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Embry, Kristi N. “The Entente Cordiale between England and France, 8 April 1904.” Branch Collective. www.branchcollective.org/?ps_a....
Herbst, Jeffrey. States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control. 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015.
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James, Lawrence. The Rise and Fall of the British Empire. London: Abacus, 2013.
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Cool! Does that include American Freedom?
Hi
Hey uh will you do british occupation of Aden/yemen (my country)
Tidies
later tidies
Once again we learn nothing about the history of the armchair.
???
Armchair Historian give history of armchairs, at 1 million subscribers
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Busts rhymes giving history lesson,ease up on the red bull.i hardly doubt this guy can satisfy a women in bed.
I was confused for a second Lol
Belgium: don't look at me.
It’s spam.
Spam, Spam, green eggs and ham.
@@landonsorenson9278 i will spam
@@blingbling574 i will spam
@The Snow Nigro found the Belgium man
Wars in Europe: *Ends
Europe: ITS TIME FOR AFRICA
Germany: "Can I have a bigger piece of Africa Pwease".
Britain and France: "No"
Germany: *incoherent screeching and smashing keyboard*
Other way around, really. It was the scramble for Africa that diverted the Europeans from their time-honoured practice of slaughtering and oppressing each other.
@@emblemedfate4270 shut
Neck snapping as their heads rotate 180 degrees towards cape town
Funny enough that was what contributed War to start in Europe again... and also simultaneously on a global scale.
British ship gunner (in Egypt): So what part of the city are we shelling
British captain: *Yes*
Britain: *Nice city you got there. It'd be a shame if something were to happen to it*
Antifa ***
a haha aaha ahahah a haha
WE GONNA TAKE THAT CITY
@@britishberet9255 **watched this as I send weapons, supplies, artillery to the boers**
@@byproductofcheese Boers*
@@stahlhelmturtle9822 thanks
Britain: Bloody hell Germany is too big!
Also Britain: **literally had half of the world with france***
But British is the biggest Empire in history and also the Greatest. France was the UK rival for centuries but when they invaded they ask the UK to help them 😭😭🤣
I believe it was 2/3 of the globe was under British rule with the assistance of the East Indian trade company. France was always a enemy or cordial ally when useful to the UK.
Well it more closer to 1/3
@@yummyfuzz1 no it wasnt britian only had 25%
"George, the British Empire at present covers a quarter of the globe, while the German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in Tanganyika."
The level of detail within the "cartoons" is astounding. The accuracy of the British uniforms and firearms depicted is spot on. Very well done.
I'm African and I've learnt more from this video than I have from any history class I've taken. I like how you've also clearly shown the steady deletion of African history, especially in the West African Kingdoms. Thank you.
African is not a country a we Africa are still making they same mistake just call the name of the country u from please
@@francisnwadike9505
I understand your concern, I really do. But I do have valid reasons for saying Africa rather than Kenya.
1. It's true, I am African
2. The content of this video spanned across a large chunk of the continent, not to mention the fact that none of the major events that caught my attention happened in Kenya.
3. I love African history, the only problem is that information concerning our history is relatively scarce and difficult to come by, that's why I don't really care what part of the continent it came from, I take it anyway.
It was more fitting to use the term African in this context.
I didn't know there was a library in Kumasi, Ghana. And people like to say that we can't read or don't have any written history😠
@@mikeantonin7580 my brother I’m white and do African history as study the information is there and there’s plenty of it your not looking
@@Anandaapologetics
You missed my point. I was saying that our history lessons at school do not have any of this information at all and that's just sad and appalling.
"George, the British Empire at present covers a quarter of the globe, while the German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in Tanganyika. I hardly think that we can be entirely absolved of blame on the imperialistic front." -- Capt E. Blackadder
I see your a man of culture
I live in south Africa they colonized our entire continent except for Ethiopia and they still have our diamond in the queens sceptre which came from my country
@@octaviusgalacticus2253 then the British queen could at least visit south africa an do some hearts and mind work. Schools hospitals ect 😆
True, but in fairness to George, it was one very impressive sausage factory
@@octaviusgalacticus2253 i assume they didn't pay you afterwards or helped you with infras when you became independent
Armchair Historian: Britain was a cruel imperial power
Belgium: slinks off
France aswell
Oi Belgium, where the fak do u think ur going
Also France hasn't left Africa yet
@@foam3132 belgium didnt leave, Belgian congo...
@@UncleAlf1889 And that justifies European imperialism, how?
Belgium: Hold my African severed hand
The quality has been steadily increasing over the years, this is glorious...
Not to diminish the talents of the competent animator, but this is also a lovely channel to simply listen to while working.
I do it too. I work from home and just put this guy on autoplay
Just want to say I love the visuals on this channel. The way you work the maps and animate the people is perfect for my learning style, and I also find it extremely engaging. Thank you!
It’s mind boggling how a relatively small Island Nation like Britain managed subjugate an entire continent.
And more really.
More like 4 continents. North America, Africa, India and Australia.
rule Britannia intensifies
Guns baby, they're miracle workers. Besides, things were different back then, you cut off the head of the snake and the body dies, like the video shows, you Dethrone the ruling monarch and make puppet states... You get a colony
They're now paying the price
May the Queen burn in hell
Africa exists
Belgium: So I just started chopping hands
Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if Belgium takes the cake for worst atrocities committed on a large scale in Africa, although some of the more recent (20th century) civil wars might win.
The "chopping hands" thing was more of an African thing and nothing the Belgians did. African enslaved soldiers had to bring a right hand for every bullet they did not return to the arsenal to prevent the blacks from stealing. What the black slaves then did, was to chop off the right hands of their fellow men, to put bullets aside for an upcoming revolt against the Belgians. Chopping off limbs is an african cultural thing .. not very common in the West
XYZ AERO Stop speaking fuckery the west chopped off hands Belgium 🇧🇪 did do such a practice
It wasn't Belgium it was Leopold
jesse p “A king of the Belgians”
France and Britain: **Suddenly Stops Fighting**
Africa: _Tortured Screaming_
@Joshua Payne True. But they still have the most foreign territories out of any nation.
@Joshua Payne they're still more powerful than any african nation though...
@@westay4924 that's not saying much since they stole from Africa...
@@MasterGamer-qo3rx donated back 10s of billions
@@westay4924 yes but they have over a trillion American dollars that still belongs to Africa. Much of that includes resources, artifacts, and labor cost.
This channel has becomed one of my all-time favorites.
Fun fact: The zulu monarchy still exists today and still has power in Kwazulu-Natal
Ashanti (or Asante) monarchy also still exist within modern Ghana. The current king (Asantehene) being Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II.
@Tattle Boad In a monarchy he has every right to have slaves under the law. In America it goes past what is morally right or wrong becuase America is built on the idea that every citizen in a way rules america and that all men are created equal which means the government can't legally keep people enslaved
@@johnwitek4891 All slavery is wrong, and slavery was legal in America. Heck, the Constitution even contains the three-fifths compromise (see Article 1, Section 2), which is based on slavery. Slavery is not justified by the cultural or legal situation of the time.
Also, Tattle Boad, the confederate statues are torn down because they honor people who rebelled against the United States in the defense of slavery. They should not be honored.
Finally, owning slaves was not the worst thing Shaka did.
John Witek being a monarchy doesnt make slavery any better lmao. but fr the statues being taken down is ridiculous
Tattle Boad y are u bringing modern politics into this ur just ruining the vid
African country: *resists against the British*
Britain: "so anyway, I started blasting"
Unoriginal and stolen from this very comment section.
Mao LongDong
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@@Natogoon
:/ So?
is still funny.
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"Bother" said Pooh, as he chambered another round
President Xi? What're you doing here?
When the Chinese president hears Hong Kong demanding rights
It is win-win. For now. Just not for us. China bought many UN Votes for a credit of how much? Not more than 20 Billion. In Loans. That is one heck of a deal for UN Legitimization.
Atleast, Chinese builds infrastructures in Africa while benefiting themselves then leaving trails of destruction by the Europeans.
China has also been a victim of colonization in the past.
Meanwhile in Belgium:
*"Bingo bongo gimme dat Congo"*
A black stain on Belgian history unfortunately...
Leopold III to the natives: gimme those hands
Congolese Africans: This is our rightful land and you must leave!
Belgium: Bongo Bongo Bongo I dont wanna leave the Congo.
@@tonit4233 Gabon gadan give me those hands
@@tonit4233 It's Leopold ll. Leopold lll was king during the second world war. There's a thing or two to be said about him as well, but that an whole other story.
We should never forget that an additional victim of the British Empire was Britain's own working underclass suffering terrible poverty or dying in the army etc. Only a very few prospered.
The ethnic English had always suffered at the hands of the ruling classes, many of those in power were descendants of William the conquerors noblemen or the b#$tard himself.
@@dontgivamonkeyz the thing is , most ties to him were severed during the Plantagenets, in which they abandoned anything the Normans inherited from the Frankish Kingdom, including the French language 😅 it birthed the identity of “English” as we know it today (If you don’t believe me, try and read old English…)
Surnames, royal titles and formalities in Britain are more scattered than any other country, and it’s funnily enough due to the amount of British aristocrats who died in war because they didn’t duck when being shot at. You know, to commit to the whole “stiff upper lip” tradition. The issue with William the Conqueror is that he simply inherited a vacant throne and was very willing to keep things the same. A Norseman conquering other Norsemen and Germanic peoples. Protestantism and the civil war was the final cut off point in which anything in relation to Rome or Normandy was simply recognition, such as the coat of arms motto or the Roman names for places. Remember royals married other royals in Europe in order for an increase in power (William of Orange)
Yes but their children and grandchildren reaped the benefits of the industrial revolution and industrialization, which was in part possible due to the stealing of African resources
@@awfan221 in part possible? The Industrial Revolution was solely the responsibility of Britain. Britain is small, sure, but they had enough resources for their own country’s industrialisation, and you can’t loot knowledge either.
@@awfan221 No African colonies was profitable.There only two exceptions South Africa where all the resources went to sustain itself and the Congo under Leopold
Wow this animation is incredible! And it takes up the entire giant phone screen without having to zoom in and lose anything. Amazing 👏
“This time with the Kingdom of Benin.”
Ok cool so they’re in Beni-
“Located in modern day Nigeria.”
*Visible Confusion*
Benin is just west Nigeria that speaks French.
@@tenko5541 no theres also an ancient city of benin in modern day Nigeria that had a long ancient lasting civilization till the British occupied it 1897 and burned the city down am Nigerian so that's the history of benin in Nigeria not benin republic that's speaks french
@@kelvincity848 yes I know, I was just telling joke. It's a shame they destroyed that city.
@@tenko5541 yes broh not only they burned it down the lutted ancient artifacts in the king , oba of benin palace thousands of it such as bronze casting which is now in a British museum stored there till today . But the city as being rebuild back and it's monarchy restored back but it's now on his past glory not as interesting as it was before the British invades the land .
The real Benin is in Nigeria, the republic of Benin 🇧🇯 is just a French colonial state that took the name of Benin
Scramble for Africa be like:
"you're being liberated, please do not resist"
more like "youre being civilized, please do not resist
@Spartan 506 enslaved, don't forget that
@Spartan 506 not much development happend during colonization, Africa is still largely under developed.
@Spartan 506 not true
@Spartan 506 yeah cause steel doesn’t naturally occur, but they have lots of iron
Great video and perspective! More videos about Africa’s history would be great! I officially subscribed because of this unbiased and well researched video!
The Armchair Historian hasn't done a video on the Opium War, and you want more videos in Africa ? He already did the Boer War and Africa in WW1 ?
Great video, looking forward to your next videos❣
Britain: Hmm nice place
Also Britain: *burns the entire city*.
Jormangandur83 Benin city, Kumasi etc... Did you not watch the video ? 🤦🏿♂️
@@sjappiyah4071 woosh
@@ChestOfDoom how?
SJW’s..
@@toastysroastys7622 Because there was no city left afterwards
Other countries: Sure, Portugal can connect Angola and Mozambique
Britain: I'm sorry? I need to build a railway and I can't have it run through my oldest ally, I need to hold it directly.
But of course.
I found out recently that Mozambique is about to become 1st world country soon.Not related to what you said but I thought I'd say it
@@sampeckston6639 mozambique is sadly a third world country, it's more violent than malawi
@@elijahmonreal1027 I searched up African countrys that are about to become 1st world countries and it said Mozambique was about to become one.
@@sampeckston6639 it’ll only become a 2nd world country in the next 20 years, that is if China doesn’t interfere with debt
A Native American proverb says, "If two fish are fighting in one water, a long-legged Englishman passed by there five minutes ago."
Excellent and Arther rare topic on YT. Well done! More!
Something about Germany in Africa would be cool, especially in East and South-West Africa. Portugal would be another interesting one
yeh Germany would be interesting as they are a fairly new country in relative terms
Fred’s leg
The UK. and Portugal have been allies since both signed the Treaty of Windsor in 1386. But in Africa, the UK. got heavy handed with there ally Portugal. Portugal claimed the land in-between Angola and Mozambique but some said that would derail Rhodes plan to construct a North to South railway through UK. African territories. In the end, in 1890 after the UK. gave Portugal an ultimatum, Portugal had no choice but to drop there claim. The following explains it all - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Map
German presence in Africa was small.
@@andreylucass Small but pretty significant, the German's controlled my country of Cameroon, which is almost double the size of the whole of Great Britain.
British colonization of the Middle East
French colonization of Africa
Italo-Turkish war
Russia conquest or Central Asia and Caucuses
Would all be interesting videos
A caucus is when a bunch of politicians walk around talking, in order to achieve nothing (usually).
Caucasus is a mountainous region on the border of Europe and Asia.
I don't like to correct people's spelling but this one is my pet-peeve. Sorry.
Yeah, you don’t hear much of Imperial Russia, that would be interesting.
Or we looking for the colonial expansion of Austria-Hungary, Denmark and the Netherlands. I mean Dutch East India is a interesting part of history.
When it comes to colonisation in Africa would mostly hear about Britains role it would be rlly interesting to see the history of French involvment in the region
Yes especially the russian conquest of central asia
Amazing job in covering such a long period of British invasion of Africa in a short video.
Of course it’s abbreviated but informative none the less.
More videos covering Africa would be appreciated.
Great video: Would be interesting to see more in depth videos of the individual African Kingdom battles with d colonial powers or even inter kingdom battles that were influenced by the divide and conquer strategy from a colonial power
Now Africa is colonised by Transnational cooperations.
China mostly
jukebox_hero person shhh you’ll make the shills angry
Whinnie the pooh doesnt liked to be called out
western imperialism just changed
Hon hon hon
The British just got the both the Biggest L and Biggest W in their military history when fighting in South Africa
Sad my country
@UCM93aa63Qnh0aAlclRWCi4Q Is there any real conflict in human history that didn't involve the commission of war cimes? I'm not at all condoning colonization but at the end of the day we're all still animals in fancy suits. Even with all of our treaties, pacts and conventions it still happens today unfortunately
Edit: Unless it's a glitch apparently Mr. War Crimes has left the chat and taken his previous comment with him
@@johnconnor2572 at the end of the day, that's an excuse, saying it was common only makes it worse
@@lubu2960 So what we're not animals, and it isn't common? Those aren't opinions they're facts. It sucks but unless we go through some sort of major evolutionary change it won't cease. Not that we're shouldn't try our hardest to be humane in the meantime
John Connor so you’re saying that the amount of cruelty is not important because wars are part of human history? What a foolish way of thinking. The quantity is a very important factor
Sounds great! Love your work!
Nice place you got here. Love the decor.
Anyway on with the demolition.
TLDR;
The British deliberated long and hard about how to ease tensions of the land they just invaded and decided on the appropriate decision of burning it all down
Ezy win
@@60508 That is the most fucked up and best description ever! Nice.
Can't argue who lives where if there are no houses left.
my name ss not huts, but whole ass cities, which were made of dried mud, AKA, brick, which British cities were as well.
Not to mention they stole cultural artifacts
Honestly I would absolutely love more coverage on African history as a whole.
There are better channels for that, run by Africans themselves
@@usejasiri give us links then
If you're interested in African History, I recommend you check out two channels.
Home Team History and From Nothing.
This guy does his best to cover world history from a unbiased perspective.. he covers African nations that were around before colonization. Here's one video you can go to his channel and find more
This is a video about 3000 years of nigerian history
ua-cam.com/video/fMmkmHUAAO0/v-deo.html
@Tattle Boad The richest person in history was a West African called Mansa Musa, so yes they did pretty well. Since when was savaging the world something to be proud about? I take it you support ISIS then.
Great video keep up the good work
Thank you for uploading!
Britian in Africa: “so basically I burnt everything down”
so anyway, I start blasting
It’s free real estate
And they also burnt down all the knowledge Africans had that could have helped the world evolve much faster
@@Amani-zo8ic literally stone age
@@gypsyemperor7535 they were going absolutely no where and back to going no where. The tribes kill each other with the excuse of not my tribe, not my religion, etc etc.
Next can you do the French colonization of Africa
Great video. More about this please.
“The Ashanti king turned Mcarthy’s skull into a gold rimmed drinking Cup that he would drink out of for years to come.” Damn that’s brutal
Yeah...but it would make for a hell of a cup
Not nearly as brutal as the subjugation of an entire race of native people, it does make for a blinged-out pimp cup though lol
And when he was later killed, his wife led a second rebellion m she was even crazier
@@danielc9967 "There's nothing more terrifying than a hearthbroken woman"
Yeah that's pretty cool.
Continents: *Exists*
Europeans: HIPITY HOPITY YOUR CONTINENT IS NOW MY PROPERTY
Britain:did you mean mine
@@Bruh-hq1hx Portuguese : No, he said mine
@Bunyamin Esen russia: *no no mine*
@@kermitthefrog7425 Spain: definitely mine
@@stephen9381 Italy : obviusly mine.
Really Nice detail that when talking about the Dutch spice trade, all the spices in the crates are written in Dutch.
Also, a Nice video.
British soldiers: Ah such a nice city with intricate architecture
*I'll burn it*
Japan Empire: *lol*
I didn't know mud huts were considered intricate.
@@myrealnamewontfi7289 Really right wing haha you're making yourself look bad.
I mean, what else would you do? Keep it!?
@@afrohighborn262 You are alling him " right wing" because you simply don't like what he said?
I'd be really interested in some pre-colonial African history! Great video as always!
Me too!!!
Me three
4
Nothing like that exists!
@@robertraymond762 Wdym?
I can imagine the only thing the US put forth in the assembly with the 13 European nations was to make Liberia off limits to European Colonization
Fighting for free slaves! (Or to keep the decedents of free slaves in power over the locals there...)
@Callum Morgan I'm pretty sure he's aware of that.
So much wrong with this video. No mention of the cost to the UK of enforcing the ban on slavery, no mention of the Portugese, and the Ashanti palace! The Benin section is just ridiculous: their buildings were single story mud-brick constructions - hardly an inspiration to a nation that had been building cathedrals for 700 years.
Great video. Thank you very much
Would love to see videos on every African colonizer! I'm curious how different the conquest and administration was for the Dutch, Portuguese, Italians, French, Belgians and Spanish.
Yh, it will be great.
they'll only show the british ones sadly, people pissed off that they said no to slavery
Spanish activity was almost non relevant at all. Spain ceased to be important after the isabeline usurpers took the throne, then came the republicans and the commies and then Franco and, well, i guess you got the point. Belgians were nasty, Congo suffered under them. Dutch were almost as non relevant in Africa as Spanish. Italians were a bit more relevant, not as nasty as belgians, but still kind of cruel, specially under Mussolini. Portuguese were more of a subsidiary of UK. And regarding France, well, i'm not sure, but looking to how little they left i can tell they didn't improve Africa a lot (also supporting dictators isn't something nice).
Wow...the British had concentration camps before the Germans? I mean, they got nothing on the slums America created for Africa Americans, but still, impressive (sarcasm).
@@williamyoung9401 Yes they were the inventors
I'm curious how the French did expanded their Empire.
Many military columns, with a solid administration to reform the lands conquered.
It was not easy for us, exept for Algeria
Jules Ferry is basicly the prime minister in the 1880s that managed to encorage us to do it, but in 1881 a great expedition was lost in sahara and we didn't attempt to go there for like 17 years. Anyways he was forced to resign because of a defeat of the colonial forces in Indochina (even though the situation stabilized after) and on the route to give is resignation to the president and angry mob of communists and nationalists almost threw from a bridge in the seine. (They even called him "the tonkinois" in the senate because he was obsessed with Indochina 😂) We the French are a very revolutionnary people 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵
Simple. French foreign legion.
der, obviously they asked the natives if they wouldn't ever so mind being a subjugated state to the French Republic. after a few brief interludes in the, er...discusions, the natives unbelievably agreed wholeheartedly they would like to be subjugated. after all they were the French, mona me.
Great style of narration & detail! Just a small request. Please add proper captions to your videos so a larger number of non-native English speakers can listen & enjoy.
Can't wait to do this all again when Victoria III will be released
Yes
Historians: the apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia was horrible, but why didn’t it happen in the other colonies?
Boers: hmmmmm. No clue sorry.
He should do a video on that.
GopnikRaptor that’s what he briefly mentioned at the end
Aspen Lovelock yeah that is true and it would be interesting if the armchair historian did a video about the apartheid era
It did. It happened quite a lot in Australia too. Just read about the White Australia policy
Yes man
Colonization from the African perspective. What were Benin's concerns in not trusting the British? How did different tribes and Kingdoms adapt to European technology and tactics? Who adopted European weapons and to what extent? That kind of thing. You could make a whole series of it based on continent or region, if you wanted.
Benin: not in Benin
British war crimes were worse than the nazis.... And they are the one who lectures world on human rights ..... How hypocritic
hard to do that when they all got killed, enslaved and cities destroyed
@@born2win50 if that was true no black people will be left alive today, much less over 1 billion
I am shitting your pants
Thanks for the content!
British person sees Africa: I say, this place looks quite nice!
2nd British Person: It sure does, sir.
1st British Person: Ok, let's burn the whole place down.
2nd British Person while lighting a torch: ROIGHT
When Britain burned down the White House it was noted how reluctant they were because they thought it looked beautiful 💀
The British to a Africa:
”Look at me, I am the captain now”
Oh how the turn tables
@Eric 23 Europe? I think you spelled socialists wrong...
Marty Ollier *Laughs in Soviet*
Marty Ollier
You’re so f u n n y and b r a v e for saying that! Thanks for s l a y i n g those damn l i b e r a l s you absolute knob.
Harry Paul six hundred, actually
"Nooo you cant just colonize everything you see!"
UK:haha tiny island goes brrrrr
PHONOGRAPH that’s a horrible way of looking at things. Unless that’s a quote that I’ve just never heard
@PHONOGRAPH Astronaut looking at Earth: "wait it's all Britain" Astronaut 2 points gun at Astronaut: "it always has been"
@Michael Terrell II Yes.
@A1 💝
Michael Terrell II so you’re crying over a joke, even worse
I love this video, please make a second episode
This channel is absolutely magnificent... ❤️
16:10 "We did it Patrick, we saved the city!"
The seizure of Cape Town by the Royal Navy to prevent the French from denying access to India was no pretext. Britain was at war with France and securing trade and communications with India was essential in order for the British to prevail against Napoleon.
@@---675 The French conquered the Dutch, Napoleon's brother became their king.. So yes, they seized control over the Dutch xD
It was a pretext because the French navy was not able to compete with the British one. Napoleon's plan against the British was to invade England thanks to the control of the Channel for a few hours.
The plan change with the Austria's déclaration of war.
I have an idea for a video
you should do a video on the ‘Evolution of British army uniforms’ I think it would be a good idea to add to the list of videos on military uniforms especially the American and Russian videos
Anyway hope to see your newest video and continue creating incredible history content!
Good news...
@@theanglo-lithuanian1768 yes I said that months before they uploaded that video
great video as always. Can we have some more focused ones about specific African countries? e.g. a more detailed look at Benin, and how that ended up as Nigeria.
Brits helped Muslim elites oppressed Christian minority, and Muslims elites protest to stop Brits leaving after US and USSR’s so called decolonization.
I feel like Africa is often a forgotten continent. Some more videos, maybe on more modern developments there would be really interesting.
Liam R modern developments in africa 😂😂😂😂
Daniel Lennon Let me guess, you still think all of Africa is starving in mud huts and waving spears around in the sun?
Thomas Jayden yes, and?
@@daniellennon4275 It's not If you actually visited places such as Kenya Mauritius Ghana South Africa Eypgt Morocco and Nigeria and their cities they are pretty much developing
How can you forget the fucking massive company that bassically blocks asia's passage west
Almost 100 years of history explained in 20 minutes. Well done.
And in more detail than I have seen
But factually wrong so many times
@@privatebribert So true and always a lot more complicated than stated, take the whole concentration camp thing, a lot of the guards died of malnutrition as well, this seems to come from quite an anti-British viewpoint.
Ooohhh thᥱ ᥱvιᥣ ᥕord Coᥣoᥒιzᥲtιoᥒ !! Nᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ρᥱoρᥣᥱs thᥲt ᥴoᥣoᥒιzᥱd ᥲrᥱ bᥲd ᥒᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ᥱvιᥣ ρᥱoρᥣᥱ, rιght ? OK thᥱᥒ ALL ᥒᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ALL ρᥱoρᥣᥱs ᥲᥒd trιbᥱs throᥙghoᥙt ALL of hιstorყ ᥲrᥱ ᥱvιᥣ. Jᥙst ᥲs ᥣoᥒg ᥲs ᥕᥱ ᥲrᥱ ᥴᥣᥱᥲr ᥲboᥙt thιs ᥲᥒd doᥒ't go foᥴᥙssιᥒg oᥒ oᥒᥱ ᥒᥲtιoᥒ or ρᥱoρᥣᥱ ᥲᥒd forgᥱttιᥒg thᥱ ᥱᥒtιrᥱtყ of thᥱ ρᥣᥲᥒᥱt ᥲt ALL tιmᥱs ᥲᥒd forᥱvᥱr ᥲᥒd ᥲᥣᥣ.
@@tomasdawe9379 It's entirely anti-British ha.
I like the skull cup from early in the video on the shelf lol
Excellent video again!
I have two questions
1. Did Zulus actually wore British uniforms when the fought the British in the Zulu war.
2. When you say British African troops did the British not include natives until the 1900s or did they just use white colonist for their colonial army.
P.S I would love to see a video on the French colonization of Africa or the difference between how Europeans run their colonies like you said the British gave concessions to the whites in Africa and even gave local governments the ability to get natives in to the army and use local tribes against each other . While the French tend not to use local troops or give colonial territory much autonomy of fear of revolts against the French. I don’t know just something that I thought might be cool to learn
How
The french extensively used native troops, look up the Zouaves
Check out the west african squadron on google
Probably African natives, colonial troops were pretty commonly used by European powers.
Yes. Colonial forces often hired local mercenaries and trained them in their ways.
During skirmishes between colonial and natives, it was not uncommon for both sides to take European uniform or native weapons as trophies.
Africa: *exists*
Britain: So you have chosen..subjugation
They had just as much time to come up with guns and ships as we did.
Coulter ???? The hell is that supposed to mean? It’s because Europe was more developed and you know more dense.
@@pineapplefeathers Peace and love won't stop you getting killed and your trade caravan being robbed. They didn't spend resources to conquer places for no reason.
@@pineapplefeathers That is either some very dry delivery or intensely naive. Text can be such a limited medium at times.
@@Philiptanzer Africans had ships and sailed to the Americas before Europeans, the difference is they engaged in peaceful trade with the natives wile the British tried to exterminate the native Americans, this is why Africans didn't make guns they had no interest in invading and destroying others, wile western Europeans use technology for aggression and chaos.
Love the animations
Yep I think I just found my favorite video on your channel
I dunno man, living in RSA, I don't really feel like this country's getting better in recent years, if anything civil war feels more likely
You're right. Acknowledging history should be separate from attempting to "correct" it. Unfortunately our society is to focused on victimhood rather then victorhood.
Better for 90% of the country
What is RSA
@@charlie7531 Republic of South Africa
@@charlie7531 Republic Of South Africa
Well done with the depictions of African soldiers and empires. Definitely better done than most youtube videos.
Except for the Benin warriors sadly. They had really some badass armor. In my opinion they had the best looking armor in Africa.
Yesss!!! More is needed
Would love to see other videos about this subject
The production quality of this video is just unreal. Such an amazing piece of educational entertainment. And for free? You guys are incredible.
“and burnt it to the ground...” Yes that’s just SOP, ask the Americans or the Chinese.
The British and French burnt things that no Europeans understood until the late 1800s. It could have been world changing
In short UK and France just love burning houses and other crap...
The British and French burned each others nations for centuries before they went to Africa.
Stephen Jenkins I was implying it was the British standard operating procedure to burn down capitals, such as the burning of Washington or the summer palace.
@Stephen Jenkins Are you forgetting the whole 7-12 year long war in the middle of the 20th century in which pretty much major power bombed a number of cities to the ground? the US quite emphatically... Was a pretty big deal from what I heard
awesome video keep it up
wow great production value
Britain invades a country
World: me blind
Germany invades a country
World: *WAR*
Every single time one nation has invaded another, it has not caused a world war. Except of course on two occasions. So it's hardly a surprise.
The thing is, in the WW Belgium were an ally by Britain and in WW2 they guaranteed the independence of the Poles cause Hitler was an absolute mad man who wanted to conquer the world! So your comment makes not that much sense
@@DjangoUnSkilled Britain also wanted to conquer the world
@@DjangoUnSkilled but before uk and prussia were buddies but prussia becomes big boy germany and suddenly they are evil
@@DjangoUnSkilled I fully agree, but I have just one question: Stalin also was an aggressor and on September 18, 1939, he invaded Poland and occupied its huge eastern part. In 1940 Stalin invaded and occupied the Baltic States. Did Britain declare war on the Sovjet Union? I can't find anything in the history books. ;)
Zulu: Has 4000 Native Warriors.
British: *Laughs in Martini-Henry*
Laughs in maxim more like...
MortRotu no maxim at rorkes drift and look how that went well
@@MortRotu I don't believe there were any Maxim guns in the Zulu War. Gatling's Maybe.
honestly the most interesting thing in the seen where you show off the posters is not the posters it is the sculpture of the roman dude
That Victoria 2 music fits absolutely perfectly in a video like this
These graphics are on another level
I would love to see more exploration of pre-colonial histories of Benin or the Ashanti. I feel African histories (especially outside of North Africa) are quite neglected from a pre-colonial perspective.
It’s because 90% of Sub Saharan Africa was extremely underdeveloped compared to the rest of the world. So they had little history before colonialism. Many African countries didn’t even have written language.
Ahte You are a prime example of the ignorance that is produced when Sub-Saharan African history isn’t correctly taught...
Here's a video about the Ashanti .
He has many more videos about ancient kingdoms and empires
ua-cam.com/video/esMSfUMzDpA/v-deo.html
African history isn't as well known because it wasn't as documented and recorded as West European history
@@theendurance That and because the West has the modern world
Hey cool you are from PA. Me too. Growing up near Gettysburg likely started my love of history!
I like this channel and the videos. Relatively little moral posturing. The last minute of this video is an exception.
3:40 Every EU IV lad knows the guy on the right
13:12 And Victoria II players this music
gotta say there is nothing more alpha leader than turning your enemies skull into a gold cup
A porcelain piss-pot?
Sigma ruler
World: *Exist*
Britain: Hippity Hoppity 25% of the world is now my property
Your sarcasm is greatly timed.