History of Germany Part 2

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History of Germany Part 2

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5 жыл бұрын

#Germany #Prussia #HolyRomanEmpire
In this video, we start off in the Medieval Ages, and conclude our discussion of the history of Germany in the modern day.
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@jb428 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent content! As a German who is pretty familiar with history, I certainly do approve the content. In most foreign documentaries some details are always wrong, not the case here. Thanks for your work!

@terrygrossmann2295 5 жыл бұрын

Schnitzengruben you are certainly correct.

@kartiksaini4828 5 жыл бұрын

Genau!

@joecitizen6755 5 жыл бұрын

Silence about the very important EMS dispatch sent to Bismarck ... and the agitator entourage ... the self imposed ambassadors of France ... in which are the majority of every agitator ambassadors today ... in most countries. To gloss over the ambassador issues ... is to deny any foreign interests of control. Mums the word.

@joecitizen6755 5 жыл бұрын

@richard smith his downfall is that he has chosen political correctness.

@toprob20 5 жыл бұрын

I have to agree, a truly marvelous document. If I were to nitpick... as a documentation of German peoples he could've discussed the events after the war which was pretty significant for German demographics. And usually glossed over in fear of inspiring sympathy towards the Germans... most notoriously by the Germans themselves. Oh and I'm Dutch so so you can't accuse me of being pro German. So we will get revenge for '78 and I want my grandpa's bicycle back!

@seanpoore2428 3 жыл бұрын

Every time a historical documentary says "meanwhile, a young general named......" You know someone's about to wreck sh*t

@stephenspangenberg1909 5 жыл бұрын

Finally, after 42 years.. I find a documentary on Germany that is factual and fair. Thank you. Love your other videos as well. Terrific work, friend. Subscriber for life.

@robertadolph875 4 жыл бұрын

You're kidding right?

@taltoskieron 4 жыл бұрын

@@robertadolph875 Why would he be kidding?

@alphavegas1 4 жыл бұрын

Factual? Google who REALLY invented the printing press

@TheSynergy40 4 жыл бұрын

@@alphavegas1 the chinese did, but the western counterpart came much later and was the invention that introduced literature and reading to Europe

@kyucklebeans 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Fantastic series.

@jonwhite6986 5 жыл бұрын

I can’t even imagine the sheer depths of research behind this video series. You’ve done an amazing job here. Keep up the good work. Would love to see Norwegian histories from you soon

@joecitizen6755 5 жыл бұрын

As long as 1 group is excluded from the historical equation ... a great job is done!

@devanthedude_ 5 жыл бұрын

I just sent him feedback asking to make a Norwegian video! Im 7/8 Norwegian and 1/8 Swedish but that 1/8 is my direct paternal line. My fathers fathers father (great grandpa) came to America from Sweden so i would like to learn Swedens history from this guy too, but Norway is at the top for sure, i know more than most about a lot of history especially scandinavian history HOWEVER this guy eclipses my knowledge BY FAR on human history so i would love to watch a video on my history(im guessing your norwegian also so your history too) you should send him a feedback message too asking for him to make a Norwegian history video maybe he will never know!

@Neon4ty7 4 жыл бұрын

@@joecitizen6755 Breadth here, with the depth only beginning to be polished. Yes I love the overview and adding the time element it is one angle of depth. Peace

@joecitizen6755 4 жыл бұрын

@@Neon4ty7 ... history is controlled by the JWO "financial advisers" ... they pay some "historians" for their pseudo-history to be written ... and shame the true historians into submission ... via "politically correct acceptance" ... or just outright social acceptance. Nevertheless ... history has been attacked for over 100 years now. I can almost guarantee you that the Norwegian/Swedish person wanting to have their history told to them ... does not speak the language of their ancestors. It's all part of the JWO agenda. America is a melting pot ... where good cultures go to be boiled alive and die.

@Neon4ty7 4 жыл бұрын

@Ant Nambesserwisse!

@mr.jayjay2401 5 жыл бұрын

45:40 its almost hilarious how accurate Bismark was of WW I

@feynstein1004 4 жыл бұрын

You should watch the series on him by Extra History. He was only off by like a few week iirc. Though this was pure coincidence, of course 😂

@kensurrency2564 2 жыл бұрын

@@feynstein1004 was it coincidence? Also, how did Foch get the timing of WWII so accurate? It’s almost like they knew something … 🤔

@Ottotheotter43 5 ай бұрын

@@kensurrency2564who’s foch

@messyiix7613 5 жыл бұрын

Woke up to this playing on my TV. Takes me back to when the History Channel was true to it's name. Keep up the good content.

@Spongebrain97 5 жыл бұрын

It's pretty cool how many youtubers with only their own money, equipment and donations can make better content than big ass TV channels with 10x the resources

@joecitizen6755 5 жыл бұрын

If the KZfaqr told the historical truth ... they would be censored by KZfaq ... this guy must know that already ... because he skates waaay around the JWO involvement in both WWI and WWII.

@vincentherrington6162 4 жыл бұрын

@@joecitizen6755 i think also because people know about those pretty well considering how recent it was. but the midi-evil and ancient history is less well known

@joecitizen6755 4 жыл бұрын

@Yeahweat thebuffet jew world order ... all part of the "God's chosen ones" mentality.

@joecitizen6755 4 жыл бұрын

@@vincentherrington6162 what was the philosopher's name that stated "the jew always cry persecution".

@RetroBerner 5 жыл бұрын

That was insane how much information you managed to cram into this series, Danke!

@briantlougan810 5 жыл бұрын

Hello.Generally pretty good, informative. But, as a longtime resident of the Czech Republic, I can tell you that the Hussites are still here. There's a Hussite church about 7 blocks from where I live. There are many in this country.

@Pokerface-tr1ds 4 жыл бұрын

As a German I have to say that this is very accurate and it takes a great deal of research in order to bring this up here. Of course there will always be some contradictions here and there, but for the most part.... you did a good job.. very well researched.

@trueblueclue 4 жыл бұрын

Frederick the Great: 1. Contemplated suicide 2. "Respected women" (Archwhore of Austria) 3. A disappointment to his dad 4. Won great victories tactically He was a gamer... And probably a weeb.

@demilembias2527 3 жыл бұрын

"I ordered away for some of those beautiful 'shunga' prints of the oriental Islands, and it seems at last that the great Italian traders have brought it to the waystation in Brandenburg. I shall go and pick it up after I am finished with my wargames, and when I return I expect to be allowed substantial time alone in my chambers, especially if indeed the print is the one of the oriental woman and the squid."

@hussain6469 3 жыл бұрын

He was ruthlessly gay

@DK-tv6rk 3 жыл бұрын

And gay

@jasonbourne4670 2 жыл бұрын

@@DK-tv6rkmost likely a 47 percenter.

@houraisanproductions5879 Ай бұрын

@@DK-tv6rk clearly they were just room mates

@devanthedude_ 5 жыл бұрын

Dude your are hands down the best youtuber who makes human history videos out there. Thanks for the content im sure all us history fans agree were grateful to have these to be able to watch

@alejandrocrespo7633 5 жыл бұрын

This series was incredible. Thank you so much for all the work you put into this content.

@lecece 4 жыл бұрын

As a German who has mostly been told about the second world war and a little about the first, I found this highly educating. Especially since from what I can tell, this was very factual and not biased. I felt the need to educate myself further and Kudos to you, both videos are really well researched and created!

@johgu92 5 жыл бұрын

Wilhelm I wasn't followed up by Wilhelm II, his successor was his son Friedrich III, who died 99 days after his coronation leaving his throne to his son Wilhelm II. 1888 therefore was called the "Dreikaiserjahr" (three emperor year). You forgot the second german emperor ;)

@knutritter461 5 жыл бұрын

And you forgot that this second German Kaiser might have changed history if he had not died of throat-cancer.

@joecitizen6755 5 жыл бұрын

As well ... an extremely important point is the "Serbian" that murdered the arch Duke ... was in fact a "young turk" ... do a search on the origin of the "young turk" movement. Here's another clue for you all ... the "young turks" were not Turkish! Guess who they were.

@toprob20 5 жыл бұрын

oooooooohhhhh!!!! #ImperialBURN

@georgesetzer5283 4 жыл бұрын

And this Kaiser Friedrich was married to Queen Victoria's Oldest daughter.

@RikkaP 4 жыл бұрын

@@georgesetzer5283 May favourite what if: What if Queen Victorian had been able to inherit the kingdom of Hanover? And how would that have changed the way I grew up? Would my native language be English, maybe?

@Sail8410 4 жыл бұрын

I like how you include dates and maps throughout your videos. So many historians leave this detail out. It makes it much easier to track what is going on, especially Germany with such a complicated past.

@Mercure250 4 жыл бұрын

The maps look a little bit janky compared to what I'm used to, but since it's hand-drawn, it's understandable it looks that way. It's still good, though.

@adamnerd1236 3 жыл бұрын

I know it’d be a huge project but could you do the history of the Ottoman Empire?

@quaternity6943 Жыл бұрын

What a ride!! Thank you for this high quality documentary. As a German and someone who is interested in history, this has been highly educational and satisfying

@plebisMaximus 4 жыл бұрын

I've always been really interested in German history and while studying it in pieces has been great, getting it in a single comprehensive dose has simply been amazing. Thank you very much!

@brentlichtenberg 22 күн бұрын

Thanks! I have been looking for a longform and comprehensive history of Germany, where my ancestors came from. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much and I look forward to seeing more of your content.

@Fireoflearning 22 күн бұрын

Thank you! All the best to you

@laaangdon3390 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing :D Keep up the great work, I'm really enjoying your history videos!

@ritamosss8589 5 жыл бұрын

awesome job man, tremendous, congrats and thank you very much.

@knutritter461 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome series! I cannot believe some Non-German could have suceeded in this endeavor! And now you native English speakers do know what and how much we learn in history lessons at school! It's more than just about twelve years. Though it depends on the school-branch you attended! ;-) And btw: Lusitania was a British ship carrying some US-residents while transporting ammunition for the UK, too! And this was known to the USA as well. And they had been warned about travelling through a war zone, too! ;-)

@THESORROWFULJUICE Жыл бұрын

He has to keep it PC lol

@ericstrickler4582 Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I've been watching while visiting Berlin for 2 weeks and these videos help give context to a fascinating and complex region of the world.

@jrg1man1978 4 жыл бұрын

Great content. The only assessment that is a tiny bit off IMO is the German language wasn't diminished in the US because of assimilation. Midwestern cities like Cincinnati, Columbus, St. Louis and parts of our Louisville were essentially little German cities, with a Catholic school in nearly every neighborhood. Germans were not particularly concerned with assimilating. The language went away as German Americans were viewed with suspicion after WW1 and WW2 and dropped the language. Until the 1940's, German was essentially the second language of America. You should do a video on the German American history. It's pretty cool.

@haveagoodone2935 4 жыл бұрын

I can't begin to thank and praise you for the amount of work you put into these documentaries. I'm a musician so history is more of a hobby for me. As a practicing Lutheran I applaud you for pointing out that Martin Luther sought reform instead of breaking away from the Roman Catholic church.

@robertreisner6119 4 жыл бұрын

I feel that your podcasts on what became Germany is excellent, as a former member of Germania our ancestors left around 1503, by 1657 we arrived in North America. The deepening issue of religion was a major reason for our ancestors leaving. We simply had been thru too many crusades and wars....all in the name of God.

@naidadad9311 5 жыл бұрын

An remarkable video on a very complicated part of history! Thank you very much! I really enjoyed and better armed with quality information.

@Flow86767 5 жыл бұрын

I have a request, but it’s a big one tough. It would be AWSOME!If you did the same, but with China.

@ninototo1 5 жыл бұрын

True. I love china.

@rdrdrd7777 5 жыл бұрын

Great pair of videos, learned a lot about my German country. Subscribed!

@Tanu.90 2 жыл бұрын

You my brother, are the most important channel on KZfaq. You gave color to my passion, history. With huge respect from Romania!

@louiscervantez1639 2 жыл бұрын

Great, great, great! Decided to repeat to catch what I missed thank you!

@rickhatesmisleadia7101 5 жыл бұрын

Finally some quality content. Overall, your video's are awesome but could include some smaller events that lead to history being changed. Don't worry about them being long either. I could watch a 3 hour video if you keep the content real and unbiased like you have been. Great job!

@jonsey3645 5 жыл бұрын

Yet again...BRAVO! and thank you.

@valoriel4464 4 жыл бұрын

What an amazing piece of work. Well done.

@Deebz270 5 жыл бұрын

Exzellenter Dokumentarfilm - Gut gemacht und danke. Lass sie kommen!

@robertreisner6119 4 жыл бұрын

A very good program of your part 1&2 of the German history. In 1503 my family was in Bavaria.

@Spongebrain97 5 жыл бұрын

I get the context of how recent it is but I think that it's pretty lame with how nazi Germany is one of the more popular discussions on the country and people on the internet and in person when Germany has a pretty overall great history with many interesting people that are all better than hitler

@ihatekillerclowns 2 жыл бұрын

I would say the most interesting and complex history of any nation in Europe

@wolfzmusic9706 2 жыл бұрын

I think being taught Nazi Germany stuff tho makes more sense to try and ensure that history doesn't repeat itself. And when history is being taught in a non-German country, obviously not all of the history can be German, and so therefore it's impossible to fit in any other German history

@nevets2371 2 жыл бұрын

Ww2 is still relatively fresh in memory, and the current existing global order has largely been defined by it, and so because Nazi Germany was the primary driver of the war it would make sense that their memory is also still fresh.

@Spongebrain97 2 жыл бұрын

@@wolfzmusic9706 Yeah thats true but like here in America when it comes to learning world history in school and Germany, it's just the WWI-WWII era lol. Hence why many people including myself for a while do not know Germany's overall history

@wolfzmusic9706 2 жыл бұрын

@@Spongebrain97 Most people don't learn about Germany's overall history because it's massive and there's a lot of it. I'm British and I don't learn all about British history because it'd be too long. Learning about Nazi Germany makes sense because it's the most prominent thing in their history and probably one of the worst things. If you want to learn more about German history, I would recommend Fire of Learning's documentary on it. It's very detailed!

@lolzmcfree6996 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your channel you deserve way more views and subs

@RikkaP 4 жыл бұрын

Danke, ich habe es mir sehr gern angesehen und vielen Dank zurück für diese interessante Dokumentation. Es ist schon seltsam, die eigene Geschichte so zu betrachten, bis in die eigene Lebenszeit hinein. 1989 habe ich tatsächlich den Beginn der Wiedervereinigung verpasst, da ich mich als Austauschschülerin in Kanada aufhielt. Übrigens auch ein großes Kompliment wegen des Gebrauchs der deutschen Sprache. Ich mische hier mit Absicht kein nichts Englisches mit hinein, damit man es sich übersetzen lassen kann. Danke, noch einmal.

@Evalynder 4 жыл бұрын

When I was learning German, my teachers called the eszett the "Scharfes S" or spicy s, and for the longest time I didn't know it was called eszett.

@fruchtbeavis 4 жыл бұрын

Both terms are used for the letter. Eszett is way more common though.

@floraooly 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much this, and part 1, have made such a difference to my whole understanding of Europe!

@ryanmacias4994 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for these videos🙏 as I will be moving from USA to Germany in the coming year and will be taking my citizenship test this will help me a lot as far as the knowledge and background of how Germany formed.

@wndelactm 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this. It was very needed.

@GenghisCohen257 4 жыл бұрын

Man this guy gives a good presentation. Really really worthwhile stuff.

@frostwolf2382 5 жыл бұрын

This was really entertaining and informative! Whenever I would eat a meal, I would sit down and watch parts of this. I am finally finished something like a week later.

@stanislavmatousek9148 5 жыл бұрын

Congratilations! Well made, very accurate, nicely put into context! As a Czech and a fan of history, I really appreciate that you correctly mention the relevant Czech/Bohemian contribution to the German and European history (the King of Bohemia being one of the 7 electors, Jan Hus and the Bohemian reformation predating Luther, 30 Years War breaking out in Prague, Czech territory being occupied by Nazi Germany even before the outbreak of WWII, Czech language being a minority language in the Holy Roman Empire...)..Good job!

@lorepeeters 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely LOVE these history of nations videos!! Would love to see you do one on Belgium, although largely similar to the french and German history, I think it’d be very interesting to see those events from this country’s point of view.

@luckyqualmi 3 жыл бұрын

31:33 never seen or listen to Pennsylvania Dutch, but I am able to read and understand it as a German. Awesome! :D

@prestigev6131 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know Pennsylvania Dutch was a language but it did get me to just realize why the character named Dutch, is from Pennsylvania in red dead 2

@callsigndd9ls897 2 жыл бұрын

@@prestigev6131 Part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York was first settled by the Dutch before becoming English. Manhattan was then called New Amsterdam. From 1647 to 1664 this area was called New Netherland. The Dutch colonial officer was Peter Stuyvesant (no, he wasn't the inventor of the cigarette of the same name, lol)

@prestigev6131 2 жыл бұрын

@@callsigndd9ls897 I did know the Dutch first settled New York but I didn’t know they were in Jersey and PA too

@callsigndd9ls897 2 жыл бұрын

@@prestigev6131 The term "Dutch" dates back to the language shift when the Pennsylvania Germans called their language "Deitsch". However, English speakers pronounce it as "Dutch" (Netherlands). Many settlers came from the German areas on the Rhine. They came from the Electoral Palatinate and the adjacent areas in Baden, Württemberg, German-speaking Switzerland, Alsace and the Netherlands. Pennsylvania Dutch shares many similarities with the dialects spoken in the German cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Speyer, and Neustadt. However, this language also has influences from the Dutch language and of course English influences were added over time.

@chrisburger5965 5 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Please keep them coming. Learned so much I've been able to put the pieces of history I learn in school together to form a more compete picture. Thank you!

@ErichM.L. 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to learn of my heritage! Kasper Lauer came to America in 1854. I’m happy this video exists. I watched this video with my father. We are tracking down our ancestors. They lived in the state Hesse. It’s a dream to visit the motherland one day. It will happen!

@mal9310 4 жыл бұрын

so well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it. thank you for making these videos.

@barbarabroeske1061 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Loved the visual presentations. The maps are especially helpful. I look forward to the rest of your excellent work.

@waltercool 5 жыл бұрын

There are many issues about WW1 facts on warmongering. Most of WW1 happened on past tensions already with Africa, specially between British Empire and German Empire, also tensions already between Astro-Hungary and Russian Empire. This wasn't just a mere "who started", the conflict tension was happening decades before. I think African/Asian dominions are very important to point here.

@kensurrency2564 2 жыл бұрын

Well, first thing, nobody could run the complex diplomacy of Europe like Bismarck did (he set it up!) and when he was sacked by Wilhelm II, things slowly unraveled. Also, Wilhelm pretty much pissed off every European leader. That didn’t help. And with the help of generous amounts of allied propaganda, he pretty much stepped in every pile he could. After the assassination of the archduke, things pretty much ran themselves. Bismarck was 100% correct.

@TheDerola 3 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure this video was banned in germany until recently now i can finaly watch it nice one dude keep up the good work ur making every history tv channel look like kindergarden

@wotan3362 2 жыл бұрын

Another great documentary is Europa last battle and another one is the greatest story never told

@jasonbourne4670 2 жыл бұрын

@ddemlong 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome work, great videos.

@mnlg_yt 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this 2-parter very much. Thank you for the time and the efforts. There is one thing I would like your opinion on: after WW1, as you state, Austria and the Ottoman Empire had been broken in pieces, but the same was not arranged for Germany and the reason for that, I had been told, is that there was concern for communist influence which could have been more effective on turning smaller states than a single larger entity. Compounded by the harshness of war reparations - it has been calculated that had Germany kept with the payment plan as determined, the debt would have been solved in 1985 - it left me with the impression that a small part of the responsibility for Germany becoming a powerful aggressor once more was due to the decisions of the allies at the end of WW1. It's understandable that they could not anticipate what would have happened, of course, but they left the means intact and made it very easy to provide a motive.

@mnlg_yt 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBruteOne Thank you for your analysis! I appreciated your effort to explain it. It is really sad that such small act of probably partially justifiable stubborness led to such dire consequences.

@CoqPwner 5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating as always, I hope you keep entertaining and educating people with these wonderful videos =)

@DYNB 5 жыл бұрын

These video's are simply amazing,. Keep up the good work!

@marquiesriley6479 5 жыл бұрын

The might of prussia’s army was unreal...they were the “little man” boxing out of a corner so to speak...germany would have been well on its way to super power if not for WW I and II...,

@goodluck8618 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awesome video. Great work.

@Ninefinger11 5 жыл бұрын

30 secs in and I’m enjoying

@Ninefinger11 5 жыл бұрын

Jim lastname you should feel bad for that joke.

@Flow86767 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes! *It’s FINALY here!*

@solidbanjobanjo9367 5 жыл бұрын

The reason this vid has so few views is because for some reason it’s not in the related section of part one

@mikkopenttila7604 5 жыл бұрын

LMAO 23:49 "He and a... counterpart" :D

@johnrichardson7310 5 жыл бұрын

Wait Frederick the great was gay? I did not know that! Huh!

@sgm3488 5 жыл бұрын

@@johnrichardson7310 Not Frederick the Great, but his father

@Mercure250 4 жыл бұрын

@@sgm3488 Most historians today agree that Frederick the Great was gay. It was just kept secret for the longest time. Kinda makes me laugh to think Hitler idolized someone who was gay without knowing it.

@adamcooper18 3 жыл бұрын

I always wondered about the history of the various Germanic tribe's impact on European history and now I know it's so freaking complex. Practically every country has had political and population influence over such long periods of time that it becomes a grey line if they're germanic in theory or not. Frence in my mind was never Germanic but now I know it is, along with northern Italy.

@adamcooper18 3 жыл бұрын

Postscript, I wonder if Hitler's Lebensraum policy was influenced by the mass migration of Germans intercontinentally along with to the Americas.

@adamcooper18 3 жыл бұрын

P.S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm got the bad end of the stick being the scapegoat for the complex alliances that lead to WW1 and I feel bad for that whereas Hitler and the Nazis are different. The note saying the Kaiser lived in the Netherlands the rest of his of his life trying to convince people it wasn't his fault tugged at my heart. Victim to history I guess. Poka Poka

@criticalmass4912 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Even as a german I learned some new things about my country's history. Strange that the first part has over a million views and this "only" 50k. Anyway thanks for your work!

@ChristesII 4 жыл бұрын

Very likely - something he said about Nazis in WWII caused this video to be black-listed by the algorithm. It doesn't autoplay after the first part (which is very strange) and I had to manually go to his channel page to find it.

@nicholausberens3231 4 жыл бұрын

If I may add a valuable and detailed resource to read: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Schrier who was an American Correspondent to Berlin during the rise of Hitler, WW2, and the post-war.

@jerryscaglione9621 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for producing this very informative documentary. I've subscribed and look forward to seeing additional content. Well done.

@lennylunden835 3 жыл бұрын

The best history lessons yet! Very thorough and detailed like no other. Thank you 😊

@EmilForsberg_GRYBO 5 жыл бұрын

These history videos are what makes the channel. Not that the rest of the content is bad or anything

@uprising1468 5 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy a good history lesson in learning of the evolution of people's and nations. I look forward to hear/see the episodes (there's usually 2 parts) of Scotland, Russia and Poland.

@Alias_Anybody 5 жыл бұрын

Germany annexes Poland... In 1939: Britain - this means war!! In 2019: Britain - If you are allready at it, would you be so kind and take our Poles as well?

@publicminx 5 жыл бұрын

actually I like poles and would take it (as a German). but i think that also Britain in general has not really a problem with people from Poland, rather with other ones. especially left wing media raised those tension to distract that ...

@Snowfireblues 4 жыл бұрын

@Valentín Freymóðsson Big oofs

@Mercure250 4 жыл бұрын

@Valentín Freymóðsson 1772 Prussia : I know, right?

@JeremiaszCzeresniowiecki Жыл бұрын

@@publicminx after having some contacts with Germans when I was a student, I realised that we are more similar than both sides would like to admit. I've never been treated bad by Germans because of my nationality in real life, I've only seen xenophobic comments in the internet. I don't understand Brits who are polonophobic. Our diaspora in the UK is not representative group of a whole nation. Sadly, many bad people left there from law enforcement etc. and it might caused unfair stereotypes. But, in general, people here have good opinion about Great Britain so it's totally stupid that British far-right populists attack their ally.

@bruceprins3305 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent documentary. Both parts.

@nicholausberens3231 4 жыл бұрын

Very well done. The part of German history in the HRE days and all that I was very much unfamiliar with until now. It's nice to learn more of my Heritage. You have done your homework and research. I applaud your efforts to present it without a subjective slant.

@herrwagnerianer1739 5 жыл бұрын

Because you repeat it over and over again, I do have to mention that in the 30 Years War, no power fought against the Empire. The Empire wasn't involved officially. The French, the Swedes and the German protestants insisted that they did not fight against the Empire and not even against the Empire in his right as such, but only against the House of Habsburg. Both sides claimed to fight for the libertas Germanorum (German liberty). But besides that, your video is very good, and it's sad that only 20,000 people have watched it so far. Great work nonetheless!

@herrwagnerianer1739 5 жыл бұрын

@Witold Pilecki Polish Hero The Holy Roman Empire obviously whose head held the official title "(Elected) Roman Emperor" and which was led by ethnic Germans even though it included many ethnic groups. (It was indeed a constitutional requirement to be an ethnic German to hold certain imperial offices.) My reply to the video specifically talks about the Thirty Years' War. I love reading original documents from that time, and that's why I know that the Empire was of very much importance to both parties. Both Catholics and Protestants claimed to fight for it (= Germany) and for its liberty. (There are many stories from the war where both parties called the others traitors to the fatherland and rigorously fought them because of that.) But the Empire itself was NOT involved in the war, only the several German princes. The Emperor was involved only in his office as head of the House of Habsburg, not as head of state.

@herrwagnerianer1739 5 жыл бұрын

@Witold Pilecki Polish Hero It actually doesn't matter what you think. :-) The Holy Roman Empire called itself "Empire" and was called "Empire" by the rest of the world, Poland included. And it doesn't matter whether you think it was a country or whether you quote one sentence from Wikipedia. The Germans in the 17th century and the rest of the world at that time thought of it as a country and called it so. It had a territory, it had institutions (such as the Imperial Chamber Court) and it had citizens. When the Peace of Prague was concluded in 1635, the Imperial Estates did so in order to "prevent the eventual downfall of the beloved fatherland of the most noble German nation". They knew better what the Empire was than you do.

@d4n4nable 4 жыл бұрын

What they claimed was complete bullshit. Fighting the Emperor means fighting the Empire.

@TheLocalLt 4 жыл бұрын

Herr Wagnerianer the Holy Roman Empire was effectively the House of Habsburg after the 1400s. They said they weren’t trying to overthrow the empire for diplomatic reasons, as they wanted to keep a weak Germany and so they simply wanted a different house on the HRE throne. But that means they were at war with the current house. The 30 years war was mainly a German civil war with much international involvement

@MerkhVision 3 жыл бұрын

@@d4n4nable nice job missing all the nuance smh

@guidodroste3552 4 жыл бұрын

German history in a nutshell: well done! Comprehensively boiling down 3,000 yrs into two hours is not an easy task at all, but there you are: brilliant job! I’d say it’s a good starting point for those who‘re keen to learn more about what drives Europe at it’s centre, both historically, politically , intellectually and economically. In the light of ongoing political events, and given the fact that we Germans haven’t been a „nation“ during most of the recent centuries, it may not come as a surprise, that we‘re among the first ones to opt for a larger confederation, aka „EU“, rather than clinging on to the idea of a „nation“, based on rather dubious kinds of outdated group identities such as race, religion, language or culture. (Having lost two devastating wars over those issues anyway.) What binds us to our neighbors is firstly the fact that we share far more in common with them than what’s dividing us. Secondly compromising peacefully is rather more promising than conflicting or going to war with each other. Thirdly the future, becoming by and large an increasingly global task, belongs to those who are prepared to combine everyones efforts in ever growing entities, rather than emphasizing national self interest or obsolete old fashioned and futile ideas of „national sovereignty“. However, if you don’t follow me on this, I‘d recommend Michio Kaku‘ s theory on levels of society: we‘re about going from level 0 towards level 1, which would be an increasingly global confederation of people. Should we fail to do so, we‘ll probably never be able to tackle any issue that’s greater and more demanding than our presently very regional alliances.

@Siegbert85 4 жыл бұрын

Well, they had been a cultural nation for centuries. Certainly by the 15th century there is written evidence of national consciousness, even earlier by some accounts. If you define nation as a modern nation-state, then sure. But that concept itself is pretty young to begin with. I think you're mistaken if you think that a majority of Germans doesn't cling to their nationhood. That's not what the EU is about anyway. You wouldn't have France in it if it was.

@timfalch1969 2 жыл бұрын

My grandpa recalled going to the store with a wheelbarrow full of cask to buy a loaf of bread and how using money as wall paper was cheaper than actually buying wall paper.

@rossbrook5919 5 жыл бұрын

New to the channel absolutely fantastic videos ive seen so far. Top stuff

@tazepat001 5 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that you were even able to talk that long about one country.

@valeriegrindinger6294 5 жыл бұрын

German history is very rich. He even left out a lot. As a single nations (or rather cultures) history, i feel like its the most interesting of them all.

@patrickols 4 жыл бұрын

That long? Only two hours for a country with close to two thousand years of history is really not that long. It’s almost brief but it was very well done, I enjoyed every minute of it

@yamameeven967 3 жыл бұрын

It's so fascinating how for most of the video it seems kinda slow like time itself and then the last 10 mins so much shit happens

@JonasWetzel-pu8gp 9 ай бұрын

Amazing work and great effort, very much appreciated

@kevinvalentinocasanova8416 4 жыл бұрын

Very. interesting documentary great work

@jaduzink 5 жыл бұрын

When "East Prussia" was a fief of Poland it was called Ducal Prussia.

@Deutschland_Dive 4 ай бұрын

enjoyed the video, thank you!

@echothegecko2875 5 жыл бұрын

This video was very informative! Was nice to be able to see a more complete history on a nation that usually isn’t even focused on prior to 1900. And woo, learned that my birthday was the day of German reunification!

@kwantungempire3767 2 жыл бұрын

45:00 technically Wilhelm I was succeeded by his son Frederick III but die soon after and them Wilhelm II ascended to the throne.

@voodooomega4387 25 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot for this!

@jdillon3035 3 жыл бұрын

I learned so much! Thank you

@matyastaller159 4 жыл бұрын

Both this and the first part are absolutely glorious. One little point: cca 13:50. You might be interested to know that the Hussite take on Christianity actually did kinda sorta survive to this day and is one of the major denominations of Christianity spread in the modern (otherwise overwhelmingly atheist / agnostic) Czech Republic, Slovakia and, presumably, elsewhere as well. Granted, this is an amalgamation of various Protestantisms created after WWI, but still. Also see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_Hussite_Church

@b1_zelleone 2 жыл бұрын

Please create a space for every platform and engage your new awaiting audiences also when specific significant foreign names arise please caption or subtitle thanks for everything keep learning and teaching

@incrediblyStupid678 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the colors of our flag originate from the German resistance movement against French occupation during Napoleons reign. They used black, red and gold as colors for their uniform, iirc.

@daniwhite3027 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a ride. Thank you a thousand times for this

@stephenmurray2851 5 жыл бұрын

You make more videos like this and you could become only the second youtuber I've ever donated to.

@beastieman4207 5 жыл бұрын

best content u ever have👍❤

@DarkFunk1337 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! The depths of medieval European histiry is so overly complicated, its hard to retain information. Can anyone recommend any good books as an introduction to the subject?