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[@General.Knowledge]

Do you know any other demilitarized zones? Today or in history?

[@darthmango994]

I don’t know I think Bir Tawil!?

[@cat_1878]

@@darthmango994 bir tawil is just unclaimed land

[@comingafteryou5352]

Dislike because Greece didn't invade in 1919 but liberated greek territories.

[@Channel-ii7kc]

I know - Israel , Palestine, S.Korea - N. Korea

[@derkach7907]

Ukraine and republic of donetzk and lughansk

[@liltinglullaby3282]

Border between the Koreas: *is called Demilitarized Zone* Demilitarized Zone: *is the most militarized place on Earth*

[@NascarFan-hi4et]

So true

[@alexhennigh5242]

So many little fuck up like that are so pervasive in EVERYTHING it makes me wonder how our species managed to make it this far.

[@theemperor-wh40k18]

@@alexhennigh5242 cause those fuckups are balanced by strokes of ingenuity and luck.

[@testcardsandmore1231]

The military is outside the zone.

[@zehan2316]

The strip of land itself is still demilitarized

[@swissbulgarianprod]

DMZ: No military units there The Korean DMZ: how about the exact opposite idea

[@rutgerhol]

What do you mean exactly,? To my understanding, the korean DMZ is entirely demilitarized, with the JSA being the only exception.

[@sohopedeco]

I had a very wrong idea of what a demilitarized zone was because of the Korean DMZ.

[@user-ks2ir6pd8l]

@@rutgerhol That's right, but massive army is stationed at the borders of the zone on the both sides, while there isn't even a single civilian. Also, if you go there somehow, you will get shot by either side unless you die from landmines. Think of the Rhineland - people were free to enter it, none of french soldiers had to be stationed at the border. That's what people would imagine for a demilitarized zone, not the Korean one.

[@user-yi8se6sj3v]

​@@rutgerhol police forces are allowed to go into DMZ and maintain order in the area. So, both governments deployed so-called "police". these police forces wear a military uniform, uses guns that are used in the military. the most strange parts is that commanders and soldiers change their jobs from the police officer to soldier when they leave DMZ and also change their jobs from soldier to police when they go into DMZ.

[@swissbulgarianprod]

The ones that replied to the first reply, I think he joked

[@hameltonnotlemah1913]

"The Green Line... here in orange" 😂👌

[@user-xw2hl4uk1u]

It was named the "Green Line" because the then commander of British forces in Cyprus, General Yang, drew it on the map in green pencil.

[@aquilaplayz9538]

@@user-xw2hl4uk1u ok bro thanks for the info

[@Panoleon]

Could you maybe put a link to the scans of the original documants in the description. That would be so cool.

[@Datboyaja]

I agree

[@cevinzeke5110]

Documant

[@stansearcheslife6363]

@@cevinzeke5110 shush

[@geographyferret2164]

Yes!

[@geographyferret2164]

@@stansearcheslife6363 ?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The Melilla and Ceuta border fences are de facto demilitarized zones however it's not there to prevent Morocco from taking Ceuta or Melilla but rather, its purpose is to stop smuggling and migrants

[@wadp991]

There is a sort of demilitarized zone between Canada and the United States on the Great Lakes. The Rush-Bagot Treaty limits the number of warships on the Great Lakes. It was signed in 1818 following the War Of 1812. It remains in effect.

[@EdMcF1]

I think it's fairly safe to say that neither side is likely to kick something off now.

[@mackenziegarland620]

@@EdMcF1 hmmmm i dunno... I think those Canadians are up to something...

[@JacobLozano-mr8ll]

@@mackenziegarland620 they might throw maple at us we must attack with butter

[@Batman-rc1yg]

@@JacobLozano-mr8ll hey they throw maple syrup cus it's good and want us to try it

[@mohit_panjwani]

@@JacobLozano-mr8ll * attack them with cholesterol, diabetes, bad healthcare, guns, stupid student debt crisis, joke of an government, good ol hypocrisy of fighting terrorism by attacking Iraq when it had nothing to do with Afghanistan. Also attacking Afghanistan to fight a proxy war with Russia, same in Yemen, Syria.

[@zachatck6567]

My bedroom is a demilitarized zone because my brother claims it

[@mattwood5190]

Just show him who is boss

[@night_aviation]

Yeah but you know you can't militarize it either right?

[@northofnashira2575]

Does he have a flag?

[@nelsonricardo3729]

@@northofnashira2575 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWq6Yq2Ketp-grs

[@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744]

Annex it back

[@CordellBM]

The demilitarised zones between Ceuta & Melilla are actually there to stop Sub-Saharan refugees jumping the fence and making it to Melilla / Ceuta. Moroccan's within a certain distance of the border fence can come & work in Melilla / Ceuta very easily but there is a very strong military presence on both sides of the border to stop the fence hoppers

[@Parborway]

0:39 the stop sign is for some reason hexagonal.

[@hanthony624]

:o

[@gigachad2481]

Beacuse its the bestagon

[@ckl9390]

I didn't even notice that one until you brought it up.

[@vladirackpubama6785]

@@gigachad2481 i waited for that

[@JermStone]

Most of us have experienced a Demilitarized Zone.... just on a MUCH smaller level. Remember when you were kids and you would draw a line in the dirt/sand and say "This is my side. That is your side. You stay on yours and I'll stay on mine." That little space between is the Demilitarized Zone. XD

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Love your channel and videos. I still get to learn new things about history that I really didn’t know about. Very nice! Keep the high quality product going.

[@kshahz27]

Super quality video appreciate the hard work that went into making something so detailed and polished

[@willywodka1924]

0:16 Goddamn, this map is so infinitely cursed

[@cat_1878]

*squiggled lines intensify*

[@ib8025]

Honestly if you pretend like Czechoslovakia isn’t a thing, the map is pretty visually appealing.

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

I think Italy is looking weird on this map!

[@Makem12]

I'm not even sure where to begin with it

[@lorenzomautino3708]

Great britain looks like it had a famine and was really slim, or Denmark

[@extramc623]

Maybe american schools should become these areas

[@gamer228r]

but that's gonna become boring : (

[@redixpissman7574]

@@gamer228r yikes

[@JChrist0AD]

How would I grind kills though?

[@nonaveragejoe0]

wait till bro finds out they already are

[@aaronreynolds1717]

As an American I do think that all of the USA should be demilitarized

[@the8thgemmer467]

I’m Cypriot, and to all those saying “the UN is useless” I’d like to point to the huge successes of UN Demilitarised Zones. Also, something you didn’t mention was that there was already a demilitarised zone in the city of Nicosia.

[@aymenbendjeddou6670]

yes UN did pretty well there tbh

[@Euan_Miller43]

The UN’s action in the former Yugoslavia, Congo, Somalia and Rwanda as well as lack of action in Zimbabwe and Syria are not outweighed by the tiny island of Cyprus. The UN is useless

[@the8thgemmer467]

@@Euan_Miller43 you know, it’s not just Cyprus. It has had many failures and many successes. The UN is not useless for the reason that it has failed to completely eradicated warfare and genocide (something that has never been achieved in human history). Of course, the wars that have been get more coverage than the wars that could have been. Also, even if it only saved thousands of lives in Cyprus (which it didn’t) that still means it saved thousands of lives, so it’s jot useless. But anyway, the amount of lives saved by organisations such as UNICEF and the WFP are very high and cannot simply be overlooked because the UN has had its failures.

[@Luredreier]

@@Euan_Miller43 The UN works through consensus. That's always hard to achieve. But when it is it's often quite potent.

[@Dark_Detective]

Look at all the place where it failed though. Eg: Syria, Israel, Kuwait, Kashmir, ect

[@Chorophilax]

You the comments are gonna be hot when Greece , Turkey and Cyprus are mentioned in the same video.

[@Sahd079]

Its the replies you have to watch for

[@Chorophilax]

@Yakup B thats the definition of "turkish bias"

[@bigchungus1920]

@@Samet-yy9sj is turkey that bad you need a new place?

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

@@Samet-yy9sj Since most of your ancestors were Armenians-Greeks-Slavs-Albanians-Arabs-Kurds and basically every ethnicity that you can think of except Turkic people, the chance to be real brothers is extremely big. 🙃😊🙃

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

@@Samet-yy9sj Well... not exactly. You see... during the ottoman era thousands of Greek speaking christians became Islam converts because of the benefit to live in an Islamic empire as a muslim. On the contrary no Muslims became Christians...

[@TheLocalLt]

The demilitarization of the Sinai has one nasty side affect which is that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has taken control over two portions of Sinai and declared a Sinai province

[@alguien6073]

For the modern world history class I've been taking, I feel like demilitarized zones could be added to the cirriculum, like as examples of how the UN might regulate with treaties, or something

[@kmmmsyr9883]

Also as I remember they're building a demilitarized zone with *"Russian peacekeepers"* between Azerbaijan and Armenia after the Azerbaijani victory in the Qarabagh War.

[@kmmmsyr9883]

@lunatic. I thought Russians didn't want the Turks there

[@kmmmsyr9883]

@lunatic. That's my point of view as well, but unfortunately international politics don't work like that :/

[@denisdooley1540]

Great episode, one of the most interesting I've seen on this channel.

[@Kabutoes]

3:02 “oh no! It’s the League of Nations! They’re gonna make us follow their rules!”

[@Daniel-ls1gm]

League of Legends

[@aaronhalminen1838]

Fun fact: Finland has a mandatory military service for all men, but people living in Åland don't have to do it.

[@phoenixjamirazucena5672]

everybody gangsta until snow starts firing suomi

[@manutd____]

@@phoenixjamirazucena5672 it’s sad when someone tells you a cool fact and you don’t reply with “cool” or “nice” no you instead reply with your shitty meme

[@phoenixjamirazucena5672]

@@manutd____ i forgot to say ive dont this many times on my life and they never said in that way, they just say lol... welp the truth is u want to roast when i give a comment about memes

[@manutd____]

@@phoenixjamirazucena5672 what? Bro your reply is unreadable

[@monkas1833]

There‘s a demilitarized zone between me and my crush

[@zainmudassir2964]

Bruh😲?

[@harry793]

Why did it have to be demilitarised

[@unbanquackityishot327]

ok

[@LittleAddu]

*bRuHhHhHhHhHhH*

[@Lost-ys1dq]

Brr

[@archstanton6102]

In 2009 I drove along the demilitarized zone in Eastern Cyprus. From Dhkelia to Ay Nic. The span of the road and walls on either side is demilitarized. You could see the Turkish soldiers watching us from the guard towers.

[@elitely6748]

Germany: *militarizes the Rhineland* British in dunkirk: *our presence is no longer required*

[@woutijland4983]

I think you mean duinkerke

[@elitely6748]

@@woutijland4983 ye I typed the english version instead of french I forgot.

[@andriandrason1318]

@@elitely6748 In French, it would be Dunkerque. French Flemish, Duunkerke. Duinkerke is Dutch.

[@towaritch]

You mean Germany reoccupied his own country formerly occupied by a foreign country (France). Seems fairly normal to me.

[@PetAmer599]

Woow just a week ago i found your Chanel! And mate doing a video and mentioning my contry Cyprus is an awesome thing, 😁🤘🏼

[@shubzilla755]

Nations with Antarctic claims: 7 Nations that can assert Antarctic claims: 1 Overlap: 0

[@GuildsmanPirate]

Not even 70 days into our campaign and the Rhineland has been remilitarized smh

[@maxpaxe5677]

A hoi4 reference?

[@switzerlandch4986]

A second World war reference?

[@GuildsmanPirate]

Yes to both

[@BlackoutFury]

omg hoi4!!11!1!1!1!1

[@emreyldz4324]

Fun fact: When the negotiations were going on in the Second Geneva Convention about where should be the UN buffer zone, a Turkish tank commander despite the order from his superiors didn't back down from the captured territory, you could see the bump soutwards created from this tank deep inside the cyprus territory at 11:07 . Correct me if i am wrong.

[@youprayteas]

That is correct

[@ashholiday123]

For people thinking Cyprus isn't in constant tensions - If you sail a boat, you MUST fly the flag of the respective border country and if you move from one side to the other, you have a very short window of a few minutes to change over the flags or you WILL be arrested. Yes. It's that tense over there.

[@salg23]

So if you fly the Greek flag and sail into the Turkish part, Turkish navy will detain you? that’s sick and stupid

[@kasadam85]

@@salg23 Same thing happens with the TNCR flag in Cyprus's zone.

[@towaritch]

@@salg23 yes but the reverse is true (flying Turkish colors in Cyprus's waters)

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

7:12 Imagine not drawing the red star on our flag...what's up with that?

[@MortanAMrk]

so true sexy king kim

[@RomuloTheBrazilian]

Also no hammer and sickle in the Transnistrian flag

[@Anna-po1sb]

"Its not that the rules weren't effective, they just weren't followed." W o t

[@DarthNoshitam]

You forgot about the area between the Federation and the Romulan Empire

[@theraxs0014]

Great Video! Keep up the good work mate!

[@machina188]

I didn't know there was beef between Cyprus and Other Cyprus.

[@atruv2089]

Man I wish you also mentioned how easy it is to cross the Cyprus demilitarised zone, and how often it is crossed too, before 2020 of course. Despite the wires, the security, and the soldiers, it's been a surprisingly chill place since 2003.

[@georgegalileo]

The sliver of land between Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium, called neutral Moresnet or Kelmis

[@Philippe_III]

Great Research. Thanks for sharing this.

[@liono.6366]

There is also a DMZ in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria.

[@themfantasy]

no.. Syria don't recognize Israel, but Russia promise that the war in Syria will not come close to Israel..

[@liono.6366]

@@themfantasy It's been the case like that since 1974.. You can see it in some maps too

[@Sahd079]

@@themfantasy that has nothing to do with the fact that there is a demilitarized zone. Legitimate or not it doesn't matter in their case. Also you do know that the Golan heights wargappened before Russia and they will soon leave when the civil war ends otherwise they are just wasting their already strained recources

[@so-tk7eh]

Thanks to someone, there is no demilitarised zone in Vietnam

[@raider2763]

The USA and Canada having the worlds longest border between 2 countries That is unguarded

[@jshef9057]

Right! However, it’s no longer unguarded. There is border patrol there now since 9/11

[@raider2763]

@@jshef9057 for the most part it’s unguarded

[@jshef9057]

@@raider2763 Yeah, I agree. Just saying not completely. It’s awesome that it can be unguarded

[@811brian]

Probably because the us and Canada have one of the closest alliances in the world.

[@jshef9057]

@@811brian Yep. 🙂 Here’s to developing an even closer relationship between the countries!

[@lancegigs9022]

demilitarized zone: the pillow that divides me with my wife in the night

[@bengu3987]

CYPRUS IS ON THE THUMBNAIL I REPEAT CYPRUS IS ON THE THUMBNAIL

[@Farto126]

Morocco cant want Ceuta and Melilla back, because they had never ever been moroccan. This cities are not colonies, as well as european Turkey is not a colony of Turkey or Kalinigrad Oblast is not a colony of Russia. They belong to Spain because Spain is there! In that straight, phsically. As well as Turkey is in the Bosforo Straight. And both cities was spanish integral territory time before the colonial period, centuries before of the existence of Morocco.

[@ndetavy2341]

Königsberg is deutsche

[@ConorMcgregor322]

@@pepsilon3210 And it was Thracian before Greek. What's your point?

[@Farto126]

@@pepsilon3210 that only make me have more reason here.

[@Farto126]

@@ndetavy2341 should be. But, even that, no one consider it a Russian colony just because it is an exclave.

[@petiteexplication6249]

"Centuries before Morocco was a thing" how is that even possible when Morocco was founded in 789

[@EdMcF1]

I read that towards the end of WW1, there were 5 different military forces active in the Åland Islands, Red Finnish, White Finnish, Soviets, Swedes and Germans. It must have been a bit crowded.

[@ianprince1698]

in the house of commons in the UK, there are two lines the length of a sword apart to stop duelling in the house

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Congrats! Very interesting video!

[@tomasmogos6239]

I'm happy with your best videos!

[@the8thgemmer467]

The treaty of Lausanne is not followed in practice today. Greece cites Turkey’s non-following of certain clauses to claim it is not currently legally binding and hence claims the right to militarise the Aegean Islands.

[@yiannisn.5555]

Better safe than sorry when turkish f-16 planes fly above the islands every day

[@yiannisn.5555]

@Yakup B agressive countries don't survive for long , diplomatic countries do tho

[@the8thgemmer467]

@Yakup B do you even realise how inhumane that is? Say you disagree with the political leaders of Cyprus or Greece, why do you think their civilians should be murdered in the hundreds of thousands? Why do you think nothing of the mass murder that is war, thousands of people would die on both sides, and due to the artillery employed by both sides the island of Cyprus would probably be annihilated. War is never good, it’s just mass murder, and you are turning yourself into a nationalist bloodthirsty machine for what? Do you think it’s funny to see someone lose? Do you believe you are racially superior? Do you think winning wars is an expression of greatness! It’s not, wars occur throughout history, and often they have different results.

[@yiannisn.5555]

@Yakup B turkey has neither the economic nor political power that these countries possess , thank you for letting me go more in depth in what i said .

[@yiannisn.5555]

@Yakup B also , take switzerland as the perfect example , swiss neutrality is term known all around the globe and swiss diplomacy is world renowned , with foreign treaties being signed there , even the treat of Lausanne

[@Iamtheliquor]

Kos in the Aegean sea, demilitarised?? Funny! I was there in 2018 and there was a Greek navy ship patrolling the area

[@MrStelios888]

You are mistaken about the eastern Aegean islands they are not demilitarized!!! They were in fact until 1974 when Turkey invaded Cyprus so Greece militarized many of them and installed permanent bases in fear of a Turkish invasion. So it is a matter of national security for Greece. Also there was another treaty about this issue that stated that some of them had the right to militarize again but Turkey still interpret the treaty only for the Turkish islands and the Dardanelles.

[@EMD1492]

Ceuta and Melilla are not the result of colonial occupation. They were already Spanish before Istanbul became Turkish

[@mikaelvalter-lithander1247]

Not quite. Ceuta was Portuguese from 1415 until the Iberian union in the end of the 16th century, while Melilla was conquered in 1497. However, given that Granada fell in 1492, the conquest of the two cities was a natural continuation of the Reconquista, so your major point stands.

[@omarhabib4528]

I was waiting for the syrian - israeli dmz in the golan height. 🥲

[@candanismant5281]

Greece has not been abiding by the principle stipulated in the Lausanne agreement for the demilitarization of the islands in question until today.

[@-Faris-]

I also would like to Mention of the UN Blue line between Lebanon and Israel. Lebanese troops may not go close to the border in South Lebanon, instead it is maintained by UNIFIL troops consisting of nations from around the world.

[@cucen24601]

8:18 "In this case, there have been some incidents" Me a south Korean: "some" might be an understatement, but okay.

[@banealsmanana3672]

7:15 I love how you skip the ⭐️ on the North korean flag. I’m from south so no one is offended here.😎

[@manuelg.896]

Do you use any specific software to do these videos? They are great!

[@abishekdas73]

General knowledge *salute*

[@andreasi8741]

As a Cypriot I would have appreciated it if you had mention that so-called "TRNC" is not recognised by anyone except Turkey and that the international community considers it an occupied part of the Republic of Cyprus.

[@whyit384]

Well it is a de facto state.

[@tigerstarshockwave9105]

Yep... Turkey keeps telling Armenia that their support for the independence of Artsakh is illegal, and that they are occupying Azerbaijani land, while they themselves are doing the same thing to Cyprus.

[@leonidaschantzaras2591]

@Mert K *"Turkish army exists there based on laws, complicated but can be explained. Turkey is a guarantor in Cyprus"* Correct, Turkey is a guarantor state of Cyprus, as is Greece and the UK. But Turkey's actions in Cyprus cannot be justified just because it is a guarantor power. What were the guarantors meant to do in Cyprus? They were meant to *guarantee the status quo* of the island. Basically meaning that if the pre 1974 state of the island was threatened, any one of those three countries could intervene to *maintain the current state of affairs*. So, if Turkey intervened, neutralised all the EOKA B terrorists, made sure the Turkish Cypriots' rights were protected, and then peacefully left after such an operation was over, then that would've been well within its rights. But did Turkey do this? No, instead what they did was occupy 37% of the island, expel any remaining Greeks from the north (which reciprocated an expulsion of Turks in the south), and then brought in settlers from the mainland in order to alter the demographics of the island, which is a direct violation of the fourth Geneva Convention of which Turkey is a signatory to. So in a nutshell, Turkey had every right to intervene in Cyprus to protect the Turkish Cypriots, but it absolutely did not have the right to continuously occupy it for close to half a century now, among other things.

[@xander1201]

@@leonidaschantzaras2591 as long as turkey and greece dont understand turkish cypriots are not as much turk as turks are in turkey and greek cypriots are not as much greek as greeks are in greece. there would be no unification cuz each side of this conflict wanna use cyprus for their own interests in the eastern mediterranean sea

[@leonidaschantzaras2591]

@Mert K Oh boy, where do I begin? *"Turkey openly declared that she will withdraw ALL its military from Cyprus in 2004."* Not true. Annan plan allowed Turkish troops to remain in perpetuity on the island. *"Of course quite depended on us as EU acted disgustingly hypocrite during referendum process. (EU said to greek cypriots, ''If you do not unite, you can not get into EU'' back then). "* The Republic of Cyprus is the internationally recognised state, not the "TRNC". Turkish Cypriots with ROC citizenship are EU citizens and were free to vote during the referendum process, as you mentioned, and are free to live in the ROC alongside their fellow Greek Cypriot citizens. Whether they choose to take up ROC citizenship or continue to reside in the "TRNC" is completely their choice and while I respect it, it would be unreasonable to blame the EU for it. *"Turkey offered that and said ''I will take all my army if island unites''. What happened? Greeks said NO to unification and Turks said YES in referendum."* Again, not true. Have you actually read the Annan plan? Turkey would've reduced their troop numbers but would've never fully withdrawn from the island. Why do you think the Greeks said "NO" to the reunification proposal? Because the Annan plan would have effectively been a two state solution. Cypriots (both Greek and Turkish) would not have the right to move inside their own country. Turkey would still keep its troops. There would have been foreign judges in the Cypriot parliament. All this and more. You can't make a proposal in which you win and everyone else loses, and then blame the other side for not accepting it. That's not how it works. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annan_Plan#:~:text=Urged%20on%20by%20the%20EU,in%20the%20island%20in%20perpetuity. *"We do not trust people still puts statues of terrorists like Grivas and tell in their schoolbooks ''Turks in north are actually greeks''... EOKA B terrorism is still glorified and obviously (especially after last elections) Turks of island made their mind about unification issue. "* This is just propaganda. Most Greek Cypriots acknowledge the crimes of their previous governments and they certainly do not glorify their actions. Also, are we going to ignore the fact that in the previous "TRNC" elections, people were literally being intimidated to vote for Ersin Tatar instead of pro-unification Akinci? Please do not pretend that Turkish Cypriots call the shots, Turkey does. *"Will you accept the state of Turks in Cyprus if Turkish military withdraws?"* No. I will only accept a united Cyprus where there are no Greek, Turkish or British troops. I believe this is the best solution. "You refused unification with the fear of having a Turkish Cypriot as your president." If you think that the Greek Cypriots rejected the Annan plan because they were afraid of having a Turkish Cypriot president, then you are sadly mistaken have been told a lie. I refer you to my previous comment on why the Annan plan was rubbish. *"You want and want and want so this is what you get."* The only things (most) Greek Cypriots and (most) Turkish Cypriots want is for the division of their country to end and for Turkey, Greece and the UK to withdraw their troops. Clearly, this is too much for you. *"especially while greek cypriots being busy selling their country to our regional enemy: Russia."* The same Russia from whom Turkey purchased a bunch of S-400 batteries from (which it will also station in Cyprus)?! Be consistent, if Russia is your enemy then why buy a bunch of their weapons? *"I am not even gonna talk about crimes of greek state, EOKA B, Makarios, Sampson, Grivas kind of rats and what happened to Turks of south cyprus before 1974 and how they can not even find their grandfather's graves today."* Good. Perhaps in return, I shouldn't talk about the crimes of the Turkish State either. None of us are innocent. Most Greek Cypriots accept the crimes their governments have done in the past. It's time for you to do the same.

[@duartenisa3737]

I love this vids 😍😍

[@daryturian9162]

Another good and interesting video

[@realAjWelgemoed]

I always enjoy your videos! :)

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

A turtle approves of these demilitarized zones

[@ErnestJay88]

Ironically, most "Demilitarized zones" are mostly militarized areas in the world.

[@WETiLAMBY]

well yeah but still less so than if they weren't demilitarized so evidently they do work

[@juanfalcon2639]

The argentine Island of Martin García, which is in Uruguayan waters, is also demilitarized and can only be used as a nature reserve.

[@rickboeter524]

The little clip with the barbed wire is at the concentrationcamp westerborg in The netherlands. You can see the monument of destroyed railroad tracks in the back.

[@Bruh-cj7yw]

Korea demilitarized zone: one of the most militarized places in the world

[@elisadickerhoof9463]

Last I remembered, Britain had control of some land in Cyprus. Did they finally give in?

[@akerem4475]

Nope, they still have them

[@pecadodeorgullo5963]

They can't really give them up yet since one acts as a buffer zone. If Cyprus was still kne country then the UK would've probably have left a long time ago.

[@joshbentley2307]

@@pecadodeorgullo5963 they probably wouldn’t of given in. They still have Gibraltar and that’s connected to Spain. So why would they give up land connected to cypress?

[@pecadodeorgullo5963]

@@joshbentley2307 they are military bases while gibraltar is not. The UK isn't too involved in the east anymore so they would've left a while ago if it wasn't for Greece and Turkey being greedy.

[@joshbentley2307]

@@pecadodeorgullo5963 Gibraltar is a military base. It does also have a population living there as well tho. But if they gave it up they could never get it back, and no one’s going to take it from them. They just have no reason too. The U.K. is not attacking anyone in South Asia but they still have the Indian Ocean territory.

[@samhouston1979]

i know as an east texan that the Kingdoms of Spain & France didn’t patrol an area between Nacogdoches & Natchitoches (TX & LA) & that lead to the area being a haven for outlaws

[@Mr.Nichan]

The fact that the Sinai Peninsula is demilitarized is very informative. The Sinai Peninsula is known as a place where "terrorists" operate. The demilitarization probably makes it awkward to fight them. I'm not saying this is the only reason their there, though. It also might be hard to find them because it's a great big desert, and there's also a reason they would want to and be able to be there, in that it's right next to the Gaza strip (between the Suez canal and [it and Israel], in fact).

[@maximuslluis]

The Spanish cities Ceuta and Melilla are much more complex that just some colonies that the spanish hold on africa, those cities are part of Spain for 5 centuries in the case of Melilla and 7 with Ceuta (more than 3 times the times the lifespan of United States of America), all people living there feel more spanish than moroccan Sorry for my bad english, its not my native language

[@JoseFernandes-js7ep]

Ceuta has been 165 years Portuguese, 60 years Iberian and 381 years Spanish as I can remember.

[@RafikDhaibi]

More than 60% of Spain and Portugal were muslim and arabic in total of 800 years as i remember

[@lesleyvids2610]

There is a DMZ between Israel and Jordan at the Jordan River - when visiting the river, you need to go through some military checkpoints first, as you come very close to the border.

[@user-jw6zw9gv8p]

Because the Arabs keep invading Israel, there's a reason for such a high military presence in Judea and Samaria

[@donovandownes5064]

the real crime against humanity is the hexagonal stop sign at 0:38

[@segundocarlos8345]

Ceuta and Melilla were already Spanish when Portugal and Spain were just one (s. XV). Back then, Morroco didn't exist. BTW, the right pronunciation of Melilla is [meˈliʎa] (AFI).

[@petiteexplication6249]

When was Morocco a country ?

[@segundocarlos8345]

@@petiteexplication6249 The thing of Greater Marroco was invented in 1950. I would define it as the current country since the Alaouite Dinasty, in the s. XVII.

[@petiteexplication6249]

@@segundocarlos8345 just say you have no idea what ur talking about and move on

[@Review11110]

my house is demilitarized

[@itspugsley8203]

Last time I was this early, the Berlin Wall still existed!

[@SylviusTheMad]

The Great Lakes of North America. Under the terms of the Rush-Bagot treaty of 1818, the US and Britain (the treaty was later formally adopted by Canada) demilitarized the Great Lakes. This is also why, in 1893, the World's Fair in Chicago could only use a mock-up of a battleship rather than the genuine vessel to demonstrate advancements in miltary technology. The USS Illinois was constructed for this specific purpose because actual warships were forbidden on the Lakes.

[@glavatazelva]

maybe for some future video you can make military borders. the most famous is the French versus the German or even better known the Chinese versus the Mongols (Great Wall of China). Austro-Hungary had a border intended against the Ottomans, stretching from the Adriatic across Croatia, Serbia all the way to the Carpathians in Romania. the town of karlovac in croatia was built as a military town (fortress) and named after king karl.

[@General.Knowledge]

Good idea!

[@kitfisto999]

I have had the privilege of visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone. It was surprisingly calm, however you could feel the tension in the air due to the amounts of soldiers stationed there (soldiers from the ROK Army also were sent into our tour bus to check our passports), but also a sense of a wish for peace.

[@bangscutter]

The irony of DMZs is that the opposing nations then mass up their military on either sides of the DMZ.

[@Potatobowmaster27]

thankfully i decided to pull up youtube in class because It was getting boring talking about quadratic equations.

[@yuantingkung378]

It's simply marvelous to know there are so many demilitarised zone in the world. Just one question, how did those place maintain demilitarised while international law really had no police to enforce these treaty?

[@RIFLQ]

Why does Svalbard island feels like an unlock region?

[@Head0.25s]

I believe there’s also the UNDOF line in the Golan heights between Israel and Syria

[@Euan_Miller43]

Golan*

[@Head0.25s]

@@Euan_Miller43 yep, my bad, guess autocorrect doing it’s own thing

[@dmeads5663]

Yea but that one might be a little different because Syria doesn’t recognize Israel’s ownership of the Golan Heights.

[@Kabutoes]

Vietnam’s DMZ had a million craters on both sides after 1965 and people crossing through and around “neutral” Laos.

[@hughsonj]

The space between me and my wife in our king size bed!

[@EmotionalSupportCapybara]

Should have probably mentioned that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognised by any other state besides Turkey.

[@Sahd079]

Still it's own governing body with laws a border land military what else do you want to define a country?

[@EmotionalSupportCapybara]

Well one of the biggest principles of sovereignty is international recognition and the ability to enter into relations with other sovereign states, which doesn't apply. One could also argue that TRNC's dependency on Turkey defies its sovereignty as a state.

[@enesdolangez8389]

@@EmotionalSupportCapybara They literally have elactions

[@jubmelahtes]

As a Norwegian I had no idea that we had a DMZ towards Sweden up to 93, like that's fairly recent yet I've never heard about it.

[@richardkammerer2814]

Our border with Canada had a little glitch, The Lake Of The Woods area in Minnesota. West of there, along the 49th parallel, there are a lot of trees and no gold or oil, so the boundary is not 100% marked.

[@eurovisionsongcontestsweden]

When in one country there are two sides: North & South all we prefer South like we like South Korea & (South) Cyprus and we hate North Korea & "North Cyprus" . Love from Greece !

[@justinian-the-great]

Nice video, although there should be a short note that administrative border between central Serbia and Kosovo isn't anymore a demilitarized zone. Serbian army (well, technically still Yugoslav army back then, but you get the point) was allowed and did return in the demilitarized zone following the terrorist attacks in the zone done by the so called Liberation army of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja in may and june of 2001.

[@Veriox22]

The aegean islands will continue to be militarized as turkey keeps its agressive policy.

[@ConstantineCatacuzenos]

I agree. The islands were demilitarized before 1974.

[@facoulac]

@@ConstantineCatacuzenos yeah, they were before the invasion of cyprus

[@kitbuqa.q7900]

@@MaeviousPachatourides as a guy who lived in turkey and i have relatives in turkey yes i agree turkey isnt the same place anymore and also the goverment is surpressing protest harhsly and the economy is utter shit so i agree but people hopes everything will change in election of 2023 good day sir.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

​@@ConstantineCatacuzenos And which international agreement Turkey violated by using it's guarantor state rights on Cyprus??? NONE!! This is why UN nor any country on Earth can't do anything against the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Greece has no right to violate an international agreement for it!! In fact it gets even stupider if we remember it was also the treaty of Lausanne which ceded those islands to Greece so by violating the treaty Greece is actually making their own territorial integrity questionable...

[@user-ln8eh5nq3q]

@@ggoddkkiller1342 yeah dude it's all yours

[@MetalFan10101]

In the hood, there is a gang from each side of the train tracks. Neither of them are allowed in the train station. Is that a DMZ?

[@KazakhBoy]

Сәлем Борат

[@MetalFan10101]

@@KazakhBoy Сәлеметсіз High five

[@llabavi367]

Always learning something new when watching your channel

[@BuriedFlame]

_"Demilitarized Zone? Sounds like something out of the Wizard of Oz."_

[@moulayismail1546]

There is a DMZ in western sahara. Beyond the Moroccan wall

[@kukuelmuku8447]

Yeah sadly, I wish Morroco would be decent, and let the Western Sahara alone...

[@petiteexplication6249]

@@kukuelmuku8447 but it doesnt exist the western sahara is a myth that never existed those lands were always a part of Morocco since the beginning of this country there's an airport in laayoune when people come which country will they print on their passport ???

[@kukuelmuku8447]

@@petiteexplication6249 it is a myth. You should check out sth called wikipedia. There are people called Saharawi, which ARE NOT Morroccan, but are oppressed by Morrocon, who want to be left alone. By your logic, if i conquer a land, it is mine, and bot from anyone else, has you have to use my countries passport. What a great thought!

[@petiteexplication6249]

@@kukuelmuku8447 wikipedia is now a reliable source of history i guess the sahara was always Moroccan from the dawn of times the sahrawis FOUGHT AGAINST SPANISH in the name of freedom and to reunite the country WE LITERALLY FOUGHT A WAR AGAINST SPAIN AND FRANCE 2 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDANCE TO REGAIN TERRITORIES THAT WERE CONSIDERED "western sahara" but no one remember that

[@kukuelmuku8447]

@@petiteexplication6249 "We" are you Morrocan? That would explain how you just dont give logical arguments...

[@mglsj]

India & Pakistan used to have a sort of DMZ in LOC during the winter months. But after the Kargil war, it is heavily militarised.

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

We had a DMZ? wow...

[@shravansays]

@@mirzahamzabaig5667 Sort of, for the Winter months, both army used to stay 90km away from border.

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@shravansays Well I knew about point NJ9842 in Siachen glacier (aka the dead men zone) but not an entire DMZ..

[@GeneralPet]

Re-evaluate the section about Cyprus please. North Cyprus is an occupied area not a state. It is not recognised as a state by any other nation other than turkey.

[@KEVMAN7987]

The demilitarized zones between Federation and Cardassian space, Federation and Romulan space, Federation and Klingon space, Hamburger and Hotdog space.