the british did not bring slavery into india, india had one of the largest slave trades in history long before the british turned up

@dale897

Жыл бұрын

I was going to mention this, also we didn't take EVERYTHING from India, the problem with India is they have the right to not like what we did there but they also grossly over exaggerate what we did, how often it was done and what we took in terms of artfacts and jewels. They claim we owe like 45 trillion or something crazy but even with inflation that's way tomuch, I'm not denying we fucked them over but it wasn't to the extent of what they say.

@oliver2629

Жыл бұрын

Mate it's pointless, people are Gaslit and have a denial of reality on everything, pretty sure India right now on a GDP level is richer than the UK, they should be blaming their socialist government rather than shitting on us

@Trebor74

10 ай бұрын

Forgetting the caste system where anyone above you can do whatever they like with zero ramifications.

@roberthancox

Ай бұрын

These two are totally misinformed.In fact they are talking absolute ignorant rubbish

@brunobastos5533

Ай бұрын

You din't help

Interestingly what was said really quickly in this video is that Britain unsuccessfully invaded Nepal. They proved so tough that the British invited them to be part of the British army and even today they are respected by every single Briton AND are still one of the most feared units in the world.............The Gurkhas!

@markmorris7123

Жыл бұрын

Yep,, I wish this had been mentioned.. Even today they are a vital part of our armed forces

@Lioness_UTV

Жыл бұрын

I agree, utmost respect for the Gurkhas

@darrylbrookes2780

Жыл бұрын

if ya cant beat um ask um to join lol

@Forestfalcon1

Жыл бұрын

Everything said really quickly..

@ingurlund9657

Жыл бұрын

Their second campaign caused a critical enough situation for the Nepalese that they signed a treaty ceding a third of their territory. But the British also paid them compensation for lost revenue. In the end the British left.

Gotta remember England was fighting across the world against French, Spanish, Holland, and we actually did it as a trade not for ruling over countries, we helped them too 👍

@LawlTwins

Жыл бұрын

@Steiner Is swamp Germans politically correct? ;) Love you lads really.

@McConnachy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, England conquered, but the Scots and Irish did all the fighting 😐

@tylerghersinich576

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@McConnachy alot of Englishmen and Welshman died fighting as well

@TG-ts3xn

11 ай бұрын

We ended slavery.

Do you not know there was slavery in India long before the British showed up. So the lady's comment about them bring slavery was pretty silly.

In 1829 in India the British also outlawed _sati_ or _suttee_ the Hindu practice of burning widows alive.

@oliver2629

Жыл бұрын

They won't talk about that, if they agree with us then I'd like my British values back from us, they love reaping the benefits, they should dismantle the hospitals, remove common law, everything

Britain never brought Slavery to India it was all ready there for 1000s of years before Britain even got there. You've seen 2 Slavery videos showing you how Britain stopped Slavery but you still blame the British lol you really can't make this up it's unbelievable 😂🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

@BikersDoItSittingDown

Жыл бұрын

@Rastarlu D Just a slight correction. India had no slavery until the Muslim empire. It was Muslims who brought slavery to India

@DeusVult71

Жыл бұрын

@@BikersDoItSittingDown The Muslims conquered India in the 7th century and yes it escalated but Slavery existed in ancient India where it is recorded in the Sanskrit Laws of Manu of the 1st century BCE.

@BikersDoItSittingDown

Жыл бұрын

@@DeusVult71 Thanks for this. I have actually looked into this and this is new information to me. I still need to check the facts but you have given me a starting point.

@DeusVult71

Жыл бұрын

@@BikersDoItSittingDown No problem and good luck in your research 👍

@oliver2629

Жыл бұрын

Mate it's pointless some people just are that gaslit and have this denial of reality for everything, think they forget how old England/Britain is lol

You have to understand that prior to all this as I think sometimes people forget how old England is. They themselves were invaded and occupied for a thousand years by, The Vikings (Scandinavia) The Romans (Italian) The Saxons (German) The Normans (French) This might be why they had such a thirst for invasion and conquest. They just assumed that this was how things were,so we're going to be the best at it. The world was a different place back then and it would be foolish for anyone today to judge the actions of people from a time we can't really understand

@dudermcdudeface3674

Жыл бұрын

Also Angles (it technically became "England" when they showed up), Jutes, Picts, Scots, Danes, and (ironically) Irish.

@eddhardy1054

Жыл бұрын

Technically the Saxons (and the Angles and Jutes) were the English so they didn't invade us, they were us

@steve55sogood16

Жыл бұрын

@@eddhardy1054 They drove out the original Romano-Britons, mainly to Cornwall, and Wales

@eddhardy1054

Жыл бұрын

@@steve55sogood16 Yes I know 😊

@ashyclaret

Жыл бұрын

It was survival of the fittest, win or be conquered.

Not a bad innings for a small Island in North West Europe.

@GazzerYid09

Жыл бұрын

I understand this reference :)

@markmorris7123

Жыл бұрын

If you go back far enough. 9th century...It actually all started with a small kingdom on the outskirts of Somerset.."Wessex".. And if Alfred had lost to Vikings there would probably be no Anglo saxons today, and definitely no England.

@Socrates...

Жыл бұрын

@@markmorris7123 All roads lead to Rome

If the Indian Caste system isn't institutionalized slavery then what is it?.

The usa never threw the English out my friend.They were English..

@oliver2629

Жыл бұрын

I always say this to people, it was English against English, or Europeans generically

You've also got to remember that the UK population in, say 1800, was all of 10m vs 170m in India The British ran the Raj with a few thousand brits. If mostly took the existing government structures, princely states etc and put themselves at the top Whilst banning settee introducing parliamentary democracy etc. Yes, not perfect, could've been far worse. The Belgians for example.

The UK/England had been invaded by different countries for over 1000 years. The tipping point was when a French king turned up and took over in 1066. Slight overreaction as we took on the world 👀 The only reason man hasn't been to Mars is because Britain ain't got any rockets to go there first 😂

@richardwills-woodward5340

Жыл бұрын

And the 'French' were actually Danish whom occupied land that constitutes today's France.

@JohnJohnsonSonOfJohn

Ай бұрын

It’s because no one lives there to colonise them, what would be the point - Al Murray

Makes me very proud to be English :)

There was slavery everywhere around the world even before the Europeans arrived I hope you know that.

Love it , no other nation comes close , no one wants to piss us off 😂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@yeahman147

Жыл бұрын

Alot of people want us gone just like the wworldd hates America because theey the only country to drop a nuke. Who's the real terrorist

@yeahman147

Жыл бұрын

And just remember China and india have billions of people. 2 3rds of the world live in that area. If they wanted to invade us there would be nothing the west can do

Yes the British did take things for India. However India was left with all the technology and development of the British empire!! Example.. A democracy. A national judiciary. Clean water. Modern Swage systems. Metal ships. Steel. Concrete. Dams. Metal bridges. Hydro power. Airports. Cars. Trains. Intentional communication. International trade. Modern education. The television. The light bulb. The electric and gas cooker. This is just a simple of the things Indian did not have before the British… But DID have when the British left India! 😉

@forgottenmusic1

Жыл бұрын

Thailand remained independent. And, not only that they have cars, their GDP per person, life expectancy and so on are in general much higher than in India.

@BikersDoItSittingDown

Жыл бұрын

@@forgottenmusic1 You are a real anglophobe. I can understand why you may be as an east European, I just hope you are not living in the UK while you constantly bad mouth it here in this forum. How many similar comments have you made here? As for Thailand. Are you trying to say it would have all this technology if it was not imported from those nearby countries that received it from us?

“Yes…but do you have a flag” 😄 🇬🇧👊🏼

Love from the British ❤️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

And remember we helped stop Hitler, and never gave in unlike other countries!! We have balls , 21st century now we are where we are coz of what happened in past ,French, Holland n Spanish wasn't so great either respect 👏 👍 India ya loyal respect 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇹🇯

@forgottenmusic1

Жыл бұрын

It was Churchill who traded the whole Eastern Europe to Stalin for having Greece in British sphere of influence. And, don't forget that 1940 was a disaster against all the odds for you, and Churchill had so big balls that he rushed to evacuate any valuables to Canada, forgetting that Hitler has no navy capable of invading. In Northern Africa, Hitler had only a handful of troops compared to Russia (Stalingrad happened in the same period), and in Normandy invasion, the U.S. had twice more troops. Oh, and did I mention the fall of Singapore, or the famine in Bengal? Sure, you can still brag that the French were doing even worse...

your big mistake is that the early americans were british culturally

@XENONEOMORPH1979

Жыл бұрын

@@liamloxley1222 mainly the native Indians also crossed from Alaska from Russia and early Europeans ,they were not exactly just put there humans migrated to other country's it is the violent environment that made them savage and killed each other either for women or children as their own tribes population were killed by other native Indians

@XENONEOMORPH1979

Жыл бұрын

@@liamloxley1222 🤣

@MrNifts

Жыл бұрын

Yes also wasn't it some of the British that turned and went on US side which helped them win

@pipercharms7374

Жыл бұрын

​@@liamloxley1222 Yeah we started it but we also stopped from going any further and it was the americans once they were free of us who decided to take over the rest of the land. Its not like we said "yeah here you go, have at it" We activly went no further into Native american lands. So don't put the majority of the blame on us, yeah we should have some blame but not the majority of it for that at least.

@XENONEOMORPH1979

Жыл бұрын

@@pipercharms7374 no blame actually they let us settle there for 50 years the chief at the time also visited England it was a problem there after that peace was scathed by each other attacks killing children and taking women which risen to be at each others throats.

The map is technically accurate but it includes every single campaign that Britain took part in at all. So if they sent five soldiers to a war between two other countries with massive armies, the map would count that as a "British" invasion.

@blazednlovinit

Жыл бұрын

It didn't mention the Falkland islands or ascension island, which I'd let them off for except for the fact that they were naming very small islands and seemingly being exhaustive in the list. I think they neglected to mention the Isle of Man as well

@bretonbros

Жыл бұрын

They also blockaded Brazil to force them to give up the slave trade, missed out the Congo in Africa, Guernsey, jersey, Alderney and Sark. Portugal but that was to aid them against the French and Napoleon, he missed out quite a few places.

Quite surprising for a country with the size and population of Gujarat.

Many of us Brits accept that the Empire was unjust and massively oppressive. Our biggest advantages were the navy and naval technology. All the plunder and wealth we took helped spark our industrial revolution well ahead of our rivals and that consolidated our power for a long time. As for the American revolution, the truth is that we had almost won that war when our allies, the French, switched sides by being bribed with the gift of huge territories outside the existing states. We later invaded the U.S. and set fire to what is now called the Whitehouse. It was painted white to cover the smoke damage.

Usa didn't throw us out we beat them in 1812

@BikersDoItSittingDown

Жыл бұрын

It was the French army that won the war of independence for the Americans and it cost the French King his head!

@da90sReAlvloc

Жыл бұрын

​@@BikersDoItSittingDown true they forget that ,

@spugelo359

Жыл бұрын

@@da90sReAlvloc Oh wow... wouldn't be even surprised if that is the case. Always going around about how they won WW2 all by themselves and that they're the saviors of the world... yet they only joined in out of self interest and very late when a lot of countries were already fucked and Soviets were close to beating Germany. They can claim all the credit they want for dropping nukes, nobody is going to try steal that from them.

Just be grateful it wasn't the Chinese

But the United States (when it was the thirteen colonies) WERE British. They weren’t oppressed under British rule - they WERE British rule. That is what so many Indian reactors don’t seem to understand. The early expats wanted to be independent so they could continue to take over more Native American land without adhering to the strict British regulations about fair negotiation with the tribes. They wanted to build on it and expand towards the unsettled interior and forge towards the western seaboard in a bid to gain land and financial wealth.

@johnalden5821

Жыл бұрын

The British did curtail Americans' rights and economic advancement under mercantilist policies. The colonies were never given full representation in the British parliament and could not obtain redress of their grievances from the King. The reasons for wanting to be independent included much more than desire for westward expansion. And by the 1770s, some of the colonists had been living in North America for 150 years -- and not all of them were of British ancestry. The British viewed them as subjects, but by that time, they were culturally distinct as Americans. This country was no longer British and the UK no longer had any legitimacy in ruling it.

@hfjtrytry9216

Жыл бұрын

@@johnalden5821 by your logic neither did the "americans" who took control, as its rightfully the native americans land just like africa its rightfully african despite being occupied for over 150+ years.

@johnalden5821

Жыл бұрын

@@hfjtrytry9216 That's a slightly different question, but I will not dispute that neither the British, the French, the Dutch, the Spanish nor, eventually, the Americans, had any right to be in North America. You could also say the same with regard to the Anglo-Saxons, the Romans and the French in Britain. For that matter, you could say the same, maybe, with Native American nations who continually encroached on each other's territories all over the Americas.

@blazednlovinit

Жыл бұрын

A lot of Americans don't seem to in my experience, isn't the line, "The British are coming!"? I've heard some say that they more than likely were shouting "The regulars are coming!"

@blazednlovinit

Жыл бұрын

@@johnalden5821 How is it you Americans put it... "Manifest Destiny"? Like mother like daughter.

Part of our power is our tactical advantage. we have been invaded by so many countries, and we picked up all their knowledge on tactical movements and other tactical parts about war its always been our best part of our army

U don’t conquer the world by ruling we conquered by entering an already divided nation and offering a better alternative the yanks are doing this today as did the vikings and Romans before we did

We are better for having been colonized by Britain, just as Britain benefitted from previous Roman rule.

You too are great, all the best and love from England.

There is a method to this. We are an Island people, so we tend to be naturally hostile to outsiders . I think we took that a bit too far but it is what it is. Our Empire will be in the history books alongside ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. If you can read this Germanic language it's because of Britain's influence. :)

The British Empire was the last great Empire No 1 country would be allowed to do that today...

This video started in the 12th century, what you need to understand is Britain had been invaded for a thousands years before then, Romans, Saxons,Vikings and the Normans. We were taught to fight for so long, we became experts in naval and land warfare, then had an industrial revolution. good job we were cool and did more good than bad, imagine if the likes of Hitler would have gained this type of power.

the reason england is a rich country is because it invented almost everything in the industrial revolution. it was bankrupted almost 3 times trying to stop slavery and (inhumain practices) like widow burning and kangaroo courts, it spent money from places it invaded to help the population of those places setting up railways and roads and ports. setting up courts and trial by jury , and parliamentary democracy. in the case of india the british fort aginst the muslim empire that had taken over india and re instituted slaveary to then free india from its control when it was ready to stand on it own Gandi asked and he got what he asked...i mean yeah england got some tea and spice but not much else really outa the "conflict"

I understand that many bad things took place, partly Britains fault, but also partly the fault of uneducated people. Great Britain had the greatest navy in the World, they also had extremely clever businessmen. We brought things to the countries as well as taking things. We brought medicines, railways, education, Christianity (it was not enforced just taught), engineering, sewerage and water supplies, trade with other nations, finally when asked for independence we granted it. Many of these countries would be so backward in today's world that they would be extremely vulnerable. Britain also, helped end Slavery. Britain is always willing to come to the aid of any country that needs help. We have a Commonwealth because we brought so many nations together, no other Empire in history did that.

@johnalden5821

Жыл бұрын

Not disagreeing with the point of your post, except that in many cases the UK did not simply "grant" independence when asked. That would start with the United States and also include Ireland, Kenya and quite a few others.

@hfjtrytry9216

Жыл бұрын

@@johnalden5821 US were british rebels so had no "freedom" to give its a totally different story if we were giving it back to the native americans like we did with africa going back to africans.

@johnalden5821

Жыл бұрын

@@hfjtrytry9216 My point was that when the U.S. colonies declared their desire for independence, they were declared rebels and killed or captured. But when, say, the Canadians or Australians wanted it, they were told, OK, but wait until we Brits are ready to give it to you. So, apparently, you had to ask nicely in order to get your rights and independence -- or, maybe for your grandkids to get them 100 years later.

You seem to have forgotten the British fight against worldwide slavery as well. Britain fight for freedom and protected nations from dictatorships, fascists leaders, slavers and oppression during its history, and that continues today, in a limited way with the USA.

"Continue to invade Spain by the millions every winter" I did laugh when I first heard this line, every brit loves to go to Spain on holiday XD

@chrisjones7236

Жыл бұрын

To quote the pub landlord.... Got to keep match fit

@charliereader3462

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisjones7236 in case the Germans try again!

@chrisjones7236

Жыл бұрын

@@charliereader3462 And they will. It's in their nature.

@BikersDoItSittingDown

Жыл бұрын

"Continue to invade Spain by the millions every winter" not any more apparently.

UK - WHOOP Spain- What are you doing?! UK- Going on holiday? Spain- But we got rid of you! UK- you'll never be rid of us! Spain- :( UK- You can take all our money? Spain- I suppose you can continue then...

The most interesting aspect of it, is despite a few cultural adjustments to the existing cultures (eliminate Sati/Slavery etc), we never changed the cultures of the peoples those lands. We added stuff we had to them, trains/parliamentary governance, etc. And we encouraged the countries we created to develop their own cultures Australia, NZ, Sierra Leone, and of course America that suited their own peoples, like the French influence in America. Take India as an example, 200 years and the culture of India is still Indian. Gandhi called it "light touch governance".

the royal navy and ruling the sea was the key we have passed the baton on to the yanks :) although they dont rule the sea like we did, the royal navy would show up in anybodys waters back then

We did a lot of bad things and stole from many nations but we also did a lot of good things. We took notes from the Vikings and the Romans and used it to spread an empire, then we took the philosophy from the greeks and exported it around our colonies as democracy. And we did not bring slavery to India as it was active all around the middle east and Africa way before we showed up. The Royal Navy ended slavery too.

This video is a NOT factually correct and the words "aggressively invaded" is a disgrace. That just isn't how or what happened in over 90% of cases. Even the rest were not 'invaded' for reasons of land capture. None of it was a plan, the English and later British state had no plans for an Empire, it was an accident of their own population whom went to trade. It turns out there were no such thing as countries for the most part in the way we know and knew them like England and the UK. So, good business practice turned into governance, not by design, but because in order to create markets, the knowledge had to be shared. The modern world and eradication of global poverty was because of the British, so before anyone thinks this video is fact, they should go and read the [real] history. Every person the British meet to trade with is not an 'invasion'. The Empire always was an accident.

No regrets proud to be British 🇬🇧

The British love India and do generally hold indians in high regard. It has a rich history, bad and good, thats intertwined with its own. Its sad that she thinks the UK looks down on India as some inferior naruon with no respect. That couldn't be further frim the truth.

You have to remember in WW1 and WW2 there were over a million Indian troops fighting against Germany and Japan.

@steve55sogood16

Жыл бұрын

The biggest volunteer army in history!

@BikersDoItSittingDown

Жыл бұрын

@Steve Gray by the rules of this video, it means India invaded Africa, Burma, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Europe! (I am sure this is not the full list)

@steve55sogood16

Жыл бұрын

@@BikersDoItSittingDown True, we would have lost, without them!

@BikersDoItSittingDown

Жыл бұрын

@Steiner We need to remember exactly All the things the soviet union did. They were ALLIES of Hitler when the war broke out. They shared the conquest of Poland with Hitler and carried out many atrocities. Also remember that the Soviet Union would not have survived without the Royal Navy supplying them at great cost in lives and ships. I have always seen the Soviets at this time as "My enemy's enemy is also my enemy"

@steve55sogood16

Жыл бұрын

@Steiner I agree, but which was a clash of 2 country's, with a "meatgrinder" mentality, both being dictatorships, run by monsters!

I don't understand what you mean by all resources were taken out of India? Only one I'm aware of is jute which is grown in India and taken to Scotland, so the mills could produce covers for the wagons that explored the America's, the mills were eventually moved to India so production stopped in Scotland, what am I missing?

@bwilson5401

9 ай бұрын

Kids everywhere are taught anti-British propaganda. It's jealousy.Pure and simple."We're living in poverty because of the British. " Not "We have infrastructure, because of the British. "

Another good video you should react to is ‘How did the British Empire rule the world?’

I had to laugh, at a person from Switzerland., who was pissed off. that England couldn't be bothered to invade them.

They missed the Falklands

We gave up our empire so that others would lose theirs (Germany/Italy/Japan)

@asl7235

Жыл бұрын

It5s like we became an empire to become rich enough to fight Hitler and then free the world, the circle of life.

@andreasiversen3440

Жыл бұрын

You gave up everything to the USA, in order to prevent Germany from becoming the dominant power of Europe. In retrospect it's insane.

UK invaded France ? It was not UK it was England. And the king Edward III was French, of the Platagenet dynasty. How ? William the Conqueror, he was not a Viking, despite what some English could tell you, his mother was a local Normand woman, of Frankish ascendance, like all Normands were, because Normandy was never colonised entirely by Vikings, in fact most of it was still inhabited by Franks when Rollo obtained the title of Duke from the King of France. And when William decided to claim his promised throne in england, he raised an army, by calling for volonteers, with the support from the king of France, he had many ironborns from Maine (France),Anjou (France), Flanders (Belgium), and Britanny. In a noble family only the elder son inherits, the youngest is left with nothing, he is "Ironborn", in history many of these went in campains to gain titles, lands, welth and make a house of their own, well known exemple is Baldwin 1st of Jerusalem. So when William conquered England, he first started to keep the local nobles in place, (easier, faster) but they never accepted it, and after he got rid/killed most of them, he replaced them with his loyals, an many were of Frankish/french ascendance (Bailleul/Baliol, Taillebotte/Talbot, Montaigu/Montacute, Beauchamp, Beaumont, Beauclerc...) Fun fact, the name "Disney" comes from a town near Paris called "Isigny" (Comtes D'Isigny = Count Of Isigny). Then the House of Anjou a French Region, became the rulers of England, it was the Plantagenet Dynasty, they also had the vast region of Aquitaine by marriage, so a big part of the actual France, was in fact ruled by the English Throne, in fact-fact England was ruled by French families. So when Edward III went to war against the King of France, he didn't invaded France, he took back his family's herritage (Aquitaine, Anjou, Maine, Normandy), lands that had priorly been confiscated by the King Of France.

Technically the First World War started between France and the British Empire, they were fighting around the world for decades.

The irony that the ‘how is this possible’ caption made me think of Navid 😂

All done with 6 chaps on bicycles and a dog pushing a wheelbarrow full of badgers! Oh, and 836,002 cups of tea!

@asl7235

Жыл бұрын

you forgot the marmalade sandwhiches.

As an Indian woman you should be grateful for the British...you simply wouldn't be allowed to speak in public today if it wasn't for the Empire.

indian restaurants get invaded a lot

The UK has a good relationship with most of the Countries that were invaded. Remember that India is a member of the Commonwealth.

We also gave you industry, railways,roads,etc.

The English didn’t just invade, they gave these countries their own economy, transport systems, rule of law, justice, technology….

No country is perfect. . . Everybody has flaws!

There were a lot of good things that came with British occupation BUT it was done to make Britain rich, either through trade or through pure theft.

@richardwills-woodward5340

Жыл бұрын

It also made the rest of the world rich.

Bringing enlightenment to the to the darker and ignorant corners oif the world

@copferthat

Жыл бұрын

@Jeffrey Lear Get up off your knees

Yeah and 90% of them we left in a better state than before we "invaded" it!!!

You’ve got to ask why we had to give up the empire when we were bankrupted by WW1 and WW2 if that empire was giving us wealth ? The answer is that it was costing us money to run.

Thanks for your reaction. It should be noted that trade and the balance of world power were the principle reasons for dominance and conflict. To a large extent the imbalance of power continues through a system of international trade (particularly by multinational companies) with less need for traditional invasion and colonial rule. In this context we should all be acutely aware of the impact of the continuing power imbalance in international trade and the people it impacts (including the poor in advanced economies through unequal wealth distribution)... the elites of all advanced economies are part of this power play including those of India and China. Although I acknowledge the injustices of Britain's colonial past (which is still poorly addressed within the British education), we need to dwell more on the injustices of today (perpetuated by today's advanced economies) so that the cycle of injustice does not continue. Once again, thank you both.

An invasion does not imply occupation, the empire lost battles and im definitely sure the Crimean one was a joint effort by multiple european powers

@eddhardy1054

Жыл бұрын

Yep the French & British Empires and the Ottoman Empire (& the Kingdom of Sardinia I think) vs the Russian Empire

We brits went to sleep in 1945 and set the alarm clock for 100 years, when we wake up round 2 :0.

Looting was illegal, the British normally bought artefacts or were given them by local rulership.

we go on holiday and just get carried away :) lol

We cant all blame the British for their actions in history. Every country did right and wrong. Yes, some things were taken by greed, but now we can reflect and learn from that and when you visit all the worlds museums, we treasure and honour the skills and cultures of the world. Let us show you what we have found as not all of you will have the advantage of visiting these places in your life time.

@spugelo359

Жыл бұрын

You know that a lot of countries views those museums as trophy rooms for whole lot of shit they stole?

@Londoneye57

Ай бұрын

Aw do you wish you had one lmao - get a grip this was a different time back then - there have been a ton of invasions all over the world from the Romans to the Ottoman Empire and every thing inbetween but only Great Britain gets the flack. Think of all the stuff that came out of GB - things like the engine , the steam engine , the bicycle, TV, Anti biotics, vaccines, I could go on.

wrong we not just invade the country at the time sent out merchant ships to trade and made posts in varied country's yes some we invaded some we did not . merchant ships had navy ships to protect them but were not officially to invade unless their was a good reason for it .

Another comedy skit about the British Empire worth a watch: James Acaster On the Absurdity of the British Empire Keep up the great reactions :)

such a tiny country to be able to conquer 60% of the the world is genius

USA, never chucked us out, we were colinisers, so we were basically fighting ourselves, so we lost fighting ourselves. 😂

We were not against the world. We were a world trading nation.

Everybody needs a hobby!🤪🤪🇬🇧🤪🤪

lf there are people that resent that their country was a British colony they should be grateful that they weren't a colony of Spain, Portugal, Belgium, The Netherlands or Germany.

@hilarymiseroy

Жыл бұрын

France is not much better. Post 1945 we knew the writing was on the wall but they insisted on losing wars in Algeria and Vietnam.

@edus.8987

Жыл бұрын

fricking netherlands stole our sugar

@wolftone69

Жыл бұрын

Why they weren't as good at it

You often hear "How did such a small country do it?" by not doing it alone. Once you'd received the "You're in the Empire now" treatment then the resources and manpower of Britain increased. For example all of the those invasions in Asia, especially during World War 2? The Indian army hit 2.5 million men - the largest volunteer army in history.

They were mainly invading to protect the country or protect Britain they wasn't doing it for fun.

The lesson to take away from this is ,Don,t annoy the British .

Everyone wanted to do it…we were just really good at it

Britain, not England

@TG-ts3xn

11 ай бұрын

Depends when

Today India is one of the richest Countries in the world. Ask yourselves whether or not this would be so if Britain had not ruled India for 2 Centuries? Think also about what we gave to India inc Democracy, steam trains and hundreda of miles of railway lines just to name a few things. Trade was the main reason as was the same for other Countries inc America, Canada, Australia and others. India even though now very rich still has many poverty areas and that is not the fault of Britain. Look at the Indian Government for the answers to that one. Great video and your response. Take care. 👍

What can I say my ancestors were a war like people,we saw,we liked,we took

Love your reactions and quite often then go off and try to learn about points mentioned..knowledge can’t be bad..

Taking part in a war/campaign doesn't mean we invaded with a view to ruling a country. Even India, we didn't invade - it was a trade deal. In any case there are now generations of Indians living in the UK, so we can't have been that bad if you want to live here.

this is why countries with common sense try NOT to annoy the british lol

to be fair to us one or two we did invade for good reason, Hitler had to go and we went in to Bosnia to stop the massacre of civilians, the rest were just the usual political reasons

"The English have destroyed every nation in the world"....but you have to understand, where England came from, the history of it, and why....please read some books on the history of England, it will explain...if you think that our problems in this world are solved by hating each and everything, then we will never progress

@davidatkinson5858

Жыл бұрын

Destroyed meaning tripod the entire population of the planet?🙄 the horrors 😵😵Waaghhh!

I can only apologise to the 78 countries we missed.

16:32 You have to remember OTHER nations had empires BEFORE the British did, Italy with Romans. Do the British want compensation from Italy for the Roman Empire? No. Do the British want compensation from the French for its invasions and rule in 1066? No. Do the British want compensation from Denmark, Sweden and Norway for Viking invasions and rule? No. Did these nation take British people as slaves and took objects from Britain, they did too. In those days 1000, 500 years ago Britain was invaded a lot too. Not sure what your trying to say here, BUT imagine France or Portugal taking over India BEFORE the British did and maybe would have been wiped out or had slavery that would have lasted until today. God knows why the British were the most effective fighting force on Earth. BUT maybe the world is in a better place for British rule, conquests and Empire it controlled. Stop hating and just see that the world is what it is today because of Britain. Less not forget it was the Hindus that wanted Muslims out of India and the British wanted India to be whole and integrated mixed religion as it had been for 200 and more years.The Hindus split India up into three regions India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. IF its still God's will then this is the outcome too of those regions being split up too.

Whatever your view of the British Empire, there is _at least_ ONE 'Good Thing' (among a zillion others) that it gave the world: the English Language! And that alone is priceless - IMHO.

@forgottenmusic1

Жыл бұрын

A hybrid language of Germanic and Romance with awful writing rules, where a word can be pronounced in 1000 different ways. I'd prefer, if Italian or Spanish language had that position instead.

@marvinc9994

Жыл бұрын

@@forgottenmusic1 "A hybrid language" As ALL advanced languages are! And it's that very hybridity which has rendered English the most beautiful language in the world. No other tongue can match its richness, subleties, or nuances - even when spoken by _some_ Americans. "awful writing rules" Well, most of us seem to cope perfectly well. Try learning (eg) Polish, Russian or Finnish! Or the Ionic Greek of 5th Century Athens, come to think of it. "Italian or Spanish" I think you're being somewhat _malizioso_ (as my Italian grandmother would have put it) !

@forgottenmusic1

Жыл бұрын

@@marvinc9994 FYI, I can speak both basic Finnish and Russian. How hard is a language to learn, depends a lot of how much is it similar to your own language. As Russian has several cases, its grammar has quite different logic from English, but for someone else using cases, it makes learning Russian easier than learning English. Besides, it has not too many irregularities (it has some mess with genders, but much less than German), and if you hear an unknown word, you can be almost sure how to write it (or vice versa). Many people have prejudices because of the different alphabet, but it fits the language needs pretty well (much better than Latin for Polish). As Finnish is not an Indo-European language, for any Indo-European comparing it makes little sense. And I really doubt that except the native speakers, too many think that English is a beautiful language...

@marvinc9994

Жыл бұрын

@@forgottenmusic1 "And I really doubt that......................too many think that English is a beautiful language" Which accounts for the fact, I imagine, that we English/British have produced so _little_ in the way of a literature which is loved and admired and studied around the world - as opposed to, say, the Russians: who, for example, has NOT read at least one novel by Dostoyevsky, one play by Chekhov, and one poem by Pushkin? "someone else using cases, it makes learning Russian easier than learning English" Well, I'm not sure the Germans would agree with that! And the _absence_ of cases in 'modern' English, by the way, is surely one of the things that makes it _easier_ to learn, is it not? And that _more_ than compensates for the idiosyncracies of our spelling, I'd have thought. "How hard is a language to learn, depends a lot of how much is it similar to your own language" Or, of course, similar to _another_ language you've learned - such as Latin, which makes learning the Romance languages _much_ easier for those with a Classical education - as opposed to those with no education at all to speak of (a class whose number seems to be growing yearly in the West). At any rate - many thanks for the conversation! LUCEAT LUX VESTRA

The British saw the colonialism as bringing law, order, civilization and democracy to the world. It saw itself as a force for good. Of course it was also lining its pockets and subduecating the people's at the same time. Britain has a complicated and not always a proud history. But it was common for the time, we were just better at it. Try and imagine what the world would be like without the British, i wouldn't expect the world to have been a better place, if Britain hadn't been a part of it.

Yes and you used to burn widows till the British stopped it!!

The thing with the slavery video is that both are true: Britain did do a lot to end the transatlantic slave trade, but what that video forgot to mention was that before we ended it we were the single most enthusiastic participants in it. We were responsible for transporting the most slaves, and we were responsible for ending it. There’s a lot of good and a lot of bad in our history, just like most countries.

@davidatkinson5858

Жыл бұрын

But not the actual hands on kidnapping raiding enslaving and selling then? 🙄and give us some evidence for the British being " the most enthusiastic participants " in slavery that exists outside your own imagination please 👍

We must get around to the rest at some point.

The European campaigns were all in coalition. The Crusades were called for by the Pope and involved all of Christendom. Many wars were wars of defense, plus the first invasion of Afghanistan was to prevent Russia during it's expansionist phase invading India. Many countries didn't even exist when "invaded" and formed under British rule, and Belgium was created out of the Napoleonic wars... Any country that has survived a thousand years free of invasion will have battles and wars to remain that way. Many of the ones he mentioned were seized as a consequence of war, not against them directly but because they went into alleigences with an enemy... It starts conveniently at after all the invasions of Britain including the big one from a pre-French viking invaded effectively creating modern England... From 1066-1300's the aristocracy, elite, land barons etc all spoke old French, which explains where a lot of French terms in England came from...

And you wonder why most of the world speaks English...

yep we was in india for two hundred years :O)

@asl7235

Жыл бұрын

we didnt want to go home to british cuisine did we :)

And we still haven't found that perfect holiday destination.