Banana Wars: When US Marines Fight For Big Fruit (Documentary)
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US involvement in Central America dated back to the first attempt to build the Panama Canal. And in accordance to the Monroe Doctrine was expanded in the 20th century too. US Marines took part in expeditions in Guatemala, Nicaragua and US naval power was a factor in many disputes like the Coto War between Costa Rica and Panama. With the rise of the United Fruit Company, the US domestic market also influenced decisions in the region.
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Glad that that the sponsor isnt chiquita banana
Ive seen their ships floating around Port Hueneme. I thought that was interesting that this was the same company that operates in Cen/America.
@@desertdude8274 yeah chiquita is what the united fruit company calls itself these days
@@morewi Yes but they are now only a fraction of the power even a central american republic has this days.
Too soon
@@celdur4635 I don't think so. They routinely use cops to beat up poor workers, teargas them, break strikes, etc.
Man, so the US has its version of the British East Indies company.
Like father and son
@@ricraftz76 there's a country ball meme of that.
@@shaider1982 i know that's why i said
Are you surprised?
Colonialism at its finest.
"War Is A Racket", by Smedley Butler is the most important book for any recruit to read before signing up.
I carried a copy around Iraq.
Motivated shock troop reading the Commandantes suggested reading list. S/F
rah
@Jebus Hypocristos yut.
@@BellbaFett youtube offered to translate your motivational call.
Modern Marine Generals aren't fit to smell his or Chesty's farts.
I appreciate this being covered as it isn't a region mentioned much in discussions of this era. If possible, a summary of the Cristeros War would be interesting.
We gotta wait until 2025
@Franc Hohenzollern don't bother wasting your time correcting him, being a liberal he'd probably respond with "tHaT's NoT wHaT rAcIsM iS" then proceed either to tell you the exact meaning and destroy his own argument, or try to bend the meaning to his own narrative in a way that can be _easily_ debunked. Trying to debate a liberal on racism always leads to this dead end. Better to just sit down and poke fun at the clown show on display in the end.
viva cristo rey!
@Resident Zero that's a pretty poor take.
@@ian0pillow it's a realistic one though. Those who push American exceptionalism tend to be right wing.
Think about how this episode of history is currently ignored.
You left out the best part of Smedley Butler's quote at the end: "Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
Wait a minute, and we are lecturing China in bullying others?
We have to stop being hypocrites and pay reparations and return stolen property to these people that we have wronged
@@slslbbn4096 You are correct. So we let China do what she wants. I don't think so Listen, I am of Polish decent .What about reparations from Germany and Russia??!!!
@@slslbbn4096 I ain’t paying anything for something I didn’t do, you go ahead and pay from your own pocket instead of forcing others from the end of a gun.
Butler sounds like a based man
United Fruit made the East India company look like choir boys...
Guy "Machine Gun" Maloney is probably the most American name to ever exist. Makes sense he was a ruthless corporate mercenary.
Bryan
Was he called that in Ireland?
Or was he an American of Irish stock/descent (keeping in mind ethnic groups tended to marry within their own, and then within their religious spheres too) he could well have been full Irish while being an American.
It has a much more American feel to it. I've happened upon names with that kind of feel for Americans of Jewish, , Italian, scots/irish stock, with the Americanism being the common denominator.
@@user-otzlixr Actually Guy Maloney was born in New Orleans so that would make him American.,
@@user-otzlixr only you are arguing about it friend. All Americans have a name from some other culture, but that does not make them less American, nor does it make them more "Irish".
If your gonna pin blame on a last name and or how it sounds America isn't the origin. Could just say any name and Nick name sound American then? So your pointing fingers either way, like winning a pissing contest...you just end up pissed on
@@user-otzlixr ITS THE "MACHINE GUN" THAT THEY CARE ABOUT
United Fruit: You call that a hostile takeover? *This* is a hostile takeover...
Coup D'état
@@johndoe-ss9bz Yes and acquiring a countries most significant GNP which is not always oil.
When they divide, would that be a Banana Split?
Remember Nokia and Microsoft?
@@yohaneschristianp What?
I never knew anything about US intervention in central America until I played Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker a few years ago. Since then, I've learned a lot about the banana wars mostly from various groups on youtube. It really speaks that I've learned far more from casual internet wandering than I ever did in public school or college.
School don’t teach us anything to do with there atrocities and obnoxious behaviour
@@snipedotgenius they do teach grammar and spelling, which you seem to have failed
@@snipedotgenius they teach all of it in school. You both just probably weren't listening and/or didn't care.
It depends on the school really, and also the subject you choose to study
@@ventureted it depends on the state and school district. In the South, American history as it is taught, is very heavily whitewashed.
The “Banana Republic” in the 50’s United fruit co. Had both the sec. of state and c.I.a. Chief in their pocket! Which political obligations?
To this day when the president of Honduras is elected they are handed a list of over 30 people of whom they are to appoint for all of the different cabinet positions. Manuel Zelaya the predecessor to the current dictator, sent the Secretary of State a list back with three names and told them to pick one. Yeah WHINSEC trained soldiers put him in a helicopter in his pyjamas at gunpoint a couple years later after trying to hold a referendum on wether Honduras should write their own constitution, not the one written by the military dictatorship in collusion with the US in 1982. Something other countries paid dearly for not doing themselves.
I hate to break the news to you but the CIA didn't exist back in 1921 they were found in September 18th 1947 I think you best check your fax again
@@tombakabones274 back in the 50’s ? What did I type?
@@chipschannel9494 my dyslexia got the best of me I thought it said 20 my apologies
@@tombakabones274 NP👍
Im from Brasil, in here we had a very quick summary of this events at school, i always wanted to know more about it, thank you, in my region of Brasil.we had the same issue with a woodcutter and paper canadian companhy, they had a mercenary army and even a military aircraft for patrol 😮
Canada still has many mining interests in South America, it's pretty shameful
Could you share the names of the companies? I'd like to learn more about this.
@@Innuya I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.
Companies from one country having mining interests in another country is not shameful or inherently bad. It only becomes bad when force, bribery, or other nefarious means are used to contravene the law of that country, or if the company uses weak laws for protection of workers, in order to exploit people in another country.
For example, Rio Tinto, Vale, Xstrata, and Newmont Corporation have all had mining operations in Canada, even though they are all owned outside Canada. Those companies come in to develop and extract resources, and they pay taxes and fees on their operations, which then goes towards funding various things in the country. Ideally, if those companies are better at the job of mining than domestic companies are, then the people of the country get more benefit from a foreign company developing the mine, than they would from a domestic company doing it.
Now, if you're saying that Canadian companies are abusing other countries and their workers to this day, with the support or indifference of the Canadian government, and you have some news articles and such to share, that's a different story I'd like to hear.
@@jordanwalsh1691 Brazil railway is the name of one of them, i cant remmember for sure if the woodcutters were american or canadian as i cant find the propper name of the companhy...anyway we call it A guerra do contestado- (The war of contest)it happened from 1912 to 1916 - the federal governament gave the land for them to build a railway from the southmost state of Brasil to São Paulo, mostly to export wood and meat from the south trought the main ports... in that process it change the states configuratiom and retook the land of local farmers and villages, who fought to keep their lands and lived a nomadic life guided at first by a priest who they bellived was a healer and them by criminal warlords(old west style) running from persecution from armed forces and raiding using horses, pistols and rifles, in the end the rebels were almost all killed or routed and the land was redistributed by the state, i cant find the name of the woodcutter anywere online, i had it on my old textbooks, will try to post if i find...
@@jordanwalsh1691 agree with you mate, kids were taught that globalization is bad, and selling primary goods is bad for a country, that is wrong , economy is interconnected on so many levels, and as long as it follows the basic ethic principles and laws of a country, there is nothing wrong on having foreign busness and industry mate.
The idea opposed to that is authocracy and hipernationalism, you will see where that will lead on the late 30's ... ohh spoiler allert***
Central America: exists
United fruit : hippity hoppity you’re now my property
Century later America gets flooded with migrants from that country 😂😂😂😂
@@importantcomment3246 That just further helps the kind of people responsible tho.
@@jsgdk You don't see the complete picture
@@importantcomment3246 Same with France and the migrants from its former colonies. Sweet irony
@@strechemall I called it bitter sweet of symphony
". . . the only TH-cam history channel that hopes that you find our banana-based history . . . appealing." LOL
Best tag yet. :D
Sam 'O Nella: am I a joke to you?
The US is still intervening in central America to this day.
Honduras, attempted coup in Venezuela, and it looks like we're starting to question the election results in Ecuador, so we all know what that means.
@Albert Felsen I'm not blind to what my government does, nor do I deny what the Russian empire does.
@Albert Felsen calm down karen! Just because you don't want to see the truth doesn't mean usa is not a murderous mercenary state like any other dictatorship.
@Albert Felsen what conspiracy? Both the US and Russia are meddling imperialist powers
@Albert Felsen lol you just told dude to list US meddlings, then told him he couldn’t list the ones that provide the most proof of US meddling because you think that the US was in Afghanistan and Iraq to save the world or something.
Costa Rican here. Seeing this historic episode through foreign eyes was incredibly amusing. The Coto War was a farce from beginning to end.
This bitter experience, that even if you could win something militarily, it was useless because you needed direct sanction from the US to get anything done, basically collapsed the popularity and trust on the Costa Rican Army (which was already strained as a result of the Coup on President Alfredo González Flores in 1917, the only Coup Costa Rica had in the Twentieth Century).
The idea that having an Army in those conditions was essentially pointless and expensive, turned out to be terminal: the Costa Rican Army was finally abolished 28 years later in 1949.
Costa Rican here. Kudos to the production team. It was interesting and decently researched. United Fruit's presence in the area lends itself for a whole series.
United Fruit Company's escapades in your part of the world can, and has filled a lot of history books. It's a shameful chapter in our history.
@@stuartdollar9912 And unfortunately it’s still going. The United Fruit Company still exists, just under the name “Chiquita”. And there are still countless examples of companies strong arming their way around local governments or getting the U.S. to come in and do it for them. Very little, if anything, has changed.
@@wolftamer5463 Agreed.
I moved my family to Costa rica 8 years ago, to the mountains of San Ramon and have not been back since. I would apologize 1000x over what my country did to central America!
~Pura Vita
@@thehealthychefri(sighhhhh) I don't know if you're purposely saying it wrong or what but it's pura VIDA(and not the Italian : pura vita). Second of all it's funny to listen to you idiot expatriates go on and on whatever misbegotten guilt you have, apologizing for things that there are no need to apologize for, that aren't even in your realm or sphere of influence. You just make yourself sound foolish. I am of parents from El Salvador and I can tell you through my travels to different places in Central America that the majority of people there look up to the United States and wish their governments and economies functioned like ours here. The majority don't even think of America as some evil empire who's meddled in their affairs, what they critique is the class divide that exists between the wealthy and the poor, created by their own corrupt politicians and oligarchs who have sold them out. Vomit in my throat everytime I listen to stupid liberal thinking
Butler is such an interesting character worthy of more discussion.
"I spent 33 years and 4 months in active military service and during that period I spent most of that time as a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer. A gangster for capitalism ... Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints." -Maj Gen Smedley Butler
The “company store” see the “coal” wars in America, the film Matewan .
Remember Blair Mountain
Yeah, the mix of politics, big business, and monopolistic practice wasn't only happening in Central America. It had been happening at home, too. Only with less civil war and border wars thrown into the mix as in Central America.
Smedley Butler was a complicated man. He came from a pacifist Quaker family but joined the Marine Corps. In those days, if you wanted to fight, you joined the Marine Corps and he proved to be a natural warrior. In his youth, fighting and winning is probably all he cared about. As he got older, he listened in on parlor discussions from banker friends of his wealthy family and realized that he had not been fighting in US interests but in the bankers' interests. He realized that he had been had. He eventually turned his back on the Marine Corps and fought politically against the bankers whom he saw as the true enemy.
He just got mature, most stay pawns for the rich and are drive by bravado. They dont have a clue on the mess they help to build.
Great video! As a Costarican I can say this was very accurate. I'd like to add that back in those days the United Fruit Company wasn't just simply another company, it fulfilled the role of the state itself. Roads, schools, public services, health, transportation, infraestructure, daily life, entertainment, security, food.. As you mentioned it, workers got stamps or vouchers that they exchanged for goods from the companys run stores called "comisariatos" it was all in the hands of the Company, a round business indeed! They had huge acres of land in the costarican caribbean coast and the southern part of the country, and all the poor souls of the people living in those areas belonged to the company too. Up to this day you hear people in those places refering to the United Fruit Company as the "Yunai" which is bad pronunciation of the word united in rural costarican spanish.
Yeah stuff like that has been going on for centuries soooooo yeah....kinda sounds like they improved the place anyway
Darn. I guess the only way to include all of this in American History courses would be to overhaul the curriculum.
I'm Mexican American and am very grateful for your input and perspective.
Soò it sounds like United Fruit Comoany made Central Americans dependent on them thus becoming "Papi Cortes" so to write...sounds benevolent at first but it follows the dependency model of thr Christian churches where they do a lot of charity work for the poor, but don't actually lift the poor out of poverty. This is a fake nice tactic to keep them grateful and especially dependent on Christian churches.
Not always. Some Christian churches do provide an education and do great work for all. But it's without question the white colonizers used Christianity as a cloak to deceive others and didn't actually practkxe the religion. If they did, they wouldn't be colonizers! So simple, yet to difficult for many "Christians" to grasp....
@@alexanderkoruga6409 How adorable of you to share your opinion. While I agree that atrocities have been committed let's not put all Christians into that theory of yours.
@@Jason-gg4lmoh yeah sure. Keeping people in a complete oligarchy is ideal
These Central American wars taste differently than the wars in the other parts of the world, 100 years ago. Bravo Jesse & TGW crew!
Thanks!
Tastes like bananas? ;)
JP Morgan Chase was financially invested in the British, why else would there be a campaign to convince Americans to go fight in trenches over land on another continent for someone else's king? Tastes the same; like money.
Taste like sugar
Does anglo meat taste like pig or chicken?
Greetings from Honduras, and thanks for talk about the banana wars
*wars
@@madeinjamaica7025 Thanks for the correction
@@rrrrr6369 no problem
A little trivia. In his Novel Price winner for literature, 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez described in detail the power of the banana companies over south and central America. Thank you for this overview
the dulles brothers were responsible for alot of our crimes in central amerikkka
Two important issues were not mentioned in the Coto War of 1921: That Costa Rica actually lost the entire provinces of Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro to Colombia starting in the 1830s and this war sealed that lost; and that United Fruit needed access to the Golfito bay, a natural port, to export the new planned plantations in the Coto plains. The following year they started building a new port of Armuelles (Rabo de Chancho).
I read Smedley Butler's memoirs: War is a racket.
Really heavy stuff to digest. Scary too because it's either true or not, both equally scary thoughts.
It's true
Why would Butler be lying? It was true. Even President Eisenhower warned about stuff like this.
@@JesusChrist2000BC idk, everybody lies, and it's such a huge "conspiracy". Just like what happened with George S. Patton in Germany, big conspiracy. I wasn't there, so idk 100% for sure what's really true.
@@RenneVangr Well Butler was there and wrote it and we have other people that were there and confirmed Butler was indeed THAT DUDE. He won two Medal of Honors and is the most decorated service member in American history. So I'd take his word on it.
@@RenneVangr So, someone arranged Patton's death in a minor car accident? That is THE single dumbest conspiracy theory I've ever heard in my life.
It should be noted that in those years the main variety of bananas was Gros Michel, which was characterized by increased sugars and calories. It became extinct from the fungus in the 1960s. Today's Cavendish is not so nutritious and delicious. It is impossible for them to satisfy their hunger for a whole day like Gros Michel.
Gros Michel isn't totally extinct, it's still being grown today in limited quantities.
This is the problem with how they handle banana cultivation. All the bananas on those plantations are clones! They have no genetic diversity and can't repel diseases.
Gros Michel are not extinct, they just cant be grown at a scale that is profitable anymore.
The cavendish is now going through the same disease problem.
@@troyjardine5850 it's the price we pay for bananas to not have seeds.
Butler wrote a book titled "war as a racket."
Thank you 👍
Ya cause these were the wars he was talking about in his book.
@@Autobotmatt428 no. The aldrich brothers backed both sides with weapons in ww1 so whoever one they won. One of the brothers was america.
American.
Is there a chapter about Napoléon ?
This absolutely needs to be better known especially in today’s climate. That Smedley Butler quote needs to be known I think it definitely doesn’t matter which part of your in.
I think Smedley Butler was in this action. That and in Mexico Vera Cruz and other places in Far East. I believe it was after the Banana Wars that he came up with quote.
"Banana based history"
I'm dying
Its for scale.
Uh, Gross National Product (GNP) major league exploitation history.
Especially if you are a consumer of bananas 🍌 which I assume you are.
Doing a special on Smedley Butler would be appreciated. I feel his character is somewhat misrepresented by his early postings of his military career. He was a staunch antimilitarist and anti imperialist later in his life and although he only ever had a formal affiliation with the Republican party, he actually voted for Socialist Norman Thomas in 1936 if I recall correctly. He was one of the most decorated Marines to date and the only one to win two MoH and and the Navy Cross(?)
maybe we can find someone who wrote about him for the podcast as we don't do biography episodes anymore. but he sure seems fascinating
@@TheGreatWar Sure thing. I've just got the impression that some of your viewers have acquired the wrong impression of his character due to his actions in Nicaragua highlighted in this video, and as a unashamed Butler fanboy, it bothers me. Not your fault of course, you're focus is on the events as they unfold, not the lives of individuals many years later. Great video as always, team.
@@alexguymon7117 thanks I was trying to remember which Marine came out so strongly against interventionism and it was Butler all along.
@Albert Felsen his association with the Republican party more comes from the fact he was from Pennsylvania, a Republican stronghold. And while the parties did flip, between the end of the Progressive Era in 1920 and Korea, the Republicans and Democrats were largely interchangeable in terms of most policies, save for the hardline Dixiecrats in the South, through most of this period.
What's funny is that the Marine Corps still revere Smedley Butler to this day alongside Chesty Puller but they frequently neglect to mention his strong antimilitarism and socialist sympathies...
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Are they two separate services? I’m subscribed to CS but never use it
Interesting footage of President Taft at 8:07
First time I think I've ever seen actual video footage of Taft, used to seeing him as the last "paintings-exclusive" American president
A Honduran historian published a book on this period of Honduras' history: El estrangulamiento económico de La Ceiba. 1903-1965 by Antonio Canelas Díaz.
Kiff 4free --- Thanks, for the reading recommendation.
@@marianotorrespico2975 welcome!
There was also a book specifically about the 1954 Guatemala coup carried out by The United Fruit Company and the CIA. It is titled Bitter Fruit by Stephen Schlesinger.
Fantastic Videographic Production! Thank you Sir.
This is actually really cool and pertinent to me because I am an American living in Honduras right now!
@Dan2314 Wonderluck Come visit me in Terre Haute Indiana and I will show you a very dangerous Town as we will quietly pray for the sun to rise. Weapons loaded with unauthorized ammunition and the safety(s) Always OFF.
@@HighSpeedNoDrag huh which country is this
@@ShubhamMishrabro USA. Indiana
On minute 15:18, you mentioned the only panamanian policeman in Coto, he was my great-grandmother only brother, his name was MANUEL SALVADOR PINZON, he was the last panamanian authority official in Coto.
If a "fruit company" dramatically affects our national security and/or foreign policy in the future, I have a feeling it will be called Apple.
Nah it were oil companies now weapons contractor in future I don't know
@@ShubhamMishrabro nah Lithium is next
@@lmvr127 Yep, he who controls the lithium mines controls the universe, at least a few decades down the line.
yep and the war cry will be ,, how do u like them apples,,🤣😅
Did you type this on an I phone?
My uncle major general Ross E Rowell USMC retired and MOH WINNER won it in the banana war's. He was a flyer and one of the fathers of Air to ground support in WW 2
Thanks for the video!
I wanted to learn about the banana wars for years. Thanks for this video 📹.
Major Smedley Butler was our greatest general, not for his genius on the battle field but for telling the truth!
Bull ! Chesty Puller was far more a better General of Marines !
Fantastic overview!!
Honduran here. I pretty much amazed by this, I didn’t really know about this until today, I’ve always heard the term “banana republic” but didn’t know what it meant , thank you
Es una historia que se oculta en su mayoría tanto en EUA como Honduras, le recomiendo un libro interesantísimo que habla de este tema pero del lado de la Vaccaro Bothers en La Ceiba se llama " El Estrangulamiento Económico de La Ceiba 1903-1965" por Antonio Canelas Diaz.
@@mecha1gold it is not hidden... its taught in public schools...
Excellent.
This channel is a gem.
I love this era of United States history.
Great video! I wouldn't mind more events being gone over!
Very informative. Have to admire the courage and candidness of General Butler in speaking out at a time when big business was running the US.
I haven’t delved too far into your site yet, but from what I’m seeing, I really like the content. Imagine that, education and facts on the internet!
We complain about large corporate oligopolies today, but imagine these same companies reserving the right to lynch you.
Ever heard of "Amazon"?
Labour activists in South America are still murdered on behalf on companies to this day.
@@ProSimex84
These shenanigans are usually concealed to the general public in modern times.
I’m referencing them doing it legally & out in the open.
not the correct use of the word "withholding" there, withholding means to not use or do, youre looking for "reserving" :)
@@Spunney
Ah, thanks for the correction.
There's just something really soothing about the way Jesse says fruit. His entire demeanour really
Outstanding report
My father ran a tung nut plantation is SE Louisiana all during the 1930s for Mr. Zemurray and did not suffer from the Great Depression. Mr. Zemurray had a large country estate with several grand homes and 1200 acres of tended flower gardens with fountains, ponds, trails, and bridges that was open to the public on weekends in the 1950s-60s and donated as a full-time park to the State upon his death. I just read, The Fish That Ate the Whale_ The Life and Times of America's Banana King - Rich Cohen, about take-over and control of the much mightier UFC.
This an excellent book or for me, the audio book.
That "battle" between the 28 costa ricans soldiers and the one panamanian police officer must have been quite the sight.
Costa Rican here. When that happened the army hadn't even fully Mobilized: picture a Pre-War World I Army to have an idea how fast that happened. Most troops were still in the center of the country (were most of the population used to live) when the war ended.
Seeing this historic episode through foreign eyes was incredibly amusing. The Coto War was a farce from beginning to end.
This bitter experience, that even if you could win something militarily, it was useless because you needed direct sanction from the US to get anything done, basically collapsed the popularity and trust on the Costa Rican Army (which was already strained as a result of the Coup on President Alfredo González Flores in 1917, the only Coup Costa Rica had in the Twentieth Century).
The idea that having an Army in those conditions was essentially pointless and expensive, turned out to be terminal: the Costa Rican Army was finally abolished 28 years later in 1949.
Very informative, and interesting. Thanks for posting.
Too nice video from excellent historical channel with clear explaining of events
That was fascinating , thank you.
Read War is a Racket by Smedly Butler, he remains right to this day
I never really looked into this, I knew it had happened but never knew the details. Thank you! Fascinating stuff.
Another fantastic video!
We have come to liberate your bananas, do not resist.
coup d'é·tat
7:26 "United Fruit offered to build railways in Honduras in exchange for land and concessions"
Hold on a second, that sounds identical to PR China's BRI scheme. :O
Why not copy a tried and tested concept? Who needs morals or ethics when you have nukes to deterr international justice?
/S
Really?
Really?
Oh boy, you'll awake the Winnie the Flu bots..
What of the local governments and politicians that take such deals?
Thank you for these wonderful videos
Thank you. What a brilliant documentary.
Some of this has similarities with the plot line in Frederick Forsyth’s “The Dogs of War” : a powerful corporation hires mercenaries to stage a coup in a mineral rich country to install a compliant government. However, in that novel, which was made into a film, the mercenaries have other ideas. I’ll avoid spoilers for the sake of anyone who hasn’t yet read the book or seen the film and the wants to. It’s an interesting study in corporate political manoeuvring in countries outside the corporation’s home country, whether one looks at United Fruit, or the East India Company. The latter example illustrates that this is not a modern phenomenon.
nice recommendation, enjoyed it
Greetings from Nicaragua. Very accurate. I suggest make a video about Chester Puller, figthing Sandino.
Yes this is very appealing!
I’m glad you gave so many quotes from Smedley Butler!
I think this is some excellent movie/film material, especially the storyline surrounding Butler.
Nice presentation. Of coarse, everyone had heard of the term "Bannana Republic". This provides some background on how that came about as well as the sordid influence of United Fruit business on US foreign policy.
Looks at black molded bananas on the kitchen counter. "Many bolthoms died to bring us that"
@@Hashishin13 no. It’s a Star Wars meme
Hello from Montana.Very concise breakdown of the war. The 1st photo that showed Smedley Butler (2nd from rt) with the other Marine officers was taken in Veracruz, Mexico, 1914. The officer to Butler's immediate right is Col. Littleton Tazewell "Tony" Waller, to whom I'm proud to be related to (no matter how far down the coattails I am). Littleton Waller would make a great video. At least look him up. Waller was also one of only 20 Marines, along w/Smedley Butler to be awarded the Marine Corps Brevet Medal. I love your channel as I enjoy learning more & new history.
Thank you for this presentation. It is very relevant today.
I like the way that you unpeeled this, thanks a bunch.
Outstanding.
TGW: "TH-cam retroactively changed the rules"
TH-cam: "Next time we'll retroactively take what you made at the time"
Outstanding, as always
Thanks for the history lessons never could get that information in our history classes a lot of country’s where at war all over the world in a 20 year period
Thank you for doing these interesting pieces. Americans need to understand the history of this to understand our current foreign policies.
People are incredibly hostile to the truth, mention to someone fed anti-socialist propaganda WHY venezuela is the way it is and...
So nice that our government hasn't changed at all when it comes to pointless proxy wars helping horrible dictators, or corrupt corporations.
"Our government" isn't our government, it's bought and owned by the elites, and corporations. Despite this the people do nothing to overthrow it. Nothing remotely, except whine about it, or deny it or attack each other. Perhaps blame China, or another boogeyman, phantom, or hobgoblin.
Awesome content thank you so much.
Video is amazing Thk you
Various State Guards also fought alongside the Marines and trained Troops during the Banana 🍌 Wars. My Father was in the New York State Guard and went to Haiti and Central America on Banana Boats. The equipment and weapons were secretly loaded aboard,along with their Uniforms. The Soldiers made it to the Docks in Brooklyn wearing Civilian Clothing and in small Groups
Your father?? What are you 80
@@Teutius
What if he is... .
The United Fruit Company
had the backing of the Embasadors the President of the United States plus the Maríne Corps😮😢🤢
You can make your own conclusion who Shafted who ?
History was not Fair banana to all this banana republics...
And you're proud of that?
Pops was a mercenary for a fruit company
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When will you create the TH-cam channel? I can't wait to subscribe to it.
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Major Smedley Butler needs a Bio special on him, he was such a unique character in history.
Awesome History Lesson, thanks !
Excellent documentary. This material is rarely showed or talked about.
Interesting fact. The colombian/Costa Rican war was inherited by Panama once they separated/became independent.
Congratulations for your professionalism, I would never be able to say "banana wars" with a straight face
Big brother flexing its muscles, as always. How inglorious.
Awesome Video.
Will you cover the Battle of Blair Mountain?
Great episode, very informative
You give a great presentation.
Great video!
'War is a Racket' by Smedley Butler is a fine little book.
Major General S. R. Butler, USMC (Ret.), himself a Banana War veteran who received the Medal of Honor twice, wrote a book entitiled War Is A Racket - required reading IMO.
Excellent work.
Excellent, thank you.
Guy 'Machinegun' Maloney of United Fruit is now officially the most colourful name to ever exist in the English language.
You know back in my day Bananas wars is what we called lunch
Thanks!
Thanks for mentioning the price, and the combo package. I'm sick of things being filtered through youtubes personal agenda, but I thought it would cost much much more. I think I may just sign up.
I feel like listening to RATM’s entire Evil Empire album 💿.