I must admit upon hearing 11000 British and 200 frigates were inbound, i hoisted the colours and sounded the bugle. Great video as always

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

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I see Flashman books on the bookshelf! I like! Flashman and the Dragon is a great take on these events, full of historical notes on what happened.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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Two empires, both full of themselves....but only one of them had the military strength to put their money where their mouth was, while the other was too arrogant to realize they were severely overmatched, even after defeat after defeat.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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@mickmacgonigle5021

Ай бұрын

Definetly full of something

@heofonfyr6000

5 күн бұрын

and they've still learned absolutely nothing to this day

Chris, a new master piece for me as a british military history starter, kind of. I love the blood and water saying and the anglo saxons relationship between British and United states cousins. Yeh was all but never a han Chinese! Waiting for part 2 of this fine lesson, all the best from Northern Germany Ludwig.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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Having only a tepid interest in British involvement with China, I decided to watch anyway. However Chris has worked his usual magic on a topic and I now can't wait for part two of the Taku forts. Yet another part of British history brought to life by the History Chap. Well done Chris!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Very kind words. Thank you Jen.

Can't wait for part 2, splendid job as always. God save the King, rule Britannia!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Should be out on Tuesday

It’s always amazing to me how confident the British forces and other colonial powers were in these sorts of engagements. Outnumbered and outgunned? Never mind we are British!

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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One can hardly blame the Chinese for not trying to follow the unequal treaties considering the circumstances. It is also always somewhat sobering to see how much the actions of the Century of Humiliation still impact China to this day.

@1994CPK

2 ай бұрын

theyll never live it down. Theyll be screaming about it for thousands of years to come.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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@yipzoe3865

Ай бұрын

How about Vladivostok? It was ceded to Russia under unequal treaty in Qing dynasty, but never returned . Why didn't CCP feel humiliated? CCP doesn't dare to ask Russia to return Vladivostok and even finds many excuses to justify it.

Brilliant Chris!!!! Thank you!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks. Look out for part 2.

Another outstanding video Chris, well done and thank you for your content!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support.

Exciting stuff! Looking forward to Part 2.

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Ай бұрын

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Excellent video Wait for part two

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

Great video and very interesting, thank you and stay well.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Another excellent presentation. Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Another splendid episode!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

Lets crak on to part 2, part 1 is great, thanks for sharing.

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Ай бұрын

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Thanks Chris, I was a bit tardy getting to this video, But I need uninterrupted time to take in the whole story and as usual it was brilliant. Cheers

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Very nice. Thank you, sir ❤

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video.

This was such an interesting story I was captivated by it. I am looking forward to the second installment and the result of the second Opium War. Muy bien, amigo y gracias! 😊

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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Another great video!

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

Very well presented, really looking forward to part II. It's nice to now be getting a clearer picture of the lives of the Victorian Generals, Wolseley & Gordon in particular. Here's hoping that you one day do a video about Charies Gordon and exactly what he did to earn that yellow jacket.

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Ай бұрын

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Thanks so much Chris

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Watch out for part 2.

Such a great Teller you are. Love your Content so much. Greetings from a Kraut.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! What would you love to hear about in the future?

This and a hot plate for dinner is all I need tonight! You didnt get to answer my question last time Chris, in short I was wondering whether you script your videos or improvise the dialog? Thanks for your content!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the question. In these videos I script.

A cracking tale!

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks. Look out for part 2.

Great story telling skills by The History Chap.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Glad youo enjoyed it.

Great Content as usual. It would be good to find out if any of the forts still exist ?

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Yes they do. I have seen photos of them (well, the ruins).

The opium wars are often used as a stick to bash the old British Empire with, when the opium trade was a side show and shared by other nations, including China itself, at the time.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Have you watched my video about the First Opium War?

@WilliamJohnwon1522

Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap Yes I have. it was very interesting thanks.

"What could possibly go wrong?" - Famous last words... #184

@TheHistoryChap

20 күн бұрын

How many times could that have been mentioned in History?

I see one of your books is called They also served is that about the Dickins Medal winners ?

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Hi, thanks for the question. No, it is actually about camp followers .

I’m originally from Eastbourne so will have to check out Rasons memorial next time I’m there.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Hope you find it in the church.

The Chinese who looked at themselves as the Middle Kingdom, looked at the Europeans as pirate barbarians and did not really contemplate the powers they were up against. The defeat was an extreme shock to them, they have not forgiven the West for this till this day.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video and your comments

@mudra5114

Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap You are welcome.

@yipzoe3865

Ай бұрын

How about Vladivostok? It was ceded to Russia under unequal treaty in Qing dynasty, but never returned . Why didn't CCP feel humiliated? CCP doesn't dare to ask Russia to return Vladivostok and even finds many excuses to justify it.

Brilliant stuff. BTW "Plover" pronounced "pluvver".

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Really pleased you enjoyed it. And thank you for taking the time to help me pronounce. Plover

Have you done anything on Jackie Fischer ?

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Not yet. I will add to my ever-growing list.

As well as being an Admiral of the Fleet, Jackie Fisher was First Sea Lord from 1904 to 1910.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Do you know where I could find info on Americans serving in the British military prior to the U.S. joint the war (WWI and WW2). Would like to know more about these commissions and how they worked without citizenship. Kermit Roosevelt being an example.

@TheHistoryChap

29 күн бұрын

thanks for watching my video. How about trying the War Office or the National Archives in London

@nr875

27 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap thank you that is a great idea!

The Second Opium War had little to do with opium itself. The main purpose was treaty revision, involving not only Britain and France but also the United States and Russia. The US did not send troops due to the ongoing Civil War. Ye Mingchen, the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, might have been arrogant but not xenophobic. He is criticized by later generations for not fighting, not negotiating peace, not defending the city, not surrendering, not dying in battle, and not fleeing. At that time, the mentality among the ministers of the Qing dynasty was still that of China being the celestial empire, superior to all, with other countries being vassal states. As the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Ye Mingchen was legally the only official who could negotiate with foreign envoys. When Guangzhou fell, and he was captured, he thought he was being taken to Britain to negotiate with the Queen. Instead, he was taken to Calcutta, India, where he eventually starved to death after refusing to eat anything beyond his own supply of rice brought from China.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thank you for adding your perspective. History is all about view points.

I've heard a lot of references to the Taku forts, now I know why. PS The assauslt is reminiscent of a lot of the Marine landings in WWII. MacArthuir's "hit 'em where they ain't" saved a lot of soldiers, Australian and American.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch my video & also for your comments.

@mickmacgonigle5021

Ай бұрын

Ah yeah dug out Doug!

Need to reed the Harry Flashman book Flashman and the Dragon

@MrMattMWH

2 ай бұрын

Great book! All the Flashman novels worth reading.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video. Think my father read every Flashman book.

As an American we too fight in other countries over drugs. It always ends up badly. We should have learned our lesson by now!

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Interestingly, the Americans were involved in the opium trade in Xhina - including FDR's maternal grandfather.

@michaelhurley3171

Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap interesting. Our War on Drugs has failed miserably!

@angusmckenzie9622

Ай бұрын

@michael hurley "As an American we t..." The differences are that the Brits (a) fought their war over drugs in someone else's country; (b) benefitted. It ended well for them, they were able to keep the Royal Marines match fit, offset the tea trade imbalance, obtain trading rights into China and and picked up a nice little colony.

Where there french foreign Legion was involved?

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Not sure.

@tabletsam5624

2 ай бұрын

Hat Friends in the Legion when i was a Soldier and wantet to joyn after my Abitur. But 5 years of Service frightened me as a 19 year old. Now i recret with 51.

100 languages from that fellow from Exeter! I wonder if he could speak Jive? Surely he was friends with Seymour Butts….

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video

Speak one hundred languages? I think not. The gentleman would have gone insane.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

That’s the claim that I read in my sources. If you have different info please do share.

@warrenbeans8495

Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap if that's what your source says then that's what it claims. But think on it. Do you think the brain is equipped to 'decode' for that's literally what a language is.......100 different languages? A language is not a few words.....but literally thousands of words. Picture french,spanish,Portuguese, German, russian,itallian,swiss,hungarian,English, so many European languages plus transpacific and African and you'll probably have an idea of the scale he would have to decipher and then languages are a learnt behavior, even the mother tongue. The thought is mind boggling to me.

Josiah Tattnall studied in England before being appointed a midshipman.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

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with his help she sit curtsin for 60yrs 1850-1910

@TheHistoryChap

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for adding to the story

Forcing a country to legalize the importation of a dangerous drug to even out a trade imbalance you have with said country rises above a "morale dilemma". I have no love lost for modern China but I can understand why the Opium Wars and the unequal treaties China was forced to sign would sour them on Western nations.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

You are right. I am also struck by the fact that the Chinese still think their way is the best way. Maybe the Celestial Empire lives on.

@angusmckenzie9622

Ай бұрын

@markayres "Forcing a country to legalize the importation o..." Turkey first traded opium into what we now call China in the 7th Century. Portuguese merchants traded opium in the 18th Century and locals both imported and distributed before the East India Company came along. The Manchu dynasty collected taxes on the trade from the locals but the British refused to pay so access to ports was closed to them, thus the wars. Whilst British interests took it to a whole new level, they didn't initiate the trade and didn't force legalisation, if anything they caused the Manchus to make the trade illegal.

Wonder why they did not tell this history in schools? If you think China and British had animosity just think of today with China and Japan still having issues from what happened to China in WW2. It even affects today's car production and zero-emission cars - the rest of the world is using batteries whereas Japan thinks China has too much of the stronghold over the raw materials and production so instead invested in hydrogen vehicles because that can not be interfered with or blocked by China.

@TheHistoryChap

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts about how history still shapes the world

@QALibrary

2 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap I found about this while doing research for a youTube channel I work with about green technology and developments and zero emissions cars - also if the CCP needs a boast because it becoming unpopular it kicks off about Japan and Japanese companies ever few years

@angusmckenzie9622

Ай бұрын

@QALibraryonder why they did not tell ...The National Archives have prepared lesson plans on the Opium Wars, which suggests that the topic has appeared in education in Britain. You can't blame Japan for insuring against CCP's weaponising of trade, the rest of the world are doing the same perhaps not quite as dramatically.

5:10 Nationalist fervour or reward ? FROM THE CHINESE POINT OF VIEW What did the Chinese say to each other? We don’t know. The Chinese have seen the Europeans had conquered India, East Indies, Africa, South America and North America. They stopped the Russian Czar on the river in Siberia. Now the British, French, Americans, Russians and Germany was coming after the Chinese mainland. So they limited the Western countries to costal enclaves. The Chinese resistance was confusing to the Western powers and then the Japanese came and spoilt the party. 🎉😂

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video

Butbutbutbut.....what about Flashy being rent boy to the Dowager Empress????? (lashman and the Dragon)

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

zizi and prince kong nhi hoang gia

@TheHistoryChap

14 күн бұрын

Many thanks for contributing

‘Chinese as arrogant as 19 th Century English …’ ? What would the easybeats Chinese have to be arrogant about ? The sun never sets on the Empire as opposed to a people the British used as coolies on plantations and in mines. Ignorant rather than arrogant.

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

I think you need to study Chinese history before making rash comments

@angusmckenzie9622

Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap "I think you need to study Chin..." Don't assume that a person who doesn't boast of or display his obsession with British History doesn't know enough about the history of other parts of the World to be able to make accurate, if generalised, comments.

It sounds an awful lot like you’re pro British exploits during the British empire etc

@TheHistoryChap

28 күн бұрын

I tell stories from British history, which happens to include the Empire. If you look on my channel, you will also see that hotel stories from Anglo-Saxon, England, and from the Roman invasion of Britain.

@JustinBettany

28 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryChap I understand that, it’s just the way you word it. You talk about accomplishments of military forces and personnel, when some of these feats were literal barbarism. It just seems you don’t objectively view these events and are instead very pro British minded. Which is fine, we just have some very shameful history

Xenophobic?

@TheHistoryChap

Ай бұрын

Yes. Did you think Chinese can’t be?

@mayachico9766

Ай бұрын

If they don't want the British, then they don't want the British. Doesn't mean we define what happened through our modern lense of "xenophobic" or "racist". Emperor didn't want to fuc with Brits. Plain and simple...