Horrible Histories Rise and Fall of the British Empire

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Imagine them covering the Balkan Wars: "Hello, and welcome to the News at When. When? The 1990s, when the people of Southeastern Europe decided that they couldn't live with each other anymore and started to go their separate ways. Here to explain is Bob Hale, with the Yugoslavia Report." ... "So Lord Carrington comes up with this new plan called the, well, Carrington Plan, which will make all six republics independent. However, the Serbian President, Slobodan Milošević, doesn't want to dissolve Yugoslavia, so he refuses to sign. Guess he 'Slobodan' that idea!" ... "So by now, all that's left of Yugoslavia is the republics of Serbia and Montenegro, and that is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because in 2003 the country decides to change its name to, er, Serbia and Montenegro, and that is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because in 2006, Montenegro finally catches up with everyone else and decides that it now wants independence after all, so Serbia and Montenegro divides into... well, Serbia and Montenegro. And that really is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because just two years later, Kosovo declares independence from Serbia, only this time Serbia isn't quite so keen on losing yet more territory and refuses to recognise it, and that really, really is the end of that. OR IS IT? After all, this is the Balkans, where everyone hates each other, so who knows what will happen next? Back to you, Sam."

[@carlbirtles4518]

Thank you, Gavrilo Princip(!)

[@callnight1441]

if only the original horrible histories hadnt ended

[@no-zf3fi]

anyone need to watch this for school work😭😭

[@charlieistired]

Yup.

[@Pvential]

Me too.

[@idreesbfd2531]

ye

[@mollywoodcock5444]

im here for uni work :/

[@niamhlol6646]

Yup 😭✋🏼

[@---DJ---]

Who is feeling a HUGE nostalgia rush watching this?

[@tilrig4508]

No

[@Sqigil]

🙋‍♂️

[@ganados0]

how? are you five hundred years old?

[@TheEpicRacer01]

yes, rule Britannia!

[@wilfordbrimleyful]

Bruh don't say that I swear this was on only five years ago :(

[@mrxsatyr8459]

And the British Empire was over… BUT NOT FOR LONG!

[@revinhatol]

OR IS IT?

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

We’ll be back one day Watch your arse India

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

Dum dum DUMMMMM!!!!!!

[@xismecwilliams9604]

It’s just renamed and reworked to commonwealth of realms and commonwealth of nations.. 🤷🏽‍♂️ it’s still around in some sorts.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

​@@xismecwilliams9604Ahahahahahaha except it's not, the Commonwealth is just a trade agreement 😂

[@lara_mariegrace2540]

pov: u have to watch this for school work :c

[@oncestaymidzywithunswer711]

no lol

[@FreddyGoats]

@@oncestaymidzywithunswer711 Ngl this is my school work I love and hate it

[@jamesalcock5840]

Canada was conquered from the French in 1759. Canada and Australia were still dominions of the Crown until after the Second World War. Their constitutions were not patriated from Britain until the 1980's.

[@johnbarham6406]

True. Some of this is up in the air, though. (For example, part of Canada was settled by Britons prior to the French and Indian War. Also, Australia and Canada were technically independent following the Statue of Westminster in 1931, but as you point out, not fully independent until the 1980s.)

[@eruduma]

Laughing at people getting political in the comments over an educational children’s programme. XD History is about the past. Look back, remember and learn from it. But for goodness sake, leave it in the past and laugh at comical historical sketches.

[@jackonuallain1445]

You forgot about Ireland in 1170, your first and longest-held colony.

[@user-ys5yv2nz6w]

They never had proper control until the 1600s

[@jackonuallain1445]

Fionn They assumed royal control in 1540 but they still had lordship control over Ireland.

[@user-ys5yv2nz6w]

@@jackonuallain1445 Assuming control doesn't mean anything if the control can't be properly enforced.

[@freddieb3537]

@@jackonuallain14451541 henry the 8th was declared king of Britain and Ireland with the passing of the Crown Act and in force by 1942. Before then he was lord of Ireland

[@Q102-m4j]

Ireland became part of the uk in 1800 it was considerd part of Britain not the empire

[@justcogitating]

He got the dates wrong at 2:35-- Ireland left in 1924. In 1948, Israel declared independence from the British.

[@ethan8326]

technically it was 1921 cus that’s when northern ireland was established, and i think he is including it in as it was technically a dominion until then, idk why he says australia. canada etc were out of the empire tho

[@ronan1241]

Ireland left the commonwealth in 1949.

[@caitie226]

@@ethan8326 he said they were recognised as countries equal to britain, so they are no longer dominions of the british empire even though they are still part of the commonwealth

[@maxdavis7722]

Wasn’t Ireland still a dominion after the war of independence? Pretty sure the date he said is the date they stopped being a dominion.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@maxdavis7722 yup

[@ashleighwood7778]

I love horrible histories!!!! lol

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

2:19 and although they are both recognised as independent countries Australia and Canada are part of the British Commonwealth meaning that the royal family in England still act as figure heads for those countries

[@codyshi4743]

Covering Hong Kong leaving the British empire without even covering the Opium War.

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

1:16 as well as Australia I think Bob forgot to mention that they also took New Zealand which was highlighted in pink right there as well

[@leendubb423]

imagine watching this for school work -_-

[@PMVault]

We actually did though since my History teacher was an absolute legend

[@FrzN-cg3iu]

my teacher sent me this video

[@RickRickSEF]

Same

[@natalieeeg3269]

Same

[@anphash]

The old pink map got an unreported update for the ethnic cleansing in Ireland....all of a sudden..pink

[@asiancombination5325]

well it is a kids show. I don't think they would talk about ethnic cleansing

[@deonbove8919]

Ireland left in 1921

[@freddieb3537]

actually, it wasn't until 1949 that Ireland in British law was recognized as a republic. Ireland was a free state called Eire in official British documents until then. Irish people see the beginning of their country at the signing of the treaty and The Republic of Ireland act 1948 which declared Ireland a republic. The British with the passing of the Ireland act 1949 formally recognized Ireland as an independent Republic separate from the United Kingdom.

[@freddieb3537]

@@lasigh1478 No Worries. Thanks for the Clarification.

[@katherinekilduff9219]

Winifred Feeney Micheal Collins got ya freedom in 1921 I don’t give a shit what they thought in England we were free.

[@freddieb3537]

@@katherinekilduff9219 he got us a free state which still swore loyalty to the crown. However, as he said himself it was a stepping stone. Unfortunately, he was betrayed by Dev and died in cork before he could achieve his republic. Dev did exactly what Collins said would happen and little by little broke down the treaty. That's the facts. If we had gotten what we want in 1921 would there have been a civil war no

[@maxdavis7722]

@@katherinekilduff9219 it was a dominion lol.

[@BadMadChicken]

Well. That was. Strange.

[@philipp_100]

yes

[@anatine_banana_69]

yes.

[@elizaclouds]

yes

[@carltrotter7622]

Yes.

[@katcyer26]

Yes

[@marcdaniels207]

here for school

[@aliannameier5100]

Anyone else using this for AP world?? Absolutely love Horrible Histories

[@rolsson1693]

Can you say ~ CANZUK International was founded in January 2015 and is the world’s leading advocacy organization promoting facilitated migration, free trade and foreign policy coordination between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (the “CANZUK” countries). Would be the largest 1st world English speaking union.

[@BenDBeast]

Horrible histories is usually very accurate but this one really isn't.

[@ganados0]

It's not going into depth but the point is made.

[@M414-q6o]

It's a show made for kids, it wouldn't make sense to go into details, it gives a very broad picture of history with some humor which is fine for the purpose

[@sammy3212321]

Forever iconic

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

Such a classic video

[@NicTheMonsterMan2901-i7d]

I can't decide if he or Trevor Noah explained it better.

[@jejmsmdmkkdkekd9958]

Ok so a couple corrections: - Canada and Australia pre ww1 were dominions, self governing domestic policy but foreign policy controlled by the British and they only left in the 1970s - Ireland left in 1919 and that began the decline of the empire - It was 1/4 of the planet not 1/3

[@trainlover16]

Horrible Histories is why History classes shouldn’t need to exist.

[@The1suchi]

my teacher linked me this

[@FrzN-cg3iu]

me too wow what school do you go to

[@joannaoduleye4042]

oh lol same.What school do u go?

[@no-zf3fi]

SAME BYE

[@lyshai.1720]

This is the best!😂

[@tristanthomas5006]

South Africa left in 1931. They just didn't become a republic until 6 years later.

[@EverGreen1888]

"Seeya Ireland!"...what about the those other six counties please?

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

Ask them if they actually want to join

[@F2SOnYouTube]

Episode 11 Series 1.

[@sAdrenalinStyle]

At least it didnt end like the French Empire

[@joannaoduleye4042]

Teacher sent a link to this video for History Lesson.I would NEVER watch this is my free time

[@callnight1441]

yes, you would. horrible histories is great

[@lilymarcucci6048]

do you recon this is enough revision for my gcse? haha

[@Prauwlet213]

nz as part of australia hurts

[@markkelly2169]

If you speak English you're still apart of the British empire ! 👍🇬🇧

[@misam5153]

Iconik

[@tehorzant_king72]

Deutsch?

[@RD-lu1tr]

Ja ich bin von Deutschland!

[@ElliotHuffer]

Hallo!

[@markmcmenamin1266]

Man's really didn't even mention them torturing Ireland

[@bennnnn264]

its a kids show?

[@markmcmenamin1266]

@@bennnnn264 if you wanna watch kids bullshit go on KZbin kids stop censoring shit for the rest of us

[@lowrycollins]

@@markmcmenamin1266 No what he means is that horrible histories was shown on British television for children

[@Q102-m4j]

Ireland didn’t have it the worst

[@markmcmenamin1266]

@@Q102-m4j nah its not like we were enslaved starved and discriminated against for 800 years and also had our native language destroyed england totally tortured everybody else worse 😐

[@projectkomodo373]

Did they just call Malaya and British Borneo... Singapore?! #StraitSettlementsMemories

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

They had all three, that’s why

[@EvanO-r9z]

I am from Singapore 😁😁😁

[@ahsanimam73]

This is so incorrect, they didn’t claim all of the east coast, carribean and canada or australia and new zealand or india straight away. Wales was part of England, also *cough* east india company, also all of south africa wasn’t claimed straight away, and Ireland wasn’t even in the empire in the 40s, it left britain, not the empire, in 1922, ulster remaining British, however, it became a republic, not a dominion in 1948. Also, Canada and South africa were granted home rule, not really british. Canada was gained after the war with france, not looked upon, we got the indian reserve and florida, so...., also , Ireland became part of Britain in 1801. Not before.. Also, Iraq was granted independence in 1930s, and british middle east was independent straight after WW2.

[@freddieb3537]

Ireland declared itself a republic in 1948 with the Republic of Ireland act. However, it wasn't until 1949 with Ireland act that Britain recognized it as a free Republican state so that could be the discrepancy there, British show so follows British Law

[@no-zf3fi]

ok

[@Irish780]

Wow newfoundland was the first and that's more or less irish now

[@EditorInChiefUK]

Yea Whilst Geocoding 100 of Millions of Man Woman & Children.

[@stevieholland7177]

technically ireland did leave in 1948 but at that stage we stopped listening to them a while ago, this is absolutely supporting a british biase, not telling the full story

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

1: Don’t tell that to anyone in Ireland, if you do so, you’d be lucky that your car doesn’t spontaneously combust next time you start it up 2: as an F1 and proper Football fan, I know all about the “British bias” especially the Media

[@stevieholland7177]

@@miscellaneoussarnian5282 what are you waffling about, i study irish history, lived here all my life, i am irish

[@terrysky83]

I'm always proud and happy to be a British subject, empire or not.

[@ahsanimam73]

terrysky83 I’m not, ancestors killed, my nation divided, starved, looted, massacred, due to these genocidal monsters.

[@zagger7105]

@@ahsanimam73 ha

[@freddieb3537]

Then you have bought into a rose-tinted history of your country.

[@terrysky83]

@@ahsanimam73 and I suppose you'd seen verifiable evidence that your proud ancestors had not been doing that to themselves long before the British turned up

[@terrysky83]

@@lasigh1478 justified? What makes you so sure it was "Britain's action"; because your favourite propaganda says so?

[@RayZiiX_]

A cause de toi je suis obligé de regarder ca en cours tu rends fou

[@jamesperkbs9005]

😂😂😂 I love it

[@bigskygemsmontana9464]

Rise and fall, that is some broke ass sounding shit. We are peasants and thats old money.

[@mrbuttonscatgaming]

That was in the wrong order

[@jakesroothman3085]

Those guys in South Africa weren't Dutch they were Afrikaans or Boere

[@callnight1441]

afrikaans and boeres descended from dutch settelers

[@jadenkorr1611]

Relou le lycée

[@germainloursin8376]

Pue smr la vidéo

[@zachpaterson2585]

The dates are so wrong....

[@spenhux0933]

I have 50 dollars

[@spenhux0933]

She said do you love me I tell her I am monke

[@altf4713]

No one asked

[@altf4713]

@@spenhux0933 no

[@spenhux0933]

@@altf4713 awe

[@spenhux0933]

I have 150 dollars

[@klaiman7857]

BALINT

[@JpUtd]

talking fast enough mate fucking hell

[@klaiman7857]

LOAN

[@Djungelviber]

:(

[@jadenkorr1611]

I want to kms

[@kuromijam2728]

Oh

[@jamesalcock5840]

The British Empire did a lot of good, that is why we have a Commonwealth today.

[@Simon-dx5ni]

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Irish780]

😂 the murdered the way through every country the entered do you think the were let in with open arms 😂

[@leehyun3638]

​@@Irish780 True but they also removed the bad part of the countries they conquered, like banned the Thuggees, Wiping out the Savage Zulus. And they also one of the reason why English is the international language today.

[@samuelxd7954]

​@@Irish780actually yes, how else does a tiny country take the world? Through one sided trade deals and trickery, sidenote... because of the british and there innovations. India went from having regular famines to alot less, resulting in the doubling of there population. But ofc, the famines and poverty were caused by the british! Everyone hates the top dog. 😂

[@tardistime6857]

Yep

[@tardistime6857]

🇬🇧

[@rprbeantown1]

Haha I'm American

[@joeelliott4820]

Me: let talk about the great American empire Bob: But not for long Me: are yeah there is none

[@nobody1117]

Chèvre

[@philipp_100]

cringe

[@avacyn2000]

It’s a kids show moron

[@unskadunsk]

Horrible histories is brilliant