Ten Minute History - German Unification and Empire (Short Documentary) 

Tbh that’s a major simplification by making out that the German Empire was ignoring the French it made out like the Emperor was going to put his cousin on the Spanish throne and surround France therefore the French must invade before that happens to prevent it.

If nuclear weapons didn't exist, this would be happening to this day.

@@arnold3768 I am pretty sure WW1 and WW2 send a pretty clear signal on their own even without nukes.

@@adamboh393 no Wilhelm accepted the first french demand but the french wanted him to declare publicly no Hohenzoller will be on the spanish throne, he refussed and Bismarck send a short version of the ems dispatch to the press

Sir Bobo Which would’ve actually happened had that god dam cipher clerk not made a transcription error when decoding German telegrams. History changed because some idiot wasn’t using a cypher sheet

Your comment is very confused

@@kingdomofitaly6544 kinda

And when didn't win territory that one time, they turned fascist.

Hahahaha. That sounds like a child throwing a fit or rebelling against his parents when his request/demands were not granted.

That's not true tough

Surprising that not many people have picked up on this! And the fact that it was the Germans who imposed devastating reparations on the French after 1871 war.

And the French doing the exact dumb thing after WW1

@@venigos a honor war

Mrs Baylock's Video Emporium because it was the French who started the war...... also I wouldn’t call taking alsace lorraine unfair or harsh because it was a german speaking area, in the franco prussian war the french where 100% the aggressors, in ww1 everyone was an aggressor yet germany still took full blame, so yeah im still gonna call the ww1 treaty of versaille harsher

@Inigo Bantok I'm sure you've probably seen it but there is an amazing painting done, I don't recall the artist, of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, Bismarck, and the German command declaring the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

Finaly someone picked up on this. This is my favorite part of the video

Population ~15

i live in Liechtenstein

@@samuelnoser4295 no you don’t.

@@KR-mm4el actually i do

That was a generational problem in Alsace-Lorraine form 1870 to 1945.

Poland: what you've gone through is pretty straight forward. Don't get me started, you don't have that kind of time.

how do you know? you weren't there

Being out-emperor'd is also what led to Queen Victoria being made Empress of India. She didn't want her relatives in Germany and Russia to be more important than herself.

It's not really exactly how it was. Francis was afraid that the Holy Roman Empire was going to be desolved by Napoleon and he would lose his title of emperor. His fear turned out to be justified since it was exactly what happend. Had he not created the Austrian Empire he would just have been aan archduke after losing the title of Holy Roman Emperor.

@@Pille1842 On a related note, that's exactly the reason why in 1922 the British forced Fuad I of Egypt to downgrade the Sultanate of Egypt into a Kingdom of Egypt, because in Arabic a sultan is basically the equivalent of an emperor and since the Brits were still going to be in charged of Egypt's foreign policy, they didn't want Egyptians to wonder why their ruler is a puppet of a monarch who's technically lower in rank than him.

The 19th century truly killed all the remnants of significance the title of the emperor still had by this point. It became just an ego-boosting device to asspull even when your country was nowhere near to a power.

The game of honor. Italy was crush by Austrian armys. And Kaiser Franz Joseph I wouldn't gave them anything

​@@diogovieira1784 Actually Lissa in 1866 was a venetian victory against italian troops. The cry of victory in the Kriegsmarine was "Viva San Marco!"

Especially after the defet of Napoleon. crazy times

@@argexpert What is a defet of Napoleon? A dish like beef Wellington?

Defeat

Wilhelm II actually brainlet

U don’t know the spelling of Bismarck

bruh moment Not really, he made some hotheaded decisions but he wasn't an idiot like another certain German leader who was involved in a world war...

Chromosome Extract hitler was much smarter than Wilhelm, at least during the start

Hunter something that isn’t mentioned here is that Bismarck and the germans knew the austrians had their back in every war against other states. It was all a matter of dominance within germany that created a rivalry within Prussia and Austria

@C.F.P.N Hans bring ze luger Basically German McDonald’s if Germany won ww1. Instead of chicken nuggets you get jaegerschnitzel with Bratkartoffeln or a bratwurst in a bun, and toys Like a action figure of Bismarck, as well as Captain Germany from the upcoming Marvel Film. Instead of a paper crown you get a paper Pickelhaube. Instead of limo you can buy Brause and the concurrent is not Burger King but the Stullenkaiser... I’ll add this to the list of reasons why Germany’s defeat in ww1 was definitely not good. Also the toys would have a better quality than they currently have. Change my mind

The French do not care about they do not even know who you are before 1871 Germans need to chill !

@@eisenkoenig8324 also no nazism

@@rachelsombo9045 sit tf down france feared a powerful Germany after their ass kicking in 1871

@@lastprussian71 let’s speak about the Napoleonic wars, the First World War, and the resistance in the Second World War that Germans were not even able to stop… *not even able to stop citizens with little guns*

But did Wilhelm scream the Wilhelm Scream?

Another fun fac. The tax for it is not only still in effect, it remains unchanged. So technically every bottle of sparkling wine we buy pays a tax, which HAS to be used for the german navy. But a little law stating "no tax can be taken for a single purpose" overrides that. *church tax chuckles in the distance*

@@1996Horst serious fact. Nowhere in the relevant tax law does it say that the sparkling wine tax must be used to finance the navy and it never has. Indeed, it would be strange as a tax never is bounded to a purpose. As for the "Kirchensteuer". The tax is not raised by the state but only collected in the name of the churches. So again, the tax isn't bounded as the churches can use them in any way the like. The state is a mere intermediary for the tax.

@@t3ss33 true as an atheist or unaffiliated agnosticist you can opt out of it

I am German myself, and I didn't even know that lol.

but Willhelm the 2nd fleed to the Netherlands

And deforested it

@@HugostarGames I mean, you would not want to prosecuted for starting a war that HE may or may not have wished to start

even today politians in third world countries do Fraud and fled to London

Czar Nicholas & family was refused in 1918 and they were executed. Wilhelm II was offered it in 1940 but declined. Karl Marx there from the 1850s to now...

Kaiser Wilhelm II Hello my friend

Das ist umstritten

You are not the real one.

WILHELM VS WILHELM! FIGHT!

oOf

Go home, exurb1a, пиян си

Rude

If you had a verified logo, you would have had 10.000 likes on this comment now

Sup

holy shit its the turtle that breaks my sense of reality every couple of months

Low-key the funniest moment of the entire video

Bismarck's plan: #1: Plan. #2: Plan a backup plan. #3: Plan for war. #4: War. #5: ??? #6: Germany!

You forgot the "give everyone MANLY, DOMINATING, GERMAN MUSTACHES" step

It was the most un-Bismark like plan, and there for the most Bismark like plan

Where did Bismarck's plan come from?

Firing Bismarck must be up there with the most stupid political decisions in German history, and there are a couple to choose from. Which incidentally might not have come about if he wasn't fired. I doubt that Bismarck would have been stupid enough to bring about the first world war. Or at least not if he didn't know that he would win, hmm.

*"THUMP"*

**falls to the ground**

It's like that in a lot of his videos. 'Unfortunately (Insert important name here) came up with a small case of death.'

.."contracted a case of mortality" is one of my favorites

Hoo-dee-doo dee-doo I do say, I am falling!

DO THE EMU WAR,LMAAOOOOOO!!!!!11 ı'm so hilarious

OMG 11!1112!!1!!111 what are you doing here ////?////??????// LOL

_at the mouth?_ Where else do you salivate?

have a final coming up and I'm supposed to write about industrial revolution, unifications of both Italy and Germany and yes I'm drooling...

That last bit was uncomfortable BTW I see this people replying that they know you. I'll check you out since I like history videos

Ah I see you're man of culture as well.

@@Cynderfan35 @Extra History Channel Reference

"All of the Balkan isn't worth the bones of a single tired pommerian Grenadier to us " Also the old guy.

“A Bavarian is a cross between a man and an Austrian.” -also Bismarck

Yes, that describes the foolish thinking of the Austrians to conquer the Balkans. By the way, there is a crucial error in the video that the guilty for the war were not clearly named. In addition, the massacres of civilians by the German army in Belgium was not mentioned clearly enough and German army massacres of Polish civilians are not mentioned at all. Nor was it mentioned that Italy considered Austria and Germany to be responsible of the war. So the Italian allies of the Germans and Austrians were also of the opinion that Serbia France and Russia were not the aggressors. The Italian Foreign Minister Antonio di San Giuliano informed the German Ambassador Hans von Flotow that, in the view of the Italian government, the Alliance case was not given, becuase Austria and Germany were responsible of the war. So the Italian declaration of neutrality took place. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the Austrian ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking a reason for war! Only the Germans and Austrians caused the First World War! The Germans and Austrians were responsible for the outbreak of this war. Because only only Germans and Austrians had the option, war or peace! Only the Germans and the Austrians could prevent the war. They wanted war because the Austrians and the Germans were of the opinion that they dominate too small areas compared to British, Russians and even French. More precisely! The envy on this huge British empirwas actually the reason for the 1st World War. Because that was the feeling that prevailed in Germany in relation to the British. Envy! They felt inferior to the British. That feeling of inferiority particularly clarifies this quote from the German State Secretary of the Foreign Office, and later Chancellor. "We also demand our place in the sun." That's what he means with regard to German demands for more colonies. Anyone who argues in this way believes that he is in the shadows. This feeling of inferiority was then precisely the reason why the Germans attacked France, Belgium and Russia and thus triggered the First World War. After a victory, the Germans wanted to take large areas from the French, Belgians and Russians to also be a colonial power roughly comparable to the British. So the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk show why the Germans waged the war. Russia was forced to agree to the treaty, as the Germans later did Treaty of Versailles.Russia lost 26% of the then European territory, 27% of the arable land, 26% of the rail network, 33% of the textile and 73% of the iron industry and 73% of the coal mines. All the areas to be ceded included around 60 million people, more than 1/3 of the total population of the former Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks committed to pay six billion gold marks of reparation. This shows that the Germans made war for to get colonies from the French and Belgians! On July 29th, German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced to the British Ambassador Edward Goschen that Germany would attack France in breach of Belgian neutrality and that Germany would restore the territorial integrity of France and Belgium - but not that of their colonies - after the war in order to achieve British neutrality. So they wanted the colonies of the defeated French and Belgians. Incidentally, the Austrians have the same reason for waging this war, namely to expand their domain. They wanted to conquer most of the Balkans. After gaining control of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrians also wanted to conquer the rest of the Balkans. The first step was to conquer Bosnia and Herzegovina! This triggered World War I with the support of Germany. In 1878 Austria raided Bosnia-Herzegovina! It was not a kind of peaceful annexation as is always claimed! After this raid, there was massive resistance against the Austrians, which the Austrians put down with blood. That wasn't enough for the Austrians, they wanted to conquer the entire Balkans. So they wanted to expand their sphere of influence on cost of others states. The problem, however, was that the states attacked by the Austrians and Germans were allied with each other. This led to a chain reaction that ended with a big war. So World War 1 started because the Germans and Austrians wanted to conquer territories! So in summary, one can state the imperialism of the Austrians and Germans led to World War I. There is no doubt that France, Great Britain and Russia were imperialist, only that their imperialism did not cause World War I in 1914. That is a widespread lie that the Balkans was Europe's powder keg! The purpose of this lie is to blame the Serbs for the First World War. The fact is, however, that the Austrians and the Germans were Eurpas powder keg in 1914, because the Germans and the Austrians were responsible for the First World War. Austria and Germany were the aggressors in 1914! They were the attackers, not defenders. Incidentally, Serbs had been living in Bosnein Herzogowina for centuries and no Austrians lived there. So these Serbs had the right to resist the foreign rule of Austria. Like they also had the right to defend themselves against the Ottoman rule bevore. The Serbian resistance to the Austrian foreign rule was completely legitimate! The assassination attempt on the future monarchical dictator Franz Ferdinand who would oppress the Serbs like his predecessors did was completely legitimate in 1914! Because every oppressor has to be afraid that the oppressed will fight back and kill him. Because like the other nations were Serbs oppressed in the prison of nations named Austria! The Serbs had every right to defend themselves against Austrian foreign rule! Incidentally, the circumstances of the attack are very dubious. The heir to the throne was presented to potential assassins on a silver platter. The assassination of 1914 was carried out by Serbian freedom fighters supported by non-Serbs. By the way, the Austrians attacked Serbia in 1914 without a war reason! The involvement of the Serbian government in the assassination attempt was not proven in 1914. But an unfulfilled ultimatum should give the reason for war to the Austrians. So the Austrians have given Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum because they assumed that Serbia would not fulfill it. Incidentally, the international press and most states condemned the ultimatum as unacceptable and as proof that Austria was only seeking an excuse for war! The Austrians were therefore surprised when Serbia agreed to most points of the actually unfulfillable ultimatum. German Kaiser Wilhelm II has stated that there is actually no reason for war in 1914 because the Serbs have actually fulfilled the Austrian ultimatum. The Austrians found another pretext for the war! The assassination was not enough, because a Serbian governments participation was unproven 1914 and Serbia almost completely fulfilled the ultimatum! The message of an armed Austrian and Serbian banter near Temes Kubin on the Danube,was then the desired pretext for the war. Instead of checking whether the alleged sebian attack took place at all, war was actually declared on Serbs because of this. Interpreted as an actual opening of the fighting by Serbia, this banter was expressly in the Austrian declaration of war mentioned. At the latest on July 28, and in any case before the declaration of war was sent, the news of this battle turned out to be a hoax. The battle near Temes did not take place; the relevant report was incorrect. This is how one behaves if one wants to provoke a war. Austrians declared with an invented reason for war and the Germans backed the Austrians. Without this German backing, the Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia in 1914. This behavior of the Germany is called "blank cheque"! Also the Germans had to find then something fictitious, to justify the war! In order to attack France, Germans has sought pretexts and found it. Such pretext was then the aircraft of Nuremberg which was actually a newspaper hoax in which one or several French aircraft allegedly dropped bombs near Nuremberg, Germany on August 2, 1914, only one day prior to Germany's declaration of war on France. That was a lie! The story seems to have suited the General Staff's agenda. On August 2 the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin reported to Munich: "Welcoming news of a bombing at Nuremberg by French aircraft has arrived from our III. Army Command. Without even waiting for a diplomatic act the Ministry of War and the General Staff now have declared France an enemy." The German army even simply raided Belgium in 1914 without pretext and without a declaration of war! In summary explained! This is how one behaves when one wants war! Incidentally, the Germans could have prevented the war anyway by refusing the Austrians German backing for the war against Serbia. The Austrians would not have dared to attack Serbia without German backing. But the Germans did exactly the opposite of what than German blank check to Austria is known. In July, 1914, Germany gave Austria a "blank cheque" for attacking Serbia. It meant that Germany would support whatever decision Austria made. Austria decided on war with Serbia which led to the outbreak of World War I. So Germany and Austria are equally responsible for this war.

​@@GreatPolishWingedHussars No one cares

@@balabanasireti Again megalomania where someone thinks he speaks for everyone worldwide.

the monarchy they had at that time was forced unto them under metternichs plans for European balance of power which did not allow for democracies. It was just the opportunity they waited for to depose the monarch that had failed so spectacular. Actually is weird they weren't thankful to Germany.

@@JH-zs3bs No no no -- the guy in charge at the time was the Napoleon who had overthrown the Republic that had arisen after the people overthrew the monarchy that was imposed on them after the last Napoleon was overthrown. (Because 19th Century France.)

magic

Nice video. It's always so complicated in the middle of Europe. Glad we're just chilling off the side.

Sorry, but the Berlin Conference was called on by Portugal :/

Really good. particulary liked the reference to Metternich. Hope your are better and keep up the excellent work

I'm not sure what you are saying at around 1:45 where you say things like 'totally not'. Is that sarcasm? This was very confusing. Thank you for the video.

he do be lookin like Wario

Ten Minute History it sounds really good I study the Ottoman Empire

no Twitter pools pls some ppl dont have Twitter you other sites insted

The Roman Republic or the Greek City-States would be interesting, or something about Carthage or the ancient empires in the middle east. The history of Poland (especially the commonwealth) would be interesting, too. Also The history of Scandinavia or Japan, or the Chinese Empire - the possibilities are endless

Ten Minute History was about to question that after the video lol

Could you do a vid on The Dutch Empire?

sure

Yes lol

The Germans need him

@@assassain0425 oof

Linas Spielwelt only for his dimplomatic genius... he was very good at striking alliances and manipulation... but on the other hand, he was a very poor chancellor concerning domestic policy...

It's even confirmed on Wikipedia that Prussia became one of the Great Powers.

(late reply I know but...) While prussia was recognised as a Great Power after the napoleonic saga, they didn't really hold any weight outside of europe, not when compared to France/Britain/Spain/Ottomans/Russia etc

On the continent, Prussia was clearly more powerful than Spain, just a bit less than Austria/Russia/France/Britain. So Prussia was already great power in Europe, but Germany was "more" than that to be honest: immediately after the Franco-Prussian war, it took France's traditionnal place as the main continental power in Europe. And with the population boom, that lead will only get larger and larger. I think that in the 1890s, only Britain had a political power comparable with Germany's.

Prussia became really powerful as far back as after the Thirty Years War (1618-1648).

Ahaha funny how you say shit because who caused the coalitions ? Who declared war on France ? Britain I see you, don't be shy come on.

I heard of a random fact about he threaten to jump out of a window of the Kaiser didn’t accept his treaty of not taking Austrian lands

@@The_whales I didn't know about that particular one, but yes, he several times manipulated the Kaiser into doing what he wanted him to do 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

​@@dudesayingthingsoh so that's why wheilim II was so lenient about Bismarck he didn't get a much say of stuff and was pushed out of government so it all makes sense now no wonder why he acted like that. It was cowardly to just run when things you did went down if your a captain of the ship you go down with it not the crew.

Fun fact: Luxembourg was the only indepedent state in Western Europe that was actually directly and fully annexed into Nazi Germany during the war.

@@yarpen26 very fun

@@samdosquid6045 The comment section has become full of memes and copycats of Sheldon Cooper

We all do, but look up his 2019 Q and A video and you’ll see why he doesn’t do them currently.

Me!

King of United Italy

every now and then I look at my old save and pretend WWI never happened and Großdeutschland is still going strong

I’m able to create Super Germany in less then 10 years in my Prussian games.

European Awakening I wish I knew

chrisw443 *PLONK*

Fucking psychopath

the thud sound haha

@@DaniellikesBTD5 welcome to the internet, I'll be your guide

Uh... so was 20th century Europe. And the 18th... and the 17th one as well. I'm starting to see a trend here. And we haven't even seen much of the 21st... yet. O_O

I'm not sure why I kept them for so long. I've made a few changes such as trying to (where appropriate) use the 'native' names for monarchs as well. It's all because of the feedback I'm getting so I always appreciate people's thoughts.

American civil war,the Crimean war,the war of 1812,the brothers war,the Franco Prussian war,And Italy,Germany and Japan uniting into countries.Damn right it was

Yeah, it was after Germany defeated France

Not only was the German empire proclaimed in France, the proclamation itself took place in the French Royal Palace at Versailles. They absolutely doubled-down on the insult with that.

It's funny how that really insignificant detail infuriated french public opinion more than taking Alsace and Lorraine.

@@JH-zs3bs lothringen*

@@Tobi-ln9xr hehhehe france is a looser

not anybody. it's just pointed at Poland.

@@JH-zs3bs And it is about half of modern day poland

@@niklasjockel1515 sadly

@@TragicTester034 Lol cope loser next world war and were taking berlin aswell from germany

Contrast that to the USA, we barely even teach the Napoleonic wars, and teach them as a single event really. And the HRE is mentioned, but not covered in any resolution. But, a high school student should be able to explain the Monroe Doctrine in detail, Reconstruction, and the Spanish-American war. It all boils down to where you are. Only Europeans study all the ways Europeans have found to murder each other over the years. But now the USA seems to be committed to joining the European murder sport that passes for foreign policy on that continent.

Nah, he's more like Tywin

Yes, more like Tywin. Better than Tywin, and he died of old age, instead of being skewered while taking a dump.

Littlefinger for negotiations and manipulation, Tywin for military genius and strength

Lets not forget my boy Rob the pup was undefeated against Tywins armies. 💪

We all know Bismarck is like a real-life Mace Tyrell.

He even kinda predicted the first world war. He said that someday, the great European war will happen because of something foolish in the balkans...and he was right.

@@scanida5070 At this point, he must be psychic or something. XD

The support was always there due to the treaty they signed in 1866

My Austrian Greatgrandpa left for the US in 1890 because he 'didn't want to serve in the Kaiser's Army.' He was what we used to call a Draft Dodger in the US. And that's partly how I came to be born in the US.

*Holstein

Mike R. Poor little Romans....

Except the Ottomans

Septimus ii Ottomen?

its so complex, teach me master

Even better, you can make Super Germany (Basically of Germany and the Entire Austria Empire combined as one big blob) and this can be accomplished in less then 10 years if you know what your doing.

Hey David

@@fatiazizi8825 ?

And the problem wasn't that austria had to move through prussian terrritory but that in the agreemt they made austria had to let prussia go through austrian territory in order to get to schleswig