End of Empire (1985), chapter 8: Egypt

[@bhaveshparekh8966]

The British Empire was over in 1942. When Singapore fell, Australia announced that it would now fight under the US banner, not British, and Gandhi launched the Quit India revolt. Like a patient in an ICU, the Empire struggled to stay alive. 1956 meant the final end. Which was good for the British people also. The Empire was esstentially for the British upper class. I believe Britain was reborn when it shed its Empire. Palaces are not homes. The country which has given the world Shakespeare and Newton has an important role to play.

[@B-26354]

Britain has been in terminal decline, lets just be real.

[@yellowpete79]

Shakespeare is overrated. England makes good tv and thats about it.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

I think a fair analogy would be that it is OK for the UK government to nationalise the coal mines and railways but it is not OK for the Egyptian government to nationalise the Suez Canal (for which it paid the full price as per the shares quoted on the Paris Bourse).

[@NoahBodze]

You know the Egyptians could never have built that, right? All of the technology Africa uses was made by westerners and the Africans are too stupid to understand where it came from so they think its theirs.

[@HandleGF]

"When the British Empire sinks beneath the waves of history only two monuments will be left standing - the game of association football and the expression f*ck off." - Richard Turnbull (in Aden) in 1967

[@marycahill546]

This program completely ignores the diplomatic work of Canadian Lester B. Pearson (later Liberal Prime Minister) in settling the Suez Crisis. It was he who proposed a novel out for the French and British -- a United Nations peacekeeping force to monitor the canal zone. His work was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.

[@marks_sparks1]

the monitoring Force in Suez; UNEF 1 was a missed opportunity. It was hoped by the UN leaders in the 60s that the force would form the basis of a quick reaction force, based in Palermo that could respond to any global crisis, thus negating the time-consuming need of assembling different UN nation troops. Unfortunately, the occupation of Gaza and Suez by Israel in the Six Day War 1967, captured all of UNEF 1s equipment and the idea of a UN QRF died with it.

[@MrAnonymousRandom]

UN peacekeeping's track record over the years is mixed at best and a joke at worst. All sending in peace keepers did during the Suez crisis was delay war by another 10 years.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Named after the famous airport. 😉

[@nathaniellight2288]

Very little in the video about Israel's motivations. According to Wikipedia, "Peres claimed that Nasser was a genocidal maniac intent upon not only destroying Israel, but also exterminating its people, and as such, Israel wanted a war before Egypt received even more Soviet weapons, and there was still a possibility of victory for the Jewish state." Now this may or may not have been true, but it certainly recasts matters from the sympathetic portrayal of Nasser in this documentary.

[@bernardwanjohi7201]

When Britain and France realized there was a new sherrif in town ,the USA and had been relegated to second tier world powers and they were no longer as influential,the empire had crumbled

[@robertcottam8824]

And what a shit sheriff Packsy Murcan has proved itself to be…

[@e1ay3dme12]

The U.S. took Britain to task over the Suez "police action." The effect of this was a national demoralization that is felt to this day.

[@kennethmotolenich9820]

Britain is a has-been nation of inbred royalty and established religion. Thank goodness for republics with no established religion.

[@robertcottam8824]

Next time a Brexdiot or other arse-extending catamite begs for a pat on the head or attention from a Murcan Prez, whisper ‘Suez’…

[@cjgangi0123]

And people wonder why Britain refused to support us in Vietnam.

[@robertcottam8824]

@@cjgangi0123 Not really. Wilson had balls. Plus Yanks NEVER listen. The Brits shagged the communists in Malaya in an absolute original fashion that the Yanks might have carbon-copied in Vietnam. Yankee military = *ATKNFI. Always has; always will, Pip pip! *All the kit; no jeffin’ idea.

[@AlexDeLarge77]

@@cjgangi0123This was not the reason. The reason was that the British knew how to deal with a communist insurgency, they prosecuted one of the only effective examples of it in Malaya, modern day Malaysia. Americas approach was shall we say; different. Wilson knew the American approach guaranteed an imbroglio of extreme magnitude. And Johnson hated him for it.

[@billygiles3276]

My grandad James Giles was one of the occupiers of Egypt in the 50s lol he tells me about his time there often it’s very interesting and he says he regrets it because he found out later he was simply there to promote the the Suez Canal which belonged to the Rothschild family and his being there had nothing to do with helping Britain and was actually against Britain’s interests as it was all done on borrowed money and increased the countries debt massively for the benefit of banksters just like Iraq Syria and Libya.

[@jayh9529]

billy giles that canal was already there it's on really old maps

[@nathaniellight2288]

Your grandfather sounds like a crank.

[@steveweinstein3222]

"Belonged to the Rohschild family"? What was he smoking?

[@B-26354]

The take away from this series for any Brits watching this is that the Americans were not Britains friends in the post war period and did all they could to dismantle British inflhence globally.

[@nickprohoroff3720]

Oh, the sweet smell of a crumbling fascist colonial Empire. So nice.

[@KeithGregory-uz2yo]

My father was in Alexandria . He never said much about it but my brother iinherited a lovely music box

[@benfried3745]

Ropey types

[@nas007100]

The british empire have discovered the limit of its power....😄😁😄

[@cotswoldcuckoo775]

Committing acts of war or aggression...people were hung for that at Nuremburg. Mind you we helped the Jews this time.

[@Cristiano070Beckham]

14:57 Magnificent moment The British came out of Egypt and the American take control of the Army, not like they said that Egyptian army turn to American side after Camp David Accords, no, no it happened decades before that.

[@3321far]

Is Anthony Eden doing a Margaret Thatcher imitation?

[@cotswoldcuckoo775]

3321far Playing dead, you mean ?

[@flashtin166]

Can anyone recommend any good books on Britain in Egypt?

[@amath-dr7uk]

Cairo during WWII by Artemis Cooper..sums up the British rule over this ancient land..

[@bhaveshparekh8966]

Excellent video!

[@philipterzian4581]

Eden > Nasser. Not even close.

[@marktaylor4677]

A great series. Thanks.t

[@kreativekut666]

Grt games mean games

[@osamaet66]

why there is no sound, please may help

[@beverleyhunter8593]

Osama Ibrahim I can hear fine BTW this isn't my account

[@bobbyfashy4841]

Why were the French so keen in getting rid of Nassar?

[@marks_sparks1]

the French govt were also pro-Israeli in this period (sympathy with persecution of French Jews in WW2) and disagreed with Nassers anti-Zionist slogans. Also they depised his support of the FLN in Algeria

[@Sturminfantrist]

Perci and marksandsparks you both right!

[@jamescampbell965]

Nassar was promoting independence of Algeria. He sent rebel groups weapons

[@R_Jackson]

49:32 How absolutely petty.

[@chrisnation1432]

Loved that bit. Thanks for the timestamp. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@GenocideWesterners]

What did you expect from the most evil empire in history ?

[@pendleburyable]

Churchill,.....hard act to follow !,

[@coreyham3753]

Yes, Churchill was a remarkable man in modern history.

[@NoahBodze]

Churchill is why your empire crumbled. Someone should have shot him before Gallipoli and tens of millions of people would still be alive. The English do not have a shortage of admirable me, so why you all fixate on that bumbling drunk is puzzling.

[@catholicmilitantUSA]

Poor Empire :'(

[@MrDanvilla]

I don't know if anyone's noticed but Anthony Eden looks and talks like he's drunk lol

[@Dreaded88]

He received a Botched Surgery to remove a Bile Duct, and Gallstones years earlier. It still hurt him some 30 years afterwards and so he couldn't sit still in a chair for very long. He was heavily addicted to both Uppers and Downers at both the same time. By the time of the Suez Crisis, he was suffering from both Paranoia, and Hallucinations.

[@gray499kcw]

That's because he was coked out of his head

[@carolradovich7906]

He was very ill at that time. Died a few years later.

[@cjgangi0123]

@@carolradovich7906he died in 1977 😂

[@AbdulKhader-786]

Nasser was the worst devil

[@AbdulKhader-786]

Sir those terms are already defined in the dictionary. I am a non-European Muslim, unlike you

[@ibnrawandi2713]

In fact he was the greatest and most loved leader the Arabs ever had. you belong to muslim brotherhood

[@athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389]

the best days of our lives. . personally I wish if they come again. . long live the UK

[@xboolala]

Embarrassing!

[@davidbradshaw659]

We raped and pillaged and murdered all over the world, the shame.

[@B-26354]

We brought technology, medicine, civil service, banned slavery globally and atleast tried to remove customs and practices which were barbaric dragging some societies into the 20th century (prime example was the Hindu practice of Suttee/Sati - if you don't know what this was look it up.) Yes we did evil, but its fair to say the world would be a far worse place if Britain never had its empire.

[@illmaticconsultants6309]

they keep saying Egypt is in the middle east: European media is preposterous. we have maps and Egypt is in Africa. funny Egypt didn't exists till the Ethiopian black king Menes united the two lands in 3100 BC forming the most impressive civilization in mankind's history. it begs the question who civilized who?

[@illmaticconsultants6309]

maybe in Geo-political terms but geographically Egytp is in africa

[@dadasut50]

Mena/Barmer was southern Egyptian not Ethiopian and till this day the northern region is different from the southern region in terms of demographics. The northern part of Egypt has always been Mediterranean/Caucasian while the southern parts of Egypt look darker but still aren't Sub-Saharan. The Ethiopians are actually Arabs from Yemen and most east Africans are half west Asian

[@123-n3y3y]

Well about 90% of all inventions and technology is western so I really don’t think Egypt is particularly impressive. It’s true they were very impressive in their time but their success only paved the way for the real successful states in Europe and America

[@pato2200]

Surely the question is rather "who civilised whom?"