Wilhelm II's Address to the German People (Wilhelm II Speech)(English Subtitles)
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- Given by Kaiser Wilhelm II (last German Emperor) in Berlin on August 6th 1914, to inform the German people of the newly created first world war. Made with Microsoft Clipchampion.
Thank you for Watching. Please Excuse any mistakes in the subtitles, I did my best. Please also keep controversial or political comments to yourself. Thanks :)
01.45 mítten im fríed'n überfáellt uns der féind, darum áuf zu den wáffen
( ´- - ´- - ´ - - ´, - - ´ - - ´ - ) this is - almost - a correct classic hexámeter: you should not have been wrong about this.
@@monoecumsemper it was simply a mistake, please do not criticize.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern I actually didn't. I didn't even believe it was a mistake as the whole line didn't show up for whatever reason. This is not criticism.
@@monoecumsemper oh sorry, I read it wrong, thank you. 👍
@@Wilhelm-Von-HohenzollernW Kaiser fr
WWI - the war in which every participating country saw themselves as defenders. And if you think about it, every country at the beginning of the war in 1914 actually had a point in that regard.
Very well said
@@laurentdevaux5617 it's more complicated, more so than I care to say here, but you are both right and wrong. That is the weirdness of interpretation of the first world war.
His general went against his orders to respect Belgium’s neutrality but Kaiser wilhelm is the one to blame sounds like disloyalty to the Kaiser got the Germans screwed and he was right from the start but oh no he is evil. They literally ignored him after the prosperity he brought upon the nation everyone grew overconfident and greedy. The war minister’s of friend and foe plot against the empire which isn’t for the welfare of the people.
@@laurentdevaux5617I often compare the development of this war to a showdown in the Wild West, with one man in the middle and three others standing around him, all drawing their weapons first. Who started the shootout? Both Russia and France mobilised their army *before* Germany did. We don't need to discuss that, you can read the evidence published by the governments themselves in their diplomatic colour books in your native language: Georges Demartial - La guerre de 1914, l'évangile du quai d'Orsay (Paris 1926, although you will have great difficulty accessing it in French libraries because it doesn't fit in with the national fairy tales, but it is available in the US Library of Congress, among other places abroad). Now to the third gunman, Britain. Let's keep in mind that the territory called Belgium was part of the Holy Roman Empire before the Revolutionary Wars and was ceded by Austria to Holland at the Congress of Vienna on the condition that some kind of buffer state be formed against future French aggression. In 1839, Britain, together with Prussia, France, Austria and Russia, guaranteed this Belgian neutrality in the Treaty of London, so it was not an end in itself, but was solely intended to prevent wars between these great powers. However, two days *before* the German invasion of Belgium, on 2 August 1914, the British government announced that in the event of a war between France and Germany, the British navy would protect the French coast with all its might. At this point, *all* the powers that had guaranteed Belgium's neutrality were themselves parties to the conflict. The Treaty of London was thus obsolete - and with it Belgium's neutrality. In any case, it is clear that, due to the chronological sequence of events, the German invasion of Belgium can not have been the cause of the British entry into the war, but that the French mobilisation and the British breach of their own obligation of neutrality was the trigger for the German invasion of Belgium. As far as "France under attack" is concerned, the historical fact remains that the first major clash of the German and French armies took place from 7 August on in the then German Upper Alsace, just as the first major clash of the German and Russian armies took place in the then German East Prussia. A strange way for Germany to "attack".
@@maximkretsch7134In that regard the Serbien Nationalist shot the Austrian who sent all their Cowboys and then German and Russian Cowboys picked their Side.
This was before radio was invented so very few actual Germans would have heard this to begin with.
Yeah, its neat that we have this recording at all.
You are incorrect. The Kaiser's speech was printed in German newspapers and posted on walls and billboards everywhere, which millions of Germans tuned into daily, just like we tune into TV and the Internet today. Germany was one of the most literate and educated countries in the entire world. Mass propaganda was quickly spread throughout the country. Public speakers read the Kaiser's speeches, and declarations of war and mobilization were declared at large gatherings in every city and town, where thousands attended. Newspapers were the mass communication medium of the day, keeping people informed on a daily basis. The huge German rail system delivered the telegrams, the mail, and the newspapers, and ensured that everyone in Germany and Austria was informed of daily events, within hours.
This would have been in newspapers and things however.
Certainly this would have been published in German newspapers. Most likely the kaiser had it recorded for posterity's sake. Certainly there was no commercial broadcast radio in 1914.
The rudiments of voice radio broadcast had been developed prior to 1914 but hadn't found commercial appilication yet.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706yes
Thank you for posting. It's a bit eerie to hear that voice, knowing that at that moment nobody had any idea what was really coming.
Eerie is not a word id have considered, but yeah, I think it fits.
I have to say, that there appears to be several echos of Hitler's speeches here. The Hard -done-by pleading?
Always interesting to hear the voices of historical figures from before the era of broadcasting and sound films.
I agree
Amazing historical "document". I had no idea this existed. Truly fabulous to understand the historical sentiment.
Thank you so much for uploading very rare audio. 🎉❤❤❤
Thank you for viewing it.
Germans uniting to form such a powerful empire from a broken hopeless Holy roman empire is something the Europeans never dreamt of, this led to paranoia among the other large european powers and paranoia among the germans themselves about their neighbours. It was a war caused due to fear more than hate and the soldiers who took part in the Great war often came to realization about this when facing the enemy, that they were no different than them.
2:26 Perfectly describes the mentality of the European powers at that time.
Germans did not really unite, they were made united and inner unity never really became a reality. Neuschwanstein was a secret gift of Bismarck to the Bavarian King, so he would agree to the idea of an Empire. The German Empire was no Empire for and by the people but an Empire formed by aristocracy and military. Most people identified as Bavarians, Hamburger, Prussian or other territorial form. Being German was and had not been a thing prior to 1871 and even then the identity wasn't about being a German but being loyal to the Emperor. The tensions in Europe only started to get real with Wilhelm II's change in foreign policy and the wish to create a grand fleet that rivald that of Britain. Cartoons of the time show perfectly how the outside world noticed the German intentions for more land and more power.
1:02: "but now they want to humiliate us" - he was right. That was the real intention of France and UK against Germany.
Yes, yes indeed
France maybe, but not the UK.
@@lionguardant5468 the UK, was more or less like Russia, and was kind of dragged in because of alliances and witch side was witch.
RIP
Wilhelm II
(1859-1941)
Fun Fact: This is not the Recording the German People got to hear back then. There are several versions of this recording, because Willhelm II. had to do them all over again a few times. The Actual recording the People had heard is lost, but this version which was one of the "Test" versions was recovered.
This is correct, was wondering if anyone would pick up on that. If I'm not mistaken this one was made in late 1918.
You should mention this at the beginning
@@annelbeab8124maybe I will remake the video one day, and mention that, and maybe clean up the subtitles a bit .
He sported a cool looking mustache that made him look distinguished.
Agreed
Agreed👏🏼.
Ironic how he gave his best to preserve peace and his cousin George wanted it more or less. But the worst were the polititians and military.
Yes indeed, this is a fact most often overlooked in history. Also one of the things that made him a decent Emperor .
The Kaiser could have prevented things if he had wanted, but he did not. He was through and through of an imperialistic nature.
@@dabozzcrg There are multiple accounts that argue against it.
Hoyer says he was not expecting it. Went on his summer vacation to Norway when it broke out.
Excellent. Thank you for posting.
I'm glad you liked it
This is an incredibly important speech in the history of mankind, but often forgotten or overlooked. The Kaiser is expressing the emotions and grievances of almost all Germans of his day, and also millions of Austrians like the young Adolf Hitler. Today the Kaiser is seen as an irrelevant, ineffective, weak leader, eventually deposed and forced to leave Germany, to spend his final years in obscurity in Holland. But at the time he gave his speech, millions of cheering Germans and Austrians like Hitler, gathered in the streets, eager to go to war on the Kaiser's behalf. Rightly or wrongly, the Kaiser expressed the virtually unanimous agreement of Germans and Austrians against their perceived enemies and oppressors. This speech made WW1 happen, and laid the foundations for Hitler's rise to power and WW2.
You certainly have a great understanding of the times of Wilhelm II, well said my friend.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern He certainly has no idea at all about the times when he claims that a speech given a week after the war began would have caused that war.
@@maximkretsch7134He never Said that as an Austrian we know who started the war, it was when Ferdinand was shot by a Balkan Nationalist
Germany eventually entered the war because of Austria. Just Like the Second time...
@@ClashroyaleKing-vs2jh "He never said that" - which part of "This speech made WW1 happen" remains unclear?
It's purely the German view, and not necessarily anyone elses.
Why does Kaiser Wilhelm's vice sound so clear, whereas Franz Joseph is so difficult to understand? The only recording of Franz Joseph I heard is from 1910, only four years before this one. How could recording quality have come this far in four years, especially if both years were more than a century ago?
While I cannot provide any helpful input, that is very interesting to think about. If you are interested in more info, check out my Franz Joseph recording from 1900.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries (the so-called Belle Epoque), progress really moved very quickly. Also Germany was richer and more technologically advanced than Austria-Hungary.
This was a great Emperor. He got ran out of Germany overnight.
Indeed
Germany was not defeated in World War I. The Allies were nowhere near close to being able to invade in November 1918.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand should never went on that peace mission to Sarajevo. You should never go where you are not welcomed.
Amazing, thanks for this!
People forget he is English by birth. The grandchild of Victoria. Probably, may not have necessarily had German spoken w/in the confines of his personal 'nuclear' family. Even to an untrained ear one can tell he is slightly struggling w/ speaking German. My opinion. No haters, please.
To say he commonly spoke English, I would disagree with, however to explain the struggle with words, that might be due to the fact that he was getting old and was tired after 4 years of war. As this recording was made in late 1918. However, perhaps you are more right than I may assume. Interesting take on the situation however.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern Thank you for your thoughts.
You have it the wrong way around, Victoria is rather "a German" stemming from house Hanover - Germany wasn't a concept back then though, that was artifically created by nationalism. Just as the House of Windsor which is originally House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, they relabled because of WW1 and the bad impression. Just as many Germans in the US did. Germans were the largest migrant group to the US back then, not English, nor Irish people. Current King Charles speaks German quite fluently by the way.
@@dabozzcrg Yes, I know he does. My late aunt remembered hearing both his father and Charles speaking the language. She too was impressed with their speaking ability -- which doesn't mean very much. My aunt BTW actually didn't speak her own native language very well. Lol.
he's not struggling with speaking German, he is just speaking with a prussian accent
this accent is actually a medical condition with it's own ICD number, it can only be cured by a long stay in Baden-Baden and regular walks in the black forrest while imitating the sound of a coocoo clock
If you listen to recordings of his first cousin and enemy, George V of Great Britain, their voices sound remarkably alike.
I have noticed this myself, quite interesting it is.
I ask myself, where and in what context was this speech held, how was it spread? There was no radio broadcasting these days yet.
This recording was made in 1918, of course not the actual speech. This meaning that it was most likely just for the preservation of his voice, witch at the time was something not everyone had of course.
Unfortunately the subtitles are misleading here and there.
This is true, I took the subtitles from the best place I could get them, which was a sketchy place to say the least, try to excuse that please.
No intention to criticise, just a hint. Moreover, I get along with the speech and don't need the subtitles. Here maybe some clarifications for viewers:
0:45 it is rather "we endured" than "we had to suffer"
0:58 "awareness" rather than "knowledge"
1:03 "humiliate" rather than "abuse"
1:28 "who is fighting for his status as a great power"
1:36 "honour" instead of "glory"
2:10 "were able to form again"
2:17 "germanness" rather than "German constitution"
@@maximkretsch7134thank you very much :)
@@maximkretsch7134I'm going to be making an updated video, this will help me greatly, thanks again
Germany never wanted war in 1914 or in 1939, unlike France and the British Empire.
In 1914 this is true, however in 1939 it was very much Germany that was the aggressor. Any swift look through any books will show that, in fact, France and Britain held off on Hitler for a while, thinking he may back off a bit, however Hitler forced their hand.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern Backing the Soviet invasion of fascist Poland in 1939 was fatal for Britain and France.
Strongly agree in 1914
Strongly Disagree in 1939
@@jeffhouston7585 Judea had officially announced its declaration of war in March 1933.
Pardon me?
Never was Germany overcome, when it was united.
Indeed!!!!
Germany did not lose World War I.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw kindly explain.
@@LawrenceofIsrael The Allies were nowhere close to being able to invade Germany in November 1918.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw Then they would have been in 1919. This was widely expected. However, General Ludendorff understood that the Americans were pouring divisions and materiel into the war as if with a firehose, and that by the next spring, with the English and the French freshly motivated, the enemy would undoubtedly overwhelm what was left of Germany's armed forces, and march across the whole country if they so desired. So, he cracked. And told the civilian authorities, somewhat to their surprise, that the war was lost and THEY would now be responsible for negotiating armistice terms and signing such an agreement. By this maneuver he removed his and Hindenburg's leadership from the lost cause and prevented the army from any of the "guilt" or "shame" of surrendering. So the German army remained "undefeated in the field!" and German cities, with a few exceptions, weren't occupied by the winners. General Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, was of the opinion then and later that the war should have been kept up all the way over the German borders, so the Germans would know they'd been militarily defeated. This happened in 1945, good and hard, but in 1918 other views prevailed.
@@anthonypearsall5851 The US was on the wrong side twice. The Allies would not have been able to invade Germany in 1919.
And with these words millions would die in the mud and the blood of the trenches.
Good video
Nice Video!
Unser Kaiser immer !!!!
Just wondering what was the reason for recording this? Who was going to listen it at that time?
You know, I'm really not sure, perhaps just for the recording. Perhaps as a preservation project of some sort. Its worth research.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern Where was the recording found? It could have been played in movie theatres, as were newsreels at the time.
@@ISIO-George I really don't know, perhaps in some old Imperial archives or something like that. I'm not sure if this recording was really even ever viewed publicly, even small scale.
probably it was a speech to the public and they recorded it because they wanted to have proofs for future that the kaiser did some stuff in case the folk might say lies against him.
@@ISIO-Georgethey may have had silent films back in 1914 but I really don't think they had newsreels. Even if they did however, they would not have been with sound.
We still don't know many things about the exact circumstances that lead to World War I. Germany and Russia were mobilizing for the war long before Sarajevo, and relationships between Prussia and the Austria could not have been that good as Wilhelm insisting, given their previous recent history. Yet it is clear from Wilhelm's speeches that he thought that war was unavoidable, and he made it a priority that the German fleet is equal in strength to the British, years before the war. World War I. was a done deal years before 1914.
Yes, It is worth putting time and effort into studying and learning about, and the true start to WW1 is very well open to different interpretations. That is the interesting thing to WW1 as a whole, as it was both pointless and very necessary at the same time.
The reason he wanted to build up the German navy, is because half of Germany’s food supply and raw material was imported from abroad, the British royal could’ve starved Germany into capitulation thru a naval blockade which they did in ww1.
The German naval build up was not to match that of Britain's, but to secure their imports.
@@zwilder1 yes, you are correct
@@jokester3076 Germany did not import a lot of food back in the days. There were no containers, no europallets. Even in times of the Nazi's, so over 20 years later, Germany was not dependant on food transported over the oceans and it still isn't today. This is also true for other raw materials except for oil maybe. Trains were far more important for coal and iron. - The fleet was build as Wilhelm II wanted a colonial empire and a piece of the cake the British and the French had. Studying the Congo Conference shows a lot of the true intentions of Germany on a global scale. It was not an accident that the pretty unimportant Belgian King owned Congo.
Man was a Genius! At Rest Brave Man...
Es lebe das Deutsche Kaiserreich, es lebe die Monarchie!
Es lebe der Kaiser
Gott erhalte unser Kaiser, Konig und Held! Fur Gott, Kaiser und Vaterland!
@@martinfranke846Here, have a ö and a ü 🙂
Nice. PLEASE tell me how you got that nice font for your title.
Do you mean the font for my Profile name? I used a font changer, witch you can find by a basic Google search, and copy pasted it into the TH-cam username bar.
The rhythm of his speaking and pauses are very much like Hitler's that I've heard, though I don't know German. It makes you wonder if Hitler deliberately copied the style to make himself sound more well, suited to the job in German minds.
Very interesting observation
If you listen to pretty much any voice recording of any nation of that time you will notice that they all speak in a very pronounced, even unnatural way with pausing after every other word. Just watch an old film or newsreel. This was due to the contemporary low quality of sound recording and playback and, in case of public speeches, a lack of voice amplification. Hitler spoke as he spoke in public because he was a professional speaker.
@@maximkretsch7134good to know, thanks for the information
Nope, there was a certain peculiar way in early recordings and manner to give speeches. Stiff and deliberate. Check recordings from the 1950s also in English and the way of presenting things, the tonality etc.
Hitler had a range of menacing undertones, going low again and rising up to shouting that I think was very 'unique'. Goebbels equals him in speaking as exaggerated as him and people will immediately recognise - and distinguish - the two. It appears no other prominent figure dared to be as vocally peculiar and exceptional as Hitler..it shows how important Goebbels was and how self confident. He is often overlooked as a driving force and 'master mind' of it all, I think.
It takes more than one psychotic person to establish lunacy as a governmental power. It takes a people gullible enough to follow. Many survivors of WWI watched in horror as it became clear there would be another war. Yet I wonder was traumatising of WWI did to the minds of many while 1871 was nearly as close to people as 1989 to us now. Conclusion: war and poverty mess with our minds or we are traditionally falling from one mess into the next never really coming to our senses. Economic systems that foster a war like survival behaviour prevent us from relaxing into sanity in those times when the conflicts we are involved are not right at our doorstep or at least no affecting our territory or what we believe ours to be.
@@annelbeab8124
I wasn't saying they were indistinguishable. But I would believe Hitler trying to 'talk' like the last legitimate German emperor, even practicing it. It would help pubic acceptance of his dictatorship. Some kind of royal credentials or endorsement would have helped more, but I don't believe he ever got that.
He was a calculating man by anyone's account!
Podobno na poczatku sierpnia 1914 Wilhelm 2 mial sie wyrazic do wyruszajac na wojne zolnierzy - " Nim liscie opadna z drzew wrocicie jako zwyciezcy.....". Czy to prawda czy tylko legenda lub mit ? W 1940r po klesce Francji gratulowal Hitlerowi zwyciestwa.....
The quote he gave in 1914 was "You Will be Home Before the Leaves Have Fallen from the Trees." He also congratulated Hitler on invading France, however it was in bad taste to Hitler, as he also added that it was with his troops that he did it.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern Thanks
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern France had invaded Germany in 1939.
2:15 Id argue the "um [...] deutschen Wesens" refers more to the continued existence of the German "spirit" and lifestyle than the constitution.
I would say you are correct, sorry for any mistakes.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern All good, the video is very interesting and I didn't spot anything else.
"Our Horses" He did not realize that the Victorian Age was over. Napoleanic Era was over. The Rules had Changed. The weapons had changed. Even though Gavrilo Princip, the domestic terrorist who murdered The Archduke and his wife had already been arrested and was dying in jail. Justice had been serves. But Kaiser Wilhelm "Needed this war. His war" he had grown up listening tales and romanticised stories of the wars of his ancestors and Battlefield Glory. What he thought would be a Quick land-grabbing war (Like the Prussian-Schleswig war) and the end of his family's hundred years of ruling Prussia and then the German Empire. Russian Empire gone,the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the end of Habsburg Rule, Italian Monarchy turned into a puppet state ruled by Musdolini, the Greek Monarchy. Then when America joined the war after the interception of the Zimmerman Telegramm the signing of that Telegram they signed their Death Warrant. The Kaiser didn't give a fuck about serving justice to his distant relatives death, Justice had already been served. This was a Family Feud with Armies.
I do not necessarily agree with some of the things you say here, nor do I support the idea of Blaming Wilhelm II entirely for the war crimes committed by his nation, but thank you for your input on it.
@FriedrichWilhelmViktorAlbert Oh no I didn't mean to blame Wilhelm II entirely either. No of course not. He tried as well trying to work things out in my opinion. That was just maybe the only small part I could grasp at what was just...Just completely destructional level that defined an entire Generation 😳 🤔 I'm very appreciative though that you noticed and read all that thank you lol
@@mediocremaiden8883I see you have read up on it, well done, sir, well done.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern I'm a girl. But thanks 😊
What surprises me is how much he sounds like a German George V. Perhaps it's just because they both smoked so have a gravelly tone.
He is George V's first cousin, after all. Both men were grandsons of Queen Victoria.
@@martinfranke846yes, you're correct, that could be a big part of it, like how their other cousin Nicholai II looked uncannily similar to George V.
2:18
I believe this was recorded on a cylinder.
It most definitely was, I agree
Did you know, Austria-Hungary, and Serbia, were the first two apponents to actually sign a peace pact ? I suppose they sat back and watched the other's fight it out.
Interesting
Let's check it.
What difference would it make though ? Each war has been underestimated in duration and casualty. Usually six months end to be six years.
Striking man, human 👍🎰
This is fascinating to hear a hundred plus years later, the actual voice of a historical figure and to gain an insight into Kaiser Wilhelm's justification for Germany's entry into WWI. You get this sense of a kind of inferiority complex in his words. Did the average German share this feeling grievance and victimhood I wonder?. Thank you for posting something so rare and interesting.
I wonder how old is this recording.
Recording was made in October or November of 1918.
Crazy how little German has changed over time, he sounds like he could be a politician from 2023
Indeed
Not really. Maybe the tone, but no "politician" in modern day germany would use these phrases or words anymore. Sadly.
@@oellappen269 >Sadly
Okay weirdo lol
@@buurmeisje okay? I stand by what I said lmao
@@oellappen269 Sad
what was kaiser wilhelm thinking after hitler made germany great again after the versailles treaty??
Wilhelm II deeply hated Hitler and his fascist regime. He also was deeply against the bad Treatment of the Jewish population. Wilhelm II did not really even get to see Germany at her greatest extent, however he was unapproving of Hitlers expansionist sentiment and racial views. Wilhelm II died before he could ever see the fall of the Third Reich.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern Wilhelm was openly anti-Semitic all his life, and he supported Hitler's rise to power. He rejoiced at the defeat of Poland in 1939, and the Fall of France in 1940.
"after hitler made germany great again?" Huh?
@@SR-iy4gg yeah, "great" they said
@@SR-iy4gg By destroying the European colonial empires he changed the world more than anyone since Alexander the Great.
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary should have listened, when he received a personal letter from Don Bosco, the Italian founder of the Salesians. He adviced him to ally with France, and Spain, to be careful with Russia, and not to ally with Prussia. He should keep his country out of war, as much as possible. The same advice later came from Rasputin, the West Siberian monk, to the Tzar of Russia. He said, keep Russia out of this war, for it would ruïn the monarchy, if you walk into this trap. It's true that had the Russians kept their forces at home, the bolshewik revolution would have never succeeded. Certain enemy forces wanted to destroy the christian monarchies of Europe, with the instigation of this first World war, and the subsequent revolution in Russia.
thx 4 the comment.
could you pls name your sources 'Don Bosco'?
the russian revolution would have happened regardless. the st petersburg revolt already proved so
@@monoecumsemper I saw it here, on a channel called the Miracles and prophecies of saint John Bosco. According to the story, Don Bosco wrote a letter on May 14, 1873 to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary. I don't know if he received an answer from him. But if the Emperor had paid close attention, and listened to what the saint said to him, he would not have started a conflict with Serbia over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife in Serajewo. He would have been so wise, as to solve it in an other manner. Most history channels claim, that Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany promised his full support, if Austria-Hungary would have come in a conflict with Serbia, suggesting that Austria-Hungary should attack Serbia. I don't know if he meant that. I believe that Germany didn't want any war, but only wanted to give guarantuee to Austria that Germany would help if neccessary. That is quite different from instigating a war. So, the real cause of World war I, was not Germany's alleged ambitions, as so many historians claim. It was in fact the imprudence of the Kaiser of Austria-Hungary, Franz-Joseph I. Not wanting to listen to an urgent message from Heaven, because yes, Don Bosco had received this message from Jesus Christ, I believe in a dream. That was the usual way in which Heaven communicated with him. If the Kaiser had followed his advice, then God would have supported him, in all his undertakings, and He would have made the Empire great and strong. But he didn't listen, and that is why many calamities came over Austria-Hungary, and the monarchy of the Danube.
@@joni3503 Hmm, I'm German and a Monarchist (Team Hohenzollern), but definitely not a Christian.
First of all Thank you very much for not putting the blame on my Country, my People and my Ancestors.
I would agree with you that Franz Josef would have been better of by negotiating with Serbia rather than going to war, but i also heard that Politicians and High-ranking members of his Military intercepted Letters from Serbia which basically agreed with all Points of Austria-Hungarys Ultimatum, except for one or two which Serbia offered to negotiate further. But again some people of the KuK administration dreamed of an empire from the foot of the alps to the Middle East
Interesting input
He says "see" and its translated into Sea, is this correct, maybe in old German? I always learned it was a lake.
See is also used for sea, as they both come from the same word. Prominent examples in which See is used the same as sea are Ostsee (Baltic sea) and Südsee (Southern Pacific)
@@FranconiaForever This makes sense to me.
With Sea being Zee in Dutch.
Lake is Meer in Dutch.
I was always under the impression the Germans switched these up for some reason.
Very cool
Yes, indeed
nazi says whattttttt
@@jayrodtherednazi?
@@jayrodtheredNazi? 🤨🤨🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
The themes remind me of George W Bush's speeches "They hate our freedom"...
I never thought of that, but you are right.
How could you record this back in the 1910s?
On a wax cylinder recorder.
Gott Schutz den Kaiser.
Er und Nikolaus II. wollten keinen Krieg. Lest das Buch Verborgene Geschichte von Gerry Duchant und Jim Mcgregor🙋♂️
And Yet In The End Nicholas II Still Purposely Allowed The War To Continue
@@hofnarrtheclownNicholas II is a strange case, at first he did try to stop Russian mobilization, however his chief of staff outright told him no, later on however it seemed as though he wanted to continue the war if for no other reason to regain lost Russian lands, an interesting thing because the September Programme had not been drawn up.
@@hofnarrtheclownhis general of staff basically refused the Tsar‘s order to stop the mobilization on behalf of Wilhelm’s telegrams, basically escalating the conflict
Oh boy! What could possibly go wrong? That sounds like such a great idea!
France, the British Empire and the Russian Empire sided with Serbian terrorists.
Germany correctly wanted to punish the terrorists.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw It is indeed terrible to murder people, but the real problem was the competition and sabre-rattling between empires (British and German/Austro-Hungarian), not to mention the brutality of those empires themselves. Furthermore, for Germany to invade Belgium, whose neutrality it had sworn to protect, was hardly a "correct" move.
@@clarepellerin The UK should have allied with Germany in 1901. Allying with declining powers France and Russia was a mistake.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw The real start of the war was due to the Balkan Strategy and the reassurances Russia got from France.
@@zwilder1 The UK had already given a "black cheque" to France.
He had 55 at the time, truly smoking was as horrible as it continues to be
When this was recorded (1918), he was 58, however you are still correct about smoking in my opinion.
The British Empire should have joined the Central Powers in 1914, rather than ally with Serbian terrorists.
It theoretically could actually have happened should Edward VII not have been such a garbage British king. If you know the things that Edward VII did to Anglo German relations, you already know that. However it could have been possible.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern Edward VII was a Zionist Freemason.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kwexactly my point, an awful person
fun fact: victoria's favorite grandchild was willhelm ii..... I am not joking, also the guy wasnt evil, it was just british propaganda...
We will fight until the last breath of....our horses?
Lol.
that is an interesting thing to say, isnt it
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern I'll say. If the soldiers all die, any horses still in the field are just gonna graze.
At this time horses were still intrical to warfare. This is still before mass mechanized transport was a thing.
The translation is a bit incoherent. Original: _'Wir werden uns wehren, bis zum letzten Mann und Ross'_ which could be translated more accurately as _'We will defend ourselves to the last man and [his] mount'._ Cavalry was still a thing in WW I - you might have seen the movie 'Warhorse'. Artillery pieces were usually drafted with horses, that would be more reliable in the mud than lorries. There are also well known pictures of horses fitted with gas masks, to protect them from gas attacks.
Even in WW II, which in movies and pictures is displayed as highly mechanized, horses had still an important role. Throughout WW II, the Germans used 2,800,000 horses, and lost about 1,500,000, especially during the gruesome winter campaign in the east.
For WW I, estimates range from 10 to 16 million horses used by all parties, and about 8 million lost.
Handlers had an ambivalent relationship to their mounts. You know, that you shouldn't hang your heart on it. Still, your life hinges on the trust and obedience of the animal, this can hardly be achieved without emotional attachment. When, on leaving Namibia, ('Deutsch Südwest'), the commanders of the 'Schutztruppe' ordered their cavalry men, to kill their horses, because shipping them back to Germany would have been too expensive, many of them disobeyed. They set them free, to fend for themselves. It has become popular belief, that some of them lived on in the wild horses of Garub.
He was prusian.... So cavalry was very important for him
DEUTSCHLAND!
Mit Gott fur Kaiser, Konig und Vaterland! Es Lebe unser Kaiser und Konig, George Friedrich von Hohenzollern!
I take it that his speech was intended for those few, who could afford a Record Player , as there were no radios then? He certainly talks like a man of his century, and not exactly the truth either.
This specific speech was not actually the speech people heard. This was actually made in later 1918 for preservation. The speech he made in Berlin however would have been in news papers, but any recordings of it have since been lost
Well Actually It was Serbia and Austria hungry who started the first world war. The arch duke of the Austrian Hungarian Empire Was Murdered By a Serbian In Bosnia And Austria hungry declared war on Serbia In which Imperial Russia Declared war on Austria hungry Cause Serbia And Russia had a pretty close relationship And When Austria hungry Found it self in a war with Russia They called The German Empire for Help In which France declared war on Germany And When Germany Went through Belgium The United Kingdom of great Britain Declared war on Germany
This is the most direct cause, and while you are correct, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was not the sole reason for WW1, WW1 was more a culmination of 30 years of Political and Monarchial tension, blown over by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, these other events including the Balkan wars, the Franco Prussian war, the awful reign of King Edward VII and a series of Germanophobes getting in power in France.
@@Wilhelm-Von-HohenzollernIt was More like a Trigger Cause rather than a Direct Cause but I Agree Mostly
@@hofnarrtheclown that is a better word, I agree with you.
I visited the castle of Franz Ferdinand, whose palace houses some 10 000 dead animals that he killed personally, plus collections of armour and instruments of torture. You can almost smell death in the air around these people...
Very Interesting, I would love to visit it one day.
George V shot thousands of birds in one day.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw These so-called "nobles" were of the same ilk everywhere, of course. Fortunately, the nobles didn't actually make important decisions in England or France, which were governed by people's parliaments.
@@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern It was indeed an interesting, if disheartening, learning experience. I went there and to Theresienstadt on the same day - that was a lot to process... I had read well before that about the brave Czech teenagers who were shot at the end of the tunnel at Theresienstadt as members of the Resistance, so it was difficult to see the place in real life. And of course Theresienstadt was just the "show" camp to make the Nazis look good... The main lesson of history is that we need to learn to respect human life. (The instruments of torture collection was not open to the public, by the way. Nor would I have wanted to see it.)
@@clarepellerin Germany was more democratic than the UK in 1914.
Could have easily have been a speech made by Hitler!
Not even close🤣🤣🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️