Feature History - First Sino-Japanese War

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2020
  • Hello and welcome to Feature History, not featuring the First Japanese Chinese War, but the First Sino-Japanese War - know the difference.
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Комментарии • 912

  • @BrandonSchleifer
    @BrandonSchleifer 3 года назад +1856

    That first frame scared me for a moment. I was wondering what about Japan fighting China over Korea could possibly be region locked out of Canada.

    • @warlord0877
      @warlord0877 3 года назад +31

      Ya same here I was so confused

    • @Tekisasubakani
      @Tekisasubakani 3 года назад +17

      Well, information is power, so information control is power as well, right? It WAS a good intro, though, had me as well for a moment!

    • @KarlEller
      @KarlEller 3 года назад +31

      I was really confused for a second as to why a video from an Australian creator would be blocked in Australia...

    • @curtiswong7280
      @curtiswong7280 3 года назад +5

      Same here, wondered why living in Alberta would get that

    • @mbathroom1
      @mbathroom1 3 года назад +2

      Same and I'm also canadian

  • @JobberBud
    @JobberBud 3 года назад +693

    "Peasant uprising."
    Or as we call it these days, the comments section.

  • @vianabdullah2837
    @vianabdullah2837 3 года назад +846

    Ah Korea, the Poland of Asia.

    • @ramicane1671
      @ramicane1671 3 года назад +61

      And Manchuria

    • @huwenkai440
      @huwenkai440 3 года назад +43

      Well Poland has 5 neighbors, and Korea has only two neighbors.

    • @huwenkai440
      @huwenkai440 3 года назад +4

      @David Kim Can't set aside anything though.

    • @user-zc7gl5hm4n
      @user-zc7gl5hm4n 3 года назад +1

      @conan 263 European ate horses…

    • @ilikemusic3966
      @ilikemusic3966 3 года назад +3

      conan 263 pot calls kettle black

  • @____ironic2479
    @____ironic2479 3 года назад +553

    It’s a good day when Feature History posts

  • @incursus1401
    @incursus1401 3 года назад +65

    >bad supplies
    >no winter clothing
    >rely on speed to balance it out
    surely such a strategy can never fail!

    • @genghiskhan5701
      @genghiskhan5701 3 года назад +8

      Japan won though

    • @victorviereck4117
      @victorviereck4117 3 года назад +3

      @@genghiskhan5701 well the strategy failed eventually , against the Chinese non-the less

  • @harrisonlee9585
    @harrisonlee9585 3 года назад +1486

    I'm sure the Imperial Japanese Army learned their lesson and never again decided to massacre civilians and prisoners out of anger and boredom.

    • @vic_t0r260
      @vic_t0r260 3 года назад +54

      @@sinoroman it's a joke

    • @harrisonlee9585
      @harrisonlee9585 3 года назад +157

      @@vic_t0r260 My joke was gonna be that or "Who knew combining nationalism, Bushido, and repeating rifles would be a bad idea?"

    • @nihilus1650
      @nihilus1650 3 года назад +12

      @@sinoroman r/whoosh

    • @sinoroman
      @sinoroman 3 года назад +4

      likes on your replies are going up, so gonna repost in comment section. won't stop your likes from going up, but will slow it down :)

    • @sinoroman
      @sinoroman 3 года назад +4

      posting a serious reply on a future issue on a joke comment was my fault from the beginning kek

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 года назад +448

    "Korea came last"
    Me: ...

    • @archerjones4827
      @archerjones4827 3 года назад +9

      lmao

    • @bot_5786
      @bot_5786 3 года назад +8

      Pls don’t nuke me I wanna live

    • @smokyblackeyes3615
      @smokyblackeyes3615 3 года назад +3

      You're not thinking about nuking countries right?

    • @irishdude7524
      @irishdude7524 3 года назад +9

      "Nuked Australia is best Australia!"
      -Kim Jong-un probably

    • @danielseelye6005
      @danielseelye6005 3 года назад

      ... But at least it came! Nothing like being politically blue-balled when being taken at both ends.

  • @NothingtoseeHere.Movealong
    @NothingtoseeHere.Movealong 3 года назад +183

    Not equipped for a full-scale land war? Lacking winter equipment? Stalling offensive during the winter? Where have I heard this before?

    • @thespiritphoenix3798
      @thespiritphoenix3798 3 года назад +5

      Or 1812

    • @bobjk3455
      @bobjk3455 2 года назад +2

      sounds familiar, the swedes in 1709.

    • @takakocaesar579
      @takakocaesar579 2 года назад +1

      also, attacking a larger country with larger population and using speed to defeat the country

  • @eoing4315
    @eoing4315 3 года назад +648

    “The Japanese committed a massacre against civilians” - who saw that coming???

    • @curtiswong7280
      @curtiswong7280 3 года назад +86

      Every Asian, probably

    • @kokuinomusume
      @kokuinomusume 3 года назад +16

      Nobody at all. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimizuka

    • @kantaikessen3289
      @kantaikessen3289 3 года назад +60

      Qing: Let's execute and mutilate the corpses of prisoners of war. This will totally make them scared.
      Japan: Finds bodies, which infuriates them and decides to massacre civilians.
      Qing: Suprised Pikachu Face.
      Don't be surprised that your enemy commits war crimes if you decide to ignore the laws of war first.

    • @eoing4315
      @eoing4315 3 года назад +96

      @@kantaikessen3289 what’s your excuse for the Rape of Nanking?

    • @daeseongkim93
      @daeseongkim93 3 года назад +91

      @@kantaikessen3289 the japanese were more notorious for war crimes on a massive scale in at the turn of the 20th century up till world war ii. it's inexcusable.

  • @emptank
    @emptank 3 года назад +175

    Meiji era military art works actually looks really damn cool. That old school style samurai paintings of hunched lunging soldiers with rifles sabers and the occasional pike while cannon smoke drifts across the field. Just perfect!

  • @TheDavid22
    @TheDavid22 3 года назад +108

    I like how this at least tries to cover the geopolitical struggle between rising japan and the qing that preceded the war instead of being like "then the fire nation attacked"

  • @linzithelord
    @linzithelord 3 года назад +106

    7:32 The troops sent by Qing to fight in the war was not Beiyang Army(北洋军). Instead, they were the Huai Army(淮军) built and led by Li Hongzhang. Beiyang Army was originated from the New Army(新编陆军 or 新军) which was created after the first Sino-Japanese war. But the navy involved in the war was the Beiyang Fleet(北洋水师). I think that was the part where confusing was caused.

    • @productions4452
      @productions4452 2 года назад +10

      Another reason of confusion must be because the Beiyang Army succeeded the Huai Army which itself succeeded the Xiang Army and because they were pretty much being originated from eachother many times they mix it up

    • @ericlai1659
      @ericlai1659 Год назад

      @@osu3167 The reason is the same as why the Ottoman Empire was so weak

  • @TechieWidget
    @TechieWidget 3 года назад +112

    Finally! I have been wanting someone to cover the First Sino-Japanese War. Thank you!

  • @danilshirnin2406
    @danilshirnin2406 3 года назад +149

    That “BRUH” moment when you realize the division of Korea after WW2 and the Korean War was in a way a rehash of history...we really don’t do a good job of learning from the past

    • @user-pj1ec5om5g
      @user-pj1ec5om5g 3 года назад +27

      To be fair there wasn’t really much time since all the shit that happened went by ridiculously fast

    • @sampuatisamuel9785
      @sampuatisamuel9785 2 года назад

      Rehash of which country's history?

  • @randomname5083
    @randomname5083 3 года назад +174

    Ngl the first couple seconds scared me

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 3 года назад +220

    Qing: *steps out of time machine* "Wait, what year is it?"
    Japan: "It's 1894."
    Qing: "Greetings, mortals! I am the Great Qing! Bow before me!"
    Japan: *raises rifle* "Uh, that really only works if you come from the future."

    • @hiimryan2388
      @hiimryan2388 3 года назад +4

      What did I read...

    • @thespiritphoenix3798
      @thespiritphoenix3798 3 года назад +15

      @@hiimryan2388 something pure golden

    • @beishui4480
      @beishui4480 3 года назад +2

      Not really pure golden despite me posting Qing dynasty ships videos

    • @dingyan3335
      @dingyan3335 3 года назад +10

      Technically speaking, if that Qing really came from the past, it actually might win the battle.
      Afterall, the technological disadvantage isn't the reason why Qing failed.
      A younger, more energetic and vivide Qing dynasty with less corruption might make it possible to catch up in technology, like Japan did over a few decades.
      In fact the JP meiji restoration and CN self-strenghning movement both started in 1860s.
      So, yah, not trying to ruin your meme, but a younger Qing government from the past probably gonna work, if they actually time-travelled to 1860s.

  • @Mr.McMuffin
    @Mr.McMuffin 3 года назад +176

    My relative Philo McGiffin fought for the Chinese as a naval commander during the war. He went to Annapolis, then sold his services to the Chinese in the early 1890s. He commanded the Chinese Battleship Zhen Yuan, and was severly wounded during the battle of the Yalu River. He eventually committed Suicide. I think he was my Great Grandfathers Uncle or add another Great.

    • @theoutlook55
      @theoutlook55 3 года назад +9

      Cool! Thanks for sharing.

    • @bastien5589
      @bastien5589 3 года назад +3

      That’s a cool story man

    • @danielseelye6005
      @danielseelye6005 3 года назад +27

      I'm sorry my man. I saw "McGiffin" and my mind read as "Griffin," which went to Peter Griffin and I made my own _Family Guy_ smash cut of Peter as your ancestor at the Battle of the Yalu River.

    • @musAKulture
      @musAKulture 3 года назад +6

      dragged into a doomed war. poor man.

    • @Mr.McMuffin
      @Mr.McMuffin 3 года назад +8

      @@danielseelye6005 hahahahahhaha this had me dying.

  • @FeatureHistory
    @FeatureHistory  3 года назад +388

    Another fine addition to my 19th century Asian History collection.
    CORRECTIONS/DISCLAIMERS:
    10:30 - I meant 1895, not 1885
    - My Korean is pretty rough, no surprise I'm sure

    • @Taeil0151
      @Taeil0151 3 года назад +3

      Better than most, my guy!

    • @LamiNalchor
      @LamiNalchor 3 года назад +3

      In this age modernization ment westernization, I am afraid.

    • @daeseongkim93
      @daeseongkim93 3 года назад +2

      i understand it!

    • @kdamprae4236
      @kdamprae4236 3 года назад

      Would you mind do a video on how the north east Asia were powerful then south East Asia . I have alot of questions .

    • @theawesomeshulk6412
      @theawesomeshulk6412 3 года назад

      Also, it’s pronounced konnichiwa

  • @ddoing0_0
    @ddoing0_0 3 года назад +49

    I’m Korean and the explanation in this video has helped me understand Korean history a lot better with amazing graphics. Thanks!

    • @J.D.1.
      @J.D.1. 4 месяца назад

      which half?

  • @timmckee6340
    @timmckee6340 3 года назад +89

    This war has always interested me for some reason so I'm glad someone is talking about it. its overlooked. my guess as to way is that much like the first world war, the 2nd version was just so much bigger and deadlier, that it just gets more focus. The fact that its tied to WW2 also doesn't help.

    • @imgvillasrc1608
      @imgvillasrc1608 3 года назад +9

      Agree, the First Sino-Japanese War is barely recognized that sadly many people even call the second war the "Sino-Japanese War".
      I have always found the First Sino-Japanese War more fascinating to learn as this war alone has influenced and left a mark not only to Japan nor China but also the world. Everyone, except the Japanese, thought that the Chinese would win, similar to how the Imjin War would play out.

    • @GodzThirdLeg
      @GodzThirdLeg 3 года назад +8

      I am no historian, but the reason why WW1 isn't covered as much as WW2 is imho not that WW2 was bigger and deadlier instead its just that trench warfare is boring to talk about. WW2 and all the more modern wars were a lot more mobile than WW1 and wars before that were mostly decided by one or a few battles, so WW1 is this 4 year long constant battle that after the inital offensive came to a halt became super static.
      The first sino-japanese war on the other hand is mostly overlooked, because at the time western powers saw both Japan and China as uncivilized. It also gets overshadowed by the russo-japanese war 10 years later, which was a wake up call for western powers that japan was able to beat a western power. Sure they downplayed the Japanese victory a lot, because Japanese battleships were built by the british and stuff like that, but in the end they had to admit that Japan was now a player in the game of worldpowers.

    • @timmckee6340
      @timmckee6340 3 года назад +2

      @@GodzThirdLeg yeah that's a good point. WW 1 was definitely less exiting then the 2nd one. Your point about the Russo-Japanese war is also good as the west really didn't give a crap about China which had been weak for years, but Russia well that was a major Western power.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 года назад +2

      The 1st Sino-Japanese War got overshadowed by the Russo-Japanese War. The former is treated as a dry run to Japan's ascendancy as a Great Power and a ringing validation that their 30 years of modernization is worth the civil wars and peasant revolts they suffered through...

  • @outerspace7391
    @outerspace7391 3 года назад +64

    That Korean division... Seems familiar, but I can't exactly point where it is heading...

  • @richardwhatever3231
    @richardwhatever3231 3 года назад +72

    Ah, the good-old love-hate triangle between China, Japan, and Korea.

    • @richardwhatever3231
      @richardwhatever3231 3 года назад +3

      Influ scope fair enough. Generally speaking, the Korea (ROK)-China(PRC) relationship is overall negative/despised yet somewhat has shared common grounds from time to time.

    • @CtygentBKopuu
      @CtygentBKopuu 3 года назад +8

      @Influ scope well you can find anti-korea/china protests in japan very easily. Obviously Three counties hates each other, not only china and korea.

    • @CtygentBKopuu
      @CtygentBKopuu 3 года назад

      @Influ scope Oh I understood..😅 thanks for the explanation!!

    • @tigeriontigerion9112
      @tigeriontigerion9112 3 года назад +2

      @@zhengchen9405
      China is a huge country with inferior tech, though.

    • @tigeriontigerion9112
      @tigeriontigerion9112 3 года назад

      ​@@zhengchen9405
      Lol, Japan and South Korea are on the side of the US.
      There may be demands and negotiations, but why should the US increase tensions with them, especially now?
      Then, If China today has a great tech level, why should Chinese companies/organizations/governments heavily rely on foreign tech supports and supplies?
      Why Chinese own companies lack of international competitiveness except price, especially on the major industries?
      Why the most of Chinese workers still are low-payed, and why would they accept their wages?

  • @tomasodubhruis4995
    @tomasodubhruis4995 3 года назад +5

    Dude, I love your videos! Your informed and interesting approach to history is enthralling, keep up the good work!

  • @gavinsmith9871
    @gavinsmith9871 3 года назад +50

    "Japan sails a gunboat into a secluded Korean port."
    Hey...wait a minute...

    • @daeseongkim93
      @daeseongkim93 3 года назад +19

      no admiral yi this time around unfortunately

    • @gavinsmith9871
      @gavinsmith9871 3 года назад +33

      @@daeseongkim93 I was referring to when the Americans did the same thing to Japan, but that also works.

    • @genghiskhan5701
      @genghiskhan5701 3 года назад +13

      @@gavinsmith9871
      USA:I taught them well.
      Japan: YOUR NEXT AMERICA!!!

    • @daeseongkim93
      @daeseongkim93 3 года назад +8

      @@gavinsmith9871 lol ahh that makes sense too, but the Japanese did sail into a secluded Korean port multiple times during the Imjin Wars a few hundred years before. Then suddenly Admiral Yi shows up with a few turtle boats.
      Japan (Pikachu face)
      Admiral Yi (Gangnam Style dances)

    • @historysquad
      @historysquad 3 года назад +6

      @@daeseongkim93 But now the Japanese had turtle ships (Ships made out of iron)

  • @vojintres7181
    @vojintres7181 3 года назад +221

    "Against ISP"
    I didn't know ISorrowProductions is attacking my ip adress.

    • @SkepCakes
      @SkepCakes 3 года назад +14

      I definitely not see this coming.

  • @23Revan84
    @23Revan84 3 года назад +4

    Excellent video, always great to hear about this war.

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher 3 года назад +61

    So Japan conquered and had to cede Port Arthur *twice* before WWII? No wonder they were pissed about not being taken seriously.

  • @gso619
    @gso619 3 года назад +76

    "They lacked winter clothing and proper supply lines. Japan relied on speed to keep the Qing on the back foot and force them into a quick surrender."
    Starting to understand why they initially got along with Germany.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 года назад +14

      With how 1870 worked out for them, Germany is everyone's favorite drill seargent...

    • @jvtagle
      @jvtagle 3 года назад +5

      @@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 happy Chilean noises

    • @Ludwig_Perpenhente
      @Ludwig_Perpenhente 2 года назад +6

      Relying on Speed is probably a maneuver they learned from the French, after all, Napoleon did it too, earlier than The Germans

  • @HistoryHustle
    @HistoryHustle 3 года назад +24

    First time I actually enjoy a sponsor message. For a moment I thought the video wasn't available for my country. Great video too!

  • @kieranlowe4740
    @kieranlowe4740 3 года назад +4

    That's probably the best way of doing an AD for them I've ever seen.

  • @kramp154
    @kramp154 3 года назад

    Hes back! Great vid man! Funny and serious when it needs it! Beautiful thankyou man!

  • @emilturangi7145
    @emilturangi7145 3 года назад +14

    3:15 Daewongun now is Daewongone

  • @PaulKurz
    @PaulKurz 3 года назад +3

    Hell Yeah i love it! i didnt even notice that you were making this video even though im a patreon

  • @pinkteddydancer4356
    @pinkteddydancer4356 2 года назад +8

    Thank you for the video, I'm writing an essay on the first Sino-Japanese war and this helped me with getting all the background information. :)

  • @weddman100
    @weddman100 3 года назад +1

    Great video as always, just wish you uploaded more

  • @heladodevainiya344
    @heladodevainiya344 3 года назад

    maybe this might be the most important video you ever made.... loved it

  • @cristianvillanueva8782
    @cristianvillanueva8782 3 года назад +7

    That secret tunnel reference was great 👍
    13:15

  • @MarkPurcell
    @MarkPurcell 3 года назад +30

    HAHA! You had me! We get the same crap in Canada. "Video not available in your fircken country"

  • @furyrussian8663
    @furyrussian8663 3 года назад

    Was trying to research this yesterday! thank you

  • @ellythadon
    @ellythadon 10 месяцев назад

    Hope you doing good bro. Your vids are dope been watching since like 2018

  • @williamclark4816
    @williamclark4816 3 года назад +5

    Just an fyi, it was February of 1895, not 1885.
    Still a great video though, always love ur work and the topics you cover!

  • @sirencesocery
    @sirencesocery 3 года назад +24

    歴史を知るって楽しい。
    It is fun to know the history.

  • @dariaskoreva9233
    @dariaskoreva9233 2 года назад +1

    You know, since you haven't been posting a lot here recently, I'm rewatching your older videos (like them a lot!), and I'm from Russia, and the first few seconds of this one shows a notification that the video's not available in my country... you've got no idea of how harsh this add has been on me! Hope you are well and thank you for the content!

  • @musAKulture
    @musAKulture 3 года назад

    good stuff, captured the important points for sure.

  • @th3omachos
    @th3omachos 3 года назад +14

    Essay teatcher: You can't use ctrl c + ctrl v
    Me and the boys: 0:40

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад +22

    Modernisation always has Traditionalists pitted against Reformists

  • @davi92gui
    @davi92gui 3 года назад

    Congrats for the video!!
    A suggestion: please, make a video about the Paraguay War, the biggest and bloodiest conflict in South America.

  • @tonalddrump804
    @tonalddrump804 3 года назад

    Wow knocked it out of the park with this one

  • @RAS_Squints
    @RAS_Squints 3 года назад +5

    Requesting for you to do one on after WW2 and the power dynamic between Syngman Rhee, Kim Il Sung, and Kim Gu

  • @climax050
    @climax050 3 года назад +21

    That scared me... i was wondering how this could be blocked in Australia, I knew we had some Chinese influence issues but this was a step up lmao

  • @ramdobe9276
    @ramdobe9276 2 года назад

    Wow creative animation loved it!

  • @victorwepener2742
    @victorwepener2742 3 года назад

    Great video, are you planning to do a video on the second Boer war?

  • @mukhtar3052
    @mukhtar3052 3 года назад +16

    I love Japan and Japanese culture 🇯🇵 from Somaliland

  • @PopeRecords
    @PopeRecords 3 года назад +5

    "I'm playing both sides so, that I always come out on top." 4:45

  • @randomsmuck312
    @randomsmuck312 3 года назад

    I'm glad you don't sound tired or high in this video

  • @MrHarryWh
    @MrHarryWh 3 года назад +1

    Nearly lost my mind with that first few seconds 😂😂 brilliant ad

  • @paranoidwhedroid3164
    @paranoidwhedroid3164 3 года назад +4

    okay, you won me over with "secure tunnel"

    • @wiryx1
      @wiryx1 3 года назад +1

      Secure secure tunnel! - I laughed so hard

  • @jskoh4662
    @jskoh4662 3 года назад +36

    It's actually quite interesting because, after all this fighting and war including that of ww2 and the Korean War, Korea actually succeeded in modernizing Korea just as Japan did in the Meiji period, and Korea was listed as one of the poorest countries in the world, and then climbed to the 11th most rich country in the world within 67 years after *_hundreds_* of years of being a poor, and secluded, which is in my opinion, amazing.

    • @NangNangEE
      @NangNangEE Год назад +2

      Yes it is an amazing history. Thanks to the greatest President of Korea, Park Jung Hee, who made the limestone of what South Korea is now & today.

    • @satriorama4118
      @satriorama4118 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@NangNangEEYeah by using Japan war reparations money. Park use those 3 billion yen to build south korea industries instead of paying the Korean victim of ww2.

  • @nktcell
    @nktcell 3 года назад

    Such a fantastic video, wow! What program did you use to make the animation?

  • @imtiazhossain6559
    @imtiazhossain6559 3 года назад +1

    Wow great video, would you please make an episode about the Cochinchina campaign.

  • @user-lb9dr1tp1i
    @user-lb9dr1tp1i 3 года назад +81

    Korea is like the Riverlands of eastern Asia

    • @constantinexi6489
      @constantinexi6489 3 года назад +39

      Easy Asia’s Poland

    • @kel000001
      @kel000001 3 года назад +11

      @@constantinexi6489 more like the benelux region

    • @taesu8
      @taesu8 3 года назад +1

      You're all correct.

    • @user-lb9dr1tp1i
      @user-lb9dr1tp1i 3 года назад +10

      We're the metal and China and Japan are the hammer and anvil

    • @northkoreancomander8699
      @northkoreancomander8699 3 года назад +2

      @@constantinexi6489 except more popular

  • @takakocaesar579
    @takakocaesar579 2 года назад +2

    attacking a larger country with larger population, relying on speed to defeat another country, is unprepared for winter, and ends up freezing in while sieging a city (weihawei)... hmmm sounds familiar

    • @guilhermecastro9893
      @guilhermecastro9893 Год назад

      I heard of this one austrian paintet that would love to do that

  • @playc.holder6432
    @playc.holder6432 3 года назад

    Damn; incredible ad integration! 👏

  • @None-fo5hc
    @None-fo5hc 3 года назад

    Will you make a video on Tibet and Taiwan too ? I like your channel it is very educative so I hope you can make a video on those two countries history too.

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 3 года назад +8

    emperor Meiji was definitely a warlord.

    • @hiimryan2388
      @hiimryan2388 3 года назад +4

      *dictator

    • @historysquad
      @historysquad 3 года назад

      *emperor

    • @AlternateTimelord
      @AlternateTimelord 3 года назад

      @@hiimryan2388 you have no idea what the Meiji constitution is

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 года назад

      @@AlternateTimelord Then again, that constitution was copied wholesale from the German Constitution (made by Bismarck) which concentrated powers in the Prime Minister and not the Emperor and it "helps" that the Emperors are standoffish...

    • @AlternateTimelord
      @AlternateTimelord 3 года назад

      @@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 so that means that the emperor has shared power which in my definition, doesn’t make him a dictator. I don’t think the emperor had as much power as some people think since 1885, the power has shifted from a oligarchy, a parliament, a military dictatorship, and a parliament again.

  • @yin6287
    @yin6287 3 года назад +13

    I died at the intro greetings. As someone who speaks Chinese, Japanese, and a little bit Korean that is a hilarious pronunciation ever

    • @JMinuteman
      @JMinuteman 3 года назад +1

      The Korean one was probably the funniest.

  • @archiedelapena7299
    @archiedelapena7299 3 года назад +1

    I like how you put the Mandate of Heaven soundtrack from Kaiserreich

  • @DerSingh0329
    @DerSingh0329 3 года назад

    That’s cool bro, nice video.... there could have been a movie

  • @HarJBeRw
    @HarJBeRw 3 года назад +5

    Why was Gojong's father not the outright king? His son ascended to the throne at 12, but yet was too young so needed his father as regent? Feels like I'm missing a part of the story

    • @yongkukkweon8385
      @yongkukkweon8385 3 года назад +5

      Yeah there is whole long story behind that but yeah to put it simple, Daewongun made a realistic deal and political maneuver that would weaken the Andong Kim family that controlled royal palace behind weak kings, while securing his foothold within the palace and political scene. One of that move was to make his 12yr old son a step son of one of power queen within palace to secure legitimacy and claim to the throne, while he himself could still wield political power and authority as ‘daewongun’ a title that was originally given to deceased father of kings who weren’t monarch themselves.

  • @neo120590
    @neo120590 3 года назад +7

    That ending though lmao. "I couldn't be sitting here drawing eyeless people without them."

  • @nbridges7321
    @nbridges7321 3 года назад +1

    I would've liked the video just for all the information, but the ATLA Secret Tunnel reference was what really did it for me 😅

  • @profesercreeper
    @profesercreeper 3 года назад

    Thx for covering this! This conflict isn’t talked much about.

    • @banditmc12
      @banditmc12 3 года назад

      Considering the amount of events and implications spawned from it, especially today to understand the perspective of China, this is not taught enough, or isn’t taught, as you don’t want to understand the enemies would you/s

  • @icarus9480
    @icarus9480 3 года назад +7

    First. Also, can't wait to watch this!

  • @basicferret2558
    @basicferret2558 3 года назад +13

    I thought this video not being in my country was real lol

  • @furiacabocla2furiacabocla589
    @furiacabocla2furiacabocla589 Год назад

    Awesome explanation...

  • @matteblack2391
    @matteblack2391 3 года назад

    Finally! A new video

  • @ethanrepublic4554
    @ethanrepublic4554 3 года назад +8

    8:41 wait a minute...

  • @dickyadhadyanto4986
    @dickyadhadyanto4986 3 года назад +6

    crazy to think japan managed to modernize just under 100 years

    • @sinoroman
      @sinoroman 3 года назад +7

      proves that adapting [weapons] isn't very hard
      only importing weaponry and tactics

    • @greyscaleb1537
      @greyscaleb1537 3 года назад +2

      @@sinoroman not really that, they learned and incorporated everything with ease, industry, western style education and public systems, to advanced Naval Fleets and elite expeditionary armies with their own indigenous weapons and assets.

    • @daeseongkim93
      @daeseongkim93 3 года назад

      it was able to modernize thanks to foreign assistance too. he mentions german trained soldiers and arms, but also the americans and dutch were trading with the japanese during that time, bringing with them technologies from the west. it wasnt simply an indigenous japanese effort.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 года назад +3

      Rangaku (Western Learning) had a hand in their modernization since it created an available intelligentsia that can learn things fast rather than spending years learning...

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 2 года назад +1

    Fascinating history

  • @bangtang1717
    @bangtang1717 3 года назад +1

    gotta say, the pronunciations in this video were pretty good. there were some parts you pronounced flat out wrong like in tientsin, but that is understandable since its hard to learn to pronounce words rendered in wade-giles from an english speaker's perspective.

    • @daeseongkim93
      @daeseongkim93 3 года назад

      his korean pronunciations were alright, not the best, but understandable too

  • @m2v-animatez
    @m2v-animatez 3 года назад +3

    I was literally watching 3 of your videos right now
    7 years war
    Russo-japenese war
    Polish-Soviet war

  • @user-kt8yp5ho2y
    @user-kt8yp5ho2y 3 года назад +9

    3:13 Both husband and wife were possessed by a corrupted and wicked sorceress named 진령군. That sorceress is the Korean version of Rasputin.
    Empress Myongsung believe she was the holy healer to cure his eunuch son Sunjong, who will become the last king of the Joseon dynasty aka the Korean Empire.

    • @peterii3512
      @peterii3512 3 года назад +2

      Korea has a sorcerer problem eh

    • @user-kt8yp5ho2y
      @user-kt8yp5ho2y 3 года назад +2

      @@peterii3512 And they were called 무당.

    • @huwenkai440
      @huwenkai440 3 года назад

      Previously she was venerated and now demonized in Korea? How fast the time is.

    • @kpopkpop5235
      @kpopkpop5235 3 года назад

      arent korean blaming japanse for death of Empress Myongsung?

    • @user-kt8yp5ho2y
      @user-kt8yp5ho2y 3 года назад +1

      @@kpopkpop5235 Still. But now they blaming Empress Myongsung for her corruption.

  • @bycreay3647
    @bycreay3647 3 года назад

    The c and c music is the best!

  • @CostaCola
    @CostaCola 3 года назад +1

    I love this video but oh God your pronunciation of Tianjin / Tientsin xD still great video though.

  • @abdullahabu6439
    @abdullahabu6439 3 года назад +19

    just watched the last samurai

  • @Daniel-ht4wr
    @Daniel-ht4wr 3 года назад +10

    Hey, feature history
    Can you verify your channel as a "brave creator account" so i can support your channel?

  • @GeneralSmitty91
    @GeneralSmitty91 3 года назад

    Fascinating conflict that we didn't know we wanted to know about

  • @David-en2tc
    @David-en2tc 3 года назад +2

    What an avatar reference, that little tid bit made my entire day.

  • @limabean1202
    @limabean1202 3 года назад +97

    Hey. Korean Here. It's refreshing to hear this historic event from a third party as it has less bias and more facts that the bs that Korean teachers try to shove down our throats.
    P.s. trust the chinese to throw the peninsula into disarray every single time.

    • @banzaiperson
      @banzaiperson 3 года назад +23

      Are Korean teachers biased in favor of the Qing or Japan?
      Edit: think I realize who they favor now.

    • @omium4917
      @omium4917 3 года назад +3

      @@banzaiperson yeah it would be pretty obvious now ain't it...

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 3 года назад +2

      @@banzaiperson I'm afraid so. I do hope those two countries eventually get around to building the Tsushima Strait Tunnel, and have that act as a way to gently soften relations somewhat. There's obviously a clear recognition at the top levels of government and business in those two countries that the two of them (or three, counting the RoC which is in a similar situation) have to work together if they're to survive as they are in an area increasingly dominated by the PRC, but there's still way too much resentment among the general public in both countries.

    • @williamhe1967
      @williamhe1967 3 года назад +14

      @@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva how much do you trust China uncensored?

    • @mxn1948
      @mxn1948 3 года назад +27

      @@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva china uncensored is literally a FLG propaganda mouth piece(i do mean literally, they are owned directly by the FLG). the same group that complained that china was giving away national land when they settled borders then complain that china is imperialistic when it defends it claims. the same group that claims something like a billion people quit the ccp, which has never had a billion members, their metric for arriving at the number? they have a website where "ccp" member can click a button to "quit" the party, I myself has "quit" about 50 times when i saw that site.
      the fact that you take anything coming out of their anti-china propaganda channel says enough about you. youre no better than those paid CCP fanboys.

  • @thevoidlookspretty7079
    @thevoidlookspretty7079 3 года назад +17

    Queen Min: I don’t trust you. You seem to think yourself the Qing’s equal.
    Meiji: What? That’s not remotely true.
    *gunboats enter Busan*
    Meiji: I am *superior* to the Qing.

  • @OrbitalAstronaut
    @OrbitalAstronaut 3 года назад

    I've been waiting for this video forever.

  • @tompegorinno5141
    @tompegorinno5141 3 года назад +1

    I can't wait for the next upload.
    Hoping its a Philippines under Japan era 🥰

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 года назад +1

      You mean the "Independent but not really independent and they forced us to declare war against the US and have one of our heroes cofounded an infamous collaborationist organization as a way to circumvent their refusal to declare war on the US" era...

    • @tompegorinno5141
      @tompegorinno5141 3 года назад

      @@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 it is an interesting topic. And yes. I think it was worth it.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад +3

    You had me scared for 5 seconds

  • @gre3nishsinx0Rgold4
    @gre3nishsinx0Rgold4 3 года назад +5

    Ah the Korean kingdom. Asia's very own Poland.

    • @peterwindhorst5775
      @peterwindhorst5775 3 года назад

      Followed in lockstep by Vietnam as Asia's little Poland.

    • @huwenkai440
      @huwenkai440 3 года назад +1

      Korea and Vietnam are basically Poland's cousins.

    • @huwenkai440
      @huwenkai440 3 года назад

      @Hoàng Nguyên Đậu that's why I love history

    • @huwenkai440
      @huwenkai440 3 года назад

      @Hoàng Nguyên Đậu and for some reasons they are considered the safest during COVID.

  • @TCFCforMe
    @TCFCforMe 3 года назад

    Hello There. Aspiring creator here. I'm a big fan of your work and I'm looking to create my own history RUclips channel in the new year. Do you have any tips for a new starter? I believe to have good content but the technical side of presentation is fairly new to me. Are there any e-learning sites you can recommend. Thanks and Merry Christmas

  • @ineshvaladolenc6559
    @ineshvaladolenc6559 Год назад +1

    Hey man, is the second one coming out, too?

  • @cshaffer1847
    @cshaffer1847 2 года назад +4

    Europeans: Hey Japan we are colonizers
    Japan: Whats that? we want to be too!
    Europe: no wait i mean i'm here to colonize you!
    Japan: lol, funny. No really, who we invading? Korea, Taiwan, China. yeah lets do this.
    Europeans:. umm ok.. lets go be colonizers together then.

  • @pigeononbread5477
    @pigeononbread5477 3 года назад +5

    This video is almost as surprising as a Japanese surprise attack

  • @skazka3789
    @skazka3789 3 года назад +2

    Please do the Second-Sino Japanese War next!

    • @Lawliet734
      @Lawliet734 3 года назад

      @Skazka "...the Second-Sino Japanese [Second Sino-Japanese] War next!"

  • @alextimemit9454
    @alextimemit9454 3 года назад

    Great subject