Why Does France Own Corsica?

[@LookBackHistory]

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[@carterghill]

Corsica is French because Napoleon had to be French in order to advance the plot. It's almost a retcon on the author's part, honestly.

[@expio4257]

Lazy writers man.

[@long-hair-dont-care88.]

Lol omfg if you only knew 🤣 omggdtsisfc lol😂.

[@Argenious__Guardian__Knight]

​@@expio4257we couldn't have to funny 😕😐

[@carlogrignaschi8773]

Napoleon Buonaparte (the real surname) was Born two Years After that Corsica was sold to France by Genova.

[@SLTWAY]

@@carlogrignaschi8773 he was actually born the very same year of the battle of Ponte-Novu, won by the French (1769). His father (Carlu Bonaparte) was fighting with Paoli against the French while his mother was pregnant with him. Napoleon wrote a latter to Paoli when he was in Auxonne, offering him allegiance and mentioning his birth date: « Je nacquis quand la patrie périssait » (=« was born as when motherland died »).

[@NP-pd4td]

I was surprised there was barely a mention of Napoleon and what role he could have played in Corsican-French identity.

[@pierren___]

At first he was a friend of Paoli. He was in war against him then, his family flew away. He said in his memories that what France accomplished will totally shadow Corsica.

[@radionaifgrooveonair4770]

napoleone e nato italiano lo hanno portato a parigi lo hanno francesizzato per andare contro il suo popolo.i

[@basilisk7861]

napoleon couldve been mamma mia PIZZA instead of hon hon BAGUETTE

[@LookBackHistory]

What a world that would've been....

[@mrworldwide7387]

@@LookBackHistory a world where Italy could’ve been useful in WW2

[@shrektheswampless6102]

Napoleon's first language wasn't french and his real name was Napoleone Buonaparte.

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

@@shrektheswampless6102 ¿Really?

[@shrektheswampless6102]

@@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya he made it more french when became general or 1st consul so people would forget he's not french french.

[@maryking2712]

Good to know about this Island which is often overlooked by historians. Thank you Look Back History.

[@kaloarepo288]

A lot of what is now the French Riviera like the city of Nice(Nizza) belonged either to Genoa or to the kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont as did the Alpine region of Savoy which is where the Italian royal family came from.The areas were given to France in mid 19th century in return for French support against the Austrians.

[@kaloarepo288]

@@cebuano6150 "French" is probably the wrong word as France as we know it took hundreds of years,even more,to reach the dimensions it has today.Historians believe that the house of Savoy emerged from the Burgundian kingdom which gradually became culturally French over the centuries and politically at a much later date but having its origins in the Germanic migrations of the Burgundian tribe.Their capital was at Annecy I think but this dynasty expanded south into Piedmont,absorbing other states that were culturally more Italian and eventually made their capital in Turin.They picked the right side in the War of the Spanish Succession which was the anti-French side and as a reward they were given a lot more territory including the island of Sardinia and the duchy was elevated to the rank of a kingdom and it adopted the name of that island as the name for the whole place but Piedmont and Turin was its main focus.It also acquired the territories once occupied by the powerful republic of Genoa including the French Riviera areas.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Nizza was stolen. Im Nizzardo , i know my history. And Vittorio Emanuel II had violated our rights. Nizza couldn't be given in any case, its written in the dedition, article 4,5,15... If Nizza wasn't satisfied , It was becoming independant again . In 1871, there were Vespri Nizzardi, with Garibaldi part winning the elections ! French cancelled the vote and did repression on people ! The so called support was just a fake reason to got it

[@Raisonnance.]

You forgot to say that the Savoy were populated by people who spoke dialect of french. There even was a referendum in Savoy in 1860 to know if they wanted to be a part of France or not. There is even a part of Italy, the Aoste part, where they are ethnic french with french names and the French names of villages and cities had been changed to italian ones during Mussolini's reign.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

@@Raisonnance. Si, ma non Nizza. Siamo liguri come Zena giusc' al basso piemonte.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

@@Raisonnance. cosi detto, savoja non vogliono essere francesi anche

[@andreraphael6727]

As an italian, I've always found it weird to look at the map and see that the island of Corsica, so clearly inside the italian geographical region, so clearly italian in the toponyms, was not part of Italy. It really looks like a geographical mistake. The corsican language is like 95% intelligible for the average italian, and people who have been there and know the island well always tell me it feels like being in Italy. I am no one to claim that they should join Italy, but for their glorious history and culture I think they deserve full recognition of their mother language and culture or even independence.

[@Kurt_wolfgangSs]

Corsica must be italian state.

[@thelorenz6725]

@@Kurt_wolfgangSs Thank you my friend. We italians have many Corsican friends and I can tell you that they are 100% italian, but for the moment they prefer independence. I support this instance, but if one day they'll want to join Italy we'll welcome them as brothers ❤

[@menolarose]

Doesn't it bother you that Val d'Aoste is part of Italy, even though it is culturally closer to France?

[@andreraphael6727]

@@menolarose No, it doesn't bother me because it isn't closer to France. The original regional language there is actually Arpitan, a romance language which links northern italian languages to Provenzale and French. So, french was declared an official language alongside italian at a regional level to recognize this specificity, also because there isn't a standardized version of Arpitan, which is a dialectal continuum. Personally, I think they should choose a standard variety of Arpitan and make it the official language alongside italian; this would make a lot more sense. But, you know, the special status was recognized after WW2, we were on the wrong side of the fence and had to please the french "winners" somehow. By the way, while Arpitan varieties are still widely spoken, absolutely no one speaks french as a mother language in Val d'Aosta and never did; they study it at school and you see bilingual signs around the region, that's it. Some location names and surnames sound frenchy to an italian ear, but they're Arpitan.

[@radionaifgrooveonair4770]

@@menolarose guarda che forse non hai capito che l italia arrivava in provenza

[@fabiolaalejandra7047]

I'm trying to understand the history of corsica because my family consider themselves Italians but my Nonna was born in Corsica. I recently discover that and the thing that was mind blowing to me is that she indeed has Italian last name (Bianchi) even though her Island is consider part of France.

[@radionaifgrooveonair4770]

fabiola i politici francesi hanno l olligo durante il loro mandato di garantire la loro forza. la francia senza le colonie africane italia e spagna non sarebbe niente. loro anno creato tutto il fenomeno migratorio bombardando la libia che si stava riconciliando con l itakia loro hanno fomentato la rivolta catalana per destabilizzare la destra spagnola tutte le opere d arte che sono al louvre sono state rubate da napoleone.e dulcis in fundo il loro tanto amato inno non e loro e stato scritto molto tempo prima da in musicista italiano giovan,battista viotti per farselo suo hanno cambiato goffamente la data dell opera hanno abbattuto un aereo di linea italiano facendo una strage di innocenti perche l italia consentiva a gheddafi il transito nei nostri cieli.la francia andrebbe denunciata per la violazione dei diritti umani w la merde

[@lorenzpaulinho1154]

All last names and all the villages and towns name in Corsica are italians. What are we talking about? France made an invasion on the island, that's it.

[@fabiolaalejandra7047]

@@lorenzpaulinho1154 I’m just intrigued. As I mentioned before my family is Italian but recently they told me my Nonna was actually from corsica (I was born and raised in Venezuela so I know close to nothing about their history but wanted to learn because I love the family culture I grew up in).

[@perineo2231]

@@fabiolaalejandra7047 Corsica always been italian culture you have italian origins

[@Ermagron]

Corsica has been a part of physical italy from the conquest of the first punic wars. It was also formaly part of the italian provence during WRE, before it had ties with etruscan due vicinity with tuscany. Also the video is blatant lies, usa and france history always omit what happened. Genoa didn't sell a dam thing. He asked france military help forming a contract, the isle was used as mortage. What happened was france used genoa weak position after sign the contract and didn't send the troop properly to re establish order. So genua didn't recap corsica, but still had to pay the contract due. Since it couldn't due mortage's rules they had to turn corsica to france. Any talk about corsica beeing sold to france is a blatant lie. But france interest in italy has always been so that by whatever mean necessary it had to get some stuff from here(and not only that, has it has been explained everyone want a piece of italy...) Likely corsica ppl should decide if being part of italy or be a sov state like they intended. Of couse ppl in italy would love to have em back here with us. Geography speaking it would also make more sense since it's in the middle between sardinia and piemont. That would solve a lot of transport problem...really a lot....

[@BazookaLuca]

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[@LookBackHistory]

Thank you! Comments like that keep me going!

[@gengis737]

Thanks for the very accurate video. To keep Corsica after Pontu Novu, Louis XVI of France proposed a deal to Corsican influential families: if they swear obedience to him, he will declare them nobles, implying specific jurisdiction, being free of taxes and reserved employment in French administration and army. That's how Napoleon became a student in French military school, then a junior artillery officer. End of Corsican-English kingdom occurred when general Bonaparte seized Leghorn, the main naval basis of Royal Navy in Italy, just in front of Corsica. So France could easily support the opponents to British occupation and to the personal power of British governor. As Genoa did, British discovered that Corsica is rather a mountain than an island, that cannot be controlled from the sea shore; Pozzo di Borgo, expelled by Napoleon, was so revengeful that he spent 19 years wandering across Europe to build alliance against French Republic, then Empire. Meanwhile, having two Corsican emperors (Napoleon I and Napoleon III) during 19th century, and a lot of influential job in French state and administration, made a lot to weaken the independence movement. Corsican independency could be on the table in 20 years. Corsican local government is constantly trying to get more power from national government, especially in education trying to promote Corsican language and a very biased Corsican history celebrating independence, so that next generation will massively vote for them - the same tactic as Catalunian independence movement of the last 30 years. But French citizenship and patriotism is still praised by most inhabitants, who just ask more cultural independence, and know how supportive the national government is economically and above all legally, against the numerous mafias intermingling with the local politicians.

[@theo181297]

Saying that genoa sold corsica to france is inexact. They actually leased its control to france for a period, and at the end of it france kept it. Like it's normal an dok to sell land with people on it. Also corsica was independant in that period

[@mrworldwide7387]

At the time sealing clay was a common thing, even if it was inhabited. France itself sold Louisiana to the US for example

[@Giovis968]

Genova don't sold Corsica

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

this is the same thing as the British did to Sabah / North Borneo in Southeast Asia. they said in the Malay version of the agreement written in Jawi that it was a lease, but the English translation of the agreement that the British read was "cede", which is ridiculous, but the British kept it in the end and gave it to Malaysia. Now the Philippines who inherited rights from the Sultanate of Sulu also has claim over the leased territory of Sabah that Malaysia governs. the damn british tactics.

[@nyko921]

I see a lot of negativity when it comes to this topic, some say that Corsica should be italian, other French and other still say it should be indipendent. As an Italian I don't see a problem if corsican people want to remain French, we're already part of the same European Union anyway (even though I think it should be strengthened by making it a federation, like Germany or the USA), and I won't see a problem if they want to join Italy or become indipendent either. The only thing I think France should do is to recognise and starting to preserve the corsican language and culture. Corsican and all the other regional languages of France (like Breton and Occitan) should be thought in schools so to preserve the identity and cultures of these communities. Same should happen in Italy: it's very ironic how the italian government does a lot to protect non-endemic languages spoken by minorities in Italy (such as German, French, Greek, Albanian, Occitan, Catalan ecc.) but doesn't even recognise other languages native to Italy as such. Besides Sardinian and Friulan (which are the only two languages native to Italy recognised by the government) also Lombard, Piedmontese, Venetian, Ligurian, Romagnol, Neapolitan and Sicilian are Italian regional languages but people and the government don't recognise them as such, referring to them simply as dialects.

[@Snov-yx]

Prohibiting dialects in regions of France and order them to speak French and learn French History, this, is what we call Assimilation, and probably why i'm more French Patriot than Breton Patriot, i don't even speak Breton lmao

[@harounslacker]

Regional languages classes are already available in French secondary schools and have been for quite some time. depending on where you are, briton, basque, catalan, corsican, occitan, alsatian, creole and tahitian are available

[@sandraleiva1633]

The Great Central American hero Jose Francisco Morazan was actually Morazzani. His grandfather was a Corsican immigrant to America. It seems generals who accomplished great feats run in the history of Corsica and those who's veins flow with Italic Corsican blood.

[@Historical_events]

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[@LookBackHistory]

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[@lucavuola3538]

Pasquale Paoli , Corsican patriot, statesman, and military leader, "Babbu di a Patria" (Father of the fatherland). "We are Corsicans by birth and sentiment, but first of all we feel Italian by language, origins, customs, traditions; and Italians are all brothers and united in the face of history and in the face of God ... As Corsicans we wish to be neither slaves nor "rebels" and as Italians we have the right to deal as equals with the other Italian brothers ... Either we shall be free or we shall be nothing... Either we shall win or we shall die (against the French), weapons in hand ... The war against France is right and holy as the name of God is holy and right, and here on our mountains will appear for Italy the sun of liberty...". Paoli wanted Italian to be the official language of his Corsican Republic. His Corsican Constitution of 1755 was written in Italian and the short-lived university he founded in the city of Corte in 1765 used Italian as teaching language.

[@BazookaLuca]

Finally I waited for a Video like this

[@LookBackHistory]

Glad you liked it!

[@ezioauditore1522]

Napoleon wrote French full of grammatical errors. It is a historical fact ascertained by reading the documents written by his hand. On the other hand he felt French. With all that France has given him it would have been bizarre otherwise.

[@larshofler8298]

Kind of like Stalin, a Georgian "emperor" of the Soviet Union who spoke Russian with a very heavy accent, and maintained that he was Asian not Russian. But he also pushed for aggressive Russification of the Soviet Union, imposing it on various non-Russian peoples including his own.

[@RonDiani]

@@larshofler8298 I have a Georgian friend if Russians mock him he says always we ruled Russia

[@Upperroad4480]

It doesn't matter where a place is,such as an island.when it comes to ownerships,it's a case of first come first served.

[@m.j.vazquez4720]

i like how italy looks aesthetically with corsica and that hook they had after ww1

[@perineo2231]

Yes italian fascist aesthetic too fascinates me. I wonder what a beautiful world would have been if Italy and Germany won ww2

[@tiramisu7544]

@@perineo2231 bro is advocating for the return of Mustache man ☠️

[@perineo2231]

@@tiramisu7544 you just envying that swag dripping mustache. If he had won you would be praying for that

[@luisgabrielramos7923]

I've been researching a lot of Corcega history since I have Corsican blood in me thanks to my great great grandfather who emigrated to the south of Puerto Rico. The corsican influence is huge in the south of PR.

[@TheAleatoriorandom]

Wonder what the French leadership would have though if they have known that with that island they also purchased their future emperor. It's quite intriguing to think about what could have happened if Napoleon would have lived in an independent Corsica or one that formed part of some pre-italy state like Genoa indstead of France.

[@Veriox22]

This was a very thorough video

[@LookBackHistory]

Thanks!

[@anaechevarria6653]

Many Italians from Corsica went to Puerto Rico to live. We are at least 17% Italian due to this influx of Corsicans!

[@MonetizedHistory]

Since you mentioned the Italian States I know you looked at their flags. Which was your favorite?

[@LookBackHistory]

Venice probably has my favourite, though I like the Habsburg-era flag of Tuscany too, as well as the late Papal States and Vatican City (which had virtually the same flags)

[@MonetizedHistory]

@@LookBackHistory That Venetian flag looks like a ceiling fresco

[@denissaliaj9459]

@@MonetizedHistory its glorious 👑🦁

[@gigieinaudi24]

@@MonetizedHistory venice was master and commander for centuries in The Med sea

[@MonetizedHistory]

@@gigieinaudi24 Why? Location? Military? Money?

[@calebalexanderwhite1601]

My great great great grandfather was a Corsican navy admiral so he spoke occtian so he could understand his revolutionary comrades my great great grandfather spent his days learning and making the revolution stay alive languages passed them down to my great and grandfather and my grandfather taught my mother the languages taught me Italian, Welsh, Occtian, Corsican so you can imagine what my accent sounds like anyways love the videos 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@GregBartlesbyProductions]

Dude that is fucking cool.

[@kirayoshikage604]

Proud to come from there ⬜⬛

[@History.Tour.con.Luca.Mariotti]

Before Genoa, Corsica belonged to Pisa

[@edoardocortina5096]

And before Pisa, Corsica was entrusted to the county of Lucca.

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

@@edoardocortina5096 And before that was a Byzantine possesion

[@gigieinaudi24]

@@Bracus.Reghusk and before was a part of the Roman republic and of August region Corsica ac Sardinia.

[@luigileonardi329]

Nice videos, they are a lot interesting and easy to understand. (A greeting from italy)

[@LookBackHistory]

Thank you very much!

[@jeffy141]

Excellent!

[@blairscartoonshistory7477]

I didn’t know that Britain nicked Corsica for a while. Interesting

[@Augustus_Imperator]

In a perfect world both Corsica and Catalonia would get total independence, but it looks like it's not going to happen. More than anything I really hope they can keep their distinct cultures and languages alive because they are both fascinating.

[@niklasmorningstar4301]

Scotland and Alsace too

[@Floppedd]

The only one that makes sense is scotland ​@@niklasmorningstar4301

[@cheturi7213]

Bro you honestly deserve more subs

[@LookBackHistory]

Maybe one day!

[@MortalRepublic]

0:23 Hey, I'll join Italy if they'll give me pasta. 🇮🇹

[@tankadar]

we would give you as much pasta as you want lol

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

As a French Speaker. Corsica should be owned by Italy. You can have it. 🇨🇵🤝🇮🇹

[@planteruines5619]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 non , non , tu ne peux dire cela , tu n'es qu'une minorité , la corse est , reste, et demeure française

[@furlan1743]

@@planteruines5619 wtf Corsican arent a minority on Corsican and never were, although you are trying to destroy our culture like you did for occitan, nice ligurians, Lorrains, we still are the majority on our islands.

[@planteruines5619]

@@furlan1743 i talk about all of France , i don't think he's from corsica so he doesn't care about her

[@mrsupremegascon]

As a French, I think there should be a referendum in Corsica, so they can decide democratically their futur. No hard feeling, if they want to go, that's their choice. Although I hope that they will automatically join EU and Schengen area, and keep a special relationship with France.

[@philipcoriolis6614]

As a French tax payer, I think there should be a referendum in France about Corsica, so we can decide democratically the future of our tax money.

[@PRATAVO]

@@philipcoriolis6614 Tes impôts sont aussi les nôtres idiot . Mentalité française éternelle , on parle justice et vérité , on parle liberté il répond impôts .

[@philipcoriolis6614]

@@PRATAVO Are you oppressed in 2023 ?

[@PRATAVO]

@@philipcoriolis6614 More or less .

[@philipcoriolis6614]

@@PRATAVO Seriously ???

[@MrNTF-vi2qc]

If you think about it, if that Corsican revolution happened a mere 20 years later, the French would be defeated by Napoleon, and Corsica would be the one taking over France instead.

[@aeternainvictavictrix9597]

Dimentichi alcuni punti -le rivolte contro genova furono aizzate dai francesi. - Pasquale Paoli era un irredentista italiano,voleva far parte dello stato italiano che stava nascendo -i corsi,che piaccia o non piaccia sono italiani,di cultura,di tradizioni,di lingua,di storia,di ETNIA!

[@krisz9490]

I think italian as a culture doesnt really exists.Its more like a culture group made of regional cultures like Sicilian Corsican etc.

[@krisz9490]

I think the same about the french culture.Its made up of lot of cultures which are sadly getting oppressed

[@krisz9490]

But corsica is closer to italy for sure

[@aeternainvictavictrix9597]

@@krisz9490 Italian culture is vaster than all other European cultures, from the Roman era to the Renaissance, up to the Risorgimento. you use the Latin alphabet to write this crap, the calendar you use is first Julian and then Gregorian, everything around you is influenced by Italian culture. give yourself a wake up call

[@smal750]

still belongs to france tho

[@fabrizzilippini5583]

I’m from Corsica and i can say that assimilation was not successful, we will never be French

[@davidetoffoletto9981]

Your family name, so Corsican (very popular in Central Italy too).. bravi, non mollate non siete francesi

[@Kurt_wolfgangSs]

Support corsica against to french colonialism 🇹🇷 🇮🇹

[@paullanison1541]

89% des Corses, parmi lesquels 59% de nationalistes sont contre l'indépendance. Source : Sondage IFOP repris dans le Figaro du 01/10/2018.

[@isyx7483]

je suis pour que la corse reste française

[@calogerohuygens4430]

I corsi non sono francesi

[@riccardousai9973]

Libertà

[@vusalmerdinli2478]

Corsica has the right to referendum☝️

[@rubenfosse5809]

has a corsican , thank you

[@LookBackHistory]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@rubenfosse5809]

@@LookBackHistory no problem man, love your vids

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[@LookBackHistory]

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[@subhamomm5930]

@@LookBackHistory thank you brother I liked your videos so much

[@sofiane5003]

Freedom for Corsica ✊

[@olivierdk2]

I know a Corsican who is adamant, he is "sure" the island never was under british domination. I'll send him the link to this video.

[@LookBackHistory]

To be fair, domination is a strong word. Britain never had an iron grip on the island.

[@林振华-t4v]

The Crosican may now ok to stay in France... But will mainland France still want them being part of the country? Is not it ironic after all the harssle French manage to assimilate the Crosican but end up give them full independent?

[@mrworldwide7387]

Why would France give them independence, even if the corsicans are ok with being part of France ?

[@fiefie8980]

as of the question of are corsicans okay staying in france, i would tell you a vast majority now would answer no/or yes but to certain conditions that could join the autonomist parties of the island, but france has been playing deaf and blind to corsican's fight for independence since the beginning of colonization and, for your information, corsica was not french until 60-70 years ago when france finally started its cultural colonization after annexing corsica around the 1880s if i'm not wrong (that was quickly stopped by the 60s and 70s nationalists rises) so there is close to absolutely no chance mainland france EVER "give" us independence, after all we've been thru to achieve the little evolutions we live with now and i'm actually pretty sure france will do everything in it's power to keep restraining us from gaining the autonomy we should have had since the beginning (because they know damn well that this would lead to us declaring independence like our ancestors did nearly 300 years ago now)

[@calogerohuygens4430]

@@fiefie8980 i francesi vi stanno assimilando e colonizzando. Fra 1 secolo sull'isola sarete Tutti francesi...i corsi spariranno come cultura!

[@fiefie8980]

@@calogerohuygens4430 per favore, ci volle un intero secolo solo perché i francesi domassero le ribellioni, e tra il 1769 e il 1840 i corsi furono indipendenti altre due o tre volte prima di crollare, ma non si arresero lì, e ebbero più violente proteste contro i militari francesi. i banditi d'onore ne hai mai sentito parlare? non erano criminali, erano resistenza contro la colonizzazione prima che la resistenza fosse una cosa. e la corsica divenne ufficialmente francese come in, una regione e un territorio francese, e non una colonia, solo negli anni 1880 quando fu colonizzata anche l'Algeria. nel 1985, dall'85% al ​​90% dei corsi parlava solo corso e usava il francese quando era obbligato a causa dell'ambiente sociale. E solo la metà della popolazione era contraria all'indipendenza l'unica volta che ci fu una domanda ufficiale a riguardo, perché temevano che lo stato dell'isola tornasse alla miseria com'era prima degli anni '80, una fioritura della corsica che si è guadagnata grazie un misto di resistenza violenta - ancora una volta - e democrazia tra l'altro; non provare a dirmi cosa è successo nel mio paese e quanto tempo ci è voluto per essere assimilati e francesizzati.

[@calogerohuygens4430]

@@fiefie8980 i corsi che conosco (delle città costiere) praticamente sono francesi. Eravate degli italici ma vi hanno inculcato che Genova (e quindi tutti gli italiani!) erano dei dominatori stranieri rapaci e malvagi. I Francesi son stati bravissimi, ve l'hanno fatta buttare nel cesso la vostra cultura a forza di bastone e carota. E dire che il corso è talmente simile all'italiano e al siciliano che mi sembrate dei compaesani, ma la realtà è che con gli italiani non ci volete avere a che fare. Che dire: addio. Anzi: Adieu.

[@ricanredru4760]

So basically Corsica is to France what Puerto Rico is to United States. In the irony in Puerto Rico you do actually have some Puerto Ricans of Corsican-Italian ancestry

[@LookBackHistory]

That's an interesting comparison. I would say it's not quite the same though because Corsica is a fully integrated part of France. Puerto Rico on the other hand isn't a state (despite Puerto Ricans being US citizens) so people there are de facto disenfranchised in a number of ways, as I'm sure you already know given your user name.

[@juanponce2453]

@@LookBackHistory But even that comparison is correct. the territories to North Africa, the Acutual coast of Algeria, were states formally integrated into the French state, although they were obviously colonies like the rest of Africa at that time; it would not be convenient to have a corsega as an unassociated free state, The Corsican identity is very strong, as well as the Sicilian, Piedmontese or Venetian. Corsega was always Italian and will remain so, since the Italian culture is not univoca, it is a set of all the cultures of the Italian peninsular, continental and insular peoples. As Pascuale Paoli said: we are Corsicans by birth and feeling, but first of all we feel Italian by language, constumbres and traditions. The comparison is correct in a practical or essential sense, not in a sense in iure. that's what I mean.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

a better comparison maybe would be Hawaii or Alaska to the United States

[@dume]

In the movie Carlitos way with Al Pacino he plays Carlito Briganti wich is from Puerto Rico descendant from Corsicans. They tell it in the bonus or in the book. Many Corsicans specially from the North (capi corsu) were sailors and fleed poverty by joining the navy or smuggling

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

Nop, not in a political point of view.

[@jasoncroteau4953]

the mikmaq tribes in usa and canada are also part of savoy

[@riccardosebis5333]

The number of cities are in Italian not in French

[@L.A.Bahamas]

Any history behind the word Corsica and Cacique?

[@db-jk8dl]

Why does the American Empire own its southwest and Hawaii? Conquest.

[@frinxy2167]

My teacher has a French friend from Corsica so we get to talk and write messages to Corsica students lol

[@LookBackHistory]

Really cool!

[@ghjudice6221]

At which school?

[@GeraldM_inNC]

Thanks.

[@natherahmed8729]

Hey bro could you tell me the name of your map. It looks cool

[@LookBackHistory]

You need to learn to accept answers the first time they're given...

[@natherahmed8729]

@@LookBackHistory sorry but i never got notified that you answered so i thought you didnt see it

[@giampieroverrecchia6126]

Corsica is historically, geographically and culturally Italian. And from a legal point of view? She is equally Italian. The Republic of Genoa, with the Treaty of Versailles, ceded to France only the temporary possession, not the property of the island. Corsica, therefore, can become independent with the help of Italy.

[@yamapopi]

Honestly, as a frenchman, go ahead. Corsica is a money pitfall anyways for France. Better to spend money on the continent rather than to maintain corsica on the same standard as France if Corsicans aspire to be independant. But the reality is, Corsican politicians are aware of this dependance; and would simply never accept full independance; because they know it would be their doom.

[@bnm0883]

@Марк Лепић The french were right, the English wanted to seize it, the French got ahead of them. Good game !

[@bnm0883]

@Марк Лепић It's totally false. You are ignorant and above all jealous of the French. We read in clearly in your comments.

[@Snov-yx]

Stop crying and accept that it is French today, i could say the same about South Tyrol and Trento for Italians

[@azedda1573]

Being italian ≠ Independance

[@jjgreek1]

I’m going there tomorrow. !

[@rexyjp1237]

Only small corsican guy owns france For a long time

[@raphlvlogs271]

why was Dalmatia and southern Switzerland also considered Historical Italian territory?

[@danieleromanetto5891]

Southern Switzerland is populated by Italians who speak Italian. Dalmatia was for centuries part of the republic of Venice, and a part of Dalmatia was spoken Venetian

[@azedda1573]

Actually, the FLNC had a good image in Corsica, looked at it in a good way since they only attacked empty buildings and houses owned by French state or French people, it's a simplified story but the real one is far more complex and explains why today 70% of Corsica is Nationalist.

[@riccardosebis5333]

Noi sardi semu incu voi, un ghjornu stemu inde noi sardi e corsi.. AFF, IF

[@azedda1573]

@@riccardosebis5333 È forza à voi dinò, per stu bellu paesu di Sardegna.✊️

[@riccardosebis5333]

@@azedda1573 👊

[@azedda1573]

@Real Aiglon Pleure petit pinzutu impérialiste.🤡

[@riccardosebis5333]

@Real Aiglon terrorists are you French state , that you export bomb democracy like your little friends Americans..

[@dementiagamingeugene1906]

"why does france own corsica?" to make borders better.

[@RonDiani]

You forgot one important thing Napoleon and his relationship with France

[@ianshaver8954]

The way I see it, it was Corsica who took over France and had one of their own as Emperor.

[@shrektheswampless6102]

Genova was black mailed by France! France offered to help Genova to repress the rebellion at condition of paying and feeding the french army in corsica, well the french army just remained in the genovese forts doing nothing, and Genova couldn't do anything because the army responded only to the french king. So they just waited until Genova run out of money and the solution was to "sell" the island. This is the truth.

[@Kurt_wolfgangSs]

After İtaly reconquest the island at the ww2. These treaties are obsolete and have no effect. Corsicans demand for independence is very naturel.

[@shrektheswampless6102]

@@Kurt_wolfgangSs Honestly I don't want corsica to become part of Italy. I see them as traitors of their identity. They don't deserve that much.

[@danieleromanetto5891]

@@shrektheswampless6102 Treaties are always valid if there are no others. And France takes advantage with Italy of the old treaties for the Mont Blanc. If you're interested, I'll tell you

[@milanpavlovic2456]

Sad... Italy will return the third island !

[@suevialania]

Not ONLY Putin's Rússia and Zpain are imperialistic! What' about, Corsica, Friesland, Faroé Islands, Flanders, Báltica, Trácia, Catalonia, Basque Country, Galiza, etc

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

Most famous person from Corsica must be Napoleon Bonaparte.

[@JustARandomMountain]

Did you know that genoa was supposed to ask the island back, but they never did. So legally, italy could just ask for corsica back. And start a war. Cause France will never say yes.

[@x-a-]

And thats why you don't let kids in politics !

[@JustARandomMountain]

@@x-a- ?

[@x-a-]

@@JustARandomMountain legally if Italy tried to invade corsica (this threatening territorial integrity of France), Rome would be nuked to prehistorical times and France would take Piedmond as war reparation for the cost of a Nuclear Missile.

[@JustARandomMountain]

@@x-a- If italy tried to claim the island, France would jusy say no but nuking italy will be EXTREMLY DUMB (radiations can move, and italy is right next to France and NATO allies, and it also mean starting ww3, France vs NATO)

[@ForageGardener]

Errybody ask why France own Corsica but nobody Corsica ask how feel France 🤔😭

[@danielm.1441]

Having visited Corsica, the language is Italian, the people are Italian, the food is Italian, the culture is Italian, but they're French.

[@stump4522]

@@danielm.1441 lol

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

I thought asterix and obelix conquered corsica from the roman legions. That's what I learned in history class 😜

[@Argenious__Guardian__Knight]

Yeah, and why you treat like a toxic?

[@lucaesposito6896]

Corsica italiana 🇮🇹✊🏻

[@Snov-yx]

Too bad, Corsica belongs to France 🇫🇷✊

[@spicyreloaded4397]

Dude, Corsica is net negative, meaning that the island costs more to mantain than it gives back. I'm glad the French have it and not us.

[@lucaesposito6896]

@@spicyreloaded4397 così come praticamente tutto il Sud Italia? Non importa, è una questione di principio

[@azedda1573]

@@Snov-yx Personne t'appartient, on est pas tes putes.

[@azedda1573]

Haha, no

[@SceptrePotter]

Here from channel makers

[@LookBackHistory]

Nice!

[@PaintTheWorld911]

My theory on why Comte de Vaux was a good commander is because he could see more of the battlefield with his frog eyes

[@rpara1091]

Les grenouilles te pissent à la raie.

[@ivandinsmore6217]

I never knew that Corsica had a connection with Britain.

[@joeshar.]

Next: Why Does Italy Own Sardinia?

[@AldTar]

Well, easy answer. The kingdom of Sardinia unified Italy 😂

[@luiginiolu6842]

@@AldTar Nominally yes, but the Savoyards were basically gifted that kingdom only a century before, historical Sardinia had nothing to do with it. Moreover such "kingdom" was fraudulently created by some dodgy pope in the 13th century in order to be handed to the Aragonese for the sole purpose of balance of power at that time, again to the expense of Sardinians who were happily and independently governing themselves with the Judicates at that time.

[@The1ByTheSea]

The EU should pressure France to recognize regional language as official languages with French. Corsican and French shoukd both be official languages of Corsica .

[@danielhei5502]

Can you make a episode on Kurdistan or armenian-azerbajin conflict and mote?

[@Laksur_]

Sooooo what ur saying is corsica is Frances Scotland?

[@MBP1918]

its a little thing revolutions

[@tiber64]

Corsica? I though it was about Jersey island

[@mrsupremegascon]

Same shit.

[@RonDiani]

@@mrsupremegasconit’s not shit

[@gigieinaudi24]

Corsica is french only because The genovese had leased The island but The french did not get it back’em

[@mrsupremegascon]

You know, that's how most countries got their territories, by unlawful conquests or treaties.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

🧐

[@kiko_bastianovic]

statu francese assasinu - forza corsica

[@AllanDexter14]

Genoa

[@albertoluzon9079]

Córcega tenia qe ser de Italia. Y no soy italiano

[@Elkun91_]

CORSICA IS NOT FRENCH !!

[@viridiscri9713]

Corsica is italian 🇮🇹

[@gamermapper]

Corsicans ask themselves this question every day lmao

[@Tengristshaman]

Support to Corsica from 🇦🇿Azerbaijan.Corsica is not France. Freedom for Corsica.

[@ivanqperello5756]

Corsica will be independent soon.

[@Indian_Marschall]

Plz make a video on India plz

[@togasso]

stolen, easy

[@reneprovosty7032]

well, isn't Napolean born there?

[@Argenious__Guardian__Knight]

Clearly yes because i watch oversimplified on the tv.

[@oskaralexandernielsen5551]

½

[@V-man117]

The Italians remind me of the Greeks way too much for some reason

[@Dagren1946]

Even italians aknowledge this, we do say "una faccia, una razza" it means "one face, one race" because we do indeed look alike.

[@izemamnon]

Corse corse francais par force 😋

[@The1ByTheSea]

Gee,geographically Corsica should be part of Italy .Corsica is closer to Italy than to France .

[@Herobrineminecraft-return]

cus its french like north italy

[@nosferatus777]

North italy my ass!! Poor baguette

[@smal750]

@@nosferatus777 savoy is def french cry in silence victim

[@nosferatus777]

@@smal750 the influence of Italic culture has influenced all of France for millennia, language, culture, politics, architecture, and never vice versa! we are all victims, you are also foolish

[@quanfung5958]

Because Italians never had the TOMATOS for it !!!!

[@philv3941]

Cause italy was not enough cool for us. We choose to let them leave their life. For the moment.

[@Christian_Sannino]

Corsica is Italy

[@Van_Van67]

Come get it then 😂

[@arthemis1039]

Most Corsican people would rather be French than Italians guys

[@Christian_Sannino]

@@arthemis1039 but historically it has always been Italian

[@mrworldwide7387]

@@Christian_Sannino It doesn't matter what the corsicans wanted 500 years ago. What matters is what the Corsicans want now

[@Christian_Sannino]

@George Karavas wtf

[@Beef_Master_Flex]

Short answer Genoa had it and sold it to France because the island wanted to be independent

[@danieleromanetto5891]

It's not that easy

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

@@danieleromanetto5891 ¿Really?