Yorckscher Marsch [German march]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2018
- From the name of the Prussian General Yorck, Beethoven's march is also known as Yorckscher Marsch or Marsch des Yorck'schen Korps (Armeemarschsammlung II, 103 (Armeemarschsammlung II, 37) and Heeresmarsch II, 5), was composed in 1808 in F-Major as a "Marsch für die böhmische Landwehr".
On the picture you see Yorcks close partner Blücher, but I thought this picture is epic and there is no really good one from Yorck. I added his head tho.
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_...
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When you've got top drawer talent like Beethoven writing your military marches and Joseph Hayden writing your national anthem, you know you're living in a very classy country.
EHHHHHHHH MY FRIEND. EHHHHHHHHH…..
Our "liberators", have unique in history. Wiped out an entire country. Their inhabitants expelled. The first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, said that 6 million German refugees from East Germany, Prussia, went on the run, but never arrived here. They were all murdered, starved to death.
Our liberators wiped out Prussia. From the capital of Prussia, Königsberg, nothing is left but the monument of Emanuel Kant! The land of Prussia! Wiped out! The country which gave birth to Kant, Hegel and Alexander von Humboldt! So many poets and thinkers. The country which took in so many religiously persecuted people from all countries of Europe. Especially the Protestant Huguenots. The country where the head of state, as the first in history, declared the first servant of his state. This country was destroyed by the Allies. Wiped out.
Today? Germany stands completely before its annihilation. Prussia is reduced only to its military past. Prussia revolutionized the entire military system.
By Clausewitz.
And, Jews were the first time in Europe, in Prussia, equal citizens!
And without Prussia, Europe had never been able to free itself from Napoleon.
Prussia was wiped out. And Prussia must no longer be remembered in Germany. One is immediately considered a Nazi.
Germany, is lost.
@@m.b.blenkoblanka4167 no no Germans are based.
@M. B thats cool and all but is this related to the comment
Well, certainly classy in terms of music.
Prussian marches are the most beautiful in the world.
Ja das glauben die Preussen! Alle Nationen oder Regionen glauben, dass ihre Kompositionen bzw. ihre Märsche die schönsten seien. Warum z.B. spielen deutsche Musikkapellen vorwiegend österreichische Märsche aus der k.u.k. -Zeit? Kaiserjägermarsch, Kärntner Lieder-Marsch, Rainer-Marsch, Deutschmeister -Regimentsmarsch (es gibt noch einen zweiten Deutschmeistermarsch), u.v.a.
Ja mein Freund
I do agree.
Totally agree
Go listen polish generals march this is in my opinion better then prussians marchs Yorckscher Marsch and prussian glory.
Ein wahres Meisterwerk! Und mein persönlicher Lieblingsmarsch.
kein Wunder bei diesen Komponisten
Me: I like Beethoven
Friend: So you like Symphony No. 5?
Me:
My personal favourite is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Beethoven) But I'll settle for this march :)
@@davidcadman4468 The second movement really do be thirsty.
But what about his Große Fugue though?
Scharnohorst ✌️✌️✌️💀💀💀
@@Zula_The_Squid The Große Fuge is my personal favourite, but unfortunately I'm not too keen into his orchestral works. His keyboard works on the other hand, are my favourites(e.g: Appassionata, Tempest, etc). My favourite composer's Chopin, so there already lies a hint as to what music I like...
@@navalbaguette784 To be fair, after the 360th time one listened to his symphonies, they get kinda stale.
Which is usually when people move on.
I'm atm into Schönberg, Mahler and Bartok.
My friend: What is your favourite genre?
Me: it's kinda hard to explain...
not really, just say that you like marches
@@lolpuuroa with PRUSSIA
Otto, when's the new prussian empire coming?
Hehe he companion Bismarck....
prussian
Man merkt schon, dass dieser Marsch von einem echten Genie verfasst wurde. Und damit will ich andere Werke auf gar keinen Fall herabstufen. Feldmarschall Yorck von Wartenburg war außerdem ein echter Ehrenmann. Danke für Deine Arbeit, Dr. Ludwig!
From US here and have to say this is the most beautiful song I’ve heard!!
Simply brilliant!!!🇺🇸
Our "liberators", have unique in history. Wiped out an entire country. Their inhabitants expelled. The first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, said that 6 million German refugees from East Germany, Prussia, went on the run, but never arrived here. They were all murdered, starved to death.
Our liberators wiped out Prussia. From the capital of Prussia, Königsberg, nothing is left but the monument of Emanuel Kant! The land of Prussia! Wiped out! The country which gave birth to Kant, Hegel and Alexander von Humboldt! So many poets and thinkers. The country which took in so many religiously persecuted people from all countries of Europe. Especially the Protestant Huguenots. The country where the head of state, as the first in history, declared the first servant of his state. This country was destroyed by the Allies. Wiped out.
Today? Germany stands completely before its annihilation. Prussia is reduced only to its military past. Prussia revolutionized the entire military system.
By Clausewitz.
And, Jews were the first time in Europe, in Prussia, equal citizens!
And without Prussia, Europe had never been able to free itself from Napoleon.
Prussia was wiped out. And Prussia must no longer be remembered in Germany. One is immediately considered a Nazi.
Germany, is lost.
Gets even more brilliant when you know the historic background 💪💪💪
@@m.b.blenkoblanka4167 your talking about the communists
@@Jesu-s0967 nope! I mean the biggest Terrororganisation of the world history! The USA.
@@Jesu-s0967 the Jews created communism
Beethoven ist ein super Komponist
Beethoven ist auch für mich das Größte. Seit meiner Kindheit kenne ich diesen Marsch aber bis heute wusste ich nicht, dass Beethoven ihn geschrieben hat.
Even though I don't speak German, I can understand this comment.
War
Ja.
@DenRaph no
Danke für das tolle Hintergrund theme ist echt klasse, und noch dazu der Schnee. Das freut meine Augen und Ohren vielen Dank.
The march, the painting, and this snowy effect are great. Great job once more!
Décidément, je vous aperçois sur pas mal de musique patriotique de notre voisin germanique. Cela fait plaisir ^^
why are you french this is german march
@@munastronaut8147 And what's your point ?
@@LaPatrioteFrancaise basically theres a march from austria or germany idk what specific country in the german Confederation which is "Pariser Einzugsmarsch" which basically means "Paris-Entry March" and that symbolizes Franco-German enmity
It’s odd that a French like to hear Prussian marches although the Germans and French were historically enemies.
The Duke of York was infamous during the Napoleonic Wars, because he disobeyed the King of Prussia (who was forced into a brutal alliance with Napoleon, which in effect, turned Prussia into a vassal state of France). In 1812 the Prussians were forced to raise troops to help the French invade Russia. At one point during the French retreat, the Duke of Yorck (who was commanding the Prussian contingent) refused to obey Napoleon. Instead, Yorck had his troops defect to the Russians, and they began fighting the French under the aegis of the Russians (while being commanded by the Duke of Yorck). Normally, this would be a capital offense and the Prussian King wanted to execute the Duke of Yorck for disobeying him. But this move by Yorck was very popular in Prussia and elsewhere in German speaking lands. It boosted morale and played a role in the German uprising against France. This is what Beethoven is commemorating here.
Actually Field Marshall Yorck von Wartemburg
@@rudolphpohl4115yorck von wartenburg, the most famous german family who fought two tyranns in two centuries.
He was not a duke, but a count, and his correct name is Graf Yorck von Wartenburg.
Apparently you have confused a British noble title with a German officer. There was no Duke of York during Napoleon's First French Empire. Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg was a Prussian commander with Napoleon's army during the invasion of the Russia in 1812. He declared his corps neutral once they were abandoned during the French retreat. The king never wished to execute Yorck but issued an order suspending him from command due to fear of French vengeance. Once the Prussian court recognized how popular Yorck's courageous decision was with the people, he was allowed to resume his command. He then helped lead Prussia to declare war on & defeat France.
i aint reading that
Einer meiner Lieblingsmärsche, einfach Klasse
Herrlich! Herrlich! Den hört immer wieder gerne. Ich finde der hat etwas erfrischendes! 😀👌
Beutiful Marsch..🌷🌷🌷🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪👍🇷🇺🇷🇺
Sehr gute Einstellung. Dafür kämpfen wir. Und für unsere Kinder.
@@jurgenjungen7263 Und wir werden gewinnen, weil unsere Sache richtig ist. Grüße aus Russland, deutscher Kamerad.
jurgen jungen, get a life and think what you say, mooron!!
@@shtcare die meinen das als joke
Our "liberators", have unique in history. Wiped out an entire country. Their inhabitants expelled. The first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, said that 6 million German refugees from East Germany, Prussia, went on the run, but never arrived here. They were all murdered, starved to death.
Our liberators wiped out Prussia. From the capital of Prussia, Königsberg, nothing is left but the monument of Emanuel Kant! The land of Prussia! Wiped out! The country which gave birth to Kant, Hegel and Alexander von Humboldt! So many poets and thinkers. The country which took in so many religiously persecuted people from all countries of Europe. Especially the Protestant Huguenots. The country where the head of state, as the first in history, declared the first servant of his state. This country was destroyed by the Allies. Wiped out.
Today? Germany stands completely before its annihilation. Prussia is reduced only to its military past. Prussia revolutionized the entire military system.
By Clausewitz.
And, Jews were the first time in Europe, in Prussia, equal citizens!
And without Prussia, Europe had never been able to free itself from Napoleon.
Prussia was wiped out. And Prussia must no longer be remembered in Germany. One is immediately considered a Nazi.
Germany, is lost.
Der beste Deutsche Marsch der Welt!!! Er ist so patriotisch und fröhlich!! Ich liebe diesen Marsch er ist bei meinen Marschliedern die Nummer 1!
Es lebe Preussen!
Es lebe Deutschland! ❤❤❤Grüsse aus der Schweiz
🇨🇭🤝🇩🇪
Und komponiert in Wien.
Was an York wirklich episch war, war der Kavallerieangriff den er 1813 während der Schlacht von Leipzig in Möckern während der befreiungskriege führte. Sie Deutschen sollten mit dem Yorkcsher Marsch, der in Ihrem Soundtrack enthalten ist, einen Blockbuster in dieser Episode Ihrer Geschichte machen. Ich entschuldige mich für mein Deutsch, aber da ich Ihre Sprache nicht spreche, musste ich auf Google Übersetzer zurückgreifen, daher stelle ich mir vor dass das Ergebnis gruselig gewesen wäre. Ein toller Job den du gemacht hast. Ein Gruß aus Spanien.
Our "liberators", have unique in history. Wiped out an entire country. Their inhabitants expelled. The first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, said that 6 million German refugees from East Germany, Prussia, went on the run, but never arrived here. They were all murdered, starved to death.
Our liberators wiped out Prussia. From the capital of Prussia, Königsberg, nothing is left but the monument of Emanuel Kant! The land of Prussia! Wiped out! The country which gave birth to Kant, Hegel and Alexander von Humboldt! So many poets and thinkers. The country which took in so many religiously persecuted people from all countries of Europe. Especially the Protestant Huguenots. The country where the head of state, as the first in history, declared the first servant of his state. This country was destroyed by the Allies. Wiped out.
Today? Germany stands completely before its annihilation. Prussia is reduced only to its military past. Prussia revolutionized the entire military system.
By Clausewitz.
And, Jews were the first time in Europe, in Prussia, equal citizens!
And without Prussia, Europe had never been able to free itself from Napoleon.
Prussia was wiped out. And Prussia must no longer be remembered in Germany. One is immediately considered a Nazi.
Germany, is lost.
@@m.b.blenkoblanka4167 Preußen ist viel mehr als sein Beitrag zur Kriegskunst. Wer glaubt, dass das alte Königreich, das das heutige Deutschland belebte, nichts weiter als eine Kaserne war, kennt die Geschichte einfach nicht. Preußen verlieh der Mathematik dank Euler und den Königsberger Brücken die Theorie der Graphen, es verlieh der Kunst und der Literatur Glanz, nicht nur seiner eigenen, sondern der Menschheit. Preußen und Deutschland insgesamt werden von ihren Feinden immer als ein Land der Mörder dargestellt, aber wer in seinem Leben ein wenig gelesen hat, weiß, dass das nicht stimmt. Zu den von Adenauer erzählten Ereignissen muss ich sagen, dass es der deutschen Marine in diesen unglücklichen Tagen gelungen ist, eine Rettungsaktion für ihre Bürger über die Ostsee durchzuführen, die Dunkerke wie ein Werk von Zwergen erscheinen lässt. Gott segne Preußen... und die Husarenregimenter der Ersten und Zweiten Garde. Erhalten Sie einen herzlichen Gruß.
Gut zu verstehen - was du geschrieben hast. Dankeschön!!
@@tumlili7129 Gern geschehen, mein freund.
@@fernandofajardogarcia1312 Google hat einen guten Job gemacht 😉
Mein lieblings Marsch wie ich ihn liebe! Danke für das Video!
Great march composed by the great Beethoven. Too bad that with this pandemic we cannot celebrate as it should be 250 years since the birth of Beethoven. Thank you Dr Ludwig. 💓💓💓💗💗💗💖❤🎶🎼🎵
Our "liberators", have unique in history. Wiped out an entire country. Their inhabitants expelled. The first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, said that 6 million German refugees from East Germany, Prussia, went on the run, but never arrived here. They were all murdered, starved to death.
Our liberators wiped out Prussia. From the capital of Prussia, Königsberg, nothing is left but the monument of Emanuel Kant! The land of Prussia! Wiped out! The country which gave birth to Kant, Hegel and Alexander von Humboldt! So many poets and thinkers. The country which took in so many religiously persecuted people from all countries of Europe. Especially the Protestant Huguenots. The country where the head of state, as the first in history, declared the first servant of his state. This country was destroyed by the Allies. Wiped out.
Today? Germany stands completely before its annihilation. Prussia is reduced only to its military past. Prussia revolutionized the entire military system.
By Clausewitz.
And, Jews were the first time in Europe, in Prussia, equal citizens!
And without Prussia, Europe had never been able to free itself from Napoleon.
Prussia was wiped out. And Prussia must no longer be remembered in Germany. One is immediately considered a Nazi.
Germany, is lost.
It was the government’s response to the pandemic, not the pandemic
Just discovered this channel. Absolutely love this march! If I was walking into battle and this was playing I’d feel so proud to fight
Sie verwöhnen uns wirklich mit all diesen täglichen Uploads!
Gerne :D
Finally found it. Beautiful.
Greetings from Romania
Great familiar March with gusto and power! The pictures are impressive too! It's the sort of advertisement you don't mind seeing repeatedly! ♥️💛🖤👍! Awesome job!!
Ein toller Marsch mit einem Klasse Bild. Super gemacht. Danke.
Es ist wieder da! Schön.
Einfach brilliant wie immer.
I love the pride in the music. You're prepared to give your life for your loved ones, and your representing those virtues, and the music is representing you.
One of my favorite channels on TH-cam!
Einer meiner vielen Lieblingsmärsche. Viele sind recht eintönig aber solche wie dieser ziehen einen richtig mit.
A good mix of Military music and Beethoven's orchestral music. This is remixes back then
0:08 that intro is what i really like
This is very awesome. I love how you put snow falling in the video.
It's my favorite marsch. I can listen to it whole days!
Don’t say marsch, you don’t deserve to speak my language
@@hdexotic1914 bro calm down
Da kocht mein Blut und ungenannten Disziplin zieht in meinen Körper ein ! Bravo. Am besten gefällt mir das Video wo die NVA dazu marschiert mit dem preußischen Paradeschritt. Ein Meisterwerk.
Grüße aus Mainz am Rhein
Who gives this a thumbs down? Great recording and version. I luv watching this being played by the Berlin honor guard/band with all their original K98's!
Die Ur-Bedürfnisse des Menschen, sich zu bewegen und zu singen und darüber sich auszudrücken, sind die beiden Ur-Gründe für Musik.
This is a particularly convincing performance. Thank you.
Danke Dr. Ludwig! Sie erhalten eigenhändig unser deutsches Kulturgut am Leben und bewahren es vor dem Aussterben, vor allem in diesen traurigen Zeiten! Weiter so und danke!
Beethovens Musik gehört ganz sicher nicht irgendeiner Nation.
Man kann auf Deutschland stolz sein 👍🇩🇪
Du meinst aber hoffentlich nicht die BRD.
@@alfredsteiner8152 was spricht dagegen außer Verschwörungstheorien?
Nationalstolz ist schon ein bisschen überholt, gel? Ironischerweise ist gerade das etwas, was ich an Deutschland schätze, die, natürlich geschichtlich begründete und letztlich auch auferzwungene, allgemeine Ablehnung das Nationalismus (zeitweise zumindest). Verglichen mit dem Großteil des Restes der Welt kann man sich durchaus relativ glücklich schätzen in Deutschland zu leben, aber sollte Stolz nicht etwas persönliches sein? Ich habe mir nicht ausgesucht wo ich geboren wurde, weder das Gute noch das Schlechte in der Geschichte Deutschlands liegt in meiner Verantwortung und sich mit fremden Federn zu schmücken ist wohl kaum eine gute Rechfertigung für Hochmut. Abgesehen davon ist van Beethoven 44 Jahre vor der Gründung der deutschen Nation gestorben und die Preußen haben für den Großteil ihrer Geschichte andere deutsche Staaten bekämpft. Man mag den Yorckschen Marsch durchaus deutsch nennen, aber ihn Deutschland als Nation anzumessen ignoriert die Wirren der Geschichte.
auf Belgian auch Beethoven grossfather war ein Belgier
Our "liberators", have unique in history. Wiped out an entire country. Their inhabitants expelled. The first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, said that 6 million German refugees from East Germany, Prussia, went on the run, but never arrived here. They were all murdered, starved to death.
Our liberators wiped out Prussia. From the capital of Prussia, Königsberg, nothing is left but the monument of Emanuel Kant! The land of Prussia! Wiped out! The country which gave birth to Kant, Hegel and Alexander von Humboldt! So many poets and thinkers. The country which took in so many religiously persecuted people from all countries of Europe. Especially the Protestant Huguenots. The country where the head of state, as the first in history, declared the first servant of his state. This country was destroyed by the Allies. Wiped out.
Today? Germany stands completely before its annihilation. Prussia is reduced only to its military past. Prussia revolutionized the entire military system.
By Clausewitz.
And, Jews were the first time in Europe, in Prussia, equal citizens!
And without Prussia, Europe had never been able to free itself from Napoleon.
Prussia was wiped out. And Prussia must no longer be remembered in Germany. One is immediately considered a Nazi.
Germany, is lost.
I swear I clicked this too hard that my phone fell
Sweet XD
When I hear the music I feel that I am a Prussian Soldier and is marching.
When I hear this piece, I picture the Yorkshire Regiment marching to the front lines
@@spdfatomicstructure Yorkshire? This march is made for the General von York.
When I hear the music I picture Christmas.
That's the way old Prussia worked: you feel prussian, you live prussian - you are prussian. Best greetings to India from Pomerania. 👌
@@robertoldach2560 I'm a Belgian re-enactor of th Napoleonic ages. We do the 2nd Pommersche Landwehr Infantery Regiment. And when I put that uniform on, I become a Prussian. Mitt Got, For Konig und Fatherland!!!
I played this for my Danish friend. He’s now my German friend
Mein Lieblingsmarsch !
Dr Ludwig, I still love what you did with the artwork. You're right, it IS epic!! ❤
Saluditos Dr.Ludwig vielen danke also my favourite march,danke
may the glory of Prussia never be forgotten
Preußen war das Unglück Deutschlands und ist zum Glück verschwunden (auf der Müllhalde Geschichte)! Als Sachse bedauer ich bis heute, dass der alte Fritz bei Kunersdorf von seiner Tabakdose gerettet und die Österreicher bei Königsgrätz verloren haben!
weirdo
@@Anthony-ct3cvhe meant that we shouldn't forget history
Been searching for this march since 2013, when I first heard it in a World of Tanks video (the maker of that vid didnt add the names of the music...) now, years later, I finally found it!
Better late than never XD
@@dr.ludwig True
Wow! Das hat das Heeresmusikkorps aufgefüht als ich bei der Bundeswehr war und bei nem Ehrenzug mitmarschiert bin! War beileibe kein guter Soldat, aber jetzt habe ich irgendwie einen dicken Kloß im Hals!
Love the video as it spikes up the senses to keep one on their toes! Love the illustration to magnify the the nobility of the impressive song!🇩🇪👍🎵🌹🎼🎶
250 Jahre Beethoven! Wie hatte Beethoven das wohl aufgenommen, wenn die Böhmische Landwehr mit dem Yorkschen Marsch vor ihm als ungekrönten König vorbeimarschiert wäre! Zu selten hat man diesen schroffen Mann liebevoll gehuldigt.
a lovely song for the christmas holiday!
Lang lebe Preußen.
Ich wünschte man könnte das 🇾🇪 umdrehen
@Fabian Kirchgessner auch im Herz eines Franzosen von deutschen Wurzeln ;)
One of the finest prussian marches.
Our "liberators", have unique in history. Wiped out an entire country. Their inhabitants expelled. The first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, said that 6 million German refugees from East Germany, Prussia, went on the run, but never arrived here. They were all murdered, starved to death.
Our liberators wiped out Prussia. From the capital of Prussia, Königsberg, nothing is left but the monument of Emanuel Kant! The land of Prussia! Wiped out! The country which gave birth to Kant, Hegel and Alexander von Humboldt! So many poets and thinkers. The country which took in so many religiously persecuted people from all countries of Europe. Especially the Protestant Huguenots. The country where the head of state, as the first in history, declared the first servant of his state. This country was destroyed by the Allies. Wiped out.
Today? Germany stands completely before its annihilation. Prussia is reduced only to its military past. Prussia revolutionized the entire military system.
By Clausewitz.
And, Jews were the first time in Europe, in Prussia, equal citizens!
And without Prussia, Europe had never been able to free itself from Napoleon.
Prussia was wiped out. And Prussia must no longer be remembered in Germany. One is immediately considered a Nazi.
Germany, is lost.
Starts with classical Prussian intro 🔥🔥🔥, Prússia can't die
I love all marches. This one is great.
The painting shows the Prussians crossing the Rhine RIver at Caub, just downtream of where I live.
Mein Lieblings Marschlied! 🇩🇪👑 ⚫⚪🔴
Been searching for this song for so damn long!
Das ist einen sehr schöner und Wunderbar Marsch musik!
well done Herr Dr.
Nice music
Also I'm glad that you are still doing ok, Freund.
Schöne Grüße aus Winkowitz
my county in Britain is Yorkshire so I listen to this alot for that reason
Mine too sqoli lol
You are aware that the shire around the English town of York has absolutely nothing to do with the Corps of Field Marshal General Count Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg or its march, are you? They are not even spelled the same.
@@wtflmaa7842 Ludwig's father changed his name from Jark(a) to Yorck to make it more English (York) and dropped von Gostkowski.
⚪⚫🇩🇪⚪⚫🔴
Die 3 Flaggen die ich am Meisten mag
Die erste gefällt mir 👍❤️wie viel kostet das 😁😄
One of my favorite marching songs.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
💖 from 🇻🇳
Nations: military march composed by random guys
Germany: hold Ludwig's beer
After Prussians very impressive strength under Frederick the great, the army experienced 3 decades of stagnation and the once most powerful army in Europe (the world by extension let’s be honest) became largely outdated by the turn of 1800s.
When Napoleon promised Hanover to Prussia but then offered it to the UK in exchange for peace, Prussian king Frederick William the 3rd was advised to declare war for honours sake. Prussia also hated Napoleon before this and almost was involved in the 1805 campaign against him
However in 1806 Prussia issued France an ultimatum, without consulting her allies, Prussia went to war.
In 1806 a largely outdated Prussia army was smashed at the twin battles of Jena-Auerstadt and was defeated in a month.
While yes Napoleon was an amazing military leader and France was very strong, the news of Prussians rapid defeat was a shock to many.
After 1807 at the treaty of Tilsit, Prussia lost a lot of recently acquired polish lands and her army restricted to 34,000 men.
A board of enquiry was established to find out what went wrong. Over 100 generals were sacked and only Von York (who the song is named after) and Blücher remained in command.
Military thinkers such as Sharnhorst, Gnaisanau, and Clausewitz helped modernise Prussian doctrine. Copying the french model but also experimenting with new ideas, such as using mixed cavalry and infantry units, rather than the usual method of having a huge cavalry reserve which would be sent in independently to exploit opportunities, the Prussians experimented with having smaller close cavalry support, allow a degree of free thinking meaning local small gains could be rapidly exploited. This had pros and cons as it spread the cavalry too thin to have much power, but meant locally they could often have more force than the french. This doctrine would eventually lead to the ww2 combined arms and blitzkrieg tactics with armour and infantry in close support. This was the genesis of this tactic
Prussia also introduced skirmishes in larger numbers and new infantry formations, with commanders more thoroughly trained and allowed a larger degree of free thinking.
During the 7 years war being very deliberate and disciplined in a slow moving perfectly formed army was THE best method to win, but by the Napoleonic era speed and shock were more prevalent, Prussia had to learn fast.
The Prussian staff, used the ‘Crumper’ system, this meant every man had to complete 1 year military service, and then did 2 years reserve, this meant on paper Prussia’s army was around the allowed 34,000, but due to the rotation system of having 7 new men in and 7 out every month, after a few years majority of Prussians men were trained soldiers and ready to be called up.
Prussia next saw action on the same side as Napoleon in 1812, where they were obliged to help him invade Russia. Prussian forces saw little action with the notable exception of Lithuania on the road to Riga. Prussian and Russian forces engaged in a town battle and something notable happened here, the only flag standard the Russians lost in the ENTIRE campaign was captured by Prussian dragoons. The battle was a draw and not much else happened. This flag was later returned to Russia in 1830 in exchange for a Prussian colour captured in the 7 years war.
At the end of 1812 many Prussians began to defect and local commanders organised cease fires with Russian. In 1813 Prussia switched sides and joined Russia and Austria and Britain against France.
In may 1813 at the battle of Lutzen and then Bautzen, Prussia engaged France once more. Napoleon remarked ‘these animals have learned something’
Prussian forces had decent success in the 1813 campaign against France, Blücher even defeating Napoleon on 1 occasion, but also being defeated 3 times in turn 😉
Prussia suffered another humiliation in 1814, Blüchers army of Silesia outnumbered Napoleon 2:1, yet it was defeated 4 times in 6 days, and suffered 6000 casualties compared to Napoleons 600!! Blücher and a mental break down, however Prussia reformed alongside its allies and France was soon defeated.
Prussians had a deep resentment for France, deep rooted in history. Blücher tried to blow up the Jena bridge to erase Prussians earlier defeats, this failed.
Prussia then kept many veterans in reserve as the Congress of Vienna tension was rising between the allied powers, however in 1815, Napoleon had slipped his bonds, and returned to France!!
The coalition declared him an outlaw and began mobilising against France, with the closest armies being Wellingtons and Blüchers army of Belgium.
Napoleons Armiee de nord launched a strike into Belgium, his aim to separate the allied armies, defeat them and occupy Brussels. He then hoped to negotiate a settlement from a position of strength.
French double agents informed Prussian officers that Napoleon planned to come between the allied armies and mons. This meant rather than move east, Prussian forces moved north.
On June 15 Wellington and Blücher met and promised to support each other. On the 16th the battle of Lingy took place. A near equal size Prussian and french army collided, with savage street fighting involving capturing, losing, and counter attacking small villages, fighting was uncharacteristically savage for the time, but both french and Prussians bayoneting enemy wounded and executing prisoners. Prussian infantry displayed great discipline and skill forming squares and fending off cavalry, and believe best form of defence was aggressive attack, the main villages changed hands several times, often with groups of 3, 10 or 30 men skirmishing across houses and fighting house for house.
Eventually, after equal fighting the french managed to drive the Prussians off and break their centre, however the flanks remained intact in withdrew in good order. Prussian field Marshall Blùcher launched a last min cavalry charge to allow time for the main army to escape. Shouting ‘forwards in the devils name!’ Charged the french centre and had his horse killed under him, pinning him under his dead horse with 2 brigades of french curassiers stampeding over his head. He eventually escaped and the landwher formed an impressive rear guard keeping the french at bay for 5hrs until they ran out of ammo.
The french were uncharacteristically lazy and didn’t Pursue the Prussians until 12pm the next day. Crucially Napoleons scouts reported the Prussians were retreating EAST back to Prussia, when in reality they moved north towards Wellington. There was also a lot of mis trust of the English as the promised support never came at lingy, however Blùcher insisted they move north and stay in contact with Wellington.
Carl Von Clausewitz who was at lingy, stated “given the circumstances there is nothing out of the ordinary regarding this battle, in which 78,000 men lost to 75,000 men, by a very slight tipping of the scale, and with no real gains for the victor aside from 21 guns and a few thousand prisoners”
In total Prussia suffered 16k casualties and the french 15k. Lingy was the first real solo Prussian effort against Napoleon since 1806 and they had acquitted themselves well.
The final main engagement of the Napoleonic wars was Waterloo. In which the Prussian effort is highly understated.
From 1pm onwards, Prussian troops began occupying the outskirts of the village of plancenmois on the french right flank, 2hrs after Napoleon had engaged wellingtons Anglo/German/Dutch army. The Prussians began street fighting against the friend young guard for the village, with brutality again being exhibited on both sides, by 4pm 20,000 Prussians had forced their way through most of the village, french wounded were thrown from roofs, bayoneted or even strangled. The same was done to Prussian wounded when the french made minor gains back. When the Prussians had captured most of the village, Napoleon sent his elite old guard grenadiers, they quickly retook the village with a bayonet charge, massacring the wounded in turn.
French elite units were then sent against the British, and again like a tidal wave 30,000 Prussian infantry stormed the village, by 8pm both the Prussian and British had the upper hand, with Wellington driving off the french middle guard and the Prussian cavalry breaking through on the french right and rear, causing a general route!
This allied victory ensured Napoleons final defeat, Blücher wants to call the battle ‘la belle alliance’ after Napoleons head quarters, and to emphasise the joint effort. However the British ‘Waterloo’ prevails.
The crucial role of the Prussians ensured victory, something the British down played for their own political reasons. The reality is french Marshall Ney (who often is criticised as incompetent at Waterloo) correctly sensed weakness in the British centre, and launched a charge of cavalry squadrons to prevent the British from reforming and to instead pin them in squares. These squares would have been very vulnerable to french infantry which would have swept them away and likely won the battle, however when Ney needed infantry, there were NONE available, as reserve units were quickly redirected to face the Prussians at Plancenmois, meaning for 2hrs Ney wasted the cavalry keeping the British pinned down hoping infantry would be available, it never came in time.
It stands to reason if the french guard units facing the Prussians were free to attack the British centre, the battle would have ended very differently….
After this era, Prussian doctrine of close support, aggression and a high quality of leadership transformed them into the foremost army in Europe that would dominate the continent for over a centrist right up until the end of world war 2.
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Ein herrlicher Marsch - Einer der Besten. Jedesmal ein Genuss. Da will man gleich im zackigen Stechschritt marschieren.😅
How is the tune called in the intro of this music? It could be also heard in Preussens Gloria, Koniggratzer Marsch...
Preußischer Lockmarsch
Thank you for this. Beethoven is my favourite composer, I have listened to so much of his music, from piano sonata through to symphony. However, if you played this and asked me who composed it, I would not have guessed. Beethoven, perhaps more than other, has so much variety in his compositions, and can always surprise.
Beethoven ist einer der besten Komponenten der Welt. Wir werden sie Herr Beethoven nie vergessen.
This is my 5,000th video that I’ve liked. No joke.
What an honor
imagine you're a french dude in waterloo waiting for orders then suddenly you hear this march, absolutely terrifying
Danke ✌
this is a beautiful master piece
AAAH *clicks faster than ever*
Nice picture
🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🤗🤗Buon giorno Germany! Bella marcia! Attenti!
This masterpiece make Me crying sometimes, I Listen to this March During covid, I studying, Sleep, eat, While listening German March, And im falling in love, But all Lost when i Go back to school and get college
weirdo
@@Anthony-ct3cv yea, idk why i like anything about history in WW1
Thank you for this beautiful march. Do you know where I can buy this exact version?
If you want to download my songs, check my video "My christmas present for all of you".
I cant say anything...all of my support are just transferred to you
Schöne Drönung am Morgen
Es heißt Dröhnung. Mit h. Bitte mehr Respekt vor der deutschen Sprache, das ist unpatriotisch.
I am playing this on christmas
Hast du eine Ahnung wo die Tonaufnahme herkommt? Ich will mir sowas eigentlich immer kaufen und ggfs. durch den Interpreten bzw. Spielenden mehr gute Aufnahmen ergattern.
Diese Musik ist dem Deutschem Volk
realizing and focusing on the fact that Germany isn’t Großdeutschland induces a great, bubbling rage in me...
That reminds me of some dude with a funky mustache that failed art school.
@@sadmoose6449 what he means is that prussia is basically owned by Poland and the heart of Prussia is owned by the ruskies
@@Ckern182 Yes I know, he reminded me of the mustache dude because he also wanted all of Prussia back, so he invaded Poland.
@@sadmoose6449 If hitler TRULY loved Germany as much as he said he did...he would have invited the Kaiser to rule Germany once again after he took power, but he used the german people to push his racist sentiments
@@Ckern182 We don't got Prussia anymore.... But at least we have Brandenburg .
Wundervoll!
Muy marciales las Marcha Alemanas , bien mil gracias..
Great one .. thanks
Does someone know why we hear the same introduction on every march? I'm curious
It's used to link two marches together, like a transition from a previous march so it isn't as awkward
I have so much respect for Beethoven
Just a question. What is your policy on using this video/song in a school project? I am doing a narrative project and would like to either use this or a rendition of Prussia’s Gloria you have.
You can use everything you want, but at your own risk for copyright^^ TH-cam allows it, because I am not monetized.
@@dr.ludwig ok thanks. I felt it was polite to ask all the same
0:27 beste Stelle 😍
Wunderschöner Marsch
Beutiful! Cant stop listening to it, do you have the same habit?
Ein sehr sehr schöne Melodie. Ein sehr sehr schöner Marsch 👂👂😇😇😇🖤🤍❤️🙏🙏🙏⬛⬜🟥🫶🫶🫶⚫⚪🔴👍🫡👏😉😊💪
Brilliant work by the germans themselves❤️❤️❤️
This March is from the Germany I love. Of course this was the golden age of 1880-1900 in west. civ.
Ludwig ist der beste
Weiß jemand wo ich alte Marschtrommeln mit fehl bekommen kann.
Best way to show my kids Prussian heritage is to show them this song
Ein wunderbarer Marsch...der Geist der leichten Infanterie...schnell und schmissig.
Excellent, now which way is Konigratz?