History's Forgotten World Wars

[@Weavileiscool]

The Seven year war truly was just as broadly fought as the actual world wars and for that reason I call it world war zero

[@SignoreGalilei]

You wouldn't be the only one!

[@vapordreams983]

Gulf War was just Boxer Rebellion 2

[@danielquinonez2735]

9 years war (world war -1)

[@felixnimo]

The Seven Years War was not nearly as devastating as the two World Wars, that's probably why it's not counted as one.

[@CoburnSawyer]

@@vapordreams983how?

[@cesruhf2605]

I like how France and Britain are never left out of every war

[@SignoreGalilei]

Yeah, they just found every reason to fight I guess

[@kenzo5096]

Always those mf in a gang fight

[@imfinishedgrinding638]

Always has and always been ready to throw hands

[@bachtruongson9408]

I've always considered the Seven Years' War as World War Zero but I've never even heard about the Nine Years' War!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Nice! Glad I could help you learn something extra.

[@fehervari98]

For the 9 Years' War, you could have mentioned the Holy League's simultaneously ongoing war against the Ottomans, the so-called "Great Turkish War".

[@SignoreGalilei]

Yeah, there was definitely some overlap there - could have been good to mention.

[@A-Clear_View]

145th like

[@samueljay4632]

Good point - the English actually put out a propaganda pamphlet called ‘the most Christian Turk’ attacking Louis for supporting the Ottomans. The Great Northern War was also contemporaneous with the War of the Spanish Succession.

[@hlibushok]

This is probably the only channel on KZbin I know of that I would describe as "criminally underrated".

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks! It means a lot that people appreciate what I am doing here.

[@easytiger6570]

Someone call the rate police

[@OscarDirlwood]

Being unknown and overshadowed doesn't mean you're underrated

[@indigozsn]

Looks like the Dutch were involved in all but one of the global wars you mentioned Great vid keep up the good work

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks! Yeah, the Dutch were a major factor in this era, especially colonially.

[@marienkijne]

2 if you count WW1, where the Dutch for some reason managed to stay neutral

[@sixty2612]

Interesting how despite involvement from countries worldwide in modern wars, the actual fighting is pretty much contained in one country or region. Vietnam, Korea, Ukraine, anything the US did in the Middle East, Palestine, etc all have financial/supply backers from all over on both sides, but warfare very contained. Exceptions being the occasional extremist attack in Europe or the US.

[@SignoreGalilei]

I do wonder if it's because of Mutually Assured Destruction - the world powers can't commit their own soldiers against each other, so they only fund proxy wars.

[@Tethloach1]

Extremist attacks happen in: USA Europe Russia India East Asia Africa (west/east) Middle East Immune from extremist attacks: Latin America North Korea

[@sixty2612]

@@Tethloach1 ok

[@cardozoluciano9479]

​@@Tethloach1a common mistake, but we in Argentina had at least 2 major terrorist attacks during the 90' believed to be from Hezbollah, probably having the largest Jewish population in Latin America had something to do with it.

[@alveolate]

@@SignoreGalileiwhen do we start mentioning Pax Americana and the military-industrial complex?

[@mogyesz9]

Quality choice of topic, keep up the great work!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks!

[@TallyhoJrIV]

I was looking for this exact answer to if there were any wars before ww1 that could be considered world wars! Great video!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks! Glad I could answer your question.

[@scottanos9981]

IN 1814 WE TOOK A LITTLE TRIP, ALONG WITH COLONEL JACKSON DOWN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIP.

[@SignoreGalilei]

Gotta appreciate that the biggest US victory of the war happened after the treaty was signed (but before the news reached Jackson, of course).

[@scottanos9981]

@@SignoreGalilei Packenham had no clue either. It would've saved the Scots Guard lives otherwise!

[@deadchannelnowatch]

WE TOOK A LIL BACON AND WE TOOK A LIL BEANS

[@yanajaartandanimalchannel4884]

⁠😢. Surely most of you know this dark history. I was just watching a wine and champagne history video and it credited Romans with inventing the strong drinks after invading France over 2000 years ago. I thought must’ve been more wars I’m not familiar with, because I didn’t know that happened. They also said something about them mining for minerals and fertilizers. I feel like some information is being omitted and history has been distorted forsake of “Peace”. I think we all would agree lies are Evil, no matter what your moral foundation is built from. Consequences result from those lies and sometimes that can be very dangerous, even cause harm.

[@yanajaartandanimalchannel4884]

It’s all equal. Lies,murder, greed, theft, what have you, are various forms of the same thing.

[@sethleoric2598]

I personally think the Thirty Years war and the early modern period are very much underrated, a lot of things we associate with the medieval period (probably) actually happened way more and were more apparent during the early modern period because of that war (and i'm including the second half of the 15th century) it's also fucking hilarious that it started as a religious war and ended with multiple states of all kinds duking it out and the begginings of Europe becoming a land of proper nations with set territory and borders and all the wonderful things that would happen because of it!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Definitely - there was an Alternate History Hub video about it recently. It's a major part of world history that sort of gets glossed over, especially in schools.

[@Fhadul]

the thirty years' war is the reason why the holy roman empire couldn't become a nation

[@YAH2121]

Excellent topic and well-presented. Subbed!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks for the sub! Hope you enjoy!

[@theepicosity]

very good video! i honestly wouldn't have considered the american revolutionary war to be a world war, but learning about the fighting in india did make me rethink this. as for world wars after ww2, i think there is a pretty good argument to consider the cold war as such, since it occured all over the globe (korea, vietnam, cuba, and even afghanistan) and how it has similar idea of allies and imperialism. i could also see the argument that it isnt really a "war" in the proper sense, and that the proxy wars arent as connected as in the other world wars. personally though i wouldve liked to see it have its own section, just to learn about what regions it extended to beyond just the examples i could already list off :0

[@SignoreGalilei]

Yeah, some historians have made the argument that the cold war counts. It feels like its own thing to me, though. There's a lot of really interesting history from that era, for sure.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Cold war is ww2 but with proxy conflicts instead of direct wars

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

As someone who enjoys studying The Cold War era, I am partial to that view, as well as the view that it’s unprecedented in its uniqueness!

[@groovy3]

i actually learned something here! this is a great video!

[@chiefmonrovia6691]

The best channel is back!!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Glad to be back! Thanks!

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Very enjoyable rundown!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks for watching!

[@Tony_161]

Great Video and Great Work , Greetings ❤

[@Gingerbreadley]

I feel like the Portuguese Ottoman war should have at least gotten an honorable mention here.

[@taherbertolinirodrigues9104]

I think both the traditional world wars are called such because even if you were a non-beligerant, every aspect of life was affected by the war, the economy, diplomacy, the news, trade, scientific innovation, the topic seemed inescable unless you lived in the middle of nowhere

[@SignoreGalilei]

That makes a lot of sense. I don't know how much, say, the Napoleonic Wars had the same effect on people, but I bet there are historians who have some idea.

[@Escapee5931]

​@@SignoreGalileiYou could argue that the spread of the metric system lead to global advances in science, engineering and trade.

[@busayoking7841]

Also I just want to say that that the Mongol Conquests were also like WW0/WW-1

[@cheesecreeper3306]

WW-2

[@SignoreGalilei]

They were certainly very widespread, but as other comments have said here they might not really be a single war.

[@___________________________._]

0:37 HOLY SHIT, that is the first time I've seen someone use the correct flag (or at least not the wrong one) for Austria-Hungary :D

[@SignoreGalilei]

Glad I did it right! People seem to like using the civil ensign with the two crests on it instead. I suppose it seems more like the flag of a dual monarchy.

[@TheAurelianProject]

If you want to be real nitpicky though, he should’ve included that flag when he said Austria but then included the Hungarian flag when he said Hungary because they were for all intents and purposes separate countries, only bound together in foreign affairs.

[@easytiger6570]

Well, that's Austrian flag

[@impala100]

Love the Alex Gordon appearance at 1:45

[@EdbertWeisly]

3:07 speaking of not the only one, there are somehow 2 Dynasties that tried to destroy the Tang with a degree of Success, which is weird that it happens Twice

[@TheAurelianProject]

Using the logic of this video, that makes World War 1 actually world war 8 and world war 2 actually world war 9.

[@SignoreGalilei]

If you want to start counting at one, for sure. I think it's less confusing to keep WW1 and WW2 and just count backwards, but both work.

[@freethinkmafia1672]

I think the Thirty Years War should be *mentioned (due to the unbelievable body count) but it couldn’t be considered a world war, and I think only two of the others could really be considered WORLD Wars. War of Spanish Succession 7 Years War They both have the casualties, the high stakes, the traditional alliance structure, the 4-5 continent prerequisite, and the theoretical major outcomes that were dodged by British Victory-had France won either one of these wars they would have been possibly able to become the hegemon, especially if a Union of Crowns with Spain had been allowed to manifest.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

The Union of Crowns was not going to happen necessarily but the fear of it drove the coalition. I think the First World War was the Nine Years' War (1689-1698).

[@CrisisMoon7]

World war 1 was what got me into learning about history

[@SignoreGalilei]

I remember as a kid getting the only book from the school library about WW1. It's important history, but too often overlooked.

[@toadtheparakeet8541]

@@SignoreGalilei Unfairly overlooked, several aspects of WW1 were so much more insane than WW2 were, especially the density and intensity of fighting.

[@AndrywMarques]

The main difference to I and II world wars is that those other wars were usually fought by European countries + their colonies, but I and II had independent countries of other continents, such as USA, Japan, China and Brazil

[@schurlbirkenbach1995]

Mongolian invasions devasteted Asia from Corea till hungary.

[@EdbertWeisly]

2:18 the Avars were actually another dynasty that tried to take over the Tang but they got blown by the wind

[@bobagingo_]

dude, you are goated! keep up the good work! :3

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks! There's more on the way.

[@4L-X]

You know? WW1 and WW2 were the only where Spain didn't get into. Coincidende? I think not! Spain so underrated as always...

[@screwyjones1308]

"So underrated"? Like they didn't change the course of the world forever after colonizing America

[@sturmman100]

As I see ....WW1 was primally a clash between financial capital and industrial capital. Spain, what was left of once great imperium at this point (consider Philippines and Cuba as last nails in the coffin) did not succumb to either: Industrial hyper-production or Internacional finances. So this may be the main reason Spain was out of game...

[@4L-X]

@@sturmman100 Yes, it is one of the reasons. I always have said that on WW1 Spain wasn't aligned with Germany, neither USA, considering that both took its latest colonies outside Africa.

[@daveweiss5647]

I've always thought about this, the 8 years war was 100% a world war, the other ypu mentioned as well. The 7 uear war being dpubly ironic due to essentially being started by George Washington exceeding his orders... meaning he inadvertently created the empire on whoch the sun never sets due to the UK getting so many of it's other colonies in that war... one which could borderline be considered another World War... the Portuguese vs Ottoman Wars... they fought in Africa, India, Middle East and South East Asia and it also included up to a dozen other countries... am i teresting one to think about...

[@Nenerii]

I always seen the American revolution as a world war, glad someone else sees that

[@SignoreGalilei]

The Smithsonian's book about it (which I referenced in the description) was very convincing to me. Have you had the chance to read it?

[@Nenerii]

⁠@@SignoreGalileino, but i'll take a look 👍

[@corncake4677]

Would love to see a video about other obscure early modern wars, like the crimean war, russo-japamese war

[@rebeccawinter472]

You included Vermont in your list of the 13 colonies. Problem is it wasn’t one. On the map at 9:29 it clearly shows it wasn’t one of the 13 states at the time of confederation.

[@SignoreGalilei]

Where did I include Vermont? I don't see it on the list at 8:37. In any case, Vermont also fought against the British during the war as the Vermont Republic, but you're right it's not one of the 13.

[@deadchannelnowatch]

THANK YOU FOR USING THE CORRECT AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN FLAG

[@SignoreGalilei]

You're welcome!

[@Simjim_32]

I’d say that the seven years war was actually the first true world war as there was substantial fighting in multiple continents with World War One being the Second World War and the Second World War being the third making a trilogy.

[@HZStudios2023]

ww -2 was actually fought by the friendlies, consisting of izan germany, isntaly and jacookingutensil and the axle consisting of 50 nations i wont name. the most well known invention was the pzkpfw -6 tiger -1

[@Bruhwtf-nika]

In my opinion the napoleonic wars or the 7 year war should have been considered the First World War cuz it was a worldwide war but most of the battles were in Europe when it comes to the napoleonic wars

[@dohanddonuts5716]

Abe Simpson: I never thought it would come to this when I fought in the first World War. Lenny: First World War? Why do you keep calling it that? Abe Simpson: Oh, you'll see!

[@Zorg_Picklehelm]

So WW2 is actually WW9? How close are we to WWX? And Like Albert Einstein once said: -I do not know with which weapons WWX will be fought but WWXI will be fought with sticks and stones

[@aarontheamazing1985]

Id consider a world war a conflict that starts in one continent but spreads and influences other wars at the same time and then both wars eventually bring enough powers in to make it act like one conflict

[@akjdhajkdjhaghjkadh9804]

great video

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks!

[@squogg]

Nice video! I feel another competitor could be the Boxer Insurrection

[@primetime3422]

1:39 you forgot about the “battle” of Los Angeles

[@SignoreGalilei]

Lol. Even if it had been a real air raid though, it would still not have been a land battle.

[@primetime3422]

@@SignoreGalilei nah I’m serious kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKC8aXt_jKeGY7ssi=Ebvnux-vZ5_3j3ZE

[@user-nb2qu3pi9j]

cant wait for 8 gonna be fire af

[@jamessolana7641]

Didn’t know the war of Jenkins ear set shit off. My ancestors actually did an important

[@SignoreGalilei]

Yep, turns out it was pretty significant

[@m_4903]

what about The Crimean War ??

[@josephleebob3828]

the thirty years war kind of suffers the same problem as the war you mentioned with avars and all of the seven years war are just small navy skirmishes excluding maybe some north american wars are only intercontinental because of colonies i wouldnt really call the american war of independence a world war, napeleonic wars maybe but they are loosely connected

[@djordjeprodanovic6292]

0:43 You forgot Serbia

[@felixnimo]

9:33 | So, France went out of money because Britain went out of money. Ironic 😬💀💸

[@SignoreGalilei]

Yeah, it's certainly an irony of history

[@houselemuellan8756]

We should call WW2 WW9 unironically

[@SimonZaunerJunior]

Already ahead of you.

[@mummyenthusiast]

Video idea 💡 history's lesser known or forgotten confederacies

[@mummyenthusiast]

Or you could make/title it about America's lesser known or forgotten confederacies

[@SignoreGalilei]

Definitely could be interesting - there are some weird ones.

[@Average_cuber]

Also the Crimean war was almost renamed the world war 0

[@bluelantern5241]

What an interesting video. Usa and persia were in a war on the 1800s? England taxed the colonies because they ran out of money fighting another war? Where is catholic church in all of this? Seems like they get off easy in the blame game of war. This video makes we want to learn so much more. Great video

[@SignoreGalilei]

Thanks! I definitely encourage you to learn more. I do want to clarify that the USA and Persia weren't directly fighting each other, their wars just had some overlapping sides. As for the Catholic church, they were pretty involved in the 30 Years' War, but they were less involved in the later ones. It's a very cool and deep topic.

[@heyitsjustmejj]

Yo, new video!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Yeah! Hope you enjoy it.

[@emanule64]

I tought you had 333k subs until I took a closer look

[@SignoreGalilei]

Man, I'd love to have that many. Thanks for watching the video!

[@MrHomelessHobos]

Commenting so the algorithm will give you good tidings and figgy pudding

[@SignoreGalilei]

Hmm...maybe Max Miller from Tasting History will drop me a line

[@dstinnettmusic]

I mean, these were more like “big European wars” though. Yes, there were skirmishes in the colonies, but you didn’t see full scale warfare over the entire world in the same way the world wars did. The only thing that comes even close were the French Revolutionary Wars + Napoleonic Wars. And you know those were destructive because Metternich moved heaven and earth to make sure that never happened again, and his workings succeeded for like 100 years, but I don’t count that because it wasn’t a “singular conflict” Though this all depends on how you define a “world war”, as most people define it as a war involving all or most of the major world powers, but none of these involved China, and China was surely a World Power for most of the time period covered in this video.

[@danpierce8862]

See heres what we might not realize. People in the future might not say ww2 is actually ww2. They might actually say "that was world war 4."

[@coyote4237]

Thank you.

[@SignoreGalilei]

You're welcome!

[@TheAurelianProject]

Inb4 the Europeans start trickling in to cry about how you included the American Revolution on the list

[@louplayz752]

Still waiting for that third season

[@m.h.4144]

Always loved the 7 years war it had so much fucking influence on the whole world and saw action everywhere. I still don’t get how it’s not the 1st WW

[@SignoreGalilei]

You and Churchill both, I suppose. It was pretty wide reaching.

[@MS-gl1iw]

Also interesting how George Washington of all people helped start it

[@Vextonomy]

New sub

[@SignoreGalilei]

Welcome! Hope you enjoy.

[@maestroclassico5801]

The 7 years War should've been WW1.

[@Raadpensionaris]

Why didn't you count the Franco-Dutch War?

[@nathanbogomolny2395]

While definitely not a world war as defined, the american civil war had an international element that was arguably as important, if not more so, than these other wars.

[@SignoreGalilei]

Definitely a lot of civil wars have international elements - the Spanish Civil War comes to mind, too.

[@Federalrepublicofsprout7263]

During WWI Mexico was in Civil War and revolution which at times was a proxy conflict between Germany and the US.

[@SignoreGalilei]

That's pretty interesting stuff. Not exactly the same, but I read a fun book about WW2 in Latin America called "The Tango War" - I definitely recommend it.

[@Federalrepublicofsprout7263]

@@SignoreGalilei It just shows the actual scope of WWI. I think the border war between the US and Mexico is important because it actually would lead to Germany sending Mexico the Zimmerman telegram which brought the US into the war against Germany

[@ericmorris3948]

Hey no fair people called me stupid for pointing this out!!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Well those people need to find something better to do I guess

[@josephleebob3828]

eastern göktürk wasnt fighting the western göktürk, it only fought them when it became a tang protectorate

[@IntiNikelaos]

10:26 Pedro Domingo Murillo jumpscare

[@David-bh7hs]

What about World War Zero?

[@SignoreGalilei]

I'm counting the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars as World War 0 for this video, but others have used the term to describe the Seven Years' War.

[@andydufresnefromshawshank5866]

The reason why it’s not called a World War is because only country in Europe fight around the world and not countries around the world are fighting

[@LordysonRenesca]

Tbh "World wars" was more like Intercontinental wars.

[@SignoreGalilei]

That's fair

[@LordysonRenesca]

@@SignoreGalilei OMG you replied

[@dontcomply3976]

So, are you waiting on the first Terra-Martian war get to WW1?

[@yakumoyukari4405]

I'm glad you included all these forgotten wars but you have forgotten Crimean War

[@SignoreGalilei]

I mentioned it towards the end - it feels a little less widespread to me, given that it was only in Europe and Asia.

[@anthonyn.7379]

Only 2K views and 30 comments on a well-made video?? I'm extremely disappointed in the KZbin algorithm. 🤦‍♂ On the bright side, it was the KZbin algorithm that brought me to this video.

[@SignoreGalilei]

I'm really glad you enjoyed the video! I'm hoping it'll pick up over the next few days so more people get to see it - a few of my past videos have. There's only so much you can do though, so I try to keep my mind on the quality over the statistics.

[@carlthor91]

There will always be wars, fought over resources (people, minerals, land).

[@SignoreGalilei]

Maybe they'll never go away entirely, but we can work towards making them less frequent and less damaging.

[@carlthor91]

@@SignoreGalilei That' ts a try, problem is the bully always sees this as a weakness to be exploited. Bullies have to be stood up too, instantly, or they take it as license to carry on.

[@kikicallahan3662]

Most of the wars mentioned in this video are well known wars in history.

[@SignoreGalilei]

To people well versed in that era of history, for sure. My contention, though, is that most people (including many who watch this video) are not aware of the global scope of most of these wars.

[@biggibbs4678]

Most Americans don't know shit about history

[@TheAurelianProject]

@@biggibbs4678 As an American who actually does know shit about history I can confirm this about my fellow Americans

[@TheAurelianProject]

@varalderfreyr8438 They are the de facto government of the Gaza Strip which constitutes like half of the Palestinian population so yes

[@Vextonomy]

Cool

[@dusankazandzic401]

Problem is, the forgotten world wars weren't special as the actual ones

[@macsenpuma]

Should've done like Alternate History Hub and replaced the swastika with the KZbin logo.

[@SignoreGalilei]

Lol I love when Cody does that

[@taifromyea]

I personally define a world war as a war that has a global impact (whether that be militarily, economically or politically) not as one that has fighting all over the world; I don't think there could have been a proper world war before the globalisation of the 18th and 19th centuries

[@SignoreGalilei]

What would you say is the difference between having fighting around the world and having a global impact?

[@Dogman262]

This is broad and vague way to categorize as wars localized within two border sharing nations would have global impacts, if either side's economy has valuable exports. This would make plenty of wars before the 18th centuries especially during antiquity

[@richardthomas5362]

If World War 1 was a World War, then all the other wars you mentioned would be world wars. If the case is made that World War 1 wasn't a world war, then all the other ones, other than World War 2, would not be world wars. That is my belief.

[@TheCoder-o2d]

why allies and aliied whole world

[@SignoreGalilei]

A lot of it was the politics even more than any military reason

[@tauser10]

1848 ?

[@ChevyChase301]

Dutch Portuguese war started in 1602 so predates 30 years war and has the greatest right to “first world war”

[@SignoreGalilei]

Yeah, that's also a reasonable way of counting it. I bundled those simultaneous wars under the 30 Years' War, but it's not necessary to do so.

[@adamallen7070]

I wouldn’t consider much of these wars world wars. I think the colonies need to be directly involved. For example the Canadian and Australian involvement in both world wars aren’t seen as UK contributions despite both of them not being independent. The first and second world wars started in Europe and expanded into other continents when colonies were seized by one side or the other. The First World War is only a world war cause Japan was called up to seize German colonies. Somehow Brazil or Argentina did something and stayed out of the history books. British and German colonies also clashed in Africa while America came in last minute to save everyone thus world war. I consider the existence of colonies as extensions of the home country to be a contributing factor. I guess having Dutch and Portuguese clashing near colonies wouldn’t count if those colonies can’t do it themselves. Also I think every continent needs to be involved which is why I doubt they’ll be a proper THIRD world war since the west don’t exactly have military allies in Africa and South America. And proxy wars of pro west rebels trying to squash pro Russia governments don’t count

[@vermelhojabuticaba]

9:45 everyone's afraid of some revolution

[@kylereese2888]

Just sliding a lil baseball in there I see

[@placek7125]

3:09 ey ey ey, poland didnt join this war, it affected war indirectly and unwillingly becoase of sweden (like a year before sweden joined, they had war for Gdańsk witch they didnt really win, but truce gave them aaa looot of money from taxes on trade there), but they didnt fight

[@SignoreGalilei]

I was using the white and red flag for Bohemia - they had the same flag as Poland for a while

[@placek7125]

@@SignoreGalilei aaaa, thanks for info

[@dillonwalshpvd]

ALAS spelt with a K? I don’t think you know what alas means, that is rad

[@Wakobear.]

What about the mongol conquests? Covering eastern Europe (a bit of central too), Middle East, Sinosphere, Northern India, mainland south east asia and even as far as Java. With Mongol troops even reaching africa, via defection to Mamluk Egypt. Affecting the populations of these regions much more than the forgotten world wars mentioned. And non-european countries were probably more impacted by the mongols than by WW1 - a mainly European affair The embassies sent to the mongol capital were one of the first times Europeans met Indians and Chinese, since the roman empire. Slowly leading to a more interconnected and globalised world. And there was much population exchange. With millions of Persians being sent to China, along with many western steppe nomads like Alans and Cumans, even a few Russians. While many Chinese were sent to the middle east, partaking in the sack of Baghdad.

[@brennan_]

This is a good point, however the Mongol conquests are probably better understood as related but ultimately separate conflicts. Similarly to the 7th century war mentioned early in the video, the Jin dynasty didn't really have anything to do with the Kievan Rus' or the Abbasids on a political level in the conflicts themselves, so the Mongol invasions lack the interconnectivity of a true world war

[@SignoreGalilei]

Yeah, @brennan_ basically got why I didn't include them here - though I had considered it. The various campaigns were both politically disconnected and spread out so far in time that it didn't seem appropriate to call them one war.

[@Wakobear.]

@@SignoreGalilei Ye that's true

[@Wakobear.]

@fabianvoigtlander1042 It did include the major global super powers of the age: Song dynasty China and Delhi Sultanate. As well as Khwarezmians, Abbasids, Ayyubids/Mamluks, Rus principalities, Seljuks, Byzantines, Hungary, Poland, and HRE via incursions into the marches of Meissen and Lusatia. Also invading Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Champa, Khmer empire, Pagan and Java. The only major powers unaffected were the southern Indian kingdoms like Yadavas, the alMohads, Castile and France/Plantagenets

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@fabianvoigtlander1042sadly?

[@beneheld]

In my opinion, calling ww1 a worldwar is kinda wierd I mean, let's be honest, practically everything happened in europe, yes, the campaignes against germanys colonys took years but they we're relatively... unimportant, and yes, the ottmen were fighting in Asia mostly but in all seriousness, it was a big european war, not an real world war

[@SignoreGalilei]

That's a fair perspective. I think it makes WW1 similar to most of the earlier wars on this list, where Europe was the main focus but there were also some battles elsewhere.

[@deadheat1635]

So we've had 9 World Wars basically?

[@SignoreGalilei]

At least in terms of geographic scope, but maybe not in terms of devastation.

[@keatonhardy3297]

8:27 stonrs 9:34 les stonrs

[@SignoreGalilei]

That k does look a lot like an r

[@marym7104]

4,073th viewer of this video!

[@marym7104]

2:20

[@slibertas1996]

Stop the censoring.

[@CiderVG]

It's not his fault It's KZbin If he doesn't censor KZbin won't push it in the algorithm because they're stupid

[@SignoreGalilei]

Like others have said, it's so the video doesn't get banned in countries where it's illegal to show Nazi iconography. There are usually exceptions for educational material, but automated systems don't always take those into account.

[@marym7104]

Within 2 days!

[@SignoreGalilei]

Basically one day - I uploaded it at 10 AM EST on the 14th

[@davidelabarilemobile7094]

Well if we are gonna be so precise.... What about the second punic wars???? In which all the world important players at time were involved (expect china because It was too afar....) So... Could It be counted as world War Number negative 5????

[@SignoreGalilei]

I think the Second Punic War was really just the important players in the central and Western Mediterranean - Ptolemaic Egypt wasn't even involved, much less China (as you mentioned) or, say, the Zapotec.

[@easytiger6570]

​@@SignoreGalileiThe Zapotec were barely involved in WW2 Either