US: *UK you have to give back the Suez canal this is an act of imperialism* Panama: *Can we please have the Panama canal back?* US: *How dare you even propose such an idea*
US: threatens to pull the plug on British investment unless Britain retreats from Suez after Suez is nationalised by Nasser, so as not to offend the Arabs or Soviets. Also US: asks UK to vote for US invasion of Panama in 1990 despite Soviet complaints, and then literally kidnaps Panama’s President.
They may not be superpowers anymore but they left a very important legacy. Their language, English eventually became the global language, through them or through their successor/former colony the USA
Jc Dizon i have often thought of this, i thought about how latin divided into several different languages, and how english might eventually do the same thanks to washington. but london is ultimately responsible
The UK and US are equal parts to blame for that. The UK spread their language to every corner of the world and people were made to speak it if they wanted access to the biggest economy in the world. However now that America is financially dominant they're the reason that English continues to dominate. History shows us the Lingua Franca come and go. Like Latin and French did. Say if Russia had come to be the only super power in the modern day, I'd bet people would have started speaking Russian over English as a second language. It doesn't matter how many people speak a language, what matters is the influence you gain by knowing the language.
Don't forget the influence of Hollywood and American / European pop+rock music. Those are probably the most influential mediums for spreading the English language.
Guys the person you should thank for English becoming global was B.Gates and his creation - Windows. For it is the IT technology that spread English across most of the world, not colonization or warfare.
The Suez canal operation was a complete success militarily. Unfortunately (for the British and French) the US government was annoyed that they had gone ahead (along with the Israelis) and conducted the operation without the permission of the USA. To teach these powers a lesson, America demanded that they withdraw. As the UK and France relied heavily on America for the funds to rebuild they had little choice. Not a big deal, but the idea of the military operation being a failure seems to be a commonly held misconception-when in fact it was an easy victory. The political situation was the problem.
Peter Anckorn And then france ans the uk took different lessons out of it, france decided to do its own thing as much as they can to be independent of the us (the uq tried to stop france from having nukes through many different ways) and the uk thought it was a good idea to just align with the us completely
The same synopsis with Netherlands fighting to get control back over Indonesia 1945-1949 and more particularly in 1960 over New Guinea /Irian Jaya. Militarily the Dutch troops were succesful, but the goddamn yanks (and Kennedy in 1960) opted for economical oppression in favor for the indonesians. (Not per se FOR the indos, but for the own USA companies interests; in 1950 to gain raw material resources, in 1960 to prevent Indos into slipping into the hands of communism..). Geopolitics. Despite the freedom of Indonesia is genuine, the indos that rebelled at start were nothing but Jap incited murderers and Muslim Jihadis that butchered the western women, children and old men, and chinese indos. The transfer of sovereignty would take place AFTER order would have been restored. But the yanks (and Brits!!) would not have it. Some awful "thank you" for the fact that the Dutch called war on Japan first immediately after Pearl harbor BEFORE the americans declared war! and for aiding the oil boycott on Japan in 1941 when USA requested it. USA: a despicable unreliable ally.
ODDBALL SOK Completely agree. You are only an ally when they are asking for help. During the Falklands war USA wouldn't even give the UK Ariel images of the area. WTF! We followed u into Korea! And you won't even show us a fucking photo??!?!
It had a lot to do with the economy Basically we could not afford to build so many jets and money was needed elsewhere to improve the lives of people in peace time
Thomas Gray What? But Germany invented the jet engine.. they were the only ones with access to jet airplanes, thus the jets would be given out evenly to the allies once they were found.
Seramic _Skeptical Britain Invented the Jet turbine first but we didn't use it as Raf high command were stuck in the old ways. By the time Germany had them we were behind. It was the same with our nuclear programme.
The Great Walrus i know your daddy s called oliver because he likes olives and your mom s name s samantha because she likes kangaroos and u where born in new zealand because u could nt afford the ticket to new zealand am i right?
the first empire of the world is Akkadia of Sargon the Great, not Rome, and before Rome there is Macedonia, Carthage, Persia, Mauryan, and Assyria and all of them can be considered as superpower at the time. Besides, Rome has its own rival of Parthia and Han Dynasty.
P K The definition of Superpower according to this video is that they can spread troops/influence anywhere in the world. How could Rome do that if they barely knew about China, let alone Oceans, the Americas, or sub-saharan Africa?
Even after that they were still a respectable force. Let's not forget that for decades they had carriers, bombers and nukes galore. The British could have easily inflicted a LOT of damage on the Communist Bloc.
Meanking the Islamic Caliphates, Mongols, Spain. Persia once held 40% of the world's population, though they were nowhere near as large as the others size wise. Superpowers is really just another name for which empires are the most dominant. you could even make a case for Nazi Germany
They didn't really unite. The soviet were against the war because nasser plan was to nationalise suez and then side with the soviet during the cold war, America go involved because of the sharp rise in aluminium prices.
The Soviets were against the British/French invasion due to ties to the Nasser regime that controlled Egypt /and they liked how he nationalized the Suez Canal/ while the Americans saw the invasion as an act of colonialism and they were against colonialism.
Not as wild as the Nigerian Civil War; Britain and France butting heads like old times yet the Soviet Union partnered with Britain while China and Israel partnered with France.
Really the original superpowers were France, Britain, Germany, Russia, Spain and the Netherlands. Basically all the European empires were superpowers. But I guess that if you were to change the definition to a country with military capabilities on every continent then you'd have to say just France and Britain. America only really emerged as a superpower after WW1, as before then there had only been a military of 100,000, which was tiny at the time.
Kelvin Ubaechu did u think I would really care about what u had to say, because I DON'T, your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries
At first I thought you were going to talk about the "Non-Aligned" countries, like India, Yugoslavia, and Egypt who considered themselves united in rejection of the Cold War schism.
Well, Yugoslavia did have the 4th largest army in Europe at the end of WW2, after USSR, US and UK, with some 800.000 soldiers at the end of war and almost a million in the autumn of 1945. French army was for a next couple of years smaller than Yugoslav one.
France answers this better doesn't it? France dismissed itself from the joint command for NATO, and conducted to nuclear experimentation which bestowed it its own nuclear weapons, while the UK was dependent on the U.S. for nuclear weapons through Polaris. And France announced that it sought to be its own political force, not in the sway of the USSR or the U.S., which is why it was so eager to form the European Union. The UK did have superpower status, but never made use of it, for example, backing down during the Suez crisis when ordered so by the Americans.
France had a smaller economy and population than the UK. It did not have as much money as the UK It had a smaller Empire. Its status had been destroyed in WW2. France only has more nukes because of its tragic history of being invaded and vulnerable position compared to Britain..
France too was in the suez at the time and backed down, its economy was pathetic. It had just surrendered to and helped the Germans. It sought to be far away from US and USSR influence only to fall under German influence.
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France fell a little short for the superpower status during the early cold war , but was more powerful than the UK during the middle cold war
China does not have the ability to project force around the world. It is beginning to seek after it, but right now, it is a hegemonic regional power, not a superpower. It has a similar status as Russia.
Not during the modern day, China neither holds foreign colonies, military bases, nor does large scale excursions. They do possess Nuclear Weapons, but then so too does N.K.
One could argue the Netherlands was a superpower in its golden age (1586-1702), by then it had the power to use their power all over the world, for example Dutch involvement in the East Indies and even Cambodia, or involvement with the Native Americans on the other side of the globe. Besides the Netherlands had by far the biggest merchant fleet which consolidated their global strength.
nrkus They were a Continental Superpower, mainly due to Napoleon. The impact was much less to the French as they lost their Colonies more slowly than U.K
+EmperorTigerstar But France at De Gaulle's times was more independent from the USA than UK, building Europe with Germany, also having the nuclear weapon, keeping some important colonies (important resources in New Caledonia, space launcher in Guyane, and still the second larger marine territory after the USA). France was in the 60s and in the 80s the country in Europe which wanted the most to build in this continent a 3rd superpower, that's why for example De Gaulle didn't want Britain to come into the EU, he called them "the USA's Troyan", a bit like Blair in 2003 was "Bush's dog" in the Second Gulf War in which France refused to go.
@Lans Quenet what? WW2 couldn't be won if Britain wasn't a island. And of course they fled would you leave half of your army in france to fight for honor and die then let German paratroopers just boop into your country educated person?
Fun fact, I ended up doing preliminary research on this topic because I was reading Good Omens and there was a little bit about how the ducks of St James park could recognize spies based on what bread the MI6, CIA, and KGB agents fed them while doing spy stuff at the park (also the angel and demon, because that's the plot). I always pictured the Cold War as an America vs Soviet deal, while the rest of the powers in the world side eyed them and hoped there wouldn't be nuclear war (the smaller ones were influenced and allied with one side or the other of course).
I think you should have mentioned Yugoslavia as it was the 4th most powerful military in the world and most importantly, had it's own bloc, the non-aligned movement (NAM). In mean of population, the NAM was 1st among the three blocs. Yugoslavias leadership over the NAM made it the 3rd most influental country in the world.
Im assuming that the whole "end of the superpower" thing can be interpreted many dfferent ways. I always assumed the status of Superpower in the UK ended in 1997, with the HK handover.
My grandad was in the RAF in the late 50s, he witnessed the Christmas Island nuclear bomb tests - they didn't know much about radiation so they were all in their Hawaiian shirts and sandals - they were told to turn around and cover their eyes, he said he could see his bones! A lot of them died of cancer later on but he died ten years ago of a heart condition he had all his life.
I'm British, you maybe some other nationality or just the same, but if you are fascinated of the British Empire, you are being fascinated of a cold brutal war machine. That is seriously the whole cause of most conflicts still happening today because of our actions in past centuries.
Using the same reasons you could also say that France was briefly a superpower too. It also could, after WW II, send troops to other corners of the world and project political and economical influence over Africa, Asia and some places in Latin America, it also had it's own nuclear tests, it conducted or helped in coups to further their own agenda and interests. There is also the question of ther influence in post-war Europe, for exemple the ECSC that developed into the EU, or De Gaullle's strategy of nuclear deterrence against the inevitable delay of US help to Continental Europe if the Cold War turned hot. Also like the UK it was short lived, with the swan song being the 1956 Suez Crisis.
We never attacked the mainland, and could have very easily lost the war. If a few more ships were sunk in San Carlos Water while unloading the troops (bombs were dropped at such low altitude they failed to arm)... If there were stronger winds and the Argentines launched their planned carrier strike against Hermes & Invincible.... Lots of what ifs that could have swung the war in their favour. It was too close to call.
In Finland we have a saying from the cold war era: During the cold war we used to have three superpowers. USA in the west, USSR in the east and Finland in the middle.
I'd say that Britain regained its superpower status under thatcher for a short while as they were sort of seen as partners to the US under Reagan and the falklands war was another showing of the might of the British navy
I don't doubt it. The British and French had /and still have/ tough experienced militaries and even by 1956, they weren't pushover nations by any means, just not as strong as they once were.
The British Empire is actually considered the only Hyperpower in world History. By far the most influential nation in history, alas by the Cold War it was a shadow of its former glory.
@Jonathan [British Imperialist] "Continents of tribes" yeah no. There where prosperous nations already in Africa. "Making multiple continents great" Based on your own opinion. All those continents were fine. Besides the US basically rebuilt all of Europe after WW2. Not many good inventions???? lmao you're using one right now called TH-cam. Ever heard of Google? Ford? Ever played a video game on a video game console? Ever went to an arcade? Do you listen to Hip-hop? R&B? House? Techno? Do you like breakdancing? Let's be real here. It's not the 19th century no more. Lacking country? I see plenty of culture here. Of all types from North America to East Asia. We were so influential, started the cold war which was all about influencing other countries. Ever put a man on the moon? The fuck is Yorkshire pudding? Don't you love chocolate chip cookies? A tasty American treat everyone seems to love.
Neat video, Also was the video based my uses of the word on that one person in the comment sections of the native america video? That, I was just wondering.
Stannis The Mannis Baratheon no 5 is UK not France, the U.K. approximately the same GDP and military (if not a little better) and was ranked no. 1 in soft power on earth.
Well i can say that GB is still a sort of Superpower thanks to the commonwealth so...yes, they're not united politically but they are still kind of united with theyr ex-colonies
I disagree with your stance on Russia. Russia can still send its military to any place in the world it wants. The only difference is, is that Russia doesn't try to expand communism any more and leaves countries alone, while the United States of America is still trying to force other countries into NATO.
+Mark Wiering I mean sending as in conducting operations. During the Cold War they had the balls to do them in Cuba right outside our doorstep. Now Russia wouldn't dare militarily intervene in the entire Western Hemisphere without serious consequences.
Russia struggled when deploying their naval fleet (because of the numerous technical and maintenance issues) to support Russia's military campaign in support of Al-Assad. Can you imagine if Russia attempted to deploy a fleet in regions such as South America for example? It's simply not possible with their current fleets and the resources Russia can't spare for such operations globally.
A few month ago, two communist lawmakers actually proposed to place missiles again on Cuba as a reaction to America's increasingly strengthened missile shield around Russia, but the proposal was turned down, since placing missiles on Cuba won't affect Russia's security. www.rt.com/politics/341118-communists-ask-putin-to-deploy/
Wrong. Russia Today isn't owned by the Russian government. So far, I have never seen a report on Russia Today that appeared to be completely false afterwards, while I do have that kind of experience with CNN, The New York Times, NOS nieuws etcetera.
Matthew Brown Can you show me the invitation? Because I haven't found any. Sure, a few lowly nobility did suggest it but they were cast out and considered traitors by Westminster. William III was an opportunist and quite a cunning man. I mean, he took over power in The Netherlands as a monarch after the current Stadtholders got linched at the start of the third Anglo-Dutch war. He knew exactly when to act and when not to. The biggest armada of the 17th century, hiring an incredible amount of German mercenaries and denying English soldiers the right to be in London doesn't exactly sound like a welcoming committee, does it? I know what you were taught in high-school but frankly, what you were taught was exactly what William III wanted you to think in order to avoid public restlessness; propaganda. Check out some more modern interpretations of the Glorious Revolution by English historians and you will realize that many consider it to be an invasion nowadays. The Normans still being the last who conquered Britain.
The UK was not a superpower in 1944... at any "brief" moment. The only reason they were ever thrown into that mix was due to their role as an allied power in WWII. In fact, you listed every reason that they WEREN'T a superpower. This entire video proves my point. Their military was absolutely depleted following the war, and they quickly lost control over their huge colonial empire in the following years as a direct result. The beginning of the Cold War/End of WWII is most likely the exact moment the UK lost any form of "superpower" status, if not years earlier. This was an uninformed and essentially pointless video, you could have made this case for a handful of other nations. E for effort.
+Jaden Bennett I noted the reasons why they lost that status. A year or two still counts. And it's not uninformed considering I'm going by the original definition and use. But hey if my pointless video can get you to type such a long criticism then it's not completely pointless now is it?
I agree with Jaden Benett in the sense that you have made the exact same case of France : ex-dominant power crushed by the war, unable to maintain its empire against internal and external power, nuclear weapon nonetheless developped, and helped by the Marshall Plan. Also ? It was among the four occupying powers of Germany after the war. A photo in Yalta proves nothing.
Does GB not still count as a Superpower? It still has massive global influence (#1 Soft power), global military deployment cabapility (Middle East, South America most prolifically), 5th largest economy, 5th most powerful military, NATO founder, Financial Capital of Europe.
ShizMonHusdal Germany has the largest economy in Europe but their military is noticeably weaker. France have a slightly smaller economy but a better military. the UK is a somewhere in between the two
VintageLJ I wouldn't say so. In my opinion Germany is a bigger superpower than the UK, but both of them are dwarfed by America and the sleeping giant that is China.
Matthew Brown did you just list the top 5 strongest economies, because you seem to have included Japan and missed Russia and India. true top 5 most powerful countries overall is this: 1: USA 2: Russia 3: China 4: UK 5: India
Funny how Germany (West-Germany of the Cold War) is always overlooked! They lost WW2, that's true, but if you look closely you see that the economic strength of Europe is still Germany, not France or the UK. Culturally they obvioisly dammed in, true. But look at sports and inventions. They are still top notch. Influential they are the superpower of Europe since the 70s and still everyone doesn't orientate to them. Even their neighbours! Denmark to the Scandics, Poland and the Chech Republic more to Russia and themselves, France to... France, Belgium and Luxemburg to France, The Netherlands to America and Britain. Only Switzerland and Austria because of linguistic reasons. The 20th century could have been the German century, the world wars changed everything. Still after all bad stuff and things that happened, Germany made the best after WW2. A salute for a nation we forget a lot, but owe so much. (especially Greece XD)
west Germany only became the west Germany you know because of America UK and France. If the Soviets had the west and east, you wouldn't have been built to be an economic power
they just didn't have the ability to projetct its power outside of asia., they probably could today if they really tried, but in the cold war, they were nowhere near it.
China today grew militarily unlike Russia, yet they are not a Superpower. Far from it. Back then? They're just a splinter for the Soviets compared to the bloody wound that is EU or the poison that is US.
Technically Portugal was the first Global Super Power. In the 16th century it had influence on all continents, besides being the rich country at that time. But this status did not last for a century, it ended in 1580.
Great Britain is not a superpower anymore directly Because of the usa; they overcharged on goods and materials half of which never reached our shores; they crippled our economy with their unfair loans; they briefly dipped their toes in both world wars purely for they're own gain, by pursuing their agendas at the treaty of Versailles in ww1 and potsdam & yalta in ww2 their agendas in these conferences made them what they are today; whilst the British were fighting the wars the Americans were negotiating on their own terms that would cripple the empire that saved the world twice.
Nonsense...the Americans had the land and resources to become a superpower.... The Americans supported Britain, not the Empire...they had already overtaken the British economically by 1910. The British Empire would have collapsed by the year 2000...just like the Soviet Union did...had world war 2 not happened... I think Britain may have been slightly richer if the Empire had gone on Longer though... If the Empire existed today...London would be in control of over 2 billion people, areas like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Palestine, its enough to give one cancer even thinking about governing this vast landmass!!!!
hundhun17 they would not have been ruled from London many self governing states within th empire had already been established like Canada and India. A stronger and more integrated of the commonwealth would of been the current situation if Britain had not been crippled by the USA which would mean the commonwealth would be a super power.
Joey Angotti That was the war against the Japanese within World War Two, I also believe that the USA had intelligence that pearl harbour was about to happen. Germany was never in a position especially after 1941 to win the war it could of been won without the Americans swooping in claiming they turned the tides by overt hanging their 'allies'
Jamie Nicol actually if Stalingrad had fallen and the Americans lost midway we would be speaking German. We obviously didn't know about the attack as we left our battleships in harbor. Also, if we had known about Pearl Harbor what difference does it make? It still has america entering the war due to another countries aggression!
The sad damp corpse of the British empire could be argued to have been used as a stepping stone by the US but really the Cold War was never about Britain
Couldn't the same logic be applied to France? They conducted nuclear tests, plotted coups (Suez) and intervened militarily in other parts of the world (South East Asia, Northern Africa, etc.). In their eyes they certainly remained a super power after WWII.
Going by that definition Britain still is a super power (but only regained it recently with the 2 new super carriers) it can exercise military, political and economic control over every continent.
The U.K.'s status as a superpower was in jeopardy in 1945 in the timespan of 31 years, it had fought not one but TWO world wars, and had had an almost decade-long economic depression in between. It wasn't so much the British Empire was "Bombed to the ground", and more like "The U.K. was tired of losing entire generations of men", whether they died or were crippled for the rest of their lives.
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Oh i thought it was Bhutan.
Metal Maestro Are you crazy? Lesoto was the best guess
I was sure it was going to be Liechtenstein...
It wasn't Andorra ?
pretty sure that belarus is at least almost a superpower
Nah, I had figured that it must be Tannu Tuva
This video is wrong. Everyone knows Sealand was the third superpower!
MoeSzyslak2001 Long live the Principality
You laugh at Sealand now, but just wait until World War 6. You wont be mocking the might Sealandish empire then
Lol
@@Ida-xe8pg Yeah, but sealand is a combination of those countries. x2.
No Liechtenstein
US: *UK you have to give back the Suez canal this is an act of imperialism*
Panama: *Can we please have the Panama canal back?*
US: *How dare you even propose such an idea*
bruh momentum
US: threatens to pull the plug on British investment unless Britain retreats from Suez after Suez is nationalised by Nasser, so as not to offend the Arabs or Soviets.
Also US: asks UK to vote for US invasion of Panama in 1990 despite Soviet complaints, and then literally kidnaps Panama’s President.
Israel: “Guess I’ll stay”
And that's why I insist the US has way too many weapons and too little schools.
They may not be superpowers anymore but they left a very important legacy. Their language, English eventually became the global language, through them or through their successor/former colony the USA
Jc Dizon i have often thought of this, i thought about how latin divided into several different languages, and how english might eventually do the same thanks to washington. but london is ultimately responsible
+literally hitler With Globalisation I doubt the divergence will never be as severe as it was with Latin.
The UK and US are equal parts to blame for that. The UK spread their language to every corner of the world and people were made to speak it if they wanted access to the biggest economy in the world. However now that America is financially dominant they're the reason that English continues to dominate. History shows us the Lingua Franca come and go. Like Latin and French did. Say if Russia had come to be the only super power in the modern day, I'd bet people would have started speaking Russian over English as a second language. It doesn't matter how many people speak a language, what matters is the influence you gain by knowing the language.
Don't forget the influence of Hollywood and American / European pop+rock music. Those are probably the most influential mediums for spreading the English language.
Guys the person you should thank for English becoming global was B.Gates and his creation - Windows. For it is the IT technology that spread English across most of the world, not colonization or warfare.
The Suez canal operation was a complete success militarily. Unfortunately (for the British and French) the US government was annoyed that they had gone ahead (along with the Israelis) and conducted the operation without the permission of the USA. To teach these powers a lesson, America demanded that they withdraw. As the UK and France relied heavily on America for the funds to rebuild they had little choice. Not a big deal, but the idea of the military operation being a failure seems to be a commonly held misconception-when in fact it was an easy victory. The political situation was the problem.
Peter Anckorn Didn't know that, thank you !
Peter Anckorn And then france ans the uk took different lessons out of it, france decided to do its own thing as much as they can to be independent of the us (the uq tried to stop france from having nukes through many different ways) and the uk thought it was a good idea to just align with the us completely
The same synopsis with Netherlands fighting to get control back over Indonesia 1945-1949 and more particularly in 1960 over New Guinea /Irian Jaya.
Militarily the Dutch troops were succesful, but the goddamn yanks (and Kennedy in 1960) opted for economical oppression in favor for the indonesians.
(Not per se FOR the indos, but for the own USA companies interests; in 1950 to gain raw material resources, in 1960 to prevent Indos into slipping into the hands of communism..).
Geopolitics.
Despite the freedom of Indonesia is genuine, the indos that rebelled at start were nothing but Jap incited murderers and Muslim Jihadis that butchered the western women, children and old men, and chinese indos.
The transfer of sovereignty would take place AFTER order would have been restored.
But the yanks (and Brits!!) would not have it.
Some awful "thank you" for the fact that the Dutch called war on Japan first immediately after Pearl harbor BEFORE the americans declared war! and for aiding the oil boycott on Japan in 1941 when USA requested it.
USA: a despicable unreliable ally.
The military and politics are intertwined, so you can win the battle on the ground and still lose.
ODDBALL SOK Completely agree. You are only an ally when they are asking for help.
During the Falklands war USA wouldn't even give the UK Ariel images of the area. WTF! We followed u into Korea! And you won't even show us a fucking photo??!?!
also remember that britain had a trump card that it had the finest jet technology on the world after the 2nd world war
Thomas Gray Too bad they didn't have the industrial power to back up their technological advantage.
It had a lot to do with the economy
Basically we could not afford to build so many jets and money was needed elsewhere to improve the lives of people in peace time
Aaaaaaand they gave it away to the soviets.
Thomas Gray What? But Germany invented the jet engine.. they were the only ones with access to jet airplanes, thus the jets would be given out evenly to the allies once they were found.
Seramic _Skeptical Britain Invented the Jet turbine first but we didn't use it as Raf high command were stuck in the old ways. By the time Germany had them we were behind. It was the same with our nuclear programme.
I'm really liking these "talk videos".
The Great Walrus
Me too.
I came for the map videos, but these talking ones are the reason I'm staying.
The Great Walrus wellllll .... i can buy you an invisible nose if u wanna ....
I'm a Walrus. I have the greatest nose all ready.
The Great Walrus i know your daddy s called oliver because he likes olives and your mom s name s samantha because she likes kangaroos and u where born in new zealand because u could nt afford the ticket to new zealand am i right?
Couldn't you argue that Rome was the first Superpower? Although than maybe the term of Superpower becomes too broad?
the first empire of the world is Akkadia of Sargon the Great, not Rome, and before Rome there is Macedonia, Carthage, Persia, Mauryan, and Assyria and all of them can be considered as superpower at the time. Besides, Rome has its own rival of Parthia and Han Dynasty.
Howie Chang But I'd argue that none of them had an impact as big as Rome had on Western culture
P K The definition of Superpower according to this video is that they can spread troops/influence anywhere in the world. How could Rome do that if they barely knew about China, let alone Oceans, the Americas, or sub-saharan Africa?
P K at its time, it was the ONLY superpower
If you count Rome as a superpower then I would say Ancient China was the first superpower.
It's pretty well known Britain had post-war superpower status until the Suez Canal. I wouldn't say "no one" talks about it by any means.
"Britain Humilliated'' the newspaper said.
Even after that they were still a respectable force. Let's not forget that for decades they had carriers, bombers and nukes galore. The British could have easily inflicted a LOT of damage on the Communist Bloc.
The British empire was basically the first global superpower on the planet
Meanking yeah let's say Spain.
Meanking the Islamic Caliphates, Mongols, Spain. Persia once held 40% of the world's population, though they were nowhere near as large as the others size wise. Superpowers is really just another name for which empires are the most dominant. you could even make a case for Nazi Germany
Meanking I would say Persia because it doesn't matter how much land you have if nobody lives there.
The Habsurgs were a dynasty, But Spain IMO Is the 1st "Superpower"
AttilaTheBuns Well, it depends how you define superpower. They were the first colonial empire (along with the Portuguese)
Guys, it's Honduras clearly
luis rodriguez It was the Union of Sealand-Ulm
North Korea obviously!
too busy fighting wars over football to be a superpower
It's Suriname.
No, the Vatican.
Make Britain Great again!
Make the Empire an Empire again
maybe Trump could fly over there in 2024
First of all. Join the EU again.
Britain it's a region of France.. so yeah! Make Britain great again!
Lelouche VI Britannia You mean Britinia?
They stopped being a superpower , because the generals ran out of tea and milk and got embarrassed
Random5 tosss stain
That weird moment when the US and Soviet Union united forces to stop the British and the French from attacking Egipt...
virgilio moncada *egypt
They didn't really unite. The soviet were against the war because nasser plan was to nationalise suez and then side with the soviet during the cold war, America go involved because of the sharp rise in aluminium prices.
Cyan Still pretty rare to see the two working together in anything that isn't fighting nazis.
The Soviets were against the British/French invasion due to ties to the Nasser regime that controlled Egypt /and they liked how he nationalized the Suez Canal/ while the Americans saw the invasion as an act of colonialism and they were against colonialism.
Not as wild as the Nigerian Civil War; Britain and France butting heads like old times yet the Soviet Union partnered with Britain while China and Israel partnered with France.
Really the original superpowers were France, Britain, Germany, Russia, Spain and the Netherlands. Basically all the European empires were superpowers. But I guess that if you were to change the definition to a country with military capabilities on every continent then you'd have to say just France and Britain. America only really emerged as a superpower after WW1, as before then there had only been a military of 100,000, which was tiny at the time.
dorgesh Spain has a good military right now.
yeah but no nukes, that's kind of all that matters in a war with a country with them
dorgesh
Germany was asuperpower up until WW1.
Netherlands? No. You know about Austria? How about Ottomans?
Zeppelin In A Nutshell
The Austrians may
be, not the Ottomans.
Really like this style of video to break up all the time lapses :)
San Marino next superpower.
Ruben it's to small
Gavin Vogel he's kidding
Kelvin Ubaechu Yea because I can READ sarcasm?
Gavin Vogel Did you really think that anyone would believe that San Marino would ever become a superpower. It should be obvious that that was sarcasm
Kelvin Ubaechu did u think I would really care about what u had to say, because I DON'T, your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries
At first I thought you were going to talk about the "Non-Aligned" countries, like India, Yugoslavia, and Egypt who considered themselves united in rejection of the Cold War schism.
***** I just know they were officially part of the non-aligned movement, at least at one point.
Well, Yugoslavia did have the 4th largest army in Europe at the end of WW2, after USSR, US and UK, with some 800.000 soldiers at the end of war and almost a million in the autumn of 1945. French army was for a next couple of years smaller than Yugoslav one.
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AlHoresmi .
Luxembourg is that one strong country that you will never hear about. At least economically.
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I feel kinda sorry for British Empire. Makes me sad. Someone, give me a hug.
SexyArty
hug
*hugs*
do not feel bad that colonialism ended, dude
hug
I don't feel bad about it.
France answers this better doesn't it?
France dismissed itself from the joint command for NATO, and conducted to nuclear experimentation which bestowed it its own nuclear weapons, while the UK was dependent on the U.S. for nuclear weapons through Polaris.
And France announced that it sought to be its own political force, not in the sway of the USSR or the U.S., which is why it was so eager to form the European Union.
The UK did have superpower status, but never made use of it, for example, backing down during the Suez crisis when ordered so by the Americans.
France had a smaller economy and population than the UK.
It did not have as much money as the UK
It had a smaller Empire.
Its status had been destroyed in WW2.
France only has more nukes because of its tragic history of being invaded and vulnerable position compared to Britain..
And the USSR
France too was in the suez at the time and backed down, its economy was pathetic. It had just surrendered to and helped the Germans. It sought to be far away from US and USSR influence only to fall under German influence.
France fell a little short for the superpower status during the early cold war , but was more powerful than the UK during the middle cold war
@*normalny youtuber* Napoleon: Bonjour!
China is a better answer to this question.
For the modern day, maybe. But not during the Cold War.
China does not have the ability to project force around the world. It is beginning to seek after it, but right now, it is a hegemonic regional power, not a superpower. It has a similar status as Russia.
Yeah, I would agree that France was a superpower as well, but it took a couple years to happen and they lost the status at Suez with the British.
Not during the modern day, China neither holds foreign colonies, military bases, nor does large scale excursions. They do possess Nuclear Weapons, but then so too does N.K.
Dario Guerra Tiger is right, China had a Civil war and tons of other issues happened, little to no superpower status, the modern day however
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One could argue the Netherlands was a superpower in its golden age (1586-1702), by then it had the power to use their power all over the world, for example Dutch involvement in the East Indies and even Cambodia, or involvement with the Native Americans on the other side of the globe. Besides the Netherlands had by far the biggest merchant fleet which consolidated their global strength.
Everything you said about Britain also applies to France.
France never had the world's largest empire or economy though.
France's impact during the 20th century was much less.
nrkus They were a Continental Superpower, mainly due to Napoleon. The impact was much less to the French as they lost their Colonies more slowly than U.K
+EmperorTigerstar But France at De Gaulle's times was more independent from the USA than UK, building Europe with Germany, also having the nuclear weapon, keeping some important colonies (important resources in New Caledonia, space launcher in Guyane, and still the second larger marine territory after the USA). France was in the 60s and in the 80s the country in Europe which wanted the most to build in this continent a 3rd superpower, that's why for example De Gaulle didn't want Britain to come into the EU, he called them "the USA's Troyan", a bit like Blair in 2003 was "Bush's dog" in the Second Gulf War in which France refused to go.
nrkus i surrender
Great video :) Slight criticism though, I Would change the background color. This shad of grey isn't the most appealing. Great video though!
CosmicMapping ehem he's a German cat and Germans like the color grey
Nope, we don't.
*looks at german uniforms*
yes you do
I got a question why is ur cat dressed in German marching gear
Dylan Linn because it looks nice
Dylan Linn
Vy not?
+CounterCuckooClockWit this comment thread shall last for a 1000years
Dylan Linn yep it will
It seems that he likes Prussians. Interesting.......
*Kaiser Wilhelm would like to know your location*
There has only been one third superpower in the cold war. The mighty and powerful monarchy of Liechtenstein!
Can you please do these types of videos more often? they're so informative and entertaining. i would love it if you did so
love this kind of videos. keep doing them! they also do well in views
I sorta thought you were going to talk about Paraguay... Hmm. Learn something new every day.
Is it wrong that I already knew who it was before the video?
Rowan Mapping nah, either way the thumbnail gave it away
Everyone knew what this video was going to be about. A bit of a waste on ET's part.
Rowan Mapping i know u have hens full of fried militia bird
At least the UK did not surrender
Vietnam Mapper You still exists?...
Your bad grammar still exists?
@Lans Quenet what? WW2 couldn't be won if Britain wasn't a island. And of course they fled would you leave half of your army in france to fight for honor and die then let German paratroopers just boop into your country educated person?
@Lans Quenet Oh and do like germany at the stalingrad?
Vietnam Mapper You are in the process of doing that, with your modern immigration policy.
Wow, never been so early, xD Btw, awesome video! :) :D
Fun fact, I ended up doing preliminary research on this topic because I was reading Good Omens and there was a little bit about how the ducks of St James park could recognize spies based on what bread the MI6, CIA, and KGB agents fed them while doing spy stuff at the park (also the angel and demon, because that's the plot). I always pictured the Cold War as an America vs Soviet deal, while the rest of the powers in the world side eyed them and hoped there wouldn't be nuclear war (the smaller ones were influenced and allied with one side or the other of course).
I think you should have mentioned Yugoslavia as it was the 4th most powerful military in the world and most importantly, had it's own bloc, the non-aligned movement (NAM). In mean of population, the NAM was 1st among the three blocs. Yugoslavias leadership over the NAM made it the 3rd most influental country in the world.
The British influence was strong in the '80s because of Margaret Thatcher.
Iron👊 forever missed🏴
Im assuming that the whole "end of the superpower" thing can be interpreted many dfferent ways. I always assumed the status of Superpower in the UK ended in 1997, with the HK handover.
I was looking for this and it was you who made it, who knew.
My grandad was in the RAF in the late 50s, he witnessed the Christmas Island nuclear bomb tests - they didn't know much about radiation so they were all in their Hawaiian shirts and sandals - they were told to turn around and cover their eyes, he said he could see his bones! A lot of them died of cancer later on but he died ten years ago of a heart condition he had all his life.
I would say that UK/France was a combined military superpower, while West Germany and Japan were two important economic superpowers.
Frangleterre!
Do more things like this please :D
Spain was basically the first superpower then. I mean it was the first global empire.
Portugal: Am I a joke to you?
@@user-bj5ki6sr6c What places DID Portugal swamp before 1492? Kongo doesn't count.
Great video! Also I like the new profile picture.
Coming years are not good for UK so I guess this type of videos really help.
Is it me, or is Churchill face on 3:40 looks like he lost war, not winning?
Now that you mention it, his face does look like that.
Ростислав Несисюк Its most likely because Churchill was losing the election to Atlee soon, as he was replaced at potsdam a week later.
A moment of silence for the U.K's sacrifice for the life of our modern world.
Transnistria is the most powerful nation.
MyWizBiz agreed
The Principality of Wy sends their regards
Molossia could kick the world's ass twice
Nah Moldova is way powerful it coulf beat romania , russia and ukraine at the same time
I'm British, you maybe some other nationality or just the same, but if you are fascinated of the British Empire, you are being fascinated of a cold brutal war machine. That is seriously the whole cause of most conflicts still happening today because of our actions in past centuries.
Don’t worry I’m French and we share some responsibilities with you my friends !
Using the same reasons you could also say that France was briefly a superpower too. It also could, after WW II, send troops to other corners of the world and project political and economical influence over Africa, Asia and some places in Latin America, it also had it's own nuclear tests, it conducted or helped in coups to further their own agenda and interests. There is also the question of ther influence in post-war Europe, for exemple the ECSC that developed into the EU, or De Gaullle's strategy of nuclear deterrence against the inevitable delay of US help to Continental Europe if the Cold War turned hot.
Also like the UK it was short lived, with the swan song being the 1956 Suez Crisis.
BRING BACK THE EMPIRE! LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!
AverageAfro the empire is DEAD
AverageAfro There's no more empire...
Amirul Farhan WE can still bring it BACK
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Britannia rules the waves!
The UK was still pretty powerful in the Falklands War.
Yes you idiot. The UK beat the shit out of Argentina, taking back the Falkland Islands while pounding the Argentina mainland until they surrendered.
lol Falklands war loser detected!!!
We never attacked the mainland, and could have very easily lost the war. If a few more ships were sunk in San Carlos Water while unloading the troops (bombs were dropped at such low altitude they failed to arm)... If there were stronger winds and the Argentines launched their planned carrier strike against Hermes & Invincible.... Lots of what ifs that could have swung the war in their favour. It was too close to call.
We did bomb the mainland m90.
Why this ultraman boi be speaking as if he's a political genius. Boi get your 12 year old ass outta here and take your obvious ass trolling with you
In Finland we have a saying from the cold war era: During the cold war we used to have three superpowers. USA in the west, USSR in the east and Finland in the middle.
I'd say China became a super power once it got involved in Africa and became opposed to the Soviets
Dank Libertarianism It didn't exert influence around the world. The end
Damminh Khoi Oh, they did...
Damminh Khoi Oh, they did...
Nicolas .P when
Damminh Khoi Now
You all have forgotten the overshadowed,superpower....OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF SEALAND!!!SEALAND IS STRONK!!
Malta will soon rise
Yugoslavia. Even had space program.
Your translation is a bit off but still alright :)
Gertrude Gügi Poland can into space really is the best meme out there
I'd say that Britain regained its superpower status under thatcher for a short while as they were sort of seen as partners to the US under Reagan and the falklands war was another showing of the might of the British navy
As a British I defiantly agree.
We could have easily held the Suez Canal if the yanks and ruskies kept their noses out of our business.
I don't doubt it. The British and French had /and still have/ tough experienced militaries and even by 1956, they weren't pushover nations by any means, just not as strong as they once were.
Well, the British and French DID INVADE SOVEREIGN EGYPTIAN TERRITORY
Anonymous And the Egyptians stole rightful Anglo-French property, designed by French engineers and financed by French loans.
so why does the thumbnail have Rosevelt crossed out and not Churchill?
+Cameron it's not being crossed out it's a question mark in the middle of the picture that just happens to be on Roosevelt.
The British Empire is actually considered the only Hyperpower in world History. By far the most influential nation in history, alas by the Cold War it was a shadow of its former glory.
Henrey bradley No it isn't. The US is more influencial.
Henrey bradley The only hyper power in world history was the USA after WW2 and the end of the Cold War.
@Jonathan [British Imperialist] "Continents of tribes" yeah no. There where prosperous nations already in Africa.
"Making multiple continents great" Based on your own opinion. All those continents were fine. Besides the US basically rebuilt all of Europe after WW2. Not many good inventions???? lmao you're using one right now called TH-cam. Ever heard of Google? Ford? Ever played a video game on a video game console? Ever went to an arcade? Do you listen to Hip-hop? R&B? House? Techno? Do you like breakdancing? Let's be real here. It's not the 19th century no more. Lacking country? I see plenty of culture here. Of all types from North America to East Asia. We were so influential, started the cold war which was all about influencing other countries. Ever put a man on the moon? The fuck is Yorkshire pudding? Don't you love chocolate chip cookies? A tasty American treat everyone seems to love.
@Manav Kumar singh Nice argument there bud.
2:04 India under British rule was called the British Raj.
Neat video, Also was the video based my uses of the word on that one person in the comment sections of the native america video? That, I was just wondering.
The UK was and will always be a mighty and majestic country!
*LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!*
Wait .... it isn't Andorra?
Lmao the UK isn't even a top 5 superpower anymore
Stannis The Mannis Baratheon it is the 5th
Stannis The Mannis Baratheon They actually arex
1) USA
2) China
3) Russia
4) Germany
5) France
well I think militarily they are almost the same as france, I would still put france just a bit over the uk because of its aircraft carrier though
Stannis The Mannis Baratheon no 5 is UK not France, the U.K. approximately the same GDP and military (if not a little better) and was ranked no. 1 in soft power on earth.
''UK was bombed to the ground during WW2'' *Warsaw laughs in a distance*
This Is the 3rd Superpower the world needs
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Well i can say that GB is still a sort of Superpower thanks to the commonwealth so...yes, they're not united politically but they are still kind of united with theyr ex-colonies
bo1bo1bo1unlosode it is... 5th place... beaten by France, China, Russia and the USA...
Theres no such thing as a "sort of superpower". Either you are one or not. Theres only self deceiving inbetween.
I disagree with your stance on Russia. Russia can still send its military to any place in the world it wants.
The only difference is, is that Russia doesn't try to expand communism any more and leaves countries alone, while the United States of America is still trying to force other countries into NATO.
+Mark Wiering I mean sending as in conducting operations. During the Cold War they had the balls to do them in Cuba right outside our doorstep. Now Russia wouldn't dare militarily intervene in the entire Western Hemisphere without serious consequences.
Russia struggled when deploying their naval fleet (because of the numerous technical and maintenance issues) to support Russia's military campaign in support of Al-Assad. Can you imagine if Russia attempted to deploy a fleet in regions such as South America for example? It's simply not possible with their current fleets and the resources Russia can't spare for such operations globally.
A few month ago, two communist lawmakers actually proposed to place missiles again on Cuba as a reaction to America's increasingly strengthened missile shield around Russia, but the proposal was turned down, since placing missiles on Cuba won't affect Russia's security.
www.rt.com/politics/341118-communists-ask-putin-to-deploy/
Mark Wiering RT?! LMAO! You do realize RT is Russia's propaganda station for the West.
Wrong. Russia Today isn't owned by the Russian government.
So far, I have never seen a report on Russia Today that appeared to be completely false afterwards, while I do have that kind of experience with CNN, The New York Times, NOS nieuws etcetera.
"Every corner of the world"
But we live on a globe
It's metaphorical!
Britain's new super power is to consume large amounts of tea and beans.
interesting fact UK is the only country in the top 10 strongest military countries in the world that has never been invaded.
Uh... Normans?
Guardia Rossa they Invaded England not the UK. I'm talking about Britain from 1707 to present day
The Glorious Revolution of 1688? Not 1707 but it's close.
Firefox is red, Explorer is blue. Google+ sucks and Chrome does too. Doesn't count. Because Britain the country didn't exist then
Matthew Brown Can you show me the invitation? Because I haven't found any. Sure, a few lowly nobility did suggest it but they were cast out and considered traitors by Westminster. William III was an opportunist and quite a cunning man. I mean, he took over power in The Netherlands as a monarch after the current Stadtholders got linched at the start of the third Anglo-Dutch war. He knew exactly when to act and when not to.
The biggest armada of the 17th century, hiring an incredible amount of German mercenaries and denying English soldiers the right to be in London doesn't exactly sound like a welcoming committee, does it?
I know what you were taught in high-school but frankly, what you were taught was exactly what William III wanted you to think in order to avoid public restlessness; propaganda.
Check out some more modern interpretations of the Glorious Revolution by English historians and you will realize that many consider it to be an invasion nowadays. The Normans still being the last who conquered Britain.
The UK was not a superpower in 1944... at any "brief" moment. The only reason they were ever thrown into that mix was due to their role as an allied power in WWII. In fact, you listed every reason that they WEREN'T a superpower. This entire video proves my point. Their military was absolutely depleted following the war, and they quickly lost control over their huge colonial empire in the following years as a direct result. The beginning of the Cold War/End of WWII is most likely the exact moment the UK lost any form of "superpower" status, if not years earlier. This was an uninformed and essentially pointless video, you could have made this case for a handful of other nations. E for effort.
+Jaden Bennett I noted the reasons why they lost that status. A year or two still counts. And it's not uninformed considering I'm going by the original definition and use. But hey if my pointless video can get you to type such a long criticism then it's not completely pointless now is it?
I agree with Jaden Benett in the sense that you have made the exact same case of France : ex-dominant power crushed by the war, unable to maintain its empire against internal and external power, nuclear weapon nonetheless developped, and helped by the Marshall Plan. Also ? It was among the four occupying powers of Germany after the war. A photo in Yalta proves nothing.
Does GB not still count as a Superpower? It still has massive global influence (#1 Soft power), global military deployment cabapility (Middle East, South America most prolifically), 5th largest economy, 5th most powerful military, NATO founder, Financial Capital of Europe.
France has a bigger economy, and Germany is the financial capital of Europe.
ShizMonHusdal Germany has the largest economy in Europe but their military is noticeably weaker. France have a slightly smaller economy but a better military. the UK is a somewhere in between the two
VintageLJ I wouldn't say so. In my opinion Germany is a bigger superpower than the UK, but both of them are dwarfed by America and the sleeping giant that is China.
The French total GDP is higher than the British, they surpassed them after the Brexit.
Matthew Brown did you just list the top 5 strongest economies, because you seem to have included Japan and missed Russia and India. true top 5 most powerful countries overall is this:
1: USA
2: Russia
3: China
4: UK
5: India
2:40 Loving that cartoon!
Britain was like THE global superpower from ~1830 to 1917, then A global superpower until ~1953.
Funny how Germany (West-Germany of the Cold War) is always overlooked! They lost WW2, that's true, but if you look closely you see that the economic strength of Europe is still Germany, not France or the UK. Culturally they obvioisly dammed in, true. But look at sports and inventions. They are still top notch. Influential they are the superpower of Europe since the 70s and still everyone doesn't orientate to them. Even their neighbours! Denmark to the Scandics, Poland and the Chech Republic more to Russia and themselves, France to... France, Belgium and Luxemburg to France, The Netherlands to America and Britain. Only Switzerland and Austria because of linguistic reasons. The 20th century could have been the German century, the world wars changed everything. Still after all bad stuff and things that happened, Germany made the best after WW2. A salute for a nation we forget a lot, but owe so much. (especially Greece XD)
joehoe222 German lover back off.
TrajanusChannel And Cuz of weed man!!!
I mean cultural. We make money from them, but if you look in the media for example, it's seldom news from Germany. Most foreign news is American.
west Germany only became the west Germany you know because of America UK and France. If the Soviets had the west and east, you wouldn't have been built to be an economic power
*cough *cough *cough who has the weakest military out of France Britain and Germany these days guess who it is Germany!!!
CHINA !
grom tex well bomb the shit out of em
CHYNA
What about China in the later cold war?
they just didn't have the ability to projetct its power outside of asia., they probably could today if they really tried, but in the cold war, they were nowhere near it.
notice me Miyazaki senpai Well a Sino-Soviet split in the 70s would make China a second major rival of the Soviets. SO it is possible
China today grew militarily unlike Russia, yet they are not a Superpower. Far from it. Back then? They're just a splinter for the Soviets compared to the bloody wound that is EU or the poison that is US.
The "East of Aden" policy, helped contribute to it.
Technically Portugal was the first Global Super Power. In the 16th century it had influence on all continents, besides being the rich country at that time. But this status did not last for a century, it ended in 1580.
Great Britain is not a superpower anymore directly Because of the usa; they overcharged on goods and materials half of which never reached our shores; they crippled our economy with their unfair loans; they briefly dipped their toes in both world wars purely for they're own gain, by pursuing their agendas at the treaty of Versailles in ww1 and potsdam & yalta in ww2 their agendas in these conferences made them what they are today; whilst the British were fighting the wars the Americans were negotiating on their own terms that would cripple the empire that saved the world twice.
Jamie Nicol cause getting attacked in Pearl Harbor was their agenda
Nonsense...the Americans had the land and resources to become a superpower....
The Americans supported Britain, not the Empire...they had already overtaken the British economically by 1910.
The British Empire would have collapsed by the year 2000...just like the Soviet Union did...had world war 2 not happened...
I think Britain may have been slightly richer if the Empire had gone on Longer though...
If the Empire existed today...London would be in control of over 2 billion people, areas like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Palestine, its enough to give one cancer even thinking about governing this vast landmass!!!!
hundhun17 they would not have been ruled from London many self governing states within th empire had already been established like Canada and India. A stronger and more integrated of the commonwealth would of been the current situation if Britain had not been crippled by the USA which would mean the commonwealth would be a super power.
Joey Angotti That was the war against the Japanese within World War Two, I also believe that the USA had intelligence that pearl harbour was about to happen. Germany was never in a position especially after 1941 to win the war it could of been won without the Americans swooping in claiming they turned the tides by overt hanging their 'allies'
Jamie Nicol actually if Stalingrad had fallen and the Americans lost midway we would be speaking German. We obviously didn't know about the attack as we left our battleships in harbor. Also, if we had known about Pearl Harbor what difference does it make? It still has america entering the war due to another countries aggression!
I thought it would be Israel.
Spiniijosa I see what you did there
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Iain Hansen I don't see Firestsr losing all 9 lives in one death.
RoundMaster I don't see fire star addressing his clan from a mound of bones
Iain Hansen I don't see Tigerstar defeating BloodClan
RoundMaster I don't see firestar becoming the king of cat hell
I don't see Firestar betraying his clan
Interesting.
But I am salty that when you pondered about Spain and France that you forgot about Portugal, the OG Colonizer.
And they would still be one if Indian independence hadn't cut off their tea supply.
what about france and China
Irish Cream ahem you're not focusing on the right part of the timeline
Would UK be considered a superpower today then? as they can do all the stuff a superpower can do...
superpower have to be economically strong enough
Ling Kong UK has a very good economy also i'm sure......
Benyboy5393 good is not enough, need to be powerful enough to shake the world
Ling Kong UK has an economy that is about the same as USA.
Benyboy5393 hey, we are talking about post ww2 here, stop joking around
The sad damp corpse of the British empire could be argued to have been used as a stepping stone by the US but really the Cold War was never about Britain
Couldn't the same logic be applied to France? They conducted nuclear tests, plotted coups (Suez) and intervened militarily in other parts of the world (South East Asia, Northern Africa, etc.). In their eyes they certainly remained a super power after WWII.
No one talks about us? We still like to think we're a global super power
I guess that's why Brexit is a thing
Spain: The TRUE first superpower! Hail to King Philip!
Going by that definition Britain still is a super power (but only regained it recently with the 2 new super carriers) it can exercise military, political and economic control over every continent.
smh people always seem to forget that finland was a world superpower durring the cold war...
Hey Tigerstar... HOW'S THAT FLESH WOUND COMING ALONG?
The U.K.'s status as a superpower was in jeopardy in 1945 in the timespan of 31 years, it had fought not one but TWO world wars, and had had an almost decade-long economic depression in between. It wasn't so much the British Empire was "Bombed to the ground", and more like "The U.K. was tired of losing entire generations of men", whether they died or were crippled for the rest of their lives.