America did their evil stuff in the prairies and the South, Britain did it in Africa and Australia (and to an extent in India), France and Belgium did theirs in Africa. Nobody cared. Germany did theirs in Poland. Everyone saw that. Nobody back then gave a toss if it didn't happen in Europe or the East Coast of North America. Shameful but true.
Technically, a lot of that territory was originally just that - territories, not states, they weren't part of the U.S., they were just owned by the U.S. It's "the United States of America," not "the United States and Territories of America!"
@@criran I don't remember where I saw this so take it with a grain of salt. Someone said something about youtube demonetizing anything with the confederate flag in it. Which is exactly something they'd do so it wouldn't surprise me.
Nub93 yeah thats the issue with a united british empire you would have rich areas like canada uk etc but then extremely poor areas like india and africa, but i suppose the huge populations would allow us to have the largest army by far
Nub93 realisically due to how poor certain parts of it are and how large the population would be it would be forced to take over more territory, the empire would likely take over all of africa and large parts of south east asia to try and compensate for its huge poor populations in india etc
James Walsh no but it would be especially present in the new empire, if free movement was allowed huge influxes would be moving to UK canada australia etc
Usa: I hate you Uk: well I hate you too Germany: hey guys Uk: shut up I hate you more Usa: hey I hate germany more than you do too. Uk: wait really lets hate them together and become bff Usa: yeah cool lets hate them together.
Isn't that what made the UK and France stop hating each other too? UK: Hey France, Germany's getting too uppity and strong, maybe let's destroy them instead of each other? France: Yeah...I like that, let's do it.
@@tremedar yeah people like to say love is the strongest force but it seems like hatred can be as strong. It can make 2 countries that has hated each other since the day they were born to start being friends.
UK in retirement home: You know son there's one thing I never thought you... US: What is it dad? UK: Dont... Ever... Try... Too... Invade... Afghanistan... US: too late... UK: oh... can I join you for one last adventure? US: Sure
Something we discussed in my U.S. Foreign Policy Class: Not only was the Monroe Doctrine not a huge deal for Britain when it was issued, but Britain effectively was the reason why the US was able to take that policy stance. Britain didn't want Spain or France getting any new colonies, and neither did America. America was closer, and so could theoretically react quicker, but Britain had the naval power they lacked. In other words, according to my professor, America *and* Britain were the guarantors of the Monroe Doctrine, it's just that the relationship wasn't really publicized. It's been a while, so some of the details are fuzzy, but if it's true, it puts a whole new light on the Monroe Doctrine that makes it seem much more rational for the United States to issue way back in the 1820s, rather than merely a reactionary expression of hard anti-colonialism.
Jeff Benton It’s a pretty much a standard foreign policy interpretation of what happened, so you don’t really need to cite anyone in particular. Nobody in Europe gave a toss what America thought well into the 19th century, so the whole “Monroe Doctrine” was something europeans rightly regarded with mild amusement. British interests, however, were aligned with the States in this regard so the “doctrine” was implemented without much consideration for the insistences of an upstart. American history classes unfortunately gloss this all over entirely.
@@frankySR21 not entirely, I remember in my AP US History course that this was discussed. It's been a while, but the gist I got is the UK let us go ahead because this didn't really affect them negatively, it was the French and the Spanish that seemed targeted (which I remember interested me because I thought we were cool with the French at this point).
@@werlder Well AP courses are supposed to be college classes for HS students, so it makes sense they'd cover subjects not typically covered. I assume you know this now, but for anyone who doesn't, Monroe came to office at a time some historians sometimes call "the First Party System", when the US had a whiplash foreign policy. Basically, whenever the Federalists were in power, the gov't supported the British and opposed the French, and whenever the Jeffersonian Republicans were in power, they supported the French at the expense of the British. The French may have been concerned that the Americans would backstab them (again), in addition to their dissimilar interests. Also, the British had just defeated the French in the final Napoleonic War, so that may also have made the US move more towards Britian - their mother country - than to France, their traditional ally.
Apparently Bismark mentioned that the single greatest fact of modern political history at the end of the 19th century was that North America speaks English.
Roger Theil ...Don’t you? You won’t see any Pom food at my barbecues. Only hamburgers and bratwurst. ...on my patio. We only serve beer and tequila. No tea allowed. Typical ignorant Pommy
A couple of points here is that the close UK-US relationship began almost immediately with the conclusion of the Ameican war of independence. Lobbied by influential London traders, the government of Great Britain realised the enormous potential of the united states as a market to sell it's goods which they would no longer have the financial obligation to maintain or defend, which led to British negotiators making generous concessions during the Treaty of Paris despite several late British victories which could have led to them taking a harder stance. A French statesman described the British as having "bought peace". Great Britain was ironically one of the first major states to recognise the United states and establish diplomatic ties and in the two decades after the AWI, America although keeping tacitly neutral tended to favour Great Britain above France. The War of 1812 was an aberration and was ended by pressure from the North eastern states who's economy depended on trade with Great Britain. Another point is that the UK was actually strongly in favour of Monroe doctrine and offered to make a joint declaration with the United States. Until the early 20th it was the power of the Royal Navy which enforced the Monroe doctrine and shielded the United states itself
London became an economic powerhouse when the banking cartels started, and still is today. The Vatican,The City of London, and D.C., all self run entities, run things in the western hemisphere period.
@An honest chap Your not even realizing what im saying bro. My original statement went over your head. Reread it. I'm talking about power. Not just economic wealth, but real power. The Three Kingdoms of power.
Tried what? Becoming allies? Or take over south america? For the second one *spoiler alert* they did. Until 1830s at least. And Spain had Cuba even more recently.
I don’t care what anyone says, I consider anybody who’s British a brother. A vast amount of Americans came from Britain so we are their brethren. If there was ever a ww3 I’d be ok fighting and dying alongside my British brothers and sisters 🇺🇸🇬🇧
A friend of mine in Wales🏴 actually said it best that, in regards to military might and overall mentality, it could be said that the U.S.🇺🇸 is the son closest to the father🇬🇧. Canada🇨🇦 is the well-behaved first born but Uncle Sam is the rebellious son more like the father in his prime (which the father hates to admit😂).
@@rebelraptor426 Yeah the media always looks at the bad parts of America, I read story of a Dutch guy who ran a shop or something, said Americans were the nicest people he ever met and were usually the opposite of what the media portrayed them as, I agree as a Scot, there's Americans in my school and they're generally nice
Goldenfoxy 1234 England is a country in Great Britain (United Kingdom), think of it like Arizona is a state in the United States of America, if your American.
We became allies when we both realised we couldn’t be arsed learning other languages
Defo 😂
for the win
Why would you when you already know the best one?
Ah ain't nothing like the English language
Except USA speaks a lot more than one language! It's kind of a common language that everyone uses to communicate in between different cultural people.
"The Americans had conducted themselves in a well-mannered fashion"
That is the most British sentence ever uttered
@Robin Stone I’m British got a good one “Thank you dearest America for assisting oneself against putrid Germany as my acquaintance ”
It can't be. The word cunt is missing
@@rebelraptor426 beautiful
No...
"The Americans had conducted themselves in a well-mannered fashion. Now, let's make a cup of tea. I'll put the kettle on."
@@barryfoster453 I said "sentence" not "quote"
Both sides suddenly realized, "Woah... you speak English too?"
You speak American too?
Sprecken Deutsch?
Speak Deep speech?
"Two peoples separated by a common language." -- Winston Churchill
Well - they spoke English and Engl-ish, which was close enough I guess.
I believe it was Winston Churchill who once said something to the effect of, "you can always trust the Americans to do the right thing once they've exhausted all other options."
As an American myself, you know us like only family can.
They’re not family.
Winnie was half American.
@@simplesimon8255 in every sense they are family
@@JackBlackNinja not anymore.
@@simplesimon8255 Since what event(s)? And what definition of family doesn't apply to the US/UK relationship? If you take the literal genealogy approach to family it obviously applies, but I'm more talking about the social definition that has nothing to do with genes, just with closeness relative to other relationships. Familial relations could even apply to everyone in the world if we took it to the most general sense (which we aren't of course), but obviously in this case we would say nations like China or Uruguay aren't family while nations with the closest ties to the US like the UK, Germany, Canada, etc. are family. Or are we just on different pages?
World war happens
Britain and France: my lands!
US: my loans!
Underrated comment.
Didn't expect to laugh this much
Thankful the US had the means to lend/lease to UK, French, Soviet Russians, the Chinese, etc. to enable the allies to defeat the 'Axis Powers' of WWII!
@@jamesb.9155 the US has literaly helped to rebuild the world twice
..And afterward, implement the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe and stave off Soviet aggression ~ and set Japan in stable running order!
@@carso1500 lel
It’s like your kid running away from home but then comes back rich and successful about 10 years later
LeGrandGarçon pretty much
@@drawde_064 In this case, pretty much just in time to help keep someone from robbing them and their friends.
1776: "You can't tell me what to do, DAD! I'm running away!"
1918:"Dad, I'm so sorry. What can I do to help?"
And buying your mortgage and foreclosing....
Not “like”, this is PRECISELY what happened. Now that same kid is ruining other kids’ lives because of a fun liquid
*how it really happened*
Britain : Germany bad
America : yeah
lot of americans with german ancectry
@Dylan Mactavish of Clan McDonald Wikipedia doesn't even have them all listed because there's too fucking many too count.
ALL papal states ...
more like
Britain: Germany bad
America: No
*Germany sinks US ships, uses mustard gas, sends Zimmermann Telegram*
America: ok yeah
@@htmljesusarchive6341 England was given to Vatican with King John's Concession to pope (inc) 1213
America was given to Vatican in 1776
Germany was given to Vatican July 1933.
ALL presidents were and are appointed by Vatican!
I like how Germany simply existing is enough for former enemies to become best friends
Yup, france and uk, uk and usa, uk and russia wait wtf hang on why does uk have so many rivals
it's how the UK and French became friends 🙂
@@Losangelesharvey Yeah... "friends"
and yet Germany was the nation that helped the USA and UK settle a territorial dispute, albeit over a really tiny amount of land
Me as a German : What can i say except you're welcome
Wir wollten nie mit den Amerikanern arbeiten
Die haben uns alle ausgenutzt
Wilhelm & George vs Roosevelt wäre nice gewesen
charlie Perry so did every country ever. Britan colonized and murderd 10 of millions of natives. In ww2 alone winston churchill starved 4 million Indians.
This is all your fault! * shakes fist *
As long as you don't invade our country I don't really care how powerful you Germans wanna be.
So. When the time comes I ask my boyfriend if he wants to marry me, should/can I press the issue "germanly"?
What unites people?
Culture?
Religion?
Politics?
Peace?
War?
All are wrong, what unites people most is a fear of a powerful Germany
The greatest dividers unify us all
Or so the Germans would have us believe
I find that big juicy tits often bring people together
Germany has been the root of two world wars and is _again_ trying to centralize power in Europe.
@@oldskoolchomp81 lol, another guy thinking germany started wwI, when really, every major country in the war had a role
When America stopped throwing tea away and just switched to coffee.
At boston tea party
Maybe that's why we keep fucking with the Middle East. It's not the oil. It's not the strategic location. It's not the access to the seas. It's not even freedom.
I T S T H E C O F F E E ! ! !
We like our tea cold and with lots of sugar.
Don't forget about the BEER!
Unless you come to the South...
Then it’s just tea loaded with sugar.
Maybe in 800 years you can do a video called "when did Ireland and the uk stop hating each other?"
Too soon
Under-appreciated comment.
ireland in 2180: finally, we've developed our own culture seperate from that of britain!
britain: *invades and erases everything*
I don't know a single person in the UK that has a bad word to say about the Irish. Not saying they don't exist, but to say our countries hate each other is a bit 1970.
@@joeingle1745 It’s a one way street, that’s applicable for the rest of the world
The German's special power: Creating Friendships
And a great history maker.
Plot twist: Germany is actually the good guy, willing to be the bad guy just to make sure everyone else gets along.
@@RogerTheil that is me in real life
Roger Theil Germany was not the good guy 100 years ago
Well, actually most of them were but the people in power weren’t.
There’s a christmas video of the Brits and Germans playing football on christmas, it’s sad that what happened happened
Zaid Saad
True, but the it’s safe to say we have the moral high ground over Nazi Germany.
Britain: I hate you
USA: I hate you too
Britain: But that German guy looks scary...
USA: Friends?
Britain: Yes!
Germany: *unites people since 1618*
But what about Luxemburg?
@@Omega0850 they where irrelevant even when they ran to the HRE crown
Sorry :/
The countryballs cartoon.
@@markhenley3097 yeah
what about Austria?
*during world war 1*
UK: I never thought I’d be fighting with an American
US: how bout with a friend
16 years later....
US: Prep the military for war with the UK!
UK: Prep the military for war with the US!
2 years later...
Nazi Germany: Mwahahahahahah! If the US and UK go to war then I can rule the world!
2 years later...
Nazi Germany: Forget that! We are going to conquer anyway!
1 year later...
Europe and Asia: War!
US: let's trade!
2 Years later....
US: OK UK and USSR let's beat up these baddies!
UK: You said it!
USSR: Sure....
4 Years later....
US: UK let's be friends!
UK: Ok sure!
USSR: Defend the Motherland comrades!
Aye, I could do that
Ha! Lotr
Quote from LOTR. Nice one.
@@clamber15 Oi, don't even talk about that trash. Quote is from LOTR
One thing about the Civil War, the Confederacy tried to force Britain's (and France's) hand into supporting them through a cotton embargo, but both countries decided on a course of neutrality and chose to instead import more Indian and Egyptian cotton. This is a pretty good indication that even under considerable economic pressure, Britain already understood that their long term strategic and economic interests lay in their relationship with the US.
Supporting the Confederacy was very unpopular among the British people, so an embargo would have cost politicians their seats in Parliament.
UK: Hey, wanna help us in the Great War
US: Nah, we're pretty isolationist right now.
UK: But, if we lose we can't pay you back the money.
US: ALL HANDS, MAN YOUR BATTLESTATIONS!!!!!
QuantumAscension1: Please try to arrive in time for the kick-off next time US.....but thanks anyway :-)
Germany: "So we're going back to using Submarines wherever we like. Just a polite warning."
USA: "This means WAR!"
@@paganphil100 US: Eh? No, no, you don't understand. This is Europe's war, you guys started this. not our problem.
Japan: Hey.
US: On second thought, how soon can we get a battalion's worth of munitions to your shores alongside rations and medical supplies?
And they still bib not repay it.
@@Delgen1951 wrong twat. The myth is that America came into the second world war. Which is crap. The day after the Japanese bombed pearl harbour Hitler declared war on America. They had no choice.
Everyone: You're such an imperialist USA.
USA: Hey, I'm just following the footsteps of my father.
UK: That's my boy.
Gid Michigan who do you think they learned it from
Mother, UK is a monarchy
@@a2thee270 kings exist
@@cageybee7221 at the time the queen was in charge
@@a2thee270 king george........
The British empire: started after crushing Spain.
The American empire: started after crushing Spain.
Like father, like son
Hey Spain is helping raise new nations by training them how to war.
The Philippines: Started after being invaded by Spain.
hehe
poor spain
Also funny that the US is still an empire today and that while the British are not the empire they once were they are still a massive powerhouse and global player with oversea territories + commonwealth, Spain on the other hand is a mere shadow of its former self
The key to them staying allies after WW2 was the Soviets. The immediate emergence of another common enemy kept the ties tight unlike after WW1 when the two nations viewed each other as each other's biggest competition after Germany was defeated.
Mmm... that's true, but only to a point. The clearly approaching rivalry with the USSR certainly helped encourage continued strong ties. But unlike after WWI there could not be any great question of potential US-UK rivalry. The UK suffered horrific damage to its industries and infrastructure, while the US had vastly grown in both of those areas. The US also had, by that point, the largest and most powerful airforce in the world and a navy larger than the rest of the world's navies combined. If the relationship between the two nations had soured for some reason, the stark power disparity would have led to the US dominating the outcomes of whatever specific issues were being contested.
I mean, the US absolutely took every available chance to fuck over Britain post-war, but with things like the Marshall plan and a plethora of WW2 propaganda films showing how great they are, they managed to buy the loyalty of the public while in the shadows they worked harder than anyone to dismantle British colonialism and replaced it with American colonialism - them morally objecting to European control on the Suez Canal while themselves owning the Panama canal is a particularly funny point. Thing is, Britain at this point had been so messed up that the colonies were more of a lead weight dragging us down than any real benefit since we lost the structure needed to maintain order; we didn't struggle too much thus allowing the peaceful transfer of power. By the time that was over, we'd given the Americans too much to step away and we knew it was better to be their ally than enemy so we've stuck by their side ever since.
Has to be said though, while the US government (much like our own parliament) seems to be in a neverending game of 'who can be the biggest asshole', there are few nations on Earth I'd rather call ally/friend/brother than the American people. Except when they export things like BLM protests here though (despite us having a totally different history of race relations) you guys can keep those kindof inter-community battles to yourselves if you don't mind! ;P
The REAL moment I think the Anglo-American alliance became pretty much permanent was the Korean War. Up until that point, Britain could have still tried to placed itself as the middle power between the US and Soviet Union, theoretically even acting as a mediator (after all, it was a Labour govt after World War II). When PM Clement Atlee announced Britain was joining America's coalition in stopping North Korea's invasion, all remaining possibility of being an in-between was gone (because now the Communists would view them as a full-on enemy) and Anglo-American ties would be reinforced. What makes Atlee's decision so astonishing is that not only did it go against many of Britain's foreign policy traditions, Korea was not even in the British sphere of influence (and really never had been). They were literally going out of their way to support this war effort. I'd say history was changed forever on that day in 1950.
No, I think the guy who runs this channel hit it pretty much on the head - the economic interests between the US and the UK have always been extremely strong. Even to this day, if you look at the five major English speaking countries, often called the "Anglosphere" - UK , US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - between them they control over a quarter of the worlds wealth. Sure, the US is the worlds largest economy, but the UK is the 5th, Canada is the 10th, Australia is the 13th... To be perfectly blunt, almost the entire system of free trade that we have enjoyed (and brought immense wealth to most of the world) is on the back of Anglosphere efforts. Hell, one of the reasons why the US has such a huge military force is to just secure shipping lanes post WW2. The reality of the situation is that money rules the world and that these 5 countries are the core of the geopolitical alliance that controls most of that money and ensures that more can be made.
The Russians are great at uniting people...against them.
As an American who deployed militarily with the brits on numerous occasions they have earned my undying loyalty for introducing me to the glorious meal that is the english breakfast.
Your welcome
And completely opposite, I served alongside the yanks when in the RAF, and all I can say is thank you... *THANK YOU* ... For bringing Burger King and Pizza Hut to Kandahar air base!
@@residentelect LOL we tend to turn our big FOBS into shopping malls.
artillery - check
air strip - check
housing, parking, and maintanance - check
strip mall - check
@@intothelean2930
I was a MERT (Medical Emergency Response Team) Paramedic, and had the privileged of treating guys from 87th Inf, 10th Mountain Division, 82nd Airborne, and 3rd Battalion 7th USMC, to name but a few that I remember.
Had some great laughs in the belly of those Chinooks, despite the lads oftentimes having suffered the most horrifying injuries. You guys do "Gallows Humour" very well!
All bloody good blokes, and I consider it an honour I was part of the team who plucked so many of those boys out of the shit, patched them up, and made sure they got home to their families.
Made some lifelong friends, and I'll never have to pay for a hotel whenever I vacation in the US again lol
Hope you made it home in one piece brother?
Made it home fine. good memories with the brits and aussies. still haven't managed to replicate the breakfast correctly stateside. I can get close and good but whoever ran our mess loved their job and made some damn good eting out of deployment based food supplies.
Britain and the US IRL: Allies
British People and Americans Online: Constantly at war
oh yeah you cant beat a bit of online banter though.
Its a very love-hate relationship. we love to hate each other!
British "people"*
I don't know, I think their criticism of our politics were apt. Likewise with their solutions.
And that constitution is looking pretty... Well, uh, pretty pretty... to us Brits.
One can hardly blame them for attempting to turn the sea into tea either.
I too feel a sadness that the dolphins might never taste tea, given that they're one of the most intelligent creatures. A very noble endeavour indeed by the Americans.
Honestly I think American guys just absolutely hate that most of their women find most of us attractive, it seems to be the root cause of a lot of problems
@@manawearblack Until we smile and scare then away with our wonky tea-stained teeth that is :')
Some of us be looking like penny-wise with a meth problem.
Not sure how that even happens because dentistry is free, and we clearly prefer cocanya because meth makes the tea taste funny.
Feck. Roasted the wrong side 🤐
"Britain had long practiced a policy of isolationism"
*looks at 1898 world map*
Well yes, but actually no.
"In regards to the European Powers"
Britain has long attempted to maintain the status quo close to home.
Yeah they are the mother of colonialism and imperialism, they planted their flag all over the world.
@@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III Actually that would be Spain and Portugal in terms of modern colonialism. England (and later the UK), France and the Netherlands were all fairly late to the party in comparison to them. As for Imperialism, there's nearly 1,500 years of that before England or any of the other constituent countries of the UK even existed.
T1000 not going to get into a pissing match here with you professor. I stand by my statement.
@@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III Ahh weak stream syndrome. Fair enough.
In 1815, just a few months after British and American armies faced off at the Battle of New Orleans, British warships joined with American warships to fight the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean.
Really quite special what the Americans did at the Battle of New Orleans. A great showing of American capability.
@@LFX27 talking to ghosts 😂
"Americans" are all people who live on the American Continent, not just in the united states
@@Revolución_Socialista yeah yeah ok Pablo, now get back to cleaning my toilet.
@@Revolución_Socialistanope 😂
This basically how it goes:
You speak English
I speak English
and Germany bad
And Spain gotta go.
You do have to laugh a bit at how both sides despised the Spanish Empire.
@@thunderbird1921 I think despised is a bit far. Maybe for the US but for Britain( after the Spanish armada. I'm talking 1700's 1800's) Britain was not that bothered with Spain. Just a fading empire increasingly losing power
Not to mention Germany committed atrocities in both World Wars
They ARE english
France and England also became friends under the mutual understanding of Germany bad. Strange how Germany brought so many enemies together only to be torn apart by them.
‘The USA too had a growing global empire’
like father like son
We learned from the best.
Its beautiful really.
@@genericyoutubeaccount579 and when your Brexit and your empire fall apart
@@Efelwen and why you betrayed Rhodesia and South Africa? To see them turn into shitholes?
@@mariano98ify Colonial adventures in South Africa and Rhodesia were too costly for the United Kingdom to effectively maintain. Sure, some might view it as betrayal, but the alternative for Britain was to go bankrupt. Their hand was forced.
The UK/USA relationship is kind of like a parent/child relationship where the oldest, most ambitious and talented child had turbulent teen years, broke away from its parent and left home during a huge traumatizing fight, later as an adult became wildly successful and reconciled to become the favorite child while other younger siblings (Canada, Australia, New Zealand...) were better behaved and also successful though not quite as dynamic.
That is .... entirely accurate
That traumatizing fight apparently involving slitting the neck of the uncle who was trying to intervene while he was sleeping off a hangover on a holiday the weird teen didn't like for some reason
The mum was napoleon
Ah yes, I will use this for my headcannons in the Countryhumans fandom. Thank you for this random person.
Love this analogy, that's exactly how I see it, the United States has its flaws but we are proud of what you have become. However I do feel like there is a deeper meaning to our special relationship. I have always felt that your government keeps us close because it still sees us a a threat because of our influence on the world stage and our history with war and tactics
1700s: Hated each other’s guts
1800s: Forgave each other in silence
1990s: Fought alongside each other
2000s: Friends till the end
In all honesty I am American wouldn’t have it any other way for our allies across the ocean
🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸
Sure! "Friends", sure, completely not 1 sided at all...
@@alal-yy7jg It isn't one sided. Have you ever heard of Brexit? It was to separate themselves from Europe and move closer to the United States
@@kaddett3717 Erm no it definitely wasn't. Being English I can tell you with 100% certainty America had absolutely nothing to do with brexit. It was to curb immigration obtain sovereignty over it's laws, have more control over it's borders and to "stop being dictated to by Brussels".
All utter bull ofc by anyone with a partially functioning brain. We now have more immigration, are poor as can be, and are being dictated to by countries who want to send us more migrants, in exchange for trade deals.
Regardless, literally never was America even mentioned at any point throughout the whole debacle. Most people here are either indifferent towards Americans (at best) or out right dislike them at worst.
@@kaddett3717 YT scrubbed my reply but basically I said you are 100% wrong about that. I am English, it was about "sovereignty", and controlling who comes into UK. America was not even a talking point at any time throughout the entire debacle.
Americans are not viewed favourably by most people here, it's either indifference or outright dislike.
@@alal-yy7jg really? Because I lived in the Uk. I was liked clearly a bot account
The relationship between the UK and US
Is a classic father-son relationship.
We have our disagreements, but when shit needs to be done, we do it together.
@@mr.h1083 yep😂
@Nurse Natalie i think father son worls better. The elderly father in his retirement being secured by the son that he created whether or not he meant to.
@@OnlyGrafting Mother-daughter works better because most countries are referred to as she/her
@@FVStageII-hg3dp "Fatherland"
“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”
Henry Kissinger.
If they replaced "America" with "Every country" they'd have themselves a good quote there.
Dude literally fuck that guy. Talk about corruption.
@@derricka7751 Except the quote is actually true for America, I don't see any other nation spawning aircraft carriers onto every sea and ocean, I don't see any other country sanctioning other countries repeatedly, I don't see any other country starting trade wars with tariffs.
Which part of American Henry Kissinger's quote makes you think it's relevant to Albania, Zimbabwe and 195 of the 196 countries between those two in the alphabet?
Rob Fraser In order to be a world power that’s what you have to do.
Never Trust the U.S. to honor a deal longer than four years.
Brothers had a quarrel.. younger brother moved out, followed destiny, big bro kept unwelcome tabs on little bro, but family ties bring them together again. Litte brother became strong and successful, not so little anymore. Then, old bro's neighbor started bullying around, and the prodigal brother jumped in to help. Their destinies merged again, their bond stronger than ever.
its father, the british is the main reason americans exist..
Little bro should never have left the British empire, crime rates would likely be far lower and the justice system far less corrupt.
@@Matty-n4c so you support colonziation? LMAOOOOOOO
@@Matty-n4c no they wouldn’t. USA in reality is way stronger then uk so keep crying that your empire fell.
The real imperialism wasn’t the wars fought, rather, it was the friends we made along the way
Caravan of Garbage fan?
Ah yes more siblings for America
And enemies
🤣🤣🤣
"They didn't like Germany."
Bruh that's basically like the entire history of Europe in one sentence.
Germany: exists
The entire fucking world: you son of a bitch how dare you still live
and then the dart of hate landed on soviet union and is still stuck in Moscow.
Or "They didn't like Muslims" "They didn't like the Poles" "They didn't like Russia" and of course "They didn't like Jews"
It was more "they didn't like France" for about 1000 years. The hating Germany thing started in the 1800s, for one obvious reason.
Saying Bruh is Normie
"So why are we going to war?" "We need to defend the people who owe us money, or they won't be able to pay us back!" Doesn't have quite the same ring as 'freedom'.
Considering we would have went to war regardless as Germany grew in power and acquired massive land and therefore resources, the naval battles would have happened and mass loss of life.
It was to prevent tyranny and GIVE FREEDOM to those in need.
@@MrComputerCoder also money, mainly FREEDOM, but you know while there's money to be made why not make some?
What's sad is that this is a very real reason to go to war, not because you support what your allies are doing but because you need them to pay that loan you issued.
@@werlder Ultimately, if Britain had fallen, then what happened to Japan would've instead happened to the USA. Especially if Germany didn't turn on Russia.
Why do to war? To create debt!!! And to pay down debt (1 pound of silver for 1 pound of flesh)
Confederacy: So will you help us out?
UK: Well yes, but actually no.
Fhjthnl Lol Iuyo Yeah slavery in the 21st Century would be hella cool bro
@@hellodolly7989 For real bro I could have my own slaves!
@@Volcanikss thicc ones at that ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°
I don’t know why people think black people had it bad just in the U.S. Anyone with darker skin with African ancestry gets treated like shit across the globe. People even have black people being colorist amongst themselves and looking down on people with darker skin. This thread is a good example of the international racism. You will still never have bigger dicks than us. 🖕🏽
HelloDolly slavery would have faded out eventually either way
Has anyone ever heard the story of Gilbert Bates? He was an American who took a $1000 bet in 1872, that he couldn't walk the from the Scottish border to London carrying the American flag without being insulted.
Not only was he not insulted, British people gave him free food, paid to put him up in hotels, were generally interested and friendly about American culture. By the time he reached London; he had acquired a massive crowd of supporters and had to complete the last leg of the journey by carriage because the crowds were too big for him to pass.
Bates, to his credit as a person, declined the $1000 he won because he believed the story he could tell his fellow Americans had much more value than money. He could prove to his countrymen that Britain didn't hate them, despite supporting the confederacy less than a decade before.
That's awesome. I had never heard of that before.
I'm surprised that not even a single person called him a wankstain or something.
Dont search up his name on youtube
@@madphantom3298 Omg wtf? 😂. I was not expecting that.
@@walsh9080 What was it?
I'm a Guyanese, glad to hear that Britian and American became allies because of us
Well thank you my friend it’s very nice being allies with the UK
We should’ve given you all of that disputed territory. Love, from the United States
@@DoctorCyan guyana was the british colony that got the territory no?
(Because of them taking advantage of you)
I think the issue was always that the UK realized that as the world industrialized it could no longer punch so far above it's weight. UK had industrialized because the other European powers couldn't tear down it's infrastructure like they had done to each other... Because UK is an island. Once it became clear though that UK needed more muscle to maintain a powerful position in the world, the inevitable rise of the USA seemed too good to be true. The countries always saw each other as family along with Canada, Australia, NZ, and British Caribbean colonies. The unquestioned dominance of the USA in the relationship would eventually come with the Suez crisis. UK is full of smart people and realizes it is best to always be on the US side of things... And thus far this has worked out very well in many way shapes and forms.
UK, and US relations are funny. We are like a married couple that have been together for 200+ years.
More like a father, son relationship
@@imcarlosjr4898 Sweet home alabama.
@@fatcatsnuggleparty4272 no just noo!
I N C E S T
@@Phoenicianx666x So the UK would basically be the same thing, just a slightly slimmer version with old timey English, and munching on fish and chips with a pint instead?
US as a kid: When I grow up I'll never be like you!
US as an adult: *becomes exactly like the UK*
Well its not like the england/uk that it left in 1777
@@mufradr Oh that "tyranny" that wanted Americans to make a modest contribution to their own defence to ease the burden on the English taxpayers, or wanted them to honour treaties signed with the native Americans, or even stop creating unnecessary wars on the frontiers that English taxpayers had to fund with little or no benefit to themselves. The American Revolution taught in US schools is pure one-sided propaganda bullshit that casts brits as "redcoated nazis" while most of the warcrimes were actually committed by the patriots.
@@crowbar9566 no i mean modern americsa and old england were very different not saying one is worse than another. Are you fishinf for arguments? if so sorry but i dont wanna argue
@@crowbar9566 and wdym war crimes i dont think the geneva conventions happened back then
@@mufradr There was a concept of the "laws of war" even back then, its where we get our concepts of chivalry from - nothing to do with opening doors for women. I admit it maybe never occurred to the white belligerents that this applied to the native americans or other people regarded as 'savages' at the time.
"Barring a few mishaps here and there."
*early 1960s*
USA: "Hey Britain, are you still peeved about that whole Suez thing?"
Britain: "Don't speak to me."
Britain: Have fun policing the Middle East now you've crippled the ability of the French and ourselves to do the job for you. Sure that will never blow up in your face.
UK: so you are having a vietnam problem USA?Remember the Suez?Not my problem and we woudnt help you
@@walsh9080 USA: Its the way you taught me father. You did it too
@@lukedetering4490 Britain: *hypocritical condescending parent tone* Do as I say, not as I do.
@@walsh9080 USA: But Dad, I'm a grown ass man and I can do what I want. FREEDOM!
As an American, I've always found it odd that w have this tendency to become fast friends with our former enemies. Britain, Japan, Germany, Russia (at least until recently), etc.
Yeah, but not russia. We're definitely going to be their enemies for a long time until putin finally dies unfortunately.
Can’t forget Vietnam! Vietnam is one of the most pro-USA countries in the world and they were at war only about 50 years ago
@@csharp3884 well damn!
I saw it pretty well summed up in a country ball comic once
We've never really been closer with Russia than being allies of convenience, even during WWII. As for Japan and Germany.... when you bring a nation to its knees and then hand it back to its people and spend years to decades organizing the rebuilding effort, close relationships developing are a pretty natural product of that process.
Britain: hey America, what do you got there?
America: A global empire like you!
Britain: *sniff* I raised him well
Gordon Talbot ha ha ‘global’
@n/a you sound stupid.
n/a why?
@n/a The British Empire went from AD1497 to still having a remnant today. The American Empire started in 1945 and is falling apart after 74 years. When you have been around for over 500 years come back to us, until then.......
Frank Clarke sure thing bud you keep telling yourself that.
"They spoke the same language"
The shade being thrown I response to "Howdy" is unreal. Literally laughed out loud.
Ditto. Wonderful how a bit of eyelid hooding can convey so much...
During WW1 almost as many Americans spoke German (ask Donald Trump about his grandmother...).
ACTUALLY AMERICA HAD A HUGE GERMAN SPEAKING BASE WHICH WAS BANNED...I LIVE IN KANSAS AND WE HAD A MAJORITY GERMAN SPEAKING POPULATION FOR AWHILE AND MANY SCHOOLS AND NEWSPAPERS SPOKE/WERE WRITTEN IN GERMAN
@@semiramisbonaparte1627 ok that's pretty cool but you don't have to yell about it.
German empire: you cant use shotguns because they are inhumane and cause immense pain and suffering
America: *how bout i do anyways*
Lelllll, I read this in his singing voice.
Germans complaining shotguns are bad, while they invented mustard gas...
*several years later*
"Yeah sure we signed the Geneva convention, but let me introduce you to my new pal AGENT ORANGE"
r/unexpectedbillwurtz
@@morrisse0_088 uk did too
In some ways it started with the CSS Alabama. After the Civil War, the US nearly went to war with England over that, but Grant set up a system of international arbitration, and essentially everyone was happy. Britain paid some direct damages, but not the indirect damages for the war lasting longer than it otherwise might have.
It wasn't just the Alabama, it was the blockade runners. All those Enfield rifle muskets came from somewhere. The US demanded Canada as reparations, but we bargained down to 'lots of gold'
By ''everyone was happy'' I assume you intentionally leave out enslaved, dehumanized and exploited Blacks and displaced Natives.
@@kmonger I was referring to the parties participating in the dispute. There are always plenty of people excluded.
It wasn't just England. People need to learn the difference between Britain and England.
How did Britain and France go from bitter rivals to close allies throughout much of the 20th century?
Once again, a third party that both of them began to worry about... Russia.
The Fashoda Incident
was the turning point.
We didn't like Germany. After that calmed down we both had colonial empires we were trying to maintain. I'd also stress that it's always been a matter of convenience rather than any particular affinity for each other, whereas while the Americans can be irritating at times we generally quite like them. I'm British fyi
Hating Germany. Really, Germany did a huge favor to world peace just by existing and ensuring everybody could come together and hate its guts.
@@alexcba3 the British seem to lowkey love the French. It's like that tsun... tsu... whatever
USA: **F R E E D O M**
Britain: *my disappointment is immeasurable and my dominance is ruined*
Usa at century XX: proceeds to invade a lot of countries in name of freedom
Wolrd: surprise Pikachu face
Native Americans: "Oh F*ck!"
@Stephen Jenkins bUt tHaT sTilL doEsNt cOunT
@@HerewardWake the UK only gave them independence because of the US and the USSR
Stephen Jenkins After decades.
Lenin knew this would happen
For real though
@BlackDeathViral03 That's because Roosevelt was staunchly against the Reich, he saw the threat of them literally being able to take over all of Europe, and he was correct to fear them beforehand. Of course even then the American people were in extreme support of neutrality, until that faithful day on December 7th, 1941, "A date that will live, in infamy", which turned everyone's opinion in a complete 180 and were in full war support.
@BlackDeathViral03 Yeh when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor Roosevelt probably breathed a massive sigh of relief that the country would finally be in support of war
@Reunite The British Empire Let me reword my original comment which I deleted because it was ass
A'ight so Roosevelt was obviously not a neutral lover, he made it very evident that he really hated the Reich, wanted to support the allies, and wasn't keen on supplying the Reich nor its allies that much as well. He also hated the Japanese empire, disliking their expansionism into China as well as the rest of Asia and set an embargo on them to literally stall their entire oil supply. As for Pearl Harbor, it wasn't really intentional, yes those ships were moved there to basically tell Japan to fuck off but he wasn't actually expecting an attack like that and especially one of that scale, it costed the US a shit ton of battleships. At the same time though, deep down, he was thankful it happened because he could finally unite the country under a common enemy. The war inadvertently fixed A LOT of the country's major problems purtaining from the great depression, and because of the war the US would go on to become as powerful as it is today.
Can't imagine a world where the fascists won, though being of German dissent and nearly Aryan i'm sure it wouldn't change much for me, but i'd rather the world be as it is now rather than that alternative.
@Reunite The British Empire Funny that you misused "whom".
As an American, I love the Brits. And honestly being a nation born from the British empire we were always destined to be good friends after we got over bad feelings of the revolutionary war/war of 1812. Most American culture, customs, and obviously the language come from the English and the Scots. The more I learn about the settling and expansion of America the more I realize that even though we separated from Britain, we owe our society to them.
Rule Britannia and God bless America 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Shout out for the Swedes and Nordics too though, given that you have a Scandinavian family name! :o)
@@DavidR_192 of course! Shoutout to the Scandinavians! I’m mostly Scottish and English but I do have a bunch of Danish and Norwegian ancestry as well! In my family tree there’s this fun area where you see Peterson’s and Pedersvens eventually somehow end up as Petersen.
@@bpetey5970 one area in which the U.K. really influenced the US was in the legal systems. If you look up a map of different country legal systems you’ll see both U.K. and US (except Louisiana) use English common law. Whilst most of continental Europe and South America use civil law like Napoleonic code etc.
I’m not trying to say they’re entirely the same as there’s notable differences but both do use the English common law in some variety.
"being a nation born from the British empire we were always destined to be good friends"
Ukraine and Russia don't seem too friendly.
Cheers mate, love ya too, America adds alot of fun to the world, our country can feel a bit sleepy at times
The whole point of the Entente was just to screw over Germany trying to become the new super power.
Your best friend is truly the one who has the same enemies as you do.
France: Germany is too dangerous to our lands.
Russia: Germany is too dangerous to our lands too.
Britain: Germany is too dangerous to our seas.
US: Germany is too dangerous to our ships.
Japan: I'm just gonna take some stuff the germans have over here.
Italy: I'm with you Germany. Plot Twist. I'm actually not with you.
China: Who are we fighting again?! And why am I here?
@dopey no not realy
@dopey I mean that's not entirely true. WW1 erupted due to a complex alliance system, militarism, imperialism and rising nationalism in the Balkans. The real blame would be with the austro hungarians. Plus when the writing is on the wall and your surrounded by enemies you hit hard and fast. However as for ww2 fuck Germany.
India during the 2nd World War : But are we against the British or with the British ?
@dopey Racist fool
@@KelticStingray Nah...the real blame lies with Serbia for helping terrorists in Bosnia assassinate Franz Ferdinand
Normally history videos are about why did countries START hating each other. This one turns it around. Great job!
As an American. I value the long standing Alliance between the U.S. and Britain. And I hope the feeling is mutual.
God Bless America, and God Save the Queen!
Thankyou Big love to USA ❣
Frist Name Last Name is brits are happy to give you yanks the credit, much love ;)
Fucking traitor siding with a autocrat I don't care if she is ceremonial you should not be celebrating autocratic leaders.
@@Mericaa47 calm your tits I'm sure he don't give af about the queen actually
Here here brother
I love the dancing through the flowers bit at the 2:58 mark to indicate friendship :)
1:53 that ghost lincoln was great
I had my ocurences with ghosts before and for a fact Lincoln and his son tad haunt Lincoln bedroom in the White House famous witnesses Winston Churchill had slept in the room and had seen Lincoln and tads ghost and Lyndon B Johnson daughter had witnessed Tad's ghost
@@ReconstructedYankee1882 He isn't done with his presidency yet so thats why he's still there, and for his son...why not?
Manny Kirkhart Not to mention that story where L.B.J asked Lincoln’s ghost how to manage an unpopular war.
UK: I hate Germany
US: I hate Germany
Me, a German: -.-
The team that was formed out of mutual hatred towards you now includes you too, though.
Laxe Etwlez Don’t sink a ship with Americans on it or tell Pancho Villa to invade us again and we can be friends. 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
There there, It’s okie I’m here and I like Germany
Fühlt sich mies an, oder?
@@SouthernGentleman fuck you you where already shipping tons of guns to the brits while allowing them to blockade neutral states of food. Either stay on your contined or dont though a fit wen you do and we come over there.
So from the UK's perspective, America is like a rebellious teen who moved out after a heated argument with dad, but then mended ties once they grew more mature.
USA: *gets an overseas empire*
Britain: :’) that’s ma boy!
Proud dad activated
What's the American overseas empire ? Liberia and Hawai ?
solwen yes American land and military bases all over the world japan Korea Philippines Germany Iraq etc. also Puerto Rico. As far as owning whole countries though no but huge sphere of influence.
@@solwen US has a big ass sphere of influence and a lot of military bases they use to project said influence. They dominate The Americas, most of Europe, and good chunks of Africa and Asia; Also it has a lot of territories in the Pacific Ocean and Puerto Rico and the US Virgin islands in the Atlantic.
"They grow up so fast..."
World War 1:
USA: Look at us
Britain: Who woulda thought?
lol 😂🤣
I really played that out in my head lol
_not me_
Why Did Britain and America Stop Hating Each Other?
GeRMaNY
@John Saunders But lose many of their young men...
uk: My child, it's time to start a war against someone
USA: I'm ready, Mama
Britain: man fook Germany
America: yeah fook Germany
Britain: Did we just become best friends?
America: I think so.
So, all of that, oversimplified
*USA* : I hate you!
*UK* : I hate you, too
*Germany* : *exists*
*UK & USA* : nope
Like the real housewives
Love this. Would like a video on when and why the UK and France (for the most part as they still have a petty rivalry) stopped hating each other
Yeah you should. That's so baffling to me how two countries who were at each other's throats for 800 years, just improved relations within the last like 100 years.
I'll never stop hating the French, it's practically built into my British DNA.
Same answer: Germany
Probably after the franco-prussian war.
Your answer to that question is Germany and it’s sudden formation and rise. Overnight it became the most powerful country in Europe which would’ve seriously distributed the balance of power if they stayed allies with say Russia. Which would’ve basically guaranteed German dominance of the continent which Britain would not have so it started as a calculated move to ally with France and Japan to keep both Russia and Germany in check(especially after the Russo-Japanese War) and combined with the U.S Britain would be able to keep the balance. Of course Germany pissed off Russia and sent them right to Britain and France so the U.S and Japan became less important. That’s just my American persepective though so Europeans feel free to correct me on that.
I love how the US and the UK are always picking with each other, but in the end, we are really good allies and friends, and militarily, we have each others backs. It's like we're siblings. We can mess with each other, but nobody else dare do it.
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the US's most unique presidents. His reasons for disliking Germany had less to do with domestic affairs but rather actions taken by Germany and their alliance with Austria-Hungary a nation which he vehemently hated. T. Roosevelt's opinions usually follow more to his own world view rather than that of the US's at the time.
Well Austria-Hungary wasn’t really paragon of 20th century progress.
-ruled by a dual monarchy
-being divided by at least 11 European ethnic cultural groups
-only two of said ethnic groups had a seat in their pseudo parliament that being the Austrians and Hungarians.
The list goes on.
Theodore Roosevelt is the US's greatest president.
Fixed that for you.
The world would be a much better place if Teddy won the elections instead of Mr. Wilson. That douchebag of a president is responsible for many many bad things...
@@AnthonyClauser ur wrong its FDR
@@_rk553 He created the UN. Enough said. Much more important though is that Theodore didn't need a crisis to be great. Far to many people will say "blah blah had to deal with a great depression or a major war". That isn't an accomplishment, that's being a product of your time, but much more importantly doing your job. Ignoring for a moment it is the job of the President to KERP US OUT OF WARS, I have no doubt that Theodore would have navigated a war with the best of them being the fact he actually fought wars - on the front lines and served as the under secretary for the Navy.
This is of course speculation, and doesn't reflect on Franklin, but Theodore probably would have ended WWII faster and with much less casualties. He wasn't the type of person to be "politically correct". He favored being actually right.
So while Franklin was making as many friends as possible, Theodore was making friends with the middle class.
1920
USA: About that Japanese girlfriend
Britain: [TXT dumps girlfriend] What girlfriend?
1950
Britain: hey are you dating my ex?
USA: what noooooo I jus just feel bad about exploding inside her cough twice cough.
@@fanta6285 Japan is the US's waifu for laifu
2000
Britain, finds hentai manga:Bruv wtf are these?
USA:Ah those are umm her payment for those F 16s I gave her.
A few "mishaps."
*Stares at Suez Crisis.*
Yeah well look at what ended up happening 10 years later anyway. The worlds longest traffic jam...
@@FDNY101202 cough cough hai
Yeah, that was a bit of mix up. Eisenhower would eventually admit it was the worst mistake of his presidency, but to be fair to Eisenhower the British and French invasion caught him completely off guard and he was put in a position where he had to react with limited information, they should have let him in on their plans ahead of time.
Costa Keith he was annoyed because I’m Eike I rule the world why didn’t you ask me for permission abit like thatcher when Reagan invaded Grenada but more like I rule that land ask permission before you invade it
@@wargey3431 Well, by that point he largely did rule those parts of the world not ruled by the Soviets thanks to war debts, reliance on US loan guarantees, and Breton Woods. We were also starting to consolidate control over the global petroleum reserves at that point, which is what Ike was worried about when he heard of a British and French army sailing to the middle east.
Funny story I was in India a month ago for a wedding (I'm American), and I could tell who was educated at a British school just by their posture and how they structured their sentences, the Indian people at the wedding where amazed by this and thought it was a magic trick or something.
The American civil war is such an astounding period of history. I wish more people understood just how complex and unique it was.
A late response however I agree, originally it had nothing to do with slaves, it was purely economical.. And the South didn't actually want slavery despite what most people think it was just how their economy was ran, as unjust and cruel as it was. Nothing personal just business. However even after the Civil War Black people still had no right to vote or buy land/property, and as slaves at least they had shelter, food and clothing.
George Washington was a rich English guy, couldn't lose! We are family!
@@shyryTsr2k I mean, that’s a pretty watered down version of history. The civil war was about state’s rights verses a strong federal government. Slavery actually had a lot to do with it and the fact that President Davis first address mentioned slaver as the heart blood of the south kind of proves that it was a little bit about slavery. Not to mention the nearly 100 years of pro slavery “genetics” depicting the victims of slavery as subhuman being widely believed by the vast majority of the southern and northern populations.
Black folks after the war in the north were able to find homes and jobs and the men and women in the south during the reconstruction era were just as screwed as the white folk. Reconstruction was a tough time and out of it grew two very distinct economies, a white one and a black one. Both grew very fast and very strong. Until Jim Crow and violence destroyed the former. Lincoln’s Freedmen’s Bureau did a great job of giving the newly freed men abandoned lands and teaching them business.
@@shyryTsr2k the south very clearly outlined that they believed Africans where inferior animals compared to whites, it was definetely personal
"Americans" are all people who live on the American Continent, not just in the united states
History Matters: “When Did Britain and America Stop Hating Each Other?”
Everyone in the US and UK: “WE DID WHAT NOW!”
It's similar to the relationship between the US and Canada.
I don’t think we’ve ever hated them, not on a civilian level anyway.
Definitely not the 1930s, both nations drafted countering war plans.
Some people in our countries hate each other but I don’t think it’s that serious with the normal people of our countries
current major US allies are all former enemy.
There's a reason why the UK-US relationship is called "the Special Relationship". The level of cooperation between the UK and US as world powers over many years is unprecedented, with the US seeing itself from the beginning as a child of the UK- politically and culturally. Even during the American revolution, American leaders' stated that they were rebelling to seize their rights as Englishman- not to completely sever ties. After the Revolution, the US and UK still had strong ties, even if those ties weren't always affectionate ones. Since then, the US has continued to stand alongside the UK as it gives up its Empire largely on its own terms.
I think you need to look a little more closely. Since 1945, and especially since Vietnam, Congress have been limiting the powers of the President to act unilaterally. The Presidency is where any special relationship is vested, and the strength of that depends on each incumbent. In Congress, or at least the HoR, all is Pork Barrel. To mix the metaphors, the reason the USA has such an absurdly high level of military spending is because no Commander in Chief can take away one state's slice of apple pie to give to another, they just have to keep making the pie bigger.
Thatcher-Reagan meant support during the Falklands, against the State Department. Blair-Clinton in contrast; Blair spent every cent of influence he had to engage the US in Yugoslavia, even after Srebrenica. In Ukraine, US/UK were together at the start trying to persuade the EU to wake up and smell the coffee, but Boris Johnson has had to act unilaterally many times now. It is not clear if that is a cover; acting as a surrogate and thus bypassing Congress, or genuine foot dragging by the White House.
Also, NEVER forget Suez. The French and Israelis certainly haven't, I doubt if the Brits have either.
If the good ole monarchy hadn't kept messing with us like around 1812, US and Britain might have been friends again much earlier.
funny thing, this so called _special relationship_ . the US doesn't see anything special in their relation to the UK, only UK politicians use the term to assure themselves. some would say they are delusional. the US does its thing and when push comes to shove pursue their interests. there are numerous examples when the US ignored the UK, pushed aside the UK or their interests or bullied the UK - like they do with any other nation, allied or not. the US used the UK to derail any attempt by the French or Germans or anyone else to turn the ECC/EU into something the US disliked.
get real and see it as it is: the US does realpolitik, countries have interests, not friends
The Germans in this comment section seem a bit passive aggressive
Their fault for starting an empire late.
The moral of the imperialist era and the World Wars era is this:
If you're going to do some really evil sh!t, don't do it where the people who "matter" are looking. America did their evil stuff in the prairies and the South, Britain did it in Africa and Australia (and to an extent in India), France and Belgium did theirs in Africa. Nobody cared. Germany did theirs in Poland. Everyone saw that. Nobody back then gave a toss if it didn't happen in Europe or the East Coast of North America. Shameful but true.
Their fault for practically ruining the 20th century. They even helped start the Russian revolution. My God, Germany! Boo!
@@scottydu81 actually it was austria who started it but thanks for the blame.
@@anonUK "People who 'matter'"? 🤔
UK: "The sun never sets on out Empire!"
Wait, didn't Germany form out of the Holy Roman Empire which was the remanants of the Roman Empire or is my history off?
Questions scientists still can’t answer:
Who is James bisernett?
Even if scientists could answer the question who is James Bisernett, is it a question that should be answered?
I prefer Rob Waterhouse
I'm old enough to know who Party Boy Co is........... Or old enough to think I know
The guy who actually spells his last name Bissonette??
@my mom but then who's ashes were vacuumed up after the cat knock the urn off the mantel? Damn, the deeper we go, the more questions left unanswered
*I appreciate how the territory of the US keeps growing as the video goes along.* The attention to detail is 👌😙
Technically, a lot of that territory was originally just that - territories, not states, they weren't part of the U.S., they were just owned by the U.S. It's "the United States of America," not "the United States and Territories of America!"
But he puts NC & VA as union states on the Civil War maps when they were Confederate.
@@nate6692 And a Texas flag when showing Britain talking to the Confederacy.
@@criran I don't remember where I saw this so take it with a grain of salt. Someone said something about youtube demonetizing anything with the confederate flag in it. Which is exactly something they'd do so it wouldn't surprise me.
@@stevenmaginnis1965 "The United States and Outlying Islands"
The UK, Aussies, and Canada are our best allies. There are others but those 3 are our best.
UK: *"this son ain't minez, peace"*
USA: *wins lottery (becomes world superpower)*
UK: *"hey son i'm back"*
But at the time Britain was still richer and more powerful so its like bill gates having a son who has also earned alot of money
Nub93 yeah thats the issue with a united british empire you would have rich areas like canada uk etc but then extremely poor areas like india and africa, but i suppose the huge populations would allow us to have the largest army by far
Nub93 realisically due to how poor certain parts of it are and how large the population would be it would be forced to take over more territory, the empire would likely take over all of africa and large parts of south east asia to try and compensate for its huge poor populations in india etc
@@sausagejockyGaming That's true everywhere. Even mainland Britain at the height of its power had incredibly rich areas and incredibly poor areas.
James Walsh no but it would be especially present in the new empire, if free movement was allowed huge influxes would be moving to UK canada australia etc
Love to Britain from American friends.
Big up you Yanks from England
@@Azzi_0161 relax redcoat from America
@@Azzi_0161 cheers friend
Not friends... brothers
🥵
UK: It’s called football, not soccer.
USA: *Laughs in landing on the Moon*
until the postwar period it was called soccer in England too
Usa: I hate you
Uk: well I hate you too
Germany: hey guys
Uk: shut up I hate you more
Usa: hey I hate germany more than you do too.
Uk: wait really lets hate them together and become bff
Usa: yeah cool lets hate them together.
Mimetic Scapegoating at its finest
Basically a middle school girl relationship
😂😂
Isn't that what made the UK and France stop hating each other too?
UK: Hey France, Germany's getting too uppity and strong, maybe let's destroy them instead of each other?
France: Yeah...I like that, let's do it.
@@tremedar yeah people like to say love is the strongest force but it seems like hatred can be as strong. It can make 2 countries that has hated each other since the day they were born to start being friends.
UK in retirement home: You know son there's one thing I never thought you...
US: What is it dad?
UK: Dont... Ever... Try... Too... Invade... Afghanistan...
US: too late...
UK: oh... can I join you for one last adventure?
US: Sure
Did someone say DEUS VULT!
to*
The Great Game 2.0
Russia: Afghanistan? Ohh! Can I play
UK and US: NOOO!
Hey, we got Bin Laden!
*several years later*
Well, uh, shit...
“BARRING A COUPLE OF MISHAPS HERE AND THERE”
Well those words truest ever spoken
I love the little signs that the characters have and the simplicity of the entire explanation. Very entertaining.
When a country has oil but is also part of NATO
“cries in American”
Bro that was weak lol
Wait but if it was in nato it would have to share the oil 😂 not trying to be a smartass
KICK THEM OUT
@@trlacr1781 AND INVADE
haha ur never getting our oil Amer- OH FFS WESTMINSTER IS SELLING IT
Common enemies and economic ties make strange bedfellows
Something we discussed in my U.S. Foreign Policy Class:
Not only was the Monroe Doctrine not a huge deal for Britain when it was issued, but Britain effectively was the reason why the US was able to take that policy stance. Britain didn't want Spain or France getting any new colonies, and neither did America. America was closer, and so could theoretically react quicker, but Britain had the naval power they lacked. In other words, according to my professor, America *and* Britain were the guarantors of the Monroe Doctrine, it's just that the relationship wasn't really publicized.
It's been a while, so some of the details are fuzzy, but if it's true, it puts a whole new light on the Monroe Doctrine that makes it seem much more rational for the United States to issue way back in the 1820s, rather than merely a reactionary expression of hard anti-colonialism.
what's your professor's name? (or just the University) I may want to cite this sometime in the distant future
Jeff Benton It’s a pretty much a standard foreign policy interpretation of what happened, so you don’t really need to cite anyone in particular. Nobody in Europe gave a toss what America thought well into the 19th century, so the whole “Monroe Doctrine” was something europeans rightly regarded with mild amusement. British interests, however, were aligned with the States in this regard so the “doctrine” was implemented without much consideration for the insistences of an upstart. American history classes unfortunately gloss this all over entirely.
@@frankySR21 not entirely, I remember in my AP US History course that this was discussed. It's been a while, but the gist I got is the UK let us go ahead because this didn't really affect them negatively, it was the French and the Spanish that seemed targeted (which I remember interested me because I thought we were cool with the French at this point).
@@werlder Well AP courses are supposed to be college classes for HS students, so it makes sense they'd cover subjects not typically covered.
I assume you know this now, but for anyone who doesn't, Monroe came to office at a time some historians sometimes call "the First Party System", when the US had a whiplash foreign policy. Basically, whenever the Federalists were in power, the gov't supported the British and opposed the French, and whenever the Jeffersonian Republicans were in power, they supported the French at the expense of the British. The French may have been concerned that the Americans would backstab them (again), in addition to their dissimilar interests.
Also, the British had just defeated the French in the final Napoleonic War, so that may also have made the US move more towards Britian - their mother country - than to France, their traditional ally.
So basically we will do anything to fuck over any part of Europe?
Apparently Bismark mentioned that the single greatest fact of modern political history at the end of the 19th century was that North America speaks English.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
“You’ll soon find that cuts both ways, Captain Price”
@@XXXTENTAClON227 lol . That refernce tho
US & UK: nothing will ever make us hate each other more, I’d never side with them!
*Germany has entered the chat*
uk: My child, it's time to start a war against someone
USA: I'm ready, Mama
@@menaak2736 Britain would have been “papa” at the time because they had a king. Britain’s gender changes with the monarch.
@@JollyOldCanuck bri ish:OI MAYEUUEUWUEHSUSUSYCYD YANKE SNAKY AJJAJSHSUSUS
2:52
That "howdy" sign made me laugh way too much lol
The similarities and strongly held similar values and interests the Americans and British share is unique and truly amazing. 🇺🇸🤜🏻🤛🏻🇬🇧
Why? It's one in the same, for God's sake the revolution was a war to prove we were just as good Englishmen as the toad in London
Not very coincidental similarities, we're basically am extension of their culture, with our own twist.
@@RogerTheil do you actually believe that?
@@Fortunaatp of course I do. Don't you know the history?
Roger Theil ...Don’t you? You won’t see any Pom food at my barbecues. Only hamburgers and bratwurst. ...on my patio. We only serve beer and tequila. No tea allowed.
Typical ignorant Pommy
A couple of points here is that the close UK-US relationship began almost immediately with the conclusion of the Ameican war of independence. Lobbied by influential London traders, the government of Great Britain realised the enormous potential of the united states as a market to sell it's goods which they would no longer have the financial obligation to maintain or defend, which led to British negotiators making generous concessions during the Treaty of Paris despite several late British victories which could have led to them taking a harder stance. A French statesman described the British as having "bought peace". Great Britain was ironically one of the first major states to recognise the United states and establish diplomatic ties and in the two decades after the AWI, America although keeping tacitly neutral tended to favour Great Britain above France. The War of 1812 was an aberration and was ended by pressure from the North eastern states who's economy depended on trade with Great Britain. Another point is that the UK was actually strongly in favour of Monroe doctrine and offered to make a joint declaration with the United States. Until the early 20th it was the power of the Royal Navy which enforced the Monroe doctrine and shielded the United states itself
London became an economic powerhouse when the banking cartels started, and still is today. The Vatican,The City of London, and D.C., all self run entities, run things in the western hemisphere period.
@An honest chap sure, but real power is in DC on a few hours away.
@An honest chap Your not even realizing what im saying bro. My original statement went over your head. Reread it. I'm talking about power. Not just economic wealth, but real power. The Three Kingdoms of power.
Spain & Portugal tried this in South America.........ehh yeah.......didn’t work.
Tried what? Becoming allies? Or take over south america? For the second one *spoiler alert* they did. Until 1830s at least. And Spain had Cuba even more recently.
@@gordusmaximus4990 Spain is the guy that thinks he can make friends by bullying them.
@@gordusmaximus4990 What I mean is they took over and made things worse. South America is majorly poor compared to North America.
Than theres Portugal in the background watching the world BURN
I support USA and UK's great relationship from Poland. Love them both!
I love the leaders running through the fields, it makes me so happy for them.
As a german, I find it quite interesting how many 'friendships' have been established for the sole purpose of fighting Germany.
If you hadn't started killing half of Europe we probably wouldn't have
I don’t care what anyone says, I consider anybody who’s British a brother. A vast amount of Americans came from Britain so we are their brethren. If there was ever a ww3 I’d be ok fighting and dying alongside my British brothers and sisters 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Well said my American bro 🙏🏻from London
And we would lay down our lives for our American family
@@adamdavis4346 Good to hear LOL.. You may have to come rescue us soon 🤣👍❤❤
God bless America 🙏🇬🇧🇺🇸
God bless America and god save the Queen 🇺🇸🇬🇧❤️
A friend of mine in Wales🏴 actually said it best that, in regards to military might and overall mentality, it could be said that the U.S.🇺🇸 is the son closest to the father🇬🇧. Canada🇨🇦 is the well-behaved first born but Uncle Sam is the rebellious son more like the father in his prime (which the father hates to admit😂).
I love the British! Those guys are great! Love from America! ❤️🇺🇸
we hate ourselves though lol
And yet, they make fun of us, so they r not great people, personality wise
I’m British and I’ve met a phew Americans from my experience you’re very welcoming and respectful so all the thanks!
@@rebelraptor426 Yeah the media always looks at the bad parts of America, I read story of a Dutch guy who ran a shop or something, said Americans were the nicest people he ever met and were usually the opposite of what the media portrayed them as, I agree as a Scot, there's Americans in my school and they're generally nice
@@thescrout9831 nah a lot of us don’t hate our country
2:30 that washington stare pierces my soul
"If you can't beat them, join them"
And thats what good 'ole Britain did.
"if you cant beat them, hire them!"
spawnof200 England is America’s bitch.
@Mr B England and Britain are the same thing
Goldenfoxy 1234 England is a country in Great Britain (United Kingdom), think of it like Arizona is a state in the United States of America, if your American.
Ben Perks thanks for correcting me