The Spice Girls' role in the formation of the European Union is something that's often overlooked.

@thomasullmann7447

3 жыл бұрын

a true neo-churchillian power quartet

@fightlikefiore3230

Жыл бұрын

Once the Spice Girls broke up, Brexit was only a matter of time.

Did David even need a script for this?

@hyperion6902

7 жыл бұрын

'Bizantine empire' Probably did.

@EebstertheGreat

7 жыл бұрын

That is the standard pronunciation of "Byzantine" in many dialects (but mostly in North America).

@hyperion6902

7 жыл бұрын

It isn't. From everything I've heard it pronounced in, including Yale lectures, it's pronounced as Bye-zantine.

@EebstertheGreat

7 жыл бұрын

It is normally either /ˈbɪzəntiːn/ (BIZ-in-teen), /bɪˈzæntaɪn/(bi-ZAN-tine). I'm sure that pronunciation exists, but it is not very common.

@hyperion6902

7 жыл бұрын

EebstertheGreat Look. Everywhere I've heard it, the 'By' is pronounced 'Bye' and 'tine' as 'teen. At the very least, it's just as common, at most, more.

can i get david mitchell to narrate my life?

@OpenLearn_OU

8 жыл бұрын

We're working on it ;)

@micahnewman

7 жыл бұрын

Oh please no, not me. It's enough... you know... as it is.

@iAmTheSquidThing

7 жыл бұрын

Apparently I have David Mitchell's voice. I'll do it for less.

@FernandoSV

7 жыл бұрын

in the most sarcastic way possible?

@markporter9738

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it would only be 3 minutes long.

No one I'd want explaining European history to me more than David Mitchell

Charles De Gaulle didn't simply say "non", he in fact was very correct in spotting that the UK institutions and electorate culture would not sit easy with the direction of Europe. He instead proposed an associate membership based on free trade........ If he'd been listened too, perhaps Brexit would be a word we didn't even invent.

What happened to that friendly Australian girl who narrated these videos?

@marshja56

7 жыл бұрын

She's gone. They're all gone.

@witnessme4352

7 жыл бұрын

Mr. March And now we're back.

@wbbutterworth

7 жыл бұрын

The insufferably smart people who are still, unaccountably, narrators.

@iAmTheSquidThing

7 жыл бұрын

I heard David Mitchell killed her and assumed her identity.

@limeyfox

7 жыл бұрын

+Andy Brice No she had a sex change and actually IS David Mitchell.

'We are NOT in the Euro Jeremy!'

@georgewu4051

6 жыл бұрын

This is one of those videos Jeremy would watch and use to rebuke Mark or tell super hans to make himself look clever

how cute, the animators were so lost for a Dutch stereotype that they drew us in Bavarian lederhosen.

@keukenkastje05

7 жыл бұрын

Cute, ignorant. Whatever you want to call it.

@AlisonBryen

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Spaans At least you don't have that "British" character representing you...now that is appalling

@Widdekuu91

7 жыл бұрын

+brandy I'd rather have a negative stereotype that was mine, than a negative stereotype that wasn't even mine.

@spawnof200

6 жыл бұрын

windmills

@rw3899

6 жыл бұрын

brandybuck1984 Well, it seems kinda accurate based on how Britain's been doing lately. Strong and stable xd

David Mitchell is a blessing for all humanity sent to narrate everything beautiful or even remotely funny.

@omp199

2 жыл бұрын

And more besides!

"Once the wall had come down and David Hasselhoff had left"

I like how the frankish empire is a dude with a wine bottle flinging a lobster

@exert2020

7 жыл бұрын

Sabrowsky he should at least be eating some rollos

One nitpick, the UK wasn't formed in 1707, that was the Kingdom of Great Britain. The UK was formed by the Acts of Union 1800.

@vathek5958

7 жыл бұрын

In 1707 the United Kingdom of Great Britain was formed, hence the abbreviation is correct from that date, even if everyone called the country 'Britain' until after WW2 when the use of UK came into being to stop pissing off the Northern Irish.

@IngrainedReason

7 жыл бұрын

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a (lower case) united kingdom. However it was not named the United Kingdom of Great Britain, it was the Kingdom of Great Britain, or just Great Britain. The term United Kingdom did not become part of the name until the Acts of Union with Ireland.

@mlc4495

7 жыл бұрын

If you want to be real pedantic the UK that we know today only came into being in 1922 as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland when the Irish Free State departed.

@Widdekuu91

7 жыл бұрын

If you wanna nitpick, SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE OUTFITS. They gave the Dutch a Swiss/Austrian-outfit...nothing in there is even remotely Dutch. And we have such Dutch stereotypes to pick from...you could've even given him a joint...whatever...as long as it isn't a whole different country *cries in Dutch*

@BUSHCRAPPING

Жыл бұрын

thats like saying the US was formed in the 1950s

I really wish we'd have gone with "Jim, the currency" instead of Euro.

Fun and quickly informative. I liked Sir Humphrey's description the best in the 80s BBC show (pragmatically discussing secret motives), but this was fun.

I can listen to David narrate anything.. students just learn better with him. Thanks Dave

why does the Dutch guy look stereotypically German

@knowyourroleRocky

7 жыл бұрын

Love how they didn't find a stereotype for luxembourg :P

@Tosnoob

7 жыл бұрын

Because they're basically German anyways.

@knowyourroleRocky

7 жыл бұрын

Welcome Mr/Mrs. Ignorance. How are you today?

@heypachuco1991

7 жыл бұрын

No we're not! :P

@tombrown407

7 жыл бұрын

Swamp Germans,

What people always leave out when they quote Churchill's "United States Of Europe" speech was that he never intended the UK to be part of it.

YES DAVID MITCHELL

more David Mitchell please!

Why is the Dutchman dressed as an Austrian?

@tenjin5586

7 жыл бұрын

Snakesborough exactly !

@Snakesborough

7 жыл бұрын

@keukenkastje05 Although I agree with you on Hollywood being a bunch of horrible hypocrites, this is not the problem here. This is the problem of Londonistan imperialist globalist assholes. Thank you Farage for liberating us from Londonistan! I love Brexit. I would love the Netherlands to become part of a triple United Kingdom on the condition that Londonistan is not a part of it.

@Gyroglle

7 жыл бұрын

@Snakesborough HAHAHAHAHAHAHA like the Dutch would ever unite with filthy islanders.

@tenjin5586

7 жыл бұрын

hahaha we wouldn't

@gwynplaine6710

7 жыл бұрын

Good now we have less chance of catching an STD or our children being molested so ain't we both content!

Argh.... How can this little video be so very lovely, and then be completely destroyed by the fact that they picture the Dutch guy in a German/Bavarian outfit?!?!?!

@Widdekuu91

7 жыл бұрын

Same here! I hate it, I was so excited about it and AAAARRRGHH we're being depicted wrongly yet again. I'm so sick of that...I mean..other countries complain about having a stereotype, we don't even gét our stereotype!

Finally, a video on this channel worth watching.

@jordan_roadhouse4798

7 жыл бұрын

Lol! So why did you ever come back to it, if all they produced before you perceived to be not worth your time? That's silly. FYI I'm not defending the channel or its content. This is the only video I've seen, and that was simply David.

@ASilentS

7 жыл бұрын

Because I remain subscribed in the hope that one day a knight in shinning armor would one day ride in and rescue this channel from inanity. Too bad it only for one video. Actually, I use a Chrome extension called Better Tube that makes it much easier to manage incoming videos and hide the ones you don't care about so it's really no major annoyance to remain subscribed to someone you don't really want to watch that often.

United Kingdom was formed in 1801. It was Great Britain that came to be in 1707 after the acts of union between England and Scotland.

@BaldMancTwat

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get this line of reasoning. You are aware that they are both formed in the same landmass and apart from a slightly different name that derived from the same thing and a few more countries thrown in, they are the same, right?

@TheEvilCheesecake

3 жыл бұрын

There was never a United Kingdom. Just countries that rich English invaded and stole.

Amazing, fun and interesting. thank you!

Thanks for sharing!

of course it's Dara O'Briain representing the UK at 1:52.

@Jotari

7 жыл бұрын

Dara O'Briain is Irish...

@veggie42

7 жыл бұрын

floooooooooooooooood No that's Buster Bloodvessel of Bad Manners or that Big Daddy the wrestler lol

@jamesh1866

6 жыл бұрын

Dara is not that short!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jaredkelly4991

6 жыл бұрын

iwanabana t

@RhodianColossus

6 жыл бұрын

Have you ever seen O'Briain? He's lanky, Irish (I had the pleasure to meet him in person when he was the grand marshall for london's st. paddy's day parade last year), and no fatter than any other rando in the country.

How do I add Italian subtitles? I'd like to translate what the speaker says and add them to the list.

in this video you forgot to mention that Lithuania also got its independence in 1990 together with Latvia and Estonia...

Someone did a shitresearch on national dress...

@micahnewman

7 жыл бұрын

Would that be a Scheisseforschung in your tongue?

@Widdekuu91

7 жыл бұрын

And an 'Klote Onderzoek' in my language...jeesh..I'm so dissapointed. I shouldn't be, I know that. I was just hyperactive and happy about the fact we were being mentioned and we were depicted as frogging Austrians.

Eh... why is the Netherlands in this video represented by a South-German / Austrian guy in lederhosen? It's perfectly fine to use stereotypes, but at least pick the right one for the right nation ;)

@kubeface115

6 жыл бұрын

Should've gone with the "shmoke and a pancake" approach for sure. :P

@foghlaidh

6 жыл бұрын

He must have just borrowed it from his neighbour.

@ehansen646

6 жыл бұрын

A pile of smoked cheese and clogs crammed into a windmill will do

@Haasenpad

6 жыл бұрын

never mind no-one ever chose for the EU

the first thing to unify europe was doggerland, dammit mitchell you were on QI, you should know that.

David sounds slightly higher pitched here, is that weird of me to notice?

@Lucifronz

6 жыл бұрын

I noticed towards the end, but you're right, he is definitely higher pitched.

@BaldMancTwat

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps it's slightly sped up. After all, the video's concept was made by boomers and it's supposed to be propaganda. This video was funded by the UK Government. David is merely providing voice-over as it's a lucrative source of income for very little time spent recording.

Very helpful!!

I wish David Mitchell could teach me everything. Wait, is that an option? :)

Latvia and Estonia first popped up in 1918 and regained independence in 91.

@susannamarker2582

Жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, their independence, half of which the Baltic states then threw away when they joined the EU, which is based on an old german model called Limited Sovereignty.

No Coudenhov-Kalergi then

@DisconnectedRoamer

4 жыл бұрын

They left that out

Churchill might have thought a United States of Europe was a good idea but Britain wasn’t part of it !

@veggie42

7 жыл бұрын

phiAndpi He wanted us to join

@clive7092

4 жыл бұрын

@@veggie42 No, he didn't. This is worth reading (from www.ft.com/content/3d6bbabc-7122-11e6-a0c9-1365ce54b926): As Churchill urged a Franco-German partnership to lead his vision of a new Europe, he declared that Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, along with the US and USSR, should be “friends and sponsors” of the project. He did not talk of the UK becoming a member itself. “We are with Europe, but not of it,” he wrote in an earlier essay. “We are linked but not comprised.” That ambiguity has haunted Britain’s relationship with its continental neighbours ever since, culminating in the UK referendum vote on June 23 for Brexit. First the UK refused to join in 1957, dismissing the negotiations for the Treaty of Rome as irrelevant. Then, when Harold Macmillan changed his mind, for fear of being left out of an economic success story, his membership bid was vetoed by France’s president Charles de Gaulle. When Edward Heath finally succeeded in negotiating membership from 1973, it was seen by many as a defeat for UK exceptionalism, not a victory for European solidarity. That British attitude is rooted in its imperial history - Churchill’s great passion - and a perception of British security, its interests and its diplomacy, as global, not narrowly European. That feeling, along with resentment at the apparent roles of Germany and France in setting the European agenda, was a constant subtext to arguments in favour of Brexit. Yet, in spite of the centrality of strategic concerns to the intellectual UK debate on Europe, the subjects of foreign policy and security received scant attention during the referendum campaign. It was dominated instead by the debates on immigration and the economy. “When foreign, security and defence policy was discussed . . . it was predominantly in terms of the costs and benefits to the UK of being a member of the EU,” says Richard Whitman, professor of politics and international relations at the University of Kent. “There was no substantive rehearsal of what the future EU-UK foreign and security policy relationship might be with the UK outside the EU.” It was a curious and alarming omission, given that such questions have always been at the heart of British historic hesitation about the EU. For Churchill, as for the overwhelming majority of the British establishment in those early postwar decades, the British empire (and the Commonwealth that succeeded it) and the “special relationship” with the US, were the nation’s two most important strategic priorities. Nato was seen in London as much the most important alliance in Europe. The Common Market, launched in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome, was seen as largely irrelevant to national security. In the Brexit camp, the idea of reviving an Anglosphere centred on the “special relationship” between London and Washington (especially in intelligence co-operation), and underpinned by close ties with the “old” Commonwealth of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, was very popular. The question now is whether that romantic attachment to old imperial and English-speaking ties can be turned into an effective policy. The world in 2016 is very different from that of 1946. “The number one problem is that everyone else has moved on,” says Prof Whitman. “They have been pretty successful at forging ‘post-British’ foreign policy identities.” Australia and New Zealand have refocused their foreign and security policy on the Asia-Pacific region, in which China is the dominant player. Canada has defined itself as an independent-minded US neighbour with increasingly strong Asia links to balance its traditional European ties. As for the US, successive regimes have made it clear that they see European integration as an essential part of western security policy and they have made no secret of wanting the UK to be a full-hearted player. Opinion in Washington was overwhelmingly opposed to the idea of Brexit during the referendum campaign, with the exception of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate. The expectation now is that the UK will throw itself with redoubled enthusiasm into beefing up the Nato alliance, to make up for its gradual withdrawal from the EU Leading members of the Brexit camp, such as David Davis, now the minister responsible for the exit negotiations, and Liam Fox, minister for international trade, have always based their arguments on the irrelevance of the EU to UK security, and the far greater importance of Nato. The expectation now is that the UK will throw itself with redoubled enthusiasm into beefing up the Nato alliance, to make up for its gradual withdrawal from the EU. That could mean bolstering the UK military support for the Baltic republics, however much such a move might infuriate Moscow. For the rest of the EU, the prospect of UK withdrawal is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the most serious and rapidly deployable military forces in the EU are those of Britain and France. The UK has played a leading role in the anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia. British diplomats have also played an important role in establishing the European External Action Service - the EU’s own diplomatic arm. On the other hand, the UK has been increasingly hostile to the development of an EU defence policy, and to any weakening of intergovernmental control (and therefore a national veto) of security policy. British departure from the EU would free the other member states to move forward with the creation of a stronger military operational and planning core, as favoured by France, and more support for a stronger European defence industry. In the three months since the referendum vote, there has been no indication from Boris Johnson, the new foreign secretary, or prime minister Theresa May as to how they see the future focus of foreign and security policy. The truth is that the process of negotiating Brexit, and reorganising the UK-EU relationship for the future, is likely to dominate everything else on the British government’s agenda for years to come. “The UK’s key foreign policy priority for the foreseeable future will be sorting out its relationship with the EU,” says Prof Whitman. “We will have to devote far more energy and effort to the EU than to the wider world. We will need more EU experts than ever before.” That is the irony of the Brexit decision. At least for the foreseeable future, it will mean a lot more EU, rather than less, on the UK government agenda. Quentin Peel is the FT’s former international affairs editor

Why is the Dutch person wearing German lederhosen? That's Bavarian!

@MichaelPolios

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe he wanted to...what's wrong with that?

Was that Rob Brydon imitating David Mitchell at the end there? 😂

LOL... "Greece is the Word" I wonder what David was thinking when he read that line. He must have been wondering what in the hell does that mean?

Now let's see Bill Wurtz do a version of this. Please, Bill.

What is the background music at 2:27?

@gwishart

4 жыл бұрын

"Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The anthem of the Council of Europe, sometimes used as the unofficial anthem of the EU.

Ahah I absolutely loved the depictions of Portugal and Spain!!! XD Spot on!!

"Along with Latvia, Estonia and the Spice Girls." lol :D

Brilliant.

The European Flag was designed in 1955 for the Council of Europe not in 1985, although it was also adopted by the EEC in that year.

@susannamarker2582

Жыл бұрын

A terrible thing that should be abolished, along with the EU.

I wonder if David Mitchell and CPG Grey could collaborate on a project.

It just goes to show you can never be too careful

Latvia and Estonia both had statehood before the Soviet occupation

2:02 how come U. K. and Denmark seem happy about joining. But Ireland looks rather unhappy.

@bobclover4634

7 жыл бұрын

I think he's unhappy because he's been given a bowl of clovers rather than proper food, I'd be pissed too.

@smoothie9931

6 жыл бұрын

and now the U.K. are happy about leaving... times change, seems weird

@twistednuke3101

6 жыл бұрын

Ireland and Denmark only joined because Britain did and they didn't want customs duties on the food they sell us. Ironic.

What about the provisions of the Baarle-Hertog accord?

this is so good and helpfull for my test!

0:56 here we see Winston Churchill predating Victoria Coren's "missing vowels" round by about 60 years.

Churchill credited, Coudenhove-Kalergi not mentioned; no explanation given why so many countries joined

1:36 It's also that the Rhine and western alp region contains something like 90% of the steel and coal on continental Europe, part of the reason why these countries were fighting was to get a hold of one another's steel and or coal, by offering to share it under market forms they eliminated the need to fight over it.

If I hadn't been told who was narrating, I never would have guessed. I guess his angry logical demeanor really adds to his voice.

When I saw Portugal holding that rooster, I laughed pretty hard. It's true, go into any Portuguese house (or shop) and you'll see a ceramic of that rooster.

@AlisonBryen

2 жыл бұрын

My sister went to Faro on holiday and bought me a tea towel as a souvenir featuring that very rooster.

I am watching this for my geography transition work

0:31 Wrong, that was the formation of Great Britain. The United Kingdom was formed in 1801.

@thomascoppens8498

4 жыл бұрын

The formation of Great Britain probably happened around the end of the last ice age when it was cut off from other landmasses. The United Kingdom of Great Britain was formed in 1707.

@brianfitzpatrick7372

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomascoppens8498 Look it up. Its easy to find. The entity created by the two acts of 1707 uniting the two crowns was called Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed in 1801 by the Act of Union. This became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the Irish War of Independence. I suppose if Northern Ireland left it could go back to Great Britain again, the same as the geographical name. Unless the Scots were to leave first, in which case you could invent some other name, God knows what.

Why is the Dutch man dressed as a Swiss?

@error.418

6 жыл бұрын

one person says he looks German, one person says he looks Austrian, you say he looks Swiss... good lord people...

@rolebo1

6 жыл бұрын

german speaking alps then. their culture and therefore how they dress is very similar

Is Mitchell on helium at the end, or is it just an impression?

A bit of a nitpick, but while Churchil did want the creation of a United States of Europe, Schuman was not following his ideas at all. Schuman thought that European integration was a good thing, but did not push for a united europe the way that chruchil did. He instead believed that by linking together party of the nations gradually, integration could be advanced. Chruchil also didn't want the UK in the united states of europe he proposed, so I guess in the end he got his wish.

@NoName-hg6cc

Жыл бұрын

Schuman along its colleagues was pro Federal Europe. I don't know if Churchill agreed

The preamble might have been slightly more historically useful if, instead of apparently confirming my old assumptions about the Holy Roman Empire, it had said "The Holy Roman Empire which was like the Roman Empire, but more *German*." The HRE wasn't very Roman and it certainly wasn't at all Holy. As far as I can tell it consisted of the Catholic parts of non-Lutheran Germany, in the form of a lot of tiny principalities and duchies. Still, we got a couple of Kings out of it.

Yes

As a Dutch person, this triggers me immensely.

The toughest years? For the working class, maybe. I see many banks and other private capitals are doing very, very well.

WTF @ those Swiss clothes for the Dutchman? :D

2:00 LMAO the Irish person joining the table only has clovers to eat. Savage!

@gwishart

4 жыл бұрын

Not clovers, shamrocks: a symbol of St. Patrick and by extension, Ireland.

But when does he go over the 5,723 provisions affecting the enclave of Baarle Hertog in the Treaty of Mastricht?

Why you didn't mentioned Kalergi Plan?

The open university got a lot of funding from the eu, so this video makes sense. The comedy factor is good though.

@omp199

2 жыл бұрын

Is it? It is not only riddled with errors and political bias, but cringingly unfunny.

2:29 Which one of those two is the former East Germany, and which one is West.

That Dutchman looks suspiciously Bavarian....

Could we have David do one about the actual current debate we are having about the EU?

I am a Dutchman. I was born on soil that always has been part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has always been part of the Holy Roman Empire, but was never part of the Dutch Republic. If my fellow countrymen decide to make the Netherlands a republic again, I no longer want to be a Dutchman; then I want to be a subject of the Holy Roman Empire. In other words: even after its demise the Holy Roman Empire continues to exist. How more real do you want it to be? Christus resurrexit! Or as my Greek-orthodox wife would say: Χριστός ἀνέστη!

@kamilarosinska5404

11 ай бұрын

Oh gods.

Latvia actually was created in 1918, originally.

I didn't know Grease was part of the EU.

@tomo8910vids

7 жыл бұрын

Or how to spell "Greece"

@kidsafe

7 жыл бұрын

*Whoosh* 2:09 - Greece is represented by a caricature that looks remarkably like Danny Zuko from Grease holding a gyro. But sure, please correct me on the Internet.

@tomo8910vids

7 жыл бұрын

yoog No problem ;)

Hmm, the 1707 Acts of Union were between England and Scotland, this produced the Kingdom of Great Britain not the United Kingdom. The Acts of Union of 1800 which united Great Britain and Ireland produced the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the United Kingdom as it's more commonly called. Having said that David Mitchells degree is only in Modern History so maybe he didn't go back that far (g).

L’Italia senza l’euro sarebbe un paese migliore

Just FYI, Winston Churchill did call for a European union, but he didn't picture the UK joining it. He wanted the countries of mainland Europe to unify, so they'd stop having all those wars. Great Britain had the Empire/Commonwealth. So it's misleading to suggest Churchill was in favour of the UK joining the EU.

@veggie42

7 жыл бұрын

Karl Bassett His speech in 1946 highlights his vision however I think he wanted us to have a role however with the US

@karlbassett8485

7 жыл бұрын

The EU has made it impossible to agree trade deals with the Commonwealth countries. Without the EU it is very likely that we would have a much stronger trade relationship with the Commonwealth countries, possibly even a Commonwealth wide free trade area. Today shipping is so cheap that geographical proximity is no bar to trade, so there is no reason why we must choose a free trade area with only our physically closest neighbours.

I think the euro would have been much more popular were it named 'Jim the currency'

@veggie42

7 жыл бұрын

valentin v or European Pound?

3:17 they can have our spot...

Didn't mention Jean Monnet

The UK was formed on 1 January 1801 (The 4 part union, which we have today, from which The Rrepublic of Ireland seceded on 5 December 1922).

@brianfitzpatrick7372

2 жыл бұрын

You are nearly right. What later became The Republic of Ireland left the UK as the Irish Free State.

Latvia was founded in 1918?

That Dutch stereotype is very un-dutch.

@Widdekuu91

7 жыл бұрын

And very Austrian.

Estonia popped up in the nineties, yet they declared independence in 1918? I guess if you are imprisoned in you twenties and are released years later, you just popped up.

where was Sweden in this video?

I thought this was the map for red dead redemption 2

Better than my lecturer

why is the Dutch character in lederhosen?

@omp199

2 жыл бұрын

Because the video was cobbled together by a bunch of ignoramuses. Quite a few historical errors have been pointed out in the comments. (And there is an error in the French text, too, that seems to have passed people by.)

Slight correction: Croatia has been around longer than "United Kingdom". It's not a new country at all. Although it did disappear for a while.

@veggie42

7 жыл бұрын

LrsLzk Correct

@JohnyBuzzkillKidd

7 жыл бұрын

When is the start of Croatian history?

@Pebble_Collector

7 жыл бұрын

The Duchy of Croatia sprung up from the Byzantine Empire in the 8th or 9th century, I forget which. But as you can see it's by no means a 'new' country but larger neighbours such as Hungary have owned the territory for times since then. EDIT: Although this was I believe the first time "Croatia" was used, their peoples had established history before the Romans took over their land. Illyrian tribes such as Dalmatae (where the modern day region of Dalmatia gets its name from) inhabited the land during Antiquity. I can't give you too much detail about this time because I've not studied it much, just like to educate myself on different periods of history when I'm bored throughout long days. ^^

@JohnyBuzzkillKidd

7 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for the starting point for some googling myself! Otherwise I'd carry on thinking it just popped up after Yugoslavia

@Pebble_Collector

7 жыл бұрын

You'll not have been alone in thinking that; it's a common misconception. Happy researching. :-)

Schuman was from Luxembourg, there's no mention of it. His nationality was critical in the creation of EU. Churchill had no part of this history, why is he mentioned?

@omp199

2 жыл бұрын

It's a piece of propaganda. They put Churchill in to annoy supporters of Brexit, because they think that supporters of Brexit all worship Winston Churchill and will burst into tears, or something, when told that Winston Churchill advocated a united Europe.

So the food chosen to represent Denmark is a big pile of bacon? I am okay with that.

@omp199

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think the pigs are.

Could that nondescript little Luxembourger possibly be a pre-opening hours ca.1965 Jean-Claude Juncker? See how quickly he moves in on France & Germany when he gets a sniff of the alcohol... bit of a giveaway.

Who wrote this?

Why do I feel like the animator doesn't know the difference between Germany and The Netherlands at times

In 1:32 only 1 part of the Germany joined i mean GFR

Estonia and Latvia have been countries since 1918 they have never stopped being countries.

Why does Switzerland get such an easy ride in the crazy world of geopolitics? Anyone?...

@thomascoppens8498

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Because unlike for example the British they just mind their own business and weren't going around conquering and fighting their way across the entire world. Just like San Marino, if you just don't bother amyone, there's quite a chance people will leave you alone