It also skips any explanation of how the Spanish Empire worked, the character of the different territories it had, its relationship with other european powers, and the impact it had on the world. It basically said "it existed, here are more or less the territories it had, and these are a couple of the main monarchs, anyway, moving on...". You can't do a summary of the history of a country and just mention in passing all the most important parts, as if it was a footnote. Not to mention the mistakes on the parts it does go into. Usually you can tell a history video is going to be subpar when the author mispronounces many of the names. And I don't mean pronouncing them correctly but with an accent, I mean getting the pronunciation wrong. That is not acceptable if you are doing supposed to know what you are talking about. It means you didn't do any proper research.
Ceuta was Portuguese since 1415, and when Spain annexes Portugal and its dominions 16th century Ceuta becomes Spanish. When Portugal secedes (1640) Ceuta remains Spanish. Melilla is Spanish since 1497. At that time the Kingdom of Morocco did not exist, so these cities have never belonged to it.
Spain was not neutral through WW2, it was "non-beligerant", but clearly sided fascism and nazism. The country was destroyed by the Civil War and wouldn't have been a serious ally, however. It's role reduced to send the "División Azul" in help of the nazis against USSR. After WW2 Franco's fascist regime was supported by USA, which brought almost forty years of dictatorship.
This video literally skips all the increíble ancient history of Spain, and the reconquista.
Se empezó en Asturias , Pelayo no tenía más de 300 , el periodo que más me gusta son los dos primeros siglos cuando el reino Asturias resistio
It also skips any explanation of how the Spanish Empire worked, the character of the different territories it had, its relationship with other european powers, and the impact it had on the world. It basically said "it existed, here are more or less the territories it had, and these are a couple of the main monarchs, anyway, moving on...". You can't do a summary of the history of a country and just mention in passing all the most important parts, as if it was a footnote. Not to mention the mistakes on the parts it does go into.
Usually you can tell a history video is going to be subpar when the author mispronounces many of the names. And I don't mean pronouncing them correctly but with an accent, I mean getting the pronunciation wrong. That is not acceptable if you are doing supposed to know what you are talking about. It means you didn't do any proper research.
Ceuta was Portuguese since 1415, and when Spain annexes Portugal and its dominions 16th century Ceuta becomes Spanish. When Portugal secedes (1640) Ceuta remains Spanish. Melilla is Spanish since 1497. At that time the Kingdom of Morocco did not exist, so these cities have never belonged to it.
Spain was not neutral through WW2, it was "non-beligerant", but clearly sided fascism and nazism. The country was destroyed by the Civil War and wouldn't have been a serious ally, however. It's role reduced to send the "División Azul" in help of the nazis against USSR. After WW2 Franco's fascist regime was supported by USA, which brought almost forty years of dictatorship.
The Christian kingdoms emerged several centuries before the 15th century.