Colin's Last Stand, Episode 10: The Mexican-American War That Almost Was

Lol. Love that One Direction shout out.

Joey Andrzejczyk

WW1 and WW2 are my favorite points in history and I love learning about them. Loved the video Colin! Keep up the awesome work.

Jerome Weiswasser

The Brits manipulated Americans all the way through WWI and WWII. Maybe even that Churchil (and Teddy) knew about Pearl Harbour.

Ian Andrews

The events leading up to, including, and as a result of WW1 are my favorite in history. I truly believe the world as we know it is a result of that conflict and the chess pieces that were in place throughout the world in the late 18th and early 19th century - and ultimately after 1919 when the borders of Europe and other areas of the world were negotiated. Through that lens, the Zimmerman Telegram is one of THE most monumental events in history - especially for us in modern times. It was the tipping point in the War... which caused the allies to win.... resulting in the severe hobbling delivered to Germany... which led to the collapse of their economy and the rise of the Nazis.... also the realignment of the middle east... where Iraq and Syria were etched out of the old Ottoman Empire.... and Israel/Palestine was created.... leading to conflict in both areas over the past century.... etc etc etc. Most of Europe and the Middle East were irrevocably altered, even a lot of Africa. The world would have been a very different place had that telegram not been sent or intercepted. Thanks for bringing some light to the topic for everyone, Colin! WW1 gets forgotten a lot as most people prefer to learn about WW2, but it changed everything, and I would even argue, you can't fully understand WW2 without understanding WW1. I would add to your reading list some of my favorites: The Zimmerman Telegram by Barbara Tuchman, The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman (Pulitzer Prize winner), Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan, and a recent book which discusses things more from the American Perspective, The World Remade by G. J. Meyer. Awesome video, Colin!

Eric Iverson

That was CLS Episode 1, Round 2, for me. I must say, your teaching skills have greatly improved, Colin. Interesting, to the point, and with facts being dealt in an easily digestible and highly entertaining fashion. I don't know if it's just because I've gotten older and grown up a bit, but I feel like if I had been taught with the passion you bring to the table, history class might have had a very different effect on me. Thanks for the knowledge, looking forward to Monday.

R Bamb

Again, thank you for teaching me... ❤️😘 Awesome content, as always.

BettyAnn Moriarty

Loved this episode. I'm particularly interested in this kind of stuff and can't wait for more. Your pacing has improved a hell of a lot too on the more researched style videos. Thanks Colin :)

We finally just watched it. Very informative, totally forgot about Zimmerman. Keep up the good work. The only thing that struck us as odd was the reading of the actual telegraph. What was on the screen was slightly different in the order in the sentences of which you read. Was this by design?

Casual Misfits Gaming

Absolutely great!! 2nd week in a row I'm really really digging. I liked the others ones but NASA and this I'm really getting involved now.

The world wars are by far the most interesting events/topics in human history to me. As a side note, my recommendation for a topic is the Russian annexation of Crimea and what's going on over there in the Ukraine and how this all ties back to the fall of the Soviet Union and what could potentially come of this in the next couple of decades. Would be awesome.

Caleb Greer

Another fascinating history story I never heard, great topic! I'll be honest I know nothing about world war 1, my interest has always been WWII. I don't know how or why it started. So I love hearing history stories from you man, keep up the great work!

Christopher Lee

I would absolutely "read" that book with audible but yeah I'd totally be into that as well

Christopher Lee

I really enjoyed this episode Collin! I've always been interested in WWI, but it seems all of the great historical documentaries and such, are over-abundant in WWII topics (which I'm not saying is a bad thing, WWII is incredibly interesting). I've known about the Zimmerman Telegraph for a long time, but it's nice to revisit old stories/ topics that I haven't read/ heard about in a long time! Thank you for all your hard work Collin 🙏🏻

Aw dude, this brought me back to my eighth grade history class. What a time. Awesome video, Col!

Khalil Sadi

Wow that's super fascinating. I didn't know that story. This is why I tune into your stuff Colin, for this exact thing. Love it. Now where is the alternate history book that has Mexico with their regained territory and California in the hands of Japan and Germany running all of Europe? I'd read that book.

Dan Phillips

Woodrow Wilson was played by not only the Germans, but the British. They only gave us the intel when they knew public outrage would motivate Wilson to involve himself (something he campaigned on, promising specifically he wouldn't do). Great example of how allies and enemies easily manipulate liberal American leaders when it comes to foreign policy. Like Obama, Woodrow Wilson was an academic - the President of Princeton University. And other foreign leaders played him like a drum. Please do a show on the League of Nations so I can revel in more of Woodrow Wilson's failures as a president and as a man.

Garrett Gabehart

Great choice for a topic Colin. I always found all the intrigues and political gamesmanship in this topic super fascinating.

Josh in Tampa

Another fascinating story. Thank you, love the history episodes. Take care

You've done it once again my friend. Great episode. Worth every penny. I just can't decide which style of episode I like better. I guess I love them both.

Joey Andrzejczyk

One of the papers I had to write was how America ultimately had little effect on the war and Americas participation was really the straw the broke the camels back.

Michael Choueiri

I got so excited because we studied this in my history of World War One in college great video as always :)

Michael Choueiri