Russia: "we are the third Rome" World: "okay prove it" Russia: *violently dissolves into civil war*

@Kaiyanwang82

2 жыл бұрын

"yep, it checks out - sorry for doubting"

@_chew_

2 жыл бұрын

Well, that proves it.

@Billswiftgti

2 жыл бұрын

Most underrated comment

@leadwithgreeneconomy

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, hopefully in order to change the powers that be.

@sphereyahya

2 жыл бұрын

BRUH SAVAGE

The national news of the Netherlands (EenVandaag) just used a video from History Matters to explain Europe's relationship with Russia and I think that shows how great this channel is

@hedgeknight3194

2 жыл бұрын

which?

@jessefrankema4836

2 жыл бұрын

@@hedgeknight3194 EenVandaag. I said so in a previous comment which got taken down when I provided a link to it, because apparently youtube doesn't allow links...

@raptorfromthe6ix833

2 жыл бұрын

send us a link

@theetherealwatcher2953

2 жыл бұрын

@@hedgeknight3194 "Why didn't the USSR Annex Finland (Short Animated Documentary)"

@RafitoOoO

2 жыл бұрын

This channel rocks

As a Turk I can say, I love Greeks. I met lot of them, everyone is so cool. The world do not want us to be friends. Just imagine, two friend controlling egean and mediterranean sea... Nobody wants that, they want us to fight.

@enesilkbahar6547

Жыл бұрын

bVHJSBVV aynen

@ayronmeyden560

Жыл бұрын

Höööşşşt!

@g.drossos79

Жыл бұрын

Πόσο δίκιο έχεις!!!!

@bora1130

Жыл бұрын

Probably because turks have like 60 % incestry of Greeks

@Paul-uv6mb

Жыл бұрын

Not like this bri,egean is greek,so i cant say you if you want we to be freinds i want your home, your politicals must stop to say this is mine and this i wil take it in one night,if this stop i believe 100% 2 country's will come near.

As a Turk, I visited Athens last summer and I LOVED it! The culture, the people, the food, the climate; we have so many similarities. I honestly have nothing but love for y'all and wish for all this (political) hate to stop. We both have enough land to live on. Let's just co-exist. Yamaaaaasss.

@kapoioskapoiou8631

10 ай бұрын

Yamas!!

@flamingrubys11

10 ай бұрын

turkey lives on whats basically roman built lsnds yall just sat on it for a few hundred years and did nothing with it i say greece should have it

@---1001---

10 ай бұрын

​@@flamingrubys11 what do you mean they did nothing with it? what they were supposed to do with it, its just a city. plus at one point ottomans were as strong if not stronger than byzantine empire.

@flamingrubys11

10 ай бұрын

@@---1001--- the ottomans were never strong they just sat there more or less threstening countries much weaker than them any war with a major power they usually lost and lost another chunk of land the ottomans were more or less bound to die, that and its karmic retribution for the genocide of constanople

@nourvanwest070

10 ай бұрын

@@flamingrubys11keep dreaming

As a Greek I feel the need to say: "As a Greek" every time I start writing a sentence about something on the internet.

@bugragundogan7918

2 жыл бұрын

As a Turk, I sincerely understand this habit of yours.

@mehmetkaraata3432

2 жыл бұрын

yeah because greeks have very interesting ideas

@caralhoguy

2 жыл бұрын

@@mehmetkaraata3432 haha

@caralhoguy

2 жыл бұрын

@Return of the Paddy sup Irish

@TheAtomoh

2 жыл бұрын

As an Italian, same thing. . . . . . . . . CONSTANTINOPLE AND ANATOLIA ARE GREEEEEEEEEEEK

Fun fact : I lived in both Greece and Turkey for a while and most people had positive things to say about each other despite politicians wanting the world to believe otherwise.

@imadeyoureadthis1

2 жыл бұрын

We both just want to get drunk, eat and have parties. There is no reason to hate each other.

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

@@imadeyoureadthis1 Speak for yourself, we do all those without getting drunk to keep it halal and sinless. Edit: so many people didn't get the "keep it halal meme", sad lives.

@imadeyoureadthis1

2 жыл бұрын

@@kasadam85 if you don't want to drink, don't drink Mitch "Muscle Man" Sorenstein.

@ercangundogan2141

2 жыл бұрын

@@kasadam85 hastır lan kim içmiyor. 20 sene akp ile geçti diye içki içmiyor mu olduk. Paşalar gibi içiyoruz keyfimize bakıyoruz.

@oguzkaan2153

2 жыл бұрын

@@kasadam85 speak for your self turkey is not a country forces your shitty religions rules we do what ever we want, you do you

I like how the video is so short simply answering the question like "because greece had no juice to do so"

@bruhovski7554

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSerdzan yeah, but you got your ass kicked by a bunch of irregulars hmmmm

@NoChrReq

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSerdzan modern turkish Republic is not the ottomans (the former revolted against the latter and put an end to it), no need to use "you" because it's void.

@etnalutt3492

Жыл бұрын

It belongs to Albania, not Greece

@etnalutt3492

Жыл бұрын

@@NoChrReq Are you saying, Iranians are not Persians?

@NoChrReq

Жыл бұрын

@@etnalutt3492 i'm saying ottomans were turkish but that's not the same country, they were enemies. just like today's iran islamic republic, they are enemy of former modern iran. completely opposite directions

The Portugese fought with the Allies in WW1 but the map at 0min 52sec has them as neutrals. That said I absolutely love your very entertaining and informative videos....

@sonicmeerkat

4 ай бұрын

that is a point, i'd love to see some coverage of portugal in WW1, the fact they got nothing out of it would probably explain them falling to dictatorship in the interwar period.

@cole_cain

Ай бұрын

seriously, they did? wow I never knew that

@miguel151420

7 күн бұрын

​@@sonicmeerkatThey did though. They had the right to keep their colonies

@sonicmeerkat

6 күн бұрын

@@miguel151420 I mean keeping what you already own isn't exactly a victory in an offensive war

@miguel151420

6 күн бұрын

@@sonicmeerkat It would seem like it, but after such a big and global war, any winner would feel entitled to do as they want. So, with that fear in mind, Portugal went in to have a claim when, after victory, to maintain their colonies, which they did. In that sense, it was a victory. It's funny, the entente member they were most afraid of - of the winners side - was their own ally, the UK. The UK had made an ultimatum to Portugal in 1890 about the land in between Angola and Moçambique, which Portugal wanted to connect both colonies, but Britain had other plans. So they told Portugal, their oldest ally, to withdraw their plans, or else war. That brought shame to Portugal and the kingdom in international eyes, and the portuguese were humiliated. Those types of behaviours made them go to war, more than having Germany colonies right beside.

This is really putting the NOPE into Constantinople. Ottomans join the war. Russians: "Nice we'll finally get our hands on Constantinople" Communist Revolutionaries: "Haha nope" Greeks: "Nice we'll finally be able to restore the greatness of Byzantium" British: "Haha nope" British: "Nice we'll occupy Constantinople under the guise of an international zone" Atatürk: "Haha nope"

@juanjoniebles452

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest the Russians didn't really need a Communist revolution to fail in gaining Constantinople.

@jora5483

2 жыл бұрын

ataturk was british puppet. Dont make hero out of it

@isminivermekistemeyenseyir3286

2 жыл бұрын

@@jora5483 yeah sure. keep deceiving yourseIf.

@ardasahan6817

2 жыл бұрын

@@jora5483 yeah sure i am actually queen victoria

@costenics_sw

2 жыл бұрын

Kemal was a monster and he is burned in hell , he is where he deserves and I am happy for him.🙂🔥🇹🇷

International zone, which meant “British in all but name”. If that isn’t 1850-1939 British foreign policy in a nutshell.

@zeljkomiloradovic1574

Жыл бұрын

Same as USA novadays.

@user-wq9mw2xz3j

Жыл бұрын

he who controls the sea

@user-wq9mw2xz3j

Жыл бұрын

@@zeljkomiloradovic1574 well, rather 10-30 years ago. it's getting harder and harder for the US. Especially closer to China. But yes US still had most control by a lot

@user-wq9mw2xz3j

Жыл бұрын

@@zeljkomiloradovic1574 well, rather 10-30 years ago. it's getting harder and harder for the US. Especially closer to China. But yes US still had most control by a lot

@bigbo1764

Жыл бұрын

Still is today in Cyprus

it is what it is we can't change the past but we can pave the future together 🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷

@iCanSeeYou999

11 ай бұрын

Best comment

@user-gh6ly4pr8l

10 ай бұрын

Yes past cannot be changed but since you learn from the past you have to take the necessary actions. For Greece these actions are extreme military protection and common military agreements with the Big Forces

@giannisgiannis870

9 ай бұрын

Yes bro

@FATHER0FYOURMOTHER.

4 ай бұрын

Past was the past when u owned Constantinople So don’t say the past is the past They changed the past when they took Constantinople u can too

The people of Greece are very kind in actuality, our politicians might have manipulated the people to believe otherwise but we were neighbors and we will always be!

so nice to see Greeks and Turks discussing in a polite manner and having respect towards each others. This comment section made me very happy. I send my love to our Turkish neighbours

@kingkong2415

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, malaka ❤

@kimberbauer1064

2 жыл бұрын

Raising rakı/ouzo to you, cheers neighbour!

@nuraoktem5464

2 жыл бұрын

Love to see such a comment. Hope you would have a woderfull day. As a Turkish I love all our Greek neighbours!

@jexxso

2 жыл бұрын

Kalimera bro

@NapolyonKiKo

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Now, about Cyprus...

On the topic of Greece, I would really like to know how the first modern Olympic games of 1896 in Greece were organized and how this idea came to be

@volodyadykun6490

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great idea

@crazycocainemercenary7498

2 жыл бұрын

As a Greek I must say that actually is a funny story 😂

@milandimovski5279

2 жыл бұрын

You should ask the germans for that one,they established "modern" Greece

@NIDELLANEUM

2 жыл бұрын

A similar topic would be if there were orher attempts. Like, for over a thousand years, nobody had tried before 1896?

@crazycocainemercenary7498

2 жыл бұрын

@@milandimovski5279 no Germans didn't establish modern Greece, Greece liberate and establish her self allow in fact Germany is enemy of Greece

Great videos!

thank you for a short AND engaging AND informative video im subbing immediately

As a Greek i dont hate the Turkish people no matter what people think. The reason why many people think that Greeks and Turkish hate each other is because of the political situation of the countries. This is dumb. Love you neighbours from Greece!!

@kaanbeldag6060

Жыл бұрын

Love you from Turkey dude.

@fatihmehmed2806

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@ufuks9430

Жыл бұрын

I have had very good friendships with all the Greeks I have met so far. The real problem is the fucking states. Anyone who is smart knows this. And ı m turk ;)

@emreyilmaz4354

Жыл бұрын

same here man

@itskd4355

Жыл бұрын

as I am a turkish love you bro

The history teacher we all need

@savagedarksider5934

2 жыл бұрын

But not the one we deserve.

@GangstaRapper007

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine having him as history tacher and James Bissonette a principal

@I_Hate_YouTube.

2 жыл бұрын

@@GangstaRapper007 and kelly moneymaker as the vice principal

@jamesbissonette8002

2 жыл бұрын

@@GangstaRapper007 that would be a strange school

@GangstaRapper007

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbissonette8002 maybe, but with 100% attendance in every class probably

This is a surprisingly well answer for otherwise a low level question

I watched this again, and I found this quite informative! I also found the "background" wordplay at 0:25 quite funny! Thanks for making this!

Having Gibraltar, the Suez, and Constantinople as the British sounds like a Hoi4 achievement Edit: lots of Turkiye bois lol.

@jamesburdian56

2 жыл бұрын

Mediterranean soup

@Xristos888

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesburdian56 Tea*

@glocksmith226

2 жыл бұрын

That just makes them tooo powerful.

@Xristos888

2 жыл бұрын

@@glocksmith226 true they would be to op

@glocksmith226

2 жыл бұрын

@@Xristos888 yeah I mean at least they would have given it to the French. But france can't have nice things, there has to be limit this is the reason why British empire collapsed dreaming too much having an empire hard to control, which will be questioned in coming centuries how the hell did they do it all.

Can I just say how much I love this channel? Seriously why dont other channels feel like covering these types of questions

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

Probably because these kind if questions don't have answers that will produce long enough videos where the content creator can be satisfied with the income. Patreon makes it up for that however so there's no excuse.

@ronanwaring3408

2 жыл бұрын

Plus most of the answers always leads to one nation anyway

@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control

2 жыл бұрын

'Questions you'd feel dumb for asking in a college history course but totally want to know the answer to'

@whyparkjiminnotridejimin

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@okdo5144

2 жыл бұрын

Propably because you cant make a good lets play out of it

“Years and times will pass, but it will be ours again” -old popular Greek proverb.

@huseyinsadkbolat6002

10 ай бұрын

A prayer that will not happen is not called amen --Turkish Proverb

@Ntopios

9 ай бұрын

Never make assumptions (or start celebrating) before the end. --old Greek proverb.

@54356776

8 ай бұрын

​@@huseyinsadkbolat6002 If you have oil ,we'll come for it all. - American proverb.

@intelchip_x86

8 ай бұрын

peepee poopoo -- proverb

@huseyinsadkbolat6002

8 ай бұрын

@@54356776 @54356776 There is very little oil in Turkey and you are not as strong as Usa just İstanbul is better than Greece

The Greek King was actually Danish . It is his wife who was German (Kaiser’s sister) .

@valentinr.dominguez2892

Ай бұрын

The Danish monarchy is ethnically German.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

11 күн бұрын

This is too much you guys need to stop doing this stuff.

"They'll go back as fast as they came in" - Gazi Mustafa Kemal Paşa

@baykurd7695

Жыл бұрын

geldikleri gibi giderler

@dogan.t

Жыл бұрын

Kadir mısıroviç bunu beğenmedi. Konstantinin kucağında hop hop hopluyordur şimdi rahmetsiz..

@dorukkiratli1624

Жыл бұрын

Naah it wasn't Mustafa Kemal. Angels helped in that war I know you potato heads won't believe it because most of you guys are asleep. Otherwise you could all be Muslims but truth is truth. ALLAH sent his armies. It's even written in Australian's dairies. They couldn't shoot those ones wearing white hahaha those were angels

@gizemlioyuncu8263

Жыл бұрын

@@dogan.t KLFNWADNAWD ahh

@tastingyoursmile2416

Жыл бұрын

Yunanların yanıt vermediği tek yorum :D

As a greek fan i greatly appreciate you covering a subject not just on greek history, but MODERN greek history. A subject not widely talked about. Thanks!!!

@jaidengabriel1675

2 жыл бұрын

@@fusionreactor7179 Balkan person spotted

@user-yw9js3rz2j

2 жыл бұрын

@@fusionreactor7179 Oh come on it's not THAT bad. Our beaches are pretty nice plus the people are just wonderful.

@kmmmsyr9883

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-yw9js3rz2j Plus, it's a country you can easily find Turkish food, a plus in my book

@objectdefiance4027

2 жыл бұрын

@@kmmmsyr9883 Yeah. I've not eaten much Turkish food other than kebabs but their pretty good. Also I really like the Fez!

@user-yw9js3rz2j

2 жыл бұрын

@@kmmmsyr9883 I know right? It's great how available are cuisines not only from countries that greek food was inspired by and inspired, but from all over the world.

Love Greece from Istanbul ❤

@boufidisstavros6498

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍from greece

@GreekOrthodox7

Жыл бұрын

CONSTANTINOPLE* ☝🏼☦️🇬🇷

@behicmd

Жыл бұрын

@@GreekOrthodox7yarramı konstantinople. 82 selanik 🇹🇷

@Kmonk016

Жыл бұрын

@@GreekOrthodox7 I’m sorry but officially it’s Istanbul. On earth there is no any place as constantinople now.

@silencemeviolateme6076

Жыл бұрын

@@Kmonk016 much like Palestine

1:33 The "Megali Idea" you mean. It literally means "The Big Idea" Saying just "megali plan" would sound like "big plan"

The funny thing about the British threat of war over the strait was how when they gave their military the order to give Turkey the ultimatium their own general refused and decided to negotiate. Because outside of the PM and like 2 or 3 other Liberals, no one wanted or supported the war. It actually ended up destroying the Liberal coalition because of how much it pissed off the Tories and Canada also objected to it as well despite being a colony

@larryhall2805

2 жыл бұрын

That's interesting and insightful. From another angle Turkey was probably a better steward of the straits in the long run. Under their control this stategic area was kept out of Russian/Soviet hands. Ie. Turkey has been a much more reliable ally. Please excuse any typos misspellings.

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

@@larryhall2805 no worries, you fine

@DeltaDarbyLiberator

2 жыл бұрын

…Canada also objected as well despite it being a *dominion* FTFY, as Canada had already been made a dominion by 1867.

@giansideros

2 жыл бұрын

@Larry Hall the Soviets supported the Young Turks, and Kemal had friendly relations with Lenin. It wasn't only until Stalin, that the Soviets had deteriorated relations with Turkey over Kars and Armenia.

@larryhall2805

2 жыл бұрын

@@giansideros Yes, you're correct. It's just that, 1) the Turks were never warm to hard communism and 2) the Turks are historical enemies of Russia. In contrast, as much as I admire Greek history and culture, the Greeks very nearly went communist after WWII. Loyal allies in Korea, loose allies after the fall of the Soviet Union. I'm interested in your take.

"Resign and let your successor deal with it" Ah yes, I'll tell my kids to get me a Master's

@this_is_patrick

2 жыл бұрын

Steal their thesis when it's time for them to get their degree. Ez.

@MidlifeCrisisJoe

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's a policy that does work on farms. It's why farmers have so many kids: loyal future labor!

at 1:25 which city is south of Berlin and east of Paris? is it Prague? or maybe Salzburg...

@leokber5289

Ай бұрын

Vienna

@battlebaum3440

Ай бұрын

Ah didnt look like it on the map

It's another classic case of British going "Greeks don't deserve this" as they have done numberous times with Greek historical artifacts such as the Parthenon marbles.

"Something which they had coveted forever" *shows Soon in the big bang* This channel's humour has reached a new high and I love it to no end

@rachelar

2 жыл бұрын

I fear its their next target 🎯

*Allies:* give land *Turks:* no *Allies:* but you lost the war *Turks:* and?

@Yanate1991

2 жыл бұрын

average chad balkanite vs virgin western power

@glassman1130

2 жыл бұрын

Ok and

@turplexx233

2 жыл бұрын

@Dreams independence or death! Our grand grandfathers gave all their things to GNA(Grand National Assembly), they even gave their bodies. Because we were all know that if we dont fight, they will kill all of us. We saw this in Trabzon, if Topal Osman didnt save the city, Greeks in Northeastern Black Sea would genocide us. Same for Aegan Coasts. Hasan Tahsin (actually it was his father name because he was an agent during Sultan Abdulhamit II's times, in *Yıldız Teşkilatı*. He shoted the Greek commander and started the independence war in Aegan.

@SiPakRubah

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, the war that happened in Gallipoli at least during WW1 really shows how powerful they're

@petr79

2 жыл бұрын

@@turplexx233 Nah, you would have been probably renaimed to Osmanopoulos.

Greece: We are descendants of Rome and Ancient Greece! Britain: (does it mean I'll have to give them back all Ancient Greek treasures I have in the British Museum?) Britain: No, you are not

@lokischeissmessiah5749

20 күн бұрын

if they are the descendants of rome, and rome looted so much of the british resources and never gave them back, then it's only fair the british keep those ancient treasures. even steven :)

@BartlomiejDmowski

20 күн бұрын

@@lokischeissmessiah5749 I don’t know if they can be equally compared

@lokischeissmessiah5749

19 күн бұрын

@@BartlomiejDmowski why not

I think what most people don't understand is that Istanbul didn't use to be as big of a city back then, as it is today. While today it has a population of 15mil+, during WW1 it had a little less than 1mil. Just like Athens for example (who's population today is 4x smaller than Istanbuls btw). Population in general didn't use to be overly centralized in 1918. So territorial disputes were more common.

@aliardaerd

Жыл бұрын

It's more like 20 mil today.

@Menthur

Жыл бұрын

what youre babbling about? istanbul's population is bigger than all of greek. who gives af about athen lol

@Robin-sf3gk

11 ай бұрын

well, the whole population on the world was drastically less than today. Constantinople still was 7th biggest European city.

@StarJes1

7 ай бұрын

​@@Robin-sf3gkalso in 1453 when the city was greeks, it was very small if u compare it to todays instanbul, turkish people built everything, so for greeks to simply take control over of such a huge city of a massive empire that lasted 6 centuries is ridicilous

@kingdoge3016

4 ай бұрын

​@StarSnipeJessie Actually the rapid expansion of the city as we know it today started after the end of ww2, up until then it was contained to the old byzantine borders more or less

I wonder what Boogerly Woogely's thoughts are about this whole situation.

@BoogilyWoogily

2 жыл бұрын

Which situation?

@imonbanerjee2997

2 жыл бұрын

@@BoogilyWoogily holy shi* it's the man in..... Viscous boogilywoogily jelly?

@euivets2892

2 жыл бұрын

@@BoogilyWoogily The Russo-Ukranian war that started today

@euivets2892

2 жыл бұрын

@Don’t read my profile picture Don't worry, I won't.

@jeremias-serus

2 жыл бұрын

@@euivets2892 Thank God for it, too. Russia will soon retake Constantinople and restore Christianity.

Tsar Nicholas bouncing along in the background; the British claiming Mare Nostrum, and all the other humor cleverly thrown in. This channel is gold! May it prosper evermore.

The main issue was and is Megali Kolo, which they did/ do not have.

fairly accurate

Your educational videos are of immense value to everyone. Hope you keep continuing the goodwork .

@Psychol-Snooper

2 жыл бұрын

Hyperbole!

@tammybrace6370

2 жыл бұрын

They miss spelled the title its instanbul

@DigiDoesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

@@tammybrace6370 No they didn't. During the time period this video talks about, the city was still named Constantinople. It wasn't till 1923 that the name officially changed to Istanbul

@tammybrace6370

2 жыл бұрын

@@DigiDoesStuff it was a joke low since turks and greeks get ma dover the name

The part of this that always interested me was "what if a defeated country refuses (or breaks) the peace treaty?". It is common (in the UK) to think of WWI as Britain V Germany in France, about Belgium and ended with the Versailles treaty. Of course, not the case, and each losing side had it's own treaty. But what if they had refused? Would that mean the war would conti ue or restart? How could a defeated nation refuse anyway, what power would they have left?

@ilikan99

2 жыл бұрын

You see the trick we use in Turkey is to make a new government and deny any involvement with the one who lost the war, that way we never lose

@DISTurbedwaffle918

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose if they refuse, the victor has the justification to simply forcibly annex the loser or replace the existing government with a more amicable one. The loser has no power left, so they can't really stop it.

@cagdas135

2 жыл бұрын

If you are talking about WW1 cease-fire treaties just check their conditions. They were ridiculously harsh, included almost complete disarmaments and aimed to make future occupations easier. The only reason Turks had the means to fight against new occupations was because officers refused to comply. If people like Fevzi Çakmak and Kazım Karabekir disarmed, we would have a different picture.

@michaelbayer5094

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with WWI is that the defeated powers were not completely defeated. There was no decisive battle and no occupation until after the Armistice On 11/11/18 the frontiers of Germany and Turkey had not been breached (most of Austria-Hungary too).

@RealCadde

2 жыл бұрын

@@DISTurbedwaffle918 Except annexing is frowned upon, even if the defeated side refuses to make a peace deal. Otherwise, most of Europe would have since long belonged to a single monarch. It's all those that opposed each other that we still have so many different nations in Europe and no single mega superpower. The looser cannot stop it but others will eventually put a stop to it if a war goes on long enough. And if the victor cannot be stopped by any coalition of opposing nations then the victor will still be stopped by its very own people. For example, the US didn't technically lose the Vietnam war. But because it dragged on for so long, without achieving the goals they set out to achieve, the people of the US started themselves opposing any continued involvement by the US in the Vietnam war. So on paper, the US lost the war when they pulled out.

"Mare Nostrum, yo!" made me laugh too much

I love these videos but after seeing a few of them, one must ask one single question: Did anything happen on Earth between the Middle Ages until the 1980s that DIDN'T involve British greed???

Out for 3 hours and seen by over 115,000 people. Thank you for teaching history on a grand scale. -aspiring history teacher.

A big reason the Greeks wanted that coast was because a great many Christian greeks also lived on the Ionian Coast. After the Turks pulled of their victory, many greeks fled Anatolia in a panic to the greek mainland, and in fact many greek settlements can be found on the coast, abandoned and untouched since their flight

@octomagnus7029

Жыл бұрын

The Greek governor of Smyrna said this about ethnic Greeks in Anatolia during the Greco Turkish war : It is better for us, if they stay here and get slaughtered by Ataturk, than for them to go to Greece and instill chaos in our country" Basically, Greeks wanted it. But didn't wanna fight for it. They didn't care about the people. They wanted the great powers to magically spoon-feed them the territory

@abedbbb7083

Жыл бұрын

No it is not about the Greeks living there because the majority were Muslims , Greece had that dream of greater Greece by getting all the lands of historical Greek cities and still dreaming about it but they expected that the European powers will fight their fight with them like they did or let be more precise Britain had created Greece itself without the British intervention the Greeks had zero chance of secession from the Ottomans but the Greeks realized later that they are puppets and when their ambitions does not go along with the European powers they will be sacrificed

@Panos_Stayis

Жыл бұрын

Τo say the whole truth as it has, regardless of the politically correct politeness constantly being expected from all of us, the Greeks of Asia Minor fled in panic because they were been slaughtered already before the coming of the Greek army in Smyrna (which was the reason why the Greeks had taken the advantage to expand on 1920). The Turkish state is well known for the barbaric treatment of minorities (the Armenian Genocide is another typical example), the same was happening to the Greek population well before the Greek expedition in Asia Minor. Whoever wants to know details, he can read what George Horton or Ernest Hemingway wrote about the genocidal actions of the Kemalists - not to mention what the Greeks have to say about the issue. And of course it wasnt about Kemalism after all - it is about culture.

@__semidulce

Жыл бұрын

@@Panos_Stayis Why don't you mention the "devil battalion" of the Greek army which plandered and burned our cities, raped, mutilated and killed our people, not the man on the warfare but the vulnerable woman and children in order to change the demographics of the cities to later claim that the Greek population was higher there? I have nothing against the fact Greece has its own independence, as the Turkish nation we fought for it too. What so funny here is, you declared independence over the Ottomans and then declared war against the Ottomans acting as the puppets of the countries which did not even think you were important enough to give the Constantinapole to, then you massacred our people and when we defend ourselves doesn't matter as the Ottoman Empire or as Kemalists you are calling us barbarians? What about what the Turkish people have to say about this issue? You can not play the victim over a war that you started and massacred our people to get even more land, as you said "the advantage to expand on 1920". How did you take the advantage? By asking nicely?

@yo2trader539

Жыл бұрын

The history of the region is rather tragic considering that many people in Turkey are descendants of Turkified Greeks, Armenians, Kurds, Iranian, and Baltic Slavs. Original Turks are Northeast Asian and genetically and culturally similar to Mongolians.

Watching "300 Spartans" while sipping Ouzo together with your American, British and Israeli friends will take all the pain away

“Resign and let your successor deal with it.” Now where have I heard that because.

Turkey: we won't accept your deal UK: oh really? well we have something to say about that, right guys? France and Italy: *makes peace sign before fading away* UK: uhhh hehe guys... Turkey: you said something about fighting us again?

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

Realistically they could've invaded the entirety of Turkiye but consequences would have been unbearable as the population isn't likely to stop rebelling.

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

@Rapstick Perdelemiyor zaten ama kamu oyunu görmezden gelip istilaya devam edebilirdi ve büyük ihtimalle başarılı da olurdu ama dediğim gibi imparatorluğu yıkılmaya kadar götürebilirdi bunun masrafları.

@eyeofthepyramid2596

Жыл бұрын

At that time Brits were dominant, they could have fought but giving it to turkey was reasonable to prevent USSR, also imagine holding against turkey, Greece and Russia ? It wasn't Brits were weak but God favoured truks

I swear, 99% of the questions on this channel can be answered with "Cuz Britain and France".

@silencemeviolateme6076

Жыл бұрын

Yes. That's the modern world. Go back to the middle ages and you won't hear a peep out of them. The ottoman invasion of Constantinople started the age of discovery. Western Europe dominates because the ottomans cut off the silk road.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I love your visual humor.

As an Ancient Historian who is awful with contextualising ancient with modern history. I love watching stuff like this, because sometimes I'm too wrapped up in ancient politics to see what recent influence it has, thank you!

@elladapetrosyan9610

Жыл бұрын

As an ancient historian I hope you will never use the term ancient turkey.

@reubenmatthews5615

Жыл бұрын

It's pretty crazy how basically all of European politics can be traced back to the Fall of Rome and the instability it caused.

@ntinossugaro3953

Жыл бұрын

as a greek i totally feel u

@bronzeagecollapse

Жыл бұрын

@Theo Chi With all due respect sir. The greek philosophies and sciences were inherited by the islamic cultures at the dawn of the medieval age, with most of europe, including greece itself, denoting them as pagan scriptures of little importance. It's short sighted to describe any culture as "lower in mentality" or uncultured. People have a lot to learn from eachother and if we think like this, then we cannot do that

@bronzeagecollapse

Жыл бұрын

@Theo Chi I understood that you are saying today's turks are less cultured than greeks, which is not really true. But maybe i understood you wrong

I love that you have kept the same style of animation since the beginning, it's charming

Can i use your video without the sound?

İ just thought you weren't gonna mention the most important one😅

Great topic! As a greek with roots from there, this was very informative.

Simplistic, fast, easily digestible and entertaining/interesting. This channel really does it all

@robw9435

2 жыл бұрын

This channel is to Millenials what Schoolhouse Rock was to Gen X.

One of the greatest injustices of the modern world was the Treaty of Lusanne

@herluisalvarado8366

9 ай бұрын

No it was a justice because the new Turkish empire could have invade the Aegean Islands as well keep killing the Armenians and Kurds in the Caucasus.

@classeontop7403

6 ай бұрын

Ikr the Turks should've been stripped from their power and should only keep Anatolia so they won't be apart of Europe.

Moral of the story: the members of the Entente were so greedy to get as much land as possible that they ended up getting a lot less.

@elemperadordemexico

2 жыл бұрын

The bankers were the entente

@Nostripe361

2 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is they had the chance to create lasting peace in Europe but greed and desire for vengeance squandered the negotiations and led to Europe’s eventual collapsing into the US and USSR’s chessboard

@eodyn7

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nostripe361 and now Europe has a babysitter.

@brandonlyon730

2 жыл бұрын

Not like the central powers were much better, look at all the territory Germany took in there treaty with Russia.

@evelynalex8787

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nostripe361 lol, bitch about it, Europoors.

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

"Under new management"! Har!

I have an old Rand McNally wall map of Asia that shows the area from Constantinople to the Dardanelles labeled "Zone of the Straits" and now I finally know why! Thanks for another great video.

@Thoralmir

Жыл бұрын

"Rand McNally", isn't that where hamburgers eat people? :p

Because of completely unrelated events can you do an episode on the 2014 Crimea War

@chelseacomps829

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@worlddd7777

2 жыл бұрын

It was not war, Russians took their land back and people in Crimea didnt mind.

@jaidengabriel1675

2 жыл бұрын

@@worlddd7777 what else should he call it, "The 2014 occupation of Crimea?"

@balabanasireti

2 жыл бұрын

@@worlddd7777 Be quiet, bot

@worlddd7777

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaidengabriel1675 It was referendum where people voted 90% to join Russia. In 1954 Crimea was given to Ukraine by Hruschov, who was Ukranian by the way. How do u call US invasion of Iraq with lies about weapons of mass destruction? How do u call US invasion of Yugoslavia in 1999 with false genocide narrative? Putin is doing exactly what US has been doing for decades now.

Notice how we never actually fought against england but always either another race or country that they supported. Almost none of the british soldiers were actually british.

"the city has fallen. the city has fallen" - A song about the fall of constantinople. Roma Aeterna. Aeterna Victrix

“What was Vietnam like after the Vietnam War?” for a future video?

@Robin-jk6wz

2 жыл бұрын

Not too peachy, I think.

@dragonace119

2 жыл бұрын

@@Robin-jk6wz At least they helped liberate Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge so there's that.

@Robin-jk6wz

2 жыл бұрын

@@dragonace119 Yeah, that was pretty based; I just think that they could have been better if we (US & friends) didn't fucked them over.

@brandonlyon730

2 жыл бұрын

@@dragonace119 Though China later on invaded them.

@dragonace119

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonlyon730 They pushed them back though so there's that.

My favorite topic from this channel since the “when did the Roman’s become Italians”. Love the creative topics!

@aidenbooksmith2351

2 жыл бұрын

You can always count on creative topics from them!

@stephmod7434

2 жыл бұрын

fun fact Greeks reffered to themselfs as "Romans" after the Greek revolution ended they started saying we are Hellenes (Greece means South Italy)

@stephmod7434

Жыл бұрын

@@Serbest_Piyasa_Ekonomisi hahahaha!

@lklklhiai

Жыл бұрын

@@Serbest_Piyasa_Ekonomisi bro what? You mean the opposite? Greece was never Turkey but turkey was Greece for many many years.

@user-rq3rd9iz2e

8 ай бұрын

Roman Current ones turkey because Istanbul Constantinople 😊

Britain in another worldline: *achieves mare nostrum for herself in 1919* Mussolini in that world: "£₩€×!"

It's definitely a modern possibility.

If only James bissonette was there, he could’ve achieved it

@JB-yb4wn

2 жыл бұрын

James has solved much more difficult problems than this. Really should be up for a Nobel Peace prize or something.

@zhangjeff238

2 жыл бұрын

James Bissonette, one of the most hidden and richest person of all time

@jamesbissonette8002

2 жыл бұрын

Doubt it

@therodyman700

2 жыл бұрын

James bissonette could have bankrolled the resurrection of the roman empire

@burakalp34

2 жыл бұрын

Well then thankfully he wasn't there

Allies: You've lost the Great War Mustafa Kemal and the Turks: I didn't hear no bell

@erdemcrpc7115

2 жыл бұрын

Ulan 2 kelime İngilizce yazdığınızda bile bir sürü yanlışlar var. Gerçekten İngilizce eğitimimiz bok gibiymiş.

@atlascandemir8067

2 жыл бұрын

@@erdemcrpc7115 yanlış olabilir de, slang konuşunca anadili İngilizce olanlar da böyle kullanıyo, ve de meme zaten, I didn't hear no ... veya I didn't do no ...

@SemihG22

2 жыл бұрын

@@atlascandemir8067 dur hacı. Bırak meme kendini yaratmış ne güzel.

@atlascandemir8067

2 жыл бұрын

@@SemihG22 gerçekten

@Fuad_Haciyev57

2 жыл бұрын

By the way it was Russian bolsheviks who provided Mustafa Kemal with nessecary arms and money to fight the Greeks and reconquer Greek occupied part of Anatolia. This victory made British military withdraw from Constantinople and led to establishment of modern Turkey.

What about the eastern parts of Turkey, what happened to those?

As a Turk we are like each other very well. Don't believe about politicians what's says. Both countries peoples kind to each other. Also we like spend time together. Cheers to all

@abdullahkilic985

Жыл бұрын

Haklı olduğunuz yerler mutlaka var. Ancak iş çığrından çıktığında; Yunan adası diye gezmeye gittiğiniz adaların bir çoğunda Müslüman Türklerin neredeyse hepsi nasıl katledildi ise yine aynı şeylerin olma ihtimali çok yüksek. Bende herkes ile iyi gecinmeyi hayal ederim aile içinde, toplum içinde ancak insanlar caydırıcı bir güç olamaz isen seni ezerler.

I love how Joining the central power you get what you want and Joining the Allies there is a 99.999% that the British and french are going to ignore Literally any gains you want after helping them fight the largest war in history at the time.

@christianweibrecht6555

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to imagine what would happen to Greece and the Ottomans if they remained neutral

@UnholyWrath3277

2 жыл бұрын

@@christianweibrecht6555 if they were neutral all throughout they likely wouldn't have changed much other then the ottomans survive longer. Neither side would have had much an appetite for more war after WW1 ended and both Greece/turkey likely could have resisted whichever side won in that universe

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

@@UnholyWrath3277 The invasion of middle east would happen anyway but I think Ottomans can handle it as long as it is fighting a single state or front.

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

German Empire betrayed Ottomans about their promises in Caucasus region by attacking them with Russian uniforms after an agreement done with Georgians. Sad how this happened before the was even over.

@christianweibrecht6555

2 жыл бұрын

@@kasadam85 such an outlandish claim will be dismissed until you provide citation

It's always nice when History Matters uploads at night.

@delano4526

2 жыл бұрын

For me its the Afternoon

@funnyman4744

2 жыл бұрын

AURELIAN???

@mrgeetar5421

2 жыл бұрын

@@funnyman4744 hello fellow Aurelian fan

Can someone explain the “don’t worry about it” line in the succession to Rome timeline

I just love how who was living in Constantinople at the time and which language and culture was primary doesn't enter into the decision one bit.

Could you do a video on what was Europe’s response to Spain losing nearly all of their American colonies in a relatively short period of time?

@SirFaceFone

2 жыл бұрын

_Free real estate._

@silencemeviolateme6076

Жыл бұрын

Was it any quicker than others? Spain had control of Louisiana until they gave it back to France right before Napoleon sold it.

@potzilla4471

Жыл бұрын

@@silencemeviolateme6076 So between 1810 to 1826 they lost the majority of their colonies in the Americas from Argentina up to Mexico. They still had some territories such as the Philippines, Cuba, etc., but they lost their largest, most important colonies about a hundred years before the other Europeans lost their most important colonies.

@silencemeviolateme6076

Жыл бұрын

@@potzilla4471 they started colonizing about a hundred years earlier too. The 1500s was dominated by the Spanish. The English empire in the east was built on the Portuguese empire.

In 1992 I was in Athens. I saw a large hand-painted slogan in Greek on the side of a major church: "Constantinople is the capital of Greece, not Athens..."

@f.berjer4612

2 жыл бұрын

If greece want war, they can come !

@xwriatikh

2 жыл бұрын

@@f.berjer4612 No, no, trust me, we dont want war. Who made you think so anyways?

@perspecktivity7540

2 жыл бұрын

now athens is home to german and italian merchants.

@wentonmastermind

2 жыл бұрын

@@perspecktivity7540 I was in Athens when my Greek friend told me that there was an area of Athens officially called Apollonia (the coast of Apollo.) It is now called Polonia, which is the Greek name for Poland. I wonder why!

@williamdavis9562

2 жыл бұрын

@@xwriatikh Claiming another nation's city as your capital generally leads to war no?

A good description. Sadly, I think this was, in retrospect, an error. Giving it to Greece would, I suspect, have been beneficial for Europe in the long term.

i did not know that saarland is world wide known

Slight correction, Treaty of Lausanne didnt finalized Republic of Turkey's borders, it was the referandum of Antioch/Hatay that finalized the borders since they chose to join Turkey.

@hashchief664

2 жыл бұрын

Also the Treaty of Moscow. They agreed the border around what is now Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. 16 March 1921. The man sent for the signing was Halil Pasha, an uncle of Enver Pasha who Kemal actually respected, unlike his opinions of Enver.

@sator3946

2 жыл бұрын

Referendum of Antioch = 🤡🤡🤡🤡

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

@@sator3946 You = 🤡

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

Also the treaty of Ararat

@hashchief664

2 жыл бұрын

@@kasadam85 actually you're semi correct and I'm wrong lmao The treaty of Kars is what you're referring to which is where they actually made agreement on the three borders. The Moscow treaty was more for weapons and some assistance from the Soviets and general recognition of each others existence.

Video Idea: How did citizens of Eastern Bloc countries view, or rather were presented, electoral politics in the West, if at all. Would there be any coverage beforehand of Western elections? Or would the media just say one morning somebody just won an election in the UK or America?

@strategossable1366

2 жыл бұрын

iirc, the standard line was that the elections were all decided by the large money interests and the common people had little to no power over the elections

@maximilianbeyer5642

2 жыл бұрын

@@strategossable1366 sounds surprisingly accurate, at least for the us

@MidlifeCrisisJoe

2 жыл бұрын

@@strategossable1366 Yeah . . . that's totally, completely a li- er, um, and exag- hmm, well, kind of too accurate for comfort really.

@CDexie

2 жыл бұрын

Oof. While the Soviets were a lot more overt with their repression, don't think for a second that Western democracies didn't simply "present" the politics of the Eastern Bloc. It was the Cold War after all

@declannewton2556

2 жыл бұрын

@@CDexie I'm well aware the West did present Eastern bloc politics in to fit a narrative. For example most people today don't know that East Germany did in fact have multiple parties. But I'm just curious on how things were on the otherside of the Iron Curtain.

In order to take, you must fight and win.

cant believe im saying this, but im now mad at the british

During the Ottoman Partitions, there was almost a Republic of Pontus for the Pontic Greeks. That's just an interesting little tidbit

@ludogatari9558

2 жыл бұрын

There was also a Republic of Tamrash and the Republic of Western Thrace for the Pomaks and Turks in Bulgaria and Greece.

@xELITExKILLAx

2 жыл бұрын

Man that’s too bad that never happened

@ludogatari9558

2 жыл бұрын

@@xELITExKILLAx Well it depends. For me, a Turk whose paternal ancestors are from that region, it might not have been so nice and we would have been killed or exiled.

@johny7even

2 жыл бұрын

@Ludogatari Good for you your ancestors massacred the ancient inhabitants of this land ;P

@Kaiyanwang82

2 жыл бұрын

@@ludogatari9558 I am (little) part Rûm but that side of the family fled to Sicily. It was foolish all around, it happened all over Europe (this is something sometimes Turks misunderstand when these things are pointed out, or because of the ignorance of the accuser, as if only them are accused of being guilty of this). We could have strived for understanding and having brothers in our neighbor's garden and neighbors in ours teaching us language and culture. But what happened is that nationalism was at its most ferocious state. But maybe I am deluded, and the sad reality is minorities are exploited by a foreign aggressor to take your land - see what is happening in Ukraine right now. And those ethnic cleansing on all sides, in 1900s, lived in the terror that any shown mercy could be used against them.

Ataturk : wanna hear a joke Greece : yeah Ataturk : Constantinople Greece : i don't get it Ataturk : exactly

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

Ataturk: and guess what? Greece: what? Ataturk: it ain't even called Constantinople no more fam ( 1930 )

@Random-World-Eater

2 жыл бұрын

@@kasadam85 Only if you consider turkey to be a county instead of a bird! OOH!

@yigit2167

2 жыл бұрын

@@Random-World-Eater Cringe

@Random-World-Eater

2 жыл бұрын

@@yigit2167 Your whalecum.

@kasadam85

2 жыл бұрын

@@Random-World-Eater Jokes on you, it's actually "Turkiye" now haha

Hello!

I was watching this shorts and it suddenly turn into teh fall of Constantinople for some reason probably glitch

With the invasion of Ukraine, you ll have a lot of content for your historical videos. More seriously, your work is great once again :)

@I_Hate_YouTube.

2 жыл бұрын

I am disapointed in our perminant president

@Doughboy_Gobbler23

2 жыл бұрын

"Why did Russia attack Ukraine?"

@LegoWarFims

2 жыл бұрын

@@Doughboy_Gobbler23 answer: Resources and he wants to create an Empire

@sharkronical

2 жыл бұрын

@@LegoWarFims nope, Putin wants that victory royale

@CosmicCreeper99

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, _historical._

I'm a fan of the channel! I would like to ask, would it be possible for the description to include the sources used for the information? I often find myself wanting to do more reading and it would be great to have a jumping off point. Thank you kindly!

I miss read the title and thought it said ‘why didn’t greece get constipated?’ 💀

@iamtherealraccoonleader

9 ай бұрын

That would be a very funny video 😊

@idontexist2426

8 ай бұрын

@@iamtherealraccoonleader a very interesting one too

boogely woogely is one of the great unsung hero's of our age.

As a Greek this video hurts

@C.A.A.1911

2 жыл бұрын

Why?

@karaboga8825

2 жыл бұрын

Good

@chm5750

2 жыл бұрын

@@C.A.A.1911 Weren't you paying attention.

@nameless3431

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry. But if you see humans as humans and dont put them into categories you can still enjoy the city. We welcome everyone.

@Mate_Mateo

2 жыл бұрын

As a Croat this hurts too, Turks got away with their wrongdoings in Europe. Croatia lost Bosnia because of Ottomans and you lost your best city. My condolences

A great question that I never knew I wanted the answer to.

I want a 60 min interview with Kelly moneymaker

Interesting.

I swear, this is more informative than the 2 hours of history class that I get lol

I actually live in Sèvres and the building used for the Treaty is now an art museum. Not very useful information, but I thought it was a fun coincidence

@tadopoulostadopoylos5864

2 жыл бұрын

SEVRES est pres de paris?

@pjvish

2 жыл бұрын

@@tadopoulostadopoylos5864 oui ! À quelques kilomètres seulement

''I don't think that you have the facilities for that big man.''