World War I (short version)

Extended version: • World War I - Summary ...
Let's retrace on a map a summary of the chain of events of WWI, the so-called "Great War". This video summarises the origins, course and consequences of this war.
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Patreon: / geohistory
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English translation & voiceover: Rahul Venkit kzbin.info/door/D1X...
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Original French version: • La Première Guerre mon...
Russian version: • Первая мировая война -...
Arabic version: • الحرب العالمية الأولى ...
Spanish version: • La Primera Guerra Mund...
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Music: "God Fury" - "Anno Domini Beats" (KZbin Library)
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Software used for editing: Adobe After Effects
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Context
00:48 Game of alliances
01:38 War trigger
02:24 The Schlieffen Plan
03:03 Race to the sea
03:33 Other fronts
04:21 Internationalization
05:10 War technology
05:47 Trench warfare
06:26 Russian revolts, USA entry into war
07:02 End of the war
07:44 Consequences

[@GeoHistory]

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[@Dffo123]

Can I used your video and upload in my youtube

[@THAITHULEEMUSIC]

Song for world peace kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6CxZ2CVep2Jd5Y

[@worldbanknotescollecter1132]

Pls do ottoman empire

[@flixer5842]

what is this simulator's name?

[@flixer5842]

@Darwin Ronan scam

[@goldenspatian517]

Switzerland during every war, hey nice weather we’re having today aye?

[@hetecks1385]

- after Napoleon

[@prashantsahu530]

Ayyy😂😂

[@maximdeblaere4602]

And the Netherlands im Belgian from the ijzer btw richt where they fluded

[@a_bosh_josh7306]

@@hetecks1385 and themselves

[@liamconverse8950]

@Gangsta Macc Yeah the International Bankers just control the money that everybody who fights these wars gets paid with and somehow as a result of this war Britain takes land from the Ottomans to the Rothschilds to create the state of Israel.

[@kitrick42]

I love these simplified videos. Ive learned more in the last hour than I did in all of high school.....in terms of history that is.

[@divinefeminine4206]

Right! But it could also be that I was bored asf having to go chapter by chapter.. Nonethelesss i should have appreciated it more :)

[@ashfaquehossain8592]

KZbin University

[@kicsihari23]

Yes. Because most of school teachers teach of out of necesity, not out of passion, so they do not do it well enough. They have the talent to say things in such a way that it sounds chinese. We didn't even have real maps in our class, how could anyone understand the movement of troops and so on without visualising it..?

[@markweston216]

Go and look at oversimplified

[@Thomas-wo9ur]

Right. I hope you're not "learning" from the comments though.

[@Botsarecooltoo]

Welcome to the comment section where everybody is a war general and a historian.

[@thepizzafoogle5481]

Ehhhhhhh.......................yeeeeeeaaaaaaah.............nah.

[@user-kf7dp2mv5i]

I miss old KZbin,where every comment is a normal comment.

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[@Pikasatupu75]

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[@unitedstatesofamerica3016]

Sums alot of stuff up lol

[@Marco-hl6gz]

British Empire: DO YOU WANT INDEPENDENCE? Middle East: YES! British Empire: now you’re mine

[@The_Yosh]

Ohio Independence

[@user-ze4zj4sb9c]

Middle east not west 😂😂

[@greatmapper187]

stupid UK

[@johnalden5821]

Britain to the Arabs: I'd offer you Palestine, except I offered that to the Zionists, but probably we'll just take it. You want Syria maybe? Oh wait, I agreed to give that to the French along with Lebanon. I would offer you part of Turkey, but hmmm, checking my cheat sheet, yes, that got promised to, Greece and Italy (really? I guess I did say that). I could give you a little piece of toasted sand just east of the Jordan River, but you have to be nice to the Europeanized twits I send you to govern it. You can claim Mesopotamia, but really, we all know I will be getting the oil. OK? We done here? I have a tea date with Francois. . .

[@Azzi_0161]

Great Mapper stfu

[@KB65YT]

Triple Alliance consists of: Germany _-Italy-_ Austria- Hungary

[@waleedahmed5090]

Italy is always a traitor

[@psq6214]

Waleed Ahmed Italy signed a defensive pact with Austria-Hungary and Germany. The two countries decided to declare war upon the entrante without consulting Italy thus breaking their alliance. Italy wasn’t forced to follow The central powers in a war against the rest of the world. read a history book.

[@KB65YT]

@@psq6214 indeed. just because he's in the central powers doesn't mean he needs to be loyal to the team tho he can do whatever he wants

[@psq6214]

KB65 YT Yes, Italy could have chosen to follow the central powers anyway but it would have been a ridiculous choice. why would they follow countries who didn’t even bother to inform them about a war they were going to fight? not to mention, the entante was stronger and Britain and France promised Italy territories of AH with the pact of London. i don’t get how people are like “ThEy SwItChEd sIdEs” if we talk about WW2 then sure...

[@chille0136]

@@waleedahmed5090 Salty? 😂

[@dragomirzakic6127]

Today is exactly 100 years from the end of WW1

[@drinkmilk380]

🤔 really

[@Ray-oy8iy]

Well if it began in November, then yeah but I’m not so sure

[@sarveshsingh7459]

It ended in 1918 so yeah 2018

[@itunesjoe]

@@sarveshsingh7459 sorry you are incorrect 1st world war ended the when the Peace Treaty of Versailles was signed 28 June 1919

[@m.nazwin]

Waiting for the next one

[@listentomerantaboutuseless34]

What I really liked about this video was how you really spoke about it as a WORLD war. Too often I feel as though general summaries of the world wars oversimplify it to the point where they only talk about the european countries involved. It really did involve and affect a huge percentage of the world and I appreciate how you at least BROUGHT UP the african combatants.

[@Tom-tk4ir]

Central powers: Yo Italy u with us? Italy: *WELL YES, BUT ACTUALLY NO*

[@sciupess2]

the triple entente was an alliance that had a very clear agreement regarding the balkans, in fact both austria and italy had interests in the balkans and the pact obliged the country that started a war in the balkans to have the consent of the other allies ... when Austria declared war on Serbia it asked Germany, but not Italy... Italy considered this not only a violation of the pact that freed Italy from all obligations, but also a reason for resentment in comparisons with them! therefore Italy not only changed sides with a valid reason... but also had valid reasons to later go to war against Austria!

[@charito1595]

WWI: I involved 60 million soldiers WWII: I killed 60 million people *WWI has disconnected*

[@wallahhabibiiii]

Lol

[@sovietboi9738]

now you got 60 likes cuz of me

[@foxigamer6019]

LOgIc

[@joemomma6414]

Hah ha funny now go to a gulag

[@datukfaezh7129]

WORLD war 3 the 5 billion people died

[@jovahu5261]

The UK only declared war against Germany after Germany invaded Belgium

[@squidward9600]

Belgian Ball stop disrespecting the uk

[@jovahu5261]

@@squidward9600 I'm not sure why you think that

[@nikitao8153]

That's right.

[@jovahu5261]

@Eculs that is, because back in 1830 the british guaranteed belgian independence which means the british help the belgians when someone declares war on them

[@cmhealy14]

@Eculs The Imperial German Navy at that time had grown from a small coastal force to a power big enough to challenge Britain for dominance in the world's oceans. Regardless of what it said officially, Germany was a threat to the security of the British Empire.

[@HK-sw3vi]

The wait for season 3 was sure too long +70 years

[@alfblue4734]

It'll be the final season

[@mondigen1430]

carefull what you wish for 😜

[@vera9299]

@@mondigen1430 was about to comment that

[@jadz4372]

Hoping they would make a fiction movie about WORLD WAR 3. The story was going to be pure fictional who started the war which countries are fighting before the others joined and then the consequences after the events xd

[@dantdmfangamingrich9802]

Season three better be 8 years at least

[@naomiwingenbach5617]

Switzerland be like : place your bets everyone

[@TiffWaffles]

I believe that if the war crossed over into Switzerland that the Swiss would have had no choice but to get involved. Switzerland was very lucky. The Axis powers had no intention of respecting Belgium or Luxembourg that said they would remain neutral, and I believe that they would have gone into Switzerland if it meant easier access to France. Switzerland participated in helping wounded World War I soldiers. I believe they helped both sides with this. And I think that the Swiss would have jumped into the ranks of the allies had the Axis powers invaded... which I believe was going to happen at one point?

[@farmerwiththeshotgun7298]

Switzerland 🇨🇭 grabs his popcorn 🍿

[@aetherinfuse]

Also the nordics and Spain

[@TheFengaton]

@@aetherinfuse +the netherlands

[@rainerm490]

Netherlands be like be like ight imma head out

[@adventureguy4119]

That jerk doesn’t do anything except don’t mess with me we crazzzzzyy

[@thetoppatchannel2779]

Free real life movie!!!! Right in the front seat

[@hanacadencep.demerin445]

My great grandma has survived the *Edit:* second world war in the Philippines. She is still here today, waiting for her birthday to come on August 15 turning to 93 years old.

[@raunaqchandak7363]

How is that surviving 2 WW. It's just one as she was born 8 years after the first war ended.

[@theartofwarapplied1738]

Raunaq Chandak it's a KZbin comment--anything inaccurate, stupid, or pointless is preferred content in our community.

[@kvothekingkiller1754]

Math has left the chat

[@youcannotbeatit9674]

Hana Cadence P. Demerin visible confusion

[@lesliefaith5164]

Your great grandma sounds badass

[@Hannibalkakihara]

Very well done video! A great comprehensive video that makes everything clearer on the backstory especially

[@thepetekidyt]

It's absolutely insane hearing the battles with casualties of "60,000" "20,000" but all of those people had dreams, families, stories. All silenced by war and a number.

[@stonepobee8366]

the sad thing is the fact that it was forced on them.

[@deet0109mapping]

Britain actually didn’t join the war until Belgium was attacked. But otherwise, great video! Can’t wait for your next one.

[@raingermedia]

Also, there was no "alliance" with Belgium. Britain just used it as an excuse to join the war to fight the emerging naval power that was the German Empire. Read Britain at Bay, even the first few chapters are enlightening.

[@turquesameow9785]

raingermedia no your wrong Britain 🇬🇧 and Belgium 🇧🇪 made a treaty that they would protect each other

[@Robbieknowsball]

The British Empire I can’t take you seriously because you used emojis.

[@yenijonturk6864]

Hatay 1920 de Türkiyede değil 1939 da Türkiye nin oluyor

[@HashimyHuseini]

The British Empire Belgium should protect Britain????? In which year such traety existed?

[@babiryeethel8582]

I'm glad you explained the very beginnings 43 years prior to the start of the great war. It's always been my belief that a war comprising of the 3 great empires (UK, Fra & Russia) against Germany would have taken place anyway sooner or later whether the Heir was assassinated or not. Germany was the new upstart threatening the supremacy of the existing superpowers and empire builders.

[@dmitriyp6056]

I am from Moldova, my Grandpa told us, that when he was on first line of battle on W.W. 1 and meet face to face with a soldier opponent, and raise the sword to kill him; that man said: "Brother, do not kill me, because my wife and my children are waiting for me at house." When he heard that, the sword fell down from his hand. When he was returning home, he was living in a village and a she dog with two puppies big as her, meet him at the border of village territory. She was very happy and welcomed him as good as she could, but the puppies did not knew him because they were born after he went to war. So, they were barking at him and were angry with him, but their mum the she dog stopped them and bite them. When Grandpa saw that even a dog was waiting for his master, and is so happy when he returned, his eyes were in tears, because many which were waited of their lovers will never return.

[@rodrigorodriguez2299]

Tell your grandpa he’s a lier

[@TikkiYT]

That’s a beautiful story you’re grandpa sounds like a noble man

[@AaryaGhuge]

No one: No one at all: Me: thanking god that I wasn’t born during a war period

[@christopherbarbieri8576]

ok

[@b1battledroid144]

WW1- Entente vs Central powers WW2- Axis vs Allies WW3-Tik Tok Vs The World

[@brendansimmons3712]

The Support Guy so, China?

[@b1battledroid144]

@@brendansimmons3712 I'm joking

[@ottovonbismarck7779]

CreamOfBeans r/woooosh

[@kobiesboxing4956]

WW2: Axis of Evil vs. Grand Old Alliance.

[@boatbeeprewl5979]

The Support Guy I'm honestly waiting for WW3 to start. It feels it gonna happen one day.

[@riccardospadini5555]

I really liked the format, the simple animations and explanations. I'm gonna watch all your other videos!

[@HamletNOR]

Very good video! Thank you so much for explaining so much in a simple to understand way!

[@cruzed2009]

Germany-hey Italy want to play a game with me? Italy-yea sure Germany-gets into a fight Italy-aight ima head out

[@InspectHistory]

Good explanation video, You got a new subscriber from Indonesia :)

[@afdalridwan3813]

Njir

[@danmaks1047]

Not as good as someone who don't know anything would say. Dude didn't say anything about how Serbia created great Yugoslavia country out of Austria Hungary empire and tripled it's size. Nothing about southern front which determent the war. He literally said nothing about it except that Bulgaria attacked Serbs from back and that caused Serbs retreat. By his explanation you can understand that Austria Hungary declared war on Serbs and then fought France 🤣 video is dumb as any short explanation of anything on KZbin.

[@hooverkinz]

Omg I’m so glad you’re back, I LOVE your channel I’ve been rewatching your other videos over and over while waiting for a new one

[@Nerd0208]

Just found this channel. I’m doing a binge on all your videos, keep up the great work!

[@martinakratochvilova2417]

Absolutely AMAZING video, thank you so much!! Keep up the great work. :D

[@bballsstarz3377]

This dude sounds like the french guy who always says 3hours later in spongebob edit: damn if this gets to 200 likes, I'll sub to everyone who comments me

[@wallahhabibiiii]

For me he sounds like an Indian, but barely.

[@truthseeker1693]

He's German way he pronounces turd for third!

[@PUGG5Y1]

Semih Sahin - Nope, he must be a fictional narrator from a cartoon television show

[@tyrotvgames2367]

BBalls Stårz he kinda sounds like an Ottoman from Battlefield 1

[@AcryllixGD]

You watched a very different spongebob to me

[@babiryeethel8582]

Explained it very well. This should be used in modern history classes in schools and colleges. Well done!

[@somerandomuser9744]

Anyone else just here in quarantine cuz there teachers have sent them

[@themisha1705]

Dang I wish my teacher would send us to accurate and understandable sources like these. You'd think the history teacher who gets to write his own course wouldn't have us use sources as old as the NC health and PE curriculum but here we are.

[@somerandomuser9744]

The Misha 😂

[@abovethelaw4417]

Wow u must be a slave to ur teacher

[@fei9472]

@EmeraldAnimates you had to write it in Chinese?

[@nawseng98]

Jaja

[@koekelakouwnt7949]

1:46 We've seen how well that worked out...

[@HistoryHustle]

Nice overview. I find the turmoil and territorial changes in Central and Eastern Europe very fascinating. Would be nice to see a video about that one. Keep up the good work.

[@OutsideTheTargetDemographic]

Goosebumps ten seconds in. Subbed, good sir.

[@celestialfortuna9453]

thank you for these informative presentations. i am working my way through them.thanks

[@canag0d]

To people complaining it’s not including this or that... It’s an 8 minute video. I consider myself a history buff and above all else a Great War buff. I found this video pretty cool 😎

[@asiffmingeater8533]

canag0d ,Everyone new to learning about the Great War needs to know about The German Kaisers hunger for a empire & the Sykes-Picard Agreement . The War to end all wars which supposedly finished a 100 years ago is in some people’s minds still being fought.

[@Usumgallu]

Intergalactic Serbo-Albanian Empire was not mentioned.

[@debbiecrothers416]

My grandfather was a polar bear member then. Then fought in freezing cold for many months after the war was over. His name was John Keller died in 1982

[@srdjannalis8725]

You missed so many things. The war didn't start on the Western front, it started with an Austro-Hungarian attack on Serbia, if you are going to talk about the Schlieffen Plan, then before that talk about the first Allied victory of the war (Battle of mountain Cer). Then when you talk about German collapse, it didn't happen on the Western front, it happens after the breakthrough of the Salonica Front (Thessaloniki), de facto destroying Bulgarian and Austro-Hungarian armies capacities, prompting Germany to negotiate an armistice!

[@brendotec7241]

He talks about the Austro-Hungarian attack at 2:00! Before talking about the Schlieffen Plan.

[@leserb9228]

@@brendotec7241 no... He only says that Austria declared war.... No attacks, not anything

[@jm108108]

Srdjan Nalis nije Srbiju niti Beograd stavio na mapi uopšte.

[@sasaantonijevic237]

sulzer73 1918. године 30 хиљада Сплићана је изашло са цвећем и заставама да поздрави србску војску. Када су “праваши” из Загреба хтели тад да прогласе независну државу, Сплићани су им одговорили да уколико се то деси, они (Сплићани) ће са целом Далмацијом да се припоје Србији. И Хајдук ти је основан на ћирилици и по Аустро-угарском попису становништва пред Велики рат и Сплићании Дубровчани су се преко 90% изјаснили као Срби католици. И ДНК нам је исти, хапло група I2a1. Тако да твој чукундеда је био тај европски мулат којима се сад ту подсмеваш.

[@Khanvict08]

Srdjan Nalis this is a summary. He cant cover all the details in 8 minuyrs

[@janvisharma4351]

kudos to you people for creating such an amazing detailed video. this is by far the best video expaining WW1

[@SSBMA1994]

Who here, like me, are watching to educate yourself about world history? 🙋‍♀️

[@SafK]

Only after watching so many WW2 and WW1 related movies on Netflix that I got fed up and was like man I need to have a crash course on these wars before I can enjoy these movies !!

[@TiffWaffles]

I already know most about the First World War in relation to the Western Front. I do know the tragedy of the Eastern Front (The Austro-Hungarian army decimated Serbia, I think their actions were considered war crimes when you considered the amount of civilians they murdered). If you are interested in picking up any non-fiction books about the First World War, I can definitely recommend some. :)

[@Toki_eee]

Me

[@r3ap3rxx77]

@@SafK ww1 movie in Netflix???? What movies are those

[@chanuradha970]

Meh

[@mariusmuresan8248]

You completely missed Romania: entered the war alongside Entente in 1916 and fought against Austria Hungary, Germany and Bulgaria concomitantly. Kept fighting and stopped the Central Powers offensive even though 80% of its teritory was occupied. Then the Russian sgned the Brest Litovsk armistice and the whole Eastern front broke on the Romanians' heads...Only the Serbs had more casualties / capita in WWI.

[@emanhassan2037]

u just told xx

[@liviuknoww4039]

It's a 8 min video bruh.

[@manolakis1155]

Also they joined because they wanted protection against the Russians ... Or was it in the second ww?

[@mgkeshav]

"More than half come from British India" SIGH

[@danielsmith1837]

Keshav Rathnam Thankyou for your people’s efforts. The empire was only as strong as its subjects and what strength British India had. The British are eternally grateful

[@MsMyraEmily]

Daniel Smith fuck off.

[@praneelreddy6340]

@@MsMyraEmily bruh chill

[@praneelreddy6340]

@@MsMyraEmily bruh chill

[@RaaaAuti]

@@MsMyraEmily bruh chill

[@mrknowmyself]

Perfect amount of cheesyness, music, info, time, with perfect voice, accent! Much appreciated

[@FullMonterey]

Can you tell me the original name of this channel, before it got hacked?

[@mrknowmyself]

FullMonterey why i felt that way, im i wrong

[@FullMonterey]

@@mrknowmyself I don't understand. I just was hoping you could tell me the name of this channel before it was renamed to Binance Exchange

[@ruthsam1488]

WW1: Germany "what? " WW2: Germany "don't judge" WW3: Germany "Hey it's not me this time" US "don't look at me... I did not agree to this "

[@jobaidajamibonna676]

nato vs Russia

[@gutsjoestar7450]

The WW3 didn't started it's a big troll. And even if iran really declared war on USA it wouldn't be a WORLD WAR because it involves only USA's trouble

[@unitedstatesofamerica3016]

@subscribe to my empty channel Finally someone knows

[@alexpatriot8768]

Amazingly educational video. keep up the good work!

[@sinanyildirim92]

I'm sorry but how could you forget Gallipoli while preparing the video? It is not even mentioned that entente countries couldn't invade Istanbul during the war and that's why they couldn't send supply to the Tsardom of Russia which resulted with the success of communist revolt in Russia. Gallipoli is a very essential part of WWI where more than 500k people died.

[@Jetrouvepasdebonom]

Just like Verdun or the Somme, and he didnt talk about it either. Stop playing the victim card.

[@Astuga]

Many things are missing... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpTPcpWNq6enbZI

[@goshofilipov2119]

Komşu, birçok şey özlemiş.

[@5888max]

Gallipoli was a mistake Turkey was not a significant threat and attempting to invade the Dardenells was more a stupid act of frustration at the lack of progress on the western front , The man responsible resigned as head of the Navy in the next war he was Prime minster and repeated the mistake by invading sourthern Italy !

[@JYDemir]

@@5888max Yeah man Turkey was totally not a threat. Imagine Baghdad and the Persian Gulf in the hands of Germany. (Turkey had oil back then..) Now they're not a threat to anyone except themselves..

[@KaushalDhoker]

Keep making more videos on history. I love these

[@ghostagent3552]

5:44 Soldier 1: ey who brought some food ere? Soldier 2: idk man i thought they were at the camps or something? Soldier 3: wait aren't we in the trenches? Soldier 1: is it just me or do i smell mustard? Soldier 2&3: ah sh-

[@bigdubby3550]

you are the best youtuber I've ever watched i love your vids!!!

[@FollowersWithoutAnyVideo-rk6lu]

I’m doing ww1 in history at school and you have showed me so much I’m gonna be able to say to my teachers

[@feelsgoodman9751]

Watch the channel: the great war. It explains every week and event of WW1, this video is way too oversimplified

[@firstnamelastname7079]

@@feelsgoodman9751 its even more simplied then oversimplified's video,this guy must in elemantary school

[@parthaprateempatra4278]

Going to watch part 2 as well.

[@parthaprateempatra4278]

@Yuri DeKhed world war II bro

[@ralphbernhard1757]

For the British Empire, commencing roughly the year 1900, every "victory" was in fact a nail in the own coffin. The following essay will explain how first London, and then Washington DC used mainly divide and rule/conquer strategies at key watershed moments throughout history in order to effect world domination, mainly facilitated by a geographical advantage. Unlike conventional wisdom suggests, such policies were not only implemented in overseas territories and colonies, but were indeed also used against the continental European powers, within the limitations of the power balance at any given time in history. In order to first become and then later stay the world hegemon, distance coupled with a financial and technological edge, were converted into political means (policies) by London power players. Up to the early-20th century, these realities gave London that slight edge over their continental rivals which were already divided due to a variety of reasons. As time progressed and war ravaged Europe in the first half of the 20th century, technology advanced further, so that the geographical advantage once enjoyed by London, passed over to the USA and Washington DC's power players. After World War 2 the multipolar world up to the 19th century turned bipolar, then unipolar as the Cold War ended or the systems morphed. Historically, European conflicts between systems based on structurally similar dynasties, turned into a struggle between ideologically different systems. Rather than the previous limited wars up to the early-20th century, wars then became total. The different systems tended to strive to overpower, marginalize, integrate or destroy other conflicting systems if symbioses was not possible. The key to success here, and the novelty of the theory presented, was that the core means employed were strategies resembling divide and rule/conquer. The systems which had the geographical advantage, either allied with, beguiled, befriended or otherwise favored other systems if useful for own gain. What set these loose alliances of friendships or ententes apart from other systems which also united, was a lack of obligation to react in any specific way during times of crises or wars. The distinct advantage of geography being that those with such a competitive advantage would not have to fear an existencial threat to the own systems and could be more bold in international relations, or delaying actions in crises or wars until a favorable point on the timeline, based on the technological standpoint humanity had reached at the point in time. Such divide and rule strategies were in fact standing London policies, disguised by careful use of language in policies. Since the logic of balanced powers to avoid great wars was widely accepted within the framework of the Concert of Europe, no other capital city seemed to have noticed or objected. Rather than aiding relative peace, which persisted in most of Europe for around a century after 1815, London's policy standpoint as sole "balancer of powers", resulted in an ever greater risk of a total war of the systems. At the core of Europe, these older continental European systems grew in extent and power in the leadup to 1914, under constant stress in efforts to balance power due to the fact that land borders resulted in more exposure to danger from a neighboring system: placing continental powers in a situation of a relative geographical disadvantage while engaging in crises or wars. While London could always find a power to temporarily ally with on the continent, the reverse was not possible (on Britain), because the UK had achieved an early unification process. The "decider" would always be London. Continental powers therefore faced the geographically disadvantageous locations with regards to expansive aims. This was directly opposed to faraway systems which had the geographical advantage of distance from this core of the Old World. Few seemed to have noticed the potential for MAD as time passed. Due to her geographical advantage, and at London's sole discretion, the "balancer" London stood aloof. The technological standpoint at the time meant she was detached from all danger to the own heartland which was England. A role which was guarded by the Royal Navy. London was the "sole divider and sole decider of wars". That eventually lead to the unintentional end of European world rule and domination, including their own. It was a careful use of language which meant that most of the above did not need to be kept hidden, but the words used indeed reveal a standing policy of "divide et impera". In fact, most of it happened out in the open, in newspaper articles, treaties, conferences, political summits, etc. and for all current witnesses to observe and study because just like today, it is possible to drive multiple policies in parallel. Most observers simply did not recognize the events for what they were, or they noticed and considered the status quo as a meritocracy or a well-deserved own right, or they did not pay attention. Distinct systems with many similarities and many differences employing strategies as a way to achieve greater gain for the own system. The theory comes in two parts, that of 1) divide and rule, in which case the dividing power is actually in a position to exploit an imbalance in power, to impose a ruling on another side by ensuring the continued rift between opposing systems, and the more common 2) divide and gain, where the power intent on creating an advantage for its own system, has to suffice with splitting potential unity in the making apart, but lacks sufficient power to impose a ruling. Divide and rule/conquer is revealed by events. Unlike human beings, *events* don't lie, steal, or kill. *Unlike human beings, events which are proven to have happened, and are not disputed to have occured, do not deceive, manipulate, or "tweak" the own perceived "truths" in order to generate positive feelings in a flurry of "99% ancillary details", which then distorts vision...*

[@gameexpert2011]

Ottoman Empire was the only power in the one in the Central Powers that didn’t accept the consequence what the allies imposed them. That was the reason of the Turkish War of independence. Had Treaty of Serves went through, Turkey would have been a fraction of it’s modern day size.

[@whitenights4524]

Correct.

[@mertt3453]

true, god bless Ataturk

[@l.l.7190]

Ataturk is great leader. God bless him

[@yakupkozoglu7208]

@@l.l.7190 yall stupid

[@drpepper7749]

@@yakupkozoglu7208 traitor turd shfu

[@panoskatrin4910]

You missed quite a lot what about the battle of Gallipoli ? Whats about greece?the ottoman empire and so on its a good video vut you dont mention all the important things only the most popular

[@uwunora]

and that was because the video is too short

[@panoskatrin4910]

@@uwunora then make it longer if you are going to title it events and origins of the first world war

[@uwunora]

i'm not the one who made this plus the person who made it probably cant dedicate all his time to making these videos, his channel is currently not profitable enough that he could spend all his time making these videos without having to worry about work or other things thats my guess

[@panoskatrin4910]

@@uwunora firstly you are the one defending it and secondly there are a lot of other smaller history channels with videos that are way better researched than this one dont get me wrong but when you make a historical video you have to do it right otherwise its not historical the creator here claims he has created a detailed summary of the 1st world war but this is simply wrong

[@uwunora]

these smaller channels probably dedicate more time and he didnt say anything wrong, he just didnt mention the stuff you said all his videos are similar length and he can't fit all this in an 8 minute video, he'd focus on major stuff that affected the war, the ottoman empire sure did have affect on the war but it wasn't that much

[@yuriboyka7423]

Some key pieces of information are missing here. Since I am from Serbia, I am going to share some interesting and important thinga here. If you would like to know more about Serbian involvement in the war, and trust me, Serbian contribution was enormous in the beginning of the war and also in ending the war, then continue reading. Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia before starting the war, basically wanting to occupy Serbia, knewing that Serbia cannot accept that, so they can have an excuse to start a war. But Austria-Hungary planned to expand its territories on the Serbian detriment long before the Austrian heir to the throne Ferdinand was assasinated in Sarajevo. They just used it as an excuse. Austrian annexing of Bosnia was basically the start of the war. Serbia wasn't attacked from 2 sides, but 3. The countries that Serbia fought alone are Croatia (surprise, surprise, I know) under Austria-Hungarian rule), Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Albania (later). When AH first attacked Serbia, Serbs were beating them with ease in several occasions and that made AH plans to fall apart, as they were expecting a fast victory in the Balkans, so they can proceed to strenghhen their forces on the eastern front against Russia. Since AH alone couldn't beat Serbia, German emperor Wilhelm II was pissed and refused to send help, as Germany was fighting against France, England and Belgium on the west and Russia on the east (plus they had troops in Africa). So AH decided to call Bulgaria into action. Bulgaria joined the war and attacked Serbia from behind (that's actually something Bulgaria is known for when it comes to stabbing Serbia in the back, we even have some sayings and jokes about that here in Serbia). Since Allied forces didn't want to help Serbia and weaken their own army, they all basically flushed Serbia down the toilet. It was like "you bought us some precious time, thanks for that, nobody was expecting that you are going to beat AH and prolong the front on thr Balkans, so thank you, but now you are on your own". France even sent the wrong ammunition caliber for Serbian rifles and cannons, so basically Serbia couldn't even defend anymore, so Serbian king decided that it's best to abandon the country and head towards Montenegro and Albania, so Serbian army can recover properly in Greece and prepare for the liberation. But Albanians also started to shoot and kill weak Serbian people and soldiers. The temperatures were freezing below the zero, thousands and thiusands of people died from cold, famine, typhus, when they stopped to rest and froze to death, etc. And Albanians only worsened the total death toll by killing weak, wounded, starving people. But that's not all. Even after walking for hundreds of kilometers on foot, and surviving cold, typhus, famine and Albanian surgents, after Serbs reached their destination on the shore, Allied ships didn't want to pick them up and transport to Greek islands because of the typhus. So Serbs were forced to walk another few hundred kilometers to be picked up by French ships. And when they arrived there, Allied ships still refused to pick them up, basically letting them all to die. That's when Russian tsar Nicholas Romanov issued an ultimatum to France, saying that if French ships don't pick up Serbian solders and civilians, Russia will sign a separate peace with Germany and France would get overrun. Only then France agreed to help and transport the Serbs to Greece. And then some people wonder why Serbs love Russia so much. Even though we had some disagreementa with Russia in the past, like when they backed Bulgaria instead of Serbia in the Balkan wars, that reason alone is enough for us to be eternally grateful to our Russian orthodox brothers. Fast forward to 1918, when the Serbian army recovered in Greek islands, they headed right back to join the Salonica/Macedonian front, liberate Serbia and win the war. Fun fact: Salonica front was created to help Serbia in the beginning of the war, but the expedition came too late when jt eas all over for Serbia, so Allied forces left some od their soldiers there. In 1918, in the eyes of everyone involved, Salonica front was the last front anyone expected to have a crucial significance in winning the war. Well, in the eyes of everyone except in the eyes of Serbia. When Serbia joined the front, they felt rejuvinated and eager to free their homeland. They disregarded the command of the French general Franchet d'Esperey and stormed the front, forcing the Bulgarians to retreat. In the wake of the Serbian storm, scared and confused Bulgarian soldiers were shouting: "Run if you are alive, here come the dead.", since everyone believed that Serbian army is non-exiatent after the 1915 and their retreat. Soon after Bulgaria capitulated and there was nothing that could stop the advances of the Serbian army. In only 45 days, Serbian army marched 600 kilometers, fighting the enemy along the way while marching 17 hours a day. Not even the French cavalry could keep pace with the Serbian soldiers going on foot. German emperor Wilhelm II was so furious, he couldn't believe that some small Serbia that was basically non-existent can win the war and force 700.000 soldiers of the Central Powers to retreat, surrender or die. He wrote a letter to Bulgarian monarch Ferdinand I in which he wrote: "A Serbian army of 62.000 soldiers decided the war. Embarassing." After Serbia liberated the capital of Belgrade, Italy wanted to take over some territories that were previously under AH rule (modern day Croatia). Basically, that was the only reason Italy stopped being neutral and joined the Allias (Italy previously signed a pact with Germany and AH), so they can take new territories in Dalmatia. Since Croats were unable to defend those territories, they asked for help from Serbia. Serbs, still wounded, not even recovered properly, came to Dalmatia to stop prevent the Italians from taking over those cities. And how did Croats thanked Serbia? By killling around 700.000 Serbs in the WWII, by having the first and only ever recorded concentration camp for children in the history of warfare and by starting a war and breaking down Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Less than 30 years after World War I was over, Germany once again started a war, bombing the Serbia in the early morning, because Serbs didn't want to join him, so Germany choose Croatia instead. Hitler was welcomed in Croatian capital of Zagreb with flowers as a hero, he had a parade, he was celebrated. While Serbia lost around 1.500.000 of its population in WWI (more than 1/3 of total population before the war and around 60% of total male population), and

[@Euro.Patriot]

Yugoslavia = 👍

[@julienmaubrey9800]

That sound like extreme nationalistic propaganda. And also very oblivious of the realities of the time, how would France or Russia send help hundreds of kilometers away when themselves were falling back across the line. Not saying that Serbia's performance in the war was not amazing but attributing the success of the Macedonian front to Serbia seems like a stretch at best, they were only one out of 5 nations present there and neither the most numerous nor the most well armed. OH a'd Croatia was not a country at the time, just a part of AH

[@cinemaunitestheworld]

Outstanding! Thank you for making these! PEACE AND LOVE.

[@j.willitts825]

I'm so glad I found your channel

[@AsrielDreemurr_games]

But there is so much false information.

[@j.willitts825]

@@AsrielDreemurr_games what do you mean?

[@AsrielDreemurr_games]

@@j.willitts825 I'm talking about this video in particular. It has a lot of false information.

[@md.shamadulislam8762]

Amazingly explained. Worth watching.

[@firstnamelastname7079]

Lol what. This is mostly just a simplified version,lots of facts left out :/

[@TBrianOnline]

The music be like: This was a gangsta war, yo! Great video, helped me while researching the founding of Czechoslovakia.

[@kenleylopresti858]

Who is here rn bc of corona and their history teacher told them to watch these vids???

[@rawrrayuga]

Kenley Lo me lol

[@karankani498]

Me

[@Hanaheim]

lol same

[@kavitavikhankar15]

Me ofc

[@AB-tv2rm]

Where are you from?

[@bracken1000]

This video has nice graphics, by the way. Well done.

[@StefanoMaroni]

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria occurred on 28 June 1914

[@zanadnan]

Killed by Gavrilo Princip.

[@alfredotacus8233]

Exactly 5 years later the treaty of Versailles was signed

[@tole6889]

i to na Vidovdan

[@tole6889]

He and his wife were sent to sarajevo to provote serbian people in bosnia and bosnians,then there were two assasinations, first failed, grenade bounced off car window and explode in public, later, car driver didn't know that trajectory was changed because of gavrilo princip and his band so he stopped on the road, gavrilo pricnip's band had gone to breakfast but gavrilo princip stayed there, took revolver and killed franz ferdinand, then austria sent ultimatum to serbia and declared war.

[@calicogrim]

“In this video we retrace the events, origins, and consequences of world war 1” followed by a kickass heavy beat drop that deserves a like

[@pranavghogarepatil4311]

Yes good

[@linbian4532]

germany: wanna be friends italy? italy: yeah i will never ever leave you war starts italy: yeah im going to go get a snack BYYEEE

[@valerioc4095]

It was a defensive alliance genius

[@gracjanlekston134]

8:26 those aren't exactly the Polish boarders per say; Poland was involved in series of wars right after WW1 that defined the post WW1 boarders. The boarders shown are those after those wars not before.

[@harveyspectre3458]

Loved your channel...kindly cover...american..french revolution..european revolution...ww 2 ... non alignment movement in cold wars...cold war era wars...you discuss all things in required details... thank you... would share it with my friends for sure

[@raitisfreimanis]

8:25 You forgot to draw in the newly formed Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on your map.

[@FreeNooja]

You're great. Thank you!

[@hthree7857]

nobody: me at 3 am having binge watched peaky blinders: *why the hell ww1 started*

[@rg8814]

4:01 "...a turd front."

[@DohaGal14]

Switzerland: oh this is a thing now ok Every Neutral Country In WW1: yeah

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Sweden was also neutral too

[@vidhiruparelia2491]

Thank you! Really helpful! 😇

[@RealBallers_]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 *🌍 World War I was a global conflict of unprecedented scale involving over 60 million soldiers.* 00:36 *🇩🇪 Germany's formation post-Franco-German war and its rapid industrial and economic growth led to significant geopolitical shifts.* 01:09 *🤝 The formation of rival alliances, Triple Alliance and Triple Entente, heightened tensions between major powers.* 01:41 *🔫 The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian nationalist sparked the outbreak of WWI.* 02:10 *🌐 Rapid escalation of the conflict was marked by Germany's invasion of Luxembourg and Belgium.* 02:44 *🏰 The failure of the Schlieffen Plan led to the establishment of a long trench line from the North Sea to Switzerland.* 03:16 *💧 Flooding of the polders in the Yser plain halted the German advance in Belgium.* 03:46 *🌏 The Ottoman Empire's entry into the war created new fronts and further globalized the conflict.* 04:14 *🌍 Colonial forces played a significant role, with millions from the British Empire and French colonies participating.* 04:47 *🇧🇬 Bulgaria's entry into the war alongside the Central Powers aimed at territorial expansion.* 05:16 *✈️ WWI saw the first use of aerial bombardments, submarine warfare, and chemical weapons.* 05:50 *🛤️ Despite technological advancements, the front lines remained largely stagnant, with significant human cost.* 06:15 *🚢 Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare targeted commercial shipping, drawing the US into the war.* 06:46 *🔄 Russia's exit from the war following two revolutions allowed Germany to focus on the Western Front.* 07:18 *🏳️ The Allies' final counterattack led to the defeat of Germany and the signing of the Armistice.* 07:51 *🕊️ The Treaty of Versailles imposed harsh penalties on Germany, setting the stage for future conflicts.* 08:19 *🔚 The aftermath of WWI saw the redrawing of borders, the dismantling of empires, and the rise of new nations.* Made with HARPA AI

[@ashutoshkumar8819]

please..keep on uploading such videos love from India..

[@sabagahara]

Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina everyone:you were not supposed to do that

[@tygoat3010]

The Netherlands in WW1: Chuckles “i’m in danger”

[@user-xl6cf2hi9v]

I have an exam about WW1tomorrow, this helps me a lot thank you !!

[@notaidan4451]

You should’ve uploaded this on 11/11/18. (A century since the ending of WWI!) Great video anyways!

[@rigorousrenegade4223]

I like how you didn't ask me to subscribe, so I subscribed

[@tazmainian3479]

When you need to watch this video for history class but the beat is just too fire~

[@sethother8012]

Notice that sneaky little move by Italy just after 4:02 turning itself blue while no one is looking hoping the world will be distracted by the narrator going about the Ottomans. Austria-Hungary so busy listening to the narrator then

[@petyrkowalski9887]

My grandad and great grandad were both there and fought at the Somme. Amazing despite being wounded they survived.

[@rowan1924]

Britain didn't join the war until Luxembourg and Belgium were invaded

[@familyhanson2531]

The us didn't join until they got a message telling Mexico to attack them

[@rapidashgamer1238]

We saw this video in our history class so it is very helpful :D

[@DabbaIsCool]

3:21 Sea levels begin to rise in Belgium

[@DabbaIsCool]

Yuri DeKhed, you pay attention that I pointed out an animation error

[@DabbaIsCool]

Yuri DeKhed, ye

[@RTOF]

I am very happy you uploaded a new video

[@ignacio1171]

A very Eurocentric perspective on the War, with a huge focus on the Western Front paying little attention to the Ottoman, Balkan, Italian and Eastern fronts. No mentions of the involvement of Romania, Greece and of Portugal. Completely ignores the Battle of Gallipoli, the Siege at Kut, Battle of Tannenberg and the defeat of Romania. The Brusilov offensive is forgotten, and the Italian Front is not even touched. A very oversimplified and disappointing video. The author's decision to focus mostly on the Western front is quite baffling, since it is the one, where the least happened, with very little movement.

[@aidenwrenn5342]

It's 8 minutes long. And the Western Front is where the majority of the casualties happend.

[@geordie6272]

@@aidenwrenn5342 He talks about the Schlieffen Plan, that would not have been possible without the defeat of Russia on the Eastern Front. The German troops from the Eastern Front were then sent to fight on the Western Front in what was known as the 'German Spring Offensive'. The ideology of the Schlieffen Plan was that Germany could not win a war on two fronts. I believe that what @Ignacio A is trying to state is that the speaker failed to highlight important events and context that would improve his timeline of WWI.

[@ivanagbaba]

@@aidenwrenn5342 so what if it is 8 minutes long, he choose to make it 8 minutes long it wasn't like KZbin gave him a condition to make only 8 minutes long video, so in extra 2 minutes he could mention all the battles above.

[@ivanagbaba]

@Jonas Pell that is oversimplification of the war

[@ivanagbaba]

@Jonas Pell dear Jonas, I understand your view but unfortunately it is wrong because west front was a standstill, and Thessaloniki front and army movements and maneuvers before that front, especially tactics of Serbian army against AH army are something that future officers learn about in Army schools. Political implications of decisions that some governments made about Thessaloniki front have sharpen the world much more then a standstill on the west.

[@Cali_luv213]

Germany came back blazing on a whole other level. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@pigdogproductions]

Correction at 7:20: The AIF counter-attacks and Germany withdraws...

[@kiyomiaru3078]

My class has watched this video and we found this really interesting! I am really glad that I've found this video and your channel because this might be the best summary we've watched. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍 Edit: I love how Switzerland wasn't involved in the war XDD. Even tho Switzerland was in the middle of Italy, France and Germany.

[@kappsa5365]

everyone kept their gold and riches there

[@greatestever8825]

Kiyomi Aru Switzerland is covered in huge terrains of mountains and hills which is the reason they're never attacked

[@jony5075]

Not A Weeb it’s like a tax haven but for gold

[@user-dr2tw8fo8s]

100 years since 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇷🇺🇺🇸🇹🇩🇮🇹🇷🇸 VS 🇩🇪🇹🇷🇧🇬(🇦🇹🇭🇺)

[@GAtTheTop]

When you put the Italian and Romanian flag but miss out the Serbian one. Serbia achieved more success than those two combined.. no offense to any Italians or Romanians out there.

[@marcos.2373]

@@cammarc you are the shame of italian people

[@ashishramteke5174]

That was some goddamn research dude !! 🔥🔥🔥👏👏🙏🙏

[@Littletime839]

This is great, someone should make a movie about this stuff

[@nikoladrobnjak2963]

You dont mentions 1st victory of entente is in Serbia 1914

[@majstor313]

cerska bitka

[@Solaxe]

oh yeah another nationalist serb with inferiority complex HAS to mention their successes

[@pavlecvarkovic1597]

Lol you got mad really quick. Why omit a fact that would fit so well in a video of this nature?

[@majstor313]

@@Solaxe LOOOL

[@barcased]

Solaxe S Oh look, another chauvinist that hates Serbs has issues with a person explaining that a video that deals with WWI doesn't mention an INTEGRAL part of it.

[@clashunity9511]

Today is exactly 100 years from the official diplomatic end of WW1 (TheTreaty of Versailles -June 28, 1919)

[@comforth3898]

The ending was awesome

[@GoodChemistry]

Thanks again for this very informative and interesting summary.

[@BaksBaksBaks]

Not one mention of the Salinika Front. Not one!

[@atomicshark2731]

The best part about this video was the backround music.

[@chickenwendy]

Yep I’m here for school so it helps

[@alessandrocoates2043]

whos watching this for an online classroom

[@goldencat208]

Me but it’s quite interesting

[@Sreenjoyi]

i am against my will

[@Sreenjoyi]

but now i see its very interesting

[@slk7376]

Time to Weltkrieg the classroom

[@sarapradhan7546]

Exam stars in half an hour and I'm here looking for short explanation vid 😭