He's an extremely intelligent man who portrays himself as deceptively simple. The idea of a working-class accented nutter who can talk at length like a tenured professor is comedic genius.
@@sombraarthurBrazil speaks Portuguese for a reason, those lands were conquered centuries ago, and the Japanese constantly whooped and repelled the Mongolians time after time.
@Scott Adam That depends do you believe handing over power back to colonies was an achievement or a determent to the morals of the people of Britain? Too many people its a thing to be proud of as its harder to give away power than to take away power after you have it.
a lot of the things he was saying were wrong but had a similar result, I.e. burkina faso was colonized by the French, the line in South America (why they speak Spanish in Peru) is called the treaty of tordesillas and was signed in 1494, not 1512, and by pope Alexander vi not pope Judas. There were some pretty impressive things in there though
The easiest way to beat someone like this is simply to name a country that no one knows anything about, including most historians, because they're too insignificant to take note of. Like have the Brits ever beaten Vanuatu? Maybe, maybe not. Point is he wouldn't be able to answer cos no one bothers knowing anything about Vanuatu.
@Bryan McDade anyone who's so much as glanced at a wiki page will know this. Same thing very much goes for what you call "Americans," yet the comedy act is still very much based on the caricature of a cocky "brit" - oversimplified and overexaggerated.
Bryan McDade y’all gonna be brits to me so long as every time the name Britain or England are mentioned in any sentence the first assumption is that it’s just us “stupid Americans” not knowing the difference or getting our facts wrong I’m gonna keep broadly referring to people living in the country as brits.
Al Murray is a History Graduate from Oxford University plus a Doctorate. He started this act to amuse his University friends. His persona on stage is totally an act. He is completely different in real life.
@@infinitydreamzz But you did teach me something I didn't know. I mean there are bound to be tonnes of events that people don't know of because the average person only encounters so much. Yet I never knew the Dutch sailed up the Thames.
The Germans are not allowed to brag about Hitlers concentration camps why would you guys feel proud of winning a war where your forefathers murdered raped and killed 28000 children in concentration camps?
I am not judging since what you mean is quite obvious ,but also keep in mind that there are sorts of people that if you say that as a Canadian will tell you you are racist and stuff like that
When Poland got invaded, the French and the British merely declaring war, then hunker down to protect their own land in the defensive line instead of attacking. Which they could easily do given that Germany moves most of the army’s division to Poland at that time.
slavboi No, he simply couldn’t do anything about. It would have risked the Treaty and the and it was miles from the nearest Western authority. It was the only thing Churchill didn’t sit well with in the Treaty.
@@xernax1841 After WW2 had ended (with the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht) the allies gave the control over Poland to the Soviet Union. They basically sold them off to the Soviets as what was left of the Polish population fought along the British army.
The nuclear bombs that were dropped on hiroshima and Nagasaki were originally slated to be dropped my royal airforce planes. The us had to rush to design a whole new plane to carry the bombs and were not ready to do so until the last minute. In the end they were merely escorted by the raf. The us president felt it would be a matter of prestige to be dropping the bombs. But it was very much in collaboration with British scientist and military planners that that terminal end to the Japanese war effort came about.
@ALSO-RAN ! The history of the black lancasters and the development of B29 can be seen here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5XX9ptCNpik.html
@ALSO-RAN ! The idea of cutting out the main support strut and redesigning the structure of the plane itself to be able to carry these bombs is a little more than retrofitting them. We can agree that the B29 was already in production, but it evidently had not been designed with the secret Los Alamos projects in mind.I Also believe that the American insistence on their own plane was in part an effort to ensure they had the unilateral capability to strike with the new weapon as often as they saw fit.
@@problemistatist the reasons Japan surrendered was cause of the ussr entering the war and not cause of the bomb the Japanese wouldn't care if the Americans dropped the and American did almost all fighting in the Pacific and asia with the exception of burma china and manchuria
Anyone who likes Al Murray's work might enjoy his podcast - 'we have ways of making you talk' about WWII on which I believe he wrote his doctorate and made a TV series.
World war 2 British, American and German fighter craft were shot down within Swiss airspace, multiple bombings of towns, forcing Switzerland to withdraw as a neutral party, thus creating the Geneva convention.
João Rodolfo Alves they were a puppet state that revolted, which caused napoleon to send the grand armeè to squash it which worried the European powers
@@mixtapemania6769this whole continent? You know this is the net and not some land mass?! Seriously though, how are you guys doing? I know it's not good there atm, I hope things get better.
Frying Pan Llama do you honestly think England defeated Germany in ww2, they were absolutely demolished, But the brits still go on about Dunkirk and how fantastic they were. It was literally a mass retreat. The Americans had to step in to save them.
For my Filipino bros. Just like when Al Murray said the British defeated Spain with the Battle of the Armada in 1588, The Brits defeated the Philippines through Spain, not only through the Battle of the Armada, but also when British troops and its Navy sailed from the British Raj, and took control of Manila and Cavite from Spain during the Seven Years' War, in 1762 to 1764.
I had a history teacher who was awesome. During passing period he had loud music playing. He also has either point pong, mini golf, or mini foosball to play until the period started. He was sort of a hype man and made a big deal about things when he was teaching. He had this enthusiastically serious tone of voice that made it very enjoyable to pay attention to. He was very big on class participation and sometimes we would play class games to give us a break from the usual lessons. Sometimes when he was mad he would flip desk while being very vocal about his disappointment with the class. He would then use it as a chance to teach us. Most things he did was very over the top but in a fun way. Some students were scared of him but other loved his style of teaching. I learned a lot from his class and I've never had a teacher come close to his teaching style.
The One In The Middle It’s a shithole. It’s a lucky escape because we don’t have to put up with it as much as we would if we still had control over it. That’s victory enough for us.
The UK occupied Iceland in WW2 to prevent Germany from occupying it, ironic I know. But the point is that he would have counted this as a win for sure, since the icelandic government was against the invasion until the british set foot on the island, thats when Iceland basically did nothing to stop it.
@@gorillainabikini266 as mercenaries. There wasnt much switzerland(at the state it was in then, it was literally the battle ground in the french revulotionary wars: Battle pf Zürich as example) could do against cray cray Bonaparte. Btw fun fact, France(Napoleon) still has a debt in the village I come from. MF didnt pay his food
@@vulgarresponse7080 Yeah but the Paddies are a republic now, so that didn't last. I am a plastic Paddy myself. My parents took leave of their senses and moved to England before I was born. However I did vote to leave the EU.
I fact-checked the startling claim "We (Great Britain/United Kingdom) have defeated every single f***ing country in the world at war." And there are 92 countries Great Britain/United Kingdom has not "defeated" "at war." I put them all into a document. docs.google.com/document/d/1634G1H18_gteDFu3nvDnCdA8lOE7S9nxt41h9iXWvd4/edit?usp=sharing
@@ivanland3789 but he wasnt completely wrong. He just bent some facts to make the joke. Like war of independence, technicality we lost but he made it sound as if we won by losing. Especially with today's america
I had an algebra teacher that smelled of Bourbon 🥃 everywhere he want, it was interesting learning how to solve for X & Y while he slurred the equation..
Person: *names country Great Britain hasnt defeated* This guy: ah one person from that country lost to me in the card game war, so basically we have defeated them.
@pinkchicken and the Dutch, everyone always forgets the Dutch, they had a navy the size of France and Britain combined at the time which made it the most powerful nation in the ocean.
@@SBImNotWritingMyNameHere not that ultimate... Remember that time when the French crown buy some swiss mercenaries to protect herself from a bunch of parisians protesters who came to Versailles to ask for f*cking bread ? They should've eat some brioche instead !! >
Same brother. I hate ignorant Americans who think we kicked Great Britain’s Arse. We got lucky our founding fathers we’re just as crazy... but cheers 🍻
This is very random, but a while ago I watched the series 'Shōgun' on Disney Plus and part of the narrative is how the new world was divided up and how Japan fell into the Portuguese half. After hearing Al mention it I remembered and made the connection XD
Being funny when you’ve got a set to deliver is one thing. Being funny when you have no idea what country you’re going to be talking about next is another level. He’s sharp.
The fact that Britain history is full of colonialism and terrorism and this British guy tells the civilizations they have f*cked up, with a smile on his face, is funnier. more of a trajicomedy than "comedy"
@@dmrknbld It's hardly supposed to be a deep and meaningful examination of how British influence has both positively and (mostly) negatively affected the world, it's a quick comedic bit in which he flexes his knowledge of world history to support his comedic reasoning for how the British have beaten every country in a war at some point or another.
I don't think England ever had a war against Poland, but they sure as hell let Poland down against the germans, so if he sees a lack of support as a victory i guess they won against Poland too Edit: according to google Poland and England did indeed never have a direct war with eachother, but they were at some point on opposing sides of a war and Polish troops landed on english soil and "ransacked atleast one city".
@@deangreen2567because they made a silly promise to protect them from Germany while being on the other side of Europe, thereby starting ww2, and after the war it fell into the hands of the Soviets. Can’t blame the British though, they’re not all powerful.
@@mrsentencename7334 No, they didn’t. Britain (and France) made a promise to intervene and go to war with Germany should Germany launch an invasion campaign against Poland. The word ‘protect’ was never used, as Britain and France were not in a position to protect a country larger than their own, halfway across the European continent. Britain and France kept their promise, and entered the conflict as soon as Hitler turned his attention to Poland. Not to mention that the Soviet Union had invaded Poland from the other side, which only complicated the issue from the perspective of the British and French - who STILL entered the conflict to keep their promise with Poland regardless.
@Dwarov 1 30 % of economy? You mean state budget, GDP or some other measurable figure? The greatest losses in the war were blood and soil. The land loss was "only" 10% but that included the best part of Finland. The reparations actually helped us as the process required the expansion of steel industry which was one major reason the country managed to not only get back to its' pre-war stage but greatly beyond.
@@noahpimentel9341 actually the French only started invading Vietnam in 1858, way after Waterloo. However; right after WW2 the Brits did land on Vietnamese soil to accept the surrender of the Japanese troops there.
@@juanpaco3226 well on a technicality most of Israel is Palestine. And we helped Israel to invade Palestine. So according to the logic that this comedian is following you could count that.
Lots of english words come from the norse language when we used britain as our personal plunder and rape holiday spot in the viking age. For example “bag” which comes from “bagge”. And now, we skandis (at least most of us) have gone full circle and adopted the word “bag” back again.
Why? On the contrary, it would make it a piece of cake... Just say "GB is the greatest country who saved the world by conquering it..." to any question... There ya go, A+
colonel august and in what part of the speech did he make fun of the people that died? lol. he was naming countries that the british empire beat.. literally world history.. if that upsets you, idk what to say.
Putting his claim factually, of the 193 countries listed by the UN, Britain has invaded or fought conflicts in 171 of them. That's about 93%, so he's not far off the mark.
For Canada, he could've gone "Ya know Quebec, it's part of Canada now. We took it over some 3 hundred years in the fields of Abraham. So technically, we've beaten Canada before it even was country, ANOTHER!"
true, and the Brits kicked the french out of majority of Canada, that's why only Quebec speaks french. Cause Brits didn't kick french out of Quebec as it's originally a French colony
@Alan Patridge 1770 captain James cook claimed the west coast of Australia (new south Wales) in the name of the crown. Fist come first serve job done. Learn all about it in Peter pan 😉
@@intelligentpeople6533 that's exactly what I meant, funny how us Brits won their own war for them, left, then they started losing again, then the yanks got involved and they lost.
@@ripoutyourintestines5099 If only the civilians weren't a bunch of pussies and the higher ups not as much of fucking cocky douchebags, the U.S woulda actually had a better chance.
He's pretty good with his history. but Uganda and Burkina Faso were never german. Uganda was close to german east africa but Burkina faso was very french
They did "invade" Switzerland during ww2 tho, British airplanes flew over Swiss soil, violating it's neutrality, so we were invaded on paper but nothing much
@@AllCustoms80 That's just wrong, they beat Egypt easily during the Suez War but the US told them and the French to leave threatening to abandon their post war financial aid. They also occupied Egypt in 1882 after shelling Alexandria they landed an invasion force defeating the Egyptian Army at the Battle of Tell El Kebir, they occupied the country until 1956 and re-invaded it by the end of the year.
I love it when comedians project a persona that seems, well, stupid and ignorant, when, in fact that couldn’t be further from the truth... e.g. Al Murray, Jim Jefferies etc.
the majastic creature I guess considering that he puts nations that were once apart of other nations, you could just put Austria are losing the 7 years war.
The thing about UK being well rid of USA is actually true. For most of the 19th century, the English greatly profited from trade with the States while not having to worry about administrating them.
I mean to be fair, to the British Empire all they had to do to "defeat" someone in their mind was sail there, plant a flag, and claim it for England lol. "You can't claim us, we live here! There's 500 million of us!" "Yes but, do you have a flag?"
