Comments by "Aachoo Crony" (@aachoocrony5754) on "Top 10 Armies of All Time" video.

  1. In terms of actual territory I think that would be the Mongol empire. Also in terms of political entities and relative power whereas theBritish claimed things which were mostly uninhabited and lost it in a very short period of time from their own colonists.
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  2. in terms of actual territory? or the seas?
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  3. Mark Jackson well, so how many political entities did the British defeat in order to acquire their empire? Austrália,North America were pretty much emtpy. How many did the Mongols conquer? In that regard I think there's no comparison there. Austrália and North America wern't vast track of empty land up for grabs?  Sibéria wasn't exactly emtpy. It was an extremely diffiuclt area for civilizations to thrive let alone conquer and many were just wiped out. Many of them among the most formidable military powers of the world at that time not to mention the Tartars. The argumente of landmass vs water???? is  a bit silly????? who live on water?
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  4. Mark Jackson The greatest Empire is not the British-it would be the US or Russian-they have a flag on the moon. so you can make the calculations from here to the moon. Everything in-between is US territory? lol
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  5. yes it is jony-you know it. Why do you care btw?
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  6. The Brits officially won the war vs the Spanish and the Portugese and the Germans and the French? so they took over all the blue waters from Britain to Honolulu?
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  7. Thats a lot of water...to drink?
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  8. what about Antárctica-who owns that?
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  9. The Brits had a water shortage in India-thats strange...
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  10. i'm not putting the Mongolian Empire or British Empire in any particular order overall...In terms of militar conquests it undoubtedly would have to be Wermacht,Alexander the Great's army,Timur Lenks' army,Mongolian army among others and the British army wouldn't come close. The British solider man per man is arguable? What about the odds Alexander the great faced at the battle of Granicus? or the other 3 major battles vs the Persian empire? or the Germans faced fighting a constant 3 front war vs most of the industrialzed world? Mongols also conitinuously beat vastly superior numbers and many enemies simultaneously.  Do you think redcoats could've have beaten Napoleon alone? ofcourse not. Did the British Empire beat Napoleon alone? ofcourse not but they had a major role in it. On the other hand I think the British empire had a major role in shaping the modern world so you tell me whats more significant? I'm just arguing to get certain facts straight.
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  11. yeah ok. so? what is your point?The United states has a flag on the moon. So do the math? multuply the distance from earth to the moon by 4 and you get the área of territory belonging to the 'US Empire'. Tell me what is the difference? 
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  12. Perhaps you should look things up for yourself and get your facts straight? The British empire WAS the largest empire- really? in what sense? in the number of people you controlled? in the number of poltical entities in your domain? in terms of land mass? in terms of money? in terms of military might? in terms of political influnce? like you said it was an empire that was dotted around the globe. most of the actual land was uninhabited by political entities-99% of it Most of Canada and Austrália were uninhabited even by the natives/originals? The British Empire built it's power through trade and commerce. Sorry military might doesn't ring a bell.your a 19th century nationalist still swalowing that stuff... You like Elgar? I love his music.
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  13. Mark Jackson Ok no problem here... Maybe you're right? what was it 1/3 of the world? really? will have to check the map. I thought the pope split the world in half to the Spanish and Portugese so there seems to be some contradictions here. Your argument for the Mongol empire being mostly wasteland actually is more valid for the British Empire. Whereas Mongol's actually ruled over a vast territory of consisting of many powerful political and military powers at the time and around a 4th(rough estimate) of the world's population. Austrália is mostly desert and uninhabited, while most of Canada is uninhabitable.  Perhaps there is a major chunk of land Im missing here. I'll check the map again one of these days and maybe you should too. Was Antárctica British? BTW this argument is over landmass right? don't get me wrong-I do admire the British empire. It was a major force in modern history-just as important as the United States-in some ways more so imo. English is the second language of most people on this planet. Thats also a credit to the language itself-also conveniently imho. But I'm sorry-I can't agree with you about the landmass bit!!
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  14. I'm looking at a map now from wikipedia-I see your point. It includes parts of Antárctica,northern Canada,central Austrália,parts of Africa. Also all of India?...I'm not an expert it but begs to be asked...to what extent did the British actually control these áreas? their grip was more on a tentative level and it wasn't particularly difficult to lose those territories since the British lacked the man-power to enforce and protect those interests any further-a good example would be India's non-violence,non-cooperation movement. Who controls the moon now? is it the United States? they have a flag there-I don't know how many...they must have the largest land mepire by far. Think of the dóllar and oil and you have the biggest comercial,mercantile empire that the world has ever seen in the United Sates and it certainly eclipses the British. Also at what time period did the British empire control the most land-simultaneously?
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  15. Ok ok the 'British empire was the largest territorial empire' among other things. The British empire just had it all it seems.  happy? I'm not...booooooooooooooooo!! :-(
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  16. The French did plenty to help the British-Crimean war vs Russia,World war 1 and 2 etc etc. In my mind they more than paid their debt. Most of the wars fought by the British Empire involved allies fighting on the British side? Is this a 1st time observation? The list goes on and on. I'm trying to think of a war or battle where the Brits won it alone: vs the Zulus who used sticks and stones,the Indians who didn't raise a single upper-cut let alone a shot from a fire-arm for the sake of decency... or the rag-tag 13 colonies which wasn't even a country yet-let alone in its full strength of all 50 states. In fact in Afghanistan one whole contigent of the British army just miraculously disappeared and unthinkably not a single flag was to be found. To our dismay something else was fluttering. The Suez Canal was the final straw which put away notions of British military superiority because they lost to camel riders in the 20th century. But who cares about that? the camels?? Dunkirk doesn't count because the Germans were a military war machine. Which was the worst military fiasco? which were the top 5 of the last 300 years? top 10? Too many people have perished. Lets not talk of war any longer. If it can do any good read the poem by Tennyson-'Charge of the Light Brigade'. Although they were assisted by the Turks and French again, in this particular charge you will see that they did it alone. A literature and history lesson bundled up in a single poem. In any case no stones were ever thrown in that battle except from Brit to Brit. On the other hand, the power of the flag hovering in its entirety-held by 1 dying marytr is a force to be reckoned with. I'm think of northern Canada and all that ice! Could have been transported to other parts of the empire where people were dying of thirst. The words 'It was a good plan' sends ripples throughout the British galaxy. But only after it has melted. Patience is the order of the next couple of centuries. The Greenhouse effect is just the beginning of a larger conspiracy.
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  17. Never mind Mark...its late. British empire-one of the best!
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  18. really...:-)
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  19. Andrew Thompson It wasn't short for the time. He was actually on the tal side. 
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  20. tmpqtyu? is that what you meant?
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