Germany's plans to win WWI

The outbreak of World War I demonstrated changes in warfare and warplans of both sides were thrown into disarray. This video looks on a strategic level how Germany attempted to find its path to victory in this new situation.
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[@lillyie]

Welcome to the Eastory comment section where everyone thinks they are an expert military strategist after 100+ hours of HOI4 experience

[@wantab3648]

I don’t see any

[@perpetual_suffering1458]

@@wantab3648 then you're scrolling while asleep broski

[@szron6890]

I have 750 hours in hoi4 And I still think they took the best ways they could

[@Goober_80]

And all the other comments are just memes but that's not really a bad thing though.

[@Denver_Thugits]

Lowkey after playing HOI4 and watching this guy makes me think I’m as good as napoleon

[@ravenkk4816]

“German will just wait for the enemy to expend the troop on the attack” Hoi 4 in a nutshell

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

Well the AI isn't that terrible anymore that they suicide nonstop on your maxed out fortress (Czechslovakia could kill Russia like that if the border was small) since a long time now, however if they >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>think

[@erfanshokri243]

@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi actually they will attack if their division template is havier then yours

[@MortyrSC2]

AI is still terrible, but that's not the real problem with this game. Combat system is broken. There is literally only one viable division template to use (40 width INF/ART/TD) plus single CAVs for suppression. And zero planes because they are useless. Try to play anything else in multi and you will get steamrolled. Also economy is too simplified: there is a single optimal solution for every country for initial build up and it makes every start identical (or you just shoot yourself in the foot by doing something else).

[@jacktheonion5052]

Planes are extremely powerful in hoi4. Are you playing the same game?

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

HOI 4 is entirely broken dude, nothing about it makes sense or is any good. I mean the supply system is such a mess already and a huge downgrade, in HOI 3 you could decide what lines go where while in HOI 4 the AI decides for you and if you attack the Caucasus or Italy as Germany the AI will pick the sea route instead of the land route despite that it makes 0 sense and will send all your convoys to die so you're stuck with 2 supply for entire Italy/Caucasus and no way to change that unless ignoring the harbors or having luck cause sometimes the AI doesn't do that shit but its random sadly. Though, I guess its a fitting game for a just as dumb community cause I did a steam thread about this with a detailed description and pictures and the answers I got were abyssmal. Fanboys trying to find whatever excuse, alot not even understanding what I was talking about or giving straight up pointless answers that made no sense.

[@shaheerrashid4876]

Video: * Mentions Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. * Ottoman Empire: *Understandable......Have a great day*

[@jimmyanderson9224]

ottomans were shit, sick man of europe

[@leaveme3559]

Irrelevant

[@Ahmed-zr7sw]

@@jimmyanderson9224 ottoman extended war 2 year. Ottoman war on 10 front. And ottoman didnt want war, prussia take ottoman in war with goeben and breslau

[@ayushbajaj4708]

@@Ahmed-zr7sw face it turk, ottoman empire was weak in its final days. Only from 1450s to 1700s was it powerful

[@Ahmed-zr7sw]

@@ayushbajaj4708 ottoman defeat cristians armys on 1350 Sırpsındığı, Çirmen Varna... And in 1860 1870 you say sick man to ottoman but ottoman have the most powerfull army on world.

[@jozefmasny8349]

Bismarck said to Germans: The biggest wisdom in the war is to know when to stop when you are succesful. Bismarck was a smart man. He resign because nobody listened to him when he said that they cannot win against everyone.

[@jozefmasny8349]

@subscribe to my empty channel or Not really. They were strong. But their allies were not. Besides, they should have been happy for achieving re-unification instead of getting arrogant. That was the cause of their downfall.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

If Germany had followed his principle of fighting only defensive wars to politically isolate ones' enemies Germany would have owned Europe half a century ago.

[@enderreaper1482]

@@j.f.fisher5318 Germany kinda owns Europe now sooooo.......

[@zero-0159]

WWI was actually in a Stalemate, germany was tired, French too and morale (they were willing to defend but not to attack) and Britain same as Germany, until british and americans resorted on a controversial scheme so USA will have excuse to enter in the war

[@chakraborty1989]

Wonder, instead of attacking western front In spring 1918, why not Germany tried to make peace UK or France right after Brest litovsk (hopefully spelling is correct) treaty? They could easily have better terms with threat that they will be pushing freedup army of eastern front If France and UK doesn't stop, like that...

[@evilnet1]

Germany was like the one competent team member randomly assigned to noobs.

[@evilnet1]

@Francesco Salvatore But it was 3 pros (US, UK, France) vs 1 pro.

[@vegitoblue8249]

eliss suzaku usa sucked in ww1 Austria Hungarian empire was using 80% of their troops on Italian front and Russia was the main reason Germany couldn’t beat France

[@evilnet1]

@@vegitoblue8249 Still, the fact that the austro-Hungarians were getting their asses handed to them by Italy and Russia, two countries that were not very industrialized, proved how much of a noob it was. Germany ended up having to save their asses while fighting two fronts. US may have sucked due to relative inexperience yet would've prevailed due to numbers and sheer industry in a war of attrition.

[@splashlol1638]

@@evilnet1 Italy wasn't so noob They defeated the Austrian empire so many times and lost only 1 battle

[@jxg1652]

@@splashlol1638 Sometimes noobs frag noobs, it happens.

[@valiatus6719]

Germany: Austria... WHY AM I CARRYING THE ENTIRE WAR!?

[@genericyoutubeaccount579]

Austria: I haf to fight Serbia and Russia. 2 v 1. No fair. Germany: Bitch what?

[@TheFoxonTheRadio]

Generic KZbin Account Bulgaria: Aight you Serbian bitch I got you

[@doktord.8403]

Austria: I was AFK

[@thebravegallade731]

Generic KZbin Account meanwhile germany fighting basically a 4vs1TWICE And fucking holding its own.

[@JustScrapHD]

@Giovanni Bellisario an also:Japan... WHY DID YOU SUDDENLY ATTACK THE USA

[@javierjp8549]

girls with a time machine: "omg I'm your future daughter" boys with a time machine: "Kaiser, do not attack Belgium"

[@Iwanwahid1969]

@Ugandan Knuckles Tsar, dont let that hobo into the castle!

[@user-nf4jy3rg4g]

"hitler dont attack russia that early"

[@javierjp8549]

@@user-nf4jy3rg4g fuck hitler all my homies are allies of the German empire

[@williamdeutsch1446]

France don’t place such harsh repetitions on the Germans causing financial crisis and a dude with a cool mustache gain large support among the peoples and implement an authoritarian takeover.

[@Iwanwahid1969]

@@williamdeutsch1446 i dont want to ruin the moment but France dont actually enforce such harsh policies to the German for not paying the reparation. If anything, it was the Great Depression that caused the greatest suffering to the german people since they were borrowing money with the US. And suddenly found the money they borrowed become useless, and now have to pay two country...biggest oof in history.

[@supremeleaderkimjongun5332]

America is the type of dude who shows up late to the project and take credit for everything.

[@wizzedcam]

Das rite >:]

[@t0xicator]

hi papa kim

[@coderr_]

They still did stuff in both wars

[@riowarner0617]

@@coderr_ ww1 not so much britain did more in ww1 and so did france and uk and us did the same in ww2

[@coderr_]

@@riowarner0617 no im saying they did alot of stuff in ww1 but britan and france did alot more

[@GamingWithJumbo]

**War** with France: **1914** **Battle** of France: **1940**

[@cornertakenquicklyorigi4290]

It was so short that it was called a battle lol

[@silverpleb2128]

@@cornertakenquicklyorigi4290 It was called a battle because france only made an armistice, which is not a capitulation ( like netherland did. )

[@yakro3449]

France kept fighting with Charles de Gaulle btw they just gave free power to the wrong person (Petain) De Gaulle organized the Resistance in London , with the Resistance in France, and the troops in Africa.

[@panakap2186]

But still France has lower war contribution than Poland

[@silverpleb2128]

@@panakap2186 nope. France contributed directly to the D-day, and Provence landing, France contributed to the defeat of the axis in North Africa by stopping the German and Italian attack at bir hakeim where the French troops were protecting the South of the commonwealth troop. France laid the attack at Monte cassino by using their own troops to flank the Germans to let the British and polish attacking without too many risks, France also participated in the battle of England, and also sent a fighter squadron to help ussr. France participated in the war effort with its resistance which was the biggest resistance group. Of all European nations occupied by the axis, you can say that the polish were the biggest but numbers and acts talk by them self. In the battle of France, France destroyed a total of 1000 planes which had a significativly importance for the battle of England. France also protected the British retreat at Dunkerque et saved the BEF from being captured.

[@mman.235]

Blame Austria Hungary for both world wars, 2 reasons Declaring War on Serbia and Not Letting Hitler into the Vienna Painting Academy.

[@arche8229]

true

[@dbkarman]

but i mean there was already a power gap in germany and the german people werent happy with democracy, especially with a 1/2 trillion dollar dept to pay adjusted for inflation, it was going to get exploited it was just a matter of when

[@dbkarman]

who knows, Hitler 2.0 may have gotten power or someone who actually cares about his people, but in that case if you cared about ur people over throwing you would be easy, so at some point some other hitler would have taken power (probably much worse )

[@tommythewiseandsmartlucari1612]

I agree

[@juicynoob6966]

Very nice

[@gatta1242]

Switzerland in ww1: neutral Switzerland in ww2: neutral Kit-kat is the best choclate ever Switzerland: war!!

[@Max-xf8bl]

Hahaha. Chocolat the is the only reason for a war. ^^

[@LeiteArts10]

isn't Nestlé swiss?

[@fsulitskiy]

@Chris Hein and also Switzerland is really awkward to attack cuz it's all mountainous so it's not beneficial to fight them, especially when they don't want to fight you

[@dovahkiin_brasil]

@Chris Hein yeah, also chocolate land idea of neutrality means: "step on that mountain and you are dead". Going for Switzerland was getting the other side an ally who had powerfull defense and good strategic position

[@kokoloko607]

no, dont touch my chibburecci

[@TalonAshlar]

Kaiser Wilhelm's obsession with building a modern navy cost him dearly. The Kriegsmarine was an outstanding service but it diverted resources away from the army while never being able to break the blockade.

[@leonpaelinck]

It also caused tension between Great Britain in the first place.

[@simonvonkyrene989]

They didn't break the blockade because they didn't try

[@XAKatiyax]

@@simonvonkyrene989 they did but naval combat was deemed way too costly, they gave orders to break the blockade again in 1918 but the navy revolted against the government

[@ct-5486metal]

It was called the Kaiserliche Marine and not Kriegsmarine. Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany during WW2.

[@xavierthepaladin5966]

@puiterken it was chaimberlan’s dad’s bad negotiation, and misunderstanding that caused the tension, britain WANTED an alliance with Germany, but chose france bc germany didn’t agree

[@verynonexistent591]

Switzerland: Eating their chocolate since 1815

[@jhonegamingco]

@/dev/RerunCipher XD

[@kewintaylor7056]

Nothing wrong with that!...not their war!.... I also want the world stop messing up with Thailand with their war!...😝

[@timamberg7061]

So true (From a swiss guy)

[@Vigilante-3-1]

There was hunger during the war even in Switzerland

[@BN33BN]

Fuck Switzerland!

[@serubyne57]

Austria-Hungary: "Yo, Germany, pass the declaration of war" Germany: "You better not get us into a two front war" Austria-Hungary: *declares war on Serbia* Germany: "scheiße"

[@squidwardart]

well actually germany wanted war,austria wouldnt go so far if germans didnt ask

[@TheStalenin]

All countries wanted war, especially France!

[@squidwardart]

+Kaiser Andrenius,especially luxembourg

[@serubyne57]

@@squidwardart Maybe even Switzerland.

[@rateeightx]

@bubartem I Thought The Austrians Got The Impression That The Germans Wanted War, When They Actually Didn't... Or At Least That's What Extra History Told Me.

[@roybatty-]

Nobody: Germany: I'ma finna fight the world. Twice.

[@6876I]

*dragged into the war twice.

[@6876I]

@spudnic88 WW1: Germany was the last power to mobilize or be overrun by Russia and France. Never before in history has the very last power to mobilize been blamed for starting a war. WW2: Hitler made numerous peace offers between 1933 and 1940. Germany and USSR occupied Poland together yet Great Britain declared war to Germany only. Operation Barbarossa was a pre-emptive strike. www.counter-currents.com/2011/04/exposing-stalins-plan-to-conquer-europe/ russia-insider.com/en/history/germans-cut-through-red-army-1941-because-soviets-were-only-prepared-attack/ri27845

[@jakubstanicek6726]

@@6876I Germany declared war on France in ww1. Operation Barbarossa was not a preemptive strike. I got it, you like Germany, but stop telling lies pls. I can share some resources if you wish

[@6876I]

@@jakubstanicek6726 I don't like Germany, I like the historical truth. Germany declared war to France in WW1 because France was Russia's ally and it was their only chance to avoid annihilation fighting on two fronts. But that is not how it started... And operation Barbarossa was a pre-emptive strike. It's explained in the links I provided. The soviets broke the Ribentrop-Molotov pact.

[@lazarjovanovic4388]

@@6876I what are u smoking? SoViEtS BrOkE MoLOtoV-RiBeNtRoP PaCt... so u brother are saying ussr attacked germany and was the agressor? also germany convinced ussr into invading poland and uk didnt declare war for a reason lol

[@stacyfancher800]

I love your channel and your voice keeps me warm at night. Nice content

[@screamer5029]

Truth is, the game was rigged from the start.

[@joshualittlewolfe8550]

‘Murica

[@panachevitz]

Did not expect a New Vegas reference in the comments when I started watching. ;)

[@yoavmor9002]

*IWO JIMA*

[@CallingSkoot]

@@yoavmor9002 Nice to see a fellow Bokoen1 fan here

[@jaskitstepkit7153]

What in the god damn!

[@RyomaG]

Game factions selection USA: easy Great Britain: normal French Republic: hard German Empire: very hard

[@danielwoods3896]

Romania: veteran difficulty

[@rosoven3471]

Nazi Germany: insane

[@josemiguelcaballerorestrep2101]

Luxembourg: meme difficulty

[@gurkensoldat9064]

@Institoris we don't eat popcorn we eat chocolate.

[@gurkensoldat9064]

Ja das ist der Schweizerersatz für popcorn ,Chips , Vodka und Hamburger.

[@zaidatimash713]

Both World wars started because of two Austrian guys. And Germany got the blame for both

[@pavansavana7425]

Austria is also German

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Germany started the Second World War. But the first falls on both Serbia, and Austria both. Serbia because, a Serbian assassinated an Arch Duke, and Austria of over reacting to the whole thing. Or, at lest that's how I veiw it.

[@walterheisenbergwhite6034]

First world war was started because a serb assasinated 1 guy and austria hungarian empire over reacted. And then they all decided to go to war with each other. The second started because An austrian guy decided to attack poland. And then everybody else attacked that guy. Also austria is a german nation.

[@f.s.1429]

Poland started WW2 and got fucked from both sides within 2 months. Took it like a real polish boi.

[@Orange-wf8wh]

Fu Shin how did Poland start the war?

[@koekelakouwnt7949]

Best video about the course of the war I have seen yet. Thank you!

[@aa898246]

i like how their plan for ww1 was the same plan for ww2

[@mixer1307]

World War 1 Version 2: Blitzkrieg Boogaloo

[@taurentsiuz9206]

Yeah there even was a guy that said that war was not over and that treaty of versaile is only a truce

[@chaywen9240]

Kaiser Wilhelm: Ok let's run really fast to Paris and then we win the war. Hitler: Alright instead of running, let's bomb the shit out of a straight line, send a ton of civilians running towards their army, and then roll up with all our best tanks.

[@aa898246]

@@chaywen9240 lol

[@lukeelliot2349]

Nah it was fairly different - it's main attack through southern Belgium straight to Verdun rather then attempting a general westward occupation of Belgium then dipping into France. The French in WW2 expected the plan to be the same (and originally it was extremely similar) and so prepared for that rather then what actually happened.

[@Jetman123]

>"Eastory - posted 37 minutes ago" >throw bowl of cereal against the wall, hurl carton of milk into garbage, brush all the important paperwork off desk >go offline on everything >fullscreen and watch

[@Fakeslimshady]

closes porn

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

stops porn dl

[@TheSeanoops]

*stops mid piss*

[@fulcrum2951]

Stops mid shit

[@TheSeanoops]

fulcrum 29 impossible.

[@rebelboi88]

I love the comparison of KZbin ad drought to the blockades. Earned a like for that alone.

[@liwo8998]

WW1: Germany loses. Germany: Replay!

[@polpot6]

Germany should’ve been dissolved after ww1

[@vvfgvg9715]

German is replaying WW1 they had lost again.

[@chip1646]

@@polpot6 Where are you from?

[@joemamaobama6863]

@@polpot6 do u need help

[@GTAandApplechannel]

@@chip1646 Cambodia judge by his name

[@DennisCambly]

I heard that it started when dude named Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry - Blackadder

[@wardhamuneeb4393]

😂😂

[@Clausewitz-jl8cl]

4:17 so basically Kaiser willhem played too much hoi4

[@serubyne57]

Did he adopt an artillery only strategy though?

[@Clausewitz-jl8cl]

@@serubyne57 I don't know man but that sure would have been a helping ARM

[@BelleDividends]

Aller nations played the artillery game after the initial months of 1914. Very heavily.

[@nyarlathotep7204]

@@serubyne57 Yes. Infantry was there only to add some organization All praise the mighty Artillarus

[@justarandomguy9234]

also invested all his civilian factories into bunkers. Not a solid plan, not enough military factories.

[@amisicro955]

And with this you learn more of ww1 than 5 years of history class

[@napoleonbonaparte6705]

IKR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS BULLSHIT

[@drunkenpeanut6582]

@@napoleonbonaparte6705 we were learning ww1 in year 8, specifically the battle of the somme, and I learnt way more just watching history videos than I ever did learning ww1 for a year

[@napoleonbonaparte6705]

@@drunkenpeanut6582 you are 100 percent correct my good sir.

[@kaliyuga1476]

I like how the Central powers lost the war despite never fighting in their homelans

[@shanesocial7339]

ottomen empire got there mainland invaded

[@Rynewulf]

Austria Hungary spent a good chunk of its war trying to get Russians out of their eastern borders and the end of the war trying to slow the Italians getting through the west

[@hanneswiggenhorn2023]

I'm pretty sure towards the end Bulgaria and Austria Hungary pretty much collapsed, like Bulgaria got defeated while the Austro Hungarian army collapsed together with the entire country

[@comradejeb2009]

Kinda weird how Germany gets blamed for world war 2 and hitler *laughs in Austrian*

[@metalfire86able]

World need someone to be blame so, If axis won, Churchill + Stalin will be curse for their shit

[@jeffsanders1609]

Legally Hitler, as an Austrian, was not allowed to join the Bavarian Army during WWI. What should have happened is he should have been denied and told to go join the Austrian army but somehow he got in. No one knows exactly how. Hitler claimed in "Mein Kampf" that the Bavarian King, Ludwig III, decided to make an exception but Ludwig denied this claim. What probably happened was a Bavarian recruiter decided the Bavarians needed all the men they could get and made an exception for Hitler But imagine a world where Hitler went to the Eastern Front to fight for the Austrians! Crazy to think about

[@crystxlzx6442]

@@metalfire86able And Truman as well

[@Apodeipnon]

I don't think that's weird at all. It's weird how some people still act like Germany was responsible and evil in WW1, but that's just ignorance I guess. Hitler fought in the German infantry iirc in WW1 and he was a German nationalist, and he was elected by the German people. He was born very close to the German border. It doesn't matter that much that he was born in Austria.

[@Kurvaux]

Synerrox “He was elected by the German people” No he wasn’t. He was appointed to the position of chancellor by president Paul von Hindenburg. The NSDAP has less than 30% of the votes at the time of his appointment as chancellor. I agree with you about the fact that Germany gets unfairly blamed for WW1

[@theiceana7237]

6:38 Kaiser Willhelm: Theres no way this could go wrong. **~30 years later...** *s o v i e t a n t h e m p l a y s o v e r b e r l i n*

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Hitler: What can possibly go wrong? *Soviet Anthem plays in Berlin*

[@attilamolnar2649]

Russia would has been more powerful in 1941, if they had capitalist economy between 1917-1941, so the bolshevik trick was useful.

[@aneesh2115]

@@attilamolnar2649 not really. Russia needs a metric stalin to industrialise so quickly . And the czar was no stalin. He was too weak to industrialise

[@sovietmilk2674]

Biggest karma i've ever seen

[@mehmeh1999]

@@attilamolnar2649 So a weak Tsar was to reorganize a country that he mismanaged in the first place?

[@eisenkoenig8324]

Imagine using a time travel device to show the German emperor all these videos Knowledge is power

[@jerski14344]

but Reichsführer John Smith died and his North American Reich with him.

[@gerovon2558]

@@jerski14344 god damit im watching man in high castle and u just spoiled it

[@fuzyquzy9877]

nope a little more manpower and resources can help germany to win the war power is power

[@alinastanescu4430]

Europe in the 21st century Großes deutsches Reich

[@superdouble8834]

Oh no no no it’s cannon event 😂😂😂 I mean it’s true, u will not exist if German empire succeeds

[@Novac_Alexandru]

Woww the best plans ever! Big like.

[@Leivve]

Germany would have won if they fallowed Bismark advice. There are 5 great powers in Europe, always be on the side with 3, and always side with Russia.

[@Raisonnance.]

France, UK, Germany, Russia Who is the last ? Italy ? Poland ?

[@DrSmollest]

@@Raisonnance. Austria-Hungary

[@DrSmollest]

@Adam Khurshid Not really, it was going to die at this point and was a secondary power.

[@sandman8115]

@@DrSmollest Even secondary power is probably generous given that Austria-Hungarian Empire couldn't even defeat Serbia on their own.

[@DrSmollest]

@@sandman8115 That's because they had many troops on the Russian Front

[@InspectHistory]

Yes! German episode! Thanks Eastory! We're your fans from Indonesia 😇

[@azzaaditya5599]

Well its good to know im not the only Indonesian who watch this stuff

[@forgefathereli8354]

Damn son indonesia? I gotta ask. Do they have blocks on certain websites? I know Indonesia isn't TECHNICALLY under sharia law. But alas their are huge parts of Indonesia that are so violently into sharia law, i couldn't visit as a Jew. I'd have my balls chopped off and stuffed into my mouth before having my head removed! And thats if their feeling nice enough to NOT make my death slow... *But* I have been to some of the tourist port cities. But their *for tourists* very little inside these bubbles is indonesian except the workers and the food... Which btw to random people: indonesian food is AMAZING i don't know why their arn't indonesian restaurants all over the place like chinese and indian food joints.

[@forgefathereli8354]

Especially because the food is made of all the things we (as westerners) are already used to. Just no meat and milk produced products in the same dishes. No prawns, and no pork. I know its sad, imagine what they could do if they didn't have to keep Halal! Then again they wouldn't have perfected making good food that IS HALAL if their wasn't the concept OF halal, so like most things its a double edged sword and needs to be handled with care! Why is jew food so boring...Deli sandwiches are good, I do like meat in between two pieces of bread, but there's just only so much you can do with that pattern. Btw its because jews are obsessed with "eating on the go" thats why its all about sandwiches (same with cubans)

[@adiabd1]

@@forgefathereli8354 blocked websites do exist here, but mostly just because it contains porn or politically sensitive issues (that's what the government said though) And about sharia law, I think it's only in Aceh that's very strict on it, the rest 32 provinces just follows national rules, and Islamic rules just being followed by Muslim locals. Foreign tourists are left alone on that, except if the violation is very obvious, and it involves many locals, and also the locals are strict followers, then the tourists will get some trouble. But again, it's rarely happened here (especially to tourists). We mostly being friendly to them. No worry on that. And about food, as you said, don't just visit tourist pockets when visiting, especially that crowded with foreign travelers. If you want to experience the true indonesian cuisine, then go look at lots of local restaurants in the outskirts of the city

[@King_loscar343]

P

[@CJSocom120]

I love this video chances are that I have watched it at least 10 times

[@aughhhhhhhhhhhh]

Such a fools saying that the germans got in austrian war... the tentions between the great powers were becoming higher and higher, the german ambition to own colonies in africa, the expanding military power of Germany. The war was just a matter of time!

[@patrikkalus5567]

Also Russia at that time wasnt as industrialy developed as rest of European powers, but they were quickly catching up. So in 1910s leaders of centrals powers had mentality, better war with Russia now while we can still defeat them rather than wait another 10-20 years.

[@aughhhhhhhhhhhh]

@@patrikkalus5567 ofc russia wasnt developed .. what about the infrastructure total trash that the communists fixed

[@blueoceancorporations1019]

@@aughhhhhhhhhhhh Russia was already beginning to fixing its problems even before the communists took over. Russia would have industrialized either way, though without Stalin less people would have starved.

[@aughhhhhhhhhhhh]

@@blueoceancorporations1019 lololo what about economy? Or army? Or industry or all kinda productions

[@aughhhhhhhhhhhh]

@@blueoceancorporations1019 ok...😂😂😂

[@edvard8449]

I think the answer is Italy. If the Germans pressed Austria Hungary into giving up the remaining italian territories, Italy would have entered the war on their side, this would: 1. Make France fight a War on two fronts. 2. Unleash the Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman navies in the Mediterranean, dividing the British Navy in two. 3. Let all Italian and Austro Hungarian armies join the rest of the Central Powers's offensives in Russia, in the Balkans, and in the Western Front. The only downsight is food shortages. Italy would not solve the supply problem of the Central Powers, and the Entente would still have the upper hand in terms of supplies. Thing is, the Central Powers could have already beaten France without having to enter in a war of attrition. France and the BEF just barely resisted the German offensive of 1914, and if the French had to defend the Italian border too, they would have had a lot less troops to fight the Germans, so the Germans would take Paris and push France into surrendering.

[@serdarcs3373]

I mean if italy was on their side why invade through belgium and get the british involved? Just go through italy.

[@edvard8449]

@@serdarcs3373 cause crossing the Alps with 2 million men sucks?

[@edvard8449]

@CommandoDude I think you're mistaking the claimed land in 1914 with the territories that were promised by the Entente at London.

[@jadenk1409]

@@edvard8449 I think the best way to convince italy not to betray triple pact is just make austria give south tirol and istria and promise if they join war on central power and win, they'll get corsica and savoy province of france which is ethnically italian. so let italy unite every ethnic italians. *also give rommania&serbia to austria as vassal/economical junior partner. not to make austrian pissed about cede their territory to italy

[@edvard8449]

@@jadenk1409 well, I don't know if the Romania thing makes sense, but sure it would make the Austrians pissed, so granting them an annexation of Serbia would do the trick. And yes, if they promised Corsica, Nice, and Savoy to Italy they would have honored the alliance.

[@jiriseidl4376]

Turn the Schliefen plan upside down. Defend on the short french border with Hills and forests, where you can fall back to the Rhine to defend. Without the need to invade Beligium, Britain may not enter the war at all, or would enter later, and the French couldn´t effectively blockade German marine trade. This opens up a lot of divisions to defeat Serbia and Russia and detter Italy and Romania from joining the French at all. At this point, Germany controls all of the Balkans and Greece is still pro-German, with Russia knocked out. The question in this scenario is the position of GB. If GB stays out of the war completely, then Germany could still potentialy attack through Belgium, though that is unlikely. GB would at least make it clear at this point that Benelux is a no go. Without a suicidal push into France, Germany could add pressure in Africa, threatening French dominion. Though at this point, Britain would certainly threaten to declare war and blockade Germany and would force it to negotiate a peace settlement. Either way, to defeat France, you would still need round 2 with WW2 technologies that made offense viable again.

[@fkjl4717]

GB wont stay out of war and just watch fall of Russia, Germans are rival to them and they are not so stupid. GB would join immediately as they know of defeat of russian army , and trade blockade would be started.

[@hmscentre2907]

UK would join anyway. It was pretty much a war for colonies and influence

[@sethheristal9561]

UK was the real enemy of germany in WW1, just like URSS was the real enemy in WW2. The war was in both cases between those 2 sides for the dominion on the emisphere. All the other nations are just coprotagonists.

[@jiriseidl4376]

Seth Heristal Sorry but no. While the UK did a lot with its trade blockade, the one putting their weight in and bearing the brunt was France.

[@sebastianruhland5198]

This sounds good. But what if France would not attack and just wait for Russia being ready for war and attack simultainlsy.

[@asianlifter]

Our World: The German Plan was doomed from the start. Alternate Word: The Entente Plan was doomed from the start.

[@fristnamelastname5549]

(In Spain's world: My plans of World Conquest, wasn't doomed from the start.) - Spain: 😴

[@Tutel9528]

Nah,it wasn’t doomed.That’s myth of Allied fanboys,Germany was quite strong in 1914 and well prepared for War unlike in 1939.They were capable of defeating everyone on the land in 1v1.They had a strong navy too which was smaller than just Royal Navy.İf they were good at foreign diplomacy,they could easily win.

[@asianlifter]

MemeLover referring to the fact a frickton of people say the central power plan was doomed from the start. Even with ww2

[@mattyguitar9951]

If only

[@Askhat08]

Entente is controlling half of the world, how could they lose?

[@conquer6347]

We need more of these videos

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

8:22 technically the Bolsheviks did try to make peace with Germany with their pamphlet on 'peace with no annexations' but Germany refused and because of the bad terms of a potential German-Soviet peace treaty the Soviets decided to continue fighting. As your video stated it was then when the Germans launched an offensive that took over a lot of Russian land, and that was the point the Bolsheviks sued for peace. At that time the Bolshevik government was actually a coalition government between left wing socialist revolutionaries and Bolsheviks. The socialist revolutionaries all resigned because of the Brest-Litovsk treaty paving the way to one party rule.

[@Eastory]

You have a good point. In hindsight the words in the narration should have been more accurate a la "the Bolsheviks did not agree to the Germany's terms"

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

yea that would have made more sense but as always. I am the pedantic viewer. ;)

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

Thank you for the compliment :)

[@zionistcat1807]

Bolsheviks also didnt recieve any funding from Germany/

[@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn]

Actually Germany was also in favor of peace but with little annexation for eg Poland but the Bolsheviks under Trotsky tried to stall the peace talks which tied German manpower in the east So no the Russians were not so sincere on the idea of making peace

[@rhinoujakey8887]

The plan wasn't doomed from the start, but Germany could have had a better position.

[@Phantoharibo]

@I Hate Onions For WWI, it's a miracle that France, Russia and UK allied together. Congrats to kaiser Wilhelm 2, one of the biggest buffoon of history that managed to ruin everything Bismarck did.

[@mikebather6688]

Germany was hella stupid in both wars

[@nerevarchthn6860]

QuaDead germany was Hella Smart at both world wars they achieved more than an other country could and without the wars germany wouldn’t exist today

[@iansneddon2956]

@@Phantoharibo Did you mean to say it would have been a miracle if France, Russia and UK hadn't allied together? France and Russia formed a deliberate military alliance against Germany years before the war. It might have been possible to keep the UK out but Kaiser Wilhelm II's foreign policy of antagonizing most every other power was certainly not helpful.

[@Keckegenkai]

@@Phantoharibo You're completely overlooking french revanchism and Bitains doctrine for mainland Europe. After Bismarck took A&L, it was clear that the next war was fought gainst Germany, in the view of France. Germany ecconomy was outperforming Britain at that time and that was enough for them to further isolate Germany.

[@vagot]

great job!!!

[@emperornapoleon6204]

Well made video!!

[@issacishy]

Finally, some high quality video on youtube. You deserve more subs.

[@yanxishan6575]

I love how the entry of Bulgaria into the war is considered equivalent to Italy’s entry. I know the “Italy is a terrible ally” joke is overused, but here it actually makes sense: Bulgaria won more battles and captured more territory than Italy.

[@GalileoScientist]

Please look up the Battle of Vittorio Veneto where Italy knocked Austria-Hungary out of WW1.

[@Fabioonn]

@@GalileoScientist Austria was already colapsing

[@hanneswiggenhorn2023]

​@@GalileoScientistbut thats not really because of the battle. Austria Hungary was already de facto dissolved at the start of the battle

[@sykles8589]

I like how decisive move was shown like H4, that is rated as the worst starting move in chess.

[@jacobthompson2189]

I love the videos

[@drnolegs797]

Love this.

[@MainesOwn]

so, what's happening? Are you going to continue? The content and presentation is amazing, it's also perfect to teach history classes. I understand that this must be terribly time-consuming and hope you are going to continue at some point. What is the other channel? I can't find a link anywhere. Thanks and greetings!

[@micheleraspanti5212]

Good video, but at the beginning of the video it seems that Great Britain join the war later than France, but in fact they were allied before the war. Thanks for the video!

[@MobiusCoin]

I like this summary of WWI.

[@SpanishDio]

This Channel is awesome!

[@jrwhitnah]

The dynamic graphics with your narration really make this much easier to understand. Have you thought about doing/already done same for Tsingtao and pacific events affecting the Germans in WW1? And thank you!

[@antoniocarrascosa6060]

Magnífico video, enhorab desde España...

[@PabloSS15]

Wow muy bueno el video, que bueno que esta substitulado

[@randomobserver8168]

Loved watching auto-caption for "Entente". I've seen "untaught", "untanned", and "ant ant" at least.

[@captinobvious4705]

With hindsight: don't attack Belgium. W/O hindsight: Nock Russia first, before attempting to nock France, and don't involve the USA.

[@MrNicoJac]

There's no knocking Russia out without loads and loads and loads of trucks and good roads. Would've been absolutely impossible in WW1. Even here, it only happened because the (Red) Soviets were stupid enough to lose/disband their armies before negotiations were concluded...

[@1jomojo]

Nope, taking Russia is imposible, in WW1 even more then in WW2 The Germans just had mad luck the Soviets disarmed the army

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

But they could have taken over Russia after the bolsheviks dissolved the army, couldn't they? like exploitiong the land and its ressources to be kept in the game

[@joelmonsion1639]

They did the complete opposite of all of that

[@Septimus_ii]

Holding Russia would have been more difficult than it was worth - better to sign a favourable peace deal and free up troops for the West

[@RyanBennison]

I already knew everything you said in this video but I still watched it

[@mi-kr1gt]

Thank you for the Japanese translation!

[@icarius1461]

*Britain has joined the server*

[@dr.nosborn6330]

Italy:ok guys, I have a plan to win the war *Italy has switched sides*

[@axelmaldonado2642]

@@dr.nosborn6330 *USA has joined the server* USA: I know I'm late but I brought snacks.

[@dr.nosborn6330]

@@axelmaldonado2642 Sorry, no burgers This is a central powers server.

[@sillypuppy5940]

Where's my beer? Service is terrible here.

[@thedelta01100]

j'ai ramené des croissants

[@eca3101]

Awesome video. Keep it up

[@user-lt9pe4fe5c]

"The myth of the great war" is a fantastic book outlining how the germans consistently murdered the shit out of their opponents tactically

[@sampowell1649]

Рон Браун well that’s not strictly true.

[@theorange1729]

This just shows that tactics is only a small part of war. In reality war mostly depends on resources, manpower, land and industrial capability. The American civil war and the Napoleonic wars are other examples of good tactics losing to sheer power.

[@brydonthunder]

Sam Powell and orange are the same person lol

[@audunms4780]

Their tactical superiority blinded them.

[@polpot6]

Found the kaisarboo

[@FlymanMS]

Man, such a pointless and wasteful war.

[@davidlamb117]

Thats because both sides lost. The world. Lost.

[@killer-ox4rp]

@Bitcoin Broker Russia and Serbia were allies Slavic and same religion France and Russia were allies they hate Germany UK have treaty to protect Belgium they made Belgium Italy for land and money

[@edstar83]

@Viktor Magnusson kzbin.info/www/bejne/joLCooWwlNGmeZY

[@zied6456]

Alsace-Lorraine?

[@Joe-lr9ou]

Pointless wars don't dictate the fate of nations for decades to come

[@Bob-pb9me]

I really love these animations

[@Simon_kristensen]

as a hoi4 player i think Germany could've either given Alsace-Lorraine to Switzerland or just build trenches on the franco border and concentrate all of it's forces to the east

[@counterfeit1148]

I think Switzerland wouldn't have accepted it or given it to France

[@pedrofelipefreitas2666]

Yeah, Germany should've focused on going east, there's more territory and less developed nations, they might've been able to get away with it.

[@hanneswiggenhorn2023]

​@@pedrofelipefreitas2666I think the problem would have been that the pure size of Russia would be enough to force them to need so many troops that it would leave the western front very vulnerable, and I think there also was still the fear that they didn't know how far they would have to push the Russians to get them on the negotiating table, like they didn't really know if pushing till Moscow would be enough or if they would have to cross into Siberia, which would make it a risky gamble

[@Ludichetnik]

You forgot Salonica front and what happened there. Events there influence a lot in ending war with central powers defeat

[@matteomerlini604]

Hmmm, well, well, well. The Central Powers were always at a huge disadvantage, from the onset of the war; Britain and France could call on the support (manpower AND resources) of their long-established colonial empires; German colonies were almost irrelevant, as they were earned late in the race for colonies and were mostly poor in resources - and also, they were knocked out of the war early on, with the sole exception of the portion of East Africa were Paul von Lettow managed to hold off the British. To this, add the geographical position of Germany and Austria-Hungary, which, in this context, isolated both of them from most commercial routes (I am unsure whether German-Swedish routes were blockaded or not); the only way to break free of the blockade would have been a significant defeat of the Royal Navy, but the German High Seas Fleet could not deliver that (note that the German Empire had fallen behind the UK in the race to naval arms in the previous fifteen years or so). The entrance of the Ottoman Empire into the war made the situation easier to bear, with Iraqi oil fields becoming available, but it brought little relief from military pressure in Europe. That means that the German assumption that the war would've had to be won quickly was correct, as the lack of resources would've brought both Austria-Hungary and Germany to their knees. The Schlieffen Plan was an attempt to do precisely that, but it had fatal flaws (such as requiring the German troops to cover an enormous amount of territory in a very limited amount of time AND be ready for battle at the end of such an extenuating march); it could be argued that later revisions of the plan before its enactment only worsened the situation by making the right flank of the advancing German army weaker than what expected by the original plan. Once the war devolved into a war of attrition, the Central Empires got into a very bad position. IF the Eastern front could've been closed earlier, thus securing Rumenia's oil fields and Ukraine's grain and letting the Empires move their forces en masse to the Western front, it would've been a different story. They were not doomed from the start, no; but it is plain for everybody to see that their strategic disadvantages were to be expected to have (and had) a huge impact. Add to this that, where on the Entente side there were two modern industrialized countries (Britan and France), Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were behind on technology and organisation (though possibly not as much as Russia, but I would have to double check this to make sure)

[@farenhite4329]

This was also why the Germans took the gamble of going unrestricted submarine warfare again, and as a result, then expected the Americans to join the war which they sent the Zimmerman Telegram to distract the United States which we all know what happened next.

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

I believe the Russians were ahead of the Ottomans.

[@travisoliver6741]

@@alejandromaldonado6159 Yeah they were. Contrary to popular belief, Russia was not a backwards shithole. It actually had the world's fourth largest economy (Behind the United States, Britain, and Germany if I remember). Furthermore, German War Generals believed that, if unobstructed, Russia would be nearly impossible to defeat by 1917.

[@bobsemple9281]

Russia is a country that must be defeated quickly as if you let let it grow and build up it becomes an impossible to kill beast. '44/'45 Soviets come to mind

[@Truth4thetrue]

the original plan wasn't just revised, it was totally ignored by the high command, forces were pulled to stop the russians in eastern prussia and the southern commander refused to retreat into germany which meant the french weren't occupied in a useless offensive and could easily divert troops to stop the germans coming through belgium in the original plan, huge forces would attack through belgium whole the southern flank would retreat beforehand, this would trick the french into advancing into what they though was their rightful lands and allow the germans to advance through the north practically unopposed, if the french attempted to divert too much troops to the north this would leave their southern flanks exposed to german counterattack, instead what happened is that the french stood their ground ( which is a fortified border) as the germans didn't retreat so they were able to divert troops quickly and without the fear of german counterattack, also the BEF came in which made it worse for them, despite all this they managed to penetrate deep into french territory, this can only tell of what would've been if the original or revised plan were executed correctly, and that is a total victory of germany

[@kimxx864]

Haha I really like your human drawing 😂😂😂 thank you for the content

[@andersonklein3587]

From your own narrative, it really sounds like without unrestricted submarine warfare they could have won the war. They could also have focused on Italy instead of the western front, then have settled on a white-peace or incited revolution in Italy after a successful Capareto 2.0 and then they could invade France from the south. Else, it's debatable, but not having the Americans hold a significant amount of the front with fresh troops during 1918 could have led to the fall of Amiens, and that would have changed the whole outlook of the operation. If they could have caused just a bit more chaos, just a bit larger of a breakthrough, specially without the Americans, there is a good chance the British would have prepared a 1918s version of Dynamo. And the French would also quickly be in a really bad position if Italy left the war and Germany had another front to attack from... Overall though, the odds were stacked against Germany from the start. Their alliance had less industry, less resources, less manpower, less land, less navy... It was impressive they got as far as they did, really.

[@kommandantgalileo]

Yes and, yes.

[@alvarlindstrom2188]

If I was the kaiser I had kept Otto von Bismarck as chancellor and let him solve my problems.

[@maarten9272]

@Institoris You guys do realise that Bismarck was already long dead at this point?

[@maarten9272]

@Institoris He died 16 years before the war even started.

[@maarten9272]

@Institoris Bismarck wasn't afraid of war, but he knew very well to avoid it when there was no point in waging it.

[@axelmuller7946]

@@maarten9272 he also knew that the balkans would be the reason for a war. He did not want a war and would never have let it happen.

[@FatguyInthedeli]

Axel Müller he might have. It would of mattered on how likely he thought the war would end in a favourable outcome

[@themole4369]

I wish we'd been taught more about movements/battles in WW1 at school. Spent a term on WW1 and it started off with the German advance through Belgium and then pretty much the rest was just the nature of trench warfare.

[@timmarton4402]

Oversimplified: I explain my vids so good! estory: hey I make my vids by map dvisons

[@drunkenpeanut6582]

can't lie oversimplified is better, but estory is a bit more informational, but the best of both worlds would be the armchair historian, he has amazing animations and very informational

[@bread7501]

@@drunkenpeanut6582 yeah but the armchair historian is kinda boring ngl

[@drunkenpeanut6582]

@@bread7501 i really enjoy him but i see why you think that

[@francismigs2224]

Germany is like the one is carrying the war on both world war without even complaining

[@darktea3744]

Great video! I loved it

[@darktea3744]

@Bondi I am a patron :)

[@alejoalfonso1459]

Russian Civil War next?

[@Admiral2Kolchak]

Alejo Alfonso good idea!

[@doodmann5898]

Alejo Alfonso Great idea! Still you are a capitalist pig and you should go to Gulag

[@alejoalfonso1459]

Joseph Stalin I'm a proud trotskyist :O

[@DreamWalkerVl]

@@alejoalfonso1459 Still right to Gulag. Right away.

[@doodmann5898]

Alejo Alfonso TO GULAG,OR HELL

[@mrpgr2321]

Just to add that in the UK force Canadian Australian troops were there too.

[@tonyz7216]

One of my great grand father was a French poilu who served in the cavalry. He had two younger brothers, Paul and Pierre who were also sent to the front and a third one who wasn't because he had mental deficiencies. Both Paul and Pierre distinguished themselves with bravery and won the Croix de Guerre. Paul, an handsome and elegant taylor was killed in 1918 just a few weeks before the end of the war, leaving an orphan child behind. Pierre, a brave and sturdy countryman was gassed by the Germans and later died of his lung injuries in the 1930s. I love them. Lest we forget.

[@HolyShitNew]

italy to our side worked next war wait what

[@bentleywinterbottom300]

They should have used artillery only

[@gravynavy516]

They lost cause they didnt didnt use 40 width

[@rexmundi3108]

I think you've just demonstrated that there is a limit to how low you can go and get away with when it comes to illustration/ animation.

[@singadorito7802]

This style looks like countryballs with hands and legs

[@fehervari98]

When we look at WW1, many fail to realise, that the key to Central Powers victory is in fact, not Germany, but Austria-Hungary! In the decade predating the war, the Austro-Hungarian military budget(unlike other Great Powers') did not rise significantly, on the contrary, at some point, it even decreased. This was mostly due to internal political reasons, which can be traced back to 1902. In 1902, during the renegotiation of the economical part of the Ausgleich, the Hungarian Prime Minister, Széll Kálmán was indulgent towards the Austrian demands. He hoped, such favour would be returned by the Austrian side as well, especially regarding the establishment of a separate Hungarian national bank, but he had to be dissapointed. However, the acts of Széll were viewed as a sign of weakness by the Hungarian opposition, and they began obstructing. This led to the budget of 1903 to not pass in time, which resulted in Széll resigning and marked the beginning of the political turmoil in Hungary. To avoid all of this, we need the Austrians to accept the establishment of a Hungarian national bank. Such matter would cement the position of the Széll Cabinet and the budget of 1903, with an increased military budget can be accepted in time. Széll is likely to win a second term as well. With the highened Hungarian contribution to the military, and with the strong position of Széll, the Hungarians might be able to influence the choice for the new Chief of Staff, when Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky retires in 1906. The Hungarians would support Beck's former right-hand-man, Oskar Potiorek against Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, the candidate of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Not making Hötzendorf Chief of Staff would have very significant effects, since when he actually got into this position, he cemented his position by filling the general staff with his supporters, which turned everything upside down there. The Railway Büro was also hit hard. Potiorek's appointment serves as a mean of continuity here, therefore. With a stable political situation, more compact General Staff and higher military spending, the position of Austria-Hungary is stronger without question, and I didn't even mention what a huge stimulus would the Austro-Hungarian military industry get from this. Expect much more, much better artillery pieces, more planes, better infrastructure for mobilisation and deployment, better small arms, etc. Maybe even the navy is better compared to our timeline, with Radetzky-class being built like the Tegethoff-class was IOTL(in our timeline), and the Tegethoff-class being built like the Ersatz Monarch-class would have been, and also the Novara-class being finished earlier with Admiral Spaun also being built like the Novara-class. If we assume, that WW1 still begins like it did, with Franz Ferdinand being assassinated in Sarajevo on the 28th of June 1914, then the military events of the year would look something like this:

[@fehervari98]

1914: While the German actions do not change much, there are significant changes in Austria-Hungary. First of all, without Conrad's OTL meddling, the mobilisation begins properly against both Serbia and Russia, which together with the slightly better infrastructure allows the Austro-Hungarians to finish the deployment of their troops earlier. Also, thanks to the significantly higher spending on military, Austria-Hungary is fielding a much larger armed force, around 80 divisions in 22 corps( in 8 armies), instead of OTL's 60 divisions in 16 corps( in 6 armies). This also solves OTL's problem of "who should we concentrate on first?", since there are plenty of forces to use against both Serbia and Russia. The earlier deployment and the higher number of scouting planes put Austria-Hungary into a great advantage against the relatively quickly, yet still slowly deploying Russians. This could be utilised in an early campaign with inflicting some casualties on the half-prepared Russians until they are fully deployed, when a fighting retreat towards more defensible positions could be done. This not only makes Austro-Hungarian supply lines shorter, but also the Russian ones longer. Meanwhile, the Russians still get defeated at Tannenberg and at Masurian Lakes. Failing to advance either in Galicia or Prussia put Congress Poland in a very vulnerable position, which the Central Powers can utilise. Between Vistula and Bug, the Austro-Hungarians could launch an offensive towards Lublin, with the new German 9th Army securing their left flank, while the German 8th Army puts pressure on the Russian 10th Army from the North. The Russians would then have to evacuate most of Congress Poland, only holding onto Masovia with Warsaw. Meanwhile, the Serbians couldn't possibly resist the might of three properly equipped Austro-Hungarian armies. They would have to abandon Belgrade and entire Northern Serbia and remain on defensive.

[@fehervari98]

1915: In the last year the half of the Russian 2nd Army was destroyed, and 1st and 5th Armies also suffered sensible casualties, while Russian 8th Army was exhausted in the long retreat from Congress Poland. With such circumstances, Russia is unable to launch any meaningful actions in the first few months of the year. While the Russians reorganise themselves, the Austro-Hungarians turn their attention South and finish off Serbia and Montenegro and take control of Northern Albania in the process. Unlike OTL, there's no Italian Navy to evacuate the Serb forces and the British and French are also more cautious, because of the stronger Austro-Hungarian Navy. Last year, the Ottoman Empire also joined the war on the Central Powers' side, and cut the connection between Russia and the other Entente Powers through the Mediterranean Sea. This, together with closure of the Balkan Front put Russia at a disadvantage. At this point, almost the entirety of the Austro-Hungarian Army was being deployed against them, while the Germans also began to shift their attention Eastwards after the Western Front proved to be too hard to breakthrough. The Russian situation was dire, despite the British and French relieving attempts on the Western Front. The Austro-German offensive beginning in late August pushed the Russians completely out of Poland, Lithuania and Courland and only stopped right at the gates of Riga and Minsk. In the South, the Austro-Hungarians took Zhitomir and Vinnytsia, and after the Romanian entry to the war on the side of the Central Powers, the frontline stabilised just short of Odessa. At the end of the year talks for a separate peace began with Russia.

[@fehervari98]

1916: After the initial talks with Russia failed, the Russians began to prepare for a large scale offensive against the Central Powers, forwhich it requested Anglo-French distractive operations on the Western Front. Despite the initial successes the Russian offensive ultimately failed to push back the Central Powers. The offensive further weakened the Russian fighting capabilities. This weakness showed itself during the Central Powers counteroffensive, which despite the relocation of many German units to the Western Front managed to push the Russians out of Livonia, back to the gates of Kiev. Odessa fell as well. Peacetalks with Russia resumed and an armistice was signed at the end of the year.

[@fehervari98]

1917: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed by Russia and the Central Powers. Russia loses Livonia(including Courland, Semigalia, Inflanty and Estonia) which becomes a German puppet. Lithuania likewise. Poland is granted "independence" with a Habsburg on its throne. Bessarabia and Kars Oblast are ceded to Romania and to the Ottoman Empire respectively. Finland also declares independence, which the Russians are forced to accept. Furthermore, Russia is forced to agree to the occupation of it territories West of the Dniepr for a duration of 5 years. By this time, almost all of the German army was transferred to the Western Front. For the first time in the duration of war, Austria-Hungary also sent a sizeable portion of its army to the Western Front, 28 divisions organised into 3 armies to be exact. The Central Powers' Summer Offensive of 1917, then successfully pushes back the Entente. After the fall of Paris and the Italian entry to the war, France asks for armistice and peace talks begin.

[@Hanesboi]

Damn, this could be an essay or a documentary, nice job I wished comments could be starred and stored somewhere for me to read later. Now I see that Austria-Hungary could have been a force to be reckoned with were the budget for the army much better. You could make your own video about this too in fact please do and notify me here for me to see.

[@11mousa]

Well, even with the applied tactic, there was 1 point where the war could have been "over by christmas" as was promised. At the marne (right in the beginning, when Germany was advancing fast), a gap in the German line opened and Moltke decided to retreat a bit to close the gap. At the moment it was the save and right choice. But in hindsight, there was a distinct chance, that the French wouldn't recognize the gap early enough or that they didn't even have the strength to exploit it at that time. As I said: During that moment, Moltke took the right decision, but knowing what followed the next four years, the risky approach (similar to Rommel in WW2) could have resulted in a full encirclement of the allied troops and inevitable victory. On the other hand, if the gambit failed, it would have resulted in a quick victory of the Allies.

[@leonpaelinck]

Or, when the russians attacked, Moltke sent needed troops to the east. This turned out to be unessecary as the victory at Tannenberg happened before those arrived.

[@MrGnastygnate]

Trench war fare was such a cluster f*%k. The front moved 3 inches a day sometimes and was not conducive to winning.

[@fryhyh]

A reverse Schlieffen plan would have worked perfectly

[@DerSingh0329]

As expected, according to me before watching the video... In order to win any war We should keep our supplies secure and clear first, then money and finally build a Good army and make these factors your strength, and Weakness of your enemy After watching... Same as above

[@superpowerdragon]

make a video about japans invasion of china please

[@thatguynoonelikes4865]

I think the best way of summarizing this whole scenario is in Mike Tyson quote, Although keep in mind I'm paraphrasing "You can have all the plans in the world till you get punched in the face" Sometimes things just don't go as you planned and you have to be flexible for those times

[@Sejara1528]

Kaiser: started Ironman mode *losing war* Kaiser: shit! I want to restart the game. Where is my loading button?!!

[@dopedoge3603]

Ah the good old flank through Belgium trick works every time

[@no8592]

Apparently Finland didnt get indepence in this video

[@Rainaman-]

What is this "Finland" you talk about?

[@bored99able]

do you mean Sweden number 2

[@no8592]

@@bored99able eastern sweden

[@bored99able]

@@no8592 yeah, sorry. My mistake

[@murobaugetti9028]

Haahaa tosi hauskaa (ei oikeesti)

[@ArnoLamme]

A strategy that could have worked for Germany is to reverse their initial plan: Russia first, France second; no war with Belgium. No Belgian invasion would mean that the western front would only be about a third of its size, which would be much easier to maintain, as well as the possibility of no British entering the war. Going on an all-out offensive against the Russians would still mean a long war, but with much better odds IMO. Of course, this is with hindsight information as none of the warring powers knew what tactics this new kind of 'modern war' would entail.

[@undergroundman5153]

The Problem would be the British would’ve come to the aid of the rest of the Entente sooner or later. Since Germany was seen as the threat to their Naval and Global Hegemony. Moving thru Belgium resulted in the fight taking place away from Germany. The French didn’t anticipate a move thru Belgium. They just expected a repeat of the Franco Prussian War or just a stalemate among the border. Also an all out offensive against a combative Russia hasn’t exactly proved to be an effective strategy throughout history.

[@jeangenie9597]

Impossible due to the fact that Schlieffen-Molkte was the only mobilization plan and there wasn’t enough railway infrastructures in eastern prussia to alloy a massive deployment. Kaiser Whilhem asked his generals to do this during the july crisis but was answered that it was too late to stop the mobilization and and that in any case there was nothing planned for a mobilization in the east.

[@jackparker8602]

If one thing is for certain, it would have been much easier for Germany to win in ww1 then ww2

[@nicologiani3426]

Well, no. Germany was winning in '40

[@11Survivor]

@MALEK001 001 so what you're saying is... If Germany was not, in fact, Germany, then it would have won?...

[@perpetual_suffering1458]

@MALEK001 001 naw sorry I dont buy this. Sealion was an absolute impossibility without naval and aircraft supremacy. There was no way they were competing with Britain's navy and they knew this war with Britain was going to be a long game of achieving both of these and would take a lot of time, which Germany couldnt expend with depleting oil. Invading the soviet union was probably the best of the bad options that germany had and as far as people of the time were concerned, this was the best idea and it seemed impossible for Germany to lose. Everyone just misunderstand the capacity of reinforcing divisions that the soviet union was capable of pumping out

[@lestranger7440]

@@perpetual_suffering1458 one thing i still dont get-how were they lacking oil with Denmark,Belgium,Norway,Netherlands,France and Poland conquered and Slovakia,Romania,Italy and Hungary as allies? Was everything THAT bad?

[@frogchip6484]

Der Endsieg ist echt!

[@michelangelobuonarroti4958]

Small correction: The German 9th army took part in the spring offensives... And there was the Army "C" on the western front as well. Otherwise great Video.

[@bigwoofer5518]

Germany’s back must of been aching

[@stormchaser9738]

Germany wasn’t doomed from the start per se, though they were at a huge disadvantage from the amount of stuff that had to go right in the Schlieffen plan. Still it almost worked. At the Battle of the Marne they got within sight of Paris but lost the battle due to fog of war letting someone British slip into a kink in their lines. It’s easy to imagine a world where that goes slightly different and the Germans capture Paris without the war ever getting stuck in trench warfare.

[@homelessswede9675]

The country balls Are so cute

[@_aragornyesyes_7171]

Alfie 1344 they are but there not supposed to have legs ._.

[@florin.simonescu]

My balls are also cute

[@sirwannabeguy4886]

The Rare Bird Rare excuse me what the fuck

[@sirwannabeguy4886]

He'rr Maus im scared to click on that link

[@analanus3131]

I LOVE U CHIKEN MAN