[Inaccurate] The Warlord Era: Every Other Day

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The 1911-1937 Warlord Era in China.
Dates are year.month.day. Months are represented by numbers.
Every polity is given its own colour. All Chinese polities have the name and photograph of their current leader next to their identifier. They are grouped into factions. "Southern Warlords", "Northern Warlords", and "Neutral" are not coherent groups.
The video ends with the capture of Nanjing on 13 December 1937, since I felt that this date makes the final transition from a state of warlordism in China to a state of national resistance against Japan.

[@PercepiusProductions]

Literally the only mapping video on the Chinese Warlord Era on KZbin.

[@Victor-hy9ux]

Even watching this is very hard

[@peterfu6213]

@@Victor-hy9ux agreed

[@zro0480]

@@Victor-hy9ux facts

[@ExtremelyGullibleMeme]

And now it’s inaccurate

[@ImperialZorn686]

And it's labeled innacurate What a shame

[@HurricaneHunter03]

HOT DIGGITY DAMN, this is an example of a mapper who's gone insane to make an incredible piece of art, i, like many mappers, and proud, thanks man for the unique and badass mapping animation.

[@jesusaguilera6572]

i agree

[@HurricaneHunter03]

@@jesusaguilera6572 Mhm.

[@TheAustronaut03]

„Inaccurate?!“ Bro this is the most accurate version of this I’ve ever seen

[@redgreekrevolution]

Congratulations, you even depicted the Russian Civil War, absolutely amazing.

[@shinsenshogun900]

Even depicted this masterpiece alongside the Chinese Civil Wars

[@PercepiusProductions]

He did the Russian Civil War in another video, and it was amazing.

[@crasher925]

fancy meeting you here comrade!

[@cakebear9534]

@brentonz Nope, he is either a socialist or a communist

[@jamesperkins191]

One minor problem, o e of the factions was the same coliyr as the water.

[@luciuscaeciliusiucundus1154]

Jin: the Switzerland of warlord era china

[@daviddsun9702]

Oh Hell Na Yan Xishan the id of this KZbinr, is the ruler of Jin

[@jianzuo8183]

You can blame them. Jin is surrounded by mountains.

[@nanjgh7066]

Yan (the historical one) is an “old fox”，he know how to protect himself in that chaotic era. "I'm danicng on three eggs and I can't break any of them" is his famous quote, and this is why he survived with a relatively good ending.

[@redhatedsun233]

You are right. Jin's leader Yan Xishan often said "Zhongyong（中庸）" in Chinese, which means not standing for anyone.

[@Snoflakes_1]

Middle East: We’re the biggest clusterfuck of the 20th century. China: Hold my China

[@nathanseper8738]

The proper term is "Middle Kingdom."

[@peasant12345]

Yes, China 100 years ago is like the middle east now.

[@firemangan2731]

@@peasant12345 Its only 80 something years ago. Not 100

[@ImperialZorn686]

@@firemangan2731 it's More than 100 because it (warlord era) started in 1911

[@Fred_the_1996]

@@peasant12345 China, Russia and India were the worst

[@brazilianmapping56]

You took on a subject few have dared to. Congratulations.

[@merpking748]

so true

[@kfizzledizzle8467]

Girls: Why don't boys understand our signs? They're so simple! Girls' signs:

[@prokhorovoka1582]

1:05 meanwhile in Duan Zhigui's kingdom office Duan Zhigui: How we should name our new land? Court advisor: E? Duan Zhigui: Perfect

[@yanxishan6575]

Court Advisor: It's the short name of the province you rule Duan Zhigui: Even better!

[@yinchenxu5249]

Cai E (in Yunnan): It's also my given name! XD

[@user-vo1sb3bo1s]

General Cai approves!

[@messier8379]

@@yanxishan6575 i think there's also an "E" during Spring and Autumn period..but it dint last long and were annexed by Chu state

[@NeutronexMappingcentral]

I would appriciate if you made the first sino-japanese war because i like your style

[@michael120.]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGGZn4Z3ncyXo8k

[@axelandersson6314]

Internet User That's the Second Sino-Japanese war though, isn't it?

[@moistnutella9560]

@@axelandersson6314 You're right that is the Second Sino-Japanese War.

[@michael120.]

Axel Andersson I went off the name of of the video, apologies if not the first

[@moistnutella9560]

@@michael120. Yeah the video is named incorrectly so I understand the misconception.

[@yanxishan6575]

Edit: This video is innacurate, this video, made by another person, is also innacurate but it's far better than this video is, so please use it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onKoZaV8ZpyVnq8 I just want to thank everyone who has subscribed to my channel for their support. I never imagined I would get this far when I first began this channel. I've received a lot of praise from the mapping community and I really appreciate it. This video was originally planned to be a 100 subscriber special video, but clearly that's no longer the case. I also have a discord now: discord.gg/wky25hZ

[@realityismerelyanill]

I can only imagine you put an insane amount of work into this project. Congratulations.

[@luciuscaeciliusiucundus1154]

I love your channel so much

[@rshua]

Hey by the way can you put the Chinese character next to the Enlgish/Pinyin in parentheses?

[@yanxishan6575]

I had that idea for my next video. But it's too late to change this one. Very sorry.

[@Dagreatdudeman]

One of these days we'll make you into a warlord!

[@artoriastheabysswalker]

I love how Yan Xishan's Jin clique just sits there for years, seemingly doing nothing, but then from late '28-'29 Yan basically said: let's roll baby and occupied a good portion of Northern China including Beiping, only to then go back to sit in Shanxi and do nothing again.

[@sharkronical]

I think he declared ShanXi neutral in the warlord era or something? I know this from a HOI4 mod don't kill me if it's wrong

[@artoriastheabysswalker]

@@sharkronical More or less, he played the long game and had little ambition of Chinese reunification, instead focusing on developing Shanxi. He only supported sides when he guessed they would win, to appeal to them ad to keep his post of governor

[@TieisAwsom]

Fun fact about Zhang Zuolin (the leader of Feng until the 30's) He basically controlled printing the money, and he essentially did a Germany and printed a bunch of money, making an inflation crisis. Then one day, he was out on the city, looked at the local shop's prices, got angry they were so high, had a few of the shop owners executed, and told the rest of the shops to stop being greedy.

[@giaphudoan1768]

ah yes the blaming game

[@atakinpowa]

lol

[@yellowcoat970]

hmmmm e c o n o m i c s

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

See, this is what we call “hypocrisy”.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

To be fair, most warlords were illiterate anyway you wouldn't expect them to understand basic economy.

[@NotFinnish]

Your growth is an exponential function

[@nerd2932]

The Long March ( 9:17 to 9:38) was the most interesting part of the video tbh. Watching the Communists go on the journey to move out from the cities and into the mountains that would eventually take the lives 93,000 out of the 100,000 soldiers was interesting to see visualized on a map. It's also kinda funny that most of the comments about it was that it looked like slitherio. :thumbs_up:

[@zenithzero6354]

@天九 Yet they returned and became the final victor. He who laughs last laughs best.

[@michaelzheng5250]

天九 Retreat? Yes. Defeat? Not quite, escaping to Shaanbei is better than eradicated by the Nationalists.

[@polinageller3489]

@@zenithzero6354 If with laughing you mean killing millions of people because they don't support your ideology or because you want them to make iron in their backyard then you are right.

[@xiaofang902]

@@polinageller3489 eventually they won and will win when confronting US. period

[@ChongLi99]

@@polinageller3489 Same thing USA does when a random country in the world have a government that dont have the "market bless". They are promptly targeted to regime change.

[@Rafael_lmao]

I've always loved the history of China, and the Warlords Era is a time in Chinese history that almost no one talks about here in KZbin Your Work is impressive

[@marrvynswillames4975]

the original battle royale

[@messier8379]

The Winner takes Throne of New Dynasty/Era.... Seems why CCP was like today in peak of it's Superiority according to Dynastic Cycle...the China will always break apart and unify again...no Dynasty will lasts

[@spqr950]

@@messier8379 exactly, in china the circle is usually about 300 years. PRC began by 1949, we will have about another 100 years of prosperity and go all the way down in the following 100.

[@messier8379]

@@spqr950 As like it say...China had its Peak and Downfall...but when that happens they probably would Unify the world under there Rule.. Since USA and EU become more Political Clowns as time pass... Btw those Cheap phones like Huawei and other Cheap Chinese Products is like the Response from the British selling Opium to China back in 18th century.. They are literally Selling cheap products so the Local Economy of other Countries will rot and weaken,as time comes they will end up completely dependent to China as their Local Buisness and Economy collapse due to Overwhelming Chinese Marketing strategy...

[@messier8379]

@@spqr950 China was like Rome but if the European remain to Embrace their Latin Legacy.. Both Rome and China also once Conquered by the Barbarians...the Byzantium (Second Reincarnation of Rome) fell to Turks in 12th Century and the China under Song Dynasty fell to Mongols and the Ming Dynasty Fell to Qing(Manchus).. The difference here...when China lose their Territory such as Mongols and the 5 Barbarians era,they will fight for 2 century war and Retake their lose Lands.. The Byzantium Greeks unlike Han Chinese had very Weaker Birth Rates and resulted that the People of Byzantium itself is Vulnerable and difficult to Recover from Population Decline... Chinese also never Value often their Lives even it took theme Century of War to Liberate their Lost Lands..the Byzantium Greeks couldn't Replace their Population soon was Replaced by Turks in Anatolia... China never dies but it continues to Evolve every 300 years

[@Artiomiz]

1:05 before the meme we had *E*

[@shangyedavid]

It sounds more like the "Ea-" in "Earth" instead of e in English.

[@CSGhostAnimation]

A SPORTS. It's in the game

[@axelandersson6314]

Fantastic video! I haven't seen anyone make a video illustrating these events in such detail. I think this video has greatly improved my knowledge of this era.

[@Charles-472]

I wish Duan Zhigui’s “E” had come out on top 😔

[@ScarletEdge]

Just for the meme XD

[@lum7311]

E

[@123TeeMee]

I looked it up and it’s genuinely called È, only when abbreviated though. Should be named Hubei.

[@rd-6137]

Good God, what an absolutely awesome video! Depicting something so confusing and constantly changing as the Warlord Era is no endeavor for anyone, and you have done it Just absolutely amazing.

[@bacant_man]

imagine being the warlord controlling E

[@josepgarcia1346]

That was awesome. Love your details and animation. Just perfect, everything is perfect

[@zongrenli3951]

The Insane amount of work put into this make this probably the best documentation of maps of this time period i have seen so far, Keep it up!

[@NewerHorizonsMusic]

This is amazing! I can’t imagine how much time and research went into making this. Awesome job.

[@victorhugofranciscon7899]

AMAZING! You made me learn more from the chinese war lord era that I had some questions, support from the other side of the globe (Brazil).

[@jangamaster8677]

Very cool video!! This must’ve taken a lot of time and hard work making, thanks for sharing with us

[@tremtremtremt3575]

Thank you for spending a lot of time and from the looks of it a huge tons of work to make a video so neat yet so complex and beautiful. You deserve way more attention. Well done sir, subbed

[@Jefrings]

This deserves to go to my favorites. Great job!

[@micahistory]

OH MY GOODNESS! This is by far one of the best KZbin videos i have ever watched in my entire life. The quality is absolutely stunning. i can't even start to imagine how hard it must have been to make such a mind-blowing video! You are amazing. I didn't know who you were yesterday but now you are my third favourite youtuber! Never stop!

[@yanxishan6575]

Thank you! That means a lot to me. Who might your favourite and second-favourite be?

[@micahistory]

Ollie Bye and Danzig HD Mapper. Btw, Ollie bye is subscribed to Micahistory 2, maybe you would be interested as well@@yanxishan6575

[@jackmarrowmapping1176]

I commend you on your dedication to detail and information. Kudos!

[@hatefulgaming1800]

I've been waiting a long for this.

[@hatefulgaming1800]

Kiyo Shinguji Yo mama

[@rogertrooman7918]

Flex on 💪

[@Ratplague707]

9:15 The Long March looks so cool visualized like this.

[@dickyadhadyanto4986]

Damn, you actually made it. I literally requested first Chinese civil war a week ago and now we got this? this is beautiful.

[@user-gt8ql9vp1b]

Thank you! Very, very edifying. Some thoughts (for your forecoming 'day by day' maps): those subtle colour differences aren't always discernable. Maybe add some sort of low-contrast hatching? Same for the territories being disputed, now those are done in the lighter tone of the main colour, and so also not always easily discernable from similar colours elsewhere on the map. Maybe slow the speed to 1/2 or 1/4, too? As it is, it's hard to keep track of everything happening in the frame. Finally (still more work for you XD) maybe add the briefest of explanations when something drastic happens on the map, like big chunks of territory sudenly flipping colours.

[@toyoman1652]

You did this so well I thought this was every day

[@hoolahaalo9289]

Very big and good work the best infomatical video of all time

[@Koopinator]

1:10 Duan Zhigui be like: E

[@insanity4955]

I was about to say the same thing

[@Evilstr98]

The Warlord Era seems to be a really complex area to study around, this video really brings it to light so well done!

[@forgettimyspaghetti1417]

Outstanding video. Recently discovered your channel and am blown away by the level of detail and effort put into your videos. Just hit subscribe and will be looking forward to future content!

[@tencorgmail4075]

Hoi4: By 1936, China was split between the Nationalists, Communists, and 5 warlords. What Actually Happened:

[@sblbb929]

The Kaiserreich mod actually recreates the situation really well. It's alternate history of course (Zhili Clique still in charge, sotuher provinces still around, kuomintang supressed) but you can play any of the factions in the videos and go through their story of endless betrayals, shifts in allegiances etc. Feels just like this video to be honest

[@jaykaufman9782]

Tremendous job! This video clarifies and dispels many things that I thought I knew about the Chinese Warlord Period. (I had no idea Zhang Zuolin controlled only a third of Manchuria for most of his career, I didn't appreciate the Nationalists were such a southern-based force and didn't appreciate they had so little presence in the north, et cetera.) A few quibbles, but outstanding research!

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

Fuck, best and most complex mapping video I ever watched, hope you make more

[@coolguy3848]

One of the best mappers out there Well done my brother👍🏻

[@Batigol500]

Very underrated topic, glad to see people gain interest in this.

[@Livinivs]

Instant sub, amazing work

[@iraqimapper8625]

Well done you are a professional mapper with good knowledge and skills I'm a new subscriber

[@senatorammock1770]

Truly amazing. This must have been very hard to complete.

[@oihanlarrategi4187]

This era is pretty chaotic and can be confusing, but nonetheless, this video is amazing. I can't imagine how much you have to work to get this done.

[@dhimasarif24]

This is insane man *me start to subscribe right now

[@jonathanwoche7803]

Wow, thought no one would do this and very complicated so nice video

[@vittorioveneto4477]

Just like in the good old days during the downfall of the Han Dynasty, isn't it? (Great video though, as always, you are too underrated, you deserve a lot mote subscribers)

[@PM1871]

HRE: I have the ugliest border gore Warlord China: Hold my opium

[@jamesmapper3456]

bruh thank you so much it's so hard to find detailed sources of this era for me

[@lordcherrymoore5252]

This is fantastic! I can only imagine the work that went into this. If i could offer some advice, try to differ your colors more. Understandably, there are quite a few entities to color in this sort of map, but using light pastels for foreign nations (and more than red for the major players like the USSR, Japan, and UK) and then bright, vibrant, and clashing colors for the Chinese factions would have helped them stand out more. As is, it is very hard to track movements (which is probably due in part to the chaos of the era), but still, great work.

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

Plot Twist: Jin is actually the Soviet Union...

[@Galland780]

Believe me... you're doing to be successful if doing videos like this...the quality is great!!!

[@notachilean7942]

I absolutly loved what you did with the Long March

[@Cefal27]

Great work, your style is very interesting! I hope You'll made full history of China someday.

[@potatokiller4188]

I love the work done here. You can see the effort put into it. If you'd like to, I reccomend doing something from the cold war era, like korea, vietnam, or something else. Nontheless I will watch wathever you make :)

[@QWE2623]

This is seriously in depth content, good job man.

[@anti_brine6981]

1:05 "E" great name guys, 10/10

[@scythal]

Markiplier must have time travelled there at one point.

[@shangjiangren]

It's "鄂" in chinese, a short call for Hubei province.

[@mappeurnational8034]

Magnificient work! How are you making videos so rapidly?

[@Natalie-ez1zc]

Plot twist: There's actually more than one person behind these videos

[@yanxishan6575]

I promise you I am in fact one person.

[@sulejmanavdic8516]

Such a beautiful artwork

[@terrygyatso3928]

This is pretty accurate, the acknowledgement of areas controlled by local Tibetans but not by the Tibetan government is neat.

[@shinybreloom4027]

Yes. There's a few books which talk about how many Ngari leaders were also adamant that they didn't support Lhasa's centralization policies including those on language and doctrine.

[@Bruh-pl7xr]

My favorite warlord state, E 1:20

[@DailyKosia]

Very big and good work!

[@antonioferrari5884]

How many warlords were there!?! Historian: YES

[@xkn8147]

Very well made!

[@markthemangino]

How confusing can a mapping video get?

[@absboodoo]

Chinese Warlord Era: Hold my tea.

[@NeutronexMappingcentral]

Holy roman empire: hold my beer

[@scythal]

India-Bangladesh border up to 2015: hold my toddy

[@UnbekannterSoldat74]

@@NeutronexMappingcentral Thirty year's war: hold my Kraut.

[@noriakikakyoin6557]

theres 46 countries in europe

[@choomax9798]

Great job! Appreciate!

[@tjb_6203]

Shit man that is very interesting. You even remembered the Russian civil war! Congratulations and keep it up!

[@GrimmerMedia]

Well done, you have my respect with the rate you can punch out such high quality work

[@user-no1nj9ji1d]

Another great video from you - it's Like from me! :) 👍🏻

[@flytolight]

This is a great job

[@ronanmahaffey2996]

Magnificent work

[@Antleir777]

Amaizing video ! Big thanks from France, because we don't really study this part of Chinese history in Europe :)

[@daviddsun9702]

Le Malandrin in China from grade 1 to grade 12 only few sentences are mentioned about this history

[@baronnolanvonstraya5743]

I love this video but it is a bit hard to keep track of which warlords are in what alliance, maybe keep the colours similar or put a bold coloured outline?

[@yanxishan6575]

I designed the colour scheme used for another project, and I could probably have saturated or brightened them or something.

[@omayaki5264]

What is that tibetan Pocket literally in the middle of china which Nobody seemed to Care about? Edit: it's there from 5:23 until the end

[@yanxishan6575]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golok_rebellions_(1917-1949)

[@Filippirgos]

That was insane, congrats !

[@individuum4494]

Very good work! How did you keep overlooking all of this? I had no clue what was going on most of the time.

[@yanxishan6575]

I gather all of my research into a Google Docs, othwise I would have like 60 tabs open on my browser.

[@AllergicToMango]

I subscribed and liked and downloaded it

[@AllergicToMango]

Oh, I got it

[@daniielah.7569]

Looking back to this, the only thing that the video lacked were the zones in Manchuria that were mostly controlled by Korean anarchists AKA the Shinmin Prefecture, otherwise very good video ngl

[@PercepiusProductions]

I didn’t know that the warlord era started after the collapse of Qing! Also ur video was amazing.

[@yanxishan6575]

Before 1916 most "warlords" were loyal to the central government. But they did have significant autonomy derived from their military control.

[@xz1891]

中国共产党万岁

[@francodelellis5384]

This is one of the best maps i've ever seen, even has the faction leaders!

[@JoeBidenRealLife]

Absolutely Amazing

[@codyshi4743]

Awesome thank you.

[@Drigger95]

How can you even know this information? If you could do a behind the scenes things of how you make these videos, it would be really interesting!

[@ahnonime9763]

This video told us: Yu, the ocean Warlord!

[@wholesomebaker5410]

Any good books about China in this period? I'm reading now "Forgotten Ally". It can also be about Manchukuo or Japan

[@Solemncord]

Try the last emperor

[@Lullaby454]

Was that the 'Kraken Theme' from Dead Man's Chest I heard in there?? :D

[@CSGhostAnimation]

9:39 Communists regroup and complete the long march Music: DRAMATIC MUSIC

[@kreeperface397]

Great job for all those details on such a complex topic. But I think you could have made it more understandable : you should have used the same border color for all the warlords in the same alliance, in addition to each warlord color. On the other hand was it relevant to give a specific color to every countries around China ? I may have missed some details, but I think Tibet, Russia/soviet union and Japan would have been enough (perhaps a specific color for european colonies ?). As consequences, some colors are too similar to easily differenciate them (Zhi and Britain, or Yu and oceans for example).

[@yanxishan6575]

You are entirely correct, although after all there are only so many colours in existence.

[@scotandiamapping4549]

How? Just. How? If I had tried to do thaf I could never. Well done.

[@pricel141l]

Hey, even thou that's somewhat inaccurate I appreciate the effort you put on this video, I'm working on a project of my own and I was wondering how did you choose the colors for the diverse warlords and governments, is this related to anything or just pure randomness ?

[@jonsmith5626]

Are there any good books on the warlords period in English?

[@mrnaughtyscotty69]

Very nice video. I'd be interested in seeing your sources since it's so difficult to find decent sources, especially with maps, for the Warlord Era.

[@yanxishan6575]

Primarily worldstatesmen.org, republicanchina.org, the French, English, and Chinese editions of wikipedia, and some obscure Chinese language wikis.

[@mrnaughtyscotty69]

@@yanxishan6575 Awesome, thank you!

[@taxiut3324]

Amazing art！I'm from China and there are few mappers in China could do as amazing work as you do! I'm from Jin and Yan Xishan lived in my hometown exactly. It's really interesting to see a foreign map maker using Yan as name lol.

[@SobaYatai]

I finally found this thx you

[@leontrotsky5747]

Wow, never thought i'd see a mapping video as great as this, where did you find the information for the project?

[@christophertwomey6779]

I second the question...beautifully put together and I’d love to learn where you collected the data. Great stuff

[@kaisertausend5260]

And you can find out where you got the information about the advance of troops on the map, I just can't find sources anywhere where it would be written?

[@bosnianmapper403]

This is just pure art! AMAZING!! You deserve way way more attention. It must took ages to make multiple 26 year long wars. How much did it take you too make this video?

[@yanxishan6575]

About 3 weeks.

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

Yan Xishan *spits out coffee* Which is partially because i dont like coffee :P That doesnt take away from the fact that 3 weeks is an astonishingly long time. I can see why it took so much work. Really, well done with the effort put into this