World War II - Part 1 (WWI)

Dr. Roy Casagranda sets up the background to WWI and explains some of the moving parts of the brutal conflict. In parts 1 and 2, the question he's tying to answer is, "Why did WWII happen?"

[@zigravos]

About to sit through this but how the hell am I supposed to pay attention to a dr. Casagranda talk if he's not gesticulating and pacing all over the place?!?! That's like %50 of the fun and the inculcating/inoculating prowess of this man. Praying for the quick mending of that ailed limb, that literal pillar of knowledge. Salam

[@parvezhussain691]

Yes, praying he makes a speedy recovery.

[@amrkandeel2]

My thoughts exactly, it was sad to see someone I care about in pain, but my next thought (a selfish one) was how would that work for me? but as usual he proved me wrong. He is just as engaging and informative as ever. Salaams

[@filhanislamictv8712]

True

[@mightilamb]

​@@parvezhussain691😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 12:24 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@mightilamb]

😅😅😅😅

[@mikenejati5290]

I randomly came across this brilliant teacher a couple of weeks ago and I cant get enough of his lectures.

[@studentdelamusica7831]

Hello everyone. I'm a German history student who happened upon this lecture. First and foremost, I must say I'm deeply impressed by the speaker's skills and the wealth of knowledge being shared here. However, I'd like to point out two minor errors that caught my attention. When Dr. Casagranda began talking about Prussia, he mentioned that the Polish king called upon the Prussians to fight for him. In fact, the Prussians were one of the tribes living in the present-day Baltics who posed such challenges to the Polish kings. So, it wasn't the Prussians he called upon, but rather the Teutonic Order. This was a knightly order, akin to the Knights Hospitaller or the Knights Templar, founded during the First Crusade in the Holy Land, which, after the collapse of the Crusader states, sought territories. After an unsuccessful attempt in the Balkans, it established its own domain in the Baltics which was called Prussia much later. Following the Reformation, the Order's territory became a secular duchy, and because the last Grand Master came from the House of Hohenzollern, he became its duke. However, this line of the house eventually died out, and Prussia thus passed to Brandenburg, which was also ruled by the Hohenzollerns. The second minor error concerns the statement: "Prussia is an army without a state." In fact, I'm not familiar with this exact phrase; rather, it's often quoted slightly differently: "Other states have an army, but the Prussian army has a state." This phrase doesn't originate from the time when the Teutonic Order conquered the territories of Prussia, but rather from the 18th and 19th centuries. Allegedly attributed to the French statesman Honoré Gabriel de Mirabeau, this statement refers to the militarization in Prussia, which began not until after the Thirty Years' War, flourished in the 18th century, and was further strengthened after the Napoleonic Wars through the "Prussian reforms."

[@jarekzawadzki]

The problem is he will never read this comment, and he will keep on repeating his error.

[@aydarusdirie6604]

I couldn't remember how i found this man on KZbin, but he is by far the best teacher i have ever known. Thank you again, I wish you a fast recovery of your injuries.

[@karanmujoo9214]

Hi Dr Roy, great lecture. Very engaging and informative. And many lols, though tough audience. Wanted to ask when you are dropping part 2?

[@stephenmcgraw1078]

When's number 2 coming

[@thembinkosibuthelezi1276]

Me too😂😂

[@Alastairmellon]

He’s an opinionated Marxist and would definitely have been a Nazi if he’d been in Germany in the 1930’s

[@patinrm]

I can recommend you to check Dr Michael Surgue's lectures on Philosophy too. He is another of my favorite ones

[@helveticaneptune537]

When dr Casagranda drops his lectures, you know your in for a treat! It makes my day

[@spaaaaace8952]

you're*

[@sammuniz5360]

I just found Dr. Casagranda a couple days ago. He's an amazing story teller as well as a deeply versed historian.

[@frankbevi2230]

This feels like im stealing education,like who do i pay for this? thanks

[@2cool2smart]

This man is a time machine. Brings to life the past like no other history book or historian WOW

[@bogeyb200]

this time his time machine is spitting out a LOT of omissions and inaccuracies

[@MagicBrianTricks]

@@bogeyb200 yeah, I recently found this guy on tittok. the man doesn't care for historical facts, just likes telling stories

[@irie1tes]

​@@bogeyb200 what main things do you think are majorly wrong/ommitted

[@bogeyb200]

@@irie1tes there are a ton of them.. Prof Casagrada is a very talented story teller, but he's also idelogically blinkered. I couldn't easily catch him on his tales of the Islamic Conquests, but Here he wanders into historical territory that I know extremely well and the entire tale is full of ideological twists and falsehoods.. the supposed "blooodthirst" comment, etc.. it's all very bad history. Also as mentioned below.. dead and completely wrong re main reasons for British to enter the war.

[@HippoDrippo]

​@@irie1tesmost of what he says abt WW2 is wrong, hes the equivalent of a teenager that skimmed the hoi4 subreddit and thinks hes a ww2 expert

[@Rolcan321]

I need part two! Come one Dr. give the people what they want!

[@thrylos32]

Patience 🙏

[@DarkKitarist]

Yeah. Part 2 is gonna be interesting. Can't wait.

[@salzsays]

Seriously! It's been 3 months. Where the heck is it!

[@AliRaza-fr2bw]

Only if he uploads regularly his channels would be all I need. Please upload part 2 of the WW2

[@stevefirst1512]

Can't do it. Broke his left hand walking home from this lecture. Seriously love the knowledge of history but not the lefty bias. Many other historians disagree.

[@staticcouch135]

Salam from Ramallah Dr. Casagandra , may you please tell the story of the Nakba or Omar AlKhattab. My family sits and watches your lectures and in a time when school is shut because of the war , you bring knowledge and experience that even our best teachers can’t accomplish with a powerful engaging way. My children benefit immensely as do I. Also may you recover soon our thoughts and prayers are with you.

[@Azhar_shaikh1]

Salma brother from India. May Allah give justice and peace to the world.

[@alandudov8876]

Salam! My prayers and hopes are with the people of Palestine 🍉

[@bros1083]

He has done both videos, the Nakba was part and in kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoq5mmZsbduGj8U around the 1 hour mark he talks about the great leader

[@staticcouch135]

@@Azhar_shaikh1 Thank you 🙏 and Salam to you and your family brother

[@staticcouch135]

@@alandudov8876 Salam and thank you 🙏 May you live in peace and prosperity

[@abdulkarimsule5786]

Wow, I have watched countless documentaries on WW1 and WW2, and this lecture has been the best. Thank you. I wish you had lectures on African history.

[@bluedog28]

Please, upload part 2. This was amazing and I could watch hours of Casagranda talk about this era of history for hours on end. It all is more than relevant now than ever and we need to talk about how everything happened in the first place.

[@fluffycolt5608]

Where is part 2? Don't tell me it still isn't up.

[@malikwilliamswells3864]

@@fluffycolt5608me rn. I need this part 2

[@ChrisBrewer-wm5yg]

@@fluffycolt5608I can’t find it anywhere!

[@waelaltaqi]

What a cliff hanger. We want part 2!

[@karennorman1098]

When will part 2 be available?

[@saifkhn5]

I thought Dan Carlin's Hardcore History would always be the best World War series for me, but man, I loved this part 1 by Dr. Roy. Can't wait for second!

[@nuckleb464]

hey Dan is great too, and Roy together make magic

[@koysurmiah6506]

Dr Casagranda makes history so exciting it's better than any movie, waiting impatiently for Salah Uddin part 2

[@ashraflouati]

Can't wait for part 2! It's always a pleasure to hear Dr.Casagranda tell history, sometimes I think he was there and witnessed it for himself Incredible story teller

[@hmdismail]

you never know. we have psychedelics ;)

[@ahmedghazal3568]

@@hmdismailplz elaborate

[@UmerBashir]

Here is part 2 covering WW2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4m4Z6B-mKeZf8Usi=u-nJblp8_swcOddy

[@muhammadbilalparker473]

Never in my life I've wished to go to the US but now its become one of my aims in life to get to Austin and sit there in just one of Dr. Casagranda's lectures! The power of the talent of this man!

[@wari-bateshwar7461]

If you can, buy and wear a bulletprrof vest when you are there. Possibly a helmet too.

[@Hamehh]

Haha In Texas? best advice you can receive ^ @@wari-bateshwar7461

[@snakejuce]

@@wari-bateshwar7461 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mansurbaloch6622]

you and me both

[@faisalfaruque2849]

It ain't that deep lmao

[@timtom9503]

I'm always so happy to see Dr. Casagranda uploaded another one of his amazing lectures!

[@JV-mi2wp]

Always excited when a new lecture is posted ! Please please do more on any topic! you have a way to make anything interesting and engaging! Also wishing you a speedy recovery professor

[@carloszarate2471]

I say this without hyperbole. Best lecture I’ve ever listened to.

[@bluehead_info]

Because he provides background to the facts,not just facts.

[@mrmagan2780]

One of the greatest pros for internet is Dr. Roy Casagranda, i appreciate the Austin school. Thank you

[@oussamaborni9898]

Bro, I was in need for some insight on the world wars, thank god this great teacher decided to make a serie!! 🎉

[@SimonWellsthephotographer]

These lectures are so important, especially now.

[@Laller-cj5xc]

To Show us how believeable something wrong can be to the "uneducated" (about a certain topic)

[@ghannyh]

Im impatiently waiting for part II now,and i never recall myself this anxious for a history class So thank you for making it simple, enjoyable and as far as it gets to the truth.

[@OwaisP]

What a tidal wave of knowledge. And the narration skills to match.

[@jArgonauticon]

I feel like people who watch these lectures should be awarded academic credits. Always has such an insightful and illuminating account of the people, places and events from our past that continue to resonate today.

[@hmdismail]

Dr Roy, i could listen to your story-telling for hours, always captivating in a way that it sticks to my type of memory ,or, in general.

[@harfizabu5536]

I wish you a speedy recovery Prof.

[@dr.salahuddinkhan8096]

The man is a genius.I found him by chance and was hooked.I wonder how can someone remember dates so vividly and names! He throws around names from thousands of years ago and he is accurate..what a memory! Vow! He makes hearing history a treat.Thnx Dr.Casagranda.I lap up everything u post and I see and hear it again and again .Its the best audio to hear when I go for my walks.Previously I used listen to music.Not anymore..Salaam and respects from Pakistan.

[@GermanicJennifer]

I just a finished a 6 hour documentary on WW 1 and 2, glad I found more on the topic from this particular dr. He’s very informative.

[@Hayatt1]

Watching as a Moroccan muslima from Belgium, Europe Sir your mind is riveting. I feel like you are the Christian Nolan of history and human antropology. Thank you for uploading your lectures for the world to learn!

[@mugiwara7347]

If you like this type of story telling ypu should listen to hardcore history by dan carlin. Its the best on the internet

[@curiouscucumber1803]

​@@mugiwara7347 thank you

[@silversurfer2140]

Dat heb je mooi verwoord

[@Hayatt1]

​@@silversurfer2140in het begin zei hij dat het heel moeilijk uit te leggen was omdat het niet lineair was, ik dacht gelijk aan de regisseur Nolan 😅 great minds think alike. Deze professor is gewoon geweldig 🫡🫡

[@Hayatt1]

​@@mugiwara7347will definitly check it out, thank you

[@euryeth]

Professor Casagranda, In Darija Which Is Moroccan Arabic, The Term Casagranda or Its Meaning Is Often Given To People With Good Heart, Generous and Welcoming, Just So You Know. Thank You For The Generosity Of Your Courses 🙏. Alami Omar.

[@Anouar6993]

W3lasch katkdeb 3lih

[@euryeth]

@@Anouar6993 Bl3ks Sadi9i, Ma3na Dyal Smyto Hiya Dar Kbira

[@khoudmi]

​@@Anouar6993 😂😂😂😂

[@ahmadniazrahman7461]

I have more respect for this man than my actual teachers. The outpouring knowledge and intelligence with his unparalleled storytelling is fascinating. Massive respect Sir. Get well soon. 💙

[@bogeyb200]

maybe your teachers told less stretching of truth or omissions than the Professor does here.

[@davin1287]

Are you implying that some teachers are better than others? 😲/s The proof is in the pudding for your dumbass eh.

[@mikeofbosnia]

Hello Roy. Thank you for all the wonderful lectures. You have friends all over the world. I wish you fast recovery and much warm welcomes to come visit Bosnia Herzegovina.

[@ezequielroth8032]

WE NEED PART 2 RIGHT NOW, PLEEAAASEEE !!! this is excellent, thank you so very much and greetings from Buenos Aires

[@syazwina_fazrul]

i love watching/listening to Dr. Casagranda's lectures can't wait for part II !

[@joanlyoung1]

You interweave complex socio-historical moments to form an exciting well-rounded picture. Dr. Roy, Thank you so much. I am so glad that I found you. Take care of yourself! We need our truthtellers, now more than ever.

[@samuelhaile5545]

I’m going to watch this video while seating instead of working around my little work shop to give a respect to Dr Roy❤❤I’m with you on this 😁❤Massive Respect!🙏🏻

[@azadbux4653]

Ooh my fav Historian, just super stoked to watch all of this series, thanks ever so much!!

[@eduserra]

There is no part 2 yet? I´m becoming addict to this lectures.

[@moustafa.alebhayan]

I so excited to watch this new series by this amazing professor. You're amazing sir!

[@robertjaen949]

I’ve come the good doctor on TikTok and he pops up all the time. I love history and he teaches so well. I love the content. Thx doc❤

[@arshmash5340]

When you mentiond the breakdown of the nervouis system of the soilders due to artillery barrage, this remind me of Innocent Civilians in GAZA and those little children observing their hands constantly shivering. 😥

[@T20K11]

I hope you get better soon, Doctor. Your way of delivering when pacing is simply, the best.

[@stevec9589]

I only discovered these lectures by Dr Casagrande a few weeks ago and I can't get enough of them! I do have to take issue with him over the end of WW1. In the final 3-4 months of the was, after the German offensive was stopped the German army was comprehensively beaten. The arrival of large numbers of US soldiers was a really crucial factor. After the war a myth arose that Germany's defeat was due to a collapse on the home front. This myth of "the stab in the back " was used by the Nazi's. It's simply not true, the army was beaten and that was like the last straw!

[@MK-fb1ru]

What an amazing lecturer, keeps you engaged throughout the whole talk.

[@md.fahaduzzaman9973]

Certainly, you are among the great storytellers, your tangents are more interesting than most. Thank you for this and keep posting!!

[@liibanmanlii]

Always beneficial to watch Dr Roy. Patiently waiting second part and whatever injured Dr Roy I hope you'll be fine soon!

[@kgbsoundsystem3946]

So happy I stumbled on to Dr.Casagranda. True enlightenment. Many thanks. Please upload part 2.

[@deench7208]

Thank your for the lecture professor. Waiting for part 2

[@nailfelagund7508]

"Wake up baby, new Roy video has dropped"

[@cactusheart9632]

Eagerly waiting for part 2...

[@IDonnis1]

Samee

[@jota893]

Thanks Dr. Casagranda! Having the prowess and humor to take us back several centuries and different places and players to set up the whole lecture is masterful.

[@IHA56]

Grrrrrrr!!!! Part 2 part 2 !!!!!!! When when ???? The way the guy tells a story!!! Mined blown!!!

[@mohammadrafey643]

Amazing storyteller. One of the best

[@MoudBarthez1]

this is phenomenal! can't wait for Part 2!

[@barebp]

Just goes to show we are intertwined with events through history. It’s just one looooong story. Events leading to another to another. Need part 2

[@fahimrezwankhair7344]

Awesome as always! Waiting for the next lecture!

[@abdulhassan3118]

My next 2 hours are planned out. Thanks ❤

[@fropix82]

I am so glad I found this youtube channel. Please continue to keep up the fantastic work!

[@Mandibil]

This is the kind of "big history" I am interested in !!

[@jihadrahmoon8711]

Oh God, hope you get better the soonest Prof Roy. I’m Syrian and I appreciate the way you talk about Near East.

[@adamreurowicz2614]

A bit with Prussia is a bit more complicated. Polish duke granted land to Teutons (Knighty Order) to defend agaisnt "real' Prussians that were pagan baltic people. Teutons were effective but also very ambitious and through machinations finally established independent state. State consisted of lands taken from polish dukes and conquered territories from Prussians(in series of papaly approved crusades). In conquest and administration they were very effective and very brutal creating suprisingly powerful medieval state. Large income was also generated from crusades, as western knights paid a lot to participate in holy raids againts pagans. After around 150years Poland finally consolidated and allied with LIthuanians to retake stolen lands and remove Teutonic threat. After series of wars Teutonic State was cut down to East Prussia only, and finally in 1525 they secularized into protestant Duchy of Prussia as vassal of Polish Kings. In 1618 the Prussian line of Hohenzollern has ended and Brandenurgian Hohenzollerns took over and formed personal union. Then in 1657 Duchy of Prussia became soveregin, in 1701 King in Prussia title was established. And then, after some 40-50 years , militarization really became so radical that we can say of state built around army.

[@FlyHigh589]

I watched so many documentaries about WW1 but never I understood what happened in such details, thank you so much.

[@HouliganismGaming]

As someone who has listened to lecture after lecture, he is one of the best

[@LandoulsiMohamedFares]

Enjoying your lectures as always 😍 Thank you professor!

[@maamounelsharkawy3924]

First Comment!!!! Prof. Casagranda is back

[@RubaiatGoesToInternet]

I really enjoy these lectures. I really like how he's drawing a line from the past to the point of WWII of all the players - like the backstories in a Kung Fu competition movie or video game. I just wish one thing - that all the videos in this series would post a list of sources which would really bolster the ability of those interested in these histories.

[@end-is-near]

Hi I hope dr Roy sees my comment I assume he got more free time 😅 Dr Casagrande I'm a 42 years ol civil engineer currently studying Masters Regional Studies focusing on South East Asia at University of Tehran and want to wish you a quick recovery and know you're a inspiration for me to go back study my favorite subject and I got accepted to best institution in my country thank you for your passion for history and truth, I don't know why but at the start of every lecture I imagined you in Ronnie James Dio singing history and as so many other I want to ask you redo on sitting lecture, we want see you as we know you, love and respect from Iran

[@mqb5151]

This guy's a genius ❤

[@hamzaakram5130]

Beautifully narrated lecture

[@giannismarkos2097]

Dr Casagranda,you sir are a universal treasure!!!

[@tayyabmustafa9642]

The neutrality and fairness in Dr Roy’s talks is impressive. His style of delivery and keeping listener interested throughout is just 💯.

[@marco2often]

Great story, as always! Minor correction: Deshima is an island in front of Nagasaki, not Hiroshima. Both cities were nuked, so it has no effect to the story.

[@ashiksiddique345]

Wish you a speedy recovery so that you can do the next series part 5 of "Why did someone think it was a good destination?" talking about the colonial settler state of Israel and palestine

[@dusanmirkovic1915]

Please, just give us part two! It is the way to lecture history which of I've always imagine to have!

[@ZIMMZIMM001]

Been seeing him on TikTok recently. Decided to watch the full lecture!

[@ashikahmed5793]

Podcast!! Podcast!! Podcast!! We want regular podcast!!! On another note, may you get well very soon sir.

[@mahin145]

Wanna see u speak about salah ad-din part 2.. especially during these days when israel is becoming genocidal

[@stevenponte6655]

I have never been so happy to be sick in bed when I discovered this!!!

[@citizendan6390]

the best history professor ive ever come across. please upload an entire series with him. we need many part 2s as well. Austin School is luck to have him!

[@mohammedelqahtani3843]

where is the second part 😢

[@calebmorefield2686]

I love your lectures. Remind me of sitting in World Civ and Greek Civ classes with a great professor I had

[@filipinaspeopleandculture2786]

Dr. Casagranda is very knowledgeable and a great historian. Maybe he should have an online course everyone can attend. I hope he provides the reference on his lecture.

[@Comraderob1]

He may not be pacing, but if you pay attention you'll notice he leans from side to side occassionally, which is enough movement for me! hahaha Love this guy! I am tempted to pursue my PhD at his school, because I would LOVE to be in a classroom with him, lol

[@user-we4xs5ny2d]

Anyone know where part 2 is?

[@rihanahmad56]

Salaam the Duke of story telling. Let dr Roy hold a series of lectures , in any place outside USA , say istanbul...where some of us can visit him , who are unable to visit USA.

[@Jawaidification]

Dr. Roy, This is the fist time I am writing to you. I hope it will not go unnoticed. In one of your lectures you mentioned the Indian subcontinent. Usually it comes up in your talk occasionally. I would like you to study that part of the world and hope that one day you will give a very balanced and neutral podcast or a lecture on KZbin as you see or in one of your lectures. The Saga of India and Pakistan is a brutal one just like WW1 or WW2, but I wouldn't want to advise you. I hope and wish someone like you if study and investigate the British Empire and along with that the consequences it left behind. I have watched all of your lectures and any where on the internet, even when the recording was not so great. I wish you all well and looking forward to your lecture of WW2! anxiously. Dr. Khan from Pakistan.

[@Venator-Class_Star_Destroyer]

Don't let this man talk about tanks please

[@frenchvibeacademy]

Please make a video about the creation of Israel and how it has nothing to do with judaism and everything to do with political games and manipulation. A genocide is happening, you need to educate people about this ! It's a moral duty

[@salzsays]

I agree!

[@nobaso620]

If you know the answer then why ask?

[@wizofeast]

This was awesome, thoroughly enjoyed it! Can't wait for part 2

[@chitrakbhadra7441]

What a vivid visual gut wrenching description of the trench warfare! Roy has exceeded his own high standards here. Great talk, beautiful summary.

[@Gibdobus]

He is so confident in his inaccuracies. I actually have no idea why he feels qualified talking about WWII

[@Sabactus]

Oh no someone is telling history in a way that isn't painted in my preferred shade of bias. The horror.

[@hollowshiningami3080]

1:09:40 Ita called a _naginata_

[@howtocookgreat]

Always so amazing to see a video from Roy pop up. Ok well I wont be doing that now❤❤ I will be doing this.

[@kunoislisteningto]

Thanks for this very interesting lesson. I feel like pieces of the history puzzle are finally assembling together!

[@leonidfedyakov366]

His story is so inaccurate! Greece got independence in 1832, not in 1850’s. Russia didn’t declare war on Austria-Hungary, she only started mobilization and then Germany declared war on Russia on 1 August 1914 and Austria-Hungary followed on 6 August. The British didn’t want to enter the war. The Germans didn’t want to fight the English. Russia wasn’t the first to invade another superpower - the French attacked Germany on August 7, while Russia attacked Germany 10 days later. Britain was outbuilding the German navy because they had a doctrine of being stronger than two any other navies combined, so it wasn’t competition of Britain against Germany, but vice versa. He forgot to mention that Russia tried to seize the Hawaiis in early 19 century but was kicked out by the Americans. Japan annexed Korea in 1904, not in 1895. Alliance between England and France wasn’t the first in Europe, Germany and Austria had got it before. His gesturing doesn’t help to improve his narrative.

[@jacobbartley1945]

If your right then his numbers are off, slightly off, however. He contains so much historical facts that one might get some dates mixed up. With that being said he knows exactly what transpired chronically. History isnt just regurgitating dates, its what led up to each event, and he portrayed that perfectly.

[@luciach9742]

Lol, the secret to the succes of British Imperialism was to just seize the means of production of other countries.😂

[@farieddebruyns1674]

I hope your leg would recover well. I haven't watched your videos for a few weeks. You are my favourite historian.

[@CDiffDaddy]

Part 2 soon please, this was amazing

[@AbdulSattar-mp9de]

Need more arguments to prove industrialization began in 9th century

[@devonwooten170]

Let me know if you find any proof of that at all…

[@unrulyfinance4810]

@@devonwooten170can’t let the brown people have anything can you! The lecturer literally said India was 23 percent of world GDP before Britain as per usual enslaved, raped and pillaged the country.

[@GeorgeLowrey]

He's nuts to blame Great Britain for WWI. It was the Germans who invaded Belgium and France in a war of aggression. Without German militarism and aggression against other sovereign states, there would have been no WWI. WWII was a consequence of the failure of the Allies to invade and permanently occupy Germany and to dismantle and control its military. It took WWII for the Allies to learn this lesson.

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

They germans did it because they wanted to catch up to britain. If britan was allowed to be hegemon then the germans had the right to try and compete with them