Why did the French Empire decline?

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  • @megalodon3655
    @megalodon3655 2 года назад +346

    You forgot that one way more people would be speaking French is if France won the Spanish war of succession and incorporated the entire Spanish empire into its domain.

    • @beltransalasgarcia6005
      @beltransalasgarcia6005 2 года назад +54

      France actually won the war of spanish succesion but Spain and France never unified despite this.

    • @Vrangelrip
      @Vrangelrip 2 года назад +38

      @@beltransalasgarcia6005 that's because the peace treaty stipulated that the 2 countries must never unify

    • @clementlefevre5384
      @clementlefevre5384 2 года назад +18

      @@beltransalasgarcia6005 I'm french tho, but just.. no.
      I mean, we DID manage to put Phillipe on the spanish throne, but the whole point of this was to prepare for a potential personnal union when Phillipe would take the french throne, so having Phillipe renounce its inheritance defeat the whole point, not to mention that the War made Austria stronger by giving them the spanish Netherlands.
      The War feel honestly more like a french defeat than anything else.

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад

      i feel like the domains will still be separate like the castile-aragon situation. but yea sure

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 2 года назад +6

      Without mentionning the Seven Years War. Our French settlers were the first ones that colonized US

  • @alerav4826
    @alerav4826 2 года назад +73

    Both, Countryballs Explain and History Matters uploading a video about France on the same day, nice.

  • @waffle6376
    @waffle6376 2 года назад +327

    Fun fact: they still have some of their colony like french guiana

    • @Razor-hh6ru
      @Razor-hh6ru 2 года назад +71

      Though they treat them as any other French department

    • @kirby1225
      @kirby1225 2 года назад +82

      @@Razor-hh6ru yeah, i believe the people there have French citizenship.
      so it isn't really a colony.

    • @dennisdexter5602
      @dennisdexter5602 2 года назад +27

      Its no longer colonys if im correct.

    • @parodyclip36
      @parodyclip36 2 года назад +71

      It's not a colony please respect our compatriots. They are as French as Parisians, Britons, Normands etc and are in no way different. They choose to stay French and therefore should not be referred to as a colony. Imagine it's like Alaska

    • @pablo2448
      @pablo2448 2 года назад +8

      And there are like Martinique, St. Pierre, those island in the carribean and Africa, and French polinesia

  • @gulyascredo
    @gulyascredo 2 года назад +105

    Napoleon is well respected in Italy and San Marino, and many other countries. It surprised me that so many countries didn't really see him as an invader but to some extent a social liberator.
    But what shocked me was the level of rivalry between England and France. In London, the Apsley House, is basically a showcase of how the Duke of Wellington finally beat Napoleon in the 7th European coalition... Dude held banquets commemorating his victory every year until his death. Come on, really?! Hahaha.

    • @bangscutter
      @bangscutter 2 года назад +19

      Prior to WW1, victory in war was seen as something glorious for generals, nobles and kings. Victors constructed monuments, wrote down their victories, and commissioned paintings of themselves. If you're a national hero, an aristocrat, and rich, why wouldn't you throw parties to glorify yourself? It was the expected social norm of the day. We live in a very different culture today where war was seen as ugly, not glorious. Mainly because of the use of modern industrial revolution weapons in the 20th century and the upheaval of the old order at the end of WW1.

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +3

      even though napoleon looted italian art?

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 2 года назад +12

      Napoleon was ethnically italian. In the medieval ages, his ancestors were mayors in the italian mainland. If napoleon had been born a few years earlier than he was, his place of birth would have been "the Republic of genoa" which was an italian state. Furthermore when napoleon invaded Italy, he abolished most of the various states of Italy and replaced them with the kingdom of Italy. Eventually, sardinia piedmont was inspired by napoleon to unite Italy. Its no wonder italians like a man whom was ethically one of them and whom basically created their country.

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 года назад +2

      I would too if I beat Napoleon

    • @frustationoverloaded5976
      @frustationoverloaded5976 2 года назад +2

      just imagine : u defeated a guy, who defeated the rest of Europe combined 6 consecutive times in last 20 years. Isn't that the greatest military achievement one can have?

  • @Nonamearisto
    @Nonamearisto 2 года назад +139

    The Huguenots weren't even remotely the majority of France's merchants, educated citizens, or craftsmen. Losing (some) of them hurt France somewhat, but the situation was never so close that the presence of the Huguenots would have made a difference in the long run.

    • @Abcccccc123c
      @Abcccccc123c 2 года назад +1

      But that doesn’t matter because France surrender

    • @krabbyhd2832
      @krabbyhd2832 2 года назад +12

      The Huguenots were also going to Prussia. They welcome them with open arms too because of their skills.

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +1

      true

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 2 года назад +15

      It's the exact opposite Huguenot leaving not only weakened tremendously France but also gave in an incredible boost to the rival European countries.

    • @frustationoverloaded5976
      @frustationoverloaded5976 2 года назад

      maybe voluntarily or forcefully converting them back to Catholicism was better option in my opinion. Since they were a huge portion of french, and very skilled than the rest, kicking them out was not a good option. or maybe just tolerate some Protestant minorities , for the sake of ur nation.

  • @XXXTENTAClON227
    @XXXTENTAClON227 2 года назад +17

    One of my favorite channels talking about one of my favorite countries, what a nice treat for my insomnia

  • @noidea5984
    @noidea5984 2 года назад +21

    British will make fun of France in the comments while they lost their Empire exactly at the same era

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 2 года назад

      Because Britain gave it up, it didn't fight to the death and still lose like France, and the few times it did fight, it fought because the enemy were communists (Malaysia, Kenya, oman) and usually won.
      Even in Vietnam, the first soldiers there after ww2 were the British, and they did a good job against the viet minh before handing it over to the French whom fucked up and they then handed it over to the Americans whom fucked up even harder.

    • @noidea5984
      @noidea5984 2 года назад +3

      @@mappingshaman5280 Well most of the time France allowed indendence peacefully, decolonisation was natural because both countries were weakened thanks to WW2 and it became really criticized, the Algerian War was a great military sucess but a political failure, U.S. put pression of the French government to stop.
      Also saying British did better is not really right cause winning against insurgents is easy on the court term, but when people want freedom they continue and this is how you get 7y of war and understand its unwinable. Plus Soviets and Chinese supported them.
      Thus yes British are not in the best position to make fun of us, loosing the biggest Empire of all time after peacefull protest is everything but based.

    • @heuzame6198
      @heuzame6198 2 года назад

      @@noidea5984 No no no. The european empires wanted to hold every colony they saw they could make some benefit out of it. So they have to be kicked out of it.

  • @lillyie
    @lillyie 2 года назад +216

    4:32 fun fact: when picking the permanent security members, the soviet union back then wanted a communist state as it knows it'll get outvoted by the western powers(china didnt count back then as the nationalist government is still the recognized true china). UK suggested france would be in. while it was a pro-western nation, it can disagree with the US and with that, it was let in to the council

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 года назад +47

      Also worth mentioning that France did have prior positive relations with Russia. France could also justify itself as a 4th nuclear power too

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 2 года назад +2

      Interesting

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +5

      it almost still works today

    • @vaninhhuu3215
      @vaninhhuu3215 2 года назад +15

      And the UK suggested that because they wanted less and less things to do with the continental Europe and they were broken as well

    • @flavio7180
      @flavio7180 Год назад +1

      The UK mostly wanted another colonial powerhouse in it, so that the French and British could defend each other's interests against American and Soviet pressure.

  • @maxmustermann369
    @maxmustermann369 2 года назад +112

    with all the possessions (mainly islands) around the world you could still argue that it is somewhat alive to this day...

    • @AkumaNoKuma
      @AkumaNoKuma 2 года назад

      island nations can't fightback lol, any mid country with veto can hold islands, it doesn't make france a superpower

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +4

      also they have an abnormally large sphere of influence in west africa, although they are losing ground to russia

    • @maxmustermann369
      @maxmustermann369 2 года назад +5

      @@AkumaNoKuma i assume you watched the video so i ll skip those arguments. now add marine bases, airports and spheres of influences around the globe. not saying they are the most powerfull country on earth, but i think you underestimate france as a global power...

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 2 года назад

      @@mint8648 its China they're losing ground to in Africa, not Russia.

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +2

      @@mappingshaman5280 russia signed military deals with mali and burkina faso, their troops were stationed there. russia is intervening in central african republic. these are all francophone countries. i feel like china has more influence in the eastern part of africa.

  • @jasastopar
    @jasastopar 2 года назад +238

    Its kinda ironic that France nowdays has the biggest global "empire"
    Not land wise but rather just how many little places that are so spread out thruout the world and are still french
    The bigger ones are french guyana and french polynesia but also many other small islands in atlantic, pacific and indian ocean.
    Its also the country that spans the most time zones (even more than russia-11) it spans 12 time zones
    So even more ironicly the sun nowdays never sets in france
    Edit: im not either french nor british, so please dont make the replies a warzone-

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 года назад +28

      It still doesn’t set for Britain either, due to their overseas territories

    • @axelemperorofthehelveticst5531
      @axelemperorofthehelveticst5531 2 года назад +10

      @@XXXTENTAClON227 yea but we have more so its why

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +13

      france also has an insanely large sphere of influence in west africa, francafrique

    • @the_washingmachine1295
      @the_washingmachine1295 2 года назад +2

      yet it still has struggles with these oversea-territories from what i got to know about the last election...

    • @LordDaret
      @LordDaret 2 года назад +18

      And it still technically has control over its African colonies, just not in name. France heavily influences its old colony’s leadership, forces them to hold French-controlled currency, etc. you don’t need colonies anymore if you can keep your soft power over those nations.

  • @NbaDan1
    @NbaDan1 2 года назад +46

    “So serious that it became an internet meme”
    Like thats a high standard lol

    • @zob69420
      @zob69420 2 года назад

      I'm French and I really wanna cry and beat the shit of everyone every time I see a meme about that. Our ancestors are the fucking better warriors of all times, we are people of war, we hold on in ww1, helped the british to escape at Verdun in ww2, helped the soviet air force during ww2 (Escadron Normandie Niémen)

  • @Bk-qs8yw
    @Bk-qs8yw 2 года назад +48

    French impact is still seen today. My mom was born in Montreal 🇨🇵🇨🇦. Btw cool video I like it 👌

  • @Mohammedamine9.
    @Mohammedamine9. 2 года назад +103

    "If France somehow won the 7 year war we will using its confusing numbering system "
    "Cry in former French colony "

    • @thecreepers3478
      @thecreepers3478 2 года назад +3

      Algeria? Morocco?

    • @Mohammedamine9.
      @Mohammedamine9. 2 года назад +7

      @@thecreepers3478
      Morocco

    • @strasbourgeois1
      @strasbourgeois1 2 года назад +11

      Sorry

    • @Mohammedamine9.
      @Mohammedamine9. 2 года назад +13

      @@strasbourgeois1
      My education career has been ruined forever because I can't speak French because in Morocco if you don't speak French then you have no future

    • @unbonfrancophone1539
      @unbonfrancophone1539 2 года назад +7

      @@Mohammedamine9. la vie est dure

  • @mitacestalia7532
    @mitacestalia7532 2 года назад +13

    German: I'm your father.
    France: Nooooo
    😂

    • @widodoakrom3938
      @widodoakrom3938 2 года назад +2

      Italy is France father bcs of roman empire

    • @___E
      @___E 2 года назад +8

      ​@@widodoakrom3938 Italy is not the Roman Empire just one of its successors

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +4

      they are brothers not father

    • @widodoakrom3938
      @widodoakrom3938 2 года назад

      @@mint8648 technically no, bcs France was part of roman empire and Germany wasn't

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +1

      @@widodoakrom3938 they came from the frankish empire, which is neither france nor germany. so they are brothers

  • @Heisenberg882
    @Heisenberg882 2 года назад +33

    Suprised you left out the fact that the French population stagnated in the 19th century

    • @inferno38
      @inferno38 2 года назад +16

      Oui, ça fait bizarre de se dire que la France était pendant longtemps un des pays les plus peuplé du monde. Un peu comme une mini-Chine mais en Europe

    • @stadtrepublikmulhausen4121
      @stadtrepublikmulhausen4121 2 года назад +1

      @@inferno38 C'etait grace a cette population que la France dominait l'europe.

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +2

      @@inferno38 mais l'austriche avait plus peuple que france

    • @leroiarouf1142
      @leroiarouf1142 Год назад

      @@mint8648 non

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 2 года назад +110

    5:06 Greece was the largest Empire in the world 2.300 years ago, and then fell and rose again in Byzantium, and then fell and rose again today, and then we pay debts to Germany. Nothing remains the same forever

    • @dewd9327
      @dewd9327 2 года назад +13

      you mean Eastern Rome

    • @mewmimo8465
      @mewmimo8465 2 года назад +1

      Please keep it to europe only

    • @reaperoftheyeari4481
      @reaperoftheyeari4481 2 года назад +9

      Im pretty sure than Persians had the biggest empire 2.300 years ago

    • @someonethatlikesyou7713
      @someonethatlikesyou7713 2 года назад +1

      @@dewd9327 its called byzantium lol

    • @egidiomenini6282
      @egidiomenini6282 2 года назад +2

      "Alexander the Great,
      his name struck fear
      into hearts of men.
      Alexander the Great,
      he died of fever in Babylon."

  • @kriarj35
    @kriarj35 2 года назад +24

    Love france from India🇮🇳🤝🇫🇷

  • @Underneath__
    @Underneath__ 2 года назад +27

    We, french, are pround of our history

    • @iamverylucky
      @iamverylucky 2 года назад +6

      proud

    • @Underneath__
      @Underneath__ 2 года назад +5

      @@aume5763 I learned Japanese, so I'm happy to be able to put some Japanese words where I can

    • @mrtrollnator123
      @mrtrollnator123 Год назад

      yes, be proud, be proud of your history!!! too many people, especially in the us, are losing their pride, their patriotism, NEVER LOSE THAT PRIDE!!!!!!

    • @sa3byes
      @sa3byes Год назад +2

      nous ne somme pas fier de notre histoire mais de notre histoire ET ce que est devenu la france aujourd'hui
      vive la france

    • @green_hedger_68
      @green_hedger_68 Год назад

      Then why not you type in French.

  • @SparkyProductions
    @SparkyProductions 2 года назад +36

    Tea was too powerful that baguette decided to die because frog.
    I literally don’t know why I said this.

  • @juliomiguelgamba2119
    @juliomiguelgamba2119 2 года назад +13

    Dont forget Napoleon reached berlin in 19 days

    • @tufs_mf
      @tufs_mf Год назад

      13 AND 4 HOURS TO BE EXACT AND KICKED THEIR ASS WITH HUMILIATION

    • @From_France81
      @From_France81 Год назад

      no napoleon reached berlin in 6 days and germany 19 days

  • @axel665
    @axel665 2 года назад +17

    France is ironically more relevant than Britain now tbh with EU and French influence over Africa

    • @JJaqn05
      @JJaqn05 2 года назад +4

      Only in Africa. Britain has more influence everywhere else

    • @iamverylucky
      @iamverylucky 2 года назад

      @@JJaqn05 where?

    • @jacobinfier9407
      @jacobinfier9407 2 года назад +6

      @@JJaqn05 Britain don't have influence in any place over the world lmao, now britain is just another state of the US like Hawai without an independant foreign policy.

    • @JJaqn05
      @JJaqn05 2 года назад

      @@jacobinfier9407 If that were true brexit wouldnt have been such a big deal. Looking at the reactions from Europeans and the EU its clear that we do. And being part of NATO and the founder of the commonwealth also boosts our influence in those countries. The UK has a much bigger influence than France and Germany combined. You do realise the UK can be a US puppet state and still maintain influence right? But dont act like France and Germany arent also puppets

    • @Trashboat4444
      @Trashboat4444 2 года назад +1

      @@jacobinfier9407 not this shit again

  • @ca4465
    @ca4465 2 года назад +3

    UPLOAD VIDEO OMG WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME

  • @aryanyadav3690
    @aryanyadav3690 2 года назад +47

    It's neither Russia nor USA, it's *France* which has the world's largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

    • @frustationoverloaded5976
      @frustationoverloaded5976 2 года назад +5

      when u have Some random scattered islands in the middle of no where , who didn't demand freedom, u will have huge EEZ. But basically the entirety of world's oceans is USA' EEZ, they can do whatever they want and justify it by military force . They do this on regular basis.

  • @danipizzi_1180
    @danipizzi_1180 2 года назад +5

    Well why shouldn't i Watch a new countryball explained video at 1:49 am

  • @leroiarouf1142
    @leroiarouf1142 2 года назад +15

    Dont forget
    During the usa indepence war La royale(french navy) beat the english one.

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +8

      yes several times. british navy was defeated in chesapeake, parts of carribean, and four times in india. france was going to invade britain again with spain if not for weather. also in seven years war france defeated british navy in sumatra

    • @mariamelliusfalkenhayn481
      @mariamelliusfalkenhayn481 2 года назад +1

      France needed help from Spain to beat British navy

    • @mariamelliusfalkenhayn481
      @mariamelliusfalkenhayn481 2 года назад

      @@mint8648 imaging blaming the weather for why the British beat France

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +3

      @@mariamelliusfalkenhayn481 check your history book.. british were defeated in american revolutionary war

    • @leroiarouf1142
      @leroiarouf1142 2 года назад +3

      @@mariamelliusfalkenhayn481 no spanish navy was shit... if we lost trafalgar its because spanish ship to slow.
      And in indepandace war spain did nothing

  • @Nonamearisto
    @Nonamearisto 2 года назад +70

    Germany is absolutely NOT France's father. Italy is. France may have a Germanic name, but its culture is romance, and the Gallo-Romans who lived there when the Franks took over didn't just disappear. They were always the majority and the Frankish rulers were always a distinct minority.

    • @fethier4601
      @fethier4601 2 года назад +23

      Germany wasn't a thing before 1870 so it would difficultly be the father of a country born in 500 A.D.

    • @cqpp
      @cqpp 2 года назад +19

      @@fethier4601 the kingdom of Germany existed in the 9th and 10th century before it turned into the Holy Roman Empire.
      The German tribes had always existed in Central Europe, the Romans made lot's of detailed notes on the people and even fought wars against them several times, until the German hordes would swarm and sack Rome, the Roman Empire's capital, which would be the eventually downfall of Rome.
      The German tribes conquered the previous Roman lands of Gaul, Hispania and mainland Italy, establishing many kingdoms. One of the German tribes called the Franks invaded and took over all of Gaul aswell as united most nearly all the other German tribes in Central europe forming the Frankish Empire which would last until it split into several countries one of which was East Francia which would later be the German kingdom and then even later the Holy Roman Empire of German nations.

    • @fethier4601
      @fethier4601 2 года назад +2

      @@cqpp I don't really consider the kingdom of germany being germany, I think it is more a thing considered after it happens but was a part of what would become the HRE (I don't know if I am being understandable there) and I don't consider the HRE being Germany. If i was deciding on when a coutry became a coutry I would still say Germany started in 1870 and France would start at the the death of Louis the Pious leading to the split of the frankish empire or under Phillipe II Auguste during the third crusade because he is the one that started to centralize France to make it less feudal.

    • @fethier4601
      @fethier4601 2 года назад +24

      I didn't see "Italy is" before and I absolutely don't agree with that. France's father would be the Roman Empire not Italy.

    • @x-a-
      @x-a- 2 года назад +1

      France, Spain and Italy are all sons of Rome.

  • @EmpireProductions1
    @EmpireProductions1 2 года назад +5

    Hey I'm still alive and well. Mon Dieu!

  • @Yes-qj4bi
    @Yes-qj4bi 2 года назад +2

    Happy you made this

  • @aryanyadav3690
    @aryanyadav3690 2 года назад +78

    I'm from INDIA, for us France is a better ally than USA/UK, France always supports India from Nuclear test to giving defence technologies, also France told that they are always on India's side on making *new world order* 🇮🇳❣️🇫🇷

    • @mr.h1912
      @mr.h1912 2 года назад +29

      Cringe

    • @benjaminverdier3122
      @benjaminverdier3122 2 года назад +41

      On vous aimes aussi les indiens 🐓🇫🇷❤️🇮🇳🐅

    • @sanjeevdas8369
      @sanjeevdas8369 2 года назад +14

      UK US both son and dad Nature are same... Just Give Lecture to Others.. doing Hypocrisy etc etc

    • @randomhooman3236
      @randomhooman3236 2 года назад

      it's all geopolitics dude
      they had really bad relations with pakistan after the beheading of teacher in 2020 but they are still selling weapons to them and recently provided them some aid to fight the economic crisis
      don't think them as permanent friends/allies everyone has their own interests (including india)
      there is already a crack coming out in the western world as EU is trying to do more trade with china while usa is trying to avoid china and isolate them

    • @internetzone165
      @internetzone165 2 года назад +21

      ​@@mr.h1912 pov your existence

  • @dennisdexter5602
    @dennisdexter5602 2 года назад +47

    france lost when people started calling it France and not Fronce

    • @blackman5867
      @blackman5867 2 года назад

      *Fgongs

    • @gabrielmora5092
      @gabrielmora5092 2 года назад +1

      Francia?

    • @blackman5867
      @blackman5867 2 года назад +1

      @Chemya he meant people say "France" in the wrong(English) way, meaning the French failed to be the dominant of the world

    • @dennisdexter5602
      @dennisdexter5602 2 года назад +1

      @Chemya Just see how the french call their country compared to how we call it.

  • @edvink.j.9832
    @edvink.j.9832 2 года назад +7

    Please do "Decline of the Hungarian Kingdom" as next, really surprised they owned all surrounding modern countries and even southern Poland and Italy 0.o

  • @nael973
    @nael973 2 года назад +24

    proud to be french becuse we have one of the most richest culture in the world

    • @ggyrcrrs.7
      @ggyrcrrs.7 2 года назад +2

      Better than British??

    • @randomhooman3236
      @randomhooman3236 2 года назад +8

      iran, egypt, india and china would like to talk to you for a second

    • @robertevbayekha6639
      @robertevbayekha6639 2 года назад +11

      @@randomhooman3236 he said one of the richest culture not the richest

    • @randomhooman3236
      @randomhooman3236 2 года назад +2

      @@robertevbayekha6639 i guess he edited that

    • @SaladeDeFruitt
      @SaladeDeFruitt 2 года назад +6

      @@ggyrcrrs.7 oui bien meilleur

  • @annoyingmus8167
    @annoyingmus8167 2 года назад +3

    DUDE WHEN WILL YOU UPLOAD VIDEO?

  • @borons_son
    @borons_son 2 года назад +6

    It's time for a new video, we've been waiting loooong now

  • @Giovnni_RF
    @Giovnni_RF 2 года назад +9

    I told a friend that I like a French girl, he told me that it was impossible for me to conquer her, but he doesn't know that I have german ancestry 🤑

  • @Senzawa69
    @Senzawa69 2 года назад +1

    Country balls explained, oversimplified, bill wurtz and history matters is the best history channel plus comedy

  • @byron-ih2ge
    @byron-ih2ge 2 года назад +33

    France is India's most trusted western partner!! 🇮🇳 ❤ 🇫🇷

    • @byron-ih2ge
      @byron-ih2ge 2 года назад +1

      @Random Indian Guy🗿 sarcasm😅

    • @iamverylucky
      @iamverylucky 2 года назад

      russia?

    • @byron-ih2ge
      @byron-ih2ge 2 года назад +1

      @@iamverylucky russia is not western

    • @iamverylucky
      @iamverylucky 2 года назад

      @@byron-ih2ge fax

    • @ptitepompe469
      @ptitepompe469 Год назад +2

      i love india and indian culture ! from france with love

  • @widodoakrom3938
    @widodoakrom3938 2 года назад +1

    Wow u upload so morning

  • @dimosthenistserikis5901
    @dimosthenistserikis5901 2 года назад +1

    Lmao that last meme with Greece got me so badly.

  • @j.w.b5048
    @j.w.b5048 2 года назад +51

    As a German, I am thankful that French did not become the world language.

    • @parodyclip36
      @parodyclip36 2 года назад +25

      Still better than German

    • @meisencity98
      @meisencity98 2 года назад +50

      @@parodyclip36 no french is way worse

    • @parodyclip36
      @parodyclip36 2 года назад +5

      @@meisencity98 In fact yes. But we get to learn French as our first language so it's easy. Learnt German for 5 years and I can barely talk it. But I pity anyone trying to learn French

    • @spacecraftcarrier4135
      @spacecraftcarrier4135 2 года назад +21

      @@parodyclip36 Nah as an Anglophone learning French for almost 3 years, I can say French is among the easiest languages to learn. Once you identify plenty of vocab words from English that originated from French, you would find comprehending French much easier.
      Those who said French is difficult clearly haven't tried learning German or Mandarin lmao. For reference, I learnt English when I was 2, Mandarin since I was 5, and French & German since 25, yet my French is about the same or even getting better than my Mandarin lolllll
      (Or those that hate the French language are either pathetic Anglo-imperialists or people that just hate on the French because..... it's a cool thing for them?)
      So ya don't pity anyone learning French, but admire us! I feel nothing but joy and pride in learning one of the most beautiful (and powerful) languages of the world today. Vive la langue française!

    • @mitacestalia7532
      @mitacestalia7532 2 года назад

      @@spacecraftcarrier4135 As a linguists who learn a bit about each language, yeah, Mandarin is another level of hard due it being tonal language. The difference between mother and horse is only slight because different tone has different meaning.

  • @fethier4601
    @fethier4601 2 года назад +46

    The white flag was the official flag of the kingdom of France and was raised by ennemies as a sign of respect for our victorious armies. So thank you for all those white flags but we already knew we were better than you.

    • @axelemperorofthehelveticst5531
      @axelemperorofthehelveticst5531 2 года назад +4

      Normally i think it was White with some fleur de lys in gold in the flag so not interely white but its fine thx

    • @lesdodoclips3915
      @lesdodoclips3915 2 года назад +1

      Source?

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 2 года назад +3

      @@axelemperorofthehelveticst5531 Nope it was a pure white

    • @ARandomGuyWhoStudiesALot
      @ARandomGuyWhoStudiesALot 2 года назад +1

      Ok i had to check to be sure, bc the white flag was the French flag only during the restauration only. Bc during the Valois dinasty and even during the beginning of the Bourbon disnaty it wasn't the case. Only Louis XVIII and that bastard Charles X had it.
      And at this time we didn't take part in conflict so you'll need to clarify your point buddy.

    • @fethier4601
      @fethier4601 2 года назад

      @@ARandomGuyWhoStudiesALot It's because I said official, before the revolution there were no official flags but the white represented the french royalty.

  • @NbaDan1
    @NbaDan1 2 года назад +16

    French stronk

  • @amisicro955
    @amisicro955 2 года назад

    Thank you so much for making this video

  • @Mapache_emperor
    @Mapache_emperor 2 года назад +5

    Can u do a "why did the roman empire succed so well and yet fall"

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +1

      carthage ottomans

  • @alexisrousseaux1067
    @alexisrousseaux1067 2 года назад +17

    Fun fact the reparation France had to pay to Germany after the franco-prussian war were higher than those Germany payed to France after ww1

    • @heuzame6198
      @heuzame6198 2 года назад +1

      Source?

    • @InnovativeSparks
      @InnovativeSparks 2 года назад +8

      Source: Trust Me Bro

    • @alexisrousseaux1067
      @alexisrousseaux1067 2 года назад +5

      @@heuzame6198 war reparation wikipedia history section : France had to pay 5 billions gold Francs after the franco-prussian war
      Germany on the other hand only had to pay 2,25 billions gold Francs after ww1

    • @alexisrousseaux1067
      @alexisrousseaux1067 2 года назад +1

      @@InnovativeSparks Source: I didn't made ut up

    • @heuzame6198
      @heuzame6198 2 года назад +2

      @@alexisrousseaux1067 Germany had to pay according the treaty some 132B gold mark. Well most of it wasnt paid anyway as it got lowered but still about +30B or so. Germany still had to pay ww1 debt until 2010.

  • @mistery7893
    @mistery7893 2 года назад +2

    Man please make a vídeo about the lusophone impact on the world (Históry of the portuguese 1100-1800 and Brazilian 1800-2022)

  • @fyseyt2224
    @fyseyt2224 2 года назад +2

    Cool vid

  • @_im_stupid_
    @_im_stupid_ 2 года назад +2

    Next episode idea: Why do Turkey and Russia have a love hate relationship

  • @thedude1165
    @thedude1165 2 года назад +4

    I love how after ww2 is always allies and Comintern on a perfectly cut nzi Germany dead on the floor 😂

  • @user-ru9qz4oh4j
    @user-ru9qz4oh4j 2 года назад

    Cool. Thanks for the work

  • @ketan_t7313
    @ketan_t7313 2 года назад +2

    Please make video on sri lanka as its trending more lately.

  • @shakelahmed924
    @shakelahmed924 2 года назад +2

    Make a video about Bangladesh.....

  • @SnoVictory
    @SnoVictory Год назад +1

    Oh yeah i forgot, the country that won the most battle is known for surrendering. 💀💀

  • @ep1c365
    @ep1c365 2 года назад +2

    Idea: why did the ottoman empire decline?

  • @libertyprime1967
    @libertyprime1967 2 года назад

    Thanks for video.

  • @mohammadnuruzzaman6401
    @mohammadnuruzzaman6401 2 года назад

    Bro, love your videos from Bangladesh ❤️🇧🇩

  • @thattimestampguy
    @thattimestampguy 2 года назад +7

    0:22 Latin Germans
    0:42 Joan 🔥
    1:48 Protestants GET OUT reeeeeeeeeeee
    2:55 Ships… what ships
    3:36 Prussia -> WW1 -> WW2 -> Vietnam 🇻🇳 & Egypt 🇪🇬
    4:39 The Empire that lost

  • @Muhfariztopvideosshortsstats08
    @Muhfariztopvideosshortsstats08 2 года назад +1

    POV: this guy just went French colony indonesia lol 😂

  • @deanticocombar7529
    @deanticocombar7529 Год назад +1

    These french have much influence in west Africa that they all have french a official language .

  • @iamaghost6859
    @iamaghost6859 2 года назад +3

    Plz make a video on Belgian congo.

  • @leroiarouf1142
    @leroiarouf1142 2 года назад +3

    French hugeunots mainly go to prussia that why lot of junkers have french name

  • @baxelbox313
    @baxelbox313 2 года назад +3

    They still have there empire in west Africa doe
    They own the economies of those places

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад +2

      yea they control the currency

  • @obliviouseuropean
    @obliviouseuropean Год назад +1

    No mention of Haitian revolution and how France losing their most profitable colony led to them abandoning the Americas(besides a few smaller colonies) in general?

  • @antiochos1693
    @antiochos1693 2 года назад +12

    I think the reason for the fall of France is demography. For centuries, France was the most populous country in Europe, in the Middle Ages, about 20-25% of the European population lived in France. In 1700, it was the first country in Europe by population, 21 million. In Russia, only about 11-13. In England - 5. However, already in 1800 France is in 2nd place - 30 million, Russian Empire is in first place - 38 million, England - 8 Million. And here begins a difficult period for France, by 1900 the population becomes 40 million. There are 30 million people living in England by 1900! In Russia Empire - 136 million! This is a very huge difference in population growth. In fact, the population of England as well as Russia has grown three or four times, while the population of France has increased by only 30%. Moreover, in 1939 the population was only 41 million. This is a meager increase, partly because of this, France could not resist Nazi Germany, because from the point of view of demography they had the same situation as modern Germany. The population growth in France began only after the Second World War, but so far it is a relatively low population density for Western Europe. To be honest, it's even a shame for France.

    • @crkcrk702
      @crkcrk702 2 года назад +3

      It's an important factor. People were peasants and didnt want to share the land between their sons. But unlike Germany or Russia they were educated peasants and knew contraception

    • @zob69420
      @zob69420 2 года назад

      I agree and that's true. Today we are the 4th most populated country in Europe (Russia: ~120 m, Germany:85m, UK-68m, France:67m)
      But maybe we'll be soon 3rd lmao

    • @crkcrk702
      @crkcrk702 2 года назад

      @Chemya yes military commanders were really bad

    • @krimokrimov6050
      @krimokrimov6050 2 года назад

      but why France were having less kids in a time where other european countries were having many kids ?

    • @crkcrk702
      @crkcrk702 2 года назад +1

      @@krimokrimov6050 because :
      1 France had many little land owners (due to Revolution and land redistribution but also before). Outside serfdom was still very present.
      2 the Republic (but also the monarchy) cared about equality and forbid to give all your land to the first son. Would you divide your 2 hectares in 10 ? No, so make only one or two children.
      3 how did they know how to do it ? In Napoleonic wars most men fought and learnt contraception with army prostitutes.
      4 No war on french territory since a very long time --> early overpopulation --> early demographic transition

  • @katofffel4387
    @katofffel4387 2 года назад +3

    charlle le magne is actually the latinised version of Karl der große which means karl the great

  • @Nobbie-hz9mw
    @Nobbie-hz9mw 2 года назад

    AFTER 690 YEARS HE FINALLY UPLOADED

  • @manchesterelbassethound4984
    @manchesterelbassethound4984 2 года назад +1

    France : i feel le pain

  • @nileshkumaraswamy2711
    @nileshkumaraswamy2711 2 года назад +2

    Hey I'm early! Love these vids!

  • @Judah132
    @Judah132 2 года назад +8

    Thank God for Huguenots, from Berlin-Brandenburg 🇫🇷❤️

    • @leburrito8678
      @leburrito8678 2 года назад

      Why

    • @Judah132
      @Judah132 2 года назад

      @@leburrito8678 Protestant refugees helped rebuilding the country after the 30-years-war. The Huguenots in particular were favoured by Prussian Kings.

  • @TemplarBlack.
    @TemplarBlack. 2 года назад +5

    Heh at least it's not worse than the UK

    • @buccaschie
      @buccaschie 2 года назад +1

      It is

    • @TemplarBlack.
      @TemplarBlack. 2 года назад +4

      @@buccaschie nah

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 2 года назад

      If France was better than the uk, there would not be migrants risking their lives to illegally move from France to the UK.

    • @TemplarBlack.
      @TemplarBlack. 2 года назад +1

      @@mappingshaman5280 or from spain to France. They go where they family are. Beside, i didn't say France is better than UK nowadays, just that it isn't worse.

  • @skiteufr
    @skiteufr 2 года назад +2

    The strength of GB was not to have huguenots as most of them went to Germany or Holland, it was to wage coalitions to fight and weaken France. Many of them failed but in the end they got what they wanted and GB became the hegemon of the 19th century before falling also.
    GB paid other european powers to fight their wars because they knew that, while having naval supremacy, they could not challenge France on land as France was to much powerfull

    • @vamsigaming1233
      @vamsigaming1233 Год назад

      Coalitions were made out of indian money and now brain drain shameless

  • @avisdunrandom
    @avisdunrandom 2 года назад +2

    Sure the hugenot hurt France by leaving intellectual and rich people but the most thing that hurt France is the fact they have to spend resources to fight them during the many religious war (just civil war) and you have to add "la fronde" (nobles turn) so the economy stuck or decrease, less people to taxe, huge amounts of money to raise army to fight the rebels,...
    Meanwhile other nation like G-B have time to colonise + strength they economy + exp they Profesional army.

  • @Kamonohashiii
    @Kamonohashiii Год назад

    fun fact : Currently, France have 13 times zones. More than any countries. So the sun still never sets on France.

  • @burnypython8230
    @burnypython8230 2 года назад +14

    You got to give France credit. Being the strongest nation in the European Union is something to brag about.

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад

      also the strongest nation in africa

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 2 года назад

      Welp Germanys the strongest economic power so maybe not.

    • @iamverylucky
      @iamverylucky 2 года назад

      @@mint8648 algerian
      senegalese?

    • @mint8648
      @mint8648 2 года назад

      @@iamverylucky ye

    • @heuzame6198
      @heuzame6198 2 года назад

      Militarly*

  • @jeanvaljean4876
    @jeanvaljean4876 2 года назад +12

    Even if France, my beloved country, is downgrading since 20 years, i always love it. Our society is collapsing bit after bit. But it still has a lot of to offer.

  • @Tekstar85
    @Tekstar85 2 года назад +4

    Pour les français qui passent pas là je vous conseille la vidéo du Monde sur ce sujet vraiment très bien faite.

    • @sweetso7395
      @sweetso7395 2 года назад

      Putain, mais je te vois partout toi xD

    • @Tekstar85
      @Tekstar85 2 года назад

      @@sweetso7395 ptdr on a les mêmes centre d'intérêt alors

  • @wetplant1748
    @wetplant1748 2 года назад +2

    oh mein gott new video

  • @flyingpharoah4867
    @flyingpharoah4867 2 года назад +8

    France won militarily in Algeria, and only left after the French people deciding to ad referendum.

  • @hamzehshashaa2659
    @hamzehshashaa2659 2 года назад

    Wow very rich while summarising it in a 5 mins video! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥

  • @deinemudda1049
    @deinemudda1049 2 года назад

    You know your channel has some legacy when you can show your own meme twice.
    (3:58)

  • @unknownman-cv2ky
    @unknownman-cv2ky Год назад

    4:46 I laugh hard in this part

  • @srhtamim2554
    @srhtamim2554 2 года назад +2

    Eid mukbarak,to all

  • @leonleon2021
    @leonleon2021 2 года назад

    4:53 I love that waiting list 😂
    Which one will fall 1st?

  • @jym2r
    @jym2r 2 года назад

    i like all the memes i paused many times just so i could read them all

  • @jwil4286
    @jwil4286 2 года назад +11

    3:46 Germany: “Actually it’s Serbia’s fault”
    There. I fixed it for you

  • @SocialAnimal2023
    @SocialAnimal2023 2 года назад

    Request: Why isn’t New Zealand a part of Australia?

  • @greatjoseon
    @greatjoseon 2 года назад

    Wake up babe, countryballs explained posted a new video

  • @crkcrk702
    @crkcrk702 2 года назад +5

    1940 defeat became a meme when France refused to join the 2003 coalition, US said this in revenge

    • @zob69420
      @zob69420 2 года назад +7

      And US had lost a lot in this war lmao

    • @iamverylucky
      @iamverylucky 2 года назад +1

      us sad cause no one give a sht about iraq

  • @Dennkong
    @Dennkong 2 года назад

    5:05 thanks to drew i know this comic

  • @shahidabegum6892
    @shahidabegum6892 2 года назад +1

    Video About Bangladesh

  • @nice143
    @nice143 2 года назад +2

    Can you make a video about Serbia Kosovo and Albania conflict?

  • @FullmetalGambler
    @FullmetalGambler 2 года назад +1

    Don’t mind me just boosting the RUclips algorithm

  • @UltraWorlds
    @UltraWorlds 2 года назад +1

    hey that's my drawing in the thumbnail

  • @leroiarouf1142
    @leroiarouf1142 2 года назад +7

    France> world

    • @mitroglouton4249
      @mitroglouton4249 2 года назад +1

      C'est avec ce genre de commentaire que les gens nous trouvent arrogant

    • @heuzame6198
      @heuzame6198 2 года назад

      @@mitroglouton4249 Because they just are. I visited France many times and they are just a bunch of arrogant peoples defend *everything* about France no matter what.

    • @iamverylucky
      @iamverylucky 2 года назад +4

      @@mitroglouton4249 on s'En tape non
      les anglos americains se foute de nous depuis 2003

    • @mitroglouton4249
      @mitroglouton4249 2 года назад

      @@iamverylucky alors pourquoi dire que la France est supérieur au monde ? Et y'a pas que des américains qui regardent la vidéo

    • @pierren___
      @pierren___ 2 года назад +1

      @@mitroglouton4249 parce que c'est eux qui sont arrogants, donc quand on se met au dessus de tout, on remet les choses dans l'ordre

  • @vallikescrackers-28
    @vallikescrackers-28 2 года назад

    Good video about France falling

  • @heidi_bavarian1725
    @heidi_bavarian1725 2 года назад +1

    napoleon need bavarian men to fight the preussens und they almost get conqerd by falkenhayn in great war

  • @spicyair710
    @spicyair710 2 года назад

    We don’t need to know why, we should just be happy that it happened

  • @lonelymr.paper_man4759
    @lonelymr.paper_man4759 2 года назад +1

    Do a difference between Mexico and Guatemala video

  • @Giga-cat-c6b
    @Giga-cat-c6b 2 года назад +6

    If Germany is France's father that means that when Germany invaded France in 1940, it was the weirdest family reunion.

  • @de-nis4703
    @de-nis4703 2 года назад

    2:04 More like killed and other ran away