On the 100 year anniversary of the end of WWI, I look at how the world map has changed in those hundred years. I've tried to be as thorough as possible but obviously this is not an exhaustive list. This was an absolute monumental task, and getting it finished in time for today was no easy feat. To say I've been working overtime would an understatement. The video isn't as polished as I would have liked, and I'll admit I cut a few corners at times, relied a little too much on Wikipedia maps and stuff like that... but I hope you'll forgive me just this one time if this video is a little rough around the edges. If you've already seen all of my previous videos, you'll see a lot of the same themes come up in this video. I've even used a lot of the same graphics. I hope the video doesn't get too boring if you're already familiar with most of the history. Despite cutting the script time and time again, this is still my longest video to date. I'm not sure whether or not this was a good idea for a video, but I think it's always worth taking risks and trying new things. If this video wasn't your thing, hopefully the next one will be your cup of tea. Anyway, thanks for all the support, I really appreciate it. Please give some love to the awesome Squarespace for yet another video of mine sponsored. Go to squarespace.com/wonderwhy for a free trial and get 10% of your first purchase with offer code WONDERWHY. It really helps out the channel. Also want to give a shout out to AP for once again allowing me access to their archive content. It is very much appreciated. See you next time! Chris.
Quicker too! And you didn't have to witness ho's offering/giving BJ's/HJ's in the JR/HS classroom either!Public[GOVERNMENT] school system, aint it wonderful?
@@leonardodavid2842 The German Prussians would be called the young Prussians in such a case, tbh if a Russian from Kaliningrad called oneself Prussian, I wouldn't see how that would be different than what the German Prussians did.
@@WWSzar Old Prussian is an historical term used for the once native baltic population. Today this population has dialuted into the German one, trough the migration. Thus, this people took the local name of the region (called after the natives) Prussians and became called as such (when the Teutonic order converted to protestantism in the 16th). Historically were always called as such after the region (despite the fact that the people who the region is called after, are gone). For the same reason we don't call modern day Americans, "Foreign Americans" (since the natives are called, Native Americans) we just call them Americans.
Tomás Roma exactly. It was the catalyst. It ignited the war, therefore, was the reason why so many border changes have occurred from ww1 which later set up the stage for nazi Germany and ww2
@@themanbehindtheslaughter7633 Austria wouldn't stay neutral, they would very likely join Germany in any war anyway, the Ottomans maybe could still survived since they were very divided in joining the war or not
@@roborbiettinoisgone392 while it would happen it becomes so unpredictable its just nuts. No garuntee of how extreme the war gets or how long it gets delayed. A few years would mean an extremely different style of war and technologies available plus different leaders for a few countries involved. While the war happens it could be any other possible endinh
@@williamsantos9471 I meant that if the war happened Conrad von Hotzendrokmuffin would be kept aside by Ferdinand, if Josef is still in power and most likely fired if Ferdinand is, thus neutrality.
@Billy O'sullivan I meant that if the war happened Conrad von Hotzendrokmuffin would be kept aside by Ferdinand, if Josef is still in power and most likely fired if Ferdinand is, thus neutrality.
i have been watching youtube for 11 years and i have to say this was the most educational and well done video i have every seen. great content, well done!
It’s pretty amazing to look back and see how these events really changed the world. Amazing work. I’ve only been subbed here to a while and so far, I’m not regretting it.
From 1919 to 2019, has seen the most change of any century in history. If someone were to travel forward from 1919 to now, they'd think they had travelled five centuries into the future, not one.
I don't know about that one. The 19th century can really give it a run for it's money. The unification of both Germany and Italy, the independence of Balkan nations from the Ottoman Empire, the independence and divisions of much of the Americas, the carving up of Africa and sections of Asia by European nations, etc.. The world in 1800 looks nothing like the world of 1900. I don't think any subsequent changes would seem all that surprising, given how rapidly they occurred during the 19th century.
I would have to disagree. Especially Europe. It has mostly preserved its disposition from early 20th century. Spain, Portugal, France and UK have literally not changed at all, Germany is the same industrial, nationalist powerhouse it was back then, Poland experienced some change but it is still controlled by Warsaw, Italy hasn't changed except for minor territory loss to Yugoslavia and the Dodecanese to Greece, Yugoslavia might have split up but the independent countries are still very similar, Bulgaria and Romania have also had minuscule border changes, Turkey has been exactly the same, etc. I could go on.
Europe border changes omitted: Finnish border changes after the Winter War Trieste Shenanigans Free/Yugoslavia/Italy (cred. Ottoman Empire) Minor: Vatican City Lateran Pacts (cred. Ottoman Empire) Minor: Dodecanese islands transferred from Italy to Greece (cred. Manpet Epetrop) Middle Eastern omissions: Yemeni-Saudi border dispute (Jeddah treaty 2000, cred. denzal689, Ottoman Empire) East Asian omissions: Minor: Japan also lost half of Sakhalin after WWII Chinese annexation of Tibet Indian annexation of Portuguese Goa Indian annexation of the Kingdom of Sikkim (cred. Uncle Podger) America and ROTW omissions: Minor: Costa Rica / Nicaragua border dispute resolved Not exhaustive, but for the number of facts in the video, so few mistakes is a testament to good research :)
Gallo 4 Also the inclusion of the Kingdom of Sikkim into the Indian Union, but hey even many Indians don't realise that Sikkim was an independent kingdom once
Someone else in the comments asked about Goa too, WonderWhy replied to them saying that while Goa was included in the list, it was omitted due to time constraints.
@@cobbercube To be honest the reminder doesn't apply. WonderWhy explicitly mentioned the minor territoıry loss to Yugoslavia as the only land change for Italy post-WWII. The cession of the Dodecanese Islands to Greece should've also been noted.
@@tripleastacz372 The modern state of Macedonian only exists because of the Soviets, it hasn't existed properly since the days of Ancient Greece and only exists as of now because the Soviets needed to make a country in the region.
That was a ridiculously simplified explanation of the situation in Southern Rhodesia but I’m glad we got a mention at all - most people don’t know about it’s history unfortunately. Also, apart from it being armistice day, today happens to be the 53rd anniversary of UDI!
I know its very minor, but the French and Portuguese territories in India, Pondichèry, Mahé, Yanam, and Karaikal; and Goa, Daman, and Diu respectively, were returned ceded to India in 1958 and 1961 respectively.
Only the French ceded I think. The rest were Portuguese and were just rightfully occupied and forcefully taken back/ over without much blood shed or a bat of an eye from UK, France and others ...because they world had changed...And everyone knew that it was right.
@@WonderWhy holy 🐄 cow you've actually replied! Did you have Sikkim in your script? It had joined The Union of India in '75 and this lasted longer than East Timor's 11 day independence.
@@zochbuppet448 there was some blood shed and negotiations prior to that. Mexico really wanted to stick it to the Portuguese which is why they'd aligned themselves with India. There was also an Indian passenger boat which had been attacked prior to the annexation because it had been perceived as a threat by the Portuguese. There's probably something about it in this book: isbn:9789728799533 which is entirely in Portuguese and it has been written by someone I don't know anything about but there's something about fishermen being killed "allegedly" in this book: books.google.co.in/books?id=uPx4vb99RUoC&pg=PA185&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false there are also two super long articles on Wikipedia. If the world had really changed so drastically then the Vietnam war wouldn't have happened years later.
Thanks for reminding us of that Prakhar but you've left out Sikkim it used to be 1 of the *3* land-locked countries sandwiched between the PRC and the subcontinent. Prior to that there was an uninterrupted string of countries between in Indo-Tibetan border and I think all three of them must have had open borders with India much like Bhutan and Nepal do today. Oh and you can still find some French stuff in Pondicherry like a baguette.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead; short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
Well done. I'd like to add that Japan lost the Sakhalin island and the Kuriles to Russia in 1945. A joint declaration was signed in 1956 but no peace treaty between Russia and Japan has been signed due to the Kurile islands dispute.
Great video as always! I was just thinking: what if you did “Winners & Losers - Episode 4: Languages”? Maybe you can do total number of speakers, total area of land in which it is mostly spoken, oldest & youngest languages, supposedly most difficult/easy to write/speak, etc. This is just an idea I thought of while brainstorming. I would appreciate a response if possible, thank you!
We're always the forgotten Asian country... It's only in these last two or three years that we're getting noticed at all, although we're quickly on the rise with all those silat movies and the last two disasters on the news lol ------- To be fair, though, the writer also forgot Saudi Arabia, which if I'm not mistaken, is formed after The Great War.
@@matthewcoyle9182 Mate know your history, I fucking live in finland so I know, We didint get our land back, we are still missing alot, just google finlands map before winterwar and you see how mutch we lost if you compare it to finlands map now.
Joshua Green Same here. The USSR, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia were still countries. Hong Kong still belonged to Britain. Germany was still split. etc.
I am Singaporean and no is not removed is we choose to leave as by the following short explanation on 9 August 1965, Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state. The separation was the result of deep political and economic differences between the ruling parties of Singapore and Malaysia, which created communal tensions that resulted in racial riots in July and September 1964.
@@jojololo3694 I read somewhere that due to Singapore not being Malay majority the Malaysian politicians didn't wanted Singapore a njn Malay majority region to be part of the federation. Someone in a comment section also wrote that Singapore leaders were initially unhappy with the separation as Singapore was very poor then, later they accepted it & decided to build a strong economy. May be I should read about it in detail or watch some documentaries on it to know better, it sounds like an interesting story for sure.
@@NikhileshSurve Yes they were unhappy to leave but it was not removed it was by vote of referendum in parliament by the vote of 126/0 on Aug 9, 1965 that’s when we officially leave Malaysia and gained independence to a uncertain future and by December of the same year we become Republic of Singapore.
@@NikhileshSurve Yup by our Singapore Parliament but our former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was really reluctant to leave as he always imagined Singapore merging with Malaysia will greatly improve and benefited Singapore but look now I am glad we gained Independence because you see Singapore is doing better than Malaysia especially during times like this with pandemic, you see Malaysia political scenes is so messy nowadays and we are far richer than Malaysia even though we have a smaller population but still richer I will said right choices to go away from Malaysia.
UK & France: We are declaring war on you Germany! We must do it to protect Poland! UK & France: Hands Poland over to Stalin. Here in the west hearing about Soviet atrocities is a rarity, which is shame considering people are unaware of the monster (Stalin, or the Bolsheviks in general) their nations allied with.
This plans was made in Philadelfia in 1941 and official comes in 1942 calls Gombergs map. All already knows Germany lose war and they originaly plans create USSR more bigger. Something like Poland and Germany in this map not exist only Polish SSR and German SSR.
hurt, -hurted- And yes, that is true. Pre-WWII, Polish and German people lived in the areas their respective countries possessed. Following the Polish and Soviet acquisition of certain territories, Germans living in Silesia and Pomerania were deported to Germany and the Polish living in Ukrainian Galicia, Belarus or Vilnius were also sent to Poland.
@@DrewPicklesTheDark Not quite true, at least in my part of the west (the Netherlands), since it's quite known that the alliance between the western allies and the soviets was controversial (to put it mildly) from the get-go with Winston Churchill proclaiming that "If Hitler invaded hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons." We already knew the SU was "evil" and have never forgotten it. It was agreed upon by mass that one of the -if not THE- biggest mistakes of WWII was ending it when Nazi Germany fell and not pushing the Soviets back to within Russian borders or even beyond.
There must have been some Britons, French, Russians, Americans, Serbians, etc. in Germany when war was declared, be them tourists, expats, etc. Assuming that was the case, what did Germany do with those people in their country when war was declared? I ask the same question about those in Japan, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and all the other wars throughout history.
I don't know why but changing borders are really interesting to me, like, I follow the progress of independance/unification movements, not necessarily because I believe that such actions are the right thing, but because I'm interested in seeing how people discuss and react to the prospect of (official) independance
The last paragraph is so true. Voting is what we catalans wanted to do in october 1st last year, but the goverment of Spain obstaculized this Referendum with the use of brutal force against peaceful people. Peace and democracy for everyone and every nation in the world!
The sad thing is that most of these borders are still the same for neo-colonial reasons and most of these nations don’t have a true border based on their ethnic distributions.
Lol not quite. Yes it's an anniversary but it didn't last as the Germans invaded in 1939 then the cold War which saw Russia take it until the wall came down.
@@arfn1973 What German territory? I think that you don't know that your Pommerland, Silesia and Ostesomething, don't belong to Germans. Those territories have been settled by slavic people. All eastern Germany have been settled by slavic people. You can read names of cities in regions that I mentioned before. If you don't know Berlin has been created by slaves.
@@PrawdziwyWarszawiak What the heck? "You can read names of cities in regions that I mentioned before" they are named after German leave the region. Stop shaming Prussian you Austrian, accept already your defeat.
Changes: 1. Poland independent 2. Latvia independent 3. Yugoslavia formed 4. Romania expanded 5. Iceland independent 6. Treaty of Versailles 7. Other Treaties 8. Bulgaria Shrinks 9. USSR Established 10. Ottoman Empire Collapse 11. Ireland Gains Independence 12. Saar Annexed 13. Austria Annexed 14. Sudetenland Annexed 15. Czechoslovakia Partitioned 16. World War II 17. Yugoslavia takes parts of Italy 18. Cyprus gains independence 19. Reunification of Germany 20. Dissolution of the Soviet Union 21. Collapse of Yugoslavia 22. Collapse of Czechoslovakia 23. Indpendence of Montenegro 25. Indpendence of Kosovo 26. Annexation of Crimea 27. Egyptian independence 28. Annexation of Ethiopia 29. Indpendence of Libya 30. Indpendence of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 31. Decolonization 32. Namibia gains independence 33. Eritrea gains independence 34. South Sudan gains indpendence 35. Afghanistan indpendent 36. Splitting of Ottoman 37. Hatay 38. Saudi Arabia 39. Indpendence of Israel 40. Arab-Israeli War 41. UAR 42. Kuwait Indpendent 43. Yemen formed 44. Manchuria annexed 45. End of Japanese Empire 46. Indpendence of India and Pakistan 47. Burma and Sri Lanka indpendent 48. People's Republic of China 49. Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Indpendent 50. Malaysia indpendent 51. Singapore independent 52. Vietnam War 53. More indpendence 54. East Timor indpendent 55. India and Bangladesh
Yugoslavia was formed by territories inhabited by Serbs, Croats and Slovenes inside Austro-Hungary declaring union with Kingdom of Serbia. Serbian king became the king of Yugoslavia. So the wight is much more on Serbian side, not on remnacents of Austr-Hungary.
On the 100 year anniversary of the end of WWI, I look at how the world map has changed in those hundred years. I've tried to be as thorough as possible but obviously this is not an exhaustive list.
This was an absolute monumental task, and getting it finished in time for today was no easy feat. To say I've been working overtime would an understatement. The video isn't as polished as I would have liked, and I'll admit I cut a few corners at times, relied a little too much on Wikipedia maps and stuff like that... but I hope you'll forgive me just this one time if this video is a little rough around the edges.
If you've already seen all of my previous videos, you'll see a lot of the same themes come up in this video. I've even used a lot of the same graphics. I hope the video doesn't get too boring if you're already familiar with most of the history. Despite cutting the script time and time again, this is still my longest video to date.
I'm not sure whether or not this was a good idea for a video, but I think it's always worth taking risks and trying new things. If this video wasn't your thing, hopefully the next one will be your cup of tea.
Anyway, thanks for all the support, I really appreciate it. Please give some love to the awesome Squarespace for yet another video of mine sponsored. Go to squarespace.com/wonderwhy for a free trial and get 10% of your first purchase with offer code WONDERWHY. It really helps out the channel.
Also want to give a shout out to AP for once again allowing me access to their archive content. It is very much appreciated.
See you next time!
Chris.
Thank You for the creation of this video
P.S. I didnt know Austria was also occupied by the allies, nice fact.
MON THE RANGERS
I write this at the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month, today all the guns are at peace.
You're making great videos ...keep it up...!
Show us your face #WonderWhy :P
Dude, that was way neater than any history class.
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And also way more superficial.
My history teacher did this before RUclips was even a thing.
Quicker too! And you didn't have to witness ho's offering/giving BJ's/HJ's in the JR/HS classroom either!Public[GOVERNMENT] school system, aint it wonderful?
If I don’t see Prussia return by 3018, I will be furious in my grave.
We've had a Prussian Prussia, German Prussia and now a Russian Prussia. Perhaps the Russians will call themselves Prussian too.
You're really daft
W.A. Szarkow. We have had old Prussians and Prussians. Two.
@@leonardodavid2842 The German Prussians would be called the young Prussians in such a case, tbh if a Russian from Kaliningrad called oneself Prussian, I wouldn't see how that would be different than what the German Prussians did.
@@WWSzar Old Prussian is an historical term used for the once native baltic population.
Today this population has dialuted into the German one, trough the migration. Thus, this people took the local name of the region (called after the natives) Prussians and became called as such (when the Teutonic order converted to protestantism in the 16th). Historically were always called as such after the region (despite the fact that the people who the region is called after, are gone).
For the same reason we don't call modern day Americans, "Foreign Americans" (since the natives are called, Native Americans) we just call them Americans.
The map of Europe has changed all because a Serbian guy was mad over Bosnia
What about world war two
@@mikebather6688 because of ww1 soooo
@1788896522991886621 no u
No. War was inevitable. That was meerly the catalyst for war not the causation.
Tomás Roma exactly. It was the catalyst. It ignited the war, therefore, was the reason why so many border changes have occurred from ww1 which later set up the stage for nazi Germany and ww2
Just imagine, if the driver hadnt taken a wrong turn the map would have been so much different
@@themanbehindtheslaughter7633 Austria wouldn't stay neutral, they would very likely join Germany in any war anyway, the Ottomans maybe could still survived since they were very divided in joining the war or not
@@roborbiettinoisgone392 while it would happen it becomes so unpredictable its just nuts. No garuntee of how extreme the war gets or how long it gets delayed. A few years would mean an extremely different style of war and technologies available plus different leaders for a few countries involved. While the war happens it could be any other possible endinh
@@williamsantos9471 I meant that if the war happened Conrad von Hotzendrokmuffin would be kept aside by Ferdinand, if Josef is still in power and most likely fired if Ferdinand is, thus neutrality.
@Billy O'sullivan I meant that if the war happened Conrad von Hotzendrokmuffin would be kept aside by Ferdinand, if Josef is still in power and most likely fired if Ferdinand is, thus neutrality.
@@themanbehindtheslaughter7633 The assassination was what needed to start a conflict, it would happen eventually
This is a brilliant video, really well put together ;-)
omg im a big fan
Omg hi I love your vids 🤩
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i have been watching youtube for 11 years and i have to say this was the most educational and well done video i have every seen. great content, well done!
It’s pretty amazing to look back and see how these events really changed the world.
Amazing work. I’ve only been subbed here to a while and so far, I’m not regretting it.
How about a video explaining what was each super power country throughout history. Like from Egypt to modern day USA.
GaslitWorld f. Melissa B the us isn’t really a empire
@GaslitWorld f. Melissa B; just call them the BIG BOY ON THE BLOCK _OK?
thatd be cool dance
Egypt was never a superpower.
@Leonides And the US.
Today is also the 65th anniversary of the armistice that ended Soviet and American occupation of the Korean peninsula
Korean war never ended, there was just armistice.
Edin743 is that not exactly what he said
WW1 also didn't truly end in 11/11/1918 either, it was an armistice as well, hence the term armistice day (US Veterans day)
My Grandfather was Sargent in the Korean War he was in the frozen chosen 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 U.S. Army
I would argue that soviet occupation of the Korean peninsula is still ongoing, but I guess that's a matter of perspective
From 1919 to 2019, has seen the most change of any century in history. If someone were to travel forward from 1919 to now, they'd think they had travelled five centuries into the future, not one.
I don't know about that one. The 19th century can really give it a run for it's money. The unification of both Germany and Italy, the independence of Balkan nations from the Ottoman Empire, the independence and divisions of much of the Americas, the carving up of Africa and sections of Asia by European nations, etc.. The world in 1800 looks nothing like the world of 1900. I don't think any subsequent changes would seem all that surprising, given how rapidly they occurred during the 19th century.
Poor Steve Rogers
I would have to disagree. Especially Europe. It has mostly preserved its disposition from early 20th century. Spain, Portugal, France and UK have literally not changed at all, Germany is the same industrial, nationalist powerhouse it was back then, Poland experienced some change but it is still controlled by Warsaw, Italy hasn't changed except for minor territory loss to Yugoslavia and the Dodecanese to Greece, Yugoslavia might have split up but the independent countries are still very similar, Bulgaria and Romania have also had minuscule border changes, Turkey has been exactly the same, etc. I could go on.
@@jpok626 I agree with you except the Balkan Wars happened in the 20th, not 19th.
@@jpok626 nations went wild after the industrial revolution
Other RUclipsrs: I don't wanna mention this international dispute, it's too controversial
WonderWhy: I'll mention all of them.
The Legend
@@yogurtclosetok i just got rick rolled becaused of your name ;-;
@@bronball7881 bruh
@@bronball7881 ?
@@bronball7881 you are ukraine?
Europe border changes omitted:
Finnish border changes after the Winter War
Trieste Shenanigans Free/Yugoslavia/Italy (cred. Ottoman Empire)
Minor: Vatican City Lateran Pacts (cred. Ottoman Empire)
Minor: Dodecanese islands transferred from Italy to Greece (cred. Manpet Epetrop)
Middle Eastern omissions:
Yemeni-Saudi border dispute (Jeddah treaty 2000, cred. denzal689, Ottoman Empire)
East Asian omissions:
Minor: Japan also lost half of Sakhalin after WWII
Chinese annexation of Tibet
Indian annexation of Portuguese Goa
Indian annexation of the Kingdom of Sikkim (cred. Uncle Podger)
America and ROTW omissions:
Minor: Costa Rica / Nicaragua border dispute resolved
Not exhaustive, but for the number of facts in the video, so few mistakes is a testament to good research :)
He also forgot the Independence of Somaliland.
@@kablammymog You're right, I'll edit my comment
Gallo 4 Also the inclusion of the Kingdom of Sikkim into the Indian Union, but hey even many Indians don't realise that Sikkim was an independent kingdom once
Someone else in the comments asked about Goa too, WonderWhy replied to them saying that while Goa was included in the list, it was omitted due to time constraints.
There's also a border change between Yemen and Saudi Arabic in 2000.
Nice way to sum up details and eye opener . Kudos to wonder why 👏
You forget that Italy give Greece the Island of Rhodos
actually, all the Dodecanese
yep we traded northern Epirus for the Dodecanese to Italy and italy gave it to Albania
Guys they gave you a reminder at the start of this video
jjgreek1 what if those lands became the land of Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta？
@@cobbercube To be honest the reminder doesn't apply. WonderWhy explicitly mentioned the minor territoıry loss to Yugoslavia as the only land change for Italy post-WWII. The cession of the Dodecanese Islands to Greece should've also been noted.
How can you not mention Finland and it's border changes?
Because it doesn't exist/s
@@f.c.8978 It's a joke conspiracy theory that Russia and Japan made up Finland so they could fish there without impunity. It's really dumb.
@@f.c.8978 That doesn't exist either
@@f.c.8978 9:10
pretty sure finland became independant when ww1 was still going on
*sees thumbnail*
"FRANCE TURNED INTO POLAND?! Man World War One was crazy"
I dont get it
🤣🤣🤣
@@gruenpelz well what do u not get about it
@@jacoby3070 WHow did France turn into Poland?
@@gruenpelz on the thumbnail and the left side you see France and the other side Poland
Great job covering a lot of history on our earth in a short time. Kudos!
*mentions every major disputed territory*
Time to grab the popcorn.
Kosovo is Macedonia
And Macedonia is Greece (jk)
The Greeks are the most triggered they want to associate themselves with Alexander so much they claim his homeland to be Greek.
*INDIA IS BRITISH*
@@tripleastacz372 The modern state of Macedonian only exists because of the Soviets, it hasn't existed properly since the days of Ancient Greece and only exists as of now because the Soviets needed to make a country in the region.
WonderWhy and Bill Wurtz lie at the opposite end of the spectrum yet they both produce the most awesome content the internet had seen.
ιου ςλαη ?
and brains4breakfast
Brains4breakfast is a gem in youtube.
I like how nobody questions which spectrum
which spectrum are you talking about?
It kinda bothers me that Finland was completely ignored in this video.
Yeah same
I don't know a lot about Finland but i know that it had his independente
After ww1
@@muanofuny7457 actually during ww1 in 1917
@@mrniba7280 oh thanks
I doubt it was deliberate, omissions are inevitable when you try to cover the entire world.
That was a ridiculously simplified explanation of the situation in Southern Rhodesia but I’m glad we got a mention at all - most people don’t know about it’s history unfortunately.
Also, apart from it being armistice day, today happens to be the 53rd anniversary of UDI!
May Ian Smith rot in hell till the last black holes burn out.
I know its very minor, but the French and Portuguese territories in India, Pondichèry, Mahé, Yanam, and Karaikal; and Goa, Daman, and Diu respectively, were returned ceded to India in 1958 and 1961 respectively.
They were in the original script, but unfortunately time constraints meant they had to be cut.
Only the French ceded I think. The rest were Portuguese and were just rightfully occupied and forcefully taken back/ over without much blood shed or a bat of an eye from UK, France and others ...because they world had changed...And everyone knew that it was right.
@@WonderWhy holy 🐄 cow you've actually replied! Did you have Sikkim in your script? It had joined The Union of India in '75 and this lasted longer than East Timor's 11 day independence.
@@zochbuppet448 there was some blood shed and negotiations prior to that. Mexico really wanted to stick it to the Portuguese which is why they'd aligned themselves with India. There was also an Indian passenger boat which had been attacked prior to the annexation because it had been perceived as a threat by the Portuguese. There's probably something about it in this book: isbn:9789728799533 which is entirely in Portuguese and it has been written by someone I don't know anything about but there's something about fishermen being killed "allegedly" in this book: books.google.co.in/books?id=uPx4vb99RUoC&pg=PA185&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false there are also two super long articles on Wikipedia. If the world had really changed so drastically then the Vietnam war wouldn't have happened years later.
Thanks for reminding us of that Prakhar but you've left out Sikkim it used to be 1 of the *3* land-locked countries sandwiched between the PRC and the subcontinent. Prior to that there was an uninterrupted string of countries between in Indo-Tibetan border and I think all three of them must have had open borders with India much like Bhutan and Nepal do today. Oh and you can still find some French stuff in Pondicherry like a baguette.
2:13
The treaty changed you as a whole and Germany the fat
Thanks auto captions
HaHaHa!
Now i want fat Germany pics
there was also the penis declaration of independence in 1965 (14:11)
Excellent presentation and genuinely educational video. Many thanks for your superb research and very informative maps.
Kind regards from Ireland
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead; short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
You quote the whole poem with no attribution at all? It's not by Tom Leben, of course, it was written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian army doctor.
@@thescrewfly yes it is by him not me.
Meh. That's a shit poem. Overrated war rubbish
moodini99
You are saying that all war Poems are overrated rubbish?
No, just most of them
Well done. I'd like to add that Japan lost the Sakhalin island and the Kuriles to Russia in 1945. A joint declaration was signed in 1956 but no peace treaty between Russia and Japan has been signed due to the Kurile islands dispute.
13:45 "The Sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now... that's just where he lives."
If I had to choose one video to send to aliens so they could understand the Earth, I would send them this
Handz 0n Trigger or to peapol Who deide in ww 1 Sorie for bad englese
history of the world by bill wurtz
Batonkal Good choice
Either a video explaining memes or the history of memes
Thats very stupid
Congratulations on 500K subscribers! Well deserved.
Most youtubers: Make a 3 minute video 10 minutes long.
WonderWhy: This video is going to be very long, so lets start immediately!
I wonder what the next 100 years will be like between now and November 11, 2118?
WW3, here we come
Half of world under water due to climate change
Lol all of these replies are on point!
@Supreme Snek downgrade to a theocracy monarchy system
*The Apocalypse*
Great video as always! I was just thinking: what if you did “Winners & Losers - Episode 4: Languages”? Maybe you can do total number of speakers, total area of land in which it is mostly spoken, oldest & youngest languages, supposedly most difficult/easy to write/speak, etc. This is just an idea I thought of while brainstorming. I would appreciate a response if possible, thank you!
China.
You all cry in the corner
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you forgot Indonesia's indepentents from the Netherlands after WW2
yeah, weird that he forgot that, indonesia isn't exactly small
We're always the forgotten Asian country...
It's only in these last two or three years that we're getting noticed at all, although we're quickly on the rise with all those silat movies and the last two disasters on the news lol
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To be fair, though, the writer also forgot Saudi Arabia, which if I'm not mistaken, is formed after The Great War.
Maybe it’s because it didn’t involve a border change.
Indonesia's border at independence inherits former Dutch East Indies borders, except New Guinea and East Timor which has been mentioned.
EXACTLY! how can you forget Indonesia?
2 videos less than 2 weeks apart dammmn
Yeah but it took 100 years to make this one.
Caged haha
Hey that was a truly amazing video , good job !
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TheBearWhisperer yeah
I respec ya pfp m8
*M E E S E*
Jeese
You haven't done vids in a long time? Are you working on a mega-project?
God i remember waiting months per video not less than 2 weeks
Please do not get used to it. I pushed myself way harder than is healthy to get this video finished in time.
This was such an amazing video! The content was unbiased and interesting and well put together! Kudos!
WonderWhy has officially replaced CGP Grey.
@SheepBlippy neh grey's channel is more about not uploading
@SheepBlippy What is analytical stuff in this context?
So CGP's gone for good, then? That's a damn shame... What a good channel it was
GY1415 He's not gone
Same terrible accent
Nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution- Some Guy.
Thanks for another great video. It is really interesting to see how much actually changed over those 100 years.
Small correction: Singapore didn't withdraw. They were kicked out of the country by literally everyone else in Malaysia.
Because they had too many Chinese immigrants.
Just think if Czech and Slovakia were still together. The hockey team would be unreal. Too bad they can’t merge
still wouldn't beat canada us russia finland sweden on a regular basis
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It's not that we can't. We don't want to, and we don't need to. We're two separate countries.
I feel like Finland got ignored fully in this video.
No they got there borders back after the fall of the Soviet Union so there was no point of saying it'
@@matthewcoyle9182 Have you ever herd of winterwar? Were finland lost alot of land when we had to surrender to russia?
@@matthewcoyle9182 What?
@@NiffYT yea I know but when Germany attacked Russia Finland helped Germany for a little while and got it's territory back
@@matthewcoyle9182 Mate know your history, I fucking live in finland so I know, We didint get our land back, we are still missing alot, just google finlands map before winterwar and you see how mutch we lost if you compare it to finlands map now.
15:00 the maps at my school still have the ussr on it
Your history teacher, mr stalin, is he nice?
Ell My elementary school still used history textbooks from 1976 in 2015. Not sure if they still use them to this day.
@@colton.421 Mine did back in 2007 and 2008. Still had books and maps with the USSR.
Joshua Green Same here. The USSR, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia were still countries. Hong Kong still belonged to Britain. Germany was still split. etc.
@@colton.421 What a great education we had.
You’ve passed 500k subscribers!!! Great job Wonderwhy!
Europe in start of 20th centrury: 10 countries, Europe now: 58 countries
There was no mention of China annexing Tibet (1950) or the Finnish battles for their borders with Russia.
I slowed this down to 3/4 speed and it was perfect! Thanks man. Great job!
22:38 Withdrew? Wasn't Singapore removed by Malaysia itself?
I am Singaporean and no is not removed is we choose to leave as by the following short explanation on 9 August 1965, Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state. The separation was the result of deep political and economic differences between the ruling parties of Singapore and Malaysia, which created communal tensions that resulted in racial riots in July and September 1964.
@@jojololo3694 I read somewhere that due to Singapore not being Malay majority the Malaysian politicians didn't wanted Singapore a njn Malay majority region to be part of the federation. Someone in a comment section also wrote that Singapore leaders were initially unhappy with the separation as Singapore was very poor then, later they accepted it & decided to build a strong economy. May be I should read about it in detail or watch some documentaries on it to know better, it sounds like an interesting story for sure.
@@NikhileshSurve Yes they were unhappy to leave but it was not removed it was by vote of referendum in parliament by the vote of 126/0 on Aug 9, 1965 that’s when we officially leave Malaysia and gained independence to a uncertain future and by December of the same year we become Republic of Singapore.
@@jojololo3694 So Singapore's parliament voted by 126/0 to leave Malaysia?
@@NikhileshSurve Yup by our Singapore Parliament but our former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was really reluctant to leave as he always imagined Singapore merging with Malaysia will greatly improve and benefited Singapore but look now I am glad we gained Independence because you see Singapore is doing better than Malaysia especially during times like this with pandemic, you see Malaysia political scenes is so messy nowadays and we are far richer than Malaysia even though we have a smaller population but still richer I will said right choices to go away from Malaysia.
The past-WWII redrawing of eastern european borders hurt both poland and my country. Only the Soviets benefited from it.
UK & France: We are declaring war on you Germany! We must do it to protect Poland!
UK & France: Hands Poland over to Stalin.
Here in the west hearing about Soviet atrocities is a rarity, which is shame considering people are unaware of the monster (Stalin, or the Bolsheviks in general) their nations allied with.
indeed
This plans was made in Philadelfia in 1941 and official comes in 1942 calls Gombergs map. All already knows Germany lose war and they originaly plans create USSR more bigger. Something like Poland and Germany in this map not exist only Polish SSR and German SSR.
hurt, -hurted-
And yes, that is true. Pre-WWII, Polish and German people lived in the areas their respective countries possessed. Following the Polish and Soviet acquisition of certain territories, Germans living in Silesia and Pomerania were deported to Germany and the Polish living in Ukrainian Galicia, Belarus or Vilnius were also sent to Poland.
@@DrewPicklesTheDark Not quite true, at least in my part of the west (the Netherlands), since it's quite known that the alliance between the western allies and the soviets was controversial (to put it mildly) from the get-go with Winston Churchill proclaiming that "If Hitler invaded hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons." We already knew the SU was "evil" and have never forgotten it. It was agreed upon by mass that one of the -if not THE- biggest mistakes of WWII was ending it when Nazi Germany fell and not pushing the Soviets back to within Russian borders or even beyond.
There must have been some Britons, French, Russians, Americans, Serbians, etc. in Germany when war was declared, be them tourists, expats, etc. Assuming that was the case, what did Germany do with those people in their country when war was declared? I ask the same question about those in Japan, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and all the other wars throughout history.
😂 turn on the subtitles and go to 14:11
nothing was wrong
The automatic captions
@@karolverniani6324 Gotcha 😁
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Me:sees the thumbnail
Also me:Man Western Europe changed a lot , it even moved more to the east
As usual, beautifully done. Great work!
I don't know why but changing borders are really interesting to me, like, I follow the progress of independance/unification movements, not necessarily because I believe that such actions are the right thing, but because I'm interested in seeing how people discuss and react to the prospect of (official) independance
"Sometimes it's easy to forget that the world map being stable is a relatively recent phenomenon" Not when you play Paradox games for 25 hours a day
bUt tHeRes tWeNtY fOuR hOurs In a dAy nOt tWeNtY fIvE
Based on this excellent video I've become a first time subscriber.. You picked a complicated subject and succeeded.. Well done WW!!
100 years and 23 minutes ago, WW1 ended.
Yeah, but who's counting...😂
Quite fascinating especially watching Videos and literally looking at 100 years in the past and to see how much has changed in a Century.
@/dev/RerunCipher : Lucky you!
The last paragraph is so true. Voting is what we catalans wanted to do in october 1st last year, but the goverment of Spain obstaculized this Referendum with the use of brutal force against peaceful people.
Peace and democracy for everyone and every nation in the world!
Jordi Babot why the fuck would you want independence? You arent even any different from spain.
Obsidian Fury *Spaniard nationalist spotted*
It’s pronounced e-shahn D. No it’s not nope I even hate Spain myself,but facts are facts
@@niccolomachiavelli8763 the ethnic groups in iberia are more than just spanish and Portuguese
Congrats on 500k
I hate that American schools don’t really teach World War I. If we don’t remember history we are doomed to repeat it.
Some do really just depends where you live
Yeah I don't know about that. Nationalism is on the rise again despite being the cause of two world wars.
If they do then it’s usually no more than a paragraph or two which is sad.
What the hell? Where did you hear this? I certainly learned WWI when I was in school.
Mitchellville Productions This is from my experience
Its interesting to imagine what would have happened had Japan not lost its hold on Korea and Taiwan following WW2
Excellent review. I need to watch a couple more times for some of this to sink in.
@7:57: You list Macedonia as one of the areas of Yugoslavia. It was called Vardarska Badovina, named after the river Vardar which flows through it.
Teacher: ok class today we are gonna learn about WWII
Me, a Hearts of Iron 4 veteran: are you challenging me
You forgot to mention the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
The sad thing is that most of these borders are still the same for neo-colonial reasons and most of these nations don’t have a true border based on their ethnic distributions.
100th anniversary of Poland's Independence
Lol not quite. Yes it's an anniversary but it didn't last as the Germans invaded in 1939 then the cold War which saw Russia take it until the wall came down.
Where the anniversary for returning Silesia, Pommerland and Ostpreußen? Prussia territory belong to German and that fact.
@@arfn1973 What German territory? I think that you don't know that your Pommerland, Silesia and Ostesomething, don't belong to Germans. Those territories have been settled by slavic people. All eastern Germany have been settled by slavic people. You can read names of cities in regions that I mentioned before. If you don't know Berlin has been created by slaves.
@@PrawdziwyWarszawiak What the heck? "You can read names of cities in regions that I mentioned before" they are named after German leave the region. Stop shaming Prussian you Austrian, accept already your defeat.
This was a wonderful video. Thank you for all your research.
Changes:
1. Poland independent
2. Latvia independent
3. Yugoslavia formed
4. Romania expanded
5. Iceland independent
6. Treaty of Versailles
7. Other Treaties
8. Bulgaria Shrinks
9. USSR Established
10. Ottoman Empire Collapse
11. Ireland Gains Independence
12. Saar Annexed
13. Austria Annexed
14. Sudetenland Annexed
15. Czechoslovakia Partitioned
16. World War II
17. Yugoslavia takes parts of Italy
18. Cyprus gains independence
19. Reunification of Germany
20. Dissolution of the Soviet Union
21. Collapse of Yugoslavia
22. Collapse of Czechoslovakia
23. Indpendence of Montenegro
25. Indpendence of Kosovo
26. Annexation of Crimea
27. Egyptian independence
28. Annexation of Ethiopia
29. Indpendence of Libya
30. Indpendence of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
31. Decolonization
32. Namibia gains independence
33. Eritrea gains independence
34. South Sudan gains indpendence
35. Afghanistan indpendent
36. Splitting of Ottoman
37. Hatay
38. Saudi Arabia
39. Indpendence of Israel
40. Arab-Israeli War
41. UAR
42. Kuwait Indpendent
43. Yemen formed
44. Manchuria annexed
45. End of Japanese Empire
46. Indpendence of India and Pakistan
47. Burma and Sri Lanka indpendent
48. People's Republic of China
49. Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Indpendent
50. Malaysia indpendent
51. Singapore independent
52. Vietnam War
53. More indpendence
54. East Timor indpendent
55. India and Bangladesh
Romania united. They didn't expanded.
25. Never happened 😉
A.C.A.B 1312 Kosova is Albania
@@fatjonraci9453 keep dreaming
50. Malaysia formation (not independent)
6:30 That treaty isn't signed by Hitler and Stalin, but by von Ribbentrop and Molotov.
fantastic video mate, i applaud you!
Everyone else: *getting and losing land
Kiribati : Hi guys, what time is it?
1:06
Possible typo of 1918?
no dude, have u seen that in a 2018 map? dang me too! *facepalms at how stupid this comment was lmao*
J Russian ball god calm down
Very detailed, very comprehensive!!! Thank you!!!
Yugoslavia "how many pieces of me do you want?"
NATO "Yes"
Sadly, truthful...
Thanks for this amazing compilation of werld hestoree =)
Amazing video. Great work!!!
19:13 Chandler are you still there? 😂
Is it me or did I miss the Indonesian independence?
Good and interesting video btw, thanks for making this!
Awesome video, man, so much research
I never thought explaining border changes and talking about peace treaties would be interesting.
GREAT video...greetings from FINLAND
and no words about russian occupation of Finland...
Great documentary. Thanks
World War 2 - Electric Boogaloo
Hello, good doctor
18:39 Oman that sure sucks for the british.
... Get out
Stop
Yemen that’s weak
i have a 50+ year old globe lots of changes and you explain a lot thank you .
I enjoyed watching that - thank you for making and sharing it
It's like Finland doesn't even exist
@Kaiser Wilhelm II Are you sure about that Kaiser?
What is Finland?
@@КастетГлебов I dunno
Adolf Hitler idk it Sweden 2
Perhaps it is finished.
in my class, there is a very old world map on the wall. Its so old that we can see the ussr and the worst part is that its right behind me-
Don't move. Stalin won't attack if you act dead.
Thanks for my History Lesson :D This is just AWESOME! :3
You forgot the Chinese invasion of Tibet.
The modern border shown between Panama and Costa Rica is wrong
Très bonne vidéo !! Compréhensible et intéressante !!! Bravo 👏
You know, it’s scary to think that we lived through 2014-2018 peacefully, when 100 years ago the entire world was on fire.
Not entirely peacefully America Vs Afghanistan Palestine Vs Israel yeah
@@qingpetcher667 the donbass war too (russo-ukrainian war aince 2022)
Yugoslavia was formed by territories inhabited by Serbs, Croats and Slovenes inside Austro-Hungary declaring union with Kingdom of Serbia. Serbian king became the king of Yugoslavia. So the wight is much more on Serbian side, not on remnacents of Austr-Hungary.
Extremely well explained 🙂
In the last decade, we’ve almost had an independent Scotland, we’ve had Brexit, and possibly the future could hold a reunified Ireland.
I hope Ireland gets northern Ireland back