Ten Minute History - The Thirty Years' War (Short Documentary)

[@villakennedy]

Just annoyed myself when you said “Ferdinand III” and I immediately said Thirdinand and chuckled...

[@josephinestalime3094]

Lmao xD

[@codkiller2025]

You got a little chuckle out of me

[@johnbrown5958]

600th like

[@rickard7031]

My mind went to Thirdinand the Ferd, but I have to say I was rather pleased with myself.

[@a.h.tvideomapping4293]

Thirdinand III

[@patrikcath1025]

That one time we literally threw a bunch of bureaucrats out of a window and caused 30 years of war all over the Europe

[@marinarosario8855]

You, bohemians, should't have windows in meeting rooms (Or have meetings in high floor).

[@fulcrum2951]

Or meetings

[@EkinYalvac]

patrikcath sounds like that one time a teenager shot a prince and caused 4 years of war all over the world lol

[@eventyraren]

This is the second time you throw someone out a window, and last time also started a war. I see a pattern here.

[@prinzeszelda3650]

Btw they only lived bcs of convienent bushes below

[@mkploeg]

I absoluly love that you put Joakim Brodén from sabaton in the video

[@hf3923]

Well it's only appropriate if the Lion from the north is prominent

[@giladpellaeon1691]

I had to play that part of the vid twice just to be sure. Great job Ten Minute History, always slipping in the quick little "wait, whaaaat?" moments. Part of why I subscribe.

[@Cringo-ik9uo]

I laughed so fucking hard at that xD

[@mkploeg]

had the same thing was like is that who i think it is

[@merrittanimation7721]

So that's who that was.

[@GuyWithTriangle]

If only Ferdinand had more Imperial Authority he could have passed the reforms to disallow internal HRE wars

[@Yora21]

Then it wouldn't have been the HRE. What reasons would the princes have had to give that much power to one of them?

[@samlund8543]

Yora It’s a reference to EU4

[@ahmedbassam400]

@@Yora21 Eu4 reference lad.

[@CarlosRios1]

@@Yora21 r/wooosh

[@hampuslundstrom9249]

Only you look away for 20 years focusing on the new world, and suddenly Hesse or Nasau is the new Emperor.

[@ataman6430]

Somehow, the 29 Years and 11 Months War doesn't sound quite as catchy.

[@jimfromdiscord.8904]

Feature History?

[@krixpop]

...plus one long morning...

[@Koya550]

Yup feature history

[@heretustay]

Lol, exactly how old I am

[@thanosgioule8044]

Why wasn't it the 30 years war

[@chrisza9782]

8:35 "The Swedish laid siege to Prague". In modern times, that would sound like a very drunk tourist group

[@Lajosen]

Sadly covid has prevented this

[@Morhgoz]

Specially if Swedes had us Finns with them like they had in first time as we were part of Sweden back then...

[@sharkronical]

Austria and Sweden back then: "Time to reinforce our rule in our parts of Europe" Austria (after WWII) and Sweden (after Napoleon): "we were bad, but now we're neutral"

[@johanrunfeldt7174]

@@sharkronical We were badass, but now we're neutral.

[@david23854]

Not too far off from what actually went down. They went there and celebrated, got drunk as hell and looted half of the city

[@evalpenguin8797]

video quality 10/10 Sabaton references 20/10 MOAR DAKKA *40.000/10*

[@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm]

But the death of Gustavus Adolphus proves there is nevah enuf dakka 🙁

[@lewesc]

Somewhere in history some army painted their fast moving things red. And when this channel summarizes it, I will be a happy man.

[@evalpenguin8797]

@@lewesc u got it da wrong way rond ya git u paint stuf red so it gos fasta no da fasta stuf red cose itz fasta

[@edwardcollier7218]

WAAAAGH!!!!

[@thomaswilliamruston]

Cuius regio eius religio.

[@jvteam3095]

Loved the part when Sabaton's lead singer showed up at 4:09

[@RoScFan]

What s the joke? What does sabaton have to do with the 30 y war?

[@jvteam3095]

Sabaton is Swedish, and their song "The Lion From The North" is about the topic immediately being discussed

[@Malos_]

@@jvteam3095 *Gott Mit uns

[@jvteam3095]

​@@Malos_ The Lion from the North is also about the Swedish intervention in the 30 years war though

[@rkmurphy5648]

@@jvteam3095 There's also "A lifetime of war" which is just about the 30 years war in general.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

I love the word "defenestration". We don't have that in Dutch, I believe. But on the other hand, we had the audacity to eat our prime minster in those days. Which is rather unconventional as well.

[@watching99134]

The Dutch have always hated waste, why just kill someone when you can also eat him?

[@stephenwright8824]

_Defenestration_ was the word my college German professor used to introduce the German word for window, _Fenster._ I had personally heard neither word before. (This was in 1991.)

[@lupen_rein]

In German there's the word "Fenstersturz", a compound word from window and fall

[@ronaldderooij1774]

@@lupen_rein Danke! Ich finde aber "Defenestration" etwas mehr "Classy".

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

We kunnen er 'ontvenstering' van maken. Maar volgens wikipedia is het defenestratie.

[@merrittanimation7721]

I like how the picture in Ferdinand's house is just anti- Turk sign

[@dams6829]

I somehow took it as anti Muslim but your one makes sense too.

[@kwazooplayingguardsman5615]

@@dams6829 no to both.

[@savioblanc]

Every Muslim was a considered a Turk at that time, so it's the same

[@s871-c1q]

I'm sure it was a reference to the Ottoman Sultan.

[@widodoakrom7032]

Thought Ottoman still powerful state untill 1699😂🤣🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨👍

[@andreap8343]

"miserable" is a very soft definition for what was life for civilians during the 30 years war. According to statistics, the percentage of civilian and military casualties in the HRE was bigger than the one nazi Germany suffered during WW2, just to put things in perspective. It was a war like no one before, and although it didn't see much complex territorial changes or repentine fall of empires, can be seen as the beginning of what Europe will be for the following 300 years: the rise of France, Netherland, Sweden, the decline of Imperial Spain and the HRE, who finally abandoned the (super cool but ultimately impossible) idea of a unified Europe under Habsburg rule, much modern ideas regarding diplomacy, religious liberty and military warfare, and most important, it ended once and for all the so called Religious Wars in Europe.

[@richmondmemedepot7180]

More casualties in the HRE alone? Damn

[@stevemc01]

Given the differences in medieval/modern warfare, that's brutal...

[@theraxo1137]

Not more casualties, higher percentage of casualties but still its brutal.

[@Toujeo]

up to 8 million people died and germany saw a population decline of over 50%

[@buddermonger2000]

The nazis actually didn't suffer that much in terms of civilian casualties during the war, so that's not actually a great comparison as I think under a million civilian casualties were suffered by the nazis since the war was primarily fought beyond its own borders (as well as roughly 5 million military casualties out of a population of over 80 million). Remember that to get to Russia, Germany first had to get through Poland and that Germany wasn't actually reached until early 1945, where they capitulated in less than 5 months. In comparison, the Germans were in Russia until late 1943 and into 1944 and in Poland until 1945. The second world War was primarily destructive in the East where it was industrial warfare for many years. Roughly 45 million of the 70 million deaths of WW2 were in Russia and China. And then I think an extra 6 million or so died in Poland.

[@nathanjay83]

Bohemians had a clever way of countering that, by throwing his representatives out of a 3rd storey window. Lol

[@Wanys123]

I think we did it like 3 or 4 times throughtout history( I am not sure cuz there was either 3 but only 2 are like called "defenestration of prague", or there is 4 and only 3 are like significant and named...)

[@mokkorista]

Coz we in Bohemia have a saying: (If) You kick them throughout the door, they'll return through the window. This is a preventive action.

[@xeanderman6688]

@@Wanys123 we can do it again

[@nathanjay83]

@@Wanys123 There have been a few local representative that knocked on my door I would have loved to thrown from a 3rd storey window. lol I bet its therapeutic :)

[@sharoneisenberg2274]

Don’t forget the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in France, which also saw people being thrown out of windows!

[@derkaiser420]

A giant European War that didn't involve England. I am shocked.

[@MNKY80808]

Great Britain did officially get involved in the closing years of the war. However, a large number of Scottish noble sons and mercenaries fought on both sides (primarily on the protestant side as protestants themselves, but fighting for the Habsburgs meant more money) from the beginning of the war to it's end.

[@alanpennie8013]

The English were carrying on a tax strike at the time so they weren't able to fight a war. When they finally went to war it was against each other.

[@joellaz9836]

derkaiser420 The English civil war had strong religious undertones. There was a great hatred of the wife of Charles I, who was catholic and people thought there was a conspiracy to make England catholic again.

[@fullmetalalchemist9126]

Or Russia

[@fredbarker9201]

Joella Z agreed when I read a book on Charles I I can see the civil war is very religious. But also about challenging absolutism in kings

[@HistoryMatters]

Just to let everyone know, the sound is a bit off in parts because I've recently moved and have yet to set up a proper recording area. I think KZbin is rolling out the ability to edit the voice over for videos so I'll fix that when everything is sorted. I am also aware I butchered many of the pronunciations so if you could correct some for me to fix later that would be much appreciated.

[@HistoryMatters]

The French Wars of Religion were my specialisation at University so I'd love to at some point.

[@nikolay4101-s7r]

Small mistake - 1:12 I think saxony was divided in 2 parts (A kingdom and an Electorate) at that time I'm not 100% sure though

[@americana_incarnate1717]

Nice sabaton reference.

[@varana]

Nikolay Tsankov: Saxony was divided - between an Electorate, and several duchies to the West of it (modern-day Thuringia). The territory highlighted in the map is the Electorate which became a kingdom only in the early 19th century under Napoleon's influence. At the time of the 30 Years War, Bohemia was the only kingdom in the HRE.

[@cheydinal5401]

In "Osnabrück", the emphasis is on the "brück", not the "Osna", I live only a few kilometers away from there. Your pronunciation of the "ü" vowel is pretty good though. Also could you make a video about all the massive geopolitical changes that happened after the end of WWII? I'l thinking from the Conference of Yalta, the founding of democratic as well as communist Germany and Japan, the establishment of the Eastern Bloc and NATO, to the Chinese Civil War, and of course importantly also the new international monetary orders with Breton Woods and such, and UN

[@HenningGu]

0:56 they supposedly landed in a pile of dung. Or were carried by angels, depending on which side you ask.

[@thetruereality2]

👍👍🤞😁

[@farasbanas9564]

The most likely reason is that the windows aren't particularly high

[@farasbanas9564]

@Biracial Boy there are windows to that building and it's not that high Protestant propaganda says it was a pile of dung Catholic propaganda says it was angels

[@iagreebut4839]

Or maybe they fell from a not-so particularly high building, carried by angels, then landed on a pile of dung?

[@davidpanton3192]

No shit.

[@onkelkonkel5]

5:20 If you are to be picky, his horse, named Streiff, wasn’t actually killed but only wounded at the battle. He did however succumb to his wounds and died the next year. His body was stuffed and he is still on display at the Royal Armory in Stockholm.

[@AgathaJones-d6u]

i didn't see the horse part of that and was like....wait what, that's horrifying

[@ViscountAlexOfTheHorsePeople]

A time of religion and war. Legends tell the tale of a lion...

[@spikethompson2000]

This beast in the shape of a man with a dream to rule sea and land

[@thebutzel9752]

All those who stand in his way will die by god and victorious arms

[@theseabassi9638]

With the righteous that follow him south, once more, set ashore, to war

[@midshipman8654]

Legends have taught, battles fought, This lion has no fear at heart

[@cavaleirocatolico4665]

Lion come forth, come from the north, come from the north.

[@viktor9988]

What is impressive with Sweden's military organisation during that time - the King himself dies on the battlefield - still the swedes just kept on winning battle after battle through the war and they were almost always outnumbered. Many great generals and impressive logistics right there.

[@e.d.1642]

Never play Swedish chess.

[@MysticMelody333]

Look at Sweden now though.

[@bluestone9726]

​​@@MysticMelody333Life here's pretty sweet tbh. Don't know where you're from, but odds are living standards in Sweden are higher on average.

[@quandangle9397]

@@bluestone9726 as a Swede, we got a massive immigration problem but other then that yeah life is pretty good

[@gengis737]

Swede used a conscript system, instead of hiring mercenaries. With religious and solidarity pressure of the community, each soldier had to behave in battle. Also, harsher living conditions in Scandinavia made them tougher soldiers (like the Russians later).

[@brilliantloewe]

I'm German and the thirty-year-war is quite a big topic in German schools. I had it as a topic for a half year and I can say that I learned equally, if not more about the thirty-year-war in this ten minute video than in school. Keep up the good work 👍

[@LachBewertungen]

Are the schools in German nice?

[@arnaldoenriquez6191]

As an American, this just sounds like public education lacks everywhere

[@Florian-yk8vg]

@@arnaldoenriquez6191 tbf also most kids in middleschool just dont care too much about history with obscure european states that dont exist anymore. thats why many ppl tend to not remember much about stuff from middle school lessons i guess.

[@charles2521]

@@arnaldoenriquez6191 American schools are more concerned with nationalist indoctrination, perhaps that's why American minds are moslty immigrants.

[@charles2521]

@@LachBewertungen I don't know about the German schools themselves, but I've heard that the German education system does everything it can to prevent social mobility. So if you get bad grades at the age of 6, you won't get a second chance as an adult.

[@MrGazlo]

Lots of region in the HRE lost around 60% to 80% of their population during this time and the death toll was massive for the time (although mainly from disease, way more than from actual combat or pillage).

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

Illness in war (specially old wars) was serious bussiness. I believe General disease was a major player in every war all the way up to the crimean war.

[@colindaniels945]

​@@Mitaka.Kotsuka It was also a factor in the Spanish-American War as well. It's been said during that war that more US troops died from disease than of being killed by the enemy.

[@RedditzGG]

4:09 Joakim: GOTT MIT UNS, AS WE ALL STAND UNITED, ALL TOGETHER, GOTT MIT UNS

[@CaptainActually1]

Ironically, that's the only song he doesn't sing.

[@friday26th]

@@CaptainActually1 he tends to sing noch ein bier, we all drink united, all together noch ein bier

[@williamtoner8674]

we've got mittens too

[@losisansgaming2628]

​@@CaptainActually1wdym? He's the main singer of the group and I can hear him singing every time I hear the song

[@Massivegenius69]

@@losisansgaming2628 You're both wrong, Joakim sings the chorus and but Peter Tägtgren sings the verses.

[@whiteoctober4582]

I love you for the Sabaton references GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS GO FORTH LIBERA IMPERA AUGUSTA PER ANGUSTA

[@edvindenbeste2587]

R/suddenlysabaton

[@leef8433]

Actually there is a song about that battle called "Gott Mit Uns" by Sabaton.

[@11mousa]

To be fair, Libera et impera as well as augusta per angusta were references by Sabaton also.

[@GUNSLINGER47L]

"they needed some one to blame and they had one group in mind" me:the jews ? "witches" wait what?

[@Argentvs]

Protestants actually killed thousands over thousands of women despite the propaganda against the Spanish. The inquisition outright ignored such claims as nonsense and even finned people for doing it.

[@remydubard2229]

Same

[@ily-u3w]

Same here

[@katarina9064]

@@Argentvs based?

[@Argentvs]

@@katarina9064 History. Google it. The Spanish Inquisition gave a 2 weeks notice and dismissed almost all denounces. In fact it condemned more people for false accusations than else. Witchcraft were outright ignored and accusers were heavily fined. Death sentences were appealed by calling the Inquisition, as people saw it more fair when the nobles in towns were unjust. Also they made crimes go away simply by bribing the inquisitors. They were more occupy in finding foreign spies and political plots, their main job was that, like a secret police.

[@Carewolf]

Also Christian IV was an brilliant architect and terribly general. He managed to get the entire Danish army caught in a valley fighting not a two side battle, but a battle on three fronts all uphill... He lost.

[@SophiaAstatine]

The Danish Monarchy from around that point and going forward another two hundred some years, had a lot of rough quirks.

[@JohnnyLodge2]

That no sultan poster in the background is highlight of the video.

[@icecold1805]

Are you kidding me? the 0:40 is the highlight by far. Still tho, that's a good close second.

[@General_Dave_1]

Omg you added a Sabaton Reference, Officially best History KZbinr Ever.

[@alphamikeomega5728]

Not one but two

[@pallabicollectionsvlog]

See Oversimplified

[@CaptainActually1]

I think Extra History references the song Shiroyama, in their series on the same event. (And everything that lead up to it)

[@ZalvionProductions]

Also a warhammer 40k reference

[@annachi8426]

You are saving the AP European History grade every day and I would just like to thank you for how much time and effort you have put into these videos. You're a rockstar.

[@Bufoferrata]

One of the most complex struggles in European history distilled down to 10 minutes. Sheer brilliance. Pity about Gustavus' horse. He's now stuffed and stands in a museum in Stockholm. What price glory?

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

HAS MAN GONE INSANE A FEW WILL REMAIN WHO'LL LIVE ONE MORE DAY THROUGH DECADES OF WAR

[@baldkevindurant]

It spreads like disease There’s no sign of peace Religion and Greed Costs millions to bleed Three decades of war

[@j.a.pelaez6435]

Easily one of the most saddest lyrics in a Sabaton song

[@marsultor3044]

The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind Sabaton shows up at 4:08

[@Lord_GenericCan]

i am happy to see the sabaton reference

[@TheFlamemaster900]

Loving the Sabaton References :D

[@MrKingkez]

The fact this man uses MORE DAKA as his way of showing overwhelming fire power, as a chaos and work player of 40k gets my approval :) And my sub

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

In the span of 29 years and eleven months. One of the most deadly wars ravaged Europe. What should we name this war?

[@dams6829]

29 years and 11 months war.

[@SobQuaza]

@@dams6829 derp

[@MaxTheCat-eh5ts]

Xavier Saavedra the despacito war

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Dams Nah let’s round it so our war can seem longer

[@vasilisdouklias6992]

"The almost but not quite 30 years war"

[@Martin-jk2ng]

Whenever one of the guys holds up a sign that says "Soon" with that squinty eyed stare, it always makes me laugh.

[@Grymbaldknight]

"More Dakka" It pleases me that you know about Warhammer 40k, Ten Minute History. It seems fitting somehow.

[@vitorluigi2911]

Martin Luther: The church is corrupt and it will need a reformation All of Europe: *TRIGGERED* Gustavus Adolphus: You mad? All of Europe: *NOT TRIGGERED ANYMORE*

[@7636kei]

More like 'so busy being triggered that they didn't note him triggering again' :(

[@su_morenito_1948]

Victor Luigi no

[@jav1843]

Meh you know Gustavus was a really skilled tactician but after his death the swedish troops didnt perform well at all,for example in Nordlingen they were destroyed by the spanish tercios using equiment and tactics 100 years obsolete

[@su_morenito_1948]

Jav how were the 100 years obsolete if they literally were 100 years old lol

[@minutemen_in_t-605]

PLC: You guys have problems with religions?

[@thegreenroom8878]

I was struggling with this topic and your video really helped me to understand it. THANK YOU!!!

[@Linki8uu]

I used this video to study for a ap European history test on the 30 years war I passed

[@samlund8543]

5:20 Hey, I remember reading that comment about the horse! Glad to see you followed through!

[@hi_austin]

Ten Minute History coming through in the clutch turning this mediocre Sunday into a tolerable one.

[@mantis2048]

I'm so glad you made this video. A war with catastrophic losses that shaped modern Europe and in America we barely cover it.

[@austinhornbeck5060]

Lol, Joacim Broden chasing the Catholics XD 10/10

[@slav1467]

4:08 Goddamn you for inserting that Sabaton reference. 😊

[@Yora21]

"Miserable" is indeed putting is very mildly.

[@MaxG4880]

Brilliant!! I love the videos in this channel, but the Sabaton cameo made this one that much more special!

[@serubyne57]

_Alexa, play The Lion of The North by Sabaton_

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

One of my favorite movies is 'The Last Valley' (1971) from writer/director, James Clavell, who was also a bestselling historical novelist. The film is the story about two very different men; Vogel, a wandering loner (Omar Sharif) and The Captain, leader of a band of mercenaries (Michael Caine) who both stumble upon a hidden valley untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War around it.

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

I'm early, better make a joke. The unity of the Christian Church.

[@matheuroux5134]

Atleast it's not as bad as the Sunni-Shia split still causing war to this very day

[@electroflame6188]

>everyone that doesn't share my exact belief is a heretic rather representative of christian thought in general tbh

[@midshipman8654]

Electroflame 618 I mean, seeing as this was the last major European campaign were religion played a large part, that at least says sometime.

[@alecblunden8615]

@Divine EuropaThe Christian Church is united as one, holy, catholic and Apostolic. Such a pity the Latin church meets none of these marks of the church as postulated by the Nicene Father's.

[@matheuroux5134]

@@travelmaniak3127 oh so Sunni and Shia love each other today? Ha ha. Like Iran and Saudi Arabia love each other?

[@isakferm7686]

5:18 RIP Streiff, the actual name of the horse 🐎

[@stevemc01]

F

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

Literally Stripe

[@Heidepixie]

I love that the horses either go by very quickly or are put behind other characters.

[@Kaiser_Wilhelm_IV.]

It's quite funny and worth mentioning that there even was a historical Third Defenestration of Prague. Seems to be some kind of national sports there.

[@roryo1970]

One of the most complex conflicts ever. You nailed it. Quite brilliant summary,

[@Aufenthalt]

The most clear report on the thirty years war I saw. Congratulations.

[@PatrickAllenNL]

I'm happy to live now rather then 400 years ago

[@marcovtjev]

@@henrik4630 Tell that to the Southern Provinces. They were devastated several times, and would be in war several times after that in Louis XIV's wars. In those times even an allied army passing through is a problem.

[@sharoneisenberg2274]

Lt Fuckwit Or climate change or corona. Those are also big threats. Still, we’re probably better off now than in the 17th century, what with the Little Ice Age and the General Crisis

[@williamrachello3699]

@@sharoneisenberg2274 can you honestly think that Coronavirus even remotely compares to the death and destruction pervasive back then? Go back to your SUV, soy latte and air conditioned house, and keep wondering why you have it so hard.

[@MrMajsterixx]

iam czech, tell me about that.

[@lucasstrucker7680]

@@MrMajsterixx yep im from germany and i live in magdeburg the city got a massacre in the time over 95% of his population got killed (was one of the biggest cities in Germany)

[@shanemize3775]

Great video! To sum up one of the most insane, complicated wars in history in 10 minutes in a way that is easy to understand and is enjoyable, too, is just amazing. Got to love the ghost horse and the the out the window bit, picture of the sultan crossed out, etc. Too darn funny! I love your videos. Just not enough of them. That's the only problem with them. Lol. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

[@gunnerjensen5998]

Your illustration style is great! I love the humor you're able to add to an educational video. This is like the 10th video in a row I've watched.

[@NickC-Ohio]

Yours are the only videos on KZbin which I actually watch at 3/4ths speed instead of speeding it up like I might for other videos to suit my craving for rapid information.

[@Oyrou]

Love seeing Joakim Brodén at 4:09

[@jjrj8568]

The cruelties inflicted upon civilians show how dangerous employing mostly mercenaries and low-income soldiers is. Most shameful war in Europe until 1939-45.

[@sykeraid4944]

"Tercio? More like Terci-go." Hah. I get it.

[@alanpennie8013]

The worst pun in history.

[@swedichboy1000]

3:27 Sweden to Denmark: Let me show you how it´s done.

[@jampe1965]

you forgot to mention swiss independance at the treaty of westphalia

[@j0nas469]

@George Manjgaladze but until 1648 it was still part of the hre

[@alanpennie8013]

@George Manjgaladze It took a long time for the Hapsburgs to acknowledge that.

[@watching99134]

@@j0nas469 Hence his reference to the Peace of Westphalia.

[@belfigue]

Great video but you left the Franco Spanish war up in the air. What happened with Catalonia and Portugal. The 30’s war was also the demise of the Spanish hegemony in Europe to France

[@mauricedesaxe1745]

I also highly recommend Wilson's "Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years' War", the level of detail is remarkable.

[@jiddick]

I love that you have Joakim walk past when you discuss the battle of Breitenfeld!!!

[@Br1ckbuster]

Ok... how you managed to condense all of that into 10 mins is quite amazing. Learnt a lot as well!

[@DogWalkerBill]

WOW! You are GOOD! I read "The Thirty Years War (New York Review Books Classics)" by C. V. Wedgwood and it was a long slog for me! And confusing: So many Ferdinands and Fredericks that I couldn't keep track of who's who! Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor's slogan should have been MTHREGA (Make The Holy Roman Empire Great Again!) From the book I read, the 30 Years War ended after all the original antagonists (like Ferdinand II) died and all the powers that be were too exhausted to continue. And the German states were a ruin of barren farms, dead bodies and starving people. Ten minutes! You are REALLY good!

[@dtice69]

"Man, the Germans in the 20th century sure were angry at their neighbors. I wonder what caused all that." "Oh, I dunno..."

[@nwlpoku0174]

1871 caused all that

[@robertabrahamsen9076]

Amusing and substantially accurate summary, but I didn't notice anything about Bavarian involvement in the war, which complicated and arguably prolonged the war. Also, I think the peasant revolts in Austria are worth noting. And finally, emperor Matthias less appointed the fanatical Ferdinand as his successor than was effectively ousted by him.

[@alanpennie8013]

Good point. I believe Tilly's army was substantially Bavarian.

[@wfcoaker1398]

Don’t piss off the Czechs, they’ll heave you out a window!

[@libzbond]

@Our ship Lusitania How are you still allive, I thought the Germans sank you

[@obiwankenobi4252]

Imagine if, after the Munich Conference before WW2, they just yeeted the German representatives out of a window

[@wfcoaker1398]

@@obiwankenobi4252 The Third Defenestration of Prague. Lol

[@libzbond]

@@obiwankenobi4252 You got the high ground!

[@pavel6688]

@@wfcoaker1398 Actually 1618 was the Third Defenestration of Prague. The video is incorrect.

[@tomweiss9600]

Ah, humanity at its best, thanks for cheering me up!

[@miniDwarfB0y]

Great job mate! I studied and wrote my third year dissertation on the TYW at University just last year, really enjoy the vids mate, keep it up!

[@badoodadoodadoo7653]

Funny that when you said life was miserable I played another video and got an ad that jingled: *”THE PAST, NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD!”*

[@lagianna100]

When your conquest of a single province turns into a devastating conflict that pulls in all the European Powers

[@tigertankgaming1606]

4:09 sweden use sabaton... result: total victory!!

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

A lot of conflicts really spark from unexpected events, from meeting at the third floor, being late as a chauffeur, and even flunking out of Art School

[@GabrielAlejandroZorrilla]

Love the channel! History has been never do funny, keep the work going!

[@pogo8050]

>barges into Germany >modernizes warfare >refuses to elaborate further >dies

[@svg_apricot4472]

i usually have to be at a certain level of drunk to wade into a youtube comment section to take that as you will, but as this is definitely more than the 10th time to date that i've watched this video i finally feel the need to say that your dead-pan discription of the "second defenestration of Prague" is a joke that i still laugh at almost 5 months later

[@hf3923]

I love how it took a 30 year war to end an 80 year war

[@TheNorthie]

The only question I have is what is to be done with Luxembourg? It seems they forgot about it

[@timfortune9]

Half will go to Sweden and the other half will go to France. Peace in Europe forever! ...Oh coitus, we forgot the Balkans.

[@gsthomas187]

4:08 Nice Sabaton cameo, I love it.

[@gengis737]

30 years war cost Germany 1/3rd of its population, even one half in the poorer Eastern part. It was at the same time a religious war between neighbors in the same city, a state-scale pillage, and a geopolitical struggle for European leadership. Wallenstein changed the way was funded and managed. A minor noble himself, he turned into a war businessman : he replaced military duty of nobles, and very expensive highly professional mercenaries like Swiss and Landsknecht, by masses of poorly paid, half-trained mercenaries, who learned the trade by fighting and were extremely numerous and easy to replace. Creating even more havoc by their looting, hence even more numerous candidates to join them (survival, not patriotism was the key). Sweden were well trained, religiously motivated conscripts, but in short numbers. When joined by the numerous and effective French army, they changed the balance of the war. Considering the devastation of Germany, which will not recover its strength until 1815, all European major powers initiated the laws of war, to preserve the civilians from pillages, as a way to preserve discipline and logistic of the army, leading to the limited, siege-driven wars of 17th-18th century.

[@sebastianarnold948]

I’m simple. I see Sabaton, I click like. A time of religion and war, legends tell a tale of a LION

[@jackwolf2984]

Please put more Sabaton reference in your videos...or easter eggs like that in general, love it.

[@Trambo1997]

Gustav Adolphus re-invented warfare during that time period with his cannons and firepower improvements. Not to mention tactical genius.

[@Greystar2426]

I’ve read so much of the 1632 franchise that I forgot what the actual 30 years war looked like without biplanes and ironclads

[@lorenzogabutti8303]

Thanks for explaining such a complicated war so effectively! 👏 Great job!

[@kicapanmanis1060]

I missed the days when he made 10 minute videos. The format was more entertaining. I'm fine with him making shorter ones (not everything needed 10 minutes) but wish he made some from time to time.

[@ewantaylor2758]

When visiting Prague, stay clear of the windows

[@hungryepicboys8895]

The Treaty of Münster is one of two cool historical events that happened in my hometown and they will not let u forget it

[@billymartin2220]

Could you do a video on the decline of Poland lithuania?

[@Kunumbah1]

Essentially Lithuania rose because the collapse of the Golden Horde left a shit ton of real estate. There power and influence decreased over time because they weren’t gobbling up land as fast as Muscovy. Eventually they were like fuck it and United with Poland. Then over time after kicking some German, Muscovite , and Turkish ass they got their ass handed to them by Sweden. Then they got gobbled up by Austria, Prussia, and Russia the end.

[@user-lo8hn9rt1m]

"This is not the first time people have been thrown out of windows for religious reasons" Ded

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

Poor horse of Gustavus Adolphus! Let he be remembered. Also: MORE DAKKA!!!

[@johnsugar3241]

Joakim: literally running at people with a sword Sabaton fans: write that down, Write that Down!

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

omg that Sabbaton reference kills me XD Great Job with Joachim Broden

[@FlosBlog]

"The most famous battle of the war - the battle of Breitenfeld" Me: Hey! I live there!

[@kainuu3157]

How is the battle going?

[@FlosBlog]

@@kainuu3157 Bad, its all locked down :D

[@VelitelCzechball]

Bohemians:throw 2 catolic guys out of window Europe:chuckles. I'm in danger

[@levinb1]

@0:07 Map of HRe should include both Nederlands and Switzerland, they were still part of HRe officially until Peace of Westphalia.

[@jobfranschman8436]

B. Levin but in practice the Netherlands was not part of it... so its better to not included them

[@oddballsok]

negative..HRE /Spain had no effective rule over Netherland provinces since...around 1595 i would say (1568 start of rebellion..many battles...but by 1600 only PERIPHERY battles (in "belgium" area). The west phalia treaty, is only that a PAPER confirming the status, so that neither spain nor HRE can LAY CLAIM on Netherlands. Compare American revolution, Indonesian independence, Soviet revolution; Vietnam, etc.. There is a difference between losing effective rule/control over a country and the moment of officially/legally confirming loss of rights/control over that country.

[@gensaikawakami341]

Wow, so this one's gonna take a few rewatches...my favourite kind of video

[@djcrazythomashulks]

You know you are screwed when sabbaton start fighting you.

[@varain87]

at 04:08 Joakim,the vocalist of Sabaton band appears ! good job,history matters,good job !