Seven Years War | 3 Minute History

Sorry about the delay I went home to visit family.
Also, thanks for the 2,000 subs!

[@Cos_Why_Not]

It's remarkable how well the Prussians held out against the French, Russians and Austrians.

[@garykay9142]

FUCK THEM AND YOU.

[@Cos_Why_Not]

You don't even know who they are troll

[@garykay9142]

Cos Why Not I AM LAUGHING MY ASS OF PUNK..

[@tomashize]

+Cos Why Not Very martial and disciplined culture plus very modern army under Freddy the Great/Gay :)

[@classicmapper364]

If Russia didn't left the war, Prussia would lose the war.

[@OliverCovfefe]

So literally all the important stuff occurred as a result of this war. Nice.

[@disgruntledmural7171]

1:56 My God, best representation of the Prussian flag I have ever seen.

[@nekilik9214]

3:40 best representation of the French flag

[@jacob1931]

@@nekilik9214 🤣🤣

[@sjring7331]

The death of Tsar Eliabeth and her replacement by a Prussophilic successor came to be known in Prussia as *the miracle of the House of Brandenburg* , because it saved Prussia from imminent defeat. Without it, Prussia would've lost the war and had to give back Silesia, turning them back into a second-rate European power, which in turn would have drastically altered the history of Germany.

[@marcusbierman5310]

Simon Ring When FDR died in 1945, Hitler believed it was another miracle of the House of Brandenburg. We all know how that went. :)

[@karlkarlos3545]

ACElicious Has nobody told you not to wear this tin foil hat near the microwave?

[@doumahamigahila8133]

what if in an alternate scenario Tsar Elizabeth didnt die and continued the war

[@1503nemanja]

*Tsarina is the correct term for a female Tsar unless I am mistaken.

[@GardEngebretsen]

1503nemanja The correct term would be emperor (imperator) or empress in Elisabeth's case, but they were commonly referred to as Tsars and Tsaritsa in Russia. Tsarina is a germanicized version of Russian for "emperor" which is kind of strange (origin is Latin "caesar", russified to "Tsar", and germanicized to "kaiser". Empress in German is Kaiserin.

[@TOTCD]

I understand why they call this the real first world war. But it's way too complicated for a 4-5 min format.

[@JabzyJoe]

+TOTCD Writing the bloody thing was pretty hard. Although I do plan to go into the specifics fronts or conflicts of most the wars I've done. So here I plan to do a separate video on the Carnatic and French Indian Wars.

[@TOTCD]

Jabzy Yeah, I can believe that. You're extremely good at what you do. And unbiased. Which is extremely rare in history vids. Great channel. I look forward to the new vids.

[@flemhawker9134]

+Jabzy I can imagine, thought it was brilliant.

[@HistoryBuff75]

It also had the same kind of repercussions on Europe as WWI did. The latter saw the fall of the Russian monarchy and the rise of Hitler. The Seven Years War saw the fall of the French monarchy and the reign of terror.

[@kemchobhenchod]

it's WAY more straightforward if you keep a tab open to google maps

[@TokenChineseGuy]

"It would require a great philosopher and historian to explain the causes of the Seven Years' War."

[@magnvsmarcvs]

Barry Lyndon ...

[@TheKyleofSuburbia]

I’m here only because I was watching Barry Lyndon and realized I did not know the outline and causes of the Seven Year War. After seeing this video, I still don’t. The narrator was right.

[@raz1683]

The Russian Tsar Peter was a fond admirer of the Prussian so much that he wrote in a letter to Frederick The Great that " I rather be a general in the Prussian Army than Tsar of Russia "

[@leakycheese]

Good to see you return with another fascinating history, thanks! I really like how demonstrate the far reaching nature of the Seven Years War as a global conflict and how ties it together so many other regional conflicts of the era (covered in earlier videos you produced). A possible playlist for your channel?

[@JabzyJoe]

leakycheese Thanks a lot. I have made a playlist listing all of the wars I've covered chronologically.

[@nApucco]

Great video. Especially the last part where you pointed out all the related future consequences of that war. Keep it up, you're creating great content. :) Thanks alot.

[@JabzyJoe]

Freedomsaver Cheers

[@sirfilipeb]

Woohoo! Thanks for including the Fantastic War! (Luso-Spanish Scenario.) That itself deserves a subscribe! Keep going with the good content!

[@Foureye15]

I am really glad that I subscribed to you!

[@JabzyJoe]

Foureye15 Glad you have you subscribed.

[@yinkoos]

Jabzy, thank you for this three minutes, very concise.

[@user-lw9iz9vc3z]

Your videos are excellent. Keep it up. Proud of you.

[@CiaranByrne137]

Keep it up mate your videos are great

[@JabzyJoe]

***** Thanks a lot

[@Viper3]

Great stuff you're doing man. Happy to be one of your subscribers

[@JabzyJoe]

ALViper456 Happy to have you

[@sarahbray3646]

6 years later

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

I read and watched videos on everything from US revolution, splitting Poland for territorial gains to Catherine the Great(and her husband) and Fredrick the Great. And now this video help me understand all the connections. The 7 years war...

[@K.Dilkington]

The First World War, it honestly needs to be called that

[@papagary7723]

Your drawing was aamzing

[@sterlingwu3970]

Thank you for saving my History Project

[@TanoBrati]

Great video. Keep up the excellent work.

[@JabzyJoe]

Cheers

[@TanoBrati]

+Jabzy Your channel deserves more subscriptions; your videos. certainly more views. It's really quite excellent.

[@StrengthNIA]

thanks for this!

[@user-ys8ol9jb8z]

Another great video!

[@JabzyJoe]

Little Swiss Thanks

[@Brytons_Thoughts]

The real first World War. I find it funny how the consequences of the Seven Years War would lead to the Napoleonic Wars, in almost the same manner how the Great War would lead to the Second World War.

[@shadmilkgod7115]

you are a good man, thank you

[@SvrWxArchive1807]

Sadly I feel as if this war is very under taught in schools. We only learn about it briefly. I feel like we should learn about it a lot more like we learn about the 30 years war and the Protestant Reformation. Because this war was truly significant.

[@Marcusjnmc]

for sure , it's odd that I never leanned this in school , but then history was often world & ancient history if not national local history & less european & natonal/interatioal relations history

[@youngritchey]

throw some blue on that water, i cant see shit

[@arya6085]

"Well that was pretty bad. How about we all make friends and eat poland?"

[@shadowmsh5723]

Truly groundbreaking event. Its results radically changed the shape of the world. USA because an independent nation, France abandoned monarchy and became a republic (and set an example for other european countries which followed sooner or later), Poland (my country) was partitioned and trust me, that's one of major reasons why many Poles hold grudnge against Russia and Germany which they consider their great enemies. Also Poland was the second country after USA that declared itself a constitutional republic after its last failure with monarchy. Other than that, results of this war later led of british conflict with China (opium war) and later boxer rebellion.

[@Rowlph8888]

USA and Germany Wouldn't exist wouldn't the fallout exist without this war and there would not have been 2 world wars. Britain and France would still b dominating now, with colonies all over the world… Maybe even more than they had in our timeline

[@VictoriaZandi]

@4:23 yay for the Fifes and Drums xD

[@StevieObieYT]

That's crazy!

[@Sicatuli]

Thanks that was great

[@JabzyJoe]

Jakob Schumacher Thanks a lot

[@joshuajwars4271]

The French Indian War was led by Harry Fawkes but the 7 Years War uses Joey & Dana to assist.

[@davcantor35]

Glad I'm your subscriber! How about the period of the Anarchy in England (also known as the war between Stephen and Matilda), or the independence wars in South America?

[@JabzyJoe]

David Cantor To be honest I need to try and wrap my head around both those periods.

[@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking]

The most important war no one’s heard of

[@soccermangafool]

Well that escalated quickly

[@randomnessrules4971]

1:08 It's like black is white, up is down, and short is long

[@eddielloyd1947]

Chilling ending

[@jordanbonacci5725]

As an English-Speaking Quebecker, I feel French vengeance for this every day.

[@theIndy0678]

+Jordan Bonacci Why? France didn't lift one finger to help the people of Quebec.

[@HaloFTW55]

+Frederick the Great The Francophone Québécois don't really like Anglophone Canadians.

[@dickchampion5860]

We don't like them either.

[@tinmareng]

The real victimes are the native Americans

[@marquislouis-josephdemontc1518]

Frederick the Great I wouldn't say that.

[@tabithabailey9504]

i love the death win he holds the girls face

[@boiniq]

love it

[@alexsanderrain2980]

Really nice and succinct.

[@Sarrrbearrr]

I left my study notes at school and we have a test tomorrow and I haven't study yet sooooo😂😂

[@zakariyyaqaseemabdulmajid4265]

"Scottish Colonization of Canada". Do a video about that.

[@GMODISM]

LOL I hoped to see the 7 years war in scaninavia :p

[@kampase]

There are some papers that suggest that the Seven Years war and its results had no effect on the US war of Independence at all. I haven't looked into it myself, but there's some pretty strong opinions on the matter

[@jnes624]

well those papers are wrong.. if there was no war then Britain wouldnt have started taxing the colonies, simple really..

[@kampase]

Yeah, maybe saying it had no effect whatsoever was a bit of an overstatement, but the Seven Years war's effects on the American war for Independence were definitely overstated. Taxation was only one factor contributing to it, and I think the lions share of the political sentiment for independence came from politicians and landowners who wished to use it for monetary gain

[@mosav814]

Hay can you do the sino japanese war

[@marcusbierman5310]

So what you are saying is that the only reason Prussia survived this war was because a Frederick fanboy inherited the Russian thorne. Reality is weirder than fiction.

[@JabzyJoe]

Marcus Bierman That's a nice way of putting it.

[@marcusbierman5310]

Jabzy Thanks! It's always great to get a like from the guy who posted the video. Keep making awesome videos!

[@dragoncatsage3049]

Oh and don't forget one of the reasons was Fredrick I mean he isn't called great for nothing after all he did create Prussian maneuver warfare.

[@wilsonelder5277]

A reason? Yes. A main or even significant reason? No.

[@davidnikolovski3833]

you are great keep going

[@JabzyJoe]

David Nikolovski Cheers

[@lucasjantunen5797]

Video started about the Seven Years War, enden with the French Revolution. 10/10 - IGN

[@JabzyJoe]

***** Cheers buddy

[@bobhaverstein2830]

You should make a video about the American Revolution.

[@spencervengroff7345]

It starts off with lies or mis-truths...

[@faolanliath6687]

The troops engaged at the monongahella river were led by General Braddock not Washington although he was there.

[@levierdragon]

The Prussian service was considerably worse than the English. The life that the private soldier led was a frightful one. Punishment was incessant, and every officer had the right to inflict it. The gauntlet was the most common penalty for minor offenses. The more serious ones were punishable by mutilation or death. At the close of the Seven Years' War, the army, so renowned for it's disciplined valor, was officered by native Prussians. But it was composed, for the most part, of men from the lowest levels of humanity. Hired, or stolen from almost every nation in Europe.

[@AFT_05G]

Still they fought so hard against greatest land powers and they never gave up.

[@jdmmaster345]

Good good !

[@markbraley311]

Jabzy Can you please make a good video called “Nine Years’ War”? It lasted for 8 years from September 27, 1688 to September 20, 1697.

[@valdnorc9xydr957]

There should probably be a French and Indian War video as the war is significant in the changing attitude of the colonist. Here in the United States, the French and Indian War and the Seven Years' War is taught separately yet related. In discussing the American Revolution, the colonist complained that it had been them who had protected themselves with little help from the British from the French and Indians, yet the colonist had to pay taxes to ease Britain's debt for an international war the colonist had nothing to do with.

[@jnes624]

there were more british regulars than french regulars, they did exactly what they needed. i hear americans claim the weirdest things in regards to history, must be your education system. btw british citizens payed way more in taxes than colonists ever did.

[@Malikin]

_Everything_ in 1 sec : shrgeuieiebbeueh

[@AltEuropa]

I really like your videos and i honor the effort you make, but where are Prussias great victories of Leuthen, Rossbach and Zorndorf? I agree with you, that the war did not run in Prussias favour and they suffered alot, but you could have at least mentioned the great military achievements of Frederick the Great.

[@thesaturdaytechchannelwith553]

I wonder what would of happened if colonial station of Africa with that event of that Belgian man causing panic within Europe and starting colonialism but I wonder if a similar event a bit earlier, before the Seven years war and what I think what might of happened is (with a British victory in a he seven years war) is just how there was the East India Trading company, there might've been (maybe a slightly differently title) a 'East Africa Company'.

[@doliague2590]

you forgot to mention Bavaria's part in the war :-P

[@tuxedo_productions]

Russia and Austria: hmmm Prussia, we kinda hate you now >_> Prussia: It's okay guys! Let's just take some of Poland again! Poland: Why u guys do dis Everyone else: Yay!

[@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470]

Apart from some royal regiments

[@kemchobhenchod]

Awesome. I would rather watch this 3 times then the average boring drawn out 30 minute explanation, and come away with a far better understanding in half the time.

[@mosesslai]

Tanks

[@jamiengo2343]

We Brits are so good

[@wilsonelder5277]

While certainly impressive, the Prussian war effort wasn't quite as spectacular as it might appear on a map; the only enemy Frederick II ever really had to worry about was the Austrians. Allow me to explain: The Swedish and Russian commanders were EXTREMELY timid during this war. The Swedes literally never advanced beyond their initial front lines at all, while the Russians would only conduct minor operations and raids (such as the brief occupation of Berlin in 1760) when and only when the Prussians were mainly engaged elsewhere. In the cases of both of these northern powers, any gains that were made during campaigning would be immediately abandoned when the troops would march back to their winter quarters that were very unnecessarily far away (just as an example, the Russians would literally march eastward all the way across Poland to get to their winter quarters at the end of every campaign season), thus always insuring that any actions these two countries made would be immaterial in the end. Prussia's "war" against France was a joke, mainly because 1. The French leaders decided at the beginning of the conflict to place greater emphasis on colonial theaters than the continental theater and 2. The few troops and resources that France DID allocate to the continental theater were all directed against the German state of Hanover, which was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire that the British King, George III, happened to be the ruler of. French and Prussian forces only fought against each other once during the whole conflict, and while it is true that the Prussians won this engagement (known as the Battle of Rossbach) it was nowhere near as damaging to the French as some sources might lead you to believe (in a letter to his sister Frederick literally admitted that the battle meant nothing strategically). That leaves the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. Seeing that the army of the Holy Roman Empire was small, poorly commanded, ill-disciplined, and not well-supplied (and was practically an extension of the Austrian forces anyway), they posed literally NO threat at all to Prussia. Austria, on the other hand, was the only true enemy that Frederick faced. They had a large army that was experienced from the previous War of the Austrian Succession (in which, I might add, they contended with France, Prussia, Spain, Bavaria, and Saxony all at once, which was far more impressive than the Prussian war effort during the Seven Years' War) and had the will to both liberate Saxony and recover Silesia from the enemy. While it must be conceded that Frederick did a good job in holding off their onslaught for most of the war, he was clearly beaten by the end of the conflict and was only saved by the unexpected death of the Tsarina Elizabeth and the subsequent withdrawal of Russia (and, consequently, Sweden) from the war, which heavily demoralized the Austrians as they would now have to beat an opponent that was sucking the resources of lands like Saxony and Poland dry and turning them against a single foe. So while the Prussians certainly put up a good fight during the war, their achievements are NOWHERE near as impressive or noteworthy as they might seem :)

[@raseiniuprokuroras198]

i always feel sad when people say its Poland its Polish Lithuania

[@luisdavila8397]

French and Indian War,I like that name

[@soundwavesuperior28]

Frederich II looks so hot in this video

[@jessemorris4758]

Pls do the Anglo Scottish war

[@BountyFlamor]

How did supposedly up to a million people die in this conflict?

[@francois-louiscautel4392]

I think you forgot to say that war began on continent after that England had attacked many french business ships, without declaring the war, and then, to react, king of France declared war on England. Always "Perfide Albion". British have no honor in History.

[@robertshand3515]

........3 minute shogun wars please

[@JabzyJoe]

Robert Shand That is a period I know very little about so it will probably be a while before I get round to making a video on that.

[@Brytons_Thoughts]

Robert Shand Are we talking about the Ōnin War?

[@robertshand3515]

Early century japan shogun and samarui battles

[@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470]

The french had white uniforms btw

[@TopLel123]

Partition Poland? You mean Partition the Commonwealth?

[@kinghuang5717]

why does it say it is 3 minutes when it is actually over 4 minutes😂

[@nationalistwest8881]

The Pomeranian War was fought During the Napoleonic Wars

[@nationalistwest8881]

Its Mostly called the Franco-Swedish War

[@wizzkid3626]

Why is this not named world war one... 3 continents and all that!

[@roisin9401]

crack

[@alaska935]

Can someone reply to my comment and write what he said because I don’t understand

[@TN-xx4ih]

the george washington mentioned here is the same one in the american revolution?

[@JabzyJoe]

That's the one

[@briansheehan3430]

Yes. George Washington was Captain of the Virginia Colonial Militia during this war, fighting for the British.

[@JohnSmith-hp7gt]

Actually I think France held onto the Louisiana territory. It was sold by French Emperor Napoleon I to the United States, the event was known as the Louisiana Purchase.

[@JabzyJoe]

+John Smith It was returned to France in 1800 just before they sold it as part of the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso

[@JohnSmith-hp7gt]

Oh ok, thanks!

[@703sam]

why was it returned to France?

[@blenzo8344]

My one question is, without telephones or telegrams and shit. How did they tell India and the American colonists that war is going.

[@dragoncatsage3049]

Boats my dude the British had really good boats.

[@mr.nobody6829]

War is the only common language in Europe.

[@francois-louiscautel4392]

And by the way, it's not French economy wich didn't recover of this war, it's french State finances, wich is very different. At this time, England had a rich State, and a poor population, and France had a poor State and a rich population.

[@francois-louiscautel4392]

And it cannot be said that French State finances didn't recover of this war, but it's more when France gave a big financial and military support to american rebels that financials difficulties began actualy for French administration (not for population).

[@jokergamingunleashed6751]

i thought it was supposed to be 3 mins

[@ricoman486]

So basically this was like the first world war ever?

[@piracci1038]

Rico Man yeah

[@rexxityplayzgamingandmore3516]

17:38

[@owenvcenteno]

Isn't Assassin's Creed Rogue set during the Seven Years War?

[@effab1e200]

Yeah

[@Gilbertsens]

Uhm, why did you show sweden attacking from zealand? Zealand is a danish island and was never under swedish control.

[@eyaadkhushizafar8034]

this is a very confusing video my teacher sent me

[@nightcorefox9632]

hi

[@1MuchButteR1]

You really bring down credibility of this show by calling the Commonwealth as simply Poland.

[@JabzyJoe]

+1MuchButteR1 I got called out on the video on the Partions of Poland for the same thing. But, I'm going to defend myself here, despite being fully aware that your thumbnail is the Lithuanian Coat of arms. The event is called the Partitions of Poland and using the same terms makes it easier for viewers to do any further research. Plus, at the time, the Commonwealth called itself things like the 'Most Serene Republic of Poland' and in the West they'd usually just say Poland. I'm guessing due to the fact the leaders were the Kings of Poland and the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Kiev, Livonia etc. So I see it as pretty interchangeable. Sort of like how you can say Bosnia instead of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain instead of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Austria instead of Austria-Hungary, Sao Tome instead of Sao Tome and Principe or China instead of the People's Republic of China (as opposed the Republic of China).

[@1MuchButteR1]

Jabzy It was called the partitions of Poland because Polish bureaucrats devolved the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1791, and the so called Poland was annexed in 1795. For 99% of its history the official name was the Commonwealth of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Both regions were extremely autonomous, so please don't make silly mistakes and name things accurately.

[@1MuchButteR1]

Enclave Soldier Why would I not care if there is an obvious mistake in historical material? American idiot.

[@wilsonelder5277]

I can understand why you would be upset over this but there's no reason to worry my friend, anyone who does even a minute's worth of research into the matter will quickly discover that it was the Commonwealth of Poland AND Lithuania :)

[@nielrelatado3076]

The brits occupied manila

[@larcdetriomph7790]

Are you swiss

[@cortezthebeast]

I thought the French still kept Pondicherry?

[@user-ys8ol9jb8z]

They kept it like a lot of cities in India and they also gained some islands in the Caribeans, islands which were way more valuable than the american colonies.

[@cortezthebeast]

Little Swiss I know that hence the reply. Since in the video, he highlighted Pondicherry going to England.

[@user-ys8ol9jb8z]

Cortez The Beast Well it was captured like Berlin was captured but didn't go to Russia or Austria.

[@ManlyBeed]

The Brits took Pondicherry, but the French afterwards lost all the area but Pondicherry.

[@tomashize]

+Cortez The Beast They were allowed to keep the port (in some treaty) but had to give up all surrounding territory. It stayed French until 1957. It still feels a bit French to this day!

[@zanel4195]

3 Mehy

[@craigjosh2368]

Where is the American and French Revolutions?

[@andrewbuolo7590]

The American Revolution happened a few years after the Seven Years War. and the French Revolution happened after the American Revolution.

[@doliague2590]

it seems we (Austrians Bavarians French etc.) should of won the war for a few reasons......

[@treatyofwindsor]

but...you didn't

[@doliague2590]

oh well

[@topgonz3224]

the map of Hannover makes no sense