Great video, but I have to note, that the Prussian kings and later German Kaiser isn´t named Frederick. It´s Friedrich. Frederick is the english version, but it is also used in Germany, so it´s leads to misunderstandings. Maybe you can add such a speech bubble and note that this real name was Friedrich (often called "der große Fritz"). I don´t want, that a German think that guy was named Frederick, if she/he would use your video for a history test.

@Prussian Eagle pickelhaube*

Love u ❤😁

How big of a screw up would you say it is for a student to call Friedrich "fredrick" on a history test at school in Germany?

My ancestry is actually from Prussia😉 Most of them fought alongside Wilhelm.

**Sad Artillery Noises**

Nice

😂

That is new to me, good one!

@Jack the Gestapo Sag, was ist eine Marine? (Say what is a navy)

Kiri :v 1234 Hahahaha true!

and nice and in the bad arse nice sense xD

That Voltaire quotation will survive forever :)

@@michaelmuller6890 Mirabeau quotation actually

@@gink456 I suppose, yet Voltaire spoke like this long before.

He did...he was a great admirer of not only him but, Caesar and Alexander.

If he [frederick the great] was here. We wouldnt be marching in berlin -Napoleon Bonaparte

Never underestimate Prussians mate, if Frederick was alive, Napoleon'd probably ally with him.. Who could stop them afterwards? UK? Russia? Ottomans?

Napoleon would never ally with him, and if he had done so, the alliance wouldn't have lasted. Napoleon continually snubbed his allies, and he essentially goaded neutral Prussia into war through repeated insults.

His Name ist Friedrich not Frederick

*Hohenfriedberger Marsch plays

Kratos _ then it is an even fight :p

1871 I see what you did there

@@TheDarkendstar Shipmaster?

@@user-lf8qu9un8y BURN THEIR MONGREL HIDES

Garabic Prussia: Excuse me while I yawn and shoot all of you.

@@allglorytothefather4186 Russia:*laughts in Shuvalov's Unicorn cannons...

Goran1138 Prussia/Germany: Laughs at... Tannenburg.

The funny thing is, Prussia was on the brink of defeat in the 7 Years War, they were saved only by the Tsarina dying, and being replaced with a Tsar who loved Frederick II.

@@allglorytothefather4186 Tannenberg*

"all of Germany" they did not control Austria, so I would not say all of Germany but certainly most of it.

@@chase55431 Soon.

@@chase55431 they defeated Austria bismarck was just not interested in it

When they defeated Austria they did not anex them as they wanted them as a brother army

Prussia had all of the Germany that it wanted by 1871. That being said, even if Bismarck, Moltke and Roon WANTED to absorb Austria into their empire, I doubt the rest of Europe would have allowed it considering the imbalance of power it would create.

@8534964 every army needs money. Even Cicero is quoted saying that the sinews of war is infinite money.

say this for napoleon pls

@@LowStuff Though in terms of gdp (at least in the 18th century) you couldn't compare Prussia with countries like France and Britain, so money to field such a large army was probably a great concern (it was one for the other two countries, anyway, but probably far less).

@@damianosraftopoulos8365 Yes, They suck russian cocks and at the same time they claim that russians suck!!!

@@damianosraftopoulos8365 how many russia soldiers sucks german cocks in ww2?

Underrated comment

Also Prussia: Good. Exactly where we want them.

Vader Reference cool

Isn't is also a landlocked country so isn't it also surrounded by land too

but in the battle of Jena Aurestedt the Prussian Soldiers said " I have to run quickly but the Great Army still surrounding us" he he

Nice music

Guten Tag, Herr Doktor.

Oh hi, big fan of yours

Thanks for uploading good prussian music

I often find American Wehrmacht wannabes And prussian wannabes.

The military IS the state.

Prussia: 100% Military Budget America: Is it possible to learn this power?

@@hurryboi8558 a lot it's around 40% I guess

@@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 TF you got those numbers bro?? US Budget comprised somewhere around 4-5 trillion a year and the defense budget is only 600-700 billion a year so hell no it is not. Medicare and Social security took nearly 50 percent of its budget per year yet i wonder why the US healthcare is still an expensive MF.

@@jonathan_hanst your numbers are so far off its laughable. Thats the base defense budget that doesnt include any of the military RND doesnt include military discretionary funding, on average no one knows exact price but its estiamted we spend in the ballpark around 1.7trillon a year.

if i remember family tradition; on sunday you go to church fot one hour come home and then rifle range for two hours, any more questions anyone?..........................................rgw

and leadership 300% because without the leading of Federick the Great the Prussian Army wouldnt strong as they were

*ZE TRUE PREUSSEN*

@Harys 8 *YORKSHIRE MARSCH PLAYS*

@Harys 8 defines.lua restricts tradition to 100. even for prussia :)

eu 8 (:+

Is this a meme becouse i can't see why they should have so much more dicipline than other army's

First time I felt confident with the pronunciation, I took several years of German in high-school! Thanks, Griff

Indeed. The only name that was pronounced very American was "von Scharnhorst". The locations were pretty much spot on.

He fucked up the French names though

@@Siegbert85 and he said Rosberg instead of Roßberg. But I think that's ok

@Gunther H.G. Geick I mean they are not that hard to pronounce

Hello fellow monarchist

Same, my dude.

I want to have a pickelhaube IRL, but alas, I need the money for other things

I am right there with you.

Jesús Carrión they are awesome to own. I have an M15 Prussian Garde Pickelhaube and it is amazing. They are definitely worth it.

Longer awnser *EVEN MORE YES*

Ottomans > Prussia

@@realpolitics527 100 % Militarization Prussia >>> Ottomans

British navy > your desire for an actual income

@Tazmore This comment = 100% true

Little Prussian ironically, though, didn’t the Nazis dissolve Prussia?

@BadAim With all due respect I disagree. Diplomacy was the second of Prussias great strengths, although it is often overshadowed by the military. After the 30-years war it was through diplomacy that the Prussians could secure subsidies from several bigger Powers in europe by presenting themselves as an individually weak nation that could tip the scales in big wars and as such guaruantuee peace in europe. Without these subsidies the reformation of Prussia would not have been possible. Next up is the fact that Prussia managed to secure support from other large players during their successfull wars, which it needed because it didnt have the economy to fight long wars. This is especially noteworthy as after the 30-Years war the major powers created a system that was supposed to punish agressors in any future conflicts, yet prussia managed to play the european powers against eachother so that it always had backing (the miracle of the Habsburgs notwithstanding), or at least could be sure that the other nations wouldnt fight against it. It was in loosing this diplomatic skill and in believing their own propaganda of military superiority that led to Germany happily marching into two world wars and loosing them both with devastating consequences.

@BadAim That's Germany for ya! 😂

Queen Elizabeth has crushed Frederick in a battle, maybe not undefeated but professional

BadAim I would call it aggressive diplomacy but not bad diplomacy...

Max Müller yeah but she still didn’t attack into Berlin

Too bad they cant keep up for too long and it's only logical war can't last forever and so paying the elite troops forever would be a waste of the state money while your neighbors are using their money to develop

@@youneskasdiell Prussia didn’t regret it. They united Germany, and made it the most powerful state in continental Europe

@@youneskasdi nah it was worth it.

Impostor!!!!

This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them

@@frederickthegreat4098 :O

C-A-V-A-L-R-Y

This bitch slept in every Sunday I heard

I've heard many succesfull people share that trait - the ability to get enough rest with only little sleep.

@@AnnaMarianne me who sleeps at 4 am and wakes up at 6:30 am: Pathetic

@@butterskywalker8785 me who only sleeps every 2 days. “are you truly productive if you don’t get your 8 hours of sleep?”

or Pickelhelm in english :p

@@bamicinder7635 Thanks for your interest. Isn't it just 'pickelhaube' or 'spike helmet'?

depends if you want a true translation or an interpretted one

Ouch. Imagine that spike poking.

@@TheCimbrianBull Pickle hat

Yeah, unfortunately we copied Germany's educational model that we are trying to reverse today. By the way, America copied Germany's medical doctrines to positive effect, at least.

We also copied our Social Security system, unemployment system civil service system etc. etc. In other words, we are copies. We are also thieves because we stole the Germans blind twic, after both wars.

Come on! That's way to harsh to call it the german's fault that you got an educational system in which you guys voted for a dumbass like trump. Germans fucked up A LOT through out history, but you can't attribute THAT to us. That's your business alone, mate.

@@lauritztheede751 We (I am in the U.S.) arrived at an unspoiled land. We managed to destroy large parts of it in less than 300 years.

@@hurryboi8558 Doesn’t make them German.

Jawohl Großer Bismarck!

"Prussia was hatched from a cannonball" - Napoleon I

Barely, Napoleonic strategies focused on having advantageous geography and the combination of arms(artillery, cavalry, infantry). Napoleon did implement intense drilling, but that's a pretty standard measure to improve military strength.

"Gentlemen, if this man were still alive I would not be here" -Napoleon about Frederick the Great

And my downfall.

Ok so, you'll become an awesome commander and defeat the Prussians once and they'll youll lose at Waterloo and be sent of on the coast of south America and die at 50 - Future, more sexier you

Why not both?

@@BetaProductionsInc good point kamaraden

They are op anyway

Dont forget mordern firearm technices. :3

*150% Discipline*

gotta nerf those damn prussians

@@pumkintheboi7545 That's why France got such a big buff in the "Bonaparte Patch" Course after a while the meta stabilized and the Prussians got a crazy buff in the "Germany Update"

I got so happy when I saw it lmao

USA: *using trench guns in the both world wars* Germany: Nerf plz

Empress Elizabeth of Russia is an INCREDIBLY underrated monarch. Highly skilled in diplomacy and literally had Frederick on the ropes.

Idk if youre German but one more interesting thing is that the German school system is in fact a prussian-style school system. This really shows how Germany is still influence by it. Many nations admire German discipline and honestly I think its because of the prussian school system that gives us discipline. It has its flaws as it could very Well be modernized but its still great nontheless

Wehrmacht was even more Prussian. Most of Wehrmacht generals were Prussians.

@@kxllerkind7667 I am in the U.S. Our S.S system was copied from the German. Germany had Social Security system in place by 1872. Workmen's Compensation also from Germany, our Civil Service organization directly from the German government reforms of 1842 (year?).

The military is certainly the field of history were great men are the most important.

Yeah the Imperial Army under Prince Eugene of Savoy or French Army under Maurice De Saxe is another great example.

Y‘all talking about European leaders. But let’s not forget about Sun Tsu, he never lost a battle and wrote the book called „The art of war“ even Napoleon read it and studied it.

@@m.cuongnguyen7475 And he did what? If you want talk about Eastern leaders, Genghis Khan, Oda nobunaga, qin shi Huang, Osman, Suleiman the magnificent...

perharbs he wrote one of the most influential military books ever to exists

And the totenkopf on the Head has a meaning: no Mercy (for enemies and for themselves)

Actually deads head or head of a dead.

The entlish name is deathshead hussar

The meaning then was the same as it is now: "Achtung! Lebensgefahr!" What do you think the little sticker on your bottle of bleach was inspired from?

M0butu no, wrong! I have explained the meaning Above!

short answer: No Long answer: Hell no

@@icangetyouatoe5781 found the french

Prussia might have been the closest thing to Sparta Europe had.

@@thunderbird1921 apart from sparta

Very true...they accomplished what Austria was never really able to do

The only faction that I played in the grand campaign lol

@@RambleOn07 currently playing Prussia lol

Prussian Eagle you are not even german

Why, "infamous"?

@@peterpim6260 inspired Hitler to continue WW2 after it was made 100% clear that Germany had lost

Yeah there's also the fact that he would have been completely defeated had Elizabeth not died so suddenly and been succeeded by literally anyone other than Peter III

@@q345ify Which goes to show that it paid off for Fredrick to establish certain imago of himself. Made Peter a fan of his. Sure, it's something you can't preplan, but that's exactly how the benefits of personal character and imago manifest.

Itwasn't his argument it was just a reference to the subject from popculture, something the viewer might know. It's used to loosen up the mood and make it less boring. Why do you think so many scientific journals and specialist litterature is so boring even when you are interested in the subject? You should use stuff like that in videos, presentations, pretty much everything where you have an audience. This can set apart someone people enjoy listening to and someone who bores people to death

Dumm

France and Louis Lots of Louis

England and George Lots of George

Ottomans and Mehmeds Lots of Mehmed

Russia and Ivan Lots of Ivan

@The Romanian Atheist u got me good fella

France had access to much more resources, though. What impresses me about Prussia is how they clawed their way out of virtual nothing to the big boys' table, and in not too long time too

Brandenburg/Brandenburg-Prussia was literally a minor state regularly kicked around by its Neighbors(Mecklenburg literally had Wittlesbach Brandenburg collapse, after the 5th war Brandenburg instigated against them in a 25 year period...Which led to the Hohenzollerns ending up with it...Brandenburgs last straw was the 30 years war, and the Great Elector was truly the architect of Prussia...His son would form Prussia, but he was the one who atleast turned a ravaged nation no stronger than the Duchies and electors around it, into a force that defeated poland and sweden in the mid-late 1600s...France was always left to be a great power, as it was set for the center stage as west francia over a millenia ago

A german state in the era of the Habsburg Dominance dwindling in Northern Germany, in the age of empires, pulled itself to the great power table against all odds...Multiple german states had rose to dominance for short times, but fell from relevance(14th century Mecklenburg). Then others that peaked (Bohemia) under Charles IV but died with Sigismund and eventually got annexed by Austria...or states that just totally splintered after centuries of Dominance(Saxony)... But none of these ever managed to consolidate there power for a relevant time...Saxony crumbled into multiple states leaving just the electorate we know today...Bohemia under the Luxumbourgs lasted only 80 years, and Mecklenburgs Near Baltic domination and almost having its own kalmar union(Albrecht II der Große actually invented the idea but Margaret of Denmark just copied it against albrechts son, albrecht III) so Its dominance died with Albrecht II, as his military prowess was arguably the only thing that allowed it to swing so much weight for its size...Albrecht II in many ways seems like the proto Frederick the great...But the difference was, Prussia had established and Consolidated its position. And rose in a time were when it had a defeat like Jena, it was established and important as the balance of power to counter Austria in germany, so it would only gain from defeat....Prussias rise to a world power and eventual unifyer of Germany was nothing short of Absurd competence, and absurd luck.

Who was almost made king of the united stateS?

Prince Henry (Heinrich), youngest brother of Frederick the Great

Resi Resi Si

Also that german shout at the beginning was from M&B Napoleonic Wars

same here, but this tactic is actually pretty common in single player mode. hard to implement it in multiplayer.

So he never touched the creation of the Prussian General staff? Just shows you how poor this wanna-be historian is! That is the greatest single revolution in military history. Every other armies after Franco-Prussian war copied it, but never really get the ideas right. No longer will armies be dependent on few military geniuses.

>people who associate prussia with the turd reich Yikes

I wonder if people even know the other part of the Hohenfriedberger marsch.. (If you are wondering about it, here, I will write it for you;) Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! Schnall um deinen Säbel und rüste dich zum Streit! Prinz Karl ist erschienen auf Friedbergs Höh'n, Sich das preußische Heer mal anzusehen. Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! Schnall um deinen Säbel und rüste dich zum Streit! Prinz Karl ist erschienen auf Friedbergs Höh'n, Sich das preußische Heer mal anzusehen. Drum, Kinder, seid lustig und allesamt bereit: Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! Drum, Kinder, seid lustig und allesamt bereit: Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! Drum, Kinder, seid lustig und allesamt bereit: Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! Drum, Kinder, seid lustig und allesamt bereit: Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! *Hab'n Sie keine Angst, Herr Oberst von Schwerin, Ein preuß'scher Dragoner tut niemals nicht flieh'n! Und stünd'n sie auch noch so dicht auf Friedbergs Höh'n, Wir reiten sie zusammen wie Frühlingsschnee. Hab'n Sie keine Angst, Herr Oberst von Schwerin, Ein preuß'scher Dragoner tut niemals nicht flieh'n! Und stünd'n sie auch noch so dicht auf Friedbergs Höh'n, Wir reiten sie zusammen wie Frühlingsschnee. Ob Säbel, ob Kanon', ob Kleingewehr uns dräut: Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! Drum, Kinder, seid lustig und allesamt bereit: Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! Drum, Kinder, seid lustig und allesamt bereit: Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth! Drum, Kinder, seid lustig und allesamt bereit: Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth!*

@@Boffke *_noice_*

>people who don't even know the Hohenfriedberger Marsch...

We shall unite then! (mine too basically)

My maternal ancestors were Prussians too, living in Königsberg. Even so, I am Polish and very happy of that.

Oh cool ;)

Mine too my family name is Mrongovius-Von Böck

You should consider yourself lucky my man. because knowing your family-name in our condition is very rare. (atleast for me.)

it is ONE word for skull, but there is Schädel as well, which shares origin with skull

ALeKS he’s a man of culture