*I'm listing the ideas for future videos, do you have any suggestions?*

Austria-Hungary: "Look how the massacred my boy"

Geography exams in 1914 would have been very easy.

Next video: Borders changes in WW2

Allies: You lost the war Turkey: Yesn't

germany must feel like the kid at school opening a pack of gum

"They gained what was called, the South Seas Mandate" Imperial Japanese Navy: Its a surprise tool that will help us later.

WWI: The death of the old empires. WWII: The birth of the new empires.

*Territorial changes after WW1:* -I completely shaped the world *WW2:* -Hold my beer

Well... Alsace Lorraine wasn't historically just french - it changed hands several times and actually belonged to the HRE. Also population was a good mix of germans and french

Calling Alsace-Lorraine in this context historically French is a little bit odd, it was for more than 800 years part of East Francia / the Holy Roman Empire before (most of) it was annexed by France in the late 17th century.

Hungary at the end of World War 1: "So how many land gonna i lose?" France: *YES*

I see you mixed up Vittoria Mutilata and what Italy gained in WWI. Vittoria Mutilata alludes to the territories that were promised to Italy in the Memorandum of London, before the war. The map you showed represents those territories. Italy turned out to get less than that (although still pretty satisfying if you ask me) and thus the Vittoria Mutilata, for the gap between promised land and annexed lands.

2:50 not exactly given, taking it into account that we had to fight for the land with Germans, Poland had to fight on each of its borders at that time - I don't know why that fact is disregarded... but there was a conflict with Germans, conflict with Czechoslovakia, conflict with Russia and with Ukrainian separatists

Germany: *chuckles* I'm in danger

RIP. Austria-Hungary

I don't often comment on yt but I wanted to say you're doing an amazing job on your channel. You speak nice, clear, to the point. It's very informative and easy to follow with the amazing animations. Well done!

A significant detail is missed why Agreement of Lausanne that keeps entire Anatolia for Turks is accepted instead of Sevres that partitioned the land after 4 years. Because: Turkish Independence War

In my opinion, south tyrol should be a part of austria =D

0:55 rise your hand if you are also living one of thoose contested areas.

Another great video! Great information, and very educational and entertaining as well. Thanks for the presentation!

There are still many Hungarians in southern Slovakia!

Interesting stuff. Just noticed some errors with the map 1:07. The borders of the Hungarian kingdom within Austria-Hungary 1914 are incorrect and also the border between Poland and Lithuania is incorrect as Poland had a common border with Latvia during the 1920s and 1930s.

Germany, Austria and the Ottomans after WW1 -Dissolution of the Monarchy and of the Empire. Bulgaria: Loses a bit of land and then once again decides to opt with the axis in WW2

While this is covered at a fast clip, periodic pauses allowed me to digest your material, I say well done and award you with a thumps up.

*fun fact: 16th of February marks 103 years of independence of the first lithuanian republic

I love how different Poland's and Hungary's fate was after WW1. :(

Another Great Video! You are my favourite channel and keep it up!!!

3:13 Greetings from Allenstein, in Poland we call this city Olsztyn ;D

Around 1:15 mark you can see there is a very small difference in the Turkish - Balkan border, the permanent one having lost a bit of land. That part is Dimetoka (today in Greece) given to Bulgaria in 1915 by the Young Turk Ottoman gov’t during the war in order to encourage the Bulgarians to join the war on Central Powers side. The railway to the Aegean passed there and was crucial for reinforcements. After the war had ended, that part of Turkish Thrace got back from Bulgaria and granted to Greece. That was the last Turkish loss of territory in Europe, taking place even after the Balkan Wars of 1912/13. You can see the change around 6:47 mark outlined by the thin black lined Republic of Turkey border vs. thick red lined Ottoman 1914 border. Great video btw.

Ótimo trabalho, like always, General. I have some constructive criticism to offer, if I may? When you speak of/mention any geographical entity like a city, a nation, a state or any territory, could you perhaps visually highlight said region on the displayed map more prominently? I am referring to the segments where the relevant map remains static during narration, with some minor changes being added to that map, after certain intervals. I think efficient highlighting of the subject in a map; allows the viewer to better visually contextualize a location within their own knowledge and understanding of geography. For eg. At 2:43, I completely missed that you added Eupen-Malmedy because I was still focused on Silesia. Could be that the font used here was quite small, relative to available screen space. There are many other examples I can state but the one that illustrates the issue best, for me, was the "How Do Countries' Sea Borders Work?" video. There is a segment about midway through when you speak about Oceania and the map on screen is of the entire South West Pacific. I had very little prior geographical knowledge of this region. With the map remaining static I could not follow the narration as I had no idea where the regions being mentioned were located. This isn't really a complaint. I mean, I had to open a new tab and familiarize myself with the pacific island nations and it was enjoyable. But that's not always possible or preferable. Some very basic use of a feature to visually emphasize the area on the map which was being referred, would have helped a lot. There are two simple solutions I can mention. Such as zooming in on the displayed map such that the place you are describing takes center-screen; is a good way to direct attention. As the video continues, moving the center slowly from one place to another, if the subjects are nearby. Or zooming out slowly, glimpsing the whole map before zooming back in to show the new subject; should there be a lot of distance between consecutive subjects. This would be a great way to maintain spacial continuity among viewers and help guide non-gepgraphynerds through unfamiliar regions. Another straightforward solution would be to use a basic color like you have done with Poland at 2:51, in this video. My only concern being that some viewers with color blindness may not be able to observe any changes. One last request. Last, I promise ! When drawing flags beside maps or placing flags inside a map for any purpose... could you, maybe, write the nation's name alongside its flag? I cannot immediately recognize most national flags. It creates a similar problem with following the narration as I cannot identify the countries being mentioned and thus lose focus fast. Done criticizing. Now let me say a little about what I do like about your videos :) Your (hand?) drawn art and use of plain symbols is a rather unique style. It amazes me how much artwork you put in a single video. Also admire your uncomplicated narration. I think it requires some talent/practice to speak a non native language with such lucidity. The accent was never a problem for me. Its a distinct voice that somehow calms me. You have pretty much mastered the aspects of writing and voice delivery in educational videos. If you can just improve the visual presentation like I have provided, I believe the channel will grow even further. I am sorry if my criticisms made it sound like I am a basement dweller quibbling about literal free education on the internet. I can only imagine just how much work and time goes into creating just one video. And I appreciate every hour you spend trying to provide strangers the same joy you must feel learning about maps and histories. If you never read humongous comment or don't care about the suggestions provided; that's completely fine. I do genuinely believe these alterations will make your content a lot more accessible to viewers. I hope this channel grows, regardless. Also, I like your profile icon. Reminds me of a penguin. God knows why.

Alsace-Lorraine was not a historical part of France. But of the HRE and had been for around 800 years until the French conquered most of it in the 17th century. 90+% of the population was ethnically German and had been for hundreds of years.

This is the most underrated channel of all time❤️

WWI and its political aftermath is extremely fascinating! It's importance to world history can't be understated, because, when you think about it, it's amazing how different the contemporary world could've looked had the Central Powers won, for better or for worse.

Apenas comentando isso pra dizer que acho seu canal muito bom, continue assim! Just commenting this to say that I think that your channel is amazing, keep up!

Thank you for making this video about territorial changes in WW1

Congrats! Best KZfaq channel!!

I'm reeeeealy curious about your @GeneralKnowledge sources... your videos have a strong English-speaking World (in this case Antant) perspective: - overstating the role of the British in some scenarios, - mentioning short-lived german political entities that did not have much of an impact and forgetting others, - mixing up Russian, German, and local political states and autonomies, - mentioning Finland as a side note rather than a part of the Russian revolution/collapse of the monarchy. *And a general rule of thumb: no country or territory becomes independent as a result of the collapse of a larger empire - instability just lays out the ground for that, the reason is always an independence movement.

Excellent, excellent video !!

I would not call Alsace-Lorraine as historically French, as it belonged to East Francia and later the Holy Roman Empire for about 800 years and got annexed by Louis XIV in the 17th century.

Love the channel

That is one crazy map at 2:35 - it feels like I'm looking at a map of Europe through frosted glass!

Hey, nice video! I was wondering if you could do a video on CANZUK?

Good video. I like history and I'm from Ireland so it would to see a video on irish independence. I liked the fact you mentioned Ireland. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 😀

Amazing video, my fellow countryman 👍

Marshal Foch (France) said in 1919 "It is not a peace but a 20-year truce." In 1939, 20 years later Germany invaded Poland.

god I LOVE this kind of video

I learned more from this video than I did in all of school!

I think your althist Napoleon video was very underrated, you should make more althists. For example: what if the Latin Monetary Union was a fiat currency and survived until modern times? (Because you recently did a video on coins)

I read your name as “General Kenobi Ledge”

Well well well, look who has a test on Tuesday on ww1.😈

TY 😊

Capital of Lithuania during that time was Kaunas 'cause Poland captured Vilnius region during the Polish-Lithuanian Wat.

This video talks both empires and modernations of 19 centuries mostly. its very good.

Most of this just hurts my eyes

Bondia General! I just wanted to ask, what would’ve happened had Portugal gotten more outta the treaty of Versailles? Maybe the some of Oman and a sliver of coast in Iran? Would that have changed Salazars rise to power?

Thanks

I'm writing my bachelor degree on french decolonization, and would love to know your scource on the disgrunteled colony soldiers

Afternoon!

The Cres-Lošinj pronunciation had me rolling on the floor 🤣

4:50 All of Alsace and a significant part of Lorraine is historically German the suppression of the German language in this region is no accident. France started the Franco-German hereditary enmity with the Palatinate War of Succession!

You sound like the Organic Chemistry Tutor guy

Bolzano(Bozen) should have stayed in Austria.

I really like your accent, where are you from?

Greeting from slovenia

Austrian empire, russian empire, Ottoman Empire : banged British and French empire : stonks Germany : the convicted USA : the guy who had the last laugh Italy : happy outside, igniting revenge inside Japan : asian power stonk

I read somewhere that the partition of the Ottoman empire wasn't fully realized because many nations didn't want to fight another war and opt to hop out entirely. All the while the Turkish independent war blew up, kicking the Ottomans out and pushing back the remaining others who didn't opt out.

It should be noted that there was some holding back from Entente for Baltics, because they thought they could reestabilish friendly russian government

Of course you dont't talk about the unjustice of Trianon ,robbing a more than 1000 year old country from 2/3 of its land leaving millions of hungarians forced to live in foreign countrys without any rights just lies about it.

So many changes in Europe, but most of us don't pay too much attention to WW1. WW2 cast a shadow on WW 1.

Watching this 10 mins before my history midterm

Can you make a video about the holy roman empire? I like the history very much!

I arrived early!. Greetings from Peru

The thumbnail on the left made me come up with a new nation, the Holy German Reich Just the German Reich and Austria-Hungary combined, same states as both do, Bavaria, Prussia, Austria, Berlin, Hungary, and more

Yes

1:32 Why you gave Wilno and Wilejka region to Lithuania when it was controlled by poland

That pesky Treaty of Versailles

R U gonna make countries after WW2?

Why didn’t Greece give back to Bulgaria the land that they were supposed to? Bulgaria is supposed to have some coastline on the Aegean

7:10 *Greece be like:* Not cool bro

Hey man, could you please do a video about the Greek war of independence and the Greco Turkish was 1922

The map on the thumbnail is wrong (Poland and Lithuania's borders)

Your Europe 1914 yellow map of Austria-Hungary wrongly shows Galicia as part of an even larger Hungary. It was of course governed from Vienna (the correct boundary is shown in a subsequent map).

( thanks for the video ).👍👍😊😊😊

Actually italy annexed the Dodecanese islands (Rhodes) in 1912 in the Turkish Italian war. Anyway nice video

Polish land was not a gift. We fight for it.

And to this day, man continues to fight over land saying, “It’s mine! No it was mine first! No it wasn’t! Well I live on it! But you stole it!”

Fun fact: The islands that Germany gave to Japan were given to them by Spain because Spain wanted to sell them during the Spanish-American war to prevent the Americans from getting them. However after WWII the US would still take them from Japan

A turtle approved these territorial changes after WW1

Thank you for saving my grade

Yay 10 minutes from Malaysia

Treaty of Lausanne happened after we defeated Greeks, Italians, Brits and french After that we haven't lost a single war till date !

Greetings from America 🇺🇲

3:31 - the 3rd reason is because we finally pushed for our freedom. WW1 ended in 1918, but we still fought untile 1920, not against Russian Empire tho, but against new Soviets, and Germans.

104 years ago today, Greece joined the entente/allies in ww1

Lesson #1 : How to guarantee a Second World War.

Also the Heshamite kingdom of Hejaz gained their independence from the Ottomans before being conquered by the Suadi Nejd and forming Saudi Arabia. North Yemen also gained their independence and would unite with South Yemen in 1990

The treaty of Versailles was an awful idea after the war French commander ferdinand foch said This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years" 20 years later ww2

Conversations about nationality in 1914 Person: Where are you from Austrian dude: Austria Person: Ah sweet got some fine castles over there Conversations about nationality in 2021 Person: Where are you from? Austrian dude: Austria Person: cool! Seen any kangaroohs lately? Austrian dude: No AUSTRIA... Schnitzel Lederhose Alphorn!!! Person: Oh so you are German?! Austrian dude: -_-

wait just one moment! Jens Stoltenberg says, "Borders are sacred!"