American Reacts to the Spanish Civil War | Feature History

Hello! I'm an American on a quest to learn more about history, geography and the universe in general. In this video I not only learn about the Spanish Civil War that took place just prior to WWII, but I also learn about the government of Spain - something I had no idea about. If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe!
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[@SoGal_YT]

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[@cjrecio5702]

I should’ve said this before but I really like the editing.

[@lucinae8510]

The Spanish Civil War was a testing ground for modern war, because it was here that tanks and planes were used to great effect. Like he said Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sided with Franco, they supply the aforementioned tanks, planes and troops in order to test the Blitzkrieg which would become the Nazi's iconic tactic in WW2. After the war everybody thought for sure Franco and Portugal's leader Antonio Salazar who also provided support, would join the Axis because of this alliance and they were all part of the far right. Franco even had meetings with Hitler and Mussolini to discuss this. But ultimately Franco wanted to rebuild the country and gain colonies during the Axis conquests, which they couldn't agree to. And Salazar was a different kind of dictator who didn't believe in war or a superior race like his counterparts, and he wanted to maintain the Anglo-Portuguese alliance. Side note: many foreigners helped the Republicans, including George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway whose works were greatly influenced by their experiences in the civil war.

[@PPPaRaDoXiCaL]

Could you do some Dutch History? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWazmqF6hbODrZI

[@charlesborden8111]

This just in from SNL Weekend Update! Francisco Franco... Still dead!

[@finbarrsaunders]

Your video & reaction are great but this is a terrible dicumentary. It's just a massive brain-vomit of soundbites & pointless graphics one after another, with no space for the viewer to process anything, and nothing explained or given any context to aid understanding. The extraordinary significance and meaning of these events is lost in an avalanche of disjointed bullet points and clipart. If I didn't know much about the SCW, I'd be more confused about it after watching this documentary than before. It raises dozens of questions and answers practically none. Well done for struggling through it & doing your best to understand these subjects. IMO documentaries like this one are absolutely counter-productive to that understanding. You'd be better off with an audiobook version of Wikipedia!

[@cjrecio5702]

In Spanish, a junta basically means committee or group. But in English, it means a military or political group that rules the country by force.

[@BlameThande]

Yes, I think it took on that meaning in English due to association with military rule in Spain and/or Latin America. It didn't used to mean that - one faction of the Whig Party in England in the 1700s were known as the Junto Whigs, named after the Spanish term and just used to mean a government-in-waiting.

[@ab9840]

On the US island territory of Puerto Rico, a financial oversight & management board was installed by the US due to the island being bankrupt. This board is called locally by the islanders has "the Junta" since islanders had no say when it came to installing this board which must approve all spending the legislature approves. The islanders even have to pay the board members large salaries even though the island is supposedly bankrupt and had no say in creating this board.

[@ragnar97]

Yeah, La Junta de Andalucia is still a thing to this day xD As you said, it simply means committee.

[@worstchoresmadesimple6259]

I like the English translation. It's accurate and it describes perfectly what a Junta does.

[@Mixcoatl]

A "republic" is not an ideology; it's simply a country that isn't a monarchy. The word has the same meaning everywhere, including in America. You can have communist republics, fascist republics, liberal republics. They're all still republics.

[@inzlt8142]

Exactly, you can also have democratic communism

[@dustman0048]

You can have the Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea 😁 Who by the way is not a Republic, not democratic and not of all Korea... 😅

[@michaeljones825]

@@dustman0048 Generally if a country has "Peoples" in it's title, the people aren't consulted

[@Chivaltic]

Soviet Union was officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

[@MarkVrem]

lets not forget the DOGE Republic of Venice.

[@tsk9277]

Remember that a "Republic" is simply a form of government, it has no bearing on the political leanings of any party.

[@sodinc]

@@nigelverney9608 this meaning isn`t british, it is universal, used in all languages

[@mortadelovlc]

@@sodinc its just Latín. Meaning the own of the people. It has nothing to do with the orientation of the government. Knowing the origin of things, makes it easier to understand the world. Siempre hay que acudir a Europa y a su historia para entender occidente.

[@sodinc]

@@mortadelovlc exactly what i've said

[@almerindaromeira8352]

The USSR itself was a union of Soviet republics

[@tymanung6382]

But it is anti monarchy.

[@Ikit1Claw]

You're overthinking it. Americans have weird names and definitions. Republicans are people who support republic as a system of government. That's it.

[@marquesdeportago1596]

Yes but in Spain, The two republican goverments were comunists, and republican are commonly used to name comunists (just inside Spain)

[@AlejandroPRGH]

@@marquesdeportago1596 If you define "communist" as many US Americans do, i.e. anything to the left of the GOP (or the PP in Spain).

[@gattetta]

@@marquesdeportago1596 The first republic wasn't communist it was liberalist, the second only part of the government was communist, but because the USSR gave them assistance in the war they started to shift more towards them and started purges against people of other ideologies.

[@andreagarciacubilla8678]

@@marquesdeportago1596 You can be a republican and a communist but you can also be a republican and a conservative. In Spain, republicans tends to go more to the left but that's not necessarily the case.

[@nervachadikus]

House Of Bourbon were originally the kings of France, but through the centuries some members ended up on the thrones of Spain and some other countries. So yeah they are the distant relatives of the french kings who were overthrown during the revolution

[@ottomaier8219]

You don't mean the French revolution, do you?🤔 But it all happened in The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The wars of success between the houses of the Habsburgs and Bourbons ... Since then the Bourbons have ruled Spain. Maybe you are referring to Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte?? Also called "Pepe Botella" in Spain translates as "Pepe the Bottle" 🤣🤣🤣 Then there were all the Carlist wars (3 full wars) starting with Isabella II, where the Bourbons contested the throne ...etc etc..🙄 Enough history for today ...😏

[@mucagamers7405]

In Trastamara we trust

[@pedroalvarez2119]

They are Borbons but also descendants from the original Asturian Kings, they just changed the surname because the heritage was transmitted through women at some points Felipe II is directly related to Alfonso I de Asturias, King during the VIII century, the second oldest royal linage only after the japanese one

[@robertoleary5470]

A junta is a government formed up by military officers

[@aalonsodominguez]

not exactly, in Spain Junta can be any kind of gobernment depending on the time period or at what gobernment level we are talking about. For exampe, it's true that Spain had "military juntas" in the past, but most of them during the Peninsular War were a mix of guerrillas, military or civil activists. Basically any form of local gobernment made during the resitance to the French invasion. Nowadays, a Junta is a local regional gobernment of one of the autonomous regions that forms Spain (it's a form of devolution). They are civil and democratically elected.

[@RodolfoGaming]

@@aalonsodominguez this. Same with Portugal btw

[@thomassugg5621]

The Royal family of Spain are related to the old French royal family, in 1700 after the last Habsburg king of Spain died, Prince Philip of France who was the grandson of the king of France was made king of Spain. Thus making the kings of Spain decedents of the kings of France.

[@ppcc5340]

Was made king after a bloody succession war, pitting against each other all major European power supporting either France's Bourbon candidate or an Austrian Habsburg candidate. The French candidate had more legitimacy from a dynastic perspective, but allowing him would combine France and Spain into a new super power. In the end, opponent of this evolution where either defeated or satisfied by the process of the French candidate to renounce all claim to the French throne, thus preventing a Franco-spanish union. Also, this event has a lot of importance in Catalan history...

[@ab9840]

The Bourbons and Hapsburgs were foreign royal houses. The last Iberian royal family to rule Castile and Aragon were the Trastámara royal house. Both Queen Isabella I and Ferdinand were Trastámara.

[@chrisigoeb]

*sees Title* Me: have you any idea how little this narrows it down

[@ortegaperu8510]

Spain had so many Civil Wars

[@blikizz9355]

If you play hoi4 spain can spawn variant 5 of civil wars in one game Fascism Communist Democratic Neutral/monarchist Anarchists

[@diodio7030]

I think this shows how Americans teach political and economic systems. Communism is an economic system it is the opposite of capitalism, not republics. Republic, democracy, theocracy, diactorship are political models. While pretty much all communist countries are / have been dictatorships that doesn't mean in theory you can't have a Communist Republic.

[@SoGal_YT]

Yeah, I think we tend to simplify it and just equate communist countries with dictatorships, because that's usually how it plays out in the real world.

[@ppcc5340]

A Republic can very much be a dictatorship, the two are not mutually exclusive (for example: United Socialist Soviet Republics, actual Syria, 80' Chile, etc.). A Republic is a form of government where the head of state is not a monarch. It can be a democracy as in the US or France, a theocracy as in Iran (official name: Islamic Republic of Iran), a dictatorship... Also, I do not entirely agree with your argument about communism being a economic system. It does have certain ideas and prescriptions about what should be the political organization of society. Only, in communist thinking, the economy structure is at the base of everything, including politics. So yes, communism is an economic worldview, but it spills over political, cultural, social and every other aspects of human organization. :)

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

Communists don’t know how to feed their own people so I wouldn’t keep myself waiting for them to establish a democratic Marxist utopia any time soon.

[@andregurkenstein9192]

The channel TimeGhost History has an excellent series called "Between two wars". Maybe you are interested in some Weimar Germany stuff.

[@cjrecio5702]

I really hope she would watch it

[@donaldb1]

That is a very good channel, for the whole interwar period, not just in Germany.

[@wesleywilkinson6629]

Yesss!!! This is a great series

[@stuarthastie6374]

Hitler was able to try out his aeroplanes and weapons on zee battlefield. A junta is a gang of generals who take over tthe government.

[@ribon1703]

"Republican" in this context just means anti-monarchist, which is why they're considered left-wing and more modernist than the traditionalist/monarchist right-wing.

[@SoGal_YT]

Yeah, wow - America and Europe have very different viewpoints on it. It's because Europe has monarchies and we don't. So we don't think of democracies or republics in relation to monarchies at all. I also think because we have a Republican political party, we associate the term "republican" with conservative. There would be no reason we would associate "republican" with anti-monarchy. So it's good to learn about how the term is used differently in Europe.

[@ribon1703]

@@SoGal_YT For me, as a European it's interesting that Americans view the term "Republican" differently. The term is strongly associated with anti-monarchism, at least in the UK. Since a lot of Europeans are exposed to American politics, they'd also think of Republicans as conservative, unless they're from a country with a monarchy, like Denmark, Sweden or Belgium. I think the conservative party in France was called Les Républicains(literally the Republicans) but it's now called "La République en Marche" which means "the Marching Republique", I think. Just some interesting differences in politics between some countries.

[@ppcc5340]

@@ribon1703 actually, Les Republicains (LR) and La Republique en Marche (LREM) are two different, independent and somewhat rival political parties. LR is the latest name of the the traditional, good old right wing, conservative party, with has existed under many names and with subtle changes since at least the 50's. LREM is a new political party, created in 2016 out of nowhere to support the presidential bid of Emmanuel Macron, and indeed it won the latest elections to the National Assembly (France's House of Representative). It is more of a centrist party, claiming to belong neither to the right nor left wing, although on cultural aspects it leans more to the left and on economic aspects more to the pro-market right... But indeed both use the term "Republic" as it is a central element of France's identity: when we threw out our king in the French Revolution, we first adopted a Republican form of government. We see ourselves as the heirs of the Revolution and its values and ideals, and since this came in opposition to the Monarchy, the Republic carries this positive identity with it.

[@aalonsodominguez]

@@SoGal_YT the difference in the viewpoint is most likely because you have a “Republican” political party that has adopted very conservative rhetoric. But in the end, the USA is a republic (particularly, a federal one), because it’s not ruled by a monarch and the head of state is elected. That’s basically what usually falls into the definition of “republic”

[@ottomaier8219]

@@SoGal_YT "...used differently in Europe.." Or let's say straight out only in the USA. Then it fits again.😏

[@daletrecartin1563]

The Spanish Civil War was a dress rehearsal for WWII in that the Germans, Italians and Soviets got to try out new weapons and tactics such as tanks, motorized troops, bombers of various types, etc. and all the major powers were taking notes.

[@mrelano65]

For the Spanish, it was anything but a WWII dress rehearsal.

[@norman9785]

Germans ok, Italians ok, but Soviets??????? no man

[@untruelie2640]

Juan Carlos de Bourbon was the grandson of King Alfonso XIII. (who had fled the country in 1931). After Franco's death in 1975, he became KIng of Spain as Juan Carlos I. and helped to transform the country into a democracy. He abdicated a few years ago in favour of his son Felipe VI. (The Bourbon Dynasty of Spain was a junior branch of the french royal House of Bourbon. A grandson of King Louis XIV. of France became King of Spain after the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714).)

[@jesusgarciadevega3025]

(sorry for my English) after the war of Spanish succession in 1714 the royal house of Bourbon, of French descent, took control of the Spanish throne and is the one that has remained until today. With republics, abdications, etc. through its history. When Napoleon invaded Spain, he replaced the Bourbons (ancestors of Juan Carlos and the current King Felipe VI)with his brother José bonaparte.

[@sheepsky]

Very glad you checked this out, that section showing all of the comments from that one dude made me crack up xD

[@cjrecio5702]

I’ve been suggesting it since the early months of the channel.

[@sheepsky]

@@cjrecio5702 good man, was great reaction request

[@theholmes8308]

Western Europe has more monarchies than republics. The UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Spain are all monarchies, and that is by no means an exhaustive list.

[@AdurianJ]

I don't care what videos you watch as long as Roger gets a new hat !

[@timdyer5326]

Always love your reactions. You deserve your followers ❤️. We are with you.

[@SoGal_YT]

Appreciate it!

[@timdyer5326]

@@SoGal_YT best wishes from Brit guy in Indonesia. Epic history ww1 series you may appreciate later on. Soviet Storm series (from the 1941 operation barbarossa to the battle of Berlin) you may really see how the Russians almost got devoured and yet came back. If you ever want to look at US modern history.. Dear America, letters from Vietnam was an incredible movie of live war footage and real letters read out by famous actors of the 1980s. There is a marc felton video on 1946 when Britain almost defeated the Vietminh in vietnam. You should watch cambodia's S21 The Khmer Rouge Death Machine to see the consequences of the cold war and the Vietnam war. I worked in travel a long time so been all over Russia, Europe and South East Asia on personal history quest since my 20s in the 1990s.. If you can find a good documentary on Angkor Wat and the Khmer Civilization and discover that over one million people lived in this area around the 13th century, it would blow your mind. Please travel some day.

[@Rafael112able]

Actually the Spanish had a break from war, because they did not participate in World War Two. Franco was very close to join after Hitler defeated France, and it was important, because then the Axis could have taken Gibraltar and thrown the British out of the Mediterranean. But Franco hesitated and so he survived till 1975. But the was a volunteer division of Spanish fascists fighting on the eastern front between 1941 and 1939.

[@kitus360]

Was more that Hitler was scared about talking with Franco due the petitions that him ask to join the war... Hitler after Hendaya meeting said that he will prefer cavities than meeting Franco again

[@melbeasley9762]

I've lived in Spain for 12 years and it's nice to get some Spanish themed videos.

[@alansmith1989]

Spain hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 and, I thought, made a very good job of it. It ended with `FOUR` Joint winners!

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

@@alansmith1989 only because they rigged the last election which ended up screwing us out a hat trick. Something I will never forgive the Spanish for.

[@shanenolan8252]

Oh ww2 practice was about the German military aid and strategy wise this was the war between world wars it allowed the military to test new technology , and every military in the world studied it , also international politics and diplomacy is connected .

[@johnsimmons5951]

Further to Shane, the technology and tactics developed by Germany in the Spanish Civil War was used to great effect in the invasions of Poland Belgium and the Netherlands.

[@grahamstrong995]

Hi there, hope you are well... Spain did get a bit of a break from war as it remained largely neutral through world war 2 - to the extent that escaped POWs would try to make their way to Switzerland or Spain. The German Luftwaffe cut its teeth over the skies of Spain. These volunteers in the form of the Kondor Legion used many of the lessons they learned to create or adapt tactics in air to air or close air support roles.

[@RodolfoGaming]

23:20 - Spain received support from the axis. The axis got a battle field away from to test the tactics (armored vehicle tactics and motorized infantry in particular) that were later employed with trememdous success against the allies (most notable example is france 1940 and Operation Barbarossa 1941)

[@lawrencegough]

The Soviet union also sent a lot of support. However it's conclusions were that tanks were not going to be important in war. Oops.

[@nirfz]

I think it is debated if they were able to test any tactics, as the opposition was very different (in cohesion, tactics and equipment) to any opponent they thought they would or could encounter. (It wasn't a cohesive tained and equipped army they faced...)But they most certainly tested material: tanks, planes, ammo.

[@RodolfoGaming]

@@nirfz if it is it shouldn't because its the literally the same double pincer manouvers the germans execute time after time in this period. Also the experience gained was vital to the common soldiers

[@nirfz]

@@RodolfoGaming There weren't that many common (german) soldiers there. From what i read around 12k german soldiers were there in total, but those weren't just infantery or tank troops, those incorporated mostly Luftwaffe personel of the Legion Condor. The majority of german soldiers of WW2 had not participated in the spanish civil war and was not trained by those who were there. Tanks: 100 Pz1. Those were the ones only featuring MGs and a 2 man crew. So no big gun like all following tanks, and a reduced crew where the commander was gunner at the same time. So for example no tank vs tank tactics, The Panzer 1's they used had no radio (which was the big advantage ther germans had during the start of WW2-> they had radios in every tank). So the whole coordination was pretty difficult and different to WW2. Two sided pincer movements were used long before the spanish civil war. (not just by the germans) What the germans always did (until the start of Barbarossa one could argue) was that they precisely looked at what malfunctioned and tried to mitigate that for the next big "occasion". Even in the anexation of austria and the sudetenland (czechia), they asessed what worked and what not, in transport material and tactics ect. and tried to change that to have less problems when entering poland. I would argue that the fighting in poland had more impact on the performance against france and the low countries + scandinavia than the spanish civil war. (->recent experience with current material by the people who actually fought.) I think the ones on the german side that profited the most was the Luftwaffe as it was able to conduct live ammo "bombing training" without being threatened by AA fire or enemy aircraft.

[@condedooku9750]

Operation Barbarossa a success? In what parallel universe? The Operation was a failure that achieved none of its objectives and caused irreparable casualties for the Axis (although it was much more catastrophic for the USSR in terms of casualties).

[@alansmith1989]

I was surprised that Sogal was surprised that the `Spanish Civil War` was in the 20th Century. I am `Not` criticising- just pretty surprised. There was a Hollywood treatment (in 1943) of Ernest Hemmingway's book on the War - titled "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Starred Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Have you heard of it Sogal? It was hugely successful. Regarding World War Two, Franco chose neutrality (One of his better decisions) Hitler did have a meeting with him to try and get Spain `in` to no avail. After the meeting, Hitler told an aide (Not an exact Quote) "I Would rather have all my Teeth pulled out than to go through that again!" So Spain stayed out of it. And - Yes! - Europe is a riddle, locked inside a puzzle that is wrapped within an enigma! 👍🤷‍♀️

[@philkarlandted5460]

No, this is not a well-known movie. Hardly anyone in America except World War II nerds knows about the Spanish Civil War.

[@russellmassey9324]

@@philkarlandted5460 I would say this is almost certainly the case in the UK too. I wouls not expcetc anyone under 50 to be able to date the war unless they had a background in history or wargames.

[@alansmith1989]

@@philkarlandted5460 It was a colossal hit- one of the most watched feature films of the 1940s. Don't take my word for it- check out data on Wiki!

[@philkarlandted5460]

@@alansmith1989 the only movies from the forties anyone watches are animated.

[@alansmith1989]

@@philkarlandted5460 If you have nothing sensible to say-please let those who wish to try and have a reasoned debate get on with it - thank you!

[@shanenolan8252]

Back in the past before the formation of modern sloan there were many civil wars middle ages , kingdoms of castille , kingdom of Aragon and several internal civil wars , think queen Isabella ( and Ferdinand)

[@sticktheok]

16:40 yes they are you should check war of spanish succession

[@vaudevillian7]

Fantastic, absolutely fascinated by the Spanish Civil War

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

As a Spaniard I'm fed up about it... our wonderful parties have been using it ideologically the last decade or more, making it unbearable.

[@Nonsense010688]

@@JulioLeonFandinho I could see that really getting annoying.

[@CARLOS62B]

The Spanish Civil war seemed like a very mixed up time over there ... this was very interesting to watch.

[@toiletsauce_]

You might be interested in where Russia came from and how it came to be. There is a series by Kings and Generals about this topic, it starts with Slavs and Vikings: Medieval Russia and the Origins of the Kievan Rus

[@johnelliott7850]

I find your videos most enjoyable. Keep it up! By the way, the Spanish did catch a 'break' during World War II, because their involvement, compared to that of other European countries, was very small.

[@sr.puerta5309]

Exact, and the majority of Spanish combatants in World War II were volunteers. An example is the 250° Spanish Volunteer Division, also known as "Blue Division" (la División Azul), which fought in the Wehrmacht in the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, specifically on the Leningrad front.

[@sr.puerta5309]

And this Blue Division were one of the most numerous foreign divisions in the German army, if we talk about the numbers of soldiers, and these Spanish soldiers were very appreciated by the Nazis for their bravery and courage in fighting.

[@curropataqui]

WHAT DID YOU WANT ?¿? ... THE COUNTRY WAS TOTALLY DISTROYED AFTER THREE YEARS OF FIGHT ... TOWN BY TOWN, STREET BY STREET ... HOUSE BY HOUSE. Even though, the volunteers (Blue division) sent to fight comunism to Russian front, did pretty well (there is enough lit talking abt their participation, if you are interested). On the other side, the first tanks (Lecrec s division) composed mainly by Spanish republicans defeated in our civil war, were the ones liberating Paris. There are filmed documentaries proving it, in which there can be seen the names these tanks had on them......, PUERTA DEL SOL .... BRUNETE .... BELCHITE .... GUADALAJARA (battles held in our civil war)........... ...... and Degaulle, French hero, enjoying London !!!!!

[@johnelliott7850]

@@curropataqui Um, I don't think anyone here wanted or expected the Spanish to have a greater involvement in WW2. And going to war is not, in itself, a good thing.

[@Rafael112able]

"Respublica" means nothing more than "public matter". In a soviet republic the whole state consists of so called "soviets", which is Russian for "council". The lowest unit of it is a single factory's works council, which consists of elected representatives of the workers. Those council's would send their representatives to higher councils, which send their representatives to another higher council, and so a kind of a council pyramid is formed. In Russia in the beginning there was more than one party represented in the councils. But throughout the civil war the bolcheviks gained more and more control and the other party turned against them in an armed resistance and were crushed. Also at first it had a productional basis (the factories), but in 1936 Stalin pushed a constitutional reform with a regional basis, that the councils were elected by the population of a region. That gave Stalin more control.

[@lucinae8510]

The current monarchy of Spain are also called the House of Bourbon. This happened after Charles II died in 1700 without any heirs. His sister was married to Louis XIV of France, and he named their second oldest son Philip of Anjou as his heir. However his relative Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, Britain and the Dutch Republic wanted his second son Charles to be king, because if either Philip or his older brother died without heir then this could potentially create a Franco-Spanish state, which lead to the War of Spanish Succession. This war is also when Britain captured Gibraltar from Spain, which they kept to this day. After 14 years of war Charles and his elder brother had no male heirs left, but instead they agreed to let Philip become king of Spain if he and his heir agreed to renounce any claims to the French throne, and today there are some called Legitimists who reject this and believe the Spanish Bourbons still have a right to reclaim the throne of the French Bourbons.

[@BlameThande]

You ask about Spain's connections to Morocco and Africa in general. You'd need a full history of Spain video or series to do it justice, but basically much of Spain was ruled for centuries (between the 700s and the 1400s) by Muslim rulers, often Moroccan dynasties (referred to as Moors, or Moros in Spanish). The Christian Spaniards in the north fought back and eventually reclaimed the country in what is known as the Reconquista, often being quite brutal to the remaining Muslims and Jews once they'd done so (hence the Spanish Inquisition). This process finished in the same year Columbus discovered America when the last Spanish Muslim kingdom, Granada, fell. So a lot of the conquistador stuff the Spanish did in the Americas was because they had been culturally wound up like a big spring by centuries of foreign rule - "we will never be oppressed again, from now on, we will be the conquerors" - and now they had someone else to take it out on, as well as being whipped up into Catholic religious fervour. I'm simplifying a lot here but you need to know this background to understand the Spanish identity, why them losing their empire was such a big deal and why the powers of the Church were such a dividing line between reformers and traditionalists.

[@manuelcorpasgarcia625]

that part of the history of spain dosent have nothing to see with this part of the history the why of the conexion in that time was that spain rule the north of morroco becouse of the conference of berlin.

[@juancappadocio6311]

Problem?

[@Luredreier]

The thing about Europe is that it's just a whole bunch of peninsulas and islands and mountain ranges, so people grow more different over time and anyone comming into power on one side of a mountain range or on a peninsula could usually defend themselves fairly efficiently against anyone outside said peninsulas or on the other side of said mountain ranges... Not to mention us having tens of thousands of years of migration with different ethnic groups and languages completely and utterly changing things entierly all over the continent on a regular basis. Different languages and cultures means that people *think* differently in different places. Technology also differs in different areas. There's societal changes spreading unevenly too. Industrial revolution on one side of the continent while the other side still has farmers treated as essentially slaves. People on open grasslands think differently from island dwellers or mountain dwellers. And so one and so forth. And each time there's a societal change somewhere that impacts *everyone* else too.

[@hamishsewell5990]

Sounds like a constitutional monarchy, what happened in 1947. Same in Britain

[@danielleeskelton]

Yeah pretty much.

[@DaveF.]

In the wider context outside of Spain, the Spanish civil war is important as it was used not just as a proxy war by the Soviets and Nazis and also as a testing ground for new weapons and tactics - including their newest tanks and dive bombers and for the use of area-effect bombing. One particular raid by the Luftwaffe on the city of Guernica was famously depicted in a painting by Picasso. Also, many volunteers from many countries joined to fight - from the UK, mostly on the Republican/non-Fascist side. About the same number (2,500) from the US fought too. George Orwell wrote about this experiences in the war in his book 'Homage to Catalonia'.

[@smiley055]

There was British involvement in Spanish civil war,mercenaries or volunteers that were represented themselves not the British government.Those who fought for the nationalist were probably internalised.When war broke out with Germany they were probably under house arrest or prison.Not mention in video.Those who fought for the Republic didn't get much recognition either but fought for the comrades was enough against fascism.And later at the start of world war II.

[@arthurrubiera8029]

Thank You for talking about the Spanish Civil war the war the world doesn’t want to talk about. The war that USA, England and French turned their backs on and refused to get involved in, that could have have changed the history of WWll if those nations joined the war and support the republic. My father fought in this war and l lost most of my relatives as well.

[@ruteando5365]

Imposible que apoyaran a la república, estaba controlada por el nefasto rojerio, por eso saltó el ejército, era un desastre y tanto Estados Unidos como Inglaterra, no querían ver el comunismo ni en fotos.

[@josearrobamartin-delgado2978]

Seguramente hubiera acabado como una República satélite de Rusia. Déjenos de parcialidad y cuentos chinos. Estudie mascy mejor.

[@jensschroder8214]

In the US, if you want to call someone a bad person, you say they are a communist. It's different in Europe. There are communist parties in Spain and Italy. In France, socialism is very important. In Germany, too, there are at least three large left parties in addition to the two conservative parties. Communism and socialism do not have to have the same goal as in the USSR.

[@terryloveuk]

I don't know much about the Spanish Civil War except what I heard from my mother and my grandfather. One of his younger brothers joined the International Brigade (he wanted adventure, not a life as farm labourer or miner) and fought and died in that war. In my family tree it says of him "Arthur Leonard Robinson died on 13 October 1937 in Fuentes de Ebro, Aragon, Spain, when he was 27 years old".

[@joseantoniolahoz5003]

I live next to Fuentes de Ebro, in this area the civil war was very hard, our grandparents (on both sides) never talked about the war, brothers against brothers.

[@sasir2013]

"a civil war started within the civil war" You have to love spain

[@Jamieclark192]

I think you would find the English civil war interesting. Oliver Cromwell and Charles I.

[@EnzoCaballero1]

Spanish history is amazing. You have a lot to watch . Saludos de España!

[@stevenparsons3894]

I recommend that you look into the "Cartagena Refugio Museo de la Guerra Civil" the story of the residents of Cartagena sheltering in caves under the city to shelter from the Luftwaffe Blitz. I visited the museum last year while in Spain. Fascinating story.

[@curropataqui]

Did nt you hear about the bombardement of Cabra civilians by the republican army with soviet planes ?.

[@erwinrommel4867]

The connection between Spain and Africa is because at the time Spain had under his control the Sahara, parts of Morocco and of course Ceuta and Melilla, Some parts of Morocco were colonized due to the Rif war in which was fought in 1920-27 also mostly of the Moroccans that Franco send to the war were mercenaries, ex-veterans from that war, mostly of them did horrible things to civies and POW, after the war Franco deported them back to Morocco, but some of them stayed here too

[@RippPryde]

A republic is simply a nation without any form of monarchy, it doesn't have to be from the right or the left (although it does TEND to be more of a left leaning political idea, monarchists tend to be conservative). The American idea of "Republicanism" which you were thinking about it in this video is really just the name of the Republican political party. The name for the US political party originated from the anti monarchist definition, but its really just a name now and not a big statement like it used to be.

[@MarkVrem]

Right originally in the USA, you had 2 parties BOTH anti-monarchist. Because after the revolution you can't be a royalist and have a political career. Washington refused to be made a king. The Democratic-Republican party tended to be more conservative and represented mostly the South. Then you had the Federalist Party which later became the Whig Party. These parties were more liberal and represented the Northeast. Eventually, the Federalists and Whigs became so unpopular they ceased to exist. On the other hand, the Democratic-Republican party right before the civil war split into 2. Republicans representing Yankee states, Democrats representing the Dixie states before Civil War. After the civil war the Republicans representing the North, and Democrats representing the South, just became more entrenched as the 2 major parties.

[@Nonsense010688]

6:20 not quite. But the "great white fleet" was a show of force, the US saying "hey we have a fleet and we COULD send it to you if we want to" [except that under war conditions they really couldn't at that time]

[@Groffili]

The "systems of government" are not that different between the USA and Europe, on a very fundamental level. Regardless of the form in detail, a lot comes down to "because that's the way we have always done it". The new U.S. system, back in the late 18th century, had been very innovative. Revolutionary. It persisted in that way (with some major changes in the beginning), because it didn't have to face the same problems as the european revolutionary states at that time. But by now, this system, with all its problems, persists because of "that's the way we have always done it". In very many ways, the modern USA is much less democratic than countries with a much more authoritarian/totalitarian history, like, say, Germany. Because these states had to learn from mistakes, and adjust accordingly. But this same principle is also responsible for a lot of what came up in this video. Why are there still kings and monarchies and even reestablished monarchies? "Because that's the way we have always done it". That's conservativism in a nutshell. After World War One, when the monarchies in Germany were abolished, the vast majority of people didn't really like that. Even if they hadn't like Wilhelm II or their own respective prince, or the specific monarchic system of the German Empire... having a king (or emperor) was what they always had done. It was HOW IT WAS DONE. During the whole Weimar era, there had always been groups who wanted to restore the monarchy... when when the Nazis finally took over, they thought now would have been the time for that. But Hitler had other plans. He wouldn't share power, not even in name only, with some king. There was only one ultimate leader, and that was him. Spain under Franco wasn't quite like Nazi Germany, but the system was similar. There was one ultimate leader, Franco. His title was according to that idea. He was the "caudillo", like Mussolini was the "Duce" or Hitler the "Führer". All was the same meaning: "the leader". But Franco tried to legimize this role in the conservative, traditional, "because we have always done that" way, by switching the spanish epublic to a monarchy again in 1947. He made Spain a kingdom again... but he didn't give it a king. Franco ruled as "regent" for a king that just didn't exist. Only at the end of his life he had decided to make Juan Carlos de Bourbon, grandson of the last king, his successor and make him the offical King of Spain. It's only because Juan Carlos didn't follow the autocratic politics of his predecessor that Spain is a democratic constitutional monarchy today.

[@heatherygraine5836]

The Bourbon kings in Spain come form the house in France. The link goes back in History to 1700, when Felipe de Anjou (then Felipe V) from the House of Bourbon, became the Spanish king. He was the great-grandson of Carlos II, the last Spanish monarch of the house of Habsburg. War broke however between two factions for the throne: the house of Bourbon and the house of Austria, from 1701 to 1716 (Guerra de Sucesión). A treaty after it clarified his position as the monarch.

[@donaldb1]

That guy pronounces junta in a strange way. In English it is usually pronounced with an 'H' sound at the beginning, which I guess comes from Spanish.

[@charlesborden8111]

But, he says Juan properly with the "H" sound, which was just Junta weird.

[@Nonsense010688]

19:10 About Republics: the term originally came from ancient rome, where, after getting rid of their last king, they formed a system of government which their called the "public thing" "res publica". The founding fathers did try to copy rome in many aspects (not knowing how many "fall of rome" comparison they would invite over the centuries^^), hence they also used the term, thou they weren't the first after the romans to do so. In the modern era, a "Republic" is most basically a state where the head of state (which is not always the head of government) is not a Monarch (that would make it a Monarchy like the UK) or a religious figure (that would make it a theocracy like the Papal state) but a President, a Prime-minster or so on. Mind you that in both Monarchies and Theocracies you could have Parliaments, truing them into constitutional Moncarchies or Theocracies. The Problem is of course that in many cases the "Presidents" are "President for life" and or have their Family inherited the position, either per rule or de factor. Which means that they call themselves republic but are actually monarchies, like North Korea for example. Rule of thumb: if something calls itself "democratic republic of XY", avoid it like the plague. Take germanies for example! One Germany was named "Federal Republic of Germany" (for you perhaps "West Germany"). The other Germany was named "German Democratic Republic" ("east Germany"). One of these had/has actual elections and freedom of political Emanzipation the other one had to shot their citizens in order to keep them there.

[@callowaymotorcompany]

The vast majority of brutal dictatorships call or called themselves republics, not democratic republics. Chile, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Egypt, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Syria, the list goes on. Shooting your citizens to keep them in the country happens in almost all dictatorships, regardless of what they choose to label their sham democracy as. A better rule of thumb is to just avoid dictatorships in general like the plague.

[@nenu]

In relation to the question on the Bourbons The history of Europe up until the XX century can easily be explained by a war between different royal families - House of Burgundy (main branch, the Habsburg) - House of Capet (main branch, the Bourbon) .... Since the 1300s the spanish territories were ruled by the House of Burgundy, until the king Charles II died in 1700 with no offspring and the war of Spanish Succession ended with the House of Capet taking control of Spain, with the Bourbon family in charge.

[@fritoss3437]

You should watch "how France is on is 5 republic ?

[@lawrencegough]

The US also had a tiny little civil war, so it's not exactly as stable as you seem to think! Also, Spain was neutral (mostly) during WWII.

[@SoGal_YT]

Very true, and I should have mentioned that. But despite the war, our federal government remained intact, and even held presidential elections nationally during the war. Of course, it would be a whole different story if the south had won.

[@lawrencegough]

@@SoGal_YT I play a lot of war games, although not many ACW. But I recall that the 1864 election was a pretty crucial event. I'm guessing not much voting from Alabama etc.

[@tetrarchy2211]

While the coup technically started it the civil war had already been going on for years. The liberal authority Don Salvador de Madariaga said before the war even stated "One hundred and sixty Churches totally destroyed and two hundred and fifty-one set on fire or otherwise attacked; two hundred and sixty-nine persons murdered and twelve hundred and eighty-seven injured; sixty-nine political premises destroyed; one hundred and thirteen general strikes and two hundred and twenty-eight partial strikes, as well as many more other cases of other forms of violence."

[@deaks25]

The war between Spain and American is literally known as the Spanish-American War, and occurred in 1898 but didn't last very long. It's often overlooked as the major events involve struggle for control of Pacific islands rather than "major" territory. The Spanish Civil War was essentially a form of proxy war where the major powers contributed equipment and "volunteers" to fight, on their ideological side, and included fighters from a huge number of nations; Germany, Italy, Soviet Russia, France, Portugal, even some from the US. There was a theoretical arms embargo, but it was basically each side protecting the import of its own equipment while trying to catch the other side doing the same, which could have triggered WWII early, these were known as "Neutrality Patrols" A lot of theories on how a 'modern' war would be conducted were developed from observations during the Spanish Civil War, including the use (or not) of independent tank units that lead to what is now called the Blitzkrieg concept and use of close air support and also influenced future developments into WWII. In some ways you have to divorce the US Republican Party from the term Republic, a Republic is a form of government that does not have any kind of Monarchy and instead elects its government (But is not necessarily a democracy), so the US is a democratic republic in government type. In revolutionary terms, a Republican is working to overthrow the existing monarchy, in the Spanish Civil War, the Republican's were trying to overthrow the existing government and established order and introduce a 'people's' government (Hence why the Soviets were very supportive and contributed a lot of men and equipment), whereas Nationalists were fighting against the populists, ie were the made up of traditionalist, monarchists, aristocracy and wealthy types, hence why the Nazi's and Fascists were so involved; trying to help the 'superiors' or 'elite' maintain control.

[@jamesbooth3694]

17:10 it wasn't rly the case that monarchies "came back into fashion". Its more along the lines that as Franko was dictator, he chose to reinstall the monarchy with him at the head. Spanish relationships with their King's be complicated

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

Franco brought back the monarchy to appease the monarchist faction of the nationalists, which outnumbered the republican nationalists such as the falangists.

[@kittykatt3316]

Guns are prohibited here in Spain (you have to have a license, and to have a license you have to have another license that shows that you are part of a working group, or hunter, that can legally have guns) and the type of fire arms you can have even with a license is limited

[@marignanofils866]

Hey! Great that you found this video so informative, and interesting that it left you with more questions than answers(!); Just to clarify - Spain did not fight in WW2; in fact neither did neighbouring Portugal. This is the reason the fascist dictatorships in both these countries survived WW2 all the way into the 1970's, whereas the regimes of Hitler and Mussolini fell. Today, there are a surprising number of European countries which are still monarchies and not republics; Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden (still ruled by Marshal Bernadotte's descendants), and UK. There are also a number of small states which survived the fall of the German Empire and other vagaries of History; The Principality of Monaco, the Grand Duchy of Liechtenstein, and the Co-Principality of Andorra. Today, monarchies in Western Europe are constitutional monarchies, where the Sovereign has a ceremonial function and has no executive power. The Bourbons of France and most monarchies in Europe in 18th/19th centuries were absolutist monarchies, where the rulers (esp. in France) ruled by decree.

[@jensschroder8214]

Wasn't it Franco who decided that the time in Madrid should be the same as in Berlin? France got the same time zone as Germany during the occupation. It stayed that way. Only England and Portugal are one hour earlier.

[@martinmorles1]

Yes , the Bourbons came to the throne following the war of Spanish succession in the 18th century, with louis 14 grandson It was restored cause the nationalists won the civil war, and they were pro monarch

[@Tarantio1983]

There are numerous nations in Europe that have a democratic legislative branch (similar to the US Congress or UK Parliament) with a monarchal executive branch, these include: - * Belgium * Denmark * Luxembourg * the Netherlands * Spain * Sweden * Andorra * Liechtenstein * Monaco * Norway * the United Kingdom * the Vatican City (the Pope is a king in his own right, but 1 that is elected)

[@Tarantio1983]

The thing is most every government has 3 branches: - 1. the legislative (the parliamentary committee that makes laws); 2. the judiciary (the law enforcement agencies and courts that maintain law and order); and 3. the executive (the C level executives in the company, i.e. Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Military Officer, etc). In most republics, the Executive Branch is filled with elected officials. This also holds true for most modern Constitutional Monarchies, like you see in Europe (where a monarch agrees to pass some executive functions to an elected official in exchange for more leisure time to fritter away their vast wealth)! However, in absolute monarchies these roles are filled by the monarch and their families (see Saudi Arabia, Brunei, or the historical kingdoms of medieval Europe) ... this statement also holds true for totalitarian dictatorships (see North Korea and to a lesser extent China, Russia and certain African nations like Zimbabwe)!

[@Nonsense010688]

12:53 you have. Epic history mentioned the term because during the Napoleonic wars spain also was ruled by a Junta.

[@untruelie2640]

After 1898, Spain only retained a handful of minor colonies in Africa: Rio Muni (today Equatorial Africa), Rio d'Oro (today Western Sahara), the Canary Islands and some parts of Morocco, including the northern coast which is located very close to Spain (the rest of the country was a french protectorate). The "Army of Africa" was the main occupational force in northern Morocco. (The USA annexed the former spanish colonies of the Philippines, Guam, Cuba and Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War of 1898. Later, the US installed a puppet government in Cuba which was overthrown in 1959 by Castro's revolution.)

[@condedooku9750]

Correction, the Canary Islands were not colonies, in fact they had been autonomous communities with representation in the Spanish government since the beginning of the 19th century.

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. I think you need to find a more serious, detailed and educational series of videos on this subject. This was a bit too flippant for me. I also think you're going to need TWO lifetimes! Lol. Stay safe. All the best to you.

[@classiclife7204]

I agree. On the whole, KZbin is pretty "flippant", almost to the exclusion of all other styles. History vids are popular here, and I wish they were better than the jokey, meme-y stuff that infests this platform.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

@@classiclife7204 the best channel that avoids this is Epic History TV. I want more BBC2 historical documentary style videos and less unfunny geeks.

[@eukarya_]

About the Bourbons in Spain, yes, they got to the Spanish throne effectively in the year 1714 with the king Philip V (who was closely related to the French Bourbons) after the Spanish Succession War and reigned the country until 1931 (with two interruptions caused by two other dynasties and a republic, none of which lasted long) with the proclamation of the 2nd Spanish Republic. Then the whole Civil War happened and Franco decided that a Bourbon king would continue with his traditionalistic government. And so Franco appointment Juan Carlos as the King of Spain, who took possession of the crown in 1975. And yes, Juan Carlos is descendant of Philip V and thus is related to the French Bourbons from the French Revolution.

[@Homelandz]

The war taught a lot of lessons to the germans. The Luftwaffe developed and perfected the very concept of strategic bombing in Spain (check out Condor Legion if you're interested). Regarding tanks, after WWI, when tanks were really bulky and slow, the focus was on speed, and everybody developed fast, agile light tanks conceived as infantery support. The thing is, no matter how maneuverable, light tanks were defeated in the spanish battlefields by heavier tanks with thick armour the light tanks couldn't pierce. The germans noticed this and reoriented their tank programme, the British and the French were not involved and didn't update neither hardware nor doctrine. The war also convinced Hitler of western democracies weakness, or unwillingness, to intervene and stop him. The poor showing of soviet tanks and planes let him know of soviet vulnerability.

[@melkor3496]

Germany lended the nationalist side military equipment or so called lend lease and they had volunteer units fighting for the nationalist as well. They also had their Air Force the luftwaffe helping in Spain too.

[@lawrencegough]

The Soviet union did similar for the Republican side, which obviously helped increase the power of the Communists versus the Anarchists and other parts of the Republican coalition.

[@Luisite98]

The Spanish Civil war is a very controversial topic here un Spain, many people lost relatives, and although some time has happened, many people are still afected by the result of it and the dictatorship that came after

[@williamcrawford7621]

Oh please, if you wish to learn more, please watch the two part video on the Spanish Civil War that is part of the "between two wars" series. It will hopefully explain things more in depth.

[@bryanwolfe6975]

My great grandfather was from Melón Ourense, Galicia, Spain 🇪🇸 and he had to flee from Spain to Cuba 🇨🇺 because of the war. He was 19 years old when he fled the country with only one of his brothers 😬

[@shanenolan8252]

Good movie about this called land and freedom , 90s about a guy serving in the international brigade , foreign volunteers from various counties

[@Davey-Boyd]

Great film

[@shanenolan8252]

@@Davey-Boyd agreed

[@jimmyincredible3141]

You should definately do a video about forms of governments^^

[@RodolfoGaming]

16:45 - Yes its the same Bourbon family. Spain and Naples had Habsburg (Austrian) kings until early 18th century when the war of the spanish succession led to the french installing bourbon family members in the thrones of Spain and Naples. Spain still has them on the throne to this day barring the regime of franco and those 5 years of the republic preceeding it

[@SoGal_YT]

Wow - I really know nothing about how monarchies work over in Europe. It seems so complicated to me, lol. But thanks for letting me know about the Bourbons.

[@RodolfoGaming]

@@SoGal_YT no worries that's what we're here for also.

[@YourNewAesthetic88]

The main technological change was the heavy use of aircraft, they had been used to an extent in World War 1 but this was the first war in which they played a major role. The Spanish themselves didn't have much of an air force at the time but both Italy and Nazi Germany both sent planes (and troops) to aid Franco. Take a look at the bombing of Guernica (weirdly not featured in that video despite being arguably the most iconic and disturbing part of the war) the Luftwaffe essentially used that as a practice run for their bombings of other European cities during WW2. Also, Spain had a protectorate in Morroco (one part along the Mediterranean coast the other in the south bordering their Spanish Saharan colony - now Western Sahara), the territory was designated to them by France who controlled Morocco at the time. To this day there are still two Spanish cities (Ceuta and Melilla) enclaved 'in' Morocco.

[@tritojean7549]

so the spanish-american war was in 1898 it started when an american ship exploded near spanish's new world territories and they accused spain of attacking them so war at the end USA won and get porto rico and the phillipines as colonies and freed cuba. and yes the spanish king is related to the french ones as louis XIV basically put a relative on the throne of spain (see war of the spanish succession)

[@thierryf67]

the "right" and the "left" in US, now, are very close each other. The right and left of the Spain Civil War were much more distant, politically. There was much more anger, i think.

[@RodolfoGaming]

A junta is a local council that administrates a city/suburbs only. The body of regional government in both spain and portugal

[@roerd]

In this case, "junta" refers to a military regime though, as it also often does in South American history.

[@RodolfoGaming]

Normally here administration encompasses defence of the city too yes

[@roerd]

@@RodolfoGaming That's not what I meant. I'm talking about military leaders that also assume control of civil government.

[@Elanus19]

Put simply: After years of medieval and post-medieval monarchies, two royal houses would end up reigning over most of europe. The House of Bourbon and the House of Habsburg. The Habsburgs were mostly prevalent in Austria and Germany whilst the Bourbons would mostly be in Spain and France. Rather then either of these two houses "winning" over the other one, they both sort of just crumbled in the wake of democracy and other competitors (Houses of Romanov, Hohenzollern, Hannover etc etc).

[@Orlunu]

It's a mildly biased view of the war, but I guess that's the nature of reacting to videos. Still interesting to see your first exposure to it.

[@emperorofrome692]

A Junta is a government lead by the military. The term is Spanish and was popularized during Napoleon's Invasion of Spain, just like the term "Guerilla Warfare". Many Spanish cities and provinces were seized by the Spanish military and local militias, who placed themselves on the local councils to try and maintain control. They called themselves "Junta", meaning council in Spanish. It's pronounced "Hoonta" by the way. Today the term almost always refers to a military dictatorship that seizes power after a coup. The number of military dictatorships throughout history is staggering.

[@nenu]

The kingdom of Morocco became a protectorate, with southern Morocco controlled by the French and northern Morocco controlled by the spaniards until the 1950s Furthermore, the territory of Western Sahara (disputed territory which Morocco considers part of their kingdom) had been a spanish colony from the 1800s until 1977 Because of this, Spain had strong military posts in those lands

[@FACup-eu2dt]

In Great Britain, we have a Constitutional Monarch. (Queen Elizabeth II). She is the figurehead of the nation, but does not hold absolute power, which went out with King Charles I. In short, she is our Queen because we say so. She reigns but does not rule. (She's a sweetheart).

[@michaeltp6730]

Hey, nice video! As a spaniard yes, the civil war still have an impact to todays politics but it is too complex to give you a good explanation so i won't do so. I recommend you the movie While At War, it's about a very important spanish writer who first supported the nationalist but then he regrets that, it is a pretty good movie

[@cjrecio5702]

You should watch more videos about Spain like the unique cultures and languages like Basque and Catalan.

[@dustman0048]

ArE yOu sPaNiSh ?

[@cjrecio5702]

@@dustman0048 A quadrilingual immigrant in Spain.

[@dustman0048]

@@cjrecio5702 Ohh ok...I'm French by the way but my grand mother is Spanish (she fled Franco in Spain and goes to France) but if you are an immigrant what is your birth country ?

[@cjrecio5702]

@@dustman0048 The Philippines. I’ve been living in Spain for five years.

[@fraso7331]

A Junta is a council or regional administration or a council of administration.

[@daniellastuart3145]

A Junta is another word for Military government

[@vms77]

In fact is a word that means "together"

[@karlgrimm3027]

I think you may have confused the Mexican-American War with the Spanish-American War. The Mexicans had declared independence before the Mexican-American War so the Spanish were uninvolved. In the Spanish-American War the USA took Cuba, Puerto Rico, and The Philippines.

[@SoGal_YT]

I'm sure I was pretty confused about it since I don't know much about either.

[@R4M_Tommy]

You might want to look at something about the Italian reunification wars. 3 wars (or 4, depends who you ask) in 23 years, unofficial conquering of half the nation and more.

[@johnsimmons5951]

When I visited Hawaii and heard what happened to the monarchy and the palaces, to me it sounded just like what happened when the Russian revolution gave birth to the USSR. To me republics are just anti monarchy & mostly socialist/communist

[@volkerkonrad8937]

I recommend to you the KZbin Channel called "Kings and Generals". Especially the Video "Aurelian: Emperor Who Restored the World". Just because he is one of my favorite roman Emperors:) it also shows why it was so unbelievable that the roman empire could fall. It just survived so many Crysis before. p.s. I really like your videos and i think it is admirable and brave what you do:)

[@SoGal_YT]

I did their video on Trafalgar as part of my Napoleonic Wars series. They did a good job on that video I thought.

[@EricIrl]

The main reasons behind the Spanish Civil War were - general fear of Communism, opposition to Communism by the Catholic Church and conservative institutions in Spain and also legacy issues over regional autonomy (which still causes problems today). "Junta" is pronounced "Hunta". There was an attempted right wing coup in Spain in 1981. Spain still has fault lines. Spanish Republicanism has no link to what Americans refer to as "Republican". The US once did have a monarch. They deliberately revolted to get rid of the Monarch. Germany, Italy and Russia used the Spanish Civil War as a technical proving ground for some of their latest weaponry, particularly aircraft. For example, some of the earliest versions of Luftwaffe aircraft that became very important in World War 2 had their first exposure to combat in Spain. These included the Messerschmitt 109 fighter, the Junkers Ju87 Stuka dive bomber and the Heinkel He111 medium bomber. The Luftwaffe sent many aircraft to Spain to assist the Nationalists. They even set up a special unit called The Condor Legion. So not only did the new aircraft get a good try out - but also Luftwaffe pilots, aircrew and ground crew learned how to work and fight effectively with these new technologies. A large part of Germany's successes in the first two years of World War 2 came about due to the lessons learned in Spain.

[@starrynight1657]

The US revolted because they wanted the British to pay for their protection from colonial rivals and their wars against native Americans.

[@WYKlaure]

Gunlaws in Spain are kind off strict. A household (not a person, a family) can own no more thatn 6 rifles and can only take them outside on hunting season. If you own a gun you must regularly ( months or a year i dont know) go to the police station so they can take inventory. Yoi have to take some sort of psicological test if you want a licence or to ahve said licence renewed after some time. Getting a handgun is quite hard I believe, unless you participate in some sort of shooting sport and conditions might be different if you are federated. I do not own guns, so my info might be a little off, but you get the gst of it.

[@mickmartin4681]

You are cool as hell. Now you've gone past the stuff I knew!!! Wooo

[@DidacGarcia98]

A republican government can be Totalitarian (actual China) or democratic (actual France) , and that works with monarchies too. The fact of being right or left wing changes the ideology , but there's not an specific way of rulling a country for each, it depends.

[@ppcc5340]

Although Republican forms of government tend to align better with left wing ideologies, while Monarchies, as inheritance from the past, usually find better support in right wing conservative ideologies. But yeah, just a trend, you can definitely have left wing favorable to monarchy (or at least tolerate it) as for the British Labour, for example.

[@andyp5899]

Spain declared itself neutral during WWII which is why it was chosen by MI5 for operation Mincemeat AKA 'The man who never was'

[@touralba]

I think you confused the uprising of Bourbon supporters in southern France when the British entered France in 1813. The royalty were not there or came from there. The Bourbons were the hereditary royalty of France. During the French Revolution they were killed or exiled. Whilst in exile various groups in France still showed popular support for them. King Louis XVIII (formerly son of the Dauphin) was in exile until taking the throne after Napoleon's first abdication.

[@zarabada6125]

Many of the French monarchs were sons of the Dauphin, as that was a title given to the first in line to the throne. Louis XVIII was also brother of the Dauphin (future Louis XVI) and uncle of the Dauphin (future Louis XVII and his elder brother, Louis Joseph).

[@lilacfiddler1]

Junta- (pronounced hunta), a group of generals that form a government

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That is a military junta, it can be also a civilian one

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Hey please Sogal reply why didn't you react to the fallen of ww2?

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Hi, I haven't done it because I've already seen it multiple times before in the past. I don't mind doing it on this channel, but it would be less of a "reaction" video and more of a discussion video.