Why Does Britain Own Gibraltar? (Short Animated Documentary)

Since 1704 Gibraltar has been a tiny British overseas territory attached to the Spanish mainland and despite its proximity to Spain, its size and the time that's passed since Spain has never managed to regain it. Which raises the question: why does Britain own Gibraltar? To answer watch this short and simple animated history documentary.   / histmattersyt   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-... A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Southside Mitch Michael Kram Franco La Bruna James Nile Richard Wolfe Robert Brockway Kevin Phoenix Scott P Nicholas Menghini kevinh Ian Smith Kevin Sanders Brian Giordano David Brown Hedrin Ian Jensen anon Tyler Jenkins Chase Labiste Brian Hamilton Porkmeister אורי פרקש Jeremy Arghhhhh Chris Weisel Mickey Landen Paul Franche KNSTRKTVST sharpie660 Juan Castillo Alex G. SirAlpaka Andreas Mosand Jim Ramaekers Ginger Root Alexander Washofsky Rod D. Martin zockotron Clayton Schuman Mantodea Ryan Haber Curt Helmerich Ainar Garipov Dragan Andrew Niedbala Qi Xiao Benjamin Bowring Burt Clothier Adrian Marine Dullis Jack Mcbeth Dexter_McAaron Victor Warmflash Wolf Alex Slepak Joel Cromwell Tat Tvam Asi John Garcia Riley davidson Joseph Reinsch Jeremy Yuichiro Kakutani Baste ScottishTrekkie Roan Haggerty Scott O'Donnell Mik Scheper Syagrius Beans BattleGoat Studios Bernardo Santos Lolo2321 Yick Chung Jane Sumpter Adam Stalter Heytun Käs Stefan Møller bas mensink Keith Garvey Robert Mitchell Mark Alexander Mednikov Steven Gibson Justin Pearson Ricardo Salcedo Wilhelm Screamer HappyCow Super Bee 426 Warren Rudkin Robert Woodward Tristan Kreller Adam Rabung Tim Lane Tim Stumbaugh Christopher Godfrey Joooooshhhhhh Pierre Le Mouel Joseph Kerckhoff Joshua A Bishop Vance Christiaanse Perry Gagne Matthew Literovich Phil Simmons Joker 54 Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Richard W Quarles I'm Not In The Description David Johnston Franklin Sousa William Wold Alen Zachary Oertel John Orr Andrew Patane Raymond He Sean Long Chris Chach David van Reyk Bartosz Zasada Gregory Priebe Matt Reed Michael Wagner Ellen Teapot Vilelmus_veliki Christian & Penny Gray Proxy Mark Ploegstra Ciege Engine Blake Dryad Jeffrey Schneider Eddie Coolin Castleman Liam Gilleece JAY ALAN EDELMAN Parth S Jack Nelson Imperial Pony Anthony McCann Nathan Rodriguez Alteredcorgi LambOfLeg Patrick Ferguson Layne Nielsen Kinfe85 Gabriel Lunde isha0wxaVi3r James Bisonette Fan #1 Gerald Armstrong Sethars Matthew O'Connor Chrisaztec Oscar Reynoso David Silverman Thomas Wang James Haydn Noble MountainMethodist HelloAgain Kevin Stolz Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Clay Carroll Sahni ARandomPaperClip Tigran Nagapetyan Colm Boyle Bryan Linsley Colm Byrne Phillip Gathright Andy Pottkotter Björn Wittmann João Santos Konstantin Bredyuk Windischgraetz Harley Raptopoulos Colonel Oneill Peter Marino William Adderholdt Matthew Hogan Mathew Glen Williams Mr Sandman Erik Hare Serius_Loyola Eóghan Ó'nia SmythProductions Dakota Brunell Nuukov Now Seibert The Roger Luna Mirza Ahmed Steve Bonds Christine Purvis Jackson Mehr nullptr Vilena5 Arthur Hosey Jr. Peter Konieczny Léon M. Abhijeeth Alan Romero Richard Manklow Donald Weaver David Patrick Bucko mohd Tailsdoll Richie abel Cor Gar Andre Filliettaz Piotr Wojnowski Seth Reeves Nick Davies Danny Anstess Ben L Erik Carlsson Olaf Gerard O'Reilly Michael Coates Abdallah Al-Ammari Paul McGee Froilan Legaspi Huw Jones Andrew Miraut Jamie Service