Salisbury's Triumph: How Britain Won the Scramble for Africa

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Old Britannia

Old Britannia

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In 1886, Lord Salisbury inherited a desperate diplomatic position. The 1882 occupation of Egypt had turned France into a permanently hostile foe, leaving Britain dependent on Germany and its wily chancellor to preserve its position.
Over the next 12 years, Salisbury engineered an astonishing reversal of fortunes, securing Britain's position in Egypt without having to cede any territories of importance in the increasingly contested Scramble for Africa.
This video aims to be a short diplomatic history documentary looking at the diplomacy of Lord Salisbury during this period.
Sources:
Modern British Foreign Policy 1880-1939, Paul Hayes
The Empire Project, John Darwin
The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, AJP Taylor
Salisbury: Victorian Titan, Andrew Roberts
#britishempire, #history, #britain

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@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
I hope you enjoy this short video focusing on Lord Salisbury's diplomacy surrounding the Scramble for Africa. I am so sorry about how long this video took. The reason for the long delay was that I've decided to change my style somewhat, and move away from such a heavy emphasis on photo's etc. Mainly because I dislike having to rely on Wiki Commons so completely for copyright free images. This then naturally means drawing them instead when needed (I can hear groans already. I know, if there is one thing YT doesn't need it's more badly drawn history videos). As you will be able to tell I am anything but an artist, so am still very much in the experimental stage of finding a style that could suit the channel when images are needed. If you decide to stick around you have my apologies for some of the nightmare inducing 'art' (a term I use very loosely) that will be produced over the next few months. As for the video, this is also something of an experiment. Diplomatic history is my main interest, and this is what I'd class as the first real video on the topic I've made. It's also quite a complex period of diplomacy. I have tried to simplify it as much as I can without losing any of the subject's intricacy. I'm not sure if I've necessarily achieved it however. I've studied this for a few years now so cant really look at it with a fresh pair of eyes. I'd appreciate any of you that do not know so much about this era telling me whether you found it easy to follow, or if I moved too quickly etc. TL;DR Sorry about the wait and some of the drawings. Feedback on whether I explained this fairly complex period of diplomatic history well would be appreciated.
@sergeant_chris6209
@sergeant_chris6209 Жыл бұрын
The drawings are ok (especially the maps are really useful for these types of videos) but having historical photographs is also good and helps transmit the spirit of the age. A balance between the two would be ideal
@josephiscancelled2732
@josephiscancelled2732 Жыл бұрын
I do enjoy it. Thank yo for making this content.
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
@@sergeant_chris6209 Oh I completely agree, and I wouldn't have changed if I didn't think it necessary. The problem is whether certain images are in the public domain is quite a blurred line (some museums claim copyright for digitising them etc). Thus, where there is ambiguity I have decided to err on the side of caution.
@sergeant_chris6209
@sergeant_chris6209 Жыл бұрын
@@OldBritannia do what you will pal, the content is awesome in any case
@jayjones616
@jayjones616 Жыл бұрын
Don't be worried out the artwork and pictures too much Old Britannia! The content, commentary and history you churn out more than makes up for it. On a side note, Consul-General Baring is usually depicted in a somewhat negative fashion, it's nice to hear a more balanced view of him and not just slurs! (I think of Paxman's TV series "EMPIRE" where he referenced Baring as "Over-baring" and the main lesson garnered for the viewer was that Egyptians still to this day make a trip to the South of England to "water his grave")!
@strasbourgeois1
@strasbourgeois1 Жыл бұрын
At this point, France and the UK were lesser rivals and began to become closer, out of fear that Germany was growing quick.
@carthagecentral3893
@carthagecentral3893 Жыл бұрын
Correct, while this is story is told as a viewpoint from Britain, some of the credit for Salisbury's success should go to the French foreign minister Théophile Delcassé. He clearly understood that Germany was France's greatest danger and with that in mind he worked tirelessly to bring Britain into any form of military pact he could get them to agree with. He swallowed the bitter pill of Fashoda, suffered the anger of the French people but when the inevitable conflict with Germany came he had Britain fighting alongside his people. Bien fait!
@vedsingh6228
@vedsingh6228 Жыл бұрын
@@carthagecentral3893 and that changed history. Imagine if tirpitz hadn't taken office, or Wilhelm hadn't dismissed Bismarck. Pax Europa would have lasted for at least a century more
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
@@vedsingh6228 perhaps
@mrbritannia3833
@mrbritannia3833 Жыл бұрын
@@vedsingh6228 It is definitely plausible but we shall never know.
@strasbourgeois1
@strasbourgeois1 11 ай бұрын
@@Winston.S.Churchill Once Germany had formed, it was a continental power in every single metric. Their population of over 40 million surpassed the continental populations of all but one nation; Russia. Russia was already a backwards state though. Adding onto this, Germany had huge reserves of coal and iron, most on the continent. So it was a matter of time before they would become THE industrial hegemon, and they did in about two decades or so. They carried with them a very conservative and militarist tradition, so they arguably had the strongest military on the continent, and a rapidly growing navy. They were just better in everything.
@yorktown99
@yorktown99 Жыл бұрын
It's the mark of an ace historian to be able to pull the audience back in time and show events as they were understood by the principle actors of the day. It restores the sense of agency at work and gets away from more deterministic (and boring) ways of presenting history.
@Dave_Lad
@Dave_Lad Жыл бұрын
This channel is one of my favorite history ones , enough detail it feels well researched but not heavy enough to feel like a lecture. Good stuff
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Thank you, very glad you’re enjoying the videos.
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
The history of the diplomacy is both fascinating and exciting, often on par with learning about the surrounding or even absent direct conflicts. I love learning more about it, great channel!
@Wn9618
@Wn9618 Жыл бұрын
Quickly becoming one of my favourite channels - this is another great one. Love the editing and illustrations! Excellent scope and focus as well
@jameswebb4171
@jameswebb4171 Жыл бұрын
I’m fascinated by your videos, love to keep coming back to them!
@oliverkearney
@oliverkearney Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, as always, I hope you gain many many more subscribers in the coming months, you definitely deserve it👍
@Zanator1
@Zanator1 Жыл бұрын
You deserve more views. Your content is so well made and detailed. Brilliant addition to the KZbin history sphere.
@nathanjames3102
@nathanjames3102 Жыл бұрын
Another brilliant watch 👏🏻 They're always very well done. Keep up the good work 👍🏻😊🇬🇧
@dr.nihilus2632
@dr.nihilus2632 Жыл бұрын
Really great video mate. But soon as you mentioned the road to Cairo like that, I was instantly reminded of the song "Night boat to Cairo," so that' like +100 points on its own!
@tyronejones5639
@tyronejones5639 Жыл бұрын
The word underrated is overused but this channel is UNDERRATED
@nord_anon4406
@nord_anon4406 Жыл бұрын
I love learning new things, thank you for the great content!
@tk8i367
@tk8i367 Жыл бұрын
Favourite historical channel right now. Edit : really underrated channel and how you only got 18k subs ???? You definitely deserve more bro
@Harrys-History
@Harrys-History Жыл бұрын
NICE! I'd love to see more videos on this, maybe showing the Scramble for Africa from the point of view of the other nations, perhaps? Also, super interesting how close Britain came, during this period, to almost facing a massive coalition of enemies. Diplomacy has been often overlooked in history, so it's great to see it start to come to life.
@carlos-ju7ce
@carlos-ju7ce Жыл бұрын
Sure... gunboat diplomacy is 5*!
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
So true
@ZPheenix
@ZPheenix 9 ай бұрын
@@carlos-ju7ce american spotted
@abarry6871
@abarry6871 Жыл бұрын
Love the video! I never knew that the Scramble for Africa started out in the way it did. One comment I did have is that I felt that the music was a tad too loud compared to the commentary, but that is just nitpicking and the video was amazing!
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. And yes I completely agree on the music. Audio is the aspect of video making I'm still fiddling with to try and strike the right balance. Thank you very much of the feedback, very glad you enjoyed the video.
@firestriker119
@firestriker119 Жыл бұрын
Another great video on this great channel, love your videos.
@georgios_5342
@georgios_5342 Жыл бұрын
I feel you explained the subject very well. I really liked this and feel it's a unique style of historical narration
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@alejo7365
@alejo7365 Жыл бұрын
I love this videos about geopolitics and diplomacy of The Empire
@elliot6463
@elliot6463 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful work on a less well known subject.
@winstonchurchill586
@winstonchurchill586 Жыл бұрын
Keep grinding your channel will grow, amazing videos with good information.
@deputycream671
@deputycream671 Жыл бұрын
I always love watching your videos, with such incredible quality and information. How do you make your maps in each respective video? Do you use a dedicated mapping program, or Adobe Premier, or something in that vein? Thank you for making such great content!
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. No I literally just use Photoshop to make the maps, then premier pro to edit. I learnt by using Dr Ludwig’s tutorial (available on YT). After that just trial and error and taking inspiration from other map styles until I found one I like.
@deputycream671
@deputycream671 Жыл бұрын
@@OldBritannia Thank you for the insight, I've been thinking of starting a history channel to help people study the subject, so having that as a skill sure does help. Thank you for the reply, it really does means a lot :D. Keep up the good work!
@micahistory
@micahistory Жыл бұрын
very interesting, I never actually knew what Britain's plans for the Scramble for Africa had really been and why they played out the way that they did
@BrokenOlive
@BrokenOlive Жыл бұрын
You can hate the person or country at the time but you gotta respect the strategic maneuvering the guy did. Damn.
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@richardcleveland8549
@richardcleveland8549 Жыл бұрын
I've been an admirer of Lord Salisbury for over thirty years, ever since reading Barbara Tuchman's brilliant book, "The Proud Tower: The World before the War, 1890-1914," the precursor to "The Guns of August." More recently, I read Andrew Roberts' exhaustive biography of Salisbury, a fine work. "Proud Tower" opens with Salisbury's assumption of power in 1895: "The last government in the Western world to possess all the trappings of aristocracy in working condition took office in Great Britain in the spring of 1895." The chapter is headed "The Aristocrats," and it's well-named. A brilliant man, fluent speaker of French, vacationer in France, and adept at getting along with the French - Salisbury paved the way for the later rapprochement with France. Many thanks for the video; it does you credit.
@tryingmybest206
@tryingmybest206 Жыл бұрын
Have you considered his contributions to British atrocities through his acts?
@tryingmybest206
@tryingmybest206 Жыл бұрын
Do you consider that through admiring him you also admire massacres, genocide, concentration camps and the establishment of institutions that would doom several countries in Africa for centuries?
@GlizzyGoblin757
@GlizzyGoblin757 Жыл бұрын
@@tryingmybest206 cope more
@GlizzyGoblin757
@GlizzyGoblin757 Жыл бұрын
@@tryingmybest206 If anything that makes him more admirable
@eoghanchisolm346
@eoghanchisolm346 Жыл бұрын
@@GlizzyGoblin757 aren't you so cool and edgy
@gjfjfk
@gjfjfk Жыл бұрын
British Somaliland was a underated colony it wasn't resource rich but it was in the forefront of the busiest shipping lanes that connected the empire from East to West.
@gabrielvicuna9734
@gabrielvicuna9734 Жыл бұрын
For some reason, British diplomacy has been historically brilliant. They've averted so many damaging wars
@bequemjoe
@bequemjoe Жыл бұрын
I really love the style of this video!
@samreynolds9436
@samreynolds9436 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Well done.
@The_Deztro
@The_Deztro Жыл бұрын
How do you only have 15k subs? I thought you'd have a least a few 100k. Really good quality videos can't wait to see more.
@eh3575
@eh3575 Жыл бұрын
Hi, mate. Sorry, but can I ask what happened with the first Salisbury video? I can't find it anywhere and it was really good. I was going to watch it again but oh well. Anyway great work as always. Your channel is amazing, keep it up!
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Apologies, didn’t know for certain if everything was in the Creative Commons etc. so decided I’d err on the side of caution now the channel’s monetised. Will redo it at some point.
@Imperial_Lions
@Imperial_Lions Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video mate!
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
@StoicHistorian
@StoicHistorian Жыл бұрын
I really like the side map of Europe, great video as always.
@oakleymakela2408
@oakleymakela2408 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video
@jussu0979
@jussu0979 Жыл бұрын
wow u have 15k subs now i was ur 81 subscriber keep this up!
@TheRedKing247
@TheRedKing247 Жыл бұрын
Hey, great video on a not often talked about subject. What was the music you used btw?
@sekeriyasharif6593
@sekeriyasharif6593 Жыл бұрын
Incredible video I have watched. Would love to see you make a video on Benjamin Disraeli. Feel like his premiership was a interesting time for Britain
@davidcunningham2074
@davidcunningham2074 7 ай бұрын
a consistently good channel
@alexanderlee5669
@alexanderlee5669 Жыл бұрын
'A cause that just happened to be a mutual distain of England' some things never change haha
@historatorpolitics7661
@historatorpolitics7661 Жыл бұрын
Will you do another series on a historical empire such as your videos on the British and German empires?
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Austria and Russia I have planned yes.
@historatorpolitics7661
@historatorpolitics7661 Жыл бұрын
@@OldBritannia Nice
@Agent-cz9rj
@Agent-cz9rj Жыл бұрын
Salisbury one of Britains great Prime Ministers a remarkable man who kept the peace with England staying isolated from the rest of Europe. At that time when he was Prime Minister And Foreign Secretary in Office his Foreign Policy was Splendid Isolate from 1885 - 1902.
@ziptink1710
@ziptink1710 Жыл бұрын
The English servile streak still going strong well into the 21st century. Gross.
@samdaniels2
@samdaniels2 Жыл бұрын
England =/= Britain
@DogeOfWar
@DogeOfWar Жыл бұрын
Commenting for algo love your vids mate
@andiep7036
@andiep7036 Жыл бұрын
Hello, what is the name of the song/score used over the first 2 mins? Great video also
@JohnDoe-oo2vw
@JohnDoe-oo2vw Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@dimitriosdrossidis9633
@dimitriosdrossidis9633 Жыл бұрын
It's a little bit funny to think how many different aspects played into each other. For example the reason why Bismarck positioned germany for Britain, was because his foreign policy consistently was to try and isolate the french, while the demand of colonies in Africa and Asia, were something he consistently tried to fight against only to give into these demands, once he needed the political support in his own country. And funnily enough the ending of fashoda incident and the resulting convention gave rise to many woes in the German empire, which ultimately resulted in the first moroccan crisis that left the germans politically isolated.
@TheShadowwarrior80
@TheShadowwarrior80 Жыл бұрын
That was more because kaiser Wilhelm quickly undid all of Bismarck's foreign works with his own bullheadedness.
@greencoatt
@greencoatt 11 ай бұрын
love the humor on this channel. based. more German history too? 🙏
@saimalishahid1406
@saimalishahid1406 Жыл бұрын
Always wondered the Britain won big even in Africa. Thanks for the video.
@saimalishahid1406
@saimalishahid1406 Жыл бұрын
edit: how the British*
@edmundironside9435
@edmundironside9435 Жыл бұрын
Do you plan to do a separate video on Cecil Rhodes?
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Eventually yes, though it wont be for a bit.
@hugocampbell9209
@hugocampbell9209 Жыл бұрын
How about videos on the East African squadron and Charles Gordon? Keep up the good work
@noaccount4
@noaccount4 Жыл бұрын
Noice. I just started reading The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Packenham, so seeing this video pop up now is very good timing
@MonsieurDean
@MonsieurDean Жыл бұрын
Was recently introduced to your channel by a commentor on my own. The quality is really quite excellent.
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Ah thank you, an honour to have such a large channel that I have watched over the years say this.
@redaefast
@redaefast Жыл бұрын
What soundtrack accompanied this? Would go for a great war sound track in a Civ game
@duolingo0552
@duolingo0552 Жыл бұрын
This is great
@forthrightgambitia1032
@forthrightgambitia1032 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought of doing a videos on the diplomacy of the Polish Partitions 1772-1795, the 1878 Congress of Berlin and the 1912-13 London Conference?
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Yes, I’d like to get round to all of them at some point.
@mrbritannia3833
@mrbritannia3833 Жыл бұрын
They would be very interesting.
@ashleyburns6752
@ashleyburns6752 Жыл бұрын
What software do you use to make these videos?
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Premier Pro to edit. Photoshop to make the maps/graphics.
@oliverrevis4190
@oliverrevis4190 Жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see the scramble of Africa from France in another video
@philipebbrell2793
@philipebbrell2793 Жыл бұрын
It puts the seceding of Heligoland into perspective. Something I have thought a great strategic mistake.
@theylivewesleep.5139
@theylivewesleep.5139 Жыл бұрын
The description you gave of Lord Salisbury is basically: ‘Nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humour…’
@erikthehalfabee6234
@erikthehalfabee6234 Жыл бұрын
Strong diplomacy, thanks for the vid. Could you at least include though next time that this whole scramble was terrible for native African people?
@alexzero3736
@alexzero3736 Жыл бұрын
In the duck tales animated series , Gladstone is the luckiest ever duck.
@benshiotsu8553
@benshiotsu8553 5 ай бұрын
This guy has hilarious deadpan jokes. "Concerned they may miss out on their own patch of barren desert."😂
@jackdiamond5340
@jackdiamond5340 Жыл бұрын
A little known fact about Lord Salisbury is that he made a wicked steak.
@patrickols
@patrickols 2 ай бұрын
He really had no choices, his political career was at steak
@eternalthor4967
@eternalthor4967 Жыл бұрын
Can you make a comparison video between the British Empire and the USA at its peak ?
@Saleh-994
@Saleh-994 Жыл бұрын
Have you considered making a video on enoch powell? He was such an interesting and fascinating man, yet all he is remembered for today is his "rivers of blood" speech. Though to be honest, that might be the wrong move if you were planning to vastly increase you viewer base. If I may ask, have read the biography simon heffer wrote on him?
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Is Heffer’s biography any good? The only book of his I’ve read is ‘Age of Decadence’. But I couldn’t even make it a quarter of the way through it was so crammed with trivial analysis and obvious platitudes. I’ll give it a go at some point if you recommend.
@Saleh-994
@Saleh-994 Жыл бұрын
@@OldBritannia I was kind of hoping you would be the one to tell if it's any good.. I have looked for biographies on enoch and as far as I can tell his is the only one, so I don't really have a choice. I've ordered it about a month ago but it hasn't arrived, when it does and I read it I'll make shore to come to you with my opinion.
@Hannodb1961
@Hannodb1961 Жыл бұрын
I love these maps. Ironically, the one power that the French and Brittish feared the most to upset the balance of power in Africa, was also the one power that ultimately caused them to loose everything. Without the world wars, Africa would in all likelihood still be under colonial domination.
@franzjoseph1837
@franzjoseph1837 Жыл бұрын
Lolo highly doubtful European grip on Africa was only due to local elites collaboration and the use of local troops to control the population. If it was no longer viable or politically useful those same elites and local troops would turn on the Europeans especially as they took more native land and further impoverished the masses. This whole affair was a mad man's idea.
@Hannodb1961
@Hannodb1961 Жыл бұрын
@@franzjoseph1837 Colonialism in Africa was build on the myth of European invincibility. The World wars shattered that myth, and as a result, the natives in the colonies were more willing to rise up against their colonial masters. At the same time, the colonial masters were bankrupt, and no longer had any appetite for further war. Plus the new superpowers were anti colonialism.
@franzjoseph1837
@franzjoseph1837 Жыл бұрын
@@Hannodb1961 indeed. WW1 was inevitable once the scramble for colonies began in the 15th century. A ambition to control the world between regional powers always ends in tears and the blood of the conquered and conquerors alike.
@ken3243
@ken3243 Жыл бұрын
they still are bro especially by the french
@jonataspereira1691
@jonataspereira1691 Жыл бұрын
France still controls parts of africa although unofficially now.
@sunlynnhatchett3983
@sunlynnhatchett3983 Жыл бұрын
Bad mic, good vid.
@qliphalpuzzle5453
@qliphalpuzzle5453 Жыл бұрын
Interesting discussion on a man with many layers, most being less than admirable but still connected to the wider geopolitical situation that still lingers as a horrid revenant to this day. Even tho he was a gentry politician which means I already despise him, a good detailed video still keeps me listening
@chrisyuri4187
@chrisyuri4187 Жыл бұрын
Hey, would you do a podcast or discussion with "whatifalthist"? you both got the same calm temperament so would be very interesting to see a genuine discussion about one of your topics.
@edwardhubbard5425
@edwardhubbard5425 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know whether my previous comment was deleted my old Britannia about KZbin. I just wanted to ask why you had included a picture showing the Marquess of Salisbury as a black man. Other than that, I like the channel.
@harrynewiss4630
@harrynewiss4630 9 ай бұрын
Wow, how we could do with a PM like Lord Salisbury now.
@Thurnmourer
@Thurnmourer Жыл бұрын
Ah, yes. Empire. Good.
@giovannirivoira5496
@giovannirivoira5496 10 ай бұрын
Lord Salisbury.a political Giant!
@nurlatifahmohdnor8939
@nurlatifahmohdnor8939 4 ай бұрын
Page 384 Nassau County opened a museum at Salisbury, N. Y., to tell about its own region.
@nurlatifahmohdnor8939
@nurlatifahmohdnor8939 4 ай бұрын
Exhibits traced the story from geologic times.
@johnnotrealname8168
@johnnotrealname8168 4 ай бұрын
The greatest Prime-Minister of the 20th Century. Sad how Portugal had to concede so much and odd how much Belgium was given (King Leopold II really.). It would set the scene for the radicalisation of Irish politics though.
@megaton6023
@megaton6023 Жыл бұрын
Seems like the province of Britannia is doing pretty well
@sidjoosin6549
@sidjoosin6549 Жыл бұрын
I think in order to fix Britain's erratic finances someone gonna occupy Isles and secure his position there, their homeland gonna be someone's interest
@sebbensebbenandsebben691
@sebbensebbenandsebben691 Жыл бұрын
Love it. Let's hope his statue in Hertfordshire will not be removed due to "muh colonialism"
@CartoonHistory
@CartoonHistory Жыл бұрын
I dont think most people realise just how much outside influence modern African nations have had to endure. And indeed how much of their current political and cultural climate is a result of it.
@harrynewiss4630
@harrynewiss4630 9 ай бұрын
excuses excuses. All countries round the world have experienced lots of outside influences.
@omerpasa3328
@omerpasa3328 Жыл бұрын
We should have been one of them ..
@alexzero3736
@alexzero3736 Жыл бұрын
Why occupation if Egypt by Britain met so small reaction? The SUEZ is here, the shortest way to India and Asia ever!
@Rocinante2300
@Rocinante2300 Жыл бұрын
Salisbury’s steak of Africa
@georgios_5342
@georgios_5342 Жыл бұрын
My Βασιλεύς, your empire will return
@eternalthor4967
@eternalthor4967 Жыл бұрын
Who dominated more World USA or British Empire ?
@Agent-cz9rj
@Agent-cz9rj Жыл бұрын
The British Empire of course.
@kordellswoffer1520
@kordellswoffer1520 Жыл бұрын
Is this really a question.
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
It really depends what you mean.
@Romergreg17
@Romergreg17 11 ай бұрын
is it a coincidence the country colours correspond to those in hoi4? :D
@pickle4422
@pickle4422 Жыл бұрын
I mean Britain didn’t just win the scramble for Africa… they won the scramble for the world.
@ralphbernhard1757
@ralphbernhard1757 Жыл бұрын
In the end they got "scrambled" themselves... "What actually occurred was that Britain and other countries became hopelessly indebted to the United States once again (edit: during World War 2) ... *“We have profited by our past mistakes,” announced Roosevelt in a speech delivered on September 3, 1942. “This time we shall know how to make full use of victory.” This time the U.S. Government would conquer its allies in a more enlightened manner, by demanding economic concessions of a legal and political nature instead of futilely seeking repayment of its wartime loans (of World War 1).* The new postwar strategy sought and secured foreign markets for U.S. exports, and new fields for American investment capital in Europe’s raw materials producing colonial areas. Despite Roosevelt’s assurances to the contrary, Britain was compelled, under the Lend-Lease agreements and the terms of the first great U.S. postwar loan to Britain, to relinquish Empire Preference and to open all its markets to U.S. competition, at a time when Britain desperately needed these markets as a means by which to fund its sterling debt. Most important of all, Britain was forced to unblock its sterling and foreign-exchange balances built up by its colonies and other Sterling Area countries during the wartime years. Instead of the Allied Powers as a whole bearing the costs of these wartime credits to British Empire countries, they would be borne by Britain itself. Equally important, they would not be used as “blocked” balances that could be used only to buy British or other Sterling Area exports, but would be freed to purchase exports from any nation. Under postwar conditions this meant that they would be used in large part to purchase U.S. exports." (page 115/116) "By relinquishing its right to block these balances, Britain gave up its option, while enabling the United States to make full use of its gold stock as the basis for postwar lending to purchased generalized (primarily U.S.) exports. *At a stroke, Britain’s economic power was broken. What Germany as foe had been unable to accomplish in two wars against Britain, the United States accomplished with ease as its ally."* (Page 117) "Furthermore, under the terms on which it joined the International Monetary Fund, Britain could not devalue the pound sterling so as to dissipate the foreign-exchange value of these balances. Its liability thus was maximized - and so was America’s gain from the pool of liquidity that these balances now represented." ("Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire." -- Michael Hudson, 2nd edition 2003) In case that seems a bit technical, here is the "nutshell version": Just like the bank takes your house if you don't pay up in the real world, the British Empire was run into the ground by the "best friends" USA, who stole the Empire's markets; hidden behind a whole lot of "technical jargon", thereby taking the means London had to pay its debts. A suitable micro level example would be the bank having an eye on your house, then making sure you get fired so you can't pay your debt. On the macro level the term is "debt trap diplomacy", and on the (privatized) propaganda level the means is "projection: accuse somebody else of being something which one is oneself", and that "being" has started waaaaaay earlier as a matter of own policy. A "debt trap" the Allies walked into after 1916, after they had spent all their own money, and squeezed as much out of their colonies as they could get away with, but refused to come to terms at the negotiating table: another factor usually associated with the Central Powers. After both World Wars, the crowds understandably cheered the end of the war... *Meanwhile as the crowds cheered, in the background, big daddy USA ate up the British Empire and turned it into the junior associate power.* Where are all the BBC documentaries informing the public about these postwar events?
@JackTheSlayer-ok5eq
@JackTheSlayer-ok5eq Жыл бұрын
Hello
@oliversherman2414
@oliversherman2414 Жыл бұрын
An empty patch of land: *Exists* Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Ottoman Turkey in the 19th century: It's free real estate
@ithallosiqueira7914
@ithallosiqueira7914 8 ай бұрын
Saying no to the Portiguese "pink map" would result on the end of the Bragança's monarchy, ending its only thing that maintained Portugal of destrying itself in a civil war, thing that would occur multiple times till the consolidation of power of Mr. Salazar in the 1930's. Still, the Brits call the Portuguese their "allies."
@hugocampbell9209
@hugocampbell9209 Жыл бұрын
How about a video on lord Salisbury?
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Will get round to revamping my old one on him at some point.
@explodingwolfgaming8024
@explodingwolfgaming8024 Жыл бұрын
Commenting 4 algorithm
@jamesruscheinski8602
@jamesruscheinski8602 Жыл бұрын
decentralize choice
@catmonarchist8920
@catmonarchist8920 Жыл бұрын
Was it really a victory given the lack of value extracted and the resentment that lasts to this day? Egypt was worth it but the rest?
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
Probably an assessment Salisbury would agree with. Point is not pushing forward the claims of Rhodes etc. would have led to a public outcry, something Salisbury was consistently pessimistic about. Specific areas like East Africa were certainly needed for strategic reasons (controlling the source of the Nile etc.), and the Western regions needed for trading purposes, though even here Salisbury was willing to give more than he ended up doing. The south though is a completely different matter.
@christopher9727
@christopher9727 Жыл бұрын
John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
@ryanoconnell1905
@ryanoconnell1905 Жыл бұрын
This video is ridiculously overly harsh on Gladstone. Seems you've a bone to pick.
@OldBritannia
@OldBritannia Жыл бұрын
On the contrary, I think Gladstone is probably the most fascinating figure in the Victorian Age. But his diplomacy in that second ministry was just horrendous. I can criticise specific policies without having 'a bone to pick' with somebody's entire political career.
@amorosogombe9650
@amorosogombe9650 7 ай бұрын
Europeans have really kept Africa busy. Still not over either. France Afrique, Wagner, the madness continues. Goddamn.
@kkupsky6321
@kkupsky6321 Күн бұрын
Can you call the UK pm premier? Premiere? Premiership is synonymous with prime minister?
@EnemyAtom65
@EnemyAtom65 Жыл бұрын
Well you see, when you're already the strongest, nobody can really stop you from becoming stronger... video explained in one sentence.
@sloth19938
@sloth19938 Жыл бұрын
it strikes me how history hasn't changed much, regarding the invasion of egypt, the only thing that's different is that it's the US that's doing these things now.
@AdmiralBonetoPick
@AdmiralBonetoPick 11 күн бұрын
Next video: Salisbury's steak.
@ddc2957
@ddc2957 Жыл бұрын
How times change. Now Africas winning the scramble for Europe.
@enoch4619
@enoch4619 Жыл бұрын
You haven’t seen anything yet we’re just getting started, technology allows you to do things you’ve never seen before
@IK_MK
@IK_MK Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@erikthehalfabee6234
@erikthehalfabee6234 Жыл бұрын
Nonsense,
@prod.natejalo1122
@prod.natejalo1122 Жыл бұрын
who’s chopping off the euros hands and work them to death? the right wing is a bunch of pussies lmfao
@crocodileguy4319
@crocodileguy4319 Жыл бұрын
Moron
@ralphbernhard1757
@ralphbernhard1757 Жыл бұрын
For the British Empire, the roughly quarter of a century following around the late-19th century, and all of such "chest thumping victories" as presented in docs like these, were in reality nails in the coffin of the British Empire. *The Lordships were blind with regards to the big picture unfolding.* The following essay will explain how first London, and then Washington DC used mainly divide and rule/conquer strategies at key watershed moments throughout history in order to effect world domination, mainly facilitated by a geographical advantage. Unlike conventional wisdom suggests, such policies were not only implemented in overseas territories and colonies, but were indeed also used against the continental European powers, within the limitations of the power balance at any given time in history. In order to first become and then later stay the world hegemon, distance coupled with a financial and technological edge, were converted into political means (policies) by London power players. Up to the early-20th century, these realities gave London that slight edge over their continental rivals which were already divided due to a variety of reasons. As time progressed and war ravaged Europe in the first half of the 20th century, technology advanced further, so that the geographical advantage once enjoyed by London, passed over to the USA and Washington DC's power players. After World War 2 the multipolar world up to the 19th century turned bipolar, then unipolar as the Cold War ended or the systems morphed. Historically, European conflicts between systems based on structurally similar dynasties, turned into a struggle between ideologically different systems. Rather than the previous limited wars up to the early-20th century, wars then became total. The different systems tended to strive to overpower, marginalize, integrate or destroy other conflicting systems if symbioses was not possible. The key to success here, and the novelty of the theory presented, was that the core means employed were strategies resembling divide and rule/conquer. The systems which had the geographical advantage, either allied with, beguiled, befriended or otherwise favored other systems if useful for own gain. What set these loose alliances of friendships or ententes apart from other systems which also united, was a lack of obligation to react in any specific way during times of crises or wars. The distinct advantage of geography being that those with such a competitive advantage would not have to fear an existencial threat to the own systems and could be more bold in international relations, or delaying actions in crises or wars until a favorable point on the timeline, based on the technological standpoint humanity had reached at the point in time. It will be proposed that such divide and rule strategies were in fact standing London policies, disguised by careful use of language in policies. Since the logic of balanced powers to avoid great wars was widely accepted within the framework of the Concert of Europe, no other capital city seemed to have noticed or objected. Rather than aiding relative peace, which persisted in most of Europe for around a century after 1815, London's policy standpoint as sole "balancer of powers", resulted in an ever greater risk of a total war of the systems. At the core of Europe, these older continental European systems grew in extent and power in the leadup to 1914, under constant stress in efforts to balance power due to the fact that land borders resulted in more exposure to danger from a neighboring system: placing continental powers in a situation of a relative geographical disadvantage while engaging in crises or wars. While London could always find a power to temporarily ally with on the continent, the reverse was not possible (on Britain), because the UK had achieved an early unification process. The "decider" would always be London. Continental powers therefore faced the geographically disadvantageous locations with regards to expansive aims. This was directly opposed to faraway systems which had the geographical advantage of distance from this core of the Old World. Few seemed to have noticed the potential for MAD as time passed. Due to her geographical advantage, and at London's sole discretion, the "balancer" London stood aloof. The technological standpoint at the time meant she was detached from all danger to the own heartland which was England. A role which was guarded by the Royal Navy. London was the "sole divider and sole decider of wars". That eventually lead to the unintentional end of European world rule and domination, including their own. It was a careful use of language which meant that most of the above did not need to be kept hidden, but the words used indeed reveal a standing policy of "divide et impera". In fact, most of it happened out in the open, in newspaper articles, treaties, conferences, political summits, etc. and for all current witnesses to observe and study because just like today, it is possible to drive multiple policies in parallel. Most observers simply did not recognize the events for what they were, or they noticed and considered the status quo as a meritocracy or a well-deserved own right, or they did not pay attention. Distinct systems with many similarities and many differences employing strategies as a way to achieve greater gain for the own system. The theory comes in two parts, that of 1) divide and rule, in which case the dividing power is actually in a position to exploit an imbalance in power, to impose a ruling on another side by ensuring the continued rift between opposing systems, and the more common 2) divide and gain, where the power intent on creating an advantage for its own system, has to suffice with splitting potential unity in the making apart, but lacks sufficient power to impose a ruling. Divide and rule/conquer is revealed by events. Unlike human beings, *events* don't lie, steal, or kill. *Unlike human beings, events which are proven to have happened, and are not disputed to have occured, do not deceive, manipulate, or "tweak" the own perceived "truths" in order to generate positive feelings in a flurry of "99% ancillary details", which then distorts vision...*
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