Why didn't Austria Hungary try to make peace earlier in World War One? (Short Animated Documentary)

[@wat1614]

I find it hilarious that Austria could accept defeat but drew the line at acknowledging Italy as a worthy opponent

[@Bolognabeef]

Yet the last year of the war they got opened up by Italy who even occupied Innsbruck, and now we get to keep south Tyrol 😂

[@elemperadordemexico]

​@@Bolognabeefnot as pathetic as adowa

[@stephenlitten1789]

@@Bolognabeef It required the last few weeks. Italy was the ONLY opponent all the nationalities within the empire would fight

[@andrewklang809]

The same thing happened in the Austro-Prussian War. Prussia beat Austria handily (at least in the one big battle, Koniggratz), but Italy jumped in and got its butt whupped by Austria's B-team. But because Italy did join in, per agreement with Prussia, Austria had to give them Veneto. Instead, Austria ceded Veneto to France, who had beaten them straight-up just a few years earlier. France then ceded Veneto to Italy. Bit of a surprise that Germany and Austria-Hungary felt that the Triple Alliance was going to hold given how much Italy and A-H had no reason whatsoever to like or even respect one another.

[@lordpisces5019]

The first seven battles on the same river may have been a fluke; but by the tenth you just can't respect the tenacity anymore.

[@Zeruel3]

Entente: Accept defeat Austria-Hungary: Fine Italy: Accept that I won Austria-Hungary: Over my dead empire

[@joshuaandre8911]

Italy and won doesn't belong in the same sentence

[@venetostato]

Deal. 😂

[@AttilatheNun-xv6kc]

After the Battle of Caporetto in late 1917 the Austro-Hungarians just couldn't forget the sight of a quarter of a million or so war-weary Italian troops shouting "Viva Austria!" as they marched willingly into captivity. The Austro-Hungarians - once the thrill of victory wore off - then had to face the fact that their already weak and half-starved army now had an extra quarter of a million mouths to feed. The Italian campaign (1915-1918) was a war between two one-armed midgets, and the winner would be the one-armed midget who could hold out longer. Fortunately, the French (sending six infantry divisions) and the British (five infantry divisions) could help their one-armed midget way better than the German could help theirs.

[@quinvos57]

@@AttilatheNun-xv6kcit was the Italians who won the war in 1918. Look up the first battle of the Piave river, the battle of solstice and the battle of Vittorio Veneto. Wtf have the French or the British have any to do with the Italian front lmao

[@AttilatheNun-xv6kc]

@@quinvos57 Easy there, tiger. "Wtf have the French or the British have any to do with the Italian front lmao" Nothing until 1918. Then they transferred divisions and aircraft from the Western Front to aid the Italians who had to reconstruct their shattered army after Caparetto.

[@matthew416811]

New challenge: Take a shot every time Franz Ferdinand died in HM videos.

[@kirby1225]

That will probably kill you

[@-socialcredit]

Or when something existing is because of Napoleon

[@TaigaCatOfficial]

@-socialcredit Or the British

[@notusneo]

I don't want to have a liver failure man

[@colindaniels945]

I was lmfao when Franz Joseph held up the sign that said: Duck next time

[@JoplapKhimdorop]

-Grandfather, Austria and Hungary are playing in a football match! -Against whom?

[@lorisuprifranz]

Dad! Czeckia and Slovakia are playing this evening

[@NorthRemembers]

I know it's a joke, but apparently Austria and Hungary had separate teams during the monarchy, similar to Great Britain.

[@MrShadowThief]

Tbf they would have separate football teams anyway, just like the constituents of the UK.

[@FalkyRocket2222]

​@@MrShadowThiefitd be funny if they also had a 3rd team with all the other peoples in the empire like in the army, imagine the communication

[@brkatimachor]

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Austria and Hungary...

[@TetsuShima]

Poor Franz Joseph. His two heirs died in a horribly way and the guy who suceeded him ended up abdicating shortly after starting his reign because he didn't want to end like the Tsar

[@colindaniels945]

I'm surprised someone wasn't saying everytime an heir to the throne died: "We're gonna need another one!"

[@piersmathias]

His wife was also assassinated. Though Karl I "renounced any participation" in government affairs, but did not abdicate and made two attempts at getting the Hungarian Throne back before dying in 1922

[@cdcdrr]

Maybe he shouldn't have treated his heirs so horribly. Then Rudolph would have survived, which means Franz Ferdinand would have survived.

[@schwarzenegger_arnold]

Franz Joseph ruined the Habsburg Monarchy and Charles only abdicated because... well, maybe because he lost the war?

[@barbarawoodward6794]

@@cdcdrrBut, but Maria Vetsera!

[@waterbird1871]

"Duck next time" attributed to Franz Joseph I, 5 mins after his death

[@martinsriber7760]

Was he tired of eating goose?

[@TetsuShima]

*Fun fact:* Franz Joseph's mother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, was a very close friend of Napoleon II during their youth. For this reason, some believe Franz's brother Maximilian was a Bonaparte

[@occam7382]

Wait, you mean Napoleon's son? The guy who ended up becoming an Austrian army officer? And would that be the same Maximilian who tried to become Emperor of Mexico?

[@TetsuShima]

@@occam7382 Yeah, pretty crazy to think Napoleon III gave his cousin a throne without even knowing about it

[@genovayork2468]

Disgusting.

[@kaijudirector5336]

@@occam7382So that’s why Napoleon III picked him to rule Mexico…

[@superslayerguy]

She was also close to James bisonette

[@Echoak95]

The main reason why AH did not make peace earlier (also the other central powers) is by 1917 they achieved all their main goals. Serbia, Romania and Russia were defeated, Italy had no military strenght left, after Caporetto for some time. The only big front line remaining was the western front, where, in the end, Germany failed. But most of the austrian government and population saw no need to negotiate for peace, even the different non german-hungarian minorities remained loyal to the Empire until 1918.

[@genovayork2468]

The Macedonian front changed everything.

[@GrimmaStadguard]

Not really...at the very end of the wat the Italian broke through...

[@BozaCukuranovic3223]

+ Montenegro capitulated in early 1916

[@leonardblazevic9440]

@@GrimmaStadguard Not far and still faced large losses ...

[@toastyanon8902]

@@genovayork2468I’m sure they’d have blamed the Bulgarians for that one anyway!

[@paleoph6168]

1:09 "Zita was an Italian..." Ah yes, distinguishable by their plumber hats. 3:09 Did that treaty include everyone getting a time in the spa when the war ends?

[@ViktorCZ42]

For those who dont know, The Treaty of Spa took place in Spa, Belgium, so sadly, everyone didnt get a time in spa when the war ended. probably. Tho there was a second Spa Conference 2 years later.

[@DutchBlackMantha]

No, but Charles was in hot water with the Germans.

[@saad_ghannam]

@@ViktorCZ42 Did they at least get to send it at Eau Rouge

[@xonox_868]

"Zena was Italian" *dressed as mario* genuinely laughed out loud at that 🤣

[@howiehall4622]

"It'sa me!"

[@ekesandras1481]

The Bourbon-Parmas were a French noble family, ruling in Italy, with strong Spanish and Portuguese and Austrian links. Zita spoke a flawless Austrian German without even the hint of an accent. She once said: I knew Austria very well, even before I became an Austrian myself.

[@savioblanc]

Zita, not Zena

[@boobah5643]

@@ekesandras1481 On the one hand, French nobility ruling in Italy sounds like something to blame Napoleon for. On the other hand, the Bourbons are the people set in place after his defeat. Sure, I could look things up and _know,_ but where's the fun in that? Turns out, Bourbon-Parma is a _Spanish_ family, admittedly one sporting patrilineal descent from the French kings. They're also the house that holds the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Kaiserin Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese.

[@crazyguy32100]

0:18. "We give up". The calander says October 1914, 3 months of war was already enough.

[@andrewklang809]

The opening Galician Campaign was pretty bad for A-H (enough that it kept Russia's hopes up despite losing TWO ARMIES in East Prussia), although the final loss of the A-H army at Przemysl wouldn't come until early 1915.

[@vallo105]

Wow the French really threw Charles under the bus there at the end lol

[@AndreiChirila-wl7ou]

To mess up the German-Austrian friendship and make Germany realise how pointless its allies are ? Remember Italy had already betrayed them, now Austria is doing the same

[@conservativedemocracyenjoyer]

Perfidious Gual strikes again

[@RafitoOoO]

​@@AndreiChirila-wl7ouItaly didn't betray them, their treaty was defensive and Austria and Germany were the aggressors.

[@AndreiChirila-wl7ou]

@@RafitoOoO indeed, just morally betrayed 😅

[@RedXlV]

@@RafitoOoO Nah, Serbia and Russia were the aggressors.

[@dogberry99]

2:55 "Because their stupid" made me laugh way more than it should have, well played.

[@Entertainment_Station_ES]

"Their stupid." How ironic.

[@genovayork2468]

​@@Entertainment_Station_ES They're very stupid.

[@TheOhioNews]

Because of their stupid... what? What do they have that is stupid?

[@BOZ_11]

Maybe the stenographer omitted the word that came after 'stupid'? She was rather ditzy

[@genovayork2468]

@@Entertainment_Station_ES They were indeed stupid.

[@benjaminthompson8359]

If James Bissonette's name is ever not mentioned at the end of a History Matters video, it will be a sign that the end is nigh.

[@tuomosalo2029]

He is an institution all to himself.

[@sonoftheway3528]

Wasn't him not being mentioned one time the thing that basically made him a meme?

[@Cryten0]

He has been off the list many times.

[@kskutoob]

kellymoneymaker is up there as well

[@folofus4815]

Blessed Karl of Austria, pray for us.

[@thehighlander6770]

Amen

[@emperorzombie1420]

Most attentive husband; most devoted father; exemplary gentleman; successor of Saint Stephen; who adored Christ in the in the Blessed Sacrament; Who united yourself to Christ’s passion; unfairly slandered and betrayed; who embraced death in complete trust in Jesus, pray for us Blessed Karl so that, like you, we may remain joyfully faithful always. Amen

[@HoomanBean173]

2:15 “Charles felt that Italy hadn’t actually won anything” i’m dying bruh imagine doing so badly in a war that your defeated opponent refuses to grant your demands because they feel you don’t deserve it

[@ninonysoft6865]

It's absolutely hilarious because the same thing happened in the Austro-Prussian war. The Prussians destroyed the Austrians, but the Austrians did well against Italy. They gave Venice to France who gave it to Italy.

[@shinobirecords2018]

Italy didn't even perform that badly in WW1 compared to most other countries involved. They performed horribly, sure-but so did almost everyone else. It just so happens that Caporetto was especially resounding, but everyone suffered spectacular defeats at one point or another

[@ninonysoft6865]

@@shinobirecords2018 I think it's also because Austria was fighting a 2 front war. Against Russia to the east. Whereas Italy was fighting only on one front. So if you are doing poorly against a foe who is fighting a two front, and whose army was complete shit. Then it's kind of telling just how bad your army is.

[@ntm4]

Amusingly, this is a "If I had a nickle..." situation since a similar thing happened in the Austro-Prussian War. The Italians were allied with Prussia, but Austria didn't think they deserved territory after the war. So instead of handing over the region of Venetia to Italy, they gave it to France (who then gave it to Italy).

[@MS-ff8zo]

It's also quite an historically untrue assesment. Italy got her metaphorical fist, slowly and at a great cost but surely, so far up through Austria's rear end, that the Austrians had to plead Germany to come down in force to crush the Italians at Caporetto, or the next battle of the Isonzo would have quite probably seen the Italians grab Trieste from Austria's stomach and then do a puppeteering show. Caporetto showed how Italy and Austria were kids playing with sticks next to what Germany, a real military power, could do, but WW1 was literally the only war between Austria and Italy that Italy was winning, albeit against an Austria that was the shadow of the Empire that fought the war of independence some decades prior.

[@jl-xm9uw]

"Duck next time" 💀 0:44

[@IrishSMapping]

1:10 she’s mario☠☠☠

[@downfall9830]

Charles just seemed like a guy who wanted to end the war and that’s good in my book

[@theemissary1313]

That letter at 2:56 made my eye twitch.

[@fotisexarchos5418]

Is it me or Karl was an absolutely reasonable monarch? And again the Empire's military was delusional.

[@justafaniv1097]

The Catholic Church seems to think so, Karl is one step in the process below being declared a saint.

[@gottenspider2057]

He seems to have been the only one who actually wanted peace and not just victory

[@shareemrasyidi9948]

I feels like he ascended the throne in the worst time possible as Austria-Hungary was on verge of collapse and Great War For one he immediately tried to pursue peace in the war and tried to reform Austria-Hungary to save the Empire from collapsing but it was useless anyway due to loss in Great War, had he become Emperor before the war maybe Habsburg monarchy is still exist today

[@justafaniv1097]

@@shareemrasyidi9948 funny enough, Francisco Franco offered Karl's son, Otto, the throne of Spain, as that is where the Habsburgs spent much of their exile. Only after Otto refused were the Bourbons brought back in line to the crown.

[@shareemrasyidi9948]

@@justafaniv1097 Kind of shame though, I think what Otto and his family doing to Austria during World War II should be a strong reason to restore him to at least the Austrian throne but alas Good thing the current Spanish Bourbon is not as shit as the Bourbons in the past...at least for now

[@MustacheCashStash125]

Because James Bissonnette was general of the Austro-Hungarian Army and he wanted to defeat Kelly MoneyMaker since she was with the Allies

[@NobleGamer889]

And that a Austrian soldier named Words About Books Podcast was killed by Moneymaker

[@ecurewitz]

I thought Biddonette was in the Entente. After all, they won

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Don’t forget about the Bulgarian minister of war Gustav Swan.

[@GiovanniPietro9000]

At the end there was just one guy left...spinning three plates!

[@geoffreystill1038]

Love the fact that Franz Joseph is in every Austria video

[@Mimi.1001]

He ruled for nearly freaking 70 years, and for the entire existence of Austria-Hungary, barring those last few years after he died! Also, from the revolutions of 1848 to World War I. is quite the legacy.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Well he was arguably the most influential monarch of Austria, and as mentioned had an incredibly long reign.

[@dimamatat5548]

1:09 Missed opportunity to have Zeta wear a Peach dress.

[@edmerc92]

Peach's ethnicity is unclear though

[@Libertyfudge]

It’s a missed opportunity to not have Lenin on the train carrying a sign saying “soon”; I feel like him squinting almost feels likes he is already saying it

[@emperorzombie1420]

Exactly. The eyes say it all. Those dark, shifty communist eyes….

[@DwRockett]

Damn, the treaty of spa makes it sound like Austria was essentially a protectorate

[@smalltime0]

Just recognising reality. Serbia managed to kick the invading Austria-Hungary empire out of Serbia proper, the Austrians got bailed out by *BULGARIA*. Every single time it got left to the Austrians to do something, one of the other powers had to step in and stop them from fucking it up. Except for holding the alps, but come on... that's against Italy, not a real power.

[@graceneilitz7661]

That was basically true.

[@weirdguylol]

​@@smalltime0A-H did horrible against Serbia because of Russia

[@edmundbloxam2714]

Also makes them sound like they make treaties whilst having a facial and their nails done.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@weirdguylol Barrelling down the Carpathians does that to one.

[@timmmahhhh]

0:24 Kaiserschmarrn or Kaiserschmarren is a lightly sweetened pancake that takes its name from the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I, who was fond of this fluffy shredded pancake. It is served as a dessert or as a light lunch alongside apple sauce and contains raisins or dried cranberries. 😂😂

[@MatyasLandor]

Here are a couple of suggestions: 1- How did the Communists rise to power in Hungary 🇭🇺 during the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy? 2- Why was Austria 🇦🇹 given Burgenland despite it being part of Central Power and therefore a nation to be punished? 3- Why did Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿 push to gain ethnic Hungarian lands despite knowing it would cause long term problems? 4- How did the Teutonic Order rise and fall in power?

[@schwarzenegger_arnold]

Trying to answer your second question, the Ententes plan was basically the right to self determination. Don't be fooled however, this obviously didn't apply to the peoples of Germany, Austria-Hungary or the other Central Powers. But taking into account that Austria and Hungary were both the dominating parts of the dual monarchy, they couldn't treat the losing side unfavourably, even though they held more of a grudge towards Hungary, since they briefly became communist after WW1, so they followed their idea of self determination and gave the territory to Austria, since most of the people living there spoke German. After that there was a referendum in the region around Sopron, because the people their spoke mostly Hungarian, after which the countryside stayed with Austria, but the city joined Hungary.

[@danielwordsworth1843]

About the third one I would say, what are Hungarian ethnic lands? They arent ethnic in Europe in the first place. Once getting control over Slovakia, they considered it their rightful land and tried to "hungarise" their inhabitants. Those borderlands had mixed population, so one side had to have them, and Hungary is still bigger than Slovakia.

[@doctorstrangelove9055]

​@@danielwordsworth1843That's a slippery slope when claiming a settled people aren't native to the land. Magyars weren't native, yet neither was the Slavic population. Both having migrated to the Balkans.

[@nihil32]

@@danielwordsworth1843 with your logic, no nation today can call their land ethnic, because pretty much every nation migrated from somewhere else. And No, those borderlands did not have mixed population, a good 30km over today's borders in Slovakia ( the part that was returned to Hungary during ww2) had a very big Hungarian majority, and still has significant Hungarian population today. Yes you can curse Hungary for the magyarization as any other Nation during the 18-20th century, but dont falsify history for it.

[@Alden-p2r]

​@@doctorstrangelove9055 Native/Indigenous population simply mean peoples before colonization. It is a term used in the point of view of colonization which he has spoken of. Native/indigenous peoples of the land could also be Hungarian and any one before colonization. if a nation starts oppressing the indengous peoples, they would have the right for self deteemination. The Czechs if it's true that the people have been hunarianised have a right

[@grondhero]

0:24 I used Google to translate Kaiserschmarren and it translated it to Kaiserschmarrn and suggested "kaiserschmarrn mit apfelmus" which is "Kaiserschmarrn with applesauce." 😵‍💫

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

Kaiserschmarrn is an Austrian dessert.

[@Chris_from_yealand]

If you translated Sachertorte or Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte you'd face a similar problem. I guess you know now but for other readers it's a type of torn up batter/pancake with rum, cinnamon and sugar that you add some jam etc to

[@waltski4375]

"Between Zita's "What are you doing?" sign while Charles was incognito and the Mario hat.....I'm in stitches!

[@LWVH81]

This was the warmonger influence of Count Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf who should be blamed for causing WWI, not the Kaiser. It was von Hotzendorf who pushed Austria into attacking in the first place.

[@seneca983]

Probably Falkenhayn too.

[@Rynewulf]

I mean none of the monarchs involved in WWI were absolute monarchs, the idea they personally forced their empires into war is both silly but sadly still peddled.

[@Akantperdorimi2]

The Serbs are to blame for assasinating the archduke. How would you feel if you were an Emperor and your son was killed? Would you try to find and punish who's responsible? The Austrians requested the Serbs to allow an investigation into the Serb government to see if they had supported the assasination, Serbia rejected, Austria declared war.

[@seneca983]

@@Rynewulf "none of the monarchs involved in WWI were absolute monarchs" I'm pretty sure Nikolai II was an absolute monarch.

[@asnekboi7232]

@@Akantperdorimi2 the Serbian government was not involved in the assassination of archduke Francis and the Austrian investigations would have violated Serbia’s territorial autonomy with even Germany sending a statement to Austria, via horse, that the Serbian response agreeing to most of Austria’s demands were acceptable

[@jfk9223]

The Super Mario hat lmao

[@jamessteel9016]

The best history videos on KZbin 👏

[@Hannodb1961]

Thanks again for answering an interesting question that never occurred to me.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

2:48 Newspaper: "After _its_ shelled to rubble, that is." "Its"? Has History Matters *made a mistake?* This is one for the history books! It might of course also be a ploy to defame the Vienna Times and therefore Austria. We blame the French.

[@andrewsoboeiro6979]

“Italy hadn’t won anything” surely, you mean attacking the same position eleven times didn’t get them anywhere?

[@alessandroiorio6248]

Not the same position, the naming of the twelve battles on the Isonzo is a convention. The Isonzo front was 90 kilometers, and there's really no better alternative to attacking there; if you look up a map or are familiar with that area of the world you'd know. This myth of the italians doing the same thing eleven times is as silly as saying the germans fought the "Ten battles of Flanders" or whatever.

[@venetostato]

It did, in the end.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@alessandroiorio6248 How about not doing the same thing over and over when you can afford not to?

[@alessandroiorio6248]

@@johnnotrealname8168 Did you read my comment and did you understand it ? Because they didn't do the same thing. If you understood, what would you have proposed? I'm sure you'd have done better if you were a general in WW1 having to conquer territory by not attacking....

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@alessandroiorio6248 Well not conquering the territory would be a start or attritioning the Austrians in defence.

[@austintheamerican3784]

“Italy is somehow preforming so bad they make us look competent why should they get any land.”- Charles the first probably

[@jamest2401]

The little Mario hat on the Italian Queen Zita was a nice touch and totally cracked me up.😂

[@MunnaMobile000]

Disappointed that Kaiser Wilhem II here did not have one shorter arm given his birth defect and his lifelong chronic anxiety over having it.

[@genovayork2468]

The toy boy king.😂 Herr wannabe.

[@Mirokuofnite]

I remember this whole event being a plot point in the Young Indiana Jones series. Christopher Lee playing Count Ottokar Graf Czernin.

[@ianpatterson6552]

A certain Austrian born Corporal joined the German not the Austrian army. That didn’t turn out terribly well in the end either.

[@jacob4920]

The history books would look completely different, also, with NAZI AUSTRIA dominating European affairs for the better part of two decades!

[@barbarawoodward6794]

And yet a certain contender for US President admires him!

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

Bohemian corporal is his nickname

[@howiehall4622]

@@barbarawoodward6794 Oof, how true.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

@ barbarawoodward6794 yeah, I’m not a fan of Kamala Harris neither.

[@ScorpoYT]

I'm starting to feel that you have something personal with Austria-Hungary

[@questionmark05]

Because they were hungry for victory!

[@colindaniels945]

I see what you did there,lol

[@R1CK3RS]

Sticking a mario hat on Zeta is wild. I love it.

[@Mazher-j1h]

Austria was basically on its death bed, even pre-war, Mostly because the leadership was all over the place and wildly unorganized, so ww1 was basically delaying the inevitable.

[@kostam.1113]

Not to mention that Hungarian part didn't want the war because they knew what was going to happen

[@zoltanperei4789]

​@@kostam.1113 teaming up with the Habsburgs in 1867 was not a good idea.

[@galatheumbreon6862]

the empire could have survived for a long time had it not been for ww1

[@marjanp]

​@@galatheumbreon6862It couldn't because Germans were minority in Austrian part of the country, the same with Hungarians, they could only rule the country by force and undemocratic. It was relic of the feudal past when national states didn't exist.

[@kostam.1113]

@@zoltanperei4789 There was no really any other choice except for another civil war back in 1867 Hungarians got almost everything they wanted in 1867 compromise except outright independence Not to mention they got maximum borders they could have ever wanted with the access to the Adriatic sea

[@LEFT4BASS]

I love how he never runs out of creative ways to say some died

[@colindaniels945]

I think another possible factor was the blank check that Germany had given Austria-Hungary after Franz Ferdinand was killed. I mean why give up when you have the most powerful nation in mainland Europe, Germany, giving you unconditional support right?

[@PropagandalfderWeiße]

Only that the Blankoscheck was never intended by Germany as a signal for austria to go all in. It was a reassurance that Germany would back them, IN CASE something went wrong, but not that Austria should ignore that Serbia incredibly agreed to the ultimatum (except for like one or two very minor points) and go to war.

[@colindaniels945]

@@PropagandalfderWeiße Austria-Hungary wanted war

[@tenid4824]

haha! 2 funny things i saw: "duck next time" and then, "his wife was italian" and she's wearing a Mario Bros. hat*!! HAHA

[@ArcaniIgnis]

Fun fact, Blessed Charles of Austria is a saint

[@joostkampinga4841]

nice video! keep up the good work

[@Golfjong]

Atleast he used the right flag in the thumbnail

[@anne.andromeda]

1:10 missed opportunity to make him wear Luigi hat

[@marmalade101]

as an austrian i can safely say that it all went downhill once the germans get to have any kind of say over austria

[@siddxartxa]

That is one of the most complicated videos on this channel I think. Nice 👍

[@Firmus777]

Very interesting, makes you wonder what would have happened if he succeeded. Probably a nightmare for Croatia, being divided between Italy, Austria-Hungary and Habsburg Serbia.

[@gottenspider2057]

Interesting point. Iirc, days before he went into exile, Karl declared Croatia an equal kingdom with Austria and Hungary, making it Austria-Hungary-Croatia before they declared independence a couple days later

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@gottenspider2057 I believe they never did. Croatia is rather nice to the Habsburgs in her Constitution.

[@gottenspider2057]

@@johnnotrealname8168 you’re probably right, I meant “they” as in all the crown lands that did declare independence like Czechoslovakia

[@leo.girardi]

I think it would be great if you would do one on the territorial changes in North America since colonization vs Europe for the same time period. (btw, always good stuff)

[@666Editz1]

0 seconds ago : no views 1 minute ago : 1k views

[@Tyler360]

I still miss the 10 minute videos. This one definitely feels like it could've been longer. Regardless, love your content.

[@Clock_Man_2763]

Austria then: “I’m one of the strongest empires in Europe along with Hungary!” Austria now: “Please stop confusing me with Australia and why do people only know me because of one funny mustache man?” 😢

[@ImStillWoody]

Would LOVE to see a video on the "May 1958 crisis in France" and how it happened plus the Worlds reaction to it.

[@Eddie42023]

It's so much more humorous if you intended to use the wrong 'their' in the letter to France. I can hear France and Britain going 'Who is the stupid one now'?

[@sail2byzantium]

Well. I learned what Kaiserschmarren are! @ 0:22. Thanks!

[@pollishion8394]

make australia hungry great again

[@sajalpratapsingh2057]

Trump for the Austrain president 😂

[@joshuafrimpong244]

@@sajalpratapsingh2057 In another timeline, maybe. (If his family never went to the US and moved south to Austria, maybe)

[@hoarder1919]

@@sajalpratapsingh2057 *Drumpf

[@NobleGamer889]

Australia Hungary🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@sevenprovinces]

Prussian troll bot!

[@chrishanzek8930]

A-H: We want peace. France: Ok, we get territory, you lose territory and we accept.

[@edmerc92]

When you sue for peace you generally get a bad deal.

[@pacificostudios]

In other words, Austria-Hungary lost WWI twice, first to Germany, and then to the Western Allies. This is one of the most insightful of History Matters videos.

[@genovayork2468]

Indeed.

[@ulrichmeise3658]

But never to Italy 😅

[@brkatimachor]

Maybe three times. First they couldn't invade Serbia, then they couldn't make a deal with Germany, then the Allies won the war.

[@pacificostudios]

@@brkatimachor - Losing control over your foreign policy is essentially like unconditional surrender. Even Canada and U.S. foreign policy are different, which is why you can buy Cuban products in Canada.

[@brkatimachor]

@@pacificostudios oh yeah, totally agree.

[@paulpradin2246]

bit crammed? i guess i can just play it at .75 speed ... loved the Mario hat ;)

[@PaulMcElligott]

Austria-Hungary wanted James Bissonette to be their emissary to France but he wasn’t available due to his not being born yet.

[@nateyolo9827]

Can you do a video about the Hatfields and mccoys please

[@mrterp04]

“Duck next time”

[@JustinMinckley]

Wow. The whole Russia having Constantinople/Instanbul reason basically being the reason the empire fell apart....fascinating stuff.

[@Okos-anim]

"Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter" - Austria-Hungary

[@smartman8606]

Video suggestions: why did the Habsburgs reject to rule Spain in the 20th century

[@TheAdmirableAdmiral]

I think they wanted to, it was the international community that wanted a clear division between the Spanish and Austrian Hapsburgs.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@TheAdmirableAdmiral I thought Otto thought it was too long.

[@martainroth2588]

Thank you to James Bizanet for the many years of supporting this channel and allowing us to keep keeping these great history gems.

[@La_Victoria1945]

Austria Hungary lost for one simple reason: James Bisonette supported the Entente

[@seloimperija]

Always a good day when there's a new upload

[@miladd237]

-Sees notification: *guess exams can wait*

[@RareSeldas]

Never gets old hearing James Bissonette.

[@Anuojat]

The tragic irony is the german kaiser did not, i repeat, did NOT want war with Russia. The political military class and overtly patriotic people did... meaning its possible Willy would hav saide yes... if he could do so without the threat of being ousted.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

He didn't want war with Britain as well, look how that turned out.

[@DimaDima-sz4tp]

Thank you

[@RougeTsunami]

"Duck next time"

[@nemesis7774]

Great, i learned what Kaiserschmarrn were because that was puzzling me..

[@tlbcanine3748]

I love these videos

[@StageRight123]

This is, by far the deepest...

[@xwxgamerxwx]

No James ??????

[@BS-vx8dg]

I'm looking for my Peak Austria mug.

[@luisfilipe2023]

World War 1: when stupid arrogant ministers brought their monarchs down

[@genovayork2468]

Just Germans and Austrians.

[@luisfilipe2023]

@@genovayork2468 Russians too

[@genovayork2468]

@@luisfilipe2023 The Russians didn't cause it.

[@gottenspider2057]

2 quotes come to mind: “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.” Sir Edward Grey, August 3, 1914 In 1910 Teddy Roosevelt asked Kaiser Franz-Joseph “what is the meaning of a monarchy in the 20th century?” Franz-Joseph replied, “to protect my peoples from their governments”

[@genovayork2468]

@@luisfilipe2023 Russians didn't cause it. This comment was deleted beforehand.

[@blueblack3591]

Love these videos

[@ThijquintNL]

Because James Bisonette wanted war

[@martiansoldier]

I thought I pretty much knew the answer, but this was all new to me!

[@Mr.Compass-95]

Fun fact: Emperess Zita and her brother Sixte (who was sent to negociate with France) were Bourbons from the Bourbon-Parma line, which directly descends from Charles X, the last Bourbon King of France.

[@slyasleep]

From the perspective of the smaller successor states of Central Europe, WWI was like the plot of A Fistful of Dollars - a hella unlikely best case dream scenario. The three autocracies on opposing sides wore each other out for them to at last gain their freedom and sovereignty. Only for WWII to take it all away again until 1989.

[@SebastianReichelt]

Because James Bisonette didn’t want Austria-Hungary to surrender

[@Rhejdns]

Because James Bissonette... uhh...

[@mattd5147]

1:09 the Mario hat killed me 😂

[@RCorvinus]

Man, Kaiser Wilhelm II was such a waste of space.

[@shrouddreamer]

I prefer to call him Wilhelm "The Diplomat". "Yes, Mr. Kaiser, just unconditionally back Austria and ignore our foreign office's warnings. What could possibly go wrong?"

[@RCorvinus]

@@shrouddreamer or starting two crises over Morocco for no good return other than to piss everyone off and give your diplomatically isolated revanchist rival a new buddy called the British Empire who you also pissed off by deciding to start a massive naval arms race with?

[@einfachignorieren6156]

He was a good Monarch

[@Remitonov]

It's quite impressive that Charlie was able to assess accurately that the Entente was likely going to take backsies on the Italians and Russians, though his ability to use that knowledge to his advantage was ultimately lacking.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

It had foresight but he offered the most he could. He actually offered Germany all of Poland instead of Alsace-Lorraine. That he tried is Saintly enough.

[@Real_Person_Not_A_Bot]

I think the bigger blunder here was Germany deciding to join the losing side.

[@Napoleon_French]

These ww1 videos are fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@joshuafrimpong244]

Easy, because James Bissonette wanted to see the full war unfold to its maximum capacity

[@bronkobjama3154]

0:22 every winning plan needs kaisarschmarrn as the end goal. I’d be willing to wager if they had included it in their actual war goals things would have gone down differently