Origins of Sicilian Mafia

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The new Kings and Generals animated historical series will talk about the history of different crime syndicates: Triads, Bratva, various Mafias. The first video will describe the Sicilian Mafia - Cosa Nostra, how it was created, how it functioned and how it became what it is today in Italy and America.
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@realgamer1099 4 жыл бұрын

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@realgamer1099 4 жыл бұрын

Or Umayyad conquest of Africa and Spain ,Sindh and central asia

@KingsandGenerals 4 жыл бұрын

@sam Ait they are mentioned in passing in couple of sources, but we don't know much about them

@LeoWarrior14 4 жыл бұрын

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@KingsandGenerals 4 жыл бұрын

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@ajithsidhu7183 4 жыл бұрын

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@ZeekoWay 4 жыл бұрын

Padrini e Capi

@ajithsidhu7183 4 жыл бұрын

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@donelion6459 4 жыл бұрын

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@Dustz92 4 жыл бұрын

Someone made K&G an offer they couldn't refuse?

@hamdaanchalky7724 4 жыл бұрын

Narrow ETT or maybe the ability to go back in time to read in the libraries of Alexandria and Baghdad.

@muhammadnursyahmi9440 4 жыл бұрын

Did you hear about the Chinese Godfather? He made him an offer he couldn't understand.

@djsourcream2668 4 жыл бұрын

Good one!

@AOchoa95 4 жыл бұрын

No horse owners need apply.

@oldrabbit8290 4 жыл бұрын

i like how K&G jumps from the Catholic military orders to the crime syndicates, and potentially back again..

@yashyadav5024 3 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals made me an offer that I couldn't refuse!

@ImehSmith 3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🤣🤣

@Praetoria07 3 жыл бұрын

The other guy now sleeps with the fishes

@ImehSmith 3 жыл бұрын

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@jonathanwells223 3 жыл бұрын

🤐

@2cool4fluoride 3 жыл бұрын

And there was nothing we could do about it.

@michaeldiekmann6494 3 жыл бұрын

Tony Soprano: "There is no MAFIA! Its a stereotype, and its offensive!"

@celestinclauw 3 жыл бұрын

When I mention I'm half Italian, people always ask if I have relatives in the mafia. And to be honest it's kinda annoying and a lil bit racist how people ask it.

@michaeldiekmann6494 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, I know someone who has someone in the Camorra at least. Pagano Clan.

@celestinclauw 3 жыл бұрын

@Jason Blaha’s Strength and Fatness my nonno was from Napoli and my nonna from Calabria. They met in Belgium due to immigration. And my nonna andy mom said my nonno had some connections to the mafia. In Napoli, he did some sort of illegal alcohol selling to pubs in Napoli. And gave other Italians loans if they wanted to by buy something when they couldn't at the moment. But that's about it. I only heard it after he died. Because there was always a sort of silence about that. But none the less, I always looked at him as a hero and someone who helped me with everything in life.

@lenase7396 3 жыл бұрын

@Jason Blaha’s Strength and Fatness You have just fat in you.

@digge2210 3 жыл бұрын

This is what Mafiosi in italy say

@22vx 4 жыл бұрын

No bad fellas are romanticized more than *_good fellas_*.

@KingsandGenerals 4 жыл бұрын

*cackles uncontrollably*

@adimazga 4 жыл бұрын

Now go get your shinebox

@banditmc12 4 жыл бұрын

you're funny

@liampetersen7548 4 жыл бұрын

You talking you to me

@liampetersen7548 4 жыл бұрын

@Klaidi Rubiku forget about it

@HzCapslock 4 жыл бұрын

0:42 Blacksea: Can i exist? Kings and Generals:nO

@treatyofwindsor 4 жыл бұрын

Its sleeping with the fishes

@voge1956 4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit ahahahahaah

@GSXK4 4 жыл бұрын

Caspian sea says no

@shivampaliwal8162 4 жыл бұрын

Sri Lanka no!

@shivampaliwal8162 4 жыл бұрын

Carribbean no

@joannelim7985 3 жыл бұрын

When they mentioned Luigi Barzini, my brain went like “It was Barzini.” 😂

@ebsrok6681 3 жыл бұрын

get outta my sight ....

@chrisbaca3997 3 жыл бұрын

So just don't tell me your innocent, it insults my intelligence.

@mr.cookie7308 3 жыл бұрын

Forget about it!!!...

@tanto_entertainment 3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@callumdavidson1928 3 жыл бұрын

"I talked to Barzini"

@TheOne-um7rp 4 жыл бұрын

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

@robinpower6954 3 жыл бұрын

And after the dispatching of that lop, dessert was imminent lol

@robinpower6954 3 жыл бұрын

Animal crackers in my soup. Oh, sorry!!!! I have this thing for Animal Crackers......

@ImehSmith 3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🤣

@christophermacintyre5890 3 жыл бұрын

"It was Barzini all along..."

@x2y3a1j5 3 жыл бұрын

Man, that is an offer I can't refuse!! I love cannoli!!

@07azunyan 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the tactical map for the St. Valentine's Day Masscare.

@avocadokirby1517 4 жыл бұрын

Vorehog ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.

@CaptMoerik 4 жыл бұрын

I too wish to know where it took place in Canada.00:35

@AudieHolland 4 жыл бұрын

…meanwhile the troops dressed up in police uniforms had taken an advantageous position at the back of the enemy, pointing loaded shotguns and Thompsons at their necks. At a predetermined point in time, all forces executed their attack simultaneously showering the baffled enemy with extremely accurate automatic and gunshot fire from distances as close as .5 meters! The Battle Won: few words were spoken as the victorious forces checked their weapons and reloaded their magazine. As quickly and extremely violently the one-sided fight had begun, it was ended. Still in their police disguises, the glorious forces made a swift exit from the theatre of war. HOWEVER: they missed their main target! The US aircraft carriers were not in the harbor...

@alessandrocoletta7039 4 жыл бұрын

Note: there was a big crackdown on mafia also during fascism. This was one of the reason so many in the 20s went to America. Cesare Mori, the iron prefect, was responsible for this very harsh crackdown

@TheWeedmonkey123 4 жыл бұрын

Well, possible one of the few good things about fascism. Too bad they didn't eradicate mafia entirely

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

And it was Mussolini that sent Mori after the Mafia. And all because he couldn't stand the idea that their was another power besides his in Sicily. Too bad he didn't do it more out of a sense of benevolence.

@demetribell 4 жыл бұрын

Oleg Foucault Mussolini also drained the marshes around rome

@pregno1421 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheWeedmonkey123 they did in Italy at least, the mafia reentered in Italy in 1943

@johnrockwell5834 4 жыл бұрын

Well the Mafia weren't all dead by the time they were released. So they failed.

@NickVenture1 2 жыл бұрын

I once had a chat with a military doctor. Among small talk there were mentioned some news related to some Mafia event. By pure coincidence. I showed discontent about gangs and these vicious circles and to my surprise this doctor suddenly opposed my point of view. "You must know that there are Mafia Bosses who try to do their best for their children and send them to very good schools". I looked at him and got the message. He did not want me to speak bad about his family. We continued to have a good conversation about other subjects and still I asked him for his ancestral home. "Calabria". I think I learned something that day and I never forget this doctor. Although we never met again.

@marinazagrai1623 2 жыл бұрын

Well, in Godfather, Michael went to college but he still ran the family business, contrary to his father’s wishes…that doctor was not at fault that his family was crooked, but he can’t stop people from thinking his family’s crooked money paid for his med school. We still have our opinions regardless of whether anyone else likes it or not! You didn’t anything that others wouldn’t have done.

@tuckerharpe1381 2 жыл бұрын

@@marinazagrai1623 Michael joined the family business bc his dad was almost killed and put in the hospital. He had no intentions of joining before that

@D2attemp 2 жыл бұрын

so his defense for organized crime was that blood money paid for his med school

@evildead9708 2 жыл бұрын

The key phrase in that was "try to do their best for THEIR children". Exactly that, "their" kids". If it was someone elses kids they wouldnt give a fuck. Hell they probably kill other peoples kids. Theyre all scum and the best cure for them is a bullet.

@metalmacabre9991 Жыл бұрын

@@marinazagrai1623 this whole country is ran on crooked money. Judge all you want. Im not trying to disrespect you, but everything including our government is corrupt. You need the bad guy, so you can point your fingers, and say there's the bad guy. -Scarface

@Dumpstermuffin1 3 жыл бұрын

"he had him fired" shows a picture of a guy shot dead

@MrPingu73 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, I think the picture was for the next paragraph, when the substitute to carollo got shot.

@danielharshman796 3 жыл бұрын

he never had the makings of a varsity athlete

@caxaptt6514 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPingu73 got fired, you mean.

@bvro9633 2 жыл бұрын

That's the actual meaning, "fired"

@hannibalburgers477 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@mistryeag1e 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, imagine if there was a video game set in late 19th century Sicily, when the mafia was still in its infancy. Open world, slightly similar to red dead redemption. You would have to extort farms, or even manage them. You could go into gambling and maybe even prostitution. Maybe you would work your way from the outskirts, and slowly make your way into the cities. Maybe at the end of the game, you, or a character close to you, would go to america. Damn the possibilities are endless lol.

@elevatorisland 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds pretty cool. I'm sure it'll get made eventually.

@crankyanker2682 4 жыл бұрын

Lukas Aquila check out the show peaky blinders. Earl 1900s British gangs

@dongately2817 4 жыл бұрын

You could make it a multi-generational game. Trace your family's history from its origins in Sicily to the streets of America's cities and eventually into legitimacy. As a Sicilian of love to see something like this.

@WCCXtra 4 жыл бұрын

That'd be a great prequel to the Mafia games.

@simoneriksson8329 4 жыл бұрын

Thats a great idea!

@KaiofMiran 4 жыл бұрын

"And so we face Sicilians. The kind of men put on earth to test the patience of other men!" Italian General- Medieval 2 Total War One of my favorite factions!

@surenot4362 4 жыл бұрын

@B Peperkorn Norman lords commanding sicilians.

@whyyoubullyingme2110 4 жыл бұрын

Klaidi Rubiku vaffanculo

@whyyoubullyingme2110 4 жыл бұрын

Klaidi Rubiku wow ho paura 🙀

@bigred6978 2 жыл бұрын

Italians shun us cuz we rule them 😂

@Italia_16x Жыл бұрын

@@bigred6978 who

@wholesomelunch6576 Жыл бұрын

Had a great uncle on my Sicilian side, after his death we found out him and his “associates” were funneling money from their “businesses” back to Sicily and that’s when we put the pieces together. He was a very quiet and gentle man when it came to my family and was effective at keeping his two lives separate and died of natural causes.

@antoniotonino3383 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to Italy. You're more than welcome to join the Sicilian family. Buy a house, live in Palermo, find a beautiful wife. Get into the business.

@restartedv69 Жыл бұрын

Join them

@wholesomelunch6576 Жыл бұрын

@@restartedv69 no thanks 😂

@konyvnyelv. Жыл бұрын

@@restartedv69 are you kidding they're criminals

@konyvnyelv. Жыл бұрын

@@antoniotonino3383 serious?

@michelle9445 3 жыл бұрын

fun fact: when giovanni borsellino died. my grandma heard and felt the explosion in Palermo and everytime i pass by the memorial statue on the way to the falcone borsellino airport my family makes the sign of the cross in memory of them

@Happygrowercbris420 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are so Sicilian I thought my family was the only ones that do the sign of the cross wen passing a cemetery

@Kiss__Kiss 3 жыл бұрын

@@Happygrowercbris420 mine as well.

@Zeitics 3 жыл бұрын

Paolo Borsellino. Giovanni Falcone died some time before also in an explosion,

@billbuyers8683 3 жыл бұрын

That really is funny.

@nicholasneyhart396 3 жыл бұрын

That is just a force of habit for me, I am not religious and I still sign the cross near a cemetery.

@angusyang5917 4 жыл бұрын

How many series do you want to start? Kings & Generals: yes

@RodolfoGaming 4 жыл бұрын

How many series do want finished? Kings & Generals: Yes

@TheStonedEvo 4 жыл бұрын

And I’m here for all of them

@journey95far49 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheStonedEvo same

@stevewarwick2103 4 жыл бұрын

Here's a video I can't refuse.

@benjaminrivera3190 4 жыл бұрын

Nice..... 🐴

@Kinghassz 4 жыл бұрын

Hahah

@InnerDness 3 жыл бұрын

I love it as per usual, just a small note, Goodfellas and the Godfather take place at two different times and at two different levels. Puzo and Coppola were creating a myth around history, like the Iliad. It took place in the late 40s and early 50s at the peak of mob power with larger than life characters and events. Scorsese was showing the ankles under the dress of that myth. The support staff, the underlings. Henry was connected but could never be a made man. It took place in the 60s, 70s and 80s to show the decline and fall of Cosa Nostra influence. Also Godfather II goes into how Italian American organized crime came about and flourished in New York City

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 Жыл бұрын

All three of The Godfather movies from based of the novel by Mario Puzo

@manuelapollo7988 4 жыл бұрын

I am italian and I am impressed about the accuracy of your work

@luigis9452 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly this video lacks all the history during fascism, and the return of mafia to power thanks to WWII. They should make a part 2 video.

@marcoavallone7075 2 жыл бұрын

Questo video è tutto, tranne che accurato. This video is most definitely not accurate.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 2 жыл бұрын

Are you serious? This was terrible. 🤦‍♂️

@MaryJo22 4 жыл бұрын

You cannot tell any history of Cosa Nostra without talking about Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the men that lead the first pool antimafia and the maxi process. Without them I don't know where Italy would be now. They are in the hearts and souls of every Italian

@winjiro 3 жыл бұрын

The first? Are you even watched the video?

@francescomancuso5764 3 жыл бұрын

@@winjiro hes talking about the first pool antimafia created by Rocco Chinnici in 1980.

@riccardopolacci6501 3 жыл бұрын

Falcone, Borsellino, La Torre, Dalla Chiesa... 😢

@mac2857 2 жыл бұрын

nah mafia was based

@turkturkleton2671 2 жыл бұрын

@@mac2857 careful carrying all that cringe by yourself. Maybe you need some 4chan friends to help with that

@historicalitalianmemer8495 4 жыл бұрын

Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in the heart (thanks to them we had the maxi-trial and the rest for criminal association), as an Italian I can say that it’s a very good documentary 🇮🇹❤️✊

@Mrmaffol96 4 жыл бұрын

Ovviamente hai preso due like compreso il mio, eroi come i nostri due magistrati non fanno comodo alla narrativa qui presente che ci vuole dipingere solo in un certo modo, in maniera stereotipata.

@historicalitalianmemer8495 4 жыл бұрын

starfield2 yes, but thanks to Falcone, Borsellino and their death, now more people is against mafia (I mean that more people isn’t neutral)

@historicalitalianmemer8495 4 жыл бұрын

Alex 163 nope, silly foreigner, nope

@fortimeless3299 4 жыл бұрын

RIP The Magistrat Giovanni Falcone And His Driver Murdered In The 90's By The Mafia 😐

@sebastianolmsted2867 4 жыл бұрын

starfield2 While there are a couple criminal gangs in the south of Italy, we’re a very safe country and have a very low rate of violent crime. Thanks to a series of laws and cooperation of Italian regions, our country ranks safer than countries such as the US, South Korea, Greece, and Spain.

@tinea8953 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Rome and I have Sicilian origins. It would probably be interesting (or shocking) for you to know that almost 3/4 of Mafia and 'Ndrangheta (Mafia from Calabria) boss young relatives goes to university, they usually attend masters in the best schools in order to be prepared to wisely manage the family heritage. My relatives during XIX century were Sicilian coffee enterpreneur, they left said in the family that in order to create economic surplus and let Sicily thrive you had to be whether smart enough to avoid State carcinogenic presence or violent enough to knock it out

@freshprinceofnightcity 4 жыл бұрын

I have watching your videos, coming from your 'Origins of the Triad' video an hour ago and I love them so far. I love history, especially world history. Keep up the great work.

@KingsandGenerals 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Much appreciated.

@freshprinceofnightcity 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals no prob.

@jbcheema9883 4 жыл бұрын

"There is no good money or bad money. There is just money." -Lucky Luciano

@12vscience 4 жыл бұрын

Protection money. When it's illegal it's called racketeering. When it's legal it's called taxation.

@jaredruschell2019 4 жыл бұрын

There is such a thing as bad money, anyone with common sense knows that to be a fact. You could sell people to other people and make a profit but it's bad money.

@LostShipMate 4 жыл бұрын

@@jaredruschell2019 Morality and money rarely mix.

@bluerisk 4 жыл бұрын

@@12vscience Taxe are the price of civilization. In in modern countries you get a lot in return: infrastructure (I'm 42 and I have never paid a single cent of toll to use roads or bridges), education (my entire education from the elementary school to university was entirely free), health care (included in my overall taxes - if I get sick, I'll get every treatment I need, and I'll also receive my wage or a substitute payment after six weeks) , pension, social security, law enforcement and internal and external security etc. pp. The mafia offers nothing in return.

@Lucky-sh1dm 4 жыл бұрын

Lost Ship FUCKING DING DING DING DING!!! This comment right here my son

@joedonohue1424 4 жыл бұрын

Godfather 2 goes back to roughly 1900. One of the greatest films of all time.

@curranfrank2854 3 жыл бұрын

Not as good as Godfather tho

@venkatkrishna8278 2 жыл бұрын

@@curranfrank2854 not as good as Goodfellas tho

@curranfrank2854 2 жыл бұрын

@@venkatkrishna8278 That's valid, I don't agree tho

@venkatkrishna8278 2 жыл бұрын

@@curranfrank2854 respect your opinion 🤝🏼

@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын

@@venkatkrishna8278 I prefer Godfather, old times the good days

@sanderselboskar5832 3 жыл бұрын

the background music sounds like something straight out of legend of zelda games. love it! and the video!

@chrischsproductscom1636 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work, thank you so much 😘😘😘😘😘😘

@jamesbuck2378 4 жыл бұрын

Good evening, Mr K&G. I'm a lawyer representing my client, Mr Marcillino and I just want to say, the video is a work of art, really well done I have to say...but.. your gonna have to take it down? we understand your daughter has her recital this week, such a voice on that little angel and my clients associates are true patrons of the arts... they wouldn't mind to visit her?... .. so do we understand each other, Mr K&G? Keep in touch, keep up the channel and we won't see that video on our *friendly associates* the Yakuza, right? Fantastic, thanks, Mr Bartelomeo.

@JohnnyElRed 4 жыл бұрын

Someone call Helena Bertinelli. She will solve this.

@dweeeebreal 4 жыл бұрын

Truly an offer we can't refuse.

@chronikhiles 4 жыл бұрын

Our noble organisation's name is spelt "Yakuza". We shall forgive the error this time out of respect for our Italian friends. - Hashimoto-san

@Leynx-Et-Fenrir 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that Mafiosi stopped such treats after Giorno Giovanna took over the syndicate (Yes, it is a Jojo's reference, Vento Aureo)

@jamesbuck2378 4 жыл бұрын

@@chronikhiles I mean't no disrespect 主 Hashimoto-san , please send my condolences to your master and that we have no intentions to displease our *friendly associates* from the Asian-Pacific sphere. Thank you, Bartelomeo.

@Slerro 4 жыл бұрын

As a Sicilian I can say this is quite interesting documentary although Mafia is much older than 1860 - that's just when Cosa Nostra emerged as a dominant power. The word "Mafia" finds roots during the Emirate of Sicily, before Norman conquest, as the Sicilian Barons were the original mafia, organized in a secret lobby to resist the invaders. You should look for something such as the Beati Paoli and the Sicilian Vespers

@Omegaeon1 4 жыл бұрын

Slerro Really ? They are greeks or what ?

@Slerro 4 жыл бұрын

@@Omegaeon1 well... just "Sicilian", at the age of Sicilian Emirate, we were a cultural mix of "Siculi" and "Sicani" dominated by Carthaginians Greek and Roman culture. Nowadey Sicilian culture got some influence from Arabs, Norman and Spanish - but Mafia still survives as a "way of life" where literature level is lower.

@benitodifrancesco7254 Жыл бұрын

@@Slerro di unni si combà?

@Slerro Жыл бұрын

@@benitodifrancesco7254 di Catania ‘mbare 😂

@emiliopetralia3355 9 ай бұрын

Ma che scrive? La mafia non ha nulla a che fare con l emirato, se nasce dai baroni e dal feudalesimo questo non esisteva nella cultura e società araba. I vespri siciliani non hanno nulla a che fare con la mafia, è solo una esternazione per sminuire la storia siciliana . La parola mafia, o maffia, nasce in Toscana o in Piemonte. Le mafie, o meglio il potere del ricco e potente esiste ovunque, e in Sicilia fu istituzionalizzato dai piemontesi per tenere buona la Sicilia dopo l'invasione. Gli USA usarono i mafiosi per entrare nell'isola nella seconda guerra mondiale, dandogli un potere immenso. Oggi mafia, potere e politica, italiana, è un tutto. E chiaramente le mafie, in ogni parte del mondo, traggono manolavanza laddove esistono ignoranza e povertà incancrenita dal tempo.

@History-tr5rp 3 жыл бұрын

"You can rule by fear or you can rule by love, remember that if your ever in charge”

@SiccDeville 2 жыл бұрын

i will. thanks

@isaquelazaro656 3 жыл бұрын

Great series. Hope one day you come back to some lesser known (but also famous) crime syndicates such as the brazilian factions and african warlords

@Manospondylus 4 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals was like "I'm gonna make them a video they can't refuse."

@tp1267 4 жыл бұрын

“Hard to sit down and learn” ok guess this was written before lockdown

@ts6070 4 жыл бұрын

TP1 so true..

@fz0r 2 жыл бұрын

the origins of South Italys mafia generally comes of Osso Mastrosso and Carcagnosso , the 3 knights myth

@Ericson-vk6bx 2 жыл бұрын

Spain the cradle of the mafia

@philiplombardo249 4 жыл бұрын

Now we’re talking! A whole video on my countrymen 👏👏 Interesting content and history here 👍

@jonovids3322 4 жыл бұрын

One day the civilians wanted protection So.. Badabing badaboom it was made

@ryanprentice5754 4 жыл бұрын

Yo that shit cracked me up dude

@dirkdigler595 4 жыл бұрын

Eeeeiiiiii!😆

@jonovids3322 4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Prentice thanks lol

@mdptg1990 4 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@marcorizzoni9766 4 жыл бұрын

From protection to protection racket there is only a small step. After all, power corrupts...

@damagejackal10 4 жыл бұрын

When the Continentali ask Sicilians, why they have sawn off shotguns. They answer 'is for hunting wolves..lots of wolves in sicily'

@Thaumazo83 3 жыл бұрын

The notorious "lupara"

@Thaumazo83 3 жыл бұрын

@Frits Bos I agree, I think that most Italians (la maggior parte degli italiani) know what a "lupara" is and by whom it is used and for what purposes.

@francescodarcangeli4197 3 жыл бұрын

@@Thaumazo83 yes, most of us know what that gun represents. Though to be honest, since it's basically an ultra-close quarters shotgun, it may very well have been conceived for that purpose :D

@Thaumazo83 3 жыл бұрын

@@francescodarcangeli4197 I agree: historically, it could well be the case that "la lupara" was invented for fighting wolves off, sure. However, I think that the wolf is extinct in Sicily today, so that if you see a lupara in 2020, well it is bound to be there for some other reasons...

@mirkorussomanno4981 3 жыл бұрын

CONTINENTAL ITALIAN MAFIA IS THOUHGER THAN SICILIAN

@GClermont 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! More videos like this please!

@atune2682 2 жыл бұрын

great vid!

@gr6373 4 жыл бұрын

Series about the Holy Orders: Sicilian Mafia

@VladTevez 4 жыл бұрын

_"My father's name was Antonio Andolini ... and this is for you!"_

@datboi7893 4 жыл бұрын

don Ciccio, I have the same name as him (Τσιτσιος)

@GiulioImparato 4 жыл бұрын

figghio debbotttanaa

@datboi7893 4 жыл бұрын

@@subashgrg4666 you don't have the highest IQ do you?

@unfabulousization 4 жыл бұрын

Nano92 “fly me to the bookstoreeeee”

@art.f7973 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ophrys_Apifera_Bee.orchid really?

@zupper007 Жыл бұрын

Always with the scenarios!

@danamelzard4314 2 жыл бұрын

Best you tube channel by far!

@dwchen1 4 жыл бұрын

This is what I'm waiting for so long about the complete and detailed history of the Sicilian Mafioso. There are simply no videos out there that are explaining in extreme details about the Italian Mafia in general. So this video is just about perfect for me to understand and complete my knowledge about their notorious history. Grazie Kings and Generals.

@napoleonibonaparte7198 4 жыл бұрын

Me: Wait what...

@endo4137 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, why tho?

@instantinople3796 4 жыл бұрын

You again

@skyybluu3118 3 ай бұрын

Great video thank you 👍🏻

@692ALBANNACH 3 жыл бұрын

This and Fall of Civilizations are two truly great channels !

@daveswort 4 жыл бұрын

As a Sicilian, I enjoyed this video and, as far as I know, it’s very accurate (except maybe the fact that it was far from dead after the maxi-trial and still operates today) All in all though, well done sir, well done

@jpecci1262 Жыл бұрын

Yes - I think you are correct. I know the supposed death of the New England and Montreal mafias are pretty small time and more like just clearing out the deadwood. Tentacles are likely just less visible.

@marbet2395 4 жыл бұрын

In Italy we have 6 different kind of criminal organizations like Mafia. Mafia is only the name of the Sicilian one but there are also: Camorra in Campania (Neaples), Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia, 'Ndrangheta in Calabria, the Basilischi in Basilicata and the Stidda in Sicily too

@vlorevelce Жыл бұрын

Siii

@KTChamberlain 3 жыл бұрын

Ron White: "I believe if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade, then find a guy, whose life has given him vodka and throw a party."

@NearEarthAsteroid 3 жыл бұрын

Informative video without demagogy, thanks !

@thebigsad9463 4 жыл бұрын

This is a bit more modern than I'm used to haha, Thank you for making content so I won't go insane during this quarantine

@thegoodlydragon7452 4 жыл бұрын

The takeaway is that in the absence of a strong rule of law imposed by the state, feudalism eventually takes over. The Mafia replaced one feudal order with another. The dons were the new barrens, and unlike the old barrens who descended from Medieval gangsters, they hadn't had centuries become more refined and so were more reminiscent of Early Medieval warlords, but with guns, than the foppish type of Aristocrat of the 18th century.

@koutoubyavision4738 2 жыл бұрын

That was actually going to be my next queztion but about China: why didnt cgina develop even a much much stronger mafia since they also come from a lord of war tribal militia defense organization. Or maybe we just don't talk about it that much. Or may the communist party found out a way to out an end to their power...

@cmsmith1031 2 жыл бұрын

@@koutoubyavision4738 China has rulership that went back thousands of years. They have pretty much always had strong leadership. They still have the Triad which is pretty big but yes, the communist regime definitely snuffed out most of their power. I would imagine they have more influence in Chinatown NYC than they do in China now a days.

@kallaji7383 2 жыл бұрын

No, you're completely and utterly wrong! Clearly, you didn't comprehend a single word of what the presenter has meticulously explained in this video. Let me explain it again in my own words: Before the so called "modern italian state", there was peace and order in Sicily provided by the feudal land-owning barons. It was after the military annexation of Sicily by the Kingdom of Italy, including the confiscation and redistribution of land imposed by the new foreign authority, that law and order broke down. Sicily is NOT Italy. Sicily is a case in point of what will happen, if foreign and distant elites try to erase centuries of traditions and history. Whenever the self proclaimed "progressives" succeed in forcefully breaking down established social hierarchies, the consequence will be NOT a better and more just society, but the widespread emergence of crime and terrorism.

@kallaji7383 2 жыл бұрын

@yabghus WOW! That's a really chilling revelation! Thanks for this extra context.

@patriceesela5000 2 жыл бұрын

@@cmsmith1031 You're correct, the Triads power bases are now off shore mainland China such as in Hong Kong, Macao and California (San Francisco, LA in particular, check out the Tongs system)

@siberianpie 6 ай бұрын

I am in Palermo now watching. Beautifully made and explained. Grazie Mille. Thats insane that they had operated for 150 years and was just brought down 30 years ago. I will go and explore if there are some still left or hold any power

@spirosleotis3433 4 жыл бұрын

Good job mate! Where can I found the bibliography( references)

@fernandezesq 4 жыл бұрын

Impressive video! I needed this for a school project- really helpful THANK YOU!

@KingsandGenerals 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@cristiungurianu 4 жыл бұрын

Its funny how they used the Sopranos characters for the mafia stylized image.

@sunnyjim1355 4 жыл бұрын

That's so plebs like you can connect.

@JGMGamer07 2 жыл бұрын

In 1998 My Mom was dating one of Sicilian Mafia gang members.She didn't know that he was in the mafia.They had a baby, like a couple months later, he beat up my mom and my older brother that was only a couple months old at the time and my big brother died.😭R.I.P Nicholas.

@gaia7240 2 жыл бұрын

She knew

@shivamchakraborty9573 Жыл бұрын

Hey amazing video!! Can you do one on Mumbai’s Mafia in the 20th century too!!

@davyroger3773 4 жыл бұрын

Cosa Nostra only refers to the American sect of the mafia, "our thing" They started using that term around Lucky Lucianos time. Great video all in all

@XScorpionXful 4 жыл бұрын

This is false. True, an american Cosa Nostra exists, but "our thing" comes from the times of early Italian unification.

@Chaiserzose 4 жыл бұрын

That's simply not true

@federicoferrari2422 4 жыл бұрын

Cosa nostra is mafia in Sicily, that's where it started and where it ended, it's the only cosa nostra that existed, toto Riina was the boss of that

@jeandellagjianni3548 4 жыл бұрын

Cosa Nostra is the Sicilian mafia, always was , always will be... the US La Cosa Nostra or LCN is a different branch .. / italian /yank mafiosi are loudmouth wannabees just living up to their hollywood stereotype bullshit.. trying to say they invented the word cosa nostra..that Michael Franzese also spreading bullshit.! ..the word " Our Thing " came about when the sicilian arbereshe told the italians..dont worry about it .. its "our thing" you would,nt understand ..referring to blood feuds etc...

@jeandellagjianni3548 4 жыл бұрын

@Rob Thomas Cosa Nostra has been used in Sicily since the 19th century and is still used today to describe the Sicilian Mafia.! the Calabrian mafia is Ndrangheta, Napolitan mafia , Camorra, Puglia Mafia , Corona Sacra Unita. I repeat the Sicilian mafia organisation is known as Cosa Nostra.! stop watching bullshit hollywood movies.!

@user-lp4ir5oj9s 4 жыл бұрын

I've just read about Sicilian language and then I see notification from Kings and Generals about Sicilian mafia. So precise and awesome documentary as usual. My thumbs up and gratulations!

@porkchopspapi5757 4 жыл бұрын

My congratulations on using a word new to me.

@Vortex__24 Жыл бұрын

@@porkchopspapi5757 😁

@romanpecora567 3 жыл бұрын

My family is from Valguanera Caropepe, (right in the heart of Sicily) it’s sad that houses there go for around €1 nowadays because of how hopelessly mob controlled it is. I wish I could restore the beautiful island it once was.

@ianlilley2577 3 жыл бұрын

Why so cheap? Wouldn't it being so cheap bring in tons of people? Gentrification and all that?

@romanpecora567 3 жыл бұрын

@@ianlilley2577 is so cheap because people want desperately to get the heck out

@gaia7240 2 жыл бұрын

@@yaylah7314 yes and you need to keep it for years by contract

@theodorospadelidis5428 Жыл бұрын

@@romanpecora567 hey i have greek italian discord server if interested to join send me your discord account with tag

@haroldthaf 3 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail going for that "italian samurai" vibe... I dig it.

@utpalkumarray8886 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the background music....

@bakr6405 4 жыл бұрын

name?

@kakalimukherjee3297 2 жыл бұрын

Man of culture, I understand

@pierren___ 2 жыл бұрын

@@bakr6405 up

@syzmon8545 4 жыл бұрын

Colanna: Either you die a hero or live long enough to become the villain

@Lalvon_Zelpharr 4 жыл бұрын

Quoting The Dark Knight I see

@justchilling704 4 жыл бұрын

Lalvon Zelpharr Indeed he is.

@artemisarrow179 3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see some videos on the Yakuza, Russian Mafia and the Clinton Foundation for other crime syndicates :)

@LouieOcean2 3 жыл бұрын

Same with the Trump crime family

@bottomgear5821 3 жыл бұрын

@@LouieOcean2 lmao

@erikstorm8935 2 жыл бұрын

@@LouieOcean2 Its good you agree the Clinton Foundation is a crime syndicate! By the way you worded your comment :).

@oscardelgado778 2 жыл бұрын

whats clinton syndacte

@dougthealligator 2 жыл бұрын

@@erikstorm8935 anyone with a brain can see that both the trumps and the Clintons are scum

@ajaxsid9034 3 жыл бұрын

I got this in my recommendation just after I finished the Omerta mission in the Mafia game.

@salvatoresev9125 3 жыл бұрын

"Omertà"

@Clearairliker 4 жыл бұрын

I love how Chicago is in Canada and Colombia is spelled “Columbia”

@juanpablotrujillosolarte9734 4 жыл бұрын

It's so fun when people misspell the name of your country

@Jimzy93 4 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeEast-hj5zt Because the name of the country Colombia is still Colombia in english. Not that big of a deal to write it correctly either.

@romulus3345 4 жыл бұрын

CHY NAH

@finnklapproth6023 4 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeEast-hj5zt dude stop talking they are right - despite the fact that this discussion is unnecessary as always.

@Fourside__ 4 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeEast-hj5zt man i want a brain thats able to be so delusional and literally make crap up so i dont have to admit a mistake. You failed with your argument that Colombia is spelld Columbia in english.

@vasil2010 4 жыл бұрын

Always high quality videos! Love the background music on this one. Any chance we can get more info on it? I know it’s sicilian, but you can save me some research time. Thanks in advance!

@amandad6104 Жыл бұрын

Great video I love the history

@okosuntom2808 3 жыл бұрын

if you read any of Mario Puzo"s books he always referred to the mafia as the Friends of friends

@fatos9832 4 жыл бұрын

Could you guys consider doing a video of the Albanian mafia. They are rarely talked about, but their influence is increasing rapidly throughout Europe and North America, much like how the Italian mafia did during their reign. Great video!

@parkerthanyou 4 жыл бұрын

You missed the collaboration between the allied forces (mainly americans) and local members of the mafia during the invasion of Sicily during WW2, in exchange of big help in freeing whole cities still occupied by fascists without firing a shot they requested a lot of favours and positions, plus the pardon of arrested members

@robertmiller9735 4 жыл бұрын

@@Microphunktv-jb3kj The distinction can get a bit fuzzy, especially in places like Ferguson.

@thegamelabgaming7556 4 жыл бұрын

You had to add the *mainly Americans* point in there dident you. Give America a break godamn

@parkerthanyou 4 жыл бұрын

Well yes, sicilian mafia was really prominant in the USA, not in other allied countries I was just being specific, i'm not anti-american or anything

@wilsonfisk4741 4 жыл бұрын

That involved a diff tegion in southern italy sicilians did not have any thing to do with that the one main mafia figure who helped the atmy was neopalitian

@thegamelabgaming7556 3 жыл бұрын

Antonio Perales del Hierro 1. No, I don’t try to impersonate a “real man” nor do I “kiss the ass of authoritarians” 2. America is not a continent, never has been, and it’s a name for the USA, Russia isn’t called just Russia officially, neither is China. It’s just a name used for the country minus the other stuff such as, United States, Federation, and People’s Republic. 3. A lot of countries copy the Roman Empire in some way. 4. Yes you are not wrong about the businesses taking advantage of the citizens.

@Margaret-sp6ks 3 жыл бұрын

The music at 2:00 is ,Salty Hair Sight of Wonders, for anyone who wants to know

@FrancoAppreciator 2 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the music playing in the background? It's very relaxing!

@alexandrub8786 4 жыл бұрын

3:26 :"Spanish" * *shows a french flag* * My portuguese ass: "O greșeală ușor de înțeles, eu vreu doar să glumesc un pic."

@AP-yx1mm 4 жыл бұрын

That's romanina though... But the spanish dynasty was french...

@alexandrub8786 4 жыл бұрын

@@AP-yx1mm that was part of the joke,also while the french were ruling and they had their own family flag spain as a country used an another flag. Also the french had the same dynasty of bourbon before they ruled spain.

@RodolfoGaming 4 жыл бұрын

How a portuguese would REALLY reply: VAI-TE F*DER FRANCIU DE M*RDA!

@alexandrub8786 4 жыл бұрын

@@RodolfoGaming true, but i am romanian and that was only a joke.

@RodolfoGaming 4 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrub8786 i got it dw i just thought that by being portuguese i'd give out the real answer. Wanna guess what it says?

@gmac3479 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a video on the "Matranga family" and/or "Matranga crime family" out of New Orleans.

@uppitywhiteman6797 2 жыл бұрын

According to Sammy Gravano, a famous La Cosa Nostra Capitan. Mafia is the term used for Sicilian organized crime, from the Sicilian word mafiusu, which, roughly translated, means "swagger", but can also be translated as "boldness" or "bravado". In the US the La Cosa Nostra is used and means "Our Thing." Apparently, they don't like each other the Americans referring to Sicilians as "zips".

@dr.pop2562 2 жыл бұрын

hey just wondering at 10:00 were can i find the backround sounds i love it

@Zantides 4 жыл бұрын

Would you ever do a history video focused on Sicily? From Roman, or even before until recent times.

@KingsandGenerals 4 жыл бұрын

I think there will be at least 1 video in the near future that you will enjoy!

@skipinkoreaable 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals I can't wait. Your channel is phenomenal.

@alexvlaxos6620 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals A video on Syracouse!

@crusader7659 4 жыл бұрын

0:40 Cool video, but I don’t think Chicago is on the shores of Hudson Bay

@rvc7468 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@xur1317 2 жыл бұрын

And it’s spelt Colombia

@PinkyJujubean Жыл бұрын

Sicilians became secretive and fiercely independent because everyone was always pushing them around. You see that in places that are in geographic locations that put them in between more powerful people.

@fixminet1593 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@anastunya 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, Mayor on the take and Police Chief part of Mob? Sounds like my hometown of Chicago!

@harshaweeraratne5806 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like my home town too.

@nelloscarico8225 3 жыл бұрын

You know man Mafia has great succes all over the world, like pizza

@Hunterbiden1 4 жыл бұрын

I love this channel, and being a Sicilian, I’m very interested

@0Flow0 Жыл бұрын

The music is so beautiful

@emanueleabrami8355 2 жыл бұрын

Buon video, ci sta!

@Sarke2 4 жыл бұрын

Nice study, i have visited Sicily last year it is one of the most amazing places i have visited in my life, full of history and so many influences, Sicily is not just Mafia like they present in popular culture, most of the ordinary Sicilian people don't support mafia or are against them. The Mafia is mostly phenomeon of western part of the island but in recent time it is noticebale their present also in Catania and Syracuse region, hope Sicilians will live in peace and enjoy their heavenly island.

@ggerely 3 жыл бұрын

Both Catania and Syracuse is controlled by certain families for a long time now unfortunately...

@gengisgio 4 жыл бұрын

Really interesting video, my compliments. One note only: by the end you give the idea that mafia has been almost eradicated with the maxi trial in the 90s. Sadly, that is not true at all. The Cosa Nostra certainly suffered a lot from those trials had to change the way it presented itself and also had to became way less agressive than it used to be. Nevertheless, it remains a powerful and diffused presence in Siciliy and has also enlarged its influence over the whole country in a less "fashionable" and more subtle way, being very much intertwined with politics and politicians all the way up to the government itself. It is to be remembered that the two judges that led the maxi trial were subsequently killed, along with many others that worked with them. Cosa Nostra is not dead at all.

@shorewall 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you can't kill an idea with violence. You can only educate against it. You can't kill corruption and terrorism with violence. You have to take away their hosts, through prevention and treatment. Like a disease.

@lahma69 4 жыл бұрын

Very intersting.. Thanks for the information. I'm going to have to go read more about this.

@SantomPh 4 жыл бұрын

the traditional Cosa Nostra was shaken up; now the criminals work more like typical cartels and triads and with those outside of Sicily, especially the N'Drangheta from eastern Italy, the world's largest cocaine dealers.

@sebastianolmsted2867 4 жыл бұрын

While I agree that it’s still a force in parts of Sicily, I wouldn’t say the entire country is under its influence. We here in the Veneto and most other regions are almost completely unaffected by what happens in Sicily, Calabria, and Puglia. That’s not to say that what’s happening there is not important, it’s just that most of us Italians read about it in the news but other than that see nothing of it. Every year the mafia sees blows from the Carabinieri and Polizia Locale, we can only hope

@sonnyblack9618 4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianolmsted2867 although in the north it has not a large presence like in the south there are indictments against mafia groups (especially ndrangheta) as long as your leg in most of northern regions

@siggiAg86 3 жыл бұрын

Great! What is the name of the song in the video?

@almalgia Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@jinc1950 4 жыл бұрын

I loved Kings and Generals for a while enjoying its short documentaries on events/ people as well as it’s documentaires regarding tactical warfare And now I’m so looking forward to this organized crime series !!!

@MrGuyJacks 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention how the Mafia was virtually wiped out in Sicily under Mussolini, he really got stuck into them. They only began to reemerge after the Americans invaded in 1943, among their first allies in Italy was the Sicilian mob

@paulmarsh5325 3 жыл бұрын

What a documentary!!!

@eloso_XIV 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait for Mafia to drop next friday

@jamespitoola1954 4 жыл бұрын

My prediction: The British Opium wars won’y be part of this series.

@samuelwiiliams6690 4 жыл бұрын

Nor the Jewish red mafia.

@covenawhite4855 4 жыл бұрын

@@samuelwiiliams6690 Communists are not a Jewish Conspiracy. The Communists are another type of Terrorist unconnected to the Torah and Talmud of Jewish religious texts.

@scutumfidelis1436 4 жыл бұрын

@@covenawhite4855 Oh you think its religion...oh...

@alexvlaxos6620 4 жыл бұрын

@@covenawhite4855 Sure sure..thats why 70%of the original regime comprised of them..

@cv4809 4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the guy who started the opium war also a Jew?

@pid8307 4 жыл бұрын

At 9:41 the "law" is not humility but "omertà", which means "to remain silent".

@robinpower6954 3 жыл бұрын

That's not exactly what omerta means

@robinpower6954 3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of like, "keeping your mouth closed when you should .."

@robinpower6954 3 жыл бұрын

Otherwise, we would ALL be fasting lol

@pid8307 3 жыл бұрын

@@robinpower6954 There's an italian saying (I'm italian): When someone asks: "Do you like the sea?" And you answer: "What sea? I don't see any sea!" Otherwise, you have seen too much and don't know when to shut up! :)

@joedwyer3297 2 жыл бұрын

@@pid8307 very telling