Engineering an alliance between Britain and France. Germans truly are the best engineers in the world.

@NegusNegest

Ай бұрын

Excellent joke, bravo

@nuttygeezer708

Ай бұрын

The Spanish and Russians did it before actually.

@user-xq5og9lt8p

Ай бұрын

Sie sind willkommen.

@fabovondestory

Ай бұрын

True, we even egineered a friendship between us and France

@christineberrios6246

Ай бұрын

Ja bitaschen

In fairness, it's less 'England and France are friends' and more 'England and France stopped fighting each other militarily'. Politically speaking, there has always been conflict between them even after they allied.

@SiPakRubah

Ай бұрын

So they still follow their ancestors, but through lesser casualties 😊

@TheClintonio

Ай бұрын

Yeah there's animosity today but I'm glad nobody from Britain or France is dying in the name of that animosity.

@jordan89124

Ай бұрын

They went from a hostile rivalry to becoming friendly rivals.

@ajs787

Ай бұрын

In many ways, I see it like Sweden and Denmark. Historically those two have had more wars between each other than any other two countries, and they're basically brothers today. Brothers who roast each other relentlessly, but with a foundation of camaraderie.

@mitchverr9330

Ай бұрын

Yup, people forget that the main reason it took so long for the UK to join the EEC was France directly opposing it.

We're like siblings. We bicker constantly. But if anyone else picks on them, we suddenly get very protective.

@truefact844

Ай бұрын

I had a friend that was from Finland, he said France and England are the same people divided by a language.

@Coys319

Ай бұрын

@@truefact844As someone from England yes and no, we have more in common with the Dutch and Germans in my opinion

@galwitprifor001

Ай бұрын

​​@@truefact844Oscar Wilde said something similar: America and England are a people divided by a common language.

@pigeonsareugly

Ай бұрын

@@Coys319definitely the Dutch. I’d say more similar to France than Germany though

@Angelcynn_2001

Ай бұрын

​@@truefact844 no. We are different. We Englishmen are Anglo-Saxon/Teutons.. our heritage is Germanic. The french are Gallo-roman, with some Germanic heritage.

England and France fighting for a millenia: Calm. When Russia and Prussia join the chat: Panik

@drrubberduck5283

Ай бұрын

Prussia had Beef with everyone and Made a Lot of strategic marriages for claims

"It should have ended that day... but France was allowed to endure." That made me LOL...

Britain: wait you hate Germany?! France: yeah I hate Germany! Britain: did we just become best friends?! France: yep!

@krum1703

Ай бұрын

Also Russia, kida

@jouhanneus

Ай бұрын

Do you wanna go do karate in the garage??

@TheZINGularity

Ай бұрын

OH YEAH WE THE BEST O FRIENDS NOW

@christopherlau3996

Ай бұрын

That's actually perfect. Centuries of Britain touching France's drum set

@robertforrester578

Ай бұрын

Wee-Wee, Poo-Poo and all that sort of rot.

Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales & France have managed to formalise our war to an annual rugby tournament now. (Yes, we let Italy join, but it's mainly about the 5 siblings in the fight.)

@craigduncan7010

Ай бұрын

And Scotland have beaten England 4 times in a row. I am writing this now, as it surely won't last. Also, there is no reason to bring up the recent Scotland/Ireland results. So don't ask.

@monaghangm

Ай бұрын

​@@craigduncan7010 remind me what did happen in that game 😉

@memofromessex

Ай бұрын

Italy is the amuse bouche

@Angelcynn_2001

29 күн бұрын

We are not siblings - from an Englishman. You will never have my brotherhood.

@TheSmart-CasualGamer

24 күн бұрын

​@@Angelcynn_2001The rest of us consider you the outsider nation and this is why.

Julius Caesar never conquered Britain he landed his troops here twice but was forced to go back to Gaul both times. It wasn’t until the Emperor Claudius began the conquest of Britain in 43AD did it become a Roman Province.

@jlvfr

Ай бұрын

Was going to post this. Massive mistake in this video.

@tonymeman9041

Ай бұрын

Are you implying the video said that he did?

@jlvfr

Ай бұрын

@@tonymeman9041 go to 0:35, start listening from there; narrator says "in the aftermath of *_Caesar's conquest_* "

@harmonyxiong4999

Ай бұрын

​@@jlvfr in fairness he did say "aftermath" of Caesar's conquest.

@Explicitly-CJ

Ай бұрын

Also Commios was a big supporter of the Gauls against Caesar, so the first part of this were he claims that Britons and Gauls were raiding each other is not a complete picture.

I always maintain that England & France are like two brothers sat in the back of the car, hitting each other and permanently arguing. Until some other twit tries to make fun of one of them. No-one else is allowed to argue with France but us! Anyone with siblings will attest to this!

@Angelcynn_2001

Ай бұрын

As an Englishman, I don't call them my Brother

@dylanwillmon5672

Ай бұрын

​@@Angelcynn_2001 Fun fact: hes adopted

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

19 күн бұрын

Your opinion. Most Englishmen would never agree with you

I think a topic about the Ottoman Empire fall would be pretty cool. They aren’t really talked about in WW1 discussions. But that was the end of the empire and yet it’s a footnote.

@t.rellis834

Ай бұрын

Jazby made a really good video about it and other similar topics

@teteeheeted

Ай бұрын

Yah you don’t hear about the Turkish liberation war like, at all, in history class

@teteeheeted

Ай бұрын

Or at all

LoTR reference, yet it actually worked for the better 😆

@user-zx9wr8tx2f

4 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

"There are no 'friends'; only interests." -Henry Kissinger

@AYVYN

Ай бұрын

All that quote teaches me is that his children despised him

@Arbidarb

Ай бұрын

I'd argue the US is friends with the UK. The US would do just about anything for the UK if needed, and for no personal gain.

Plot twist: hundred years war was never technically ended. They just signed a momentary ceasefire...

@molybdaen11

Ай бұрын

I think if no military actions are made for a year it counts as peace

@vortex1603

Ай бұрын

Because nobody called it "Hundred Years War" in Middle Age. It was not only a war between states but also a civil war ... The title "King of France" was the price, not direct lands control like in modern war.

@Jebu911

16 күн бұрын

Yeah but technically neither of the countries that took part in it even exist today.

So, as of basically half of the "why [x]" in history and geopolitics: it's because of Napoleon. The other half is "because Britain LOVES drawing straight lines on maps".

6:50 Small correction, the person represented here is Louis Bonaparte (in his king of Holland uniform), brother of Napoléon, and not Napoléon III, the nephew spoken of here who is called Louis Napoléon Bonaparte. Two Louis, but not totally the same! Anyway, beautiful work and love from France!

Napoleon wasn't actually that short, he was average height for the time. In fact, he was actually taller than Admiral Horatio Nelson

@mitchellholland9331

Ай бұрын

Dw, I feel alot of people know it's a myth nowadays. I think he only showed him as short as a joke.

@oliversherman2414

Ай бұрын

@@mitchellholland9331 I guess so

@jaredjosephsongheng372

Ай бұрын

"HEY! I'M AVERAGE HEIGHT FOR THE TIME YOU JERK!"

@decker528

Ай бұрын

It's still much funnier to imagine him being short

@oliversherman2414

Ай бұрын

@@decker528 true lol

The lotr reference was so good. Bravo, SQ. Hats off

We haven’t stopped being enemies

@malegria9641

Ай бұрын

Anglais ?

@whyiseveryusrhandletaken

Ай бұрын

💀

@Anything_Slime

Ай бұрын

So true

@Durahan82

Ай бұрын

In sports

@Alex-pj8nz

Ай бұрын

Waterloo Waterloo

As a french I always love to remind our dear brittons who won the Hunderd Years War just as much as they like to remember us who ultimately defeated Napoleon, but in the end I believe we both have the deepest respect for the ones that died side by side in Verdun and the Sommes. Kiss from France my so loved and hated Rosbiff

Amazing Video, but a slight query. At 6:52 you depict Napoleon III in the outfit of his Father (i.e in the Guards' uniform of the Kingdom of Holland). I think this might have happened because they both shared the same name :) Anyways, can't wait for more great content

@dyutimandas9772

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I saw the same thing

@fireaza

Ай бұрын

Mon Dieu!

@gamebawesome

Ай бұрын

I posted about it as well, but it disappeared

Dunkirk, we saw how brave the french were when they defended our evacuation

The advert was close enough to the end that I thought the actual video was over.

Pure art. Such an underrated channel, glad its growing!

This is the most underrated KZread channel. Can't wait to see it explode. Keep up the awesome videos!

Great watch, Mr! Keep it up! Love your content

Brilliantly fun and educational as always.

Brilliant video mate

Yay! I love all of SideQuests’s videos!

Julius Caesar was a friend of the channel . . . The English Channel!🤣😂

Always a good day when there a new SideQuest video !

Nicely done video

the videos are noticeably more smooth, i like it

Finally a new video with that wonderful voice!

Side quest!!! You guys rock😊

Great video!

Germans? Germans

so glad I found this channel and I liked the very subtle jabs at the French

You left out a fun part, at one point at the outset of WW2 britain and france entertained the idea of joining the two nations as one ("until the end of the war") and it almost happened.

@DochiKnowi

16 күн бұрын

IIRC, it almost happened again during the Suez crisis

That was good, thank you!

he uploaded again! how nice!

New video Excellent

That lord of the ring ref was amazing

It's amazing how you find bitter enemies turn into the best of friends.

Yaaay Sidequest!!!!

Sounds like descendants of vikings fighting descendants of vikings

Thank you for your (y'all's?) work as always 💌

My GUY is *back* w/another ☝️🤘

Love you all. my english cousins ! Hope we can walk together in the right direction !

nice video

Plz don’t stop making videos I can’t watch the same ones twenty times again 😭

Just a algo commant because this channel deserves 100x more views :)

fantastic recitation of anglo-french history!

A few ideas: Why the sun still doesn't set on the British Empire (an overview of British overseas territories) The many pre-1914 crises that *nearly* started WW1 Accidental firing/dropping of nuclear munitions during the Cold War. The Sino-Soviet split and the fighting between the Soviet and Chinese militaries.

Finally, Mr SideQuest is Back...

Holy crap, the Mount Doom cut scene 😂😂

I mean, I’m French and my best friend is English so 😅

@neres5795

Ай бұрын

He's a spy.

@Moroes11

Ай бұрын

Mets lui ton chewing-gum dans les cheveux, fais le pour Jeanne !

@ryuunosuk3

Ай бұрын

You both are called Muhammed, it's hard to not be friends at this point.

@malegria9641

28 күн бұрын

@@ryuunosuk3we’re both girls :|

@malegria9641

28 күн бұрын

@@neres5795*she

When someone to threaten their status-quo appeared. Nothing better to unite old rivals like it's an anime, right?

The wobbly viking ghost made me chuckled

like how fr*nce is censored in the thumbnail

@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground

Ай бұрын

As it should be

They went from a hostile rivalry to becoming friendly rivals.

This Napoleon slander will not stand

I was a bit surprised Willy 2 didn't have a withered arm since ol' Boney was so short.

I love how the video isn’t about how they became enemies, because that’s like asking why water is wet.

You teased it in your video about Spain becoming a democracy, but I would love to see you cover the Spanish Civil War!

Basically England's relation ship France throughout history can be summarized as "Keep france weak enough so they don't threaten English Interests, but Keep France Strong Enough so other countries don't threaten English Interest.

Shocking to see such foresight on the Duke of Wellington, in a day of shortsightedness imagine laying the foundations for an alliance that would only be beneficial about a hundred years later.

Awesome

0:39 Very much apreciated, as an italian, the correct naming of Roman provinces

So, funny story. My girlfriend was born in London but moved to the States with her parents when she was a teenager. We met in college, etc... Well, after we'd gone on a few dates, she asked me over to her place because she needed to confess something. She was uneasy about it and hesitated. "I'm..." "French?" _"French?? How dare you!"_ I laughed, she laughed, the lightened mood helped her calm down and tell me what she needed to say. She was actually just coming out as bisexual (which I'd already suspected), but her reaction to being accused of being french was hilarious.

Would love more historical rivalries throughout Europe!

Love to hear about the '48ers

LOTR reference on point

The relationship between England and France has all the hallmarks of a crappy "will they won't they?", right down to them dating the others enemies.

There was a blue dot beside sidequest today. It was a good day.

Could you do a video on the Anglo Boer War, or both.

lil napoléon🥺 damn brits! you dared haha. It is very well made, I love the artwork sub!!

thank you for censoring fr*nce in the thumbnail

@BurcasLurton

Ай бұрын

Ye

6:52 I like how they drew Napoleon's brother rather then his nephew

7:59 "ever since". Yeah. Until you guys left them with us. Their PTSD ridden, slightly abusive and recovering boyfriend Germany. I’m sure they are thankful for that. xD

@maxr7527

Ай бұрын

I find it crazy that nowadays we (France) are so horny for Germany, given our common past which is way worse than what we had with England. Especially since Germany made it so clear that they were only looking to be in a motor kooperation not in a couple.

Ca s'est jamais arrêté.

Sweden and Denmark has actually fought more wars against each other than France and England

@dukes1993724

Ай бұрын

Yea but they were historically irrelevant

@ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz

Ай бұрын

​@@dukes1993724 not really, at least not if you've learnt enough history.

@RKNGL

Ай бұрын

Depends on if you count the 100 years war as one event. Or the many seperate conflicts it actually was.

@the-noob-plays

Ай бұрын

​@@dukes1993724 please learn your history. Vikings, kalmar union, margaret 1st, swedish poland, getting to the americas before spain, Portugal and other colonizers.

@the-noob-plays

Ай бұрын

​@@dukes1993724if you are 100% technical and follows the patriarch line. The danish monarky today sits on the, danish, swedish, norwegian and english throne. Having been on the greek, some german states and french as well

Can you do episodes on the Punic Wars?

History is wild

We haven't stopped being rivals, the bloodshed is just on pause for a moment.

Wow, the production values really shot up at one point in this episode! 😁😂

England and France are Shonen Protagonists who set aside their differences when the new Antagonists showed up.

3:52 Awesomesauce

Mers el Kebir: "Am I a joke to you?"

Can you guys do a video about the Rise 'n fall of Austria

I would love to see a video on the origins of the Romani people (AKA The gypsies).

Brilliant as always, but sad to see the myth of napoleon being a shorty perpetuated. He was of average height.

The outrageous rosbeef accent makes it better

The lotr bit was amusing. 🤭

A video about John Paul Jones or the contributing factors that it took to win the American Revolution outside of the US would be pretty cool.

I was not expecting the Isildur reference.

It’s like we’re two squabbling siblings, always bickering and teasing each other. But the moment a third party comes along to beef with either of us, suddenly we’re united as one. English or French, we may have our differences, but when push comes to shove, we stand together as allies. Here’s to sibling rivalry and solidarity!

@Angelcynn_2001

Ай бұрын

Speak for yourself, please

@anenglishmanplusamerican7107

Ай бұрын

@@Angelcynn_2001 that’s why I did fella, spoke for myself.

@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022

19 күн бұрын

Nah

You did miss 1 war, infact it was the last Franco-British War (so far), the unofficial naval war between the Royal Navy and the Vichy French Navy in WW2, not to mention the Syria and Lebanon Campaign, seeing as Vichy France was the official government of France after the French Republic's surrender, and theu only fought the British after the British attacked their fleet at Toulon, I see it as the true last war between Britian and France.

And to think... the folly of building a tunnel between England and France. Now those wily Normans will emerge from the underground!

Short Napoleon is such a worn and trite meme.

Like impetuous brothers we fought and bickered in our youth but as time passed and we both grew up, we realised that we’re family and that together we would stick through thick and thin, even if we may still bicker now and then we will always be there for each other 🇫🇷 🇬🇧