History of Britain in 20 Minutes - American Reacts

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[@paulharvey9149]

"It's just a small, little island - it's insane!" That just goes to show, JT - size doesn't matter - it's not what you have, it's what you do with it!!

[@kaydavis2310]

😂

[@galinor7]

It is the fifth largest island on the planet actually.

[@robertwilson3866]

It matters in the modern world though. India, China, Russia, US will all be the modern super powers.

[@paulharvey9149]

@@galinor7 I think you'll find it's the ninth largest actually - Australia, Greenland, New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, Baffin Island, Sumatra and Honshu have larger surface areas.

[@andypandy9013]

Damn right! 😃👍

[@orwellboy1958]

I think this guy has lead you astray JT. He pronounce a castle as "moat and bailey" it actually motte and bailey. The motte is the structure (castle) usually at the top of a mound, the bailey is the area at the bottom, surrounded by the curtain wall and a moat as I'm sure you know is a water filled ditch around the whole thing.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Not all moats have water in. An awful lot are dry moats.

[@roberttreborable]

Your being very pedantic to pick up on such a small issue...

[@HalfdeadRider]

@@roberttreborable It's a small issue to us, but it teaches those that don't know, so it has purpose.

[@peterbrown1012]

@@EmilyCheetham full of brambles to tear the skin of attackers.

[@sandralambchop]

Norwich Castle is a Motte & Bailey Castle 😊

[@maxfuller5337]

From what I remember Harold fought up north and then marched 200-300 miles to defend the south before dying. That’s hardcore!

[@d2d319]

Better than that! Harold marched his army north from the south coast, beat the Vikings, marched them straight back to the south cost, had to let a lot of his army go back to their homes and then STILL almost beat William the conqueror at Hastings.

[@Insperato62]

1066 was the year of 3 Battles. March North, battle at Fulford, battle at Stamford Bridge, march south, battle of Senlac (Hastings). All in a few weeks. No tarmac covered roads. Harold allowed the Norwegians to take the body of their king back to Norway and consequently Harold was extolled in Viking sagas and songs for centuries after. Harold was beheaded at the Battle of Hastings, his left leg hacked off and castrated. William would not allow him a decent burial. The Saxon peasants have been basically oppressed ever since. Any aristo who is proud of having been here since 1066 should be made to give all the visitors to his castle/stately home free meals. In fact, free entry.

[@DruncanUK]

British and European history is where George R R Martin got his plotlines for his Game Of Thrones novels. Yup, even the Red Wedding was based on real events!

[@OppositeOfNinja]

The War of the Roses was directly the Stark - Lannister (York - Lancaster) rivalry inspiration, not that anyone here won't already be competely aware of it.

[@serwalkerofthekeynes8761]

@@OppositeOfNinja did you know that coldplays drummer played one of the crossbowmen, at the red wedding? That's a slightly less common fun fact 😁

[@OppositeOfNinja]

@@serwalkerofthekeynes8761 It is more interesting than Ed Sheeran :P

[@serwalkerofthekeynes8761]

@@OppositeOfNinja I like to pretend that wasn't a thing 🤣

[@TheEyez187]

You have to believe his use of his R.R. in the middle was influenced by Tolkien J.R.R.T

[@brandonkelly5520]

This made me realise how much culture there is in the uk. Im from north east england I often walk my dogs past hadrians wall. And my accent and alot of words we use in our local slang is from the vikings. Cheers JT, great video

[@stevenredpath9332]

Pity it failed to mention that the romans built an earlier wall further to the north that emperor Hadrian abandoned and had this one built instead.

[@jonathaniwachiw-toothill29]

Both are good walks though

[@reddeviluk]

Teesside here

[@kevcaratacus9428]

@@stevenredpath9332 do you mean the antonine wall ? That was built AFTER Hadrians wall .

[@jamesrodrigues7391]

Iam Scottish we could invade again and you get free uni and prescription, and you get away from Westminster. just saying.

[@joshuascollen1946]

He forgot to mention how during the hundred years war Edward III changed the English flag to the now iconic cross of saint Goerge and changed the language of the courts to English to instill national pride in the English people.

[@kevcaratacus9428]

@Joshua Scollen What was the English flag like before it changed to the st George cross ?

[@hal3908]

@@kevcaratacus9428 it was both the france blue and gold with the red and gold english lions. Split half each

[@kevcaratacus9428]

@@hal3908 so basically the royal colours.. Didn't England have a generic country flag b4 the st George cross ?

[@hal3908]

Idk what a generic country flag is but type in dual monarchy england france flag or something. It was for teh 100 years war I believe @@kevcaratacus9428

[@kevcaratacus9428]

@@hal3908 lol generic was the wrong term , I just meant a flag of England Not royal arms quartered with French. I did find something, but I've already forgotten 🙈 I think we had a flag of saint St Cuthbert.. I don't know if it was for England or the church ?

[@unknownregions5014]

William the Conqueror also abolished slavery in 1067, 800 years before the slave trade took off in europe, It was declared any slave who treds on English soil is declared a free man

[@alicemilne1444]

15:12 "After Scotland's failed colonial endeavours in Nova Scotia (New Scotland) and Panama..." The Nova Scotian colony was started in the 1620s, after James VI&I had granted the land to a Scots nobleman, Sir William Alexander. However, England was at war with France at that time and in 1632, Charles I handed over the colony of Nova Scotia to the French as part of a peace settlement. After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, when England (with the help of Scottish troops) had the upper hand over France again, Charles II (who was king of both Scotland and England which were still separate sovereign countries, remember) then granted lands in Nova Scotia to English noblemen, despite the fact that the descendants of William Alexander, the original Scottish owner of the land grant had legitimate prior claims to that land. So saying that Nova Scotia was a failed Scottish colony is a bit rich, when it was two separate kings who made sure the Scots could not establish the colony properly. As regards Panama, it was another king, this time William of Orange, the Dutchman who invaded England and usurped the power of his uncle and father-in-law James VII & II, who was highly instrumental in ensuring that the Darien scheme would fail. After initially giving his approval to the scheme, he later used his influence to prevent Scots people raising money outside Scotland, although he had previously agreed to that, and forbade people in English colonies in the Caribbean from trading with the Scots in Darien. William was also the one who ordered the Glencoe Massacre, by the way. 16:40 Bengal isn't a city. It's a huge region. 18:31 "...forced Ireland to export what little food they had ..." No, the British government didn't. Ireland was actually very fertile and grew a large amount of cereal crops. It was the landlords who exported the crops to Britain for profit, and the government of the day didn't do enough to stop the famine among the native Irish who had been pushed onto poor land where only potatoes grew well. So it was greed on the part of the few that led to the deaths of so many.

[@sknox1394]

Got to love how selective, or just plainly inaccurate, some narrators are, regarding history of the “home nations”

[@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567]

there was a note at around 16:40 on the screen that corrected that point but it was easy to miss, it said something basically what you said and a note saying "this narrator was not paid enough" or something I didn't quite catch.

[@alicemilne1444]

@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 I had another look. It says, "... (the narrator doesn't get paid enough to re-record this)". Okay, so that's the narrator saying it wasn't his fault. But any narrators I've known (and I've personally worked with people who do the voice-overs on TV documentaries and advertising videos) are generally reading off scripts prepared for them by someone else. So my experience tells me that neither the person who wrote the script nor the narrator realised their mistake at the time. Someone told them about Bengal, but nobody noticed the mistakes re Scotland and Ireland.

[@stereoroid]

10:50 there’s a strong suspicion that Henry VIII’s personality changed after he was seriously injured in a jousting match, with speculation that he suffered some brain damage. He was also in pain from other injuries, particularly one to his leg that never healed.

[@OppositeOfNinja]

The injury prevented him from really riding horses ever again, which was one of the few things he had to take his mind off kinging. The resulting weight gains and constant pain contributed to the only version of the man most people are awate of.

[@Brummie31]

Nice to hear the Tank from WW1 mentioned. My grandad was in the bicycle corp. delivering messages back and forth to units and when tanks entered the scene he was transferred to tank the regiment.

[@paulknight5018]

Tank was from "Water Tank" the paperwork they used to transport them as a security measure, hence the name stuck.

[@hadesdogs4366]

Imagine a place to be soo terrible they named it after a county as a penal colony, imagine if Jeff bayzos discovered a place on mars that was just absolutely the worst place imaginable and call it texas or new New England

[@catherinesmalley8587]

I saw this poem on Facebook & thought I would post it here for you to read. It kind of summarises our British history too. 🙂 From William I Who conquered the land, To William II - Was that “accident” planned? Henry I Left the succession in doubt, Leaving Stephen and Matilda To battle it out. Henry II Brought justice and law. Richard I Went crusading for war. Then came John, His reign was a shower, Though Henry, his boy, Would cling on to power. Edward I Hammer of the Scots Poor Edward II - That poker looked hot! Edward III, What a chivalrous reign, Besting the French On every campaign! Richard II For his tyranny and sin, Was duly deposed By Henry, his kin. Henry V took England to war, The conqueror! The Victor! Of Agincourt. The wars of the roses Went back and forth ‘Till poor Henry sixth Fell to Edward the fourth. Edward V should have Ascended the throne. But his usurping uncle Took it for his own! Then one day At Bosworth field The mighty Plantagenets, Did finally yield. Uniting the roses Of white and red Henry VII Struck King Richard dead! Henry VIII Took wife after wife Edward and Mary - Religion and strife! Good Queen Bess Brought England her glory, But we must borrow from Scotland To continue the story! James I Ruled Celts and Angles Avoiding the thorniest Of political tangles. With Charles I Defeat did beckon, But it was time to party With Charles II. James II - The last Catholic ever. William and Mary, Took the throne together. After Anne, the Queen (Ignoring Jacobite defectors) We turn to Germany And Hanovers’ electors. George I - Missing in action. The second no better - The head of a faction! The third seized power Whatever the cost. Madness descended! America lost! George IV And a time of disgrace. William the sailor Helped to save face. Queen Victoria, A new age was dawning. But little could amuse An empress in mourning! Edward VII Of gregarious fame. George V Changed the family name. Edward VIII Who followed his heart Burdening a brother Not born for the part. George VI Our strength at war What nobler a servant, Could have served any more? With Elizabeth the great Now Queen in the heavens, We cry, “God Save the King!” And a new reign beckons. (C) Gareth Streeter, September 2022

[@marcballard9428]

Never heard that poem! I hope JT sees this post, it is a great summary as you said

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Something we take for granted in the UK - or Europe, generally actually - is how like, literally 2 minutes away from my house is some old abandoned Medieval fort, and 2 or 3 miles away is a fairly large castle just sitting pretty on a hill near the coast. It really is the Old World here.

[@TheNicnac93]

Aye... easy to forget at times the main road through my town was first laid by the Romans. Still using it 🤷‍♂️

[@EvenWaysMusic]

@@TheNicnac93 Same. A major main road in my city was originally Roman

[@kevcaratacus9428]

I live in stalbans, an old Celtic settlement and then a Roman city then a Saxon town ..etc Over 2000 years of history within a 5 min walk from my home .

[@tonycrayford3893]

@@EvenWaysMusic would that be the old a2? If it is that road goes through my town too.

[@riffswatch1559]

I have literally three medieval castles within a days walk from where I live. I only have to walk over the next hill to see one.

[@NMonte1000]

I find it so strange that I continually hear 'I never learned this in school ' from people in every country as though the acquisition of knowledge was only ever limited to what the teachers knew or were willing to teach. I was educated in the British system in the 1950s, primary school, on to grammar school and then college. Naturally one had to learn the basics of reading , writing and arithmetic as they were the keys to opening all the information doors. The aim of our teachers was to excite in us a n interest in the subject that they were already passionate about, whether history or maths or science or geography, so that we would then explore further on our own because they knew it was impossible to impart any real in depth understanding of any subject during the just 11 years that they had us. That practice certainly worked for me as at now 72 years old I am still as enquiring and willing to learn as the day I first walked into school.

[@bluenose007]

My Teachers in the 60s and 70s just sat marking other classes work while we would copy off the board or the classic Turn to page 33 and answer the questions

[@gillcawthorn7572]

I seem to have spent the years at senior school wondering what the hell was expected of me .When I finished school and could select the areas I was most interested in, the intellect kicked in and since then I have never stopped feeding my curiosity

[@MrChasanDayve]

The Norman fort design was called a motte and bailey, not moat. A motte is a raised mound where you would place your keep, then the bailey was a walled, or palisaded area surrounding the base of the motte.

[@TheKevinGHutton]

Guy Fawkes was involved in the gunpowder plot but it was led by Robert Catesby.

[@jillhobson6128]

Enjoyed that, you are so keen to learn. Please don't put Lizzie away, she's become part of your life, you'd miss her.

[@04williamsl]

I can't believe my hometown of Middlesbrough got a mention 🤣 - and not once but twice with the Parmo! We built the world with our steel we did! Sydney Harbour Bridge, designed by a company in Teesside, steel imported from Teesside too. Canary Wharf in London, the New World Trade Centre even has some of our beams. Unfortunately the Gov doesn't care about history and shut it down a few years back. Thousands lost their jobs. It was our major industry, and now it's gone. Plus, if anyone from England is reading this... yes, we even contributed to the Wembley Arches! There's a rumour that when they were being built, a steel box was placed inside one of them with a Boro shirt and scarf in it so Boro is always at Wembley.

[@DevPreston]

I sooo enjoyed this. I did lots of learning with you here, with quite a few rewinds. Loving it, Mr 100K Kelly!

[@miff227]

so two things I noticed. The video didn't mention at all that the UK ended global-since-the-dawn-of-time slavery as accepted practice in the early 1800s at great financial and life cost. Possibly the greatest contribution to the world. Second. Yes the vote in 2016 was 52/48 by population, but the political regions voted 68/32 to leave, and was more like 75/25 if you removed London and Scotland. If you looked at the vote in the same way we vote for government, it was the biggest margin of victory for any vote in the UK ever.

[@jimdigriz2923]

@7:08 JT, the presenter said it wrong, It's not moat, it's pronounced Mot (as in not), a Motte and Bailey castle is a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey.

[@skeletonguts313]

A note on the war of independence. The aid from france, spain and the dutch was not only financial but in military aid too. Without them i think that war wouldve gone quite differently.

[@marcballard9428]

I live and grew up not far from Battle where the battle of Hastings took place in 1066. We learned alot about it in school and visited a few times with school over the years. Sussex has an amazing history with alot of battles taking place here throughout our Islands history. On a cold winters night drinking a very chocolaty hot chocolate a few ago I watched a projection light and lazer show beamed onto the walls of Firle place which centred around alot of Sussex history that I'd never heard of. Great video and reaction JT

[@gregorturner9421]

i loved in shetland for a while in the mid 80's nearby was the ruins of a viking village. they still hold the uphellya (spelling) one of the viking rituals that results at the end of the night of the longboat being burnt as an offering for good fishing, an amzing experience.

[@jillybrooke29]

Some of my ancestors were the Gages who owned Firle Place, just found that out after living nearby for 22 years. My other ancestor was Henry VIII and therefore most of Royalty.

[@ThomasCostigan]

As a proper simp for my country, this video gives me the chills of pride. Love your videos, congrats on 100k fella.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

The Irish War of Independence was almost exactly 100 years ago, ending in 1921. It led to the founding of the Irish Free State a year later. It officially left the British Empire in the 1930s and became a republic in the late 1940s. The video did a really good job of trying to summarise a huge amount of info into just 20 minutes.

[@robertwilson3866]

Do you think Ireland will ever become united? They should sort it out

[@AmethystDew]

@@robertwilson3866 The problem is there really are 2 tribes. To say sort it out is a bit innocent really, of a very complex situation. It should never be forced because of the combustable nature of the present peace. I doubt it will be in my lifetime but who knows what the future brings?

[@facts9538]

@@robertwilson3866 We would be happy to to become united but the Irish are still holding on to history and blame the English for things that don't matter today, its not just the Irish tho most think like this. The USA is getting it today. When your the power house people just blame you. It's a instinct from our history we always look to the strong to lead so humans think every thing is the strongs fault. Sorry for the way it's worded not great at writing big comments. Also no insult to the Irish i love my cousins.

[@PBK1977]

@@facts9538 You'd be surprised how few of us still blame the English people. You're actually pretty popular. The British government, on the other hand...

[@robertwilson3866]

@@facts9538 What always happens in these issues - is the old bitter people die and the young people grow up not knowing the same hatred/violence. The issues get resolved naturally. But would be good if they could shortcut the process.

[@kennylloyd7645]

The Battle of Hastings was actually fought about 6 miles inland at a place named Senlac Dun ( Dun is the old Saxon word for hill ) and there is a town named Battle on that site now

[@overlordnat]

Should have mentioned Staffordshire oatcakes in the regional food list! 😋

[@lewisner]

When he mentioned slavery he failed to mention that William The Conqeror effectively ended slavery on the English mainland in 1066. In the landmark legal case Somerset vs Stewart in 1772 it was decided that "as soon as a slave sets foot on British soil he is free".

[@galinor7]

Except the Angles , Celts and Vikings were still treat as if slaves by the French, (Normans).

[@hotstepper887]

One of this country's biggest problems, today, is none of these younger Brits know or understand our real history at all, ask anyone over the age of 52, to tell you all about WW2, and it will be a completely different account to all those under the age of 52. And it's because, in 1986, the British government decided to change the British education system. It saw the very good, O'Level, and CSE standard, just done away with, and replaced with this excuse of an education, they call GCSE's. What we saw happen was, we saw our own government change what we were once taught, and they employed a model of the USA's education system, (that only consists of their propaganda version of world history, and their comical lies and propaganda accounts of WW2). They also decided to rubbish much of our own real history. And it was done with a purpose to dumb down our own population. They couldn't have any of us being proud of our own true history, (as we'd lost our Empire in WW2), we became nothing but a vassal/puppet state of the USA after WW2, and we've remained a puppet state ever since WW2. They couldn't have well-educated British all over the world calling the USA out on every lie we were then going to see from them. So, from 1986, they all got taught the lies, and the propaganda of world history, and only the "Hollywood myth of WW2", rather than any of the real facts or even any understanding of a British viewpoint of WW2 at all. The REAL history of WW2, is a history we see largely being forgotten today, because so many have been taught lies and only an American Holywood propaganda version of history. So, we read so many today, only talking propaganda and actually thinking and believing that the USA were some super great ally of ours in WW2? When again, what utter rubbish that is. Seriously, If you're under the age of 52, this will make little to no sense to you, if however, you're over 52, this is what you'd probably know, and understand about WW2. The rubbish we read from the Americans about WW2, is nothing but propaganda they've all been spoon-fed from birth, (as if, a real part of their history). We endlessly read the Americans claiming the USA somehow saved the UK in WW2? How many times have we all read that? Yet the truth, the reality, and all the known facts of WW2, show us, that actually, the exact opposite is the reality, as I'll explain, and I'll explain, with only truth and the real known facts of WW2, facts anyone can merely go look up for themselves. The truth is very clear... in Europe the USA, only saw the chase of Germany back to Berlin, and what we see and read them all claim about the war in the Pacific? Well, reading them all, you'd actually believe only the USA fought Japan in WW2? What rubbish that really is! We should all know the truth, (we used too)! And that truth is, the American people themselves really supported Germany in WW2, only so many have no idea today. The American people themselves protested, in millions, against supporting the British. Millions of them, wanted to support Germany. My grandad told me, (when I was a kid), the British troops had heard about the American's protesting against the British over the radio, (they weren't supposed to be able to listen to). And from that day on, they all became known as the "cowardly Yankers" (obviously meaning W****rs). Even when they eventually got here, someone would always shout out, calling them "cowardly Yankers". We can watch the footage of the first Americans landings, in the UK, (In the online British war archives) and you can hear some of them shouting out, calling them cowardly Yankers. And It's not hard to see why. The reality was, that the USA waited, and they waited, and they waited, for the Germans to defeat Britain. They even put up with 1000s of tons of their own shipping (in the Atlantic gap), being sunk by German U Boats, killing thousands of American Merchant Seamen, yet still, Roosevelt refused to declare War on Germany! And let's not forget? Hitler had made his intention of global dominance known in 1936, meaning, it was always going to be a world war. The USA tried to suggest it was "just another European War", but were soon forced to change their minds, as soon as, and only because, they got attacked at Pearl Harbor. Otherwise, the USA were doing nothing, and they'd refused to do anything. The Americans only arrived, after being forced to fight, (with the attack on Pearl Harbour), and to help with the final assault in Europe. More truth is, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the British declared war on Japan without a second thought, and they then fought Japan long before the USA did, (In the Battle of Hong Kong). But the USA, once again, still refused to declare war on Germany (who were Japan's ally). And that actually speaks volumes about the USA. It really says it all, they all really believed, and they really thought the British would be crushed by Nazi Germany, so they waited, and they waited, for Germany to defeat Britain. Roosevelt, even refused Britain the use of 50 old, half sinking, rotting, wooden, WW1 destroyers that were just left rotting away in US waters, as Roosevelt had an election coming up, (and he knew it would not be welcomed by the American people). What does that actually show us? We needed them to patch up, to use for the protection of our convoys, convoys that were carrying the kids, (our parents and grandparents), from the Island before the Blitz! Roosevelt only agreed to allow Britain the use of those rotting destroyers, after the UK agreed to give up all of her military bases across the world, and lease them all to the USA for 100 years. Some ally hey? And just look what they've done with those military bases since? By the end of 1941, Britain had survived Dunkirk. Britain had survived the blitz. Britain had beaten Germany in the Battle of Britain, (Inflicting Hitler's first defeat, and his first airborne defeat). Britain and the Aussies had held Tobruk, and forced Rommel all the way back to El Agheila, where he came from. (Inflicting Hitler's second defeat, his first land defeat). Britain (with tremendous support from her Commonwealth), had overcome the German U-Boats in the North Atlantic, and was receiving most of her needed cargo again, (Inflicting Hitler's third defeat, and first Naval defeat). While over on the other front, (a front only opened by Hitler, because he could not defeat the British), the Soviets, (at a massive cost of over 10-20 million men), had turned Germany around (in the battle of Moscow), and were now forcing them back to Berlin and their demise. That's also the point of WW2, where every historian agrees, and says, Germany could no longer win the War. That was all before the end of 1941. When did the American arrive? Well? Exactly. In Europe, we'd been through, and we'd survived Dunkirk. We'd been through and we survived the Blitz. We had fought, and had won, the Battle of Britain. We had fought, and we'd won, the battle for the North Atlantic. We had fought, and we'd won, in the African desert (twice). And we'd been successfully destroying many German resources, their weapons factories, their submarine infrastructures, their chemical plants, right across Europe, in country after country, and most importantly, we'd been destroying all the oil refineries they were going to need if they were going to achieve their ambitions. We were also fighting in Greece, in Egypt, in Burma, in Singapore, (our biggest ever military defeat), and many other places around the world. Sure, we had some hard times. Sure, we lost a few battles. But we won far more! We were never beaten, or even close to being beaten. The closest Britain came to defeat in WW2, was right at the start, in Dunkirk. Surely, the whole world knows this? So where these Americans get this notion from, that the USA saved Britain?, or in fact, saved anyone else? Nobody knows? Saved Britain from what exactly? When, and where, did the USA save Britain? Where was Britain losing the war, the USA saved us from? We were winning the war!

[@hotstepper887]

To understand WW2? You only need to imagine, if Britain had been beaten at any point in the war, or even if Britain did what the USA did, and merely decided to sit out of what was always a world war? We could have done that too, as Hitler never wanted a war against Britain. So, if Britain had been beaten at any time in WW2, or had simply done the same as the USA?, then Hitler wouldn't have needed to open up the second front, and he would've attacked the Soviets in 1940, with full strength both in the air, and on the ground. And Germany would have absolutely annihilated the USSR, as in 1940, the USSR was not in any way at all, prepared to even defend themselves. The Soviet Red Army were sharing one riffle between 10 troops in places. That would have left Germany in control of all Europe, all the Soviet Union, plus much of the rest of the world! And that would have seen the USA, completely, and utterly annihilated, is the reality, the real truth. And that truth is nothing like you'll hear today! Churchill said to the world, ''Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'' What do the American people think he was talking about? Just how is this possible, in 2022, to read so many that have no idea about their own country's real history? Roosevelt, actually, set about asking Hitler for some kind of deal/arrangement, to avoid getting involved in the war! (Though we see that also changed and lied about today). But we all know that Hitler even ridiculed the cowardice of the USA, as he read the letter to the German people, (now if that's not cowardly and treacherous?, then I don't know what is). Hitler laughed at the USA, mocking them, rightfully calling them cowards for refusing to declare war on him! And he, then, declared war on the USA. How embarrassing is that, really? Huh? In a 1945, state department survey, on the USA's public attitudes to its wartime allies? Britain was the least trusted country of the allies. Just another thing that shows the truth? The Americans all talk of winning the war, by supplying it? (yet even that is only another US lie, as I'll be proving below). And all while making an enormous profit from it, the truth is, they only became a superpower, at Britain's expense. And still lie about it endlessly today. They were the traitors of WW2, is more like the real truth, and real history of WW2. Nothing new there though?, as that's what they've always been, to every single one of their so-called allies, all throughout their ever so short, and criminal murderous history. Their bullshit is like nothing this world has ever seen before, but when you're useless, cowardly, and brain-dead?, what else have they got, other than their bullshit? Winning the Battle of Britain, was instrumental in getting Hitler to actually lose the war, (by making his biggest mistake of the war, opening up the second front), more so than anyone actually winning it. Nevertheless, the Soviets holding their front, before then turning Germany around, and chasing them home to their demise, is what actually ended the war. Most certainly not, the USA, not by the stretch of anyone's Imagination. The arrogance of a naive nation, when they did eventually arrive?, saw them get a crushing defeat in the desert? Utter tomfoolery, and sheer Incompetence. Oh yes, the super intelligent Yanks, thought, as the Brits had managed to force Rommel all the way out of Egypt. It must be quite easy, so that's where they would gently "ease" their troops into the theatre of war. 40,000 crushed and killed within days! They then tried to help take Italy?. Only It had Churchill groaning, that he'd expected "a rabid wildcat just let loose, but all he got, was a blubbering whale stuck on a beach" LOL (Churchill always said it exactly as it was and never mixed his words), as the Yanks decided to secure the beachhead, rather than as planned, storming inland to cut off and attack the retreating Germans (as the British forced them inland). Oh, and then, (as If not bad enough), decided to ignore the plan of cutting the retreating Germans off, but Instead, they headed straight for Rome, (so they could be first), while allowing those top crack German troops the time they needed to regroup and dig in. Such arrogant fools! It's reckoned that foolish, selfish act alone, cost over 400 British lives. They then decided to commit the most cowardly act of human history, by murdering near on a million civilians, with a nuclear attack TWICE on civilian targets! And then the lies as we can now see today?. They claimed Japan surrendered after the second nuclear bomb?, yet again that's a lie, and it's not true. The truth is, the Japanese only surrendered after Stalin had kept his promise to invade East Asia, and the Soviets had crushed the Japanese. That, alone, ended all of Japan's hopes of getting Stalin to act as a mediator, for a conditional surrender. And it was only then the Japanese surrendered. It's actually undeniable, as the timing of the surrender proves It. It was just another American lie.

[@hotstepper887]

I read British people today agreeing with the American about WW2? And this really is because none of them have ever learnt the truthful real accounts of WW2 at all. But they've all watched US Hollywood propaganda movies, and they've been taught a completely different account of the history of WW2. So when you tell them the USA were far from an ally in WW2, they just don't understand. Yet, they only need to look up public opinion before, and during WW2, and then they might start figuring out and learning the reality and the truth. September 1, 1939: World War II BEGINS. Gallup survey, Sept 1-6, 1939 Q. If England and France look like they may be defeated, should the US declare war on Germany and send our troops abroad? YES 32% - NO 58% - 10% No opinion. October 6, 1939: POLAND CONQUERED. Gallup survey, Oct. 5-10, 1939 Q If it appears that Germany is intent on trying to defeat England and France, should the United States declare war on Germany and send our army and navy to Europe to fight? YES 29% - NO 71%. May 10, 1940: GERMANY INVADES WESTERN EUROPE. Gallup survey, May 18-23, 1940 Q. Germany have made their intent of winning the war and plans of global control, very clear, should the United States declare war on Germany and send our army and navy abroad to fight? YES 7% - NO 93% June 22, 1940: FRANCE FALLS TO GERMANY. Gallup survey, June 27-July 3, 1940 Q Which is the more important for the United States? 1) to keep out of the war. 2) help England win, even at the risk of getting into the war? HELP 25% - KEEP OUT 71%- .4% No opinion. Speaks volumes.

[@hotstepper887]

If you read American history, and read what ALL Americans want to say and claim? You'll also find them claiming they supplied the USSR, and it's only because of those supplies that the USSR could fight the War! While again, the truth is, it was nothing to do with the USA. And the USA did not supply the USSR with anything until 1944, far too late to have made any difference at all, as the USSR said themselves! (This is true, they did only supply the USSR in 1944, long after it was really needed). So who was it that supplied the USSR? And who was it that allowed the USSR to remain fighting in the war, by supplying them, and doing so just in time? It was the British. The British supplied the USSR with all the military equipment they had and used to fight Germany when they got to Moscow. Before the British supplies landed in the USSR, the Soviet Red Army we're sharing one rifle between 10 troops in places. The Soviets kept the British supplies they received under wraps/secret for years, and they never did acknowledge or thank the UK for that critical help. The USSR only acknowledged they received USA “Lend Lease” supplied to them in 1944. With the USSR refusing to pay for any of it, saying that it was too late (true), and they did it anyway! But since the collapse of the Soviet Union, much more information has emerged from archives in Moscow, containing Information shedding a new light on the subject. Much was in the Russian-language materials of the (State Defence Committee)-the Soviet equivalent of the British War Cabinet, held in the former Central Party Archive. While much of the documentary evidence remains classified “secret” in the Central Archives of the Ministry of Defence (Russian State Archive of the Economy). Both Western and Russian historians and researchers have been able to gain access to very important, (previously unavailable) first-hand documents of the USSR's complete war effort. Together with other recently published sources, including the wartime diaries of N. I. Biriukov, (a Red Army officer responsible for troops from August 1941 onwards). Who was also responsible for the distribution of recently acquired Tanks (from the British) to the front lines. This newly available evidence, paints a very different picture from the USA's “perceived wisdom”, or should we just say lies? In particular, it shows that British assistance to the Soviet Union in late 1941 and early 1942, played a far more significant part in the defence of Moscow and for the swift revival of the USSR in WW2 than has ever been acknowledged or credited. It was an integral part, a critical part, the most important part of allowing the USSR to counter-attack the Nazi's outside Moscow that very nearly saw the Nazi's completely annihilated (as Hitler refused to allow them to retreat). And without which, the USSR would have been unable to remain fighting the war. It can now clearly be seen, and now said, that the British help and supplies to the USSR in late 1941 & early 1942, were the only reason we saw the revival of Soviet fortunes in WW2 from late 1941, absolutely not anything to do with the USA at all! In total, 4 million tonnes of war materials including food and medical supplies were delivered to the Soviets. The munitions totalled £908m (not including naval munitions supplied), the food and raw materials totalled £728m in the 1946 index (approx £4.6 billion today). In accordance with the Anglo-Soviet Military Supplies Agreement of June 27, 1942, military aid sent from Britain to the Soviet Union during the war was entirely free of charge. 3,000+ Hurricanes aircraft 4,000+ other aircraft 27 naval vessels 5,218 tanks (including 1,380 Valentines from Canada) 5,000+ anti-tank guns 4,020 ambulances and trucks 323 machinery trucks (mobile vehicle workshops equipped with generators and all the welding and power tools required to perform heavy servicing) 1,212 Universal Carriers and Lloyd Carriers (with another 1,348 from Canada) 1,721 motorcycles £1.15bn worth of aircraft engines 1,474 radar sets 4,338 radio sets 600 naval radar and sonar sets Millions of various rifles Hundreds of naval guns 15 million pairs of boots. Yet you go and try to find this history out? See how difficult it is to find. When it should be the first thing being seen, as it's so important, a huge part of history, the real history of WW2! Not the US creation of fake history, as they ''pretend'' to see it. That's the truth! And we also see them claim the supplies we got from them were American supplies paid for by the USA? Rubbish!! Nearly every one of those boatyards and factories, built for the manufacture of weapons, was paid for by the British. The British paid for their construction, and all the machinery needed in them. Not the USA. Their accounts of WW2 are some of the biggest lies of modern history, as anyone that studies world history will find. This is the real history, the provable history making anything they want to say or claim irrelevant, as this is the real history, the facts.

[@stonedagain5191]

3 replies? Only one showing? They'll do anything to prevent the truth being told.

[@hotstepper887]

@@stonedagain5191 This maybe? I read British people today agreeing with the American about WW2? And this really is because none of them have ever learnt the truthful real accounts of WW2 at all. But they've all watched US Hollywood propaganda movies, and they've been taught a completely different account of the history of WW2. So when you tell them the USA were far from an ally in WW2, they just don't understand. Yet, they only need to look up public opinion before, and during WW2, and then they might start figuring out and learning the reality and the truth. September 1, 1939: World War II BEGINS. Gallup survey, Sept 1-6, 1939 Q. If England and France look like they may be defeated, should the US declare war on Germany and send our troops abroad? YES 32% - NO 58% - 10% No opinion. October 6, 1939: POLAND CONQUERED. Gallup survey, Oct. 5-10, 1939 Q If it appears that Germany is intent on trying to defeat England and France, should the United States declare war on Germany and send our army and navy to Europe to fight? YES 29% - NO 71%. May 10, 1940: GERMANY INVADES WESTERN EUROPE. Gallup survey, May 18-23, 1940 Q. Germany have made their intent of winning the war and plans of global control, very clear, should the United States declare war on Germany and send our army and navy abroad to fight? YES 7% - NO 93% June 22, 1940: FRANCE FALLS TO GERMANY. Gallup survey, June 27-July 3, 1940 Q Which is the more important for the United States? 1) to keep out of the war. 2) help England win, even at the risk of getting into the war? HELP 25% - KEEP OUT 71%- .4% No opinion. Speaks volumes.

[@meganwilliams2962]

I might have missed it, but the loss of the 13 Colonies, pushed the need to find another place to sent convicts (ie Australia). Until1776, about 50,000 convicts were sent to the American Colonies. The Potato Famine was why my father's paternal grandparents came to Australia. My dad's fater was the youngest of 6 children and the only sibling to be born in Australia - the older ones all having been born in Ireland.

[@lukem118]

10:37 when you realise JT doesn’t know about Henry VIII & is about to get his mind blown! Such a wholesome moment. Please do a vid on Henry VIII

[@stevenredpath9332]

Most people in Britain don’t know that much about Henry VIII and his bloody reign. I doubt many would say he left the kingdom in a worse position than the one he inherited but history shows that he did.

[@happydays3678]

Little Islands full of innovative people. 😊🤗👊💥

[@SavageIntent]

I remember in South Africa when we learned about the Boer War. My best friend's granny came in to talk to us about her own grandparents who were put in concentration camps by the British. Very interesting war. The Boers had been living in the grasslands their whole lives and were expert hunters. The British still used their red uniforms with white straps across their chests, which the Boers used as targets. It was in that war that the British learned the value of camouflage rather than bright red uniforms. Also the word 'Kommando' was taken from the Boers who used small groups of highly mobile fighters on horse with their hunting and shooting expertise to terrorise the British.

[@pommiebears]

But…this video is about Britain, not South Africa. Didn’t the British win that war 🤔

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Yep the Brits lost some pretty humiliating battles in that conflict, despite winning in the end. I vaguely recall a story of a Boar farm-boy and a few others managing to either defeat or hold off a much larger British force because of the use of rifles and camouflage.

[@HalfdeadRider]

A castle that William The Conqueror had built in my city of Norwich, has a history going back over 1000 years (was a wooden settlement before the castle was built 950 years ago), now a Museum, once a prison too. I'm sure there are videos of it's history that you might find interesting.

[@danielgardecki1046]

A manor house 2 miles to the East of me, has over 700 years of history, is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and was used as a Royalist base in the English Civil War... Yet weirdly it's never been used as a filming location for any scripted films or TV shows as far as I know, apart from in a couple of short films (one of which is impossible to find, and one of which is hard to find). The same goes for the 600+ year old Cathedral (built on the location of two more churches 200+ and 400+ years earlier, which were both destroyed), which is also avoided by film and TV companies. If I was a location scout on a period drama, I'd definitely be using that manor house as a filming location.

[@HalfdeadRider]

@@danielgardecki1046 Lots of TV series and films have been filmed in Norwich and around Norfolk. There are sites that list them that are easy to find with a quick google search.

[@danielgardecki1046]

​@@HalfdeadRider I'm from the world's first *UNESCO City of Film - Bradford* where countless period dramas, in recent years especially, have filmed at least one scene in the city. However they nearly always film in the same 10 or so locations. Yet a lot of productions which filmed in *Bradford* have *Bradford's locations* missing or the title itself missing from the *Bradford Film Heritage, Bradford City of Film, Bradford Film Office, Screen Yorkshire, Filmed in Yorkshire* etc websites. It would be understandable if they've forgotten about productions that they weren't involved in, yet they are involved in all the feature film and TV productions, and are credited in most non-TV stuff (mainly short films and short documentaries) too, so they must have been involved in those too. Some of the most obvious ones which the *Bradford Film Office* (have worked on since 2009) and *Screen Yorkshire* (have worked on since 2003) are missing from their websites completely. I know of 1000s of *Bradford* filmed feature films, TV films, TV series', shorts, music videos, webs series' etc. Yet they only mention a few hundred on their websites. There's a foreign feature action film from just a few years ago, which made roughly *£152,000,000* according to my calculations, that filmed in countless *Bradford* locations yet isn't even mentioned on their websites. Right now I'm updating a 9 episode *Shakespeare* related TV series, which filmed 1 of its 9 episodes in *Bradford,* yet I've heard nothing about it from any of the local media. I only found out about it by accident last week, as I usually do when adding or updating other local productions on *IMDB.* I can only find 3 of the 9 episodes online however, so I won't be able to update the Bradford episode, and I've got a bit side-tracked as usual, as I've spotted some mistake's with a TV film and a TV series that one of the cast members appeared in, along with his real name, so I've updated those, and now I'm updating his *Wikipedia* profile which contains no references whatsoever.

[@tonycrayford3893]

We've got a ruined castle in Rochester

[@DigitalNomadOnFIRE]

"You've been caught shoplifting son" "I choose trial by combat..."

[@matthewhortop7828]

The last Kingdom on Netflix is quality and although its part fiction, the names and places as well as events are pretty accurate and are set just before England became united. It's a brilliant series.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

It's a load of tripe. It's about as historically accurate as Brave heart

[@stereoroid]

The “guerilla warfare” in South Africa was seen first-hand by a young Winston Churchill, who was there as a journalist, was captured, but escaped. During WW2 this inspired him to order the creation of the first Special Forces, the Commandos, named after the Boer fighters had had seen years before.

[@Kari_B61ex]

I live in an old Roman city, Exeter - Isca Dumnoniorum. You can still to this day see a Roman mosaic floor (now in the local museum) and the Roman walls which mark the perimeter of the City.

[@jonathaniwachiw-toothill29]

Seen the walls but never knew about the mosaic. Shame I’ve moved out of the area

[@obiitom]

i hope the guy that made the original video made a follow up to the slavery bit, it missed a lot of relevant points; - Britain were not the sole country to carry-out slavery of Africans during the period. - Slavery isn't a thing invented by the British, it has been carried out by just about every nation every created, and actually goes on to this day. - African people were more often than not sold to Britain by other African people, tribes would sell other tribes, their own criminals etc. - Britain were the first country to legally abolish slavery. - Britain went on campaigns to other countries to get them to also abolish slavery, this cost Britain a few allies who refused. - Britain used their navy to Police the seas and prevent/reduce slavery. - Britain paid slave owners to release their slaves when they made slavery illegal essentially buy their freedom. These points weren't raised to say that the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade was not a horror that Britain took part in, they did, times were different back then, life was shit for just about everyone, there was the Monarchy and the upper class, and there was the poor as shit class, no one in-between. Nor were these points raised to begin a discussion about reparations, that is a subject that would likely have no end, who would get paid and who owes what to who now since all the people who were deemed as property back then are dead? Do the remaining countries in Africa who are descended from the tribes who sold other Africans into slavery not owe reparations? How far back do we demand reparations go? British people themselves were more than once under a slavers boot when they were invaded, perhaps the countries of Scandinavia or Italy owe reparations to the British people? These questions are rhetorical and were a commentary why the world simply needs to move on, one of the reasons you learn history to not repeat past mistakes not to create divides between people.

[@danielgardecki1046]

20:00 *Bradford* the 6th biggest city in the UK which is always missing from these "Industrial Revolution" facts, became the *Wool Capital of the World* and was richest city in the UK in the late 19th and early 20th century.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Yeah during that time a lot of cities in the UK became industrial giants of the world. Swansea of all places became the copper capital of the world and was referred to as Copperopolis

[@gwryan1]

When it comes down to the Years, B.C.E. and C.E means Before Common Era and Common Era respectively. It's basically the English way of saying B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini or translated from Latin to English means 'in the year of the Lord'.)

[@annamae859]

Hi JT, 410 CE is the same as 410 AD since less than a third of the world's population follow the Christian religion the terms CE (common era) & BCE (before the common era) are more universally used instead of AD (Anno Domini) & BC (before Christ) to denote periods of history and pre history. To put it into perspective 410CE/AD is 16 centuries before American History began. No wonder they don't teach it in the American school system, it's a lot to catch up on!

[@tiggerwood8899]

Can't the woke brigade leave anything alone. I still use BC and AD

[@baxtertia]

@@tiggerwood8899 me too .....

[@annamae859]

@@tiggerwood8899 calm your tits mate, JT didn't know what CE meant so I, and several others enlightened him. Your own little world won't end because there is a secular version of the terminology. Nobody is stopping you using the terms you prefer. The new terminology has been around nearly 200 years and has not replaced BC/AD so in your lifetime it will effect you 0% Life is too short to sweat the small stuff. Also, you probably need to familiarise yourself with the definition of 'woke' rather than applying it willy nilly at random.

[@totallygreatgamer2957]

@@tiggerwood8899 "woke brigade" is not a part of this... CE and BCE have always been common terms along with BC and AD. no reason to impose your politics on a nice video

[@sevenwatson5854]

@@totallygreatgamer2957 no they were never used it was just AD and BC the ironic thing is that the 'Common era' IS only Jesus as whilst he was alive people thought he was either a prophet or a messiah ...there is no other common era but atheists decide to get it changed despite this being a Christian nation!

[@EmilyCheetham]

Henry the 8th didn’t have 6 wives all at once though JT. The way brits remember his wives is through a rhyme- divorced, behead, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. Henry’s 1st wife was his brothers widow but she didn’t give him a son so he divorced her, his second wife he beheaded after accusing her of treason, his 3rd wife died of an infection just days after giving birth to a son, his 4th wife he didn’t like the look of so divorced her, his 5th wife again was accused of treason and his 6th and final wife survived because she outlived him. Of course it’s more complicated than this but that’s just a very condensed version. Of what happened. It happened mostly over Henry viii wanting a son. However his son fro 3rd marriage didn’t last long & his 2 oldest daughters ended up taking the throne (one after the other).

[@markclements7767]

Greetings from UK This was a fantastic reaction, thank you 😀 If only we had this video when I was in school, I could have watched it once each day and nailed my history exams! 🤣

[@JamesonEst1780]

Great video! It does remind us of our history and what’s on our doorstep! I love trail running. On nearly every run, I pass a hill fort from the Neolithic or Iron Age period. A regular running route of mine incorporates the remains of an old Roman town and amphitheatre as well! We are surrounded by history in the UK!

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

And everybody else's in the British museum.

[@JamesonEst1780]

@@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769It’s no different to hundreds of other museums around the world that have artefacts from other countries. Unlike what’s happened to relics in other countries, at least ours are safe for future generations!

[@chantelvenessa]

I learn so much about my country from this channel 🤣 UK themed tattoo, the queen walking a corgi and a British bulldog??

[@casey4290]

While drinking tea and eating fish and chips

[@Ianjowett1]

the meme with the queen with a corgi and paddington would be a cool tatt too and look good how its coloured , have to agree too i learn a lot too always had an interest in our countrys history but this puts it in simple to follow ways

[@HalfdeadRider]

British Bulldog dressed as the Queen!

[@chantelvenessa]

@@casey4290 urgh what a combination 😆

[@chantelvenessa]

@@Ianjowett1 yea that's a good idea for a tattoo

[@Grigeral]

There is still a strong rivalry between Lancashire and Yorkshire to this day. Although realistically we don't actually hate each other, you'll often find people claiming it.

[@Fochfilms]

A very English-centric view of the history of the British isles. England, scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are not merely regions, they are countries in their own right.

[@galinor7]

Considering around 83% of the English claim Anglo-Saxon decent, we were pretty ignored too. It was really a Norman-Romanic history of Britain.

[@andrewbayram765]

They weren't even regions originally. The development of the different countries evolved as different groups and other countries fought for the land and resources, repeatedly invading, enslaving and destroying many different cultures in the process. So what if this sounded English centric. I've listened to plenty of Scottish, Irish and Welsh history, can I call the !!!!!!!!-centric??????

[@townhillboy.8648]

@@nathankirwan2565 so in your view it’s ok to ignore the other 3 countries. British history is 99% English history. I don’t have any interest in English history seeing as I’m Scottish.

[@judithhope8970]

The Magna Carta only applied to free men. Most of us weren't free at that time. It was also opposed by the Pope and had to be rewritten many, many times.

[@weepair2]

There are many many things you did not learn at school. I am afraid America is one of the poorest educated countries on the planet.

[@marydavis5234]

I graduated in 1980 from US school and I was taught all this and more, US schools are not taught the same thing as they are by district , my cousins live in the same town, their children are taught different things as they are not in the same district.

[@ShilohSmith]

As a British pagan that eats, sleeps and breathes Norse culture and folklore I think you should 100% react to some videos about them!

[@claregale9011]

I'm from the county of Kent South East England ,near me we have Lillingstone villa a roman settlement built in the 1st century . It has a mosaic floor which is pretty amazing to see .

[@neilgayleard3842]

Dartford way. Everyone in Kent has something like that in our back garden.

[@pommiebears]

My Mum is from Kent. My Dad lives in Hornchurch, not far from Kent really. I’m from east London lol. When we lived in Chelmsford, we had a conservatory built, and they found a very old flint wall. We had archeologists in to remove what was left. Our country is so incredibly old, and to be told we have no culture is so insulting. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@tonycrayford3893]

Rochester checking in.

[@zeroxception]

In the UK if a house is 150 years old..no one bats an eyelid. In the US if a house is 150 years old, everyone goes crazy

[@Jimbobz]

Did you know that the Vikings weren’t actually called the Vikings? ‘Vike’ was actually a verb in their language which basically meant to kill, steal and pillage. Also, CE is another term for AD, meaning that 14CE would then go year by year to 100CE, 500CE, 1000CE, 2000CE and to 2022CE (which we’re in now).

[@newuk26]

Yep. “Vikings” is basically what they did rather than who they were

[@TheDuckMan2523]

I mean, they were called Vikings, but it was a job description, the culture wasn’t, but the pillagers who came over were,

[@AlBarzUK]

Yes. I’ve not viked for many years.

[@oldplucker1]

In WW2 Britain invented and built at least 6 electronic computers to crack German codes. These were top secret and no other country had them. Many countries knew about RADAR but Britain knew how to use it in their early warning network called “Chain Home” This meant that the British could often detect German aircraft as they took off and could even determine how many planes were coming.

[@danielgardecki1046]

*Vikings* (2013-2020) created by *Michael Hirst* from *Bradford.* He also created *Camelot* (2011), *The Tudors* (2007-2010), *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* (2007), and *Elizabeth* (1998), plus he produced them all too. Then there's *Richard Rayner* from *Bradford* who created *Knightfall* (2017-2019).

[@jasonkelly7951]

BFD represent

[@Ianjowett1]

@@jasonkelly7951 bradford next city over from me , bramley west leeds lol .

[@wondersgtagaming]

Congrats on the 100k subs dude. Loving the vids. From the UK over here and loving the perspective lol

[@deemanrichardson4941]

Didnt conquer scotland though 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 jt 👍

[@PhattyBolger]

It should be noted that while the guy in the original video chose to focus only on William III during his explanation of the Glorious Revolution, William and his wife Mary were the only dual monarchs in British history, as they were both heirs to the throne, both being cousins. While there is normally and King and a Queen, the King being the main ruler, in this case the King and Queen were equal as they both had equal claim to the crown.

[@jamesblackwell2067]

interesting fact: the first known settlement in britain was Scara Brae, its about 5 thousand years old and they dug out the earth to build it semi-underground. each house featured beds, stone fireplaces and central heating, they also found a lot of jewellery there and a religious shrine.

[@petebennett3733]

that the place in the Orkneys

[@jamesblackwell2067]

@@petebennett3733 yes

[@petebennett3733]

@@jamesblackwell2067 thought so, Neil Olivier, I think his name is, was involved in a program or two about that place.

[@stephencohen575]

Interesting fact: The Greek cartographer, Pytheas (c) 350 BC - (C) 320BC was the first to come to Britain. He is said to have travelled extensively around the country, taking notes and drawing maps and sketches. It is said he spent a great deal of time down in Devon and Cornwall where they were mining for copper. It is widely believed the Britons were trading with the likes of the Phoenicians.

[@jamesblackwell2067]

@@stephencohen575 they were, Britain was one of best sources of tin in the world back then

[@Abt_offical]

Been with you since 23k and I remember watching that first video and going he's going to go far. I knew you'd reach 100k real fast and shortly after finding your channel I found out I'm a quarter American so I relate to you even more now. Keep up the work. 1 million won't be too far away.

[@dorothysimpson2804]

The Romans didn't all leave, also they were not all Romans, their soldiers were from other countries too. The Vikings never left they became Christians and settled here, the Normans were also Vikings. It wasn't really George lll who demanded taxes be raised in the colonies, it was his government, but he gets the blame.

[@melscienerf5977]

Oh you have to look into the vikings! Just don't wear horns on your helmet if you dress up lol. I'm from York so we tend to learn a lot about vikings being in this area (if you ever visit you have to go to the Jorvik centre in York, it's where one of the biggest archaeology digs of viking settlements in the UK).

[@helvete983]

On the same note, if you ever visit Norway, the Viking ship museum is a must see, and holds the finest preserved Viking ship ever found with arguably some of the finest grave goods and artifacts. The museum is in Oslo. I've been lucky enough to see it. it's something you will never forget.

[@meganwilliams2962]

IIRC my "Viking History" unit, a large chunk of the middle of "England" was under Danelaw for about 200 years?

[@magdahearne497]

Also Largs in Scotland is very good for Viking history & they have a Viking festival there every year. I'm a Yorkshire lass, but I really enjoyed my visits to the Viking centres in both York & Largs, it was great to learn about our Norse ancestors.

[@helvete983]

@@meganwilliams2962 It is true.

[@helvete983]

@@magdahearne497 Also originally from Yorkshire, thanks for the tip, might look it up

[@unknownregions5014]

Also the UK still has laws in use since 1267

[@marydavis5234]

the banning of the original Kinder surprise eggs in the US is due to a 1939 banning any unedible items inside edible products as illegal.

[@danielgardecki1046]

I don't know much about history, as there's too much to remember, but 2:28 was an obvious mistake, and a quick search has proven that to be false, as Hadrian's Wall wasn't even built yet.

[@citizenpb]

what about biology and science books?

[@roberts6489]

Also he forgot to mention the Antonine Wall which is a few miles north of Hadrian's Wall.

[@danielgardecki1046]

@@roberts6489 Plus he pronounced *Mahatma Gandhi* as *Mahandus Gandhi* among other obvious mispronunciations.

[@roberts6489]

@@danielgardecki1046 I forgot about that.

[@nigelanscombe8658]

@@danielgardecki1046 his name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mahatma was a title given to him meaning “great souled” or “venerable” in the Sanskrit language.

[@penname5766]

The Romans didn’t “retreat to Hadrian’s Wall”, they drew back, deciding eventually that the harsh terrain and unforgiving environment (ie the weather) that far north weren’t worth the effort of trying to conquer the various tribes for the sake of a bit of land they couldn’t do much with, and THEN they built the wall across the width of England to mark the far northern extent of the Roman Empire. FYI the wall still exists.

[@Ianjowett1]

love the fact you are genuinly inerested in learning and can see it in you you find it fascinating . if / when you get to our country come to my town of leeds and visit the royal armouries can see henery the 8th armour there its stunning and not far from york , birthplace of of guy dawkes and has the big vikings in britian meusem

[@StampinDivaUK]

That was good. I'm a former South African, living in the UK. I have both British and Afrikaans (Boer) ancestry and have found records proving that I had a Great-great-grandad on BOTH sides of the Anglo-Boer war. In fact, I have seen evidence to prove that both of those ancestors actually fought at the SAME BATTLE, and both survived. I also have family on the Boer side that were imprisoned in British concentration camps on St Helena. Those family members (the Boer Great-great-grandad's first wife and kids) did not survive the conditions in the concentration camps. I'm descended from his eldest son from the first marriage who happened to be old enough to fight alongside his father. The British had many concentration camps in various locations both in South Africa and abroad. Most notable were the island of St Helena (where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to) and in Argentina, which has small pockets of Argentinian citizens that speak Afrikaans since many of those prisoners were never repatriated to South Africa after the war. Since moving to the UK 26 years ago I have been doing some research into my UK ancestry and found that I have both English and Welsh roots.

[@c2thag666]

I love how into British history and culture you are, that's all ✌️

[@urseliusurgel4365]

The Irish Potato Famine was the result of a potato blight arriving from North America. Combined with a spell of particularly cold and wet weather, even for Ireland, the result was devastating. The potatoes rotted in the ground. What relief the British government provided was not distributed to the countryside, where the rural poor were suffering, but was concentrated in the towns. As a result, starving people congregated in the towns, which did not have the sufficient systems in place, especially sewerage, to cope. The result was widespread disease, more people died of infectious disease than from starvation as such. In addition to emigration to North America, many Irish emigrated to Britain - it was a lot closer. There are around 14 million people in the island of Britain who have Irish ancestry. I am one of these, one of my gt. grandfathers was born in Cork in 1865, during the famine. His family emigrated to England two years later. I also have more recent Irish ancestry.

[@drummygooders]

Congrats on the 100k JT. You should check out "The history of the entire world, I guess..." by Bill Wurtz

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Thanks for another entertaining episode, my American Cousin. I understand that each US state has different schools syllabuses. Nevertheless, what is covered in high school history must have changed a lot between when my two oldest kids studied at middle and high schools in the US. Back then, an entire academic year was dedicated to British and European history. You say this isn't true there today?!

[@Mori_UA]

Wait your reaction to the Gunpowder plot scares me... do you not know about Bomb fire Night? We burn a Guy Fawkes every year on it and celebrate! :D

[@judewarner1536]

How many people noticed how frequently Kings were ''elected'' to the position? As often as not they were invited to the position by a group of peers who were the previous Monarch's closest advisors. Usually those invited were related to the, or a, previous Monarch as a means of maintaining stable traditions and the group of peers had a wide selection from whom to choose the ''best'' option. The fact that there were options often led to infighting before, during and after selection... much like modern plebian politics!

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

That was a good 20 minutes , they did a good job of explaining over 2000 years of history and didn't gloss over some of the nastier things that happened in the Empire . There are always lessons to be learned from history and many of these past events still affect attitudes in the World today .

[@scottuk66]

The nastier bits lead to the better bits that enabled our victory over tyrants, something they like to gloss over in their efforts to highlight the nastier bits only 🤣😂

[@miff227]

it narrowed in on one facet of global slavery, then didn't even mention that Britain abolished global slavery. F

[@elaineshakeshaft2830]

and we don't want a transfer tattoo lol

[@chrisbird4913]

The mote and bailey wasn't a wall surrounded by a mote. The mote WAS the wall, the bailey was the inner sanctum of the castle walled off with heavier fortifications and warehousing the resources . If the outer wall was breached the pesentry and guard would retreat to the bailey. This was segue tactics taken to the next level.

[@iainhughes8110]

The narrator of this video needs to learn the difference between "bought" and "brought"!!

[@alanbugler4404]

Alan Turing did not crack the enigma code. Polish mathematician Marian Rejewski was the first to break the code. What Turing did was create a machine that could rapidly calculate the settings for the device each day.

[@geo5792]

You should react to Horrible Histories if you enjoy British history. It’s a funny comedy series for children that ran on cbbc. The songs are the best too!

[@Warspite1701]

Turing deffo didn't crack the enigma code, the poles did that. He just helped make it quicker to decode

[@theroflpietv]

yeh that is true the polish did decode the enigma first with the help of getting a manual on the machine, but it was the british that broke the lorenz cipher which was apparently much harder and quicker then the enigma but they did that with the knowledge they had learned from the poles and their understanding the enigma

[@marydavis5234]

I just watched a show that did the whole history of the Enigma code machine.

[@DayVid2.0]

On the bit about 2016 near the end...51% of the voters NOT the electorate. Only a third of the electorate actually wanted brexit. Hardly anyone took the vote seriously as it was only an advisory, non legally binding referendum, with no clear position on what brexit would actually entail. NI and Scotland voted to remain, the leave vote was carried by England. 6 years on and the Leave campaign has been comprehensively proven to have been based on an incoherent pack of lies, driven by some of the most abhorrent players in British politics. If a vote were held today we'd be back in the customs union in a heartbeat. While not everyone who voted brexit is racist, all racists voted for brexit. Gammon flapping insanity.

[@tommyxbones5126]

The treaty of accession 1972 when we joined the European community wasn't even voted by the people - politicians doing what they want & lining their own pockets in the name of the UK electorate - but you don't care about that do you?

[@04williamsl]

Stone Henge is not such a mystery anymore. It's well known that it took decades to actually put up, so it wasn't just one group who did it, but their children and their children would all have been involved in it. We know that actually, Stone Henge is relatively SMALL in comparison to the 'Woodhenge' nearby (the wood has rotted away of course but you can still see their post holes when you dig down to see how many trees were actually used). We know that Stone Henge is on a direct path from other neolithic notabilities (I can't remember which ones unfortunately, maybe woodhenge was one) We know as well by evidence of bones buried around it that it wasn't just people who lived in the area who used it - there's bones of animals from the islands around Scotland also here, indicating people travelled long distances and saw it.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The Anglos and Saxons came to Britain around 500AD. I don't understand this CE thing either

[@conorc725]

You should make a video on the fight for Scottish independence! Soon May it come. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

[@mobbs6426]

The Troubles as we call them are still very much within living memory

[@georgebennett3197]

In the first world war England developed and invented the Tank. When they were being invented, they were, of course, kept secret. When people asked what were those strange objects? they were told "oh they're nothing - just water Tanks!! and the rest, as they say - is history.

[@gwpcs]

Another interesting fact for you that not even the British are taught anymore. Men only gained the right to vote in 1918 along with female landowners and the wives of landowners. This was as a direct result of almost half a million men dying for their country, if they are to be expected to die for their country they should at least have a say in future wars they would be expected to participate in. This was a mere 10 years before women got the right to vote in 1928, prior to this only male landowners had a right to vote.

[@Mmjk_12]

Slavery under the British empire is perhaps its darkest stain, however the UK is unique in the fact that when slavery was abolished in 1833, what actually happened was every single slave in the empire was bought by the government and then freed. This cost 40% of the entire nations annual gdp and the loan wasn't paid off until 2015. There was also the Royal Navy West Africa squadron who were set up to enforce the new law. In total they freed 150,000 africans that were in transit to America to be slaves.

[@timjamesg158]

Blah blah Today, British history is frowned upon, because of many lies and so much propaganda. Only nobody can offer a single thing they claim, with a single fact? Why not? So much is outright lies, or just a twisted truth of the history, as I'll show and explain. Just start to learn our real history, and you'll only come to find many of the lies we hear today are very easy to see straight through. Now, I'm not naive, and I'm in no way trying to suggest Britain was not wrong, in some things she did? Of course, there were things done that we'd all see as bad or wrong today. Only when we look at the way the British people have been spoken about? And spoken about by people whose very own countries are a joke (when realistically compared with Britain). What an insult, it really is! Many things we hear today about the British being so bad, are some of the biggest lies told in modern history, (not all of them, but many). Only the truth and real facts seem irrelevant today. Like, we've also seen many of the Indian people accusing the British of causing a famine? And that's bad, but It gets worse! And none of what they say, is even remotely true, but is all only rubbish we see them twisting, and knowingly twisting! Making them even worse, and complete liars. Everywhere else in the world, a famine is known as a "natural disaster", that's usually brought about by drought, plantation disease, or poor soil. But no, not those particular famines. Nope, apparently, those famines were started by, caused entirely and purposely by, the horrible British. They again claim, and again claim, without ever showing a single fact. Only the problem is with all they say and claim, is, that when we look into the history?, what we find, is, that many of those same places that suffered famines, had all suffered from many famines over hundreds of years before the British were ever in India, and not only that, but all those very same area's have continued to suffer from catastrophic famines, many times since the British had left. So, it's very clear that because Britain was in control during those famines, they just use it as another way to lie and to intensionally try to make it seem like something it wasn't, and that's intentional? But let's also just forget that Britain was fighting for all of our freedom in a world war at the time?. Hardly on purpose! But that's not all of it? Nope, we've also seen them, accusing Britain of stealing grain, from the poor starving Indian people (during a famine)? I mean, of course, we'd have needed to do that? But wait, do you know what, I'm not going to deny it?. (I will deny the stealing), as it never was stealing at all, what I will say, is the truth. The truth is, that in the accusations about Britain apparently "stealing grain" from the poor Indian people, we find that very little things have been left out of the accusations. Yet, they're very interesting, and very telling (little things), indeed. Because what we find when we begin looking into the accusation's, that Britain stole the grain?, is that nobody has ever asked, or even tried to find out why the British took that grain? I mean, logically, you'd of thought that would have been the very first question asked? Only it's not, and it never has been. So why is that? Well when you begin to learn about this, you start to understand the reason that question has (purposely never been asked) and is left out of the accusations today, becomes obvious! Because it's the answer to that question, (why did Britain take the grain), that shows us the truth, only, truth, to the liar, truth to the jealous, and truth to the juvenile hater, is the very last thing they want to hear, (as that spoils the fantasy they create in their own minds). But the truth is, and provable proof, is, that, Britain did indeed take that grain, only they took it for the military, and then, when we take a more in-depth look into the history, we also then learn, that over 95% of those military, were in fact Indian military, not British. The same Indian military Britain had deployed to the disputed borderlines with Tibet! (Protecting their own borders from invasion)! But, now we can see why that (ever so important, yet tiny detail) gets ignored, and is never spoken about, because it takes all their twisted lies, takes all their deceit, and takes all their juvenile hate, and answers it. And that's just a quick example of a twisted history we see, and we read from many people today, yet all it really shows us, is they know nothing truthful or even factual about their own country, or its real history. We also endlessly hear so much said about the Boer War? Many people we see and read today, actually think those people (Boer's) were actually South African's? Yet once again, the truth is completely different. They were actually just butchers and murderers, they were not South African's at all, they were Dutch Jews. H. H. BEAMISH, New York Speech, October 30, 1937... “The Boer War occurred 37 years ago. (Boer means farmer). Many criticized a great power like Britain for trying to wipe out the Boers. Yet upon making an inquiry, I found myself agreeing with the British actions, I found out, that all the gold and diamond mines in South Africa are owned by Jews, (Dutch Jews). That Rothschild controls gold, that Samuels controls silver, Baum controls most other mining, and Moses controls all base metals. Anything those people touch, they inevitably pollute”. The truth is, the first European settlement in South Africa, was founded at the Cape of Good Hope, in 1652, and thereafter administered as part of the Dutch Cape Colony. The Cape was entirely governed by the Dutch East India Company, until its bankruptcy in the late 1700s, and thereafter directly by the Netherlands. The British occupied the Cape three times during the Napoleonic Wars, and as a result of political turmoil in the Netherlands, the occupation became permanent, after British forces defeated the Dutch in the Battle of Blaauwberg, 1806. However, many Boers were dissatisfied with the aspects of future British rule and administration, in particular, with Britain's abolition of slavery on 1 December 1834 as it, in effect, quite rightly outlawed their treatment and slavery of the black tribes of South Africa. So the Boers then elected to migrate away from British rule, (so they could continue using the black tribes of South Africa, to dig and mine their gold, silver, & diamond mines), and to continue with their slavery and abuse of those black tribes in South Africa, in what became known as the "Great Trek". That's something we also never see spoken about. But when we bother to look at the numbers we are talking about?, and then look at how the British people have been spoken about, ever since, (like being accused of a genocide, and accused of attempting to wipe them all out), It really shows just how pathetic and sad many of these people we read saying these things, really are. It's no different from those people, taking what bad things they can find, that Britain did do wrong, and putting them all into one paragraph, (to make it seem far worse than it ever was), only doing so, while never mentioning the overwhelming majority of great things done, and great things given by this country to the world. It really is beyond pathetic. But anyway, let's take a look at this attempted genocide, we read many all claiming today? Boer loses ... 6,189 killed 24,000 captured 21,256 bitter-enders surrendered 26,370 Boer women & children died in camps (the same women and children that were caught planting bombs all round the British camps, let's not forget) British loses... 22,092 killed. 75,430 returned home sick or wounded 22,828 wounded 934 missing. Well, that's appalling! LOL. What a JOKE! Plus, it was a war, not just some random slaughter, (we read many people accusing the British people of). They sit and accuse us of horrendous crimes against humanity today, only they'll all be “Natural disasters” (Famines), blamed on the British, because the British ruled those parts of the world during those times. And while ignoring that those places, still today, suffer from many catastrophic famines. If Britain was guilty of everything she's been accused of?, the death total, adding them all up, would be between two - four million people. Yet that's only if we include natural disasters! In a timespan of about five hundred years. The USA, for an example, has murdered seven to eight times that amount since WW2. And twice as many as the British “apparently” killed in five hundred years, in the last ten years! Putting it in perspective for you.

[@timjamesg158]

We always read, and endlessly hear, many Indian people claiming that Britain invaded their country, and took over with murder and oppression. And why do we see and hear it? Because they're taught many lies by their very own corrupt criminals. British medical stations and supplies in India, were said to be responsible for the survival of many minorities in India. The entire infrastructure, right across India, was not paid for by India, but by the British, much of which is still the only infrastructure found in many parts of India, (as under their own rule), those things were never seen as important and mainly because they catered for the poor. These Indians today all accuse the British of stealing, while it was the British that actually build their country up, from nothing but warring tribal people, to a united people, all paid for by the British (through their own financial institutes). The British created India great wealth through trade. Indian and British traders covered the world together creating great wealth, wealth then taken by the Indian princes and divided between their own families, and never shared, or used to help the population. The hypocrisy we read today, is simply something else. But these things are all so freely available to look up and study, that there really is no excuse we could see these people only want to lie about, it, but it really shows just what they're all really about. People should go and learn all about why Britain was in so many countries right throughout the world before ever having an opinion about it, as they'd come to find the truth is nothing at all like you hear people wrongly claiming and saying today. With such an historic Parliament and having their archives available to read and study, history for us British people really is very easy to understand and learn, as we can read how and why things were done, or why other things may not have been done, from the people of those times. Yet, these Indian people can even know their own country's real history, as if they did, they'd know how and why the British came to their country? We have letters from the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Nur al-din Muhammad, who ruled India, asking our king, (James I), to send our British ships to their lands, and help them banish the Portuguese and Dutch. These letters actually show us the truth and the reason the British were there. Read their own ruler! The Great Moghul Jahangir: Letters, to James I, King of England, 1617 A.D. When your Majesty shall open this letter, let your royal heart be as fresh as a sweet garden. Let all people make reverence at your gate, let your throne be advanced higher amongst the greatness of the kings of the prophet Jesus, let your Majesty be the greatest, and all monarchies derive their counsel and wisdom from your breast as from a fountain, and that the law of the majesty of Jesus may revive and flourish under your protection. The letter of love and friendship, and the presents which you send me as tokens of your good affections toward me. I have received by the hands of your ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe (who well deserves to be your trusted servant), delivered to me in an acceptable and happy hour, upon which my eyes were so fixed that I could not easily remove them to any other object, and have accepted them with great joy and delight. Upon which assurance of your royal love, I have given my general command and ordered to all the kingdoms and ports of my dominions to receive all the merchants of the English nation as the subjects of my friends. That in what place, soever - they choose to live, they may have free liberty without any restraint. And at what port, soever - they shall arrive, that neither Portugal nor Dutch or any other shall dare to molest their quiet. And in what city, soever - they shall have residence, I have commanded all my governors and captains to give them freedom, answerable only to their own desires, to sell, buy, and to transport, whatsoever - into their country, at their pleasure. For confirmation of our love and friendship, I desire your Majesty to command all of your merchants, to bring their ships, full of rarities, and many rich goods fit for my palace. And that you be pleased to send me your royal letters, by every opportunity, so that I may rejoice in your health and prosperous affairs, that our friendship may be interchanged and eternal. Your Majesty is learned and quick-sighted, as a prophet, and can conceive so much by few words that I need to write no more. The God of heaven give to you, and to us both, an increase of honour. Jahangir, Nur al-din Muhammad. This is the truth about the British being in India, and It's nothing at all like you'll ever hear from them today. But this example, explaining how and why the British were ever in India, you'll come to find Google has buried and hidden, as it's so difficult to find, if you didn't know of its existence, you'd never find it, when as it is real British history, nobody has any right to bury or hide any of it.

[@timjamesg158]

I do like to ask these people with their modern thought process, (that lacks all understanding of those times), what they all must think we'd all do today, if suddenly, out of the blue, someone came sailing into a port, waving their hands in the air, and shouting out at the top of their voice, that they'd just discovered a “new world”. Those people must actually think that today, we'd all say something like... "Oh wow, that's nice, but we better not go and explore it, and we better not take anything from it, we better not exploit it, and most certainly NOT colonise it?. Why? Oh, just because, in 500 years time, some uneducated people might hate us for it?" LMAO! It's nothing but pathetic, but can we not also ask, as they all cry about colonialism. Why, today, we see them all coming here, so, in effect colonising our countries, right? So tell me, what's the difference? But these people, today, want to cry about how bad colonialism was? While they come here, colonising our countries?. Interesting and utter hypocrisy. Now, we could also ask, why is it, that since every African country who took independence after WW2?, have all gone on to murder and slaughter millions of their own people? Millions more die every year since independence, than ever died in a single year of European rule, (and that's not me, claiming European rule, should have been the case), no, I'm just pointing out, that the reality is, they were actually all far safer while living under European rule, than they are, even today, living under their own rule?

[@timjamesg158]

We always hear about the big bad Great Britain (which is actually completely wrong). British “world history” was largely started against the Spanish when Queen Elizabeth I, told her Royal Navy to become ''privateers'', (pirates in other words), and she told them, the more booty they could muster, would see them achieve nobility in the higher echelons of British society. Elizabeth's authorization of sea-raiders (known as Sea Dogs) such as Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh allowed her to distance herself from their raiding activity while enjoying the benefits of their plunder. Spain suffered the most, we stole so much from the Spanish, much of the gold they had stolen from the New World. Today, nobody can even estimate how much we really stole from the Spanish, it's been said to be a fortune many times over. But the undeniable facts, and the truth we can also prove today, is that Britain was asked by so many of the countries (today she's accused of attacking) for her protection from the French and the Spanish, who were trying to build Empires, and who were also trying to break us on this Island, by blockading us, and trying to prevent us from trading throughout the world. Britain actually had no choice but to fight against both France and Spain, (for our own existence), but nobody talks about this today? Yet that is why we began attaining an Empire, not by choice, but by necessity! The British did not sail into ports and attack countries to take into her Empire. That's, again, just completely wrong, and nothing but provable outright deliberate lies. Go learn and find out how and why the British were even many of the places she ended up with in her Empire? Or in India? Or anywhere else, including the colonies, as nobody seems to know anything at all about any of this? And still today, we see, and we read people who actually think Britain built her Empire, through invasion, killing and pillaging? How uneducated does one need to be to even think that, is the only question we should see being asked? As the truth really is, many of those countries we're all glad to see Britain beat their oppressors, and they all welcomed the British! But so few understand this today, and even fewer want to understand it. This is how pathetic and jealous we read so many people today, it's simply so uneducated, it's just appalling idiocy. Yet it's also so ironic, when you think, the only reason many of these people we read with their uneducated hate of this country are even allowed their opinion today, is entirely, 100% thanks to Britain! So how incredibly, astonishingly, and pathetic are these uneducated people today? Britain was also creating trading posts all around the world, while also protecting them. Shock horror!. All of these countries fell under British occupation and rule. And Britain actually improved many countries, and in so many various ways. We created many countries their own military defences, and army's, many of which are still going to this day? Many also forget that Britain protected those countries who would've fallen to communism, if not for the fact, they were under British protection. And even today, we still hear some people from places like Jamaica, saying they wished they were still part of the British Empire, and this again, so few understand today. Britain was not all bad! Far from it, it actually did a hell of a lot of good for millions of people, all around the world, we also opened many of these countries up, to trade with, not to rob and steal from, we modernized many of them, we created housing, structures, schools, ports and communities, and gave them the ability to trade throughout the entire world, so many people found a voice, and a purpose, thanks to the UK. And many of which will still tell you so today! Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji Islands, The Gambia, Ghana Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadine, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, USA, Vanuatu and Zambia. Britain ruled the seas, and she most certainly put that to her use. Hahaha LMAO. In the 1200s, the Magna Carta was written, and It's still used in all parts of the world today, in every other countries own laws one way or another. Britain has not only been involved throughout the entire world for hundreds upon hundreds of years, but spent much of that time leading It. Since the 1500s, Britain was (accidentally) building the largest, the most influential Empire, of all time. Love it, or hate it, there's no denying the great things this country has given to the world, no other country gets remotely close. When Britain gave up its Empire, (so she could continue fighting for everybody's freedom), did Britain fight to keep it? No, not at all, Britain actually made sure each country had a capable government in place, before then leaving each country, we did not fight them or kill them. Hong Kong was the last part of our Empire, and once again, we simply gave it back to China. Still, to this day, no country has come anywhere near achieving what Britain has already achieved In this world. No country has given this world anywhere near what Great Britain has.

[@timjamesg158]

No other country in the world has made anywhere near such important discoveries in this world, as Great Britain. Britain is responsible for nearly every one of the top 20 discoveries in this world. No country has given the world all the sciences we all take for granted today, they all came from Great Britain. Science, itself, is indeed British. Sir Isaac Newton: The father of physics, and considered to be the father of all sciences, by science itself. Robert Boyle: the father of Chemistry. William Gilbert: the father of Electricity and Magnetism. Ernest Rutherford: the father of Nuclear Physics. Adam Sedgwick: the father of modern geology. Charles Babbage: the father of the Computer. John Cockcroft: the genius who first split the atom. James Chadwick: with the discovery of the neutron. Michael Faraday: the genius that discovered Electromagnetic Induction. John Dalton: the discovery of the Atom, and the writer of the Modern Atomic Theory. John Thomson: the discovery of the Electron. Charles Darwin: with the Origin of Species. Stephen Hawking: the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. I could keep going, for many more pages… Or even books. No other country has given the world medicines, that are responsible for billions of people living today, (7.5 billion on earth) Alexander Fleming changed the world of medicine. His invention “Penicillin” is said to be responsible for the survival of over 5.5 billion people to date. British medical achievements started all we know today. No other country comes anywhere near inventing things we all use every day. No other country comes remotely close. We Invented the Jet engine, T.V, Telephone, Train, Penicillin, Computer, Hovercraft, Vertical Take Off Landing aircraft, LCD, Tanks, The World Wide Web, etc, etc... look at the history of each of them, a person from this little island lay at the heart of the device. I could keep going! Britain is responsible for an astonishing 54%, of all worldly inventions. (Britain is also responsible for an enormous 61% of all modern day military invention. The chances are, if you were to look up any random piece of military hardware, there's a 2/3 chance it will be a British invention). No other country has stood up, and fought for the people's freedom, by preventing the whole world from falling into the dark ages of tyranny. Great Britain is the only country in the world, that has always fought against every attempt at tyranny in our world's modern history. So many times Great Britain saved Europe throughout history, not only in WW2, but many times before. With the defeat of Napoleon, being just one. Great Britain, with Prussian support, defeated Napoleon, he defeated everyone else. Spain, the world's global superpower of the times, sent an enormous Armada to come and crush us on this Island, yes they wished they never did, as they only ended up annihilated with their entire fleet sunk and well beaten, just shipwrecks around the British coast. Russia has defeated all armies that have tried to defeat her on her own soil, apart from the Mongol Empire & Great Britain with ironically (partly France). We are the only countries/empires on earth to have beaten Russia on her own soil. Who stood up, alone, to the Nazi might? Not anyone else, no, only Britain. Hitler steam rolled over Europe, defeating them all with ease, until he came up against this tiny Island you could fit into the USA over 40 times, and into Russia over 70 times. No matter about all the bullshit we hear about the British Empire, that always comes from the same places, the USA and India, it still did far more good in this world, than the tiny minority of bad. And the truth is, even its bad side?, even that's a billion times better than wherever these people (we endlessly read talking their hate, come from). And isn't it amazing, that I can confidently say that?, and say it, without even knowing where those people come from? Think about that. People must understand, that if they ever want to run down another country? Then they must come from better or be able to claim better? Otherwise, where is their right to hold any kind of opinion on anything or anyone else? If their very own countries can't offer or claim anything remotely the same, or claim to have done anywhere near what this country can claim, and has done for so many others in this world? Then they have no right whatsoever to say anything or hold an opinion on any other, as that's only known as hypocrisy. The truth is, those we read saying things, claiming things and trying to run down our history, have no right at all to judge anything! Even more truth really is, they all owe this country so much.

[@Water_pipes]

Hence the term "beyond the pale". An event that happened and couldn't be resolved was because it happened beyond the pale and beyond effective judicial law

[@claverhouse1]

The Romans were not forced out of Scotland, they campaigned all the way to the Orkneys and beat the Picts in almst every battle. They just did not find enough that made keeping it worth their effort so fell back to the areas worth keeping. And I'm Scots!

[@scotsquine7792]

The Romans made at least four campaigns into Caledonia. The Picts knew the land well and despite being beaten in open battle, effectively used guerrilla tactics against the highly disciplined Romans, who were not used to such warfare.

[@croissantpower]

‘And I’m Scots’

[@edsiebert5986]

I've got to say that I find the Doomsday book a far greater achievement than the first motte and bailey settlement in britain!

[@alganhar1]

Just to add something here, the Roman never fully conquered Wales. They basically just took the coastal plains and more or less left the hilly interior alone. They had pretty good reason as well. The majority of the population even then was concentrated in those coastal plains (as much as there is a 'plain' in Wales, which is mostly made of Hills!), and that is also where almost all the arable land was. Take the coastal region and you did not have to worry to much about the howling barbarians in the hills. it was not until the 14 hundreds that the English really started trying to take those hills, and they did that mostly economically not militarily. The rise of the wool industry in England really helped there as much of those hill lands in Wales are not really worth much OTHER than sheep herding. At least in an agricultural sense. Of course, this was not an entirely pleasant process for the Welsh, we were facing an enemy twenty times our population (which remains true to this day), and had neither the river choke points the Scots had, or the Irish Sea. Of all the Nations in the Union, Wales is the only one that had no choice, it was simply annexed. Saying that however, this is all ancient history, and like most Welsh I am more than happy to remain part of the Union. The Hardliner Welsh Nationalists had a nasty surprise with the Referendum for Welsh Devolution which literally passed by a fraction of a percent. Now that we have our own internal Government, the majority of us are perfectly happy to sit back and take the mick out of the English. That at least remains a National Past Time :D.

[@wildwine6400]

If youve ever seen Disney's Robin Hood ( the cartoon film) the king in that film is King John, who it mentions here. Well known for his excessive taxing of people, especially the poor

[@JackRabbit002]

No mention of Brum that made you everything! Yeah it's bright eyes history huh Lol

[@zakrs130]

Despite the relatively small size of the UK, the population is extremely large for such a small island. But also, its very common for islands to be extremely hard to conquer due to the disadvantage of arriving via sea. Storms often derail attempts to conquer islands, as was the case when the huge Mongol empire tried to invade Japan, twice, but was defeated by storms before they could even get there.

[@EmilyCheetham]

The video you watched forgot to mention the Celts.

[@davewright8206]

completely brushed over queen aethelfeda of mercia , daughter of alfred the great Æthelflæd, was able to play a key role in the history of the early tenth century as Lady of the Mercians

[@cmsxcb]

You have to remember that the Normans were of Viking origin. They were not French as most people think. They fought the French. Even today, Normandy is a very 'reluctant' part of France, just like Wales, Scotland and the West country (mainly Cornwall & Devon) are 'reluctant' parts of the UK. The UK is not quite the "united kingdom" it professes itself - basically, if it has a separate language running alongside English, then it's not a comfortable relationship. There is a similar north-south split within England. The 'England' that outsiders see (culture, politics, economy, attitudes, etc) are usually only the 'southern England' view as that is where the power, politics and money are centred.

[@amyw6808]

“The United Kingdom experienced a small economic recession in 2008 but has since recovered”… that didn’t age well 🫤