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Sources:
The Rise and Fall of Prussia, Sebastian Haffner
Germans and Slavs, Arno Lubos
Frederick the Great, Tim Blanning
Music:
Hungarian Rhapsody by Franz Liszt
Twenty six variations on La Folia de Spagna, London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert, conductor

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Check out Squarespace for a free trial at www.squarespace.com/armchairhistorian and use the code 'ARMCHAIR' for 10% off your first purchase. *Correction 1: In 1648, Brandenburg-Prussia also acquired parts of Pomerania, which isn't shown in the video. Pomerania is a state directly above Brandenburg. Corrections should be placed underneath this comment. Thanks! Griff

[@bossbaby5936]

yeah the map of 1648 is leaving out some land they gained on the pomeranian coast

[@bossbaby5936]

Lord Alehandro yes

[@Vitalis94]

Poor Pommerania, always neglected. :P

[@Goldillonek]

There was not a Poland-Lithuania country before Union of Lublin in 1569 so the map is quite misleading.

[@borussiagermania4089]

Germans conqured Old Prussia and over several centuries they assimilated. Unlike the Americans that practically exterminated all the native Americans the old Prussians and Germans assimilated and eventually merged into one population. Old Prussian traditions and culture merged with Germans to become a unique mixture of both and the plague reduced the population regardless of their heritage. To suggest otherwise is either falling for anti German propaganda I wouldn't expect you to say Welsh were killed by the British but rather they were forcefully assimilated like many indigenous regions in France, Spain and Britain. Seems like double standards when you consider that unlike France, Britain and Spain the nation of Germany is only made up of Germans without having had to conquer an indigenous population because GERMANS ARE THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION OF GERMANY. A quarter of what had up to that point been German land for several millenia was ethnically cleansed of all its 14 million inhabitants in the aftermath of WW2 in the largest incident of ethnic cleansing in history. But the ethnic cleansing of Prussia which caused over 2 million civilians deaths doesn't get mentioned by Armchair historian while discussing Prussia or the 2WW. Doesn't quite seem fit the anti German naritive

[@DeptalJexus]

"Prussia wasn't destined to be great, but it decided to be"

[@novalier]

Sebastian Haffner was a formidable historian. However, this statement may not be correctly attributed.

[@user-hx1hp7fk1o]

I am great

[@therealgamingking7901]

From a small state to the forming the German empire

[@fullmetaltheorist]

I like that.

[@theceo3895]

Bottomline they lost.

[@drandren9093]

Prussia's rise to glory was when they unlocked their third national idea of 20% land morale.

[@cryptox826]

Dran Dren 5c

[@edrickhuge4637]

@An unimpressed Rooster you do, what you get on top of the idea is the Prussian government and the upgrade from duchy to kingdom

[@adrianovalle2176]

An unimpressed Rooster Brandenburg does, Teutonic Order doesn’t unless you form prussia

[@jeronimoadames6624]

the form Germany national focus is so op

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

And reached the age of revolutions with 800 slendor

[@baszar24]

That's why you always conquer the whole Teutonic Order when playing Poland in EU4.

[@Ponanoix]

You could not be more right about it

[@eagleeye3195]

I beat Poland and formed Prussia as Teutonic Order

[@jek_si2251]

@@eagleeye3195 REEEEEEEEEEEEE get out

[@Bizmarckus]

So you don’t get conquered by them in 39’

[@basementkidd6818]

@@eagleeye3195 Quite a feat even as a pole, imma not going to lie. Good fucking job being able to do something as the teutons

[@NeverEverClever]

*plays prussian glory at 150% discipline*

[@Emma-ob5oj]

NeverEverClever I love Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2

[@uber305]

New national spirit????

[@navyagoesbrr1987]

Hoi4

[@blackdragon3699]

@@uber305 achiment

[@Robbie-pc1dl]

yes (ja)

[@keir012]

*Slaps Roof of Prussia* Wilhelm: "This Baby can hold so many Reichs" Napoleon: Can I test that theory? Stalin: Can I test that Theory?

[@JamesTullos]

Ferdinand Foch: *stands in the corner, angry he's been left out*

[@russkiebaloney1574]

Napoleon III: stares while cuddling itself at a corner of a wall with envy

[@v4enthusiast541]

Keiroza Secoby Eh, Prussia kinda played a big part in weakening/destroying the HRE (First Reich)

[@4f52]

Caliph Merkel: Did you say "more immigrants"?

[@belgarath6508]

^The weakining of the hre begann way before prussia excistet lol.

[@Rescel1]

*knock knock* Prussia: who's there Its Me Bismarck. ...Prussia formed germany

[@LtGhost-tb3kq]

Well, if it wasn’t for Bismarck, it probably wouldn’t’ve happened. At least not for a few more decades.

[@ThoseColoniesAreMine]

imagine dealing with border gore irl

[@ethanrepublic4554]

How would they get there?

[@ThoseColoniesAreMine]

just like in EU4, ask for access with 20 countries and get minus 16 diplomatic power per month

[@55Ironside]

Just play CK2, it's close enough within 100 years of gameplay.

[@AaronCupps]

That's why napoleon invaded and dissolved the HRE tbh, just to get rid of the border gore

[@irgendwer3610]

napoleon caused more bordergore

[@borussiagermania4089]

"Prussia was hatched from a cannonball" - Napoleon I.

[@user-hx1hp7fk1o]

Yes indeed I was. And my father left to get milk and never came back

[@spiffygonzales5160]

@@user-hx1hp7fk1o I believe you mean to say my father dared to take my milk, and I ensured he would never come back.

[@user-hx1hp7fk1o]

@@spiffygonzales5160 yes, indeed. My grammar was quite off.

[@FireRi141]

"Where some states have an army, the Prussian army has a state" Brutal, I love it Hahaha

[@NartNeyut01]

Prussia and Frederick Lots of Frederick

[@bskorupk]

(one generation later) Don't forget the Wilhelms Lots of Wilhelms

[@orana03]

And Frederick Williams

[@deathpunk1878]

Sounds like a Hetalia Axis Powers fanfic...

[@SkyFantasyWorld]

DeathPunk187 _-Insert France's laugh-_

[@prussiabielschmdt7485]

Did anyone mention me

[@sheetgravy255]

No one ever expects the Space Marines.

[@sheetgravy255]

@Lord Alehandro Rocking the Winged Hussars I see. Very nice. Wouldn't they fit better as the Ork Boyz with their love of the Waaagh?

[@krocodockle2544]

@Lord Alehandro dude you're a crazy Polish nationalist you need to chill on the Prussia hate

[@givemeyouroil937]

Lord Alehandro if Germany was responsible for WW1 and WW2 than that must be some crazy misconception... Oh wait

[@jackrodden7992]

Prussia had one of the most disciplined armies in the world, you're incredibly biased

[@jackrodden7992]

Why were they scum? Also nobody said they were the defenders of either of those two things.

[@Dumpstermuffin1]

Prussia has always been by favorite faction to play in total war....they are political and military geniuses. Took on both Austria and France and won

[@chocdesglacons]

I'm part (West-)German and I still find Prussia incredibly "exotic" in a way. It's stranger for us than it is e.g. for a Calabrian to think that his country was united by the more or less francophone Duchy of Piedmont a bit earlier. Italy's capital is Rome, not Turin, and Piedmont has a quieter history. But modern Germany was shaped around the astonishing, dangerous and fast-moving Prussian military state or its legacy and Berlin became our capital. The fact that parts of North-Eastern Germany _within_ the much truncated current borders have Slavic roots while many far-off towns along the Polish, Lithuanian and North-West Russian coasts are historically more German is also something I'll never get used to.

[@andrewbrown6522]

Are there Germans that identify as descendants of the germanic tribes from pre-roman times?

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

@@andrewbrown6522 Maybe Yes! Right up until they failed to assassinate Adolph Hitler and we're over run by Hitler's Armies who murdered all of the men, took all property but allowed the women and children to walk. Remembrance and generational loss prevails. So the answer is mostly, No!

[@mariusmatei2946]

That's because you Are a product of the "mentality" that Germany "means only West Germany"; I Suggest you Pay Berlin A Visit (Learn Some History)!!!

[@Combat-Mindset]

@@andrewbrown6522 Yes ofcourse

[@hannibalburgers477]

God, imagine choosing berlin over all cities

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

It's absolutely jaw dropping that by the mid 18th century, I believe around 1/3 of the Prussian army was foreign born. Usually pressed into service for being deserters and criminals.

[@Wolle009]

Map in this video: "Exist" Denmark: "Am I a joke to you"

[@samurai90x]

yes

[@vadimpm1290]

American Dutch

[@asianlifter]

Kinda

[@andenfighter0078]

ikr denmark doesnt exist wtf did he do to north prussia

[@asianlifter]

Andenfighter 007 what?

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

+1 Army traditions are too OP

[@raptorz8917]

98.9% Army tradition *Pulls general* 6 fire, 6 shock, 6 revenuer, 5 siege, reincarnation of Frederick the great

[@YataTheFifteenth]

@@raptorz8917 "Frederick the Greater"

[@ihsanchair]

There's no way I would ever miss every video talking about Prussia

[@InspectHistory]

As always great job AH! loved ur content I'm your fan from Indonesia 😇

[@rizkyardan5760]

Halo gan :D

[@arfn1973]

Eeeh!

[@InspectHistory]

Hi broo wkwkwkwkw 😁

[@arfn1973]

@@InspectHistory Wihh bergadang nih...

[@InspectHistory]

@@arfn1973 Hi! lg revisi video minggu ini yg delay ni wkwkwkw

[@rippspeck]

5:16 That really sounds like the -American- Prussian Dream.

[@donnapavluk4029]

does it?

[@user-hx1hp7fk1o]

no

[@solidus1995]

Germany would have been a better version of America probably due to its stronger sense of ethnic and cultural identity. Americans have no ethnic or cultural identity and it is our greatest weakness.

[@solidus1995]

Patton knew the world defeated the wrong enemy post Berlin invasion. He knew the modern western world was just obliterated by a bunch of baby cowboys and communist barbarians.

[@trk1b28varianrhesa4]

@@solidus1995 Native american?

[@ANVILD3VIL]

"that's right border gore doesn't just happen in paradox games[....]" I see...you are a man of culture as well

[@firstconsul7286]

"Gentlemen, if this man were not dead, we wouldn't be here today."

[@arfn1973]

So 1713-1740 Kingdom of Prussia is the *_R E A L_* American dream place?

[@Mottflyer]

It's too bad I don't have a fatherland to return to though.

[@RussianBot-qw4ht]

No, not even close. Parasite immigration does not equal desired immigration.

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

@@RussianBot-qw4ht well yeah no, unfortunately prussia was kind of a "survival of the fittest" kind of state. whether you can stand the ultra militaristic and highly hierachial culture and also the infamous fast phased efficient industry its up to you to decide whether you can be part of the state or be crushed into a mere infantrymen. At this time more men equals more men power to deploy and thus having more men secures your place in the heart of europe. You can't be parasite in prussia because sooner or later prussia would finD the use of you in their place with their efficient administration, Which is why you would even see turkish and balkan people serving in prussian millitary during this time.Those poor bastard didnt see whats coming to them, YOU SERVE PRUSSIA AND PRUSSIA SERVES YOU!!!

[@baul997]

@@islamicschoolofmemestudies wait the US isn't like that?

[@M_osieb]

Border gore is actually a historical feature in paradox games.

[@Randy_Plays_Games]

Glad to see that you aren't actually in the video this time, I enjoy the visuals and your take on how to visually represent what you're talking about.

[@user-vt8oq6cw1q]

Excellent video and the music of Liszt Ferenc ,oh just perfect combination .Keep it up.

[@heinrichjansevanrensburg9412]

I really love your videos. Wasn't a history guy but I just love the way you do it. It just keeps me captivated

[@OrangeBananaMonster]

You should have probably spent ~30 more seconds to briefly mention the rivalry btwn Prussia and Austria, but good video!

[@majorearl12]

My favorite nation to study, and one of the coolest countries to ever exist.

[@philliphilt2302]

Good points waiting for the future of channel you described I understand that you said after this video and it excites me to see this channel grow

[@anthonyhonorable2974]

Would you ever plan to do another episodes like this again ? Really enjoying these vids.

[@mishamalcevschi2142]

Great work armchair historian! Keep up the good work !

[@golden_smaug]

This video is so good! But it's also so bad because I can't believe it's over, time flies! Congratulations :)

[@valiatus6719]

USA: We're THE Nation of Immigrants! Prussia: Copy cat.

[@christianholbrook2686]

While they weren't the USA yet, the thirteen colonies were a place for protestant refugees to go similar to Prussia.

[@drscopeify]

It was a similar escape from persecution but instead of the Europeans, it was from the British. Similar situation indeed, not a copy. Also, this is why America has actually more Germans than British, American ancestry is 14% Germany but only 7% British due to MASSIVE Prussian/Germany immigration to America! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ancestry

[@royharel2147]

Great video....It was a lot of fun to watch.

[@markgarcia693]

WOW!! I don't remember this in History classes... Thank you very much....

[@brokenbridge6316]

Wonderful video. I liked it a lot. Nice job guy.

[@oliverhaake1394]

I really appriciate you're quoting Sebastian Haffner a lot, he is one of my favorite writers. He was a crystal clear mind and a brilliant journalist!

[@Camel9991]

Teutonic Knights' lands and later Duchy of Prussia was not part of Holy Roman Empire. Branderburg was, so Prussia being under the rule of Elector from Brunderburg was kind of part HRE via personal union with Branderburg but land of Prussia itself formally never wasn't. Fun fact: In Polish language we call old pagan Balto-Prussian "Prusowie" but German, christian Prussians we call "Prusacy" which thank's to XIX and XX cent. propaganda has some slighty negative meaning in the way of popular, common thinking of "Teutons->Prussians->Germans->Nazi Germany".

[@Camel9991]

ksh Nick Greetings from Thorn region then ;) And yes. I like bananas.

[@connormckibbin140]

Finally a video that answers a simple question I've lacked enough good material on

[@sm3393]

A video on “why Britain didn’t join Vietnam?” would be interesting.

[@MouldMadeMind]

Because the were already break.

[@aaronlewis702]

I fucking love it when I find a new quality history channel on youtube

[@alanchoichang8336]

so it was actually the "prussian dream" before it became the "american dream"

[@jimmysmith5418]

I am Maori from New Zealand 🇳🇿 but I have proud Prussian heritage from my great great great great grandfather on my dads side his name was Johann Hackenschmidt- which in later years Hackenschmidt evolved into just -“SMITH” my last name. So I’m European Maori. From Germany 🇩🇪.

[@M4lenia]

German Maori 😳 I bet you could invade Russia and win ALONE

[@holoholopainen1627]

Thats a nice Story !

[@markwarnberg9504]

It was Fredrik William who said "FROM MY BONES MAY AN AVENGER ARISE", and Napoleon saying at the foot of Fredrik The Greats grave "HAD THIS MAN BE ALIVE TODAY I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE".

[@forrestgump6065]

This history gives me headaches everytime I try to grasp all the details.

[@josiemaxj763]

Great vid🤘

[@aramin4428]

(APH) Prussia: *I AM TOO AWSOME TO BE SEEN* Prussia hides in a wooden box (You might know what i mean)

[@fetusdeletus7022]

HETALIA

[@setsunaeien7480]

@@fetusdeletus7022 KESESESESE

[@Ahsoka_Hyrule]

Thank you

[@squishytownbynalaroccoandc6082]

m a r u k a i t e c h i k y u u

[@razorwhatislastname7585]

Keseseses~ I am too awesome to be seen!

[@razorwhatislastname7585]

Keseseseses~ Finally, an awesome-ass video about awesome me!

[@defytony5594]

How come you're still alive?

[@razorwhatislastname7585]

@@defytony5594 The awesome Prussia is always alive!

[@Artur_M.]

Worst vassal ever, would not accept the homage again! Jokes aside very good video. I hope You will make something specifically about Poland-Lithuania one day.

[@Ponanoix]

@Bogumil Korasadowicz Albo po prostu nie być idiotą i nie zapraszać ich do ziemii chełmińskiej

[@joachim6172]

Bogumil Korasadowicz jak ja my jesteśmy takim emocjonalnym krajem no to gdzie by to się stało

[@citywokbesitzer6834]

@Bogumil Korasadowicz Keep in mind that Poland asked the Teutonic Order for help when they tried to conquer the Baltic Regions but failed.

[@TheBlobik]

@@citywokbesitzer6834 Technically, it was a Masovian Duke who made he invitation. I think he wasn't considered ruler of entire Poland when he did that. I might be wrong on that, though. But for sure back then Poland went through a period of fragmentation into duchies. There was supposed to be a duke that would control all the others, but in reality this led to a lot of Polish principalities to split off (mainly in Silesia and Pomerania). In the end pretty much only Greater Poland and Lesser Poland were later reunited, and after some time Masovia got reintegrated as well (even though parts of it were vassilized to Czechs, for some time)

[@basementkidd6818]

@Bogumil Korasadowicz We dos, but did the mistake of making It a vassal. Think about It, so much un history would of changed if It werent for that little decision

[@SkyFantasyWorld]

Prussia: FINALLY ! A VIDEO ABOUT ZE AWESOME ME ! KESSKESSKESS !

[@Ahsoka_Hyrule]

You just made my day. I was scrolling through these comments just waiting for something like this.

[@Texan.Insomniac]

*_A surprise, but a welcome one, to be sure_*

[@bzzztbzzzt2428]

Yo!!!

[@setsunaeien7480]

@@Ahsoka_Hyrule GILBERT!

[@squishytownbynalaroccoandc6082]

kesesesesesese~

[@spoilerslili8199]

*sighs* I'm sorry but I have to say it... I am the Awesome PRUSSIA

[@Ahsoka_Hyrule]

Thank you

[@setsunaeien7480]

Gilbert?

[@itsnotmycupoftea.1874]

Hetalia! 💕

[@siixxt]

Omfg yess

[@roseblossom2023]

ksesesese *laughs*

[@alexanderjonathan5170]

My man Griffen back at it.

[@kingbaldwiniv5409]

This is a very solidly succinct video, well done! You did not mention however one of the terms of the treaty whereby the Prussians were permitted to retain the lands. "By the Second Treaty of Toruń (1466) the Polish crown acquired direct sovereignty over the Teutonic Order’s former possessions to the west of the lower Vistula River, together with the Kulmerland (or Chełmno district) and Ermland (Warmia) to the east; and that part of Prussia east of the Vistula River (i.e., East Prussia) was left to the order only on condition that the grand, or high, master should hold it as fief of the Polish crown. The lands along the Vistula, under Polish sovereignty, became known as Royal Prussia; thus a wedge of predominantly Polish-speaking territory came to be consolidated between German-speaking East Prussia and the German Reich to the west." One of the chief attributes of the Prussian foreign policy over the long-term was their disregard for treaties and a generally objectivist way of doing business. They contrived a justification to do what they desired to do. Your quote at the beginning does a great job of diplomatically stating this. There was a point you mentioned that Albert Frederick was childless. I do not believe that this was entirely accurate. Whereas it is true that he had no surviving male heirs, he did have surviving daughters. "Albert Frederick and Marie were parents to seven children: Anna of Prussia (3 July 1576 - 30 August 1625). Married John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. Marie of Prussia (23 January 1579 - 21 February 1649). Married Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Albert Frederick of Prussia (1 June 1580 - 8 October 1580). Sophie of Prussia (31 March 1582 - 4 December 1610). Married Wilhelm Kettler of Courland. Eleanor of Prussia (21 August 1583 - 9 April 1607). Married Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg. Wilhelm Frederick of Prussia (23 June 1585 - 18 January 1586). Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (31 December 1586 - 22 February 1659). Married John George I, Elector of Saxony. At his death, the duchy passed to his son-in-law John Sigismund, Margrave of Brandenburg, combining the two territories under a single dynasty and forming Brandenburg-Prussia." They were Napoleon after Napoleon: consuming their neighbors, running a largely proto-fascist regime, and complaining if anyone ever had the audacity to countermand their claims. I really enjoyed the video about this confusing time in European history, A LOT of people have been benefitted by your good work here.

[@aaronmarq8387]

my God, I *do* love that Frederick II portrait

[@raman3557]

*"Where some states have an army, the Prussian army has a state"*

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Great Elector Frederick Wilhelm: "DIRECT RULE FROM BERLIN!"

[@edwardgrigoryan3982]

This is an incredibly condensed and effective description of this history. Thank you.

[@polandballhistorian8537]

There was no "Fall of Prussia," it just became more and more powerful until it turned into Germany.

[@Mottflyer]

The fall of Prussia was when the whole state was abolished after WW2. Almost all of it given to Poland.

[@jesuscarrion3763]

the prussian state, or what was left of it, was dissolved de facto by the nazis and de jure by the allies at the end of WWII

[@jamesk5541]

Yeah Prussia gone or we wouldn't have Germany of today

[@acealinka489]

@@Mottflyer Just that this was not really "prussian" anymore but german territory already. Also none of the prussian territories that are in nowaday Germany were ever given to a foreign nation, they still are there, but just entirely reorganized and renamed to Brandenburg, Berlin etc. Because why not? There's no need for more than 16 states in Germany which didn't exist like this before the world wars as well. It's all for administrative sake, as Germany doesn't have any landlords and heritages anymore that could divide territories again in the future and it's also much less complex to have 16 instead of like... 200? 300? different lands.

[@Mottflyer]

@@acealinka489 The territories I consider Prussian were East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, East Brandenburg, and West Brandenburg. I consider these Prussian because they were ethnically majority German until the end of WW2. These territories all fell under the "Prussia" name by the end of the 18th century. West Prussia was given to Poland after WW1 and then after WW2 the Russians ethnically cleansed all these areas of their German inhabitants and gave them to Poland with the exception of West Brandenburg, Vor Pommern and the still German part of Silesia remaining fully German today.

[@victoriacorcimaru1731]

Thank you!!!

[@juliusceaser7242]

"Thats right border gore happens not only in Paradox games it was even worse in reality" I staryed wheezing when he said that

[@jaroslavmartynof6810]

Prussia was able to win the seven years war only because of Peter 3 and his betrayal of Austria. It was called a "miracle" for a reason.

[@Tynos5ives]

You are messing a bit with the facts here, the "miracle" happened before Peter left the war (when the Prussian army had been crushed but no one conquered Berlin).

[@TheKillahKyla]

It also helped that the French were busy fighting in the Americas which diverted their resources significantly.

[@pewdevi9049]

I just clicked because I watch Hetalia, and was curious.

[@tsardzhek9166]

You should watch more history than hetalia since hetalia gets a lot wrong... but hetalia's a funny and good show nonetheless

[@periklisgermanos6488]

@@tsardzhek9166 what is Hetalia?

[@tsardzhek9166]

@@periklisgermanos6488 Oh boy are you in for a laugh

[@periklisgermanos6488]

@@tsardzhek9166 please explain it to me your majesty.

[@tsardzhek9166]

@@periklisgermanos6488 It's nations but they are all in anime so they tie the way they act as countries with their nations actions.

[@icetwo]

3:49 This is the Coat of arms of the City where i live.

[@mefisto654]

I know these maps are far from precise obviously, but neglecting Gdańsk/Danzig territory as a dominion of Poland is a mistake, as stealing it was one of the blows given to Poland by Teutons. So I would disagree with "finally" at subject of retaking it by Frederic II.

[@jimbojohnson8196]

Thank you

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Dutch was spoken in Prussian western Rhine schools until the 1880's.

[@wd-type9643]

Rise of Lichtenstein next

[@thisiscertainlynotmynameso8374]

Preußen never died it lives on in our heart♥

[@johndrachenberg2254]

... But that's a topic for another time?! That's the whole reason I clicked on this video!

[@suleimanyussuf9489]

yes another video wooohooo

[@SamAronow]

1:00 the cityscape in this image is Jaffa, not Acre. You can tell by the lighthouse.

[@a.m_a.m4728]

the video missed what Prussians did in the French revolution 1792-1793

[@Tom-pk4gl]

What did they do than?

[@a.m_a.m4728]

@@Tom-pk4gl invade verdun

[@SB-ob7kn]

prussia who surrender in 19 days in 1806 against France

[@fredbarker9201]

Elias Murat yep that’s Napoleon for you

[@suryasishtalukdar210]

@@SB-ob7kn and who defeated France in Waterloo and then again twice in 1870 and laid seige to Paris ?

[@lukeborst2751]

I'm doing my own personal research on Germany from the HRE to now so thanks

[@steuben6372]

The quote about the army having a state is not from Voltaire. It is from Georg Heinrich von Behrenhorst, a Prussian military writer.

[@jjc5475]

what i find interesting is that the symbol of the Teutonic knights, seems to last to this day in Germany? (the eagle)

[@Vitalis94]

The eagle was a common symbol, used in many various kingdoms and principalities. It's not necessairly a purely German or Teutonic symbol.

[@m.b.54]

Ordo fratrum domus hospitalis Sanctae Mariae Theutonicorum in Jerusalem, Ordo Theutonicus, /. Orden der Brüder vom Deutschen Haus Sankt Mariens in Jerusalem, Deutscher Orden,

[@Toadlet01]

Teutonic knights symbol was just black cross. Grand Masters insignia was cross with heraldry shield of Holy Roman Empire (black eagle, red beak and claws and yellow shield) that is enherited by Germany (flag black-red-yellow), wich in fact is the Prussia that conquered the Germany.

[@lucarioaurakitty1074]

Please do the Battle of Verdun next

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

What happened to the Hohenzollern land of Ansbach?

[@bowie6736]

I know I am a year late but that branch of the dynasty still exists

[@bowie6736]

there is a “prince of hohenzollern” who is the head of the ansbach dynasty

[@Lukas-xb7cx]

It was inherited by the Prussian branch of the dynasty and formed a Personalunion In 1769 . There is even a Prussian March the "Hohenfriedberger" which lyrics mainly talk about the dragoons from Ansbach

[@Psiberzerker]

The people that brought us the Goose Step!

[@jeronimoadames6624]

The form Germany national focus is so op

[@Kelnor277]

So a small band of sell swords take a small gig for a city. Then end up moving half way across the known world and start a country. Sounds like an epic dnd campaign.

[@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074]

05:58 Age of Empires background song kicks in!

[@Emma-ob5oj]

Please edit the music in the description. It’s not Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody, it Hungarian Rhapsody *no. 2.* I think it’s important because there’re *12* Hungarian rhapsody by Liszt☺️💜💜

[@danc7934]

Fun fact: Hohenzollern's still exist today at the royal family of Romania

[@naufala93]

Right

[@amadeusandchopin1673]

I hear Hungarian Raphsody in the background :)

[@heiakimsunofficialson2639]

"That's right border gore doesn't just happen in Paradox Games" that killed me

[@mahesh01oracledba]

Please make a similar video for France

[@purpking6000]

Please do a video on battle of Aachen or The war of 1812

[@JJsTravels]

#PrussianDescentRightHere

[@patrickmcglonejr8163]

Do history of Ireland next please! All the way back to the days when they worshipped the Dagda. I know it will be hard considering most of Ireland's history is obscured... due to the druidic ways of oral history...

[@marrymekatsuya]

*prussian discipline intensifies*

[@Adriano70911]

It was really interesting country/colony

[@anotherdayinparadise9374]

@gex luckily it doesn‘t exist anymore!

[@markhenley3097]

Great Elector and Friedrich Wilhelm I.

[@mees9704]

mijn prins

[@timvanrijn8239]

Schould have given him the crown after william ficked off and died in Engeland

[@niku4154]

Well, isnt it the nice man from my homeland Nassau, kicking Spanish Ass.

[@JimmySmith2441]

I'm native maori from nz but I have prussian heritance, from my greatest grandfather.

[@amirgholipour8069]

nice euiv reference

[@unknownunknown502]

這是一個非常有趣的視頻。我想我們都需要這里和那裡的歷史。

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

With such great history.. it's sad to see that Prussia has been reduced to a mere oblast of the Russian federation. Having Prussia's own identity shattered when its buildings were destroyed, it's people banish and everything that made it prussia vanishing. Now part of Russia and Poland.

[@Vitalis94]

Remember, East Prussia was always just a agricultural backwater region. The core of Prussia had always lied in Brandenburg.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

@@Vitalis94 agreed but even so east Prussia was seen as a core state from the time of Frederic the great all the way to the third Reich. Some even say that its the fortress of the actual german east. Keeping Prussia fighting when napoleon was ravaging through the land.

[@Vitalis94]

NorthObsidianG Of course, it had a strategic value given it's location. I just wanted to point out, seeing how many people cry about the loss of Prussia (mostly thinking about the East Prussia in that instance) that the region was always pretty poor, agricultural land, with little to no industry, and with no major cities besides Konigsberg. Of course losing Prussia is a real tragedy for the (previous) inhabitants of the region, but when it comes to wealth and industry, Germany didn't loose much. Silesia or even Pommerania were much richer and important.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

@@Vitalis94 sure, compared to the other regions.. its significantly lower when it comes to such things, but as you pointed out such things were already in other areas of Germany. There were pushes to make Prussia on par with the other regions of course. Achieving inadequate success, but the political and historical power it had made up for such short comings. Similar to Bavaria at the time.

[@mr.stud_ious8534]

no prusssia we know today became germany so basicly the people moved

[@rowanmurphy4986]

chad griff back at it again with a banger video *dab* *teleports behind griff* nothin personal chad man *dab* but err seriously great video as always

[@Tomenable]

West (aka Royal) Prussia - actually not all of it, but its major portion known as Pomerelia - was Polish until 1308-1309 when Teutonic Knights captured it from Polish dukes (not from Pagan Old Prussians, who lived only to the east of the Vistula), that's an inaccuracy in mapping. As for Old Prussians, they were not really near-total exterminated, but rather assimilated by Germans, Lithuanians and Polish Masovians - and there are texts published in Old Prussian language as late as 1500s, including Martin Luther's Catechism. Old Prussian language got extinct in the early 1700s. Apart from that - good video.

[@SkyForceOne2]

it wasnt polish but rather still pomerelian

[@Tomenable]

@@SkyForceOne2 Mostly Polish, check these two links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJSWZaqhjNOAias www.historycy.org/index.php?showtopic=178521

[@CLAX1337]

Ooh in the autoplay you misspoke with "myriad," and I was gonna give you crap for it (such is the internet), but you opened this using it correctly so instead I'm gonna sub. How petty of me