@@Raadpensionaris No, unlike Belgium and Spain the Netherlands actually did do something. This shouldn't be surprising as the Dutch Indies were pretty nearby.
@@Raadpensionaris The Dutch sent some troops, but did not actively do much.Because of this sources are rather hard to find online. I think your best bet would be a book on maritime (colonial?) Dutch history during this period. I did find a non academic Dutch article online "Ter bescherming der Nederlandse belangen, Nederlandse Mariniers in China, 1900-1920" (starting from page 9, Nederlandse mariniers in Chinese wateren). A short but interesting read, even if the Dutch never saw any action in China.
Also motivating the alliance was the fact that the Qing court decided to side with the Boxers and declare war on every major power. Which is probably one of the top "failing to read the room" moments in history.
Imagine soldiers in WWI talking about this. “Hey Tom remember when we fought with Jerry in China like 15 years ago” “I do smith. Feels like only yesterday”
And despite all of that and the atomic bomb attacks many in the Japanese military command still wanted the war to continue even threating there Emperor with a coup.
The crossover alliance cannot be ruined,the greatest partnership Europeans ever made to fight a totally non European power. Nothing can ruin and certainly it won't be shattered by some teenager with a pistol.
Shooting Archduke Francis was more like throwing a match on gunpowder barrel. There were many other more important reasons, e.c. independence movements becoming more popular, fading power of colonial empires, prestige and many other complicated issues. Gawrilo Princip was not a reason, but an excuse to create the bloodiest war in history at the time.
Small correction/clarification: the Qing court officially declared war on all nations that had a legation in Beijing: the eight nations and Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands. Belgium and the Netherlands did not join the alliance in order to maintain their neutrality, although the Netherlands did send some ships. So technically you should have said it was an alliance of eight great powers (and also the Netherlands) that got involved.
U didn't mention the best part When the empress declared war on eight great power The south eastern province were like the empress couldnt have made such stupid decisions and she must have been under duress and thus refused the order to open war Instead they reached agreements with the eight nations to just let them pass as long as they don't bother the civilians, maintain order and keep doing business
She was actually not an empress, but the mother of the emperor. However by then the emperor was only in name, to the point that she was openly calling the shots.
@@kamakiller1145 at least when the Ottomans did it, it's either because they actually had a reason to believe they could handle them, or because they were being backed by a European great power
And an obligatory declaration of your overlord queen's emo phase against granting independence to a neighboring continent with a massive "wasteland", provided by a transmitter from the NZ Foreign Office
1:12 Umberto of Italy 'Looking forward to 30th of July' He just wanted you to know. That's really nice of him. I wish him all the best for whatever he has planned and sure hope that there isn't an assasination or something that gets in his way.
Is King Umberto's death by am anarchist why the American court system absolutely refused to back down on executing Sacco and Vanzetti during the Red Scare?
I feel obligated to recommend the song "55 Days at Peking" from the movie of the same name, which is about the Boxer Rebellion. The song got translated from English into many of the languages of the 8 Nation Alliance. The German version in particular is pretty fire
@@eatathepizza4449 This event is a pretty sore spot for Chinese people, it's pretty much seen on the same level as the Opium wars over there. And to be fair, that movie is very orientalist. For a comparison, it'd be like if someone made a dramatized movie about 911 and made Al Qaeda out to be heroes.
@@BruceWayne-qe7bs it depends, because the citizens are started to get really tired of their government. It just needs to be supplied with weapons and supportm
"French to found most alpha Colny, Chad, this colony has been created explicity to steal yo girl and largely make you fell bad", this is why i love History Matters
Belgium was like the three kids in a trench coat version of a great power (or rather two kids and a really small German). It just somehow came into existence and hung around all the other great powers pretending it was part of the club and no one seemed to notice or be put off by how weird that was.
@@J0hnHenrySNEEDen china is already pissed off enough at what western imperialists did to the country during the century of humiliation, if you tried to do it now that china is strong again colonialists would be crushed like bugs
@@spugelo359 haha ok. some of u imperialists are still living in the 1850s, china isn't weak and fractured anymore, it is the most powerful country on earth behind arguably the usa, and nations like the uk, hungary, france, germany, italy etc do not stand a chance, that is a fact. nor would they ever want to, china getting rich made them rich too, like the usa. they grow off of each other.
@@xyc350 if it was about efficiency, USA would still be making everything- they have had automation and machines for ages which are far more efficient than humans. But why should companies expend large amounts of capital on machines when they could just get super cheap labour in Asia? Also, safety and environmental regulations are very lenient in China so that helps the companies avoid red tape, consultancy costs, potential law suits for legislature breach... etc
It's hilarious how direct your commentary is in this video! Three minutes doesn't give you time to pull any punches and dance around the issues, does it?
@@maxpulido4268 France had Indo-china including all of Vietnam, the Dutch had all of Indonesia, Russia controls central asia, Japan eventually took control of Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan, and the the U.S had the Philippines after they took it off the Spanish hands.
'Twas called the boxer insurrection, a bloody oriental war. Against all nations of the diplomatic corps. The flags of France and Britain how they fluttered in the breeze, the Italian and Russians and the flag of the Japanese.
@@ahmedfayek344 The Empress of all China gave the signal to begin And let the foreign devils be driven from Peking They stormed the French Legation They attacked with shot and shell And they came in blood red blouses Screaming shashow as they fell
1900: Working together 1914: World War I time and we're all enemies 1920: we're friends again 1939: World war II Time 1946: We're all Friends and Cold war Time 1991: We're all Friends again! 2021: We're frenemies
Mark Felton here on youtube did an excellent video series covering both Opium Wars and later conflicts like The Boxer Rebellion for those further interested.
The Second Opium War is incredibly complex. While certainly not all of the Europeans' actions were justified, the Chinese weren't much morally better (due to them violating protocol and brutally executing a French Christian missionary, as well as torturing the peace diplomats to death).
Opium back then also didn't have the same negative connotations as today, it was seen as another stimulant, like coffee. Much of the British upper class was addicted to poppy derivatives.
@@Jesse11788 "Umberto of Italy looking forward to 30th July".... He died 29th July. "Australia is it such a good idea? NO" ... Published by the New Zealand Foreign office. 😂
@@semi-skimmedmilk4480 *FRENCH TO FOUND "MOST ALPHA COLONY"* French leaders have announced the creation of what experts call "the most alpha colony known to man". Chad has been created to explicitly to "steal yo girl" and largely make you feel bad for your dainty ways.
He could have added that the Kaiser personally spoke to his close friend Sultan Abdulhamid who was the ottoman sultan at the time, to persuade the boxers to stop their actions. “In the meantime, to pre-empt the possibility of Muslims’ participation in the Boxer Uprising, the German kaiser requested the Ottoman sultan send an extraor- dinary envoy to China on a mission to advise Chinese Muslims not to join in the uprising. Abdul Hamid II did not want to reject the request of his friend the kaiser. Furthermore he recognized that he was being presented with the opportunity to play an unexpected role in the affairs of the great powers and possibly to play a part on the international stage. “
The sultan was a puppet at that time. Sultan even send letters to Moro leaders to accept American rule in Philippines. Did you know about Moro rebellion and US genocide?
@@brandonlyon730 That doesn’t justify US actions. For the major part of their history, the ottomans were quite chill. And in the instances where they slipped, it deserves calling out.
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 some south East Asians at least were well aware of the ottomans- the sultanate of aceh and its close link with the ottomans comes to mind
So to "Oversimplify" Boxer Rebellion is named Boxer because Western though that Kung Fu is another form of Boxing, which is no but technically yes. Boxer Rebellion happen because Citizens of Qing see the dynasty as weak and want to reduce foreign influence in China. 3 main reason why many Great Power obliterated the Boxer rebellion. 1) they didn't want their citizens living in china st the time die. 2) Prestige like global recognition. 3) Trade, they didn't want to lose their massive cash cow and their Opium trade. And lastly they want to flex their military might to each other.
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 something along the way yeah, they actually immerse them selves in chinese myth and legend and think they could do dbz sht to the westerners and also they are high in opium since after the British capture of their fortress it was littered with bongs.
Actually the Boxers of the Boxer Rebellion were proper boxers, not kung-fu practitioners. The yellow turbans thought that the blessing of the Christian mother of the emperor made them immune to bullets.
You should have mentioned that many of these country didn't send that many soldiers and that in fact more than half of them were Japanese. The entire things is very glamourized as all these countries fighting side by side when in actuality the Japanese did most of the fighting.
@@erichvondonitz5325 Also, western militaries didn't really need to send that many soldiers to relieve the Foreign Legation because most of the Boxers are armed mostly with melee weapons and some very obsolete artillery whereas western militaries are armed with bolt action rifles, machine guns, and artilleries.
Great power alliance: "We, the great powers of the world strongly condemn the murder of our law abiding citizens in China and together we will take military actions!" Italy: " Exactly! Together WE, the great powers of the world, will take military actions!" Great powers: "Italy? What are you do-?" Italy: "shhhhh!"
This video missed one thing. The effects it had on China. Even today Chinese talk about the 8 nation alliance that sacked the forbidden palace. It reinforces the ideology of China vs the World, which unfortunately is exactly what's happening right now...
Reinforced but not created. Chinese always treat neighbours as backward barbarians and only China, bearer the mandate of heaven, is destined to be the center of the world and its sole ruler. Which was true for some time in the past, but not today. Yet.
@@Nikola95inYT This is a gross oversimplification. Yes, that kind of attitude was held by many of imperial China's administrators and court officials, but it was not necessarily true of the peasantry and common populace and certainly isn't the standard opinion now. You might get an occasional nationalist who thinks that, and there is this notion that China is superior to some neighboring countries, but they definitely do not think that they are culturally superior to the west.
The world powers at that time chose to carve up China and loot everything of value. Now the ruling elite of China wish to do everything it can to insure it never happens again even if it means aggressively expanding outward. I don’t agree with it but it’s a natural consequence of humiliating a people for extended periods of time.
@@bobjones2959 You are wrong, the Chinese all know that the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, and they have been learning from elementary school textbooks. This is a shame for China, 99% of Chinese know what bad things the Eight-Power Allied Forces have done in China
To Much people, to Much riches, to Much potential resistance, and too Much potential competion between the great powers. also, they could have basicly everything they wanted from china just by enforcing concessions, there was no point of annexing china.
@@Zraknul It was actually US' John Hay's open-door policy that saved China from formal partition just after the boxer rebellion, then Yangtze agreement between Britain and Germany. And US was largest economy in world at time, so could make such demands.
I like how you mentioned that Belgium was also involved in the Boxer Rebellion. However, you forgot to say that the Netherlands and Spain also took part.
Albania was created after the 1st balkan war, and Bulgaria had no beef with Albania. during WW1, the Serbs did run to Albania and the Austrians did run after them (just like the front in Greek Macedonia).
You mean how did Austria and Spain react to it? Because they were the only two Catholic Great Powers of the time and Italy was Fance's Biacth(...also Austria's).
Well, there was even a Polish garrison in Crimea War fighting for Ottomans (in one of them there was certain Adam Mickiewicz, who later died of disease).
@@TheDentedHelmet well france was surrounded by the habsburgs from all sides, can't blame them Italy was the bitch of the habsburgs at that time , the pope himself was their puppet that he denied henry the viii divorce from catherine
@@kamakiller1145 True, true. But to be fair, the Habsbergs were also surrounded by Enemies, To the North by Protestants, to the West by Anglicans and the French, to the South by the Ottomans and Barbary Cost. Only the East was friendly. Poland-Lithuania was a frenemy. And only Russia was a friend.
"Im Jahre 1900, da rief der Trommelklang, die Welt nach Peking, 55 Tage lang. Die Flammen loderten zum Himmel. Der Tod zog fordernd seinen Gang. Er zog durch Peking, 55 Tage lang."
History matters, I am hugely fucking depressed because of work pressure. I won't joke with superlatives or exaggeration but it gets really black sometimes. Really dark. You have been cranking these out like once a week and it really cheers me up. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work, unless you need a break in which case fuck it, take a mental health day, and take a second one for me because I can't.
They didn't. Most middle East got away with with little to no invasion as the desert cannot support horse armies. The Kievan Rus stopped them reaching the rest of Europe by cutting off their supply chains and using starving and winter to push them out slowly year after year.
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This is the greatest crossover alliance, nothing can ruin it
*14 years later*
Trench time.
ikr. Austria and the Ottomans spend centuries fighting each other only to die together... kinda poetic
I wonder what what caused such a ruin?
@@Ahsan055 agree
@@Ahsan055 its so romantic
"For America, China was primarily a market for exports."
How the turntables
What turntables? They're still an export market.
@@liamjm9278 china exports to the US more than the other way around
we have only ourselves to blame for sending all our industrial jobs to them
@@freemanol Still an export market; a lot of what people own is made in China.
@@liamjm9278 i agree, it balances out tbh, with 1.4 bil people it really depends on food imports, manufacturing on the other hand....
As a Belgian, I loved the "All the great powers - and also Belgium" bit
Although incorect, as Belgium (+Spain) didn't actually do anything despite being at war.
@@gubruikertje the Netherlands too
@@Raadpensionaris No, unlike Belgium and Spain the Netherlands actually did do something. This shouldn't be surprising as the Dutch Indies were pretty nearby.
@@gubruikertje What did the Dutch do and were can I read more about it?
@@Raadpensionaris The Dutch sent some troops, but did not actively do much.Because of this sources are rather hard to find online. I think your best bet would be a book on maritime (colonial?) Dutch history during this period.
I did find a non academic Dutch article online "Ter bescherming der Nederlandse belangen, Nederlandse Mariniers in China, 1900-1920" (starting from page 9, Nederlandse mariniers in Chinese wateren).
A short but interesting read, even if the Dutch never saw any action in China.
Also motivating the alliance was the fact that the Qing court decided to side with the Boxers and declare war on every major power. Which is probably one of the top "failing to read the room" moments in history.
so kinda like how taliban pissed off china russian usa and india simultaneously
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 Difference... idk but if they succeded there must be one.
Most of Europe: "Hey I've seen this one before!"
*Glares at France*
@@raptorfromthe6ix833
Details on this? What happened?
@@That0therAsian they're the taliban, doesn't take a genius to figure out what they could do to piss off everyone
0:58 “In response the great powers formed a coalition” *also belgium*
Well done History Matters, well done
Who apart from Belgium would be an expert in vanquishing an adversary specialised in hand-to-hand combat?
King Leopold killed millions of Africans I thought.
@@robertrichard6107 he did he also did this
@@Thegoldenwizard630
chop chop
italy + austria hungary were no great powers as well... also weird that the ottoman empire didnt join in
Imagine soldiers in WWI talking about this.
“Hey Tom remember when we fought with Jerry in China like 15 years ago”
“I do smith. Feels like only yesterday”
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@@aratirao9007 no
Peopke still read article on newspaper about China war pre WW1.
Everyone who caught in the Boxer Rebellion was dead by WW1, I don't get the joke.
Even doe 15 years is a long time doesn't mean all of the people caught in the boxer rebellion are dead
This is truly, the greatest cross over in history.
Can we get a Boxer Rebellion Platform Fighter game for Xbox and Playstation?
I'm looking forward to the remake.
China's kind of asking it lately.
Marvel rly copied this and didnt even give credits
k lol
@DaRealestOfDemAll Isn't that just (CRT) China Recidivism Theory?
There was also a moment where Japan was against basically the whole world in WW2
I mean, they did ask for it.
Except Germany.
@@sweiland75 'cause by then, Germany didn't really exist
@@michaireneuszjakubowski5289 why did I read that in History matters' voice?
And despite all of that and the atomic bomb attacks many in the Japanese military command still wanted the war to continue even threating there Emperor with a coup.
20th century: "For America, China was primarily a market for exports."
21st century: "For China, America was primarily a market for exports."
Very true XD
But american products stands for a better quality but expensive.
@@pehyanbin0608 chinese products are also quite high quality, it depends on who is doing the manufacturing
@@masterdeetectiv9520 exactly. For example a Xiaomi TV is pretty good and not expensive.
@@yeoseotidle2290 NO
Bc James bisonnette funded them all
nah
@@jamesbissonette8002 WOAH
@@jamesbissonette8002 THE LEGEND HIMSELF
@@jamesbissonette8002 OH MY GOD ITS HIM
@@jamesbissonette8002 WOAH
The crossover alliance cannot be ruined,the greatest partnership Europeans ever made to fight a totally non European power.
Nothing can ruin and certainly it won't be shattered by some teenager with a pistol.
Shooting Archduke Francis was more like throwing a match on gunpowder barrel. There were many other more important reasons, e.c. independence movements becoming more popular, fading power of colonial empires, prestige and many other complicated issues. Gawrilo Princip was not a reason, but an excuse to create the bloodiest war in history at the time.
*IASIP theme plays* The Gang assassinates an Archduke.
@@Admiral45-10 *archduke
@@globe0147 thanks.
@@Admiral45-10 The powder keg never dissapoints
Small correction/clarification: the Qing court officially declared war on all nations that had a legation in Beijing: the eight nations and Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands.
Belgium and the Netherlands did not join the alliance in order to maintain their neutrality, although the Netherlands did send some ships.
So technically you should have said it was an alliance of eight great powers (and also the Netherlands) that got involved.
U didn't mention the best part
When the empress declared war on eight great power
The south eastern province were like the empress couldnt have made such stupid decisions and she must have been under duress and thus refused the order to open war
Instead they reached agreements with the eight nations to just let them pass as long as they don't bother the civilians, maintain order and keep doing business
Thereby setting the stage for the warlord period
That has to be one of the best business management decisions I have ever heard of.
"But I am your empress"
"Ma'am, its just business:"
Declaring war on multiple european countries at once? Ottoman empire: amateurs
She was actually not an empress, but the mother of the emperor. However by then the emperor was only in name, to the point that she was openly calling the shots.
@@kamakiller1145 at least when the Ottomans did it, it's either because they actually had a reason to believe they could handle them, or because they were being backed by a European great power
1:12 This is easily the greatest newspaper you have ever had in one of your videos.
And an obligatory declaration of your overlord queen's emo phase against granting independence to a neighboring continent with a massive "wasteland", provided by a transmitter from the NZ Foreign Office
I never realized the newspapers got so detailed. Now I have to rewatch his videos and read them all.
Totally agree
They seriously got more detailed over time
Especially the alpha colony part, that got me
The reason why the coalition was successful was because of James Bissonette’s financial support to each country.
James Bissonette wasn’t alive yet.
@@oilersridersbluejays r/whoosh
What a mad lad.
He should do it again!
@@oilersridersbluejays Then it was his great grandfather.
@@oilersridersbluejays true, I wasn’t.
“What made you all suppress the boxer rebellion?”
“Money”
1:26
The picture of the decapitated soldier looking just annoyed at being put on a pike is the subtle humor that makes this channel special
"A bit of an inconvenience, I'd say."
"Tis is but a flesh wound"
"Like, seriously? Beheaded? Ugh... (rolls his eyes)"
"I must say, this has got to be the fifth time this week I've found my head on a pike... Startin' to get reaaly blood tired of this"
"Oy, what's this then?"
As an Australian I love the article in the newspaper at 1:12 paid for by the New Zealand Foreign office. :)
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@@matpk umm who are you asking?
Ngl i always you guys were brothers
Great Power: “I hate you”
Other Great Power: “I hate you too”
Boxer rebellion: (happens)
All the great powers: “…let’s all hate that guy”
* *14 years later* *
"I hate you again!"
"I hate you the MOST!"
and then go back to hating each other afterwards
Reminds me of the Hateocracy in the Boondocks
"We all hated each other, but we found that we hated other people more"
*also belgium
Boxer rebellion: "I hate all of you"*
All the great powers: “…let’s all hate that guy”
Boxer rebellion: *Surprise pikachu face
1:12 Umberto of Italy 'Looking forward to 30th of July' He just wanted you to know.
That's really nice of him. I wish him all the best for whatever he has planned and sure hope that there isn't an assasination or something that gets in his way.
Is King Umberto's death by am anarchist why the American court system absolutely refused to back down on executing Sacco and Vanzetti during the Red Scare?
I'm sure William McKinley has NOTHING to worry about by the way...
This is the reason why these same group of countries are today feeling a sense of anxiety and insecurity from China's rise. They fear payback.
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Had to scroll down way too far for this. Almost thought I was the only one who read the newspaper.
1:12 The bit about Umberto is why I love this channel.
“We have only one thing to learn from the barbarians, and that is strong ships and effective guns.”
- Feng Guifen (馮桂芬)
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
- Mao Zedong (毛泽东)
“Man’s not hot”
- Big “Liu” Shaq (谷歌翻译多少？)
These... these are two things
Barbarians?
@@Jin.Jin.. the Chinese used to refer to Europeans as barbarians
I am so happy a video is finally made covering this topic they aren't many on youtube
The Boxer Rebellion’s way of uniting enemies is like prototyping an alien invasion
The first rule of fight club in China is to tell everyone that the fight club is in China.
I am Wang’s complete lack of surprise
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Top comment right here
@@matpk QUICK! Compare 2020s Communist China vs 1980s Soviet Union!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the reason why these same group of countries are today feeling a sense of anxiety and insecurity from China's rise. They fear payback.
Fun fact, first they sent in the White Stripes to deal with the Boxer Rebellion, but realized that was just one army too few
Chinese are very pragmatic
I beleive they needed a seven nation army
Then the Americans joined
This is the reason why these same group of countries are today feeling a sense of anxiety and insecurity from China's rise. They fear payback.
@@silveriver9 it’s been over 100 years, they’ll forget it…. right?
I feel obligated to recommend the song "55 Days at Peking" from the movie of the same name, which is about the Boxer Rebellion. The song got translated from English into many of the languages of the 8 Nation Alliance. The German version in particular is pretty fire
Dont care colonialist
@@christophmaier4397 hes just mentioning a song , what's your problem lmao ?
@@eatathepizza4449 probably some CHinese
@@christophmaier4397 sorry dude but that's the reason why innovation exist
@@eatathepizza4449 This event is a pretty sore spot for Chinese people, it's pretty much seen on the same level as the Opium wars over there. And to be fair, that movie is very orientalist. For a comparison, it'd be like if someone made a dramatized movie about 911 and made Al Qaeda out to be heroes.
“Infinity war is the most ambitious crossover event in human history”
Me, an intellectual:
This is gonna get a lot of likes probably
We will have it again decades later if the world get their shit together and focus against communist China.
@@TheUnboxer073 ...which isn't very communist and has so much more trade leverage than 100 years ago
@@TheUnboxer073 China is too powerful now. War with China could be catastrophic.
@@BruceWayne-qe7bs it depends, because the citizens are started to get really tired of their government. It just needs to be supplied with weapons and supportm
"Umberto of Italy 'looking forward to 30th of July'". Anyone who doesn't pause to read the newspapers in full is seriously missing out
The double whammy of "because they can throw hands" and "also Belgium" has thoroughly made my day
"French to found most alpha Colny, Chad, this colony has been created explicity to steal yo girl and largely make you fell bad", this is why i love History Matters
FREEMASONRY!!!! HISS
👁 *X-Files theme intensifies*
"Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an a*strian"
"How about a friend?"
"Yeah, that'll work"
Why censor austrian??
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@⚜Memento Pueri⚜ ??
ottomans and austro-hungarians in ww1 be like
@@matpk mate, where did you hide your drugs
Belgium was like the three kids in a trench coat version of a great power (or rather two kids and a really small German). It just somehow came into existence and hung around all the other great powers pretending it was part of the club and no one seemed to notice or be put off by how weird that was.
3 pretty wealthy kids
“Well, if all your friends sent troops to China to suppress an anti-imperialist revolt, would you do it too???”
“I'd be the first one to send the ships.”
A bit ironic though since China has always been know to be a empire itself with an Emperor.
@@brandonlyon730 Everyone is for forming an empire until they are on the other side of the gun.
Anti-foreigner revolt* at this point in time China itself was an imperialist power.
@@Orthane the imperialist power that scrambled to survive 100 years of basically pure rape from the west along with many internal problems.
This is why I love this channel. Always answering historical questions I never thought answering before.
There're plenty of omissions and inaccuracies though
@@sciencecw well thats a given if you rely solely on youtube videos for information, it shouldn't really be a surprise
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I love the British at 0:24 carrying a box saying "Property of the British Museum"
I'll never get tired of seeing Kaiser Wilhelm in your videos. Also, your best newspaper yet at 1:12.
China to Italy: " If you want to be seen as a major power then you need to obtain some"
Italy to China: " You mean Marco Polo didn't count?"
If only great Italians were enough… we’d be the most powerful nation on earth.
Qing china didnt say that! Or am i missing something
Its yuan dynasty not china yet
This is the reason why these same group of countries are today feeling a sense of anxiety and insecurity from China's rise. They fear payback.
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I would love to see a video about the Estado Novo (in Portugal) and how it survived for so long!
That war was the perfect example of a "Me and the bois" moment
Wish We could do it Again, especially right Now
@@J0hnHenrySNEEDen and China will destroy all of new allies
@@J0hnHenrySNEEDen china is already pissed off enough at what western imperialists did to the country during the century of humiliation, if you tried to do it now that china is strong again colonialists would be crushed like bugs
@@isaacw1752 In your wet dreams.
@@spugelo359 haha ok. some of u imperialists are still living in the 1850s, china isn't weak and fractured anymore, it is the most powerful country on earth behind arguably the usa, and nations like the uk, hungary, france, germany, italy etc do not stand a chance, that is a fact. nor would they ever want to, china getting rich made them rich too, like the usa. they grow off of each other.
"Because for America, China was primarily a market for exports"
How the tables have turned
Cheap labor will do that.
@@spudskie3907 inefficient workers will also do that
@@xyc350 if it was about efficiency, USA would still be making everything- they have had automation and machines for ages which are far more efficient than humans.
But why should companies expend large amounts of capital on machines when they could just get super cheap labour in Asia? Also, safety and environmental regulations are very lenient in China so that helps the companies avoid red tape, consultancy costs, potential law suits for legislature breach... etc
@@spudskie3907 Cheap labor was a demand created by capitalism because this leads to cheap products (i.e consumer goods), dont forget about this lmao
@@semi-skimmedmilk4480 you call that "efficiency"? Lol
It's hilarious how direct your commentary is in this video! Three minutes doesn't give you time to pull any punches and dance around the issues, does it?
Fun fact: the spanish ambassador there was the only european allowed to enter the Forbidden City and talk to the Empress to negotiate
Calm down Spain, you done enough oppressing on the other side of world. Leave some for the others.
@@lukemurray4950 Britain was always hoggin asia
@@lukemurray4950 cope and seethe
@@maxpulido4268 France had Indo-china including all of Vietnam, the Dutch had all of Indonesia, Russia controls central asia, Japan eventually took control of Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan, and the the U.S had the Philippines after they took it off the Spanish hands.
@@elemperadordemexico Coope and seethe
People said endgame was the most ambitious crossover.
I say this is.
Yet, Western Powers Failed to Suppress China as of Today 😂😂
Would love to watch more videos on Boxer Rebellion. It's a piece of history which doesn't get much attention imo.
The year was 1900, 'tis worth remembering
The men who lived through 55 days at Peking
'Twas called the boxer insurrection, a bloody oriental war.
Against all nations of the diplomatic corps.
The flags of France and Britain how they fluttered in the breeze, the Italian and Russians and the flag of the Japanese.
'twas called the Boxer Insurrection
a bloody Oriental war
@@wackojacko0295 Then came the sound of bugles
And the rolling drums doom
And the streets of Peking were as empty as a tomb
@@ahmedfayek344 The Empress of all China gave the signal to begin
And let the foreign devils be driven from Peking
They stormed the French Legation
They attacked with shot and shell
And they came in blood red blouses
Screaming shashow as they fell
The guns have long since muffled, the bugals cease to ring but through the ages you can hear them echoing
I love the newspaper stories in these videos. You have to pause them and read them, they're hilarious!
The boxer rebellion: when you make such an outlandish claim basically every world power bands together just to prove you aren’t bulletproof..
your dedication to putting in so many good jokes in the newspapers is incredible. The French colonization of Chad’s article was especially fun.
1900: Working together
1914: World War I time and we're all enemies
1920: we're friends again
1939: World war II Time
1946: We're all Friends and Cold war Time
1991: We're all Friends again!
2021: We're frenemies
this wasn't rivals coming together to fight a greater enemy, this was bullies teaming up to steal someone's lunch money.
I've learned to always pause the video and read the full text on your newspapers, like at 1:13, you never disappoint...
Reading the Vienna news was one of the funniest things on this channel. Especially the French colony of Chad 'stealing yo girl'
Mark Felton here on youtube did an excellent video series covering both Opium Wars and later conflicts like The Boxer Rebellion for those further interested.
The Second Opium War is incredibly complex. While certainly not all of the Europeans' actions were justified, the Chinese weren't much morally better (due to them violating protocol and brutally executing a French Christian missionary, as well as torturing the peace diplomats to death).
Opium back then also didn't have the same negative connotations as today, it was seen as another stimulant, like coffee. Much of the British upper class was addicted to poppy derivatives.
“Queen Victoria, still in her emo phase” 💀1:12
Honestly, that whole article was gold lol.
@@Jesse11788 "Umberto of Italy looking forward to 30th July"....
He died 29th July.
"Australia is it such a good idea? NO"
...
Published by the New Zealand Foreign office.
😂
@@semi-skimmedmilk4480
*FRENCH TO FOUND "MOST ALPHA COLONY"*
French leaders have announced the creation of what experts call "the most alpha colony known to man". Chad has been created to explicitly to "steal yo girl" and largely make you feel bad for your dainty ways.
He could have added that the Kaiser personally spoke to his close friend Sultan Abdulhamid who was the ottoman sultan at the time, to persuade the boxers to stop their actions.
“In the meantime, to pre-empt the possibility of Muslims’ participation in the Boxer Uprising, the German kaiser requested the Ottoman sultan send an extraor- dinary envoy to China on a mission to advise Chinese Muslims not to join in the uprising. Abdul Hamid II did not want to reject the request of his friend the kaiser. Furthermore he recognized that he was being presented with the opportunity to play an unexpected role in the affairs of the great powers and possibly to play a part on the international stage. “
The sultan was a puppet at that time.
Sultan even send letters to Moro leaders to accept American rule in Philippines.
Did you know about Moro rebellion and US genocide?
@@SuperSanic..Considering the Armenian genocide the turks shouldn’t be throwing rocks at glasshouses.
@@SuperSanic.. were moros and muslims southeast asia aware of who the calph was
@@brandonlyon730 That doesn’t justify US actions. For the major part of their history, the ottomans were quite chill. And in the instances where they slipped, it deserves calling out.
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 some south East Asians at least were well aware of the ottomans- the sultanate of aceh and its close link with the ottomans comes to mind
Been waiting for an episode on the boxer rebellion,worth the wait
So to "Oversimplify" Boxer Rebellion is named Boxer because Western though that Kung Fu is another form of Boxing, which is no but technically yes.
Boxer Rebellion happen because Citizens of Qing see the dynasty as weak and want to reduce foreign influence in China.
3 main reason why many Great Power obliterated the Boxer rebellion.
1) they didn't want their citizens living in china st the time die.
2) Prestige like global recognition.
3) Trade, they didn't want to lose their massive cash cow and their Opium trade.
And lastly they want to flex their military might to each other.
didnt boxers think they have magical powers or something
@@raptorfromthe6ix833 something along the way yeah, they actually immerse them selves in chinese myth and legend and think they could do dbz sht to the westerners and also they are high in opium since after the British capture of their fortress it was littered with bongs.
Actually the Boxers of the Boxer Rebellion were proper boxers, not kung-fu practitioners.
The yellow turbans thought that the blessing of the Christian mother of the emperor made them immune to bullets.
The: Boxer Rebellion: "Seven nation couldn't hold us back!."
Allies: "_"
Allies:There is 8 of us
+ Belgium
7 nation army, plus Belgium.
Allies: ,,Yeah, but what about seven *Empires?"*
@@ilijastrainovic3141 Still a seven nation army, Italy doesn't count
This is the reason why these same group of countries are today feeling a sense of anxiety and insecurity from China's rise. They fear payback.
Honestly this is one of the best channels on TH-cam
You should have mentioned that many of these country didn't send that many soldiers and that in fact more than half of them were Japanese. The entire things is very glamourized as all these countries fighting side by side when in actuality the Japanese did most of the fighting.
Possibly due to logistics, Japan is the closest one so they had an easier time transporting troops iirc
@@erichvondonitz5325 Also, western militaries didn't really need to send that many soldiers to relieve the Foreign Legation because most of the Boxers are armed mostly with melee weapons and some very obsolete artillery whereas western militaries are armed with bolt action rifles, machine guns, and artilleries.
While that is true, there were also cases where soldiers from all 8 nations were fighting side by side. The embassy siege for example.
Why do you have to ruin it?
@@Dantinus machine guns? Maybe gatlings.
0:38 so that's where "you've hurt the feelings of the Chinese people" came from
I learnt about this through Bioshock infinite. Cool how they made it a part of that backstory so well
This channel is nothing but answers to questions I never knew I needed answered and I love it.
Great power alliance: "We, the great powers of the world strongly condemn the murder of our law abiding citizens in China and together we will take military actions!"
Italy: " Exactly! Together WE, the great powers of the world, will take military actions!"
Great powers: "Italy? What are you do-?"
Italy: "shhhhh!"
Italy got their lump of coal after 1918
🌖 SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE HISTORY MATTERS
1:51 Tiny little bit, Korea wasn't part of Japan back then. They became a protectorate in 1905 and were annexed in 1910.
This video missed one thing. The effects it had on China. Even today Chinese talk about the 8 nation alliance that sacked the forbidden palace.
It reinforces the ideology of China vs the World, which unfortunately is exactly what's happening right now...
Reinforced but not created. Chinese always treat neighbours as backward barbarians and only China, bearer the mandate of heaven, is destined to be the center of the world and its sole ruler. Which was true for some time in the past, but not today. Yet.
@@Nikola95inYT This is a gross oversimplification. Yes, that kind of attitude was held by many of imperial China's administrators and court officials, but it was not necessarily true of the peasantry and common populace and certainly isn't the standard opinion now. You might get an occasional nationalist who thinks that, and there is this notion that China is superior to some neighboring countries, but they definitely do not think that they are culturally superior to the west.
The world powers at that time chose to carve up China and loot everything of value. Now the ruling elite of China wish to do everything it can to insure it never happens again even if it means aggressively expanding outward. I don’t agree with it but it’s a natural consequence of humiliating a people for extended periods of time.
@@bobjones2959 You are wrong, the Chinese all know that the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, and they have been learning from elementary school textbooks. This is a shame for China, 99% of Chinese know what bad things the Eight-Power Allied Forces have done in China
@@りんごT-i3t I never said they didn't know that?
What would it take to unseat James Bissonnette from his first mention spot? Gold, jewels, land?
lamp oil, rope, bombs?
A trade monopoly in china probably
But, Aaron, you *are* James Bissonnette. You've always been James Bissonnette!
Maybe an alliance between the others
about 300 assassination attempts.
Oh my goodness I was thinking about History Matters making a video on the boxer rebellion ONLY YESTERDAY and now he has
How does the quality of your videos just keep reaching new highs?
That moment when Russia, Germany, USA, France, the rest of Europe and Japan where allies.
Avengers end game: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!
One Serb boy: I’m going to do what people call a pro gamer move.
But the avengers at least were full time allies
These guys allying is weirder
@@totalwartimelapses6359 Captain America:Civil War
*Yea,i don't think so*
Belgium too
@@antfrancis1406 All that Congo Experience.
1:12 The amount of references is incredible, even though I probably didn't understand all. The New Zealand Foreign office is probably the best
China: Good they hate each other so they won’t mess with us
Also China: Why do I hear boss music
BFG Division being hear at the distance
Viet war,Korean war: why west is get mascared
@@butuhplasmadarahgolonganb1018 or in other words.
China is paranoid as f*ck
"Why wasn't China fully colonised like India and Africa" could be an interresting video idea
or even extend that to all of asia. or at least compare and contrast the parts of it that were colonized and the parts that weren't.
To Much people, to Much riches, to Much potential resistance, and too Much potential competion between the great powers.
also, they could have basicly everything they wanted from china just by enforcing concessions, there was no point of annexing china.
because US fearing the rising the tension between powers forbids others to scramble China.
@@fromfareast3070 At that point in time the US was in no position to make those kind of demands.
@@Zraknul It was actually US' John Hay's open-door policy that saved China from formal partition just after the boxer rebellion, then Yangtze agreement between Britain and Germany. And US was largest economy in world at time, so could make such demands.
I like how you mentioned that Belgium was also involved in the Boxer Rebellion. However, you forgot to say that the Netherlands and Spain also took part.
"I am speed" -Every country when the Boxer Rebellion broke out
Suggestion: Why did Albania stay neutral during the Balkan Wars and World War One?
Albania was created after the 1st balkan war, and Bulgaria had no beef with Albania. during WW1, the Serbs did run to Albania and the Austrians did run after them (just like the front in Greek Macedonia).
@@CrazExtra there is only one Macedonia and it’s Greek.
@@PanosPitsi pls don't start here
@@parthbonde2106 I am a real Macedonian don’t compare me to some Bulgarian with an identity crisis
@ايجون تارجاريين ?
History really matters a lot.
Here the only channel talking about world wide history
I have a video suggestion I mentioned before:
How did the catholic world react to the French alliance with the Islamic Ottoman Empire?
You mean how did Austria and Spain react to it? Because they were the only two Catholic Great Powers of the time and Italy was Fance's Biacth(...also Austria's).
Well, there was even a Polish garrison in Crimea War fighting for Ottomans (in one of them there was certain Adam Mickiewicz, who later died of disease).
@@TheDentedHelmet well france was surrounded by the habsburgs from all sides, can't blame them
Italy was the bitch of the habsburgs at that time , the pope himself was their puppet that he denied henry the viii divorce from catherine
@@Admiral45-10 Compare 1930s Nazi Germany Vs 2020s Communist Chinazi IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO Project before it's too late
@@kamakiller1145 True, true. But to be fair, the Habsbergs were also surrounded by Enemies, To the North by Protestants, to the West by Anglicans and the French, to the South by the Ottomans and Barbary Cost. Only the East was friendly.
Poland-Lithuania was a frenemy. And only Russia was a friend.
The all-time greatest crossover in history
Thank you so much for slowing down your commentary.
" also belguim " a country you wouldn't expect to fight with them too
Belgium had a huge fucking colony
@@SuperSanic.. Technically the King of Belgium had a huge piece of private property in Africa.
@@SuperSanic.. they ended up getting tianjin concession as well
“The year was 1900, ‘tis worth remembering, the men who lived through, 55 days at Peking.”
"Im Jahre 1900, da rief der Trommelklang, die Welt nach Peking, 55 Tage lang. Die Flammen loderten zum Himmel. Der Tod zog fordernd seinen Gang. Er zog durch Peking, 55 Tage lang."
"T'was called the Boxer Insurrection
A bloody, Oriental war
Against all nations
Of the Diplomatic Corps."
Nel 1900 la storia parlerà e degli eroi che Pechino massacrò, 55 giorni uniti, ognuno per la sua bandiera trovaron gloria nel coraggio e nell'onore
This is the reason why these same group of countries are today feeling a sense of anxiety and insecurity from China's rise. They fear payback.
@@silveriver9 nah china is just sad they got folded so bad they became a pretzel
Nothing brings people together like collectively hating another person
0:00 "It's no secret that in the late 19th century, the great powers didnt get along"
Wow, who would have thought?
Great educational videos, as always. Thank you :-)
Loved the reference to General Alfred von Waldersee! This channel is gold hahaha :D
Now this is a question I want answered!
History matters, I am hugely fucking depressed because of work pressure. I won't joke with superlatives or exaggeration but it gets really black sometimes. Really dark.
You have been cranking these out like once a week and it really cheers me up. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work, unless you need a break in which case fuck it, take a mental health day, and take a second one for me because I can't.
Each of your videos is a work of art.
China: can we do our own thing
All great powers: NO
"How did Europe and the Islamic world reacted to the Mongol Invasion" Would be a good question
Also how the Catholic world reacted to the French and Ottoman alliance.
They didn't. Most middle East got away with with little to no invasion as the desert cannot support horse armies. The Kievan Rus stopped them reaching the rest of Europe by cutting off their supply chains and using starving and winter to push them out slowly year after year.
@@lukemurray4950 Didn’t the Mamluks fought aganist the Mongols a few times though and won?
"Oh Shit", for those who were in their way.
I think the Islamic world had it pretty bad except for the Mamluks
There's no such thing as World War 0.5
Boxer Rebellion : allow me to introduce ourselves
2:28 I was expecting a "Fun fact: No"
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
"French to found most Alpha Colony" and its article on the newspaper at 1:12 has me dying!!!
😂😂😂
Best History Matters Newspaper Article yet!
Wholesome bros moment
united in supressing a rebellion against foreign interference and exploitation of their country but still, very wholesome indeed
Qing: Ok, you whities can be exempt from Chinese law
Italy: Thanks dude
Qing: Not you
Italy: I will be exempt from Chinese law
Qing: I won't make you such concession
Italy: I wasn't asking
@@NIDELLANEUM
Qing: You and whose army?
Italy: Most of Europe's, some of Asia's.
Loved the history of the boxers
Congrats on 1 million!!!
0:54
I am dying with laughter over here