Paul von Hindenburg - President of Germany Documentary

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@henrikjensen7324 20 күн бұрын

I cant block adds. This is the worst video with adds ive seen. Adds every 4 to 5 min, lasting 40-55sec. I gave up. Too bad. Too greedy.... I dont mind some adds, but not 10-15 min adds in a 1 hour video.

@ColdR3av3r 9 ай бұрын

I am playing as Holland in EU4 right now and man, this documentary hits the spot. This is exactly what you think as a player in a game like EU4, its amazing. The author of this video is basically narrating my run as the Emperor of the troubled HRE (barely manage to establish the religion to Catholicism and keep it together), while maintaining colonies in Brazil, controlling the Panama and annexing some territory in the Ivory coast vs local nations to keep my trading power higher that the Portugal and Spanish. Right now I am on the verge of another religious war inside the HRE vs Landshut who annexed Inglostadt and I asked to return the province. Bohemia and Switzerland joined on the aggressor side but one of them already regrets that decision. Religious unity enforcer as a Dutch Emperor. One thing I would recommend to make this even better for the not so deep into history people - maps - use maps and location for the people to have an understanding where are the location you mention. Those would be a next step into this video quality. Maybe some battles in a simple presentation would also make this amazing. Good job!

@rennor3498 10 ай бұрын

He lived for so long and was fortunate to see so much; unfortunately his final weeks and moments must have been filled with dread and anxienty at the thought of just what kind of people he was obliged to intrust the fate of Germany to. And interesting fun little fact about Paul von Hindenburg is that through his father's side he was a direct descendant of the protestant reformer Martin Luther.

@douglasschliewen4302 10 ай бұрын

And Ludendorff criticized him harshly for appointing Hitler to be chancellor. He told him he had committed a fatal blunder in doing so, and that Germany's reputation in history would be forever blackened and stained by what Hitler and the Nazis would ultimately do. Well, we need not say anything further when it comes to that subject matter now, can we?!

@theotherohlourdespadua1131 10 ай бұрын

@@douglasschliewen4302 Kind of hard to believe Luddendorf when he himself lay a lot of the ideological groundwork for Nazi rhetoric such as the "Stab-in-the-back" BS...

@princedetenebres 10 ай бұрын

He wasn't obliged to entrust it to them, he was complicit just like the other conservatives who would rather align themselves with the NSDP than make common cause with other democratic parties to maintain the republic. It's almost like authoritarian takeovers are made possible in democratic systems by the acquiesence of powerful actors and parties within it who let their blind hatred of opposition parties enable them to believe naive things about the extremists on their own side. What was it that von Papen said of Hitler? "You are mistaken, we have hired him." and how within six months he'd have him in a corner squeaking. It is a very important lesson for right-wing parties today, GOP are you f*cking listening? I hate the democrats too, but it's better to lose an election than the republic itself.

@demonelf2094 8 ай бұрын

@@douglasschliewen4302Was that before or after Ludendorff himself joined beerhall puch?

@douglasschliewen4302 8 ай бұрын

@demonelf2094 That was Ludendorff commenting on Hindenburg after the Putsch. Hitler was appointed chancellor by Hindenburg in 1933, so, that criticism of Hindenburg was made by Ludendorff nearly ten years after the Putsch. And he was right when he commented that Germany's reputation on the world stage would be blackened forever by Hindenburg's decision to make Hitler the effective leader of Germany and the heinous actions that would come about by him and those around him.

@birdgette0124 9 ай бұрын

People Profiles PLEASE PLEASE make a documentary on Otto von Bismarck. A key historical figure who played a large part in shaping pre-WWI Europe. Keep up the great work!

@arcofspira 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great documentary

@danielsantiagourtado3430 10 ай бұрын

Thanks For another AMAZING work guys! You're the Best 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@trexfamily7264 10 ай бұрын

I suggest you sometime do A video on Kaiser Wilhelm II

@jaapjandevries1935 5 ай бұрын

Nice documentary, just very much information about all kinds of battles and the course of various wars and very little information about the life of Paul von Hindenburg.

@tml721 10 ай бұрын

YES I do think Hindenburg was partially to blame for Hitler's rise. I think he could've stopped it but failed to do anything.

@str.77 9 ай бұрын

He took an active part in it.

@ethanramos4441 10 ай бұрын

“In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrence in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out.” Paul von Hindenburg

@LeePenn2492 Ай бұрын

Very interesting and informative. A man of his times . Good show .

@HistorywithHannibal 9 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on PM Robert Mebzies?

@evancoker194 10 ай бұрын

Ive been critical here, somewhat, but, the guy fought in the Franco- Prussian war of 1870, for Christs' sake. The creation of the German Empire at Versailles.. he was there. Unlike Wilhelm II, he WAS Germany. What can anyone expect from a seasoned German Field Marshal in his 80s. Most people dont even live that long. What was really left by then ? To be fair. At 68 i cant imagine the middle 80s. Can we spell 'tired' ?

@str.77 9 ай бұрын

Well, he should have stayed retired in 1914. Hindenburg gave a respectable face to a lot of bad stuff.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 10 ай бұрын

Happy Easter guys! May god bless You! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🐇🐇🐇

@spike_-ry1se 10 ай бұрын

God isn't real

@christophermarriott1681 10 ай бұрын

@@spike_-ry1se Yeah he is. Look at the judgement he is allowing to happen in the world. You clearly like being lost.

@spike_-ry1se 10 ай бұрын

@christophermarriott1681 if he is real then why isnt there peace in the world

@Fairlight53 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. I hope you had a blessed Easter.

@RuthvenMurgatroyd 9 ай бұрын

@@spike_-ry1se If he's not, why does the world exist at all? Matter cannot create itself and it is finite not infinite in nature, correct?

@BobSmith-dk8nw 10 ай бұрын

A few things ... First - Ludendorff merely took the existing plans to attack the Russians and took credit for them. The Staff Officers that had drawn them up - who were dedicated military men without political ambitions - thought it was funny. Second - it was NOT the Nazi's that started the Reichstag fire - it was the Anarchist who said he did it. The Nazi's - always quick to seize an opportunity - took advantage of the fire but they didn't start it. Ludendorff was not a military genius. His 1918 offensive should have been against the French who had never gotten over Verdun and in fact mutinied - willing to defend but not to attack. When he did attack the French he plunged into a section of the line where there were no rails so he could not supply the troops he sent in there. The French - who held the shoulders of the penetration where the rail lines were - were laughing at the Germans for doing that. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare brought in the Americans - and after that the Germans were doomed. So it was monumentally stupid. The German Army was not in as bad a state as Ludendorff said. They were still in other peoples territory and could have fought on. They did not need to give in to the terms of the French and the British ... at least not yet. Ludendorff was one of these people who would strut around like they were God's Gift To The World - until they got punched in the mouth - who would then fold up like a pack of cards. It was Hindenberg who gave credence to Ludendorff. Without Hindenberg - Ludendorff would have been nothing. .

@CodyMapping 6 ай бұрын

The point of armistice wasnt that the army couldnt fight on but rather that the country was on the brink of civil war. 4 years of blockade had brought famine and despair to Germany. Hindenburg also pressured the last government of the Kaiserreich into signing the armistice for he believed that this and the Kaiser stepping down and the creation of a representative democracy would make the Entente (especially America) more mild towards Germany. Nevertheless Germany was militarily defeated as well (see 2nd Battle of the Marne and 100 Days Offensive). After that there was no way that Germany could win. Of course, after the armistice Hindenburg and Ludendorff just made up the Dolchstoßlegende to blame the new democratic government for the loss and the treaty of Versailles to elude responsibility.

@LeePenn2492 Ай бұрын

Interesting thoughts..

@Alexandre63028 2 ай бұрын

46:42 - As far as I remember, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party were never right-wing, they are the same as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

@samuellaird5184 10 ай бұрын

Hindenburg would also be awarded the Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. The only other person in history to receive that honor would be Gebhard Von Blucher.

@str.77 9 ай бұрын

So what?

@archi5075 8 ай бұрын

He can be mainly blamed for originating and supporting the lie of the "stab in the back", which allowed the military to escape their responsibility in the German defeat, and, above all, fed the resentment and the yearning for revenge which propelled Nazis to power. This is an immense and unforgiveable historical fault.

@Sebastian-pr8kz 9 ай бұрын

One interesting factor not mentioned is the so called "Osthilfe-Scandal". This scandal around a government subsidy scheme for rural estates broke end of 1932 / early 1933. Hindenburg was entangled in it via some questionable tax avoidance and a supposed quid-pro-quo deal (he got his childhood estate Neudeck gifted in the late 1920s, but assigned posession to his son to avoid inheritance tax later on). The pressure Hindenburg was under potentially contributed to him giving in to demands to appoint Hitler. The Nazis later on cancelled all taxes on the Neudeck estate and let this scandal disappear...

@Sebastian-pr8kz 9 ай бұрын

Good historical example why you shouldnt put people in office who can be pressured over private real estate business.

@Croatian-Knight. 10 ай бұрын

You mean the Bosnian Serbs were causing tensions in the Balkans. Not Germany.

@noneyourbiz8886 10 ай бұрын

That’s one helluva name.

@aaronhrynyk 10 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the evil guy that Perry the platipus was always fighting on Phineas and Ferb.

@noneyourbiz8886 10 ай бұрын

@@aaronhrynyk Doofenshmirtz evil incorporated!

@alexlents4689 10 ай бұрын

This guy deserves much more criticism than I think he gets. Even before H!tler became chancellor, Weimar Germany was already starting to backslide into authoritarianism with some of his policies. Most of all though, as President of a parliamentary republic, *he* was the one responsible for actually putting H!tler in office. He was pressured to do so by others, but if he really disagreed with his ideas that much, he likely still would’ve refused. Based of that and the aforementioned oppressive policies, it’s pretty clear that he really wasn’t that much better than the N@zis

@Stg44guy 10 ай бұрын

Well, considering that the Nazis began the war that led to 70 million deaths and a Holocaust that killed 11 million people alone, I would have to say that Hindenburg was at least a tad bit better than that huh /s/

@Ghreinos 10 ай бұрын

He wasn't better than the Nazis?! Yeah, that's some real bs. You said yourself that he was pressured to appoint H!tler as chancellor. The Weimar republic was in a big crises, before that Schleicher and Brüning (the hunger-chancellor) abdicated earlier. In addition Schleicher was already an authoritarian, but again, only because of the crises and to try to split the NSDAP. Would you say that FDR was like the Nazis?!, he was one of the most authoritarian leaders of the USA!

@Ghreinos 10 ай бұрын

@JohnJohnson27-cs6ix What does antidemocratic mean? Everything he did was constitutional. Also the NSDAP never reached a majority in the election, so that's basically crap again.

@evancoker194 10 ай бұрын

They were also complicit in secret German R & D and rearmament.

@evancoker194 10 ай бұрын

@@Ghreinos Hindenburg wanted to turn back the clock. And a number of the ex-royals were pro-Nazi .. the Crown Prince himself voted for Hitler. The Nazis strung the monarchists along ... failed as they were, the royals were not thugs and murderers. What eventually happened would not have under a restored monarchy.

@str.77 9 ай бұрын

Matthias Erzberger (of blessed memory) did not sign the 1919 Treaty of Versailles but the armistice of November 1918. Gustav Stresemann was Chancellor for a short time in 1923 but he remained foreign minister until his death in 1929.

@victortan9086 10 ай бұрын

Leaving my like and this comment to feed the youtube algorithm

@FutureMythology 10 ай бұрын

The fact that Hindenburg did nothing to stop the Enabling Act from becoming the horrible statute it was a disgrace to his name.

@Kaede-Sasaki 6 ай бұрын

What if the british pm and parliament passed the enabling act? The monarch (head of state), by refusing assent/vetoing, would cause a revolution. I'd imagine the same would have happened to the head of state of Germany (hindenburg).

@EverydayWisdom 10 ай бұрын

Great 👍

@ronniesen2522 5 ай бұрын

My ancestors immigrated to the usa between 1870-1905. Germans and Dutch. Europe has been a corrupt mess for over 200 years. The US joined them in WW1 and its been a corrupt mess ever since. I use to believe the future would improve. Sadly, its only getting worst.

@katherinecollins4685 9 ай бұрын

Great documentary

@Professormine 10 ай бұрын

Can someone provide me w some primary sources to prove Hindinburg could trace his military lineage to the 13th century. I heard that Hindenburg's family could trace it's military background to the Teutonic knights.

@str.77 9 ай бұрын

I don't know whether the family (spelled Hindenburg, not Hindinburg) goes back to the 13th century but it's possible. But definitely not to the Teutonic Knights as these were monks, hence without any family. In any case, any Teutonic Knights that stayed in Prussia after 1525 did so by betraying their vows.

@MrMuppetLover 10 ай бұрын

This man preceded Hitler as leader of Germany?

@StephenLuke 10 ай бұрын

Yes, Paul von Hindenburg led Germany before Adolf Hitler. Hitler assumed the position of Chancellor in 1933 and solidified his position of authority to become the Führer in 1934 following Hindenburg's passing. Hindenburg presided over the Weimar Republic from 1925 until he died in 1934.

@ThomasSmithThomas 10 ай бұрын

Watch the video?

@Croatian-Knight. 10 ай бұрын

@@StephenLuke That's because Von Hidenburg was going senile. He had been called out of retirement in Aug 1914 for the battle of Tannenburg. East Prussia.

@str.77 9 ай бұрын

@@StephenLuke Actually, Hindenburg was President 1925-1934 (not leader). Htler became Chancellor in 1933 and after Hindenburg died (not passed) Htler illegally* merged the President's powers with his office of Chancellor and adopted the title "Führer and Reichskanzler", in which the first part referred to him being leader of the Nzi Party, the second being head of the German government. Htler did not "become the Führer in 1934". *Illegally because he did so under the Enabling Act, which gave the government legislative powers but explicitely excepted changing anything about the Reichstag, Reichsrat or the President.

@str.77 9 ай бұрын

@@Croatian-Knight. Tannenberg, not Tannenburg.

@geraldjampol3120 10 ай бұрын

That Hindenburg allowed the Enabling Act to become the terrible law that it was is a stain on his reputation.

@zowdie6355 10 ай бұрын

Anutha one!

@imsisig 10 ай бұрын

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24 күн бұрын

Arcduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were a beautiful couple.

@delgraven3624 9 ай бұрын

I don't like your "either...or" questions. As a historian, I see patriots in many countries vilified by political or military opponents. Hindenburg did what he needed to do, to fulfill the duties of his station in life, or office, at several times during his lifetime, and he did well. My analysis (as an honest historian) is that he was a responsible patriot, who saw his duties clearly and did his best to discharge them faithfully.

@LocomotiveThought 4 ай бұрын

A fabulous recount of of the first steps in the tragedy of the past. The social degredation of the Weimar Republic & it's plummet to Sturmabteilung & Kristallnacht That's what's lingering in the back of my mind now.

@andrewnicholson2970 Ай бұрын

When did the dukes of Prussia suddenly decide that they were a Kingdom

@jameswatts573 10 ай бұрын

Do Baldur von schirach

@briansandford614 10 ай бұрын

There’s no point in having the power to deny other’s power if you don’t use it at the appropriate time !

@henrikjensen7324 20 күн бұрын

Adds every 4 to 5 min. So sad. Cant block it on my TV. 10-15 min of adds in this video.

@epaminon6196 3 ай бұрын

German parliament could have agreed to a much more lenient peace treaty in 1917. Hindenburg and Ludendorff had other plans. The "Dolchstoßlegende" turned out to be true after all - just not the way they all thought.

@HansLanda101 5 ай бұрын

Interesting

@ThomasSmithThomas 10 ай бұрын

I think on the next few, worth making it abit more about the actual subject, rather than background info/military details of other battles.

@vibecheck3572 3 ай бұрын

Frederick the 1st was not King of Prussia, he was King *in* Prussia. The only Kings in the Holy Roman Empire were the Kings of the Romans and the King of Bohemia. Frederick the Great was the first to adopt the title of King of Prussia.

@ligayamatira2293 10 ай бұрын

I Wish wound do King Manuel II of Portugal

@nolove857 10 ай бұрын

Good facts!!

@str.77 9 ай бұрын

A small mind with a long live causing disaster for many.

@JFDA5458 16 күн бұрын

"By appointing Hitler Chancellor of the Reich, you have handed over our sacred German Fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time. I prophesy to you this evil man will plunge our Reich into the abyss and will inflict immeasurable woe on our nation. Future generations will curse you in your grave for this action.” - Erich Ludendorff, to Paul von Hindenburg following Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor.

@iwatchDVDsonXbox360 9 ай бұрын

I think "the only president who was directly chosen by german people" is way too long of a title, but maybe you should add "1st" at the beginning?

@marksmale827 9 ай бұрын

I think Hindenburg deserves more credit than he is usually given because he loyally served a constitution (Weimar) which he personally did not believe in. I think if Germany had been sensible enough to crown the new republic with a constitutional sovereign along Scandinavian lines (and they had ample choices amongst their royal families!), a "crowned republic", it would have been more acceptable to Hindenburg and certainly would have had a better chance of being supported by the powerful sectors of society which never liked Weimar and effectively undermined it by their lack of support. The other huge mistake which led ultimately to the Nazi catastrophe, government by a lawless gang of criminals, was the vengeance demanded by some of the victors (I believe chiefly France) at Versailles, those huge reparation payments which bankrupted Germany after the war and allowed political extremism of all shades to take root.

@cdev2117 8 ай бұрын

The final nail in the coffin was the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The reparations were a burden but manageable, one could always renegotiate, defer, adjust, even relief. After the Wall Street Crash people were finally feed up with liberal democracy, without the crash the N@SDAP would have sunk into obscurity.

@Kaede-Sasaki 6 ай бұрын

If germany had remained a monarchy post ww1, it would be impossible for h*tler to become führ*r as he could not take over the head of state as he was not of royal blood. The monarch could find a way to remove him or face the same Downfall as the Italian monarch after mussolini.

@f.a.y.makeithappen4069 8 ай бұрын

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@christophermarriott1681 10 ай бұрын

Fun fact: The German blimp that blew up into an inferno whle flying up in the air that went down as one of most disasterous events in history that killed everyone on board was called The Hindenburg.

@Karl-nv5ok 10 ай бұрын

Everyone knows that.

@alexlents4689 10 ай бұрын

@@Karl-nv5ok I think he was subtly pointing out that the blimp that catastrophically failed was named after this guy, whose decisions coincidentally also led to massive crimes against humanity.

@Croatian-Knight. 10 ай бұрын

While coming down in New Jersey. Actually landing.

@dabreal82 10 ай бұрын

You know what's a "fun fact"? Only idiots say "fun fact" about something everyone with a brain can understand...

@RuthvenMurgatroyd 9 ай бұрын

@@alexlents4689 Clearly. Not especially clever nor even subtle however.

@courtpaul9334 Ай бұрын

Try writing his name on an I.D.card

@brunolima7402 10 ай бұрын

47:16 turns out he was right about this

@LightgreenLP 5 ай бұрын

No lol

@JoeKerr420 10 ай бұрын

What happened to alot of your Nazi documentaries? They're gone

@LEIFanevret 10 ай бұрын

One of the responsible of germanys fate! Along with the quote stabbed in the back!

@nathanstrik5904 10 ай бұрын

Christ is King!

@warren279 10 ай бұрын

Here before the arrival of the atheists.

@Ghreinos 10 ай бұрын

@@warren279 Here is one of these atheists ✌

@cameronp4367 10 ай бұрын

@will-bp9gz 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@worldtraveler930 10 ай бұрын

He has Risen!!! 🙏😇

@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513 10 ай бұрын

Hitler didn't care or start WWII. Look into the details.

@kaiserwilly4234 10 ай бұрын

Cristo Rey !

@georgemargaritis2392 9 ай бұрын

He was an utter and total failure.

@PaulVonHindenburg844 8 ай бұрын

i am afraid of stalking

@ИринаКим-ъ5ч 3 ай бұрын

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@RinPham-c7g 22 күн бұрын

KING_QUEEN onway planets 🇩🇪*_/-

@fritzbasset8645 10 ай бұрын

von Hindenburg really wanted to restore the Hohenzollerns, which is what he should have done, particularly in 1933. Anything would have been preferable to Hitler and the imperial family had certainly learned their lessons. It's much like the foolish "regent"Admiral Horthy who would not allow the sainted Karl IV back to his legitimate throne in Hungary; one always ends up with something worse - in both cases Nazism.

@RogueSabre 10 ай бұрын

Remember, the powers that were "in charge, I guess" formed a government with Hitler in the hope that the Hitler government would very quickly fall. This was a clear act of desperation I guess.

@Toyotaamazon80series 8 ай бұрын

A.H predicted in his speeches from the early 1920's what we are seeing now.