Territorial Changes After WW1
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In this video I talk about the most significant territorial changes that took place in the years between 1918 and 1923!
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fall of the soviet union in detail
@@cat_1878 second this id really like to see that
I think a video on CANZUK would be great!
@@elijahmallery1742 oooh yes i agree, id like to see that too
Earth, The Belt and the MCRN Formation.....
Next video: Borders changes in WW2
It's on the list!
@@General.Knowledge soon it Will be ww3
Pretty much everbody lost in Europe after WW2 except the Russians.
@@hendriktonisson2915 USA?
@@AlenDrinic WW2 was very beneficial for the US. But as I said before WW2 had a negative effect on most of European countries which lost their independence, territory or got poorer economically.
Geography exams in 1914 would have been very easy.
Just list out 4-5 empires and you're halfway done
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Lol
I pity Geography students who sat for their exams in 1920, right after the settlement had been concluded.....
imagine being in school during the end of the war and then suddenly all of your geography books are inaccurate
Austria-Hungary: "Look how the massacred my boy"
Yeah, they couldn't give Austria at least a pinky to touch the Adriatic?
Südtirol still hurts
@@eovarr7844 as an austrian I can only agree those Tiroler got done dirty
@@felixweinlinger At least we have an economic alliance with Tirol-Südtirol-Trentino - So we are kinda together... And because of that Italy thing they talk funny :3
@@eovarr7844 True, its better than nothing
Allies: You lost the war Turkey: Yesn't
Allies: You lost the war Turkey! Turkey: *Yesn't*
"They gained what was called, the South Seas Mandate" Imperial Japanese Navy: Its a surprise tool that will help us later.
germany must feel like the kid at school opening a pack of gum
Can I have one too? I would like to have Ulm.
*Territorial changes after WW1:* -I completely shaped the world *WW2:* -Hold my beer
They created the premis for WW2
WWI: The death of the old empires. WWII: The birth of the new empires.
WW3:China strikes back
@@El-s WW4: the asian menace
WW5: Soviet Union reforms and takes all of Europe, Asia, Oceania… and US takes all of North and South America… and Africa forms it’s Union into a full country
Calling Alsace-Lorraine in this context historically French is a little bit odd, it was for more than 800 years part of East Francia / the Holy Roman Empire before (most of) it was annexed by France in the late 17th century.
The Grand Duchy of Lorraine only got taken over by France in the 18th century.
@@Blaqjaqshellaq so France stole German land That's not justified . So Germany reclaimed and lost her land strange
True
@Advanced Darkness Thats bullshit, there was a regional german identity for over 800 years, nobody who spoke german saw himself as a french.
@@-zipfelkltsch3r-348 Then you clearly know nothing about Alsace and the history of what you call the "German" identity in the Westraum region, which had been regarded as strictly linguistical and not national during the past centuries, hence the existence of the German bailiwick in Lorraine.
Well... Alsace Lorraine wasn't historically just french - it changed hands several times and actually belonged to the HRE. Also population was a good mix of germans and french
Actually around 85 - 90 % were German. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine
Instead of annexing it in 1870, what if Germany had turned the region into a neutral buffer state like Belgium to the north and Switzerland to the south? Future wars might have been far less likely...
@@Blaqjaqshellaq What id France just accepted it?
@@-zipfelkltsch3r-348 not gonna happpen
@@-zipfelkltsch3r-348 not gonna happen
I see you mixed up Vittoria Mutilata and what Italy gained in WWI. Vittoria Mutilata alludes to the territories that were promised to Italy in the Memorandum of London, before the war. The map you showed represents those territories. Italy turned out to get less than that (although still pretty satisfying if you ask me) and thus the Vittoria Mutilata, for the gap between promised land and annexed lands.
Hungary at the end of World War 1: "So how many land gonna i lose?" France: *YES*
Damn you france
Shouldnt have started the world war then
@@mar9248 You should learn some history then Then you would know that Hungarians weren't the ones who started it
@@peti010218 it was Austria-Hungary who actually attacked Serbia and started World War 1
So technically they did
2:50 not exactly given, taking it into account that we had to fight for the land with Germans, Poland had to fight on each of its borders at that time - I don't know why that fact is disregarded... but there was a conflict with Germans, conflict with Czechoslovakia, conflict with Russia and with Ukrainian separatists
Germany: *chuckles* I'm in danger
I don't often comment on yt but I wanted to say you're doing an amazing job on your channel. You speak nice, clear, to the point. It's very informative and easy to follow with the amazing animations. Well done!
Another great video! Great information, and very educational and entertaining as well. Thanks for the presentation!
Interesting stuff. Just noticed some errors with the map 1:07. The borders of the Hungarian kingdom within Austria-Hungary 1914 are incorrect and also the border between Poland and Lithuania is incorrect as Poland had a common border with Latvia during the 1920s and 1930s.
Another Great Video! You are my favourite channel and keep it up!!!
While this is covered at a fast clip, periodic pauses allowed me to digest your material, I say well done and award you with a thumps up.
0:55 rise your hand if you are also living one of thoose contested areas.
RIP. Austria-Hungary
naah, fuck them.
@@TheAutobotPower you have No hart you are pure hate
No one misses that gigantic pile of shit.
@@wanneerde8854 thanks, also they created Hitler.
Great Serbs destroyed your monarchy😉
A significant detail is missed why Agreement of Lausanne that keeps entire Anatolia for Turks is accepted instead of Sevres that partitioned the land after 4 years. Because: Turkish Independence War
Greeks and armenians should have gotten the territory promised but instead they got genocided
There are still many Hungarians in southern Slovakia!
I’m one of them :)
@@CaptainEuropa98 Hi Hungarian bro from JPN🇯🇵🇭🇺
And in Ukraine. And in Transylvania. And in Vojvodina. :) Hi from Transylvania!
Yeah. I from Transylvania and it's pretty sad...
Hungary is too small now.
In my opinion, south tyrol should be a part of austria =D
and Austria should be a part of Germany
@@schwarzer0se463 then Austria with emperor or chancellor will rule Germany xd
@@schwarzer0se463 Perhaps Germany should be part of Austria instead
@@federicotrotta4443 we’re talking about South Tyrol and not Trentino
@@federicotrotta4443 no it’s not lol? The region literally is called Trentino-South Tyrol and Trentino is the southern, italian part of it.
Ótimo trabalho, like always, General. I have some constructive criticism to offer, if I may? When you speak of/mention any geographical entity like a city, a nation, a state or any territory, could you perhaps visually highlight said region on the displayed map more prominently? I am referring to the segments where the relevant map remains static during narration, with some minor changes being added to that map, after certain intervals. I think efficient highlighting of the subject in a map; allows the viewer to better visually contextualize a location within their own knowledge and understanding of geography. For eg. At 2:43, I completely missed that you added Eupen-Malmedy because I was still focused on Silesia. Could be that the font used here was quite small, relative to available screen space. There are many other examples I can state but the one that illustrates the issue best, for me, was the "How Do Countries' Sea Borders Work?" video. There is a segment about midway through when you speak about Oceania and the map on screen is of the entire South West Pacific. I had very little prior geographical knowledge of this region. With the map remaining static I could not follow the narration as I had no idea where the regions being mentioned were located. This isn't really a complaint. I mean, I had to open a new tab and familiarize myself with the pacific island nations and it was enjoyable. But that's not always possible or preferable. Some very basic use of a feature to visually emphasize the area on the map which was being referred, would have helped a lot. There are two simple solutions I can mention. Such as zooming in on the displayed map such that the place you are describing takes center-screen; is a good way to direct attention. As the video continues, moving the center slowly from one place to another, if the subjects are nearby. Or zooming out slowly, glimpsing the whole map before zooming back in to show the new subject; should there be a lot of distance between consecutive subjects. This would be a great way to maintain spacial continuity among viewers and help guide non-gepgraphynerds through unfamiliar regions. Another straightforward solution would be to use a basic color like you have done with Poland at 2:51, in this video. My only concern being that some viewers with color blindness may not be able to observe any changes. One last request. Last, I promise ! When drawing flags beside maps or placing flags inside a map for any purpose... could you, maybe, write the nation's name alongside its flag? I cannot immediately recognize most national flags. It creates a similar problem with following the narration as I cannot identify the countries being mentioned and thus lose focus fast. Done criticizing. Now let me say a little about what I do like about your videos :) Your (hand?) drawn art and use of plain symbols is a rather unique style. It amazes me how much artwork you put in a single video. Also admire your uncomplicated narration. I think it requires some talent/practice to speak a non native language with such lucidity. The accent was never a problem for me. Its a distinct voice that somehow calms me. You have pretty much mastered the aspects of writing and voice delivery in educational videos. If you can just improve the visual presentation like I have provided, I believe the channel will grow even further. I am sorry if my criticisms made it sound like I am a basement dweller quibbling about literal free education on the internet. I can only imagine just how much work and time goes into creating just one video. And I appreciate every hour you spend trying to provide strangers the same joy you must feel learning about maps and histories. If you never read humongous comment or don't care about the suggestions provided; that's completely fine. I do genuinely believe these alterations will make your content a lot more accessible to viewers. I hope this channel grows, regardless. Also, I like your profile icon. Reminds me of a penguin. God knows why.
This is the most underrated channel of all time❤️
Hey, nice video! I was wondering if you could do a video on CANZUK?
Thank you for making this video about territorial changes in WW1
Apenas comentando isso pra dizer que acho seu canal muito bom, continue assim! Just commenting this to say that I think that your channel is amazing, keep up!
Obrigado! :)
Congrats! Best KZhead channel!!
3:13 Greetings from Allenstein, in Poland we call this city Olsztyn ;D
As a german i'm very sorry for what our ancestors did
@@usernameusername5600 don't be. It's not your fault. Those who were resposible were already punished. Let us live in peace now
@@k0mentator507 Punished? lol not really, many nazi officers lived to old age despite the crimes they did against civilians on east
A large Polish minority lived there before the war
@@heroe480 I suppose, but the worst ones were
Germany, Austria and the Ottomans after WW1 -Dissolution of the Monarchy and of the Empire. Bulgaria: Loses a bit of land and then once again decides to opt with the axis in WW2
We didnt lost a bit of land we lost half of the land that was inhabited by Bulgarians.And the worst part was the expulsion of more than a million bulgarians ,half a million from serbian macedonia about 50-100k from the region of pirot and nis,250k from belomorska makedonia by the greeks and further 150k in belomorska trakya again by the greeks and around 50k from dobrudja.That was the tragedy.
@@lennertoss6497 as opposed to austria hungary and the ottomans being completely eliminated and germany losing just as much land it really wasn't much of a difference. You sided with the losers and as such were at the winners mercy. That's the price of war sometimes unkind as it may be to the people
Yes of course but just wanted to point it out.
@@UnholyWrath3277 Bulgaria had the winners mercy, are you kidding me? We literally signed the worst and most humilating conditions and war reparations that the Neuilly- ser- Seine treaty could offer us. Bulgaria already had a debt of 6 billion franks at the end of WW1. The war reparations concluded 2,25 billion franks as well as thousands of cattle and 50 thousand tons of coal. As the guy of the original comment said: we lost land and thousands of bulgarians were left out of their motherland. Also more than 100 000 refugees came to Bulgaria. WW1 and the signing of Neuilly- ser- Seine treaty was Bulgaria's Second National Catastrophy.
@@user-vd8jo4px8z again as opposed to your allies which 2 out of 3 were completely destroyed and germany which had so much debt added it took them 100 years to pay off and crippled them economically. You sided with the losers and as such were punished as a losing nation. If you as a nation dislike that then you should not have readily joined a war in the first place or have sided with the winners.
Around 1:15 mark you can see there is a very small difference in the Turkish - Balkan border, the permanent one having lost a bit of land. That part is Dimetoka (today in Greece) given to Bulgaria in 1915 by the Young Turk Ottoman gov’t during the war in order to encourage the Bulgarians to join the war on Central Powers side. The railway to the Aegean passed there and was crucial for reinforcements. After the war had ended, that part of Turkish Thrace got back from Bulgaria and granted to Greece. That was the last Turkish loss of territory in Europe, taking place even after the Balkan Wars of 1912/13. You can see the change around 6:47 mark outlined by the thin black lined Republic of Turkey border vs. thick red lined Ottoman 1914 border. Great video btw.
Excellent, excellent video !!
I learned more from this video than I did in all of school!
*fun fact: 16th of February marks 103 years of independence of the first lithuanian republic
Hah that's my bday!
I'll remember to think of Lithuania next time
Yes, Germany liberated and protected it. Germany kept order in eastern Europe.
I love how different Poland's and Hungary's fate was after WW1. :(
Yeah, as a Transilvanian i think hungry got treated to bad
@@petrov3411 Well after the great war, Hungary went to war with Romania, Czechoslovakia and I think Yugoslavia. I would say the one with Czechoslovakia was justifiable because I think South Slovakia was majority Hungarian, the others had disconnected areas of Hungarian majorities
@@ryanfarrelly4647 The Satu Mare-Oradea-Arad line was also 90% Hungarian, so I think it should've been left for Hungary as well.
@Mariusz Krawiec Well, justice for Poland. But great injustice for Hungary, which affects millions of people to this day.
@@liltinglullaby3282 if you ask me i I would give Satu mare back right now arad and Oradea are full of romanians now but Satu mare still has a chance
Good video. I like history and I'm from Ireland so it would to see a video on irish independence. I liked the fact you mentioned Ireland. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 😀
I'm reeeeealy curious about your @GeneralKnowledge sources... your videos have a strong English-speaking World (in this case Antant) perspective: - overstating the role of the British in some scenarios, - mentioning short-lived german political entities that did not have much of an impact and forgetting others, - mixing up Russian, German, and local political states and autonomies, - mentioning Finland as a side note rather than a part of the Russian revolution/collapse of the monarchy. *And a general rule of thumb: no country or territory becomes independent as a result of the collapse of a larger empire - instability just lays out the ground for that, the reason is always an independence movement.
WWI and its political aftermath is extremely fascinating! It's importance to world history can't be understated, because, when you think about it, it's amazing how different the contemporary world could've looked had the Central Powers won, for better or for worse.
Alsace-Lorraine was not a historical part of France. But of the HRE and had been for around 800 years until the French conquered most of it in the 17th century. 90+% of the population was ethnically German and had been for hundreds of years.
Linguistically*(not really ethnic) , at the time of the HRE unfortunately there wasn't a German people per say but more like multiple german people. The annexation by the German Empire in 1871 doesn't feel the same and angered the french mainly because at this period it has been almost a century since a real sense of nationalism took of in Europe. This territory being french at the rise of nationalist movements and having participated greatly in the French Revolution; the first French Republic; and the first French Empire played a major role in the perception people were having in seeing this regions as absolutely french and nothing else.
HRE isnt a german state lmao keep coping
Love the channel
Amazing video, my fellow countryman 👍
I would not call Alsace-Lorraine as historically French, as it belonged to East Francia and later the Holy Roman Empire for about 800 years and got annexed by Louis XIV in the 17th century.
That is one crazy map at 2:35 - it feels like I'm looking at a map of Europe through frosted glass!
god I LOVE this kind of video
I read your name as “General Kenobi Ledge”
I think your althist Napoleon video was very underrated, you should make more althists. For example: what if the Latin Monetary Union was a fiat currency and survived until modern times? (Because you recently did a video on coins)
This video talks both empires and modernations of 19 centuries mostly. its very good.
Capital of Lithuania during that time was Kaunas 'cause Poland captured Vilnius region during the Polish-Lithuanian Wat.
Marshal Foch (France) said in 1919 "It is not a peace but a 20-year truce." In 1939, 20 years later Germany invaded Poland.
all politicians who lead to WW2 were old geezers, ppl in their 20s were down in trenches now also, old geezers dictate young people what to do with their lives nothing good ever comes from that
Most of this just hurts my eyes
Thanks
Well well well, look who has a test on Tuesday on ww1.😈
TY 😊
Bondia General! I just wanted to ask, what would’ve happened had Portugal gotten more outta the treaty of Versailles? Maybe the some of Oman and a sliver of coast in Iran? Would that have changed Salazars rise to power?
regarding Salazar, I think he would have rose to power the same, because Portugal didn't suffer with "Vittoria Mutilata" like Italy did, where they did a lot and suffered a lot, and gained much less than they were promised
@@bernardomenezes808 well, what would be the necessary environment for him to not rise to power? Maybe the smaller pink map territory proposed by the British, (which only included Zambia and Portugal didn’t except because Rhodesia was rich in resources) and thus the monarchy never falls?
@@baconator2427 sorry, I am not portuguese, so I don't know much of Portugal's history past 1820's, but some things are too hard to predict. I couldn't imagine a way that the Brazilian monarchy would not suffer a coup, so some things are hard to imagine
@@baconator2427 but I don't think anything related to the war would have prevented that
@@baconator2427 The Portuguese monarchy fell before WWI.
The Cres-Lošinj pronunciation had me rolling on the floor 🤣
I'm writing my bachelor degree on french decolonization, and would love to know your scource on the disgrunteled colony soldiers
Afternoon!
Can you make a video about the holy roman empire? I like the history very much!
Greeting from slovenia
Austria barely lost land, they even gained some. Hungary on the other hand lost 2/3 of its land. You forgot to mention that.
The Austrian section did lose Bohemia, Moravia, Slovenia, southern Poland and western Ukraine.
Thats because Austria decided to secede from Hungary right before the Treaty of Versailles and claim that it was the Hungarians that led them to war and that they had no choice
@@duncanmcgee13 What? That's just incorrect, where did you get that bs from?
Watching this 10 mins before my history midterm
I really like your accent, where are you from?
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You sound like the Organic Chemistry Tutor guy
Both are awesome
Bolzano(Bozen) should have stayed in Austria.
of course not. Just it's name prove that it is italian
I see that you have a Japanese name so if you are Japanese: the reason why Italy annexed Bolzano is the same as why Japan has annexed or claims territories such as the Kuril Islands. All these territories should or do belong politically to the country they geographically pertain to. Reasons are mainly strategical but if you think about it, this can also ensure the safeguard of local population since when geography matter and ethnicity doesn’t, their presence there ceases to be a threat to the nation they are in. When this is not the case ethnicity based massacres are committed like there are plenty of examples in history.
@@LoreIlMegio im generally confused he have Swedish flag but he says he is hungarian in japan
But now tyroleans want to stay in italy because we give them so much money
Your Europe 1914 yellow map of Austria-Hungary wrongly shows Galicia as part of an even larger Hungary. It was of course governed from Vienna (the correct boundary is shown in a subsequent map).
Hey man, could you please do a video about the Greek war of independence and the Greco Turkish was 1922
With the help from Russia, British and French u got your independence
@@sabirbayram7484 and your mother's.
The map on the thumbnail is wrong (Poland and Lithuania's borders)
R U gonna make countries after WW2?
Thank you for saving my grade
So many changes in Europe, but most of us don't pay too much attention to WW1. WW2 cast a shadow on WW 1.
similar with changes in 18th century. And today people seem to not remeber much of WW2 when they comply to covid regime.
@@magdaty1815 Agree, History has to be thought and learned otherwise we can't learn from it.
Also the Heshamite kingdom of Hejaz gained their independence from the Ottomans before being conquered by the Suadi Nejd and forming Saudi Arabia. North Yemen also gained their independence and would unite with South Yemen in 1990
That pesky Treaty of Versailles
It should be noted that there was some holding back from Entente for Baltics, because they thought they could reestabilish friendly russian government
1:32 Why you gave Wilno and Wilejka region to Lithuania when it was controlled by poland
I wondered that as well
I think it was occupied by poland only in 1919, and not in 1917 after the separate peace with Russia
@@felicepompa1702 but it shows the German and Austrian border after 1919
Austrian empire, russian empire, Ottoman Empire : banged British and French empire : stonks Germany : the convicted USA : the guy who had the last laugh Italy : happy outside, igniting revenge inside Japan : asian power stonk
I read somewhere that the partition of the Ottoman empire wasn't fully realized because many nations didn't want to fight another war and opt to hop out entirely. All the while the Turkish independent war blew up, kicking the Ottomans out and pushing back the remaining others who didn't opt out.
in the arabian world, the British pushed some arabic tribes to revolut against the ottomans. But Britin and france cheated them and not only dividing the areas between them. they established Israel on the Palestinian soil which is the last knife in the heart
@@waelal-amri2161 yup.. the British and the French screwed everyone by making multiple deals and promises to the people living there, the Jewish people and to each other. Which led to the rise of the house of Saud. And even created more problems for the region. Many people say Germany got a better deal when compared to Austria-Hungary. But that title should be place on Turkey. When compared to the other two. Turkey maintained the majority or most of its military, industry and even influence. Without having to deal with political sides trying to crack it for their own gain. Like in Europe, or problems that crippled other nations down to their knees.
@@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4 Ottoman emp didnt got a better and they accepted an unagreeable so that caused the turkish war of indepence. After the Turkish govm won the war they, they negotiated a better deal. So its not logical to compare trianon or versailles with lausanne you gotta compare them with sevr treaty
I arrived early!. Greetings from Peru
Why didn’t Greece give back to Bulgaria the land that they were supposed to? Bulgaria is supposed to have some coastline on the Aegean
Bro imagine geogreophy and history classes during the Punic ward
Thumbnail map is wrong. The kingdom of Galicia-Lodomeria was part of the Austrian empire, not the kingdom of Hungary.
7:10 *Greece be like:* Not cool bro
look at the Italian zone, lol!!!
wait just one moment! Jens Stoltenberg says, "Borders are sacred!"
Italy also got a part of lybia and southern somalia
Actually italy annexed the Dodecanese islands (Rhodes) in 1912 in the Turkish Italian war. Anyway nice video
The thumbnail on the left made me come up with a new nation, the Holy German Reich Just the German Reich and Austria-Hungary combined, same states as both do, Bavaria, Prussia, Austria, Berlin, Hungary, and more
Do one for ww2 as well
Yes
Greetings from America 🇺🇲
3:31 - the 3rd reason is because we finally pushed for our freedom. WW1 ended in 1918, but we still fought untile 1920, not against Russian Empire tho, but against new Soviets, and Germans.
Sea Border & Undefined Border
2:39 Upper Sillesia was partitioned beetwen Poland, Czechia, and Germany, becouse this region was much bigger than this just what Poland got. Is far from Katowice to Opole (Oppeln).
Yay 10 minutes from Malaysia
So there is this Vietnamese KZhead channel called "nâng tầm kiến thức" and they used to copy your style of video, but they aren't copying you now, i think you should check them out
the region of west Prussia had only been German for over just about 100 years , since it was taken in the last partitions of the Poland Lithuania commonwealth . Formerly it was Royal Prussia a Polish region
That's not that fair because in case of France he mentioned it's historical claims to the newly acquired land and in case of Poland he stayed silent, such as it was created and not reborn...
@@Fiq17 don't know what u are commenting about
@@karfomachet7265 I mean the narration sounds like the territory was taken away from Germany as a punishment only but he didn't mention anything about Poland's historical claim to the land which is not fair compared to him mentioning the historical claim of France in case of Alsace-Lorraine.
1:15 This map is wrong. It shows Wilno and all Wileńszczyzna (territorys around Vilnius) as Lithunian, but they in this times belong to Poland, Poles were majority there. In Wilno, Lithunians were just 0,81% of the population.
7:10 I assume you mean east Thrace and Anatolia, not western Thrace...
What about South America