Why was Algeria a part of France and not a colony? (Short Animated Documentary)

[@-socialcredit]

I thought it was because France had enough French people and 1% bureaucrats in the Algiers state which was enough to make a colonial province into a state for 100 colonial power. Thanks for the extra info

[@prod.bexerk8997]

u play europa versailles

[@AHappyCub]

@@prod.bexerk8997 He's talking about Victoria 2, completely outdated and garbage by today's standards made by the same company as EU4

[@yeatnumber1Dmuncher]

@UCWfaL-Prf2mwAtPwPFnEBYw the same one that made the hit game Among us

[@g.zoltan]

@@AHappyCub "Garbage by today's standards" well, we'll see what today's standards are like with Vicky3.

[@AHappyCub]

@@g.zoltan I sure fucking hope Vic3 going to be a good game

[@FastTquick]

I’d love to know how Guiana and Polynesia remained French territories as a follow up to this video.

[@rimacalid6557]

Rigged voting

[@maskr5520]

@@rimacalid6557 not at all, actually all the referendums have been favorable to France and not rigged, the closest to independence was in New Caledonia, but now the third vote has ended and the island choose to remain part of France ( there was a boycott from the separatists)

[@gabrielr3390]

@@maskr5520 Well from what I looked through they like you said had 3 votes on the subject. With them loosing the first 2 and maybe seeing the writing on the wall decided to boycott the last one as to delegitimise it perhaps. Regardless the voting was quite close

[@Rato_Arabe]

from what i heard, the guianese saw that independence didn't do much better to their ex british and dutch neighboors so they decided it was better to just remain a formal part of france.

[@cebonvieuxjack]

@@maskr5520 I mean, yes it wasn't rigged, but you could question its legitimacy : the Kanaks, aka the indigenous population of New Caledonia now only count for 40% of the territory's population. Since the separatists movement mostly comes from that fraction of the population, on the question "would you like to remain as France" the option "No" is unlikely to be majoritarian. That's why our government gave them three chances, because they knew it wasn't happening, that's also why the separatists kanak boycotted the last one). But tbf, they are most likely better off remaining in France, since they're already an autonomous part of the country but get to keep the benefits, while their situation after their independence is more unclear. I believe we still need to make it right with the Kanaks, since they didn't profit as much of the economic boom of the island in the 1970's. We can't simply declare the territory where the Kanaks live as independent since it wouldn't be favorable at all to them, yet if only the kanak wish to be free we can't just sent back the majority of the island's inhabitants screw themselves. It's a tough situation

[@peaches5878]

I think that you missed one important event, France asked algerian muslims to help her in WWII in exchange for their rights and for freedom when the West won WWII and on 8th Mai 1945 Algerians came out to celebrate and at the same time lifted banners to celebrate them having rights and freedom like France promised, except France turned against them and killed 45000 Algerian in a massive genocide, this was the turning point for Algerians who chose to fight France instead of trying to negotiate with them.

[@imenetouil272]

Thank you for pointing it out!

[@malonidave130]

sound like Israel and uae and saoudi arabia soon

[@blueshirt26]

@@malonidave130 Palestine will continue to fight for independence 🇵🇸✌🏻

[@sayin17mth]

I am Algerian. This is true. I hate France. I am an Arab Berber

[@alal039]

@@malonidave130 Saudi Arabia was never colonized, why do you think these cowards can do it? We are not Algeria.

[@LanguedocProvenceGascogneMIDI]

The problem of Algeria is that France tried to make it a real colony of settlement, as in America (in Louisiana and in Quebec): that is why the natives in Algeria did not have rights civics, the French government hoped that the settlers from France would simply demographically supplant the natives in Algeria, similar to what happened in America (Quebec and Louisiana), where the French demographically supplanted the native Americans. At the independence, it was very complicated to repatriate the many French people who had been established in Algeria for several generations! can you imagine if the French government had to repatriate all the French settlers from Louisiana to France when this territory was sold to the USA? that's why Algeria is different from Morocco, Tunisia or Indochina: they just were colonies politically subject to the French Empire, few French in these countries. But the objective was to populate Algeria with French people to make Algeria a real French territory, not just a colony. it worked for Quebec or Louisiana (except that these two territories colonized by French were lost by France), but it failed for Algeria: the natives acquired their independence and sent the French back to France.

[@nein236]

The same thing is now happening to western Europe, especially france. Give it a few generations, the frenchmen wont be anymore.

[@ZZZZordan]

@@nein236 I know math is hard when you're racist, but come on, we both know how ludicrous this statement is

[@nein236]

@@ZZZZordan Come again? Im german, and in my country in 90-120 years the german will 100 percent be the minority. I mean the percentage of germans will be under 50 percent. Not racist, just facts.

[@abdelhalim5967]

keyward: culture & islam

[@zarlg]

No the goal was also for Algerians to assimilate, they had access to citizenship.

[@Longshanks1690]

“He was in a bit of trouble at home so to divert attention away, he ordered an invasion of the region.” Hey, I’ve seen this one before, it’s a classic!

[@makutas-v261]

Hmm.. I wonder who that reminds me of now...

[@SamAronow]

"Now, if you ever find yourself the brutal military leader of a struggling South American country and you start getting into hot water, here is a bit of advice that has been tried and tested throughout the centuries: Start a war to distract everyone from their misery!"

[@JakeandElwoodBlues]

Biden and Ukraine.

[@anyways4438]

The invasions of Falklands, the invasion of Crimea by Putin are the examples that come to mind

[@BOZ_11]

Thatcher? Falklands?

[@southernemperor7794]

A small mistake: Spanish Colonies (maybe up until some years before Cuba got it's independece) were (just like Algeria to france) integral part of Spain, it was a different colonial system to that of Britain in which colonies weren't recognized as part of the UK. Portugal's colonial system was very similar (to not say identical) to that of Spain, and both of those systems were similar to the Roman form of Colonization

[@Erich_C]

Yes, true.

[@blackblack6032]

Its the worst system

[@gustavosanches3454]

@@blackblack6032 its a colonial system, they all suck equally.

[@Karthagast]

@@gustavosanches3454 Nope. The British system sucks the most.

[@Dragoncam13]

@@gustavosanches3454 Portugal did it the best tbh

[@-socialcredit]

1:42 gotta love how you made the administrative regions into a reference into the recent French flag change. Nice detail

[@Packers-bm6jy]

I know bro that legend

[@MomMom4Cubs]

Ikr!

[@o_s_byron2319]

Why did they change the blue shade anyway?

[@arya6085]

@@o_s_byron2319 reference to how the french flag was recently changed to a darker blue

[@o_s_byron2319]

@@arya6085 yeah and i'm asking why?

[@biddouda3644]

I know that this is a very short summary of more than a century of history, however, there is an inescapable fact to talk about this story, the terrible massacres of May 8, 1945 causing the death of more than 45,000 Algerians like retaliation for the demonstrations of Algerians who claim an independence promised at the end of the world war, it is the event which made the Algerians understand that independence must be obtained only by arms after decades of peaceful political claims . this video is very precious, because it explains that algeria was part of france and was not a simple colony, it is also a reason why independence was so violent and recent as a live ablation for French leaders

[@Dreaming_Aya]

This! I literally live in a neighborhood called 8 May 1945, the atrocities we lived through cannot be forgotten

[@DJAMEL-r5y]

@@Dreaming_Aya LES INDEPENDANCES S OBTIENNENT AVEC LES ARMES A LA MAIN CE QUONT FAIT LES CHOUHADAS EN SACRIFIANT LEUR VIE GLOIRE A EUX

[@TheBucketSkill]

The audacity of France to even consider such action after being subjugated and occupied by Germany... I hate them

[@jeanmichel4730]

There is a controverses about the number of victims of these fights which lasted 1 week. Figures vary from 1 165 to 45 000. Historians mention 5 000 to 30 000 victims.

[@wisdomhouse5077]

​@@jeanmichel4730just don't argue with them. Maybe tomorrow they could report that it was 4 millions and half. Those guys are nonsense

[@kokojambo4944]

Even at my university in England animosity between French and Algerian students was pretty damn high. Which was made worse by the ironic fact most Algerians could speak French and insult the French students XD.

[@xenotypos]

Honestly, was the animosity mutual or was it just Algerian students insulting French students ?

[@freddieallen7842]

Those Algerian students must have had a field day; able to insult the French students in their own language yet the majority of other students wouldn't fully understand them

[@rohankishibe8259]

@@xenotypos you assumed algerians started it??

[@AekAmir]

@@xenotypos The French are usually perfect people! They are very humble and modest. Especially when it comes to people from former colonies. The whole world knows this. They definitely do not use ironic and sarcastic tone when they speak about other cultures. So I am sure there was no mutual Animosity.

[@king-games123]

@@AekAmir doubt

[@durthacht]

Interesting. Somewhat similar to Ireland in that both Algeria and Ireland were once as a series of colonies formed from conquered territory, then become at least nominally an integral part of the colonising country, dominated by a privileged elite while the mass of the population were excluded largely on religion, and the link to the colonising power was finally broken by a long and horrible war. Great video.

[@MrMEST]

Just watched another video on the subject and a guy made the same comparison between Ireland and Algeria in a comment. You described it better though.

[@Aresydatch]

🇩🇿🇮🇪🇵🇸❤❤❤

[@mlc4495]

The Pied Noirs managed to hold out in Ireland however and maintained a separate enclave in the form of Northern Ireland to this day.

[@nafrost2787]

@@Aresydatch Why did you put the flag of the kingdom of hejaz?

[@blackhorseteck8381]

That's why Algeria sided publicly with the IRA and even funded some of their activities. Only oppressed people can understand your desire for freedom.

[@whatshouldidowithmychannel]

"The problem was that bullets don't care about your pride." I love the hilariously good humor on this channel.

[@ailo4x4]

and "No Rosbifs!" ;-)

[@yogurtclosetok]

"We don't." Bullet

[@nikolasmaes99]

they would just assimilate over time.. they did not lol

[@haninditabudhi6574]

Heard that the legend James Bizzenete is in charge of the animation section! 😁

[@itsblitz4437]

That is so true to life, and big lesson to any country that wants to occupied entirely a foreign peoples.

[@Kanmeii]

Correction: Spain treated it's territories as an integral part of the country, hence their names ''Viceroyalties'' and ''Captaincies''. The people in the Western Sahara (for example) when it was a Spanish province had spanish passport and it was another province of the country. Same as French Algeria and the rest of Spanish provinces and General Captaincies.

[@deltachimaera]

Sí y no, después de la pérdida de América continental todo lo demás fueron tratados como colonias. Por eso no hubo un virreinato caribeño o siquiera una provincia en Filipinas; seguía ese mismo estamento de “Capitanías Generales” que en la Península desaparecieron con las guerras carlistas. Lo mismo en Hispanoáfrica, a todos estos países 🇨🇺🇵🇭🇬🇶🇵🇷🇪🇭 les llegó la autonomía/provincialización demasiado tarde. Con el remanente del primer imperio los yankees ya asolaban, con Guinea la ONU metió presión y el Sáhara fue una vil traición de Juan Carlos para con Kissinger

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

Locals in Spanish Sahara didn't have Spanish citizenship, a Arabs kept the blacks slaves because Spanish laws didn't affect them since they are just subjects.

[@Kanmeii]

@@gostavoadolfos2023 ''From 1958, until the Spanish withdrawal in 1975, all Sahrawis born in what the Franco regime called “the autonomous region of Spain,” had the right to claim Spanish nationality. Spain conferred nationality on at least 32,000 Sahrawis during the late 1950s.'' Google is there brother

[@yvngclaude]

@@gostavoadolfos2023 I'm a sahrawi in spain and i have my grandpa family book what are you talking about ?

[@San_Vito]

The British and French also had Viceroys, the term "colony" was created after the Spanish colonies were already formed, and the term does apply to the Spanish Empire. For example, the people in the colonies could only trade with the metropolis, but the metropolis could trade with the rest of the world. That's... not being an integral part of a country. Also, some institutions like encomiendas and mita were not allowed inside Peninsular Spain.

[@paleoph6168]

0:58 Vietnam: the trees speak Vietnamese Algeria: the clouds speak Algerian

[@someoneyeah7683]

*The mountains speak Arabic/Berber

[@Algerreichen]

*The clouds speak arabic in an algerian accent

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

More like sand speaks Algerian

[@corey2232]

Don't they mostly speak French in Algeria?

[@Algerreichen]

@@corey2232 french and arabic mostly, in some regions in the south they speak berber

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

French Guyana is another part of France often mistakenly called a colony. It is also the reason longest French border is with Brazil.

[@charlesdegaulle6663]

It's not a colony it's a department

[@rimacalid6557]

That is sad

[@rosiefay7283]

France calls it part of France, but realistically it's a colony.

[@Twasforthevine]

@@rosiefay7283 nope People there feel very french because at that point you could say the Savoie is a colonny

[@matthewbrotman2907]

And the largest national park in the EU is in South America.

[@gillesdupouy8357]

I think it's important to add that what made Algeria special among French colonies was the high number of European settlers : by the time the war started in the 1950s there were about one million French and Europeans living there, and many were not willing to leave or give the millions of Muslim Algerians equal citizenship. Almost all of them fled after the end of the was in 1963 and were relocated to Metropolitan France, but they suffered harsh treatment from "native" French people

[@El9endilo]

@@littleface7060 the revolution started in 1954 not 1962, 1962 was the official date of independence

[@nakedsnake6076]

also good to note that these europeans that settled in algeria were from criminal backgrounds thats why they were badly recieved when they went back to france,imagine being a criminal in france,go to algeria and automatically given land stolen from algerians with basicaly slaves to serve your lands

[@amiragrn1303]

Thank's it's true what you tell us

[@comicbutserious263]

We actually offered citizenship status to the muslims algerians twice.

[@El9endilo]

@@comicbutserious263 in exchange for them to stop being muslim and arab fair offer right?

[@husaink]

Here in the all Arab region, Algeria has a very infamous title. We call her "The Country of a Million Martyrs". Of course it was not mentioned here.

[@LD-Orbs]

It was a truly nasty war.

[@guillaumehervouet9293]

The subject is not about the war. Read the title.

[@zimriel]

@@guillaumehervouet9293 it's not about the war but there exist youtubes about that war. i don't know if the lighthearted nature of this channel is fit for the Algerian war which, yes, was nasty. I used to live in Algeria and my family knew some Algerian Jews, they all had to leave or get killed. And then the Algerians started killing Kabylie in 1980 and in the 1990s they were killing each other. A sad place, est Algerie, et je prie pour que nous ayons la paix

[@Losangelesharvey]

"of course" - your problem being what?

[@TheDiamondF]

​@@Losangelesharveypeople in the world lean towards france denying that fact so its never given attention to when this subject is on the table

[@drmujtabashaikh8]

We can all agree that he never disappoints us with his content

[@thesigmamale2134]

We can all agree that you disappoint us every time you post this comment.

[@minedoimperija]

We can all agree that nobody gives a shit

[@ElOrange12]

why you here again

[@ElOrange12]

@Leo the British-Filipino true

[@OzzersOz]

You are 100 million percent right

[@Katyusha666]

2:40 My grandparents always chuckled at this aspect of French rule: they were indoctrinated in school about the greatness of the French Revolution, of the glory of combating tyranny, and the nobility of the promotion of human rights and dignity. Somehow the French didn't realize how terribly this would backfire...

[@gaspardbonnehon8758]

A lot of the French did see the contradiction between the ideals of the Revolution and the colonization, and actively campaigned against it, before and during the colonization itself. Monetary interests just won, as they sadly often do

[@sabrina1380m]

@@gaspardbonnehon8758 absolutely true , even the treatment of colonial subjects was always denounced by the metropolitan intellectuals who were favorable to colonialism It's quite nuanced when it comes to the French empire, both extremes existed

[@Katyusha666]

@@gaspardbonnehon8758 Unfortunately the nuances of this conflict have been lost on all sides: French society at large seems to think that everything was fine and dandy (which is usually not the state of affairs when people revolt) and Algerian society has all but been brainwashed into accepting the official fictional FLN narrative that was concocted by the military clique (Clan Oujda) which took power after 1962.

[@tylersmith3139]

@@Katyusha666 What Narrative? The French slaughtered them instead of letting them have independence. They commited several atrocities.

[@brianwashedhunter1150]

@Nogent There was no French citizens in Algeria Thier were only invaders and freedom fighters Unlike french people who surrendered to Germany like a Blt¢h Algerian fought for 150 years Whatever the french deserved it Do you know what the french did just after WW2 and the genocide they did to Algerians Note that Algerians are 99% Muslims so it was east to distinct who from who And no one agree that France created Algeria That's some french BS Check history man WTF

[@TheFawz]

Would love to see more history content that covers Algeria, lots of interesting but uncovered aspects

[@aiwwakk7152]

Respect to Algerians from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 🇮🇷❤️🤝❤️🇩🇿

[@external4997]

@@aiwwakk7152 respect to Iranians and Algerians from Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦♥️🤝♥️🇮🇷♥️🤝🇩🇿

[@aiwwakk7152]

@@external4997 🇮🇷🤝🇧🇦

[@planteruines5619]

But you have already see all of their history

[@Retaliatixn]

Thank you all. Love from an Algerian. 🇩🇿

[@awesomeggaming6718]

1:16 napoleon III looking side to side is a great detail foreshadowing what he was about to do to the new republic

[@basedkaiser5352]

You made it seem like De Gaulle reluctantly gave Algeria its independence, but the truth is that he wanted to let go of Algeria which made him quite unpopular with the military (some, the majority of the Army was still on his side), the OAS (Secret Organization of the Army) even tried to oof him and some generals attempted a putsch. It was a bitter pill to swallow at the time but this led to an economic boom in France.

[@sabrina1380m]

His point is that France deployed great means to keep their hold on Algeria, other circumstances pushed degaulle to give independence

[@rowanwild8445]

Good point. De Gaulle didn’t want to keep Algeria because he knew that Muslims there couldn’t be assimilated as French, so it would have been a demographic disaster

[@Cyricist001]

@@rowanwild8445 Instead, the French brought the Muslims over into France because they can be assimilated there better?

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@Cyricist001 As long as you're smart in assimilation; it usually works well in your own territory, yes. The US doesn't have an issue with Muslim assimilation and are among the most progressive Muslims in the world.

[@ryanmarlin2974]

@@stephenjenkins7971 I'm an "American" Muslim and I can assure you I view myself as anything but American.

[@LedosKell]

The cloud guerrilla has just become one of my favorite moments on this channel. Got a minute of laughter out of me from that.

[@finnishyank7413]

I'm glad I'm not the only one, had to rewind and see it again.

[@fadia7446]

It was almost a reality there where many resistants back in the 18.. who invert the horse shoe so that french army think that they left the region when in fact they where near and set ready for artillery ambush. one of the most famous battles who seen this tactic is Battle of Macta abushed from a muddy river

[@femaleswolf]

I rewinded too!

[@writerconsidered]

Always take the high ground. lolololololol

[@Alex88148]

Really took Guerrilla Warfare to new heights

[@Skr111pt]

A huge turning point in our struggle for independence was the 8 may 1945 massacres in which the french killed 45000 algerians

[@samrevlej9331]

Numbers are still disputed (though that seems close to the modern estimates I remember from my classes) and it took place over many months following the 8th of May, but yeah. One of the many ugly moments in colonial history. The French army were so afraid of independence movements due to how weak of a position they were in after WW2 that when a parade celebrating Nazi capitulation in Sétif turned into a riot after a policeman shot an Algerian kid bearing an independence flag, they went out in the countryside, burning douars (native villages), shooting civilians in rows and bombarding villages with napalm. They didn't even realize they'd just doomed themselves to lose Algeria.

[@paulf3999]

I believe it's actually 45 millions.

[@thedstorm8922]

@@paulf3999 45 million is our current population wtf are you talking about its 45000

[@sculptor8752]

@@thedstorm8922 between 3000 and 10 000 deaths more likely

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

FNL has done way worse massacres against civilians no less. Nobody is fooled except for the dumbasses. Stop playing the victim card.

[@jimos4ever322]

I like how you made the administrative sectors look like the french flag

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

Indeed, that was clever! Even the shades of blue, white, and red are the same!

[@rollolol6053]

One caveat: the metropolitan authorities wanted to frenchify the Algerian population as soon as the 1870s. However frenchification would mean the local laws would disappear, and among other things polygamy wouldn't be tolerated anymore, nor the Islamic law. Needless to say, the central authorities saw the writing on the wall and made a distinct legal system in which the locals would still be subject to Islamic law. But as such they couldn't be given the same rights. The metropole still tried to encourage frenchification but the local settlers repressed any attempts of the metropole by making their policies ineffective.

[@ahmedmuawia2447]

It's also worth mentioning that not only were they required to renounce Local laws, But effectively Islam as well. Which was a big block against Algerians becoming French citizens (Ironically, Some missionaries in Ireland did a similar thing during the famine, where someone would have to become a Protestant in exchange for food. Those were later called soupers and were often considered traitors.)

[@joaoomega6627]

Religion is the biggest obstacle to assimilation.

[@TheKurtkapan34]

oh noo, we wanted to civilize them but they wanted to keep four wives so we couldn't waaaagh. colonizer scum.

[@shlomoshlomo963]

@@TheKurtkapan34 what

[@rollolol6053]

@@ahmedmuawia2447 Not technically true. The process needed the relinquish of Islamic law, not faith in itself. But the ulemas, afraid to lose their footing, proclaimed that relinquishing Islamic law was apostasy, and that meant everything would go moot. Besides, many among the metropolitan sided with this opinion, wether they were partisans of Napoleon III's ambition (creating an Algerian Kingdom in an union of states with France, thus respecting local culture and laws but also giving the Algerians equal rights), whether they were pro-colinization and settlement, or whether they were just racist.

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

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[@Darkdaej]

Psst! There's a chrome extension to "unhide" the dislike count, btw. It's still there, KZbin only hides it from view. As of posting this comment, the video had 6 dislikes for some reason.

[@AuroraBoost]

@@mitch8072 Yes, the extension works. I can see all dislikes in every video

[@MomMom4Cubs]

@@Darkdaej Oh! Thanx for the tip! I'm definitely gonna engage with that extension!

[@MomMom4Cubs]

What about Skye Chappelle?

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Don't forget about Phil de Oink Oink and Spinning Three Plates!

[@spoe4879]

Love and support Algeria from Tunisia 🇹🇳❤🇩🇿

[@weirdfairy]

Best bros ever 🇹🇳🇩🇿❤❤❤

[@spoe4879]

@@weirdfairy of course 🇹🇳❤🇩🇿

[@amirx-x5s]

شكرا🇹🇳🇩🇿❤❤❤❤❤

[@adamelghalmi9771]

im from morocco but inshallah everything gets better with algeria and morocco and we unite as one muslim state

[@Wolfgonbuaf]

Arab European slave

[@akaihidan4371]

Damn, as an Algerian it’s kind of insane to stumble upon a video in English explaining our history. Really happy about it. Thanks!

[@medsalim8731]

agree, he did a great job, tho he didn't really get into details about how monstreous the French colony was, some people have no clue that we lost well over 1.5 million martyr. The French colony was in fact a crime against humanity. who could've known that several decades later the French President comes to Algeria to beg for oil and gas 😂😂😂😂 denia dowara .

[@Motasim11]

@@medsalim8731 like for real😂😂 France is now on their knees for oil. Viva l’algerie 🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@Assia131]

Same

[@arabiano16]

read books brother ... also Algerian

[@scrollingtillmidnight7330]

For me, it's nice to see fellow Algerians in the comment section of a history video fir once instead of a bello song

[@Jay-qb9gi]

What was the Ottomans and/or Chinese reaction to France during the Napoleonic Wars?

[@FwendlyMushwoom]

Napoleon invaded Egypt and fought the Ottomans

[@QuarianGuy]

Before Napoleon was in charge, the Ottoman reaction was one of: "Get the fuck out." During the Napoleonic Wars, the Ottoman reaction was one of: "Glad that's not us."

[@f3tsch906]

One could also include india or the us.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Our French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte aka Master of Europe, known to be Greatest Strategic Military Genius and Best Conquerer/General in History with 56 battles. Vive l'Empereur ! Tremblez enemis de la France ! Un Français doit vivre pour elle ! Pour elle un Français doit mourir !

[@ayouberriouch6876]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 but in the biggest and most important war o In history . You become the joke of the world and surrendered too easy and too soon .

[@HelloThere-bg7hq]

France was working hard to frenchify Algeria by trying to convert Algerian's Arabic Muslim culture into the french one . France destroyed the mosques and the arabic schools and gave French names to the local regions like streets, villages, cities .... Also it banned algerians from education and if yes , it was only the French education ,which was an attempt to make algerians learn french and speak it fluently and later assimilate in the french culture

[@youneskasdi]

Which they succeded mostly in it, looking at modern algerian speaking french with no problem some even better than arabic their main language

[@HelloThere-bg7hq]

@@youneskasdi Yes , to some extent they succeeded. Now most Algerians can speak French or at least hold a simple conversation in french. But they failed in matter of culture . Algerians remained Muslims and could preserve their Arab-berber culture

[@raoufduc1441]

@@HelloThere-bg7hq no you are very wrong France didn't band Arabic language I. The contrary

[@brianwashedhunter1150]

But that increased Islam in Algeria since it was an act of resistance to become Muslim And more importantly non Muslims could servive as a group so they became Muslims

[@brianwashedhunter1150]

@@raoufduc1441 No they did Arabic as well as Islamic teaching and mosques

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"If France gathered all its wealth and asked me to be it's puppet king, I would refuse. I would rather be free and poor" - Abdelkader Al-Jazaery

[@dragenmaster5385]

he literally became france puppet lol

[@phoebushelius9264]

@@dragenmaster5385 Nope

[@wonka9917]

@@dragenmaster5385 nope

[@Hopeforhumans]

@@dragenmaster5385 Yep he did, but still he did good things throughout his life, a controversial figure.

[@chberkane7976]

​@@dragenmaster5385 you literally told us that you are kbayli without telling us that you're kbayli

[@amosmunezero9958]

Love how the Algerians resisted !! one of the greatest struggles for independence in Africa

[@zimriel]

As I recall the Algerians lost that war, but De Gaulle surrendered anyway. Not so different to how the Viet Cong (1968) and then North Vietnamese (1972) lost their wars, but then the US Congress surrendered anyway . . .

[@josebenardi1554]

​@zimriel North Vietnam never lost the war, what are you going about?

[@zimriel]

@@josebenardi1554 Chiến dịch Xuân-Hè 1972 reed moar

[@utkarshsoni3300]

@@zimrielNorth Vietnam never lost the war they always engaged in gurilla warfare throughout the war

[@Losangelesharvey]

good for you

[@lugano1999]

I cannot recommend more highly the film, "The Battle of Algiers." It is an outstanding recreation of the battle for independence fought by the indigenous population.

[@yugonostalgia8961]

So good but so depressing

[@cv4809]

"Indigenous"

[@TheJok3rMan]

Arab colonizers are hardly native lol

[@TheyCallMeOswald]

@@TheJok3rMan algerians arent arabs genius

[@yugonostalgia8961]

@@TheJok3rMan Haha the Arab expansion happened a thousand years before French colonization - also both the Berbers and Arabs weren't citizens under French Algeria so it's no wonder they rebelled

[@cybersnake16]

0:59 Ah yes, the well known algerian guerilla tactic of hiding in clouds. A classic

[@GuilhermePereira-vi6vc]

In the case of my country, Portugal, it was the same thing. The government during the dictatorship of Salazar also said that Angola, Moçambique and all the other colonies were not actually colonies but were just another districts of Portugal. Of course the people in that "districts" didn't had the same rights as white portuguese people

[@69socialmedia97]

Ottoman empire accepted everybody equal since exist as a state but system was different for Christian,Muslim and etc.Muslim.have to go soldier but Anothers maybe can pay more taxes than don't need it

[@matmcd]

In the case of my country, Brazil, it became a United Kingdom with Portugal after the move of the Royal Family because of Napoleon's invasion (always him). But that story you know too. :)

[@Matheus-wg5nq]

Portugal meio que fez isso com o brasil em 1645, quando transformou a região em um principado, que posteriormente virou reino, tento inclusive abrigado a capital de portugal.

[@alexandrearaujo2877]

Dude, I don't think anyone, regardless of their skin color or place of origin, who lives under, like you said, a *dictatorship* is really going to have "rights" as a whole.

[@salpe8209]

@@69socialmedia97 "Equal", say this to the lebanese, kurds, armenians, etc

[@lalekgaming8191]

Great video! I'm Algerian and I always asked myself this question. just a note, you should have mentioned the massacres of may 8th 1945 (a major reason of the war of independance) and in 1947 only a small part of Algerians were given rights with strict conditions, anyways great video.

[@nico5173]

And also the massacre of Oran the 5 July 1962 , the peace was signed already since 3 months. And they have killed in horrible way so many French civil.

[@claromale]

11 12 13 Algérie Française

[@ahmedsalah-uv6up]

Yes, he did not mention the number of innocents killed by the despicable, bloody state of France

[@claromale]

@@ahmedsalah-uv6up Pleure. Car le FLN a aussi fait son lot de massacres.

[@r.a1301]

@@nico5173 deserved after the French killed even more Algerians in 1945

[@ahistoric_gamer9716]

I love how Algiers was split up in the style of the French tricolour 😂

[@Mnu103]

I saw it too😂

[@JohnDiceAcademy]

I don't get it😂

[@18pablo88]

Why do you love it, invasion isn't great

[@haydent4461]

And the blue section even changed color to match the recent change to the French flag!

[@charlesdegaulle6663]

🇫🇷

[@w5527]

I love how “guerrilla warfare” means someone can hide in a cloud and snipe their opponents. It’s great

[@shinsenshogun900]

My kind of asymmetrical warfare

[@347Jimmy]

@@Iason29 0:58 👍👍

[@dvolutionz6950]

Algeria will never and can never be part of france, Algeria is a separate county with its own culture religion and ethnicity, and with a very very patriotic people, im proud to be algerian 🇩🇿💪 Algeria and france ar very different you can say as different as iran and the usa

[@elbarone9749]

this is why algerian came to france today lmao, patriotic maybe, but they work in France

[@scrotocles5208]

Love to Algeria 🇩🇿 from your Palestinian brothers and sisters 🇵🇸

[@dvolutionz6950]

@@elbarone9749 of course why wont you work in a country that pays 10x more for the same work ? That just means more money that you can invest and spend in your country 😉🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@dvolutionz6950]

@@scrotocles5208 thanks very much, i must come to Palestine to pay a visit 😍😏

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

France created Algeria.

[@Moncef.K]

Very interesting video great job. Some feedback, as an Algerian I can speak for myself and 65-70% of the population that grew up on hating and not forgiving colonial france and hating the modern governments for not issuing an official apology to Algeria and other countries in Africa subjected to french colonialism. I wished to see more emphasis on the role that resistance and Muslim scholars played in preserving the Algerian identity and how guerilla war went on for a hundred years. Even if for seconds not to affect the length of the video.

[@mrsupremegascon]

Yes Algeria is a very hateful country on that matter and is one of the thing that hold them back. Brainwashing in Algeria, where they learn in young age to hate France and a distorted version of history is indeed bad.

[@keyzer_napo]

maintenant construisez votre pays, ne mettez pas vos échecs sur le dos de la France. l'algérie a le meilleur potentiel de développement de l'afrique, mais vos dirigeants corrompus vous nourrissent une haine aveugle du colon qui a fui il y a plus de 60 ans pour maintenir leurs incapables au pouvoir, réveillez vous

[@Ektor-yj4pu]

North Africans never apologized to Europeans for centuries of raids and slavery by their pirates (a practice that ended only when Europeans shelled their ports and later occupied them). North Africans also never apologized to the Spanish for seven centuries of colonization.

[@Moncef.K]

@@Ektor-yj4pu The so-called raids were only conducted on passing fleets that didn't pay the tax of passing by the area of the Mediterranean controlled by the Algerian/Ottoman fleet. It's normal that the strong impose their rules as was/is/will always be the norm (i.e. the bully and criminal policy of the U.S.) Note the difference in our arguments, I say the french government should apologize for the genocides and nuclear tests conducted on civilians and the massacre of more than 7 million people. While you give an excuse to the aforementioned massacre and colonization using "slavery"? Since we're using this "you apologize first" logic, how about Europeans apologize for forcefully recruiting people from colonized lands to fight and die for them in WWII? Why don't Europeans apologize for the amount of killing and ravaging done in the DARK ages? Why don't Europeans apologize to more than one million Iraqis and more than double that in Afghanistan for repeating the same mistake and attacking foreign soil they have no claim or right nor motive to attack? Why don't Europeans apologize to Libia for destroying the country and sucking/smuggling oil for their own interests? You write of the "Spanish colonization by North Africa" that information is inaccurate as the army that marched towards Spain was not entirely North African. Moreover, and as was the case then, the political, religious and military leaders marched to Spain to spread islam. Anyone who paid the tax was guaranteed protection of their living style and faith practice. What colonization do you write about? Do you understand how much the Andalusian scientific, cultural, Philosophical, geographic, historical, astronomical, mathematical, medical, biological, etc... Revolutions contributed to the so-called "Renaissance"? There would be no Europe if it weren't for the achievements done during the golden Andalusian era! These revolutions happened during a time of prosperity and peace where Muslim, Christian and Jew lived all in peace. Give me one good thing that came out of the invasions of European imperialism; aside from destruction, massacres and forever corrupt governments with ideologies the European invader left before leaving the country defeated wherein his interests represented in the outflow of goods, minerals and cheap labor would be protected by future generations of corrupt leaders. Your argument is that of a mal-educated adolescent who is guided by a pathetic and FALSE superiority complex. Or at least that's what your comment portrays. It's either that or you are, indeed an adolescent whose mind hasn't yet fully developed to look at bigger pictures. In other words @Ektor-yj4pu, if you are European, you aren't hot shit so get over yourself. You are the descendant of murderers who climbed on the achievements of our ancestors. If you aren't European, then fyi they aren't hot shit, and are the descendants of murderers who climbed on the achievements of our ancestors. Moreover, BE VERY AWARE AND EDUCATED ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT YOU CHOSE TO SHARE YOUR OPINIONS ONLINE ABOUT; ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE JUST ATTACKING WHEN MY FEEDBACK WAS DIRECTED TO THE CONTENT CREATOR.

[@Ayoub-y1w]

​​@@Ektor-yj4puyou're kidding me, right??? Have you ever heard of the crusades? Or are you twisting the history right now?

[@EmirateOfHind]

Even though france became a secular state, they still tried to convert the local algerian population into Christianity, there were multiple laws set up that discriminated against muslims, and also tried to create conflicts between arabs and berbers, so that berbers get converted into Christianity, but this ultimately failed

[@rollolol6053]

Yes, it is very interesting to see the discrepancy in perception between the Berbers/Amazighs and the Arabs in French eyes. I've never found out why there was such a difference in the first place.

[@samrevlej9331]

Somewhat true, but conversion efforts were limited, supported varyingly according to each regime (there were a few in France in the 1800s) and mostly private efforts by missionaries. The Berber thing was somewhat of a bust, mostly because they got along better with the military than the civilian European settlers, and when power was handed over to the civilian regime in 1870, they launched a huge revolt (Al-Mokrani Revolt) which was brutally repressed.

[@rohankishibe8259]

They're still doing that today lmao

[@dee-jh3bl]

I mean the native population was Christian before the arab conquest so I don't see why it's such a big deal if they got reconverted

[@TGDCChannel]

@@dee-jh3bl most Berbers were animists prior to Islam. Only a small minority became Christians and Jews.

[@jennyneon]

We all want History Matters to be our history teacher, he makes history much more interesting with animations.

[@xymos7807]

And he does it without slamming the integrity of other countries.

[@aminekacimi.__.3307]

I love ur channel from Algeria u did a good job in this video ❤

[@benivinson3693]

love how at 1:15 napoleon quickly darts his eyes back and fourth great detail

[@stewieg9628]

Everytime this guy uploads he gives me answers to questions I never knew I would ever be asking in my entire life

[@FIREBRAND38]

3:14 "Bullets don't care about your pride". How true.

[@Weeksmistro]

You really animated a hopping bullet lol. I love this channel!

[@behnasokba2265]

Enjoyed watching

[@kaviarnonsmoker]

1:40 I see what you did there, a little sneaky flag🇨🇵

[@elim6759]

Simple: they completed that one National Focus in HOI4

[@mypetbeardedragon2186]

Protests escalate into violence!

[@ferbsol2334]

Of course you are a troon

[@mypetbeardedragon2186]

@@ferbsol2334 HOI4 has nothing to do with this do not slander my game.

[@ferbsol2334]

@@mypetbeardedragon2186 keep telling yourselft that

[@mypetbeardedragon2186]

@@ferbsol2334 HOI4 made me racist and put me on an NSA watchlist. He is going to kill himself in 6 weeks anyway

[@novedad4468]

Almighty History Matters, you who answers the question we have and the ones we don't. I implore you to answer me the biggest question of all: Where did the postcredit scenes go? I miss them...

[@srdragan317]

Thanks for ur work

[@jaspboynl8094]

Didn't Portugal also do a similar thing with their colonies? Officially making them Portuguese but not really.

[@andrewtheskyshooter]

Portugal was never officially an empire, always a kingdom or republic, so "technically" it never had colonies. During the dictatorship this vision was realized with the change in designation to "ultramarine provinces" to style the country as "multiracial and pluricontinental".

[@lhistorienchipoteur9968]

@@andrewtheskyshooter We aren't talking about "empire" in the sens of "with an emperor and calling itself an empire" here. It's just about a very large territory under one dominance, as a colonial empire, just like "the british empire".

[@andrewtheskyshooter]

@@lhistorienchipoteur9968 are you under the impression that i think Portugal never had an empire?

[@Dragoncam13]

Yeah but the difference was was that under Salazar everyone in those colonies were seen as full fledged Portuguese citizens no matter their race and in Angola specifically,many of those people wanted to remain apart of Portugal. Only reasons why the Portuguese empire really ended was because of a coup that may or may not have the CIA involved in it happening and America and Europe somehow having capitalist proxies as soon as the new socialist Portugal regressed their claims on Angola which started a 30 year civil war which led to commies stealing billions from the natural mineral wealth there. Salazar’s Portugal was unironically the good guy in the ending of European colonialism. Also it’s still messed up how Portugal was at odds for owning it’s colonies yet the Us,France,and Britain technically have colonies(utter hypocrisy)

[@guilhermecesar9185]

Portugal did part of this in Brazil. In 1808, during the continental blockade by Napoleon (It's always him...) the Portuguese Crown declared suport to british and while France must pass trough Spain to get to the Portuguese, they've already run to Brazil with the help of UK, leading their population to face France. When the Portuguese come, they move their capital from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro and change their status from colonie to "Vice Kingdom of Portugal and Algarves", so they can open direct trade with their allies and british Empire. Brazil keep this status after the royal family leaves to Portugal post Napoleonic Wars until brazilian indepence in 1822(Yes, this year will be 200th aniversary of independence).

[@benhamon4611]

I don’t know how exactly this would fit into the context of this video, but I’d love to see a video about Abd al-Qadir, a leader of the early Algerian resistance that was eventually defeated in 1848 as alluded to in this video. He was quite remarkable, so something detailing his actions both in Algeria and afterwards in Syria would be very interesting!

[@amineacademy1544]

i believe hes was betrayed by the king of morocco in the determining battle against the french

[@yazidalaoui3365]

@@amineacademy1544 no he was forced by france to stop supporting abdelkader

[@chahineboudemagh9596]

@@yazidalaoui3365 i don't see how that's any different

[@emmakleiner8470]

I hate to say this but unfortunately he betrayed his own country when he sold info to France in order to let him be at peace in Syria I am so sorry to my youngest self believing he was our hero ... Now I see why my grandpa never liked it when I read about him

[@kabylieindependante4902]

From my knowledge he was a good friend of France 🇫🇷 ! Even he asked the French to crush the bey and kabylian resistance.... for many he is traitor.

[@Diegomax22]

When I visited the City Hall of Paris, I noticed in the principal room paintings of woman on the ceiling about French regions, Normandy, Île de France were represented and even Algeria. Greetings from France 🇫🇷 !

[@hmmm3210]

Gross

[@gabrielr3390]

@@hmmm3210 That's history bud. Its a whole lot of humanity being gross

[@007VitaminD]

@@gabrielr3390 Its worse because France still justifies it and doesn’t want to change. So they are still enforcing the degeneracy of back them.

[@gabrielr3390]

@@007VitaminD Justifies it? Macron called colonisation a and I quote "A crime against humanity". And recently acknowledged two massacres during French occupation and apologised on behalf of France. They aren't enforcing it anymore

[@lhemnenn4713]

@@007VitaminD Doesn't want to change what exactly ? I'm just curious ...

[@thelegend2284]

Love support and respect Algeria from Sudan 🇸🇩🇩🇿

[@weirdfairy]

We love yall too 🇩🇿🇸🇩❤

[@anon_148]

from one shithole to another, heartwarming

[@maxwellmueller9384]

Is it just a coincidence that this video came out 3 days after The Cold War released their video on the War of Algerian Independence?

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

France : you are part of us Algerians : sure tell that to my guns

[@connorgolden4]

A question I didn’t ask but I’m glad to get the answer for.

[@aaryanqureshi5326]

Love to algerian Muslims❤ from an Indian muslim, we were South Asian muslim to support your war for independence but mainly Pakistani muslima did this

[@spaghettiking7312]

Finally, someone who says the Regency of Algiers was de facto independent!

[@massialim4996]

I think everyone is saying this, in any ancient 16th century map you can find the regency of Algiers with its border

[@solwen]

If the regency was independent then why so many revolts against the Ottomans in the early XIXth century ?

[@massialim4996]

@@solwen because even though it was independent, most of the leaders were Turkish or khourghoulis ( who has an arabic/berber father and a Turkish mother or the opposite) so the natives weren't able to rule their country ( except for some small emirates like beni abbas and Toughourt and the Mzab valley ) , which means technically the the natives will revolts against the regency to take control of the country

[@nourerrahmanebrahmia4035]

@@solwen they were not independentist or separatist movements, it really depends on how the ruler ruled

[@likkz1326]

@@massialim4996 so false lmfao , Algiers took its de facto independence in 1710 after Ali baba chaouch did a military coup against the Bey and sent him back to Constantinople he refused to accept any ottoman representatives which marked the official independence from Algeria

[@jaybk718]

The Battle for Algiers is a great film that covers the revolution. Frantz Fanon's, A Dying Colonialism is pretty good too.

[@tamersalim4175]

A must watch. I totally agree.

[@solwen]

Mind that it was made by a communist: It's somewhat biased toward the FLN terrorists

[@jaybk718]

@@solwen how do you fight a imperialist power?

[@solwen]

@@jaybk718 Like the all the other French African colonies that got their independence: Peacefully and without bombing cafes full of civilians.

[@jaybk718]

@@solwen how do you think France gained and retained power?

[@kimosabe2871]

Shoot out from Algeria 🇩🇿 ! I love your work !!

[@ekarchromesnatch5344]

1:40 Nice attention to detail!

[@صالحعليان-ظ2ت]

I think it's a good time to say: تحيا الجزائر 🇩🇿 والنصر للشهداء

[@marouan13tlm13]

Indeed brother

[@aiwwakk7152]

Much love and respect to Algeria from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 🇮🇷🤝🇩🇿

[@corey2232]

Sending love from the US. Glad you guys got your independence :) 🇺🇸❤🇩🇿

[@Algerreichen]

@@corey2232 thanks :) 🇩🇿♥️🇺🇸

[@s_kv1225]

@@Algerreichen 🇸🇦❤️🇩🇿

[@RGNRK-rm1eq]

Specifically Spain wouldn't be the best example for this 0:03

[@regulusmuphrid4891]

2:02 Well this is exactly how you breake thousands of years of tolerance

[@EKsUrbanTracks]

I'm French and I was only taught about the last Charles de Gaulle bit. Weird, right? I had no idea that they only gave French citizenship to French and Jewish colons and not to the locals. Now I kinda understand why Pieds Noirs have had such a special treatment after that. I'd love to learn about the Algerians point of view, how history is taught at their schools. But I suppose now the French have a close holiday spot were a part of the population speak their language.

[@hml25]

Alors çe qu'on nous a appris c'est que les conditions de vie des algériens étaient horribles par exemple qu'ils devaient accépté l'identité française et chrétienne reniant la leurs ou qu'ils seraient considéré comme indigénes si il n'accepté pas la nationalité francaise qu'il n'avait pas droit a l'école avant le début du 20éme siécle qu'une grande partie des jeune hommes de l'époque ont combattu pour la france a la 2éme guerre mondiale qu'il avaient essayé de récupérer les terres en fesant de la politique pendant des annés sans succés avant de faire la guerre qui causa la mort de 1.5 million d'algériens dans la bataille évidement avec plus de détails

[@radhiadeedou8286]

No they don't, Algeria is not a tourism spot

[@petronille7877]

You do learn that in HGGSP class

[@bilkishchowdhury8318]

The banker people

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

Jews were indigenous before Muslims arrived 😅 they are not colons, France took them from 3rd class subjects with no rights under Islamic rule to French citizens above the Muslims who oppressed them.

[@Wkumar07]

The timing of this video perfectly coincides with the release of the Cold War Channel's Allegerian War of Independence. If you want to learn more about this particular war than I recommend that episode.

[@rostommamadji5533]

Very happy and proud to know that other countries call Algeria, the regency of Algeria, and that it was an independent regency since 1781.

[@tarekaouimeur4876]

It was independant way before this date

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

It never existed as a country.

[@nourerrahmanebrahmia4035]

1671°

[@neylladjouzi3271]

1710*

[@adilnourddine9747]

1962.. algeria is a french creation

[@jpfl14999]

French Guiana still is a part of France to this day

[@kompatybilijny9348]

And it will most likely stay that way

[@BigAl2-u7e]

But it's not apart of metropolitan France

[@viscount_of_troyes]

And it will be forever, however it is not like we've seen in this video considering that the inhabitants of the territory are all considered French people and have the same rights than someone from Paris. So French Guiana is not a colony anymore.

[@RenegadeShepard69]

French Guyana will one day be free. The citizens deserve better and the liberation mouvements are making slow but steady progress.

[@hebl47]

It's also part of EU. So EU has a land border with Brazil.

[@MaySabo]

🇩🇿 To truly understand Algeria and the profound emotions it evokes, I highly encourage you to visit its historical sites and the monuments dedicated to the martyrs. After exploring this country, I was deeply moved by the courage and determination of the Algerian people, who fervently defended their history and land despite enduring the worst atrocities. Experiencing Algeria firsthand will expose you to a compelling and inspiring history that will touch your heart and deepen your appreciation for the richness and resilience of this remarkable people.

[@nateowen1064]

It reminds me of how the USA made Hawaii literally part of them instead of just as a colony like Puerto Rico

[@nateowen1064]

I hope both Hawaii and Puerto Rico get their freedom just like Algeria did

[@Raouftali-wi6ym]

@@nateowen1064yeah so they can end up as useless shitholes and its citizens start migrating to the mainland

[@realnova7429]

@@nateowen1064 but they don't want to, in Puerto Rico so do, in Hawaii very few, majority of Hawaiians are decendens of east asians who immigrated in Hawaii in the 1900, they only speak english, they don't have a reason to wanting indipendence

[@johnbalk6091]

2:58 "You're people now." Hilarious!

[@shump7202]

colonial power: disrespects native population native population: is angry colonial power: crazy how we’re losing this colony!! -every single piece of colonial rule through history

[@gamerdzteam2992]

It because they don't see the people of those countries like humans, that's way

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

Native population: if our country is a shit hole it's because of the colonial power 😭 Scotland, Ireland, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong,...: 🤔

[@liquille]

@@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman your using contemporary former colonies as an example? 🤣

[@RxnClash]

@@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman You do realize how terribly drawn the Indian Subcontinent is thanks to the Brits which caused so many disputes...

[@iraniandude2899]

The weak must fear the strong!

[@beatballmix4835]

Lovely video, Thanks

[@juan.2955]

Algerian population before the war was 3 million. After the war, it was 2 million. Thousands fled, and many were deported due to french colonial policies. The Franco-Algerian war of annexation also led to the pacification of Algerian territories, in other words, Algerian soil was burnt to the ground and civil infrastructures were completely devastated.

[@SamiBoudemagh]

thats true, but then france developed the country and the muslim population reached 9 millions by 1960

[@jhfridhem]

Which war? Ww2 or the civil war or what?

[@houseplant1016]

@@SamiBoudemagh 'developed', France had a nasty habit of destroying the things it built and asking colonisation debt...

[@mrhonkhonk6116]

@@jhfridhem Invasion of Algeria 1830 to 1848 and 1870 (total pacification of the nation)

[@juan.2955]

@@SamiBoudemagh Literacy rate among the natives was 10% and way less. Only the Pieds Noir enjoyed from the development and the natives had their land taken by force.

[@HoennMaster]

0:22 "Why Did France do this?" * Overseas Departments have entered the chat *

[@somebodywhoasked2337]

Im an algerian and im so happy that you made a video on my country.

[@Minaayra122]

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@anti-minorizeranti-shita4249]

ⵣ is zouave's symbols the butchers of Algerians ☪️🇩🇿

[@TheTanveerGaming]

1:16 i love how napolean the third looks around when the board says no kings

[@Timroxyoface]

I literally just watched the Battle of Algiers before I saw this. Great movie.

[@Amine-gr8xe]

Absolutely based Algeria

[@fullmetaltheorist]

"Bullets don't care about your pride." The French got destroyed with facts and bullets. Lol.

[@noidea5984]

More Algerians "harki" died than French, if you loot at casualties French ones are poor, in any case since India took its independence every colony was going to get its own

[@fullmetaltheorist]

@@noidea5984 Still they won the war.

[@noidea5984]

@@fullmetaltheorist Like U.S. "lost" in Vietnam

[@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404]

@@noidea5984 yes USA lost fact don't care about your feelings .

[@knowledge719]

I love your content❤

[@FernandoRaulAstrology]

0:09 This is false. The Philipines WAS Spain. It was part of the whole as a part of the Virreinato de la Nueva España.

[@TheMaster4534]

Ackchually Philippines only became under direct rule from Madrid after New Spain went their own way as Mexico.

[@VictorLdVS]

​@@TheMaster4534Yes, but New Spain was also Spain, so the Philippines always were a direct part of Spain

[@evilmountain7147]

“Until 1848, which was a year in which, well… stuff happened. One of these stuff was when King Louis-Philippe was un-king-ified” Nailed it.

[@trcaptainsidog]

France: If we give 1/100th of the Algerian Population citizenship they can't fight for their independence Algerian Muslims: Bruh

[@numidiachai2440]

Not just algerian Muslims ....

[@sana8007]

There is something that u did not mention, Algeria promised that it would gain its freedom if the Algerians participated in the Second World War, and this is NOT what happened. Not only Algerians did not have their rights, but they were subjected to a lot of torture and killing ( The massacres of May 8, 1945 ) , in addition to that France had tried many inhumane experiments, such as atomic bombs in the Algerian desert. I really liked your video but I was hoping to hear the story from both sides.

[@zarlg]

Algeria was promised no such thing, and that massacre in 1945 was committed by Algerians who murdered the families of Europeans while the men were away at work, which is what led to reprisals from the Europeans. And lol at France's inhumane treatment of the empty desert.

[@stratonikisporcia8630]

Please don't spread misinformation. There never was a promise of making Algeria independent, only of giving them the citizenship, which did happen. The massacres of May 8th were three revolts lead by a minority of Algerian independentists, the massacre started with the murder of 28 French citizen. One of the motto of the Algerians was "Death to Europeans". Also could you please explain how nuking a desert is inhumane ? In that case you should also blame the USA, Britain, the USSR, India and a few others... Of course there was torture during the war and other borderline stuff, but the fact that you mention the atomic experiments shows that you know nothing about that part of history.

[@dragonfire3727]

That is false France never promised such thing to Algeria, it was integral part of France so when Germany declared war on France Algeria already was in ww2 like Marseille and Paris

[@sahararaptor7600]

@@zarlg 1945 was a protest which got out of hand after policemen started shooting at Algerian protesters, which turned into a riot during which 100 Europeans and an unknown amount of Algerians died. The colonial authorities in turn killed up to 45,000 (although according to historian Alistair Horne the number was around 20-30,000) Algerian civilians. And i have no idea where you got this "murdered the families of Europeans while the men were away at work" shit from, b ut you probably made it up.

[@zarlg]

​@@sahararaptor7600 Algerians shot at police after they tried to seize their banners. The 100 Europeans didn't die in the riot, they were civilians who were massacred by Algerians in the surrounding countryside after news of the riot had spread. And the 45 000 figure comes from Radio Cairo which pulled it out of its ass, while Horne mentions 6000. Everything you said is a bold faced lie and you should be ashamed of yourself.

[@rooneye]

"One of these stuff" I fucking LOVE YOU! Also 1:33 "No Rosbif's allowed"!! 🤣🤣 (that means English people btw)

[@Yes..........]

It's good to have allies when things get "interesting".

[@severanfenrir4051]

Yeah I’m going to call some Bullshit on your reasons for initial conquest; literally left out the rampant Piracy of the Barbary states headquartered and sanctioned from these territories. That was a massive reason and affect multiple countries and allowed France to receive support for it. The US marine corps hymn even included a line about their anti piracy operations, that’s how big a deal this was.

[@foreveryoung607]

An important event that explains more the decision of 1947: on the 8th of May, 1945, demonstrations were held by Algerians demanding autonomy and freedom but they were brutally suppressed (in a matter of a couple of days thousands were killed, we call it the May Massacres) and thousands more were murdered in the ensuing years. It is then that the idea of armed revolution became concrete because political solutions did not seem to work. This tension was behind the 1947 decision, which was France’s attempt at appeasement. But it was too late by then.

[@thierrydesu]

Parlez-nous un peu des civils qui ont été massacrés par les Algériens en mai 1945 ?

[@foreveryoung607]

@@thierrydesu you seem to know more about them than I do, so go right ahead, do tell about them. My intention is not to overshadow the other side of the story, but since there has been an obvious hierarchization of human lives, putting Algerians right at the bottom, I find it extremely important to be vocal about what happened.

[@striker8795]

This is also why Algeria is the largest country in Africa, because France had annexed the Sahara to Algeria (for its property)

[@Rato_Arabe]

Brazil and Algeria own their their colonial powers for all the lands they gained as a gift

[@ZechsMerquise73]

​@@Rato_Arabe calm down Benito

[@raid99]

Nope It’s the largest country in Africa because we’re the only ones who fought , other countries just got handled the independence to them We took it by force

[@Rato_Arabe]

@@raid99 what about angola?

[@o_s_byron2319]

@@raid99 and Ghana?

[@joaoonda]

A Very interesting video as always! Keep up the good work!

[@inhcaominhpham9512]

We Vietnamese made live totally miserable for French army, and other nations follow suit.

[@duruarute5445]

weren't you guys conquered by france?

[@inhcaominhpham9512]

@@duruarute5445 nah, we still are Vietnamese, using our language, do everything in our way before the French came

[@ilyasaintomar3071]

Good effort but was it hard to check your maps at 0:32 ? Don't you think it went too far west in the deep heart of Moroccan atlas mountains by any chance ?

[@MohamedAliBouchekkif]

bro you can't paint the whole internet

[@ricardo-2019-î]

Algeria is empire ❤❤❤

[@ricardo-2019-î]

​@@MohamedAliBouchekkif😂 morroco 2056

[@numidiachai2440]

Can you please talk about numidia 🇩🇿❤️

[@numidiachai2440]

@Moroccan There is always a Moroccan trying to distort the history of Algeria honestly you have an inferiority complex

[@digittheatre4101]

1:52 I appreciate that he colored the three separate regions the same as the French Flag 🇫🇷

[@hmmm3210]

Gross

[@mohamedbenniou5297]

Our colors are different now bitch 🇩🇿💪

[@sasukeuchihaa1447]

@@mohamedbenniou5297 you now are a failed arab state. congratulations

[@marcosfonseca8195]

Pls do how was life in Central Asia during the Soviet Union! Great vid!

[@yazzy6415]

Can you make a video of the role of the Sovjet Union in now called Algeria? And in this video you inform they voted against, but in old France newspaper and other sources they voted oui.