The Seven Years' War: The First Global War

[@History_Mapped_Out]

We started noticing in the comments that viewers were writing “stop using AI” For our map we don't use AI, everything you see on the map is the handiwork of our motion designers. Indeed, sometimes we use AI-based inserts. like 5:33 or 16:05, but only to add an immersive effect. Let us know in the comments what you think about these inserts, we want to improve our content with your help

[@michaelwu7678]

Thank you for all your work. Perhaps it would be better to use paintings or photos instead of AI inserts

[@jezusbloodie]

First off, how annoying to get those comments when your people put quite some effort into it. Secondly, I agree with @michaelwu7678. There are multiple reasons why, but I'll mention one of my biggest gripes in detail. Generative AI is bad with historical stuff. Due to the nature of machine learning, unconformable accuracy of assets, biases in labeling, and them being designed to output a sort of average of known opinions the following emergecned with current large scale generative AI: Generative AI, unless explicitly and in detail being prompted otherwise (and even then) perpetuates stereotypes. An easy example would be ancient greek, the output would most often be of white buildings and statues, while we know that they applied pigments. Because, since the Renaissance, and today in popculture and pop-history, these are most often depicted as white, colourless facaded and statues. This disconnect becomes more so when dealing with subjects where there is less western documentation on, as these generally appear less and more often mislabelled in the datasets of the large generative AI providers. Like, imagine of it were the other way around and being prompted on WWI Germany, it returns content with Nazi imagery. This might become an issue when using AI art for educational purposes, as I would argue you present in the video. I have many more reasons, a whole (as of yet unpublished) essay by my colleague/friend in fact, on why to not (yet) use generative AI art as is, but I won't post it without being explicitly asked to.

[@thorehahn1501]

There are many Paintings from that time that can be used, which could be thought of as more fitting, than some random soldiers standing around.

[@loyalpiper]

The maps and everything will keep me coming back, using paintings instead of ai will get me to stay.

[@forrestberg591]

Want no AI. Want disclaimer at the beginning saying no AI was used in any stage of production or research

[@waqarsaleem8611]

“Hats off gentlemen, if he were alive we wouldn't be here today.” -Napoleon Bonaparte while visitng the tomb of Fredrick The Great.

[@nejzk2026]

Ihe was alive there would be no tomb

[@MaiNguyenNgocHan-tg6od]

​@@nejzk2026Lol broooo

[@yannislaurin5438]

Napoléon is still better

[@loyalpiper]

And yet he still had the nerve to burn his hat and sache.

[@waqarsaleem8611]

@@loyalpiper Napoleon didn't. On Marshall Sérurier orders in Paris, hat and sache were burned.

[@_Nohan_]

The funniest part of The Seven Years War is Empress Elisabeth’s successor being a giant Prussia simp.

[@willemvanoranje5724]

It's insane how that one dude just decided the entire fate of Prussia

[@Barwasser]

First confirmed Wehraboo :D

[@MerMoover]

He just like me

[@BanCommies_Fascists]

Just like all of us

[@thibaultsardet7399]

It saved Prussia for sure.

[@fluidice1656]

The war also economically devastated France, so much so that the situation became a factor in the French Revolution decades later.

[@spacecraftcarrier4135]

This war wasn't the main factor; one of the main factors leading to the French Revolution was that when the Americans revolted against the British, France decided to finance and heavily aid the Americans in their revolutionary war as revenge (by the French) against the British winning the Seven Years' War earlier. While the Seven Years' War did economic damage to France, it was ultimately aiding the Americans that dealt the main and final economic devastation to France's treasury.

[@MrWaterlionmonkey]

​@@spacecraftcarrier4135 it was devastating for Britain financially and is the main reason Britain wanted to tax the hell out of the colonists to make back the money

[@koutetsusama2498]

It is amazing seeing all these events, and how they rippled into others. Napoleon made a lot of ripples, perhaps even allowing ww1 to occur. Things just chain throughout time.

[@Spartan-jg4bf]

Nope, backing the US war of Independence is what devastated France

[@SolidAvenger1290]

@@spacecraftcarrier4135, plus indirectly the Enlightenment, encouraged its people to embrace the success & ideas of the American Revolution and seek to replace the old monarchy. Ben Franklin was one of those founding fathers (among a few others) who approved of the reform movements in France because the US, given that it wanted to separate from King George III's kingdom, had the same reservations about France's current monarchy. Most of the people of France saw how their power was struggling to maintain its vast empire amid their usual rivalries, which included the Holy Roman and Austro-Hungarian Empires. France wanted to continue the multiple succession wars since the reign of Charles V of Habsburg and restore the glory of King Louis XIV-the Sun King's military prowess underneath another stage of the Protestant Reformation. which the Enlightenment wanted. Frederick the Great approved this because the movement reduced the Habsburgs' ability to restore & stabilize the Holy Roman Empire under the Pope. At the same time, Prussia gathered up the territories to change them culturally & religiously for the benefit of the Enlightenment.

[@tct0101]

“HOWEVER!”

[@embreis2257]

this word does a lot of heavy lifting in this clip. 😂

[@cirese22]

Was looking for this comment 🤣

[@CaptainFalcoyd]

Is the voiceover an AI reading a chatGPT script or what? There are some clear and obvious mistakes here and there.

[@andrewnordstrom3565]

I came here to write this comment, nice to see the work was already done.

[@bcgonynor]

"Very good, Austria and France, Very good - However!" Dumbledore said calmly.

[@strasbourgeois1]

Prussia was insane. Beat so many times, and yet still survives to fight another battle.

[@Fallout3131]

Agreed, Prussia was Rocky baboa 😂

[@albinskold8792]

yea only reason they survived is because of russia becoming a prussia simp

[@vericulum6810]

Well they no longer exist so...

[@MajorSheepish]

@@vericulum6810Prussia united Germany

[@vericulum6810]

@@MajorSheepish and was dissolved after ww2 with most of it's former land going to Poland.

[@S1AR_DUS1]

Small correction, when the video says that Prussia reaffirmed ownership over Silesia the map was shown to annex Saxony. This didn’t happen as on the map with the borders staying the same but in exchange the Austrian claims on Silesia were no longer taken seriously. Other than that the video was very detailed, informative and enjoyable.

[@jezusbloodie]

I agree. Quite enjoyable. Regardless of little mistakes, the mapper obviously put a lot of love and effort into creating this

[@embreis2257]

the scriptwriter switched a bit too often between the names of countries and their ruling dynasties but apart from some minor inaccuracies this clip was remarkable well done for an American considering the topic

[@killerfluffy]

Yep. Prussia wouldn't get it until 1815 after Napoleon was kicked out.

[@graysonflavell4903]

Nerrrrrd

[@claudeheinrich3613]

​@@embreis2257 i think a lot of the images are AI generated

[@TheSuperhoden]

Fredrick got some balls of steel

[@G4briel0906]

I think the first conflict on a global scale was the "Portuguese-Dutch war", which, despite not having a large number of nations, took place in Europe, Africa, South America and Asia

[@TrompetterJanKlaassen]

Yeah, there isn't any metric by which the Seven Years' War is the first global war

[@estranhokonsta]

I would agree that it may deserve the label of first conflict on a global scale, but i am hesitant to call it the first "war" on a global scale. Not that there wasn't direct and bloody confrontation between the two. There was many of such. It is just the way the two parties did it. As if it was not a war but more like a violent discussion. Though i am sure that someone fighting for his life at those battles did not care for any label i would choose to call it.

[@oole0111]

It started while the Iberian Union was going, so it was basically for most of it's time, part of the 40 years war, it only became portuguese-dutch war when Portugal kicked spain ass out of their country, and proclaimed a king, when news reached their former brazilian colony, settlers united with natives and expelled the dutch, the portuguese with Brazil, restores a bit of it's power so they start fighting back, mainly in Africa but also recaptures Goa.

[@Remix32-dz1tb]

There was a portuguese dutch war ?

[@jebbroham1776]

Frederick the Great was like an 18th century Terminator. He could be decisively defeated battle and lose 10,000 men, but a few months go by and he's charging right back into the fight.

[@Jondiceful]

You could say he didn't know when to quit, except that he actually won! Lol

[@08infidel]

Thanks! Keep up the good work, you now have gained a new subscriber

[@History_Mapped_Out]

Many thanks for your support of our channel

[@brandonf24]

I took a drink every time the word "however" was used. 😆

[@johnjaeger2968]

Rip kidneys.

[@jk28440]

or any time he said "... thousand strong".

[@shadowling77777]

Did you die of alcohol poisoning

[@renatoazevedo9514]

However, you survived. At least long enough to type your post.

[@thevettegetsitwett]

Even if Russia stayed in the war and helped defeat Prussia it’s super impressive the Prussian military accomplished what it did. Imagine had Prussia later Germany maintained its alliance with the British how the map would look.

[@al_wombat]

It’s what Hitler hoped Churchill would do. The latter famously toiled over this question, which is recorded in his diary. Luckily for all of us, Churchill eventually declared war on Nazi Germany. This cost many British soldiers’ lives, but likely saved the world from utter doom.

[@crazychase98]

​@al_wombat I'd side with Patton and say no, we fought the wrong guys.

[@al_wombat]

@@crazychase98 England wasn't right to fight fascist Germany and Italy? Please explain.

[@gloverfox9135]

@@al_wombatI think his reasoning is that the Soviets ended up being the bigger threat.

[@al_wombat]

@@gloverfox9135 yeah, maybe that’s what he meant. But it was Germany who attacked and took over Poland, France, etc.. and may have been impossible to beat at some point. Plus they had a non-aggression pact with the Soviets. Germany was still tough to beat.

[@realhawaii5o]

Portugal just casually getting wrecked by one of the most severe earthquakes ever in 1755, only to be invaded by Spain while trying to stay neutral, turning around and winning against Spain and France. Classic Spanish L

[@filipexavier8771]

Battle of Aljubarrota left a permanent curse in Spain and France whenever they tried invading Portugal. Napoleon knows.

[@Unpseudopascommelesautres]

They didn't win alone, which could have been impossible. They won against the Spanish because of the mighty British army.

[@filipexavier8771]

@@Unpseudopascommelesautres If anything, the English played a bigger part than Portugal itself. Nuno Álvares Pereira still a genius general for his tactics though, he was in charge of the English army in Portugal for the duration of that war/battle. Reminder that, according to Wikipedia, the Portuguese/English were outnumbered about 5:1 (6600 vs 31000).

[@oole0111]

​@@filipexavier8771Portuguese specialty is winning battles outnumbered, the more they're outnumbered, the better they fight. Esse legado passou pro Brasil quando espancamos os paraguaios em Riachuelo.

[@pedrosabino8751]

​@@oole0111 E quando enxotamos os holandeses e mercenários suíços e alemães do Nordeste

[@JaCrispy3060]

Frederick the great went from "it's over" to "we're so back" many times

[@GCRahro]

Frederick be playing Victoria 2 bruh and keep on going back till he got his luck😂

[@johnjaeger2968]

Frederick kept alt-F4ing until the empress of Russia died

[@fredgt45]

Bruh that's me

[@judykimnguyen8393]

“GG” - Prussia

[@CBass-mn5dy]

"However ".......

[@Peeoto]

Yup, this unknown channel got one of the best map in youtube. Subscribed

[@alexarcher5816]

Was going to like and subscribe, HOWEWER

[@historyrhymes1701]

The map animation is as sexy as always. Good video

[@jezusbloodie]

Fr fr

[@raidang]

New video when?

[@iwillbestark6612]

25:48 Portugal: “What’d he say f*ck me for?”

[@adamkosifas2282]

"Say it again, I dare you! Say 'however' one more mother f*$%ing time!" - Samuel Jackson probably

[@horatiohuskisson5471]

What?

[@ej11481]

Nice video on a war that really deserves more attention. Had such a huge long-term impact on North America, Germany and India.

[@matthewy543]

🔊🔊🔊🔊HOWEVER

[@Fallout3131]

However

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​@@Fallout3131 however

[@motorvlog5952]

HowEVER

[@jadeyishere8638]

However

[@cjschaff317]

In other news... MEANWHILE 🎧

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

What ultra smartness strategies are embodied by the British through its financial aids to exhausted and semi bankrupted Prussians against French and Austrians. Britain 🇬🇧 utilized Prussians as its mercenaries against French and Austrians. Britain imposed Austrians remained inside Europe facing several threats within Europecontent, exhausted French efforts nearby its borders, and its far away colonials through those 7 years wars...political smartness is completely different from military smartness.... it was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode... Thanks for sharing

[@Euromantique]

The exact same thing happened in the Napoleonic Wars where Britain would finance Prussia and Austria to attack France, they would get beaten and surrender, and then Britain would send them more money, rinse and repeat. It's kind of nutty how much financial power London had in the 18th and 19th centuries.

[@Rowlph8888]

Exactly,… I find it laughable that people commonly dismiss the consistent victories of what is the most impressive and incredible "strategic" rather than tactical nation in history, because they didn't win purely with military tactics, which always requires a large army (LOL! What's impressive about having a greater population and large army to defeat an enemy?) For hundreds of years the Brits ancestors always saying the right thing in diplomacy an negotiation to come out on top (cunning) and the 1st to use sophisticated banking techniques e.g. fractional reserve and coordinated investment and borrowing to bankroll not only this war, but the Napoleonic wars also.In the Napoleonic wars they literally reinvented coalitions through funding to such devastating cumulative effect on Napoleon, that they absolutely were the MAIN reason for his downfall, not the Russian winter. *This was all achieved with a population 1/3 of the size of France.Then England became the 1st nation for citizens other than the aristocrats closest to the King to force royalty to give protected rights in law to those other than the most anointed aristocrats, through the English Bill of Rights and the act of Parliament (1707), this in turn leads to them exercising the Industrial Revolution which absolutely created the modern world we live in now with all its tech, and without this we would still be back using horses and sailing ships.Even the USA today was invented by the Brits, as all of the founding fathers were following English traditions and had entirely English ancestry, Develop their system of the 2 houses through adaptation from the English one as well as the American constitution and Bill of Rights.USA techniques are pretty much copying the British ones before them and their most vaunted and respected centres of learning inception and development began with Englishmen establishing English traditions from 50 years (Princeton) to 150 years (Harvard and Yale) before the USA was even created

[@johanlibert2481]

​@@Rowlph8888still can't do shit in Afghanistan even for soviets

[@johanlibert2481]

​@@Rowlph8888 british empire was strong because they got india now look at them and usa copying before them? Lol without French the colonist would lose it and also look at eu who is controlling eu we all know

[@Rowlph8888]

@@johanlibert2481 Well, every civilisation becomes wealthy, then complacent and then hungrier populations catch up and then move beyond.We could see that with the intense trade union disputes between the workers and elites in Britain post-war, until 1980, prevented using the Marshall plan to reinvent infrastructure and industrial The Techniques.The Germans and the Japanese having had their elites killed and demolished infrastructure, but hungry populations were in the perfect position to take advantage and update and now we can see these 2 countries have done the same thing In the 21st-century by over regulating that the Brits did post-war and other nations have gone past them now Ultimately, the Brits ancestors (1689-1950) had the biggest impact on the world than any civilisation before, for the simple fact that from 1815-1970, the standard of living of citizens in Western Europe, USA, the rest of the Anglosphere and Japan rose about 500%, due mainly to British tech, other nations of which had perfected to a greater qualityIn the 2nd half of the 20th century, but it was the brits ancesttors that pioneered and invented the vast majority of it. Studies have been done on this and a citizen in Western Europe in 1780 standard of living wasn't much greater than it had been 3000 years before - this highlights not only what fuel deployed and mechanised tech achieved once it had been developed for decades and organisational structures and flourished to accommodate it(E.g.better sewers, better sanitation), but also the pioneering at the Brits ancestors made with the English Bill of Rights (1869) and the act of Parliament (1707) which was so influential in enfranchising and Emancipating new groups other than just the Nobles closest to the King (which was the way things were throughout history before those dates)the American constitution and Bill of Rights and the French political and legal structure in turn.credit should be given when due!

[@eggstinater]

Thank you for this video! The 7 years war definitely doesn't get talked about enough. Something that gets discussed even less is the war of Austrian Succession. Do you think you could do a video on that in the future? Thanks again!

[@AnthonyAfrikaans]

No. They’re personally offended by your comments and have vowed never to do it.

[@kaloarepo288]

The 7 years war happened because of discontent with the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle (Aachen) which ended the War of the Austrian Succession and the subsequent giant shift in diplomacy which saw France and Austria becoming allies. That's why Austrian princess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) ended up marrying the French dauphin (later Louis XVI) and the rest as they say is history. A bit like how discontent with the Treaty Of Versailles ending World War One and discontent with that eventually led to World Wat Two,

[@Fallout3131]

@@AnthonyAfrikaansI’ll kiss you on the lips

[@ryanjuguilon213]

Check House of History

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

In the United States, I was referred to as the French Indian war, and in Europe it was the seven years war. The thing is that Great Britain racked up so much debt from seven years war & Then we’re taxing the heck out of the American colonies and saying that they were protecting us, but the war in Europe cost them more money and they didn’t protect us from the The French and Indians here because they didn’t even know what they were doing. The colonial malicious, took care of that problem, because the British didn’t know anything about the territory environment, or even anything about fighting Indians. I just thought that the seven years war involved Great Britain and France

[@GarfieldRex]

Verdaderamente una guerra global, 3 continentes, 7 frentes, y múltiples polos y cambios de bandos. Excelente video, ahora a ver los demás 👌🏼

[@Rowlph8888]

You mean 4/5 continents.North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia

[@KoenDeKapoen]

Great video! Many thanks

[@PenguinGang25]

Not only was this an incredible video based off of the content and the way it was simplistically presented. BUT THE MAP!

[@abisaijorgevegaperez5289]

Its crazy to think how slow the 7 years war was. The scale of the battles and the speed between them is so slow compared to 50 years later in the napoleonic wars. I mean most of the scale of the battles you see here would have happened in 1805-1807 alone 😂

[@kaunghtetkyaw1722]

Historical fact: During the times of the Seven Years War, there was an infamous battle in Myanmar territory named "Hainggyi Island Battle" by Konbaung King Alaungpaya. At the time of war raging, our Myanmar was facing the war of the third reestablishment of the Myanmar empire named Konbaung Empire. The war is caused by the annexation of Awa (Innwa) by Hanthawaddy Mon kingdom, and this caused Aung Zaya (later Alaungpaya) to rise his kingdom from the Moksobo (later Shwebo) village. During the war, the adversaries of France and the British assisted from both sides. France assisted Hantharwaddy kingdom with the navy and some armament forces, and the British assisted Konbaung king with ammunition and materials. However, they betrayed the Alaungpaya and switched Hanthawaddy side anonymously, which angered the Alaungpaya. For this, in the time of almost-annexed Hantharwaddy, Alaungpaya dispatched forces to conquer the British trading headquarters stationed at Hainggyi island as a retaliation of betrayal. When the trading station had been attacked, they reported to the British king to make war with the Konbaung dynasty. Nonetheless, the king refused due to the wars with France and other European powers on 4 continents and the concerns of the risk of warring with a strong and powerful Konbaung empire. After the death of Alaungpaya and the end of seven years of war, the Konbaung dynasty was faced with another two wars of Sino-Burmese war series and Burmese colonial expedition upon Siam.

[@JamesSmith-t6h]

alaungpaya is actually the british bastardisation of his name, Aung Zeya is his official name.

[@SaxonRanger94]

I really appreciate the density of information here. I was listening while doing some house work. I have to sit down and pay attention, my kind of video 😁👍🏻

[@HIrishLad]

what a very good video. Prussia was definitely using aimbot frfr

[@HistStory-ns]

Your vivid depiction of the military strategies is absolutely fascinating. Thanks for making history so exciting!

[@TagusMan]

There's a good argument to be made that the Dutch-Portuguese War (1598-1663) for the Asian spice trade and Portuguese colonies was the real first global war. From Japan to Indonesia to India to Africa to Brasil. Pretty darn global.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

The first global conflict in history is in the 16th-17th century. It can be divided into two phases. 1562-1604 Pax hispánica. 1618-1668. Almost 100 years of wars in the 5 continents. Spain and its allies against 5 powers: France, England, Lutheran Germany, the Netherlands and the Turkish Empire. -French religious wars 1562-1598. Spain supports French Catholics. -War of independence of the Northern Netherlands 1568-1648. Spain supports Catholics in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Dutch attacks in Brazil, Indonesia, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and the Philippines. -War between Spain and England 1585-1604. Spain supports English Catholics. Battles in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, North Sea, English Channel, Caribbean, North Africa and Pacific - Thirty Years' War 1618-1648. Spain supports the Catholics. During 1640-1668 Spain was simultaneously at war with France, England, the Northern Netherlands, Lutheran Germany, the Turkish Empire, Denmark, Sweden, revolts in Portugal, Italy and Catalonia, Morocco, Berber pirates, Chinese and Japanese pirates, Filipino Moro, actions in Cambodia and Brunei, occupation of Taiwan, wars against tribes in the Pacific Ocean, Mapuches of Chile and Apaches of the Great Plains.

[@alexstevens8824]

Love the video and the details you provided. Really good knowledge. One critique I have is that you say the word “however” a lot. I counted almost 20 times which gets a little repetitive

[@jamesnewman9561]

Just subscribed I love watching the WW1 and WW2 documentaries and these video's of yours are right up my alley love them man keep them coming.

[@Rowlph8888]

Very impressive scale and detail, but if I'm not mistaken I didn't see any reference to the Royal Navy attacking the North of France coastline 3 times and the West of France coastline once during this war, which drew significant numbers of the French army away from the Prussians, at crucial points.

[@AnimatedWarMapper]

Well made my guy! Keep up the great content.

[@followersofdolos179]

Thank you for making this! There are way to few entertaining videos on the 7 years war on KZbin.

[@Mustang-wt1se]

Makes you wonder what if the balance of power ended up as Germany, UK, and Russia vs France, Italy, Austria-H, and Ottomans or Spain in WW1. Almost seems plausible

[@reiudfgq3vrh34ur]

a german British Aliance in WW1 would mean war ends in less than 2 years one dominates the seas the other land

[@bdleo300]

@@reiudfgq3vrh34ur It would be something like USA-China alliance today, it makes no sense. British geostrategy in Europe was never to allow one power to dominate.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

​@@reiudfgq3vrh34urThe French,Austrians, Italy, Ottomans, Spanish and Russians would certainly oppose that alliance and beat the Germans and British

[@HTS123RK]

@@JDDC-tq7qmI’m not so sure. The sea would be under British and German control. As well as Americans would definitely be in the German and British side. A blockade of France and Spain would possibly starve them out of the war and Portugal could even end up joining. The Russians ottomans and Austrians weren’t strong enough to start an offensive against Germany. It would just be a waiting game for the uk and Germany while the other side either just throw men at their lines or slowly starve

[@fred-ricksch2095]

The first global war for dominance occurred when the British declared the UK off limits for foreign ships. At that time, five out of six ships on the world's oceans had been Dutch. The Dutch benefited from open seas and open ports. For about 50 years, they were all over the place, all over the world. By closing off the British ports, the Brits were capable of playing a power game that the UK would ultimately win, not on the battlefields, but in economic sense. Four wars were not won by the Dutch, and so instead of Dutch global dominance, the result led to three centuries of Britannia ruling the waves and leading the world. Nationalism had its global birth when the UK closed off its harbors to foreign ships.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

British rule in the world is only from 1815 to 1940 approximately. Not 300 years. The Spanish empire was the largest empire in the world for 300-315 years (1500-1815). Although militarily it was not the strongest, from 1650 onwards. The British fleet only becomes the first power from the 7 years war 1763. But on land they were very weak. The silver real or Spanish dollar is the first world currency for 300 (1500-1800) Mother of the currency of USA, China, Japan... The Dutch power as the first commercial naval power is all the 17th century. Portugal between 1500-1520.

[@malvarez8484]

@@Gloriaimperial1estos ingles 🤪,

[@corylarsen5788]

One of the best overviews of 7 years war

[@DominguezSK]

Andrej Hadik, who captured Berlin, was Slovak lord. What he did with the Hussars to capture Berlin, became an idiom in our language “Husársky kúsok” (hussars piece /act) equivalent to English “derring-do”

[@dantetre]

Hadik András was Hungarian, and he led Hungarian hussars in the raid of Berlin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/András_Hadik

[@DominguezSK]

@@dantetre bro even your own source says this: According to another source, he was of Hungarian ethnic origin, but the name "Hadik" is a diminutive from the Slovak appellative had ("snake"), the family was thus of Slovak origin. Everyone who is Slovak knows when he sees someone named “Hadík” 😌

[@tamaszlav]

Hungarian, just like his father, and grandfather before him.

[@DominguezSK]

@@tamaszlavnope

[@cchanc3]

so the prussians went to war with france because they didn't like how the french king treated his girlfriend? are you 12?

[@guyman1570]

Well yes, that's how nobles behaved 😂

[@cchanc3]

@@guyman1570 I'm extremely skeptical of that. those were pretexts from the group that writes the history because they lie about the real reasons. they were the deep state of the day

[@Aligames5747]

Does he sound 12???😂

[@ATKieren]

Its crazy how much things changed by the time of WWI. Strange to see the UK and Germany vs France Russia and Austria.

[@Rowlph8888]

While in some ways yes and in others no.Even at the inception of World War I, even though USA had overtaken UK in industrial output, in terms of real wealth the UK had 25% of International stock market, with the USA only 15% and Germany 10%

[@vivekkaushik9508]

How do you create these videos man? I love the graphics, the animations, the transitions, everything!!!

[@Svain5]

However.

[@gregorslana7723]

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[@harrisonbarbee5868]

However.

[@deathmeter7243]

However.

[@Antura_V]

However

[@Fallout3131]

However …

[@OceanHedgehog]

This was cool! Subscribed.

[@Mad_ox8]

Finally a good map vid summarizing this war

[@Akitlosz]

Hadik's corps consisted of 5,100 men in October 1757. 1 Hungarian hussar regiment with 1,100 men, 1 Austrian cuirassier regiment with 1,000 men, 1 line infantry regiment with 900 men from Saxony, and 2 border guard light infantry regiments from Croatia and Serbia with 2100 men and some siege guns. Hadik left 1,500 men as a rear guard on the Brandenburg border. The defenders of Berlin numbered 5,500, but were not well equipped. The siege guns breached the gates and then a cavalry charge routed the guards. The defenders fled or surrendered. The booty was 215,000 gold thalers, 6 Prussian flags and 12 pairs of ladies' gloves for the empress. All gloves were left-handed. Hadik's loss was 88 men and 57 horses. He brought 425 Prussian prisoners of war with him from Berlin. Hadik was the first who received the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6jbiJyihZ2FrK8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWSWYoidopxohLs

[@0ppaiDragon]

I often wonder why these topics couldn't be taught in school yet there's always someone online that does a better job than people with a degree in "history." This easily sets the stage for the American, French & Bolivarian revolutions

[@davidmajer3652]

Thank you for an informative and entertaining presentation.

[@MYtho80]

That Friedrich was insane, Napoleon used to learn from all his battles and tactics before developing his own.

[@samkohen4589]

And it was because of General Von Blucher of Prussia he lost the Battle of Waterloo

[@dimakapeev3156]

Not true. Napolenic Warfare is actually Guibert's philosophy. Which took the best of Line and Column warfare

[@jarco5000]

First video I have seen of this channel. Immediately suscribed.

[@NickHook-i5o]

Honestly such a good video. Excellent work.

[@chiefredhutt]

Top tier video. Well done, keep it up.

[@overworlder]

The map and script did not match up a few times.

[@buttclencher225]

Yup, noticed that too, like the 100k prussian casualties and then showing 400k for Austria but that was the army size they said, so on one side they had 100k casualties for Prussia and 400k army for Austria, confusing, but if you follow the video these mistakes can be noticed and you can understand the real thing I guess.

[@Roshini-q5d]

Can you make a video about 30 years war

[@YeeeeGreg]

This channel is awesome!

[@nickbrady8341]

French just spent the entire war getting their asses kicked by the British hahaha

[@SirZanZa]

Yeah apart from winning a few minor battles earlier in the war while the British were mobilising they got wrecked. Britain ended the French empire and France spiralled into revolution

[@des_AT]

@@SirZanZa until napoleon arrived

[@Rowlph8888]

@@SirZanZa yes and it's not commonly mentioned that a British MP in Parliament made the terrible strategic error of giving the French back the Caribbean islands officially FOR A GESTURE, to prevent the French feeling vengeful in the future( as if that would make a difference).This was literally the only Way that the French could catch up before another 2 centuries or so, because it was the most lucrative part of the French Empire and enabled them to keep pace with British updating (especially militarily, in the Navy) just before they transitioned from their canal based 1st Industrial Revolution, to the steam-based 2nd Industrial Revolution *Predictably, the French were Seethingly vengeful anyway and having that colony handed back to them was the only way that they were able to be the decisive factor in the victory in the war of independence which established the USA. Because this happened only decades before the Brits develop steamships, railways and a mechanised army, it's understandable why it's taught of as manifest destiny because the USA absolutely had no chance of independence for hundreds of years, if they lost this war as the Brits would have been covert with the information for industrialisation for national security reasons, instead of selling the ideas for capital investment, like they did and our timeline

[@justarandomguy1288]

That's because they were incredibly outnumbered in the colonies 😭

[@Rowlph8888]

@@des_AT Same eventual result with British cleverly funded coalitions making sure a gap that eventually Napoleon got his ass kicked

[@BGBG617]

Frederick II. What a stud! He was like the Chuck Norris of his day!!

[@TheWinterShadow]

Nicely done.

[@williamolivera2406]

Absolutely love this channel im hooked

[@Ba1th1azar]

the long term strategic consequences of the seven years war were still felt all the way up to ww1. I've always felt that Prussia's performance is what dictated the "don't let the Germans get too powerful" mindset of the rest of Europe. Frederick the great was possibly the best strategic and tactical leader of all time. Some of the losses you showed here had to been intentional, to force pitched battles under his terms. when you start looking at the battles of Prussia in this way you have to say to yourself... holy crap. i honestly dont know how anybody could have such strategic vision. Austria had them beat in every single way... EVERY SINGLE WAY, and yet Frederick still achieved great success in his long term goals (in at least pro vs cons type of way) in alot of ways with the bankrolling of prussia the ascendancy of great britain was all but assured. man oh man i could go on and on about how the seven years war dictated the European theatre for the next hundred to hundred and fifty years, hell Bismarck was determined to avoid anything of its like again, it was a complete change in the power structures of europe, and Napoleon himself even declared on taking berlin that if fredrick the great lived in his time he would have been screwed. the seven years war was... and i cannot overstate this, the single most important event in european history.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

Britain became the official top power from that war.

[@Rowlph8888]

The Brits ancestors were the post-Enlightenment strategic geniuses (Maverick diplomacy, ttechnological,political ,legal and economic invention deployed into Military hegemony and the Germans the tactical and craftsmanship geniuses (Engineering prowess,Frederick, World War I and World War II generals) Not so much any more though

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content! Thanks For this ❤❤❤

[@History_Mapped_Out]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnflesner8086]

A cosmeticly attractive high-school book report.

[@shahabhj8218]

Got chills waiting for that "However"

[@shawnladd5440]

Leaving the timeline up would be helpful

[@Barbarous_Wretch]

Excellent video.

[@Rowlph8888]

King George II did not exercise taxes against the 13 colonies, British Parliament did.UK in 1776 already had a constitutional representative Parliament (the 1st in history) and King George had no power over domestic policy.His only powers were being able to appoint personnel to the military, but ultimately even the war against the colonists was exercised by Parliament, not King George, that was just propaganda from colonial demagogues trying to raise passion for the war effort, which was non-existent until years after the taxes were 1st implemented.If those colonial representatives truly believe King was in charge they wouldn't have even mentioned "no taxation with out representation", which if the average colonist had brains they would have realised that the saying contradicts the very notion of a tyrannical despot exercising power because representation only comes through Parliament e.g.: constituencies within UK each having an MP to represent local needs

[@lordyoda607]

Fredrick II be playing endsieg mod.

[@armantaromian1913]

Excellent ❤❤

[@thylacine6922]

im surprised sweden had so little impact on the war, its like almost forgotten member of the coalition

[@jorge6207]

Meanwhile, in 1762-1763 the Spanish invaded the south of Brazil up to the island of Santa Catarina, only for the Portuguese to reconquer it 14 years after. Could have spared a 10 second mention and throw South America to the mix of the first true global conflict.

[@al_wombat]

“Die Füchse im Weinberg” by Lion Feuchtwanger is amazing.

[@VLC85VLC85]

Nice informative video, but please check how often you say "however...". At some point it becomes distracting. That being said, the video does give a nice overview of the situation worldwide leading to all kinds of events most people are more familiar with. It could have gone very different.

[@History_Mapped_Out]

Thank you for your feedback, we will fix this in the next videos

[@JackRabbitSlim]

@@History_Mapped_Out Yeah it was a well constructed and concise video of the war....however...

[@natheriver8910]

Very interesting

[@karlkarlos3545]

Take a shot everytime the narrator says "However".

[@prohacker5086]

Frederick won the war on pure charisma

[@CliffCardi]

No, he would’ve lost if it weren’t for Czar Peter III changing sides

[@prohacker5086]

@@CliffCardi That's the power of his charisma

[@CliffCardi]

@@prohacker5086 Peter III was born German. He would’ve switched sides no matter who was in charge.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

@@CliffCardi No British money is the number one reason, Britain literally saved his country.

[@Rowlph8888]

along with being bankrolled by the British economically and having the Royal Navy attacked the coast of France 4 times during the war to draw most of the French army away from the Prussian army. Frederick was great (and a callous, sadistic bastard btw), but no need to rim him, he had plenty of support

[@lucasrichter5193]

Yet, French diplomats felt like the treaty of Paris was an overall sign of victory. Why? Because in exchange for recognizing the loss of North America, France was able to reclaim the Antilles/West Indies, possessions that were far more important to Paris in terms of sugar and coffee production in particular. New France, on the other hand, was mostly empty and unoccupied, and its only economic interest was a rather uninteresting trade in hides. Voltaire wrote that all that was lost was “a few acres of snow”. What's more, France was able to keep Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a small archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland, which gave it a foothold in the region and enabled it to continue fishing in these fish-rich waters; the fish of the St. Lawrence and the Atlantic were for France the real attraction of North America. In fact, Paris did little to save French Canada, which led to resentment among Quebecers who felt abandoned by France, a fact that still marks the relationship of some Quebec nationalists with France. On the battlefield, France won important victories in Africa, in France itself and in Germany, but its failure was to lose the main confrontations. Yes, the war was in fact a defeat, and yes, the French aristocracy of the time did try to save face by claiming to have won the war, but no, it wasn't the humiliating and terrible defeat we sometimes read about on the Internet these days.

[@jezusbloodie]

Oo nice maps; subscribed!

[@jezusbloodie]

Except that the river Elbe in Germany doesn't split off in two and doesn't empty into the Baltic sea near Lübeck. The short river that does empty there, goes riverupwards, first south, then west then north. (I used to moderate a forum for mapgore, but please don't take this as hard criticism, it devalues the video content in no meaningful way)

[@jezusbloodie]

Funny to see the Netherlands in green and the Habsburg's in orange. As a Dutchie, I must mention that the coastline isn't quite accurate, but it is a lot to ask for accurate coastlines in historic videos due to how much these have evolved here. However, if you were to map Roman on early medival times, I would suggest redrawing that part of the map. The Wikipedia Commons page titled "The Atlas of the Netherlands" has excelent maps for this purpose under the header "Palaeogeographic maps" made by the Dutch _Nationale Onderzoeksagenda Archeologie_ (National Research-agenda of Archeology)

[@jezusbloodie]

Those battle maps are really nicely done, easthetically speaking

[@MTTT1234]

"...the treaty of Versailles..." *looks at the timeline* Do you know how little this narrows it down?

[@aaronbaron3155]

Great video just have a small gripe 5:54 You cannot be "7 times smaller" but you can be "1/7th the size" of something. You can also be "7 times larger" than something. It may be a new thing that allows that I am kinda old 😂

[@Player1776.]

Yes, you actually can. It just takes some basic mathematical understanding.

[@aaronbaron3155]

@Player1776. well that comment is gold I'd love to hear your explanation

[@Player1776.]

@@aaronbaron3155 You are allowed to use the inverse operation to describe the difference from that perspective. 7 times smaller, meaning the other number would be divided by 7 to equal the smaller number. I'm sure you know this, but I mean to say it does make grammatical sense to say __ times smaller.

[@aaronbaron3155]

@Player1776. I know what you're saying

[@arturleperoke3205]

8:07 blockaded and attacked from 4 sides at the same time! it is a MIRACLE that Prussia under Friedrich II survived that!

[@P4Tri0t420]

A really gruesome war everytime ignored here in germany even though it was one of the main battlefields

[@Doyouknowgeography]

Did you know that the First Global War, also known as World War I, spanned across continents and reshaped global geopolitics? 🌍💥 If you look at a geography map from 1914, you’ll see the complex web of alliances that turned a regional conflict into a full-scale global war, with battles fought on multiple continents! The war not only altered borders but also set the stage for major political changes in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Check out those historic maps to see how the world shifted after the Great War! 🌍🗺

[@luispinheiro2567]

As an Historian myself, this is not the first global war. The Dutch-Portuguese war, between 1598-1663 (65 years) . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%E2%80%93Portuguese_War

[@thebatman8864]

Everyone is a historian on the internet.

[@Icenfyre]

@@thebatman8864 he is not wrong tho

[@luispinheiro2567]

@@thebatman8864 i can show you my degree, if you want. I´m here to tell the truth. And you?

[@thebatman8864]

@@luispinheiro2567 Of course you are.

[@TimothyRudy]

Why doesn't this channel have 10x more subscribers?

[@Yahoo-ci2cm]

I realy admire Fredrick the great of Prussia for his bravery to face three most powerfull and numerical superior powers at the same time.

[@selder_7]

This plays out like Prussia are in a ‘save your disaster campaign’ Empire Total War video where it looks like Prussia should be doomed but through outmanoeuvring an opponent who keeps illogically pausing, you win

[@bojidarcarski8263]

New geopolitical creator who helps me sleep unlocked

[@MrStevos]

Nice maps & visuals ! BUT in your voiceover when you say this or that happened -How about A DATE ONCE IN A WHILE !

[@byronmann4525]

I want a video solely consisting of the "However"s in this video.

[@Prometheus-Unbound]

I'd say the 30yrs war was the first global war since extended all the way from Europe to Formosa (Taiwan) and The Philippines.

[@ericanthonyjones2131]

good detail; you should show name of battle when you mention it with date written, especially given the unusual names. don't distract with the moving number toll, just give the casualty figure; and diction instead of baddle of this and baddle of that

[@MaiNguyenNgocHan-tg6od]

Mannn your map is freaking GOLDEN, too bad your channel didnt have the support it deserved

[@tylerbozinovski427]

Prussia didn't annex Saxony in the Treaty of Hubertusburg. Idk where that claim came from.

[@railtonfeagus8539]

A minor editorial note; it is incorrect to use the term "United Kingdom" in this time period as the UK was only formed in 1801 by the Act of Union, which formerly united Great Britain and Ireland. So in this time period the UK did not yet exist. The correct name would be 'Great Britain'.

[@LiamOBrien-m2q]

Perhaps work in another transition word other than 'However,"