Why Did the Netherlands Invade Belgium in 1831? | 'De Tiendaagse Veldtocht'

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Today the Netherlands and Belgium make up the better part (sorry Luxembourg) of the Benelux. The border is a bit of a mess of enclaves but no border guards or great fortifications suggest any distrust between the two nations. And yet. This was not always the case. Just months after the coronation of Belgium's first king, Leopold I, the Dutch army invaded Belgium in what would become known in Dutch as the Tiendaagse Veldtocht (the 10 Day Campaign) during which large parts of the rebellious southern provinces were occupied and the fate of Belgium would walk a knife's edge.
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0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Mech Arena Ad
2:10 - Fallout of the Belgian Revolution
4:21 - The Dutch Army
6:24 - The Belgian Army
7:56 - Day 1: The Invasion Begins
8:51 - Day 2: Dutch Succeses
9:21 - Day 3: Pushing South
10:19 - Day 4: 'De Friezen Steken met Messen'
13:12 - Day 5 & 6: The Battle of Kermt
13:28 - Day 7: The Battle of Hasselt
15:03 - Day 8 & 9 : The Battle of Boutersem/Leueven
16:59 - Day 10: The War Ends With a Beer
17:09 - The Aftermath
23:37 - Outro
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[@historywithhilbert146]

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[@coconutcore]

I'm from Belgium and I love that you had to add the "for now" there. ...but your beer tastes like piss. Allez goeiendag nog he!

[@MrEvers]

small mistake in your video: in 1854 Leopold the first was stil in power, and his son prince Leopold (the one who later wiped out half of Congo when he was king) wanted to invade

[@wesleyh7945]

The Belgian invasion of the Netherlands seems like a great idea for a horror or comedy movie.

[@jfv65]

GREAT-Flanders! Omg!🤣😉

[@onecertainesquire486]

Why not both?

[@matthings4133]

We would have beaten the dutch in a war between 1840 until 1914

[@Ehrgeiz33]

New Kids: Zuiderburen

[@dairallan]

@@matthings4133 maybe but then who's gonna be pursing Belgium's genocide projects. Hands aren't gonna chop themselves off.

[@gsalsam]

The Belgians don’t realize it yet, but were doing it again right now, just disguised as shoppers…

[@arozes8324]

real sussy indeed

[@dwaipayandebnath4232]

😆😆

[@EastMidlandsDUTCHess]

Contrary to the first invasion, they are now very pleased to welcome The Dutch.

[@cookie856]

@@EastMidlandsDUTCHess Nope. Annoying tourists. Not like the branch of Flemmish who think they can trash a place, do noise nuisance and then do an attack in justice because a mayor put them outside (for good reasons) using Vlamingant (... How waloons call extreme-right Flemmish Hating on the French-speaking part argument) and winning because the dad is higher on the political hierarchy.

[@belgianlegion]

buiten !! haha

[@JariB.]

Funny thing, I worked on a tree nursery in the Eastern part of the Netherlands for a while, and was often sent out with a colleague who went metal detecting during our coffee breaks in the field. And one day he turns up- with one of these crosses from this campaign. It was in near-perfect condition, it had only lost the ring on top of the cross. But was otherwise, in perfectly readable state. So it seems one of the local volunteers from here must've lost it en-route home.

[@bastiaan4129]

I've found one on an excavation on the outskirts of Zwolle and I know lots of people who've found them too. Apparantly quite huge numbers of these were made and lots of them ended up being thrown away. This might have something to do with the amount of civilians who fought because I assume military personel takes better care of their medals.

[@MaJuV]

As a Belgian, this was a fun story to follow. History classes always tend to focus on the victories of the country and rarely on the defeats. So the Tiendaagse veldtocht was a footnote in our lessons at best. Considering you've now done a three-parter on the history of Belgium, will you do an extra episode on Neutral Moresnet as well, maybe as an appendix? It IS part of Belgium's history after all, even if it was an independent micronation for nearly a century.

[@Troupe_Master]

Get rekt BELGIAN

[@elreysabiodegosgonia1847]

Man europe history is so interesting, greetings from México 🇲🇽

[@ottovonjizzmark9864]

Man, Mexico also has an amazing history! Be it from the cry of Delores, to the absolutely crazy political struggles of the Mexican revolution. Greetings from the United States 🇺🇸

[@mkooij]

México also has super interesting history. I love every bit of what is known about it :) greatings from the Netherlands

[@LMvdB02]

¡Viva Agustín I, Emperador de México!

[@MacAnters]

Have you seen Kraut's video on the Mexican-American history? It's quite long, but I'm assuming you'd like it, as you're watching history channels. It's a small series about how the two countries grew up the same, yet very differently

[@elreysabiodegosgonia1847]

@@MacAnters yes, that was one of the best videos about México and Usa I've ever seen.

[@victorvergote3932]

In 1854 it was Leopold II who planned to invade when he was a prince. Source: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_van_Belgi%C3%AB Toen al had hij een paar ambitieuze ideeën.

[@orioni]

Excellent. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plannen_van_Leopold_II_voor_een_aanval_op_Nederland

[@MaJuV]

"A few ambitious ideas" - ends up becoming one of the most infamous kings in history.

[@elemperadordemexico]

@@MaJuV based

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Hilbert. Well the Dutch king did not get his Brussels for Xmas after all. I had never heard of any of this last video, despite having been to all three parts of Benelux. Happy New Year to you and all who read this.

[@KcBull]

"Belgium still exists (for now)" 😂😂😂

[@gabykoynkuli5704]

For ever

[@mikealjohnsson]

@@gabykoynkuli5704 I will make sure it won't

[@JimmyStiffFingers]

Wacht maar... Ooit... ;)

[@zegerheyvaert1045]

The 2 largest Flemish political parties want independence so it could really happen

[@ym6294]

@@mikealjohnsson cope.

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

You got through it without a single Wilhelmus! Yes on Van Speyk.

[@dutchman7623]

Wilhelmus? Dan maar liever de lucht in!

[@D1Trini4u]

The most glorious intro. ever. Thank you for the hearty laughter that it effected. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@robinsinpost]

Fun fact. The painting of Rembrandt called the Night Watch was of a Schuttery.

[@Bert1268]

ah yes, Why Did the Netherlands Invade Belgium and mech death robots. What I've always wanted.

[@historywithhilbert146]

Happy to be of service.

[@cotedubois]

Hey, Belgian here, thanks for this series

[@anthonyoer4778]

If you really were Belgian you wouldn't have attracted attention to yourself.

[@belgianlegion]

yes thanks

[@lorenzodocx4021]

small correction it was Leopold the second, while his father was still on the throne, Leopold III was not yet born

[@MaJuV]

And he wouldn't be born until many years later (1901 to be exact)

[@SuperPol1981]

Maybe interesting: members of the Belgian royal family are legally not allowed to marry Dutch royalty. Very relevant now, since there's a rumour that our 2nd in line for the crown is romantically involved with your first in line.

[@edwardblair4096]

Is that to avoid any possibility of a union of the crowns by marriage? Terribly inconvenient to fight a war of independence and then end up being ruled by the Dutch king anyway.

[@erikvandoorn1674]

@@edwardblair4096 that would be a Dutch queen and a Belgium king (if no 1 in line would abjucate) in this case.

[@dutchman7623]

In 1830 a certain William II of Orange tried to become the leader of the Belgian Revolt against his father. And he would have gladly married Leopold I...

[@Grofvolkoren]

The republican sentiment is getting stronger anyway in the Netherlands.

[@dutchman7623]

@@Grofvolkoren We can have five kings in one country, as long as they don't want to be emperor! But I agree with you, the power of 'the King' is so limited that I get doubt whether Amalia really wants to be queen. She would, for her own happiness, better chose a civil live, away from the spotlights, in freedom. To enjoy life as we all do, going where and when she wants. Being 'the King' is more a burden than a blessing.

[@woutercornette4004]

Please do more video's about the low countries! 😀 there's still so much to tell!

[@Jobe-13]

These imperial feuds are pretty fascinating.

[@SerafimsOrthodoxJourney]

Little correction for 9:39 you said French flag, but I think you meant the Belgian flag. Otherwise another spectacular video

[@schizogarfield]

our great king hilbert had blessed us with more content

[@MrGiygas1]

Leuke video als altijd

[@sanderd17]

1854 is definitely not the time of Leopold III. Leopold III's reign was rather short. It started a few years before WWII, in 1934, and he was deposed after WWII. 1854 still fell under Leopold I's reign. He has a pretty long period apparently. And Leopold I did nothing in Congo. It was his son, Leopold II who started that. Leopold III didn't do a lot in Congo either, but that was mainly due to lack of time to do something in Congo (he was pretty occupied with the entire WWII thing).

[@christine7772]

I really like your Dutch pronunciation! Well done 👍😄

[@dwaipayandebnath4232]

Great video, now I can have a discussion about this with my Belgian friends over bier.

[@maarchalk2840]

Feel free to try again. I'm sure it will work this time and maybe afterwards we can get some of those nice bike paths

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The real reason why: *The more land blessed with Wilhelmus, the better*

[@PakBallandSami]

Lol no

[@realhawaii5o]

Hi! I see you everywhere.

[@belgianlegion]

🤮🤮🤮

[@__Timmerman__]

@@belgianlegion Your country is unstable politically and economically, it will soon fall and rejoin The Netherlands.

[@belgianlegion]

@@__Timmerman__ The Netherlands in LATIN Belgica hmmm Belgica = Belgium owww Belgium is the latin name for The Netherlands so well go nowhere smartpants,

[@RZ350NC]

How about telling about the city that is split between both countries? I've seen travel videos that show it, but no one has gone into the history as to how it got split like it is. Happy New Year's, and may God bless.

[@dutchman7623]

Well, once upon a time there was a mighty but money spending Duke. To get money for his hobbies he sold all his waste lands in an area to one of his knights, the Lord of Breda. He kept all developed lands because they brought in taxes, which is good money. After a few centuries the title of this Duke ended up with Philips II of Habsburg and the Lord of Breda was his arch enemy William I of Orange. At the peace of Westphalia their successors gave back their personal possessions to seal the peace. The Duke's properties are called Baarle-Hertog (Duke) and the Lord's properties Baarle-Nassau (family name of Orange-Nassau). The inhabitants do not want any resolvement of the situation because they largely benefit from tourism, smuggling, financial tricks, fireworks, and a lot of other things that are obscured by complex borders.

[@capusvacans]

It has to do with lands that were owned by 2 different nobles. The lands of one went to the netherlands, the other lands got lucky and came to Belgium.

[@okin_rezresua1715]

Me being German, of course I chose the „invade Belgium“ option 😀

[@dennisvisser3910]

A man of culture😉

[@falsonaga]

I thought you would say "why not invade poland option?"

[@thecreaturebehindyou]

uhm im belgian pls dont burn leuven

[@robdehoogh6742]

Bad humor

[@catalinsoare1261]

Please make a video about the Belgian "invasion" of the Netherlands. That will be the most hilarious video you've ever made 🤣

[@robertneven7563]

hello in 1944 1945 the Belgain brigade Piron liberate Holland from the germans, becauese the duch are alway s a bunch off cawords, remember Yougoslavie 11 jully 1995 dutchbat

[@soeppoes8949]

@@robertneven7563 Cope.

[@pr_cactus5653]

He should make a video of the dutch invasion and sack of Antwerp in 2021

[@robertneven7563]

@@pr_cactus5653 He schould make a video off the dutch invasion in the dutch kolonies in 1949 till 1952

[@catalinsoare1261]

@@pr_cactus5653 the Dutch people are taking their revenge for the Belgian summer invasions in 20 & 21 😉

[@Silly_dutch_femboy]

0:21 was that a studio Massa reference?!? Based Hilbert

[@benjaminspoelders6194]

Hi, nice vid! 21:45 | In 1854 Leopold the 1st was still on the throne if im not mistaken. Our unpopular Leopold the 2nd (not 3d) only started his rule around 1865. (and did unspeakable things in Congo since 1885)

[@crazyciler50]

yh but leopold as a prince was looking if it would be possible to invade the Netherlands

[@Shade.85]

23:18 😅 There's a roundabout here right on the border between the Flanders and Walloon regions, and it has just two exits!!! Apart from this being the most Belgian thing ever, it seems to be there solely so you can reconsider "leaving your folk" to cross over to the other side, or conveniently turn around... and I've heard from multiple Belgians it's not an outlier either. This is within one country. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Yeah infrastructure would be a thing to be reckoned with indeed...

[@pay__]

Did you say "province of what is now Maastricht" at 20:25 ? Isn't that Limburg?

[@iammrbeat]

WOAH THIS ENDED UP BEING A THREE PARTER? 😊

[@historywithhilbert146]

At long last ;)

[@Brattoes]

"the scheldt army", what? They are going to fight the Dutch by swearing at them? Make them feel bad?

[@capusvacans]

lol, it's the old timy spelling of de schelde".

[@hypercomms2001]

Fascinating.

[@kennethknoppik5408]

Yes please do a video on Leopold at the Congo

[@benvb85]

Is there a good explanation for the difference in beer brewing culture between The Netherlands and Belgium?

[@theporcupine9993]

I think it probably has to do with more monastries, Abbey's etc in Belgium because Belgium remained Catholic.

[@cotedubois]

Belgium, under Burgoundian and Spanish rule were more influenced by a "burgoundian" life and eating style. The Dutch on the other hand are more influenced by Calvinism which preaches sobriety. Also Belgium was more catholic which has a strong tradition in brewing beer.

[@LMvdB02]

Catholic monastry breweries.

[@juliaboskamp9666]

don't forget the roads

[@jordieras2104]

If I had 10 days to do anything I ever wanted, I would also invade Belgium. But yeah I'm Dutch so it's in my DNA I guess...

[@jamesabestos2800]

Damn, based Amsterdam

[@charlieboy-dh1ns]

Ok, coloniser.

[@robertneven7563]

hadden jullie ollanders de moffen maar buiten gestampt in 1944 1945 maar daar waren jullie te laf voor ; wel lekker inde Nederlandse kolonies de ongewapende sukkelaars gaan vermoorden eind jaren 1949 1950 lafaards

[@thom9364]

Belgian beers makes you do that.

[@maryannedouglas]

I'm in Australia, and if i had ten days to do whatever i wanted: i'd invade Belgium too. It's what all the cool kids do

[@arkaig1]

I notice the ideas presented and confronted falling across the offensive-defensive divide. The particulars of the Maldon stream-bank yielding as you refocused upon later are significant, in reinforcing that if the defense sets the battle strategy to pro-anti a shield-wall, even when re-adjusting their position in the moment, that this is a thing of battles of the times, rather than a tactic of choice. That may be the best divide between your positions. I seem to vaguely remember Chronicles references, sentence-short only perhaps, to Viking attacks in East Anglia or Humber-mouth, and those would not be defense-defining battle tactics. (That is how to attack, while defense would still be able to define the approaches and/or targets.) An observation, anyway. Cheers!

[@svenNL]

When a special military operation was still called a 10 day fieldmarch

[@herm574]

You should (or at least could) do a 'entire history of the netherlands, I guess'

[@remcoverhoef7015]

I think it's Luxembourg's turn to do the next invading, both the Netherlands and Belgium!

[@baalzagoroth4693]

Nee

[@Enlitner]

@@baalzagoroth4693 Dach

[@dutchman7623]

They have the financial base to do it... and it would be a rather peaceful takeover of all businesses.

[@Elderrion]

The Dutch just can't let it go that they lost Belgium 😂 Should've made concessions, I guess

[@belgianlegion]

this is so true haha 🫡🫡🫡🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪 leve het vaderland leve de koning 🫡🇧🇪

[@richdobbs6595]

I would invade Belgium. If it was in my power to invade Belgium, I'd do it even if it took two weeks.

[@ltmcolen]

no you wouldn't. You would get drunk and don't care like the other Belgians

[@ym6294]

Wow big man lol this ain't heart of irons kid. But keep copeing.

[@dennisvisser3910]

@@ltmcolen so the beer is on you?😉

[@thedonkey6704]

Declaring war on any country in the eu rn is legit suicide lol. NATO is just a giant defense pact. This is how you can check if a message was written by a 7 year old or not

[@jakeaitchison4388]

there's a star wars quote for every situation

[@lahaya237]

Gelukkig hebben we een appartement België. Ben blij met ze als buren.

[@robertneven7563]

ja en die Belgen hebben na 25 jaar naar hun centjes te kijken allen bijna een eigen woonst, in Nederland kost de huur van een apparteement 1.200 per maand voor 40 vierkante meter leef ruimte levens lang, in Belgiè hebben de kippen de konijnen de mest varkens en de honden meer leefruimte dan de mensen in ((L)olland lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol ol

[@joshuacarre06]

Welp got 10 free days so might as well invade Belgium

[@jamesabestos2800]

I mean it shouldn't exist so there's your justification and they're partially french.

[@maozedong44]

Dont forget the saxe weimar monument on the lange voorhout in The Hague.

[@dennisvisser3910]

reuniting would be fun for politics, the heage + brussels. funny combo plus the entire gate of europe controlled by a joined nation would have alot of influence and be realy rich to maybe be the second economy of europe or third afther france if we count the entire benelux as a country. we would stil be smal but stil the second largest food exporter in the world and one of the most schipping nations in general and surtenly in europe.

[@dennisvisser3910]

the benelux also has more than half of france it's gdp 1.3 bilion euro's and to france's 2.3 bilion euro's. while population whise the benelux would have 29.3 milion and france 67,4 witch is more than dubble. in witch sence we would do verry wel populationwhise. the benelux would surpass russia in gdp. the benelux would be the seventh largest in population afther poland with 37 to 38 milion pepole in gdp it would be 5th in europe counting the uk as second afther germany followed up by france and italy and then the benelux with a 0.3 bilion difrence. and yes i just looked all of this up because it got me thinking. and wel for our size being fifth largest economy and the 7th in population in europe excluding ownly russia. with 23 place with around 73.500 km2 it would be smaller than serbia but bigger than ireland. i mean if you think about that than this aind to bad. and yes my first assumptions were wrong itally is not that poor but still. this smal piece of land is worth a ton of monney. and the most dense wealth in gdp and population per km2 in europe.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

I surprised that the Dutch weren't able to reclaim more areas that were heavily Flemish.

[@mr_boo.]

well because they still lost

[@dutchman7623]

Holland didn't want Flanders... They wanted Brabant and Limburg. And it would have lost all of them, had Holland continued it's battle. It marched on Brussel and Maastricht, not on Gent and Brugge. Serious voices threatened to join the revolution if the aggression would not stop. The price Holland had to pay for the restoration of the border of 1648, was full equality and restoration of the Catholic Church at first in the Dutch areas of Brabant and Limburg, and from 1848 for the entire country.

[@timpauwels3734]

Politics at that time was not drawn along the same lines of Flemish vs Walloon as today. The rebels were an unlikely alliance of Catholic conservatives who wanted to reinstate the dominance of church institutions and Liberals who wanted press and liberal democratic freedoms (the Netherlands was not a parliamentary democracy until 1848). Among some there was also the idea that flemish would be recognised as a language instead of as the series of regional linguistic errors it was seen as from the North.

[@spaghettiking7312]

Because Belgium wasn't a Belgium yet; it was still a Netherlands --- at least, Netherlands thought so.

[@aaronmarks9366]

It's an interesting historical coincidence that on the day after the last Dutch troops left Belgium on August 20, on the other side of the Atlantic, Nat Turner's rebellion broke out in Southampton County, Virginia. One of the most famous slave rebellions in US history, it saw Nat Turner liberate and unite hundreds of enslaved people in the area, and butcher many of the white slaveowners and their families. Sadly, it lasted only three days, August 21 to the 23, before being brutally crushed by local white volunteer militias and civilians and US sailors from a nearby port. It was the last major slave rebellion in the US before John Brown's rebellion in 1859, shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War which resulted in the abolition of slavery in the US.

[@pja6476]

Another W for whites

[@noreply-7069]

21:43 What?? No, it was Leopold I (1831-1865), not Leopold III (1934-51)!

[@maozedong44]

There was also a dutch pre emptive strike plan after ww1 when the belgians demanded zeeuws vlaanderen and limburg.

[@sirdarklust]

I actually wonder what part the famous Belgian beers played in this.

[@stevenhendrix4768]

A bigger role then you might think. In fact higher taxes on beer "bierwet" was one of the reasons we revolted a year earlier againtst the Dutch. If William I had abollished that law. The split could have been avoided. To illustrate that. Belgians wrote 12 W letters on the walls. Grafitti as we would call it today. Wij Willen Willem Weg Wil Willem Wijzer Worden Wij Willen Willem Weer. In English We want William out. If William wants to become smarter then we want him back

[@badaoof2856]

Absolutely based

[@yaroon2850]

20:28 Province of Maastricht?

[@JimmyStiffFingers]

Soon...

[@GandWizard]

6:24 Frjentsjer? Frisian spotted!

[@ShortFuseNL]

Vlaanderen kom terug bij ons jongens!

[@mahakalabhairava9950]

Neen dank u.

[@robinnoel2716]

Yes please. 🇳🇱

[@regular-joe]

I read this as "Why did the Neanderthals invade Belgium". But, hey, the Netherlands is interesting, too.

[@t.robinson4774]

5:27 “The State Milia”? Milia is a skin condition, rare in adults, unless you’ve had a rash, injury or sun exposure where dead cells have been caught under newly formed skin. It’s common in newborns, where tiny white bumps appear across a baby's nose, chin or cheeks. In either case no treatment is needed because they usually disappear on their own in a few weeks or months. Not as short as the ten days The Netherlands had to clear this whole Belgium thing up but hey ho, zo is het leven! Soms zijn onaangename of lastige buren een normaal onderdeel van het leven - het zijn tenminste geen Fransen.

[@chris.3069]

typo

[@t.robinson4774]

Nee echt? He bedankt @@chris.3069. Gelieve opnieuw te lezen, voor de komedie als niets anders eh?

[@rvanhees89]

'En eens dan komt den Dag, Waarop wij allen wachten. Dan gaan we naar de Grens, Om Belzen af te slachten!'

[@flitsertheo]

Lees : om vuurwerk te kopen en te shoppen op de Meir in Antwerpen.

[@acertainredpanda1115]

I hope one day the Benelux will reunite peacefully and under good terms, with equal representation and under a healthy democracy.

[@JoinMeInDeathBaby]

"Reunite" how? Under dutch protestant tyranny again? They are sovereign nations in the EU, thats enouth.

[@cotedubois]

As a Belgian I can say that the political culture and system are now completely different (with Belgium being far worse) and would be very hard to do.

[@MacAnters]

@@JoinMeInDeathBaby hey, at least it's not protestant anymore, with the whole separation of church and state 😉

[@superduperfreakyDj]

Equal representation is never possible when nationalists are allowed in Parliament

[@thedonkey6704]

The Benelux reuniting is almost impossible. Luxembourg has 0 parties for reuniting. Belgium has 1. Although in a weird way where they’d rather secede and make Flanders independent although it’s not the biggest it’s just a weird one. Netherlands has 0.

[@niepowaznyczlowiek]

I'd start a revolution in Poland in 1831

[@voltairesarmy6702]

Typo at 5:30

[@matthings4133]

22:10 yes please :)

[@krixpop]

Europe (not so long time ago) Empire X: boring ... Kingdom Y: suggestions ? Kingdom Z: Invade Belgium ? Empire X: Again ? Kingdom Y: Seriously ? Kingdom Z: Invading Belgium it is !

[@thedudemeisteragain]

That's why i prefer Belgium beer! Zuid Limburg was once a part of Belgie!

[@robertneven7563]

en als Debits niet de zuid limburgers hadt veraden was Nederlands limburg bij Belgiè gebleven

[@MacAnters]

@@robertneven7563 ik zeg dit niet om gemeen te doen ofzo, maar ik heb al meerdere comments van je gezien en ik vroeg me af waarom je zo typt, Robert

[@realhawaii5o]

9:39 ah, yes. The French flag.

[@supermaximglitchy1]

the Dutch saw it as french

[@sallyvanhetten5980]

I wanna like the vid but it's currently at 420 likes so i shall leave it

[@nicolasmartin-minaret6157]

5:23 "Militia" instead of *Milia

[@bnb6868]

Next time it will be the other way around to get back Limburg and Luxembourg

[@jamesabestos2800]

The H.R.E is slowly returning one state at a time.

[@bnb6868]

@@jamesabestos2800 Franks did start out from modern Belgium after all

[@jfv65]

Why not take Noord-Brabant as well? Make the Maas the new border. And Zeeland to make sure Antwerpen always has access to the sea? Lets make it happen! 😉🤣

[@bnb6868]

@@jfv65 Antwerpen will be the world's trade capital once again

[@chickensheet6582]

hahaha good luck with that

[@NLvideomaster]

If you don't stop making the Belgian units indicators look so sexy I might go and root for them as a Dutchman 😅

[@SinnitsMc]

ZEG MAKKER!!

[@chrisnation1432]

As Mr. Farage once said "Belgium is not a nation".

[@charlieboy-dh1ns]

Farage is not welcome in Belgium.

[@vta2265]

Is Nigel Farage still a thing? Haven't heard about him since the Brexit debacle

[@Zyme86]

9:37: the french flag?

[@philipdemaeyer1665]

The dutch decided that a cheese diet wasn’t what they wanted, when in the south they invented hagelslag. So after ten days we made a deal, cheese for hagelslag. Since, we have been buddies, making jokes about each other.

[@ares106]

wow, talk about winning all the battles but losing the war.

[@wouter.de.ruiter]

En onze Vaderlandsche Held dan? Waar is van Speyk?

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Belgium and Netherlands are like a mini France v. Germany.

[@learnedeldersofteemo8917]

yes

[@jamesabestos2800]

Oh yes these two European countries (guess which I'm talking about)

[@muchsanchez946]

@@jamesabestos2800 lithuania and portugal, the eternal sworn enemies

[@LMvdB02]

20:28 You mean Limburg. Maastricht is the capital.

[@Rich77UK]

The question should really be.."why not invade Belgium?" 😀

[@companyHOLLAND]

Indeed they exist... for now.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

What's this Belgium you speak of? Don't you mean... *the Dutch province of South Brabant?*

[@charlieboy-dh1ns]

Belgium is a nation.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

@@charlieboy-dh1ns No, it is a state, that consists of two nations.

[@ahoraya1047]

Belgium was wealthier and more populated than the Netherlands by then And they were the Loyalist to the Crown when the United Provinces decided to secede from Spain

[@TheJH1015]

Always those damn French screwing up what we want eh? Also, speaking of later attempts/ideas of Belgian invasions of the Netherlands, are you planning to do a video on the annexation plans the Belgians had in 1918-1919?

[@FragLord]

I doubt there were any war or annexation plans. Belgium just came out of WW1 battered as shit and the allies didn't give it enough money to rebuild. A part of this is the Belgian king's own fault, he being too focused on territorial gains as compensation, instead of reparations to rebuild the nation and infrastructure. If they made T-Shirts at the time they would've made this. I went to war with Germany and all i got is this louzy tiny piece of German land nobody lives in... The Belgian king was so out of touch that one of his demands to his allies was for them to give them a piece of the Netherlands as a form of reparation. This idea was totally insane, because he asked a piece of land of a country that wasn't involved in the war. The Netherlands were neutral throughout the entirety of WW1. I'm a Belgian, born and partially raised in the Netherlands. I even worked every summer in the Netherlands. I have only love for both nations. But the division of the Netherlands is a historic mistake imo. At least it would've made more sense to let the French talking Belgians to go to France and the Dutch talking Belgians to go to the Netherlands. But I believe not many of the great powers would've wanted to add more French territory on the continent, just 20 years after Nap Nap. The Belgian revolution was more a counter-revolution. The region turned from officially Dutch to only French overnight. This while Dutch is even the majority language in Belgium today. And that after more than 100 years of Dutch not being an official language, no Dutch education or higher education. All official forms, papers and politics were conducted only in French. The Dutch talking people, the Flemish people, were second class citizens for the majority of Belgium's existence. Those events even lasted up until the 60's when students rose up in mass protests, demanding for Dutch courses in cities like Brussels, Gent and Leuven. Which is crazy when you think about it, because Leuven and Gent are 100% Dutch talking cities. Only after World War 2 did Belgium recognize the majority language, the Dutch language. To my estimation if 60% of the Belgians are native Dutch speakers, so at least 70% of the nation was a native Dutch speaker when they founded the Belgian nation. A nation that didn't recognize the language of 70% of it's own population. Hard to call it a revolution eh... Brussels was a 70% native Dutch speaking city and the capital of the United Netherlands. Now only 10-20% of the populations speaks Dutch. And even though it's officially bilingual. You will have to look hard to find bilingual officials in the Brussels region and government. Most of the mayors and ministers in Brussels, in fact almost all of them, speak no Dutch. The father of our national hero and superstar Vincent Kompany is the mayor of Ganshoren. He can't even say hello in Dutch...

[@SimsRacingDesign]

Hang on Hilbert... What do you mean by "Belgium still exists today... for now"?

[@gilan3580]

Because belgiums politic system is kinda weird and the most popular politic party in flanders last election was a Flemisch separatist party

[@thejmoneyshow]

Congo rubber trees!

[@jamesabestos2800]

Leopold ranks 4th in the most murders in the 20th century behind Adolf Hitler. 1. Mao of course 2. Stalin's Anger 3. The concentration camps 4. Rubber

[@thejmoneyshow]

@@jamesabestos2800 Oh, there is much worse people, I'll call them generational groups. Mao lets the Jesuits in their ports.

[@jamesabestos2800]

@@thejmoneyshow In, brutality or fatality?

[@thejmoneyshow]

@@jamesabestos2800 Both, let's just call it the continuance of the Medieval Conquest headed by the Mithran Popes - to this day.

[@thorvoet8607]

I think Lanaken is pronounst "Lan-aakən" and not "Laan-əkkən"

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

Dat dacht ik ook.

[@SuperPol1981]

It's in Limburg, so it's actually Laaaaanaaaaaakeeen.

[@im0rtalpunk]

klopt, wou het net commenten maar zocht eerst of het al werd gedaan.

[@InTouchWithBertJ]

Same goes for Hasselt, where its ɦɑsəlt not ɦɑsɛlt.

[@mrbuffwoopmusic8788]

Oh god it's happening again ._.

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

Belgium is an artificial construct country named after a long dead celtic tribe. North should be part of the Netherlands and the south part of france, maybe with that the French will switch out their complicated number names with the simpler wallonian French number names. Luxembourg should also be part of the Netherlands or Germany

[@jokehu7115]

Luxemburg can stay its own country but should claim the tittle as Holy Roman Empire

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

@@jokehu7115 no its border gore seeing that little thing between bigger countries. Luxembourg is genetically germanic and they speak German

[@theporcupine9993]

Fuck no. Flanders and netherlands are culturally and socially much different.

[@FragLord]

​@@theporcupine9993 You share a country with people who speak a different language and prefer olive oil and wine over beer and butter :D :D :D :D Bitch please

[@robinnoel2716]

@@theporcupine9993 lmao why do people keep saying that ? I'm Dutch and Belgian and people make a big deal of it. We are NOT different in culture at all. Sure we have some differences but those differences we got in flanders or the netherlands as well , cause every region has his own thing but that DOESN'T make them less Dutch. Frisian culture is different then the culture of Drenthe , Overijssel is different compared Gelderland etc.. and although they got their small differences that doesn't make them less Dutch. Same with thing with flanders , we share the same DNA , language and background. So instead of looking to those small differences , let's look to what we all have in commen.

[@frankieboyle8847]

Or yes

[@jdewit8148]

The Flemish people should have had a right to join the people of their mother tongue.

[@lebell79]

Belgium is like this strange child who really wanted to leave the house despite being in no position to do so and now at age 45 still lives in squadhouse conditions eating instant noodles, too proud to go back home despite it's abundantly clear it's not working out for him. Come back to the fatherland, Flanders, we miss you. xoxo

[@superduperfreakyDj]

We don't wanna join you

[@lebell79]

@@superduperfreakyDj yes you do.

[@superduperfreakyDj]

@@lebell79 Nope, bol af klotehollander

[@cedric3320]

@@superduperfreakyDj OH SHIT FREGGLE BRINGING OUT THE BIG GUNS, GET REKT BELGIAN, FRANCE ISN'T GOING TO SAVE YOU THIS TIME

[@superduperfreakyDj]

@@cedric3320 larp

[@cleitinhodasilva4518]

Why they dont just divide belgium in two and just give half to france and half to the netherlands. Maybe this way the french could have decent guns for once.

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

And normal names for numbers

[@tahinpulinx3612]

Not possible without quarrel

[@jfv65]

Fun idea! Flanders and the Netherlands would make a strong state, a true economic powerhouse with 2 BIG seaports, 2 BIG international airports, the EU capitol in Bruxelles, NATO headquarters in Bruxelles, and the international court of justice in The Hague. I'm not sure if Germany, France and UK would like to have another big powerplayer in Europe.

[@tahinpulinx3612]

@@jfv65 and what would France get? Antwerp, no use for them.

[@muchsanchez946]

Give france its department back

[@charliezobel511]

18:30 Belgium still exists FOR NOW 😂

[@supermaximglitchy1]

why this ‘for now’ Belgium is mostly a happy country, it’s only 2 out of 5 provinces that are very serious with the separation if it does happen then people will be less happy

[@charliezobel511]

You'll find Hilbert said "for now" on 18:30 so I was repeating his words, which I do agree with because I know people from both Brugge and Antwerpen who want either full independence from the French or to rejoin a Greater Netherlands.

[@30secondsflat]

Is there a European nation that hasn't invaded Belgium at one point?

[@davidsaville5239]

Italy

[@flitsertheo]

@@davidsaville5239 No, the Romans could be considered Italians. Then in WW2, the Italians were part of the occupation force in Belgium too,

[@anthonyoer4778]

Luxembourg has been itching for a fight!

[@nicolasmartin-minaret6157]

9:39 not the *French flag, but the "Belgian flag"