History Blast: William Walker

This is a mostly true story about William Walker. An American who almost overthrew every government in Central America. Had he done so the nations under his command would have joined with the confederate states, very likely changing the outcome of the civil war. Although little known today. Walker very nearly changed the world for the worse.

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Education

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• confederate
• filibuster
• William Walker
• central america
• revolution
• Nicaragua
• Honduras
• history
• manifest destiny
• firing squad
• slavery
• history blast

[knighttemplar06]

I can't believe some of you american people consider Walker as a hero... he was a psychotic tyrant, illegaly named himself as president of nicaragua (that automatically made him a law breaker), and he favoured slavery, duh!

[halfthrottle]

@knighttemplar06 I don't know any Americans who think of Walker as a hero. Most of us have never heard of him. Those who have studied history quickly learn that he was one crazy son of a bitch. And another black eye on the foreign policy situation in the United States. Our government just can't seem to keep its hands to itself. Viva Nicaragua.

[willyrobinson]

@halfthrottle - Crazy like a Fox! He is a hero and his vision could've been implemented - i mean how many few ppl did it really take to do these monumental tasks? Not so many evidently.

[halfthrottle]

@willyrobinson I guess if you are okay with a vision of America that still includes slavery then yeah he's a hero.

[scourgechannel]

What come on why woud the usa make him a hero he wanted slaves and my names snake kassey like ur vids and can u tell i was lying about all that huh hahaha

[halfthrottle]

@scourgechannel Because many people in the United States at the time supported Slavery. Just like they supported Manifest Destiny. Your joke would be better with punctuation.

[wotan237]

all you people condemning Walker, you couldn't even get six guys together to invade and take over your local McDonalds.....

[wotan237]

wow, I now have a new hero- Walker had balls and initiative like almost nobody today

[mcfast123]

william walker can go suck a dick he didnt have the balls to conquer eurpoe or some where more powerful

[frederickwiddowson]

I enjoyed this video. Its a clever way to make history interesting even if it is a bit one sided. But, everything said was true so hey.

[VonSteuben95]

History is filled with men with overly parted hair taking over large amounts of territory =D

[Elpenor1]

Hijueputa Yankee que jodió a Nicaragua.