British Colonization of Africa | Animated History

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Austin, Gareth. “African Economic Development and Colonial Legacies.” International Development Policy | Revue internationale de politique de développement. Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, December 14, 2009. journals.openedition.org/pold....
Embry, Kristi N. “The Entente Cordiale between England and France, 8 April 1904.” Branch Collective. www.branchcollective.org/?ps_a....
Herbst, Jeffrey. States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control. 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015.
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James, Lawrence. The Rise and Fall of the British Empire. London: Abacus, 2013.
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Hey uh will you do british occupation of Aden/yemen (my country)

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[@Wet_Sandwich]

Wars in Europe: *Ends Europe: ITS TIME FOR AFRICA

[@evilnet1]

Germany: "Can I have a bigger piece of Africa Pwease". Britain and France: "No" Germany: *incoherent screeching and smashing keyboard*

[@fenneyah]

Other way around, really. It was the scramble for Africa that diverted the Europeans from their time-honoured practice of slaughtering and oppressing each other.

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[@agravemisunderstanding9668]

Neck snapping as their heads rotate 180 degrees towards cape town

[@kingace6186]

Funny enough that was what contributed War to start in Europe again... and also simultaneously on a global scale.

[@antitroller101]

British ship gunner (in Egypt): So what part of the city are we shelling British captain: *Yes*

[@AryaWibu]

Britain: *Nice city you got there. It'd be a shame if something were to happen to it*

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[@stahlhelmturtle9822]

@@byproductofcheese Boers*

[@byproductofcheese]

@@stahlhelmturtle9822 thanks

[@Christopher-N]

"George, the British Empire at present covers a quarter of the globe, while the German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in Tanganyika. I hardly think that we can be entirely absolved of blame on the imperialistic front." -- Capt E. Blackadder

[@davidsurtees4439]

I see your a man of culture

[@octaviusgalacticus2253]

I live in south Africa they colonized our entire continent except for Ethiopia and they still have our diamond in the queens sceptre which came from my country

[@Flamechr]

@@octaviusgalacticus2253 then the British queen could at least visit south africa an do some hearts and mind work. Schools hospitals ect 😆

[@Britton_Thompson]

True, but in fairness to George, it was one very impressive sausage factory

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

@@octaviusgalacticus2253 i assume they didn't pay you afterwards or helped you with infras when you became independent

[@nickomode7901]

The level of detail within the "cartoons" is astounding. The accuracy of the British uniforms and firearms depicted is spot on. Very well done.

[@mikeantonin7580]

I'm African and I've learnt more from this video than I have from any history class I've taken. I like how you've also clearly shown the steady deletion of African history, especially in the West African Kingdoms. Thank you.

[@francisnwadike9505]

African is not a country a we Africa are still making they same mistake just call the name of the country u from please

[@mikeantonin7580]

@@francisnwadike9505 I understand your concern, I really do. But I do have valid reasons for saying Africa rather than Kenya. 1. It's true, I am African 2. The content of this video spanned across a large chunk of the continent, not to mention the fact that none of the major events that caught my attention happened in Kenya. 3. I love African history, the only problem is that information concerning our history is relatively scarce and difficult to come by, that's why I don't really care what part of the continent it came from, I take it anyway. It was more fitting to use the term African in this context.

[@mycatisaslayqueen9778]

I didn't know there was a library in Kumasi, Ghana. And people like to say that we can't read or don't have any written history😠

[@Anandaapologetics]

@@mikeantonin7580 my brother I’m white and do African history as study the information is there and there’s plenty of it your not looking

[@mikeantonin7580]

@@Anandaapologetics You missed my point. I was saying that our history lessons at school do not have any of this information at all and that's just sad and appalling.

[@johnhannibal5108]

Armchair Historian: Britain was a cruel imperial power Belgium: slinks off

[@lordcharles9786]

France aswell

[@foam3132]

Oi Belgium, where the fak do u think ur going Also France hasn't left Africa yet

[@frog6581]

@@foam3132 belgium didnt leave, Belgian congo...

[@fredroberts8275]

@@UncleAlf1889 And that justifies European imperialism, how?

[@dominickdallas1752]

Belgium: Hold my African severed hand

[@romeoroberts8647]

Britain: Bloody hell Germany is too big! Also Britain: **literally had half of the world with france***

[@tookie5391]

But British is the biggest Empire in history and also the Greatest. France was the UK rival for centuries but when they invaded they ask the UK to help them 😭😭🤣

[@yummyfuzz1]

I believe it was 2/3 of the globe was under British rule with the assistance of the East Indian trade company. France was always a enemy or cordial ally when useful to the UK.

[@chalaars2939]

Well it more closer to 1/3

[@mrbrainbob5320]

@@yummyfuzz1 no it wasnt britian only had 25%

[@turmuthoer]

"George, the British Empire at present covers a quarter of the globe, while the German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in Tanganyika."

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I do it too. I work from home and just put this guy on autoplay

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[@JustAnNPC69]

It’s mind boggling how a relatively small Island Nation like Britain managed subjugate an entire continent.

[@kstreet7438]

And more really.

[@samoldfield5220]

More like 4 continents. North America, Africa, India and Australia.

[@Nugcon]

rule Britannia intensifies

[@endo4137]

Guns baby, they're miracle workers. Besides, things were different back then, you cut off the head of the snake and the body dies, like the video shows, you Dethrone the ruling monarch and make puppet states... You get a colony

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

They're now paying the price May the Queen burn in hell

[@darthstarkiller6605]

Africa exists Belgium: So I just started chopping hands

[@michaelsoland3293]

Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if Belgium takes the cake for worst atrocities committed on a large scale in Africa, although some of the more recent (20th century) civil wars might win.

[@xyzaero9656]

The "chopping hands" thing was more of an African thing and nothing the Belgians did. African enslaved soldiers had to bring a right hand for every bullet they did not return to the arsenal to prevent the blacks from stealing. What the black slaves then did, was to chop off the right hands of their fellow men, to put bullets aside for an upcoming revolt against the Belgians. Chopping off limbs is an african cultural thing .. not very common in the West

[@natenae8635]

XYZ AERO Stop speaking fuckery the west chopped off hands Belgium 🇧🇪 did do such a practice

[@AuraSanatrix]

It wasn't Belgium it was Leopold

[@natenae8635]

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[@chaosXP3RT]

President Xi? What're you doing here?

[@TheLoraxshadenough]

When the Chinese president hears Hong Kong demanding rights

[@rumo893]

It is win-win. For now. Just not for us. China bought many UN Votes for a credit of how much? Not more than 20 Billion. In Loans. That is one heck of a deal for UN Legitimization.

[@KJ-is5ug]

Atleast, Chinese builds infrastructures in Africa while benefiting themselves then leaving trails of destruction by the Europeans.

[@KJ-is5ug]

China has also been a victim of colonization in the past.

[@jxc1640]

African country: *resists against the British* Britain: "so anyway, I started blasting"

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Great work. Thank you for publishing it.

[@Live_your_Dreams_Everyday]

We should never forget that an additional victim of the British Empire was Britain's own working underclass suffering terrible poverty or dying in the army etc. Only a very few prospered.

[@dontgivamonkeyz]

The ethnic English had always suffered at the hands of the ruling classes, many of those in power were descendants of William the conquerors noblemen or the b#$tard himself.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@dontgivamonkeyz the thing is , most ties to him were severed during the Plantagenets, in which they abandoned anything the Normans inherited from the Frankish Kingdom, including the French language 😅 it birthed the identity of “English” as we know it today (If you don’t believe me, try and read old English…) Surnames, royal titles and formalities in Britain are more scattered than any other country, and it’s funnily enough due to the amount of British aristocrats who died in war because they didn’t duck when being shot at. You know, to commit to the whole “stiff upper lip” tradition. The issue with William the Conqueror is that he simply inherited a vacant throne and was very willing to keep things the same. A Norseman conquering other Norsemen and Germanic peoples. Protestantism and the civil war was the final cut off point in which anything in relation to Rome or Normandy was simply recognition, such as the coat of arms motto or the Roman names for places. Remember royals married other royals in Europe in order for an increase in power (William of Orange)

[@awfan221]

Yes but their children and grandchildren reaped the benefits of the industrial revolution and industrialization, which was in part possible due to the stealing of African resources

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@awfan221 in part possible? The Industrial Revolution was solely the responsibility of Britain. Britain is small, sure, but they had enough resources for their own country’s industrialisation, and you can’t loot knowledge either.

[@tavishnundoo6002]

@@awfan221 No African colonies was profitable.There only two exceptions South Africa where all the resources went to sustain itself and the Congo under Leopold

[@realhawaii5o]

Other countries: Sure, Portugal can connect Angola and Mozambique Britain: I'm sorry? I need to build a railway and I can't have it run through my oldest ally, I need to hold it directly.

[@_badger_9902]

But of course.

[@sampeckston6639]

I found out recently that Mozambique is about to become 1st world country soon.Not related to what you said but I thought I'd say it

[@elijahmonreal1027]

@@sampeckston6639 mozambique is sadly a third world country, it's more violent than malawi

[@sampeckston6639]

@@elijahmonreal1027 I searched up African countrys that are about to become 1st world countries and it said Mozambique was about to become one.

[@stephen9381]

@@sampeckston6639 it’ll only become a 2nd world country in the next 20 years, that is if China doesn’t interfere with debt

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Fun fact: The zulu monarchy still exists today and still has power in Kwazulu-Natal

[@Artur_M.]

Ashanti (or Asante) monarchy also still exist within modern Ghana. The current king (Asantehene) being Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II.

[@johnwitek4891]

@Tattle Boad In a monarchy he has every right to have slaves under the law. In America it goes past what is morally right or wrong becuase America is built on the idea that every citizen in a way rules america and that all men are created equal which means the government can't legally keep people enslaved

[@Ethan-cz8xq]

@@johnwitek4891 All slavery is wrong, and slavery was legal in America. Heck, the Constitution even contains the three-fifths compromise (see Article 1, Section 2), which is based on slavery. Slavery is not justified by the cultural or legal situation of the time. Also, Tattle Boad, the confederate statues are torn down because they honor people who rebelled against the United States in the defense of slavery. They should not be honored. Finally, owning slaves was not the worst thing Shaka did.

[@oscargurdian9389]

John Witek being a monarchy doesnt make slavery any better lmao. but fr the statues being taken down is ridiculous

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Tattle Boad y are u bringing modern politics into this ur just ruining the vid

[@dustin628]

Wow this animation is incredible! And it takes up the entire giant phone screen without having to zoom in and lose anything. Amazing 👏

[@kobenaarthurjr.3201]

Great video and perspective! More videos about Africa’s history would be great! I officially subscribed because of this unbiased and well researched video!

[@ronaldgrove3283]

The Armchair Historian hasn't done a video on the Opium War, and you want more videos in Africa ? He already did the Boer War and Africa in WW1 ?

[@granttherailfan6344]

“This time with the Kingdom of Benin.” Ok cool so they’re in Beni- “Located in modern day Nigeria.” *Visible Confusion*

[@tenko5541]

Benin is just west Nigeria that speaks French.

[@kelvincity848]

@@tenko5541 no theres also an ancient city of benin in modern day Nigeria that had a long ancient lasting civilization till the British occupied it 1897 and burned the city down am Nigerian so that's the history of benin in Nigeria not benin republic that's speaks french

[@tenko5541]

@@kelvincity848 yes I know, I was just telling joke. It's a shame they destroyed that city.

[@kelvincity848]

@@tenko5541 yes broh not only they burned it down the lutted ancient artifacts in the king , oba of benin palace thousands of it such as bronze casting which is now in a British museum stored there till today . But the city as being rebuild back and it's monarchy restored back but it's now on his past glory not as interesting as it was before the British invades the land .

[@chelseacomps829]

The real Benin is in Nigeria, the republic of Benin 🇧🇯 is just a French colonial state that took the name of Benin

[@Nietabs]

Scramble for Africa be like: "you're being liberated, please do not resist"

[@mrluk-ci4os]

more like "youre being civilized, please do not resist

[@comradepolarbear6920]

@Spartan 506 enslaved, don't forget that

[@zacharyfelder6604]

@Spartan 506 not much development happend during colonization, Africa is still largely under developed.

[@travishylton6976]

@Spartan 506 not true

[@Rin_Animations]

@Spartan 506 yeah cause steel doesn’t naturally occur, but they have lots of iron

[@grabkem]

Great video: Would be interesting to see more in depth videos of the individual African Kingdom battles with d colonial powers or even inter kingdom battles that were influenced by the divide and conquer strategy from a colonial power

[@lucidlight6464]

Amazing job in covering such a long period of British invasion of Africa in a short video. Of course it’s abbreviated but informative none the less. More videos covering Africa would be appreciated.

[@louis4949]

Something about Germany in Africa would be cool, especially in East and South-West Africa. Portugal would be another interesting one

[@henrywalker8287]

yeh Germany would be interesting as they are a fairly new country in relative terms

[@menacingemoji6550]

Fred’s leg

[@ab9840]

The UK. and Portugal have been allies since both signed the Treaty of Windsor in 1386. But in Africa, the UK. got heavy handed with there ally Portugal. Portugal claimed the land in-between Angola and Mozambique but some said that would derail Rhodes plan to construct a North to South railway through UK. African territories. In the end, in 1890 after the UK. gave Portugal an ultimatum, Portugal had no choice but to drop there claim. The following explains it all - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Map

[@andreylucass]

German presence in Africa was small.

[@alHailHale]

@@andreylucass Small but pretty significant, the German's controlled my country of Cameroon, which is almost double the size of the whole of Great Britain.

[@johnc4122]

Meanwhile in Belgium: *"Bingo bongo gimme dat Congo"*

[@shieldwolfminiatures8645]

A black stain on Belgian history unfortunately...

[@tonit4233]

Leopold III to the natives: gimme those hands

[@yeetmcskeet6872]

Congolese Africans: This is our rightful land and you must leave! Belgium: Bongo Bongo Bongo I dont wanna leave the Congo.

[@markyv2295]

@@tonit4233 Gabon gadan give me those hands

[@Liveforgamingman]

@@tonit4233 It's Leopold ll. Leopold lll was king during the second world war. There's a thing or two to be said about him as well, but that an whole other story.

[@el_iron_duke]

France and Britain: **Suddenly Stops Fighting** Africa: _Tortured Screaming_

[@tours7325]

@Joshua Payne True. But they still have the most foreign territories out of any nation.

[@westay4924]

@Joshua Payne they're still more powerful than any african nation though...

[@MasterGamer-qo3rx]

@@westay4924 that's not saying much since they stole from Africa...

[@westay4924]

@@MasterGamer-qo3rx donated back 10s of billions

[@MasterGamer-qo3rx]

@@westay4924 yes but they have over a trillion American dollars that still belongs to Africa. Much of that includes resources, artifacts, and labor cost.

[@jeanpierrereynoso-fournel005]

Thank you for uploading!

[@jovanchakraborty7384]

Britain: Hmm nice place Also Britain: *burns the entire city*.

[@sjappiyah4071]

Jormangandur83 Benin city, Kumasi etc... Did you not watch the video ? 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@ChestOfDoom]

@@sjappiyah4071 woosh

[@toastysroastys7622]

@@ChestOfDoom how?

[@KJ-is5ug]

SJW’s..

[@niccolopaganini4268]

@@toastysroastys7622 Because there was no city left afterwards

[@oakist628]

British colonization of the Middle East French colonization of Africa Italo-Turkish war Russia conquest or Central Asia and Caucuses Would all be interesting videos

[@nikirki25]

A caucus is when a bunch of politicians walk around talking, in order to achieve nothing (usually). Caucasus is a mountainous region on the border of Europe and Asia. I don't like to correct people's spelling but this one is my pet-peeve. Sorry.

[@alpha-1730]

Yeah, you don’t hear much of Imperial Russia, that would be interesting.

[@mrpyro1991]

Or we looking for the colonial expansion of Austria-Hungary, Denmark and the Netherlands. I mean Dutch East India is a interesting part of history.

[@oliverrevis4190]

When it comes to colonisation in Africa would mostly hear about Britains role it would be rlly interesting to see the history of French involvment in the region

[@James-jl4jt]

Yes especially the russian conquest of central asia

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

Sounds great! Love your work!

[@agravemisunderstanding9668]

Nice place you got here. Love the decor. Anyway on with the demolition.

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

The British just got the both the Biggest L and Biggest W in their military history when fighting in South Africa

[@_____5979]

Sad my country

[@johnconnor2572]

@UCM93aa63Qnh0aAlclRWCi4Q Is there any real conflict in human history that didn't involve the commission of war cimes? I'm not at all condoning colonization but at the end of the day we're all still animals in fancy suits. Even with all of our treaties, pacts and conventions it still happens today unfortunately Edit: Unless it's a glitch apparently Mr. War Crimes has left the chat and taken his previous comment with him

[@lubu2960]

@@johnconnor2572 at the end of the day, that's an excuse, saying it was common only makes it worse

[@johnconnor2572]

@@lubu2960 So what we're not animals, and it isn't common? Those aren't opinions they're facts. It sucks but unless we go through some sort of major evolutionary change it won't cease. Not that we're shouldn't try our hardest to be humane in the meantime

[@wavyy]

John Connor so you’re saying that the amount of cruelty is not important because wars are part of human history? What a foolish way of thinking. The quantity is a very important factor

[@toastedvegemite9963]

TLDR; The British deliberated long and hard about how to ease tensions of the land they just invaded and decided on the appropriate decision of burning it all down

[@mercury6800]

Ezy win

[@michaelsoland3293]

@@60508 That is the most fucked up and best description ever! Nice.

[@williamthompson1537]

Can't argue who lives where if there are no houses left.

[@jmadmaxx7295]

my name ss not huts, but whole ass cities, which were made of dried mud, AKA, brick, which British cities were as well.

[@usejasiri]

Not to mention they stole cultural artifacts

[@AshleyDownTranmissionSociety]

great video as always. Can we have some more focused ones about specific African countries? e.g. a more detailed look at Benin, and how that ended up as Nigeria.

[@hapa7791]

Brits helped Muslim elites oppressed Christian minority, and Muslims elites protest to stop Brits leaving after US and USSR’s so called decolonization.

[@thesebastanian567]

I have an idea for a video you should do a video on the ‘Evolution of British army uniforms’ I think it would be a good idea to add to the list of videos on military uniforms especially the American and Russian videos Anyway hope to see your newest video and continue creating incredible history content!

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

Good news...

[@thesebastanian567]

@@theanglo-lithuanian1768 yes I said that months before they uploaded that video

[@roundhousetrainspotting]

Now Africa is colonised by Transnational cooperations.

[@jukebox_heroperson3994]

China mostly

[@bigredwolf6]

jukebox_hero person shhh you’ll make the shills angry

[@SGT676]

Whinnie the pooh doesnt liked to be called out

[@lubu2960]

western imperialism just changed

[@lettuceman9439]

Hon hon hon

[@thepassanajournals8964]

“The Ashanti king turned Mcarthy’s skull into a gold rimmed drinking Cup that he would drink out of for years to come.” Damn that’s brutal

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

Yeah...but it would make for a hell of a cup

[@zamokuhlethusi2964]

Not nearly as brutal as the subjugation of an entire race of native people, it does make for a blinged-out pimp cup though lol

[@danielc9967]

And when he was later killed, his wife led a second rebellion m she was even crazier

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

@@danielc9967 "There's nothing more terrifying than a hearthbroken woman"

[@Meloncholymadness]

Yeah that's pretty cool.

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Great video, looking forward to your next videos❣

[@jorenbosmans8065]

Really Nice detail that when talking about the Dutch spice trade, all the spices in the crates are written in Dutch. Also, a Nice video.

[@crashmanno4933]

Honestly I would absolutely love more coverage on African history as a whole.

[@usejasiri]

There are better channels for that, run by Africans themselves

[@javohnbdyer5456]

@@usejasiri give us links then

[@thefrenchkiwi9435]

If you're interested in African History, I recommend you check out two channels. Home Team History and From Nothing.

[@ukflifestyle]

This guy does his best to cover world history from a unbiased perspective.. he covers African nations that were around before colonization. Here's one video you can go to his channel and find more This is a video about 3000 years of nigerian history kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH7QnKB-iqZ0hZI

[@NSC776]

@Tattle Boad The richest person in history was a West African called Mansa Musa, so yes they did pretty well. Since when was savaging the world something to be proud about? I take it you support ISIS then.

[@randomgames4063]

Britian in Africa: “so basically I burnt everything down”

[@brandonlee934]

so anyway, I start blasting

[@austrolouis124]

It’s free real estate

[@Amani-zo8ic]

And they also burnt down all the knowledge Africans had that could have helped the world evolve much faster

[@gypsyemperor7535]

@@Amani-zo8ic literally stone age

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

@@gypsyemperor7535 they were going absolutely no where and back to going no where. The tribes kill each other with the excuse of not my tribe, not my religion, etc etc.

[@JPGoertz]

Excellent and Arther rare topic on YT. Well done! More!

[@zohaibshahid142]

Great style of narration & detail! Just a small request. Please add proper captions to your videos so a larger number of non-native English speakers can listen & enjoy.

[@rickygodzilla2787]

I'd be really interested in some pre-colonial African history! Great video as always!

[@oliverhaake7552]

Me too!!!

[@controlman7490]

Me three

[@maxphillips299]

4

[@robertraymond762]

Nothing like that exists!

[@controlman7490]

@@robertraymond762 Wdym?

[@m_cahit7952]

A Native American proverb says, "If two fish are fighting in one water, a long-legged Englishman passed by there five minutes ago."

[@loose3329]

Thanks for the content!

[@aspenlovelock8115]

Historians: the apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia was horrible, but why didn’t it happen in the other colonies? Boers: hmmmmm. No clue sorry.

[@utahraptor4729874]

He should do a video on that.

[@aspenlovelock8115]

GopnikRaptor that’s what he briefly mentioned at the end

[@aregularperson7573]

Aspen Lovelock yeah that is true and it would be interesting if the armchair historian did a video about the apartheid era

[@spookypants9621]

It did. It happened quite a lot in Australia too. Just read about the White Australia policy

[@tigerkang4629]

Yes man

[@hellothere589]

Continents: *Exists* Europeans: HIPITY HOPITY YOUR CONTINENT IS NOW MY PROPERTY

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

Britain:did you mean mine

[@ddd3509]

@@Bruh-hq1hx Portuguese : No, he said mine

[@kermitthefrog7425]

@Bunyamin Esen russia: *no no mine*

[@stephen9381]

@@kermitthefrog7425 Spain: definitely mine

[@mr.nugget1217]

@@stephen9381 Italy : obviusly mine.

[@ismaelba6466]

Great video keep up the good work

[@davidmckab7527]

Next can you do the French colonization of Africa

[@Nugcon]

16:10 "We did it Patrick, we saved the city!"

[@jeffreyrook8073]

Colonization from the African perspective. What were Benin's concerns in not trusting the British? How did different tribes and Kingdoms adapt to European technology and tactics? Who adopted European weapons and to what extent? That kind of thing. You could make a whole series of it based on continent or region, if you wanted.

[@plorabare]

Benin: not in Benin

[@Efghksk]

British war crimes were worse than the nazis.... And they are the one who lectures world on human rights ..... How hypocritic

[@born2win50]

hard to do that when they all got killed, enslaved and cities destroyed

[@quissbird-10]

@@born2win50 if that was true no black people will be left alive today, much less over 1 billion

[@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking]

I am shitting your pants

[@nikkusan7679]

This channel is absolutely magnificent... ❤️

[@jessiepooh5164]

Yesss!!! More is needed

[@jonsmith5626]

Would love to see videos on every African colonizer! I'm curious how different the conquest and administration was for the Dutch, Portuguese, Italians, French, Belgians and Spanish.

[@brianbardi3666]

Yh, it will be great.

[@westay4924]

they'll only show the british ones sadly, people pissed off that they said no to slavery

[@ludwigramirez4711]

Spanish activity was almost non relevant at all. Spain ceased to be important after the isabeline usurpers took the throne, then came the republicans and the commies and then Franco and, well, i guess you got the point. Belgians were nasty, Congo suffered under them. Dutch were almost as non relevant in Africa as Spanish. Italians were a bit more relevant, not as nasty as belgians, but still kind of cruel, specially under Mussolini. Portuguese were more of a subsidiary of UK. And regarding France, well, i'm not sure, but looking to how little they left i can tell they didn't improve Africa a lot (also supporting dictators isn't something nice).

[@williamyoung9401]

Wow...the British had concentration camps before the Germans? I mean, they got nothing on the slums America created for Africa Americans, but still, impressive (sarcasm).

[@angelusvastator1297]

@@williamyoung9401 Yes they were the inventors

[@rtlstien]

I can imagine the only thing the US put forth in the assembly with the 13 European nations was to make Liberia off limits to European Colonization

[@caseclosed9342]

Fighting for free slaves! (Or to keep the decedents of free slaves in power over the locals there...)

[@afroartist1086]

@Callum Morgan I'm pretty sure he's aware of that.

[@chevarharris8861]

Great video. More about this please.

[@nebularspace]

I like the skull cup from early in the video on the shelf lol

[@ihavenoidea3311]

The British to a Africa: ”Look at me, I am the captain now”

[@mogz1485]

Oh how the turn tables

[@martyollier7536]

@Eric 23 Europe? I think you spelled socialists wrong...

[@theluftwaffle1]

Marty Ollier *Laughs in Soviet*

[@jmadmaxx7295]

Marty Ollier You’re so f u n n y and b r a v e for saying that! Thanks for s l a y i n g those damn l i b e r a l s you absolute knob.

[@jmadmaxx7295]

Harry Paul six hundred, actually

[@schafer8576]

"Nooo you cant just colonize everything you see!" UK:haha tiny island goes brrrrr

[@papagramps1257]

PHONOGRAPH that’s a horrible way of looking at things. Unless that’s a quote that I’ve just never heard

[@kumorishumi2536]

@PHONOGRAPH Astronaut looking at Earth: "wait it's all Britain" Astronaut 2 points gun at Astronaut: "it always has been"

[@primusinterpares5767]

@Michael Terrell II Yes.

[@evictcalifornia2141]

@A1 💝

[@duo7809]

Michael Terrell II so you’re crying over a joke, even worse

[@guillaumedzitko6169]

I love this video, please make a second episode

[@jordanclark7821]

Hey cool you are from PA. Me too. Growing up near Gettysburg likely started my love of history!

[@liamr6761]

I feel like Africa is often a forgotten continent. Some more videos, maybe on more modern developments there would be really interesting.

[@daniellennon4275]

Liam R modern developments in africa 😂😂😂😂

[@thomasjayden8653]

Daniel Lennon Let me guess, you still think all of Africa is starving in mud huts and waving spears around in the sun?

[@daniellennon4275]

Thomas Jayden yes, and?

[@itsusi3259]

@@daniellennon4275 It's not If you actually visited places such as Kenya Mauritius Ghana South Africa Eypgt Morocco and Nigeria and their cities they are pretty much developing

[@trdev2013]

How can you forget the fucking massive company that bassically blocks asia's passage west

[@MegaTang1234]

I'm curious how the French did expanded their Empire.

[@TheFiresloth]

Many military columns, with a solid administration to reform the lands conquered.

[@elijahsalome2908]

It was not easy for us, exept for Algeria

[@elijahsalome2908]

Jules Ferry is basicly the prime minister in the 1880s that managed to encorage us to do it, but in 1881 a great expedition was lost in sahara and we didn't attempt to go there for like 17 years. Anyways he was forced to resign because of a defeat of the colonial forces in Indochina (even though the situation stabilized after) and on the route to give is resignation to the president and angry mob of communists and nationalists almost threw from a bridge in the seine. (They even called him "the tonkinois" in the senate because he was obsessed with Indochina 😂) We the French are a very revolutionnary people 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@marcobonesi6794]

Simple. French foreign legion.

[@gazlives]

der, obviously they asked the natives if they wouldn't ever so mind being a subjugated state to the French Republic. after a few brief interludes in the, er...discusions, the natives unbelievably agreed wholeheartedly they would like to be subjugated. after all they were the French, mona me.

[@verdipoggi7434]

Great video. Thank you very much

[@bobby6847]

I do really like this, very good animation and fair veiw of both sides, neither are portayed as antagonists (although we did absoloutly suck) , but one thing you should have done is enclude the use of the British "volley fire" technique, it would make them seem like more of the proffetional, mostly organised force they generally were and maybe should have mentioned the British invention of the "Maxim Machine gun", sorry for likely being annoying, carry on with these great videos

[@chrisnorton4382]

Hiram Maxim was American although he later became a British citizen.

[@alfonsofi9486]

Almost 100 years of history explained in 20 minutes. Well done.

[@Ethan-cz8xq]

And in more detail than I have seen

[@privatebribert]

But factually wrong so many times

[@tomasdawe9379]

@@privatebribert So true and always a lot more complicated than stated, take the whole concentration camp thing, a lot of the guards died of malnutrition as well, this seems to come from quite an anti-British viewpoint.

[@googletaqiyya184]

Ooohhh thᥱ ᥱvιᥣ ᥕord Coᥣoᥒιzᥲtιoᥒ !! Nᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ρᥱoρᥣᥱs thᥲt ᥴoᥣoᥒιzᥱd ᥲrᥱ bᥲd ᥒᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ᥱvιᥣ ρᥱoρᥣᥱ, rιght ? OK thᥱᥒ ALL ᥒᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ALL ρᥱoρᥣᥱs ᥲᥒd trιbᥱs throᥙghoᥙt ALL of hιstorყ ᥲrᥱ ᥱvιᥣ. Jᥙst ᥲs ᥣoᥒg ᥲs ᥕᥱ ᥲrᥱ ᥴᥣᥱᥲr ᥲboᥙt thιs ᥲᥒd doᥒ't go foᥴᥙssιᥒg oᥒ oᥒᥱ ᥒᥲtιoᥒ or ρᥱoρᥣᥱ ᥲᥒd forgᥱttιᥒg thᥱ ᥱᥒtιrᥱtყ of thᥱ ρᥣᥲᥒᥱt ᥲt ALL tιmᥱs ᥲᥒd forᥱvᥱr ᥲᥒd ᥲᥣᥣ.

[@michaelbalfour2603]

​@@tomasdawe9379 It's entirely anti-British ha.

[@kaiserwilhelmii1827]

The production quality of this video is just unreal. Such an amazing piece of educational entertainment. And for free? You guys are incredible.

[@hrodvitnir6725]

Can't wait to do this all again when Victoria III will be released

[@shurukien265]

Yes

[@victorwekesa6001]

Great job. Very informative. Kindly make a video about British rule in Kenya and the Mau Mau uprising.

[@alanxu3936]

Never ask a woman her age. Never ask a fat person their weight. And never ask why Britain has so many artifacts in her museums.

[@aquilatempestate9527]

We took some, we discovered some, we rescued some and we purchased some. Most are in the latter three categories and we're keeping the ones we stole too. We don't care how that makes you feel.

[@davidbruce2159]

Dude, you should visit the Vatican

[@DillonONeil]

Its called WINNING

[@ahmadfrhan5265]

now about present day🤷🏻‍♂️🇹🇷 I will say this Colonialism has not ended..... it evolved. let me explain. before colonialism " ends " the west chose the leaders of countries to keep their interest in regions take france for example. www.ieri.be/en/publications/wp/2019/f-vrier/france-still-exploiting-africa and take me for example. i am from the middle east and here our " dictators" have been chosen by the west not by us and here they uneducate people Historically , economically and religiously because that's what sustain their rule and my country is rich ,but money is nothing for me and for us muslims in general and here we eat we drink and we sleep ( not me i always study and seek knowledge in all fronts as best as i can and am a civil engineer ) even the cattle eat drinks and sleeps. here🇰🇼 courrption is too obvious and we muslims are in phase one and that's " Realization " to be fully aware from politics to history to religion. and every time a Muslim nation rises the west is unsatisfied and want to overthrow the government. Gaddafi,mursi,Yemeni leader Salah , King faisal in the 70s ( he got assassinated) ....etc way a lot i can't go over them all. HOWEVER, before the Arab spring this i admit was not clear to all of us ,but after the Arab spring EVERYTHING WAS CLEAR. we now came to realize misery is built by the happiness of others and our leaders and boarders were chosen and drawn by the west and we must amd will over throw our governments and stop the western intervention in our lands. sorry forgot ( the western people have nothing to do with their governments in fact we are all slaves to this corrupted system we live under " capitalism " or communism both you use " banks" made you know by who i don't have to explain). now about "slavery has evolved" and this time it favors no race only one in fact 👃 and it favors mostly the dollar. we are born to serve and sustain the system and the system milks the life out of us and we gain " invaluable paper money " in return and sometimes we get in debt which is literally an invisible chain in the neck. basically we are living inside bank and the bank choses who succeed and who doesn't and the bank plays with economy and who built it? "the red shield" known as the rothschilds. our muslim lands are the battlefield of the super powers and when you say next time why refugees are in Europe ask yourself what caused them to be there? that's the correct question. Russia is causing the refugee crisis in Europe by bombing the Syrians and helping Assad to kill his people and the refugees are a toy to send them to Turkey and Europe to weaken their economy and make the left wing fight right wing start wars. Russia has an agenda and don't get wrong Russia, china and America/western Europe are fighting for their agenda to who rules who. all of them are trash. now i want to put it in conclusion. " REALIZATION LEADS TO REVALUATION AND REVELATION LEADS TO REVOLUTION " SOMETIMES IT LEADS TO A VERY DIFFERENT R AND THAT'S RADICALIZATION AND THAT HAPPENS WITHOUT BACKBONE. that's why people go far left or far right. because they are weak in character and btw left wing right wing is a toy for the system no matter who wins the system decides everything not the people nor the government. We muslims are in phase one ,but obviously Turkish people has finished phase three. and we look forward to unite with our Muslim brothers and sisters and no islam is not an Arab please don't let me write about it and Arab is not an ethnicity it's a language. the world is Suffering from western imperialism ( not the people unlike you we understand) most people walk with where the wind pushes them am not like that i hope you understand now.

[@aquilatempestate9527]

@@DillonONeil Winning is bad when Europeans do it. In fact, if we even desire our own longterm existence that is now bad. No problem, we'll insist.

[@samueldelvalle9201]

Animation just adds understanding to many of us visual learners. Thank you so much.

[@particularbored6072]

Your sarcasm is greatly timed.

[@nvk1001]

Excellent video again!

[@definitelynotasimp2408]

Britain invades a country World: me blind Germany invades a country World: *WAR*

[@randomjuggler2010]

Every single time one nation has invaded another, it has not caused a world war. Except of course on two occasions. So it's hardly a surprise.

[@DjangoUnSkilled]

The thing is, in the WW Belgium were an ally by Britain and in WW2 they guaranteed the independence of the Poles cause Hitler was an absolute mad man who wanted to conquer the world! So your comment makes not that much sense

[@Badboybarz]

@@DjangoUnSkilled Britain also wanted to conquer the world

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

@@DjangoUnSkilled but before uk and prussia were buddies but prussia becomes big boy germany and suddenly they are evil

[@tjb7284]

@@DjangoUnSkilled I fully agree, but I have just one question: Stalin also was an aggressor and on September 18, 1939, he invaded Poland and occupied its huge eastern part. In 1940 Stalin invaded and occupied the Baltic States. Did Britain declare war on the Sovjet Union? I can't find anything in the history books. ;)

[@cliveshelvey906]

Can you make a video about British colonisation of Australia? There aren’t many videos out there about this topic

[@kremepye3613]

Once upon a time an advanced race brushed aside the worlds last remaining homo erectus and made a great country. The end.

[@elijahsalome2908]

@@kremepye3613 scandalous ! 🤣🤣🤣

[@googletaqiyya184]

Ooohhh thᥱ ᥱvιᥣ ᥕord Coᥣoᥒιzᥲtιoᥒ !! Nᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ρᥱoρᥣᥱs thᥲt ᥴoᥣoᥒιzᥱd ᥲrᥱ bᥲd ᥒᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ᥱvιᥣ ρᥱoρᥣᥱ, rιght ? OK thᥱᥒ ALL ᥒᥲtιoᥒs ᥲᥒd ALL ρᥱoρᥣᥱs ᥲᥒd trιbᥱs throᥙghoᥙt ALL of hιstorყ ᥲrᥱ ᥱvιᥣ. Jᥙst ᥲs ᥣoᥒg ᥲs ᥕᥱ ᥲrᥱ ᥴᥣᥱᥲr ᥲboᥙt thιs ᥲᥒd doᥒ't go foᥴᥙssιᥒg oᥒ oᥒᥱ ᥒᥲtιoᥒ or ρᥱoρᥣᥱ ᥲᥒd forgᥱttιᥒg thᥱ ᥱᥒtιrᥱtყ of thᥱ ρᥣᥲᥒᥱt ᥲt ALL tιmᥱs ᥲᥒd forᥱvᥱr ᥲᥒd ᥲᥣᥣ.

[@theendurance]

@cammer thyme Advanced group not advanced race, race had nothing to do with it. Eastern Europe is a shithole compared to Western, yet they are the same "race"

[@jasonscott8844]

I second this. We had wars here that we are not taught about in history and is very hard to find information on.

[@MySafraz]

Your videos are more informative thAn most college lectures 👍👍

[@swedishfish2357]

This is one of my favorite videos of The Armchair Historian. I really like seeing the awful sides of recent colonialism and would love another video that is similar

[@ronaldgrove3283]

Awful ???

[@swedishfish2357]

@ronaldgrove3283 yes, awful is actually a very tame word to describe the scramble for Africa. Don't hit me with the "we brought them civilization!" B.S. because conquering nations and forcefully destroying their cultures all in the name of competing with rival empires is not the best way to go about "civilizing." The American hegemon trade empire is far more civilized despite still ongoing obvious exploitation. At least that exploitation is done by the ruling group of whatever country as opposed to colonial governors with no respect for native customs.

[@ronaldgrove3283]

@@swedishfish2357 🤣 Yes please cry about the natural order of things ? In the deep blue sea the bigger fish, aka stronger fish always eats the smaller aka weaker fish.

[@swedishfish2357]

@ronaldgrove3283 ah I'm crying am I? Have fun at the clan rally bozo.

[@swedishfish2357]

@@ronaldgrove3283 resulting to insults when you obviously have little to no grasp on history, bravo

[@hiddenhist]

Well done with the depictions of African soldiers and empires. Definitely better done than most youtube videos.

[@uyilol4557]

Except for the Benin warriors sadly. They had really some badass armor. In my opinion they had the best looking armor in Africa.

[@JFDA5458]

The seizure of Cape Town by the Royal Navy to prevent the French from denying access to India was no pretext. Britain was at war with France and securing trade and communications with India was essential in order for the British to prevail against Napoleon.

[@Philiptanzer]

@@---675 The French conquered the Dutch, Napoleon's brother became their king.. So yes, they seized control over the Dutch xD

[@MKH-dh8td]

It was a pretext because the French navy was not able to compete with the British one. Napoleon's plan against the British was to invade England thanks to the control of the Channel for a few hours. The plan change with the Austria's déclaration of war.

[@cprow0997]

Yep I think I just found my favorite video on your channel

[@ataeaproductions3390]

That Victoria 2 music fits absolutely perfectly in a video like this

[@conorandrews9931]

the overall production quality is quite impressive. It feels increasing more like a proper documentary. Good job.

[@coleboone8826]

I have two questions 1. Did Zulus actually wore British uniforms when the fought the British in the Zulu war. 2. When you say British African troops did the British not include natives until the 1900s or did they just use white colonist for their colonial army. P.S I would love to see a video on the French colonization of Africa or the difference between how Europeans run their colonies like you said the British gave concessions to the whites in Africa and even gave local governments the ability to get natives in to the army and use local tribes against each other . While the French tend not to use local troops or give colonial territory much autonomy of fear of revolts against the French. I don’t know just something that I thought might be cool to learn

[@phenix5806]

How

[@evryatis9231]

The french extensively used native troops, look up the Zouaves

[@mrmangohead1219]

Check out the west african squadron on google

[@marinanguish9928]

Probably African natives, colonial troops were pretty commonly used by European powers.

[@kriysixvector4552]

Yes. Colonial forces often hired local mercenaries and trained them in their ways. During skirmishes between colonial and natives, it was not uncommon for both sides to take European uniform or native weapons as trophies.

[@ethanarnold4441]

British person sees Africa: I say, this place looks quite nice! 2nd British Person: It sure does, sir. 1st British Person: Ok, let's burn the whole place down. 2nd British Person while lighting a torch: ROIGHT

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

When Britain burned down the White House it was noted how reluctant they were because they thought it looked beautiful 💀

[@cleodevaney9343]

a video on the zulus would be great

[@project22-ab88]

Africa: *exists* Britain: So you have chosen..subjugation

[@Philiptanzer]

They had just as much time to come up with guns and ships as we did.

[@Coolyguy890FTW]

Coulter ???? The hell is that supposed to mean? It’s because Europe was more developed and you know more dense.

[@TheSm1thers]

@@pineapplefeathers Peace and love won't stop you getting killed and your trade caravan being robbed. They didn't spend resources to conquer places for no reason.

[@Philiptanzer]

@@pineapplefeathers That is either some very dry delivery or intensely naive. Text can be such a limited medium at times.

[@tuthabovee-motion4315]

@@Philiptanzer Africans had ships and sailed to the Americas before Europeans, the difference is they engaged in peaceful trade with the natives wile the British tried to exterminate the native Americans, this is why Africans didn't make guns they had no interest in invading and destroying others, wile western Europeans use technology for aggression and chaos.

[@duckyboi2910]

Any lame rock in the middle of the ocean that is 1 inch above the sea surface during low tide and is just a 1inch x 1inch square when above sea surface: exists The British: 👁👄👁

[@stephen9381]

It’s actually somewhat valuable, EEZ is the best

[@gunneryorkson1259]

The Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans and many others. Hey native American Indians - have we got a deal for you!

[@gutsjoestar7450]

it's for british pride

[@dariajohnson7568]

Essentially; any such rock with bird poop on it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Guano_Island_claims

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

May I introduce you to the island of Rockall. The smallest British territory. kzbin.info/www/bejne/baiUqKuGpLl6gdU

[@eccehomo1904]

So much wrong with this video. No mention of the cost to the UK of enforcing the ban on slavery, no mention of the Portugese, and the Ashanti palace! The Benin section is just ridiculous: their buildings were single story mud-brick constructions - hardly an inspiration to a nation that had been building cathedrals for 700 years.

[@patrickazzarella6729]

Love the animations

[@QuaddyBoi]

gotta say there is nothing more alpha leader than turning your enemies skull into a gold cup

[@tb-cg6vd]

A porcelain piss-pot?

[@kirschitz64]

Sigma ruler

[@El_Presidente_5337]

3:40 Every EU IV lad knows the guy on the right 13:12 And Victoria II players this music

[@jeffreywaugh926]

You are from Pennsylvania? Good man good man. Perfect location in regard to proximity to everything. And had Gettysburg is just awesome for any historian

[@richardgasson7283]

Thoroughly enjoyable video. However the portion about the British annexation of Bennin needs to be expanded to include the British subjugation of slavery, which was still practiced by the Bennin. This was also a reason for involvement in the Sudan.