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. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 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 Litero