These Countries TRIED To Unite, But Failed!

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▶ In this video I talk about some countries that tried to unite, but failed to do so - or were only temporarily united, with that union failing to last in the long term. Looking at examples such as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Benelux) which attempted to gather the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, which tried to unite Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Livonia, or the United Baltic Duchy - which would have gathered Estonia and Latvia in a single country. The potential adherence of Singapore to Malaysia, which ended up being rejected by the latter. Gran Colombia, which at one time joined Venezuela, Colombia proper, Ecuador and even Panama. The famous Kalmar Union, which at one point joined up most of the Nordic world (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, and part of Finland) into a single entity. Or even the Union of South Africa and Namibia. Finishing up with Enosis, the proposed joining of Cyprus and Greece.
▶ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:24 United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Belgium & Luxembourg)
01:37 Transcaucasia (Armenia, Georgia, & Azerbaijan)
02:40 Livonia / United Baltic Duchy (Estonia & Latvia)
03:56 Special Offer: Bellwright!
05:08 Singapore & Malaysia
06:02 Gran Colombia (Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama)
07:12 Kalmar Union (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland)
08:32 Union of South Africa (+ Namibia)
09:33 Enosis (Greece & Cyprus)
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@General.Knowledge 2 дня назад

*What are some other attempted unions you know about?*

@icannotfinda 2 дня назад

You should’ve added Romania and Moldova. The two did unite in 1918 - Bessarabia, annexed from Moldavia (and, at this point, the remaining Moldavia had created Romania) gained independence as the ‘Democratic Republic of Moldavia’. The land was re-annexed by Soviets in WW2, and in the following 1990-1992 ‘Transnistria War’ would Moldova’s fate be decided. They hence, failed to unite/unionise.

@shk439 2 дня назад

Central Asian Union

@shk439 2 дня назад

Kazakhstan Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan could unite

@Ballondorak 2 дня назад

Arab league

@nightgirlgreece День назад

You could have mentioned Kosovo and Albania. I personally don't recognize "Kosovo" though

@sydhenderson6753 2 дня назад

You left out the United Arab Republics, one of which was Egypt and Syria (1958-1961). The one with Egypt and Libya may have been abortive.

@tunahan4418 2 дня назад

I'm pretty sure he talked about it before

@PeterPichler-xt1il 11 часов назад

He only did real countries. Not savage banana-republics.

@tunahan4418 11 часов назад

@@PeterPichler-xt1il retrd

@viniciusyugulis7278 4 часа назад

@@PeterPichler-xt1il racist

@Gingerchalky Час назад

He mentions it in the first video loosely I believe

@Col_Crunch 2 дня назад

Interestingly, while the BENELUX union failed originally, it does live on. In 1958 they formed an economic union which laid the groundwork for the structure and functioning of the EU. Additionally, Article 350 of the TFEU specifically protects the existence of BENELUX within the EU. Many features of the EU start in BENELUX before being adopted by the EU as a whole.

@JuanReyes133 2 дня назад

indeed

@stevens1041 2 дня назад

Greece + Cyprus and also Kalmar Union are the only ones which I could ever see being even remotely workable in modern times.

@tapeshsharma9254 2 дня назад

Norway: ahh shit, here we go again

@General.Knowledge 2 дня назад

Agreed! Although I'd doubt the Kalmar Union would work very well - unless it was some federation type thing.

@sodapop1794 2 дня назад

I'd say SA and Namibia too, Namibia's population and economy is insignificant compared to SA it could easy function as a province

@menotme8085 2 дня назад

@@sodapop1794uuuh chief we did occupy it for most of the 20th century

@PoProstuBartek964 2 дня назад

1:14 I'll add that Belgium inspired Poland to rebel against Russian Empire and November Uprising broke out. This uprising was one of the reasons why Belgium's rebellion succeed.

@arjenH2Os 2 дня назад

Question is if it was the Belgian revolution that did that. The July Revolution in France triggered a lot of revolutionary sentiment and was certainly the trigger for the Belgian one.

@DGronki 2 дня назад

Jugoslavia is missing - it was alive pretty long but finally fall apart

@di-riso 2 дня назад

Wasn't really a union,more of a weird federation thing.

@makotonagano-i7q 2 дня назад

It's well known union already, you could say czechoslovakia or soviet union also

@jhapethlloydciron3185 2 дня назад

Jugolavia? You mean yugoslavia?

@blindmarian День назад

@@jhapethlloydciron3185 I would assume the commenter is of slavic origin of the country that was part of Yugoslavia, and in all the languages they used J not Y. Yugoslavia is an English name. The countries name is from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, in turn from jug (“south”) and slavija (“Slavia, the land of the Slavs”). Literally, the land of the South Slavs.

@jhapethlloydciron3185 День назад

@@blindmarian make sense

@CaptainQuark9 2 дня назад

If you do another of these, you might include the Central African Federation, aka the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, now Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.

@caeruleusvm7621 2 дня назад

Absolutely. The CAF and its dissolution tells an interesting story. I don't know why he did South Africa/Namibia - it never was a union.

@parmentier7457 2 дня назад

The Benelux countries are politically very connected. Since November 5, 1955, there has also been a Benelux Parliament. The Benelux Parliament consists of 49 members from the parliaments of the three countries: 21 Belgian, 21 Dutch and seven Luxembourgish members. The main language is Dutch and French. The Benelux parliament discusses whether there are matters that can be simplified within the three countries, such as all Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg diplomas that are automatically valid in the Benelux countries. Matters about justice, tax and security, or whether they are conducting a joint foreign policy or trade mission.

@DavidLimofLimReport 2 дня назад

5:17 - glad you named this one!!!! We should mention the Malaya-Indonesia union Sukarno proposed which led to the Malaysia concept because the British wanted to stop the rise of communism in the region.

@garshtoshteles День назад

United States carried out hundreds of secret assassinations in Indonesia to stop communism from rising there

@gan247 День назад

But that didn’t materialise because Malaysia wasn’t interested. If he were to include ideas for unions, this video is going to be very long.

@armenianmapper3168 2 дня назад

You forgot to add , that after sovietization Moscow created Transcaucasus soviet federative socialistic republic with a federation of 3 countries. It existed until 1936 , wben the fake country was dissolved and the 3 countries became just part of USSR, instead part of TSFSR , inside USSR.

@chasbodaniels1744 2 дня назад

Wonderful review of a fascinating subject, with very helpful graphics! History shows us the difficulty in uniting different religious and ethnic populations.

@michaelrae9599 2 дня назад

Could you do an "opposite" video on failed rebellion nations, eg Confederate States of America?

@johndelagarza361 2 дня назад

Republic of the Rio Grande and the Republic of Yucatan.

@bobdollaz3391 2 дня назад

@@johndelagarza361 Acre!

@General.Knowledge 2 дня назад

This is such a great idea! Thank you. Starting to work on it immediately!

@eduardoalagostorres3777 2 дня назад

Biafra in Nigeria

@escmadeira День назад

Great video

@jamesvandemark2086 2 дня назад

Underestimating how stubborn the Dutch can be, and how fractious the French can be? Benelux was doomed from the start!

@zyxxlar 2 дня назад

It was an artificial union to begin with. The South was awarded to the North after Napoleon to create a buffer between France and Prussia. The South had no real reason to be a part of the same country as the North. Nationalism wasn't really a thing back then and most economic power was in the South whilst political power was in the North.

@marinusvos 30 минут назад

"Benelux was doomed from the start!" Do some research before posting anything! The Benelux is still exists!!!

@josephwest124 15 часов назад

Just a couple of notes: Following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands in 1830, Luxembourg remained a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for another 60 years, despite also being part of the German Confederation and later a part of the Zollverein, a customs union of German states (Luxembourg would declare full sovereignty in 1890 when Wilhelmina was proclaimed as Queen of the Netherlands while Luxembourgish law at the time prohibited women from the throne of Luxembourg, something which would only be undone a little more than a decade ago). As to the South Africa/Namibia situation, I'm not sure why the graphic showed 1961 when Namibia didn't become independent until 1991. Southwest Africa had been awarded to South Africa as a League of Nations mandate; however, following WW2, South Africa refused to convert its mandate to a UN "Trust Territory" as South Africa refused to abide by the rules for the new status (which meant a provision to prepare the territory for full independence). The *Union* of South Africa was replaced by the *Republic* of South Africa in 1961 but South Africa retained its control over Southwest Africa which would lead, a few years later, to the onset of a military faction of SWAPO to begin a guerilla war for independence (which would end in 1989 prior to the territory's independence in 1990).

@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150 18 часов назад

Great video!

@Rainforestdelight 2 дня назад

I can see the Netherlands and northern (Flemish) Belgium reunite sometime in the future.

@stevens1041 2 дня назад

It would make a lot of sense.

@TorreFLoeckx 2 дня назад

As a Flemish person, I'd love for us to do that. But it's not gonna happen. The current public support for such a reunification to happen is simply way to low in both countries

@AreigelSjtols 2 дня назад

Flanders and the Netherlands are already highly integrated through our bi-national projects as well as our projects within the Benelux. Making Flanders a part of the Netherlands would just serve to marginalize the Flemish identity. It is better for us to be closely-connected equals.

@miliba 2 дня назад

Stupid sexy Flanders!!

@rbon1549 2 дня назад

GEKOLONISEERD

@michaelowino228 2 дня назад

Good video.

@Allright890 2 дня назад

Thank you

@PoProstuBartek964 2 дня назад

I'll add some proposals: Poland and Hungary (1370-1382 and again 1440-1444) Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006) Ethiopia and Eritrea (1952-1991) Sudan and South Sudan (1956-2011) Indonesia and Timor-Leste (1976-1999)

@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158 2 дня назад

A lot of these listed weren't really unions.

@PoProstuBartek964 2 дня назад

@@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158 But at beginning they were together in a single country and after that one part secessed and created independent country. Presented in this video United Kingdom of The Netherlands also doesn't fit in this because Belgium wasn't union partner. Belgium was territory annexed by the Netherlands only Luxembourg was semi independent, but still it was in personal union with The Netherlands.

@bundayeti День назад

In that case, let us not forget the Personal Union of Hungary and the HRE under Sigismund of Luxembourg. Personal Unions were pretty common in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era.

@TheAlchaemist 2 дня назад

6:04 In its time it was simply the Republic of Colombia, the name "Gran Colombia" was retroactively given by historians to differentiate it from the current Colombia. Basically when they declared the independence they joined, but later the constituent parts started leaving. Just like what happened in the South with Argentina, which initially had a lot more territory that later went to other nations.

@zyxxlar 2 дня назад

I think the title could maybe change a little. The BeNeLux was not a union between countries but Dutch expansion Soutwards after Napoleon. You worded it correct in the video so I don't really understand why the title is wrong for that specific example Also please excuse the errors that may be present in this message, I am very tired rn

@SeverityOne 2 дня назад

And you typed that on an Android mobile phone. 🙂

@zyxxlar 2 дня назад

True, how could you tell?

@SeverityOne День назад

@@zyxxlar Because it happens to me all the time that I type an 'm' instead of a '.'

@GRAPH_GURUS 20 часов назад

Excellent summary of an intriguing topic with incredibly useful illustrations! History demonstrates how difficult it is to bring disparate religious and ethnic groups together.

@khazman. 2 дня назад

What if Austria-Hungary and Poland-Lithuania united?

@tomastomastomas1521 18 часов назад

Lithuania would never unite with anyone

@khazman. 17 часов назад

@@tomastomastomas1521 Poland-Lithuanian Union: 💀 Soviet Union: 💀 European Union: 💀 Ostland: 💀

@framegote5152 День назад

Very interesting video, with a lot of things I didn't know. What I DO know is you had the wrong flag for Germany. You had the Dutch flag in the Livonia part.

@raydunn8262 День назад

Thank you. Most of the Central America ountries joined into a union longer than most on your list. It lasted for 15 years, starting in 1823. It was named The Federal Republic of South America.

@GrandTerr 2 дня назад

Armenia and Az in one country lmao, very funny. Even Georgia.

@General.Knowledge 2 дня назад

Georgia would just be the middle child watching their brothers fight all the time

@12jswilson 2 дня назад

@@General.Knowledge I'm not super deep into Caucasus politics so I don't know Georgia's relationship with its southern neighbors, but I just saw "Armenia" and "Azerbaijan" in one country and said, "well there's your problem why it didn't work out."

@Mattis06 День назад

Armenia and Georgia could actually work but azerbajan is just a foreign conqueror

@udon6031 19 часов назад

@@12jswilsontranscaucasia was an administrative region within the Russian empire. So it became a country simply because the russian state disintegrated during the revolution, leaving this administrative region independent. It only lasted for one month, because it became clear pretty quickly things weren't working out when the ottomans invaded and the azerbaijanis were okay with the fact. So it was quickly disbanded, then Azerbaijan allied with the Ottomans and Georgia surrendered itself to Germany, only leaving Armenia fighting

@joshuaneher2360 2 дня назад

Cool

@rpgbb День назад

You forgot to add the The Federal Republic of Central America from 1823 to 1839/1841 with Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras

@dimitrisdesypris289 День назад

If you ever do a part 3 it would be cool to cover the proposed union of yugoslavia and greece.

@ABtheButterfly 23 часа назад

Germany wanting Lithuania and Lativa to unite as one country reminds me of that one meme where a big stick figure is trying to push two smaller stick figures together and saying "Now kiss"

@XelitexX360 День назад

I guess if you showed Gran Colombia you could have shown The First Mexican Empire which included some US States and central american countries (Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica). Still pretty interesting and well done video, cheers mate!

@gregduncan3242 День назад

The Australian constitution was written to allow New Zealand and Fiji to join the new federation. Both wisely chose to forgo the offer. Western Australia almost chose to not join but were eventually convinced to do it. There's been been low level grumbling about secession on and off ever since

@Chaîne_Française 2 дня назад

Interesting

@ChimpJr09 13 часов назад

I think there was a Norway-Sweden Union in the 20th Century and i think around WW1, but i'm not sure

@supermaximglitchy1 День назад

When I saw the low lands in the thumbnail I immediately thought of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands which made sense why it failed But after I saw Benelux I began reworking my thoughts on why That failed

@rafadalcin4526 День назад

I love your voice

@renatoe9648 2 дня назад

Peru-Bolivia confederation Federal Republic of Central America United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Yugoslavia USSR Pakistan (at first included Bangladesh)

@ARabidPie 2 дня назад

The UAE almost included Qatar and Bahrain post independence. West Indies Federation was a short lived collection of former British territories in the Caribbean. There were plans for a united New Guinea that fell through. The union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar into Tanzania actually worked somehow. There's the ongoing messes that are Libya and Yemen, both having long histories as divided regions that were combined for a while and are currently breaking up again. You could do a whole video on Somalia's unity issues. Belarus almost untied with Russia and it might still happen. Romania and Moldova have history. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a thing for a while. Portugal & Spain were briefly united. Ireland used to be part of the UK. Partition of India and Pakistan, and then Bangladesh independence from Pakistan was a whole thing. Central Asian Union has had some starts and stops and is basically still a pipe dream. There were a couple of short lived unions in the wake of the independence of French West Africa. Federal Republic of Central America was briefly a thing. Basically, you can look anywhere there used to be colonialism and find a brief attempt at unity among neighboring colonies before they end up going their separate ways due to regional differences. USA is really the odd one out here, and even that almost didn't work out.

@dolphingoreeaccount7395 День назад

8:20 I wouldn’t call almost 130 years “brief”…

@DavidLimofLimReport 2 дня назад

Have you mentioned the wider Bolivar republic comprised of modern day Colombia, Panama, Peru and Ecuador, Venezuela?

@General.Knowledge 2 дня назад

I have not! Costa Rica was a part of it too?!

@DavidLimofLimReport 2 дня назад

@@General.Knowledge Sorry I meant Panama*. Corrected now. Also had Peru and Ecuador.

@Luqmanrashid23 2 дня назад

5:36 The pronunciation of Malay is not ma-LIE but mə-LAY. However overall good explanation.

@General.Knowledge 2 дня назад

Thanks for the correction :)

@nicolae1126 2 дня назад

World before this information: 🌍 World after this information: 🌍

@suevialania 2 дня назад

That don' t make sense! But United Europe, yes!Outside Europa....well....

@planetarystargazer 2 дня назад

What If Quebec was a British 🇬🇧 colony

@kenji9730 2 дня назад

This is not an alt-history channel

@timeflysintheshop 2 дня назад

If you do another one, you should include the united Arab Republic (Syria and Egypt).

@axepagode33626 2 дня назад

It is one thing for two or three groups or ethnicities to not be able to get along and form a country. It is something else completely different if you are kicked out. Singapore was kicked out. The Malaysian, Indians, and Malay Chinese did not want them.

@General.Knowledge 2 дня назад

It's a really odd situation; I've never been able to undestand it. Why were they so decided to kick them out specifically?

@axepagode33626 2 дня назад

@@General.Knowledge The jokes on Malaysia now. Singapore is the wealthiest country in Southeast Asia based on GDP per capita and third overall in total wealth.

@dasi2957 2 дня назад

@@General.KnowledgeFrom what I remember, it can be due to the fact that the PAP (Singapore’s government representative in the Malaysian Parliament), was very against the Bumiputera Policy (Favour on Malays) and hence faced much opposition from other Malay majority states. It also didn’t help that the PAP actually were growing in popularity outside of Singapore. So the rest of Malaysia feared that the country would be less and less Malay. Overall it is due to political friction between the PAP and other Malay political parties. So they decided to kick us out..(maybe hoping to see us fail and come back into Malaysia with less disobedience)

@alensufli 15 часов назад

All I know is that, even though they are calling Turks their brothers, Turkey also has done more harm to Azerbaijan. Should Transcaucasus have sustained longer, they could have easily avoided Russian influence and integrated with the world much sooner.

@frankw1553 День назад

I have a follow up question on the Benelux union. If they were 1 country with one King, where did the Belgium monarchy come from as they have their own King now.

@robert-janthuis9927 День назад

German import.

@rpgbb 22 часа назад

@@robert-janthuis9927Via the British. Leopold was Queen Victoria’s uncle

@gyderian9435 19 часов назад

Fun fact: Finland almost became a monarchy and even picked a random german noble to be their King, but then germany lost ww1 and everyone thought it would be silly idea now and became a republic

@emilianohermosilla3996 2 дня назад

Transcaucasia looks like something that could have existed but now is just a vague concept of the past due to modern actions…

@jonathanwebster7091 2 дня назад

Video subject idea: 'other' post-colonial Empire organisations similar to the Commonwealth re. the UK. Successful examples include: >The (British) Commonwealth >The Commonwealth of Independent States >The Ibero-American Union. Failed examples include: *French Union/French Community (largely superseded by the Francophonie) *The Netherlands-Indonesian Union.

@cbuk8691 17 часов назад

Senegambia has always intrigued me

@beckythompson2456 2 дня назад

To think I was wondering just yesterday why the flags of Columbia, equador and Venezuela were so similar. 😂

@RANGERHI-sr6hs 2 дня назад

as a scot, i am jealous they all got to fail. It could've worked out for them but being under england fucking sucks man

@eternakrokodilanto5263 День назад

Remember Lithuanian-Belarusian Republic in 1919

@CharisMartzoukos День назад

The map of Cyprus wrongly depicts Ayia Napa as occupied.

@dmvandrew7039 2 дня назад

yugoslavia and central america

@mramogus1032 2 дня назад

What about the Soviet Union they also lasted very shortly

@sebastianbremen340 2 дня назад

@pietervanderzwaan4295 2 дня назад

@frankw1553 День назад

Australia and New Zealand were supposed to be one country and Australia even has something in their constitution that includes as a state

@TheRavenLord1 День назад

What’s a ‘Belgium’? It’s just The Netherlands, France, Germany, and Luxembourg in that area

@SeverityOne 2 дня назад

Yes, throwing three languages, and Catholicism and protestantism, together in one country. It would have never worked. Although... 🇨🇭

@P45K141N3N 2 дня назад

To me Estonia and Latvia doesn't sound like a working couple. Maybe Latvia and Lithuania could have worked better as a federal republic but who knows 🤷‍♂

@carleryk 2 дня назад

Yes, indeed. Although Estonia and Latvia have had somewhat similar histories (German nobility's dominance) the cultures and languages are very different from each other. I don't know if it's the best comparison, but it's like Austria and Hungary, which share a common history but are very different from each other linguistically, culturally and even mentality wise. Estonia is a Finnic nation, culturally and linguistically most related to Finland, while Latvia is a Baltic nation, linguistically closest to Lithuania. Culturally I don't actually know because Lithuania is culturally Catholic while Latvia is a mix of Lutheran and Catholic. So maybe even the Latvian and Lithuanian wouldn't have worked out.

@brianquigley1940 20 часов назад

👍

@nlpnt 18 часов назад

Livonia failed because its' mail kept getting sent to the Detroit suburb of the same name.

@nightgirlgreece День назад

10:35 "turkish occupation/ invasion of Cyprus "

@KevinKearney 2 дня назад

Federal Republic of Central America. República Federal de Centro América.

@x7rogue153 2 дня назад

Central America??

@GabrielCGA 2 дня назад

No uniting for you!!!!

@GrandTerr 2 дня назад

Armenia and Georgia have a longer history than all of the other countries combined. I think they would get together if it made sense.

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff 2 дня назад

Economically Georgia does more trade with Azerbaijan and Turkiye (than with Armenia). Also when Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, the Russian forces used air bases in Armenia. Read Ali and Nino, some of which is set in the time of Transcaucasian Federation to get a glimpse of the internal conflict in the region. Transcaucasia would be like Yugoslavia all over again.

@pilisopa День назад

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuffthe airbase use is a myth. Armenia made sure that didn't happen. In fact, Armenia was the most-often-chosen refuge for people in Georgia during the attack. Also, Ali and Nino is a work of fiction and shouldn't be used for understanding the inter-ethnic dynamics of the south Caucasus.

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff День назад

@@pilisopa I live in Georgia. Georgia, Armeina, Azerbaijan are works of fiction, too as is TransCaucasia, Like all nations. Humans tell stories to unite large groups of people. They make out their nation is noble and their leaders are great and the neighboring nation is terrible and the leaders are awful and the neighboring nations are telling their people the same in reverse. The Russians using Armenian airbases could well be a fiction but a lot of Georgian people believe it. A lot of Georgians don't like Armenians or Azerbaijanis but e have an Armenian church and theatre in Avlabari (Tbilisi) there is also a park dedicated to Aliyev. The Georgians elected party called "Georgian Dream" which is now enacting Russian style policies like the Foreign Agents law. the whole region is like a high school drama... like the former Yugoslavia...

@tng2057 2 дня назад

Ethiopia and Eritrea.

@nightgirlgreece День назад

🇬🇷 🤝 🇨🇾

@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748 2 дня назад

Benelux still exists and works. But the EU's increasing power makes it less and less al effective

@CARL_093 19 часов назад

malaysia kicking Singapore out of the federation is there biggest regret today Singapore is military economically stronger than them

@mickmickymick6927 Час назад

still annoyed about the fall of the kalmar union ngl

@glenags 19 часов назад

united states of Indonesia (RIS)

@Babyocto12 2 дня назад

early woah

@june_joy 2 дня назад

central americas union

@Unknown_Iranian_Soldier1 2 дня назад

United Arab Republic 🇪🇬🇸🇾 British Raj 🇮🇳🇧🇩🇲🇲🇵🇰🇳🇵 Yugoslavia 🇧🇦🇭🇷🇷🇸🇸🇮🇲🇰🇲🇪🇽🇰 Cezchslovakia 🇨🇿🇸🇰 Iberian Union 🇪🇦🇵🇹 1960 Pakistan 🇧🇩🇵🇰 1970 Iran 🇮🇷🇧🇭 1970 Indonesia 🇮🇩🇹🇱

@opalyon 2 дня назад

@12jswilson 2 дня назад

Transcaucasian has the problem of trying to unite Armenia and Azerbaijan.

@WUDZ_780 2 дня назад

7th comment i guess

@SriparnoMitra 2 дня назад

first maybe

@GabrielCGA 2 дня назад

Yep

@GrandTerr 2 дня назад

Transcaucasia - none of these countries would want trans in their name.

@9and7 2 дня назад

U forgot Yugoslavia!!! LMAO!

@sulaymankindi 2 дня назад

7:10 Panama didnt GAIN independence. Yankistan ripped it away to build the canal

@schs1977 2 дня назад

French investors began building the Panama Canal in 1881, went bankrupt in 1889 and abandoned the project. In 1894, a second group of French investors re-started the project, and they also abandoned the project. In 1903, the US and Panama signed the Hay-Herran Treaty and the US paid $10M (about $3.5B in today’s dollars), and initial annual payments of $250,000 per year to the Panamanian government. In exchange the Panamanian government granted a 99-year lease to the US government. It cost the US over $375M to construct the canal. The Canal Zone was returned to Panama on December 31, 1999. I take great offense to people such as you who know nothing about sacrifices made to build the canal. My maternal great-grandmothers oldest brother left a comfortable life in the US to go to malaria infested swamps of Panama as a 17-year-old boy. He was one of the thousands of construction workers who lost their lives building canal that Panama and its people now enjoy the benefits from the money it brings to your country.

@General.Knowledge 2 дня назад

That's true! But there was a local movement for independence as well, no?

@sulaymankindi День назад

@@General.Knowledge I think if you researched it more, especially who signed the independence declaration etc, then you might assess that "local movement" as completely irrelevant to the creation of Panama. I'm sorry if Im coming across as nitpicking, but I respect you enough not to let the whitewashed narrative be promoted on your esteemed channel. Perhaps you could do a documentary on this topic

@sulaymankindi День назад

@@schs1977 keep being offended Mr French Empire. Did you have ancestors that raped women in Algeria and Vietnam too?

@sulaymankindi День назад

@@schs1977 Any literate person can read books like "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" and so much more to know how you treated Panamanians like dogs in their own country. You expect the world to still be GRATEFUL for your economic and physical rape throughout the globe, in the past and still ongoing? Disgusting is not even the word!

@yurkin7774 2 дня назад

Ukrainian People's Republic.

@sandervdbrink84 2 дня назад

That wasn't an union...

@khalidshubbar6911 2 дня назад

Grand Columbia, the Baltics, and the Caucuses should unite. Edit: Not all three regions together. What once was Grand Columbia should unite. The three Baltic States should unite. (With the Estonian flag, I think) The Caucuses should unite.

@erickpoorbaugh6728 2 дня назад

I don't see that working out, especially with the Caucuses. The only way Armenia and Azerbaijan will ever unite is if one conquers the other (or Russia goes full neo-USSR and conquers both), which would likely be very bad for whoever was on the losing side.