Colonization of Africa - Summary on a Map

[@paradox7358]

Spain: Red UK: Yellow WTF?

[@trollinape2697]

Don't get it

[@sljemic]

@@trollinape2697 Usually UK is represented in red and Spain in yellow.

[@trollinape2697]

@@sljemic k thx

[@trollinape2697]

@Anthony Perez Flag, centre of UK's flag is red while the Spanish is yellow

[@blafoon93]

@@sljemic especially in Paradox games.

[@DrSmollest]

France United Kingdom Germany *Leopold II*

[@aztekenen1]

the virgin ancient european powers, *AND THE CHAD LEOPOLD II*

[@paudelfamily4812]

Chad was not ruled by Leopold ||

[@aztekenen1]

@@paudelfamily4812 a different kind of chad is what i meant. :P

[@asefa1210]

&$+$_ did biggest massacre as a ruthless dictator

[@thecakeisalie6392]

@@aztekenen1 xd

[@moetama_]

People often forget how recent overall the colonization of Africa ended

[@RealOsquo]

@The Crusader You've just described cultural suppression. Bro. The European colonist only ever wanted what was best for them, they didn't give a single shit about the African population, which is why they were sold as slaves, transported across the Atlantic where they literally died, and those who managed to stay in Africa didn't have a much better fate. They died. Lots of them died, horribly, and brutally. Quit your bullshit, We should be amazed most Africans and Arabs aren't calling for our immediate death.

[@LGMechanic]

@@RealOsquo Arabs and Africans used and traded slaves thousands of years ago while Europeans were mostly hunter-gatherer tribes. You should quit YOUR bullshit. It was karma.

[@jon6577]

@@RealOsquo arabs have been selling the slaves since the times of rome, so what are you talking about? They have been buying slavs as slaves, that's actually how the term was created since slavs were the slaves, also Arabic slave trade? And you are mixing atlantic slave trade and colonization:) about some century difference at least

[@Piaapo]

@@LGMechanic Two wrongs don't make a right. How about no one fucking sells anyone?

[@zombieat]

@@RealOsquo prisoners of war were kept as slaves in africa before the atlantic slave trade.

[@Diamondsigmaspaceb]

I like how you can also see other areas being explored at the same time as this one. Great detail

[@jamaike1185]

"explored" feels like quite a euphemism here...

[@nodrvgs]

@@jamaike1185 LMAO

[@tinnakornwantae6763]

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth : You know, I'm something of a colonizer myself

[@hym7844]

Poland never colonized anything :P We weren't under a protectorate, and we didn't get "colonized" (conquered) throughout our history except the Teutonics which we won against anyways and when Prussia (not Germany -_-), Austria (-Hungary) and Russia decided to get our terrain together. We couldn't win, so we remained conquered 123 years but the generations survived and kept the polish culture and it's the same Poles now who live today and lived back then. If you in the first comment mean that Poland colonized Lithuania then sry to tell you that's bullshit... Poland gained a personal union over Lithuania (our monarch gained their throne cuz they had no heir kinda). Something similiar was happening by the Habsburgs

[@hym7844]

And cuz our big country was a problem to Russia cuz we blocked their border they decided to corrupt our country with a puppet-king and he simply allowed Russia many things that a normal king wouldn't do like: give them our land in gifts step by step. He was so ridiculous that HE spent so much money on fun for him that he somehow managed to use all the country's money, then debted Poland for the same reason by other countries. Ever heard of a king who debted his country for his fun wishes? Ofc he also didn't do other shit than have fun in his palace, most hated Polish king.

[@mmareks9865]

Tinnakorn Wantae 3 Not Polish- Lithuanian but Courland have colony in Gambia river island

[@hanlanz1]

It was surprise that Polish-Lithuania had colony

[@hanlanz1]

@@hym7844 I agree with you, Lublin Union 1569 made us united nations, we were strong, but at 17 century we failed war with Russians, got occupated by Sveden and then splited up at 1795, thats history folks, dont create you own, such like in Russia: that Lithuanians are ancient Russians, uhhh, discusting.

[@YAH2121]

First the Arabs, then the Europeans, now the Chinese

[@jamesxia9523]

And in the future the Indians

[@sasmalprasanjit2764]

@@jamesxia9523 Nope. nah, Not interested, we are Busy in our Development so We are Good Alone with our 2nd Largest market of WORLD. 😂

[@axelandersson6314]

Jeet Sasmal When you've developed sufficiently your economic growth will slow down and you will quite possibly look towards Africa.

[@kiburi129]

@@jamesxia9523 No india can't lol, it's got to focus on it's development, it's absurd corruption rates to ever think about embarking deals with Africa.

[@admiralburger]

@@axelandersson6314 hope it never happen. We indians hate colonism.

[@Uranium_Enjoyer]

List of largest countries in 1884: Russia UK China USA Brazil France *Leopold II*

[@bloxknight1145]

YoshiMusic999 canada is bigger than usa

[@hdududxhzyd1454]

@@bloxknight1145 Canada was colonised by UK

[@kayacenk4164]

one day african country will say stop to Franceççç Then France will become poor countryç right now France still getting money african countrys and no1 saying anything only Turkey trying stop them. thats why France so mad to Turkey.

[@Jawadshahzad101]

@@kayacenk4164 oh my god so France is tsking money from it’s old colonies?????

[@bobbyweirddick6556]

@@Jawadshahzad101 to be honest China is the real danger. We have become to dependent on them.

[@garyhughes1664]

What a great way for learning history and geography. Brilliant channel.

[@KY-dg8gp]

Sahara means desert, So when you say Sahara desert, you say: Desert desert

[@moluccas3699]

The Saharan Sahara Desert

[@artemkh8944]

Casa Blanca means white house. Costa Rica means rich coast. Puerto Rico means rich port. So what? A lot of meanings escape from the common knowledge. Most people dont know what Sahara means. So for us it makes the perfect sense to say Sahara the desert.

[@mrmoses7170]

KY ..Ferrari La Ferrari

[@undergroundrapfan9018]

@Artem Kh Woosh?

[@iminbreadbutfrench8625]

East timor=east east

[@repairdrive]

Moral to the story, he who gets the best weapons first wins.

[@kasperknutsen8283]

Not only that... the african leaders and higher powers were willing to sell slaves. Which europeans did not

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@Rapstick pardon me?

[@Echani3007]

@@kasperknutsen8283 that's only half true, some wanted to sell slaves, some resisted slavery, simple as.

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@@Echani3007 well ofcourse the slaves didn't consent this action. Still their tribe leaders sold them. That's a fact

[@Echani3007]

@@kasperknutsen8283 No I'm not talking about the slaves resisting, I'm talking about leaders resisting. Specifically tribe and monarchy leaders against selling thier prisoners as slaves meanwhile others were notorious for selling them as slaves. Eg Queen Nzinga of Ndongo fought against slavery and others like king Diogo of Kongo did sometimes sell slaves to the Portoguese. Hence it's half true some did some didn't.

[@Noahser]

History of the worlds in 3 words Here comes Europe

[@eduardaucamp9272]

Here comes Civilization!

[@eduardaucamp9272]

@Raine Riny 7 When the whites trekked to the interiors of the country, there was no development, no civilizations, nothing. Explain why the black languages did not have numerals , only "maningi "which means many.

[@eduardaucamp9272]

@Raine Riny 7 Big difference between northern Africa and sub-sahara Africa. Egyptians were not black.

[@eduardaucamp9272]

@Raine Riny 7 The pharoes were whites and only became darker when intermarried with the nubians. Black Africa has never produced a civilization.

[@Larry_Suave]

@Raine Riny 7 Africans obviously had civilization. But those civilizations were 5,000 less technologically advanced than europeans. They were in the stone age. And no, egyptians are not black. Go to egypt and try to convince me they are the black and not arabic.

[@nathanhiller2420]

It’s pretty impressive how the smallest continent fought over control for over half the planet then had to give most of it up due to diplomacy and not fighting

[@gustavosauro1882]

Isn't Oceania the smallest continent?

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

@@gustavosauro1882 Oceania isn't even an actual continent, you probably mean australia

[@gustavosauro1882]

@@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2 in my opinion,we gotta classify every island in a continent(even the tiny ones). So I think putting those islands in the Pacific together with Austrália is fine. And even though Australia occupies the entire continental area,calling it Australia would be confusing. But I also don't like the name Oceania, we should call it Australasia.

[@DaveTheDopeFiend]

I suggest you independently research the subject and not blindly take the word of a KZbin video, you'll quickly realise how much war was necessary to oust the Europeans.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

The diplomacy of nuclear annihilation is very persuasive

[@hoodclassicsofcalifornia]

Berlin Conference: Everyone: HOW DOES LEOPOLD GET HIS OWN PROPERTY

[@realhagi7686]

He killed 15m people but his name isn't Hitler you won't hear about it

[@notallopinionswerecreatede4465]

@@mananaVesta And what is that supposed to mean?

[@jacobhogan3208]

We heard about in school, just everybody said Belgium

[@ahumanistpotato]

@@biliminsrlar5752 Don't forget about the Irish famine and Bengal famine.

[@nmagain24]

@Bolaji Windapo it only matters when white people do it to white people.

[@NewHorizonsBeats]

1:46 Poland can into Africa?

[@jamesxia9523]

@FREE 3021 Africa will never become fully independent. Their goverments are too corrupt and the people are uneducated

[@erenyeager3829]

God no...

[@dominik156NT]

Poland have colonies but partitions of Poland begin in 1772-1795 and lost independence to 1918

[@Vengir]

For a short period of time, one of the Polish-Lithuanian vassal states had small colonies in Trinidad and West Africa. Nothing super important, but still a little fun fact.

[@kommandanter1980]

FREE 3021 you’re an exception, no offense. But Africa has never modernized, nor have they had any sort of golden age, enlightenment, etc. they’re stuck. And it isn’t due to colonization. If anything, the introduction of western civilization has benefitted them.

[@liddle1234]

God I love these videos, they combine Both history and geography.

[@hagron5702]

me too

[@randomperson6988]

me too

[@kvandermeersch5753]

me too

[@patrickwu3800]

me too

[@historicalsongs9427]

*me too*

[@Daniboy0826]

3:23 Spain Portugal United Kingdom France _Leopold II_

[@thorne9794]

africa: we're not colonies anymore. neo-colonialism: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@leaderofthebunch-deadbeat7716]

*Chinese aid intensifies*

[@brandonproductions8401]

Privyet Tovarisch

[@luigibellini811]

that's called:"soo basically our multinationals get here, and they pay the Africans 2 dollars an hour to get (obviously without helmets and security measures) a shit ton of minerals" So yeah they pay like nothing the single African miner and they bribe the politician for the permissions

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@Ethiopianexposer Are you dumb or something? It's nothing to do with the Jews.

[@generalsherman519]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 You are all Jews

[@yimoawanardo]

I'm impressed by Ethiopia aka previously Abbasydia.

[@prot07ype87]

*Abyssinia.**

[@billyjohnson3674]

They were Christians for the longest time. That had its advantages.

[@arsenioss7020]

@@billyjohnson3674 Ethiopia is a great Christian civilization. Respect

[@spaceman1953]

*they never took Ethiopia*

[@Happypotato917]

BillyJohnson367 excuse me what are u saying u don’t know anything about Ethiopians so u Better stop talking

[@thebigsad9463]

*KNOCKKNOCK* - Who is it? - It's ya bois, Portugal and Spain

[@thebigsad9463]

The Iberian bros

[@Click3tyClick]

@shield&sword peace lmao

[@Dragoncam13]

@shield&sword peace I think you mean the Japanese

[@bgrm1069]

@@thebigsad9463 LMAO

[@johnnyoliveira6869]

shield&sword peace u are so stupid that was spain not portugal. Portugal was fair to all. Did not kill no babies. Did nothing that u say they did. Take history classes to know better.

[@bill7016]

This is just European colonisation. Only a part of the story. To be complete, accurate and honest this "history" should include the huge colonies and slave empires African nations, from the Egyptians to the Berbers to the Zulus and everyone in between, established over other African peoples from pre historic times to the present day.

[@dhammawiwekantara]

You don t think so

[@AdelMahoui]

Load of bull, you think Egyptiann and pharoahs and Muslims destroyed Africa like Europe? Leopold II killed more people than Hitler, as did the french, million and millions of people dead, European soldiers using black hands as currency in the Congo, the worst crimes ever committed in history, sure there were Romans in North Africa before and they treated the locals as second class, but not like this, Africans were worse than animals, my grandpa has marks of dog bites all over his legs, it was like imagining a scene of a Django movie when he told me the story, Africa still has problems today, terrible problems, and those problems are still caused by Europe, 15 African countries don't even control their currencies or trade laws, we re forces to sell resources to the EU however they choose, they are still stealing our resources, only paying the guys at the top to make them work for them, and they use nationalism that they created to keep us separate, Europe won, Machiavelli approves, and hell awaits.

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

Fun fact: Even Poland had a colony in the Gambia.

[@ahumanistpotato]

*disappointed Poland lover noises*

[@latvia1]

Technicaly it was a colony of Duchy of Courland and Semgalia (South and West Latvia now) but it was a puppet of poland

[@i.z2335]

Its the polish lithuanian commonwealth

[@deadby15]

The poles were victims in WW2, but they were not necessarily morally superior or anything.

[@i.z2335]

@@deadby15 what

[@enegess1479]

Ethiopia never colonized by Italy. The 5 years they occupied Ethiopia was not colonization it was occupation and Ethiopian remained fighting for 5 years the Italian troops until the So no colonization got Ethiopia.

[@alemasefa8059]

😘😘👌👌

[@enegess1479]

123 456 read your history books!

[@italiangarbageposting]

you lost the war, they defeated you, doesnt matter if they didnt manage to completely colonize you, they won, and you're a fool

[@enegess1479]

123 456 we are taking about colonialism. Even though they won the initial war and occupied Ethiopia for 5 years the never colonized Ethiopia. You are missing the point.

[@italiangarbageposting]

@@enegess1479 no, you are missing the point, the moment your emperor left and italy definitely conquered ethiopia, the colonization started, you were being colonized, not occupied

[@elicref7488]

Spain still has control of Ceuta and Melilla in Africa

[@vigfhfc]

Yes, but they were acquired long before the age of Colonization. The areas are considered Spanish.

[@kostam.1113]

They are integral parts of Spain.

[@jmiquelmb]

@@elovhak2354 They're not independent at all. They have special status but they don't have more powers than any administrative region in the Iberian peninsula. Source: I'm Spanish

[@jmiquelmb]

@@elovhak2354 Tell me in what way you're independent

[@jmiquelmb]

@@elovhak2354 Yeah, but as I said these are powers that other regions have too. You're not more independent than Catalonia or Madrid. Btw I haven't liked my comments people sometimes agree with your ideas you know

[@RobbieBobbie98]

Very interesting video, thank you for your efforts in making this possible. We as a people easily recognize slavery and colonialism but when it changes into Neocolonialism it’s not so apparent and people forget about it but it never went away, it only adjusted

[@afonsofsy5428]

Fun Fact: Portugal was the last empire, giving up on Macau and giving it to China in 1999

[@rileybrown1593]

Iberian Mapper what about Byzantine or Japan, or do you just mean out of the European Colonisers?

[@afonsofsy5428]

I mean the colonisers

[@Waterford1992]

The British Empire still exists but the word empire is something of a bad word that offends a lot of people these days so instead its called British Overseas Territories that consists of 250.000 people and nearly 700.000 square miles

[@jermainjackson8626]

@Finnish Perkele first off, stop saying Portugal and spain are European countries, they are not, they are arab, secondly, why the FUCK they trying to appear white and do the white mans work for them??? why didn't they just try to colonize Europe instead

[@vinifalleroliveira]

@Finnish Perkele As far as i know those overseas territories aren't colonies anymore. For example, Macao was always Cantonese, while the Falklands are completely British. And at last, it was from 1415(Conquest of Ceuta) to 1999(Return of Macao) Meanwhile the English Empire only started in 1583 with the foundation of Newfoundland and ended in 1997 with the return of Macao. Even if we included the lasting territories until today, there are still 148 of years that the Portuguese colonial Empire lasted more(as it started 168 years earlier)

[@michaelbrennan6123]

Belgian King Leopold II owned the Congo himself. I believe it is the only instance of a single person and not a nation claiming ownership. His rule was incredibly brutal and led to international outcry. When he ceded it to Belgium it really didn’t get better,

[@the12th68]

Michael Brennan But was There still mass murder?

[@lewistaylor2858]

Augustus Caesar (the first emperor of Rome) personally owned Egypt...

[@louisg7147]

It got much better...

[@BamBamGT1]

@@the12th68 There never was mass murder to begin with. He didn't even "rule" there, he leased the lands to various companies, and they did some nasty shit there.

[@JuulMaes]

@@BamBamGT1 nee man, geef gewoon toe da leopold een massamoordenaar was. Ookal heeft hij daar nooit een fout in gezet, hij was wel de aanleiding dat miljoenen dood gingen. Je gaat toch ook niet zeggen dat Hitler amper iets fout heeft gedaan, want hij persoonlijk heeft geen miljoenen mens doodgeschoten, het waren zijn bevelen, en zo ook bij Leopold was het zijn doen dat ervoor gezorgd heeft

[@absentiambient]

And now mobile and mining companies have colonized it, cycle continues...

[@tewodrossamson790]

thats what they want u to believe......if u dont remove ur self from their equation u wont get the scheme

[@hnys7976]

They killed Gaddafi because he wanted to stop that...

[@Legendaryium]

@@hnys7976 was that the sole reason why they killed gaddafi?

[@s.a.8548]

@@Legendaryium He also wanted his own currency away from world bank and was heavily influenced by socialism when it came to social issues.

[@jackvanvelden4395]

@@s.a.8548 true iff hhe would have done that the world would hce gone broke since he wanted to pay in gold...

[@embodiedconducting]

Excellent summary of the sad, unfortunate history of the domination and oppression of Africans by the France, England, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Belgium. You could do a separate video about King Leopold II, a singulary brutal, evil man who American Civil War veteran, Baptist minister and politician George Washington Williams first used the prhase "crimes against humanity" to describe the atocities and horrors comitted during his "ownership" of Congo Free State.

[@anthonymarx4419]

Europe

[@BamBamGT1]

Where does all that nonsense keep coming from? Leopold never even set foot there. He got the land, then leased it to various companies. He was like an absent landlord, that's the worst you can say about him.

[@BamBamGT1]

@Phillis "Dick" Black These were self governing entities. There was a rebellion in one of their villages, the local abir guy in charge hired a cannibal tribe to go eat them (this actually happened) I can't say that the crimes the renter commits in the property of the landlord, are the landlord's fault. The 'A' in ABIR stands for Anglo, which is the reason the Brits so heavily focused on Blaming leopld, to hide their own connection to crimes against humanity committed by a parlty British company.

[@weasle2904]

@@BamBamGT1 Leoupold profited and allowed the atrocities to take place. Over 10 million people died, it was literal genocide.

[@BamBamGT1]

@@weasle2904 The change in population over a few decades has been studied by various people and is attributed to 3 main factors: 1 diseases, 2 famines, 3 natural decline of population due to birth rates dropping. There was no genocide.

[@connor971]

Can you do a summary of the seven year war on a map please

[@thehasbullaofalltime]

Connor in charge yes He should do this

[@Al-cd7zg]

Connor in charge yes yes yes

[@mtraa.942]

It was between who ?

[@connor971]

@@mtraa.942 britain ireland british america hanover prussia portugal brazil brunswick wolfenbuttel hesse kassel and schaumburg lippe vs france new france holy roman empire austria saxony russia spain new spain sweden and mughal empire

[@fakefake9961]

Connor in charge is it for school?

[@iamseamonkey6688]

Portuguese colony: is called gold coast Australians: nice

[@ruzzou9536]

Gold coast= ghana bruh

[@error_404_lamb_sauce_not_found]

@@ruzzou9536 There is a city in Australia called Gold Coast. But yeah, it was Ghana which was under British control.

[@chees8067]

When you try to travel to australia but end up in Ghana: *what*

[@guilhermesiffer4904]

Congo: gets independence Also congo: lets call it after the person who cut off our hands

[@MonDieuMaCauseMonEpee]

They didn't get to name their country. To they it shouldn't really even exist.

[@aobakwemhele6613]

Obviously they didn't name it themselves 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@pie015]

you dummy obviously they didnt name it after their oppressor

[@aobakwemhele6613]

@@haziagat if that's a joke then it's a bad joke

[@lif3andthings763]

Congo goes back to the Congo river which in turn gets its name from the Kongo Empire which existed a while back mostly in modern day Angola though.

[@slycat2355]

This video just blew my mind. I learned more about Europe’s involvement on other countries here than I did in high school World History.

[@asdfghjklyfyfyv]

It's also called the Scramble of Africa btw

[@TheMidwestGaming]

Haven't started the video yet, but you've easily become one of my favorite geographical/historical channels on KZbin. The animation with the maps and the detail is amazingly perfect yet simple enough for everyone to understand. Thank you for doing these!!! I would love to see a video on the history of the Roman Empire, or even the history of the evolution of mankind, from the origin of humans today.

[@omg9261]

they don't produce the ideos, they just translate them from french (the original channel is french)

[@underloveryz2731]

​@omg9261 still, I think they are the same person. They just translate into other languages

[@edenli6421]

You know it’s a good day when GeoHistory uploads a video

[@Hienox]

It's truly heartbteaking to watch all these colonies gaining independence one by one.

[@teoteo3522]

Why is it heart breaking?

[@Hienox]

@@teoteo3522 Cause Europe lost its territories.

[@canicejuniorjuninho8077]

@@Hienox u are sick in the head

[@PatrioticSouthernEdits]

womp womp 🗣🗣🔥🔥@@Hienox

[@alibumaye5155]

Somalia didn't get colonized until 1920s by the French, English, and Italians. The first country outside of Europe to get bombed by airplanes. And Somalia got independence in 1950 but agreed for 10 years of trusteeship.

[@alibumaye5155]

@JonnR Ragga Italy colonized southern Somalia. Also Djibouti is Somali land too and the majority natives are Somali. Ethiopia took the Ogaden region and Kenya the NFD region.

[@CDRNY25]

According to Somalis, Somalia has never been invaded or conquered. 🤣

[@imperator692]

@@CDRNY25 Well he's right in that the Italians really only had control in Mogadishu and parts of the Juba river. Somali sultans held sway in most of the country until the 1920s when Mussolini tried to establish a more Italian Somalia.

[@A.D.540]

@@imperator692 Somalia resisted up-to 15y against 3 European powers

[@imperator692]

@@A.D.540 More than 15 years. Somalis had been resisting since the Europeans came to our land in the 1600s

[@semorbutts7584]

Damn this comment section is a battleground 😐

[@sharkfinbite]

Nah. I seen worse.

[@haklovi]

this is how it starts

[@mf18591]

@@sharkfinbite balkan comment section??? 😂😂😂

[@criogenic1839]

@@mf18591 yeah and atheists vs religious

[@no-px7bk]

@Mr. Anonymous Indians vs pakisthanis

[@thanasissaloukas9453]

Basically The Greeks knew that africa existed cause of Egypt

[@thanasissaloukas9453]

@Dante Alighieri look africa its a greek word : Αφρική = africa = afro

[@jermainjackson8626]

greeks and Egyptians were black dumbass, not white like you look in your profile picture, nowadays the only people that inhabit Greece and Egypt are arab colonizers, invaders, not the original inhabitants

[@inakarbaash4781]

@@jermainjackson8626 I can accept you saying that the egyptians were black, but the greeks? Mate I hope you're joking.

[@inakarbaash4781]

@Son of Kemet Then what were they? They certainly weren't white. In fact what's your definition of black?

[@dieafrikaner3932]

PliantSanity you’re just a dumb victim, my friend. Even if they were black, they were not related to you. Stop trying to steal the history of others

[@telejoymusic]

Fun fact: Ghana (Gold coast) is the first country to gain independence in Africa and inspired other countries like Nigeria, Guinea, "CANADA" and help many countries.

[@bismarck6093]

Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth has a colony! My mind explodes.

[@ricemango7502]

0:29 navarre: exists geo history: ima end this mans entire career

[@franciscomoreno1027]

Great video. You forgot to mention the tension between Portugal and the United kingdom in the late ninetieth century due to Cecil roads and the pink map

[@kasthamir]

As well as you omitted the independence of Namibia in 1990ies along with modernisation of South Africa to be more African.

[@mrnico8067]

You mean Cecil Rhodes, hence Rhodesia (former name of Zimbabwe)

[@MiadasSchaf]

I wish there was more context on a lot of that history but the ending was greatly appreciated!

[@1brianm7]

1:46 Hello I’m the mighty power of the Commonwealth and I shall control this continent wait wait goodbye

[@googoosmedia2124]

The southern part of Somalia that Italy were colonizing was called Italian Somaliland while the northern part that British were colonizing was called British Somaliland. after independence the two parts become The Democratic Republic of Somalia

[@samwell8]

However British Somaliland today is independent from Somalia.

[@salmam7077]

@@samwell8 not yet but maybe in the future

[@jackkruese9929]

And what a great success it has become today ???

[@keeganmoonshine7183]

@@jackkruese9929 As usual the British colonies are always better

[@luigibellini811]

@@keeganmoonshine7183 in reality if you go read about the Italian trust territory of Somaliland you can read that at the time (the 60s) it was much more wealthy that the British one, the problem with Somalia came with the Siad Barre the shitty communist dictator that genocided the northern population of ex British Somaliland, threw the country in to bad wars with Ethiopia. With his death the northern part saw the opportunity to free themself while the southern part was going trough a Civil war

[@Yui_187]

Man I really love your vids. It represents it very well similar to Eu4. Vids like these help visualize the events of the past better

[@defnotmahogani]

Got assigned this video for class, it's actually quite interesting.

[@Anon-f7f]

Everyone in this comment section are those weird kids that correct and argue with the history teacher.😂

[@moonlitm3285]

Majority of people in the comment section are adults.

[@laurentaccount346]

The same for you

[@mirkostefani6327]

You are on history video we talk about history, if u want to talk about football just go on football match video like I do when I want to talk about football

[@Wiktor33]

U call intellegwnt people wierd?

[@bryane727]

@@Wiktor33 unfortunately you're not one of them

[@afonsofsy5428]

The guy didn't even refer the Portuguese Pink Map, where the British sent an ultimatum to Portugal, as so their settlers would have to leave the area, and cede Zambia to Britain.

[@awesomelegion9950]

If I'm correct, that was a catalyst for the abolition of the Portuguese monarchy.

[@ilmarslietaunieks121]

Nambia:exists South africa: im about to end this mans whole carrier

[@thobaninxumalo6829]

As a South African it was wild to me to find out that we colonized Namibia at some point, I was a bit disappointed that the video didn't touch on Namibia gaining its independence from SA and apartheid. Overall it was a good video.

[@charactercreations]

Education is all well and good but man it's satisfying to watch the map get filled in.

[@abdelhak50]

So accurate I'm so surprised!! Thank you for the efforts you did a really great job

[@divinest]

Yeah except he forgot to say what those colonizers did in those colonies and to the natives

[@K3rrJu5t1n]

I also liked how other recently independent African countries support other African colonies achieve independence

[@senseisenpaianimes5612]

He isn't accurate because Ghana was the first country to be independent

[@VoileTeef]

Fun fact: In WW1, Belgium only allowed aprox. 30 congolese soldiers to fight in the western front in Flanders, because of fear that people would see the congolese as peers

[@ryanlevande8078]

That's correct! They were part of the Congolese Volunteer Corps

[@oni3161]

Again ignoring a lot of ottoman and arab influence, you need to rename this EUROPEAN colonization of Africa

[@stevej1818]

I know someone who used to live in Rhodesia. He and his wife owned 2 businesses and as soon as Mugabe took over ceased both of them. As well as all the money they had in the bank. They were forced to flee to the UK with no money. And both in their 80s both work still which is really sad.

[@Ntombi_Red]

Nothing sad here, Mugabes policies should've spread to South Africa.

[@Moxxy776]

@@Ntombi_Red look at zimbabwe now and tell me if that would have been good for south africa

[@msanne8972]

10:07 also you forgot to say that Nambia 🇳🇦 gained independence from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@noobtube5401]

South Africa wasn’t a European power colonising Namibia, so I think that’s why he didn’t mention it, cause this vid’s specifically about the colonial empires

[@adamant_415]

So how many colonies how many do you want? France and U.K.: *Yakko's World*

[@MichaelSmith-by3te]

**happy Yakko's World music starts playing**

[@SaadAliArts]

Please also make video on expansion of the United States after it's Independence, history of Russia, history of China etc

[@thesportsguy3088]

No

[@supermouse73]

The history of China would be a fuck long video

[@moymo6125]

Why is spain red and Great Britain yellow 😂 as a eu4 player that looks so cursed

[@hellothere3693]

thank you tho

[@SPACEMAN98]

As a hoi4 player I also agree

[@NotTristeYT]

Same

[@zxylo786]

I would've loved living in this time period. Trading posts all over the world and exchanging product from India to Somalia. The Portuguese were really ahead of their time.

[@ravenp196]

you would’ve been a slave 💀

[@darthvader5830]

6:48 Ireland become an independent Republic in 1949....

[@flipson2635]

No, It got Independence from UK in the 1923 ;)

[@mryan4452]

@Master Yoda I'm Irish and don't even know its status until 1949. Post 1922 it was an Irish free state, in 1937 irish constitution removed power of monarchy then in 1949 formally removed any possible claim. Certainly not a protectorate before then as Ireland had its constitution but I don't know what it could be called?

[@suirahplanogemo3407]

This Wikipedia list about “Places named after Queen Victoria” is incomplete. *You can help by expanding it*

[@Caroleeeh]

Hmmmm

[@boniipekoglu506]

This must be the best video in youtube about africa

[@bojack40]

Clear and insightful without undue prisms, a great learning tool

[@senseisenpaianimes5612]

Your actually learning the wrong history

[@JohnnyKelly]

@@senseisenpaianimes5612 Can you elaborate on the right history?

[@PatrioticSouthernEdits]

yes please tell us colonizer@@senseisenpaianimes5612

[@masterblaster7544]

Ethiopia was not colonized. It was under occupation for 5 years until 1941. The video failed to mention it. Very bad.

[@libanali3021]

Occupation and colonization are somewhat the same I suppose

[@A.D.540]

@P C not half they only conquered west & north. South, east are free including most of central Europe.

[@ya_boi_jerome3768]

Bruh Italy colonized Ethiopia

[@teedaa4251]

Brah Italy didn't colonize Ethiopia not once but tried twice and failed

[@teedaa4251]

@@ya_boi_jerome3768 Brah Italy didn't colonize Ethiopia not once but tried twice and failed

[@ghostofathens6600]

The Greeks where the first to colonize Europe and Africa

[@mohdadeeb1829]

Phoenician were the first .

[@hamzahammami22]

@@mohdadeeb1829 Carthaginians?

[@AA-cj2rz]

Hamzus Hammami Carthaginians were north africans Amazigh most of them ... only one ship came from the east ...

[@hamzahammami22]

@@AA-cj2rz yeah i know that

[@giraffelord750]

@Ethan Mobile Ethiopia colonized Yemen. Lmao that is why they stayed independent

[@MarkZoloShow]

Great video though man! You put a lot of work into I see!!!

[@lucasgonzalezalvarez6992]

Hey Spain didn't loose the Canarian islands xD they are still part of the country

[@exfujoshiad2096]

Not something to be proud of

[@Rivan98]

If you look closely portugal and framce still have island too 😉

[@Rivan98]

I research more and i realize that technically the british and even italians have some island in African territory

[@TearDaTaco]

@@exfujoshiad2096 how is he not allowed to be proud of his country (spain) that took an island and still has it to this day.. kinda awesome ngl

[@exfujoshiad2096]

@@TearDaTaco yeah took something that doesn't belong to them ....proud of stealing

[@insanetrickshots1]

I think you could've mentioned the independence of Namibia and the apartheid in South Africa, but overall, great video!

[@ws8515]

3:55 Namibian panahandle is shown to have been created in the initial conference, however this was actually gained after the British had seized Rhodesia and the panhandle was a way for the Germans to reach possible river fronts to access the Indian Ocean. This was in exchange for transference of claims to Zanzibar which is still shown highlighted. No mention either of the Moroccan crisis during which Kaiser Wilhelm spurred Moroccan independence movements, but was later resolved with the seizure of more land to expand German NeuKamerun. The Belgian Congo was claimed by Leopold earlier than the Congress. But is still a good video. Earned a subscriber.

[@RBNN69]

Ethiopia what a great inspirational country dameee

[@jaimegraca9328]

I lived in Angola and it goes without saying that Portuguese Africa was well developed for the time, many cities were better than many European ones and all these countries have a western civilization. The Portuguese left their colonies much more unsettled than they were at first. Today there are prosperous countries and with everything to have a future.

[@i.i.1128]

@PanQuakes Yeah, keep Africa for Africans. After all, I don't think anyone (even Africans themselves) wants to have any connections with this shithole.

[@kirkandrada4947]

the problem now are the africans government corrupt activities and africans migrating to other countries, further draining the countries in the continent of its wealth and manpower.

[@ministryoftruth8499]

And you have such wisdom to impart because you were living in Angola over 500 years ago, and witnessed all the satellite dishes on the roofs of the mud huts? ; ) Looking at the history of sub-Saharan Africa, the sad fact is without outside intervention by Arabs, Europeans, and now the Chinese in all likelihood it would be *light years* more undeveloped than it is today.

[@cometmoon4485]

@@i.i.1128 Except all the white people who invaded the land in the first place to get at all the crops, ivory, diamonds, gold and slave labour to make them super wealthy. White people still benefit from the money made by African mineral miners to this day.

[@mananaVesta]

@PanQuakes Yes, and Europe for Europeans.

[@ayo94563]

One thing I failed to understand is that the "slave trade" is looking at from the angle that Africans were oppressed but it was a TRADE. Someone somewhere, an African was receiving payment for their own people. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

Huh? Being enslaved is an obvious form of oppression.

[@ebbyoma7008]

2 things can be true at once my sister…

[@zxylo786]

@@AddBowIfGirl Yes but ask yourself this: Who oppressed first? The Europeans to the Africans or An African King to another African King?

[@2490VIJAYA]

Very clear for an indian listener.some commentators are very fast in their description.indian listeners don't understand them.thank you for your clear description.

[@jorritkoperdraad5611]

It’s sad that you didn’t put the independence of Namibia in the video. Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1994, after the apartregime was thrown out of power.

[@lavissebruh3144]

Don't know why France think Controlling a Giant desert is a good thing

[@TerrierMartello]

Money

[@planteruines5619]

Algeria coast is the best (i'm from France)

[@planteruines5619]

And Sahara is just the dessert

[@dorianbrlic8632]

On the map colonization is gone, but when you look deeper into Africa, you can see that all over Africa there is stil a form of colonization. All the big and rich countries are still stealing resources from most African countries, and only 1 country was able to break through that colonization for couple of years, its Tanzania, but the president some time after he decided he is closing gold mines for France, UK and USA died out of mysterious reasons. Sad world we live in

[@dorianbrlic8632]

@Pole that isnt businesses doing their job, thats called neo-colonization, its different

[@billmaghan]

The captions are appreciated.

[@f15780]

Poor mama Africa 😢😢

[@kayacenk4164]

one day african country will say stop to Franceççç Then France will become poor countryç right now France still getting money african countrys and no1 saying anything only Turkey trying stop them. thats why France so mad to Turkey.

[@kermitthefrog7425]

@@kayacenk4164 france will never get poor fool

[@kayacenk4164]

@@kermitthefrog7425 you will when African people say stop to France!

[@kermitthefrog7425]

@@kayacenk4164 lol

[@anmolsrivastava1712]

I can understand pain of Africa uk looted enough money from India which is equal to 43 trillion dollar today

[@leonbruno3745]

7:20 Egypt: noice I got full control France Israel Britain: bye bye Egypt Soviet Union: *STARES AT F.I.B* USA: stop offensive on Egypt

[@imgreen2563]

It was much more than that, the U.S gave Egypt billions in funds, and much of Egpyt's government was formed of SS lieutenants.

[@karsentube13yt]

When South Africa 🇿🇦 gains independence what is now Lesotho 🇱🇸 and Swaziland 🇸🇿 are part of it.

[@numega7323]

eswatini now.

[@thirtythree504]

I love how everyone acts like colonization is strictly an American or European thing. Basically every group that currently exist has colonized or is colonizing or attempted to coloniz. The thing is in the west were very sympathetic towards the losing side

[@Kalii1206]

GREAT VIDEO. WELL DONE. SERIOUSLY GREAT JOB. very easy to understand and rich in knowledge. There is hope for me to finally start appreciating history lol

[@mistertroy.7883]

The map still shows Ireland as part of the UK in 1956.... Remember that after 1921, Ireland became a Free State.

[@numega7323]

@D B Same thing. State as in Sovereign State.

[@Eduardo-ky9jo]

Portuguese started and everybody followed, don't forget we were at the time with 1 million people.

[@prachlit_singh]

Good channel........ Love from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳.... " Vasudhev kutumbakam"

[@bosniangamesms8957]

It really changes your perspective when you realize that Europeans really started to colonize Africa only 150 years ago and first colonies started to get independence only 30 years after that, while America was colonized for centuries

[@СтефановићКараџић]

The first European colony was actually in Africa when the Portuguese seized ceuta (part of spain today) from the muslims. The Americas were just prioritized.

[@ballenboy]

Yes the whole African affair only lasted 60-80 years, pretty short duration historically looking.

[@DIGtotheIT]

Holy shit, I had no idea any of this happened. Thank you!

[@rediettadesse2828]

R u serious 😂😂😂😂I thought the whole world knew fr sm reason😆😆😆😆😂

[@mannymedia6311]

Literally learnt today.. explains why they speak french in some parts I never understood it.

[@hongkongball4119]

4:22 my favourite country, *Orange*

[@yaboi494]

I’m going on vacation to *Orange*

[@shrekgamer4199]

Wow The effects are still being felt today

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

Yes.. they are still selling their goods to a world market. How awful.

[@zmanro]

Do the balkans and everything that came with it.

[@MissEmily8073]

No just the British,French and Spain,Portugal,Germany,etc...

[@dianabananavlogs]

In the middle of the 15th century, central and southern Africa is still unknown to Europe. However, for centuries the Arabs operated trade routes crossing the vast Sahara desert transporting to the Mediterranean gold, ivory and slaves. Europe is more interested in profitable trade routes from Asia, especially the import of silk and spices. But the expansion of the Ottoman Empire threatens these networks. Furthermore, the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula set their sights on discovering new sea routes to Asia to corner the lucrative markets. Portugal takes the lead by inventing the Caravelle; a lightweight, versatile vessel allowing it to accelerate exploration of the African coast. The country establishes maritime trading posts as an alternative to overland trade routes, especially to capture the highly profitable slave trade. In 1498, Vasco da Gama reaches India. Portugal rapidly grows in power in the Indian Ocean and dominates the spice trade. The country grows rich and faces no competition from the Spanish Empire as the two reach an agreement to define their zones of influence, as per the Treaty of Tordesillas. Spain therefore focuses on the American continent. In 1580, the king of Spain takes control of Portugal to form the Iberian Union. The new maritime power, the Netherlands, takes advantage of the situation to seize Portuguese colonies. Portugal finally regains its independence and tries to regain control of businesses in Africa. But the country now faces competition from new European powers settling along the African coast. The situation then remains relatively stable for centuries, with each country managing its own trade routes. Slave trade becomes the most profitable business. European ships buy slaves in Africa whom they exchange in America for gold and local products such as sugar and coffee. From the mid-18th century, anti-slavery movements gain momentum in Europe and gradually lead to a fall in human trafficking and slavery. In the US, a project to repatriate freed slaves to Africa gets underway. A colony is established allowing the return of thousands of former slaves. Although there are conflicts with indigenous populations, Liberia becomes independent in 1847. A few years later, France and Egypt inaugurate the Suez Canal, opening a new shorter sea route to Asia. In the African colonies, interest turns towards trying to gain arable land in order to grow agricultural products primarily for European markets. While exploring the land, colonists discover the continent is rich in resources, stirring the appetite of European powers in the midst of industrial development. Tensions flare because of competition between European nations. In 1884, a conference is held in Berlin to regulate colonization. King Leopold II of Belgium gets personal possession of a large, little-known area in the heart of the continent. Germany, Spain and Italy seize territories, while the UK receives Egypt. Henceforth, countries can stake claim to any land they physically occupy. European nations, boosted by their superior military technology, engage in a race for control of the largest possible territory at the expense of local kingdoms and empires. In most cases, land is stolen and redistributed to European settlers. Indigenous people are subject to taxes, but have no money to pay them. So they find themselves working in the fields or in mines, which become a form of forced labor. Italy, which controls Eritrea and Somalia, fails to conquer the empire of Abyssinia which gains international recognition as a sovereign nation. After the discovery of diamonds and gold in the south of the continent, the British empire expands to take over the states of Transvaal and Orange, both of which were founded by the Boers mainly descendants of Dutch settlers who fled following the arrival of the British. In 1908, King Leopold II cedes Congo to Belgium. Two years later, after long negotiations, southern British colonies of the continent gain independence, forming the Union of South Africa. The new country remains linked to the British empire by becoming a dominion, ceding certain powers to the British crown. During the World War I, hundreds of thousands of men from the colonies are sent to European and African frontlines. The United Kingdom, France, Belgium and South Africa take over the German colonies. At the end of the war, a separatist revolution breaks out in Egypt. The UK is forced to recognize the end of its protectorate status, but the country retains control of the Suez Canal by maintaining a military presence. In 1935, fascist Italy again tries to conquer Abyssinia. This time the Italian army is successful in gradually seizing territories, but Abyssinia would never sign an armistice. World War II breaks out in Europe, and again, hundreds of thousands of Africans are involved in fighting on different fronts. Italy, allied with Nazi Germany, loses its colonies on the continent. At the end of WWII, Abyssinia becomes Ethiopia and regains its sovereignty. Talks are held at the United Nations to discuss the future of other Italian colonies. With European nations weakened by war, the United States leans in. Fearing the rise of the Soviet Union and communism in the world, the country supports the independence of colonies and their admission to the United Nation. When an insurrection breaks out in Madagascar against French occupiers, it is brutally suppressed. Italy eventually gets control of Somalia for another 10 years, while Libya becomes independent. Kenya also begins an anti-colonial uprising that would last 8 years and result in many civilian victims. In 1952, the Egyptian army overthrows the monarchy and begins anti-colonial policies. On the one hand, the country makes contact with the Soviet Union to provide arms. On the other, it provides military support to aid Algerian nationalists against the French occupation. Egypt also claims control of Sudan, and nationalizes the Suez Canal, chasing away the French and the British. In response, they combine with Israel to organize a surprise attack on Egypt. The offensive is a success, but is stopped after the USSR’s threat of nuclear war. The US then steps in and orders an end to the offensive. The event marks the end of the British and French domination on the continent. Aware of losing their grip on power, France and the UK try to moderate their policy and maintain influence on the continent. Britain supports the independence of Sudan to prevent the country coming under Egyptian control. The same year, France, which is mired in war in Algeria, recognizes the independence of Morocco and Tunisia to avoid the spread of violence. The UK is ready to recognize the independence of its colonies, in some cases if the new governments join the Commonwealth, an intergovernmental organization headed by the British crown. France for its part tries to set up a Franco-African community. All colonies accept the proposal with the exception of Guinea, which then gains independence. In 1960, a new wave of colonies gaining independence ends this project. France withdraws but maintains economic control over the region with the CFA franc currencies. The same year, the Belgian Congo also gets independence and becomes the Congo-Leopoldville. France tries to maintain control over Algeria at all costs. But violent repression and massacres of local populations makes them lose support of the French people and the international community. Despite violence committed by some of its own forces, Algerian separatists take the advantage by playing the diplomatic card and gaining debates at the UN. France, defensive at first, tries the empty-chair policy, and in 1962 finds itself forced to recognize the independence of Algeria. South of the continent, while the British lose their last colonies, Portugal also finds itself in trouble. Despite large investments and significant migration of Portuguese to Angola, war breaks out and spreads into other colonies, causing the country to invest heavily in military efforts. Finally, a revolution in Portugal overthrows the regime. The new government recognizes the independence of the colonies and organizes emergency repatriation of its settlers. To the north, Morocco pressures Spain to quit the Western Sahara. When the Spanish finally depart, it captures two thirds of the liberated country. While European nations are no longer present in Africa, Southern Rhodesia is the only country whose independence was obtained by British colonists who hope to themselves found a country ruled by white people. The country is not recognized in the UN and comes under great international pressure. In 1980, it yields and a transitional government is set up to form Zimbabwe. Despite the end of European presence in Africa, the continent will still have to face various forms of neo-colonialism. World powers and multinationals influence and sometimes destabilize African countries with the aim of gaining its wealth and generating huge profits at the expense of local populations.

[@barackobama2968]

You didn't need to do this.

[@hexkobold9814]

Very educational video. I'd have liked to see the focus expanded beyond just "European" colonization to highlight the Ottoman and Omani involvement in colonizing Africa as outsiders. One could even start very early with the Phoenicians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Vandals, Alans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Pisans, Genoese, Sicilians, Aragonese, etc. Even the Russians (at Sagallo in Djibouti) and the Austrians (at Delagoa Bay in Mozambique) attempted to get in on the action. Also, the statement that "European nations are no longer present in Africa" toward the end is not completely true: Spain still holds Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa, while France still holds Mayotte and Reunion off the coast of Madagascar. Technically Diego Garcia (UK), the Canary Islands (Spain), and Madeira (Portugal) are also Africa.

[@Tenaciouss666]

Ottomans did not have a colonist mentality.

[@HiHo-zh4rd]

​​@@Tenaciouss666of course they did. They colonized the Balkans, western Arabia, Iraq and Egypt.

[@Tenaciouss666]

@@HiHo-zh4rd Ottomans invested heavily on the Balkans and they lost it. Unlike other states, Ottomans saw the territories they conquered as their own, not like a colony.

[@HiHo-zh4rd]

@@Tenaciouss666 yes, enslaving the inhabitants and living in their houses. But once they settled in Constantinople that became the center. Palestine was not developed. Nothing was further developed other than regional administrative centers like everyone does.

[@whitesun264]

maybe you should look at how they tried to colonise Romania@@Tenaciouss666

[@napoleon8417]

I like how Portugal and Spain were the first to colonize Africa and also were the last to leave

[@Darktommie]

You would.

[@theKetrab02]

9:42 the canary Islands are a part of Spain till this Day.

[@mjhmab]

he didnt say they were morrocan the whole spain map became white too

[@barbatvs8959]

@Drom Assault Gauches. You need to learn about them.

[@barbatvs8959]

@Drom Assault Then stay ignorant.

[@UniversusVasator]

Plus other areas of Morroco

[@anemu3819]

6:15 and a rebellion in madagascar is brutally suppressed

[@theanonymousmrgrape5911]

There is a whole lot wrong here. A couple of things I took down. It's a common misconception that New Imperialism was primarily motivated by exploitative economic gain for the European powers. Most African colonies for most of the period cost more to maintain for their parent countries than they generated. There are some famous counterexamples to this such as the Congo Free State; but for the most part, the goals of the European states were to spread Christianity and western civilization, with a secondary implicit goal being to have the largest stake in the effort and to be therefor the most prestigious nation. Economics were, in most cases, a deterrent rather than an agonist to colonization. In most African colonies, the white population did not effectively replace the former ruling elite of the area and divide it among white settlers. I'm not disputing this happened on occasion, however, most African colonies through most of the period did not even have permanent white populations large enough to sustain a policy like this. In some colonies, the white population was highly concentrated in newly built cities, and the countryside remained essentially undisturbed. This was largely the case in the Portuguese colonies. However, the system that dominated the continent was a sort of dual aristocracy, where government officials and military officers were Europeans, but the day to day workings of the administration, as well as the custody of land was left to natives that chose to work alongside Europeans. Finally, you made it sound like the economies of most colonies were a totally one-sided affair where the Europeans enslaved Africans in all but name. Although not entirely inaccurate for every colony, it's misleading when discussing all of Africa during New Imperialism. The Congo Free State was one of the most brutal and antagonistic regimes in all of history, and every stereotype about African colonization holds true for the personal possessions of King Leopold. But in most respects, it was quite a fringe case. In most African colonies, Europeans and natives were engaged in the same businesses together, and the arrangements made for infrastructure, more advanced agriculture and to a limited extent, industry were beneficial to both Europeans and natives. Finally a much smaller nitpick, Rhodesia, as it was actually called once it declared independence, was not the final state in Africa created and governed principally by a minority of white, formerly British people. South Africa was. Their minority government didn't cede power until 1994 when Nelson Mandela was elected as president.

[@pmurnion]

It's common myth by the semi educated that the colonies cost more to run them they made and therefore they weren't that bad. The colonies were part of an evil archaic European class system. For most of the colonial master country the cost exceeded the gain but that was all born by working tax payers. For the European elite it was the opposite, the colonies were a goldmine with the wealth and the corruption to go with it. It's also really irrelevant that the locals gained a little agriculture and industry improvements. The Germans brought progressive social welfare and workers rights to occupied Czechoslovakia but nobody is claiming that this justifies the annexation.

[@Dutch_Uncle]

On the cost to Europe of colonies: The German Chancelor Bismarck is quoted as saying, "My Africa is France." The German colonies all lost money, they were prestige projects, The subsidized shipping and commercial companies made money, but Germany as a whole lost money.

[@Plunger_cameraman]

We gotta get this guy to 1m subs