The History of Zouaves - France in the Crimean War and the Pont de l'Alma [EN/FR]
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Visiting and discussing the Zouave of the Pont de l'Alma - the last of four statues commemorating the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War.
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The Crimean war, The American Civil War, The Franco-Prussian War all of these wars were horrific events that deserve to be remembered
People forget about the century of constant carnage between the fall of Napoleon and the fall of Kaiser Wilhelm, which is an injustice to a world of bloodshed, rebellion, rivalry and conquest that made the modern world
A number of streets in Melbourne Australia are named after events of the Crimean war as well as the suburb of Balaklava . When we first arrived from the UK in 1964 we lived briefly in Inkerman street.
Same as in Adelaide. The strains of the Kinks "Victoria" come to mind .
Do not forget that the zouaves owe their name to a tribe, the zouaras who very quickly pledged allegiance to the French in 1830 during the capture of Algiers. It was decided to create two battalions with these Muslim Tirbal soldiers and a Turkish-inspired uniform.
The zouaves were quickly composed only of non-Muslim Frenchmen and the tribal warriors were poured into the Algerian skirmishers.
Alongside the Zouaves, you also had the Turcos, in a different uniform (blue-gray) in fact Algerian skirmishers made up of native Muslims.
The zouaves were recruted in the infamous neighborhoods and the cut-throats of Paris !🙂
Thank you. I always wondered what Algerians made up the Zoaves.
The Crimean war is an ill remembered conflict thank you for remembering. God Save the Queen 🇬🇧
God Save the Queen and fuck all other nations))
One remembers also the allied armies of Sardinia and Tunisia in addition to the Turks, French and British.
Alas they were remiss to arrive at the Alma in a timely manner!
Fort Macon on Emerald Isle, NC. It was a pre-civil war era fort that remained in service trough WW2.
Funny enough I first heard of Zouaves in the context of American volunteers dressing in their style and in the presence of Zoaves in the French invasion of Mexico. It's interesting to see how the French, like the British, used imperial subjects all over the world. So the French had African soldiers in their armies for a century of imperial war.
Another great video.
Thanks for watching! 🇬🇧
I love the uniform and background
Super interesting story! It's great to see you back. Regards from Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you! Cheers! 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Great work Sir thank you
Thank you for watching, sir! 🇬🇧
You have to love French 19th century history, swinging from triumph to disaster and every political shade.
Indeed! 😂
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Glory to the brave zouaves, one day they will return from the dust.
Could the Zouave be the derivation for the common word suave?
I wish it were so! Suave comes from the Latin ‘suāvis’ meaning sweet or pleasant.
الزوال هو تحريف لاسم قبائل جزائرية هي ( الزواوة) و هي التي تعاونت مع الجيش الفرنسي اثناء عملية الغزو الفرنسي للجزائر خلال القرن 19 م.
I prefer God bless America! However you have produce a great video. Kudos!
Thanks for watching! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇵
There were also the Papal Zouaves
Im just trying to learn about the zigzag man ironic that the image comes from war yet zigzag man brings peace to the world
Did your well revered Lordship know, that the french appear to have been the first on the moon ?
Why hello Mister Fancy Pants
There were several Crimean wars and none of them couldnt break the russians. The last one had it culmination in Sevastopol (The Western War) that anded up at the Sevastopol )) The small group of russian wariors commanded by Lazarev and Nahimov couldnt save the Sevastopol, but the fact is that in general there wasnt any actions outside the Sevastopol after all. All the countries envolved were stoped and turned away home. The Great Victory of the union troops couldnt break nothing but the Sevastopol that remained russian )) Another fact that stays in hystory is that French troops repeatedly saved the British from utter disgrace !!! Never forget that fact !!! And what about Florence Nightingale, do you remeber her and what she has done ?? GOD save the queen ... say it to Florence ))
That's pretty much all untrue
@@Ukraineaissance2014 after all they Brits will say that the point of this war was not to destroy or take over Russia, but to take way russian fleet from the Baltic sea and Mediterranean basin. and thats, possibley maybe, could be another side of the truth. so, what is untrue in your opinion ??
Napoleon and Victoria's goals of the war was to protect the Ottoman Empire from complete collapse: Nicholas wanted to protect his conquests and the right of conquest. The allies succeeded in removing Russian power from the Black Sea, curbing imperial expansion and keeping Turkey from complete collapse. It's ironic than in less than three generations it would be the British and French attacking the Turks and claiming their empire for their own. The Ottomans fell in 70 years, but the Romanovs fell with them. The war acted as an equalizer to the Ottoman and Romanov dynasties.
It was all part of the Great Game between France, Britain and Russia as each power conquered Asia. The great game reached its climax with the partition of China, and ended with the Great War causing a Romanov collapse and greatly weakening the French and British Empire. The entry of Japan and the US into Asian imperialism and the increasing national resistance against the colonial powers led to the unraveling of the Asian empires. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the British concession of Hong Kong marked the end of the era of the Great Game. We have something similar going on now with Russian and American imperial ventures in the Middle East, but without the direct colonies and annexation of territory, it's very different. Imperial competition has drastically changed with the advent of the end of true colonies and the imposition of the Cold war status quo.