Remember that Army size doesn't necessarily mean Army power and capabilities. In peace time it mostly means that they're mobilizing more troops than others. Edit: Since a lot of people seem to have misunderstood my comment, and i'm just tired of seeing such replies. Why do you all completely ignore the part when i said "in peace time"? I never claimed that army size doesn't matter in wаr. 🤷♂
@Harut Hajin Why do you repeat this? I just said that army sizes weren't like this! What is 30 vs 1 million? The german army on the eastern front was confirmed to be more than tham 1 million for sure. But you can see the exact number by yourself and it's totally different. And then you basically said that USSR used these people from countries that were the part of USSR.
I was in shock where tf Russia empire gone 🥺.. later I looked empire of Russia I felt relieved 😂.. than again it's gone, came up Soviet union 😂 than again Russia itself.. it was accurate ❤
Also US recruiting efforts during Civil War. Also how Prusia defeated Frances in 1871 war having a smaller army. The video have two mistakes they consider Russian Empire until 1924 the year the civil war ended but the Red Army was as bigger as them. Also in Vietnam War North Vietnam is omited.
Turkey & Russia only 2 countries that stayed on this list through whole the timeline. Turkey & Russia also the countries that had the most wars with each other.
The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) was formed in 1942, with Subhas Chandra Bose taking command in 1943. The strength of the INA increased significantly in 1945 during the Burma campaign, which began in 1944, as part of the effort to overthrow British rule. Unfortunately, many Indians may not be fully aware of this history, as much of it has been shaped by a limited number of political historians after independence
@@tusharkeni4066because of Congress and british traditional education system And yes you are right In India every state (my state west bengal) have their own design syllabus So in our education system they don't provide that much context about azad hind fauz
@@anshulgoswami275 как русский слегка знающий дальнюю историю своей страны скажу, разница в правлении, сначала была Царская Россия, за ней будет уже как раз таки Российская Империя, в первом был царь при правлении, во втором монарх
Hello ^^ ! Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI) Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI) Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad) Salam (Peace).
It's pretty reasonable. The land border of Russia is giant, so it requires a lot of men to protect it. While not in the state of war, a large army becomes a budget eater for no reason. Moreover, Russia always had a mandatory conscription, so there always was a pretty large well prepared reserve. And I haven't said that about military component of FSAI lessons yet))
I also find it remarkable that while Turkey is advertised as the second largest army in NATO, it is but the 15th in the world. So NATO will be easily outnumbered if some of the top countries joined together
My great grandfather was a volunteer in the Bulgarian army in WW1. During that period around 980 thousand man were moblized which is crazy number for such a small country. Almost every man from the age gap 18-50 joined the army. He was later captured during the battle for Dobruja by the Russians and held as war prisoner. After his release he passed away from stomach disease which I cant remember. Love and peace to all nations around the globe war is horrible thing 🩶🌍
before all countries were afraid of USSR. After 1992, they don't consider the Russian Federation, and they are itching for America again. if the USSR was restored, the whole world would be afraid of the USSR again, and America would die. the largest country in the world, the strongest country, the richest country, the most economically powerful country, would be the USSR
The best part I read is about love and peace to all nations 👍 This is capitalism that creates wars! Remove private property over means of production and all mankind will meet the golden age! Remember that all workers all over the world are brothers and sisters, no matter what language they speak and how different they are by appearance! Happy New Year, dear friend!
You realise how fast an army can expand when you see armies grow 5 to 7 times their size in 2 years, in an era where most nations spent signifucantly more on their armies to start with. You probably could expect a 10 times increase today for most of Europe if they ended up in a serious war. This makes you think about how ridiculous shit might get real soon if WW3 breaks out.
you forgot that the population was willing to go to war. today no way in hell people would join the Bundeswehr to fight for Germany patriotism is beaten out of germans
That’s just europe, America went from 300,000 and shots up to 12,000,000. America and europe would fight together so that’s like almost 30 million american troops.
@@aimxdy8680 Well, back then, the USA spent significantly less than the Europeans on its military. Basically, today the USA invest more in its military than before WW1 or in the 1930's. This is why I did not use it as a metric, on the other hand, most of Europe barelly spend on their military today, while it spent much more back then.
@@nathanc939 USA also had a lot lower population, USA had 130 million now it has almost 350 million. Europe population only increased by 1.2x, USA population increased like 2.5x.
It's just ridiculous when you think the british with an army strength of around 100k to 200k on an average (excluding British Indian army) was able to rule the Indian subcontinent for over 200years The British Indian army (which consisted of Indians ) played a key role to help British govern India in the first place
India was divided and scattered plus a power vacuum which rendered a bad chain of command at that time, and this is why the Brits colonized it, the circumstance matters a lot in a military campaign. You can see that India got its independence because of these same Brits getting screwed up in WW2.
Hello ^^ ! Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI) Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI) Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad) Salam (Peace).
It would be cool to see one from the 1600’s-1850’s seeing, the massive spikes from the British during the Seven Years War, the Americans showing up during 1775-1783, and Revolutionary and Napoleonic France’s rise and fall from 1789-1815.
@@justsomerandomguy449 They existed as rebels before the Revolution began in 1775, and the Continental Army was established the same year, which grouped up all the militia under one force. It was British America, but the Army still existed in British America.
If anyone's wondering, in the mid 1800s, numerous rebellions and civil wars broke out in the Qing Dynasty like the Taiping and Dzungar rebellions. Hundreds of thousands of imperial troops, conscripts, and militias were called to arms.
И в конце концов, китайцы захватили почти всё царство цин, то есть, манчжуров. А империя цин распалась на множество более мелких стран, вроде Китая, Монголии, Тибета...
We need to thanks to Soviet union/ Russia giving us technology also protected during 1971 war from USA, Lots guys really hardworking, I think it's active army number taken, reserve army number taken, for 1.4 billion it's very less, but very soon India will have very big army personnel, also new technology
@@Безработный-э9ю umm... Actually India doesn't spend much on army... Despite being the most populous country, it never once had the highest number of soldiers in the whole video...
@@vexversaa239 Germany had a male population of about 22million between the ages of 11 to 65 in ww2. USA had about 30million USSR 40million Japanese 18million UK, France and Italy all had about 11million.
I noticed two things - first The United Kingdom largely maintained it’s footing in that list throughout whilst various allies around them did the same for long stretches which says a lot about the importance of meaningful political alliance in this world for the stability of everyone! Secondly, The United Kingdom completely drop out of the top 15 in the 1970s never to return, and we see an upswing in Eastern military power but funnily the top 5 powers almost stabilise as we enter modern era. It’s like they all know what’s coming and aren’t even vying anymore???
How many Indian army guys participate in 1st and 2nd world war, they have mentioned as UK army... that's why it's showed big, if you remove that nothing UK has
@@rakesharamaiah2737 I couldn't tell you numbers without having to look it up. Indians of course did serve in the Indian army with officers having served 1 year as a sub-altern in the British army (I don't know when that arrangement ended or if it continued until independence). Wikipedia gives a strenth of 573,000 men in 1918 up from 215,000 in 1914. In the second world war the army numbered 205,000 at the start and had 2.5 million peak at one point during the war. Considered the largest all volunteer force in history. With cira 87,000 soldiers dieing during the conflict and 30 Victoria crosses awarded. Seperately wikipedia says 3.5 million men and women had served in the British Army during the second world war with circa 720,000 cassualties throughout the conflict. So I can assume that any totals given in the video would include the British army and all other armies under the imperial sovereignty. But it has also been a while since I watched this video.
@gm2407 basically you enslaved people across continents, made them fight your wars and then call it largest volunteer force? ironical? or just supremacy that everything belonged to you?
It's somehow more ominous that Nazi Germany doesn't just teleport to the top like happens with some countries as they change names/regimes. It creeps up slowly enough you absolutely cannot miss it.
Well the difference is that with those "teleport to the top" Is that they involve a civil war or the old countries army was already at the top (russian civil war for example). So you have two armies counted under 1 nation's flag (russian empire). but the moment the civil war ends and the new name is instated all those soldier fall under this new flag (soviet union). This did not happen with nazi germany. It was simply a political takeover of the country which became war focused and started increasing military budget. two very different situations
Yeah that's how conscription works...this video makes it seem like armies just pop out of nowhere but thats just misleading. When full mobilization is enacted and every male aged 18-45 is conscripted. Then the numbers inflate drastically.
मुझे अपने देश पर गर्व है कि सेना के मामले में भारत दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी सेना है जिसकी संख्या 52 लाख है लेकिन सक्रिय सैनिकों के मामले में दूसरे स्थान पर है जय हिन्द 🇮🇳 जय भारत 🇮🇳🚩 वन्दे मातरम 🙏
I love how the 4 of the top 5 countries (also the only 5 with over a million troops) are exactly who you'd expect to be the countries with the biggest militaries And North Korea
I am astonished by the immense growth of the Bulgarian 🇧🇬 army in about 1912, especially taking into account that the country does not have such a huge population. Can you imagine the percentage of inhabitants in the army during that time? Oh my stars! 😮
IT only shows that the injustices towards our nation could bring miracles like these (like 4 hardly to say countries doing genocide to occupied land which bulgarians live)
3:57 Bulgaria was insane - 4th largest army in the world, despite being just for a moment. Having more than Great Britain, China and 3x USA and almost as much as France makes me feel real proud of the brave men, who fought for the liberation and unification of my country in the summer of 1913 🇧🇬
The US army grew drastically during the Mexican-American War. It should have been visible on the graph for 1847 and 1848. Mexico too had a large army during the conflict.
@@Meng_moe russian civil war is not ukraine vs ussr (if you may be confused) ukraine got independent for 1-2 years then most people chose the communist regime after a small invasion (not widespread)
Except for the Kingdom of Poland (1815-1831) which should be featured here as well, since it was not a part of the Russian Empire at the time and had an army big enough to fit here.
The official flag of Ethiopia was adopted in 1897; it features the green-yellow-red horizontal tricolour with the crowned Lion of Judah at the centre. In 1991 the People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front defeated Mengiistu and the socialist emblem was removed. The emblem of Ethiopia was added to the centre of the flag in 1996, originally a light blue field it was changed after eight months to dark blue. Each colour on the flag has a specific meaning; the green is for land, yellow for peace, red for strength and the blue is for unity. Which is the flag shown above.
In modern warfare, it is not just the number of troops that determines victory.It also depends on its own equipment level, scientific research capability and logistics capability.
Well this has also mattered every year that this video covers. Russia may have had 3 and a half million troops to Japan's 300,000 but they still lost the war embarrassingly.
Noticed that Finland should gave jumped back on the list in 1941 as the army attacking to liberate lost territories (and maybe gain some) was over 500 000. Some of it was demobilized when the static warfare set in 1942-1944
There are lots of mistakes. I from Poland so I see those about Poland. 1. To 1921 we had Polish soviet war (soviets jump into list after 1922) 2. When Germany attacked us we have mobilized 1mln soldiers
@@jakubtomczyk1439 I agree! I am from Russia, but in 1945 we had a 12 million army. There are a number of errors here. I have Polish ancestors on the female line who died from Bandera in the Volyn massacre.
before all countries were afraid of USSR. After 1992, they don't consider the Russian Federation, and they are itching for America again. if the USSR was restored, the whole world would be afraid of the USSR again, and America would die. the largest country in the world, the strongest country, the richest country, the most economically powerful country, would be the USSR
@@jakubtomczyk1439 I guess the source does not actually have the numbers for every year and they interpolate between the years they have the data for. The data from 1917 to 1920 is probably a mess because of WWI and Poland gaining independence. I don't know though how the author missed your army of 1939, it should be very well documented.
numbers mean nothing without context. Most of the militaty wasnt deployed in vietnam, they had troops all over the world. At its peak, there were around 500,000 americans deployed in south vietnam, with only about a fifth of that being ground troops
fun fact: Russia is big and troops spreaded on that territories, its about 300k by far in Ukraine right now. North Korea is smaller country and their military strength is gorgeous right now. Don't be fooled by media
Yeah but you also need to keep in mind of the homefront factor. Ukraine had 8 years to prepare for a Russian invasion since 2014 while fighting a civil war in the East. They’ve only started getting mass bulk of Western weapons since 2022. It’s already difficult for Russia. Meanwhile North Korea had half a century to build up its defenses and have been getting weapons from China and Russia decades ago. If NK invade SK they’d probably lose, but anyone who invade NK would also suffer heavy losses. That’s why Korean peninsula is tied in a perpetual stalemate.
@@svyalinirnhut890 Yes but my point is not nk being defensive or not overall, my point is technology and military research matters too rather than just numbers. None can invade north Korea rn because of the threat of nukes anyways
When the entire country exists to serve the will of the supreme leader, he can order as many men in the country to join the armed forces as he pleases. To be fair, its probably a better life than whatever other job/economic prospects they have.
Australia became one of most militarized countries in the world during WW2. It's estimated that 1 in 7 people were in the armed forces with even more on the home front
В СССР только в армии служил каждый пятый (18% от всего населения страны), а в тылу, на благо военной машины работали так или иначе все (включая детей и стариков)
Mass conscription during both world war raise the number of soldiers to more than ten million. If WW3 happen, the Indian-Chinese border would really see the highest casualties after the war( if nukes will not be used).
@@Chadmeleon Their pacifism is a complete lie, they continue to actively trade with Russia, although it has unleashed a great war, kills people and destroys the world order, the destruction of which will lead to many wars, including in Asia
@@Олександр-г9п7й you wish. Asia trades with Russia because they are the new customers. The west are terrible customers. Ukraine is a US / nato puppet that the rest of the world doesn't support. The world order being destroyed is good for the world. The west is garbage.
It’s an entertaining view of the growth & shrink of various countries armies. But the smoothing done for the animation makes it appear that the changes in the number of troops was linear over time when it actually accelerated / decelerated rapidly over short spaces of time, i.e. - mustering out in 1866, 60,000 killed at the Somme in one day, etc.
Things I learned: From the end of WW2, the US and the UK and then all through the Cold War, NATO outnumbered the Soviets. Considering how the scope of WW2 Eastern Front battles dwarfed the Western Front, I had always assumed the Soviets held a strong numerical advantage. Not actually true on the grand scale. Also, as the Cold War ended, it was interesting to see how pretty much all of Europe just dropped off the listing. Looking at the numbers now... somehow I suspect S.Korea could do some serious damage.
@@Serphz No, South Korea... on the list right between Iran and Vietnam. And, unlike N. Korea with obsolete equipment, S. Korea has quite the array of weapon systems... and a fairly decent arms industry as well.
The soviets were in Europe, while the Americans had to do an absolutely massive amphibious assaults (also the soviets never fought on 2 fronts, they only attacked Japan after germany was over). Same reason why the us (unless France shot first they used to be quite trigger-happy) would have had to use nukes to keep the soviets from taking over europe and beating them
@@RRRR-jr1gp "...would have had to use nukes to keep the soviets from taking over europe..." Yes, that's what I grew up hearing. But, the above chart clearly shows that the US/UK and then NATO fielded a larger army than the Soviets the whole time. Yes, a good chunk of the US forces were in the Pacific dealing with Japan. But, that coupled with the amphibious capability you mentioned, just meant that the Soviets would have ended up in a 2-front war with landings in the Pacific. That's why I was surprised. Either the above charts are significantly wrong or the Soviet threat was overblown for budget reasons. I'm suspecting the latter.
Thanks for the video! However, Italy wasn't a thing until 1861, so I guess the Italian troops prior to that year are actually those of the kingdom of Sardinia maybe? (Which included parts of modern Italy and France)
Indonesia in the era of 1949 to 1952, ranked 8th because of the provision of military assistance from the Soviet Union, after Indonesia was facing war against the Netherlands
@@pxpqIndia fought Pakistan and defeated them twice. We cut up Pakistan into two pieces and made an entire country of Bangladesh out of it. Yes we lost to China though in indo Chinese war in 1965. But that was just 18 years after India got freedom of the colonial rule of Britishers. Read some history and then talk. It will make you look less foolish
I wonder what it would look like as a percentage of population. 2 million is a much different number with a country of a billion people vs 300 million, for example. Interesting to watch. Thank you.
A suggestion, the year information should be somewhere close to top-right, as the reader usually wants to hover on progress and year together. Also, any major events should be highlighted in bold to catch the attention of users that a new player has entered the arena.
That's because Switzerland doesn't have a fully centralised army or at least they diddnt it's slightly different now. They're more of a militia where every one does national service and afterwards most people are told to own guns and practice regularly so they can be called upon at any time. Was actually the inspiration behind the 2nd amendment
@@slideup610 конечно, мы всю жизнь свою воевали, кто Берлин штурмом взял, какие хитрые американцы, когда советский Союз начал побеждать немцев, пришли вы в 44,хотя мы и без вас бы и выйграли, япония на нас бы не напала а Гитлера мы уже побеждали, еслиб не советский Союз весь мир бы был германии,а вы только и делали что наблюдали
@@Safaryman You’re right. But you left out the part where the US showed USSR how to use logistics but supplying the red army with supplies to fight with. Without the supplies Russia would have lost. You brag about beating hitler who fought on multiple fronts against multiple countries. We beat Japan on our own AND help finished off the nazis in Europe. And no Japan wouldn’t have joined the war if the us didn’t fight, they would’ve took Siberia like a walk in the park at that moment in 1944.
Yeah the numbers seem to decline too early for both AH and Germany. From what I know, such a drastic loss of forces didn't occur until 1918. Check out the reference links in the description too, they're quite bizarre.
Remember that Army size doesn't necessarily mean Army power and capabilities. In peace time it mostly means that they're mobilizing more troops than others.
Edit: Since a lot of people seem to have misunderstood my comment, and i'm just tired of seeing such replies. Why do you all completely ignore the part when i said "in peace time"? I never claimed that army size doesn't matter in wаr.
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@ShyRIBoyy yep. And equipment
a good leadership is what needed first
@Harut Hajin Why do you repeat this? I just said that army sizes weren't like this! What is 30 vs 1 million? The german army on the eastern front was confirmed to be more than tham 1 million for sure. But you can see the exact number by yourself and it's totally different. And then you basically said that USSR used these people from countries that were the part of USSR.
🤣🤣yes india 2nd and 🤣🤣🤣🤣 - USA 3rd, Russia 5th, n-korea 4th 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣world's biggest joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ShyRIBoyy también el territorio puede servir mucho en Afganistán derrotaron a usa y urrs y Reino Unido
Would be interesting to see one based on the % of the population of each country in the army.
Yes that would be a more accurate way of comparison
@nerdzoid Yeah that's now but I meant the times covered by the video.
@nessy i don't even know half of nations from them. I would prefer the video. 😂
@nessy i know most of the nations in the video. I said about the nations which are in ur comment.
pretty sure at some points in WW1. 25% of Bulgaria was in the army
The best part is when the Russian Empire is replaced by the... Empire of Russia.
Hahah, точно 😂
I kinda like black-yellow-white flag more
I was in shock where tf Russia empire gone 🥺.. later I looked empire of Russia I felt relieved 😂.. than again it's gone, came up Soviet union 😂 than again Russia itself.. it was accurate ❤
It was the best period for Russia...and "they" ruined it @@bdleo300
нет
Madagascar with 4 penguins 🗿🍷
😂😂
Kwalski, and another crew awkwk
That WW1 spike 😳 the whole world went crazy
Also US recruiting efforts during Civil War. Also how Prusia defeated Frances in 1871 war having a smaller army. The video have two mistakes they consider Russian Empire until 1924 the year the civil war ended but the Red Army was as bigger as them.
Also in Vietnam War North Vietnam is omited.
If you look at the numbers for France and GE, there was an arms race that began immediately after Franco Prussian war. A sign of things to come.
I don't know when this was started, but the whole world is still going crazy as of now
Otto von Bismarck tried to warn us when he said, "One day the great European War will come out of some dawned foolishness thing in the Balkans."
Turkey & Russia only 2 countries that stayed on this list through whole the timeline. Turkey & Russia also the countries that had the most wars with each other.
Скорее нас стравливал Запад. С Турцией нужно торговать. Враги это англосаксы
Но теперь мы с Турцией друзья❤❤
🇷🇺🤝🇹🇷
nop turk not there from 1917 to 1921
@@Viktoria14414 С любовью турецкие байрактары лупят по русским солдатам. ❤❤❤
Таких друзей, в музей...
@@GgGg-bf8cc уже года два как не лупят.
That transition from ‘41 to ‘42.
US: SOMEONE TOUCHED MY BOATS!!!!
America try to steal the world by enter the ww2 because of its economic crises 1930 .. and that happened and they take all the german gold
Pretty much vic3. You go to war with the US and they go from 19 troops to 200+ and something.
you can tell when the Soviet Union fell. their army went off a cliff
@linkyCCCP mfer germany declared first
Nice fat electrician reference
Bro gave independence to india in 1945 ,2 years earlier 😂
no that wasn't indian independence, that was armed insurgences who were rebelling against the British raj
The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) was formed in 1942, with Subhas Chandra Bose taking command in 1943. The strength of the INA increased significantly in 1945 during the Burma campaign, which began in 1944, as part of the effort to overthrow British rule. Unfortunately, many Indians may not be fully aware of this history, as much of it has been shaped by a limited number of political historians after independence
@@tusharkeni4066because of Congress and british traditional education system
And yes you are right
In India every state (my state west bengal) have their own design syllabus
So in our education system they don't provide that much context about azad hind fauz
@@jotoks8175 they are not insurgence, a better word would be resistance.
Your pfp 💀💀💀
1:20 russian empire: ⬇️
empire of russia: ⬆️
What is the difference can you explain
@@anshulgoswami275Well I seem to observe the flag and name being different
@@anshulgoswami275 как русский слегка знающий дальнюю историю своей страны скажу, разница в правлении, сначала была Царская Россия, за ней будет уже как раз таки Российская Империя, в первом был царь при правлении, во втором монарх
@@anshulgoswami275 idk but they all speak Russian, pick me pick me!
English grammar changed this army forever 😂
Russia when peace: what army? i only have 600k troops
Russia when war: DAMN I NEED TO FORCE 10 MIL CIVILIANS INTO MY ARMY
True
@@ali.hassanmir Russia is a bad boy
Hello ^^ ! Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)
Salam (Peace).
He’s just making a joke man. No one said Russia was a villain tho. Although they’ve always been famous for their large armies.
It's pretty reasonable.
The land border of Russia is giant, so it requires a lot of men to protect it.
While not in the state of war, a large army becomes a budget eater for no reason.
Moreover, Russia always had a mandatory conscription, so there always was a pretty large well prepared reserve. And I haven't said that about military component of FSAI lessons yet))
It’s slightly ominous seeing Germany kicked off the rankings after WW1 and see them move back up in the 1930’s knowing what was to come
Oh no here we go again lmao
4:19 the USA chilling next to Japan: “See you in a few years chief”
The progress of the Turks without leaving among the 15 most crowded armies from the beginning to the end of the video is also a remarkable detail.
Her Türk asker doğar 😎
@@kenanazeken1384 her turk koyun dogar.
Dictatorships tend to have large armies, same with Russia and China.
I also find it remarkable that while Turkey is advertised as the second largest army in NATO, it is but the 15th in the world. So NATO will be easily outnumbered if some of the top countries joined together
@@Twinturbo_ ok nice economy buddy
My great grandfather was a volunteer in the Bulgarian army in WW1. During that period around 980 thousand man were moblized which is crazy number for such a small country. Almost every man from the age gap 18-50 joined the army. He was later captured during the battle for Dobruja by the Russians and held as war prisoner. After his release he passed away from stomach disease which I cant remember. Love and peace to all nations around the globe war is horrible thing 🩶🌍
Наверное его взяли, когда произошел "Брусиловский прорыв"
before all countries were afraid of USSR. After 1992, they don't consider the Russian Federation, and they are itching for America again. if the USSR was restored, the whole world would be afraid of the USSR again, and America would die. the largest country in the world, the strongest country, the richest country, the most economically powerful country, would be the USSR
@@___NeedNT___VDK125 yeah.... Maybe
@@___NeedNT___VDK125 Brusilov offensive ?
The best part I read is about love and peace to all nations 👍
This is capitalism that creates wars! Remove private property over means of production and all mankind will meet the golden age! Remember that all workers all over the world are brothers and sisters, no matter what language they speak and how different they are by appearance!
Happy New Year, dear friend!
You realise how fast an army can expand when you see armies grow 5 to 7 times their size in 2 years, in an era where most nations spent signifucantly more on their armies to start with. You probably could expect a 10 times increase today for most of Europe if they ended up in a serious war.
This makes you think about how ridiculous shit might get real soon if WW3 breaks out.
you forgot that the population was willing to go to war. today no way in hell people would join the Bundeswehr to fight for Germany patriotism is beaten out of germans
That’s just europe, America went from 300,000 and shots up to 12,000,000. America and europe would fight together so that’s like almost 30 million american troops.
@@aimxdy8680 Well, back then, the USA spent significantly less than the Europeans on its military. Basically, today the USA invest more in its military than before WW1 or in the 1930's.
This is why I did not use it as a metric, on the other hand, most of Europe barelly spend on their military today, while it spent much more back then.
@@nathanc939 USA also had a lot lower population, USA had 130 million now it has almost 350 million. Europe population only increased by 1.2x, USA population increased like 2.5x.
The most ridiculous part of a world war today would be the amount of green purple and pink haired soldiers compared to the last 2
1860s: *happens*
USA: *Free Bird plays patriotically in the background at full blast*
It's just ridiculous when you think the british with an army strength of around 100k to 200k on an average (excluding British Indian army) was able to rule the Indian subcontinent for over 200years
The British Indian army (which consisted of Indians ) played a key role to help British govern India in the first place
я не знаю что ты не хочешь со мной не хочешь со своей женой
They don't have any enemies
India was divided and scattered plus a power vacuum which rendered a bad chain of command at that time, and this is why the Brits colonized it, the circumstance matters a lot in a military campaign. You can see that India got its independence because of these same Brits getting screwed up in WW2.
@@halfaspolish "I don't know what you don't want with me you don't want with your wife"???
I think I had a Stroke reading that.
@@DarthVader999-0 да да ты не знаешь как это сделать в домашних условиях из дома не будет в порядке возрастания
Bro the 1900s is crazy. 😮
India = 1.4 million active soldiers + 3.5 million reserved soldiers
Hello ^^ ! Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)
Salam (Peace).
Wtf is lakh?
@@moonshadowsong 14 Lakh = 1.4 millions, 35 lakh =3.5 millions
Unofficially more dude
@@moonshadowsong 1 Lakh = 100 thousand
United States: ya know what? i'm gonna have 1M+ troops deployed even tho im not at war cuz why not?
It would be cool to see one from the 1600’s-1850’s seeing, the massive spikes from the British during the Seven Years War, the Americans showing up during 1775-1783, and Revolutionary and Napoleonic France’s rise and fall from 1789-1815.
Great that Russia has got SARMAT! the strongest Guardian angel
yes
America never showed In 1775 that was British America.
@@justsomerandomguy449 They existed as rebels before the Revolution began in 1775, and the Continental Army was established the same year, which grouped up all the militia under one force. It was British America, but the Army still existed in British America.
he forgot to count egypt in 1800s 😁😁so how egypt will fight the Turks
If anyone's wondering, in the mid 1800s, numerous rebellions and civil wars broke out in the Qing Dynasty like the Taiping and Dzungar rebellions. Hundreds of thousands of imperial troops, conscripts, and militias were called to arms.
Thx
Thanks - I was wondering why they needed such a large army at that point in history.
That makes alot more sense in context!
И в конце концов, китайцы захватили почти всё царство цин, то есть, манчжуров. А империя цин распалась на множество более мелких стран, вроде Китая, Монголии, Тибета...
The Qing Dynasty originated in northeast china Because there was no general term for the country at that time.
The growth of india in every sector after independence is tremendous
We need to thanks to Soviet union/ Russia giving us technology also protected during 1971 war from USA,
Lots guys really hardworking,
I think it's active army number taken, reserve army number taken, for 1.4 billion it's very less, but very soon India will have very big army personnel, also new technology
Not really as that wasn’t after independence but within the last 50 years.
But they can't stop their people from defecating in the streets... lol
Сколько денег тратится на военные бюджеты, можно было вылечить всех людей, и накормить всех
@@Безработный-э9ю umm... Actually India doesn't spend much on army... Despite being the most populous country, it never once had the highest number of soldiers in the whole video...
India 🇮🇳 after 1947 indepedence
And shocking entry 5:23😎😎
That nothing
@@Redguy-r2fwhat nothing 😅
During World War II, a total of about 13.6 million soldiers served in the German Army.
18million served at some point but at it's peak 11million at one time.
😱
thats actually a lot when you consider the population of germany
@@vexversaa239 Germany had a male population of about 22million between the ages of 11 to 65 in ww2.
USA had about 30million
USSR 40million
Japanese 18million
UK, France and Italy all had about 11million.
В СССР воевало все мужское население так что это более 40 миллионов
thanks for making this video, I can feel how hard it is❤
Giggity.
Как бы высоко ты не летал, помни, что когда-то, в 1910-м году, Эфиопия имела армию больше, чем у США
Русский урааа
Russia should be atbthe bottom. Poor and corrupt army...probably on 30 th place in the world.
Но наша страна сильно не падала)
@@francoisvalois nor did it rise much
Aún así Estados Unidos era más poderoso que Etiopía. Jajajaja. No importa la cantidad sino la calidad.
I noticed two things - first The United Kingdom largely maintained it’s footing in that list throughout whilst various allies around them did the same for long stretches which says a lot about the importance of meaningful political alliance in this world for the stability of everyone! Secondly, The United Kingdom completely drop out of the top 15 in the 1970s never to return, and we see an upswing in Eastern military power but funnily the top 5 powers almost stabilise as we enter modern era. It’s like they all know what’s coming and aren’t even vying anymore???
Watching colorful bars move around was unexpectedly exciting. The WWII time period was like watching an action movie.
Скорее фильма ужасов.
ЭТО ОЧЕНЬ СТРАШНО,ВОЙНА ЭТО Смерть И БОЛЬ-ТЕБЯ И ТВОИХ БЛИЗКИХ ,НЕ ДАЙ БОГ Мировой ВОЙНЫ 😢😢😢😢😢❤
Japan during WW2 - AM DYING HELP ME AM DYING
4:10 🇹🇷Ottoman Empire: **fallen**
4:22 🇹🇷Turkey: **exist**
For those wondering national service in the UK began during WWII and the last conscripts of that system were 1963. It was volunteer ever since.
Conscription ended in the US just 12 years later but it’d be reinstated if the country was in a national emergency
How many Indian army guys participate in 1st and 2nd world war, they have mentioned as UK army... that's why it's showed big, if you remove that nothing UK has
@@rakesharamaiah2737 I couldn't tell you numbers without having to look it up. Indians of course did serve in the Indian army with officers having served 1 year as a sub-altern in the British army (I don't know when that arrangement ended or if it continued until independence). Wikipedia gives a strenth of 573,000 men in 1918 up from 215,000 in 1914. In the second world war the army numbered 205,000 at the start and had 2.5 million peak at one point during the war. Considered the largest all volunteer force in history. With cira 87,000 soldiers dieing during the conflict and 30 Victoria crosses awarded.
Seperately wikipedia says 3.5 million men and women had served in the British Army during the second world war with circa 720,000 cassualties throughout the conflict. So I can assume that any totals given in the video would include the British army and all other armies under the imperial sovereignty. But it has also been a while since I watched this video.
@gm2407 basically you enslaved people across continents, made them fight your wars and then call it largest volunteer force?
ironical? or just supremacy that everything belonged to you?
@@rakesharamaiah2737Wrong you 🤡this is British solders, not including there empire numbers.
It's great to see ethiopia❤️🇪🇹
It's somehow more ominous that Nazi Germany doesn't just teleport to the top like happens with some countries as they change names/regimes. It creeps up slowly enough you absolutely cannot miss it.
Well the difference is that with those "teleport to the top" Is that they involve a civil war or the old countries army was already at the top (russian civil war for example). So you have two armies counted under 1 nation's flag (russian empire). but the moment the civil war ends and the new name is instated all those soldier fall under this new flag (soviet union). This did not happen with nazi germany. It was simply a political takeover of the country which became war focused and started increasing military budget. two very different situations
Yeah that's how conscription works...this video makes it seem like armies just pop out of nowhere but thats just misleading.
When full mobilization is enacted and every male aged 18-45 is conscripted. Then the numbers inflate drastically.
It crept up slowly to push the boundaries of the Versailles Treaty.
मुझे अपने देश पर गर्व है कि सेना के मामले में भारत दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी सेना है जिसकी संख्या 52 लाख है लेकिन सक्रिय सैनिकों के मामले में दूसरे स्थान पर है जय हिन्द 🇮🇳 जय भारत 🇮🇳🚩 वन्दे मातरम 🙏
@@NicePi कय जो का लिखों हा
200 yüzyıl kendi ülkenin nüfusundan on kat küçük bir ülkeye sömürge olmuşsun ve gurur duyuyorsun? Gururun sözlük anlamı bu değil.
@@mustafadeniz5026 ओ भाईया जो का लिखों हा
i love the the YOU CALM DOWN NO YOU CALM DOWN aspect
lol the US everytime the countries squabble: “fine I’ll do it myself”
This is fantastic to watch while really baked.
I'm glad I'm not alone in this lmao! I love the map ones as well.
You scrolled too far that you've found me.
Yeah...I've found you! Lol
@@shivdeep2983 i finded you too Shivdeep
You actually the third comment i saw
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I found everybody in this reply section
It’s crazy how long Ethiopia held such a formidably large army
one that was effective too
India's 🇮🇳 entry 😮😮😮❤❤❤🗿💀
I love how the 4 of the top 5 countries (also the only 5 with over a million troops) are exactly who you'd expect to be the countries with the biggest militaries
And North Korea
6:48 iran 🇮🇷 was like oo I should not be here
Underrated comment lol
العراق الرابع عالميا كان هههههه
I am astonished by the immense growth of the Bulgarian 🇧🇬 army in about 1912, especially taking into account that the country does not have such a huge population. Can you imagine the percentage of inhabitants in the army during that time?
Oh my stars! 😮
First Balkan War.
Believe they mobilized 25% of their population
IT only shows that the injustices towards our nation could bring miracles like these (like 4 hardly to say countries doing genocide to occupied land which bulgarians live)
According to The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark, around 30% of Bulgarian males were mobilised during the First Balkan War of 1912-3.
@@АнтонДимов-ч8ъ True. And the Bulgarians were as bad.
The world: Well, it's peacetime, let's reduce numbers. Russian Empire: No, when we conscript people it's for 25 years. Our numbers aren't going down.
Что ты знаешь о истории России кроме пропаганды?
5:14 Out of nowhere "MURICA!!!!"
Right, the newborns
3:57 Bulgaria was insane - 4th largest army in the world, despite being just for a moment. Having more than Great Britain, China and 3x USA and almost as much as France makes me feel real proud of the brave men, who fought for the liberation and unification of my country in the summer of 1913 🇧🇬
soldiers who betrayed the ottomans
It's the other way round@@Elizabeth20-
1:35 USA be like “hold my beer and hot dogs”
Большое спасибо! Отличная работа
I'd love to see the approximate army sized from year 1.
There was no year 0. It went directly from 1 BC to 1 AD. That’s why for example the 21st century started on 1/1/2001.
0 doesn’t exist it just became 1 AD after BC finished.
Okay okay, I understood it when the first guy said it, geez.
And it's not that impossible to give estimates.
@@davidkendrick4453 NERD
@@madcrusader123 there was no year 0. 1 AD came after 1 BC.
The US army grew drastically during the Mexican-American War. It should have been visible on the graph for 1847 and 1848. Mexico too had a large army during the conflict.
And the US numbers in the Civil war seem to also include the CSA numbers.
Also during the American Civil War, Mexico was fighting the French Mexico had a large army during that war too.🤔
the Russia Civil War include USSR and Ukraine's army and China Civil war include all army in China, too
@@Meng_moe russian civil war is not ukraine vs ussr (if you may be confused)
ukraine got independent for 1-2 years then most people chose the communist regime after a small invasion (not widespread)
@@karantikoo9302 I mean the Russia , USSR, and the independent Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, and Black Guards
I love how this one has accurate flags and army sizes from their region.
Except for the Kingdom of Poland (1815-1831) which should be featured here as well, since it was not a part of the Russian Empire at the time and had an army big enough to fit here.
most flags were not entirely accurate, the russian empire flag had a yellow eagle on it, the portugese flag was blue and white and some others
Afghanistan flag was different after the taliban
The official flag of Ethiopia was adopted in 1897; it features the green-yellow-red horizontal tricolour with the crowned Lion of Judah at the centre.
In 1991 the People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front defeated Mengiistu and the socialist emblem was removed.
The emblem of Ethiopia was added to the centre of the flag in 1996, originally a light blue field it was changed after eight months to dark blue.
Each colour on the flag has a specific meaning; the green is for land, yellow for peace, red for strength and the blue is for unity. Which is the flag shown above.
NEEEEEEEERRRRDD!@@heirofhair143
Russia until 1990: "Every citizen - is the warrior. Every soldier - is a power."
Russia after 1990: "Well, it's complicated..."
In modern warfare, it is not just the number of troops that determines victory.It also depends on its own equipment level, scientific research capability and logistics capability.
Well this has also mattered every year that this video covers. Russia may have had 3 and a half million troops to Japan's 300,000 but they still lost the war embarrassingly.
@@nickbell4984 yes in every year most militarys used the best they could get. Same like now. But if you want to play long: get troops
Like for example South Korea has 599,000 troops and North Korea has 1,280,000 but South Korea will still win
Israil vs (egypt, syria, urdun, Irak)
@@TheBacon2031 nuke = hehe boy
The fact when it’s American time to war it grew intensely but when it ends, it literally went back 💀
Most waited moment when India🇮🇳 Came to the list....
1.2 million soldiers for iraq in 1990 with a population of just 18 million is insane
What about North-Korea?
@@dussie920 north korea is already mad.
Bulgaria pulled the same numbers with 4 million population in 1915.
@@nishantmaderna6295 NK been mad lmao
not really. australia had around 1 mil with a 6 million population
Noticed that Finland should gave jumped back on the list in 1941 as the army attacking to liberate lost territories (and maybe gain some) was over 500 000. Some of it was demobilized when the static warfare set in 1942-1944
There are lots of mistakes. I from Poland so I see those about Poland. 1. To 1921 we had Polish soviet war (soviets jump into list after 1922)
2. When Germany attacked us we have mobilized 1mln soldiers
@@jakubtomczyk1439 I agree! I am from Russia, but in 1945 we had a 12 million army. There are a number of errors here. I have Polish ancestors on the female line who died from Bandera in the Volyn massacre.
@@Slobozanszczina So I see there arent mistakes only about Poland
before all countries were afraid of USSR. After 1992, they don't consider the Russian Federation, and they are itching for America again. if the USSR was restored, the whole world would be afraid of the USSR again, and America would die. the largest country in the world, the strongest country, the richest country, the most economically powerful country, would be the USSR
@@jakubtomczyk1439 I guess the source does not actually have the numbers for every year and they interpolate between the years they have the data for. The data from 1917 to 1920 is probably a mess because of WWI and Poland gaining independence. I don't know though how the author missed your army of 1939, it should be very well documented.
The fact thst America had those numbers during Vietnam and Vietnam wasn't even on the list speaks volumes of how that country defended itself
America lost to rice farmers
The internet trying its best Not to misrepresent the Vietnam war be like:
@@dylanmoore3201 America got owned
@@Vsmug trust me, you would too.
numbers mean nothing without context. Most of the militaty wasnt deployed in vietnam, they had troops all over the world. At its peak, there were around 500,000 americans deployed in south vietnam, with only about a fifth of that being ground troops
Sometimes I forget how recently huge empires have fallen.
It's really cool when everything suddenly blows up in 1914.
Fun fact : Military size doesn't directly affect military strength, most countries could probably take on north Korea if we exclude nukes
Russias already a prime example.
fun fact: Russia is big and troops spreaded on that territories, its about 300k by far in Ukraine right now. North Korea is smaller country and their military strength is gorgeous right now. Don't be fooled by media
Yeah but you also need to keep in mind of the homefront factor. Ukraine had 8 years to prepare for a Russian invasion since 2014 while fighting a civil war in the East. They’ve only started getting mass bulk of Western weapons since 2022. It’s already difficult for Russia.
Meanwhile North Korea had half a century to build up its defenses and have been getting weapons from China and Russia decades ago.
If NK invade SK they’d probably lose, but anyone who invade NK would also suffer heavy losses. That’s why Korean peninsula is tied in a perpetual stalemate.
@@svyalinirnhut890 Yes but my point is not nk being defensive or not overall, my point is technology and military research matters too rather than just numbers. None can invade north Korea rn because of the threat of nukes anyways
@@svyalinirnhut890South korean population is gonna shrink by half in about 50 years so I don’t think they will survive for long
1920 British Empire: Am i a joke to you?
And here are the animals who call themself Humans fighting in the comment section. 😂😂😂🤣
It's crazy to think that North Korea, a small country, and the United States have the same size soldiers.
USA have many obese people which cannot join the army
Small but remarkable
When the entire country exists to serve the will of the supreme leader, he can order as many men in the country to join the armed forces as he pleases. To be fair, its probably a better life than whatever other job/economic prospects they have.
@bhaskarbrahma2000 the supreme leader in turn lives to serve the will and protection of its people
And when Poland small country in 1920 had 4th largest army in the world
Military related information is always interesting. Thanks for the useful information.
4:49 germany starting his villian arc before he loses
Australia became one of most militarized countries in the world during WW2. It's estimated that 1 in 7 people were in the armed forces with even more on the home front
As a percentage of population Australia put the most people into uniform of all the Western Allies.
В СССР только в армии служил каждый пятый (18% от всего населения страны), а в тылу, на благо военной машины работали так или иначе все (включая детей и стариков)
@@ЯнивчёмневиноватAa i remember, USSR lost over 20m in that war. Can i ask which republic suffer the most cassuallities
1 in 4 Bulgarians in ww1 were soldiers. Try to beat that :D.
@@nesarkwastakenww2 Switzerland :)
Mass conscription during both world war raise the number of soldiers to more than ten million. If WW3 happen, the Indian-Chinese border would really see the highest casualties after the war( if nukes will not be used).
They won't fight. Relatively far more peaceful than Europeans.
he forgot to count egypt in 1800s 😁😁so how egypt will fight the Turks
@@Chadmeleon Their pacifism is a complete lie, they continue to actively trade with Russia, although it has unleashed a great war, kills people and destroys the world order, the destruction of which will lead to many wars, including in Asia
@@Олександр-г9п7й you wish. Asia trades with Russia because they are the new customers. The west are terrible customers. Ukraine is a US / nato puppet that the rest of the world doesn't support. The world order being destroyed is good for the world. The west is garbage.
@@Chadmeleon you never know. China believe in expansion and India doesn't want any change in the boundary of country.
It’s an entertaining view of the growth & shrink of various countries armies. But the smoothing done for the animation makes it appear that the changes in the number of troops was linear over time when it actually accelerated / decelerated rapidly over short spaces of time, i.e. - mustering out in 1866, 60,000 killed at the Somme in one day, etc.
This music feels like the Old Republic and Darth Vader is going to pop up in 1980 with an army of storm troopers dominating the charts
It's from HOI4
Waiting for outlaws?😅
JusT Hypothetically imagine if all of this military budget was invested in human development..
The US military only got large during times of war until WWII and then it never looked back
us i rank 1
СССР был сильнее
@@_Kropotoff_ Развалился без единого выстрела
@@Vot4er0 И? Вооружение было лучше.
@@_Kropotoff_ не помогло
Bharat matha ki jai💪🔥
Remember this numbers only in peace times
Proud to be Indian ❤
Everybody gets nervous when Germans stop thinking about cars
My eyes only on india 🇮🇳.🔥🔥
Things I learned: From the end of WW2, the US and the UK and then all through the Cold War, NATO outnumbered the Soviets. Considering how the scope of WW2 Eastern Front battles dwarfed the Western Front, I had always assumed the Soviets held a strong numerical advantage. Not actually true on the grand scale. Also, as the Cold War ended, it was interesting to see how pretty much all of Europe just dropped off the listing.
Looking at the numbers now... somehow I suspect S.Korea could do some serious damage.
south korea is on the verge of a population collapse. its now or never to use their army
@@Serphz No, South Korea... on the list right between Iran and Vietnam. And, unlike N. Korea with obsolete equipment, S. Korea has quite the array of weapon systems... and a fairly decent arms industry as well.
@@4Fixerdave right, my apologies, i don't know how i missed it
The soviets were in Europe, while the Americans had to do an absolutely massive amphibious assaults (also the soviets never fought on 2 fronts, they only attacked Japan after germany was over). Same reason why the us (unless France shot first they used to be quite trigger-happy) would have had to use nukes to keep the soviets from taking over europe and beating them
@@RRRR-jr1gp "...would have had to use nukes to keep the soviets from taking over europe..." Yes, that's what I grew up hearing. But, the above chart clearly shows that the US/UK and then NATO fielded a larger army than the Soviets the whole time. Yes, a good chunk of the US forces were in the Pacific dealing with Japan. But, that coupled with the amphibious capability you mentioned, just meant that the Soviets would have ended up in a 2-front war with landings in the Pacific.
That's why I was surprised. Either the above charts are significantly wrong or the Soviet threat was overblown for budget reasons. I'm suspecting the latter.
Thanks for the video! However, Italy wasn't a thing until 1861, so I guess the Italian troops prior to that year are actually those of the kingdom of Sardinia maybe? (Which included parts of modern Italy and France)
Indonesia in the era of 1949 to 1952, ranked 8th because of the provision of military assistance from the Soviet Union, after Indonesia was facing war against the Netherlands
Indonesia no 4 dari belakang.... thn 2022
@@arifsetiaofficial3852 speaking english? Please...?
nice!!! great support for indo from vietnam 🇮🇩🇻🇳
@@arifsetiaofficial3852 indonesia 🇮🇩 rankings 2023 no 13 military
As a indian i would say indian Army is the pride of our country Bharat mata ki jai
Jai hind jai indian army 💪💪💪💪
Привет из России :D
🇮🇳❤🇷🇺
Yeah the great indian nation, enslaved by every nation they fought...
Haa poor
@@Americano1942 what?
@@pxpqIndia fought Pakistan and defeated them twice. We cut up Pakistan into two pieces and made an entire country of Bangladesh out of it. Yes we lost to China though in indo Chinese war in 1965. But that was just 18 years after India got freedom of the colonial rule of Britishers. Read some history and then talk. It will make you look less foolish
its crazy how many soldier switzerland had during WWII considering we were only 4m people back then
Funny how some RUclipsrs have more subs than the armies of countries combined
Always good to have a country with big population
Trust me it's not
I wonder what it would look like as a percentage of population. 2 million is a much different number with a country of a billion people vs 300 million, for example. Interesting to watch. Thank you.
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한국은 5천만명의 인구에 75만명의 군인과 300만명의 예비군이 있다.
Like Russia always had many human resources, because there is was 100+ mln people
A suggestion, the year information should be somewhere close to top-right, as the reader usually wants to hover on progress and year together. Also, any major events should be highlighted in bold to catch the attention of users that a new player has entered the arena.
Good job!!
everybody gangsta until Bulgaria beats the United states
Why? Have you miss 1935? Italy second largest army in the world. 🇮🇹😎👍
By the way: Avanti Ragazzi di Buda!
5:24 New Zealand: I SEE YOU
The Amazing India army. Hugs from Brazil
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India's growth is remarkable in 30 years....❤
They are eating good meal
Didn't expect to see my country flag here😱
Proud from 🇲🇲🇲🇲
We don't expected our country we know it
#INDIAN 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
do you know that's bad thing?
@@parth8299 find toilet 🚽
4:37 player China fell off the bicycle
I think China Republic party lost
4:50 nazi germany (1932)
Did nahzee that coming
The music
It's brutal that Switzerland, with just 2 million inhabitants during World War II, had over 600,000 soldiers. That's truly crazy.
That's because Switzerland doesn't have a fully centralised army or at least they diddnt it's slightly different now. They're more of a militia where every one does national service and afterwards most people are told to own guns and practice regularly so they can be called upon at any time. Was actually the inspiration behind the 2nd amendment
That's got to be the largest recruitment for all nations in the early 1900s
Very interesting 😊❤.
Love how Russian Empire was the only one who hit 10,000,000
usa did to 5:18
@@suigahfjklasitdfgy ok thanks
Wait until you see their casualties
@@slideup610 конечно, мы всю жизнь свою воевали, кто Берлин штурмом взял, какие хитрые американцы, когда советский Союз начал побеждать немцев, пришли вы в 44,хотя мы и без вас бы и выйграли, япония на нас бы не напала а Гитлера мы уже побеждали, еслиб не советский Союз весь мир бы был германии,а вы только и делали что наблюдали
@@Safaryman You’re right. But you left out the part where the US showed USSR how to use logistics but supplying the red army with supplies to fight with. Without the supplies Russia would have lost. You brag about beating hitler who fought on multiple fronts against multiple countries. We beat Japan on our own AND help finished off the nazis in Europe. And no Japan wouldn’t have joined the war if the us didn’t fight, they would’ve took Siberia like a walk in the park at that moment in 1944.
Do it again with map and bars showing army size/expenditure so neighbor countries and smaller conflicts are comparable easier
God bless Romania 🇷🇴 Pace and Love around the world
yes
4:11 Austria-Hungary 149.093 in 1917, in the middle of WW1? Thats totally wrong.
Yeah the numbers seem to decline too early for both AH and Germany. From what I know, such a drastic loss of forces didn't occur until 1918. Check out the reference links in the description too, they're quite bizarre.