Fun fact: Bismarck opposed the annexation of Elsace lorraine. His reasoning was that it would turn France into a permanent enemy of Germany. Turns out he was right.
True, but Bismarck also vanguarded the use of "reparations" against France, which would later be used by France to justify the sums owed by Germany at the end of WWII.
Planet Watcher Well, technically we were invited to rule over Alsace in the Thirty years' war by its own population, which is why it hasn't really ever mattered to us to ask ourselves if the land is "historically" ours.
Sadly, it was true. French people were so happy that Napoleon 3 reign and the empire ended that the Franco Prussian war would have been soon forgotten. But the annexion of Alsace / Lorraine mostly against their will at the time ( see the story of the then mayor Emile Kuss ) create a lot of turmoil in France ( see the commune of Paris ) and created the condition of the First World War
Let's get some facts right.Germany wasn't aggressive though, because France declared war on Germany after being provoced by a german newspaper article. Oh and by the way. Elsaß was until the 16th century a normal german region like others, but the French king Louis the 14th decided to pursue a so called reunification policy, regarding the empire of Charles the Great, who controlled territories of Germany, Bohemia, France, Belgium, Netherlands and so on. So basically he intended to occupy Them and indeed he was successful concerning Elsaß.
I still find it kind of incredible that the Pope used the ancient Aurelian Walls to defend Rome against the Italians in 1870. Didn't work out too well with modern weapons and all..
Nobody was even thinking they could be an actual defence against an enemy attack. They just happened to be there. The Church state didn't rely on military options to protect itself, but only on diplomatic (mainly French) support, and this turned out to be more effective than 100 000 bayonnets. Well, until French collapsed.
It's still pretty badass to imagine the Swiss guard protecting Rome from the ancient 3rd Century walls in 1870 though. Truly the end of an era in a way.
@@granatapacifica during the revolutions of 1846 or smth, both Italian nationalists and German nationalists tried to unify their respective peoples. But failed because the monarchist powers destroyed their revolutions.
@@draphotube4315 1848*, also it was because no one could agree how they were going to unite italy along with the monarchies not wanting that, and by monarchies I mean austria and it's puppets since it dominated most of italy and tried to also be the dominant power in germany
@@GRANFRA99 It's important to know that at the time it was really called the sardinian kingdom, the pope said "the aggressive actions of the sardinian army" when asking help from the conquest of the papal state
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This war was the exact reason why Germany couldn't replicate that invasion though. The French watched and learned how the Germans could exploit the northern border where there were no natural barriers, and were prepared by the next time Germany tried to use that border by building fortifications that prevented any German advance. It's like disease immunity in war strategy.
When you think about it, Germany and Italy have the same story. Both emerged from the Holy Roman Empire collapsing, both were all of these separate states, both united in the same time, both fought against Austria for their unity, both were a kingdom/empire. Both had economic problems after WW1, both had dictators run their country, both became allies in WW2, both lost WW2, and Both became top economies in Europe during and after the cold war.
@Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation🇩🇪 East Francia annexed Rome, doing that then renamed itself the holy Roman empire. Everyone just forgets that the holy Roman empire actually had Italy because most of the Holy Roman empires modern history goes into the years after it lost Italy. also you don't have to be rude.
Germany did not fight Austria for its unification. In fact, in the German War (Prussian-Austrian War), almost all German states (Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse, Frankfurt) fought for Austria. It was about supremacy in Germany, not about unification. Austria itself sought the unification of Germany (Greater Germany with Austria), but Prussia wanted to unify Germany under itself, and this was only possible if Austria, its greatest rival, was expelled from German politics.
Italy and Germany: two great countries with a similar history, the first managed in ancient times and the middle age to give birth to incredible things, the second has becoming a working powerhouse in no time, showing the effect of hard work. Great!
Yeah, but before that time, it wasn't "Germany" (It was the F*ing Habsbourgs) .... What? .... No, wait! Don't kill me, I love the Habsbourgs!! NOooo... ....
Ironically, France has played a great part in the unification of Germany. Napoleon 1st dissolves the holy empire and created larger nations. And Napoleon 3 by becoming the aggressor who legitimizes the union.
Corsica sold by Genoa to franceSavoy given by an italian state to france France helped the italians states for their unification, against the Austrians Do you italians, really likes to change sides?
PennyS we never changed sides WW1: Austria betrayed the triple alliance by attacking the entente without consulting Italy and Germany, so Italy had all the reasons to attack Austria WW2: Italy was with the germans, until both the allies and the german conquered it. Northern Italy was administered by the Germans, the rest by the allies. The only side switcher in WW2 is Bulgaria. It sided with the Axis but it switched to the Allies because it feared the soviets lmao
@@lorenzomanzoni1478 not totally correct, the reason why Italy attacked was the secret agreement between Italy and UK. Basically they promised Italy the tryol and many colonies in turkey and Africa, but when war ended they didn't respected all the path. In fact italians remember that as the "Mutilated Victory"... That's wasn't victory at all.
@@Tortellobello45 No. The anglos would have NEVER fought with Germany. No matter what scenario. This war was fabricated by the anglo, against the german.
Prussia got its revenge during this war. Because the prussian hate for France came from Npoleon's campaign of 1806, when the french army basically crushed the whole prussian army in two weeks. Then the French were seeking for their revenge they finally got in 1914-1918. And then the germans were seeking for a revenge they got in 1940... Hopefully, those two countries have a strong relationship now, or we would already have 1 or 2 wars opposing France and Germany since 1945 ^^
pokefan56785 pokemonx and y It was part of Bismarcks plan to offer austria a very mildly peace deal so they could potentially get them back as allie later on.
Cavour: Garibaldi, whatever you do, don’t invade the two Sicilies, we don’t have the resources to win a war like that Garibaldi: Invades Sicily with 1000 men and wins easily, then proceeds to march on and capture Naples.
The invasion of Sicily and other regions with 1.000 men is vastly exaggerated and overhyped. The Bourbon army back then was comprised of no less than 20.000 men, if I recall correctly. After 150 years, historians are finally finding out the invasion became possible thanks to secret deals with local lords as well as the "proto-mafia".
If you pay attention to the borders you may notice that those of Prussia and the Kingdom of Sardinia, from where both the unification processes began, were pretty much one the copy of the other, just pointing at opposite directions.
@@FalkyRocket2222 exactly. Some sort of geopolitical curse. In order to form their respective countries they had to lose their "starting/identity point".
@@ellidominusser1138 Initially yes, but in the long run both countries were affected. And to follow on the "geopolitical curse story" we can observe that the longer a country had kept its "starting/identify point" the more territorially unstable and painful the process had been.
@@ilFrancotti those processes only occured with Germany and Italy. No other country unified like that, and it didn't have anything to do with starting/identify point, for Prussia/Germany to lose their eastern provinces was a natural thing to do since they wouldn't just take something not adjacent, and for Sardinia-Piedmont to lose Savoie and Nice was cause of the claims that France had there from medieval times. It's just a coincidence that happened with both Italy and Germany imo
It was at this point Britain knew it fucked up. Essentially Britain endorsed and helped in any diplomatic way it could to create the German empire. The goal was to have a strong empire on the border with France so France has someone tk worry about and stop competing with British imperialist intentions around the world. A powerful empire he British wanted and a powerful enpire they got. Too powerful in fact as by the late 19th century the German empire was the foremost industrial, scientific and (land) military power in the world. It had to be disasembled.
@@Sceptonic Depends on what you mean by powerful. Germany nowadays couldn't stand a war against France or Britain, it's no more a powerful country in military like it used to be.
@@Sceptonic They are politically very weak and their people are dying out. Same in other european countries really so who cares. But yes the Germans are very strong and have been so since the Romans took over Gaul and Britannia.
@@Sceptonic that's true, if italy, france or uk passes them, they will be able to build a stronger economy. By the way all countries i mentionated have a stronger army than germany
Napoleon Bonaparte was so traumatic that several european countries have united after his death, we always looked at his impact during his life but even after his death he has change the continent and the world forever.
When I read that title, "the unifications of Germany and Italy" I thought this was some fictional (or even historical) scenario where the two countries united lol
Unadin many peoples don't know why Anita (Garibaldi's wife) is died. Someone says she is kill by Garibaldi, and this theory is very likely.... I don't know believe it (sorry for bad english)
Nationalism in 1920-30 in Italy and Germany is son of the sentiment of unification of the 1860, that was created by France and Austrian-hungaric invading lands multiple times.
Fun fact: When Italy invaded the Papal States during the Franco-Prussian War, the Pope declared that the first artillery commander to order a barrage on Rome would be excommunicated. To get around this, a Jewish artillery commander got to give that order.
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Can we hope for a more detailed account on Italian unification (which of course had been long brewing before it finally happened) set to some rousing Verdi music?
awesome video, but as i am from schleswig-holstein in northern germany i noticed a small mistake 30th october 1864 its "lauenburg" instead of "laurenburg" ;-)
It's not like both Russia and Germany were begging for peace, and Germany's population was starving to death as the war went on... Brusilov offensive? What's that?
@@trihermawan9553: Yeah, and I think they won against the Victual Brothers as well? But it seems that often Denmark has performed poorly in wars (even when they might have been on the side that eventually won like in the Great Northern War).
I like the way you detail and organize the key, it helps a lot to understand what's going on, and when you pause the timeline to explain what's going on, that's really helpful too!
@@masterql5 Unification of what? I didn't get your point. Please point me to a more useless war than the first World War (you know, at the height of those European Empires). Nothing more than imperialism and nationalism jerking each other off, while people were HORRENDOUSLY dying at the front.
@@anto-sk4ce no ma era per metterla da un altro punto di vista XD Se devo essere onesto sono più per il sud Italia bizantino piuttosto che borbonico, almeno i bizantini erano per il progresso P.s. non voglio il sud Italia bizantino né borbonico, l'Italia è bella com'è unita, ma se devo dare le mie preferenze preferirei i bizantini piuttosto che i borboni
2:14 second Schleswig war Reasons why the Prussians won in 1864 1. they had bolt action rifles and we had muzzle loaders 2. We were only 30.000 men when they was double as 63.000
Its not like Denmark would've won with better weapons or more men anyway. Denmark had no hope without outside powers. And its not like its a bad thing that Denmark lost either. Minor power stood against 2 major powers.
Actually, while Prussia lost most of its de-facto power in 1934 being split into Gaue like Pomerania, Silesia etc. it officially still existed. All ministries were merged however, Hitler became Prussian governor and Göring Prussian Prime Minister. It was finally dissoluted by the Allies in 1947.
Well it was pretty much gone after 1945 when Germany's modern day borders were established. The vast majority of what was originally the territories of Prussia i.e. those actually called "Prussia" was given to Poland, West Prussia was already Polish after WWI. When the Allies officially destroyed it, there wasn't really anything left to destroy other than what Brandenburg?
wow, you put so much work into your vids. congrats on the million of views you got, you deserve it. I really look forwards to seeing more in the future! consider ever doing a modern day crimean war? or even the war with ISIS up to taking back Allepo?
I like how Italy was the one that literally destroyed the Austro-Hungarian and caused its collapse at the end of ww1, but the allies still said they didn't contribute enough.
I mean Germany was never really disunited. It was just divided post-reformation into Austrian Catholic and Prussian Protestant camps who constantly fought over control of the German states. It was more that the Second Reich brought them all together culturally which had not been done before; subjects previously had more loyalty to their prince than their emperor
Bismark: "I have brought PEACE, FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and SECURITY to my new empire!!!" Napoleon III: "Your new empire?" Bismark: "Don't make me kill you." Napoleon III: "Germany, my allegience is to the European balance of power, to DEMOCRACY!" Bismark: "If you're not with me... then you're my enemy!" Napoleon III: "Only an authoritarian deals in absolutes. I will do what I must. Bismark: "You will try."
Very interesting to think that the "states" that would eventually unify Italy and Germany were not even in Germany or Italy proper, but rather far and of small size (Sardinia and Konigsberg) which would most likely have you thinking that they are exclaves of Germany and Italy acquired later on.
Wasn't the 'Deutschee Bund' existing until 1866? The borders of that loose bound would've been nice. Anyway this is a great video I enjoyed and that little detail would've made it perfect.
i like the detaill that durng the expedition fo the thousand in sicily, it was shown as ,allies` since it wasnt sardinia itself but rather giuseppi garabaldi
Nice video, but there is a little tiny inaccuracy at the end of the Austro-Prussian War. See, the Austrians had pretty much decisively beat Italy in the war, so when it came time to negotiate the peace treaty, they did not want to hand over Venetia to Italy. So what ended up happening was that the Austrians gave Venetia to France, who in turn gave it to Italy after "legitimizing" their pre-agreed handover with a referendum that most modern historians consider to have been a sham. So, basically, you just showed the end result. Not a terrible sin :)
_"the Austrians had pretty much decisively beat Italy in the war"_ _"they did not want to hand over Venetia to Italy."_ Is it just a typo or is there a reason for the Austrians to give up land to Italy (through France)?
The Austrians had defeated the main Italian army, but while that happened the part of the army led by Garibaldi was blitzkrieging trought Austrian controlled Sud-Tyrol, heading directly for Vienna. He arrived all the way to Trento before a peace treaty was signed.
The First Primaris Cato Sicarius yep, if the French didn’t signed a peace garibaldi could have conquered Vienna, and Italy could have advanced way more,
Correction: In the astrian-prussian war, austria gave to france venetia because they generally out performed the italians in the war, but france gave venetia to italy anyways
Wrong, the austrians did so because they despised Italy. While the austrian had beaten the main piedmontese army the northen army under Garibaldi was beating the austrians left and right, even conquering Trento
Well, the only way France has been an obstacle for Italy is by defending the Pope. Napoleon III had an army in Rome and the Italians were scared to attack Rome because that could have lead to a war with France (which would have resulted in a complete disaster for them). So they waited for him to retire his troops (such event happened during the Franco-Prussian war) and they entered Rome
If Austria had unified Germany, East Prussia would also be excluded from the unification. East Prussia was not in the territories of the German Confederation.
@@unadin4583 I think italian propaganda at the time said that the war against the austro-hungarians was the last war to unify all the italians (south tirol, trieste, pula, dalmatia)
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Fun fact: Bismarck opposed the annexation of Elsace lorraine.
His reasoning was that it would turn France into a permanent enemy of Germany.
Turns out he was right.
True, but Bismarck also vanguarded the use of "reparations" against France, which would later be used by France to justify the sums owed by Germany at the end of WWII.
Planet Watcher Well, technically we were invited to rule over Alsace in the Thirty years' war by its own population, which is why it hasn't really ever mattered to us to ask ourselves if the land is "historically" ours.
Sadly, it was true. French people were so happy that Napoleon 3 reign and the empire ended that the Franco Prussian war would have been soon forgotten. But the annexion of Alsace / Lorraine mostly against their will at the time ( see the story of the then mayor Emile Kuss ) create a lot of turmoil in France ( see the commune of Paris ) and created the condition of the First World War
Well, the northeastern part of Lorraine, which Germany annexed, was also German-Speaking.
Bismarck also predicted WW1 by the end of his life.
So much aggressive expansion penalty. Hope they cored all that land.
Well, Bismarck gets you +15 Administrative Power monthly, so I think they did.
This is Vic2 territory
So much Infamy penalty.
Louis XVI of France At least they get permanent claims.
Let's get some facts right.Germany wasn't aggressive though, because France declared war on Germany after being provoced by a german newspaper article.
Oh and by the way. Elsaß was until the 16th century a normal german region like others, but the French king Louis the 14th decided to pursue a so called reunification policy, regarding the empire of Charles the Great, who controlled territories of Germany, Bohemia, France, Belgium, Netherlands and so on. So basically he intended to occupy Them and indeed he was successful concerning Elsaß.
france: wow germany stop it
germany: lol this isnt even my final form scrub
Harjit Sajjan Frieza Style.
Harjit Sajjan and now germany lost almost half of its territory..
Sad reacts only
Actually France declared war on Germany, not the other way round.
That's what Prussia/Germany wanted. Napoléon was pretty much pushed to declare war, well played from Bismarck.
And people in San Marino don't pay taxes since 301 AD.
Greek Patriot xD
Greek Patriot Make San Marino Great Again!
Planet Watcher Make Pernambuco Great Again too!
Milan Pavlovic "again"
Fun fact: when the Italian king was in San Marino, people there told him that they didn't want to be a part of unified italy
I still find it kind of incredible that the Pope used the ancient Aurelian Walls to defend Rome against the Italians in 1870. Didn't work out too well with modern weapons and all..
Nobody was even thinking they could be an actual defence against an enemy attack. They just happened to be there. The Church state didn't rely on military options to protect itself, but only on diplomatic (mainly French) support, and this turned out to be more effective than 100 000 bayonnets. Well, until French collapsed.
It's still pretty badass to imagine the Swiss guard protecting Rome from the ancient 3rd Century walls in 1870 though. Truly the end of an era in a way.
get it marvel the last part of the roman empire is fall in 1870!
marvelfannumber1 i live in Rome (Roma) and there are still the Walls...
Eagle the last part of Roman empire fall in the 1453
wow Italy and Germany cleaned up some border gore... GO ITALY AND GERMANY!
With only 10 years apart...
Lol that almost looks planned
@@granatapacifica during the revolutions of 1846 or smth, both Italian nationalists and German nationalists tried to unify their respective peoples. But failed because the monarchist powers destroyed their revolutions.
@@draphotube4315 1848*, also it was because no one could agree how they were going to unite italy along with the monarchies not wanting that, and by monarchies I mean austria and it's puppets since it dominated most of italy and tried to also be the dominant power in germany
Oh lord…
@@granatapacificaGaribaldi was a Freemason
2:07 prussia: hey austria i want your help!!
Austria:is it france? Russia? Both?!
Prussia:worst *DnMaRk*
*what is that?*
*how could the Prussians invade something that doesn’t exist?*
𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏?
@@luftwaffle4327 they needed austria to open a portel into an alternate dimension where denmark exists
@@yumenoko-g6y I see....
Wow, I never realised Sardinia managed to unite Italy in barely 1,5 years. Impressive!
And Sardinians don't even feel Italian today that's ironic
With France help*
Actually it wasn't Sardinia. We refer at them as the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, but the piedmontese were the leaders, not the sardinians
@@GRANFRA99 It's important to know that at the time it was really called the sardinian kingdom, the pope said "the aggressive actions of the sardinian army" when asking help from the conquest of the papal state
Piedmont
This was a video I've wanted to do for a long time. Also thank you so much for 75,000 subscribers! The nationalist comments video should be ready in a week or so. Enjoy!
EmperorTigerstar hi!
I better prepare some popcorn for that one.
It's a great Video but I think there is still something missing: The border of "The German Confederation" ^^
You should do History of San Marino next :^)
Smartguy725 San Marino doesn't do anything in all of history, is simle a small, very small republic
Remember the good old times when Germany didn't need to bother Belgium to invade France? Those were the times...
This war was the exact reason why Germany couldn't replicate that invasion though. The French watched and learned how the Germans could exploit the northern border where there were no natural barriers, and were prepared by the next time Germany tried to use that border by building fortifications that prevented any German advance.
It's like disease immunity in war strategy.
@@bn56would France developed memory t and b cells so Germany had to change their cell wall
@@Winged-h7y Yes lol I really like the comparison to pathogen immunity
@@bn56would In turn, they were blitzkrieged through their northern border and France capitulated within a month. Evolution is an ever changing cycle.
@@googane7755
I mean it worked (almost) the first time..
When you think about it, Germany and Italy have the same story. Both emerged from the Holy Roman Empire collapsing, both were all of these separate states, both united in the same time, both fought against Austria for their unity, both were a kingdom/empire. Both had economic problems after WW1, both had dictators run their country, both became allies in WW2, both lost WW2, and Both became top economies in Europe during and after the cold war.
Italy top European economy???
@@CapCody I said one of. I didn't mean it was at the very top.
@Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation🇩🇪 East Francia annexed Rome, doing that then renamed itself the holy Roman empire. Everyone just forgets that the holy Roman empire actually had Italy because most of the Holy Roman empires modern history goes into the years after it lost Italy. also you don't have to be rude.
Germany did not fight Austria for its unification. In fact, in the German War (Prussian-Austrian War), almost all German states (Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse, Frankfurt) fought for Austria. It was about supremacy in Germany, not about unification. Austria itself sought the unification of Germany (Greater Germany with Austria), but Prussia wanted to unify Germany under itself, and this was only possible if Austria, its greatest rival, was expelled from German politics.
@@CapCodyin the late 80s and early 90s it was the 4th biggest economy after germany and above uk and france
Italy and Germany: two great countries with a similar history, the first managed in ancient times and the middle age to give birth to incredible things, the second has becoming a working powerhouse in no time, showing the effect of hard work. Great!
@Demy Troy What about the car you drive? Oh and the airplanes you use to see your family. Oh and Europe not killing each other?
Also the countries with the richest non capital cities
edit : in europe
while the first is in absolute shambles
@@otto-pi8xu lol "absolute shambles" where
0:22 Sardinia: Time to conquer all of Italy
1:48 *Most of italy
What about the pope?
No one invades the pope
@@seanlogan7912 who is the pope?
Priest probably.
And he has got holy water.
Who'd like to buy the holy water?
Me said, France
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@@caniget600subscriberswitho5 swiftly buing it and selling it to the rest of the world
India?
3:28 that bird sure likes looking into france
Ah nice... Im not the only one, who can see things in geometric forms
As someone who's entire heritage is German and Italian, this video makes me smile
As someone who watches an anime based off of personified countries, this makes me scream and fangirl.
*im not crazy i swear*
What's the name of the anime?
+Obr Kenobi Hetalia.
aaa dont fight ;;
First of all, the Austrians are Germans in denial. Second, Franco-Prussian War
The period france started hating germany
They've been hating each other for ever, pretty much
Yeah, but before that time, it wasn't "Germany" (It was the F*ing Habsbourgs)
.... What?
....
No, wait! Don't kill me, I love the Habsbourgs!!
NOooo...
....
That started with Napoléon. Ironically, the hate against the French gave the disunited Germans a first, modern national identity.
Ironically, France has played a great part in the unification of Germany. Napoleon 1st dissolves the holy empire and created larger nations. And Napoleon 3 by becoming the aggressor who legitimizes the union.
You can even go back further in times with the end of the 30 years war which allowed Prussia to form in the first place by strenghtening Brandenburg.
Germany was using iSorrowsproductions tactic and driving with trucks into Paris!
Imbrydon everyone does
Kase Quark um no you quack
Now to Moscow
Unfortunately it seemed like they built at least level 7 forts in paris because it lasted a really long time.
Michael Weiske Little did the French know that 69 years later Paris would be raped.
Italy could have sided with Germany in the Franco-Prussian War, taken back Nice and Savoy and possibly Corsica
Corsica sold by Genoa to franceSavoy given by an italian state to france
France helped the italians states for their unification, against the Austrians
Do you italians, really likes to change sides?
PennyS we never changed sides
WW1: Austria betrayed the triple alliance by attacking the entente without consulting Italy and Germany, so Italy had all the reasons to attack Austria
WW2: Italy was with the germans, until both the allies and the german conquered it. Northern Italy was administered by the Germans, the rest by the allies.
The only side switcher in WW2 is Bulgaria. It sided with the Axis but it switched to the Allies because it feared the soviets lmao
Romania also switched sides.
@@lorenzomanzoni1478 not totally correct, the reason why Italy attacked was the secret agreement between Italy and UK. Basically they promised Italy the tryol and many colonies in turkey and Africa, but when war ended they didn't respected all the path. In fact italians remember that as the "Mutilated Victory"... That's wasn't victory at all.
@@lorenzomanzoni1478 You don't get to attack someone, because they declared war on someone else.
'Es ist schwer, unter Bismarck Kaiser zu sein!' (it's hard being emperor under bismarck) - Kaiser Wilhelm I.
This sounds so much more aggressive in German.
@@Cnut_the_grape German sounds actually aggressive, there r even videos about it
Es war gut für Deutschland, dass nicht die ganze Macht beim Kaiser lag, sondern ein cleverer Politiker wie Bismarck Anteil daran hatte.
@@supertori8585 No
@@Cnut_the_grape No it doesn’t.
Imagine if someone had to draw the map of europe in the mid 1800's
That’s easy compared to the abomination of the HRE .
He/She will become mad.
At least he had a job
That would be, like, the mother of border gore.
Challenge accepted.
I'm Italian, and i love how both Italy and Germany had a similar unification history, in the same years. love Germany from Italy 🇮🇹🤝🇩🇪
Interesting that this widespread nationalism across both countries during this time likely helped fascists gain power in both
Based
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@@nein236 a Uk, Germany, Italy and Ottoman Empire vs Russia, Austria Hungary and France WW1 could’ve happened if the Kaiser wasn’t so aggressive
@@Tortellobello45 No. The anglos would have NEVER fought with Germany. No matter what scenario. This war was fabricated by the anglo, against the german.
Never mess with Prussia
Prussia got its revenge during this war. Because the prussian hate for France came from Npoleon's campaign of 1806, when the french army basically crushed the whole prussian army in two weeks. Then the French were seeking for their revenge they finally got in 1914-1918. And then the germans were seeking for a revenge they got in 1940... Hopefully, those two countries have a strong relationship now, or we would already have 1 or 2 wars opposing France and Germany since 1945 ^^
Never mess with *The spacemarines**
That feel when it's dead for rough 70 years. :>
*clears throat*
PREUßENS GLORIA
agreed
Prussia in 1866 fighting the Austrians
Prussia in 1916 Fighting WITH the Austrians
Things change so much in short periods of time
and God, was that a mistake
The Prussian never wanted to humiliate the Austrians like they did with France. That's why shortly after the war they became friends
pokefan56785 pokemonx and y It was part of Bismarcks plan to offer austria a very mildly peace deal so they could potentially get them back as allie later on.
Poland in 1939 fighting the Germans
Poland in 2018 fighting the Germans
I wouldn't call 50 years a short period of time, that's like 3 generations of people right there.
Cavour: Garibaldi, whatever you do, don’t invade the two Sicilies, we don’t have the resources to win a war like that
Garibaldi: Invades Sicily with 1000 men and wins easily, then proceeds to march on and capture Naples.
He had the help from a lot of bourbon revolutionaries but.
Really. Would you shoot 1000 cute guys with a red coat?
@@granatapacifica if it is to defend the conquisted land, yes
The invasion of Sicily and other regions with 1.000 men is vastly exaggerated and overhyped. The Bourbon army back then was comprised of no less than 20.000 men, if I recall correctly.
After 150 years, historians are finally finding out the invasion became possible thanks to secret deals with local lords as well as the "proto-mafia".
In fact he had a lot of resources. He received 3 million of French franks by the English masons.
@@cavestoryfan10 the English supported the Neapolitans...
If you pay attention to the borders you may notice that those of Prussia and the Kingdom of Sardinia, from where both the unification processes began, were pretty much one the copy of the other, just pointing at opposite directions.
and they both lost their little pointy areas lol (savoy, nizza - east prussia, silesia)
@@FalkyRocket2222 exactly. Some sort of geopolitical curse.
In order to form their respective countries they had to lose their "starting/identity point".
@@ilFrancotti that was only necessary for Sardinia-Piedmont though
@@ellidominusser1138 Initially yes, but in the long run both countries were affected.
And to follow on the "geopolitical curse story" we can observe that the longer a country had kept its "starting/identify point" the more territorially unstable and painful the process had been.
@@ilFrancotti those processes only occured with Germany and Italy. No other country unified like that, and it didn't have anything to do with starting/identify point, for Prussia/Germany to lose their eastern provinces was a natural thing to do since they wouldn't just take something not adjacent, and for Sardinia-Piedmont to lose Savoie and Nice was cause of the claims that France had there from medieval times. It's just a coincidence that happened with both Italy and Germany imo
It was at this point Britain knew it fucked up.
Essentially Britain endorsed and helped in any diplomatic way it could to create the German empire.
The goal was to have a strong empire on the border with France so France has someone tk worry about and stop competing with British imperialist intentions around the world.
A powerful empire he British wanted and a powerful enpire they got. Too powerful in fact as by the late 19th century the German empire was the foremost industrial, scientific and (land) military power in the world.
It had to be disasembled.
@Brett Miller the British won, at the cost of their economy, power and empire
@@Sceptonic Depends on what you mean by powerful. Germany nowadays couldn't stand a war against France or Britain, it's no more a powerful country in military like it used to be.
@@Sceptonic They are politically very weak and their people are dying out. Same in other european countries really so who cares. But yes the Germans are very strong and have been so since the Romans took over Gaul and Britannia.
@@homerpoikafani1336 no
@@Sceptonic that's true, if italy, france or uk passes them, they will be able to build a stronger economy.
By the way all countries i mentionated have a stronger army than germany
The time Italy and Germany scored four touchdowns in a single game.
I like how in the old days, you could go in a straight line and surround their capitals
Napoleon Bonaparte was so traumatic that several european countries have united after his death, we always looked at his impact during his life but even after his death he has change the continent and the world forever.
He wasn't the whole reason for nationalism
I love this entire channel. It has been providing valuable and reliable information to everyone for years now.
When I read that title, "the unifications of Germany and Italy" I thought this was some fictional (or even historical) scenario where the two countries united lol
That'd be one interesting country. o.O
Me too XD
@SpyroSfilms Yeah pretty much
That was the early HRE.
HRE in a nutshell
3:17 Italy: if no one is looking I will take it
this was a masterpiece
I have been waiting for this video, now it's finally here
Those were the days man
Good times
@@aeugh7861 RIP Poland
There needs to be a feature film of Garibaldi
et 37 Garibaldi is a hero
et 37. I agree. He seems to be an important but overlooked historic figure.
Unadin many peoples don't know why Anita (Garibaldi's wife) is died. Someone says she is kill by Garibaldi, and this theory is very likely.... I don't know believe it (sorry for bad english)
Andrea: That would make for an interesting side plot in the movie et 37 suggested.
Unadin you dpn't understant that is happened for real
Nationalism in 1920-30 in Italy and Germany is son of the sentiment of unification of the 1860, that was created by France and Austrian-hungaric invading lands multiple times.
Fun fact: When Italy invaded the Papal States during the Franco-Prussian War, the Pope declared that the first artillery commander to order a barrage on Rome would be excommunicated. To get around this, a Jewish artillery commander got to give that order.
yo EmporerTigerstar love you man, my teacher played your ww2 videos in my history class, I already saw the vids though so I knew it was you and I told people in my class that as well, amazing mate.
Been a year since the last time i visited this channel, congrats on 75,000 subs man!
Me at first : Germany and Italy were unified?
Me after watching : ...... Crap.
Can we hope for a more detailed account on Italian unification (which of course had been long brewing before it finally happened) set to some rousing Verdi music?
The history of Italy is beautiful
This was uploaded at roughly 2:01am EST in my time. Damn EmperorTigerStar get some sleep.
I'm not in EST, lol. Silly East Coasters having a bad time zone.
EmperorTigerstar thems fighting words
awesome video, but as i am from schleswig-holstein in northern germany i noticed a small mistake
30th october 1864
its "lauenburg" instead of "laurenburg" ;-)
Do you live near Kiel?
nope, just outside of hamburg
I’ve always found it interesting how Italy, Germany, and Japan unified within the same decade
The age of nationalism
axis commitments
@@teapot3487 foreshadowing
Then year later they team up
2:40
"When Prussia-Italy wins that war,They take land,Play Normal War sound here,along with some Intense Music."
Germany
It could be perfect
But
When I see what my country has become...
What exacltly has it become?
So Tiny
And not all "old" germans are united in one single german nation
Sweden
?
"old"... hummm, ok?
"Germans" ok!
"old germans" ... what?
This was epic, i hope you do more of this style.
VIVA L'ITALIA, VIVA LA REPUBBLICA🇮🇹❤️❤️🇮🇹❤️🇮🇹❤️
Clear, well organized presentation with readable info. Kudos on a good job and a fine map.
This video accurately shows that don't mess with the Prussian Space Marines!
then everything changed when the Vodka Nation attacked.
TheWinterLord15 Prussians beat the Russians in WW1. Don't fuck with the space marines.
It's not like both Russia and Germany were begging for peace, and Germany's population was starving to death as the war went on... Brusilov offensive? What's that?
The Kaiser Protects.
Unless you're Napoleon, since he conquered the entirety of Prussia and destroyed its armies in like two weeks in 1806.
Great video as always! They always spur my curiosity and make me read more about the matter.
2:01 poor denmarck
Denmark is always doing badly in wars.
@@seneca983 they won the first Schleswig war
@@trihermawan9553: Yeah, and I think they won against the Victual Brothers as well? But it seems that often Denmark has performed poorly in wars (even when they might have been on the side that eventually won like in the Great Northern War).
That's a gangbang if I've ever seen one.
What were they thinking?
I like the way you detail and organize the key, it helps a lot to understand what's going on, and when you pause the timeline to explain what's going on, that's really helpful too!
Look at the map at the end: Austria, Germany, France. This was the God-tier Europe, guys.
Too true
@MultiMocking ...of empires spending their wealth and the blood of their peoples on meaningless wars
God tuer Europe was Frankish en pire in my opinion
Dont forget the ottomans 😏
@@masterql5 Unification of what? I didn't get your point.
Please point me to a more useless war than the first World War (you know, at the height of those European Empires). Nothing more than imperialism and nationalism jerking each other off, while people were HORRENDOUSLY dying at the front.
The notes section was really helpful; thanks for the additional context for uneducated swine like me who have virtually no background knowledge.
Alternate title : The downfall of Austrian dominance over the German and italian kingdom/states
Other alternate title: small states being suppressed by the local bully
@@granatapacifica fammi indovinare sei neoborbonico
@@anto-sk4ce no ma era per metterla da un altro punto di vista XD
Se devo essere onesto sono più per il sud Italia bizantino piuttosto che borbonico, almeno i bizantini erano per il progresso
P.s. non voglio il sud Italia bizantino né borbonico, l'Italia è bella com'è unita, ma se devo dare le mie preferenze preferirei i bizantini piuttosto che i borboni
@@granatapacifica okok comunque sono di Palermo tu?
@@anto-sk4ce Ferrara, sono del nord
The amount of work put in these videos is just amazing. Keep it up ! :)
Thank you for this video. I am learning about this in AP history it is helpful
2:14 second Schleswig war
Reasons why the Prussians won in 1864
1. they had bolt action rifles and we had muzzle loaders
2. We were only 30.000 men when they was double as 63.000
Its not like Denmark would've won with better weapons or more men anyway. Denmark had no hope without outside powers.
And its not like its a bad thing that Denmark lost either. Minor power stood against 2 major powers.
1864.... "FORWARD!!! FOR DENMARK" - Peter Jansen Danish 8th Regiment
1:46 so technically Sardinia was big before turning into Italy?
Rip Prussia 😖
Prussia existed until the 1930's I believe. Wasn't it a member state of Germany or something like that ?
ya, but its dominance over Germany and its tradition was lost.
Actually, while Prussia lost most of its de-facto power in 1934 being split into Gaue like Pomerania, Silesia etc. it officially still existed. All ministries were merged however, Hitler became Prussian governor and Göring Prussian Prime Minister. It was finally dissoluted by the Allies in 1947.
Well it was pretty much gone after 1945 when Germany's modern day borders were established. The vast majority of what was originally the territories of Prussia i.e. those actually called "Prussia" was given to Poland, West Prussia was already Polish after WWI. When the Allies officially destroyed it, there wasn't really anything left to destroy other than what Brandenburg?
Prussian mapper well Prussia was really just an extended Brandenburg and Brandenburg still exists.
Great video.
Tfw you realize that Germany and Italy, as nation states, are even younger than the USA yet have had such a profound impact on geopolitics.
Holy Roman Empire
@@j.m6184 They aren't the same thing
@@BossXygman the person I replied has deleted his comment
0:00 Those people in the building are parents to German Engineer and Scientist in early 20th cetury
so during the fraco-prussia war, a bunch of german states were like, “hey let’s join prussia!”
Since France declared war on them and they went to Prussia for protection
@@chip1646 Oh, I see. Makes more sense now.
Edgy Loser was Bismarck’s Plan btw
@oh yeah yeah classic Bismarck always has a plan.
Edgy Loser ^^
wow, you put so much work into your vids. congrats on the million of views you got, you deserve it. I really look forwards to seeing more in the future! consider ever doing a modern day crimean war? or even the war with ISIS up to taking back Allepo?
I like how Italy was the one that literally destroyed the Austro-Hungarian and caused its collapse at the end of ww1, but the allies still said they didn't contribute enough.
I mean Germany was never really disunited. It was just divided post-reformation into Austrian Catholic and Prussian Protestant camps who constantly fought over control of the German states. It was more that the Second Reich brought them all together culturally which had not been done before; subjects previously had more loyalty to their prince than their emperor
And Romania? They reunited earlier than Germany and Italy but during the same time. You should've done all 3 together.
they got united by the russians XDDDDDDDD
Bismark: "I have brought PEACE, FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and SECURITY to my new empire!!!"
Napoleon III: "Your new empire?"
Bismark: "Don't make me kill you."
Napoleon III: "Germany, my allegience is to the European balance of power, to DEMOCRACY!"
Bismark: "If you're not with me... then you're my enemy!"
Napoleon III: "Only an authoritarian deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.
Bismark: "You will try."
😂
France: It's over Germany I have the allied support!
Germany: You underestimated my power!
France: Don't try it!
Germany: *sends Zimmermann telegram*
Very interesting to think that the "states" that would eventually unify Italy and Germany were not even in Germany or Italy proper, but rather far and of small size (Sardinia and Konigsberg) which would most likely have you thinking that they are exclaves of Germany and Italy acquired later on.
Savoy and Konigsberg.
On a related note, France's most powerful dictator was Corsican, Germany's was Austrian, and Russia's was Georgian.
@@unadin4583 Austrians are Germans.
And the fun thing that they lost those territories, Germany in the war and Italy gave it to france
Wasn't the 'Deutschee Bund' existing until 1866? The borders of that loose bound would've been nice. Anyway this is a great video I enjoyed and that little detail would've made it perfect.
Prussia and Italy: give me cores
Awesome! Thanks. 👍
I Love Germany
Florian Slomke ?
+jovan bozic you mean euros?
love germany too from vietnam
Same.
Germania delenda est
At 1:46 - What's that state in mainland Italy that was previously red but turned white?
Aldo Vergel de Dios vatican maybe
Aldo Vergel de Dios Two Sicilies? Lombardy-Venice after the lost of Lombardy?
The Papal States. The Pope was the ruler, today it's the Vatican City.
Didn't Garibaldi participate in the franco-prussian war ? I thought Italy sent an expeditionnary corps to help France
i thought garibaldi worked as chief of security on babylon 5.
Really liked this one!
The final war in this video is the reason behind the versailles treaty after ww1. It was revenge for this humiliation of France.
AwoudeX and ww2 was revenge for humiliation by france
@@nerevarchthn6860 and ww3 was... oh wait
i like the detaill that durng the expedition fo the thousand in sicily, it was shown as ,allies` since it wasnt sardinia itself but rather giuseppi garabaldi
in 2:06 we can see Germany deserves Prussia cause its the founder of modern Germany.
that isn't Prussia, real Prussia got nothing else to do with Germans when most of its population got killed by them in crusades
German Prussia is more faked than USA
You forgot Trentino Alto-Adige (South Tyrol) annexed from Italy in 1918. That officially ends the unification process.
sounth tirol is german tho
Nice video, but there is a little tiny inaccuracy at the end of the Austro-Prussian War. See, the Austrians had pretty much decisively beat Italy in the war, so when it came time to negotiate the peace treaty, they did not want to hand over Venetia to Italy. So what ended up happening was that the Austrians gave Venetia to France, who in turn gave it to Italy after "legitimizing" their pre-agreed handover with a referendum that most modern historians consider to have been a sham.
So, basically, you just showed the end result. Not a terrible sin :)
_"the Austrians had pretty much decisively beat Italy in the war"_
_"they did not want to hand over Venetia to Italy."_
Is it just a typo or is there a reason for the Austrians to give up land to Italy (through France)?
The austrians only won two battles, the italians wrecked them on the Alps
The Austrians had defeated the main Italian army, but while that happened the part of the army led by Garibaldi was blitzkrieging trought Austrian controlled Sud-Tyrol, heading directly for Vienna. He arrived all the way to Trento before a peace treaty was signed.
The First Primaris Cato Sicarius yep, if the French didn’t signed a peace garibaldi could have conquered Vienna, and Italy could have advanced way more,
this video is lit! It is accurate and vivid.
2:38 Prussia, Prussia, Prussia!
3:17 Germany, Germany, Germany!
Correction: In the astrian-prussian war, austria gave to france venetia because they generally out performed the italians in the war, but france gave venetia to italy anyways
Wrong, the austrians did so because they despised Italy. While the austrian had beaten the main piedmontese army the northen army under Garibaldi was beating the austrians left and right, even conquering Trento
They forgot San Marino
San Marino wasn't part of the plan
And the Vatican City
The Vaticanis legally not a country, it's more complicated
@@MChannel80 my dad works there, I think I know better than you if it is a country or not.
@@itacom2199 Well it's factually a country. Legally it's more complicated.
This is so weird because I am just learning about Nationalism and the Unification of Italy and Germany in history
so austria was the obstacle of forming both italy and germany?
Well, the only way France has been an obstacle for Italy is by defending the Pope. Napoleon III had an army in Rome and the Italians were scared to attack Rome because that could have lead to a war with France (which would have resulted in a complete disaster for them). So they waited for him to retire his troops (such event happened during the Franco-Prussian war) and they entered Rome
It was more like a re-unification (Odoacer and HRE) and also, Germany never fully unified since Austria is German
If Austria had unified Germany, East Prussia would also be excluded from the unification.
East Prussia was not in the territories of the German Confederation.
someone might say that the unification of Italy ended in the great war
How so?
@@unadin4583 I think italian propaganda at the time said that the war against the austro-hungarians was the last war to unify all the italians (south tirol, trieste, pula, dalmatia)
Very good
Alsace Lorraine is German! From Croatia!
@Louis Caca-torze serbia is turkey and kosovo is albania
@Louis Caca-torze ok serb
@Louis Caca-torze ok french
Prussia-Tries to unify Germany after hundreds of years
*France-Tries to stop them*
Damn, those Prussian space marines tho
few people know, that after second schleswig war, Denmark asked Bismarck to be annexed, but Bismarck decided to scale down on the unification :(