Why France's Geography is Almost Perfect

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  • @RealLifeLore
    @RealLifeLore  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6071

    It's so unfair that France also gets those culture and tourism bonuses. It needs a nerf. Anyway, if you want to watch more documentaries about how OP France is, check out all the number of fun historical documentaries on CuriosityStream here: curiositystream.com/reallifelore

    • @gausts
      @gausts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      ok baguette

    • @karlspaak7069
      @karlspaak7069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Can you do a similar video on Germany?

    • @itsflobygaming6462
      @itsflobygaming6462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      If they are so op they didnt make so much out of it. I mean right now there economy is on a low and if germany is going on like it is now the will crumble too. Without those two powers the eu ist garbage

    • @itsflobygaming6462
      @itsflobygaming6462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      And france would have lost ww1 as well without britain and especially the us

    • @gausts
      @gausts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@itsflobygaming6462 What a surprise, some Europeans got cocky, elected populists and wrecked their economies.

  • @hamzaakbar6033
    @hamzaakbar6033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16396

    Frances geography is almost perfect. That "almost" is Germany.

    • @florianloer8615
      @florianloer8615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      Yeah man

    • @SK-cf3io
      @SK-cf3io 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      69 like lol

    • @nandeto1097
      @nandeto1097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +663

      No it’s Luxembourg you have to worry about. Wake up sheep

    • @lioubastoupakova3770
      @lioubastoupakova3770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

      Nexxel yeah, it’s a lie, all these countries doesn’t exists, only Luxembourg controls the entire

    • @robertfan332
      @robertfan332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Ohhhhhhno he didn't no he did not. Haha Nexxel that was sick.

  • @justinhobart8226
    @justinhobart8226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10454

    RealLifeLore: Frances geography is almost perfect
    Germany: Almost

    • @masyaf897
      @masyaf897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Lmfao

    • @patolenho3732
      @patolenho3732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +394

      Maginot Line: *Exists*
      Germany: Lets go around it!

    • @guyzan
      @guyzan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      It's not hard to conquer france: you nerd only get there since they'll just surrender

    • @extazine22
      @extazine22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +310

      @@guyzan You must be american i guess.

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Edgy and original.

  • @Johnny_Tambourine
    @Johnny_Tambourine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    "The Euro is France's best defense"
    Somewhere in France hundreds of nuclear warheads are laughing.

    • @zenkth
      @zenkth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      somewhere in the world *
      Elles sont quasi toutes réparties dans des sous marins indetectables

    • @deusvult9439
      @deusvult9439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ahah yeah we have a lot of nuclear weapon. The Euro is useless in term of defense, like litteraly

    • @qwerty222999
      @qwerty222999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deusvult9439 Wealth is the root of all power. So the currency that is the Euro IS the most reliable defense. Don't try to argue against it, your entire life evolves around making money, and the same matters for nations.
      Nuclear weaponry is a deterence. You nuke me? I nuke you. It's like sitting in a room full of people you don't like, and a bomb. Everyone can go trigger the bomb, but nobody wants to die.

  • @jetaddicted
    @jetaddicted 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1299

    French geography is perfect, it’s the living things that might be a problem:
    In summer there are mosquitoes and in winter it’s full of English tourists.

    • @chriswyatt9869
      @chriswyatt9869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      As an English tourist who often visits france in the winter.... yes... yes we are a problem.

    • @kaissersreich
      @kaissersreich 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      And sometimes German soldiers visit via Belgium

    • @alicedog368
      @alicedog368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@kaissersreich ja

    • @badmood9819
      @badmood9819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      English tourists are kind

    • @davidrenton
      @davidrenton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      the only problem with France a beautiful and lovely place is the French.

  • @Gazmus
    @Gazmus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8420

    Alternative title: Why Germany is perfectly situated to invade France

    • @maxcream6726
      @maxcream6726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +472

      Or vice versa. France has invaded what is now Germany many times through history.

    • @nerevarchthn6860
      @nerevarchthn6860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@maxcream6726 but never alone

    • @dovahkiin3379
      @dovahkiin3379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      @@maxcream6726 here comes the butthurt baguette

    • @tonyhawk94
      @tonyhawk94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

      @@nerevarchthn6860 Yes alone, in the early 1800's France invaded the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia and Austria. Also at the time of Louis XIV, France invaded a great part of west Germany and the Netherlands.

    • @nerevarchthn6860
      @nerevarchthn6860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@tonyhawk94 with help of spain and austria and italy but napoleon was a great general he wouldve done it alone too so it doesnt matter

  • @nathanskeen5865
    @nathanskeen5865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5977

    France is almost safe from external threats, except for that one weird neighbor who crosses the Rhine every couple years to say an aggressive hello

    • @phonzylover911
      @phonzylover911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +610

      You mean: "GUTEN TAG!"

    • @CaesarCassius
      @CaesarCassius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      The Maginot Line wants to know your location
      Seriously, it has no idea

    • @antoinemozart243
      @antoinemozart243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Idiot ! We are in 2021. The only agressive hello would come from France who would anihilate Germany in two weeks.

    • @kakalimukherjee3297
      @kakalimukherjee3297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@antoinemozart243
      Lmao

    • @antoinemozart243
      @antoinemozart243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@kakalimukherjee3297 .ask every German ! You never learn. Each time the Germans crossed the line it ended badly for them. And this is why ...... drumrolls...France has stolen two German regions and will keep them.....forever.. Because in 2021, Germany is weak and France is strong.

  • @pietrow138
    @pietrow138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    RealLifeLore: France's Geography is Almost Perfect
    Otto von Bismarck: Yes, almost.
    That weird Austrian German: Ja, have you ever heard my "Ardennen Autoban"?

  • @Dracau_verwatch
    @Dracau_verwatch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1676

    Avouez, les français, ce titre a flatté notre égo et du coup on est là xd

    • @waruiseishin953
      @waruiseishin953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      oui.

    • @karatechopster155
      @karatechopster155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      C’est vrai 😌

    • @Ytb-rn
      @Ytb-rn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Mdr

    • @SuperFirk
      @SuperFirk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      C'est ça, d'habitude on voit les stéréotypes "baguette" "fromage" "white flag" et tout le bordel mais pas un seul de ces mots dans la vidéo mdr

    • @cohennathan4103
      @cohennathan4103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      tellement !

  • @bernardtapie1092
    @bernardtapie1092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5171

    God created France, and to balance the perfectness he create the french.
    [Edit]: as a french myself i feel bad that i have to do french bashing to get so much likes .

    • @yon68
      @yon68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      The Belgium*
      As you can see on the video 👀

    • @napster7413
      @napster7413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      je confirme

    • @MiCh-wv4qh
      @MiCh-wv4qh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Gros ton pseudo abuse pas

    • @lilosurmer4466
      @lilosurmer4466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      The best joke I've heard this year

    • @bad_dragon
      @bad_dragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MiCh-wv4qh en + j'ai deja rencontree cette "blaque" dans un livre nul mais belge

  • @sleepyysleep
    @sleepyysleep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3299

    pros: good terrain, good defense, lots of farmland, geographical armor, rivers
    cons: germany

    • @phx24
      @phx24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      Poland: First time?

    • @Blue-pk4ny
      @Blue-pk4ny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@phx24 same can be said for Russia but if they get in a tight spot they could always relly on the winter.

    • @tommasomorelli9631
      @tommasomorelli9631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      James colonel winter

    • @rohaidasamsudin7592
      @rohaidasamsudin7592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Poland
      Pros:Nothing
      Cons:Everything you say in the comment.

    • @aori583
      @aori583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Blue-pk4ny Winter, their true ally

  • @balintkiss6778
    @balintkiss6778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    -France's Geography is Almost Perfect.
    -Nein!

  • @rijaja
    @rijaja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Gg to the guy who wrote the name of rivers and managed to misspell both Loire and Seine.

  • @aizytaiiyoo9670
    @aizytaiiyoo9670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4464

    The fact that France fought so much with germany, spain, italy, england in the history and now they're just best friend is kinda funny

    • @floche_
      @floche_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +913

      they were in they teenage years, they are adults now

    • @TheKillerfish
      @TheKillerfish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      As a french, i don't think Emmanuel Macron (French president) like the UK because of Brexit

    • @bioplastic4541
      @bioplastic4541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Brexit is the latest news but problems inside the EU are older than that, there are lots of conflicts inside the alliance due to economics and legal reasons, and even if the benefits are huge I wouldn't say the countries are friends

    • @LilaPIsla
      @LilaPIsla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      That's clever, not funny. Europe is stronger than one country on its own.

    • @bioplastic4541
      @bioplastic4541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think so too

  • @nicolasaudra8709
    @nicolasaudra8709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4771

    France have good natural borders : Alps, Rhine, Seas, Pyrénées and Napoléon.

    • @bal-duredt2190
      @bal-duredt2190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Charlemagne aussi c'est un bon mur x)

    • @gilbertquintereaudelachanc4906
      @gilbertquintereaudelachanc4906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Et Charles Martel hein XD

    • @esco5593
      @esco5593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Well at least this wasn't a Germany joke

    • @EmirMoquette
      @EmirMoquette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Maginot line

    • @gunarsmiezis9321
      @gunarsmiezis9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Having a military genius and the recources to build a big enough army will result in you nation being very hard to conquer.

  • @krabbe969
    @krabbe969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    6:50 Switzerland is like „Wtf is going on why is everyone looking at me“ xD

    • @FNFleExZ
      @FNFleExZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂 Einfach us allem rushalte!

    • @severinpasqualmettler8045
      @severinpasqualmettler8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      we just clap our hands and see the profit when our big brothers fights 😜🇨🇭

  • @davidjr9838
    @davidjr9838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thank you for creating this video. I absolutely LOVE French history, especially during the 16th century. I hope you can create more videos about this wonderful country.

    • @AlexLeDuc01
      @AlexLeDuc01 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      François Ier, le père de notre civilisation.

  • @TheThunderwars
    @TheThunderwars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5484

    I'm just watching this to stroke my French ego.

    • @sq7238
      @sq7238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      Pareil haha

    • @Morizzoo
      @Morizzoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +456

      Im watching this to stroke my German ego lmao

    • @matheo8651
      @matheo8651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      @@Morizzoo HAHAHA it also work I think
      I'm happy that Germany is now our biggest ally (imo)

    • @mattgomes7762
      @mattgomes7762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      **Tousse**

    • @Pacbandit13
      @Pacbandit13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      1870 😂😂😂

  • @dewbo1628
    @dewbo1628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3555

    "Why Iran's Geography sucks"
    "Why Japan's Geography sucks"
    "Why Fance's Geography is "almost perfect"

  • @FliPFloP3310
    @FliPFloP3310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    RealLifeLore : France’s Geography is perfect
    Germany : and I took that personally

  • @Gleichtritt
    @Gleichtritt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Pretty funny, how France has an almost perfect strategical position and yet breaks his head over the one little flaw. Meanwhile most other nations are surrounded with nothing but plain fields.

    • @gonzoii148
      @gonzoii148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Who would want to invade Germany ?

    • @warthoggoulags1679
      @warthoggoulags1679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      because the defeat happend because of the government and high command, also france is one of the country that influenced the world the most with england (which was influenced a lot by france, being ruled for most than 200 years by french)

    • @thebel89
      @thebel89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *Sad Poland noises

    • @irokosalei5133
      @irokosalei5133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most other nations are small, poor and don't have the best possible climate in comparaison so there's that.

    • @guillaumec8620
      @guillaumec8620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "One little flaw" of almost 400km tho

  • @ala0284
    @ala0284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4734

    “The EU has made Europe united”
    *UK has left the chat*

    • @mathisrenier
      @mathisrenier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +441

      * UK has unsuccessfully been trying to agree on how to leave the chat for now more than 3 years

    • @swastikturan257
      @swastikturan257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Nervous *Boris Johnson* :- Hmm, Brexit done (maybe.... um may not)

    • @alecblunden8615
      @alecblunden8615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      The EU is scared witless about loosing one of the few net contributes, and is happy to allow the nay sayers to ignore the principles of democracy to impose their will on the majority. I hope they will have the decency to respect Boris Johnson's emphatic mandate.

    • @Hazzelnot94
      @Hazzelnot94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@alecblunden8615 The UK will when leaving the EU negotiate new trade deals in desperation. The EU will probably give the UK a fair deal because countries like Netherlands and Sweden would be hurt otherwise as most of UK trade goes to and and comes from the EU. The US however, they will be brutal.
      Brexit will hurt the EU, but it has the potential of hurting the UK even more.

    • @ioeuropaganymedkallisto7204
      @ioeuropaganymedkallisto7204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@alecblunden8615 hey Alec, how's that Brexit decision going for you? For 3 and a half years your politicians could not decide on which terms to leave and now you are still part of the EU. Your country has become the laughingstock of Europe with Brexit. But at least you got some new blue passports to be proud of while BoJo the clown sells off your NHS to the US. 😂

  • @tlam3028
    @tlam3028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1884

    Real Life Lore: “France’s geography is almost perfect”
    Comments: “I bet I could make a funny and original joke out of this”

    • @thunderbolt_blitz
      @thunderbolt_blitz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Let's Nerf Them

    • @sebu46
      @sebu46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      I bet they think they're the funniest comments in whole youtube but honestly they suck ass.

    • @rikgales123
      @rikgales123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@sebu46 You must be frech

    • @qlvinc
      @qlvinc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I *_highkey_* agree with you

    • @erikeriks
      @erikeriks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's kinda true

  • @MG42AA2WorldSuperCars
    @MG42AA2WorldSuperCars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    “Berlin to Paris in one tank!” 😂😂😂

    • @pesghots2650
      @pesghots2650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hmmm , why you hate france ? Maybe because you never live in a good place that why

    • @pesghots2650
      @pesghots2650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @jean ford I am British daddy , and I am just saying why people hate good places like London, Paris, New York, I just know why because they live in a bad place like Germany, who will want to live there? I don't know who will want to live there

    • @Fremilia
      @Fremilia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pesghots2650 we got beer, bread and a relitevly good social system. Well and thats it all there isnt more. But still germany is a better place than countries like the usa or other third world countries

    • @juniormasko2992
      @juniormasko2992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Napoléon to take Berlin

    • @Anas.22107
      @Anas.22107 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pesghots2650 your not British you cant even construct a good english sentence "maybe because you never live a good place" you type like someone who has learned english as a second language

  • @wxmansmith6898
    @wxmansmith6898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:41 love the RIP above Notre Dame

  • @Ismail-oy9eo
    @Ismail-oy9eo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +876

    2:15 ''Massive alps that require nothing to defend.''
    Hannibal: *Hold my elephants*

    • @fanoftheterror
      @fanoftheterror 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The Chad Rome VS The Virgin Carthage

    • @Yanramich
      @Yanramich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@fanoftheterror I think you pulled a reverse card there

    • @gunarsmiezis9321
      @gunarsmiezis9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well these dais if you can get air superiority you can land airborn troops on the other side of the alps same for a naval invasion.

    • @thibaultlpx7420
      @thibaultlpx7420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      These elephants almost all died in the Alpes

    • @supavegito5288
      @supavegito5288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thibaultlpx7420 no, 50 before the crossing and 27 after

  • @ashleygee6618
    @ashleygee6618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +793

    RealLifeLore: France’s geography is almost perfect!
    Greenland: *laughs in Plague Inc*

    • @roma540
      @roma540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Damn you Greenland!

    • @nassieryusoff
      @nassieryusoff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Those damn Iceland,Madagascar and Greenland lol

    • @Pablo-fk3tn
      @Pablo-fk3tn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks I’m having a breakdown now

    • @lechatrelou6393
      @lechatrelou6393 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nassieryusoff but iceland and Madagascar have more people

    • @Tobycalous
      @Tobycalous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Plague Inc"

  • @thex2985
    @thex2985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this video gives the lession that sometimes, freindship is the best armor

  • @joshuagould548
    @joshuagould548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I always thought the US was extremely well-placed. Possibly the most strategically placed country on Earth. The US doesn't share borders with neighboring threats (Canada hardly invests in its military because the US is so powerful, and Mexico, no offense, is too poor to be powerful). With those 2 countries not being threats, and more so allies, it takes the crossing of the entire Pacific or Atlantic oceans to get to the US. This puts most militaries at a distinct disadvantage, if they ever wanted to go on the offensive. The US also has the most powerful Navy in the whole world, and can defend its coasts very easily.

    • @thierrydesu
      @thierrydesu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ask Biden, he found the perfect way to have the USA invaded by all the thugs central and southern Americas don't want.

    • @nedludd7622
      @nedludd7622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@thierrydesu Speak for yourself QuackAnon, or is it MAGAss, or probably both.

    • @thierrydesu
      @thierrydesu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nedludd7622 We had the same kind of president that let the enemy invade us but he's been removed by the military, just like Biden. We are now waiting for Donald Trump to announce that the world is free.

    • @leopoldberger9037
      @leopoldberger9037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thierrydesu u mean all the thugs that supply the supermassive u.s drug demand lmao

    • @leopoldberger9037
      @leopoldberger9037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Theres also the behring straight which the u.s's greatest rival owns...

  • @jigbizzer
    @jigbizzer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1362

    France: oh no PLAINS how do I defend that
    Poland: first time?

    • @dapoun7228
      @dapoun7228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      France: Oh no,not the 1st time,we defend it since 15 centuries. And you Poland,can you tell me how good you defended your country before it was totally erased by Russia and Prussia?
      Poland: 🤐
      France:And who did make you reborn after defeating both Russia,Prussia and Austria on plains battlefields?
      Poland: Well,it's Napoleon!
      France: So what do we say?
      Poland: Thank you France.

    • @michaeljordan6239
      @michaeljordan6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@dapoun7228 shut up

    • @user-bh9jg2tn8m
      @user-bh9jg2tn8m 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@dapoun7228 tbh this is not only true but real history even if it hurts for some ppl

    • @aldifrpf1188
      @aldifrpf1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@dapoun7228 tbf, poland was surrounded by it’s enemy with no geographical advantage… you’re making an unfair comparison, Poland is way more vulnerable than France

    • @szymon5295
      @szymon5295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​@@dapoun7228 Don't forget about World War II, when France failed to meet the alliance's requirements, and in addition, France capitulated earlier than Poland, even though Poland fought on two fronts

  • @ruvimbond2310
    @ruvimbond2310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1656

    I don’t understand why so many people hate history and geography, it’s so interesting

    • @underpressure1954
      @underpressure1954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      it's sound useless to a lot of people

    • @Wellshem
      @Wellshem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      Some people live for tinder, alcohol and soccer.

    • @mclovinjr9086
      @mclovinjr9086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      RLL makes it interesting but the type you learn in school kinda sucks, I took Geography and learning about fossil fuels and the permeability of rocks isn’t all that fun.

    • @arcturus0379
      @arcturus0379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@mclovinjr9086 That sounds more like Geology/Mineralogy, not Geography

    • @mclovinjr9086
      @mclovinjr9086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Arcturus 97 Well it was split into human and physical Geography, physical was about rocks etc and tectonics. Human was much more interesting.

  • @whisp2508
    @whisp2508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ngl I love the music you put in the background. Great video !

  • @giantenemybird2687
    @giantenemybird2687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would love an entire series describing countries using the format of the Civ games

  • @SamBowers114
    @SamBowers114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2299

    France: we are protected
    Germany: ALMOST protected

    • @shantanupandey5174
      @shantanupandey5174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      France : this is 2019
      Germany : we have Hitler
      France : 🤯

    • @riggedfootball103
      @riggedfootball103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      *Vichy France has entered the chat*

    • @letszer4520
      @letszer4520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also USA (d-day)

    • @lucienaras2165
      @lucienaras2165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Napoleon: Wrong, ardennes are here to protect Germany

    • @BR0984
      @BR0984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucien Aras I don't think Napoleon's tactics would work on WW2

  • @steffenwinter1656
    @steffenwinter1656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3564

    Almost means: its Perfect, but has Germany as neighbour.

    • @ernestovich1157
      @ernestovich1157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Erwin Johannes Rommel and Spain

    • @xxd3nraxx740
      @xxd3nraxx740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Doffy Rob Excuse me? Okay Maybe in Word war 1

    • @epiclighthd7655
      @epiclighthd7655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Doffy Rob Without Lend-Lease and Britain or USA France would easily have beaten. And 2WW you should agree that Germany overran the French. Without Hitler as an idiot who attacks Soviet Union, France would be Großdeutschland today.

    • @xxd3nraxx740
      @xxd3nraxx740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @Doffy Rob Open your book. Germany startet existing in 1871

    • @thumbsUP_x
      @thumbsUP_x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Doffy Rob Excuses me Wtf

  • @stevenottomanyi154
    @stevenottomanyi154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The Germans also thought France's geography was perfect.

    • @bayern1806
      @bayern1806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually France declared war on Germany, dont twist history

    • @ryanbrimson8238
      @ryanbrimson8238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bayern1806 after Germany was threatening to take over all of Europe but ok

  • @logansymmes2193
    @logansymmes2193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've been to France and It's gorgeous

  • @sassythesasquatch6847
    @sassythesasquatch6847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4234

    Germany: “Are you sure about that?”

    • @dkgamez2985
      @dkgamez2985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lol

    • @bigpanda307
      @bigpanda307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      *takes over the whole of France in six weeks days*

    • @knpark2025
      @knpark2025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      that's what "almost" is for lol

    • @mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420
      @mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That one brings back memories

    • @pedror598
      @pedror598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @Sorago Doreno ok boomer

  • @aakashnaik1576
    @aakashnaik1576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1454

    "Ardennes is really beautiful and accessible" -The 50 Wehrmacht divisions

    • @Boeing-hp7oj
      @Boeing-hp7oj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      333 likes?

    • @MalaysianAviator737-8
      @MalaysianAviator737-8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aakash Naik heck yeah

    • @sirendude
      @sirendude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

    • @don_p7546
      @don_p7546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aakash Naik lol the Ardennes isn’t even that hard to cross. There are mostly some hills and forests.

    • @RocketHarry865
      @RocketHarry865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@don_p7546 have you tried walking through those hills and forests

  • @clockworkkirlia7475
    @clockworkkirlia7475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is really interesting! I'm always fascinated by how we took the goldilocks geography of Europe and completely squandered it by beating each other up for a couple thousand years solid.

  • @elirothblatt5602
    @elirothblatt5602 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent explanation, thank you

  • @Ch1pp007
    @Ch1pp007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +669

    France: Only has one defensive weak point.
    Also France: Repeatedly fails to defend that weak point.

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Seriously. How did they not just build a wall (like China) or a series of forts!? (Apparently they did try the latter, but much too late) Seriously, how could they be so incompetent?

    • @chrisd4169
      @chrisd4169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Leo Velli Because unlike Manchuria and Mongolia, the rhine was a very rich and prosperous area of land, since the end of Charlemagne’s empire France has had some claim to it and most of the wars in modern civilization were for control of the rhine

    • @Korvisio
      @Korvisio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@MerkhVision That area is the beginning of the most densely populated area of Europe, and consequently one its most productive and powerful. No chance the people of that area would let such military presence continue, just look at Okinawa today. Compared to the Great Wall of China, which was built north of Beijing, itself around surrounded by useless unproductive mountains on the west, north and east, and extending the wall further west towards the steppes where only the tiny number of horse nomads go.
      Belgium was additionally supposed to let the Maginot expand into their border with Germany, not along their border with France. They chose to be like the Dutch who in WWI remained neutral. Thinking that Germany would similarly respect that sort of neutrality again, and also choosing the UK as their preferred ally over France, they felt protected enough. Unfortunately, the British lacked army, and despite the splendid navy and air force, they couldn't even begin retaking continental Europe until the Americans arrived.

    • @Rynewulf
      @Rynewulf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@MerkhVision since the middle ages that area was stuffed full of castles, continuing into massive amounts of fortifications in the Renaissance and early modern period. The Maginot Line (which I'm assuming you're thinking of) even incorporated some of these, as they were still so big, useful and imposing over the local geography. They just happened to be fortifying it against every single super power that wasn't Britain or Spain, so it's honestly crazy the WW2 blitz hadn't happened more than once in a thousand years xD

    • @florian2199
      @florian2199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@MerkhVision well during Louis XIV reign, they builded a big serie of forteresses, called the iron belt, who was extremely effective up until the discovery of dynamite

  • @langdondresser5900
    @langdondresser5900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1802

    France’s geography is almost perfect
    Airplanes: enter the chat

    • @joebenzz
      @joebenzz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I feel that this is a joke only airplane pilots would understand.

    • @nton8057
      @nton8057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Guys with jetpacks have entered the match.

    • @epg96
      @epg96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Miraculous wielders have entered the chat

    • @admickey4568
      @admickey4568 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nukes:enter the chat

    • @animo_life
      @animo_life 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Adolf hitler join chat

  • @MG-dw6xo
    @MG-dw6xo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My country I’m so proud ❤️🇫🇷

    • @raayds9589
      @raayds9589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      proud of doing what

    • @Ajax020Paris
      @Ajax020Paris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@raayds9589 of being French obviously

    • @ryanbrimson8238
      @ryanbrimson8238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@raayds9589 I mean I’m french too and feel proud even though I didn’t do anything except BE french. Kinda stupid concept but nationalism i guess, same goes for all other countries

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The situation at 05:35 was even worse. Following the German invasion of The Netherlands and Belgium, the Allied forces moved north, into both attacked countries, which was just what the Germans were hoping for.
    With most of their forces north of the French border, following the German breakthrough (or better 'sail through' because there were almost no forces stationed in the Ardennes Region) most of the Allied forces' supply lines were cut off and they were being surrounded from the north and south.
    Therefore the only direction they could fall back to, was the Belgian coast, ending up in Dunkirk.

  • @jeannelagarde2489
    @jeannelagarde2489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2734

    Ah yes. Lorie, the famous River of France, not to be confused with Loire, the famous 2000's french singer.

    • @copycat441
      @copycat441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      In France we say Loire for Lorie

    • @thevipblink8571
      @thevipblink8571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      J'adore😭

    • @senda4953
      @senda4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ahaha je suis mort!!!

    • @HolmesOO7
      @HolmesOO7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never heard of any

    • @ltr1745
      @ltr1745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      famous? Never heard of both.

  • @ahsanimam73
    @ahsanimam73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2455

    Why Belgiums geography is perfect
    For german wehrmacht divisions

    • @quelqunderandom6143
      @quelqunderandom6143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Belgium AKA the flat country, why is it named that way? Because everyone just rolled over it

    • @fifightwarior2361
      @fifightwarior2361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      In French we call it the "paillasson" and I think it is beautifull

    • @georgewashington4032
      @georgewashington4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@quelqunderandom6143 the netherlands is flatter

    • @markthebikethief1248
      @markthebikethief1248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      for the protectorate sorry i don’t speak baguette

    • @georgewashington4032
      @georgewashington4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@fullertheo4881 i Wanted to say
      You're life is a joke but jokes have meaning

  • @brainloading5543
    @brainloading5543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    By the way, j'ai vraiment aimé votre vidéo, très bien réalisée, bravo, j'ai bien aimé.

  • @Finn21077
    @Finn21077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i live in france and this brings me joy

  • @Nemrod-vy3ny
    @Nemrod-vy3ny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +782

    Every country in Europe : omg France is so hard to attack
    Germany : it’s free real estate

    • @Crisyx91
      @Crisyx91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      It had been the opposite for half a millenium, but somehow people can only remember about what happened past 1870

    • @Andrei-eb2du
      @Andrei-eb2du 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@@Crisyx91 I don t think you heard about a man with a mustache from Austria in 1940

    • @11Survivor
      @11Survivor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Andrei-eb2du isn't that past 1870?

    • @unemusiqueunjour
      @unemusiqueunjour 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Germany can't do shit against France nowadays

    • @Andrei-eb2du
      @Andrei-eb2du 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@unemusiqueunjour Neither can France against Germany

  • @charptho
    @charptho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +871

    France's northern plain is its only geographical flaw
    Germany: say no more fam

    • @ballooncast2056
      @ballooncast2056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sharp Though 530 likes and no comments so I said HI BOIS

    • @lazarjovanovic4388
      @lazarjovanovic4388 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ballooncast2056 this was 12 hrs ago and so im the 2nd reply but i wanted to be 1st

    • @mui3
      @mui3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      E

    • @divyeshraibusgeet54
      @divyeshraibusgeet54 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fam

    • @obamium4265
      @obamium4265 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stop please

  • @leffersuckit2818
    @leffersuckit2818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Its crazy how the worlds sexiest language is in one country. And just next to that country is the country with the worlds unsexiest language.

  • @rbalsdldiify
    @rbalsdldiify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Video: France's geography is almost perfect
    Hitler: Almost

  • @cdemr
    @cdemr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1349

    0:46 Some letters have been swapped here. The "Siene" is actually the Seine and the "Lorie" is in fact the "Loire".

    • @papysson
      @papysson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Yep, it triggered me

    • @Hug0Ne0
      @Hug0Ne0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      You forgot Garrone instead of Garonne

    • @epsi_fifa
      @epsi_fifa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      And not Rhone it s Rhône

    • @corentinguillo5577
      @corentinguillo5577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yes like 3 big mistakes out of 6! That's really bad

    • @Sen-ki-
      @Sen-ki- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I'm French and this triggered me.

  • @Jack-Spark
    @Jack-Spark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2715

    RealLifeLore: France's Geography is almost perfect
    Germany: Its free real estate

    • @14thbattlegroupcommander
      @14thbattlegroupcommander 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Delicious. Finnaly some good fucking foo- LAND.... land of a sovereingn state.... im not planning to eat it.... i promise
      --Germany, basicaly in every centurie

    • @christopheryehezkiel9545
      @christopheryehezkiel9545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I knew there's going to be a comment glorifying the fact that Germany told the world that France's geography isn't perfect at all. Lmao

    • @JFIN-fk7hu
      @JFIN-fk7hu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      France : *WW1*

    • @itsdomd0misticn00b7
      @itsdomd0misticn00b7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This made my day lol 😂

    • @sandalphoncpu
      @sandalphoncpu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WWI and WWII: let me introduce myself

  • @bastouneuroatypicmusic6885
    @bastouneuroatypicmusic6885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a good french, im agree that we have a good located country (between northern europe to southern europe) its good for trade with all the countries, and we have a rich field and rich cities. Thats maybe why less french people immigrated to other country rather than italians, germans or irish. Because we love our nation and our country.

  • @mtnslyr
    @mtnslyr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    France has the most aesthetically pleasing flag colors. I wish I could fly it, but I’m not french.

  • @thetruth5084
    @thetruth5084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +587

    Germany declares war on France...
    Belgium: "Awww shit here we go again"

    • @Asiandramas99
      @Asiandramas99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      If you dont know, let me tell you that Begium was created as buffee state between france and germany... It has no other history..

    • @trrt2719
      @trrt2719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Asiandramas99 not fully accurate before Napoleon we were the Spanish Netherlands, before that we were the Bourghondian Netherlands, couple of Netherland iterations, short time France, Middle empire, Caroline/Frankish Empire and before that Roman empire and before that celtic and germanic tribes. Short answer most of middle ages the power centre of the Netherlands untill The Dutch-Spanish war

    • @maximeflec
      @maximeflec 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh no some parachutist are in the sky, we can't get them !!!!! let's give up !

    • @flamingoxe5984
      @flamingoxe5984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Asiandramas99 “buffer state”

    • @flamingoxe5984
      @flamingoxe5984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trrt2719 actually in the war of Spanish succession you went from Spanish to Austrian and it stayed like that until 1815

  • @vomanna
    @vomanna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1686

    I'm a simple french, I see "France" and "perfect" in the same sentence, I click.
    Edit : Finished the video, thanks for your work.

    • @erfgoedgidsveenhuizen
      @erfgoedgidsveenhuizen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Go to work.

    • @vomanna
      @vomanna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@erfgoedgidsveenhuizen Strike on monday. I'll go thuesday.

    • @erfgoedgidsveenhuizen
      @erfgoedgidsveenhuizen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@vomanna I wouldn't expect anything else from the French.

    • @Raisonnance.
      @Raisonnance. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Pareil. J'ai pas pu résister 😖😥🇨🇵😭

    • @dlrowolleh5855
      @dlrowolleh5855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@erfgoedgidsveenhuizen and yet, the French people have the highest productivity per inhabitant with their 35h a week ... Sounds like the world got something wrong

  • @LIGMA707
    @LIGMA707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So France can attack Germany through the plain and Germany can attack France through the plain

  • @matthewaleung
    @matthewaleung 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think you should make a video ranking and grading all major countries geopolitical/geographical advantages like how we grade NBA/NFL draft prospects @reallifelore

  • @19MAD95
    @19MAD95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    France: My Geography is almost perfect.
    Germany: I’m about to r--
    Caesar: oh baby let’s get weird with it.

    • @rekoonbolt4158
      @rekoonbolt4158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joe

    • @alecsis882
      @alecsis882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A good one, congrats

    • @driftracerepeat7334
      @driftracerepeat7334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why did i read this hearing austin powers' voice?

    • @epg96
      @epg96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ladybug, Chat Noir, and other Miraculous wielders: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*

  • @Danymok
    @Danymok 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1317

    "France is easy to defend"
    *Laughs in German*

    • @whafflete6721
      @whafflete6721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Belgium: **Nervous Sweating**

    • @NormalChannel95
      @NormalChannel95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      *Also in Roman*

    • @JFIN-fk7hu
      @JFIN-fk7hu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also FRANCE : ...*WW1*... ...*NUKES*...

    • @Bidmartinlo
      @Bidmartinlo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *Also laughs in Norse*

    • @ezra5788
      @ezra5788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Fun Fact: A house in Stalingrad held out longer than the entirety of France in WW2. That shows how easily France was defeated by the Germans. In the time it took Germany to defeat France they barely crossed a single street in Russia.

  • @ChachouLP
    @ChachouLP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Proud to be French and live in this country :) ❤🇨🇵💜

  • @romabg5136
    @romabg5136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    lorie & siene are just my fav rivers

  • @Dali_cz
    @Dali_cz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    American : "FrAnCe SUrRenDerEd iN WW2"
    French : " *Without us, you would be praising a certain queen* "

    • @annoyingbstard9407
      @annoyingbstard9407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jiziba Macron?

    • @Dali_cz
      @Dali_cz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@annoyingbstard9407 ?

    • @somethingsomething2100
      @somethingsomething2100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      True but, without us you’d be under rule of short mustache man

    • @damienthimonier4900
      @damienthimonier4900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@somethingsomething2100 And without you, Germany just broke on the Eastern front 2 week after.
      And without a Spanish double agent, you'll be obliterate in Normandy by Rommel.
      And without Churchill, you'll divide France like Germany, because you were here to conquer, not to liberate.

    • @Valandix
      @Valandix 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Without them, you would be praising a lot of kings :jerry: (You should be thankfull of crippling detbs, ya ingrants piece of baguette)

  • @joyphobic
    @joyphobic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    **INSERT TYPICAL FRANCE JOKES HERE**

    • @pisaks6782
      @pisaks6782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      France surrender, now laugh

    • @joyphobic
      @joyphobic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@pisaks6782 Ha²

    • @Mr-wh1ny
      @Mr-wh1ny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      baguette army

    • @devoted_eater567
      @devoted_eater567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      17th of septh

    • @hectarea1226
      @hectarea1226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I played Prussens Gloria in Paris. Now France's flag doesn't have red and blue anymore.

  • @losenikromah7802
    @losenikromah7802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is purely fascinating If you can enjoy the history and geography without your subjective biases against countries.

  • @mayori35
    @mayori35 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ouahhhh c'est vraiment vite résumé et interprété ça monsieur!

  • @zonoka9609
    @zonoka9609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1504

    No one:
    Litterally the entire comment section: *GeRmAny*

    • @applewormz
      @applewormz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It’s not “no one” then..

    • @jamatg
      @jamatg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hi from Lower Saxony

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *nOrMiE*

    • @mcmarkmarkson7115
      @mcmarkmarkson7115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Talking about the almost perfect defenses of France without germany? Not gonna happen.

    • @oscarcastelot2154
      @oscarcastelot2154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Zonoka those people didn’t even watch the video

  • @ERROR_-_404
    @ERROR_-_404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    _France and Germany go to war_
    BeNeLux: aw shit, here we go again

    • @ashaydwivedi420
      @ashaydwivedi420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How about bullying Switzerland the next time?

    • @niccolopaganini4268
      @niccolopaganini4268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@ashaydwivedi420 Not if you want to keep your money

    • @sinoskopyasky
      @sinoskopyasky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ashaydwivedi420 Switzerland has ridiculous defenses

    • @HMN134
      @HMN134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@sinoskopyaskyit is a literal fortress the size of a country

    • @Pandemonis
      @Pandemonis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Should have let us build the Maginot line... Or is too hard to hold the Rhine ?

  • @Sava.S
    @Sava.S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    France: I have the perfect geography
    Germany: Are you sure about that?

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work Thank you

  • @ehorn9646
    @ehorn9646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    The famous rivers Siene and Lorie, passing through cities such as Prais or Natnes, famous historical cities, to finally end up in the Altantic and the Engilsh Chanenl

    • @laytonjr6601
      @laytonjr6601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Me : It's funny your accent when you say Loire
      He : writes Lorie

    • @feuby8480
      @feuby8480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I loled. Thanks. Honnestly, there were so many mistakes in the names I suspect it's a joke.

    • @obamium4265
      @obamium4265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Mon cœur de français souffre face au respect si peu existant

    • @yourfandomsucks7466
      @yourfandomsucks7466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@obamium4265 T'es pas français, tu viens de Naboo

    • @obamium4265
      @obamium4265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yourfandomsucks7466 tu viens des marais donc toi aussi

  • @aronbouma4755
    @aronbouma4755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    France: I'm the most protected country when it comes to my borders
    Switzerland: *Hold my Alpes*

    • @johnycakes6613
      @johnycakes6613 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Afghanistan: France (Napoleon I think?), Russia, and the USA couldn’t

    • @pancakefacessyrup3540
      @pancakefacessyrup3540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      laughs in lichtenstein

    • @aronbouma4755
      @aronbouma4755 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pancakefacessyrup3540 Thats right, Liechtenstein is like the final boss. Switzerland is kind of like their shield.

    • @pancakefacessyrup3540
      @pancakefacessyrup3540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aronbouma4755 or someone could just rent it for 50k and then it falls

    • @kolerick
      @kolerick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnycakes6613 nope, about Afghanistan, it's GB, Russia, a coalition that the leader prefeared to put the means to win (and succeeded in creating a beast) in another country, USA

  • @roelandmuyldermans4013
    @roelandmuyldermans4013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Belgian borders are almost perfect. We just need the part southwest of us till the Pyrenees

    • @SaraSara-kr6sp
      @SaraSara-kr6sp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heh atleast foreigners rule it from ur country😀✌️

  • @5Penkets
    @5Penkets 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    “France’s geography is almost perfect”
    Bismarck, Hitler and Eisenhower: Yes.

    • @ludoviciusmagnus5125
      @ludoviciusmagnus5125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Germany’s geography is almost perfect”
      Louis XIV, Napoléon: yes !

    • @user-zk3fu4hk1j
      @user-zk3fu4hk1j 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ludoviciusmagnus5125 its not

  • @maxthebaguette5668
    @maxthebaguette5668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3032

    Every french watching this be like : 😎

    • @adnan8837
      @adnan8837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      Tempomatics Every French reading the comments:😡

    • @adnan8837
      @adnan8837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@maxthebaguette5668 Probably. I'm not French I'm just imagining their reaction.

    • @OlivierMx10
      @OlivierMx10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂of course

    • @frenchbaguette8447
      @frenchbaguette8447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      En effet

    • @pamplemoo
      @pamplemoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ça c'est moi

  • @Micksowagger
    @Micksowagger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    The Scottish sounding music in a video about France throws me off a bit.

    • @thehorsesnamewasfriday8695
      @thehorsesnamewasfriday8695 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      micksowagger 💀

    • @maxencebarre3833
      @maxencebarre3833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      that's not scottish sounding music, it's medieval sounding music

    • @FairyCRat
      @FairyCRat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      As a Frenchman, I'm glad he didn't put dumb accordion music.

    • @burikinodance
      @burikinodance 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@FairyCRat Now I will complain why he DIDN'T add corny accordion music

    • @BenchFox_
      @BenchFox_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What is the name of this music anyway?

  • @kapilchauhan7954
    @kapilchauhan7954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's why it lost to Germany,
    Perfect geography belongs to Australia if I'm not wrong

  • @probablyathing6033
    @probablyathing6033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Germany : well they didn’t say perfect so time for round three

  • @Yoshikage-Bowie
    @Yoshikage-Bowie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Fun drinking game : take a shot everytime you see a comment about Germany.
    Challenge #2 : Double the portion if it's not funny

    • @electricangel4488
      @electricangel4488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      but all of them are funny

    • @JONTHEWHEREHOG
      @JONTHEWHEREHOG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I'mma get alcohol poisoning from just the first challenge. The second one would replace my whole bloodstream with alcohol

    • @unepintade
      @unepintade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@electricangel4488 none* they are basically all the same

    • @chevaldarsaut3770
      @chevaldarsaut3770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Challenge #3 : 1 shot everytime you see a french guy complaining abouut the comments mocking them

    • @Chillerll
      @Chillerll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am already drunk

  • @bobibest89
    @bobibest89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1035

    France: My geography is perfect!
    Germany: Hold my tanks!

    • @RicardoSilva-du8qc
      @RicardoSilva-du8qc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      hold my blitzkrieg

    • @B4sed_Austrian
      @B4sed_Austrian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ricardo Silva hold my gas

    • @zedantXiang
      @zedantXiang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      More like
      France: My Geography is perfect
      Germany: Almost perfect.

    • @divyeshraibusgeet54
      @divyeshraibusgeet54 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guns

    • @maxmuller8633
      @maxmuller8633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@RicardoSilva-du8qc The blitzkrieg is not really a real strategy, it's popular because some random English broadcasts make a documentary about it. As Hitler himself claimed it to be "absolute idiotic."

  • @neruba2173
    @neruba2173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "To the east the Alps, that require no defense"
    Aníbal 2000 years ago: heheheheheheheheheeh

    • @thierrydesu
      @thierrydesu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There was no snow by that time. And Annibal went from France to Italy, not from Italy to France. It's totally different!

  • @ahmedhafez3097
    @ahmedhafez3097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Id love to see an episode on Egypt, how the desert protected it from all invaders (except Arabs) but the Nile Delta made it an easy access from the north (Romans, Greeks, Napoleon, ottomans, British)

  • @karols7755
    @karols7755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1484

    Greetings from Poland
    Which has the worst geography ever xD

    • @julo6864
      @julo6864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Nah man your country is amazing greetings from france

    • @daveychaselao9599
      @daveychaselao9599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Manstein : Agreed

    • @ophis181
      @ophis181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Except when you're army is composed of winged hussards horse-charging the plains.
      Then, it's perfect

    • @magmaduke8512
      @magmaduke8512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Nah, just the worst allies

    • @AlexS-oj8qf
      @AlexS-oj8qf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Belarus: c:

  • @andrewn327
    @andrewn327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1263

    Nazis: That "Almost Perfect" is just enough for our *German Engineering* .

    • @solehsolehsoleh
      @solehsolehsoleh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Even Speedwagon is afraid..

    • @B0ssBH
      @B0ssBH 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Germans*

    • @obamaprism9876
      @obamaprism9876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      DEUTSCHE QUALITÄT

    • @musicistheanswer3020
      @musicistheanswer3020 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andrew Nguyen not only Germans

    • @CountDogula7
      @CountDogula7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DZ Football it’s a reference to a TV show

  • @ammarraz.8090
    @ammarraz.8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Alternative title: You Will NOT Believe This ONE WEAKNESS of the French Border

  • @jcfilmz
    @jcfilmz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:09 man, he really whipped that boat around

  • @RealHipHoManiac
    @RealHipHoManiac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +303

    Just to make this clear: France did not think Germany unable to pass through the Ardenne, they thought German Motorized and Panzers were unable to pass through the Ardennes, and they were right. What they were wrong was to assume that this would be enough deterrence a against full scale German thrust.
    The Panzers stuck close to the Ardenne while German infantry did indeed go through the Ardennes. Might be nitpicking but it's always good to know.

    • @mathphysicsnerd
      @mathphysicsnerd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *nitpicking

    • @kevishader3561
      @kevishader3561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      RealHipHopManiac Wrong. Guderian and Rommel were probably the reason why the mission succeeded in the way it did. While the German Panzers did have problems traversing the Ardennes and were spotted a few times, they did push through it with >50 Panzer divisions

    • @EGT999
      @EGT999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kevi Shader 50 vermacht divisions

    • @Betterhose
      @Betterhose 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Germany won in 1870 before Blitzkrieg strategy was invented, before Tanks were invented, before Airplanes were used for warfare, motorized infantry wasn't around and it wasn't even a preemptive strike.
      France was the one to declare war and was the First to attack in Saarbrücken.

    • @RealHipHoManiac
      @RealHipHoManiac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kevishader3561 No, that would either be the French command failure or if you wanted to attribute it to any German General - Manstein, who came up with the plan before Hitler took credit for it. And I believe you're either confusing the area with the actual forest -- German tanks almost exclusively used the road networks of the Ardenne -- or you are very confident in your ignorance.
      Also, 50 panzer divisions? Germany only had 21 in Barbarossa. You're not serious?

  • @felixleong61
    @felixleong61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    "Impenetrable geographical armor"
    Really? They did nothing to stop Gandhi's nukes and giant death robots.

    • @Neseku
      @Neseku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      “The world is the problem, the atomic bomb is the answer.” - Mahatma Gandhi

    • @thealpaca18
      @thealpaca18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What the fak?

    • @Neseku
      @Neseku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mckenzie Africa Civ VI reference

    • @Forlfir
      @Forlfir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Neseku It's way older than Civ 6

    • @Neseku
      @Neseku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      L F it’s a Civ reference all the same

  • @FILIPE05
    @FILIPE05 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can you do one about Spain and Portugal please!

  • @mad1478
    @mad1478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    France: Yeah our geography is almost perfect
    EU: What do you mean “almost?”
    The weakness: “hallo frankreich”

  • @frenchpower193
    @frenchpower193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +769

    Me : wait its all France ?!
    Napoléon : *always has been*

    • @DrCleff-bp4vj
      @DrCleff-bp4vj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Laughs in german

    • @hainevidia8753
      @hainevidia8753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@DrCleff-bp4vj laugh in De Grande Armée

    • @DrCleff-bp4vj
      @DrCleff-bp4vj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @PikoraGhoul • *Habsburger ring a bell?

    • @380flame
      @380flame 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @PikoraGhoul • clovis was germanic at first, he conquered gallia which became la Francie

    • @brrrrrtenjoyer
      @brrrrrtenjoyer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Marshal Floron Didn't Hitler conquer more land though?

  • @krips22
    @krips22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    About the ww2 references: France's geography is ALMOST perfect (hi, Germany). Now let's talk about demography.
    1914 : France: 41,630,000 , Germany: 65,860,000
    1940 : France: 40,690,000 , Germany: 69,838,000
    France used to be *by far* the most populated country of Europe, and that's one of the reasons why France could resist (and invade) most of Europe during the French revolution wars and the Napoleonic wars. But this situation ended ~after the Napoleonic era and France underwent a lasting demographic winter, while other European countries' population increased a lot. Despite massive immigration starting in the 1870s, it didn't change much (there were even years at the end of 19th c. when France actually lost population (more deaths than births) IIRC).

  • @TurtleSB
    @TurtleSB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:44 Germany controls the Euro production XD

  • @Yottifferent
    @Yottifferent 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should do a video about Kiribati’s geography. I think it has the most interesting geography out of any country

  • @forstaken2254
    @forstaken2254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +747

    What gives people feelings of power:
    Money
    Status
    Starting a civilization game in France

    • @theTHwa3tes11
      @theTHwa3tes11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1st comment lolololol

    • @Enchie
      @Enchie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I find the east coast of America to be better, or the Middle East.

    • @justdont9644
      @justdont9644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What’s sad is then you get nuked by Gandhi in civilization

    • @KaizerKlash111
      @KaizerKlash111 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, in Civ6, france is pretty bad, a lot worse than Irl

  • @ethantaylor1844
    @ethantaylor1844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    RealLifeLore: Why France’s Geography is Almost PERFECT
    Also RealLifeLore: Why Japan’s and Iran’s Geography Both SUCK
    Lol France got on his good side :)

    • @fawkewe
      @fawkewe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yet the whole video for Japan And Irans is How Awesome there geography is especially Irans

    • @ventreal4292
      @ventreal4292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ethan Taylor he must've had a good experience there

    • @gideonmele1556
      @gideonmele1556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Mountains are great when they are on the edges of your nation but absolute rubbish when running roads, electric lines, farms, or generally anything human related. That’s why Japan and Iran have crappy geography: no go zones are great against enemies, no so great when you have to go around them yourself just to get to the next town. And friendlies spend far more time inside your country than foes.

    • @lecherousfish
      @lecherousfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ethan Taylor But they really do, France has an amazing geographic location if you’re trying to develop a nation, now the real thing is the British geography is almost perfect... plus Japan is all Mountains, and Iran just sucks.

    • @jivvr
      @jivvr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      300th like lol

  • @HanzArtBodybuilding
    @HanzArtBodybuilding 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would love to visit France 🇫🇷 one day