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Private family footage from 1933 was leaked to the press which shows a 6 year old future Queen Elizabeth II, with her mother, younger sister and uncle laughing and giving Nazi salutes to the camera. A rebellious 20 year old Prince Harry got in hot water for wearing a Nazi uniform to a party he attended with his brother. The British royals would very much like to forget their many family connections to Germany in the early 20th century and to Adolph Hitler himself. But the fact remains that the connections are numerous and fascinating. Let’s take a look at the British royal who started WWI resulting in the rise of Nazism, the many British and German royals who supported Hitler in the hopes of regaining their lost thrones, and a few who stood up to the Fuhrer, even to the point of being sent to concentration camps or murdered by the Gestapo.
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I think it's also worthy to note that Prince Phillip's mother, Princess Alice, used her position to help Jewish refugees in Greece escape the Nazis. She was honored in Isreal for her work.
Following her wishes, the remains of Princess Alice were transfered to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem in 1988, where she is buried today in the Church of St
Mary Magdalene.
And she truly put her life at risk to do that.
Her life story is amazing, thx for bringing her up
Good for her, but it still doesn’t take away that her daughters were Nazis
And she the balls to directly tell a German officer, to his face, when he asked if he could be of service to her, to “get out of my country”. The courage this woman had
Never ask a woman her age, never ask a man his salary, never ask the British Royal Family what they were doing during the 1920s to 1940s
And never ask prince Andrew how many times he went to Epsteins island
Most underrated comment 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@Scott it's not since they support Nazis Ukraine. All Western Europe do support that hateful country. Those who forgot their past will definitely repeat it. Here we are in 2022.
@Scott forget history?
They were in London. Edward's gang God knows.
One small correction: you mentioned that Prince Philip's four sisters married German princes, three of whom became Nazis, and "none of them" were invited to his wedding to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth in 1947. As shown in the Crown on Netflix and I think you mentioned in another video, his sister Cecilie died in a plane crash ten years earlier in 1937 (when she went into labor either during or because of the crash), so she obviously couldn't have been invited to the wedding. It's a minor point but this does help explain the scenes of the schoolboy Prince Philip walking in a funeral in Nazi Germany for his family killed in the plane crash just a few years before the war.
His sister Cecile wouldn't been invited to the wedding her husband was a nazis
Even if she was alive, she still wouldn’t have been invited
And Why are you using the Crown as reference. The TV show isn’t that accurate inside the personal lives of the royal family
@@CheeseOnTop2007 ok but that clearly happened and it was such a big deal they had to include that about his sister bc it was such a big deal. Maybe that is why she said that. I mean key moment have to be in that show otherwise it wouldn’t be a show at all. I don’t think she means “if it’s on the crown then its 100% true”. I think it was one of the many important moments that absolutely couldn’t be left out.
Cecilie and her husband had joined the Nazi party but did not live long enough to see the start of WWII. Philip's surviving sisters did not have an easy time of it after the war, either. But it was worst for Sophie. She was widowed when her husband Prince Christoph died in that mysterious plane crash after turning away from Hitler. Sophie ended up alone trying to care for her children and the children of the imprisoned Philipp and Mafalda of Hesse. She eventually remarried after the war and it was ahead of her second wedding that her mother-in-law discovered that the Hessian family jewels had been stolen.
The more we learn about Edward and Mrs. Simpson, the more we learn just how appalling they both were. At least all that jewelry was auctioned off and the proceeds went to HIV research.
And here we are 70 years later learning how disgraceful some of the present royal family are???
For my late grandmother’s generation ( she was born in 1902), and my late mother’s generation ( she was born in 1930), Wallis and Edward were always quite divisive. I recall quite heated discussions as a child that they had with family friends of their respective generations, as both of them were partisan admirers of the late king George VI, while they had friends who were equally partisan admirers of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. I see partisan similarities, so far, with the respective responses to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
HIV research you say? Wasn't fauchi involved with that? I suddenly smell a rat.
@@TheBridge-Q Fauci. He and the scientists who work on HIV have actually made PROGRESS on treatment, moving it from a death sentence to a treatable illness. We're actually moving towards vaccines after 40 years of endless work. You'd rather trust Trump, a cancelled game show host who has clearly never taken a science class in his life, over Fauci, a scientist with over 50 years of experience in virology and infectious diseases who has served every US president since Regan? This is how we got in this mess. I guess it IS true that half the country is below average.
@@tessat338 i was born at night...wasn't last night though. Faux FAUCI....are you kidding me...in the day of information you have NONE.
Madam, I think it's important to note Cecilly was not invited to Phillip's wedding because she was already dead.
Yeah she casually left that detail out
The dead usually don't accept invites anyway
None of Philips family were at their wedding.
@@roselee4445 someday the dead will rule the world‼️
She died because she didn't get an invite? A little dramatic, even for me! LoL 😜
It seems like it was drilled into my memory that the murder of Franz Ferdinand was "start" of WWI. But this is the first time I have ever heard he was not a nice guy. This feels like rather important information! I love your videos and enjoy learning new information.
Yeah, a lot of people didn’t like him. That aside, he was still Austria-Hungary’s best hope. He might’ve been a disagreeable, ultra conservative character, but he honestly could’ve saved the empire.
So technically yes his assassination was basically the spark that triggered it, but the balkans and the empire had had issues for decades so it wouldnt have taken much. The man thought it was a good idea to come into conquered territory where the ethinic populations (Bosnians, Serbs ect) despised him and the empire, on what would be a 4th of July type day for Bosnians. The issues with the empire, seeing other balkan nations gain their freedom and having the next ruler of the empire controlling you, his visit just had really bad timing written all over it.
@@Edmonton-of2ec: Emperor Franz Joseph was the reactionary RW. Franz Ferdinand (murdered arch duke) was relatively "liberal".
That’s actually not important at all? Whether or not someone was nice doesn’t (in this case) influence his place in history.
WWI not WWII though
Thank you Lindsey for making this video. I don't know if you saw my comment requesting this video. I think this topic does not get talked about enough. Most people just think "haha princesses" and don't mention the horrors of fascism.
I cannot understand Harry’s Halloween costume. How could that be taken as anything but downright offensive?
You forgot to mention the nazi salute by your current Queen and her mother. Aren’t you offended by that too?
Because he was born into a family steeped in Nazi connections.
Actually , it was suggested to Prince Harry that he wear the Nazi uniform to the fancy dress party as a joke by a classmate of his { Prince Harry was 16 yrs old at the time } and being immature as he was back then , he of course accepted the suggestion. ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇸🇯
@@Friendship1nmillion the party actually had as a theme historical villains. So there were other kids at that party dressed as Hitler, Mussolini, Nazis and other villains recorded in history.
@@chinezeolisah1308 it was before the ww2 tho
A fantastic video! Very well done. The story of Kaiser Wilhelm's mother and her neglect/shame, despite being so modern and liberal, always gets me. I really wonder what would have happened if she would have been more loving towards little Wilhelm.
Can we expect a video on royal Stalinists/Leninists/Maoists/Mussoliniists or similar? Would be really interesting. Particularly the japanese emperor during WWII.
royal Stalinists/Leninists/Maoists this is very interesting because we generally don't associate leftist with Aristocracy.
Mussolini/Emperor Hirohito were both fascists, similar to the Nazi Party. Stalin/Lenin/Mao were marxists, completely different political beliefs. But I agree, a video on leftist Royals would be interesting but perhaps hard to find as marxism directly opposes the institution of monarchy.
@believeinbuffalo true Marxism opposes monarchy, but Stalin and Mao were fine with monarchal authoritarianism and elite access to luxuries not available to most citizens. They were kings in all but name, just replaced the previous family line of rulers through battle and political alliances, as has happened for thousands of years.
That would be fine if you can name some royal Stalinists/Leninists/Maoists, who became so voluntarily, not because they were held hostage. (Note: Stalinist, etc. =/= Socialist)
@@princekrazie because in general those political philosophies would.be far less compatible with monarchy or aristocracy- in fact usually the opposite.
Usually I am not that interested in modern history and prefer medieval topics, but I was so fascinated by this video! Thank you, Lindsay, good job ☺️
me too!
This channel has many fascinating videos
I’m the complete opposite, ancient history tends to bore me (especially the medieval ages). I love learning about modern history sm!
@@truefalse934 Agreed, but it's nice to see how different opinions can be! One of the beautiful things about being individuals, you know
We might be one of the last chapters of mankind 🙏🏼
Thank you for this great informative video! But as a German I have to make a remark (18:25): The word "Kristallnacht" (eng. crystal night) is a propaganda term used by the Nazis. The used "Kristall" (eng. crystal) to discribe all the broken glass caused by them distroying jewish synagogue, shops, home and more - to discribe it as something sparking and beautiful. That why nowadays we dont use that term. Instead "Reichpogromnacht" or "Novemberpogrome" is used.
Thank you for reading and educating yourself a little more so that Nazi propaganda language is not utilized in ourselves vocabulary anymore:)
That is very interesting and informative and I thank you for clarifying the term. I’ve studied WW2 and all the ensuing Holocaust history quite a few years but never heard that explanation. It makes total sense, given how ‘proud’ the Nazis were of their mistreatment of the Jews and their own very degrading and diabolical actions.
I didn’t know that
Thanks for this. First time seeing it too
quite interesting! Is this a Germany only thing? I'd assume that most former British empire schools when teaching modern world history still use Kristallnacht.
@@JZ5U pretty much just german speaking countries, since the nazis tried to infuse the german language with propaganda, removing words such as kristallnacht is part of denazification. so for speakers of other languages it's basically "just a word" which is the name of an event and has no deeper meaning to them.
This is a very well-researched video! I would have loved to see a bit more on German colonialism, especially in Namibia, since the genocide committed by the Kaiserreich against the Herero and Nama peoples was essentially the blueprint for the nazi holocaust (race laws, concentration camps, forced labor, it was all refined to a well-oiled machine in Namibia)
It’s very weird that we never see anything about this part of History while it was the first time that concentration camps were used. We wonder wh🙄
@@LaVictoria_ Yeah... we all know why :(( I honestly believe that a lot of the resurgent far-right in germany is using the exact same rhetoric and reasoning against migrants/POC in general today, so tbh the namibian genocide is more relevant than ever before and needs to be talked about if germany is ever gonna truly come to terms with this ugly nationalist monster
I feel that this is an incredibly important topic that deserves its own video- not a lot of people know about these horrors and it always shocks me!!
@@LaVictoria_ Maybe because of racism and that happened in Africa
Dude seriously? The Kaisereich apologized for that incident. The Nazis learnt from the Brits
Kaiser Wilhelm was not a nazi he hated hitler, and after the events of the 9th and 10th november 1938 he publicly said and i quote "for the first time in my life, i am ashamed to be a german"
He disliked Hitler but it wasn’t for his policies look him up he was just as racist and intolerant.
She isn’t a real historian and thus twist history like the Elisabeth Nazi salute was just a wave
@@stefanhendriks8355 what the hell are you talking about
Similarity: war crimes and racist., miilions died because of their obsesssion and power. So not being a nazi will lessen his crimes and arrogance?
@@3ls3tak3n Ok, so every bad guy is a nazi now? We should really put more weight in using the right terminology when talking about people, especially those of the past.
Fun fact: Wallis wasn't the only person who convinced Edward towards Nazism. The would be king was also close friends with British aristocrat, war veteran, and politician
Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder and leader of the British Union of Fascists aka the Blackshirts. Mosley along with his wife Diana Mitford were close friends with Adolf Hitler, the group was personally funded by Benito Mussolini, and at his command the British Union of Fascists incited some of the worst scenes of Anti Semitic violence in British history. Edward said that Mosley could one day be a great Prime Minister and agreed with the groups racist views, working class appeal, and calls for appeasement. When the war began the BUF's popularity plummeted, the group was banned in 1941, and several members were arrested including Mosley and his wife. However, several members would escape from the British isles to join the Nazis, including Mosley's friend William Joyce aka Lord Haw-Haw. After the war Mosley was released and in the 50s and 60s tried several pathetic political comebacks which only proved how horrible and racist he really was. He eventually gave up and died in 1980. It is almost undoubteble that if the Nazis conquered the UK, not only would they have put Edward back on the throne, but they would've also named Mosley as Britain's Prime Minister and defacto dictator.
Oswald Mosley was anti german, he even said that if the Germans landed he would be the 1st to pick up arms, promoted his party members to join the army against germany and condemned those who called for collaboration.
There is no evidence Prince Edward or Wallis Simpson were nazis. And no the nazis would not have restored Edward to the throne. He has a very formal and distant relationship to Hitler and nothing else. No different than FDR calling Mussolini a "fine Italian gentleman" or former president Herbert Hoover saying Hitler was a honest and effective leader. This isn't HOI4
i remember watching some interviews of molsey when he was older what he says and what you say seems diffrent
@IndianaJones TDH
Yeah, well politicians talk alot crap especially when they have a, "dubious background."
My,other worked. For a lord as a nanny Edward was know to sleep with married women and her employer would not have him in house same as other. People
Two little mistakes in the beginning:
The Titel "Kaiser" was offered to Friedrich Wilhelm IV. after the revolution of 1848/49, but he declined. 22 years later, after the german-french war, the title went to the than reigning king Wilhelm I., younger brother and successor of the late King Friedrich Wilhelm.
And he was not "emperor of the german empire". The weeks before the proclamation in Versailles, there where hard argues about his title - "german emperor" or "emperor of germany". The solution was just the name "Kaiser Wilhelm". Neutral and unpolitical. This Name was also worn by his successors Friedrich III. and Wilhelm II.
The events leading up to the formation of the German Empire, and Wilhelm I.'s proclamation of emperor, are truly fascinating. He was basically tricked by Bismarck into accepting the title. Bismarck was also worried that Wilhelm would refuse the title if he was offered it by the German parliament (similar to what happened in 1848/49), so Bismarck had to act quickly.
Wilhelm didn't like the idea of a "German Kaiser" at all. He thought of it as a hollow title and preferred his old title of King of Prussia. He wanted to be called "Kaiser of Germany", but that would have been unacceptable to the rulers of the other constituent monarchies, especially Bavaria. The difference may seem small, but it mattered a lot. In the end, any controversy was avoided by just calling him "Kaiser Wilhelm". Some mocked him, calling him an "emperor of nothing", but the title stuck.
@@renerpho Haha! Danke für die ausführliche Ergänzung 🤗🤗🤗
This channel is full of errors including claiming that everyone who ever existed was secretly gay
@@renerpho I would say that even if Wilhelm had gotten what he wished and Bavaria didn’t join it would have caused in upheaval in Bavaria remember that while the German aristocracy wasn’t all in agreement about unification especially under Prussia’s rule. It was the German people that wanted it they saw a United Germany as something achievable and something within their grasp if Bavaria had been against allowing Wilhelm the tile of Kaiser of Germany or German Kaiser Bavaria’s citizen would have been angered by it they. Had spent to long separate to just say at the last second especially after the loses accrued in the Franco-Prussian war it would have been seen by the public as the government sacrificing thousands of lives to help the North German Confederation only to not end up in a unified Germany and seen as outcast from the war.
Yes, I was about to comment about the Friedrich Wilhelm IV mistake....well done for mentioning it
Hitler: I fear nothing… but that thing (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon)… that scares me.
Hitler recognized a unifying force in her person.
That's not true men don't fear women at all
Didn’t Hitler call her (Elizabeth), the most dangerous woman in Europe?
@@tomcooper-hayes6579 no he didn't, that's just exaggerated, because History is written by winners, Hitler wasn't the kind man to call women dangerous for him women were nothing
@@VenusEvan_1885 I note that William Shawcross, one of the many who produced a biography of the late Queen Elizabeth, could find no source for the quote, and suggested that it was apocryphal.
The saddest part of all of this is Charles Edward being forced to go to Germany. Queen Victoria did no favor for her children or grandchildren.
His cousin Arthur threatened to beat him up if he didn’t accept being heir.
Well the fact is they were all Germans, that's why Victoria arranged the marriage of her eldest daughter to the Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hohenzollern.
I thought the saddest part was the picture of the children with learning disabilities who were rounded up and sent to their deaths, but I suppose we have different priorities.
They were German themselves, how stupid can society get
Edward was antisemitic well before meeting Wallis and with her persisted in their racist views after the war. Strangely her second husband Ernest was Jewish, but concealed this to the outside world. Regarding the famous "bathing costume" clearly American troops did not escorted it and other other needed possessions out of occupied France. In fact it was her personal maid. Andrew Downey's book" Traitor King" covers their absolutely treachous very well, but much taken from the "Windsor Story" of 1979
Prince Leopold was not Victoria's favorite child, it was Arthur. In one of her letters to prince Albert, she says "This child is dear, dearer than any of the others put together, [after Albert] the dearest and most precious object to me on earth".
Yep, she was more worried over Leopold because of his hemophilia but Arthur was her favorite child. Low key and scandal free.
I thought it was Vicky
@@christiancoffield4378 Vicky was Albert’s favorite. Victoria did prefer her over Bertie, but she was always somewhat jealous at Albert and Vicky’s closeness because she wanted Albert spending more time with her.
@@piratesswoop725 ikr he always did her work basically Albert and Victoria always looked at Bertie as the disappointment gave him no affection when Bertie got older he couldn't do nothing for his country until he became King very underated King everyone thought he was gonna be a terrible King
@@piratesswoop725 which is crazy because when Vicky was born the queen said “dont worry next time it will be a prince”. Like she finally got her long awaited heir and since she was born because of the succession crisis she should’ve been very dotting to Bertie
I noticed that Wilhelm II when older and had his beard grown out looked a lot like his cousins, King George V and Emperor Nicholas II, who were also lookalikes themselves!
Not as much as he looked like queen Victoria’s son Prince Arthur.. they even have the same mustache
@@toughtittypdiddy4634 yeah agreed George and Nicholas got their looks from the Danish royal family. And now that you mention it yeah I do see a resemblance between William and his uncle Authur
@@joanngreen7059 Wilhelm and George were first cousins, but Wilhelm and Nicholas were like third or fourth cousins. It’s just the way they styled their beards more than anything. Sad someone already commented, both George and Wilhelm also resembled their uncle Arthur because he wore his facial hair similarly.
They could pass for triplets
Prince Michael of Kent too. He looks like his relative czar Nicholas II of Russia who also looked like his cousin and Michael’s grandfather king George V
I love the irony that Elizabeth was able to marry Phillip for love despite his family history, but Charles wasn't allowed to marry Camilla in the 70s just because she wasn't a virgin.
There’s more to that story than common knowledge.
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That's not a good comparison. Philip fought in WWII for the United Kingdom. One of the reasons Charles wasn't allowed was because of the tabloid nightmare it would have been for him to be dating the ex of his sister's boyfriend. It is also very debated that Charles wasn't ready to settle down yet. He dated other women too. And when he was having an affair with Camila, while married, he also had affairs with the nannies of his children. So it is much more complicated than that. Camilla was also still seeing Andrew at the time she was seeing Charles. So it was much much more complicated than "she wasn't a virgin"
OMG!!! Lindsay going in hard with the tea! I love an honest insight into royalty 💜
"..Going hard with the tea!" 🤓
So do I ! Can you let me know if she ever does one , this certainly wasn’t ! 🤦♂️
Excellent content. The British royal family should not have to distance themselves from their past German roots. One can't choose their family tree and I'm sure those in the UK understand that. Elizabeth and Margaret were too young to understand the politics of the nazis when they were pictured in 1933. Their mother yes, but she was thoroughly for Britain in WW2. Can't understand how all these men fell over each other for Wallis Simpson, guess she must have been good in bed LOL
A lot of smilarities to Meghan Markle if you pay attention.
True! We all have a few relatives we’d love to disown. But just because we belong to a family of humans (some of them horrible humans), doesn’t mean we need to change our identity and hide our history.
@@vbachman6742 similarities between Wallis and Meghan you mean?
Lok like a wave to me, what rubbish
Iikely oral
Hello Lindsey, thank you for another great, informative video. Can you please make a video about Royal Funeral/Mourning traditions?
Well she made your wish come true.
Kaiser Wilhelm I was King Wilhelm I of Prussia, the brother of (and successor to) Frederich Wilhelm IV.
Until 1915, Italy was the ally of Germany and Austria, not England, France & Russia.
Edward VII was the kaiser's uncle, not cousin.
Actually, both Victoria's son Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his son said "no" to her. They were next in line (ahead of the Duke of Albany) to become Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha but refused it.
The Titles Deprivation Act suspended, not stripped, the British titles of German royals. This is why the titles Duke of Cumberland (Hanover) and Duke of Albany (Saxe-Coburg) are not available to be given out by Queen Elizabeth.
There are SO many German princely and ducal royals with ties to Nazism that you could focus on (legitimately, there’s a whole wikipedia list of royals who were members of the Nazi party with links to their member number) it’s really a bummer that there’s so much focus on the British and British adjacent royals.
The British affinity for Nazisms displays their hypocrisy.
She is a anti royalist she stated so many false facts in this video she should be ashamed of calling herself a historian
@@stefanhendriks8355 Really? Pls name them!
I'm praying to TH-cam gods that this informational video doesn't get demonetized. Thank you patreons for making the video possible
It has a lot of misinformation. Most of what she says about Wilhelm II and his role in WW1 are untrue
Touch grass aphelia ,inceldom ain't cute.
Good luck with that. YT is infamous for censoring everything.
I really enjoy you Channel Lindsay but as a suggestion can you do a video about Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland. She has been always an interesting person in my opinion and went through a lot to get to that position with even poisoning her daughter-in-law so I would greatly appreciate if you could do a video about her.
Lindsay, your research and ability to water down very complex geopolitical timelines is exceptional. ❤️
More like get numerous things wrong
That’s what almost all people do today especially the young.
not meant patronising at all FYI
so fuhrer wilhem didn't detest the British from his abuse from mother. actually he admired queen victoria and he actually held victoria as she died and he promised he would make sure his empire will be as mighty as the British. he had a lot hatred for his parents but was actually so his two aunts were from Denmark who married into British royalty and Russian. he didn't get invited to any the massive family holidays because his aunts nations were enemies of Germany. As result his cousins saw him differently and that added just more to hating a future generation especially given how much he needed love and only person who gave it was his grandmother. My grandma died when I was 6 and I know bot dame but I didn't talk till I was 5 and my mum and dad both n irish are protestant and Catholic and so as result no relationship with any my cousins because yeah but my patneral grandparents gave no fucks about it so can relate to his psychology thoigh jm the super Liberal haha
A really interesting and important topic! Over the years we've had similar issues in Sweden, with the Royal family being reluctant to addressing its ties to nazism during the 20th century. It has also been revealed that there are still people from the far right close to the Royal family. I guess that monarchy and conservatism go hand in hand even in its extreme form. To be honest I am quite embarrassed that my country still is a monarchy, given its dirty past and undemocratic present, and I hope this king will be our last monarch.
😭😭😭There are literally family fotos in which Swedish Royal house pose alongside Wilhelm, who was a member of the National Socialist Motor Corps. They really didn't give a shit about Nazi connections back then.
@@maddraugr4667 No. I prefer no monarch at all.
@Anna B. Haha but monarchy being outdated and undemocratic (DuHhh🤪) was not the only argument in there, now was it? I thought that the joke would be obvious, since you said something like "conservatism extremist BAD" but whatever, reading proficiency am i right? On another note, i thought Sweden was a social democratic country?, and the king was a figure head? Yet you talk about dirty past and present? 🤔🤔
You guys are barely a kingdom at all. You can’t make the undemocratic argument, because the King has no even “de jure” power
And what ties? You can’t blame Sibylla for her father’s actions
Hey it could be worse. You could be Belgian, literally the worst royals in history.
Thank you so much, Lindsay, for talking about this subject. And for choosing to post the video when you did- the day of remembrance of the Holocaust and bravery. May the memory of my family members and all the other's whose lives were taken never be forgotten.
I just rewatched that episode of The Crown and i wondered when you were going to cover this
Actually, Edward VIi, was Wilhelm:s uncle; not his cousin.
when she really spills the tea 👀👀👀
Throwing all the blame on Wilhelm for the great war is a bit harsh. All of the monarchs wanted the war and were flexing their might the best they could.
kaiser wilhelm ii didnt want war. please learn what you're talking about
@@official_9101 I know, he was amongst the only people in Germany against it, it was his chancelors and generals
@@abaddonthearmless319 Bethmann Hollweg (chancellor of Germany) nor any german ambessadors wanted war. So what are you talking about?
During his war-time tenure as Governor of the Bahama's, both Wallis and Edward, Duke and Duchess of Windsor were frequent guests aboard a huge motor yacht belonging to Swedish industrialist and known Nazi sympathiser Axel Wenner- Gren. It is also known that former King Edward, as Duke of Windsor,
converted hundreds of thousands of Pounds Sterling(now equivalent to millions in todays rates)into U.S. Dollars. Such actions were strictly prohibited and were treated as "Treason" by the U.K. Government, but Edward got away with it..!! Wallis also apparently complained that "Government House" the official Nassau residence was "dowdy" and "old-fashioned", so ordered a half-million dollar refurnish. This at a time when the U.K. was virtually on it's knees and alone, facing the German Might , after "Dunkirk"..!!
I think it’s a bit unfair to Wilhelm in the discussion of WWI. In giving that blank cheque, he did not expect Austria to go to war. And when Serbia offered a hugely pro-Austrian compromise, Wilhelm backed it. It was not a desire for war that started the Great War, it was an inability to prevent it
Thanks for saying this. I think that blaming Wilhelm for starting WW1 is far too simplistic and ignores so many other factors. His bellicose mannerisms did not serve him well but even so, I think that he was as surprised as everyone else that things got so out of hand and it got to the point where he could not stop it.
Well, his being a colossal jackass didn’t help. Even his “twin” cousins, George and Nicholas, thought he was a jackass. Even if he wasn’t able to prevent the war, he was so arrogant that he didn’t think things through to possible outcomes either.
I agree. Equally unfair is the comparison of the Kaiser to Hitler, as well as the accusation of being a war criminal just to serve as a scapegoat for the war.
@@justinreagan5702 Indeed Wilhelm is but one man and one who did care for the well being of his people so much so that he and Tzar Nicholas tried to prevent the war by trying to cooperate and attempt to stop it before it was too late, unfortunately this did not happen
Also he wasn't racist
I wish the House of Hapsburg was also discussed. I know that there wasn’t a house that hitler hated more than them and he even sent some to a concentration camp.
I think Hitler hated the Wittelsbacks as well
@@mariaminghi4297 yup, he sure did.
The Royal House that once brought glory to Spain and made it the empire where the sun never sets. Such a shame that the Habsburgs are no longer in power unlike the Bourbons
I found a few errors, but one of the more prominent ones was about the “no state visits” to Coburg comment made at the end.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Coburg in 1973, and the town is very proud of it and advertises it to this day.
Ah, I’ve been waiting for you to release this video! The nazis, had such a impact on society.
Still have!
MY KAISER DID NOT START THE WAR FOOL THE AUSTRIANS STARTED THE WAR
Your unrolling the decades leading to the Nazi regime is great! Ever so often the causes for the developement in Germany/ prussia/ Weimar Republic etc are left out of the story. But it is SO important! Especially the Treaty of Versailles. Also, you framed it well how opportunistic the regime was when it came to the wealth and reminisences of royals.
Why all this talk of racism? Everyone back then was a racist. It is a non issue.
"Everyone back then was a racist. It is a non issue." Agreed it was the norm but that doesn't mean we can't criticize them. It does not excuse their horrible behaviors.
Wallis was trash. She was a hussy that got lucky.
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I’ve heard it said that Wallis was more in love with Hitler than with King Edward.
That's a grande lie. Better yet, it is BULLL DUNG.
There's a very good video on TH-cam that provides credible evidence that Wallis Simpson wanted to stay married to her second husband, Ernest Simpson. However, she jumped at the chance to become the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales, to enhance her and her husband's social standing. Things got out of control, though, when Edward decided he could not live without her. She was trapped and had to seek a divorce rather than make the Prince of Wales look like a fool. She was still writing romantic letters to Ernest when Edward VIII was preparing to abdicate in order to marry her. Well, it was her own fault.
The mess got messier when Wallis and Edward started visiting Hitler and showing Nazi sympathies. I don't know where the idea came from that she was in love with Hitler, though.
She more likely admired him. Since she thought her husband was a fool
She had an affair with Joachim von Ribbentrop of the Molotov-von Ribbentrop pact fame.
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People forget that the royal family changed their name to windsor from saxe-coburg gotha around world War 1 to sound less German. The British royal family is 100% German lol
Elizabeth was half Scottish but Charles is three-quarters German. With William and George, England will have English kings for the first time since Charles II.
Yes they did change their name to sound less German during WW1, as did plenty of other people due to the anti German sentiment and racism, German people in Britain were sent to internment camps and people were even arrested and accused of being spies just for speaking a different language in public.
So what exactly is your point?
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I liked other episodes, but this one contains utter nonsense. Declaring Bismarck who saw "Blood and Iron" as the prime political measures, a proponent of peace with other nations and Wilhelm II the opposite reverses historical reality. In addition, Wilhelm II was initially very fond of Britain, but Britain did not want Germany to gain influence, especially not in the colonial realm. This rivalry was certainly an important factor in determining the subsequent historical events.
Also, Wilhelm did not pressure Austria to seek retaliation for the assassinated crown prince Franz Ferdinand, but assured them of his support. Other people wanted to ignite World War I. Wilhelm II was one of the last politicians who tried to stop the course of events forced by military treaties and military and political personal with bad judgement but high self-esteem. One like those would become Reichskanzler at the end of the Weimar Republic supported by the very same people who worked against Wilhelm II in the events that lead to World War I and during World War I, among those Ludendorff and Hindenburg, who had major roles in letting Adolf Hitler and his Nazis rise to power.
Naming Wilhelm II a Nazi is really injust. The last decades of historical literature increasingly saw a more fair judgement of his historical role.
you mentioned that Edward was Wilhelm the second's cousin, he was in fact the uncle of the Kaiser.
Actually until the late 30's the outstretched arm salute as well
as the swastika were commonplace in America.
Some years back there was an issue of True West magazine that had a cover story about the making of a Nazi western titled "Der Kaiser Von Kalifornien:*(*The King of California)about John Sutter,the man who discovered gold on his property and what happened to him afterwords.
There was also an article that showed among other things schoolkids giving the outstretched arm salute;a Coca Cola key/watch fob with a swastika attached to it and a Boeing P12 fighter plane with a swastika on the side.
Point to ponder:the swastika was originally a Buddhist/Hindu/Native American symbol of good luck until the Nazis tweaked it and turned it into a symbol of evil.
Well said and it’s sad that such a sacred symbol became corrupted.
@@suziecreamcheese211 it wasn’t corrupted, break out of your conditioning. AH was Europes last hope
I always thought that that symbol was interpreted by Buddhists as the sun. Like pure enlightenment. Either way, it's really sad that a beautiful symbol has been warped and twisted.
Another side note: in 1936 the German ambassador to London, Leopold von Hoesch, died of a heart attack in England. He was a career diplomat who was not known for being a Nazi or supporter of Hitler, but he was the ambassador for Nazi Germany. This is why there is a famously bizarre photo of the ambassador's Nazi flag covered casket being transfered through the streets of London with British soldiers as escorts, with Nazi flags shown amongst the crowd. (His little dog's gravestone still sits today outside the old German embassy near Buckingham Palace. It's known as the Nazi Dog's tombstone, though that's debatable if the dog was a Nazi. He was said to be a faithful companion.) There's still debate whether there are any Nazi swatstikas or other decorations still to be found today in the building of the old German embassy, such as in the woodwork or flooring.
The start of WW1 can be linked back to one acronym MAIN
M - Militarism
A - Alliances
I - Imperialism
N - Nationalism
Way too harsh on Wilhelm II. Everything bad about him is true, but he also tried desperately to get Russia to not mobilize, and urged Austria-Hungary to accept Serbia's compromise offer. He also hated anti-semitism and said "I am ashamed to be German" when he learned of Kristallnacht. Also in terms of militarism, why shouldn't Germany be able to have a fleet as big as Britain's?
The Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany from developing a big military as a way of pushing it for WWI.
Punishing not pushing.
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Your characterisation of the Kaiser's so-called racism and his views toward Hitler are inaccurate. The letter you claim he wrote to Hitler was never actually written by him. His opinion of Hitler was such that he felt he was a gangster and could only serve a purpose if he would restore the entire pre war monarchical system. Goering apparently floated the idea of Wilhelm serving as a figurehead over a Nazi run government and he refused stating that all of the Princes and former monarchs would need to be restored as well. His wife Hermine was for a time a supporter of Hitler, but even she eventually realised that he would never restore the monarchy and withdrew her support. The Kaiser's famous reaction to Hitler's persecution of the Jews was that he was ashamed to be a German for the first time in his life. Try learning about the actual man and stop relying on anti-German and anti-monarchical caricature characterisations by hack biographers with an axe to grind. The Kaiser was not perfect. But neither was he a monster or a fool as you portray him here. Your reporting here is irresponsible as it is utterly inaccurate.
Franz Ferdinand was neither a conservative nor a racist. Maybe read a book about him first before saying such stupid nonsense.
Also on a similiar note, how was Wilhelm II responsible for starting WW1? Let alone the 22 million who died?! It wasant the German Kaiser nor a german gun who murdered an Austrian Archduke in Sarajevo
Despite this video seeming somewhat well researched, the portrayal of Wilhelm ii in this is absolutely ridiculous. Almost none of the stuff you said about him was true. I don’t want to argue about it though because I’ve already had to so many different times. If you think Wilhelm ii is responsible for ww1 in any way then you should get your facts straight.
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his foreign policies were bad but that didn't cause the first world war at all. and he wasnt a racist!!
Along with his Hanoverian throne? What does that mean? The Hanoverians still hold that claim until today
You can claim that you are Queen Victoria, but royal sovereignty is a wipe in a Republic.
I thought Franz Ferdinand was more liberally minded then conservative
i think a follow up video on royal communists (if there are any) would be great
That would be a very interesting topic
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"In 1933 she would not have know the horros of Nazism" Unfortunately, Hitler already expressed his genocidal views. They should have known. If they didn't then I would call them unworthy, because why would they endorse a political ideology if they didn't know its full ramifications?
I used to cheer on 2 men driving around in a car called "General Lee" and painted with confederate flag before I understood the deeper and horrific meaning of the symbol. Does that still make me a racist?
But earlier in the video it was mentioned that she had already read 'Mein Kampf' and found Hitler to be 'disturbing'.
@@temperanceblalock7514 She read that (I believe) after that video was taken. Also many European nations did not know what was happening until after the war. There were some hints at it but the full atrocities were not discovered until much later.
@@temperanceblalock7514 actually no she didn’t. She sent a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf to a friend, saying, ‘Even a skip through gives you a good idea of his obvious sincerity.’
Funny how she repeat "conservative racist" as if they are one and the same....cant be one without the other....how narrow minded.
That's what they're doing to history text books now. Everyone in history is either liberal or conservative now. The nazis were "conservative" while the poor communists who they executed were "liberal" No context. No understanding what the words mean.
They are the same. I'm guessing you're one, too
@@maxwellstefan8868 And people who conflate racism with a vague political stance tend to be radical authoritarian bootlickers for their particular ideology.
I'm guessing you're one too.
You kind of left out a very important fact, British Parliament went looking for a Protestant Royal after the death of Queen Anne because they didn't want a Catholic on the throne of Great Britain.
…….correct, as there was a Roman Catholic in waiting, the Queen’s own half brother, known to history as “the Old Pretender”, in whose name an invasion was mounted in 1715.
excellent video!!! I love the German history!!!
“There's a man alone, without family, without God. Why should he be human? Oh, without a doubt, he's sincere: but this very sincerity keeps him apart, out of touch, with men and realities... He builds legions but he doesn't build a nation. A nation is created by families, a religion, traditions: it is made up out of the hearts of mothers, the wisdom of fathers, the joy and exuberance of children. [Hitler's Germany] an all-swallowing State, disdainful of human dignities and the ancient structure of our race, [and] sets itself up in place of everything else. And the man who, alone, incorporates in himself this whole State, has neither a God to honor, nor a dynasty to conserve, nor a past to consult... This man [Hitler] could bring home victories to our people each year without bringing them glory. But of our Germany, which was a nation of poets, musicians, artists and soldiers, he has made a nation of hysterics and hermits, engulfed in a mob and led by a thousand liars or fanatics.”
-- Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia
Queen Elizabeth was six when she did the salute. Either she was taught that but soon regretted it, or was copying her older relatives and did not know what she and they were doing.
What is your point in repeating this? To sympathise with the Nazis?
@@PrincessPowerUp No. Why’d you think that?
@@PrincessPowerUp saying a child can't possibly understand the salute at that age isn't sympathizing with the Nazis, it's just stating facts. Kids at that age can't even grasp most political concepts, let alone form their own beliefs.
At that age my little sister used to accidentally flip people off all the time. She didn't know the hand sign was malicious, she was just more comfortable pointing with her middle finger than her index finger.
I'm amazed by the numerous misstatements of facts in this video. Obviously the creator of this program was educated in a modern historical curriculum,Very biased perspective. Unfortunate because the material gathered and presented is wonderful.
I’m not sure that Queen Victoria was that thrilled when her daughter became an Empress, as it meant she was outranked. I’ve long understood that one of the reasons why the title “Empress of India” was created for Victoria by Disraeli, and embraced so enthusiastically by the Queen, was so Victoria would get ranking parity with her daughter! Just a thought.
Untrue story. Where did you hear that crap?
As you are so discourteous do your own research.
She was already an Empress.
Victoria was an Empress.
The funny thing about the "Nazi Salute" is that it wasn't started by the nazis. It was the original Roman Empire Salute. Both the British and the United States militarys both did the Roman salute until the nazis ruined it.
Please could you make a video on Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi and the Rajiya sultan of Delhi, they were really brave woman who die fighting for there nation, I believe that everyone shall be happy to know about them... Lots of love
Rani is one of my idols.
She's extremely brave
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Putting all of the blame on Wilhelm II for WWI is overly simplistic and not reallly accurate. But your pronunciation of "Willhelm" made me cringe.
Friedrich Wilhelm IV was Wilhelm I's brother. He had been offered the crown of Emperor, but refused it. Wilhelm I accepted it years later long after Friedrich Wilhelm IV had already died.
THEY ARE ALL ORIGINALLY GERMAN! 😂
Calling someone a "Royal N@zi" sounds like a sick burn, inappropriate, but a dreadful burn that one cannot come back from. Great video!
Kaiser William the Second was not racist. In fact he made plans to make an alliance with China, and Morocco
You're taking advantage of our tragic history to make a quick buck and point out things that aren't relevant toward preventing fascism in the future. Your video and history quoted is also overly amateur and boorish. You're basically acting like a 70-years-too-late tabloid. Take your work more serious when handling sensitive subjects. Your amateur garbage is disrespectful in it's existence.
i am really REALLY angry that you were calling Kaiser Wilhelm II a bad person. he did NOT start WW1. dont say he was bad so people think youre right.
We're grown up enough to make our own decisions in what to believe.
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Overall, the British Royal Family really has quite the history.
Yes it does, which, I find immensely fascinating.😊
As someone who's great great uncle was a Bavarian privy councilor who served in ww1 I was really happy when you mentioned Ruprecht of Bavaria
One correction. The kings of germany didn't "decide" to unify, it was decided for them by bismarck, the then prime minister of prussia. He wanted to unify germany under prussian leadership, so the kings and princes didn't offer the crown to william i., he was proclaimed their emperor and they weren't really given a choice. Also it was not fredrick wiliam the iv who was made german emperor, but just wiliam i., they were two different persons. Fredrick wiliam iv. was the brother of wiliam i. and king before him. He died hierless, so wiliam i. became king. Fredrick wiliam iv. was offered the crown and title of german emperor during the revolution of 1848, but he refused, because he didn't want to take a crown and title that had it's origin in revolution and plebiscite and given to him by the people but rather preferred to be crowned by god's grace and therefore to remain king of prussia.
VERY well done! You explained WWI and WWII better than any school I've been to, and better than any of their books. I was riveted. Thank you for your channel👏👏👏💚
She didnt she stated so much false info
@@stefanhendriks8355 did she? Elaborate
You should look into vestal virgins, interesting stuff. Would make a good video!
What an interesting topic! I love your videos!
This is your magnum opus, truly superb! Well-written, love your narration, full of great video and graphics, comprehensive.
Thank you for making this video. This was the best education for WWI and WWII that I have ever encountered. This is my second time watching this video. It is chocked full of so much information. This makes the psychology behind both world wars make so much more sense. Thank you!
you really must be desperate leave the royals alone and do something real
Such a timing! It is Holocaust Memorial Day in my country starting tomorrow! I really enjoyed and appreciate your video.
Holocaust Memorial day is now an international holiday. I would have preferred an article on the Jewish women who were murdered or survived to change the world. Still I'm glad that Sophie's life story and her sacrifice is being told to many unaware of the White Rose League.
Why no day to commemorate the 12 to 20 million Christians russians genocided by jewish soviets between 1937 to 1941. Everyone likes to behave like the holocaust was the worst event in history but it wasn't even the most horrific act happening at that point in history ,the holocaust sure has a good pr team
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The history of European royalty is like a tangled root system, and is often difficult to make sense of ( who is related to who, and how). Your video does a good job of explaining the family relationships, and their part in this critical period in world history.
Well produced, and very interesting!👍🙂
That whole thing with trying make Finland have a king is such a weird piece of history.
I just so look forward to your videos, never disappointed. And this one!! When I saw the title I couldn't hit play fast enough lol. Great content as always😸
I cant believe that i have to tell people this, but Germany did not start WW1. The german kaiser could NOT tell the Austrian kaiser to do anything.
But it’s not really suprising that you paint Wilhelm as a monster considering that you three sources are Wikipedia and two websides in favor of a british worldview.
The fact of the matter is that Wilhelm actually wanted peace in Europe more than all the other monarchs.
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Starvation results when population outpaces the ability to grow adequate food. Climate change exacerbates it.
@@joycelynbrandon755 there is plenty of room on earth for everyone and millions more to live, climate change is a political joke, all scientists worth listening to even admit themselves, yes food is controlled and those in power could easily feed the dying hungry, but they can't pay, so elites would rather dump food, instead of giving it away for free, phillip was an evil man and did not care one bit for the common man, he was also part of alot of shady secret societies, that would be forbidden for so called royals to be part of x
Also loved shooting big game while President of the world wildlife fund. A colossal hypocrite.
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All of this sounds kind of biased against the losers of WWI. Yeah the Kaiser was racist, but so was literally everyone in those days.
Nothing will annoy me more than knowing the Netherlands refused to send Wilhelm back to Germany to stand trial or whatever.
He retired. To an estate in the Netherlands. AFTER he was labeled a war criminal.
About the beginning of the video... It is not a Nazi salute. Americans used the same gesture to do the Pledge of Allegiance before the 1930s. People doing it after doesn't mean it was to show the Nazis any respect.