Ten Minute History - World War One and International Relations (Short Documentary)

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    This episode of Ten Minute History (like a documentary, only shorter) covers the international and diplomatic tensions that led to the outbreak of World War 1. It covers an overview of the war and the major nations which fought in it and some of the technological changes that occurred. It also covers the Entente's victory and the dissolution of europe's great empires and the new nations which were born of them.
    Recommended Reading:
    Michael Howard - The First World War: A Very Short Introduction. A fantastic little overview of the war and a great introduction for anyone interested.
    Christopher Clark - The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914. Extremely detailed survey on the lead up to the First World War. Be aware that it doesn't cover the war itself but its coverage of international diplomacy in the early 20th century is phenomenal.
    David Stevenson - 1914-1918: The History of the First World War. A more detailed overview of the course of the war, one of the better overviews. Max Hasting's 'Catastrophe' being another.

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  • @HistoryMatters
    @HistoryMatters  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4798

    Just a heads up: I obviously can't cover everything in this video and so to preempt certain criticisms, I just want to say that I'm sorry that the following weren't included:
    Many countries: Albania, Portugal, Canada, Australia etc.
    Technologies: Aerial combat, flamethrowers, etc.
    Certain people: Generals, admirals, kings, etc.
    Certain events: Battles, the Armenian and Greek Genocides and more detail on the Russian Revolution.
    The reason for this was that the episode is supposed to offer a very brief overview and focuses mainly on the international diplomacy that preceded and followed the war. Again, sorry I didn't include the things you wanted. Ten Minutes and all that.

    • @williamchasteen3403
      @williamchasteen3403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Ten Minute History thanks

    • @ARHONTIS1
      @ARHONTIS1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      That Great War cameo though....

    • @jorgemesquita5121
      @jorgemesquita5121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      You could do a video of the Late Portuguese Empire (1640-1999)

    • @kayzeaza
      @kayzeaza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Ten Minute History If they want the whole war tell them to watch The Great War on TH-cam. I think this video is great

    • @Languslangus
      @Languslangus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Kobarid miracle was a notible battle you could have mentioned.

  • @harrisonlee9585
    @harrisonlee9585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5590

    Queen Victoria's grandkids having one last backyard fight.

    • @MrHistory269
      @MrHistory269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +554

      Family feud European edition

    • @janetlazar1188
      @janetlazar1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@MrHistory269 Absolutley right!

    • @jonaboktr5269
      @jonaboktr5269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Imagine if she lived until 1919

    • @scanida5070
      @scanida5070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      @@jonaboktr5269 Jesus, the statement „I‘m disappointed in you.“ would then have a WHOLE NEW meaning...

    • @IronpenWorldbuilding
      @IronpenWorldbuilding 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Kolbe Arreola toats

  • @mylesmorell7625
    @mylesmorell7625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7334

    “Germany was heavily industrialized and had a large population, Austria-Hungary was... also there” XD

    • @arnold3768
      @arnold3768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +762

      Poor Germany. In both world wars they were pros of warfare but had noob friends in Europe and were simply overwhelmed by the Allies and their limitless resources...

    • @anthonyc4138
      @anthonyc4138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +342

      @Fabian Kirchgessner nope it was due to supply they were running out of oil and metal so they started to rush things up

    • @arnold3768
      @arnold3768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @Fabian Kirchgessner Germany had to invade USSR because otherwise Stalin would have invaded first and conquered all of Europe...

    • @chingizzhylkybayev8575
      @chingizzhylkybayev8575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      @@arnold3768 Hitler was very autocratic and frequently got in the way of skilled generals making sensible military solutions. Hitler himself knew nothing of military strategy but always wanted everything done his way. One good example was when his armies tore through Belarus and were ready to march for Moscow and end it quickly, then and there, but Hitler diverted a bulk of them southwards to Ukraine, because he felt it would be wrong to capture Moscow without capturing Kiev first.

    • @DreamWalkerVl
      @DreamWalkerVl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@arnold3768 To conquer "the whole of Europe," or rather the world, was planned by Trotsky, not Stalin. And Trotsky was dead by that time.
      Stalin was a supporter of the concept of communism in a single country. Learn the material part.

  • @Rhizzome
    @Rhizzome 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1292

    That last line is cold, man - cold, sad and true… “Ultimately, WW1’s greatest legacy was that it created the conditions necessary for WW2’

    • @rewdwarf123
      @rewdwarf123 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      And problems in the Middle East.

    • @masterdeetectiv9520
      @masterdeetectiv9520 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@rewdwarf123 “america ruined the middle east!!!!”
      Meanwhile the Sykes-Picot agreement

    • @halbertconk3756
      @halbertconk3756 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love this guy and he's in like the 99.9 percentile of his genre so im loathe to say anything negative, but that's not correct. WW1 was instrumental in Ireland's recent history, and they played a (relatively) minor roll as a neutral nation in ww2, and that's just one country. It's not an 'either or thing" it's a "both and" thing. It layed the ground work for ww2 and changed the world in a radical way that would have remained changed regardless of ww2.

    • @sh1pme2themune9
      @sh1pme2themune9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Almost like the war never really ended.

    • @halbertconk3756
      @halbertconk3756 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sh1pme2themune9 c u next tuesday.

  • @Gorboduc
    @Gorboduc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1339

    "Russia, on paper, had a terrifyingly large army, but it was spread out, poorly trained, and under-equipped."
    Just felt like quoting that in March 2022 for absolutely no reason at all.

    • @Vessick
      @Vessick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      That sounds about right

    • @evilmex1962
      @evilmex1962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Ukraine officiail Arestovic: "Our military industry is destroyed"
      The internet: "russian army is poorly trained, under-equipped"

    • @AgentLando
      @AgentLando 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      That's really not the case right now considering they only sent around 200.000 troops give or take a few thousand and is very powerful atleast compared to Ukraine

    • @someguy7723
      @someguy7723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@AgentLando they sent what they could, alot of their military is useless for this war

    • @Au60schild
      @Au60schild 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@AgentLando Uhhh, sure.

  • @gideonmele1556
    @gideonmele1556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6724

    “In 1916 Franz Joseph proved that he could actually die”
    Gotta love the different death descriptions

    • @eugenio5774
      @eugenio5774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      "he managed to get a little bit assassinated"

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      *Coming soon to a queen in London*

    • @lifefight0484
      @lifefight0484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Max Smith Let's see if she can Prove that.

    • @galatheumbreon6862
      @galatheumbreon6862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The queen will never die

    • @skuller5553
      @skuller5553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      But Leopold didn't have to worry that long because one year later he came down with a case of the deads.

  • @zeroinsight8566
    @zeroinsight8566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9183

    "The British had lied" that's 300 years of history summed up in a sentence.

    • @johnarnold7984
      @johnarnold7984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +469

      Irish salt.

    • @Calsopify
      @Calsopify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +306

      Not only to the Arabs but also to their own commanders on many fronts. I wonder if the world would be different today if the Government would have kept their word. However its worth remembering the point that if Britain had of seeded the land, France would most likely of claimed it instead, taking the land was not so much to deny it to the Arabs but more to deny France, and to try and have something to show for a War that was fought to defend other countries territory and had cost thousands of British lives in the process.

    • @Wanderer628
      @Wanderer628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +433

      That's literally every state in history. America lied to the natives, Geramny lied to everyone, Russia lied to every ethnic minority it tried to cleanse, Japan lied to it's own citizens, what's your point?

    • @JB-yb4wn
      @JB-yb4wn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      @@Calsopify
      What do you think the British would have seeded the land with? Grass?

    • @Calsopify
      @Calsopify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@JB-yb4wn haha indeed, I meant ceded.

  • @Uberdude6666
    @Uberdude6666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    7:45 "Hmm, we appear to be on fire."
    "Hmm, yes, quite."

  • @patrickelias6428
    @patrickelias6428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Germany every 20 years: “MOM SAID ITS MY TURN ON BELGIUM”

    • @PugnaciousProductions
      @PugnaciousProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If that was true, there would’ve been a attack in the 60s, 80s, 00s, and 20s, I get the joke, but it’s inaccurate as heck.

    • @antimatterg
      @antimatterg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PugnaciousProductions well there might be an attack int eh 20s

    • @professionaltaxevader2699
      @professionaltaxevader2699 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PugnaciousProductions you must be fun at parties

    • @PugnaciousProductions
      @PugnaciousProductions ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@professionaltaxevader2699 well first off, good job necroing a post, second off, it’s a bad joke

    • @professionaltaxevader2699
      @professionaltaxevader2699 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PugnaciousProductions ok and 😎

  • @davidebcc92
    @davidebcc92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3798

    Germany, 1914:
    "So, how do we win the war?"
    "Invade France through Belgium, gas some people and use the U-boats to sink their merchant ships"
    Germany, 1939:
    "Last time it didn't go well. How do we plan to win the war this time?"
    "Invade France through Belgium, gas some people and use the U-boats to sink their merchant ships"

    • @cvetomirgeorgiev9106
      @cvetomirgeorgiev9106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +917

      And it almost worked the second time
      ps "gas some people" meant a different thing in the second one

    • @NikkiM.
      @NikkiM. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      HAH!

    • @jameslegrand848
      @jameslegrand848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      GOD DAMN IT HANS !!!
      THIS IS HOW THEY GOT US LAST TIME!!!!!!

    • @markdenhaan9973
      @markdenhaan9973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Actually they went through the Netherlands and then through Belgium wich helped a lot

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Germany's plan actually was very tenuous and also very foolish, but not for the reason you are probably thinking.
      France's plan was actually very smart, and their plan was supposed to use the part of Belgium west of the Meuse River (or possibly the Rhine, I forget which) as an extension of the Maginot Line as one complete fortification all the way to the sea. It was the Belgian king who eventually distrusted the French and abandoned their part of the plan and so France had to invade Belgium when Germany was imminently going to do the same to Belgium to begin working on the fortified line. The Germans pushed through the lightly guarded Ardennes (but still, that was a very difficult thing to do and if the Allies had fortified it more, the Germans likely would have lost) and cut off the access for everyone.
      Germany did one thing right in the second war though when invading France. They avoided a second front. They had secured a treaty with the Soviets, with whom they carved up Poland, and so they didn't have to worry about much in the East for another year.

  • @haris6772
    @haris6772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3684

    WWI: What is my purpose?
    WW2: You create ww2
    WWI: Oh my god

    • @CannedBread-mz2tx
      @CannedBread-mz2tx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      AlarminglyDog Very underrated joke.

    • @fristnamelastname5549
      @fristnamelastname5549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      WW2: What was my purpose?
      WW3: You created me.
      WW2: Well I won't be the last.

    • @hamdaanchalky7724
      @hamdaanchalky7724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Frist Name Last Name WW2: what was my purpose?
      Cold War: you created me.
      Cold War: what was my purpose?
      WW3: you created me.

    • @jackdoherty5841
      @jackdoherty5841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      WW1- the father
      WW2- the son

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      WWI: Heil an unknown corporal :P

  • @TheCoal27
    @TheCoal27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    "Serbia refused."
    I guess technically. But also technically they accepted, they had accepted every part of the demands, except for the final one that said basically, "give up your autonomy to us, or else."

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They received certain assurances from the Russians, which made them think it was worth asserting their independence.

    • @d.g656
      @d.g656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yes basically
      To be exact, the part they did not accept was that the monarchy wanted to investigate the assasination of Franz Ferdinand on serbian land. The serbians than interpreted this as violation of their independence.
      But of course this all was just fancy paperwork. Both sides knew that there will be war, the mutual hater was there for many years.

    • @d.g656
      @d.g656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Абдульзефир Unsuprisingly serbia was only able to act this "brawely" when they knew for sure that their big daddy russia will save them from anything bad that could happen.
      Also what did i said wrong? The ethnic tensions were really intense before the war. Serbians within the monarchy have already made serveral bloody revolts at that point, supported by serbia of course. Really it wasnt that ultimatum that caused the war, it was just the way of getting entire europe into it.
      And romanania was a much more valueable target than serbia as a place to expand.

    • @tegwaturan2994
      @tegwaturan2994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@d.g656 o

    • @robertevbayekha6639
      @robertevbayekha6639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@d.g656 I’m pretty sure russia barely help Serbia but if I wrong then oh

  • @BMW2002M10
    @BMW2002M10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The subtle portrait of Napoleon is a great touch. Crazy how much of an influence he has had on the modern day world!

  • @canerg1151
    @canerg1151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2922

    Everyone: *tired from all that fighting*
    Turkey from 1919 to 1922: "But wait, there's more"

    • @GeneralissimusStalin17
      @GeneralissimusStalin17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      Russia from 1917-1922: There is more you fucks!

    • @mirzahamzabaig5667
      @mirzahamzabaig5667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      @@GeneralissimusStalin17
      Germany: 1935- 1945: Oh hello there

    • @labroskouris9071
      @labroskouris9071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Turkey from 1919 to 1922: I ain't hear no bell

    • @RDA000
      @RDA000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      To be fair they were getting carved up. Not that it wouldve been bad

    • @canerg1151
      @canerg1151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@RDA000 sounds very butthurt to me

  • @smilingearth5181
    @smilingearth5181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2497

    European history in a nutshell:
    "A lot of people died for a whole load of nothing."

    • @mwewering
      @mwewering 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The war didn't end 1918 or 1945, it is still ongoing. UN Charter, Articles 53, 77 and107. It is not about land, it is about race. Germany must perish.

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      @@mwewering ............

    • @sir.shark1504
      @sir.shark1504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      @@mwewering what's wrong with you?

    • @mwewering
      @mwewering 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sir.shark1504 read the UN-Charter.

    • @davidaguilar5213
      @davidaguilar5213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mwewering Its true they need to rewrite that though.

  • @Morisu-Chan
    @Morisu-Chan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    I like how Germany literally carried the team in both wars

    • @PugnaciousProductions
      @PugnaciousProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      If Germany had some half decent allies, they would’ve been unstoppable.

    • @Micro-Lander
      @Micro-Lander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@PugnaciousProductions well they already pissed off the big people ideologically so unless you're playing hoi4 or something you ain't getting much

    • @rocknrollnobody
      @rocknrollnobody 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Wilhelm referred to being allied with Austro-Hungary as like being "shackled to a corpse". Germany had to bail them out multiple times and diverted much needed forces to support them when they were probably not really able to afford to do so.
      The Italians and Austro-Hungarian battles over the Isonzo River were absolutely horrific though.

    • @abbcc5996
      @abbcc5996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Micro-Lander they only needed their own lend lease. they didn't even piss off the american public so it was entirely possible

    • @t3ss33
      @t3ss33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a German, I don't like Germany's military being glorified. It plays too close to the whole "Dolchstoßlegende" of the right wing in which the German forces never lost in the field but we're stabbed in the back by unpatriotic and destabilising powers at home.

  • @Anonerak
    @Anonerak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    6:28 "The front fell off." That is some good engeneering.

    • @pseydtonne
      @pseydtonne 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's okay. They towed it out of the environment.

  • @underconstruction6436
    @underconstruction6436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2536

    “Lots of people died for a whole load of nothing” ain’t that a good way to describe World War I.

    • @cvetomirgeorgiev9106
      @cvetomirgeorgiev9106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      -World War 1- War*

    • @arthurlourenco939
      @arthurlourenco939 5 ปีที่แล้ว +233

      "Some serbian dude shot the Austrian prince, so Austria declared war on Serbia, and Russia which had Serbia's back declared war on Austria, so Germany which had Austria's back declared war on Russia, so France which had Russia's back declared war on Germany, and now I, some french peasant, have to die for my country because the politicians said so"

    • @AndrewVasirov
      @AndrewVasirov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It could have been so much better if Germany didn't join...

    • @mitchverr9330
      @mitchverr9330 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      "a whole lot of nothing" unless you look at the map pre and post war in eastern europe and the middle east, a whole lot of stuff happened there ^^

    • @underconstruction6436
      @underconstruction6436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      mitch verr true the borders changed dramatically and society was changed forever, but what changed after the war paved the way for World War II and more destruction and even more unnecessary lose of life.

  • @hueylongdong347
    @hueylongdong347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2129

    5:23 Hey look, it's Indy from Great War

  • @MrRosenleaf406
    @MrRosenleaf406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love the little quick jokes in these videos. “Austria-Hungary was also there.” I almost spit out my drink! 🤣😂

  • @MoreImbaThanYou
    @MoreImbaThanYou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "Who started WW1?"
    Austria: *nervous sweating* "This guy!" *points at germany and quickly jumps out frame*

  • @Wibblefish94
    @Wibblefish94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1335

    Surprise Indy Neidell at 5:23

    • @ByzantineCapitalManagement
      @ByzantineCapitalManagement 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Yes

    • @sentteri
      @sentteri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      He has visited the Italian front so that was a fitting place for a cameo. :)

    • @UpcycleElectronics
      @UpcycleElectronics 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      The fact that Indy is so recognizable within the artistic depth of a 2 dimensional lego is amazing. Kudos!
      -Jake

    • @excession100
      @excession100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      All it needed was him burning a picture of conrad von hötzendorf and it would have been perfect

    • @anttibjorklund1869
      @anttibjorklund1869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Watching the nth battle of Isonzo.

  • @Shirokroete
    @Shirokroete 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3104

    Love the dry humor. Always delightful.

  • @Hotshot2k4
    @Hotshot2k4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This is a great channel for actually learning the basics of world events, and I appreciate the territory map to go along with everything to provide a visual indication of the consequences of the events you describe. You don't purposely stall for time like a lot of other youtube history channels, which is just the icing on the cake.

  • @davidmorris8319
    @davidmorris8319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "Also, Franz Joseph proved that he could actually die"
    The humor on this channel is immaculate

  • @danielgreen1475
    @danielgreen1475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    "And Romania entered the war... and was swiftly conquered" this really shouldn't be funny 😂

    • @spdutahraptor777
      @spdutahraptor777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      None of the channel content should...and that why i love it

    • @jake42731
      @jake42731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      At least they tried

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was afraid Romania wouldn't even get a mention.

    • @alexandrumaftei9740
      @alexandrumaftei9740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The ww 1 was the base of the Great Romania. But the mustache guys destroyed everything.

    • @redlophix5670
      @redlophix5670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I still had to laugh. 😂

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation7721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1988

    The sarcasm is even stronger than usual in this one.
    Which is amazing!

    • @knoxx4411
      @knoxx4411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Merritt Animation b H

    • @robertrichard6107
      @robertrichard6107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well all the planning to kill the Prince hadn't gone well. After he took a break he noticed them driving down the street again, and he got his revplver to work.

    • @417Owsy
      @417Owsy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Also, Franz Joseph proves that he could actually die and was succeeded by Charles I"

    • @dadadaddyoo
      @dadadaddyoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And totally appropriate.

  • @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it
    @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Austria Hungary: exists
    History matters: *peace was never an option*

  • @nightx4082
    @nightx4082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I wonder what queen victoria's reaction will be if she lived to see ww1, just seeing her granchildren/relatives fighting each other

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She was not amused.

    • @TheSkyGuy77
      @TheSkyGuy77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      (Rule Britannia plays mournfully)

    • @RDA000
      @RDA000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm pretty sure it was George V that stated the war never would've been allowed if Victoria was alive

    • @conors4430
      @conors4430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, I’m sure she gave them a good stern talking to about how empire building is only for grandmama

  • @svenajbolje9324
    @svenajbolje9324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    You know shit got real when Montenegro joins the war

    • @iamwarranted4502
      @iamwarranted4502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes

    • @delayedstwr
      @delayedstwr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Surprised they didnt sleep through all of it.

    • @gamerstrice4731
      @gamerstrice4731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fuckers killed a samurai in a duel.. Austrio-Hungary was trembling in fear

  • @Wanderer628
    @Wanderer628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1441

    7:17 Fun fact, it was the British who intercepted the telegram and were in a quandary on how to release it. You see the British had severed Germanys international cables at the start if the war so Germany was using the American telegraph cables to send the message. They were allowed to use these by the Americans because Wilson thought they would help him to end the war by communicating with the Kaiser.
    Unbeknownst to both parties the UK had tapped the cables and when the telegram was sent and intercepted, didn't know quite how to show it to the world. If they did it would be not only admitting that they had broken the code which would cause the Germans to change it but would also be admitting that they had been tapping America's cables and listening in on them the entire time.
    In the end they created a ruse where they claimed to have intercepted the telegram in Mexico which caused the Germans alarm. They didn't even consider the possibility that their codes could have been broken and instead started a witch hunt in the German embasy in Mexico for a spy.

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      lmao nice

    • @bleachedout
      @bleachedout 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Wanderer628 that's so interesting!

    • @FlymanMS
      @FlymanMS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Well I think the world would appreciate more isolationist foreign policy from US nowadays, since they don't seem to be able to stop interveing in every matter on every corner of the globe after WW2 ended.

    • @mikeywilliams4136
      @mikeywilliams4136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Andrew Mitchell I feel like things would’ve went better for all if America supported the Central Powers

    • @narcick1018
      @narcick1018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Stephen Jenkins dude ı am from a muslim country and usa fighting for few is not really true ı give you that but dude like usa bein vital for "stability" really ?! you know what america did to arab nations like egypt they helps cici a dictator than they helpd saddam and then attacked them and made ıraq suffer then they destabilized syria and libya yes libya was a dictatorship but their economy was good and if they stayed on the line everything was fine and afghanistan like wtf usa fucking decimated the country do you think that is stability tell me pls and they tried to destabilize my country aswell but they ultimately got defeated is this rights of men and liberty ?

  • @anusers76thaccount.83
    @anusers76thaccount.83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    0:23 Ah, yes, the 8th liberation of Alsace-Lorraine.
    Only Victoria 2 Players understand.

  • @jimslancio
    @jimslancio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    9:24 Humorist Dave Barry wrote that the war turned a group of nations that hated each other into a group of nations that REALLY hated each other.

  • @herbivorethecarnivore8447
    @herbivorethecarnivore8447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    6:17
    'Franz Joseph proved that he could actually die'
    this is unreasonably funny

    • @northchurch753
      @northchurch753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well he was a pretty old bastard

    • @libertyorca9011
      @libertyorca9011 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      R.I.P

    • @AriGenser
      @AriGenser 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well he ruled for about 70 years before his death so it makes sense

  • @tomasziskierka9557
    @tomasziskierka9557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    Entente: I want a dragon !
    Santa Claus: be realistic.
    Entente: Can you break the deadlock on the western front?
    Santa Claus: What color do you want your Dragon ?

  • @russianarmy8976
    @russianarmy8976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:22 ist that indy neidell from "the great war"🤣

  • @schwoondoggle
    @schwoondoggle ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love how the Ottomans lost ww1 but won the one for their mainland like five seconds after

  • @lucashampton6269
    @lucashampton6269 5 ปีที่แล้ว +684

    "Austria-Hungary was.. also there." pretty accurate. Gotta give them some credit, they fought their own artillery pretty well. The Hellriegel was actually a cool looking gun. I wouldn't mind having a working model custom made.

    • @ThatOneGuyFromIdaho
      @ThatOneGuyFromIdaho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My go to gun in BF1!

    • @eges72
      @eges72 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was a prototype made in 1918 but it didn't change the fact that it is the most annoying yet badass gun in BF1

    • @danielwordsworth1843
      @danielwordsworth1843 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eges72 nah its aight
      lots of bullets but slower TTK, it is reliable but pros can make better use of other SMGs
      but SMG08...

  • @BornotB-xi6kg
    @BornotB-xi6kg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1598

    "They didn't actually expect Britain to do anything about it"
    " *They were wrong.* "

    • @daniel6009
      @daniel6009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      They would've joined eventually due to geopolitical reasons even if Germany didn't invade Belgium.

    • @tyed6482
      @tyed6482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@daniel6009 probably due to the fact that either france or Germany was going to succeed in Western Europe and neither were ideal for Britain but Germany winning was especially bad as Germany had the 2nd largest navy

    • @ciaran..G
      @ciaran..G 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@tyed6482 Many british and german troops didnt even want to kill eachother

    • @ariqasadam199
      @ariqasadam199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ciaran..G yah instead of that they use chlorine gas against russia

    • @ciaran..G
      @ciaran..G 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ariqasadam199 I mean both sides gassed eachother

  • @lostonearth7856
    @lostonearth7856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    3:45
    Dutch Civilians: Please leave.
    German Soldier: So anyways, I started blasting.

    • @Tutel9528
      @Tutel9528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol how old are you anyway Dutch were neutral during WW1?

    • @KatDoesWeather
      @KatDoesWeather ปีที่แล้ว

      Belgium. a citizen of Belgium

  • @Chris-ut6eq
    @Chris-ut6eq 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was 10minutes but honestly felt like 2minutes. Occasionally rewatch this and it's good every time.

  • @coffee5981
    @coffee5981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    "Tiny bit assassinated" :D

  • @kerriehowe8844
    @kerriehowe8844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    I know it's morbid and distasteful but I can't help but burst out laughing when a person dies and they just hit the floor with that thud noise it's just perfect

    • @scarymoose4141
      @scarymoose4141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I think it's the point, putting a bit of dry humor into the video

    • @anonymouscausewhynot
      @anonymouscausewhynot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@robertcrawshaw9978 History Matters is an amazing teacher.

  • @guywhocantgrowabeard
    @guywhocantgrowabeard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been binge watching your videos since yesterday and I gotta say I love your use of maps. Somehow I've always been drawn to maps. I love looking at them. And they offer easy visual representation in matters of war, empires, and stuff.

  • @andreweaston1779
    @andreweaston1779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As someone who has taken classes on this, I have to say you do an amazing job at explaining all of this, and it’s better than a lot of the profs I’ve had. Great job!

  • @Algo1
    @Algo1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    "Lots of people died for a whole lot of nothing"
    WW 1 as a whole in a nutshell.

    • @Alex-oc9pk
      @Alex-oc9pk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      World history in a nutshell

    • @huldanoren951
      @huldanoren951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Alex-oc9pk Gotta love human inability to learn

    • @Alex-oc9pk
      @Alex-oc9pk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@huldanoren951 they call it dumbism

    • @PugnaciousProductions
      @PugnaciousProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Alex-oc9pk they call it insanity

    • @rewdwarf123
      @rewdwarf123 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poland got its independence back, at least.

  • @koisov4401
    @koisov4401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    “As the protector of all slavs” -what about Poland-

    • @joshuagale3041
      @joshuagale3041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Poland is a conspiracy, like rutland

    • @tasostheteaman5484
      @tasostheteaman5484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Poor poland

    • @Darthwgamer
      @Darthwgamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Free Real Estate

    • @AUSSIETAIPAN
      @AUSSIETAIPAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      What is a Poland?

    • @koisov4401
      @koisov4401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      AUSSIETAIPAN
      Poland is a country in central/eastern europe. It saved europe 4 times. Poland is a slavic nation founded by Mieszko I in 966.

  • @Joker129
    @Joker129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3:25 I like how you summed up Austria Hungary and the sight of a soldier looking different ways simultaniusly while saliva is dropping from his mouth.

  • @gwd7002
    @gwd7002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lol. Napoleon's potrait at the back in the scenes in the palace looks cool.😂😂

  • @anttibjorklund1869
    @anttibjorklund1869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    "He managed to get a tiny bit assassinated"
    That kind of humour is why I subscribed XD

  • @ericlanglois9194
    @ericlanglois9194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Ferdinand Foch, commander in chief of the Allied Armies at the time of the treaty of Versaille (June 1919) famously said "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years" and he was right since Germany began their invasion of Poland in September of 1939.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow, he sure wished he was a liar!

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastically done IMO.
    Thank you, very much for this.

  • @ralikdiver
    @ralikdiver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A very good thumbnail of how the war came about and concluded. I am enjoying catching up on your videos.

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    I'm always impressed with the level of detail in your maps. You even included Cyprus when mentioning Britain, and the Dodecanese when mentioning Italy.

  • @plolsteg7705
    @plolsteg7705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Tsar nicholas (Tiny bit annoyed) “I Will end you”
    Franz Joseph (furious) “quite rude of you”

  • @endoflaven
    @endoflaven 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kaiser holding the sign "Be Hungry" has me rolling

  • @zoolanderXXL
    @zoolanderXXL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a great video with an high level of objectivity! Thank you

  • @mistermeatballs7800
    @mistermeatballs7800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Indy Neidell @ 5:21

  • @nik65stgt60
    @nik65stgt60 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful reporting! Great content!

  • @billybowens5834
    @billybowens5834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He managed to get a tiny bit assassinated with the accompanying visual I'm 💀😂😂😭😭😭

  • @Eatmydbzballs
    @Eatmydbzballs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    "I should go"-Nicholis II
    'You know I tell people "I'll talk to you later," but I never do.'- Cmdr. Shepherd

  • @foxboy92mp77
    @foxboy92mp77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    *_I T ' S T I M E F O R W O R L D W A R O N E ! !_*

    • @joffreybaratheon9044
      @joffreybaratheon9044 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Bill wurtz reference
      The world is about to have a war cause its the 1911 and weapons are getting crazy

    • @tallerstond8105
      @tallerstond8105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      japan was wondering if they should take the islands because Britain is at war with Germany because Germany was going to trespass Belgium to kick France’s ass because France was allied with Russia who was going to kick Austria’s ass because Austria wants to kick Serbia’s ass because someone from Serbia shot the leader of Austria’s ass. er, head.

    • @tylerbozinovski4624
      @tylerbozinovski4624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL I do that in my history classes at school and nobody even knows where that comes from. (They probably care so little that they don't even know what I'm saying.)

    • @zqplyn-r6648
      @zqplyn-r6648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAR, A WAR SO GREAT IT WOULD BE THE WAR TO END ALL WARS*

    • @AnchoviePossum
      @AnchoviePossum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tallerstond8105 JAPAN SHOULD TAKE THE ISLANDS

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!

  • @caniaccharlie
    @caniaccharlie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the Indy Nidel cameo!

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 5 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    5:23 LMFAO it's Indy Neidell

  • @Vienna3080
    @Vienna3080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +804

    >Britain lying
    Who would have guessed that

    • @declanhugors
      @declanhugors 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just Vienna - Some dude more recently in da comments section

    • @nicolasaudra8709
      @nicolasaudra8709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      British history summarized in 1 sentence.

    • @tcw_6609
      @tcw_6609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      every country lies. what is your point?

    • @SoWhat1221
      @SoWhat1221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Perfidious Albion.

    • @tcw_6609
      @tcw_6609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cry

  • @gandolph999
    @gandolph999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A brilliantly presented summary of WWI.

  • @burnerfrenzy3392
    @burnerfrenzy3392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was so well made good job

  • @wm2429
    @wm2429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Man, I can’t wait for the sequel. World War One Part Two seems like it’d be even crazier!

    • @HistoryMatters
      @HistoryMatters  5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It's the Mongol Empire next then after that it'll be World War 2.

    • @wm2429
      @wm2429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ten Minute History thanks for letting me know! I’m looking forward to it

    • @thatkidkawaii1965
      @thatkidkawaii1965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@HistoryMatters we need ww2!

    • @MrSuchomimus9
      @MrSuchomimus9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Man I wish there was a world war 2 video

  • @MrHurch
    @MrHurch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    I love that the animator took the time to make the rifles look correct for the respective armies instead of just drawing a generic rifle. Nice little touch.

  • @Dave_L913
    @Dave_L913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:27 It really pays to rewatch these videos and pause a lot. "Austra-Hungary was... also there" wall-eyed drooling A-H soldier pops on screen

  • @thecrippledpancake9455
    @thecrippledpancake9455 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:41 Sums it up nicely

  • @lukalisjak2106
    @lukalisjak2106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    3:27 "Austria-Hungary was ... also there." Ouch.

  • @none_shall_pass
    @none_shall_pass 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    "The front fell off"
    What you did there.
    I see it.

    • @andrewjgrimm
      @andrewjgrimm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unexpected Australian reference.

  • @toddaustin2198
    @toddaustin2198 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff! TY

  • @jaccarson5967
    @jaccarson5967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You should do more 10 minute videos again, it was a great format

  • @johnnyhandsome3424
    @johnnyhandsome3424 5 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    High School Teacher: What was the cause of WW1?
    Student: The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand?
    Teacher: Correct!
    Me: That's it??
    Teacher: Yes Johnny... That's it.

    • @k_god7207
      @k_god7207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I see you haven't heard about the war of the bucket... or the war for the bactrian horses!

    • @azh698
      @azh698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      You mean that a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich cause he was hungry!

    • @arnold3768
      @arnold3768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @scudb5509
      @scudb5509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The assassin had his reasons. Bosnia had Serbs in it, a lot. And Austro Hungarians especially that Duke were oppressing them.

    • @user-ze7ml6ec9m
      @user-ze7ml6ec9m 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@scudb5509 I think that duke wasn't that bad actually. Or did I read wrong somewhere?

  • @ryancresswell4398
    @ryancresswell4398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Is that Indy telling the Italians, "Good job" ??

    • @themightyranger6321
      @themightyranger6321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yep

    • @fralencemelograno
      @fralencemelograno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@themightyranger6321 I wonder what for

    • @themightyranger6321
      @themightyranger6321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@fralencemelograno kicking out that luigi cadorna idiot from the army and breaking the austrian lines.

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Luigi Cardona, just Luigi Cardona.....

    • @paradoxofperfection8965
      @paradoxofperfection8965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Edmonton-of2ec Oh God help, the ghost of Luigi Cadorna is my sleep paralysis demon.

  • @thelittlehistorian4617
    @thelittlehistorian4617 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you have inspired me to make a history channel thank you will be done in a week

  • @dorfrez
    @dorfrez 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your work

  • @cowardtoe6532
    @cowardtoe6532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Germany:*surrenders*
    All of Germany Territorys:I dont feel so good mr stark.

  • @andrewbachman698
    @andrewbachman698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    0:38 Napoleon with the photo bomb

  • @TherealSoggyCan
    @TherealSoggyCan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:16 man saw and lived through so much

  • @michaeledwardharris
    @michaeledwardharris 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done.

  • @f.s.1429
    @f.s.1429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    6:01 Romania: "I'm joining the war t...." 2 secs later got conquered.

  • @epicblitzkrieg8761
    @epicblitzkrieg8761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "Also Franz Josef proved that he could actually die" love the humor in this

  • @robertstauffer2865
    @robertstauffer2865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "He managed to get a tiny bit assassinated" I spit my soda all over the screen.

  • @steppahouse
    @steppahouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Look, all off these videos are gold, but "he managed to get a tiny bit assassinated" has got to be your crown jewel.

  • @parkermitchell2089
    @parkermitchell2089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love how Switzerland is just in the middle of the war literally

  • @wattsnottaken1
    @wattsnottaken1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    “Peace will last no longer than 20 years” - Some WW1 General in November 1918

    • @fcalvaresi
      @fcalvaresi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Spark That J ‘this is not an armistice but a truce for the next twenty years’ by Marshall Ferdinand Foch.

    • @eisenkoenig8324
      @eisenkoenig8324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wasn’t it Mackensen who once said something like: „A unfair peace will only end up in another war.“
      From some points: what happened after ww1 was kinda predictable... thanks Versailles

    • @marcinkrz3140
      @marcinkrz3140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In Russia (and Poland) it only lasted for 2

    • @bondrewdthelordofdawn3744
      @bondrewdthelordofdawn3744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's not ordinary general it's French one

    • @selinane2Seli-zw3pz
      @selinane2Seli-zw3pz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eisenkoenig8324 Thanks Frankfurt Treaty of 1871

  • @paleone8725
    @paleone8725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel like blocks holding a sign saying "Violate Belgium" is underrated

  • @MrShaneVicious
    @MrShaneVicious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    we need a long version of this

  • @Nugcon
    @Nugcon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    *OMG I can't believe they made World War 1 from Battlefield 1 into a real thing! 😂😂😂😂😂*

    • @zqplyn-r6648
      @zqplyn-r6648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      IKR *WW2 from BFV coming soon*

    • @zqplyn-r6648
      @zqplyn-r6648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Fiasco bruh. This was 8 months ago

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Fiasco still obsessed with "feminists" eh?

    • @Tutel9528
      @Tutel9528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BF V sucks IMO,literally one of the worst BF games.

    • @jacktheflash8478
      @jacktheflash8478 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zqplyn-R6 so?

  • @darthhoovy8332
    @darthhoovy8332 5 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    I like how Austria-Hungary is brain dead at 3:28 :D

    • @charlesprichard5235
      @charlesprichard5235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I know, I couldn't believe the realism.

    • @iankaris8143
      @iankaris8143 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      More like 3:27

    • @sentteri
      @sentteri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wonder if that soldier was meant to be someona from 'The good soldier Svejk'.

    • @darthhoovy8332
      @darthhoovy8332 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Santeri Riikonen Maybe it could be him?

    • @sentteri
      @sentteri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darthhoovy8332 I don't believe he had a moustache but it's been ages since I read it. :)

  • @tabithabailey9504
    @tabithabailey9504 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!

  • @jonesing777
    @jonesing777 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome 🙌

  • @Kernverstand
    @Kernverstand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    8:58 Treaty of Sevres: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

  • @haroldellis9721
    @haroldellis9721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    6:12 Truer words were never spoken.

  • @katerinapalanova3252
    @katerinapalanova3252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It really is sad to see how many people died for nothing, let's hope the history never repeats again. Thanks for making this video, it is a helpful reminder of the history events.

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam ปีที่แล้ว

      In case you wanted to know, the entire world is a massive cluster of many conflicts for not very much
      Hoping that history won't repeat itself is hopeless: people never change, their modus operandi do

  • @scottgates4979
    @scottgates4979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I read a very well written history article, really more of an opinion piece on the history, that stated that World War I has never REALLY ended. The Treaty of Versailles and the others were badly written. The territories were hacked up and divided along unnatural lines. This made WWII, the Cold War (and all the various kerfuffles of that) and the current situations with Middle Eastern Terrorism virtually inevitable blowback from WWI. This was a decade ago, so Ukraine didn't figure in to the author's opinions, but I'm sure a revision would add in the current Ukrainian war.