The British Empire in a Nutshell

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  • čas přidán 24. 06. 2024
  • Hello chaps, here's a documentary on the British Empire. Please deposit any local archaeological finds in the receptical below. Anyway, thanks to Paradox for sponsoring this one. Go and take a look at Victoria 3 here: play.victoria3game.com/Squire
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Komentáře • 357

  • @SquireComedy
    @SquireComedy  Před 3 dny +352

    Spoiler: We weren't wearing red uniforms, that was just our skin after a day in the sun. Always remember suncream when taking people's countries, chaps. Anyway please do go and take a look over victoria 3 using our link here, to support the channel: play.victoria3game.com/Squire

    • @Alguien644
      @Alguien644 Před 3 dny +7

      That "we cant use torture" part wasnt really accurate

    • @mclatchyt
      @mclatchyt Před 3 dny +2

      Sun? In England? You're kidding, right?

    • @Dobermann89-dr2rc
      @Dobermann89-dr2rc Před 3 dny

      Do you mean the Slavery based kingdoms that BRITIAN HAD TO WAGE WAR ON TO GET THEM TO STOP YOU KNOW ENSLAVING EACH OTHER.

    • @Dobermann89-dr2rc
      @Dobermann89-dr2rc Před 3 dny +3

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_India

    • @Davros-vi4qg
      @Davros-vi4qg Před 3 dny +3

      Looks a lot like Studlands, about 15 miles from the Tank Museum 😀

  • @SquireComedy
    @SquireComedy  Před 3 dny +576

    Trust me guys, this was filmed in a real desert.

    • @BroganNeeley-md5ly
      @BroganNeeley-md5ly Před 3 dny +5

      Nuh uh

    • @Bear15780
      @Bear15780 Před 3 dny +8

      A beach

    • @TLR_
      @TLR_ Před 3 dny +11

      Since when was anything real on this channel

    • @SquireComedy
      @SquireComedy  Před 3 dny +64

      @@TLR_ The only thing that's real are the tanks, most of the time.

    • @TLR_
      @TLR_ Před 3 dny +8

      @@SquireComedyyes(thinks about the 15+ videos filmed in war Thunder)😂

  • @TheSocialStreamers
    @TheSocialStreamers Před 3 dny +225

    Fun Fact: That Oil isn't CGI, it just happened to pop up whilst we were filming.

    • @empireproductions1321
      @empireproductions1321 Před 3 dny +6

      slowly but surely you turn up everywhere

    • @bulletflight
      @bulletflight Před 3 dny +3

      Technically the redcoats should have been French!

    • @admthrawnuru
      @admthrawnuru Před 3 dny +3

      They didn't have to add sounds for the Americans coming in post then, either.

    • @ElNakedo
      @ElNakedo Před 8 hodinami +1

      Thought I recognized that handsome arabized berber.

  • @ScorpoYT
    @ScorpoYT Před 3 dny +149

    Casually drawing up lines in the desert since 1850

  • @kongernen9373
    @kongernen9373 Před 3 dny +372

    The "The Americans are comming" right after oil comming up was *FANTASTIC*

    • @ethanmcfarland8240
      @ethanmcfarland8240 Před 3 dny +10

      We have our own oil though

    • @abbycross90210
      @abbycross90210 Před 3 dny +18

      ​@@ethanmcfarland8240 we can always do with a bit more, amirite?

    • @PapaSmurf40K
      @PapaSmurf40K Před 3 dny +2

      That was the best part! (I hate it here...)

    • @jeffallison09
      @jeffallison09 Před 3 dny +3

      ​@@ethanmcfarland8240don't ruin the rest of the world's joke. Thats all they have.

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 Před 3 dny +1

      i mean come on man! the micky Dees arent going to build themselves!

  • @tankoftea
    @tankoftea Před 3 dny +264

    love seeing laith showing up on squire

    • @SquireComedy
      @SquireComedy  Před 3 dny +97

      He's a lovely chap. Suprised he agreed to this, actually.

    • @RyRy2057
      @RyRy2057 Před 3 dny +11

      no for real i literally went "yo wait i know that guy" lmao

    • @johgu92
      @johgu92 Před 3 dny +14

      ​@@SquireComedy He is, he saved my son from a burning house and afterwards cooked an amazing dinner for my whole family.

    • @SR-75Penetrator
      @SR-75Penetrator Před 3 dny +2

      @@johgu92 one of the events that happened in time

    • @newsbot6064
      @newsbot6064 Před 3 dny +1

      I love that I keep seeing Laith in or mentioned on different channels

  • @sj8184
    @sj8184 Před 3 dny +181

    I'm the sort of person who watches this and says "Tunisia was a French colony."

    • @friedrichweitzer3071
      @friedrichweitzer3071 Před 3 dny +23

      Definitely a missed opportunity. PS: Still owning French Guyana, the remnant French colonial empire is larger than remnant British belongings.

    • @celston51
      @celston51 Před 3 dny +22

      Since when would a good upstanding Brit NOT wish to take something away from their mortal enemies, the FRENCH? Cuisine, language, fashion, better bolt-action rifles; it's all fair game.

    • @tedarcher9120
      @tedarcher9120 Před 3 dny +4

      Because of that guy and his hunger strike

    • @thomsboys77
      @thomsboys77 Před 3 dny +7

      @@celston51”Food”? You mean random creatures in your back garden

    • @Hybris51129
      @Hybris51129 Před 3 dny +3

      @@friedrichweitzer3071 I think a part of that was the fact that de Gaulle set the tone after WWII of trying to keep what France could of their empire rather than bleed it out as quickly as possible as was the case with England.

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher Před 3 dny +84

    Between Monty Python and Blackadder, this channel acquires lines like the British Museum acquires national treasures.

  • @lonurad1259
    @lonurad1259 Před 3 dny +83

    "uniforms in *that* shade of red" really struck it to me. I definitely know the pains of seeing a uniform triple in value because it's got a slightly more historically accurate shade of red.

  • @CenturionMkXIII
    @CenturionMkXIII Před 3 dny +52

    It was filmed on a sand dune. So they added music from Dune. Genius

  • @commandercorl1544
    @commandercorl1544 Před 3 dny +209

    "YOU SHOT THE ABORIGINALS TOO?!?!"

  • @cavetendobiggles1841
    @cavetendobiggles1841 Před 3 dny +129

    British empire: "Do you have a flag? No flag, no country.."

  • @BroganNeeley-md5ly
    @BroganNeeley-md5ly Před 3 dny +52

    Never fails to make me laugh bro. Only thing getting me through my summer school classwork

  • @asahearts1
    @asahearts1 Před 3 dny +60

    Cannot move because it's his home
    Doesn't need an address due to being a nomad

    • @donaldhobson8873
      @donaldhobson8873 Před 2 dny +3

      Many nomads followed some fixed schedule. Like spending each summer up a particular mountain and each winter in a particular valley.

    • @asahearts1
      @asahearts1 Před 2 dny

      @@donaldhobson8873 So kind of like rich people with 6 houses? They're still required to choose 1 residence for tax, census and voting reasons, at least if they're US citizens (even with dual citizenship).

    • @donaldhobson8873
      @donaldhobson8873 Před 2 dny +2

      @@asahearts1 More 52 fields they park a tent in for a week each.

    • @asahearts1
      @asahearts1 Před 2 dny

      @@donaldhobson8873 And these 52 fields are reserved for their exclusive use?

    • @donaldhobson8873
      @donaldhobson8873 Před 2 dny

      @@asahearts1 Often kind of more or less, on an informal "we'll beat you up if we find you in our field" basis.

  • @civishamburgum1234
    @civishamburgum1234 Před 3 dny +30

    What is a "Local Museum" even supposed to be? I've only ever heard of a "Brittish Museum".

    • @brianpate7107
      @brianpate7107 Před 3 dny +11

      The British Museum is local to the English. 😀

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 Před 3 dny +6

      when you "make the world british" everywheres local to british museums!

  • @Apt00
    @Apt00 Před 2 dny +4

    "What is... cricket?"
    *Excited British noises*
    Peak writing

  • @elcazador3349
    @elcazador3349 Před 3 dny +20

    Laith AND Squire!? Jolly good.

  • @javiermartinezjr8849
    @javiermartinezjr8849 Před 3 dny +30

    Lmfao those brits did love partitioning up countries with atleast one or two at very least straight lines

  • @AnimarchyHistory
    @AnimarchyHistory Před 3 dny +7

    Tunisia shall learn the joys of BT and British Rail. While they're state owned anyway. Also, I'm not sure you want to find the artefacts found on the beaches of Great Yarmouth.

  • @hamishd8659
    @hamishd8659 Před 3 dny +8

    "Let's conscript him!" *Five seconds later* "Look out he's got a gun!"

  • @stressed_dm
    @stressed_dm Před 3 dny +27

    But does he know what a lathe is?

    • @HiopX
      @HiopX Před 2 dny +2

      woodworking? In the Sahara?

  • @enzyblox
    @enzyblox Před 3 dny +14

    O this one was amazing lol, please do more pre world wars content

    • @SquireComedy
      @SquireComedy  Před 3 dny +6

      If CZcams seems to like it enough, we certianly will!

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 Před 3 dny +3

      @@SquireComedy perhaps one day you could make a sojourn to phildelphia in the colonies to visit the uss olympia if you ever have a mind to film on the decks of a pre dreadnought warship. just a notion. speak to drach for details. say, thatd be an excellent colab!

  • @ThatGuy-B48
    @ThatGuy-B48 Před 3 dny +3

    Your videos have helped strengthen my love of history and have helped me get through tough moments, keep up the great work lads

  • @edwardburek1717
    @edwardburek1717 Před 3 dny +8

    Nice to see Laith in this vid, withstanding the British Empire's most notorious form of torture - cricket.

  • @GrenedearProductions
    @GrenedearProductions Před 3 dny +17

    I love your videos, keep it up

  • @aziqasri5435
    @aziqasri5435 Před 3 dny +19

    Didn't expect the ending. Well I should see it coming nice one sir.

    • @SquireComedy
      @SquireComedy  Před 3 dny +10

      It's a classic Squire ending, that.

    • @aziqasri5435
      @aziqasri5435 Před 3 dny +2

      @SquireComedy either freedom is calling or everyone go flying 6 feet to the air after they hit mines.

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 Před 3 dny +1

      @@SquireComedy ending? have you seen the forever wars that ensue? theyre never eneding!

  • @SilverionX
    @SilverionX Před 3 dny +4

    Splendid work on the cardboard this video. You've gotten so good it almost looks real. I think you could make a career out of this, you know.

  • @GrenedearProductions
    @GrenedearProductions Před 3 dny +5

    I always love your videos, keep it up ❤❤❤

  • @Wakydaky
    @Wakydaky Před 3 dny +14

    Aint No party like a diddy party

    • @OV-10
      @OV-10 Před 3 dny

      Party with P diddy or ten years in prison?

    • @Wakydaky
      @Wakydaky Před 3 dny

      @@OV-10 Five Night at Diddy or Five Night at Drake

  • @nrein89
    @nrein89 Před 3 dny +9

    Holy crap, it's Laith! Awesome!

  • @MichaelJohnson-tw7dq
    @MichaelJohnson-tw7dq Před 3 dny +13

    This is the most accurate portrayal of Finland I’ve ever seen!

    • @tessalyyvuo1667
      @tessalyyvuo1667 Před 3 dny +2

      Well to be fair, Spede could direct a couple of Finnish cowboy movies in a place like this.
      Seriously didn't expect the country I currently live in mentioned.

    • @Lonovavir
      @Lonovavir Před 3 dny +3

      They're just missing the white camouflage Simo Hayha wore.

  • @josephraines4850
    @josephraines4850 Před 3 dny +3

    We need to see a luft stalag episode 😂😂

  • @martindice5424
    @martindice5424 Před 3 dny +2

    Spiffing stuff you youngsters! Jolly good show!
    As you were.
    Carry on everyone.

  • @WALTERBROADDUS
    @WALTERBROADDUS Před 3 dny +2

    You know I could actually picture a young Winston Churchill having these conversations....😅

  • @johgu92
    @johgu92 Před 3 dny +2

    Laith and Squire doing a video together is just a perfect combination.

  • @johnsjoholm
    @johnsjoholm Před 2 dny +2

    It was a viciously sharp slice of mango, wasnt it Sir?

    • @olympusamvs2621
      @olympusamvs2621 Před 2 dny +2

      Under no circumstances should the enemy carry guns… even spears made us think twice.

  • @fouzaialaa7962
    @fouzaialaa7962 Před 3 dny +5

    as a tunisian i can confirm that that hump exists on the border ,and we made it into a round-about !!

    • @volbound1700
      @volbound1700 Před dnem

      Yeah but this video was totally inaccurate, it should have been the French instead of the British.

    • @fouzaialaa7962
      @fouzaialaa7962 Před dnem +3

      @@volbound1700 dont worry bro ...everyone and their mother came here at some point in time ....tunisia was even conquered by pirates once

    • @volbound1700
      @volbound1700 Před dnem +3

      @@fouzaialaa7962 Tunisia gets hit a lot because of its proximity to Italy and Sicily. Italy is in the middle and has always been fought over. Hey, you guys are the homeland of Carthage, one of the great Civilizations of history :).

  • @Bosnian.Spartan
    @Bosnian.Spartan Před 2 dny

    Thank you for not putting the ad in the middle of the video

  • @PenguinMaster2371
    @PenguinMaster2371 Před 11 hodinami

    The sharpest and funniest thing I have witnessed in ages. Well done chaps!

  • @sr7129
    @sr7129 Před 3 dny +1

    Every time I think you can’t get funnier, you do. And I’ve been watching since 2014.

  • @jeffallison09
    @jeffallison09 Před 3 dny +2

    Oh that Snider....

  • @jamesmcfarlane6873
    @jamesmcfarlane6873 Před 3 dny +1

    They never fail to make my day

  • @Tuning3434
    @Tuning3434 Před dnem +1

    One sunny day in England:
    Oli: Time to shoot Desert skits!!!!

  • @svetiteram737
    @svetiteram737 Před 3 dny +19

    This is a bit different then how the conquistadors did things

    • @SquireComedy
      @SquireComedy  Před 3 dny +10

      Just a tad.

    • @volbound1700
      @volbound1700 Před dnem

      To be fair, in most of these cases the Governments were actually opposed to harming the natives but the local colonists didn't care. Isabella/Ferdinand/Charles V wanted no natives harmed but all the Spanish crossing the sea were all about wealth and Spain had no real way to control them or care. Most the Spanish army was fighting in the Italian Wars.

  • @bmoney2011
    @bmoney2011 Před 3 dny +2

    Wow, filming on location in 19th century Tunisia!? The channel's come a long way from your back garden in England.

  • @Nasafalkas1
    @Nasafalkas1 Před 3 dny +4

    Love the Blackadder and Monty Python references 😊

  • @Centurion1993
    @Centurion1993 Před 12 hodinami +1

    The irony of this video being sponsored by Vicky 3 and the actors having better British uniforms than the ones in the game is great 🤣🇬🇧

  • @frankryan2505
    @frankryan2505 Před 2 dny

    I saw that optics joke a mile away,love it!

  • @LeverActionBoi
    @LeverActionBoi Před dnem +6

    I love how the entire video consisted of the Brits trying to get around the native, only to take a 90 degree turn at the end

  • @peewee421
    @peewee421 Před 3 dny +2

    Very good video like usual ! It's even more funny considering that these 3 folks did all of this efforts and shenanigans for simply turn around this Tunisian man, and a few years after us, the frenchies came in and took all over Tunisia and turned it into a protectorate xD

  • @MagicalGeekMV
    @MagicalGeekMV Před 2 dny +1

    I love this sketch

  • @michelguevara151
    @michelguevara151 Před dnem +1

    a british friend of mine explained the british empire to me.
    it went like this : "spices? how much?"
    "que?"
    "spices? how much?"
    "que?"
    "all right lads, break out the guns.."

  • @RhombusOfTheJ
    @RhombusOfTheJ Před 3 dny +6

    Why are the British in Tunisia? Wasn't it owned by the French LOL

  • @MateusVIII
    @MateusVIII Před 3 dny

    Hell yeah, Laith featured in a Squire sketch! Amazing! Cheers guys

  • @Pystdammit
    @Pystdammit Před 3 dny +2

    Rule number one of having an empire even if it just part of a crappy island in the future, never apologize for being on top, or in the shitter.

  • @praetor678
    @praetor678 Před 3 dny

    It will be interesting to see Squire's take on "The Great Game". Well done, chaps!

  • @pigmanobvious
    @pigmanobvious Před 3 dny +1

    Sneider conversion Enfield nice!

  • @gbrads
    @gbrads Před 3 dny +1

    I am a history fan and I can attest that this video is fully and completely accurate. It is also damn funny with good acting and beautiful uniforms. The editing is good too. Rule Britannia!

  • @BennyLlama39
    @BennyLlama39 Před dnem +1

    Reminds me of Eddie Izzard's flag bit. 😀
    Brit: "We claim this land for the English Empire."
    Local: "You can't claim it; we already live here. 800 million of us."
    Brit: "Do you have a flag? No flag, no country."

  • @youareallbots7536
    @youareallbots7536 Před 3 dny

    Another banger

  • @caseymauldin8396
    @caseymauldin8396 Před 2 dny

    That was amazing

  • @GunnerHeatFire
    @GunnerHeatFire Před dnem

    Brilliant once again 😂

  • @michaeldowd8422
    @michaeldowd8422 Před 3 dny +2

    What have the British ever done for us? Apart from penicillin, the Industrial revolution, football rugby cricket......

  •  Před 2 dny +2

    Filming on Location. Wow :)

  • @remischannel2059
    @remischannel2059 Před 2 dny +2

    They were standing in the way of progress

  • @Han_Shot_1st
    @Han_Shot_1st Před dnem +1

    Carry On Up The Khyber would've been a better simile. The scene where the Red Coated Scotch guards, in kilts, lift the front of their kilts at the enemy to scare them !! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

  • @Spitfiresammons
    @Spitfiresammons Před 3 dny +11

    British Empire: Hey lads we just strike oil in Middle East!
    American troops near by: Oil did they just say oil!!!!
    Also British Empire: Oh bollocks the Americans are coming!!!!

  • @michaelmclaren7373
    @michaelmclaren7373 Před 5 hodinami

    Lovely day by the seaside - at Gallipoli.

  • @Odog6856
    @Odog6856 Před 3 dny +1

    Looks like a perfect place for a munitions Factory.
    Run by three guys, one with a beard, other with a more red beard, and the other looking spiffy

  • @pads-zr9ln
    @pads-zr9ln Před 3 dny +7

    Now do Belgium

  • @andrewleah1983
    @andrewleah1983 Před 3 dny +4

    Do you have the Kurlan Naiskos in that satchel?

  • @FrankFurther
    @FrankFurther Před 3 dny

    Very good sir. Thank you sir

  • @A2kry
    @A2kry Před 3 dny +3

    This was very funny

  • @ipellaers
    @ipellaers Před 3 dny +2

    God damn, I mean most of yer skits are funny as fuck and well thought out, but this one was a treat! 🥳

  • @Vah09
    @Vah09 Před 15 hodinami

    Of all sphere of influence sponsored videos, yours takes the cake!

  • @MartinLagunas-bk5vi
    @MartinLagunas-bk5vi Před 3 dny +1

    I like your videos

  • @cugelchannel4733
    @cugelchannel4733 Před 3 dny +1

    "He's very corrupt!" "Yes, he is corrupt isn't he? I say! Have you considered a career in the Church?" 😄

  • @shmelmafinga
    @shmelmafinga Před 3 dny

    I demand a full-length movie!

  • @1889AP
    @1889AP Před 2 dny +3

    It’s disgusting that we stole all those artefacts, and didn’t hand them into the local museums such as: ……
    Oh blast, well maybe we should have left them in their place, wait why was the Rosetta Stone being used as part of the foundations for a wall? Well regardless it’s not like the locals would have ever smashed up ancient artefacts and relics…..

  • @aguerrero
    @aguerrero Před 2 dny

    Seeing Laith the game streamer here was fun!

  • @rayshiffer5026
    @rayshiffer5026 Před 3 dny +1

    Bro gets sponsored by paradox every 2 videos. Your getting rich, very nice.

  • @DarkElfDiva
    @DarkElfDiva Před 19 hodinami

    Paradox is the developer you go to if you want to buy a new DLC every 4 months for, let's see **checks notes** forever.

  • @MoatHenry356
    @MoatHenry356 Před 3 dny +2

    "it's safe with us.""

  • @slartybartfarst55
    @slartybartfarst55 Před 2 dny +1

    A touch of Eddie Izzard here!

  • @thehistoadian
    @thehistoadian Před 9 hodinami +1

    All jokes aside, I think it's important to mention that for the majority of the time the British were actually extremely respectful and catered to the natives across the Empire. Thankfully they were able to put an end to things such as slavery, burning widows alive, ending tribal warfare, etc.

  • @Skynet_15
    @Skynet_15 Před 3 dny +4

    Ah, the north African Arabic dialect. As an Arab from the Levant I didn't understand a word xD but so is life. Good skit though, it is indeed a Britain moment

    • @kg7162
      @kg7162 Před 3 dny +1

      Has an algerian even i got a little bit of trouble understanding what he said

  • @ilduce4298
    @ilduce4298 Před 3 dny

    Very cool

  • @thevillager8339
    @thevillager8339 Před 3 dny +1

    The collaboration we never asked for but always wanted. Really putting that trilingualism to use

  • @alexwolf4000
    @alexwolf4000 Před 2 dny +3

    I am from India,
    India was ruled by Moghols and the British and I am grateful to both these empires both have left an overall positive effect on the country. especially the British
    The Hindu kings before the invaders didn't do much nor did the governments after the British left .
    Indian governments have been corrupt
    The environment is polluted,
    Ppl lynch like animals
    Most leaders are uneducated criminals .
    The education and health system is crap , caste system is very much prevalent . Social system is full of injustice.
    Only the top 10% indians have a good life .
    Those with English school education are lucky
    The British museum artefacts are just political distractions, it makes no difference to the common man !
    Oil has been there under the ground for millions of years nobody really valued it ,
    .It became valuable only with
    British /American scientific innovation.
    Most oil rich countries would have been poor with western innovation!

  • @Reece_Hart
    @Reece_Hart Před dnem

    Wasn't expecting to see Laith

  • @johnlemonthe2nd55
    @johnlemonthe2nd55 Před 3 dny +2

    Correct me if I’m wrong but is that a Springfield 1884 Trapdoor rifle?

  • @peterfitzgerald53
    @peterfitzgerald53 Před 3 dny

    Where do you obtain all the uniforms for your videos ,great attention to detail

  • @beachside1
    @beachside1 Před 3 dny +1

    Did he just say something about an ottoman ? omg hahaha. Whats that guys name. He has me rolling?

  • @Lonovavir
    @Lonovavir Před 3 dny +1

    Americans upon learning random country has oil: They need our help!!!!!!

  • @crabulicious7294
    @crabulicious7294 Před 2 dny

    1 second in and I’m dead from the dune music. 😂

  • @bavid4430
    @bavid4430 Před 2 dny

    Damn this good

  • @MausOfTheHouse
    @MausOfTheHouse Před 13 hodinami

    I didn't expect to see Laith here

  • @laurencedixon5307
    @laurencedixon5307 Před 15 hodinami

    Lol. Didn't expect a Blackadder reference.

  • @kingcat2016
    @kingcat2016 Před 3 dny +7

    Wow, i genuinely thought that laith was going to shoot the british soldiers when the leftenant lost the artifacts

  • @bowtieguy5281
    @bowtieguy5281 Před 3 dny +8

    "Why don't we get him drunk, and press gang him into service?" That worked in 1770, that will not work in 1870.