OTTO VON BISMARCK #1 - Extra History // Historian Reaction
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Bismarck had the one quality that Napoleon lacked: he knew when to stop.
I think their contrasting backgrounds are the reason. Napoleon and his family, starting as outsiders and upstarts could only be transformed into an imperial family by pushing everything to the limit. Bismarck was born into privilege.
@@VersusARCH he wasntreally and upstart though he was born of nobility
Not just Napoleon, many conquerors didn’t know when enough was enough and to focus on consolidating their gains.
@@doncarlin9081 Knowing when to stop and leaving a plan for the next generation is a very rare thing.
@@bthsr7113 But making a leader follow the plan is equally more rare.
HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS.
Oh wait, wrong Bismark. Eh, algorithm is algorithm.
BRUH I JUST SAID THAT AS WELL 🤣
Bismarck: can I have some milk?
Also Bismarck:shoots roof
Neighbours: dude wtf
Dude........ Uncool.
@@timothydelorme9448 nice
@@timothydelorme9448
Oversimplified reference?
Otto Von Bismarck was my high school history teacher's favorite historical figure. Considering how well he played other nations like a fiddle diplomatically, I can see why.
I heard of Otto Von Bismark in history class about the struggle for partition of Africa. This man was able to call European powers to gather in Berlin for a conference that led to division of Africa into colonies. The fact that he was able to prevent war among Europeans over African colonies was enough for me to be fascinated with his intellect.
The full Bismarck quote is actually "Jena came twenty years after the death of Frederick the Great; the crash will come twenty years after my departure if things go on like this".
Jena-Auerstedt was the decisive battle in which Napoleon crushed the Prussian armies under Frederick William III. It led to the effective crippling of Prussia as a power in Europe.
He was comparing himself to Frederick the Great, and he basically was. Frederick held off the forces of Europe during the 7 years war, (not that one), sponsored the enlightenment, and was a brilliant composed and writer.
Bismarck‘s personality is in my personal opinion quite typical German. I, being a German, have already met quite a few people with a character like that and it’s always fun. For us Bismarck is one of the most popular historical figures and if not only for his iconic character but also for his achievements. He surely didn’t do everything right and also did bad things but I can’t help but feel like he could be seen as some kind of embodiment of Germany personality-and behavior-wise ^.^'
I'm from japan also want to meet people from the west. Hopefully we can meet
@@bellascythe9594 hopefully soon :) you‘re always welcome here
Wrong because Bismarck had humor. And germans do not laugh, or smile.
@@oriongabriel6966 Well, I went to an university in Sahrrebrucken as visitor and many German students had quite the sense of humor.
@@oriongabriel6966 You couldnt be more wrong.
As a german, the most exceptional thing Otto von Bismarck did, was to create a social system for the working class. Well he did it so they wouldn't rise up like in other countries, but this system was the predecessor for the health and social justice system we have in germany today. And that system is something we can be proud of.
honestly one of the best extra history series. Love it. Bismarck is awesome
"Laws are like sausages, it's best not to see how they are made." Otto von Bismarck
I think Otto and Johanna’s relationship is the definition of “opposites attract”
They balance each other out, and they love each other deeply
More than one duel a month.
Sounds like the german version of Andrew Jackson.
Except Andrew Jackson was an absolutely horrible person, where Bismarck was actually a good person.
@@patrickmartin3322 good might be a stretch Bismarck was an extreme elitist and conservative he was smart but he like all people in similar positions was far from a saint Jackson was definitely worse but Bismarck was no angel
@@sevensins4842 Jackson was an orphaned pow. He wasn’t educated and had a grim upbringing. You can’t expect much more from him. I’d say his main thing was expanding america and preserving the union, while also crippling the economy. I don’t much like appropriating people of the past with our current morals. They lived entirely different lives
@@jacobbell422 mate I can expect him to not condone genocide I don’t think that’s unreasonable in any age genocide was always wrong and the fact your trying to rationalize what he did to natives and justify it is honestly sad
@@sevensins4842 how is conservative a bad trait.
“But Bismarck had a plan; Bismarck *always* has a plan.” 😎
The only reason I know about Aachen is because it’s the capital of the Germans (Frederick Barbarossa) in Civ 6
I knew it because of that and the CoD WWII map
Same
Speaking of Civ 6, I wanted Bismarck as an Alternate Leader for Germany. He's a constant in the Civ Series anyway, and his Capital would be Berlin instead of Aachen (obviously)
Both German Leaders would be militaristic, however:
Frederick Barbarossa - Cultural and Economic focus
Otto von Bismarck: Scientific and Diplomatic focus
@@blackpowderuser373 maybe they’ll do that in 7, although I bet AI will still suck
@@artembentsionov The constant problem of every video game out there: sucky AI lol
VTH had an awesome reaction. VTH always has an awesome reaction.
You're too kind.
You should react to "German Soldier Remembers WWII"
Never knew about Otto Von Bismarck. Now you got me excited to learn more about this badass historical figure!
Extra History's Bronze Age Collapse series is a good one to get into as well.
I feel like Otto Von Bismark is the German Teddy Roosevelt
Pretty much
I'm never first comment lol. Otto Von Bismarck is so underappreciated in terms of his significance
Really? Of course as a German this is surprising to hear. He is legendary and controversial
@@LLCoolT1994 He's not taught much in the US. I don't think I even heard his name until freshman year (age 13 or so) in high school. Didn't really learn anything about him until I took an extra class when I was 16.
In 8th grade, never heard of him till now.
Um no. U just don’t know that much about history
You have to explain these comments. How is the guy who formed Germany and a household name underappreciated?
YES, ANOTHER REACTION VIDEO! Bismarck is like the best Extra History Series ever.
Ik heb Vienna liever,
I'm partial to the South Sea Bubble and Sengoku Jidai, but this one *is* really good.
Admiral Yi, Bismarck, Catherine
My favorite quote from Bismarck comes from a letter to his wife Johanna:
"Today I was at General Gerlach's, and while he was lecturing me on treaties and monarchs, I saw as in the garden under the windows the wind was digging in chestnuts and lilac blossoms and heard the nightingales and thought, if I stood at the window of the dining room with you looking at the terrace, and did not know what Gerlach was talking about."
("Ich war heute bei General Gerlach, und während er mir von Verträgen und Monarchen dozierte, sah ich wie im Garten unter den Fenstern der Wind wühlte in Kastanien und Fliederblüten und hörte die Nachtigallen und dachte, wenn ich mit dir am Fenster der Tafelstube stünde und auf die Terrasse sähe und wußte nicht, was Gerlach redete.")
In my opinion it is remarkable to hear such poetic and loving words from the same man, who is always one-sidedly portrayed as "Chancellor of Blood and Iron".
You've already become one of my favourite if not my favourite youtuber! Love your content and of course your commentary. Could listen the whole day to that. Keep going, greetings from Germany!
Appreciate that! Hope to visit Germany someday
You are the best reactioner creator ever, i usually despise reactors but i absolutely love your content.
Ah hell yeah! Been hoping for this one. Thank you payrons!
I'm just about to watch this, but I can't help but remember my history professor in college gushing about how Otto Van Bismarck was such an amazing guy, and whenever I come across a historian or history buff they all have similar reactions.
I guess I better find out why XD
Oh hell yea. Youre gonna love it. Especially if youve got a plan. 😈 always have a plan
I had a history professor who called Bismarck Europes last great leader.
Wilhelms dismissal of Bismarck was a monumental mistake.
Love this channel, hope to see you in my region (WW I frontline in Belgium) one day when you come to Europe on your history trip 😊
Absolutely in the plans
This is genuinely my favorite new channel on youtube. Your insightful reactions and content is so great at educating me. I love history and it is a joy to watch someone else who loves it like I do. Cant wait to see this channel grow much bigger.
I found your channel about a week ago and as of right now I would consider myself a real fan of your work!
Keep it up, greetings from Germany
Been binging your videos for weeks now and love the extra bit of knowledge you provide!
I've just found you today, and I gotta tell ya, I'm binging your entire channel already.
Love these reaction videos. Like, all of them, even the rap battles. = D
Great stuff, my friend.
Just sat down for lunch at work and BAM, I get one of these bad boys to watch. Keep it up, I love these Extra History videos.
aa thank you sirr!!! I've been waiting for this one. and im gonna definitely subscribe
I am absolutely, 100% sure, and there is no way anyone with convince me otherwise, that had Bismarck been alive today, he would be a shitposter.
I’ve been waiting for this one, Bismarck is just amazing, in both his achievements and his mind
Again a really good video. I like your work very much :)
I think like month ago i saw you at 19k or so you are growing do fast . Continue this work its awesome
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever heard of this guy that kinda worries me because i call myself a history nerd
I never heard of him in school and only really learned from looking him up after a first introduction in a video game (History Line: 1914-1918 ).
The game had a short intro about the alliances Bismark created to prevent WWI and the mistakes Wilhelm II made to mess it all up. It's a shame really, if Wilhelm only had half the brain Bismarck did, there probably would have been 2 less world wars in our history books to depress us.
I have saw three videos, and i already love your channel
I had to go back and watch this one because I must have missed it but man what an awesome dude so far.
this episode speaks to me on a level i need to spend some time thinking about
Bismarck is my favourite person in all of history. Such a great man and my idole. And your pronunciation of Aachen os quite good
Hey, me too! Otto Von Bismarck was a genius and so devoted to his goal of uniting Germany!
I admire him too.
He was a political genius and a master strategist in diplomacy.I also want to be like him.
Now I see I must look into this man's life on a much larger scale!
Another great video from one of the best youtub channel on youtube really love your videos
You should also react to extra history's hunting the bismark series about the german battleship the bismark, as well as react to the christmas truce from extra history
YES! I've been waiting for this video!
This is one of my favourite Extra History series
Great content as always man, I am privileged to have found vlogging through history, great job brother!
And I'm privileged to have you here, Vincent. Thank you!
Love the videos such great content
You are awesome! Keep making content!
uhhh since we talking about the man Bismarck why not talk about the ship next? you should react to "the Hunt for the Bismarck" next!
Love the Necronomicon with all the other books.
Bismarck had nothing to do with ww1🤦♂️ he even warned the kaiser about the balkans and the way the kaiser was treating the army. If Bismarck was alive in 1914 and in power, there wouldn't have been any ww1 nor ww2.
Otto von Bismarck is the human being with the single most impact on human history until today.
Yes!!! I was expecting the reaction of this series. Catherine the great next please!!!!!
Love the reactions man. Could you do videos on the Renaissance preferably the middle era of it, When it was in a all time high in Italy
Bismarck:
The man more dangerous with a newspapar than William Randolph Hearst and with a cigar than Guy Fawkes...
Fantastic as always
In my school i was taught about 1840s as “Spring of Nations”. Didn’t Italy come to be around that period?
No, Italy officially unified only a few years before Germany did and only got Roma after the Franco-Prussian war
playing catch up with some of your videos. have you considered doing a reaction to TED-Ed's "History VS." series? for context if you have not heard of them, historical figures are analyzed in a courtroom setting to determine if their legacy was a positive to celebrate or a negative to serve as a cautionary tale at best.
Looking forward for part 2
Bismarck legit just pulled off a "cope harder" before it was popular
This was really cool, I wasn't aware that Otto von Bismarck had anything to do with Aachen. And you talking of the cathedral, reminded me of a local myth in Aachen about it being built by the devil himself. According to the myth the devil was asked to help finish the cathedral and he would do so in exchange for the first soul going through the door of the cathedral. The popularity of Aachen outsmarted the devil though and sent in a goat, the devil then got angry, slammed the door shut and lost one of his fingers in the process.
As someone who had almost the same upbringing of the upper middle social class of society. I never had any worries, dislike studying. But only recently in my 20s when crisis happens around me I am more interested in history, philosophy and ethics.
Which is where I learn the behaviour of “its better to ask for forgiveness than permission”. Tho.. some call it privilege..
Love this series
Bismarck is such a character. Gotta love him.
Your pronunciation of Aachen was very good. Only thing I even could say is to put empasis on the first syllable, it's a long "a" like in "bath". Your "ch" was spot on though, which is not at all something I expect from native English speakers. I guess It's like our equivalent to the English "th" in terms of difficulty.
yes yes yes yes yes ... daily bismark videos are you kiding me. Next few days will be great!
Ooh I'm from Aachen and I'm always happy when it's mentioned
BISMARCK IN MOTION-
Oh wait we aren't talking about the Ship named after him lol 😂
As soon as I heard "marking his entrance into a neighbors house by firing a pistol into their ceiling", I instantly thought "I have to watch a movie on this guy; this sh*t is gold...". I feel like Bismarck is like the German version of Teddy Roosevelt 😆
I’m not sure if you’ve featured “History Buffs” film reviews, but I think they’d make a fun video.
You should react to extra history’s videos about the great northern war
Great video
Really good vid. And no dislikes
If you’re a fan of royal family trees look into useful charts here on TH-cam. The guy walks through the dynastic trees of all European monarchs as well as some would be trees as well. They’re a nice watch
Yep... love that channel!
13:33 In German there is an expression: "Kopf Durch Die Wand" ("head through a wall") this means dogged/hell-bent determination to what you want to do come hell or high water (Southern expression).
My own quote is Otto Von Bismark is the guy who really said half the things you think Churchill said.
Bismarck is clearly among the chaddest of chads. Up there with teddy roosevelt
Duels weren't to the death, but really instituionalized in German university fraternities. The gaining of a scar, was a badge of honour and gave social status and the favour of the ladies^^
Foreign tourists visiting Germany in the late 19th century were shocked to see the students, generally with their student corps/fraternity, at major German universities such as Heidelberg, Bonn, or Jena with facial scars - some older, some more recent, and some still wrapped in bandages :D :D :D
"Involuntarily volunteered for the Army"
Me: Excuse me What!?
My Brain: *Brain.exe has stopped working*
45 patrons technically ;)
And so begins the story of the iron chancellor
I'm from Germany and we talked about Bismark a whole semester in school.
I wish we spent that much time on him, the only reason I know about him is because of extra history
Best episode ever
Saying Bismarck is the most influential in creating the Europe of WW1 is akin to saying Henry Kissinger is responsible for most large scale wars from the 70s onward.
I'm from Aachen it's kinda cool that you want to visit us
"Involuntarily volunteered for the army"
Me: So? He got Drafted? Why did Extra History use such words lol 😂
I am loving Mr. Bismarck
Passive aggressive?
Thats a tru flex right there
You should check out history bombs
Necronomicon ?!
German unification and nationalism actually was a movement of the liberals in until Bismarck adpoted it for the conservatives around the 1860s. So yes as a monarchist he was quite oposed to German unification in the 1840s since it was the parliament in Frankfurt that pushed for it but only for a constitutional monarchy where the Kaiser/King would only be a formal head of state.
Bismarck is also not really directly responsible for the system of alliances that backfired in WW1. One of Bismarcks great doctrines was to ensure that Russia and France never ally. And he managed that one quite well by forming the Drei Kaiser Bündnis (pact of the three emporers) with Russia, Austria and Germany. It were people after him that oposed Russia's interest enough to drive them out of this. Bismarck was also firmly oposed to any drive from the German Reich for territorial expansion.
Question is of course could he have oposed German coloniaism? It was a hughe movement and Bismarck had a tendency to rather join and steer the wagon rather than to be run over by it. Sam with keeping Russia happy at some point Russia's interest would clash with Austria's it just happened after Bismarck. Still in principle Bismarck had a better grasp on what Germany's interests to keep stability and peace should be than those who made descisions leading up to WW1.
Your pronunciation of Aachen is actually really close.
Personally, I'd swallow/not pronounce the e more often than not and the ch is softer unless you're Swiss (though that takes practice, I guess) but overall it's quite good!
You should really do a reaction to something from History Matters. I'd love your response to the civil war videos
I lived right across Bismarcks appartment during his university years. So here a fun fact: Bismarck got in such a lot of trouble and jail, that the town of Göttingen (were he "studied") decided to exile poor Bismarck. So the clever bastard took a small house right on the citywall. Thus he was "exiled". Just Google "Bismarckhäuschen".
I live In Aachen! Such a coincidence 😂
After this you should watch admiral Yi by Extra credits