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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • Check out this Pathé footage compilation detailing a list of countries that ceased to exist as actual countries in the 20th century including:
    Siam
    Yugoslavia
    Ceylon
    Soviet Union
    Tibet
    United Arab Republic
    Czechoslovakia and East/West Germany.
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Комментарии • 2,4 тыс.

  • @bezwzglednypierozek7884
    @bezwzglednypierozek7884 8 лет назад +1824

    "Can a country disappear?"
    lol, Poland disappeared for 123 years and came back

    • @lavricx4324
      @lavricx4324 3 года назад +160

      Just like my dad

    • @WAVE0025
      @WAVE0025 3 года назад +82

      Atleast we know that he got the best quality of milk for disappearing that long

    • @andycockrum1212
      @andycockrum1212 3 года назад +124

      Israel stopped existing for 2000 years and then came back

    • @reis1185
      @reis1185 3 года назад +14

      Sugarcoating colonialism, disgusting.

    • @lavricx4324
      @lavricx4324 3 года назад +32

      @@andycockrum1212 both my dad and israel did an epic gamer move i guess

  • @niapor
    @niapor 8 лет назад +813

    isn't Siam/Thailand basically renaming the same region? you know, like Persia/Iran, Burma/Myanmar Ceylon/Sri Lanka , New Granada/Colombia and others?

    • @niapor
      @niapor 8 лет назад +23

      and if it is 20th century.............. East Pakistan/Bangladesh and North and South Vietnam and only because of a few short years, we can't include Hawaii here you can see many nations renamed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_renaming#Countries

    • @morder5452
      @morder5452 8 лет назад +20

      And yet the Ottoman Empire isn't here.

    • @MissNF
      @MissNF 7 лет назад +2

      it's different. You can see this www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Ayutthaya-Siam-and-Thailand

    • @niapor
      @niapor 7 лет назад +5

      as I said, it is imposed name of another language, and essentially same region with some small differences................... otherwise we would have to rename Italy (has slightly changed through history ) or Poland................. and if it is because of how the people want to be named........... than USA should call Germany Deutschland and same with Spanish speakers ( Alemania ) and Japan should be called Nihon or nippon

    • @hidearmrp
      @hidearmrp 3 года назад +1

      Absolutely

  • @jeddakjohn5345
    @jeddakjohn5345 8 лет назад +422

    Cylon and Siam did not just stop existing. The only thing that changed about them was that they changed their names.

    • @ruwiki
      @ruwiki 8 лет назад +15

      +Jeddak John the hole list is wrong, de facto : Siam = Thailand, Yugoslavia = Serbia (now), Ceylon = Sri Lanka, Soviet Union = Russia, Tibet = integrated in China (unwillingly), United Arab Republic = separated into Syria and Egypt, Czechoslovakia = separated into Czech Republic and Slovakia and East Germany = integrated into Federal Republic of Germany (colloquial called West Germany)

    • @ArcanisUrriah
      @ArcanisUrriah 3 года назад +34

      @@ruwiki Yugoslavia was not just modern Serbia.
      It covered Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Macedonia, & Montenegro (& arguably Kosovo & Vojvodina...)

    • @nemrody7828
      @nemrody7828 3 года назад +26

      @@ruwiki I agree that the name changes shouldn't be on the list, but not all of the elements are wrong.
      Yugoslavia - a federation of states which all separated and went their own way, including Serbia. Serbia was not just a rebranded Yugoslavia
      Soviet Union - same as above. in fact, ironically they existed, for a short period of time, only in Kazakhstan. Russia declared independence prior to the formal dissolution of the Union, so for a time both Russia and the Soviet Union existed at the same time
      Tibet - was annexed by another country, so it no longer exists as a nation
      United Arab Republic - split up into two states which held none of the governmental structures of the past regime, therefore it no longer exists
      East Germany - voluntarily joined West Germany, thereby stopping to exist as a nation.
      Did you write this just to act smart? Because if you did you failed miserably.

    • @user-kt3jn7wx5f
      @user-kt3jn7wx5f 3 года назад +4

      They didn't change their names..they use the same original names🙏🙏

    • @pinklasagna8328
      @pinklasagna8328 3 года назад +4

      Ceylon was a somewhat still british colony while sri lanka was full independent

  • @cstick2664
    @cstick2664 3 года назад +279

    *uses old footage and old sounding commentary*
    “This must be some old news reel. Cool.”
    *yugoslavia doesn’t exist*
    Wait a minute

    • @mas9758
      @mas9758 3 года назад +2

      What

    • @krateproductions4872
      @krateproductions4872 3 года назад +14

      They probably edited it to make it look old

    • @azzikri3020
      @azzikri3020 3 года назад +9

      Also at the last they said "leave us comment below"
      I was like "what? Isn't it old video or something?"

    • @OstoYtär
      @OstoYtär 3 года назад +6

      @@azzikri3020 The Guy who talks is from 21st century

    • @ZibintasNaujienoslt
      @ZibintasNaujienoslt 3 года назад

      same feeling

  • @laurentmastbaum4808
    @laurentmastbaum4808 8 лет назад +328

    1975 : South Vietnam

  • @paakphum9955
    @paakphum9955 9 лет назад +717

    Siam still exists, they just changed their name

  • @Larry
    @Larry 9 лет назад +665

    Persia and the Ottoman Empire

    • @RoyalKnightVIII
      @RoyalKnightVIII 8 лет назад +35

      They live on in our hearts Larry... and soap operas.

    • @Larry
      @Larry 8 лет назад +23

      Ocelotl Chimalpahin
      and video games! :D

    • @RoyalKnightVIII
      @RoyalKnightVIII 8 лет назад +1

      *****​ video games where Empires go to die??? Also I think you meant the Sassanids, that wily two horned Alexander!!! 

    • @brokenscart7989
      @brokenscart7989 8 лет назад +7

      You're everywhere

    • @qerwerg2341
      @qerwerg2341 6 лет назад +1

      Or perhaps the Qajar dynasty

  • @blitzkrieg2928
    @blitzkrieg2928 8 лет назад +535

    Prussia , Austro-Hungry , Ottoman Empire , German Empire , Russian Empire , Burgundy , Holy Roman Empire , Austrian Empire , Byzantine empire , Bohemia , Confederate States of America , Texas , Mexican Empire , Oranjee and Transvaal ...

    • @raaaaaaaaaam496
      @raaaaaaaaaam496 8 лет назад +16

      The South will rise again senior!

    • @takerapoel
      @takerapoel 8 лет назад +42

      +Blitz Krieg We are talking about countries, not Empires.

    • @TheMusiclover500
      @TheMusiclover500 8 лет назад +6

      +GamingRanger I'd honestly just let y'all go... - New Englander

    • @geordiepunchingahorse423
      @geordiepunchingahorse423 8 лет назад +17

      Sokoto, Korea,Kingdom of Egypt,Nejd,Hedjaz,Abu Dhabi,Persian empire,Panjab,Kokand,Dai nam,Johore,Qing Empire,Wallachia,USCA,Manchuria and Tripoli

    • @TangFiend1
      @TangFiend1 8 лет назад +5

      +GamingRanger It may try, and faceplant harder than you can imagine. Keep chanting that. -Another New Englander

  • @britishpathe
    @britishpathe  9 лет назад +19

    Our most viewed film of recent months is this look at 8 Countries That No Longer Exist: ruclips.net/video/JA52i2tS_9Y/видео.html

    • @antonydi
      @antonydi 8 лет назад +4

      +British Pathé Het Tibiet was just not made into china it was taken over by killing inosent people

    • @balorduomo
      @balorduomo 8 лет назад

      Sorry, but Tibet is part of China since the QIng Dynasty (end of 1600s). After the fall of Chinese Empire it claimed to be an indipendent country but it has NEVER been recognized by any other country. Being recognized is a fundamental requirement to become a "de jurie" country.
      Study some history and some international law please.

    • @crispincain5373
      @crispincain5373 8 лет назад +1

      The democratic will of a group of people comes before international recognition. The fact that The People's Republic of China has exercised an Imperial claim to Tibet while having deposed and overthrown that Empire in a Revolution is Counter-Revolutionary. This fact does not change the will of those living in Tibet, it merely suppresses it.

    • @3979BarnacleS
      @3979BarnacleS 8 лет назад +1

      The great empire of walmart

    • @balorduomo
      @balorduomo 8 лет назад

      I get your point. However in that case you should also cosider the democratic will of places like Catalan and Bask regions in Spain, Alto Adige in Italy, Northern Ireland, Curdistan in Turkey and so on. Why are the Chinese always considered evil tyrant while those other aforementioned countries are considered symbols of Western Democracy?

  • @trabuquena
    @trabuquena 9 лет назад +64

    It's so wonderful to find English closed caption videos that are not auto-generated!
    I teach British English in Spain and find that there are very few RUclips videos to recommend to my students - thank you!

  • @Shcreamingreen
    @Shcreamingreen 9 лет назад +304

    What about Prussia?

    • @Suchti322
      @Suchti322 9 лет назад +6

      Przemek Serkowski It's about the 20th century and Prussia is basically the German Empire and later on existed as a state until the Gleichschaltung.

    • @thurstablelane7567
      @thurstablelane7567 9 лет назад

      Przemek Serkowski East Prussia after the Treaty of Versailles

    • @castheschulze7700
      @castheschulze7700 9 лет назад +10

      Suchti322 No the German empire was made up of various free states such as Saxony Bavaria or Thueringen

    • @Suchti322
      @Suchti322 9 лет назад +6

      Cas Theschulze Yes but Germany was more a great-prussia than anything else.
      What we consider nowadays to be German and what was considered to be German for decades is essentialy ''Prussian''.

    • @The_78_Record_Man
      @The_78_Record_Man 9 лет назад +7

      LNER 4489 TC East Prussia was a German province from 1918 to 1945, but it was never an independent country.
      It isn't even German anymore; the southern one-third of it is now part of Poland, and the rest is one giant Russian military district.

  • @britishpathe
    @britishpathe  9 лет назад +26

    We take a quick look at 8 countries which no longer exist: ruclips.net/video/JA52i2tS_9Y/видео.html

    • @97matthewvercellono
      @97matthewvercellono 9 лет назад +13

      British Pathé prussia

    • @arkuis
      @arkuis 9 лет назад +4

      British Pathé Rhodesia

    • @The_78_Record_Man
      @The_78_Record_Man 9 лет назад +3

      British Pathé The Confederate States of America, the Italian Social Republic, the Kingdom of Hawaii, Manchukuo, South Vietnam, Burma,
      Tannu Tuva, Danzig, the Ottoman empire, the United Baltic Duchy, the Holy Roman Empire, the Republic of German Austria, Carpatho-Ukraine
      How's that for starters?
      I expect to be paid a consultant's fee if British Pathe uses any of my ideas for future projects. (not really!)

    • @angelosarnaoutis6391
      @angelosarnaoutis6391 9 лет назад +3

      British Pathé Weimar Republic

    • @peabase
      @peabase 9 лет назад +1

      Aggelos Arnaoutis Nice try, but the Weimar Republic was a political system that the Nazis got rid of. Similarly, the French have had quite a few republics without dissolving and reestablishing the country whenever they made the switch. I think they're into their fifth now.

  • @MikeFoxtrot1
    @MikeFoxtrot1 9 лет назад +82

    Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.

    • @trailduster6bt
      @trailduster6bt 9 лет назад +42

      Seriously, they are British and did not include Rhodesia?

    • @edteune
      @edteune 9 лет назад +12

      Mike Foxtrot shshsh, let's just sweep that British imperialism under that rug, shall we?

    • @BackSeatHump
      @BackSeatHump 9 лет назад +1

      trailduster6bt Rhodesia was not recognised by Britain since UDI.

    • @dimb9
      @dimb9 9 лет назад

      trailduster6bt As well as nowhere recognising independent Rhodesia (the federation and northern and southern were after all still colonies), bear in mind they've probably selected the nations they have on account of the video footage they have of them.

    • @kaszub1234567
      @kaszub1234567 9 лет назад

      Mike Foxtrot South West Africa, Namibia today.

  • @akihiro3798
    @akihiro3798 3 года назад +84

    Dang my grandma was older than the Soviet Union

  • @IceCat1k
    @IceCat1k 3 года назад +61

    "8 countries that no longer exist"
    *thumbnail points at Brazil*

    • @chickennugget6654
      @chickennugget6654 3 года назад +10

      The thumbnail shows all of South America, not just Brazil

    • @ev4465
      @ev4465 3 года назад +6

      chickennugget665
      Except the southern tip

    • @unkn0wn3ntity86
      @unkn0wn3ntity86 3 года назад +5

      The good ending

    • @nbacivilnba8950
      @nbacivilnba8950 3 года назад +2

      *L A T I N A M E R I C A*

  • @Joorum
    @Joorum 9 лет назад +30

    Democratic Kampuchea. Though it occupied the same area as modern day Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled between 1975 and 1979 made it a historical oddity for Southeast Asia: A comprehensively totalitarian and genocidal state that sought to reverse sociocultural evolution and revert the nation to an agrarian ideal by targeting not only undesirable social classes but the population as a whole. This was to be achieved through mass campaigns of killings and forced labour, effectively turning the country into a network of gulags.

    • @v19d
      @v19d 9 лет назад +3

      It was renamed under Crazy Lon Nol

  • @midi_art
    @midi_art 8 лет назад +436

    How can you not mention from the Ottomon Empire ???

    • @fouziakhalid5541
      @fouziakhalid5541 3 года назад +1

      Hey

    • @Smithy_smith
      @Smithy_smith 3 года назад +102

      Thats like saying the Roman Empire or the British empire

    • @lerikaharevic
      @lerikaharevic 3 года назад +34

      Title of the video is countries not empires

    • @ev4465
      @ev4465 3 года назад +24

      Ottoman empire was never a country. As it's name suggests it was an empire. Not like modern Turkey.

    • @stephenroney3630
      @stephenroney3630 3 года назад +11

      German Empire, Austro Hungarian Empire, Russian Empire, Kingdoms
      of Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Portugal. They still exists, but not as Monarchies. Confederate States of America, Chinese Empire, Mexican Empire, Brazilian Empire, Kalmar Union, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of France, French Empire, Kingdom of the United Netherlands, Kingdom of Prussia, of Bavaria, Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, Commonwealth of England and Ireland, Kingdom of the Two Sciciles, Kingdom of Montenegro, Papal States, Kingdom of Sardinia Venetian Republic, Kingdom of Egypt. Kingdom of Iraq, Kingdom of Persia, Kingdom of Afghanistan, Dutch East Indies. Kingdom of Korea.

  • @Ingens_Scherz
    @Ingens_Scherz 8 лет назад +370

    Great music choices, especially the Smetana.

  • @rome316ae3
    @rome316ae3 3 года назад +7

    Germany starts ww1 :Lost
    Germany starts ww2 : Lost
    Germany: I am imortal

    • @samk2266
      @samk2266 3 года назад +1

      Germany didn't 'start ww1'

  • @aasif08
    @aasif08 9 лет назад +144

    East Pakistan is now Bangladesh since 1971 war

    • @raghavgupta2399
      @raghavgupta2399 5 лет назад +10

      No. East Pakistan was a territory of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

    • @fouziakhalid5541
      @fouziakhalid5541 3 года назад +11

      @@raghavgupta2399 East pakistan was a part of islamic republic of pakistan since the war, the it became Bangladesh.

    • @parthheda7120
      @parthheda7120 3 года назад +10

      Because of india

    • @hemishshah6666
      @hemishshah6666 3 года назад +2

      @@parthheda7120 😎😌

    • @ev4465
      @ev4465 3 года назад +4

      It wasn't a country on it's own before the war.

  • @evilstunky
    @evilstunky 9 лет назад +104

    Austria Hungary, Qinq dynasty, Manchuria, Vichy France

    • @TheAndrew1987
      @TheAndrew1987 9 лет назад +3

      evilstunky vichy france was a puppet state ,it doesnt really count

    • @Jerry-yj5zb
      @Jerry-yj5zb 9 лет назад +4

      I was gonna say Austria-Hungary ;(

    • @trumpet90909
      @trumpet90909 9 лет назад +1

      ***** Good one! Idiot.

    • @Jerry-yj5zb
      @Jerry-yj5zb 9 лет назад

      GG

    • @evilstunky
      @evilstunky 9 лет назад +3

      ***** I know, but eh, still sort of a country.

  • @martinwilke1980
    @martinwilke1980 9 лет назад +47

    The Federal Republic of Germany ("West Germany") has not stop exisiting. It just incorporated The German Democratic Republic ("East Germany") in 1990.

    • @rexultimatum2588
      @rexultimatum2588 9 лет назад +1

      Martin Wilke Well.... here's the thing. ("West Germany") was always just an (informal name) for the Western part of Germany that was a Republic, but that was not its ("Official Name"), so in truth it never really existed as a country, but just as a geographical term, so no...... Now that all of Germany is united (East, South, North, and West). There's no use to describe the "Federal Republic of Germany" by the informal name of "West Germany".

    • @nonegone7170
      @nonegone7170 3 года назад

      @@rexultimatum2588 I believe you completely missed Martin's point there...

  • @ikea_tank7193
    @ikea_tank7193 3 года назад +80

    I always thought that Czechoslovakia split in half, splitting the name in half too.

    • @britiw
      @britiw 3 года назад +6

      Isn't it the actual case?

    • @nraven1
      @nraven1 3 года назад +10

      Haha no. Czech state exists for more than 1.000 years, Slovakia was part of Hungary till 1918. Since 1969 Czechoslovakia was a federation state of 2 republics. So no split of the name - Czechoslovakia was the merged name of Czechia and Slovakia.

    • @britiw
      @britiw 3 года назад

      @@nraven1 does the history before first Czehoslovak republic matter? Republic included Czech and Slovak lands. When it split, lands did split in half, so did the name.

    • @nraven1
      @nraven1 3 года назад +4

      @@britiw : Of course, if Czech state was founded in the year 895 and with the same capital was transformed to Czechoslovakia in 1918 and recreated in 1993, it makes matter. 1.100 years of history is quite long.

    • @martinv8804
      @martinv8804 3 года назад

      Ahaha this comment is gold!

  • @wyattwahlgren8883
    @wyattwahlgren8883 3 года назад +7

    I can think of Prussia as a country that doesn't exist anymore.
    And by the way, I like how you played Moldau when talking about Czechoslovakia. That music almost makes me cry, even when listening to a recording with bad audio quality.

  • @TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC
    @TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC 9 лет назад +34

    Corsica, Newfoundland, Persia and erm.. China "Taiwan".. Oh and Yugoslavia.. Great video, Really enjoyed this one guys!

    • @suspectheroin7267
      @suspectheroin7267 9 лет назад +5

      Rome, The Macedonian Empire, Mongol Empire. Then, & in Pre Existence The Dominion, United Federation Of Planets...

    • @Hopey2222
      @Hopey2222 9 лет назад

      Suspect Heroin I believe the question was asking for countries disappearing during the 20th century

    • @suspectheroin7267
      @suspectheroin7267 9 лет назад

      I know Lachlan Hope my comment was directed to my friends at Stargazer Nation™ That constantly share with me great things about the galaxy, solar system etc.
      That's why this share surprised me, so I threw in those last 2 "Space" references. Just my way of sayin hey I like history as well as Space & Sci-Fi...

    • @Hopey2222
      @Hopey2222 9 лет назад

      Ah right haha, thanks for clearing that up

    • @suspectheroin7267
      @suspectheroin7267 9 лет назад

      Lachlan Hope Follow Stargazer Nation™ if you enjoy actual facts about the SPACE

  • @Yazzygogetter
    @Yazzygogetter 9 лет назад +50

    Hawaii was overthrown by the us

    • @qerwerg2341
      @qerwerg2341 6 лет назад +3

      Yes.

    • @dvineone1393
      @dvineone1393 4 года назад +6

      Well It Was Overthrown By The Americans Living There Then Applied For Annexation To The US Such As What Happened In Crimea With Russia In 2014

    • @dvineone1393
      @dvineone1393 4 года назад

      ​@The American man And Before Then It Had Been A Territory Since The American Plantation Owners Overthrew The Kingdom Of Hawaii And Applied For Anexation By The US Government As A Territory

  • @MilanKazarka
    @MilanKazarka 9 лет назад +8

    Existing between 1918 and 1922 - meant 1918 and 1992 (Czechoslovakia segment)

  • @slerk9
    @slerk9 3 года назад +48

    How they pronounced “Ayutthaya” and “Muang Thai” killed me inside. 🇹🇭

    • @CanalTremocos
      @CanalTremocos 3 года назад +4

      Thanks for the comment because I was going to take that as the correct pronunciation. In my mind, I read it as Àyutthàya and I'm sure that's wrong too.

    • @slerk9
      @slerk9 3 года назад +2

      @@CanalTremocos it’s more like ah-YOOTH-ya.

    • @Ineedtospendlesstimeonyoutube
      @Ineedtospendlesstimeonyoutube 3 года назад +1

      @@CanalTremocos Ah-yoot-tha-ya

    • @JohnWick_897
      @JohnWick_897 3 года назад +2

      No it's Ayodhya

    • @neetasarawade6681
      @neetasarawade6681 3 года назад +2

      @@JohnWick_897 its indian city

  • @teejaemon
    @teejaemon 3 года назад +43

    "Can a country disappear?" I don't know. Let's ask Britannia, they probably know more about that than anyone, don't you think?

  • @tuxstfilms7547
    @tuxstfilms7547 3 года назад +23

    1980- Rhodesia
    1945-Prussia

    • @sumvs5992
      @sumvs5992 3 года назад +1

      Technically Rhodesia was never independent, and it was the new government that would gain independence from Great Britain. It was like the US declaring independence from England. You can say it was independent, but they still needed to actually gain independence. Sad that Rhodesia is gone though.

    • @tuxstfilms7547
      @tuxstfilms7547 3 года назад +1

      @@sumvs5992 They were practically independent before UDI but they were never recognised by anybody so I get your point it was de facto not official

  • @whatiwriteafterthisismainl7133
    @whatiwriteafterthisismainl7133 3 года назад +14

    The queen lived through all of these👁👄👁

    • @tahamohammad1741
      @tahamohammad1741 2 года назад

      Many did including my grandfather for example

  • @senakaweeraratna741
    @senakaweeraratna741 9 лет назад +10

    The country named 'Ceylon' ( by the three colonial powers i.e. Portuguese, Dutch and the British), has not ceased to exist or lost its sovereignty. It has only changed its name to 'Sri Lanka' ( like 'Siam' to 'Thailand') which means in the Sinhala language ' Respendent Isle', on May 22, 1972, when the country declared itself a Republic and shed its dominion status in the British Commonwealth. The original name of ' Ceylon' prior to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 was ' Sinhale' that had lasted for more than two thousand years. The early travellers to Ceylon such as the Chinese Buddhist monk Fa Hien ( 410 A.D.) in his 'Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an Account of His Travels in India and Ceylon' refer to Ceylon / Sri Lanka as the ' Sinhaladipa' ( Island of the Sinhala people).
    Fa-Hien's writings and those of another Chinese Buddhist monk Xuan Zang (also known as Heung Tsang )as well as other ancient Chinese records referred to Sri Lanka as the land of Sinhalas. The different Chinese names Shizi guo, Sit Tio, Si Tiao, She Tiao, Seng-Kia-lo denoted the same meaning - Simhala, Sinhaladipa or Kingdom of the Lions.
    see
    www.sundaytimes.lk/031123/plus/3.htm
    archives.dailynews.lk/2010/05/22/fea04.asp
    Senaka Weeraratna
    Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • @pranit_33xa91
    @pranit_33xa91 3 года назад +5

    Woah ! Finally happy to see a British Pathe video with a 2.4 k comments. Usually it has no comments. It's a great channel, with original historical recordings.

  • @jrr6947
    @jrr6947 3 года назад +5

    A few days ago I read about Stellaland, a Boer republic within modern day South Africa. This place is no longer taught to us to have ever existed in our modern history books.

  • @VicRattlehead6655
    @VicRattlehead6655 9 лет назад +7

    It's not entirely right to say West German stopped existing, because no new nation was formed in 1990. The GDR was simply incorporated into the FRG.

  • @MapleArt23
    @MapleArt23 9 лет назад +18

    Prussia 1525-1947

  • @LogiWanKenobi
    @LogiWanKenobi 9 лет назад +17

    "Bangkok" is also the name given by Westerners. Bangkok is actually just a small district in Krung Thep (pronounced "Groong Tape").
    I know you're a Westerner who has probably never been to Thailand, but the pronunciation was pretty bad. Sorry. I know you're just giving history, but I wish people would look into correct pronunciation before making a video.

    • @LogiWanKenobi
      @LogiWanKenobi 9 лет назад +7

      Another fun fact-
      "Thailand" or Pra Tate Thai in Thai, means land of the free. Thai = Free -when translated.

    • @PhucDat37
      @PhucDat37 9 лет назад

      Logi Wan Groong Tape you mean in normal pronunciation or fucked up anglophone pronunciation? Tape or Tejp?

    • @LogiWanKenobi
      @LogiWanKenobi 9 лет назад +1

      GrigorijRasputin That is how it is said in Thai. If you're picky and want phonetic spelling it's this- gʊŋteɪp
      Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to add a tonal marker, as Thai is a tonal language, over the phonetic spelling, but it's Mid + Falling

    • @PhucDat37
      @PhucDat37 9 лет назад

      thanks, that'll clear a bit

    • @LogiWanKenobi
      @LogiWanKenobi 9 лет назад

      GrigorijRasputin No worries =)

  • @vynlazer
    @vynlazer 3 года назад +10

    Rhodesia was not mentioned, for it will always exist, in our hearts.

    • @alfredoteopatara7774
      @alfredoteopatara7774 3 года назад +5

      What a time it was... so few friends to turn to.

    • @birb9422
      @birb9422 3 года назад +2

      What a time it was... when all we did was wrong...

  • @monkata8
    @monkata8 9 лет назад +2

    Eastern Rumelia - In 1877 after the April Uprising(1876) began the Russian-Turkish War which led to the liberation of Bulgaria. The country was divided by the Great Powers into The Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia which remained vassal to the Ottoman Empire until 1885 when Bulgarian king Aleksandar Batenberg announced the unification which had to be deffended with a war against Serbia that Bulgaria won.

  • @AaronDoud
    @AaronDoud 9 лет назад +27

    I'm not sure I agree with some of these.
    Siam is Thailand. Simply a name change to better reflect the people.
    The Soviet Union was Russia with a name change for about 70 years. Yes parts of it broke away but IMO it was still Russia.

    • @nasiraliclark
      @nasiraliclark 9 лет назад +7

      ***** I agree, a few of these are name changes, but I don't agree with your analysis of the USSR.

    • @mtb4studiooffcial672
      @mtb4studiooffcial672 6 лет назад

      True it changes name in 1942

    • @WreckItRolfe
      @WreckItRolfe 6 лет назад

      The Russian Empire, as run by communists.

    • @rage_laurence
      @rage_laurence 5 лет назад +4

      Aaron Doud
      Wait I thought USSR is complination of Russia and some other countries?

    • @perlasandoval7883
      @perlasandoval7883 5 лет назад

      United soviet socialist republics os made of smaller countries and the largest is russia sfsr

  • @Milan15304
    @Milan15304 8 лет назад +8

    very interesting video sir, but some clips of the video you have used to show Tibet actually show parts of Nepal, (Durbar square of Bhaktapur & Kathmandu) and Nepal has always been an independent sovereign nation since its establishment in 1768.

    • @squiglll
      @squiglll 2 года назад

      Yes you are right

  • @radwilly1770
    @radwilly1770 9 лет назад +61

    Republic of Texas, California republic, , Confederate States of America

    • @nopan362236
      @nopan362236 9 лет назад +32

      radwilly1 Kingdom/Republic of Hawaii

    • @ianbob
      @ianbob 9 лет назад +11

      radwilly1 The California Republic (AKA Bear Republic) only lasted three weeks. I hardly think it counts, but it is an interesting footnote in California and American history.

    • @PhucDat37
      @PhucDat37 9 лет назад +14

      radwilly1 your forgot to put all the natives you murdered before you stole their land

    • @sereysothe.a
      @sereysothe.a 9 лет назад +1

      radwilly1 confederacy was in the late 1800's......
      and you call yourself american

    • @Indiana22-g
      @Indiana22-g 9 лет назад +1

      namn one day they will rise again

  • @teddycoughlin6289
    @teddycoughlin6289 7 лет назад +4

    *South Vietnam
    *Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
    *Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    *Kingdom of Sikkim
    *Burma (now Myanmar)

  • @classiclistener01
    @classiclistener01 8 лет назад +5

    Although colonies may not be considered 'nations,' many had central governments and their own monetary systems; so, I listed some of those that I could remember along with actual nations of the past. I also list nations I didn't see in other comments.
    Biafra; Rhodesia; Germania and Troy in ancient times; Siam; Persia; Abyssinia; colonies such as Italian Libya (Tripolitania), Italian Somalia and East Africa; German East Africa, German Southwest Africa; French Indochino; Belgian Congo; Bohemia and Moravia; Ottoman Empire; Prussia and other German Free States (semi-autonomous Danzig; Pomerania; etc.); Danish West Indies; German Solomon Islands; Kiautschou Bay concession; Chefoo; Tianjin; Burma; British Malaya; Dutch East Indies; Tanganyika; Portuguese Angola, Macau, India, Guinea, Brazil, Mozambique, Timor, etc; Swedish Gold Coast, Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Tobago, New Sweden and others; etc., etc...too many more to add.

    • @artificialanimeuniverse5063
      @artificialanimeuniverse5063 Год назад

      Rhodesia wasn't a colonial power
      It was an independent country which has been destroyed by certain devil, son of the devil god, The monster of the monsters also known as Robert Mugabe.
      That monster was the reason our Aunt lost her land, her husband and her home and now has to live with us in South Africa!

  • @henrikknudsen8125
    @henrikknudsen8125 9 лет назад +20

    Tannu Tuva, just throwing it in there :)

    • @kofola1973
      @kofola1973 3 года назад +1

      An independent country until the 1930s and today an autonomous republic within the Russian federation

    • @jimurrata6785
      @jimurrata6785 3 года назад

      Feynman would approve!

    • @MoreEvilThanYahweh
      @MoreEvilThanYahweh 3 года назад +1

      I think a lot more people know it exists today only because of Hearts of Iron.

    • @kelvinhsu7804
      @kelvinhsu7804 3 года назад

      It was never internationally recognized an independent country. It always was and still is legally a part of the Republic of China.

    • @lothairthecommiemonarch8488
      @lothairthecommiemonarch8488 3 года назад +1

      Tannu what?

  • @zajcu3279
    @zajcu3279 6 лет назад +5

    Czechoslovakia exist in 1918-1938 And 1945-1993

  • @kimlec3592
    @kimlec3592 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant summary of these events. Thank you.

  • @timmmahhhh
    @timmmahhhh 9 лет назад +7

    Saar or Saarland was independent from Germany for a time in the 20th Century.

  • @randomlaughable
    @randomlaughable 9 лет назад +7

    RHODESIA!

  • @aperezvoyages
    @aperezvoyages 9 лет назад +7

    Ottoman Empire, Rhodesia

  • @98daki
    @98daki 9 лет назад +10

    South Vietnam

  • @Prussia1991
    @Prussia1991 8 лет назад +7

    Prussia, Burgundy, The holy roman empire, the German empire, Austria-Hungary, the ottoman empire, the byzantine empire, Aragon, Leon, Granada, castile, Normandy, Teutonic knights, Saxony.

    • @Prussia1991
      @Prussia1991 8 лет назад +3

      ***** that's like saying the soviet union never fell it just became Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/misc.

    • @MrBreakingbad
      @MrBreakingbad 8 лет назад +1

      +William Mangelsen Nice analogy:) Greetings from Turkey.

    • @Prussia1991
      @Prussia1991 8 лет назад

      MrBreakingbad thank you :) from a chap in the USA.

    • @ReefearEapear
      @ReefearEapear 8 лет назад

      +William Mangelsen Hahahahhaa... Your replies make good sense.

    • @Prussia1991
      @Prussia1991 8 лет назад

      Adham Jong JI WON Thank you.

  • @Architect98
    @Architect98 3 года назад +2

    Zaire/Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩
    Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
    Burma/Myanmar 🇲🇲

  • @thatonefriendiii2827
    @thatonefriendiii2827 3 года назад +5

    "Can you name any other countries that no longer exists?" Oh yeah? Well, *INHALES*

  • @arthurdent6783
    @arthurdent6783 9 лет назад +9

    If you ask me in a few years from now I'll answer: United Kingdom :)

    • @yaboimaxwell9031
      @yaboimaxwell9031 9 лет назад +1

      I'll say, North Korea.

    • @rexultimatum2588
      @rexultimatum2588 9 лет назад

      OJ1234 No... because you are :)

    • @rexultimatum2588
      @rexultimatum2588 9 лет назад +4

      OJ1234 North Korea has nukes, yes..... but their nukes are technologically inferior to those of American, Russian, and British nuclear weapons.
      Also, North Korea doesn't have the largest army in the world, that's actually the People's Republic of China.
      Here are the 10 countries with the largest armies currently in the world.
      1. People's Republic of China
      2. United States of America
      3. India
      4.Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea)
      5. Russian Federation
      6. Republic of Korea (South Korea)
      7. Turkey
      8. Pakistan
      9. Iran
      10. Egypt

  • @sturja8179
    @sturja8179 3 года назад +5

    where are are my ex-Yugoslovens

  • @user-qe8qj6ox2b
    @user-qe8qj6ox2b 3 года назад +1

    I'm an Indian and we were actually "Jambudvipa" initially and then "BHARATA" until the British(🤮) named us INDIA. Here in India we usually call our country "BHARAT".

  • @the_notorious_puppet
    @the_notorious_puppet 6 лет назад +1

    Republic of Salò (1943-1945), Sikkim (1642-1975), Kingdom of Sarawak (1841-1946), and Neutral Moresnet (1816-1920)

  • @revinhatol
    @revinhatol 8 лет назад +3

    3:23 That Syrian flag would be later used by the Rebels in the Civil War.

  • @tenzinc760
    @tenzinc760 8 лет назад +9

    Sad nobody or the video mentioned Tibet, a beautiful country invaded by China in 1950's, really sad. My hometown.. My heart saddens, my heart saddens.

    • @fanaticat1
      @fanaticat1 8 лет назад +4

      I think they did mention Tibet in this list.

    • @fanaticat1
      @fanaticat1 8 лет назад

      +Crazy Cat I thought so...

    • @tenzinc760
      @tenzinc760 8 лет назад +1

      +Crazy Cat very short

    • @fanaticat1
      @fanaticat1 8 лет назад

      +Bangtan Trash yes, although it's not a country anymore, you still hear about it...Tibetan chant music, Tibetan book of the dead, there are a few breeds of dogs from Tibet, like the Tibetan Mastiff, Tibetan spaniel, etc.

    • @tenzinc760
      @tenzinc760 8 лет назад

      fanaticat1 im happy you know about these :) but unfortunely most people ask "whats tibetan" when i say im tibetan.

  • @dummievlogs
    @dummievlogs 9 лет назад +11

    North and South Yemen

    • @trenthenry7432
      @trenthenry7432 3 года назад +1

      Wait your telling me that Yemen was actually split into two before the 90s and not a part of Saudi Arabia

  • @juliocesarpereira4325
    @juliocesarpereira4325 3 года назад +1

    Well, technically these countries didn't cease to exist: Congo was renamed the Republic of Zaire in 1971 and returned in 1997 reverted its name to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Upper Volta was established in 1958 and renamed Burkina Faso in 1984.

  • @DeannaSt
    @DeannaSt 8 лет назад +1

    In Africa:
    The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar became Tanzania
    Republic of Rhodesia became Zimbabwe
    The country called Congo-Léopoldville became the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Congo Brazzaville became The People's Republic of the Congo and then Republic of the Congo
    Abyssinia became Ethiopia and then a slice became Eritrea

  • @19Koty96
    @19Koty96 8 лет назад +3

    Well, technically, Czechoslovakia was also invaded shortly after the WWI, by Poland and Hungary. Althought less known facts, those were the only wars fought by sovereign Czechoslovakia on it's own territory. (Many people would say, that there were none, but there were o.O)

    • @MatesSvoboda
      @MatesSvoboda 8 лет назад +2

      +19Koty96 True. These are usually referred to as The Forgotten Wars.

  • @Liutgard
    @Liutgard 9 лет назад +4

    No one mentioned the Kingdom of Hawai'i?

  • @joewtjjoewp1
    @joewtjjoewp1 3 года назад +4

    4:12 the background music sounds like "what a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong" but in minor key

    • @flyzart8148
      @flyzart8148 3 года назад

      it's actually called "Vltava" FYI

    • @joewtjjoewp1
      @joewtjjoewp1 3 года назад

      @@flyzart8148 thanks for the name :)
      But if you look up "what a wonderful world minor key", you'll notice the same melody :)

  • @lukdmi835
    @lukdmi835 3 года назад +1

    There was a country of the Republic of Crimea, which existed only one day - 18th of March, 2014 and then it was incorporated in Russia. However, most of countries didn't recognize it.

  • @zarsvirus
    @zarsvirus 3 года назад +1

    Good info..

  • @raptorfromthe6ix833
    @raptorfromthe6ix833 8 лет назад +3

    I love the 30s films you have

  • @Cooki3jars
    @Cooki3jars 9 лет назад +52

    The Ottoman Empire

    • @sakurakou2009
      @sakurakou2009 9 лет назад

      Cudo The Great that's country ?

    • @rexultimatum2588
      @rexultimatum2588 9 лет назад +2

      sakurakou2009 It was, but it no longer exists today. It was kind of similar to Germany during ww1(it was an Empire), and thus was the name of the country, also.

    • @sakurakou2009
      @sakurakou2009 9 лет назад +1

      January January I know it's existed but it wasn't country , it was caliphate mean it was like many small countries under 1 flag but as one country it didn't exist like that , for example Egypt and sudan was called egypt and sudan just like they were called now and they were under ottoman caliphate rule , even turkey was called turkey at that time , saudi and the other gulf countries were called Hijaz , while Syria Lebanon Palestine jorden etc were called sham , all the Ottaman caliphate regions had their own kedawi or sultan mean something like small king and all of them follow the caliphate ...
      So I wouldn't call Ottoman caliphate as country cuz they weren't .

    • @TheIraqiforce
      @TheIraqiforce 9 лет назад

      Well in that case the Abbasid Caliphate, Ummayed Caliphate, Ummayyad caliphate, the seljuqs from Egypt and many other muslim caliphates just as much as ottoman caliphate, don't get me wrong it was they spread Islam and defended my country iraq and their territories but by far the best caliphate was the Abbasid( lots of reasons why but itssssssssss tooooooo looooong) hope you research though it's interesting what these caliphates achieved which wayy more than the Europeans can dream of.

    • @sakurakou2009
      @sakurakou2009 9 лет назад

      Taha Hasan I agree that abbasid was great caliphate , islam golden era was in abbasid , ottamans weren't bad as well , I hate fatimiya , the hakim bi amer llah was horrible .
      so in order abbasid > ottaman > omaya > fatimya

  • @SeangSokHeng
    @SeangSokHeng 9 лет назад +19

    Khmer Republic (1970-1975). The only Republic regime of Cambodia.

    • @GabrielCCCP
      @GabrielCCCP 9 лет назад

      SokHeng Seang Would you like it to return?

    • @SeangSokHeng
      @SeangSokHeng 9 лет назад +1

      Do you know some history about Khmer Republic?

    • @GabrielCCCP
      @GabrielCCCP 9 лет назад

      SokHeng Seang Not so much

    • @AliMagerramov
      @AliMagerramov 9 лет назад

      WTF

    • @GabrielCCCP
      @GabrielCCCP 9 лет назад

      90% of people are nosense

  • @glen1555
    @glen1555 3 года назад +1

    Newfoundland now part of Canada. Hawaii now part of USA, Republic of Texas, now part of USA. Kingdom of the Two Sicillies, now part of Italy, Republic of Venice, Carthage,

  • @andeace23
    @andeace23 8 лет назад +1

    The Confederate States of America, The Bear Republic, The Lone Star Republic, The Inca Empire, The Aztec Empire, The Mayan city states, The Mughal empire, The Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, Milan, Naples, The Papal states

  • @glaonrielelsinoth7243
    @glaonrielelsinoth7243 9 лет назад +13

    Austria-Hungary?
    Ottoman Empire?
    O,and about Yugoslavia it was firstly known as Kingdom of Serbs,Croats and Slovenes

  • @hoosierhiver
    @hoosierhiver 9 лет назад +4

    "seized existing"?

  • @lorddominonexus
    @lorddominonexus 3 года назад +3

    0:07 Agree

  • @dochatteras
    @dochatteras 8 лет назад +2

    Okay, I'm confused about what this video said about Siam. Does it no longer exist? Or did it just change it's name? I think there is a big difference between the two. Additionally, a change in boarders, or a change in governments (even types of governments) does not mean that a country no longer exists.

  • @KarimMaassen
    @KarimMaassen 3 года назад +1

    Technically, West Germany still exists today. The former DDR was merged into the BRD. This was easier to do as a newly formed German state would need to re-apply for all kinds of international treaties.

  • @Standartt01
    @Standartt01 3 года назад +3

    0:58 feel like I have seen that guy before.

    • @circe9981
      @circe9981 3 года назад +2

      he looks like rasputin.

  • @no-if1ol
    @no-if1ol 3 года назад +5

    3:14 dalai lama?!

  • @VanillahatVII
    @VanillahatVII 8 лет назад +6

    got some of the years wrong

  • @howardjdownes
    @howardjdownes 8 лет назад +1

    My school atlas :
    Rhodesia, Upper Volta, Central African Empire, Zaire, Tuva, Sikkim, East Pakistan, Kampuchea/Khmer Republic, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, British Honduras, a few not mentioned !

  • @NostalgicChannel_
    @NostalgicChannel_ 3 года назад +1

    Great video!

  • @scorpioengine4797
    @scorpioengine4797 3 года назад +6

    8 More Countries that don’t exist anymore
    - South Vietnam
    - Rhodesia
    - Ottoman Empire
    - Republic of China
    - South Yemen
    - Biafra
    - Zanzibar
    - Kashmir

    • @beztakounacafe
      @beztakounacafe 3 года назад

      why is south vietnam

    • @beztakounacafe
      @beztakounacafe 3 года назад

      thats not a country

    • @scorpioengine4797
      @scorpioengine4797 3 года назад

      @@beztakounacafe
      “South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng Hòa; French: République du Viêt Nam), was a *country* that existed from 1955 to 1975”

    • @beztakounacafe
      @beztakounacafe 3 года назад

      @@scorpioengine4797 thats just a goverment, if u dont believe me, check the Genève agreement 1954

    • @beztakounacafe
      @beztakounacafe 3 года назад

      @@scorpioengine4797 its said that the 17th parallel not a country, just a temporary military gathering area

  • @balighy1472
    @balighy1472 9 лет назад +4

    Ottoman Empire, Sudan and the Arab Federation

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 9 лет назад +7

    Actually west Germany, officially called "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" still exists as modern Germany which is called the same

  • @RIFLQ
    @RIFLQ 3 года назад +2

    Couldn't believe this was 5 years ago

  • @ee-hp6qm
    @ee-hp6qm 3 года назад +1

    Dominion Of Canada, Dutch East Indies, Qing Dynasty, The Confederate States Of America, Denmark-Norway, The Kalmar Union, The Holy Roman Empire, British Raj, Empire Of Japan, German Empire, Austria Hungary, The Swedish Empire, The Spanish Empire, The Socalist Republic Of Italy, United Provinces Of Rio Del Plata, The Argentine Confederation, Peru-Bolivian Confederation, Kievan Rus, The Byzantine Empire, The Persian Empire, The Mongol Empire, The Nyguyen Dynasty, Khanate Of Khiva, Kingdom Of Korea, Kingdom Of Hawwaii, Texas, Volga Bulgaria, Novogrod, Moscovy, The North Sea Empire, Mainland Republic Of China, Those are all the ones i bothered to list

  • @mohnish7653
    @mohnish7653 3 года назад +4

    rhodesia never die

  • @nilfgaard4804
    @nilfgaard4804 3 года назад +3

    They forgot Brittany, Zaire,Texas and probably even more.
    (Note:Yes,they probably couldn't fit all of them in but I was just saying.)

  • @arab94888642
    @arab94888642 9 лет назад +4

    Palestine!

    • @hackman669
      @hackman669 9 лет назад +1

      Sheikh Sana'ani Atlantis?

    • @missbutter81
      @missbutter81 9 лет назад +1

      +hackman669 No, Khazaria!

  • @krateproductions4872
    @krateproductions4872 3 года назад +2

    Sikkim.
    The monarchy was abolished and they country was incorporated into India

  • @buddhikathambugala3472
    @buddhikathambugala3472 3 года назад +1

    The bit about Ceylon (Sri Lanka) is wrong!!
    I'm Sri Lankan..
    Yes, we gained independence from the British in 1948, and became a dominion..
    We became Republic of Sri Lanka in 1972 under constitutional reforms of Mrs.Bandaranaike, world's first female prime minister..
    In 1978 the constitution was changed yet again, by Mr.Junius Jayawardena, the new president.. Thereafter, the country is named The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka..
    We are still an active member of British Commonwealth..

  • @Maluhia808
    @Maluhia808 9 лет назад +4

    Dude how about the Hawaiian kingdom. We were annexed illegaly by USA

  • @wren2900
    @wren2900 3 года назад +5

    The USSR still exists in our hearts!

  • @modernwarfare657
    @modernwarfare657 9 лет назад +4

    Biafra

  • @thescarlethunter2160
    @thescarlethunter2160 3 года назад +2

    R.I.P
    -South Vietnam
    You will remembered by the Philippines 🇵🇭

  • @johgu92
    @johgu92 3 года назад +1

    The Saarland also was independent from 1947 until reunification with Germany in 1956

  • @alifdaniel1463
    @alifdaniel1463 7 лет назад +4

    Malaya

  • @aniketrudraksha
    @aniketrudraksha 8 лет назад +8

    czechoslovakia