How Europe Colonized Asia - Pacific War #0.1 DOCUMENTARY 

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Most Asia colonialism stories started with establishment of trading posts by European powers to tap into lucrative local trade. These trading posts were set up through treaties or conquest. Over the years these trading posts became a source of conflict, or base for further expansion as the European powers steadily involved in local politics to protect their holdings.

Holy crap. This managed to put about 400 years of history into a brilliant video

Really good stuff. Looking forward to the next installment!

I love that you started with the European colonization. It contextualizes the Pacific War much more, and gives it the deserved gravity most people haven't been able to comprehend

It’s astounding how everything was run when communication was so slow back then. Whatever you think of empires you have to admit it’s impressive.

The Portuguese also arrived and setting up trading settlements in Ayutthaya (modern-day Thailand). To this day there is a community of Portuguese-Thai descendents in the Thonburi area of Bangkok, Portuguese recipes have become traditional Thai snack foods, and Portuguese loanwords are part of The Thai Language. The Portuguese were also responsible for bringing chili peppers to the region. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in a city that was already multi-national, with Chinese, Japanese, and Persian traders. The Persian word for westerner, which was a word derived from "Franc", was passed into Thai to describe the groups of Europeans who arrived following The Portuguese, and is still in use today. In the 1600s The French were involved in a palace intrigue during The Reign of King Narai and were expelled from Siam. Some border areas between Thailand and Cambodia are still a topic of contention and about 10 years ago it came close to there being a battle over one area which contains a very important Khmer Kingdom site. The International Court ruled in favour of Cambodia, much to the dismay of many in Thailand. On the western side, many people of The Shan State still feel very independent, and especially near the border of Thailand will tend to speak Thai more than Burmese. I knew someone from The Shan State who couldn't speak Burmese. I think there are still some in Thailand who feel The Shan State should be part of Thailand, as the people who live there are Tai Yai, and speak a language that is actually an older version of Thai and Lao. I asked another friend of mine from Shan if he thought Shan should be part of Thailand. He said he didn't think that, but he also didn't feel The Shan State was Burmese. Of course, now The Shan are one of the groups fighting against the military junta that seized control in February.

"Empires are built on the ruins of dead Empires" - Quote from the narrator of the Francisco de Almeida campaign, from Age of Empires II - The African Kingdoms.

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I am an Indonesian. First of all thank you for covering the part of Colonization of Asia including parts of my country as well. It is really a great video. As for Dutch enterence to East Indies, I want to add that before the VOC established their center of colonial trade in Batavia the city name was not Jakarta, but Jayakarta. The name of Jayakarta was given by Fatahillah, the commander of Demak Sultanate army which led an invasion to Pajajaran Kingdom teritory. Under Pajajaran the city name was Sunda Kelapa and already become the trade port of the kingdom. Demak decided to attack and captured the city for their conquest of hegemony in Java as well as preventing Portuguese to establish presence in Java as they already made contact with Pajajaran Kingdom. The city of Sunda Kelapa renamed as Jayakarta by Fatahilah and after VOC conquered the city and decide to make it their new base, the city than renamed by the Dutch as Batavia. Actually, Jakarta was name first given during Japanese Occupation period in my country (1942-1945) as an attempt to destroy any remaining Western Colonialism presence as way to gain support from Indonesian for their war efforts in Pacific War. That's all I need to add, overall this is a good video. Can't wait for youe next video in this series. Keep it up. 😊

This is hands down the best channel on RU-vid. I've met multiple educators who use it to teach history in secondary school classes. Absolute brilliance.

Europe: busy carving empires Japan: follow europe's example Europe: surprise pikachu

Simply OUTSTANDING content! The quality of the music, illustrations, narration, and most of all the fair and unbiased information... brilliant. Very excited for this series!

Just when I thought I couldnt become a bigger fan of your channel. This is my favorite military subject to read about. My book shelf is filled 90% with books on the Pacific Theater of WW2.

Hoping for a more detailed look into British colonization of India! The impacts it had extended all the way to American war of independence. Absolutely fascinating

As soon as I saw the notification but me I was hyped, cannot wait for this series. The Pacific doesn't get enough attention.

So excited for this! Always great content on kings and Generals!

As usually, Kings and Generals continues to deliver amazing content. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this! European colonisation in Asia has always been my passion as a historian. I've always wanted to see a video that showed the concurrent progression of all the western powers in that theatre. It had me properly nerding out 😆

So excited to kick off the series =D will be a wild adventure!

This video alone is almost Extremely enlightening on how the major power players came to be in this region. All of the important details with some notes, keeping it short and sweet enough but also plenty of minor details in the footnotes to give viewers a way to search more on their own time. Amazing video!

Was super excited when you announced this new series, sad it took me so long to watch it! Normally I watch things when they are released for the patrons! Fantastic video, thanks for doing this topic.

Looking forward to this series, Crew! Keep up the good work!

Awesome video! The Pacific Region is definitely in need of more coverage, I was holding my breath though on a mention of the US Guano Islands Act or the acquisition of Eastern Island by Chile, seeing that it played a minimal but interesting part of the Colonization of Oceania. It does not detract from the quality of the documentary however, and it's an awesome appetizer for more of the series, godspeed K&G

Just wow, the way this channel teleports you to these moments is mindblowing!

One of the best summarizations of the Asian & Pacific colonization on RU-vid ... great stuff!

Your map continues to show Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate after 1868 despite the fact that the Meiji era began after 1868.

Love your videos. Never thought learning history would be this interesting and fun. Thank you for your hard work.

There is next level quality altogether, its even better made than anything i have seen from this channel yet.

Awesome. My grandfather was a tailgunner in a dauntless during the Pacific War. Thanks for covering this in detail.

I’m very excited for this series!

you guys bring so much joy and inspiration to my life. Im broke as a joke now lol but if my situation ever improves I will support you guys in a more substantial way. Bless you guys for your passion and hard work. keep it up!

This channel just keeps getting better and better... it's remarkable.

This history channel is the most consistent n productive in utube.. Thanks KG!

So, so looking forward to the series. If all its vids are like this opening, then you've got yourself a dedicated follower

The answer is pretty simple: Asian disunity (on a molecular level) and the fact that it was resting on its laurels. Even a small island nation like Ceylon had, at least, 16 different Ethnic Groups, 3 Religions and 4 Kingdoms hating each others guts. When the Portuguese landed, they just had to play them off one another. There was one King, Tikiri Bandara, who managed to temporarily unite the different groups and the result was a decisive native victory. The natives routed an army of 4,000 Portuguese Arquebusiers and 20,000+ Lascarins (local militia) at the Battle of Mulleriyawa. This was the largest defeat a Colonial Empire had yet suffered in Asia. What happened then? King Tikiri Bandara turned on his own different subjects. Infighting broke out and the King's successor literally *handed* the Western portion of the Island to the Portuguese Crown. This was pretty much what happened throughout South, South-East and East Asia.

Top notch as always. Super stoked for the Pacific War series.

I'm stoked for the upcoming Pacific War series. Looking forward to the Kings and Generals treatment of the topic.

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Finally, the Pacific War series begins! I can't wait to watch this play out until the end. Thank you Kings and Generals for giving recognition to the Pacific War! Its events still influence Asia to this day.

So excited about this! Can't wait for next week!

Detailed and informative 👌🏼 Outstanding work.

I've been waiting for the Pacific war series, thanks from me and I wish you all the best.

Nice video once again, as expected of Kings and Generals! There are some small mistakes though, as the Tay Son dynasty was out of power in Vietnam by the 1800s and the French colonizations (replaced by the Nguyen dynasty), and the German acquisition of the Marshall Islands /Nauru might as well be mentioned separately since it was acquired in a different time and way than the colonies brought from Spain. Otherwise it's a very stunning video with amazing details and graphic, nice job once again!!

I've caught a few episodes of this magnificent piece of work you've put together here, as I subscribe. Now I'm starting at the beginning and watching it through. This first episode was very well presented as the rush to colonize is confusing and you've explained it about as well as possible in the time given. Bravo!

the quality of the video keep getting better and better

I would just like to add that a prelude of this prelude is your video about the Treaty of Tordesillas: on how the pope divided the world between Spain and Portugal. Great job KnG!

- How many Islands in the Pacific do you want? - Europe: Yes

Fantastic start. Thank you, K&G!

Visually the best thing I’ve seen on this channel so far.

You guys have come so far in such a short time. It's truly impressive. Well done!

Finally a month of waiting finally pays of THANKS AND ENJOY EVERY ONE WHO IS ALSO WAITING

Im just now coming back to this series after realizing you guys are now on episode 41! Binge worthy.

The added context for what is to come is incredible. Will be watching every episode no question.

School and University should watch this series, amazing.

I went to public school in the United States, so I didn't get much world history, and never studied history on my own. This series of videos is incredible. Learning so much I missed out on. Incredible how past hisotry can explain current events and how we got to now in 2023. Thank you!

Especially enjoyed how you included the borders of Siam and Ayutthaya, hardly ever seen that done by any other video on the history of that area so far.

Very good one, cant wait for the serie to unfold. Considering the current sitation in the Pacific, this will add understanding how the past can affect the present. Thanks

Really interesting topic. I been waiting for a long time for this.

Outstanding, informative, educational and very entertaining! I am very impressed with your channel. As a high school educated working man with a strong interest in military and political history, your channel is like a classroom to me that opens my mind and introduces me to so much world history of centuries past. Thank you and keeping 'em coming!

Kings and Generals with a great series again. This channel is the greatest thing ever!

Phenomenal start to what is going to be an epic series about an tremendously important war. Looking forward to this series in the months to come.

I’ve been looking forward to this *count dooku voice*

Just pausing at 15:17 makes for such a great map to look at.

Great video, I am so excited for this series! Thank you!

Looking vary forward to this! Love videos on the Pacific War.

Asia: How many countries will you colonize? Europe: Yes..

Even the kingdom of Italy obtained a concession in Tianjin, China. Just for the sake of completness

great stuff, look forward to watching the series

Love seeing history explained so well. Crazy man

Always been a great fan for this channel! Excited to see your take on the rise of the British Empire in the Asia, which I am working on as well though it will be more focused on the Anglo-Burmese Wars and on the Burmese POV.

When the Dutch made peace with Spain at the end of the 80 years war they 'forgot' to also make peace with Portugal. Because war with Portugal was just too profitable. :)

Looking forward to the series!

Well Done Nurrik and Phoenix well done you have come along way 👍🏻

The areas west of Xinjiang, China were actually seeded to Russia after the treaty of Saint Petersburg in 1881, this is significant because Russia actually tried to take control of alot more territory in the Ili Valley, but were forced to retreat when a large Chinese army arrived. This was one of the few times an Asian power was able to reverse European expansion.

Philippine Revolutionaries already freed most of the Philippines from the weakening Spanish rule except the capital Manila. Then Spain sold Philippines to the USA sparking the Philippine-American War.

Super excited for this series!!

Hyped for this series!

It’s pretty interested and shows just how powerful these nations were to send people across the world back when there wasn’t planes or trains and it took months for them to get anyway, all to set up trading posts and ports that eventually turned into cities and needed soldiers and then governors and essentially became city-states of their own, while still being under the authority of a sovereign on the other side of the planet. So wild when you remember how small the Netherlands and Portugal are when compared to the other powers. Pretty remarkable stuff when you think about it 🤔

Hype!

Sir this is stunning explanation with oceanic borders, hope u soon continue the Napoleonic Wars from which u had took a break for over 1 year

Thank, this series is going to be epic. I can't wait.

There is one minor error: French gained control of Vietnam during the Nguyen Dynasty, which came after the Tay Son Dynasty.

All hail Europe and its great history. Im addicted to documentaries like this. Cheers from Norway

Great summary of a very interesting, often overlooked topic.

This was awesome! Hooked on the series already.

small correction: 9:55 by the time the French attacked and colonized cochinchina, Vietnam was under the Nguyen dynasty. The Tay Son dynasty had already fallen around half a century before this point.

Colonialism is such an important topic to learn about.

Well detailed compacted informations. Can’t wait for what’s next.. great job

The animations are awesome! Good stuff guys.

A great start to the series. It's understandable why you will start in '41, but I hope there will be extensive prelude episodes and spin offs on the developments in China. After all, in 41 the war in Asia had been raging for 10 years already, with 4 years of total war.

Philippines and Cuba got free from Spain after years of revolution and now help from the Americans: HOORAY! WE ARE FREE! USA: Free? More like under *new management.*

Dan Carlin just finished up a rise of japan/pacific war series. im very happy to see more of it, thanks guys!

Finally, the prolouge story of pacific war that I have waited for long time. The video is great, it's so easy to understand. My knowledge about this part of history is like refreshed hehe

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Is there any detailed records about the Castillian War that happened in South East Asia? I tried to do a research on my own about it but only managed to found not so much information of it.

Really great idea that you started the series with this background.

So hyped for this series!!!