The Bloody Origin of the Weimar Republic (Documentary)

[@Militaryarmschannel]

The fact KZbin is also jacking with your monetization is really sad... wow.

[@t6v5c2]

LOVE your channel!

[@bashkillszombies]

Communists hate history. Unless it's their fabricated version of it. KZbin, and Alphabet, have yet to post a single years profit. They run at a loss. Because they are not companies, but control mechanisms for the public discourse bankrolled by several big investors, including Open Societies. Banks have all the money in the world. Why would they want more when they can control how you vote, and everything you consume? Welcome to the era of puppet leaders, and fortified elections. Then suddenly for no reason what so ever people voted Hitler into power.

[@jordanknoll2864]

Based

[@RobEGR19]

If I try to save this to watch later or favorite, it doesn’t show up. I can only watch it right away or go back to my history. KZbin is absolutely restricting this video.

[@davidjackson2690]

NWO man.

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

How unstable do you wanna be? Post war Germany: yes.

[@erikkr.r.m7380]

Former Austria - Hungary : am i a joke to you??

[@frivolitymachine3914]

How unstable do you wanna be? Present day Germany: نعم

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

Frivolity Machine Haha

[@Cyberpunkerify]

@@frivolitymachine3914 Sad but true.

[@basenwagen]

Post war Russia: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[@uhlan1035]

The interwar period is, I suppose for some justified reasons, never analyzed to the depth the two larger wars that overshadow it are. However, this time period is one of the most fascinating for me because it was such a pivotal moment, brief, but brimming with an amazing amount of action and activity. From the Polish-Soviet War to the Friekorps actions in Berlin - thank you for breathing life into this period that was for too long overlooked!

[@eggisfun4217]

its my favourite era especially china unfortunatly its a bit painful to get sources and study it

[@TheBizziniss]

It is a fascinating time. That was the great battle between the pull of Bolshevism and it’s opposite, Fascism. The post war period was what created the political conditions for the pre world war 2 period. The freikorps provided the early muscle for the brown shirts. Essentially they were unadjusted former soldiers who were used to violence and very anti communist.

[@wolfganghagenau3578]

​@@TheBizziniss In fact, most right wing soldiers were monarchists in this time. This especially holds true for leaders of Freicorps units, such as Hermann Ehrhardt. He, for example, met the Kaiser in person on a ship during his active duty service in the navy. Ehrhardt had the opportunity to talk to him in small group, when he had to justify himsef for unauthorized "hunting activies" on foreign soil. Ehrhardt was deeply impressed by the kindness of his highest commander. As the Kaiser always loved to talk to "usual people", and even more to "his officers", political climate had been stable and liberal, the era had been very prosperous, providing always improving living standards to all people, monarchy had been relatively popular. The reasons for the Great War usually was mainly seen in a conspiracy between Russia and France, a crime believed to have been organized in French masonic lodges. A lot of politians organized in these lodges had long discussed, proposed and alledgedly organized "a great war to end all wars on earth", according to this conception. Especially the "Grand Oriént" in Paris, a lodge with mumified bodies of children in the lodge house, considered to be "satanic" by large parts of European public of that time, was seen as guilty. Public opinion considererd the war was started by Russia on behalf of France, and the defeat in the Great War came about due to betrayal from inside.Well, at this point, society still had been relatively stable, questions of past and future could have been discussed properly if the Allies hadn't attempted to make Central European population starve by continued "continental blockade". New democracy however, introduced itself with hunger, civil war, and bolshevic terror, including torturing people to death (soviet style executions might take hours), and raping children, as well as forcing minors into prostitution as happened in the "Soviet Republic of Munich 1919". Taking hostages, raping and killing them in a sadistic way, as also happened in Munich, made it clear to the public that soviet style communism might be the worst option available. Additionally, most leaders of "red republics" considered "republic" as something that should be controlled by a very small elite of fanatic Marxists, definitely not elected by the voters and definitely not to be liable to anyone outside the elite, especially not to citizens/voters. A remarkable number of these red leaders came from Eastern Europe, some of them were sent by Lenin himself, and these people were no citizens of any Central European state. As an example, when red terror started in Munich, the only true local resident in a higher rank was Rudolf Eglhofer, a pimp from Muenchen-Schwabing. All of this set the scene for a new type of extremism: "National Socialism" based on "true socialism and racial identity", in fact ruthless totalitarism.

[@Derpasaurusrex1]

@@wolfganghagenau3578 nice comment, interesting reading. Thanks for posting

[@noreply-7069]

@@wolfganghagenau3578 Thank you for sharing.

[@drstrangelove9455]

I had no idea the Freikorps was that big---I thought it was a few thousand at most.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

Which Freikorps? They were Mercenaries and Volunteer Militias. Many different Freikorps. The Freikorps that did this was 6,000 people.

[@drstrangelove9455]

@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 The Video which I am referencing lumped them all totgether I believe.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

@@drstrangelove9455 Well they were wrong

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

And now you know why the modern German constitution strictly forbids the assembly of any paramilitary force.

[@arianas0714]

@I'm Right KZbin is. Please don't soread misinformation.

[@donaldfedosiuk1638]

Well-researched, well-organized and well-presented. Truly well-worth spending 30 minutes on-line for. Thank you.

[@70galaxie]

edit ,kid

[@Game_Hero]

Also I kinda miss the maps in the roundup section, they were great to visualize what was going on.

[@TheGreatWar]

they will be back

[@icostaticrebound6007]

That's so cool that you found archival videos of the Putschist coup!

[@TheGreatWar]

we were thrilled about that too

[@kylepracz]

Thank you for the best part of my 2020 experience. You posted this video on my 25th birthday, not realizing that I would use this as part of my presentation of my masters thesis next summer. I couldn't be more grateful for the work that you folks do here, your efforts better the world and make education more accessible for millions. I hope to work hard enough to someday be able to work alongside you folks at The Great War, but until then, auf wiedersehen!

[@balabanasireti]

Cringe

[@jimstennett8017]

Have you thought about bringing back the segments where you answer viewer questions? Those were fun.

[@TheGreatWar]

they are fun to do, unfortunately not many people watch them.

[@giovannifontana1433]

@@TheGreatWar could u do a video about the Bienio Rosso in Italy. It would be great if you need any help conctac me

[@poiuyt975]

@@TheGreatWar So not everyone watches everything like I do? ;-)

[@TheGreatWar]

@Mateusz Unfortunately not.

[@rubycooly8196]

@@TheGreatWar 😢 you should throw them in the gulag

[@cjbrown7745]

Jesse Alexander: "And the only KZbin Channel that refused to disband after the Armistice." History Bois: "Hear, hear!

[@whiterider1414]

CJ LOL! 🤣

[@micahchapman3024]

Dang, wish y’all would have posted this when I had to write my Germany after WWI paper.

[@podemosurss8316]

So in 1920 Germany was Kapputtsch...

[@JacatackLP]

Podemos URSS HAH

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

Hah Hah German humour i see

[@Julianna.Domina]

@@Zretgul_timerunner German Humor is no laughing matter

[@1joshjosh1]

Ha ha ha

[@Compulsive_LARPer]

@@Julianna.Domina this

[@LuGer212]

Jesse's drive for this is growing ever larger :) great episode!

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@2_505th]

Postwar Germany: we don't want a militarized authoritarian gov't. Also Germany: hold mein bier.

[@arminiusofgermania]

Okay. 🍺🍺🍺

[@thezeitos469]

@@arminiusofgermania bro he is drinking it!

[@arminiusofgermania]

@@thezeitos469 repeat after me: CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!

[@terranceaddison4599]

More like..Hold mein kempf

[@RisingInTheFlesh]

​@terranceaddison4599 *kampf

[@volvo1354]

the entry standards for the Reichswehr were exceedingly high due to the small size of the force. they became the core nucleus of professional soldiers to lead the future army.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Because the plan is exactly that, train for future NCO's to lead the 'actual' army...

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@CommandoDude The Reichswehr were for the most part disconnected to what happens outside their barracks. They don't really care how despicable the SA is as long as they exist to defend Germany...

[@jemc4276]

That was awesome Jesse. I have studied this part of history a lot over the years but I learnt much more from this video. Regards to Flo. Cheers. JC

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@ralphshmalph1460]

Brilliantly done episode yet again, time well spent digging up the footage and stills, Jesse's script and delivery rounds it all off

[@michaelrredford]

Thanks!

[@byteme11]

A most comprehensive, informative and well presented history of Germany after the end of the Great War. I was aware of many facets of German society after the war but they were fragmented and difficult to put into a historic timeline. This has helped me significantly.

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@barkebaat]

16:58 -- soldier without gun, 4'th from the right : My helmet is waaay too big and my arms feel too long -- what am I doing here ?

[@googleaccount5957]

A fantastically researched, produced and presented episode 👍 some rarely seen footage as well I think, Jesse is a great front man Also what do you have on Nebula at the moment?

[@TheGreatWar]

we have The Great War ad free on their (2019 and 2020) and in summer some original content that we will announce later. Glad you like the show.

[@Rik79Duc]

Great documentary! I've never seen something so detailed and yet engaging on this subject. Thanks guys! Love this channel and how you've gone beyond 1918.

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@tdasblinda9222]

Now we have whole Weimar Europe , not only Germany

[@9834-c2g]

And don't forget the Disunited States of Weimar here in America.

[@felixklauk4410]

That’s boggers. We don’t .

[@findlaycarter2368]

Last time I was this early, the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was still alive

[@stza16]

You old.

[@louismccomack9524]

Them damn Serbians 😂

[@BenGrem917]

Great episode! Passionate history delivered well!

[@doolittlegeorge]

This is the best History of World War 1 ever created. *Period.* Great work.

[@barkebaat]

5:18 - Excellent German pronunciation (as far as this Norwegian can tell), and English spoken like a native :-) This is a pleasure to listen to.

[@roccobln10]

Im German and he pronounced their names perfect even the names with ü and ö. It's really a pleasure to listen to him.

[@ErikHare]

It is so important that you are covering this. Of time. Thank you.

[@marcboozman]

This was simply brilliant, all of it. The pedagogy of history *is* pedagogy. Your case study of the British Mandate, starting in 1920 itself, is the best thing I have ever seen on the innertubes. I recommend it frequently. Great shtuff. Thank you. I love the FDR Fireside Chat radio. 📻

[@stephen9869]

That was a particularly well explained video. Superb job!

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@thepepperlanders]

In 1919 Germany was starving due to the British blockade.

[@jessealexander2695]

To everyone commenting on the Canada and War of 1812 - my tongue was firmly in my cheek, in case you didn't see it there... ;)

[@marks_sparks1]

10 things Canada is famous for: 1 snow 2 invaded the USA and burnt its capital 3 ice hockey 4 invaded the USA and burnt its capital 5 maple leaf syrup 6 invaded the USA and burnt its capital 7 moose 8 invaded the USA and burnt its capital 9 poutine 10 invaded the USA and burnt its capital

[@Acularius]

Phew - thought that you meant that seriously. I know we helped with the rebuffing of the Americans, but it was mostly the British who did the heavy lifting, particularly after Napoleon was dealt with. Keep up the great work!

[@dclark142002]

I loved the comment. It was a great jab at the silly debate about who 'won'.

[@hlynnkeith9334]

@@marks_sparks1 Canadians did not burn the capital. Veterans of Wellesley's Peninsula Campaign did. Also, I did not know Canadians made syrup from maple leaves. In the US, we make syrup from maple sap.

[@drandy580]

@@marks_sparks1 "War Hawks" in Congress wanted to take Canada. The Colonies DOMINATED war on the Great Lakes and put the queen's Canada firmly in their place. Canadians didn't do shit, it was Britain. Canada was a TINY gear in worldwide empire that was crumbling. If the "War Hawks" had their way, you would've all burned as Her Majesty sailed home in defeat - Canada couldn't help the crown enough I guess. Britain was unwilling and unable to defend Canada. It was a choice to not take it you stupid shit

[@francoise4308]

Episode 26: the Vorbeck strikes back!

[@abedfo88]

This was a fascinating episode :)

[@princessolmeca2933]

I can't begin to imagine how terrifying it must've been being a regular German in post-WWI Germany. A plain old, non-political German who just wanted to stay out of politics and live life without having to be dragged into that unstable quagmire and told to pick a side. "Ludendorff or Hindenburg! Ludendorff or Hindenburg!" When it reality, it never mattered which one you picked because political instability all but guaranteed the bad ending at the end of the tunnel, anyway.

[@TommygunNG]

0:24 -- Improv statement about an American suburb under the sovereignty of the British monarch that reminds me why I should always sit through the opening commercial. Bless the narrator's heart!

[@Gustolfo]

Thank you and congratulations for the vídeo.

[@Fitzgerald934]

Great to see a video on the kapp putsch, intrestingly enough one of my ancestors died in it yet i dont know which group he was part of, i do think mostlikely the couping soldiers as he used to serve in the imperial army from 1915 onwards.

[@riograndedosulball248]

What was his name?

[@Fitzgerald934]

@@riograndedosulball248 Hartwig Willhelm Bertel Heinrich Sellschopp died 15.03.1920 in spandau.

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@Fitzgerald934 The prison?

[@Fitzgerald934]

@@lavrentivs9891 I got no clue wether it means the city or the prison, its all the information i have so far.

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@Fitzgerald934 If it is the prison, then maybe there are prison records you can access. They should be public after 100 years, if they survived the war etc. of course.

[@Fairfax40DaysforLife]

"In a word, the Red Army must now come into being." That's 8 words. Marybe in German it's one really long word.

[@jamesclouse9947]

He does that a lot started noticing it a couple days ago. "In a word-" continues on with a whole sentence

[@chrissennfelder7249]

Rotarmeegründungsnotwendigkeit.

[@kevinw9073]

Well done. I am currently reading, "When Money Dies," which explains much of what you have presented.

[@obfuscated3090]

The matter of reparations was of considerable importance and that punitive aspect of the Versailles treaty backfired. It should not be ignored. British economist John Maynard Keynes called the treaty a Carthaginian peace that would economically destroy Germany.

[@toddmoss1689]

Great episode!

[@nordveld]

I am rather impressed how well you say the German words and names. Not many English speakers do.

[@brotjack]

*Hitler upon seeing a truckload full of Freikorps soldiers with swastikas on their Stahlhelm: "Hmm... that gives me an idea!"

[@sageemma]

If you read Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, it cites documents that show that the Army was well aware of the contents of the Treaty of Versailles prior to its signing. An agreement had been developed between the military and the Social Democrats that carrying on the war was impossible and that the military would take it's share of the blame for signing the Treaty. Later, the military backed out of this agreement and tried to cover up its acquiescence.

[@akameISmL]

I thought in the book he said the army doesn’t buy it and Ludendorff is analyzing the potential of the allied attack if they refuse to sign the treaty

[@Mitthjerridtidia]

To be honest i think the "Kampf um das Ruhrgebiet" (Rote Ruhrarmee/ Ruhrkrieg) could need its own video. I have done some studies on this topic during my university time. The Ruhrkrieg was quiet brutal and not a "small scaled" conflict. With the "Kampf um Wetter" - the battle with Batterie Hasenclever (the spark that ignite the Ruhrkrieg) and the Battles of Düsseldorf/Duisburg/Essen - all of them bloody street battles - the Reichswehr and the elected government lost all of its control in the region. The SiPo (Sicherheitspolizei/ Grüne Polizei) killed a lot of communist rebels during those days (and vice versa). The Reichswehr was pushed back to the old fortress town of Wesel. Wesel was surrounded by the Red Ruhr Army with trenches and at least one or two field guns, other small infantry guns and mortars of the Batterie Hasenclever that was captured in Wetter. 24 march 1920 the Rote Ruhr Armee shelled Wesel with more than 100 rounds. To save the Wesel garrison General von Watter send in fresh units with air support (police aircrafts that were armed with MGs and grenades to strafe ground targets [Red Ruhr Army had one MG armed aircraft] - In the archives in Münster i have found some documents were von Watter was discussion aerial bombardments of workers settlements) to break the encirclement of Wesel. Together with the Wesel units they pushed back into the Ruhr towns in the south. At the end hundreds of people were dead and both sides have been part of brutal war crimes. As a result of the bloody Ruhr war the allies send in their troops. It was the beginning of the "Ruhrbesetzung". When interested i could try to find my old files and document. Thx. Gerrit G.

[@paulomontini2598]

Hey Gerrit, wich bibliography (in english) do you recommend to this theme?

[@Mitthjerridtidia]

@@paulomontini2598 I'm not sure that there is english literature. I'm german so i was able to work and read all the "german documents and books". Sry.

[@jerseyforhawks]

This channel is so informative.

[@dougm5341]

Jesse, love your channels. Keep up the great work.

[@titanuranus3095]

10:11 They have drawn question marks on their helmets? They must be the officers!

[@Jodonho]

LOL

[@Custerd1]

The Riddler Brigade.

[@fishin_da_hood5020]

@@Custerd1 based

[@cianwalsh9137]

Loved the episode, keep up the amasing work

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@JagerLange]

0:45 HOW DO YOU KNOW I WATCH THESE THIN- oh right, right *unpanics* (but srsly, I live near an airport and I love history films - Mustard and HistoryBuffs tick a lot of boxes)

[@TheGreatWar]

sweet sweet transportation history with juicy graphics

[@awolpeace1781]

Great work!

[@michaelaburns734]

Thank you for explaining this I was wondering what this was about? I learned something today.

[@bradyelich2745]

Jesse is Canadian and I like that he is telling the correct angle on the War of 1812. I think he is teasing just a little bit. Gets the comments going.

[@applescruff1969]

He's definitely teasing. Nobody won the War of 1812.

[@erikkr.r.m7380]

You should do a video on Germany before the war . Is the pnly major nation missing on that video series

[@frankwhite3406]

A most interesting episode indeed!

[@SimpliciusTeutsch]

I have read several books and watched documentaries about the Weimar Republic but I'm still far from finally comprehending this years. This time was so diverse and tempestuous that it is one of the most interesting epochs of German history. Politics, separatism, economy, society, arts, fashion, technique... everything was changing so fast and deeply. And it is still historically quite near to the present time. In my youth I have known by myself people who have experienced the Weimar Republic as adults and my parents have been born in the last years of Weimar. Apart from that, am I wrong or have some members of the Brigade Ehrhardt on one point of this video question marks on their helmets? 😆

[@finchborat]

After seeing this, it's just about a miracle Germany didn't collapse during/after the Putsch.

[@applescruff1969]

It also shows how Adolf was able to rise in power. He was a unifying figure at a time when the country was hanging on by a thread.

[@Giantcrabz]

Division on the radical left, a tale as old as time

[@ahmedeensaeed991]

Amazing details and original reference materials...thus authentic

[@bendix8736]

Jesse's last sentence of the episodes is always the best, no doubt.

[@stevenv.surawski1178]

Thank you for a great story about Germany between the World Wars. Well done.

[@S97777]

It’s a lot to take in. So many factions and ideologies battling for prominence. The strike against the putsch showed that the Weimar Republic had broad support amongst the public, that support didn’t seem to last for too long.

[@S97777]

@C J B Weimar problems lead to Weimar solutions..

[@micahistory]

It's very rare that strikes are so effective

[@jeffreytam7684]

I would think that von Seeckt would have also been very worried that his troops would’ve simply gone over to the other side, or refused to fight of their own accord.

[@gloriousdelta1430]

Can you do a video about the German series Babylon Berlin. It happens in the 20s and mentions many of these subjects.

[@chrisscott6254]

I found it easy to pay attention!

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Informative Episode

[@kayceebingham8242]

You should do an episode on the music that came out of, or is about WW1

[@formam1022]

I'm curious, how long is the channel going to go? I have no issue, if anything if it can keep going amd passing on the torch so it never ends.

[@comradeharley]

@7:33 Why did this brigade display the swastika on their helmets?

[@sgrizzo48]

I'm curious about that aswell

[@comradeharley]

@Nathan Bernacki Pretty interesting, I appreciate the info, thanks.

[@comradeharley]

@Flim Flam Very interesting, thank you for sharing that

[@olaf6987]

@Nathan Bernacki Many viking artifacts with Swastikas as well. And it was used in both medieval and renaissance art. Finns also have a long culture of using swastikas. I don't think it was "rediscovered" as much as you imply here, it looks more like continuous use. But yes it gained more symbolic power in the 19th century.

[@dorotheasav8575]

@@olaf6987 it's a solar symbol used all over the world, from Asia and Africa to the northern most corners of Europe. We even have it in traditional sewing patterns in romanian clothing. In the 19th century it was simply coopted by people who wanted to establish a link between themselves and the ancient cultures they liked to romanticise. 19th century is full of scholars and popular movements picking their pet culture and trying to spin up narratives about them, because anthropology and archeology were in their infancy at the time.

[@connierenna-xf9um]

Thank you very much!

[@avishalom2000lm]

@ 10:10- Why do those Freikorps soldiers have question marks on their helmets? Or has the image been reversed and that's really the letter 'S'?

[@kristianarkinstall2876]

the fact that he has perfect pronunciation makes everything better

[@lvcas9313]

Watching this after reading the chapter Bauer x Kappa in Techiniques of Coup D Etat - taking notes !!! 👀

[@krzysztofmroz2781]

What's the name of the songs in the video?

[@rukeyazu8669]

Is it possible to sign up for just nebula and would it be cheaper than curiosity stream?

[@TheGreatWar]

at the moment, the cross promo with Curiosity Stream is the best deal.

[@SirDarthDragon]

I juust found out a couple weeks ago, that the student-fraternity I used to be in took a leading role in the local branch of the Kappputsch. They and many other local fraternities were ready to seize the city the moment news of a successfull putch would come from berlin.

[@alswann2702]

Learn English.

[@SirDarthDragon]

@@alswann2702 Why whats wrong with my comment?

[@SirDarthDragon]

@@stevekaczynski3793 My former student fraternity was also part of the Mechterstädt murders, where students lynched 15 workers of a nearby village, who were accused of beeing communist Insurrectionits. As far as I remeber maybe one or two were actually members of the KPD and another 2 members of the SPD.

[@harshbansal7982]

SirDarthDragon damn bruh the fraternity sure has a dark history.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

May I make a suggestion? Maybe this can be done as additional content after reaching 1923, although it would be nice to see it earlier rather than later. Some of these are quite challenging topics, but I want to throw out some ideas. Hopefully some of these ideas will give this channel even more longevity. 1) Special episodes on long term effects of the war. Most of the videos post-war focus on short term effects, and understandably beyond 1923, it is starting to leave the scope of the channel. Hence why I think one or two episodes just focusing on some long term effects is sufficient. We already went over some throughout the episodes, but a special focusing on this topic might be nice 2) Events contributing/leading up to WW1. You guys have already done a few but there's A LOT of events that escalated tensions, so it would be nice to see some of those getting their own special episodes. 3) Would be nice to see you collborate with other youtubers, museums and historians to talk about equipment of WW1. We got a few but the selection isn't that massive. like tanks, ships, planes, etc. It would be cool to see a medical episode of chemical warfare. The prognosis, symptoms and how it affects the human body. Maybe a medical expert can join with you guys on that. 4) More detailed analysis on the battle. During the week-by-week and month-by-month, the overviews generally focus on major movement and the grand strategies. But some specials on individual battles where you guys explain the exact units attack on specific locations, including the tactical conditions. Kind of similar to the Berlin documentary you guys are trying to do with the smaller details. Would be cool to see a video on the specific attacks and how each one was repulsed. Usually these episodes just tells us X attacked Y amount of time but was repelled, and usually not how it was done. I know these details are cut for brevity hence why I think specials doing a deeper dive on the tactical situation would be awesome.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

The communists never had that level of support, since it was an ethnic movement. The BSR had a very narrow base of support. Had the army, popular in the abstract, laid out a coherent program, they would have coopted the left, as Hitler did later. Weimar had minimum support in general. The left was heavily armed and the treaty was very unpopular, so those opposing it had broad public support. It was the Unions race to lose, but not being politicians, they didn't really understand propaganda.

[@christoman3430]

You can understand why people feared the Freikorps. They were anywhere from 5-15 times the size of the regular German army.

[@MouldMadeMind]

This isn't even the scariest part, they had much scariere traits. They were veterans, which know how to use weapons, they are trained, they survived the trenches, they were killers they probaly had already killed people, many were part of the Stoßtruppen, the war had broke the mind of some of them and they already had lost so much, that they couldn't loss much more.

[@Justin-pe9cl]

@@MouldMadeMind They had their country to lose.

[@MouldMadeMind]

@@Justin-pe9cl their country didn't exist anymore.

[@adamzwierzynski4147]

thx..!

[@lafeil]

Can do video on generals and how they view war.

[@micahistory]

This is what an effective strike looks like

[@karolissevelis4972]

When we will get a video about independence war of Lithuania?

[@PK2Productions]

Yes this please

[@NumatimoNihilo]

I am learning this right now.

[@PonzooonTheGreat]

When is that Lithuania episode coming?

[@indianajones4321]

I have always been interested in the Weimar Republic and how German paramilitary organizations worked during the interwar period

[@hancehanson4000]

...Is there a follow-up to this episode covering: *what happens to the remnants of the Red-Ruhr-Army and the coming-Freikorps-troops?* [IE: the *crazy sounding, violent battle* you alluded to being just-about-to-take-place... ] *I cannot seem to find an episode covering this; even though this-Very-episode ended on a cliffhanger of what seemed like a very large & bloody [& important] clash coming directly afterward.

[@andreugonzalez]

Great video. Just let me point at one detail: the II Marinebrigade Ehrhardt didn’t participate in the Baltic, even thoug there were some Baltikumers (veterans of the conflict) among them.

[@timemeddler7730]

You forgot to mention General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

[@stephen1137]

16:51 What SMG type is that officer holding?

[@erichvonmanstein1952]

MP 18,probably.

[@EuphoniaPooch]

14:21 "Are we the baddies?"

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

4:13 WER HAT UNS VERRATEN?

[@alswann2702]

Episode starts at 1:26.

[@JohnSmith-cw4ve]

One thing I noticed about the versatile treaty, they had all kinds of demands but they never thought about how they were going to enforce the demands.

[@EscanV]

Great work as usual Jesse :) Hope this channel carries on to meet up with Indy's World War 2 channel now up until 1939! Then you still have 19 years to go :P

[@fullmetalroyal1216]

When does the Berlin movie come out??

[@McToaster-o1k]

At 17:05 german soldiers have a british tank?

[@sparkz9502]

Germany produced very few tanks during the Great War, so the majority of the tanks in the German arsenal by the end of the war were captured British and French tanks, known as "Beutepanzer".

[@James2005.]

You should do a video on the airplanes like camel, gotha, Ilya moromets, etc. also even though I do love you’re channel I don’t like when I the photos you show the dead people so maybe right before you will show those photos you give a warning so some people can look through the comments for that time. Like I said I love you channel my favorite video of yours is the mt warfare about the alpini it really inspires me to make a movie about it, like the 1917 movie. Thx for uploading.