Why Did the Ottoman Empire Join the Central Powers? (Short Animated Documentary)

During World War One the Ottoman Empire opted to join the Central Powers. This ended badly. So what led to that decision being made? Why did the Ottoman Empire join the central powers? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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[@azutard9839]

When you realise that the Austrian and Ottoman empires fought against eachother during their entire existence only to die together in WWI

[@DaveMiller6042]

Weirdly poetic in a way.

[@maverick7291]

It's not the losses you get that counts but the friends you made along the way. - not the Austrians or Ottomans

[@floricel_112]

hey, so did the russian empire with the tsar regime

[@enesfarukballi9790]

I mean it was either them or Russia. The second one was a much bigger headache. So...

[@Leoblack70]

-Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Turk -What about side by side with a friend

[@Yora21]

Like everything else in history, "it seemed like a good idea at the time".

[@WhisperingAila]

a famous quote, right up there with “watch this”

[@juanaragon9226]

"the risk I took was calculated... But damn I'm bad at math"

[@kungfuskull]

"Why does anyone do what they do? Because it seemed like a good idea at the time." G'kar, B5.

[@fulcrum2951]

In a nutshell

[@xMetalhead2000]

Why did you conquer Europe declare war on the us and Russia and start a genocide, seemed like a good idea at the time lol

[@Tmanowns]

"The risk I took was calculated... But _man,_ I'm bad at math." - Enver Pasha

[@charlesross9260]

The Germans built them a railroad.

[@Tmanowns]

@@charlesross9260 *Incoming Trade Offer:* I receive: another front for the British to fight in You receive: a railroad and the total collapse of your empire

[@GenshinWalnut]

Enver kinda too rushed to the war tho.

[@eget4144]

@@Tmanowns empire was on life support of britain and french. After defeating germany they could dismantle ottoman empire as well.

[@Baysal_Alisan]

@@Tmanowns railroads.guarantees,military modernization,some generals,industrial support,economic and trade gifs and cooperations. MEANWHILE BRITISH I AM TAKING YOUR OILD BECAUSE YOU DEBTS TO ME RUSSIA IMMA TAKE ISTANBUL BECAUSE I AM ANGRY AT YOU FRENCH SYRIA LEBANON AND SOUTH ANATOLIA IS MINE BECAUSE I MADE INVESTMENTS THERE

[@gododoof]

"Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Austro-Hungarian."

[@skyress2103]

"What about side by side with a friend?"

[@Ba-gb4br]

@@skyress2103 Noooo

[@pedrolmlkzk]

"What about side by side of a friend of Germany?"

[@andrewklang809]

What about side by side with a fellow shackled corpse?

[@mint8648]

@@skyress2103 yes

[@ordinary_magician]

Don’t you hate it when you join a global conflict and your centuries old empire dies? Me too...

[@hans3604]

They should have done an Iran and played Britain and Russia against each other. There would probably be much less conflicts in the Middle East today if the Ottoman empire extended all the way down to the Sinai Peninsula.

[@sviatoslavs.1305]

I know, what a shameful display.

[@anonvideo738]

@@hans3604 Except everyone in the middle east hated the ottomans for being a foreign occupier of arab lands (which lawrence of arabia made use of) and the ottomans were very weak so who knows if they could even stop any conflict.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@anonvideo738 There was also the Kurds and the Armenians.

[@miko5742]

@@anonvideo738 but they boutta discover oil

[@michaelrizka]

I request the next topic to be: "how roaring was the roaring 20s?"

[@joehonson4981]

Dinosaurs existed in the 20's?

[@MrSpinaldan]

Measured in MGM lions.

[@gabrielarquillo3355]

It was roaring until it crashed

[@teamg3079]

Yes

[@bernietea]

Polio and Segregation

[@neonyzr]

The 1 dislike is from Mehmet V, however, his position was largely ceremonial by this point so everyone ignored him

[@sviatoslavs.1305]

It has a meme potential.

[@cnglight]

Your mother.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

This joke is so good it might be sponsored by James Bisonette.

[@allthe1]

Gg

[@mrraven9790]

@JOSEPH STALIN you are like too.

[@andrewklang809]

Italy's decision was still my favorite. "Mobilize the army, march them to the frontiers, we're all ready to conquer and expand!" "Which side are we going to attack?" "We haven't decided yet, but we're absolutely going to do it!"

[@oguztokur3673]

Made me chuckle

[@Schlorb-Lord-of-Schlirb]

@Tt Well that came out of nowhere

[@gentelmen...5450]

I dont know who i am... I dont know why i am here... Only thing i know is i have to *invade*

[@Khajiidaro]

Italy could have been that rando that joins and just loses cause he plays solo. Luckily they understood that the match required a team and choose the side that was barely winning but also losing instead of the otherside that was mostly losing.

[@sargentocapitao9668]

@@Khajiidaro I'd say they went with the side that had most friendly ex-colonies feeding their war effort. at least it sounds smart to me

[@cringlator]

Seemed to be what all the other cool kids with empires teetering on collapse were doing

[@np7736]

Not Russia though

[@animatorofanimation128]

@@MusaGaming to be fair the Empire was already destroyed by that point. Attaturk probably saved Turkeys relevance by fighting back against the allied terms and winning back some land

[@andrewpatane3971]

Except for Russia

[@miguelrodriguezcimino1674]

Not sure about that, the German Empire was doing just great, and the Russian empire which was on the other side was much more close to collapsing.

[@cyclonegames9215]

Germany would’ve lasted a lot longer than Austria-Hungary if WW1 didn’t happen.

[@bakedbeans2163]

1:02 lol he's got a Star Wars blaster. The German military was so advanced

[@johnmorales6281]

FOR THE REPUBLIC...WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!!!

[@obi-wan-jacobi840]

I noticed that too. That kind of stuff is why I love these videos.

[@crosshair4483]

Inb4 the ottomans execute order 66

[@obi1kaboomi424]

@@johnmorales6281For democracy

[@benabshire5200]

Ottomans before ww1: failing Ottomans after ww1: failed Ottomans: JUST LIKE THE SIMULATIONS

[@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149]

Imagine being Turkish or Austrian at that point. Your ancestors have been fighting each other for hundreds of years only for your empires to die together in WWI Ironic.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

Yeah, and now our governments hate each other, like they pretty much always did. History truly repeats itself.

[@xsXRevanXsx]

It’s so funny how we always think of germany as the one who suffered most after WW1. But if you look at Hungary, The ottomans and Austria, so so so much more was taken from them. It truly is ironic that two Powers who have hated each other, died together on the same side. Ironic indeed.

[@kingt0295]

@@xsXRevanXsx Germany got off lightly with the treaty of versailles it was only the great depression on top of it that did them in enough to inspire a lunatic like hitler

[@pecadodeorgullo5963]

@@kingt0295 it was also due to lands being taken from their mainland after ww1 as well. Though your right about the great depression being the main reason.

[@seneca983]

Alliances shifting is not a new thing. In the past, Prussia and Austria had been enemies but still, Germany and Austria fought on the same side. Similar pairs of past enemies include the US and the UK, France and the UK, the UK and Russia, France and Russia, as well as France and Portugal yet all of these fought on the Entente side.

[@DaveMiller6042]

"Your citizens can't get mad at you for declaring a war on someone if you provoke said someone to declare war on you." -The ottoman empire.

[@fakeplaystore7991]

It worked for Prussia under Bismarck in 1871.

[@willbarnstead3194]

@@fakeplaystore7991 and it worked for the US in the Spanish and Vietnam wars.

[@jacob4920]

@@willbarnstead3194 Let's not forget the resounding success Pearl Harbor was for Japan.

[@Warsie]

@@willbarnstead3194 I mean it didn't work well for the Vietnam War. Citizens were still mad at you.

[@utkarshg.bharti9714]

That's what NATO does these days; stage attacks on their fellow citizens to make it look like terrorists/separatists and then go to war thousands of miles away. Never knew the tactic was created in the Ottoman Empire.

[@LudicrousTorpedo]

"Let's join the Central Powers so our empire can survive much longer." *Proceeds to get invaded and partitioned.*

[@pi7855]

Fun fact: Bulgaria was the only part of the central powers that didn't die/change ideology.

[@sebastiangruenfeld141]

To be fair though, the Central Powers could have easily won the war if only they weren't so stupid.

[@itsperimo]

@@sebastiangruenfeld141 that can be said for both sides though to be honest? plus the fact it turned into a war of attrition tipped the scales out of the central powers favour

[@itsperimo]

@Raidenn Buliyat the Italians struggled against austro-Hungary you really think they would of faired well against France? Italy wasnt that powerful in ww1 and their navy wasnt great sure it would of caused issues for the british but wouldnt do anything heavily impactful also considering the Indian, Australian and new Zeeland soldiers were the ones invading the turks and were using the suez and a hub...

[@MP-vc4nu]

@@sebastiangruenfeld141 To be fair though, Germany could have easily won the war if they funded Atomic Bomb focused instead. To be fair though, British Empire could have easily remained as a different modern form of UN with more direct access and trade between itself. To be fair though, anything could have easily changed if people knew what will go wrong. But they don’t, because no one can predict the future 100%.

[@conman128]

“Turns out war sucks” -The Ottoman press

[@bahmet6928]

"Darn" -The Ottoman People

[@oliverschlesinger6744]

"Turn out war sucks, but then again no for reasons." - History repeating itself

[@thegamerkhan]

"Fake news" Arab nationalists

[@febrian0079]

"Ottoman people opposed to being shot at" -Ottoman press

[@CountryRaceN]

I understand, the Ottomans hurt all of you very much. Nice joke ✨

[@lancegideondiokno1774]

Ottoman empire: **thinking about who to join** Enver Pasha: *think no longer* **Shells Russia** Everyone:

[@jimtaylor294]

^ Err nope; complete nonsense. Pasha is the one at fault.

[@jimtaylor294]

^ No; your's isn't XD.

[@bastardman6581]

@@jimtaylor294 Not a proper rebuttal

[@jimtaylor294]

^ Refer to prior statement :P .

[@NoNameAtAll2]

@@jimtaylor294 not a proper rebuttal

[@ottovonbismarck1352]

When you don’t like the friends in your friends friend group but still have to pick a friend group.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

I don’t think you like us Austrians either.

[@charlesdegaulle6663]

@@quuaaarrrk8056 no onion for you

[@harveya1a952]

Ottoman after joining the war: “I don’t feel so good”

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

@@JWP51015 *ů*

[@kordellswoffer1520]

Haha even before the war.

[@Huseyinmustafaoglu1]

Mr Wilhelm I don't feel so good

[@randomcoyote8807]

(Ominous music) "Ottomans need food badly" (Ominous music) "Ottomans are about to die"

[@sharkronical]

Can someone pick Ottoman's medicine please? He's clearly a sick man

[@seatray_real]

They hoped to get financial backing of James Bissonette for the rest of the war,but fun fact: No.

[@mostafamahmoud8804]

who is James Bissonette

[@makutas-v261]

Well, kind of

[@ademdogukankon4726]

@@mostafamahmoud8804 We got a spy here.

[@idek6585]

@@mostafamahmoud8804 A person-turned-meme on this channel

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

And their other backers had a mild case of the shadow realm

[@awc6007]

“What was Vietnam like after the Vietnam War?” Would be a great video

[@FelipeJaquez]

Lots of dead people

[@kambingsaja5668]

A mess that needs cleaning up

[@Nietabs]

@@daddy_1453 what

[@Nietabs]

@@daddy_1453 what

[@Nietabs]

@@daddy_1453 what

[@atesh507]

Ottomans: Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a Habsburg. Austria-Hungary: How About side by side with a friend? Ottomans: Aye, i can do that. Russia: You guys are soo dramatic, i could die.

[@northwesteastsouth7437]

yea russia die first the austria hungary after that ottoman

[@rhobin832]

Britain for 200 years: Does everything it can to stop Russia from controlling the Turkish Straits Britain in 1914: just take em lol

[@DeusEversor]

You dint give a treat to a dog when dog wants it, but when dog does what you wabted it to do

[@shibainu559]

And they fail lo

[@napoleonbonaparte6991]

They want straits for themselves, but they also want Russia to fight for them. So, they used a tactic called "lying" lol

[@MrGW2fanboy]

in 2023 the Lozanne agreement ends and the bosphorus strait should be back in Turkish control once again. I wonder how the Brits and Russos are going to respond, now all their trade ships will be taxed accordingly.

[@napoleonbonaparte6991]

@@MrGW2fanboy What are you talking about? Treaty of Lausanne hasn't a deadline. It's indefinite treaty unless one of the sides break the deal. Don't believe Erdogan's propaganda about the treaty. (Actually never believe him in any subject)

[@Robbstark2024]

1:04 the fact that he’s holding a Star Wars republic blaster (and the fact that I recognized it) is one of the many reasons I love this channel

[@MijelRiak]

DC-15A Blaster Rifle

[@Queen_Miku]

nah bro that shit is ancient, it ain't advanced at all

[@amireinav1]

1:03 to any Star Wars nerds, when he said military modernization the gun the soldier was holding was the DC-15A

[@maroldajuancruz9887]

I was just about to point the same thing out

[@MrX-tm8fy]

Nice catch! I love this channel for those little funny things!

[@augustblock3981]

That's an MG 34, step up your nerd game!

[@ricojes]

Even if it was just a tricked out MG34, it would be a modern marvel in 1914.

[@qwefhj3011]

It was literally a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" decision. It was obvious that imperialist powers would invade the ottomans and make it either an colony or a mandate. Ottomans didn't want any of this so they picked the side of central powers. There are more reasons why ottomans joined the central powers but this is one of the important reasons.

[@CatnamedMittens]

Seemed like the best of a bad decision considering the success of Ataturk afterwards.

[@Baysal_Alisan]

@@CatnamedMittens To be honest ataturk only fought greeks.The empire couldn’t fight a 3 front war alone.

[@CatnamedMittens]

@@Baysal_Alisan Yes but the Greeks had french and British support.

[@SamAronow]

@@CatnamedMittens I think that just demonstrates that no state is a monolith, even a dictatorship. Germany and Russia similarly ended up with catastrophic regime changes after the war, and they didn't even have to get enemy troops in their capitals to make it happen.

[@qwefhj3011]

@@Baysal_Alisan *french and armenian occupational forces would like to know your location* yabma abicim doğudaki ve güneydeki şehitlerimizin kemikleri sızlar

[@Sarsol1989]

Interestingly enough, I think the Ottoman Empire technically outlasted the Russian one.

[@wokeuplikethis7729]

tfw the russians call you the "sick man of europe" but you outlived their empire by 5 years

[@Young_Nationalist]

@@wokeuplikethis7729 sad russian noises

[@Polo-rn8ly]

@@Young_Nationalist noises

[@sebster5926]

Technically yes, as Ottoman Empire has fallen down in 1922-23 while Russian Empire in 1921-22, talking about official downfall not the practical ones

[@abbcc5996]

and it was due to the ottoman war effort. if the british were not blocked form providing aid to russia through the turkish straits and the persian corridor then russia would have never fell

[@Younima4]

I'm a simple viewer. I see a History Matters video in my notifications, and I immediately click on it.

[@eddiehancockii]

Sometimes simple is the most logical way to live.

[@williamjeffery6326]

Always brother

[@serdartokgoz5000]

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[@RebornFitz]

🤌

[@cxarhomell5867]

Every time, man.

[@Guns_Blazin]

“How do we get the Entente to provoke a war with us?” “How about we directly attack one of the Entente powers and then get mad when they demand recompense?” “Brilliant, promote this man.”

[@ComradeDoubleM]

We do a little trolling

[@officialromanhours]

@@ComradeDoubleM -Talat Pasha, organizing the Armenian Genocide

[@ComradeDoubleM]

@@officialromanhours Let's hope nobody turns this comment section into a warzone now

[@officialromanhours]

@@ComradeDoubleM Civility? KZbin comments? You crazy?

[@ComradeDoubleM]

@@officialromanhours A man of culture

[@KB-pl2gj]

The long awaited prequel to “Why didn’t Turkey join WWII?”

[@widodoakrom3938]

Trauma

[@user-tg1ij6xp8w]

Turkey declared war on Germany in the last day of ww2 lol

[@palaherk2955]

@@user-tg1ij6xp8w pro gamer move indeed

[@ErtugrulMOzbey]

@@widodoakrom3938 hahahah I am turk but thats funny because its kinda true. Comintern danger was serous at turkish east border and turkey had good relations with france and great britain.

[@ErtugrulMOzbey]

@@widodoakrom3938 turkey raised army which sized aproximately million soldiers but didn't join. Because it was't to its favour

[@charlesdegaulle6663]

The Ottoman Empire was going to collapse no matter what. Joining the Great War just sped up the process.

[@cnglight]

EXCEPT TURKEY TURKEY MAKES A BRAND NEW TURKEY 🇹🇷

[@stafer3]

@Aydan Oliveira Technically, if they managed to prolong it for 2 more decades, oil would be discovered in current day Saudi Arabia, and they could then continue with all that oil money. I mean if such dysfunctional state as Saudi Arabia can survive just because of oil, then Ottoman empire would breeze through it.

[@Baysal_Alisan]

@@stafer3 But considering the entire ethnicity of empire everyone would rebel at some point

[@ismailfarooq.]

@@Baysal_Alisan ethnic diversity wasnt a problem until nationalism arrived, before that they were all seen as brothers in faith

[@Baysal_Alisan]

@@ismailfarooq. not really around 1860s people didn’t really care about religion and ottoman occupied arabia revolted politically and after 1860s revolts of nationalism started

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

The little cartoon characters are so cute! And funny!

[@sviatoslavs.1305]

First time here?

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

@@sviatoslavs.1305 no. I just wanted to express my love of them.

[@aytu5645]

enver pasha looks sexy

[@sviatoslavs.1305]

@@CatsEyethePsycho original comment so receive my upvote.

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

@@sviatoslavs.1305 thank you!

[@jd7634]

2:48 I lost it at reading that sign 😂😂😂

[@carstengrooten3686]

Just imagine Bulgaria's relief when the Ottomans sided with the central powers

[@kosjomir]

Bulgaria entered the war in 1915 i.e. after the Ottoman Empire

[@napoleonbonaparte6991]

@@kosjomir Yes. And also they joined central powers because of Ottomans did great job at Gallipoli.(Of course that's not the only reason) Bulgarians thought if they fight for central powers, they can revoke some lands which are they lost during Second Balkan War.

[@kosjomir]

@@napoleonbonaparte6991 Yes, plus the Entante did not give any serious commitments in relation to these lands (mainly because of Serbia) which pushed Bulgaria closer to Germany. This was costly move as it prolonged the war for at least a year.

[@sportsstar2019]

53 seconds with 90 likes and 1 dislike. Everyone already knows it’s quality

[@MikeMaragni]

at 11 minutes its 994 to 1. I'm proud of this community

[@timmmahhhh]

The one dislike must be a descendant of Enver Pasha.

[@prestonyanchunpo2639]

27 mins in 2900 to 6

[@lulodukada5594]

57 minutes 5.2k likes 18 dislikes

[@wks4d028]

you know all of the dislikes are from the losing Ottoman side that made a fatal mistake, they didn't have James Bissonette as their patron

[@enderbro8192]

1:02 Ahh yes, the KRUPP manufactured DC-15A blaster rifle, the pinacle of German engeneering in the year 1915. A shame that Ottomans didnt recieve their shipments in time.

[@ismailshahzad6368]

1:44, It's underrated! It literally shows the old Turkish alphabet "pay"! xD

[@klake5375]

And the arabic sign is Jerusalem

[@ismailfarooq.]

@@klake5375 quds means jerusalem in turkish as well

[@ismailfarooq.]

its still used in urdu and farsi, not in turkish anymore. But i think it was easier to read turkish in arabic than nows latin script

[@seneca983]

Btw, how did the Turkish written with the Arabic script work? I'm wondering because, to my knowledge, Arabic (or at least most dialects) only has 3 distinct vowels (not counting short and long vowels separately) but Turkish has 8. How did they manage with such a script?

[@ismailfarooq.]

@@seneca983 ​ urdu has 10 vowels persian has 8 vowels (im pretty sure), they use the arabic script perfectly. So that means that turkish can easily be used with the arabic script. in the arabic script, these vowels represented by special symbols above or below the word And btw when i say arabic script, i dont mean the arabic script in arabic, i mean the modified arabic script that has more letters than normal arabic script. And keep in mind, dont forget that Arabic turkish was used for more than 6 centuries, its not like arabic Turkish was not read at.all

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The best thing about history youtubers is that they have more than 2000 years of content to make videos about

[@pedrolmlkzk]

6000 actually

[@maverick7291]

You're right, this might not be enough! 😬

[@chaos7547]

@@pedrolmlkzk yeah Though that is still "more than 2000 years" lol

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

600,000 hell they could make dinosaurs videos

[@alexev651]

About 13 billion years of history

[@emodante1084]

Funny. The Austrians and Ottomans were practically sworn enemies and yet the war that brings them both down was the one they were allies in.

[@jasdeepsingh7874]

It’s a good day when History Matters uploads a video.

[@LeoStep93]

And Oversimplified uploaded too, great day indeed!😁

[@abhijyotsingh75]

And yeah oversimplied too uploaded . *BEST TIME TO BE ALIVE!!*

[@mrbisshie]

1:03 How did the Ottomans lose? They had freaking laser guns!

[@peterg76yt]

Because the laser wasn't invented until 1958. The one flaw in their strategy.

[@thedeaforc]

Someone pull the plug

[@thedeaforc]

@@peterg76yt AD or BCE?

[@sapphyrus]

Those blasters have inherent -100 accuracy as anyone watching any SW can attest to.

[@LordMxr]

They ran out of tibanna gas

[@qernanded8161]

This was a great video, but "Pasha" is not Enver's last name its a rank/title just call him Enver xD It’s like saying Douglas MacArthur’s first name was General

[@sviatoslavs.1305]

Fair enough.

[@CatnamedMittens]

That's what they're called in the west my dude.

[@fnaz96]

@@CatnamedMittens what he means is that if you are not calling him "Enver Pasha" just use Enver or the Pasha.

[@dominant2576]

@@CatnamedMittens what are you saying good sir?

[@allahsonswift907]

Yes! Turks didn’t have surnames until 1934 when "Surname Law" was passed under Ataturk.

[@DanFraser1984]

I’ve always wondered about this - thanks for taking the time to both develop and share the subject!

[@Normalguy1690]

Ottomans: if we’re gonna collapse may as well do it in one final blow out.

[@wayneparker9331]

"Nothing but net" on that comment!! LOL.

[@TurquazCannabiz]

Baller move to be honest

[@atakanpayman]

It is also worth meantioning that the Ottoman empire tried to join the Entante at first but was not accepted. The Entante thought the Ottomans would be nothing but a weak ally to protect because of their major loss in the Balkan wars. Instead of letting them in they asked them to stay neutral.

[@mertarican5456]

Söylemesi ayıp deli mantıklı ve haklı.. Almanyanın askeri kaynaklarını sömürmelten başka bi boka yaramadık

[@jacobinfier9407]

Yes and then we took Middle east lol

[@evanmoore3114]

Source? Not calling you a liar, but I’ve never heard of this. It makes no sense to turn down the Ottomans as an ally when there were no bordering central powers except Bulgaria to threaten them

[@zandona21]

Ottoman: I never thought I would die fighting side by side with a hapsburg. Austria: What about side by side with a friend? Ottoman: Aye germany is here.

[@nostro1940]

A friend that blackmails using migrants ? Lmao

[@osirisgem]

I love your channel so much. I always get a little happier when I see you post things.

[@furkanonuraydnoglu540]

Loves and greetings from Ankara. This channel is the best!

[@Connor19527]

Ngl this is one of the few channels that I know will only send out good and insightful videos. I do miss the more in-depth 10 minute videos though

[@fikretoktay9753]

Hey, great video as always but just a little detail. The rivalry in the Empire about which side to join was quite nuanced but the main rivalry was between Enver Pasa (Pasa is a title roughly meaning general/admiral or a civilian administrator of certain rank) the Minister of War and Cemal Pasa the Minister of the Navy. Enver had, as you mentioned been the attaché in Berlin and Cemal was pro French. On top of this, while it is well known the Ottoman army was mainly modernized by German methods and advisors, it is less widely known that the Ottoman Navy had a similar relationship with Great Britain. This of course influenced their views on which side to take. Even the military branches weren't monolithic, some army officers were also French trained. This is all before getting into the civilian administration and the Grand Vizier, and other Ministers. Keep up the good work

[@theoneandonlybutreallyreal]

i love how this channel talks about asked questions and not well known events

[@ademdogukankon4726]

Wasnt waiting for the 3:32, you got me by surprise LOL.

[@RaidenTheRipper950]

Thanks for the video man, Your quality is really good

[@eacalvert]

Nice video as always

[@thebitlot]

It's amazing how so many events in history come down to just one tiny little thing, one toe over the line, one request too much.

[@snuggery6486]

"Pasha" was a title. My Egyptian friend's great grandfather was given the rank of Pasha.

[@CatnamedMittens]

It's also his name in the west. Much like Isma'il Pasha, Gordon Pasha etc.

[@BountyFlamor]

Yes, Surnames were not required in the Ottoman Empire back then, so he was just Enver with the title pasha.

[@capncake8837]

⁠@@BountyFlamor He had two given names. His full name was Ismail Enver. The other famous pashas of the time also had two given names (Mustafa Kemal, Mehmed Talât, Ahmed Cemâl and various others).

[@akiamini4006]

Magestic quality of content delivery as always !

[@laiva2175]

Excellent video as always

[@jackdutton3534]

I have been subscribed to this channel for a couple of years but only recently begun to adore it. I love how the narrator will succinctly explain the subject while you enjoy the nearly relentless comedy in the animations. Bloody ace.

[@drgeorgek]

Welcome to the family! 🥰

[@rumned]

"Ottoman empire breaking" sound effect is my new 2nd favorite sound effect in this channel. The first one is of course the sound of "the minor case of death"

[@richardpaterson1033]

Great video, I always look forward to seeing them!

[@alexandermcveigh178]

Thank you for posting! I love your videos 😄😊

[@braedenh6858]

@3:15 the Ottoman soldier holding a Clone Trooper blaster 😄 Nice touch

[@joshuajwars4271]

River of January & Resadiye was given to Britain 1 went to Turkey as Sultan Osman 1 but after seizures they were named HMS Agincourt and HMS Erin meanwhile the 2 German cruisers which fled to Turkey are named as Middle & Sultan Selim.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

[@VoldemortNightcore]

2:48 I love your videos! They are both fun and informative. Great content.

[@nurunurdil1095]

1:00 "Pasha" isn't a last name. It's a respectable title (actually more like a suffix) and it shouldn't be used without a name. You can easily note that a lot of important people were called by their first names + "Pasha" (which means something like "Lord"). Last names weren't common in the turkic world back then.

[@peemanjones2796]

Very interesting video thank you

[@Stuff_centeral]

You’re first

[@noobatthetower8747]

Among us

[@burhan446]

Your first congrats

[@robloxianalamat1019]

Amogus

[@yankam5411]

Get this to first

[@aferguson850]

Great as always!

[@emolohtrab3468]

You make great videos who are efficient and short, thank you and keep going this please.

[@-socialcredit]

Germany: Hey old man! Wanna join a sinking ship that's our alliance? Ottoman: Sure why not?

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

@@elmascapo6588 You could say that Germany had a good 5-6 good opportunities to win the war within 1914-1916. 1917 they were drained by the year of battles & went on the defensive

[@bambus3095]

@Абдульзефир at least we died together brother 🇩🇪❤️🇹🇷❤️🇦🇹

[@SuperCrappyNinja]

Whenever they post a video, I immediately drop everything and watch it.

[@thedeaforc]

I think the kids would enjoy these and learn of a lot of great stuff.

[@alperakyuz9702]

You know your channel is good when worlds greatest secret agents stops mid mission to watch it.

[@user-Jay178]

Love your history videos

[@joz6683]

Thanks for dropping a new video the day before my birthday I will take at as an early present...

[@BoukPhantom]

You forgot to mention that even before the war the ottoman empire had a deal with the austrian empire to construct a railroad to sell oil to them, so they already had some sort of complicity on the economic side

[@HighPeakMapping]

Was just binging some History Matters when this majesty appeared in up next

[@lautaroaguilar9584]

Great video! 👍🏾👍🏾

[@theparadigm8149]

I have searched this on KZbin on at least 2 occasions, but I didn’t find much. Needless to say, I’m glad this was in my recommended! 🙂👍

[@pabloreyeshernandez1844]

At 1914 Ottoman Empire looked kinda SUS, for the allies.

[@luis437]

The Ottomans in 1918: "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Austrian." "How about side by side with another collapsing multi-ethnic Empire?" "Aye, i could do that."

[@nik65stgt60]

Fascinating content!

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@hungariankaiser1901]

Yes a new vid

[@antfarm183]

Nice choice with the DC-15A, pinnacle of modern firearms 👌 1:03

[@alex990ism]

this guy is a great youtuber, keep it up!

[@MrMustangMan67]

I just love your videos.

[@lhistorienchipoteur9968]

0:08 You forgot the lands given to Greece in Anatolia. This is a pre-Mustafa Kemal war map, so it counts.

[@oguztokur3673]

Also the lands that given to italians.and there is also istanbul area which was under a multinational invasion force.

[@lhistorienchipoteur9968]

@@oguztokur3673 It doesn't count. I'm talking about annexation, not occupation.

[@oguztokur3673]

@@lhistorienchipoteur9968 just check out the threaty of sevres.

[@oguztokur3673]

@Ghost Ghost french invaded cilicia after the threaty of sevres.

[@valery2711]

@@lhistorienchipoteur9968 can you tell us exactly what the diference between "annexayion" and "occuption" ?? As far as I know french soldiers was in Gaziantep, şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş of modern turkey

[@hackedbyusa8819]

Love Central powers so much from Yemen 🇾🇪♥️🇩🇪🇧🇬🇹🇷🇦🇹🇭🇺♥️

[@Sleepy-Lunatic]

Questions we don’t ask but get the answer, nice :) love the videos

[@magimon91834]

Why is this channel so good

[@hitmontree3736]

Two suggestions for you History Matters: 1) I, and many others I'm sure, would love it if you could make a World War I short documentary playlist for easier access to your amazing WWI videos, and 2) You should make a Peak Ottoman Empire mug for your merchandise store!

[@coloneldoggo]

I like the peak Ottoman Mug, I had the same idea in mind

[@mcsweatshop]

We’re gonna need a bigger, weirdly shaped mug.

[@wetplant1748]

Can you do "Why the Russian empire is associated with two flags?" The first one being the modern Russian flag and the second being the black, yellow, white one

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

Funny cause when they had the black, yellow & white flag, wasn’t the Austrian flag colors the same? (Minus the white) I dunno if the Austrians stopped using that flag after the Austro-Hungarian comprise? Or if they kept as a personal flag for their part of the Empire

[@cynicat74]

It was a flag made using the colours of the Standard of the Tsar of Russia

[@shanepower9201]

The black yellow and white one was the imperial flag they adopted but everyone liked the old blue, white and red one so the new flag never became popular

[@chronikhiles]

What about the one that looks like the reverse flag of Scotland?

[@vicmtor]

@@chronikhiles as far as I know it's the flag of the russian fleet. And is still used this Day.

[@relaxedmonkeys8397]

Cannot stop watching your videos 😅

[@utkarshchoudhary3870]

Love your videos bruv 📣

[@bernietea]

Why didn't James Bissonette join the Central Powers?

[@MatijaCG]

Because then Central Powers would win because of unlimited military budget.

[@peterg76yt]

James Bissonette doesn't join world powers; world powers join James Bissonette.

[@EkinYalvac]

Fun fact: Ottomans gave a tiny piece of land to Bulgaria as a “gift” to improve the alliance with them during the war.

[@wired7820]

Napoleon style

[@hielehielehiele]

My my, i love your videos so much.

[@user-ye5kn7yi1h]

LoooL this is insanely well made

[@potemkin8606]

Actually the Ottoman government tried everything in their power to join Britain and France but their requests were repeatedly denied because the British and the French wanted to keep the bosphorus open for supplying the Russians and they thought best way to ensure that the straits were open was to keep the Ottomans out of the war. When the Ottomans entered the war and won at Gallipoli, western allies couldn't supply Russia which was a huge blow to the ill equipped Russian army. Some Turkish historians even suggested that the Ottoman victory in Gallipoli contributed to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in Russia.

[@Dr-Ekmek]

Russia: Calls Ottomans the Sick Man of Europe. Also Russia: Collapsed before Ottomans.

[@karaltar7914]

The ottomans wer called the sick man of Europe by most European countries not just Russia

[@Dr-Ekmek]

@@karaltar7914 Wasn’t it the Russians who inserted term first?

[@osamajbara7237]

​@Dr-Ekmek that's so stupid since both collapsed together lo. And then Russia actually became a superpower while turkey didn't so they were kinda right 😂😂😂

[@sleepyeight5285]

The rifle at 1:04 is a DC-15A rifle from star wars. My favorite history channel is referencing my favorite show of all time and I love it.

[@ronaldjones5589]

Thank You, I was able to get 95 % of your outline, I was a History Major at ASU in Boone N.C. in 1980