The Empress (English version)

The Empress of Ireland, the deadliest maritime disaster in Canada

written by: thatguy24487
voices: kurotoshi, atomictomatoofdoom

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• empress of ireland
• IAMP
• APH
• axis powers hetalia
• canada
• quebec

[09maddi09]

There is nothing funny I could comment on this...

That's so sad. Poor Quebec, poor Matthew.

I never heard of the Empress, well it's a long time ago and I'm not from Canada, but....

I won't forget it.

[idislikesand]

I study ships, and she is probably one of the most tragic, all the ones lost but she is so overshaddowed by Titanic and Lusitania that not many remember her.

[MikuMikuDouga523]

Oh wow...I feel incredibly guilty for never hearing of The Empress. Poor Quebec. It must be horrible to be a country, province, territory, state or any other, because you have to live through the deaths of thousands of people around you...and all you can do is continue to live.

[CanadaPocky]

(My comment is in three parts below. Read from top to bottom please. Thank you.)

[CanadaPocky]

I cried and I'll never forget. What a horrid event. Thank you iammathewian project for bringing forgotten and overlooked aspects of Canadian history to youtube. More people should watch this video. Hetalia does portray Canada as a quiet invisible nation and that gives Canada a reputation of having very little happen there. Then again, even without Hetalia Canada is very overlooked and forgotten.

[CanadaPocky]

I am an American who before Hetalia, knew Canada existed and that it was located above the USA as well as that it's flag had a maple leaf on it but never really thought about it. I knew nothing about it's history much less that it was at one point in time was owned by France and then taken by England. I didn't even seem to realize that it could have ever been involved in any sort of battle like WW2 or invasions by America.

[CanadaPocky]

After Hetalia I just thought of Canada as a forgotten nation that has participated in the world a little (WW2). Canada is so much more than that. All nations are. From tragedies to wars to alliances and occupations all of the world has suffered and every nation or country from as large as the US, Canada, Russia or as small as Liechtenstein needs to be recognized as its own special and unique country.

[secretwriter3232]

I didn't know Canada smoked

[xil2048]

You know... I never liked Quebec's character much, and certainly never thought I'd ever feel sorry for Quebec, but... this did it. I started crying when he did, and I want to give him a big hug now.

I don't think I had ever heard of the Empress of Ireland before this, so thank you for opening my eyes to another facet of history that has been lost to time.

[simsgirlgem]

Toronto: (hugs Quebec)

Me: How sad

[Sailormoonlovers101]

aww it´s sad i learned this in elementry school and i am from mexico..i heard it and started studying ship wrecks

[ChocoRoxiie]

is there a french version? since this is the english version.. but wow it's sad.. i'm from quebec and i didn't even know about this.