Why was Iran Neutral in WW2?
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Prior to WW2, Iran was already a reluctant participant in global affairs due to the imperial ambitions of both Britain and Russia. The two empires opted to split then-Persia’s lands into a northern and southern sphere of influence claimed by Russia and Britain respectively. The outbreak of the WW1 saw some of Persia’s lands already under occupation, but the nation opted to declare neutrality nonetheless. As a bid to maintain this neutrality, Persia requested that Russia withdraw its occupation forces contemporarily in Azerbaijan in hopes of deterring any further invasion by the likes of nearby nations such as the Ottoman Empire. The plan failed to come to fruition, however, as the Russians declined the Persian appeal and held their ground. This led to increased tensions between the Russian and Ottoman Empires and only further pushed the Persians into a corner as they now had 3 empires closing in on their borders - all fighting wars against one another with Persia standing as the indisposed battleground.
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Reza Shah didn't "change" the name of the country to Iran, he asked the western world to start using the endonym Iran instead of the exonym Persia.
I know why he changed the name, but Persia is a way better name than Iran. Same with Siam.
@@mrbisshiemaybe to you, because you are not IRANIAN, but i am, IRAN is ancient name of my country, Persia is what Greeks named it
@@Dr.Akakia Philippines don't seem to have an issue, and the name is cool anyway.
You're Arab not Persian @@Dr.Akakia
@@mrbisshieapples to oranges
You know the world was fucked when you have to ask why a country was neutral
I don't know if the map has "United Kinkdom" as a mistake or on purpose, but I love it! 😂
Lately in their videos there are many misspelling.
If you have shacked up with the modern British youths, you know the map meant the spelling. I thought I was sharing dinner with a young bf-gf couple.... Oh, boy. a lot more than dinner was served to the guests
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There are also two Zahedans on the map
@@dragonrykr Too much kink might make the person do doubles!
The Great Reza Shah had partnership relations with Nazi Germany prior to the start of WW2. At the time, almost no political leader outside of Germany really knew about the true intentions of Adolf Hitler including Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, President Franklin Roosevelt or even Josef Stalin even though his book Mein Kampf had been published throughout Europe. This partnership slowly helped Iran to put its paralyzed economy back on track. But the combined British and Soviet invasion of August 1941 which took place despite Great Reza Shah not having any involvement with the war in Europe, disrupted this progress and Iran was occupied, and the Great Reza Shah was taken to South Africa by the British where he passed away in 1944.
Stay strong Persia ! Greathings from Poland . Thank you for help us durring WWII, saving thousands polish childrens, and people from Stalinnism
I think i saw a movie where a german officer escaped from Gulag through Iran.
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Well done, but the name of Iran has never changed for the Iranians.
1:09 There's an error here. The request of the Persian government to the Russians regarding the withdrawal of occupational forces was about Iranian Azerbaijan, which at the time was the only Azerbaijan since what is now the republic of Azerbaijan (which is marked here) was known by other names, only in 1918 the new government in Baku, the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic, appropriated the name Azerbaijan.
Also modern day republic of Azerbaijan had been part of Russia back then for like more than a century, it doesn't make sense for the weak Persian government to ask Russia about the forces there, while [Iranian] Azerbaijan was Iranian territory under Russian influence and military occupation so it makes sense to at least make a the demand, even though it was futile.
Actually no, the ussr's borders of Russia didn't included the regions of Azerbaijan and Armenia
@@crzahmed9707 Actually, it's you who hasn't probably watched the video. The timestamp I'm talking about is about WWI, so it's the Russian empire the video is talking about, not the USSR.
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I agree with this!
The inaccuracies in this video are causing me physical pain.
great video!
Altough Iran has always been Iran for the local people. Its exactly like if Germany starts asking countries to call them "Deutschland" instead of "Germany". 🙏🏻
In WW1 around 11 million Iranians were killed by the allies as they took all the food and prevented food from getting imported (over 40% of the population). In WW2 2-4 millions Iranians were killed by the allies for the same reasons. The allies would even force the farmers to work on the railways instead so it improves their war effort. At the time when both the soviets and Germans would send polish jews to forced labor camps, iran welcomed hundreds of thousands of poles to their country even though they had so many issues of their own caused by the allies. Unfortunately, NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THE CRIMES/GENOCIDE COMMITED BY THE ALLIES
I love Persian and the old Iran before 1979 ❤
1979 Isn't that when the Islamic revolution happened? I hope that's the name for it.
@@FriendlyBatDoom Yes
@@FriendlyBatDoom Well as Imamate Shia is not Islam, so it's not Islamic Revolution!
Dude the Islamists came to power @@NontonSejarah-drg.naufal
Me too, also i am iranian
This video is very inaccurate in multiple areas. Foremost, Reza khan was not sympathetic to the 3rd Reich, he simply wanted to diversify his economy and be less dependent on the British, so he used German equipment and consultants in some cases, but the British government used it as justification for the invasion. He was also the one who started improving the living conditions of religious minorities, not his son. His modernizing effort was also quite successful. Universities, railroads, banks, posts, and many industries entered or developed under his leadership, not to mention significant improvement to women and minorities rights. Probably the best ruler of Iran in the last 500 years.
the Iranian Famine caused by British and Russians is one of the worst disasters in Iran's history btw
There multiple mistakes in here:
• First and most important, Iran was always Iran. The word Persia is a word given by ancient Greeks to a province in the southwest of Iran which we still have today a province with the same name. It is like you refer to the country America California. Reza shah just asked that during the international Communications, use the name Iran. That's all.
• There is only one city named Zahedan in the south east of the country
• The city in the north east of Iran is named Mashhad not Mechhed. Also it is not on the border as depicted here (although it is near)
• The word Bandar means Sea Port & there is no city Bandar in Iran. We have cities like Bandar Abbas, Bandar Boushehr,.... but not simply Bandar
Also, Reza Shah wasn't on friendly terms with Hitler as it is suggested. He had hired some foreign advisor from different countries including Germany, United states, ... for modernizing Iran. He was really against communism and Hitler saw that and tried to convince Reza shah and even sent him some gifts for different occasions to join him but Reza shah was also very concerned about what Hitler was doing and preferred to be neutral. By a little googling you can also find documents and archives about Radio Berlin always attacking Reza shah because of his Refusal to join Hitler.
At the end the Allied forces attacked Iran with claiming that the German Advisors were Hitler's forces and they are setting up bases of operation which in fact was not right at all and the real reason was partly Reza shah's refusal to join the war and also the best and almost only way to send weapons to Soviet Union at that time.
The truth is that the country has always been referred to as "Iran" from millenniums ago and was only called Persia by western states and later became the official name on the maps. But in all the centuries it was always called "Iran" by the locals, even during the Qajar era the name Iran was the only term used by the governments. What Reza Shah the great did was to only make the change for international scene.
P.S: Also to remember, if Reza Shah was that much of a close friend to Hitler, then there wouldn't probably be thousands of Jewish people finding refuge in Iran during his reign.
This was a really informative and engaging video. I learned a lot about the historical context and political dynamics that shaped Iran's decision to remain neutral.
Thanks for sharing this well-researched video! It helped me understand the complexities of Iran's neutrality during WW2 in a much clearer way.
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A huge error at 5:57. The Soviets and the British invaded in 1941, not 1949.
It was invaded to keep it that way
There, I saved everyone 12 minutes
1949?
True. Wonder how he made such a mistake. 🤣
How do you make videos like that? (I mean how do you animate the map and the borders? What software do you use?) Also how do you animate the medival battles with the soldiers and cavalry?
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HI Knowledgia.
Do a documentary how traveled the alied ww2 liders FDR, Churchill and Stalin for conferences (all of them).
Persia is a very cool name
It is the name of one of our provinces, so it's kind of weird when foreigners call the whole country Persia
Its like referring to US as Texas…
@@miladd237 That’s definitely true lol
can you make a viedo about iran crisis 1946
06:26 AKA Phil Leotardo! 😂😂
Ok, the map of Iran is pretty messed up in this video. Like 99% of the city names are either misspelled or in completely wrong part
Iran literally means "Land of the Aryans" so... it makes sense.
Nice introduction....Raza bahlawy and his son were two faithful patriotic kings of Iran 🇮🇷...nice political evaluation about Iran former neutrality and its territories utilized by the British, USA, and USSR during WW2...against Axis powers
Iran was more like, pls leave us the fuck alone! I can't blame Iran for taking Germany's side, when they had to put up with the USSR and GB trying to split their country in half.
They wanted that sweet oil
And also, certain German theorists had long recognized Iranians as the only pure Aryan nation outside of Europe.
@@lambert801 India is also known as the land of Aryans (Aryavarta)
@@aAverageFan But the Germans didn't consider Indians as Aryans.
You said all of the reasons on why Germany and Iran were in good terms but the main reason, just research the meaning of the word Iran and you will get your answer.
Iran historically from thousand of years ago was called Iran. Herodotus called Iranians Persians as Achaemenid Empire were mainly Persians at the time.
Later on British and other Europeans referred Iran as Persia, as western historians sourced by Herodotus very much!
Hitler used many of Iranian symbols used by Iranians from +5000 years ago in the era of Mithraism and Zoroastrianism!
Him the evil(Hitler) unethically misused the symbols such as گردانه ی مهر/گردانه ی خورشید
Or as Westerners refe to (broken cross or swastika) to serve as his evil ideology!
The meaning of this symbol has nothing to do with what Nazi Germany portrayed of it!
Also name of Iran (the land of Aryan) wasn't a symbol racism or superiority , and it simply refers to the people who lived and living on Iranian Plateau.
Iran( land of Aryan people) also refers to Iranian culture and civilization.
This plateau have been called Iranshar or Iran from thousand of years ago..
India is also known by the name Aryavarta meaning the land of Aryans and Iran also means the same thing but they both don’t have anything to do with Nazies
See allies was as bad as axis
Axis powers were greatly inspired by the Allied imperialism
Imo they were worse
It kinda was neutral, along with the 'middle east' but Nazi talks to them ended up in Allied/Soviet invasion.
Not exactly "talks". They had German engineers working on their oil fields which the Brits used an excuse to steal
Why are there 2 cities named Zahedan?
last time I was this early, it was still world war ii
They treated Iran badly in WWI and WWII.
And post ww2 with the coups
@@user-op8fg3ny3jand also pre-war with the “Great Game” in the 19th century
You know at first I thought the "Grand doochy of Lithuania" was funny AF, But "United Kinkdom" absolutely takes the cake. Do they have Non-Anglos running this channel??? 😂😂😂🤣
Reza Shah declared Iran neutral at the start of World War II. He feared both Soviet and British ambitions in his country and despite the benefits of economic relations with Germany, he considered Germany to be too committed to its program of race-based expansion and ideology.
Ah i think u should edit the title from WW2 to WW1
Did you only watch the opening minutes? WW1 info was for context, most of the video was centered around WW2
4:44 is wrong. Not even once had Hitler mentioned a “European race”. As for legality, Persians could marry Germans, what no “non-Aryan” could legally go through with during that period.
The Nazi racial policies stemmed from ideas belonging to a circle of German intellectuals who believed the Germans are the pure Nordic race and they went everywhere to spread the Aryan race, and according to them, the Iranians are in fact Aryan although mixed yet not “inferior” in the sense of being an entirely different race.
7:18 There are two Zahedan’s on the map. There’s no city called “Komeinychar”, perhaps you meant Kermanshah?
No city such as “Bandar” in the indicated location. Perhaps you meant Mahshahr? Although I think Abadan was more important at this point in history.
There are two citis called Zahedan?
2 zahedan in map? Khomeini shaher befor Khomeini beaing even dog shite? Come on my eyes are hurts in 10 seconds
Iran supported Austrian Painter in WW2 and now Iran loves a same thing that Austrian Painter made 💀
there are 2 zahedans in iran?
I didn’t think so
No there is one Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchistan province
No the map is just completely wrong
The invasion by the Soviets and British into Iran wasn't in 1949 like the video says
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Ah yes, the "good guys" of WWII invading a neutral country
I’m convinced there were no good guys in WW2, just two sets of bad guys
If only there was no Anglo Persian oil deal then maybe we would not have the Islamic Republic as ruling government.
Western governments never learn that their foreign meddling only breeds extremism.
E.g. Daesh never existed before we illegally invaded Iraq
It had more to gain by being neutral
Just like Franco in Spain
Iran has amazing geostrategic importance
Interesting
I got a joke: Iran 🇮🇷 away from the country.
The British colonies from the era is incorrect. Why does Britain control northern Somali land? Why is Eritrea not in the hands of France? Why does France not have Syria or Lebanon and why is Palestine in Jordan not in British hands as well as Kuwait?
Knowledgia: Why was Iran neutral in ww2?
Me: (see the thumbnail) Enough said.
5:55 Britain and USSR (Anglo-Soviet) invasion of Iran was in August 1941 not 1949
neutral or afraid involving? they are not ready for that war to be exact.
7:24 Forced to accept them, as Iran was practically occupied at that point.
Coz they ain't friendly with anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Iran announced it's natural in WWl and WWll yet was occupied twice ,so in the third one we must be active, insha'allah 💪🇮🇷🚀
They were occupied. They had little choice in the matter.
As an Iranian, it really matters a lot to cover this topic❤
I want to emphasize that Iran’s government & Iran’s people are 2 distinct entities but history has proved that a strong Iranian presence in other counties is needed because this country has a higher chance of survival to fight against its enemies in neighboring countries due to Iran’s rich resources & its geopolitical location in order to fend off greedy eyes
I have met Iranian people, they are among the nicest ever! We helped a dude from Iran who’s jet ski broke down out on the lake by towing it, never met the dude and haven’t seen him since but he said we’d always be welcome at his house. I find most middle eastern/central Asian people to be this way.
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Some of the information in this video is not accurate. Reza shah wasn’t on "remarkably friendly terms with Adolf Hitler". Iran had industrial and economic partnerships with Germany prior to WW2 and wished to continue such partnerships during the war as well. The allies told Iran to back off from those partnerships and Iran, as a neutral country, declined this demand. Therefore, the allies invaded. Moreover, Hitler believed that the superior race is the Aryan race which guess what? is a shared race between Germany and Iran. Iran literally means land of the Aryans in early Persian. Persia was an Aryan tribe. So even if it was an alliance, it wasn't an unusual one.
Not 1949, Iran was invaded in 1941
You made some mistakes and some big ones as an Iranian somewhere around 67 percent was correct and some information was left out
United Kinkdom?
Like the Misadventures of Jane comic-book of the period? That poor girl is always losing her clothes!
5:56 apparently the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom invaded Iran in august 1949, not august 1941 as it says everywhere else lol.
WTF is khomeinshahr?!!!! That is Kermanshah on your map (west)
Spread your legs
We're supposed to sit and learn political history and geopolitics from people who can't even read maps?
why is the map so inaccurate?
Namaskar!
To all those who think their country can get away not aligning with any bloc and playing all sides with impugnity, this video proves that is not always possible for any nation.
Post Cold-War, India has tried to avoid being too strongly aligned with any side. They were generally Soviet friendly and bought their hardware and now are trying to balance China with American ties. But they are pretty much trying to squeeze what they can out of any side while trying to keep free of entangling treaties.
Victim blaming instead of calling out the imperialist Russian and British invasion?
@@user-op8fg3ny3j Actually they are pointing out that it's hard to avoid being a victim.
Like Denmark and Norway. :(
@@recoil53 India wants to have a cake and eat it too. However, at some point, other nations are not gonna tolerate the way India tries to manipulate others with their neutrality status.
Have you banned the Swastika Flag?
Russia and Britain didn't invade in 1949. WW2 was over by then, they actually invaded in 1941.
Poor guys...
Whoever made the map made mistakes. When did 2 zahedans and bandar come from.
11:58 / 12:11
His name is Reza Shah the Great
4:50
He is fighting a Global war of ideology, but had to put his “beliefs” on the back burner?
I’m sorry but that’s absolutely ridiculous. Exclamation of why he had non-European allies.
When you notice the Third Reich's territories suddenly changed ☠
I don't know sorry ❤
Iran helped build the Jewish 2nd temple in Israel. I believe they commissioned it to be built.
in iran no one said fars we all say iran that only europeans do
Reza shah was a great nationalism leader and mohamad Reza was like him too. Love Pahlavi dynasty from Iran the Land of Aryans.
And hate allies, Islamic world and communism
Communism is a fascinating ideology, hated by allies, Jews, right wings, fasicts
True those destroyed iran
Iran #☝🏽
Generally Iran has great geographical location,its only 1 unique country which is connected to caspean sea ,Persian gulf and the Indian ocean.if you look at the map ,you notice that Iran is literally in the heart of Earth.
The Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran is such a great gateway in exposing so many moral myths about the Allies during WW2.
You are right. And once we recognize the 20th century as part of then, not part of now, we can even we can even recognize the usual brutal historical ironies-so typical of the ultimate storyteller The historical narrative of the 20th century-a Shakespearean tragedy, as bitter as it is funny-if anything colder than hell can be funny. It shares nothing except for (mostly) the facts with the official narrative, which is an almost pagan myth of good and evil But it shares little more, and often less, with most attempts to revise that narrative-which tend to simply invert the official myth.
@@Roman.Leave.Me.2.My.Circles well said
Your right, allies didn't invade Iran for what it's considered as being part of the axis or being sympathetic to them but to form a route from the British empire to the Soviet union. The Soviet union was in a bad place and without British and US support it would fall. Before approaching Germany Reza shah tried to ask British assistance to form industries in Iran and they replied to him that you are inferior and sub human. After that Iran asked of axis block like Germany, Austria, Swiss and Czech Slovakia for help and they provided. many of our industries formed with their help. Even further Germans not only didn't disrespect us but they considered us as part of the Aryans tribe.but it ended with invasion and subsequent famine which killed millions of people. to this day Iranians hate allies.
@@mehrdad4784 India also suffered a famine at the same time because of British colonial policies so I share your sentiment about the Allies
Name Persia was changed to Iran after the Islamic Revolution & not by the Shah of Persia !
So sadly that iran war neutral in war in fact it wasn't but...
Iran needs to quit poking a hornets nest other countries have learn that lesson butthey havent
Bullshit , where to start , first the nazis saw the iranians as aryans ,etc...
Why was persia neutral? To protect itself and its sovereignity. To be more precise, Persia didn't have the balls to fight with the giants. Stalin or Churchill might have accidentally swallowed iran
Persia sounds way cooler than Iran imo
I understand you may feel that way! But from thousand of years ago, Iranian called their homeland IRAN and in all of our history and cultural heritage and literature Iran was called Iran. Iran is very dear name to us and it's one aspect of our identity and Civilization. It's way more than just a name. But the Greek historian Herodotus called Iranians Persian, as at the time the Achaemenid Empire were mainly Persians (one of Iranian ethnicities) ruling along side with other Iranian ethnic groups. However Herodotus didn't know any better at the time and only named Iranian Civilization as the Persian. Therefore later on the name of Persia was adopted by Western historians as well as western countries. For example the neighbors of Iran , historically name Iran as Iran like Turkey or Armenian or Georgians or even Indians. But British people always refered to Iran as Persia. In Germany people call themselves and their homeland as Deutsch and Deutschland! But English people call them German! The Great Reza Shah asked international society to call and refer our homeland IRAN as what historically it always was named. I hope I could enlight you as why Iran is the correct name. ❤ درود بر تو هوزه رودریگز ❤
Iran itself was trying to still defend and get The Arabs, Kurds, Iraqis, and other Non Iranians not to be confused with Persians plural because most Iraqis are also Persian before those other Med groups came and got more comboed, mixed, mixed up, and engaged with them to beat it or vamboose yeah.
ETHIOPIA was neutral 😐
The country was formally called QAJAR KINGDOM. not Persia or anything else.
It was called the Protective Cities of Iran, in Qajar Dynasty time it was called Iran in short or the Protected Cities of Iran in documentation and formal legal papers! Thwr are many documents have remained and available ! Do not share disinformation!
If you think I am lying listen to the first recorded voice of history of Iran,in which mozafar-aldin shah,king of Persia,calls his country Iran and shows his gratitude to his minister Atabak .
Azerbaijan is an artificial country founded in 1918 ,stop stealing Iran's history m
Official Name Of Qajar Dynasty Was " Memalke Mahrose e Iran " which means Sublime States Of Iran 🇮🇷
Azerbayjan Is fake and artificial country
First!
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