Why did the Dutch Empire Fall Apart? (Short Animated Documentary)

What happened to the Dutch Empire? Why did it Collapse and what caused it to fall apart?
The Netherlands built an impressive empire, including South Africa, Indonesia and Suriname to name a few colonies. But why did it collapse? What caused the Dutch to lose so many colonies so quickly and what were the effects of this? Find out in this video, the latest in my very short animated historical documentaries (about history).
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Decolonising the Caribbean: Dutch Policies in a Comparative Perspective by Gert Oostindie and Inge Klinkers.
A Concise History of the Netherlands by James Kennedy.

[@alex_ho]

In Malaysian textbooks, the Dutch were remembered fondly as the guys who kicked the Portuguese' ass and did absolutely nothing until Britain came.

[@Zack-et9wj]

The Dutch Only Capture Malacca at the time, so there not much to tell other than the buildings.

[@booktendersclub1110]

On contrary, in Indonesian textbooks,the short British rule in Indonesia was more "civilized" than Dutch rule. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles even wrote History of Java and named a rare native big smelly flower Rafflesia Arnoldi.

[@kl1541]

In Indonesia textbooks, The British looked like a coloniser with manners than the Dutch and actually building its colonies better. But its just a different point of view and now in the age of Internet i can say that all colonisers are equally brutal and inhumane. We are Independant 🇮🇩🇲🇾

[@tychocarriere8161]

Germans: we have had fought a war for 30 years, 5 years is nothing The Dutch: I'm about to end this mans whole career

[@firemangan2731]

@@kl1541 The only colonies the British made better are Canada and the US (which started as 13 seperate colonies) While India and the rest of its African colonies only ended up shit. Not sure about Malaysia tho.

[@dragos4044]

The Dutch Empire "Britain stole most of it" Well...You're not The only ones

[@nb2008nc]

Even more if you count the Boer states

[@dragos4044]

@@nb2008nc How to empire 101

[@barrytrotter2654]

U cant blame a people for being the best at building empires, everyone was playing same game it's just UK won

[@perfectlyfine1675]

@BlackDeathViral03 imagine thinking that the Dutch didn't have a good navy. They are gods that created land from sea and you think they can't just build some big floating wood?

[@Blackdeathgaming-yv1kk]

The Netherlands had at one point the largest and strongest navy in the world.

[@Lukegriz77]

I remember when the names James Bizinet and Party Boyko were read together. The good old days.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

I'm just happy to hear James Bizinet is back. I was really scared when he wasn't mentioned. I feared for his safety.

[@Bragosso]

What is this meme about?

[@sassycat]

I miss onion duck.

[@danielmarquez2860]

@@Bragosso patreons names

[@abbad707]

Ikr 😩

[@eodyn7]

Last time I was this early Manhattan was still called New Amsterdam.

[@kostam.1113]

Make Netherlands great again

[@NoNameAtAll2]

even old New York was called New Amsterdam why they changed it? I can't say people just liked it better that way

[@redornament3248]

Manhattan and Harlem both have some Dutch ancestry in their names. I guess.

[@vaclavcervinka65]

Ok boomer

[@lidulkadut]

Istanbul was Constantinople

[@ForelliBoy]

Fun fact, with its empire "confiscated" during the Napoleonic Wars, the only place in the world where the Dutch flag flew freely was Dejima, the exclusive Dutch trading post in then-closed Japan

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Was Netherlands (state), Netherlands (country) annexed at the time? Along with the rest of the States?

[@MaHuD_]

@@shonenjumpmagneto Mainland netherlands (The Dutch Republic) was occupied by France with the help of rebels, and went through several stages; 'The Batavian Republic' (Rebel led satelite state), 'Kingdom of the Netherlands' (Kingdom allied to France, Napoleon's brother was crowned king) and lastly it was annexed into the French Empire. Overseas territories were captured by Brittain in order to 'protect' them from Napoleon/Rebels. Brittain attempted to take over Dejima as well, but were seen off. Thus Djima remained the only free territory that still flew the flag of the Dutch Republic.

[@Izithel]

@@MaHuD_ I always find the Kingdom of Holland part funny, Napoleon intended for it to be merely a puppet state, instead his brother took the position as king seriously and tried to be a responsible and independent ruler. Even tried to learn and speak Dutch, changed his name to the dutch form, even declared himself Dutch and not French. Obviously Napoleon kinda got annoyed at his little brother prioritising dutch interest over those of the french, the dutch people actually started to like the guy.

[@CidVeldoril]

@@Izithel So much so that it took the combined "Oh fuck no!" of all other european monarchs after Napoleon's fall to prevent him from returning to the throne, because while the dutch really wanted him back, the other monarchs were not happy with the idea of a Bondaparte ruling anything. Except for Napoleon's son of course who got a cool duchy gifted by his grandpa, the Emperor of Austria.

[@mr.shredderplayz2640]

“Britain stole most of it” Basically the history of most empires in a nutshell

[@mcj2219]

Well youre right. South Africa as an example. The rest got stolen by Portugal; Brazil, and India. Australia and New Zealand were discovered by the Netherlands, but not stolen by Britain.

[@apersononlineyes6554]

@Alpharock Salah Um.... sure.

[@casper6405]

@Alpharock Salah well We traded new Amsterdam for Suriname with the British And south Africa was ours until the British said no its ours now We also fought alot against the British and we won mostly

[@jajajoemamahahahaprank8693]

Casper Didn’t trade, the British seized New Amsterdam and the Dutch retaliated by taking Suriname...

[@warbler1984]

@Alpharock Salah hahahaha good one

[@IJustKant]

I learned more about the Japanese occupation of Indonesia in a video focusing on the Dutch than in most books I’ve read about the Pacific War, well done

[@michaelvalentinoyo1259]

@@icyr0bin-794 according to my history book japan was really harsh to us. I guess that's expected from a nation at war and is Imperial japan

[@thenomad47]

@The Caliphate Trust me, take a look at what the Japanese did in China, and you'll be thankful that the Dutch were the ones who colonised Indonesia first and the longest. If you don't know what I'm talking about, just google the Rape of Nanking.

[@TheAdmirableAdmiral]

This video brushes over the fact that Japan went out of its way to install puppet leaders that would be as anti-western as possible and even dragged out the surrender to prop up suscessionists in Indionesia, Indochina and Burma

[@Zraknul]

@@TheAdmirableAdmiral that was outside the scope of the video. You can only fit so much into a 3 minute history. Imperial Japanese occupation could be another video! Setuping puppet leaders that don't like the old rulers is kind of empire 101. Bonus British points if you can redraw some lines to create a large minority population that was previously not in power.

[@m.n152]

@@thenomad47 in just three years Japanese has done so many harm. They establish comfort woman establishment by dragging people out of their house. They make the locals do force labor (Romusha) for the war effort. In those 3 years famine was everywhere and people start eating grass and leaf just to survive. I guess Japanese govt doesn't want harsh backlash from Indonesian (like what they get from Korean and Chinese) that they invest so much on our country.

[@SuperLusername]

"The make up of the Dutch empire changed little until things started to head south." You mean, the Japanese started to head south

[@dkwhattouseasusername1012]

you mean southwest

[@chandy3859]

@@dkwhattouseasusername1012 don't you mean south east asia? Lol not to mention this question. What's the name of the direction that is south of east asia? South east asia? Lol

[@dennydaydreamer]

Yes they went as much south as one can.

[@viina5936]

@@chandy3859 k k ikii

[@viina5936]

@@chandy3859 i kiki ji8

[@dungary223]

too focused with water trying to flood Netherlands I see

[@tyvamakes5226]

1953: Massive flood Afsluitdijk: Ah scheisse, hier gehen wir wieder

[@RudyBleeker]

@GamersOnVideos that might be a joke referencing WW2, when the Germans attempted to quickly annex all of the Netherlands but were stopped in their tracks at fortifications on the eastern end of the Afsluitdijk. The Germans were unable to advance any furter and nicknamed the Afsluitdijk "Der Totendam" (Dam of Death) due to the heavy losses they suffered in their attempts to break through the defenses. This eventually forced the Germans to thoroughly bomb Rotterdam, after which the Netherlands surrendered. But no German military personnel ever managed to cross the Afsluitdijk prior to the Dutch capitulation. This delay in the German advance is also what allowed the Dutch royal family to escape to the UK.

[@RudyBleeker]

@Jeb Bush You are correct of course, the Netherlands was occupied not annexed.

[@robin97rv]

@@RudyBleeker in 1953 the germans were gone from the netherlands. It should say: ah schijt, hier gaan we weer.

[@simstudiosofficial]

robin97rv Weer aan de bak he? Sjonge jonge

[@alfredoalfaro5000]

-Dutch "Damn Brits stole my empire!" -French, Spanish, Portuguese, Ottomans, Zulus, Germans, Chinese, Persians and Mughals: "First time?"

[@JABN97]

“Damm british, they stole our rightfully stolen lands.” A Dutch oligarch ‘regent’ at the time, probably

[@faishalhakim4046]

Forgot to point out that it was the US who supported Indonesia diplomatically because Indonesia was considered to be a useful ally against communism in the Cold War. The Indonesian govt suppressed communists in the Madiun Affair (Pemberontakan Madiun) in 1948, which consolidated their anti communist stance in the eyes of the West (this... Changed a lot in the 1960s).

[@askkedladd]

Yeah in the 60's they considered Sukarno's ties to the communists were too close and decided to back Suharto in a coup against Sukarno. It's why Suharto was very friendly to the US.

[@shukshin_burgundian_system]

soeharto the western bootlicker,a traitor

[@Lancor84]

As a German I didn't even know that they even tried to retake Indonesia after the world war. You don't get this taught in school here, only our own national crimes.

[@marcoh703]

Im 27 and what i got in history classes were maybe 2 or 3 pages of the ''police actions '' in Indonesie. 2 weeks ago i learned the Dutch almost won until america treatened to stop the marshall funding. It was never called a rebellion or war it was called police actions. A smart way to say that those freedom fighters are armed criminals. every empire is build with blood but we don't get to hear that. I remorse the colonial past of the netherlands and more when i need to do my own research.

[@philipthegreat7230]

"As a German" do you mean a German from the Netherlands or germany?

[@Sonosoz]

My uncle was one of the soldiers who went there. He only once talked about it (not in detail). He said he was ashamed being Dutch.That summed it up pretty much for me.

[@abi_abdurrahman]

@@marcoh703 I guess propaganda education works both ways then. For the colonizer and the colonized Here in Indonesia, history taught the students how brutal and repressive the Dutch were when holding an iron grip on Dutch East Indies. We are taught how the Dutch are using deceiving tactics to divide and conquer Indonesia for their personal gain and explain how corrupted the Dutch were when managing our archipelago. The government's education system explains all those terrible atrocities to us only to do all those terrible practices today (corruption, land exploitation, etc.) the same way our colonizer did. While in the Netherlands, it seems that students were taught that they were once the ruler of the Nusantara Archipelago that they nurtured and took good care of, which at some point, is true! The Dutch made amazing reforms for our nation's bureaucracy and agricultural development, constructed vital infrastructures, educated its people even though it's only for the clergy and nobility class within Indonesia, and indirectly connected all of us into one united domain. This is why looking at both ends of the story is important. But today, instead of posing facts from multiple perspectives, history only explain facts from a narrow perspective of the ones who hold power

[@nusantaramapper7394]

@@abi_abdurrahman correctly and also even Dutch win it Will be worse cause Soviet Will spread their influence to us and we Will become a proxy war country again

[@cleopires9565]

next explain why Tannu Tuva is a thing in HOI4

[@prion42]

My guess is that nobody ever heard of it until the messages started popping up.

[@simonpoelma2066]

Tannu what?

[@Litovskyy]

@@simonpoelma2066 tannu tuva

[@bvenkat9924]

All hail the great god tier tuvan republic

[@savagemccabbage2941]

Tannu what?

[@demiRaziel]

As an Indonesian, thanks for doing this! Maybe a possible topic in the future is the early colonization/exploration efforts on Southeast Asia.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

One history question that could be interesting: why didn't Indonesia colonize Australia

[@mohammadrickypratama6720]

@@christianweibrecht6555 Actually there was a Historical trade between Makassar and Bugis people with the Aborigenese, during 15th-19th Century. Or before the Europeans came and colonized the teritory. And they didn't Colonized the Aboriginese because they only want to trade, not settle in Australia.

[@deidresable]

@@mohammadrickypratama6720 in other word they were kick out by the anglos

[@papakojir4825]

@@deidresable nah it is more like the makassar people never tried to exploring australia interior further or sail to eastern australia, they only trade with aborigines in what is now northern territory and assumed all the lands in australia just dry harsh hot desert (correct me if i was wrong on the geography of northern territory there since i am not australian myself)

[@andreekusuma8779]

@@christianweibrecht6555 because there is nothing except hot,dusty and kangoroos,at least that was the ancestors though on that time

[@historywithhilbert146]

I cry every time.

[@MBeckers]

happy to see you here

[@Zestyclose-Big3127]

hey at least we still have Friesche Vlag in our supermarket shelves (OK, "Frisian Flag")

[@biliminsrlar5752]

Hello there.

[@mcj2219]

@@biliminsrlar5752 General Kenobi, you are a bold one...

[@ghandithesupremeleader9740]

Haha

[@AudieHolland]

Some additional information. The incorporation of the Caribbean colonies into the kingdom of The Netherlands was not for selfish Dutch reasons. When the Dutch granted independence to Suriname in 1975, the Dutch government eagerly got rid of Suriname because it had stopped being profitable. Many Surinamers saw the writing on the wall and migrated to The Netherlands shortly before independence. The Dutch colonies in the Caribbean were even less economically viable ever since sugar had stopped being profitable. But its population wanted to avoid independence so they opted to become part of The Netherlands because so their children would be able to get higher education in The Netherlands and the mother country would still have to invest in proper health care and other services.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Awesome. I'm happy to be an Ethnic Dutch & very proud of the unique way my ancestors country of The Netherlands is administered. Intranational or Plurinational Countries arr fascinating alone.

[@KutWrite]

LOL "invest."

[@ysbrandd4908]

Ehhh the eager pushing out of Suriname made a tyrant get power in Suriname so yeah, not good.

[@mh-tw4kx]

@@KutWrite yeah invest like building public things like schools, hospitals, and beuracracy there

[@KutWrite]

@@mh-tw4kx It's only an investment if the money is voluntarily given. Otherwise, it's some form of theft. Isn't theft immoral to you?

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

I'm from Aruba, the only people I have heard talking about the Dutch islands becoming fully independent are: Lefty/Socialist/afrocentrics activist that leave in the Netherlands and only come to the islands for holidays Far-right Dutch Politicians (you know who) that said we are burden to the taxpayer, And Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela

[@PanGemno]

I'm sure locals would love to become part of this lovely socialist utopia of Venezuela.

[@JeroenDoes]

Ik hoop dat de meeste mijn mening delen dat wij als Nederlanders juist meer naar elkaar om moeten kijken en de verbanden tussen onze gebieden sterk moeten houden. Het zou een grote zonde zijn als ons land verder verscheurd zou raken. Als Nederlanders hebben we, net als met familie, verplichtingen naar elkaar.

[@cv4809]

@@JeroenDoes English...

[@mrbisshie]

Hrm, stay a Dutch Citizen and keep your country as pretty much a first world country, when compared to the rest of South America. Or, gain independence, and become like the rest of South America. Waw, what a hard choice, lol. Look to your south, that's your future as an independent country, lol.

[@quintencoenen9673]

JetDoes je weet dat we aan het praten zijn over vgm maar honderd duizend mensen hè

[@kevinnigins9488]

0:28 DUDE. That’s some phenomenal attention to detail.

[@potatoesandducks958]

Which part? The only interesting thing I spotted is that guy on left has no arm

[@jeffreywinkelman8671]

Fun fact: Suriname still has old colonial place names like: "Groningen", "Wageningen", "Lely dorp" and "Batavia" Dutch is still spoken in Suriname and apart from the political turmoil and anti-Islamic statements we still like the people from Suriname and they like us.

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

That's because The Muslim of Suriname are cool dudes

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

@Gentrit Çitaku yep, after they the Dutch abolished couldn't force black people to cut sugar cane, they brought Javanese to grow Pepper. You also have Hindus, and Chinese every one was brought to grow a certain spice

[@Kenshi876]

@Gentrit Çitaku Same as most other caribbean islands.

[@El_Jefe_Maestro]

tony199120 there are Christian missionaries converting people in the third world every day lol

[@Kenshi876]

@tamenga88What about the abc islands? Weren't they dutch aswell.

[@michaelrizka]

I'm an Indonesian, although this is quite a simplification of the events concerning our independence it still good unbiased video. But you can't forget how the Dutch hate Americans because it's literally the American that insist the Dutch East Indies must be independent. Not to mention the fact that the Papuan Referendum is quite a mess from the start cause not everyone has a voting rights (and it turns out to be a more problem for modern Indonesian government too). So yeah, the 3 sides that fuck up Dutch Empire are the Japanese from WW2, Indonesian cause of the independence stuff, and American who support it.

[@trin8835]

M E R D E K A

[@andreekusuma8779]

*A T A U M A T I*

[@adiabd1]

G E D E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@rudaleru]

B E R S I A P

[@ghandithesupremeleader9740]

P R O K L A M A S I

[@Trazynn]

Turns out that coconuts aren't actually spices.

[@arrielradja5522]

Santannnn

[@YataTheFifteenth]

they make rice taste like 10x better tho

[@asozial1498]

@@YataTheFifteenth uff as an asian i never tryed it

[@YataTheFifteenth]

@@asozial1498 you should. Tastes amazing.

[@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744]

@@asozial1498 coconut milk or we call it santan

[@risannd]

Things left by the Dutch after Indonesian independence: 1. Useful loanwords (kantor, handuk, apotek, etc) 2. Law 3. Lots and lots of railway tracks. 4. Dutch cuisine (semur, perkedel, nastar, etc) 5. Eating bread with chocolate sprinkles. 6. Something to hug when sleeping (then the Japanese stole the idea and add anime girl on it) 7. Always being runner-up in football matches.

[@hauptmannerich]

8. And stolen Indonesia Spices

[@deidresable]

9. kill the native for spreading religion and land

[@hauptmannerich]

10.Send Army And Torture Indonesia Pepole

[@deidresable]

Glory, Gospel and Gold The positive from 1 to 7 are to increase profit and easier to control the natives.

[@hauptmannerich]

I dont know why Netherland Make Propaganda

[@PhilWood82]

Why did the French Empire fall apart? Napoleon: Am I a joke to you? Vietnam: He doesn't mean you. Napoleon: I hate it when he talks about... Haiti: Could y'all leave me out of this?

[@respublica4373]

I got the joke

[@HistoryHustle]

The Dutch only granted limited rights of autonomy to the Indonesians. Therefore the Japanese were seen as liberators initially. After WW2 was over the Dutch had the wrong impression to continue their colonial rule as from before the war. It led to a messy conflic.

[@Artur_M.]

I had a feeling I would find your comment here. :)

[@HistoryHustle]

@@Artur_M. Haha, very cool HM dedicated an episode to this topic!

[@mhsmhs2217]

They literally went back to Indonesia, hungry of gold and glory and became a radicalist Christians. Just like the Nazis but a lot weaker.

[@faishalhakim4046]

It wasn't an invasion, it was just a police action xD

[@yin6287]

The Japaness are much more brutal then the Dutch

[@jpfl14999]

0:26 His right arm is missing

[@matthewciccone7920]

That's probably Lord Nelson, who lost an arm in battle

[@reduser3731]

@@matthewciccone7920 Yup, that's definitely Nelson

[@michaelandrews3374]

Hot damn, that's Nelson. How do I give a second like for this video?

[@redornament3248]

Didn't Nelson die at Trafalgar?

[@jesseberg3271]

@@redornament3248 he did. As Guinan pointed out to Picard.

[@eddietuite732]

Because they found mountains on there colonies

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

The highest point in the Netherlands is in the Caribbean Island of Saba

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

their*

[@raditya5663]

@Al Debaran maybe they know cartenz

[@robin97rv]

@Al Debaran but Indonesia isn't part of the netherlands anymore, saba is still part of it.

[@benokhattirach310]

I don't know why but I laughed hard at this comment

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!

[@02_aldebaranrahmanadhitya95]

Finally an episode of the Fall of The Dutch Empire. Thank you Animated History!

[@babaooeyman9277]

2:35 “Until today” implying history matters is going to dissolve the Netherlands

[@jmalko9152]

Informative, thank you!

[@christopheraliaga-kelly6254]

PS I LOVE your image of Churchill lurking in the background, peeking through the window!!

[@jorgeaguirre7260]

Remarkably well explained for being such a short time for such complex historical topics. But all in all, very well summarized! Also....love the cartoons and their faces lolol

[@liamwilson5670]

America: What are you doing? The Netherlands: Taking back Indonesia America: No bad The Netherlands: what are you doing America: taking back the Philippines... duh...

[@pwnageshow2549]

Usa did that to make its europe rivals weaken. So she could be the only real superpower in western world They did the same pressure to uk. France (canal suez for example. Non support for algeria-africa colonies. etc) portugal spain belgium and holland too Before ww2. Uk. France. Netherlands. Belgium. Portugal. Spain Were considered as powerfull/rich as amerika. So it was smart stratigy

[@pwnageshow2549]

Jinha Choi they gave philipines independance because it was totaly destroyed by the japan-usa war 😂😂 it would had took an insane ammount of tax money to rebuild philipines. So they prefer to gave them independance Meanwhile usa made hawai a state. While it was colonized just 5 years earlier then philipines (1893) before 1893 hawai was an independant country Cuba was their colony too. Thats why they got so mad at fidel castro for liberating it in 1956. And even needed ussr protection to guarantee its independance and freedom Puerto rico is still a colony. It was part of spain on 1898 Not to mention the native amerika people who got exterminated in the 1700s 1800s early 1900s. So they cant claim independance like some african asian countries could 😆

[@itzimperiumxvi2620]

Pwnage Show when Reagan called the USSR an “Evil Empire” he spoke from experience

[@adivtayudhatama3926]

The main reason why USA supported Indonesia at that time was because they saw Indonesia as a potential ally in containing communism in south east asia due to Indonesia's success in putting down communist rebellion at that period, yo yeah it basivally goes like this : Indonesia : Help tge Dutch want to take me back! USA : Nah I'm busy now Indonesia : But I hate communism! USA : Hold my Marshall plan

[@wp12mv]

@@adivtayudhatama3926 Americans supported Sukarno by pressuring the Dutch, but in the end only years later, the Americans supported the military coup in Indonesia against him, after sukarno leaned too much towards communism, leading to the total mess that Indonesia is today as a result of that military dictatorship. You're saying the Americans supported Indonesian independence because they were anti communist, but this isn't true. The mass killings of communists didn't take place until 1965-66 and was supported by the CIA against Sukarno. Inependance for indonesia had nothing to do with communism since the cold war hadn't really gotten underway in 1945-49. It was the US who made the Netherlands leave the war (which they weren't even losing), and it was the US who gave the go ahead for the military coup and dictatorship that followed in 1965

[@TheDKninja]

keep up the good videos. This is the type of education we need in 2020

[@tobiascoffeng7229]

This is a very simplistic representation of the historical events!

[@jcasa12]

This reinforces the idea that world war two was not just about defeating the nazi who were trying to create their own empire, but the changing attitude of western powers that is, "empires was nessesary for nation building", empires caused alot of stress to nations, conflict and war seems inevitable as nations fight for territory, After WW2 the idea of a community of nations, The United Nations was conceived and were countries and people determine their own fate and work together for the betterment of each other was intended. Thus, many countries gained their independence in the 20th century.

[@sidwellferguson-english2550]

League of Nations was conceived in WW1 as well, so shows the fatigue of conflict from late 19th throughout 20th century.

[@werren894]

it's just the monarchy being abusive because they are, even tho the idea of a republic is there and modern it is not designed to have ambition or abuse so ppl don't find it good enough to be implemented in Europe until it's late aka they want to have fun, WW2 is a European war, not a world war.

[@RayathF]

My favorite fact about the Dutch East Indies is how after the second world war the Dutch executed more Japanese war criminals than any other nation in the region.

[@AlbertAlbertB.]

Even though the death penalty was abolished already in 1886 (I believe), we just reinstated it to execute the war criminals.

[@ignatiusryd2031]

@@AlbertAlbertB. That's a very big hypocrisy especially if someone realised that the a decorated Dutch war hero in WWII is commiting massive scale of war crime during the war in Indonesia and he was spared from death penalty.

[@susanmaddison5947]

excellent history and very honest causal analysis, all in 3 minutes

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Nobody: Dutch: Zeg M A K K E R

[@dietsch5273]

Why the fuck are you everywhere

[@nsms1297]

@@dietsch5273 even me, subscribe his channel to chat with him

[@nsms1297]

@@alekstanton4715 even me, subscribe his channel to chat with him

[@TheDKninja]

that meme was so last year

[@daanvandermale3437]

Kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen!

[@nikolasmichaels2724]

Great video, not many people cover the Dutch Empire.

[@NemoCapt001]

Dutch didn't relinquish its claim on Papua really easy though. Indonesia's sovereignty was finally recognized by Netherland after Round Table Conference in Den Haag in December 1949, but the Dutch insisted that they will maintain Papua under their controll on the basis that people in Papua is different with people of Indonesia especially in culture and race and transferring Papua. The Dutch also argued that transferring Papua and its people to Indonesia will be the same as transfering them under the colonialism of Javanese (People in Java Island of Indonesia). But Netherland agreed to continue the talk about the fate of Papua with Indonesia in 1950s, but it never happened due to many things but especially cold war. President Sukarno vowed to return Papua to Indonesia, either by diplomation or military action. Papua finally returned to Indonesia not because Netherland agreed to transfer it, but because Sukarno took military action known to Indonesian as Operation Trikora, which is until today still remains as the biggest sea, air, and land invasion in the history of Indonesia. After considerable fight, in August 1962 through the New York Agreement, Papua was transferred to Indonesia.

[@cat3784]

papua actually never part of "indonesia" historically indonesia is majapahit successor (have no papua territory only kalimantan, sumatra, java, and sulawesi)

[@NemoCapt001]

@@cat3784 I disagree. In Round Table Conference of 1949, Indonesia already pressed that Dutch Recognition of Indonesia's Sovereignty must include all of Dutch East Indies territorie and that include Papua or Western New Guinea. Secondly, although Indonesian founding father such as Sukarno and Muhammad Yamin always cited Majapahit as an example of Indonesian past greatness in order to awake the spirit of national unity among Indonesian, they have neved claimed that Indonesia territories are the same as what Majapahit territories were.

[@cat3784]

@@NemoCapt001 same like prc with qing empire but lost taiwan

[@NemoCapt001]

@@cat3784 In short, Indonesia claims were different than Majapahit territories and were actually bigger since the claims comprised of the Dutch East Indies territories, which include Papua.

[@cat3784]

@@NemoCapt001it's same like PRC claimed as Qing successor. qing territory is bigger including taiwan we're invade papua because culture and ethnically, papua is different

[@user-ns6os2ym6n]

Those posters in hands of little people is the thing that makes this channel so relatable.

[@descent1234567890]

dutch citizen here. most dutch soldiers who fought to reclaim indonesia had very poor morale, since they had just suffered years of opression themselves and understood very well why the indonesians were fighting for independence, so they weren't very motivated to fight and would rather go home and help rebuild whatever was destroyed during WW2.

[@spacegerrit9499]

Can confirm. My uncle was in the KNIL and he said 'we were doing to those poor Indo's what the SS did to us. So we usually just kicked some doors down for show and went back to base. The people were scared of us and we were so incredibly embaressed.' He told me a story of kicking down a door and seeing an old man scared and shriveled in the corner, and he said 'wees niet bang, vadertje. Ik doe je niks.' (don't be scared, old man. I'm not gonna hurt you.) He said it's a crime to make old people scared like that. They should be enjoying their last years in peace. He never forgot that moment. Most of those boys really DID NOT want to be there. But there were a lot of psychopaths aswel, and it's good the warcrimes that went on are documented and studied. Then again: seems the Europeans are the only ones apologising all the time, as if the Indo's themselves don't have dark pages of their own.

[@pieterboelen2862]

Indeed my dear departed grandfather was forced to go with the military in Indonesia and he kept hoping and hoping that he wouldn't be expected to kill anyone. He ended up with quite the PTSD...

[@Frankenbutt99]

Can we get some clogs in chat boys

[@thatoneguy7191]

It might clog the chat

[@somedonkus69420]

*WINDMILLS INTENSIFY*

[@aaronmarks9366]

*klomp klomp*

[@dm9335]

i like the scene where they all run through the field of flowers. Really gets the point across

[@mikoajpietrzykowski6088]

Plz do more videos,i love them

[@weggie5561]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@superluukiee]

Zeg makker

[@Masada1911]

WILHELMUS VAN NASSOUWE

[@sadigali2073]

@@Masada1911 ben ik van duister bloed

[@erikmore1286]

Zeg makker, kokosnoot is geen specerij

[@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva]

*S P E C E R I J E N*

[@pridelander06]

"It wasn't long before Britain grabbed most of it." Boers: Are we jokes to you?

[@lennydale92]

The formation of the Boer republics happened after the British took over the South African Dutch colonies.

[@apeman9238]

Here is somthing you should know the white people of Suriname are called boeroes just like the boers in South Afrika

[@bartmans7]

The boers also did not recognise them selves as Dutch. They identified themselves as afrikaneers

[@thenomad47]

@Boris Johnson First time I've heard us described as the Nam of South Africa haha, but, fair enough haha

[@harry5326]

@Boris Johnson at least we were not communist

[@Zektor101]

The Dutch empire fell long before WW2 (not officially of course, but well), it took us ages to realise it. The British still think their empire never fell, so I guess we at least aren't that slow.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

To be precise, the British Empire is still alive because of overseas territories. But in other words, the UK is only an empire in name.

[@patrickcurtis4188]

Great video

[@joyl7842]

The so-called ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao) just off the shores of Venezuela do enjoy significant social- and infrastructure benefits identical to the provinces in The Netherlands over in Europe. I think that's quite the advantage over many former colonies.

[@icecoldpolitics8890]

Damn it why did you upload this in the middle of my shift now I have to wait to find out what you covered

[@Snoflakes_1]

Thank you for doing an episode on the Dutch Empire. I love the part you included about our neighbors wanting to kill us and Britain stealing most of our colonies due to our alliance with France.

[@cuzimmoody6470]

deserved for the crimes you did in Indonesia

[@meaninglessname123]

Great content! Short, informative, and memorable! One complaint though: the audio is kind of crummy. It's muddy and overly compressed (analog compression). I suggest using a better microphone for starters.

[@greenbutter3190]

Stable video 👍

[@zeemer7040]

Dutch: I'm in charge! **Japanese Occupation** *Japan lost WW2* Soekarno: *Well, I'm guess I'm in charge now.*

[@nitsu2947]

Soeharto: hehe boy

[@basedcataphract5852]

Indonesian Communist Party (Pki) : NO IM IN CHAR- Indonesians : *No*

[@YataTheFifteenth]

@@basedcataphract5852 "COMMUNISM DETECTED IN NUSANTARA SOIL, COMMENCING NEW ORDER PURGE"

[@Autumncountryballs-rf3qc]

rip communist Indonesia

[@abdillahfamilychannel8418]

As Indonesian, my lecturer im my College could speak Ducth. So old...

[@pepin8277]

So should you!

[@tomaszbiedron2406]

great job mate. Can you make video about German colonial empire or the French one?

[@user-zw4wh1tm9x]

These videos rock.

[@magnvss]

So... that's why the Dutch speak so much and so good English... they were prepared in case Britain decided to offer its "friendship" again. /S

[@flazzorb]

To be fair, the only language closer to english is frisian which you've probably never heard of.

[@GhostRider-jk4eo]

@@flazzorb I have heard of Frisian. It's spoken in Friesland. And it's a west Germanic languages closely related to English

[@AudieHolland]

Sorry, haven't rewatched the video but I can say, the reason we Dutch speak English well, is because of we were COLONIZED. Cultural colonization by the US of A, which happened more recently, like the latter decade of the Cold War era, the 1980s. Because before that time, English was spoken but with a heavy Dutch accent *and, also, not verry gud, but, you know how it goezz* The time when the Dutch began speaking more and more and better Englis- I MEAN AMERICAN, was the early 1990s up till now.

[@flazzorb]

@@AudieHolland Cultural colonization? You mean you imported media and the kids started learning the english that was on TV?

[@AudieHolland]

@@flazzorb The simple fact that most of the films shown in cinema and most of the tv-series are from America. They even tried to have us celebrate Halloween... *FUCK THAT*

[@kfraser3783]

Greetings from Australia!

[@Cjnw]

Niemand: Emu's: *G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[@Losangelesharvey]

great video-but one pie shown on the map early on and not mentioned specifically would make a wonderful topic for a future video: South Africa, Afrikaans, British, etc. etc. how that developed late 1800's and into 19th century thank you

[@IJustKant]

I learned more about the Japanese occupation of Indonesia in a video focusing on the Dutch, you do great work

[@Ayranochfan1]

Pity the earlier part of the dutch empire was left out : South Africa and colonies along the eastern coast of current USA. But you can't have it all, just like an empire

[@seamonster936]

This is about the collapse of their empire and you can clearly see the Cape Colony at 0:20.

[@Ayranochfan1]

@@seamonster936 ah missed it by that much before the British took it

[@spectre7254]

Dutch : we will rule Dutch indies for 1000 years! Japanese : hold my Samurai *Japan lost ww2 Soekarno : hold my kopiah

[@andreekusuma8779]

Or hold my bambu runcing

[@epg96]

Stupid, Dutch never colonized my ancestral's land until 1907

[@bringsik100]

@@savespalestine9982 damn! Why no one smoke bentoel anymore. What's wrong with people these days?

[@DBT1007]

This comment is idiot since Soekarno is a Conservative person. When Indonesia colonised by the Dutch, he serves Dutch. When it is Japanese, he serves Japanese. Yeah he have some rebellion spirit to make his home free from the invader. But he's Conservative. He do what his master commands to him. It's in fact GENERAL SOEDIRMAN that must have the credit of liberating Indonesia. Back then, even tho Soekarno command Soedirman to follow the Japanese and the Dutch in Dutch aggression, Soedirman disobey that command and keep fighting in guerilla warfare. Soedirman is the real hero of the Indonesia's independence. Soekarno is the hero of unifying the people of Dutch East Indies under one banner, Indonesia banner.

[@bringsik100]

@@DBT1007 r/wooosh

[@cg8816]

I feel like I need to watch each of your videos 3 times to pick up on all of the details. Good job, though.

[@-baltssemorhe-ileft5500]

This is the first channel where patrons are more popular than the person in charge of it

[@Didntwanttomakeauser]

0:48 what's the Orange bit south of Belgium? Luxembourg?

[@nannepeters8303]

The king of the Nederlands was also the king of Luxembourg at this time. That's why Luxembourg is orange on the map. (At least I think that's the reason)

[@littlechemie5425]

King of Netherlands was Grand Duke of Luxembourg until I think Queen Wilhelmina ascended to the throne (GD of Luxembourg had been using Salic Law, no woman in the throne)

[@nannepeters8303]

@@littlechemie5425 thanks for the addition knowledge. Bless you

[@HarJBeRw]

The dutch crown was a dual-crown at that point, ruling over both the netherlands and luxembourg, until the current house of Nassau-Weilburg took charge. The only rectification that should be made at that point is that the francophone-majority western communes opted to become a part of Belgium during its revolution, becoming the belgian province of Luxembourg (as opposed to the country) - so the luxembourgish territory on the map should be about half the size of what is displayed

[@MrARock001]

Can we have a video about the history of New Guinea, and why it's partitioned?

[@bishop8928]

Love your show.if you haven't done this,then please do France in Vietnam..how they lost in Vietnam...and American in Vietnam..you can make it a 2 parter...please.and thank you...keep up the good work..your channel is in my top 5 of utube favorets.

[@harmen4436]

This is so sad, Alexa play ‘Zoutelande’

[@erwin2577]

Marker het doet pijn om te dekoloniseren

[@runertje550]

Play “harder dan ik hebben kan”

[@cosmonawt_]

We still have james bizzonette but what about david archeologist? :(((

[@yarpen26]

It's a strange world we live in, where archeologists do not conduct searches but instead must be searched themselves...

[@Perririri]

*A R C H A E O L O G I K I S E E R D*

[@firemangan2731]

@@yarpen26 lol

[@THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL]

"Damm" said Amsterdam

[@zombiekiller112334]

We gotta go pillage some stuff

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

question 1: can you get to India through North America?

[@rick0201]

OnionChoppingNinja No but atleast there’s beaver

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

@@rick0201 question 2: steal the spice trade

[@zombiekiller112334]

That's not a question, but the Dutch did it anyway

[@rogerwilco2]

"The Dutch Empire" are some words you don't see very much. I don't think the Dutch ever saw themselves as an Empire, maybe some dreamt of it, between 1815-1830. I think "Colonial Power" is a term that the Dutch would use. The Dutch have always been aware of how fragile their existence is. Empires don't worry about their bigger neighbours and if they still exist next week.

[@vixster6977]

though for a time, they could be classed as one, taking the colonies of preexisting great powers like sweden, portugal and spain, but the time was so brief because of the english existing

[@cattysplat]

Dutch East India Company was so rich and power it should really be seen as a quasi-empire.

[@elazar79]

When "Belanda Minta Tanah" 😂😂😂

[@YataTheFifteenth]

absolut kolonisasi dan monopoli momen

[@MrGreghome]

Bagi ayam, durian, air belanda

[@matthewproductions2856]

Where were u when dutch empire die? I was at home eating stroopwafels when phone ring Dutch empire is kil Nee

[@dl7096]

Underrated

[@emmanroyhippy6859]

Sorry for bad enligsh

[@eleazarp.4808]

Telegraph*

[@sharkronical]

papa joe stalin of Stalinist stanistan haha Guerilla warfare even better than Vietnam go brrrr

[@Tomtiedom12]

Thank you for this vjdeo

[@nik65stgt60]

Short and sweet 🙂

[@sjoerdadlp]

'"They could have kept all of it" makes it sound as if they were generous, even though they lied.

[@FranciscoCorreia10]

you could do the fall of the Portuguese Empire The last colonial empire to ever exist

[@funnySIMON99]

And the first modern colonial empire to ever exist

[@yarpen26]

Why last or first? We don't even have a definitive definition of a colony or an empire; technically any nation that has an island off its coast could be called a "colonial empire". I mean hell, France holds a big chunk of South America as its own departament to this day for crying out loud.

[@TheFiresloth]

@@yarpen26 Colony generally imply a different, subservient status to the mainland.

[@yarpen26]

@@TheFiresloth So Puerto Rico and Guam are US colonies then?

[@cv4809]

@@TheFiresloth by that definition Carthage might be the first colonial empire The guy above is right though, our definitions of empire and colony are messed up

[@iputugeoffreysatyasanjaya3108]

Can you do more about south east asian history,like the rise of Majapahit empire until it’s collapse to Demak

[@nugiaji]

Yush. Finally a video about Indonesia

[@noobplayer_23]

Last time I was this early Djakarta was still Batavia

[@Perririri]

Last time I was this early, the Trump Train was still hooked up with the Lolita Express!

[@Vebian]

last time i was this early, batavia was still jayakarta

[@kucinghitam4322]

@@Vebian last time i was this early, jayakarta was still sunda kelapa

[@muhammadfaathir8800]

Thanks for bringing the topic about my country :) . Anyway u could also make a video about the Dutch EIC/VOC. The most richest company ever existed even until now it still is.

[@r.i.peperoniiiiroh9625]

EIC isnt dutch its british its basically the ripoff of the VOC

[@pandahugs2271]

about the dutch, could u make a video asto why dutch wasnt a prevalent language used in congo under the belgium. why was it only french that was widely spoken and recognized now. did the belgium encourage french or just that the people who went to maintain the colony were french speakers?

[@chillaxo9863]

Belgium was controlled by the French speakers

[@Shaadouwhonter33]

From reading the book 'King Leopold's Ghost', I remember that king Leopold found the Dutch language ignorant and therefore refused to learn/speak it. Instead he spoke French.

[@Zwijger]

@@Shaadouwhonter33 Well that's some hypocrisy 101.

[@chillaxo9863]

@@Shaadouwhonter33 what a piece of shit Didn't know that The Congo thing was bad enough

[@mr.2083]

Because the French will only fight a battle they can win, but the Dutch only seriously fights those to whom they might lose.

[@Trash_Bin1871]

Reads title.....me: cries inside

[@bramheineken7766]

I feel you man

[@bramheineken7766]

Well... We didn't like it...

[@tony199120]

@@sabilly1471 Ah yes indonesia is doing great, How is the jihadi president and sharia courts working out?

[@CleosetricVlyers]

@@tony199120 sharia law is applied perfectly fine in ottoman legacy aceh darussalam, in other hand dutch law legacy is suuuccc.

[@quincyquincy4764]

@@tony199120 what a typical Dutch thing to say. Ya'll left that country a mess and now you want to ask silly questions? Breng de Molukken terug zoals belooft!

[@bigpanda307]

Nice episode but I think it would be better if you summed up the death of the empire as being the fact that it could never defend itself from both land and sea, being such a tiny country on a huge continent with larger countries on both sides. Refer to Seapower States by Andrew Lambert

[@edipires15]

Here comes the “G E K O L O N I S E E R D” comments...

[@Snoflakes_1]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[@edipires15]

Kevin Spee thanks for the spelling check

[@sqocks8254]

It is pretty funny because this comment is sandwiches between two such comments

[@sharkywillzy5616]

@@sqocks8254 indeed

[@jonnathan1869]

Bruh why are they commenting that? -_-

[@ibfreely8952]

I feel like the patrons at the end are my best friends.

[@hmsrodney7729]

Very great

[@andrewpalmer1873]

I can’t recall exactly the theory, but one of the theories about post-WWII and it no longer being accepted for empires to exist; is the advancement in technology. No longer was it dangerous to send mail/communications through hostile territory, you can just send a coded radio message. No longer did you need to secure a port for trading, all you need was a naval fleet to secure your goods. Essentially, it was not the good nature of people, but the practicality of it all. It was written in a book, but I can’t remember the author… if anyone knows, please drop a comment.

[@werren894]

empires still exist with capitalism

[@xander1890]

Everyone: Why are you crying so god damn loudly? Me: *watching this video*

[@banh_mi857]

liek this if u cri evry time

[@Elitetophat111]

@@banh_mi857 me an indonesian : lol im happy everytime

[@notusneo]

Finally a topic that touch my country

[@KutWrite]

I love the little square-headed cartoon figures, esp. royalty. I think from now on I'll listen at 0.75% speed, though.

[@kalupses8514]

Dutch: Loses its colonies after being occupied Portugal: "ha ha, karma is a bitch!"

[@yusufnafiiskelanit4336]

Sout east Asia:*exist* Netherlands: *ITS FREE REAL ESTATE*

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@firemangan2731]

Japan: Not if I run in first! BANZAI!

[@YataTheFifteenth]

More like spices: **exist** the dutch:

[@powerpuff_avenger]

Africa: hold my Mongozo. Americans: hold my Budweiser.

[@Karoiso_0]

Japan: *MINE*

[@lc9245]

I knew Malaysia and Indonesia are of the same culture, but I didn’t know they diverted due to Malaysia and Indonesia being colonised by different nations.

[@worlds3061]

You know if the Dutch colonized the entirerity of SEA countries, Indonesia would dwarf even the United States.

[@worlds3061]

@「 Deadpoppin 」 I'm not joking lol, the reason why Indonesia has so much territory in the fist place was because of the Dutch. For example if Malaysia was colonised by the Dutch instead of the British, it would've been an Indonesia territory for a long time.

[@worlds3061]

@「 Deadpoppin 」 Well, yeah whatever, i don't necessarily care you believe it or not

[@worlds3061]

@「 Deadpoppin 」 Just a sidenote, the distance from the western part to the eastern part of Indonesia itself is comparable to the distance from the UK to Kazakhstan.

[@worlds3061]

@「 Deadpoppin 」 You care enough to reply

[@christianboekhout3475]

Ayyyye Aruba (almost) made a video! Pabien!

[@BreadyToCrumble]

I am a simple man. I see my country on the thumbnail. I click. Now I'm just waiting for the rest of the +62 gang to catch up.

[@Cjnw]

*G E N O R M A L I S E E R D*

[@adiabd1]

*G E D E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[@iputugeoffreysatyasanjaya3108]

*B A M B U R U N C I N G*

[@TheIndogamer]

*_dasar P E N D J A D J A H_*

[@trin8835]

B U D A Y A K O R U P S I

[@kenhorlor5674]

Dutch after WWII: let's reassert our authority over the Dutch East Indies Sukarno: No you don't.

[@DutchMolenaar]

To be fair, Sukarno couldn't stop it. It was the international pressure that did. The Dutch could have kept/retaken Indonesia despite Sukarno.