What Happened to Prussia? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • @skiesboi
    @skiesboi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2106

    I honestly don't know what I love best about these videos.
    1) the fact that they are so short
    2) despite #1, they still pack in a ton of info
    3) the "fun fact, no!" Line
    4) the dancing through the daisies animation
    Or
    5) incredible sarcy comments/pictures, like the "war with France" clock.
    Keep up the great work.

    • @varianschirmer9375
      @varianschirmer9375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Like someone dies... the figure tips over...

    • @tunahxushi4669
      @tunahxushi4669 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      The "war with France" clock is incredibly funny.. And it's funny because it's true. France was always at war with somebody.

    • @floopyboo
      @floopyboo ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm here for the daisies.

    • @DimaMitya2
      @DimaMitya2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      For me it’s James Bissonette

    • @frankvandorp2059
      @frankvandorp2059 ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn't even mention the establishment of Kaliningrad oblast, which happened after the Soviets took over Prussia. This video is woefully incomplete.

  • @WAHegle91
    @WAHegle91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2591

    "What's the time?"
    "Uh, it's about half past War with France."

    • @conveyor2
      @conveyor2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Would that be Prussia or plucky little England?

    • @JDthegamer209
      @JDthegamer209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@conveyor2 Both

    • @germanlad1609
      @germanlad1609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

    • @jasonfischer8946
      @jasonfischer8946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You said that half an hour ago.

    • @ricardokowalski1579
      @ricardokowalski1579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Look at the time! It's Napoleon o'clock! 😁

  • @oLii96x
    @oLii96x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4772

    Fun fact: Due to the fact, that the dissolution of the federal system was an important step for the nazis to gain power, the german constitution of 1949 included an article that forbid any form of reducing the power of the bundesländer (federal states), which makes it very difficult to reform the police and education systems. these are in full control by the federal states.

    • @willywodka1924
      @willywodka1924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Not entirely true, there is the federal police (Bundespolizei)

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Nikola Leviathan there is nothing of the kind in the US Constitution. The only thing that comes close is reconstruction, and that was in the aftermath of a civil war.

    • @Jmanleymanley
      @Jmanleymanley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not quite....its bundasländer not bundesländer. Or at least hear in Finland it is i dunno

    • @lawjef
      @lawjef 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      How is that different to any other Federal system where States control police and education? They vary in their degree of decentralization but it is not uncommon. And saying it is difficult to reform is basically saying you disagree with the policy decisions and the democratic elections of the States’ parliaments.

    • @Qualltoxy
      @Qualltoxy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Power of the Länder can be changed/reduced but only with their consent in the Bundesrat for which a 2/3rds majority is required.

  • @MatthewSchellenberg
    @MatthewSchellenberg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7963

    Fun fact: Prussia is the reason why all of Germany's national sports teams wear black and white.

    • @bashkillszombies
      @bashkillszombies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      They shouldn't be allowed to, they're pussified Franks LARPing. Merkel alienated all rights to Prussia even though she's a Frank and has no right to alienate those lands.

    • @hifive789
      @hifive789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      I thought manuel neuer wears yellow

    • @replayer1137
      @replayer1137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +535

      @@hifive789 the Keeper always has different colors

    • @lukamacdonald6380
      @lukamacdonald6380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@bashkillszombies yes she does, she is an elected leader

    • @krupice2514
      @krupice2514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      True

  • @Fr_Daniel
    @Fr_Daniel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5620

    "It didn't last Because if look at the clock, it's time for war with France" lol

    • @SchiwiM
      @SchiwiM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      The best time of the day, like tea time for the brits

    • @Theocloud
      @Theocloud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      My favorite time of the day !

    • @ivanivanofivansson8551
      @ivanivanofivansson8551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What did the french do?

    • @Theocloud
      @Theocloud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      ​@@ivanivanofivansson8551 Well... Everything started with the Treaty of Verdun. It's all downhill from there

    • @jaewok5G
      @jaewok5G 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      I think the English have the same clock

  • @BluestSoldier
    @BluestSoldier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2611

    Top 10 strongest anime characters
    1- Franz von Papen

    • @exonut2477
      @exonut2477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      We need anime character with this name.

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Normie

    • @BluestSoldier
      @BluestSoldier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Perririri Thx

    • @maximilianolimamoreira5002
      @maximilianolimamoreira5002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      are you really Cantabrian?

    • @nagerlb3889
      @nagerlb3889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Actually no. Papen was jointly responsible for Hitler becoming Reichskanzler. He and von Hindenburg thaugt von Papen could control Hitler as vice-chancellor. But just after a few weeks it became clear, that this wouldnt work so in 1934 he eventually resigned as vice-chancellor.

  • @Balsiefen
    @Balsiefen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3156

    Good follow up would be "How Prussian was Prussia?" Show the demographics of historical Prussian regions and how the Soviets and Polish handled the resettlements after WWII

    • @Vitalis94
      @Vitalis94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +672

      It's a sad, but interesting topic. I am from the region, so I know a little bit about the post war situation. Its just East Prussia Im talking here about, of course.
      It was kinda like the Wild West after the war- before Polish and Russian borders and administration were estabilished, no law existed there in practice. After the war ended, bands of looters went into the region. Sometimes even Polish speaking Mazurians were the subjects of the looting and massacres.
      Lynches were common - angry Poles beat or clubbed Germans to deaths on the streets because of their grievances. Many were still angry because of the attrocities commited by the Germans and they took revenge on the locals.
      Most of the settlers came from Poland proper, either Mazovia or Pomerellia(West Prussia), the minority came from the east. My own hometown's populace is mainly descended from the settlers from the Vilnius region in Lithuania.
      Germans and even Mazurians (Protestant Polish speakers present in Prussia for centuries by that point) were persecuted, children were laughed out at school, called names.
      Most of the Germans and Mazurians left in the following decades. There were waves of migrations. The first one, immidetely after the war, saw most of the Germans leaving for Germany. Then, they weren't allowed to leave for some time and had to apply to the government for the allowance. Then, in the 50s, and lastly, in the 70s, the remainder of them left. Nowadays there are a few thousand Germans in the whole province, and next to no Mazurians.
      Modern Masuria is second poorest region of Poland and most of the castles, palaces, and other sings of the region's German history were left in ruins for decades. Not to mention that most of the towns were destroyed during the war. Like destroyed in 60%. My own hometown lacks its beautiful Altstadt/Old town today, and commie blocks stand in their place, because of how ruined it was. And the bricks were mostly sent to help rebuilding Warsaw.
      Luckily, things are chaning nowadays. Some monuments and palaces are being rennovated, and people are no longer weary of the region's Prussian past, but are embracing it.

    • @carlmcmuffin7443
      @carlmcmuffin7443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      @@Vitalis94 this was very interesting, thank you for the information

    • @Vitalis94
      @Vitalis94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@carlmcmuffin7443 Feel free to ask me anything. :p

    • @carlmcmuffin7443
      @carlmcmuffin7443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Vitalis94 how was the relationship between polish people and people from East Germany?

    • @dampfmaschine875
      @dampfmaschine875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@Vitalis94 Its nice to hear that they are embracing it. From here in germany it looks like everythings was completly erased. Take good care of it

  • @TaeSunWoo
    @TaeSunWoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +644

    Remember in middle school hearing a lot of about Prussia in history then being confused why it wasn’t on the map and that was one of my first wiki deep dives

    • @CapCody
      @CapCody 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      sad reality

    • @brizzle3903
      @brizzle3903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I forgot Prussia for years until recently I had randomly thought about it and like you I went on a deep dive 😂

    • @Belisarius1648
      @Belisarius1648 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The murder that was covered up so well, it hid in plain sight.

    • @simpsbelongtothegulags3702
      @simpsbelongtothegulags3702 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We gotta retake it back

    • @Belisarius1648
      @Belisarius1648 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@simpsbelongtothegulags3702 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  • @jreiland07
    @jreiland07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2378

    What happened to Prussia?
    *Mace Windu: “He’s too dangerous to be left alive!”*

    • @yomama9538
      @yomama9538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Too based

    • @_Hamler
      @_Hamler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Britian

    • @Mggggssss
      @Mggggssss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      cringe

    • @nickmacarius3012
      @nickmacarius3012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Prussia: "UNLIMITED CONQUEST!"

    • @Grivian
      @Grivian ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't

  • @Ucheva
    @Ucheva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4125

    Look how they massacred my boy...

    • @pierrecurie
      @pierrecurie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      What is your plan? I thought you always had a plan?

    • @1650th
      @1650th 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      It was spinning three plates who caused this

    • @Asterion_Moloc_1
      @Asterion_Moloc_1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Never put an Austrian in charge, they can't even rule their own empire let alone the whole German region

    • @itsblitz4437
      @itsblitz4437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You kinda caused this though.

    • @Zapadoslavist
      @Zapadoslavist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      In your face, old man

  • @ultimatestoryteller
    @ultimatestoryteller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2382

    Never forget that....
    Bismarck had a plan....
    *Bismarck always had a plan....*

    • @hamzaharoon6336
      @hamzaharoon6336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Can't believe I'd come across an EH reference here. XD

    • @cagangultekin8469
      @cagangultekin8469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      Bismarck will return from his grave because the amount of power he generated while turning in his grave will resoruct him and he will fix germany

    • @pierresihite8854
      @pierresihite8854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love that reference

    • @blenterbl
      @blenterbl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Çağan Gültekin I dunno man he can’t because the man was a an antisemite which is illegal now in Germany

    • @michaelrichardson3834
      @michaelrichardson3834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      i liked extra credits but unsubbed from their scandal and SJW leanings; they still bad or are they making good extra history videos again?

  • @a.soraparu773
    @a.soraparu773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    That last part about removing Prussian existence from Germany to snuff out any nationalize militarism really struck me. Similar to how the Japanese people are more pacifist due to their constitution restricting them, along with the horrors of WW2 have really made both nations docile from their empirical ambitions of the past. I cant imagine what the impact of the next world war would bring. If only i could spend eternity watching the universe as a spectator, to see how it all evolves and changes.

    • @DasDieDerErik
      @DasDieDerErik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      If you could watch the whole universe, spectating countries would probably grow incredibly boring really fast

    • @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723
      @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ironically this will also lead to the lack of political progresivist drive for the newer generations,

    • @Jabberwockybird
      @Jabberwockybird 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's sad how they think they are doing the right thing, but their censorship is as strong as any fascist.

    • @thepianist7084
      @thepianist7084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "Fortunate is he who is able to know the cause of things" - quote from Virgil. I think your desire to watch the universe as a spectator to see how it evolves and changes fits what Virgil said.

    • @speedymcspeedfr
      @speedymcspeedfr ปีที่แล้ว +16

      A brief history of Japan:
      Samurai, extremely powerful navy
      *Nuke*
      Ara ara~

  • @RyoKasai25
    @RyoKasai25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2199

    Prussia stills lives, in our hearts, and in the chilean army.

    • @CSLucasEpic
      @CSLucasEpic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Well, that certainly explains Pinochet. And all the murdering.

    • @Newbmann
      @Newbmann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Dont forget as a POLISH province.

    • @cagangultekin8469
      @cagangultekin8469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@Newbmann and as a russian province a lot of other german states and also lithuania...

    • @tylerbozinovski4624
      @tylerbozinovski4624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@CSLucasEpic Pinochet had nothing to do with Prussia lmao.

    • @arnavtube
      @arnavtube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@redisgreatYT link?

  • @Openbaarmaker
    @Openbaarmaker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    Where my parents are from (Maastricht, the southernmost part of The Netherlands) the name for Germany is still "Pruusen", which you could've guessed, translates to Prussia.
    Somebody from Germany is still called a "Pruus", a Prussian.

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yah, I didn't realize that while most of Prussia was in the eastern part of what is now Germany, but there was also a sizable chunk sitting right next to Limburg!

    • @AlePraXan
      @AlePraXan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well for most frenchs Maastricht is a part of Holland so....

    • @marover
      @marover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AlePraXan In my country (Chile) the majority call it Holland

    • @Openbaarmaker
      @Openbaarmaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@marover He trabajado en Colombia y Mexico por un año y siempre usaba los Países Bajos en vez de Holanda. A menudo la gente no me entendió: "Como? País Vasco?" Si, Holanda es lo más conocido, pero personalmente prefiero Países Bajos.

    • @Openbaarmaker
      @Openbaarmaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AlePraXan For a lot of people it is. I like to use The Netherlands, because Holland is a province. The province where I live coincidently, but still: les Pays Bas is the only right term for me :-P

  • @patchworkfellow
    @patchworkfellow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    _“It’s dedication to phenomenal facial-hair...”_
    This man... his wry humour... *chef’s kiss* mwa, mwa...

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "It's funny 'cause it's true."

    • @TheCimbrianBull
      @TheCimbrianBull 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Schnurbart intensifies*

  • @nickmacarius3012
    @nickmacarius3012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    Do you suffer from a distinct lack of Prussia in your life?? Ask your doctor if Preussennex is right for you. Side effects may include: aggression, militarism, and growing out some phenomenal facial hair.

    • @raymondmiller5098
      @raymondmiller5098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Plus, a perplexing fetish for spiked helmuts.

    • @Somoutogomea
      @Somoutogomea ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I'd like 10,000 bottles of preussenex please

    • @anakienpezzotta6264
      @anakienpezzotta6264 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ok,i gonna ask

    • @dingusdingus2152
      @dingusdingus2152 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You also develop an irresistible urge to wear a helmet with a spike on top

    • @VinnyUnion
      @VinnyUnion ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The latter part sold me right away

  • @T_Kelso
    @T_Kelso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3058

    Where is France?
    👉🌍
    Where is Canada?
    👉🌎
    Wo ist Preußen?
    👉❤️

    • @edwinsparda7622
      @edwinsparda7622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    • @pandabear4565
      @pandabear4565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @papa joe stalin of Stalinist stanistan .5 yearly state militarization

    • @cagangultekin8469
      @cagangultekin8469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @papa joe stalin of Stalinist stanistan you mean one %150

    • @Limpshot_McGee
      @Limpshot_McGee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I like that you used the right globes. I wouldn’t have bothered

    • @pandabear4565
      @pandabear4565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Limpshot_McGee holy crap. I hadnt noticed that. Nice attention to detail on both parts.

  • @paulzan2246
    @paulzan2246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4303

    Hi sir, it seems that you’ve been in a coma for the last 106 years.
    “Oh boy! I can’t wait to see Prussia in all of its glory!”

    • @pashauzan
      @pashauzan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +394

      You know what? Changing plan, you dont need to see the world. Get back to sleep

    • @ricojes
      @ricojes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      That's some cryosleep-grade coma right there.

    • @pikamonketchumlol1237
      @pikamonketchumlol1237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      sir I'm afraid to tell u there is a virus killing everyone and there is no king anymore

    • @rodycaz8984
      @rodycaz8984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@pikamonketchumlol1237 Ruined the joke. Congratulations.

    • @butterskywalker8785
      @butterskywalker8785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@pashauzan use the emergency gun

  • @themuskratianempire
    @themuskratianempire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +985

    James Bissonette stopped sponsoring them. That’s common knowledge.

    • @Israel_aXNyYWVs
      @Israel_aXNyYWVs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      It is known

    • @Alusnovalotus
      @Alusnovalotus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well he sounds Français, so duh.

    • @Alusnovalotus
      @Alusnovalotus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dr. M. H. Wha...?

    • @martinmendl1399
      @martinmendl1399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Dr. M. H. Have you just gotten triggered just because you saw the word “Israel”? Calm down man...

    • @Yo-Uncle
      @Yo-Uncle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Dr. M. H. Regardless of my anti-Zionism stance, it should be known that “Israel” is the first name of many people

  • @catthomas3097
    @catthomas3097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1723

    "There is a distinct lack of Prussia"
    That's enough to make a grown man cry

    • @thomashaeyen6942
      @thomashaeyen6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yes

    • @hmartinspliff
      @hmartinspliff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      German points at map, Germany here. Prussian raises hand to his chest and points towards his heart.....Prussia here.

    • @thomashaeyen6942
      @thomashaeyen6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@hmartinspliff its the same with a few fiefs of the holy roman empire, they just don't exist anymore
      Edit: by which i meant all of them muhuhahahaaaaa
      Edit 2:
      Oh wait i forgot liechtenstein

    • @Zapadoslavist
      @Zapadoslavist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahahaa

    • @fallendown8828
      @fallendown8828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thomashaeyen6942 isn't Belgium still a thing? Belgium was a state in HRE too and its borders was almost the same as today

  • @thescottishanimeguy9946
    @thescottishanimeguy9946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5032

    Where's prussia? Is he safe, is he alright?

  • @nathanjohnwilliamson7675
    @nathanjohnwilliamson7675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    Ahhhh the latest episode of “things I’ve never wondered about but now I’m deeply interested in and want to research more because of a 4 minute animated documentary”
    You love to see it

    • @shonenjumpmagneto
      @shonenjumpmagneto 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Opposite for me. Wondered for fucking years. A decade even!

    • @nealbradleigh5069
      @nealbradleigh5069 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      On either side of the big ponds, adults quietly reminisce on their childhood, and how they learned things.
      Europe had Puncinello (or PUNCH AND JUDY et al for centuries). From the mid-50s forward, American tykes had their puppets and marionettes as well (and the telly to bring them to you).
      The silly animation we're chuckling at here has its roots in our childhood favorites such as HOWDY DOODY, CAPTAIN KANGAROO, the innovative genius of the late JIM HENSON and others (think KERMIT to YODA and you get HENSON, right?).
      Who has never seen or heard of a MUPPET and its silly movements (DISNEY made dammed sure they caught HENSON and Assocs as soon as Jim felt the need to protect his legacy.
      Sell the hard lessons to adult "kids" via the things they laffed at, as kids (just slow the pace a bit. Some of us are comparing the body of this presentation with what we learned in the really big books, DECADES ago).
      We tired quickly of Seuss, and wanted the really hard big grown-up books, like the grown-ups we aspired to be, one day!

  • @BasGamer-zu4rl
    @BasGamer-zu4rl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    1:55 I love how Belgium is named zuid-Nederland because it is basicly a meme in the Netherlands

  • @sparhelt718
    @sparhelt718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Franz von Papen floating through the screen with glowing eyes with Hindenburg looking in disappointment is my new favourite moment in your videos.

    • @jwbowen
      @jwbowen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The only time I've said aloud "why is von Papen flying?"

  • @erikperik1671
    @erikperik1671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +824

    There was no "Emperor of Germany"! The tilte was "German Emperor".
    And that choice of words was important! The Prussian king was not an overlord to the other kings and princes but merely the first among peers.

    • @nnaauujjddaa
      @nnaauujjddaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      so wait, was the German Empire a new HRE then, instead of a unified country?

    • @boomblam5738
      @boomblam5738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Don't tell that to Wilhelm I. He was extremely pissy about that detail since he wanted to be the Emperor of Germany so bad.

    • @erikperik1671
      @erikperik1671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@nnaauujjddaa It was not a new HRE - since it had a constitution and the emperor was not elected. But by it's constitution it was a confederation - with each member having their own laws.

    • @HerralemanZyG
      @HerralemanZyG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      All hail Kaiser Wilhelm, problem solved

    • @boomblam5738
      @boomblam5738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@HerralemanZyG Imagine liking Hohenzollerns in 2020.

  • @theyoungbonaparte3739
    @theyoungbonaparte3739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2648

    As a Prussian: I ask myself this everyday. Oh wait, I no longer exist

    • @freewal
      @freewal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      How could you be both the young Bonaparte and Prussian ? Bonaparte has literally humiliated Prussia in 2 weeks.

    • @coltonconnerschuckman7414
      @coltonconnerschuckman7414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      But we’re going to retake it

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Goodbye

    • @egyptianboi305
      @egyptianboi305 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@freewal are you algerian?

    • @HebrewsElevenTwentyFive
      @HebrewsElevenTwentyFive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ethnically you/they do. They're just German, Dutch or Belgian now.

  • @AlteryxGaming
    @AlteryxGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1409

    Prussia is just Germany right?
    Well yes, but actually no

    • @FriedrichBarb
      @FriedrichBarb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Poland is just Prussia right?
      Well yes, but actually no

    • @luca_history
      @luca_history 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Reditt Memes are funny
      Well no but actually no

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@FriedrichBarb never!

    • @AdityaDeo-cg6eu
      @AdityaDeo-cg6eu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@luca_history reddit memes are the funniest. Where else do you get new memes which are actually funny.

    • @luca_history
      @luca_history 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@AdityaDeo-cg6eu I make them myself
      Reditt memes are repeatative and unfunny

  • @linajurgensen4698
    @linajurgensen4698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    For anyone planing on visiting Berlin, visit Potsdam instead or take a trip to Potsdam as well. It’s the capital of the state Brandenburg and is located right next to Berlin. You can find so much Prussian history there, many old palaces of emperors and beautiful architecture (compared to Berlin).

    • @normaluser333
      @normaluser333 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you for your advice, I'm going to Berlin next week so I'll be sure to check it out!

    • @jurgenpinkpank2257
      @jurgenpinkpank2257 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@normaluser333 Berlin is still worth a visit .

    • @leviturner3265
      @leviturner3265 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The communists stole Konigsberg.

    • @smalltime0
      @smalltime0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Berlin is a dump, but it is worth visiting still.

  • @ShadowAkatora
    @ShadowAkatora 4 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    *History Matters:* "Where did Prussia go?"
    *Rafiki:* "He lives in you"

    • @wilhelmfriedrich4700
      @wilhelmfriedrich4700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Prussia exist in all our hearts....

    • @garlkurzer
      @garlkurzer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wilhelmfriedrich4700
      Nah

    • @tiagomonteiro130
      @tiagomonteiro130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@garlkurzer Yes yes it does and It's beautiful

  • @boldizsarbajnoczi7586
    @boldizsarbajnoczi7586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +925

    Prussia united Germany, but today most of Prussia isn't in Germany

    • @mauricioaguilar7227
      @mauricioaguilar7227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      One of the most sad facts in life.
      Just like the House of Savoy, the house that unified Italy has parts of it that are not in Italy.

    • @DaDARKPass
      @DaDARKPass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@mauricioaguilar7227 Well good, savoy belongs to the french and half of Prussia's land belongs to the poles.

    • @Lucas_07-PL
      @Lucas_07-PL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@DaDARKPass Always has been.

    • @DaDARKPass
      @DaDARKPass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@bullmoosevelt4495 The only reason prussia, silesia and poznan had lots of germans was because they were germanised by invading Germans in the 12th, 14th, 18th and 19th century.

    • @sirp7394
      @sirp7394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      @@DaDARKPass just like what every other nation did with conquered land so what’s your point?

  • @economicsinaction
    @economicsinaction 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    1:02
    "It's time for war with France"
    The clock: *"It always has been..."*

  • @un3xxy343
    @un3xxy343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I know an old german gentleman which had to flee from prussia after ww2. Hes 84 years old now and he was about 8 years old when the war ended. He ended up in nürnberg without any friends. He met my father, became friends with him and is still alive.

    • @FireballFlareblitz734
      @FireballFlareblitz734 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How is he?

    • @QuackyMC
      @QuackyMC 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FireballFlareblitz734 by now hes probably 6 feet under, poor guy.

  • @dalmatiaball7687
    @dalmatiaball7687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +671

    Everyone: Prussia became Germany
    History: *Yesn't*

    • @MatthewSchellenberg
      @MatthewSchellenberg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      In German we just say Jein.

    • @DavidWVisuals
      @DavidWVisuals 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MatthewSchellenberg we say Jain

    • @archangelliii2536
      @archangelliii2536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      + and - = ZERO and (+)*(-) = (-) So, the answer is either NEIN or Nothing.

  • @lordshaxx4693
    @lordshaxx4693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4453

    Allies: "Lets get rid of Prussia to passify the Germans"
    America in 2001: "Germany why aren't you helping us in Afghanistan"

    • @Spido68_the_spectator
      @Spido68_the_spectator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +940

      Germany : sure, but where is my army ?
      USA :

    • @cbt-cuubanbroadcastingtele5332
      @cbt-cuubanbroadcastingtele5332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +314

      Hey, let's castrate this country! Only good can come out of it!

    • @DeusExMau5
      @DeusExMau5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +514

      Funny how there are more US troops in Germany that in Afghanistan

    • @lordshaxx4693
      @lordshaxx4693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      @@DeusExMau5 and had Prussian militarism not been crushed, then what troops Germany sent over would have fought.

    • @Tudomummeum
      @Tudomummeum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Passific Oshun, yo!

  • @scanida5070
    @scanida5070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    It‘s not really gone. Brandenburg (where it all started) still exists today as a state in Germany. Potsdam is often called „Germany‘s Prussian capital“ and it deserves this name fully!

    • @mailboro
      @mailboro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      For me prussia is Königsberg while Potsdam or Berlin are simpy Brandenburg. That's as prussian as Mönchengladbach

    • @MRTN_theboy
      @MRTN_theboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@mailboro Prussia's capital was in Berlin
      The prussian royal family was from brandenburg
      And prussia was originally an union between brandenburg and east prussia
      So brandenburg was prussian

    • @JoeBiden007
      @JoeBiden007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@MRTN_theboy Uhh no, Prussia in its German form was formed by the Teutonic Knights then Poland later conquered it and renamed it to the Duchy of Prussia. Then Prussia later gained Independence and later United with Brandenburg.

    • @KaiserFranzJosefI
      @KaiserFranzJosefI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@JoeBiden007 The Hohenzollern Monarchy began in Brandenburg, not Prussia. Prussia proper was actually largely irrelevant to the power of the Hohenzollern who firmly based themselves in Brandenburg. The only reason Prussia became a prominent name is because Prussia was a superior title to Brandenburg and thusly supplanted it

    • @gbornitz
      @gbornitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@KaiserFranzJosefI The ruler of Brandenburg made himself king of prussia, because it was located outside of the Holy Roman Empire, which already had a king. Brandenburg on the other hand was a part of the Holy Roman empire.

  • @abrahamlincoln9758
    @abrahamlincoln9758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Meanwhile, in Bavaria:
    Ludwig: Look! I built a cool castle!

    • @AB-on1on
      @AB-on1on 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      3 cool castles.

    • @MatthewSchellenberg
      @MatthewSchellenberg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Too bad he was deposed. He was gonna build an even cooler castle.

    • @kets4443
      @kets4443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Neuschwanstein

    • @Chris-hp9be
      @Chris-hp9be 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Prussians were competing with Britain and France while Bavarians and Austrians were busy feeling emotional 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @Runenschuppe
      @Runenschuppe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fun fact: Neuschwanstein was largely built with Prussian money. Because Bismark paid off the Bavarian king to gain his acceptance of Prussian primacy over the German Empire.

  • @Theocloud
    @Theocloud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    Fun fact: "It just works" was in fact the official motto of the Weimar Republic.

    • @l0ther128
      @l0ther128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Reesertch teim
      So yeah I was stupid enough to half-believe that for a split second

    • @iamaheretic7829
      @iamaheretic7829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Narrator: Nothing worked

    • @punishedvenomsnake716
      @punishedvenomsnake716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      *16 TIMES THE DETAIL*

    • @Theocloud
      @Theocloud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@l0ther128 Lol I'm sorry

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      To put it mildly; it didn't

  • @revmedia8108
    @revmedia8108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    I think my dad still lives in Prussia cause one day, he just disappeared.
    Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!

    • @perceivedvelocity9914
      @perceivedvelocity9914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      My dad must live in Prussia too. Small world.

    • @revmedia8108
      @revmedia8108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Perceived Velocity ahahaha maybe they know each other

    • @koboz9321
      @koboz9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Very original dad joke

    • @perceivedvelocity9914
      @perceivedvelocity9914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@koboz9321 I've never seen a original joke. It's all about being at the right place at the right time.
      Dad jokes are the best BTW. Making everyone's eyes roll is priceless.

    • @koboz9321
      @koboz9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@perceivedvelocity9914 NO DAD WHAT ABOUT YOU

  • @OrkosUA
    @OrkosUA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2569

    Imagine Allies actually agreeing to reinstate Prussia.
    25 years later
    Prussia: Ok, so we got Moscow, Cold War is over, who are we fighting next?
    Allies: ...

    • @iDeathMaximuMII
      @iDeathMaximuMII 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      OrkosUA Lol
      Prussia Begins WW3
      The Allies after WW3: You no longer exist

    • @cagangultekin8469
      @cagangultekin8469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Allies be like:oh no

    • @cagangultekin8469
      @cagangultekin8469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Hans maybe

    • @DerEchteBabo
      @DerEchteBabo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      This is so wrong and stupid

    • @magnusyarbrough5527
      @magnusyarbrough5527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      lol germany was never going to become what it once was capable of in any timeline where they lose world war 2

  • @bernieeod57
    @bernieeod57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    My father was born in East Prussia. He moved to the USA in the 1950's. Being among the few Germans who returned from Stalingrad, his time in the Soviet Gulags had pretty much beat Prussian militarism out of him. He died of cancer in 1968

    • @mihuhih2186
      @mihuhih2186 ปีที่แล้ว

      message is clear - do not mess with Russians

    • @shawnwarrynn8609
      @shawnwarrynn8609 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Quick question what was his name and career/occupation as well as which city of East Prussia?

    • @bernieeod57
      @bernieeod57 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@shawnwarrynn8609 Willie Earnest Barkowsky. Eichendorf

    • @IhaveBigFeet
      @IhaveBigFeet 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      A testament to the history of the region. A German first name, Slavic second name.

  • @vonKraehe
    @vonKraehe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Fun fact: Strictly speaking, Prussia consisted of two parts, East Prussia & Brandenburg. The first title from the king in Prussia was king of "Brandenburg-Prussia" & Brandenburg is still a federal state in the FRG ... So we still have half of Prussia ...

  • @GeoPolicyYT
    @GeoPolicyYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    1:02 Bismarck's joy looking at the clock that shows it’s time for a war with France is priceless 😂

    • @khalidshubbar6911
      @khalidshubbar6911 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My face anytime anything relating to Prussia happens.

  • @dave3508
    @dave3508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Don't forget, that all the ethnic germans of Prussia were expelled.
    Not only did the state ceased to exist, but also the people, the dialect and the culture.

    • @keebone
      @keebone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You must be thinking of east Prussia, the vast majority of Prussians remained in their own territory

    • @dave3508
      @dave3508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@keebone No. Nearly every german who lived in eastern Europe was expelled, not only the east prussians.

    • @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332
      @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@dave3508 I mean considering what was their plan it's hard to shed a tear for them.

    • @dave3508
      @dave3508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 These people lived there for centuries. What kind of plan did they had?

    • @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332
      @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@dave3508 The whole exerminate everything to their east to resettle it. No big deal really.

  • @justarandomsovietofficerwi2023
    @justarandomsovietofficerwi2023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    It never went away, it moved into our hearts.

  • @toastedleaf9147
    @toastedleaf9147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do the Second French intervention in Mexico! I feel like everybody forgets about that war and I find it really interesting!

    • @sheevinit1490
      @sheevinit1490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or the Paraguayan War.

    • @toastedleaf9147
      @toastedleaf9147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Forgotten Fronts OMGGG YESSS. I feel like everybody forgets about Latin American history which really sucks :(

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But you need to do the Pastry War first.

    • @peikheirman4671
      @peikheirman4671 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even the Belgians fought in it !

    • @Foyoon
      @Foyoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't know about that thanks to you I will end up in a wikipedia spiral :/

  • @egyptianboi305
    @egyptianboi305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Finally you have no idea how long I've been searching for this question.

    • @Vitalis94
      @Vitalis94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And didn't come up with an answer through simple googling it?

    • @egyptianboi305
      @egyptianboi305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Vitalis94 do you legit think I didnt try that 🤦‍♂️
      He didnt even answer the question I wanted in the video

    • @dinodude6992
      @dinodude6992 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beep boop....
      Hows your neighbor, the omnissiaha doing, you not god

    • @Vitalis94
      @Vitalis94 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@egyptianboi305 But googling the "history of Prussia" answers it. Prussia was abolished by the Allies as a constituent region of Germany, and was divided between Poland and Russia geographically. Simple as that.

    • @egyptianboi305
      @egyptianboi305 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vitalis94 you didn't get it do you?
      I want to know what happend to the ETHNIC GERMANS in Prussia not Prussia itself and I searched everywhere and the answer is still unfound

  • @Ruhrpottpatriot
    @Ruhrpottpatriot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Small correction: The German Empire didn't cease to exist with the revolution in 1918. The official name of the Weimar Republic was still "Deutsches Reich" or German Empire. This lasted until 23.May 1949, when the Federal Republic was founded. The official stance of the government at that time was that the Weimar Republic *is* the German Empire, just with a different government and constitution. This is the same stance the Federal Republic takes (if you add a name change on top of it) and the only reason why many international agreements that Germany made are still valid.
    So _technically_ the German Empire still exists today.

    • @cagangultekin8469
      @cagangultekin8469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And the offical name of the weimar president was reichspresident same thing with chancellor reichskanzler

    • @Darkfawfulx
      @Darkfawfulx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Huh. How common is this? Surely France is the opposite.

    • @hamzaharoon6336
      @hamzaharoon6336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Heck, they still got the House of Hohenzollern alive and kicking (as pretenders though).

    • @Ruhrpottpatriot
      @Ruhrpottpatriot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Darkfawfulx Depends on which French Empire and Republic you look. Some severed all ties with their predecessor (most notably after the first revolution), but some kept almost everything (the third of fifth republic spring to mind).

    • @keepout3553
      @keepout3553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Darkfawfulx Napoleon's title was Emperor of the French Republic

  • @tariik.h
    @tariik.h 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    German here.
    As you probably know, for a long time there was no united Germany, but many small countries that constitute the Holy Roman Empire. Its politics used to be dominated by Austria which was the biggest and most powerful German country.
    Prussian heartland was much smaller than the map shown in the video in what today is northern Poland.
    Then, Napoleonic wars happened and since Prussia had sided with Napoleon, they were given huuuuge swaths of land to the west, basically absorbing a lot of smaller countries that had sided against Napoleon.
    Afterwards, Prussia was constantly busy challenging Austria's dominance over the politics of German countries. It culminated in a war where Prussia surprised Austria with a newly developed gun that gave them military superiority.
    They seized the opportunity by founding the German country "Norddeutscher Bund" and Austria couldn't contest because they had lost their military dominance.
    Norddeutscher Bund was basically Prussia plus all the small countries still in existence and over the next few years, Prussia persuaded the Southern German states to join, renaming it the German Empire.
    Politics in the German Empire were now dominated by Prussia which gave itself huge voting power in parliament and making the Prussian king the German Emperor.
    After WW II, Stalin wanted to have an even bigger USSR and simply moved Poland westwards, diving the Prussian heartland between Poland and a Russian exclave.
    TLDR: Today's Germany was founded on Prussian-Austrian rivalry and Prussia seizing the opportunity to kick Austria out of German politics. After WW II, Stalin wiped Prussia off the map.

    • @ulfzurirksourzukfzofzoufzo5377
      @ulfzurirksourzukfzofzoufzo5377 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Prussia was against Napoleon they lost lands they got land through wars prior to it like seven years war then after Napoleon's defeat they got more land

    • @khalidshubbar6911
      @khalidshubbar6911 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Damm you Stalin!

  • @zechariahtlee
    @zechariahtlee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    1:45 That Empire Heaven was really funny!
    I like how Russia and Qing were next in line.

    • @tylerbozinovski4624
      @tylerbozinovski4624 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nahh Tsarist Russia and Qing China were shit.

    • @tylerbozinovski4624
      @tylerbozinovski4624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MyName-lq7rv What wars lmao? Tsarist Russia suffered so many humiliating defeats in the decades leading to its collapse. Same with Qing China.

  • @eternalturtle2439
    @eternalturtle2439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "Its dedication to phenomenal facial hair" and "firmly existing to not" god I love these episodes

  • @morsecode980
    @morsecode980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Allies to Prussia after WW2: *You have lost existence privileges*

    • @mouseofmice
      @mouseofmice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Or "your trial of existence is now over"

  • @eGavik
    @eGavik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:26 is the funniest thing I've ever seen in History Matters. I love this channel.

  • @sjp.5880
    @sjp.5880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I just love to see the borders of Prussia in the east.
    They look so smooth.

    • @noone3272
      @noone3272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Like a gun pointing at Russian empire😈😈😉

  • @Asgoga
    @Asgoga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I myself live in Lithuania's Memel Region or East Prussia. After Wehrmacht started retreating every inhabitant fled the region ( minus couple people ) fearing the approaching Red Army. There is still 18-20th century buildings, manors and churches standing. And there is many other nuances that you can notice that are left from Prussian times.

    • @Belisarius1648
      @Belisarius1648 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe germans need to "Immigrate" to the memel

    • @delfinenteddyson9865
      @delfinenteddyson9865 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Belisarius1648 there are barely enough germans to populate germany right now

    • @glennleslie6127
      @glennleslie6127 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe NOT, dear. @@Belisarius1648

  • @wykd3742
    @wykd3742 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I ask myself the same question every day.

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Historic Prussia no longer exists in either its Old Baltic Prussian or German Prussian Form: It's now divided between two Slavic nations.

    • @FriedrichBarb
      @FriedrichBarb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I cry myself to sleep about Prussia every night

    • @fakechloe207
      @fakechloe207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FriedrichBarb same

    • @sdagoth3037
      @sdagoth3037 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Brandenburg province of Prussia (including Berlin) which really constituted the core of Prussia's territory ever since it became a duchy, is still German!

  • @manicdgr
    @manicdgr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:11 Love how it's a recreation of that one painting,
    And the little soldier in the baCK: wE ShOuLd PAinT tHis
    Love it!

  • @JonathanWrightZA
    @JonathanWrightZA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    Her: "Kaliningrad is an interesting city"
    Me: "It's pronounced 'Königsberg'..."

    • @Zapadoslavist
      @Zapadoslavist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      No, it's Królewiec

    • @KrizZSleVen
      @KrizZSleVen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@Zapadoslavist Königsberg

    • @Zapadoslavist
      @Zapadoslavist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@KrizZSleVen no

    • @KrizZSleVen
      @KrizZSleVen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@Zapadoslavist Yes

    • @Snowman-yr7ug
      @Snowman-yr7ug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Zapadoslavist its definitely Konigsberg

  • @TheDemonQueen-cc1rn
    @TheDemonQueen-cc1rn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1469

    The German Empires borders make me feel like I'm in heaven

    • @user-ce3jb6nq7i
      @user-ce3jb6nq7i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Fax bro fax

    • @echidnanatsuki882
      @echidnanatsuki882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Same

    • @carlmarston1687
      @carlmarston1687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Wtf

    • @k9cobra728
      @k9cobra728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

      Germany isn’t the same without Prussia’s fish tail borders in the east

    • @TheDemonQueen-cc1rn
      @TheDemonQueen-cc1rn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@k9cobra728 In my head, Silesia was like Germany's leg & West-East Prussia was the arm

  • @Edmonton-of2ec
    @Edmonton-of2ec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Control Council Law No. 46 passed on February 25th, 1947:
    The Prussian State which from early days has been a bearer of militarism and reaction in Germany has de facto ceased to exist.
    Guided by the interests of preservation of peace and security of peoples and with the desire to assure further reconstruction of the political life of Germany on a democratic basis, the Control Council enacts as follows:
    Article I
    The Prussian State together with its central government and all its agencies are abolished.
    Article II
    Territories which were a part of the Prussian State and which are at present under the supreme authority of the Control Council will receive the status of Länder or will be absorbed into Länder.
    The provisions of this Article are subject to such revision and other provisions as may be agreed upon by the Control Council, or as may be laid down in the future Constitution of Germany.
    Article III
    The State and administrative functions as well as the assets and liabilities of the former Prussian State will be transferred to appropriate Länder, subject to such agreements as may be necessary and made by the Allied Control Council.
    Article IV
    This law becomes effective on the day of its signature.
    Signed in Berlin on February 25, 1947.
    Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Army general
    Vasily Sokolovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union
    Lucius D. Clay, General for Joseph T. McNarney, General
    Brian Robertson, General for Sholto Douglas, Marshal of the Royal Air Force
    Control Council Law No. 46, signed on 25 February, liquidates the State of Prussia, its central government, and all its agencies. This law is in the nature of a confirming action; the eleven provinces and administrative districts of prewar Prussia have since the beginning of the occupation been split up among the Soviet, British, and American Zones and Poland.
    This is the document that indisputably ended the existence of Prussia

    • @copperbeard7196
      @copperbeard7196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      in the end they destroyed bc they feared it

    • @AHSANALI-tb3hs
      @AHSANALI-tb3hs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So can't Prussians unify again??

    • @raptor4840
      @raptor4840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Adi also the Konigsberg area of Prussia has been Russified and they’re not gonna let it go without a fight

    • @tanmaypaturu3459
      @tanmaypaturu3459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@raptor4840 kalinigrad*

    • @redornament3248
      @redornament3248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@tanmaypaturu3459 historically known as Königsberg before its modern name of Kaliningrad

  • @ryansearle6157
    @ryansearle6157 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    2:45 The role of the Winged Hussars in WWII is criminally overlooked so I applaud you for including it in this video

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Why was Prussia forced to leave the First Schleswig War?
    They were _Pruss-ured_ by other nations

    • @Flanetbot
      @Flanetbot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Avery the Cuban-American u again seriously u comment on everything

    • @thefricking5407
      @thefricking5407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Avery No

    • @aetu35
      @aetu35 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haugh! Haugh! Haugh!

    • @dumbgameboys618
      @dumbgameboys618 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ehehehehehe

    • @motive6502
      @motive6502 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No.

  • @mantasmaciunas2250
    @mantasmaciunas2250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Do one on the Livonian War! A very important conflict in Eastern european history, frequently forgotten about

  • @sweeneytod9574
    @sweeneytod9574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    2:42 Hermann Göring dancing across had me in stitches

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      President Göring

  • @EndOfSmallSanctuary97
    @EndOfSmallSanctuary97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    One interesting thing to note is that Stalin actually supported the "independence" of Prussia as a post-war state, or at the very least opposed its dissolution. It was the Western Allies that pushed for it to disappear.

    • @CapCody
      @CapCody 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      what do you mean Russia kept the old capital of east Prussia as their own

    • @douglaslove5381
      @douglaslove5381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Eh, I think originally the Russians (Russian Socialist Republic)wanted to give it to any of the neighboring Warsaw Pact Members/Socialist Republics but no one wanted it. In the end they ended up keeping control. Thus why Russia has it today.
      Watched a video on why Russia has Kaliningrad. Think they said that at the time no other state wanted to deal with the post war Koningsburg issues or create an exclave. But USSR said fine because Cold War/Warm water. Plus at the time it was surrounded by other soviet controlled states.
      I don't think it's impossible that Stalin would be in support of a Prussian puppet state to administer that area, further divide the German people, and potentially use it later to influence the rest of Germany post war.

    • @glennleslie6127
      @glennleslie6127 ปีที่แล้ว

      and I will add as an American, good riddance to Prussia.

  • @johnkittoiv2572
    @johnkittoiv2572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    There's one part he left out. Prussia was originally called "brandenburg-prussia" and brandenburg is in fact still a federal state of modern Germany, and much of Prussias legacy survives even if the physical state did not

    • @azzkin9401
      @azzkin9401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      that is not entirely true, the prussia that we know began as a vassal state of Poland-Lithuania, the duchy of prussia, which would later merge with the margraviate of Brandenburg to form Brandenburg-Prussia, less than 50 years later Brandenburg was completely assimilated by Prussia, being reduced to a province within the Kingdom of Prussia (although the capital of the latter would be Berlin, capital of Bramdenburg, and not Konisberg, historical capital of Prussia)

    • @prk2543
      @prk2543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Technically, it has always been Brandenburg. It only borrowed the name from Prussia to avoid HRE law and become a kingdom.

  • @FrietjeOorlog
    @FrietjeOorlog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "Yet, if you look at a modern map"
    *Shows the Netherlands as it was a century ago, without Flevoland etc.*

    • @scotandiamapping4549
      @scotandiamapping4549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess he's just rlly used to using pre-1991 maps

  • @thijsdegroot7127
    @thijsdegroot7127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I love the Austro-Hungarian tombstone "we don't know either" lmao

    • @scotandiamapping4549
      @scotandiamapping4549 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But what is it they don't know?

    • @danielharvison7510
      @danielharvison7510 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scotandiamapping4549 Just how much dakka is required. The answer?: MORE!

  • @ImCarolB
    @ImCarolB ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My grandfather was born in East Prussia in 1880 and lived until 1974. I often wondered what his thoughts were about his homeland and its disappearance. It is now in Russia.

    • @rudimorzik5008
      @rudimorzik5008 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I could tell you i was born in East5-Prussia in 1941 and for me it is home and no one will take that away,my father died for it in Russia and i had to speak polish to stay there till 1953 after that i was in East-Germany till i escaped in 1961 one month before the wall went up

    • @ImCarolB
      @ImCarolB 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rudimorzik5008 The things you have seen! Make sure you write it down for your children, grandchildren, and beyond, or just for the rest of the world.

  • @Timon-IrishFolk
    @Timon-IrishFolk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Fun Fact: After German unification rhere was a brief but vocal movement led by Alwin Ziel of the Social Democrats (SPD) around 2002. He advocated for uniting the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg into one and call that new formation "Prussia", this never happened. Even the unification of Brandenburg and Berlin seems like a fever dream nowadays.

    • @KBisUPNEXT
      @KBisUPNEXT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      o im jamaican but my name is Bucknor i did some research and it states that my last name originates from prussia i really wanna find out if i have linage there and my grand dad part of the family is german/part german he is also half german

    • @notroll1279
      @notroll1279 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not a fever dream at all. In 1995 there was a referendum in both states about merging them into one.
      It would have made some sense as Brandenburg fully surrounds Berlin and several of its towns AND the state capital Potsdam rely on Berlin's infrastructure.
      Berlin voted for the merger, Brandenburg against it, so it didn't happen.

  • @madisonhasson8981
    @madisonhasson8981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    When I lived in Germany for a couple years, the old Germans told me that after WW2, the allies trained the Prussians to claim they were Germans, not Prussians. So they all learned to claim Germanhood instead of Prussianhood. The video covers this, but I'm not sure they did it justice.

    • @memyself8043
      @memyself8043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      well, prussians are/were germans.. just like bavarians... germany only united very late. But they did lose their regional culture

    • @karlscher5170
      @karlscher5170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trained them like you train a dog

    • @vincentdequiram1102
      @vincentdequiram1102 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They brainwashed many but there are still some of us left who identify as Prussian rather then just being German. I mean of course I’m German but at first I’m Prussian. A Bavarian our old beloved enemy is as well first a Bavarian and after that a German. Same goes for all the other tribes. Of course only in case they are not brainwashed by the Allie’s.

    • @uditmisra8i226
      @uditmisra8i226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@vincentdequiram1102 hey Sir you are a prussian so I am asking you. I searched everywhere. Even when prussia is no more , present day germany retains land of prussia right ? I mean brandenburg, ruhr etc were part of prussia right ?

    • @vincentdequiram1102
      @vincentdequiram1102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@uditmisra8i226 Yes so it is. Though originally the word Prussian goes back to a Baltic tribe called “Pruzzen” which lived in an area which is since 1945 under polish governance: East Prussia. This area was once taken by the Teutonic Knight Order. My ancestor Henry Walpot btw was the first Highmaster of this order. Anyway… the Pruzzen were converted veeeerryyy slowly to Christianity and many of their nobles became even members of the Teutonic Knights. I say this cause there is the disinformation going around that the Pruzzen would have been wiped out. It’s not true they mixed with the German settlers in medieval times. The royal family of the Hohenzollern were the last Highmasters of the Teutonic Knights and secularized the order to become a worldly state which would be called Prussia. This royal family were as well holding the land of Brandenburg. As the Kingdom grew, more and more territories became a part of Prussia. Like Mecklenburg, Pomerania etc.within the 19th century Prussia expanded the most. So of course it included regions which are inhabited by other German tribes. In my case I’m a descendant of a Teutonic Knights family which were the founders of the old order but we had to escape from our lands to west at the end of WW2 together with millions of other civilian refugees of whom approximately 7-8 million were murdered during the escape. My family came to Berlin which was the former capital not just of the Deutsches Reich but as well of the Kingdom of Prussia, before Potsdam became the residence city under King Friedrich Wilhelm I. I hope I’ve been able to answer your question.

  • @ryanc1045
    @ryanc1045 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Your vids are like potato chips, little pieces of goodness that I just can’t get enough of.

  • @jsmally83
    @jsmally83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "If you look at the time, it's time for war with France"
    Love these videos 😄

    • @Chris-hp9be
      @Chris-hp9be 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poor France. Prussia in the east, Britain at the west and its people are expert rioters

  • @Felixxxxxxxxx
    @Felixxxxxxxxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I have family who lived in Prussia but most or maybe all were Lithuanians. The area that is current day Klaipeda was a part of Prussia for hundreds of years and even though Lithuanian was one of the major languages there they still had close ties internally with the German-speaking population within their nation. I was in Lithuania this summer and I think very few people outside of Klaipeda and surrounding areas are aware of the fact that Prussia was not just a German-speaking nation/area/place.

    • @brettanthonypalmer2956
      @brettanthonypalmer2956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed , My own family bloodlines carry Slavic Baltic and Teutonic .. All their migration paper work states they were Prussian. Other paper clearly states they were release from the Kings Service and when they arrived in Australia they took the Oath of Allegiance to the Imperial Tudor Crown ... Many of the families in my blood served as ANZAC Light Horsemen

  • @SpadeRZA
    @SpadeRZA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Everyone talks about James, but no one mentions Kelly Moneymaker. What a name. And yes, my grandfather was from Eastern Prussia, so I am on topic.

  • @flynn659
    @flynn659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    2:26: I don't know why, but I feel complete.

    • @leviathan69420
      @leviathan69420 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh maybe because there is god t posing flying across the screen with yellow eyes

  • @seronymus
    @seronymus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The visual gags just beyond split-second are perfection for this channel.

  • @d_w19_10
    @d_w19_10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Nice to know: You can still see the prussian Legacy in german culture.
    For Example: Football teams like BVB or Mönchengladbach both share the prename "Borussia" which is latin and means "Preußen" (german) or "Prussia" (english).

    • @sdagoth3037
      @sdagoth3037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      So do the Prussian virtues, Germans are still known for being rule-abiding and meticulous as individuals, despite whatever craziness is going on at the state level. Then again, things are crazy everywhere these days.

    • @d_w19_10
      @d_w19_10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@sdagoth3037 I am german myself and i catch myself always stopping at a traffic light even if there is no car anywhere near.
      I went to paris with a few friends a year ago and we were partying until 2 or 3 am. When we travelled home from the club we had to pass many streets with traffic lights and i always felt guilty while crossing a red light, even when their were no cars.

    • @MatthewSchellenberg
      @MatthewSchellenberg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Also, the German national team wears black and white because of Prussia.

    • @meusvideos5574
      @meusvideos5574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed. There is also the team Preussen Münster

    • @meusvideos5574
      @meusvideos5574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If only They Kept Prussian pride and Prussian aristocratic Junker class values of Military tactical briliance and discipline....

  • @redmistbby
    @redmistbby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    0:33 underrated animation

  • @timfortune9
    @timfortune9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "I need to send this letter to the Prussian Consulate in Siam. Am I too late for the 4:30 auto-gyro?" - Mr. Burns

  • @alexanderbogdan8327
    @alexanderbogdan8327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The first king of Romania was a prussian from the Hohenzollern lineage, he was one of our greatest most dedicated, wise and cherished ruler of all time. I admire this line of royalties, at least those who came to Romania.

  • @joelthomastr
    @joelthomastr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Doesn't help that the original Duchy of Prussia got so thoroughly Russianed after WWII that its capital Königsberg became Kaliningrad, the center of a Russian exclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania

  • @cerridianempire1653
    @cerridianempire1653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    You will never be forgotten Sparta of the North

    • @Zapadoslavist
      @Zapadoslavist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1410, just 1410

    • @canuckprogressive.3435
      @canuckprogressive.3435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There may be some simularities with Sparta, but at least it was not mandatory to be gay in Prussia.

    • @cerridianempire1653
      @cerridianempire1653 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@canuckprogressive.3435 it was called "Sparta of the North" but yes

    • @MrGroganmeister
      @MrGroganmeister 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@canuckprogressive.3435 ha ha only the “Griks” are ghey

  • @galatheumbreon6862
    @galatheumbreon6862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "It's dedication to phenomenal facial hair" God this is why I love this channel so much

  • @teutonic_crusader1175
    @teutonic_crusader1175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fun fact: During 1990, after the german re-unification, some politicans had the idea to form a new Federal state called "Prussia" in former east germany.

  • @julianusvictor327
    @julianusvictor327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I love that Todd Howard is in this lmao

    • @presto569
      @presto569 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahha bruh

    • @menenjoyer356
      @menenjoyer356 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Can you give a time stamp?

    • @presto569
      @presto569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      John Doe the very end in the background cus Todd Howard put himself on that same picture in fallout 4

    • @kothemagica
      @kothemagica 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      didnt notice it when I first watced lol

    • @presto569
      @presto569 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Last Fortune oh crap I didn’t even notice that one lol hahahaha

  • @1Costello11
    @1Costello11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "...and its iconic borders."
    I thought I was the only one...

  • @chamachie7620
    @chamachie7620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great episode again. I love his humour!
    A point to add: after german reunification in 1990 there where discussions about uniting the federal states of berlin and brandenburg to the new federal state of prussia. However these discussions led nowhere and the chance of reestablishing prussia was given away.

    • @hamzaharoon6336
      @hamzaharoon6336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seriously? That's kinda sad, but understandable. Pretty sure the other states would be fuming over Prussia having the nation's capital in their hands.

    • @bertjafn
      @bertjafn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There was a referendum in 1996, and the idea got rejected. The unified state would have been called Brandenburg, though - as this is it‘s historical name.

  • @hellomoto1
    @hellomoto1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love channels like these because you guys explain the backstory to why certain events took place. Something that a lot of history classes don't do, as they just tell the events as they happened.

  • @pedrolundquist8891
    @pedrolundquist8891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Last time I was this early, Frederick was still the King in Prussia

    • @matthewkingston9914
      @matthewkingston9914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He's still the king in our hearts

    • @dailydose8035
      @dailydose8035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch this be too comment

    • @dailydose8035
      @dailydose8035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Top

    • @shambosaha9727
      @shambosaha9727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'M FREDERICK THE GREAT, OUT THE GATE FIRST SERVANT OF STATE

    • @fandemusique4693
      @fandemusique4693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "frederick was still king of Prussia"
      Wait, which one ?

  • @Tflexxx02
    @Tflexxx02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Existing today, from Wikipedia:
    "The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (German: Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK)), headquartered in Berlin, was established in 1957 by German Federal law with the mission to acquire and preserve the cultural legacy of the former State of Prussia. Its purview encompasses over 27 institutions, including all of Berlin's State-run Museums, the Berlin State Library, the Prussian Privy State Archives and a variety of institutes and research centers. As such it has become one of largest cultural organizations in the world. As of 2020, it is also the largest cultural employer in Germany with around 2,000 employees and a 2020 budget of 336 million euros."

  • @sapphyrus
    @sapphyrus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    “The Elder Scrolls: Prussia” when?

    • @baronDioxid
      @baronDioxid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Look outside and tell me it won't be "Fallout: New Prussia" instead!

  • @umbertoferraris5787
    @umbertoferraris5787 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It’s crazy and terrible to think that millions of Germans with their culture, their language and their cities like Königsberg, Danzig and Breslau no longer exist, and it was only 80 years ago… It’s very sad.

    • @FahadTaguri-iw2uj
      @FahadTaguri-iw2uj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah ..and the same is being done to Palestine..by the same people

    • @Polska_Edits
      @Polska_Edits 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gdańsk wasn't even German for most of its history...

    • @QuackyMC
      @QuackyMC 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Polska_Edits but königsberg was

  • @borkerman
    @borkerman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Last time I was this early:
    The Kaiser's were still a thing

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Last time I was this early, Trump was still riding the Lolita Express

    • @pashauzan
      @pashauzan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Last time I was this early, the HRE still exists

    • @conveyor2
      @conveyor2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Perririri You're thinking of his opponent Uncle Joe

    • @simeonbaumel7293
      @simeonbaumel7293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "The Rye or the Kaiser" (Weird Al)

  • @TheCaesar88
    @TheCaesar88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I find it both interesting and sorrowful that always in this type of videos the Prussian/German militarism, culture, people etc are portrayed as if they were utterly evil and were the reason of all wars in the European history. French, English, Dutch etc are not so saint at the same lvl as Germans.

    • @tylerbozinovski4624
      @tylerbozinovski4624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      People harbour a bias towards Prussia. So me calling myself a Prussian is a way to flex on those losers.

    • @glenbe4026
      @glenbe4026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Well, a lot of the German States themselves did not like the Prussians and definitely did not want to become part of a larger German state (Austria, Bavaria, Saxe-Coburg etc) but most were forced to by the Prussians.

    • @Void_Dweller7
      @Void_Dweller7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      History’s written by the victors.

    • @NONO-oy1cu
      @NONO-oy1cu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Void_Dweller7 i know and its sad

    • @watching99134
      @watching99134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Indeed, Prussians saved Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo (but you'll never hear it from English-language historians).

  • @meganoobbg3387
    @meganoobbg3387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Allies: "Prussia no longer exists."
    Sweden and Chile: "Are you sure about that?" *pickelhaube boiis hellmarch intensifies*

    • @elemperadordemexico
      @elemperadordemexico 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      *Swedistan

    • @torstenlandsson9757
      @torstenlandsson9757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@elemperadordemexico Don't know about you but I enjoy living in Sweden, the best country in the world 😎

    • @somethung8188
      @somethung8188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@elemperadordemexico Meh, Stan just means land of in persian and has no islamic connotation, but assuming you made a joke like this you're probably uneducated and didn't know that. After all Sweden is still 100X better than your country. Jealous?

    • @Asterion_Moloc_1
      @Asterion_Moloc_1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elemperadordemexico I think you have a tinfoil hat instead of a crown and a cabbage instead of brain to assume such bs

    • @usaball2255
      @usaball2255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Asterion_Moloc_1 Ah yes, the *Bismarck*

  • @johnnylams3948
    @johnnylams3948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Enforced friendship" 0:57 - Oh! That´s so cute!

  • @petartoshkov2076
    @petartoshkov2076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    0:45 Hmmmm I think I am having a deja-vu. Last time when I checked on Elizabeth II and Bismarck they weren't soldiers

    • @peterg76yt
      @peterg76yt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Time to check again!

    • @petartoshkov2076
      @petartoshkov2076 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Whatareyoudoinnhereoh, ok then, my bad

  • @JimbobsTransportVideos
    @JimbobsTransportVideos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    “Should I say nice video or make a stupid history joke?” - everybody in the comments

    • @gabrielagustinhomas
      @gabrielagustinhomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, not stupid, just a bit corny.

    • @The_Antiquary
      @The_Antiquary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everyone thinks they are meming.

    • @gabrielagustinhomas
      @gabrielagustinhomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@The_Antiquary Yeah, I hate that. Comment with your own fucking words and thoughts, ya know? So stupid.

  • @bretthess6376
    @bretthess6376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "A distinct lack of Prussia..." Well said. An astonishing historical fact.

  • @k.k.b.santos5994
    @k.k.b.santos5994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Its so sad to see that only parts of what is originally the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which is one of the two founding states of Prussia (the other being ducal Prussia) are left to Modern Germany.