Why Are The Balkans Europe's Powder Keg?

In this video I talk about the region of the Balkans!
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[@General.Knowledge]

Any suggestions for the next video?

[@muhamedmahmutovic6639]

Do video about history of region Sandzak from the ancient times till modern days with special explanations what happened with Sandzak at Berlin Congress and why Sandzak didn't became federal unit in communist Yugoslavia altough it was planned initially during the war at communist congress in 1943.

[@itsfirescorpionyt7406]

Do a history of the name of Greece 🇬🇷 (hellenic republic)

[@albinh.3149]

Albanian history!

[@lawrenceblade4437]

Romania got It's independence in 1878,in 1881 we become The Kingdom of Romania,until then we where Independent but we where a Principality.

[@suggestiveguy]

Do a video about similiarties between poland's and armenia's history

[@SokolS125]

Just do something easier like quantum physics

[@shpetimgashi7531]

Hhhhh excellent

[@mastervexpc1881]

Quantum physics is so interesting.... I was just liking physics before, but since I uncovered quantum part of it I love physics.

[@АленАлексић]

Фора толико јака да си добио суб

[@mdmir651]

LOL

[@asagadam550]

Lmfao

[@ajkulac9895]

There are 5 seasons in the Balkans: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring and War

[@Sauron-bt8yp]

Nice one

[@mihailchehlarov2720]

Actually the season are: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring and Fuck you. Fuck you appears randomly and surprise us all during all other seasons.

[@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos]

And Catholicism and Islam

[@billvilmezis5968]

@@mihailchehlarov2720 when is fuck you now and always

[@TheWolfDude91]

War is a random exp event.

[@Timo0469]

the balkans also known as battle royale

[@Porphyrogen]

Great comment, excellent definition 🤣 And I am speaking as a 'Native' - Greek/Serbian

[@PlamThePlam]

Balknite Battle Royale Like Fortine , but better

[@kiluu9076]

Yup

[@user-is9qe9pe6d]

Balkan royale

[@IJ72]

@@Porphyrogen kako to nativ Greek/Serbian?

[@np4653]

It's more "divide and conquer" than a "powder kegg", and considering what Western Europeans did to each other since medieval times until WWII, Balkans is pretty much civilised.

[@jozejerse6777]

yugoslavia was also sabotaged partially by CIA, documents were declassified a year or two ago. Nothing has changed in balkans with regards to great powers. Serbia is china's bitch so balkans are once again a field for power struggle between EU and China. Russia and US are also probably not far.

[@TheCostimen]

@@jozejerse6777 Romania likes the US ...so yeah , alot of diferent thinking .

[@efectiveedumnezeu]

@@TheCostimen that's the relationship between the governments. It's political. Most of Romanians don't give two shits about americans

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

Don't act like the Balkans didn't have tons of rebellions, unrest during the medieval times and the Renaissance.

[@TakenGranny]

@@jozejerse6777 yugoslavia fell apart by border not by paper

[@nasko6839]

A fun fact. In WW1 Bulgaria allied with the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman empire - after that they all collapsed. In WW2 Bulgaria allied with Nazi Germany - after the war it collapsed. In the cold war Bulgaria allied with the USSR - later it also collapsed. Now Bulgaria has allied with NATO the consequences are yet to be revealed.

[@baihui7349]

забрави Римската империя и Византия

[@PMG_89]

Fun fact: Every union collapses sooner or later and this can be applied for every country in the world. Conclusion: This 'joke' needs to die as it was never funny or clever to begin with.

[@jugostran]

You: wrote this comment Bulgarians: so you have chosen Death.

[@baihui7349]

@En ki и ти си от същото племе

[@adamus1342]

Hungary is the same

[@denisstoynev3935]

Anyone: Makes a video about the Balkans Every Balkan viewer: So you have chosen... Death.

[@eneaqoshi]

omg so gut

[@toshkokanzas]

So you have chosen......... death

[@JJ-ro4fo]

Im balkan lol

[@denisstoynev3935]

@@JJ-ro4fo im also balkan

[@mihajlopopovic1119]

Nah not really

[@belygorod8368]

Talking about the Balkans. I see you are suicidal. You have my respect.

[@KuyaBJLaurente]

Barbs of Geography Now: hold my triple shot of espresso

[@ghostrider.49]

I'm from the Balkans and I agree

[@belygorod8368]

@@ghostrider.49 So am I

[@elizabetaelizabeta8101]

Nobody cares

[@andrewaddison1807]

I’m from Croatia, we try to disassociate with them now

[@palmolive2517]

Balkans ita like a free for all deathmatch Except when turkey joins the war then its a team deathmatch!

[@trashposs3849]

these memes are getting cringe and overused, we get it balkans always fight with turkey.

[@palmolive2517]

@@trashposs3849 clap clap

[@gamingsimp4278]

@@trashposs3849 didn't know thanks for the knowledge

[@someguy-oe4fk]

PvE encounter

[@thepinkonesoterrify623]

@@trashposs3849 cry about it, we hate yall

[@teodork06bulgaria4]

And why are we problematic? Because someone was always making us fight (The “Great“ countries). And who blames us? They.

[@user-wl7qp8pu3r]

Yes!!

[@michamcv.1846]

i couldnt follow up, what wanted the weimarer republic from the balkans before getting drgged there by austria ?

[@parishermes9834]

That's such a good remark. All this videos never put this region into the perspective of large powers influencing events.

[@leonardoglavan2975]

TeodorK06 Bulgaria dobro si rekao šefe

[@teodork06bulgaria4]

@@leonardoglavan2975 hvala

[@danielmedjedovic7068]

Balkan: The real Game of thrones

[@milandjuric9368]

The idea of game of thrones was actually based of the breakup of Yugoslavia.

[@bogomildimov6360]

@@milandjuric9368 Bullshit. It was based on War of the roses in England during the 15th century.

[@savapavlovic3956]

@@bogomildimov6360 The war of the roses was based off of the breakup of Yugoslavia - change my mind.

[@berserk6855]

@@savapavlovic3956 ahhaahhaha

[@justaserbiandoomer497]

Trust me it's even worse

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

Foreign empires- occupy the Balkans Balkan people- resist Foreign Empires- Yo these guys are so irrational this is a powder keg lol

[@jhonnex3338]

@Neverlandia Serbia actually had empire for few decades in middle ages across half Greece and Albania, half Dalmatia, all Herzegovina, Bosnia. So its like those South Park 'member berries. 'Member when we were great, then Kosovo happens!?

[@serniko3393]

@@jhonnex3338 you had, it was called otoman empire, dude all u named was croatia before ottomans ur great serb allies...

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

@ Yeah, damn those Serbs for attacking austria..

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Thank you for that well-researched comment, nice to see some common sense

[@matej13eyedea25]

@@serniko3393 Dude, have you ever passed by any history book? It was Serbian empire (1346-1371), ruled by Tzar Stefan Dusan, it stretched from Danube to the Gulf of Corinth.

[@murgoci99]

Actually, Romania became independent also in 1878, through the same Berlin treaty. In 1881 only the form of state was changed, from Principality to Kingdom.

[@humanelemon115]

What is romania?

[@imanshortclips]

@@humanelemon115 are you bumb?

[@TiaMoshii]

@@humanelemon115 An ice-cream topping with rum.

[@lirachasmody]

General Knowledge: *Talks about the balkans* Balkan people: Want to start a fight?!

[@milenamalesevic3886]

Wanna punch ha ha pffff

[@VoidlessOne]

The situation is already hot in Romania!!! Just kidding, only the temperature and me are hot around here =))

[@darreljones8645]

Joe Blow: How about them Yankees? Balkan people: Want to start a fight?!

[@milenamalesevic3886]

@@VoidlessOne lol here in serbia is very warm prb. cause of my gf hehe

[@neenm4299]

It's getting hot in Serbia! Spring is coming~

[@kopiledon]

Balkans the place where you eat like there's no tomorrow, pitty yourself, laugh from the top of your lungs, drink, cry, quarell out of spite, cheer for your sports team, help a tourist or a stranger but trick your friend, fall in love 5 times and all this in a day. That's why it's a powder keg, cause we wear emotions on our sleaves.

[@eraldidisho4325]

Yeah, 1 moment you're getting drunk, the next you're fighting a war

[@raulmocan5014]

You're right at least we're not boring like you know who

[@Maria-pj3jv]

true hahahah

[@MaRc-ep7ze]

@@raulmocan5014 We Germans are not boring! (why did I know you mean us lol)

[@thiagowaldhelm]

was planning a trip there for this July, then the pandemic happened =/ I wish so much to visit the region, such rich history. cheers from Brazil

[@igy826]

To understand the Balkans you have to be a Balkan

[@elizabetaelizabeta8101]

Nope

[@ronukaj8968]

Nah, we don't understand it either.

[@DMG380]

To be Balkan you have to drink rakija

[@saladbruh2625]

the more i study history the more i get whats the problem. its mostly religion. first when croatians fell under Frankish influence and became catholic and serbs were under Eastern roman influence and became orthodox. thats the first split and it only became worse from that point with turks bringing islam and deviding serbs into muslim serbs (bosniaks) and christian serbs. yeah i know that bosnia was a country before the turks but it was a serbian kingdom. its similar to the situation with austria and germany , same people, same lenguage but two countries because of history and religion, just like serbia and bosnia and herzegovina same people , same lenguage, same alphabet but two countries because of religion and history.

[@blankblank4285]

@@saladbruh2625 you haven't read that much then, mostly the conflict arrives from the way theritories were divided in late 19th century, dividing large groups of ethnicities in countries they never belong to. One prime example is the Treaty of Berlin in 1878.

[@g.ivanovgrozev7050]

Pozdrav from a Bulgarian, to all my Balkan Brothers!

[@claydee7092]

@zxc zxcv first time hearing that. I've heard serbs claiming kosovo to be serb and albanians claiming its albania but now this... LMAO

[@cyberspino6277]

@zxc zxcv no ksosvo is clearly Swedish

[@thehumbleone7989]

@@andihoti8573 I do not and will not accept Kosovo as an independent state but I don't hate anyone. It is our soil and was for hundreds of years. Nobody wants you out of there and you can still live there and coexist. I don't know where the problem is. You guys, either way, consider yourself as Albanians so why fight for an artificial state called Kosovo...

[@leart6531]

@@thehumbleone7989 you guys named it itself Kosovo why then complain about it being "artificial" if you want it lmao, i've lived in Kosovo for 16 years and met 1-2 serbians in my entire lifetime. It was your soil for about 30 years, most of them were from the Ottoman Empire.

[@thehumbleone7989]

@@leart6531 In the end, every country is "artificial" if you see it that way. If you can prove to me (with sources) that it was longer your territory than ours we can talk. Talking about artificial, why have you guys established a country called Kosovo if every Kosovan see himself as an Albanien. why don't you guys hoist the flag of Kosovo? I still think the main problem is that people don't respect and don't understand the feelings of each other. Both sides committed bad cruelties and if we don't find a way to solve it the spiral of death is infinite

[@tsarplague1228]

The Balkans : Peace was never an option

[@alexandrub8786]

"Peace" Such a word doesn't exist in the balkanic region exit,only temporary truces.

[@gap6922]

Turkish people made this rule

[@justsamoo3480]

Fun fact: the mist recent war in Europe didn’t happen on Balkan peninsula.

[@dickylobsterhead4779]

the western europe: World was never an option

[@catalinpistolea187]

not in this life at least

[@i.k.9467]

Balkan war |: Everybody! Team up against Turks! Balkan war ||: New Game mode: *BATTLE ROYALE*

[@Maria-pj3jv]

xd

[@nikolaystefanov2189]

Actually not battle royal more like: Serbia:HEY GREECE WANNA TAKE MACEDONIA ,IT DOESN'T MATTER IT IS FULL OF BULGARIAN POPULATION Greece:Ok why not Bulgaria:wtf this territory is mine by right bulgarians live here All of them:SO WE START A WAR Romania:I will join ya let's fuck Bulgaria 3 to 1 lol

[@milicacrvenica2081]

@@nikolaystefanov2189 Maybe if Bulgaria tried to solve it academically instead of attacking Serbia in the middle of the night without ever declaring war, we wouldn't have this problem

[@istinata8694]

@@milicacrvenica2081 Maybe if "Братска Србиja" didn't backstab us in 1885 when they attacked Bulgaria without declaring war while we fought the Turks in the opposite border. Also you wanned to get the north macedonian territory which was bulgarian since 700AD.

[@antonioj700]

@@istinata8694 Albania:i will take that so you guys fight for Slovenia and make it official part of Balkan.

[@edgelord8337]

The Balkans in a nutshell. Then it formed again. Then it broke again.

[@alexandrub8786]

An empire once divided must unite. An empire once united must divide.

[@janeza382]

@@alexandrub8786 United states of Macedonia

[@oldchannel9932]

@@janeza382 since when did that happened?

[@sjsjjs4153]

All Balkan country: yelling at each other. Slovenia: Leave the chat.

[@antonioj700]

the snob being the dark sheep of the group

[@pyromaster-hs6kl]

@@antonioj700 we kicked the jna out the country and gained our independence, the rest of the balkans owes us

[@markopetrov6670]

pyromaster86 54321 you didn’t kick the full night of JNA, you fought them while Croatia and Bosnia were protesting to leave, Macedonia sent no forces there so you only fought Serbia ( and Montenegro which is not much)

[@pyromaster-hs6kl]

@@markopetrov6670 when did I say we kicked out the full jna?? And if you know history you'd know Serbia was basically the JNA under milosevic. Slovenia helped spark the protest to leave Yugoslavia by having it's delegation walk out of the meeting followed by croatia etc. They were simultaneously sending troops into croatia as they were moving into Slovenia. We mobilized much quicker and took key cities/roads entering Slovenia which prompted the JNA to say it's not worth it and withdraw

[@markopetrov6670]

pyromaster86 54321 JNA means jugoslovenska Narodna armija which before the breakup was one of the mightiest armies in Europe, because its strength was contributed by 6 countries. When the Yugoslav wars started only then the JNA “ was basically Serbia under Milošević” so you beat that weak JNA that was basically the Serbian army, not the original JNA.

[@fedoralord3607]

WHAT ARE THOSE BORDERS ON THUMBNAIL?ITS HORRIBLE.

[@hamdaanchalky7724]

Fedora Lord just realised. Eeeeegggghhhh

[@user-dq1kc6gr3e]

Fedora Lord lol

[@negujmosrpskifudbal9913]

Bosnia is eating his neighbours

[@piljara]

Bosnia looking kinda thicc 😳🥴

[@streetviewer538]

hahah nice serbian map :D

[@joshdavy480]

Most comments: Balkan jokes Me: Why was the swedish national anthem playing at the start of the video?

[@zivotzivotic2190]

Best comment so far Greetings from Balkan

[@bokibo87]

Good question.

[@TaraEckersberg]

Haha! Good one 👍🏻

[@amarald842]

Because Sweden is part of the Balkans silly !

[@askar9367]

If you were from balkans you would get it

[@brncmbrncm]

Most of the conflicts you listed were set up by foreign powers. We just want to be left alone, but global powers have other ideas for this region

[@JessitoBG]

Truth!

[@marialenai.5111]

exactly...

[@orochisama1988]

Don't forget our politicians! They're a lot more to blame

[@tngtrivedi]

Well, I mean you guys are basically the main path into asia and africa so, the great powers naturally wished to occupy that area.

[@tngtrivedi]

@İl Grande ARTHAS ok, cool. You do you then, I guess.

[@RobloxMasterOfAll]

" even if we hate eachother , we hate more turkey "

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

You weren't talking like that while we all attacked Bulgaria🤣🤣

[@nothke]

But but... Turkey is delicious!

[@arjan5071]

Bosniaks don’t hate turkey and most albanians also don’t.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

@@arjan5071 You are right mate and it is because they don't learn a fake and biased history like others as if you read a completely neutral history you would see european empires weren't any better than Ottoman at all!! Such as some Balkan nations often consider Janissaries and their forceful recruitment as slavery somehow while in reality they were paid extremely well, could buy property, marry and retire!! On the other hand ''free'' Villeins (Medieval era european peasants) who were vast majority of European population couldn't buy property, couldn't retire and couldn't even leave their lords' farm without their permission and the most importantly european rulers kept forcefully recruiting them for centuries!! So i would rather being a Janissary than being a Villein without any question that i think it is same for everybody who is in their right mind...

[@Flokithedog]

@@ggoddkkiller1342 stfu, the Ottoman rule was horrible. If you were Christian and rode a horse without permission they would cut off your head. Look up the massacre at Chios. You support mass genocide if you think the Ottomans weren't that bad. Sure the other Europeans were horrible too, but that doesn't erase the Ottoman monstrosities.

[@Juvelira]

French: We hate Germans. Germans: We hate the French. People from the Balkans: Hold my beer!

[@janeza382]

Stupid Rooomans!

[@vladtepes6342]

@Triggered Lord bruh..... romania has biggest brown bear population in europe after russia

[@ugangaknuckle3813]

In the ballkans everyone hates everyone

[@gutsjoestar7450]

I'm french you're not.. And we don't hate each other but we hate slqv and eastern. This is our common point.

[@orochisama1988]

@TryndaToChallenger "Germans>French" if you're a Slav you should be ashamed of yourself, only one of those thought of you as "untermenschen" and that's coming from a Croatian 👀

[@penzlic]

Donesite pive, rakije, i meze ovo će biti interesantan comment section

[@oreuric9515]

*Balkan intesifies*

[@StefanKirov1234]

This is the true balkan feeling, love you man .

[@IJ72]

Slažem se

[@draganivanisevic5182]

long live rakija

[@draganivanisevic5182]

pravis se pametan sto znas dve reci engleskog?

[@mancho522]

We don't like wars,we just get bored with peace easily.

[@bluemoon1462]

Upravu si

[@ValtenBG]

Good thing we are in pandemic to have something to complain about.

[@shabagge]

@@ValtenBG Yes and the government gets the wrat of the people, instead of a other naightbor country, so we don't get bored, and warm up for the war after the pandemic.

[@2606mihai]

11:59 a united Balkans would not have been to the liking of the great powers (NATO and Rusia, both)

[@skelet8337]

They didn't want Bulgaria to be together let alone the whole Balkans

[@GamesExposed]

yeah, maybe the split of the balkans was orchestrated by them with agents

[@albertlol8488]

so yeah wat gonna happen yugoslavia is gonna take the small countries first like montenegro bulgaria macedonia kosovo and nato is gonna stop them then idk what the fuck is gonna happen but we are fucked if a war starts

[@cv4809]

It would not have been to the liking of Balkan people aswell like Greeks Romanians Albanians or croatians

[@08vhhghhjio87]

I really doubt USA and China would sleep peacefully if Balkans united.

[@p4py537]

Why is the Swedish national anthem in the video?

[@TheTattieShaw]

You can personally ask him on his discord you will definitely get a reply on there link in the description

[@ai9684]

If he would play for example the serbian athem he would possible start a war

[@p4py537]

PWL no its the national anthem.

[@p4py537]

Armin 13 haha

[@General.Knowledge]

I used a Swedish-Norwegian military marches compilation as the background music

[@sgp7931]

You dare to enter the gates of hell

[@gnome.]

My fellow serbian brother, we shall not let him pass.

[@blanko_3465]

May a Bosnian homie join in?

[@gjonejlli1755]

I hope Belgrade burns to the ground

[@winmap1251]

@@gjonejlli1755 I hope i meet you someday It won't be fun

[@jebote9630]

There’s always that one smh 🤦‍♂️

[@Vesp3r1987]

General Knowledge: its 2020 and the region is peacefull Turkey: Im gonna storm the greeks using refugees Balkans: Ah sht, here we go again...

[@johnyprime9918]

I was looking for this

[@a.n.l.aantineoliberalismas4504]

Balkens:Welp I guess well just start ww3

[@АлександърИванов-щ8ю]

That's why I hate The Ottoman gays

[@AngelosKousis]

And trust me, the alliances for the upcoming war are already decided!! Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, cyprus and possibly Croatia and Montenegro Vs Turkey, Albania, FYROM and Bosnia and possibly Kosovo

[@Kostas.Dh03]

Indigay Citizen Christianity vs Islam

[@matijajelinic9575]

Me: 100% expecting to see a sh*t storm about the breakup of Yugoslavia. Everyone: Being nice and talking about how they want rakija! Me: 😊😭

[@themisterceapa1871]

Rachiu brings all balkans toghether, love from Romania !

[@matijajelinic9575]

@Steven Tsakiris nah.

[@zexsen85]

RAKIA connecting people... :D :D

[@martinn.6082]

Me: hating Croatia because they repeatedly beat us at football. Greetings from Germany.

[@matijajelinic9575]

Martin N. Lmao. I’d love to visit Germany.

[@bazirancovek]

15:29 "descendesnt of the ottomans" bold words for someone within a stabing range

[@baginatora]

Yeah, well, he may be kinda right. There are groups of people around Razgrad and in the Rhodope mountains (Bulgaria) who claim to be of Ottoman descend. Yet, they are on the Balkans, so this makes them Balkan people.

[@gasnamax3317]

@@baginatora well but most balkans hate otomans and their legacy

[@starman275]

@@gasnamax3317 Just like latinoanerica(but instend of turkey its spain)

[@raynatumbeva780]

@@baginatora they're bulgaro-muhamedans. Basically, 100% Bulgarian ancestry, but their ancestors were forced to become Muslim.

[@ady1891]

This guy is so annoying i swear he is like 45% wrong ! And says bullshit like 15:29 descendents of the ottomans 👹👹👹👹😈

[@yankychannels]

American leftist: “Diversity is our strength” Balkan region: “hold my beer”

[@pavlekaucki5779]

hold my rakija and beer*

[@olisjah6013]

pavle kaucki whahahahahaha.

[@LordHugorion]

It is.. If you just subtract the nationalistic or communistic daemons. The cultural richness and bewareness in the balcans are extraordinary in the western world. You could call it the 'conscience' of the west. It is a different Europe.

[@1990Nymphetamine]

@@LordHugorion diversity is not possible if there is cultural difference as it is the case in USA. Mexicans refusing to learn and speak English, Muslim immigrants refusing to accept Western culture and laws and the list goes on. Diversity is strength, only if people are willing to accept where they came to.

[@Д.Љ]

ХОЛД МАЈ РАКИЈА БИЧ

[@albinh.3149]

11:50 That was actually a plan between Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Those 3 countries thought about this union. But the soviets stop their plans

[@erion9134]

ah not really,well kinda, but also all those three states leader's wanted to become the ruler of the unified region

[@crypt1c_865]

No, the Soviets liked the plans bcs they didn't like Yugoslavia. Tito stopped the plans. By uniting Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania would bring more instability because even more nationalities that later disolved Yugoslavia. That would lead to more Soviet influence in the region.

[@albinh.3149]

@@crypt1c_865 Really? I understood, that the 3 Countries, did the plan in secret, and after soviets found out, that they were doing stuff behind the soviets back, they stpped their plans and that tension, lead to the yougoslavian- soviet break,

[@spd7693]

@@crypt1c_865 The Soviets liked the plans, but eventually they didn't happen due to a misunderstanding between the Yugoslav leader Tito, Bulgarian PM George Dimitrov and the "almighty" Stalin. In the end Stalin simply came to the conclusion he couldn't control that big of an area, that's why he decided to handle them separately. I don't understand this logic, which also led to Stalin poisoning George Dimitrov (this thesis earns more and more supporters), but who would even try to understand Stalin at all?

[@albinh.3149]

@@spd7693 U didnt even mention the Albanian leader lol

[@sitraks9407]

Why are here American that comment on this video and make Balkan jokes, but they don't know anything about Balkans?

[@xeonome1]

Cuz they are Americans. They stick their noses in everything lol

[@martinn.6082]

Stephen Jenkins Hello I’m Serbian America sucks

[@jellyrun1]

...because , it is in english,....kužiš?

[@user-mk3nu3hd4o]

Wondering the same thing

[@bg1052]

@@xeonome1 I live in America and, most don't. They mostly don't care at all about places that have nothing to do with America. You know, like most countries.

[@Benjamin-ko1fg]

The Balkans are like women. No one understands them, not even themselves.

[@riceboi7867]

Not gonna lie, that’s probably one of the best comments I’ve ever seen on a video 🤣🤣🤣

[@cvarak5017]

its kinda true, im from balkan and i confirm it xd

[@GameandComedy]

No

[@user_0231-j]

No.

[@strawgreenberry4442]

woman bad

[@JustGamerBG]

American leftist: “Diversity is our strength” Balkan region: “hold my rakia"

[@rusezlukisha6742]

Daj malo rakije i Kosovo je Srbija

[@albbreakertv116]

🇦🇱🇽🇰❤️

[@rusezlukisha6742]

@@albbreakertv116 ne seri molim te

[@albbreakertv116]

RusEZ Lukisha Your background its not from balkan at all, so go back to your mountains where u belong. Kosovo is Albania 🇦🇱

[@rusezlukisha6742]

@@albbreakertv116 lolo you stupid that is random image from youtube

[@lovrokozar5927]

Any time a war starts in the Balkans, the balkan people: "HEH Geneva convention, more like Geneva suggestion"

[@veljkozindovic7105]

NATO ignored the geneva convention by bombing Serbia in 1999

[@destined-for-solitude]

more like Geneva shit

[@cyberspino6277]

@@veljkozindovic7105 not only that but they nombed serbia with depleted uranium which still has effect on serbian shilder today

[@veljkozindovic7105]

@@cyberspino6277 thats why i said it ignored the geneva

[@cyberspino6277]

@@veljkozindovic7105 yes i just probided detail for anyone wondering

[@mapleshade2913]

''There is no expectance of war in the Balkans right now'' Montenegro: _Did somebody say something?_

[@trimademi7637]

Montenegro is basically the weakst country in ballkan together with north macedonia

[@TakenGranny]

@@cortocroato11 ‡

@@cortocroato11 😂😂😂😂 e ova ti je dobra, nato 😉😂😂😂

[@kinginexile7139]

As a proud Bulgarian, I can still see that our region finds itself in a huge and unstable world, and unless we Balkan people start treating each other as brothers, we are lost.

[@kirilbulgariev]

@Nick O just dot say Macedonians cuz we all know who they are buuut yep we must create better relations and do more business together

[@dimitrijesimic7154]

It's not just problem in our nations the problem is Europeam Union MMF and NATO jumping in all the time becouse they want conflict so that they can destroy our economy and destroy everything. That's just what happend when NATO bombed Serbia.

[@kirilbulgariev]

@Nick O yeah Macedonia is made from Bulgarian people living in this region and brainwashed by serbians and greek to hate Bulgaria and their true nation...

[@SpartanTF]

@Nick O Montenegro is Historically Croatian and its name in its own language "Crna Gora" IS CROATIAN. The Serbian way of calling the region was "Zeta".

[@Burimenzi]

Guys, chill the hell out about your orthodox brotherhood. The orthodox church is the reason for separation in the balkans. You group up as „orthodox brothers“ while we all should simply Call each other brothers. I know so many orthodox serbs, christian or muslim albanians and culturally we are ALL more or less the same

[@dimosthenistserikis5901]

Greece did not become independent in 1821. This is when the revolution started. The actual declaration of independence was signed in the treaty of Constadinopole in 1832. Anyway, interesting video nonetheless.

[@keyboard1186]

Name some greeks from the revolution... bwahahaha

[@panospanagiotopoulos5759]

Key Board shut up albanian boy go get me my souvlaki

[@gigasigma8373]

@@panospanagiotopoulos5759 he is right though? the albanians of greece started the revolution to give greece independence but then you just slaughtered them with a genocide in reward and then called them greeks...

[@panospanagiotopoulos5759]

Wakanda Foreva you are obviously referring to the arvanites but because you are a brainwashed idiot you call them albanians. Albania was not even a thing until the 20th century. Arvanites migrated to greece in the late middleages from modern albania. Of course arvanites and albanians have the same roots but one is albanian and the other is greek. They have lived with the greeks for many centuries, almost a millenium. And since they fought as greeks in the greek independence then they are greeks end of story. Also you should be aware of the hatred between arvanites and turk-albanians in 1821. They have nothing in common besides the language and that’s also gone now so now you have completely nothing in common. The arvanites themselves have greek religion and obsiously consider themselves greeks. You don’t want to call them albanians. You might get your ass kicked. And also for you information, you uninformed brainwashed moron, the revolution started in Morea (peloponese) by Mavromihalis and the maniots. I’ll give you a month time to google everything I just told you. I’ll give you some years extra time to finish elementary school. Then you can answer to me.

[@vasileiospapazoglou2362]

1830 not 32

[@vasilzahariev5741]

We can define the situation in Europe in 1914 as a relatively small room filled with flammable gas. The Balkans were the match that set the room on fire.

[@General.Knowledge]

Agreed!

[@PlamThePlam]

Yeah , Serbia was the lighter , Bosnia and Croatia were the matches , the world was the room

[@vikicha1232]

Bulgaria just sitting there like Im with Russia so Im fighting

[@PlamThePlam]

@@vikicha1232 you are not a very big fan of history , are you? Bulgaria was from the central powers , so an enemy of Russia's

[@draganivanisevic5182]

@@PlamThePlam serbia is the Chosen Oldest country which will estabilish peace in the world

[@egzs]

Balkans: We hate Turkey Also balkans after trading with Turkey: I was a business man doing business

[@galacticreform6288]

Technically you can hate Turkey.But you can't change the truth that the majority of Turks particularly live in the western coast of Turkey are the descendants of whole balkan nations.Some of them know where their ancestry come from, some don't but researchers say millions are settled since the ottoman time. Even the founder of the turkish republic Ataturk himself from balkans. So someone from balkan state can say i hate Turkey but it also means he hates his own people too.

[@trashposs3849]

@@galacticreform6288 "Turkey Is desdencant of balkans" where did you learn history? Majority of the people here are Turks, kurds and zazas (as we call it here) and when Atatürk was born Ottoman empire was the owner of thessaloniki.

[@galacticreform6288]

@@trashposs3849 do you speak english? do you know what does it mean "Turks particularly live in the western coast of Turkey are the descendants of whole balkan nations". Kurds are from east and south eastern part of Turkey.

[@leoniddeskovski3717]

Maybe the Greeks and the Bulgarians hate the Turks, but I am not sure about the other nations. Nevertheless, we, the Macedonians, really love the Turks remembering the fact that we were under their occupation for V centuries.

[@egeakar26]

@@galacticreform6288 ataturk was a turkmen whose ancestors got expolled from anatolia to balkans because they wanted to turkify balkans.Hes saying that by himself and theres ottoman archives about that.So dont talk so sure about something you dont know very well

[@alexandruioanmunteanu4105]

6:12 That's not true. Romania gained independence also in 1878. In 1881 became a kingdom, but it was already independent

[@4o4okaramel4o7]

Ye, same for Bulgaria, the years are tricky in the video...

[@ras573]

True. Serbia slowly gained more and more Independence since the revolution 1804-1817, but only got finally recognized internationally as a kingdom in 1878.

[@safethuskic329]

No one: Making a video about Balkans: Comment section: *40 replies in a comment with 15 likes*

[@miabggirl4505]

😂😂😂

[@PeruvianPotato]

"Not funny, didn't laugh"

[@Bengt.Lueers]

15:43 Asking for opinions about the balkans. Brave.

[@theoanastasiadis9248]

That's so ironic

[@hellofriend4058]

6:10 1st Bulgarian country was created at 681. You watch the 3rd Bulgarian country and say - it's created at 1908. But at 1908 Bulgaria was recogniteted. 3rd Bulgarian country was created at 1878.

[@gingrin6289]

@Jotaro97 Yeah, but you are wrong. Bulgaria lost to the Byzantine empire but a century after regained its independence and created a 2nd Bulgarian Empire. So, it is a continuation of the 1st Bulgarian state. The only real gap is the Ottoman Empire, but the Bulgarian identity never ceased to exist. However, the borders are not the same as before the Ottomans. It is like saying that Poland was created in 1918 and forgetting the ancient state of Mieszko I (966AD).

[@notyourdaddude1957]

@@gingrin6289 All the countries appeared much more earlier and disappeared then appeared again in various times in history, it's about the independence of the countries not the creation of them, stop getting butthurt over nothing like a child, seriously you sound ridiculous, no one is shaming your great civilization maker Bulgaria

[@gingrin6289]

@@notyourdaddude1957 Look, I just don't agree with the 1st comment, if you don't like people having different opinions I advice you to not read KZbin comment section. For me, no matter if a country was a dominion of an other, if that country regained its independence and kept its identity, it is a continuation of the original country.

[@REALILLYRIAN4LIFE]

The arrival of the Slavs into Illyria, the split of Catholicism and the Orthodoxy (The Great Schism) in 1054 and the arrival of the Ottomans is what made Balkans the powder keg of Europe!

[@beadsman13]

No the real problem is that others don't obey orthodox slavs :)

[@pripri632]

@@beadsman13 You are kidding !! Lol.. 😂 After 50 ad. thracians, dacians, yllirians, vllachys and other populations who lived there and was part of Roman Empire (eastern and western part) had christian appartenance. Central asian barbaric tribes like avars, huns, bvlgars, hrvats, sorabs and others mixed tribes arrives wave after wave, beginning from VI, VII-XI ad. and they had zoroastrian, bogomil or other appartenance. Many century's later they was forced to adopt cristianity, orthodox or catholic appartenance.

[@arijanitrexhepi2215]

@Lu Pa illyrians live here before slavs so its our lands

[@dinaridwolf9894]

@@arijanitrexhepi2215 You are not even Illyrians, i dont know what you are mad about?

[@dejan4871]

@@sumax-nz1je There is no proofs except some assumptions based on language correlation

[@flutterflowexpert]

At lease we can all agree we hate the Ottoman empire :) (coming from a Bulgarian)

[@user-cs6bg4zp5q]

actually we should have let them just enter into western europe and destroy them together. i hate the west more than i ever had anything against the Muslims, today in 2020.

[@suelagolli5521]

No

[@boscoboskovitch2183]

@@MilanaBezbradica-in3ml Your naive Turks are okay until they get together and have a nationalist masturbation party and want to plant their flag on everyone elses land.

[@Maria-pj3jv]

Yeah,sure we do

[@pasha8620]

no, Bosnia doesn't hate the ottoman empire :)

[@BenDoverPls11]

In montenegro they say : with Tito and Yugoslavia, we were forced to shut our mouth but we had everything we needed. Now, without Tito we dont have to shut up and talk, but we have not what we need.

[@johnythecookedsteak4819]

Exactly as Croatian I can confirm this

[@goransekulic3671]

I would rather shut up and be fed and happy than have some "political freedoms"(=pointless) and be stuck in a rut. I mean, both choices are actually "lose" variety, but I don't mind the former.

[@nondvcordvco4244]

Respect to all the Balkan peoples, we may have had our problems but when we meet in a foreign country we are usually great friends! I'm Bulgarian and I have ho hate for any country!

[@filipperic2491]

The most tragic thing to happen to Balkans is the Ottoman Empire. If the Balkans stayed united the Ottomans would’ve never set foot in Balkans.

[@012345678952752]

The "Balkans" were never united before the Ottomans.

[@firstnamelastname-uw6vq]

Yes you are absolutely correct, just to do that you need to change Slavs entirely. If Slavs were not so distracted fighting each other, the Mongols would've had hard time invading eastern europe or the Turks invading the Balkans. But because they were not united against the common enemy, the Turks ruled over the Balkans for some 500 years with little or no difficulties. Few insurrections (mainly by one group of people) which of course didn't succeed really, only worked with the help of the great powers and when the ottoman empire went into decline. Today the Balkans would've been much more developed and economically successful, if we made a stand against the Turks, not spending 500 years getting exploited in every way. Sadly we didn't and now we are back to what we were doing before the Turks came, hating each other and projecting each others' nationalistic fantasies instead of collaborating with each other. Left economically depended on bigger powers, making our people leave to work abroad or stay and be lied to by corrupt politicians.

[@saimirhaliti3613]

The worst thing happened to Illyrian peninsula (balkans) it’s the arrival of the fucking slavs

[@billaros1338]

That's true af. The Balkans and mainly the Byzantine Empire were the most advanced area in Europe before the Turks set foot and brought illiteracy , Islam and absolutely nothing of value with them. But the Balkans were also the worst thing to happen in the Ottoman Empire. They lost a lot of money and millions of soldiers fighting mainly the Greeks , the Bulgarians and the Serbs. Money and soldiers they could use to defend their territories in the Middle East and Africa. They tried so hard to keep the Christian lands in their Empire that they forgot to defend the Muslim lands. Imagine if these Turk dumbasses had Saudi Arabia and the other oil rich countries of the Middle East today. They would have been richer than the U.S.A. Instead of trying to transform the Arabs into Turks , they tried to interfere more with the Christians , who would rather stick the sun in their own assholes than call themselves " Turks ". 1821 and the Greek War of Independence is the beginning of their end. After that everything goes down like a tower made of paper. Within the next century this evil monstrosity , which brought pure misery to the Balkans stood no more.

[@liamwilson5670]

They tried uniting it caused war and genocide

[@vxairmedia]

An unknown power: Invades the balkans. Balkan people: so you have chosen....... revolt

[@TakenGranny]

and death

[@sele5129]

none balkan person: talks about balkan balkan people: so you chosen death...

[@missmaddy]

Someone: talking about Balkans Romania: that ain't us!

[@dragandragovic3106]

I like how Romania is just a latin country in the middle of this chaos xD But you do have similar mentality like all of us here .Salut friend

[@latze74]

@@dragandragovic3106 Culturally we are completely Balkans, except for the language. Geographically, only southern-Romania is. I live in the south 😁😁 zdravo brate!

[@flavianmanea8273]

I can hardly agree Romania is part of the Balkans .... We have been a unique region throughout history

[@efectiveedumnezeu]

Geopolitically speaking we are hella Balkans, geographically, just Dobrogea is part of the Balkans if I am not mistaken

[@Qwerty1637i]

@@latze74 culturally just southern Romania is balkanic. Moldova is 100% Eastern European and Transylvania is Central European culturally.

[@bartidavid-andras2337]

Romania also gained independence in 1878 but it became a kingdom in 1881.

[@dragonite5315]

✌️✌️✌️🇹🇩🇹🇩

[@arminlonic7915]

I'm from Bosnia and Herzegovina,and yes it's extremely hard to understand us. I'll try to simplify it to you. Here we go: 1. When it comes to regular people no one is hating anyone. 2. We don't just put borders between us in religious or ethnic differences, sports are big reason too. 3. From time to time you will se some sports clubs supporters fighting between each other, that doesn't mean that they necessarily hate each other they just fight because they want to fight. Arrange rules, weapons and number of participants and of you go. 4. Typically when one of ex Yu countries plays against some other non ex Yu country everyone supports that ex Yu country. 5. Most of the people don't know why 1990's wars ever started even ones who participated in them. Because they didn't bring anything good to anyone. Fun fact: Most of the leaders on opposite sides during 1990's were in fact close friends in 1980's. One example is Alija Izetbegović was close friend to Radovan Karadžić.

[@milekiticevsin3290]

oo djes brat bosanac

[@arminlonic7915]

@@milekiticevsin3290 evo me buraz 😂 😉

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

No one knows why wars started? What do you mean? Wars started 'cos Serbs wanted great Serbia... it's rather simple... go watch where Krajina was and where RS is today.

[@arminlonic7915]

@@HladniSjeverniVjetar yes you are correct, I made wrong claim instead of HOW I wrote WHY. Everybody knows why it started but how really it happened is the real question. Why we all turned into sheep and followed few insane people, when we should think with our heads. Now we know that we made colossal mistakes.

[@draganivanisevic5182]

@@arminlonic7915 its not correct serbia never did genocide serbia wasnt officialy at war

[@kostas3190]

Greece and Serbians unite 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷☦️☦️☦️🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Billinoid 🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@kostas3190]

Sword of Justice why you cry

[@ΠτυχιουχοςΕορταζον]

@@kostas3190 are you greek or a serbian anyway love from greece 🇬🇷 🇬🇷

[@kostas3190]

Πτυχιουχος Εορταζον Έλληνας είμαι μεγάλε αλά έχω πάει Καναδά εδώ και 3 χρόνια λόγο του μαλακα του Τσίπρα

[@ΠτυχιουχοςΕορταζον]

@@kostas3190 κ δεν θα σχολιασω τιποτα σε σχεση με πολιτικά γιατι ειμαι και 14 and shit

[@thanosrosis892]

Foreign empire:captures the Balkans The Balkans:YOU DARE OPPOSE ME MORTAL?

[@flutterflowexpert]

As a Bulgarian i can say i love all Balkans counties! :*

[@Spinosaur_32]

Like who is from Balkan and comment which country are you.

[@bot.1263]

Kosova 🇽🇰

[@anaglavcic7954]

Srbija

[@albinh.3149]

Kosova 🇦🇱

[@BabisPipas]

Greece

[@Spinosaur_32]

A lot of Serbs and one men from CROATIA(me)

[@Hendricus56]

2:23 Funny thing: There is no German version from that quote. Although Bismarck said something similar: "Der Balkan ist mir nicht die gesunden Knochen eines einzigen pommerschen Grenadiers wert." - "The Balkans are not worth the healthy bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier to me." So he knew, that the Balkans wasn't worth the waste of lives from German soldiers. Also, that quote is from 1878, not 1898, because that was the year he died. It could be possible, but he was ill after 1896. So it was probably made a quote after WW1 and simply said, that it was from him

[@nikola_tomic]

I wish that future German liders thought the same... But they didn't...

[@ΑΡΗΣΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ]

It's also known that Bismarck didn't had the Italians as allies...

[@talridisblagoev242]

yea well same Bismarck also said afther the serbo-bulgarian war 1885(imprested with the bulgarians victorians,battle of Slivnia,battle of Dragoman,battle ofBreznik,battle of Tzaribrod,battle of Pirot and others ofc) let me quest him for you what he said afther the war. ""Bulgarians are the Prussians of the Balkans "" - Otto von fuking Bismarck :)

[@rickastley5321]

Balkan countries normally : 😡😡😡🤬🤬 Balkan countries when ottomans invade : 🤝

[@eternal_riftz8801]

Rick Astley Probably the other way around

[@eternal_riftz8801]

Doubt

[@smartplus50]

@@eternal_riftz8801 Rick Astley is right as in the Balkans essentially had one common enemy.

[@eternal_riftz8801]

@@smartplus50 but i created the balkans ;-;

[@eternal_riftz8801]

@@smartplus50 i miss read wot he wrote ;-; damn

[@Yora21]

"And many awful things happened." As a European who grew up during the 90s, that's putting it mildly. ;)

[@lucab515]

oof. that's hard

[@MarceMarcus]

Minor trolling of the Muslims.

[@atomandroid7232]

@@MarceMarcus You say this and then cry about taking your organs.

[@narcisdragole5159]

What you failed to mention here is that the Balkans have at their heart a Slavic origin, with the extremes having nothing to do with that identity such as Romania, Greece and Albania. So a united Balkans notion is ridiculous, maybe united Slavonic Balkans...but we saw how that turned out. As a Romanian, i found the video inconsistent as it did and did not include Romania in this discussion. Maybe document more before making these videos to understand the mentalities here.

[@ecaterinavisan8178]

I mean...Romania really didn't have that much to do with the Balkans to begin with. Even on the map it kinda showed Romania as "Balkanic but not really". 1.We are friends with Serbia and Bulgaria, and neutral with everyone else. 2. Soutern Romania does have a balkanic-ish like culture, the more north you go the more different it gets. 3. Until the WW we barely had any real interactions with anything South our borders. If it was not for fending against the turks we may had never had any issues with South at all. So you could say our geopolitics with Balkans were kinda of a "blank page". 4. As a latin country were could never relate to the whole "Slav brotherhood" idea. 5....I guess the fact we have a majority orthodox population kinda counts as common ties? But yeah that's it. We just had very little interaction with the Balkans, so I don't see why Romania should had been mentioned more in this video. Tho I agree since Romania, Greece and Albania don't fit the picture the notion of a United Balkan is pretty much impposibile. And honestly? Even Bulgaria may not fit the picture. They don't look thriled about any of their Balkanic neighbors. Probably because they are also the biggest of the soutern slavs, so they feel less inclided to any modern expansions.

[@rovygames1653]

@John Mason if i'm not wrong, balkans have thracians origins

[@filipdujkovic1280]

@Raigou Only Constanta (Romanian province) is a part of the Balkans, it has a mainly Bulgarian population.

[@filipdujkovic1280]

@John Mason Slavs founded Kiev, but they were peaceful, that's why they called a Nordic king to teach the Eastern Slavs to fight, mixed with the Slavic natural strength, Slavs became fierce warriors, the Kievan 'Rus' (The Nordic king was called Rus, so they honored him by naming the state after him) later became Muscovy, then the Tsardom of Russia, then the Empire of Russia, then White Russia, then the USSR, then the Russian Federation we know today

[@artenisdhjaku8171]

@@rovygames1653 hahaha where did you learned that boy?

[@THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL]

EU: I fear no man bu that *thing* *points at far right balkan politics* EU: it scares me

[@arjan5071]

Eu right now is much more far right than the balkans countries. With the exception of montenegro nationalism has been on decline in the balkans.

[@TakenGranny]

i like ur communist (chanel) logo bro

[@vassilyvodka2638]

@@arjan5071 It gets worse in Montenegro, but Dritan Abazovic somewhat manages the coalition he has with the Serbs not to escalate it

[@kkkkkkkkkkkkkkjable]

I wish my country was far right, unfortunately we are lead by EU bureacrates with pedigree of the former Yugoslavian communist party

[@user-hi2fp1he5g]

@@arjan5071 Is it libertarian or authoritarian right you're talking about, because there's a rather big difference

[@TheArkDoc]

My son is dating a Serbian girl, and after meeting her family I thought I would just do quick history of the area.... 2 months, three books, tons of articles and documentaries later... damn. I love the area and will visit, but there is nothing easy about the history.

[@Battle_Beats]

Lol, nice try

[@sranmirkov4458]

I'm dating Albanian girl. I thought it was going to be fun meeting theirarents but they hate me and her because i'm Serbian. That tells a lot about them and their complexes.

[@Battle_Beats]

@@sranmirkov4458 lažeš??? samo albanci dejtuju albanke haha

[@soul8938]

@@sranmirkov4458 (X) Doubt

[@AdisMedzikovic]

Me as a Bosnian: *sees some weird borders* Me: So you have chosen..death

[@michelejuliano9730]

Balkan shit, that is Illyrian penisola, geg from middle albania till Croazia and tosk from middle albania to arta all Epiro sllavs greeks and Bulgaria ottoman has devastate the region

[@Pinchy.00]

@drained ahahhah you are absolute God

[@stefankostic5537]

@drained AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH

[@fik-soentertainment8366]

@@michelejuliano9730 Albania is the most fake countries. It was made in 1913 by Austro-Hungary just because to start the war. Albanian alphabet is the closest to German alphabet and Austro-Hungary spoke German and that says it all. Albania will never be great. (no hate but its true and sorry for my English I am French.

[@NINOPEROVIC-ow5do]

My Friend Ilyrians are Serbs...Read the book of Mauro Orbini "The Kingdom of Slavs....1000 proves

[@bluechicken8743]

I'm from the Balkans and I approve this message

[@valentingeorgiev6510]

i bet u are a turk who considers himself european

[@sedindase4066]

@@valentingeorgiev6510 i am muslim from bosnia so?Even if i am gipsy i would be proud rather than be in your racist mind that thinks only in the box.

[@valentingeorgiev6510]

who cares about religion? why did u even bring that :D?

[@sedindase4066]

@@valentingeorgiev6510 when u say turk on balkan everybody means about muslim.

[@bluechicken8743]

@@valentingeorgiev6510 nope I'm actually Serbian

[@DoggoDutchman]

Summary: region in Europe too angry to be conquered

[@saellenx3528]

they are conquered now. EU turned them into colonies so we can sleep peacefuly now. The only problem is Bosnia shit can go South any time there.

[@NoNeedForLungs]

@Jotaro97 and still we remain the coolest region ever. Based af

[@velisastijepovic2958]

Balkans : okeey chilling today *this video get uplouded* Balkans : oh its all coming together

[@hriscubogdan2292]

Well, Romania gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878. In 1881 Romania proclaimed itself a kingdom, which is something different.

[@Eminovici]

Note: Romania gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire during the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War (known locally as the Romanian War of Independence), when it also received Northern Dobruja in exchange for the southern part of Bessarabia. Not in 1881 as your video suggests at 6:14.

[@soapy6]

Balkan history in a nutshell: 'something happens' *this angered Serbia*

[@theemeraldshaft3552]

Who punished him severely

[@alexdragacevac]

This is so biased comment. Truth is that Balkan history is complicated, and nations living in Balkan are not some wild people. Many foreign influences are involved. Western powers are always looking to devide are nations and use it for their own purposes.

[@soapy6]

@@alexdragacevac dude chill it was just a joke. My grandma is from the region and I've traveled around there quite a bit. I have nothing but good things to say about the Balkans.

[@neenm4299]

I like to think that we were passive agrassive every time.

[@alexdragacevac]

@@soapy6 it's ok, actually just me being Balkan boy. I really hope that you will wisit Balkan again. Just, liwing here, made us feel like some people who stopped to believe in good atensions from west. People here are generally nice, and educated and friendly. Wery good in sports and arts. 💕

[@stealthkiss]

“If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.” Quote by Otto von Bismarck WW1 and WW2: ''You are joking right?''

[@bg1052]

To be fair, WW1 did start because of a conflict in the Balkans, the shooting of Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist.

[@saellenx3528]

and WW2 was caused because Germans were not happy how first one ended. So these people actualy caused both(indirectly). Third is likely to come from there as well... looking at Bosnia...

[@notyourdaddude1957]

@@bg1052 The war was already in the air, but it needed something to fall down on Europe.

[@mdmir651]

Respect. This is the most accurate video about the crazy area, and the most truthful ever made by a foreigner. It is about 50% correct and truth

[@Luka__1]

90% of comments: haha balkan people war comment funny 10% of comments: *actual fighting in the comments

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

Most fighting between Greeks and macedonians "sigh"🤦‍♂️

[@kopiledon]

@@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837 well i wouldn't agree. I saw fights across the spectrum and as a Serb and from the country in the middle of it all - there's no escaping the negative comments.

[@eraldidisho4325]

@@kopiledon Well, you did commit a genocide in living memory. There are literally Bosnians and Albanians that still remember the attrocities of your military. Give it time

[@amarald842]

@@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837 you mean most fighting between Greeks and *West Bulgarians* ?

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

@@amarald842 between West Bulgaria and albania is The Republic of Macedonia. So I dont understand what you are saying

[@vladmihailghinea4626]

Just a heads-up about the "Greater Romania Empire" thing: Romania actually had claims to many more lands, like western Banat and Western Crisana, tho those were actually to west instead of south, deeper into the Balkans. Romania is actually by far the most peaceful of the Balkans (tho let's be honest, that isn't saying much). Now that I think of it a series in with all of the territorial claims of every country would be cool.

[@mehmedtheconqueror932]

We had claims to dacia lands

[@dek3582]

No, croatia is actually the most peaceful country, they havent attacked any country and/or claimed Land from other countries, since they exist they have only defended themselves.

[@vladmihailghinea4626]

@@dek3582 Extremely debatable (me being on Serbia's side). In the same logic, Romania did the exact same things, plus they are less hostile towards other countries.

[@dek3582]

@@vladmihailghinea4626 HAHAHAHAHAHAH, on serbians side, yeah, of course croats attacked them first, deffintely

[@vladmihailghinea4626]

@@dek3582 Yes, I am indeed on Serbia's side with pretty much everything, not only Yugoslavia.

[@urosvesic9520]

I love reading comments from ppl that have no idea about our history, but think they know the best. Great video btw, I really enjoy it.

[@dusanjovanovic1401]

Well, that is oversimplification. However great video as always. Greatings from Serbia

[@emsl9953]

WHY ON EARTH does a video about the balkens start of with the Swedish national anthem in the bakgrund????

[@marvelmcu9748]

He wants ww3

[@draganivanisevic5182]

slavs are true vikings

[@baginatora]

@@draganivanisevic5182 Balkan people are Viking Slavs from space... I'll see myself out, thank you.

[@dragonite5315]

Because we love pewdiepie

[@aris9451]

This video makes me feel home.

[@civfanatic8853]

Great documentary and congrats for your hard work! :) Anyway, after reading many of the comments, guess what?! You have just lit the powder keg AGAIN rofl :P

[@brakonierrr7067]

The Balkans were the Europe's Powder Keg 100 years ago, because of the multicutural legacy from the ottoman period and hence the fractured nature of the balkan countries. Now 100 years later, the whole Europe became the Europe's Powder Keg. Do you fell it, yet?

[@shqiptariidukagjinit5650]

Brakonierrr funny how the rest saw us as unstable and probably thought we wouldn’t last long but it’s now us staying the same think the west fell to the leftist.

[@rob1097]

Europe has been at peace for dozens of years, especially thanks to the EU, so i wouldnt call it a powder keg

[@Corium1]

I'll claim territory in the Balkans to start a global conflict just to get out of an awkward conversation.

[@dickylobsterhead4779]

So, Napoleon , german kingdom,nazi,Cold war, first and second World war, templars , british empire holy roman empire, Berlin war etc. So this regions Are not qonfusing and they Are peacefull and everyone loved each other but balkans Are problem and there Are big wars only on balkans ? What did europe do while there were Balkan wars , qonguering WORLD perhapse ?

[@dand7763]

*"DIVIDE ET IMPERA"*

[@vrananikola]

Ottoman rule over the Balkans was cruel and the local population suffered, which is why they were always fighting the Ottomans + they wanted freedom for their ppl and their kingdoms. And another thing, historically, yes this region was a war zone for so long because of its strategic position between the east and the west. Belgrade, for example, the capital city of Serbia is the city that has seen the most sieges in the history of the world. And it has been raised to the ground 40 times. But it’s still standing, which, I think, is a nice thing because it shows the resilience of its people. This city has seen so much, from the oppressive rule of the Ottomans, to the Austro-Hungarian oppression, and then the exodus of Serbian people trough Albania (they traveled to the island of Corfu in Greece and so many of them died), the Nazi oppression and most recently the bombing from Nato... So many people died, and not just soldiers, but thousands of civilians. And even after all that suffering, wars, occupations, bombings, Serbians still manage to be one of the friendliest and most hospitable people in the world. In conclusion, I wish others had less prejudices about Serbian people. Trough most of their history, they were trying to defend their selves from oppression from the outside and mad politicians from the inside who wanted war in the region. And ofc, as in any other country, you have groups of people with insane polices, but the majority of people in Serbia are normal, peaceful and ordinary citizens Edit: spelling

[@MrIvan-le4bt]

and that is the important point which doesn't fit in the plans of many western leaders. If you cannot control them, than destroy them until the last has been "erazed". In fact the history is on our side and will tell the tales of a slavic nation which has not given up to all pressures from foreign and insides..

[@vojvodadrasko410]

Nikola Vranić A šta je sa granatiranjem Slavonskog Broda i opsadom Sarajeva? Zar to nije zločin, nepravda?

[@pepperino-hotterino]

Belgrade was found by Celts in the 3rd century BC and was called Singidunum. It was later in the 700-900 when it started to become more slavic. Dont know which list or statistic you derived this, but i think it doesnt apply to the top 10 most besieged cities. When Serbians fled threw Albania they were killing Albanians to get something to eat, because it was winter and no food available. Furthermore did the Serbians kill thousands of people just a couple of years ago in the so called "anti-osmanisation". No wonder Albanians werent hospital to them and protected their food.

[@vrananikola]

Ede cary all the things I wrote are from history textbooks and museum displays

[@AngryPaprika]

Did ya know Belgrad was part of hungary and it was known as Nándorfehérvár and hungarians defended the city from the Ottomans for as long as the city was there? It was not opressed at all.

[@jovandimitrijekolaric2549]

As Balkaner, I can say that you have succeded to give somewhat unbiased view of the region. Of course that is easier in broader overview that you gave, but really it insults nobody and doesn't come into politics or different interpretations more than necessary.

[@journeytoself]

We were all caught between 3 powers: Ottomans-Russia-Habsburgic empire/Italy...

[@channel5980]

Fun fact: August Zeune's surname, in German, is pronounced the same as the word "Zäune", which means "barriers" or "fences". Kind of a fitting name for a geographer.

[@gyuriczamatyas6624]

I just wanna say something quick. Hungary is not part of the Balkan countries

[@warmaps78]

he clearly marked it outside in the map dw

[@gyuriczamatyas6624]

@@warmaps78 on the index picture, Hungary marked with the same colour as the balkan countries

[@warmaps78]

@@gyuriczamatyas6624 lol true. Well I feel sorry for you guys that you're thrown into the keg as often xD

[@gyuriczamatyas6624]

@@warmaps78 😂

[@petemitchell9996]

Not a part of the Balkans but certainly has a long common history with Serbia, Croatia and Romania. Btw, true Balkan countries are Bosnia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania and Greece. Other countries are only partially Balkan countries.

[@MrArgy333]

Question: Why are the Balkans Europe's powder keg? Answer: The Ottoman Empire

[@zehra730]

The Ottoman one, Russia, Austria...

[@muxbh]

...Benjamin Kalaj...

[@muxbh]

@DarkAgit Backup There r a lot of factors

[@buklborisov2460]

I Agree with that guy. If the ottomans AND THE GREAT POWERS didn't put their noses in our businesses the Balkans were gonna be a big happy family. But there wasn't gonna be Macedonia and Albania and a part of Thrace wasn't gonna be greek.

[@muxbh]

@@buklborisov2460 Yes, but we wanted one state of slavs in balkan just because of the great powers

[@altinkamberi4395]

Did he really describe southslavs as illyrians.... This is why some people should be permitted from explaining history. p.s Roman province of illyricum and the illyrians were inhabitants in balkans but much before the slavs migrated and settled in balkans. By the time slavs arrived, illyria dissapared in thin air, the only illyrians who managed to survive the slavic migration are the Albanians alongside with the Hellen Greeks...these two both have unique languages whilst 350 milion slavs worldwide understand each other (for example a croatian can understand a Bulgarian and a Montenegrin can understand a Ukrainian)

[@SloMoHacker]

I have to add that both Romania and Bulgaria got their independence in 1878 as well. Otherwise, great video, I always love your vids. Keep it up!

[@dragosdrg2882]

Romania proclaimed its independence on May 10, 1877, not in 1881, In 1881 it becames a kingdom, in reast very nice video

[@swagnone619]

and that’s why you get utter chaos when you combine so many cultures and force them to live together. * looks at western countries *

[@zizzyballuba4373]

the great powers didn't let the balkans have a fair partition and their "diplomacy" made things worse

[@alexdragacevac]

Definitely truth!!!