100 Most Powerful Militaries of All Time
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- čas přidán 14. 02. 2019
- This video shows the countries that have won the most battles in history, as documented by Wikipedia.
List of battles won by country: docs.google.com/document/d/1k...
Sequence and location of battles: • Timelapse of Every Bat...
Rules
• Battles are included only if they have a Wikipedia article
• Each country can only have 1 predecessor state at the same time (eg. the UK's predecessor is England, but not Scotland)
Methodology:
I used Wikipedia as a directory of battles:
1. I created a query with Wikidata Query to get the list of all articles tagged as "battle" by Wikipedia. This gives me about 12,000 battles
2. I downloaded the data that is included in the top right hand table of every of those Wikipedia article. I did it for the following versions of Wikipedia: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Serbo-Croatian, Japanese, Danish, Norwegian, Slovakian, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Hindi, Hebrew, Basque, Bulgarian, Romanian, Catalan, Finnish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Persian, Indonesian, Korean
3. I cleaned up the data on Excel to remove double entries :
4. I created an index of countries with their predecessor states:
What the History say :
1 France
2 UK
3 USA
4 Russia
What Hollywood say :
1 USA
2 USA
3 USA
4 USA
battles won against Nazis, soviets, bristish, arabs, and aliens (always alone).
Dude, you made my day !😂😂😂😂
Tellement vrai
Нихуя:)
@Lol yes
It makes me wonder if they counted Frances battles against France
Half america's victories were against themselves in the civil war lol
Yeah, there's been 400 civil wars in few years.
@@salmandrame Lol. Video shows battles not wars xD
Othmane Eut civil wars count for half of the victory’s here idoit
Half of France battles were fought amongst themselves
@@krioisawesome6382 huuuum... absolutely not.
France is the kid in high school that get's constantly made fun of for one mistake, even though they make the honor roll and are a A+ student.
And England is the kid who is the only inbred with bad teeth yet it's a true stereotype
Exact 😶
Correct
It is the case only since 2004. It comes from the USA and the UK trying to justify the invasion of Irak to their people. Since France opposed this invasion in the UN, their heavy propaganda, mostly in the USA, ended up saying "France doesn't want to support us in Irak because they are the cowards who surrendered in WWII". It was about bringing discredit to a country that had quite possibly the largest diplomatic network in the world, and opposed a war waged for the sake of stealing oil for private corporations' interests. This is why the globalisation of the english language is one of the worst curses this world was inflicted with. Because even you ended up biting on their lies. This language is a massive vector for them to spread propaganda and rewriting History.
Real thats me
*Blue White Red 🇨🇵*
*Red White Blue 🇬🇧*
*Red White & Blue 🇺🇸*
*White Blue Red 🇷🇺*
I guess that's the winning colors... I wonder if that's why Optimus Prime wears those
All Flags paint except Türkiye The Turkish flag is a combination of the blood of the dead soldiers and the Moon and stars in the sky 🇹🇷
Amateurs.
You won more battles then most of the nation's on this list. Lol
vive la france vive l'empereur
lmfao
Jonah Jefferson yet he still lost to snow
Gg Napoléon
USA : France surrender country
France : Remind me who gave u life ?
Yes thank you ! Seems that americans absolutly forget it. From France.
British?
@@namemystery3249 He means France helped the U.S. during the revolution.
@@namemystery3249
It was a war aigainst british .
@ISP's Deodorant yep, but this one (actually like the American one saying they re all fat) are even more weird because the truth is the opposite... in comparison, Italy participated in 2 wars and changed side on both (ok, still joking)
UK : OH im strong i think im number 1-
France : Hold my baguette
As a Pole I just wanted to say:
"No one will ever remember your biggest successes, but they will always remind you about your smallest failures."
Same thing for France..
🇵🇱❤️🇫🇷
@@GuillaumeT96 Likewise 🇫🇷🤝🇵🇱
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 i dont know what you mean 🇩🇪🌚
@@germinator3377 What I mean is that Poland used to be huge ally back in the Napoleonic War
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 i know it was just a joke refering to ww2
I won about 2,000 battles in Halo
Pablo Escobar Thank you for your service, sir.
Duplicate
Pablo Escobar good for you👍🏽
🥔👍
Pablo ESCOBAR
NARCOS series was nice😂
How to become a nation that wins:
Step 1: *Have a blue red and white flag*
Liberté, Égalité et Fraternité !
Vive la France !
🟦🟦⬜⬜🟥🟥💪🇫🇷👊🗼🐓⚜️🥖🥐🍞🥯🍷🍲
Most successful military power in Europe and in the World
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 ekhm, polish hussars, ekhm
Lmao France not even in top 5 military at present
@@carelessuser6400 Yep unfortunely. It's ranking on 7
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 yes... It was a white flag too.
Just for the "surrender joke's guy"
- 100 Greatest Generals in History: FRANCE
- 100 Most Powerful Militaries of All Time: FRANCE
Glory to France 🇨🇵🐓⚜️ !!!!
93 french in the top 500
Cardinal Richelieu 🇨🇵
Henri IV 🇨🇵
Georges Cadoudal 🇨🇵
Abraham Duquesne 🇨🇵
Clovis I 🇨🇵
Alexis Schauenburg 🇨🇵
François-J. Lefebvre 🇨🇵
Henri de Guise 🇨🇵
Bailli de Suffren 🇨🇵
Guillaume Brune 🇨🇵
Hay de Bonteville 🇨🇵
François de Guise 🇨🇵
François-M de Broglie 🇨🇵
Eugène Debeney 🇨🇵
J-B du Casse 🇨🇵
Louis-J. de Montcalm 🇨🇵
J-B. Bessières 🇨🇵
Louis de Lescure 🇨🇵
Louis de Bourmont 🇨🇵
Jean Reynier 🇨🇵
Jean Houchard 🇨🇵
Duc de Vendôme 🇨🇵
La Hire 🇨🇵
Jean Terrien 🇨🇵
Jacques Dugommier 🇨🇵
Napoléon III 🇨🇵
Patrice de MacMahon 🇨🇵
Jean Degoutte 🇨🇵
Philippe Pétain 🇨🇵
Pierre Dupont 🇨🇵
Philippe de la Mothe 🇨🇵
Simon IV de Montfort 🇨🇵
René Palierne 🇨🇵
Godefroy de Bouillon 🇨🇵
François Marceau 🇨🇵
Comte de Grasse 🇨🇵
Duc de Villars 🇨🇵
Charles Bonchamps 🇨🇵
François Westermann 🇨🇵
Marquis de Grouchy 🇨🇵
Jean-Baptiste de Canclaux 🇨🇵
Jean-Baptiste Joly 🇨🇵
Michel de Beaupuy 🇨🇵
De Lattre de Tasigny🇨🇵
Joseph Souham 🇨🇵
Maurice de Saxe 🇨🇵
Jean Pierre Travot 🇨🇵
Jean-Nicolas Stofflet 🇨🇵
Jean Chouan 🇨🇵
Nicolas Oudinot 🇨🇵
Victor-F. de Broglie 🇨🇵
Duc de Luxembourg 🇨🇵
Eugène de Beauharnais 🇨🇵
Bertrand de Guesclin 🇨🇵
Henri Gouraud 🇨🇵
Claude Victor 🇨🇵
August Marmont 🇨🇵
Louis Desaix 🇨🇵
J-B. Bernadotte 🇨🇵
Jacques Cathelineau 🇨🇵
Joseph Joffre 🇨🇵
Philippe Leclerc 🇨🇵
Pierre Augereau 🇨🇵
Vauban 🇨🇵
Charlemagne 🇨🇵
Charles Martel 🇨🇵
Picquet du Boisguy 🇨🇵
Charles Mangin 🇨🇵
Charles Pichegru 🇨🇵
Jeanne d'Arc 🇨🇵
Jean Rohu 🇨🇵
Le Moyne d'Iberville 🇨🇵
Jacques Fitz-James 🇨🇵
Jean Humbert 🇨🇵
J.B. Jourdan 🇨🇵
Grand Condé 🇨🇵
Louis XIII 🇨🇵
Louis Gabriel Suchet 🇨🇵
Lazare Hoche 🇨🇵
La Rochejaquelein🇨🇵
Jean-de-Dieu Soult 🇨🇵
Gouvion-Saint-Cyr 🇨🇵
Jean-Baptiste Kléber 🇨🇵
Jean Lannes 🇨🇵
François de Charette 🇨🇵
Joachim Murat 🇨🇵
Louis-Nicolas 🇨🇵
Ferdinand Foch 🇨🇵
Turenne 🇨🇵
André Masséna 🇨🇵
Jean Moreau 🇨🇵
Michel Ney 🇨🇵
Napoléon Bonaparte 🇨🇵
@@floron7777 United States started this propaganda when Jacques Chirac (french's president in 2003) decided to oppose his veto against Iraq war.
@@JosephBara1793sa fait beaucoup la non
@@floron7777in many countries history class is not important or not high level
im not a guy who makes surrender jokes, but i just wanted to tell you that almost all of the the surrender memes refer to world war 2, in which france was weaker than an ant against a human, and surrendered in less than a year after initial clashes with germany, and the memes dont refer to that once great napoleonic france, or that france in the 7 years war. and i can recognize that france was a great power and that it had great generals such as michel ney for example, or petain. but i will say that sadly, it was.
also its just a meme let that community have a laugh at least
1116 for France after the 2022 r/place!
The funniest part is that 50% of the battles that the UK and France fought were probably against eachother.
45 % against Spain 5% against Germany
I'd say 80%
Not at all. The Numbers of UK and France military victories were also due of our colonies that spread across the Globe, Hundred Years War, Seven Years War and The Napoleonic War, Crimean War, WW1 and WW2
Imagine UK 🇬🇧 and France 🇫🇷 unified. That would be a dream come true
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 nope that would be a logistical nightmare because having millions of British and French in one country is just crazy
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 lying on the same bed with a Brit why not but not under the same roof xD
What did we learn kids?
If you have red,blue and white on your flag you probably killed some people.
also if you have a flag you probably killed some people
Also if you killed some people you probably killed some people.
@@jarrett2211 also if you also you probably also
AwesomeKiller8 nahhh you can’t prove that
@@7ember100 if you probably if you
France was there for the American Revolution. We won't forget. We may bicker about the small stuff, but we won't forget.
I'm sure the French won't forget America was there for them in WWII either.
We won't as you helped save our asses. Nobody in France will forget this. But I'm not sure every américan is aware that the french helped you a lot to defeat the english
@@fartanus3366 the teaching of history over here has gotten lax as certain political groups wish to focus on other things. But rest assured that the more astute and in particular those who have an interest in military history will remember and will remember the heroic name Lafayette.
@@sparc77 it's a shame every american isn't as educated as you...
Indeed. We helped you getting your Independance in 1781 from the British Empire.
And you returned the favor by saving us from the Germans Nazi in WW2 1944.
🇨🇵🤝🇺🇸
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 yes but let's not forget the russians who took over all eastern europe from the germans
The French are much more mature than other great peoples, because they are not afraid to talk about their mistakes or faults and do not boast of their victories and achievements.
This is why France is realy a Great Nation and not like most of the others who want to seem great.
thank you very much , We laugh it’s true . but we talked for a reason
The french are some of the most boastful people that exist mate
@@Lynximus a commentary of un stupid ignorant, mate
@@benoitcorre1998 The Brits and the french are both snobs
We finally dont care.
We have 1500 yo history. Behind.
It is à long way that we small people have inheritated..
We did not win or loose any battle.
But we got the heritage.
New Zealand 62 battles? Who did they fight, kiwis?
WW1, WW2, mostly
Afghanistan maybe ?
Mostly some germans
Kiwis fought in maori wars,boer war ,ww1,ww2,korean war,vietnam,afganistan,etc.
Lol it’s not even the people it’s just literally a kiwi fruit
British used their men during ww1 and ww2 maybe that's why?
America: "Hey France lets go to war !"
France: "No sorry I can't I'm brok-"
America: "Its against the Briti-"
France: *Intense breathing*
@El fan de WeroKing everything you just said was wrong North America is a continent that contains America, Canada, Mexico and probably more idk also South America has nothing to do with America it’s just it’s name
@El fan de WeroKing Central America is just the centre of America it’s not independent smh
@El fan de WeroKing also America is a country and north and South America are continents
@El fan de WeroKing learn your facts before wrongly correcting someone it’s ignorant to falsely correct someone and in the chance that someone believes you makes you spread false information
@@adampaul5237 Omg, im supposing you are from the US, but just to tell you, What he said is not wrong, in Your country it may be teach like that, but in most parts of the World is teach like that and IT'S NOT WRONG
Country declares war: "The time has arrived"
France declares war: "Another day, another war"
They are crazy, but that’s what I like
That's pretty much that. But truth be told, we have been invaded much more often than the other way around. From the early Middle Ages to the 1st Hundred Years War. From the Habsbourgs Empire to the 2nd Hundred Years War (both against the UK). From 1871's provocation by Bismark, to the World War in 1914, and then, to the 2nd Schlieffen plan in 1940. We always had 2 empires plotting against us, oftentimes together: the UK and the various forms of Germany. I guess that almost half of our victories are against these 2.
A british: you French, fight for money. And we British fight for honor. Surcouf: everyones fight for what they don't have
*mic drop*
Sweating English people... United Kingdoms is more riche than France...
@@lepateencroute6630 Lmao no
@@lepateencroute6630 La France a un meilleur PIB que le Royaume-Uni
@@lepateencroute6630 it means that english people have no honor
Napoleon win 57 battle so if napoleon was a country he was been in 37 place
B3RyWaM GOT like a boss
Lol, I was in that part when I saw your comment
Britain have a hero,too.Duke of Wellington won more 30 battles
Then he decided go to Russia... gess what?
p.s. we didn't event count on that looser =)
@Sharmein Gholomrezazadeh you are so stupid:))
Fun fact : Napoleon has more battles won than some countries that exsist 400 years or more.
@Gabriel Petkov yeah,that's true in Napoleonic army there were a lot of Polish legions
Long Live the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Vive la Liberté ! Vive la France !
🔵🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪⚪⚪🔴🔴🔴🔴💪🇫🇷👊
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 🤮
@Jack Frost yea
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Vive la France e Pologne!
God bless the beautiful country of France, from Wales
🏴❤️🇫🇷
Merci l'ami ✌🏻😉 Dieu bénisse votre magnifique pays de Galles aussi .
I hope you will be independant
Thanks m'y friend
France have killed whole Africa
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting" - Sun Tzu
4:33
Imagine saying that France loves surrendering, but all of the sudden seeing 1115 battles won in first place.
Germany: I'm the strongest
Russia: Hold my vodka
USA: Hold my cheeseburger
UK: Hold my tea
France: Hold my white flag
Germany > murica. 100%
@@uzytkownikgoogle9383
*Laughs in Blitzkrieg*
After Vietnam USA are, front of all of the world, what they always are : stupid sons of whore and Europe bottam of WC, more violent than any country, savage and non civilised, based on genocide, anable to be a great country except with economy cause it's how figth the weakers. Shut the fuck up Quaker, you are full of post 2003 Hollywood propaganda, every time I pray to see you fall.
@@liliancoutaud3885 Every nation with power has done the same shit USA has done ,but for longer
@@liliancoutaud3885 you speak English right
Australia: Win 137 battles
Also Australia: lose a war to f***** birds
i mean, it was a shit ton of birds so cant really blame 'em.
Yay we superiors
To be fair, it's likely what constitutes as a battle changes. So, a battle for the romans is different from a battle for America.
When the US legit lost a war to an inanimate object
That “birds” were emus, and they are pretty hard to kill. With a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour and able to withstand many bullets. What also makes them so hard to kill is they usually just split into smaller groups and run away with a speed of 40 kilometers when shot at.
The documentation on France ranked number 1 in military history (over the last eight centuries) comes from an English historian specialized in wars, and was relayed by the BBC History itself (one cannot therefore suspect the British, our "best enemies" throughout history, as well as our close allies, of favoring France in the counting of victories and in the final ranking, which is very close.)
I'd say and most likely, We French and our neighbor's from across the Channel the British are "Historic Colonial Rival".
Fought each other for a Thousand years to the Crimean War 1856
Yes. According to Scottish-American historian Niall Ferguson, a fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, France is the most successful military power in history of the world. It participated in 50 of the 125 major European wars that have been fought since 1495 (more than any other European state).
@@ChristusAlexandrinus It is super weird that it is counted only starting from 1495, considering that the longest and probably deadliest war in Europe History to date had ended in 1453 (the 1st Hundred Years war).
Internet:"France always surrender"
France:
Top 1: Blue, White, red
Top2: red, white, blue
Top 3: red, white, blue
Top 4: red, white, blue
Hum im a french and our is blue-white-red 😂OK?
@@mathazerty1 xdd
@@mathazerty1 It’s okay
@@mathazerty1 c’est vrai en plus 😂
@@ytlebrawleur4197 toi T un bon
Un bon français
Tutorial for your country to get in this top:
1-Start civil war
2-each battle is a win win situation
3-profit
Rofl🤣🤣🤣
or just go invade african people who had no weapon other than a cane
@@ibrahimhalidozdemir4886 lol then u should comquer them, then start civil war
tremon 36 If you were paying attention, the CSA is listed separate
Iluminati
Stay Here We Come
Most countries who make jokes on France were created directly by France or by a country created by France.
@clouds Indeed most have surrendered to the French more often than the other way around. :)
@clouds we made your country and your mother. How’s that for a fact?
@clouds slave = esclave
SLAVE 👎👎
@clouds slavic = slave = esclave = 👎👎
@clouds you slavs are poor while our country is rich.
Fier d'être français 🇨🇵🇨🇵 et d'être d'origine allemande 🇩🇪🇩🇪 Mes pays favoris à jamais 🇩🇪🇨🇵
Vive la France et vive l'Allemagne !!
@@casinoheimdall9328Tu as ldouble nationalité Franco-Allemand. C'est super cool 🇫🇷🇩🇪
L'empire de Charlemagne
I guess the key to winning battles is to only have blue, white, & red color in the flag
😂 😂
Does seem to be true. . .
Possibly one on (not modern. Only usa on that one), but do it ONLY for 1 country. Throwing 3 different mexicos onto the list as one nation? Pffffft!
except.. 1812 didnt work that way. canada doesnt have blue on it flag does it?
Yon S Oh and making sure to have a white flag on time at all times
_France - 1st, Poland - 7th_
stereotypes: I don't feel so good
I don't understand, could you explain what's going on?
@@mikrofalufka9674 well in WW2 France surrendered really fast so there is a stereotype that they always surrender, which is obviously a big lie. and Poland was partitioned 3 times, so there's a tereotype that they always lose, which is also a lie because they always won battles alone, but when 3 enemies wanted to battle them at once, I think you can guess.
@@bruh-mm3ux I understand well. You explained it perfectly, thank you!
@@bruh-mm3ux ironically, France surrendered slower than almost all the countries the axis invaded except greece and russia.
one of the biggest shame in the 21th century is people's ignorance
its ridiculous 21th century nationalism
21th century is the century of stupidity
nobody had french surrender meme
or polish meme
or british being bad meme
while britain is the most honorable nation in the world
many people try to make it look bad by saying fake stuff
saying british colonisation bad
while it was good
it spread good around the world
Napoleon would be proud
He is.
Interesting video.
Isn’t it funny how France losing one war decisively is enough to make everyone think they’re surrendering cowards?
This is because of the 2004 Irak War , when France refused to join USA decide to make some propaganda against the French (French Bashing)
La France vous met le Seum :)
Whilst fighting the Italian invasion in second world war a French machine gun squad of three or so men caused over 3,000 casualties in a single battle. The French aren’t cowards, if anything they’re idiots for believing Erwin Rommel and surrendering thinking they had already been defeated. It’s really just a weird clusterfuck and the Nazi’s getting “lucky”. Germany is the country with some of the worst history and losses yet still look good doing it. In WW2, Germany took ridiculous risks and it somehow worked basically.
@@x-a- It was known in middle ages too .
Poland had elector King chosen in French Court .
Henri of Valessi , was the biggest coward , running away from Polish throne .
@@petegrusky2715 France was the most powerfull country in middle age lol
France
Battles won: 1115
Americans: * CONFUSED SCREAMING*
UK and France is older than US
@rihardo123 no
Because the USA always thinks it’s the best
All of those happened pre WW1. After Napoleon... I don't know what happened.
France has a 1300 year history while America is 250
I really like the method you used, because it's honestly hard to quantify this kind of thing (as you say, it would be unfair to put England AND Scotland into a lump before they unified, so you had to pick England for obvious reasons)
France, we love you, you are our greatest rival. Well done. And America, that's an impressive record for someone who hasn't been around long, but then you did get born into a time of heavy upheaval.
France ❤GB❤USA
🇨🇵🇬🇧🇺🇲
Hey little rosbeef kid and American who is the best now? 🇫🇷💪
Q: “Why fight Iraq?”
USA: "Because it has weapons of mass destruction."
Q: "Then why not fight China and Russia?"
USA: "Because they do have it."
lol
@@Jwp-hg6zk National China
@@ernurtoktasin8745 Taiwan
Q 'Why fight Iraq'
USA: we can completely destroy their defences within a day, their nuclear program seems to be only newly developed so we can counter all their weapons so war is not as risky. We have also given them alternative solutions which they have rejected and are threatening us.
Q 'Then why not fight China and Russia'
USA: Declaring war on Russia would result in the death of hundreds of millions and likely result in the world becoming an inhabitable nuclear wasteland. War with China would result in a long drawn out conflict where hundreds of thousands of Americans would die to achieve victory and hundreds of millions of innocent people would be mowed down in the result of the war, with too many nukes to successfully stop, unimaginable casualties would be taken on both sides.
'claps slowly'
Dude it's a joke, american and 7 alliance against qing dynasty in boxer rebellion 1900's and then russian civil war american volunteer can help white russian against bolshevik communist russia.
When you've won the most battles but everyone remembers you for surrendering
*Not Stonks*
*uk actually leaving europa like cowards*
Buzard actually no. We left to gain control of our country and to grow our economy. The pound has risen by 20% since we left, so I can’t see why that’s a cowardly move. Oh, and you wait until Italy and Poland leave, and possibly France. Who’s cowards then? Then we’ll see the collapse of the EU
You are on big island hiding like a coward
Guys the point is its a joke stfu now
@@tagapiouplayz3737 I was trolling but np
France has always been a major power for 1000 years. Not very surprising that this country is #1.
Major surrender
@@RtasJustGlassedHalfA.Continent Cry
Where is the British Empire, by the way?
They’ve only been a major power since 1453
Surrender the good at that
I hope you can see the serious flaw in using "number of battles won" as the gauge for most powerful militaries.
Rome. When you haven't existed for 1,570 years and still are at number 8: STONKS
U know when eastern roman empire ended?
@@rokoivicic6425 The Bizantine Empire has its own entry... I checked it was there before I posted. :-)
@@Nacho2002b the Byzantine Empire(eastern roman empire) & empire roman is the same, I think that both should appear join on the video
@@randolphzamora9947 I go for the video, which shows both of them. Don't blame me for that. By the way, they cannot be the same when the western roman empire spoke latin and the bizantine empire spoke greek. What is your problem with Rome existing from the eight century BC to the fifth century AD? Are you some drama queen?
@@Nacho2002b I only ask you this, In Canada, speak English and on the other side, sample the capital Quebec speaks french. it´s the same country. your argument not work. I don't say more. regards boy.
Americans during the civil war: we can’t lose a battle against ourselves
Dude i'm crying 😂😂
Confederates killed more than the union. Union only won because of the supply blockade. Good move though...
how are confederates americans though
@@jamieeisinger1833 the same way the Soviet union is russian...
@@JW-mr5mh well, the Russian Federation was created after the collapse of the Soviet Union, after a series of financial collapses, wars, depressions, and reforms. What basically happened is that their name changed and so did their form of government. On the other hand, the Confederates were just pro-slavery revolutionaries who successfully declared their independence from the United States, meaning that the Confederates technically weren't Americans as the Confederation was a different entity from the United States.
Fun Fact: Most of the battles in history were either civil war, small-large battles against two rival countries which also close to half of them are Guerrilla warfare (england and france at least have 200 battles to each other lol) or for colonism.
Still top 1 and 2
The confederacy was pretty impressive, they won 128 battles against the United States
in just 4 years
No, against the Yankees. The USA should not be identified as a nation, during the years of the Civil War.
According to this video they won more battles than Eastern Roman Empire which had 1123 years of history!!!!!!!!
A 4 year rebellion won more battles than a over thousand year empire (byzantium)
1:38 Switzerland: 27 battles watched
Helvetic (Napoleonic) Republic
Actually they fought against France many times lol
But they have lost all time but I respect them
@Nata Tymko no
Haah
France: wins 1115 battles, surrenders literally once
The world:lol France surrender
Edit: I think people are taking this too seriously
France is such and old country. They have won a lot of battles through history, but how many battles have they lost? This is the question.
@@catalannationalist9847 about 40% apparently
@@benjaminblabla the ratio is higher if you take only the european battles
@@ViquelOoste yes but why then?? All ratio for all countries would be modified too.. Next step is battles won on sunny days?😎
@@ViquelOoste i meant 60%wins 40% lost.. I know that Spain has a higher rate (about 70%)
People often talk badly of Swedish military, and ten years ago, that was valid, but they often don't know about Sweden being one of the most powerful empires (in terms of battles won and how tough the opponents were, and innovating modern warfare) in history, and don't know about their modern Special Forces. That being said, France is epic.
Sweden and France was friend , sweden make good canon , and had great power.
Music name? (Great video btw)
TSFH Streangth of a thousand men! enjoy!
australia won 137 wars but lost a war to fricking emus
@Over Opinionated Bogan
Have you never heard of the great emu war? The Australian military had less bullets than there where emus.
Very true historical point. Crazy as it sounds but yes fact.
These emus are going to conquer the world
•TheKaisTzar • That Alpha Emu was the greatest general of all time
Don’t underestimate those fuckers they are fast as shit
« French always surrender »
France: *Hold my croissant*
you realise that since european recent history is much more recorded than other events, the list is probably very incorrect, right?
@@zaraiwzara Yes, but as a French it’s important for us to win 🤣 (jk)
@@MyhoMusic but seriously napoleon might be the greatest military leader in history if i were you i would be proud af as well
@@zaraiwzara yeah and he didn’t do it just to genocide a ethnic group, he did it just to spread the idea of revolutionaries
@@zaraiwzara Napoléon win 53 battle
Not all wars are same in size and length but still Top tiers in this list had big wars which changed the course of history
Imagine being a country based on war and still having less won battles than a city
Americans : French can Only Surrender
France: Hold my Baguette
France helped states in independence war
I am from france ad if youf don't beleive me Je suis idiot français
Not true, but definitely not a one time thing.
If it wasn’t for America, France would be speaking German right now
@@haydengriffin8684 the Ussr was already beating Germany
The nazis had already lost in 1943 they only delayed the end of the war
France *1115 battles won
Rest of world *suprised Pikachu face
More likely 1115 battles lost XD
Here you find another fucktard trying to make a surrender joke.
@@sr.6001 welp, what can you do about it.
@Rexknopf 007 wow, that's honestly a good one.
Hey not everyone can afford a working brain dont blame them xd
Did you combine the RoC victories alongside PRC victories?
I love how Rome fell 1600 years ago but it's still in the top 10, at the 8th place
Bro, Italy and Greece share more than 300 battles won each throughout their history, and I am pretty sure back then, it was more of a live or die thing.. not battles like the French and English won on paper.. or by the fear of the enemy..
Italy and Greece are 7 & 9 in the statistical category
Italy with Rome, and Greece with Byzantine, Macedonia, Athenian and Peloponnesean league.
France: *laughs in baguette*
Britain: *cries in tea*
@Qahn, CANZUK - 2nd empire everyone cares, even if they pretend to not..
They do nothing of the sort, Frenchmen still cringe when we mention Crecy, Poitiers and especially Agincourt! Let alone Waterloo (Wellington never lost a battle) let alone having to rescue the French twice from the Germans more recently in WW1 & WW11.
The Brits dont really care, imagine being proud of sending young men to never return, also a couple of battles and Britain will be number one :P
@Jay Jungle in the video it says that the Kingdom of England is also included, but not Scotland, Wales or any part of Ireland
@Jay Jungle also add the other British Empire colonies, like... before they get autonomy
USA: hahahaha France surrender land!
France: Do you remember who saved your life?
catalonia??Jejeje hijos de puta comunistas de mierda bastardos. Arriba España siempre
@@oscarbadalonaespana6257 wtf
France: Do you remember who sold you central territories's USA
USA:you remember who helped y’all out in ww2?
@@bryce866 USA help us to sell your whisky and chewing-gum ! now we have lost our culture. 06/06/1944 wasn't a liberation, it was an invasion
🇵🇱: "Never surrender!"
Bierzmy przykład z przodków ❤️
Except 1793 1795 1939
@@dronmusicsound 1793 was political because of the nobles. Do you think the people wanted to surrender? Same for 1795. We never surrendered in 1939, the government fled the country, rather than surrendering.
Some countries only 50 last years of their history are counted, and some 2500 years. That's why there are more wins for them.
The next major wars:
-T series v Pewdiepie
-Internet v Article 13
Article 13 won 😭😭
I neither support T series nor pewdiepie I support Dhinchak Pooja 😂😂
T-series won 😭
The Germans fucked up again. (No offense Germans)
Article 13 Lose in East Europe and in Scandinavia :D
Napoleon when seeing France in top of the list :
*pride*
He won only 57 battles that is a small number
@@stratant.8722 Small number? He won more battles than Hungary in only 15 years lol, he is the general who won the most battle in history, that's not small, especially in just 15 years
@@stratant.8722 BAKANAA
you'd also find them on top of a list that said" countries that surrendered"
@@deadfullyawesome Do you know something about History or you're just stupid?
🇬🇧 🤝 🇩🇪 we are brothers. We should have fought together, 1914. It deeply saddens me what happened.
Same
better real enemy than fake friend ;))
I am not Canadian, Australian or from New Zealand, I am surprised they are that high on the list. I would assume WWII is main reason for them being this high. Poland very high on that list too.
Poland :Why everyone remembers my defeat in WWII but not my whole story?😔
France :First time? 😏
Even USA would lose against third Reich&Soviet Russia allie👍🏻
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Poland
Poland just fought german *tanks* with *horses* 😂
Dont forget that Poland was Alone against 2 World Power❤️🤍🥟
@@pasy626xx5 and france got the entire europe (witch meant the world at the time) twice...
The United Kingdom: *"No one has won more battles than me".*
France: *"Hold my baguette".*
Well france got rape by the nazis
@@TheAbsoluteEditz4 yeah but I don't care about Russia
@@lebonpain3718 well everyone who hates america loves russia
@@aronpaul2677 UK too
Tank's France for killing 40% of nazis soldiers
When did the UK ever claim that they won the most amount of battles? Its widely accepted that France has had the best military history, period.
There are some inaccuracies. I fail to understand how incorporating the Kievan Rus with Russia makes much sense. Muscovy is a longshot as well. If these count the battles before the Kalmar Union should have been allotted to Sweden as well as an example as they are now just counted from 1521 and onward. There is more like this especially when it comes to all those HRE aligned duchies and princedoms. Many would argue that some of these wars victories should have been under totally diffrent flags as well.
I would have counted the victories of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey record, and Prussia's in Germany record. But that doesn't change the general classification.
The ottomans were a lot of different ethnicities , not only turks
@@longdusarce3492 Ottoman is a Turkish empire. A nomadic Turkish tribe founded the Ottoman Empire.
Prussians was slavs not germans
@@longdusarce3492 then dont count USSR too.
well he did do that lol
Now you understand why the military vocabulary is almost 100% French : missile, canon, division, general, camouflage, trebuchet, lieutnant, sergeant, regiment, bayonet, etc.
@clancularius France is the most successful military nation on earth. Now go cry elswhere.
@clancularius "no countries had a chain of command" . . . The gokturk appeared around 500 AC . . . Rome? Carthage? Assyria? Persia? The Greeks? Like wtf dude
@clancularius Shut up and stop say that,we are a very powerful military nation !
@@mxmlnlcdcdffmnt2232 fan fact, if you combine all Greek victories together then Greeks are placed 8th just behind Poland
@@unownunknown how far do you extend the greeks
Napoleon himself would place 37th. Holy crap.
Lol napoleon was a idiot
@@hola_mefriend505 How come a man, who won 6 wars, in any ways is an idiot?
Napoléon+his generals= Top 20
@@hola_mefriend505 He wasn't. Our Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was the Best Conquerer of Europe and Greatest Strategic Military Genius.
200 years later he's still remained the best General in History
Vive l'Empereur ! VIVE LA FRANCE ! 🟦⬜🟥
💪🇫🇷👊
"He may be small but his dream was huge"
He won 56 battles during his reign (rumors say he won 70 battles)
When I mean by idiot was why would he want this much land for france
"Anyone looking at the history of france is dizzy."
Victore HUGO
"Quiconque regarde l'histoire de france a le vertige."
UK and France boosted their stats with each other
The only war that the Australians haven't won against is the fucking emus.
And gallipoli
Why u bully
ahhh the good old emus very powerful warriors
James Kunker lol
James Kunker ayyyyy
USA 833? To drop a bomb it's not a battle
Hyeh
reset that world Wow good one very original
reset that world Not true. People hate America for no reason. Racist if you ask me. We have a strong military, that’s how we win.
@@generictoasterstroodle1080 America is not a race.
emilio arce I was inferring that hating America is racist towards Americans
I love how absolutely nobody would think about Austria while talking about powerful militaries
I also see nobody talking about Japan or Sweden for example.
@@TheAustrianAnimations87 Sweden was an absolute powerhouse in the early 18th century. King Karl XII was the Napoleon before Napoleon
@@ComradeHistorian Indeed. Sweden was a formidable force in the Thirty Years' War, 2nd Northern War and even in the early years of the Great Northern War. Charles XII of Sweden's forces kicked serious ass at battles like Narva, Fraustadt, Grodno, Düna, Pułtusk and Holowczyn. Too bad the Swedes then lost at Povalta, but this should tell everyone how powerful Sweden was, no North European country achieved militarily as much as Sweden.
Hitler was Austrian. Austria was part of the german army that fought WWII. Austria was the center of the Austrian Hungarian Empire. Furthermore, the hated Habsbourgs were austrians. I am french. Only morons, ignorants, and those who have no business caring about european History (asians, for example) would ignore these facts.
Austria was a beast. The Hasbourg. With Hungarya
Does anyone know the song name? The description didn't have it
Scotland: 69 battles won. They're the real winners.
всем похуй
6969696969
Im asuming youre scotish
and sadly now part of uk and have to leave eu just because of some old guys in london
That’s a point so uk is easy top if we include Scotland. Ok we’re 2nd lol 😝
And people always talk crap and say the French show the white flag ? Respect to France from the UK🇬🇧🇫🇷
Its not good. That it is place 1...
there is nothing to be happy about here, such a number of victories are mainly due to the victory over the indigenous inhabitants of the colonies
You are no longer a British citizen we are ment to hate the French
@@ieatgold1153 lol. I don't hate the French, Germans or any other countries we have had conflict with in years gone by. I only hate our common enemy ISIS.
@@jonnybravo3055
Bonjour avec quelle logiciel tu fais se dérouler ??🎉
Every country has a flag with colours and other stuff, while Cordoba has a default flag background.
America : Oh my god, how will we win the war and finally gain our independance ?
France : *hold my wine*
Canadian Mapping
Yes it is true, two of the three English coalitions paid by their care were foiled by Napoleon.
@Canadian Mapping but it where the Germans who defeated napoleon
Spain: Hold my sangria
Baguette*
@@bollejos3756 the only nation who can really defeat france was, for me, prussia (and then germany) because it's the only european country with a larger population and industrial base than france, and the fin fact is that they have the same origins, the frankish empire of charlemagne... it's sad that thes two country fight each other for such a long time
Hey France how many battles did you win ?
France: yes
Samo Rost lol
Hey France how many war did you won?
France : yes of course and you ?
@@shankslebrun2162 you ruined the joke
Axmed Fit the joke is bad
@@youtubeistscheie3496 no your sense of humour is bad
Proud to be spanish 🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦. From Barcelona (formerly Crown of Aragon)
France 🇫🇷 ❤️ Spain
Lewandowski 😀 Love Spain from Poland
🇵🇱♥️🇪🇸
Is this a war or a battle? Battle scale?
The number of wars recorded in ancient Egypt alone exceeds the history of battles in some country for hundreds of years...
America: We've won 833 battles!
U.K. and France: *Hold my beer.*
_Optimist_ I mean, they’re the ones that actually kickstarted the US LOL.
I mean, the UK and France have been around for almost twice as long as the US.
@@hanniballecter4283 More, way more..
@@hanniballecter4283 Like, WAAAAYYY MORE
The church in my town is older than USA so yeah way way way more.
Fun fact: All of the last four have white,blue and red color in their flag.
Zio - Deep State
Shit up that’s a dumb thing to comment about
@@greg6821
Haha, u afraid? 😉
It`s similar to Poland. Poland has white, red and blue in its flag. White is for their ideals, red is for will to sacrifice and blue is for their faithful allies :)
@@kamilkrupinski1793 oof
Luckily for France, they were mostly allies with Britain after the early 19th century. The list would be likely rather different if they kept fighting at the scale they had been fighting at during the 18th century for instance. It would have been interesting if the UK kept fighting France, because the odds are, it would mean the British would probably not get involved in WWI or maybe there'd be a completely different situation playing out altogether. It's impossible to be sure about. Chances are, a big conflict in the early 20th century would involve Britain anyway, it just makes me wonder about the British and French post-1815.
Luckily for Britains, they were mostly allies with France after the early 19th century. The list would be likely rather different if they kept fighting at the scale they had been fighting at during the 18th century for instance. It would have been interesting if the France kept fighting Britain, because the odds are, it would mean the French would probably not get involved in WWI or maybe there'd be a completely different situation playing out altogether. It's impossible to be sure about. Chances are, a big conflict in the early 20th century would involve France anyway, it just makes me wonder about the French and Britain post-1815.
😉
@@casinoheimdall9328 I generally agree, especially in that there'd have been a very wide range of possibilities like you say. It is improbable/impossible to try and factor in all those variables. Besides the fact there are some things we'll never know. The Anglo-French Alliance of 1908 would suggest the British and French would get on anyway but the question is, would that actually even happen if Britain and France kept fighting post-1815? Probably not. The two 'Concerts of Europe' would be disrupted.
P.S - Apologies for late reply, the notification never came through.
Also, you mean *Britons not 'Britains'.
Another thing, the Double Entente of France and Russia (1894) would be disrupted in that alternative scenario, which would almost certainly disrupt the Triple Entente from happening as well (Britain eventually agreeing to ally to both France and Russia, which was a massive geopolitical shift for several complex reasons)
@@casinoheimdall9328 In a scenario where Britain is not France's ally in WWI (should it or something like it happen in the early 20th century, things would not be looking good for France aka potentially a larger-scale repeat of the Franco-Prussian War; with no BEF to slow the German 1st Army down in Belgium, the French led victory at the First Battle of the Marne - a pivotal battle in 1914 - might not have happened the way it did. The Germans ran out of steam and were tired at the end of a very long logistical chain from the borders of Belgium, and were pretty much done at that point fighting the British and French, until they could rest and recover. The BEF was small in 1914 but it vastly expanded and became very good at siege-breaking tactics and combined arms warfare by 1917/1918.
The point being, if Imperial Germany managed to execute the Count von Schlieffen Plan (1905 vintage) properly in 1914 it would basically change things pretty seriously (and in any scenario where the British aren't helping, all it does is instantly place more implications of pressure and strategic viability on the isolated French, whom while vastly numerically superior to the BEF initially, were still themselves matched or surpassed in numbers by the Germans in divisions etc) Of course the BEF could only do so much with 4 divisions in August-December 1914, and a couple of cavalry brigades, but it eventually grew to over 70 divisions so it really was just the beginning for the British.
At the Battle of Mons in the debut battle for the British in WWI, the British were slowly pushed back out from that Belgian town on a fortified river, though they inflicted 5 to 1 casualties on the Germans for their trouble and some of the British soldiers whom sacrificed themselves on the bridge crossings at machine gun posts which were shot at, grenade attacked and eventually overrun, were to receive the Victoria Cross. One in particular was eventually firing with one functioning arm and another bullet wound to his head but he still kept firing until he couldn't fight anymore and died.
Mons was a wake up call to the British though it was still the case they'd stopped a bit of mockery about the BEF's size. The Germans were in this propaganda atmosphere of seeing the BEF as meaningless, but then it inflicted serious casualties on them in the first battle (technically a strategic British withdrawal/defeat, but arguably a tactical victory in terms of the casualty aftermath; trading 5 to 1 casualties is never good, especially when their numerical advantage was so enormous (it was, at Mons, part of a division going up against an entire German field army slamming into their positions; they never remotely stood a chance, on that basis alone)
But they did make a fighting retreat through Belgium, hopelessly outnumbered - and still making major cavalry and infantry counterattacks in some places while making nervous withdrawals through forests with much bigger German forces flanking either sides of the forest and hoping they got out the other end first. It was touch and go, in those days. Many of the smaller skirmishes and battles between the British and Germans, in Belgium and NE France, forgotten to most. Their names, obscured by much more famous/infamous battles.
The 'Miracle on the Marne' is considered in retrospect to have technically been the point the Schlieffen Plan really failed in the West (though it is debatable, and more, consequential, with later events unfolding beyond the First Battle of the Marne) And it was the same on the Eastern Front, where the Germans didn't realise the Russians, although not having a lot going for them logistically in 1914, still had one ace up their sleeve; a few big railway lines running West.
And they of course used them to beyond maximum capacity, train-shipping over a million soldiers to the border of East Prussia in Germany, in 6 weeks, which the Schlieffen Plan simply did not anticipate (nor did it anticipate Britain joining the war so adamantly on either the Entente's or Belgium's behalf; Britain had different treaties with both the Double Entente - France and Tsarist Russia - and the Kingdom of Belgium; the difference between the Double Entente and the 'Triple Entente', being, that France and Russia would declare war on Germany and fight the Germans, if either of them individually got attacked/invaded first by the Germans. So, the Double Entente was technically always locked into fighting the moment Germany attacked either.
Britain however, being the third Entente member and the most reluctant for a range of reasons (mainly to do with not liking Tsarist Russia, but also not liking France much, either, since the then recent and needless Franco-British naval arms race of 1850-1870, which the British won easily and which only made France's chances worse in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, after pointlessly trying to get into a...stick measuring competition with Britain's massive naval forces of the Royal Navy; literally the biggest navy on the planet. Good luck with that France lol)
Britain's more unique stipulation in joining the Entente, was that it would fight Germany that way, if BOTH were attacked; cue the Schlieffen Plan to aim it's sights on both France and Russia simultaneously. France had allied with Russia in 1894, annoying Britain a bit at that time by doing so for Anglo-Afghanistan Wars and Crimean War history shaped reasons, because France was scared of Germany and not without reason. France wanted to form alliance mechanisms to resist rising German power and influence on the continental mainland of Europe.
This meant being more diplomatic with unlikely allies, like the Russians, whom a generation earlier, the French had been fighting alongside the British, in bloody battles. As far as the British Imperials were likely concerned, the 'Great Game' (proto-Cold War that often went 'hot' via conventional warfare) between Britain and Tsarist Russia, was still on in the 1890's - only a decade or so earlier, from 1878-1880, the British had won the Second Anglo-Afghan War to fortify passes such as the Khyber Pass, leading out of Eastern Afghanistan. British forces captured Kabul, riding on the backs of Elephants.
While it is often brought up (sometimes to incredulously mock the British, by Anglophobes) that the earlier First Anglo-Afghan War, had been a terrible catastrophe for the British, mostly precipitated by the sheer paranoid of British Imperial governors of British India, in the British East India Company at the time, fearing a Russian invasion via Afghanistan. It was a bit silly, but you can see their fears. They didn't know that Imperial Russia was mainly a dreadful-in-logistics paper bear.
And that same assessment of Imperial Russian capabilities, was exactly why the Schlieffen Plan the Germans used, wasn't really thinking very highly of Russian logistics and the speed of their deployments. So a million Russians pouring into East Prussia massively, unfathomably annoyed the German Imperials, as it contrasted the genuinely proven cases of Russian logistics falling flat on their face in the mid-late 19th century, prior. And that was seen in the Crimean War, most painfully. At least, until the turn-of-the-century Russo-Japanese War, which Tsarist Russia lost badly.
Britain had fought a colonial war in Afghanistan, more seriously (and by 1878, the British East India company had been gone for a couple of decades or so after mismanagement and malpractice lead the British government to seize their assets and dissolve the firm; which was risking losing the plot in India and losing all they had, over stupid things like officials in the EIC having needless insensitivity towards the fats and grease types they used in the paper ammunition cartridges of musket ammunition; primarily using pig and cow fat, which automatically p'ssed off both Muslims and Hindus spectacularly needlessly, because it was I think a cheaper option so the EIC just did that and then had a mutiny and outbreak of rebellion on their hands that was only barely contained. If you're wondering how that worked, think about it; soldiers had to bite the paper ammunition powder cartridges, which were coated in cow or pig fat/grease to ease them down the barrel better with the ramrod, so it was literally going into the soldier's mouth like he could taste it...not a great plan, clearly the EIC had lost it's mind lol way to cause a riot EIC, what stupidity)
The situation in Afghanistan in the 1870's and 1880's might not seem important, but Britain was fortifying the passes out of Afghanistan, and garrisoning them, because there was a genuine concern of Russia invading. As it turned out, they _were_ technically proven right...but literally a full _century_ later (when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan instead, and were defeated there - though they weren't really planning on going through India, to try and conquer India, as far as I am aware!) It was a classic Imperialism mindset when it came to geopolitics, geostrategy and imperial rivalry. It was constantly paranoid of some other Empire doing what they were doing. So perhaps the British military analysts were giving the Tsarists _way_ too much credit in the 1870's.
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@@casinoheimdall9328 [3/3] Back in 1889, when the Two Power Standard had been introduced in the UK, the French were considered 2nd strongest and the Russians considered 3rd strongest, with the Japanese, Americans and Germans jostling for the 4th spot from the 4th-6th places. Italy could have been included in that mix, too, to make it 4th-7th places. But all Britain ever needed to do with Italy was control the Straits of Gibraltar, thus bottling up the Mediterranean strategically. It's why the Ottoman Empire never really colonised anything in the New World; European powers, prevented them, from the Western Mediterranean.
By 1905, 16 years had passed since the Two Power Standard was introduced, and much had changed. Britain was still no 1 in naval power, but it was struggling to maintain such a massive naval lead. By WWI, it would have to settle for fractional numerical advantages, rather than 'whole number' multiples of what anyone else had in the number of hulls, tonnage displacement and firepower. But there had been major changes in the balance of power at sea. Britain was no 1, yes, for now (and until roughly 1943/1944, an entire generation ahead)
Even so, the rapid and deliberately pointed naval expansion of Imperial Germany, had meant that Germany was 2nd and by then by far and a long way stronger than either the USN or the French Navy. Russia was no longer factoring into naval power rankings very much in that time, and was in a sorry state post-Tsushima. Humiliated and devastated at the losses. An entire battle fleet, essentially destroyed with massive loss of life for minimal Japanese casualties. It was a paradigm shift. But the Japanese were still no match for the German Kaiserliche Marine or less still the Royal Navy. The Japanese had sent sailors and officers to study in naval academies in England and other countries like France, Canada and the USA (but mainly England in this time, and for a couple of decades to follow)
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902, encouraged this, and Britain also built warships for Japan like the pre-dreadnought battleship, _Mikasa_ (which ironically still exists today, albeit concreted dubiously into a Japanese harbour wall as a slowly rusting museum ship - and even more ironically, is technically the last British built battleship on Earth, if we're not widening the definition to include either HMS _Warrior_ which is also a museum ship in much better condition from 1860, and HMS _Victory_ which is a century older than that albeit with many additions over time)
Technically, armoured iron-built cruisers/battleships, were, well, battleships. Just of a different design doctrine, before several arms race phases came and went. And the 1st rate ship of the line, HMS _Victory_ while doctrinally and by design, not a 'battleship' as we'd know them now, was technically a 'capital ship' of it's day. It's being a bit cheeky to expand it that far, though. Mainly, _Mikasa_ is the last one which was deliberately delineated in between either 'pre-dreadnought' or 'dreadnought', which is important.
By 1914, the naval arms race between Britain since the 1890's and that point, was still going and would of course last till 1918. Britain did out-build Germany, although it was a strain on the economy and military budget, and was more expensive than planned 'normal naval expansion rates' would have been if not for Germany putting them under pressure to bloat their own naval forces. In a way, this was a red herring - as soon, carrier technologically would supplant dreadnoughts as the most important naval units on the surface of the water (submarines aside)
By November 1918, the obvious situation was a hilariously OP Royal Navy with a navy designed to overmatch the best the Germans and their allies could throw at them, sitting there in the North Sea with the British Grand Fleet (3.3 million tonnes of warships, across hundreds and hundreds of ships including dozens of battleships and battlecruisers, and scores of light cruisers, destroyers and minesweeper/layer ships) Nobody else, not even the rapidly expanding US Navy, even came close.
The Royal Navy had to downsize rapidly of course post-WWI, with many older pre-dreadnoughts being scrapped or sunk in sections of strategically important harbours, like Dover and Scapa Flow, as block ships (to block submarines) But for like a year after WWI, Britain had such an OP navy that it could probably fight all the other navies on Earth and win lol it's not even funny. Such a naval advantage had not been seen since the Napoleonic Era for Britain. In the 1860's, the RN was 4 times stronger than it's then next nearest rival, France. But even that wasn't as bad a situation for rivals or friends/frenemies of Britain after 1918.
Naturally, it couldn't last. But before 1919 and the scuttling of the remnants of the German High Seas Fleet, impounded in Scapa Flow, the RN technically also had nominal possession of the _entire German Navy_ minus the submarines which were all separately taken away and sunk by scuttling. However, the German sailors mutinied at their stations due to socialist propaganda they started learning in Kiel, and then they sank their own ships to deny them being sold to France. Britain acted like it cared that much, while France was raging, but in truth they were not bothered about France not upgrading their navy. It was shrewd but true. It was no skin off Britain's nose, save for a bit of embarrassment and losing some money.
Britain in the interwar years remained no 1, and the USA became no 2 at Germany's expense of course; with the Japanese Imperial Navy becoming the 3rd strongest. The French were 4th strongest and may have been closer to catching the IJN if they had those German dreadnoughts they were meant to get from Britain (which the Germans sank themselves to stop that happening on 'their terms', even though the British didn't mind tbh - they didn't want France running around with a bunch of German warships really, regardless of the money side of things) It would have meant Britain had to put more ships in the British Mediterranean Fleet for a start. So they were quietly glad it happened. Italy was the 5th strongest navy by this point, expanding fast.
These rankings remained the same until WWII. And the US Navy eventually grew too massive for Britain to be considered stronger than anymore. I mean, the Royal Navy at the height of WWII still had 960,000-1,020,000 personnel. It was gigantic. By no means could anyone else rival Britain. But weirdly, then along comes the Soviets again, and they go from practically nothing to being the 2nd strongest navy by roughly 1955-1960 in the Cold War. Britain remained 3rd strongest after that point in the early Cold War, for a long time, but was soon to decline in number rapidly across the late 20th century. Alas.
And now I think in 2023 the Royal Navy is the 43rd biggest navy in the world (whhhaa happpen lol) I mean, yeah, in reality, the numerical aspect isn't as important now (though still, ultimately important) The Royal Navy has some of the finest warships in the world, deliberately very expensive. Problem is, we do need more of them. Considerably more. 43rd in numerical size, but in the top 5 in terms of equipment, professionalism and experience. It's just a shame it doesn't like, double in size to have a more respectable navy. Too many people are obsessed with the NHS and social welfare benefits in the UK now. Our ancestors would kick our backsides over what Britain has done to it's own military.
For the greatest foe of the British military, was not from without, but from within; from government. They've ended more careers and ruined more opportunities than any outside foe of this great country. That is the thing. The UK military is 5th in the world in 2023 but is knocking about with the 43rd biggest navy in the world when less than a century ago it was no 1 globally and had been no 1 for >200 years? We done f'd it up. What a waste.
@@ThePalaeontologist And let's also not forget Operation Michael, which was like the Ardennes offensive of WW1, the German blow for Op Michael would fall on British Fifth Army with approximately 14 divisions. Ranged against them were some 74 German divisions. Again for perspective, that's more divisions than the Germans had in the whole of western Europe in 1944.
Winning the last battle of a war is the most important bit.
*Marseillaise intensifies*
Fuck yes
Le Stuka des airs on dit Fuck yeah et pas yes
@@MonkeyDRevan AMERICAAAA FUCK YEAH
Le Stuka des airs Voilà !!!
C'est un petit pays, la France mais on est badasse. Nous pensons dans le game !
4:32 top ten biggest anime plot twists.
yes
Yep absolutely weren't expecting that lol
i found more epic seen catalonia even in the list
and then they call france surrender land
Who would win:
Glory of the Proud empire, Victor of the wars
Or
*One Angry mustache boi*
I'm French and I am happy to see that my country is the first in the video.
your people waged wars of conquest for resources, including enslaving and destroying other peoples, which put France in the first place. congratulations
The Brits and the French should be ashamed of these figures and of the mess your 2 sets of ancestors have made of the modern world. The US doesn't compare, if you take away the battles in the American Civil War Fort between North and South, Which are now one nation
Congratulations for being a Proud warmonger
@@user-un2ng3pz5b blablablablabla.. the words of russian barbare.. nonsens
@@Rowlph8888 God bless France 🇫🇷 and UK 🇬🇧
Love France 🇫🇷 Germany 🇩🇪 UK 🇬🇧 and USA 🇱🇷
@@casinoheimdall9328 Huh, your mom doesn't think so. in general, it's funny when an Anglo-Saxon calls you a barbarian, it's really funny))
It's not the battles you win, it's the wars that count.
Britain: We are the champions
France: Hold my baguette
France has never had a victory in their books in the world history America is the greatest country and the strongest country in the world before and after
France the best
The UK has always one step ahead of France
@@ialsaedi LOL NICE JOKE BEFORE THEY BEARLY EVEN EXISTED END NIT TO MENTION THAT 90 PERCENT OF AMERICAN SOLDIEES IN WW1 HAD FRENCH END BRITISH RIFLES BUT OK
Ibrahim Alsaedi Lol... Are you stupid ? America didn’t exist « before »... All the victory we had are here so yes we had victory in our books.
Switzerland: 27 battles won.
Me: WTF?
The end of the 100 yars war ...
Victor Garrigues oohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
@@GrizzleyBearington Switzerland was neutral for 200 years but it is not 200 years old
El Utahraptor Oh, now I understand.
yes, the Swiss fought a lot of battles before becoming neutral
Tanks you 😀😀😀