he will get help by clearing minefields in Ukraine after the war

@@deutschesvaterlandfankanal no, Putin would never allow this. He is pure garbage for all political sides.

Thx bro

JTF needs to be brought to justice for the terrorists attacks he committed!

@@jasonbuford2437 whud

Then there is the fact that Bismarck alienated the southern German states with his Kulturkampf so breaking the German alliance with Austria, a nation held in high esteems by the majority Catholic southern German Kingdoms, could lead to said states withdrawal from the Empire.

In defense of austria, they simply had garbage fire generals, not really a bad army so minor W for austria

Russia has far more potential as an ally. I mean ffs Russia collapsed into civil war, suffered mass famines (mostly man made) and then fought a war of anihilation in wich over 10% of their population died and still managed to stay as a superpower. The only reason they collapsed was their bad political and economic system.

@@user-wc5gw9ep8t A lot of people honestly forget that Austria also had to fight a 3 front war on its own at one point with all of the disadvantages the empire already had. What’s worst is that one of the fronts was in the mountains which is the worst place to fight.

@@prayingpat6254 and the balkan front has moutains and rivers

And you are idiot to believe the propaganda of the Kaiser

Based 🦅🦅🦅 Western civilization is saved from the dissolution of reactionary, conservative, trad monarchies like the German, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian Empires.

(((Entente)))

@@itnotmeitu3896 /pol/ when nations with perfectly sound geopolitical and cultural reasons for hating Germany hate Germany

​@@rrrr-xj6llSorry man, I know it's a typo or auto correct, but, "The kisser" made me laugh more than I should have.

To be honest those can be stylistic choices and don't mean or discreet some ones historical knowledge or even expertise. If you've got a target audience you produce content in a manor to suit them. Those are just incidental points, and videos that are like that can be more accessible for non academic individuals. Tho I do agree he has flawed history. The dude channel unfortunately no longer exist tho now cause he was a nonce

Wilhelm 2 trying to genocide the Poles:

@@ciclovitale6832 don’t mind literally everyone trying that as well as him creating the first polish state in years

@@EndoClaw Did the Austrians try to genocide the Poles?

@@ciclovitale6832 So you will also blame Bismarck for this. Because remember i didn't give a care for Polish. He literally sent troop in to crush Polish uprising to help Russia for Russian to have alliance and to have Russia out of the war when he fight France

@@zyanego3170 not much but they wasn't willing to give up any Pole territory do they.

This is the thing wrong with political youtubers, they're either really fact filled and boring, or actually fun to watch but not info filled.

He's just an idiot

He was too focused on grooming kids

too bad being more focused on entertainment didn't help him be funny

didnt even use the proper soyjacks, he used the mutt merican jack as the Austrians

Destroying liberals via Orthodox autocracy and nationality

Funny, considering how anti-semitism was rampant during that time in Russia.

They had a lot of Jews

hi oney fan

I don't give a shit about his socialistic welfare also many of the welfare reforms were advocate by the social democrats

@@rrrr-xj6ll Not really socialist tough, longer back it was the church that took that place in society. A monarchy that protects their citizens is anti Socialist, since it demolishes the idea that socialism is the only way to reinact such policies is trough a socialist system. At least that is how I view it

@@tatenokaienjoyer the church helped the poor on a local level it did not give free welfare. I don't approve of any governments that gives free welfare it doesn't matter if this government is monarchical or socialist I don't like big government and if you start none essential Government the government will grow. This applies to governments which are not socialist

@@rrrr-xj6ll Its not free welfare, protection against for example work related injuries, or certain measures for people losing their job is something healthy. Only a libertarian can say other, libertarianism always leads to oligarchy and in all honesty I have never meet a person over 25 that buys the libertarian ethos. Just as marxism it is a ideology based on materialism and money, lacking any soul or tradition. If there is no help towards ones citizens, what is the point of nationstates? In a society focused on money and "everyone for themselves" becomes fragmented and weak.

@@rrrr-xj6ll And, to look upon ones fellow compatriots as worth protecting is not big gouverment by any means. In fact, the libertarian/liberal capitalist system makes a shadow gouverment, that is much Stronger than any gouverment. Zuckerberg, Blackrock etc is over the gouverment, and the difference is unlike a gouverment they have no incitament or obligation to provide their nation with anything, only to grow their own influence and wallet.

Actualy, not really. The government cited that whole thing, but keep in mind, the war ended in 1871. It has been 43 years, before the outbreak of ww1. By that point, do you reckon that the majority of french people, specialy the young ones, would even honestly care, given choice? And there was even a research, and it just confirms that majority of french people that even cared about the 1871 were old timers, and politicians, aka, people that either felt hurt over the results of the last war, or people who saw an oportunity in destroying the reich. young french people didnt even care for the Germans, and aside few Strassbourgian hiccups, they pretty much werent even bothered by the fact they lost a war to the germans

Gott mit uns.

@@JoseSanchez0795 Gott min uns

Dude just wanted a Navy i don't know what they saw wrong in it

@@tiagomonteiro130 They absolutely shat their pants, as they saw how quickly Germany became so powerful. Of course Germany didn't have any bad/offensive plan in mind, but the Brits were a but stupid and didn't quite understand that, as their history for the previous centuries was violence (especially he navy with all the colonialism and so)

@@DPPOfficial Also look at the industrial map and economy it obviously Germany will be the highest in Europe surpassing Britain.

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 That's why they were scared so much

It's less to do with family, more to do with the fact that Britain didn't want Germany contesting its then-unchecked power over Europe. How's that working out for you, lads?

Bro he was the worst politician in all of German history

@@rrrr-xj6ll he really wasn't. You say that because thats what everyone tells you about him. He was actually well beloved by his people and I think he was one of the best German kaiser in history.

@@BigBearGamer I don't care if he was loved by his people the man was incompetent. I would not call a Man who destroyed his empire the best leader of Germany Bismarck and Frederick the Great were far more impressive.

@@rrrr-xj6ll you realize his empire was thriving during his leadership. He boosted navy and military production and cared for the poor. The man didn't want to go to war but his cousins wanted war with him because they were jealous. Which forced him to make an alliance with Austria-Hungary if they ever go to war which they did.

@@BigBearGamer his empire was thriving even before he was a Kaiser yes he boasted the Navy which made England his enemy very smart decision .he and a specially his generals wanted war. In particular his generals wanted a war with Russia .Also his jealous cousins Bro Europe in the 19th century was not Europe of the middle ages . In the 19th century the power of many of the European monarchies was almost none existent France was a Republic in England parliament ruled supreme ever since the glorious revolution in Austria Hungary the Reichstag was pretty influential and even in Russia the tzar was some times influenced by Public opinion . I don't care if he gave free welfare to the poor I am not a socialist .In my opinion he was failure in foreign policy

Nice pfp bro

@@JL220_77 thx

That pfp, are you Moselyist, or at least sympathetic?

@@crusader2112 what is a moselyist?

@@Kaiser_von_Europa Oswald Mosely sympathizer, I ask because of your pfp.

Nice pfp. 😎👍

@@crusader2112 thanks comrade 🙂👌

@@sbevexlr848 Np. ✌🏻

I just drew you as the wojak and me as the gigachad your whole argument is invalid

@@ptolemythefirst4621 nooo you can't just draw myself as a wojack that's childish behavior 😭😭😭😭

Compared to the Treaty of Trianon or the Treaty of Saint Germaine, The Treaty of Versailles was pretty standard for a treaty in the early 1900s, considering the destruction in the Great War. I believe that war shame was one of the factors at how the Nazis got to power.

@@frederickoftheartic2209 No it wasn't Germany was a complete shithole becouse of the treaty it was occupied by France and Belgium got Gold and other precious material stolen had to pay money that it didn't have wich made health care and aducation worse becouse the money had to be taken from it many people had no work and were homeless an unstable government was put into place Prostitution and Prostitution of children was very high the crime rate was very high then all the communist uprisings the demilitazation and blame for ww1 and that's not even all completely destroyed Germany with that treaty

The treaty of Versailles actually wasn’t severe at all if you compare it to Brest litovsk Trianon or even just Frankfurt Germany got off quite easily for a loosing power

@@luisandrade2254 It wasn't severe lmao that treaty was designt to destroy Germany you know how many people commited suicide and were unemployed and starved and had to prostetute Themselves or their Children to stay alive people in the Weimarer republic burned money to keep Themselves warm becouse it was worthless a bread costed a whole pay check what is not severe about that

I think it's because Wilhelm II was closer to his mom than he was. Remember, Wilhelm II was beside Queen Victoria before she died.

On the second point, it still wouldn't be much of Wilhelm's fault if France and Britain were the ones doing the blockade. (At least in my opinion) And yeah sources are good to see.

KZfaq:"DIE VERBORGENE GESCHICHTE" TEIL1 👍

Not a fan of Wilhelm 2 still beliving 1914 propaganda do you

@@tiagomonteiro130 i just don't like the german empire in general

@@HissPhunnyCat Why most of the technology today came from it like Cars it also sa the senter of culture science, technology and the country of poets thinkers and Soldiers it also made the German healthcare System that is still in use today and the Pansions for old people

@@tiagomonteiro130 also not being a fan of someone doesn't mean i hate them i still have some respect for wilhelm ii since he fired bismarck and was one of the few hohenzollerns during ww2 that didn't support the nazis in fact he despised them

​@@tiagomonteiro130average herero in the german empire be like: "please stop genociding us!"

Germany is a part of western civilization bro 💀. They were built on the western ideals that were laid down by the Greeks, Romans & Catholic Church. They were a major player in the western world since the German invasions of Rome. And even Russia and other Eastern European nations were considered part of the west up until the rise of communism.

@@JL220_77 The BRD right now is a assimilated germany by the West. germany ruled by germans was NEVER part of the british-french West. Learn about history, mate.

@@KubusSc7 you’re just looking at this through a contemporary lense. Germany is fundamentally part of western civilization, they have been involved in the west for thousands of years via war, conquest, trade, and spread of ideas, they follow western branches of Christianity, they use the Latin alphabet, celebrate western holidays and use western formal dress and etiquette, and their buildings are in western architecture styles for hundreds of years such as gothic, neoclassical, renaissance, baroque, Romanesque etc. Germany ESPECIALLY has an inter-connected history to France, due to both nations originating from the Frankish/Merovingian Empire but going their separate paths once the empire was split up due to Gavelkind. Also Republicanism has been destroying tradition ALL OVER THE WORLD, not just in Germany.

I think the modern term “the west” is being confused here with “Western Civilization”. Yes, Germany is a part of Western Civilization, but I wouldn’t consider them Western in the “modern liberal Anglo-American tradition”.

Liberal?

I am Romanian and we had a German monarch that did us good, then the Nazis and commies screwed us all over,

Your a gigachad german for liking monarchy

b-but everyone in europe was bad back then so everything germany did was actually rainbows and unicorns!!!

That's fair, the Hun speech is another thing to feel negatively about. Wilhelm is a complex character like the rest of us.

honestly, im not sure if he did it first, considering Namibia was made as a Lebensraum colony to begin with. Not saying he is innocent, but Im not sure if he should take the blame for the colony to be made for such heinous purposes.

@@Ami-jc2oo considering the man actualy tried making an alliance with China somewhen in 1910s, before the outbreak of the war, I dont think he made it out of racist ideals, altough its hard to tell, considering his entire diplomatic policy was that of "now i want this, now i want that" and he would often switch sides

@@HissPhunnyCatill say this, im kind of tired of people bringing up Herero. Like, TOGO IS RIGHT THERE edit: that means find original material to mention.

Tsar Alexander did favour the british more than the germans, so it wouldn't have lasted long.

​​@@sansinator0889But he wasn't alive for much longer. He died in 1894, only 6 years after Wilhelm II ascended to the throne.

@@tylerbozinovski427 And that time was enough for the German and Russian Governments to start hating each other, making an alliance impossible.

Don't worry you didn't, I guess I finished it sooner than I expected.

Brooo, you’re right, that’s not John, that’s blessed Kaiser Karl von Habsburg

JustTheFacts when a cringe liberal (his mom) starts a chain reaction that leads to the downfall of the western civilization (delete his "cheese pizza" collection which makes him very sad)

AH wasn’t a Kaiser dumbsss

On the three emperor thing he once actually came close to restore it but the Russian ministers etc said no though their tsar was in favor One could argue if he chose Russia he could also ally Italy which might have made stuff different

Never heard of constitutional monarchy

@@tiagomonteiro130 constitutional monarch means different things to different people on the most basic level it just means the powers of the monarch are restricted by a constitution And on the most basic line parlamentary democracy is the same but the power is limited by a Parlament. Depending on how far it is limited it can be more or less democratic like some of the modern monarchies are also called constitutional/parlamentary monarchy Sometimes these two words are meant interchangeably and sometimes people think one is more democratic then the other it is a play with words

@@sergeantsharkseant Was Germany a Constitutional Monarchy like Britain, because I thought the Kaiser had more power than say the British one? Although, perhaps not the same as Russia’s

@@sergeantsharkseant Germany has a parlament the Reichstag since 1894 and elections were held there

@@MoloIongo Not exactly accurate. He got spicy WWII and other roleplay private messages leaked and got face doxxed and name doxxed. The female's age that was involved has not been confirmed, only the content of these sessions. Remember that people often pretend to be ages that they are not. The claim is that she was of an age that is unlawful in most U.S states but none of the claims say she was young enough to accurately categorize him as you have. (Watering down these terms is deeply dangerous and hurts real victims) Further, there is no confirmation since there has been no trial since the leakers didn't just go to the cops. One may use the content of the roleplay sessions as evidence of him being in this category but this is fictional which of course doesn't count. I'll be honest and say I'm deeply skeptical of the claims of the leakers despite the content of the leaks since they didn't just go to the cops like any normal person would do if they believed he was doing something unlawful. There has also been no media coverage or law enforcement involvement at all. Meaning either they still didn't report this or they did and no law was actually violated like if she had lied of her age or if roleplay isn't legally actionable.

Lol the new German navy was to protect the German trade and even if it was to face the British navy i don't see anything wrong with that why should Germany not be allowed to have a navy also Britain made an alliance with France becouse it was about to lose the arms race against Germany and only managed to win by combining the French with the British navy also anti British propaganda was in Germany oh wow good that Britain never had any anti German propaganda right that's by the way irony also you people always pull out the Germany invaded Belgium card wgen Britain is the one who whent through greece even though greece never wanted to be involved in this war

Lol Britain wanted war with Germany a long time Belgium was just an excuse to have this war as if Britain cared about Belgium

And what is with the SMS Emden or the SMS Dresden?

We litteraly know nowadays that the british elite wanted war with germany to keep the "competition down".

It would be much more beautiful with the architecture and cultural that's for shure

if german empire wouldve survived that leads to 2 major questions 1. are they victorious in ww1? 2. does it even happen/involve germany? if former is answered with yes, consider germany becomming like the french are today. Chauvinistc nation, that only accepts themselves and would see themselves as Ubermensch. Maybe not genocidal, but trust me, you would hate them every second. Heck, if you want better comparison, look at how people who hate america stereotype america. for latter, i think somewhat tame france, altough expect some crazy and wacky ideas coming through their heads. there are thousands of different factors, so its hard to tell.

Most based German ever

Wilhelm I was trash

@@HissPhunnyCat yeah just like you.. The only difference is that he handled a super power.

@@frontgamet.v1892 no he didn't all the work was done by some old man called otto because willy couldn't do it himself

@@frontgamet.v1892 also said old man had tantrums and threatened to leave office everytime he disagreed with something but poor willy had to comply because he knew he was nothing without someone holding his hand

Wilhelm I was Bismarck's puppet.

Indeed

He was better then any leader of that time

There is always the Chance of persuasion, and Wilhelm in this case was pressured because his Ministers kept telling him it would turn the Public against him. So yes while he does indeed have the Final say, at times the Parliament can slip between the cracks and persuade or pressure him to act.

@@Lavader_ Okay, Thanks man. P.S. Can I leave a link of this video in the comments under JustTheFacts’ latest video? This is probably a stupid question, but I just thought I let you know, it could start an interesting discussion, or it could lead to a mess in the comments.

Its also good to mention Germany wasnt entirely constitutional monarchy, at least in a sense of what we understand nowadays. Germany, as well as Austria Hungary, were semi constitutional monarchies, were the Monarch holds some power, but otherwise, the governing is left in hands of parliament. This does not mean Kaiser is the top dog, nor that the parliament is in charge, as the german kaiser was pressured often into some decisions due to the public.

Agreed

the thing is, german command didnt at first even consider british as a threat, and by that, i mean "why should we fear them, we will not be seen fighting one another" Plus, consider that the idea was to either start a buildup of cruisers, or battleships, each having different bonuses and set backs. While i agree it did become a small naval arms build up, the original intention was not to be british rival, heck, untill the third build up, they didnt even care and didnt even bother looking at the british, because to them, it was just a self serving mission.

Inwhat universe did any of the Wolhelm's groom Children the guy was Christian

@@tiagomonteiro130 i was talking about justthefacts he was literally exposed for grooming kids

@@HissPhunnyCat Oh now i get it i thought it was about the rumor that all Monarchies were inbreed, pedophile scum bags

@@HissPhunnyCat jesus fuck

Well because it was build by the arch conservative Bismarck of course. Bismarck wasn't know for liberal constitution or anything that is democracy. Worst model it self like Britian. He rather shoot himself. Also no surprise his system was adapted by Japanese which year later lead to their military authorian before WW2.

Source : I want him tobe that Kaiser Wilhelm was Christian and improved the lives of German workers he was lov3d by the Russian Tzar and invited many times he made a 2 hour speech on why Germany needs a bigger navy to protect it's growing trade as one of the biggest exporters in the world to this day

Yea and Wilhelm loved her very much

a closeted n@zi turned out to be a predator? no way

There is still a sort of debate stream on bitchute.

@@darken2417 link?

@@logpo5402 KZfaq deletes posts like that. The video is called "What is the best government?" by Break the Rules. It was a panel discussion with four people.

@@darken2417 Thanks.

Hey, how’s your cat?

splendid

@@lolno4765 Very good.

@Ran z It’s N-r*dacted.

I don't know. Maybe because Allied Propoganda called him that, I guess?

@@josef7525 Im pretty sure it was one of his nicknames

He also said that Russia would never invade Ukraine

@@tiagomonteiro130 lol

The guy wrote a 2 hour speech on why Germany needs a bigger navy to protect it's trade and Britain thought it was about them

Im honestly on the side of Central powers because of family. I otherwise like both sides.

Armenian genocide started around 1915. Aka during WW1. At that point Ottomans and Germans were already allies. As for Greeks the actions of the Greece was the main reason that radicalized the Ottoman empire in the first place. Greece's(and also rest of the Balkan League's) genocidal policies during the Balkan Wars resulted in over 2 million Muslim refugees to escape to the Ottomans due to ethnic cleansings. Prior to the 1912 Balkan Wars, Ottomans were ruled by the liberal Kamil Pasha government who supported a more decentralized empire with local autonomy and minority language rights. First Balkan War ended all of that and resulted in the collapse of the Kamil Pasha government it was only after that Enver Pasha launched his military coup and took over empire, creating the WW1 era Ottoman government we all know.

@@simulacrumpilot2777 Tell me more about the Balkan League's "genocidal policies", if you like. Admittedly, I am not read up too much on their policies, but it is important to know that the Pontic Greeks were not citizens of the newly established Greek state (after 400 years of slavery, and I will not just grand you anything else on this). Now, if you are, for example, referring to the Siege of Tripolitsa, there are important background informations on this. For example, preceding the siege, which took place at the height of the Greek War of Independence, there were massacres happening at Smyrna, Constantinople and Cyprus, where tens of thousands of Christians were slaughtered, including many clergy and with people not even participating in the revolts. The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, Gregory V., even condemned the revolution and preached obedience, yet he was publicly hanged, on Easter Sunday, the most important day for the Christians. At Smyrna a Mullah was even executed for refusing to bless the murder of the Christians. Also, 20 days preceding the siege, there is the destruction and massacre of Samothrace. Now, imagine what is going on behind the walls of Tripolitsa, at the ongoing battles, hearing of all those atrocities during the height of the War of Independence after 400 years of slavery, while awaiting furiously for the walls of Tripolitsa to fall. Keep also in mind that it was not an officially trained military fighting for the Greeks. This is not meant to justify the massacre that ensued after the fights, just a bit of context. Kolokotronis, an important leader figure, tried to prevent the killings, asking in advance for Tripolitsa to be surrendered and them leave, and even trying to stop the killings from happening after the siege. However, it was even difficult for him to keep himself together and not be swayed emotionally after what the Turks were continuously doing. One of the first things he did entering the city was ordering a tree at the marketplace to be cut down, on which Greeks were always hanged. And how would these justify the Genocide of the Pontic Greeks? Especially after there had already been a massive retaliation of the Ottomans with the massacre of Chios, where abound three times as many Greeks were slaughtered? By the way, I will be very sceptical on points mentioned because of the ongoing Turkish Propaganda (where the state still views people like Topal Osman, who perpatrated the two mentioned genocides, as war heroes, while denying the genocide even happened). Just wanted to mention that.

@@panperl1212 Tripolitsa was almost a hundred years before Balkan Wars and mostly irrelevant to the current discussion so I don't understand why you write that entire rant there. Anyway, for the Balkan Wars themselves I'll mostly copy paste mostly, here "The heavy and rapid defeat of the Ottoman army prevented the safe evacuation of the Muslim civilians, making them a clear target for the Balkan League forces invading the region. As a result, it is estimated that, in total, up to 632,000-1.5 million Ottoman Muslims perished outside of Albania and c. 400,000-813,000 became refugees by the end of the Second Balkan War." These policies weren't limited to just Ottoman Muslims btw since Albanians also(mostly at the hands of Serbians) also faced a similar fate. "There were various instances where Albanian communities were targeted especially by Serbian and Montenegrin forces. According to contemporary accounts, c. 20,000-25,000 Albanians in the Kosovo Vilayet were killed in the first two to four months of the conflict. The number of Albanian deaths exceeded 120,000 by the end of the Second Balkan War. Hundreds of thousands of Albanians were deported throughout the Balkan Wars." end quote. Also another tidbit. Did you know that Balkan Muslims were hugely overrepresanted in the WW1 era CUP government? Nearly 90% of the party consisted of Turks and other Muslims from Balkans while Anatolians despite having a larger population in the party overall was only 10% of the CUP. This extends to the infamous 3 pashas themselves. Djemal was originally from the Greek island of Mytilene, Enver was himself a half Albanian and the most powerful of the 3 Talaat was from Kardzhali Bulgaria.

@@panperl1212 Anyway, for Pontics firstly I don't understand why are you even bringing up Chios in relation to them considering that's an island in Aegean thousand of kilometers away from Pontus and wasn't even inhabited by the Pontic Greeks. Secondly, although it definitely doesn't justify the Ottoman actions at the time most Pontic Greeks, their academia and media supported the Megali Idea and the continuation of what was started during the Balkan Wars. People like Nikos Kapetinidis(one of the most influential Pontic Greeks at the time) argued for these in his newspaper Epochi which at the time was one of if not the biggest Pontic Greek newspaper. These like I said before might not justify the Ottoman actions but it does put some things into perspective especially considering how paranoid they've become after their catastrophic failure in the Balkan Wars.

@@simulacrumpilot2777 Well, I understand the Ottomans getting paranoid at any Greek citizen supporting the Megali Idea, but rightly so, considering the history of the Ottomans. Was it unethical for Pontic Greeks to support this idea? This is exactly why I was mentioning the Greek War of Independence. It was obvious that the Pontic Greeks would also hope for their land to become independent in the future, especially to the Ottomans, who came not as colonisers, but as conquerors, enslaving the Christians for centuries on their own land. As I said, I understand there being this heat of the moment, the Muslim losses at the Balkan Wars and the fear of losing even more, but all this loss did not come to some innocent bystander. We should also consider the extent of the planning behind the genocide. It wasn't just one moment that made it into a genocide. It wasn't just a mistake. It was calculated, Turks profited off of it and, as mentioned before, main perpetrators were (and are still) celebrated.

Source trust me bro Wilhelm was Jealous of Britain what is this Angelo superiority complex.

So Sweden Norway the Belgium the Netherlands united kingdom are all not democratic eventough they are considered the most democratic countries in the world

@@palastofhistory4026 if you are refearing to the democracy index yes. Whats the conclusion between my statement and your statement? That the democracy index is trash and funded to show a relation between capitalism and democracy in order to hide the awfull lot of massmurder and facism behind the free marked mask.

@@pietpanzerpanzer5335 Democracy in it's purest form isnot a good system.

@@user-rh3pe7um8d why. (Just a hint: there isnt much to say that wont expose you as a facist.)

id say his father, out of virtue of not being that active. Sure, he had cancer, but his short inactive reign did allow some things to come into fruition, and some men ruled for even less days. Thats not to say Friedrich III is the worst man ever, but were talking worst kaiser Alternatively, id say Wilhelm I, for being easily bullied by Bismarck for the longest time, but thats debatable, and im not sure about Bismarck before 1880

@@lollikabosso.w.n7153 really? Fredrich 3 was the worst you could come up with?

@@tavernburner3066 from german kaisers we only got 3 to choose, and Holy roman emperors are their own breed Id say Wilhelm I, but i think inactivness of Friedrich is worse

the fuck?

Another thing the german empire and austria hungary were not a constitutional monarchy, it was more of a mix of pure autocracy like the Russian empire and the constitutional monarchy of Britain which was effectively a democracy but with a figure head leader, so since kaiser wilhelm the 2nd had many a political and military power the german empire wasn't a constitutional monarchy. Also while what you said about the naval arms race was mostly correct a certain admiral Alfred von tirpitz did twist it to his own benefit by actively wanting to make a fleet strong enough to get concessions out of Britain or to atleast be around the same level as britain in terms of naval power and since in ww1 Germany was the only country on earth with the capability of challenging the royal navy I'd say that tirpitz succeeded. And kaiser wilhelm the 2nd had the power to fire tirpitz he could have stopped him. Also britain had the well known 2 power standard which made clear that they would have a fleet which is larger than the 2nd and 3rd largest fleets in the world and when germany became 2nd place that caused a increase in the size of the Royal navy. Though Britain did escalate it with the launch of hms dreadnought.

The only reason why germany Was unified is necause Bismarck forced him to.

1, youre mixing up the Kaisers. 2. Naval arms race was only considered for a long time an arms race by the british, and solely the british, the germans downright went "what about the british, who cares, we arent their enemy, and neither are they ours", and it only escalated into such, cause the british tried to make sure they are the top dogs at all times. 3. Tirpitz stuff is accurate, only in that he presented his ideas to the kaiser, and was more convincing than others, and Kaiser, trying to do as he thought would be best, chose an option that made sense to him, based on the facts presented. 4. Semi constitutional monarchy. Not saying youre wrong about saying it wasnt constitutional, but saying it was absolutist monarchy isnt entirely true, considering most events were even pressured onto the kaiser. 5. He wasnt an idiot, but a zigg zagger. Idiot would force everyone against him, he just switched external policies too quickly. 6. He was not even in Germany when the affair with serbia was happening, he was on a vacation, and was just notified the government went all in and said "yes" to austrians wanting war. And keep in mind, Austria pushed into the balkans for power. All it did, was assure them the germans will come to help them in case things go south, which didnt have to, had Russia not mobilised in defense of Serbia, which was a guarantee made, to assure Russia can influence balkans into its own sphere of influence. 7. Otto von Bismarck was a man that barely managed to keep the alliance of 3 emperors together, or rather, didnt, and should i mention his internal policies, that were basicaly making germans fight one another? You know, the Kulturkampf? the one about ending catholcis and south germans, turning them more northern and protestant? Also ideas like evicting "socialists" from even having the basic civil right to live? Something that made even the parliament go "What the hell, Bismarck?" 8. At that point in the war, he had no choice. Hindenburg and Ludendorff were generals who controlled the frontlines, with Hindenburg being the face of German Army, and Ludendorff the brains behind Hindenburg. And by that point, war already went too far, for anyone to even try. If you want my take on what he did wrong, and should be noted of, was the Elsass Lothringen affair, zigg zagging policy, shouldve stayed in one side, that interview in British times, african colonies like Togo and Namibia.

Choosing Russia over Austria would be a very risky move since there was the risk of Catholic South German states getting sympathetic towards Austria instead. In the most extreme options it could've even lead to a German Civil War.

@@simulacrumpilot2777 Get real, this isn't the 30 years war. As even then catholics and protestants fought on one side. Like Italy a catholic country fought and annexed Papel land. By the 19th century religion by far was separated from the state in Europe.

@@nicbahtin4774 Do you know ANYTHING about Bismarck's Kulturkampf and the alienation of the Southern German states due to that? German unity at the start of 20th century was still far from guaranteed.

@@simulacrumpilot2777 You talk about fragmentation of unity but compared to what ? In England couldn't get elected to parliament until 1829 and I'm not gonna even start about the Irish treatment. In Prussia you had attempted to unite Lutherans and Calvinists into a single church even before forming Germany. So every country had different way of pushing for unity and there were always some losers that probably made their way to the US cause of this. Nothing special

Friedrich Wilhelm III my beloved 😭

​@@fatchins9126 mine too, mine too...