History of Germany Part 2

#Germany #Prussia #HolyRomanEmpire
In this video, we start off in the Medieval Ages, and conclude our discussion of the history of Germany in the modern day.
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[@seanpoore2428]

Every time a historical documentary says "meanwhile, a young general named......" You know someone's about to wreck sh*t

[@mr.jayjay2401]

45:40 its almost hilarious how accurate Bismark was of WW I

[@feynstein1004]

You should watch the series on him by Extra History. He was only off by like a few week iirc. Though this was pure coincidence, of course 😂

[@kensurrency2564]

@@feynstein1004 was it coincidence? Also, how did Foch get the timing of WWII so accurate? It’s almost like they knew something … 🤔

[@Hater12493]

@@kensurrency2564who’s foch

[@jb428]

Excellent content! As a German who is pretty familiar with history, I certainly do approve the content. In most foreign documentaries some details are always wrong, not the case here. Thanks for your work!

[@terrygrossmann2295]

Schnitzengruben you are certainly correct.

[@kartiksaini4828]

Genau!

[@joecitizen6755]

Silence about the very important EMS dispatch sent to Bismarck ... and the agitator entourage ... the self imposed ambassadors of France ... in which are the majority of every agitator ambassadors today ... in most countries. To gloss over the ambassador issues ... is to deny any foreign interests of control. Mums the word.

[@joecitizen6755]

@richard smith his downfall is that he has chosen political correctness.

[@toprob20]

I have to agree, a truly marvelous document. If I were to nitpick... as a documentation of German peoples he could've discussed the events after the war which was pretty significant for German demographics. And usually glossed over in fear of inspiring sympathy towards the Germans... most notoriously by the Germans themselves. Oh and I'm Dutch so so you can't accuse me of being pro German. So we will get revenge for '78 and I want my grandpa's bicycle back!

[@Fireoflearning]

A couple points 1. Apologies for taking longer than usual to get this up, as I said, November was unusually busy, expect a couple more videos before the year's end. 2. You may notice/have noticed that the pictures I used for the The WW2 section didn't really include much of Hitler or associated symbols. Censorship like that is not my policy. Because they're used in a historical/academic context, it's not against KZbin policy either, however, KZbin is renowned for not caring, so, though I recognize that these images are important parts of the history of Germany, I decided I had to exclude them to protect the video. 3. I added some new features to this video. How do you feel about the little factoids that pop up? Helpful, or distracting? 4. I also hope you enjoyed the language segment. I know it seems kind of thrown in there, but I feel that discussing a language is very important to discussing a people and their history. Thank you all for watching, let me know what you think, and subscribe to see more videos like this in the future.

[@colewebb4643]

hi fire of learning I watch the first part of this found it interesting ok now I wanted to watch this second part but you for got to turn on the caption please turn on the caption and let me know when you have the caption and I will come back to watch was looking forward to this second part I'm deaf so I and other people need caption caption thank you I allway' loved history thank you have a good night

[@Fireoflearning]

@@colewebb4643 I'm not sure why the automatic captions aren't up yet, it may take a second, but if not I can add them myself soon. Glad to hear you're enjoying it

[@colewebb4643]

@@Fireoflearning hi and thank you for you're quick reply I don't know i know it's you're systems I have my phone on automatic caption plus I pushed the dottes on the upper right screen caption wasn't offered it had report quality play speed etc. if you're caption was working it would of said report caption quality play speed etc. that why I know you're systems not working please check again and let me know love you're channel like how you present history and the details you give thank you 👍👍👍

[@Max-zq4dx]

Yeah man that would suck for this to get taken down just for symbols. But it is hypocrisy like that which pisses me off sometimes, like wouldn't a hammer and sickle be fine? Actually I don't think it'd be taken down but they probably would age restrict or whatever where you can't see likes or comments sadly. It's just a shame how Germans get shit on when comparatively they aren't too bad at all, yes there's Hitler and the Holocaust, but even then there's still the countless genocides and tens of millions of deaths from other events orchestrated by governments. I never like the whole "heroes and villains" of history because it's just disingenuous. From an American perspective as a child the education system is so obviously biased; just irks me when I learn about new shit every day of people dying in large amounts and genocides that I had never ever heard of. Keep in mind I'm talking about learning this shit online, actively searching for it. Just annoying how it's always gotta be focused on the Germans when in reality they should just have a famine and genocides class in of itself that spans like a week long. Cause I think there are a lot of people who probably think the Holocaust is like the only genocide based on race. We hear about how many people get polled and say they don't even know what they Holocaust is, but if that's the case then think of how little they know of other major events. Kinda funny thinking about it I guess, but history isn't for everyone.

[@colewebb4643]

@Lauren Ashley hi read you're text I thought I would reply if it's ok with you I watch a you tube video from an exchange student from Germany girl that was here ok she said in the in Germany they don't put up with any nazi stuff at all or the swastika you will get arrested all so she said she like how America can fly it's flag and they we can take pride in the flag and country she said that in Germany there not even loud to fly or display the flag of German flag of Germany she said she wished she could fly the flag of Germany in her country like America does she even said you'r not even aloud to put a sticker of the German flag on you're car or home they would make you take it off it's all because of WW1 and WW2 sure the wall is down but still well have a good night 🌇🌆⛼🌃 Lauren Ashley 😆 C😎😎L

[@jonwhite6986]

I can’t even imagine the sheer depths of research behind this video series. You’ve done an amazing job here. Keep up the good work. Would love to see Norwegian histories from you soon

[@joecitizen6755]

As long as 1 group is excluded from the historical equation ... a great job is done!

[@devanthedude_]

I just sent him feedback asking to make a Norwegian video! Im 7/8 Norwegian and 1/8 Swedish but that 1/8 is my direct paternal line. My fathers fathers father (great grandpa) came to America from Sweden so i would like to learn Swedens history from this guy too, but Norway is at the top for sure, i know more than most about a lot of history especially scandinavian history HOWEVER this guy eclipses my knowledge BY FAR on human history so i would love to watch a video on my history(im guessing your norwegian also so your history too) you should send him a feedback message too asking for him to make a Norwegian history video maybe he will never know!

[@Neon4ty7]

@@joecitizen6755 Breadth here, with the depth only beginning to be polished. Yes I love the overview and adding the time element it is one angle of depth. Peace

[@joecitizen6755]

@@Neon4ty7 ... history is controlled by the JWO "financial advisers" ... they pay some "historians" for their pseudo-history to be written ... and shame the true historians into submission ... via "politically correct acceptance" ... or just outright social acceptance. Nevertheless ... history has been attacked for over 100 years now. I can almost guarantee you that the Norwegian/Swedish person wanting to have their history told to them ... does not speak the language of their ancestors. It's all part of the JWO agenda. America is a melting pot ... where good cultures go to be boiled alive and die.

[@Neon4ty7]

@Ant Nambesserwisse!

[@stephenspangenberg1909]

Finally, after 42 years.. I find a documentary on Germany that is factual and fair. Thank you. Love your other videos as well. Terrific work, friend. Subscriber for life.

[@robertadolph875]

You're kidding right?

[@taltoskieron]

@@robertadolph875 Why would he be kidding?

[@alphavegas1]

Factual? Google who REALLY invented the printing press

[@TheSynergy40]

@@alphavegas1 the chinese did, but the western counterpart came much later and was the invention that introduced literature and reading to Europe

[@kyucklebeans]

Agreed. Fantastic series.

[@RetroBerner]

That was insane how much information you managed to cram into this series, Danke!

[@messyiix7613]

Woke up to this playing on my TV. Takes me back to when the History Channel was true to it's name. Keep up the good content.

[@Spongebrain97]

It's pretty cool how many youtubers with only their own money, equipment and donations can make better content than big ass TV channels with 10x the resources

[@joecitizen6755]

If the KZbinr told the historical truth ... they would be censored by KZbin ... this guy must know that already ... because he skates waaay around the JWO involvement in both WWI and WWII.

[@vincentherrington6162]

@@joecitizen6755 i think also because people know about those pretty well considering how recent it was. but the midi-evil and ancient history is less well known

[@joecitizen6755]

@Yeahweat thebuffet jew world order ... all part of the "God's chosen ones" mentality.

[@joecitizen6755]

@@vincentherrington6162 what was the philosopher's name that stated "the jew always cry persecution".

[@briantlougan810]

Hello.Generally pretty good, informative. But, as a longtime resident of the Czech Republic, I can tell you that the Hussites are still here. There's a Hussite church about 7 blocks from where I live. There are many in this country.

[@trueblueclue]

Frederick the Great: 1. Contemplated suicide 2. "Respected women" (Archwhore of Austria) 3. A disappointment to his dad 4. Won great victories tactically He was a gamer... And probably a weeb.

[@demilembias2527]

"I ordered away for some of those beautiful 'shunga' prints of the oriental Islands, and it seems at last that the great Italian traders have brought it to the waystation in Brandenburg. I shall go and pick it up after I am finished with my wargames, and when I return I expect to be allowed substantial time alone in my chambers, especially if indeed the print is the one of the oriental woman and the squid."

[@hussain6469]

He was ruthlessly gay

[@DK-tv6rk]

And gay

[@jasonbourne4670]

@@DK-tv6rkmost likely a 47 percenter.

[@devanthedude_]

Dude your are hands down the best youtuber who makes human history videos out there. Thanks for the content im sure all us history fans agree were grateful to have these to be able to watch

[@Pokerface-tr1ds]

As a German I have to say that this is very accurate and it takes a great deal of research in order to bring this up here. Of course there will always be some contradictions here and there, but for the most part.... you did a good job.. very well researched.

[@alejandrocrespo7633]

This series was incredible. Thank you so much for all the work you put into this content.

[@johgu92]

Wilhelm I wasn't followed up by Wilhelm II, his successor was his son Friedrich III, who died 99 days after his coronation leaving his throne to his son Wilhelm II. 1888 therefore was called the "Dreikaiserjahr" (three emperor year). You forgot the second german emperor ;)

[@knutritter461]

And you forgot that this second German Kaiser might have changed history if he had not died of throat-cancer.

[@joecitizen6755]

As well ... an extremely important point is the "Serbian" that murdered the arch Duke ... was in fact a "young turk" ... do a search on the origin of the "young turk" movement. Here's another clue for you all ... the "young turks" were not Turkish! Guess who they were.

[@toprob20]

oooooooohhhhh!!!! #ImperialBURN

[@georgesetzer5283]

And this Kaiser Friedrich was married to Queen Victoria's Oldest daughter.

[@RikkaP]

@@georgesetzer5283 May favourite what if: What if Queen Victorian had been able to inherit the kingdom of Hanover? And how would that have changed the way I grew up? Would my native language be English, maybe?

[@adamnerd1236]

I know it’d be a huge project but could you do the history of the Ottoman Empire?

[@Sail8410]

I like how you include dates and maps throughout your videos. So many historians leave this detail out. It makes it much easier to track what is going on, especially Germany with such a complicated past.

[@Mercure250]

The maps look a little bit janky compared to what I'm used to, but since it's hand-drawn, it's understandable it looks that way. It's still good, though.

[@lecece]

As a German who has mostly been told about the second world war and a little about the first, I found this highly educating. Especially since from what I can tell, this was very factual and not biased. I felt the need to educate myself further and Kudos to you, both videos are really well researched and created!

[@laaangdon3390]

Absolutely amazing :D Keep up the great work, I'm really enjoying your history videos!

[@quaternity6943]

What a ride!! Thank you for this high quality documentary. As a German and someone who is interested in history, this has been highly educational and satisfying

[@chrisburger5965]

I love your videos. Please keep them coming. Learned so much I've been able to put the pieces of history I learn in school together to form a more compete picture. Thank you!

[@ritamosss8589]

awesome job man, tremendous, congrats and thank you very much.

[@plebisMaximus]

I've always been really interested in German history and while studying it in pieces has been great, getting it in a single comprehensive dose has simply been amazing. Thank you very much!

[@jrg1man1978]

Great content. The only assessment that is a tiny bit off IMO is the German language wasn't diminished in the US because of assimilation. Midwestern cities like Cincinnati, Columbus, St. Louis and parts of our Louisville were essentially little German cities, with a Catholic school in nearly every neighborhood. Germans were not particularly concerned with assimilating. The language went away as German Americans were viewed with suspicion after WW1 and WW2 and dropped the language. Until the 1940's, German was essentially the second language of America. You should do a video on the German American history. It's pretty cool.

[@naidadad9311]

An remarkable video on a very complicated part of history! Thank you very much! I really enjoyed and better armed with quality information.

[@barbarabroeske1061]

Thank you. Loved the visual presentations. The maps are especially helpful. I look forward to the rest of your excellent work.

[@jonsey3645]

Yet again...BRAVO! and thank you.

[@wndelactm]

Thank you very much for this. It was very needed.

[@valoriel4464]

What an amazing piece of work. Well done.

[@frostwolf2382]

This was really entertaining and informative! Whenever I would eat a meal, I would sit down and watch parts of this. I am finally finished something like a week later.

[@CoqPwner]

Fascinating as always, I hope you keep entertaining and educating people with these wonderful videos =)

[@mal9310]

so well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it. thank you for making these videos.

[@knutritter461]

Awesome series! I cannot believe some Non-German could have suceeded in this endeavor! And now you native English speakers do know what and how much we learn in history lessons at school! It's more than just about twelve years. Though it depends on the school-branch you attended! ;-) And btw: Lusitania was a British ship carrying some US-residents while transporting ammunition for the UK, too! And this was known to the USA as well. And they had been warned about travelling through a war zone, too! ;-)

[@THESORROWFULJUICE]

He has to keep it PC lol

[@rdrdrd7777]

Great pair of videos, learned a lot about my German country. Subscribed!

[@louiscervantez1639]

Great, great, great! Decided to repeat to catch what I missed thank you!

[@lennylunden835]

The best history lessons yet! Very thorough and detailed like no other. Thank you 😊

[@Tanu.90]

You my brother, are the most important channel on KZbin. You gave color to my passion, history. With huge respect from Romania!

[@Flow86767]

I have a request, but it’s a big one tough. It would be AWSOME!If you did the same, but with China.

[@ninototo1]

True. I love china.

[@Evalynder]

When I was learning German, my teachers called the eszett the "Scharfes S" or spicy s, and for the longest time I didn't know it was called eszett.

[@fruchtbeavis]

Both terms are used for the letter. Eszett is way more common though.

[@jerryscaglione9621]

Thank you for producing this very informative documentary. I've subscribed and look forward to seeing additional content. Well done.

[@GenghisCohen257]

Man this guy gives a good presentation. Really really worthwhile stuff.

[@mikkopenttila7604]

LMAO 23:49 "He and a... counterpart" :D

[@johnrichardson7310]

Wait Frederick the great was gay? I did not know that! Huh!

[@sgm3488]

@@johnrichardson7310 Not Frederick the Great, but his father

[@Mercure250]

@@sgm3488 Most historians today agree that Frederick the Great was gay. It was just kept secret for the longest time. Kinda makes me laugh to think Hitler idolized someone who was gay without knowing it.

[@rickhatesmisleadia7101]

Finally some quality content. Overall, your video's are awesome but could include some smaller events that lead to history being changed. Don't worry about them being long either. I could watch a 3 hour video if you keep the content real and unbiased like you have been. Great job!

[@floraooly]

Thank you so much this, and part 1, have made such a difference to my whole understanding of Europe!

[@lolzmcfree6996]

Thank you for your channel you deserve way more views and subs

[@DYNB]

These video's are simply amazing,. Keep up the good work!

[@robertreisner6119]

I feel that your podcasts on what became Germany is excellent, as a former member of Germania our ancestors left around 1503, by 1657 we arrived in North America. The deepening issue of religion was a major reason for our ancestors leaving. We simply had been thru too many crusades and wars....all in the name of God.

[@goodluck8618]

Thank you for this awesome video. Great work.

[@JonasWetzel-pu8gp]

Amazing work and great effort, very much appreciated

[@lorepeeters]

Absolutely LOVE these history of nations videos!! Would love to see you do one on Belgium, although largely similar to the french and German history, I think it’d be very interesting to see those events from this country’s point of view.

[@haveagoodone2935]

I can't begin to thank and praise you for the amount of work you put into these documentaries. I'm a musician so history is more of a hobby for me. As a practicing Lutheran I applaud you for pointing out that Martin Luther sought reform instead of breaking away from the Roman Catholic church.

[@ddemlong]

Awesome work, great videos.

[@Ninefinger11]

30 secs in and I’m enjoying

[@Ninefinger11]

Jim lastname you should feel bad for that joke.

[@Flow86767]

Oh yes! *It’s FINALY here!*

[@solidbanjobanjo9367]

The reason this vid has so few views is because for some reason it’s not in the related section of part one

[@robertreisner6119]

A very good program of your part 1&2 of the German history. In 1503 my family was in Bavaria.

[@rossbrook5919]

New to the channel absolutely fantastic videos ive seen so far. Top stuff

[@yamameeven967]

It's so fascinating how for most of the video it seems kinda slow like time itself and then the last 10 mins so much shit happens

[@bruceprins3305]

Excellent documentary. Both parts.

[@luckyqualmi]

31:33 never seen or listen to Pennsylvania Dutch, but I am able to read and understand it as a German. Awesome! :D

[@prestigev6131]

I didn’t even know Pennsylvania Dutch was a language but it did get me to just realize why the character named Dutch, is from Pennsylvania in red dead 2

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@prestigev6131 Part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York was first settled by the Dutch before becoming English. Manhattan was then called New Amsterdam. From 1647 to 1664 this area was called New Netherland. The Dutch colonial officer was Peter Stuyvesant (no, he wasn't the inventor of the cigarette of the same name, lol)

[@prestigev6131]

@@callsigndd9ls897 I did know the Dutch first settled New York but I didn’t know they were in Jersey and PA too

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@prestigev6131 The term "Dutch" dates back to the language shift when the Pennsylvania Germans called their language "Deitsch". However, English speakers pronounce it as "Dutch" (Netherlands). Many settlers came from the German areas on the Rhine. They came from the Electoral Palatinate and the adjacent areas in Baden, Württemberg, German-speaking Switzerland, Alsace and the Netherlands. Pennsylvania Dutch shares many similarities with the dialects spoken in the German cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Speyer, and Neustadt. However, this language also has influences from the Dutch language and of course English influences were added over time.

[@wotan3362]

Another great documentary is Europa last battle and another one is the greatest story never told

[@jasonbourne4670]

o/

[@daniwhite3027]

Wow what a ride. Thank you a thousand times for this

[@echothegecko2875]

This video was very informative! Was nice to be able to see a more complete history on a nation that usually isn’t even focused on prior to 1900. And woo, learned that my birthday was the day of German reunification!

[@marquiesriley6479]

The might of prussia’s army was unreal...they were the “little man” boxing out of a corner so to speak...germany would have been well on its way to super power if not for WW I and II...,

[@Deutschland_Dive]

enjoyed the video, thank you!

[@thewouldyouratherguy]

Really great work. REALLY GREAT WORK

[@jdillon3035]

I learned so much! Thank you

[@nicholausberens3231]

If I may add a valuable and detailed resource to read: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Schrier who was an American Correspondent to Berlin during the rise of Hitler, WW2, and the post-war.

[@TheDerola]

Im pretty sure this video was banned in germany until recently now i can finaly watch it nice one dude keep up the good work ur making every history tv channel look like kindergarden

[@RikkaP]

Danke, ich habe es mir sehr gern angesehen und vielen Dank zurück für diese interessante Dokumentation. Es ist schon seltsam, die eigene Geschichte so zu betrachten, bis in die eigene Lebenszeit hinein. 1989 habe ich tatsächlich den Beginn der Wiedervereinigung verpasst, da ich mich als Austauschschülerin in Kanada aufhielt. Übrigens auch ein großes Kompliment wegen des Gebrauchs der deutschen Sprache. Ich mische hier mit Absicht kein nichts Englisches mit hinein, damit man es sich übersetzen lassen kann. Danke, noch einmal.

[@nicholausberens3231]

Very well done. The part of German history in the HRE days and all that I was very much unfamiliar with until now. It's nice to learn more of my Heritage. You have done your homework and research. I applaud your efforts to present it without a subjective slant.

[@TheOne-rl4ru]

I've been binging your videos. I'd be curious with all of your knowledge what you think the next 20 years or so would look like.

[@tazepat001]

It's amazing that you were even able to talk that long about one country.

[@valeriegrindinger6294]

German history is very rich. He even left out a lot. As a single nations (or rather cultures) history, i feel like its the most interesting of them all.

[@patrickols]

That long? Only two hours for a country with close to two thousand years of history is really not that long. It’s almost brief but it was very well done, I enjoyed every minute of it

[@Spongebrain97]

I get the context of how recent it is but I think that it's pretty lame with how nazi Germany is one of the more popular discussions on the country and people on the internet and in person when Germany has a pretty overall great history with many interesting people that are all better than hitler

[@ihatekillerclowns]

I would say the most interesting and complex history of any nation in Europe

[@wolfzmusic9706]

I think being taught Nazi Germany stuff tho makes more sense to try and ensure that history doesn't repeat itself. And when history is being taught in a non-German country, obviously not all of the history can be German, and so therefore it's impossible to fit in any other German history

[@nevets2371]

Ww2 is still relatively fresh in memory, and the current existing global order has largely been defined by it, and so because Nazi Germany was the primary driver of the war it would make sense that their memory is also still fresh.

[@Spongebrain97]

@@wolfzmusic9706 Yeah thats true but like here in America when it comes to learning world history in school and Germany, it's just the WWI-WWII era lol. Hence why many people including myself for a while do not know Germany's overall history

[@wolfzmusic9706]

@@Spongebrain97 Most people don't learn about Germany's overall history because it's massive and there's a lot of it. I'm British and I don't learn all about British history because it'd be too long. Learning about Nazi Germany makes sense because it's the most prominent thing in their history and probably one of the worst things. If you want to learn more about German history, I would recommend Fire of Learning's documentary on it. It's very detailed!

[@kevinvalentinocasanova8416]

Very. interesting documentary great work

[@ryanmacias4994]

Thank you for these videos🙏 as I will be moving from USA to Germany in the coming year and will be taking my citizenship test this will help me a lot as far as the knowledge and background of how Germany formed.

[@kevinstrade2752]

Wunderbar!!!! Vielen Dank!!!

[@jaduzink]

When "East Prussia" was a fief of Poland it was called Ducal Prussia.

[@Deebz270]

Exzellenter Dokumentarfilm - Gut gemacht und danke. Lass sie kommen!

[@ms.marlenerosado7456]

Love it It's never to late to learn

[@Noba46688]

This deserves way more views

[@waltercool]

There are many issues about WW1 facts on warmongering. Most of WW1 happened on past tensions already with Africa, specially between British Empire and German Empire, also tensions already between Astro-Hungary and Russian Empire. This wasn't just a mere "who started", the conflict tension was happening decades before. I think African/Asian dominions are very important to point here.

[@kensurrency2564]

Well, first thing, nobody could run the complex diplomacy of Europe like Bismarck did (he set it up!) and when he was sacked by Wilhelm II, things slowly unraveled. Also, Wilhelm pretty much pissed off every European leader. That didn’t help. And with the help of generous amounts of allied propaganda, he pretty much stepped in every pile he could. After the assassination of the archduke, things pretty much ran themselves. Bismarck was 100% correct.

[@stephenmurray2851]

You make more videos like this and you could become only the second youtuber I've ever donated to.

[@EmilForsberg_GRYBO]

These history videos are what makes the channel. Not that the rest of the content is bad or anything

[@beastieman4207]

best content u ever have👍❤

[@uprising1468]

I always enjoy a good history lesson in learning of the evolution of people's and nations. I look forward to hear/see the episodes (there's usually 2 parts) of Scotland, Russia and Poland.

[@timfalch1969]

My grandpa recalled going to the store with a wheelbarrow full of cask to buy a loaf of bread and how using money as wall paper was cheaper than actually buying wall paper.

[@waldemarheyerdahl3241]

Very good documentary!!!

[@criticalmass4912]

Awesome. Even as a german I learned some new things about my country's history. Strange that the first part has over a million views and this "only" 50k. Anyway thanks for your work!

[@ChristesII]

Very likely - something he said about Nazis in WWII caused this video to be black-listed by the algorithm. It doesn't autoplay after the first part (which is very strange) and I had to manually go to his channel page to find it.

[@kyucklebeans]

Amazing work! But I was glad when you no longer had to say/sing “HolyRomanEmpire” hahah :)

[@mnlg_yt]

I enjoyed this 2-parter very much. Thank you for the time and the efforts. There is one thing I would like your opinion on: after WW1, as you state, Austria and the Ottoman Empire had been broken in pieces, but the same was not arranged for Germany and the reason for that, I had been told, is that there was concern for communist influence which could have been more effective on turning smaller states than a single larger entity. Compounded by the harshness of war reparations - it has been calculated that had Germany kept with the payment plan as determined, the debt would have been solved in 1985 - it left me with the impression that a small part of the responsibility for Germany becoming a powerful aggressor once more was due to the decisions of the allies at the end of WW1. It's understandable that they could not anticipate what would have happened, of course, but they left the means intact and made it very easy to provide a motive.

[@mnlg_yt]

@@TheBruteOne Thank you for your analysis! I appreciated your effort to explain it. It is really sad that such small act of probably partially justifiable stubborness led to such dire consequences.

[@AKAHEIZER]

Don't miss the first part, also extremely interesting to watch.

[@adamcooper18]

I always wondered about the history of the various Germanic tribe's impact on European history and now I know it's so freaking complex. Practically every country has had political and population influence over such long periods of time that it becomes a grey line if they're germanic in theory or not. Frence in my mind was never Germanic but now I know it is, along with northern Italy.

[@adamcooper18]

Postscript, I wonder if Hitler's Lebensraum policy was influenced by the mass migration of Germans intercontinentally along with to the Americas.

[@adamcooper18]

P.S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm got the bad end of the stick being the scapegoat for the complex alliances that lead to WW1 and I feel bad for that whereas Hitler and the Nazis are different. The note saying the Kaiser lived in the Netherlands the rest of his of his life trying to convince people it wasn't his fault tugged at my heart. Victim to history I guess. Poka Poka

[@codygottman2642]

I love my german heritage. Odveously to an extent.

[@misssamartypants]

CodyGottman I’m sorry, but odveously ? 🤣😉

[@meanleanbean1628]

Melissa Liddington Cut him some slack, if he’s German than German is probably his mother tongue

[@SecretStepDaddy]

Curious why you referred to the siege of Vienna as “infamous”. It was a war just any other war throughout history

[@alecjones4135]

Amazing content

[@io2859]

amazing!

[@DarkFunk1337]

Fantastic video! The depths of medieval European histiry is so overly complicated, its hard to retain information. Can anyone recommend any good books as an introduction to the subject?

[@samuelcastle3873]

Great Doco series ep 1 and 2

[@SuperSpidey313]

Vielen Dank!

[@ninototo1]

Great video, but it feels like you were a bit hasty towards the end. I think east germany deserves it's own video. Really fascinating !

[@AKAHEIZER]

I think it was intentional to keep the balance between time in History and the length of the Video, in this context I think it was the right decision.