Otto von Bismarck - Prussia Ascendant - Extra History - Part 5

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📜 History of Otto von Bismarck, Part 5
The northern German states now looked to Prussia for leadership, but that power brought increased attention from their enemies. Bismarck engineered a war with France by striking at Napoleon III's pride and wound up winning a runaway victory to secure Prussia's diplomatic power.
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@extrahistory 6 лет назад

The German states now look to Prussia for leadership... but France looks upon them with envy. For Bismarck, that's an opportunity. PLUS! Please welcome our newest artist, Nick DeWitt! Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/extracredits

@jeiku5314 6 лет назад

Extra Credits Yay! New artist! :DD

@timothymclean 6 лет назад

DeWitt? Any relation to Scott?

@KaiserAfini 6 лет назад

Extra Credits Hi Nick, glad to have you on board.

@ThatGuy-ht1rh 6 лет назад

Extra Credits um that's not how the kaiser uniform looked like

@historian909 6 лет назад

3:20 brilliant meme reference now I have to repair my spline lol

@cheezybrotherstudios 6 лет назад

I don't procrastinate, I just wait until circumstances present themselves that allow me to form an advantageous plan

@HxH2011DRA 6 лет назад

The best plan

@mccloaker 6 лет назад

The trick of leadership is not to plan, but to steer.

@radu0gheorghe 6 лет назад

Excellent! I knew I was onto something, I just couldn't formulate it like this

@partytor11 6 лет назад

Aye, you need many well thought out plans to be adaptable and successful in leadership. You can't be adaptable and steer an army to a different place if you didn't have the plan and logistics to do so from the beginning.

@bigsmoke2816 6 лет назад

which often leads me to doing things at the last minute

@plgrn8r683 5 лет назад

Bismarck's plan: Step 1: Have a plan. Step 2: Have a backup plan. Step 3: Have a *real* plan. Step 4: Have a fake backup plan. Step 5: ??? Step 6: Found Germany.

@thejadedeagle6729 5 лет назад

Bismark: The true inventor of the Xanatos gambit.

@Coolsomeone234 5 лет назад

Step 7: Profit

@laminator6995 5 лет назад

Step 7: victory

@TKNinja37 5 лет назад

Step 5: Wait until circumstances present themselves that allow me to form an advantageous plan Step 6: Form an advantageous plan Step 7: ??? Step 8: Germany

@tritogenias 5 лет назад

PLGRN8R Step 7: threaten

@KyleRayner12 4 года назад

"To Bismarck, enemies were as useful as friends," may well be the most badass claim about him in this series.

@supersoccerguy2311 4 года назад

KyleRayner12 yes lol

@Malikin 2 года назад

jingoism

@crazyman8472 Год назад

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. 😈

@philippc 6 лет назад

I want a 10 hr loop of Napoleon crossing the line, with Wii Music.

@KrisGra 5 лет назад

Jovan Emeric with wii music

@jovan1198 5 лет назад

kristofer grant Play it in the background

@KrisGra 5 лет назад

Jovan Emeric ;(

@jovan1198 5 лет назад

kristofer grant I'm sorry I don't have the necessary skills

@sammym2511 5 лет назад

that's great

@anttibjorklund1869 6 лет назад

"He pushed for prince Leopold to accept the offer despite the fact that his name didn't even have Wilhelm in it anywhere" XD

@tortex1 6 лет назад

I think we can all agree that that's why old Wilhelm did not agree with the nomination, no matter what anyone else says.

@mk123qll4 6 лет назад

I dont get it tho

@tortex1 6 лет назад

Every prince Bismark tried to put on the Prussian throne was named Wilhelm, while Prince Leopold wasn't, and I say that's why Wilhelm the Prussian King didn't agree to Leopold being the Spanish King.

@majan6267 6 лет назад

I had to check, but ... there really isn't any Wilhelm in his name: Leopold Stefan Karl Anton Gustav Eduard Tassilo von Hohenzollern

@williewillie5622 6 лет назад

Later that prince becomes belgian and if i remember right give africa the ole razzle dazzle

@HebaruSan 6 лет назад

No one can unify the German states into a single polity! Bismarck: Hold mein bier.

@Orthos4 6 лет назад

HebaruSan Halte mein Bier

@nietname2468 6 лет назад

HebaruSan quite frankly he missed some.

@jeannebouwman1970 6 лет назад

And liechtenstein, and part of belgium

@katalbinson6562 6 лет назад

Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Bohemia wasn’t German.

@richardblau1884 6 лет назад

Fletcher The Pup but it had a considerable german population at least.

@martindebeja4656 5 лет назад

As a french, i know that Napoleon III was a made in china Bonaparte... BUT GODAMN THIS HAIRCUT IS SO COOL

@nathanseper8738 4 года назад

"Made in China Bonaparte" made me laugh. I'd say Napoleon III was the "virgin" to the "chad" Napoleon I.

@hiimryan2388 3 года назад

Jus saying made in china was the signature look of superiority back then

@youareveryannoying9179 3 года назад

RIP Napoleon II died in an ambush the true successor to the throne

@HowieDewitt535 3 года назад

@@hiimryan2388 I mean China was barely keeping together and the Europeans could easily get over there at the time, made in Antarctica would have been the the signature look of superiority since Antarctica wasn't even discovered yet.

@anonymouscausewhynot 2 года назад

"A made in china Bonaparte" That is the most amazing insult you could ever say to any person related to the famed Napoleon. I am so proud of you for coming up with this.

@goc4Yourself 6 лет назад

I wonder how relived Bismarck felt when he found out his son was alive... i mean like he must've been worried for him fighting and stuff but to eventually be fine and having a good time with his fellow soldiers must've been really stress reliving for Bismarck,... damn

@brigidtheirish 5 лет назад

I wonder if anyone ever found the body of the guy who gave Bismarck the false news.

@anoinks6511 5 лет назад

@@brigidtheirish He was probably hanging on a barn roof shot in the heart 😂

@cathpalug1221 5 лет назад

I think if french kill bismarck son, they will be dead before napoleon surender

@maank2146 5 лет назад

Well he was happy... till 1881 when his son (Herbert) was discovered to have a affair with a married princess ( Fürstin Elisabeth Natalia Julia Johanna Fürstin zu Carolath-Beuthen) Bismarck was so against this that he threatened to disown his son and even to kill himself. And I only tell that here because its one of the only time (a older) Bismarck lost his compulsure so much that he was almost hysterical (at least as much got public)

@KR-wl5yd 4 года назад

He's like Iroh from Avatar.

@asalways1504 6 лет назад

So Bismarck, what did you do for summer?

@Bram06 6 лет назад

Ya know, the usual, just uniting the German people under one banner. hbu?

@weldonwin 6 лет назад

"I Crushed the French, Drove them before me and heard the lamentation of their women!"

@lvd8122 6 лет назад

I was on vacation in Spain and France:D

@void_wyrm 6 лет назад

Bismarc: I had a plan, i always have plan!

@bjorndevlieger8565 6 лет назад

So how does it feel to have a battleship named after you and then by some japanese game turned into a girl? XD

@JSone4Design 4 года назад

Otto: "Son, a messenger told me you fell during the battle, that you would fight no more." Herbert: "What?! No, Dad, I took a bullet to my leg and fell on my arse during the battle, and thus was pulled from the fighting."

@benschleicher7337 2 года назад

I was a soldier like you, until I took a bullet to the knee.

@Ibert0318 5 месяцев назад

"I fell on my arse" LMAO

@braxtonkatz5726 4 года назад

Of those 800 calvary only 420 came back Me: nice

@ericbrown175 4 года назад

Soko the bi turn on captions lol

@rockomax2732 4 года назад

69 likes and 420. Nice.

@illegalaryan8400 4 года назад

Sounds like the cavalry got smoked.

@23GreyFox 3 года назад

@@illegalaryan8400 They destroyed the artillery.

@HunterKiller762 Год назад

When he went to see his son, I nearly started crying. When I was stationed in Washington, there was an incident that left me in the hospital. The moment my father found out, he booked a flight and both he and my mother came to check up on me, despite his health problems. He was such a great dad

@mikedicewrites 6 лет назад

I'm starting to see why Germany named their most elite ship after this guy.

@Gamerroemer 6 лет назад

Michael Miller ze bismarck was ze greatest ship ever fielded in the baltic and atlantic, then a couple of canvas and wood buildt biplanes had to ruin it

@bertshrock6104 6 лет назад

Ah ok, so that's where the name came from.

@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig 5 лет назад

Michael Miller actually the "Bismarck" had a sister cruiser nsmed the "Tirpiz". It got sunk by a bombing raid in Norway.

@dyingember3918 5 лет назад

@@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig Tirpitz

@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig 5 лет назад

@@dyingember3918 thx

@WannabeCanadianDev 6 лет назад

I sniffled a little, Bismark's son not dying is pretty nice change of pace.

@lazyc0mmander277 6 лет назад

I'm not sure I'd call it nice considering how much of a warmonger that guy is.

@WannabeCanadianDev 6 лет назад

I think the desire to unify your country isn't entirely warmonger territory, anymore than Lincoln or Washington were warmongers.

@10Tabris01 6 лет назад

If you remember how many non-german wars had been fought on german territory up to that point, a bit of warmongering to try and take care that this doesn't happen again is acceptable, don't you think?

@WannabeCanadianDev 6 лет назад

We're still after all in a context where Wars Are Fought; I think Bismark can be respected for his pragmatism in trying to come up with a sustainable world order that would endure; he wasn't intended to annex France (Although Prussia still occupied a great deal of Polish territory). As 10Tabris01 says, there's plenty of respectable reasons for that era to fight wars; people die and war is hell, and not a lot of people had experienced the things General Sherman did; but in terms of desire to see a unified Germany that wouldn't ever again feel the deprivations of the 30 Years War; I think calling Bismark a warmonger is a bit harsh. Consider how it was mentioned in a previous video Bismark was very much against unnecessary wars and bloodshed without a good cause or justification. He didn't delight in war for the sake of warfare; but a more Clauswitzian take where the point of war was diplomacy by other means, and to be won decisively and overwhelmingly as to not be drawn out.

@vedsingh9785 6 лет назад

tell that to napoleon bonaparte

@kumquatgobbler Год назад

"He pushed for Prince Leopold to accept the offer, despite the fact that his name didn't even have Wilhelm in it anywhere." That might be my favorite line from this series XD

@khalidshubbar6911 2 месяца назад

That was the reason why it didn't work.

@shadhinov 6 лет назад

extra history's greatest bromance awards nominees Bismarck and Moltke justinian and Belisarius Suleiman and Ibrahim

@AatiNiiranen 4 года назад

The reward goes Tooooooooo justinian and belasaurius

@shadhinov 4 года назад

@@AatiNiiranen a new contender enters the fray, Augustus and agrippa

@VandanaSingh-zr9ji 3 года назад

Nicholas and Rasputin 😅😅

@trihermawan9553 3 года назад

@@VandanaSingh-zr9ji that's a drunk duo,

@oomar4597 3 года назад

@@VandanaSingh-zr9ji they def were more then friends

@kanvaros4451 6 лет назад

Bismarck playing 4D chess when everyone else is playing checkers

@khalidshubbar6911 2 месяца назад

8D chess!

@DragoniteSpam 6 лет назад

So this _entire_ to-do happened within the summer of 1870? Yeesh, that's a tumultuous turn of events by _today's_ standards, imagine living through that a century before things like television and the Internet existed.

@anttibjorklund1869 6 лет назад

You don't need to even go this far - the events escalating into World War One basically happened in about a month (as the Extra History series on the subject showed).

@thomasbuckley6999 6 лет назад

I wonder how much the ordinary people actually knew. It wouldn't surprise me if ordinary people only heard of half of it.

@SoYFooD2 6 лет назад

they did not, ww2 had a bigger impact but was still worlds away from normal people en they were fighting pure evil, as var as they know. it was Vietnam that showed the western world the real horror of war. and the politicks that drive it.

@Cythil 6 лет назад

I do not agree. While USA might have been shielded from the worst of WWII most of Europe was not so lucky. Most lived with the horrors next door if not in it. Even WWI had a huge impact on how people preserved war. After WWII there where very few Europeans that had a positive view of war.

@SuperHipsterGamer 6 лет назад

Don't underestimate the press though. 3 papers were printed a day by the larger companies, middle-class people would easily stay in the know.

@GANSO_KERAUNOS 6 лет назад

"Isn't it true that we weren't cowards at Sedan?" - Napoleon III

@fahoodie1852 3 года назад

You can say lots of things in criticism of Napoleon III, but being a coward was something he never did

@unknownunknown743 2 года назад

I did some reading on Napoleon the 3rd and he actually seems like a pretty good ruler

@adilyricist1388 2 года назад

@@unknownunknown743 pretty good indeed

@SirCuttlefish626 5 лет назад

Obi-Wan had the high ground. Obi-Wan always had the high ground.

@kaboom138 6 лет назад

Bismark: "Its over France! I have the (moral) high ground!" Napoleon III: "You underestimate my élan (morale, fighting spirit)!"

@andreipristavu8170 6 лет назад

Élan: +10% morale of armies.

@Timon-IrishFolk 6 лет назад

Diana Pristavu No. It's 20%

@phendan 6 лет назад

"Prussian Patrician Plotting Possible Pursuit of Imperial Post." Well played, pal.

@kevinli1438 6 лет назад

Really rolls off the tip of the tongue, no?

@thornangel16 6 лет назад

You gotta love alliteration.

@nickhueper2906 6 лет назад

Read it like Sylvester the cat

@irrelevant_noob 5 лет назад

Phendan the video said "Persuit" tho... ( 3:58 ) :-B

@kartikkashyap7486 3 года назад

I am not lying! I am simply "Omitting some words"

@KayDizzelVids 5 лет назад

If there is anything I've learned from this series is that Bismark has a plan. Bismark. ALWAYS. Had. A. Plan.

@liamwhite3522 6 лет назад

His name didn't even have Wilhelm in it! How could he be a good leader?

@Polarbaerchen 6 лет назад

Come on, they're selling the Prussian monarchs short there. A king called Friedrich was also perfectly acceptable for them. (Of course, Leopold didn't have that going for him either ... so many names, and not one of them Wilhelm or Friedrich? What were the parents thinking?)

@KendrixTermina 6 лет назад

Considering they translate to "determined protector" and "peaceful ruler" respectively it sorta makes sense as something to name a Prince. Plus families in medieval Europe kept recycling their parents' and grandparents names and them royals were no exeptions...

@alextablet8825 6 лет назад

If im not mistaken this exact Leopold becomes belgian King and a Despot for many colonies. Some say like another Stalin (with all the lost Souls an it)

@j0nas469 6 лет назад

Alex Tablet that was a different dude

@nerdsforever4852 6 лет назад

given the nature of German leaders called Wilhelm I think the opposite is true

@12345678900987659101 6 лет назад

Fun Fact Time: Emperor Napoleon III son, Napoleon IV, fought against the Zulus with Britain and died fighting them.

@s199805723 6 лет назад

Yes, I believe that they actually cover that at some point in their Zulu series.

@dariusniederer856 6 лет назад

Rudolf of Habsburg they did

@Mugdorna 6 лет назад

I assume that’s an easy Walpole connection!

@justjack1658 6 лет назад

Wow, he died? I love FUN facts

@arandomguy8771 6 лет назад

flyingkoopa45 what battle did he die in?

@vicentetemes5793 6 лет назад

*Interior. A phone store, with a mustachioed man sitting on a chair, calmly tapping his fingers on the table.* Clerk: So, Mr. Bismarck, you said you wanted to check your plan; however, I regrettably have to inform you that we have misplaced your documents. Bismarck: Nah fm I got it.

@a.morphous66 6 лет назад

This is the best comment.

@sammym2511 5 лет назад

_Always have a backup plan_

@murderousintent7838 5 лет назад

Bismarck ALWAYS has a plan

@cononsberg6919 6 лет назад

“Bismarck has a plan. Bismarck always has a plan” Perfect! As a military vehicle enthusiast, I can’t wait for this series to merge with the “Hunting the Bismarck” one.

@florians9949 8 месяцев назад

The only time where bismarckmin fact didn’t had a plan.

@elm7140 6 лет назад

bismark always has a plan. (On a t-shirt) 👍😀

@cypher2589 6 лет назад

poster too please

@generalfisch2017 6 лет назад

I WANT that shirt. It will cost what it will cost, but I'm buying it

@PositiveBlackSoul 6 лет назад

together with an "It was Walpole" shirt

@robertwalpole360 6 лет назад

Absolutely!

@arcaneprofet 6 лет назад

I'd buy it.

@SandsBuisle 6 лет назад

Why let a lack of Wilhelm get in the way of installing a monarch?

@MrLolx2u 6 лет назад

The reason that the French was so pummeled despite having all the odds was that the German technology was far superior than what the French would have conceived. At the time of that battle, the French was still using barrel loading cannons as artillery while the Prussians were using breach-loading cannons called the Krupp cannon. They could fire so many rounds within a minute of up to 15 against the French's 8, they could pin the French harder and longer. If you ask any historians, they'll all say that the main 3 factor the Prussians won was Bismark & Motke, the train system they utilized massively and the massive Krupp cannon. All these things which we would see on a modern battlefield from Motke and Bismark's War Council to the train transport system to the breach-loaded artillery.

@madkoala2130 Год назад

If i remember correctly. French had better rifles (Chassepot) to what Prussian had (Dreyse). But the diffrence was in gas seal and that enabled higher muzzle velocity and longer range, but that didnt give any massive advatage to what prussians had.

@jakob_212 6 лет назад

I am kind of dissapointed, that the name "Sedan" isn't even mentioned once. This battle is the unifying myth for the German People and during the Willhelmminic Era there was even a special Holiday called "Sedanstag" to remind of that Battle. I see that you described the battle(the first modern use of artillery and the surrender of 100.000 french troops) but i think that the name must be mentioned if you talk about the Franco-Prussian-War in special and the German unification in general. Otherwise great Video, really enjoying the series

@goyonman9655 5 лет назад

Willhelminic

@idanzamir7540 6 лет назад

9:05 Imagine what Bismarck felt, thinking that his eldest son has died, died in a war that Bismarck crafted. for a few hours he didn't care about Prussia, about unification or about war, only about what he had done. if his son did indeed die the story of Bismarck could have been much less heroic, but I'm happy that he lived.

@idanzamir7540 6 лет назад

yes

@PepsimVideos 6 лет назад

God damn, if the new artist made this episode then holy shit he's great!

@TheAustronaut03 5 лет назад

*IT'S OVER NAPOLEAON! I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND*

@ptripathy 5 лет назад

you underestimate my rifles

@orlandoarroyo7278 4 года назад

9:00 "only 420 horsemen went back home" Me: cue the drug jokes!

@magicmengaming8127 3 года назад

the fucking subtitles dude

@ffenixfubuki 6 лет назад

3:20 when you use a meme in a historical series perfectly

@WolfGeek64 6 лет назад

SMOOTH ANIMATION! AAAHHHH

@mattwarmka1703 6 лет назад

All of the possible gifs... such beauty.

@randomnepali7772 6 лет назад

.... you had something to do with the creation of the animations didn't you?.... silly ol' Walpole :3

@merrittanimation7721 6 лет назад

AHHHHHHHHH

@topshaggeralfieg9130 6 лет назад

Atleast 1 frame every 5 seconds

@aurumrs6557 6 лет назад

Beast From The Weast what programm is he using?

@andrewh2699 6 лет назад

4:35 ACTUAL ANIMATION?!?! HERESY!

@robertwalpole360 6 лет назад

WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!

@andrewh2699 6 лет назад

That innocent(but totally guilty) smile tho /\ /\ _0 _0 It was Walpole > / \_____/

@samuelhein8090 6 лет назад

I know right

@vincentvincent8554 6 лет назад

StarburstPlays Gaming who killed the roman empire? It was walpole

@lucabarrett2 6 лет назад

DeATh tO tHE HeRItiCs

@crispybacon4240 6 лет назад

0:45 I absolutely love this image. It's like something straight out of a Monty Python sketch.

@penguinmaster1795 6 лет назад

4:34 oh god, ACTUAL ANIMATION, NAAAAIIIIIIILLLL

@Googledeservestodie 6 лет назад

"It's over Napoleon III! I hold the high ground!"

@MsPaintMr 6 лет назад

"You underestimate my army!"

@LuckyArsonist 6 лет назад

mr ms paint don’t try it

@MsPaintMr 6 лет назад

(Sends entire army and myself into a suicidal battle that is a total failure)

@robertjarman3703 6 лет назад

Those holes are too small for sand people, only Imperial Prussians are so precise.

@Googledeservestodie 6 лет назад

*Bismark bans the German Assembly* Austria: So zis is how Liberty dies. Thunderous applause.

@nicholasrowe6322 6 лет назад

It would appear that you folks showed Germany in possession of Alsace-Lorraine before they won it in the war. Also it looks as if France had miraculously annexed Belgium at some point. Not the biggest deal, but meh.

@Carnosaurrr 6 лет назад

Good catch, and it's a huge deal actually!

@Duke_of_Lorraine 6 лет назад

Fun fact : I'm actually plotting so that France annexes Belgium. And a couple other areas...

@sevensulivin4903 6 лет назад

TBH, I don't really like this new artist.

@DavidChipman 6 лет назад

Look for it in "Lies".

@Healermain15 6 лет назад

+Duke of Lorraine France can have the lower half while we take all the upper bits, ok? Those guys are practically french anyway, so it makes the whole "unification and liberation" angle seem more believable for both of us.

@JustLookinkAround 6 лет назад

The art was incredibly amazing on this one! Would definately love to see Nick DeWitt again!! :)

@meloncollies 3 года назад

God imagine 9:23 being referenced in future conversations between them “hey remember that one time you thought I was dead? Hilarious amiright”

@akrybion 6 лет назад

5:25 That is some next level Game of Thrones shit. I have huge respect for people so capable, ruthless and ingenius.

@crimesO1 6 лет назад

Fantastic debut for Nick, really liked the expressive faces and we even got a snippet of animation that was lovely!

@Kirisame312 6 лет назад

3:21 When the new animator is just right

@anselmareich3549 5 лет назад

Me: *sees the picture at **1:22* Hmmm … Napoleon III: Oh look, a puppy! France: Careful, your Majesty, it has a knife! Prussia: *hides knife* Huh, uh, no, I don't! ^^

@Frikiman_H 6 лет назад

1:57 "When the queen of Spain was suddenly kicked out of Spain by revolutionaries" I hope you cover that whole story in the future. It's so funny in hindsight.

@LightAnkou 6 лет назад

Frikiman The next king also did not last, he surrendered after only one silly assasination attempt. What a pussy!

@dariusniederer856 6 лет назад

Please tell the story

@Frikiman_H 6 лет назад

Darius Niederer Making a long story short: it was a huge confluence of chaos and corruption. It all started with a succession war because the previous king died without a suitable heir (his daughter, Isabel, was only a child at the time). The faction supporting Isabel won, so her mother (and later a general) ruled in her place until she grew up. Isabel was declared an adult at the age of 13, and she was crowned queen. There was a problem with that. She was an idiot. She had no skill to rule and was extremely moody and impressionable. The type of government was technically a constitutional monarchy, but it was actually more akin to a series of dictatorships in which a capricious queen had the final word. The political play was carried out mostly by the military, and there were lots and lots of revolutions, that were stifled with brutal repression. Tensions escalated over time, and the queen was eventually dethroned. What's funny about that is that the governments that came after that were not much better than what I just told you.

@LeahLuciB 6 лет назад

"Of the 800 cavalrymen that rode out, only 420 made it back" Nice.

@Orthos4 6 лет назад

Dessa For modern war, its actually quite good!

@Carewolf 6 лет назад

Ehmm.. For WW1 it would be pretty good. Noone really suscribe to charging into machine gun fire to see how many citizen lives you can throw away in an afternoon.

@rambard5599 6 лет назад

Pretty sure this is a "SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY" joke and somehow people are just missing it.

@LeahLuciB 6 лет назад

Thank you.

@nick_a91 6 лет назад

420 gallop it

@grantdelosangeles5357 5 лет назад

Bismarck's plan: 1.Get Power 2.Get more power 3.Plan 4.Plan for war. 5.War 6.??? 7.GERMANY!!!!

@SergioKoolhaas 4 года назад

6. Show France who's boss!

@ironvader502 6 лет назад

A few things about that final battle where they captured Napoleon: It was at Sedan, hence why its called the battle of Sedan. Also, Bismarck desperatly tried to avoid capturing Napoleon, since he knew that would probably lead to a Revolution and a continuation of the war. During the battle, the prussians heavily relied on their new (Krupp-made) artillery to bomb the french into submitting. One medic from a unit from saxony later wrote that when he was tasked to search the area that was targeted by the artillery for survivors, it was the worst thing he had ever seen, most corpses reduced to unrecognizable piles of blood and flesh. He found what he described as a "pile of meat", which he could identify as what was left off a rider and his horse after a direct hit, and pulled put a piece of underwear with the words "General T." out of it. Also, during the time of the german empire, the Day of that battle was a national holiday, and the french became pissed because of it in the 90s one last time because the gigantic equestrian Statue of Emperor Wilhelm I. was put back on it's socket in Koblenz on the anniversary of the battle in 1993.

@duaspontes3716 6 лет назад

Frankly, Bismarck has got to be one of the most interesting series in this channel.

@joelberdecia2626 6 лет назад

Can I get a "Bismark has a plan" shirt? Or at least one that says "Iron Chancellor" with some explosions in the background and Bismarck with shades on. Please? I kind of need it

@TheDolphinator8 5 лет назад

I would argue the charge at the Battle of Beersheba truly changed the course of that battle.

@Ouvii 6 лет назад

It's so weird that a Demetori remix has always been the into song for extra history, but we never got an extra remix episode on such an amazing group.

@decode2577 6 лет назад

Wtf that was 10 minutes???

@troyp467 6 лет назад

I think my favourite part about this series is that I learn parts of history I would never otherwise hear about or even consider learning. Definitely didn't learn about this in Canadian history.

@DepressivesBrot 6 лет назад

I learned 'The Important Bits' in school, including stuff like comparing the original draft of the mentioned telegram and Bizzis edits. Still love this season because EH always adds those little extra details about the people involved.

@Der.Preusse 6 лет назад

Dude Canadian history is terrible, I always wanna shoot my brains out in class.

@cabaledesimelya 6 лет назад

Absolutly, same in French History, we covered this part quickly without entering into the details. That's why i began to add french subtitles xD I want other frenchs that don't speak english to understand. (i will also add the french subtitles to the other episodes by i am working from most recent to the others)

@Der.Preusse 6 лет назад

mathieu toulet Maybe I should start making German subtitles (assuming no one else already is). I somehow doubt they cover it properly there either though the ZDF did make a nice documentry about the German unification a while back.

@cabaledesimelya 6 лет назад

Nice! If you want to do that just click on subtitles/add subtitles !

@limmeh7881 5 лет назад

1:50 so his plan was to wait and make a plan. Clever.

@logoncal3001 5 лет назад

6:34 ARE YOU SURE?! Because 20% increased morale is no joke. IT aint 125% discipline, but it is an idea

@apudharald2435 6 лет назад

800 men rode at the artillery. 420 of them made it. What the HELL were those people smoking???

@lettuceprime4922 6 лет назад

apud harald - Artillery smoke, obviously.

@daddyGbaby 6 лет назад

cocaine was legal back then (even considered medicine)

@Healermain15 6 лет назад

"48% casualties? Excellent work, promote that man!" - unknown WW1 general

@Orthos4 6 лет назад

Look at the Cavalry charges in WW1. 200 men charged, 4 horses survived.

@Adamsnadler214 6 лет назад

Opium

@conorm.5331 6 лет назад

3:21 When the Prussia memes are just right.

@umayyadball4126 6 лет назад

Yes, and it's glorious.

@connormclernon26 6 лет назад

Conor M. Hello Conor. Anyway, yup. When the idiots do just what you want them to.

@Marylandbrony 6 лет назад

Seriously with this video, Those memes seem to be exaggerations at best.

@Healermain15 6 лет назад

4:03 When the German meme flags are starting to look awfully cross-shaped.

@wahlex841 6 лет назад

*insert national anthem of Prussia earrape here*

@ergomate9092 6 лет назад

A particularly excellent episode! Love the new art and animations from Nick: both informative and amusing. :)

@seanowens5423 6 лет назад

I like the animation in this episode. Makes it a lot more lively and energetic. Excellent work on the art, Nick.

@lockretvids 6 лет назад

Stackwipe after stackwipe after stackwipe. This is why you never let Prussia form!

@solidmentalgrace 6 лет назад

make sure to update your navies after unlocking new ships, be careful about your maintenance, check your ships fighting abilities and durability, check your discipline and navy morale. other than these factors, if you have more ships and superior general, you should win.

@89Crono 6 лет назад

Swazi Hitler 27 hold on you let the common wealth have all of Muscovy? If you really needed them you should have at least cut them off at half, and found other allies. Also yeah, you should be winning so like the other guy said check to make sure your ships are updated,etc. If all else fails wait until theyre preoccpied with another war then attack. They and hopefully some of thier allies will be too busy to really fight you amd you can just roll through thier countryside

@papazoulou9326 6 лет назад

BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE! At least during the second part of the war.

@Basedindividual 6 лет назад

Damn Prussian space marines

@theokchannel2081 6 лет назад

LIVE WITH HONOR!

@HxH2011DRA 6 лет назад

Your kirby pic makes this so cute!

@HxH2011DRA 6 лет назад

theokchannel lol

@_attiicus 6 лет назад

..... Die with glory....... That short always makes me cry, Blizzard knows how to get us in our feels.

@cometmoon4485 6 лет назад

"Dammit Bismarck!"

@lordedmundblackadder9321 2 года назад

"It will cost what it will cost" bloody madman

@certifiedcoolguy583 6 лет назад

Glad to see a new artist, I think the drawing is improved! Welcome to Extra history, Nick!

@timothymclean 6 лет назад

"Enemies could be as useful as friends." An attitude shared by only the boldest of chessmasters. The fact that Bismarck lived to be an old, bold chessmaster is testament to his skill at negotiation and planning.

@arqueic4602 6 лет назад

Could that be Ulysses S Grant at 1:45 ? I was skeptical at first of the new animator, but now I am all for him! Good job on the episode! I'm loving this series

@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 Год назад

They did meet,

@MoreImbaThanYou 2 года назад

Honestly, Bismarkc finding his thought-to-be-dead son alive and (relatively) well is kinda touching.

@IllinoisTrafficAttorney 6 лет назад

I love when they throw in the occasional uptick in animation quality for emphasis like at 4:34 It really is a great tool to add in and I hope to see it more.

@Mathmachine 6 лет назад

How can you be a Germanic Prince without Wilhelm in your name? It just doesn't make any sense I tells ya! Which probably explains why things went as they did honestly.

@emeraldis3553 6 лет назад

You are on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Wilhelm

@Tytoalba777 6 лет назад

Mathmachine don’t worry, they’re German Nobles, they tend to have like 10 names. I’m sure Wilhelm is one of them

@varana 6 лет назад

The guy was name Leopold Stefan Karl Anton Gustav Eduard Tassilo, so no Wilhelm in there. (You can blame it on him being from a separate line of the Hohenzollern family - there's almost no Wilhelm or Friedrich in the line of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.) Also, please, "Prussian Prince". There's lots and lots of German nobles who were not Prussian and haven't had a Wilhelm ever. ;)

@eddgrs9193 6 лет назад

The Spanish felt insulted when no Wilhelm appeared.

@agihammerthief8953 6 лет назад

Friedrich the Gross would like a word.

@dannytran7847 6 лет назад

Prussia: I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND FRANCE France: I RETREAT FROM YOU

@dannytran7847 6 лет назад

SgtSpecOps1 Yea because if France attacked they would lose 2 legs and 1 arm for it

@tcc5750 6 лет назад

8:28 OH DAMN! So fucking epic!

@rephaelkurziner6522 4 года назад

"Out of 800 horsemen sent out only 420 got out" Nice

@Carnosaurrr 6 лет назад

The final battle of and surrender at Sedan is arguably more important to name than the siege of Metz (and easier to pronounce).

@Valandix 5 лет назад

You're pronounce Metz in french Iike Maytse

@albinparmentier3697 5 лет назад

Metz is pronounced 'mess'

@frostywiktur8906 6 лет назад

You did a mistake here. Helmut von Moltke the Elder wasn't wear a mustache, you had drawn a Helmut von Moltke younger here xD

@michaelpreston6575 6 лет назад

I love the art style Nick! Looking forward to much more of your work in Extra History

@holyarchangelmichael 6 лет назад

Clever alliteration at 5:08.

@Crash-To-Desktop 6 лет назад

I approve of this new artist.

@jarnomiedema 6 лет назад

Haha.. I think Napoleon III crossing the line is now perhaps one of my favorite visuals in the Extra History series. Absolutely hilarious! What an auspicious start for Nick!

@itac.2280 6 лет назад

Omg I love this new artist animating little bits of it, I understand how much hard work animation can be but those extra little details add an extra little bit of humour and awesomeness xD

@GreenFors 6 лет назад

The art in this episode and this whole series is so great!

@plifal7799 6 лет назад

Boy this Bismarck chappie is really cool, I wonder how this story will end

@darthrevan926 6 лет назад

PlifalTV world war 1

@apudharald2435 6 лет назад

The new young Emperor drops the pilot.

@Halinspark 6 лет назад

Gets hit with a torpedo, and then the British attack with boats.

@BobHerzog1962 6 лет назад

Fast: "Der Lotse geht von Bord." Eine Wunderbare Karrikatur, die beim Abgang von Helmud Schmidt wieder Verwendung fand. Aber im Englischen Original ist wirklich von "droping the pilot" die Rede was eher bedeutet, der Lotse wurde rausgeworfen.

@nerdsforever4852 6 лет назад

sunk in the north Atlantic

@OmenGaming69 6 лет назад

Would you guys ever cover the Paris Commune? It's an interesting snipped of European history.

@anthonylaaksonen2873 6 лет назад

This is awesome dude, really like the content! Love seeing people interested in history and sharing their intrest.

@plasticturnipboy5642 6 лет назад

I literally yay'ed when I saw this episode was out. You guys are officially my new favorite channel now(after crash course).

@RycoreXIII 6 лет назад

Bismarck had a plan. Bismarck ALWAYS has a plan.

@someguy1652 6 лет назад

ALWAYS has a plan

@EinFelsbrocken 4 года назад

I just cant wrap my mind around how determined and cunning this man was xD like what is even happening?? How did he manage to get this all to work?? Truly a genius.

@PedroAguiar 6 лет назад

The new graphics are quite nice! You can tell a different handling while keeping the same style. Very well done!

@lusitanimendes641 6 лет назад

MORE!!!! I NEED MOREEE!!!

@mariusschumacher8175 6 лет назад

@ewokwok79 6 лет назад

Nick is a great new artist. I really like his softer style.

@tristanmoller9498 5 лет назад

7:23 Of course you write up war plans during peace time with Bismarck’s foreign policy

@projecta3halkida 6 лет назад

I really liked the animation wherever you guys put it! Keep up the great work! :D

@Yggi_the_tree 6 лет назад

I assume next part will be covering the interventions with Bismark and his fear of a two-front-war, huh? Looking forward to it! Also: Kudos to Nick. I dunno if he had worked on other Extra episodes before, so I'm just going to say, that his debut here is really nice! Looking forward to more of his contribution