The Mexican Revolution - Bandits Turned Heroes (Documentary)
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The 10 year long Mexican Revolution came to a conclusion in December of 1920. In the decade prior the country had seen peasant revolts, political assassination and and US intervention.
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Beezley, William H. and Maclachlan, Colin M. “Mexicans in Revolution 1910-1948: An Introduction” (Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, 2009)
Gilly, Adolfo. “The Mexican Revolution” (Mexico City : El Caballito, 1971)
Hurst, James W. “Pancho Villa and Black Jack Pershing” (Westport, CT : Praeger, 2008)
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My great grandfather fought in the Mexican revolution when he was only 12 and was able to receive land. He lived to tell his story for generations until his death at 103 years old in 2008
Holy cow
Holy chicken
103, damn. Badass until his last breath.
My great grandma told me they used to have to hide in underground bunkers during gunfights and bombings. I wish she was still around to tell her stories. She died at 100.
Im with you brotha, My great grandmother thats still alive at 87 her Grandfather (my great great great grandfather) fought in the the Mexican Revolution. She always told us stories that he was Pancho Villa water boy! lol
The Mexican revolution is highly overlooked because of WW1 and the Russian revolution but it’s an incredible history that deserves more recognition and in recent years it has. I’ve studied Villa’s life since I was a child and he is a personal hero of mine.
And it is a war that killed more people (upwards of 1 million out of a population of just 15 million) than the ongoing Cartel Wars that began in 2006!
Is it more factual that ones used by other [nations]?
Overlooked by the us, Russians claim the Mexican revolution was the precursor for the Russian revolution.
10:17 the man in the right back of pancho was a Japanese man who help fight in the revolution, kingo Nonaka “ Mexican Samurai” was also the first photographer of Tijuana…Up most respect for the asian Brothers/ sisters, Kingo is a Legend…
Irónico decirlo cuando los revolucionarios se ensañaron con los asiáticos con una furia que ni a los españoles les tenían
Awesome information, also I'm amazed that he was under Villa's command, makes me wonder if he really hated people from Asia.
Make the movie.
He hated the Chinese, so maybe he was genetalu racist towards asians but only really had hatred for the chinese specifically
My Irish ancestors left after serving in the United States Army to fight in the revolution with Pancho Villa. I’m Irish/Mexican. The battle of San Patricios speaks volumes of my Irish ancestry as well!
That's bullshit. The Irish battalion was on the side of the Mexican army to fight against the U.S in 1846. The Mexican revolution didn't happen until some 50+ years. N even if they were. The Irish were on the side of the Mexican army. Who Pancho Villa fought AGAINST!..
Erin go bragh
That's so cool, I wish more Irish migrated to México, they are great people.
El batallón de San Patricio peleó en la guerra con EUA, no fue en la revolución
Los San Patricios fought for Mexico in the Mexican American War not the revolution. I have mad respect for the Irish people!
They genuinely had the coolest names and best outfits out of any civil war
Agreed.
And the best storytelling
Also awesome sombreros
@A Google User so stupid 😄🤣
@ScrapperNoHand it originated in the Americas plus it was Mexicans that made it famous
Women and young teens fought in the Mexican revolution. My grandfather told me that his father was only 15 or younger, when he join the revolution. And that women showed him how to use a rifle. A rifle he could braley carry because he was so weak and malnourished.
Wow. Peace on earth
My great grand father killed many people. He was very much someone everyone fear due to how much of a bad man he was.
@@11bsavage64 I tip my hat to you 🎩
The women were known as "Adelitas"
Hermano my great great grandfather was shorter than his mauser he was about 8-10 years old and survived to be a corporal
I think this history deserves a regular Game of Thrones TV show. It could last for years and inform many people in the US about the true history of Mexico.
If the right people do, it it would be reat!!!
@@javyalmo1895 The closest we have is "El Vuelo del Águila" and "El Encanto del Águila". Mexican telenovelas that go through the Revolution. Not the greatest, just okay sometimes.
So many turns and twists, it would be a great TV series.
The writer of the Yellowstone series would probably do a great job if he did one
Let give a shoutout to General Brigadier Felipe Angeles, most people here in Mexico doesn’t know but much of the tactical brilliance behind Villa's Northern Division was due to him, he served as Villa's main military adviser, he was one of the best Mexican military strategist in history.
He was
If you know Mexican history of this period you will agree with @cans597.
Germany: Hey Mexico how about you team up with me for a war with the United States? Mexico: I'm a little busy right now.
The Whole German Zimmerman Telegraph is laughable, for starters Germany was in no way capable of offering any significant help to Mexico at that time under those circumstances... across the Atlantic! It's one of those cruel jokes that's been beefed upped through the ages to back up a propaganda agenda! More importantly, just before the Mexican Revolution exploded in 1910, Mexico had a population of around 15 million, not to mention being a semi-colonial country with much underdevelopment and very little industry, infrastructure, among other problems. On the other hand, the US had around 94 million people, with a comparatively very high industrial base, infrastructure, and very large well-equipped and supplied military (not to mention a naval force capable of sending and supporting troops in another continent, ANOTHER CONTINENT! few countries nowadays can still do that!). And those are the numbers in 1910, by 1918 (when the telegraph was sent, Mexico was even weaker; significantly) It's absurd, even under circumstances of stability back then that any faction in power in Mexico would have taken the offer seriously; if they had done it would have been very deadly. I'm tired of all this pro-interventionist propaganda from a century ago still being taken seriously. It's so absurd and laughable. The US ruling class clearly wanted to intervene in Europe for its own reasons and used the Zimmerman Telegraph to rile up the population as a justification, and they succeeded, in fact, they were so successful that it still finds suckers a century later.
@@julesg7430 And that's what's up, folks! Bravo, my man!
@@julesg7430 To my understanding even the Mexican government didn't take it seriously and thought the whole concept was laughable
I don't think the Zimmerman Telegram being a laughably empty gesture really mattered. That Germany made such an overture to Mexico was what mattered. It's like saying trying to hire an assassin to kill your spouse is okay as long as everyone you ask about it turns you down. Unrestricted submarine warfare also rubbed a lot of Americans the wrong way. I'm not denying things were trumped up for propaganda purposes and I agree the US entry WW1 was a dubious decision (the war was a petty imperialistic squabble), but 87% of Congress voted in favor of the declaration of war and the justification was there - just weak. There was also a fair bit of anti-German racism in the USA in the 1910s. The flames were fanned for propaganda purposes, but the pro-interventionists didn't start the fire.
Didn't the British invent that conspiracy so the US would join the Allies?
I know it’s not just me, but Mexican revolution weapons were hella cool. Revolvers, levers, and some mausers.
Agree
facts
Cool weapons like -revolvers- -leverguns- -Mausers- umm... Right. What about the Mondragon rifles???
Little known fact, the Mexicans also had Japanese Type 38 rifles that were adorned with the Mexican flag in place of the chrysanthemum. Very rare and quite collectible today.
@@BigRedPower59 Did Forgotten Weapons do a video on one of these? I seem to remember hearing about them somewhere before. If not then someone should loan one to him for a video review and history lesson.
So Villa got a pardon, military pension, amnesty and huge estate? Man he really did made off like a bandit in the end. Salut.
In the end they killed him. not that great.
And he Attacked the U.S (battle of Colombus) what a madman.
@@Evile_7780 he did more that that. Villa was a great military strategist even though he did not receive a military education. on one occasion he put up some American flags and disguised some men with Yankee uniforms, deceiving the American pilots, who descended confidently. then, with their same planes, they bombarded the enemy, who of course did not mistrust one of their planes approaching. the pilots only cut off their ears and set them free. He was killed in Parral Chihuahua in an ambush set up by one of his most close men.
@hitecredneck54 the history always have two sides.
@@jomi9858 He also did way more than that! He massacred many towns and killed thousands out of pure malice, hence, his murder by an ambush (by his own army). Im proud our history books dont mention this, just portraying him as a hero >:I
Thanks for this! Gringo American from NYC here who has traveled to 26 states in Mexico. You see Avenida Obregon in cities everywhere, you hear the story of Pancho Villa when you visit Durango or Parral. I had a vague idea of how MX became independent and who those people were but in a jumbled fashion. Hard to figure out a war with three sides. Sad were never taught the history of our southern neighbors in even the most superficial way in school. You clarified the nation's history perfectly in a half hr
Someone somewhere said that "you don't teach another culture's history if you have the need to constantly dehumanize said culture".
. . . and your country keeps on messing with us. Tell your racist White government to mess with China-- where the Fetynil is coming from
In US perspective, Pancho Villa is like Osama Bin Ladin who ordered his troops to invade USA and kill innocent american civilians. You can't trust a bandit. Zapata is the one who deserves way more recognition than Villa.
Mexico became independent a hundred years before this war
As a Mexican I like to see how other countries tell our story and I got to say this one it's pretty accurate, great pronunciation of the names btw
Well one thing is certain regarding the 'mexican story' The notion that the mexican people are of an exclusive mix of european spanish and Indigenous indian people is steeped in historical inaccuracies and myths. Mexico boasts 4 roots: African, Asian, European and Indigenous, which in part explains why mexicans are so diverse looking in facial features (lips, nose), skin tones and hair texture. African DNA runs throughout millions of mexican Mexican meztizo's. It's undeniable. Just ask funnyman George Lopez who had a DNA sample done during his TV show 'Tonight With George Lopez' which showed he possess 4.5% African DNA. The same with Eva Longoria who also possesses 4.3% African DNA, along with millions of other mexican meztizo's. Sorry to burst your "mexicans are a mix of European and Indigenous" bubble.
@@jaysteve8048 to me that makes me even more proud to be Mexican
He definitely practiced
@@jaysteve8048 out of the 4 “roots” you chose to focus on one.. the one with the least amount of presence in modern Mexicans. Not sure what this insecurity comes from, but I have an idea of why you chose to type this out and end the comment with a snide remark.
@@jaysteve8048 yes it's definitely not because Mexico has so many indigenous tribes that makes Mexicans look unique to region very little have African DNA or any other nearly all Mexico is European and indigenous
2:56 : That's not a photo of Francisco I. Madero 3:46 : That's not a photo of Porfirio Diaz, that's a photo of Francisco I. Madero
This! It's very important to point this out since it's the very first time you see Madero (and the second you see Diaz) in the video.
Thank you.
i thought that was the case, wasn't sure though.
Amazing how they have color , and all the pics of the MLK are black and white
Is mexico a continent or a country?
My great great grandfather went by the name of Rafael Cal y mayor Gurria, he was a general during the Mexican revolution in the state of Chiapas. He was close friends with zapata as well, our family even has pictures of him and zapata together as well as letters given by zapata. Viva mexico ❤️
You should, if you haven't, get those items appraised. There would be a lot of interest in cities small museums, wow, those letters r history.
Viva La Mexico 🇲🇽
My granduncle George Carothers was an ambassador to Pancho Villa from President Wilson. George became great friends with Pancho and later rode with him. After the New Mexico incident, the Carothers name (in San Antonio and surrounding areas) was changed to Caruthers. George Carothers stuck with Pancho Villa after the US declared Pancho an outlaw/enemy of the US and this was the reason the relatives changed their last name's spelling.
I bet he had some interesting stories. People often forget how much history is intertwined and shared between the border states on both sides of the border.
@Vhladd Villa was the first foreign born terrorist to attack American civilians on American soil. He was a murdering terrorist.
In Mexico they sell TEE SHIRTS with the saying Emilio Zapata made famous "It is better to die standing up, than to live on your knees".
I have that shirt lol
Reminds me of "give me liberty or give me death"
ahh correct except for the "up"..and live is actually" die"
It actually says It’s better to die on your feet then to live on your knees
@@Platano_macho exactly 💯
Glad you’re talking about the Mexican Revolution, as a fellow Mexican I gotta say 1910-1920 Mexico was a mess, I live in the state where Zapata was born
My mom is from Mexico. When I visit my family there, they showed me a pic of a relative of mine standing with Pancho Villa
@@28ebdh3udnav I feel like every Mexican family has a picture like that lol. So does mine but with Zapata.
"I gotta say 1910-1920 Mexico was a mess" -- LOL.
Chiapas? Edit: nvm he was born in Morelos, I was just reading recently how Chiapas in a Zapatista stronghold and thought it was his hometown too.
@@rollastoney Yep, i agree. Every one of them has one like that
My great great grandfather was Eusebio Jauregui Nolasco. He was Zapata's right hand man and has a town named after him right next to Zapata's. My great great grandfather was the one who told Zapata to not go to the place they killed him since he knew it was a trap. Im the only grand grand child who has the name Eusebio as my second name. It feels really amazing to know where I came from. Everytime I tell this story no one believes me.
My great great Tio (Uncle) rode with Pancho Villa, he was well over 6' Tall. My Tia (Aunt) his wife, cooked for Poncho Villa and his men. Poncho Villa's favorite dish was my Tia's MOLE. To this day we still enjoy my great great Tia's Original MOLE recipe. My mom usually makes this dish for my Birthday. When my mom sends me to the backyard for a couple of Avocado leaves, (which are part of the ingredients) I know she going to make MOLE.
I like how this guys asserted dominance with those moustaches
The fancier their stache the more power they had.
@@ericktellez7632 As it should be :)
@@ericktellez7632 men now days shave their legs :( but not in Mexico ♥️
Same in Iraq. If you didn't have a Mario Brothers style thick moustache, no one took you seriously. So, when in Rome!!
Lol
Mexico from since inception has always been real life episodes of Game of Thrones. The climax was indeed the Mexican Revolution..
Guess Santa Anna would be Walder Frey?
What an eventful history Mexico has.
@@manuelpalmeira7278 history is great isn’t it
@@IshavedChewbacca Yes except there is no mary sue assassin to kill him.
@@IshavedChewbacca Huerta fits waaaaay better than santa anna as Walder Fray
As a decendant of native Texans I find the influence of the Mexican heroes across the south west amazing. My family fought for the independence of Texas but oddly had pictures and told stories of Pancho Villa.
What do u mean by native Texan ? 😂 R u Spanish Descendant Texan called Tejano or Anglo ( British descendant ) ?
Whatchu mean they fought for Texas independence🤨
Your family was Comache or Cherokee?
@@bobfaam5215 Neither Tejanos or Texians are “Native Texans”, are they?
@@wildfire9280 applying your logic , nobody is native to Texas or American either . The so called NATIVE AMERICANS who claim to be NATIVE to America are also not really native either . They immigrated to the American continent from Siberia in Asia around 1000s years ago .
This has to be one of the best history channels on KZhead, thanks for making such great content.
My grandfather, Jose Maria Osorio Samano was a messenger for General Juan Carrazco. They were ambushed by Obregons' forces in Guamuchilito Nayarit on Nov. 8th 1922. He and his uncle survived, he knew he would be tortured for information if captured. He fled to the U.S. and didn't return until 1933. He spoke little of the war. Today I think of what he went thru.
I visited the state capital of Nayarit. The poet Amado Nervo is from there. The main church still has puck marks from revolutionaries being placed in front and shot by firing squad.
my great grandfather fought alongside with the revolutionaries against the Mexican government
Alas, a protracted period of war, murder, hardship & sacrifice. Untold suffering & heorism in the face of tyranny. Viva Mexico!
How old are u? My father was born in 69' and his grand father in 30's.
@@tsuki586 My grandfather was born in 1906. My father in 1940.
You mention that Villa had only learned to read two years before taking Mexico City with Zapata. I was hoping you were going to mention my great grandfather Gildardo Magaña who was the one that taught Villa to read. He was the initial contact between Villa and Zapata as well, he served as his right hand man before being sent to connect with Villa. After Zapata was assassinated, my great grandfather was elected to lead the Zapatistas and did until the end of the conflict.
Dude that's so cool. You are indirectly tied to Mexican history forever.
I always came to the comment section to read this kind of comments, thanks for sharing,
Your lying buddy stop ok
@@Werko77 you’re just mad your entire bloodline has never affected the earths history
Pancho Villa is my relative, something about my great grandfather was his 1st or 2nd cousin. Anyways, relative thru Arango blood.
If you've read "Pedro Paramo" by Juan Rulfo then you perhaps now understand that masterpiece Pedro Paramo was one of those "hacienda" owners and all the ghosts in the book were the peasants that worked for that hacienda and died
I’m surprised there was no mention of Pascual Orozco in this video, considering he was another powerful General who held command over his own army known as “Los Orozquistas.” He directly opposed both Diaz and Madero and waged war alongside both Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, although I find him rarely mentioned in stories of the war.
I was surprised as well. My grandmas great grandfather fought under Pancho Villa and he told her many stories of the war. A lot of small players aren’t usually mentioned and I think it’s because there were just so many people involved in the revolution.
@@briithemua I didn’t want to mention it in my original comment just because I thought people would disregard it, but Pascual Orozco is one of my great ancestors. I’m not sure exactly how far back in terms of generations, but Orozco is my last name and everyone on my father’s side bears a strong resemblance to him. My grandfather looks just like him in pictures where they’re around the same age. That’s why I would like to see him get more recognition but as you said a lot of names get written off in the history books.
Morelos who is by far consider the most important general by many historians when it comes to the Mexican fight for independence but for some reason is no mention much. Hidalgo is given the majority of the credit even though there is a debate over Hidalgo’s actual existence.
Pascual Orozco also attempted to get Huerta back in power with the help of the Germans, but they were found out by American intelligence. Huerta (who had originally been in exile in Europe) only made it as far as El Paso before dying of natural causes, unable to fulfill his fantasy of re-establishing his control of Mexico.
my dad's great grandfather served in the Mexican Revolution. His name was Felipe Coronado Davila and he was a part of Pancho Villa's cavalry "Los Dorados". He was shot in a battle and he fell unconscious but was saved and taken in by a woman in a nearby village, who asked him to marry her daughter (to which he refused since he was married). He survived the war and lived to be a hundred years old.
My great great great grandfather was part of Los Dorados as well 🤯
Wow nice! maybe they knew each other?? :0
Los Dorados were legit man, best gunslingers in Northern Mexico.
@@cans597 yessir
@user-fx5yu Pancho Villa was the first foreign born terrorist to attack American civilians on American soil. Your great grandfather served with a terrorist.
The whole Mexican revolution was really badass, cowboys fighting with revolvers and weapons that have the Mexican flag on it. Oversimplified needs to make a video about this.
look in history book the military academy children oldest fifteen years old rather than be taken prisoner by U.S forces they wrapped themselves in mexico flags and jumpped to their deaths
@@miguelcastaneda7236 batalla de Chapultepec?
@@miguelcastaneda7236 Los niños heroes
@@miguelcastaneda7236 “they wrapped themselves” it was only one kid who wrapped himself in the flag. You believe all That story told by the winner?, bs, you need to read real history books, those so called heroes were a bunch drunk people, The oficial sport in that time and until now, drink, party and corruption, what military education they got at that time? A bunch of fools who entered the military academy thanks tho the connections of their parents, and for your information there was a bunch of fools who sold themselves in favor to the invaders
I found out my great grandfather fought in the revolution at age 17. He was able to carry riffles and land by the time he was 18. Sad that I never got to saw him as he died shortly after in the early 1990s. RIP Bisabuelito Rodrigo :(
What a story! There should be more movies about this time period and it’s people.
My grandfather was a mining engineer that lived in Mexico for over 40 years. He first moved there in 1922. I remember him taking us kids to the spot Pancho Villa was assassinated in Parral. He and my grandmother loved Mexico and even retired down there. I much appreciate Jesse and company creating this video. It is the most comprehensive account of these complicated and difficult times in Mexico's history.
Mike Duncan has covered the Mexican revolution in his podcast
Country of my family
I’m from Chihuahua, Mexico, thanks for bringing up this event that most people in the world just overlook. Fun fact: Pancho Villa’s real name was Doroteo Arango and he was born in Durango.
Pancho Villa is my 8th great uncle. We might be related.
Yes and villa & his troops were Rapists.
@@TheChicanagitana Yep, just like literally every irregual army ever. Nothing personal.
My grandma has a ranch there but never been there
And I hear he became a 'bandit' after being forced into hiding. Hiding for murdering a high-class man who raped his sister.
So many cool mustaches. Too bad my dad didn’t pass me those cool mustache genes.
Shave bro… and keep shaving that peach fuzz and it will grow .
I am reminded of a scene from "The Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones" (Mexico, March 1916): Old Mexican Farmer: It is always the same…In a revolution, it is the people who suffer. Indiana Jones: But it is you we are fighting for… General Villa says… Old Mexican Farmer: General Villa? Listen years ago, I rode with Juarez against Emperor Maximillian. I lost many chickens…but I thought it was worth it. When Porfirio became President, I supported him, but he stole my chickens. Then came Huerta and he stole my chickens. Then it was Carranza’s term and he took my chickens too… Now Pancho Villa has come to liberate me, and the first thing he does is to steal my chickens! Indiana Jones: But an army needs food. He wants to help you! Old Mexican Farmer: Help me? Help me? So did Carranza and all the others. What makes one different from the other? My chickens do not know. All over the world revolutions come and go. Presidents rise and fall. They all steal your chickens. The only thing to change is the name of the man who takes them…
it's the truth about politics
That is why communism is the great frontier. No one has attempted it. No money, no taxes, and no more masters. You are your own master and the community works for each other. Trade based on Labor not on capital.
@@josuem7398 Even if I agrue against you I know you will say “No one has truly tried REAL communism” and I bet you with all the money I own to the last penny. Communism is bullshit and mexicans hate communism as much as the next guy during that time. All we wanted was land reform. Communism never worked and never will. I will believe socialism COULD work but definitely not communism.
@@BlameTheShuffler The US military is socialist. Do some research no one in the history of man kind has transitioned to communism. USSR and China were and are State Capitalist. Capitalism would have died in the 30's if it wasn't for FDR convincing the elite that it was temporary socialism or permanent communism.
@@josuem7398 what about North Korea? They are a communist state? Or what about vietnam? In vietnam they realized that communism didn’t work and implemented a capitalist and communist society. They were a absolute mess in the beginning until they introduced capitalism. Communism never works and will never work. It’s great on paper but to actually believe human beings won’t get greedy is pure naivety. Humans aren’t made for a communist society and if you don’t believe me look back since the beginning of written history. There will always be people hungry for power.
5:17 Zapata & the Ayala Plan (1912) 6:41 Madero Falls/Ten Tragic Days (1913) 8:09 Opposition to Huerta/Carranza and Constitutionalist (1913) 8:33 Opposition to Huerta/ United States & Tampico Incident (1914) 9:21 Huerta Disposed/ Carranza in Power (1914) 9:43 Rewind to Pancho Villa's Rise (1911-14) 11:07 Villa and Zapata Unite Against Carranza (1914-15) 12:06 Villa and Zapata take Mexico City/ Conventionist (1914) 14:25 Civil War: Constitutionalist vs Conventionist (1915) 15:24 Carranza Retakes Mexico City/ Villa's Defeat at Celaya (1915) 17:41 U.S. Intervention/Villa's Fallout with U.S. (1915) 19:21 Villa Raids Columbus/ Pershing's Punitive Expedition/ Zimmerman Telegraph (1916-17) 22:45 Mexican Constitution of 1917/ Opposition 23:45 Carranza as President/ Zapats Murdered (1917-19) 25:20 Carranza Murdered/ Obregon Takes Power (1919-20)
In 1919ish, outside Nuevo León, Mexico, Poncho Villa and several other men took came to my Great Grandfather’s house, looking for him. My Great Grandfather came from a well off, long standing Spanish family. I’m assuming it was most likely to kill or recruit him. Thankfully my GG was up in the hills hunting and from a high point saw that Pancho was at his house, and stayed away. Pancho and his men stayed waiting for my GG for 3 day. My Grandmother was only 3 or 4, but her older sister told us this story. She said he was very kind and would give her a peso for every one of his cigarettes in while she rolled. Thankfully they left and my GG was fine.
My moms uncles great grandpa is Venustiano Carranza the 44th president of Mexico. We have some great history in our familie lineage, I ended up an average "unskilled" laborer currently in my 20s working docks driving forklifts in the USA. How ironic
Great video. I tell people that the Mexican Revolution makes Games of Thrones look like a pillow fight.
😂 pillo fight 🤣🤣
Oh, and the rivers of REAL blood, not "special effects."
Definitely playin' chess, not checkers
Actually. The whole Mexican history, because it’s very violent
@@apachedr34 never at peace, Mexico never rests
An interesting fact: On the battlefield, Villa's artillery nearly killed Obregon. He lost an arm during the explosion and tried to killed himself after the attack, but his gun malfunctioned. I am (proudly) from Zapata's home state, and had heard many urban legends about him, like his escape to the middle east, and also stories from his former troops and older people from our town.
Escape to the middle east? I've never heard about that
I read about this , he left when the movement started changing .changing in ways where the people only care about money and other luxury thing’s..I wasn’t about the people anymore and that’s when Emiliano believe the fight was over and left and ended up in Germany
It wasn’t *
@@coldmexican288 Yeah theres alooot of legends about Zapata, and one is that he ended up in arabia. In my head canon he teaches Laurence about mounted guerrilla warfare. Dont care if the dates doesnt match up. Its funny to think. Theres of course absolutly no proff about it but yeah.
My father is kind of obsessed with Emiliano lol
Excellent summary and overview of the Mexican Revolution. Presentation is professional and video is high-quality and well-edited. I have always wanted to learn more about this topic.
French revolution: "We're the people's revolution! Russian revolution: "No, we are!" Mexican revolution: "Hold my sombrero".
"Con mi 30-30 me voy a marchar..."
@Brunoganstercx25 “Si mi sangre piden, mi sangre les doy...”
POR LOS HABITANTES DE NUESTRA NACION 🔊🔊🔊🔊🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣👌
ya nos vamos a chihuahuaaa...
@@Dmichoacan YA SE VA TU NEGRO SANTO SI ME MATA ALGUNA BALA VE A LLORARME AL CAMPOSANTO 🗣🗣🗣🔊🔊🔊🔊🗣🗣
@@Alabamafishing251 *habitantes
The Peasants rebelled, and the powerful use them. History repeats itself.
History always repeats. Every great empire will fall. The human condition and instinct must destroy and rebuild to advance.
@Zaitochi everything you said is true Mexico still has stronghold with Germany
Crazy, people might end up forming a revolution to take out the cartels.
Bro recently I been talking about this, their trying to take our weapons here in the US, and I always have to remind them about the MX revolution, after 1920 MX becomes the most corrupt and hostile, citizen can't protect them self , only cartelsl and Gov officials, can carry
Hasn't changed
outstanding presentation my friend! thank you for the clarity
Thank you for making this. History can be terrifying, but it must be told.
Don’t forget about the Christero war of 1920 my ancestors fought in that conflict as well it was a sad time to be alive my grandma and wife’s grandpa remember the Mexican soldiers raping young girls and women and they also remember the soldiers stacking bodies and burning them my grandma remember hiding in a cave in a mountain between Michoacán and Colima my great grandma was armed with an old Mauser rifle .they ran into the cave to hide only to find orphan children along the way she took them in and hid those children I have so much stories that my grandmother and dad told me I lost my grandma 2 years ago and I lost my dad 4 months ago I was the only one they ever talked to about the war.
You should write all of these stories and put them in a blog online!
@@Smoug I’ve thought about I would like to write a book about it
@@Platano_macho those stories need to be told. Many people forget the rough times many of our ancestors lived through during that period after breaking free from the Spanish
@@coldmexican288 I’m hoping to someday do a KZhead video soon
3:49 you accidentally labeled a picture of Madero as "Porfirio Diaz"... 17:09 Thats not pancho villa
Those could be serius errors. Someone in their patreon should point these to them.
Gracias Teddy
I came looking to see if anyone else noticed that lmao
I think that's Álvaro Obregon
The video also shows Zapata's army when referencing Villas Army. They were very different in appearance in both features and apparel.
My great grandfather fought under Villa's Northern Division, he was an officer, unfortunately he wasn’t that lucky and was betrayed and killed by one of his man.
My Grandfather was a US Marine that followed Pershing in pursuit of Poncho Villa. We have old photo's of heavily armed Bandito's walking atop a train. We didn't hear of any stories, but the photo's are amazing.
Where are you from?? I’m from El Paso 😜
Just some advice for those going to Mexico, if you want to avoid tourist traps but see some nice history Zapata's home state of Morelos is beautiful. Its loaded with history, and you can see the birthplace of modern Mexican agrarian radicalism
Where you from?
Since the first Red Dead Redemption game came out i have been very fascinated with the cowboy western world
Imagine Now bro It’s a modern Wild West In Mexico as we speak ! There’s more Mafia Cartels than ever before ...It’s crazy
The Cowboys turn into Cartels 💰🛩
My uncle's grandpa fought alongside villa. His family still carries the photograph of him with his comrades.
26:52 the man directly on Pancho's right side is my great great grandfather (my grandmother's grandfather) M. Ochoa
Thank you for covering this. I have never heard of the Mexican revolution being so clearly outlined before.
For anyone wondering, Obregóns assassination came in the middle of an internal clash between the government and Catholic rebels who were against the policies of his successor, a conflict known as the Cristero War (it ended in 1929). He was succeeded in the presidency by Plutarco Elías Calles, who, saying that Mexico needed to transition from the era of warlords to the era of institutions, laid the foundations for a party dictatorship under what would become the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Calles was president in 1924-1928 and then controlled the next few presidents that came after him, but he lost a power struggle with president Lázaro Cárdenas (a former Revolutionary general himself) in the mid 1930s and left the country. The PRI party dictatorship would persist until the year 2000. Mexico joined the Allies in World War II, declaring war on Germany and Japan in 1942... but I suppose our old pal Indy will have something to say about that in the coming year, over on the World War Two channel he's on nowadays. Thanks to the team for covering this! I've been supporting the show since the 1915 episodes, but didn't expect to see this covered in depth so it's a very pleasant surprise. My great grandfather actually fought with Obregón and moved from the south to Mexico City as a direct consequence of the war, so it ties very closely into my family history.
He wasn't succeeded to the presidency by Plutarco Elías Calles, at least not officially. It was Emilio Portes Gil who became president, although Calles remained the most powerful man in Mexico, and the power behind the throne
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My grandmothers family came to the U.S. when she was 8. She told us coming up through Texas from Chihuahua and the leader Pancho Villa made sure all on the train came here safely. Her father talked to him and she & her siblings were in aww. Hes a hero to my family!! Gangster!! And Zapata.
My great great uncle was a prestigious brigadier General, Gen. Rafael "Granito de Oro" Buelna Tenorio , who fault along side Pancho villa and Emiliano Zepata. He captured Lazaro Cardenas and later spared his life and released him. after Cardenas was elected president of Mexico, he had Buelnas body paraded from Mocorito, Sinaloa to Mexico DF as a sign of honor to him. There's a biopic about him called Ciudadano Buelna (Citizen Buelna)
Thanks for doing this, I know I may be based, but I do consider this moment as one of the most important of Mexico's history in the world, but is sadly overshadowed by WW1 and the Russian Revolution
The russian revolution was inspired by the mexican revolution
@@mawlinzebra our brothers in labour and fellow proletarians, unfortunately Mexico didn't follow Zapata's ideals on class consiousness
To be very honest tho you can't compare ww1 or the russian revolution the the mexican revolution. Both of these were a lot more brutal and also had bigger effect on the world.
@Sticky Glizzy basically everyone killed each other until the only one left was him
@@direct2397 brutal nah the Mexican revolution was one of the most deadly for the times 1 or 2 million deaths with a population of 18 million
Brilliant overview. My grand father was part of the expeditionary force down in Mexico. He survived that but barely survived world war 1 having been gassed. Alas, he didn’t live long afterwards and I never met him. My other grandfather survived world war 1 by virtue of him contracting the Spanish flu, which kept him in North America and out of the trenches.
My Grandma's grandfather met Pancho Villa at his shop, he purchased a sofa.
This would be the greatest most epic western tv show.
Thank you for covering the Mexican Revolution. Much appreciated.
The haciendas, or "latifundios" were huge -- and I mean HUGE, think 10,000 hectares or more -- extensions of land in the hands of very few people. In fact, a single latifundio, the one owned by the Sanchez-Navarro family in the State of Coahuila, was 6,700,000 hectares (16,500,000 acres) in size, although it was no longer in existence by the time of the Revolution. But about 39 million hectares (about 1/5 of the surface area of all of Mexico) were owned by just 17 people, and a single owner whose name I don't recall at the moment, had a latifundio of more than 12 million hectares. It was INSANE. No wonder there was a revolution...
Bro, it is worse now. only thing is not land and people, is technology, media, land, minerals, etc
@@matiasdonatti3746 Have you been to every Mexican state lately? Or you just eat up whatever the mainstream media feeds you?
My great-grandfather Rosario Ramirez fought alongside Pancho Villa and eventually fled into the US. I don’t know as much of this history as I should, so thank you for covering it so thoroughly!
My grandpa also fought along with Pancho
When I was doing ancestry research, I was surprised to find out my great grandfather was killed during the revolution so I'm here to learn more. Too bad I never got to ask my grandmother about it.
Great video, I would like more videos about this. In Argentina's Universities we study Mexican Revolution but I think we just grasp the whole picture. It is so complex...
Y porque Estudian la historia Mexicana, y no la de su pais?
@@christianaraujo8873 Dependiendo de la Universidad y la carrera, se estudia el proceso revolucionario mexicano dentro de la historia política de Latinoamérica. Eso es aparte de la historia de la República Argentina. Son acontecimientos importantes dentro de la historia de nuestro continente, y como americanos que nos une un pasado y cultura común, es necesario conocer los hechos. ¡Un saludo!
@@cristianciarlo1571 RESPECT EARNED *passed mission music plays*
Southern Mexico was dealing with rich people stealing land from peasants and slave treatment towards indigenous people which were the majority in that region northern Mexico was industrialized most of the mines oil fields were owned by Americans they had poor working conditions and paid low wages while American were paid alot more there were strikes American troops came down and killed Mexicans
It similar to Cuba the only difference is it wasn't communism and took couple as assassinations and administrations
Venustiano Carranza had a mighty beard. And Pacho villa and Zapata had some mighty mustaches
I’ll be honest. I have always disliked my last name because of how others who aren’t native Spanish speakers would pronounce/butcher it. Hearing that the Ayala plan was part of my people’s revolution brings me a lot of pride in my name now! My great grandfather also helped in the revolution as well in the northern states of Mexico! Thanks for this video! It means a lot to me!
In every Bandido there's an hero ready to come out.
My Great Uncle fought for the Mexican revolution. General Roberto Cejudo.He also fought against American soldiers.He was a scout and Ended up being a general.He fought against Maderistas.He died in 1959.He was friends with Villa and Zapata.He had 55 men under his command.
Thanks for this, I’m Mexican and this part of our history is so interesting, It will be great if you could do a documentary on Cristeros, which happended 6 years after the Revolution.
We’ll have to wait until 2026 to see.
I always thought that it started on 1927
The christeros war was after the 1920s. It was the federal govt of mexico movement to stop catholic influence in the society of mexico and religious influence to the governmemt. Calles was the president who was trying to radicate the church influencing to governmemt. Something like what the French revolution did against the Catholic church during the terror of france.
VIVA CRISTO REY!!
My great grandpa was the governor of Colima at that time and was killed for not obeying the government. My Family is proud of having someone who didn’t back down.
Finally a history video my wife will enjoy, being a Mexican. She is from Celaya... site of Villa’s defeat
@Jonathan Smith Just her!
During the revolution my great grandma was sent to the US. She worked in orange county California, in the orchards. She moved to Texas, married a boy from her town who had followed her, moved back to California. She opened a restaurant and made linchws for mexican help brought in during the Brazero program.
Well made short documentary. A lot of information in less than 30 minutes. First time viewer and now a subscriber 🙌
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Maybe if they were a Christian Catholic band xD
So you're apart of THE MACHINE. Like a puppet or even lower a Rogan follower? Thanks for the warning!
The sad thing is they are raging for the machine now
Huh?
Did you all know that famous actor Roscoe Arbuckle got an encounter with Pancho Villa when he was in El Paso? It's an hilarious one with that : "On their day off, Roscoe, looking for a Keno game (a lotto game using a deck of cards), took the company to the banks of the Rio Grande. In the midst of their picnic, they noticed a troop of Mexican soldiers glaring at them from the other side, their mood anything but festive. With their dirt-soiled uniforms and unshaven faces, they looked as if they had not had a decent meal in weeks. Several of the soldiers raised their guns at the group of well-fed gringos. Roscoe was not afraid of any display of guns, and in his usual playful mood, he tossed several apples at the soldiers, causing them to stumble and drop their guns. Roscoe quickly followed the apples with sandwiches, causing the starving soldiers to come closer to the river. By now everyone in the company was throwing offerings to the soldiers. When the food was caught, the Arbuckle picnic party yelled "Olé!" Suddenly, in the spontaneous camaraderie, the voice of the leader of the Mexican army was heard. The soldiers dropped their food and stood at attention as their leader rode up to them. Except for the sound of mosquitoes and the flow of the river, the air was tense with silence. The Mexican leader dismounted and looked across the river as Roscoe, identifying himself, quickly tossed a pie at him. Catching the pie and balancing it on his fingers, the leader tossed the same pie back across the river. The Mexican leader announced himself : Pancho Villa. The name meant nothing to Roscoe. He was pleased that someone knew how to catch a pie so well. Villa understood that Roscoe's group was made up of harmless entertainers. Both companies sat on opposite sides of the river, singing songs and sharing food, until the sheriff from El Paso arrived with a few of his deputies. The Mexicans and Villa suddenly scattered. Arbuckle paid it no mind. It made no difference that there was a reward for the capture of Pancho Villa. To Arbuckle, this outlaw was just someone who could catch pies as deftly as he could throw them back. He could have had a decent career in vaudeville as an opening act." -Stuart Oderman, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: A Biography of the Silent Film Comedian, 1887-1933 , p. 26
Another fun fact, Pancho Villa was one of the first actors ever, he had an american film company follow him around Mexico, there were times where he would even redo everything he was doing so the film could get a better take lol
Mexico has some of the most fascinating history in the Americas. especially its ancient cultures, too bad not much is known about them..
yes this one of the many coup by USA, they took our land half of Mexico !
My great-grandfather worked as a mercenary for Pancho Villa and brought a whole album of photos home after the war.
Aver!!!!!
And mine lied about his age to fight against Villa
@@jonathanwilliams1065 You should share that photos here to know about mexican revolution from protagonist. Thank you
@@jonathanwilliams1065 in the American excursion to capture Villa?
@@coldmexican288 yep After he raided Columbus
This is such an important episode. I've been watching since 2015 and am still amazed at the way this channel is able to present such huge topics in such an understandable way. It would be really nice to see the quotes in the original Spanish alongside the English translation. A lot of the people watching this (like me) are probably able to read Spanish and would like to be able to see the original quotes from these historical figures.
- Pobre México, tan lejos del cielo, tan cerca de los Estados Unidos. - Porfirio Diaz Mori. These are some from Emiliano Zapata: - Yo estoy resuelto a luchar contra todo y contra todos sin más baluarte que la confianza y el apoyo de mi pueblo. - La ignorancia y el oscurantismo en todos los tiempos no han producido más que rebaños de esclavos para la tiranía. - Si quieres ser ave, vuela, si quieres ser gusano, arrástrate, pero no grites cuando te aplasten. - Perdono al que roba y al que mata, pero al que traiciona, nunca.
@@lizandrodavid That's fantastic! Could you make a new comment with these quotes (and any others)? Then we can give it enough thumbs up to keep it near the top and maybe TGW will pin it.
Quick goof at 3:45 : The text for Díaz repeated instead of showing one for Madero. Otherwise incredible and told infinitely better than our own education secretariat in Mexico. Bravo!
Great content and video! I really appreciated the sources, images, and clarity with which the history of the Mexican Revolution is transmitted. As constructive criticism, I think there should have been more comments on the role of Soldaderas/Adelitas. It was not only historical to have women with such an active role in the war at the time but also because it is often made invisible. Thank you for the great content!
My Great Grandpa fought in the revolution as a captain for Pancho Villas army and thou there aren’t much stories about him self there’s pictures and I love learning more about the revolution itself.
Saludos A Un Hermano Villista De Otro Villista.
Cool. Do tell more.
So did my great-grandfather! He was a mercenary from the US and brought a whole album of pictures home with him from the war.
My mom told me stories about her great grandfather who was a soldier during the revolution. She said he was the coldest person she’s ever met to this day and that he would never talk to anybody unless it was to scold them. My moms great grandmother was a peasant woman that her great grandfather took from a village
We have the same story in my moms family : our Great Grandfather rode in the Revolution and killed people and was also a cattle thief . Don’t think his wife was stolen though .
My great grandma told me something similar! How my great grandma rode into town and was a drunk but took her a wife .. he died early from alcoholism
My great grandparents as well my great grandpa was more level headed it was my great grandma who had ptds or something she was hella cold and mean my mom said she would beat on my great grandpa and my grandma and all her grandkids including my mom was was one of the youngest
"Stealing" or "taking" a woman was a term used in Mexico for when a couple ran off together/eloped. It's phrased this way so that the "bride's" family could save face within their town from the dishonor of having their daughter goin' off to live with her boyfriend *without* being married by the Catholic church since society was so conservative. Mostly this was done when parents didn't approve of the beau and wouldn't give their blessing; or if they were too poor to have a religious ceremony since IIRC the church was known to charge people to marry back then. Sometimes the "stolen" couple lived in the same town and visited the parental home regularly, even daily. It ended up becoming a figure of speed and it's been a while since I've heard it (my late grandma used to say it sometimes, eg: "did you hear Rosario's daughter got stolen by her boyfriend?" Lol).
@@panchopistola8298 Pancho Villa! 😂😅😂
If a Mexican Revolution show in a "Yellowstone" and or "1883" style that would be awesome! Taylor Sheridan with Guillermo Del Toro
There was a mexican TV Series called The Enchant of the Eagle about the Revolution. I wonder if it is available in USA
My grandma lived on the block where they assassinated Pancho Villa. They even have a museum on that block! Parral, Chihuahua
I hope you cover the Cristeros War.
¡Viva Christo Rey!
I hope so, that war needs more recognition
but that 1925 and there doing year by year 100 years ago, hope they do it but they plan was only till 1923 sow thats till 2023
Viva Cristo Rey!
I hope the whole Maximato thing gets covered
The oldest sister of my grandfather was taken by Pancho Villa's gang. She was never seen again.
Well many accounts have Villa and his riders as ruthless killers but some disagree?
@@eddiemunster4094 No one disagrees. All the revolution was a clusterfuck. It was pretty common, sadly.
@@eddiemunster4094 how would one disagree with the statement that Pancho was a ruthless killer? The evidence is omnipresent.
My family lived north of the city of Toluca, next to Mexico City. My grandma would tell us stories about how her mother and sisters would hide under the boards of the house when revolutionaries would arrive in town, as they were known to take girls and sometimes even rape and kill young ladies. After they left the town, one of her uncles stayed back to look after the bakery they owned. He was shot dead not soon after. The revolution left many positive things, but we need to be careful in glorifying it, it was a tumultuous time with many uneducated soldiers who reeked havoc in the civilian population. The greatest inheritance the revolution left was the constitution that allowed Mexico to step into the 20th century. Many former generals, seeing the importance of education as they commanded many uneducated men, later created great public institutions and systems that later turned into the public education system, the free textbook system, and more. Even though now those institutions have fallen in decline, left unattended and not modernized, we must remember the lessons from this war and the severe consequences the lack of education and social institutions can have. But I see a bright future for my country, slowly but surely, we can get there. Viva México 🇲🇽
a fun fact regarding Mexican history. Ranchera music which is famously known for its mariachis, simultaneously developed alongside the Mexican revolution. Ranchera songs, especially the older ones were about patriotism, nationalism and life in the ranch. The campesinos would pass time by singing and drinking, developing a unique style in music that is now a very proud sense of identity for us Mexicans.
Well the zapatism was a movement to get back the lands that were took by the landlords helped by the Díaz Goverment, the Morelos peasents represented by Zapata had the land titles, they were the legal owners since the Spanish Empire times but Díaz Goverment ignored those titles.
@Velsen Fest their titles still exist besides their have been living in Morelos for centuries, before the spanish conquest. Home is every thing
How did the landlords get the land?
@@jonathanwilliams1065 the Porfirio Díaz goverment diswon the old Title deeds and some laws from the reform period diswon the comunal forms of propirty so the lands were given to landlords. In Morelos the haciendas of sugar expanded inside the towns. So many people were stripped of their farms and ranchs and ended as workers
@@sensou2003 so they didn’t buy the land?
@@jonathanwilliams1065 no, the goverment gave to them
I talk to my grandpa today he is 92 years old he said his mom told him stories about what happen during the time is sad that nothing has change however I want to remember those stories and knew that my great grandfather and mother were part of it
The Spanish state of mind does not permit a complete revolution. They seem to stop and make the compromises which just guarantees that the other side can regroup and start the entire affair over again. They seem not to understand that All vestiges of the wealthy class had to be exterminated in order to have a true socialist revolution. Mexicans are paying the price of that error today as their citizens are wage slaves of a small group of wealthy families.
@@johngreen3543 the euro/French Mexican families
@@weekendtrailerparksupervis3216 Yes, and I suspect in particular the old Spanish landowner class that go back to the days when Mexico was under Spanish rule. When large haciendas were given to loyal Spanish residents related to the King and royal family.
I very much appreciate the history lesson as you present it and find it fascinating that Mexico and it's people are so prone to rebellions. I myself am a 3rd generation American of Latino descent and find it an INSULT to be called and identified as a Mexican, as i do not exactly know or understand what my ancestry is on my fathers side. I'm speaking solely of MYSELF!!!!! But I am proud of having a fruitful heritage found in Mexican culture. Thank you so very much and look forward to your other works in progress.
Very well presented, thanks for this video.
Minute 3:52, the picture caption reads Porfirio Díaz, but is Francisco Madero
I was wondering. Not really sure why, but I always thought Diaz was pudgy if not fat so I was surprised to see such a thin dude.
In a "last man standing" conflict like the Mexican Revolution, it's hard to keep everybody straight.
My great grandfather fought in the revolution at age 13, pretty wild specially if you consider he came from a wealthy family and just fought in the revolution beacuse he ran away from home. This video explains the mexican revolution better than school, congratulations.
Most entertaining AND INFORMATIVE!
Love your historical documentary about Mexico's revolution, you have explained it very well.
The history of what led to that point in time is so incredibly interesting and tragic. People just fighting for their basic rights get stomped on by corrupt and interfering governments.
And remember. The dictator also fought for the basic liberties agains corrupt politicians. Who themselves fought the previous tyranical government. Who them...