The History of Western Europe: Every Year

[@TheGeneral1292]

At 5:13, in the year 1871, legend says that, if you listen carefully, you can almost hear the cries of joy uttered by a thousand cartographers...

[@superstructure23]

why is that?

[@Bazsi6089]

Small german states going away.

[@superstructure23]

Of course. Cheers

[@Computertypad]

You still had all the states actually...but united ofc and practically ruled by prussia...

[@Bazsi6089]

I meant as in they werent their own country anymore and didnt appear on (most) maps.

[@aeroxlm]

0:36 what the teachers give you 3:11 what is actually on the test

[@disguysaysda4708]

This is my school

[@Kromiball]

*JAPANESE SYMBOL FOR BEGINNER*

[@21y15]

@@Kromiball or any asian language

[@Pidalin]

exactly :-D

[@davifonseca.a.m7442]

4:32 what actually the test really is

[@hudson1714]

4:58 Napoléon joined the game

[@orepainium8584]

5:03 Napoléon has left the game

[@baumi8805]

5:27 Adolf Hitler joined the game

[@robertrobski1013]

@@holius1 no he don't he live in Argentina

[@Joseph_417]

4:58 when you play Conflict of Nations and there’s that one guy that plays as a small nation but ends up wrecking everyone including you

[@huyanggia8724]

*Mapper and Maps Drawer has quit the game* Reason:German

[@jmmip202]

I like how you even showed the differences in the dutch coastline over time.

[@elijah111]

JmmiP 20 What caused the coastline to change so dramatically?

[@alexmason5521]

Faisal Halla land reclamation

[@Quintinohthree]

Faisal Halla It's a massive delta for the largest river in Western Europe. Like any delta the land is constantly changing because of flooding and deposition. Add in land reclamation and other things people in these lands have done and that's what you get.

[@samramakers3895]

Quintinohthree you mean 2 of the largest rivers

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

Alex Mason reclamation ? humans are so cute, it would only take a little tsunami for the sea to "reclame" the land

[@historicalsongarchive]

I like the effort put into the Netherlands' changing coastline. It's a very nice touch.

[@YangSing1]

bremmbremmproduct I didn’t notice that

[@goldend1104]

It’s not Netherlands’, it’s Dutch. Dutch peoples English grammar may not be used in English. I live in the Netherlands, and almost nobody can speak good English.

[@axelandersson6314]

Golden D1 English people: Netherlands' Me, an intellectual: Lower Lotharingian

[@Nashkelov]

bremmbremmproduct MAKE NEW VİD FOR UR CHANNEL!

[@maksymalnybul6145]

@@axelandersson6314 More like a dumb cause region doesn't mean official name

[@TheFenderBass1]

Year 812 - Damn France you scary Year 1812 - DAMN FRANCE YOU SCARY!!!

[@sebastienlegallic6304]

Next episode in 2812 ^^ ;) :XD

[@teamdoge8917]

Sebastien LE GALLIC I'm happy, I don't live in 2939

[@cooknchips9801]

matte drey Year 2812 : DAMN FRANCE YOU DESTROY USA AND YOU CONQUER ALL THE GALAXY !!!!

[@frickandellen4726]

matte drey French blobbing is real

[@noralasiah5623]

Episode 0 - 812 Bce

[@zlorpmann]

I love how Netherlands is taking territory from the fuckin ocean.

[@whuzzzup]

> Sir our army is too small to conquer another country > Then we conquer the ocean!

[@liechtensteinmapper66]

Taking "Ruling the waves" to a new level.

[@JorgeLuis-gd1wx]

this video is focused in France, being that the most important countries of Western Europe are Italy and Spain-

[@aboveaveragevideos6505]

Netherlands, the mad lad

[@deherder8458]

POLDEREN!

[@MrCubFan415]

0:51 ♫ Francia is whole again ♫ 0:52 ♫ then it broke again ♫

[@firestyle3365]

France sucks :v

[@seuleperdu1221]

butt hurt arab

[@deliciousravioli3007]

youssef hachfi Lol france sucks 5:02

[@firestyle3365]

Yea boi 5:28

[@deliciousravioli3007]

youssef hachfi lol 5:29

[@shanweeboy]

Bohemia is just chillin for hundreds of years unchanged.

[@janrek5010]

Love it

[@Morgiiion]

And we still chill We will save you in future brother .-)

[@TimeLord-rt7ku]

if you call Austrian oppression chilling, than yeah sure.

[@d3nny_s3mpai]

While today's Slovakia had to live under Hungary's control for almost 1000 years

[@o9577]

@@TimeLord-rt7ku relativelly, it was chill, for example against slovakia repression by hungarians

[@MartinGameplayer]

Holy Roman Empire meme: When there is more states than people in your Empire

[@dodolulupepe]

ik it is a meme, and i dont want to ruin it, but there were around 500-1000 states at any time, and there were millions of people.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

4:58 Boss music plays

[@MrGigaMind]

@@dodolulupepe it's meme dude

[@gohanssj48]

@@dodolulupepe r/whooooosh

[@dodolulupepe]

@@gohanssj48 did you not see me literally say "ik (i know) it is a meme"

[@92jwiener]

Love how for longest time Bohemia is just sitting around 50+ borders like, "nah fam, we're good on our own."

[@Nudnik1]

Cz was the most advanced tolerant country...for a long time. Jan Huss a hero first to protest Pope.

[@Nudnik1]

@Luca Nitsche 🖕

[@Nudnik1]

From NYC

[@fede98k54]

2:02 "Well the HRE isn't so bad..." 3:20 "Mother of all maps!"

[@genovayork2468]

In 910 it is the Kingdom of Germany. The Holy Roman Empire was refounded in 962.

[@leobulluce2289]

"New achievement! *how did we get there?* "

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

France blobing his way through centuries.

[@BruneSixtine]

Big Blue Blob... F R A N C E R A N C E

[@meandmetoo8436]

@@BruneSixtine the EU is blue ;)

[@Raisonnance.]

Yeah we will return i hope 🤔. France will be back again more power 🤔🤨

[@wildearth3992]

Lionel Messi No France and French people destroyed herself their country. It’s the fault of French people for destroying her cultural heritage. It’s sad but France is already lost.

[@wildearth3992]

Lionel Messi Non je ne suis pas français mais parle français et est venu en France beaucoup de fois ! Je viens à Paris depuis 1980 et à chaque fois que j’y retourne c’est toujours de plus en plus pire. J’ai l’impression que les français non plus aucune fierté et se laisse cracher dessus. La France était qu’en même le pays le plus puissant du monde ! Il suffit de voir son histoire. Mais quand je vois que des gens se permettent de bafouer votre pays alors qu’ils y vivent je ne comprend pas votre mode de pensé ! Des gens qui viennent vivre en France pour lui cracher dessus et se plaindre ! Je ne pourrais imaginer ça en Argentine (mon pays d’origine et où je vis), on les aurait déjà foutue dehors.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

You accidentally had the four allied zones of Berlin still appearing past 1948. And the Czechoslovakian split was 1993, not 1992. Good video though.

[@NintendoCraft1]

Everyones a critic :P

[@김현호-i8q]

Don't compete

[@ImKevin]

Hahahaha

[@hazzmati]

Hater

[@felixbabuf5726]

zorin leroy >Calling the person who practically invented modern mapping a noob Ok then...

[@MrEpicsleet]

1:48 843CE "France has the biggest Kingdom in Europe. The pope is so proud he invites the King over for Christmas. "Surprise! You're the new Roman Emperor!" said the pope, pretending to still be part of the Roman Empire. Then the Franks broke their Kingdom into what will later be called France and not France."

[@joshi3334]

Do you know that the Franks were a Germanic tribe and Francia was a German empire? Because it is. There's even a Region in modern day Germany called Franconia and the people there are called Franks.

[@XR190190]

@@joshi3334 Did you know that the germanic tribes weren't Germans ? Thus Francia was not a German Empire ? But is closer to French than German ? Did you know that the Franks hated the other germanic tribes ? And felt closer to the Gallo-Roman culture than the germanic one ? Btw Franconia is a creation of Francia when they destroyed the Alemanni kingdom, a germanic kingdom the Franks hated :) Fun fact : Even Louis II "the German" or "Ludwig der Deutsche", king of East Francia (not Germany) did his oath in "lingua romana" so gallo-roman which is close to old French. The fact that he is called "the German" is just because of the geographic situation of his kingdom, not his culture or language.

[@leroiarouf1142]

@@joshi3334 and germanic guy are pagang charlomagne are no germanic beacause was crestian. And conversion the german

[@Siegbert85]

@@XR190190 "Fun fact : Even Louis II "the German" or "Ludwig der Deutsche", king of East Francia (not Germany) did his oath in "lingua romana" " If you're referring to the Oaths of Strasbourg: both participants used the language of the other one's realm. Louis the German swore in Old French while Charles the Bald swore in Old High German. "The fact that he is called "the German" is just because of the geographic situation of his kingdom, not his culture or language." Sure, the name is of later date. But the Carolingians did speak an Old High German dialect at the time. Not that it matters...

[@callum7171]

@@XR190190 the franks were germanic tribes.

[@dominiquepouget9028]

1:47 the big blue blob as been spotted guys

[@truememestar954]

Dominique Pouget 1:49 what big blue blob?

[@hiddep.5403]

Why conquer lands? Do it like the netherlands. Make the ocean land

[@YangSing1]

Hperik When does it show that?

[@hiddep.5403]

Around 1930 and 1950

[@basdk1995]

the name "Holland actually comes from "Hout Land" which translates to "Wood Land" (named after a tiny forest) the name you are looking for is "the Netherlands" as nether is another word for low

[@goldend1104]

So do not make African people slaves in America, don’t conquer Indonesia, don’t send a whole army to Indonesia, don’t conquer Suriname.

[@Dycewyfe]

Golden D1 mad cause your race wasn’t strong enough to defend themselves. C O P E H A R D E R

[@acupofcoffee693]

I'm german and our history classes be like: "There were dinosaurs, some war then *H I T L E R* " I mean that's wrong, but how do explain 1300 HRE to school kids? lmao

[@unepersonneinconnu4015]

It's the same in France Napoléon take Europe ? No ,he is a dictator ! Clovis? Phillipe August? Charlemagne ? Saint Louis? What is that? I dont know but we lose in WWII and we are bad because we beat the Africans ! (Use Google traduction I'm not very good in English scuse me) Bref courage frère européen et ne tombons pas dans cette culpabilité stérile Vive la France et toute les civilisations européenne !

[@laughsatchungus1461]

All history schools just focus on the recent stuff but the old stuff is important as well!

[@OrionAltHist]

@@unepersonneinconnu4015 (google translate) Napoléon n'était pas aussi sévère que certains autres dictateurs, mais son règne était encore assez autoritaire. La chute de Napoléon, cependant, n'était pas de perdre une bataille, mais de ne pas savoir quand s'arrêter. Il aurait pu établir une paix qui lui laisserait le contrôle de la France et même de certaines régions voisines à plusieurs reprises, même après la désastreuse défaite de 1812, mais il ne put prendre ce qu'il pouvait obtenir et perdit tout.

[@unepersonneinconnu4015]

@@OrionAltHist yes , accurate

[@Fredreegz]

@@unepersonneinconnu4015 British history class is Ancient Egypt (???), Romans, castles, *WE DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION! AREN'T WE GREAT!* , a _tiny_ bit about slavery then *WE WON WORLD WAR 1 & 2! AREN'T WE GREAT!*

[@jwbarlament5442]

A couple things I'd like to point out about the Carolingian era- Charles the Bald of West Francia held control of Italy from 875 to 877, and Charles the Fat reunited the entirety of Charlemagne's old empire from 884 to 887. These events seem to be largely forgotten by the mapping community on KZbin.

[@electronicbamboo6764]

Wait is Charles the bald and Charles the fat actually what they’re called 🤣

[@IAMDEZ2512]

@@electronicbamboo6764 ye

[@Vampirecronicler]

@@electronicbamboo6764 Yep. And Charles the Bald wasn't bald and Charles the Fat wasnt fst

[@electronicbamboo6764]

@@Vampirecronicler makes sense

[@floridaball4896]

@@electronicbamboo6764 Charles the bald was called that because he wasn't crowned until later in life so his head was bald of a Crown

[@qopiqq3629]

I love how accurate you depicted The Netherlands, maps like these often get it wrong. Also, isn't it insane to think that every 20-30 years or so, a grandparent for most of us western europeans was born and lived his entire life on this map? They saw those land changes, they worked there asses of, died in battles but luckly after having children who also worked insanely hard, time and time again, and now were here. Incredible.

[@gtc239]

Their* asses off*. Sorry bud.

[@solidarnosc14]

western europe L

[@rorentin]

1:47 Me: I thought this was a history of Western Europe, but i'm just seeing blue

[@axelandersson6314]

Azuma Kyoukai I'm blue

[@kirbi4266]

Francia was like - All is mine ! - But.... - Nope ! It's mine I say

[@nijamkaj]

All that wasnt francia

[@saupiquet7516]

@@nijamkaj France = francia

[@xelmun2340]

@@saupiquet7516 no France was West Francia

[@duduchannel6729]

The expansion of the Netherlands in the 1900's is awesome

[@YangSing1]

Dudu Channel Nothing happens

[@allanjbucknol4414]

@@YangSing1 no he is talking about the coast line of the netherlands.Look closely

[@khanproductions6537]

I died when I saw the HRE...

[@yayjuiws4224]

Khan productions 3:18 *MOTHER OF MAPS* O.O

[@w.s.2639]

It hurts. My eyes

[@sambody6801]

Khan productions didn't we all?

[@jonoanym7349]

Its normally called HRE of Germany.

[@Geobacter]

Attention to detail.

[@szanghaj5465]

1812 = Best France

[@PercepiusProductions]

812 = Best Francia

[@erwinrommel6561]

@@PercepiusProductions u mean 512

[@PercepiusProductions]

《LION OF THUGS》 no

[@PercepiusProductions]

《LION OF THUGS》 1:42

[@erwinrommel6561]

@@PercepiusProductions oh yes the best time. The king who saved france from the muslims who set out to conquer france

[@kaiserball7364]

Teacher: For your homework please draw a map of Western Europe in 1300. Me: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Teacher: Are you ok?

[@martindouge4504]

*puts a big blob on the left* France *put a big blob on the right* HRE

[@Hdusiekwbshsjs]

I never realised it was so complex. I only every knew the English map at that time

[@hog2433]

Drawing dots on hre

[@fearedjames]

@@Hdusiekwbshsjs Its because England and France were the only truly completely fuedal states and England was way more centralized. Thus, you do not get a realistic map of France without displaying every single vassals territory within France, until the King started being seen as the defacto ruler.

[@nationalistfromcanada3497]

HRE is beautiful as always.

[@titothesecond2001]

Nationalist From Canada I'm glad Napolean rid of it, too confusing

[@traffic501]

Exactly the opposite.

[@anabasis9054]

Not Holly Not Roman Nor Empire

[@nationalistfromcanada3497]

The tiny states and the borders make it beautiful to my eyes.

[@fredrikkarner4115]

UNLAWFUL LAND !!

[@nicolasaudra8709]

FRANCE STRONK.

[@GeorgeeWBush]

Germany: Let me introduce myself

[@xdgamer2765]

Jean-Issou de la Quintère-Chancla so france got stroked?

[@sauronmordor7494]

pp

[@Sol2007be]

@@GeorgeeWBush Russia : Let me introduce myself

[@palazzonivalentin8153]

@SakthiV nope

[@bulletbill1104]

Holy Roman Empire gave me an aneurysm halfway through the video

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

How did they even keep those borders straight back in the day lol.

[@Mayhzon]

They didn't. There was constant bickering between these royal families and their tiny lands. Which is why the empire united eventually again. They saw that they needed cooperation to overpower their political enemies.

[@galaxyred7]

Ah, the Holy Roman Empire. It was not Holy, wasn’t Roman and definitely wasn’t an empire!

[@markhenley3097]

@@galaxyred7 Well it was an Empire.

[@Conartist666]

@@galaxyred7 french propaganda

[@maxime5329]

And some people says : "France always lose wars "

[@montanus777]

france even lost fewer *world* wars than germany. ;P

[@PostTenebra]

montanus777 France never lost any WW...

[@montanus777]

yep, that's the point. ;)

[@simsek_1988]

Dien Bien Fu

[@jurka9353]

Max P Hehe, No

[@jurka9353]

0:58 Italy Italy Italy Italy

[@catwithshotgun1571]

?

[@SxVaNm345]

Cat WithShotGun Italy is written 4 times on each of the green spots on Italy.

[@catwithshotgun1571]

@@SxVaNm345 Oh yeah... You right

[@Wiktor33]

Du schon wieder

[@حيدراحمد-ر4ن]

انا عربي من بني خزاعة هل من ترحيب؟

[@robinharyadi2]

History of western europe,Mostly France!

[@goldend1104]

Nah, not all of France is shown. Switserland... Saint Martin is not shown.

[@remyprimeon7003]

Europe = France > All

[@AetraZ]

and roman empire

[@JayCRossi]

And Frankia

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

Because france is so big with is great history

[@MaloGuillaumeLeCoat]

Why during WW2 you put only the United States for Italy's occupation. There was also British, French and Canadians troops in Italy in 1944.

[@Hugo-cn9no]

Issou :rire:

[@Hdusiekwbshsjs]

But officially, the US had control of all the infrastructure

[@Caracal2011]

At this point of the war, it was just a civil war, so it wasn't an ocupation, it was just Italy

[@matthewmann8969]

Admire Germany, France, Britain, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Norway, Scandinavia, Denmark, And Sweden

[@adamolis]

aren't Sweden, Denmark and Norway Scandinavian?

[@eleacy6231]

@@arolemaprarath6615 Pretty sure that's just Fennoscandia, not Scandinavia...

[@xaviervisa571]

@@arolemaprarath6615 true,it is Fennoscandia, Finland is not scandinavian and l think Denmark so It is

[@eleacy6231]

@@SimTwinBrien original guy deleted his comment, should've been obvious

[@4372]

I wonder how Ollie Bye was able to make this wonderful history video. Your works are so fantastic!

[@TheDragonHistorian]

김상석님 여기서 뵙네요 :O

[@4372]

안녕하세요! >_

[@쉴레이만은솔로몬유수]

그렇습니다

[@It9LpBFS37]

대김정은3대세습과이재용의3대세습반 stop doing that

[@voytek5550]

hey japan i love your cartoons?

[@pepperVenge]

Wouldn't "western Europe" also include Ireland, Scotland, Spain, and even Scandinavia? Otherwise, excellent video. I really enjoyed it.

[@nunosilva5653]

pepperVenge what about Portugal? The most western Country of all Europe?

[@MarcinKralka]

Scandinavia is not even close to being western europe, I would although add denmark, ireland, scotland and iberia to the map, and there would be still space for southern italy I think.

[@hiddevanrenssen5129]

Aren't italy and spain in South Europe?

[@emperorpirk2003]

Scandinavia is NOT in Western Europe.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@emperorpirk2003 OF course it is.

[@Jacob-hg3de]

Is anyone here from France? If so, how long are your history books, they must be huge because of how long France has been around.

[@SACHINYadav-sn4op]

@@florianchabaud8548 Italian's history must be sooooooooo huge 😂

[@florianchabaud8548]

@@SACHINYadav-sn4op Definitely! Imagine if they must learn the history of every city-states of the Middle Ages ^^

[@popkhorne5372]

We skip 90% of our kings. Thats how. I didnt even know before last year we had multiple kings named clotaire, and that their favorite passtime was to murder each other, while being brothers, cousins, or nephews. Seriously there are so many assassinations in france history.

[@jameslegrand848]

LOUIS !!!!!!! LOUIS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!! OH GOD CANT PEOPLE THINK OF ANOTHER NAME !!!!!!!

[@daijirokatoh3769]

@@jameslegrand848 I think we had only up to Charles X

[@JetezVotreTelevision]

Paris is my country !

[@blasius7704]

England is my city!

[@VlogSantista]

Winston Smith Im sorry for you fam

[@Suleei]

Arsenal is my national team

[@yahyaaltn6468]

France is my culture

[@kfnrkldbrm8265]

Rocco Siffredi is my model

[@burhan446]

The holy roman mess

[@ilikechocolate3741]

"Western europe" Doesn't show Portugal, Spain, Ireland, or scotland. But shows Poland. Seems legit that title

[@2dav7ry]

Bruh, Portugal and Spain are in Southern Europe and Scotland isn't even a country, it's part of the UK. Why are you even commenting this? -_-

[@Cnut_the_grape]

I'm guessing culturally.

[@ImAFanboy]

@@2dav7ry Most western part of Europe is the Iberian Peninsula, more west than Germany that's for sure.

[@awormnamedscoobis3419]

ANIMALDIQ Thanos ‘and scotland isnt a country’ lmao it was

[@ultimosdefensoresdeeuropa8400]

@Luca Nitsche Yes,and Spain is only Siesta and fiesta no? SHUT UP PUSSY GERMAN...

[@trygvek]

The sheer detail of this had me amazed! Good job on this one, Ollie!

[@SantiagoColmenares-w6k]

the fact that it doesnt includes Spain is pain...full.

[@ziragsoj]

It's incredible how the author considers that Italy, Spain and Portugal are not part of Western Europe. Unbelievable!

[@IvanFelipeTW]

Feudalism is one hell of a drug

[@Mayhzon]

Good evening, m'lord! Helps to have a map!

[@alonsoschneider8109]

@@ictoan5966 well the joke was 3 years ago. The joke is not funny anymore

[@p17h45]

Great Work and greetings from germany

[@iknowyou389]

2:17 France: Doctor I have a disease, what can it ever be!? Doctor: *You have Feudalism*

[@KameroonEmperor]

Cure: 1 dose of napoleon for 15 years and it will dissappear

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@KameroonEmperor Side effects: may spill over into neighboring regions and affect border gore in the HRE.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

If side effects are too severe doctor prescribes one spontaneous winter campaign into the Russian interior.

[@bocadillodealbondigas1756]

Western Europe are also Portugal, Spain, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom and Denmark... 😅 Good video at all

[@christiannavarro3519]

@@souviktudu28868 yes but geopolitically it’s Western European

[@blackcoffeebeans6100]

Also the other Nordic countries beside Denmark 🇩🇰 like Finland🇫🇮, Sweden🇸🇪 , Iceland🇮🇸, and Norway🇩🇰 .

[@ishandey6061]

4:45 *West Western Europe*: Nice and orderly, clear borders, nothing complicated * East Western Europe*: What? I can see atleast a bajillion kingdoms in that 500km2!

[@lorrefl7072]

Way back in school I learned all about Flanders changing hands so many times between many countries. This video makes it so much clearer how many times it changed over the centuries.

[@jdghgh]

The Grand Empire of Napoleon truly was one of the most powerful entities in all history.

[@raed_ab]

Sucks that it was short lived

[@moonwolf8470]

Destroyed by Russian who simply ran away

[@Denis-qv5yj]

jdghgh it was short life Better was Roman empire

[@erwannleligerien3771]

@@moonwolf8470 The Russians had not destroyed anything.

@@erwannleligerien3771 LOL

[@tazisayshi]

I like how you worked on the Geography of the Netherlands, nicely done.

[@three.onefourtwo]

1816 : Let's divide our occupation zones 1945 : Let's divide our occupation zones

[@SoooooWhatt]

Some things never change when it comes to what to do with fallen enemy territory in central Europe.

[@namegoeshere2418]

0:45 When someone says that Paris is a city.

[@earthc]

German - Czech border is 1000yrs old

[@hyperviolet1717]

As the Spanish-French one

[@nsk370]

Earth Crafter Maps Slovenian - Croatian border is 1230 years old.

[@Pidalin]

Bohemian borders are mostly in mountains so it makes sense, also Czech lands were part of HRE so it wasn't nessesery changing borders when it was commonwealth with German speaking states with same ruler as HRE.

[@Pidalin]

@Luca Nitsche Czechs are not Ukrainians, Czechs are not traveling for work much, only some people living near to borders, we have low unemployment and all companies are looking for people, there is no reason why people should travel hunderds of kilometers to be cheap workers somewhere. If someone is living 2 km from German border, then it make sense live here for our prices and work in Germany, but when you have to pay German prices of housing and taxes then it's not so worthy going there for work.

[@edge7993]

“Thomas has never seen such a mess before”

[@michaelb299]

It's really good that you decided to merge many of your former per-kingdom timelapses into one western european one. Two suggestions though : colorfull palette doesn't make it easy to understand where lies the HRE, with it's different colors for the stem duchies and italy. I would suggest to either retain similar color shades, or at least make the HRE border much bolder. Secondly, it would be nice to also have geograhpical features such as mountains and major rivers appearing, as they were often closely related to the political boundaries (not only country borders, but also explaining why italy although divided remained unconquered by bigger neighbors for long)

[@wtz_under]

nice suggestion. for geography, depends on the complexity of the regions and all. like, a cluster of smaller provinces packed together filling up like 60% of the map, the topography could be less exaggerated or just displayed at a lower opacity instead.

[@silas__3994]

It's so awesome that you included autonomous areas within France, most maps make the hre spilt but just ignore France which always bugs me.

[@Freedmoon44]

Well its because the HRE was a federation of Princes under the Emperor that other princes voted for, in other words its hundreds of semi-indepandant territory that chose their emperor (for a while ofc) meanwhile France despite the state of semi-indepandance lf all of the Great Nobles, in the end even if nominally at first, they were still straight up vassals of the french crown and they didnt decide who would rule over them aside from exceptions during a succession crisis. The divisions while still there works under differant rule, its not a bunch of micronations ruled over by a ruler of their chosing, but a bunch of powerfull lords that willingly submit to the authority preferably extremely weak of the King and his dynasty aka classic feudal interactions. This video chose to show the royal domain for a good while which was really the only place where the king could really affirm his autority which in truth is cool too since it shows more feudal related stuff

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

"Autonomous" means "vassals" in French history.

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

The HRE is nothing like France which was a state since 498 AC.

[@Rowlph8888]

@@wertyuiopasd6281 Bollocks, it was not a state since 498. For example, some ssouthern regions were absolutely independent and only gave tacit allegiance to the Crown and didn't even pay taxes. People in these regions did not consider themselves French.. At best, France was a nation starting in the 10th century, and some would say 1190 with Philip

[@Hans-pr9vu]

5:03 Netherlands looks so beautiful ;)

[@jobfranschman8436]

Hans ja :(

[@samvandevyver7822]

I can't believe Flanders existed before nl 😶

[@eatyourcereal5207]

no they dont

[@crkcrk702]

4:59 here too

[@PercepiusProductions]

1:42, Germany and France were born from this *T H I C* Kingdom of Francia.

[@meandmetoo8436]

@Fils actually he is right, we trace the history of France and Germany back to the split or Francia.

[@erichvonmanstein1952]

Fils Fuck off idiot Kindom Francia is one of the ancestors of most of Europe.

[@morranon7340]

@Fil and before that, the Germanic tribe of the Franks conquered what today is France and founded Francia...thats where the nation has its name from

[@LuxMortis_]

Erich Von Manstein You’re always so agressive on any comments. Idk what you’re on but chill, stop being so insecured about France, wars are over.

[@tonyhawk94]

@@erichvonmanstein1952 No it's not, France and Germany are the two only entity that actually come from it (west Francia and east Francia), the rest were conquered territories that have no relation whatsoever with the Franks in their royal lineages.

[@classicmapper364]

3:03 Oh my God just look at this mess ._.

[@lovremarasovic5267]

MrRussianMapper My eyes are bleeding

[@kirbi4266]

Guys ! Stop ! Let's build some big and real kingdom

[@supergalo4135]

And that explains why Germany was always ruled by dictators

[@derniercaesar5319]

Beautiful, ya?

[@Darthwgamer]

It looks beautiful what are you talking about?

[@mauricioaguilar7227]

3:19 it's sure that if you say in that time: "i'm a cartographer" Everyone would think: "This man is brave"

[@Ponanoix]

Yeah

[@denzal689]

It's interesting how much the Netherlands has changed geographically

[@shriki21]

Who else paused at 1444?

[@grieftex803]

Jude Sir everyone who's still a Europa pleb

[@MrMetalHead1100]

This is what Europeans mean when they say they have so much culture.

[@skeptic781]

Me

[@shriki21]

What else am I supposed to play? Victoria?

[@skeptic781]

Ck2?

[@andrescgomezp]

The best of all this is how the music fits so well on the map changes

[@Radetzky1]

Thank you for the very interesting clip! Well done!! one small note: Austria's eastern border changed 1921, when Burgenland entered Austria. It seems that this region was forgotten to add, but it is included 1955 - today.

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

i like how you made it different when in france for instance its a clear mass when the king controls the land directly, while Austria has quasi independant nobels so austria is being cut by white borders

[@fletcherricafrente9884]

2:12 Oh yes... The greatest "Holy Empire" has joined

[@RoccosVideos]

Great video! I always look forward to these. I might have to watch it at half speed, it’s so detailed.

[@joaopedroferreirarodrigues4062]

Some say Napoleon is the God of mappers....

[@Lucas-td2je]

I really appreciate the work you put on this. Great video Ollie!

[@Dog-eg8lc]

Great video! Just noticed that Eupen - Malmedy was not included in pre WW1 Germany. Apart from the few mistakes that others have mentioned as well, this was great, well done!

[@eyuin5716]

This is nuts. You are truly gifted.

[@bilfa98]

4:58 - 5:02 best 4 seconds ever

[@nomore9004]

R.I.P. culture

[@agent2383]

When you're so early but you cant come up with a funny or edgy comment

[@Popmanpraise]

Well, here's my input: *you're

[@firestyle3365]

Holy fuck you're a brain expert

[@edwarddisken296]

Weeaboo Jones *y''o'Ur'''ě''

[@Mayhzon]

When you're so early, France isn't founded yet.

[@Quintinohthree]

So minor complaint but, that border between Belgium and Germany should change post WW1 by quite a bit.

[@Corbalte]

Actually, he should remove the eastern cantons before the end of WWI.

[@KizanTM]

I love how many times the englanders tried to invade france xD

[@pierrepignal]

They invaded nothing. they just paid for mercenary

[@BCSOora]

Ocean Of Games stupid.

[@KizanTM]

fuck off sassy

[@KizanTM]

Thats still invading with paid troops, and?

[@teamdoge8917]

Crimson Bardamu Hon hon hon silly rosbeefs

[@galacticpenguintv6752]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@Vigilante-3-1]

Just look at Switzerland! England and Bohemia also very nice!

[@Loostyc]

Looks like Bohemia has the most stable borders.

[@lahavmorris9919]

To bad we cant see all of England

[@Pidalin]

@Giorno Maybe he is so uneducated that he can't even clean toilets. Czechs are well qualified workers because Czechia is industrial country with modern factories full of CNCs and robots, he just probably can't see difference between Czechs, Poles and Ukrainians. But Ukrainians are still better than Romanians. :-D

[@swanskogjsson151]

It’s quite impressive that the tiny nation of Andorra have been around since the 1200’s in a continent that have changed so much during the centuries...

[@Trieclipse]

This goes well with the recent Extra Credits - Extra History video on the Carolingian collapse.

[@yogurte7481]

Half of western europe

[@OllieBye]

No... all of Western Europe. Western Europe's boundary is usually said to be along Germany, Austria, and Italy.

[@yogurte7481]

Ollie Bye sry mate, but western europe includes iberia, ireland, Scotland, wales, denmark etc... not Just the great powers but is ok, good video :)

[@OllieBye]

I've done those in other videos if you're interested.

[@mattonellascheggiata9302]

Ollie Bye yeah, but change the title please. It's not true that you included all the western countries

[@Wolf0Donnelie]

It is he creat "cadastre" and we steel use it now

[@yaboiluigithe2.811]

Man I Love watching Switzerland, so intense

[@PS1GamerCollector]

"Western Europe" without Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Scotland? The title should be something like "The History of Central Europe" because this is definitely NOT Western.

[@axelandersson6314]

PS1GamerCollector Not related to the topic of this video. I find it insane how someone incredibly talented has made a fantastically precise video and then so many people write comments claiming the video to be wrong and the creator to be a heretic for not including some regions that occasionally are part of the vague and historically irrelevant geographic term he used to describe the much more specific topic of the video primarily being feudalism in Germany and France. Central Europe is Czechia and Hungary.

[@mathieuvigne7336]

Spain and Portugal are southern Europe, but I agree Ireland could have been included.

[@qqn4531]

@@mathieuvigne7336 Ireland is northern europe....

[@alexeru6154]

@@mathieuvigne7336 They-re both south AND west, if only there was a name for that, hmmm.

[@ferchulanderful]

@@axelandersson6314 spain irrelevant in central europa? xD, carlos I laugh.

[@mohamedsami9132]

As I'm deeply interested in Italian history, I really admire your work, like this one and the "History of the Italians" as well as other videos related to adjacent nations throughout the years. So I really wonder about your sources especially the detailed maps! Any help?

[@fpsgod3028]

Germany gray, France blue, uk red, Italy green, Spain yellow. Did a certain game/games have influence in this?

[@jk1776yt]

Fantastic. Amazing how fragmented Europe was going into as late as the 1800's! I learned that post WW2 Austria remained divided into Allied sectors even after West German unification; and that Vienna was divided just as Berlin. Thanks for the video!

[@REaSIoM]

842 and 1811 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@firestyle3365]

*1940*

[@teamdoge8917]

youssef hachfi 1945

[@firestyle3365]

1871

[@teamdoge8917]

youssef hachfi 1918

[@firestyle3365]

1815

[@СтефанГеоргиев-ы6т]

I like the way how France is depicted during the Middle ages. The country is divided into small feuding provinces. After time it unites.

[@peterg.8941]

5:23 Weimar Republic was not the name of the german state. It was still German Empire (1871 - 1943). Weimar Republic refers to a time period (1918 - 1933). In Germany the period from 1949 to 1990 is called the Bonn Republic and from 1990 the Berlin Republic, but from 1949 the name of the state is Federal Republic of Germany.

[@wtz_under]

that is debatable. i watched a video that shared about this, and it's likely a mistranslation of the word "reich" to mean realm or empire etc.

[@aviad4878]

Correct title: The history of France

[@YesCoolRo]

And Germany, and Luxembourg and Netherlands and Belgium and Austria and Switzerland and Andorra and lietchenstein

[@mrsupremegascon]

@@YesCoolRo Exactly, France.

[@HassanA-tl5ib]

​@@YesCoolRoand england

[@valandes1861]

Important years 1:33 769 CK2 3:10 1257 AD 3:48 1444 EU4

[@dodolulupepe]

Everyone honestly says the HRE looks messy and horrible and I honeslty think it looks really cool, like a sort of patchwork of small princes. I just like how it looks.

[@BCSOora]

french empire is awesome.

[@MaloGuillaumeLeCoat]

FUCK YEAH *BAGUETTE INTESIFIES*

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

German Empire is better.

[@MaloGuillaumeLeCoat]

@@tylerbozinovski4624 No USSR is better

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

@@MaloGuillaumeLeCoat Yeah, if you're Stalin.

[@MaloGuillaumeLeCoat]

@@tylerbozinovski4624 lol yes i am

[@divineanimator8044]

i like how bro really put in the detail probably spending hours for every frame in 3:00 going as far to draw every small state

[@DsVids1]

3:13 imagine making *that* map of Europe

[@axelandersson6314]

Ds Vids NUT

[@DK-tv6rk]

Belgium actually didn’t own Eupen-Malmedy until 1918. Also Burgenland was ceded to Austria as early as that same year.

[@historyinbrief1169]

Amazing!!!! Nice work Ollie Bye

[@seigneurphoenix]

The Napoleonic wars was most definitely a wild time

[@ThunderAndGuillon]

Limburg was an independent duchy between 1839 and 1867. It was part of the kingdom of the Netherlands as a personal union just like Luxembourg. It was annexed by the Netherlands after the dissolution of the German confederation.

[@Hilltycoon]

5:32 You even added The Netherlands creating "Flevoland", nice

[@Yusa_Beach]

Is it me? Or has France and Germany have had the most longest Family Feud forever?

[@Rowlph8888]

No, we are talking about several different tribes involved all over this map, say the families are connected everywhere, it wasn't just the Frankish