History of ITALY According to Countryballs... (Animation) 

Drew is my biggest fan! Greetings from Bulgaria!

Italy’s history is really interesting and I love how the video crams it’s whole history into it

DAY 16 of asking drew to put laser kiwi new zealand flag in the backround🇳🇿

The best part is when Brazil appears, he put a smoking snake on the Brazil ball, and I love it because "there is a better chance to see a snake smoking than Brazil fighting" And because of that the 25k~ troops in Italy were nicknamed "The Smoking Snakes" due to that

Quick correction: the purple spanish flag was the one of the republucan government, wich, until the Civil War, was not aligned with the communists. A big part of the spanish military sided with the fascists, wich led to the Republic to ask for foreign help. The League of Nations pretty much told them they were on their own, even if eventually France and GB did let people to enlist as conscripts (wich was pretty lame, considering what the Republic badly needed was military equipment, rather than conscripts without it). France also gave them a bunch of stuff, but the biggest support the 2nd Republic found to survive was the Soviet Union. That said, it was comparatively smaller than the support Germany, Italy, and to some extent even GB, gave to Franco (the british sold him fuel for the ships that had to bring his moroccan Legion into Spain, and refused to blockade his ships, thus allowing the invasion to happen). Up until the war, the communists had little power in the country, with both liberals and anarchists being the main left-wing political forces in the country.

I didn't know Italy's modern history was this interesting.

As an Italian i can confirm this is a true pizza pasta moment🗿

italian cold war history is really cool and unknowed, the whole "years of lead" stuff is pretty sick

As a German I hope, after we all watched this, the time of the untrue "Italy changed sides" memes is finally over. Now you've seen it all, I guess!

I Love Italy History, Love Italy 🇮🇹 From Malaysia 🇲🇾❤️🇮🇹

History of Italy from 1848 to 1918 is incredibly interesting. Girst the unification with great personalities like Mazzini, Cavour, Garbaldi and the only good king Italy has ever had Vittorio Emanuele II, but also pope Pius IX, then the struggles of a new nation, the good government of Depretis, the anti-liberal attempts of Crispi and his hencemen. Still Italy chooses the liberal views of Giolitti, begins a true industrialization and leaves Austria and Germany to join the democracies side. Friendships with France, Russia and UK, alliances with Germany and Austria. But there is also the awakening of the catholic and socialist worlds, which'll be the leading political movements after WWII. What people don't understand is that Italy was very respected among the european countries in the early 1900s. It was a really interesting country with way more political and cultural movements then the other nations. New and still very old, poor but growing, divided but with a strong and energic government (especially Giolitti and Depretis), catholic, socialist, authoritarian, but still liberal and democratic in the end. WWI for us is the first time the country feels united, especially after Caporetto. Then the victory is clear, but just months after Vittorio Veneto, it is sure that the liberal state will collapse.

Those at 14:36 are Italian partisans fighting against "No-No Germany" and getting executed for that.

2:57 the "crazy mustache" is the famous Giuseppe Garibaldi

“The pope gets a city, he’s fine” -Drew 2023

As an Italian, i can confirm that pineapple doesn't go on pizza🍕

Fun fact they actually sliced Benito's head from rest of his body and put on sign of village he was born

Fun fact many Italian supporters of bald Italian guy after his death ran to Portugal as Portugal had a dictator that supported Austrian man and Churchill both

The 12 battles of the Isonzo were just insanity

For those that don’t know the German ball with the hat during the liberation of Mussolini was Otto Skorzeny

Hey Drew, just wanted you to know we love your effort :) Posting daily when being kidnapped is difficult

This is a very good countryballs animation. Hi Drew from Italy

Napoleon was of average height (British lies) That war you could not name was called the Crimean War.

Me celebrating my Italian side of my family’s home town of Anzio being on the map! Me realising it was one of the most war torn places Italy in WW2…

"I tried to explain all these things" Battle of Vittorio Veneto reproduced "look at the lightsaber duel"

Being Italian gives you the best cultural heritage of any race, I'm saying it. Our ancestors invented most modern societal things and formed the first great empire.

The battles at 6:30 are the 12 battles of Isonzo

Glad that it talked about the 2nd Roman Republic, most people gloss over that.

OMG! I Found your channel became a huge fan a couple of years ago in quarantine times. Got busy and totally forgot this channel until today this video popped up! Still going strong ❤️

Can't believe the years of Lead weren't included.

6:52 oof that was one of the worse defeat for italy (disfatta di caporetto)

5:45 How you can tell Drew doesn't know Indy Neidell without him saying he doesn't know Indy Neidell

if you are interested in post-war Italian history you must study "the years of lead"

The war between, Frances Britan, ottoman and Russia is called the Crimean war :) and that “Polish Lithuanian ball” is Tuscany

I like how he's advertising to subscribe to Bulgarian Countryball but isn't even subbed to him 0:05 lmaooo

Great video, but as a non-Italian I was at least hoping that it would feature Mani Pulite and Tangentopoli, so the lack of that was disappointing

0:30 Drew, what does it mean? Mussolini invented the Fascism XD

2:30 yeah, in exchange for Lombardia and I think Emilia Romagna, they got Savoia the birthplace of Vittorio Emanuele’s dynasty ( also GLORIOUS EXPEDITION BY GARIBALDI ALL HAIL VITTORIO EMANUELE FIRST KING OF ITALY ITALIAN EMPIRE GO 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Let's not forget that Italy also invented pizza and spaghetti!

Did you know Italy fought 11 battles along the isonzo river because the head of the Italian army at the time Luigi cadorna was just that terrible.

I began to watch your video on minute 1. I really enjoy watching them.

Drew: "to any Australian speakers can you read the cause it's upside down?" Me: Treaty of Saint Germain 10 September 1919 end of the war for the successor states of Austria-Hungary :)

I went to Italy It was fun you should go there

Calling Austria-Hungary "Austrio-Hungaria" is like calling Canada "Canadia"

He said, this was after the roman empire fell, um no actually that happened way before Italy became a thing

When the British French and ottoman forces were fighting against the Russians that was the Crimean war

Ur videos r very educational and also fun

Sono italiano e mi piacciono tanto i video che fai e adoro la storia

Drew's background music will never get old

Italy during cold war? I just say "lead years"

Mussolini in 1945: I’m panicking Me: yo chill out bro the solution is a soda and a great drink

I swear Italy switches sides in every war like dude just make up ur mind 💀💀💀

Drew does know that Mussolini invented fascism right? That's why he was the first fascist on the continent...

judging by the commentary you can tell drew gets his ww2 knowledge from r/historymemes

Benito was actually beat up

"Benito came to power way before fascism was popular in Europe" I mean, he did create fascism himself

the holy pizza empire is back at it

I put together this list, sorry if grammar is a bit off. S-P = Sardinia-Piedmont NGermany - Nono Germany Napoleonic wars end Sardinia-Piedmont forms (Other kingdoms: Parma, Modena, Tuscany, Pope, Two Sicilies) S-P has war with Austria S-P helps in Crimean war Rebellion in papal states Pope ousted French come, and reinstate the pope French defend the pope France and S-P ally, Austria invade S-P France helps S-P S-P gains land Parma, Modena, Tuscany, Northern Papal states, unite, then join S-P S-P invades Two Sicilies to little resistance, taking eastern papal states with them. Kingdom of Italy is formed, capital is moved from Turin to Florence They want parts of Austria, and Lazio (Papal States) Italy and Prussia sign alliance against Austria Austro-Prussian War, Italy gains Veneto, Prussia is unifying Germany Franco-Prussian War, Papal guard leave, Italy annexes Papal States Capital is moved from Florence to Rome Berlin Conference Italy gets Eritrea, and Somalia They go to war with Ethiopia, and lose Triple Alliance, Austria-Hungary, German Empire, Italy (1882) Italy invades Ottoman Tripolitania, and Dodecanese Islands (the ones near Rhodes) WW1 heating up, Italy doesn't join Central powers They join the Entente, when promised many lands in Austria-Hungary Italy switching sides Italy gains on some fronts, minor changes Russia falls out of the war, German troops on the front, Italy loses control of areas east of Veneto Italy turns the tables after German troops leave, occupying Trento, Gorizia, and Trieste, and getting all their stuff back WW1 ends, Italy gets Istria, west Slovenia, and South Tyrol, plus some ports. But not as much as promised. Italy gains part of Türkiye. But abandons it after Türkiye came back with a vengeance. Economy goes to crap in Italy badabing badaboom Benito welcome to Italy Fascism takes control of Italy, Benito wants to make the new Roman Empire Italy, takes control of Fiume Italy is granted Eastern Kenya Italy invades Ethiopia, but they never surrender Italy and Nono Germany aid Franco in taking over Spain, Italy occupies Balearic Islands Italy, NGermany, and Japan, sign the anti-Comintern pact, or pact of steel, or tripartite pact. Italy invades Albania NG invades France, Italy gains some border lands Italy invades British Somaliland Italy tries to invade Egypt, but doesn't get very far Italy tries invading Greece and got whooped, but Germany came and took them, after invading Yugoslavia (Poland, Austria, Czechia, Benelux. Denmark, Norway already invaded, Slovakia puppeted, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, join Axis) Croatia happened, Italy took some Yugoslavian lands Operation Barbarossa, Italy plays a role, doing their very rare, ADEQUATELY FIGHTING Australia and Britain push back and take parts of Northeastern Libya Big bro Germany had to help out, then it was a game of pong, Axis gain land. Allies gain land (repeat) Tobruk holds out for a while, Battle of El Alamein *ding* MUHRICA, and the crew take control of Africa Vichy France dissolved Churchill roasts Italy, I mean Europe's Soft Underbelly British suggest taking Sicily and moving up Americans suggest invading Normandy Allies take control of Sicily, Benito deposed Armistice signed Italians join the Allies, Germany invades the north, CLN and others fight to take northern Italy back Allies take control of South Italy Allies take control of boot, as CLN and others try to free the north Many nations, fight to take back Italy, even Brazil Italy is under allies, Benito is assassinated VE Day, Europe is rid of Fascism, Italians vote for monarchy or republic Republic won. King of Italy exiled. Italy loses Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece, and France take lands. Italy loses their colonies too, except Somalia, which they and the UN jointly occupy Marshall Plan, Italy gains some monies build build build, NATO is formed, Italy and many others join Italy is one of the founding members of the European Coal and Steel Community Italian Economic miracle, Italy holds bombs, Cuban Missile Crisis, no more bombs in Italy Italy and Yugoslavia split Trieste Italy adopts the Euro, from the now EU Italy wins 4 world cups, in '34, '38, '82, '06 but didn't qualify in 2022 Italy has good economy, Meloni is president as of 2024.

i will talk about the mistakes that drew made during the commentary (which are very common) 1:04 I saw that you noticed later that France will help Italy only after the Crimean war so ok 1:10 When the papal state had revolted against his father, they will not give him territories or power, he will receive the Vatican city only thanks to Musssolini 1:46 This time I didn't hohocapithohocapito if he drew he understood that Italy participated in the Crimean war only for help after against the Austrians 2:59 This is Garibaldi and he was a brigand who served Italy against the rule of the two Sicilies

Petition to ask Drew to put the Geneseo coutie flag (Day 1)

Happy seeing drew upload again

Aniways if you're intrested it's really well made and accurate, i am italian and even the ritten things are in correct italian lenguage, and the man with big beard in the unification of italy is called Garibaldi and was a hero how put down an entire kingdom with only a 1000 of volontiers

My pop thought in WW2 and Vietnam. I don’t get why they fought. I would just flee to Switzerland

Petition for Drew to enter a blood pact promising to crucify his first born child in the background. (Day 5)

They forgot the frwndship with Montenegro. Republic of venic creatd Montenegro prty much and helped them in the wars with th Ottomens.

He called Garibaldi epic countryball beard💀

2:40 that was actually tuscany ball.

Drew sherch Guido on youtube its the italian history in italian. And u want a italian song ? Sherch on youtube La Guerra Di Piero or i Maneskin

Day 2 of asking Drew Durnil to put the flag of the British empire in the background

Questo mi rende felice

Greece: looks to the side My head: they are the PANZER ELITE

I love how he doesn't have an idea of what's happening in the first part

Drew records his videos six days in advance. "COUNTRYBALLS: Modern history of Italy" was uploaded by Bulgarian Countryball on December 24, 2022. At 0:00, you see that the video is said to have been uploaded "9 days ago" on Drew's recording. 9 days after December 24, 2022 is January 2, 2023. Drew uploaded this video on January 8, 2023. That means that Drew records his videos six days in advance. Of course, one can only conclude that about this video in particular; however, it seems that all of his videos have some sort of "lag" when addressing world events. It would be most reasonable to assume that he records his videos ahead of time at a consistent rate, as to efficiently organize his upload schedule. Therefore, it would be reasonable to assume that Drew records his videos six days in advance.

2:56 That was Garibaldi with his mustache that wanted to go in sicily for a vacation

7:06 *"the sound effect"*

Day 1 of asking Drew to put the Lazer Kiwi flag in the background in support of lazer kiwi New Zealand empire

0:33 He made fascism popular

1:32 that is the Crimean war

I was a bit sad because I saw that a lot of other countries in the commonwealth were shown but Canada wasn't shown But hey, at least India was there!

The cease of savoy and nice was the worst decision ever taken in world history, the loss of the balkan territory the worst treason 😞 Truly the worst moments in world history

Just wanted to make a thing clear that isn't quite understandable by the animation. Italy's economic status didn't directly lead to fascism, but it caused two years of communist protests (1919-1920) that was stopped by the paramilitary force of the fascists (called "camice nere"). Then, in 1922, Mussolini, leader of the fascist party, organized a coup d'etat, the Marcia su Roma, that would have been simply avoidable if the king Vittorio Emanuele III wanted to stop it. That's why the Savoia family was exiled after WW2. I hope my comment helped to clarify some doubts.

I was watching a ww2 documentary and I saw drew as a German officer I swear it was him😂😂😂

7:21 - The Paper Saids: “Treaty Of Saint Germain” “End Of The War For The Successor States Of Austria - Hungary”

7:09 That's just a normal duel(with bayonets)

Day one of asking Drew to make a Switzerland ball

Drew should react to the modern history of Bulgaria

0:59 ignoring the fact that that's Austria not Austria-Hungary

I love these

Respect and Love Italy from Bulgaria 🇮🇹❤️🇧🇬

1:40 Crimean war. *strangely relevant as of date...*

Man your really good at describing things like when you said this "There's a great propaganda poster of the... uh yeah" so great.

13:00 What most ppl dont know is that French colonies were actually free

the italian civil war was the darkest period in italian history, the thing is that was not a planned civil war, police corps, military and the garrisons in the balkans had different loyalties , italians fought italians, the germans backstabbed italy by invading from the north and annexing eastern territories, the navy too , some ships were scuttled, others tried to run towards the allies, many became floating battlefields betwen sailors and germans triying to take over the ships. italian partisans rose up against both fascism and nazism, mostly nazism since mussolini had still some prestige in the south. and he said like "it looks like smash bros" BRUH

Day two of asking Drew to put the flag of Quebec in the background

who ever comments has to say to one of your friends: LADS, LADS I FOUND HIM! ITS THE BLIGGITY BLOAK WHO CAN’T GET ANY DAMSELS. HAHAHAHAHAHA

MY TIME HAS FINALLY COME

Put a Canada in the back plz

I m italian so now I have to say….OMG WHAT AN AMAZING VIDEO🤩🤩🤩🤩

Day 1 of asking drew to hold up a SPQR flag

I am Italian but speak german

Ive just had a good idea, What if italy won WW2? Germany is no longer the main character 💀