How France's African Empire ended - Cold War DOCUMENTARY

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on how France started to lose its African colonies, as we talk about the history of Senegal, Ivory Coast, Niger, Mali, Chad and Cameroon in the post-WW2 period and the end of the French African empire.
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  • @beorntwit711
    @beorntwit711 10 місяців тому +30

    When c has that little thing under it, like ç, its pronounced with an s sound, like in garçon.
    Françafrique is Fransafrik.

    • @voiceofreason2674
      @voiceofreason2674 10 місяців тому +1

      But la francaphonie is no little accent under the c and it's a k sound so aight that makes sense

    • @Poirecorp
      @Poirecorp 10 місяців тому

      "ç" forces the /s/ pronounciation (that you usually get after weak vowels "e" and "i") where you'd expect a /k/ sound, generally as a result of word contraction. The rule IS consistent.
      @@voiceofreason2674

    • @tictac2therevenge291
      @tictac2therevenge291 10 місяців тому +3

      @@voiceofreason2674 It's because it's francophonie

  • @Nonamearisto
    @Nonamearisto 10 місяців тому

    15:08 Stop lying. That is absolutely NOT the largest church in the world. Not even that close. St. Peter's Basilica is far bigger.

    • @TheColdWarTV
      @TheColdWarTV  10 місяців тому +17

      www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/69145-largest-church
      apologies can be emailed to thecoldwarchannel@gmail.com...

    • @Jay-ho9io
      @Jay-ho9io 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@TheColdWarTV😂🏆

  • @branndly
    @branndly 10 місяців тому +132

    Gabon actually wanted to become integrated with france as an overseas department (just like martinique, guadeloupe, reunion) but they got rejected.

    • @miliba
      @miliba 10 місяців тому +35

      Imagine being that unwanted

    • @kiuk_kiks
      @kiuk_kiks 10 місяців тому +8

      Yet Algeria rejected the offer, only to have half their population migrate and live in France. The irony.

    • @theokaraman
      @theokaraman 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@kiuk_kikshalf??

    • @kiuk_kiks
      @kiuk_kiks 10 місяців тому +3

      @@theokaraman
      A really substantial percentage live in France.

    • @AnotherConscript
      @AnotherConscript 10 місяців тому +11

      @@kiuk_kiksFrom what I can see 1.5 Million out of Algeria would leave with 800,000 of that being French or pied noirs and the rest being members of the native population. So definitely large, just 11-15% out of 11 Million people in 1962

  • @mvl9591
    @mvl9591 10 місяців тому +31

    World Geography class, we were to report on a randomly selected country. Mine was Togo. Received a low grade. I didn’t have modern technology. There was a one paragraph entry in the encyclopedia with a picture of a bicycle factory.

  • @LJW1912
    @LJW1912 10 місяців тому +57

    It's always a good day when Cold War uploads, but I especially enjoy these episodes that look at atypical parts of the Cold War

    • @barometricfunk
      @barometricfunk 10 місяців тому +3

      Second this! Helps everyone to realize the Cold War was much more than just US vs USSR. So much complexity to the world in the post-war world.

  • @Densdens381
    @Densdens381 10 місяців тому +10

    Small correction: Mayotte make the headlines not because the refugees suffer but because the refugees turn local French mahorais lives into hell.

  • @ekmalsukarno2302
    @ekmalsukarno2302 10 місяців тому +35

    The Cold War, can you please make a video on Argentina during the era of Juan Peron. It would mean a lot to me if you made a video on this topic, not only because Juan Peron ruled Argentina during the Cold War, but also because your audience will understand how Argentina's economy, politics and society all ended up the way they are today.

    • @dkkdkkc6
      @dkkdkkc6 10 місяців тому

      Why. Frenchman has the smallest dixie.

  • @johnl.7754
    @johnl.7754 10 місяців тому +13

    Only countries that take a lot more $$$ then it gives will decide to not be independent like current French Guiana to France.

    • @othertalk3313
      @othertalk3313 10 місяців тому

      Or the countries that don't think they will be any better having a corrupt dictator in power for 40+ years... while having less money, infrastructure, security and peace... and possibly slavery too.

    • @Neversa
      @Neversa 10 місяців тому +1

      Ot like Africa before independence

    • @othertalk3313
      @othertalk3313 10 місяців тому +5

      @@Neversa Independence... in theory. In many of these countries they simply traded a French ruler for an objectively worse local ruler. Maybe it's worth the trade, maybe not, I couldn't say.

    • @totallegend2480
      @totallegend2480 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@othertalk3313a few more years before they speak Russian/Chinese

  • @cgabbard_8702
    @cgabbard_8702 10 місяців тому +6

    I'm just here to for the fate of the bell button and everything beforehand

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 10 місяців тому +9

    It was an informative and wonderful explanation of political movements in Sub-Saharan countries... their destiny with French colonialism dominate there. France 🇫🇷 hadn't sufficient economic capabilities and elasticity movement of management to control (Africans friendship) after their independences... Both USA 🇺🇸 and USSR harassed French influences by several political plots on African countries. Uk 🇬🇧 also partials the USA 🇺🇸 in competition against France 🇫🇷, after the Cold War, China 🇨🇳 intervened to African content strongly 💪 especially economically against all superpowers on African content.

  • @pavan923
    @pavan923 10 місяців тому +7

    It's empire hasnt ended. Its just adapted.

  • @kozak4998
    @kozak4998 10 місяців тому +5

    Operation barracuda video?

  • @AlecStanley
    @AlecStanley 10 місяців тому +5

    Please do more videos about Romania.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 10 місяців тому +6

    Interesting!

  • @tenminutes4876
    @tenminutes4876 10 місяців тому +8

    Instead of Saturday morning cartoons I get Saturday morning Cold War 😍

  • @aasemahsan
    @aasemahsan 10 місяців тому +3

    La Loi-Cadre
    4:22 Charles de Gaulle rule & independence
    10:10 Brief overview of the newly Independent countries

  • @williamgironda4456
    @williamgironda4456 10 місяців тому +9

    French African issue occurs, French Airborne solution drops in to fix said issue 🤷‍♂️

    • @grahambuckerfield4640
      @grahambuckerfield4640 10 місяців тому +3

      Which begs the question, when Idi Amin started his murderous rampage should the British Parachute Regiment dropped in on him?
      We would have been called colonialists. Even if a properly democratic government had been established.
      In the same way, when Ian Smith illegally set up in etho nationalist state in Rhodesia in 1965, UK military options were very limited and problematic.

    • @samwill7259
      @samwill7259 10 місяців тому

      @@grahambuckerfield4640 Don't BS. Western, colonial empires never, EVER set up stable "Free" democracies in the aftermath of their intervention. They would have replaced one dictator with a slightly better, easier to bribe dictator who would sell his entire country back to France piece by piece
      Democracy would mean having the option of democratically rejecting colonial ties which neither France nor the UK will ever abide.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 10 місяців тому +2

    Makes you want to resurrect the UN Mandate system to stabilise administration.

  • @marolibez
    @marolibez 10 місяців тому +6

    It's pronounced "Fransafrique", not "Frankafrique"

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 10 місяців тому +1

    🍿

  • @recoveringdaydreamer
    @recoveringdaydreamer 10 місяців тому +3

    "How France's African Empire Ended"
    But it never actually ended though.

  • @corylarsen5788
    @corylarsen5788 10 місяців тому +1

    Did you use "Fate of Africa" by Martin Meredith as a source for this video?

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 10 місяців тому +4

    Africa for Africans!!!

  • @JPSavage84
    @JPSavage84 10 місяців тому +1

    You guys should do a video on the Comoros and Bob Denard's antics there!

    • @EmitOcean20
      @EmitOcean20 10 місяців тому

      First, a video on Gary Del'Abate teeth and gums. And their size.

  • @ezrathegreatconqueror
    @ezrathegreatconqueror 10 місяців тому +1

    @15:58 greenscreen detected

  • @cclayton70
    @cclayton70 10 місяців тому +5

    Weird how all those places were better off under colonial rule lol

    • @royals080
      @royals080 7 місяців тому

      Ignorant asf

    • @cclayton70
      @cclayton70 2 місяці тому

      @zvezda4701 wah wah wah. Racism this. Racism that wah wah wah

  • @hadjaraboube3714
    @hadjaraboube3714 10 місяців тому +2

    You forgot that the French destroyed crops and roads, poisoned water, pour concrete in the plumbing, just being French.

    • @voiceofreason2674
      @voiceofreason2674 10 місяців тому +5

      That concrete in the plumbing line is so sad, cuz it just an excuse to not fix things. Theoretically if they did in fact pour concrete in the plumbing of every building, you can remove and replace the pipes of an entire large building in about 2 days. That problem should be fixed by now. It's just an excuse for things not working

    • @hadjaraboube3714
      @hadjaraboube3714 10 місяців тому +3

      @voiceofreason2674 true, but it shows the evil in human kind.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 10 місяців тому +1

    Nicely informative video

  • @pqunit
    @pqunit 10 місяців тому +8

    I don't think it's entirely ended yet actually

  • @CrisisMoon7
    @CrisisMoon7 10 місяців тому

    7:21pm
    Nov,23,23 Thursday

  • @frednewman209
    @frednewman209 10 місяців тому +3

    It didn’t end. West-Africa is still French dominated.

  • @dansmith4077
    @dansmith4077 10 місяців тому

    Comment for the algorithm

  • @DanK1977
    @DanK1977 10 місяців тому

    You forgot Djibouti

  • @alxrpch9846
    @alxrpch9846 5 місяців тому

    Good video

  • @mat3714
    @mat3714 10 місяців тому

    Algorithm

  • @Neversa
    @Neversa 10 місяців тому +2

    Whenever he says France he quacks like a duck

  • @moudy13000
    @moudy13000 10 місяців тому +2

    Tell us about palestinien war

  • @beepboop204
    @beepboop204 10 місяців тому

  • @malegria9641
    @malegria9641 10 місяців тому +5

    And now, my country refuses to admit its racism
    Ahhhhh, France.

  • @arnodecrans1356
    @arnodecrans1356 10 місяців тому +15

    lol it never ended ,they still control it with the cfa franc

    • @TheColdWarTV
      @TheColdWarTV  10 місяців тому +41

      thank you for watching the whole video before leaving this comment

    • @dapleb2397
      @dapleb2397 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@TheColdWarTVLOL

    • @ThatOneGuyHereRn
      @ThatOneGuyHereRn 10 місяців тому +2

      broooo at least wait until the video is older than the duration

    • @arnodecrans1356
      @arnodecrans1356 10 місяців тому +1

      then why have a title like this..@@TheColdWarTV

    • @Bhatakti_Hawas
      @Bhatakti_Hawas 10 місяців тому

      Xactly

  • @CatnamedMittens
    @CatnamedMittens 10 місяців тому +1

    Naive and stupid video considering they still very much have their empire in West Africa with their troops and their currency there.

    • @MM-un3ob
      @MM-un3ob 10 місяців тому

      Naive, stupid comment

    • @CatnamedMittens
      @CatnamedMittens 10 місяців тому

      @@xunqianbaidu6917 I didn't.

    • @samwill7259
      @samwill7259 10 місяців тому +3

      @@CatnamedMittens Obviously, because your complaint is literally the point of the video.

    • @CatnamedMittens
      @CatnamedMittens 10 місяців тому

      @@samwill7259 chill homie I watched it now. I'm leaving it up for the lols

    • @Jay-ho9io
      @Jay-ho9io 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@CatnamedMittensNo one's laughing at what you said. They're laughing at you.

  • @darkvader8222
    @darkvader8222 10 місяців тому +7

    Free 🇵🇸 PALESTINE

    • @nairpic7360
      @nairpic7360 10 місяців тому

      Make Palestine into a parking lot for tourists!

    • @andrewgates8158
      @andrewgates8158 10 місяців тому +1

      With coupon.