Full History of Germany In 5 Minutes

History of Germany In 5 Minutes
This video presents a brief history of Germany, one of the most powerful countries in the world.
Chapter:
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Early History
01:57 German Confederation and German Empire
03:17 The Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany
04:30 Post World War II and Reunification of Germany
By the time of Roman general Julius Caesar, the Germanic people, or “Germani” were established east of the Rhine River in the lands he referred to as “Germania”.
Areas that remained out of Roman control were referred to as “Magna Germania.”
In the 4th century, the Roman Empire was invaded by different tribes, eventually leading to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD.
In 800, the Frankish king Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of which German territories formed a central part.
Following a defeat by Napoleon I, in 1806, the empire was dissolved.
Napoleon's reign came to an end in 1815 with the Congress of Vienna, forming the German Confederation, a loose league of 39 sovereign German states, most notably of which were the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.
In 1866, war broke out between Austria and Prussia and ended with the victory of Prussia, leading to the collapse of the German Confederation.
In 1867, the North German Confederation was formed, paving the way for the formation of the German Empire.
In 1914, Germany led the Central Powers in World War I against the Allied Powers.
Following its defeat five years later, Germany was severely punished by the Treaty of Versailles, leading to the loss of 13% of its European territory.
The German Revolution ended the German Empire and established the Weimar Republic.
Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, was appointed Chancellor and then Dictator of Germany, beginning the transformation of the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany.
In 1939, the Nazis invaded Poland, initiating World War II.
During the war, the Holocaust led by the Nazis murdered 17 million people across German-occupied Europe, of which 6 million were Jews.
Following Hitler's suicide, Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
Germany was partitioned into four occupation zones, and in May 1949, the France, US, and Great Britain occupation zones were merged to form the Federal Republic of Germany or West Germany. Meanwhile, the Soviet zone became the German Democratic Republic or East Germany.
The Berlin Wall was built to divide East Berlin from West Berlin.
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, in 1990, the “Two Plus Four” Treaty was negotiated, allowing the official reunification of Germany later that year.
What do you think is the reason why Adolf Hiter committed suicide before the end of WWII?
Tell us in the comment section below.
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[@mr_mattone3379]

This video is the perfect example that you can't and shouldn't explain a whole country's history in five minutes.

[@lcdream4213]

True

[@erasedme_real]

yeah, he skipped the whole family drama part of the merowinger and karolinger. Like this time period seems uninteresting at first but it´s actually not if you look into it more.

[@florianmanz8040]

Mostly, I miss Martin Luther. He is the one person who single-handedly changed the course of a complete religion, even changing the world until 500 years after. He was far more important than many people who were mentioned. Yes, also for the German nation, because without him there wouldn't even be a German language as we have it today.

[@lhpl]

NO. It is the perfect example of why you should never watch videos on European history made in the USA, (With some rare exceptions, who are serious historians.)

[@fernandosibecas3492]

Maybe a nation with a much shorter history like American nations but two thousand years in 5’ is impossible.

[@DavboYT]

How did he casually go from calling it Proossia then Prussia 💀💀

[@peepeepoopooman5247]

and the weeeemar republic lol

[@omegawonton8749]

@@peepeepoopooman5247 and the access powers

[@scottishcountryball1922]

Proossia

[@scottishcountryball1922]

Proossia

[@LE64SAM-IAM]

He was likely trying to please a wide audience. Then again, I've come to the conclusion that he's just an idiot.

[@comradelazy9670]

And it is pronounced “Vimar” not “Weemar”

[@ReadySetBret]

Amazing! This shows you really cannot show the history of anything in five minutes.

[@geiler_201]

Ich finde es schwierig deutsche Geschichte in kurzer Zeit zu geben,da diese Kompliziert und vielfältig ist

[@darianmckay1483]

When you said the Berlin wall was to separate Berlin you marked most of the northern border of the two German countries.

[@venomvenom9926]

sarmatyans was getodacians scityians and celts gypsy fathers and kazar kurgans kumans iranic sanskritic arya avestan from masagetaes yueshy

[@Warrior_of_kristus]

​@@venomvenom9926 care to elaborate?

[@Grantinator1]

@@venomvenom9926 what was that

[@yourpancake5136]

@@venomvenom9926 I think someone left a monkey on the keyboard

[@user-iq1lb9ut6j]

very helpful.. thank you for sharing!

[@classicicemc2848]

I know the mustache guy will be there

[@slay_laa]

Yes

[@germanempireinanutshell]

Oh that Austrian art artist? Well he’s paint skill is amazing!

[@CoolNinja925]

The Austrian painter with the silly mustache.

[@comradelazy9670]

Bro nobody pronounces it “Proosha” 💀

[@ChristopherMyers]

or the Whee-MAR Republic LMAO 💀💀💀

[@diesesphil]

Good Video, altough you pronounciation of Prussia was a bit hard to agree with

[@billyb4790]

also calling it the "WEEner Republic' was pretty cringe.

[@simondemirjian1075]

It will always fascinate me how Germany lost both world wars and yet is so successful today.

[@leopoldiv2341]

1:28 You've made a small mistake: In the year 800, Charlemagne became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (wasn't called like that yet, but I'll let it count still), but that was BEFORE the Frankish Empire got split up into West and East (that happened 843). So the map you're showing in that moment isn't accurate.

[@LRomano]

there was never a roman and neither did this empire until because our roman empire was until 1453 this was a coup of the pope thinking he had a roman title because he was crazy

[@freddy4371]

The Franco-Prussian War is even more important than the Austrian-Prussian War for the foundation of the German Empire. Also the HRE wasn't really an Empire in the sense that the Emporer had all the power, the power was mostly in the hands of all the dukes, kings, etc.

[@KingXxfuuuuu]

Ja and he completely missed the confederation of the rhine

[@darkinfinite4230]

At 3:07 Serbia ,Montenegro and Romania left the chat

[@yodagaming7682]

Strongest Powers of the war i think

[@jotteredits]

@@yodagaming7682 nah cuz they show Bulgaria on the central powers side

[@destic7767]

@@jotteredits Bro, there were just 4 nations in Central Powers. Of course he will show them all...

[@MikeJackson690]

Good round-up, but please check your pronunciations, my guy.

[@vigfhfc]

So many mistakes

[@pimphead4879]

My man drew the berlin wall all around west germany, Bruh. And he forgot Berlin completely 😂 05:01

[@abdulcisse4381]

Does really matter tho

[@waffe1s787]

"Proosha" broooo

[@tonyhawk94]

Charlemagne wasn't crowned Holy Roman Emperor. He was crowned as a Roman Emperor, it's later the Saxon Dynasty of the Ottonians that forged what is referred as "Holy Roman Empire".

[@Siegbert85]

The term wouldn't be used for several hundreds years after the Ottonians. The HRE as such can only be described post factum. Otto I used the same titles as Charlemagne and both were regarded as kind of universal rulers of Christianity rather than regional ones.

[@Anonymous-_-69]

Proossia, Weeemar Republic, Access Powers.

[@billyb4790]

LMAO access powers

[@redzepoloman4670]

To everyone "Magna" means "Great"

[@frontgamet.v1892]

I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter. Summarized - Rejects Roman annexation - Teutons defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them Create an empire that wasn't really an empire but somehow lived for 1000 years - Very special and unique The Kingdom of Prussia and hundreds of German states gangsta! before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals. defeats the French, unite into a new Empire Get a colonial Empire Fights the whole world two times Gets divided again Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again. Also, a few German inventions: - Incandescent lamps (Heinrich Göbel 1854) - The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859) - Dynamo and tram (Werner von Siemens 1866) - The 35mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925) - Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - while Nazi Germany emigrated to the Americans of course. Are they lucky the Germans exist - 1938) - The ship chart (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969) - Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864) - Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873) - The recorder, player - with which the first films were possible (Emil Berliner 1887) - Aspirin - which all great athletes used to feel used to relieve pain and which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann 1879) - Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902) - Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903) - the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg) - The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz) - Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928) - Teabag (Adolf Rambold 1929) - The jet engines - Indispensable for all jets and rockets + First war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929) - The Helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936) - The first car (Carl Benz - With honorary mustache - 1886) - Computers (Konrad Zuse 1941) - Fanta (During the Nazi era - and yes, this Fanta) - First 3D film (also during the Nazi era) - NASA (due to thousands of German engineers and thinkers that the Americans needed) - Typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1864)

[@davidsnow1481]

Bro wrote an entire German history ESSAY (P.S: as a German, I am happy that you find our history ‘incredibly fascinating’ . Although we have shrunk because of foreigners (hitler was AUSTRIAN) and TERRIBLE allies (Austria-Hungary mainly) danke mein brüder

[@frontgamet.v1892]

@@davidsnow1481 one of the greatest Volk! No problem.

[@tahamuhammad1814]

You forgot the Haber process which was crucial in greatly increasing food production around the world.

[@frontgamet.v1892]

@@tahamuhammad1814 Yeah true.. Haber - Bosch.. Thank you.

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[@xgab1628]

"Following the allied invasion of Normandy" XD

[@johanneskleemair7490]

Could you please do Austria?

[@Siegbert85]

1:55 Technically Francis didn't dissolve the empire. He abdicated and declared Austria's secession from the empire. For the empire to formally dissolve it would have needed the imperial diet to meet and issue a formal decree. That didn't however happen because various major imperial territories joined up with Napoleon against the empire. If there was anything official definitively ending the empire it was the constitution of the German Confederation from 1815 after Napoleon was defeated and the former member states of the empire gave themselves a new framework.

[@Harshgagmingstaduio]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 0:11 0:11

[@hardyquinn9442]

OoOoOh interesting ! I like this subject. And 5th ❤️

[@nicholaskrafchak3008]

Love it

[@mitch.explores]

What’s marked as Berlin Wall here is definitely not the Berlin Wall. That was just the (heavily guarded, in a lot of cases deadly) border. The Berlin Wall, as the name says, surrounded West Berlin.

[@flyingsquirrel2620]

Even that's not 100% on point, the border of Western Germany was not heavily guarded, he should have marked the border of the DDR instead of western germany.

[@earthly_republix]

Me: This is historical facts ab Germany. KZbin: D E M O N I T I Z E D

[@mellamopepe619]

Whenever I think about the Bronze Age in my mind I call it 'LeBronze Age' and i chuckle 😊

[@YEASAJOSHUA]

COOL

[@ethiopianpatriot]

Germany actually had another ally.Dervish. And Allies had Ethiopia on their side.(Yes Im talking about WW1)

[@gabeux9800]

How do you fail to figure out that the Berlin wall was in Berlin

[@_.eleni._]

Omg the 1st time I come early

[@awkwardzoltar3529]

My German ancestors didn’t want to kill anyone so he avoided any war in Germany and left to America unfortunately he found out there was a revolutionary war, so to avoid battle he became a doctor without any academic knowledge, and was awarded a medal for the lives he saved. My grandmother told my father that we came from a family of cowards, my father thought maybe this is what she meant. On my dad’s side though my family is just full of soldiers or nuns/ priests, so I don’t know.

[@henryandmollyy]

"weemar" "proosia" its PRUSSIA and WEIMAR

[@destic7767]

"Vai Mar"

[@gurkenlord3341]

Its not William the first its WILHELM the first

[@hassanrizvi370]

No the English translation of Wilhelm is William - you can find it if you search 'Wilhelm I' online - it often mentions this translation. I also saw the name 'William I' in an exam paper so

[@bratwurstgamer6787]

I like how videos explaining German history always skip the entire later Middle Ages and early Modern Age just because nothing significant really happened in Germany at the time 💀 Sure Prussia and Austria were involved in a few big wars but that’s basically it.

[@tahamuhammad1814]

Not at all. The long transformation of the HRE is definitely also interesting. Particularly the pope-king "dissagrements".

[@rgrawb]

With my name meaning bright star in German I find it a must that I needed to hear this!!! Thank you for the information provided!! What I'll do with it... God Knows cuz I sure as heck don't know lol 😅 😂

[@snowcube_steel]

the way he said Weimar Republic💀

[@selwynlemos2367]

You mean ‘Weimar’? Why bother correcting pronunciation when your spelling is wrong too? 😂

[@SkyGodKazuha]

Crazy ass country history that cant be summarized in a 5 minutes video

[@YNGKRTBOY]

Some things are wrong, sorry to correct you ;) The Prussian-Austrian War (German Brother War) led to the defeat of Austria at the Battle of Königgrätz. Prussia formed the new order of the german speaking areas. The big German empire, which included prussia and most of the german speaking states, was first formed after the victory of prussia over france in the franco prussian war in the 1870's

[@sujatakunwar6487]

Ll

[@sujatakunwar6487]

Ll

[@stephenr3910]

So Proosha came before the Weemer?

[@benfung7595]

5:02 ridiculous

[@aviraltyagi8623]

does anybody talk about the weeemar republic

[@_RTheBruce]

3:20 The map is not correct and this is often a misconception. The western regions in Poland were already part of Germany before the war. After the war, the eastern part of Poland was taken by USSR, whereas the eastern part of Germany was given to Poland.

[@RyanvonGoesling]

why did you call wilhelm I. "william"?

[@destic7767]

We in Croatia call Charlamagne "Karlo Veliki" so yeah... it's just a variant of language.

[@hassanrizvi370]

Yeah its an English translation of Wilhelm

[@hurakan8535]

Otto the first was the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, not Charlemagne

[@notmyrealname6150]

At least he didn't call the Nazis the "nay-zis".

[@pranavdarling7860]

Love Germany from India

[@sarahjackson2397]

can anyone tell me why I remember my high school German teacher say there were 273 Germanies? I remember this because it was so odd at such a specific number. Thx

[@Siegbert85]

Sounds like a randomly high number hinting at the large amount of territorial states.

[@hassanrizvi370]

lol the number I hear is always different - sometimes it's barely 300, sometimes it's over a thousand and other times its under 300. but before 1871 (or maybe 1867 if the North German Confederation counts) Germany was not united - they were just collective German states that shared the same language etc, but had their own individual ruling powers. So basically what the guy above said.

[@Hubert_Janc]

3:58 you have wrong map od Poland

[@Ahad_RobloxYTBer]

Im German 🇩🇪 Germany was Like in old years so like a fight in 1942

[@FGPR01BrunoCauz]

When you think of conquerors of the New World, Germans are probably not people who come to mind. Something important was missing in this video, the capitulation granted in 1528 by order of Emperor Charles V to the Welsers, a prominent banking family from Augsburg, who governed the province of Venezuela. Although his colonial management only lasted 30 years dedicated to the unsuccessful search of El Dorado abusing local indigenous people and enslaved Africans, the Welsers' legacy persisted in cultural memory for centuries in Germany, often to serve social or political ends both for Bismarck's Second Reich and the Nazi's Hitler Third Reich

[@christopherbaummann766]

It's crazy: germany is 21 times smaller than the US.. yet in an economic scale the 4th richest country in the world. Even tho we caused both World wars, ließ neil de Grass tyson said, germanny, didn't Lohse WWII

[@alexmartin4772]

Dude, you totally forgot about the German reformation. Literally the very thing that built the idea of Germany in the first place.

[@Siegbert85]

How so?

[@seand0112]

I don't consider the holy roman empire as germany, I know it was the first reich but the original german state was prussia which united Germany

[@leopoldiv2341]

In the 10th century there already was a Kingdom of Germany, which Otto I. was King of. Later he became Holy Roman Emperor too.

[@LRomano]

@@leopoldiv2341 How did it become roman if roman empire existed and it was 1453 that heresy of the pope of the time were never romans

[@wavemanj14]

@@LRomano everyone claims to be the successor to rome doent make it true tho

[@Siegbert85]

Neither did contemporaries. Germany was rather a region within the HRE.

[@rememberlife]

Prussia Not Prusa Entente Powers Not Allied Powers Wilhelm Not William DUH

[@brainstormingsharing1309]

👍👏👍👏👍

[@ivorjirasek8378]

Great video, but one part is wrong. In 800 king Charmelange was Frankish king. His kids fought a war that ended in 847. That year Frankish Kingdom was divided in 3 kingdoms (one for every song he had) that will later become France, Italy and Germany. I hope that my comment helped!

[@Siegbert85]

It was actually his grandsons that split up the empire. His son Louis the Pious reigned over all of it.

[@whatname6703]

So who were the other 11million that died???

[@cronaalbarn2146]

Everyone else. Gypsies, slavs, gays, the disabled, and all those who either rebelled, were deemed inferior, or were just in the way of a reprisal.

[@florianmanz8040]

Communists, homosexuals, steadfast members of the churches, Jehovas Witnesses, to name a few.

[@hassanrizvi370]

probably political opponents like communists etc

[@Vladimir_Putin1952]

It's awesome that you can simplify over 2,000 years of history in 5 minutes.

she can't

[@moumouhigi5837]

give back the Lost lands 😭

[@discozula4469]

aye yo pause

[@saulehbape6818]

Moumouh nope because I 36% Soviet or russian

[@bratwurstgamer6787]

Kinda depends on which Reich you’re talking about.

[@petersaysthings]

"Proosha"..."Weemar"....🤦‍♂omg dude, I can't with those pronunciations 😅

[@hannesholzmann914]

You forgot something: - the founding of Prussia in the 13th century - Brandenburg-Prussia 1618 - expansion of Prussia in the 18th century

[@_Hollow_69]

Only real history fanatics know mustache man went to Argentina

[@idk-ol7or]

3:00

[@Kyro100]

0:21

[@mr.awesome9575]

Weemer?

[@losisansgaming2628]

It's GERMANIA(GRR) NOT GERMANIA (JERM)

[@Siegbert85]

In English? No

[@emmanuelmota257]

Its pronounced Alemania actually 👌

[@destic7767]

@@emmanuelmota257 it's Njemačka / Nemačka or Tedeška in👌

[@Cxmplexe]

proosia?

[@bpinkhof]

Belgium had also an occupation zone in Germany during the cold war;

[@sibghatullah445]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKTSdp-kesithbM This is a real story about the influence and political power enjoyed by Ottoman Sultanate over Europe in 15th century_ the Magnificent Century, when Sultan Suleiman crushed the army of Charles V in Hungary upon the request of queen of France to help her

[@ChristopherMyers]

V-EYE-muhr

[@user-uh2ui3kl7h]

Лично у меня вопросов 0 жду историю англии

[@maureencora1]

I Love German Beer, Cars & 5'8" 38*28*38 100% Women. (smile)

[@Carphi2000]

wer ist denn bitte William I

[@dejanmarkovic3040]

You losti me at jer-man-eye

[@francescoparisi1081]

Why did he have to skip entirely medieval and pre-napoleonic ages but then just went explaining what Großdeutschland and Kleinedeutschland. Let alone this guy learnt foreign pronunciation from the back of a milk carton.

[@NewBoblandDiscord]

the weemar republic

[@thihuonggiangnguyen9257]

I love Germany, but not Nazi Germany. Still don't know why Hitler hated the Jews so much!

[@hongthamvu6090]

I was sick of history until I saw this video :))))))

[@space4166]

I was sick of history till I studied rome now I am hooked but forgot most of rome. I used to love science and space. Now I can’t go back to science

[@hongthamvu6090]

@@space4166 you're cool

[@kentrosaurusboi3909]

The narrator's pronunciation is killing me, "Weemar Republic"? "Proosia" Seriously? It's not that hard to say Weimar. Also, idiot man at 3:47 made it look like the eastern borders was a consequence of Nazi Germany's expansion when this was the default version of the Weimar Republic in the first place. lmao this man.....

[@wavemanj14]

Give criticism without hate

[@kentrosaurusboi3909]

@@wavemanj14 True, I will admit I was a little harsh.

[@international470]

The map [03:55]

[@Leonidas219.]

The weemar republic is good

[@petersaysthings]

I've never heard anyone butcher the pronunciation that bad 🤣🤣

[@Brian4747-pt5fv]

The Germans have always been vicious

[@boas7742]

the weeeeeemar republic lol

[@Socom1994]

Full History of Germany In 5 Minute good joke little one

[@allformetal]

massive cap

[@ash-lp9pd]

weemar republic

[@user-hw1cy6ky4t]

Charlemagne wasn't emperor of HRE but of the Frankish Empire Otto 1st was empreror of Holy Roman Empire

[@Siegbert85]

Well, no. His title as emperor was "emperor of the Romans" his royal titles were "king of the Franks and Lombards". Otto used those exact titles. All of the later HR emperors regarded Charlemagne as their first as can be seen by the numbering of emperors from Charlemagne as "Charles I" to the Wittelsbach "Charles VII"

[@Angelo_The_Gamer]

Boi it’s not prooshia it’s prussia

[@americanmapping832]

Proosia 💀

[@Arsenalq]

POV Your now recaping Germany in 1933: Austrain rejected painter👨🏻

[@leolacasse6278]

you mispronounce "weimar."

[@DrunkUncle1917]

Proosia

[@engchoontan8483]

This history of germany had been completed by themselves. There should be nothing left to add

[@Retro77691]

i come from an alternate universe where gnomes oppressed the german people from 1625 to 1804 the gnomes colonized Germany and enslaved it’s people say no to gnome imperialism and colonialism

[@aliprcdmrn19]

Germany

[@codiedawolf]

POV: you are German, watching a foreigner explaining the History of Germany to learn more about your own Countries History.

[@etheldascalise5436]

p̴r̴o̴m̴o̴s̴m̴ 💪