Did you know that the Panama Canal used to belong to the U.S.?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มี.ค. 2023
- The canal was built at the beginning of the 20th century when Panama was still part of the Republic of Colombia. However, Colombia refused to allow the United States to build the canal through its territory. So to get around this, the U.S. supported Panama's independence movement and helped the country gain independence from Colombia in 1903. Thereafter, the U.S. signed a treaty with Panama that gave the U.S. control over a 10-mile-wide strip of land in Panama where the canal could be built. This area became known as the Panama Canal Zone, which was a U.S. territory in all but name. The U.S. controlled the canal and canal zone until 1999 when the canal and canal zone were transferred to Panama under the terms of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which guaranteed the permanent neutrality of the canal and prohibited any country from using the canal for military purposes. However, since Panama has no military the treaty allows the United States to intervene militarily in the Canal Zone in the event of a threat to the neutrality or security of the Canal.
That treaty is the most American that ever America'd.
There can be no violence and it’s all yours but if things get weird we come in like Rambo baby
yeah america and imperialism go hand and hand
@@jesusdontlikethatimgaybuts9493 that's why we have taken over sooooo many countries and not piddly little territories
@@chickenpuncher1674 you have a very shallow understanding of world politics if you think the only form of imperialism is who controls what on a map… but even so, the entire US mainland was taken over and the population was systemically wiped out to make way for whites and their shitty infrastructure. also referring to the philippines or cuba as “piddly little territories” is a self report into how you see countries in the global south. the philippines has over 100 million people. so yeah. your sarcastic comment is not actually wrong.
Republicans were outraged that Carter gave it back to Panama
*casually supports an independence movement in Latin America*
It's independence when it's beneficial to the us, it'd terrorists when it's not
Yeeeahhh, just because they like the concept of freedom! Nothing eeeelssseeee guys!
Surely the 56+ coups in Central and South America didn’t related to any war crimes at all…
It's not like they supported any anti-communist dictatorship in South America
Just ask Chile about it
@@dutchroyalnavy1 Or Argentina. Or Brazil. Or Nicaragua. Or Cuba. Or Bolivia. Or Honduras. Or Venezuela. Literally all of Latin America. And then the US dares to complain about Russia and Ukraine 😂
Correction, the U.S. didn't support Panama's independence movement, the U.S. literally invented it
Claro porque Panamá nunca se independizó en 1821 por separado de todos, ni tuvo 3 intentos de separación y una guerra civil para salirse del control de Bogotá, porfavor estudia...
@@FollowCarrier1997
1. La decision de ser parte the Colombia despues the la independencia fue del govierno de Panama
2. Los Estados Unidos suportaron la union con Colombia en 1850, porque era del beneficio Americano
3. La unica razon el govierno Americano decidio "soportar la independencia" de Panama fue cuando el govierno de Colombia no quiso permitir la construction del canal.
4. Desde la indepencia con Colombia en 1903, asta el govierno de Manuel Noriega (y talves despues) el govierno de Panama fue controlado por los Americanos, pero cuando Noriega ya no quiso obedecer a los Americanos, ellos lo sacaron de Panama.
5. Talves hoy los Americanos no tienen control completo de Panama, pero to no puedes decir que los Americanos nunca estubieron en control en el pasado.
@@FollowCarrier1997
Literalmente parquearon un acorazado en la costa caribe para prevenir el transporte de tropas desde a el istmo.
Sí, es cierto que tuvieron movimientos independentistas, pero estos no eran mayoría dentro del mismo país. Ni tampoco fueron exitosos hasta la intervención de los E.E.U.U..
Además, respecto a la guerra civil para librarse del control de Bogotá, la idea era doblegar a la capital y al gobierno conservador. Nunca fue fracturar el país, pero esto pasó por circunstancia.
Sounds like you want a dose of FREEDOM.
@@Sinatra021
That depends
Freedom according to whom?
so America built a nation because they wanted a canal, and the origin country didn’t allow it. Then they gave the canal back. America, wtf?
They gave canal back because they can use it forever anyway.
@@Tomoesong yeah
It doesn't feel like we ever have it back, because not only do we get to use it forever since it is a neutral zone, we can intervene militarily. And for a second there I thought we were going to do a good for once.
@@HollcomeTook america doesnt do goods
They gave it back, because now they have guaranteed access to the canal, which is all they were after anyways.
In an alternate timeline, Panama Canal became the 51st State.
Canada has dibs on the 51st spot. Trump 2024!
In an alternate timeline, panama controls US 😂
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@@stanleycronk4136 stop
@@stanleycronk4136 Canada is Blue, pls no
Wait till Panama pulls a Turkey and builds an express lane
Lmfao. Not a bad idea for them tbh.
Nicaragua’s trying to build one with China and the US locked all those people in charge up lmao
Egypt after becoming turkiye and build another canal: 🤑🤑
United States was actually doing that when they owned it lol
sounds like they need to get freedomed /s
My dad was assigned to guard the Panama Canal in 1949. He was the second oldest in his family and his brother served stateside during WW2 so he was exempt from combat (as he also was only 20 by the end of the war). He was there for 18 months as I remember hearing. Not terribly hazardous duty and dad described it as one of the best experiences of his life. Dad had a younger brother that served in Korea during the conflict there also.
Shut up u american
U invade other nation and force them doing what benifit u
Noone want to listen to ur sad sad grandpa lifestory
U killer
Cool
Did you serve?
Imperialist family
@kitosjek9541 you're a racist
I have sailed my boat through the Panama Canal 5X now. Cruised Panama for 3 yrs. Loved it.
Columbia didn't refuse correction, Colombia was asking for a certain amount of money to create the Canal.
And the US felt that it was cheaper, Supporting the rebels in Panama..
Rebels?… joining Gran Colombia was the single biggest mistake Panamá ever did… what came after was just an opportunity to correct it
@Franklin Hidalgo
Panama didn't join gran Columbia, they were part of the viceroyalty of new Granada which included, themselves, Colombia, Venezuela, and I think Ecuador.
Damn
@@franklinhidalgo3683 Panamá didn't join gran colombia, Panamá was part of the republic of colombia as a core state but due to a civil war betwen liberals and conservatives in colombia and it's communication broke with the capital... Then the US saw an opportunity in a monopoly over our economy through the united fruit company... And bum... The rebels appeared from nowhere when the government asked for a fee
@@rouwd4wn649 A civil war between liberals and conservatives? Holy sh*t that's scary. I never knew this, and this is already what's happening in the US, just not a hot war... yet.
Brings back the memory of the bumper sticker : " " " Keep the Canal, give 'em Carter " .
I remember those …😅
I’m thinking about trading Carter for Biden…
Yup
My aunts dad worked on the canal . She hated carter after that .
@@dadrewco100 Do you really think Carter was responsible? Have you ever watched Eisenhower’s parting speech to the nation?
i was stationed there from 77 to 1980 best 3 years of my life loved it
In the late 80's worked with a guy born in the CZ. He couldn't speak Spanish but he had some wild stories about his home zone.
I spent a yr there 71 , it was so very beautiful .
At that time the Panamanians was wanting to take over the Canal but the US insisted they would have to wait until our time in the contract was up then they would talk .
Well we all know what happened !
I extended as along as I could before I was forced to lPCS. Airforce Paradise!!!
In the room where Panama was formed, not one person spoke Spanish.
How terrible for the indigenous Spanish speaking population 😂😂😂
@@NotANameist The indigenous population does indeed speak Spanish in the modern day. And when panama was formed.
@@NotANameist WDYM?
US strategy, divide and conquer.
thats british
Like Father Like Son Conquerors...
That's just basic strategy. It doesn't belong to anyone
Worked for the Romans
US strategy got the canal built when Noone else on earth could get the job done . Don't hear many stating that FACT !
Uncle sam always gets his way
Vietnam and Afghanistan has left the chat
@@user-yi6sy3zv8s Cuba?
@@user-yi6sy3zv8s haha😅
@@user-yi6sy3zv8s it is hard to win against insurgency. you can ask Britain how US won and declared independence from them lol
@@user-yi6sy3zv8s how are Vietnam and Afghanistan today after “winning” those wars ? Exactly nothing. We don’t lose, when other countries lose they lose part their land and get weaker but we only get more advanced equipment.
I was stationed there from 76-79 and 81-84. Great assignment and beautiful country!
Also, the French tried to build the canal before the US did but too many people died from malaria amongst other things, so the project was abandoned by the French before the US took it over.
Yeah they tried to build a sea level canal.
Fun fact: construction was so dangerous that over 25K people died building the Panama canal. They literally just threw human death and suffering at it until it was finished.
Mosquitoes and malaria. DDT solved that problem and got other bugs under control like bedbugs. But DDT affected the billions of geese that poop all over everything. So now we have these problems again after DDT was outlawed.
There is no fun in that reality.
That's actually pretty low casualties for canal construction.
Take a look at the Great Canal in China if you want to see real casualty numbers.
Most died from malaria, damn skeeters
@@mariodelauro5115 Thinking the skitters was why the french gave up.
The canal's construction was initially given to a French company, but after they lost more than 20 thousand people to malaria, it went bankrupt. Then an American company took over, by first spraying DDT in the canal region for two years and then developing the canal lock system to operate it on different elevations.
they didn't use DDT. they didn't even know how it was transmitted at the time. Dr. William Gorgas, an Army Dr., figured it out. they put the hospital bed legs in bowls of water, to keep ants off the patients. he noticed the mosquito larvae in the bowls.
they then sprayed oil over the swamps and all stagnant water to smother the mosquitos.
DDT wasn't invented until the 40s
Hsha wow. They sprayed it fir 2 years?! Wow.
Yes, I knew because no other country could do it or finish it. It was a mosquito death trap, but we managed to build.
Him: Says a question that he think will be a new fact for everyone
Everyone: yes
France began the construction and gave up becourse of the great number of dead workers. Then the US took over and completed the construction.
They gave up because that endeavor almost bankrupted France,sorry to inform you of that
I think a lot of people get sick working down there if I'm not mistaken
It was a massive undertaking. My grandfather was a mining/explosives expert & helped them build the canal.
Jimmy Carter basically gave it away.
usa should take the canal back so they can stop the corruption of the Panamanian government,since they left the country the Panamanian politicians fight who can controls the wealth of the canal.
@@jimcronan4627 France had a bigger gdp then america back then
That canal is our 🇵🇦 main source of wealth but at the same time, it's our doom. We fought for, because the former treaties were abusive with us, but guess what, in case of WW3, we're under US protection but at the same time, we're under another possibility of invasion by US. Or even worse, being destroyed.
Well hopefully in the case of World War III we (USA) don’t elect a horrible leader that would try to invade Panama.
@@user-wi4cs8sg8q Wish it would be true
"Became enemy with US is dangerous, but became friend with US is fatal"
And in case of Panama, you're colonized by US since you go with them and never escape until they collapse (? When). A country that don't have military and relied on another country to defend itself is not an independent country, you're a 52nd state of US, just called with different name in comparing to Puerto Rico
Hopefully the US will leave Panama alone
@@vietle1479 I’m pretty sure costs rica doesn’t have a military either. I don’t think it’s colonization because they still make their own laws and have complete power over their territory. It’s okay to rely on others as long as you can trust them. The US is hard to trust, but under the treaty there is no colonization unless Panama were to allow another country to militarize the canal then the USA would step in since Panama doesn’t have a military.
Great History Lesson! Thank you!❤😊🎉🎉🎉
There are two Panama canals now. They're next to each other. The new canal is more modern and allows for much larger ships to go through it. The older canal is still in use.
Which is the other one?. Effectly they have two, the wet channel which was built in 1855 and the current channel. But I don't know about the other one.
@@heanarco it's two canals. The old one and the new one.
Stupid comment. They widen the canal and added bigger locks. Still one canal.
And John McCain was a Zonian.
EDIT: Zonian, not Canalian.
Zonian is the right term.
@@adalbertotorrero5893 Thank you.
I am a Zonian. Born and raised in the Canal Zone. It was a wonderful place to live
@@bufordtjustice1693 Wow interesting... I've never known a Zonian before. I am Panamanian. Did you move or still live in Panama?
@@adalbertotorrero5893: Not sure if any of these communities still exist. But I lived in Diablo, Balboa, and Ft Clayton. Graduated from Balboa HS and PCC. Still have a lot family in Panama. Left the Zone in 87’
Typical comments, the US does something that benefits EVERYONE, (Panama and Colombia included) then gets shit on because they benefited the most, as though that's somehow unfair. If I build a fishing rod, don't complain that I keep fish for myself.
You do not know about the whole Colombia thing do you
@@khalilabushahin418 do you?
@@RTL2024 differently better than the guy who commented
WTF? You slice a country in half so your trade ships don't have to sail around south America then invade that country by putting troops in it so you can control who can and can't use it wolf in sheepskin.
They literally robbed Panama from Colombia lol
Wow, cool ! I honestly didn’t know any of these details.
Glad carter managed to keep our military authority to traverse the canal.
My Grandfather, was stationed on the Panama Canal, as a American soldier. During WW1.
Wow I bet he had some stories!
@@chino3796.... What I do know is , he contracted some kind of bug or decease while being there. He had lung problems the rest of his life . Died young at 63.
Nobody can use the canal militarily except the US if it decides it wants to.
The US doesn’t need to it has ports, and a navy on both sides of the ocean
@a c They could do that with or without a treaty
It’s specifically stated nobody can. ONLY that the United States will respond with military action if anyone attempts to use it for military purposes.
They can use any country..if it decide it wants to.!!!
They put presidents ..
The US did not "support", but CREATED
Panama were independent in 1821, fought 3 civil wars to re-achieve independece.
Panama got independence from Spain in 1821 and Colombia in 1903 trying to get independence for years USA didn't crate crap
If you're on the Pacific side, where the u.s. navy base was at the sun rises in the pacific and lands in the Atlantic. This is the only place in the world where this happens.
That explains why late Senator and presidential candidate John McCain, who was born in the Panama Canal Zone, got to run for the highest office in the United States.
His parents were American citizens, where he was born was of no consequense.
Well for a Global Power like the US, a lot of Americans are born outside of the US since literally millions of Americans work overseas for the government
Did you have a problem with that???
@@castleanthrax1833 How far into your ass did you have to reach to pull that out?
Being born a citizen, not having been elected twice already and being over 35 years of age are the only requirements
@@roy6907 Can US stopped itself from being present in almost all nations? It may help in reducing the debt.
Dont forget that french man
"Independence movement" is a polite way of saying that the US orchestrated a "forceful separation under armed threat" 😅😂
Not really close to being true, columbia had like 9 civil wars in the 1800s starting in 1861 and the US definitely wasn’t involved as a civil war was happening in the US. The People on Panama were fighting for independence on and off for 40+ years
@@rainbowraisin3733 the US orchestrated the "secession" of Panama from Colombia so they could get a better Canal deal
Very interesting.
panama didn’t sign it, it was a french guy who befriended the panama people in order to help them gain independence, he became the embassador for panama and got their independence from columbia and then this was entirely apart of his plan to build this canal, without any knowledge of the panama people, he went to the us and signed a document saying they get that land, and then the us built the panama canal
France wanted to build the canal first
can't really have a strategically important canal built without a French guy involved
The said French guy, Ferdinand de Lesseps, is the same guy who built the Suez Canal. He reallt was into canals, I guess.
That moron really didn't have any power or authority
Didn’t the French start it but gave up half way through so we picked it up the rented it out for 100yrs?
Yes. Malaria was the disease from flies that killed many French workers. When the US took over Army doctors found fly larvae breeded in still water, puddles, swamps, and rain barrels. They made a program to eliminate these places. Malaria cases dropped 90%. The work went full steam ahead.
The French tried to build a canal in Nicaragua but gave up halfway through and the US “Stole” the idea.
@@chad2522 I'm pretty sure they also did it in Panama and they started it. But after like 10k deaths they gave up on the plan, until the project's creator went to the US to ask them to fund the project to its completion, no?
@@chad2522 Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built the Suez Canal started building the canal in Panama, but the French were trying to build it at sea level as opposed to using a locks system. It ultimately failed and they experienced a lot of loss of life as well as a result of yellow fever. The US eventually took over. A canal through Nicaragua was considered but never built. Nicaragua was also considered again as a possible site for a new canal toward the end of the 20th century by a Chinese company.
They only made it a few hundred yards before the gave up,
Thanks Carter!!!
Yes, I knew we used to own it. I still remember when President Carter gave it away.
Same here. Another reason to loathe Carter.
World never forgets and world's order always wins. It was never yours.
He didn’t give it away! He gave it back as reparations for killing thousands of civilians in an invasion, to overthrow a dictator that the US itself brought to power in the country.
@@garywemmer9342 Why is that? He gave the Canal to the country it's actually built through, under very favorable terms for the US, at that. If seriously necessary, you can take it back essentially any time as per the terms of the contract, using military force of necessary. I don't see how that's a bad thing.
You should do a vid on the nicaragua canal
What canal?
Good idea. That will be quite an amazing project. The canal will use lake Nicaragua to minimize the actual "digging" of the canal and it will be much larger ( wider) than the panama canal allowing larger ships to make the passage.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, the panama canal is now being managed and operated by china.
And as far as Columbia, Panama and the majority of latin America especially central America, the C.I.A and the U.S government in general have dictated the fate of these countries in general on behalf of economic interests, private companies, at great and terrible cost to the citizens of these countries.
It's a lot of interesting but very sad reading to be done in order to understand what happened there, especially in the last 50 to 60 years.
This will be quite a shock to many U.S Americans who are willing to do the research and reading to truly understand what really happened to the people of these countries due to the greed of U.S interests.
That canal would also have to go through the largest fresh water reservoir in Central America. You can’t build a canal right through it
@@siriusness7505 it’s fully managed and operated by Panama not China.
The people of Panama actually like independence. They already wanted it before, America was just opportunistic.
Basically it was a win win situation.
I imagine they would have accepted the offer from France or England too. All European countries would benefit from a canal to the Pacific.
@@stephen1991 The French tried to build a canal for almost 20 years. They failed where the United States eventually succeeded.
Knowledge.. thank you
USA as "World Police" Normal day of peace
imo i would never give up that territory, on of the 3 most crucial water ways in the world
Colombia didn't gave up that territory... The US invaded Colombia
@@rouwd4wn649 supporting a independence movement isn't the same as invading a country lmao
Jimmy Carter fuckin sucks
@@rayzas4885 the US funded and gave the panamanian rebels weapons
They most definitely could not afford to build it however
Me who knew this from HOI4: I’m 4 parallel universes ahead of you.
Short: canal still in the US possession
And after all these years... You still don't understand what David Lee Roth was singing about.
One of the great sins of wicked Jimmy Carter, as slimey a character as any Hollywood producer could want.
"No military stuff here!!!!! Except for us ofcourse, we need to protect it for them"
Another way of viewing it is that the US gifted the world an essential canal with a strong incentive to maintain peaceful, shared use. Don't buy all of the anti-american BS you hear.
Good? Lmao.
The Monroe doctrine is still in full effect- and because of it, the Americas haven’t been weaponized. There has been 0 major wars in the Americas because of this.
Interested history!
cool video.
when u play hoi4 and see it on the map
The
U.S. changed its mind, used the excuse to remove Noriega, invaded Panama and
took it back.
So what? Noriega was a drug peddling pig.
Very interesting and I appreciate knowing this~! Thanks~!
The Marqovian Hispaniola territory is back
US losing the canal was another gift from Jimmy Carter
Best thing the Us has done for other countries.
I think it's fair. It is Panama after all.
Don't touch that neutrality OUR neutrality
Yep~ old news. But then I come from a generation that got in trouble for not paying attention in geography class....🤣
We already have the canal, now we need to eliminate the corruption 🇵🇦❤️
Weird fact about the Panama Canal is that you're further east when you entered the Pacific Ocean then when you left the Atlantic!
@Arjun Arvind The Canal runs from (basically) North by West (~349 degrees) from the Atlantic, to South by East (~169 degrees to the Pacific. (Not sure about the exact compass directions, but this should be pretty close.)
In reality, things weren't as peaceful as you think. As a panamanian, I could say that a lot of people died in the construction of this proyect, mainly because the diseases, and explotation of people. When the canal was part of the US, panamanians were not allowed to enter the zone, so imagine not be able to visit some parts of your own country. Also, most of the income was for the US. Some panamanians were treated very badly by the americans and there were a lot of conflicts as the watermelon slice incident. On January 9, 1964 students from the National Institute made a pacific protest to raise the panamanian flag next to the US one because it was promised the year before, but the US refused to do so. However, things got out of control and a lot of students died in this incident since the militaries started shooting students "above their heads and on their feet". It was a huge relief because whe the US left the country, all the things that happened got justice, and we were an independent nation since then. We still conmemorate the events that happened.
These Americans are always merciful
Fun Fact: 2008 Presidential candidate Joe McCain was born at the Panama Canal, and was only eligible to stand for president because it was US territory at the time. Between him and Obama, both candidates for presidency that year were born outside of the contiguous states
I married a Panamanian women and several years later we came back to the US our daughter was born in Panama but gained US CITIZENSHIP through birth right since I was a US CITIZEN and her mother was Panamanian by birth
McCain had American citizens for parents doesn't matter where he was born.
People born outside of US territory can still be eligible for the Presidency under 'Birthright Citizenship' which is if one or both parents are a US citizen.
McCain was eligible for the Presidency not because he was born in the Canal Zone, but because his parents were US Citizens.
John, not Joe.
1 of 2 at least
Thank You President Jimmy Carter for giving up the Panama Canal.
Yup that was one of the dumbest moves in history. Normal woke shit. 😡
Carter was such an ass and huge mistake.
He was also a puppet President... What a jerk
Carter would have GLADLY given Alaska to Russia if he could have.
@@sherwoodbrooks8163 of course he would have and the followed by the lower 48 states.
🇺🇸 still have to protect the canal no matter what,love 🇵🇦
Putin saw this video and thought what a great idea...
Don't ever forget that it was Jimmy Carter that unilaterally gave it away.
It was a good move, by a good man! Do you not see the American greed oozing from your statement? Remember, we had the right to steal an entire nation under "manifest destiny" from the natives who were "not" using it! Yeah, just look at that polluted and paved over land now! So, Carter gave Panama a good, steady source of income since American corporation's own ALL the banana plantations!
True
Jimmy who? Lol
Why do u need to own a cow if u get free milk?
Then Reagan turned around and sold weapons to the country that had taken Americans hostage. Not real smart. Plus that administration trained Osama Bin Laden.
Did you know we PAID to build it?
Not you...your grandpa's grandpa
@@khalilabushahin418 well actually...I suspect that we are still paying for it. Just like our grandchildren will pay for Biden's spending. That having been said I should have said "America paid for it." Peace.
How many died in the war between Panama and Columbia
I had kin folk that worked building it. There were a lot of diseases back them
@@johnfairchild3421 yes, many lives were lost building it. I should have mentioned that. Americans are willing to suffer for others. Blessings to you and yours.
My dad used to work there he was a engineer back in the 60s and early 70s country changed a lot when we left in the early 80s … I recently went looks beautiful out there !!
This channel is fking awesome
US: gives Panama a huge source of income.
Latin America: CoLOniZer
The US literally took away Panama from Colombia and then made the canal zone (basically a colony) inside Panama violating their sovereignty.
@@ManuelArtigas982 it would still be nothing if the US didn't intervene. You failed to mention that they were at war.
@@ManuelArtigas982 Columbia had 9 civil wars in the 1800s starting in 1861. The beginning of the Panama independence movement. The US had nothing to do with it at the beginning as the US was in the middle of a civil war and had to abandon interest in latin america. The US for example was heavily against the French invasion of mexico and wanted to help mexico but couldn’t afford to
I don’t think people realize how much this has helped Panama and how thankful they are
I don't think you realize how much building this canal (that they could have built themselves, but didn't) has helped the Panamanian people and literally anyone who buys things on this side of the world.
@@chickenpuncher1674 is that what I just said
@@chickenpuncher1674 It wasn't built by Americans either, it was mainly Caribbean people and the canal was a French project to begin with. Americans just love to appropriate everything and call it theirs.
@@_blank-_ who pay for your salary?
@@_blank-_ The French started the designs but couldn't finish. Americans picked up where the French left off and finished the project.
My family left Panama 2 days after Carter signed the treaty to give the canal to Panama. They were also paid 10 million dollars under the treaty.
Did not know.
Very interesting!!:)
Wasn’t one of the major design features, of our Iowa Class Battle Ship, to be narrow enough to pass through the Panama Canal? Although we no longer have BBs in our naval fleets.
True, although there were armament and tonnage limits from the Washington Treaty, width was determined by the size of the canal.
The design was called "Panamax", if I recall correctly, a ship could be no wider than 106 feet or longer than 980 feet or it wouldn't fit through the locks. The new locks allow for much larger ships to transit through the canal.
I think that still happens to this day.
SuperCarriers are too wide even for the new locks. And the comment about not having BBs in the fleet may be inoperative shortly, as there is talk of bringing one or two out of mothballs.
@@Egilhelmson tbh that would be a good idea. They are fantastic platform for combat operations on land and sea.
If you go back a little further, it was started by France, but they ran out of funds, so the US took it over.
Well the Problem with the French plan, was not simply that they ran out of funds. Their original plan was a sea level canal, and it was only very late in their project that they switched to a locke plan and by that point they already spent millions and many died in particular to Malaria.
If they started with the Locke plan from the beginning the French might have built the canal first. But they went with a sea level canal from the start that was doomed to fail. The Americans went with the Locke plan from the start, they also studied what was causing the massive casualties from the French Attempt that it was due to Malaria caused by mosquitos and made precautions to limit the deaths caused by them.
Two words. Jimmy Carter
Lmao US was like fuck it, we will find someone who will
It was the US that built the canal after other countries failed. Many men died. Kudos to the Americans.
Then treasonist Clinton gave it back
Built with British Machinery and knowhow... Yeah.. YUESAHH!
hello long lost brother
Yes, I learned this....back 50 years ago when I was little.
Stamp collecting...can teach you interesting things.
And Jimmy Carter gave it back
The United States not only supposed independent the Panama independent movement they were the ones who came up with the idea. That independent movement was basically a US project.
The canal wasn’t supposed to be under the US control indefinitely. They didn’t want to leave the canal under Panama’s control violating the term of the treaty. Breaking treaties is kind of a thing that they do but locally they decided to do the right thing after all.
Panamanian independence sentiment was already created in their succession from Spain in which they detailed how they were Independent under the viceroyalty of new Granada.
It's not really a kind of a thing they do.
@@skeleex In any case Panama was part of Gran Colombia which was already a country so there was no reason for independence as Gran Colombia was already a country. The ideo of independence from Gran Colombia was planted by the United States. So what’s your point?
@@ew5153 hablare español porque así me comunicó mejor, Panamá ya tenía una identidad incluso antes de unirse a Colombia, era parte aparte de la administración de Bogotá, y siempre estuvo diferenciada la selva del Darién, haciendo distinto la cultura, ahora, hubo 3 intentos de separación de Colombia, todos fallaron y ya estabamos cansados de la opresión colombiana, que al final tuvimos que recurrir a Estados Unidos y en realidad ganamos a largo plazo, un canal, que nos da grandes ingresos, y la independencia para ser un país muchísimo más rico que Colombia.
@@FollowCarrier1997 boring too
Colombia refused because the US wanted to have absolute sovereignity over the land where the canal would be built and the deal was clearly more benefitial to the US than to Colombia. The US, instead of renegotiating the deal, just decided to support ignore Colombian sovereignity and supported the independence of Panama, who then accepted the unfair deal with the US
So the result after that the Panama get its sovereign and a important canal while the Colombia lost Panama and countinue drug smugging.😢
Panama wanted independence
what was unfair about it
Fun fact: It’s where John McCain was born
The Haitians are known for revolting be careful
If the americans have the right to intervene militarily in the case of i threat it's very likely that every country they don't like will be seen as a threat if they try to use this cannal.
That’s not true at all China and many other nations use the Panama Canal and yes america doesn’t destroy them now do they
@@istandwithisraeI 🤷♂️just tried to use some humor. Seems like my german genes still prevent me from using it.
@@juliusnebulus7303 the thing is that nothing about what you said sounded anything like a joke just sounded like some sort of comment about the usa being bad to countries they don’t like
@@istandwithisraeI like i said. We germans barely use humor in our daily life. At work it is considered unprofessional. Even though this isn't even a lie. They blew up our pipelines. Massacred people in vietnam or iraq. Spied at our chancellor. We stopped after ww2. They just got started. If life was a movie or book the americans definetely wouldn't be the good guys. Cause they aren't.
@@juliusnebulus7303 ha lmao “massacred people in Vietnam” you really believe all that also which pipeline of yours did they blow up
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When I lived in Panama, there were head hunters still living in the jungle and their area were marked with warnings of doom..
One GI went in and was never saw again, until a tribe handed over dog tags and his shrunken head..
As a former-U.S. Navy Helicopter Pilot, going through Panama Canal was a big pain in my @ss (literally).
Before going through each lock, a Navy ship would send the helicopter up and just hover over the ship, to provide security from above, while the ship is going through the lock (the ship is a sitting duck, if it were to get attacked).
After each lock, the helo would come down to refuel and switch pilots & crews.
And the sailors on the ship, who smoked cigarettes, would be fiending for nicotine for about 9-10 hours, because they were not allowed to smoke at all while the ship (that I got deployed to) was going through the canal. Once the ship made it through the canal and the smoking lamp was lit (allowing smokers to go smoke), there would be a huge cloud of cigarette smoke coming from the side of the ship (smoking area).
I can imagine how those Marines on board who smokes will be bitching for 9 hours 😅😅😅. I ❤ my USMC brothers. Semper Fi Devil Dogs.
America the most friendly country in the world. Its solutions are always civilised😊😊
Well it was the only time US did something against colonialism or do you think Colombia was a great country back then? Countless civil wars and Panama being always this neglected piece of land. Without the US help Panama would be a shithole like Colombia.
God bless America 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅🦅
America is a continent…not a country 🤦🏻♀️
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My grandfather worked on the canal then went off and fought in WW1
It was France's project before the United States took over. We bailed it out and made it happen at great monetary expense and several lives. The treaty terms were agreed to before we began. The United States damn well earned the right to such a treaty.
Yea such benefactors 😂I am not anti American in principle but I find equally ridiculous people who deny American imperialism, you are no different from any other European or Asian power, whatever you tell yourself
@@paperinik69 the treaty terms were agreed to BEFORE we started. YOU have personally benefitted as has most of the world from the fact ships don't have to steam all the way around the tip of South America. If you're that upset, stop consuming goods that have come through the canal. Not to mention, we don't control it anymore as the video said. As far as American imperialism, just STFU already.
@@paperinik69 eh when the heck did they deny such things ah? Who your being clouded into?
The French failed because they put the same people in charge that built the Suez.
Yeah, Suez was a ditch in the sand. Panama was hundreds of feet in elevation, build a dam to create a lake, cut a channel thru loose soil in the middle of the monsoon, deal with malaria and dysentery...
What could go wrong?
Yeah, we bailed them out of Panama, then we bailed them out of two World Wars.
Pres. Carter gave the canal away.
Based Carter
Great videos. What software do you use to make these animations?
Did you know Scotland tried to set up a colony in Panama?
That was basically the same as when the US bombed Yugoslavia in 1999, then orchestrated separation of Serbian historic land Kosovo (Battle of Kosovo in 1389 between an army of Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire). And then built Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo. The biggest US military base in Balkans.
This shows how good PR and control of the media can help you get away with numerous war crimes while using the same old technics again and again.
Yep and steal elections
Forgot to mention the fact that the united states built the panama canal. Which helps many countries like brazil cuba jamaica and many other countries that benefit from that shipping route. The united states also polices Ocean highways which these merchant ships travel through. Providing them with safety to ensure that your goods make it to a destination.
Um, actually the US only finished the canal, most of it was already built by previous companies who weren't able to get through Corte Culebra and had to abandon the project. US had the machinery to get through it and finish the last part of the Canal.
@@paolacamano6078 sounds like they built it....
Forgot also to mention that after President Omar Torrijos won back the Canal Zone with the Canal for his People, his plane “accidentally” crashed killing Torrijos. The CIA sent a sorry card to the family.🥲
@@paolacamano6078what are you talking about, the only ones to try prior to the US was the French under Ferdinand, Viscount de lesseps who built the Suez Canal. The French pulled out because of so many deaths caused by Malaria and it wasn't mostly completed either. The French plan was a sea level canal similar to the Suez. But it was impractical for the area in Panama. It was only in the late 1887 that decided to switch to the Locke plan and by that point it was too late, they already spent millions on the original plan and many died due to Malaria and other jungle diseases. Causing the French to pull out.
The Americans on the other hand went with the Locke plan from the start and did not face this issue.
@@noticedruid4985I am glad you’re setting them straight. And it must be added that thanks to the US completing the canal, Panama has benefited greatly, especially after the canal was turned over to them. The economical benefit is astronomical.