Yeah I know it's late for Memorial Day, and also not alternate history. Shut it Jimmy

I really don't get why the Barbary Wars aren't more popular. Old Timey Navies fighting pirates, pretty clear good guys v. bad guys, and the US wins. It seems like the type of thing Hollywood and the American public would be all over.

“We do not negotiate with Terrorists” -Thomas Jefferson

Filipino-American War. A.k.a. Uncle Sam's first taste of Asian jungle warfare before Vietnam made it mainstream

"Yes, this meant that Americans had to invade Florida" dear god

USMC remember the Barbary Wars. They even put it in their song. "From the hall of Montezume to *the shore of Tripoli* ."

One less popular and virtually unknown war was the US intervention in the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918/1919. We sent 10,000 troops fresh from winning WWI and wanting to go home into Murmansk to.... well it was kind of unclear, but they fought the Reds. The Soviets did not forget that.

The USMC actually remembers the Barbary Wars, every time the Corps' Hymn is sung, "From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli."

America: Fights Pirates John Paul Jones: Smiles Weakly

You finally uploaded!

Fun fact: The Seminoles are NOT native Floridians, they are a combination of mostly Creek but also Yamasee, and other tribes that fled the Americans from Georgia and Alabama. They quickly became masters of the FL environment and were entrenched by the time the first Seminole War began. Source: I was a FL ranger that ran programs focused on the Seminole Wars

“But it’s Jackson, he didn’t care”. Lol

You know as a history buff I was kind of surprised when I looked up a comprehensive list of all the wars the USA has been involved in and realized I was unfamiliar with half of them. Goes to show how American history classes focus mostly on the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the World Wars. The only reason most people remember the wars in Vietnam, Korea, and the Middle East is because they're either in recent memory or are currently taking place.

We tried to invade Canada twice and lost, but the Canadians are too polite to remind us.

The US Marines will never forget the Barbary Wars because they're fighting song specifically mentions "off to the shores of Tripoli"

Pirates: "Give us money an..." America: "...or give us death? We choose to pay in death. Goodbye." Pirates: "That's not what I!" (dies)

You forgot the Banana Wars and you mentioned the Boxer Rebellion but you didnt go over it.

Pretty sure John Marston helped out with that lil Mexican Revolution

2:40 That image coupled with "Jefferson didn't comply" needs to become a meme.

“Wars that we for some reason forgot about.” Well, when we’ve been at war for 200/270+ years, some are probably going to be forgotten.

If anyone’s reading this my grandpa actually protected the South Korean border during the 70s Edit: since people still reply to this my grandpa was there because of the Pueblo incident, and also go thank your family members for their service if they served

"From the halls of Montezuma, *to the shores of Tripoli* "

I swear, the people on the Barbary coast just got bored and moved to Somalia.

Here in south Florida we learn a little bit more about the Seminole war, it’s not really in the book but they teach about how the Seminoles, Miccosukee, etc were driven to reservations and fought back with guerrilla warfare. At my middle school and high school we had a Miccosukee and Seminole chief come and talk a little about it and their culture, one thing I found really interesting was the Seminole chief’s explanation on how they would run through the sawgrass by picking their legs up higher so they wouldn’t get caught or cut on it, and the soldiers would get really slowed down running normally and get their clothes caught constantly dragging them down

I love the red dead music when you are explaining the Mexican revolution

I remembered the Barbary Wars. " ...to the shores of Tripoli."

My 8 year old thinks you're hilarious and informative. Thanks for sharing as it made me remember a time when I read about these wars, asked about them in classes and was usually told that they "weren't important" because they're "not part of the lesson plans". Please keep posting 😀 👍🏽

Fun fact about gas blowback guns, they are actually used as training guns but instead of shooting a projectile it shoots a laser, it is used my the Australian army as a training basis for a handgun’s controls

So really instead of "That time America invaded Florida" is should be "That time America really sorta invaded Spain"

Slowly becoming Actual History Hub.

I'm related to Andrew Jackson on my mom's side, and my dad side is part Seminole.

I love how each year on Memorial Day I watch this video to remind me how many lives have been lost and those Weber forgotten over time.

Lmao Tripoli declared war because they kidnapped sailors and the us didn’t pay a ransom

(Filipino-American 1899-1902)

“Yeah, that’s the best Segway I could come up with. Oh well” lmao it’s your subtle comedy that fuckin kills me every time.

If a war goes well, we forget about it.

Um I remember perfectly that we spent nearly 2 whole school years studying the whole trail of tears and tribes being forced on reserves...

You did not mention the Philippine-American War (1899-1902).

My great grandpa fought in the Mexican revolution

The Barbary wars is probably one of the most badass things that America has done.

"freedom time" *Insert sick guitar riff*

I don't know about everyone. Tripoli in particular was a story I grew up with, but Marine, from a Marine family. So some of our bed time stories are kinda weird. The siege of Derna was a big deal because it was the first time that the US colors flew over the fortress of the old world. It's also where, according to what amounts to Marine Corps myth, Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon, USMC, in command of the American Marines leading the attack, received the Mameluke sword that inspired the current issue Marine Corps Officer's sword.

Great video. Likening the Mexican Revolution to Syria in scope gives the conflict real perspective. I hadn't thought of it like that before. And you've got me looking for other content specifically on the Seminole War.

Apush actually taught me something lmao i actually remember all these

I’m mexican, just imagine our teachers trying to teach us the Mexican Revolution lol. In the end, you can resume it as a Battle Royale to see who gets to be president.

The Coast of High Barbary is a great song, and so glad I got to sing it in choir, in Highschool and Middle School.

I'm actually fascinated by the border war, it explains so much about the Zimmerman telegram

My great great grandfather was a general brigadier in the Mexican Revolution on the constitutionalist side, his name was Pablo De La Garza.

What if North Korea attacked South Korea during the Vietnam War?

My great grandfather was in a few of those "forgotten" conflicts, my grandfather in others, my father in a couple, and I was in Kosovo, which tends to be forgotten.

I had a grand mother removed from the smokes in the trail of tears and and a great grandfather on my mom's side rode with gen. Blackjack Pershing

I’m from Florida and they taught us about the Seminole Wars, but I never knew it was that brutal

Um... the Trail of Tears is standard US curriculum. And maybe because I'm from Indiana, but we learned quite a bit about Tecumseh too. I think the big issue is that most of this is taught in middle schools and not high school, so students forget most of it by the time they graduate. There is just so much to cover it is hard to dwell on one topic for very long in the classroom.

I remember learning about the cherokee and seminole wars in school

Would love a full video about the Seminole wars!

We are taught about conflicts with the Native Americans in school. The idea that American history is presented in school without any of the negatives is outdated. Now it's often presented without any of the positives.

Im surprised that the Spanish-American war wasn't mentioned

The Seminole War was pretty much the Vietnam of the 19th century

I love when the Seminole wars are covered by channels because I’m part Seminole, it’s very little since my grandmother is 1/4th Seminole but I’m still proud of it

Humorously, the ad before this video was from Prager University, where they gave Andrew Jackson credit for securing America's independance during the War of 1812. If Jackson had lost the Battle of New Orleans, then the United States would have been limited to the east coast.

Quick summary of Mexican Revolution for those who may or may not be curious This is actually one of my favorite topics as it shows how history in my country... can get pretty dumb Sorry if my english isn't the best & sorry if got something wrong, this is written by memory It begins at the end of the presidency of Porfirio Diaz, a president infamous for being re elected lots of times, you know how Venezuela is in theory a democracy as its leader is """"elected"""" well, same here, but unlike the Venezuelan situation president Diaz was a "good" dictator, he grabbed a country that was torn apart by non stopping wars trying to hold the country together since the end of the Mexican Independence & made that same country in a place that suddenly was getting into a industrial revolution, bringin telegraph & trains making life WAY easier, also created a middle class that had never existed before in the country, the one thing to criticize about his government was how he treated the low class society, giving them unfair treatment, unpayable taxes, no work rights & they weren't the only angry ones, people from the high class were frustrated at Diaz's constant power, wanting the presidency for themselves President Diaz was then interviewed by a reporter from USA in said interview he said "Mexico it's ready for democracy" stating that in the next elections he wouldn't participate but gladly accept whoever won the presidency next, as soon as this became known the race for the presidency started, here a man called Francisco I. Madero enters the picture as he becomes popular among the people for his more liberal ideals & anti re election campaign, everything seemed fine until one day Diaz decides to try to be re elected again, trying to get Madero out of the picture, Diaz sends Madero to prison in San Luis Potosí, this made Diaz president once again but not for long, eventually Madero escapes from prison & escapes to Texas to call the people on weapons against Diaz on November 20 of 1910 starting the revolution, the first city to be taken by this people it's Ciudad Juarez (my city!) with the help of other 2 characters from the revolution, Pazcual Orozco & Pancho Villa, seeing how this movement was serious, not wanting to lose a life of work Diaz leaves the country to never return The now President Madero was seen as a hope for the country who would change everything that Diaz did wrong but as he became president he started to take questionable decisions such as keeping Diaz's followers in their jobs inside the government despite that most hated him & maintaining the overall structure of that Diaz left, once again people we're mad & started to make plans to now overthrow Madero, his old general Pascual Orozco, a man called Emiliano Zapata & Felix Diaz, Porfirio Diaz's nephew, are some of the most remarkable of Madero's oppositors that started armed movements across the whole country, to fight against his oppositors, Madero asks help from general Victoriano Huerta, this backfired immediately as Huerta betrayed Madero, joining forces with Felix Diaz & a USA ambassador to take Madero out for good, Madero is arrested & on his way to prison he's brutally murdered being shot to death, shortly after Huerta becomes the new president Huerta's betrayal was seen with good eyes by most of Porfirio Diaz's followers and just when it seems war is finally over, the governor of Coahuila, Venustiano Carranza, didn't acknowledge as valid Huerta's presidency so he declared war on him receiving help by lot's of people, at the same time in Chihuahua a man called Pancho Villa also started his own movement against Huerta because he always believed in Madero since the beginning, meanwhile in Mexico City Huerta it's shutting down all opposition he has by killing everyone who dares question his rule & dissolving the congress so nobody opposes him, making even more people angry at his rule, then out of nowhere US president Woodrow Wilson comes into play, fearing for the US interests in Mexico he considered Huerta as a treat, using a ridiculous reason about some boat that shouldn't be in the place it was he started a blockade on Veracruz's port so that Mexico couldn't buy weapons from out of the country (yeah, we were so poor we didn't produce our own weapons) this way Willson thought he was showing his support to Carranza, Villa & Zapata but Carranza saw that as more of an insult to the sovereignty of our nation There are many battles, this being the part of the conflict where most people died fighting across the country, all of those battles led finally to a battle in Zacatecas where Villa disobeying Carranza's orders takes over the city finally defeating Huerta as he was obligated to leave the country seeing how he couldn't win anymore, it seemed that again it was over but when it came time to choose a new president the interests of different groups started being obvious, one of Villa's followers was chosen as the new president infuriating Carranza going to Veracruz with his people to plan a new attack against both Villa & Zapata's armies, Villa & Zapata on the other hand take control of Mexico city but none take the presidency as they we're not interested As soon as the Villa & Zapata separated Carranza attacked Villa with help of his new general Alvaro Obregon, after a long battle Villa was defeated but not killed, he just retired to live a more simple life, with him defeated & Zapata away Carranza took position of Mexico City where he started to work in a new constitution for the country, the constitution was a brilliant idea as with the new laws Carranza gains popularity amongst the country, even from Zapata's people, his biggest enemy at the moment, it was so good in fact that he was democratically elected president but he wasn't happy with that, Carranza would kill his enemies no matter what, he put a spy among the army of Zapata that gained his trust and eventually tricked Zapata, killing him After many years, Carranza's period was about to end but when he named his successor, his old general, Alvaro Obregon was not happy that it wasn't him, Obregon helped by Plutarco Elias Calles & Alfonso de La Huerta made a plan to kill Carranza, as soon as he hears this, Carranza tries to hide in Veracruz but in middle of the road he's intercepted and killed by Obregon's amry, Obregon becomes the new president in the next elections, fearing for the old groups Obregon decides to kill Villa, the last leader of the revolution sending people that would shoot to death without even trying to speak first Many years later Obregon was retiring and choose one of his men, Plutarco Elias Calles to be his successor, De La Huerta not happy with that made an army to attack but was defeated almost immediately, Calles becomes the new president, this would eventually lead to another war but the period we know as the revolution has ended As a Mexican, this period of our story makes me frustrated, seeing how people just for mere greed made the country fall in an state that was never seen before nor has been seen since & what is worst, schools around the country talk of this men like righteous people, heroes of our history, making the day revolution started a day to celebrate, i can only laugh at that because well, they're not the only men not deserved to be called heroes in our history, we have tons of them which just makes me even more frustrated

I actually learned all of these wars, They were mostly was however usually glossed over quickly

There's to many for you to say them all! But thank you and good job!

Seminole wars was basically Vietnam: the prequel

The atrocities were condemned but it was Jackson. He didn't care. Rolling on the floor lmfao. Thats funny as shit, and so so true

I actually learned about all these wars in my U.S. History class. From the first day of school we started from when the America's were found, and we worked our way up, rhrough out the year.

Neat, I'm watching this literally 30 minutes after memorial day in 2019 by random chance.

Empire Total War taught me about the Barbary Pirates

This would be a pretty damn cool series to see on one of the "Hub" channels. Not just going over the forgotten wars, but going over every American war in a ten or so minute video.

I was not aware of the Border War, but I knew of the others. The Barbary Wars and the Korean border conflict were both pretty big deals, weren't they? A little surprising to hear they are considered "forgotten wars".

This was pretty interesting as an American with a splash of native and a huge interest in central and South American history I’d love series of a breakdown of Americans less known wars.

I guess they were fighting the Pirates of the Arabian

Cowboys vs pirates

You got to do this again for this year's memorial day.

I remember in elementary school my history book had this timeline. And it had this little note where it said "Tripoli declares war on the U.S.", and I've always wondered what that was. Now I know!

In Florida we learn about all three of the Senimole wars

I knew about Andrew Jackson attacking Florida for the trail of tears

Good video. And I laughed when you said "When we really needed a wall with Mexico"

Apparently I need to give my districts history course more credit if this stuff really isn’t taught. And my old district’s history course too... I either had great luck or the times are changing, either way, these are becoming less obscure

I Recommend, What If The Spanish Joined The Axis Powers In World War 2?

Great video! I have a topic suggestion if you're interested. What if the League of Nations went to war with Japan, after their invasion of Manchuria was deemed unjustified, and Japan left the league.

You do know that the Korean war was nicknamed "The Forgot War" because no one thinks about it, The Korean war should be on this list.

Waycross, GA was actually one of the sites of the Seminole massacres. As a person that lives right near it (between it and the neighboring Blackshear, which has its own history), I didn't know for years until my parents or brother heard about it somewhere and told me. Even towns that aren't well-known seem to have interesting history. Oddly enough, Waycross was one of the (if not the first) cities in the US to allow women to vote. Too bad our historical significance kind of went out with passenger trains, though...kind of comes with being a hub for roads and rails.

*America:* Did someone say... *GOLD?*

Don't forget about the Philippine American War where the Philippines were fighting Spain for independence, and US was fighting Spain, so they teamed up, beated Spain, and USA, Spain, and the Philippines had the second Treaty of Paris, exept the Filipino representatives were not allowed in the conference room, and USA bought the Philippines from Spain. The Filipinos fought back, and ended as a win for USA.

How I’m sure many people remember American war throughout history: The Colonies fought for their independence in the Revolutionary war, later on people saw how screwed up Slavery was which led to the Civil War, Abe Lincoln abolished slavery, we mucked around for a long period of time, then Arch Duke Ferdinand was assassinated starting WW1, Hitler was furious about his nation losing and started WW2, something about Korea, then the Vietnam War happened which we didn’t win, we mucked around in the Middle East for a while, something about Kuwait, then 9/11 happened and launched the war on terror, US Troops remained in the Middle East even after Bin Laden was killed, and now we could potentially be starting a Third World War in the near future.

Ah yes, the lasting impact of the Barbary Wars: one line in the Marine Corps theme song

What if during 9/11, the capital building and the pentagon were destroy along with the world trade center?

The Barbary Wars are certainly not forgotten, as in the Marine Corps' Hymn, it says "From the Halls of Montezuma, to the Shores of Tripoli", referencing when the US Marines raised the Stars and Stripes on foreign land. And of course at the beginning of that, when the US Marines took Mexico City.

I think I figured out why your videos are so funny to me . Since your tone of voice doesn’t change when you slip a joke in there it’s unexpected and well, actually a funny joke so yeah

That’s very interesting, If you did a video on haw many times my country went to war it would be hours long.

We learn about the Mexican Revolution in Texas, and i bet they do in New Mexico too because of how involved mexico was with the two states, at least towards the beginning.

The Philippine American War was probably one of the worse wars often forgotten: there were reports of war crimes and concentration camps being used by the Americans in certain areas. Arguably, the Filipino nationalist hope for independence was further energized during this war.

I never heard of these wars simpaly amazing

As an American I can tell you nobody remembers the Korean war even during history class the lesson was titled "The Forgotten War" and sadly it was just a tiny sidenote in history class

For more on this sort of thing, I recommend "The Savage Wars of Peace" by Max Boot. He gets in to a lot of these little overseas wars (like our military presence in China from 1840 up to WWII). He notes that the little wars provide training in tactics and for young officers that come in very handy in the next big war. For example, in the Pursuit of Pancho Villa in the Border War with Mexico, the Army learned how to use automobiles to support the troops.

🎶"from the halls of montezuma to the shores of *TRIPOlI*"

We learned about the pirates and quasi war good video

Thankfully I had a spectacular history teacher in high school so I actually knew all of these wars!

The acronym for your channel name is just screaming AHH