How the German Empire Provoked Ottoman Jihad in WWI

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Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the Ottoman Empire, continues with a video describing how the Ottoman sultan joined the Central Powers during World War I through the alliance with the German Empire. The video will try to show how this alliance came to be and if the German Kaiser Wilhelm II tried to use the fact that the sultan was also the caliph in order to invoke Jihad against the Entente countries to win WWI
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@BananaWithPoop]

I've been playing Supremacy 1914 for a while now, and you mentioned that the game has over 120 different units but the game only has 13 different units

[@thewarriorfrog]

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire and WW1 is one of the saddest issues in history.

[@keepwell3206]

Bruh, this game got no strong diplomacy and neither does it have that many units, it's just a simple game made by a small studio with low budget with a lot of bugs

[@cagatayedits9055]

Turkish subtitles pls

[@osmangazi9376]

Elbette İngilizce önemli ve ve lazım bir dil çünkü küresel bir hal aldığı için gerek teknolojide gerekse de basın yayın akademik ortamda fakat en azından mümkün olduğunca videosunu yaptığınız milletlerin dillerinde güzel ve sağlıklı bir altyazı koymanız yerinde olacaktır(Yani Dünya ya hitap etme amacınız varsa tabiki sonuçta İngilizce'den ibaret değil dünya)

[@theunitedstatesofamerica1559]

Austrian Empire: Has a history of fighting against the Ottomans for centuries Ottoman Empire: They've always been our friends.

[@boomerix]

It's like a good bar fight: you get drunk, get into a fight, then you make up and have a drink together and become besties.

[@erwinwiesinger9101]

Still more frank than the Italians ;) But for some boring facts: Austria really accepted Islam as an official state religion after the occupation of Bosnia. Lest to say "occupation" doesn't really hit the nail since the result of it was new public schools, hospitals, courtyards and infrastructure which the Bosnians were so grateful about that they ended up among the highest decorated WW1 soldiers of the whole Austrian Empire - so the Ottomans had a clue that Austria treated its muslim population quite favorable.

[@Lazer-bp9lf]

@@Yankee_24 So?

[@emperorzerstorer4360]

@@boomerix haha good one

[@maviTURK937]

@@Yankee_24 where and when ?

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

-I never tought I'll die fighting side by side with a German. -What about fighting side by side with a friend? -Evet, I can do it.

[@DidacusAugustus]

@@zxera9702 Mountain Germans* xD

[@zxera9702]

I wonder tho how were the Ottoman-Austrian relations at that particular age.

[@antonk.2748]

@@zxera9702 Not great...

[@yektaadguzel9294]

Austria and ottomans fought each other for centuries and only time they be ally they both collapse. Damn…

[@enginduygu6028]

@@yektaadguzel9294 Two old man died side by side

[@varun_MRG]

Germany after both wars: The real prize was the friends we made along the way

[@thefutureisnowoldman7653]

With friends like Austria and Italy who needs enemies

[@rondempesmeier1845]

Said East Germany with a Soviet gun pointing at its head.

[@amalbackerfysal9292]

nonono germany said that the real prize were the our friends(ottomans, austro hunagary etc) we destroyed

[@pyrrhus3445]

Certainly not the Italians

[@thefutureisnowoldman7653]

@sebâstian turnayev they're both belong to the Turkic ethnic group and have share history.

[@vineethvish11]

The production quality is excellent. Delight for history nerds.

[@antonioklaic4839]

@@user-wy7hw5vk7o maybe he means Germanic people, but that is different from Germany I'd say Germany's history starts after Charlemagne

[@blockchaindevelopersunited9720]

Indeed!

[@antonioklaic4839]

@sebâstian turnayev don't know. I know the Central Asian nations are Turkic and the origins of the Turks in Turkey (They came from Oghuz Turks from modern Kazakhstan). Though the Turks in Turkey are a little more mixed with the populations which lived in Anatolia before the Seljuks and Ottomans.

[@antonioklaic4839]

@sebâstian turnayev don't know but all people are a little mixed anyway. I know Tajiks are Iranian but Uzbeks, Kyrgiz, Turkmen and Kazakhs are more related to Siberian Turkic opulations than the Middle Eastern Arabs or Iranians.

[@lubu2960]

I wonder how it's done

[@goshlike76]

Germany: **poking Ottoman Empire with a stick** Come on, do stuff.

[@greenkoopa]

Ottoman Empire: *collapses*

[@faridconde6591]

Ottomans: proceeds to protect the straits achieving a considerable victory in Gallipoli (et al) blockading the aid the Russians needed during the war, ultimately triggering and helping the Russian Revolution. The Germans (28 years later): boy that was too much. The Ottomans also fought and held with relative success millions of the entente´s men that would have been used in the European theater other way.

[@abdullahkerem3175]

Ottoman Empire actually did more stuff than all of Germany's WW1 allies lol

[@burst6553]

@@faridconde6591 and then after that they collapsed from over working themselves

[@faridconde6591]

@@burst6553 just like everyone else if you think about it

[@abcdef27669]

There was a curious irony involving the Berlin-Baghdad Railway: The first German monarch trespassing Anatolia, Frederick Barbarossa, claimed that his path on the region would be "A Road made of Iron", instead of a "Golden Road", which means he would fight until reaching Jerusalem, instead of paying gold to the Turks, allowing a peaceful passage for him and his knights. It appears that the "Road made of Iron" really comes several centuries later, but without bloodshed.

[@JosephBelfort]

@@Vladklx now everyone is shithole

[@Vladklx]

@@JosephBelfort but in end Christendom won. Ottoman empire became a shithole who in turn even turned prosperous Arabia into a shithole ..

[@AliRaza-6969]

@Moe07 who are you replying to any way?

[@erwinwiesinger9101]

@Moe07 I spotted the keyboard warrior! *knock, knock* "hello there my friend, do you have a minute to talk about the miracles of lord Putin?" ;)

[@santokun5835]

@Moe07 Hello 12 year old keyboard warrior

[@yektaadguzel9294]

"Mr. Germany, i don't feel so good " -Ottoman Empire just before loosing the ww1

[@ykdm-by4cm]

Enver Paşa biz yenilmeden önce şunu demiş: Hatalısınız.Durum tamamı ile kontrolümüz altında.’’ Adam birazda şakacıymış skdnkddndı

[@yektaadguzel9294]

@@ykdm-by4cm adam dark mizah takılıyormuş

[@vehbisabanc7843]

Şimdi de Reyizin kontrolü altinda

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Austria-Hungary: first time?

[@loke6664]

It is a bit complicated, while the Ottomans clearly lost Turkey came out of it pretty strong. Just like Austria-Hungary time had basically made both those empires old and dying. Kinda like Russia, really. Running a 20th century country like a medieval empire just didn't work anymore and even if WW1 never happened, they would have collapsed in the 20s anyways. And at least, they did get Gallipoli. Who know how things would have turned out if the British successfully invaded Constantinople? Which BTW was wrongly named as Istanbul here, it wasn't Istanbul yet. History might have turned out pretty different then. But I don't see the Ottoman empire and Austria-Hungary living past the 1930s even if the central powers would have won the war. There was just too much to modernize.

[@dand7763]

you know all is about personal interests and *" the enemy of my enemy , is my friend!"* perfect phrase for this episode.

[@knbar]

That could be said about the other side too

[@carlrodalegrado4104]

Also there are no permanent allies or enemies only permanent interests

[@carlrodalegrado4104]

@sebâstian turnayev IDK because Turkey and the Uzbekistan have Turkish lineage and they both want Russia away from their borders

[@emmanouilachladiotis5272]

That saying doesn't always work. Check the mongols and China in ancient times. The chinese were not united and thought by helping the mongols they will get rid of the other Chinese. But ones it was done the mongols also attacked those who helped them

[@ScorpoYT]

History channels at 3am:

[@muhammedali2578]

Over here it's perfect time for history class

[@edmai6451]

G'Day

[@omerpasa3328]

can you think about , any hard bass relating to this ?

[@tumbleweed9261]

Except this is actually history not corny shit about aliens or whatever

[@edmai6451]

@@tumbleweed9261 oohhh we're alone in the Universe, are we👀👀👀..tumble on😂

[@theliato3809]

The reason the jihad didn’t work is because the ottomans didn’t t have enough mana points for it

[@themercifulguard3971]

It’s all a decree from Allah. No empire lasts forever, and considering the shit the Ottomans did after their nationalistic reforms, it isn’t a surprise they internally collapsed and their own Arab section revolted. And that revolt just made everything worse them the Arabs themselves. Bruh moment.

[@TurquazCannabiz]

@@themercifulguard3971 Karma is a bitch. Most Turks nowadays are happy they don't have to deal with 'the Arab problems' anymore. Anatolia is more than enough for us.

[@greenkoopa]

They definitely spec'd into religion and horseys, they should've gone for some economic points too

[@shahsaud2625]

Their time was up anyway. Look at them now 😂. LGBT parades Infront of mosques

[@aymantheold6185]

the cooldown for the ability is extremely long too

[@lerneanlion]

German-Ottoman alliance: *exist as the original trilogy* Franco-Ottoman alliance: *exist as the prequel trilogy*

[@unknownperson3198]

What is the sequel trilogy?

[@chip1646]

@@unknownperson3198 China-Turko Alliance

[@KlaustheViking]

@@chip1646 Sino*

[@Seb1l]

@@unknownperson3198 Entente-Ottoman alliance: 1919-22 failed fight against Ataturk's Revolutionaries

[@AndrewVasirov]

@@unknownperson3198 Maybe Russia-Turkey, who knows.

[@angusyang5917]

In a way, ironically, the German assertion that the Entente were the enemies of Muslims was more accurate than it might seem when you know the history that comes after WWI.

[@arifahmedkhan9999]

Very Very True. I mean Britain already had that done it after the 1857 rebellion in the Subcontinent, they removed all Muslims from official positions, and put the Hindus in their place, why? Because the last Mughal "Emperor" decided to join the rebellion, and so Muslims played a deadly price even those to didn't participate, even when the rest(Most) of the rebel rulers were all Hindus.

[@geoffbarney5914]

The entente did grant independence to Arabs tho, not a lot of them but the ones that helped in the Arabian peninsula, which is where Saudi Arabia emerged. It was the Kurds that got screwed over.

[@dr.vikyll7466]

@@geoffbarney5914 The Entente promised land to the Arabs which they took instead that action is the origin of the prominence of wahabbism/Islam*ism* and oh so many of the conflicts in the middle east.

[@safiullahshah4848]

Yea u r right

[@rogerhwerner6997]

Historically, the greatest endmy of Islam was and remains Islam. Sunni vs. Shi'ia, secular Muslims vs. Religionists, nationalists vs Transnationalists. Islam has been and remains at war with itself. The mistake many make is thinking Islam is monolithic. In fact, it's no mor monolithic than Christianity. The mistake Germany made us thinking of Islam as monolithic.

[@abcdef27669]

""Proclaiming himself as a friend of Muslims was unusual for an european monarch". Francis I of France in 1536, and Elisabeth I of England in 1571: "Not so unusual as you think..."

[@furkankantar3087]

also napoleon introduced himself as a muslim and savior of muslims in egypt

[@ignaciocristobal4639]

Anything that works to annoy the Hapsburgs in the 16th century hahaha

[@jacopofolin6400]

also mussolini

[@aykutuckan1665]

Queen Victoria converted more people to Islam than Ottomans did at the time.

[@rfe8nn2]

It started a German tradition that continued into the second World war.

[@Morgoth052]

Yes - more WW1-era documentaries please!

[@paypay2x_]

I feel you one that one!

[@tigertank06]

Especially pre-WW1 documentaries.

[@walsh9080]

@@tigertank06 I believe its sometimes called "The long 19th century" as an era, because the political issues do bleed into the 20th century prior to WW1.

[@lotharingia3585]

Pre-WW1 knowledge would explain the decades long build-up for /both/ World Wars. A must know for history fans.

[@lotharingia3585]

@@BLRSharpLight thanks brother.

[@kasadam85]

Sharif Hussein 20:55 = Holy war is out of the question as the Ottoman Empire sided with Christian states to fight other *christian states* Also Sharif Hussein: Sides with Christian states to fight a *Muslim state*. At the end: Israel was created and almost none of thr promises were fulfilled. Laughable ending.

[@amrshatlaa9617]

make no mistake about it , half the animosity towards the west in the muslim world now is because of this story . Muslims "Arabs" sided with Christians "British-french" against other Muslims "ottomans" only to be betrayed by the Christians who create a "Jewish state" that Jewish state to many Muslims became like a form of ISIL , a Judaic state in the Levant or JSIL now many Muslims feel they've been fighting a religious war for 80 years since Zionism took hold of our territory with a state whose flag and name come from a scripture

[@emperorzerstorer4360]

Sharif Hussein be like: I use to think my decision was a tragically, but now I realize it's a comedy.

[@kasadam85]

@@amrshatlaa9617 As it stands, the Muslim world will never unite. The youth is getting less and less religious as days go by so it's a matter of time for a cause called "Muslim solidarity" to be gone for good. Christian states appear to be better but it isn't a secret that religion isn't the reason of their collaboration in world affairs. I wish Muslim majority states can match their interests too someday.

[@firstnamelastname4249]

@@kasadam85 That would be in the intrests of nobody apart from the Muslim world of course

[@morocco_020fc7]

Jihad is an holy war its like an crusade so if the ottomans have an jidah but work with Christain states this doesn't really make it an jidah as its not a fight for the muslims he can in fact have an Jihad and ally him self with Christain states but it should be an fight for Islam and Muslims . While he claimed an Jidah Sharif Hussain didn't he declared independence against the ottomans this is just war and war can happen between muslim states. Jihad only happened an few times around like during the times of the crusaders where taking Jerusalem was an important thing even Moroccans attened to. Yeah kinda sucks Israel being created they promised an big independent Arab state but screwed them in the end even after fighting their wars

[@danielritson6550]

I wrote my masters thesis on Anglo/German imperial competition in the Ottoman Empire, in particular the Berlin-Baghdad railway as I believe it to be not only an interesting and oft overlooked aspect of WW1 but also to be a primary cause for the war itself. It includes the oil rush led by a young Churchill in charge of the Royal Navy and moving away from coal powered ships, the Viceroy of India unilaterally seizing Kuwait for the British Empire without the British governments consent in London to stop the railway reaching the Persian gulf and German efforts to bypass suez and create a shortcut to India. At the turn of the century the British government was all but signed up to join the railway project until British business’ with interests in the area (prominent being the owners of steam liners along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers who felt threatened) began a press campaign to stop it and the government backed down. Ironically, initial German interest in the Ottoman Empire was purely economic, it was British attempts (often from sources other than the government in London) to monopolise trade, resources and other development in the area which pushed Berlin to get directly involved and began a descending cycle of confrontation between the two empires.

[@muratahmetdonmez9864]

Could you share your work, please?

[@transsylvanian9100]

Further confirming what Lenin said which is that WW1 was an inter-imperialist conflict fought for access to markets and resources driven by monopoly capital.

[@Arcaryon]

@@transsylvanian9100 To a certain degree, this is true but to another, it is not.

[@muhammadzakwanazizi9013]

I am interested to read your thesis . Where i could read your paper?

[@aminnasr823]

Can you share your thesis?

[@safruddinaly5822]

This is why i love your channels, you never take side and only deliver history

[@byron-ih2ge]

German empire be like : Gutentag Osmanisches Reich mein freund😂.

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@vondorylaeum4784 exactly 😂

[@dogeofgreatness2222]

For anyonw who doesn't get the joke, go and watch the video "history of Ottoman empire with sr pelo refrences"

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@comradekenobi6908 😳😳 oh my my Evrything is slowly starting to make sense !!

[@byron-ih2ge]

@sebâstian turnayev because they r turks ofc

[@dogeofgreatness2222]

@sebâstian turnayev I think you should look at the whole picture. The Turkic peoples first emerged in the Altaic region (a mountaing range between China,Siberia (Russia),Kazakhstan and Mongolia). Basicaly you have Mongoloid(Chinese,Japanese,Korean,Asian etc) Nomads and Caucasoid(Germans,Poles,French,white etc)nomads. So when these nomads (Mongoloids east of the Altaic and Caucasoid west of the Altaic) basically assimilated one another (mixed culture,genetics,customs) the Turks arose. The earlier Turks were part of various multi ethnic Nomadic empires on the Eurasian Steppe like the Xiognu or the Rouran. Then the Gokturk Khaganate emerged and spread across the Steppe and the Turk influence increased as Turkic culture spread and many Nomads assimilated and became Turkified (similarly how many various noamds were united under a similar culture before this which we know as the "Scythians"). So the Turks spread everywhere. In the East in places like Siberia and Mongolia they are geneticaly Mongoloid with less Caucasoid genes as they kept on mixing with the local East Asiatic populations (such as the Mongol or Tungusic people) they started to look more and more "Mongoloid" (like your modern day Korean or Japanese) while the Turks who migrated westward started to replace/assimilate and intermix with the Indo-European people of Central Asia (most of them Iranic groups like Sogdians or Scythians). These Turks started to look more and more "Caucasoid" (like Iranians or Afghans) and the ones who reached Anatolia (modern day Turkey) look extremely similar to Greeks,Armenians,Iranians and other neighbours. So Turks diversified in terms of both genetics amd appearance and essentially every Turkic person is a mix of different genes and even cultures similar and glued together by a "Turkic" factor which is langauhe and similarities in culture as well. So basically both Uzbek and Turks are equally "Turkic" and a Greek looking Turkish person is just as much of a Turk as a Mongol looking Siberian with many differences. As for Turkestan/Central Asia Tajikistan is mostly Iranic whike Afghanistan has significant Turkic minorities (Hazara,Uzbek). As for Uzbek,Turkmen,Kazakh,Kyrgyz and Uyghur they are Turkic peoples because of a "Turkic" culture which has customs from their Turk ancestors as well as the Iranic people that inhabited the region before the Turks migrated there. Similarly they are geneticaly quite mixed as well they bear both ancestry from the Turkic peoples as well as many nom-Turks as well. The best possible answer to your question is "yes the Uzbek are both Turkified and real Turks" they are descended from the original population of Turks and also non-Turks that adopted Turkic culture (this also happened vice versa as Turks were influenced by other cultures as well). I hope you understand. As for Turkish-Uzbek relations that a whole other story.

[@pierrerust2423]

Very instructive and insightful video ! Thanks for covering this little known chapter of this crucial period of history and giving us additional hints for a better comprehension of the march of History !

[@puteraseljuk5601]

Haji Kaiser Wilhelm II 😂

[@ehatipo4598]

hahahhaaha im dead. At first I though they were mocking, and then I understood they were serious lol.

[@rShakeford]

Halfway through this video I noticed that the map contains all of the major rivers. Even without explicitly stating so K&Gs shows the importance of the same. Great work as always.

[@hashirmuhammad4731]

You guys should remake your entire playlist on the Ottomans. I would really love it.

[@Universeton618_04]

WOW! What an episode. Love the New quality of the video,Keep it coming!👍

[@anoymous4189]

This is too deep digging history and very awsome animations. Thankyou for teaching us these things

[@wilsontheknight]

What a man ahead of his time, telling them not to use religion to justify a war. So sad that people like him are usually ignored.

[@rodger3352]

Wait who are u talking about ? I sadly didn't have the time to watch it fully :/ Could u please point it out for me :)

[@entertainmentprime101]

@@rodger3352 The Christian theologian wanted there to be no Jihad he thought it was medieval and no place for it in modern times. That religion should be used in war...

[@intranext1359]

@@entertainmentprime101 he was mental

[@burningphoneix]

So what should people use to justify wars? Religion is as good a reason as any other.

[@intranext1359]

@@burningphoneix In Islam, peace is as important as war. War should only be fought for Allah (swt).

[@day2148]

A rising power building a mega-infrastructure project which makes the established imperialist powers nervous... This sounds oddly similar to certain recent events.

[@s.davidson1783]

U mean China ?

[@DanksterPaws]

@@s.davidson1783 Duh, the western world thinks they can decide who can develop their country and who can’t. Sad really

[@aytacdenizacar7703]

That's because the same imperialists are continuing to monopolize the world today. US, the spoiled son of the British Empire. France, the forever loyal allies of the US because the 5th republic was literally created by the US after the WW2. Germany, a puppet state of the US, working so hard to deserve the meal that their masters are giving each day, and Saudi Arabia, somehow the safest country in the world, except for women. 😀 The most corrupt alliance in the world's history.

[@s.davidson1783]

@@aytacdenizacar7703 where does the sickman of Europe take it's place currently ?

[@geomar818]

Exactly! And just think where this mega project is ending... and who, at the intermediate, are trying to play the religion card once again

[@SimCentralYT]

I wrote my undergrad thesis on nearly the same topic, except I focused on the later ottoman sultans. Great video!

[@aaronmarks9366]

You guys keep topping yourselves with animations! Great episode.

[@markuhler2664]

For Alternate Historians there is so much here to play with. I honestly never thought much about this alliance. For me it happened & that's all there was to it. I wish I had had 1 history or political science teacher that delved into this (or I'm sure a hundred similar situations that are just taught as having happened instead of why they happened).

[@mogiwarayassine4266]

I wish if you could cover an episode about the Moroccan-English alliance between the two monarch (Elizabeth the first and Ahmed Al-Mansour), this alliance whose goal was to invade Spain and divide its American colonies between Morocco and England

[@eyeofthepyramid2596]

Brits were sneaky right ?

[@akbeh]

Why it didn't work? It would be cool if it happened and made return of Andalus

[@Peakanimeedits]

Thank you very much and i like your videos please continue feeding us with free documentaries

[@thefisherking78]

Your work is friggin' awesome. Keep it coming

[@billyjesus5442]

its very one sided, be aware of that. Lots of information is missing form this painting a strange picture.

[@tinfoilhat4373]

I LOVE YOUR CONTENT!!❤❤

[@Spyfoxproductions]

Love that you emphasise and show your primary sources with all the press articles

[@johannchristian2551]

perfect and informative video as always, god bless

[@legatemichael]

Good work as always. Great content

[@altinmares8363]

Please don't forget to post more videos about -Aristotle teaching Alexander the great -Tengrism -Ancient Philosophy and wisdom -Ottoman Scholars and astronomy/science

[@napolien1310]

6:46 I can hear Bismarck screaming in his grave

[@Handle0108]

The dreaded alliance between France and Russia 😱

[@mikemodugno5879]

Fascinating. Very well presented.

[@enesakhan4032]

great video as always but bruh it was way too long to see a video that the arts was done by Yağız Bozan nd Murat Can Yağbasan .. i thought you guys quit K&G .. i love every artist in K&G .. all are talented individuals yet i especially love ur arts .. so seeing you guys in here again livened my mood even more .. glad to see u guys again :)

[@lawrencebautista1]

@3:40 Othias of C&Rsenal channel would love to tell you all the rifles that the Ottomans commissioned on Mauser.

[@ziryabjamal]

Thinking about what would have happened if the Berlin to Baghdad railway was complete (a History of oil - stand up)

[@intranext1359]

Me too lol

[@theunitedstatesofamerica1559]

I would very much like to own it if that happened.

[@theunitedstatesofamerica1559]

@@mastermindd Yes, of course, its all to spread democracy

[@intranext1359]

@@theunitedstatesofamerica1559 ofcourse you do! lol

[@darksecret6050]

@@theunitedstatesofamerica1559 "Yep nothing related to oil at all"

[@uzairahmed8309]

Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job

[@radoslavkovacevic4988]

Awesome videos just keep coming we are blessed😍

[@95bekirable]

Interesting topic. I would also love you to cover the Franco-Ottoman alliance, which lasted for a very long period of time.

[@asakura5110]

Yeah Sultan Süleyman period.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

I suppose there will be an episode on Germany’s foreign policy objectives and dealings with China?

[@nawolith3840]

I'd be happy to see it.

[@alissa6]

@kiran m So he was a hero to Indians too, not just Arabs. The victors have sure twisted our history haven't they...

[@walsh9080]

@kiran m That's born out of wanting to weaken the British influence, not out of any particular love for the Indians. That's realpolitik of war, not ideology. Plus it directly contradicts the little we know of his post war plans from Zweites Buch. Where he essentially planned an Anglo-German alliance, which entailed German domination of the European continent and believed the only way to achieve this was for Germany to give up all colonial and naval ambitions. AKA, he was willing to throw the rest of the world to British domination, as long as Germany got to dominate the "Ayran" world.

[@walsh9080]

@@alissa6 Not at all. He didn't give a damn about those people, it was just an expedient war time strategy. Expecting Hitler to keep to his promises once the war was won, is like expecting Hitler to stop invading European countries if the West granted him concessions like the Sudetenland, exactly the mindset behind the failed policies of appeasement. Rudolph Hess even flew to Britain just before the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union and promised Germany would guarantee the British Empire if the British would grant Germany a free hand in Europe and it's not entirely clear whether he did this with Hitler's blessing or not (the Nazis couldn't be seen to be making peace with Britain as this would've upset Japan, hence the secrecy but admittedly it's not entirely clear whether Hess did this of his own accord or not).

[@vuvuvu6291]

Do they form a G7 group chat or something like that? From what I heard, Beijing is furious about that.

[@te9602]

High quality animation! It become assistance to understand the content of this documentary.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G.

[@ebubeynj]

Greatly appreciate this video. As a Turk myself I learned a lot. This part of the war is not mentioned by historians all that often. Great work.

[@kirgan1000]

Yes that Ottoman was beging England and French for a alliance but was rejected, before join a alliance with Germany, is not somthing the history books highlights.

[@gabrielbatistuta6326]

@@kirgan1000 it does. i remember being thaught that in middle school history lessons.

[@n.k.7840]

@@kirgan1000 you say it in such an agresqivz way. Very weird

[@jackholler3572]

@@kirgan1000 And than briish and franks were begging to Turkey to be an alliemce with them and got rejected.

[@Kaan_is_myname97]

@@kirgan1000 As a Turk ottomans never begged to England and French. İt was just a negotiation and came after asking to Germans. And i am not racist and hateful. and i love all countries but i really wanna say FUCK ww1 era France and UK now .

[@nowayman1406]

finally! ottoman series is back

[@miladd237]

Great as always. I would have liked to see a documentary about Nader Shah and more videos about the Iranian history,thank you.

[@goldenturtle111]

Fascinatinf video. Thank you.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Kaiserreich memes, go

[@KiranSingh-zr8jr]

Obviously!

[@autotainment3113]

Yes

[@zerosuitsamus2340]

Every Memes a Kings - Some Louisiana Guy

[@boshinimperialofficer3250]

Me getting beat up and not able to form kaiserreich in hoi4 because I'm a noob *My goals are far beyond your possibility*

[@giozh1137]

Make video about battle of didgorii, pleeeeeeeeeaaseeeeee

[@victorlima8127]

Melhor canal de história!!! Pena que a maioria dos vídeos não tem legenda portuguesa.

[@eveei]

The visits to the Ottoman empire was something really interesting to learn in detail about.

[@mahadlodhi]

Great vid as always

[@muhammadalabi3245]

Kind of ironic that Wilhelm II claimed to be a friend of Muslims. When building his colonial empire in Africa he took Tanzania front Omani Arab control and divided up the Sokoto Caliphate with the British. I suppose he meant “as long as they aren’t in the areas I have a hope of colonizing”

[@thejamaicanpolak3988]

Didn't the Ottomans invade the Christian world too? They both go together.

[@pissfather6798]

i mean yeah its all just pragmatism at the end of the day

[@slayerdeth0705]

"he declared a jihad against the infidels"

[@muhammadalabi3245]

@@thejamaicanpolak3988 yeah….hundreds of years earlier

[@Ultima-Signa]

You forgot to mention that the Omani Arabs were a minority in the land and that their (also colonial btw) empire was already crumbling - also because of that. The Germans actually allied with them in their new colonial possessions and they became the new - but old - elite in the new German colony there. So they weren’t kicked out, attacked or oppressed.

[@kirgan1000]

Intersting to compare to "old school" history writing, Ottoman was pro-German and did join them, but they never mention that Ottoman begging England and French for a alliance but was rejected.

[@knbar]

Because Britain and France were salivating for the lands of the Ottoman Empire. According to Main Kampf

[@Wolfeson28]

The Ottomans weren't especially eager to join the war on either side, since they rightly understood that they and their own interests would be subordinated to the major European powers. While some of the Ottoman leaders had clear sympathies toward one side or the other, their main goal was to try and get the best possible terms they could out of whichever side they eventually joined. So they wanted to see if the Entente would be willing to swear off any further encroachment on Ottoman territory in exchange for the Ottomans joining them instead of the Central Powers.

[@mehmetilbasan4383]

They actually mention it in Turkish edication.

[@ericjames8233]

@JR - Depends on how 'old school' you like to get. Once the 'Fischer Controversy' exploded during the early 1960s the quality and quantity of scholarly debate expanded with it. There was a bit of a consensus up to about 1960 that everyone just stumbled into the WW1 by accident. Once Fischer wrote his books about Germany's war aims that consensus was gone and has never been reformed. I suppose there is a difference between 'popular' history and real 'scholarly' history. Here in the UK the focus is so heavily on The Western Front and the war of attrition that it's pretty much all we read about or see on television. The Ottomans barely get a mention apart from Gallopilli and 'Lawrence of Arabia'.

[@ericjames8233]

@@Gustav_Kuriga Whether they have or they haven't (and to my knowledge the documentary evidence he used has not been challenged) makes little difference to the fact that his work caused an explosion in research regarding the origins of the First World War.

[@joededimanadedi]

I like the font you used in the newspapers :) like in 18:30 Kaiser sends two warships

[@altinmares8363]

Kings and Generals thank you for these videos Please don't forget to make videos about -Aristotle teaching Alexander the great -Ottoman Empire science and astronomy and "ulema" -Tengrism -Plato,Socrates,Aristotle wisdom and teachings I'm waiting for....thank you

[@temasek65]

Kings and Generals should make this video: It's been a century since the last victory of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. On April 29. 1916, Ottoman troops defeated the British army in the city of Kut in Iraq and captured 13,309 British soldiers, including six generals and 476 officers. The triumph of the Ottoman army in Kut came only a few months after its great victory in the Dardanelles in northwestern Turkey. This incident, which went down in history as the last victory of the Ottoman Empire army and a significant defeat on Britain's part, risk being forgotten as time goes by.

[@Lucas-ih1vt]

The Ottoman economy had already collapsed and the empire was about to collapse. Entering the World War I only shortened his life. But there is a truth, if it had not been destroyed, the Middle East would have been a much more peaceful place

[@whispz2590]

you sure we joined the ww2 ?

[@alwalidianyt4559]

Lord Vader

[@Lucas-ih1vt]

@@whispz2590 Sorry😂

[@whispz2590]

@@Lucas-ih1vt 😂

[@Lucas-ih1vt]

@@whispz2590 😂😂

[@Mansa_Musa_al_Malik]

💯 I looooooove your channel !

[@airforce1328]

It's an interesting video I like it's very informative one.

[@murtiigulgen]

Ah Prussia and Ottoman Empire my favorites

[@pricenaseen]

Thank you for this detailed amazing work! I would like to add just one background information about the young Turk movement, they had sympathy for the brits and French cause they were sent there for their education

[@stacey_1111rh]

Excellent work

[@robertfoster3438]

So excited for that shirt to show up! 👕

[@charlieboone1298]

I recommend Rob Newman's 2003 comedy-history show, A History of Oil. Filmed during the invasion of Iraq, it covers the Berlin-Baghdad railway as the starting point of how we get to the nightmare that is today's middle-east (in 2003 at least.)

[@kopite1948]

Just like the prophet said over a thousand years ago, Muslims would be greater in number, but their unity as ummah would be in tatters

[@KingAgniKai]

Biggest problem is that we have no Caliph. And the guys who last had it (Turkey) dont want that title and the responsibly that comes with it. And the vast majority of muslims (myself included) will refuse the Saudis as caliphs.

[@khediveabbashilmiiiofegypt9475]

@Darth Jedi It does, but due to things like colonization it stopped to function well and separated muslims.

[@Hi5Ripon]

@@KingAgniKai Neither does Saudi crave to use the caliph title because it only belongs to Quraysh dynasty and that ended with Rashidun

[@kopite1948]

@Paladin's Revenge ah...jeez, rrreally?!

[@adidoki]

@@KingAgniKai Well you guys betrayes us Turks and made us lose trust in the Ummah in the first place

[@justapilgrim4050]

I know about the aliance of the ottomans with germany in WW1 but have no idea about the why, where and who of the aliance. Thank you for this new history lesson and go forth!

[@strigon4183]

Wow this is extremely informative and thought provoking of how things happened. Thank you for posting these videos, it really helps highlight history in a way many history books don't

[@kubat552]

Ottoman Empire entered the war in which they could not win anything but just prolong war on behalf germans. They lost almost half of their men, it was the only country that lost all of its territory, and their population collapsed dramatically. Most people don't realize it, but the only real loser of the first world war is the ottoman empire. We can also add hungaria too.

[@monhk6136]

Well, Hungary and Austria. They both lost around 70% of their territory, access to sea, etc.

[@gmeme9252]

good

[@theliato3809]

Humanity lose the first world war

[@eternalbluesky6802]

@@monhk6136 fun fact austrians still hate turks but france uk... destroy they empires

[@moritz7613]

all participants. Because of world war 1 and over all harsh treatment of the central powers revanchism nationalism had a big stage and also had easy access to power

[@ansosboy8687]

15:36 The Dutch doing that tactics because of they so difficult to Conquered Sultanate Of Aceh In Indonesia

[@ansosboy8687]

@Абдульзефир Aceh region never fall to Portuguese 😌😌😌

[@ansosboy8687]

@Абдульзефир Helpless? dude at least Sultanate of Aceh has tried to liberate Malaka City from the Portuguese

[@ansosboy8687]

@Абдульзефир Bro What? Ottoman Empire didn't help anything to Aceh during Acehnese Dutch War but Dutch still difficult to conquered that Region they are not always in hence of Ottoman for help

[@ammar2937]

And don't forget about bali which was the last region to be conquered. They were both great warriors (aceh and bali people)

[@khairulhelmihashim2510]

there is even a proverb in Malay language to describe a greedy act is same as Dutch colonialism.

[@MoroccoGamer]

Nice episode

[@robbabcock_]

Wonderful video!

[@geoffbarney5914]

18:22 “Germany had always been respective of Muslims” sure, if you ignore the Abushiri and Maji Maji Rebellions, the Adamawa Wars, etc which killed hundreds of thousands of Muslim Africans.

[@KingsandGenerals]

That is why we should stop making generalizations, thanks for keeping us honest. Obviously, we meant that there was less animosity towards the Ottoman Muslims.

[@kaoserahmed4638]

How can you people comment 7 hours ago ?

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@KingsandGenerals this was unexpected

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@KingsandGenerals please do on the sikh empire and indo european india

[@enki647]

@Leonardo Bonucci Father of England Muhammad enslaved exiled and murdered Jewish people who gave him shelter that’s why hitler was fond

[@borajr7761]

20:05 bro these sections are amazing.

[@aha3652]

Great video!

[@markusz4447]

11:14 ah yes... Yamato class Battleships Goeben and Breslau ;)

[@tigertank06]

Yamato class?

[@Wolfeson28]

Not to mention Erin and Agincourt.

[@markusz4447]

@@tigertank06 the animation shows a yamato class from ww2, if you zoom in

[@CJC90909]

Not going to lie… originally thought this was about some sort of alt-history world where Brandenburg-Prussia allied with the Ottomans to attack Austria, like a lot of my EU4 games.

[@abdullahqodrisusamto2819]

​@@rahman9749 try to get the mollucast before the european did, and you'll get some handsome gifts.. haha

[@killerkab1141]

I love history from ww1, its one of my favorite things from the twentieth century

[@a1c41]

The History Channel should take notes from KZbin Channels like these. These videos are truly for history buffs.

[@abdulhamid-ii.8407]

Kings and generals, pls make a video on the Ottoman empire in the Time of Sultan AbdulHamid-II.

[@LordCoeCoe]

You know which almost no one talks about? The Khmer Empire or Angkorian Empire. Kings and Generals should do a video about it sometime.

[@ophirbactrius8285]

Aha and what about Funan and Chenla ancient Kingdoms? Its also around Cambodia isnt it? 🙂

[@bilgturksoy3296]

Excellent ❤

[@pierrewilliam7119]

What an interesting topic ! Where could we find the sources of this video ?

[@muhammadalabi3245]

19:13 there was like one case where they recruited some pows in a special camp for subversive activities, otherwise they were treated no different than any other pows.

[@RoboticDragon]

I think you need a new title for this. Rather misleading. It is certainly a very good video which explains a lot.

[@mikes7566]

K&G is a great channel and deserve more viewers. Sadly, in this TikTok and influencers dominated world, you gotta make your title as evocative as possible, - borderline controversial even - in order to gain more tractions.

[@n.k.7840]

@@mikes7566 you dont. But it helps

[@Kariakas]

Interesting subject so often ignored, great stuff.

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Great video

[@JustinLee-jm5wn]

The previous video is just 2 days ago, I wonder if the team behind it can catch up.

[@saturnine9148]

Any interest in the French Wars of Religion? I'm obsessed with the Guise family and I think you would do a masterful job of the topic.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I love that period. We'll get to that down the line

[@gwho]

6:08 I gotta admit, when he said "the sponsor of this venture", i thought he was going to go into an ad roll for a war history game

[@samirkumarraj6398]

Bro please make a series on French war of religion.

[@TheFiresloth]

So many Henris...

[@ragnar9060]

Quick info, Jihad doesn't mean "Holy War" It actually means Striving or Struggling.

[@civfanatic8853]

Maybe the words itself meaning is striving/struggling, but its perceived as a ”holy war” concept starting with the prophet himself ;)

[@ragnar9060]

@@civfanatic8853 It's actually a half phrase, the full phrase is Jihad in the way of God, which means striving and struggling in the way of God, islam doesn't have the concept of "Holy War" in any of it's teachings.

[@civfanatic8853]

@@ragnar9060 I see. Tyvm for the details. Anyway, too bad that today, especially the extremists use it as ”holy war” meaning, giving it the interpretion it suits best to them. Islam says that even in such a struggle, women and children should not be harmed, so why blow yourself up? To kill women and children by tens or hundreads? The extremists are doing the exact opposite of what Coran says, but that of course is a long discussion :)

[@aslanbayramuqlany6189]

It has both meanings

[@aslanbayramuqlany6189]

@@civfanatic8853 yeah. And what percent of civilian casualties in wars are due to those people blowing themselves up? I doubt it would normally exceed even 0.1% in any conflict. But these attacks is everything people hear about, because that's what propaganda is about

[@TalhaOzcanDc]

That was nice video

[@gurglejug627]

Thanks for another informative video. Please would you consider making a video about the 'Sufi state' and Al-Idrisi? There's precious little info about it in the public domain. Cheers!

[@manooxi327]

the use of arabic words in the news papers as alphabets was hilarious, well done