What Each Nation Wanted From the Scramble for Africa

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@igoralmeida9136
@igoralmeida9136 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal claiming the entire continent of Africa was a total chad move
@rafaelsantosnovais7813
@rafaelsantosnovais7813 3 жыл бұрын
Chad Portugal Vs Virgins other Europeans countries
@oliverthorgrimson5883
@oliverthorgrimson5883 3 жыл бұрын
@@rafaelsantosnovais7813 It was such a chad move that a nation named chad spawned
@pilotfg4612
@pilotfg4612 3 жыл бұрын
No one else like this comment it has perfect number of likes
@jackychung6613
@jackychung6613 3 жыл бұрын
portugal omegalul
@Loo0Lzz
@Loo0Lzz 3 жыл бұрын
"Dibs" -Portugal
@cauadasilva9238
@cauadasilva9238 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: Claims the entire continent Leopold: Claims Portugal
@HF06
@HF06 3 жыл бұрын
He was always one step ahead
@MrLedeberg
@MrLedeberg 3 жыл бұрын
hands down the best move of leopold ...
@baconator2427
@baconator2427 3 жыл бұрын
@@HF06 you mean one hand ahead
@zDeadblue
@zDeadblue 3 жыл бұрын
@@baconator2427 i like dark humor but holy shit
@jesusislord473
@jesusislord473 3 жыл бұрын
checkmate
@hypersp3ce596
@hypersp3ce596 2 жыл бұрын
"So Leopold, what do you want out of Africa?" "Uhh, lemme have Wisconsin"
@mariotheundying
@mariotheundying 2 жыл бұрын
"Can I please have the entire American continent?"
@cactuscreek5925
@cactuscreek5925 2 жыл бұрын
Leopold walked into McDonalds and asked for a Whopper
@sonofsanto
@sonofsanto 2 жыл бұрын
Let me kill 15 million people
@notlucas6859
@notlucas6859 2 жыл бұрын
Belgium shocked wisconsin not in africa
@seronymus
@seronymus 2 жыл бұрын
He really liked cheese
@paulrogers8725
@paulrogers8725 3 жыл бұрын
Colonies are soooo last year Jessica, we’re on “protectorates” now
@maniac7466
@maniac7466 3 жыл бұрын
true
@thunderbird1921
@thunderbird1921 3 жыл бұрын
Well, technically a few colonies still exist. French Guiana is still governed by France, but it actually has representatives in the Paris legislature.
@lionelmas6296
@lionelmas6296 3 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 French Guyana it's a full territory of France tokay.It's not an colony anymore. The citizens of Guyana are fully french citizens.
@capnsteele3365
@capnsteele3365 3 жыл бұрын
@@lionelmas6296 they shouldnt they should go back to guyana
@lionelmas6296
@lionelmas6296 3 жыл бұрын
@@capnsteele3365 Why? French citizen are never own by guyana. I don't understand. Can you explain to me the link between french guyana and guyana? I hope it's not only the name
@franklinclinton4539
@franklinclinton4539 3 жыл бұрын
Others ”want something” Portugal ” want’s everything” Leopold ”want’s Portugal.”
@abdurrehmannasir5963
@abdurrehmannasir5963 3 жыл бұрын
5head because then he would have all of portugal and the world.
@ulematome
@ulematome 3 жыл бұрын
Funniest comment in the world :D
@strategymapper7824
@strategymapper7824 3 жыл бұрын
ahahahhahahahahahahahahahahah
@kaan5459
@kaan5459 3 жыл бұрын
Did you get rid of that yee-yee ass haircut?
@northwestpassage6234
@northwestpassage6234 3 жыл бұрын
Want is
@teixeira476
@teixeira476 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal claims half of the world for itself, Portugal claims Africa for itself, Portugal claims half of africa for itself, Portugal claims territory between their already existing colonies, Portugal gets scammed, Portugal is now sad :(
@unaihmg9352
@unaihmg9352 3 жыл бұрын
Belgium: Portugal would do as a fine colony of mine
@riograndedosulball248
@riograndedosulball248 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal needs to revise it's friendship with England
@DiogoSantos-ln1nz
@DiogoSantos-ln1nz 3 жыл бұрын
@@riograndedosulball248 Without England as an ally Portugal would now probably belong to Spain.
@hotman_pt_
@hotman_pt_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@DiogoSantos-ln1nz not at all. But it wouldn't have got that much colonies in the treaty.
@hotman_pt_
@hotman_pt_ 3 жыл бұрын
@La nova renaissance that's not entirely true, since germany and italy were trying to get into the game and UK kinda backed up some of the interests of Portugal (luso-british alliance) even if some of the claims were incompatible between them both
@pseudonym1337
@pseudonym1337 2 жыл бұрын
Just a clarification: Ethiopia should not be included in the treaty of Tordesillas claim for Portugal because it is a Christian nation and thus exempt from Portuguese control per the Pope's decree. Any undiscovered Christian lands (and remember some Europeans at the time thought there was a powerful Christian king Prester John out there somewhere, probably in Africa) have the right to their own sovereignty. So in short, Portugal could not lay claim to Ethiopia as the map indicates.
@juanmola2000
@juanmola2000 2 жыл бұрын
Thats actually an amazing detail, the more you know.
@sherlocksmuuug6692
@sherlocksmuuug6692 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, thats why Ethiopia was left alone by the Western Powers for pretty long. Can't really plunder a region's ressources with the argument that you are converting the natives to your religion if said natives already practice said religion. Being basically the first state in history to adopt Christianity really payed off for Ethiopia in the long run because thats also how they got all these russian military advisors and french guns they used to chase the italians around in the first italo-ethiopian war.
@Zeyede_Seifegiyorgis
@Zeyede_Seifegiyorgis 2 жыл бұрын
@@sherlocksmuuug6692 *The French didn't help us, we traded gun with their merchants and also Italians themselves before the war*
@h.sandor6245
@h.sandor6245 2 жыл бұрын
@@Zeyede_Seifegiyorgis All my love to Ethiopia, the greatest African nation, from Hungary. I hope there will be peace soon for all the Christians there.
@Zeyede_Seifegiyorgis
@Zeyede_Seifegiyorgis 2 жыл бұрын
@@h.sandor6245 Thank you
@masterspark9880
@masterspark9880 3 жыл бұрын
6:32 “Italy had long had ambitions on North Africa” is an understatement
@Sans-ij8zv
@Sans-ij8zv 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the timestamp, I can’t stop repeating the way he says Italy
@mojewjewjew4420
@mojewjewjew4420 3 жыл бұрын
@Mina saleh20 America delenda est
@Mike-ij4rq
@Mike-ij4rq 2 жыл бұрын
@Mina saleh20 Vandal delenda est
@WardenOfTheGreatSaltLake
@WardenOfTheGreatSaltLake 2 жыл бұрын
@Mina saleh20 The city may be gone, but Carthage is eternal
@Fharaway
@Fharaway 2 жыл бұрын
6:33
@sail4549
@sail4549 3 жыл бұрын
"sharing is caring" Portugal: *i don't care*
@baconator2427
@baconator2427 3 жыл бұрын
I mean they did discover most of the continent for Europe so don’t ya think they can, ya know claim?
@papakarrbear3767
@papakarrbear3767 3 жыл бұрын
New world: 🖐😑 Portuguese World: 👈😎
@baconator2427
@baconator2427 3 жыл бұрын
I mean honestly it’s kinda happened with Brazil
@Bruh-hq1hx
@Bruh-hq1hx 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: *communist detected on Portugese soil*
@tiagorodrigues179
@tiagorodrigues179 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bruh-hq1hx *António de Oliveira Salazar spawns*
@vinny9868
@vinny9868 3 жыл бұрын
"Spain proclaimed ownership over the western Sahara. No one cared." That just seems sad tbh.
@asherl5902
@asherl5902 3 жыл бұрын
France cared. It toke parts of Sahara already claimed by Spain to its Mauritania; also note it left almost no Morocco to Spain, and if there was any part of Africa that Spain really wanted and tried actively to colonize before the Berlin Confence was Morocco, and that was what made it to colonize the dessert just bellow it. Spain also tried to colonize western Algeria, but... France
@pocketmarcy6990
@pocketmarcy6990 3 жыл бұрын
@@asherl5902 France just like, NO
@joselugo4536
@joselugo4536 3 жыл бұрын
Be careful with what you colonized, you may get their immigrants.
@ajaxnation9504
@ajaxnation9504 3 жыл бұрын
Western Sahara is an Illusion, in 1975, Morocco organized The Green March, a peaceful march to liberate it's southern provinces, as Spain withdrew from Western Sahara due to this march, they spilt the territory in half in favor of Morocco and Mauritania. In 1984, Mauritania gave it's half to some sort of gangs originally from Tindouf (an Algerian city) claiming that territory is theirs as Saharawi people. Morocco perceived this as a move of the Algerian regime to gain control of an area coasting the Atlantic Ocean, thus he proclaimed the other half that it historically proven his. Now Morocco controls over 2 thirds of the territory while these gangs who named Polisario control the rest. Till this day , this gang is still preforming Hit-and-Run operations all over the borders. If you think about it, how can a proclaimed "country" with less than 100 000 citizens own such advanced military equipment without even a proper command chain. This clearly shows that they're just a bunch of thugs backed by a foreign power to initiate conflicts.
@sualtam9509
@sualtam9509 3 жыл бұрын
The Austrians cared. They keep looking out for each other
@Awakeningspirit20
@Awakeningspirit20 3 жыл бұрын
Now I have this horrific image of Leopold sending his goons into Wisconsin and forcing the population to make huge quotas of beer and cheese, and beer-cheese... and chopping off hands if they didn't.
@cprow0997
@cprow0997 3 жыл бұрын
Haha 😂
@funnySIMON99
@funnySIMON99 2 жыл бұрын
Leopold wanted Wisconsin because that's the US State with the biggest concentration of Belgian-descendants. It's the second largest Wallophone (people who speak Walloon, a Belgian dialect) place in Earth after Wallonia itself (the Belgian region where the Wallonian language was born)
@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121
@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121 2 жыл бұрын
@@funnySIMON99 in this logic Pennsylvania would be german.
@funnySIMON99
@funnySIMON99 2 жыл бұрын
@@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121 It's the price to pay for Belgian Wisconsin
@Imperium83
@Imperium83 Жыл бұрын
Funny how that myth of them chopping off hands still persists when it was the locals doing it before he even showed up.
@karsentube13yt
@karsentube13yt 2 жыл бұрын
Portugal: **Claims all of Africa** Leopold II: “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro-gamer move.” Also Leopold II: **Claims Portugal**
@byzantium0086
@byzantium0086 2 жыл бұрын
He didn't claim Portugal, only had interest.
@virtual_WackaDoodle_z8946
@virtual_WackaDoodle_z8946 2 жыл бұрын
@@byzantium0086 that the joke
@jout738
@jout738 Жыл бұрын
@@byzantium0086 But he wanted to claim, but does he think Belgium military can defeat Portugal military, so he could claim the whole of Portugal.😂
@thespanishinquisition8617
@thespanishinquisition8617 3 жыл бұрын
The Belgian Congo is what happens when the weird kid really wants to join the group project
@thunderbird1921
@thunderbird1921 3 жыл бұрын
And then goes tyrannical maniac. The Congo "Free" State really isn't mentioned enough in genocide conversations. I don't know how Leopold II slept at night.
@jakubpociecha8819
@jakubpociecha8819 3 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 The Congolese Genocide is pretty much the poster child of genocides
@ingold1470
@ingold1470 2 жыл бұрын
That's basically how the colonial powers viewed it. The conference even included a treaty which made the colonies neutral if the mother countries went to war. It was broken when WW1 broke out, but still.
@jackdanila9893
@jackdanila9893 2 жыл бұрын
@@volbound1700 lmao why would he be in hell? The strong always win
@matisvandecappelle1784
@matisvandecappelle1784 2 жыл бұрын
*sad belgium sounds*
@ThisTheAviator
@ThisTheAviator 3 жыл бұрын
I like how Leopold just wanted the entirety of Portugal as a colony,not like their islands off the coast or their colonies,THE ENTIRE FUCKING PORTUGAL.
@Whydoyoureadme
@Whydoyoureadme 3 жыл бұрын
He truely was insane. Woe to those that lived under his rule.
@trey5747
@trey5747 3 жыл бұрын
@@Orlunu what
@nickbell4984
@nickbell4984 3 жыл бұрын
@@trey5747 The man was responsible for over 8 million Congolese deaths, who he killed and dumped there bodies in the river. Even the survivors didn't get out 100%. Instead he would take their hands first.
@trey5747
@trey5747 3 жыл бұрын
@@Orlunu ooooooh ok sorry I didn’t see that it was a joke lol my bad
@NibanoTugano
@NibanoTugano 3 жыл бұрын
Holly jesus , ele fumava ganza só pode
@comradeelmo5739
@comradeelmo5739 3 жыл бұрын
1:07 - Germany 2:10 - UK 3:50 - France 4:50 - Belgium 6:15 - Italy 7:46 - Portugal 9:36 - Spain 10:57 - Austria-Hungary 12:00 - Netherlands 12:22 - Russia 13:56 - United Kingdoms of Sweden & Norway 14:39 - Denmark 14:53 - Ottomans 16:00 - USA
@kuznetsov1703
@kuznetsov1703 3 жыл бұрын
Спасибо тебе товарищ
@MMatea1776
@MMatea1776 3 жыл бұрын
Nice 👌
@supermaximglitchy1
@supermaximglitchy1 Жыл бұрын
4:50 is mostly Leopold
@joelmonteiro1419
@joelmonteiro1419 10 ай бұрын
Africans had no saying in this?!
@Usonan-Foderation2016
@Usonan-Foderation2016 4 ай бұрын
​@@joelmonteiro1419nope. Not at all. This was the 1880s. Czechoslovakia wasn't consulted during the Munich Agreement
@khalilmason
@khalilmason 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: *Claims all of Africa* Leopold: *Claims all of Portugal* “Oh yeah, it’s BIG BRAIN TIME.”
@auxencefromont1989
@auxencefromont1989 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal, claim belgium (Tordesillas)
@baconator2427
@baconator2427 3 жыл бұрын
No they can’t claim Belgium per say but they can establish a Catholic puppet in Belgium and steal the Congo
@vcanadian2696
@vcanadian2696 3 жыл бұрын
You made me spill my drink with that one 😂
@pacoramon9468
@pacoramon9468 3 жыл бұрын
@@baconator2427 At one point Belgium and Portugal were both part of the same Spanish Empire.
@alexstudieshistory5823
@alexstudieshistory5823 2 жыл бұрын
Am I missing something with all these Leapold memes (I'm assuming)?
@tiagorodrigues179
@tiagorodrigues179 3 жыл бұрын
Did anyone realize britain was that friend who wants to get in the middle of everything? LITERALLY!? France, Germany, Portugal why don't we make colonies more simple? From east to west. Britain: How about I create a fucking thicc line between you all?
@bibleboy1147
@bibleboy1147 3 жыл бұрын
well if Portugal, Germany and France gang up on Britain they now "encircled" half their forces lol
@cactuscoe9096
@cactuscoe9096 3 жыл бұрын
Oh everyone realized that real quick in Europe
@DSAK55
@DSAK55 3 жыл бұрын
That is why US spends $800 Billion in Military, to be in the middle of everything
@Adam-oc6pq
@Adam-oc6pq 3 жыл бұрын
they wanted to build the Pan-African Highway which sadly never came to fruition :(
@kingneepneep6725
@kingneepneep6725 3 жыл бұрын
@@DSAK55 your could create a literal utopia if they spent that on there actual country
@gms3405
@gms3405 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: claims all of Africa Canary Islands: *pathetic*
@R-H-B
@R-H-B 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t get this joke. Could you explain it?
@razr-x9666
@razr-x9666 3 жыл бұрын
@@R-H-B I think it’s because Portugal got all of the canary islands
@teixeira476
@teixeira476 3 жыл бұрын
@@R-H-B the treaty of tordesillas signed by the pope divided the world between spain and portugal but the spanish still got to keep the canary islands somehow eventhoguh all the other atlantic islands were portuguese
@R-H-B
@R-H-B 3 жыл бұрын
@@teixeira476 ohhh. Thanks I didn’t know that
@jackyex
@jackyex 3 жыл бұрын
@@teixeira476 Portugal owned part of the Canaries but the Castillians were harassing Portugal for the rest of the Islands, plus the Canaries had natives populations that the others islands did not (Azore,Madeira and Cape Verde), so Portugal gave the islands fully control to Castille in exchange for any new islands in the Atlantic.
@thatsaboat2882
@thatsaboat2882 3 жыл бұрын
I think the funniest thing is Leopold just claiming random landlocked us states, without even claiming territory to connect them to the ocean
@viktornapolitano6113
@viktornapolitano6113 2 жыл бұрын
Texas is connected to the ocean.
@whatmate2954
@whatmate2954 3 жыл бұрын
Africa: "Why do I hear 15 different kinds of boss music?"
@guest273
@guest273 2 жыл бұрын
Best comment.
@renzeusoya5828
@renzeusoya5828 2 жыл бұрын
USSR and Cuba: I gotchu fam.
@skuller5553
@skuller5553 2 жыл бұрын
Now I want an earrape version of those 15 national anthems playing at the same time.
@66sec65
@66sec65 2 жыл бұрын
Ethiopia: Im going to do whats called a pro gamer move
@AlxndrHQ
@AlxndrHQ Жыл бұрын
😂
@XxKarnSlavexX
@XxKarnSlavexX 3 жыл бұрын
TheJaviXD Marry me lol.
@aIban1a
@aIban1a 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh imagine half of Africa spoke Portuguese
@jackyex
@jackyex 3 жыл бұрын
Well, they did control much of the coast in those times
@snifferfiffer2773
@snifferfiffer2773 3 жыл бұрын
YOU'RE GOING TO BRAZIL
@GumSkyloard
@GumSkyloard 3 жыл бұрын
@@snifferfiffer2773 *wrong country, cabrão.*
@baconator2427
@baconator2427 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: Get on the boat kid, we’re going to Brazil
@santi2683
@santi2683 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, Argentine Guinea
@outerspace7391
@outerspace7391 3 жыл бұрын
My favourite
@buenaonda4602
@buenaonda4602 3 жыл бұрын
Africa sudamericana 🤑
@NeepsHD212
@NeepsHD212 3 жыл бұрын
Argentina is black
@j.c-6424
@j.c-6424 3 жыл бұрын
@@NeepsHD212 Argentina is the most white country in South America lol
@matthewalvis9729
@matthewalvis9729 3 жыл бұрын
@@j.c-6424 It’s a joke we say in South America... but you wouldn’t know
@thecodnob123
@thecodnob123 2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else just imagine that the Berlin conference was like an auction with Bismarck shouting countries and the others were shouting prices
@thomashaeyen6942
@thomashaeyen6942 2 жыл бұрын
No, but that sounds genius.
@_casanova
@_casanova 2 жыл бұрын
Bismarck: "Congo!" (This created tension)
@Random_Panda_eating_cake
@Random_Panda_eating_cake Жыл бұрын
And then leopold is just running in circles shouting Wisconsin! Paraguay! Portreagul! Until someone gave him the Congo to shut him up
@furkan1503
@furkan1503 Жыл бұрын
literally can't breathe LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@furkan1503
@furkan1503 Жыл бұрын
@@Random_Panda_eating_cake 😂😂😂😂
@btube2006
@btube2006 2 жыл бұрын
*Belgium:* We claim Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas *U.S.A.:* We would like to announce the newest US state of Belgium
@erwannthietart3602
@erwannthietart3602 2 жыл бұрын
Europe: hey the Monroe doctrine is all about America protected from our imperialist ambition, gtfo of our continent and have fun elsewhere, i dunno the middle east? Twould give us more reasons to spite you
@kiyru
@kiyru 2 жыл бұрын
*U.S.A* :We Have Added The State Of Tibet To The Union *Puerto Rico* :Can I Be A State Now *U.S.A* :No
@seanbrummfield448
@seanbrummfield448 2 жыл бұрын
@Safwaan There would've been a time, that all of North America would've been US states. Mexico? Polk actually wanted the whole country under the US after the Mexican America war. Canada? Invaded it numerous of times. Like, during the American revolution, the War of 1812. But, the British defended it hard. Cuba? Haiti? Honduras? Nicaragua? El Salvador? Best believe, if plans were stronger back then, (scoff) the US would've been the largest country instead of Russia. But, who's to deny that it still wouldn't happen though?
@imafkingbeastandrewtateise9563
@imafkingbeastandrewtateise9563 2 жыл бұрын
@Safwaan they did make an Africa colony though
@bg1052
@bg1052 2 жыл бұрын
@@imafkingbeastandrewtateise9563 Kinda, it's more like the just sent former slaves there and just let them do what they wanted. We didn't have much influence in Liberia so, it's hard to call it a true colony.
@AhimtarHoN
@AhimtarHoN 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: Claims the entire African continent Belgium: Claims Portugal
@Jamie-bp5og
@Jamie-bp5og 3 жыл бұрын
Belgium pulled the UNO reverse card
@theemperororsomethingidont6897
@theemperororsomethingidont6897 3 жыл бұрын
Belgium be like:You might have outsmarted me but I outsmarted your outsmarting
@skuller5553
@skuller5553 3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding move!
@Fistfury42
@Fistfury42 3 жыл бұрын
4D Chess
@Hydra2k12
@Hydra2k12 3 жыл бұрын
*Leopold claims portugal
@Leo-cw8se
@Leo-cw8se 3 жыл бұрын
Delegators : So, Portugal, what do you want in Africa? Portugal : Yes
@mikhailjoshuapahuyo1431
@mikhailjoshuapahuyo1431 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh, so true 👁👄👁
@ComradeHellas
@ComradeHellas 3 жыл бұрын
They didn't ask for any of these though just the pink map.
@teixeira476
@teixeira476 3 жыл бұрын
There was already a lot of portuguese presence along the whole african coast before the berlin conference. the portuguese got scammed
@baconator2427
@baconator2427 3 жыл бұрын
I mean, to be fair they could’ve at least got their Grand colony of Brancamar, after all they basically started European colonialism in Africa
@coolestusername4797
@coolestusername4797 3 жыл бұрын
@Luís Andrade was it really? Uniting your 2 colonies is a stretch? And France claiming North Africa isnt a stretch?
@AverytheCubanAmerican
@AverytheCubanAmerican 2 жыл бұрын
9:28 "led to a Portuguese defeat" Actually they were military victories for the Portuguese in Angola and Mozambique. They lost their colonies because of a new government that formed as a result of the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon in 1974. The revolution led to the end of the Estado Novo regime, began a transition to democracy, and a gradual decolonization process. Recognizing the independence of their former colonies in Africa in 1974 and 1975
@seronymus
@seronymus 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr. Everywhere
@chriscryer7087
@chriscryer7087 2 жыл бұрын
@@seronymus i was thinking exactly the same
@alexinderkum8267
@alexinderkum8267 2 жыл бұрын
@@seronymus äääöööäääöööööäi
@br3menPT
@br3menPT 2 жыл бұрын
" gradual decolonization process" lol..it was a mess a disorganized, corrupt and criminal process.
@BrunoAlves-rj5uw
@BrunoAlves-rj5uw 2 жыл бұрын
@@br3menPT o qué que raio estás para aí a falar.
@seronymus
@seronymus 2 жыл бұрын
European congress: "So, what would you guys like to colonize?" Portugal: All of Africa. The entire continent belongs to us. King Leopold: *WISCONSIN* AND PORTUGSL
@BrunoAlves-rj5uw
@BrunoAlves-rj5uw 2 жыл бұрын
Again someone memeing 2 different congresses 400 years apart.
@No-Community1380
@No-Community1380 2 жыл бұрын
Leopold was the founder and had genes from different countries I think he was good but Leopold II
@kkitchens8089
@kkitchens8089 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: wants the entire continent, gets a few large colonies Spain: wants a bit of coastal land, gets a small square and some desert
@sonofsanto
@sonofsanto 2 жыл бұрын
EQTG’S CAPITAL IS ON AN ISLAND IS MOSTLY JUNGLE
@ryota6208
@ryota6208 2 жыл бұрын
@Safwaan btw Spain couldn't colonize northern Morocco without the help of France and chemical weapons .
@pacoramon9468
@pacoramon9468 2 жыл бұрын
And still the small square was the same size as Belgium.
@GreatPolishWingedHussars
@GreatPolishWingedHussars Жыл бұрын
By the way, so if the Austrians were mentioned, then why not Poland too! Quoted from the wiki link "Colonization attempts by Poland". But first my addition: Duchy of Courland was a vassal state of the Polish Empire, which is why all areas of this duchy were under Polish sovereignty. So here is the wiki quote: " Gambia in Africa: In 1651 Courland bought James Island (then called St. Andrews Island by the Europeans) from a local tribe, establishing Fort James there and renaming the island. Courland also took other local land including St. Mary Island (modern day Banjul) and Fort Jillifree. The colony exported sugar, tobacco, coffee, cotton, ginger, indigo, rum, cocoa, tortoise shells, tropical birds and their feathers. The governors maintained good relations with the locals, but came into conflict with other European powers, primarily Denmark, Sweden, and the United Provinces. The Dutch annexed the Courland territories in Africa, bringing an end to their presence on the continent." By the way, in addition, Kurland has also acquired islands in the Caribbean. Wiki quote on! "Cameroon expedition: In 1882, almost a century after Poland was partitioned and lost its independence, Polish nobleman and officer of Russian Imperial Fleet, Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński organized an expedition to Cameroon. Officially that was an exploration expedition, but unofficially the expedition was looking for a place a Polish community could be founded abroad. He had no official support from the Russian Empire, nor from its puppet Congress Poland, but was backed by a number of influential Poles, including the famous Polish writers Boleslaw Prus, and Henryk Sienkiewicz. On 13 December 1882, accompanied by Leopold Janikowski and Klemens Tomczek, Rogoziński left French port of Le Havre, aboard a ship Lucja Malgorzata, with French and Polish flags. The expedition was a failure, and he returned to Europe, trying to collect more money for his project. Finally, after second expedition, Rogoziński found himself in Paris, where he died 1 December 1896." "Poland regained independence in the aftermath of World War I with the so-called Second Polish Republic. While colonization was never a major focus of the Second Polish Republic, certain organizations like the Maritime and Colonial League supported the idea of creating Polish colonies. The Maritime and Colonial League traces its origins to the Polska Bandera (Polish Banner) organization founded on 1 October 1918. The League supported purchases of lands by Polish emigrants in places like Brazil and Liberia. The League became highly influential in shaping the government's policies with regards to Polish Merchant Marine, despite its long and ongoing campaign (publications, exhibitions, speeches, lobbying, etc.) and public support, it has however never succeeded in following up with its plans to obtain a colonial territory for Poland." "Angola: On 14 December 1928, the Maritime and Colonial League sent an expedition to Angola, which was then a Portuguese colony. The plan was to try to bring as many Polish immigrants as possible, and then try to purchase some land from the Portuguese. However, after five years, one of the first pioneers in Angola, Michal Zamoyski, wrote: "Personally, I would not persuade anybody to live in Angola". Living conditions were difficult, profits were marginal, and the idea was abandoned." Liberia: Liberian and Polish governments had good relations because of Polish support for Liberia in the League of Nations. In the fall of 1932, the League of Nations drafted a plan which projected turning Liberia into a protectorate, governed by one of members of the League. The plan was the result of internal policies of Liberia, where slavery was widespread. Since Poland was not regarded by the Liberians as a country which had colonial aspirations, in late 1932 unofficial envoy of Liberian government, dr Leo Sajous, came to Warsaw to ask for help. In April 1933, an agreement was signed between Liberia and the Maritime and Colonial League. The Africans agreed to lease minimum of 60 hectares of land to Polish farmers, for a period of 50 years. Polish businesses were awarded the status of the most favoured nation, and Warsaw was permitted to found a society to exploit natural resources of Liberia. Liberian government invited settlers from Poland in 1934. Altogether, the Liberians granted to Polish settlers 50 plantations, with total area of 7,500 acres (3,035 ha). In the second half of 1934, six Polish farmers left for Liberia: Gizycki, Szablowski, Brudzinski, Chmielewski, Januszewicz and Armin. The project was not fully supported by the Polish government but rather by the Maritime League; only few dozens of Poles took on that offer (because of Liberian requests that the settlers should bring significant capital) and their ventures proved to be, on the most part, unprofitable. The original of the agreement has been lost, but, according to some sources, there was a secret protocol that allowed Poland to draft 100,000 African soldiers. The Polish involvement in Liberia was harshly opposed by the United States of America, creator of the nation of Liberia. As a result of American pressure, in 1938 the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs closed the office of the Maritime and Colonial League in Monrovia." "Mozambique: plans for colonization of Mozambique were tied to business investments by some Polish enterprise near the late 1930s and never progressed beyond normal foreign investment (acquisition of agricultural lands and mines)." "Tanganyika and Cameroon: Various Polish authors, unsupported by the government, expressed interests in this region on the grounds that they were in part discovered by Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński and that Europe owed a general debt to Poland for the Polish-Soviet War." So at least as noteworthy as the colonial efforts of Austria and Sweden.
@jout738
@jout738 Жыл бұрын
That desert is propably for Spain to protect its Carribean islands from France invasion.
@l.u.i.s._.8452
@l.u.i.s._.8452 3 жыл бұрын
Spain made a colony so big it makes colonies
@jasonwilkes8821
@jasonwilkes8821 3 жыл бұрын
@@guruchintanan5686 nah, australia
@davidsarmiento1547
@davidsarmiento1547 3 жыл бұрын
the diference: USA was already independent when they could do it
@Lttlemoi
@Lttlemoi 3 жыл бұрын
@Alex Smith Britain was the last to own the US before it got out. Not all of the thirteen colonies were originally settled by the British.
@mikebobson2768
@mikebobson2768 2 жыл бұрын
Who?
@deafsear7548
@deafsear7548 2 жыл бұрын
Equatorial guinea was administrated by the united provinces of the rio de la plata, aka argentina + other territories, either that or the islands of the galapagos and easter island
@deathIeaf
@deathIeaf 2 жыл бұрын
As a Texan, having King Leopold (or Belgium) as my ruler is both laughable and horrifying, knowing what happened in the Belgian Congo.
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
@@Tombstone_Active truth.
@Imperium83
@Imperium83 Жыл бұрын
It was extremely exaggerated by the press as his government wanted to find reasons to get rid of him.
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
@@Imperium83 that sounds hilarious if true
@Polo-rn8ly
@Polo-rn8ly Жыл бұрын
@@robertortiz-wilson1588 it is not true.
@That_One_Guy...
@That_One_Guy... Жыл бұрын
As a Texan ? imagine being a Congolese.
@mathieuzacharie691
@mathieuzacharie691 2 жыл бұрын
The Ottoman diplomat coming back home after the Berlin conference: "So ummm guys.... hehe.. uh idk how to say this but... we got a slight problem"
@tondajenej3449
@tondajenej3449 3 жыл бұрын
Ol' Leo played in smart. He knew Portugal claimed the entire Africa, and so, by gaining Portugal, he would also gain the entirety of Africa
@virtual_WackaDoodle_z8946
@virtual_WackaDoodle_z8946 2 жыл бұрын
Big brain
@jout738
@jout738 Жыл бұрын
Absolute genious out of the box move, but sadly Leopold had no forces to claim Portugal and Portugal no forces to claim the whole of Africa.😭
@randomyankee8923
@randomyankee8923 11 ай бұрын
Lord knows what horrors would have occurred
@jimstoilov
@jimstoilov 7 ай бұрын
Chad move🗿🇹🇩
@karaltar7914
@karaltar7914 4 ай бұрын
@@randomyankee8923there would be a whole 23 Africans living on the whole continent
@geheimnis8187
@geheimnis8187 3 жыл бұрын
imagine how epic it would be if Africa was just one massive country if Portugal had gotten what it wanted
@deltapapa130
@deltapapa130 3 жыл бұрын
It would still be a problem. Too many ethnicities with too many languages and cultures would still create the social problems that come with large multiethnic and multicultural states.
@geheimnis8187
@geheimnis8187 3 жыл бұрын
@@deltapapa130 yes but it would be big
@MaverDick12
@MaverDick12 3 жыл бұрын
@@geheimnis8187 You do be spitting facts.
@rafafr9
@rafafr9 3 жыл бұрын
@@geheimnis8187 Chunky Africa.... Chunfrica
@evanfitzpatrick1413
@evanfitzpatrick1413 3 жыл бұрын
@@deltapapa130 they would be under control by one language and ethnicity wasn’t big at the time for that area
@BeWe1510
@BeWe1510 2 жыл бұрын
Every country: We want a nice connected line from west to east, so we can all nicely line up roughly in parallels, surely we can work out the details Britain: I want a connected line from north to south!
@virtual_WackaDoodle_z8946
@virtual_WackaDoodle_z8946 2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@TheGentleCreepers
@TheGentleCreepers 3 жыл бұрын
Whispers: *"they never got etiopia"*
@cdemr
@cdemr 3 жыл бұрын
_they never got Thailand_
@volbound1700
@volbound1700 2 жыл бұрын
@@Anthemfan Actually yes. You got punked by Greece and then invaded by the Allies and Germany.
@mediterraneanclassic
@mediterraneanclassic 2 жыл бұрын
*you can make a religion out of this*
@shockwavesteve
@shockwavesteve 2 жыл бұрын
TheMagicMudkip Not even the Galactic Empire could find a single man in the universe who asked
@mikyas392
@mikyas392 2 жыл бұрын
@@Anthemfan like France was under German colony in ww2? but, unlike France ethiopia didn't surrender. the Italians were fighting everywhere in ethiopia that whole five years.
@oLii96x
@oLii96x 3 жыл бұрын
European countries: "What part of Africa do you want?" Portugal: "Yes."
@Chris14_
@Chris14_ 3 жыл бұрын
Listen, I don't want anybody to annoy you about this this so I'll say it. CoPIeD CoMMENT. also listen for some reason autocorrect to Chad
@oLii96x
@oLii96x 3 жыл бұрын
@@Chris14_ Listen, i don't want anybody to annoy you about this so i'll say it. nO oNe cArEs :)
@bubblewrapvillain
@bubblewrapvillain 3 жыл бұрын
I'll improve your comment. Portugal replies with " Africa" instead of yes
@tiagocapelo2700
@tiagocapelo2700 3 жыл бұрын
@@legendaryking913 What do you expect from a small country?
@tiagocapelo2700
@tiagocapelo2700 3 жыл бұрын
@@legendaryking913 Besides, Portugal has a higher gdp per capita than Nigeria.
@luisoliveira5205
@luisoliveira5205 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal in the Berlin confederation be like : ok ok than I will be a nice guy and stay with just half of Africa
@NibanoTugano
@NibanoTugano 3 жыл бұрын
Pois...... se fosse eu olha que conectava Angola com Moçambique
@LeafNJ
@LeafNJ 3 жыл бұрын
@@NibanoTugano eu dominava o sul todo
@Luzitanium
@Luzitanium 3 жыл бұрын
@@NibanoTugano esse era o plano, mas a Inglaterra traiu Portugal, os portugueses já estavam no territorio da Rodesia, que é hoje o Zimbabue
@MauricioRomanov
@MauricioRomanov 3 жыл бұрын
@@Luzitanium Isso que deu ficarel de aliançinha durante a era napoleonica, se tivessem seguido o plano de napoleão, nada disso teria acontecido.
@Luzitanium
@Luzitanium 3 жыл бұрын
@@MauricioRomanov aconteceu mais de 100 anos depois de Napoleão XD
@nickvagnone2125
@nickvagnone2125 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: We deserve all of Africa Everyone: The best we can do is Angola and Mozambique
@chateauferret
@chateauferret Жыл бұрын
Maybe Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau as well
@bibleboy1147
@bibleboy1147 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: Claims half the planet for itself Belgium: Ho ho ho, I bet I can do one better, _Bucko._
@fifervonpiper6707
@fifervonpiper6707 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: *ALL IS MINE* Russia: _yo, can i have this island thousands of miles away from me at the opposite pole of the earth?_ France: *s a n d* Britain: *l a n d* America: _send off slaves only for them to enslave_ Spain: *cocololonyny* Belgiu --- Leopold: this. this shall be mine. not belgium's. *mine* Ottomans: ... *fuck my life* ...
@mikhailjoshuapahuyo1431
@mikhailjoshuapahuyo1431 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh, so true 👁👄👁
@alphagamer9505
@alphagamer9505 3 жыл бұрын
Germany - *I didn't even wanted colonies*
@Juanthar
@Juanthar 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal claims the old world, Leopold outbrains them and claims Portugal
@eldelostacos9980
@eldelostacos9980 3 жыл бұрын
Also Belgium/Leopold: I would like Texas, Wisconsin and *P O R T U G A L* plese
@Storiaron
@Storiaron 3 жыл бұрын
*italy: does the unimaginable and loses to someone they wanted to colonize*
@theangel3232
@theangel3232 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: similar to the island of Fernando Poo and Spanish Guinea (administered by the Viceroyalty of "La Plata"), the Philippines at the time were also administered from Mexico by the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
@slipperslide
@slipperslide 3 жыл бұрын
Mexican Philippines
@FirstLast-uz6eq
@FirstLast-uz6eq 3 жыл бұрын
>Fernando Poo
@dodolulupepe
@dodolulupepe 3 жыл бұрын
Fernando Poo? lol
@conejitorosada2326
@conejitorosada2326 3 жыл бұрын
Also, There's Nueva Filipinas which was Administered by Manila in the Philippines, by extension New Spain and By extension again, Spain
@Tower_Swagman
@Tower_Swagman 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@kohencidence4485
@kohencidence4485 Жыл бұрын
“One could argue, that originally, Spanish Guinea was an Argentinian Colony. A colony of a colony, also known as a Cocololonyny” - Vologda Mapping
@bealu9459
@bealu9459 5 ай бұрын
underrated
@mohammedadam8685
@mohammedadam8685 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sending this awesome historical video, love you from Chad 🇹🇩
@gdn01
@gdn01 3 жыл бұрын
Whenever two countries can't have the same part of Africa Belgium: By default it is mine
@coolestusername4797
@coolestusername4797 3 жыл бұрын
Leopold; No! Mine!!!!!!!
@funnySIMON99
@funnySIMON99 3 жыл бұрын
Leopold used the rivalry of the different superpowers and his country's neutrality to get the Congo. The power of Belgium is in its diplomacy, not its army.
@pattynjan1
@pattynjan1 3 жыл бұрын
@@funnySIMON99 no body cared very much about the Congo, only when they knew about the resources. They villefied ( rightfully) leopold2 and later Belgium.
@quintiax
@quintiax 3 жыл бұрын
We should do this for any disputed territories from now on. Crimea? Belgian. North Cyprus? Belgian. Kosovo? Belgian. Gaza strip? Belgian.
@funnySIMON99
@funnySIMON99 3 жыл бұрын
@@quintiax The first Christian King of Jerusalem after the first Crusade was Belgian (Godefroid de Bouillon)...and the territory is disputed...so...
@randomradek5284
@randomradek5284 3 жыл бұрын
"So what parts of Africa do you want?" Portugal: "Yes."
@baconator2427
@baconator2427 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone just forgets that Britain also wanted all of Africa to be British but ok
@MyUsersDark
@MyUsersDark 3 жыл бұрын
@@baconator2427 No, they wanted to connect the Suez and Cape Town.
@MyUsersDark
@MyUsersDark 3 жыл бұрын
And with that logic everyone else wanted it too.
@yeetjones927
@yeetjones927 3 жыл бұрын
@@baconator2427 no they didnt they just wanted the east, not even Britain, the sole hyperpower on the earth could claim all of Africa
@oliversmalley7771
@oliversmalley7771 3 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Spain: I love sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere...
@ultimatestoryteller
@ultimatestoryteller 2 жыл бұрын
Lawrence of Espanola
@bl7355
@bl7355 2 жыл бұрын
Western Sahara actually exports sand in vast quantities. It is full of phosphate & gets turned into fertiliser. Not that the Spanish knew that at the time. It was just a lucky guess 😃
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 жыл бұрын
We claim the world the world would be filled with rainbows and happiness if they all followed the Juche ideology
@SingeStheos
@SingeStheos 2 жыл бұрын
juche is mongolian though right?
@ozark7834
@ozark7834 2 жыл бұрын
WAIT ARE YUO FOCKEN KIM JONG UN FROM BTS
@professorspf
@professorspf 2 жыл бұрын
@@SingeStheos North Korean
@pilum3705
@pilum3705 3 жыл бұрын
Small Note: I've once read that there was a deal between Germany and Britain that if Portugal used income from its colonies as security for a loan Germany and Britain would take the colonies for themselves. Germany for example was supposed to gain Angola and North Mozambique as well as some Islands. All the conditions were met in July 1914 but further proceedings were cut short by a minor international incident that you might have heard of.
@sumreensultana1860
@sumreensultana1860 3 жыл бұрын
U mean the First World war
@pseudoproak
@pseudoproak 3 жыл бұрын
@@sumreensultana1860 no, the July crisis
@Daniel-jm7ts
@Daniel-jm7ts 3 жыл бұрын
just shows how much the british love and respect their portugese allies...
@ComradeHellas
@ComradeHellas 3 жыл бұрын
@@Daniel-jm7ts Longest alliance ever, but of course the British had drafted a deal to backstab them in any case as they did with any of their alliance ever signed, British diplomacy rules.
@davidhoran7116
@davidhoran7116 3 жыл бұрын
@@ComradeHellas time honored British tradition of dealbreaking and back pedaling
@Tobberz
@Tobberz 3 жыл бұрын
Notably the UK did manage to unite the Cape to Cairo land when Germany had to give up its west African lands post-war.
@second2none914
@second2none914 3 жыл бұрын
South Africa gained defacto independence after ww1 when they annexed Namibia they never controlled the cape to Cairo.
@jackyex
@jackyex 3 жыл бұрын
@La nova renaissance After the statute of Westminister all the dominions were independent.
@jackyex
@jackyex 3 жыл бұрын
@La nova renaissance Yes, but you said that South Africa was only independent in 1948
@JB-uy1bw
@JB-uy1bw 3 жыл бұрын
They were independent, to an extent, they weren't really fully independent, they still did what the British told them to do.
@pocketmarcy6990
@pocketmarcy6990 3 жыл бұрын
@@JB-uy1bw case in point, joining WW2 with the British
@arealphantom2859
@arealphantom2859 2 жыл бұрын
Portugal: Claims the entire continent. Leopold: Claims Portugal. Leopold: I'm going to do whats called a pro gamer move.
@Maks_Oniszk
@Maks_Oniszk 3 жыл бұрын
Uk: what colonies you want in africa portugal? Portugal : intesife yakko world song*
@denniseggert211
@denniseggert211 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: I claim everything! King Leopold: I support this and i claim Portugal!
@martimsalvador9186
@martimsalvador9186 2 жыл бұрын
If he claims portugal, which has everything, he will claim THE WHOLE OF AFRICA. Big chad move
@stewart2589
@stewart2589 3 жыл бұрын
Some random person in Madagascar : 🇷🇺 👁👄👁
@trabaregocer
@trabaregocer 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine Soviet Madagascar, though.
@Dragonite_Tom
@Dragonite_Tom 3 жыл бұрын
The Russian did actually got to Djibouti tho...but that was just a temporary expedition that they ever got to venture to Africa
@art_hist_2000
@art_hist_2000 3 жыл бұрын
@@trabaregocer Madagascar has been a socialist country aligned to Soviet Union between 1975 and 1991
@gre894
@gre894 3 жыл бұрын
@@trabaregocer Would still be superior to current Madagascar
@Rivan98
@Rivan98 3 жыл бұрын
Russians: came to djibouti France: leave Russians: ok
@royxeph_arcanex
@royxeph_arcanex 3 жыл бұрын
The Scramble for Africa is proof to why Japan closing off to Europe except for the Dutch was probably a smart move. From a Japanese perspective, if only.
@Melnek1
@Melnek1 3 жыл бұрын
They would be better served with a centralized state in place of isolationism, they only escaped because of the isolated geographic position and because those islands have literally nothing useful, not even the terrain or the climate is suitable for plantations.
@volbound1700
@volbound1700 2 жыл бұрын
@@Melnek1 The Meiji Restoration is what saved Japan. By 1890s, Japan had a formidable force that could compete with European powers and was even able to defeat China and the other Asian powers around it. Japan's progress in the 1800s is astounding and does not get enough attention.
@Melnek1
@Melnek1 2 жыл бұрын
@@volbound1700 And where did I say otherwise? I just stressed that they could have done even better. I don't know where you live, but the achievements of the Meiji restoration are not an unknown topic for anyone who sets out to understand Asia's policies. If the Japanese have a problem with that, they may not have waged a war against the entire planet while they were committing the most depraved acts and atrocities imaginable on an industrial scale, they may have more recognition, but the way things are, they came out with very lucky, the Germans for example cannot say anything about their past without first and necessarily showing guilt and remorse, otherwise they will be immediately antogonised, something that the Japanese do not do and no one forced them to do, they didn’t even give in to work on solving all the problems with his nominal ally and neighbor in South Korea, let alone the rest.
@volbound1700
@volbound1700 2 жыл бұрын
@@Melnek1 Japan of 1800s or even early 1900s can't be blamed for the Japan of the 1930s and 1940s .
@Melnek1
@Melnek1 2 жыл бұрын
@@volbound1700 Again, I didn't say anything to that effect, if the Japanese are not getting due recognition, they can only blame themselves.
@GazilionPT
@GazilionPT 2 жыл бұрын
8:20 You (as many others) totally misunderstood what the "padrão" was supposed to symbolise, as well as what the Teaty of Tordesillas was meant to establish. The "padrão" did not mean the Portuguese considered themselves the owners of that place, i.e., they were not expecting to convince the locals to obey them by erecting pillars... (In fact, until the very end of 19th century, the Portuguese made little effort to conquer territory in Africa, they were satisfied with establishing trading posts to trade with the natives - under favourable conditions, of course, so violence was used whenever needed.) The "padrão" was meant to be both a sign to other Portuguese navigators ("We've been in before") and a warning to other foreign powers: the Portuguese have been here, you may come into conflict if you insist on coming here, too. So, it was a diplomatic object of sorts, or like the bright coloured skin of a poisonous animal, warning potential enemies in an attempt to avoid conflict. Likewise, the Treaty of Tordesillas was not meant as Portugal and Spain each claiming to own half of the World. Actually, it was the opposite: each party to keep out of half of the world. This may seem the same thing as claiming ownership of the other half, but it's not. Portugal and Spain did not claim to own an hemisphere, they stated their interest in *trying* their best in that hemisphere. They were not naïve to the point of thinking that presenting a signed piece of paper would convince the natives that they were their overlords. The Treaty was meant only as a gentlemen's agreement that they would go different ways so to avoid conflict among them: I go this way, you go that way. But if they wanted to actually conquer something, they knew they would have to fight (the natives), the paper was worthless. It's like when 2 drug dealers divide a territory: that's meant to avoid conflict between them, but it does not translate in them owning the entire place (each house, each car, each person). They just assured their rival will not be around, but if they want to actually make a profit, they know they still have to find clients in "their" territory.
@countercuIture
@countercuIture 3 жыл бұрын
Americans: Lol we got the best land deal ever with the Louisiana Purchase Portugal: Hold my hemisphere
@vegetomsayen1837
@vegetomsayen1837 3 жыл бұрын
Britain : can invade louisiana France : sell it fast to anybody who hate britains as much as us
@thunderbird1921
@thunderbird1921 3 жыл бұрын
Kind of funny how everyone sold us land just to block their rivals. "Here, want Louisiana? We need money, but also to contain Britain and Spain". "Here, want this icy Alaska thing? We need to stop Canada from expanding to the edge of Siberia".
@countercuIture
@countercuIture 3 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 It was the United States baby shower lol They don't even touch on how we got Alaska in school or at least they barely mention it. There's a few things left out of our history especially in modern times
@TheOneGuy1111
@TheOneGuy1111 3 жыл бұрын
I mean, America actually obtained and held onto the territory they obtained in the Louisiana Purchase; the same cannot be said for Portugal's hemisphere.
@No-xw7mo
@No-xw7mo 2 жыл бұрын
@@vegetomsayen1837 as much as US
@chris7372
@chris7372 3 жыл бұрын
On Italy's note, i feel like you should've mentioned that the Italian desire for Tunis and France cucking them by annex the region escalated tensions and started a Franco-Italian trade war which then lead Italy into joining the central powers.
@albertoschiavo6428
@albertoschiavo6428 3 жыл бұрын
it's called "the slap of tunis"
@casteddu6740
@casteddu6740 2 жыл бұрын
Ironically the reason Italy went to east Africa was because Tunisia was already taken
@guest273
@guest273 2 жыл бұрын
Portugal delegate: "We'll take this part." *points in the middle of Africa* Rest of EU powers: "You want the Kongo?" Portugal delegate: "No, I want the whole bloody Africa!" Leopold: "KoNg0 iS mInE bItCh fIgHt mE!!!" *REEEEEE*
@kausardatta6821
@kausardatta6821 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone talking about Portugal being Scammed, but noone's talking about how the Ottomans were scammed worse
@Antarius1999
@Antarius1999 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal : Africa is mine. France, UK : *OUR Africa*
@salazarway
@salazarway 3 жыл бұрын
Plotwist: Gets bombed by the same years later
@robertomurteira5913
@robertomurteira5913 3 жыл бұрын
Lmao, everyone wanted a part of Africa. Meanwhile Portugal wanted the entire continent.
@conejitorosada2326
@conejitorosada2326 3 жыл бұрын
Or be fair, they claim the ENTIRE OLD WORLD as theirs
@101jir
@101jir 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: So according to this treaty roughly 200 years ago that you weren't part of we deserve everything. Everyone else: How about no. Portugal: Okay, but we put up totem poles across the entire southern half of the continent, so we get the whole southern half. Everyone else: How about no. Portugal: Please let us at least keep these very few areas we are actually administering. Everyone else: Good enough lol.
@baconator2427
@baconator2427 3 жыл бұрын
You thought Angola was è nossa? EVERYTHING IS E NOSSA
@markcasila8310
@markcasila8310 3 жыл бұрын
@@conejitorosada2326 bo not the entire world ... just half of it
@conejitorosada2326
@conejitorosada2326 3 жыл бұрын
@@markcasila8310 Old world, emphasis on *old*, it's different from just "world", as it's referring to most of Afro-Eurasia
@broccolin
@broccolin 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for educating me , keep it up!
@bruhnisher5454
@bruhnisher5454 3 жыл бұрын
Can we get the source for the pre-scramble map of Africa you used here? 0:31 the ones I found on google don't have all the stuff yours does.
@ZephyrusMapping
@ZephyrusMapping 3 жыл бұрын
"America wasn't a colonial power" The Philippines don't exist I guess.
@morganv7895
@morganv7895 3 жыл бұрын
Do you think Puerto Rico can be considered one too?
@turkoositerapsidi
@turkoositerapsidi 3 жыл бұрын
Usa was definitely colonial...
@Jade-ns9tg
@Jade-ns9tg 3 жыл бұрын
@Morgan V or all the other "oversea" territories? In fact is the USA atm the only active colonial power left in this world. @Vologda Mapping
@morganv7895
@morganv7895 3 жыл бұрын
@@Jade-ns9tg I would agree, only a few of them tho would be considered colonies: American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.
@Jade-ns9tg
@Jade-ns9tg 3 жыл бұрын
@Morgan V still more then every other country. :D I mean...ok you could argue that netherlands, UK and france still have some colonies, but all this areas are more or less fully incorporated. thats why the EU has a border in south armerica. :D
@vern00
@vern00 3 жыл бұрын
Ottoman Empire: Wait what, no no no why our land. Stop.
@jamesfrank1930
@jamesfrank1930 Жыл бұрын
One of the best videos on the topic… thank you!
@VologdaMapping
@VologdaMapping Жыл бұрын
Thank you right back
@sen0lis
@sen0lis 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for an informative video.
@alfiehurst7049
@alfiehurst7049 3 жыл бұрын
I’d expect britain or France to want all of Africa PORTUGAL WANTS ALL + thankyou guys for 500 likes without pointing arrows at the like bar thats just astounding and it’s amazing how humanity started in Africa (Ethiopia) and migrated across the world for a few hundred thousand years and knew a lot about Europe but even though a lot of ancient civilisations started in Africa we knew nothing about it until the Portuguese found the southern parts of Africa in the 15th century (btw I am talking about europe finding the southern parts of Africa not the north)
@NibanoTugano
@NibanoTugano 3 жыл бұрын
and we deserved at least the whole of South Africa, after all we were the ones who discovered
@RoScFan
@RoScFan 3 жыл бұрын
The british and french were more realistic and focused that's why they got actualy most of what they wanted. Portugal was a joke in every conceivable way, from what they demanded to why they demanded to the fact that their military and commercial power at that time was comparable to that of Liechtenstein.
@Floristini
@Floristini 3 жыл бұрын
@@RoScFan To be fair, Portugal didn't claim the entirety of Africa in the Berlin Conference, as far as I'm aware. It was simply what was stipulated in the Treaty of Tordesillas, which by this time was very much ignored by everyone, including Portugal. Portugal's final claims on Africa - the Pink Map - were also realistic and focused. I can't imagine anything more logical than simply wanting the territory between two already existing colonies. Considering Portugal's declining state, that's not a farfetched goal at all. However, Portugal's oldest ally - Britain -, who was already getting like fucking half of Africa, could not relinquish that bit of territory just to pursue their ambitious project which they didn't even manage to complete in the end. That's "realistic" according to you? "Realism" and "focus" aren't why Britain and France got what they wanted. I mean, just look at the map, they both got gigantic portions of Africa. The reason is far simpler - power. They were the strongest colonial powers, so they made the rules, and they got what they wanted, for the most part.
@ivello
@ivello 3 жыл бұрын
But Portugal's claim on the whole of Africa was from 400 years prior to the conference, when they were a big deal, and they dropped it along with their decline in power. It was obviously insane from the begining, but it seems that most people didn't quite understand that this came from loooong before (more than double the time between the conference and now, and look how much changed since then)
@Floristini
@Floristini 3 жыл бұрын
@La nova renaissance I am aware. But that other dude called Britain's goals realistic and focused, and Portugal's a joke. Yet Portugal's goals were pretty much the same as Britain's but at a smaller, much more modest scale. So why is the more attainable of the two "unrealistic"?
@ComradeIsy
@ComradeIsy 3 жыл бұрын
16:08 The Phillipines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and many minor pacific islands might want to say something about that one.
@Kenfren
@Kenfren 3 жыл бұрын
This was the 1880's, before most of those lands were taken. Even than those lands were kinda not treated as colonies due to the US dislike of it. The Philippines is the big example of this, which was taken in the 1890's
@outerspace7391
@outerspace7391 3 жыл бұрын
America was more interested in building an island colonial empire that grabbing continental land
@antikythera7318
@antikythera7318 3 жыл бұрын
I would say that Hawaii and Cuba+surrounding islands are the only real cases of American colonies, as we straight up bought Alaska and the Philippines from Russia and Spain respectively, I agree that America was not absolved from it, but the video is mostly right with the whole “America din’t particularly like the whole colonialism thing” thing.
@EPICoutcast24
@EPICoutcast24 3 жыл бұрын
Its a good thing the Filipinos fought back for their independence too; stopped the USA’s imperial ambitions there, even though our government regime already had to do mental gymnastics to justify colonialism as a former colony ourselves
@Delgen1951
@Delgen1951 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes except the Philippines was given their freedom in 1949 as the US promised in the 1920s, Hawaii is part of the Union and Puerto Rico will be as its last vote the statehood party won, American Soma wants to stay like it is, Guam wants to enter the union, Micronesia wants to join Guam and join the US as as a state. Jay you need to stop beeing so nineteen thirtyish and try to be at lest early twenty-first in outlook. You just so outdated.
@maanvol
@maanvol 3 жыл бұрын
The 'Conference of Berlin' had been asked for by Portugal in order to avoid future conflicts over Africa, but contrary to what it had hoped for, it became the most disadvantaged by the conference; being gravely betrayed by England -- for instance, many of the uninhabited islands discovered by Portugal, have been robbed by England!
@Effiaaria
@Effiaaria Жыл бұрын
Portugal: I want the entirety of Africa, what do you want my Belgian friend? Belgium: I want you
@lemmino1846
@lemmino1846 3 жыл бұрын
*Any European empire voices a minor interest in Congo* *heavy, heavy Belgian breathing*
@arutka2000
@arutka2000 3 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't it be: Heavy, Heavy, Leopold Panting ?
@wales2815
@wales2815 3 жыл бұрын
"The United States was not a colonial power" The Natives would probably like a word with you
@nicogarciaelautentico
@nicogarciaelautentico 3 жыл бұрын
Puerto Rico be like: Bitch, what do I look like to you?!
@Delgen1951
@Delgen1951 3 жыл бұрын
@@nicogarciaelautentico the 51st state.
@Delgen1951
@Delgen1951 3 жыл бұрын
oh the ones that Small Pox and et all killed, or the ones that attacked, fought and lost wars ageist the US, this was not a one sided afire except the early bronze age tribes had no chance ageist a steam age nation state.
@nicogarciaelautentico
@nicogarciaelautentico 3 жыл бұрын
@@Delgen1951 Sadly it's not
@wales2815
@wales2815 3 жыл бұрын
@@Delgen1951 I guess there is no arguing against delusion, but maybe a list of Wikipedia articles can what I cannot en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Native_American_genocide
@bl7355
@bl7355 2 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating! The scramble for Africa really was a political mess. Sweden checked out early on in the process. It is interesting to imagine what might have happened if they did not.
@mosesm6040
@mosesm6040 3 жыл бұрын
This is the most realistic abridged narrative so far written!
@MrCooper83
@MrCooper83 3 жыл бұрын
Lol imagine a Portuguese planning to get the entire Africa: So they have the following convo: -Which country do you want in Africa? -I want Africa! -Yeah, but which country in Africa you want? -Heh? Africa is the country I want! -But Africa is a continent, not a country!! -Just gimme Africa dude!
@Eftposable
@Eftposable 3 жыл бұрын
4:53 "Gib Congo" - Leopold II, (c.1984). Ah yes, an amazing speech by his 149-year-old majesty. The 80's were truly amazing times haha.
@Kapa115
@Kapa115 Жыл бұрын
Interesting video. Thank you for making it
@savage_gaming1987
@savage_gaming1987 3 жыл бұрын
Portugal: I WANT ALL AFRICA Belgium: I want You
@funnySIMON99
@funnySIMON99 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a love declaration
@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146
@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146 3 жыл бұрын
Austria-Hungary wanted Western Sahara to exile the Serbs.Serbs refused because were no plum trees
@ComradeHellas
@ComradeHellas 3 жыл бұрын
Really so?
@christian9125abd
@christian9125abd 3 жыл бұрын
ah so russia wantet same with madagascar and ukrains?
@ComradeHellas
@ComradeHellas 3 жыл бұрын
@Josip Aha I think I get it now, I had Slivovica when I was invited by a Serb shop-owner, quite a strong liquor, the Czechs make something similar themselves.
@ComradeHellas
@ComradeHellas 3 жыл бұрын
@Josip Becherovka is another one, they make their own Slivovice as well.
@azurite_-
@azurite_- 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh western Sahara was morocco
@radzzz376
@radzzz376 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if all those nations get what they wanted somehow
@Bamsi-tl4nk
@Bamsi-tl4nk 3 жыл бұрын
A dutch sout africa....ok, time to stop dreaming
@pjotrvanmoorsel9433
@pjotrvanmoorsel9433 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bamsi-tl4nk where is the dream?
@Bamsi-tl4nk
@Bamsi-tl4nk 3 жыл бұрын
well, yo know, dutch south africa wasn't a thing from 18th century I think
@stephen9381
@stephen9381 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bamsi-tl4nk what do you mean? It was perfectly real before Britain stole it during napoleonic wars.
@dinissantos5928
@dinissantos5928 3 жыл бұрын
If every country got what they wanted then only Portugal would get what they wanted
@runertje550
@runertje550 2 жыл бұрын
I love how every country was hungry for expansion and more land, and The Netherlands was rather just like "can I just have my territory in South Africa back please?" lol
@runertje550
@runertje550 Жыл бұрын
@@Biggie-Cheese9 *sad Dutch noises*
@IanCarl37
@IanCarl37 2 ай бұрын
As an Afrikaner, if only😔
@bekozaur3172
@bekozaur3172 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for video dude! Very interesting)
@125discipline2
@125discipline2 3 жыл бұрын
honestly they want everything. but they cant. so the split it, and take it later if the opportunity arise.
@martinbogado4924
@martinbogado4924 3 жыл бұрын
Exept for the Brits, they got everything COLONISATION
@martinbogado4924
@martinbogado4924 3 жыл бұрын
@ჶ Troopa3xd ჶ They lacked that part of the Congo...
@cryed0
@cryed0 3 жыл бұрын
@@martinbogado4924 they didnt get kenya(?), it went to the germans
@jeehoo
@jeehoo 3 жыл бұрын
@@cryed0 i think they did
@ushiki2212
@ushiki2212 3 жыл бұрын
@@cryed0 tanzania* and they later got it after ww1.
@Rafael-CL
@Rafael-CL 3 жыл бұрын
Ok boys,mr Portugal it is your turn,which part of Africa do you want? Portugal:I want Africa delegators:ok which part? Portugal: África, takes the entire map and walk away from the conference.
@gmdblurryface7883
@gmdblurryface7883 3 жыл бұрын
Ye u used the "Á", U really need to disable the autocorrect
@RafaelSantos-di5yw
@RafaelSantos-di5yw 2 жыл бұрын
@@gmdblurryface7883 hmmm é assim que se escreve...
@samanthadaugherty5666
@samanthadaugherty5666 2 жыл бұрын
...
@martimrodrigues2391
@martimrodrigues2391 Ай бұрын
​@@gmdblurryface7883In Portugal u say África
@iISkyGameIi
@iISkyGameIi 2 жыл бұрын
other countries: want a part of africa Portugal: *I’m four parallel universes ahead of you*
@DonDiegoAguirre
@DonDiegoAguirre 3 жыл бұрын
Very good video mate. Greetings from Spain :)
@VologdaMapping
@VologdaMapping 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks:)
@leodksdkfjdskfhkyhbfkj1464
@leodksdkfjdskfhkyhbfkj1464 3 жыл бұрын
No one: Vologda Mapping: cocololonyny
@FirstLast-uz6eq
@FirstLast-uz6eq 3 жыл бұрын
Rococololonolny
@jcr1029
@jcr1029 3 жыл бұрын
Ha ur mean
@andrealmeida2448
@andrealmeida2448 3 жыл бұрын
The portuguese didn't lose the colonial war. There was a coup.
@mikhailjoshuapahuyo1431
@mikhailjoshuapahuyo1431 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh, so true 👁👄👁
@zeinnanla5422
@zeinnanla5422 3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't matter the outcome was the same 🇲🇿
@beu9245
@beu9245 3 жыл бұрын
They lost by being unable to participate
@mikhailjoshuapahuyo1431
@mikhailjoshuapahuyo1431 3 жыл бұрын
@@beu9245 bruh, hahaha
@jackyex
@jackyex 3 жыл бұрын
@La nova renaissance The difference is that Portugal won both of the main fronts, the angolan and the mozambican one, pushing the guerrillas out of the colonies, into the neighboring countries, the only front that they weren't winning, was Guinea because the guerrilla was much more organized and the colony was much less controlled than Angola and Mozambique, the only signs of the Portuguese presence in the Colony was the Cape Verdean doing administrative work in the cities.
@blandbread5616
@blandbread5616 2 жыл бұрын
one question in moment 5:57 the place that says columbia is the usa city ,or is the south american country ? because is speled COLOMBIA
@thesheepofdeath1890
@thesheepofdeath1890 2 жыл бұрын
The "cocololonyny" joke was the thing that made me subscribe instantly lmao. So stupid and so good
@ashmirsmith6890
@ashmirsmith6890 3 жыл бұрын
Actualy, up untill the end Portugal was winnig it's colonial wars with the exception of guinea-bissau. It was the war exausted portuguese people that allowed the colonies to become independent.
@alphagamer9505
@alphagamer9505 3 жыл бұрын
Yep,we won the war military but lost politically,kind how it went with the americans in Vietnam
@RoScFan
@RoScFan 3 жыл бұрын
That's how many colonies got their independence and how Germany was defeated in WWI.
@TheManinBlack9054
@TheManinBlack9054 3 жыл бұрын
@@alphagamer9505 lmao, no, America lost because it failed to achieve any of its objectives. You don't understand that in order to win you have to be on good terms with the people. The whole we lost only becaue of commies back home is a revanchist myth created in order to justified their failure. The thing is that they lost because they lost. But it will take time before they accept that
@TheManinBlack9054
@TheManinBlack9054 3 жыл бұрын
@@RoScFan Germany lost because it simply couldn't compete on two fronts and did not have sufficient manpower and industrial capacity to wage such a war. Not because of some "stab in the back". All of this "we lost, not because we lost, but because of those back home" is a revanchist BS made up by people who are just trying to justify their failures. The thing is that they lost because they lost. Some people are just too weak to admit defeat.
@jackyex
@jackyex 3 жыл бұрын
Guinea was literally Portugal Achilles' heel
@shanemize3775
@shanemize3775 3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. It was incredibly well researched, great graphics and narration, and great sense of humor. Really well done! Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!
@CatfoodChronicles6737
@CatfoodChronicles6737 Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this video! It really helped me on my geography homework. (P.S. I basically copied most of it word-for-word but if they find out it’s plagiarized I’ll just call it inspiration and say it still taught me about this)
@lucius1976
@lucius1976 3 жыл бұрын
Funny that the Brits and French fought a war against the "evil empire builders" of Germany and Austria-Hungary all the while when you look at the map of Africa their empire building aspirations were quite modest or non-existant.
@barmybarmecide5390
@barmybarmecide5390 Жыл бұрын
Bruh Germany just wanted to build their empire over polish, Czech, Belgian, Dutch, Lithuanian and russian land instead of Africa. And Austria-Hungary was already an empire over the Slovaks, croats, Czechs, poles, Romanians, Bosnians and Serbians
@yeboxxxchannel2505
@yeboxxxchannel2505 7 ай бұрын
​@@barmybarmecide5390 Sorry what the heck you talk about? Is this the World War 2 Germany mention? Because THAT Germany is NOT an Empire to begin with. Not by a long shot. Also, if you truly wanna know the ACTUAL first claim it was during 1860s when Germany wanted Czech lands to join the coalition against Austria. You can say that was the first time our lands were interests of foreign powers by helping us do a rebellion. And also first modern interest of Czech lands (in 19th century)
@barmybarmecide5390
@barmybarmecide5390 7 ай бұрын
@@yeboxxxchannel2505 I'm talking about the German Empire, which was founded in 1871 but was largely existent before then as a Prussian hegemony over smaller German states. Prussia, and later Germany, was founded through the violent acquisition of their neighbours' land. Partitions of Poland, provoking war with Denmark and even annexing part of France (which would later prove a fatal mistake) are only part of a long history of German imperialism in Europe (as we're also setting aside their attempt at creating a colonial empire). I'm not making excuses for the western powers but it's ridiculous to suggest their concerns of German authoritarianism and expansionism were unsound. Regarding the empire of Austria-Hungary, it's common knowledge that the Hapsburgs had a vast empire over central Europe at the time so I'm pretty sure this is not what you were referring to, but yeah Austrian Germans controlled what is now Slovenia, Czechia, Slovakia and parts of Italy, and Hungary (which was a much more oppressive overlord by modern standards) tried very hard to completely assimilate it's occupied lands in what is now Romania, Croatia and Slovenia.
@Baboonmomma
@Baboonmomma 3 жыл бұрын
France, Germany and Portugal: lets make an empire going from east to west Britian: *N O*
@knightartorias746
@knightartorias746 2 жыл бұрын
Britain: Let’s make a long line of colonies going North to South Germany: N E I N
@robertevbayekha6639
@robertevbayekha6639 2 жыл бұрын
@@knightartorias746 britain to Germany: how about I do anyways
@TheOneGuy1111
@TheOneGuy1111 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that so much of the reasoning was about making lines all the way across Africa really drives home how little the Europeans cared about the existing political and cultural map of the Africans themselves.
@aksmex2576
@aksmex2576 2 жыл бұрын
Well they at that time didn't think their countries would no longer have these colonies. Kinda how the Natives of Americas didn't matter, to them.
@marcelthevirginian1656
@marcelthevirginian1656 2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the exact... same... thing...
@Maur0dm
@Maur0dm 2 жыл бұрын
the problem is say they followed cultural lines they might miss out on resources or strategic places plus they didnt excpect the colonies to go independent and follow those borders that was there own decision
@jazzwinningthechip6821
@jazzwinningthechip6821 4 ай бұрын
they treated an entire continent like a slice of people, the old time really were brutal
@jameserneal
@jameserneal 3 жыл бұрын
good day sir, can I have a copy of your script in this video, my son a 5th grader actually was assigned the historical war of Africa. thanks in advance
@Alitacyan
@Alitacyan 3 жыл бұрын
Well done researching and putting together this. Good to see the often overlooked (potential) colonial powers. Austro-Hungarian perspective was especally fun. You're totally right on point with Western Sahara, it was a stupid idea for A-H to make a play for it.
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