The Rise of Right-Wing Terrorism In Weimar Germany | Impossible Peace | Timeline 

I have always wanted a documentary about the role of the bankers prior to WW2

'I'd like a loaf of bread please.' 'That'll be 140 billion.'

17:20 My grandpa have one of those, got it from his dad, when he visited Germany in the during the 1920s. He said: "It was cheaper to use 1.000.000 mark, than toilet paper."

A fascinating documentary on the geopolitics of the early 1920's but I don't know why it was given such a misleading title here on YT as it has little or nothing to say about right wing terrorism in Weimar.

I sense the same sort of this atmosphere coming in this decade and a little bit beyond. Seriously challenging times on a much more immediately global scale. We will have these times again very much so.

Time saving tip: when you show us a picture of a guy in a top hat with a Monocle, you don’t have to waste time telling us that he’s British.

The title and content seem to be at odds - the French are mentioned occasionally, and in passing.

Good documentary, you didn't need to put a misleading and clickbait title.

Explendid! Loved every minute of it..

Very good documentary. Thank you.

Thank you for posting - very interesting.

Very good at filling in the gaps and great world overview really informative piece thanks

France’s harshness to Germany at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 was one of the contributing factors that caused the outbreak of WW2. PM David Lloyd George and President Woodrow Wilson desired leniency and only wanted Germany to disarm significantly for a period of time and reparations that did not cripple the German economy. Lloyd George opposed revenge and attempted to compromise between Clemenceau's demands and the Fourteen Points, because Europe would eventually have to reconcile with Germany.Lloyd George wanted terms of reparation that would not cripple the German economy, so that Germany would remain a viable economic power and trading partner.. But President Clemanceau wanted reparations of the sum of £280 billion from a defeated and bankrupted country. He used emotional blackmail to persuade other allies to adhere by it. Basically stating most of the fighting took place on French soil, and French soldiers had the significant higher causalities. He stated Clemenceau told Wilson: "America is far away, protected by the ocean. Not even Napoleon himself could touch England. You are both sheltered; we are not". Clemenceau intended to ensure the security of France, by weakening Germany economically, militarily, territorially and by supplanting Germany as the leading producer of steel in Europe.British economist and Versailles negotiator John Maynard Keynes summarized this position as attempting to "set the clock back and undo what, since 1870, the progress of Germany had accomplished." He also started it was a “Carthaginian Peace”. Clemenceau was so blinded by revenge, that he completely ignored French history. At the Congress of Vienna 1814, the allies did not impose reparations or on France for the damaged caused to Europe by Napoleon Bonaparte, France got off lightly. Even in the wars of the 18th century, treaties agreed upon by France with the victors, were fair, with the exchange of colonies and vice versa.

Nothing changes, the name J P Morgan continues to lie at the bottom of any downturn in the money market

I would love to watch more in depth films of some of these events, maybe country by country. There are too many things covered in this video so it couldn't go as deep. Anyway thank you for the good content.

@43:47 Sultan al-Atrash, two members of his family Farid al-Atrash was a Syrian-Egyptian great composer and Oud (Luth) virtuoso, his sister Amal (aka Asmahan) was a singer with golden voice. The irony is that the last name al-Atrash means _The Deaf_ in Arabic, but I can assure you that those two great artists weren't. 😊

This is very good. Even the commercial breaks were edited in nicely.

I enjoyed this documentary. Thank you

Excellent video very informative thanks for uploading it

Thank You , now You “make “my YT more accessible to my ears! Regards Monika

How did this documentary manage to shoehorn the KKK in USA into a documentary about French demands for WW1 reparations from Germany?

An interesting documentary, despite the very misleading title; lots of historians who know their stuff and lots of great footage. As someone born in Calvin Coolidge's home state, I'm always amused by the portrayals of him; another non-compliment was, "He looks like he was weaned on a pickle." At some point, when one or more of the WW I allies asked the US for reductions or cancellations of their war loans, he declined, stating, "They hired the money, didn't they?" Another Coolidge story (perhaps apocryphal, although it would be entirely in character) concerns a dinner at which the woman sitting next to him said, "Oh, Mister President, I made a bet with a friend that I could get you to say more than two words," to which Coolidge is supposed to have replied, "You lose."

Excellent with a lot of bonus, often ignored information and intersting arguements. Thank you for making this available to everyone.

really good script in these Timeline videos. This and the Broken Promise that Led to War

notably excellent , superb narrative, accuratte data , great context of circumnstances.... very alluring .... impecabble quality .... is a must for those who love history....

No one can even imagine the effects of such massive inflation on the zGerman nation! This program describes that catastrophe fairly well. I wonder if the Triple Entente had not imposed this fatal policy of crippling reparations on Germany, whether the German Weimar Republic might have weathered the storm and Hitler's Storm troopers might not have been able to Bvb take power later in 1932?

Thank 😊 you such an awesome video!!!!!

The British ending their alliance wasn't based on racism, as the documentary implies. It was part of the price to be paid for a settlement at the Washington Naval Conference. (US didnt want to be ganged up on in the Pacific)

"America in 1920s did not have paramilitary fascist street fighters...." 100 years later...it does now.

Very good documentary on the aftermath of WWI although it has little to do with the relationship at the time between Germany and France.

Thank you

Thanks!

It is odd that footage of a Colt single action revolver being fired should be used to symbolize the shooting of Walther Rathenau rather than the gun that was actually used by the assassins, an MP 18 Bergmann sub-machine gun. One must wonder what other insignificant details were revised, with what cumulative effect?

Misleading title. Typical Timeline.

Thank you sooo much!

¡A wonderful channel!

what a great series

I can see history repeating itself. Excellent video, thank you.

I am unable to find a source for Lord D'Abernon's quote at -44:22. Can anyone assist me in finding it?

Excellent documentary and narrator.

The title is definitely WRONG. The numbers for the hyper inflation is staggering to comprehend.

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History is something we should learn from, but yet here we are...🤔

“Hey everyone welcome to my big weird face instead of a history documentary”

Liked it very much, but Lenin died in 1924, not in 1922. Love the style of a narrator.

Awesome documentary

The Treaty of Versaille and French attitude towards Germany may have been punitive but Germany invaded and occupied French territory for years completely devastating the areas,stripping them never mind the actual destruction and death caused by the war In the event that the Schlieffen Plan had worked and Germany had won a quick victory it was thier intention to impose punitive conditions on France to render them incapable of posing a threat to Germany .

Didn't help that France humiliated Germany as much as they could by sending their colonial troops to a shattered German economy. Occupying German land and the rest is history.

This is a fascinating doc, but the title is rather misleading... *very* little to do w/France. Great to hear about the tragic earthquake in Japan, which I'd n'er heard of prior. I must say though, that it gives an excellent explanation (be it piecemeal) on how the 'War to End all Wars' was absolutely unsuccessful.

Nice doc about post WWI Europe, but starting minute 24 the shots meant to depict earthquake-ravaged Tokyo are in fact Tokyo after WWII firebombing!

This feels like it's happening right now in many ways.

It is im possible for us to comprehend the mindset of a war weary, half starved, world such as europe in 1918.

30:49 I didn’t realize Prague was in Corfu.

Amazing detailed and unbiased portrait of a key part of history.

This is a pretty good documentary, but leaves a few facts and events out.on the whole, OK.

just imagine.....100k armed americans on DC.......

Superb narrator.

Dan Snow, you have done it again. Great video.

When Dorothy Parker was told Coolidge had died, her response: 'How can you tell?' Bit savage!

"Our project is simple; We want to govern Italy." OMG, haha, thats a good one, very simple indeed!

Excellent documentary.

I love the narrator's style!

Love this series. But unfortunately footage used isn't very accurate and in some cases obviously comes from later period. What does view of Prague in supposed footage of invasion on Corfu. Also hyperinflation coverage seems to have some errors like 600 * 10^12 Mark for $, it never was that much, think they added 3 zeros too many. And Rentenmark note comes from late 1930s

Awesome documentary but I'm a bit skeptical about the title because although relevant, it's apt to scare away the very people that need to know this type of history!

“Car” magazine became “Car and Golf”. Fascinating.

Who is the narrator? He is wonderful!

The French never did get punished for invading other countries.

When reality is so unbearable, folly and fantasy usurp reality. Welcome to 2020 America! I wish I could travel to Europe again.

I've always wondered why there was money to buy uniforms and guns but the government didn't have money to procure food for its citizens?

Interesting

Ok addicting to this channel. Keep em coming. Please make a subscriber portion. Would love to contribute money

Would you mind to talk about Communists assassinations, terrorism etc?

love the part when the narrator laughs silently when addressing Lenins mummification.

Who made this good documentary? Credits please. ..

What does this have to do with how the French wanted to punish the Germans?

1922 sounds a lot like 2020 ngl.

Who is the narrator? He's great!!!

Charles Dawes’ grandfather led the charge of the Iron Brigade at the railroad cut at Gettysburg

Germany had plenty of coal and iron, two main drivers of the recovery, contrary to Italy and Japan that had basically no natural resources to make use of

The Brits not renewing the treaty with Japan was a price to be paid as part of the Washington Naval Conference. It wasn't racism by anyone. It was power politics.

There is an inaccuracy in this excellent clip. Emperor Hirohito was enthroned in 1926.

I have tried to use TIMELINE and it keeps repeating INVALID CODE. What gives

27:31 well, we sure do now

What France wanted was no different than what Germany wanted after the Franco-Prussia war. The difference was that France actually paid the demanded reparations and Germany never did.

19:22 he says 630 billion but the screen shows 630 trillion

Great!

why do I get the feeling this documentary has strong leftwing overtones

I more poignant title might surely be ‘Hyperinflation and the Weimar Republic’ - consequence of the Great War catalyst for WW2’

This is a valuable series but a lot of fast and loose editing is evident - e.g. scenes of battered Japanese WW2 prisoners and Okinawan civilians standing in for Kanto earthquake victims.

End credits are unreadable. Is the narrator of this series Timothy Spall?

The French may have had their day after WW1, but Germany got revenge on them many-fold in the Second World War.

This title is a freaking bad joke.

THE DOCUMENTARY PRESENTED HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TITLE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY INTERESTING

Hitlet was the perfect answer but the Brits and French messed everything badly.

President Harding had a mini depression on his hands in 1921 and he handled it very well, that’s what led to the “Roaring Twenties” starting in 1923. FDR did the opposite of Harding and that’s why FDR could not pull out of the depression, it was WW2 that did that.

OK so they change the title to just something "awesome" that might lure THE ALGORITHM into making more recommendations. The real title of this series is simply "The Impossible Peace" between 1918 and 1939, in a worldwide prespectice (which this series delivers). But it seems that the title is "odd" for the algorithm,and to mitigate that, the title is changed to something odd for watchers who get wrong expectations ... bizarr. But one You know that, You can deal with that. As a kind of caleidoscope into world history, this is a good series.

I like it but contents and title do not seem to match all that well French are mentioned but they take up like 3 minutes at most.

The title doesn’t match the content. I would like to know if there is a series. Interesting film.

The worst inflation EVER was in Hungary in 1946.

I think it looks very familiar with USA now 🤔