American Reacts to the Falkland Islands

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10 ай бұрын

As an American I do not know much about UK geography, but I have to admit I did not expect there to be an entire island of the UK I had never heard about before. Today I am very interested in learning about the Falkland Islands and how it became a British territory. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!

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@stuartmcivor2276 10 ай бұрын

"Is there a British island off the United States?" - well there's Bermuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos and the British Virgin Islands all within about 1000 miles.

@GarySaltern 10 ай бұрын

Yep and why doe's the Hawiian flag have the Union Jack?

@dna9838 10 ай бұрын

@@GarySalternbecause the flag looked cooler with it.

@richardcook9794 10 ай бұрын

Look up Washington's The great Union flag 😊

@LEESS1005 10 ай бұрын

The Hawaiin KING loved the Brits,so he honoured us by placing the UNION FLAG on the hawaiin flag

@GarySaltern 10 ай бұрын

@@dna9838 I definitely agree. I AM CANADIAN. God save the King.

@Lily33McC 10 ай бұрын

No matter where the inhabitants are from on the Falkland Islands they chose who they wanted to defend them. The majority of the penguins there voted to be British too!

@Established1965 10 ай бұрын

best comment ever xx #ownedit

@altaudio555 10 ай бұрын

source????

@jasonyoung7705 10 ай бұрын

Brown@@altaudio555

@robertofraser101 10 ай бұрын

Who said penguin's had any right too vote ?😊😊😊 suppose its much their island as well

@gabbymcclymont3563 10 ай бұрын

I would have thought the penguins would be spending there time trying to stay upright rather than voting which country they wanted to belong to.

@chrissmith8773 10 ай бұрын

If owning things so far away bothers you, the I suggest you lobby your congressman to offload American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

@Aloh-od3ef 10 ай бұрын

And Hawaii 😉

@sameebah 10 ай бұрын

Don't forget Hawaii, too.

@hexoslaya3696 10 ай бұрын

@@Aloh-od3eftbf unlike those other islands Hawaii is an actual state with rights and stuff.

@CM-ey7nq 10 ай бұрын

To Tyler Reagan is "that guy". Why we love him :)

@alanrickett2537 10 ай бұрын

@@hexoslaya3696and the Falklands is a British protectorate so you lose a Hawaii if we have to lose the Falklands

@Paul-hl8yg 10 ай бұрын

Argentina as a nation did not exist when the British owned the Falkland islands. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

@thomasmccaghrey9888 6 ай бұрын

That's what we keep telling them

@Paul-hl8yg 6 ай бұрын

@@thomasmccaghrey9888 Perhaps they don't understand English only Argentinian? Oops i mean Spanish!! Lol. 😉

@lemarkclr 3 ай бұрын

bueno, hay documentos españoles de la corona de españa anteriores, el caso es que los ingleses, la apuntaron en papel, pero las islas ya habian sido descubiertas previamente por los españoles, que de todas maneras da igual, porque lo que era de españa paso a ser nuestro, en terminos del vireinato, igual que lo fue para el resto de vireinatos y colonias americanas....

@lemarkclr 3 ай бұрын

@@Paul-hl8yg puede ser que no comprendan español y por eso responden como maquinitas siempre lo mismo? Qpqs.

@Paul-hl8yg 3 ай бұрын

@@lemarkclr English please!

@themartinebunny 10 ай бұрын

As a Brit, if it was just about territory, I wouldn't care. I'd say just let Argentina have the Islands. It would make sense geographically. However, there are people living on the Islands. It should be entirely up to them who "owns" the islands, as they're the only people in the world it affects. As it stands, they pretty much unanimously want to remain under British rule, and that should be respected and defended imo.

@davidchamberlain5425 10 ай бұрын

You are from another planet 🙄🙄🙄🙄..That is what the population voted on 98-99% in favour of staying inside UK!!!!Those people have the right...over 2000 of them....O.K🤔

@neuralwarp 10 ай бұрын

I don't entirely agree. You can't let people start cutting chunks off your country, or everyone will want a bit. Like Ukraine.

@P.G.Wodelouse 10 ай бұрын

why would it make sense? Argentina wasn't even a thing when it became a British territory. Argentina should actually be the overseas territory of the Falklands, not the other way around.

@katrinabryce 10 ай бұрын

@@neuralwarp When there was a referendum in Ukraine, every part of the country voted in favour of not being part of Russia. Crimea outside of Svestapol had the highest support for being part of Russia, but it was still only about 44%. Svestapol was the next highest at about 36%. In the rest of the country, support was in single digits.

@maozedong8370 10 ай бұрын

@@katrinabryce What's your point exactly? Ukraine wasn't strong enough to protect itself. Besides, Ukraine failed to properly assimilate those who DID want to join Russia. In a nation, if you have a large population that wants to join another nation, things do not look good for you. Ideally, more than 95% should be in favor of being a part of the country they are in whereas as you said, parts of Ukraine have 4 out of 10 people wanting to join another country. When that happens, the country has a few choices to make. Either work things out nicely or just shrug it off. Ukraine chose option two. A country with a large population that are foreign or want to be part of another country need to deal with the area properly. The best way to achieve this is to make their country more appealing to live in than the one people want to defect to. Ukraine not only failed to do this as it was worse off than Russia, but the Ukrainian government straight up antagonized and left the parts of Ukraine with large Russian support in terrible conditions which helped cause a civil war. Then Russia steps in and decides to take the area for themselves because a large number of the inhabitants have basically invited them in. That's why Ukraine is in the situation it is in now. Had they have not made poor political decisions and actually tried to help the pro-Russian areas instead of ignoring them and leaving the areas in an awful state, they could have prevented this war. That's what happens when you are foolish enough to p*ss off your bordering country because the government is getting seduced by another nation half way across the world. It is impractical to make such an alliance, especially when it is only the government looking for benefits for themselves and not their citizens. It is sort of the same situation as when Albania decided to ally with China. Why would you do that when they are so far away from you and are completely different from you culturally? And why make enemies with nations on your doorstep if you can avoid it, especially nations as powerful as Russia?

@alancook 10 ай бұрын

Hawaii is "so far away" from the US mainland. Would Americans be bothered if another country invaded? Seriously?

@Andy-bl2oq 10 ай бұрын

Yes you would yank

@grahamgresty8383 10 ай бұрын

Well it's got a British flag on the state flag and they recently set fire to it so perhaps the US don't want it? -Seriously: thinking about the lives lost with great sadness

@AndrewHalliwell 10 ай бұрын

The last time another country attacked Hawaii, it dragged the USA into WWII.

@Burglar-King 10 ай бұрын

Not very tactful in the light of what’s just happened there in the last couple of days. Also Pearl Harbour was an American army base. America wasn’t dragged anywhere. USA thought it was above attack and just aimlessly watched while Europe tried desperately to stop a dangerous and evil dictator named Hitler. (My family lost half the male line in WWII) Europe on the other hand was fighting for freedom. Japan saw an opportunity and took it. (to this day I don’t understand why). If you Learn world history you might see that what you’ve been taught does not tally with what you think you know.

@grahamgresty8383 10 ай бұрын

Oh fucking read the whole comment!

@lesliedellow1533 10 ай бұрын

You have never heard of Ascension Island? Well, out of the sheer goodness of our hearts, we let the Yanks share a military base with us on the island.

@KidarWolf 10 ай бұрын

"Why can't you just give it back?" The Argentinians never owned it. Also, if you're coming with that energy, pay reparations to Native people in the Hawaiian islands, and give control of those islands back to them.

@fatsam2564 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely in fact he should give America back to the native Americans

@KidarWolf 10 ай бұрын

@@fatsam2564 Absolutely!

@1889jonny 10 ай бұрын

No, give Hawaii back to Britain! They also have a Union Flag in their flag (only kidding, don't kill me lol)

@vtbn53 10 ай бұрын

@@1889jonny The union jack is not on the Hawaiian flag because Britain "owned" Hawaii it commemorates the Royal Navy's historical relations with the Kingdom of Hawaii, and in particular the pro-British sentiment of its founder and first ruler, King Kamehameha I.

@helenwood8482 10 ай бұрын

And America.

@ImWithBigRed 10 ай бұрын

You don’t mess with the Brits. Then or now. 😊

@NoQuartersGiven_ 10 ай бұрын

There's a reason the sun never sets on the British Empire .... even God is afraid.

@KingDomsKingdom85 10 ай бұрын

No natural disasters on the British Isles either, God's chosen country lol.

@Salfordian 10 ай бұрын

It was an English captain, John Davis in 1592 who discovered the Falklands long before Argentina even existed which was 1816

@danielferguson3784 10 ай бұрын

Before the Panama canal was built ships had to go right round the bottom of South America to get into the Pacific. The Falklands were convenient stopping off point on the route. It became a whaling station during the days of chasing the whales, & was a strategic point to shelter shipping. A group of Britons settled there, farming cattle & sheep, & some fishing. The Panama canal meant much less traffic called by the Falklands.

@jameseckersley4926 10 ай бұрын

1-British people landed there hundreds of years before Argentina existed 2- there were no indigenous people, the penguins are probably the only ones to have lived there before that. 3- you cant just say you own a place thats 400 miles away because for example Germany could say they own half of Europe again.

@ianwalker5842 10 ай бұрын

If Tyler would just read people's explanatory/clarificatory comments he'd learn a whole lot more than he does. People waste a lot of time and energy writing comments he never reads, I'm afraid, though he's the one regularly inviting us to "drop a comment"... This is misleading, disappointing and annoying.

@carolineskipper6976 10 ай бұрын

Sometimes the comments are useful to others who watch the video and read through them .

@stevebeever2442 10 ай бұрын

Dry your eyes mate

@ianwalker5842 10 ай бұрын

@@carolineskipper6976 That's true, yes. But many respond to his questions and confusions because he invites us to do so, giving the impression that he reads comments when it's pretty clear he doesn't. If he would just say he doesn't have time to read or respond, that would go a long way, but he's never done this, probably because if he did he wouldn't get as many comments, and he wants lots of people to comment because the KZfaq 'algorithms' will then recommend/promote his videos more widely. I enjoy his videos but he's being dishonest, that's my objection.

@c_n_b 10 ай бұрын

@stevebeever2442 Like the song! Very clever.

@steveaga4683 10 ай бұрын

@@c_n_bThe song is abysmal

@Aloh-od3ef 10 ай бұрын

If someone invaded Hawaii. America would fight to get it back and protect the American citizens living there. When someone invaded the Falklands. The British went to fight for the island and protect the British people living there!! If Argentina tried it again. We would do the same again too protect all British citizens 😊

@christofferknight8567 10 ай бұрын

Please reconsider... Look at the flag, America took the islands... Revards

@Angel_423 10 ай бұрын

@christofferknight8567 the hawaii flag has the Union Jack, not because it was british but because the natives wanted to show respect to the British so they added the flag, same with the stripes. They were appeasing the US and UK

@kawagonzo6951 Ай бұрын

all this war was a plan from usa and uk!! they fooled us into war so argentina lost all the right to claim over the islands! UPI ARCHIVES MAY 29, 1988 Lehman says U.S. aid enabled Britain to win Falklands LONDON -- Former Navy Secretary John Lehman disclosed that American military aid given London during the 1982 Falklands war was extensive and said Britain would have lost without it, the BBC-TV confirmed Sunday. 'Britain would have had to have withdrawn from the Falklands' if the United States had cut off the aid, said Lehman, Navy secretary from 1981 to 1987 usa and uk been training ukraine army since 2013!....same two countries wondering when usa and uk gonna stop foooking the world in the ass!.....im happy for putin and russia they didnt fell into the trap as argentina and ukraine

@gavinhall6040 10 ай бұрын

14:30 - Hi Tyler, you asked about British islands located by the United States, they are in no special order - Bermuda - Anguilla - Turks and Caicos Islands - British Virgin Islands - Cayman Islands - Montserrat. These are the islands in the Carribean and all overseas territory of the UK.

@pem... 10 ай бұрын

Yep, i came to put this👍🏻 well some of them, not heard of Montserrat , or I'd forgotten about it. There are that many it is easy to forget some , lol

@gavinhall6040 10 ай бұрын

@@pem... Most people left Montserrat because of a Volcanic eruption that grumbled for about 5 years destroying half the island in the late 1990s, but people can live on half the island again following years of renew.

@annienonimus5236 10 ай бұрын

Pitcairn Island would blow his mind. Also Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island.

@gavinhall6040 10 ай бұрын

@@annienonimus5236 he asked about the British overseas territories situated by the United States, thats why I've only listed the ones in the Caribbean.

@annienonimus5236 10 ай бұрын

I didn't say Pitcairn was anywhere near the US I just said it would blow his mind.

@sammic7492 10 ай бұрын

No real reason why us Brits wanted the island, to begin with, we just don't like being told what to do, or being pushed around. But now the people on the island are British and want to be British so we will defend them and the islands.

@bwilson5401 10 ай бұрын

Because there is oil and its also a handy South Atlantic base.

@stephenlee5929 10 ай бұрын

@@bwilson5401 The war happened before the oil was discovered. To be fair, as stated The Argentine leadership was in trouble and thought 'taking back' The Malvinas' would make them popular. The Thatcher Government of the time was also in trouble and so could not let anyone 'boss' them around. If Argentina losses this war they probably oust their government (note they did) If UK loss the war, we probably oust our government, didn't Thatcher re-elected.

@gyver8448 10 ай бұрын

"Now" they're British? My friend, the islands inhabitants were lobbying the British government hard to not be given over to Argentina before the war even happened. They never wanted to go.

@dirtbikerman1000 10 ай бұрын

Before the Panama canal it was a stop off island and a whaling station

@cristinagrosso3528 Ай бұрын

La gente que la habita e británica porque a los primeros pobladores argentinos los subieron a barcos y los mandaron al continente y las poblaron con su gente ...Nuestra plataforma submarina ratifica nuestra propiedad y además la guerra de Malvinas fue de Argentina contra la OTAN , EEUU y G bretaña ....

@McKamikazeHighlander 10 ай бұрын

"This is so far away from the UK! It's like on the opposite side of the Earth!" It's not, but Australia and New Zealand are and those countries were founded as part of the British Empire too. The USA does it as well - your country still owns islands on the other side of the Pacific. The reason why the British were so determined to settle there initially was because the islands had the potential to be a strategic naval base for passage around Cape Horn. The Argentinians just see it as a point of national pride - despite the fact that Argentina did not exists as an independent country when the British gained final control over the islands. And after having recently found oil there, the Argentinians are making noises about them again. But almost all the people living there are English and have no intention of letting Buenos Aires rule over them, so that should be the end of the matter

@j_clarkson 10 ай бұрын

"Man, the English really really wanted this island. Is there any particular reason? Because it's already causing a conflict with the French." I think you answered your own question there!

@Simon-hb9rf 10 ай бұрын

well historically that has been reason enough for us to do many things, annoying the French is practically a national hobby.

@stephenlee5929 10 ай бұрын

It also caused problems with Spain, so double win.

@kopynd1 9 ай бұрын

best squid comes from the falklands major export, the island export more than they import which means good investment, for the people

@andypandy9013 10 ай бұрын

A couple of points: 1. It had been announced that the ice patrol vessel HMS Endurance was going to be withdrawn but at the time of the Invasion of 1982 that had not yet happened. It went on to play a vital role in the Liberation of the islands. 2. The Argentinians seriously underestimated the character of the British people. I was 25 at the time and our prevailing mood was "How bl@@dy dare you?! You'll pay for that!" And they did. 👿

@gdok6088 10 ай бұрын

Yes, when we Brits or our fellow Brits elsewhere in the world are attacked it arouses thee British bulldog fighting spirit. As a people, we don't like being pushed around and we don't like bullies - that spirit has been evident recently as the UK 🇬🇧 have often been first to offer British arms to Ukraine after Russia's illegal invasion, just as we were the first to stand up to Nazi Germany when it invaded Poland.

@Sophie.S.. 10 ай бұрын

It's Tyler - does anybody expect he knows anything🤣

@davidmalarkey1302 10 ай бұрын

He's like many Americans just willfully ignorant and never been outside of his bubble .Americans lead very insular lives they zero about anything of side of their own bubble

@philipmason9537 10 ай бұрын

Despite Argentina being in such close proximity to the Falklands it has never, ever owned them. Periodically when the Argentinian economy is in a dire state, which is quite often, the government highlights how they want to reclaim( which you can’t do if they were never owned in the first place) the Falklands to take the populations mind off the insanely high inflation and food shortages.

@neuralwarp 10 ай бұрын

Argentina is nowhere near Falkland. It would be like Spain claiming ownership of Cyprus.

@philipmason9537 10 ай бұрын

@@neuralwarp RELATIVELY near in the big scheme of things. The islands had no inhabitants until the British landed in 1765 and although an Argentinian group landed in 1832 to take charge despite the British claiming sovereignty they were quickly despatched soon afterwards.

@blondebrandy 10 ай бұрын

The people who live there are mainly Brits and can trace there families back 200 years since 1765. Brits were basically the only inhabitants that is why the Brits fought for it. There is now a few others from different countries..

@woofbarkyap 6 ай бұрын

@@philipmason9537"relatively" is, well, relative. I would have been inclined to agree with you til I went there. It took three days by repurposed Dutch frigate with powerful diesel engines, across rough seas. The Falklands may be technically closer to Argentina but they're been British since before Argentina was even a country. They aren't even geologically connected to Argentina, South Africa would have that claim! On a final note, Stanley is possibly the most English town I've ever visited 😂

@philipmason9537 6 ай бұрын

@@woofbarkyap 👍

@suekey8072 10 ай бұрын

It was the Falkland islanders who wanted to stay British and that’s why we fought for them… British take the safety of Brits where ever they are seriously… also Argentina has never owned it so ‘giving it back’ was never an option

@lavalamp6410 10 ай бұрын

Hey, just hand back New York to the Dutch, they are the original owners, after taking it from the Natives, maybe hand back Louisiana back to the French and while you are at it, hand back Texas and California and New Mexico and Nevada back to Mexico, I'm sure the people living in those places won't mind one bit. And while you are at it, hand back all those eastern states back to the British, they used to own it before the illegal insurrection. Of course, the Falkland Islanders are British essentially, they have been for two hundred years and the Islands were uninhabited so never had any native peoples, they were unclaimed until the British claimed them even before Argentina became a country.

@cristinagrosso3528 Ай бұрын

No es así , estaban habitadas por españoles y argentinos pero al llegar los ingleses los echaron en sus barcos ....Lean historia universal , los ingleses y sus hijos EEUU son piratas y roban a todo el mundo desde siempre .

@s_3818 10 ай бұрын

"Is there some kind of British Island floating by the United States that I don't know about?" Should we tell him about the one 650 miles from the coast of North Carolina?

@johnharrison154 10 ай бұрын

I visited about 10 years ago. The islanders definitely have a British culture and want to keep that. They do realise though that they are going to have to engage with South America. It's common now for islanders children to finish their schooling in Chile, and to learn Spanish. Before the war this would not have happened. One surprise for me was the number of seasonal workers, mostly from Tristan da Cuhna. They work in the tourist industry. Apparently the oil mentioned in the video didn't work out, but the islands do make a lot of money from selling fishing rights (there is no local fishing fleet). It's bigger now than sheep farming, but apparently has caused some problems because the money from selling fishing rights hasn't been distributed very evenly.

@stewedfishproductions7959 10 ай бұрын

I just watched a (2023) 'walking tour' of Stanley here on YT. It is really good because it's just like getting off one of the many cruise ships that stop there. The camera 'person' takes you into the church, the local 'Waitrose' store & cafe, past various shops, the Dockyard Museum, even an iconic, red, 'public' telephone box and the 'local' Globe Pub... It appears very British (almost like visiting a Scottish Island) and they drive on the left too! You need to put this in the 'search bar'; VIRTUAL WALKING TOUR: 🚶 «Stanley - Falkland Islands An enjoyable video and saves on an expensive visit - LOL 😅 😂 🤣

@jameslewis2635 10 ай бұрын

The whole reason why the UK couldn't make a deal with Argentina before the war to let them have the islands is that the people living there were firmly against that happening. They have always seen themselves as being British and as such their political representatives would always shoot down any deal that would lead to them being handed over to Argentina.

@helenwood8482 10 ай бұрын

I was 11 when this happened. We watched parts of it at school. Our headmaster said it would be the only war my generation would see. Sadly, he was wrong about that. The islanders are very British and always will be.

@aussie6910 10 ай бұрын

You've heard of Guam & Hawaii haven't you??? Same thing. In 1982 Argentina invaded & the Brits flew bombing missions FROM ENGLAND to hit Port Stanley. That's a 16,000mile round trip none stop in a Vulcan.

@RB-747 10 ай бұрын

Wait until Tyler learns there are 13 more of these territories

@user-bp5qi4vq9l 10 ай бұрын

Tyler doesn't even know about his own country's territories. Puerto Rico would probably be it. "We own the Northern Mariana Islands? What are they? Where are they?"

@patrickw123 10 ай бұрын

@@user-bp5qi4vq9l Very true!

@danielferguson3784 10 ай бұрын

Check it out. The USA has several remote territories of it's own, including Hawaii!

@Joanna-il2ur 10 ай бұрын

And Samoa, Guam, Virgin Islands etc.

@neuralwarp 10 ай бұрын

Imagine if someone invaded Hawaii. We don't have to imagine. America did. Give it back.

@markharris1125 10 ай бұрын

Hawaii is a state now. But yes, Puerto Rico, Samoa, as others have said.

@PedroConejo1939 10 ай бұрын

Even Alaska, though it's obviously not an island.

@hexoslaya3696 10 ай бұрын

“It’s so far away” that’s kinda the point. We may not have the size of the old empire but we’ve still got the reach.

@Colin-mc4ml 10 ай бұрын

Tyler you forgot about your reaction a year ago, The difference between UK Great Britain & England. In this video it explains The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and The Realms , Territories and Commonwealth Nations.

@neuralwarp 10 ай бұрын

It wasn't the ENGLISH. It was the BRITISH.

@101steel4 10 ай бұрын

Americans don't know the difference.

@101steel4 10 ай бұрын

Wait until he finds out he lives in a former British colony.

@DeanMoxley87 10 ай бұрын

he already knows, He was shocked to learn that most Merican Sports / Brand names emanated in the UK. We only have over a Thousand year history compared to the 300+ years Merica have

@johnkemp8904 19 күн бұрын

Nothing that Tyler doesn’t know would surprise me. Every other US reactor starts from a basis of ‘I don’t know much about this and want to find out’. Tyler vaunts his total ignorance just about every time. To me the summit of this (or the depth) was in the video in which the narrator said that you can’t have gone to school in the English-speaking world without learning that the UK used to rule over 25% of the world’s population’ to which he instantly said ‘I didn’t know that!’ He either is an ignoramus or poses as one.

@addison_reilly5904 10 ай бұрын

By the way, to my understanding the strategic importance of owning a small island is you get to own a considerable amount of water around the island.

@neuralwarp 10 ай бұрын

There's an important principle at stake. You can't let people claim parts of your territories. Ask Ukraine.

@malcomflibbleghast8140 10 ай бұрын

yes i need more whale blubber in my life. ive been to Hull....lack of blubber is a terrible blight.

@tomasdawe9379 10 ай бұрын

Also having friendly harbors around the world are very good for naval force projection. Also at the time Spain was asking for Gibraltar back, and if we had let the Falklands slide then...

@Bob10009 10 ай бұрын

“Britain owns the most obscure islands” - plot them on a map and you’ll see they control the worlds oceans. Rule Britannia 🇬🇧😎

@Bob10009 10 ай бұрын

“Argentina never rescinded their claim over the islands” - they have NEVER had a legitimate claim as the Islands have been British since before Argentina even existed as a country.

@jaccilowe3842 10 ай бұрын

At that time during the Cold War, it was made quite clear to us in the UK (and I'm sure Reagan had the same concerns) that the Falklands would be a very strategic foothold in the South Atlantic if the Soviets got hold of it. Argentina had some dubious backers.

@tincho6353 10 ай бұрын

the USA?

@segazora 10 ай бұрын

Went to college with a girl who was a falklander, she was as british as anyone else, you would never know she grew up thousands of miles away unless she told you.

@angelawalker8615 10 ай бұрын

It was 1982, and it was a war, people died, including my brother, the people are British and voted to stay British, we owed it to them to protect them, Britain can never give the Falklands up,because of the blood that had been spent. READ YOUR COMMENTS.....

@EEmB 10 ай бұрын

He never read the comments 🙁 It's so frustrating! We are giving him answers, time, engagement and by that his money, but he doesn't bother to read the comments. I'm so sorry about the loss of your brother 🌹

@lemarkclr 3 ай бұрын

Una lastima por tu hermano, que dios lo acompañe, yo perdí a mi tío, y por la sangre derramada nosotros tampoco podemos dejarlas ir.

@leehallam9365 10 ай бұрын

The UK's position is not based on the territory itself, the oil deposits are a red herring as they are probably not commercially accessible, and the place costs money to keep. It's about the right to self determination of the Islanders, their ancestors have been there for almost 200 years, there were no indigenous people, and those who were there before them were short term visitors there to do a job. Since the war respecting the sacrifices of those who died is important too. Argentina still claim it, recently there was controversy over the EU using the Argentinian name for the islands and before that they got Chinese support by supporting their claim to Taiwan. There claim is based on old Spanish treaties which they claim inherited rights to, to their brief occupation and to being the nearest country to them. Fundamentally they do not accept the right to self determination of the islanders, describing them as squatters. Interestingly that vote in 2013, its thought that at least two of those voting against the status quo actually wanted independence not to be Argentinian. There were at least 20 Argentinians on the island with a vote, and they didn't vote for Argentina.

@lesliedellow1533 10 ай бұрын

The one man on Earth who has never heard of the Falklands War.

@davidmalarkey1302 10 ай бұрын

Shows you how insular America is as a country and how willfully ignorant most Americans are too

@robward367 10 ай бұрын

We were all in that boat until someone told us.

@Mike-xh7wb 10 ай бұрын

@@robward367 what planet , did they find you on ? A lot of Brits fought, and died on Falklands , their families, did not have to be told about it, they lived it. Time for you to grow up.

@glastonbury4304 Ай бұрын

@@robward367...some were, but a lot who liked geography and history at school weren't, or had a world map or globe in their house...

@TonyStrongman 10 ай бұрын

The Vietnam "conflict" had just ended when I was born in '76. The Falklands "conflict" in '82 was therefore my first experience of war as a child. The Paras were forever solidified in my head as the ELITE fighting force of the army - well alongside the SAS but they are just different - I was first exposed to them in '80 in the Iranian Embassy siege.

@brucewilliams4152 10 ай бұрын

I had a friend and neighbour who fought in the Falklands war in the royal navy. He was in bomb alley on a destroyer. He was also on duty as a radar operator when on patrol they sank an Argentinean tanker. He returned safely and left the navy soon after. At the time of the Falklands war 1982 I was 21. Many of us thought it this got really serious theyed start conscription

@jenniferfox301 10 ай бұрын

My friend's eldest son was on the ground at Port Stanley with the RAF. During bombings he had Emperor penguins for company 😅 UK 🇬🇧

@michael_177 10 ай бұрын

Who in their right mind would think they's start conscription for a small island off south america. I can't tell if you're joking or not.

@jenniferfox301 10 ай бұрын

@@michael_177 the Argentinians conscripted so many young men and couldn't train them properly which is why they surrendered rather than risked being killed. I felt sorry for them when I discovered this, as did a lot of UK soldiers.

@dinger40 10 ай бұрын

There's British Island in the Indian Ocean called Diego Garcia. We kicked all the locals out of so the US could use it as a Millitary Base in 1973. It's still causing political ramifications now.

@MareSerenitis 10 ай бұрын

A fun (depressing) fact about this, is that the British Government are in the process of having the entire area around Diego Garcia be demarked as a "nature preservation area". Why is this bad? Because no-one is allowed to settle in such areas, and this would legally prevent the Chagos Islanders (the orignal inhabitants) from ever returning.

@maozedong8370 10 ай бұрын

@@MareSerenitis I mean in all fairness, those people have 100 years at best living there anyway. The rising sea levels will devour that entire island chain and considering it is in British jurisdiction, The UK would be the first place these people get relocated to.

@gabbymcclymont3563 10 ай бұрын

I own a huge desk built in 1760, it went to the Falklands back then along with my great, great whatevers. This desk is well traveld its been through south America, it was in Canada for over 100 years then back to Scotland then Italy, back to Scotland then Australia then back to Scotland (it's a homing desk) it's in England now. Its traveld more than a American and less than a New Zealander. 99% of Falklanders say they are Brittish, very few speak Spanish and they have always partitioned Parlament that they must stay Brittish. If Canada took over your town by force i'm sure you would expect America to come to your help.

@stewedfishproductions7959 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful story and great to have something with a long 'history' attached...

@jackielouise7538 10 ай бұрын

It still surprises me, although maybe it shouldn't after watching so many of these 'American reaction' videos, that you have never even heard of the Falklands War. It was all consuming to us Brits at the time and very upsetting too. Not only because of all the lives that were lost, but also all the ones who were injured or maimed in some way. I remember watching the news and seeing some truly awful scenes.

@rachelbosworth2438 10 ай бұрын

I'm from the UK but I was only 6 when the war happened. I vividly remember seeing it all on the news, so yeah, I'm amazed tyler has never heard of it. I've also had the pleasure of meeting Simon Weston a famous survivor and Falklands war veteran

@sarahhardy8649 10 ай бұрын

All the more galling because our special friend (USA) sided with Argentina and NATO and the UN didn’t want to get involved.

@jackielouise3725 10 ай бұрын

@@rachelbosworth2438 Maybe Tyler should watch a video about Simon Weston, I'm sure there must be at least one.

@glastonbury4304 10 ай бұрын

We have many territories all around the world, quite a few we lease to the US military...the Hawaiian flag has the UK flag in its corner as well...

@gregweatherup9596 10 ай бұрын

Also nearby is another British Overseas Territory- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia island is the 3rd place named Georgia (in addition to the southern American state and the independent country in the Caucasus). Meanwhile the South Sandwich Islands were one of several islands named “Sandwich Island(s)” by Capt. Cook in honor of his patron, the Earl of Sandwich. Europeans even originally called Hawaiʻi ‘the Sandwich Islands’ because of Cook. “Is there a British island near America?” - Have ya met Bermuda? Also, the US has a maritime border with Britain via the British Virgin Islands and the US Virgin Islands. And of course both Canada & The Bahamas are Commonwealth Realms so the king of Britain is king, (and technically head of state,) of two of our neighboring countries.

@Spiritof1955 10 ай бұрын

I remember the Falklands war well. I can tell you exactly where I was when I heard that the first shots had been fired on the arrival of the fleet. Interesting and worrying times. Check out Falklands veteran Simon Weston.

@neuralwarp 10 ай бұрын

I was in the House of Commons committees galleries, listening to the Canada Act going through, when it was announced that a small contingent of Argentine troops had landed and raised their flag.

@claregale9011 10 ай бұрын

Amazing man

@ellinar1 10 ай бұрын

Go look at Hawaii's flag if you're wondering about Britain and islands

@petecallaghan5451 10 ай бұрын

"This is very easy to understand, this is perfect for me". Never have truer words been spoken

@jamesbrighton1778 10 ай бұрын

causing conflicts with spain and france are 2 of our favourite hobbies

@user-pp6jg1kq4i 10 ай бұрын

There is an excellent film called ‘AN UNGENTLEMANLY ACT’ about how the Falkland Islands War of 1982 started which I am sure Tyler and everyone else would enjoy.

@lukespooky 10 ай бұрын

even the thumbnail pissed me off

@johnnybeer3770 10 ай бұрын

If someone asked you for $10 and you gave it to them that's OK, but , if they took it without asking you'd punch them on the nose . That's what we Brits did to Argentina .🇬🇧

@claregale9011 10 ай бұрын

We liberated the people on the falkland islands and at great cost . Lest we forget .

@lordylou1 10 ай бұрын

We took (and take), The Falklands very seriously in the UK. 30 years later we're still a bit fighty over them. It was certainly a war - around a 1000 people lost their lives - but in typical British understatedness like to call it a conflict instead. Just as we call the ongoing united Ireland issue The Troubles, despite it claiming well over 3500 lives.

@Chris_GY1 10 ай бұрын

The last mines were removed two years ago from The Falkland Islands, there is a military garrison on the islands The Army and The Royal Air Force.

@SOPARA862k 10 ай бұрын

14:16 Yes, Bermuda and the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Turks & Caicos are all British Overseas Territories.

@Tonyblack261 10 ай бұрын

I remember when this happened - the majority of Brits (including myself) had no idea where the Falkland Island were.

@Steve-xz9gp 10 ай бұрын

I just can’t with this guy anymore lol I tried ..

@stephaniehamer4182 10 ай бұрын

The best way to explain Britain is as a slightly dysfunctional family. We can all call our great aunt we have never met, but anybody outside of the family tries to do it & we all put our differences aside & stand together.

@laguna3fase4 10 ай бұрын

I enlisted into the RAF one month before the invasion but didn't get to go there until 1990 for four months ( while the First Gulf War was being fought). Its a lovely place to go to and if I had the money would like to go again for a vacation. When I returned to the UK I was given 30 days leave, so my wife and I went to see her brother in San Francisco. We met some of his friends and work colleagues and one in particular was from Argentina. He told us he was in the Navy Reserves and was called up to sail on his ship, but had missed the sailing. Good fortune was on his side as the Ship ARA General Belgrano was sunk a few days later by the Royal Navy submarine.

@meliana751 10 ай бұрын

I remember the Falklands War. I remember watching the progress of the fleet heading down to the islands. I also remember listening to the daily news on the conflict.

@acechimera7394 10 ай бұрын

14:17 "Is there some british island floating off the coast of the states?" Yes. Yes there is lol. Have you not heard of the island of Bermuda?

@buddydesmond3091 10 ай бұрын

As a Brit we take safety of our citizens very seriously, it’s like asking America to give back Hawaii or Alaska

@kopynd1 9 ай бұрын

they did actually purchase alaska from russia so tech it belongs to usa, signed sealed delivered

@johankaewberg8162 10 ай бұрын

Did you miss the England-Argentina war (aka the Falklands War)? It was kind of a big deal. World class air carriers, with Harrier Jump Jets were deployed…

@glastonbury4304 Ай бұрын

UK....not England...

@johankaewberg8162 Ай бұрын

@@glastonbury4304 Sorry. We non UK:ians have some problem with the whole England/Brittain/GB/UK thing… 😀 Not to mention the commonwealth. Is Charles now the King of Australia?

@glastonbury4304 Ай бұрын

@johankaewberg8162 ... yep and New Zealand and Canada and quite a few more, but no real powers, just a better alternative than having a load more lying, thieving politicians who come and go like fleas on a dog...

@jillybrooke29 10 ай бұрын

Was a bad war with the Argentinians for these islands in 1982, and the vulnerable Falkland Islanders. The Argentinians finally capitulated. We lost a lot of men. Mostly British English speaking people live there. This was on our news for months, a guy reporting every day on the men who were lost. It was very sad and scary. But Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady was very strong.

@avalonm8541 10 ай бұрын

The Argentines didnt just try and grab the Falklands they also took South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. Why do the British care? because the people on the island are descendants of British Citizens, and have used the UN right to self determination to decide whether they want to be ruled by Argentina and the British, every time they select to remain British by significant Majority (eg 90%+).

@davidmalarkey1302 10 ай бұрын

Learn about Gibraltar of the coast of Southern Spain.

@ianroper2812 10 ай бұрын

Be careful, The Falklands is a prickling subject as some British and Argentine Military lost their lives in a war in 1982. And we still defend it to this day. And by the way, even the Americans are in Ascension isles. So, it’s not a laughing matter.

@reverentcreature 10 ай бұрын

"It's the other side of the earth." Why would the English want it?.... You've answered your own question!

@CallMeKristianUK 10 ай бұрын

Wait until he find out about Gibraltar 🇬🇮

@marielouise9126 10 ай бұрын

As soon as Tyler asks is there any other Islands near America when he learns about the Ascension Islands, I’m shouting at the screen, Bermuda!

@justme1111 10 ай бұрын

With islands come control over the waters which surround them!

@Adeodatus100 10 ай бұрын

And if you think it's weird that the English are in the Falkland Islands, just wait till you hear about the Welsh in Patagonia....

@brentwoodbay 10 ай бұрын

Duw Duw!

@charliecosta3971 10 ай бұрын

In Britain, we all know or have older family members that fought in the Falkland war. It's a very well known and very common idkand to us Brits. However the Argentines still hold grudges and some parts of Argentina is very unsafe for a Brit. (Check out top gear in Argintina)

@woofbarkyap 6 ай бұрын

Tbf Top Gear behaved like a bunch of twats. I travelled the length of the country (a solo 50-something woman) and was polite and pleasant to everyone and got nothing but the same in return. We did discuss the islands on several occasions - most really didn't care and even those who did were diplomatic and interested in conversation not violence.

@marieparker3822 10 ай бұрын

Britain had Belize (formerly British Honduras) in Central America, British Guiana in South America, lots of the Caribbean islands, many islands in the Pacific, some in the Atlantic (Bermuda, Ascension, South Georgia), some land in Antarctica, Malta and Cyprus in the Mediterranean, Aden, Singapore, Hong Kong. Oh, and the Falkland Islands.

@stuartwho 10 ай бұрын

I was 20 at the time of the Falklands War and there was real concern that Thatcher would introduce conscription for young men at the time. The Falklands is a mini UK with pubs, post boxes and red telephone boxes and other staples of British culture. Winning the war also helped Thatcher win her second term in office in 1983.

@_starfiend 10 ай бұрын

No there wasn't. I was also 20 and at college at the time. I never once heard anything about conscription, and in any case both Thatcher and the senior military officers were always dead set against the idea. (There were a couple of back bench MP's who thought conscription was a good idea and should be brought back, but this was long before the Falklands conflict.)

@morgancluderay3020 10 ай бұрын

The UK has the 5th strongest military on earth I rlly don’t know how Argentina thought they’d win that fight 😂

@pedanticlady9126 10 ай бұрын

Owning and having access to Islands in various parts of the world can be of significant strategic benefit. Particularly, for naval bases, airfields and other military purposes. I would have thought this would be pretty obvious. Ascension Island, in the middle of nowhere, is a case in point. Without access to the military airfield and port... to refuel, restock, and relay communications, etc. It would have been much more difficult, if not impossible, to retake the Falklands from 8,000 miles away.

@neuralwarp 10 ай бұрын

Falkland is a bit like Hawaii. A self governing region with loyalty and defence links to UK. Far away, and not plausibly part of another country. Now imagine if someone invaded it. Like you invaded Hawaii.

@t.a.k.palfrey3882 10 ай бұрын

That is a false comparison. Hawaii, being a state since 1969, is as much an integral part of the US as is Ynys Môn, the Isles of Scilly, The Shetlands, or Iona. The better comparison would be between the Falklands and Guam.

@billydonaldson6483 10 ай бұрын

The US has islands in the Pacific, Hawaii is a long way from the US mainland, it was under the influence the U.K. originally but the US wanted it for themselves, the British Union flag is still a part of the island’s flag. A parcel of land in Victoria in Canada is still in dispute with the US who claim it as theirs. When I visited there a few years ago there was a roundabout with the number 0 on it, this is where the disputed land starts. The US has an early warning station on Ascension Island as part of the lease lend agreement during WW2, they also use other British controlled islands such as Bermuda and the British West Indies islands of Jamaica, Antigua, St.Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago and British Guiana, they also use Newfoundland under that agreement. Diego Garcia which has a naval support facility.

@monkeymox2544 10 ай бұрын

"Are there a bunch of British islands floating near America that I don't know about" - oh Tyler, you sweet summer child >< short answer: yes. Long answer: Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Monserrat. All British Overseas Territories.

@sarahhardy8649 10 ай бұрын

They learned that soldiers they expected to lose, were surviving because of the cold. It actually spurred on medicine to study hypothermic surgery.

@MadnessQuotient 10 ай бұрын

Next to look up: Gibraltar

@randomnutcase8926 10 ай бұрын

The reason Argentina want these islands so badly is OIL. There's oils in the Falkland's territorial waters. This oil was discovered back in the seventies, and Argentina tried to keep this information quiet and tried to buy the islands from Britain. Britain found out and backed out of selling them. So there you go! The real reason as to why these islands are so desirable!

@gemma3954 10 ай бұрын

That makes sense. Always follow the money. 💰

@applecider7307 10 ай бұрын

Tyler, All this was explained in your very first video, obviously did not sink in to that thick skull of yours.

@josiebridle1947 10 ай бұрын

If you think that re-taking the Falklands was impressive, you should check out the videos of how a Vulcan bombed Stanley runway.

@MrPaulMorris 10 ай бұрын

7:40 "Was anybody living there?" The islands were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Britain.

@JJ-of1ir 10 ай бұрын

It's simple really. The people living on the Falklands were British. They wanted to stay with Britain. Britain defended their rights and freedoms.

@supremefankai5480 10 ай бұрын

For the record, asking Brits to give up the Falklands would be like asking Americans to give up Hawaii to another country. It's ours, and we keep it just fine.

@scottosborne2915 10 ай бұрын

no it be more like asking america to give up alaska to russia just because russia is closer

@supremefankai5480 10 ай бұрын

@@scottosborne2915 not exactly the same thing, Russia actually owned Alaska once, while Argentina has never owned the Falklands.

@scottosborne2915 10 ай бұрын

@@supremefankai5480 but you get the meaning right america wouldn't stand for it and they would fight tooth and nail for it

@supremefankai5480 10 ай бұрын

@@scottosborne2915 just wanted to clarify, but yes

@scottosborne2915 10 ай бұрын

@@supremefankai5480 well pk then the reason why i said alaska is because they once owned it and because is like a stone throw away from russia

@evernoob8434 10 ай бұрын

Great Britain and the British Isles are a collection of islands. Over 6,000 of them in fact though sources vary from 6,289 to 7,700 islands in total. Most are uninhabited. In fact, only 189 islands are large enough to be permanently populated. 🤔🎈

@simonmaddison7285 10 ай бұрын

Ascension Island is part of the UK Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, which also includes Nightingale, Gough and Tristan du Cuna.

@Rhianalanthula 10 ай бұрын

I did wonder if anyone knew of Tristan da Cuhna.

@billydonaldson6483 10 ай бұрын

In the days of the sailing ships the U.K. needed staging posts where their ships could carry out repairs and re supply. They are also close to the South Pole. In both World Wars the Royal Navy used the islands for repairs etc.

@lg5819 8 ай бұрын

Not just Ascension Island in the middle of the Atlantic but St. Helena as well, which is next door to it. These island’s strategically helped us refuel and move on to take back the Falklands islands. Despite the cutbacks to the British navy and military since the ending of WW2, winning the war against the Argentinians, thousands of miles away shows how good our armed forces are, especially the Royal Marines who took up most of the battle in harsh, cold weather conditions.

@gmdhargreaves 10 ай бұрын

I’ve have met quite a few folk that have been to the Falklands Isles so it gets plenty of UK visitors mainly to use it as base for exploring the Antarctic and yes the journey there incorporates Ascension Island as a mid point for supplies. Maggie Thatcher was someone you didn’t mess with- the Russians nicknamed her “The Iron Lady” in the 80’s

@grahamgresty8383 10 ай бұрын

The reason initally why countries want control of the Falklands was the control of the shipping route around cape Horn. There is also gold reserves which haven't been exploited. You can probably find out more on island life by looking at 'an island parish' by the BBC each series follows a priest practicing on remote islands. More British territories in the south Atlantic are: South Georgia (mentioned) with its abandoned towns, the south Sandwich islands, Tristian da Cuna, St Helena (where Napolean died)

@leehallam9365 10 ай бұрын

You might well ask about other British territories floating off the American coast, there several and you will have heard of most of them, they include The Cayman Islands and Bermuda. One whose story you should look at is Pitcairn far out in the Pacific.