“Otto Von Bismarck deserves an episode all himself” Little did they know Bismarck had a plan. He ALWAYS has a plan.
@alexbradshaw5466
3 жыл бұрын
Always
@brycendawson4315
3 жыл бұрын
well he made 1
@AlechiaTheWitch
3 жыл бұрын
Wilhelm truly screwed up what bismarck built
@heinzguderian628
3 жыл бұрын
he had more plans than Dutch
@WhiteCamry
2 жыл бұрын
Otto von Bismarck vs. Al Swearengen. Who would win?
@rainthegenericname_7131
8 жыл бұрын
Breakfast with Otto would be a great breakfast show. Anyone else would watch that?
@Skimaskkass
8 жыл бұрын
yes
@user-qj1bt1uv2n
6 жыл бұрын
Probably
@Yikeowsky
5 жыл бұрын
Me
@davehoffman4659
5 жыл бұрын
"So, Otto, how do you think issues should be solved today?" "THROUGH IRON AND BLOOD!"
@clevername6872
5 жыл бұрын
rainthegenericname_ Yea
@EdVarkarion
9 жыл бұрын
Bismark:What is the one thing I asked you not to do Kaiser Wilhelm: Let an alliance between France and Russia to happen Bismark:Now what did you do Kaiser Wilhelm: Let them create an alliance
@jimmyyang5193
9 жыл бұрын
+EdSkywalker To be fair, if the Kaiser hadn't fired Bismarck in 1895, things might have gone differently. Although looking at the Kaiser's lifestyle habits, he probably would have died of lung cancer or cirrhosis at one of the most crucial moments before the war.
@JohnSmith-dc3jt
6 жыл бұрын
Not only that but the moron also got on the bad side of Britian by building up a huge navy to oppose them. Britian obviously wasnt stupid and took notice.....
@austinsmith538
6 жыл бұрын
Bismark: What did I tell you?! Kaiser Wilhelm: ... that if I continued down this path the German Empire would be destroyed within 20 years. Bismark: And what did you do! Kaiser Wilhelm: .... continued down this path and the German Empire was destroyed in twenty years and four months.
@burinvoyager8964
5 жыл бұрын
EdSkywalker z
@hgu
5 жыл бұрын
EdSkywalker Bismarck was dead tho
@GlitchyShadow13
7 жыл бұрын
"otto von bismarck deserves an episode to himself" turns out he deserved a whole series to himself!
@Cross_Malaki
6 жыл бұрын
Damn right he did.
@barcased
6 жыл бұрын
Which he has :)
@derekwilliamson5386
6 жыл бұрын
And even then there needs to be 2
@azelfdaboi5265
6 жыл бұрын
He had a plan to get a series
@redberriescereal8465
5 жыл бұрын
Taiwan Mapper Bismark always has a plan
@Isildun9
6 жыл бұрын
Truthfully, Nicholas was actually very distraught when he heard of the deaths on his coronation day. Personally, he wanted to go to the cathedral to pray for the dead, but was convinced to continue the festivities and hold the ball to show his strength and determination. Whatever else might be said of Nicholas II, he was not an evil man, just a man that was never prepared to be Tsar, and honestly had never wanted the job. Whatever his faults as a ruler and a man were, he did not deserve the fate that ultimately befell him and his family.
@changed587
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly, and sadly his family paid for it, all of them murdered. His three daughters would of ruled just fine, his son sence easily sickened was spoiled, his daughters were not and they actually helped nurse sick men during a war. And yet even not having any power they were killed. I feel like they should of kept the Russian Royal family alive, sure... I'm glad that their father isn't ruling, and I'm not saying he should of continued to rule. They should of kept the Royal family as a trophy in a way, kinda like what the British do. Instead of brutality mudding them, which the kids did not deserve. Their father was to blame not them, but the people hsted them to much. It didn't help with the fact the country basically hated his wife. One because she didn't bare a son, for forever and if my memory is correct, which I could be wrong, she was also someone from a place ( which I can't remember) that the Russian's did not like. So much lead to their death and I can't help but feel bad for at least those three daughters, for they most certainly were not spoiled like their brother and had, probably, no chance to even gain the thrown because of the male heir thing. That family suffer a lot.
@impervas5801
5 жыл бұрын
If he did not want to be a tsar and wanted to show his determination and will, then he must be given the throne to someone else. Monarchic dynasties are large families, there will always be an heir. His family did not deserve that fate, but he deserved it.
@ramguruprasad1753
5 жыл бұрын
@@impervas5801 That's not how monarchies work but ok
@aneesh2115
5 жыл бұрын
Yes but he became a symbol An icon An emotion For the communists to win this symbol needed to be destroyed An Ethernet communists did win
@dkupke
4 жыл бұрын
Thomas Headley one of the sick ironies about the last Tsar is that he probably would have excelled as a constitutional monarch. So many of his flaws as an all powerful autocrat would have served him very well as a figurehead.
@SawedOffLaser
10 жыл бұрын
"Born in a crucible of gunpowder and toxic smoke, and the blood of 10 million men." That is the most fucking metal thing I have heard all day.
@jaredjosephsongheng372
Жыл бұрын
Why does that give me Sabaton References. Because ya know they are making a movie about the War to End all Wars
@specialj99
9 жыл бұрын
Good piece. A lot of WW1 vids are too focused on the Ferdinand assassination. Not that it wasn't instrumental, but they don't pay enough attention to the 40 years prior and the major players involved.
@chrisshorenumber1
9 жыл бұрын
specialj99 Well this is quite inaccurate so don't take it as fact.
@jerrymcfletcher3672
6 жыл бұрын
Reasons are a lot of work, why bother when you can just make bold proclamations?
@hs3327
5 жыл бұрын
the causes of war are trivialities -Julius Caesar
@srijayasalim3608
5 жыл бұрын
@@chrisshorenumber1 lol then name few
@neddevine7692
4 жыл бұрын
@@chrisshorenumber1 examples please?
@FiraDeviant
6 жыл бұрын
"Otto von Biskarck deserves an episode to himself" They said. 3 years later he filled a 6 videos series. A great man, greater than we innitially thought.
@liker-qd4fz
4 жыл бұрын
*Poland wants to know your location*
@jorenvanderark3567
4 жыл бұрын
And even then they only told half the story.
@wolfsbaneandnightshade2166
7 жыл бұрын
my son who's 3 LOVES your show. I do t think its for the history though its good to just hear. he loves it for the maps and flags and the "cookie people", he thinks the people are cookies.
@PintoRagazzo
7 жыл бұрын
ragana and broo So cute.
@bthsr7113
5 жыл бұрын
I know it's late, but teaching your son is a noble part of being his parent. Teach them to learn from the past, the good and the bad.
@subhasisbiswas1113
4 жыл бұрын
😊
@ChewieTheCat
3 жыл бұрын
@@PintoRagazzo that’s the same thing I do. I watch Extra history or extra credits or extra mythology so I have something cool to listen to when I’m doing random stuff better yet it’s educational!,
@notNajimi
Жыл бұрын
I hope your son is doing well!
@danmenard6917
10 жыл бұрын
Something that bothers me is that there are far too many WW2 movies compared to WW1 movies.
@jfridy
10 жыл бұрын
WWII didn't leave the same sour taste in the mouths of the victors. After WWI, no nation seemed to have gained, to have triumphed over a terrible foe. The war ended, some land was seized, reparations demanded, restrictions and blame assigned. Was that worth the millions of dead? The only nation not traumatized by the losses was the US, which saw itself used as a pawn by the major Allied Powers. After the War, the US would refuse to join the League of Nations (A organization formed by President Wilson's efforts,) and isolation would dog US international policies right up to Pearl Harbor over 20 years later. After WWII, the US (and the other Allies,) proclaimed that they had Saved The World from a new Dark Age, and in the minds of most everyone involved, they really believed it. It was a war were the US would now embrace international action and organization, where Germany and Japan were completely torn down and rebuilt, because it was seen as a necessity. Defeating evil and saving the world? Yeah, that's movie material.
@PhyreI3ird
10 жыл бұрын
Not to mention how schools (or at least at my schools) babble endlessly about the same shit from WW2 but *rarely* cover anything else, not even from WW1.
@wheatboi8255
10 жыл бұрын
WW1 was a political mess created by old allegiances and fear. No one was "right" or the good guys. WW2 had clear villains and a decisive victory over evil. It makes for better movies and video games.
@Costar58
10 жыл бұрын
I guess it's easier to make WW2 movies since you have a *VERY* clear cut villain and don't ever have to bother explaining why nazis are bad.
@wheatboi8255
10 жыл бұрын
Radosław Hołdys You must be new to the internet. Here is a wondrous place filled with the sum knowledge of all of human history. But it's also the play ground of the most disgusting, hateful, pieces of shit imaginable. Here you will meet PLENTY of people who need to be explained to why nazis are bad.
@extrahistory
10 жыл бұрын
Good looking out to those who noticed the anachronistic German flag! We try to catch these things but some slip by - and it's great to have sharp eyed historians help us fix them for the future. -JP
@swimmer11111117
10 жыл бұрын
I think that it's great that you showed the Imperial German flag. Helps give context. Keep up the good work!
@Kram1032
10 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you could look through the flags of Victoria II by Paradox - they already did a lot of research work on these things :) (Not that that game is, in every single way, historically perfectly accurate, but details like that they got down pretty well)
@BlaiseIgirubuntu
10 жыл бұрын
And you can't be bothered to know who was in power at which point in time and you mixed names. This video has plenty of misinformation, a really bad start for such a series.
@Biggkenny
10 жыл бұрын
Is it viable for you to correct the things and reupload a new version?
@BlaiseIgirubuntu
10 жыл бұрын
Biggkenny If not, they should make a bunch of annotations
@extrahistory
10 жыл бұрын
The curtain is drawn. Events are in motion. #ExtraHistory discusses World War I!
@blazerboy3000
10 жыл бұрын
***** If you haven't seen it, you should watch their other extra history series on the Punic Wars
@swimmer11111117
10 жыл бұрын
A few things Extra History: Germany under Bismarck had no real interest in colonies overseas because 1) they were expensive and would never be economically viable in the long run, and 2) while they did get colonies in Africa and the Pacific, they were too far away and the government didn't provide the logistics needed for colonies. Nicolas II wasn't told about the 1300 deaths at his coronation because his ministers didn't want to upset him and he was told afterwards. Also, Rasputin exerted his control though the Tsarina, who was a German princess not well loved by the local nobles of the court. Probably a typo at 9:00, but Nicolas II, and the key part of why he didn't give a fuck about the constitution was that its first clause said that the Tsar was above the laws of man since he was God's representative on earth. I would have loved if you had mentioned the weapon treaties signed between the powers in Europe in the decade leading to 1914. I also wish that you had included more in this introductory video because there is A LOT going on leading up to the Great War. Also, in the next video, please touch upon the Balkan Wars (1911-1912, 1912-1913) as it helps with a lot of what's to come around the Assassination. Your research was good, but I would highly recommend doing better. Also, whether intentional or not, you seem to be giving a Pro-Britain viewpoint about Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the rest of the Central Powers, . I also did send an email to you offering my services as a researcher since I do have a B.A. in History and World War I is one of my focuses. I am still available as a volunteer.
@soulstudiosmusic
10 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, if a little quick. I'd love to see this delivered a little more slowly, as the sheer dearth of knowledge is a little much for those unfamiliar with the time period. But you are doing the world a great service in this, by making recent history palatable. And unlike the punic wars, it's history that you can more measurably see and feel the impacts of today. Thanks.
@swimmer11111117
10 жыл бұрын
Jeff Kloepfer Also Extra Credits, the Middle East was divided up by the British and the French, in a cafe in Paris, a pen, and a map of the Ottoman Empire. Only they were involved in the division and it was the victors who fucked up everything
@Jasonwolf1495
10 жыл бұрын
Jeff Kloepfer Well Jeff they did at least (briefly, but hey its all brief really) acknowledge Bismarck. I so often see people completely forget that Germany before the world wars wasn't a bad nation really. Bismarck is honestly one of my favorite historical figures up there with Tesla, Einstein, Thomas Jefferson. He also is probably the last political figure I really respected. There have been so few after him. I mean churchhill was interesting, but never caught my eye. Then again my field of study is ancient history with a focus on Greece, so what can I really say on the matter.
@aucontraire4717
3 жыл бұрын
“A man known to smoke 3 cigars at once and down a bottle of champagne at breakfast” I didnt realize bender from futurama was chancellor of germany
@thiinkiing
8 жыл бұрын
Why let 1300 deaths ruin a good crusade?
@Davums
8 жыл бұрын
Cuz walpole.
@darkelves1016
8 жыл бұрын
+ZeSquirrel You know nothing ZeSquirrel
@Davums
8 жыл бұрын
DarkElves 101 c;
@Angelblue1302
7 жыл бұрын
Why let a few hundred trampled people and a weak Russia get in the way of a good crusade?
@augustinedaudu9203
7 жыл бұрын
AngelBlue1302 why let a few Acres of alsace-lorraine get in the way of the good World War?
@AgentClank
10 жыл бұрын
I heard it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich cause he was hungry
@Ray-vw7im
4 жыл бұрын
Blackadder
@JoshIdstein
9 жыл бұрын
Bismarck and the creation of the German Empire probably deserve their own series. It's really easy to forget that, before Germany became a nation state, it was basically a big jigsaw puzzle... for pretty much 300 years. And Bismarck, at least at that time, was probably the only man capable and smart enough to unify it. Before he was fired and Wilhelm II. ballsed everything up, Germany was faring pretty well as far as empires go. But yeah, leave one of the strongest military nations in history in the hands of a juvenile royal cripple with something to prove, and bam... two world wars and the nation cut into two pieces again for fifty years. Just because one lordly idiot was so eager to prove himself. It's almost poetic in it's tragedy and pointlessness. But yeah, do an episode on Bismarck, because that guy (even tho he had terrible domestic politics) was epic in his own right.
@ameier5570
9 жыл бұрын
+Aaron Idstein Well to be fair, the only thing that kept Bismark Kanzler at this point was that the Kaiser keept him in his place, he already lost the support of the german parlament at this time (thoug to outlawing the "sozialdemokraten", and his pretty bad innerpolitical descitions when it came to the working class). Yes Bismark was a great diplomat, but his strengths was the foreing politic not the inner politics. It was still stupid to fire Bismark thought, but it is always easy to say something in hingnside.
@JoshIdstein
9 жыл бұрын
+A Meier I completely agree with you. terrible chancellor but one of the smartest diplomats the world has ever seen. Of course that''s exactly why the war hungry Wilhelm II disliked him so much and fired him ultimately.
@CharlottePoe
8 жыл бұрын
+Aaron Idstein I remember reading about Bismarck by myself for homework in high school. It was one of those rare passages in a textbook where you can tell the writer is really excited about what they're writing. It was infectious. I really don't remember very much of what Bismarck did, but I remember being very, very impressed.
@stefanosgro2067
8 жыл бұрын
+Aaron Idstein I read at a german museum that Wilhelm sort of resented him because most people believed he would be nothing without bismarck, and bismarck didnt think too highly of the kaiser as well. They simply had too much crap between them for that relationship to ever work
@JoshIdstein
8 жыл бұрын
Stefano Sgro That's pretty much what happened, yes. Bismark oppenly attacked the Kaiser for his warmongering. Wilhelm II in return saw him as an old fossill, a relict from his fathers reign he had to dispose of.
@dionadair8195
3 жыл бұрын
I think it's also important to note that there would be no Great War without the Seven Years' War. Without that conflict, the dominoes of British taxes, revolutions, and Napoleon would have never fallen, and the Holy Roman Empire would have lasted longer. It's interesting to note how each global conflict leads to another. We barely missed another during the Cold War. Progress!
@djgaming7284
Жыл бұрын
And there would be no ww1 without Rome… history is a big chain of dominoes, and you have to draw the line somewhere.
@samwolfenstein5239
8 жыл бұрын
Make the Otto Von Bismarck episode!
@FilAnd01
8 жыл бұрын
Healthy diet!!
@samwolfenstein5239
8 жыл бұрын
Master Tactician Cigars and whiskey for breakfast!!!
@thetruereality2
8 жыл бұрын
Sam Wolfenstein yes yes yes
@samwolfenstein5239
8 жыл бұрын
I've made a Patreon account and donated 10$, which I plan do do once a month, hopefully once every 2 weeks. I'm planning to put the idea in the next raffle.
@capterson4
7 жыл бұрын
+
@markuskekero8363
9 жыл бұрын
Europe rolled many 6,6 general in the late 1800s
@stefanosgro2067
8 жыл бұрын
+dusty burkybile they also got a whole bunch of level 3 statesmen. not to mention all those 5/5/6 leaders
@bigbenfica9-campeaoeuropeu673
8 жыл бұрын
+Stefano Sgro And many enemy of enemy modifiers which led to weird alliances
@stefanosgro2067
8 жыл бұрын
BIGBenfica9 - FM15 How is german manpower supposed to fight fucking baguette and Russia. Literally unplayable
@bigbenfica9-campeaoeuropeu673
8 жыл бұрын
Not even OP Prussia could beat BBB
@stefanosgro2067
8 жыл бұрын
If they had a show superiority cassus Belli they could've. But they never got to the war goal
@jonesthemoblin1400
10 жыл бұрын
Ironically, "The war to end all wars" lid directly into another - arguably worse war. I, honestly, like to call it World War 1 part 2.
@Xexanos
10 жыл бұрын
***** about every war boils down to ideals and/or religion
@Bradley2002Utube
10 жыл бұрын
***** but it was the events of WW1 that set WW2 into motion
@Bradley2002Utube
10 жыл бұрын
***** ww2 was just as much about empires as it was about ideals
@joesatmoes
10 жыл бұрын
Well, if WW1 never happened, Germany would not be in as much of a financial problem, the people of Germany would not need a change in power, and Adolf would not be put into power, therefore Poland is not conquered by Nazi Germany...you get my point.
@TheGerudan
10 жыл бұрын
Eon2641 But those weren't empires in the monarchical sense with an Tsar, Emperor or Kaiser ruling. There are however German historians who combine both world wars into a 30 year long war with a seize fire in the middle, because WW II followed from WW I and the opposing sides were roughly the same. I wouldn't really agree with that though. WW II could have been avoided, if people just wouldn't have followed Hitler. His rise was far from being unavoidable.
@Redem10
10 жыл бұрын
Damn comparing Nicholas II to Joffrey...that's nasty
@BosonCollider
10 жыл бұрын
Yep. A picture of king Robert would perhaps be more accurate?
@CeruleanChurch
10 жыл бұрын
BosonCollider Whoa whoa whoa, let's not lose our heads now!
@Goombalove3000
9 жыл бұрын
Redem10 to be honest both nicolas and kaiser von wilhelm were a bit like joffrey. spoilt brats who tried to make themselves more powerful than they actually were. I mean, wilhelm throwing tantrums is one of the main reasons why the war started in the first place
@csdm1999
7 жыл бұрын
Did you all forget that the tsar was known as Nicholas the bloody
@Elizabeththegreatest
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he was flawed, but he wasn't that bad!
@hugofernandes5210
3 жыл бұрын
Everything about this series is perfect. The soundtrack, the writing, the narration, the art. It's all masterfully done to create the most memorable extra history series ever. Congratulations!
@Ken-fh4jc
Жыл бұрын
I like it. I come back to it at least once a year. The Flanders Fields song always makes me really sad.
@aiden7178
4 жыл бұрын
“The concert of Europe.” Me: Eurovision?
@carloszapata847
2 жыл бұрын
So this is how the Europeans prevent wars nowadays.
@theorangeninja6486
6 жыл бұрын
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.
@DankestLLama
5 жыл бұрын
Nerd
@MrHavoc313
5 жыл бұрын
@@DankestLLama nice
@DankestLLama
5 жыл бұрын
@@MrHavoc313 xD
@boppah
5 жыл бұрын
Na, nationalists create hard times... Just that...
@habermanmusic
5 жыл бұрын
Mediocre times create mediocre men, mediocre men create mediocre times.
@attcat
9 жыл бұрын
...still waiting for Breakfast with Otto :D
@dsargus3
6 жыл бұрын
At least we got a Otto Series :) I just rewatched it today, Camarilla ftw
@LiteraturelyBecca
7 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna cry from happiness... I was watching your videogame related videos to, admittedly, procrastinate studying for my history exam tomorrow on.... World War I. Then I saw this video in my recommendations. Needless to say... I was thrilled! Talk about the best of both worlds. :D
@ldq-o2s
8 жыл бұрын
minute 8:58 you probably meant Nicholas II not Alexander Great video btw, you have covered what no ww1 documentary ever covers
@liker-qd4fz
3 жыл бұрын
ye
@darkangelfinn9
7 жыл бұрын
I don't think you guys could have picked a more appropriate and beautifully sad outro than In Flanders Fields. This composition is perfect. Bravo.
@Montork
9 жыл бұрын
see i never understood why germany was seen as a villain in all this. they where only trying to do what england, spain, and france did.. the only difference is they wanted to do it later.. after everyone else did.. same fucking thing. and after the first world war? they where trying to recover when they lost so much they where starving to death.. and listened to the first voice they could have hope in.. and yeah it was fucking awful.. but like.. humans do shit like that when desperate.
@Montork
9 жыл бұрын
AmazingHatOfDreams everyone gets dirty hands in war.
@shutout951
9 жыл бұрын
+AmazingHatOfDreams You were right, it was Dresden.
@Frencho9
8 жыл бұрын
+AmazingHatOfDreams Hitler was elected with roughly 55% of the popular votes 1933 (43% for the nazi, 11% for the centre party which was allied with Hitler). The nazi party had a 2/3 majority in the reichstag. So yeah the Germans did overwhelmingly vote for him and he was universally popular within Germany. Also most of Hitlers ideology was publicly displayed in Mein Kampft, a book no one bothered to read before voting for him. Bombing a city, as ruthless as it is, is not the pure evil of INDUSTRIALISED MURDER the Nazi implemented. The problem lies within the submissive and feudal nature of the german people in contrast to English, American and French culture. Germans never had a civil war, never had a revolution, never liked democracy. the average german was just happy to serve his lord/junker. That's the core of the vaunted German discipline, they do as they are told and don't ask questions. Hence the succession of evil megalomaniac rulers from Bismarck, to Willhem I, to Willhem II (Both responsible for the Namibian Genocide) to Hitler.
@Montork
8 жыл бұрын
Frencho9 ....55% isn't crazy overwhelming... thats just passing by a bit.. 97% would be overwhelming.
@Montork
8 жыл бұрын
Frencho9 ... if you say so..
@azariacba
8 ай бұрын
In school they never explained why the Allied powers unilaterally blamed Germany for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles. I thought they were just being bitter. Now I'm starting to see it.
@Ian_Cinnamon
Жыл бұрын
Otto von bismarck probably need a video for himself. Gets 7
@baobamarcopolo726
Жыл бұрын
Maybe no one will read this but the comparison of dying empires to a dying person is actually incredible. Humans are so afraid of death, both literal and metaphorical, that we create entire systems to avoid it, or at least avoid thinking about it. This fear is a pretty strong driving force for any person, and consequently echoes into the larger entities we create.
@khalidolenja8028
2 жыл бұрын
This series is high-key slept on. Easily top 5 Extra History.
@Coolkid-so3ug
5 жыл бұрын
The first minute and a half is some of the best words I’ve ever heard
@funkophone
10 жыл бұрын
Extremely well done. Many thanks!
@nanochad2979
3 жыл бұрын
ww1 was the biggest game of family feud in history
@BOOMSHACKALACKA12310
Жыл бұрын
I will always say there is no beter Extra History opener and series than this one.
@SkywalkerAni
4 жыл бұрын
6:18 "A man who probably deserves an episode all to himself." Bismarck had a plan...
@SpectralSlugger
9 жыл бұрын
I got my history teacher to play these in class And it was awesome :3
@d.ag.b1135
2 ай бұрын
Still the best series EH has ever put out.
@theOtherGender01
10 жыл бұрын
I wish my history class was this entertaining :/
@Dauntless2000
9 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else notice the name on the headstone? The stone on 0:08 was Egon Schiele, an austrian painter that was in WWI and also an early exponent of Expressionism that died of the spanish flu. Nice little slip in there guys
@aah6755
3 жыл бұрын
4:00 funny thing is is that England did leave
@theduke9292
Жыл бұрын
I hate how much ww1 is skipped over because it’s “less flashy” then ww2. It’s perhaps the most defining moment in recent history
@darkfireslide
9 жыл бұрын
This series was wonderful. I hope we see more like it, in the era leading up to World War 2. All of the Extra Histories are great, but I think this one stands out the most.
@spacefishaviation276
3 жыл бұрын
I remember 2 years ago I used watch these videos for hours.
@randomdams9179
2 жыл бұрын
6:48 In case your wondering 33 days off HE was only 33 days off! Wow!
@Ken-fh4jc
Жыл бұрын
Flanders Fields always makes me incredibly sad.
@Stilluetto
27 күн бұрын
Happy 10 year anniversary Extra History!
@zaktheinquisitor5769
Жыл бұрын
It's sad that even today most people believe Wilhelm II to be a war-hungry fool with an over-inflated ego since, if you look at what he did during his reign, during the crisis and even during the war, it was all to preserve peace and save lives. I pray the world will realise this mistake and see him as people of the time saw and referred to him as, The Peace Kaiser.
@TheCynicalCommentator
3 жыл бұрын
Battlefield 1 intensifies
@dbilly121
6 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is, the war would have happened even without the assassination. Europe had spent 100 years building up to destroy itself again, Napoleon's fall had been the first of many, many causes of WW1. Had the Archduke not died, odds are it would have erupted by 1920 regardless.
@frostivied9239
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow the parallel with the current world circumstances is scarily similar.
@medlawar8645
5 жыл бұрын
i like Flanders fields playing at the end
@norsefirefighter
10 жыл бұрын
can i say that WW1 was the only war that i know of, to not have 20 games about it? also i this is amazing keep up the good work.
@rjfaber1991
10 жыл бұрын
What about the Crimean War? There's not a lot of games about that either, and yet it's one of the most commonly well known wars in history...
@infernocop1009
10 жыл бұрын
Robert Faber haven't seen much on the seven year's war either, come to think of it...
@rjfaber1991
10 жыл бұрын
Inferno Cop Well, there was a significant chunk of Seven Years' War in Assassin's Creed III, and it also heavily featured in the more scripted parts of Empire Total War.
@LexYeen
10 жыл бұрын
Yes. All of my yes. _Yes._
@tentaclefriendly
10 жыл бұрын
www.dancarlin.com//disp.php/hharchive/Show-50---Blueprint-for-Armageddon-I/First%20World%20War-World%20War%20One-Great%20War Another series on it, part 4 just came out. No cartoons, but a lot more in depth.
@noahhall6380
10 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King George V of England, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia where all first cousins and the grandchildren of Queen Victoria of England
@cea2995
6 жыл бұрын
That is pretty funny and probably the best underestimated WW1 fact I've ever heard.
@petermacdonough9077
4 жыл бұрын
I have decided to watch all the EXTRA HISTORY episodes that I can before I leave for the Army. Im happy yall covered World War I, one of my favorite wars to study and if I had one chance to go back in history to fight in a war, it would be during World War I. And the coolest thing is you posted this during the same month and year 100-years later when WWI broke out. Thank you for posting this amazing series!!! :)
@dmitriygryaznov9210
5 жыл бұрын
The GoT reference cracked me up (come to think of it, Nikolas's father had a lot in common with Robert Baratheon), but I'd say Tommen Baratheon would have been a more accurate analogy.
@CountSpartula
6 жыл бұрын
*Fast forward 3 years* God that Bismarck series was great.
@SparkySywer
5 жыл бұрын
I've watched this video so many times I can probably recite the words.
@Irish16King
2 жыл бұрын
I've shed a few tears over the last.moments of ferdinando and Sophie . Great video
@syed1431
5 жыл бұрын
Still the best series made by this channel.
@SmugLookingBarrel
10 жыл бұрын
man, we need to stop killing each other.
@PSspecialist
10 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, our nature is flawed. Humans, like many other mammals, are territorial species. Countries wouldn't even exist if we weren't. The more we fight and go against our nature the better and more civilized we become.
@ThePlayfarer
10 жыл бұрын
I agree. More hugs less murder.
@tehsojiro
10 жыл бұрын
Did you guys overlook the Franco-Prussian war? It set the precedent for the political climate leading up to WWI. Hardly one of those 'minor wars' during those '100 years of peace'
@Dauntless2000
10 жыл бұрын
They mentioned it, go to 3:17. also if you think about the Franco-Prussian. It was not a major thing compared to the Napoleonic wars and what is about to take place.
@shimari5107
8 жыл бұрын
I've watched about half of the extra history's, and stopped for a while once I caught up. Now, I am re watching ever one of them, and then continuing where I left off! These videos are just so good!
@bellehogel8665
2 жыл бұрын
An episode...glad they wound up giving Bismark a series
@zoomidy9737
6 жыл бұрын
Please please please do the napoleonic Wars!
@alexandertheok4868
3 жыл бұрын
This narrator just hits different
@njnjhjh8918
9 жыл бұрын
This is just amazing. I'm crying. Very good job guys.
@n0rdlys_40
3 жыл бұрын
*1914 Endings* *Great Ending* : The war is called off. Europe enters a state of everlasting peace. *Good Ending* : Peace is secured for at least a century. *Normal Ending* : Peace is secured for at least three decades. *Bad Ending* : The war commences and thousands die. *Worse Ending* : The war commences and becomes global. Millions die. *Absolute Pandemonium* : Millions die triggering another world war where millions more die and would greatly affect world history as we know it. Can you guess what ending we got?
@KoffingOnion
2 жыл бұрын
Good ending
@mrKreuzfeld
10 жыл бұрын
Boooo! you said there had been no great wars in europe since napoleon. You are forgetting about the crimean war. In where abou 500K people died and it is one of the biggest wars in history
@theflyinghobo42
10 жыл бұрын
thats the thing its like korea for the americans, its there but its never talked about so people dont know as much about it as they should
@NixodCreations
10 жыл бұрын
Yes, but in the scope of WWI and it's causes, it's not that important. It was a war that the big players in Europe didn't really care about. The Franco-Prussian war was much more important in learning about WWI.
@theflyinghobo42
10 жыл бұрын
Andrew Halverson they said not involving the main players. russia, britan, france and the then ottoman empire the main nations in europe at the time
@Nathan3Hubbard
10 жыл бұрын
Like Andrew said, Crimea isn't part of the center of Europe which had historically had major international conflicts. So, yes it's a major war (and actually, if my education was any indication, quite a few Americans are taught about it in basic world history classes) but not in the same area.
@lathamhendrickson2028
10 жыл бұрын
That is true, but they probably didn't bring that up because that was an example of the concert of powers actually working. Russia was beginning to get an upper-hand, and so it was punished by the other powers of Europe for doing so. It was a war, but a *good* war by European standards at the time. The Crimean War was big, but it still wasn't nearly at the scale or as huge a political and diplomatic nightmare that the Napoleonic Wars or WWI were.
@Ryukachoo
7 жыл бұрын
i really hope the wonder woman movie at least gives lip service to the scale of how tragic the war was
@manetarofl
5 жыл бұрын
It's still the best series of Extra History
@thomasscaife6867
7 жыл бұрын
"Flanders field" at the end hit me really hard in the feels.
@ethanjohnson1596
5 жыл бұрын
We are learing WW1 in history class and I showed my history teacher this series and he played them for the class
@dyukhnenko9356
5 жыл бұрын
8:50 Alexander II was long dead by the time of Russian-Japan war and the establishment of the parliament. I think you meant Nicholas II there
@Dickie6990
6 жыл бұрын
Impressive, to say the least. Thank you very much.
@h-dawg9877
Жыл бұрын
armistice has just this minute passed here in england
@CitySlicker34
5 жыл бұрын
So because a sad young man ate a sandwich, and the Archduke's driver was a buffon, the shit really hit the fan
@ornstein714
2 жыл бұрын
8 years later and still waiting on those ww1 vids
@vgking487
10 жыл бұрын
Was that Birth of the People from ActRaiser at the beginning? Sure as hell sounds like it.
@BobisOnlyBob
10 жыл бұрын
Maybe there's some kind of link in the description which can answer this question...
@vgking487
10 жыл бұрын
***** I think you're reading a bit too much into the tone. I was merely commenting on something I recognized, not bragging about my gaming knowledge or asking for clarification or anything like that.
@BobisOnlyBob
10 жыл бұрын
Haha, I was just being informative in a roundabout way, not trying to be rude (plus far too many people skip descriptions and end up asking what the music is). Good catch all the same.
@SirVG
10 жыл бұрын
Sure as hell sounds like it to me. Same rhythm and note relations, even if it's in a different key.
@AegixDrakan
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is.
@tcsam73
5 жыл бұрын
So many of the problems that led to the end the great powers of Europe are present here in modern day America. I wonder how long before our reckoning will happen.
@theholyhay1555
5 жыл бұрын
TC Sam i swear this thing i was exactly thinking about last night, same aspects before any civil war or a fall of influence, our decisions and the statements of our defense ministries are weird
@thieluar
9 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is great, this is way better than any tv show.
@usernotfound-jw7xs
3 жыл бұрын
"not since napoleon" "the dragon will not deceive the nations again until 1914"
@minecraftedpyro
10 жыл бұрын
can this be a a daily thing? i realize art is hard and that this is nearly impossible, but it would be so cool!
@Necroskull388
10 жыл бұрын
I would love it if they prepared every episode for a given topic in advance and released them all over the course of a few days.
@ulfragnarsson
10 жыл бұрын
If you like History I would suggest Dan Carlin's Hardcore History on iTunes he's entertaining, a bit weird (no animations though) but he goes really in-depth in a pretty intriguing way.
@jcnot9712
10 жыл бұрын
You need a budget for that. Like a big one. Unless you're willing to wait a long ass time for them to finish a bunch of episodes together.
@Flaris
10 жыл бұрын
Formerly jabmorenowned (rip) Yes, let's turn something that was basically praise for the entertaining aspect of what these guys do into a rant about people whining about more content.
@thebluegremlin
10 жыл бұрын
if u have a way to cash, u can support them on Patreon
@nicrap01
3 жыл бұрын
Best series of this channel
@Axjc102
3 жыл бұрын
This video and channel was of mine inspirations for doing animated history
@brandonmcconnell207
3 жыл бұрын
Hey I checked out your channel and I have to say the videos are not bad but in my full and honest opinion is you need to work on your animation. I hope you took no no offense in what I said and I hope that you are having fun with the making the videos, have a nice day.
@Canadian_Princess
9 жыл бұрын
While I generally appreciate this videos, as someone who studies history I found it a little disingenuous to make the sweeping claims presented at the start of the video. We cannot change the past, nor predict the outcomes if we could. The study of history is not to say, A led to B and without A there is no B, but to scrutinize why and how things happened. Through history we learn of what was and how that has shaped us today and how it continues to shape us.
@Canadian_Princess
9 жыл бұрын
Petey T I think the problem with the fixation on WWI is that we're ignoring the deep sociopolitical roots behind it that began to develop after the mid-nineteenth century. I could easily make the claim that without the Crimean War there would be no WWI and thus no WWII. Now, I agree that WWI led to WWII, but to say that no WWI leads to no Cold War? There I begin to be skeptical. are simply too many cultural, political and social issues that caused the Cold War, and not all of them were defined or influenced by the World Wars. I would like to clarify that I am not a historian. I'm working towards my MA currently, though I do hope to gain my PhD in the future.
@techmage89
8 жыл бұрын
+T Kent If WWII had not happened, it would be very hard to imagine what a cold war would have been like. Perhaps the UK and US would fight with Germany against an expansionist Russia. But it would not look much like what did happen.
@Canadian_Princess
8 жыл бұрын
techmage89 How so? As I already stated, speculation on the Cold War is foolish due to the myriad of reasons that created it. Besides, Britain and Russia had been in a Cold War scenario during the 19th Century, it was referred to as "The Great Game". Cold Wars are not unique to history. The only unique aspect to the 20th century is that of mutually assured destruction. It created tension that we are dealing with today. It has shaped America and Russia in unimaginable ways, especially their politics. And, whilst their allies are not unaffected, indeed some more than others, it is Russia and America that bear the brunt of those affects. However, that detracts from my original point, being that WWI did not guarantee the establishment of the Cold War during the 20th century.
@techmage89
8 жыл бұрын
T Kent Well, certainly we can never know, as with any speculation, how history would have gone. But both WWI and WWII changed the face of Europe, and indeed the world, in such a dramatic way that had they not happened, I think it's safe to say that the cold war probably wouldn't have happened in at all the way we know. Certainly WWI didn't guarantee WWII, much less the Cold War, but it certainly was a major influence on that chain of events, without which things would likely have been far different.
@flynn9749
6 жыл бұрын
was the "neither the training nor the inclination to rule" bit a dig at kubrick?
@lukefouche8724
6 жыл бұрын
three years later otto von bismark gets his own history
@petartoshkov2076
5 жыл бұрын
Bismarck: France and Russia shouldn't be allied against us. Wilhelm II and Hitler:Did somebody say something?
@theholyhay1555
5 жыл бұрын
pcandpsplayer and both are the reasons for the fall of Berlin
@Jill_of_trades
6 жыл бұрын
The instrumental to 'Flander' s Fields' plays at the end... To those who have already seen this series you know how I feel already.
@murmenaattori6
8 жыл бұрын
BREAKFAST WITH OTTO!
@degenerate3288
6 жыл бұрын
Why didn't you use the German empire flag Good video but just wondering
@likky1
9 жыл бұрын
you know i was never interested in history but you know if i hear history like this and not in some book i suddenly gain interest.
@VitalSigns1288
6 жыл бұрын
They say it was the "war to end all wars" but one can argue that it was the catalyst that played a part in the start of many wars to come.
@pixelprincess9
8 жыл бұрын
Why let a human stampede get in the way of a good ball?
@douglaszornow8974
5 жыл бұрын
This episode has the coolest drawings I swear
@brian4804
3 жыл бұрын
Otto von Bismarck: *exists* Germany: "Hmm, let's name a battleship after him." Sabaton has entered the chat.
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