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[@JabzyJoe]

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[@MsWoT......]

They have been - and still are - looking for the tuaoi stone aka Firestone that powered Atlantis ...which is rising . so I've heard ;D

[@darthvader9665]

You forgot to pin this

[@angamaitesangahyando685]

Just discovered your channel, have a sub! (Although I can nitpick that it's Drang nach Osten, the term Ostsiedlung is a weird modern alteration.) - Adûnâi

[@polarisconstantin]

Ever think about making Austria-Hungary 's version about this?

[@vincentadams9569]

ONE OF THE GREATEST MOST INFORMATIVE VIDEOS ON GERMANY I’VE SEEN IN ALL MY YEARS AND I BEEN A GERMAN HISTORY BUFF AND EUROPEAN HISTORY LOVER THROUGHOUT MY 61 YEARS GREAT!! Information Informative and well done 👍🏼 👍🏼 👍🏼 !!! I subscribed to your channel without looking at whatever else you have I hope I’m Surprised!!!

[@rohanginnela11]

9:54 _'but the war was prevented as a cyclone destroyed both fleets'_ *history has shown us again and again that imperial powers are no match for the Chad Cyclones*

[@AnonymousL16]

first mongolia, now them lol

[@fathertime9433]

Cringe

[@GreatPolishWingedHussars]

By the way, what Germany wanted in World War I is obvious. The Germans wanted to take territory away from the other European nations by force! Austria had the same reason to start the war. They wanted war because the Austrians and the Germans were of the opinion that they dominate too small areas compared to British, Russians and even French. More precisely! The envy on this huge British empire was actually the reason for the 1st World War. Because that was the feeling that prevailed in Germany in relation to the British. Envy! They felt inferior to the British. That feeling of inferiority particularly clarifies this quote from the German State Secretary of the Foreign Office, and later Chancellor. "We also demand our place in the sun." That's what he means with regard to German demands for more colonies. Anyone who argues in this way believes that he is in the shadows. This feeling of inferiority was then precisely the reason why the Germans attacked France, Belgium and Russia and thus triggered the First World War. After a victory, the Germans wanted to take large areas from the French, Belgians and Russians to also be a colonial power roughly comparable to the British. So the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk show why the Germans waged the war. Russia was forced to agree to the treaty, as the Germans later did Treaty of Versailles. Russia lost 26% of the then European territory, 27% of the arable land, 26% of the rail network, 33% of the textile and 73% of the iron industry and 73% of the coal mines. All the areas to be ceded included around 60 million people, more than 1/3 of the total population of the former Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks committed to pay six billion gold marks of reparation. This shows that the Germans made war for to get colonies from the French and Belgians! On July 29th, German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced to the British Ambassador Edward Goschen that Germany would attack France in breach of Belgian neutrality and that Germany would restore the territorial integrity of France and Belgium - but not that of their colonies - after the war in order to achieve British neutrality. So they wanted the colonies of the defeated French and Belgians. Incidentally, the Austrians have the same reason for waging this war, namely to expand their domain. They wanted to conquer most of the Balkans. After gaining control of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrians also wanted to conquer the rest of the Balkans. The first step was to conquer Bosnia and Herzegovina! This triggered World War I with the support of Germany. In 1878 Austria raided Bosnia-Herzegovina! It was not a kind of peaceful annexation as is always claimed! After this raid, there was massive resistance against the Austrians, which the Austrians put down with blood. That wasn't enough for the Austrians, they wanted to conquer the entire Balkans. So they wanted to expand their sphere of influence on cost of others states. The problem, however, was that the states attacked by the Austrians and Germans were allied with each other. This led to a chain reaction that ended with a big war. So World War 1 started because the Germans and Austrians wanted to conquer territories! So in summary, one can state the imperialism of the Austrians and Germans led to World War I. There is no doubt that France, Great Britain and Russia were imperialist, only that their imperialism did not cause World War I in 1914. That is a widespread lie that the Balkans was Europe's powder keg! The purpose of this lie is to blame the Serbs for the First World War. The fact is, however, that the Austrians and the Germans were Europe powder keg in 1914, because the Germans and the Austrians were responsible for the First World War. Austria and Germany were the aggressors in 1914! They were the attackers, not defenders. Incidentally, Serbs had been living in Bosnia Herzegovina for centuries and no Austrians lived there. So these Serbs had the right to resist the foreign rule of Austria. Like they also had the right to defend themselves against the Ottoman rule before. The Serbian resistance to the Austrian foreign rule was completely legitimate! The assassination attempt on the future monarchical dictator Franz Ferdinand who would oppress the Serbs like his predecessors did was completely legitimate in 1914! Because every oppressor has to be afraid that the oppressed will fight back and kill him. Because like the other nations were Serbs oppressed in the prison of nations named Austria! The Serbs had every right to defend themselves against Austrian foreign rule! Incidentally, the circumstances of the attack are very dubious. The heir to the throne was presented to potential assassins on a silver platter. The assassination of 1914 was carried out by Serbian freedom fighters supported by non-Serbs. By the way, the Austrians attacked Serbia in 1914 without a war reason! The involvement of the Serbian government in the assassination attempt was not proven in 1914. But an unfulfilled ultimatum should give the reason for war to the Austrians. So the Austrians have given Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum because they assumed that Serbia would not fulfill it. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking an excuse for war! The Austrians were therefore surprised when Serbia agreed to most points of the actually unfulfillable ultimatum. German Kaiser Wilhelm II has stated that there is actually no reason for war in 1914 because the Serbs have actually fulfilled the Austrian ultimatum. The Austrians found another pretext for the war! The assassination was not enough, because a Serbian governments participation was unproven 1914 and Serbia almost completely fulfilled the ultimatum! The message of an alleged Austrian and Serbian armed banter near Temes Kubin on the Danube, was then the desired pretext for the war. Instead of checking whether the alleged Serbian attack took place at all, war was actually declared on Serbs because of this. Interpreted as an actual opening of the fighting by Serbia, this banter was expressly in the Austrian declaration of war mentioned. At the latest on July 28, and in any case before the declaration of war was sent, the news of this battle turned out to be a hoax. The battle near Temes did not take place; the relevant report was incorrect. This is how one behaves if one wants to provoke a war. Austrians declared with an invented reason for war and the Germans backed the Austrians. Without this German backing, the Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia in 1914. This behavior of the Germany is called "blank cheque"! Also the Germans had to find then something fictitious, to justify the war! In order to attack France, Germans has sought pretexts and found it. Such pretext was then the alleged so-called "aircraft of Nuremberg" which was actually a newspaper hoax only one day prior to Germany's declaration of war on France in August 2, 1914, That was a hoax in which one or several French aircrafts allegedly dropped bombs near German city ​​of Nuremberg. The story seems to have suited the German General Staff's agenda. On August 2 the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin reported to Munich: "Welcoming news of a bombing at Nuremberg by French aircraft has arrived from our III. Army Command." Without even waiting for a diplomatic act the Ministry of War and the General Staff have declared war on France. The German army even simply raided Belgium in 1914 without a reason for war and without a declaration of war! In summary explained! This is how one behaves when one wants war! Incidentally, the Germans could have prevented the war anyway by refusing the Austrians German backing for the war against Serbia. The Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia without German backing. But the Germans did exactly the opposite of what than German blank check to Austria is known. In July, 1914, Germany gave Austria a "blank cheque" for attacking Serbia. It meant that Germany would support whatever decision Austria made. Austria decided on war with Serbia which led to the outbreak of World War I. So Germany and Austria are equally responsible for this war.

[@nbome2733]

Wrong, Cyclones are not Chads, they’re GIGA-chads. They do not care if you’re an imperial or an isolationist, if you’re in the way of the giga-chad cyclone, you will die. That applies to every other human that has ever lived or ever will live… cuz ya know. It’s a cyclone 😏😏😏😏

[@23uncbball]

Yo, a storm destroying both the German and American fleets in samao in 1880 is kinda of a hilarious to bring peace.

[@lovelylavenderr]

God intervened lol

[@SiPakRubah]

Well, if your stuff destroyed by the same disaster, why need to fight

[@Snp2024]

Mongols : first time?

[@aise3722]

@@lovelylavenderr kamikaze

[@zainmudassir2964]

It was God's will. Alhamdulillah

[@tsardzhek9166]

I think, if Germany hadn't engaged in unrealistic and antagonizing (to both themselves and to other powers) colonial aims, that they would have succeeded in bringing Europe under their influence simply by existing; the Rhineland was (and still is) one of the biggest industrial centers in the Eastern Hemisphere, and the simple fact that Germany had this asset in their gunbelt made their economy one of the most prosperous. They were already projected to become the biggest industrial economy by the end of the 20th century simply because Britain and France's industries relied on colonies; things that were bound to disappear. Germany, meanwhile, basically had everything they'd ever need in their inventory as soon as the Prussians entered Paris in 1871; a united and proud people who were happy to work, happy to live, and overall loyal not only to their government but to their country. Combine that with the fact that Germany had 2 major industrial centers (Silesia and the Rhineland) and you get a booming economy; one that could easily bring all of the European economies around them. Bismarck's biggest blunder was engaging in colonial demands; one of Wilhelm II's many blunders was believing that Germany relied on them.

[@alanjamesh.zamorano1677]

And I believe they also had the highest percentage of population that knew how to write and read, when many other parts of Europe were still illiterate. That itself is very important for a good society.

[@SchmulKrieger]

How naive. unrealistic and antagonising? LoL just because GB and France decided that no one but themselves should own huge colonial Empire and have to prevent all others who simply could afford them from taking any.

[@tsardzhek9166]

@@SchmulKrieger Wilhelm II engaged in antagonizing diplomacy with Great Britain because he wished for a needless vast colonial empire. Bismarck, despite changing his mind, knew that Germany could've easily become a superpower even without colonies. Wilhelm just refused to accept it and tried to antagonize Britain by engaging in God-awful diplomacy with them. You can't tell me that an 'arms race' that was un-needed isn't antagonizing. If you don't try to take something in the first place (which you don't need) then the people who have it wont have a need to try and 'defend' it so eagerly.

[@TheWazzoGames]

Absolutely correct, though people seem to understate Russia’s spectacular growth prior to WW1 which could be compared to China in the last few decades. Russia had a booming population and was a society which was in the process of industrializing. If the Soviets hadn’t set Russia back and collapsed birthrates, Russia legitimately would’ve been a threat to German dominance down the line. Also the United States was also in a similar position to Russia, being an ascendant power on the world stage.

[@tsardzhek9166]

@@TheWazzoGames I do agree, Russia could have threatened Germany's dominance but I personally believe they'd eventually work together. After all, when Austria-Hungary inevitably collapses then it would just be Germany and Russia as the last remaining nations of the 'old order.' They'd definitely have to stick together.

[@lucasthecreator]

I'd love to mention that Germans "had ambitions" in Indochina too. During the Franco-Prussian war, Napoleon III's wife Eugénie proposed an alternative outcome of the war, in which instead of losing Alsace-Lorraine, they would lose Southern Vietnam, which would've ended up under German control.

[@pilum3705]

How was Southern Vietnam under German Control?

[@fandemusique4693]

@@pilum3705 I think they mean "which would end under German control" I hope at least.

[@lucasthecreator]

@@fandemusique4693 Mhm, I meant that - thanks for reminding me!

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@lucasthecreator Lucky for us Bismarck was there. Man i already felt the pressure of Bismarck to keep those wanted more after Germany unified. Then came willy.

[@fandemusique4693]

@@lucasthecreator honestly, it would have been better for Germany if it's what happened. France would still have been humiliated, but they could have been convinced to drop the anger long term with careful diplomacy. They would always had been rivals in some ways, but not a mortal ennemy though.

[@geistlos333]

Lebensraum is pronounced like "Lay-bens-raum" - your pronunciation was Leebensraum - or Liebensraum is not only wrong but changes the meaning. what you said would mean "loving space" not "living space"

[@TheWazzoGames]

Understandable considering he’s not German lol

[@youreright...1284]

@@TheWazzoGames I would prefer loving space rather than living space 😂

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

@@youreright...1284 why not both

[@ironteacup2569]

Loving space sounds like fun

[@liphardusmagus5970]

@@TheWazzoGames yeah, that no problem but you can correct him. I think his pronounciation actually isn't bad

[@GregBartlesbyProductions]

Funny how just the other day I was looking for uncommon knowledge concerning the attempts by Wilhelm II's German Empire to claim its "place in the sun." After not much avail, I stopped looking and then this gem comes out. Every Jabzy video is engaging and informative. Great work!

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

I have to give it willy he changes page very quickly after the page provided a different result for his reading.

[@mtlicq]

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 this video is nonsense though

[@GreatPolishWingedHussars]

By the way, what Germany wanted in World War I is obvious. The Germans wanted to take territory away from the other European nations by force! Austria had the same reason to start the war. They wanted war because the Austrians and the Germans were of the opinion that they dominate too small areas compared to British, Russians and even French. More precisely! The envy on this huge British empire was actually the reason for the 1st World War. Because that was the feeling that prevailed in Germany in relation to the British. Envy! They felt inferior to the British. That feeling of inferiority particularly clarifies this quote from the German State Secretary of the Foreign Office, and later Chancellor. "We also demand our place in the sun." That's what he means with regard to German demands for more colonies. Anyone who argues in this way believes that he is in the shadows. This feeling of inferiority was then precisely the reason why the Germans attacked France, Belgium and Russia and thus triggered the First World War. After a victory, the Germans wanted to take large areas from the French, Belgians and Russians to also be a colonial power roughly comparable to the British. So the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk show why the Germans waged the war. Russia was forced to agree to the treaty, as the Germans later did Treaty of Versailles. Russia lost 26% of the then European territory, 27% of the arable land, 26% of the rail network, 33% of the textile and 73% of the iron industry and 73% of the coal mines. All the areas to be ceded included around 60 million people, more than 1/3 of the total population of the former Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks committed to pay six billion gold marks of reparation. This shows that the Germans made war for to get colonies from the French and Belgians! On July 29th, German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced to the British Ambassador Edward Goschen that Germany would attack France in breach of Belgian neutrality and that Germany would restore the territorial integrity of France and Belgium - but not that of their colonies - after the war in order to achieve British neutrality. So they wanted the colonies of the defeated French and Belgians. Incidentally, the Austrians have the same reason for waging this war, namely to expand their domain. They wanted to conquer most of the Balkans. After gaining control of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrians also wanted to conquer the rest of the Balkans. The first step was to conquer Bosnia and Herzegovina! This triggered World War I with the support of Germany. In 1878 Austria raided Bosnia-Herzegovina! It was not a kind of peaceful annexation as is always claimed! After this raid, there was massive resistance against the Austrians, which the Austrians put down with blood. That wasn't enough for the Austrians, they wanted to conquer the entire Balkans. So they wanted to expand their sphere of influence on cost of others states. The problem, however, was that the states attacked by the Austrians and Germans were allied with each other. This led to a chain reaction that ended with a big war. So World War 1 started because the Germans and Austrians wanted to conquer territories! So in summary, one can state the imperialism of the Austrians and Germans led to World War I. There is no doubt that France, Great Britain and Russia were imperialist, only that their imperialism did not cause World War I in 1914. That is a widespread lie that the Balkans was Europe's powder keg! The purpose of this lie is to blame the Serbs for the First World War. The fact is, however, that the Austrians and the Germans were Europe powder keg in 1914, because the Germans and the Austrians were responsible for the First World War. Austria and Germany were the aggressors in 1914! They were the attackers, not defenders. Incidentally, Serbs had been living in Bosnia Herzegovina for centuries and no Austrians lived there. So these Serbs had the right to resist the foreign rule of Austria. Like they also had the right to defend themselves against the Ottoman rule before. The Serbian resistance to the Austrian foreign rule was completely legitimate! The assassination attempt on the future monarchical dictator Franz Ferdinand who would oppress the Serbs like his predecessors did was completely legitimate in 1914! Because every oppressor has to be afraid that the oppressed will fight back and kill him. Because like the other nations were Serbs oppressed in the prison of nations named Austria! The Serbs had every right to defend themselves against Austrian foreign rule! Incidentally, the circumstances of the attack are very dubious. The heir to the throne was presented to potential assassins on a silver platter. The assassination of 1914 was carried out by Serbian freedom fighters supported by non-Serbs. By the way, the Austrians attacked Serbia in 1914 without a war reason! The involvement of the Serbian government in the assassination attempt was not proven in 1914. But an unfulfilled ultimatum should give the reason for war to the Austrians. So the Austrians have given Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum because they assumed that Serbia would not fulfill it. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking an excuse for war! The Austrians were therefore surprised when Serbia agreed to most points of the actually unfulfillable ultimatum. German Kaiser Wilhelm II has stated that there is actually no reason for war in 1914 because the Serbs have actually fulfilled the Austrian ultimatum. The Austrians found another pretext for the war! The assassination was not enough, because a Serbian governments participation was unproven 1914 and Serbia almost completely fulfilled the ultimatum! The message of an alleged Austrian and Serbian armed banter near Temes Kubin on the Danube, was then the desired pretext for the war. Instead of checking whether the alleged Serbian attack took place at all, war was actually declared on Serbs because of this. Interpreted as an actual opening of the fighting by Serbia, this banter was expressly in the Austrian declaration of war mentioned. At the latest on July 28, and in any case before the declaration of war was sent, the news of this battle turned out to be a hoax. The battle near Temes did not take place; the relevant report was incorrect. This is how one behaves if one wants to provoke a war. Austrians declared with an invented reason for war and the Germans backed the Austrians. Without this German backing, the Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia in 1914. This behavior of the Germany is called "blank cheque"! Also the Germans had to find then something fictitious, to justify the war! In order to attack France, Germans has sought pretexts and found it. Such pretext was then the alleged so-called "aircraft of Nuremberg" which was actually a newspaper hoax only one day prior to Germany's declaration of war on France in August 2, 1914, That was a hoax in which one or several French aircrafts allegedly dropped bombs near German city ​​of Nuremberg. The story seems to have suited the German General Staff's agenda. On August 2 the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin reported to Munich: "Welcoming news of a bombing at Nuremberg by French aircraft has arrived from our III. Army Command." Without even waiting for a diplomatic act the Ministry of War and the General Staff have declared war on France. The German army even simply raided Belgium in 1914 without a reason for war and without a declaration of war! In summary explained! This is how one behaves when one wants war! Incidentally, the Germans could have prevented the war anyway by refusing the Austrians German backing for the war against Serbia. The Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia without German backing. But the Germans did exactly the opposite of what than German blank check to Austria is known. In July, 1914, Germany gave Austria a "blank cheque" for attacking Serbia. It meant that Germany would support whatever decision Austria made. Austria decided on war with Serbia which led to the outbreak of World War I. So Germany and Austria are equally responsible for this war.

[@ValerianLincinius]

At 1:37 you wrote Ostiedlung. Maybe this is an older german term, used in the middle ages, but more likely it should be "Ostsiedlung". Ost as in east Siedlung as in settlement

[@JabzyJoe]

You're right!

[@ValerianLincinius]

@@JabzyJoe yay! Who doesn't like to be right xD

[@tai-yomaruno3680]

@@ValerianLincinius what? You ok bruv?

[@ValerianLincinius]

@@tai-yomaruno3680 ups. My autocorrection function is designed for german vocabs, so it often creates "interesting" results while writing in english

[@CherryMosley]

@@ValerianLincinius cringe alert

[@fellerfellas]

Keep up this series! Yesterday Italy, today Germany, and tommorow something else.

[@shoraidgaming4554]

May be japan or usa

[@jacklaurentius6130]

Hoping for Portuguese political desires in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They would go through a major government change 😅

[@mtlicq]

yesterday...today...tomorrow.....the daily 🦨💩

[@maikkeli]

Correction on Finnish monarchy! Finnish parliament at the time wanted german ruler in Finland to have better relations with imperial Germany. It wasn't a tradeoff in a sense. Love your work keep the content coming!

[@GreatPolishWingedHussars]

By the way, what Germany wanted in World War I is obvious. The Germans wanted to take territory away from the other European nations by force! Austria had the same reason to start the war. They wanted war because the Austrians and the Germans were of the opinion that they dominate too small areas compared to British, Russians and even French. More precisely! The envy on this huge British empire was actually the reason for the 1st World War. Because that was the feeling that prevailed in Germany in relation to the British. Envy! They felt inferior to the British. That feeling of inferiority particularly clarifies this quote from the German State Secretary of the Foreign Office, and later Chancellor. "We also demand our place in the sun." That's what he means with regard to German demands for more colonies. Anyone who argues in this way believes that he is in the shadows. This feeling of inferiority was then precisely the reason why the Germans attacked France, Belgium and Russia and thus triggered the First World War. After a victory, the Germans wanted to take large areas from the French, Belgians and Russians to also be a colonial power roughly comparable to the British. So the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk show why the Germans waged the war. Russia was forced to agree to the treaty, as the Germans later did Treaty of Versailles. Russia lost 26% of the then European territory, 27% of the arable land, 26% of the rail network, 33% of the textile and 73% of the iron industry and 73% of the coal mines. All the areas to be ceded included around 60 million people, more than 1/3 of the total population of the former Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks committed to pay six billion gold marks of reparation. This shows that the Germans made war for to get colonies from the French and Belgians! On July 29th, German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced to the British Ambassador Edward Goschen that Germany would attack France in breach of Belgian neutrality and that Germany would restore the territorial integrity of France and Belgium - but not that of their colonies - after the war in order to achieve British neutrality. So they wanted the colonies of the defeated French and Belgians. Incidentally, the Austrians have the same reason for waging this war, namely to expand their domain. They wanted to conquer most of the Balkans. After gaining control of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrians also wanted to conquer the rest of the Balkans. The first step was to conquer Bosnia and Herzegovina! This triggered World War I with the support of Germany. In 1878 Austria raided Bosnia-Herzegovina! It was not a kind of peaceful annexation as is always claimed! After this raid, there was massive resistance against the Austrians, which the Austrians put down with blood. That wasn't enough for the Austrians, they wanted to conquer the entire Balkans. So they wanted to expand their sphere of influence on cost of others states. The problem, however, was that the states attacked by the Austrians and Germans were allied with each other. This led to a chain reaction that ended with a big war. So World War 1 started because the Germans and Austrians wanted to conquer territories! So in summary, one can state the imperialism of the Austrians and Germans led to World War I. There is no doubt that France, Great Britain and Russia were imperialist, only that their imperialism did not cause World War I in 1914. That is a widespread lie that the Balkans was Europe's powder keg! The purpose of this lie is to blame the Serbs for the First World War. The fact is, however, that the Austrians and the Germans were Europe powder keg in 1914, because the Germans and the Austrians were responsible for the First World War. Austria and Germany were the aggressors in 1914! They were the attackers, not defenders. Incidentally, Serbs had been living in Bosnia Herzegovina for centuries and no Austrians lived there. So these Serbs had the right to resist the foreign rule of Austria. Like they also had the right to defend themselves against the Ottoman rule before. The Serbian resistance to the Austrian foreign rule was completely legitimate! The assassination attempt on the future monarchical dictator Franz Ferdinand who would oppress the Serbs like his predecessors did was completely legitimate in 1914! Because every oppressor has to be afraid that the oppressed will fight back and kill him. Because like the other nations were Serbs oppressed in the prison of nations named Austria! The Serbs had every right to defend themselves against Austrian foreign rule! Incidentally, the circumstances of the attack are very dubious. The heir to the throne was presented to potential assassins on a silver platter. The assassination of 1914 was carried out by Serbian freedom fighters supported by non-Serbs. By the way, the Austrians attacked Serbia in 1914 without a war reason! The involvement of the Serbian government in the assassination attempt was not proven in 1914. But an unfulfilled ultimatum should give the reason for war to the Austrians. So the Austrians have given Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum because they assumed that Serbia would not fulfill it. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking an excuse for war! The Austrians were therefore surprised when Serbia agreed to most points of the actually unfulfillable ultimatum. German Kaiser Wilhelm II has stated that there is actually no reason for war in 1914 because the Serbs have actually fulfilled the Austrian ultimatum. The Austrians found another pretext for the war! The assassination was not enough, because a Serbian governments participation was unproven 1914 and Serbia almost completely fulfilled the ultimatum! The message of an alleged Austrian and Serbian armed banter near Temes Kubin on the Danube, was then the desired pretext for the war. Instead of checking whether the alleged Serbian attack took place at all, war was actually declared on Serbs because of this. Interpreted as an actual opening of the fighting by Serbia, this banter was expressly in the Austrian declaration of war mentioned. At the latest on July 28, and in any case before the declaration of war was sent, the news of this battle turned out to be a hoax. The battle near Temes did not take place; the relevant report was incorrect. This is how one behaves if one wants to provoke a war. Austrians declared with an invented reason for war and the Germans backed the Austrians. Without this German backing, the Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia in 1914. This behavior of the Germany is called "blank cheque"! Also the Germans had to find then something fictitious, to justify the war! In order to attack France, Germans has sought pretexts and found it. Such pretext was then the alleged so-called "aircraft of Nuremberg" which was actually a newspaper hoax only one day prior to Germany's declaration of war on France in August 2, 1914, That was a hoax in which one or several French aircrafts allegedly dropped bombs near German city ​​of Nuremberg. The story seems to have suited the German General Staff's agenda. On August 2 the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin reported to Munich: "Welcoming news of a bombing at Nuremberg by French aircraft has arrived from our III. Army Command." Without even waiting for a diplomatic act the Ministry of War and the General Staff have declared war on France. The German army even simply raided Belgium in 1914 without a reason for war and without a declaration of war! In summary explained! This is how one behaves when one wants war! Incidentally, the Germans could have prevented the war anyway by refusing the Austrians German backing for the war against Serbia. The Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia without German backing. But the Germans did exactly the opposite of what than German blank check to Austria is known. In July, 1914, Germany gave Austria a "blank cheque" for attacking Serbia. It meant that Germany would support whatever decision Austria made. Austria decided on war with Serbia which led to the outbreak of World War I. So Germany and Austria are equally responsible for this war.

[@adamkerman475]

I can confirm this. The Finns wanted good relations with Germany since they appeared to be on track to win the First World War.

[@DL-nn1ws]

This is pretty great, maybe the ambitions in the Great Game, attempts to unify Latin America under one flag, Japanese ambitions for WW2, and French/British colonial ambitions and/or the collapse of their empires next?

[@walterusalbus]

I like these geopolitical analysis things. I would really like the "What Belgium Wanted" video.

[@Game_Hero]

I'm still looking for the big multi-part video on Siberia, the Caucasus and Central Asia and the process of expansition of russian colonialism there.

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

You mean attempts to unify Spanish America under one flag. And by that we'd have Mexico almost unifying the North American colonies during their first empire, plus "Gran" Colombia and Peru-Bolivia, and also Argentina trying to hold onto Uruguay-Paraguay-Chile

[@Cotswolds1913]

@@walterusalbus Will always remain infinitely curious what Belgium's price for the Congo would have been, and whether Germany had a legitimate & "peaceful" route to her desired empire in Africa.

[@TheWazzoGames]

Regarding the great game, he already did a video on it around a year ago! Search up “Russian Plans to conquer India” it’s an interesting watch

[@Game_Hero]

Amazing video. Helps linking so many little historical anecdotes together and everything fall into place at the end.

[@GreatPolishWingedHussars]

By the way, what Germany wanted in World War I is obvious. The Germans wanted to take territory away from the other European nations by force! Austria had the same reason to start the war. They wanted war because the Austrians and the Germans were of the opinion that they dominate too small areas compared to British, Russians and even French. More precisely! The envy on this huge British empire was actually the reason for the 1st World War. Because that was the feeling that prevailed in Germany in relation to the British. Envy! They felt inferior to the British. That feeling of inferiority particularly clarifies this quote from the German State Secretary of the Foreign Office, and later Chancellor. "We also demand our place in the sun." That's what he means with regard to German demands for more colonies. Anyone who argues in this way believes that he is in the shadows. This feeling of inferiority was then precisely the reason why the Germans attacked France, Belgium and Russia and thus triggered the First World War. After a victory, the Germans wanted to take large areas from the French, Belgians and Russians to also be a colonial power roughly comparable to the British. So the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk show why the Germans waged the war. Russia was forced to agree to the treaty, as the Germans later did Treaty of Versailles. Russia lost 26% of the then European territory, 27% of the arable land, 26% of the rail network, 33% of the textile and 73% of the iron industry and 73% of the coal mines. All the areas to be ceded included around 60 million people, more than 1/3 of the total population of the former Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks committed to pay six billion gold marks of reparation. This shows that the Germans made war for to get colonies from the French and Belgians! On July 29th, German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced to the British Ambassador Edward Goschen that Germany would attack France in breach of Belgian neutrality and that Germany would restore the territorial integrity of France and Belgium - but not that of their colonies - after the war in order to achieve British neutrality. So they wanted the colonies of the defeated French and Belgians. Incidentally, the Austrians have the same reason for waging this war, namely to expand their domain. They wanted to conquer most of the Balkans. After gaining control of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrians also wanted to conquer the rest of the Balkans. The first step was to conquer Bosnia and Herzegovina! This triggered World War I with the support of Germany. In 1878 Austria raided Bosnia-Herzegovina! It was not a kind of peaceful annexation as is always claimed! After this raid, there was massive resistance against the Austrians, which the Austrians put down with blood. That wasn't enough for the Austrians, they wanted to conquer the entire Balkans. So they wanted to expand their sphere of influence on cost of others states. The problem, however, was that the states attacked by the Austrians and Germans were allied with each other. This led to a chain reaction that ended with a big war. So World War 1 started because the Germans and Austrians wanted to conquer territories! So in summary, one can state the imperialism of the Austrians and Germans led to World War I. There is no doubt that France, Great Britain and Russia were imperialist, only that their imperialism did not cause World War I in 1914. That is a widespread lie that the Balkans was Europe's powder keg! The purpose of this lie is to blame the Serbs for the First World War. The fact is, however, that the Austrians and the Germans were Europe powder keg in 1914, because the Germans and the Austrians were responsible for the First World War. Austria and Germany were the aggressors in 1914! They were the attackers, not defenders. Incidentally, Serbs had been living in Bosnia Herzegovina for centuries and no Austrians lived there. So these Serbs had the right to resist the foreign rule of Austria. Like they also had the right to defend themselves against the Ottoman rule before. The Serbian resistance to the Austrian foreign rule was completely legitimate! The assassination attempt on the future monarchical dictator Franz Ferdinand who would oppress the Serbs like his predecessors did was completely legitimate in 1914! Because every oppressor has to be afraid that the oppressed will fight back and kill him. Because like the other nations were Serbs oppressed in the prison of nations named Austria! The Serbs had every right to defend themselves against Austrian foreign rule! Incidentally, the circumstances of the attack are very dubious. The heir to the throne was presented to potential assassins on a silver platter. The assassination of 1914 was carried out by Serbian freedom fighters supported by non-Serbs. By the way, the Austrians attacked Serbia in 1914 without a war reason! The involvement of the Serbian government in the assassination attempt was not proven in 1914. But an unfulfilled ultimatum should give the reason for war to the Austrians. So the Austrians have given Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum because they assumed that Serbia would not fulfill it. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking an excuse for war! The Austrians were therefore surprised when Serbia agreed to most points of the actually unfulfillable ultimatum. German Kaiser Wilhelm II has stated that there is actually no reason for war in 1914 because the Serbs have actually fulfilled the Austrian ultimatum. The Austrians found another pretext for the war! The assassination was not enough, because a Serbian governments participation was unproven 1914 and Serbia almost completely fulfilled the ultimatum! The message of an alleged Austrian and Serbian armed banter near Temes Kubin on the Danube, was then the desired pretext for the war. Instead of checking whether the alleged Serbian attack took place at all, war was actually declared on Serbs because of this. Interpreted as an actual opening of the fighting by Serbia, this banter was expressly in the Austrian declaration of war mentioned. At the latest on July 28, and in any case before the declaration of war was sent, the news of this battle turned out to be a hoax. The battle near Temes did not take place; the relevant report was incorrect. This is how one behaves if one wants to provoke a war. Austrians declared with an invented reason for war and the Germans backed the Austrians. Without this German backing, the Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia in 1914. This behavior of the Germany is called "blank cheque"! Also the Germans had to find then something fictitious, to justify the war! In order to attack France, Germans has sought pretexts and found it. Such pretext was then the alleged so-called "aircraft of Nuremberg" which was actually a newspaper hoax only one day prior to Germany's declaration of war on France in August 2, 1914, That was a hoax in which one or several French aircrafts allegedly dropped bombs near German city ​​of Nuremberg. The story seems to have suited the German General Staff's agenda. On August 2 the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin reported to Munich: "Welcoming news of a bombing at Nuremberg by French aircraft has arrived from our III. Army Command." Without even waiting for a diplomatic act the Ministry of War and the General Staff have declared war on France. The German army even simply raided Belgium in 1914 without a reason for war and without a declaration of war! In summary explained! This is how one behaves when one wants war! Incidentally, the Germans could have prevented the war anyway by refusing the Austrians German backing for the war against Serbia. The Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia without German backing. But the Germans did exactly the opposite of what than German blank check to Austria is known. In July, 1914, Germany gave Austria a "blank cheque" for attacking Serbia. It meant that Germany would support whatever decision Austria made. Austria decided on war with Serbia which led to the outbreak of World War I. So Germany and Austria are equally responsible for this war.

[@marcino457]

I am not familiar with many of the discussed proposals for hypothetical German colonial expansion, so I don't know how serious they were, but some of them seem absolutely unhinged, even by the dubious standards of the time. Germany invading the US with 100,000 soldiers shipped across the Atlantic and staging a naval invasion of Boston? Even assuming the UK wouldn't defend the Americans, which at the time they absolutely would have, this is so unfathomably stupid that I'm at a loss for words. Or the proposed plan for making a colony of 30 million pure-blooded Germans in the span of a little over a generation in South America, when at the time Brazil, the continent's most populous country, boasted a comparatively measly 15 million, most of them of mixed heritage, after centuries of settlement. Or that hypothesis that Japan could realistically conquer the US in 1890s, which would require staging an invasion across the Pacific and supplying it, and that's after having barely emerged from centuries of isolation and stagnation. Or how the Germans planned to directly occupy a quarter of China.

[@cassianoneto1553]

Yup, even the Nazis had a more realistic idea on how to handle the German diaspora losing its identity and “racial purity”, they wanted to have them all return to Germany once the war was over to colonize the lands of eastern and Central Europe and make them German. Trying to overthrow 400 years of continuous Portuguese and Brazilian colonization of half of South America and outdo it in such an extreme manner seems like a very odd plan.

[@crusader2112]

@@cassianoneto1553 When H**ler had a more "reasonable plan" then the German Empire of the Kaiser. That's just, wow that's impressive.

[@mushroom11g55]

Yeah these plans stink of ego and human error, you can tell that's it's the ambitions of dictators instead of a well thought out plan between dozens of generals or however the pros plan war these days.

[@Cotswolds1913]

Not to defend the idea at all, but very likely the "20 to 30 million people" includes all of the population of the territory, not just the German population.

[@haroldwilkes598]

Just what makes that little old ant Think he'll move that rubber tree plant Anyone knows an ant, can't Move a rubber tree plant But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes

[@alphana7055]

Make "What did Russia want in WW1?" next pls

[@jacobinfier9407]

Colonize more of eastern Europe and take Constantinople

[@IvanIvanov-px9vj]

Constantinopol, konigsberg , and some more new terrytories

[@ceegle]

@@IvanIvanov-px9vj and Austrian Galicia and Bukovina

[@gaberobison680]

I wish Victoria 3 had a diplomacy system like this. Where you could make conditional alliances, it was possible to partition great powers etc

[@robertwelch24]

Amazing to think of the arrogance these monarchs of that era. That the world was their playground to lay claim to territory that was never theirs

[@WhyGodby]

What has changed but for the goal. No need to directly control the land when you must merely buy right to the resources and labor

[@stefanhensel8611]

Not too far from big international companies today. Think Alphabet (Google), Exxon, Elon Musk.

[@willriley994]

The world belongs to whomever conquers and has the stronger society which in this case, was Western Europe

[@suleyman8696]

France was a republican colonial empire as well, britain monarchy was just a figurehead without power, in fact britain was a parliamentary rule. And yet, both of those nations where monarchy didn’t have power were the 2 biggest colonial empires at the time

[@michaelthomas5433]

Germany had to really work to practically destroy themselves twice, when just a steady hand and decently average decision making would have seen a possible german century.

[@MDFification1]

Yeah, the obsession with expansion and ethnic 'purification' cost Germany dearly.

[@davidsteed7278]

@@MDFification1 The 1871 conflict was initiated by France, while the 1914 conflict was initiated by Serbia/Russia - but, yes - Germany paid the price

[@christopherfritz3840]

ROGER THAT. Imagine AH puts off plans to occupy England (recent books are confirming conclusively that it was NEVER going to go forward) in order to aid the the "Mohammadi" in overthrowing the hated English overlords. WW2 ENDS in 1941 without the USA even coming close to 'saving the day'...

[@jacobinfier9407]

@@davidsteed7278 Confidence killed both Germany and France. In 1806, the prussians thought they would totally destroy the french and humiliate Napoleon : Prussia got conquered in 19 days. Same, the french thought they would win easily in 1870 : the germans won in few months. Same during WW1, Whilelm II was too confident and he destroyed his country, then Hitler did the same mistake.

[@stefanhensel8611]

I don't know whether Britain would have watched with ease the ascent of a new rival in Central Europe which would additionally be allied with Russia, Austria-Hungary and possibly Italy. British strategy was always to keep European powers at each others' throats, and if that wouldn't work, they could still blockade continental Europe into chaos and poverty with their unrivalled navy. Globalisation is not an invention of the 1990s. The European economies of the Belle Époque wouldn't have gotten anywhere without the vast resources and cheap labour from colonies and dependent world regions like China. Think cotton, for example. Or gold, which was the financial base of the economy until after the Great War. Now that's not to blame the British in any way. Not to allow any Napoleon or Wilhelm or Hitler to become too powerful was their life insurance. I'm just not convinced a more sober and diplomatic approach by the German government would have preserved peace in the long run. Just for illustration, an uncle of my mother ran a "Kolonialwarenhandel", a shop for colonial goods like coffee, rubber, spices and the like, in the little village my mother grew up in until the outbreak of WW II. The village had maybe 300 or 400 inhabitants back then. There were Kolonialwarenhandel in every tiny settlement in Germany, and still, the industrial demand (think oil, sodium nitrate, cooper …) outgrew customer demand by a magnitude.

[@alex_zetsu]

I don't think anyone in Germany but Wilhelm knew what they wanted out of the war.

[@stefanhensel8611]

Actually, Wilhelm was virtually disempowered with the start of the Great War. When the social democrats bent down to the demands of the nationalists (which led to the split of the USPD and later KPD, the Communist party) in 1914, Germany turned de facto infto a military dictatorship in all but name under general Ludendorff. Ironically, the military thought Wilhelm was too weak and might agree to a preemptive armistice.

[@alex_zetsu]

@@stefanhensel8611 Ok... I guess people knew they wanted victory but didn't know what Germany wanted after that.

[@jflaplaylistchannelunoffic3951]

The war was forced on Germany by Russia, France, and UK. Wilhelm tried to solve the issues with diplomacy, but these powers did not want that.

[@stefanhensel8611]

@@jflaplaylistchannelunoffic3951 You can't force a middle power into a war unless you attack them. Which didn't happen.

[@jflaplaylistchannelunoffic3951]

@@stefanhensel8611 It did, Russia and France attacked Germany.

[@KomradZX1989]

I watched every one of these as you put them out and I’m sooo happy to see this in a compilation. Alternate history and the many “what it’s” associated with it has always fascinated me. Love your work, 10/10 ❤

[@Clipgatherer]

The Kaiser put out feelers towards the Belgian king, Leopold II, and proposed that if Belgium would join him in a war on France, he would restore the old Habsburg lands, South Flanders and the Franche-Comte, to Belgium, once France was defeated. As it turned out, Germany invaded Belgium and the above-mentioned territories are still French.

[@SK-lt1so]

Thanks! Clear graphics, understandable narrative, easy to follow Well done!

[@Yora21]

Now I am no longer surprised that people said Bismarck was the only one who understood the old diplomatic balance of power.

[@louicoleman2910]

I had never realised how utterly nuts Kaiser Wilhelm was!

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

He was not..

[@dogdog2635]

@@dagmarvandoren9364 did we watch the same video ?

[@gabrielmeloesilva]

I know, right? Should've been put in an asylum

[@Zones33]

@@dogdog2635 he wasn’t, he was just doing what humans in Europe have been doing for thousands of years. Napoleon, William the conqueror, Julius Caesar, and Charlemagne. Everyone has ambitions

[@davidnavarro4821]

John Röhl wrote many articles on the Kaiser. When it comes to anti-Jewish racism and racial supremacism, he was in fact a mini-Hitler!

[@dendostar5436]

1. Amazing work! 2. The Kaiser had no friggin’ idea what he was doing.

[@Ratselmeister]

The Kaiser dropped his best man and whole europe was laughing about germany.

[@Terric90]

@@Ratselmeister heute, die leute lachen auch über Deutschland wegen dieser scheiß Ampelpolitik.

[@DStein22]

Kaiser Wilhelm II truly is an interesting character. His choice of words make him sound a bit insane with a delusion of granduer.

[@nicolasberky145]

He wasn't it's propaganda

[@Terric90]

He was not insane you genius.

[@haroldwilkes598]

Thanks for widening the gap between the little I thought I knew and what there is available to know. My knowledge was generalities, you provided specifics, the kind of information I only received from one teacher in my life. He provided insights into southeast Asia by linking cultural, political and historical events which delivered a much better picture of their world view and actions. Thank you.

[@GreatPolishWingedHussars]

By the way, what Germany wanted in World War I is obvious. The Germans wanted to take territory away from the other European nations by force! Austria had the same reason to start the war. They wanted war because the Austrians and the Germans were of the opinion that they dominate too small areas compared to British, Russians and even French. More precisely! The envy on this huge British empire was actually the reason for the 1st World War. Because that was the feeling that prevailed in Germany in relation to the British. Envy! They felt inferior to the British. That feeling of inferiority particularly clarifies this quote from the German State Secretary of the Foreign Office, and later Chancellor. "We also demand our place in the sun." That's what he means with regard to German demands for more colonies. Anyone who argues in this way believes that he is in the shadows. This feeling of inferiority was then precisely the reason why the Germans attacked France, Belgium and Russia and thus triggered the First World War. After a victory, the Germans wanted to take large areas from the French, Belgians and Russians to also be a colonial power roughly comparable to the British. So the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk show why the Germans waged the war. Russia was forced to agree to the treaty, as the Germans later did Treaty of Versailles. Russia lost 26% of the then European territory, 27% of the arable land, 26% of the rail network, 33% of the textile and 73% of the iron industry and 73% of the coal mines. All the areas to be ceded included around 60 million people, more than 1/3 of the total population of the former Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks committed to pay six billion gold marks of reparation. This shows that the Germans made war for to get colonies from the French and Belgians! On July 29th, German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced to the British Ambassador Edward Goschen that Germany would attack France in breach of Belgian neutrality and that Germany would restore the territorial integrity of France and Belgium - but not that of their colonies - after the war in order to achieve British neutrality. So they wanted the colonies of the defeated French and Belgians. Incidentally, the Austrians have the same reason for waging this war, namely to expand their domain. They wanted to conquer most of the Balkans. After gaining control of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrians also wanted to conquer the rest of the Balkans. The first step was to conquer Bosnia and Herzegovina! This triggered World War I with the support of Germany. In 1878 Austria raided Bosnia-Herzegovina! It was not a kind of peaceful annexation as is always claimed! After this raid, there was massive resistance against the Austrians, which the Austrians put down with blood. That wasn't enough for the Austrians, they wanted to conquer the entire Balkans. So they wanted to expand their sphere of influence on cost of others states. The problem, however, was that the states attacked by the Austrians and Germans were allied with each other. This led to a chain reaction that ended with a big war. So World War 1 started because the Germans and Austrians wanted to conquer territories! So in summary, one can state the imperialism of the Austrians and Germans led to World War I. There is no doubt that France, Great Britain and Russia were imperialist, only that their imperialism did not cause World War I in 1914. That is a widespread lie that the Balkans was Europe's powder keg! The purpose of this lie is to blame the Serbs for the First World War. The fact is, however, that the Austrians and the Germans were Europe powder keg in 1914, because the Germans and the Austrians were responsible for the First World War. Austria and Germany were the aggressors in 1914! They were the attackers, not defenders. Incidentally, Serbs had been living in Bosnia Herzegovina for centuries and no Austrians lived there. So these Serbs had the right to resist the foreign rule of Austria. Like they also had the right to defend themselves against the Ottoman rule before. The Serbian resistance to the Austrian foreign rule was completely legitimate! The assassination attempt on the future monarchical dictator Franz Ferdinand who would oppress the Serbs like his predecessors did was completely legitimate in 1914! Because every oppressor has to be afraid that the oppressed will fight back and kill him. Because like the other nations were Serbs oppressed in the prison of nations named Austria! The Serbs had every right to defend themselves against Austrian foreign rule! Incidentally, the circumstances of the attack are very dubious. The heir to the throne was presented to potential assassins on a silver platter. The assassination of 1914 was carried out by Serbian freedom fighters supported by non-Serbs. By the way, the Austrians attacked Serbia in 1914 without a war reason! The involvement of the Serbian government in the assassination attempt was not proven in 1914. But an unfulfilled ultimatum should give the reason for war to the Austrians. So the Austrians have given Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum because they assumed that Serbia would not fulfill it. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking an excuse for war! The Austrians were therefore surprised when Serbia agreed to most points of the actually unfulfillable ultimatum. German Kaiser Wilhelm II has stated that there is actually no reason for war in 1914 because the Serbs have actually fulfilled the Austrian ultimatum. The Austrians found another pretext for the war! The assassination was not enough, because a Serbian governments participation was unproven 1914 and Serbia almost completely fulfilled the ultimatum! The message of an alleged Austrian and Serbian armed banter near Temes Kubin on the Danube, was then the desired pretext for the war. Instead of checking whether the alleged Serbian attack took place at all, war was actually declared on Serbs because of this. Interpreted as an actual opening of the fighting by Serbia, this banter was expressly in the Austrian declaration of war mentioned. At the latest on July 28, and in any case before the declaration of war was sent, the news of this battle turned out to be a hoax. The battle near Temes did not take place; the relevant report was incorrect. This is how one behaves if one wants to provoke a war. Austrians declared with an invented reason for war and the Germans backed the Austrians. Without this German backing, the Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia in 1914. This behavior of the Germany is called "blank cheque"! Also the Germans had to find then something fictitious, to justify the war! In order to attack France, Germans has sought pretexts and found it. Such pretext was then the alleged so-called "aircraft of Nuremberg" which was actually a newspaper hoax only one day prior to Germany's declaration of war on France in August 2, 1914, That was a hoax in which one or several French aircrafts allegedly dropped bombs near German city ​​of Nuremberg. The story seems to have suited the German General Staff's agenda. On August 2 the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin reported to Munich: "Welcoming news of a bombing at Nuremberg by French aircraft has arrived from our III. Army Command." Without even waiting for a diplomatic act the Ministry of War and the General Staff have declared war on France. The German army even simply raided Belgium in 1914 without a reason for war and without a declaration of war! In summary explained! This is how one behaves when one wants war! Incidentally, the Germans could have prevented the war anyway by refusing the Austrians German backing for the war against Serbia. The Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia without German backing. But the Germans did exactly the opposite of what than German blank check to Austria is known. In July, 1914, Germany gave Austria a "blank cheque" for attacking Serbia. It meant that Germany would support whatever decision Austria made. Austria decided on war with Serbia which led to the outbreak of World War I. So Germany and Austria are equally responsible for this war.

[@juanitoalimana6905]

The kaiser really was a child playing and losing at risk

[@GreatPolishWingedHussars]

Yes, a child with an appetite for the territories of other nations! The Germans with the Kaiser wanted to take territory away from the other European nations by force! Austria had the same reason to start the war. They wanted war because the Austrians and the Germans were of the opinion that they dominate too small areas compared to British, Russians and even French. More precisely! The envy on this huge British empire was actually the reason for the 1st World War. Because that was the feeling that prevailed in Germany in relation to the British. Envy! They felt inferior to the British. That feeling of inferiority particularly clarifies this quote from the German State Secretary of the Foreign Office, and later Chancellor. "We also demand our place in the sun." That's what he means with regard to German demands for more colonies. Anyone who argues in this way believes that he is in the shadows. This feeling of inferiority was then precisely the reason why the Germans attacked France, Belgium and Russia and thus triggered the First World War. After a victory, the Germans wanted to take large areas from the French, Belgians and Russians to also be a colonial power roughly comparable to the British. So the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk show why the Germans waged the war. Russia was forced to agree to the treaty, as the Germans later did Treaty of Versailles. Russia lost 26% of the then European territory, 27% of the arable land, 26% of the rail network, 33% of the textile and 73% of the iron industry and 73% of the coal mines. All the areas to be ceded included around 60 million people, more than 1/3 of the total population of the former Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks committed to pay six billion gold marks of reparation. This shows that the Germans made war for to get colonies from the French and Belgians! On July 29th, German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced to the British Ambassador Edward Goschen that Germany would attack France in breach of Belgian neutrality and that Germany would restore the territorial integrity of France and Belgium - but not that of their colonies - after the war in order to achieve British neutrality. So they wanted the colonies of the defeated French and Belgians. Incidentally, the Austrians have the same reason for waging this war, namely to expand their domain. They wanted to conquer most of the Balkans. After gaining control of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrians also wanted to conquer the rest of the Balkans. The first step was to conquer Bosnia and Herzegovina! This triggered World War I with the support of Germany. In 1878 Austria raided Bosnia-Herzegovina! It was not a kind of peaceful annexation as is always claimed! After this raid, there was massive resistance against the Austrians, which the Austrians put down with blood. That wasn't enough for the Austrians, they wanted to conquer the entire Balkans. So they wanted to expand their sphere of influence on cost of others states. The problem, however, was that the states attacked by the Austrians and Germans were allied with each other. This led to a chain reaction that ended with a big war. So World War 1 started because the Germans and Austrians wanted to conquer territories! So in summary, one can state the imperialism of the Austrians and Germans led to World War I. There is no doubt that France, Great Britain and Russia were imperialist, only that their imperialism did not cause World War I in 1914. That is a widespread lie that the Balkans was Europe's powder keg! The purpose of this lie is to blame the Serbs for the First World War. The fact is, however, that the Austrians and the Germans were Europe powder keg in 1914, because the Germans and the Austrians were responsible for the First World War. Austria and Germany were the aggressors in 1914! They were the attackers, not defenders. Incidentally, Serbs had been living in Bosnia Herzegovina for centuries and no Austrians lived there. So these Serbs had the right to resist the foreign rule of Austria. Like they also had the right to defend themselves against the Ottoman rule before. The Serbian resistance to the Austrian foreign rule was completely legitimate! The assassination attempt on the future monarchical dictator Franz Ferdinand who would oppress the Serbs like his predecessors did was completely legitimate in 1914! Because every oppressor has to be afraid that the oppressed will fight back and kill him. Because like the other nations were Serbs oppressed in the prison of nations named Austria! The Serbs had every right to defend themselves against Austrian foreign rule! Incidentally, the circumstances of the attack are very dubious. The heir to the throne was presented to potential assassins on a silver platter. The assassination of 1914 was carried out by Serbian freedom fighters supported by non-Serbs. By the way, the Austrians attacked Serbia in 1914 without a war reason! The involvement of the Serbian government in the assassination attempt was not proven in 1914. But an unfulfilled ultimatum should give the reason for war to the Austrians. So the Austrians have given Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum because they assumed that Serbia would not fulfill it. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking an excuse for war! The Austrians were therefore surprised when Serbia agreed to most points of the actually unfulfillable ultimatum. German Kaiser Wilhelm II has stated that there is actually no reason for war in 1914 because the Serbs have actually fulfilled the Austrian ultimatum. The Austrians found another pretext for the war! The assassination was not enough, because a Serbian governments participation was unproven 1914 and Serbia almost completely fulfilled the ultimatum! The message of an alleged Austrian and Serbian armed banter near Temes Kubin on the Danube, was then the desired pretext for the war. Instead of checking whether the alleged Serbian attack took place at all, war was actually declared on Serbs because of this. Interpreted as an actual opening of the fighting by Serbia, this banter was expressly in the Austrian declaration of war mentioned. At the latest on July 28, and in any case before the declaration of war was sent, the news of this battle turned out to be a hoax. The battle near Temes did not take place; the relevant report was incorrect. This is how one behaves if one wants to provoke a war. Austrians declared with an invented reason for war and the Germans backed the Austrians. Without this German backing, the Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia in 1914. This behavior of the Germany is called "blank cheque"! Also the Germans had to find then something fictitious, to justify the war! In order to attack France, Germans has sought pretexts and found it. Such pretext was then the alleged so-called "aircraft of Nuremberg" which was actually a newspaper hoax only one day prior to Germany's declaration of war on France in August 2, 1914, That was a hoax in which one or several French aircrafts allegedly dropped bombs near German city ​​of Nuremberg. The story seems to have suited the German General Staff's agenda. On August 2 the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin reported to Munich: "Welcoming news of a bombing at Nuremberg by French aircraft has arrived from our III. Army Command." Without even waiting for a diplomatic act the Ministry of War and the General Staff have declared war on France. The German army even simply raided Belgium in 1914 without a reason for war and without a declaration of war! In summary explained! This is how one behaves when one wants war! Incidentally, the Germans could have prevented the war anyway by refusing the Austrians German backing for the war against Serbia. The Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia without German backing. But the Germans did exactly the opposite of what than German blank check to Austria is known. In July, 1914, Germany gave Austria a "blank cheque" for attacking Serbia. It meant that Germany would support whatever decision Austria made. Austria decided on war with Serbia which led to the outbreak of World War I. So Germany and Austria are equally responsible for this war.

[@Terric90]

cool!

[@Dock284]

9:55 WOW! That's amazing! A war avoided because both fleets were destroyed by the weather! My god! That's just perfect.

[@deutscherTomatensaft]

my history teacher mentioned that if Russia would have stayed neutral, than the Situation would have been different for the Axis. Also mainly interest in colonies was located in the old aristocracy, not so much in the military and population. At this point many colonies were already bad business and costly to maintain. Some plans and ideas were stupid of course but all in all the German Empire just saw an oppertunity for their Empire just like Spain, France, Americans or British to gain more Territories and Influence. The main problem was that they were 200 years too late and didn't have to fight some minor indigenious Tribes or Nations but 2 established empires, one decreasing but still strong World Power and one uprising World Power with US. And all that without strong and combatible allies.

[@макслюлюкин]

The main mistake of Western countries in building Their empires is the transformation of new lands into colonies, by which I mean the humiliation of the new population. that is, these people are made Grade 2, all resources are selected from novaya zemlya, but practically nothing is given in return, and the best people of the nation do not go there, many schools, hospitals, universities are not built there. Empire is not about the strength of the army, not about the power of the economy. The empire is in the heads, it is a cultural heritage, unity and equality of all peoples within the empire before the law and just within society, where skin color, eye shape, hair color is not important. And of course the empire should have one common imperial language in order to connect not only the titular nation of the empire and other peoples inhabiting it, but also the small peoples of the empire even located at different ends of the planet, but helping to understand and carry a common mentality and culture. And such an empire is Russia.

[@deutscherTomatensaft]

@@макслюлюкин i don't know what your comment implicates or is a respond to my comment. Maybe you are Troll cause this sounds a bit like propaganda. Anyways there is no empire i am aware of who is build up on war,crimes and discrimination. Russia is no exception when you have a look on baltics or serbia.

[@GreatPolishWingedHussars]

By the way, what Germany wanted in World War I is obvious. The Germans wanted to take territory away from the other European nations by force! Austria had the same reason to start the war. They wanted war because the Austrians and the Germans were of the opinion that they dominate too small areas compared to British, Russians and even French. More precisely! The envy on this huge British empire was actually the reason for the 1st World War. Because that was the feeling that prevailed in Germany in relation to the British. Envy! They felt inferior to the British. That feeling of inferiority particularly clarifies this quote from the German State Secretary of the Foreign Office, and later Chancellor. "We also demand our place in the sun." That's what he means with regard to German demands for more colonies. Anyone who argues in this way believes that he is in the shadows. This feeling of inferiority was then precisely the reason why the Germans attacked France, Belgium and Russia and thus triggered the First World War. After a victory, the Germans wanted to take large areas from the French, Belgians and Russians to also be a colonial power roughly comparable to the British. So the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk show why the Germans waged the war. Russia was forced to agree to the treaty, as the Germans later did Treaty of Versailles. Russia lost 26% of the then European territory, 27% of the arable land, 26% of the rail network, 33% of the textile and 73% of the iron industry and 73% of the coal mines. All the areas to be ceded included around 60 million people, more than 1/3 of the total population of the former Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks committed to pay six billion gold marks of reparation. This shows that the Germans made war for to get colonies from the French and Belgians! On July 29th, German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced to the British Ambassador Edward Goschen that Germany would attack France in breach of Belgian neutrality and that Germany would restore the territorial integrity of France and Belgium - but not that of their colonies - after the war in order to achieve British neutrality. So they wanted the colonies of the defeated French and Belgians. Incidentally, the Austrians have the same reason for waging this war, namely to expand their domain. They wanted to conquer most of the Balkans. After gaining control of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrians also wanted to conquer the rest of the Balkans. The first step was to conquer Bosnia and Herzegovina! This triggered World War I with the support of Germany. In 1878 Austria raided Bosnia-Herzegovina! It was not a kind of peaceful annexation as is always claimed! After this raid, there was massive resistance against the Austrians, which the Austrians put down with blood. That wasn't enough for the Austrians, they wanted to conquer the entire Balkans. So they wanted to expand their sphere of influence on cost of others states. The problem, however, was that the states attacked by the Austrians and Germans were allied with each other. This led to a chain reaction that ended with a big war. So World War 1 started because the Germans and Austrians wanted to conquer territories! So in summary, one can state the imperialism of the Austrians and Germans led to World War I. There is no doubt that France, Great Britain and Russia were imperialist, only that their imperialism did not cause World War I in 1914. That is a widespread lie that the Balkans was Europe's powder keg! The purpose of this lie is to blame the Serbs for the First World War. The fact is, however, that the Austrians and the Germans were Europe powder keg in 1914, because the Germans and the Austrians were responsible for the First World War. Austria and Germany were the aggressors in 1914! They were the attackers, not defenders. Incidentally, Serbs had been living in Bosnia Herzegovina for centuries and no Austrians lived there. So these Serbs had the right to resist the foreign rule of Austria. Like they also had the right to defend themselves against the Ottoman rule before. The Serbian resistance to the Austrian foreign rule was completely legitimate! The assassination attempt on the future monarchical dictator Franz Ferdinand who would oppress the Serbs like his predecessors did was completely legitimate in 1914! Because every oppressor has to be afraid that the oppressed will fight back and kill him. Because like the other nations were Serbs oppressed in the prison of nations named Austria! The Serbs had every right to defend themselves against Austrian foreign rule! Incidentally, the circumstances of the attack are very dubious. The heir to the throne was presented to potential assassins on a silver platter. The assassination of 1914 was carried out by Serbian freedom fighters supported by non-Serbs. By the way, the Austrians attacked Serbia in 1914 without a war reason! The involvement of the Serbian government in the assassination attempt was not proven in 1914. But an unfulfilled ultimatum should give the reason for war to the Austrians. So the Austrians have given Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum because they assumed that Serbia would not fulfill it. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking an excuse for war! The Austrians were therefore surprised when Serbia agreed to most points of the actually unfulfillable ultimatum. German Kaiser Wilhelm II has stated that there is actually no reason for war in 1914 because the Serbs have actually fulfilled the Austrian ultimatum. The Austrians found another pretext for the war! The assassination was not enough, because a Serbian governments participation was unproven 1914 and Serbia almost completely fulfilled the ultimatum! The message of an alleged Austrian and Serbian armed banter near Temes Kubin on the Danube, was then the desired pretext for the war. Instead of checking whether the alleged Serbian attack took place at all, war was actually declared on Serbs because of this. Interpreted as an actual opening of the fighting by Serbia, this banter was expressly in the Austrian declaration of war mentioned. At the latest on July 28, and in any case before the declaration of war was sent, the news of this battle turned out to be a hoax. The battle near Temes did not take place; the relevant report was incorrect. This is how one behaves if one wants to provoke a war. Austrians declared with an invented reason for war and the Germans backed the Austrians. Without this German backing, the Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia in 1914. This behavior of the Germany is called "blank cheque"! Also the Germans had to find then something fictitious, to justify the war! In order to attack France, Germans has sought pretexts and found it. Such pretext was then the alleged so-called "aircraft of Nuremberg" which was actually a newspaper hoax only one day prior to Germany's declaration of war on France in August 2, 1914, That was a hoax in which one or several French aircrafts allegedly dropped bombs near German city ​​of Nuremberg. The story seems to have suited the German General Staff's agenda. On August 2 the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin reported to Munich: "Welcoming news of a bombing at Nuremberg by French aircraft has arrived from our III. Army Command." Without even waiting for a diplomatic act the Ministry of War and the General Staff have declared war on France. The German army even simply raided Belgium in 1914 without a reason for war and without a declaration of war! In summary explained! This is how one behaves when one wants war! Incidentally, the Germans could have prevented the war anyway by refusing the Austrians German backing for the war against Serbia. The Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia without German backing. But the Germans did exactly the opposite of what than German blank check to Austria is known. In July, 1914, Germany gave Austria a "blank cheque" for attacking Serbia. It meant that Germany would support whatever decision Austria made. Austria decided on war with Serbia which led to the outbreak of World War I. So Germany and Austria are equally responsible for this war.

[@tankermottind]

@@макслюлюкин Empire is about siphoning the wealth of the periphery and transferring it to the imperial metropole. The only economy that matters in the empire is the metropolitan one; the imperial possessions merely exist to service it. This has been the way empires have worked since Egypt and Mesopotamia.

[@joeavitable9097]

There were no Axis powers in World War 1

[@theactingace]

I’ve been waiting for this. You should do a empire video on Japan

[@RestitutorEuropa]

This just goes to show you how strong Germany was. Despite having their colonial ambitions dashed and despite being antagonized by basically the whole world and even getting betrayed by multiple allies, they still managed to stand toe to toe with the entente during the war and very well could’ve won at any point of the war had things been handled just a little differently.

[@elektronischemusik1903]

Read once that colonisation was overall in most cases a waste of money at that time.

[@RestitutorEuropa]

@@elektronischemusik1903 I don’t doubt it. That’s probably why Bismarck was so against the idea.

[@mygoodmate]

He was mostly against it, because unlike most of the other colonial powers, Germany was lacking a powerful marine and logistics support for such endeavors, as he deemed them to fail and to be a huge risk of investment.

[@Cotswolds1913]

@@elektronischemusik1903 then you read delusional musings.

[@Cotswolds1913]

@@RestitutorEuropa there is no world in which the Germans can gain a military victory in Europe after launching the Schlieffen Plan into Belgium.

[@lollikabosso.w.n7153]

some quick note(s): League of Three Emperors was attempted twice. First time it failed cause Russia wasnt too keen to ally with germany, as is noted that when Bismarck was preparing to invade France as a response to their rearmanent, Russian Emperor said that Russia will invade Germany from East, if Germany invades west. Second time Bulgaria had rebelion against ottomans, and Austria decided to join in on the fun, which angered russians as they were the main supporters of bulgaria (influence and all) so the alliance was called back. The League never was a formal alliance, in fact, at best, Bismarck could only go so far as a trade deals and support against rebelions. and even then, it was cause the British would never try and allign with germany, cause Pax Britanica. Thats all i wanted to add.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

In 1914, Wilhelm II the Superimperialist set out to bring the British Empire to its knees and rule the world. Of course, everybody knows this was the focus of his entire existence...his sole purpose in life. Evidence? The famous "September Program" as his crowning achievement in finally getting on with "bringing the British Empire to its knees" which Wilhelm II the Superimperialist suitably commented on and concluded with a speech on the 3rd September ending thus : *“This time we shall know how to make full use of victory...”* The crowning achievement of his entire existence and rule of course, as everybody knows, was to finally "bring the British Empire to its knees". Everybody knows Wilhelm II obsessed and fused about the powerful British Empire from the minute he woke up every morning, until the time he fell asleep every night. Only... *...the speech...* ...was not by Wilhelm II, and the date was not 1914. "What actually occurred was that Britain and other countries became hopelessly indebted to the United States once again (edit: during World War 2) ... *“We have profited by our past mistakes,” announced Roosevelt in a speech delivered on September 3, 1942. “This time we shall know how to make full use of victory.” This time the U.S. Government would conquer its allies in a more enlightened manner, by demanding economic concessions of a legal and political nature instead of futilely seeking repayment of its wartime loans (of World War 1).* The new postwar strategy sought and secured foreign markets for U.S. exports, and new fields for American investment capital in Europe’s raw materials producing colonial areas. Despite Roosevelt’s assurances to the contrary, Britain was compelled, under the Lend-Lease agreements and the terms of the first great U.S. postwar loan to Britain, to relinquish Empire Preference and to open all its markets to U.S. competition, at a time when Britain desperately needed these markets as a means by which to fund its sterling debt. Most important of all, Britain was forced to unblock its sterling and foreign-exchange balances built up by its colonies and other Sterling Area countries during the wartime years. Instead of the Allied Powers as a whole bearing the costs of these wartime credits to British Empire countries, they would be borne by Britain itself. Equally important, they would not be used as “blocked” balances that could be used only to buy British or other Sterling Area exports, but would be freed to purchase exports from any nation. Under postwar conditions this meant that they would be used in large part to purchase U.S. exports." (page 115/116) "By relinquishing its right to block these balances, Britain gave up its option, while enabling the United States to make full use of its gold stock as the basis for postwar lending to purchased generalized (primarily U.S.) exports. *At a stroke, Britain’s economic power was broken. What Germany as foe had been unable to accomplish in two wars against Britain, the United States accomplished with ease as its ally."* (Page 117) "Furthermore, under the terms on which it joined the International Monetary Fund, Britain could not devalue the pound sterling so as to dissipate the foreign-exchange value of these balances. Its liability thus was maximized - and so was America’s gain from the pool of liquidity that these balances now represented." ("Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire." -- Michael Hudson, 2nd edition 2003) In case that seems a bit technical, here is the "nutshell version": Just like the bank takes your house if you don't pay up in the real world, the British Empire was run into the ground by the "best friends" USA, who stole the Empire's markets; hidden behind a whole lot of "technical jargon", thereby taking the means London had to pay its debts. A suitable micro level example would be the bank having an eye on your house, then making sure you get fired so you can't pay your debt. On the macro level the term is "debt trap diplomacy", and on the (privatized) propaganda level the means is "projection: accuse somebody else of being something which one is oneself", and that "being" has started waaaaaay earlier as a matter of own policy. A "debt trap" the Allies walked into after 1916, after they had spent all their own money, and squeezed as much out of their colonies as they could get away with, but refused to come to terms at the negotiating table: another factor usually associated with the Central Powers. After both World Wars, the crowds understandably cheered the end of the war... *Meanwhile as the crowds cheered, in the background, big daddy USA ate up the British Empire and turned it into the junior associate power.* Where are all the BBC documentaries informing the public about these postwar events?

[@kathybikadi9854]

Thanks for this very interesting and intelligent info!

[@ralphbernhard1757]

@@kathybikadi9854 Thank you for reading. What connects the topic of this video, as "compartmentalized history" and 99% ancillary details, with the bigger overall European "picture"? *It is "divide and rule" as THE "systems/strategies" tier of things, as the 1% of history that counts...* *Exemplary of a divide and rule/conquer strategy:* Entire regions of human beings are used or set up as proxies, as "walls" or "Limitrophe States" to seperate potential areas which might unite. Wiki: "In modern history, it was used to refer to provinces that seceded from the Russian Empire at the end of World War I, during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922), thus forming a kind of belt or cordon sanitaire separating Soviet Russia from the rest of Europe during the interwar period.[4]... The nations were then "the cards to change hands in big political games" and included the Baltic peoples, Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians." *These nations were, and still are today, simply "tools" for the empires who hold the geographical advantage of power.* When everybody started talking about Versailles as a "peace conference" back in the days following WW1, it allowed for narratives to take shape. These "narratives" then floated to the top of discussions and debates, books and documentaries, and became the way people started thinking at the time, and...more importantly, still think*** today. Historians should stop talking about The Treaty of Versailles as a "peace conference" (name branding), but to start calling it out for what it was in terms of geopolitics and grand strategy: it was divide and rule/conquer *of and over* continental Europe, by the outside world powers, all imperialistic in nature, with a geographical advantage (Washington DC/London), using Paris as a continental foothold, or an "extension" of their own power. Such language abounds in the strategy papers of the true powers. These powers favored Paris for this specific reason, regardless of what ideologues desired (Idealism is an '-ism' or ideology). *Favoratism is a core technique used in a divide and rule strategy.* Has it ever occured to you that if a policy or strategy *"divided Europeans" with a "ruling"* (Versailles Treaty), that it actually fits the definition of the the "divide and rule" technique? The Fourteen Points were largely written by a "think tank", the New York based "Inquiry" group. As for Wilson, was he really that naive to think that the large and prominent forces of isolationism would not prevail, and lead to the USA/Washington DC not joining any collectivised system of security for the entire planet? Was there really no "Plan B" in Washington DC? Divide and rule as a strategy is elaborated in more detail in the comments thread under the Kaiser Wilhelm video of the "History Room" educational channel. Go to the other channel, select "latest comments" first (three little bars at the top of every comments section), and read as far back as desired. *The "oh so fine" British Lordships thought they could play divide and rule/conquer games with the world, and in the end British citizens and military men lost bigtime, as at the very end of the Empire, their own Lordships took off with all the loot of 400 years, to the tax havens they had created (see Timeline/The Spider's Web re. the history of "tax havens").* While the average Brit had to "scramble for the trenches", the fine lords "scrambled for the tax havens" (notable exeptions in both cases). The answer to any observed divide and rule strategy is eventually going to be brute force. On a micro level, it will be some form of uprising or revolution. On the macro level (states/empires) it will be crises and war. If words no longer achieve the desired effects to oppose the actions by the psychopaths who have infiltrated positions of power (incl. our so-called "western liberal democracies"), and become uncompromising and start using bully tactics, the answer will be brute force. No system is going to "turn the other cheek" indefinitely. No, this is not a "yet another conspiracy theory," but elaborated and provided with sufficient evidence, and inductive/deductive reasoning on the other channel/video. *Divide and rule/conquer is a strategy, not a conspiracy theory.* ***As a mixture of opinions, biases, emotions, analyses, assessments, etc. proclaimed in a multitude of books, documentaries, journals, essays, stories and...just about everything related to "compartmentalized history". In reality, how every individual "thinks" is not important: it is the *systems/strategies* tier of events which is the truly indicative tier.

[@nicolasberky145]

​@@ralphbernhard1757bro way too long can you shorten it

[@ralphbernhard1757]

@@nicolasberky145 Reality: *Brits got screwed over by the best friends, the USA.* Conclusion: That's what happens if you're an a-hole who doesn't read the Bible (search for the age-old "strategy" of "friends"). *Short enough?*

[@christopherlees1134]

That’s a lot of whining. And the British empire had run its course and it was time for America to take over. That’s the way the world works. America didn’t steal anything from Britain. The consequences of Britain’s decisions up until that point we’re beginning to add up. I have to admit though, that was a very creative attempt to paint America as the bogeyman once again.

[@oliversherman2414]

Germany: *unifies after Franco-Prussian war* German Empire: *spreading Oktoberfest overseas*

[@tomtomtrent]

I’ve usually been interested more in WWII than WWI, and when you put the Kaiserreich against the horror of the Nazis, I’d come to think that the German Empire was not really all that bad. But this video reminded me that it was still not a force for good in the world, and Wilhelm II comes off as a cartoon level villain

[@jameslegrand848]

I'd wouldn't say cartoonish level villain, but he was insanely incompetent every often.

[@mushroom11g55]

Is Hitler an anime level villain? What level villain was Hitler?

[@vincentperratore4395]

Well, the victors of any war can never resist the temptation to make personal cruel sport of people on the losing side of the war, especially those idiots with a megaphone in the rear of a jeering crowd, in the eyes of the world, even though it can't be denied that Germany lost WWI by no means on dishonorable grounds. Not many know this but well after the Armistice was signed by Germany, thereby ending the hostilities, Winston Churchill used his influence to blockade Germany's ports for 8 months, thereby preventing that besieged and war torn country from obtaining badly needed food supplies. As a result of this cruel and unnecessary tour de force on the part of Churchill, millions more Germans starved!

[@Outlast25]

Worth pointing out that both world wars are blips on the radar, mere punctuation points in history when compared to the evils propagated for hundreds of years by the British Empire. So for the time, this Kaiser was actually just par for the course.

[@cedricl.marquard6273]

The man was so dilussional, missreading the situation every month and changing his ideas every day he wakes up....

[@smokeyweinhandl5028]

I'm not sure France wouldn't have been Germany's mortal foe even if the Reich hadn't annexed Alsace and Lorraine. They would have been plenty sore at the Krauts regardless having had it handed to them in 1871 and wanted revenge. Then the endless cycle of hate and revenge would have continued until some WWII event would have made war unattractive to Europe like in our timeline.

[@indefiniteregent]

From the sounds of it, Kaiser Wilhelm sounds like he was in over his head and overly ambitious, which would - if Germany indeed won ww1 - cripple Germany's power projection altogether. The cost of maintaining and defending all these spheres of influence and colonial land would be a huge burden on their economy, and they wouldn't have the manpower to both garrison all these global territories and defend or much less go on the offensive in a definite future world war in mainland Europe. All this new territory and influence over numerous countries along with Germany's superiority attitude would certainly cause most of the world's leading/industrialized nations to become wary and envious of German hegemony, and these powers would conspire with each other for a piece of the pie and to bring the globe back to a balanced status quo. Already during WW1, Germany insulted and fought Ottoman forces in Georgia, which would undoubtedly cause the Ottomans to view Germany with caution and cascading suspicions. Overall, Germany's problem was that of the Kaiser, his diplomacy was disastrous in so far as it isolated Germany and forced it into a two front war and an accompanying world war, along with multiple international incidents beforehand. Thus, assuming that the Kaiser would be alive for the next 5-20 years post-ww1 like he was in our timeline, he would again cause Germany to be universally hated and diplomatically isolated on the world stage, and all its gains would stretch his empire so much that the financial and military reality of the situation would most likely be dire with background alliances and secret war plans being prepared by almost all of her enemies. It would be akin to our current reality where Russia has been isolated and embargoed for its war upon Ukraine, except there would be legitimate and harsh military intervention taken in a world where nuclear research is still in its infancy. We can already see this in the hoi4 mod "Kaiserreich" where Germany is in the midst of a market crash and imminent war from her old rivals, and losing is a serious possibility.

[@nickdarr7328]

The Boers really didn't rise up during ww1 which always surprised me. The 2nd Boer War had ended only 13 years prior. They had many top leaders, both military and political still able to fight. I can't remember his name but it was one of the Boers best generals who was asked by Germany to lead a revolution. But he refused. He and the other Boers had signed a treaty and given their word to become a British Dominion. And that promise meant everything to the Boers

[@liampetersen4853]

You mean de wet and de le ray

[@nickdarr7328]

@@liampetersen4853 what does that mean? I'm a stupid American and took a semester of French and 4 years of latin in highschool. I actually felt super smart with Latin and how much it helped with any science and philosophy test. Especially geological evolution and philosophy of law. Etymological derivations are fun. So is that actually Afrikaans and something you speak?

[@liampetersen4853]

@@nickdarr7328 ja rooinek

[@adifreitag8579]

I doubt whether the promise was decisive. It is likely that the Boers assessed the chances of victory as low. After all, the British were far superior in numbers and, above all, in weapons. Battle song of the Boers against England kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6Oco4ipm85_nZI

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

Funny how fantastical these German aspirations were! The Kaiserreich was utterly delusional.

[@pilum3705]

Tbf, if you look around Europe you can find similar aspirations held by many groups in different countries. Also it must be noted that for the most part Germany did not hold all these aspirations at once but different groups held different ones. For example some that were in favor of large African gains were at the same time supporting a peace in Europe without territorial gains.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

@@pilum3705 It was all ruined by Alscace-Lorraine in 1871. That war doomed the Kaiserreich. Ironic, because it also created it.

[@pilum3705]

@@TheLoyalOfficer I would put the blame on German loss in WW1 rather on other factors but yes, it definetly ruined any chances of positive Franco-German Relations. Question is if these are necessary if you can find other powerful allies. But due to diplomatic mismanagement Germany failed to find suitable allies in Russian or Great Britain instead.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

@@pilum3705 Well I am talking about pre-WW1, like this video is describing.

[@pilum3705]

@@TheLoyalOfficer In what sense would you then say was it doomed by it? The only disadvantage I see with taking it was that any alliance with France was out of the picture but that would probably even be the case without it seeing how humiliating the Franco-Prussian War had been for France.

[@ЕгорПещерский]

"WW1 was pretty much inevitable. WW2 was pretty much inevitable. WW3 was pretty much inevitable." some youtube commenter in future.

[@Kaasschaaf1991]

There will be no KZbin after WW3 I am afraid

[@ЕгорПещерский]

@@Kaasschaaf1991 Just imagine how many likes, shares and comments will get a vid of a mushroom cloud. This is how KZbin shall outlast us all.

[@ramraghuwanshi2562]

There won't be ww3 as world is too divided for that... In 20th century basicall Europe was whole world so European wars became world war.. But today war remain local for example Russia ukraine war is war or Europe+ north america. Rest of world isn't participating

[@vetarlittorf1807]

I wish Frederick III had reigned as Germany's emperor AT LEAST up until the end of WW1. He was more interested in diplomatic relations than colonies.

[@peppertrout]

I agree, it was a great loss to the world that he died from cancer. With his wife, Queen Victoria’s daughter, they would have pursued an alliance with the UK and moved Germany to becoming a constitutional monarchy. Many people talk about toxic Prussian militarism but from the photos of the time, the leadership of Britain also loved militarism as evident from their equally elaborate and profuse wearing of military uniforms and fanatical promotion of the Royal Navy. I don’t think there was much to separate Germany and the UK in the 1880s and 90s. The time would have been ripe for these two great nations to have worked together and preserved peace. There would have been neither Hitler nor his Holocaust.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

@@peppertrout I agree that Prussian militarism had nothing to do with Germany's downfall and it's an insult that modern Germans are indoctrinated into believing that Prussia's abolition was necessary. I recommend a book by Christopher Clark called The Iron Kingdom, which proves that Prussia/Germany wasn't any more militaristic than other contemporary nations and was the opposite of what Winston Churchill described it as. In fact, militarism in modern USA and China is larger than Prussia's ever was. Heck, Prussian militaristic mindset still exists in almost every armed forces across the globe. Even modern Germany's. However, the German Empire WAS constitutional as the Kaiser did not have all the say and the democratic system in Germany was pretty progressive for its time. He mostly just had a say in who should be chancellor but he was not allowed to pass laws on his own. But if you meant that Frederick would have made the Kaiser more of a figurehead, then you're right. He would also have done everything in his power to establish an Anglo-German prosperity and alliance. However, I do think he would dismiss Bismarck just like Wilhelm did, albeit for a different reason. With Frederick III still reigning, there probably would still be WWI, but the UK might have stayed out of it. Because contrary to popular belief, Britain didn't truly enter the war because Belgium's neutrality was violated. They just used that as an opportunity to dismantle Germany which they had grown to hate due to Wilhelm II constantly antagonizing them and undermining their world dominion. Man, how I wish I could go back in time and stop ol' Kaiser Fritz from smoking so much.

[@peppertrout]

@@vetarlittorf1807 The Navy Laws were an example of the growing power of the Reichstag limiting the Chancellor’s and Kaiser’s power. Under Frederick, probably the Chancellor would have come to be chosen by the people. Had “Fritz” been spared throat cancer, Germany would likely have a constitutional monarchy today like the Scandinavian and Low Countries and UK. I’m not a monarchist but a timeline without the horrors of the world wars is worth sparing millions of lives any day. I’d rather see the world divided by several more or less equal and balanced powers than the two sided showdown we’ve had between capitalism and communism. I’d treasure living in an America not wasting its resources policing the world. Britain had violated Denmark’s neutrality in the Battle of Copenhagen, which was very similar to Germany violating the Scrap of Paper. That is the only instance I know of the British doing such a thing but it is enough to make one question the fairness of Britain’s condemnation of the German invasion of Belgium and entering the War in such hypocrisy.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

@@peppertrout I'm not a monarchist either, but I do think that Frederick's Germany winning WW1 (which was inevitable with or without Frederick, as it had been building up since before he was born) would have resulted in a better world than what we know. It is possible that Frederick would have gradually made the role of Kaiser more ceremonial rather than political, but don't forget that Frederick wanted to take an active role in politics too. He was the reason why German Poles had seats in Reichstag for example, and he wanted more freedom to the media. He was pretty much the black sheep of the German ruling class. Battle of Copenhagen? Are you referring to the Napoleonic Wars? I'm not sure the invasion of Belgium can be compared to something that happened 107 years prior. And I'm not sure Denmark-Norway was entirely neutral since they did support Napoleon.

[@mateuszslawinski1990]

I recall that Germany initially didn't have any plans towards Eastern Europe (outside some fringe societies) and all of them popped up in 1915-16; all these plans were often as vague, as all other kaiser's ones.

[@nitzky8936]

I recall that also, with Friedrich Naumann writing his famous Mitteleuropa essay in 1915, after the war started.

[@rudolfkraffzick642]

Most of these plans were mere ideas of non government organisations, not conceptions of the government. Until almost to the end of WW1, there was a vivid discussion about annexations or no annexations at all.

[@Barry.Age63]

Germany saw Russia as their main threat. They wanted to take the lands they took in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to cripple Russia in their ability to overcome Germany as the country had incredible potential to become a leading superpower earlier on.

Vagueness is good. A detailed plan is to assume humans can control events as God can

[@GreatPolishWingedHussars]

The opposite is true regarding the German plans in Eastern Europe! The origin of the Nazi state was the Bismarck state! The Nazi ideology did not fall from the sky, it was developed step by step. That was a direct consequence of their long anti-enlightenment way. The beginnings are already evident in the 19th century. Bismarck and his policies were part of it! The origin of the Nazi ideology was actually already Prussia which was continued in the German Kaiserreich! The term used by the Nazis for "living space in the east" ( "Lebensraum im Osten" ) which was an important aspect of Nazi ideology was also developed in the 19th century especially in Prussia. This idea was then spread from Prussia to all the German small states. With reference to the medieval conquest of German-speaking settlers in the Baltic States, the idea of ​​German colonization of Eastern Europe became increasingly popular. The idea was widespread in German society from the German natural right to rule and colonize the Slavic and Baltic areas east of Germany. In this context, the Germanization of Poland was propagated as the highest goal of Prussian politics. The idea of ​​solving the social problems and the supposed overpopulation of Germany by gaining new settlement areas in Eastern Europe was expressed with the catchphrase “nation without space”. The German war aims in World War I were also shaped by the idea of ​​conquering large areas in the east. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk clearly testifies to this urge to expand to the east, in which the Bolsheviks who ruled Russia were forced to cede vast territories to Germany. Even in the First World War one could clearly recognize this anti-enlightenment path. Because in the First World War there were already clearly formed structures that can be called forerunners of Nazism. The by Germany occupied areas called Upper East (Ober Ost) in the 1st World War was the forerunner of the Nazi nation's General Plan East ( German Generalplan Ost) which aimed at various genocides in occupied Eastern Europe. A kind of blueprint for General Plan East! Regarding the genocide of the Slavic nations and the colonization of the conquered areas in Eastern Europe. Because with the Ober Ost policy, which was not only practiced in Ober Ost but also in other occupied areas of eastern Europe, the germ Nazism was clearly recognizable as early as the First World War. These areas of Ober Ost were brutally exploited, including forced labor. After the First World War there were lectures on Ober Ost. In 1921 Heinrich Himmler later the second most powerful man in the Nazi state was one of the listeners as a student of agronomy and wrote in his diary “I know that more clearly now than ever, there will be another campaign in the East and I want to be a part of it. The east is the most important thing for us. The west dies easily. In the east we have to fight and settle. ”In his decree of October 7, 1939 on the“ consolidation of German nationality ”, Hitler used the term “Ober Ost” for the occupied Polish territories. In Section II it says: “In the formerly occupied Polish territories, the head of administration Ober Ost carries out the tasks assigned to the Reichsführer SS according to his general instructions. The head of administration Ober Ost and the subordinate heads of administration of the military districts are responsible for the implementation. ”On July 21, 1940, the Ober Ost staff was converted into that of the“ Military Commander in the General Government ” in occupied Poland. Hinrich Lohse, who was Nazi Reichskommissar for the Reichskommissariat Ostland, had Ober Ost's information materials used at his headquarters in Riga to compile atlases and statistics. Some of his employees had already worked there during the First World War when the areas Ober Ost were named by the Germans and ensured staff continuity. They did not spared civilian both world wars. German warfare in World War I can also be seen as a forerunner of German warfare in World War II. This nation led already the First World War in a criminal way and did not cared about war convention. The German army murdered Belgian and Polish civilians as soon as they started together with Austria the first world war. For example in Kalisz. Their army invaded the polish city of Kalisz ( Russian-occupied Poland) on 2 August 1914. The town was burnt down; only churches and public offices survived. A significant number of citizens were shot with many women and children. Prior to the war, Kalisz had 65,000 inhabitants. Afterwards, it was left with 5,000 inhabitants. They took additional polish hostages, mistreating them and even killing them. (Destruction of Kalisz - Wikipedia) Poles were also forced to do forced labor. The territory of Poland that was conquered by the Russians was systematically plundered including the dismantling and removal of industrial complexes. Not only did they murder civilians, destroy and looted cities in Poland. They did that in the West too. For example many Belgians were murdered and cities there have been looted and destroyed after neutral Belgium was raided. Throughout the war, the German army engaged in numerous atrocities against the civilian population of Belgium, including the destruction of civilian property. For example their army ravaged the city of Leuven, deliberately burning the university's library of 300,000 medieval books and manuscripts with gasoline. As demonstrated earlier at other Belgian towns, the destruction of up to a fifth of Louvain's buildings merely comprised a standard strategy of intimidating occupied Belgian territories. They also murdered in a perfidious manner civilians with electric fences. So thousands of Belgians died just because of electric fences put up by them to prevent civilians from fleeing the country. 1.5 million Belgians (20% of the entire population) fled from the invading German army. The Belgians wanted to flee in general because of the terror occupation. But they also wanted to flee because they hunted people to force them to do forced labor. So 120,000 Belgians were forced to work in the evil Reich! The German army also murdered civilians in cities with air strikes with both airships and bombers in World War I already. They bombarded civilians in cities as the first! Not only with airships! Yes, they developed the first long-range bombers especially for this. How inventive they are, especially when it comes to inventing machines to kill. They also shot at Paris with artillery to murder civilians. They were also the first to use deadly gas at the front. Later in the next war, they expanded the method and also murdered civilians with it. They also murdered civilians with submarines by sinking civilian ships. They also murdered civilians in cities with their warships by bombarding coastal city with naval artillery. Actually, they used every technical means available already in the First World War to murder civilians. So the statement that the Bismarck state was the origin of Nazism is very justified.

[@williamfitch1408]

This is absolutely mind-blowing.

[@wotanvonedelsburg1610]

Read "The Innocence of Kaiser Wilhelm II: And the First World War", by the historian Christina Croft. It clarifies the anglo-american lying propaganda.

[@Terric90]

ok, why?

[@sizanogreen9900]

If only his father lived longer...

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Amazing Historical Coverage About German Empire Desired & several attempted for Becoming Naval empire around the world ...thanks for sharing

[@janbaginski1224]

Hey jabzy i was wondering would you ever do a on the polish idea of intermarium or in between the seas concept that Piłsudski tried to make ?

[@davidlindsey6111]

I had no idea Wilhelm II was so flip floppy. No wonder Bismarck didn’t get along with him. He ruled like a spoiled child.

[@maYTeus]

middle Africa because it's like middle Europe is one of the most flippant reasonings behind colonialism 🤣🤣

[@DaveSCameron]

This is a quite succinct and emphatic comprehension of what the geopolitics were (From a European standpoint, Western at that.) like from the end of the 20th century and up to the Great War. Seriously impressed and it was a pleasure. 👍 👏🍀

[@geilleadh4852]

Lots of the Irish nationalists we're actually keen for German control, Pearse proposed making a German prince high king.

[@kyle93watson]

I just read about that!

[@PopGoesTheology]

The highlight for me was: 0:30 The idea of Mitteleuropa is attested to before 1870 - the idea that Central Europe should be unified under German rule. 1:36 " then from the 18th century the Germans began to explore racial superiority with Ostforschung (the research of the east) which led them to the conclusion that they brought civilization to the Polish in. This developed into Mitteleuropa and later on to lebensraum with the Germans holding sway over a range of ethnicities in Central Europe." *Bismarck* (who signed the league of three emperors in 1873 with Russia and Austria to isolate France) believed that the Germans should 'hammer the *Poles* until they despair of living'. 14:58 In the jungles of Paraguay *Bernard* *Forster* and his wife, *Elisabeth* *Forster-Nietzsche* (the sister of *Nietzsche* ) created Nueva Germania in 1888. Foster was an anti-Semite and he hoped this colony would be a homeland for pure blood Aryans. However it completely failed. 20:50 Anglo-America Ltd. 36:50 When the archduke of Austria was shot in Sarajevo, Germany was left encircled. Immediately, they began making plans to be victorious. The September Programme: they would create a set of new puppets in the east, like Poland. Many inside Germany also wanted to take some land from Poland like Friedrich von Schwerden (head of administration) said the German people - the great colonizing people on earth - have again been given a great colonizing task. The current world war provides the opportunity for Germany to resume in a resolute way its colonizing mission in the east as for the rest of Eastern Europe. There would be Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and the United Baltic Duchy. And when the Bolsheviks took power and sued for peace, we can see that the Germans actually really captured this plan. These new states would all have German rulers like Duke Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg."

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

TLDR: "what did germany want" 1) who the fuck knows ... Kaiser = mental instability 2) everything they can get LOL

[@agbottan]

Brazilian city of Blumenau has the second largest Oktoberfest in the world, second only to that from München.

[@bomberharris1943]

It seems these are the traits of the Eternal German: dishonorable, self-aggrandizing, reveling in brutality, convinced of his right to exterminate his neighbors, always jealous of his superiors, and always desiring to steal whatever he sees that isn't his. Germania Delenda Est.

[@kloburstexd4279]

Ha prussian ethics are best

[@Future183]

what a st*pid comment most of teh world leaders at that time werent better

[@KommentarSpaltenKrieger]

Wilhelm II might have been extraordinarily erratic, but it seems, imperial politics is still that chaotic and arbitrary. Yesterday's partners are the terrorists of tomorrow etc., with the exception of more stable geopolitical alliances maybe.

[@harrisashraf9372]

germany at the time could defeat any single nation in a 1v1, lucky for the allied powers they had more numbers on their side

[@isaiahfisher2337]

And that's how Germany shot themselves in the foot, twice in a century. When you actually convince yourself that your country, culture, race, etc. are completely unbeatable and infinitely superior to any others, you end up picking fights that you can't possibly win.

[@Dryhten1801]

No it couldn't lol. Britain would isolate Germany with it's navy and take all it's colonies, eventually forcing a favourable peace. Russia would beat them on land.

[@alexb9969]

​@@Dryhten1801Russia was beaten back quite early, at Tannenberg

[@Dryhten1801]

@@alexb9969 Of course, yes. Not sure why I said that.

[@alexb9969]

@@Dryhten1801 They did stay in the game until late, tho. Finally, only in 1918 could Germany focus on one front alone, the Western Front, but Ludendorff's only shot was to ask for an armistice immediately after the rapid-fire pushes, which he would have never done, because he was too far gone

[@wolfgangpagel6989]

No, it is not that "nobody knows". The creator of the video does not know. That is a difference. Most of the German colonies have been the result of private enterprises, not the ambition of the Reich as a state. And then there was that Berlin conference.1884/85.

[@antoniohrast2403]

Im from Rio Grande do Sul, and we have a lot of germans and italians immigrants here. We have a lot of small cities that have german buildings and some of the population even speaks german! Nice video as always and maybe in the future we see a video about the Ragamuffin War ?

[@familyandfriends3519]

Go back to Germany and Italy Brazil is Portuguese ♥️🇵🇹🇦🇺♥️🤜🇮🇹🇩🇪

[@johkupohkuxd1697]

Did those Germans come before or after WW2? lmao

[@antoniohrast2403]

@@johkupohkuxd1697 both, but the great majority came before ww2

[@antoniohrast2403]

@@tas5622 No, I'm Brazilian but my family is from Italy and Slovenia, I lived in a Brazilian German city for 2 years.

[@silverhost9782]

I get the feeling that the Kaiser may not have been the most stable fella around

[@Terric90]

I've got this feeling... somebody dance with meeee, somebody dance with me.

[@callowayplays2894]

jeez this is very in-depth. i don’t usually subscribe to channels but well done man, you’ve earned mine.

[@gaberobison680]

PDX games really need to institute a requirement for overseas naval bases. It’s really dumb how they just handwave the movement of mass numbers of troops and ships

[@chrisfalx3251]

Most people don’t even know Germany tried some bs before ww2

[@prussianangler]

Germany’s only goal was fighting for its existential right without being on home soil due to trauma from the napoleonic wars. Look into Edward VII and the Morocco crisis, also the true intentions of the “naval arms race” from the British perspective, which stemmed from fear of the German trade power, while the German intention was to make it unattractive for the Brits to try and take German ports (von Tirpitz personally stated it as the reason for upgrading the German Navy)The Kaiserliche Marine was at no point even half as big as the Royal Navy. Wilhelm II was naive, but his intentions weren’t bad. There is a reason he was mockingly called “the peace Kaiser” before the war. if you really think the Germans are to blame as aggressors, look at what was in for the French and English, what atrocities they caused in their colonies, and German plans after WW1 vs the Entente plan (or even worse, the French draft). History is written by the victors.

[@TheGabe92]

Wilhelm governed the Reich like I played my first 30 hours of EU4.

[@thomasabell8630]

This whole video is just Germany finding a nice colony and then America swooping in out of nowhere and taking the colony for themselves or creating some crazy deal to prevent Germany for no reason haha

[@jacobinfier9407]

And now Germany is an american colony

[@bomberharris1943]

Based Americans.

[@Lucas_07-PL]

@@bomberharris1943 Indeed.

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

Interesting expansion on the brief mention here of the German/US South Pacific rivalry of the 1880s and how it was 'solved' in 1889 by a cyclone. Called at the time "The Great Samoa Hurricane", it's still among the worst storms recorded and hit Apia, Samoa, on March 15th, 1889. Anchored in Apia Bay were a number of ships; including half a dozen US and German merchant vessels and several accompanying US and German warships (specifically, the German 'Eber', 'Adler' and 'Olga' and the American 'Vandalia', 'Nipsic' and squadron flagship, 'Trenton') Also present was a single Royal Navy Calypso-class corvette; HMS Calliope, sent to observe events and ensure Briish interests were respected. As condiions deteiorated very quickly, it became clear that it'd be dangerous EITHER to leave OR to remain in the crowded and increasingly unsafe anchorge. In the event, despite running their engines at full power to keep staion, more and more ships still dragged their anchors. Some collided, and/or hit reefs or drove ashore. Some sank. By 09:00 on the 16th, Calliope, hough still riding at anchor, had already been hit by one ship and narrowly missed by a second. Her captain, Henry Kane, decided to try to put to sea. This account from the December 1997 edition of the Naval Historical Review, by The Naval Historical Society of Australia "With her engines straining to produce every available pound of steam, Calliope struggled to escape the storm lashed harbour, her heaving boilers barely managing to move her forward at one knot in the teeth of the hurricane. With steerage way barely on, Kane at first doubted his ability to alter course to avoid the sinking Trenton but at the very last moment managed to pass under her stern in a feat of seamanship which excited the admiration of all who watched it. As Calliope inched past Trenton the crew of the stricken American cruiser, in one of those acts of inspired madness which moments of extreme peril sometimes evoke, paused in their desperate labours to loudly cheer the British cruiser, a passionate salute to the skill and daring of one ship and crew from the crew of another ship who doubtless believed themselves to be doomed." "Clawing painfully past Trenton, the British cruiser slowly left the American behind as she steered for the harbour mouth by compass, the driving spray and mist having reduced visibility to a few feet and completely obscuring the harbour mouth. She eventually reached the open sea but was not to know this until next day. During the long painful haul out of the harbour in the face of the storm, it had taken Calliope over two hours to steam a distance of four cables (about 730 meters). `Once outside’, wrote Kane afterwards, `it was nothing but hard steaming; if the engines held out we were safe, if anything went wrong with them we were done for’. Calliope remained under full power from 0930 until about 2000 that night, the ship just making steering way through a haze which reduced visibility to virtually nothing. At 2000 the sea fell slightly, allowing engine power to be reduced. By midday on the seventeenth the storm had reduced in strength to an `ordinary gale’ (Kane’s words) and a brief sight of the sun confirmed that they had indeed escaped the harbour." When the storrm had abated enough for HMS Calliope to rerurn to Apia, her crew discovered that every other ship (twelve in total) had been wrecked or sunk.

[@AmySavage6]

I remember discussing these issues with one of my professors, he summarized the modern German story rather well IMO. "The tragedy of modern Europe is the suffering it took for German leadership to accept that in their best interest is a European Germany, not German Europe."

[@nicolasberky145]

Ah yes this why the kaiser wanted to prevent ww1

[@dannyn.6933]

I cannot understand how either the Germans or the Americans even entertained the idea of a Japanese invasion. Sure, Japan proved to be a force to be reckoned with in WW2. However, in the late 19th century, it was a barely industrialized country with a population that is a fraction of America’s. The idea that Japan could even land an army in the Americas that is capable of operations is nonsensical to me.

[@TheLocalLt]

Your long-form videos are some of the best and most detailed documentaries anywhere!

[@mrincredibilis5858]

Its not "Ostiedlung" but "Ostsiedlung" because "Ost" means East and "Siedlung" means Settlement or Village, therefore "Ostiedlung" is just not a word that makes sense.

[@vectravi2008]

The Berlin to Baghdad railway showed the British that the Germans had intentions on gaining influence in the middle east and so threatening the access for the British to India via the Suez canal. The first deployment of British troops in world war one was not to France or Belgium, it was to Basra in then Persia. The death of archduke Ferdinand and the chaos that followed was a perfect excuse for the British to put a stop to German ambitions.

[@georgeprchal3924]

Family drama, Kaiser Bill really wanted to stick it to Uncle Bertie and cousin George and if that happened to involve cousin Nick then so he it.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Sweden, while nominally neutral in WWI, was very pro-German, as the Swedish Queen Victoria was the daughter of the Grand Duke of Baden, and Wilhelm II's cousin. Through her, Gustav V was more pro-German than he should have been. Her interference in politics, and open aide to the German war effort, and her influence on Gustav, was a major factor in the success of the parliamentary reform that nominally stripped the monarchy of its powers that dates from the coming of Carl Johan in 1810. Because of her hitching her political capital on the Germans, once the War ended with a German defeat, Victoria removed herself from politics.

[@xapaga1]

1:31 No, it's not "Ostiedlung" but Ostsiedlung, which is a combined word of Ost ("east") + Siedlung ("settling" or "settlement").

[@Jarod-te2bi]

23:11 Bismarck did emphasize I Believe peaceful relations & trade with the Russian empire, however the German government screwed it all up.

[@PrinceNation]

Not loading?

[@melkor3496]

Same

[@luker.6967]

Very weird bug, never seen anything like this (on mobile).

[@hey-sf4zs]

same

[@Auraborias]

Yea

[@johnqvd1924]

It’s happening to me too

[@m.streicher8286]

No one has ever called Teddy Roosevelt "old boy" and been happy about it

[@franzjoseph1837]

The fever dreams of these mad men killed millions.

[@SchmulKrieger]

Austria is German, not just German speaking.

[@RevoluitonaryTV]

My Brain starts to bleed when conciving how everybody just got on every body elses throat 🥵

[@andrewisjesus]

The irony is that they get that concept of the yellow race from those medieval Monastery manuscripts, and that was referring to northern European blonde-haired people

[@Morgan0912]

I’ll save everyone 50 minutes; Germany didn’t want WWI.

[@slightlyconfused876]

Despite years of reading about the build up to World War 1 this is the first time that I have heard about Germany's attempts to settle parts of South America. It explains the Zimmerman telegram which I always thought a weird aspect of the war which had come totally out of the blue.

[@adambrindley5901]

love your stuff

[@lukesherry8416]

“This resulted in a stand off by the two navies, but war was prevented, as a cyclone destroyed both fleets”

[@shadowsnake94]

Interesting to see that totally deluded German ambitions of empire were much older than the Nazis

[@cqpp]

These were not aspirations of one person or group of people, but of many different people with different perspectives. For example my perspective would've been to only focus on Europe and give independence to all our overseas colonies except for Samoa, and make them join your economic, cultural and military alliance/Union. Then have Ukraine, the Baltics, Belgium and Poland join the economic union/alliance since Ukraine is vital for food and the Baltics for controlling the black sea and Poland for having a land border with Ukraine to help them incase anyone attacks them and for trading with them, they would be sort of puppet states but also independent, they have total free control of their internal affairs in the country but have to consult with Germany for foreign affairs and cannot leave the alliance in fear they join the enemy. The other thing would be to maintain very good relations with Britain, Japan, Russia, USA and South America and become completely isolationist in all wars and conflicts. That would be my perspective, your for example might be for Germany to colonise all of Africa but forget about Europe. If we add them two together ofcourse it's going to seem overly ambitious and stupid, but separated they make a lot more sense. Also some of the things the author of the video added were quite honestly very stupid and didn't make sense like invading USA, like we never hoenslty ever needed that and it was never a serious proposal other than helping Britain out in a war.

[@Ravi9A]

Deluded ambitions were the norm in Europe back in 19th century. The cost of the world wars cured them of that disease.

[@finnesse359]

such in debt information, love to learn about this period. Very nice video!

[@alexbattaglia8297]

God I feel so sorry for Haiti and the Haitians, sent to a foreign land to be enslaved, and after winning their hard fought freedom, spent the rest of history being bullied by America and Europe

[@alexbattaglia8297]

@Calo Nord "Have they not hung up men with heads downward, drowned them in sacks, crucified them on planks, buried them alive, crushed them in mortars? Have they not forced them to consume faeces? And, having flayed them with the lash, have they not cast them alive to be devoured by worms, or onto anthills, or lashed them to stakes in the swamp to be devoured by mosquitoes? Have they not thrown them into boiling cauldrons of cane syrup? Have they not put men and women inside barrels studded with spikes and rolled them down mountainsides into the abyss? Have they not consigned these miserable blacks to man eating-dogs until the latter, sated by human flesh, left the mangled victims to be finished off with bayonet and poniard?" - The fact that you cry for the 3.5-5 thousand french killed, but not the millions of enslaved Africans says a lot about you

[@biffspigler1093]

The Kaiser saying that the "Alsace-Lorraine questions" is no longer an issue and that he misread the situation is the biggest understatement of the late 19th century.

[@Arnie58]

1:30 I don't know for sure, but I thing you forgot a letter there. In german, "Ostsiedlung" would make more sense, since it's, you know, an actual word.

[@waveiscursed]

36:54 the best part of the video

[@johnecoapollo7]

Well, saving the map as target for my Vicky III campaign.

[@rssyng]

same

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Note to self: if I acquire time travel, Wilhelm 2 is near the top of my kill list Also this video shows that its tough for a young empire to compete with established empires

[@AlexVanChezlaw]

Nah, willy was very dumb

[@christianweibrecht6555]

@@AlexVanChezlaw W2 was a neurotic idiot who had a very difficult job So my plan would be wait until he creates a healthy son before assassinating then ensure that a competent reagent is in charge while the young successor grows up

[@big_2361]

Maybe try to touch some grass. Would be a more formidable achievement for you in the short term

[@stefanhensel8611]

Or launch a revolution after the demise of Bismarck, which, as Germany was much more developed than Russia at the time, and the (more moderate) social democrats were by far the strongest force in the left, would probably have led to a democratic republic instead of a Stalinist nightmare. Republics are usually not too keen on starting wars. Of course, Prussian hegemony in Germany would still be a problem.

[@ItsLunaRegina]

@@stefanhensel8611 That never would've even been possible. Germany would've went down the dark and death-filled road of communism, which is just as bad as fascism.

[@JohnBrownsArmory]

Love your stuff!!! When can we get more of Hitler's table talks?

[@ArdeshirshahJahanshayanfar2001]

Great program, thanks for your great job

[@outerspace7391]

Great analysis! Definitely support the idea of making a video like this but based on Britain's ambitions

[@ingold1470]

So the Kaiser's Germany were essentially the Assyrians.. except they were up against a world that had the telegraph & the railroad?

[@Ravi9A]

nah, that's the english.

[@TheYeti308]

I can see how the Germans got annoyed with other world powers on the subject of colonial expansion .

[@CptDawner]

God save the Kaiser

[@ironteacup2569]

I would love to see you and Drac team up about something sometime

[@prestonsmith9450]

That would be pretty neat