Why didn't Mao Conquer Taiwan? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • @thatreddude8796
    @thatreddude8796 3 роки тому +17646

    I love how China didn’t have a Navy because Taiwan had taken it when they left

    • @zachdew9gaming985
      @zachdew9gaming985 3 роки тому +2174

      Its big brain time

    • @helix1016
      @helix1016 3 роки тому +1808

      Pro gamer move

    • @heyokaikaggen6288
      @heyokaikaggen6288 3 роки тому +437

      It's outrageously poor 'Communist Dictatoring.' Seizing the military heights is definitely Marxist Revolutionary 101. The Battleship Potemkin mutinied in 1905 and if Mao couldn't be bothered with history he just had to watch the 1925 movie instead.

    • @helix1016
      @helix1016 3 роки тому +1337

      @@heyokaikaggen6288 dude he was too busy starving his people to death

    • @antoniopacelli
      @antoniopacelli 3 роки тому +169

      @@helix1016
      10 Millions people because substantial failure of "free food for all citizens" Communist policy.
      No need to work for food , no more people working in rice terrace, no more rice...
      That said, no one working in the research field Intelligence in the USA policy brought to many more deaths worldwide..
      Nowadays we are talking of tens of millions per year.

  • @nicorhodes837
    @nicorhodes837 4 роки тому +7212

    1:57
    General MacArthur: "oh so NOW you want to nuke China, smh"

    • @evvec1490
      @evvec1490 4 роки тому +146

      Lol

    • @kskmohanty5559
      @kskmohanty5559 4 роки тому +435

      Truman:- u r FiReD

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 4 роки тому +246

      I mean it was more of a threat then actually using the weapons compare what MacArthur wanted to do, and at that point China wasn’t as close to the Soviet Union as it used to be so unlike Korea they probably wouldn’t care what happened to the Chinese.

    • @Lolo50000
      @Lolo50000 4 роки тому +52

      You called?

    • @Pedrosa2541
      @Pedrosa2541 4 роки тому +60

      @@brandonlyon730 well, just the threat itself was enough to convince China to develop his own nuclear weapons, if USA would ever to nuke China, never more it would nuke someone, because every contry capable of having a nuke would do so.

  • @andrewgutmann9432
    @andrewgutmann9432 3 роки тому +10640

    Truman: If you invade Taiwan I’ll nuke you.
    Mao: He’s just bluffing.
    Japan: Nah bro

    • @stevekillgore9272
      @stevekillgore9272 3 роки тому +359

      Not bros

    • @Ariana321
      @Ariana321 3 роки тому +1065

      Japan: "Yeah, we took out a few boats, and they unleashed the sun on us... twice."

    • @foxharken
      @foxharken 3 роки тому +137

      @Nick Milligan despite this, Mac Arthur had no trouble freeing thousands of Japanese prisoners, soldiers and officers in China, arming them and using them to wage war on Mao's troops.

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 3 роки тому +14

      @Nick Milligan depraved

    • @voland6846
      @voland6846 3 роки тому +92

      @Nick Milligan Interesting that the US chose to nuke Japanese civilians, and then prosecuted only 27 members of the Japanese leadership for war crimes. Almost like.... the two things are entirely unconnected.

  • @VidIan262009
    @VidIan262009 2 роки тому +2170

    “This plan was scrapped because frankly it was a stupid one.” Love it! Love this channel.

    • @iamthinking2252_
      @iamthinking2252_ 2 роки тому +28

      I love the “silly man” sign

    • @dancingking9535
      @dancingking9535 Рік тому +22

      That plan was called the ten thousand ships project - China planned to activate many ships to surround siege Taiwan's arbors to cut supplies from outside. To counter the siege, Taiwan had to prepare more than 120 days of food supplies as reserves, fortunately Taiwan's agriculture practice can harvest rice 3~4 times a year. After a few years China abandoned the project.

    • @tsipher
      @tsipher Рік тому

      Problem with a Communist Government is that you need to operate fast and immediate, if you don’t win quickly, you won’t survive in the long run. Weird that Communism only thinks short term and cannot stand for very long when it comes to attrition.

    • @irone7050
      @irone7050 Рік тому +8

      the creator should make a video on how chiang scraped the plan to retake mainland china. maybe another video on why the KMT lost the majority support of the chinese and eventually lose the civil war, lmao

    • @regisnewgate
      @regisnewgate Рік тому +4

      "...to put it mildy, it was a disaster" [EVERYONE DIED]. GDI im still laughing LOL, best vid i have seen in weeks

  • @ryanrichardson1187
    @ryanrichardson1187 3 роки тому +11151

    “Mao somewhat opposed to being nuked” is my new favorite quote

    • @wramsey2656
      @wramsey2656 3 роки тому +238

      Lol yes he should have added...., “but not entirely “, as if someone would even consider “gee being nuked may not be as bad as they say”

    • @Kingmakerrr1337
      @Kingmakerrr1337 3 роки тому +18

      @@wramsey2656 lol

    • @Cynderfan35
      @Cynderfan35 3 роки тому +155

      @@wramsey2656 *meanwhile that one guy in Japan who survived from 2 nukes* "...someone didn't get the memo."

    • @wramsey2656
      @wramsey2656 3 роки тому +9

      @@Cynderfan35 lol 🤣

    • @spellmender7902
      @spellmender7902 3 роки тому +1

      Came here to say this. Thank you.

  • @DrDoom-yf2qj
    @DrDoom-yf2qj 4 роки тому +32807

    This Mao guy must be important... my cat won't stop talking about him.

    • @luism169
      @luism169 4 роки тому +1539

      Lmao

    • @richardai1894
      @richardai1894 4 роки тому +1765

      Yeah my cat keeps on talking about Mao the dictator so I put him down. I can't have ANY communists in my house.

    • @CrumpetCraig
      @CrumpetCraig 4 роки тому +898

      @@luism169 l-MAO

    • @thegreatestchigone5813
      @thegreatestchigone5813 4 роки тому +171

      Richard Ai r/cursed
      comments

    • @BIGMrighthere
      @BIGMrighthere 4 роки тому +85

      Lol that's pretty good

  • @pridelander06
    @pridelander06 4 роки тому +4755

    Maybe Mao expected his troops could make a Great Leap Forward into Taiwan.
    I'll see myself out.

    • @drnolegs797
      @drnolegs797 4 роки тому +154

      Great leap forward 2! SeaBridge of Bodies Boogaloo!

    • @littlechemie5425
      @littlechemie5425 4 роки тому +88

      Long march to taiwan

    • @clonetrooper730
      @clonetrooper730 4 роки тому +71

      They'l just make the worlds largest human bridge to walk across, who needs a navy anyways.

    • @tailszzz6611
      @tailszzz6611 4 роки тому +7

      Bravo 👏

    • @duh_istine
      @duh_istine 4 роки тому +5

      Good one !

  • @perasperaadastra9385
    @perasperaadastra9385 2 роки тому +418

    Your channel is an invaluable resource for all the important 'obvious' questions that are never really directly addressed in history books.

    • @Jeudaos
      @Jeudaos Рік тому +15

      so simple yet so utterly true. I've learned 100% more from youtube and wiki then i EVER did in the piss poor utah education system.

    • @jason-qc5lr
      @jason-qc5lr Рік тому +2

      @@Jeudaos yes

  • @ominosentenzioso5100
    @ominosentenzioso5100 4 роки тому +1692

    1:58 McArthur likes this decision

    • @redornament3248
      @redornament3248 4 роки тому +38

      Time to nuke Winnie

    • @KolchaksGhost
      @KolchaksGhost 4 роки тому +30

      *_PREPARE FOR ANNIHILATION, MANCHURIA_*

    • @sviatoslavs.1305
      @sviatoslavs.1305 4 роки тому +6

      Perfection.

    • @Tethloach1
      @Tethloach1 4 роки тому +13

      the great American hero.

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 4 роки тому +2

      Chess-Playing Skeleton
      AlternativeHistory made a video about that of Dropping nukes to Province of China for lesser reason. To create a stop supply from reach North Korea an ally of China

  • @elgirl19
    @elgirl19 3 роки тому +3085

    That feeling in eu4 when you only have 1 province left before you complete a mission but the number 1 mega power is guaranteeing.

    • @brandonlee934
      @brandonlee934 3 роки тому +196

      hoi4 as well

    • @fromfareast3070
      @fromfareast3070 3 роки тому +213

      you cant form the Nation because it's missing one province

    • @ericmars9354
      @ericmars9354 3 роки тому +41

      Damn, man, that hurts.

    • @Caldera01
      @Caldera01 3 роки тому +29

      You speak the languange of Gods. I love you already.

    • @cheapacreeps5677
      @cheapacreeps5677 3 роки тому +40

      Get yourself a sugar daddy and together you shall defeat France

  • @JakeandElwoodBlues
    @JakeandElwoodBlues 4 роки тому +8332

    "Mao, somewhat opposed to being nuked..."

    • @sychoecho9497
      @sychoecho9497 4 роки тому +461

      I mean he isn't wrong

    • @Ake-TL
      @Ake-TL 4 роки тому +421

      JakeandElwoodBlues I love the way he constructs sentences, best gag on the channel

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 4 роки тому +407

      He probably wouldn't care too much if a Chinese city was nuked. Saved him the trouble of killing them himself.

    • @lukeskywalker1557
      @lukeskywalker1557 4 роки тому +85

      *SOMEWHAT*

    • @ArkadiBolschek
      @ArkadiBolschek 4 роки тому +135

      @@markhenley3097 But you can't just let the yanks nuke your cities. It looks bad in front of the neighbours.

  • @dancemaniac3868
    @dancemaniac3868 Рік тому +224

    My father was stationed on the island closest to China back in the day when he was a soldier in the Taiwan military. It's actually closer to China than to Taiwan such that on a clear day they can see each other. So their side put up a giant sign that said they'll take back Taiwan and our sign said we'll take back China. Fun times.

    • @ThinkingReed_
      @ThinkingReed_ 8 місяців тому +4

      大膽二膽嗎?還是復興嶼?好好奇哈哈

    • @masterchinese28
      @masterchinese28 6 місяців тому +15

      I visited Kinmen (Jinmen) in 1997. My gf and I talked to a local guy at a bowling alley about what it was like growing up there. He told stories of the bombings when he was a kid. He and his classmates would actually get excited, because some of the bombs just scattered propaganda leaflets from the mainland. If they brought the leaflets to school, the teachers would give them pencils!

    • @jonathanyang504
      @jonathanyang504 4 місяці тому +4

      你父亲驻扎的地方是福建省连江县金门岛

  • @misomalu
    @misomalu 4 роки тому +13531

    “Everybody died, this setback wasn’t enough to deter Mao, though” - Maoist China in a nutshell

    • @emridatla3886
      @emridatla3886 4 роки тому +431

      We've got ourselves an underated comment, right here.

    • @davidhynes
      @davidhynes 4 роки тому +287

      Mao was a murderer and now Xi is a murderer, he killed 1000"s worldwide from the CCP Virus.

    • @omarjaafar6020
      @omarjaafar6020 4 роки тому +215

      @@davidhynes i think nature made beacuase why would china realese a virus that would kill its own ecomony

    • @m4rs12
      @m4rs12 4 роки тому +174

      Mao: Oh well, that's not working. Let's do great leap forward instead... lmao

    • @岩里英文
      @岩里英文 4 роки тому +48

      @@davidhynes you made the virus? Otherwise, how you prove it?

  • @cyberpunk.386
    @cyberpunk.386 3 роки тому +3097

    Favourite quotes:
    “Mao somewhat opposed to being nuked.”
    “Mao ordered the shelling of these islands again, because at this point why not. It was something to do I guess.”

    • @chairsilver2
      @chairsilver2 2 роки тому +7

      lol

    • @kavky
      @kavky 2 роки тому +103

      "In the end Mao didn't conquer Taiwan for a very simple reason, he couldn't."

    • @gmailquinn
      @gmailquinn 2 роки тому +26

      Calm down
      Or be invaded.
      -ike

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 2 роки тому +2

      @@gmailquinn and if there is one man that knows anything about invading, it is Ike.

    • @johnbell1810
      @johnbell1810 2 роки тому +2

      @@howardbaxter2514 where's an Ike when you need one?

  • @TheIdontknow1994
    @TheIdontknow1994 3 роки тому +2952

    I like the idea of Maos generals discussing the optics of: "just do a zerg rush"

    • @thiccfork8664
      @thiccfork8664 3 роки тому +137

      Mao: "let's just 12 pool taiwan"

    • @shlubster1
      @shlubster1 3 роки тому +43

      Hahah nice Starcraft reference

    • @Rexus_34_SF
      @Rexus_34_SF 3 роки тому +3

      @@shlubster1 I thought the zerg thing was from the game Rust?

    • @swagtheyolo7061
      @swagtheyolo7061 3 роки тому +93

      No. Zerg is a faction in Starcraft with cheap units that you spam. Which the term 'zerg', 'zerging', 'zerg rush' comes from

    • @Rexus_34_SF
      @Rexus_34_SF 3 роки тому +13

      @@swagtheyolo7061 when I think of Zerg rush, I think of a bunch of nakeds charging a compound

  • @lajoyalobos2009
    @lajoyalobos2009 2 роки тому +503

    "Mao somewhat opposed to being nuked" is right up there with "This angered his father, who punished him severely."

    • @Starboy_simp
      @Starboy_simp 5 місяців тому +12

      The Germans held a conference and decided, ''Let's be jerks.''

    • @北方的纳努克
      @北方的纳努克 5 місяців тому

      苏联不过是个废物罢了

    • @北方的纳努克
      @北方的纳努克 5 місяців тому

      它也配当什么“父亲”?苏联只配当中国的儿子

    • @北方的纳努克
      @北方的纳努克 5 місяців тому +1

      我们惩罚它还差不多

    • @mrbisshie
      @mrbisshie Місяць тому +1

      Ivan the Terrible punished his son very severely.

  • @CoralCopperHead
    @CoralCopperHead 3 роки тому +563

    I just gotta say, I absolutely love it every time one of your characters whips out a sign to reinforced your point while you're speaking. "How do plane?" was a real gem.

    • @NJFireDepartment
      @NJFireDepartment 2 роки тому +2

      Why do he do signs. I mean he can make them talk in an week

    • @jsquared1013
      @jsquared1013 2 роки тому +20

      "Behold" for the non-existent PRC Navy got me 😂

    • @iamthinking2252_
      @iamthinking2252_ 2 роки тому +5

      Or even “silly man” and sliding right up to Mao

    • @The_whales
      @The_whales Рік тому

      there’s also “behold” at 0:41

  • @nton8057
    @nton8057 4 роки тому +2209

    Its Funny how large bodies of water are the best defence against invasion despite modern tech which is why Japan , USA and Britain rarely ever got invaded.

    • @zedsdeadbaby
      @zedsdeadbaby 4 роки тому +544

      usa never got invaded? ask native americans how they're doing.

    • @shogun2heroicvictories15
      @shogun2heroicvictories15 4 роки тому +330

      Britain got occupied, raped and pillaged countless times. And Ireland was constantly invaded and occupied.

    • @thehoosher9322
      @thehoosher9322 4 роки тому +86

      You guys dont get it

    • @shogun2heroicvictories15
      @shogun2heroicvictories15 4 роки тому +264

      @@thehoosher9322 While water does prove to be a great defence, it doesn't make it impossible. It makes it difficult. I get what you are saying, but lets be honest, at the end of the day once some manages to cross the sea and land on your beaches, is the day you hope they are peaceful and not here to steal your land and enslave your people.

    • @sangtalkidsangtalkid1976
      @sangtalkidsangtalkid1976 4 роки тому +46

      @@herbthompson8937 So he is right.. It's not enough to have a large water body around you.. You need to be able to defend, aka modern warfare tech..

  • @citywokbesitzer6834
    @citywokbesitzer6834 4 роки тому +9468

    Chiang Kai Shek: "Hey Mao, wanna hear a joke?"
    Mao Zedong: "Yes, why not."
    Chiang Kai Shek: "Taiwan"
    Mao Zedong: "I don't get it."
    Chiang Kai Shek: "And you never will."

    • @BlueflameKing1
      @BlueflameKing1 4 роки тому +258

      😆 well made.

    • @jewishcoolmaker8900
      @jewishcoolmaker8900 4 роки тому +650

      Mao: "you know what you don't get Chiang?"
      Chiang: "what?"
      Mao: "mainland China"

    • @baran17413
      @baran17413 4 роки тому +321

      He literally took mainland China from him. Who cares about Taiwan

    • @morfeusaquino4695
      @morfeusaquino4695 4 роки тому +97

      @@baran17413 Look Taiwan gdp

    • @kirilichushanka1357
      @kirilichushanka1357 4 роки тому +34

      This is literally an awful format

  • @rkc62
    @rkc62 2 роки тому +89

    Love the attention to detail on the drawings - P-51s in the right era, F-86s later. Forrestal class carriers instead of Enterprise/Nimitz class. Excellent.

  • @angelwashere8864
    @angelwashere8864 4 роки тому +652

    He didn't put reasurch points in the navy

    • @garrettjohnson343
      @garrettjohnson343 4 роки тому +66

      Nah he has a bunch of shitty 2 width infantry

    • @kel000001
      @kel000001 4 роки тому +57

      They don’t start with a lot of research slots so it’s only fair

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 4 роки тому +53

      Because he spent it all on mass attack doctrine.

    • @garrettjohnson343
      @garrettjohnson343 4 роки тому +15

      He was eyeing Papua New Guinea and Iwo Jima

    • @alex_ho
      @alex_ho 4 роки тому +16

      Building up a good navy to invade some islands is the most annoying thing in HOI4.
      Especially if your opponent is the UK or Japan.

  • @jackespinos7138
    @jackespinos7138 4 роки тому +2273

    "I've got a PLAn"
    PLA = People's Liberation Army
    thats a good one lmao

    • @mikewazowski2462
      @mikewazowski2462 4 роки тому +81

      Lmao? More like lMAO

    • @scotandiamapping4549
      @scotandiamapping4549 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah I only just noticed that

    • @highspy6851
      @highspy6851 3 роки тому +11

      I had a gahd damn PLAN ARTHUR !

    • @rayh6118
      @rayh6118 3 роки тому +4

      @@highspy6851 have some godamn faith
      Ah wait communism reject faith

    • @sarpbakrsoy8125
      @sarpbakrsoy8125 3 роки тому +2

      woah I thought it was just a typo that's actually really good.

  • @fernandokaiser3053
    @fernandokaiser3053 4 роки тому +2648

    Chiang Kai-shek: *dies in 1975*
    Mao: Hehe now I can inva-*also dies in 1976*

    • @TEverettReynolds
      @TEverettReynolds 4 роки тому +149

      The world already decided this by 1971... They should have mentioned that the original legitimate China Government, the Republic of China (ROC), that retreated to Taiwan in 1953, was kicked out of the UN in 1971, and replaced by the Rebels, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), who then claimed ownership of Taiwan. And the UN agreed.

    • @henriquesantarem5565
      @henriquesantarem5565 4 роки тому +249

      @@TEverettReynolds yea, the communists winning was a desaster to China, colective farms, the cultural revolution the destruction of 4,000 years of history and most importantly 80 million died.

    • @albens5852
      @albens5852 4 роки тому +40

      @@henriquesantarem5565 Chinese History makes my brain hurt anyway.

    • @AICW
      @AICW 3 роки тому +52

      @@henriquesantarem5565 Every time I watch a HEMA video, I get sad because there will never be a "HEMA" equivalent of a historical revival of Chinese martial arts. Because all the foundational martial texts were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution. All that's left is wushu (which is a performance sport) and hand-to-hand martial arts. Would have loved to see how ancient Chinese generals used things like crossbowmen, spear formations, shield tactics, etc...

    • @AnTiThesis-HaT-HoT
      @AnTiThesis-HaT-HoT 3 роки тому +16

      @@albens5852 you have a brain?

  • @drewconway7135
    @drewconway7135 2 роки тому +26

    1:48 Except Truman wasn’t president when the Korean armistice was signed. The hostilities in Korea ended in July 1953, six months into the Eisenhower administration.

  • @samaritan3712
    @samaritan3712 4 роки тому +2725

    Truman:
    ''Nah, i won't intervene in the Chinese Civil War''
    Also Truman:
    ''Woe is me! How could the Kuomintang lose the Civil War?!''

    • @JH-hb5cc
      @JH-hb5cc 4 роки тому +208

      Panteleimon Ponomarenko because even without US intervention, Chiang should of won. He was absolutely incompetent and very brutal which led to the communists winning. The Communists deserved to win

    • @girlgarde
      @girlgarde 4 роки тому +491

      Actually, the Americans gave large amounts of aid to the Kuomintang in terms of money, supplies, weapons, equipment and vehicles not to mention had U.S advisors helping them out.
      The Americans did everything short of sending large numbers of ground troops to China which wouldn't have worked for various reasons. In other words, Chiang had an overwhelming advantage and he still lost because he was inept and he never felt the need to use propaganda and expected the Chinese people to obey him solely because he had the biggest guns.
      I don't blame the Chinese people for siding with Mao and the Communists as they saw them as a ticket to a better life and a strong China. Sure, Mao had terrible policies once in power but the Chinese people didn't know what would happen in the future.

    • @girlgarde
      @girlgarde 4 роки тому +198

      @@JH-hb5cc Despite Mao's bad policies once in power, the Communists actually did things to help the Chinese people and were good and caring to them unlike the Kuomintang who behaved like brutal thugs so between the two factions, the Communists deserved to win even IF it made the Cold War even MORE intense.
      Of course, if the U.S hadn't freaked out and refused to give Mao the time of day and lumped him in with the Russians, they could've kept Communist China neutral as the Chinese had certain issues with the Russians that only got overlooked by both sides due to the U.S shunning Communist China which forced Mao to ally China with the USSR.

    • @DeclinedMercy
      @DeclinedMercy 4 роки тому +291

      @@girlgarde the communists were good to the Chinese people? They buried children alive for stealing food during the famine their crazy policies caused.

    • @girlgarde
      @girlgarde 4 роки тому +157

      @@DeclinedMercy I meant BEFORE they came to power and before Mao started going crazy.

  • @PurpleWarlock
    @PurpleWarlock 4 роки тому +1300

    "I've got PLAn." Clever.

    • @CarthagoMike
      @CarthagoMike 4 роки тому +18

      A _Cunning_ plan?

    • @zinc8208
      @zinc8208 4 роки тому +44

      @@CarthagoMike PLA aka People's Liberation Army

    • @CarthagoMike
      @CarthagoMike 4 роки тому +8

      @@zinc8208 As wel as a clever reference to Blackadder, which you seem to have overseen.

    • @casuallatecomer7597
      @casuallatecomer7597 4 роки тому +27

      Incidentally, the PRC navy is called the 'People's Liberation Army Navy' so you could say that Chinese admirals and naval officers for the PRC 'had a PLAN'.

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 4 роки тому +1

      @@CarthagoMike PLAn = People's Liberation Army Navy, aka, the (communist) chinese navy.

  • @larrytolemy2621
    @larrytolemy2621 4 роки тому +425

    Almost 70 and still learning something new every day! THANX!

    • @zt3195
      @zt3195 3 роки тому +23

      Hell yes Larry keep on learning!!

    • @maogu1999
      @maogu1999 3 роки тому +8

      Oh? At this point, you were probably in one of these wars.

    • @w3ss3x
      @w3ss3x 3 роки тому +7

      @@maogu1999 not even close

    • @anl8244
      @anl8244 3 роки тому +4

      @@maogu1999 only vietnam war or gulf war if he is american,70 isnt that old

    • @tacolepaco
      @tacolepaco 3 роки тому +2

      @@anl8244 Well it kinda is and isn't, time just keeps moving foward so we forget how long ago were those times, the 2000s were 20 years ago, and it is crazy to think that.

  • @JD-gk7eh
    @JD-gk7eh 2 роки тому +620

    It's worth noting that a large-scale amphibious landing upon defended territory is an incredibly complex military procedure and only the US Navy were skilled and advanced enough to pull one off. Get it slightly wrong and your troops get slaughtered. Even when you get it right, it's insanely difficult. The planning of D-Day took over a year and even with all the drills and planning, the operation was *this close* to failing because certain pieces, such as removal of German batteries on the beach, failed to happen. When the UN forces did the one at Incheon a few years later, they had that experience to rely on that. Mao's PLA was not nearly at the level it would have needed to be to launch an invasion of Taiwan and it never reached it. We only hear about the PRC doing it now because they may be militarily sophisticated enough to succeed.

    • @blackn7150
      @blackn7150 2 роки тому +69

      I didn't realise that the USN had sole responsibility for the crossing of the Channel, the Landings and supply of materiel. I had foolishly thought the RN played a part but then again I also long fostered the misapprehension that troops from the UK and its colonies ,most importantly Canada, played a big role in D Day and the subsequent campaign. I have since reliably been informed that actually the whole second front was an entirely American affair and that in fact we have little to thank the Russians for either. All hail the USA, conqueror of Nazi Germany.

    • @SkeetWeet4368
      @SkeetWeet4368 2 роки тому +38

      @@blackn7150 The royal navy had declined massively after ww2 . any form of expertise or capability for large scale amphibious invasions had been lost for the royal navy by 1949

    • @Kokangalang
      @Kokangalang 2 роки тому +14

      They really couldn’t because of one factor that also made Russia stall in Ukraine
      Corruption

    • @drjamespotter
      @drjamespotter 2 роки тому +35

      @@SkeetWeet4368 Falkland Islands. We didn't build a bridge from Portsmouth.

    • @SkeetWeet4368
      @SkeetWeet4368 2 роки тому +17

      @@drjamespotter the falklands were an exception and the falklands war only involved some 30,000 soldiers nothing like the hundreds of thousands which would be involved in a war between China and Taiwan

  • @grownupgaming
    @grownupgaming 3 роки тому +1978

    As a Taiwanese American, this story is heartwarming and I plan to tell it each Thanksgiving.

    • @nibistewgamer1742
      @nibistewgamer1742 3 роки тому +29

      your time runs low, china will be reunited under the peoples republic

    • @jimmylives
      @jimmylives 2 роки тому +17

      Taiwanese thought PRC would be joke

    • @FlipFlyer2827
      @FlipFlyer2827 2 роки тому +82

      @@nibistewgamer1742 did you even watch the video..

    • @MacTac141
      @MacTac141 2 роки тому +101

      @@nibistewgamer1742 Uh huh, China’s only been saying that one for oh 70 years

    • @nibistewgamer1742
      @nibistewgamer1742 2 роки тому +1

      @@MacTac141 it has taken a long time for china to catch up to the USA, soon

  • @wuqinghui8199
    @wuqinghui8199 3 роки тому +329

    According to some Chinese sources when Chiang retreated back to Taiwan he didn’t exactly just flee there himself, he brought whatever left of the entire KMT loyalists and the entire country’s gold reserve + millions of artifacts . This meant that Chiang was able to mass a 2 million men army in the small state of Taiwan. This makes Taiwan impossible to invade unless they fight a war of attrition slowly draining the 2 million men and Taiwan’s resources which would cost much much more than its worth.

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 2 роки тому +5

      Mao wouldn’t care. If there is one thing he is willing to sacrifice, it is his own people. In reality, probably the only reason why he didn’t successfully invade Taiwan was the threat of having a nuke dropped literally on his head. As someone else had put, he doesn’t care about other people’s lives, just his own,

    • @sesameseedbar8853
      @sesameseedbar8853 2 роки тому +87

      Basically. They also took almost all of China's original historical artefacts with them to.
      If you want to see historic China, visit the Taiwan National museum. Not only is it one of the best museums you'll see, it holds tons of history of both the war and Chinese artefacts dating centuries old.

    • @K3rrJu5t1n
      @K3rrJu5t1n 2 роки тому

      @@sesameseedbar8853 so Chiang preserved Chinese history for the Commies to not alter Chinese history? I think it is what Mao did

    • @asllen3310
      @asllen3310 2 роки тому +8

      If they took all of the treasures (including the forbidden city), then they might have the Imperial Seal Jade Stamp

    • @thomasfoster1899
      @thomasfoster1899 2 роки тому +5

      Was it called formosa before .??

  • @bf945
    @bf945 4 роки тому +5303

    "Peaceful reunification". Yeah, ask Hong Kong how that is going.

    • @s20031102
      @s20031102 4 роки тому +240

      B F We are becoming the refugees now, like Vietnamese refugees escaping the prosecution of Vietcong.

    • @426mak
      @426mak 4 роки тому +256

      Seems to work pretty well in Macau

    • @claudeyaz
      @claudeyaz 4 роки тому +63

      @@s20031102 yeh I hope American gov let's them in.

    • @slimpwarrior
      @slimpwarrior 4 роки тому +133

      War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is bliss.

    • @DA-yh1vm
      @DA-yh1vm 4 роки тому +135

      Macau came back from Portugal,nothing happened,Hongkong came from a English country and then.

  • @monk071
    @monk071 Рік тому +19

    0:01 You know it’s going to be good when there’s a literal sign 🪧 that says “It’s gonna be dope” in the very first second 😂

  • @felipedaiber2991
    @felipedaiber2991 3 роки тому +624

    1:05 I dunno sending tons of troops into death untill you overwhelm the enemy seems to have worked extremely well for Mao over his career

    • @274pacific
      @274pacific 3 роки тому +28

      Not when you’re still trying to consolidate power after a revolution

    • @mikewiltshire9121
      @mikewiltshire9121 3 роки тому +54

      Except the PLA didn't take heavy casualties during the civil war. The Korean war was something else.

    • @randymagnum143
      @randymagnum143 3 роки тому +13

      Works well for famine, also.

    • @subg8858
      @subg8858 3 роки тому +7

      With no real Air Force or navy they would have just sunk all the transport ships before they even got to taiwan

    • @comicconcarne
      @comicconcarne 3 роки тому +13

      @@randymagnum143 The famine of the Great Leap Forward was mainly one bad crop in 1960 and the fallout into the next years. In '58 and '59, the farmers got a bumper crop and said they'd never had so much rice. Some of the factors were man-made, but not ones they knew about in the 50s (climate change, sparrow ecology, etc.) Mao's redistributing of the farms did not in itself cause the famine.

  • @kwaobenti
    @kwaobenti 3 роки тому +433

    I love the bit of drool on Mao's mouth at 2:06 when looking at a nuclear bomb!

    • @mrcocoloco7200
      @mrcocoloco7200 3 роки тому +11

      He is hungry for more Power!

    • @noscoper1488
      @noscoper1488 2 роки тому +5

      China now :how bout I do anyway

    • @hasan_z
      @hasan_z 2 роки тому

      So good that US can't use nuke threats against them any more!

    • @zouzhengliling
      @zouzhengliling 2 роки тому

      Mao Zedong was a military genius. After he signed an alliance agreement with the Soviet Union, he went to war with the United States in North Korea, and the United States did not dare to use nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union's allies. Can't retake Taiwan because there is no navy and air force, unlike North Korea that only relies on the army

  • @Kez_DXX
    @Kez_DXX 3 роки тому +393

    It's so surreal seeing a photo of Mao and Chiang toasting when Japan surrendered. Probably the most cordial moment for the two factions.

    • @claudiu-mihaipuiu1221
      @claudiu-mihaipuiu1221 3 роки тому +81

      A common enemy tends to unite bickering people.

    • @jamesrosewell9081
      @jamesrosewell9081 3 роки тому +13

      @@claudiu-mihaipuiu1221 One of the best lessons from history...

    • @yuanli7197
      @yuanli7197 3 роки тому +10

      Chiang Kai-shek was willing to resist the Japanese aggression because the communist sympathizers kidnapped him and forced him to sign an agreement between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang to resist the Japanese aggression.

    • @dvf1736
      @dvf1736 3 роки тому +33

      @@yuanli7197 his generals weren't even communist sympathizers, they were just generals who had actual strategic sense and realized that they can't fight both the Japanese and the Communists. Plus, the US, a major source of aid, threatened to cut off that aid if they didn't cooperate and even had plans to replace Kai-Shek due to his incompetence

    • @morphingninja
      @morphingninja 3 роки тому +3

      @@jamesrosewell9081 unfortunately disproven with a certain virus but perhaps because there were those that were seen as a bigger enemy.

  • @dan_taninecz_geopol
    @dan_taninecz_geopol Рік тому +17

    This US blocking was also the origin of China's famous "final warnings". They issued about 900 of these in response to US flights through the South China Sea, leading to a popular joke in the Soviet Union.

  • @winstonho0805
    @winstonho0805 4 роки тому +536

    2:06. Mao Zedong in front of a portrait of himself drooling over nuclear weapons. Nice.

  • @Deadlyaztec27
    @Deadlyaztec27 4 роки тому +3409

    Mao: "Many of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make"

    • @Roboprogs
      @Roboprogs 3 роки тому +54

      You didn’t slay the dragon?!?

    • @Deadlyaztec27
      @Deadlyaztec27 3 роки тому +2

      @@Roboprogs
      What?

    • @skymaster4121
      @skymaster4121 3 роки тому +126

      Maoist philosophy in a nutshell....

    • @vgt
      @vgt 3 роки тому +23

      @@Deadlyaztec27 Your original comment is a reference to the movie "Shrek" and you didn't get Roboprogs' comment which is also a reference to the movie "Shrek"???

    • @kushal4956
      @kushal4956 3 роки тому +36

      that's literally every war general

  • @chuckguy5815
    @chuckguy5815 3 роки тому +438

    I never knew why he didn’t attack Taiwan. Thank you for the history lesson.

    • @MarcosElMalo2
      @MarcosElMalo2 2 роки тому +16

      One thing not mentioned is that post-WWII, Mao was still consolidating his power within the PRC. Once consolidated, it had to be maintained, which is how the Cultural Revolution came about (it was the last of several internal campaigns to strengthen Mao). China’s aggressive foreign policy was always subordinate to Mao’s domestic politics.

    • @hello-cn5nh
      @hello-cn5nh 2 роки тому

      It's because there weren't enough children in Taiwan for Mao to sleep with. We all know how commies are

    • @Asuka.the.Perfectionistic
      @Asuka.the.Perfectionistic 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@MarcosElMalo2 now i gotta mention the actual outcome of Cultural Revolution (knowledgeful teacher and professor being trialed, relics destroyed) was never what Mao wanted, the job of Cultural Revolution was just too grand for Mao to predict what would go wrong. In short, he made the decision without thoroughly consider what might go wrong

    • @Asuka.the.Perfectionistic
      @Asuka.the.Perfectionistic Рік тому +3

      @Lex Beaf 文化大革命确实没错,但是我觉得是毛错误地预估了可能出现的情况,才导致了各种批斗,迫害等甚至在一定程度上可以说是倒行逆施的行为。不过统一思想确实很重要,尤其是那个年代人心还不是很稳的情况下

  • @neilreid2298
    @neilreid2298 Рік тому +5

    These are so good. Lot of key items packed into short vids. Perfect.

  • @epicbomb3716
    @epicbomb3716 4 роки тому +3099

    When Mao Laughs It Becomes LMAO

  • @williamhild1793
    @williamhild1793 4 роки тому +410

    The Holy Trinity: James Bissonette, David Archeologist, and Sky Chappell!

    • @doni6324
      @doni6324 4 роки тому +57

      It used to also be Party Boyco 😔

    • @BDFJH
      @BDFJH 4 роки тому +30

      Saint Azarka Flash would like a word with you

    • @james_baker
      @james_baker 4 роки тому +14

      James Bisonette - absolutely!
      David Archeologist - dig it!
      Sky we love you, but really Spinning Three Plates - how cool is that?

    • @dophan6938
      @dophan6938 4 роки тому +4

      What ever happened to David Archeologist?

    • @williamhild1793
      @williamhild1793 4 роки тому +4

      @@dophan6938 I'm not sure. I'll see what I can...DIG UP!!! HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW!!!!!

  • @whoisj
    @whoisj 3 роки тому +1539

    Q: Why didn't Mao Conquer Taiwan?
    A: The United States said "No."

    • @nicak777alex9
      @nicak777alex9 3 роки тому +129

      It is a little sad to see the state of USA politics nowadays, where all people does is consider the country a failure for some of it's mistakes, and never counts all the good ( self service of course, but good nonetheless ), that it did.
      Just in Taiwan live 23 million people. 23 million people that don't live under one of the worst totalitarian regimes in the world thanks to the USA. The USA in it's fight against communism liberated many countries and helped millions of people around the globe to improve their living conditions. Of course it did so with only it's own interest in mind, and of course it also fucked up in other places, like the middle East. But I think the good it did was far more than the bad.
      Btw I'm Argentinian, not an American. My country was in one of the Condor plan of the USA to depose tyrants around the world, the guy who governed us was trying to turn us into Cuba, and thanks to that guy dozens of people were hunted for nor agreeing to his regime, little kids were, literally and without irony, to love the leader. I still have some books from my grandmother in which they told kindergartners, that the leader loved them and they should love him even more than their parents.

    • @rhino015
      @rhino015 3 роки тому +44

      @@nicak777alex9 yeah true. But I think it’s actually a good sign that most of the world can admit that their government isn’t perfect. You see the Chinese troll farm accounts posting in comments on China related news articles and videos etc and it’s clear that they’re talk as if the CCP has never made a mistake in 70 years. I mean they’re probably just in a sweat shop of computers with 1000 other people forced to say good things about the CCP for a job, but it’s concerning to think maybe some people in China might believe that propaganda. And they think we’re the ones brainwashed when we have free access to any information including their propaganda, and they’re the ones whose access to information is controlled and restricted haha. Logic should make them realise that’s not a good thing.

    • @rhino015
      @rhino015 3 роки тому +14

      @@billhuang8412 The way you’re implying it’s a bad thing that USA just left Afghanistan means you must think it was good that they went there. And therefore spending decades over there spending trillions of dollars must be a very selfless brave act by your logic.
      Do you think the CCP has ever done anything wrong? If so, what?

    • @rhino015
      @rhino015 3 роки тому +2

      @@billhuang8412 which weapon are you talking about?
      Was that answering the question about the CCP ever doing anything wrong?

    • @arbiter204
      @arbiter204 3 роки тому +3

      @@billhuang8412 we spent billions, no trillions trying to help to no avail

  • @deltafire12
    @deltafire12 2 роки тому +8

    Subscribed because the more I see those character designs with their faces and body language, the more I laugh. And then to top it off there’s your beautiful narrator accent - perfect! 🤣

  • @Fireheart1945
    @Fireheart1945 4 роки тому +270

    "Somewhat opposed to being nuked"

    • @luxembourgishempire2826
      @luxembourgishempire2826 4 роки тому

      Lol yes

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 4 роки тому +1

      @@luxembourgishempire2826 Wanna join a glorious kingdom?
      You'll get sea acces.

    • @luxembourgishempire2826
      @luxembourgishempire2826 4 роки тому

      @@ls200076 If we were to join any country it would be Belgium.
      If it's the Netherlands, France or Germany then it's a no.

  • @str2010
    @str2010 4 роки тому +3538

    "The invasion was, to put it mildly, a disaster."
    -1,000,000 social credits

  • @CJ-dw3dr
    @CJ-dw3dr 3 роки тому +1273

    So to sum up the article, Mao didn't invade Taiwan for these reasons:
    1. James Bissonette

  • @ollysalanson9452
    @ollysalanson9452 2 роки тому +15

    Thanks for making these videos, I really enjoy them!

  • @3RAN7ON
    @3RAN7ON 4 роки тому +181

    2:06 I love how he's drooling over the nuke!

  • @philagelio336
    @philagelio336 4 роки тому +247

    2:14
    “I’ve got a PLAn”
    I see what you did there

    • @CarthagoMike
      @CarthagoMike 4 роки тому +1

      A _Cunning_ plan?

    • @generalgunner
      @generalgunner 4 роки тому +3

      I don't get it. (Please don't Woosh me...)

    • @philagelio336
      @philagelio336 4 роки тому +8

      People’s Liberation Army, PLA-n

    • @CarthagoMike
      @CarthagoMike 4 роки тому +4

      @@generalgunner
      It is a double reference basicly, referring both to the People's Liberation Army (navy) as wel as Blackadder, a historical series in which the sentence _I have a cunning plan_ Is often used for plans that even in forsight are so utterly ridiculous nobody in their right mind would execute them... except those not willing to see the flaws of their own plans.

    • @zaikolebolsh5724
      @zaikolebolsh5724 4 роки тому

      The PLA ain't that cunning

  • @conversationtosaurusrex
    @conversationtosaurusrex 4 роки тому +41

    This is why I love your channel, you always answer the questions of history that are there but nobody answers. from the Native Americans view on the American civil war to what the Kaiser did after his abdication to how the Soviets reacted to the Moon landings. Honestly I love the content, keep it up.

  • @toot4you19
    @toot4you19 2 роки тому +3

    Possibly the shortest yet best video i have seen in a long time about history/ china

  • @jerrytom8309
    @jerrytom8309 3 роки тому +2943

    In a nutshell: Taiwan has a big sugar daddy.

    • @jackmion
      @jackmion 3 роки тому +208

      Being so tiny comparing to the giant next to the island which says they will invade you anytime soon, what alternative do you have?

    • @CC-dk5di
      @CC-dk5di 3 роки тому +80

      @@jackmion Tell your government to join the US, or at least become a military base of the US so you will be safe.

    • @leogogo7041
      @leogogo7041 3 роки тому +11

      @@CC-dk5di haha, Good idea. US will lose Hawaii if they do this.

    • @jacobbai9619
      @jacobbai9619 3 роки тому +17

      @@CC-dk5di American would have done that 10 years ago if they dared to, but the facts hurt.

    • @angelsaavedra633
      @angelsaavedra633 3 роки тому +3

      @@leogogo7041 why?

  • @1wun1
    @1wun1 4 роки тому +390

    Communists: We'll make a long swim to Taïwan
    Nationalists: lMao

  • @SamAronow
    @SamAronow 4 роки тому +223

    1949: The PRC vs the KMT
    2020: The PRC *and* the KMT vs the DPP

    • @austinchase2
      @austinchase2 4 роки тому

      Why again?

    • @ericw.1620
      @ericw.1620 4 роки тому +37

      KMT is gonna have to flee to another island soon

    • @madensmith7014
      @madensmith7014 4 роки тому +68

      @@austinchase2 PRC and KMT still wants to have one China while the DPP wants Taiwan to be Taiwan.

    • @fristnamelastname5549
      @fristnamelastname5549 4 роки тому +89

      PRC: I want Communism.
      KMT: I hate Communism.
      DPP: I want Taiwan to be free.
      PRC and KMT: Ya, we don't like you.

    • @POCLEE
      @POCLEE 4 роки тому +1

      @@austinchase2 Because they put C before R.

  • @BuzWeaver
    @BuzWeaver 2 роки тому +8

    To the point and simple. Nicely done!

  • @fullmetaltheorist
    @fullmetaltheorist 3 роки тому +113

    "The invasion was to put it lightly a disaster."
    Video : *Everyone died*

    • @K3rrJu5t1n
      @K3rrJu5t1n 2 роки тому +2

      *plays Geography Now closing theme*

  • @Nick-rg8oz
    @Nick-rg8oz 3 роки тому +78

    His voice is clear and sounds kind and his animations are funny, how can't you love this channel?

    • @melchorang9665
      @melchorang9665 3 роки тому +1

      one its misinformed and ill researched two one sided and contextualized propaganda

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 3 роки тому +9

      @@melchorang9665 bro what

    • @goblingoochgobbler5759
      @goblingoochgobbler5759 3 роки тому +11

      @@melchorang9665 found the chinese sleeper agent, keep grinding for those social credits bro

  • @mokodo_
    @mokodo_ 4 роки тому +2417

    the whole video in 2 words:
    'because merica'

    • @skip123davis
      @skip123davis 4 роки тому +82

      💪🏻

    • @DTD110865
      @DTD110865 4 роки тому +73

      We certainly helped.

    • @kleanovodust-bin69
      @kleanovodust-bin69 4 роки тому +36

      Just like everything in our world, amirite?
      [Vietnam War was US fault.]

    • @fluff5
      @fluff5 4 роки тому +14

      Murica*

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 4 роки тому +1

      skip davis Uggh gross smelly testosterone

  • @williamlee7782
    @williamlee7782 2 роки тому +32

    An interesting piece of context was that Chiang Kai Shek (leader of the nationalist party) and his wife both spoke perfect English. He also graduated military academy in China and in Japan so had a bit of an elite pedigree. They flew to the USA to urge for support during the civil war with Mao and they got it despite losing to Mao and the communist party. I personally do not think it was a threat of nukes that had Mao fall back, it was a lack of any form of Navy that allowed Mao and his huge army to cross the strait to fight in a fortified battle. But, I've no evidence to support this.
    Reading "Wild Swans" offered some good context as told by three generations of daughters during this turbulent time period of China. Highly recommend it.

    • @weigao9430
      @weigao9430 Рік тому +3

      those three ladies were great

    • @qiyuxuan9437
      @qiyuxuan9437 Рік тому +1

      Thats correct, navy is the main issue, nuke not so much. China was prepared to get nuked, a lot of very deep bunkers were built in major cities, many are still in use today. Many important military industries moved from coastline to mountains deep inside mainland. By the time in 1960s China also developed nukes, and also ICBM that can reach U.S in 1970s.

    • @TheSwiftCreek2
      @TheSwiftCreek2 Рік тому +1

      For those in support of Mao they would suffer starvation, etc. for decades. They made the wrong choice and suffered for it.

    • @jason-qc5lr
      @jason-qc5lr Рік тому

      no shit they lost, the people were in favor of the coms

    • @John-jz4vu
      @John-jz4vu Рік тому +2

      This is wrong. Chiang did not speak English, and he was a very traditional Chinese imperialist, with a Confucian style of governance. Her wife graduated from Wesleyan in the United States. She grew up in a wealthy Christian family in Shanghai, living a very Westernized life and can speak English. Many people believe that Jiang met her because of political relations and converted to Christianity. An interesting fact: Chiang's ambassador to the United States, Hu-shih said her wife's English accent was gross.

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 4 роки тому +113

    "How do plane?"
    Ah yes, I ask myself everyday...

    • @fristnamelastname5549
      @fristnamelastname5549 4 роки тому +1

      Step 1: Flip arms.
      Step 2: Fail.
      Step 3: Realize you can't plane.
      Step 4: Blame your problems on other people.
      Step 5: Join an extreme racial party.
      Step 6: Takeover said Party with number of political purges.
      Step 7: Lead a World wide Revolution.
      Step 8: Takeover China.
      Step 9: Try to takeover Taiwan.
      Step 10: Fail to take Taiwan.
      Bonus Step: Realize that you never learned how to plane.

  • @eddiesanchez551
    @eddiesanchez551 4 роки тому +58

    " It's gonna be dope" could be my favorite sign from this series

  • @okinawatim3421
    @okinawatim3421 4 роки тому +823

    China: **Shells Taiwan**
    The USA: **I will slam you against a table**

    • @Kirealta
      @Kirealta 4 роки тому +38

      Ya i'm sure, you couldn't even slam vietnam.

    • @Kirealta
      @Kirealta 4 роки тому +23

      @mansour Pro IsraelOkay Eddie bravo.

    • @romansnider4676
      @romansnider4676 4 роки тому +6

      @@Kirealta You mad you got wrecked?

    • @Kirealta
      @Kirealta 4 роки тому +16

      @@romansnider4676 Vietnam no.1 undefeated!

    • @romansnider4676
      @romansnider4676 4 роки тому +4

      @@Kirealta We not gonna talk about your enslavement?

  • @blueoak5262
    @blueoak5262 2 роки тому +3

    Cute animations like this help people typically bored with learning history maintain their attention and illustrate events mentally.

  • @Ypog_UA
    @Ypog_UA 4 роки тому +265

    "It's gonna be dope"
    -Mao Zedong, 1949

    • @ZhangtheGreat
      @ZhangtheGreat 4 роки тому +11

      Yup, this is now an official Mao quote. Don't try to convince me otherwise.

    • @likelihoodoccurrence2384
      @likelihoodoccurrence2384 4 роки тому +1

      Joe Biden broke off, incoherent with anger with Trump.,...Joe Biden broke off ,incoherent with anger with Trump....

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 4 роки тому +1

      "Your ideas are bad"

    • @travelsofmunch1476
      @travelsofmunch1476 3 роки тому +3

      Spoiler: It wasn’t so dope

    • @tritium1998
      @tritium1998 3 роки тому

      @@travelsofmunch1476 Not really. The rest of the developing world (a black hole of history since no one's jealous enough to cry about it) gained less population and nukes. Meanwhile, the founders of the USA and Germany are glorified for achieving less.

  • @dr.finnegan3949
    @dr.finnegan3949 4 роки тому +672

    The nationalists had a bigger and stronger army, and were going to wreck Mao but the Japanese invaded China and the Koumitang's forces took most of the hit.

    • @dr.finnegan3949
      @dr.finnegan3949 4 роки тому +96

      Zu they lost because of the japanese invasion.

    • @punchdreadnought8101
      @punchdreadnought8101 4 роки тому +48

      @Zu they fought the Japanese and worried about Communism at the same time.

    • @センナ-h4c
      @センナ-h4c 4 роки тому +15

      Btw the Communists were surrounded and many were killed, the KMT almost won, but somehow they got away and somehow kicked the KMT's ass
      I don't know how that happened, but it happened lol

    • @YHT-fn8ib
      @YHT-fn8ib 4 роки тому +64

      @Zu You should understand the battle of Siping. During the early civil war of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Chinese Communist Army was defeated until it received huge military assistance from the Soviet Union. The US military assistance received by the Kuomintang has been exhausted in the Japanese army. Truman and his staff hated the Chiang Kai-shek government and had good illusions about the CCP. Truman once publicly stated that if the Chinese army attacked Taiwan, the US military would not help the Chiang Kai-shek government stationed in Taiwan .
      It wasn't until the CCP's army participated in the Korean War and attacked the US military that this shattered Truman's illusions and dispatched the US Seventh Fleet to help defend Taiwan.

    • @johnd855
      @johnd855 4 роки тому +13

      After ww2, Kmt has 3million troops Communists has 1 million troops.Kmt has American support and ocuppys over 2 third of the territory. But they are still kicked out of China mainland.

  • @hazardauzanto5349
    @hazardauzanto5349 3 роки тому +186

    USA & Taiwan: "Can't Touch This"

    • @sovietdominion
      @sovietdominion 3 роки тому +9

      @OdinSon Hammer time!

    • @gavindy_Sv2
      @gavindy_Sv2 3 роки тому +6

      Damnit now I’ve got that song stuck in my head

    • @thanosmom9118
      @thanosmom9118 3 роки тому +3

      @@gavindy_Sv2 Can’t touch this

    • @gavindy_Sv2
      @gavindy_Sv2 3 роки тому

      @@thanosmom9118 lmao that’s so wrong

    • @jamiebarba5701
      @jamiebarba5701 3 роки тому +3

      @@gavindy_Sv2 Can't touch this.

  • @BatCaveOz
    @BatCaveOz Рік тому +3

    "I've got a PLAn" circa 2:13 was genius.

  • @zoiks6631
    @zoiks6631 3 роки тому +841

    "Everyone has a plan until the US Navy punches them in the mouth." - General Michael Tyson

    • @1georgekitchen
      @1georgekitchen 3 роки тому +56

      He didn't say that and Mike Tyson wasn't a general, dummy. He's just a character from an old NES game.

    • @patchmoulton5438
      @patchmoulton5438 3 роки тому +29

      @@1georgekitchen /wooosh

    • @1georgekitchen
      @1georgekitchen 3 роки тому +57

      @@patchmoulton5438 /whoosh yourself. The joke is that I'm pretending to correct someone with an equal, obivously wrong representation of who Tyson is.

    • @patchmoulton5438
      @patchmoulton5438 3 роки тому +36

      @@1georgekitchen Nice cover, mate. You almost convinced yourself

    • @rogerjamespaul5528
      @rogerjamespaul5528 3 роки тому

      Lucky the Swedes and their submarines are on their side.

  • @harrywoodroofe4878
    @harrywoodroofe4878 4 роки тому +1649

    -10 social credit

    • @Ypog_UA
      @Ypog_UA 4 роки тому +68

      dying in failed invasion of taiwan: *social credit lvl 100 china communist mafia boss*

    • @alperentas149
      @alperentas149 4 роки тому +44

      -10 come from telling the china lost Taiwan, -90 come from saying the Taiwan is separate state.

    • @sweetpotato3910
      @sweetpotato3910 4 роки тому +10

      Still believe china has a social credit? U LuL😂

    • @JasonTubeOffical
      @JasonTubeOffical 4 роки тому +6

      Hitler Loli it’s real? Literally go there and see for yourself

    • @sweetpotato3910
      @sweetpotato3910 4 роки тому +14

      @@JasonTubeOffical 😂social credit just for people who have debt and not paying. The government will spread the news about the people who have debt and run...
      But the west media says china social credit in different ways😑

  • @Radam89
    @Radam89 4 роки тому +39

    2:16 ‘I’ve got a PLAn’ is a scandalously under appreciated pun

    • @Mexalen81
      @Mexalen81 4 роки тому +2

      Had to scroll way to far, to find a comment like this!

  • @nateowen1064
    @nateowen1064 Місяць тому +1

    I love how you acknowledge Tibet and East Turkestan at 0:05

  • @mittag6326
    @mittag6326 4 роки тому +161

    The video left out one pretty important factor - that USSR turned its back in China, saying they surely will help them out in case they got invaded, but won't lift a finger when Communist China starts a war.

    • @TrendyStone
      @TrendyStone 4 роки тому +21

      True. Communists can’t be trusted, whether abroad or at home.

    • @danielporter7773
      @danielporter7773 4 роки тому +4

      Thats true, Mao had a major row with Soviets, the Soviets left, Mao was NO fool, it could have led to big problems later, the Soviets may have used him as a puppet for their own agenda, they have done this in Eastern Europe.

    • @str2010
      @str2010 4 роки тому +7

      @@danielporter7773 more like Mao disagreed with the soviets trying to reconcile with the west

    • @danielporter7773
      @danielporter7773 4 роки тому +2

      The Cold war was raging at that time, The Soviets and Mao had a blazing row, Mao suspected the Soviets were USING him, and could depose him or kill him once his usefulness had ended, Mao knew the Soviets were very ruthless, anyway the Soviets abandoned China, luckily for the USA, it would very different if they never had the fallout.

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 4 роки тому +1

      @@TrendyStone nah mao didnt listen to soviet politicians who warned him of his crazy ideas

  • @matei8master8
    @matei8master8 3 роки тому +551

    "And this convinced Mao of one thing"
    Me: that he should probably stop??
    "That he needed his own nukes"
    Me: Oh, right.

    • @artur297
      @artur297 3 роки тому +10

      Ah yes, the A(tomic)-Grade insurance. Iran and North Korea liked this.

    • @marihanderkhan5663
      @marihanderkhan5663 3 роки тому +39

      I mean its the smartest thing he couldve done in this situation. It works to this day. The USA wouldve probabably invaded north korea or iran at this point if it wasnt for their nukes

    • @viconiusvortex4999
      @viconiusvortex4999 3 роки тому +5

      @@marihanderkhan5663 LOL. Just ignore all the history that doesn't fit. Even the most simple math won't make what you're claiming a reality. Never mind that Mao just assumed control of a country composed of open sewers and perpetual famine, he was still trying to suppress anyone that didn't agree with him, FYI that took a lot of resources and murder. Iranian "nukes" are not a deterrent still and only because of the leash that the US has on Israel has kept Israel from destroying Iran. The mullahs behave much like Mao. Their rules are for thee not for me.

    • @garfieif8187
      @garfieif8187 3 роки тому +5

      @@marihanderkhan5663 Very heroic of China to prevent the liberation of the 200,000+ inmates of the North Korean concentration camps. Communists truly are based sigma males.

    • @lynth
      @lynth 3 роки тому +4

      @@garfieif8187 You do realize that all suffering of the North Korean people is caused by the US and it's not China occupying part of Korea and preventing reunification under socialist rule, right?

  • @Ralphieboy
    @Ralphieboy 4 роки тому +28

    My GF's dad fought for Mao, he was a colonel in the PLA until Mao abolished all titles of rank (he retired as a de facto general). And I also have a number of good friends from Taiwan, so it is interesting to understand how the status quo came to be.

    • @Ralphieboy
      @Ralphieboy 2 роки тому

      Mao had a larger population base to work from;: so in absolute figures he was worse, I have never sat down to work it out in terms of percentages...

    • @sesameseedbar8853
      @sesameseedbar8853 2 роки тому +3

      Different sides hey?
      My girlfriends grandfather who is 97 from memory actually fought in the war and fled to Taiwan.
      He now resides in a all expenses paid Government retirement home for soldiers who fought during the war.
      I got to meet him before covid hit in 2020 and he said he still misses the mainland, but preferred the freedom of Taiwan.

  • @InviniteStudios
    @InviniteStudios 2 роки тому +24

    Who else is here because of the rising tensions in 2022?

    • @ゼロシン
      @ゼロシン 2 роки тому

      I hope China doesn’t cross the line to become an aggressor nation in 2022

    • @A_Egg124
      @A_Egg124 2 роки тому +2

      Me

    • @tubefu
      @tubefu 2 роки тому

      who is madder: Mao or Biden?

    • @omkarhegde8229
      @omkarhegde8229 Рік тому

      @@tubefu xi

  • @igorsmihailovs52
    @igorsmihailovs52 4 роки тому +49

    The Taiwan situation inspired Soviet writer Vasily Aksyonov to write a novel "The Island of Crimea" based on supposition that Crimea was an island far from the Ukrainian shore and thus was not conquered by the Bolsheviks in 1924 but continued as a capitalistic Russian republic. Later, during the years of Deténte, the fictional country voluntarily joined the USSR out of prevailing national romance or so, and afterwards experienced all the previously unknown perils of the Soviet regime. Oddly enough, writer's namesake Sergey Aksyonov presided over the pro-Russian Crimean government (formed during the well-known events) in 2014 which opted to be incorporated into Russia, in the real world, and with all the real consequences..

    • @robertrichard6107
      @robertrichard6107 4 роки тому +1

      WOW

    • @nicoliedolpot7213
      @nicoliedolpot7213 2 роки тому +4

      And that would soon change in a few years....

    • @badhombres1190
      @badhombres1190 2 роки тому +1

      Wow, it's almost as if crimea has always been russian/soviet

    • @kevintrang6447
      @kevintrang6447 2 роки тому +1

      @@badhombres1190 "Always"? And why did they need an army to "secure" it then?

  • @haris000000
    @haris000000 4 роки тому +25

    The sign with: I have a PLAn was solid gold ... well done.

  • @deebee7786
    @deebee7786 3 роки тому +2086

    "If Mao didn't, i will"
    -Winnie the Pooh

  • @Robin-cw5zu
    @Robin-cw5zu 5 місяців тому +4

    “…But the US Navy stood place between Mainland China and Taiwan.”
    Such is a tale that is still ongoing to this very day.

  • @Da__goat
    @Da__goat 4 роки тому +161

    Mao didn’t wait for his invasion to have enough organization and forgot to research 1942 ships

    • @c.bishop1062
      @c.bishop1062 4 роки тому +13

      I love this man

    • @endo4137
      @endo4137 4 роки тому +8

      He obviously didnt have a navy lol

    • @UM96lol
      @UM96lol 4 роки тому +12

      *Invasion size: +50*
      Mao: *Wat*

    • @ghowdp
      @ghowdp 4 роки тому +3

      HOI?

    • @trimmy8461
      @trimmy8461 4 роки тому +5

      He probably, just like many of us, forgot to research landing craft. Smh always forget to do that when playing as a minor

  • @Me2Lancer
    @Me2Lancer 4 роки тому +102

    The US Navy patrolled the Formosa Straits between mainland China and Taiwan for most of the cold war. My ship was one of them. Good information on how the US provided military aircraft to Taiwan.

    • @TLTeo
      @TLTeo 4 роки тому +1

      And, little known fact, they deployed some of their own as well and actively contributed to patrolling the Taiwan Straight with them.

    • @blondemario
      @blondemario 4 роки тому +4

      You should be proud of yourself, sir!
      You are truly a\part of histort.

    • @Pavilion411
      @Pavilion411 4 роки тому +4

      Thank you for your service sir

    • @NJFireDepartment
      @NJFireDepartment 2 роки тому

      YALL KEEP FROGETTING AUSTRALIA AND CANADA

    • @jefflee7300
      @jefflee7300 2 роки тому

      Thank you for your service

  • @Knihti1
    @Knihti1 4 роки тому +68

    1:47 "President Truman..."
    You mean Eisenhower as Truman was not even canditate in 1952 election.

    • @timothysmall720
      @timothysmall720 4 роки тому +18

      Truman was still president, Eisenhower didnt take office until 1953

    • @Knihti1
      @Knihti1 4 роки тому +9

      @@timothysmall720 Yes, and that is irrelevant because First Taiwan Strait Crisis (shelling Kinmen) was in 1954, year after Korea War.

    • @Knihti1
      @Knihti1 4 роки тому +11

      So make myself clear, Truman started whole "protect the Taiwan from Communist", but Eisenhower was President when Korean War ended and Kinmen was shelled, and he continued Trumans policy in area (Truman Doctrine).

    • @timothysmall720
      @timothysmall720 4 роки тому +1

      @@Knihti1 I thought you were claiming that Truman wasn't president in 1952. My bad

    • @mitrokutvonen9166
      @mitrokutvonen9166 4 роки тому

      Suomi

  • @leocomerford
    @leocomerford 11 днів тому +2

    2:12 In the 1958 conflict the US also famously supplied the Taiwanese air force with Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, leading to the first ever use of air-to-air missiles in combat.

  • @captainmacmillan1752
    @captainmacmillan1752 4 роки тому +52

    Just recently I was asking myself THIS EXACT SAME QUESTION. Not joking.

  • @InFamou5Killer
    @InFamou5Killer 4 роки тому +322

    Narrator: "To put it mildly a disaster"
    EVERYONE DIED
    PLA: ooooof
    ROC: LUL

  • @AlekWheeler
    @AlekWheeler 3 роки тому +57

    The “I’ve got a PLAn” caption is incredible.

  • @KamramBehzad
    @KamramBehzad Рік тому +4

    Never knew any of this. Thanks.

  • @daewolfo94
    @daewolfo94 4 роки тому +53

    Perfect timing for a vid on this topic. Happy Lunar New Years Eve to everyone here! 🎆🎉

    • @罗振琰
      @罗振琰 4 роки тому +5

      Happy Lunar New Year

    • @ADeeSHUPA
      @ADeeSHUPA 4 роки тому

      윤대성 Are You A 韓國분

    • @HAL-nt6vy
      @HAL-nt6vy 4 роки тому

      The longest Lunar New Year Eva!

  • @elemperadordemexico
    @elemperadordemexico 4 роки тому +154

    Please do the Second Mexican Empire

    • @Yom_Bristol
      @Yom_Bristol 4 роки тому +8

      The mexicans had an empire?

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 4 роки тому +17

      @@Yom_Bristol more than 1 actually

    • @the0ne809
      @the0ne809 4 роки тому +8

      @@Yom_Bristol they controlled central America and a big part of the southwest.

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 4 роки тому +1

      And do the 1st!

    • @the0ne809
      @the0ne809 4 роки тому +18

      @Tattle Boad back then it was more like a name but they had a monarchy briefly. Nothing close to the British and the Spanish empires. Remember, just because someone uses a name or a word doesn't mean they are exactly that. Is North Korea a Democratic country? I mean its full name is The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

  • @loqutor
    @loqutor 4 роки тому +434

    For anyone who thinks Mao being "somewhat opposed" to being nuked was an understatement for comedic effect, it wasn't. He was a seriously deranged man who placed no value on human life. Here's what he said to Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru:
    “If the worst came to the worst and half of mankind died, the other half would remain while imperialism would be razed to the ground and the whole world would become socialist; in a number of years there would be 2,700 million people again and definitely more.”
    We should count ourselves lucky he had moments of lucidity and decided to back the hell down in the face of Truman and Eisenhower's very real threats.

    • @eskewroberts7663
      @eskewroberts7663 4 роки тому +34

      I'm under the impression that if he thought that being nuked would galvanize china together under him and make his control of china more complete, he wouldn't have backed down

    • @erickveraurra3497
      @erickveraurra3497 4 роки тому +13

      Short answer: Mao wasn't idiot

    • @SgM-1000
      @SgM-1000 4 роки тому +6

      They would have nuked where he was too becuase they were well aware of that

    • @looinrims
      @looinrims 4 роки тому +37

      “Some of you, may die to achieve this goal, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make” Lord Maoquad

    • @loqutor
      @loqutor 4 роки тому +7

      @@looinrims You win this thread.

  • @PedroLanzarini
    @PedroLanzarini 2 роки тому +5

    From time to time we're always here, right bois?

  • @sharpshooter13ify
    @sharpshooter13ify 3 роки тому +299

    US: hey Mao wanna hear a joke?
    Mao: sure, what is it?
    US: Taiwan.
    Mao: ......I don’t get it.
    US: Exactly!

    • @oscar7476
      @oscar7476 3 роки тому +3

      whats so funny huh?

    • @genghiskhan.2265
      @genghiskhan.2265 3 роки тому +4

      @@oscar7476 he is saying china won’t get Taiwan blah blah

    • @oscar7476
      @oscar7476 3 роки тому +9

      @@genghiskhan.2265 if taiwan isnt part of china then the usa should be controlled by the indians, australia should be controlled by the aboriginals. dont let people brainwash you about taiwan being independent

    • @mappingowo3966
      @mappingowo3966 3 роки тому +10

      US: hey Xi wanna hear a joke?
      Xi: sure, what is it?
      US: Common prosperity.
      Xi: ......I don’t get it.
      US: Exactly!

    • @JannPoo
      @JannPoo 3 роки тому +13

      @@oscar7476 Dude, Taiwan isn't controlled by its native population, it's controlled by Chinese that emigrated from mainland China. It's basically just two Chinese factions that waged war until one retreated to an Island. Think of the American Civil War except the Confederate retreated to Hawaii.

  • @CosmicFaust
    @CosmicFaust 4 роки тому +105

    “I’ve got a PLAn” LMAO 😂😂😂

    • @Fluckye
      @Fluckye 4 роки тому +21

      Funnily enough, the Chinese Navy is called People's Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN

    • @Schmidty1
      @Schmidty1 4 роки тому +3

      @@Fluckye No really, I didn't know that... WOW, thx dude... sarcasm
      Why did you just explain the joke?

    • @jek5317
      @jek5317 4 роки тому +5

      lmao zedong

    • @CataciousAmogusevic
      @CataciousAmogusevic 4 роки тому +1

      @@Fluckye no shit, Sherlock

    • @Fluckye
      @Fluckye 4 роки тому +4

      @@Schmidty1 Because he didn't capitalize the N and made it PLAn instead, so the referrence was to the People's Liberation Army only

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +92

    We’re glad we got help from China during the war but we didn’t really need it

  • @williamking6787
    @williamking6787 2 роки тому

    Truman with the "Silly Man" sign as he leans into Mao is hilarious and is definitely a gag you should use more

  • @reuniteireland
    @reuniteireland 3 роки тому +13

    There's so much to this and yet when I have ever learned about this in history it's just like "yep they fled to Taiwan , the end." Makes so much more sense now. Thanks for the video.

  • @jesseberg3271
    @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +198

    "Who lost China?"
    According to American politicians: *The other political party.*
    In reality: *Chiang Khi Shek and the Kuomintang.*

    • @justnoob8141
      @justnoob8141 4 роки тому +14

      So basically the other party

    • @muhammadcalvin8281
      @muhammadcalvin8281 4 роки тому +3

      More like Chiang Kai Shek only

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +35

      @@muhammadcalvin8281 the point is, it wasn't America's to lose. We in the US sometimes have a hard time understanding that there are events in other countries that aren't about us.

    • @donkey7921
      @donkey7921 4 роки тому +6

      @@jesseberg3271 ok? That is so stupid to say. Yeah sure i guess the 6 million people that died at the hands of Nazi Germany had nothing to do with the US either. Also the fact that the US was the biggest supporter of China when it was attacked by Japan.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +32

      @@donkey7921 we didn't cause Nazi Germany, and it would have been really silly for American politicians to have attacked each other in the 40s for having "allowed" Hitler to rise to power. The fact that we ultimately needed to stop Hitler didn't give us the right, or the ability to control everything that happened everywhere in the world, thereafter.
      We couldn't control who won the Chinese Civil War, nor could we prevent the Vietnamese from rallying around Ho Chi Min. We tried invading every Latin American country that elected someone we didn't like, and the region is still feeling the after effects from it, today. More recently, does the phrase "We'll be welcomed as liberators" ring any bells?
      The very real good America has done in the world (helping to stop the NAZIs, transforming Europe from a ruined continent that gave us to world wars to one of relative peace and prosperity, etc) does not give us a free pass to try to impose our will on the rest of the world. More importantly, it doesn't give us the capability to do so. Mao won the PR war in China, and nothing the US did was going to change that. The only way the Communists could have lost was if the Nationalists had convinced the Chinese people to support them, instead.

  • @No2Milk
    @No2Milk 3 роки тому +51

    Finally a channel that understands that the average UA-cam viewer doesn’t wanna watch a 30 minute video for something that can be answered in under 5!

    • @TroIIingThemSoftly
      @TroIIingThemSoftly 3 роки тому +8

      I mean, this is like the 10,000 foot view, there was definitely more going on than just this.

    • @AJHart-eg1ys
      @AJHart-eg1ys 3 роки тому +3

      I just watched a guy take 12 minutes to explain "What happened to Redbox" when all he had to say was "Netflix began streaming."

    • @No2Milk
      @No2Milk 3 роки тому

      @@AJHart-eg1ys lmao

    • @123TauruZ321
      @123TauruZ321 3 роки тому

      I think this could be shorter too. He babbled a lot of bullshit.

    • @varunpathak9677
      @varunpathak9677 3 роки тому

      @@TroIIingThemSoftly but I suppose that’s what most users would be comfortable with and be left a good deal smarter as well. The detailed ones always exist for the ones who really want to dive in and understand fully

  • @tommylennon4795
    @tommylennon4795 8 місяців тому +3

    legend has it that James Bissonette prevented the invasion by threatening Mao personally