The Wacky History of the World's Smallest Island-Nation | Animated History of Nauru

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Nauru is best known on KZbin for all the poor investments it made in the 1980s, but did you know that the entire history of the island is just as wacky?
Sources:
Dauvergne, Peter. “A Dark History of the World's Smallest Island Nation.” The MIT Press Reader, 22 July 2019, thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/dark-history-nauru/.
Doherty, Ben. “A Short History of Nauru, Australia's Dumping Ground for Refugees.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 9 Aug. 2016, www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/10/a-short-history-of-nauru-australias-dumping-ground-for-refugees.
Healy, Amber, and Pierre Köchel. “Nauru: From Rags to Riches to the Brink of Extinction.” INSH, 14 Mar. 2018, insh.world/places/nauru-from-rags-to-riches-to-the-brink-of-extinction/
Kiste, Robert C., and Sophie Foster. “Nauru.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 3 Sept. 2019, www.britannica.com/place/Nauru/History.
McDaniel, Carl N., and John M. Gowdy. Paradise for Sale : a Parable of Nature . Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Print.
Tanaka, Yuki. “Japanese Atrocities on Nauru during the Pacific War.” APJJF, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 6 Nov. 2010, apjjf.org/-Yuki-Tanaka/3441/article.html.
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[@Cnut_the_grape]

Don't you just hate it when you forget you're a God?

[@Tinskap]

It's the worst

[@scottishemu159]

@Adolf Hitler oh god no

[@jasonkephas2897]

Lol! As a Nauruan, I thoroughly appreciated the satirical take on our history. Good content!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

That’s awesome! I’m glad you like it!

[@elkanacapelle5701]

Bro

[@denkedeligekanal9059]

do you speak nauruan?

[@jorgeh.r9879]

Are you really nauruan?

[@denkedeligekanal9059]

@@jorgeh.r9879 i am not, but o would really want to ask a nauruan some questions as im interested in yor country.

[@aspenlovelock8115]

We just going to gloss over “Nazi Pirates”? Paints a great mental image.

[@gigipeedee]

More like Privateers but same concept

[@boogiespadina8375]

@Adolf Hitler Uncle Dolf, I am sorry it went south :(

[@Jrandlehasnohandles]

Hey Adolf I’m hear to buy the bunker you put on the market. I checked it out and I noticed a similar color scheme. I don’t like the excessive use of red and white but I do like your collection of prop heads.

[@Jrandlehasnohandles]

I heard the showers need renovation

[@Jrandlehasnohandles]

Thank you Adolf for giving me the credentials, I want to congratulate you on converting your arm bands into make shift head bands it’s been a real life saver.

[@TFD_Animations]

KZbin: WHAT KINDA HISTORY IS THIS?!? I CAN’T DEMONETIZE THIS!! History House Productions: Bazinga, no Hitler or Swastikas here.

[@kiambo1601]

@Adolf Hitler *no*

[@Daniel-ht4wr]

If you look at pictures of the island's interior there is just desolate stacks of coral, somewhat reminiscent of a grave yard. Very sad story of human greed, at the islands peak the citizens were one of the richest nations on earth per capita, on an island with no running water many owned swimming pools, now they are one of the poorest nations and rising sea levels will render the island uninhabitable.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

It is really too bad. The fact that so much of the island is uninhabitable is just crazy to me.

[@elmashable9722]

Corruption, Oh Corruption...

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

I never seen a Yuan Shikai supporter before. Hello!

[@Lyle-xc9pg]

The island isnt a foot above sea level, its a relatively high and hilly island. it wont go anywhere you simp

[@Amelia_-qy9nz]

@@CoffeeSuccubus to be honest, he really didn't do anything bad, he is a good general and a pragmatic leader, it's just that he's to power hungry.

[@spacemanjoe7074]

“Almost a gun per person” America: Those are rookie numbers!

[@tiki_trash]

Maybe America was crying in the video because it was just too beautiful.

[@abthedragon4921]

This is hilarious because I watched Geography Now's video on Nauru yesterday.

[@abthedragon4921]

@Egg T What are you talking about?

[@abthedragon4921]

@Egg T yes?

[@snifferfiffer2773]

This is not funny

[@lyndonbjohnson2865]

This is a rags to riches to rags story.

[@anjusanal]

Middle East: makes millions out of oil... Nauru: *makes millions out of bird poop!* Every one else: Steals Nauru’s poop. Nauru: Bruuhhhh.... Unfair.....

[@navilluscire2567]

Oil = dead dinosaurs...and other stuff turned into a thick black sludge.

[@anjusanal]

@@navilluscire2567 but atleast it's dinosaurs!

[@silversurfs]

America*: makes millions from oil

[@catmagedsproductions1998]

America: *steals oil* Middle east:Bruuhhhh.... Unfair....

[@ronjayrose9706]

Oversimplified:Dude................Uncool

[@ankemwigaroa1999]

Why am I just seeing this? Yeah alot of the stuff you mentioned was was true, and as Nauruan myself I can say this was pretty accurate. We had little choice in regards to our actions in the international community. We had so little money that the dead in our morgues were starting to rot because we couldn't afford to buy diesel to keep our utilities going with power. And more people who were ill were stacking up in the hopsital. Our elders who endured the horrors WW2 said it was better when they were exiled to the other island as slaves, because at least they had something to eat. Nauru is now but a shadow of its former self, and may never recover fully. But despite the absnece of wealth and the growing challanges we face, the Nauruan people remain. All we can do is to keep going and hope for the best. Best wishes to you and your channel.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you for watching! My best wishes to Nauru!

[@petartoshkov2076]

The one dislike is a enemy of the greatest Nauru state

[@stevenmiller3934]

Sealand rivals nauru

[@sicariusvast9555]

Nazi pirates ? Sounds like fun

[@georgewilson7432]

A match made in Hell.

[@Artur_M.]

This reminds me of the 'Are we the baddies?' sketch.

[@sicariusvast9555]

@@Artur_M. Are we the pirates ?

[@ioaneqarmazanashvili2339]

How can I become one?

[@keineangabe1804]

Jarrr!

[@hyenafur]

“Put him in a raft and pushed him out to sea.” My brain…. Naru and Beach Combers: “We’re not your buddy, friend!” Jones as he sails away: “I’m not your friend, guy!” Naru and Beach Coners: “We’re not your guy, Buddy!”

[@BajanEnglishman51]

I died at the Taiwan is part of China scene

[@Amelia_-qy9nz]

@Gabriel Petkov where

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

F for you then

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Gabriel Petkov well, now that China has money, they can play Australia’s and America’s game in buying off smaller island countries in the Pacific region for UN support.

[@CrafterboeyMiner]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 you know their economy is tanking atm right?

[@yukikaze-117]

The dress was blue

[@uts4448]

Damn. That is the exact fate that happened to their hotel in Susupe, Saipan called the Nauru Building. After the phosphate depleted, they couldn’t pay for the building anymore (just like their other ones). That hotel shut down and is now the Marianas Business Plaza.

[@chrochan3682]

5:21 Murica seeing the almost non existent murder rate in Switzerland

[@olbradley]

That's not because they have less guns...

[@ThrE3-GeS]

henrey no, it's because they have no guns at all. Im from switzerland by the way.

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

Britons realizing London's violent crime rate has surpassed NYC'S.

[@maxstone2380]

@@Tom_Cruise_Missile LOL

[@CrafterboeyMiner]

@@ThrE3-GeS that's not how it works. You've heard of getting guns illegally and how most guns are gotten illegally when it's linked to crime right? And this is just setting aside the fact there is a huge difference of culture in Switzerland.

[@bourpigaming5851]

As a nauruan I totally aprove this video

[@GabrielUngacta]

Just curious about the gun thing, are airsoft bb and pellet guns banned to?

[@kingsarues1586]

Nauru went from one of the richest nations from selling bird poop to Australia’s prison island, and now into 2020 they are now Australia’s quarantine island.

[@charlieheadlam8771]

Petition to call the population of Nauru ‘Narutos’

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I’d sign it

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

I'd like to make the official national greeting "Hiya fatso!"

[@southernbreeze3278]

poor Nauruans : (

[@caos1925]

"Wow europeans are so brutal" *Japanese* "Allows us to introduce ourselves."

[@outcastpandayt]

I thought they were going to say," TAIWAN IS PART OF US" and "THE INVASION OF GEORGIA WAS BRITAINS FAULT" because they wanted revenge for colonizing them i guess

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Outcast Panda Nah, it’s about the money. That’s one of the reasons why they agreed to host the detention camp for Australia there. The small island nations of the South Pacific often relies on other countries, especially richer countries like Australia or the US, for aid because they don’t have much of a sustainable economy there. Tourism sometimes isn’t enough. So they trade their UN memberships and diplomatic support for money. Many such countries are often knee-deep debating Asia-Pacific issues in the UN. The most famous is probably calling Taiwan as China and support for an independent West Papua. Though tiny, they still have equal votes in the UN as other countries save for the veto powers of the 5 permanent members.

[@denkedeligekanal9059]

part of us or part of united states?

[@beooftheeuphrates]

"The dress was blue" just when i thought you couldnt get more based

[@otakusway7377]

*RESPECT THE DRIP GUSTAV*

[@ryan-ln2hx]

Oh ok

[@deepanshchaudhary5094]

RESPECT THE DRIP GUSTAV! My favourite line from the video. Awesome writing bro.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you!

[@tomfrazier1103]

There is a Nauru Tower on Ala Moana boulevard in town. A good investment? There were other phosphate islands, and the commissioners were obligated to invest and help islanders when the phosphate was gone. I think there is more to this story and other similar ones. Sir Arthur Grimble's A Pattern of Islands tells the story of his post on Tarawa, 1914-30 as a British Colonial officer. He left for the Carribbean in 1931

[@reallyriley123]

The jaystation joke had me sold😂

[@northernkaiser7979]

When you realize you got a response from the creator and and get happy And don't feel depressed that the comment dead

[@racoonlittle1679]

Wow, the island of Nauru is just getting better and better!

[@IpernickTheGreat]

Nauru became rich by selling poop. I have been trying to fossilize my poop for 37 years, soon I will be rich and I will be the one laughing! no mom i don´t need a job i am working on opening a poop store

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

It's a fool-proof scheme!

[@xxxxxx5868]

Oh oh poopy

[@undercoverb9719]

2:55 Perfect depiction of what native populations felt when seeing a huge strange ship coming for them.

[@davidhughes9086]

Glad you’re back. Keep up the great work

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thanks! Will do!

[@potatopoh-tah-toh5039]

damn Gustav, respect the goddamn drip.

[@iainhansen1047]

My world history teacher for university did a lecture on the guano mines on islands in the pacific. He started class by saying “ today we are going to talk about bird shit and indentured servitude. One of those is a lot funnier so I’ll try and focus on it first. So bird shit was worth more then gold........”

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Haha! That's an interesting way to start a lecture.

[@MrTheWaterbear]

Man, this is so similar to Sam O'Nella Academy...

[@aidengotchie90]

There’s no sorts of intelligent life anywhere shows J station

[@botondmatrai1366]

I straight up rolled on the floor laughing till i couldnt breathe at that part, and im only 1:10 in? What else could be here?

[@remedy6093]

Nauru when undiscovered: Well i bet that the future looks good to us. Nauru in the future:I JUST GOT DRUNK AND KILLED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

[@thebirdmapper357]

Amazing video,it's nice to see you rise to here. Hope I,loyal s̶l̶a̶v̶e̶ subscriber of you,am not forgotten. You still deserve more.

[@WeaselWeaselW]

Congrats on getting monetized

[@abnerq.cheeseburgerjr111]

Those birds in naru island would have been safe if they were sponsored by world of warships

[@hiimryan2388]

OMG FINALLY!!! I thought you died. I'm so glad your still making PREMIUM content. DID STALIN LET YOU GO FOR QUALITY CONTENT!

[@hiimryan2388]

YES COMRADES! Stalin LET HIM GO IN EXCHANGE FOR CAPITALIST INTELL

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

It took a month because I was walking back from Siberia.

[@abdokorib8898]

@@HistoryHouseProductions Damn stalin and those gulags....

[@hiimryan2388]

Yay a heart

[@evancrum6811]

What a weird history of this island. I never heard of it. Nice job

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you!

[@Piddel]

Another well-made video. Thanks!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@abdokorib8898]

How about history of germany? I know there is many but your content makes it so funny.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Germany may appear sometime! XD

[@abdokorib8898]

@@HistoryHouseProductions Please yes. *Kaiserreich intensifies*

[@BajanEnglishman51]

Omg that jay station reference

[@budakbaongsiah]

CALLING THE NAURUANS ON 3AM (THEY STINKS!)

[@jerbear7952]

I can't believe how many Nauruans are in this comment section. There aren't very many period. That is amazing.

[@johannessvendsen9284]

Great Britain when they took over Nauru: So we back in the mine

[@redpolscorp]

Me: "There is NO WAY to make pirates uncool!" *Nazi pirates exist* "I stand corrected!"

[@GabrielUngacta]

Historically it is beleived that Nauruans are descendents of Micronesians and Polynesians that settled and mixed on the island. Thus why there genetics and language are a mystery.

[@xa-38]

2:16 an airliner b-17 would be the coolest shit ever

[@lippi2171]

Always has been one of my favourite / most interesting countries. But their 20th century history is just really sad

[@ottoiofgreece7585]

Why don't they just pour sand and dirt and stuff over the old mines to make the land habitable again?

[@ottoiofgreece7585]

@Bluenevolent Perhaps they could get a loan?

[@luri_aden4920]

Im living there when Coronavirus spreads more in my country

[@RafaelScapella]

Hi, I’m making a video about Nauru. Can I use parts of your video in my video, with credits to your channel/instagram?

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thanks so much for asking. What kind of video is it? Where’re you planning to post it?

[@RafaelScapella]

Well, I answered your question but YT removed my comment... it will be a video about Nauru (geography, history and fun facts) in Portuguese.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

@@RafaelScapella yeah. I’d be okay with that. As long as you don’t use the whole video and credit me, I’d be okay with it.

[@RafaelScapella]

@@HistoryHouseProductions sure, no I wouldn't use a lot of it and yes, I would totally credit you. I know what it's like when people just grab your content and present it like its theirs... once a TV channel did that with videos that I spent time and money to make. I wasn't happy...

[@doctornone7041]

I like this channel sooo much

[@thanos9447]

On your Warsaw Uprising video what is the name of the music you play at 5:17

[@simonpeter5032]

Nazi pirates?? *WHY AM I JUST FINDING OUT THAT WAS A THING?!?!?!?!*

[@alfalfa8168]

I love you videos and thank you for putting the sponsor at the end :D

[@pixelrat18k95]

I made a presentation about Nauru for my economics class in high school. Also, did you know it is the only nation to not have a capital

[@phredphlintstone6455]

Fertilizer isn't the only thing phosphates can be used for

[@spencersss1251]

Wow I heard about that camp I didn’t know it was Nauru

[@jona4919]

What is your intro music? I really want to know!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I composed it in GarageBand

[@jona4919]

@@HistoryHouseProductions thanks!

[@bearsplitz96]

The beginning kind of has a Sam O’Nella vibe

[@flynnmiller4155]

Good vid👍

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you!

[@ingsnaut_7006]

The fricken boat got me.

[@Vekhh]

beautifully drawn spider

[@Dennis-nk2fq]

You can cross that whole country watching this video and still have a couple minutes left

[@polemarchos9370]

Where did you see that the detention centre closed? It’s still operating as far as I’m aware..

[@Idkbruhhhuuujhhhj]

0:43 so relatable...

[@DanSanChannel]

5:25 TRUE STORY AND i'M PROUD OF IT! MERICA!

[@serpenthand]

I learned something new today

[@poopycock5606]

I have 17 friends sub to you at my school someone sharednthis chanel to me and i really like it I wosh you could upload video every 2 days or something but it will be a hard work and im a big fan and. Keep doing vid i love it its funny.

[@poopycock5606]

Im from onother country

[@DeadKoinz]

i fucking love this channel for all of the I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE moments

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Haha! I’m glad you like it!

[@samuelhalsey2671]

I wanna watch this but I’m at work :(

[@sicariusvast9555]

Quit your job then

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@Twój Stary Wkurwiony 😉

[@pieterkennes7181]

isit justme or was the entire ad just shots of the u s s misouri ship?? at the end

[@charliemaine9304]

Glad I'm not the only one with a crippling fear of playing games with voice chat HEUEHEUEHEUE

[@slappy8941]

A fool and his bird pop are soon parted.

[@Theturtleowl]

All I knew about Nauru was 'Bird poop'.

[@TNW543]

You are so fun

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Haha! Thanks!

[@ioaneqarmazanashvili2339]

Could you make a Video about the Country Georgia? It has a pretty interesting history:)

[@rustyyy1k]

I’m so glad that the creation of humans phased out the brainlethal, modernly known as the ‘Jaystation’

[@danshakuimo]

That transition to world of warships though

[@CrashTwin]

Do Tuvalu next please

[@CrashTwin]

@Gabriel Petkov yes

[@feelsbadman1677]

So basically every video about small unknown country’s: So there was a peaceful friendly Country living in harmony, then rich Europeans,Americans or Asians came and just ,you know, destroyed everything for there own goods. Noice

[@zepter00]

Merica crying after taking guns from Naruans killed me 😆

[@gunnarwallgren8572]

Great video! I love your channel

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you!

[@Av0l1tion]

This is like Sam o’nello

[@jiggaboojones9379]

3:20 IS this what the movie Papillon IS based on?

[@jamestown8398]

8:56 - You made the right choice!

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

What about Sealand?

[@grantkaufman3737]

Jokes on you America has over two guns per person.

[@Roy-em2my]

Grant Kaufman What? You have 600 million guns there?

[@grantkaufman3737]

Yeah because most people have one or two per household. Then some people who hunt like me have 5-10 per household and then avid collectors can have hundreds so that counter balances all those who don’t.

[@milandrmr9497]

Negujmo shall rule the island!

[@bradenbeyer5832]

“Nauru during the colonial period” then the next slide has the year “1845” , which was during the Victorian era

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

But it was during the colonial period of Nauru. Nauru wasn't a colony during the traditional "colonial period."

[@bradenbeyer5832]

History House Productions ah then my bad , still enjoy your content and I appreciate the clarification

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

No worries at all!

[@vartanvartanian2320]

good job keep up good work

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you!

[@martinb.3997]

So, I was waiting for HOI4 to start up and in the meantime watched this video, and just when they fell the music started playing

[@xeneth531]

This is basically Sam O’ Nella but with a better uploading schedule. And editing.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Make a Video on German Pacific Colonies (1880s - 1918)

[@mattthedoormat]

Why's the name of the song you played during the sponsorship? Sounds like a real banger

[@sussekind9717]

How about doing a video on the German resistance during WW II? Most people do not even know that there was a German resistance, much less know anything about them.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Hmmmmm. Interesting idea!

[@Liphted]

Lol that last bit was cold lol