Why Wasn't Spain One of the Axis Powers in World War II?

Given the ideology and help Spain's dictator, Francisco Franco, had received during the Spanish Civil War, it remains somewhat of a mystery to many why he did not repay his debt to Germany and Italy and join the Axis during the Second World War.
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  • @zeknight4352
    @zeknight43524 жыл бұрын

    Germany: you good bro wanna join Spain: no thanks Japan: can I join?

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    4 жыл бұрын

    Realknightgamer42, almost the same quotes as « Oversimplified history » Axis memeber is like a vilainous gang asking: Hola Spain, wanna join our club? You are welcome in! -Spain is like the guy who can ot make its mind despite encouragement, then Japan rings the bell and ask to join

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    4 жыл бұрын

    Then the axis partt ends busted! And Spain is watching saying « Glad i didn’t joined this gang party »

  • @zeknight4352

    @zeknight4352

    4 жыл бұрын

    Saguntum-Iberian-Greek Konstantinopoli yeah I got the inspiration from oversimplified and ww2 countryball

  • @petepetersen5418

    @petepetersen5418

    4 жыл бұрын

    If Japan didn't join, they probably would have imperialised east-Asia and non of the "allied" would have cared a single bit.

  • @petepetersen5418

    @petepetersen5418

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@Kai-rust Only because American allies were losing their colonies. Maybe they support the ROC in war, but the Chinese Exclusion act was still in place, they didn't care. The Japanese started 2 years earlier than the Germans, yet afterwards the Japanese emperor still got to keep his place on the throne.

  • @johnrichardson7310
    @johnrichardson73104 жыл бұрын

    Why didn't spain join the axis. Its simple really they had went through a civil war and had no time to recover. Even if you were on the wining side a country can only take on so much war.

  • @adamclark1972uk

    @adamclark1972uk

    4 жыл бұрын

    Had went? Wtf?

  • @johnrichardson7310

    @johnrichardson7310

    4 жыл бұрын

    @jeremy Lyons true but it bite Germany in ass in the end. If i was part of Hitler war counsel i would advise him to wait a year or two to prepare for Operation Barbarossa.

  • @speedy01247

    @speedy01247

    4 жыл бұрын

    @jeremy Lyons Spain *looking at a beat up Germany, still holding that beer* "uhh, yeah I think I will stay over here"

  • @caeserslegion602

    @caeserslegion602

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@speedy01247 Gets curb stomped by Russia...... Lol

  • @celeridad6972

    @celeridad6972

    4 жыл бұрын

    @jeremy Lyons Germans are different, they are... Germans

  • @tommyvercetti9434
    @tommyvercetti94344 жыл бұрын

    I just wanna thank you for actually putting effort on pronouncing Spanish names.

  • @owoistaken436

    @owoistaken436

    4 жыл бұрын

    It sounds kinda funny

  • @tommyvercetti9434

    @tommyvercetti9434

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Matt Ellis Same thing happens to me when trying to speak english, when I try to actually pronounce things correctly I get the feeling that I'm sounding very pedantic but I've seen a lot of history youtubers talking about topics relating to Spain or latin america and they seem to not care at all about at least trying to pronounce things correctly. Like, bro, write that shit on google translator, hear how it sounds and try to imitate it, you're doing an "educational" video.

  • @sjurjans7137

    @sjurjans7137

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Matt Ellis .... pay no bother to the glances.... anyone taking the time to learn another language foreign to their own is an intelligent, motivated, and respectful individual.... most people admire when someone takes the effort to learn their language... keep up your progress!

  • @alt842

    @alt842

    4 жыл бұрын

    He mispronounced Súñer and Gomez. It's SÚñer, not SuñÉr and GOmez, not GomEz.

  • @wifturtle

    @wifturtle

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tommyvercetti9434 "History youtubers ?" Learn history from a better source!

  • @kennandunn7533
    @kennandunn75334 жыл бұрын

    short answer: War is expensive, and Spain just got out of one.

  • @dhorn4005

    @dhorn4005

    4 жыл бұрын

    True, and while he mentions Spain having Colonies in Africa (the main economical source of European potencies ant that time); the truth is they had recently lost heir very last ones in the uprising of Moroco... so no way to fastly recover, either.

  • @susannamargo6933

    @susannamargo6933

    4 жыл бұрын

    But we send the "División Azul" so we didn't get out of one. We just continued our own.

  • @royendershade8044

    @royendershade8044

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@susannamargo6933 The Division Azul was only composed by volunteers, and at the end most costs where covered by the germans. The second group of divisioners went even against the law.

  • @lunarisita26

    @lunarisita26

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@royendershade8044 "volunteers" you said...

  • @manuelgomez1449

    @manuelgomez1449

    3 жыл бұрын

    No no es tan así es más que acabábamos de salir de una guerra civil que devastó España junto a su ejército y economía por lo que no podíamos meternos en una guerra sin todavía haber acabado otra

  • @tombowers6713
    @tombowers67134 жыл бұрын

    Germany: Spain, you have to fight, you owe us $200,000,000. Spain: Not if you die first.

  • @JorgeLuis-gd1wx

    @JorgeLuis-gd1wx

    2 жыл бұрын

    hahahahah

  • @xapaga1

    @xapaga1

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, as a Japanese I wish Tojo had been more cunning and sensible.

  • @BluestSoldier
    @BluestSoldier4 жыл бұрын

    Spain in the19th - 20th century: 1808: French invasion 1830: Loss of most American colonies. 1833-1890: Lots of ineffective governments with 3 civil wars 1898:Loss of Cuba and Philippines. The country is totally depressed and angry. 1920-1926: Rif war. Spanish army struggles to win and shows its weakness. 1923-1930: Dictatorship by Primo de Rivera 1931-1936: 2nd spanish republic 1936-1939: Civil War We had lost most of our influence in the course of 130 years and we were broken by wars and ineffective goverments. Basically, joining ww2 would've made Spain explode again.

  • @ab9840

    @ab9840

    4 жыл бұрын

    You said loss of Cuba and the Philippines. No mention of Guam and Puerto Rico. Especially, Puerto Rico which unlike Cuba or the Philippines had no active rebellion to push Spain out. They were even an integral overseas province of Spain when it was handed over to the US. After the loss of all those islands, Spain became even more of a backwater until modern times. But Spanish politics seems to be the same. It takes Spain forever at times to create a government because of the need to form political coalitions since almost always none of the many political parties have a majority.

  • @xouit2453

    @xouit2453

    4 жыл бұрын

    Y aún seguimos así...

  • @lancetheking7524

    @lancetheking7524

    4 жыл бұрын

    didn't the US buy the Philippines?

  • @Madarauchihaaa

    @Madarauchihaaa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Love how spain got fucked in the rif war

  • @brolin96

    @brolin96

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lancetheking7524 Is that what they tell you? Oh, God.

  • @linkven9196
    @linkven91964 жыл бұрын

    "They will NOT accept We need at least one more positive than negative reason for acceptance. We currently have: -196 Base Reluctance: -20 Nationalist Spain has strategic reasons to be friendly to the German Reich: +4 Spanish opinion of the German Reich: +20 Recovering from Civil War: -200"

  • @theraxs0014

    @theraxs0014

    3 жыл бұрын

    We’ve all been there once, maybe twice or even three times

  • @vinaykalyangajula3519

    @vinaykalyangajula3519

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol hoi4

  • @shadowrex1968

    @shadowrex1968

    3 жыл бұрын

    VIVA LA REPÚBLICA LA VERDADERA ESPAÑA!!

  • @felipesepulveda3989

    @felipesepulveda3989

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shadowrex1968 viva franco

  • @gamerdrache6076

    @gamerdrache6076

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@theraxs0014 yss it's anyoming

  • @VERUMCHESS
    @VERUMCHESS4 жыл бұрын

    1940: Spain has joined the chat 1942: Spain has left the chat

  • @davidlopez6703

    @davidlopez6703

    4 жыл бұрын

    What?

  • @shadowrex1968

    @shadowrex1968

    3 жыл бұрын

    VIVA LA REPÚBLICA LA VERDADERA ESPAÑA!!

  • @ignacioescudero6083

    @ignacioescudero6083

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shadowrex1968 Tio de verdad que yo creo que la republica que hubo en su tiempo no era para nada un estado organizado ni productivo. Más bien cada uno intentaba organizarlo a su royo y todo salía mal. Que es normal, porque no había nada antes, todo era desde cero. Pero aún así no puedes decir que esa época fuera mejor que la que hay ahora, y mucho menos la mejor de la historia de España.

  • @huliomaldonadomclovin9506

    @huliomaldonadomclovin9506

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ignacioescudero6083 déjalo será un chavalito de 12 años que sus padres siguen con el rencor de la guerra y bueno, tristemente le han inculcado esos valores, seguramente le preguntes cuales y la cantidad de presidentes que tuvo la republica en un corto periodo de tiempo y no te sabrá decir ni el primero.

  • @unlimon6382

    @unlimon6382

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ignacioescudero6083 II republica: buena idea, mala ejecucion Al menos mejoro la educacion :/

  • @ZolidSnakeSS4
    @ZolidSnakeSS44 жыл бұрын

    spain was too busy recovering from war with itself.

  • @zurita1642

    @zurita1642

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bleeded down it was.

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is like asking a very injured person or in wheelchair to go join a fight

  • @Nutty151

    @Nutty151

    4 жыл бұрын

    They were also tending to their bulls.

  • @zurita1642

    @zurita1642

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Nutty151 Starving to death, the technical term. Two in my family to be precise :-(

  • @Nutty151

    @Nutty151

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zurita1642 Sorry to hear that. Those were tough times for everyone.

  • @Jakob_Herzog
    @Jakob_Herzog4 жыл бұрын

    Spain: I would rather live.

  • @thomascatty379

    @thomascatty379

    4 жыл бұрын

    JLHartsock the Conqueror what is your profile picture it looks like a roman imperator

  • @thelazerproject

    @thelazerproject

    4 жыл бұрын

    Somebodyoncetoldtheworldisgonnarollme Ihatemycat naaah, we dont smell bad

  • @TheGuardianZX

    @TheGuardianZX

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably same with Romania

  • @carlosdanielflorezvisbal7780

    @carlosdanielflorezvisbal7780

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thelazerproject what ? Spain is the second country that bathes the more.

  • @thelazerproject

    @thelazerproject

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@carlosdanielflorezvisbal7780 thats what I said, we don’t smell bad

  • @KingBidenII
    @KingBidenII3 жыл бұрын

    Spain : I’m playing both sides, so I always come out on top

  • @kingstarscream320

    @kingstarscream320

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol Spain being on top of anything is a good joke

  • @carlosdanielflorezvisbal7780

    @carlosdanielflorezvisbal7780

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kingstarscream320 what??? Spain was top in everything in the 15,16 and 17th century, also in medieval times in Europe the only country with great science was Spain during that time Muslim to inform you.

  • @ousamadearu5960

    @ousamadearu5960

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kingstarscream320 the only time Spain became weak was because they were indeed the true Great Power of their time period until the Napoleonic Wars saw its stagnation and decline fall even more rapidly than ever.

  • @kingstarscream320

    @kingstarscream320

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ousamadearu5960 I was exaggerating but Spanish history is largely one of comedic mishaps. Failure of the Spanish Armada, expelling Jews and Muslims from Spain, being anti-science much of the time due to irrational religious zealotry, being defeated by the Protestants during the 30 years war, having the small Dutch nation escape their clutches while simultaneously having their overseas trade wrecked by them, pirates of all nations regularly outwitting the Spanish and stealing their already stolen gold, destroying their own empire via over-inflation, getting hoodwinked by Napoleon, being defeated by the Mapuche, having their American colonies revolt and break free largely due to Spanish government incompetence, and finally by becoming a fascist dictatorship for most of last century. Spain can’t seem to win unless they are fighting Native Americans with less advanced technology and even then they had an advantage of Native Americans suffering from diseases that the Spanish brought over. Charles V and Phillip II managed to hold the empire together for a century, even while making many many mistakes of their own, but after that it was all downhill for poor Spain with one terrible decision after another right up until the present day.

  • @ousamadearu5960

    @ousamadearu5960

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kingstarscream320 I am late, yes. 1. The Spanish Armada was a failure on both Parties of the War. The British practically had to guess or had been unable to overpower other Spanish engagements and the Spanish lost their best admiral to disease. There were a few Armadas and one was a success, and the rest was practically a mess for both sides. 2. The inquisition. Ah yes because it was only the Spanish doing something as drastic as The Inquisition to expel their external threats. It did succeed, partially, unlike a certain country that believed it got cursed by the Catholic God for killing the entirety of the Templars and genuinely lost more to infighting and a few external local enemies. 4. The 80 years war, the culmination of constantly fighting everyone. Ah yes because the Dutch were able to fight toe to toe with the tercios in newer tactics and still had to rely on German Mercenaries to have an even fighting ground. 5. Spain being anti-science is practically you not easily understanding Medieval politics. Spain, Portugal, and England didn't care for the Scientific progress, because they were already focused on their own affairs to care for what the Church(who was also 50-50 in terms of scientific progress) thinks. 6. The 30 years war, where all of Europe fought for political reasons, not religious. And by the end of that war, the Catholics won, under the treaty of Westphalia. 7. Piracy is not an easy threat to defeat. Even France and England had to fight the same problems in areas where Spanish Influence is limited. No nation is going to fully win against Pirates and privateers. The Dutch were one of the many nations that used Privateering, and any nation would struggle against that. 8. The rest were the Spanish not being fully effective at colonialism.

  • @rodrigoalmendro3118
    @rodrigoalmendro31184 жыл бұрын

    The catalan flag is wrong, that's the independent "flag", the real one doesen't have the blue and the star

  • @AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi

    @AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @diablo.the.cheater

    @diablo.the.cheater

    4 жыл бұрын

    actually that is not even the independent flag, that is the revel's flag

  • @Joan1Marti

    @Joan1Marti

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's the independentist flag. It's not the flag for the territory. It's the flag to claim for the independence of Catalonia.

  • @Libo2

    @Libo2

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@diablo.the.cheater No, it is a flag that catalans made for being an independent country, so that is almost like nazi flag. It is not catalunya flag

  • @diablo.the.cheater

    @diablo.the.cheater

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Libo2 that is the reason i call it a revel's flag

  • @xeroxsaw1303
    @xeroxsaw13034 жыл бұрын

    You didn’t mention that republicans, when exiled, went to fight against the nazis Actually the first troops to re-enter Paris were actually spanish

  • @i3lackfusion

    @i3lackfusion

    4 жыл бұрын

    Xerox Saw uhm, I’m pretty damn sure that Eisenhower allowed the French to enter Paris first...

  • @diegokevin3824

    @diegokevin3824

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@i3lackfusion The french wanted to get to Paris first, so they asked the nearest free french unit to go in, which was the 2eme division blindee, who then sent in its recon brigade (a bunch of halftracks and infantry) that no one noticing was made up fully of republican spanish (except the commanding officer Dronne who was french). They later escorted deGaulle when he entered Paris (and you can see the spanish names on the half-tracks in photos and old videos).

  • @i3lackfusion

    @i3lackfusion

    4 жыл бұрын

    DiegoKevin and the French fucked even that up... lmao Edit: Thx for clarification

  • @grovel8415

    @grovel8415

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@i3lackfusion La novena división o División Leclerc la nueve fue la que entro en parís y con tanques que sobrevivieron a la guerra civil española ademas de con anticuadas bayonetas, los franceses ocultaron esto e incluso cambiaron los nombres de los tanques para adjudicarse el merito, no obstante al final reconocieron la valentía de esas tropas y reciben homenajes a la nueve todos los años, se pueden ver vídeos de la historia que cuentan los que lucharon en ese momento, pero es mas triste que en españa apenas se conozca esta historia y aun tengamos muchas calles en memoria de la división azul que lucho por el nazismo y ninguna de la nueve que lucho por lo que hoy conocemos.

  • @i3lackfusion

    @i3lackfusion

    4 жыл бұрын

    Grove l talk more Spanish nonsense to me I don’t bother to translate.

  • @jubisvaldo5450
    @jubisvaldo54504 жыл бұрын

    National Spirit: Recovering from civil war Edit: i didnt expect anyone to understand the reference but i was playing HOI4 as Germany by the time this video went online, so i just needed to coment

  • @utahraptor4729874

    @utahraptor4729874

    4 жыл бұрын

    >Playing vanilla

  • @citywokbesitzer6834

    @citywokbesitzer6834

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Alliance with Spain* -Remove National Spirit "Recovering from the civil war"

  • @JonatasAdoM

    @JonatasAdoM

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Disabled Dude Considering the amont of likes, the history community must be a really small circle.

  • @_MrMoney

    @_MrMoney

    4 жыл бұрын

    -50% desire to join a faction

  • @arrinmixon5190

    @arrinmixon5190

    4 жыл бұрын

    What game is the reference from?

  • @shikikankillzone4239
    @shikikankillzone42393 жыл бұрын

    German Reich: _Yo mate, I'm putting together a team, wanna join?_ Spain: _Sure, but I'm kinda busy right now. I'll have an answer by tomorrow, hopefully_ *Last seen: 76 years ago*

  • @joaKING_IV
    @joaKING_IV4 жыл бұрын

    Porque acabábamos de salir de una guerra civil, es una respuesta que se sabe. Nadie está preparado para una guerra cuando faltan: Alimentos, medicinas, soldados...

  • @mbcrra

    @mbcrra

    4 жыл бұрын

    J Torres Sin embargo mandaron a la division azul. Si que se unieron al eje.

  • @joaKING_IV

    @joaKING_IV

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mbcrra eso no es una participación activa, es mandar ayuda y no es lo mismo.

  • @oscarm.l.3383

    @oscarm.l.3383

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mbcrra ...eran voluntarios

  • @mbcrra

    @mbcrra

    4 жыл бұрын

    J Torres Pilotar un Stuka para bombardear Stalingrad es ser combatiente. Y sobre ese voluntariado... si yo te contara.

  • @joaKING_IV

    @joaKING_IV

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mbcrraNo he nombrado eso en concreto, en lo que has dicho se ve que las operaciones de la división azul fueron ayudas, y no fue un participante activo ya que España había perdido capacidad logística y militar. Las grandes pérdidas puede ser que permitan envíos de tropas como en la famosa batalla de Krasny bor, convirtiéndose en el único ejército que no retrocedió nada ante la Unión Soviética (Razón por la cual Stalin insistió en que no entrase España en la nación de naciones). Como bien has dicho eran cosas aisladas, la mayor parte de efectivos de los movimientos del eje eran de la Gestapo y Japón, hasta Italia nos superaba en el número de maniobras (otra cosa es el éxito de las mismas).

  • @muskatDR
    @muskatDR4 жыл бұрын

    "...Spain was playing realliy tacticly" Italy: Thats my boy!

  • @ShadowAkatora
    @ShadowAkatora4 жыл бұрын

    Franco is like that one friend you help move houses, but then when you need his help moving he just makes excuses.

  • @sasir2013

    @sasir2013

    4 жыл бұрын

    to be fair, it is more like this: Franco:I'm gonna have a fight with my brother Hitler:Let me help, that way I can try a few things *a day later* Hitler:I'm going to fight the whole town, would you help me? Franco:Dude, I'm at the HOSPITAL, couldn't you just wait a year or something? Hitler:Nein

  • @JoeMartinez18

    @JoeMartinez18

    4 жыл бұрын

    So a typical Spaniard

  • @venkinta3343

    @venkinta3343

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JoeMartinez18 Im not at the hospital lol

  • @pegaco2953

    @pegaco2953

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spain had just come out of a civil war and the Soviet Union had just robbed virtually all the money they had in the bank of Spain, also Spain if he wanted to help Germany but it was Germany that rejected Franco's offer when he asked Germany that in exchange for entering the war will help with Gibraltar and French Morocco. Please inform yourself.

  • @jorgeferdenav

    @jorgeferdenav

    4 жыл бұрын

    Franco pretty much let down everyone that supported him. He let down Hitler and Mussolini by not joining WW2. He let down the monarchists by refusing to let the crown heir take back the throne. He let down the Carlists by building a centralist state. He let down the Falange by first, refusing to help breakout their leader and then by letting them believe he was still alive to avoid them choosing a new leader, and then tossing most of their political guidelines while still exploiting their influence and resources. He also let down Big Money by getting Spain into a commercial blockade for 10 years. And most importantly he let down the Republic for breaking his oath of loyalty to topple the government. In short? He was an untrustworthy, backstabbing son of a bitch.

  • @breadskii
    @breadskii4 жыл бұрын

    When you switch sides twice but everybody talks about italy: Sad señor noises

  • @Dew2Much

    @Dew2Much

    3 жыл бұрын

    El bruh

  • @jpm-stalinexpertrper7413
    @jpm-stalinexpertrper74134 жыл бұрын

    10 Minutes in one Comment: Spain just finished the Civil War. They needed to rebuild.

  • @daveJDB

    @daveJDB

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, that's pretty much it. And our economy was held by the British, so if we did join the Axis our Economy would've simply gone to shit.

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord83374 жыл бұрын

    Spain: I'll wait this one out guys. Germany: suit yourself. Italy: ma ma mia ima gunna invada tha Greeks. Oh no Germany helpa the Italy.

  • @stevencooper4422

    @stevencooper4422

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spain was like, look away and it won't be awkward.

  • @theArab__

    @theArab__

    4 жыл бұрын

    I believe it’s “mamma mia”

  • @rodrigogalindo2499

    @rodrigogalindo2499

    4 жыл бұрын

    Es más fácil hablar italiano si eres español

  • @carlose4314

    @carlose4314

    4 жыл бұрын

    Germany: FUUUUUUUUUUUU- _gets invaded at Normandy and by Soviets_

  • @criogenic1839

    @criogenic1839

    4 жыл бұрын

    Japan:Uhh...Germany you say attack the USSR or USA Germany;USSR,why you ask that? Japan:F-For nothing...

  • @clementkong8133
    @clementkong81334 жыл бұрын

    You left out a key reason: Spain had just finished fighting a civil war and was in no shape to involve itself with WW2.

  • @TheSilDante

    @TheSilDante

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nether was Italy, but they did it anyway.

  • @TylerSolvestri

    @TylerSolvestri

    4 жыл бұрын

    Germany was also fucked and they fix their economy in 5 years...

  • @Stego1819

    @Stego1819

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tyler Solvestri Germany got a lot of money from other nations though. Spain didnt.

  • @rieqgreg2138

    @rieqgreg2138

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TylerSolvestri nah fam Germany the one who had to pay the other countries! War reparations in ww1 remember

  • @kiliang96

    @kiliang96

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TylerSolvestri Spain lost a lot of money in the war, just search for the Moscow Gold, we don't even know where it is nowadays

  • @Hector-fv7ut
    @Hector-fv7ut4 жыл бұрын

    Take it from me, a spanish guy, that the fact franco dodnt join is simply because we had just gone through a civil war and were in no shape to fight another one

  • @mattai075
    @mattai0754 жыл бұрын

    Spain: I choose life.

  • @lezelligfan

    @lezelligfan

    2 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @potatojo9013
    @potatojo90134 жыл бұрын

    everyone: Italy switched sides SO many times by know. Spain: i'm gonna do something that's called a pro gamer move

  • @aoxiang

    @aoxiang

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very fun and original, yes...

  • @theartenthusiast1932

    @theartenthusiast1932

    4 жыл бұрын

    @ur mom Spain: *Oh yeah, this is big brain time*

  • @protalukoriginal4560

    @protalukoriginal4560

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its named *N E U T R A L I T Y*

  • @kevintrang3007

    @kevintrang3007

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ok Baltic Austria

  • @carlomarini4255

    @carlomarini4255

    4 жыл бұрын

    Italy did not switch side. Italy simply surrendered because it could not continue the war. Then germany invaded northern Italy. So its natural that Italy had to push away the invader..... What would you do in this situation???!!!!

  • @pabloc.b.9837
    @pabloc.b.98374 жыл бұрын

    Say MADRID one more time. I love it

  • @historywithhilbert146

    @historywithhilbert146

    4 жыл бұрын

    PABLO C. B. Glad you liked it ;)

  • @Takador

    @Takador

    4 жыл бұрын

    Madrit

  • @jgr7487

    @jgr7487

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mathrith?

  • @cuentaabandonada8654

    @cuentaabandonada8654

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jgr7487 nope, Madrid.

  • @jgr7487

    @jgr7487

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cuentaabandonada8654 nope, the Spanish pronunciation is either Mađriđ or Mađriþ, which, in English, could be phonetically written as Mathrith. đ = THe þ = wiTH

  • @ercaner_buzbey
    @ercaner_buzbey4 жыл бұрын

    The topic always intruged me so far, thanks for the info. That was illuminating.

  • @gamingdarkalan2141
    @gamingdarkalan21413 жыл бұрын

    Spain in 1940: *Spanish or Vanish* Spain in 1945: *Spain winkle has left the chat*

  • @Cyber-zw6kb
    @Cyber-zw6kb4 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: spain isnt in WWII World conqueror 4: hold my beer

  • @pyro4189

    @pyro4189

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah i see you are men of culture as well

  • @Cjnw

    @Cjnw

    4 жыл бұрын

    Normie

  • @NishiMiyamura

    @NishiMiyamura

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes the hard but beautiful game let me detail every axis nation there Germany:the man with intelligence Italy:the stupid one Japan:the hentai kawaii weeb Spain:the bull fighter Romania:the better ally than italy Hungary:mr.no navy baby Bulgaria:the ladies man Thailand:the odd one Finland:icy boi

  • @d.plaguethedocter8542

    @d.plaguethedocter8542

    3 жыл бұрын

    All 35 subscribers to this guy have either gone missing or murdered

  • @alvaryeg

    @alvaryeg

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NishiMiyamura what the actual fuck are you saying Spain is almost communist man JAJJAJAJJ

  • @realhawaii5o
    @realhawaii5o4 жыл бұрын

    3:27 thicc Portugal

  • @ThrE3-GeS

    @ThrE3-GeS

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like seeing Olivença as part of Portugal. But i still prefer Galicia ;)

  • @realhawaii5o

    @realhawaii5o

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ThrE3-GeS that's not Olivenz/ça tho, the line is just plain wrong

  • @astartes1213

    @astartes1213

    4 жыл бұрын

    muh Olivenza

  • @SimKivi

    @SimKivi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fds parece q tem grande penca no Alentejo

  • @FlexBeanbag

    @FlexBeanbag

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TylerSolvestri kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKGXm7B_lsveZ5c.html

  • @MouseCrew
    @MouseCrew4 жыл бұрын

    That was a great effort you put on the pronunciation, good job mate

  • @NobuoSensei
    @NobuoSensei4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you from Spain. Very good video.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory4 жыл бұрын

    Spain made a smart decision

  • @unaicanudas

    @unaicanudas

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sadly yes...

  • @yoshihammerbro435

    @yoshihammerbro435

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@unaicanudas sadly??

  • @mariacg6350

    @mariacg6350

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not really if u look the next years

  • @id10cyy

    @id10cyy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. If i were a president i would NOT join a war. Only supply others.

  • @micahistory

    @micahistory

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@id10cyy ok

  • @Ghost_PM11
    @Ghost_PM114 жыл бұрын

    I commend you for sharing with us these less known parts of history, they are important to understand the power dynamics of WWII in this case.

  • @Vipers_Pit
    @Vipers_Pit4 жыл бұрын

    Simple answer 1: they had a Civil war 2 years before the war. 2: Franco know better.

  • @MancoDeLepanto
    @MancoDeLepanto4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info! Very interesting. Good job!

  • @sub_zero9885
    @sub_zero98854 жыл бұрын

    4:44 "the Italians had a bigger navy than France and Britain combined" Dude are you joking? France had a bigger navy than Italy alone...and Britain had double-triple the size of that....

  • @Turvaldeon

    @Turvaldeon

    4 жыл бұрын

    yea, heard that too maybe he does mean stationed in the mediterranean? which ofc would only be temporary advantage

  • @sub_zero9885

    @sub_zero9885

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Turvaldeon well i still doubt that...with the French maybe

  • @RyanTheHero3

    @RyanTheHero3

    3 жыл бұрын

    @abaezarojano Then the statement is very misleading. It suggests the surface fleet naval strength is significantly more than both Britain and France’s.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un4 жыл бұрын

    Gibraltar belongs to the Netherlands. *Wilhelmus*

  • @historywithhilbert146

    @historywithhilbert146

    4 жыл бұрын

    BESPOKE

  • @kokop1107

    @kokop1107

    4 жыл бұрын

    G E K O L O N I S E E R D

  • @ARKOVZ

    @ARKOVZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think you mean the Netherlands are rightful Spanish clay? :)

  • @JeroenDoes

    @JeroenDoes

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ARKOVZ is it not clear? The netherlands are the only rightfull succesor to the old spainish empire. The spanish empire was.the sucesor to the roman empire. Therefore the ntherlands have a claim over all of spain and its former territories. All of ancient rome and all of the colonies the nations that once made up rome ever have aquired.

  • @dikkertjefap9709

    @dikkertjefap9709

    4 жыл бұрын

    GEKOLONISEERD

  • @jeshuaandrade7300
    @jeshuaandrade73003 жыл бұрын

    Germnay: hey bro, can you join in the...? Spain: no ves que estoy chiquito despues de mi civil war >:c

  • @jcr5083

    @jcr5083

    3 жыл бұрын

    ahahahhahahahah

  • @ChinolaFlow

    @ChinolaFlow

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @Alejandro_Estevez
    @Alejandro_Estevez4 жыл бұрын

    Muy buen vídeo... Mis felicitaciones

  • @alanparker9608
    @alanparker96084 жыл бұрын

    Great video again Hilbert! It really helps us to better understand what was happening at that time. Keep up the great work!

  • @historywithhilbert146

    @historywithhilbert146

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alan Parker Thanks man!

  • @cossackhistorian7425
    @cossackhistorian74254 жыл бұрын

    What was the Situation in Fascist Portugal in this period?

  • @diegonatan6301

    @diegonatan6301

    4 жыл бұрын

    Portugal was never fascist.

  • @ARKOVZ

    @ARKOVZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    Portugal was not fascist. It's was right leaning, but no where close to Spain.

  • @jardon8636

    @jardon8636

    4 жыл бұрын

    estado novo under salzar was far right or right leaning,catholic and conservative but not fascist... again hillbert, please keep up the great work, maybe have a video about the netherlands in world war two, i recently saw a film about queen wilhemina , living very modestly ...coordinating *dutch resistance* who was in england* during the war...,

  • @madshagen5849

    @madshagen5849

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ARKOVZ It was horribly authoritarian and developed a range of methods of oppression and torture that was copied by CIA and others around the world (it was after alle Portugal that kept fighting -and loosing -colonial wars until the mid-70s after everybody else had dropped that endevour)

  • @cossackhistorian7425

    @cossackhistorian7425

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Diego Natan - Estado novo wasn’t fascist?

  • @protalukoriginal4560
    @protalukoriginal45604 жыл бұрын

    Spain and switherland: we gonna *n e u t r a l*

  • @timothyjonathan1599

    @timothyjonathan1599

    3 жыл бұрын

    more like Spain, Switzerland, and Sweden: we will be neutral, but maybe side you also *Hitler*

  • @Knudsen_Hernandez

    @Knudsen_Hernandez

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@timothyjonathan1599 More like Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, and Sweden: Come on guys please we don't want a war.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Жыл бұрын

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!

  • @frederickoftheartic2209
    @frederickoftheartic22094 жыл бұрын

    Germany und the bois druing 1940:WERE WINNING Spain:Hmmm joining would make me bigger A few minutes later Italy:mama mia i'mma burning germany helpa meh! Germany:Japan where are u!?!?! Spain:On second thought *Spain becomes pro allies*

  • @Space_Man909
    @Space_Man9093 жыл бұрын

    Axis and allies: * *Fighting* * Spain and Switzerland: * *Vibing* *

  • @gtu7075

    @gtu7075

    2 жыл бұрын

    Straight up fax

  • @daveJDB

    @daveJDB

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean, we did send Volunteers but ok

  • @aitoraparicio2205
    @aitoraparicio22054 жыл бұрын

    wow man! really nice information recovered here. Very certain over all the points here! HF

  • @petermonck5448
    @petermonck54484 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done

  • @franciscojaviersanchezgome4082
    @franciscojaviersanchezgome40824 жыл бұрын

    This isn't the nationalist Spain flag

  • @caudillovargas

    @caudillovargas

    4 жыл бұрын

    Francisco Javier Sánchez Gómez si que lo fue, al menos al principio del conflicto civil.

  • @MrRock2718

    @MrRock2718

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hombreee... que le ha quitado el aguilucho y le ha puesto el castillito... Y de paso ha cortado extremadura y huelva por la cara...

  • @AA-oe8pp

    @AA-oe8pp

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrRock2718 estaba buscando este comentario

  • @radugabrielpopa

    @radugabrielpopa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lo fue a principios de la guerra

  • @PakSilvers

    @PakSilvers

    4 жыл бұрын

    Es la heredera directa, así que es como si lo fuera. La verdadera bandera es la republicana.

  • @mrkipi8074
    @mrkipi80744 жыл бұрын

    Love it and Love our Latin brother from Romania🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

  • @TylerSolvestri

    @TylerSolvestri

    4 жыл бұрын

    _🇪🇸❤🇷🇴❤🇬🇷❤🇮🇹❤🇵🇹❤_

  • @yiaboi2287

    @yiaboi2287

    4 жыл бұрын

    What?

  • @davidbrus1441

    @davidbrus1441

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tank you1🇪🇸

  • @yiaboi2287

    @yiaboi2287

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can someone explain me this?

  • @SalvadorLopez-mi4ml

    @SalvadorLopez-mi4ml

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yiaboi2287 Is love

  • @S7yx0
    @S7yx04 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, thank you!

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman24145 ай бұрын

    As a Brit who moved to southern Spain a year and a half ago, I've recently found the history of Spain pretty interesting

  • @pont1695
    @pont16954 жыл бұрын

    Tip to help with Spanish pronuntiation: That tick (tilde) on top of vowels is the tonic syllable.

  • @scottishbananaclan
    @scottishbananaclan3 жыл бұрын

    Simple answer: Spain was worn out from the civil war and couldn't fight effectively.

  • @harsimaja9517
    @harsimaja95174 жыл бұрын

    ‘Italy had a larger navy than Britain and France combined.’ Er what. I think you meant specifically *in the Mediterranean*.

  • @davcaslop
    @davcaslop4 жыл бұрын

    5:41 that is the flag that catalan independentist use, the real catalan flag is the one with out the star and the blue triangle.

  • @lyuxia

    @lyuxia

    4 жыл бұрын

    la senyera

  • @Depipro
    @Depipro4 жыл бұрын

    You mentioned in passing that the Italian navy was larger than the British and French ones combined, - wait, what?! I suppose you meant the British and French naval presence within the Mediterranean...

  • @arturturkevych3816

    @arturturkevych3816

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. That raised my eyebrows. British navy can't be smaller than Italian

  • @leod-sigefast

    @leod-sigefast

    4 жыл бұрын

    That absolutely caught my ear too. No way the Italian navy was bigger than the British, let alone French and British combined. I think Hilbert had a bit of a brain fart then.

  • @Rammkommando

    @Rammkommando

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@leod-sigefast i believe teh Italian navy, while powerful enough to stand up to the royal navy and the french navy, they were quite small

  • @eudaldgraumasaneda1646

    @eudaldgraumasaneda1646

    4 жыл бұрын

    no, italian navy was huge, i mean, they only had the navy, but it was immense

  • @arturturkevych3816

    @arturturkevych3816

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@eudaldgraumasaneda1646 it must have been rubbish, since the British kicked their teeth in significantly. Perhaps Italians had a larger navy than British Mediterranean fleet? Germany didn't out produce Britain in the naval department and Italian industry was abysmal. Anyways, the Italians had a more significant oil shortage than the Germans and beautiful battleships like Roma were just docked throughout the war and didn't see action.

  • @jorgeadelprado
    @jorgeadelprado4 жыл бұрын

    Dude don't use the Catalans flag with the star, is not our real flag

  • @Dourios_96

    @Dourios_96

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is it without the star?

  • @jorgeadelprado

    @jorgeadelprado

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Dourios_96 only the yellow and red bars, the blue or red stars are 20th century inventions used by political parties

  • @Dourios_96

    @Dourios_96

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jorgeadelprado but doesn't the autonomous region of Catalonia recognise the blue star flag?

  • @sade_es8809

    @sade_es8809

    4 жыл бұрын

    The real Catalonian flag is just red and yellow in stripes

  • @kenobi6257

    @kenobi6257

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Dourios_96 No, it doesn't. Only the independentists use it

  • @rikiorikio9368
    @rikiorikio93684 жыл бұрын

    I am spanish and i must say that i enjoyed your video sir, pretty impartial and well documented i give you a 8,5

  • @bobapbob5812
    @bobapbob58124 жыл бұрын

    The Spanish Blue Division served on the Leningrad front. My Russian professor in college and his wife survived the siege. He told our class that the troops he fought against were Spanish.

  • @imranhossain247
    @imranhossain2474 жыл бұрын

    Many actually assume that because Spain recovering itself from Civil War that's why they didn't join the Axis. It is one of the reason but not the main reason Spain never joined the Axis. Spain's position is very similar to Japan, have problem with Allied Nations but still need them as trading partners. Spain focuses on three things: At Sea British is unstoppable and Spain can't fight by themselves plus Spain understands that British will recover and retaliate Axis in future, second Spain had colonies and also need oil from US which again is decisive to make a decision that US always have enough resources to fulfill their as well as international needs so Spain decide to remain neutral and three, the important point Spain actually understood the threat of USSR and communism so they move in a manner that Spain could be beneficial at long run aka preventing communism and USSR from Spain and remained in the Western bloc. Both Japan and Spain had been in similar situation but Spain acts wisely, Japan acted tactlessly and pay the price despite being a better situation than Spain.

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    4 жыл бұрын

    They understood perfectly that in the longterm the allies would win due to the colonies/man’ower and the usa who would focus on landing in Spain

  • @imranhossain247

    @imranhossain247

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 yes, that's why I felt Japan is also in Spain's position at WW2, if they remain neutral then only USA would be their rivals but in on the flip side Japan would have UK on their side and US and Japan would come in talking terms instead of Japan attacking Petal Harbor. Spain made the right call.

  • @johnroche7541

    @johnroche7541

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spain sent thousands of volunteers to fight on the eastern front against Russia the famous Blue Division.

  • @mrpythagoras7079

    @mrpythagoras7079

    4 жыл бұрын

    Imran Hossain Japan killed 20+ million with less than 1/10 of that casualty, and today there are poorly educated westerners who sympathize with Japan. Can you really say the price was paid. Americans even left Hirohito and hundreds of war criminals free at that cuz they didnt care about Asia just the fact they needed to contain the USSR.

  • @imranhossain247

    @imranhossain247

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mrpythagoras7079 well you are right but you are actually saying half thing here. One of the primary reason Japan joined Axis because Japan wanted an empire in Asia and felt that German can help them by beating the British and French and Japan can pick pieces from it. But the fact is Japan underestimate the power of Allies and Japan never anticipate that US would nuke them twice which become a point of threat in 21st century where any Nation having nuclear power would threat and get it's things forcefully. Now coming back to main topic if Japan actually understood that Axis won't be a helpful Ally in long run they would join Axis and thus never committed war crimes, that's why I said they made tactless decisions. And after WW2, Japan admitted they made mistake, and give up their desire to form empire and colonies. And on Japan's victim game, well USSR have the most casualties in WW2, but after the war they also fulfill their territorial ambition and redraw their boundaries, took half of the Korea which was Russia's Target since Tsar rule, and helped Communist to takeover China. So USSR does things they wanted to do and West should ignore bigger threat than Japan is more of a grave mistake. I hope you get the point.

  • @johnkilmartin5101
    @johnkilmartin51014 жыл бұрын

    The Italians had no colonies in South West Africa to lose. I assume you meant North East Africa. That 200 000 mark is coming up quick!!

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape1004 жыл бұрын

    Nice vid......thanks for making it. And thanks for your correct pronunciation of Spanish words. I didn't think there were any Brits who could do that, or be bothered to do that.

  • @kamradewilhelmii4072
    @kamradewilhelmii40723 жыл бұрын

    Fascism : *_dies_* Spain : *_Every of my friends has died, its time to live myself with this ideology as i will do it for germany_*

  • @gamerdrache6076

    @gamerdrache6076

    3 жыл бұрын

    Itas made the idelogie and hilter wa sjnspired by mussolinie

  • @biomutant1468

    @biomutant1468

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gamerdrache6076 we know but spain literally had a fascist government during ww2 they were just too broke to fight in ww2

  • @gumdeo

    @gumdeo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Portugal too.

  • @rubengonzalez2911
    @rubengonzalez29114 жыл бұрын

    That wasn't the Catalan flag back in the days and neither is today

  • @niclasjohansson5992

    @niclasjohansson5992

    4 жыл бұрын

    What flag is the starred one?

  • @maxpuente6291

    @maxpuente6291

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@niclasjohansson5992 The starred one stands for the independentist movement of Catalonia. Just the movement, not the independent country that some want to achieve.

  • @niclasjohansson5992

    @niclasjohansson5992

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@maxpuente6291 that makes sense because I saw a bunch of them in Barcelona in 2015

  • @maxpuente6291

    @maxpuente6291

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@niclasjohansson5992 Yeah there sure are lots of them 😂

  • @Peter-ox7wh

    @Peter-ox7wh

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@maxpuente6291 Yeah,Thats whats happened when politicians lie to people about getting a new state without problems that they will be rich etc etc 😆 😆 They will die being Spaniards,no doubt about that.

  • @edzranyduasa5091
    @edzranyduasa50913 жыл бұрын

    Spain actually join the Axis HOI4 player: perfectly balance

  • @Neiotic
    @Neiotic4 жыл бұрын

    I am Spanish and I really liked this video, everything was well explained and you pronounced properly most of the time (the others are good tries xD). So I really enjoyed your work, you've got my subscription :)

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks from Catalonia.

  • @thepoxh5845
    @thepoxh58454 жыл бұрын

    As a catalan I NEED to tell you that you used an incorrect flag when referring to Catalonia. The good one is the one with 4 red stripes. Nothing else.

  • @blitonal9161

    @blitonal9161

    4 жыл бұрын

    espera... no tiene una estrella?

  • @thepoxh5845

    @thepoxh5845

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pablus Pappet no; la bandera con la estrella (llamada “estelada”) representa al movimiento independentista, mientras que la bandera de la región es la de las 4 barras. Sin embargo, en los últimos años este movimiento se ha popularizado y la estelada ha aparecido mucho en los medios. Es normal que para aquellos que lo viven desde fuera surjan confusiones

  • @blitonal9161

    @blitonal9161

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thepoxh5845 ok gracias por explicarmelo :)

  • @futuf2265

    @futuf2265

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thepoxh5845 no tenia ni idea, gracias por explicar

  • @jordirex7711

    @jordirex7711

    4 жыл бұрын

    On the civil war the flag with the star was also used.

  • @xeroxsaw1303
    @xeroxsaw13034 жыл бұрын

    You pronounce really well Spanish names, I’m shook

  • @claudioparfumfacts
    @claudioparfumfacts4 жыл бұрын

    One of the most famous battles of the Division Azul was the battle of Krasny Bor. Pretty interesting. By the way, the last man of the Division Azul has passed away two years ago close to my hometown. If you are wondering where are they now x)

  • @mogaman28
    @mogaman283 жыл бұрын

    You also forget about the influence of admiral Canaris on Franco, he told him everything he need to know to piss off Hitler.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican4 жыл бұрын

    Spain to this day is still asking for Gibraltar, even though the people voted to remain British

  • @historywithhilbert146

    @historywithhilbert146

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I made a video about it a while ago

  • @Mr_Lo_

    @Mr_Lo_

    4 жыл бұрын

    They believe they can take it "back". I'd like to see them try.

  • @derrengui

    @derrengui

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Mr_Lo_ don't underestimate the Spaniards that'd be your first and biggest mistake. No need in a pointless war over a tiny rock, we've got Algeciras and Ceuta to control both sides of the straight. Besides this is the 21st Century not the 19th Also Britain is not what it used to be, take the nukes away and it'd be a minor player, not an empire anymore and they don't realise it, another big mistake Also we could starve Gibraltar without any force, just shut the fence and without even deploying our navy, artillery and fighter planes would take care of the British navy

  • @Mr_Lo_

    @Mr_Lo_

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@derrengui yeah but does Spain have nukes?

  • @belfigue

    @belfigue

    4 жыл бұрын

    Following the 1704 capture of Gibraltar only around 70 out of the original 5,000 Spanish inhabitants chose to remain in there. The current inhabitants were brought there by the British after the takeover, so we see them as colonizers/settlers. Note that the UN classifies Gibraltar as a "colony".

  • @rattmane
    @rattmane4 жыл бұрын

    Spain: Joins the Axis Portugal: YUM BRITISH HELP JOINS ALLIES

  • @pedromunoz2225
    @pedromunoz22254 жыл бұрын

    El escudo que aparece en la bandera española es el de la II República, no el de la bandera franquista.

  • @jaimejdtrechuelo1696
    @jaimejdtrechuelo16963 жыл бұрын

    Great video, just two things: 1. The Spanish flag you have used was the flag of the 1st Republic at the beginning of the 20th century 2. The catalonian flag used was the one of the independence movement and not the actual flag Besides that, great great video

  • @asdfg8899
    @asdfg88994 жыл бұрын

    why you show in 5:35 that Catalan independist flag??? when you talk about Catalonian flag u gotta show the "senyera"

  • @h.pcreadordeamor6072
    @h.pcreadordeamor60724 жыл бұрын

    In the minute 5:35 yo have used the independence catalonian flag instead of the actual catalonian flag. Why?

  • @rogercsx
    @rogercsx7 ай бұрын

    2:19 - LOL Nice effort though

  • @IvanWongHongKong
    @IvanWongHongKong4 жыл бұрын

    5:22 i just realized the white circle and swastika are not centered on the red background...

  • @Victor-xr8ug
    @Victor-xr8ug4 жыл бұрын

    5:35 catalan flag inst using the start at the moment so to get a perfect video you should have to change this. Catalan flag with the start is only used by catalan independence movement and it was created about 1895 but is not the oficial flag of cataluña which is the same but whithout the blue triangle and the star. Not ofended, just trying to help.

  • @herr_rudolf

    @herr_rudolf

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm actually offended. Catalonia is a part of the great kingdom of Spain and it will be forever. (no. Sarcasm)

  • @lauprb3086

    @lauprb3086

    4 жыл бұрын

    Herr_Rudolf I can’t really tell if you are kidding or not 😂

  • @leod-sigefast

    @leod-sigefast

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am massively offended. Do you want a fight !?!?!?!? (Joke if you don't get sarcasm)

  • @Victor-xr8ug

    @Victor-xr8ug

    4 жыл бұрын

    Leode Siefast i ll figth u for the glory of Mariano Rajoy

  • @herr_rudolf

    @herr_rudolf

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lauprb3086 No, I'm not kidding.

  • @harperwalsh9041
    @harperwalsh90414 жыл бұрын

    Alternate history: what if Spain received French colonies such as Morocco and Cameroon etc?

  • @thisisgamelord2421

    @thisisgamelord2421

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be interesthing

  • @zurita1642

    @zurita1642

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nothing good for sure, the coup militars were known as "Africanistas" (pro-colonial and expansionistes) probably this kind of people migth speardheaded the assotiation to the Axis.

  • @harperwalsh9041

    @harperwalsh9041

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zurita1642 my kind of people

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    4 жыл бұрын

    What is’d Germany said « Ja » to all Francos demands?!

  • @leod-sigefast

    @leod-sigefast

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Vinito Rahmat Hardly. Decolonisation was pretty much enforced from the UN (the USA) after WWII. No way Spain would have a 'Second Empire' even if gifted Morocco.

  • @guilletercero2444
    @guilletercero24444 жыл бұрын

    Hilbert, great videos you make around Spain in this channel. Very accurate and objective from the historic point of view...with an exception. You repeatedly use the Rojigualda with the republican coat of arms for the period around the Spanish Civil War and WW2. This is not fully correct (actually wrong!) but, above all, is confusing since the Nationalist flag became popular through the StJohns Eagle. One month (August 1936) after the Nationalists stood up against the republican government, the Rojigualda flag was established to avoid confusions in the battlefields with the Republican one (because the coup took place with the republican colours!!). The republican coat of arms was officially not changed (further order from September 1936), but actually not broadly used. Until February 1938 when, under the high influence of Falange, the coat of arms changed and the eagle and other elements (well explained by your video) were added! Would be great if you make the proper adjustments to make your videos even better. Many thanks!,

  • @jimslancio
    @jimslancio4 жыл бұрын

    5:49 Good point. In particular, Texaco Oil supported Franco in the Civil War.

  • @jaimebricenodearagon7167
    @jaimebricenodearagon71674 жыл бұрын

    Hi.I’m spanish and I World like to comment some errors this Video has. The spanish flag you show ni the vídeo is the spanish 1st republic flag. The catalonian flag which is shown in the video is the independence one. Still good video. Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸

  • @DrBernon
    @DrBernon3 жыл бұрын

    3:53 For all the horrible things Franco did, I think we all need to appreciate how well he cheated Hitler. No one else had the balls to do what he did.

  • @roriksteader

    @roriksteader

    2 жыл бұрын

    Franco was the good guy in the civil war. Look at former communist countries. They still haven't fully recovered. Franco was wise enough to save Spain from the same fate.

  • @DrBernon

    @DrBernon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@roriksteader You give him too much credit. He did not organize the coup. In fat there was another guy, that no one remembers, that was supposed to become the dictator. But apparently Franco was so much better as a leader they changed their minds.

  • @enriquelihn5174

    @enriquelihn5174

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@roriksteader Republican side wasn't communist ffs.

  • @WillBill6143
    @WillBill61433 жыл бұрын

    1:42 what are you doing step Germany?

  • @pilargpi378
    @pilargpi3784 жыл бұрын

    0:15 "corunna" ik its probably the english translation of coruña but damn, it hurts my eyes

  • @Guerreiro_da_Luz
    @Guerreiro_da_Luz4 жыл бұрын

    Forgot to say that along with the occupation of Gibraltar there was a plan to occupy Portugal, with 250 000 men...

  • @Gofr5

    @Gofr5

    4 жыл бұрын

    Salazar was right in not wanting Spain to join the war for fear of a Nazi invasion if they did.

  • @MaceEtiquette
    @MaceEtiquette4 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact about Franco: Augusto Pinochet looked up to him and attended his funeral.

  • @ahoraya1047
    @ahoraya10473 жыл бұрын

    Remember that at the start of the Civil War, Franco arrived with an English plane and an English pilot

  • @hekjed
    @hekjed4 жыл бұрын

    3:05 Confused Morocco with Cameroon.

  • @luismancerapascual4608
    @luismancerapascual46084 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! Thank you! Just one tiny detail. You show a Spanish flag with a castle on top of the shield instead of a crown. That is the republican shield, which should go with the three-coloured republican flag. During Franco's dictatorship, Spanish shield had a crown and your typical little eagle behind it.

  • @angelragamartin1045
    @angelragamartin10453 жыл бұрын

    España uso la táctica de las 3 posiciones, entre Inglaterra y Alemania neutrales, entre Alemania y la URSS pro-eje y entre USA y Japon pro-Aliados Una táctica infalible

  • @cescplanadevall847
    @cescplanadevall8474 жыл бұрын

    Some corrections: The 'catalan' flag min 5:40 isn't a constitutional / official flag, the real catalan flag hasn't got the blue triangle and the star. By the way, one of the KEY reasons for Spain to refuse entering WW2 is that it just ended a 3-year long civil war in 1939 that devastated the country. In fact, I think it is the most important reason and you didn't even mention it. Spain didn't have the ressources to enter another war...

  • @RFGfotografie
    @RFGfotografie4 жыл бұрын

    This I did actually wonder...

  • @angelabaguena8955
    @angelabaguena89554 жыл бұрын

    The flag of Spain during the war had on its shield the "Eagle of San Juan"

  • @user-fj5wn9iq5r
    @user-fj5wn9iq5r4 жыл бұрын

    I think thar Spanish flag had big black Eagle instead of sheald

  • @ricky.t.1658

    @ricky.t.1658

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are talking about the franquist spanish flag, it was the flag used during the dictatorship, today the flag is the shield one.

  • @unlimon6382

    @unlimon6382

    3 жыл бұрын

    The shirld one is the monarchy one, the eagle one is the dictatorship one, and if you see one with the last strap purple somewhere, it is the republican one, the official is the monarchy one. There are plenty of innaccuracies here but this flag is not one of those

  • @the-real-zpero
    @the-real-zpero4 жыл бұрын

    Interesting video. It's very difficult to get clear info on this in Spain because it's still a touchy subject and whenever you bring it up, people go REEEEEEEEEEEE So thanks for making it.

  • @BayushiTawa
    @BayushiTawa4 жыл бұрын

    Hey, thanks for putting the effort in order to pronounce the Spanish names! About external help during the civil war: The USSR did provide support to the Republican side (example: Polikarpov i16 planes nicknamed "Mosca", fly, because they came in boxes from Moscú labeled Moskva) but not as much as the axis side (example Cóndor division) And after the civil war the country was obviously in no shape, with hunger and starving popullation... That should have been mentioned along with the 9th Leclrerc division as counterexample to the Blue division which you did mention. Cheers!