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The Complete History of the Anschluss

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In 1938, Austria united with Germany. Apart from this, peoples understanding of events is hazy. Did the Austrian people want it? Were they coerced into it? Were they invaded? Why did Germany do it? Most believe it was part of Hitler's larger Lebensraum strategy. But this isn't the case at all. In fact, the Anschluss goes back all the way to 1918, if not before, and it was only a few men who ever stood in the way of such a union.
The facts are that Kurt Schuschnigg, not Adolf Hitler, precipitated the crisis. Before this, there was a long standing 'evolutionary process' towards the two nations working closer together. So, in order to stop this process, Schuschnigg made a daring gamble, and that gamble failed. Let's find out what happened.
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Intro: 0:00
Origins of the Anschluss 3:19
Austrofascism: 10:28
The Abandonment of Austria: 15:48
The Crisis Arrives: 23:18
Italian Sabotage: 34:51
Schuschnigg's Gamble: 38:26
The End of Austria: 45:50
The Return of The Native: 57:00

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16 авг 2024

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@bosto23 6 месяцев назад

Refreshing to find a youtube historian who doesn't feel the need to virtue signal, or mix in his own biases or beliefs but keeps it 100% historic! You've earned a new subscriber

@atatexan 8 месяцев назад

Once again, as a well and properly educated European history major, I found an absolutely history with the video. You did terrific work producing this fine and spellbound history. I am going to send it to my favorite, now retired history professor. Thank you for this work.

@ZoomerHistorian 8 месяцев назад

Means a lot!

@mtnvortex 6 месяцев назад

@@ZoomerHistorian I wholeheartedly agree. I have been making a solid effort to help spread awareness of your channel, most often among friends and among fellow history "nerds" online. I do my best to express genuine interest, in the hopes of not looking like a pure tactless shill, but I don't deny being a "shill" of sorts. So be it. 😊My true intentions are simply to draw quality attention from open-minded and genuinely interested folks. I'm sure that you fully understand, but I have a great respect and appreciation for anyone who can thoughtfully and objectively consider the very well researched info from the source materials you often utilize. Many of your frequent sources are criminally underexposed, for clear political reasons(as you undoubtedly know), but the enormous effort and superior scholarship that went into compiling them is light years beyond most anything presented by their most vicious and dishonest critics.

@user-uy8wx4pk4h 3 месяца назад

@@ZoomerHistorian Love your videos! Looking forward to seeing your coverage of Canschluss - the USA/Canada merger.

@AW27007 11 месяцев назад

We're making it out of Austria 🇦🇹 with this one.

@bottlethrower1544 8 месяцев назад

Been a student of WW2 for a while, lots of questions you have answered. Thank you

@ZoomerHistorian 8 месяцев назад

Thanks again mate, really appreciate these!

@isaacdeeley8698 4 месяца назад

Just so you know, this channel is biased and selects “evidence” to downplay the evils of the Nazis. Please do not get your information from this account

@aapoahola9725 11 месяцев назад

I have to say, after watching most of your videos now. You are doing great job in keeping these strictly as works of history and not adding anything political in them. It is of course the only way to keep these on youtube, as they would surely love to ban you on the first note when you tell your own opinion on anything even on the positive stuff that even today's historians admit. I could not have made this long of a video and keep it non-political, so for that I salute you! But a great video as always! "One day the lies will collapse under their own weight and truth will triumph once again" -Someone somewhere in time.

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Thanks very much mate! I’m not really hiding anything to be honest, I genuinely do just want to make honest history videos regardless of what the conclusion is, I find it rather easy to separate the emotion/politics from history

@shracc 7 месяцев назад

History itself is political, trying to be neutral when all sources of information are political is political.

@valdasendriulaitis50 7 месяцев назад

I’m Lithuanian, but my step mother was Austrian and her whole family viewed Austria and Germany as one in the same country and they saw the Anschluss as only a natural event that should take place because they were one people .

@abeedhal6519 3 месяца назад

Which they are.

@ekesandras1481 Месяц назад

than they were not real Austrian patriots, but ideological traitors.

@h.p.lovecraft6904 11 месяцев назад

Honorary bro, honorary.

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Thanks

@SwedishNationalist 2 месяца назад

Ehre

@zinnvoll 14 дней назад

"Ehrenmann"

@seas1829 11 месяцев назад

Great vid, as an Austrian myself this is the most comprehensive analysis of the Anschluss I have ever seen.

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

That means a lot coming from an Austrian, thank you very much mate! Glad I've done it justice

@aasphaltmueller5178 9 месяцев назад

@@ZoomerHistorian I do not think you have, as you see it through a definitely right wing lense. There was no majority for the Germans - nothwithstanding the reception -a 3rd were definitely pro Nazi. Also that Hitler needed to get his hands on the gold and curreny reserves of the National Bank is not mentionend. - there were no preparations,because Schschnigg forced his hand - and that you claim the 99% is something close to a reality is a joke. Even Görings brother complained about the blatant irregularities during that plepiscit.

@ekesandras1481 8 месяцев назад

I like that he never even mentioned the SPÖ, not even when he talked about the Civil War of February 1934. They rewrote their party history so much, that they practically think it was all about them, neglecting totally the geopolitical surroundings. Fact is, that the allies never did anything to defend Austrian independence, not France, not Britain, not the USA. And without help, it was doomed. Austrian politicians are to be blamed, that they didn't forge any relyable alliance with our neighbours, that could help us against the German threat. They were unable to overcome the bad blood with Czechoslovakia and Hungary and didn't even reach out towards Poland. In 1938 the German Wehrmacht was still a minor army and even a small coalition could have stopped them.

@AntonBerglund88 11 месяцев назад

As a half-Austrian myself, I consider this one of the greatest days in the history of the country.

@gratefulguy4130 11 месяцев назад

As a non-Austrian I think so too.

@crusader2112 11 месяцев назад

I personally prefer the Days of the Habsburg Dynasty.

@AntonBerglund88 11 месяцев назад

@@crusader2112 I don't. It wasnt a meritocratic society, and i'd argue any society that isnt meritocratic is doomed to fail not only the state but more importantly the people.

@crusader2112 11 месяцев назад

@@AntonBerglund88 What if a synthesis could be met. A Merit-Based Aristocracy with the Monarch on top in a Semi-Constitutional Monarchy.

@greatdays7050 11 месяцев назад

@@crusader2112read MK

@wilburmayrhauser 9 месяцев назад

im from nicaragua and my paternal heritage goes all the way back to salzburg and upper austria. i descend from one of the very first german immigrants (an austrian) in nicaragua named walter mayrhauser. i love austria and may God continue to bless the austrian people 🇳🇮❤🇦🇹

@VegaTakeOver 9 месяцев назад

we wuz aryan n shiet

@CatholicWilhelm 7 месяцев назад

It is good that you're proud of your Austrian ancestry, greetings to Nicaragua from Austria.

@josevilas4927 7 месяцев назад

Nicaragua and Austria are wirtten with an upper case , y en español también, ( Nicaragua y Austria). The personal pronoun "I" is always capitalized in English, pero no en español (yo) a menos que sea la primera palabra de la oración. The citizenships in English are written with upper case too. Pero no en español . Por ejemplo: Austrian ( in English) austríaco ( en español) ; German ( in English) alemán ( en español). Recuerde usar ortografía adecuada en ambos idiomas. Remember to follow spelling rules in both languages.

@user-dy2cl1ss8d 6 месяцев назад

No way that‘s so cool man love back🇦🇹❤️🇳🇮

@FlyingDutchGirl1998 5 месяцев назад

Even the flags are kinda similar, just blue stripes instead of red

@NativeNordmann 5 месяцев назад

This is the best history channel in history; on youtube and elsewhere. Love it ❤️🧡

@TheWaller 11 месяцев назад

I have been looking forward to this one! Will be in my headphones to work tomorrow 🎉

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the constant support mate

@gratefulguy4130 11 месяцев назад

Sadly the headphones are necessary still..

@uncle_Samssubjects 5 месяцев назад

@@gratefulguy4130it will stay that way until we act like Men and stop the censorship and propaganda.

@InReality33 5 месяцев назад

Facts!

@jhaserk 11 месяцев назад

This makes my morning Zoomer. Thanks

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Thanks very much mate

@esothetics 9 месяцев назад

1:02:43 This photo made me a bit teary. “When your mother has grown older, When her dear, faithful eyes no longer see life as they once did, When her feet, grown tired, No longer want to carry her as she walks Then lend her your arm in support, Escort her with happy pleasure. The hour will come when, weeping, you Must accompany her on her final walk. And if she asks you something, Then give her an answer. And if she asks again, then speak! And if she asks yet again, respond to her, Not impatiently, but with gentle calm. And if she cannot understand you properly Explain all to her happily. The hour will come, the bitter hour, When her mouth asks for nothing more.”

@mtnvortex 6 месяцев назад

Cool poem, and a fitting moment. I recently learned that it was actually written by someone named Georg Runsky, though it is often falsely attributed to old Uncle A. I always thought he authored it too. Apparently, in the happier days of the Reich(pre-war), this poem was featured in one of the papers and Uncle A was credited as the author. It is said that this was what started the false info about who wrote it. I've seen some others claim that it was a deliberate propaganda move by Goebbels, to foster the high respect for motherhood that became a pillar of the party's platform. You know how these things go though. Did Goebbels start the rumor? I don't know. Maybe. Ultimately, it's a nice respectful sentiment. Whatever. 🙂.\o

@Joshapopolus Месяц назад

If you woulda told 15 year old me I would get emotional listening about hitlers life. I would’ve called you a nut. But 14 years later here I am. Getting emotional

@PastorLUL 11 месяцев назад

Austria was and will always be German! 🇩🇪❤🇦🇹

@martinmorbak8778 10 месяцев назад

The HRE should have last.

@aasphaltmueller5178 9 месяцев назад

we never were and never willl be

@helmuthvonmoltke5518 8 месяцев назад

@@aasphaltmueller5178cope

@ekesandras1481 8 месяцев назад

Austria is German, but it will never be Germany!!!

@helmuthvonmoltke5518 8 месяцев назад

@@ekesandras1481 We shall see about that

@vaerenbergh 10 месяцев назад

These video's really show that the victors wright history without regards of the reel truths

@AZTLANSOLDIER13 4 месяца назад

The Victors dont hide the facts. What they do is get caught up in the why. That's how they manage to confuse people. Minutia of why

@justadildeau 10 месяцев назад

Kubizek's meeting with Adolph must've been sad and joyous at the same time. I can't imagine how that must've felt for both men.

@ZoomerHistorian 10 месяцев назад

That part interested me more than any of this video, I’m looking forward to reading Kubizeks book

@justadildeau 10 месяцев назад

@@ZoomerHistorian Listening to your video and at that specific part I felt as if there was many tears shed at the many years that passed by both men as well as the happiness of reunion yet sadness of disparity in destiny. Oddly touching. Well done on your content young lad. You are a breath of fresh air in a long stagnant space.

@ZoomerHistorian 10 месяцев назад

@@justadildeau Thank you very much mate, that’s very kind

@justadildeau 10 месяцев назад

@@ZoomerHistorian I'm going through your entire series. I'm quite impressed by your delivery of the facts. Your channel deserves many subscribers and I'm sure you most certainly will see that going forward. God speed Zoomer.

@ZoomerHistorian 10 месяцев назад

Thanks very much, that’s really kind of you

@brominelover6747 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for all your hard work

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Means the world, thanks for the constant support

@brominelover6747 11 месяцев назад

@@ZoomerHistorian I am your weakest commenter

@ImperialAquila 8 месяцев назад

I appreciate how you show the dark truths of all sides without celebrating the usual suspects. History (as spoon-fed in state schools) is truly written by the winners. All would do well to avoid having heroes and looking at all governments, our own included, with deep levels of scepticism.

@user-dp3vz9tq6e 7 месяцев назад

Excellent video. I am a history buff of many years & I learnt new stuff watching, Thanks

@ZoomerHistorian 7 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot!

@nwchrista 4 месяца назад

Churchill being paid by shadowy groups in Britain... Eh hem, or shall we say shalom. 😂😂😂

@chadczternastek 9 месяцев назад

So glad I landed on this channel. Love the complex layers of history explained extremely well. I've learned so much from these so far and can't wait to see more.

@ZoomerHistorian 9 месяцев назад

Thanks very much mate, means the world

@antoniomosley4961 11 месяцев назад

Wait a minecraft server? I will become a patreon supporter then

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

That’s right yes 👍🏻 Thanks very much mate

@juliorebelo6475 11 месяцев назад

Great video, I've been seeing all your videos recently and they fascinating I hope that, if more people learn about the true history of the past and realize what was taken and has been taken for us we might have a chance of a better future Do not downplay your part on this better future my friend

@gratefulguy4130 11 месяцев назад

Yay! The moment I've all been waiting for!

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Very grateful

@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 10 месяцев назад

This was an absolutely suberb video, deeply engaging and fascinating, and without any of the cringy forced humour of some other history RU-vidrs. Very calmly and clearly presented. This video was a very welcome distraction for me from my IRL problems. Keep up the amazing work.

@ZoomerHistorian 10 месяцев назад

What a lovely comment, thanks very much pal

@craigmanderson4673 8 месяцев назад

So actually Austria Annexed Germany by using germans.

@JackKrei 7 месяцев назад

Why has the truth been hidden and lies pushed so hard. It's so refreshing to hear true history, unbias and factual laid before your eyes and ears to understand the past as it really happen so you can judge with open minds the events as they played out. Thank you, for being brave.

@noahhess4955 9 месяцев назад

Why can’t our two nations come together again? We’d be so strong together

@user-dy2cl1ss8d 6 месяцев назад

Ussr

@swedishkillerchef9981 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for giving such an objective take! There's so much propaganda out there nowadays so it's refreshing to finally see a historian who cites unbiased sources and doesn't tell history like some dramatic bad guy vs good guy narrative.

@AZTLANSOLDIER13 4 месяца назад

So did the, you know, happen or not?

@terdfergusonIII 4 месяца назад

Mr. Bond is my favorite Austrian since Uncle A

@AgentM3tallion 5 месяцев назад

Time will out the truth. I am surprised at someone your age seeing through the propaganda!

@kurtschmidt5005 5 месяцев назад

Your documentaries are amazing! Thanks!

@stalino112 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for the unbiased history lessons zoomer. As a 19 yr old this knowledge is of great value to me

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Thanks very much mate!

@feasogachsionnach1872 11 месяцев назад

Aye, it's a fresh breath of air from the usual crowd who can't move on from World War 2 and so on.

@Archie-bo2fy 8 месяцев назад

Question it all.... History always carries the bias of the presentor..... Especially when the USA "victor", supplies the historical "facts"..... The American government has a bowling average of 300 when it comes to lying thru their teeth.... If America states a "fact".... look 180° the other direction.... the "Truth" will be totally in the opposite direction. This one's pretty much on the 'mark' .... except regarding the involvement of the Vatican.

@valdasendriulaitis50 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for presenting us with genuine factual history rather than post war propaganda ! As in all cases of history it takes time before the truth is actually reticently available to the people !

@artseosamhogriobhta 11 месяцев назад

Wonderful video, once again. Thank you!

@antoniomosley4961 11 месяцев назад

Amazing film as always.

@Inuzumi 8 месяцев назад

Great video. Definitely deserves more views.

@rudolfkraffzick642 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for mentioning the prehistory of the "Anschluss" which dates back to the first Empire with Vienna as the site of the Kaiser and to the national German movement after Napoleon, culminating in the 1848 Revolution.

@Devin7Eleven 11 месяцев назад

I always heard that Austria was just a German kingdom who didn’t join because they were doing well off on their own as an empire.

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

That's one way of putting it

@user-jw6gf4eb2g 8 месяцев назад

no the Austrians are just opportunistic since it has been unpopular to be German since the war they claim not to be

@SwampOnaMountain 8 месяцев назад

@@user-jw6gf4eb2g not even since the war ended but speciffically when the 65 revolutions happend. germany became to liberal for backthen still very conservative austria and the copycat commies here attempted something similar with antigerman sentiment that the conservatives randomly adopted simnply for not wanting to pay more reperations etc. the fpö in polls rn the largest party here is still holding on to german heritage so not all is lost

@braescales5736 2 месяца назад

Your content is so fresh! and refreshing!

@brominelover6747 11 месяцев назад

One of the greatest acts of justice in recent history, just undone like it was nothing. What a shame

@Just_another_Euro_dude 5 месяцев назад

Says the German from Germany. Cry more 😢. 😊😊😊😊

@bayern1445 5 месяцев назад

I am austrian but live in bayern, id rather be united@@Just_another_Euro_dude

@Just_another_Euro_dude 5 месяцев назад

@@bayern1445 Exactly. As i said, you live in Germany. You want the convenience for yourself. But Austrian statehood (which is something very old) would be gone. And in a bigger country like Germany, Austrian voice would be mostly gone too.

@youtubeisdying929 4 месяца назад

@@Just_another_Euro_dude Don't be like modern Americans who would rather compete with each other than unite and become stronger. You will not only lose Austrian sovereignty, but the entirety of Austria if you don't unite with Germany one day. Austria already could barely be considered an independent state... like most nations in Europe right now.

@tancreddehauteville764 11 месяцев назад

Hitler was an opportunist. Many historians have placed far too much importance on 'Mein Kampf' as his supposed blueprint for conquest, but this is an erroneous assumption. The book was little more than a collection of ideas, thoughts and fantasies.

@crusader2112 11 месяцев назад

I believe Hitler said that if he knew he would end up as leader he would never have written the book.

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Real

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

He did yes

@SenorTucano 11 месяцев назад

8:24 amazing to see how much of Germany was taken by the Czechs in Bohemia

@ekesandras1481 8 месяцев назад

non of this territory was ever Germany. It was Bohemian land inhabited by German speaking settlers. For hundreds of years Bohemia was with Austria, but never with Prussia or this Greater Germany that grew out of Prussia. In every single war, Bohemia and Austria and the Sudeten Germans fought against Prussia, from the War of Austrian Succession, the Silisian Wars, to Königgrätz.

@user-uy8wx4pk4h 3 месяца назад

@@ekesandras1481 The Hapsburgs weren't against Prussia in every war. From the Napoleonic wars on they've been more allies than enemies.

@nicholasgutierrez9940 2 месяца назад

It’s very complicated. Germans never ruled Bohemia until the Habsburgs but always had Germans in Bohemia and Moravia. It wasn’t German, but heavily influenced by it. Much like Lusatia, where the Slavic Sorbians lived. Or Silesia which had its natives, Poles, Germans, etc. For example, Bohemian kings were also German emperors. The two at that time, were inherently linked together. Which is why Germans lived in it.!

@ekesandras1481 Месяц назад

@@nicholasgutierrez9940 you could argue that the former Bohemia royal family - the Luxemburgers - were also some kind of Germans. They were even emperor of the HRR. Even the short lived Protestant winter king of Bohemia, Friedrich von der Pfalz, was German (a Bavarian Wittelsbacher).

@marseille1196 11 месяцев назад

Can you make a video in what National socialism actually was

@thech33f39 7 месяцев назад

He'd get banned off youtube.

@biggymcbiggest 11 месяцев назад

Yipppieeee zooma historan videoooo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

❤

@rhysnichols8608 11 месяцев назад

I am 1/4 Austrian (Handsome AF) and my family in Austria were children during this period, they have fond memories and most say they liked the Union, they also use the term ‘queer’ when referring to…um….you know!

@samhenson8177 6 месяцев назад

Ah yes, the perfect video to listen to while I DEFINITELY don’t aggressively invade countries as Spicy Germany in HOI4

@michaelmiller7176 8 месяцев назад

Well done. But a correction: Werner von Blomberg and Werner von Fritsch were by no means anti-Nazis, and both proudly wore the honorary Golden Party badges they were granted by Hitler in 1937. They were also members of the Nazi Party, Blomberg holding NSDAP-Nr. 3.805.226 and Fritsch with NSDAP-Nr. 3.805.227. Blomberg in particular held Hitler in high esteem. Blomberg was a virulent antisemite who, in February 1934, had 74 Jewish soldiers ejected from the Wehrmacht with dishonorable discharges.

@infectedgoat7775 4 месяца назад

I love you included the Austrian Empire anthem it’s so emotional as it rises. There’s a hq version on YT that’s good. And the history of this song could be a video itself. Great work!

@giggerchad4712 11 месяцев назад

nice

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Thanks mate

@FlyingDutchGirl1998 5 месяцев назад

Although I disagree with the angry austrian's policies, I think reuniting Austria with Germany was overall a good thing, 1) because both Austrians and Germans supported it so it was not an annexation it was more like a family reunion and 2) because Austria was better off being part of Germany. An annexation is only when the defending country and its people don't support being annexed into the "invading country". The fact that over 90% of both Germans and Austrians supported the unification of Austria into Germany proves it literally wasn't an annexation.

@SonofTiamat 5 месяцев назад

Well said. So many lies and misconceptions about this period of time

@ChannelFish279 Месяц назад

"The old trust him; the young idolise him. It is not the admiration accorded to a popular Leader. It is the worship of a national hero who has saved his country from utter despondency and degradation." - British Prime Minister David Lloyd George

@ChannelFish279 Месяц назад

SOURCE: "The George Washington of Germany."

@greatdays7050 11 месяцев назад

What was the old name for "the city of london"? 🤔

@user-jw6gf4eb2g 8 месяцев назад

old -Jewry

@eternalhistory4706 2 месяца назад

Londinium?

@shatbad2960 7 месяцев назад

43:00 Yes! Warmonger Churchill.

@ep5019 10 месяцев назад

Very good video

@LegendofNelda 6 месяцев назад

This is excellent quality.

@agodinho64 8 месяцев назад

Great overview, thank you!

@willnailer2118 10 месяцев назад

I have found your videos very interesting.

@DIFESA_RAZZA_BIANCA 11 месяцев назад

Austria and Germany should unite again with Vienna the capital 🇩🇪❤️🇦🇹

@tancreddehauteville764 11 месяцев назад

In my opinion, neither Vienna nor Berlin. I would choose Munich, or perhaps Frankfurt.

@user-jw6gf4eb2g 8 месяцев назад

I think it should be Regensburg as the name suggests

@tancreddehauteville764 8 месяцев назад

@@user-jw6gf4eb2g It's a small town.

@jman2903 5 месяцев назад

Ich wähle Stuttgart

@rabbiezekielgoldberg2497 11 месяцев назад

The only one-state solution I support is one German-Austrian state.

@mariopenulli1395 7 месяцев назад

As Austrian I had never even heard of president Miklas and his stubborn resistance.

@tropics8407 5 месяцев назад

Great work, well done 👏👏

@VietTran-IAMV 5 месяцев назад

The more i watch, the more i think about what the world's attitude would be if this guy isn't racist and passed away right after Anschluss and Sudeten Crisis ...

@siamihari8717 10 месяцев назад

It is vary important to see this though eyes unclouded

@ZoomerHistorian 10 месяцев назад

I agree

@siamihari8717 10 месяцев назад

@@ZoomerHistorian Your Videos have made me ask a Harsh question I cannot myself answer. Is Nationalism in itself wrong? Or is it wrong in how it is used?

@nonono9194 5 месяцев назад

@@siamihari8717nationalism is needed for nations to exist, it's literally in the name. Anything else is a feudalistic system which is what we have in the west now

@AMurillo622 11 месяцев назад

Oh hell yeah brother 😎

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Let's go

@erichlenz9316 2 дня назад

I lived in Austria and most modern Austrians would never tolerate a modern union. They are proud if their nation and what it has become since 1955. Other than a few resources mentioned, what are you primary sources to use the litany of quotes? Also, the use of modern English slang and applied to quotes from another language from another era you are using, honestly is a distraction from your informative video.

@user-nm3nb4oj5d 5 месяцев назад

Reunification always included Austria. 1848 Greater German vs Lessor German solution with the latter succeeded with Prussia alone as one of the great German powers unifying with smaller German states

@ekesandras1481 Месяц назад

in 1848 Austrian regions sent delegates to the provisionary parliament in Frankfurt and the parliament even tried to calm differences by electing Erzherzog Johann as German president. But when it became clear, that Northern German protestants would dominate such a new state, both the delegates and the Erzherzog left Frankfurt and never came back.

@flyingaviator8158 5 месяцев назад

As a Austrian: Detailed in depth analyses, except for the vote, all the parts seem detailed and correct.

@siberiancajun 8 месяцев назад

Terrific research. Me and many other would love hear your knowledge on Operation Grey Wolf if possible some day. I'm tired of the Soviet lies still being fed here in the West.

@stevens1041 8 месяцев назад

I find it strange that Germany and Austria cannot unite, but they can both be under the EU, which is becoming more and more in the direction of a political union itself. I wish more countries in Europe would unite if they can find common ground on culture and history--Moldova and Romania, for instance, or northern part of Belgium and Netherlands. At the same time, bigger often does not mean well run, in terms of national governments.

@SwampOnaMountain 8 месяцев назад

those are not comparable. the eu was always a political entity but a unitary state is a different matter all together as each country has different foreign policy. in many ways you can also see the eu countries shifting apart and decentrilizing dueto infighting whch isnt the case for either states.

@SwampOnaMountain 8 месяцев назад

the eu is a single market with some political endgoals for sure but a unitary state is a thing that most people and governments dont work towards and some joined openly stating they'll never join such state no matter what.

@RogerioBarreto-ys3li 4 месяца назад

Take care with your archives comrade, there is a channel making a bad marketing of your content, assure back ups of this relics piece of true history.

@Go_for_it652 4 дня назад

The Treaty of Versailles forbid a free trade agreement between Germany and Austria. . Bavaria asked to become a separate state after WW 1 and the Treaty of Versailles forbid the separation. Britain and France always blame the Germans . All the best .

@filled_soda 6 месяцев назад

I'm listening to John Toland's Adolf Hitler. When the book reached point, I realised that I only had the slightest idea of what happened. "I know. Zoomer Historian will fill me in."

@0815Catgus 11 месяцев назад

You also should have talked about Otto von Habsburgs planed resistance against the "invasion" and his political fight against the Anschluss.

@abeedhal6519 3 месяца назад

yeah, the habsburgs soon turned out to be a massive mistake for all german people in the long line of german noble families ruling over thr german empire in the middle ages. the power should have never been allowed in their hands.

@AdSd100 5 месяцев назад

That speech on the hotel balcony!

@youtubular007 5 месяцев назад

Is it possible that some of this isn't true? I only remember a reference on history channel many years ago that some Austrians cheered the Nazi invaders but I have never heard any of the story or details from this video. How could they omit such relevant context that nearly ALL Austrians and Germans wanted to unify their two countries, save for a few high ranking politicians who tried to obstruct? It seems more like a very large family reuniting than it does the start of a world war. Thank you for making these videos Zoomer.

@Melnek1 5 месяцев назад

Something that you may have ignored is the appeal of going from being an integral part of Nazi aggression to being the first state victim of it. From all that has been recorded, the notion that Austria, its institutions and its population are somehow innocent of German war crimes is beyond absurd, however, this narrative became convenient in the context of the cold war in the 1950s. You see, Austria as Germany was divided into four sectors, just like Vienna, the difference is that due to its small size, the Soviet sector was obviously unviable in every way, just as the occupation of Vienna was less rigid than that of Berlin, it was no less predatory. There was a huge incentive for the Austrians to accept any agreement to end this nightmare, and as the Soviets were not willing to cede anything to the West. Then compromise to accept a "neutral" Austria was born. The reason all this hypocrisy and blatant false narrative of Austria's victim status passed scrutiny was because those who would theoretically be most affected were under Soviet rule, so there would be no problems there, the rest in the west were too busy and weakened to take capital offense in this issue and the Germans are obviously on the "wrong side of history".

@abeedhal6519 3 месяца назад

@@Melnek1 "From all that has been recorded, the notion that Austria, its institutions and its population are somehow innocent of German war crimes" Goood gooyy!

@HarborLockRoad 5 месяцев назад

As a South Tyrolean ( yes , my grandma was born on the now Italian side, but it WAS AUSTRIAN!) It makes my heart joyful that my ancestry originates not far from uncle adolfs! 😁👍

@thedingo6577 5 месяцев назад

I think the proper term is taxidermied animals instead of stuffed animals, that one had me laughing for a minute

@Florian.geyer.1483 11 месяцев назад

when is your next video comming out? and are there more channel like yours with real history

@ZoomerHistorian 11 месяцев назад

Today 7pm your time and I’m not sure really

@mq7447 11 месяцев назад

hey Zoomer, I think it would be a good Idea to do some videos on figures other than Nazis (ex. MCcarthy or even Stalin after the war). This way I think your channel will be more out there on the algorithm. Edit: I think you should also do videos on the SS whom actually did atrocities like Dirlewanger and Galician SS.

@abeedhal6519 3 месяца назад

nah, bad ideas there is way more that needs to be talked about in regards to the german people and their leaders before anyting else.

@sahilhossain8204 4 месяца назад

Lore of The Complete History of the Anschluss momentum 100

@masterofshadows8904 Месяц назад

1:41 you could have ended the sentence at 1:43

@gangwu4541 Месяц назад

Austria didn’t became Germany in 1848 because she had an empire far larger outside of the German confederation which was not German. When Austria lost that empire in 1918, it was only natural for the Austrians to be united with the rest of the German state as it was always intended to happen. But French didn’t like the idea of an even stronger and bigger Germany so they used dirty tricks against the motion but failed because Hitler was no joke. After ww2, French did the same trick and separated Austria from the rest of the German states one r again, this time, looks the hope has truly been lost.

@MTNManReviews 4 месяца назад

The response of the citizens speaks volumes...

@InReality33 5 месяцев назад

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS! ❤

@localuser190 4 месяца назад

when you say cathedral in braunau do you mean st stephen's? am i misunderstanding or maybe there is a mix-up with the cathedral in linz? i am only asking because i was interested to see the coat of arms you mentioned. i suppose it has probably been removed now, but would be quite a piece of history

@richardcurry4912 Месяц назад

Austria-Hungary was not defeated. They were exhausted and collapsed. There is a difference.

@ZoomerHistorian Месяц назад

Lol

@alexb.8038 9 месяцев назад

I have to commend you for the detailed depiction of the events. Some criticism: What you completely ignored is the 10% of the population that were excluded from the plebiscite in the first place (Jews, political opponents etc.) and the fact that the elections were not private, meaning one was peer-pressured into voting Yes, for fear of later reprisals from the regime. So this was not a free election at all. Also just a small nitpick about the start of the video. The majority of people in the old empire did NOT want independence. This has been debunked so many times by historians now, its annoying that the allied propaganda from over 100 years ago still sticks. The nationalist movements in the empire were about greater REPRESENTATION, not INDEPENDENCE. The idea of independence did not gain a majority appeal up until the very end WW1.