Weird Borders: Why Countries Have Pieces Detached

[@videogyar2]

"If you think the borders of Africa don't make any sense... you're right." I lol'd

[@icygmd3532]

Viktor6665 I mean he is right. Just look at Sudan and Egypt’s border. They can’t decide on what it is lol

[@m.ostrowski2031]

Poland wasn't created, we simply returned as a country.

[@nqqbix6128]

Tez to wlasnie napisalem xD Powiedzial jakbysmy w tym wlasnie czasie po raz pierwszy zaczeli istniec wtf. Niby fajne rzeczy gada ale przygotowanie straszne lel

[@Weuniok]

Niewyraźnie powiedział. W napisach jest "re-created" Znaczy, okej, poprawił po prostu, ale myślę, że to nie za duży błąd, może powstały przez to, że nie mówi po angielsku ojczyście (znaczy nie wiem, może mówi, to jedno z wytłumaczeń) i błąd w tłumaczeniu, na dobra sprawę po polsku powiedziałbyś, że po rozpadzie ZSRR powstały Polska, Litwa itd., a te państwa już kiedyś istniały.

[@Rowankeenanx3]

Thats what i thought. This vid is so stupid.

[@m.ostrowski2031]

Phreaker1997 Fuck you, you racist piece of shit!

[@Weuniok]

that bait XD

[@massineben7198]

1:05 i did nazi that pun coming

[@dmeads5663]

I always Czech in on this comment every now and then

[@libyanmapping5408]

im gona make a pol and decide what country to make a word of

[@tangysqueek5699]

Libyan Mapping CMON CHAD ITS TIME TOGO

[@libyanmapping5408]

@@tangysqueek5699 Dont say that. Your making them sud an they wont want the auzou strip.

[@tangysqueek5699]

Libyan Mapping I mean they only have to pay a _fee, jee_ z is that too much to ask

[@KarmicOmen]

Alaska is another example of an exclave. It is separated from the US and shares boundaries with Canada. If you want to drive to Alaska, you need a passport to get from one US state to another.

[@MarioButter]

Or you drive to Seattle and get on a ferry to Alaska (no passport required). The ferries are part of Alaska's highway system, paid for with federal highway funds. They are considered road transport.

[@KarmicOmen]

Mario Butter It's a long way to drive for some people. I live in Boston, so I would have to fly, and it would be passport free.

[@MarioButter]

I never said it was a short trip. And heck, the ferry ride is three days at least, depending on where you're going in Alaska. I just said it's *possible*. :-)

[@KarmicOmen]

Mario Butter Alaska is beautiful and I would love to visit one day, but I wouldn't mind driving through Canada because it's just as gorgeous. Been there many many times.

[@quantumleaper]

You don't need a passport to enter Canada if you're from the US, though if you have a passport it is recommend you bring it.

[@nqqbix6128]

"Poland was created" So poland never existed before ? XD

[@MsLubiekefir]

re-created

[@widzu95_]

Poland vanished from map for 123 years (1795-1918).

[@vasa_kot]

Idiot in the XVIII century Russia, Austria and Prussia to share the remains of the Commonwealth of Poland and for centuries the state has ceased to exist until after World War I it had not received independence. Do not get smart if you do not know anything.

[@2prize]

It was reforged

[@cathmarieantoinette]

Poland always existed but was under occupation many times. @ Kiril 470 - Really? I didn't know this. WTF I like Ottoman Empire now.

[@hoonlee6585]

1:42 "You'll regret this in 1991"

[@SuperNovaJinckUFO]

I love how these exclave videos never talk about Alaska. By *far* the world's biggest exclave

[@chelseagirl278]

He talks about that in a different video

[@Kylora2112]

Russia: "We have this big colony in America." US: "Ok." Russia: "We'll sell it to you for cheap to fund a war because oil isn't important yet." US: "Sounds good." It's one of the easier ones to explain. The weird stuff is small exclaves/enclaves like Llivia and Barle-Nassau/Barle-Hertog :)

[@heidihorler6963]

I know right

[@shaded2324]

Well, it’s basically because Russia was desperate for money so they sold it to USA

[@thekingmapper]

Not biggest

[@mysteriousdoge1298]

Poland got it's independence back, not "was created" after world war I. Poland as a country was created in 966.

[@zeusemore4783]

You're fired! Like Greece?

[@rf6583]

AND THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVEDDDD

[@paweszumski2006]

You're fired! He said "was re created"

[@Gameflyer001]

But it hadn't been an independent entity for 103 years prior to 1918.

[@kartblaster9987]

*AND THEN THERE'S POLISH LITHUANIA*

[@jobejer]

#1 Poland was not created, but regained independence. #2 Poland did not start WW2. Like come on, this is basic knowledge, do I even have to explain this?

[@miserquemiguel2144]

It Was bad wording

[@PowerMiner]

CJ?

[@gdrngdragon2892]

We all know that the Nazis started WW2.

[@cult8625]

#1 The modern state of Poland was created, including it's borders which contained land that wasn't Polish #2 Poland did start WW2 when they refused to return the stolen land in their possession This isn't basic knowledge so your ignorance isn't your fault and so I had to explain this.

[@kwangmyongsong4887]

If poland didn't kill the germans living in poland then ww2 wouldn't happen, and it wouldn't happen if UK and France accepted peace

[@DukeOfSummerset]

"Just need to Czech on them" "I did nazi that coming"

[@jeanionesco7472]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ronaldreagan7006]

Lol

[@dcmuggamuga407]

I was about to Russian to the comments to say the same thing.

[@MKxpl]

Poland was created ? No, it regained it's independence.

[@Sammakko7]

MK Wrong.

[@yeetuspapitus5237]

You know for the Croatian thing it's because in "Ragusa" was Dubrovnik and they feared that Veniceans would take them out so they sold that little piece of land to the Ottoman Empire so they can't attack from there, they could only attack from the sea but Dubrovnik were really good at building ships.

[@methatis3013]

And at diplomacy.

[@ggeronimo4412]

Did you know that ragusa had colonies in indian ocean some small islands but they selled it to UK and portugal

[@gudancraft]

Idemo Hrvatska idemo Dubrovnik!

[@andrzejchudy1]

Poland started WWII!? What is wrong with you people!? Please change that part, it sounds like really bad joke...

[@iantheysmeyer4854]

Check the subtitles

[@VanDeGraph]

Its impossible to change youtube videos after you post them. When I was writing it I thought it was pretty clear that Germany was being aggressive before they asked for the corridor, so the blame for the war would rest solely on them. It never occurred to me that people would interpret what I said as to mean Poland started the war.

[@DaveRevan98]

Stop whining...

[@giant_cIit]

Andrzej Chudy Its called "history revision". The victims become the agressors, while the Nazis become cute little innocent kitties... (Slavophobia)

[@raptuspl]

VanDeGraph then delete it and reupload the correct version... do it right or don't bother uploading that kind od sh!t on YT.

[@Miksha]

peacefull....OOPS World War 1 , you sir , got my subscribe.

[@adrianbigboss5685]

That part killed me

[@Kevin-cw8of]

+1

[@Finchgames]

As a Serbian I chuckled!

[@Schmuni]

that was the exact same moment i subscribed^^

[@AndrewJ9673]

Miksha Mine too.... but then he called it Istanbul....

[@ms.mittenz]

"would be resolved peaceful... ups WWI " OMFG so good :P

[@Zyragonn]

Kaliningrad story begins from Royal Prussia, not Nazi Germany...

[@Damio22yt]

Well, it begins from the State of Teutonic Order. Teutonic Knights founded Konigsberg (present day Kaliningrad) in 1255.

[@MrDeinonico]

It proves that Russia is secretly Prussia

[@wieslawl59]

+Damian Adamski Not true. It had been founded by Prussians(the real Baltic people) with a name Tuvangste long before it was conquered by Teutonic Knights.

[@Venislovas]

Teutons. Well my country was in near constant war with them. At least to my memory.

[@TheBallerFox]

The current Russian exclave Kaliningrad used to be a place where all Lithuanian authors published their books (the first book in lithuanian was published in the current Kaliningrad, ). Majority of people who were living in Koningsberg were mostly Lithuanians, who fled the country due to tax evasion, failure for landownership problems. Therefore, the little country Koninsberg received a name "Lithuania Minor"due to vast numbers of lithuanians migrating to the country.

[@panjasio347]

Oh thanks! Today I learnt that Poland started the World War II.

[@sergantseb252]

Pan Jasio why you guys just cant say yes XD

[@MrDeinonico]

If Poland allowed Germany and USSR peacefully share its land, WW2 wouldn't have happened.

[@Dark_Voice]

It would. As they would wanna share the world right after.

[@MrDeinonico]

If the world accepted to be peacefully invaded WW2 wouldn't happen

[@PatriPastry]

JMathias Mapping Germany simply would've asked for part of another country, maybe go to war with Soviet later on. Poland being partitioned peacefully would simply be a delay to a conflict, and probably would make Germany stronger and better equipped.

[@historyexplained916]

I need to CZECH on them! Now that was funny.

[@megamiow3325]

U got me

[@arslayah3169]

also Sudetenly , right before it

[@luckymallik5927]

Omg

[@nothingmuch2505]

I want to see a person from Czechia

[@nothingmuch2505]

Where are you from? Like=Czechia Comment=Germany Dislike=Other Country

[@wieslawl59]

The original Prussians had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Germans. They were not even Germanic but Baltic. It was a totally different nation with its own language up to 1700's. The Teutonic Order burnt them out of their land.

[@oliverenevoldsen1536]

But the Teutonic order had been under prussian rule since 1525? The original prussians may not have been germanic, but for most of their history (at least the most important part) they were germans.

[@wieslawl59]

Not entirely true. There was only about 100 thousand Prussian survivors after their land was destroyed and burned by the crusades. Many of them fled to surrounding lands and were assimilated there. The Prussian language died out only in the beginning of 18th century. I would like to remind you that in reality there was no such thing as Germany until late 19th Century.

[@wiessiew9853]

Germany is younger than USA.

[@peterhurst4717]

everything u say is half true 1. ur own polish king granted the land to the teutonic order which is called deutschritter-orden in german meaning order of the german knights so a polish king made all this happen at first. 2. the baltic tribe prussians were neither polish german or russian or whatever they were prussians so its not an excuse to refer to them considering modern age claims for this region 3. the prussians werent exterminated and they were assimilated with the germans owning the land later becoming head of the teuton order and german and prussian ppl mixd up there during the centuries so the inhabitants are neither prussian or german they r both 4.consider some medieval history about polands north all those cities like königsberg or danzig stettin posen were built by germans not polish ppl the architecture tells it all its german architecture 5. germany didnt exist as a national state untill the 19th century yes, but the holy roman empire of german nation existed since the 10th century and the emperor of it was the emperor of germany,later it was the habsburg emperor in austria, and no austria is not an own nation at that time. austria transfers from auster east in latin and means eastern realm of germany or österreich in german eastern-empire in english the holy roman empire was split up into minor territories ruled by kings dukes and so on but they all were ruled by the emperor of the holy roman empire who travelled through the lands and lived in kaiserpfalzen castles spread around the country so germany has existed since th 11th century and the sovereign national state known as german reich which is the predecessor of the holy roman empire was found in the 19th century thats true but thats not the birth of germany this is also the reason the thrid reich was called the third reich 1.reich:holy roman empire of german nation 2.reich:imperial germany the kaiserreich 3.reich:nazi germany according to u the third reich would ve been the second reich so pls dont spread wrong facts as long as u dont know the truth

[@kennymiller476]

wieslawl59+ 1200s actually and the Teutonic Knights which included many nationalities were asked by the Pope to Christianise the Old Prussians who were Pagans. Later Germans settled the uninhabited area's and mixed with the Old Prussian who remained infuencial and after centuries assimilated into Germany. Thier name and blood remains part of Modern Germany after what remained of the Old Prussian were Ethnically Cleansed from East Prussia alongside Thier Ethnic German compatriots by the Russians​ from 1945-50

[@MarioButter]

The US has a detached piece as well. The "Northwest Angle" is a part of Minnesota that can only be reached from the rest of the state (via land) by crossing Canada.

[@feuquegougueul1592]

Interesting? Do you have a link, please? If you don't know, tje "principat d'Andorra, or "principauté d'Andorre, a very little place in the Pyreneans mountains, between France and Spain, belongs to both countries. Watch this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra This small country is known as a fiscal paradise, and for poor guys like us, a slightky taxed "quasi" duty free...

[@MarioButter]

www.google.com/search?q=Northwest+Angle&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS713US713&oq=Northwest+Angle&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@feuquegougueul1592]

Thank you. Its sometimes interesting to realise that such things happen, AND STAY through the times, as when "Europe" was declared, I remember the house I rent in the north Portugal, about 5 kilometers from Spain. That could have be a disaster por trading, , but, no more border change the tings, and a new market appears: Even you live in Spain or Portugal, every one have interest to go at this place (excuse my bad english), but for exemple, spanish went there for gas or fuel, as portugueses went for meat or else. At least, the most funny was the devasted and tagged custom houses, anat the beggining, young guys playing with their mopeds around the place, Wheeling noisily...

[@mandarin7728]

Mario Butter Alaska?

[@MarioButter]

Alaska is it's own state. In the case of the Northwest Angle, it's part of Minnesota, but you have to drive through Canada to get to it by land from the rest of Minnesota... Hawaii is detached as well, if you want to count that.

[@jetreaux]

idk how or why youtube brought me here but i’m glad it happened geography will never cease to amaze me

[@pm4896]

Did you just say that Poland started WWII? Do you want to trigger me?

[@VanDeGraph]

I didn't mean that. I had very poor wording it that section.

[@pm4896]

Ok, I didn't see a comment. Sry

[@Sucharek235PL]

I hope you didn't mean that...

[@HellHammerOfDoom]

He kinda did!

[@dvchel]

Every European country played a part in starting WWII. So he would be right otherwise.

[@PS3Gamer2912]

Poland wasn't created in 1936... It just got its independence back

[@tanomaster3849]

Exactly I'm polish^^

[@senso5580]

In 1918*

[@silano360]

It didn't created itself so it was created. Recreated sounds a bit better, but Poland didn't "took" his independence (like for example Belgium), the western Allies, especially the US, gave it to them.

[@awildfilingcabinet6239]

It’s modern state was created then. The PLC and polish puppet were separate entities, and were quite different.

[@petegrusky2715]

@@silano360 What the hell are you mumbling about ? US gave Poland independence ? You hallucinating ...

[@PeevesPolstergeist]

Man this guy is the G.O.A.T. This guy teaches me more then anyone ever will. You just earned a new subscriber. 😎

[@CarriedbyGg]

Poland told the Nazis "No" and started WW2 is either a serious misunderstanding of history or bad grammar. :)

[@VanDeGraph]

Really bad wording. I regret it a lot. The war is Germany's fault and nothing they did was justified.

[@XiaoYueMao]

I hate that people are commenting about this, yes its true Germany started WW2, but TECHNICALLY germany declared war on poland because poland told the no, therefore TECHNICALLY poland saying no is a reason why germany decalred war.... therefore again, TECHNICALLY poland saying no is indeed a cause for WW2 yall are just nazis when it comes to making sure we all strictly say germany is 100% evil and the war was 100% germanys fault nobody is disputing that, but you have to be correct when stating that germany declared war because poland said no god you are all serious grammar nazis

[@ShirosTamagotchi]

it is historically correct. Hitler set an ultimatum to Poland pretty much saying "Danzig or war!". And Poland, guaranteed by england/france thought they could win the war and decided to say "no". The polish government was 100% aware of the fact that the outcome of this ultimatum will start the war

[@josecastan2436]

Алина Старковa (Alina Starkova) and if Germany hadn't asked for polish territories, WWII would have never happened. Indirectly accusing Poland of starting WWII is ridiculous. What started WWII was Germany's invasion of Poland. They knew Poland was allied with France and Great Britain. They perfectly knew what could happen, and it did. But if you want to acuse, you could also acuse Japan, because they attacked the USA, wich made them enter the war against the AXIS powers, right? When did an allied force invade european territories just because? Never. Its only the AXIS forces aggressions that led to a world war.

[@jasiom]

...the facts within the statement are true, but the statement itself is false. Poland did not start the war, nazi Germany did. Hitler's order to invade Poland on 1 sept. 1939 did literally start the war. We all agree. The statement "Poland said no, AND started WW II" is if fact not only incorrect, but also unjust, as it shifts the blame from the oppressor, to the oppressed. In the same manner "polish death camps" do, as referring to nazi German camps on occupied polish territory were many poles were murdered. This is not only bad grammar, but unfortunately a straight forward insult to a lot of poles who know their history, or lost family members in these WW II atrocities. It's on a the same lines as telling a rape victim, to their face... that they "were asking for it" ..by wearing a short skirt, or pink shoes... unjust, to say the least. This is the reason these simple mistakes - one might say, cause such a stir. The author acknowledges his mistake, that's good enough for me. :-) ciao, & peace.

[@comradeuro4255]

Funnily enough Bosnia and Herzegovina actually uses a Croatian port town for their sea shipping needs.

[@DinaricWolf]

Yeah the Port of Ploce. Neum(the Bosnian town on the sea) doesn't even have a port.

[@damirrilic3582]

Funnily enough that that port town in Croatia only exists because of the need of industry in Bosnia, otherwise it would've never been built.

[@scofield1154]

yeah most of people in Bosnia go to Neum for swimming in the sea etc. not to sail the seas

[@damirrilic3582]

Michael Scofield Who cares about sailing

[@comfee]

it's useless, i'd rather we give it up... not even that much of a tourist attraction

[@Views-kg3bz]

Poland didn't start the war. The Nazis (Germany) started war attacking polish borders. EDIT: Oh I seen your comment about bad wording, you right.

[@downtohell7352]

i once heard, that poland bombed German Cities at the Border with Artillery and that they killed thousands of Germans in Danzig and because of this Germany invaded Poland. So if thats right Poland started WW2

[@netbotcl586]

@@downtohell7352 That happened AFTER the german invaded.

[@downtohell7352]

@@netbotcl586 No

[@polpot2875]

@@downtohell7352 XDDDDDDDD

[@eggyolkniggles6388]

@@downtohell7352 wait how is it no

[@Silenthunter199]

Russia shouldn't have Kaliningrad, they have it only because of one side of WW2 winners, so they just took it from Germany, in Kaliningrad lived more Germans and Lithuanians than Russians...

[@shvakystan6172]

Dream on.

[@shvakystan6172]

You think Princess Angela does?

[@yugine1000]

Now what? Tell that to many other nations. Don't forget to inform your owners, that they expanded well beyond 13 colonies and massacred millions of native americans.

[@Leo-pd2dq]

using your dumbfuck logic then poland shouldn't have their western territories, since ''they have it only because of one side of WW2 winners''. look at these brits owning the falklands because they won a war! how dare they! look at the americans owning mexican lands because they won a war! how dare they! when you win a war you may also win lands, idiot

[@paulp6143]

Silenthunter199 tell that the 27 million dead soviets...

[@Krzysztex]

Poland wasnt created, it had existed from VII or VIII century.

[@studiotefaen5655]

True

[@Xtrems]

X century.

[@Jicko1560]

Krzysztex it's probably just a bad wording. recreated or freed would have been better for sure

[@Krzysztex]

Xtrems Xterms X century is when first historical chronicles mention the name of Poland, polish tribes have been united in some form of monarchy for at least 200 years before that

[@Xtrems]

Krzysztex by spreading something that you think is true, but there are no mentions about it, you just spread sth that isn't true. btw. The begging of polish history is said to be when piasts started ruling the polan tribe. Nobody knows when it was. but surely not VII century, more like the second half of IX century. And there is a reason why officialy it was 966, so use it if you're not explaining your version. especially to other nations.

[@music4dance837]

"I did nazi that coming" Omg please stop I'm *wheezing*

[@Makrelacz]

I love how you dealt with Macedonian controversial name. I was under impression that you cannot mention the country without pissing off one or another side, but your solution is simply master piece. :)

[@evolvedape2161]

'Resettled by Russians' lol nice way of putting that.

[@ashersheraf9174]

Ikr, it's so funny how people think that Germans can only genocide but cannot be genocided

[@frysebox1]

Nazi germany started the war primarily because of persecution of ethnic germans in regions that (pre WW1) was german territory, but now belonged to Poland. Prior to attacking Poland they tried several times to resolve the issue diplomatically. Of course the version you're told in school is pretty much "LETS START A WORLD WAR CAUSE WE NEED MORE RANDOM TERRITORY LUL". There are rarely any "good" vs "evil" in history, but the victors sure do write it.

[@123clawer]

There was no genocide in Kaliningrad. Genocide is purposefully killing a specific group. Destroying their military fort and winning their land isn't deliberate killing.

[@Oghuzpervert1]

Then how come East Prussia is filled with russians and no germans

[@123clawer]

Surgical Autumn Because Kaliningrad was used as a "hold at all costs" (until death) military fort by Nazi Germany. Before & during that a lot of people were evacuated west, then after the battle, some people left on their own, some were deported and some stayed, also in later years a lot of Germans and Poles moved back there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg Kaliningrad was pretty much nothing at that point, barely even a military position, let alone a place for civilians to live. It's like asking "why was the Eiffel tower toured by Hitler and not the French in 1940"... because what would they be doing at a military stronghold?

[@accuratleyrblx8271]

“Just gotta Czech on you” *AIRHORN*

[@Stiflex]

1:00 By expelled, he meant banished and not to anywhere near Germany, for anyone who was wondering.

[@patrikiosvatemanopoulos]

Azerbaijan is another example. And the USA with Alaska

[@kaminarikitsune2744]

Yeah but when your main audience is Americans, you don't really go in to explaining what they "Already know" In actuality I don't think many Americans know that we bought Alaska from Russia. They probably a) don't even think about it or b) think that Canada gave it to us

[@kaminarikitsune2744]

a few things. I am actually Japanese-American, so I know exactly how that is. I am actually retarded, and contrary to popular belief, retarded does not mean 'drooling idiot'. And learn your fucking grammer. When English is my second language and my grammer is better than someone who's first language is English, that says something.

[@kaminarikitsune2744]

Yes. That's exactly what I said before your torrent of childish insults.

[@kaminarikitsune2744]

No, actually that'd be a racial slur. An insult is a degradation of someone. For imstance, by calling me a moron and a fool (something that you, of all people, should never do lest you get ridiculed) is insulting me twice.

[@levongevorgyan6789]

Nakhichevan will be retaken.

[@petapaka7490]

3:30 I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina That city's name is Neum and i still live there

[@DaviLucas-vw9ds]

Congratolations, u can swim

[@lazarhd3539]

Neum is near Mostar i mean?

[@petapaka7490]

@@lazarhd3539 da

[@ropperfan1499]

Super za tebe :) pozz iz Hrvatske

[@AhimtarHoN]

Ah, the good old random border when travelling by car to south Croatia! :D

[@dhcqae]

you forgot about east timor and indonesia, some part of east timor are separated by nusa tenggara timur which is a province of indonesia

[@briantravelman]

Oh really? I had no idea. I'll have to research why that is. Probably the same ethnic group that lives in East Timor also lives in that cut off part.

[@-SUM1-]

+briantravelman No. East Timor contains dozens of ethnic groups from two families, Trans-New Guinean and Austronesian, and it is actually an Austronesian group that lives in the exclave (the family Indonesian is also from).

[@penguinexpress12]

Just gotta Czech on you

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

penguinexpress12 I did nazi that coming, did jew?

[@waiyumunching8357]

No need to be Russian around here.

[@nightcoreedits266]

penguinexpress12 there's Norway that pun is original.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

These jokes are making me Hungary. I'm gonna be Russian to the shop Dubai a Swede and a Turkey, some Greece to cook them in and a large China plate to eat them from. Yumyum.

[@penguinexpress12]

Yum Yum Yemen

[@superkittypro6520]

3:27 Croatia: hey bosnia want a hug? Bosnia: well i- Croatia: 🤗

[@highquality86]

in 1945 Crimea was in Russia, not in Ukraine =P

[@casperado666]

There was no "Russia" in 1945

[@highquality86]

casperado666 there was... RSFSR is Russia...

[@casperado666]

Евгений Ф Not the same though ;)

[@highquality86]

casperado666 nop, its same. RSFSR is modern Russia.

[@nathanlong8295]

Евгений Ф but their barely together in distance.

[@cromagnonac]

You didn't really explain how Croatian exclave came to be. Ragusa, while dominantly inhabited by Croatians was not part of Croatia until it was integrated into the Austro-Hungarian empire. The 20km land strip was part of Ragusa that they seceded to the Ottomans to lose the land border with the Venetians thus insuring itself from a land invasion. The Naval one was not likely since Ragusa, being a merchant republic, while smaller in wealth and influence, had a decent enough fleet to defend itself.

[@VanDeGraph]

I had to start somewhere, though I agree it would have been probably been good to say why Ragusa gave the land to the Ottomans instead of just saying that it was given.

[@et496]

"Gonna Czech on them." Czech Republic is gonna be angry...

[@obamagameradventures]

*angry czech noises*

[@VanDeGraph]

This comment will answer most of the frequently asked questions in the comments: 1. Why didn't you include ? There are a lot of exclaves in the world. So much in fact that I think It would probably thank an entire series of videos to cover them all. The three I chose to cover in this video have the theme of being the result of a country needing access to the sea so I thought they fit well together. 2. Who started world war 2? The Nazis started WW2 in Europe. In the video I made the mistake of being extremely unclear on a very important topic. I said "Poland told the Nazis no, and started world war 2". I didn't mean Poland started ww2, but I understand why people would think I did. The Nazis had previously demanded small areas of land from other countries, only to invade them later. So by 1939 nobody believed the Nazis anymore so Poland had no choice but to say no. The Nazis didn't immediately go to war after they were told no. Instead they created a bunch of false events which were used to justify invading Poland. The Nazis often tried to claim Poland made them do it, that is why it was bad for me to have a wording that could imply I meant Poland was responsible, since that would be playing right into the Nazi's narrative. I chose a much more simplified explanation since ww2 wasn't the focus of the video and ultimately the Nazis wanted the Danzig corridor when they chose to invade Poland, getting the rest of Poland as well was just taking two steps at once.

[@VanDeGraph]

I will probably cover it in a future video

[@malco76]

"The Nazis started WW2 in Europe" is also wrong! It was Germany. There was never a country called "Nazis".

[@briantravelman]

"The three I chose to cover in this video have the theme of being the result of a country needing access to the sea". EXACTLY. So you could've just said THAT and added more countries. IDK why you gave a big history lesson? You made this video more complicated than it had to be. Though Kaliningrad also chose to remain part of Russia, because they have no industry that would sustain a viable economy, so if they were an independent country, they would be the poorest country in Europe and one of the poorest in the world. As for WWII, the war technically wasn't even started in Poland. It was started in Gdansk, which at the time was a city-state called the "Free City of Gdansk", which was separate from the Polish state.

[@briantravelman]

And UAE and Oman also have messed up borders.

[@sutoeben]

the nazi parted started it.

[@jamesmiller2521]

I love India-Bangladesh border. It's full of enclaves.

[@alfonso6558]

or the city of Baarle in Belgium/The Netherlands. Definitely the strangest border there is.

[@rsquare32]

The enclaves are gone now. The Indian enclaves have joined Bangladesh,and the Bangladeshi ones have joined India.

[@nasimakanwal8937]

Not anymore.

[@CrispedFroy]

You dare question the Motherland?

[@Mns_87]

Germany started WW2 by invading Poland. Your statement that "Poland started WW2" is rather misleading.

[@VanDeGraph]

I was trying to make Poland sound like a badass because they told the Nazis no when everyone else just accepted the Nazis pushing them around. In retrospect it does make it very unclear. I didn't mean to say Poland started ww2. Nazi aggression meant ww2 was inevitable.

[@stbufraba]

"Poland told the Nazis "no" and started WW II." I am speechless! This is total bullshit and without any respect to the millions of deads of that war. For good reason such a statement would be considered illegal and punished hard in todays Germany.

[@Smutnovsor]

Poland started WW2 by invading Czechoslovakia together with Germany

[@Mns_87]

Smutnovsor I'm a Czech and that's a complete lie. Yes, Poland and Germany seized Czechoslovak territory in 1938, but there was no armed conflict.

[@Mns_87]

VanDeGraph Unfortunately when you use carefree language, it invites historical deniers and spreaders of propaganda like the person above.

[@Vallanfir]

In your video You state that "Ppland said the Nazi NO and started World War II". This statement is misleading because it was Nazi Germany who attacked Poland on September 1st 1939, so Nazi Germany started world War II not Poland.

[@top17s9]

uh, it's misleading only for who've never heard of something called history,otherwise it's completely logical

[@hadizaher9678]

Right

[@VanDeGraph]

Yes you are right. I used a very unfortunate wording.

[@zetastein6031]

shut up

[@sofijafranz5020]

In 1945 Crimea was Russian not Ukrainian :)

[@billyjov]

And how do you know it? There was Soviet Union, which had both Russia and Ukraine

[@billyjov]

@Bom Bon ok thanks. I am not really into russian history so I actually didnt know it

[@colecoal1365]

RadTheLad I mean the reason they gave was the one the Nazi’s gave and isn’t a valid reason to invade

[@mioch1590]

Sofija Franz well ukraine was part of russia for 500 years ;)

[@petegrusky2715]

@@mioch1590 Wrong !!

[@saif68uddin]

Poland did not start WW2, you should get the basics right!

[@realdeal5712]

saif uddin Thats so true.... nazi already plan to start war in mind. Until 01/07/1939 they attack poland first claiming poland fuck their land

[@realdeal5712]

Lunula 96 oh I mean 01/09/1939 but russia is german ally. Im not from Poland. I just happen to learn history of ww2

[@kohimame]

Russia was never an ally of Germany?

[@vtet]

if you look at all of the first comment, he says Poland didn't start WW2 and it was just bad wording

[@Baggellyh]

How do you get such clean blank maps?

[@VanDeGraph]

They are Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) maps. SVGs are created using computer code so you can zoom in as close as you like and it will still look sharp. Wikimedia has tons of SVG maps just like these, they mostly have modern border though, so for historical maps I edit the SVG maps myself to give a rough picture of the borders at those dates.

[@filiphavojic8045]

You didn't mention why Dubrovnik/Ragusa exclave exists. In 18th century, when Habsurbg Monarchy, Poland, Ottoman Empire and Republic of Venice made a treaty, Venice was about to get Dalmatia. But their fierce competitor Dubrovnik sold a part of own territory to Ottoman Empire just so they don't have a border to Venice, what is now causing really big problems.

[@RedoStone35]

"Just need to Czech on them." "I did Nazi that coming." Bad county jokes again...

[@Maannnn...]

bruh I'm so hungary

[@gabrielai.5629]

So many things in this video are just plain wrong. Poland didn't "get created" after the 1. WW, it got its independence back. It also certainly didn't START the war. I understand that this is supposed to be dumbed down, but at least don't spread false information.

[@methatis3013]

At least delete this comment now that he put a disclaimer at the top of the comment section.

[@spoopymayers2224]

It's bad wording, *BRUUUUUUUUH*

[@jeykies3745.]

Gabriela I. f uck off

[@udififkfkfck]

"Russian borders are endless they don't begin & don't end"! "Russia borders with whoever Russia wants"! - Vladimir Putin

[@cleaulem]

OMG! Dis you really say that Poland started WW2 (0:51)? WTF? That is so fundamentally wrong!!! You can't say that!

[@VanDeGraph]

I didn't mean that. It was extremely poorly worded. Before I was saying how germany was annexing neighbours lands and then invading them anyway, and afterwards I talked about the non-aggression pact with the soviets that agreed to split poland. So its pretty clear that Germany was intending to go to war with Poland.

[@x0gl835]

DANZIG? this sounds weird af when youre polish, its gdańsk xd

[@hotcurryketchup9451]

I think he used the german name

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic6379]

@Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän Germans were planning to do it to the poles anyway when they will win WW2 so just returning the favor mate

[@erebosthefaceless3850]

@Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän you're all part of Russia arrogant idiots, Russia always led this land, u deutshes are just our slaves, and the Poles some little brothers who always wanna be like the big bro

[@fap.815]

@@bukayo568 yo, dont say something against all germans you huge sack of shit

[@lukassbeataddicts]

Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän You see these were never German lands, DNA proves that Slavic people lived there for much longer than previously thought. Romans just wrongly marked that territory which they never explored properly. DNA is a bitch my German friend. East Germans are mostly Slavic too.

[@feliksmajchrzyk9690]

Congo: *exists* Belgium: It’s Free Congo Estate

[@_piulin_]

*Leopold II.

[@endod8708]

all borders are weird

[@bjdon99]

Except Wyoming

[@LMvdB02]

Amen

[@timoleary3286]

Especially the islands

[@poatosunite8955]

Like Nunavut

[@SynisterFour]

West and central American state borders are the most satisfying to look at.

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

"Created Poland"

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

Racist troll

[@yugine1000]

As a state, Poland did not exist from 1939 to 1945.

[@shanewright2772]

I love this! It's obscurely fascinating and slightly silly.

[@peterdue7676]

1:05 the soviets did infact see that pact being broken, both sides knew that someone would break it at some point, so that part was historicly inaccurate :-)

[@PatriPastry]

Peter Due Doesn't change the fact they broke it, even if "they knew it was going to be broken." Besides, if they did, why were they so Ill prepared for the Nazi invasion?

[@peterdue7676]

Patrickmen11 well im talking about the ''i did nazi that coming'' thing on the screen

[@peterdue7676]

Patrickmen11 and they were ill prepared because they were russia, technically far behind and german were fully prepared for war, whcih the rest of europe wasnt

[@Paguo]

You don't make sense. If the USSR knew the Germans would break the deal, then why didn't they prepared for that. And the fact that the Soviets repeled the Germans after those Blitzkrieg deathtactics show that the USSR had potential to repel it from the beggining, if they had prepared for that.

[@lilrushin2214]

Russia being technologically behind is first of all false. The revolution in Russia had industrialized the nation. Russia was not technologically behind, rather it was more keen on creating cheaper and easier to make equipment over the German elaborate and powerful equipment. TheFifa107 makes a good case about it. If Russia knew about it, it would have mobilized way before. There are documents that mention that Stalin was in complete shock, because he didn't want to believe Hitler broke the pact. Russian Officials had indeed warned him before but he didn't believe them.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Seeing this small section of south-west Russia beside the rest of Eastern Europe, it already looks like a huge country. Then remember that it shares a border with China, Mongolia and North Korea in the south-east, and is only 50 miles from Alaska in the far north-east. Bottom line is: Russia is huge.

[@fudgecakes1313]

Fun fact: if you go to the sea access of Zaire there is a place called "Banana" lol

[@MyNBA2k23-99]

I just saw that before I saw this comment

[@어느날일어나보니씹덕]

How about Azerbaijan?

[@K0uUraki]

Couldn’t they just fricken put the corridor beside Russia or beside the edge of Germany and not in between Germany?

[@rytisliaucys3444]

Actually, Poland as it is now WAS created. The original Crown of Poland was NOTHING like it is now. It was greatly lesser in territorial size than it is now. The reason is that after World War I, Poland was supported by the League of Nations to keep Germany in line, so it had been gifted German and former territories of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Precisely why Lithuania lost all of its Ruthenian lands - Lithuania was only recognized with the lands that ethnic Lithuanians were remaining in, while Poland was gifted a tremendous amount of German and Ruthenians lands to make it able to fend off Germans if they were to rise up again. A plan that horribly failed in WWII

[@sabro5752]

Poland didn't start WW2

[@borussiagermania4089]

Since the end of WW1 Poland was begging France to attack Germany so Poland could once again stab Germany in the back. Poland had long term plans to ethnically cleanse east Germany of its entire population. After WW2 Poland took advantage and ethnically cleansed 14 million Germans from East Germany but unfortunately for Poland the Russians decided to take nearly half of Poland.

[@Kremlinbot-mz1cm]

Sabro Danzig or war

[@unluckypedro8093]

@@borussiagermania4089 I wish the west listened to Józef Piłsudski and destroyed 3rd Reich...

[@googleuser9850]

0:25 Poland was not created, it had already existed for thousands of years. At that time poland had a revolution after being taken over Russia and Germany. Do not spread false information

[@downtohell7352]

hundreds, not thousands

[@PERUN319]

@@downtohell7352 What do you mean? It has existed for thousands of years. Officially Poland was founded between the years 800 and 900. We’ve literally been around from the beginning if you count our tribes. Modern Poland is the place of the first Slavic tribes and the beginning of our expansion to the east

[@downtohell7352]

@@PERUN319 as you say, founded in 960, "thousands" intends it has been around for more than 2000

[@manioqqqq]

Recreated, that's what you mean. Poland was recreated

[@JUST-BAD698]

In the caption it says Poland was re-created you should stop spreading misinformation

[@MrMadaras]

"Unhappy nazis"...Danzig was a German city, build on german land back in the 1200s by the Teutonic Knights.Of course Germans wanted it back after the WWI.

[@mistersmiley9425]

*EAST PUSSIA*

[@vladimirpopov862]

20 milions humans go fight and u want to say they arw pussy... ( not comonism )

[@miserquemiguel2144]

Its prussia you idiot

[@jeffreychandra912]

@@miserquemiguel2144 r/whoosh

[@neoney]

Jeffrey Chandra r/woooosh*

[@STB4G]

Kalining. is West, not east

[@masniburkek533]

Dubrovnik in past gave piece of their teritorry to Ottomans in favours of not neighbouring with Venice, cauze at those time, they were afraid of Venice attacking them. it remains still as it it today because of it, croatia is split in two, even in that section(Neum) thats is splitting Croatia, croats live there(like 99%) XD. Neum is also a part of Hercegovina where mostly croats live which is in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ottomans made a mess of this parts and as a result Croatia looks like an eaten apple. :D

[@HolyRaincloud]

This is essentially a handful of parasites fighting eachother over control of the host

[@alpanabhowal6836]

0:45 national focus complete: Danzig or war

[@banana_man_101]

Poland Refuses To Cede Danzig! Despite our attempts to allow Poland to hand over Danzig peacefully, even vowing to give up our claims on other German territories in exchange, we have been met with refusal. As expected, the world gives nothing to us that we do not seize by force. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |They know very well what the alternative is.| -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[@9264tri]

When you say prussia is a part of Russia. you're right

[@vladoshka9014]

More like Russia is a part of Prussia.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Speaking of the '90s in Europe, In 1990, Germany was reunified as the Federal Republic of Germany as East joined West. In 1991, the Soviet Union dissolved, *but there's a mistake in this map of timeline. Czechoslovakia didn't break up until the beginning of 1993.* In 1992, Yugoslavia dissolved, but Montenegro was voted to become independent in 2006 leaving Serbia to become landlocked.

[@evilrobottolhurst]

Very interesting. You trivialise the geopolitical importance of Kaliningrad/Königsberg (a key city in Germany in its time) by referring to the Germans as "Nazis".

[@brexit8106]

Please research your information. Poland did not start WW2

[@vtet]

if you look at all of the first comment, he says Poland didn't start WW2 and it was just bad wording

[@movedaccount9958]

I think YOU should research the comment section first. He said it was just bad wording. I like how people become hypocritical.

[@calo.m0]

I find a little mistake in 1920 italy annexed the borders from yugoslavia that come to the Adriatic sea

[@Scenariania]

Isn't that Zadar? Or Istria? They were both annexed by Italy after ww1

[@GandalfGreyhame]

Today is 25 years ago the Soviet Union split!

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

And now Putin is trying to put it back together. This will peacefully result in--oh look, WWIII.

[@duroduric15]

And from serbo-croatian war

[@yon2844]

KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS Putin isn't communist, though. USA neocon zionist extremists being very evil today, starting civil wars in countries everywhere and making it so native populations are being replaced. Christian Russia isn't my enemy.

[@rulebritannia1518]

+yon28 Jews shouldn't be your enemy either because that's where Christianity has its roots.

[@eremjot1407]

funny how you mention Poland was created in the '30s ;)

[@raptuspl]

eremjot this video is a total BS.

[@postawmigaske1503]

eremjot for your information Poland was re-created because it already existed even before 966. Basically Soviets and Nazi's took Poland's lands and that made it dissappear from the maps. Before posting a comment please look to a history book or a Wikipedia (if you don't have a history book) and don't act like a 5 year old kid that doesn't know anything about the world.

[@postawmigaske1503]

Julian Hen You are a dumb fuck

[@postawmigaske1503]

You are a dumb fuck, you probably are a 6 year old which doesn't even know the history of the Europe and the countries of it.

[@postawmigaske1503]

Good then but you aren't a nice person.

[@Ellie_R.]

Wow I was watching the landlocked countries and you really grown, congrats!!!!

[@Robi2009]

1:03 - so wrong - the date shows 1941, but the Nazi-USSR border on Poland is the 1945 one, based on so called Curzon line.

[@armoredgaming2352]

Robi_CK please tell me you're joking...

[@Robi2009]

why?

[@123clawer]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Riga#/media/File:Rzeczpospolita_1922.png

[@Panzermeister36]

You sure? The Soviets had taken all of Poland by January 1945....so the map would be very different than what you're saying this 1941 map looks like.

[@Robi2009]

Panzermeister36 I mean that this isn't what the border between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union looked like in 1941, before tge Barbarossa. It was tne border agreed upon in 1939 in the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact's secret appendix which was corelated slightly after invasion in Poland

[@titothesecond2001]

Danzig wasn't the only reason that WW2 started. Ethnic Germans in former East Prussia that was in Poland at that time wanted to reunite with Nazi Germany, but the Polish government lashed out on them

[@INecr0]

Yep, so Hiter decided to attack Poland, France, Great Britain, Soviet Union and murder millions of innocent people from all over Europe in revenge. Seems legit. Hitler wanted to conquer neighboring countries and eliminate the remaining contenders for the role of hegemon in Europe. That was his version of the German plan from the WWI called "Mitteleuropa".

[@Gunsareawsome4321]

Mr. Nobody better than a communist utopia.....

[@ConorMcgregor322]

False, France and Great Britain attacked him, as for the Soviet Union, he had no choice. Stalin would've stabbed him in the back and Hitler knew this.

[@rzul]

Sweganator2013 They declared war first, they didn't attack first. Germany attacked them by attacking their ally

[@ronsho97]

The first 2 minutes of this video is pure gold. Thank you.

[@SuperNovaJinckUFO]

The US actually has the world's largest exclave.

[@gameplandoctor]

Yes

[@sevenstars1205]

4:15 got me drownin laughs

[@tompeled6193]

Northern East Prussia should've been given to Lithuania as a punishment for Nazi Germany taking Memelland.

[@BarisDeniz_Ovrlord]

Baarle Hertog and Büsingen am Hochrhein? :)

[@dougmontgomery1868]

Yeah...now _there's_ a crazy border situation!

[@Andresmorph]

This is the way ppl should teach such things of history to not make it booring

[@midnight.blue42]

I saw better ways.

[@maximilienrobespierre7927]

Andresmorph Not to mention the fact that some things here are wrong.

[@udififkfkfck]

Bulgaria & Turkey are the most strategic territories in the history of world!

[@SoujiOkitaTwo]

1:42 this is the saddest moment in history 😭

[@spelltairen3509]

No, you stupid communist

[@ropperfan1499]

@@spelltairen3509 u stupid

[@spelltairen3509]

@@ropperfan1499 another communist lmao

[@ropperfan1499]

Communism and socialism are best.

[@ropperfan1499]

That is a fact

[@Platerising]

I would make a new video, Poland did not start WWII

[@vtet]

if you look at all of the first comment, he says Poland didn't start WW2 and it was just bad wording

[@slobodankovacevic9639]

There is also weird border between Serbia and Bosnia. Bosnia has small enclave which consists of only one village near Serbian city of Priboj and is surrounded with Serbia from all sides. Border line is unusual at this place and sometimes if you wish to cross 20 miles in straight line you have to cross border several times. The reason for this irregularity of border is that borders were created depending on the nationality of land owner, so as one Bosnian possessed this village in Serbia, villiga territory was joined to Bosnia.

[@blank-mq8ef]

poland was not created poland regained their land and did not start ww2

[@VanDeGraph]

I know. I'm sorry it sounded like I said that.

[@blank-mq8ef]

VanDeGraph its fine i thought that you thought that because of the way you said it

[@erykhim]

And there's a difference in getting rid of polish using chemicals, and geting rid of Polish using chemicals. Press shift Save a life

[@kennymiller476]

blank0104 Poland lost 170.000sq km and recieved 100.000 sq km of eastern Germany which it had no past history in. SO I WOULDN'T CALL THAT RECOVERED what about Kresy Wschodnie U can't just take the parts of history u like and leave out the bits u don't like. ( Silesea had a Polish minority but after WW1 in a referendum by nearly 80% decided to remain a part of Germany )

[@Peterkragger]

Kaliningrad should be a part of Poland Change my mind

[@ibotnet]

Good opinion. I approve. As soon as Poland becomes part of the Russian Federation, you will find Kaliningrad and Lviv. Deal?

[@robrobski9445]

@@ibotnet you can be our part

[@kubix_gaming1222]

guys before you comment look at subtitles!! Poland was *re-created* not *created* ppl!!

[@Wiktor12339]

Wrong. Poland was not given "the Corridor" to have an acess to the sea (well, it wasn't the main reason) but becouse it was mostly populated by Poles.

[@sirisibhe]

Me when ppl say Poland started ww2 *kurwa*

[@spoopymayers2224]

Read his comment, he know 3-Reich started it, he just said it not very good and 80% think poland started, but he means 3-Reich started

[@ejhuusv]

2:22 *But they never got Ethiopia*