Fun fact : NATO use to have its HQ in Paris and when France withdrew, the building where was the HQ is now a university

@ekrano9574

3 жыл бұрын

It's a better use of that building.

@evoluxman9935

3 жыл бұрын

@@andremacedo8463 wut? First off, France rejoined nato, second off, the point of NATO was to defend Europe against a soviet attack, not the US lol (alliance was created before ICBMs)

@kyral2307

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, why was Brussels than choosen as de-facto capital of the EU? I always thought it was because it was already housing NATO?

@rexblade504

3 жыл бұрын

@@andremacedo8463 it was never to defend the US, The US didn't and still doesn't need NATO, NATO has always needed the US for it's protection. The US is completely isolated from the rest of the world, and thus in no immediate threat, but the countries in Europe are in immediate threat to a Soviet/Russian invasion. NATO was always meant to keep the Soviets at bay not protect America

@geekosPES

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyral2307 There is no special reason that I know. But I know that Bruxelles is not the official capital of the EU. It’s not written in EU treaties, so in theory EU can move to any other country in Europe. Plus, there is EU institutions in other cities that Bruxelles like in Strasbourg or Frankfort.

“Does that include those in the cemeteries as well?” Ok that sounds like it was an effective guilt-inducing response

@williampurvis2887

3 жыл бұрын

It definitely was, and it was very powerful

@mikihisakaribe2319

3 жыл бұрын

Fooken gut-punch. I actually flinched

@animatorofanimation128

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was one hell of a response

@Andyliberty0923

3 жыл бұрын

LBJ was quite skilled in comebacks

@TheArklyte

3 жыл бұрын

Well, they should have responded the same and told to give their independence back to british while they were at it:D

This reminds me of the quote by the American General Norman Schwarzkopf who said "Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion."

@SenileOtaku

Жыл бұрын

That was precisely what I had been thinking of too.

@alantownsend5468

Жыл бұрын

That's an amazing quote! Thanks for sharing!

@truejim

Жыл бұрын

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French division behind me" - usually attributed to Patton

@kevinallsop1628

Жыл бұрын

It was so the French could surrender under their own terms as soon as the first bullet was fired.

@peterwilliamson8721

Жыл бұрын

Blind patriotism is not always a good idea, ask Pat Tillman.

Oddly enough though, the FAMAS and other standard issue arms were more or less standardized with NATO. This meant they fired the NATO Standard 5.56mm cartridge and fit the GI standard steel magazines, with all models including and after the FAMAS G1. This means that in a warzone situation, British and American Troops could share ammo and magazines without refit to French counter parts. This may be due in large part to wanting to sell to NATO nations, but it is worth noting that it was NATO standardize.

@lordbluebaron2270

Жыл бұрын

No shit. What’s next, grass is green?

@MrMTGPsycho

Жыл бұрын

@@lordbluebaron2270 consider that another non-member (but big arms dealer) Austria, didn't have the GI mag compatibility as standard on their offering (the AUG), even now their compatibility is questionable. So grass isn't always green

@nuueq

Жыл бұрын

G2 was rare, so no default NATO compatibility.

@lasagnakob9908

Жыл бұрын

I can imagine the reason for this is because France was still part of NATO's military alliance, and would still partake in a war if asked to, so there wouldn't be any reason not to have standardization in their equipment between the rest of NATO, at least in certain respects. I am aware that some of their equipment would not have been able to use universal NATO ammunition, though, in specific circumstances like with the British Challenger 2 that uses a rifled barrel, instead of some variation of the German 120mm smoothbore.

@Nathan-jh1ho

Жыл бұрын

Preety sure the orginal FAMAS didn't use NATO mags, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden also used 5.56 NATO while not in NATO

Because it is almost impossible to fit an American Ego and a French one in the same room together

@CoronadoBruin

2 жыл бұрын

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. Very similar, only way you can tell the difference when there's an argument is the fat one with the funny accent is the American. de Gaulle was insufferable, though

@Salt_Is_Dew

2 жыл бұрын

@@williammcbride5919 Let me guess you think they just surrender all the time because they didn't France fought hard but if they kept fighting when they got to Paris it would had been bombed and destroyed cause of resistance so they chose the best option for its people but they sill hadn't giving up

@williammcbride5919

2 жыл бұрын

@@Salt_Is_Dew bull shite. Resistance was absolutely worthless look it up. Every single Frenchman taking off the damn Beach at Dunkirk returned and fought for the wrong side. Vichy France. Losers

@bluegaming1013

2 жыл бұрын

@@williammcbride5919 hey who is the country with the most battle victories ? And why is America indépendant and not British ?

@bluegaming1013

2 жыл бұрын

@Pilot JollyRoger tf you’re saying ? Yes the us is one of most powerful nations in the world and invented things such as those you said, but France is the country with the most military victories and we invented a lot of thing such as the cinema, the photograph and many other that are very useful today (helicopters and the metric system (even in the us you use it for science) for examples)

"The Supreme Allied Commander could come from any country beginning with a U..." Uganda: So you're saying there's a chance

@jkee9760

3 жыл бұрын

Uruguay has entered the chat

@Astromamut

3 жыл бұрын

USSR?

@darraghmckane4016

3 жыл бұрын

Uzbekistan calls dibs

@bentobe4486

3 жыл бұрын

@@Astromamut no one has killed more communists than a communist government so it actually makes sense

@overlordbrandon

3 жыл бұрын

@@Astromamut USSR requested to join your Faction (289) This message has been detected as spam Do you want to block USSR? [Block] [Ignore]

The fact you spend time making their eyebrows raise and half squinted eyes is not talked about enough. You’re a fucking legend

@G6JPG

4 ай бұрын

I don't wish to know about his lovemaking abilities.

@cactusking4045

9 күн бұрын

@@G6JPGthat was a really clever response, and it’s a shame not many saw it :

@G6JPG

8 күн бұрын

@@cactusking4045 Thank you!

I served with NATO at SHAPE when De Gaulle decided to kick NATO out of France. Can you imagine being in your 20's and living just a few kilometres from Paris itself. I used to play rugby for the British Rugby Club of Paris and was having a whale of a time - Anyone remember the Winston Churchill pub ?? Moving to Belgium was not the same but great memories.

@johncook3821

Жыл бұрын

@@donny1437 From about April 1966 in France to April 1967 and then another year in Belgium, Mons.

"So long as that country started with U and Nited States of America" this is why i love this channel

@JNSP-kk7py

3 жыл бұрын

I laughed waaaay to hard at that.

@sohopedeco

3 жыл бұрын

Ukrainited States of America

@henrysmart6854

3 жыл бұрын

I don't really know why France is always hating on America I mean it didn't used to be that way France help the Americans during the Revolutionary war they gave us the statue of liberty but ever since 1940s and to currents times they have been hating on America

@kurousagi8155

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrysmart6854 Suez Crisis?

@Hannodb1961

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for typing my thoughts exactly. Saves me the trouble.

1:13 in the top left corner: *Concerned French Noises*. Man I love this channel.

@officerfriendly1230

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrysmart6854 Guess I'm a loser then.😁

@mokka1115

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrysmart6854 Farmers: I'm the lowest of the low

@segmentsAndCurves

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrysmart6854 I'm delighted to announce that your username is totally the opposite of what you just have said.

@wetplant1748

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrysmart6854 zoo owners: I'm going to jail

@respectedgaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrysmart6854 I guess you're a animal hater then....

2:00 lowkey that's a really good response

At 1:29 I really like the French Secret Plan. Infantry launch a fixing attack while a radar unit flanks around a forest and a battleship comes from around the mountains to destroy an enemy air defense unit. I think the infantry could have handled it alone but hey, we know where the budget is going with those mountain battleships.

@smalltime0

6 ай бұрын

Given the French NATO-Commanded troops location during the cold war, the enemy has a forward located air defence unit without support. They gave us the slip once, so best not take any chances, recall the mountain battleship for a flanking manoeuvrer.

@manu987nc7

Ай бұрын

Ok I understand now😂😂😂😂

France withdrew because Bisonette wasn't commander

@ordinary_magician

3 жыл бұрын

So true!

@zeinmaslida

3 жыл бұрын

@Anonymer Nutzer bro that's the patron

@savatared564

3 жыл бұрын

There a happy ending France rejoin NATO in 2009, well kind of.

@FranciscoMendez-pl7in

3 жыл бұрын

Well France hate USA and ussr

@sowhat249

3 жыл бұрын

Here is someone I never would've expected here. I used to watch your channel all the time dude. Have a good one.

As a German, that title evoked a lot of sudden emotions in me before realising that this didn't, in fact, happen last week or something.

@alexandrevincenot6546

3 жыл бұрын

This would never happen now

@menospeakwelsh

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrevincenot6546 I know. But shock is always faster than reason.

@regardlessrampage

3 жыл бұрын

As an American I was pretty concerned as well lol. A NATO without France is difficult to imagine.

@antokarman2064

3 жыл бұрын

Well, they sought help from nato to wreck libya and they got their wish granted so why would they opt out of nato now?

@dosg847

3 жыл бұрын

@@antokarman2064 to wreck libya ? how so ? its more the opposite, Usa dragged all thyer ally in theyr last war ( irak, afghanistan ) and thank god our governement wasnt as dumb as the bush one and say no to irak, now the hell holes that we call irak is all on the hand of the freedom giver and great friend of humanity that is Usa lol

“Does that include the ones in the cemetery too?” Damn that hits hard😢

@allergy5634

Жыл бұрын

Wow it’s almost as if the Americans were a full ocean away from any meaningful conflict and only intervened after the bulk of the Axis forces were tied up in the USSR/North Africa/China whereas the French were on the Nazi’s back door.

@MN-vz8qm

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Johnson, a pure politician, who had only been in the naval reserve during ww2, scolding DeGaulle, ww1 hero injured multiple times, the only succesfull tank commander in 1940 against the nazi invasion, who went against his own govt and declared war should go on after france fall (hence was condamned to death by vichy france in absentia), led the free french, witnessed some of his best friends die under his command... Yeah, that little jab was pathetic.

@huguesh294

Жыл бұрын

@@MN-vz8qm pathetic, yep

@Mitaka.Kotsuka

Жыл бұрын

@@MN-vz8qm indeed he was

@rick7424

Жыл бұрын

@@MN-vz8qm Johnson asked it on behalf of the dead soldiers, not himself.

Now I know the full story as to why a GI I served with in Germany was moved from France to Germany sometime in 1966. I think the trooper was Larry Holden from Atlanta, Ga

"5 or 10 years" France: No, how about 50

@KDH-br6hy

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@rj8288

3 жыл бұрын

Now really, who cares? Communism is dead.

@jukahri

3 жыл бұрын

@@rj8288 Communism might be dead, but Russia and China are still illiberal as fuck and looking towards expanding once more.

@thetrist333

3 жыл бұрын

@@rj8288 what about china ?

@youthgamngpatnerz3300

3 жыл бұрын

so r the in now ?

"Why did France Leave NATO?" Because leaving NATO sounds like the most French thing to do so they did.

@TNOBasedBatov

3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, keep up the great work pogchamp

@samrevlej9331

3 жыл бұрын

... I don't know if I should be flattered or offended. Then I remember we French people are too great and mighty (but never arrogant, Baguette no!) to care about other people's opinion of us. 😉

@CoffeeSuccubus

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes France apparently is incompetent after one surrender. I am so sick of this as an American.

@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121

3 жыл бұрын

L'otan

@DarkNocturnia

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoffeeSuccubus The truth hurts.

I love learning history and these videos you get me laughing all the time! while also teaching me historical events =]

@romrom9761

Жыл бұрын

take a look at " oversymplified "

I love Johnsons response to the request, an absolute masterstroke. Even if it didn't work it still would have caused such a huge incident it would have made France look extremely ungrateful for all those lives lost

@goofygrandlouis6296

Жыл бұрын

Yes and no. The obvious counter-answer is "US only exists because of France, in the 1st place". Also let's be real about politicians. In both cases, they were interests involved, not just camaradery.

@gravitykat714

11 ай бұрын

It’s honestly hypocritical cause the US wanted France to be treated as a defeated nation because of the French soldiers that fought on Germanys side. Ignoring all the French soldiers also on the ally’s side

@viewer-of-content

11 ай бұрын

@@gravitykat714 This was 20 years after WW2. And the USA has always payed over twice all of the other nato nations combined. Different US presidents/polititions, and the US public just get ticked at other members expecting to control US spending when they can't meet 2% spend. The USA has never spent less than 3% gdp on defence spending and averages neer 6% since ww2. I value our allies more than most, but when we let the gun nuts or the cheep skates run the show than they screech at nato members, "not meeting g their 2% promised goals and pushing all the cost on the USA." I on the other hand appreciate the warm bodies the French have and that they actually bring their own guns to nato drills. Some other German Nato members allegedly have to borrow equipment all the time, but again Germans have warm bodies too. And I am more worried about a potential 2 front war for the USA, where our pacific allies are more likely to be at a manpower disadvantage, so we need all the Europeans we can get❤️❤️❤️

@danz1182

10 ай бұрын

​@@viewer-of-contentas is often said, after WW2 the United States purchased an alliance to stand in front of it in any future conflict.

@cheswick617

10 ай бұрын

@@gravitykat714 that's complete and total Bull shit. NO ONE wanted or demanded France be treated as a defeated nation. If that were so, why did Dwight D.Eisenhower and FDR allow the communist De Gaulle to lead the triumphant military parade into Paris???

france: my friends i am very honored to be apart of thi- britain: is also in nato france: yeah this sucks i'm leaving

@gerardmontgomery280

3 жыл бұрын

France and Britain totally have a Yandere relationship with each other.

@broadbandislife

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerardmontgomery280 Mega tsundere really. I've read doorstopper studies on the topic.

@Wellshem

3 жыл бұрын

The fuck do you mean with your tsundere and yandere shit, French and English hate each other and that's all. There is no secret love or anything.

@broadbandislife

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wellshem Actual behaviour over _centuries_ disagrees.

@anelkia27

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wellshem yeah yeah keep dreaming😏

"Who could've been from NATO's many member states as long that member state's name began with U and ended with nited States of America" - best line ever

@bronzearmy2645

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like the Second Seat should have belonged to a nation that ended in “Nited Kingdom”. Just to keep the pattern going.

@CaesarCassius

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong. Best line ever was Does that include the ones in the cemeteries? Exposed DeGaulle for his pettiness

@katnerd6712

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaesarCassius DeGaulle was a petty man, but in this case he was actually in the right for France. He lost nothing as the US would offer the same level of defense regardless, he got a lot of those missiles removed that we peppered the French countryside with and achieved most of his other goals, not least of which was annoying the British. He was petty but he wasn't stupid. Also this particular action was why France was the only European nation that wasn't financially dominated by the US.

@jimsilveira2344

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaesarCassius 100% fact.

@andersbjrnsen7203

2 жыл бұрын

yup, but if tank war erupts across the flatlands of poland and germany, I think I would feel safest with a german in chief...

So its basically France just being France

@pastek93

Жыл бұрын

And USA just being USA

@charlesvan13

Жыл бұрын

@@pastek93 This difference is that France needs Nato, the USA doesn't. The US military budget is greater than all other Nato countries combined.

@mcrepe6995

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesvan13yeah but no France have the strongest army of the European Union and have nuke so they can totally survive without nato and If France quit again NATO they will keep good commercial relations with USA and other country and the economy of France don’t really be touch because France is the 4th weapons seller in the world and with the economic force of the euro no problems with the economy (in history France is a very good ally with USA so they will have good relations) Sorry for bad English I’m French

@charlesvan13

Жыл бұрын

@@mcrepe6995 I'm fine with the US leaving Nato. The US doesn't need it. It's the small countries that do, and they constantly complain. The US has 60% the capability of Nato as a whole, not counting nukes. The French constantly complain, but they have needed the US twice. So leave!!

@mcrepe6995

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesvan13 …. If USA leave NATO all the other countries in Eastern europe will think « I don’t need NATO i should ally with Russia because Russia is ´powerful’ and I’m near it » so maybe you fine if US leave NATO but that not good. And in NATO there is not really small countries .I want to know about what they complains in NATO because there is nothing to complain in NATO can you give some examples please ? USA do not do all the power in NATO Even if you remove the USA in NATO all the others members combined are very powerful FINAL : All the members of NATO need NATO , the USA don’t do a exception USA need NATO and all other countries in NATO need nato

I love your channel and your videos … I love History … Thank you very much

2:13 "I Have to go now, my planet needs me" Note: France died on the way back to his home planet

@piderman5435

3 жыл бұрын

Rip Poochie

@Imedge6

3 жыл бұрын

That's a Simpson easter egg ! Nice.

@Marinealver

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bill, or was it Jeff? Damn I forgot, he was only in one episode.

@atomicburning

3 жыл бұрын

@@Marinealver I want to say Roy but I honestly don't know

@seh4610

3 жыл бұрын

Boy i really hope someone got fired for that blunder!

Sounds like a way of staying in the club but avoiding those interminable committee meetings. We've all felt that. :)

@lordsiomai

3 жыл бұрын

lmao why is this so accurate

@rphb5870

3 жыл бұрын

The video is wrong, it dosn't understand the cause, it was because of the gold.

@rphb5870

3 жыл бұрын

@Stink Meaner Than it should have been called The History Channel - Where the truth if history. But all jokes aside the fact that they had a video about the France withdrawal from NATO yet didn't understand it at all, that is beyond dumb, because they are not trying to be funny either like with the Babylon Bee or the SNL. This is about them trying to teach other people about a subject that they fundamentally do not understand themselves.

@kAY-yl5en

3 жыл бұрын

Oh.... Im sorry, were you talking about me

@rphb5870

3 жыл бұрын

@Stink Meaner No socialists are incapable of being funny. Liberals on the other hand, are famous for their humour.

Thanks for this information.

Love the representation of the aircraft carrier Bearn floating past in the background, nice touch.

Since I didn't think this ever happened, I thought it just did, and nearly had a heart attack XD

@nestpascamillekazeyquiveut9984

3 жыл бұрын

What would be the issue with it? France leaving NATO wouldn't mean a France without allies and vice versa.

@codeviper8665

3 жыл бұрын

@@nestpascamillekazeyquiveut9984 I didn't really mean it in the context of "that's really bad," I meant it as a "that's a really important, historical event that I didn't hear about"

@themaskedmysadaean8885

3 жыл бұрын

@@codeviper8665 yeah; I've had days like that too... T-T

@ajsalinas8418

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@rageraptor7127

3 жыл бұрын

Same

I want to shake James Bisonette’s hand and thank him for supporting this channel

@Enrico-

3 жыл бұрын

Also Kurzgesagt

@jamesbissonette8002

3 жыл бұрын

✋

@Enrico-

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbissonette8002 ♥️♥️♥️

@nickfifteen

3 жыл бұрын

Spinning Three Plates is my hero/heroine

@iithescarletwhitchii6594

3 жыл бұрын

Also Kelly moneymaker

Thanks for the info. 👍

Fun fact: France never left NATO, but only its military command.

@fabioalbert101

6 ай бұрын

did you watch the video

"Why did France leave NA- **Charles de Gaulle** Yeah no surprise

@davidgalloway266

3 жыл бұрын

He never forgave the US and Britain for saving France.

@Mana-xd2tp

3 жыл бұрын

He was ahead of his time. NATO is pointless as fuck now.

@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mana-xd2tp except for costing america money and costing them time to sort out diplomatic issues within NATO because now there is no common force to fight against and be United against

@mrgreenfr6216

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidgalloway266 he mainly hated being seen as a puppet by the british and the american and wanted to prove that France could take care of it's own problem by their own... sorry we didn't wanted to be your little bitch

@davidgalloway266

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mana-xd2tp Nato is still in Afghanistan and protecting the Ukraine. How can it be pointles? The Nato treary has only been activated once. To assist the US in Afghanistan. But watch Putin invade to Baltic states if it vanishes.

De Gaulle : Get your American troops out of France America: The dead ones too? I am laughing so hard 😂

@sohopedeco

3 жыл бұрын

"Ouais! Every last of them!"

@segmentsAndCurves

3 жыл бұрын

Pro gamer move.

@mokka1115

3 жыл бұрын

He should have responded with: "Of course, we'll remove ours from your soil too."

@LuckyBird551

3 жыл бұрын

De Gaulle should have replied with: "No, those can stay as long as the 2000 frenchmen that died in America in 1776 can stay there too."

@d0ntfeedphil447

3 жыл бұрын

Knowing De Gaulle he would definitely say yes

Dude you’re so cool Thanks for all this random information that I 100% use

I enjoyed this. When I conquer the world, I will cite this video as a source of inspiration. You did this to yourself.

@shawmmathews889

Жыл бұрын

Okay Putin!

In 2004, France moved one step closer to the NATO military structure by assigning personnel to the permanent staffs of SHAPE and its subordinate headquarters, and in 2009 France officially rejoined NATO's integrated military command structure.

@jean-robertlombard1416

Жыл бұрын

"Thanks" to the traitor Sarkosy.

@snickle1980

Жыл бұрын

@@jean-robertlombard1416 Well, I suppose we'll always have the revolutionary war to look back on.

@rangersmith4652

Жыл бұрын

I served at SHAPE from 2000 to 2003, and there were during those years quite a number of French officers in the building in various "observer" roles. They attended strategy meetings and voiced their views, but since there were no billets (positions) for French personnel, they had no official say in military matters.

@doragonzx

Жыл бұрын

Now most french want to leave NATO, again

@dartfield4655

Жыл бұрын

@@jean-robertlombard1416 son égo a été amoché par Poutine durant le G8 en 2007, décision purement politique et capricieuse, faut le comprendre le pauvre petit président...

"So long as that member state began with a U and ended with nited States of America"

@kcimb

2 жыл бұрын

That was the funniest part of the entire video 😂😂

@AliKhan-vl7vq

2 жыл бұрын

😅 lol

@poop75018

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense though. We are the best and most powerful

@libtardgunlover762

2 жыл бұрын

@@poop75018 We're the humblest too.

@Mark-Wilson

2 жыл бұрын

@@libtardgunlover762 funny joke lol

I spent my mandatory army service for France in ....... Germany, in 1985. Turns out we were out, but the French Forces in Germany existed with our a doubt. It was a logistics battalion, all the offensive units were back in France I guess.

@smalltime0

6 ай бұрын

Was that in Saarland?

@hamrite

6 ай бұрын

@@smalltime0 Freiburg im Breisgau

@smalltime0

6 ай бұрын

@@hamrite wow, unexpected

I was in a C suite staff meeting and we were discussing our Canadian operation. Our global VP of procurement was from Lyons France. He scoffed and asked what was so great about Canada. I spoke up and said “well, for one thing it has the world’s largest French speaking population that never surrendered to Germany. Twice.” They still talk about that meeting. He never spoke to me again.

@frank-ko6de

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Canada has a bigger economy than France with a lesser population.👍👍👍👍

@rivercrimea4849

Жыл бұрын

SAVAGE!! 😂😂😂

@moiseman

Жыл бұрын

Buuuuuuurn. Now of course that claim would have had a little more weight if they weren't literally an ocean away from any war but still.

@GURUKHAN_OG

Жыл бұрын

The only thing is Canada is cocooned by Atlantic ocean and Pacific ocean

@___E

Жыл бұрын

Most military victories in history, also France only surrendered to Germany once, and France has the most French speakers, everything you said was factually incorrect. He probably never spoke to you again because he understood that you are a ignorant French hater.

When you uploaded this I was like: *Did I miss some news that I shouldn't miss?!*

@Nista357

3 жыл бұрын

Sammeee xD

@fundyracer5648

3 жыл бұрын

duude I thought France left NATO now for a second because I never heard of that and got a heart attack

@thesunday2023

3 жыл бұрын

My heart skipped a beat.

@kjj26k

3 жыл бұрын

With the border skirmish with the U.K. at Jersey, I thought the same!

@PharrowlOG

3 жыл бұрын

HM: Why did France leave NATO? Me: *Forgets this is history matters not news matters,* wait whut?

History Matters: "Why did France withdraw from NATO?" History Matters: "It was in 1966" Me: "Ah, so de Gaulle being de Gaulle"

@sparrow56able

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, not being a pawn of the americans. A great leader

@paulamblard3836

3 жыл бұрын

(we need more french president being De Gaulle. Our political system was build around the idea to have a De Gaulle as president.)

@Outlast25

3 жыл бұрын

De Gaulle was also the arrogant prick you had no qualms threatening to *take their ball and go home" if the Americans didn't attempt to halt the Nazi advance on Strasbourg during operation Northwind in 1945. One of the many times Charles de God Awful used foreign blood to protect french 'honor".

@paulamblard3836

3 жыл бұрын

@@Outlast25 by "foreign", you mean "the part of the France out of the europe" ?

@Outlast25

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulamblard3836 I've no idea what you mean by this. 10,000 Americans died in Op Northwind alone. Many because of De Gaulle and his inability to allow the Nazis to take a strategically insignificant town because it was politically inexpedient for him. A coward who didn't mind paying for French soil with American blood

Good video .

That video aged particularly well!

"Does that include those in the cemeteries as well" wow that is a dark quip 1:56

@fatguyonasoapbox1553

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, that was pretty savage.

@niksarass

2 жыл бұрын

No idea why he said that considering French soldiers died on american soil for independance and this does not justify having French military bases in the US

@kidfox3971

2 жыл бұрын

@@niksarass 1. Not even remotely to scale, like at all. About 2,100 Frenchmen died throughout the entire War for American Independence, more Americans died on the first day at Omaha Beach alone. I appreciate greatly France's contribution to our victory, but it's a watershed compared to what Americans sacrificed for the French in both WW1 and WW2. 2. The point he was trying to make was that America's contribution to both World Wars is the reason why France even has an independent state of her own, obviously British and Canadian troops played massive roles but it would have been impossible without American assistance. So how dare he demand that the troops who saved his country leave said country when their only purpose there is to protect it, when he wouldn't even have sovereign land if not for them?

@niksarass

2 жыл бұрын

@@kidfox3971 Still off topic to my point, but 1. More Frenchmen died in Yorktown and Chesapeake than Americans rebels 2. US had no navy. Without the Chesapeake naval blockade the British could reinforce forever, they were the masters of the sea. 3. Even if numbers were 1000 times that. Still no reason to force the country you help to be a vassal state or accept a military presence once it is freed. If you take the sovereignty you just gave, then you don't give anything. 4. American soldiers sacrifice is admirable, but american leadership were not wanting to give France its sovereignty, they wanted to treat it as a defeated ennemy state under AMGOT, puppet state with french dollars etc. They did not warn Degaulle of Normandy. Did not drop heavy weapons to the Résistance. There was no generosity or sacrifice in it. It was replacing one conquerer with another. So using the sacrifice of american soldiers as a culpability inducing excuse is pretty laughable to me.

@santiagolobos4535

2 жыл бұрын

@@kidfox3971 You are over romantizing history my friend. The US had been selling strategical materials to the nazi state for years , to the point that Albert Speer said "Had not been for America's help, we could not have invaded Poland". Also in 1925 France has a complete military control over Germany (Ruhr) so Germany couldn't rearm or invade. WW2 couldn't happen, but the US pressured France out of that because they were selling stuff to Germany. US politics is one of the reasons why WW2 happened in the first place. They cannot act like they were friends of France, or saved France , it's like a Fireman that claims he saved your house because he put down a fire he just initiated himself.

"so long as that member state began with a U and ended with nited states of America" Instant subscribe

@lubusbtch

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the chaos.

@Rh0dan1970

3 жыл бұрын

Fair enough, its also the only country that lived up to the minimal military commitments the past 30 years. Where I live there is a saying 'he who pays the bill is the one that decides'

@rickybojangles162

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rh0dan1970 and they're also the ones who've started and lost the most amount of pointless and unwinnable wars. To us in Europe, the US are bullies who think they're the world's policeman, they spend spend spend on military when nobody else is and the reason for that is because we're all focused on things like providing healthcare and education. Sorry America but, your military spending means the country suffers. Much rather have free healthcare than the world's largest army *which seems afraid or incapable of winning real wars*

@Colonial_Cardzz-

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickybojangles162 nothing is free in life free healthcare isn’t free you or other people in the country pay for it in there taxes

@lubusbtch

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickybojangles162 We have started and lost literally 1 pointless war, I'd say we are way behind the European countries in that endeavor.

Loads of people in this comment section now think that France is not in NATO. Could’ve added a ‘temporarily’ in the title, considering the audience

@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

Жыл бұрын

Didn't even temporally pull out either.

wow this helped me so much. i dident understand a thing

The French where sick of all the "surrender" jokes in Nato so they up and left.

@thatntr4146

2 жыл бұрын

They... surrendered

@neilmanhard1341

2 жыл бұрын

What's worse is that Denmark resisted the Germans in WWII for a whole FOUR hours. The Danes deserve (and earned) more sarcastic surrender jokes than the French. The French are no longer in NATO but the Danes participation is practically nil. They seldom if ever participate in exercises and their defense budget is absurdly small even by European standards. That's why Denmark can give so much free stuff and services to their citizens because they don't spend it on their defense. They expect other countries (US, UK, Germany) to defend them. It just sickens me to know that Americans and other non-Danish soldiers will die to defend the cowardly, selfish and arrogant people of Denmark.

@ashjones2627

2 жыл бұрын

@@neilmanhard1341 Don't think I've ever heard anyone go after the Danes quite so passionately. Have you ever seen the film Land of Mine?

@neilmanhard1341

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashjones2627 Yes I had. There's a scene where a Danish sergeant attacks unarmed German prisoners. My thought was, "wow, so brave and tough against a beaten foe, but where was all that bravado when defending his homeland?". The Danes are a happy people and like to brag about all their "freebies", like health care, education, etc... services other countries envy. They can only afford those services though because they spend virtually nothing on "defense". Their prosperity is carried on the backs of NATO members. In numerous "Cold War" board games (particularly from the '80s), the Danish army practically disintegrates on first contact with the Soviets. It's been a long standing knowledge that the Danish Army is the worse and least trained army in NATO. They barely participate in exercises. NATO and other European countries don't criticize them because they're a member. So, here, Denmark gets a "free ride" on their reputation. I have no obligation for sustaining Denmark's self-worth, so I call them what they truly are: selfish arrogant cowards. Their 20th and 21th century history makes it indisputable. Anything other than that is a whitewash. (Really, a FOUR hour war?)

@ashjones2627

2 жыл бұрын

@@neilmanhard1341 I thought it was an interesting film about an aspect of the War that is rarely covered. To your point though, that character does come to respect and even care for the soldiers in his charge. You obviously have quite strong opinions and its not something I know a tremendous amount about. I've never had much contact with Denmark or Danes. Where are you from out of interest?

One minor thing I like is that soldiers in these animations are usually depicted with period-correct weapons used by the nations they represent. Like at 1:10, the French troops have MAS-49 rifles, which is what they were using at this time period.

@demoscassi8055

3 жыл бұрын

Plus AMX-13 right behind 'em

@buckdanny9062

3 жыл бұрын

@@demoscassi8055 And accurate ranks, ships, etc. Lot of dedication put in these videos.

@RhodokTribesman

3 жыл бұрын

@@buckdanny9062 Unlike some other pop history channels...

@auxencefromont1989

3 жыл бұрын

@@RhodokTribesman does it start with a i and end with nfographic show ?

@RhodokTribesman

3 жыл бұрын

@@auxencefromont1989 Haha, right on the money. I'm glad I'm not the only one

NATO's plan was to use France as a rug and buffer zone in case of soviet invasion and not use nukes first in this case. French leadership disagreed and said a single soviet soldier on french soil and it's nuclear bombs straight toward Moscow. Obviously it wasn't in the US or UK interests but France didn't care and went ahead developing its own nukes as well anyway.

@gameover9390

6 ай бұрын

I’m with France on this one, the amount of disrespect and lack of regard for lives is astonishing, Shame on you NATO.

@maregondrako

5 ай бұрын

@@gameover9390 You understand nuclear war would've been a far worse lack of regard for lives, yes?

@gameover9390

5 ай бұрын

@@maregondrako Obviously, but it still fucked to use an entire nation as a shield

@datboib3432

4 ай бұрын

@@gameover9390staging area, not shield. That’s what poland is for

@looinrims

2 ай бұрын

No, there was no plan to do that, what are you buffering against with France? There’s nothing behind France until Spain joins in the 80s

2:12 Did you guys reference Poochy from itchy and scratchy leaving the show?

@nathandollins9853

3 ай бұрын

Note: French died on the way back to their home planet

France: "we want all foreign troops off of French Soil" America: "does that include those in French cemeteries?" Damn that's sassy

@ommsterlitz1805

2 жыл бұрын

De Gaulle knew what the americans tried to do to France turning it into an american colony, and during the short time they had bases in France they conducted espionage, and the infamous LSD testing they did in the 60's on a small village of old people that killed many of them. It was a big incident and was too much for great Charles De Gaule to have annoying and disrespectful americans on it's soil since they were neutral in the cold war as De Gaulle was promoting a 3rd way of independent nations to not be included in the cold war and potentially ww3.

@feelsweirdman_1823

2 жыл бұрын

@@ommsterlitz1805 France was still part of nato, if ussr attacked France would not be neutral

@ommsterlitz1805

2 жыл бұрын

@@feelsweirdman_1823 Yes actually France was way more present in germany than the USA, and France had many military bases to train germans under their command as with the French would have been the first to be in the front line before the americans

@feelsweirdman_1823

2 жыл бұрын

@@ommsterlitz1805 yes so they were not neutral 👍🏼very cool

@ddoumeche

2 жыл бұрын

Johnson was a poor sore looser who got his leg in Vietnam and killed more americains than Hitler.

‘Does that include all the ones in the soil as well?’ Gotta admit, that was a sick burn that I have no doubt American press had an absolute field day with

@noidea5984

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine not wanting to be an U.S. puppet what a shame

@parodyclip36

2 жыл бұрын

As many French civilians buried in ww2 cemeteries were put there by American bombardments than by German occupation forces during WW2, maybe the Americans could have tought this trough Edited my comment because I hadn't tought of it beforehand

@noidea5984

2 жыл бұрын

@@parodyclip36 20.000 civilians killed by American bombing and 4500 women rapped, at least those who spoke... Edit : in fact its really 60.000 maybe even 70.000

@potateo7504

2 жыл бұрын

@@noidea5984 Yeah, cause you know thats totally worse than France being invaded, occupied and a puppet state of nazi Germany where over 100000 people were killed.

@potateo7504

2 жыл бұрын

@@parodyclip36 Where did you get that idea? The majority of the French deaths on the western front were from Nazi Germany, not America. Out of the 200k military deaths, over 100k were from Germany. Again, where did you get this idea?

"LE 2009"... I see what you did there... Nice touch xD - a french speaking viewer ^^

“Does that include the ones in the cemeteries as well” is a hard asf line

"I want all American forces out of this country!" "Including the ones in the cemeteries?" Oof, that is one hell of a rebuke.

@wendigockel

3 жыл бұрын

Should have answered "yes"

@eliphas_vlka

3 жыл бұрын

Well the one who died where heroes Not the others

@yak48

3 жыл бұрын

American burried in France, are burried in American cemetery....which are American properties !

@ntvm4749

3 жыл бұрын

the french that died for your independance war will return to france too then 😉

@lsq7833

3 жыл бұрын

@@yak48 Not legally they're not.

**concerned French noises**

@Erde_midget770

3 жыл бұрын

*nervous frog voice*

@hydradominatus3641

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like surrendering as soon as possible

@mashedpotatoboy7160

3 жыл бұрын

@@hydradominatus3641 surrender jokes so old lmao, get over it

@hydradominatus3641

3 жыл бұрын

@@mashedpotatoboy7160 oldies but goldies

@samrevlej9331

3 жыл бұрын

@@hydradominatus3641 All right, give your independence back to Britain and the Louisiana Territory and the Statue of Liberty back to France.

Love that American Ego "does that include those in the cemetery as well" like America would have gained independence without French aid.

@wyattmcgee1

11 ай бұрын

They would have. France actually did very little.

@foreverpure1950

11 ай бұрын

@@wyattmcgee1 yup very little. Let me list off the small contributions. Cash, Guns, uniforms, food, training, military commanders like Rochambeau, Massive aid during Yorktown, they won Chesapeake Bay (the most vital battle of the war), and they also declared war with their spanish Allies tying down a significant portion of the U.Ks forces. The French also helped post independence leading the world in recognizing the U.S and immediately starting trade with them. (Something that was very important if you look at what happened with Mexico post independence) All in all these are very minor contributions.

@clintonbreeden6970

11 ай бұрын

France wouldn’t have gotten independence from Germany if the Americans didn’t help

@danz1182

10 ай бұрын

It would have taken somewhat longer perhaps, but the issue was really no longer in doubt once France had joined. Saratoga was the beginning of the end either way. Without France Cornwallis would have successfully retreated from Yorktown, but doing do would have left the entire South in the hands of the rebels. Britain could not have afforded to retake it. It was just a matter of time.

I think some of this was that De Gaulle still harboured resentments from WW2. He had resented being sometimes sidelined during World War 2, when FDR at first recognised Vichy France, and then later one favoured Henri Giraud as French leader instead of De Gaulle. De Gaulle also resented postponements of when France was going to be liberated.

LBJ's real quote was, "Ask him about the cemeteries Dean!" In reference to the secretary of state, who didn't want to ask France about the cemeteries but had to because that was his job. The quote in the video comes from Dean Rusk.

@rorke6092

3 жыл бұрын

thx 4 tha info!!!!11

@xusmico187

3 жыл бұрын

WWII vet returns for visit: FR customs: have you been to France before, as old solider is looking for his passport. Solider: yes FR customs: then you know you should have your passport ready. Solider: Last time no body ask for one. I was too busy killing NAZIs and French collaborators

@killingtime669

3 жыл бұрын

We should of brought them back home. It would of been the most American thing to do at that point. Out of total respect for the ones who died

@RicktheCrofter

3 жыл бұрын

Bill Mauldin did a political cartoon on this subject. It showed DeGaulle standing before the crosses of an American war cemetery, asking, “Why do you Americans always stay where you’re not wanted.”

@lsq7833

3 жыл бұрын

@@xusmico187 what the fuck is a "SOLIDER" someone who solid things?

As a Frenchman… I didn’t know we rejoined nato lol. We learn in history classes that De Gaule removed us from NATO as teens; but tbh I always saw NATO as a club we were just slightly part of but not real members. I saw that lately with the map of current NATO members because of the Ukraine war, and I was like… wait, when did we become full time members again? Heading to Google to see under which president

@francoise4678

2 жыл бұрын

under Sarkozy

@issa3522

2 жыл бұрын

Sarkozy rejoined the NATO with a simple purpose! Win a re-election by getting rid of Gadhaffi with the help of NATO because he has a dirt of illegal campaign money which helped Sarkhozi win against Segolene Royal. But didn’t do him any good as he did ended up losing his re-election against Holland and and worst of all that secret of dirty money wasn’t buried with Gadhaffi but ended up in the hands of Mediapart and Sarghozy is fighting with the French Justice alone without the help of NATO! British and American leaders always betrayed French leaders, first Louis XVI to the mercy of the guillotine and now Nichola Sarkhozy to the walls of prison cell. Quelle justice Française.

@callmethreeone

Жыл бұрын

You didn't have to France never left NATO.

@callmethreeone

Жыл бұрын

@@augustinf The military structure command, yes. France did not leave Nato.

@callmethreeone

Жыл бұрын

@@augustinf I am also pretty sure I remember seeing frenchmen patched during KFOR and were given awards for KFOR, before 2009. A decade before.

Bruh I literally thought that France withdrew from NATO recently

Love this history

0:40 Nato mustering to hold the line, defending the free World. Norway deciding to invade Sweden.

@rawrimadeinosaur7513

2 жыл бұрын

They found the commie in ikea. Had no choice

@56th.

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@someoneudontknow723

2 жыл бұрын

hoi 4 in the nut shell

@ottomaticallyawesome

2 жыл бұрын

They were hiding weapons of mass destruction.

@andreasolsson4539

2 жыл бұрын

That would only happen if we win the winter olympics. So we never win.

And I directly went looking on the internet news like : what the hell did Macron just do? Got scared for a min though

@Knightfire66

3 жыл бұрын

I also thought wtf macron. I thought he is going to war with britain because of jersey

@0GarbageChannel0

3 жыл бұрын

@@Knightfire66 Lol going to war for fishes, c'mon

@Knightfire66

3 жыл бұрын

@@0GarbageChannel0 lol they went to war for way less... were talking about britain and france.

@0GarbageChannel0

3 жыл бұрын

@@Knightfire66 This is XXIth century bro

@anguswaterhouse9255

3 жыл бұрын

why its not like its a massive deal the us is like 60% of nato

The animation cel reference at 2:14... I love it, dammit.

@meer1120

Жыл бұрын

Note: de Gaulle died on the way back to his home country.

@conradojavier7547

Жыл бұрын

He has to go now, His Pla....I mean Country needs him.

“So long as that country started with U and ended with Nited states of America.” You know I have a feeling that that the country being said here is the United Kingdom

@Mitaka.Kotsuka

3 жыл бұрын

But the second in command

@uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582

3 жыл бұрын

nope

@rogerlindenberg6378

3 жыл бұрын

a wise man once tells "the power of evil will rise for 1000 years, then or 100 and finally the last ten. "

@yassou9319

3 жыл бұрын

It's the United Arab Emirates

It's also worth remembering that French nuclear doctrine called for the use of very short-range nuclear weapons (e.g. The Pluton) to prevent or 'disrupt' large Red Army formations just before they could invade French soil. Given where these Red Army forces would have been located, effectively this meant that the first step of France's homeland defence plan involved nuking West Germany. As war plans go, not the toughest sell to the contemporary French defence establishment, but considered a tad problematic for alliance diplomacy!

@tywinlannister8015

2 жыл бұрын

Considering the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe at the time, Germany would have become a nuclear wasteland regardless.

@david__w7964

2 жыл бұрын

@@tywinlannister8015 Very possibly, after all up until the 1980s NATO was reliant on smaller scale nuclear forces to offset percieved conventional inferiority. But on the diplomatic front this was 'solved' politically by having 'dual-key' nuclear forces whereby American nuclear weapons were mated to European force structures/delivery platforms like fighter-bombers. In theory both parties had to consent to nuclear use. Obviously there were provisions and loopholes but it was good enough to paint a veneer of legitimacy on the whole thing. With France, this was in no way the case (to this day, unlike the US and UK, France makes no nuclear guarantees tonits neighbours) therefore it would still have been a difficult political subject between allies when undertaking peacetime planning.

@marcmarco5373

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who did his military service in Frnace in the late 80's. I can tell you this. during basic training we were told that in case of an invasion of Germany by the Warsaw Pact forces, the entire French army were to be rushed in Germany to join the front. No if, no but. So those Pluton might have been used in Germany but the idea was certainly not to "wait and see" and only fight to protect France territory. Fun fact, I was in light armor reconnaissance regiment and, in case of a global war against the Warsaw pact our losses were projected to be 80% in the first 48h of conflict... Believe what you want but there was never a question about where we were to stand in case of a major conflict between the two blocks. And oh about Germany being turned into a wasteland I can also confirm that it was also considered a given : We were told that a third of all artillery shell of the the warsaw pact were chemical weapons so we wouldhave to fight in NBC gear ( Gaz masks, special overall , pressurized vehicles, etc) .. Thank God this never happened !!

@tywinlannister8015

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcmarco5373 Thank God indeed, I do not think there would be a civilization left to speak of otherwise.

@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876

2 жыл бұрын

I would not be shock if France had nuclear wepons point at Berlin and London at all time... Just in case.

1:57 that line goes so hard

@Chineseconcrete

21 күн бұрын

no it doesent

I love how at 02:00 the nuke is casually hidden behind a tree

If I remember well, de Gaulle said "France was treated like a doormat" by American troops (traitée comme un paillasson). Just to give you an idea of how he thought of them.

@M-J-qn8td

3 жыл бұрын

And you know why he said that? Because the Allies massively carpet bombed Normandy(the doormat) to make their way to Germany, killing as many people as Germans did in an invasion and the occupation taken together. So in his mind, French paid a big enough price without having to kiss butts for decades after the liberation.

@IAmReallyReallyBob

3 жыл бұрын

@@M-J-qn8td yep, totally agree with you

@dennissimo7546

3 жыл бұрын

How many Frenchman does it take to defend Paris..... Don't know, the French hasn't been able to defend Paris by themselves

@M-J-qn8td

3 жыл бұрын

@Brian Baff You Jo Sm and Dennis Simo, 3 ignorant jerks that think the Simpson's are historical reference.

@sherwoodbaker2714

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah? ... And De Gaulle can go F his rotten corpse!

"Say the line, History Matters..." "James Bissonette..." "YAAAAAAAAAAAAY"

I truly despise misleading titles like this. It’s one of the main problems with so many medias.

1:13 - such as “ oui oui “

Well now this is happening again.

@greene6826

2 жыл бұрын

There so dramatic man. There doing it because there French

@rogueace4115

2 жыл бұрын

@@greene6826 they are*

@Thomas_LB

2 жыл бұрын

or they're*

@rogueace4115

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thomas_LB in his case, I think it would be better if he doesn't use contraction...

@romualdcaffeserre6230

2 жыл бұрын

I wish. Why we keep working with this brain dead organisation is beyond me.

These days most of French people don't care, but the move by Sarkozy to rejoin NATO was widely criticized in France at the time, being seen as quite the "atlantist" move.

@modernpragmatism

3 жыл бұрын

being real, what decision in france isn't widely critized by french people at the time

@PyroFloe

3 жыл бұрын

Everything the French government does is widely criticized nowadays

@ferikk92

3 жыл бұрын

@@PyroFloe the french political class is a band of bumbling buffoons so it's not terribly surprising

@zawaktv1673

3 жыл бұрын

@@PyroFloe This is kinda the purpose of democracy and free press, isn't it?

@goodsummitguy

2 жыл бұрын

@@modernpragmatism yes, French people complain about any new changes, everything.

It's always fun seeing in this kind of video the nations fighting each other about their own being right, except that no great power today can say " we never did anything wrong " we all screwed at some point in time, and we still does , my country as well as yours.

How can one propose a topic like that one, without even stating at some point that today, France is fully back in NATO ?

De Gaulle: "France must to go now." *Note: Charles De Gaulle died on the way back to his home planet*

@LPH77

3 жыл бұрын

Well done sir. God bless poochy

@theemirofjaffa2266

3 жыл бұрын

Seen this joke before but still didn't get it.

@Harminder1

3 жыл бұрын

@@theemirofjaffa2266 It's a Simpson's reference. In which a character called poochie as killed of screen, if you type Simpson's poochie death you'll understand.

@Kratos-005

3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone remember the time when De Gaulle hid in Britain like a coward pooping his pants?

@Joe_Mama661

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kratos-005 Does anybody remember the time when hitler hid in his bunker like a coward and pooped his pants?

Last time I was this early, France was still the leader of the League of Nations

@wetplant1748

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Franz Ferdinand was still alive

@respectedgaming

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, the German Empire was still Prussia

@letsmessup648

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was time I was this napolean had taken toulene

@MrFearless

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Marie Antoinette still had her head

@vilzupuupaa4680

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, hakkapeliittas were still fighting in Poland.

France rejoined in 2009

Title is wrong : France has never left NATO but only the integrated commandment of NATO

@videonofan

10 ай бұрын

That's what he said in the video

De Gaulle joyfully tottering off with a nuclear missle on his shoulders is my new all-time favorite moment (1:21)

@yeetjones927

3 жыл бұрын

UK and US watching on in disapproval

@Dyknown

3 жыл бұрын

I'm still partial to Elizabeth II rappelling down an airship in the Falklands myself.

@dr.pop2562

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeetjones927 cus they didnt want France to be a nuclear power

@yeetjones927

3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.pop2562 beaxouse they knew France was gonna use them for shit reasons

@lamesange4369

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeetjones927 Still no one got nuked afaik.

Here before spinning three plates

the point raised about reliance on NATO and therefore USA is a fairly valid one I must say, even if De Gaulle was a polarizing figure in his later political life.

So long as that member state started with U and ended with nited states of America.

French: “We what all foreign troops off our soil.” US: “Does that includes the ones in the cemeteries?” As knowing some French people, that would hurt a lot, since the respect they have for those those graves is astounding. They have more respect for those memorials than most Americans do. They built a memorial for the 51st Highlanders that stayed behind in Dunkirk to allow french troops to be saved. They showed more care for those soldiers than the British did. I have nothing it respect for our French brothers 🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷

@shamanamana5429

2 жыл бұрын

In France you cannot go in any old little town without seeing a memorial about war with all the name of the people that died, usually they are at the "center" of the village.

@willehmwojcik532

2 жыл бұрын

As a french i confirm it. There is really a lot of memorials all around the country and many children love learning more about War Heroes.

@MartinvanStormOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

@@shamanamana5429 that's not only the case in France. In the German village I grew up in is also a memorial listing all the soldiers from that village that have fallen WW 1 & 2. Even inside the church are plates listing the fallen soldiers of WW1. Almost every village here has these kind of memorials and every year on the Sunday two weeks before the first advent we have our Remembrance Day.

@SaladeDeFruitt

2 жыл бұрын

There is no relation. Otherwise, they would have passed from the German occupation to the American's one.

@ComradeHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Yet the Americans have almost no monuments to the Frenchmen who died for their independence. How quickly the Yankees forgot.

"The second allied commander who could be from any other member, but in reality just Britain" No wonder france left

@kirkc9643

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, imagine the two main countries who freed France from the Nazis being in charge. What would they know?

@martinmorles1

3 жыл бұрын

@@kirkc9643 still it seems contradicting as Britain was broke and on the verge of loosing its colonies at this time so it doesn't feel like they should have been a primary command when it came to nato

@ruviklychee4308

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinmorles1 The british held for months giving their all to defend against the germans, even if the germans managed to land they still wouldve fought in the streets, in the fields, and in the hills. Compare that to the french who surrendered after 6 weeks because they didnt want their "precious" cities to get attacked.

@Itachi951000

3 жыл бұрын

@@ruviklychee4308 Lmao nonsense... the only reason Britain survived WWII is because fortunately for them..... tanks don't float lmao. They weren't any better than the French were against Germany in 1940 considering how easily they got dunked on by the Germans in Norway and how they ran back to their island before the Battle of France was over. They even had to be saved in North Africa at Bir-Hakeim by the Free French for them to finally got their shit together there. The Poles, French, Dutch or whatever wished the battle to save their country was an aerial one like the battle of Britain with a body of water protecting them from the enemy. Geography decided otherwise.

@axelpatrickb.pingol3228

3 жыл бұрын

@@ruviklychee4308 It helps when Britain has a natural defense system called "The English Channel" and manned by the biggest navy on earth, while the Nazis barely even have a credible surface fleet to counter Britain's navy...

The term "Third World", often misused, comes from the fact that there were nations that weren't officially aligned with either of the two main antagonists. (Since most of these countries were developing countries, the term is now associated with poverty or underdevelopment). The main reason France withdrew from NATO was national sovereignty. De Gaulle didn't wanted U.S. military bases on French territory, and despite the help of the U.S. and the U.K. in liberating France and building his career, he often mentioned that he didn't like them. This guy was always a primadonna and had dreams of grandeur for himself and his country (he probably confused those two things quite often). He was most likely glad that Churchill supported/used France so that everyone could keep their colonies at the end of the war, but he didn't wanted France to be part of an unnecessary foreign influence. As a Frenchman, I think it was a good decision because it gave France its own nuclear power and more autonomy. As a Briton, I don't really care as France is still an ally.

Then in 1967, on the eve of Canada’s centennial celebrations at Expo 67, just 22 years after Canada and its allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, he ignites a political firestorm with his infamous “Vive le Quebec libre!” speech in Montreal. Quite a guy.

"So long as that member state began with a U and ended with nited States of America" Seriously laughed out loud...had to stop in the middle to write my appreciation of that line. Brilliant!

@youthgamngpatnerz3300

2 жыл бұрын

yeah i am using it in online fights now a days XD

@NDAndreev

Жыл бұрын

Well to be fair they are also the biggest military power in the world so it comesto no surprise that they want to be in command. I do hope however that we never see the day when NATO goes to war because it would be bad for everyone everywhere.

@LayllasLocker

Жыл бұрын

@@NDAndreev What do you mean never see the day? NATO has been to wars, non-defence wars if I might add.

@idek6585

Жыл бұрын

@@LayllasLocker against a major power

@hunterh1175

Жыл бұрын

@@NDAndreev NATO is as much of a dissuasion force as nuclear weapons for that reason

I asked my friends if they knew France once "left" NATO They said: "Really? Why? Charles de Gaulle?" God it's just hilarious how quick they think that

@charlesharper2357

3 жыл бұрын

de Gaulle translates to "The Gall" as in "the gall of the asshole".

@laniejuanitawhitehurst1624

3 жыл бұрын

Ancient name for France was Gaul.

@charlesharper2357

3 жыл бұрын

@@laniejuanitawhitehurst1624 And they've had plenty of gall ever since :-)

@Kaiserbill99

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the answer is obvious. In France De Gaulle is revered but in US and UK he is regarded as a "Clouseauesque" narcissist who jeopardised D Day and the war effort in general through his obsession with protecting France's international status and empire. The reality during WW2 was that France was a busted flush and De Gaulle should have been an irrelevance but for Churchill promoting him as "the voice of French resistance" if only from his armchair in London. De Gaulle entered France in 1945 as a conquering hero even though he, and what nominal Free French forces there were, contributed bugger all. Thereafter he proved a thorn in everyone's side. Given that Britain and the US effectively won the war in the West it would not seem unreasonable that some 20 years later they would not be "running the show" especially as the US has pretty much always paid for NATO. This continued with DeGaulle blocking the UK's entry to the EU in the late 1960s, his petty minded resistance to the spread of Anglo America culture and his attempts to airbrush France's capitulation and collaboration with Nazism from history. De Gaulle was the ultimate dick.

@biffbutowski2447

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kaiserbill99 thanks, didn’t know this fact

The Poochie reference was much appreciated.

Quick question wasn’t France the country with the idea Behind the first nuclear bomb pretty sure they sent a message in like 1944

@thao1268

Жыл бұрын

definitely not, as the project was already well advanced in the US in 1944, France was still occupied during almost all the year and an atomic bomb on germany wasn’t in De Gaulle’s plans as i am almost sure he has no idea of its existence

@alsys12

Жыл бұрын

The first A-Bomb is indeed under a french patent

@richardbreakin163

Жыл бұрын

@@alsys12 thx for confirming

@charakiga

Жыл бұрын

No, nuclear power was already known to everyone at the time, but not the bombs, only USA the soviets knew (they had a spy as one of the most important members of the project). The project about a nuclear bomb started around 1938/1939.

@lucarnetrange

Жыл бұрын

Halban, Joliot, Kowarski : 1939, 1940

So they left because they disagreed on the " we are all equals... but some are more equals than others" part. Totally understandable.

@juggernautstyle3944

3 жыл бұрын

Banned in America for being Communist Propaganda... Banned in Russia for being Capitalist Propaganda... They were onto something

@InnocentKhajiit

3 жыл бұрын

@@juggernautstyle3944 *ribbit's proudly*

@chipedwards8868

3 жыл бұрын

If u want equal say - then put up equal pay - just like any other legitimate business deal

@lonesurvivalist3147

3 жыл бұрын

I can completely understand their decision and I don't really understand if they were complaining about NATO why they didn't complain about the EU

@math2222322

3 жыл бұрын

@@lonesurvivalist3147 Beacuse the Eu isn't as hypocritical, is worthwhile and mutually beneficial.

" when his troops were ordered to leave France, his government's response was does that include those in the cemeteries as well" oof now that I felt it...wow that's guilt Edit: what war did I start below, lol

@kimok4716

3 жыл бұрын

@@Noobscodee Just like America disrespected France in 1783 by immediately entering into friendly trade relations with Britain instead of an alliance with France. States have no friends only interests

@galatheumbreon6862

3 жыл бұрын

@@Noobscodee Yeah exactly, I could only imagin how guilty they felt afterwards

@coolmanyea5030

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimok4716 Bro that was 300 years ago

@rueisblue

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimok4716 the alliance with France in the american revolution was purely an alliance of convenience against a mutual enemy. I mean I'm sure France figured that a republic in the long run wouldnt want to be perma bessies with a even stronger monarchy than the one they just broke off from. I will totally grant you that France deserves more credit from Americans for the help tho. Definitely would have lost if not for them and theyre barely mentioned

@arkive11

3 жыл бұрын

3 years later in 1789 and France was bankrupt due to the royalty not paying more taxes, peasants unable to pay the increases, and terrible crops that cost double what they did a few years prior. All of their own doing. Anyone with a brain at the time would rather make trade deal instead of make an alliance with France.

France leaving NATO seems like Justice league without Batman, and NATO without USA is like Justice league without Superman 🤣🤣

Johnson 1:54. Best comeback ever😂

"Does that include the ones in the cemeteries as well?" Lyndon B Johnson did have a reputation of having the biggest balls around...

@alejandrojoserodriguezarre45

3 жыл бұрын

Charles de Gaulle*

@morganrobinson8042

3 жыл бұрын

My understanding was that he was... gifted and not at all hesitant to make people aware of it. But I did learn this form the internet a decade ago, so grain of salt.

@ManOfTheWeek596

3 жыл бұрын

He isn't called El BJ for nothing

@RK-cj4oc

3 жыл бұрын

@@alejandrojoserodriguezarre45 Nah Charles was just a winy lad. Won ww2 because of US and UK and they even allowed to be considerd a equal power despite him not being able to do amything about it had they decided other wise. The US and UK gave him so much ( which he did indeed fight for) and allowed France to keep its position as main power on the European continent. I understand why he is loved. But often times i watch anything with him in it after WW2 he just reminds me of a walking, talking Napoleon complex. To be clear tho for any french readers. He is of course still a hero. And more of a man than i ever will be, but compared to how he behaved to allied nations that gave him so much.that is just how he comes across.

@Cervando

3 жыл бұрын

It seems he had forgotten that without France's aid, Britain would have won the War of Independence