Fiume City State: Free Love, Drugs and Proto Fascism

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris
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Source/Further reading:
Gabriele D’Annunzio and Fiume:
www.raiplay.it/video/2019/04/...
www.historytoday.com/miscella...
www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/op...
allthatsinteresting.com/gabri...
www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues...
www.commentarymagazine.com/ar...
Slav phobic stance of the Fiume legionnaires:
www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/C...
D’Annunzio’s wives and lovers:
www.vastospa.it/html/notizie_d...
The Regency of Carnaro and its constitution:
www.lintellettualedissidente....
Guido Keller:
www.lintellettualedissidente....
Mussolini’s ambivalence:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...
Futurism:
www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms...
The Peace negotiations and ‘mutilated victory’:
encyclopedia.1914-1918-online...

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[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

Rijeka is not Dalmacija, it's Kvarnera. Dalmacija starts in Zadar and finnishes in Dubrovnik. And for Slavic (Croatian) MAJORITY The Italian occupation is a bitter memory. They treated US like slow children, domestic languages and names were forbidden and The black shirts units terrorized every one who dares speaking Croatian. They had cute nickname for US, "schiavi", it means "slave". Justice came in The year 1945,italians are bitchin till today how they were victims of red terror

[@wiltell88]

@@anfrankogezamartincic1161 lplhgu by your going to

[@Arky7171]

Đanfranko Geza Martinčić morning lllo

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

@@Arky7171 i don't understand any of imlollo whatever

[@Playboyyrocky]

Hi

[@cetriemmmmm7177]

A few more facts about my beloved city... Ernesto Che Guevara was in Rijeka in early 60s, Mussolini gave us one of the most beautiful churches, one of our buildings was financed by Al Capone, the torpedo was first manufactured and first tests were performed in Rijeka. HMS Carpathia was on the direct line from Rijeka to NY when Titanic's disaster happened and one of only 3-4 remaining life jackets is located in our Naval History Museum in Rijeka. The legendary Alfa Romeo Aerospider that was superior to German AutoUnion, the only one ever made was invented and made in Rijeka by Jankovics brothers. ( They won the race, Adolf got furious, so Jankovics brothers had to flee to Italy to save their lives. After all, they made Benito very happy.) Rijeka indeed is a specia place to be. Krepat ma ne molat!

[@pz713]

Fiume*

[@lukathegameplayer1537]

​@@pz713stfu

[@Gamingmaster-jv9zj]

Rijeka*

[@theson8197]

Rijeka is Croatia cope about it 🤣

[@pz713]

@@theson8197 2k years of history says otherwise

[@Magmafrost13]

"nudist" "pet eagle on his shoulder" This is an exceptionally ill-considered combination

[@80Day_bender]

Eagle: ಠ~ಠ Man:... Eagle: WORM

[@bulevarknjiga6691]

😱😂

[@georgeford6056]

Hey Guido, ever wonder what happens when you give an eagle cocaine? Here, hold my wine.

[@Magmafrost13]

@Rich Greene because eagles have giant sharp talons. There's a reason heavy gloves are used when handling birds of prey.

[@aaronmiller6118]

@Rich Greene BRUUUHHHH

[@francescof.3173]

I read that citizens of Fiume at that time were able to speak fluently at least 4 or 5 different languages. Even the illiterate ones were able to communicate in italian, croatian, hungarian, german....It's so impressive.

[@danielefabbro822]

They had no youtube or tiktok.

[@cameraman1234567890a]

@@danielefabbro822 It's totally that and not their unique geographic position

[@gaia7240]

Not just that,they also knew local dialects

[@povijestpovijest9569]

They still can

[@GodricThe]

Not uncommon for port and naval cities. To this day not uncommon

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

*Lenin takes one look at Fiume.* "Yeah, I can get behind this." *Meanwhile, two naked Italians drive behind him in an Futurist-painted armored car while loud sex noises emanate from the rear and a trail of cocaine slowly pours out from the muffler.*

[@PinkPixie019]

How is this not a movie staring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Leo and Chris Pratt.

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

I'd buy a ticket for a dollar.

[@crudeliademon9237]

It's because it's one of the most unknown pages of Italian history, always untold in school and never mentioned in official history books (or appearing with a simple mention never digging into the part communist, feminist and anarchist movements had in it). The whole history of fiume was pretty censored untill the '90s when it stared to appear in some accredited books.

[@bekkouche]

@@johnnyx9892 The Coen Brothers.

[@klippiesss]

PixieRoseKate it would be a crap movie then

[@benoitbvg2888]

@@johnnyx9892 Wes Anderson.

[@damirkvajo]

Fun fact: Rijeka literally means river (which later divided the Yugoslavia from Italy) and Fiume is italian word for river, also.

[@oilrig834]

Also Rijeka is chosen for european capital of culture 2020 so will be fun to go there and unload all this facts .

[@oksimoronko]

that is why on 14:00 min we see an archive photo of a bridge across a river, which is surely not fiume/rijeka, but a photo found by somebody typing "fiume" into a search engine

[@sagesheahan6732]

River? Seriously? Lets just name a dragon, Dragon. Oh, wait, they did that in a film once...

[@damirkvajo]

@@sagesheahan6732 if you think about it, all ancient names were descriptive (Last names also)

[@aleksandarvil5718]

FUN FACT: *River that divided Italian Fiume (Rijeka) and Yugoslavian Sušak is called RJEČINA (Italian: Eneo; German: Flaum)* This river has often been the border between different states. The first time this happened was from the 13th to 16th centuries, when it formed the border between the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen and the Habsburgs. A similar thing happened in 1868, when the Rječina became the border between the Croatian and Hungarian parts of Austria-Hungary. After World War I it became for a very short time the border between the Free State of Fiume and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes//Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After the Free State of Fiume was annexed by Italy, the Rječina became the border river of that country. Since World War II, the Rječina has no longer been a border between states.

[@lorizold349]

My husband’s Grandmother was a young girl in Fiume during the period mentioned in the video, having been born in 1903, so Fiume is an interesting part of my husband’s family history, though we had no idea HOW interesting. Thanks for this great video. It’ll definitely give us something to talk about at Christmas!

[@RIlianP]

- Nudist - Yoga - Lived in a tree house - Had a pet eagle - Had a socialist ideology A man truly ahead of its time, a pretentious hipster before it was cool.

[@charlesmartin8454]

He was a time traveler from the present.

[@wesh8121]

A hipster before it was cool? But that's... *hipsterception*

[@dennisadmiraal3415]

SPHINCTOR SPORTS?

[@MarsKvaratskhelia]

Илиан Тодоров first there was Leo Tolstoy !

[@MarsKvaratskhelia]

metalfaust19 Tolstoy was count one of the prestigious Russian families

[@kevingale9584]

With a Bureau of Sleight of Hands and Lightening Attacks and totally eccentric individuals, how did Monty Python not make a feature film about Fiume? It would have been a classic.

[@kevingale9584]

Btw, what a great video. Thank you.

[@joshjones6072]

Lol brilliant

[@evelynbeverley2277]

Monty Python ran out of time. You can only do this kind of ground braking sh*t when you are young...er... and are exploding with energy, after which you go behind the scenes and pull the puppet strings. But Python had no puppeteer and everyone sensed that. Anyway, Chapman was dying of cancer and Cleese wanted to go solo and Terry Gilliam wanted to direct movies and so on. The group just ran out of time.

[@toneymontgomery2964]

Guido Keller deserves a Biographics all by himself.

[@ulfalling2378]

Guido Keller should be known as the "naked pilot". It must have been very chilly flying at 10,000 feet without clothes. This was hilarious.

[@jameskazd9951]

bi planes usually didnt fly that high.

[@johndododoe1411]

Depends where the hot exhaust is directed. Could have been hot in there.

[@GreenGestalt]

Thanks for doing this! This is one of the textbook examples of a "Temporary Autonomous Zone" a phenomenon that pops up throughout history.

[@vladob3]

GreenGestalt yes , Rijeka had that status numerous times. I hope it will happen again.

[@androgynousmaggot9389]

Fiume Libera/Slobodna Rijeka!

[@androgynousmaggot9389]

It popped in Seattle! Lol! What a joke that was!

[@fredflinstone6601]

Chop

[@juanmccoy3066]

​@Fred Flinstone it was CHAZ initially remember lmfao

[@DJAccel]

'Bureau of Sleight of Hand and Lightning Attacks' simultaneously suggests both limited and very advanced magical abilities.

[@pablononescobar]

"I won't offend your vast knowledge of 19th and 20th century history" We've been listening to you all these years, Simon, our knowledge IS vast

[@geographicstravel]

:)

[@kablg81]

I think Fiume was the closest example of real life Rapture in Bioshock game.

[@Proskyrim11]

Like a real life Wes Anderson film

[@ivanmihaelmatkovic2464]

It still is...from experience.

[@noisemarine561]

Perfect

[@E.P.2001]

finally some recognition, fiumano here

[@williamsirois]

do y'all still have lots of drugs and a prolific sex industry? love from Canada.

[@sagesheahan6732]

Fiume is fascinating. What a little nugget of modern history! Wow!

[@beatlesfoxman9617]

For sure a lot of drugs come through here, being a port city and all.

[@ilarious5729]

@quality content_lol16 normal european drug laws, everything is prohibited

[@vladob3]

Yes, city have great history. Many many more things. Before and after this. It was Venetian, Hungarian, Italian, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, French ... Most of the time was independent - First Mediterranean oil refinery - Birthplace of torpedo - Known for motorsports - the base of many Punk band's at 80's (even I had one) ...

[@damirkvajo]

Oh my.... what a great surprise to see my hometown in one of your videos..... :)

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

First heard about this about 25 years ago! Absolutely Bonkers is just the start of it! I'd reckon you'd need a trilogy to cover the life of D'Annunzio, and loved the "Makes Guns'n'Roses look like choir boys" comment. That he did not die of the pox or on the Gallows, or shot dead by an irate husband or one of his conquests is a minor miracle!

[@TheInstallations]

some people say he was assasinated by Mussolini...he apparently fell from a balcony while he was in a wheel chair.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

@@TheInstallations Maybe/maybe not. He suffered injuries from a fall, apparently out of a window. Of these he later died. No Ladies involved (kind of letting his image down). No one is too sure if it was Irate Husbands, Mussolini or one of his Ras trying to please Il Duce (the Ras were his chief blackshirts, he famously had difficulty controlling them).

[@K1ddkanuck]

Fantastic. One of the most engaging and finely produced Geographics videos yet. I would at this point appreciate a full Biographics episode on how Simon Whistler survives without sleep.

[@petergray2712]

Real short and sweet episode: the answer is drugs.

[@dennisadmiraal3415]

YOU TALKIN TOO....ME?......PUNK!!! I'LL DROPKICK YA IN THE ANKLES

[@geographicstravel]

Thank you :)

[@geographicstravel]

And I'm a robot sent from the future.

[@megannewman8917]

@@geographicstravel Sent to highlight mistakes from history to keep us from repeating them? Makes sense to me, thanks for your service.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I'd known about Fiume previously, mainly from the book Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan, but dear lord I never quite realised how bonkers this whole thing got.

[@dan_swann]

If you liked that book, try The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett...tells the story of Fiume and D'Annunzio in detail

[@bremnersghost948]

Hardest working people in Fiume were the Hookers, Chemists, Vintners and Brewers lol

[@ddsjgvk]

Male hookers work the hardiest..

[@briancrawford8751]

@@ddsjgvk I'm sure you would know.

[@ddsjgvk]

@@briancrawford8751 It's a joke about hard on's.

[@briancrawford8751]

@@ddsjgvk I didn't get that. I just assumed you were a rent boy. So, how much do you charge your customers for full service?

[@briancrawford8751]

@Peter B I wasn't insulting you. I was just goofing around.

[@todddougherty9492]

This channel, and especially this episode, are so amazingly researched and produced it’s incredible!!! Why has no tv station picked you up for a time slot boggles my mind.

[@andyher1880]

Best one yet, Simon--you boys are really cooking with gas now! As it happens, I did already know about Fiume (ah, the rewards of being a freak about history), but I still found your presentation quite good. I strongly suspect that your scriptwriter on this one read the same book I did, which is a solid connection through a dying art. Maybe the popularity of you guys and the History Guy should give us hope that there is still hope for an increasingly unread and dumbed-down human race. Let's go hope, shall we?

[@geographicstravel]

I hope :). And thank you.

[@mitchellneu]

Agreed! More people need to read. Just after getting the book Midnight in Chernobyl, which I heard was really good, I saw your Chernobyl video. Loved it! Maybe do a video on Valery Legasov(head Chernobyl investigator) over on the Biographics channel?

[@artflob4639]

@@jasic9183 Well, it's south from some (small) parts of Istria, but generally it's just a bit east. You can actually look at much of eastern coast of Istria from any point in Rijeka/Fiume. Rijeka has amazing views because of it's geography.

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

Is not the reading.. It's the retention.

[@johndododoe1411]

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 Can't retain what was never ingested.

[@thefrontnine]

Just fantastic work guys! I sincerely respect and appreciate the amount of detail, passion, and quality you put forth in the making of this video and really all your videos across all the different channels you've recently put forth. Personally I feel like content with intelligently designed premises are somewhat lacking nowadays amoungst the endless sea of people doing the same thing with their "unique" spin on it with intent of becoming rich & famous being the main driving passion. It's nice to see smart people talking about interesting topics with such a consistent and quite entertaining production model. Please keep up the great work and hopefully continue to garner praise from us the community as appreciation for the attention to detail and hard work. Thanks!

[@johnbailey1183]

Great stuff. I've recently become hooked on this channel, along with Biographics as well . I enjoy the thorough but condensed format. The delivery is also excellent, quick paced, but not sloppy. Please keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@andro7862]

Rijeka/Fiume was also the inspiration for the Hayao Miyazaki anime Porco Rosso (1992).

[@renardrougesombre]

Not only you're an exceptional speaker and author, it's obvious that you can bring historical facts and events into such a shape we can re-enact them while listening your voice. Thanks.

[@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849]

This was really well done. Thank you for posting it!

[@vedransustic9137]

Damn, love drugs and rock... Today Rijeka is a boring city. This was a super cool video. My grandma told me a ton of stories from when she was a kid (WW2 and later), but I had no clue what was going on after WW1.

[@tompanoname3579]

...today it may be, but Rijeka was always underground.

[@tompanoname3579]

@@itsjustme5222 It's not as it seems mate. Functional alcoholism is something of a folk ritual in Croatia.

[@vedranbalic5918]

If you want a job with a living wage, and to live a life devoid of ethnic divisions, where the politicians still try to hide their corruption then East Pennsylvania is the obvious choice. But if youd rather sacrifice living in safety for living more simply, to trade a place of high alcoholism for high unemployment, be governed by a crooked government for an extremely crooked government...and exchange your love of bluegrass for a fondness for techno then the Balkan life is the life for you.

[@merrypickster7824]

@@itsjustme5222 im from West Chester, Philly area and i totally agree about the shithole pary, n im never goin back either

[@WaywardPondering]

Vedran Balic Yuck, there is no way I am giving up bluegrass for techno.

[@daless3526]

My father is Fiuman. Nice to hear the history. He always said it was an important city.

[@devangel2]

This is probably one of the best you've done do far!

[@teritheitalian5561]

Oh my goodness! This is so well written! And please consider a full biographics for Guido Keller!

[@Malegys]

Fantastic episode, Simon. Thoroughly enjoyed this one !

[@caseyblidook7610]

just happy that you keep it up. thank you simon and your writer and meme guy.

[@skiingcrocodile2153]

One of many topics I've only ever seen on my school textbooks and never on youtube, thanks for covering it!!

[@nodogmah]

I've had an urge to visit Rijeka and Pula for some time now, some of the best music, literature, art and journalism in Yugoslav history is from those two cities... love the video! Rijeka is the first one on the list after I've watched this

[@mayham_RI]

you more tha welcome to come and see what my city have to offer..there is a lots of other stuff to see, i.e. a pat of "alpine wall" huge fortification system which ends up in fiume (rijeka).. if yo have chance to visit some other city iiiiiiin crotia then you will realise difference in mentality between rijeka and any other city in croatia.. and above all, rijeka was a ˇmelting potˇ" even before new york! sunny greetings from fiume/rijeka to you all

[@mariocerin4105]

@@mayham_RI Croatia? Didn't the video say it was Yugoslavia?

[@MrLovebringer]

@@mariocerin4105 .Oh yes Yugoslavia gave Kvarner, istria, Zadar ... to Itallians 1921. with Rapallo treaty.

[@krasnyytsesarevich]

​@@MrLovebringerYugoslavia gave nothing to Italy but renounced its claims to Venezia Giulia, Istria, Quarnaro and Pelagosta and Zara and Italy renounced its claim to the other islands and Dalmatia and the Mouths of Cattaro.

[@cerliezio]

Among other famous freaks who made Fiume their home was Isadora Duncan and Alistair Crawley. In addition Fiume most important figure was Fiorello la Guardia born in Fiume who became mayor of New York.

[@arx3516]

I wonder if he met Crowley, D'Annunzio and Keller as a kid...

[@hughrowanhunter9631]

Hmm...La Guardia was born in Greenwich Village NY, his mother was from Trieste, which I guess is close to Fiume....never knew Crowley was there though, interesting.

[@thatahamoment497]

I wouldn't call isadora Duncan a freak... 😉😒

[@Jimbo_McBacon]

@@thatahamoment497 Us creative types always get the best nicknames

[@vladob3]

@@hughrowanhunter9631 La Guardia was U.S. consulate in Fiume 1901 - 1906. As Fiume was then free state.

[@dougcalvitti7872]

Wow thanks Simon! Loved it

[@zamarek]

Absolutely fantastic episode! Thank you

[@slothsloth4651]

this dude is smart. i like his in-depth videos about anything and everything. i may be dumb but i enjoy what your channels offer

[@13_13k]

Very interesting. I don't think I ever heard or read more than a couple lines about Fiume throughout my life. Thank you for making this video to make people aware of such a wild and eccentric place and it's history.

[@piccikikku1015]

One of the best videos out there about this historical event, Bravo!

[@duncanmclore7509]

Awesome iteration on a time an era and location which I am not as familiar as perhaps I should be. Your wrap up was pointed , thoughtful and well done Simon and yes you have made my socio-geographic awareness richer. Thank you.

[@jevinday]

Dude you guys have 120k subs! I was one of the first 10k. So excited that this channel is getting the recognition it deserves.

[@geographicstravel]

Thank you :).

[@natkojurdana9673]

Rijeka (Fiume) was always different and remains so even to this day. The vibe is simply different from all other cities on the east side of Adriatic coast. For me the best thing about Rijeka is it's musical herritage - especially punk/rock scene!

[@chriscox8237]

I've been binging alot of Simon's vids and this one is my favorite so far

[@pierremouget7812]

The Fiume story has another indirect geopolitical consequence. Because Italy left the negociations leading to Versailles treaty, Japan threatened to leave also the negotiation if they can't get their hands on Shandong which was a Chinese province under german administration before WW1; and this time, Clemenceau and Wilson agreed to let Japan rules Shandong. But Shandong is a very strong symbol for Chinese; it is where Confucius leave and die; and with the emerging Republic of China; the transfer of sovereignty to Japan has been used by chinese nationalists in their propaganda against Kuomintang and, marginally maybe, contibutes to the emergence of China as we know it today.

[@silveriorebelo2920]

the emergence of China??? you mean, to the take over of China by the communist party!! do you know that the recent rise of China has nothing to do with the communist maoist ideology/party? - the truth is that the same rise would have happend much earlier with the Kuomitang...

[@pierremouget7812]

No, in 1919, China was a young republic; just 8 years old; and the conflict between nationalists (not yet communists) and Republicans (Kuomintang) was already engaged and 2 governments claim the power over China; the official government of China participated in the negociations of Versailles treaty but didn’t sign it, in sign of protestation. But nationalists protest vigorously ; this sparks riots known as "movement of 4 of May" in response to this "humiliation" and this was the beginning of the insurrection that ultimately sees the victory of nationalists just before WW2. The economical rising of China is a much more recent history and has no connection with Fiume.

[@koantao8321]

Something for a future Geographics video!

[@scottdodge6979]

With the exception of America the Japanese were almost certainly the biggest winners of WW1

[@BlueSky_BlueSky]

@@scottdodge6979 As the Axis Powers were the biggest losers, I would say Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia have gained much more.

[@ivameix7503]

Al Capone's mother was from Rijeka/Fiume. He had a Villa close to the city and invested money in some buildings in Rijeka

[@RisXXX]

Really? I didn't know that they were rich. ANd I thought they were a family,

[@il_comunista_ciociaro]

His mum was from Salerno, not from Fiume

[@ivameix7503]

@@il_comunista_ciociaro father was Italian and Capone himself said his mother was from Fiume to a taxy driver (that is the way the story goes) - actually it was a little place close to Fiume

[@ivameix7503]

He also build a skycraper in Fiume... Fiume was a powerful city on the Mediteraneum back then due to the strong industry of all sorts

[@il_comunista_ciociaro]

@@ivameix7503 ah no, the parents of Al Capone were from Salerno but when they immigrated to the USA they took a ship from the Port of Fiume

[@claudiolg7054]

I knew just few about the take over of Fiume by Gabriele D'Annunzio but never have thought that was such an important and influncial time in history

[@IndianaDave4661]

I've watched several of your videos today. I think they are very interesting. I will be watching more in the future

[@juliancoulden1753]

Extraordinary and fascinating! Thank you

[@SchrodingersCat8813]

What a truly fascinating place and time. It basically attracted every "outsider" and societal outcast and somehow anarchists, artists, and hippies could get along with authoritarians, racists, and wealthy mofos all generally got along united by a general disdain of the mainstream...and sex and drugs

[@balazsvarga1823]

Cocaine is truly the powdered nectar of harmony.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:55 - Chapter 1 - "Previously, on the war to end all wars" 4:15 - Chapter 2 - Meanwhile in Fiume 6:25 - Chapter 3 - Enter the poet 10:35 - Mid roll ads 12:10 - Chapter 4 - 24/7 Party people 14:55 - Chapter 5 - Meet the eccentric sidekick 17:45 - Chapter 6 - Walk on the dark side 20:00 - Chapter 7 - The regency of carnaro 23:35 - Chapter 8 - Post credits sequence

[@vonries]

That was really interesting, I loved the way you tried it all in to the future events in different countries that unfolded over there next 30 years.

[@DerWeltmeister1]

Very cool video about a topic I knew nothing about before, nice work!

[@davidstewart5811]

I am somewhat of a historian and all of this was something I have totally missed. I love your biographies, or if you would, your Geographics. Your researchers do an outstanding job.

[@formercanadiancitizen4756]

Great stuff, once lived in Trieste, wish I still did, but would love to see some videos on Trieste and region as it’s hard to come by !

[@kevinmara1390]

Well done video, spot on gents.

[@christianwitness]

This was very well written. Thank you.

[@41217beingbored]

16:00 Director of the "Bureau of Sleight of Hand and Lightning Attacks". Wow. I really need to use that in a D&D campaign.

[@michaelhowell2326]

I really do love most of these episodes. Sometimes it's a place I've never heard of and others I learn more about the ones I did know. I hope to see the Potala Palace video soon.

[@chrishachey624]

Great video! Very informative...

[@adampowell5376]

Thank you for this video. I would like to find out more about Fuime.

[@beastmode21000]

Possible video on the life of Gabriele D'Annunzio?

[@sebaseba6710]

Could be interesting, he was definitely a pretty crazy guy

[@alexanderbemis9065]

He low key kinda looks like an Italian Vladimir Lenin

[@crudeliademon9237]

You can find some interesting videos on KZbin and a lot of original materials if you dig a little. If you're interested in original stuff from that period and you speak a little Italian you should check the site of istituto luce

[@suicidebycopband]

@@alexanderbemis9065 heh, that's too easy... d'annunzio was socialist, fascist, a coke head, a total sexual pervert, a poet, an expert in literature, a pirate, a fighter pilot, a philosopher and probably some other things we don't even know lol

[@lakiog1938]

D'annuzio is a goat

[@erintreez]

Wow!!! So much history/significance to this place I had never heard of until now! Sounds like it deserves space in our books and series on Netflix or HBO!

[@damirkvajo]

As a citizen of Rijeka I can tell you we have many things started here for the first time...some are good like a chocolate factory and some are bad like the invention of torpedo.

[@paulsherriff6337]

Excellent work Simon. A fascinating story

[@geographicstravel]

Thanks :)

[@stevesteffen7001]

Damn you got me on this one, I had no clue about this. Thanks I enjoyed it.

[@todor3139]

Fun fact, the first ship to rescue Titanic survivors was RMS Carpathia departed from Rijeka (Fiume). Actually one of the only 4 rescue belt from the Titanic is displayed in Rijeka (Fiume) museum of Pomorski i povijesni muzej Hrvatskog primorja Rijeka (Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral).

[@badbenjy]

Best episode of yours ive seen.

[@geographicstravel]

Thanks :)

[@danielalfieri4205]

Wow, that was fabulous! Great information and makes the changing of the times a bit clearer? Seems like others were watching and trying to figure out how to make a profit from these ideas/ideals? Not sure their plan succeeded but it looks like a part of the usual pattern of history? Anyway, thanks. May have to watch this again?

[@damiensadventure]

Lol omg that chapter title narration and beat is awesome!!! Keep it up everyone!

[@xBayley]

It’s cool to see this video. My nonna was living there when it was going from Italian to Croatian ownership. Always known it as Rijeka and it’s beautiful. Didn’t know about the history of it til a few years ago.

[@lil_weasel219]

it's now a time capsule of Yugo-Communist and other architecture, factories because together w the entire country, it went to shit. The shipyard "Treći maj" (Third of May) went bankrupt in 2019. Uljanik (Pula Shipyard) also went to shit, and it used to be the only source of income for much of the city's population... Remember in elementary school, half of the class' dads worked in Uljanik Incompetent, corrupt government...

[@kaiserschnitzel89]

Honestly I just watch this channel because every episode is guaranteed to have at least one instance of Simon Whistler saying the word "Empaaah"

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

This was fascinating! I had never known about any of this.

[@gavinhudson5251]

Fascinating, I learned something new.

[@robertlemal1055]

"everybody knows you never go full Napoleon" (Tropic Thunder, 2008)

[@davidbruce2159]

LOL

[@primuspilusfellatus6501]

This would make an amazing story driven, open world game

[@imcrabby__9998]

Thank you to the writers and everyone involved in these channels and thank you mr whistler for being the face and voice of it all. I AM SO SMART MEOW.

[@davidbridge5652]

Big Si dropping knowledge bombs

[@Brunobiehler]

D'Annunzio villa at Lake Garda ist totally worth a visit one of the coolest places I've been to. He put a massive warship and put it on the mountain next to his villa and his mausoleum where all his best friends and dogs are buried

[@ronmani9476]

thanks for this... my grandparents and mother were from Fiume (Rijeka) and cosidered themselves Italian, as did most of their friends. I visited once waaay back when it was still Jugoslavia (Tito times I guess) as a kid and have fond memories of how beautiful the area was.

[@petergray2712]

Ethnicity in the Northern Adriatic is rather scrambled. I have a friend whose surname is "Schiavone", which is the Veneto name for Slovenes and Croats that immigrated to serve in the Venetian Republic's military.

[@laleydelamor1327]

Peter Gray Scrambled indeed.. Espetially Fiume. Rulers of Fiume in past were mostly Austrian families, even before Habsburgs.But hungarian branch of Habsburgs made golden age of Fiume. So, Fiume is Austrian, Italian, Hungarian, Croatian.. Fiume is Fiume, home for everyone!

[@jasic9183]

@@laleydelamor1327nope it is not. It is not 1919,but 2019. A lot has changed from 100 years ago.

[@laleydelamor1327]

Jasmin Bešić Indeed it’s 2019., and evryone from EU can come to live in Rijeka, without any problem. Aswell as Rijeka is Croatia, not onley Croats live there, and in harmony.. Don’t worry, no one is going to take Your home!

[@tonypavko1968]

I have a lot of family and friends from Trst(trieste) But with Croatian surnames but they called themselves Italian rather than be known as yugoslavs(which was a insult). Italy should do the honourable thing and give Trst back to Croatia. Theft does not go down well in Gods eyes

[@ChukapiX17]

So glad youtube recommended me this, it makes me love and appreciate my home town in a new way. We were always weird, this might explain a lot 😂😂

[@obstinas]

This was a good one 😅 your Chanel is the gift - that dosen’t stop Giving 👍👍👍 keep up the good work 🤗

[@Luka-jl7zf]

Where was this video when I had to make a presentation about Fiume!!! Also a bit sad that you didn’t mention Sušak the neighbouring town of Fiume where I live.

[@darkodjokic4432]

Great video, but there was one mistake. Treaty of Rapallo formed Independent State of Fiume by its signatories: Kingdoms of Italy and SHS. Treaty was later revoked when Mussolini's fascists annexed it in 1924.

[@arx3516]

Making Fiume an independent state would have been an excellent idea after WW2.

[@wviti64]

Thank you

[@lugano1999]

A really excellent installment!

[@geographicstravel]

Thank you

[@lucschoesetters4307]

Excellent post!

[@pamelamays4186]

Mutilated Victory. Awesome metal band name!

[@arx3516]

It would be classified as nazi black metal.

[@suicidebycopband]

@@arx3516 oh poor victim of antifa, cry me a river

[@palerider660]

The whole thing left me Fiuming!

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

What a great video and story. Quite the ride indeed.

[@inesnaglic472]

Hey, I am surprised that you are talking about my beautiful town, this is great!🌊

[@davidetoffoletto9981]

Fiume is one of the most beautiful Italian town along the Adriatic, It will return to Italy for sure in next future

[@markbrisec3972]

Thnx Simon.. I've married a Croatian woman and we've been spending our summer holidays in Croatia for almost a decade. Although Rijeka (Fiume) is not situated in the most beautiful part of the Croatian coast cause that title definitely goes to Istria and Dalmatia, I learned a few useful things from this video. Next time when we are all together at the table sitting and drinking with her father I will surprise him with a few facts I bet he didn't know... Anyway, a great video, a beautiful country and (obviously) most beautiful women....

[@ninomiskulin9286]

Can't belive you actually covered my city, well done and thank you. One thing only, you can't say that Rijeka belongs to Dalmatia coast, because we get offended. Rijeka is in Kvarner while Dalmatia starts near city of Zadar.

[@JmKrokY]

Yes

[@jaym5602]

Very interesting, nice to learn these tidbits

[@martinbabb6683]

Wow, I loved this one!!

[@rockyrocker1220]

Rijeka or Fiume is not Dalmation cost since Dalmatia start from the island of Pag and where Velebit mont ends all the down to Dubrovnik and Kotor region

[@exlauslegale8534]

Dubrovnik is not Dalmatia, take a look at the emblem on the Croatian flag!

[@rockyrocker1220]

@@exlauslegale8534 I leave their so I know

[@exlauslegale8534]

Gdje, u Dubrovniku ili u Kotoru?

[@rockyrocker1220]

@@exlauslegale8534 Dubrovink

[@flair500]

Povijesno gledano, Dalmacija je malo sjeverno-zapadno od Zadra pa do Dubrovnika, tj. Konavle isto... to što su Dubrovačke boje na grbu RH nije oznaka regije ili provincije već zbog uvažavanja Dubrovnika i okolnkg područja kao važnog djela zemlje... mogli su umjesto staviti npr. Srijem, Međimurje ili Baranju al kužiš Dubrovnik ima bogatiju i slavniju povijest (relativno govoreći) od nekih drugih regija naše zemlje.

[@liliumaureum]

Viva Fiume Città di Vita! VIVA GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO!

[@samorr6560]

That was a ride and a half. Great video there.

[@TheWesternunionman]

Just about your best Geo presentation so far Mr Whistler A story where one wants to know what happens next. Thank you