Frederick the Great's Two Silesian Wars (1740-1745) | DOCUMENTARY (All Parts)

In 1740, a young King ascended to the Prussian throne. Within a few months, he unleashed an enormous war against Europe's most powerful dynasty, the Habsburg Monarchy. The war would change European history forever. Prussian King Frederick II would become Frederick the Great, and his two Silesian Wars were the beginning of Prussia's rise to Great Power status.
This documentary features the collection of battles of Prussia's First, and Second Silesian Wars. These include famous historical battles such as Frederick the Great's Battle of Mollwitz and the Battle of Hohenfriedberg. It also covers more obscure battles such as the Battle of Chotusitz, Battle of Soor and Battle of Kesselsdorf.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:05 The Battle of Mollwitz, 1741
14:21 The Battle of Chotusitz, 1742
28:56 The Battle of Hohenfriedberg, 1745
47:43 The Battle of Soor, 1745
1:01:35 The Battle of Kesselsdorf, 1745
1:15:36 The Diplomatic Revolution, 1748-1756
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Sources:
Asprey, Robert B. Frederick the Great: The magnificent enigma. Ticknor & Fields, 1986.
Blanning, Tim. Frederick the Great: King of Prussia. Penguin UK, 2015.
Clark, Christopher M. Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947. Harvard University Press, 2006.
Duffy, Christopher. Frederick the Great: a military life. Routledge, 2015.
Fraser, David. Frederick the Great: King of Prussia. Penguin Uk, 2000.
Redman, Herbert J. Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763. McFarland, 2014.
Written by House of History
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Photos, paintings and imagery: Public Domain, Wikicommons
Cinematic footage is from Total War: Empire recorded by House of History.
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[@ryandoubleu.]

There is literally nothing better on KZbin than hours long “All Parts” military history videos.

[@ian_b]

And they are infinitely better than the low-density TV documentaries.

[@ryanshaw4250]

long form is only for intellectuals, "general audience" TV is for the regulars who fight our wars.

[@enalb5085]

yea 100% better than anything you would watch on a streaming service or TV

[@zumorito497]

@@enalb5085 hh5thhhthht

[@Leuthen57]

I know. They've all become an addiction.

[@johnflesner8086]

I feel more could have been discussed how Traun chased Frederick out of Bohemia. In Fredericks memoirs he stated "Traun taught me the art of war."

[@darrellsmith4204]

Some of the highest quality content available..

[@lunatik3395]

Short of say ur mother

[@maxa.9135]

Amazing work, this is by far the best coverage of this war out there

[@easyjdier]

An hour and a half well spent. Excellent job!

[@HoH]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@elijahtaylor2286]

i realize this is besides the point, but the narrator's sweater for the Battle of Chotusitz is incredible

[@HoH]

Thanks!

[@louishardiman7749]

So happy you put this all together

[@hobbitonman]

I was gonna say you must continue on to the Seven Years War but I can see you already have...awesome!

[@MrSneakyCastro]

Good work! 51:44 Frederic’s summer palace in Potsdam is pronounced “sans soossi”, not sansoeki:) it means Carefree in French and was actually finished building by the aptly named Jan Bouman, a fellow Dutchy.

[@HoH]

You're absolutely right. My French isn't that good. Thanks, and I am happy you're enjoying the documentary!

[@lemaxx2638]

Is sanssouci

[@stewartgaudin2023]

Very interesting, informative and well presented. Thanks for posting.

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Love this can't wait to check out your other stuff keep it up man!

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This is really a great work. Love your videos a lot.

[@paulceglinski3087]

H of H, I watched each one of these vids separately, but I'm doing the whole thing. Thanks for putting it all together. House's video contact is superb. I understand that you're updating your production and I can't wait for the continuation of the 7 Years War. Cheers.

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Thank you for this video!

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Glad you enjoyed it!

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[@jamesstramer5186]

What an epic production!

[@luispacheco2230]

Excellent presentation.

[@captainsensiblejr.]

Love your channel. Excellent content, presented well.

[@HoH]

Much appreciated!

[@catroger1722]

Thank you very much helped with my research on Frederick and the period.

[@austinlittke5580]

You did a great job

[@aok3642]

Thank you for video

[@thomashazlewood4658]

Loved it!

[@berserker4940]

Best history content on youtube

[@KHK001]

Great! rewatching this while waiting for 1757

[@MrSneakyCastro]

Love the cat petting in the end :))

[@theofficialsikris]

Love it, love everything about it.

[@johnlewis3891]

Maria Theresa must have been furious after learning about all those defeats. I feel for Maria Theresa. She had her empire invaded by a multitude of enemies at one time and her father left her an army and empire in poor shape to deal with the crisis.

[@Na-dann]

Danke,danke,danke für diese ausführliche Beschreibung, Darstellung..........einfach richtig gut!

[@davidcollins2648]

Superb video, thank you. I never learned about the Silesian wars in school or ever saw a movie concerning Frederick the Great. It's as if education and Hollywood want us to forget our rich European history. We are descendants of those Europeans and will never forget thanks to the makers of videos like this.

[@lysis2315]

Criminally underrated

[@philjohnson1744]

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[@HoH]

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[@MrSneakyCastro]

HIS

[@HoH]

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[@ryanshaw4250]

Prussian infantry with their rate of fire and ability to take massive casaulties without breaking proved to be the key of these wars. sure the cavalry improved in the second silesian war but with the breech loading rifle of the war of unification 100 years later, the austrians lost generation after generation by rate of fire and order which i believe must have gone hand in hand.

[@asmrnaturecat984]

beautiful map

[@GoDShift]

What s the name of the game shown in the video?

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

All these battles, more intriguing is how Frederick II managed to get so much money. What were the economic circumstances that allowed him to wage war all the time?

[@vadokunvot]

Frederick II was not only a military genious, he allso encouraged sience, tollerance and culture. I guess that stimulated the economy of Prussia.

[@brianbirrer2373]

@@vadokunvot there is a group that might disagree with the tolerance part

[@ryanjuguilon213]

Hi father left him huge war chest. He also stimulated the economy thru mercantilist policies, more efficient tax collection and the court being frugal. The Prussian beaurocracy was 2nd to none at this time period

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

@@ryanjuguilon213 oh, wow, thanks.

[@kdubs9111]

Imagine this being your day at work

[@freshhands9461]

After watching your work and that of others on the topic, I wonder whether Friedrich/Frederik actually just went to war for the sake of it. Not expecting to win, maybe not even to survive. Remember, it was his father who wished for him to become a soldier, basically breaking his son to achieve this. "This is what you wanted, Father? And what all others in this world seem to want? So be it." Thus, young, traumatized, militarized Prussia and her king were unleashed on old Europe. 30 years of war, pillage and rape can do that to a people, I guess. And yet, to this day, we call him the Great for many reasons, war maybe the least of them. RIP Alter Fritz. May you play the flute to your heart's content, wherever you are. Also, thanks for Berlin, still awesome! Pathos off. Peace.

[@asdfgasdfgadsfgadsfg]

i can't hear half of this because of poor eq. please fix audio.

[@bokonoo77]

If I am not wrong Frederick II was direct descendant of Kasimir III and last emperor of Latin empire Had he knew would he have pursued those thrones?

[@charlesgrant-skiba5474]

One of the additional reasons for choosing Silesia as the territory of Prussian expansion was the fact of the brutal re-Catholicization of these areas by the Habsburgs. Maria Teresa was obsessively anti-Protestant and anti-Jewish. Lower Silesia was traditionally Protestant, alco many Protestants from Tirol and Austria found refuge there. The Jews were also granted asylum and privileges in Prussia. This meant that most of the Silesians favored Frederick. The Silesians also strengthened the weak Prussian army in the famous Battle of Leuthen.

[@coochykilla]

1:00:00

[@esmenhamaire6398]

I would like to know about how Prussia came into existence, and why was it in two separate chunks of land? It's the one notable state in European history of the last 3-400 years that I've never seen anything of regarding its origins. It seems to just suddenly be there, with a king that wants a well-drilled army, who then passes to his ambitious son this well-drilled military machine that goes on to greatly affect European history until the 20th century, effectively. But who were the Prussians? Where did they originate from? Why were their lands divided? :-)

[@JustNobody-lt6uf]

Indeed it is a pretty overlooked, but it is also not exactly full of details on this matter As far as I know, and I may be mistaken, Prussia was born from the former Teutonic knights state

[@ohNojames]

I would have thought that having interest in different parts of the world would help hold an alliance together. No competition, no amenity.

[@paulgaskins7713]

59:06 they took his dog…they messed up

[@vojtechvanek1686]

Austrians those 150 years were going fail after fail after fail until there were no more fails available to them.

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

Did you study history?

[@captainsensiblejr.]

In English, "adversaries" is not pronounced "AD-vers-AH-rees" but as "ADVER-seh-rees"

[@fetus2280]

Thankfully youre More focused than your camera .

[@HoH]

Hahaha

[@justicehiwstb7503]

Mein campfire

[@johnflesner8086]

It is a relief to see more current analysis of Fredericks' military abilities rather than just repeating Duffys idol worship of a marginally above average tactician against court appointed favorites. As a strategist he was flawed by his own ego. My sole criticism of your documentaries is the awful music. Period music or no music at all would be an improvement. Your historical accuracy is admirable. Please continue your excellent work.

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

Pretty much every ancient commander due to biased and favourable sources gets idol worshipped. Alexander's sources come hundreds of years later giving him all the credit, Caesar literally wrote his own works, etc. Not saying no commander deserves praise if they are good but there is no way a commander is bad if the sources are from one side only, its like reading Nazi propaganda to determine the Wehrmacht's performance in war

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

An Eternal Reich ❤️

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[@MrNiceGuyHistory]

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[@kiro6119]

I don't understand why Poland never got involved in these wars in order to take back Silesia

[@zurgesmiecal]

you joking?

[@kiro6119]

@@zurgesmiecal why would I be

[@zurgesmiecal]

@@kiro6119 yt censored my answer. Here is another try to explain it to you: Poland was ruled by the electorat of Saxony. Otherwise Poland surely would have occupied Silesia hunted down, [censored] and [censored] all Germans and then claimed itself innocent victim

[@kiro6119]

@@zurgesmiecal are you on drugs or something lol

[@dumnylach]

@@zurgesmiecal Polish -Lithuanian Commonwealth was the most tollerant country in Europe. Hunting down and prosecutions were widely used by germans and russiand during partitions and later times ,also.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

Excellent example of German arrogance that found its final demise only in 1942.

[@freefall9832]

Was Frederick the proto notsee?

[@cherub3624]

My God Austria threw the war.

[@johnflesner8086]

Dettingen was a fluke British victory. A grotesquely bad British deployment into a double flanked killing ground was negated by the arrogant insubordination of the French general de Grammont.

[@lesdodoclips3915]

Doesn’t matter if it was a fluke or not, the french had every advantage had still lost

[@zrikizrikic9126]

When you say croats instead serbs i know it Is halfarse history

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I need your opinion on my content, thank you

[@tombombadil9123]

Great research, terrible presentation. muddled and unstructured.

[@Bareego]

Yeah, only a 1.5 hour special on Frederick 2nd's war... wow, also first. I guess it's nice to see yourself in your video but I think it improves the video not to do this. You have a great voice to comment on your video, footage of yourself distracts from the subject

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