Taiwan's Modern Military | Animated History

Рет қаралды 691,317

9 ай бұрын

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all of MyHeritage's amazing features. If you decide to continue your subscription, you’ll get a 50% discount: bit.ly/TheArmchairHistorianc
Armchair Historian Video Game: store.steampowered.com/app/16...
Support us on Patreon: / armchairhistorian
Sign up for Armchair History TV today! armchairhistory.tv/
Promo code: ARMCHAIRHISTORY for 50% OFF
Merchandise available at store.armchairhistory.tv/
Check out the new Armchair History TV Mobile App too!
apps.apple.com/us/app/armchai...
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Discord: / discord
Twitter: / armchairhist
Sources:
“Taiwan National Defense Report 2019” Taiwan Defense & National Security. Taiwan Defense & National Security, 2020.
“Taiwan to Extend Conscription to One Year, Citing Rising China Threat.” Reuters, December 27, 2022.
台北時報. “Taiwan-US Defense Exchanges Unsettle China.” Taipei Times, April 26, 2023.
Taiwan's Defense Reform (New York: Taylor & Francis, 2006).
Taiwan's Security and Air Power: Taiwan's Defense Against the Air Threat from Mainland China (United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2004.
Global Taiwan Institute. “Taiwan’s ‘Military Force Restructuring Plan’ and the Extension of Conscripted Military Service.” Global Taiwan Institute, February 7, 2023.
Blanchard, Ben. “Taiwan Military to Get $619 Million U.S. Arms Boost as China Keeps up Pressure.” Reuters, March 2, 2023.
Chang, Wayne. “Taiwan to Allow Women into Military Reserve Force Training as China Fears Grow.” CNN, January 18, 2023. l.
Easton, Ian. The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan's Defense and American Strategy in Asia (Manchester: Eastbridge Books, 2017).
Everington, Keoni. “US Marines Officially Training in Taiwan for 1st Time since 1979.” Taiwan News, November 13, 2020.
DeAeth, Duncan. “Taiwan Marines Trained with US Forces in 2017, Will Do so Again in 2018.” Taiwan News, April 12, 2018.
Hawkins, Amy. “Taiwan Foreign Minister Warns of Conflict with China in 2027.” The Guardian, April 21, 2023.
Hsu-hsiung, Fang. "The Transformation of U.S.-Taiwan Military Relations" Orbis, 48, no.3, (2004): 551-561.
Lee, Yimou. “Taiwan to Extend Conscription to One Year, Citing Rising China Threat.” Reuters, December 27, 2022.
Mizokami, Kyle. “How Taiwan Would Defend Against a Chinese Attack - USNI News.” USNI News, March 26, 2014.
Roy, Denny (2003). "Taiwan's Threat Perceptions: The Enemy Within" Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, 22 April 2006.
Schrader, Matt., Collins-Chase, Ned., An, David. "Taiwan's Indigenous Defense Industry: Centralized Control of Abundant Suppliers" Global Taiwan Institute, (United States: Global Taiwan Institute, 2018).
Tzu-Ti, Huang. “Rare Footage Shows Joint Training of US, Taiwan Special Forces.” Taiwan News, June 29, 2020.
Wang, Ann. “Taiwan Officer Reveals Details of Rare Interaction with NATO.” The Japan Times, January 12, 2023.
Music:
Armchair Historian Theme - Zach Heyde
Covert Affairs - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Impasse - Silver Maple
One Final Theft - Piper Ezz
Final Breakthrough - Sage Oursler
Darker Waters - Experia
Backweight - Jay Varton

Пікірлер: 2 900

@TheArmchairHistorian 9 ай бұрын

@L17_8 9 ай бұрын

Jesus loves you ❤️ please turn to him and repent before it's too late. The end times described in the Bible are already happening in the world.

@verycoolgamer-ul3vz 9 ай бұрын

hiiii

@pyeitme508 9 ай бұрын

Wow

@Dief1957 9 ай бұрын

Could you do one of these videos on Canada 🇨🇦

@MrPeterPan 9 ай бұрын

Can you cover russia next please?

@bjarnekoester 9 ай бұрын

Say goodbye to your social Credit score

@humorsue8548 9 ай бұрын

Nice.

@sierracosta47 9 ай бұрын

Bing chilling

@liberalsaredegeneratebetasoyl 9 ай бұрын

Lmao sheep 🐑 this channel is propaganda for you plebs

@chheinrich8486 9 ай бұрын

Dont worry in America you only Lose those if you talk against LGBTQ, minorities or any other such groups the social Media goes frenzy if you even appaer to oppose them

@R3d_D3ad 9 ай бұрын

-100000000000000000000 Social Credit Score

@ruisen2000 9 ай бұрын

My dad served as an officer in Taiwan 2 decades ago and he joked about how the Taiwanese military would be too incompetent to fight. Crazy how much has changed.

@City1Tiger 9 ай бұрын

You mean east china

@culterwaleddy 9 ай бұрын

@@City1Tiger Go back to west Taiwan.

@blablamann3802 9 ай бұрын

I agree Taiwan 2 is better than Taiwan 1 by far

@SirNob 9 ай бұрын

@@blablamann3802yes west Taiwan is amazing. I love visiting Shanghai Edit: BROOOOO WTHHHHHHH I HAVE NEVER GOT 100+ LIKES thx Edit 2: WTH MY PHONE IS BLOWING UP

@birdonplate0520 9 ай бұрын

@@blablamann3802 No, China 1 seems to be better than china 2 by far

@WalkerKinsler 9 ай бұрын

Even though Taiwan is a sensitive topic to certain people and countries, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t learn about it. Education applies to all subjects.

@looinrims 9 ай бұрын

The question is which truth do you believe, of course

@TechieWidget 9 ай бұрын

I tried learning about the historical context of the two China issues (people forget that Taiwan’s official name is Republic of China) leading up to present. It’s tough to decide how it should be resolved peacefully since you have 3 sides that are unwilling to compromise. You have the CCP on mainland who wants Taiwan under their rule. Across the Taiwan strait, you have the Kuomintang on Taiwan that wants the mainland under their rule, and then you have Taiwan independence side like DPP that wants neither PRC nor ROC.

@lolasdm6959 9 ай бұрын

@@TechieWidgetKMT has became largely marginalized in Taiwan politics after their loss in the last election. Moreover the current KMT don't even want to reconquer the mainland they just want the status quo and not provoke the mainland.

@atNguyen-gm9xi 9 ай бұрын

Independence or united under a new democracy China, leave that question later on for the Taiwanese to decide themselves. Now, it is life or death for the democracies all over the world, since the CCP's annexation of Taiwan meaning the fate of modern world will lie in the hand of an authoritarian regime that cause too many crimes against humanity not only internally, but externally

@fishkluch 9 ай бұрын

Its only sensitive to those who don't believe in self determination

@princeimrahil6557 9 ай бұрын

I'm actually in Taiwan right now teaching English, and I think this is a great video. As a side note, if you ever get the chance to come here, check out military depot stores. Since basically everyone serves in the military they don't restrict access to military equipment, and you can buy everything from uniforms to hats to patches and MREs.

@grey.fox. 9 ай бұрын

I mean we call that an army surplus store, the real question is can you get weapons there?

@user-cg2tw8pw7j 9 ай бұрын

@@grey.fox.I think they can

@user-nm5wx2bx4p 8 ай бұрын

Nah we can’t the law is strict to lethal armament access Even a machete or crossbow is against the law not to mention firearms

@user-cg2tw8pw7j 8 ай бұрын

@@user-nm5wx2bx4p I hope this law spreads in America

@chuchunte 8 ай бұрын

@@user-nm5wx2bx4p we can keep types of knife and crossbow, just don't show on public

@FDSixtyNine 9 ай бұрын

When I was in ROTC, we had a bunch of Taiwanese officer candidates come and spend a semester with us. Haven't seen a group of higher motivated people since then.

@birdonplate0520 9 ай бұрын

blud i dont think somebody who retired from ROTC would name themself "fartdemon69"

@Gamingdan867 9 ай бұрын

@@birdonplate0520yeah because he is lying Look at his playlist

@FDSixtyNine 9 ай бұрын

bro. You don't retire from Reserve Officer Training School. You either pass and commission or flunk/quit. @@birdonplate0520

@FDSixtyNine 9 ай бұрын

How do my playlist(s) correlate with my past? I've been on KZfaq since '07, likely longer than you've been alive. @@Gamingdan867

@ghostttriddder 9 ай бұрын

@@Gamingdan867why u insecure so much boy?

@rnoro 9 ай бұрын

As a Taiwanese, I suggest you to find someone who can read Chinese reports/newspapers/on-line symposiums, you will see very different perspectives about Taiwan's military... We have serious problems in communities and military organization, not even mentioning issues in training, strategic thinking, logistics... In facing the big challenge posted by China's political and military capability, I don't feel like we're ready for fighting and protecting ourselves. There is a long path in front of us...

@lolasdm6959 9 ай бұрын

if taiwan ends up fighting alone it never matters how perpared it is.

@viysnjor4811 9 ай бұрын

I don't think China is going to give you much of a choice in the matter, they very clearly seem to be building up to invasion. The fact you are an island nation, and the fact China does not have the best navy is your best hope. It doesn't matter if China has 2,000,000 or 2,000,000,000 soldiers if they can't land them on your shores in great numbers. As the battle of Thermopylae (and many such battles since) has shown us, numbers mean little if you lack the capacity or logistics to deploy them.

@lolasdm6959 9 ай бұрын

@@viysnjor4811 China only has the second best navy, just depolyed the equivalent tonnage of the Royal navy last year, the navy is to keep the Americans away, I don't know where the navy comes into the equation. It's not the battle of Thermopylae, as for capacity or logistics, it was never really a issue? Despite hyped up by laymen in the Western media circles?? Like you know most of D-day force was civilian shipping right? China produces like 40% of the entire world shipping so how would supplies and depolyments ever be an issue? China will deplete Taiwan radars using anti-radiation missiles and then land while saturating the shore with artillery. The shore is iterally within range of MLRs. Taiwan has the right attitude if they end up fighting alone it's just unnessary losses, they need to fight to the last American marine if they are to repell a Chinese invasion.

@viysnjor4811 9 ай бұрын

@@lolasdm6959 What are you talking about? Are you confusing D-Day with Dunkirk? D-Day was most certainly not "40% civilian shipping", that doesn't even make sense. The amount of military vessels on D-Day spanned the entire horizon, because it turns out to land tens of thousands of troops, you need a LOT of ships. And this was before the invention of shore-launched anti-ship missiles. "the navy is to keep the Americans away" a job it would fail miserably at. The US navy could take on the Russian and Chinese navy in full force at the same time and still win handily, to say China is the second best navy is like saying dogs are the second smartest species on Earth.

@lolasdm6959 9 ай бұрын

@@viysnjor4811 Do you know what liberity ships were? Look them up. Sorry for bursting your bubble but the majority of ships used for D-day were civilian cargo ships not military vessels, majority of any expeditionary fleet would be cargo ships. China produces 40% of world shipping production, not the D-day force was 40% cargo ships, it was way more. If it was 40% the allies would have not been able to move after they took the shores lmao. There is a reason why most personnel the US depolys anywhere are logisitics personnel. It takes one or two person to keep one soldier fighting on the frontlines how many ships does it take to keep one carrier topped up? The PLA has been intensely studying how British royal navy was able to mobolize civilian shipping to supply it's war effort in South American during the folklands war, despite Pentagon predicting a loss. If the Chinese military disables Taiwan radars nothing will stop civilian shipping from unloading on the shore. Dogs are far from the second smartest species on earth, pigs and parrots are way smarter than them. Not to meantion chimps, dolphins and octopuses exist. Dogs also don't have a botton where they press it and most human civilization is gone. However China has zero military commitments outside of the western pacific. As seen in the 2016 south China sea crisis, where one Chinese fleet forced back a US carrier group. China doesn't have a global empire to maintain. Moreover how far does the US want to esclate? How many causualities is it willing to sustain? If it enters the western pacific with overwhelming force do they have the logistics to sustain constant fighting? Do they want to risk nuclear warfare?

@AbstractHistory01 9 ай бұрын

11:11 the sound of the ships from HOI IV, details like this and all the other aspects is what makes this channel so amazing, Congratulations to all the team and keep the great work!!

@YeEpIkAiYeI 9 ай бұрын

That sound literally trigged my PTSD on endless naval invasion.

@dwightd.eisenhower2031 9 ай бұрын

I was playing hoi4 while listening to this and freaked for a while lol

@TAIWANPARTOFCHINA 9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@2k2k2k8 9 ай бұрын

China&Taiwan is similar to that North Korea (=Democratic People's Republic of Korea), South Korea (=Republic of Korea) And Mainland (= People's Republic of China), Taiwan (=Republic of China)

@germanpancake88 9 ай бұрын

@@TAIWANPARTOFCHINA I thought 12 year olds weren't allowed to have KZfaq accounts

@sajalpratapsingh2057 9 ай бұрын

So glad that Armchair Historian is recently making videos about new topics. His usual recent videos were just oversaturated with ww2 topics.

@FlabbyBro 9 ай бұрын

To be fair, WW2 was kind of a big deal.

@cannonball666 9 ай бұрын

We'll see how long this video stays up. He called Taiwan a nation. Commie KZfaq won't like that.

@SEAZNDragon 9 ай бұрын

Kinda of ignores his 18th and 19th century content. And he Iraq and Aghanistan videos

@2hotflavored666 9 ай бұрын

To be honest, WW2 is overrated.@@FlabbyBro

@FlabbyBro 9 ай бұрын

@@2hotflavored666 💀

@lorenzod3667 9 ай бұрын

Funny how a country recognized by very few others is one of the most protected and militarized in the world.

@scottanno8861 9 ай бұрын

Not much different from Transnistria and Russia. America will secure Taiwan because the computer chips must flow!

@dant.3505 9 ай бұрын

Also the country of Taiwan is a liberal democratic republic which is incompatible with the authoritarian communist regime of CCP ruled mainland China.

@andregarcia18 9 ай бұрын

Alone Taiwan can't do much against China, their hope of protection is a US direct intervention and naval support

@cyganskadywizjapiechoty 9 ай бұрын

thats not really a coincidence

@Ggggggggg631 9 ай бұрын

Funny how Someone using internet of the free world and supports tyrants who would take his freedom if in power 💩 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 💩

@paulchen4447 9 ай бұрын

As someone who was serving the Taiwanese army just 2 months ago(not anymore), I gotta say I love how I've seen almost all the stuff presented in the video, other than the air force and navy ofcourse. Love how you are crediting the army and I absolutely love how people believe in Taiwan's ability to fight. However, I gotta admit that nobody here is ready to fight. people in the army are more salary people than soldiers, many are considering quitting because of harsh working conditions and horrible pay, and the equipment we use are far from modern militaries. The T91 I used was pretty reliable, but the tanks, trucks and other military vehicles are from the cold war, a lot of which are even older than I am, and nobody in Taiwan really wants to fight, other than the internet keyboard warriors who know they won't be the ones fighting. I served in the main battle force aka the one that's supposed to go to the frontlines immediately btw, that's how I've seen most of the best Taiwanese equipment.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j 9 ай бұрын

What are the harsh working conditions in the army? My brother, you know that the working conditions in the army are harsh in every country in the world. It is true

@ben7286 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your side of the situation. I hope more people see your comment and learn about the struggles instead of making some irrelevant and outdated credit score jokes.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j 9 ай бұрын

@@ben7286 The joke has gone bad

@rainfang1992 9 ай бұрын

Nobody wants to fight, but if invaded, I'm sure the willpower to fight for ones existence will show.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j 9 ай бұрын

@@rainfang1992 Yes and no

@grecko8762 8 ай бұрын

Superb production on this video! I enjoyed your channel 5 years ago and am enjoying it more now

@akend4426 9 ай бұрын

Seeing that photo of bitter enemies Chang Kai-Sheik and Mao Zedong toasting to the defeat of Japan in 1945 when they went back to fighting against each other immediately afterwards is quite surreal.

@saltyaphid3195 9 ай бұрын

But chang kaishek did all the fighting while mao zedingdong just hid away

@SlavicUnionGaming 9 ай бұрын

@@saltyaphid3195um think again. the chinese united front did happen. they fought alongside eachother against the same enemy. maos Communist red army didn't make the nationalist do all the work entirely. infact mao made his Red army soldiers wear propaganda posters on there back while fightingn along side the nationalist, to get nationalists to side with the communists. thats partialy how the CCP won thr civil war. the nationlist lost a good portion of fighters due to idiological propaganda posters

@soii787 9 ай бұрын

@@saltyaphid3195 you expected an undersupplied army of barely 200,000 troops to do frontline fighting lmao. they were crucial in disrupting supply lines and conducting guerrilla warfare in manchuria.

@saltyaphid3195 9 ай бұрын

@@SlavicUnionGaming so the ccp won by brainwashing. Typical

@Emilechen 9 ай бұрын

@@saltyaphid3195under Chang, even Japan could invade China, lost 2 times its capital, no Western nation takes Chinese army as serious, China under Mao, Chinese volunteers fought against 17 nations alliance but still managed to push them back, and even took Seoul, the longest retreat in US military History is caused by the Chinese intervention,

@steampunksamurai1704 9 ай бұрын

It’s great you talk about countries like Taiwan, as a European I barely have any information about the island and it’s great to see more about and to be taught about its people and it’s history!

@kohtalainenalias 9 ай бұрын

Some still consider Taiwan a county not country

@perrynnlynch1883 9 ай бұрын

Agreed. Good comment.

@TBC256 9 ай бұрын

They went through a brutal totalitarianism not unlike Eastern Europe in the 20th century.

@Raymond-ck6ms 9 ай бұрын

if you are from europe, most likely your gov doesn't consider taiwan as a county lol

@steampunksamurai1704 9 ай бұрын

@@Raymond-ck6ms I’m from the Netherlands and we are extremely pro-Taiwan, the issue I don’t know much about them is probably due to Asia being an touchy subject…

@Trying_His_Bes1 9 ай бұрын

Do a Chinese civil war remake/updated version, I think it would be a big hit.

@josho7138 9 ай бұрын

It would be fun to see the social credit score go up and down as the video Progresses

@scaryglobe7157 9 ай бұрын

that would be a great idea

@mrexploiter4838 9 ай бұрын

Better yet remake older videos

@garmenlin5990 9 ай бұрын

@@josho7138Tell me you're an immature history buff without telling me you're an immature history buff

@ncggaming9821 9 ай бұрын

@@garmenlin5990tell me you are no fun without telling me you are no fun

@sergioescobar1391 9 ай бұрын

"Resist the Dragon" goes way too hard.

@rsookchand919 9 ай бұрын

The Modern Military series is always a great watch!

@cfi8192 9 ай бұрын

That's true

@JDDC-tq7qm 9 ай бұрын

They should do 1 on Poland or Belarus considering Wagner is there

@InspectHistory 9 ай бұрын

Waiting for other Asian nations as well, amazing content as always 🎉

@beetlebg3759 9 ай бұрын

*The fall of China will be just like the Soviet Union*

@Plab1402 9 ай бұрын

:O hi inspecthistory!

@InspectHistory 9 ай бұрын

@@Plab1402hello there ✋👋

@lucianoosorio5942 9 ай бұрын

MacArthur: Nuke em! Truman: No! MacArthur: NUKE EM! Truman: NO! MacArthur: AH COME ON! Truman: You’re fired!

@raketny_hvost 9 ай бұрын

Truman and not nuking asians? sounds like joke

@scottanno8861 9 ай бұрын

Truman was too politically scared of MacArthur. MacArthur was right about China.

@user-rx3wi6fh2c 9 ай бұрын

@@scottanno8861 打不过中国的低技术落后军队，就用核武器，呵呵，这是你希望生活的世界吗。有核武器的可以任意使用核武器？

@bprogressive 9 ай бұрын

@@scottanno8861but china is not japan..and yanks r afraid of ussr

@lolasdm6959 9 ай бұрын

@@scottanno8861 MacArthur was the most idiotic man in the Korean war Chinese army could not have launched a counter attack if patton was there

@ultimaxed8239 9 ай бұрын

Had fond memories while I was deployed in Taiwan's Hukou camp while serving in the SAF. Also interacted with many Taiwanese military personnel, bunch of solid people to say the least + their food is amazing. 🇸🇬🇹🇼

@2k2k2k8 9 ай бұрын

China&Taiwan is similar to that North Korea (=Democratic People's Republic of Korea), South Korea (=Republic of Korea) And Mainland (= People's Republic of China), Taiwan (=Republic of China)

@coleparks7593 9 ай бұрын

Great work man glad to see these videos

@Strat-Guides 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting video, I learned a lot! Thank you

@pfclumi 9 ай бұрын

The artwork is so good.

@sary7154 9 ай бұрын

As a Chinese person, I can confirm my nation does not recognize Taiwan. But I sure as Hell do!

@turnopsverdsen9578 9 ай бұрын

You are very brave, God bless you

@Panzermeiller 9 ай бұрын

When you say you recongnize Taiwan you mean as a independant country or as the rightful government of China like they claim to be ? it's an honest question btw.

@Martsadog 9 ай бұрын

social Credit score -2000

@EdmundLoh 9 ай бұрын

Errr your social credit score 📉

@brennanleadbetter9708 9 ай бұрын

Look out for Xinnie the Pooh

@lordraydens 8 ай бұрын

i love how expressive the animation is

@jheryco1619 9 ай бұрын

Fellow Guatemalan here, I can tell you that Guatemala being one of the very few countries that actually recognise Taiwan as a sovereing autonomous country, they have all of our support in case of a war with China.

@kyim7369 9 ай бұрын

你是有多小看中国大陆的实力，还是太高估自己的影响力啦🤡

@digicube9074 9 ай бұрын

@@kyim7369Lol CCP bot 🤡 🦇 🍲

@kyim7369 9 ай бұрын

@@digicube9074 这不乌克兰的么，自求多福吧，就这还关心中国大陆和中国台湾，哈哈哈

@taotao98103 9 ай бұрын

Recognizes Taiwan is the only China. A lot of the Latin American countries have had 100+ years of diplomatic relationship with Republic of China in Taiwan, and they consider Taiwan as the only China in the world. This is embarrassing for the current Taiwan president because the current administration is actually a pro Taiwan Independence government. They wanted to cut all historical ties with China-Mainland. So when president of Guatemala said Republic of China is the only China in the world, the Taiwanese interpretor had to "modified the translation".

@Fast85FoxGT 8 ай бұрын

@@kyim7369CCP paper dragon LOL

@BOKCGrizzlyWarlord 9 ай бұрын

Can you do a video talking about the Rhodesian bush war, and the unique history of the formation of Zimbabwe?

@saniaamirbaaz8850 9 ай бұрын

That sounds very interesting

@Thigamabob 9 ай бұрын

From the perspectives of Zimbabweians facing white supremacy.

@Osama_Zyn_Laden 9 ай бұрын

@@Thigamabob what about the white South African Farmers facing black supremacy and literally being genocided right now

@oomblaoobmla3781 9 ай бұрын

weird whataboutism@@Osama_Zyn_Laden

@markr4619 9 ай бұрын

@@Osama_Zyn_Laden everyones gotta be genocided at some point buddy

@binxballstudio446 9 ай бұрын

Keep up the modern topics plz these are great!

@johncrocker4209 9 ай бұрын

Didn't expect this. Great content.

@codyshi4743 9 ай бұрын

Interesting analysis on Taiwan’s military. Could you also do an analysis video on China’s military and on the evolution of China’s military throughout history.

@thomaszhang3101 9 ай бұрын

Go watch Perun’s “China military modernization speed run”

@codyshi4743 9 ай бұрын

@@thomaszhang3101 watch it yourself.

@user-uo9yb2qx8z 9 ай бұрын

he just did in this Video, it's called the ROC

@lanztersgaming9653 9 ай бұрын

@@user-uo9yb2qx8zNah. He means the PLA which I for one, wanna see too

@tanjeeschuan4999 9 ай бұрын

@@user-uo9yb2qx8zwhy are you parroting CCP viewpoints?

@qidaqing3738 9 ай бұрын

Your videos are great!❤

@Lucas.Blevins 9 ай бұрын

Great video! I enjoyed learning more about this nation.

@Juke-Redlin 9 ай бұрын

OH HELL YES! wondering what content to make? You nailed this one months ago.

@DarkPuppy9 9 ай бұрын

It's insane how often we forward deployed nuclear weapons considering how bad we've always been with keeping track of them and not losing them in weird accidents.

@Fydeout 9 ай бұрын

We have absolutely lost some in weird accidents. The wild can have some loose nukes. As a treat.

@2k2k2k8 9 ай бұрын

China&Taiwan is similar to that North Korea (=Democratic People's Republic of Korea), South Korea (=Republic of Korea) And Mainland (= People's Republic of China), Taiwan (=Republic of China)

@ReySchultz121 9 ай бұрын

@@2k2k2k8If it tries to brand itself as "for the people" or "democratic", it probably isn't.

@outofideas9985 9 ай бұрын

I'm still confused how tf someone loses something as big as a nuclear warhead

@waimui3661 8 ай бұрын

@@outofideas9985just ask the US and how they lost a nuclear warhead in Italy also what about the warheads they didn't find is that just swept under the rug by the media

@connorhernandez6570 9 ай бұрын

Great to see this video. I recently met with a bunch of Taiwanese exchange cadets at my military colleges. One was a tank machine gunner, one is special forces, and the last is fresh out of high school. It’s great to understand how their military works

@SleepyJoePrintsMoneh 9 ай бұрын

TAH this is a GREAT opportunity to continue your infantry squads or tanks versus episodes! It will be big hit probably!

@burtbort3909 9 ай бұрын

Would definitely like to see more cold-war and post CW conflicts such as the yugo-civil war, Chechnya, rhodie bush war, etc

@tylerlangham2760 9 ай бұрын

Great video, do you think you would be able to make a video on the Spanish-American War, its almost never talked about.

@user-js4kd8fu8y 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for shedding light on the situation in Taiwan. It means a lot to us.

@slyoldowl 9 ай бұрын

In TBS we had multiple exchange officers come across the globe from Mexico, thailand, and of course a tawainese officer. Dude could drink like a fish and was fun clearing houses in exercise. He and the mexican officer were the most fun

@WolfZas 9 ай бұрын

Hey man super cool video, but can you make a video about the dutch soldier evolution? (Again really cool video keep it up :D)

@thehardwallbreaker3134 9 ай бұрын

I like the hoi4 naval sounds. Really good video. Glad that you are willing to have a video be blocked in China to tell us good information that's good to know.

@lord_napoli 9 ай бұрын

I think his entire channel will be blocked after this...

@animeXcaso 9 ай бұрын

@@lord_napoliwhy? The PRC has blocked YT completely, so...

@lord_napoli 9 ай бұрын

@@animeXcaso some people reupload videos from KZfaq creators on Chinese sites with Chinese subtitles. these will be forever banned.

@ethancasillas7325 9 ай бұрын

Every Armchair Historian video is a good Armchair Historian video. This is no exception!

@jorgegalindo658 8 ай бұрын

man thi sis amazing quality of video ... increible good video

@mangyminotaur30 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this 🎉

@huishi3669 9 ай бұрын

please make a video about the chinese modern military, been wanting a video about that for months

@KaptifLaDistillerie 9 ай бұрын

As a French who served in the French Foreign Legion, Taiwan can count on me to go oversea to defend them if China tries anything, they are the biggest threat to the world.

@rayhuang6155 5 ай бұрын

Au nom du peuple chinois, je souhaite la bienvenue au coq français pour mourir. Mais s'il vous plaît, Français, prenez au sérieux vos capacités, vous capitulez beaucoup plus vite que nous n'attaquons.😂

@KaptifLaDistillerie 5 ай бұрын

@@rayhuang6155 vous allez tous mourir, les 1.3 milliards que vous êtes

@user-sy8st1cs3n 8 күн бұрын

指望你们？指望你们帮台湾人扛白旗吗？你们连非洲最穷国家乍得一小撮穿拖鞋的恐怖分子都消灭不了，装什么和平使者？

@zeusback5025 9 ай бұрын

Great vid thanx armchair even i learned a bit today.

@Trump-Steak 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@CME-4575 9 ай бұрын

Its completely understandable why people abroad that lacks knowledge of the strait crisis. The civil war and conflict between the kmt and ccp is still not over, but the main factions of the original war doesnt hate each other(CCP and KMT) as much as the ccp hating another politcal party called the DPP(tsai ing wen's party). In fact, the relations between china and taiwan is actually the best and peaceful when kmt is ruling taiwan(2008 to 2016). However it causes suspicions on kmt as they are "china friendly".

@Emilechen 9 ай бұрын

President Tsai's parents were collaborators of facist Japan, many DPP members are pro-Japn, both PRC and ROC are China, so normal to be pro-China,

@Fulcrox 2 ай бұрын

Yup, because the KMT is still considered "Chinese" by the mainland CCP. While any other party is considered "too Taiwanese" in a sense that they are ok with being independent and not a united China, the CCP and Xi Jinping main objective

@rockhuddy 9 ай бұрын

Interesting video. I would have liked to see more about how a theoretical invasion and defense might look.

@aaronalegria1239 9 ай бұрын

Great animation and topic

@jordanfoo9485 9 ай бұрын

I love how beautiful the animation looks! Keep it up! (Ps can you please make a video about the Holy Roman Empire) thnks

@richardchen103 9 ай бұрын

Very well made, not sure if you’ve talked extensively about the Northern expedition and whampoa military academy in other videos, both of which are still central to Army identity today. Would have been great if you had mentioned the indigenously designed Cloud Leopard family of armored vehicles and littoral warships in service currently. Many other platforms are still in design and testing stages. Hopefully in another video😁

@2k2k2k8 9 ай бұрын

China&Taiwan is similar to that North Korea (=Democratic People's Republic of Korea), South Korea (=Republic of Korea) And Mainland (= People's Republic of China), Taiwan (=Republic of China)

@NewsMonkey123 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the very detailed and well researched video. I would like to just add that Taiwanese history did not begin with the Chinese civil war, and I feel western analysts should also appreciate all the other factors that helped shape Taiwanese identity. The island has been home to many indigenous Austronesian tribes, many of whom retain their culture, while others have been fully integrated into Han Chinese culture with many languages becoming extinct. Taiwan was also influenced not only by China and the migration of ethnic Chinese from the mainland, but also by the Dutch, Portuguese (to a lesser extent), Japan, and the Ryukyu kingdom. Therefore, Taiwanese national identity is based on deeper issues than Chinese anti-communist sentiment.

@ezsu 8 ай бұрын

Good job ! Waiting for you :)

@notthefbi7932 9 ай бұрын

Surprised this video is still up, glad it is 😁👍

@ryancortez4967 9 ай бұрын

The Hoi4 naval sounds gave me a mini heart attack Thought I was getting invaded lol

@Thatbrownguy-ce5vt 9 ай бұрын

I have severe ptsd from that sound

@A-Warthog-cc1wm 9 ай бұрын

can you do a video about the Australians and their war against emus?

@dannymartin6079 9 ай бұрын

Yes yes yes keep doing modern series

@averagejoe8358 9 ай бұрын

Please do a video on the Troubles. Its a difficult one to make, but i think you can pull it off.

@scottanno8861 9 ай бұрын

My grandpa served as a US Marine in China during the fall of China to the communists after WW2. He was almost sniped to the head while guarding the armoured train convoys. Still has shrapnel in his skull from the helmet he was wearing that day.

@djfanelli 9 ай бұрын

badass grandpa. oorah

@michaelcottet6838 9 ай бұрын

thank you for his selfless sacrifice and i wish you well

@scottanno8861 9 ай бұрын

@@michaelcottet6838 He's still alive and kicking at 95!

@pneumonoultramicroscopicsiIico 9 ай бұрын

Griffins social credit is about to plummet

@brokenbridge6316 9 ай бұрын

Nicely done video

@gijoe-lf3nf 9 ай бұрын

Good video!! Also could you do a video on the Korean Liberation Army and there resistance against Imperial Japan with the Chinese Nationalist during ww2.

@HeavenlyMandate 9 ай бұрын

As a Chinese I think it'd be wrong to call Taiwanese military a "resistance against the dragon", rather Taiwanese military is the second although much older dragon.

@AndrashYT 9 ай бұрын

Good afternoon to all historians from romania 🇷🇴

@hope_word1818 9 ай бұрын

my god that thumbnail is amazing bravo to you guys

@MAGS-ik5uj 9 ай бұрын

One of the best intros I’ve seen on the channel

@pablopeter3564 9 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT presentation of the historical, political and military situation. Thanks very much and greetings from Mexico City.

@Asukii776 9 ай бұрын

Man I love armchair historian!

@JohnC7501 9 ай бұрын

Same

@5ynth3ticNZ 9 ай бұрын

I like the painting of Nick Cage in the intro. Top notch animations.

@jinametarasu5117 9 ай бұрын

great video always! Would like to see the militaries of the south east asia bloc such as the philippines and vietnam as we all know they have territorial disputes in the region

@midimusicforever 9 ай бұрын

Taiwan needs to be strong and protect their freedom!

@semanadelherrero 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@BM-zm1jl 8 ай бұрын

By being a puppet of US?

@gr33nytherevengemaster26 8 ай бұрын

🤣😂😂😂🤣

@deliciousJI 7 ай бұрын

🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼❤❤❤

@morganaldag3478 9 ай бұрын

I think another cool topic to visit now would be the state of South Korea's armed forces and military, since they seem to be under the same threat as Taiwan, and to a lesser extent, Japan is at.

@vectomoron6145 9 ай бұрын

Make a video on General Hirohito Leadership WW2 : Insanity or Genius? btw, osom video bro :)

@bulbobaggins 9 ай бұрын

7:55 Well I’d say the T91 is more in line with the AR18 platform. It’s like the MCX where they can both be attached to an AR15 type lower (albeit with a conversion kit for the MCX) but they aren’t really an AR15

@MemoryofSouthVietnam 9 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if "resist the dragon" is apt because they are also a dragon themselves. They're both Chinese/Han.

@Harthorn 9 ай бұрын

Since when was dragon, representative of a Han Chinese, as a race? Vietnamese also use it.

@j.c.denton2060 9 ай бұрын

Right lol both claim to be China.

@Harthorn 9 ай бұрын

@@j.c.denton2060 Well, The political party in Taiwan called KMT claims that... Since Taiwan is a democracy... And KMT isn't voted into power... Says a lot. In mainland China, the one party state, The Communist Party of China claims to be "The China", definition of such includes... Not only Taiwan, but Xinjiang, Tibet etc, newly conquered territories since WW2 ended. You wouldn't want whatever one party says or claims in a democratic country to represent all right, it's representing majority, so if citizens agree, they can vote that particular party in, that is.. in normal democratic countries.

@j.c.denton2060 9 ай бұрын

@@Harthorn That has nothing to do with what I said. The people of Taiwan are essentially refugees from the losing side of the Chinese Civil War. They want to control mainland China as much as the CCP wants to control Taiwan but there is a huge power imbalance between the two only kept in stasis by US interests.

@Harthorn 9 ай бұрын

@@j.c.denton2060 lol, democracy my friend, the people of Taiwan have spoken, they would like to leave the past behind and live peacefully as any other democratic nation. Want to hold onto the past? Sure, let's keep killing japanese and Japan right? My mainland Chinese compatriot.. lol don't eat too much CCP propoganda and continue the hate. Makes han Chinese look no better than ethnic groups of middle east, forever at war.

@user-jh2sz7gr1k 8 ай бұрын

As a Taiwanese, I want to give a huge thanks to you for making this video! I really like the animation! Also, for those who's wondering, It is the 2005 kids will be forced to serve in the army for a year. And yes, 2005 kid here.

@bbob-wn8gn 8 ай бұрын

什么意思啊？

@user-wx5of6ht9b 8 ай бұрын

@@bbob-wn8gn It means they lower the conscription age to age 16. The immature teenage boy and girls are being trained to work in the mine field. Have you read the news?

@user-wx5of6ht9b 8 ай бұрын

@@bbob-wn8gn 意思是說兵員不足十六歲的小朋友都被召去當義務役而且主要任務是布地雷執行反登陸作戰沒看新聞喔

@bbob-wn8gn 8 ай бұрын

@@user-wx5of6ht9b 啊？我不知道，我在山西，不知道那边的情况。我到是知道初中分流的情况（我14岁）

@user-hy3jm8tn9i 8 ай бұрын

呃呃🤣

@HDwonder1 9 ай бұрын

Love this channel

@user-fo5ds1yv2w 9 ай бұрын

I hope that this video is successful so that you can make more videos regarding current issues around the world.

@ThePolishBader 9 ай бұрын

Please Do Poland Next, Or Polish Military Uniforms Preferably. (Also I'm a Big Fan)

@josho7138 9 ай бұрын

And have a country ball reference

@chujciwdupe5786 9 ай бұрын

Poland millitary is main nato millitary Poland has no millitary

@CrispyPratt 9 ай бұрын

@@chujciwdupe5786dude I've seen so many of your comments and have come to the conclusion your completely brain dead

@jrdsm 9 ай бұрын

How about a german wearing polish military uniform😂

@Ivan24524 9 ай бұрын

@@chujciwdupe5786 cope ruzian 🇵🇱👉💥🐽🇷🇺

@myoptimumpride5178 9 ай бұрын

Do more modern militaries like this🙏

@nicholasong2760 9 ай бұрын

Well done!

@indianajones4321 9 ай бұрын

Armchair Historian: Mentions Taiwan China: So you have chosen disappearance

@zz3167 9 ай бұрын

History: So you have chosen DEATH.

@AmethystTheFoxx 9 ай бұрын

that thumbnail goes hard

@Mitchell_WerBell_III 9 ай бұрын

The HOI4 naval sound effects at 11:15 got me.

@Maw-wf1ir 9 ай бұрын

Hello! Can we get more content about the chinese civil war? Love your videos btw

@marco-ls9fm 9 ай бұрын

My man just lost every single social credit he had

@KonaKonism 9 ай бұрын

A video like this about Finland and its military would be interesting considering the political situation we are in (kinda like Taiwan, but not exactly). And as a fin that would be pretty cool.

@def3ndr887 9 ай бұрын

Didn’t Finland finally join nato?

@Panzermeiller 9 ай бұрын

I don't remember Finland claiming to be the rightful Russian government tbh

@dylandarnell3657 9 ай бұрын

@@Panzermeiller Well, it should. They could only do a better job than the current one.

@lolasdm6959 9 ай бұрын

you are not in the same situation, Russia recognizes finland as a sovergn nation

@rkka1989 9 ай бұрын

As a "Taiwanese", I do believe that our Military could benefit more from Finland's experience than that of America's.

@dyl.pineiro6045 9 ай бұрын

I would love more videos describing South America, Asian, and African militaries.

@user-us3ms2fw4p 8 ай бұрын

got to love the sounds of HOI4 Ships at 11:10

@elbrados 9 ай бұрын

With the organisation and equipment of the Chinese military currently its more like resist the lizard

@user-ko3gk7mp3d 9 ай бұрын

Also just finnish my 4 months sevices in Army 542nd armored brigade this year . They are lot of people here don't want to fight it true , but also a lot of soldiers and people are willing to fight for our homeland . The common problem of our army is low pay and very outdated equipment ( We still use M48 tank and it is about 50 years old now , and last month news just discover that body armor our army use can't even stop the 5.8mm ammo ) and ths US support are .....still too slow and limited . The number of all our forces may be quiet strong for a 20 million population country , but we are facing the biggest forces in this world...... So yes , seems every thing are against us . I can understand why lot of people in my country are seeking the way to "peace surrender" to china ( KMT mainly , they are no more that KMT from WW2 or in Chang Kai-Sheik period , now only thing they care is collaboration with China and earn money . For them , they just want the Chinese reunification . Even that mean we will lost our freedom , they still want to reunification with there great "Motherland China" ) or just afriad or maybe dishonnor our own soldiers . The officer in my camp also tell me that we (4 month trained soldier) are going to defend the beach in the very frontline to earn the times for our main force if the war broke out . No one sure this is true or not , but I jsut want to say , there are still many brave man and women in Taiwan . And we are all not going to give it up and ready to defend our freedom here .

@montecorbit8280 9 ай бұрын

At 12:20 Fostering the foreign relations.... "Nothing but love for ya!!" Wait a minute that's a different movie.... That was funny!!

@flyingtomatosauce3528 9 ай бұрын

I really like how Griffin's Team and take time to make videos about Current ongoing Topics and to wait until the facts become clear and not milk it, Keep it up!

@alehaim 9 ай бұрын

I think its important to also note that the KMT defeat on the mainland was equally a result of Soviet Aid, as it was from the KMT's own incompetence

@yuehaowu 9 ай бұрын

Thing is the KMT was as supplied by the West as the People’s Republic was by the Soviets.

@dergberg3923 9 ай бұрын

We can also thank General Joseph Stilwell of the US Army for getting most of our best troops in Burma killed, alongside withholding equipment and aid to the NRA during the War of Resistance, giving us an even worse time during the second phase of the civil war.

@rt_7523 9 ай бұрын

I think the main factor was the peasantry which supported Mao who promised them the land

@yuehaowu 9 ай бұрын

@@rt_7523 the KMT getting millions killed during the Second Sino Japanese War didn’t help their reputation either. Including such acts as breaching the yellow river dams to delay the Japanese.

@alexanderl.6207 9 ай бұрын

Chiang kai shek killed millions of his own people. Why would anyone in their right mind join them when there was another option