The Crimean War - History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)
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This episode covers the Crimean War (1853-1856) between the Russian Empire and the Ottomans, the British, the French and the Sardinians. It began largely out of Russo-Ottoman rivalry and because French Emperor Napoleon III had been appointed the protector of Christians within the Ottoman Empire, at the expense of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I. The war really kicked off in 1854 with the British and French invasion of Crimea and largely ended with the capture of Sevastopol in 1855, after which the Russians sued for peace.
Hello everyone. Just to let you know that next week's episodes will be:
Wednesday: The Six Hour War: The German Invasion of Denmark (1940)
Sunday: Bartholomew Robert's: History's Most Successful Pirate.
Can you do the Irish war of independence and Irish civil war?
Are you planning to do some longer, more in-depth episodes about a topic in the future? These 4min shorts are great, but I really miss your older stuff :)
Edward kenway: ROBERTS
@@franciscomm7675 I hope they explain how he was a sage...
Is there going to be a Polish Lithuanian Commanwealth video in the end or not?
"Absolutely nothing or no one whatsoever could ruin it"
*Otto Von Bismarck has entered the chat*
This is by far the best comment I've seen my friend.
"Okay, now I am ready!"
Bismarck has a plan
Bismarck *ALWAYS* has a plan
You watched Extra History before,eh?
@@leventesaho4127 are you from canada?
France: "Wow everything's going great for us! Nothing could possibly bring us down!"
Prussia: "GUTEN TAG."
We were on holiday!
Que Preusens Gloria on earrape
Prussia: Nice prestige you got there...
It'd be a shame if someone were to...
*_i n v a d e y o u . . . am i right?_*
Prussia: "WAS MAST DU"
*”watch on the Rhine intensifies”*
Russia 1856: That loss was humiliating. We need reforms.
Russia 1905: That loss was humiliating. We need reforms.
Russia 1921: That loss was humiliating. We need reforms.
Stalin: Hello...
Russia: Aww ****
well he did actually bring reform so least he got the job done
Russia: we need reforms....
Commies: we're taking over!
Russia: ........
Russia 1991: That loss was humiliating. We need reforms
Commies were the reform in many aspects.
Until they were reformed out of power back in early 90s
'I hate you' = *Russia - Turkey relations (16th - 21st century) in a nutshell*
*20
ussr-turkey relations already were pretty nice (at least before nato thing)
and after ussr turkey became the main a holiday destination, it wouldn`t work with a hate
🇷🇺 > 🇹🇷
@@nathanburnett9529 Well yes, but actually kinda? Not really
@Nathan Burnet its not true at all. You cant just define some country is bigger than another.
@@nathanburnett9529 russia have more tecnology and manpower in hoi4
“Since the nobles didn’t want to give them rifles”
Ww1: yeah about that.....
We gave them rifles. Lets just say things got a lil Red and White afterwards.
@@joshuacampbell1625 Mostly Red in the long run.
@@merrittanimation7721 but still, most of the white force were not noble
and pretty big part of the red forces actually were somewhat high society
@@sodinc I was talking about who won, not their moral character.
@@merrittanimation7721 and i was talking about their social status (mostly)
*FRENCH HISTORY*
1854: Good times are here again.
1871: Oh no
1918: Good times are here again.
1940: Oh no
*Also France*
Still I have Vietnam
1954: oh no
Nevermind, I still have colonies in Africa
1960s: oh no
1960s:we still have french guyana
1970s: oh no
1970s: jk we still have
French History 1870-1940
1870: THE GERMANS ARE INVADING!
1914: THE GERMANS ARE INVADING... AGAIN!
1940: *sigh* It’s the Germans... again...
1918 good times? Meh
@@silverpleb2128 ww1 had ended
"Be better" is becoming one of my favorite running gags from you.
i like "stop existing" better
The "soon" is better
"soon" will always be the best
An obscure but great one:
List of people who are unemployed
1. You
Hilarious!
French person: bonjour!
People in general: get out.
That Prussian joke at the end had me cackling
Lmao
Mexico is relevant too...
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Guten Tag... ;)
best one I've heard in the last couple of weeks :D almost but just almost subtle
@@Blaqjaqshellaq Nope
France: _wins Crimean War_ everything's going great for us!
Prussia: *I'm about to end this man's entire career*
Losing to a backwater like Mexico is probably more humiliating
France : wins ww1. we're the best army in the world, no one could stop us!
Hitler : I'm going to end this man whole career.. in just a few days
@@yaqubhanggaw1635 Hitler: I'm on the verge of conquering Europe! Nothing can stop me!
Stalin: *I'm about to end this man's whole career.*
@Stephen Jenkins
US: I won the cold war and I am the strongest economy and power no one could be more rich than me!
China: *I am about to end this man's whole career*
@@mirzahamzabaig5667
China: I'm the strongest country in the world!
Sealand: *I'm about to end this mans whole career*
Prussia: Soon
France : what was that
Prussia: I didn't say anything.
France: Oh ok
16 years isn't soon
plus, the franco prussian war didn"t complelty destroyed france, as it should have been
because when the prussian sieged paris
people were like
ohh no it's the end for france
when the war ended,
and france paid reparation, and gave alsace loraine
people were like, it's started
the beginging of the end
then there was the Communist revolution called éLa commune"
that erupted in 1871
where revoltuiaires occupied paris
at that point
France nearly fall into communist hand
and would be rememebr as the first communist nation in the world
but no
the republic executed every peopel wearing red in paris, until the last one of them
a massacre
and franc in few yeras became better,and strong again
iwth the most advanced militray and diplomacy in the world
france quicly became OP
which scared germany
and was looking for allies, against france,
@@gutsjoestar7450 France hasn't been OP since Napoleon
@@Sams-li8tj ww1?
@@waruiseishin953 if it wasn't of Britain, france would be fuck in the ass
@@Magnusthered18 You have to admit the French held out for quite a long time
This was one of the first wars photographed and reported extensively. Thanks to new inventions like the telegraph, the public could be informed in detail in a matter of hours.
On the allies' side, reporters such as William Howard Russell acted as the first modern war corresponders. The detailed reports on the slaughter and insanity of the war (eg. the charge of the light brigade) did much, in the end, to move public opinion towards pacifism.
Meanwhile on the Russian side, an until then unknown young army officer won fame for his honest, realistic literary chronicles about the siege of Sebastopol, which he fought in; they had a similar effect to the newspaper reports on the other side. After having served the previous years as a soldier in the Caucasus, the horror of this war did much to turn him into a lifelong pacifist. Shortly after he retired from the army to focus on improving the life of his serfs, but also on writing. The name of this aspiring writer, who first rose to fame due to the Crimean War, was Leo Tolstoy.
did he become leon trotsky?
anon3261 Russians, during Soviet times, had very cumbersome attitude toward Leo( Лев) Tolstoy’s Pacifism that he voiced most strongly in War and Peace: some agreed with it, but majority rejected it. There were many Russian writers and critics, who blasted him in their works. One of Tolstoy’s critics was Vladimir Lenin, the other- Maxim Gorky.
There was also some random American lieutenant called McClellan sent as a foreign military observer, as this was one of the last few wars where that sort of thing was allowed.
@@Craitash I owned a 1917 US cavalry "McClellan" saddle, with saddle bags, stamped "F Troop"! same guy???
There were some photographs of the Mexican-American war which began about 7 years prior to the Crimean War
The Light Brigade: So we're going to go behind the guns and capture them
Lord Cardigan *well yes but actually no*
please stop
Technically they were suppossed to get guns from the left or the right of them (cant remember) , but instead they issued the stupid order to charge the guns,
to -try and cover up the massive failure- commemorate the sacrifice made they got the queens personal poet, Alfred Tenneyson to write a patriotic poem, "The Charge Of The Light Brigade"
@@AncientAccounts And that also gives us a really good song by iron maiden "the trooper"
@@juanignacioflores3820 ill give it a listen
@@AncientAccounts So let me get this straight, to 'cover up' the assault they commissioned a poem from one of the greatest poets of the age, the words of which literally highlight the tragedy and made a regular military fuck up that happens several times a war into an immortal event.
There was literally no attempt to cover it up or portray it as something else, they were all too busy trying to blame each other for giving the order.
Napoleon III: France is no longer humiliated! The French army is unbelievable!
Otto Von Bismarck: Hold my beer
"Halt mein Bier"
After WW1 France's mentality was literally the same...
@@arnold3768 Hitler: "Halt mein Bier"
Bier*
You mean: Hold my "Bier"
Many many missed opportunities here. I think the shorter videos mean that you are skipping over some stuff that is still relevant.
1. Russian debt in the Crimean war and deterioration of relations with Britian lead to them selling Alaska to America since they had no plans to defend it during the Crimean war and they needed to pay war debts.
2. The refusal of Austria-Hungary to aid Russia in the Crimean war was a cause for ww1 and the breakdown of their alliance.
Crimean war had pretty important Implications in the long run
yeah, this shorter video format is really not going great. Learning something wrong is worse than not learning it at all.
Generic CZcams Account to be fair, the 2nd point you brought he already explained that in the Austria-Hungarian Empire episode
@@TheKurtkapan34 Unfortunately he hasn't responded to any of the many comments pointing this out over the last few months.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 more videos mean more revenue. it seems he will find new subscribers but the core will slowly fade away if he keeps this up.
The fade in Prussia in the map at the end was glorious!
I see what you did there
If I may, I would like to add two small notes:
1) The peace treaty also called for demilitarization of Åland islands in the baltic sea. They remain demilitarized to this day.
2) In Finland, this war is often called Åland war.
Aaland war, that's cool considering that most of the war was focused and fought in Crimea while Aaland was basically non existent in the war, lol
*Bismarck hold "Soon" sign intensifies*
Damn this Napoleon III guy seems to be doing very well. Hopefully he can emulate his Uncle's success. Can't wait to hear more from this great man.
we like to call this "foreshadowing"
1:08 - *'Make me'* = Russias answer to NATO embargo after annexation of Crimea in 2014
*(160 years after The Crimean War)*
And Nato being the bureaucratic money machine proceeded to do.... Nothing because doing what it was designed to do wastes to much money that is supposed to go in their pockets
@@therodyman700 something tells me geopolitical strategy involving the aggression of a hostile superpower is a bit more nuanced than that
Well, the whole ordeal with Crimea and it's annexation was a not just "The aggressive evil Russia". First of all, Russia had good relations with ukraine, and the president of ukraine (Viktor Yanukovych, who was fairly elected) wanted good relations with russia and was against the EU. The EU didn't want this, that's why they Organized a coup in Ukraine, which lead to a pro EU president. Then the new Ukraine president decided to cut off Russia from the Crimean ports and with that the russian acess to the black sea. This would result in the loss of access to the black sea and decrease in Military power. The crimean Population (Mostly Russian ethnic people) made a vote and it resulted overwhelmingly to join Russia and leave Ukraine. Of course Ukraine does not want that (And Ukraine has a lot of Russia Etnic people, who dislike the Ukraine Government, since it promotes the Ukraine language and tries to get rid of russian language). This leads to the military action and the annexation of Crimea.
Something something world's largest nuclear arsenal frying every American into a cheeseburger within 45 mins.
@Stephen Jenkins You're correct with your statement, that a coup involvment from EU or US is not proven, and as such I should not have mentioned it. Still it is true that the Protestors managed to exchange the pro Russia president with a pro EU president and this lead to the crimean annexation. On the other hand, your comment about Russia's actions and hostile intentions are not justified at all. Russia is in a werid position, where they get constantly embargo in trade with the smallest and not proven reasons and have to aid the oppressed Russian minorities in Eastern Europe, which take up arms against the government since their self determination does not matter and get put down by the military.
I don't know if you've made a video on this yet, but a video on the War of 1812 would be cool.
I expect a Napoleon joke in there somewhere.
@Nunovia Gottdamnedbizzness wasn't it mostly British regulars doing the fighting? British regulars burnt the White House etc
As an American, I second this
*looks wistfully northwards*
If he does, I would hope he includes something about how other European nations viewed the US during this time period. I've heard from some Europeans that more than a handful viewed the States as Napoleon's allies at the time because of the Louisiana purchase helping fund the French along with the war itself in 1812. Obviously here in the US that view is nonexistent in public school curriculum so I'd love to hear HM's views in an 1812 video.
Prince Otter Channel2, Britain never once tried to retake the US during the war of 1812, where did you hear that from?
“ Absolutely nothing or no-one whatsoever could ruin it”
Napoleon III - *“Why do I hear boss music?”*
*PRUSSIAN GLORIA INTENSIFIES*
Phew! Glad that region is all sorted out nowadays.
Well, it's about time we got a sequel.
2:21 FORGOT TO MENTION:
1983, Iron Maiden makes a hella of a song about this battle
On one hand the British outsnipped the Russians, on the other hand ... The light brigade
The timing cannot be more perfect for this to be on my recommended
I live for your unique brand of dry sarcasm...
Fun fact : almost all the 300 000 french soldiers died, but not in fights, on the travel and of diseases. Truly a victory.
I mean still a victory tho and they weakened a potential rival
That bit at the end where Prussia fades in while the French are riding high was very good.
I love how Prussia’s just creepily fading in :D
Nicholas I’s death during the war was a tragedy. I once read about his last conversation with his son and it made me cry. He was bearing huge responsibility and sense of guilt.
France: Our Army is the best in Europe
Prussia: *_OH REALLY?_*
Britain*
But french army is really the best...
@@Raisonnance. sometimes.. and sometimes not. Always depends when you look.
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@@Raisonnance.
Not in 1870 and not in 1940.
This seems timely to end up in my recommended videos section
Fun Facts:
1. Baltic theatre is known as "The war of Åland" in Finland, who was at the time autonomous Grand Duchy in Russian Empire.
2. Because Russian main naval base Kronstadt was so heavily fortified, Anglo-French Navy did mostly attack on older fort in Finnish coast, like Bomarsund in Åland and Viapori in Helsinki. At Viapori, Anglo-French's 1000 guns fired more than 20000 shells on fortress but failed to defeat the Russian batteries.
3. Worlds first naval mine vs ship happened in Baltic, when HMS Merlin did hit one of these "Indernal Machine", invented by Immanuel Nobel, father of Alfred Nobel.
4. Anglo-French compined baltic fleet, commanded by Sir Charles Napier and Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes, was largest fleet assembled since the Napoleonic Wars.
5. Victoria Cross was invented during the war and first award was given Charles Davis Lucas for throwing live, shell its fuse still hissing, on to sea during battle of Bomardund.
6. Blockade of Russian shipment was mainpart of Anglo.French fleet, but fleet also raided coast, burning tar warehouses as tar was main export of finland at the time. There raid was heavily criticist on British press and by PM Thomas Gibson. These acts did bite Britain later after the war, because most of the tar was ordered and already payed by British merchants.
7. In Treaty of Paris 1856 also demilitarised the Åland Islands, and this demilitarization is continued by this day.
oispa kaljaa
Update: I have beer now
Fun fact: Fun Fact is Normie
Fun fact: No.. hahahaha.. I love this channel.
"Nothing or no one whatsoever could ruin it."
Prussia is displayed.
Mexico is disappointed.
Mexico was nowhere near the disaster people make it out to be. France pulled out so it was a loss yeah... but nothing akin to the French army being decisively beaten or anything. They just left because of diplomatic tensions and war with Prussia looming. That's when Maximilian and the few remaining troops were defeated.
France won over the Austrians in the second italian war of independence, and against the chinese in the second opium war. Yes, during 15 years, France was once again the first military in Europe, until 1870...
Prussia is dead. México lives.
You know France left Mexico BECAUSE of the Prussian threat in Europe right ?
Mexico has never been taken seriously by France at the time, they didn't care.
@@scintillam_dei prussia just became germany
I love these! The style of narration, the dry humour, the knowledge, all of it. Very good indeed
My great great great grandfather was a finnish marksman in 1853 and he was sent to fight in the crimean war we still have his gold medal he got. Btw he survived
Snipers in 1853? Finish? What finland did in this war? It is a Crimea.
@@paulwilson8061 well finland was in the russian empire. he was a great marksman so he got sent to fight for the russians he was involved with the defense of sevastapol and other battles
@@jebsvjxbdxb1128 oh yeah, sorry, i forgot
@@paulwilson8061 probably a light Infantry Brigade sent to harass Allies Infantry before the main attack. 19 Century Empires already adopted light Infantry doctrine to some extend ,they usually equipped with Rifled Musket And Fight in the mountain or jungle
3:39 - Absolutely anything could change this.
Otto von Bismarck and Helmut von Moltke: Guten Tag!
Fun fact: the Sardinian troops weren't regular troops. They were Bersaglieri. Basically Sardinia lacked the land to raise horses, so they couldn't use cavalry. The Bersaglieri were the answer to this problem, a specialized type of infantry that would withstand cavalry charges and then charge the cavalry while it was recovering. They were effective enough that even in WW2 they were quite feared.
"Daddy made me an officer" at 01:54; that cracked me!
These could be one of the best crib notes video series I've ever seen. Perfectly injected levity, with occasional sarcastic undertones, adds the entertainment value ... beyond the information.
Just noticed cholera was represented as a cloud -- a nod to contemporary miasma theory. Nice touch.
This rebranding has you pumping out quality videos left and right and I’m loving it
France: finally! We're back to being powerful, no one can ruin this!
Prussia: (grins maniacally)
3:41 Bismarck has joined the chat
The satirically savage nature of your animations never ceases to bring me both great joy & edification. Thank you for all your hard work.
I like the comedy + history mixture of this channel, also the fact that he doesn't take sides.
One important outcome of the war was that Turkey (the Ottomans at the time) established themselves as a European power and a vast amount of European culture was introduced to the average Turk, while Ottoman art and culture became popular in Europe.
Fun fact: the man in the black is missing an arm due to them being based on a real general, who lost an arm at Waterloo and believed he was often fighting the French by accident.
Summed up in 4 minutes. Normally takes about 15 books and still no conclusion. Brilliant work, thanks.
That was fascinating. For such a short little video, it was very informative, and entertaining, too. Thank you very much for it!
Thank you! I love these short videos. A lot of info in a short time
These short videos are surprisingly educational. Well done mate!
Despite very little involvement, this war actually affected Austria the most as it led to them being diplomatically isolated, weakening them for the Austro-Prussian War and leading to the Hungarian revolt in 1867 resulting in the dual monarchy.
Great video! Love your content, please make more history docs
These videos are done so well.
My favorite line from you is " he came down with a fatal case of being shot
Yeah that was pretty solid
Crimean war was indeed notorious for this epidemy of snipershotinitis among russian field command.
I generally call that "acute saturnism attack" ... they die from lead poisoning
France: "Yay! We're the greatest army in Europe!"
Bismarck: "Ich bin dabei, die gesamte Karriere dieses Mannes zu beenden"
I’m loving the new method of doing shorter videos but more often, keep it up
Love this channel. Great info.
Getting ready for Crimean war 2: electric Boogaloo
Prussia to France: SILLY MAN.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!
Funny how I'm being recommended this NOW
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“After which France and Napoleon III would ride a high forevermore, and absolutely nothing or no one could ruin it”
*RISE OF PRUSSIA INTENSIFIES*
Prussia was then humiliated few decades later.
@@freewal Almost the whole world fought against the germans lol,they even came close to winning in ww1.This is an embarrassment to anglo francs
@@freewal Yes it was defeated and a few decades later it humiliated France again.
Koeniggraetzer Marsch intensifies
@@brrrrrtenjoyer
and then germany was once again for the 3rd time crushed and humiliated by the allies an humiliation that still hasnt ended lol
Great essay! I learned about Crimean war in History class of St.Petersburg school, where, of course, it was presented from the Russian, er Soviet point of view, which was quite different and away from many facts.
Now I have much better picture of this war. Thank you
Love this channel and it's content. That said, I find sometimes the animations are a wee bit too fast especially when one of the subjects are holding up something to read and I still have to listen to the narrator.
Thanks, I was curious that was all I needed to know
*I get just as much headache watching these obscenely-quick skim-throughs of major events in history as I do when I study history the traditional way of reading the detailed version of it in books. Still, videos like this are a good starting point for whoever is interested but doesn't know where to begin.*
Algorithm just recommended this to me. Can't think why 😶
I love your deadpan, sarcastic foreshadowing as much as animated figures dropping dead with a thud
I love that sarcasm in your videos^^
1:26 a victim of the Crimean war 1854 colorized
Normie
France: That was amazing, we've become the strongest European army again and we have stability for once.
Prussia: (narrows eyes and holds up a sign) Soon...
Love the foreshadowing at the end, can't wait to hear your video on Prussia!!
I really love these, but will you start making 10 minute ones again?
This video aged like milk. History always repeats itself
You forgot to mention another significant peace result - the demilitarisation of the Åland islands.
Loving this mini series
I I I I just simply love this channel
I love how in all these sort of wars it's just Britain being scared of someone getting too powerful
Well it worked for a very long time, for a century Britain had an unbeatable army and its navy was unassailable for two centuries.
@@Dave_Sisson Its army was beaten many times.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 Of course the Brits were occasionally beaten in isolated small battles across the world, but they responded to those small defeats with re-enforcements and dominated the world on land from 1814 to 1914 and they totally ruled the waves from 1740 to 1940.
@@Dave_Sisson Well, sure, they had a good record against native peoples, but the technological gap was usually absolutely enormous, i.e. the Maxim Gun made almost every battle an instant win. When up against other European powers their record was much more mixed. Won't argue that they dominated on the seas, though. Their navy definitely was the best in the world.
@@Dave_Sisson yeah best navy for sure but shit army
I really enjoy your snarky sense of humor.🤣🤣🤣
This man is the eminem of history videos since his videos are so short yet can
Tell so much
I love the wry wit of this channel. It’s difficult anymore to find anyone who can read straight for comic effect. A regular Phil Hartman in that sense.
*60 years later...*
Enemies became allies
Allies became enemies
Well this will get a few more views nowadays...
Well done! Good summary. I was happy that you mentioned Florence Nightingale. Truth be told, I didn't know about her until watching an episode of drunk history, lol
Superb. Thank you.
That ending foreshadowing the Franco-Prussian war has earned you my like
I would love a video about the Greek Revolution!
History Matters I love ur videos keep up the good work also I subscribed and I love ur channel
Fun fact:
The famous charge of the light brigade during the battle of Balaclava is what Iron Maiden's song "The Trooper" is based on.
History repeats, Russia is again making aggressive move and the west sending in the latest weapons to Ukraine caught Russia of guard. Turkey also involved of course as well, the game board does not change only the players do.
What west did with Ygoslavia and Iraq? It is called military aggression without any reason.
And turks were the victims?? Hahahah
@@viktordragovich94yes, neither are good things.
Russia invading Ukraine is bad,
Iraq and Yugoslavia is bad.
Russia made 'Ukraine' ... not USA
@@F.R.E.D.D2986 Ukraine is no where near as bad.
Can you do the Irish war of independence and civil war?
OMG thank you for makeing me learn thank you very much :)
great video!!!
What a good time to watch this. XD
0:42 Austria (to Russia) : *"We're allies"*
*_[WELL YES, BUT ACTUALLY NO.]_*
I already suggested the idea in your previous video, but could you talk about the polish uprisings between 1815 and 1919 ?
Oversimplified videos as piece of art
But your channel is beautiful also and has a lot more contents