The Austro-Prussian War - Explained in 11 Minutes

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  • @Knowledgia
    @Knowledgia  3 ปีที่แล้ว +569

    Some extra Information: For centuries Austria was considered the leader of the German states and the Habsburg Family controlled the Emperorship of the Formal Holy Roman Empire.
    Another German state, Prussia became increasingly powerful and by the late 18th century was ranked as one of the great powers of Europe and started to contest Austria's supremacy in Germany.
    As nationalism increased in Europe, a powerful aim of most German nationalists was the gathering of all Germans under one state.
    Some possibilities existed. One including Austria, and one excluding Austria.
    The Prussian Prime Minister, Otto Von Bismarck opted to not impose harsh terms against the Austrian Empire, so they can become allies in the future. After the German Unification there will still be rivalry between Germany and Austria, but they were allies in World War 1.
    There were also other major battles that we didn’t cover in this video and also the Italian participation was very important. To not make this video very long we tried to focus on the major events and on the most important battle of the war.

    • @abrahamlincoln8037
      @abrahamlincoln8037 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      first

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm sorry , *THIS* is boring 🙄 . Could only sit through it till 1:00 of video timeline. 😓

    • @shadmanabdulkalamkalam2261
      @shadmanabdulkalamkalam2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very nice 👍

    • @petrameyer1121
      @petrameyer1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe you should state history correctly? The Danish started the war rather foolishly.

    • @LinhNguyen.
      @LinhNguyen. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just watch a video about that and you upload wow.

  • @Z.E.O.25
    @Z.E.O.25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1432

    a couple decades later:
    Bismarck: I'm going to jump
    Kaiser Wilhelm II: Do a flip!

    • @tylermech66
      @tylermech66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Damnit Billy respect your elders!

    • @Barwasser
      @Barwasser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      a couple decades later:
      Kaiser Wilhelm II: I'll do a flip - look mom, no hands!
      *directed by robert b weide

    • @tenid4824
      @tenid4824 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      so true, hahaz!!

    • @PrestonGarvey-j3g
      @PrestonGarvey-j3g 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most important part of history

    • @aredpandahREAL
      @aredpandahREAL 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That Bismarck guy is incompetent lol

  • @Barwasser
    @Barwasser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1558

    Bismark really knew how to make peace. Sometimes this is just as important as knowing how to win wars.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Know when to hold, know when to fold, said Kenny Rogers...

    • @emamag6455
      @emamag6455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Indeed, if the French had not imposed such harsh terms to Germany at the end of the ww1 probably there wouldn't be a ww2.

    • @actin9294
      @actin9294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@emamag6455 the terms were too lenient mate. Germans imposed much harsher terms on their crushed enemies and nobody talks about it.

    • @ItsClout_
      @ItsClout_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@actin9294 anyways

    • @actin9294
      @actin9294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ItsClout_ what

  • @DisgruntledHippo
    @DisgruntledHippo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +669

    A good book that covers this topic is "The Pursuit of Power. Europe 1815-1914."

    • @shweli4326
      @shweli4326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That book is some beautiful literature

    • @commentbellow8185
      @commentbellow8185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Thanks for this suggestion. I will look it up.
      People say social media is all bad but I have learned a lot.

    • @DisgruntledHippo
      @DisgruntledHippo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@commentbellow8185 Anytime! That's one of the reasons why I love these channels. It's great opportunity to give book recommendations on the subject if someone would like to take a more in depth look at the topic.

    • @VenomousSpyro
      @VenomousSpyro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@commentbellow8185 Social Media for the most part is bad. But the history community is pretty good. And the history community is almost exclusively to the right Politically. So we avoid all the Leftist Crap that plagues social media.

    • @DisgruntledHippo
      @DisgruntledHippo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@VenomousSpyro lol

  • @ondrejsatny5919
    @ondrejsatny5919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    I live in north-east of Czech republic. Almost everywhere around you can see 1866 crosses. Under my small 5k town lies 50 000 soldiers. Just because Austrian general didn't listen to retreat command and sent his man in small groups against prussians. Horror.

    • @andreikier
      @andreikier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do today's Czechs side with Austria?

    • @rajaamirul3208
      @rajaamirul3208 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      damn, that a lot of space for 5k town

    • @ondrejsatny5919
      @ondrejsatny5919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@@andreikier At that time , we were under austria, so czechs fought for them because we had to, we didn't want to. ( In WWI Czechs often ran to Russians and created legions.) I would say Czechs always hated Austrians/Germans but after 40 years of communism more people hate Russians. I think now it´s friendly, there is no reson to hate them now. if you´re asking about army- after WWII they signed Austrian State Treaty en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_State_Treaty so now they should be neutral.

    • @troelembiid6970
      @troelembiid6970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@ondrejsatny5919 Many Czechs didn’t actually hate Austria. That is a myth that people believe about the Austrian empire. Many ethnicities did not believe in nationalism and actually embraced a unified country.

    • @pavel6688
      @pavel6688 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andreikier What do you mean by "side"?:)

  • @MrAsullivan12
    @MrAsullivan12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    Bismarck was the greatest diplomat to ever live. The amount of foresight he had is astonishing

    • @thewingedone1172
      @thewingedone1172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Bismarck singlehandedly ensured that France will become Germany's enemy in next global conflict and Germany's expansion in his reign lead to eventual creation of Entente. He was only lucky to be kicked out by Wilhelm 2 before Germany faced consequences of his mistakes. German Empire's days were counted the day Rheinland was annexed

    • @MrAsullivan12
      @MrAsullivan12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@thewingedone1172 not exactly. Bismarck always made sure to keep russia as an ally to prevent russia becoming an enemy. But wilhelm 2 decided he knew better than bismarck and the rest is history

    • @costamcostam8961
      @costamcostam8961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      And it was because of Wilhelm I that Germany took Alsace from France. Bismarck was aware that France will seek revenge after this. But to be fair, he wasn't protesting much against Wilhelm's idea. He as well wanted to weaken France.

    • @mosquitobight
      @mosquitobight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@costamcostam8961 Bismarck should have persuaded Wilhelm to ask for some colonies instead. France probably would have given up West Africa rather than Alsace-Lorraine. If the colonies weren't profitable, they could always be sold.

    • @fkjl4717
      @fkjl4717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@MrAsullivan12 this is not quite true. Bismarks diplomacy was different for different times. While German Empire was forming while it was just Prussia Bismark was seeking allies everywhere including Russia. After victory over France Bismark not needed Russia any more and signed alliance with Austro-Hungarian empire which had a quarrel with Russia over Balkans. Also at Berlin congress (1878) Bismark supported Austrian aims, not Russian and Bulgarian. Three emperors conference was just pocket sand into Russian eyes.
      Bismark also believed that it was important for Germany to weaken France and safe Austria stable. in 1866 Bismark refused military staff (Prussian) and Italian voices for pressing further into Austria and crush it, with possibility of creating the Grossdeutschland and freeing Trentino and Trieste for Italy. Also he refused any initiative to invade Austria again. So Germany anyway would at least take Metz-Strasbourg area from France and anyway become enemy with Russia.
      Also it would be fair to say that fortresses on Franco-German border were important for protection of Germany in future. If France saved control over all of them it would be a perfect stance for new Franco-German war. Bismarks late diplomacy was a pretext for WW1, even if Alsace was not taken it would only slow down creation of Entente.
      I believe WW1 could be successful for Germany only if Bismark did isolate Austria instead of supporting it.

  • @magmanek1508
    @magmanek1508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    Although my country has been part of Austrian empire till the end of WW1 and we've learned about this, I still managed to learn a lot In almost 11 minutes.. Great video!

    • @geocritic3577
      @geocritic3577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What country are you from?

    • @magmanek1508
      @magmanek1508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@geocritic3577 Czech Republic

    • @geocritic3577
      @geocritic3577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@magmanek1508 nice

    • @stevensamuels4041
      @stevensamuels4041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@magmanek1508 so you hatte Germans

    • @nycmapper8307
      @nycmapper8307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stevensamuels4041 Czechs don't hate Germans

  • @Newdivide
    @Newdivide 3 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.
    - Otto von Bismarck

    • @USSFFRU
      @USSFFRU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Did Bismarck really say that? If he did, then he predicted WW1

    • @primkup
      @primkup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      ​@@USSFFRU Bismarck also said to kaiser Wilhelm II this: "Your majesty, so long as you have this present officer corps, you can do as you please. But when this is no longer the case, it will be very different for you. The crash will come 20 years after my departure if things go on like this."
      Bismarck died in 1898. 20 years later, German monarchy collapsed.

    • @USSFFRU
      @USSFFRU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@primkup Bismarck was a great general, but knew the future, jeez.

    • @USSFFRU
      @USSFFRU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Shadow Reptile it sucks no one would follow Bismarck's footsteps in the 1900s.

    • @primkup
      @primkup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@USSFFRU Not general, politician. But yes, he was pretty good.

  • @HistoryOfRevolutions
    @HistoryOfRevolutions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    "It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians"
    - Bertolt Brecht

    • @Threezi04
      @Threezi04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@godlovesyou1995 How so?

    • @godlovesyou1995
      @godlovesyou1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Threezi04 sorry, i misread the meaning/ tone of the words

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Based

    • @blubberwasser5105
      @blubberwasser5105 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      do you know the original version which is presumably in german?

    • @grandcrowdadforde6127
      @grandcrowdadforde6127 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And! quote... Its not a crime robbing a bank; its a crime starting one !

  • @edwinsparda7622
    @edwinsparda7622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1778

    Austria ruled German states for centuries.
    Austria today: we're not German.

    • @linguaLatinae
      @linguaLatinae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      After WW2 they didn’t want to be german anymore 😂🙈

    • @xenotypos
      @xenotypos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +378

      It's because there's always that confusion between German and Germanic, when Austrians say they aren't German it's just a matter of nationality, they just want to distinguish themselves from German citizens.
      They aren't denying they are Germanic.

    • @internet5076
      @internet5076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@xenotypos Nowadays Deutsch means of German nationality but especially before WW2 I feel like it meant Germanic.

    • @florl5350
      @florl5350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@amirudinadnan7024 You miss the Anschluss. Are you serious? And yeah, we don’t consider ourself german because we have another culture, history and dialect as Germany, even though everyone knows that we are ethnically german. But even when we would be part of Germany like Bavaria, most of us would feel more like an Austrian. Many bavarians don’t feel german and many germans don’t feel like it belongs to Germany. What I wanna say is that the „Entnazifizierung“ was an extremely important thing, but we would still feel Austrian without it

    • @trollinape2697
      @trollinape2697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@xenotypos germanic =/= german. Germanics also a counts for scandinavia netherlands etc, austrians felt they were ethnically german and nowadays an austrian would get annoyed if you called them german

  • @HighPeakMapping
    @HighPeakMapping 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Ah the brother's war. One to remember.

    • @andatwsk2810
      @andatwsk2810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      One not to remember, atleast for me

    • @riccards
      @riccards 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@andatwsk2810 *shut german*

    • @sadiqahmed4143
      @sadiqahmed4143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@andatwsk2810 Sir you have been found being involved in anti German things we hearby Arrest you and sentence you to reduction of size and loss of your Empire now go get cringed

    • @andatwsk2810
      @andatwsk2810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sadiqahmed4143 I will consider myself german only after the prussian are gone

    • @def3ndr887
      @def3ndr887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andatwsk2810 it’s a shame those pigs from Prussia United Germany instead of you

  • @none5349
    @none5349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +724

    Frederick The Great, the only German who defeated the world powers by himself.

    • @yes-tn2nk
      @yes-tn2nk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Laughing as a french

    • @mariano98ify
      @mariano98ify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      He had the huge advantage of fighting at home. The supplies lines for the coalition armies and old communications tools were ineffective to coordinate big differetents armies.

    • @toonfranken5236
      @toonfranken5236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Lucky for him there wans’t a small angry Austrian guy who tried right?… right?

    • @LDW12887
      @LDW12887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      >the world
      You know africans and asians are part of this "world" of yours, bigot

    • @joemamaobama6863
      @joemamaobama6863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      lmao only cuz peter iii was a prussian fanboy

  • @d.s.archer5903
    @d.s.archer5903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The Battle of Königgrätz (Sadowa), 3 July 1866, is especially interesting because it culminates in a situation we have seen throughout military history: last-minute reinforcements arriving and turning the tide of battle. A few examples are Towton (1461), Marengo (1800), Waterloo (1815), Antietam (1862), and The Wilderness (1864).

    • @RagingGoblin
      @RagingGoblin ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Mr Storni Agreed. I really hate the (predominantly British-American) fixation on Waterloo.
      Napoleon was beaten at Leipzig by Russians, Prussians, Swedes and Austrians.
      Pretending that Britain came in to save Europe doesn't really make it true.

  • @heliosapollyon4391
    @heliosapollyon4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Prussia is such a kickass name for a country or maybe it's badass IDK

    • @Chalk_I
      @Chalk_I 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      yeah adding a P in Russia is pretty cool ngl

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😎👍

    • @mosquitobight
      @mosquitobight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Too bad they didn't add a C or a K, they could have been Krussia

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Chalk_I Prussia = Preußen in German originates from the Latin Borussia = nearby Russia. The name was originally used for the territory later known as "Eastern Prussia" with the capital of Königsberg. In 1701 the first Prussian King Friedrich I. took his crown as a King especially for this territory. The territory around Berlin was the Electorate of Brandenburg. Only after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 the name "Kingdom of Prussia" was used for the whole territory. So, yes, "Prussia" had to do with "Russia".

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      P(lus) + Russia = Prussia

  • @ulrichhartmann4585
    @ulrichhartmann4585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The North German Confederation was no continuation of the German Confederation. It was not a loose assembly of independent states but a unified federal state. (And it did not contain Luxembourg and the Dutch province of Limburg.) In fact, the later German empire was nothing else but an extended version of the North German Confederation.

  • @d.s.archer5903
    @d.s.archer5903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    8:15 Anyone interested in this era needs to check out “The Fall of Eagles”, a 13-part BBC drama from 1974. Episode 2, “The English Princess", deals with von Bismarck (Curd Jürgens) and the building of the German Empire, and includes the scene describe here where von Bismarck threatens to jump out of a window!

  • @HingerlAlois
    @HingerlAlois 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    First and foremost Prussia profited from the peace deals of Bismarck in 1870 when France declared war on Prussia.
    Austria stayed out of the war between France and Prussia.
    The southern German states (Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Hesse) were obliged to join Prussia against France as they had to sign defensive treaties with Prussia at the end of the Austro-Prussian War. This added a significant number of troops to the soldiers mobilized by Prussia and its allies of the North German confederation.
    Bavaria alone deployed around 100.000 soldiers for the war against France.

    • @josecano9210
      @josecano9210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Austrians wanted to join the Franco-Prussian war on the side of the French for payback against Prussia but by that time Austria became Austria-Hungary and the Hungarians wanted no part in the war so what the Austrians wanted got canceled out

    • @RagingGoblin
      @RagingGoblin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, Baden was pretty pro-Prussia, certainly compared to their southern neighbour-states.
      In the Austro-Prussian war, Baden's army was very intentionally blundering about and retreating from Prussia ... even as their southern comrades fought a relatively equal battle.
      Baden was particularly affected by the revolutionary waves of the mid-19th century. And Prussia helped them put the revolutionaries down.

  • @cwalumgutair5602
    @cwalumgutair5602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The video is finally here, thank you knowledgia

  • @vincenzochianese9378
    @vincenzochianese9378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Prussia : Italy what did you do in this war?
    Italy: that's the neat part, I didn't

    • @fkjl4717
      @fkjl4717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Interesting that Italy actually vowed Prussia to continue the war so they could take Trentino and Trieste. Bismark refused.

    • @macca154
      @macca154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LMFAO

    • @GenesisProgressive72
      @GenesisProgressive72 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except it entered Trentino

  • @alexl9012
    @alexl9012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    8:13 Bismarck being Bismarck

  • @elliotbrown1076
    @elliotbrown1076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Holy moly what a good episode

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    God, it sounds like 2 brothers who could not get along in their adult years and always got into a fist fight at summer family picnics lol.

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Safwaan I've actually seen that happen!

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Safwaan yup. Two of my cousins who are brothers tried owning a house together with their wives. They got tired of each other, one moved out and left the other with the mortgage, and they’ve hated each other ever since lol.
      They’ll act nice until a family member has some sort of drama snd then the hatred cones up again.

  • @NIKOLASAV1
    @NIKOLASAV1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Needle gun was the invention that tipped the balance of power.

  • @compatriot852
    @compatriot852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Imagine a world where Austria unified Germany. I wonder how that would change the world

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Actually, from what I've read, Austria (or at least their allies) didn't exactly want a fully unified Germany, but either to preserve the German Confederation or go to a system somewhat like the former Holy Roman Empire. There was very little if any chance non-German peoples would be wanted in a truly unified German state, and Franz Joseph was determined to hold onto Hungary, the Czechs and some of the Balkans. Prussia was determined to go full unified German state, and thus this war became inevitable. The video sadly left out some CRUCIAL details. The "German Question" honestly reminds me some of America's struggle (strong centralized nation or loose union of states).

    • @fkjl4717
      @fkjl4717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I dont think it would exist. Austria was interested in dominating over German cities but not in unifying them. If Prussia lost this war than what? I believe local nationalism would evolve also concerns about self-defence would grow for German states, so some smaller states would unify creating more big states like Bavaria and Prussia. Maybe France would make real project of South Germany (Baden and Wurtemberg united with Bavaria). So Germany would be split between North German state(under Prussia) and South Germany(under Bavaria).
      Without Prussia as unifier Germany would never unite.
      BTW there are also was religious difference Austria and especially royal court was deeply catholic while in German states protestantism was strong even in Bavaria were areas with domination of protestantism.

    • @Pqndchannel
      @Pqndchannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Read the holy Roman Empire by a Chinese historian author. It is an historical self insert into Emperor Franz in his effort to recreate the hre.

    • @starcityrc3298
      @starcityrc3298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well a certain guy with a mustache from Austria did Unify Germany lol

  • @yourlocalt72
    @yourlocalt72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    *Loads up Victoria 2*
    Ah shit here we go again

    • @uolboi5028
      @uolboi5028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Play eu4 then Vic 2 so good same with ck

    • @alexanderraz.
      @alexanderraz. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What your récord of forming Germany?

    • @yourlocalt72
      @yourlocalt72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@uolboi5028 i have almost 3k hours on eu4

    • @yourlocalt72
      @yourlocalt72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexanderraz. late 1860s im not that good at the game

    • @sauronmordor7494
      @sauronmordor7494 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yourlocalt72 ja

  • @young.angry.devildawg
    @young.angry.devildawg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    it’s funny how these 3 nations would become allies less than 100 years later

    • @terrypennington2519
      @terrypennington2519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      2. Italy didn't stay allied to them for long. And then 25 years later, Italy would again not stayed allied for very long. xD

    • @ilimes
      @ilimes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @i-mm-o res everyone lost

    • @terrypennington2519
      @terrypennington2519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @i-mm-o res Austria has no reason for an army. They literally have no rivals, and none outside of Europe having any reason to rival them. Germany has NATO and works jointly with the US, as well as having a massive influence on the EU and becoming the most economically rich country in Europe. And no, Germany isn't weak, it has the 10th strongest military in the world.
      Not having much of a say in international affairs doesn't mean the countries are irrelevant, sure that means they don't call the big shots anymore, but they do work in close partnership with those that do, and have other ways of influencing the world. Plus, not having to put a massive focus on military means they can focus on cultural, economical, and technological development. A country can still be great, regardless of international relevancy or not.

    • @purpleteaisme
      @purpleteaisme 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@terrypennington2519 You clearly misunderstood what he said, please reread it more clearly now.
      Also, Austria do have a military.

    • @terrypennington2519
      @terrypennington2519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@purpleteaisme "Austria has no army, Germany a week one. USA,UK,France,Russia and China lately have the last say in critical international affairs and negotiations. Austria is almost irrelevant internationally... These are the cruel rules, the winners take it all."
      I'm to believe I read it and understood it perfectly, and replied accordingly. What is it here that I am not understanding?

  • @abaddon7558
    @abaddon7558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very nice video, never heard of that conflict, now we need the follow up war, the war of 1870 between Franc, Prussia an its allies, that led to the Germany unification.

  • @Diamond-vy1lx
    @Diamond-vy1lx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Exam week next week
    I wish it was from this...

  • @yar3130
    @yar3130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    While the territory of Saxony was indeed occupied by Prussia, the whole Saxon Army linked up with the Austrian Army of the North and fought in almost every battle in the Bohemian theatre. I believe this could be called real support.

  • @abrahamlincoln8037
    @abrahamlincoln8037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Amazing History... Thanks!

  • @abrahamlincoln8037
    @abrahamlincoln8037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Man this should be my social's teacher...

  • @neroclaudius7284
    @neroclaudius7284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kings and Generals has an excellent video that focuses more on the battle of Königgratz. It is a good video to watch after this.

  • @user_____M
    @user_____M 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    >for a continent so big
    >literally the smallest besides Australia (but yeah, it's big from a personal perspective regardless)

    • @Knowledgia
      @Knowledgia  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      for a continent so big that had constant fights and wars in almost every region of it for centuries. I think we should have formulated it differently lol. Thanks for watching!

    • @haroldinho9930
      @haroldinho9930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s literally the biggest continent. The Americas are the second biggest, Antarctica is the third biggest, and Australia is the smallest.

    • @raptordoniv6779
      @raptordoniv6779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @rahul Dio yes it is

    • @user_____M
      @user_____M 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @rahul Dio did you just asume its gender?

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's kind of a difficult topic. The thing is, what would traditionally be considered europe would be a fairly small continent, but on the other hand, europe geographically speaking isn't an independent continent. Eurasia is. And eurasia is the biggest of the bunch, so depending on the definitions and semantics, europe is both the smallest and the biggest continent.

  • @subhamomm5930
    @subhamomm5930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow very nice video please bro keep it up this type of work in future. Your all videos are very nice. I get very knowledge from your videos. Your channel is the channel on you tube

  • @TonySlug
    @TonySlug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Since Austria didn't become part of a unified Germany due to animosity / rivalry with Prussia, it is somewhat understandable that a pan-German like Austrian politician A.H. wished to correct what he viewed as a "historical error" by annexing Austria during the "Anschluss". Furthermore it's odd / interesting to see several fairly large isolated Prussian enclaves spread across what is now Germany, including a pretty big one along the Eastern border of the Netherlands (Where I live). My dad told me that when he was young, elderly Dutch people would still refer to Germans across the border as "the Prussians", not Germans.

    • @tomitiustritus6672
      @tomitiustritus6672 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Austria didn't want to be part of a german national state, because Austria was an empire and would have had to give up their non-german holdings, most prominently the entirety of Hungary by such a move. Also the conflict over which of the two would rule a german national state was basically decided here. Austria lost that to Prussia and would never join unter prussian rule. It would have been just as that vice versa if the Austrians had won.

    • @MarcDufresneosorusrex
      @MarcDufresneosorusrex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tomitiustritus6672 ruled by different royal houses; I think Prussian royal home was HoheStaufen, Austria's was based (not Hohestaufen)?

    • @tomitiustritus6672
      @tomitiustritus6672 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MarcDufresneosorusrex Hohenzollern (Prussia)vs. Habsburg(Austria-Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Lorraine...)
      The Staufer (Hohenstaufen) were medieval holy roman emperrors (Friedrich Barbarossa etc.). But Nobility gets extremely convoluted extremely quickly.
      Edit: The Austrian Habsburgs Problem was, that Germany wanted to unite under a national State, guided by the idea of nationalism. The Habsburgs were still pretty spread out, across different holdings that were now understood as different nations. Hungary or the Balkans would not have been part of a german national state, but that was more than half of the Austro-Hungarian state. A german national state under prussian supremacy would be unthinkable for that reason. And of course for the reason that the Habsburgs were a multinational house that between them ruled half of Europe(Spain, Portugal, at times Belgium i think and so on). The biggest and mightiest and highest(in their eyes) Noble house and dynasty would never accept a comparatively local house like the Hohenzollern to rule over a Habsburg regent. That was also unacceptable.

    • @MarcDufresneosorusrex
      @MarcDufresneosorusrex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tomitiustritus6672 thank you for this; i like to come back to my youtube comments for quick info : )

    • @actin9294
      @actin9294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That big enclave bordering the Netherlands was called The Rhineland and was arguably the biggest asset of Prussia - it is rich in natural resources and heavily industrialised. Even today most of Germany's industry is concentrated there.

  • @alessiodecarolis
    @alessiodecarolis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This war was the final nail on muzzle loaders' coffin, Austria's generals had refused to adopt a breech loading rifle for logistical motives (!), after this war there was an hurry of most HQ to adopt a breech loading rifle, also if some , swiss, brits and italians were on the way (British army had bought some thousands of Sharpe's carabines for their cavalry)

    • @alessiodecarolis
      @alessiodecarolis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Абдульзефир Yes, but the french before the war of 1870 adopted the Chassepot and the British first the Snyder system as stop gap, then the Martini Henry (Zulu's rifle) , in Italy f.e. the Vatican's army had the Remington Rolling block, employed succesfully against Garibaldi' s patriots at Mentana (1867)

    • @MarcDufresneosorusrex
      @MarcDufresneosorusrex 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      what's an example of breech loading rifle? is it American civil war ? was it used in conflict in Asia at all? thankyou very much

    • @MarcDufresneosorusrex
      @MarcDufresneosorusrex 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Абдульзефир okay spasibo thanks (oh gosh , can you imagine fighting with those? that's crazy

    • @alessiodecarolis
      @alessiodecarolis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MarcDufresneosorusrex The ACW was fought with muzzle loading muskets, but in the Union army some units, such as Berdan's Sharpshooters, had Sharpe breechloading rifles, some NG units also adopted breechloading ones or Spencer repeaters, at the end of the war all the Union cavalry had breechloading carabines or Spencer repeaters.

    • @MarcDufresneosorusrex
      @MarcDufresneosorusrex 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alessiodecarolis thank you; am reading on Simo Haya the sniper (history is amazing)

  • @woodcojb
    @woodcojb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I generally agree with the opening statement except subsitute 'small' for 'big'. Europe is not a big continent compared to other continents.

    • @florianb2856
      @florianb2856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not if you just count the landscape, but when Im correct, it was, if you count the population (at least back then, today Asia is the nuber one continent in both).

    • @woodcojb
      @woodcojb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@florianb2856 In 1850, Asia already had just under three times the population of Europe if you include all of Russia's population as European. Europe was #2, some 100 million ahead of Africa. But the intro talks about features like borders, not people.

    • @florianb2856
      @florianb2856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@woodcojb Oh really? I didnt know. Thats interesting.

  • @ricochops
    @ricochops ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the super straight forward title.

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Germany was eventually unified because of continuously winning wars.

    • @godlovesyou1995
      @godlovesyou1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It didnt really unify, prussia conquered it all

    • @freikorps9661
      @freikorps9661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@godlovesyou1995 No. The German National Spirit was Born with the wars against denmark, Austria and especially france.

    • @mosquitobight
      @mosquitobight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@freikorps9661 The idea of nationalism was introduced to Germany, Italy and almost everywhere else by France during the Napoleonic Wars. Before that, everybody was a subject of "Graf von Schwarzberg" or whoever.

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry, no. The decision of 1866 was that Austria wouldn´t be part of a future Germany, not more or less.

    • @lordyaromir6407
      @lordyaromir6407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NicolaW72 Yes, but that was much more important than people give it credit for. Kicking Austria out of the Germany meant, that Prussia will be the leading power of newly unified Germany and it will impose it's will on rest of the German countries. That's why the 2nd Reich was pretty much glorified Prussia.

  • @hikmal1602
    @hikmal1602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very cool explanations and animations. good work

  • @miker.9138
    @miker.9138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:20 When you keep building up your troops along each other's borders in a game if Risk, and you know things are gonna get wild

  • @christianrode8846
    @christianrode8846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I am a German of Prussian descent and I am proud of it.

    • @davidson3658
      @davidson3658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Im Czech from Konigratz 😊

    • @ocold-gp3oi
      @ocold-gp3oi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't be, it's people like you who caused multitudes of unnecessary suffering in two world wars

    •  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davidson3658 I am rolf from dusseldorf

  • @NicolaW72
    @NicolaW72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you very much for this very informative video, which is indeed a lesson in history! :-)

  • @alisaba5776
    @alisaba5776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please make more video about Prussian history

  • @memazov6601
    @memazov6601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This what I call the Austrian High Command in a Nutshell

  • @mostafasherif2685
    @mostafasherif2685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    can you cover some medieval wars like the hundred years war please! :)

    • @wernervon5508
      @wernervon5508 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      that would be a 100 minutes video

  • @michielderuyter176
    @michielderuyter176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I would rather call in the "Brothers War"

    • @sauronmordor7494
      @sauronmordor7494 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍

    • @paulgro7255
      @paulgro7255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In Germany it is known as the "Deutsche Krieg" the German war. No mention of Austria or Prussia.

  • @KeanuSim0n
    @KeanuSim0n ปีที่แล้ว

    This is really well made. Thanks a lot!

    • @mosmit8648
      @mosmit8648 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well - it's Wilhelm, not Wilhem, the colour scheme yellow vs. orange is debatable, and there is no effort to pronounce the german names correctly - apart from that I agree.

  • @DoSLG
    @DoSLG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Why at 1:25 does it show Saxe-Lauenburg as a part of Prussia when it wasn’t until after the second Schleswig war?

  • @andreasleonardo6793
    @andreasleonardo6793 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent historic video from excellent historic channel with clear explaining of foes forces mobility thanks for sharing

  • @firmanimad
    @firmanimad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Prussia actually did not demand much land from Austria since their war goal was to take their sphere instead

  • @tomfrazier1103
    @tomfrazier1103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have a Medal for Konnigratz I found in an antique store rummage box in Vegas in the mid '90s.

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@letoubib21 Us non-Germans do not have umlauts on our keyboard, making typing it correctly a huge pain in the ass. Please forgive us if we're not able to type it correctly.

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@letoubib21 You Tube changes things automatically. I had initially spelled it correctly. I have been using a tablet for about five years, and probably use it such that I do not test it's potential.

  • @limperatoreviano7408
    @limperatoreviano7408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Honor to the Prussians from Piedmont 🇮🇹❤️🇩🇪

  • @neroclaudius7284
    @neroclaudius7284 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    An excellent video keep the good work up!

  • @chuekinsiu4667
    @chuekinsiu4667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    War of the brothers nations.

    • @dragosstanciu9866
      @dragosstanciu9866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Austrian Empire was a conglomerate of nations, the Austrians were a minority.

    • @superkamiguru6856
      @superkamiguru6856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@dragosstanciu9866
      The Austrians were still the prestigious group that was more influential than the other groups. It wasn't until the Hungarian rebellion that the Austrians gave some cessions to the larger ethnic groups. But even then, that wasn't enough to completely stop the instability, merely halt it.

    • @dragosstanciu9866
      @dragosstanciu9866 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@superkamiguru6856 Exactly.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The German Civil War, as some have called it.

  • @shawnbeckett1370
    @shawnbeckett1370 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome as always

  • @yousefshahin2654
    @yousefshahin2654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I really love your content,can you do a video about the Egyptian Ottoman wars of 1831-1833 and 1839-1841

  • @roncornelius8339
    @roncornelius8339 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank You 😊 extremely interesting 🧐!!

  • @14.huanle60
    @14.huanle60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This battle is "Luckily for the Prussian" most of the time.

  • @KillahCP
    @KillahCP 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video thank u keep up the videos

  • @veryverynooob1287
    @veryverynooob1287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "With a continent so big" knowledgia
    "It's the smallest continent in the world" atlas

    • @Knowledgia
      @Knowledgia  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      -the smallest big continent*. Haha. Yeah, we should have formulated that differently. Thanks for watching!

    • @ajithsidhu7183
      @ajithsidhu7183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Knowledgia please do one on the sikh empire

    • @Veriox22
      @Veriox22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oceania is smaller

    • @MasonGreenWeed
      @MasonGreenWeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Veriox22 it ain't Continent, it's just cluster of Islands across Pacific

    • @Veriox22
      @Veriox22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MasonGreenWeed same thing. These islands do not belong to asia or any other continent so they are their own

  • @bertchintus4103
    @bertchintus4103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yasssssss! Please do more videos on Prussia

  • @michaelbuchinger6191
    @michaelbuchinger6191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    You forgot that Austria defeated Italy in the naval-battle of Lissa and the battle of Custozza

    • @etetepete
      @etetepete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Defeating Italians was never more than a side hustle for Austria. Even in WW1 when both their hands where tied in the balkans and Russia, Austria managed to defeat Italian offensives, while being heavily outnumbered. Austria also had the upper hand in the naval controll over the adriatic. Imagine that, Austria being a noteworthy naval-power. LOL

    • @TheAustrianAnimations87
      @TheAustrianAnimations87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@etetepete Italy also had French & British naval support (while Austria had small German naval support), yet the European Entente Powers even needed American & Commonwealth support to finally defeat the Austrian navy (which was outnumbered & had fuel disadvantages but still was on the upper hand until the last war months) in 1918. At the Otranto Battle in 1917, much bigger Anglo-Franco-Italian fleets lost several ships to the vastly outnumbered Austrians. And aside from the battle of Lissa, the Austrian navy also played a role in the 2nd Ottoman-Egyptian War under Archduke Friedrich - defeating the Egyptian forces. So yeah, Austria was actually an effective naval power until 1918.

    • @vincenzochianese9378
      @vincenzochianese9378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@etetepete And then Austria got crushed by Italy

    • @etetepete
      @etetepete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@vincenzochianese9378 Never by Italy, by Germany in the backstab of the "third Italian independence war" and by France and Britain in the great war, even though your ancestors backstabbed us there aswell. But hey, just give us back Südtirol, you can keep Trentino, and we're done with that story. Ciao!

    • @lucmanzoni6265
      @lucmanzoni6265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@etetepete Second Battle of the Piave River: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Piave_River

  • @shashanknaik3363
    @shashanknaik3363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video. loved it

  • @edwardfranks5215
    @edwardfranks5215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2 mistakes the Habsburgs made: picking a fight with Prussia in 1866 when Italy was also prepared to do a stab in the back and no there Power was willing to help Austria, and 2 the German alliance. The emperor should have listened to his family and not ordered mobilization against Serbia in 1914. He should have fired Hotzendorf and dealt with the death of the Archduke directly with the King of Serbia. The emperor didn't even like his nephew. The Dual Monarchy was not prepared for war. 50 million vs the 165 million Russian steam roller even with German help. Italy did a stab-in-back in May 1915 even though 1 million men were already dead and the Italian parliament voted 408 to 111 to remain neutral in M

  • @asianhistorian2224
    @asianhistorian2224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video

  • @johnpepper8603
    @johnpepper8603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I live in Hradec Králové. Thats the city after which this battle is named. :)

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It´s indeed the (Czech) name of the city. In Germany it´s known under its German name: Königgrätz. And in Austria the battle is known as the battle of Sadova.

    • @johnpepper8603
      @johnpepper8603 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NicolaW72 Hradec Králové is its name. The only name :) Those are alternative names from the past at best.

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johnpepper8603 No.

    • @johnpepper8603
      @johnpepper8603 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NicolaW72 yes. learn some facts dude.

    • @Topvidi
      @Topvidi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnpepper8603 Hradec Králové is the czech name and nothing more. Swallow that

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The great war i have ever learned

  • @ShubhamMishrabro
    @ShubhamMishrabro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Make on Franco Prussian war

  • @sniper02578
    @sniper02578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Omg pls do the first and second Schlewsig wars (Denmark - Prussia 1848 & 1864)

  • @DiscothecaImperialis
    @DiscothecaImperialis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Austria did still use the same weapons sold to Americans for their Civil War that ended in previous year.
    Prussia did find an opportunity to test a new infantry weapon--Dreyse Breechloader Rifle. and proven that Breechloaders were teh 'future'.

  • @TheBombayMasterTony
    @TheBombayMasterTony 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Informative.

  • @drmustafa3538
    @drmustafa3538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The greatest time to Prussia...
    And they took a worst ally " italy"
    But still Prussia is a great nation in 19 century

  • @ok19772
    @ok19772 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn good content right here

  • @mohammad.alkurdi.
    @mohammad.alkurdi. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Make a vidio about russo - turkish wars

  • @colindaniels945
    @colindaniels945 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can imagine the reaction in France when they got Venice from Austria:
    French official: "Sire,did we order a Venice?"
    Napoleon III: " No,we ordered a Belgium and a Luxembourg, but no Venice."
    French official: "What should we do with it?"
    Napoleon III: "Give it to Italy, they need it to complete the set."

  • @uhbaoifuhoiafj456
    @uhbaoifuhoiafj456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Nice to hear about this battle. One of my ancestors fought in this war. He was lieutenant in the Prussian army and fought in Königsgrätz. I just found his certificate for a medal xD.

  • @USSFFRU
    @USSFFRU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Denmark not claiming Holstein would probably not make a unified Germany to form by the 1800s.
    This was the nail on the coffin for the Austrian Empire, Austria's great power status was yeeted from this war.

  • @overworlder
    @overworlder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'd encourage anyone who's interested in the topic to read the Wikipedia article as a next stop.

  • @JM-mg4el
    @JM-mg4el 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The battle of Langensalza is still kind of legendary in Lower Saxony, a moment of historical pride despite being a pyrrhic victory

    • @tomitiustritus6672
      @tomitiustritus6672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Losing war and independence by capitulation, because we got caught up in an unneccessary and strategically disastrous battle and then congratulating ourselves for winning that battle. Yep, thats the Hannover i grew up in.
      "We did it, Lads! Yes, we lost the war, but we mildly inconvenienced the Prussians in the process and kept them busy running after us for almost 2 weeks. We are the greatest!"

    • @frankthetank5708
      @frankthetank5708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Perhaps in the province of Hanover.
      Definitely not in other parts of Lower Saxony.

  • @dand7763
    @dand7763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    ahhh! EU 4 vibes all over ...

  • @MBP1918
    @MBP1918 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting video

  • @muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018
    @muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Idea: Boxer rebellion. The time where every major european colonial /non-colonial power, US, japan and Chinese christians teamed up to beat up China.

    • @MasonGreenWeed
      @MasonGreenWeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      An American, Australian, Austrian, Britain, German, French, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese walk into Peking

    • @muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018
      @muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MasonGreenWeed Don't forget a dutch, belgian and a chinese christian.

    • @MasonGreenWeed
      @MasonGreenWeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018 Belgian and Dutch didn't participate in 8 nation alliance

    • @muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018
      @muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MasonGreenWeed correct, but they still participated in the boxer rebellion.

    • @muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018
      @muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Safwaan it's actually 55 days.

  • @sonoftherabbitpeople4737
    @sonoftherabbitpeople4737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some dates would be nice.

  • @Inno7712
    @Inno7712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    For me this is mostly the most interesting history in europe.

    • @neroresurrected
      @neroresurrected 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed, some people would say Ancient Rome, the crusades, the French Revolution or Napoleonic era, I would say the turn of the 19th century in Europe right before and immediately following 1848 revolution till the dawn of 20th century till onset of WWI is my favorite because the stakes were higher amongst the European nation states and Europe as a continent became more civilized and diplomatic in its disputes with one another as time progressed. I would even argue the politics of this period was equally as interesting as the many subsequent wars that were fought on the continent by extension. Men like Bismarck, The Kaiser, Emp. Franz Joseph, Napoleon III, Victor Emmanuel II were fascinating figures each to be sure.

  • @doktorquanton4069
    @doktorquanton4069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always thought why Germany didn’t just claim Austria (the part that was already in the German confederation) and give the representatives of the Austrian states some power. I am not a European monarchie buff but if Bismarck wanted a unified Germany in my opinion that would have been the best option. Especially because Bismarck was aware of the tensions within the Balkan which resulted in the start of WW1.

  • @terrypennington2519
    @terrypennington2519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Damn I can't wait to do all this in Victoria 3!

    • @costamcostam8961
      @costamcostam8961 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope Paradox will not screw this up. That game has potential to be their greatest work.

  • @Swissswoosher
    @Swissswoosher 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did the narrator just pronounce Wilhelm Veal-helm or was that just me hearing it like that.
    Anyway great video, this war needs to be covered more. It’s actually such an important war for Europe.

  • @YorkGod1
    @YorkGod1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Needle Rifle & use of the Railways won the war for Prussia!!!

  • @littlemacisunderrated412
    @littlemacisunderrated412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this video was almost as long as the war itself!

  • @Chris-hp9be
    @Chris-hp9be 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I believe Russia would have helped Austria if they had not been betrayed in the Crimean war.

    • @Designer-Speech7143
      @Designer-Speech7143 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bismark secured Russians during his earlier diplomatic work ('exile') there. Tzar Alexander the Third was quite favourable towards Prussia.

    • @abdirahmanidris290
      @abdirahmanidris290 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Austria was heavily disliked. Joining the Crimean war may have led to the British interfering

  • @nathandsouza7268
    @nathandsouza7268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The fact it's 10:47 and not 11 minutes makes it mare interesting

    • @DaRealKakarroto
      @DaRealKakarroto 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it should've been 19:06
      too bad there are only 60 seconds in a minute

  • @pedrojuan8050
    @pedrojuan8050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really great video, but please take some time learning the language's native pronunciation. Other than that, really good.

  • @justsomeguy1695
    @justsomeguy1695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Video idea: the war of the triple alliance or the 1857 Indian rebellion

  • @janvisser4132
    @janvisser4132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    9:33. How is that handy, Germany was pulled in WWI by Austria-Hungary, lost, and that loss laid the foundation of WW2, which they lost even harder. Without the German-Austrian alliance we might not have had 2 world wars, or at least not 2 such brutal ones. Not putting blame for the wars solely on one side here btw, just tinkering a little bit.

    • @derps8690
      @derps8690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "germany was pulled in wwi by austria-hungary"
      no, germany was brought into the war by germany. they're the ones who declared war on russia, france and belgium, the latter action bringing the uk into the war.
      they thought they were tough and challenged everyone to war... then they did it again in ww2, and lost harder.

    • @kingfishyiii5338
      @kingfishyiii5338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@derps8690 Germany wasn’t the only country that wanted war. France especially wanted war to get back Alsace Lorraine. And Britain and France were scared of Germany’s growing power. Both Austria and Russia wanted more influence in the balkans. And Germany was scared of Russias growing power. In the end, it was Germany who struck first, though war would’ve happened whether the Germans started it or not

  • @geodude9086
    @geodude9086 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So nice!!!

  • @Dybbouk
    @Dybbouk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Orders to the Austrian language were always issued in about 10 languages.

    • @fkjl4717
      @fkjl4717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not quite true. Czechs, Slovenes, Hungarians and others were learning German language and orders less or more intelligible. Also there was ethic officers who knew German language well.

  • @shadmanabdulkalamkalam2261
    @shadmanabdulkalamkalam2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So nice good to watching

  • @cnppreactorno.4965
    @cnppreactorno.4965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878 should also be covered

    • @pootubekeepsdeletingmycomm4328
      @pootubekeepsdeletingmycomm4328 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Russia always won well most times

    • @sktt1488
      @sktt1488 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We were doing pretty good in that war until romanians started helping russians..

  • @wernervon5508
    @wernervon5508 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting fact that in both Prussian wars (1866, 1870-71) the leading commanders of their adversaries (Benedek and Bazaine) were very indicisive and indolent