The IRA's War on London

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[@boing7679]

​@@shansittan6000idk if it was fixed but it is in sync for me

[@SofaKingShit]

I wrote the first comment once and ever since my life has been a ghastly series of miserable disappointments. I mean how can anything ever top that particular event? Life has become dull and flat, with desperate and gnawing fear that that l might achieve such splendidly lofty heights again. A barren life impoverished of any novelty.

[@Sniper-iu5py]

we good off that

[@w.d.g.]

There are better VPN's than Surfshark.

[@NickIggler1969]

I'm that niggai hope you're ok with my saying that

[@nannesoar]

Not only is the animation outstanding, I instantly noticed the unusually high quality of the audio.

[@Ice12287]

Probably sponsored by the London government lol

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

I immediately noticed the extremely slow speech, even by english standards 🥱

[@gruntymchunchy1527]

The only problem being, it's ridiculously inaccurate.

[@netheriteking7256]

it is?

[@scallywag-rascal]

This is some LEMMiNO level shit.

[@Noreen_Ni_Riain]

25:30 this happened to my dad! He learned not to wear a leather jacket when flying to London, or else he'd get called "paddy", pulled out of line, patted down, have the sniffer dogs called on him, have his bags searched, etc... he learned to wear a suit and not speak to the officers, and the targeting stopped.

[@juniorjames7076]

Thats interesting. When I taught English to university students in Istanbul, Turkey in the early 2000s, I used to wear a army camouflage jacket/hoodie to work. One of my faculty co-workers who was a teenager in the 1980s told me that during the '80s, the "camouflage jacket" was considered the uniform of hippie radical protestors/activists in Turkey, and the police would harass and attack anyone wearing them on the streets. His parents forbid him from owning one, and to this day Turks his age are hesitant to wear one (even though teens now buy them on sale at The Gap or Banana Republic)!!!

[@CantTellYou]

What a dumb stereotype lol “oooOOooo a leather jacket must be bad guy” but I guess all stereotypes are quite dumb

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

People who wear suits are the biggest criminals of them all.

[@vpnmd]

its because ira members tended to wear them@@CantTellYou

[@olliephelan]

@@vpnmd What ? Anyone who could afford one wore one.

[@RealEngineering]

Came in, heard the accent, and was fully ready to be pissed off with a one sided story. Quite the opposite. Great job with this.

[@Man-Made-of-wood]

Shows your racism then really doesn’t it? Small minded Irish people still think British people actually give a shit

[@skp8748]

​@@Man-Made-of-wood that's not racism

[@jamesf3532]

@@Man-Made-of-wood 16:58 sums it up then and now, no one in Britain really has any interest in Northern Ireland. It's pretty fringe to have a strong opinion on it imo. Those who seem to really get into it though are Americans who are 7 generations removed from being Irish

[@bzipoli]

the.... swiss side of the story?

[@bam-skater]

@@jamesf3532 Scotland does have two football teams whose supporters have, how can I put it diplomatically...'very firm opinions' over what goes on in Northern Ireland.

[@kcnmsepognln]

There was a Royal Bank of Scotland cashpoint in the entrance to the Exchange: I had time to draw some money and get my train at Liverpool Street, before the bomb went off, so not quite "skin of my teeth", but close enough for me! When we were eventually allowed back it was quite surreal, like walking through "28 Days Later" and everything in the office, which was in Aldgate, was covered in a thick layer of dust.

[@apexinstinct]

That's still very lucky, did you see the van?

[@kcnmsepognln]

@@apexinstinctNot that I recall. It wouldn't have drawn my attention at the time, but I'm sure that once I heard the news, I'd have remembered if I'd seen it.

[@elvenkind6072]

Thank God you were not bombed. I bet that kind of thing makes one busy living a good life after it happen. So much of our time are wasted on worries and silly ideas, when we should do something good out of the one life we have. Sending kind thoughts your way, from me and my cat here in Norway.

[@kcnmsepognln]

@ind6072 What a nice thing to write! Thank you and best wishes to you and your cat. I'm not sure I've always lived a good life, but I'm hoping to go to Ukraine in the near future, so maybe I can put that right...

[@shayneoneill1506]

My little sis was living in london when the london transit bombings, and one morning was a bit late and missed her bus and had to catch the one after. The one she missed got bombed. She said the weirdest thing was , half the people in london where all "No big deal, its probably the IRA" (And the other half where completely freaked out) lol

[@rpcheesman]

I was quite young (17) when the Baltic Exchange bombing happened. I had to travel through London on my way home from seeing friends the day after. Scary stuff seeing so much police presence everywhere, on the tube, the train stations, etc. I also had little understanding of the social, economic and political impacts that event had and this video really helped explain so much that media at the time failed to convey to me. Really enlightening.

[@olliephelan]

Watch the Long Good Friday (again) and get spooked. The GFA was signed exactly 75 years to the day after the end of the Civil War in 1923. But the movie is about the developing Docklands and IRA bombing threatening and devaluing its real estate and international investment.

[@TheSubpremeState]

Imagine being an unfortunate citizen of east Ukraine or.........Ulster, Ireland. I used to hear the word "terrorist" and realised that a brainwashing campaign was also underway. Must be awkward for the British government calling Russia a terrorist state and cheering on attacks with barely a mention for civilians killed by Ukraine. I completely support Ukraine even if civilians get caught in the crossfire in Russia. They should have organised against Putin years ago

[@bensonfitch6697]

@@fgoogleinthea7475 The only incorrect opinions are the ones saying people's opinions are incorrect.

[@em97c]

​@@bensonfitch6697I mean this is a nice idea in theory but if you've been on the internet for any length of time you've no doubt been floored by some of the opinions out there

[@tea-he8ei]

​@@bensonfitch6697 now we apply that claim to itself...

[@whatsahellhell]

This video is absolutely brilliant. I was ready for the video to start in the 70s-90s, but going back to understand the roots is crucial. Thanks for not ignoring this, as most do

[@FRM101]

agreed

[@okene]

He skipped over like 90% of the history though

[@peterwilson5528]

When the troubles began my History teacher Mr Devlin left my UK Catholic school in Kent to go back to Northern Ireland to fight he said. He explained to us the terrible persecution and slave-like way Catholics were treated in Northern Ireland and how they lived in slums struggling to find work when the Protestants owned all the land and lived on the fat of it. The thing I do remember when I was about 11 years old was the anger in him and his determination. I have no idea what ever happened to him.

[@asmo1313]

he probably got shot by the british army

[@modtrashfire5518]

​​@@bazingaeffect4155 do you view antifa the same way? Just want to make sure your arrogant generalizing ass isn't a hypocrite either. If he was telling kids he was joining the IRA he'd be arrested. Someone needs to look up what 'fighting for your people' means, which is pretty rich given your star wars pfp.

[@pbfloyd13]

​@@bazingaeffect4155 Lame corny boooo 🍅🍅🍅

[@mosie.]

​@bazingaeffect4155 they aren't terrorists corny mf

[@feastguy101]

@@bazingaeffect4155don’t start your car tomorrow pommy

[@simongiesen2664]

The spillover from the attacks by the Provisional IRA was not just confined to England. My mom is from a tiny village in the Netherlands, on the border with Germany. There was a RAF base just across the border. The Provisional IRA carbombed airmen returning from a night out in the late 80s, as a show of force to indicate the British were safe nowhere. I find it weird to think how little effect attacks like these have had on Dutch popular psyche, all of it seems to have been forgotten. Even a lot more attacks occurred in Germany. Nowadays, my family talks about it in a sense of "oh yeah, this village was carbombed once" and not in a sense of a terrorist attack hitting them. I guess that's because they as the general Dutch public were never the (intended) targets, but still.

[@Dilley_G45]

I lived in Germany for a long time and while we had coverage in the news about IRA attacks (in Britain/N.I.) in the 80s and 90s I can't remember one in Germany or Netherlands.

[@simongiesen2664]

@@Dilley_G45 I'm sorry, I tried to reply a couple of times but it keeps not showing up. Look up the 1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands. The bombing I'm referring to happened on May 1st 1988 in Nieuw-Bergen; 2 British airmen were killed (and one more that same night in Roermond). In 1987 Rheindalen in W. Germany got bombed. 37 people were injured.

[@Dilley_G45]

@@simongiesen2664 ok I'll check it up. Yeah the yootyoob censorsh|p gets out of hand

[@TXnine7nine]

I think the coverage and memory of PIRA actions against British troops in Germany might have been overshadowed by Germany's own problems with bombings and kidnappings around the same time. The Red Army Faction/Baader-Meinhof Group comes to mind.

[@simongiesen2664]

@@TXnine7nine that's true. If you think of terrorism at the time, most people with any memory of it will point to the (German) RAF. In the Netherlands, we had the Moluccans separatists. They hijacked a train and a primary school at the same time. However, both of these groups were active in the late 70s, whilst the IRA was active in the late 80s in mainland Europe. I guess their actions were too small and too foreign to make a dent in the public consciousness.

[@DeaghlanFinn-Kelly]

I came to England as a young boy in the 70s. At school, an older boy threw me against a wall and kicked me in the stomach, this left me very unwell. After a few days of moaning, I felt sick, the doctor came, and I was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. My appendix was rupturing as well as some other things. I was aged 7 years The boy, who was about 11, said I was an Irish bar-steward, But I never told his name. I just said I do not know what happened. I have a large scar on my stomach from that day, I used to get a bus home, and I was called bomb boy by the older children in the secondary school. This was again when I was young. One day a boy said feck off bomb boy and pushed me off the bus. I bounced down the road and my head had swollen due to the fall. Once more, I said nothing. What can you say, do you tell your Mammy no one likes you because you are Irish? No, you just keep quiet. In the 70s life was not good for many Irish here in England.

[@karlikecar]

It’s a pitty British children don’t study this in history not in primary not secondary school. My English friends which I don’t keep contact w anymore used to laugh about it when I told them the history bc they were clueless, they also don’t study how they affected America and France and more countries which is honestly a form of censorship of the past imo. I’m not Irish but I grew up in Ireland up to the JC and I still get offended when someone asks me if I’m English lol.

[@jinorism]

⁠@@karlikecaragreed, i’m not british or irish but i spent the past few years in a british college. from the perspective of a foreigner, it’s not something i had ever really hear anyone speak about even though you’d think it’d be an important topic. i don’t know. and lots of us around the world (at least in my age bracket) also don’t really know of the tensions or history either and don’t see a difference between british and irish (unfortunately, sorry about that)

[@davep5698]

@@karlikecar much like americans too, they don't like learning and being told that unlike what their news wants them to think, they are historically the terrorists they claim the be defending the world against.

[@markedis5902]

I was a service engineer in London during this time. I was working in the building next door when they bombed the army careers centre in Wembley. My van was destroyed. I was near Bishopsgate and Aldgate when they were bombed and I should have been in docklands at the time it was bombed. It was only the fact I got stuck on a job that delayed me otherwise I would have been in that car park when the bomb went off.

[@cwj2733]

glad ur here to tell the stories. god bless

[@arielsfish]

They were after you!

[@Luton-Mick]

Stay blessed my friend.

[@DominicSeanMcCann]

Be careful, they'll think you were a volunteer. Camden & Hammersmith nearly got me....plus I lived next to the waterworks in N.16 where they dumped semtex. Gets personal 😊

[@lawontrial]

The anti terrorism act is interesting 👍🏻 Restrictions on Irish Catholics were far more sweeping than you mention - under the Penal laws Irish Catholics were not permitted to speak Irish, to be educated, to practice their religion, to study law or be a lawyer, or to hold property over a certain value. There is a song - they’re hanging men and women for the wearing of the green. It was colonisation and apartheid. You also forgot to mention the genocide.

[@invisibleman4827]

@@lawontrial cool story, bro The IRA were still mass murderers

[@Sokol9rr]

Exactly, how about they preface this video with the pages upon pages of atrocities that the english committed against the irish.

[@invisibleman4827]

@@Sokol9rr Because then it'd be pro-IRA propaganda and apologism for the violence

[@deedyg575]

@@invisibleman4827there should be serious apologies the fact there has been absolutely none is a joke

[@invisibleman4827]

@@deedyg575 The then PM apologised for Bloody Sunday. Did the IRA apologise for these attacks?

[@whmsft]

Hope KZbin won't demonetize this great vid again...

[@jackyback2578]

​@@GuitarRyder11how did you get ratio'd this hard lmao

[@TheLiamster]

Not just London but Brighton too. I remember when the IRA tried to assassinate Thatcher by bombing the Grand hotel

[@danirezaeva3934]

Boohoo

[@olliephelan]

And half of Britain cursed the IRA for missing her. The bomb was very small and placed there months in advance in order to avoid detection. Much of the British public still hated Thatcher for the brutal treatment of the Miners Strike and closure of essential industries. The P.IRA ended their statement with "Remember, you have to be lucky all the time.We only have to be lucky once" She supported Saddam, Pinochet, The Shah of Iran, Suharto and even the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Shes widely considered a war criminal by most of Ireland. Her govt. was indicted in the Hague for the 7 methods of torture on her own "citizens". It gives a new meaning to Orwells 1984

[@linkinmusic559]

Based

[@TheRunningLeopard]

@@olliephelanDamn, was going to say that it’s sad they missed too lol.

[@eoin8156]

@@olliephelanpretty much all of wales and the north of England would have celebrated her death, even those who hated the IRA as she directly cost them jobs , homes and numerous other benefits.

[@QuebecCitadelleCPL27]

My grandpa was born in Donegal a catholic in 1959 from a Northern Irish catholic mom from Derry and a French dad from Le Havre, as the troubles got out of hand they fled to Canada where I live today

[@Chop2016]

Eirn sands? Dosnt make anything singing irish rebel songs..she has sung a few songs drunk..she lives in belfast & goes 2 the rock bar & some Celtic games..you can see her on KZbin singing in the rock bar& if you type in Eirn sands & grace thats the only song she sings good.shes with bic who gets about £40 for singing a few songs on a Saturday night..she sings grace amazingly​@freebeerfordworkers

[@jackietreehorn5561]

@@Chop2016 she is from outside Downpatrick in co down not gonna say where but bobby's son moved there ......

[@jackietreehorn5561]

@freebeerfordworkers not true his son lives outside Downpatrick

[@jamesdykes2968]

We moved from the UK in the severnties to Canada. I am glad you are safe here.

[@FourKSixty]

up donegal, i was raised there, live in portrush now

[@flipgalaxy711]

"Maybe if the IRA had used Surfshark VPN" - This truly shows the state of Historical documentaries on KZbin. It's a shame that KZbin or other non-profit organisations don't financially help and support these amazing documentaries you produce.

[@migamaos3953]

“Truly shows the state” it’s not that egregious, and you can skip it. It’s as benign an advertisement as it gets.

[@zachw566]

Oh no, the horror of needing to skip an ad

[@FederationofUrsa]

​@@zachw566 yeah, creepy

[@SubvertTheState]

​@@doctorbobcat7123 that's why he broke 4th wall about it. He didn't think it was appropriate.

[@HASANonYT]

I don't think @flipgalaxy711 meant or intended to show resentment towards the ad section being done by this creator; at the end of the day, they are making some amazing stuff and deserve financial compensation for it; however, I believe what they meant to say is that it is kinda shame that such high-quality content that provide certain relatively positive impact on society should have more 'official' or 'institutional' means of support from society (assuming the society can afford it) instead of the creator having to seek 'private' entities to find financial support, which, more often than not, can negatively affect the artistic liberty and freedom of the content itself in order to comply with that private entities' own standards and guidelines. At least that's what my opinion would be. TL;DR It's more about the creator having to work with and include the VPN ad for this particular video instead of some other, for example, educational institution, or even without even having to work with private entities through maybe some grants of some sort.

[@affa_lol]

I was waiting all night for this video. I'm happy it didn't get cancelled till monday!

[@deputyofsomething]

My dad went down to the van explosion and took photos of the aftermath! Back in 1992 you could just walk all over the area as a citizen. He’d only moved to London about a month prior - an uneasy first impression lol…

[@arielgonzalez9993]

BRUH

[@froyotastic5665]

took a class on the history and politics of ireland and northern ireland last year and i learned way more in this video than the entire class

[@mrcollier4829]

😂😂

[@Gideonsmythe]

Ah yes, it's weird looking back at how big a threat the IRA was when I was growing up. They nearly got me twice too, I was getting out of a cab in Leadenhall Street for the Baltic Exchange blast and working in South Quay in 1996 when the really big one went off, the windows of our office bulged inwards but held firm. We were told to stay in the office and away from the windows about 20 minutes before. And yet, it never bothered me, it was a part of living in the capital back then. Nor did I ever feel any animosity towards the Irish people, having since learned our part in the Troubles, I'm glad I showed empathy to our wonderful neighbours across the water. If you can visit Ireland, do, it's a beautiful country and the people there are so welcoming. My friend who was with me in for the 1992 bomb was also next to the train that exploded at Edgware Road in 2005. We've been rather lucky I think.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Literally insane quality of this video that you make. I could watch any subject covered like this. Thank you for all your detailed effort in your videos.

[@LennyMarcusNY]

The guy has an ivory coast flag flying 13:55 😂

[@CymruGoch_]

@@LennyMarcusNY ivory coast has the green on the right, not the left. That was the right flag in the video.

[@LennyMarcusNY]

@@CymruGoch_ I know the Welsh have a reputation of being dumb, but surely you know how flagpoles work

[@LennyMarcusNY]

@@CymruGoch_ I know that the Welsh are known to be dumb, but you surely know how flagpoles work?

[@aarongoodall4169]

Not wanna talk about the Irish potato famine briefly? That was arguably the most important turning point that made the Irish hate the crown

[@mrcollier4829]

Why?

[@aarongoodall4169]

@@mrcollier4829 what do you mean why😂

[@swindle2345]

We hated the crown long before the famine bud

[@aarongoodall4169]

@@swindle2345 well aware of that pal, but as I said it was the major turning point of it all. Lots of extremely relevant history there that’s just glossed over

[@erickane8163]

​@@mrcollier4829The famine was not a famine because we couldn't grow potatoes and we all just decided to die, it was a famine because that was one of the few foods we were permitted to have, everything else was exported. When the blight arrived it was convenient for the British to simply starve us into death or force conversion to protestantism rather than let us have virtually anything else we were already growing to eat. It could have been unbelievably easy to avoid and arguably was more of a genocide.

[@phaaalix4671]

Very happy that the channel has gained a lot of attention over the last year or so, but I hope that your work will be recognized even more in the future. great video, keep it up

[@artyb27]

I've tried to learn about this conflict _so_ many times but I've always stumbled at the Unionist motivations - "why would people who want to be part of a different country be just as driven and motivated as people who want independence?" Not even 10 minutes into this video and I finally understand. This has to be the most succinct and artistically impressive production on this topic available.

[@iorek4149]

Exceptional graphics and non-biased take. Well done.

[@Raschi.K]

These videos are on par with Leminos videos in both animation, music/sound and quality! Keep up the great work and don’t let youtube’s annoying algorithms and demonetization practices stop you!

[@garrkell]

Not an easy topic to tackle but you have succeeded amicably. My heasrt gors out to everyone who has died as a result of the Troubles

[@nadrini300]

Good thing I managed to finish the video last night before it was reuploaded. Quality content, as always.

[@punchboxnet]

what?

[@elbalalaw1781]

Was there any major differences between both versions?

[@osnarv8597]

Did they edit the video after the reupload?

[@reeceburdon1066]

i only managed to get a few minutes into the original upload, is there much of a difference in the later part of the original video?

[@krinos1]

Bruh answer the replies

[@tastyindenial]

the fact that these videos are made by one person is astonishing, really great content mate keep doing what you do best! also may i ask where you get your music from? its so nice to the ears

[@tellyknessis6229]

My personal initiation to the NI sectarian divide came in 1979 when two friends (one "prod", one "left-footer") were trading "FTP/FTQ" insults over a bottle of Bushmills in a mainland UK student kitchen. Only then, I realised the engrained nature of this bitter enmity fermented over centuries. Nor did I realise the tiny size of the Baltic Exchange device could have such a dramatic physical/financial effect - a true 9/11 act for London. (And that takes nothing away from the tragic human cost.) Mainland Brits were forced to confront the reality of NI socio-politics across the 79-90s through bomb campaigns in major cities and garrison towns. Great, succinct video, well produced.

[@potatocure2073]

Great video. Absolutely amazing production quality!

[@dorkydoodle3573]

My Dad was born in Derry in 1970 and grew up in this environment, and with all the tension created by the Troubles he left for America in the 90s and didn’t return until me and my brother were born. It was really hard for him to go back after experiencing it all, he remembers Bloody Sunday and had family members in the IRA, but it’s still so interesting to see firsthand how although internationally the issue might have been “resolved”, there’s still some tension there even today.

[@BakerVS]

Around the six minute mark: Northern Ireland isn't part of the REPUBLIC of Ireland, but you could say that it's part of Ireland (which is also a geographical term). (Like how Scotland could someday leave the United Kingdom, but they can never leave Great Britain (the island)).

[@spencerburke]

The video isn't wrong really. Ireland is the official name for... Ireland. The term 'republic' is a descriptor, not part of the official name of the state. Hence why Irish passports do not have the word republic on them. This has caused friction in the past, as the UK government argued that the Irish government was claiming jurisdiction over the whole island through the use of the name Ireland for the state.

[@pop000690]

On top of that. The Republic of Ireland didn't like the IRA (and actually cooperated with the UK in finding IRA safe houses in Southern Ireland) and the IRA didn't (still don't) like The Republic of Ireland due to them seeing the South as a "false Republic".

[@Hwyadylaw]

@@spencerburke But the point is that the descriptor is necessary here, because it can be interpreted in two ways, one of which is incorrect.

[@spencerburke]

@@Hwyadylaw It isn't really. Say Canada isn't part of America, and there's not much confusion to be had, though it's clearly part of North America.

[@FRM101]

20:31 J. Bowyer Bell is probably history's most underrated PIRA expert. I have many of his books. Kudos for using such a reputable source.

[@BenCharminEats]

You're ability to do this topic justice without taking sides is admirable. I think there was only one just cause in all of this, but I still admire how you didn't allow this video to fall down the hole of choosing one sides argument over the other made it a much more informative watch.

[@truthhurts.1]

Considering this is a sub 30 minute video. Youve done one of the best jobs ive ever seen on covering the recent history between our nations. The videography and the context you provided was second to none. You could make 10 x 2 hour videos on the entire 800+ year history and still wouldn't cover all of it. You've done a truely amazing job here. Liked & subscribed 🤝

[@oskar7962]

I like that you have in yhe description that it is not allowed to use the visuals to train ai.

[@Katniss218]

It's funny he thinks that can change anything

[@G_FRE]

​@@Katniss218 You do know that you can use programs to prevent AI from using your visuals, right? Your comment means literally nothing. Jack shit. What you said is empty and meaningless.

[@Katniss218]

@@G_FREthere are programs that unpoison these already

[@SuperM789]

I don’t like that

[@vulpes7079]

​@@Katniss218boasting about millionaires stealing from people is not a great look

[@carolynschmoll1157]

Very interesting and relevant slant on how economics played a part in both the roots of the conflict and in forcing an end to the violence. Well researched and balanced account.

[@pixselious]

Stopping kids from saying first

[@jtgd]

Second

[@thisisabandonedgosomewhereelse]

By you doing this your just the same as people saying first, since this is just a copypasta

[@SofaKingShit]

I wrote the first comment once and ever since then l have found my life has become merely a ghastly series of miserable disappointments. I mean how can anything ever top that particular event? Life has since become dull and flat, consumed by a desperate and gnawing fear that that l almost certainly will never achieve such splendidly lofty heights ever again. A barren life impoverished of any novelty now stretches endlessly ahead of me.

[@limsrusill]

Just as bad, but more gay.

[@JoeLikesTrains]

Funny enough this wasn’t the first comment lol

[@JoshBty]

Been anticipating this episode, as someone from Northern Ireland lol

[@justjo_king]

I have no connection to the troubles as I've only recently moved to London and visited Belfast only recently after 5 years. Let's just say I'm really greatful for how you've told this story in such a detailed and insightful way. Studying terrorism in general has made me appreciate the London I've moved to. I'll probably use you as a source in my essay on the PIRA....

[@terryhope2074]

Thank you for the clear explanation of the Troubles. I worked in London through this era (and also a number of jobs in Belfast), lost count of the number of times there was a bomb threat on the Underground and came too close to the bombings themselves. The information to understand the problem wasn't available to a young Brit at the time - except maybe the photography of Don McCullin. I only had good experiences in Northern Ireland. Lovely people on both sides. Excellent work...

[@StarhangerYT]

Does this even belong on KZbin?! This is so good! No kidding. From the narration to the visuals, you can tell there's a TON of effort going into this. Keep up the amazing work!

[@RedLetterDavid]

Incredibly well done video, and shocking that you only have 180k subscribers. Really happy this came up on my feed.

[@theredseventhousand]

Over 4 million were killed in Ireland 1554-1998.

[@taysondynastyemperor5124]

That’s a massive time gap lmao

[@aaroneccles1104]

Bo ho😅

[@PhoeniX199777]

skill issue

[@theredseventhousand]

@@taysondynastyemperor5124 400 years, 4 million+ killed. Thats an average of 10,000 per year. The British Crown dont get no credit in this town.

[@numtumrum6488]

Another IMPERIAL video another day to feed our brains with his amazing content

[@englishincontext4025]

I was a dancer at the London Palladium in the Dec 1973/1974 panto with Frankie Howerd and Dora Bryan. Jack & the Beanstalk. I remember a number of occasions when the great swayed curtain would slowly close while we were on stage, indicating there was a problem. The problem always turned out to be an IRA bomb threat dialled into theatre. Nobody panicked and audience and cast slowly filed out of the theatre. The cast would go and have a cup of tea in the cafe next to Carnaby Street which is located behind the theatre. Quite comical to see everyone sitting around in costume as if it was the most natural thing in the world. God knows where the audience went. When the theatre was searched everyone would file back in again and the show would continue. We also had the joy of electricity on half power in the theatre during the 'winter of discontent'. All in all a tedious time, but being young I took it all in my stride.

[@Lugi45nubs]

Well, this is the first video I've ever watched on this channel. Now I'm subscribed. Not due to the subject material, but due to the way it is presented. Very entertaining. Keep it up and thank you for what you do.

[@carsonwells8323]

14:02 is actually the flag of Ivory Coast, but who cares they look so close I doubt almost anyone else noticed! Amazing video!

[@IMPERIALYT]

damn I forgot to flip it in my materials panel when I rendered it - oops, another correction to add to the document. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[@t.wcharles2171]

Funnily enough, Ivorian flags in NI often come with a sign saying that is an Ivorian, not an Irish flag because many unionists make the same mistake.

[@IMPERIALYT]

Just coming back to this because some more comments popped up - it was actually the right flag all along lol. It's a bit hard to tell because of the flickering and the blending, but the green is on the left and the orange is on the right - gonna remove that correction from the script document. I guess I was so eager to address the error I didn't even think to check if it was actually the wrong flag hahah

[@carsonwells8323]

@@IMPERIALYT Hey! I randomly saw this pop up and wanted to look, though the green is on the left the orange is connected to the pole which is what makes it the wrong flag. Irish flags will always have green touching the flagpole and Ivory Coast will always have orange touching the flagpole. Again doesn’t matter at all, been loving the content lately!

[@IMPERIALYT]

@@carsonwells8323 ah I see what you mean, thanks for clarifying

[@williamthompson2941]

Having lived through this period - and avoided a London burger bar bomb by seral hours - i can vouchsafe this is an excellent review of events.

[@anthonyclarke4016]

As an Irishman whose direct descendants were treated horrifically by the planters and paymasters in the North of Ireland (Northern Ireland id strictly a term used by the loyalist, unionist population), your video is absolutely fantastic mate. Very well researched, edited, narrated and weighed up. One thing though, there were many plantations on this island of Ireland during the reign of various monarchs. The Kings (Offaly) and Queens (Laois) counties plantations were the first real attempt at divide and conquer on the island of Ireland, This was followed by another smaller and unsuccessful plantation on the eastern seaboard of the North of Ireland, Other plantations scattered throughout the country had various levels of success but almost all failed mainly due to the facts mentioned here. Ulster on the other hand proved extremely successful. To think that Ulster Unionists are just going to leave the land they were born on whether or not their forefathers were forced upon us is never going to happen. Old habits and grudges die hard in these parts but I firmly believe one day both communities will live side by side under the flag of a state that respects the traditions of both faiths. We can keep our cultures but lose our triumphalism. It never had to be this way but the crown terrorized the Irish for centuries and have used the unionist population, especially the working class to no ends.

[@IrishSon]

An independent Northern Ireland? The communities are not there yet but it could be worth trying.

[@socire72]

@@IrishSonNo. A 32 county, secular republic that gives recognitions and rights to all faiths.

[@mattlloyd-davies9993]

Fantastic, well-said comment Anthony

[@drummond3524]

plastic

[@mattlloyd-davies9993]

@@drummond3524 what do you mean?

[@nikilaj]

hey dude the subtitles are slightly off in timing. Love your work!!

[@IMPERIALYT]

Should be fixed now, let me know if it's still slightly off

[@Farazishaq001]

@@IMPERIALYTnah they’re perfect now

[@nikilaj]

@@IMPERIALYTit’s perfect thank you!!

[@TheRealUnconnected]

Bro you need to get picked up by Nebula for sure. Smashing it another epic video.

[@FRM101]

Compendious effort! When asked to explain the Troubles, eyes roll the moment I say "16th century." Here on I'll open with the Baltic or Canary Wharf and slide in the history 5 min on - WELL DONE.

[@joesaunders2650]

Just discovered this channel its great! Well laid out and crystal clear 🙏

[@kierran5021]

I’m 02:45 in and this is ELITE video making. Truly exceptional piece of KZbin cinematography.

[@Wazzok1]

I think the ending was a bit of a cop-out. Unionist politicians and community leaders riled up working-class protestants in 1966-68 with conspiracy theories of a planned Republican uprising and claims that the civil rights movement / NICRA was a hotbed for IRA subversives. The British Army then came in with a heavy handed approach targeting the Catholic community almost exclusively, including interning them without trial in 1971, which directly led to Bloody Sunday (it was a protest march against internment without trial). Then at the first chance of peace in 1974 with the Sunningdale Agreement, much of which would be identical to the Good Friday Agreement 24 years later, the Unionists boycotted the deal and caused it to collapse! There was no chance of reconciliation or mutual understanding with people like that in that period.

[@eoin8156]

The ironic thing is that the violent republicanism had little to no support until the peaceful civil rights movement was brutally oppressed. The official Ira had little to no weapons , no real capabilities of carrying out any attacks and little public support. It was only when the civil rights movement was dealt with so harshly with internment without trial and then later Bloody Sunday that the provos even got any support to form a new armed movement splitting from the stickies (official Ira ).

[@axel665]

I think his point is that both sides vilified each other so much they think it's ok to commit their crimes

[@Wazzok1]

@@eoin8156 "IRA - I ran away", etc.

[@Wazzok1]

@@axel665 Oh absolutely. From an individual, moralistic point of view, that's certainly the case. But I think it's a misrepresentation to 'both sides' the conflict as a whole when one community had the backing of an entire nation state of 55 to 58 million people and its military forces. In some cases the UK intelligence services and special operations forces collaborated directly with Loyalists.

[@axel665]

@@Wazzok1 yeah and Ira had sympathizers in Ireland not sure what your point is

[@eoin8156]

The ironic thing is that violent republicanism had little to no support until the peaceful civil rights movement was brutally oppressed. The official Ira had little to no weapons , no real capabilities of carrying out any attacks and marginal public support. It was only when the civil rights movement was dealt with so harshly with internment without trial and then later Bloody Sunday that the provos even got any support to form a new armed movement splitting from the stickies (official Ira ).

[@astonia131]

Facts

[@invisibleman4827]

The split happened three years before 1972. And the Civil rights movement never morphed into/supported the IRA. Nationalist communities voted repeatedly for peaceful parties who begged the IRA to stop their wanton mass murder. But as Lyra McKee's murder shows, old habits die hard.

[@sebby324]

As a duel citizen of the Uk and Ireland, I find it sad how divided my two countries are despite being neighbours, I hope one day everyone just gets along

[@asha4736]

Welsh here, it's actually incredibly easy to understand when you realise the wealth of England's neighbours goes back to Westminster and leaves us with the highest poverty rates in the UK and fuck all industry because the likes of Thatcher waged actual war on those leftie voting working class.

[@FourKSixty]

we do get along thanks to the car scene, find my comment and have a read of that

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

7:17 One should note that due to the fact that the Ulster Plantations began following the Union of the Crowns, many of the settlers in Ulster were what are now know as Ulster Scots (Lowland Scots who moved to Ulster), giving Scotland quite a hand in the area due to geographic proximity. For obvious reasons, Munster plantations were primarily English. This is why the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland, not the Church of Ireland which is part of the Anglican Communion

[@genericmainer]

This is artistically incredible and the story is also wildly engaging. This should definitely break 1m views

[@Laidback_616]

Covering for a co-worker on your day off, only to die in that fashion is beyond sad. I’d have survivors guilt for the rest of my life. I genuinely feel for both those men.

[@DderwenWyllt]

I love how this video doesn't look for blame, it just highlights the desperate need for empathy.

[@wakcedout]

i would say coming from an american perspective, the violent rebellion aspect came down as a result of the political actions being ignored time and time again. much akin to how the american revolution sparked using a qoute direct from the declaration of independence itself "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.". those opening words sparked a rebellion in america against the largest empire of the time. and much of it came after pleas fell on deaf ears in london. and as you covered the irish catholics tried to make pleas in a peaceful manor only to have them fall on deaf ears in london.

[@TheWhiteSpaceUK]

IMPERIAL feels like the modern ‘World In Action’ (Granada TV/ITV) and I believe that’s the best compliment I can give.

[@pragmatically]

My Nan in around the 70’s or 80’s visited Britan with my Grandpa, with their friends from Sicily, where my grandparents were from. They went to watch a movie or do something else, but they were patted down and checked if they had any bombs.

[@CrashExhibition]

It was grand, but I think it’s worth noting that religion is only a part of the conflict and relatively more recent. The 1798 rebellion for example, led by figures like Wolfe Tone. Same during the war of independence, figures like Douglas Hyde our first president and Erskine Childers were Protestant. It is the complex mix of different identities

[@MarkKiley]

This is amazingly put together. Fantastic as always

[@heartofjesusdj]

I remember all of this happening when I was a teenager here in the United States.

[@ThinkerYT]

The goat is back🔥

[@mycroft_moriarty]

Dammit! Again?! We need to get a better fence, and speak to our neighbors about their little "urban farmsteading"! This is ridiculous!

[@ThinkerYT]

What ​@@mycroft_moriarty

[@nofxdan0]

Love your videos, you're a natural at the narration game! I do wish more people took heed of the points you make at the end of the video -- hatred is never the answer. Amazing how these terrorist attacks in London preceded the adoption of mass surveillance and hatred toward a group much akin to 9/11 in the US.

[@datcheesecakeboi6745]

hatred towards a group? most brits dont hate the irish? infact.. nobody cares if your irish even people alive during the troubles

[@sergioabrb]

Amazing video quality and story-telling! I would like to see a video on Spain's terrorist attacks that happened around the same age caused by basque nationalism

[@naps_878]

huh, sounds interesting.

[@Userhasbeenbanned0]

As an American who isn’t satisfied with the federal government I am watching this and taking notes

[@hamstreeet]

Noone's gonna ride your transit though

[@hamstreeet]

Nevermind I thought this was a video about 7/7 I'm so dumb

[@CantTellYou]

Why is “the troubles” such an adorably polite name for such a long violent rebellion

[@veterankamikaze3591]

We called WW2 "The Emergency".

[@HonestMan112]

Because the United Kingdom can't handle the fact that a civil war happened on 'home soil'

[@Darceyab]

@@veterankamikaze3591 and the famine the great hunger

[@AlphariusOmegon618]

@@veterankamikaze3591 I wonder what they would call an alien invasion

[@veterankamikaze3591]

@@AlphariusOmegon618 Uncontrolled immigration

[@skysmashify_]

Outstanding summary of these events, more than any history class would provide in hours.

[@RubenDavila253]

Holy shit, dude these videos keep getting better both visually and audibly. Thank you for the great videos.

[@anno-fw7xn]

Thanks for the great work and rundwon and its important that you focus is on the reason and the social outcome.

[@adamcheklat7387]

8:35: And then there was Oliver Cromwell who decided to conquer it.

[@sb8163]

Having one rule for the Unionists and another for the Catholics was the root of the problems. After centuries of crushing Irish rebellions, the British Army would not take action against the unionists when they illegally formed a militia and took up arms against the UK govt to oppose Irish Home Rule ie. the Curragh Incident. When the nationalists saw this they followed suit and armed themselves as well

[@t.wcharles2171]

The problem was that they were planning to use local troops whose officers had unionist sympathies. Had the general staff gotten a corps from India, they would have marched in with nary a murmur of disapproval.

[@mrcollier4829]

@@t.wcharles2171you are such a loser lol

[@maxromain8280]

The quality of this production is second to none.

[@scallytron]

Fantastic, unbiased account of "The Troubles". Really enjoyed it.

[@oshie2346]

“Unbiased” 😂

[@Prodrentjet]

@@oshie2346what’s unbiased about it?

[@coolawesomeepicman4513]

This is why terrorism doesn’t win. If you mix regular public citizens into a political motive they have no involvement with, you turn yourself into a villain by default, no matter your ideals. These actions also ruined the reputation that Ireland had as a neutral state since it’s independence, and also is why Ireland is associated with car bombings, even though they weren’t even close to the first groups to use those tactics. Speaking about the first true car bombings, I really want to see a series on the Italian-American Anarchist movements from Luigi Galleani’s anarchist terror campaign of the 1920s. It is really overlooked in American history since the mob is what mostly overshadows Italian stereotypes in the United States. They did really heinous stuff for their time too, they should be remembered for the horror they inflicted on everyday citizens.

[@censedfear]

Did you even watch the video? They gave a warning. They did not want to kill civilians. They wanted to inflict financial damage, bring the war to England and exact pressure on England's political will to remain in Ireland.

[@duk3129]

the north didn't 'elect' to do anything it was decided for them by the UK government. Several of the counties in northern Ireland had a pro-independence majority but they were still forced to remain part of the UK.

[@magnuse123]

Just spent two weeks in Ireland, didn't really get a clear picture really. This made it clear in half an hour. Nice one! Keep it up !

[@counterfit5]

They largely don't like talking about it

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Very well done handling of this important aspect of the conflict.

[@Armyrope115Official]

The flag at 13:55 is not the Irish flag. The Irish flag is flown with the pole on the green side. What was shown was the flag of Côte d'Ivoire.

[@jabbersthekillerrabbit5057]

2:12 poor guy in both what happened and his unfortunate name

[@dominicseanmccann6300]

Nearly caught me twice in 90s; Hammersmith territorial army depot, just cycled past & Camden high street around same time...tiochfaidh àr là lads! 😁

[@Westwordd]

This video is truly outstanding and it’s a honor to have my country mentioned. Although I must mention this is by far the most truthful,detailed and informative video I have ever seen on the history of Ireland. Usually it’s a small mention or a partial paragraph with added agitation of Ireland being called apart of Great Britain or the UK which as I believe you know is quite offensive to those of us born and brought up in Ireland. Thank you for this and well done on the incredible depth your videos have

[@110percentcanadian6]

The animation was astounding, phenomenal audio reminds me of the innovative fps game super hot

[@vipecrx]

This was just suggested to me. I had never heard of this channel. Im not even a quarter of the way through and I can tell that this is British.

[@Rec9mmend]

5:45 Whoa now, Northern Ireland IS part of Ireland. You meant to say it's not part of the Republic of Ireland. Northern Irishmen are entitled to RoI citizenship, because they're Irish.

[@IMPERIALYT]

Indeed that is what I meant to say - I will amend that in the corrections portion of the script.

[@nyvkroft6530]

​@IMPERIALYT no you are correct. Everyone assumes the 'Republic of Ireland' is the official name for the country. It isn't. Ireland/Éire is the official name for the country, calling it the RoI just helps distinguish between the whole island and the country.

[@drdeadred851]

Its also part of the British Isles, does that mean All of Ireland is British? Their entitled to RoI citizenship because the RoI wants to grant it to NI as a method helping grow support for separatist movements. Pretty clearly all people in NI would not be considered 'irish' by many separatists, this also rather implies that it is some absolute fact there is a distinction between Irish and British in NI, something pretty clearly quite a few people there would disagree with and would say the two are the same as the English, Welsh and Scottish are all their own people so are they also British.

[@IMPERIALYT]

@@nyvkroft6530 What I meant to convey in that section is that Northern Ireland isn't part of the nation to the south of it's border, i.e. Republic of Ireland. Ireland or Éire are fully valid ways to refer to that country, but the correct thing would have been to use the term Republic of Ireland as to not conflate geographical and political terms. This is all semantics and most people will understand when the term Ireland is employed but to avoid confusion I should've employed "RoI".

[@Rec9mmend]

@drdeadred851 "British" is demonym for someone from "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", NOT for someone from the British Isles which is a geographic determination. As to your second part, I never made any claim otherwise. My comment was to distinguish between political entities. As of the NI 2021 census a majority identify as both British and Irish. I don't deny that. You might (cynically) say that their entitlement to RoI citizenship stems from a desire to grow Republican movements, but I would say it also stems from a recognition of their Irishness and their kinship. In my eyes, it's a way of moving past the Troubles, not exacerbating them

[@andrewharper1609]

As someone who worked in Central London and was about when 7/7 happened and was at the Hippodrome during the London Bridge attack sadly Terrorism is a risk I just learned to live with.

[@Irishman0855]

A risk you’ll have to live with thank to your government

[@ItzBIULD]

​@@Irishman0855to be fair, any government can be at risk of terrorism for any reason.

[@Irishman0855]

@@ItzBIULD ones that attack other country are at a much higher risk

[@BadMouse101]

Great Video! Just one point. I feel theres a bit too much textevo animation, especially letter by letter and after a while I found it just got a bit tiring. I think something like a pan down from out of frame might work better in some areas.

[@ayushkumarjha9921]

Hello sir, I'm a fan of your Content.

[@mariogp3868]

I don't usually comment, but this was a crazy good video, and I hope that the algorithm understands that.

[@westonite210]

Exactly what I’m doing too, this video deserves to do well and be seen

[@MisatoBestWoman]

This video is a top notch quality documentary As a Canadian, I find the vast history of the European idk the correct word, skirmishes, between one another, like, well in this video, the troubles, the events in Czechoslovakia, Russia, and the many other countries, especially in Eastern Europe, it's a fascinating. I am enjoying *(I know not a great choice of word)* learning about this specific historical period.

[@kitgoostrey6162]

One of my parent’s good friend’s brother was vaporised by the IRA during The Hyde park bombing. He was just married.

[@Irishman0855]

Got emmm😂

[@dudleycoolful]

@@Irishman0855 grow up

[@Irishman0855]

@@dudleycoolful😭😭😭

[@kitgoostrey6162]

@@Irishman0855 uncompassionate bastard

[@NapoleanBlown-aparte]

​@@Irishman0855 dude im irish but wtf???

[@irish_kidd]

14:03 is the ivory coast flag 🤣

[@FUNNYASSDUDE]

Absolute gem, make a documentary bro

[@Irishman0855]

What would you call this?

[@adog3129]

i've seen a lot of videos that try to replicate the lemmino style lazily, not realizing what makes it good. yours is the opposite, this is really pretty and unique and retains all the same polish.