Why Does France Own Corsica?

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  • Опубликовано: 13 июн 2021
  • Why does France own Corsica anyway? For most of history, the island was inhabited by Italian-speakers, and when the French first showed up, the Republic of Corsica made it clear that it wasn't interested in being a part of France. Later, the Corsicans allied with Britain as they rose up during the French Revolution, but that partnership didn't end up working out for either party. Finally, some Corsicans attempted to join the recently-unified Kingdom of Italy, but again, despite a brief Italian occupation, they ultimately stayed with France.
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  • @LookBackHistory
    @LookBackHistory  3 года назад +27

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  • @carterghill
    @carterghill Год назад +188

    Corsica is French because Napoleon had to be French in order to advance the plot. It's almost a retcon on the author's part, honestly.

    • @expio4257
      @expio4257 Год назад +18

      Lazy writers man.

    • @long-hair-dont-care88.
      @long-hair-dont-care88. Год назад +3

      Lol omfg if you only knew 🤣 omggdtsisfc lol😂.

    • @Atomic_Bomber-man
      @Atomic_Bomber-man 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@expio4257we couldn't have to funny 😕😐

    • @carlogrignaschi8773
      @carlogrignaschi8773 9 месяцев назад

      Napoleon Buonaparte (the real surname) was Born two Years After that Corsica was sold to France by Genova.

    • @SLTWAY
      @SLTWAY 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@carlogrignaschi8773 he was actually born the very same year of the battle of Ponte-Novu, won by the French (1769). His father (Carlu Bonaparte) was fighting with Paoli against the French while his mother was pregnant with him. Napoleon wrote a latter to Paoli when he was in Auxonne, offering him allegiance and mentioning his birth date: « Je nacquis quand la patrie périssait » (=« was born as when motherland died »).

  • @NP-pd4td
    @NP-pd4td 3 года назад +262

    I was surprised there was barely a mention of Napoleon and what role he could have played in Corsican-French identity.

    • @pierren___
      @pierren___ 2 года назад +36

      At first he was a friend of Paoli. He was in war against him then, his family flew away.
      He said in his memories that what France accomplished will totally shadow Corsica.

    • @radionaifgrooveonair4770
      @radionaifgrooveonair4770 2 года назад +1

      napoleone e nato italiano lo hanno portato a parigi lo hanno francesizzato per andare contro il suo popolo.i

  • @basilisk7861
    @basilisk7861 3 года назад +444

    napoleon couldve been mamma mia PIZZA instead of hon hon BAGUETTE

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  3 года назад +95

      What a world that would've been....

    • @mrworldwide7387
      @mrworldwide7387 2 года назад +40

      @@LookBackHistory a world where Italy could’ve been useful in WW2

    • @shrektheswampless6102
      @shrektheswampless6102 2 года назад +55

      Napoleon's first language wasn't french and his real name was Napoleone Buonaparte.

    • @fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya
      @fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya 2 года назад +4

      @@shrektheswampless6102 ¿Really?

    • @shrektheswampless6102
      @shrektheswampless6102 2 года назад +28

      @@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya he made it more french when became general or 1st consul so people would forget he's not french french.

  • @maryking2712
    @maryking2712 3 года назад +115

    Good to know about this Island which is often overlooked by historians. Thank you Look Back History.

  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 Год назад +27

    A lot of what is now the French Riviera like the city of Nice(Nizza) belonged either to Genoa or to the kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont as did the Alpine region of Savoy which is where the Italian royal family came from.The areas were given to France in mid 19th century in return for French support against the Austrians.

    • @kaloarepo288
      @kaloarepo288 Год назад +1

      @@cebuano6150 "French" is probably the wrong word as France as we know it took hundreds of years,even more,to reach the dimensions it has today.Historians believe that the house of Savoy emerged from the Burgundian kingdom which gradually became culturally French over the centuries and politically at a much later date but having its origins in the Germanic migrations of the Burgundian tribe.Their capital was at Annecy I think but this dynasty expanded south into Piedmont,absorbing other states that were culturally more Italian and eventually made their capital in Turin.They picked the right side in the War of the Spanish Succession which was the anti-French side and as a reward they were given a lot more territory including the island of Sardinia and the duchy was elevated to the rank of a kingdom and it adopted the name of that island as the name for the whole place but Piedmont and Turin was its main focus.It also acquired the territories once occupied by the powerful republic of Genoa including the French Riviera areas.

    • @Nissardpertugiu
      @Nissardpertugiu Год назад

      Nizza was stolen.
      Im Nizzardo , i know my history.
      And Vittorio Emanuel II had violated our rights.
      Nizza couldn't be given in any case, its written in the dedition, article 4,5,15...
      If Nizza wasn't satisfied , It was becoming independant again .
      In 1871, there were Vespri Nizzardi, with Garibaldi part winning the elections !
      French cancelled the vote and did repression on people !
      The so called support was just a fake reason to got it

    • @Raisonnance.
      @Raisonnance. Год назад +2

      You forgot to say that the Savoy were populated by people who spoke dialect of french. There even was a referendum in Savoy in 1860 to know if they wanted to be a part of France or not.
      There is even a part of Italy, the Aoste part, where they are ethnic french with french names and the French names of villages and cities had been changed to italian ones during Mussolini's reign.

    • @Nissardpertugiu
      @Nissardpertugiu Год назад +1

      @@Raisonnance. Si, ma non Nizza.
      Siamo liguri come Zena giusc' al basso piemonte.

    • @Nissardpertugiu
      @Nissardpertugiu Год назад

      @@Raisonnance. cosi detto, savoja non vogliono essere francesi anche

  • @fabiolaalejandra7047
    @fabiolaalejandra7047 2 года назад +95

    I'm trying to understand the history of corsica because my family consider themselves Italians but my Nonna was born in Corsica. I recently discover that and the thing that was mind blowing to me is that she indeed has Italian last name (Bianchi) even though her Island is consider part of France.

    • @radionaifgrooveonair4770
      @radionaifgrooveonair4770 2 года назад

      fabiola i politici francesi hanno l olligo durante il loro mandato di garantire la loro forza. la francia senza le colonie africane italia e spagna non sarebbe niente. loro anno creato tutto il fenomeno migratorio bombardando la libia che si stava riconciliando con l itakia loro hanno fomentato la rivolta catalana per destabilizzare la destra spagnola tutte le opere d arte che sono al louvre sono state rubate da napoleone.e dulcis in fundo il loro tanto amato inno non e loro e stato scritto molto tempo prima da in musicista italiano giovan,battista viotti per farselo suo hanno cambiato goffamente la data dell opera hanno abbattuto un aereo di linea italiano facendo una strage di innocenti perche l italia consentiva a gheddafi il transito nei nostri cieli.la francia andrebbe denunciata per la violazione dei diritti umani w la merde

    • @lorenzpaulinho1154
      @lorenzpaulinho1154 Год назад +56

      All last names and all the villages and towns name in Corsica are italians. What are we talking about?
      France made an invasion on the island, that's it.

    • @fabiolaalejandra7047
      @fabiolaalejandra7047 Год назад +13

      @@lorenzpaulinho1154 I’m just intrigued. As I mentioned before my family is Italian but recently they told me my Nonna was actually from corsica (I was born and raised in Venezuela so I know close to nothing about their history but wanted to learn because I love the family culture I grew up in).

    • @perineo2231
      @perineo2231 Год назад +27

      @@fabiolaalejandra7047 Corsica always been italian culture you have italian origins

    • @Ermagron
      @Ermagron Год назад +25

      Corsica has been a part of physical italy from the conquest of the first punic wars.
      It was also formaly part of the italian provence during WRE, before it had ties with etruscan due vicinity with tuscany.
      Also the video is blatant lies, usa and france history always omit what happened. Genoa didn't sell a dam thing. He asked france military help forming a contract, the isle was used as mortage.
      What happened was france used genoa weak position after sign the contract and didn't send the troop properly to re establish order.
      So genua didn't recap corsica, but still had to pay the contract due.
      Since it couldn't due mortage's rules they had to turn corsica to france.
      Any talk about corsica beeing sold to france is a blatant lie. But france interest in italy has always been so that by whatever mean necessary it had to get some stuff from here(and not only that, has it has been explained everyone want a piece of italy...) Likely corsica ppl should decide if being part of italy or be a sov state like they intended. Of couse ppl in italy would love to have em back here with us. Geography speaking it would also make more sense since it's in the middle between sardinia and piemont. That would solve a lot of transport problem...really a lot....

  • @BazookaLuca
    @BazookaLuca 3 года назад +45

    You legit became one of my favorite history channels
    The Videos are well made, the voice is nice to listen to and you got some of the topics that interest me the most

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  3 года назад +8

      Thank you! Comments like that keep me going!

  • @gengis737
    @gengis737 Год назад +14

    Thanks for the very accurate video.
    To keep Corsica after Pontu Novu, Louis XVI of France proposed a deal to Corsican influential families: if they swear obedience to him, he will declare them nobles, implying specific jurisdiction, being free of taxes and reserved employment in French administration and army. That's how Napoleon became a student in French military school, then a junior artillery officer.
    End of Corsican-English kingdom occurred when general Bonaparte seized Leghorn, the main naval basis of Royal Navy in Italy, just in front of Corsica. So France could easily support the opponents to British occupation and to the personal power of British governor. As Genoa did, British discovered that Corsica is rather a mountain than an island, that cannot be controlled from the sea shore; Pozzo di Borgo, expelled by Napoleon, was so revengeful that he spent 19 years wandering across Europe to build alliance against French Republic, then Empire.
    Meanwhile, having two Corsican emperors (Napoleon I and Napoleon III) during 19th century, and a lot of influential job in French state and administration, made a lot to weaken the independence movement.
    Corsican independency could be on the table in 20 years. Corsican local government is constantly trying to get more power from national government, especially in education trying to promote Corsican language and a very biased Corsican history celebrating independence, so that next generation will massively vote for them - the same tactic as Catalunian independence movement of the last 30 years. But French citizenship and patriotism is still praised by most inhabitants, who just ask more cultural independence, and know how supportive the national government is economically and above all legally, against the numerous mafias intermingling with the local politicians.

  • @Historical_events
    @Historical_events 3 года назад +17

    I’m simple man: I see look back history upload... I click

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  3 года назад +5

      I'm a simple man: I see a great comment... I heart it

  • @andreraphael6727
    @andreraphael6727 2 года назад +229

    As an italian, I've always found it weird to look at the map and see that the island of Corsica, so clearly inside the italian geographical region, so clearly italian in the toponyms, was not part of Italy. It really looks like a geographical mistake. The corsican language is like 95% intelligible for the average italian, and people who have been there and know the island well always tell me it feels like being in Italy. I am no one to claim that they should join Italy, but for their glorious history and culture I think they deserve full recognition of their mother language and culture or even independence.

    • @leviathan4846
      @leviathan4846 2 года назад +55

      Corsica must be italian state.

    • @thelorenz6725
      @thelorenz6725 2 года назад +54

      @@leviathan4846 Thank you my friend. We italians have many Corsican friends and I can tell you that they are 100% italian, but for the moment they prefer independence. I support this instance, but if one day they'll want to join Italy we'll welcome them as brothers ❤

    • @menolarose
      @menolarose 2 года назад +16

      Doesn't it bother you that Val d'Aoste is part of Italy, even though it is culturally closer to France?

    • @andreraphael6727
      @andreraphael6727 2 года назад +40

      @@menolarose No, it doesn't bother me because it isn't closer to France. The original regional language there is actually Arpitan, a romance language which links northern italian languages to Provenzale and French. So, french was declared an official language alongside italian at a regional level to recognize this specificity, also because there isn't a standardized version of Arpitan, which is a dialectal continuum. Personally, I think they should choose a standard variety of Arpitan and make it the official language alongside italian; this would make a lot more sense. But, you know, the special status was recognized after WW2, we were on the wrong side of the fence and had to please the french "winners" somehow. By the way, while Arpitan varieties are still widely spoken, absolutely no one speaks french as a mother language in Val d'Aosta and never did; they study it at school and you see bilingual signs around the region, that's it. Some location names and surnames sound frenchy to an italian ear, but they're Arpitan.

    • @radionaifgrooveonair4770
      @radionaifgrooveonair4770 2 года назад +14

      @@menolarose guarda che forse non hai capito che l italia arrivava in provenza

  • @BazookaLuca
    @BazookaLuca 3 года назад +13

    Finally
    I waited for a Video like this

  • @luigileonardi329
    @luigileonardi329 3 года назад +11

    Nice videos, they are a lot interesting and easy to understand.
    (A greeting from italy)

  • @sandraleiva1633
    @sandraleiva1633 Год назад +5

    The Great Central American hero Jose Francisco Morazan was actually Morazzani. His grandfather was a Corsican immigrant to America. It seems generals who accomplished great feats run in the history of Corsica and those who's veins flow with Italic Corsican blood.

  • @Veriox22
    @Veriox22 3 года назад +12

    This was a very thorough video

  • @MrNTF-vi2qc
    @MrNTF-vi2qc Год назад +8

    If you think about it, if that Corsican revolution happened a mere 20 years later, the French would be defeated by Napoleon, and Corsica would be the one taking over France instead.

  • @lucavuola3538
    @lucavuola3538 Год назад +4

    Pasquale Paoli , Corsican patriot, statesman, and military leader, "Babbu di a Patria" (Father of the fatherland).
    "We are Corsicans by birth and sentiment, but first of all we feel Italian by language, origins, customs, traditions; and Italians are all brothers and united in the face of history and in the face of God ... As Corsicans we wish to be neither slaves nor "rebels" and as Italians we have the right to deal as equals with the other Italian brothers ... Either we shall be free or we shall be nothing... Either we shall win or we shall die (against the French), weapons in hand ... The war against France is right and holy as the name of God is holy and right, and here on our mountains will appear for Italy the sun of liberty...".
    Paoli wanted Italian to be the official language of his Corsican Republic. His Corsican Constitution of 1755 was written in Italian and the short-lived university he founded in the city of Corte in 1765 used Italian as teaching language.

  • @cheturi7213
    @cheturi7213 3 года назад +7

    Bro you honestly deserve more subs

  • @m.j.vazquez4720
    @m.j.vazquez4720 Год назад +13

    i like how italy looks aesthetically with corsica and that hook they had after ww1

    • @perineo2231
      @perineo2231 Год назад +3

      Yes italian fascist aesthetic too fascinates me. I wonder what a beautiful world would have been if Italy and Germany won ww2

    • @tiramisu7544
      @tiramisu7544 Год назад +2

      @@perineo2231 bro is advocating for the return of Mustache man ☠️

    • @perineo2231
      @perineo2231 Год назад +2

      @@tiramisu7544 you just envying that swag dripping mustache. If he had won you would be praying for that

  • @theo181297
    @theo181297 2 года назад +66

    Saying that genoa sold corsica to france is inexact. They actually leased its control to france for a period, and at the end of it france kept it. Like it's normal an dok to sell land with people on it. Also corsica was independant in that period

    • @mrworldwide7387
      @mrworldwide7387 2 года назад +8

      At the time sealing clay was a common thing, even if it was inhabited. France itself sold Louisiana to the US for example

    • @Giovis968
      @Giovis968 Год назад +1

      Genova don't sold Corsica

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Год назад +1

      this is the same thing as the British did to Sabah / North Borneo in Southeast Asia. they said in the Malay version of the agreement written in Jawi that it was a lease, but the English translation of the agreement that the British read was "cede", which is ridiculous, but the British kept it in the end and gave it to Malaysia. Now the Philippines who inherited rights from the Sultanate of Sulu also has claim over the leased territory of Sabah that Malaysia governs. the damn british tactics.

  • @calebwhitetheawoken
    @calebwhitetheawoken 2 года назад +11

    My great great great grandfather was a Corsican navy admiral so he spoke occtian so he could understand his revolutionary comrades my great great grandfather spent his days learning and making the revolution stay alive languages passed them down to my great and grandfather and my grandfather taught my mother the languages taught me Italian, Welsh, Occtian, Corsican so you can imagine what my accent sounds like anyways love the videos 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

  • @riccardousai9973
    @riccardousai9973 2 года назад +9

    Libertà

  • @ezioauditore1522
    @ezioauditore1522 Год назад +7

    Napoleon wrote French full of grammatical errors. It is a historical fact ascertained by reading the documents written by his hand. On the other hand he felt French. With all that France has given him it would have been bizarre otherwise.

    • @larshofler8298
      @larshofler8298 Год назад +4

      Kind of like Stalin, a Georgian "emperor" of the Soviet Union who spoke Russian with a very heavy accent, and maintained that he was Asian not Russian. But he also pushed for aggressive Russification of the Soviet Union, imposing it on various non-Russian peoples including his own.

    • @RonDiani
      @RonDiani 2 месяца назад +1

      @@larshofler8298 I have a Georgian friend if Russians mock him he says always we ruled Russia

  • @luisgabrielramos7923
    @luisgabrielramos7923 4 месяца назад

    I've been researching a lot of Corcega history since I have Corsican blood in me thanks to my great great grandfather who emigrated to the south of Puerto Rico. The corsican influence is huge in the south of PR.

  • @nyko921
    @nyko921 Год назад +22

    I see a lot of negativity when it comes to this topic, some say that Corsica should be italian, other French and other still say it should be indipendent.
    As an Italian I don't see a problem if corsican people want to remain French, we're already part of the same European Union anyway (even though I think it should be strengthened by making it a federation, like Germany or the USA), and I won't see a problem if they want to join Italy or become indipendent either.
    The only thing I think France should do is to recognise and starting to preserve the corsican language and culture. Corsican and all the other regional languages of France (like Breton and Occitan) should be thought in schools so to preserve the identity and cultures of these communities.
    Same should happen in Italy: it's very ironic how the italian government does a lot to protect non-endemic languages spoken by minorities in Italy (such as German, French, Greek, Albanian, Occitan, Catalan ecc.) but doesn't even recognise other languages native to Italy as such. Besides Sardinian and Friulan (which are the only two languages native to Italy recognised by the government) also Lombard, Piedmontese, Venetian, Ligurian, Romagnol, Neapolitan and Sicilian are Italian regional languages but people and the government don't recognise them as such, referring to them simply as dialects.

    • @Snov-yx
      @Snov-yx Год назад

      Prohibiting dialects in regions of France and order them to speak French and learn French History, this, is what we call Assimilation, and probably why i'm more French Patriot than Breton Patriot, i don't even speak Breton lmao

    • @harounslacker
      @harounslacker Год назад

      Regional languages classes are already available in French secondary schools and have been for quite some time. depending on where you are, briton, basque, catalan, corsican, occitan, alsatian, creole and tahitian are available

  • @TheAleatoriorandom
    @TheAleatoriorandom Год назад +5

    Wonder what the French leadership would have though if they have known that with that island they also purchased their future emperor. It's quite intriguing to think about what could have happened if Napoleon would have lived in an independent Corsica or one that formed part of some pre-italy state like Genoa indstead of France.

  • @kaushiksheshnagraj7176
    @kaushiksheshnagraj7176 3 года назад +3

    I liked your videos so much your channel is my favourite in RUclips your videos are so much knowledgeful and educative your channel is a inspiration for other history RUclips channels I get various
    Knowledge from your videos I am your old supporter and subscriber from 1k so I have a humble request for you can you make a video on Skanderbeg please please

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  3 года назад +1

      Thank you so much 😀
      Albanian history isn't something that I'm super familiar with, but it's definitely a possibility!

    • @subhamomm5930
      @subhamomm5930 3 года назад +2

      @@LookBackHistory thank you brother I liked your videos so much

  • @Augustus_Imperator
    @Augustus_Imperator Год назад +10

    In a perfect world both Corsica and Catalonia would get total independence, but it looks like it's not going to happen.
    More than anything I really hope they can keep their distinct cultures and languages alive because they are both fascinating.

    • @niklasmorningstar4301
      @niklasmorningstar4301 Год назад

      Scotland and Alsace too

    • @That1HotMF
      @That1HotMF 5 месяцев назад

      The only one that makes sense is scotland ​@@niklasmorningstar4301

  • @History.Tour.con.Luca.e.Chiara
    @History.Tour.con.Luca.e.Chiara 2 года назад +10

    Before Genoa, Corsica belonged to Pisa

    • @edoardocortina5096
      @edoardocortina5096 2 года назад +2

      And before Pisa, Corsica was entrusted to the county of Lucca.

    • @Bracus.Reghusk
      @Bracus.Reghusk Год назад +1

      @@edoardocortina5096 And before that was a Byzantine possesion

    • @gigieinaudi24
      @gigieinaudi24 Год назад +1

      @@Bracus.Reghusk and before was a part of the Roman republic and of August region Corsica ac Sardinia.

  • @kirayoshikage604
    @kirayoshikage604 2 года назад +6

    Proud to come from there ⬜⬛

  • @blairscartoonshistory7477
    @blairscartoonshistory7477 Год назад +3

    I didn’t know that Britain nicked Corsica for a while.
    Interesting

  • @wayneslater1543
    @wayneslater1543 Год назад +2

    It doesn't matter where a place is,such as an island.when it comes to ownerships,it's a case of first come first served.

  • @jjgreek1
    @jjgreek1 3 года назад

    I’m going there tomorrow. !

  • @GeraldM_inNC
    @GeraldM_inNC Год назад

    Thanks.

  • @MortalRepublic
    @MortalRepublic 3 года назад +24

    0:23 Hey, I'll join Italy if they'll give me pasta. 🇮🇹

    • @tankadar
      @tankadar 3 года назад +10

      we would give you as much pasta as you want lol

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 3 года назад +18

      As a French Speaker. Corsica should be owned by Italy.
      You can have it.
      🇨🇵🤝🇮🇹

    • @planteruines5619
      @planteruines5619 2 года назад +1

      @@christophermichaelclarence6003 non , non , tu ne peux dire cela , tu n'es qu'une minorité , la corse est , reste, et demeure française

    • @furlan1743
      @furlan1743 2 года назад +12

      @@planteruines5619 wtf Corsican arent a minority on Corsican and never were, although you are trying to destroy our culture like you did for occitan, nice ligurians, Lorrains, we still are the majority on our islands.

    • @planteruines5619
      @planteruines5619 2 года назад

      @@furlan1743 i talk about all of France , i don't think he's from corsica so he doesn't care about her

  • @anaechevarria6653
    @anaechevarria6653 Год назад +2

    Many Italians from Corsica went to Puerto Rico to live. We are at least 17% Italian due to this influx of Corsicans!

  • @rubenfosse5809
    @rubenfosse5809 3 года назад +6

    has a corsican , thank you

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  3 года назад +4

      You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

    • @rubenfosse5809
      @rubenfosse5809 3 года назад +2

      @@LookBackHistory no problem man, love your vids

  • @gamermapper
    @gamermapper Год назад +4

    Corsicans ask themselves this question every day lmao

  • @L.A.Bahamas
    @L.A.Bahamas 2 года назад

    Any history behind the word Corsica and Cacique?

  • @aeternainvictavictrix9597
    @aeternainvictavictrix9597 Год назад +3

    Dimentichi alcuni punti
    -le rivolte contro genova furono aizzate dai francesi.
    - Pasquale Paoli era un irredentista italiano,voleva far parte dello stato italiano che stava nascendo
    -i corsi,che piaccia o non piaccia sono italiani,di cultura,di tradizioni,di lingua,di storia,di ETNIA!

    • @krisz9490
      @krisz9490 Год назад

      I think italian as a culture doesnt really exists.Its more like a culture group made of regional cultures like Sicilian Corsican etc.

    • @krisz9490
      @krisz9490 Год назад

      I think the same about the french culture.Its made up of lot of cultures which are sadly getting oppressed

    • @krisz9490
      @krisz9490 Год назад

      But corsica is closer to italy for sure

    • @aeternainvictavictrix9597
      @aeternainvictavictrix9597 Год назад

      @@krisz9490 Italian culture is vaster than all other European cultures, from the Roman era to the Renaissance, up to the Risorgimento.
      you use the Latin alphabet to write this crap, the calendar you use is first Julian and then Gregorian, everything around you is influenced by Italian culture.
      give yourself a wake up call

    • @smal750
      @smal750 7 месяцев назад +1

      still belongs to france tho

  • @frinxy2167
    @frinxy2167 2 года назад +2

    My teacher has a French friend from Corsica so we get to talk and write messages to Corsica students lol

  • @MonetizedHistory
    @MonetizedHistory 3 года назад +15

    Since you mentioned the Italian States I know you looked at their flags. Which was your favorite?

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  3 года назад +17

      Venice probably has my favourite, though I like the Habsburg-era flag of Tuscany too, as well as the late Papal States and Vatican City (which had virtually the same flags)

    • @MonetizedHistory
      @MonetizedHistory 3 года назад +3

      @@LookBackHistory That Venetian flag looks like a ceiling fresco

    • @denissaliaj9459
      @denissaliaj9459 Год назад +1

      @@MonetizedHistory its glorious 👑🦁

    • @gigieinaudi24
      @gigieinaudi24 Год назад +1

      @@MonetizedHistory venice was master and commander for centuries in The Med sea

    • @MonetizedHistory
      @MonetizedHistory Год назад

      @@gigieinaudi24 Why? Location? Military? Money?

  • @db-jk8dl
    @db-jk8dl Год назад +2

    Why does the American Empire own its southwest and Hawaii? Conquest.

  • @jasoncroteau4953
    @jasoncroteau4953 4 месяца назад

    the mikmaq tribes in usa and canada are also part of savoy

  • @milanpavlovic2456
    @milanpavlovic2456 Год назад +4

    Sad... Italy will return the third island !

  • @natherahmed8729
    @natherahmed8729 3 года назад

    Hey bro could you tell me the name of your map. It looks cool

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  3 года назад +1

      You need to learn to accept answers the first time they're given...

    • @natherahmed8729
      @natherahmed8729 3 года назад +2

      @@LookBackHistory sorry but i never got notified that you answered so i thought you didnt see it

  • @azedda1573
    @azedda1573 Год назад +7

    Actually, the FLNC had a good image in Corsica, looked at it in a good way since they only attacked empty buildings and houses owned by French state or French people, it's a simplified story but the real one is far more complex and explains why today 70% of Corsica is Nationalist.

    • @riccardosebis5333
      @riccardosebis5333 Год назад +4

      Noi sardi semu incu voi, un ghjornu stemu inde noi sardi e corsi.. AFF, IF

    • @azedda1573
      @azedda1573 Год назад +2

      @@riccardosebis5333 È forza à voi dinò, per stu bellu paesu di Sardegna.✊️

    • @riccardosebis5333
      @riccardosebis5333 Год назад +1

      @@azedda1573 👊

    • @azedda1573
      @azedda1573 Год назад

      @Real Aiglon Pleure petit pinzutu impérialiste.🤡

    • @riccardosebis5333
      @riccardosebis5333 Год назад +1

      @Real Aiglon terrorists are you French state , that you export bomb democracy like your little friends Americans..

  • @mrsupremegascon
    @mrsupremegascon Год назад +2

    As a French, I think there should be a referendum in Corsica, so they can decide democratically their futur.
    No hard feeling, if they want to go, that's their choice. Although I hope that they will automatically join EU and Schengen area, and keep a special relationship with France.

    • @philipcoriolis6614
      @philipcoriolis6614 9 месяцев назад +1

      As a French tax payer, I think there should be a referendum in France about Corsica, so we can decide democratically the future of our tax money.

    • @PRATAVO
      @PRATAVO 8 месяцев назад

      @@philipcoriolis6614 Tes impôts sont aussi les nôtres idiot . Mentalité française éternelle , on parle justice et vérité , on parle liberté il répond impôts .

    • @philipcoriolis6614
      @philipcoriolis6614 8 месяцев назад

      @@PRATAVO Are you oppressed in 2023 ?

    • @PRATAVO
      @PRATAVO 8 месяцев назад

      @@philipcoriolis6614 More or less .

    • @philipcoriolis6614
      @philipcoriolis6614 8 месяцев назад

      @@PRATAVO Seriously ???

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 2 года назад

    why was Dalmatia and southern Switzerland also considered Historical Italian territory?

    • @danieleromanetto5891
      @danieleromanetto5891 2 года назад +14

      Southern Switzerland is populated by Italians who speak Italian. Dalmatia was for centuries part of the republic of Venice, and a part of Dalmatia was spoken Venetian

  • @ianshaver8954
    @ianshaver8954 Год назад +6

    The way I see it, it was Corsica who took over France and had one of their own as Emperor.

  • @MBP1918
    @MBP1918 3 года назад +1

    its a little thing revolutions

  • @MegaWunna
    @MegaWunna Год назад +1

    Most famous person from Corsica must be Napoleon Bonaparte.

  • @SceptrePotter
    @SceptrePotter 3 года назад +2

    Here from channel makers

  • @riccardosebis5333
    @riccardosebis5333 Год назад +2

    The number of cities are in Italian not in French

  • @danielhei5502
    @danielhei5502 3 года назад +1

    Can you make a episode on Kurdistan or armenian-azerbajin conflict and mote?

  • @rexyjp1237
    @rexyjp1237 2 года назад +3

    Only small corsican guy owns france
    For a long time

  • @fabrizzilippini5583
    @fabrizzilippini5583 2 года назад +38

    I’m from Corsica and i can say that assimilation was not successful, we will never be French

    • @davidetoffoletto9981
      @davidetoffoletto9981 2 года назад +8

      Your family name, so Corsican (very popular in Central Italy too).. bravi, non mollate non siete francesi

    • @leviathan4846
      @leviathan4846 2 года назад +8

      Support corsica against to french colonialism 🇹🇷 🇮🇹

    • @paullanison1541
      @paullanison1541 2 года назад +1

      89% des Corses, parmi lesquels 59% de nationalistes sont contre l'indépendance. Source : Sondage IFOP repris dans le Figaro du 01/10/2018.

    • @isyx7483
      @isyx7483 2 года назад +8

      je suis pour que la corse reste française

    • @calogerohuygens4430
      @calogerohuygens4430 2 года назад +5

      I corsi non sono francesi

  • @psychedelicprawncrumpets9479
    @psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 Год назад +2

    I thought asterix and obelix conquered corsica from the roman legions. That's what I learned in history class 😜

  • @sofiane5003
    @sofiane5003 2 года назад +13

    Freedom for Corsica ✊

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam 3 года назад +3

    🧐

  • @olivierdk2
    @olivierdk2 Год назад +1

    I know a Corsican who is adamant, he is "sure" the island never was under british domination.
    I'll send him the link to this video.

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  Год назад +1

      To be fair, domination is a strong word. Britain never had an iron grip on the island.

  • @AllanDexter14
    @AllanDexter14 3 года назад +5

    Genoa

  • @joeshar.
    @joeshar. Год назад +3

    Next: Why Does Italy Own Sardinia?

    • @AldTar
      @AldTar Год назад +3

      Well, easy answer. The kingdom of Sardinia unified Italy 😂

    • @luiginiolu6842
      @luiginiolu6842 Год назад

      @@AldTar Nominally yes, but the Savoyards were basically gifted that kingdom only a century before, historical Sardinia had nothing to do with it. Moreover such "kingdom" was fraudulently created by some dodgy pope in the 13th century in order to be handed to the Aragonese for the sole purpose of balance of power at that time, again to the expense of Sardinians who were happily and independently governing themselves with the Judicates at that time.

  • @ForageGardener
    @ForageGardener Год назад +2

    Errybody ask why France own Corsica but nobody Corsica ask how feel France 🤔😭

  • @user-jh6vt8vx4v
    @user-jh6vt8vx4v 2 года назад +4

    The Crosican may now ok to stay in France... But will mainland France still want them being part of the country? Is not it ironic after all the harssle French manage to assimilate the Crosican but end up give them full independent?

    • @mrworldwide7387
      @mrworldwide7387 2 года назад +6

      Why would France give them independence, even if the corsicans are ok with being part of France ?

    • @fiefie8980
      @fiefie8980 2 года назад +5

      as of the question of are corsicans okay staying in france, i would tell you a vast majority now would answer no/or yes but to certain conditions that could join the autonomist parties of the island, but france has been playing deaf and blind to corsican's fight for independence since the beginning of colonization and, for your information, corsica was not french until 60-70 years ago when france finally started its cultural colonization after annexing corsica around the 1880s if i'm not wrong (that was quickly stopped by the 60s and 70s nationalists rises) so there is close to absolutely no chance mainland france EVER "give" us independence, after all we've been thru to achieve the little evolutions we live with now and i'm actually pretty sure france will do everything in it's power to keep restraining us from gaining the autonomy we should have had since the beginning (because they know damn well that this would lead to us declaring independence like our ancestors did nearly 300 years ago now)

    • @calogerohuygens4430
      @calogerohuygens4430 2 года назад

      @@fiefie8980 i francesi vi stanno assimilando e colonizzando. Fra 1 secolo sull'isola sarete Tutti francesi...i corsi spariranno come cultura!

    • @fiefie8980
      @fiefie8980 2 года назад

      @@calogerohuygens4430 per favore, ci volle un intero secolo solo perché i francesi domassero le ribellioni, e tra il 1769 e il 1840 i corsi furono indipendenti altre due o tre volte prima di crollare, ma non si arresero lì, e ebbero più violente proteste contro i militari francesi. i banditi d'onore ne hai mai sentito parlare? non erano criminali, erano resistenza contro la colonizzazione prima che la resistenza fosse una cosa. e la corsica divenne ufficialmente francese come in, una regione e un territorio francese, e non una colonia, solo negli anni 1880 quando fu colonizzata anche l'Algeria. nel 1985, dall'85% al ​​90% dei corsi parlava solo corso e usava il francese quando era obbligato a causa dell'ambiente sociale. E solo la metà della popolazione era contraria all'indipendenza l'unica volta che ci fu una domanda ufficiale a riguardo, perché temevano che lo stato dell'isola tornasse alla miseria com'era prima degli anni '80, una fioritura della corsica che si è guadagnata grazie un misto di resistenza violenta - ancora una volta - e democrazia tra l'altro; non provare a dirmi cosa è successo nel mio paese e quanto tempo ci è voluto per essere assimilati e francesizzati.

    • @calogerohuygens4430
      @calogerohuygens4430 2 года назад +2

      @@fiefie8980 i corsi che conosco (delle città costiere) praticamente sono francesi. Eravate degli italici ma vi hanno inculcato che Genova (e quindi tutti gli italiani!) erano dei dominatori stranieri rapaci e malvagi. I Francesi son stati bravissimi, ve l'hanno fatta buttare nel cesso la vostra cultura a forza di bastone e carota. E dire che il corso è talmente simile all'italiano e al siciliano che mi sembrate dei compaesani, ma la realtà è che con gli italiani non ci volete avere a che fare. Che dire: addio. Anzi: Adieu.

  • @kiko_bastianovic
    @kiko_bastianovic 2 года назад +9

    statu francese assasinu - forza corsica

  • @Indian_Marschall
    @Indian_Marschall 3 года назад

    Plz make a video on India plz

  • @suevialania
    @suevialania Год назад +1

    Not ONLY Putin's Rússia and Zpain are imperialistic! What' about, Corsica, Friesland, Faroé Islands, Flanders, Báltica, Trácia, Catalonia, Basque Country, Galiza, etc

  • @vusalmerdinli2478
    @vusalmerdinli2478 4 месяца назад +1

    Corsica has the right to referendum☝️

  • @ivanqperello5756
    @ivanqperello5756 Год назад +1

    Corsica will be independent soon.

  • @ivandinsmore6217
    @ivandinsmore6217 6 месяцев назад

    I never knew that Corsica had a connection with Britain.

  • @oskaralexandernielsen5551
    @oskaralexandernielsen5551 3 года назад +1

    ½

  • @ChrisPeck-niganma
    @ChrisPeck-niganma Год назад

    Assai interessante

  • @ricanredru4760
    @ricanredru4760 2 года назад +26

    So basically Corsica is to France what Puerto Rico is to United States.
    In the irony in Puerto Rico you do actually have some Puerto Ricans of Corsican-Italian ancestry

    • @LookBackHistory
      @LookBackHistory  2 года назад +18

      That's an interesting comparison. I would say it's not quite the same though because Corsica is a fully integrated part of France. Puerto Rico on the other hand isn't a state (despite Puerto Ricans being US citizens) so people there are de facto disenfranchised in a number of ways, as I'm sure you already know given your user name.

    • @juanponce2453
      @juanponce2453 Год назад +5

      @@LookBackHistory But even that comparison is correct. the territories to North Africa, the Acutual coast of Algeria, were states formally integrated into the French state, although they were obviously colonies like the rest of Africa at that time; it would not be convenient to have a corsega as an unassociated free state, The Corsican identity is very strong, as well as the Sicilian, Piedmontese or Venetian. Corsega was always Italian and will remain so, since the Italian culture is not univoca, it is a set of all the cultures of the Italian peninsular, continental and insular peoples. As Pascuale Paoli said: we are Corsicans by birth and feeling, but first of all we feel Italian by language, constumbres and traditions.
      The comparison is correct in a practical or essential sense, not in a sense in iure. that's what I mean.

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Год назад +2

      a better comparison maybe would be Hawaii or Alaska to the United States

    • @dume
      @dume Год назад

      In the movie Carlitos way with Al Pacino he plays Carlito Briganti wich is from Puerto Rico descendant from Corsicans. They tell it in the bonus or in the book. Many Corsicans specially from the North (capi corsu) were sailors and fleed poverty by joining the navy or smuggling

    • @Bracus.Reghusk
      @Bracus.Reghusk Год назад

      Nop, not in a political point of view.

  • @PaintTheWorld911
    @PaintTheWorld911 Год назад +2

    My theory on why Comte de Vaux was a good commander is because he could see more of the battlefield with his frog eyes

    • @rpara1091
      @rpara1091 Год назад

      Les grenouilles te pissent à la raie.

  • @lucaesposito6896
    @lucaesposito6896 2 года назад +13

    Corsica italiana 🇮🇹✊🏻

    • @Snov-yx
      @Snov-yx Год назад +1

      Too bad, Corsica belongs to France 🇫🇷✊

    • @spicyreloaded4397
      @spicyreloaded4397 Год назад +1

      Dude, Corsica is net negative, meaning that the island costs more to mantain than it gives back. I'm glad the French have it and not us.

    • @lucaesposito6896
      @lucaesposito6896 Год назад

      @@spicyreloaded4397 così come praticamente tutto il Sud Italia?
      Non importa, è una questione di principio

    • @azedda1573
      @azedda1573 Год назад

      @@Snov-yx Personne t'appartient, on est pas tes putes.

    • @azedda1573
      @azedda1573 Год назад +1

      Haha, no

  • @RonDiani
    @RonDiani 2 месяца назад

    You forgot one important thing
    Napoleon and his relationship with France

  • @albertoluzon9079
    @albertoluzon9079 Год назад

    Córcega tenia qe ser de Italia. Y no soy italiano

  • @gigieinaudi24
    @gigieinaudi24 Год назад +1

    Corsica is french only because The genovese had leased The island but The french did not get it back’em

    • @mrsupremegascon
      @mrsupremegascon Год назад

      You know, that's how most countries got their territories, by unlawful conquests or treaties.

  • @JustARandomMountain
    @JustARandomMountain Год назад +1

    Did you know that genoa was supposed to ask the island back, but they never did.
    So legally, italy could just ask for corsica back. And start a war. Cause France will never say yes.

    • @x-a-
      @x-a- Год назад +2

      And thats why you don't let kids in politics !

    • @JustARandomMountain
      @JustARandomMountain Год назад

      @@x-a- ?

    • @x-a-
      @x-a- Год назад

      @@JustARandomMountain legally if Italy tried to invade corsica (this threatening territorial integrity of France), Rome would be nuked to prehistorical times and France would take Piedmond as war reparation for the cost of a Nuclear Missile.

    • @JustARandomMountain
      @JustARandomMountain Год назад

      @@x-a- If italy tried to claim the island, France would jusy say no but nuking italy will be EXTREMLY DUMB (radiations can move, and italy is right next to France and NATO allies, and it also mean starting ww3, France vs NATO)

  • @viridiscri9713
    @viridiscri9713 Год назад +2

    Corsica is italian 🇮🇹

  • @tiber64
    @tiber64 Год назад

    Corsica? I though it was about Jersey island

  • @danielm.1441
    @danielm.1441 10 месяцев назад +3

    Having visited Corsica, the language is Italian, the people are Italian, the food is Italian, the culture is Italian, but they're French.

  • @Laksur_
    @Laksur_ Год назад +3

    Sooooo what ur saying is corsica is Frances Scotland?

  • @dementiagamingeugene1906
    @dementiagamingeugene1906 Год назад +1

    "why does france own corsica?"
    to make borders better.

  • @izemamnon
    @izemamnon Год назад +1

    Corse corse francais par force 😋

  • @bhobruh1897
    @bhobruh1897 Год назад +1

    🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

  • @Beef_Master_Flex
    @Beef_Master_Flex 2 года назад +2

    Short answer Genoa had it and sold it to France because the island wanted to be independent

  • @reneprovosty7032
    @reneprovosty7032 Год назад

    well, isn't Napolean born there?

    • @Atomic_Bomber-man
      @Atomic_Bomber-man 11 месяцев назад

      Clearly yes because i watch oversimplified on the tv.

  • @quanfung5958
    @quanfung5958 Год назад

    Because Italians never had the TOMATOS for it !!!!

  • @shrektheswampless6102
    @shrektheswampless6102 2 года назад +8

    Genova was black mailed by France!
    France offered to help Genova to repress the rebellion at condition of paying and feeding the french army in corsica, well the french army just remained in the genovese forts doing nothing, and Genova couldn't do anything because the army responded only to the french king.
    So they just waited until Genova run out of money and the solution was to "sell" the island.
    This is the truth.

    • @leviathan4846
      @leviathan4846 2 года назад +1

      After İtaly reconquest the island at the ww2. These treaties are obsolete and have no effect. Corsicans demand for independence is very naturel.

    • @shrektheswampless6102
      @shrektheswampless6102 2 года назад +1

      @@leviathan4846 Honestly I don't want corsica to become part of Italy.
      I see them as traitors of their identity.
      They don't deserve that much.

    • @danieleromanetto5891
      @danieleromanetto5891 2 года назад +1

      @@shrektheswampless6102 Treaties are always valid if there are no others. And France takes advantage with Italy of the old treaties for the Mont Blanc. If you're interested, I'll tell you

  • @philv3941
    @philv3941 Год назад

    Cause italy was not enough cool for us. We choose to let them leave their life. For the moment.

  • @V-man117
    @V-man117 2 года назад +3

    The Italians remind me of the Greeks way too much for some reason

    • @Dagren1946
      @Dagren1946 2 года назад +9

      Even italians aknowledge this, we do say "una faccia, una razza" it means "one face, one race" because we do indeed look alike.

  • @Tengristshaman
    @Tengristshaman 6 месяцев назад

    Support to Corsica from 🇦🇿Azerbaijan.Corsica is not France. Freedom for Corsica.

  • @jwil4286
    @jwil4286 Год назад

    So, why did Corsica stick around with France while Algeria didn’t?

  • @roberto131055
    @roberto131055 Год назад +2

    A FRANCIA FORA.!

  • @PinkyJujubean
    @PinkyJujubean Год назад +2

    Corsica is to France what Sicily is to Italy

  • @Shizuka965
    @Shizuka965 Год назад

    Ngl Corsica sounds better than Corse.. lol

  • @Christian_Sannino
    @Christian_Sannino 2 года назад +15

    Corsica is Italy

    • @Evan-bt7jb
      @Evan-bt7jb Год назад +1

      Come get it then 😂

    • @arthemis1039
      @arthemis1039 Год назад +3

      Most Corsican people would rather be French than Italians guys

    • @Christian_Sannino
      @Christian_Sannino Год назад +2

      @@arthemis1039 but historically it has always been Italian

    • @mrworldwide7387
      @mrworldwide7387 Год назад +1

      @@Christian_Sannino It doesn't matter what the corsicans wanted 500 years ago. What matters is what the Corsicans want now

    • @Christian_Sannino
      @Christian_Sannino Год назад

      @George Karavas wtf

  • @BohemianRaichu
    @BohemianRaichu Год назад

    Can Napoleon claim to be French?
    Course he can!

    • @cazwalt9013
      @cazwalt9013 Год назад

      But he's Italian

    • @BohemianRaichu
      @BohemianRaichu Год назад

      @@cazwalt9013 :/

    • @Moroes11
      @Moroes11 Год назад +1

      @@cazwalt9013 "I feel more Champenois than Corsican" - Napoléon Bonaparte

    • @smal750
      @smal750 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@Moroes11
      😂👍