Decolonization: Crash Course European History #43

I feel like a lot of people forget how recently all this happened. This was all within living memory; two of my grandparents were born in British colonies.

Please, please, consider CC History of Africa. I know it isn’t the topic most in demand, and won’t appeal to as many in the AP crowd, but gosh, it is important and it is so poorly covered everywhere, and the African countries importance globally keeps increasing. We should be a part of watching and engaging with that. Or just a modern history. Please, it shouldn’t be a footnote in talking about US and European topics.

France :we lost to the nazis but we can recover Vietnam : prepare for trouble Algeria :and make it double

I love when Crash Course talks about history. Decolonization was a very interesting period. When this series is over, I hope you consider doing serieses about African and Middle Eastern history. Maybe Asian history. To talk about the things they don't mention in schools about those continents

I wonder if they're going to cover the break-up of Yugoslavia later in the series.

France: Algeria? You mean a colony - I mean - an integral part of the country that should not try to gain independence. De Gaulle: Alright, time for a new constitution.

As a Trinidadian, I didn't expect to learn that one of us had that part to play in The Beatles. 🇹🇹

Very good video. Too bad they don't teach this in school.

I would love to see more about neo-colonialism, neo-imperialism, and decolonization. It's super unfortunate that we don't get to learn much about it in school.

I'd love to see you guys dive into American history and I'm not talking about the US, you already did that. But I mean Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean islands.

The world globe didn't open.

The problem in Syria is that France left in 1946 but with actions that seem not so innocent , they left the government and the army under the control of a group of minority which caused a state of instability which lasts till now . l admit as a Syrian that we have a lot of problems in our society that needed to be fixed but the role that France played was crucial even after 66 years during the Syrian civil war which started as protests against the regime . lt seems to me and to most Syrians that the super powers left us with 2 choices either the safety under a totalitarian regime or mass distraction , the war in Syria is a new phase of the cold war by my humble opinion . Great work Mr.John l really like the content you offer us and it changed the way l look to history through ,as always best wishes

I've always found the example of decolonialisation in Congo enlightening, a thorough book about that was written by David van Reybrouck

It’s amazing that we have gotten to point where some of these figures are still alive. It makes me think about how they see the world today and what they think of the worlds current circumstance.

Ive been watching Crash Course for nearly a decade now, and somehow the subject matter and coverage of it seems only to have improved!

Would love to see you expand more on Latin America's response to the to neo-colonialist projects and rebellion in the 60s and 70s as well as the post-colonial state of the Caribean and the current neo-colonial projects china currently have in parts of Africa and the Caribbean

Famously and apocryphally: "Mr. Gandhi, What do you think of western civilization?" "I think it would be a very good idea."

There were multiple times I felt like breaking into tears throughout this video.

Lookup "Francafrique." France never left Africa, they only went behind a curtain.

I'm a nearly 50 year old Brit and even now I still find out new awful things my country did in the past that we were never taught in school. It's shameful.