The Unification of Germany Explained

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@Zealus_24
@Zealus_24 Ай бұрын
"Germany exists" controversial take, would like to see some evidence first before I believe it myself. Edit: After watching the video it's not the craziest conspiracy... 8.5/10 hypothetical country, needs more chocolate related national dishes.
@huggalove
@huggalove Ай бұрын
Italy in the corner....🤫
@satakrionkryptomortis
@satakrionkryptomortis Ай бұрын
germany as a country might be new......it went the ruins to powerhouse as fuck more than thrice.
@thomaso6579
@thomaso6579 Ай бұрын
Bielefeld is in Germany Bielefeld doesn't exist Bielefeld doesn't exist QED
@AChapstickOrange
@AChapstickOrange Ай бұрын
LOL Yeah, my first response was, "Wait, was this in doubt?" :D I'm pretty sure my grandfather knew it was really, really real when the army sent him over to Britain eighty years ago. :) P.S. But now we love you, Germany!
@trollman1296
@trollman1296 Ай бұрын
Bismarck has a plan, Bismarck always have a plan - Extra History
@scotterbean1278
@scotterbean1278 Ай бұрын
Otto van der Linde
@L.internet8
@L.internet8 Ай бұрын
He has some god damn faith​@@scotterbean1278
@SteaksOnSpear
@SteaksOnSpear Ай бұрын
Germany annexed schleswig-holstein which had been under the Danish realm since the viking age.
@L.internet8
@L.internet8 Ай бұрын
@@scotterbean1278 he has faith
@berlindude75
@berlindude75 Ай бұрын
*Bismarck
@TheChannelofOrange
@TheChannelofOrange Ай бұрын
Germany WILL BE UNITED
@ScottRothsroth0616
@ScottRothsroth0616 Ай бұрын
First time said; rough timestamp: 0:11 .
@TheTruePopeFrancis
@TheTruePopeFrancis Ай бұрын
This made a lot of people upset.
@debilman9065
@debilman9065 Ай бұрын
Deutschland wird vereint sein
@iamza.
@iamza. Ай бұрын
Thanks OvB
@SteaksOnSpear
@SteaksOnSpear Ай бұрын
Germany annexed schleswig-holstein which had been under the Danish realm since the viking age.
@huskadog7748
@huskadog7748 Ай бұрын
4:00 uhh, no. Napoleon did not dissolve the holy Roman empire, emperor Francis did to prevent him from usurping his title
@wolacco
@wolacco Ай бұрын
Exactly!
@hurgcat
@hurgcat Ай бұрын
but it was essentially forced by napoleon. It is untrue but it gets the point across. no nopleonic wars, holy roman empire mb sticks around another century
@huskadog7748
@huskadog7748 Ай бұрын
@@hurgcat maybe thay would work if he didn't give his motive for dissolving the hre moments before, which makes it kinda hard to claim the he inadvertently did it excuse
@michaelsurratt1864
@michaelsurratt1864 Ай бұрын
Napoleon wanted nothing to do with the title…. he could’ve taken it if he wanted to, but he had absolutely no use for it
@huskadog7748
@huskadog7748 Ай бұрын
@@michaelsurratt1864 the prestige was immense abd would have went a long way to legitimize his rule over Germany. The abolition of the hre before he could take the title caused it to lose most of its legitimacy, and thus made the title usless
@Argacyan
@Argacyan Ай бұрын
Germany is an extreme example where you should never, ever use modern borders to talk in a non-colloquial way about its history. It has numerous differences across time and there is almost not one bit of its border where another country hasn't either split off or partitioned or occupied a part of the region of Germany into itself. Poland has a similar problem in this video, using post-WW2 borders at times which has nothing to do with pre-WW2 Poland.
@theman8421
@theman8421 Ай бұрын
1:00 a bit misleading, it was not german states simply uniting to form the holy roman empire, instead it was more the holy roman emperor giving out land to nobles, but due to internal struggles the emperor had to deal with these nobles became more and more autonomous until effectively becomming independant states who paid lip service to the emperor
@dario3931
@dario3931 Ай бұрын
31:33 Actually, it was actually the Kingdom of Sardinia that was trying to unify Italy, not the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Otherwise great video as usual!
@Demeriolis
@Demeriolis Ай бұрын
Sardinia piedmont
@stefanocapparelli4997
@stefanocapparelli4997 Ай бұрын
Yes, I noticed that too. Must have been a minor slip that escaped edit
@ekwebeman
@ekwebeman Ай бұрын
New History Scope, let's go! 🥳
@mav8535
@mav8535 Ай бұрын
In 20 years you can make a Video about the Frisian Unification, I'm on a mission right now. And in 40 years about the Frisian Empire.
@YarPirates-vy7iv
@YarPirates-vy7iv Ай бұрын
And in 45 years a video about the decline and fall of the Frisian Empire. 😁
@tjitse3916
@tjitse3916 Ай бұрын
Short yes frisky….that will be the subtitle!
@wehatetimmy
@wehatetimmy Ай бұрын
I hope u make it
@jeremy1860
@jeremy1860 Ай бұрын
I was born just a year or so before the unification. It's been one country for as long as I've known of it, and it still astonishes me that I just missed out on knowing it as two. To any Germans older than me who see this comment, I hope that the day your country reunified was a good one for you :)
@SoundShinobiYuki
@SoundShinobiYuki Ай бұрын
I was about to say “Wow, you must be the oldest living person ever!” before I realized you meant East and West Germany. 😂 (I was born a few days before the Berlin Wall began to come down, myself.)
@olivers.7821
@olivers.7821 Ай бұрын
Nice, uploaded on our national holiday "Tag der deutschen Einheit" (Day of German Unity)
@FashionablyL8
@FashionablyL8 Ай бұрын
I was thinking about your channel today hoping you'd upload. I'm lucky
@Corium1
@Corium1 Ай бұрын
Germany's history is like watching a window break itself apart and put itself back together over and over again
@aidenlarson9911
@aidenlarson9911 11 күн бұрын
Ah yes, the Chinese Empire Special
@dovescryspringseternal
@dovescryspringseternal Ай бұрын
New history scope video let’s go!!!
@Nico_LaBras
@Nico_LaBras Ай бұрын
Just want to tell you that I think your timing for this video is amazing! I had nothing planned for today (public holiday in Germany). But now I have something fun, interesting, and even fitting for the holiday's occasion, to watch. You saved my afternoon haha
@justinpachi3707
@justinpachi3707 Ай бұрын
1:39 "The German people didn't see themselves as German just because they spoke the same language." That's not really accurate at all and is a massive oversimplification. Germany was united (as East Francia) in the HRE. There was still the framework of the "Kingdom of Germany" still in place as well. It started off more united than France and fragmented gradually until it fully fell apart with the end of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. Part of the main arguments levied in favor Charles V's election as Emperor was that the electors saw him as one of them whereas Francois I of France and Henry VIII were considered foreigners. And even before Napoleon when French Kings invaded the Rhine, there was a sense of common "Germanic" identity that bound the Empire together even during the 30 years war and after it. When the Empire was dissolved by Kaiser Franz there were riots all across Germany and just because there were multiple different regional identities that didn't necessarily mean a common "German" identity in some form didn't exist.
@commisaryarreck3974
@commisaryarreck3974 Ай бұрын
Karl Franz also only did it out of desperation as a power move Rather then ceding it to Napoleon he broke it
@MalikF15
@MalikF15 Ай бұрын
I wouldn’t say they treated Prussia like a minor power. A regional power to be sure in fact, they needed pressure to be stronger to help balance out the power of Austria and France.
@sirsquirrel6176
@sirsquirrel6176 Ай бұрын
GERMANY. WILL. BE. UNITED!!!
@Monkeyamingus777
@Monkeyamingus777 Ай бұрын
It is already United
@eestaashottentotti2242
@eestaashottentotti2242 Ай бұрын
Ein. Berliner. Will. Be. Eaten!!!
@chicodemmenie4543
@chicodemmenie4543 Ай бұрын
Loved the "Yes, minister" reference, it was a nice easter egg
@HistoryScope
@HistoryScope Ай бұрын
I was hoping people would notice
@scythium4703
@scythium4703 Ай бұрын
HES BACK
@conors4430
@conors4430 Ай бұрын
Bismarck provoking the French into a war so Germany can look the victim. Sounds so much like modern politics.
@liveparkour3888
@liveparkour3888 Ай бұрын
Love love love your videos
@nyssamessina984
@nyssamessina984 Ай бұрын
I honestly believe the downfall of the German state was two demoguges with physical deformities (Kaiser Wilhelm Hitler) who gained power through bloodline (Wilhelm) and economic/social turmoil (AH). Due to their extremely low self esteem both overcompensated by seeking and nearly achieving world domination. As we know Germans are extremely capable people, scientifically, militarily etc... The difference between ww1 and ww2 most importantly was idealogy. National Socialism was so embedded into German society by 1939 you had millions of extremists, brainwashed and willing to fight and die for that idealogy
@SmugLookingBarrel
@SmugLookingBarrel Ай бұрын
15:01 Jokes on the Germans, I'm watching this video instead of doing my schoolwork.
@huskadog7748
@huskadog7748 Ай бұрын
8:24 uhh, no. They did not, this is remarkably bad history im not going to finish this video. While often described as the weakest of the great powers , prussia had a seat at the table amoung the rest of the great powers. They where heavily involved in the drafting of the treaty of vienna, and even took half of Saxony despite heavy protest from austria, in fact them and russia are usually considered the most expansionist countries in the entire Congress.
@blabla12654
@blabla12654 Ай бұрын
Love the quote from "Yes Minister"!
@plesiosaurgaming465
@plesiosaurgaming465 Ай бұрын
Fun fact my mom's birthday is today
@Takeawayjustin
@Takeawayjustin Ай бұрын
Happy birthday to your mom Happy birthday to your mom Idk the rest of the lyrics
@goosemann2389
@goosemann2389 Ай бұрын
Happy birthday to your mom
@nyengetshobeni
@nyengetshobeni Ай бұрын
Babe wake up history scope posted. Edit: thanks for 4 likes 😊
@sexdefender86
@sexdefender86 Ай бұрын
you welcome :3
@gregoryturk1275
@gregoryturk1275 Ай бұрын
She’s dead and has been for 20 years
@ShinerCCC
@ShinerCCC Ай бұрын
That Germania drawing is a prime lesson in how to activate monke neuron with nothing but geometry and shiny lines
@satanicturtle9929
@satanicturtle9929 Ай бұрын
Loved the video but why were the Germany maps so inaccurate. I get that the nation state didn’t exist for most of it but why did half of the German maps not show Prussia owning Prussia? There were other examples of this but this was the biggest one.
@bryanantonio5147
@bryanantonio5147 Ай бұрын
Somehow i assumed that this would refer to reunification post cold-war lol
@auguststar
@auguststar Ай бұрын
he already did that video you see
@nyssamessina984
@nyssamessina984 Ай бұрын
Regarding the context of this video, it's excellent BTW, Germanys geography was both a positive and detriment. For the simple fact despite it's fairly large size it's positioned right in the middle of Europe, consequently they always had reservations about being surrounded by enemies (France, Poland, Russia) on either side
@tapele5987
@tapele5987 Ай бұрын
A HUGE mistakes in the video: Napoleon did not dissolve the HRE, it was the very Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II who did so for preventing Napleon to become HR Emperor. Also, a bit strange not a single direct mention to Naploeon III, King Fredrick Wilhelm IV, Emperor Franz Joseph or the German Emperor himself, Wilhelm I
@Nami-nh8wu
@Nami-nh8wu Ай бұрын
I as a native german speaker think it is actually not Deutsch Einigung but Deutsche Vereinigung but thats only if theres not some annoying grammar rule again. also very nice video and thanks for talking about germanic culture as an austrian this makes me smile.
@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug
@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug Ай бұрын
A few paragraphs about Kalergi and his plan should have been the end of any history book from this point onwards about Germany. Morgenthau at least.
@eliaspirklbauer4486
@eliaspirklbauer4486 28 күн бұрын
Great video, very informative!
@devinsapelli3814
@devinsapelli3814 Ай бұрын
Been wanting this video for a while now!
@finnjons3792
@finnjons3792 Ай бұрын
I love the part where we excluded Austria
@GeroEA
@GeroEA Ай бұрын
Your videos are amazing! The only thing is that the color palette of the maps makes them hard to look at, specially to distinguish sea from land
@phill-mar
@phill-mar Ай бұрын
You got my like by 0:11 Great video as always!
@marmac83
@marmac83 Ай бұрын
The implication of Germany existing bound by its current borders is misleading.
@Alberto-hr1cf
@Alberto-hr1cf Ай бұрын
best educational videos ever, thanks a lot
@tadeoz1980
@tadeoz1980 Ай бұрын
Top tier content ❤👏🏻
@raptinator5088
@raptinator5088 Ай бұрын
Great video as always! I took German as a minor in university and did a study abroad in Bonn to learn more about the culture and history of Germany. Just wanted to point out a few quick things. I understand from a political understanding and in many ways a cultural standpoint, the removal of the Holy Roman Empire brought about the required nationalism to unify the German state. However, through study on the subject, I would argue that the 30 Years War brought about the first real form of proto-nationalism. Religion is a form of cultural expression, resulting in German states unifying together in much the same way as they did against France almost 200 years later in both the Napolionic Wars and the Franco-Prussian War. The 30 Years War saw both religious and political alliances between the German states, resulting in a sharing of culture and the first seeds of nationalism being planted. I also wanted to give a quick mention of the Frankfurt Parliament. Though often seen as a great expression of freedoms for Germans at the time and a major step to liberal democracy. It turned out to be very corrupt and unequal in its application. I only learned of such from reading a friend's capstone historical paper concerning it. Certaintly worth discussion. I was also a bit supprised not to see mention of Großdeuchland vs. Kleinedeuchland be mentioned. The argument to add Austria and Bohemia to a greater Germany was incredibly important in regards to both German unification, and the future actions of Germany within World Wars 1 and 2. Songs such as "Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland" and other works depicting a greater Germany roused supporters all amongst the German states. Though I undertsand it to be a minor thing within the context of solely German unification, the idea of the inclusion of Austria within Germany would help fuel later German expansionism. I wanted to thank you for looking deeper into the economical aspects of German unification. Often Germany is seen as to have only been unified through skillful (or lucky) use of military might, but very rarely are economics given the light they deserve. Vielen Dank für das Video, as a History major and a German minor, this video hit right where my studies taught me. It was a well written thesis that encapsulated the road to the unified German state we know and love today. And thank you for putting your sources in the description, though I would personaly prefer a more diverse selection of sources that include both primary and secondary accounts along with page numbers, I undertand that this is a youtube video, not a collegiate dissertation. Keep up the great work, I look forward to your future videos.
@GlidusFlowers
@GlidusFlowers Ай бұрын
There are so many oversimplifications in this video that some of it is just straight up wrong
@chaganlalmeghwal2590
@chaganlalmeghwal2590 Ай бұрын
Germany's history is rich with pivotal events, but one fascinating fact often highlighted in history documentaries is its role in the invention of the printing press. In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg, a German inventor, revolutionized the spread of knowledge by creating the first movable-type printing press. This innovation paved the way for the mass production of books, most notably the Gutenberg Bible, which transformed education, religion, and the entire course of European history.
@Pausi10_00
@Pausi10_00 Ай бұрын
Low german is a different language from high German we only got assimilated after we got conquered by the Prussians
@kimashitawa8113
@kimashitawa8113 Ай бұрын
this
@mueezadam8438
@mueezadam8438 Ай бұрын
Something something ‘language’ is just a dialect with an army 😅
@MichaelTreadwell-jo9bi
@MichaelTreadwell-jo9bi Ай бұрын
@@Pausi10_00 Is low German a dialect in Bavaria? What part of Germany is high German spoken?
@Pausi10_00
@Pausi10_00 Ай бұрын
@MichaelTreadwell-jo9bi no its a different language (Plattdeutssch or Nedersassisch) spoken in the former Saxon area and the coast in general (lower Saxony, Westphalia, Eastphalia, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as in Bremen and Hamburg. Nowadays it's mainly spoken by old people and it's nearly extinct because the prussians tried to eradicated it. High German is based on the midde German dialects from today's Saxony (it has nothing to do with the orginal Saxony except the name) but it's spoken all over Germany as a lingua franca. In Bavaria they speak high German (even with a strong accent) and the dialects that where spoken there where called high German before slandered German took this name.
@MichaelTreadwell-jo9bi
@MichaelTreadwell-jo9bi Ай бұрын
@@Pausi10_00Very interesting. Thank you for your explanation.
@eduard476
@eduard476 Ай бұрын
30:57 Yes Minister! Man of culture
@jezusbloodie
@jezusbloodie Ай бұрын
1:13 I know this isn't about the Netherlands, but, I gotta add that, at the times the Dutch peoples didn't really exists as it's own thing, but was culturally and ethnically part of the Franko and Saxon cultures that extended throughout modern Germany. One could argue that the Frisians might be a bit of a special case, still very much Germanic, but they did have a certain level of autonomy from the rest of the HRE in the Friesche Vrijheid. OK tidbit infoblob out of the way, let's watch the rest of this video
@MarcoGPUtuber
@MarcoGPUtuber Ай бұрын
Germany will be UNITED!
@zwierzak2012
@zwierzak2012 Ай бұрын
I heard somewhere that the first casualty of the Franco-Prussian war on the German side was a Scot from Badania or Würtenberg.
@Kaiser_von_Europa
@Kaiser_von_Europa Ай бұрын
3:21 france had a king, not an emperor before the revoulation
@SubaruPowerr
@SubaruPowerr Ай бұрын
Wow, such an amazing video. Could you make one about Poland? I am polish but I am sure it would be amazing to combine these two in my mind to have a better understanding of what has been happening in Europe.
@deviouspirate1374
@deviouspirate1374 Ай бұрын
Afghanistan liberated Poland.
@RodolfoGaming
@RodolfoGaming Ай бұрын
Just a heads up, a few repeats of the same mistake where you say Austria in Prussia's place in audio, subtitles have it correct. Great video regardless
@brini5252
@brini5252 Ай бұрын
i love all of your videos, my roommates always sit down with me whenever I have one of your videos on while I'm working. Would you ever consider doing a history of Palestine video?
@Rhwiajxdjn
@Rhwiajxdjn Ай бұрын
31:00 that’s a line from “Yes, Minister” when Sir Humphrey described Britain’s foreign policy 😂
@InxWeedxWexTrust
@InxWeedxWexTrust Ай бұрын
"And slowly the national identity of individual states were replaced with the identities of a common german identity" Bavaria: hahahaha no
@mikakagehira2972
@mikakagehira2972 Ай бұрын
I missed you!!
@DooblerFlooper
@DooblerFlooper Ай бұрын
Good timing
@Red_Duc
@Red_Duc Ай бұрын
What is that map??? Why is Schleswig missing? Why is there a little part of Czechia included? Why is the Poland border so straight? And don't get me started on the Low Lands border. What happened there?
@omg_julius5294
@omg_julius5294 Ай бұрын
He uses a mix of modern maps and older maps in this video
@Red_Duc
@Red_Duc Ай бұрын
@@omg_julius5294 But the first map (0:00), like that doesn't look good at all. It looks like it's supposed to be a modern map, but it looks terrible.
@vincentlepera4054
@vincentlepera4054 Ай бұрын
Unfortunate that you spent so little time on the HRE, most of what you said about it is actually wrong
@badomen7199
@badomen7199 Ай бұрын
how so?
@vincentlepera4054
@vincentlepera4054 Ай бұрын
@@badomen7199 HRE was actually a powerful Empire between 962-1250 and was not "a bunch of states with their own foreign policy army etc", and there definitely was a slow development of german identity. if you really want to learn more the podcast 'history of the germans' is perfect
@abdullahdaniyal114
@abdullahdaniyal114 Ай бұрын
15:01 He sure read my mind.
@gack1015
@gack1015 Ай бұрын
I almost ignored this thinking it was a remake of the REunification video
@L.internet8
@L.internet8 Ай бұрын
21:19 interesting centres of trade... really interesting
@tiaelago-oretukaumunika7017
@tiaelago-oretukaumunika7017 Ай бұрын
21:17 "two major centres of trade" lmfaooooooo
@historyViewer1
@historyViewer1 Ай бұрын
The documentary highlights how, before unification, Germany was a patchwork of independent states and principalities, often fragmented and in conflict. Key figures like Otto von Bismarck played a crucial role in orchestrating this unification through a mix of diplomacy and warfare. Bismarck's clever manipulation of events, like the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War, helped to rally the German states under Prussian leadership. The film also touches on the rising sense of nationalism among the German people, who longed for a unified identity. As the documentary unfolds, it showcases the various political, social, and economic factors that contributed to this monumental change. By the end, viewers get a clear picture of how a combination of strategic alliances, military victories, and growing national pride brought about the birth of the German Empire, forever changing the landscape of Europe. The engaging visuals make the complex history easy to grasp and really bring the story to life.
@cyancat8633
@cyancat8633 Ай бұрын
Can you do a histroy of central africa please i think itll be grewt for a histrotuber like you to cover it?
@commander7722
@commander7722 Ай бұрын
"Since the treaties of Vienna, our frontiers have been ill-designed for a healthy body politic. Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided-that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849-but by iron and blood" --- Otto von Bismarck, September 1862
@commander7722
@commander7722 Ай бұрын
Germany is rightful polish land btw
@michaelsriqui7898
@michaelsriqui7898 Ай бұрын
Love the reference to Yes, Minister
@kimashitawa8113
@kimashitawa8113 Ай бұрын
Pretty sure that the Dutch considered themselves and were considered by others as "German" in the days of the HRE.
@Luka__1
@Luka__1 Ай бұрын
The roman empire only briefly controlled germania, and even before that, the people there spoke a similar language, which then started to become more unified with the formation of the holy roman empire, the romans didn't create germans by mixing with them, they just categorized them as germani, I think you might have mixed up germany and france, which DOES come from a mixed culture of Latins, Gauls and Germans.
@motionpictures6629
@motionpictures6629 19 күн бұрын
All mayor cities of the HRE were Roman cities: Köln (Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium), Mainz (Mogontiacum) , Koblenz (Confluentes) Trier (Augusta Treverorum) just to name the cities with arch bishops. At least 95% of the Urban population of the HRE was Roman. All other German cities were started by priest send from those roman cities along the Rhine into the "wild east". The only two mayor cities of the early HRE that were not roman were Magdeburg and Quedlinburg, but both of those cities were only started under the Ottonians. There is a famous story About Attila and Köln. Attila asked the people of Köln to hand over the Romans, but everybody in Köln was at least half roman and the people of Köln declined. The coat of arms of Köln shows 11 tears, one for each of the 11 virgin girls that went to Attilas camp to ask him to leave Köln alone. They were all raped and killed, but Attila did not attack Köln.
@lordprimus2410
@lordprimus2410 Ай бұрын
Funny thing about the HRE, it's Emperor was elected by Prince Electors particularly the elector of Brandenburg, saxony, Bohemia (what is now Czechoslovakia) and many other principalities of distinguished historical note.
@miketsable
@miketsable Ай бұрын
30:11 The Prussians still used the Dreyse needle gun in the 1870 Franco-Prussian war, which had to be reloaded after every shot.
@trollman1296
@trollman1296 Ай бұрын
30:50 to 31:06 Sir Humphery Applebee would be proud of you good sir
@YarPirates-vy7iv
@YarPirates-vy7iv Ай бұрын
Holy Roman Emperor: this lack centralized power is leaving me vulnerable to the growing strength of my neighbors! Poland: hold my piwo.
@CliffCardi
@CliffCardi Ай бұрын
Bismarck had a plan. Bismarck ALWAYS had a plan.
@rustbucket1043
@rustbucket1043 Ай бұрын
Hey, so an issue with part 1: Germany was never governed by the Roman Empire any farther than the Rhine in the west and the area south of the Rhine and Danube rivers' beginnings in the south. While they were highly influenced by it (and a myriad lived in a series of states that were de fact Roman Tributaries; "allies" the Romans called them), they were certainly not governed by them seeing that many of the Germans would go on to invade Rome and topple it. Should you wish to see a supposed fusion of Roman and Germanic societies, look at the French and Lombards. The title of Holy Roman Emperor was first given to Charlemagne by the Pope for political reasons, and then was revived by one of his descendants for similarly political reasons. And the "unification" of the Germans into one 'state' is... misleading, as they were conquered by Charlemagne and given to his descendants. The idea that the Germans fused with the Romans was a thing that largely was passed around either Nationalist German groups or used as political legitimacy by the Holy Roman Emperors... Odd to see it here, I won't lie. In short, the Germans didn't fuse with the Romans. They took the title for the prestige.
@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad
@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad Ай бұрын
1:12 Weren’t the dutch considered german for a vast majority of their existence?
@commisaryarreck3974
@commisaryarreck3974 Ай бұрын
Considering that we're speaking low german yeah... I don't know if this is oversimplification for the sake of brevity or just poor research
@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad
@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad Ай бұрын
@@commisaryarreck3974 they also use modern borders quite a lot
@kimashitawa8113
@kimashitawa8113 Ай бұрын
Exactly
@kimashitawa8113
@kimashitawa8113 Ай бұрын
​@@commisaryarreck3974 Low German is Saxon while Dutch is Low Franconian
@Argacyan
@Argacyan Ай бұрын
Sorta, albeit "German" is a national category, kinda like "Swiss" or"Austrian" etc. The Dutch were and continue to be Germanic, They're today not "German" simply because it's a separate country.
@RespecTheLevYT
@RespecTheLevYT Ай бұрын
I love how in a History Scope video GERMANY always SHALL BE UNITED
@jemmytaveras
@jemmytaveras Ай бұрын
Why your map of Germany missing Schleswig-Holstein?
@bennruda11
@bennruda11 Ай бұрын
Would you or could you ever do a poland will be divided scope video on how they were torn apart and later reunited?
@dariusgunter5344
@dariusgunter5344 Ай бұрын
BIIIIG Issue is you portray austrians as non germans here, at the time Austrians where seen as a central part of germany and ger,man nationalists wnated the german parts of austria and some non gemren parts to be part of germany, you constantly use the small german solution as a visual example but tahst just not what peopel wanted. In a similar light german unification wanst about independence but about beeing german together, austria was seen as oppressive but not an occupier because of how they held mroe power in the confederation, but still the austrian monarch was as far as I know, not asked to be the german king, because of theri multiple non gemran titles. This video in the beginning does an incredibly poor job at portraying who was seen as german and who wasnt, austrians, werent a thing then, they were germans in austria.
@HistoryScope
@HistoryScope Ай бұрын
I say multiple times that Austrians were part of the German speaking people...
@dariusgunter5344
@dariusgunter5344 Ай бұрын
@@HistoryScope You do but the portrail in the beginning and maps you use paint a picture that they were not considered "German", the term austrians shouldn't have been used. there are two main reasons for that teh first beeing teh austrian national identety came only really about after ww1 and cemented after ww2, secondly the swiss are in the same boat as "german speaking people", but they were never intended in the original proposals for a german nation, not even in the greater german solution. Hell one could even argue the dutch would've fallen in that term at the time due to the multiple gemran dialects in the north considered gemran which ahd more in common with dutch than modern high german. As such I find at least personally taht you present the german Austrian distinction as more solid and present than it was. As such the use of "austrian" as a national identety paints in my opinion a very wrong picture especially due to your multiple claims german nationalism was about liberation from under the austrian boot (which it wasn't, it was about german unity, it was the german states leadership which soiught more idependence from Vienna but that was also true againgst Berlin, at the time german nationalists wanted all german people to be in one state, the failure of 1848 was mainly that no one agreed on how taht germany would look like and who would lead it). Idk if I made my point more clear I don't mean to discredit your work and maybe I misunderstood something or am myslef in error but in my personal opinion with the knwoledge I ahve I think it was a stark misremresentation in the beginning of the video between austrians and germans. Especially the maps you used undelrined taht for me.
@General_Dane
@General_Dane Ай бұрын
0:26 Apparently, Denmark was part of Rome?
@ulrichhartmann4585
@ulrichhartmann4585 19 күн бұрын
Germany existed since the middle ages. Otherwise there would not have been a word for it. The maps in this video are incorrect as well most of the text.
@thomasjohnson2862
@thomasjohnson2862 Ай бұрын
23:10 Talking about Germans creating a common German identity from becoming increasingly connected - to what extent could that be happening with Europe today, that as increasingly Europeans connect and communicate with each other in English, we form a common European identity, which starts to rise in importance relative to our national identities
@ll-fd4xn
@ll-fd4xn Ай бұрын
thank you!!!
@qbertq1
@qbertq1 27 күн бұрын
"Killing your customers is bad for business." Classic.
@_chaos_insurgency9546
@_chaos_insurgency9546 Ай бұрын
Cool👍
@SHADI-df1kb
@SHADI-df1kb Ай бұрын
32:00 was fun 🤣🤣 “oops”.
@nahuelpiguillem2949
@nahuelpiguillem2949 Ай бұрын
Argentina is older than Germany. LOL
@CensoredMercy
@CensoredMercy Ай бұрын
this wasnt the vid i expected
@withonelook1985
@withonelook1985 Ай бұрын
That was Sir Humphrey’s speech…
@JonBrownSherman
@JonBrownSherman Ай бұрын
Is this re-upload or did I just watch this on Nebula a while ago?
@thomashattey8037
@thomashattey8037 Ай бұрын
Very succinct.
@marmac83
@marmac83 Ай бұрын
So many inaccuracies in this video, starting with the maps. LAZY!
@sleepingtom9337
@sleepingtom9337 Ай бұрын
Correction: on 5:55 Russia had control of the baltics not the balkans.
@TheIrieman15
@TheIrieman15 Ай бұрын
I'm both dizzy and exhausted.
@CliffCardi
@CliffCardi Ай бұрын
15:00 for Americans, you can blame Horace Mann for compulsory education.
@arvindersingh2203
@arvindersingh2203 Ай бұрын
Good thing we have Germans, every important time in history with civilisation changing event. There is always german presence.
@HaaraaldEriksson
@HaaraaldEriksson Ай бұрын
"Germany exists." Proceeds showing a map of a Germany that never existed in this form.
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