The IRA's War on London

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This video intends to shed light on the complicated history of the Troubles. It looks at the origins of the conflict, how it manifested in Northern Ireland, and how it evolved to encompass mainland Great Britain, and specifically, London.
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Chapters:
0:00 The Baltic Bomb
2:38 A Deadly Mixture
5:41 A Fraught History
11:35 The Troubles
14:19 Striking at the Heart
22:49 The Societal Cost
22:26 The Bayonet
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  • @IMPERIALYT
    @IMPERIALYT2 ай бұрын

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  • @boing7679

    @boing7679

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@shansittan6000idk if it was fixed but it is in sync for me

  • @SofaKingShit

    @SofaKingShit

    2 ай бұрын

    I wrote the first comment once and ever since my life has been a ghastly series of miserable disappointments. I mean how can anything ever top that particular event? Life has become dull and flat, with desperate and gnawing fear that that l might achieve such splendidly lofty heights again. A barren life impoverished of any novelty.

  • @Sniper-iu5py

    @Sniper-iu5py

    2 ай бұрын

    we good off that

  • @w.d.g.

    @w.d.g.

    2 ай бұрын

    There are better VPN's than Surfshark.

  • @kylekorona

    @kylekorona

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm that niggai hope you're ok with my saying that

  • @nannesoar
    @nannesoar2 ай бұрын

    Not only is the animation outstanding, I instantly noticed the unusually high quality of the audio.

  • @Ice12287

    @Ice12287

    2 ай бұрын

    Probably sponsored by the London government lol

  • @Ass_of_Amalek

    @Ass_of_Amalek

    2 ай бұрын

    I immediately noticed the extremely slow speech, even by english standards 🥱

  • @gruntymchunchy1527

    @gruntymchunchy1527

    2 ай бұрын

    The only problem being, it's ridiculously inaccurate.

  • @netheriteking7256

    @netheriteking7256

    2 ай бұрын

    it is?

  • @scallywag-rascal

    @scallywag-rascal

    2 ай бұрын

    This is some LEMMiNO level shit.

  • @Noreen_Ni_Riain
    @Noreen_Ni_Riain2 ай бұрын

    25:30 this happened to my dad! He learned not to wear a leather jacket when flying to London, or else he'd get called "paddy", pulled out of line, patted down, have the sniffer dogs called on him, have his bags searched, etc... he learned to wear a suit and not speak to the officers, and the targeting stopped.

  • @juniorjames7076

    @juniorjames7076

    2 ай бұрын

    Thats interesting. When I taught English to university students in Istanbul, Turkey in the early 2000s, I used to wear a army camouflage jacket/hoodie to work. One of my faculty co-workers who was a teenager in the 1980s told me that during the '80s, the "camouflage jacket" was considered the uniform of hippie radical protestors/activists in Turkey, and the police would harass and attack anyone wearing them on the streets. His parents forbid him from owning one, and to this day Turks his age are hesitant to wear one (even though teens now buy them on sale at The Gap or Banana Republic)!!!

  • @CantTellYou

    @CantTellYou

    2 ай бұрын

    What a dumb stereotype lol “oooOOooo a leather jacket must be bad guy” but I guess all stereotypes are quite dumb

  • @TheSuperPsychoKiller

    @TheSuperPsychoKiller

    2 ай бұрын

    People who wear suits are the biggest criminals of them all.

  • @patrickmccarty9299

    @patrickmccarty9299

    2 ай бұрын

    its because ira members tended to wear them@@CantTellYou

  • @olliephelan

    @olliephelan

    2 ай бұрын

    @@patrickmccarty9299 What ? Anyone who could afford one wore one.

  • @GoochWareTravelsteadOfficial
    @GoochWareTravelsteadOfficial2 ай бұрын

    There was a Royal Bank of Scotland cashpoint in the entrance to the Exchange: I had time to draw some money and get my train at Liverpool Street, before the bomb went off, so not quite "skin of my teeth", but close enough for me! When we were eventually allowed back it was quite surreal, like walking through "28 Days Later" and everything in the office, which was in Aldgate, was covered in a thick layer of dust.

  • @apexinstinct

    @apexinstinct

    2 ай бұрын

    That's still very lucky, did you see the van?

  • @GoochWareTravelsteadOfficial

    @GoochWareTravelsteadOfficial

    2 ай бұрын

    @@apexinstinctNot that I recall. It wouldn't have drawn my attention at the time, but I'm sure that once I heard the news, I'd have remembered if I'd seen it.

  • @elvenkind6072

    @elvenkind6072

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank God you were not bombed. I bet that kind of thing makes one busy living a good life after it happen. So much of our time are wasted on worries and silly ideas, when we should do something good out of the one life we have. Sending kind thoughts your way, from me and my cat here in Norway.

  • @GoochWareTravelsteadOfficial

    @GoochWareTravelsteadOfficial

    2 ай бұрын

    @ind6072 What a nice thing to write! Thank you and best wishes to you and your cat. I'm not sure I've always lived a good life, but I'm hoping to go to Ukraine in the near future, so maybe I can put that right...

  • @shayneoneill1506

    @shayneoneill1506

    2 ай бұрын

    My little sis was living in london when the london transit bombings, and one morning was a bit late and missed her bus and had to catch the one after. The one she missed got bombed. She said the weirdest thing was , half the people in london where all "No big deal, its probably the IRA" (And the other half where completely freaked out) lol

  • @whatsahellhell
    @whatsahellhell2 ай бұрын

    This video is absolutely brilliant. I was ready for the video to start in the 70s-90s, but going back to understand the roots is crucial. Thanks for not ignoring this, as most do

  • @FRM101

    @FRM101

    2 ай бұрын

    agreed

  • @okene

    @okene

    Ай бұрын

    He skipped over like 90% of the history though

  • @GuitarRyder11

    @GuitarRyder11

    27 күн бұрын

    Conflicting dates given by this clown, and you say 'absolutely brilliant'?

  • @flipgalaxy711
    @flipgalaxy7112 ай бұрын

    "Maybe if the IRA had used Surfshark VPN" - This truly shows the state of Historical documentaries on KZread. It's a shame that KZread or other non-profit organisations don't financially help and support these amazing documentaries you produce.

  • @migamaos3953

    @migamaos3953

    2 ай бұрын

    “Truly shows the state” it’s not that egregious, and you can skip it. It’s as benign an advertisement as it gets.

  • @zachw566

    @zachw566

    2 ай бұрын

    Oh no, the horror of needing to skip an ad

  • @Smolarabicplne

    @Smolarabicplne

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@zachw566 yeah, creepy

  • @SubvertTheState

    @SubvertTheState

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@doctorbobcat7123 that's why he broke 4th wall about it. He didn't think it was appropriate.

  • @HASANonYT

    @HASANonYT

    2 ай бұрын

    I don't think @flipgalaxy711 meant or intended to show resentment towards the ad section being done by this creator; at the end of the day, they are making some amazing stuff and deserve financial compensation for it; however, I believe what they meant to say is that it is kinda shame that such high-quality content that provide certain relatively positive impact on society should have more 'official' or 'institutional' means of support from society (assuming the society can afford it) instead of the creator having to seek 'private' entities to find financial support, which, more often than not, can negatively affect the artistic liberty and freedom of the content itself in order to comply with that private entities' own standards and guidelines. At least that's what my opinion would be. TL;DR It's more about the creator having to work with and include the VPN ad for this particular video instead of some other, for example, educational institution, or even without even having to work with private entities through maybe some grants of some sort.

  • @rpcheesman
    @rpcheesman2 ай бұрын

    I was quite young (17) when the Baltic Exchange bombing happened. I had to travel through London on my way home from seeing friends the day after. Scary stuff seeing so much police presence everywhere, on the tube, the train stations, etc. I also had little understanding of the social, economic and political impacts that event had and this video really helped explain so much that media at the time failed to convey to me. Really enlightening.

  • @olliephelan

    @olliephelan

    2 ай бұрын

    Watch the Long Good Friday (again) and get spooked. The GFA was signed exactly 75 years to the day after the end of the Civil War in 1923. But the movie is about the developing Docklands and IRA bombing threatening and devaluing its real estate and international investment.

  • @TheSubpremeState

    @TheSubpremeState

    2 ай бұрын

    Imagine being an unfortunate citizen of east Ukraine or.........Ulster, Ireland. I used to hear the word "terrorist" and realised that a brainwashing campaign was also underway. Must be awkward for the British government calling Russia a terrorist state and cheering on attacks with barely a mention for civilians killed by Ukraine. I completely support Ukraine even if civilians get caught in the crossfire in Russia. They should have organised against Putin years ago

  • @bensonfitch6697

    @bensonfitch6697

    2 ай бұрын

    @@fgoogleinthea7475 The only incorrect opinions are the ones saying people's opinions are incorrect.

  • @peterwilson5528
    @peterwilson55282 ай бұрын

    When the troubles began my History teacher Mr Devlin left my UK Catholic school in Kent to go back to Northern Ireland to fight he said. He explained to us the terrible persecution and slave-like way Catholics were treated in Northern Ireland and how they lived in slums struggling to find work when the Protestants owned all the land and lived on the fat of it. The thing I do remember when I was about 11 years old was the anger in him and his determination. I have no idea what ever happened to him.

  • @asmo1313

    @asmo1313

    2 ай бұрын

    he probably got shot by the british army

  • @bazingaeffect4155

    @bazingaeffect4155

    2 ай бұрын

    Hopefully he got arrested for being a terrorist

  • @modtrashfire5518

    @modtrashfire5518

    2 ай бұрын

    ​​@@bazingaeffect4155 do you view antifa the same way? Just want to make sure your arrogant generalizing ass isn't a hypocrite either. If he was telling kids he was joining the IRA he'd be arrested. Someone needs to look up what 'fighting for your people' means, which is pretty rich given your star wars pfp.

  • @pbfloyd13

    @pbfloyd13

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@bazingaeffect4155 Lame corny boooo 🍅🍅🍅

  • @mosie.

    @mosie.

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@bazingaeffect4155 they aren't terrorists corny mf

  • @whmsft
    @whmsft2 ай бұрын

    Hope KZread won't demonetize this great vid again...

  • @GuitarRyder11

    @GuitarRyder11

    27 күн бұрын

    Great vid? The dates are conflicting, this creator has no idea what they are on about. 0:08 4:04

  • @jackyback2578

    @jackyback2578

    11 күн бұрын

    ​@@GuitarRyder11how did you get ratio'd this hard lmao

  • @simongiesen2664
    @simongiesen26642 ай бұрын

    The spillover from the attacks by the Provisional IRA was not just confined to England. My mom is from a tiny village in the Netherlands, on the border with Germany. There was a RAF base just across the border. The Provisional IRA carbombed airmen returning from a night out in the late 80s, as a show of force to indicate the British were safe nowhere. I find it weird to think how little effect attacks like these have had on Dutch popular psyche, all of it seems to have been forgotten. Even a lot more attacks occurred in Germany. Nowadays, my family talks about it in a sense of "oh yeah, this village was carbombed once" and not in a sense of a terrorist attack hitting them. I guess that's because they as the general Dutch public were never the (intended) targets, but still.

  • @Dilley_G45

    @Dilley_G45

    2 ай бұрын

    I lived in Germany for a long time and while we had coverage in the news about IRA attacks (in Britain/N.I.) in the 80s and 90s I can't remember one in Germany or Netherlands.

  • @simongiesen2664

    @simongiesen2664

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Dilley_G45 I'm sorry, I tried to reply a couple of times but it keeps not showing up. Look up the 1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands. The bombing I'm referring to happened on May 1st 1988 in Nieuw-Bergen; 2 British airmen were killed (and one more that same night in Roermond). In 1987 Rheindalen in W. Germany got bombed. 37 people were injured.

  • @Dilley_G45

    @Dilley_G45

    2 ай бұрын

    @@simongiesen2664 ok I'll check it up. Yeah the yootyoob censorsh|p gets out of hand

  • @TXnine7nine

    @TXnine7nine

    2 ай бұрын

    I think the coverage and memory of PIRA actions against British troops in Germany might have been overshadowed by Germany's own problems with bombings and kidnappings around the same time. The Red Army Faction/Baader-Meinhof Group comes to mind.

  • @simongiesen2664

    @simongiesen2664

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TXnine7nine that's true. If you think of terrorism at the time, most people with any memory of it will point to the (German) RAF. In the Netherlands, we had the Moluccans separatists. They hijacked a train and a primary school at the same time. However, both of these groups were active in the late 70s, whilst the IRA was active in the late 80s in mainland Europe. I guess their actions were too small and too foreign to make a dent in the public consciousness.

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster2 ай бұрын

    Not just London but Brighton too. I remember when the IRA tried to assassinate Thatcher by bombing the Grand hotel

  • @danirezaeva3934

    @danirezaeva3934

    2 ай бұрын

    Boohoo

  • @olliephelan

    @olliephelan

    2 ай бұрын

    And half of Britain cursed the IRA for missing her. The bomb was very small and placed there months in advance in order to avoid detection. Much of the British public still hated Thatcher for the brutal treatment of the Miners Strike and closure of essential industries. The P.IRA ended their statement with "Remember, you have to be lucky all the time.We only have to be lucky once" She supported Saddam, Pinochet, The Shah of Iran, Suharto and even the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Shes widely considered a war criminal by most of Ireland. Her govt. was indicted in the Hague for the 7 methods of torture on her own "citizens". It gives a new meaning to Orwells 1984

  • @linkinmusic559

    @linkinmusic559

    2 ай бұрын

    Based

  • @TheRunningLeopard

    @TheRunningLeopard

    2 ай бұрын

    @@olliephelanDamn, was going to say that it’s sad they missed too lol.

  • @eoin8156

    @eoin8156

    2 ай бұрын

    @@olliephelanpretty much all of wales and the north of England would have celebrated her death, even those who hated the IRA as she directly cost them jobs , homes and numerous other benefits.

  • @robloxmemedudes
    @robloxmemedudes2 ай бұрын

    I was waiting all night for this video. I'm happy it didn't get cancelled till monday!

  • @markedis5902
    @markedis59022 ай бұрын

    I was a service engineer in London during this time. I was working in the building next door when they bombed the army careers centre in Wembley. My van was destroyed. I was near Bishopsgate and Aldgate when they were bombed and I should have been in docklands at the time it was bombed. It was only the fact I got stuck on a job that delayed me otherwise I would have been in that car park when the bomb went off.

  • @cwj2733

    @cwj2733

    2 ай бұрын

    glad ur here to tell the stories. god bless

  • @arielsfish

    @arielsfish

    24 күн бұрын

    They were after you!

  • @QuebecCitadelleCPL27
    @QuebecCitadelleCPL27Ай бұрын

    My grandpa was born in Donegal a catholic in 1959 from a Northern Irish catholic mom from Derry and a French dad from Le Havre, as the troubles got out of hand they fled to Canada where I live today

  • @RealEngineering
    @RealEngineering2 ай бұрын

    Came in, heard the accent, and was fully ready to be pissed off with a one sided story. Quite the opposite. Great job with this.

  • @Man-Made-of-wood

    @Man-Made-of-wood

    2 ай бұрын

    Shows your racism then really doesn’t it? Small minded Irish people still think British people actually give a shit

  • @skp8748

    @skp8748

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@Man-Made-of-wood that's not racism

  • @jamesf3532

    @jamesf3532

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Man-Made-of-wood 16:58 sums it up then and now, no one in Britain really has any interest in Northern Ireland. It's pretty fringe to have a strong opinion on it imo. Those who seem to really get into it though are Americans who are 7 generations removed from being Irish

  • @bzipoli

    @bzipoli

    2 ай бұрын

    the.... swiss side of the story?

  • @bam-skater

    @bam-skater

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jamesf3532 Scotland does have two football teams whose supporters have, how can I put it diplomatically...'very firm opinions' over what goes on in Northern Ireland.

  • @pixselious
    @pixselious2 ай бұрын

    Stopping kids from saying first

  • @jtgd

    @jtgd

    2 ай бұрын

    Second

  • @ItylusLarp

    @ItylusLarp

    2 ай бұрын

    By you doing this your just the same as people saying first, since this is just a copypasta

  • @SofaKingShit

    @SofaKingShit

    2 ай бұрын

    I wrote the first comment once and ever since then l have found my life has become merely a ghastly series of miserable disappointments. I mean how can anything ever top that particular event? Life has since become dull and flat, consumed by a desperate and gnawing fear that that l almost certainly will never achieve such splendidly lofty heights ever again. A barren life impoverished of any novelty now stretches endlessly ahead of me.

  • @limsrusill

    @limsrusill

    2 ай бұрын

    Just as bad, but more gay.

  • @JoeLikesTrains

    @JoeLikesTrains

    2 ай бұрын

    Funny enough this wasn’t the first comment lol

  • @deputyofsomething
    @deputyofsomething2 ай бұрын

    My dad went down to the van explosion and took photos of the aftermath! Back in 1992 you could just walk all over the area as a citizen. He’d only moved to London about a month prior - an uneasy first impression lol…

  • @GuitarRyder11

    @GuitarRyder11

    27 күн бұрын

    This video claims it occured in 1991, look at the pictures shown at 4:05. Who is incorrect here? Was any of this even real, or fabricated?

  • @DomBobomb
    @DomBobomb2 ай бұрын

    Incredibly well done video, and shocking that you only have 180k subscribers. Really happy this came up on my feed.

  • @potatocure2073
    @potatocure20732 ай бұрын

    Great video. Absolutely amazing production quality!

  • @Lugi45nubs
    @Lugi45nubs2 ай бұрын

    Well, this is the first video I've ever watched on this channel. Now I'm subscribed. Not due to the subject material, but due to the way it is presented. Very entertaining. Keep it up and thank you for what you do.

  • @phaaalix4671
    @phaaalix46712 ай бұрын

    Very happy that the channel has gained a lot of attention over the last year or so, but I hope that your work will be recognized even more in the future. great video, keep it up

  • @GuitarRyder11

    @GuitarRyder11

    27 күн бұрын

    Get the dates consistent ... poor work. Just check 0:08 and 4:04

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds85812 ай бұрын

    Literally insane quality of this video that you make. I could watch any subject covered like this. Thank you for all your detailed effort in your videos.

  • @LennyMarcusNY

    @LennyMarcusNY

    2 ай бұрын

    The guy has an ivory coast flag flying 13:55 😂

  • @GuitarRyder11

    @GuitarRyder11

    27 күн бұрын

    'Insane quality' - does that explain why conflicting dates are given for the bombing? Just check 0:08 and 4:04

  • @CymruGoch_

    @CymruGoch_

    8 күн бұрын

    @@LennyMarcusNY ivory coast has the green on the right, not the left. That was the right flag in the video.

  • @LennyMarcusNY

    @LennyMarcusNY

    8 күн бұрын

    @@CymruGoch_ I know the Welsh have a reputation of being dumb, but surely you know how flagpoles work

  • @HiR0SHi.the.D0G
    @HiR0SHi.the.D0G2 ай бұрын

    The background sound in the history part is awesome!

  • @toyotaprius79

    @toyotaprius79

    2 ай бұрын

    That is dumb

  • @EPICFAILKING1

    @EPICFAILKING1

    2 ай бұрын

    @@toyotaprius79 wtf you talkin about? also, this is most likely a bot lol

  • @tastyindenial
    @tastyindenialАй бұрын

    the fact that these videos are made by one person is astonishing, really great content mate keep doing what you do best! also may i ask where you get your music from? its so nice to the ears

  • @Raschi.K
    @Raschi.K2 ай бұрын

    These videos are on par with Leminos videos in both animation, music/sound and quality! Keep up the great work and don’t let youtube’s annoying algorithms and demonetization practices stop you!

  • @anno-fw7xn
    @anno-fw7xn2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the great work and rundwon and its important that you focus is on the reason and the social outcome.

  • @froyotastic5665
    @froyotastic56652 ай бұрын

    took a class on the history and politics of ireland and northern ireland last year and i learned way more in this video than the entire class

  • @GuitarRyder11

    @GuitarRyder11

    27 күн бұрын

    Did you find out which year the 'Baltic Exchange' bombing occured? Just check 0:08 and 4:04

  • @MarkKiley
    @MarkKiley2 ай бұрын

    This is amazingly put together. Fantastic as always

  • @oskar7962
    @oskar79622 ай бұрын

    I like that you have in yhe description that it is not allowed to use the visuals to train ai.

  • @Katniss218

    @Katniss218

    2 ай бұрын

    It's funny he thinks that can change anything

  • @G_FRE

    @G_FRE

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@Katniss218 You do know that you can use programs to prevent AI from using your visuals, right? Your comment means literally nothing. Jack shit. What you said is empty and meaningless.

  • @Katniss218

    @Katniss218

    2 ай бұрын

    @@G_FREthere are programs that unpoison these already

  • @SuperM789

    @SuperM789

    2 ай бұрын

    I don’t like that

  • @vulpes7079

    @vulpes7079

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@Katniss218boasting about millionaires stealing from people is not a great look

  • @garrkell
    @garrkell2 ай бұрын

    Not an easy topic to tackle but you have succeeded amicably. My heasrt gors out to everyone who has died as a result of the Troubles

  • @iorek4149
    @iorek41492 ай бұрын

    Exceptional graphics and non-biased take. Well done.

  • @nadrini300
    @nadrini3002 ай бұрын

    Good thing I managed to finish the video last night before it was reuploaded. Quality content, as always.

  • @punchboxnet

    @punchboxnet

    2 ай бұрын

    what?

  • @elbalalaw1781

    @elbalalaw1781

    2 ай бұрын

    Was there any major differences between both versions?

  • @osnarv8597

    @osnarv8597

    2 ай бұрын

    Did they edit the video after the reupload?

  • @reeceburdon1066

    @reeceburdon1066

    2 ай бұрын

    i only managed to get a few minutes into the original upload, is there much of a difference in the later part of the original video?

  • @krinos1

    @krinos1

    2 ай бұрын

    Bruh answer the replies

  • @numtumrum6488
    @numtumrum64882 ай бұрын

    Another IMPERIAL video another day to feed our brains with his amazing content

  • @artyb27
    @artyb272 ай бұрын

    I've tried to learn about this conflict _so_ many times but I've always stumbled at the Unionist motivations - "why would people who want to be part of a different country be just as driven and motivated as people who want independence?" Not even 10 minutes into this video and I finally understand. This has to be the most succinct and artistically impressive production on this topic available.

  • @jacobwhite8612
    @jacobwhite86122 ай бұрын

    great production thank you for your work

  • @kybar7055
    @kybar70552 ай бұрын

    Yo, love the video style, and the story telling is great. Def gonna binge your older stuff, hidden gem found

  • @genericmainer
    @genericmainer2 ай бұрын

    This is artistically incredible and the story is also wildly engaging. This should definitely break 1m views

  • @JoshBty
    @JoshBty2 ай бұрын

    Been anticipating this episode, as someone from Northern Ireland lol

  • @anthonyclarke4016
    @anthonyclarke40162 ай бұрын

    As an Irishman whose direct descendants were treated horrifically by the planters and paymasters in the North of Ireland (Northern Ireland id strictly a term used by the loyalist, unionist population), your video is absolutely fantastic mate. Very well researched, edited, narrated and weighed up. One thing though, there were many plantations on this island of Ireland during the reign of various monarchs. The Kings (Offaly) and Queens (Laois) counties plantations were the first real attempt at divide and conquer on the island of Ireland, This was followed by another smaller and unsuccessful plantation on the eastern seaboard of the North of Ireland, Other plantations scattered throughout the country had various levels of success but almost all failed mainly due to the facts mentioned here. Ulster on the other hand proved extremely successful. To think that Ulster Unionists are just going to leave the land they were born on whether or not their forefathers were forced upon us is never going to happen. Old habits and grudges die hard in these parts but I firmly believe one day both communities will live side by side under the flag of a state that respects the traditions of both faiths. We can keep our cultures but lose our triumphalism. It never had to be this way but the crown terrorized the Irish for centuries and have used the unionist population, especially the working class to no ends.

  • @GerryAds

    @GerryAds

    2 ай бұрын

    An independent Northern Ireland? The communities are not there yet but it could be worth trying.

  • @tempejkl

    @tempejkl

    Ай бұрын

    @@GerryAdsNo. A 32 county, secular republic that gives recognitions and rights to all faiths.

  • @mattlloyd-davies9993

    @mattlloyd-davies9993

    21 күн бұрын

    Fantastic, well-said comment Anthony

  • @drummond3524

    @drummond3524

    21 күн бұрын

    plastic

  • @mattlloyd-davies9993

    @mattlloyd-davies9993

    20 күн бұрын

    @@drummond3524 what do you mean?

  • @kltic5089
    @kltic50892 ай бұрын

    reminds me of lemmino editing. Really well made video, keep it up

  • @archechme
    @archechmeАй бұрын

    Man the production quality of this video is absolutely outstanding. I'm getting Ahoy vibes. Very nicely done.

  • @sebby324
    @sebby3242 ай бұрын

    As a duel citizen of the Uk and Ireland, I find it sad how divided my two countries are despite being neighbours, I hope one day everyone just gets along

  • @asha4736

    @asha4736

    2 ай бұрын

    Welsh here, it's actually incredibly easy to understand when you realise the wealth of England's neighbours goes back to Westminster and leaves us with the highest poverty rates in the UK and fuck all industry because the likes of Thatcher waged actual war on those leftie voting working class.

  • @FRM101
    @FRM1012 ай бұрын

    20:31 J. Bowyer Bell is probably history's most underrated PIRA expert. I have many of his books. Kudos for using such a reputable source.

  • @RubenDavila253
    @RubenDavila253Ай бұрын

    Holy shit, dude these videos keep getting better both visually and audibly. Thank you for the great videos.

  • @oldspice105
    @oldspice10523 күн бұрын

    Great video, learnt some more history and your video production is phenominal!

  • @carolynschmoll1157
    @carolynschmoll115719 күн бұрын

    Very interesting and relevant slant on how economics played a part in both the roots of the conflict and in forcing an end to the violence. Well researched and balanced account.

  • @williamthompson2941
    @williamthompson29412 ай бұрын

    Having lived through this period - and avoided a London burger bar bomb by seral hours - i can vouchsafe this is an excellent review of events.

  • @scotstirling4946
    @scotstirling49462 ай бұрын

    Subscribed to you within a few seconds of watching cause this is the first time I’ve seen a take on the troubles recommended. Some man 👍🏻

  • @maxromain8280
    @maxromain8280Ай бұрын

    The quality of this production is second to none.

  • @Gideonsmythe
    @Gideonsmythe2 ай бұрын

    Ah yes, it's weird looking back at how big a threat the IRA was when I was growing up. They nearly got me twice too, I was getting out of a cab in Leadenhall Street for the Baltic Exchange blast and working in South Quay in 1996 when the really big one went off, the windows of our office bulged inwards but held firm. We were told to stay in the office and away from the windows about 20 minutes before. And yet, it never bothered me, it was a part of living in the capital back then. Nor did I ever feel any animosity towards the Irish people, having since learned our part in the Troubles, I'm glad I showed empathy to our wonderful neighbours across the water. If you can visit Ireland, do, it's a beautiful country and the people there are so welcoming. My friend who was with me in for the 1992 bomb was also next to the train that exploded at Edgware Road in 2005. We've been rather lucky I think.

  • @FRM101
    @FRM1012 ай бұрын

    Compendious effort! When asked to explain the Troubles, eyes roll the moment I say "16th century." Here on I'll open with the Baltic or Canary Wharf and slide in the history 5 min on - WELL DONE.

  • @XxBillyGoatNinjaxX
    @XxBillyGoatNinjaxX2 ай бұрын

    You and Hoog should really consider a collab. Your animations are both similar and incredible.

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588
    @robertortiz-wilson15882 ай бұрын

    Very well done handling of this important aspect of the conflict.

  • @tellyknessis6229
    @tellyknessis62292 ай бұрын

    My personal initiation to the NI sectarian divide came in 1979 when two friends (one "prod", one "left-footer") were trading "FTP/FTQ" insults over a bottle of Bushmills in a mainland UK student kitchen. Only then, I realised the engrained nature of this bitter enmity fermented over centuries. Nor did I realise the tiny size of the Baltic Exchange device could have such a dramatic physical/financial effect - a true 9/11 act for London. (And that takes nothing away from the tragic human cost.) Mainland Brits were forced to confront the reality of NI socio-politics across the 79-90s through bomb campaigns in major cities and garrison towns. Great, succinct video, well produced.

  • @bakerzermatt
    @bakerzermatt2 ай бұрын

    Around the six minute mark: Northern Ireland isn't part of the REPUBLIC of Ireland, but you could say that it's part of Ireland (which is also a geographical term). (Like how Scotland could someday leave the United Kingdom, but they can never leave Great Britain (the island)).

  • @benkrejsa6895
    @benkrejsa68952 ай бұрын

    so glad we got this video!

  • @Donkeynoob7777
    @Donkeynoob77772 ай бұрын

    Excellent video. You never fail to deliver

  • @TheRealUnconnected
    @TheRealUnconnected2 ай бұрын

    Bro you need to get picked up by Nebula for sure. Smashing it another epic video.

  • @nikilaj
    @nikilaj2 ай бұрын

    hey dude the subtitles are slightly off in timing. Love your work!!

  • @IMPERIALYT

    @IMPERIALYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Should be fixed now, let me know if it's still slightly off

  • @Gyujjtgbions

    @Gyujjtgbions

    2 ай бұрын

    @@IMPERIALYTnah they’re perfect now

  • @nikilaj

    @nikilaj

    2 ай бұрын

    @@IMPERIALYTit’s perfect thank you!!

  • @JourneywithSmee
    @JourneywithSmeeАй бұрын

    I must say I love the hard work that goes into your videos. You have gained another subscriber. 🎉

  • @skysmashify_
    @skysmashify_18 күн бұрын

    Outstanding summary of these events, more than any history class would provide in hours.

  • @carsonwells8323
    @carsonwells83232 ай бұрын

    14:02 is actually the flag of Ivory Coast, but who cares they look so close I doubt almost anyone else noticed! Amazing video!

  • @IMPERIALYT

    @IMPERIALYT

    2 ай бұрын

    damn I forgot to flip it in my materials panel when I rendered it - oops, another correction to add to the document. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

  • @GuitarRyder11

    @GuitarRyder11

    27 күн бұрын

    ​@@IMPERIALYT So you didn't only get dates wrong! Just check 0:08 and 4:04 Did this happen '91 or '92? Or are you telling about 2 separate incidents? A Catholic/Protestant war? FFS I thought that would have been resolved in the time of Luther (16th century) - get it together religious bigots. Irishmen not knowing their flag... I wonder why the Irish have an international reputation as a bit slow... then again, all the ones I have met labour under that difficulty.

  • @t.wcharles2171

    @t.wcharles2171

    26 күн бұрын

    Funnily enough, Ivorian flags in NI often come with a sign saying that is an Ivorian, not an Irish flag because many unionists make the same mistake.

  • @sergioabrb
    @sergioabrb20 күн бұрын

    Amazing video quality and story-telling! I would like to see a video on Spain's terrorist attacks that happened around the same age caused by basque nationalism

  • @naps_878

    @naps_878

    13 күн бұрын

    huh, sounds interesting.

  • @handsoffmymacaroni102
    @handsoffmymacaroni1022 ай бұрын

    Just found your channel. Instant Sub. Such unique visuals paired with in-depth explorations of interesting topics.

  • @FUNNYASSDUDE
    @FUNNYASSDUDE2 ай бұрын

    Absolute gem, make a documentary bro

  • @Irishman0855

    @Irishman0855

    2 ай бұрын

    What would you call this?

  • @bpd1111
    @bpd11112 ай бұрын

    Decades of bloodshed in its utd kingdom and it was the cost of bricks and mortar that had the government take notice.

  • @invisibleman4827

    @invisibleman4827

    2 ай бұрын

    Nah, the IRA failed

  • @Rikki.64

    @Rikki.64

    2 ай бұрын

    exactly! thoughts and prayers occur when people injured, but they sit up and listen and raise eyebrows when there is a monetary impact on the City or the West End

  • @invisibleman4827

    @invisibleman4827

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Rikki.64 Not really, the IRA failed to achieve their objective. The government only negotiated from a position of strength. The IRA basically admitted defeat in all but name.

  • @Rikki.64

    @Rikki.64

    2 ай бұрын

    @@invisibleman4827 You also ignore the fact that secret negotiations with the PIRA were carried out by an undercover MI5 operative, and he had been instructed by the Government to stop negotiating and pull out, but ignored instruction and obtained an agreement. While he mislead them by lying about the views and decisions of the Westminster Government ministers, he undoubtedly saved many lives by disobeying the instructions he received.

  • @Rikki.64

    @Rikki.64

    2 ай бұрын

    @@invisibleman4827 the economic impact is one that can not be overlooked. The City of London is one of the major contributors to the exchequer, from Banks, Insurance companies, Reinsurance companies, and various Maritime companies. Terrorist attacks impacted share values and share dealing, and the cost of paying out insurance claims in the City had a major impact on the long term viability of many insurers both corporate and syndicate. Many companies just could not afford to experience continued repeats of property damage in the Square Mile or West End. The scale of lobbying by City corporations, insurers like Lloyd's, and the City of London Corporation the local authority for that area, did have a major impact on Government initially starting secret peace talks with PIRA, even though they decided to terminate these talks later (I've covered in a different reply, how the MI5 spy in PIRA failed to follow that instruction).

  • @JWisdom
    @JWisdom2 ай бұрын

    Always blown away by the quality of your videos man 🔥

  • @kierran5021
    @kierran50212 ай бұрын

    I’m 02:45 in and this is ELITE video making. Truly exceptional piece of KZread cinematography.

  • @freakdavis3241
    @freakdavis3241Ай бұрын

    Covering for a co-worker on your day off, only to die in that fashion is beyond sad. I’d have survivors guilt for the rest of my life. I genuinely feel for both those men.

  • @Westwordd
    @Westwordd2 ай бұрын

    This video is truly outstanding and it’s a honor to have my country mentioned. Although I must mention this is by far the most truthful,detailed and informative video I have ever seen on the history of Ireland. Usually it’s a small mention or a partial paragraph with added agitation of Ireland being called apart of Great Britain or the UK which as I believe you know is quite offensive to those of us born and brought up in Ireland. Thank you for this and well done on the incredible depth your videos have

  • @alec349227
    @alec3492272 ай бұрын

    Love the animations! This channel is awesome

  • @mariogp3868
    @mariogp38682 ай бұрын

    I don't usually comment, but this was a crazy good video, and I hope that the algorithm understands that.

  • @westonite210

    @westonite210

    2 ай бұрын

    Exactly what I’m doing too, this video deserves to do well and be seen

  • @DderwenWyllt
    @DderwenWyllt2 ай бұрын

    I love how this video doesn't look for blame, it just highlights the desperate need for empathy.

  • @irish_kidd
    @irish_kidd2 ай бұрын

    14:03 is the ivory coast flag 🤣

  • @CD-yo5kr
    @CD-yo5kr2 ай бұрын

    I was so confused because I watched part of this video yesterday and then it was made private as I was watching it

  • @Nyxcodes
    @Nyxcodes2 ай бұрын

    This is a brilliant video, and I've always enjoyed your style of presenting touchy political topics in a neutral and comprehensive way!

  • @eoin8156
    @eoin81562 ай бұрын

    The ironic thing is that violent republicanism had little to no support until the peaceful civil rights movement was brutally oppressed. The official Ira had little to no weapons , no real capabilities of carrying out any attacks and marginal public support. It was only when the civil rights movement was dealt with so harshly with internment without trial and then later Bloody Sunday that the provos even got any support to form a new armed movement splitting from the stickies (official Ira ).

  • @astonia131

    @astonia131

    2 ай бұрын

    Facts

  • @invisibleman4827

    @invisibleman4827

    2 ай бұрын

    The split happened three years before 1972. And the Civil rights movement never morphed into/supported the IRA. Nationalist communities voted repeatedly for peaceful parties who begged the IRA to stop their wanton mass murder. But as Lyra McKee's murder shows, old habits die hard.

  • @owenfitzgerald5928
    @owenfitzgerald59282 ай бұрын

    Small nitpick but Northern Ireland is part of Ireland just not the Republic of Ireland

  • @2loaves388
    @2loaves3882 ай бұрын

    Just found your channel. So far ggreat work matey

  • @whiskeysk
    @whiskeysk2 ай бұрын

    Bowyer Bell and Harnden, some all school quality resources right there! My Secret Army is a 1983 reprint, yours looks newer, will need to check that out. Earned a sub!

  • @Arx9ine
    @Arx9ine6 күн бұрын

    RIP Paul Butt

  • @CantTellYou
    @CantTellYou2 ай бұрын

    Why is “the troubles” such an adorably polite name for such a long violent rebellion

  • @veterankamikaze3591

    @veterankamikaze3591

    2 ай бұрын

    We called WW2 "The Emergency".

  • @HonestMan112

    @HonestMan112

    Ай бұрын

    Because the United Kingdom can't handle the fact that a civil war happened on 'home soil'

  • @Darceyab

    @Darceyab

    10 күн бұрын

    @@veterankamikaze3591 and the famine the great hunger

  • @AlphariusOmegon618

    @AlphariusOmegon618

    Күн бұрын

    @@veterankamikaze3591 I wonder what they would call an alien invasion

  • @veterankamikaze3591

    @veterankamikaze3591

    Күн бұрын

    @@AlphariusOmegon618 Uncontrolled immigration

  • @110percentcanadian6
    @110percentcanadian62 ай бұрын

    The animation was astounding, phenomenal audio reminds me of the innovative fps game super hot

  • @BadMouseProductions
    @BadMouseProductions2 ай бұрын

    Great Video! Just one point. I feel theres a bit too much textevo animation, especially letter by letter and after a while I found it just got a bit tiring. I think something like a pan down from out of frame might work better in some areas.

  • @UncleJames95
    @UncleJames952 ай бұрын

    Being English and travelling through Belfast and N.I in the 2010's there was still an unnerving feeling. There was a very fervent display of identity with flags and painted pavements and murals. Felt like a sword of Damocles for being born on the other side the entire time I was there. Does make me wonder though, what my ancestors went through when they came to England during the famine.

  • @eoin8156

    @eoin8156

    7 күн бұрын

    That’s only really in the deprived areas, outside of that no one cares. I’m a catholic but wouldn’t go anywhere near the shithole catholic areas , I’d avoid them as much as the shithole prod areas tbh.

  • @anna-ks5lw
    @anna-ks5lw2 ай бұрын

    This is an interesting video. My dad is from Northern Ireland but my mum was from London, born to two Irish immigrants. I wonder how my grandparents were treated during this time.

  • @TheNinjaCoby
    @TheNinjaCoby2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for an informative and concise video on the topic.

  • @Dirkbob1
    @Dirkbob12 ай бұрын

    Awsome video! I am so sad that it got demonitized last time. I was about halfway through then it just disappeared 🤣. Im curious why did it get demotized? Was it a specific reason or just a sensitive topic? Keep up the good work! I love your videos and you deserve to be a much larger channel with this quality of content!

  • @kitgoostrey6162
    @kitgoostrey6162Ай бұрын

    One of my parent’s good friend’s brother was vaporised by the IRA during The Hyde park bombing. He was just married.

  • @Irishman0855

    @Irishman0855

    28 күн бұрын

    Got emmm😂

  • @dudleycoolful

    @dudleycoolful

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Irishman0855 grow up

  • @Irishman0855

    @Irishman0855

    15 күн бұрын

    @@dudleycoolful😭😭😭

  • @kitgoostrey6162

    @kitgoostrey6162

    9 күн бұрын

    @@Irishman0855 uncompassionate bastard

  • @sb8163
    @sb81632 ай бұрын

    Having one rule for the Unionists and another for the Catholics was the root of the problems. After centuries of crushing Irish rebellions, the British Army would not take action against the unionists when they illegally formed a militia and took up arms against the UK govt to oppose Irish Home Rule ie. the Curragh Incident. When the nationalists saw this they followed suit and armed themselves as well

  • @t.wcharles2171

    @t.wcharles2171

    26 күн бұрын

    The problem was that they were planning to use local troops whose officers had unionist sympathies. Had the general staff gotten a corps from India, they would have marched in with nary a murmur of disapproval.

  • @quinnybonow8727
    @quinnybonow87272 ай бұрын

    Simply phenomenal work man!

  • @dorkydoodle3573
    @dorkydoodle357310 күн бұрын

    My Dad was born in Derry in 1970 and grew up in this environment, and with all the tension created by the Troubles he left for America in the 90s and didn’t return until me and my brother were born. It was really hard for him to go back after experiencing it all, he remembers Bloody Sunday and had family members in the IRA, but it’s still so interesting to see firsthand how although internationally the issue might have been “resolved”, there’s still some tension there even today.

  • @suprarcjpop545
    @suprarcjpop545Ай бұрын

    A united Ireland is a certainty, The UK has far far bigger problems being shipped in today than the IRA ever caused them.

  • @chumleyk
    @chumleyk2 ай бұрын

    This is why there are no solid trash receptacles on the London Underground, the City and Canary Wharf.

  • @davidmccann9811
    @davidmccann981129 күн бұрын

    I worked not far away at Fenchurch Street at this time, but was at home by the time this happened. I remember that on the Saturday morning the train into London was emptier than usual as many people were afraid to go into work that morning. There was still lots of paperwork and other office debris in the streets, even several blocks away from the site.

  • @vikingsdawn1301
    @vikingsdawn13012 ай бұрын

    I love your content and how gripping it is!!!

  • @papernecklace
    @papernecklace2 ай бұрын

    Finally!

  • @Wazzok1
    @Wazzok12 ай бұрын

    I think the ending was a bit of a cop-out. Unionist politicians and community leaders riled up working-class protestants in 1966-68 with conspiracy theories of a planned Republican uprising and claims that the civil rights movement / NICRA was a hotbed for IRA subversives. The British Army then came in with a heavy handed approach targeting the Catholic community almost exclusively, including interning them without trial in 1971, which directly led to Bloody Sunday (it was a protest march against internment without trial). Then at the first chance of peace in 1974 with the Sunningdale Agreement, much of which would be identical to the Good Friday Agreement 24 years later, the Unionists boycotted the deal and caused it to collapse! There was no chance of reconciliation or mutual understanding with people like that in that period.

  • @eoin8156

    @eoin8156

    2 ай бұрын

    The ironic thing is that the violent republicanism had little to no support until the peaceful civil rights movement was brutally oppressed. The official Ira had little to no weapons , no real capabilities of carrying out any attacks and little public support. It was only when the civil rights movement was dealt with so harshly with internment without trial and then later Bloody Sunday that the provos even got any support to form a new armed movement splitting from the stickies (official Ira ).

  • @axel665

    @axel665

    2 ай бұрын

    I think his point is that both sides vilified each other so much they think it's ok to commit their crimes

  • @Wazzok1

    @Wazzok1

    2 ай бұрын

    @@eoin8156 "IRA - I ran away", etc.

  • @Wazzok1

    @Wazzok1

    2 ай бұрын

    @@axel665 Oh absolutely. From an individual, moralistic point of view, that's certainly the case. But I think it's a misrepresentation to 'both sides' the conflict as a whole when one community had the backing of an entire nation state of 55 to 58 million people and its military forces. In some cases the UK intelligence services and special operations forces collaborated directly with Loyalists.

  • @axel665

    @axel665

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Wazzok1 yeah and Ira had sympathizers in Ireland not sure what your point is

  • @Andy_wngndr
    @Andy_wngndr2 ай бұрын

    Very nice video, I really like your style. is there any possibility that you will make a kind of behind-the-scenes video in the future?

  • @henrg
    @henrg19 күн бұрын

    the map animation section in black and green is phenomenal

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