To paraphrase one historian: "Bismarck's biggest failure in life and politics was not imagining a world without Bismarck."

@michaelsinger4638

Жыл бұрын

He created a system that required a genius like himself to keep working properly.

@Hollows1997

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelsinger4638 as the great man himself once noted: “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” December 1897 - The same Kaiser Wilhelm II he said this to would abdicate the German throne 20 years and 11 months later. Also, in 1888 Bimarck also famously said: “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”

@user-oh6eg4ny3h

Жыл бұрын

I feel his other mistake was a consequence of making the German empire. After beating the French and forcing them too pay a in land and lots of money led to a big time grudge and resentment of Germany to where France was waiting for a opportunity to fight Germany again but prepared. This came on the form of world war 1. Had Bismarck improved French relations the balkin crisis maybe would’ve been avoided but instead because Germany forced France to pay a heavy fine in the Franco Prussian war led to France wanting revenge in the treaty of versailles leading to more tragic consequences

@Hollows1997

Жыл бұрын

@@user-oh6eg4ny3h I disagree. Without British intervention, Germany would have beaten France in WWI and British intervention cannot be blamed on Bismarck's lack of foresight.

@tomhoni9642

Жыл бұрын

@@user-oh6eg4ny3h France was spared after almost 20 years of war under Napoleon. over the centuries several times french armies marched through german lands pillaging and murdering. after the defeat of the Austrians in the battle of Königgrätz (or Sadova) against Prussia the French demanded revanche!!! They werent even fighting in that war! They started the war of 1870 over an "insult" in a letter. After the peace deal they could pay the money within 3 or 4 years! very harsh... they were an utterly arrogant and imperialistic people these days and had their chance of getting peaceful relations and threw it away. thats the basis of the world wars. not Bismark demanding too much. ironically it was kinda the same mistake like treaty of Versailles after WW1. Shoulda beat them back to stone age

3:00 “With the Hungarians already revolting” I’ve always found the Hungarians rather nice but each to his own.

@andyyang3029

Жыл бұрын

Lmao clever one

@oligultonn

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha brilliant comment Generalfeldmarschall

@richardtalbott6215

Ай бұрын

Just add more salt. Or garlic. Or chocolate sauce.

@na3044

Ай бұрын

Their toad-like leader is plenty revolting.

Simon tells this perfectly and is so easy to listen to, thats why I spend as much time each day watching his videos, that he spends making them. Thanks Simon and team. 👍

@terryjohnson5579

7 ай бұрын

Omg so much time. Apparently enough time that work has limited when I can have my phone cuz I'm always listening this and casual criminalist lol

Another mini-masterpiece: you have a great talent for putting over historical events in a memorable and entertaing way. I'd barely heard of this war before, but now I can see that it is an essential component for understanding the development of modern-day Europe.

@warographics643

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@kieronparr3403

Жыл бұрын

And the editor and writer

"Comparing Prussia to Austria was like comparing the Culture to the crew of the Red Dwarf" might be the most British thing anyone has ever said

@adamswanson338

Жыл бұрын

I’m American, and I swear i sat there for a solid 30 seconds trying to understand what that meant and I just gave up 😂

Bismarck managed to orchestrate three wars. And yet make it seem like TECHNICALLY, Prussia was acting in response to others. The man was a strategic genius.

@MirageGSM

Жыл бұрын

And not just a strategic one. He also basically invented the German healthcare system and insurance against accidents and invalidity.

@jezalb2710

Жыл бұрын

@@MirageGSM not invented, more like stole socialist's ideas. To beat them with their own weapon.

@thunderbird1921

Жыл бұрын

Prussian Crown Prince Frederick though was furious about the war with Austria. He felt it was absolutely immoral to fight other German peoples and compared it to killing one's own family. Bismarck ignored him though.

@jakedo4577

Жыл бұрын

Otto Von Bismarck was the epitome of pragmatism.

@michaelmoorrees3585

Жыл бұрын

@@MirageGSM - Mind you that he was a staunch conservative, but saw the writing on the wall. He didn't really want a united Germany, but if one was going to happen, let it be under Prussian terms. And as pragmatist, he setup national healthcare, as a compromise, in exchange. Something both the extreme right, and extreme left, could learn today. Plus he deliberately left Austria out of a united Germany, something some fool with a Charlie Chaplain mustache did not heed, several decades later.

Excellent work! Might I just suggest to use more maps with a focus on rivers and mountains. For people who don't know Jicin or Hradec Kralove this is very vague.

You should have mentioned the Austrians beat the Italians so bad in the south that they felt they were undeserving of Venetia and so ceded it to France instead who then promptly gave it to Italy

@shronkler1994

Жыл бұрын

Lmaooo💀💀💀 getting ruined so bad you just say "alright fuck this shit i don't even want it"

@IrishCarney

Жыл бұрын

Like the Greeks in WW2 who'd lost to the Axis, but - since they'd beaten the Italians earlier - refused to surrender to Italy, insisting on only surrendering to Germany.

Much appreciated Simon. It’s become a KZread hobby to listen to these in free time.

The last Kaiser made a mistake when he fired Bismark from being prime minister.

Oh this is great. I actually had a relative who fought in this war, changed his name, and fled the country owing to his performance

@thunderbird1921

Жыл бұрын

Get this: My family has a Prussian ancestor who came to America (with his wife IIRC) as an immigrant in 1866, and we've suspected he did it partially to avoid being conscripted to fight in this war. Pretty crafty move on his part if true.

@aaronbasham6554

Жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 huh, neat. Ours was an Austrian Officer who came over with his family later in 1866 while changing his name. Allegedly some of our family went over there and found out he was presumed to have died after one of the battles

This is a WONDERFUL video. Loved every minute of it.

"Like the Culture vs the crew of Red Dwarf" 10/10 for high end sci fi reference. Damn Special Circumstances interfering again.

@CellarDoorAU

Жыл бұрын

I've barely watched much of Red Dwarf - Would you be able to explain that reference? As in, what is 'The Culture' in a Red Dwarf context? I'm aware of the crew.

1:05 - Chapter 1 - Big beasts 5:00 - Chapter 2 - Bleeding the giant 9:25 - Chapter 3 - Diplomatic isolation 13:20 - Chapter 4 - The volcano erupts 16:45 - Chapter 5 - A catastrophe is inevitable 20:35 - Chapter 6 - The titan, defeated

@Jxck866

Жыл бұрын

Omg been looking for the jump scare list for ages Ty

@Cheka__

Жыл бұрын

Simon should pay you for your work.

@idontknowhowtonamemychannel

Жыл бұрын

I misread first one as Big breasts:D

@ReidHenderson

Жыл бұрын

I must be tired I read chapter one as big breast not big beast😂

Hey can you please do a video about the Sri Lankan Civil War? I'm someone young from Sri Lanka but knows very little about it cause it's mostly treated as kinda taboo and the views I heard are largely tainted with nationalism on both sides. So I would love to hear a balanced and non objective take on it

@scottnunnemaker5209

Жыл бұрын

The old one or the new one forming?

@bakthihapuarachchi3447

Жыл бұрын

@@scottnunnemaker5209 there's no new one. All the people are united against a corrupt political elite. In fact, the various ethnicities have never been more united as they are now

@TBJ1118

Жыл бұрын

I second that!

@scottnunnemaker5209

Жыл бұрын

@@bakthihapuarachchi3447 I hope it stays that way but history is full of examples of things starting United and then devolving into bloodshed later as one or more groups feel slighted by the division of power.

@user-kb8wn5qr5d

Жыл бұрын

Nobody gives a fuck about Sri Lanka

I'm on vacation so that mammoth of an episode yesterday on gacy took forever to watch but was well worth it. Thanks Simon and co.

@SkunkApe407

Жыл бұрын

That episode got me through half of my work day. I remodel homes, so I keep my earbuds in most of the day and long episodes like that keep me going.

@joeyr7294

Жыл бұрын

@@SkunkApe407 hell yeah, I use to do the same when I was a sub contractor painter. Makes working so much better

Love this!! thanks for sharing I always love learning something new about this topic :)

I know a guy in Vienna called Benedek, a distant offspring of General Benedek. He still has problems of being mocked because of his ancestor. If Austria had won that battle, or at least achieved a stalemate, the Prussian dominated Imperial Germany would not have formed or looked much different. By that all the rest would have been different: WWI and WWII. That battle at Königgrätz just had huge impacts.

@oligultonn

Жыл бұрын

It is probably the single most world changing battle in human history.

@TheAustrianAnimations87

Жыл бұрын

Damn, feel sorry for him.

I watch these immediately every time I love this channel. Thank you. Do the meme wars next!

Hey Simon, can you make a video dedicated to Austrian field marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz?

@natkojurdana9673

Жыл бұрын

And ban Josip Jelačić Von Bužim while you're at it :)

@billtube8768

Жыл бұрын

See if they done an episode on his other channel Biographics

@tastefullynerdy1161

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Prince Eugene.

The constant changes in the speed and volume of your speaking make it really hard to follow. But man, the content is so, so good!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Love this episode! Compliments the Franco-Prussian war episode.

Please do the Crimean war at some point.

Love your videos

Great video as always! Great information! I love the “Red Dwarf” reference! Hilarious!

I'm new to the Simon Whistler constellation of channels but glad that I found them.

Good work. But it would help to have a map graphic highlighting the various regions, cities, etc as you rattle them off. Many of them aren't even noted on current maps.

Loving this Chanel well all of them thank you Simon how about a civilisations and empires graphics chanel incised your not busy enough

Please do a video on the Iran-Iraq war

It would be very helpful if you showed maps and arrows when describing army/navy movements and battlefield scenes

Hey Simon, I love your work. Please have a look into Brian Ború (pronounced "Bore-oo") and the Battle of Clontarf. I think it'd make for a good fit for this channel.

Man, the 1860s sucked for a lot of continents didn't it?

@jackthorton10

4 ай бұрын

All across the board…

Nice Futurama wink "The rest of the Dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!"

Do the Battle for Lake Tanganyika World War I's most bizarre battle.

significance of Dreyse rifle is overestimated. Yes, they could fire faster, but Austrian Lorentz percussion rifle had greater range and accuracy and it definitely could be loaded, while soldier was kneeling ory lying on ground (many of them were shipped to USA and were used in civil war) But Austrian tactics was outdated and was basically napoleonic linear tactics, based on massed bayonet charge. For austrian officers soldier lying on ground was something unimaginable. Also austrian artillery commended and caused lots of prussian casaulties and basically cover infantry retreat.

14:52 nice paraphrasing of that master of tactics and war, Zapp Brannigan

One could argue it shaped the world for more than just decades, that it is still shaping shaping world today as it led to the following wars that made modern Europe and changed so much for so many people, and ended so many lives.

@wingkeungkong415

Жыл бұрын

It makes Germany The greatest power in europe Defeated in world war ONE and Second World War cannot change it

When you mentioned Red Dwarf, reminded me of this quote Lister "We're a real Mickey Mouse Operation aren't we? Cat "Mickey Mouse, we ain't even Betty Boop"

Most hilarious war video I've ever seen from Simon

Your thumbnails on this channel always make me do a double-take for if this is a movie or a ~20-something minute video or not. Love it

A piece of history I knew far too little about

"Comparing Prussia to Austria was like comparing the Culture to the crew of Red Dwarf" I almost spit up my drink when I head that. Brilliant!

@BobHooker

Жыл бұрын

Geeks of the world, slowly we are winning!

@CellarDoorAU

Жыл бұрын

I've barely watched much of Red Dwarf - Would you be able to explain that reference? As in, what is 'The Culture' in a Red Dwarf context? I'm aware of the crew.

@BobHooker

Жыл бұрын

@@CellarDoorAU The Culture, among Geeks, means Iain M Banks novels that are set in a galaxy spanning super civilization with powers close to God like but oddly relatable as well. It is a masterpiece both of Sci Fi and social imagination. The Culture can control stars, can create massive fleets manned by extreme computer minds well beyond us but still, it is managing the fate of millions of species. It is essentially the highest level civilization humans can still comprehend without reverting to religion in my opinion. And Red Dwarf crew is the Red Dwarf crew.

Please do Nigeria civil war

An interesting side-note is that Hannover, even though they were the first to be out of the war were the only ones to actually win a major battle against Prussia in the battle of Langensalza (Austria later won one minor engagement).

Red dwarf is a great show sir .

Please wear your Lederhosen anytime you do an episode on Germany from now on. Or even better, get yourself a Otto von Bismark outfit complete with helmet and all, you would look amazing

@jamesdykes517

Жыл бұрын

What? Why? He doesn't do that for any other. It's a historian not a GD schmuck.

@tojan8313

Жыл бұрын

Lederhosen are not german. They are bavarian, the rest of Germany does not wear them. So it would only make sense for bavarian themed videos.

@duncancurtis5971

Жыл бұрын

Beer stein and giant sausage mit oompah band.😁

@kieronparr3403

Жыл бұрын

It's a war video. He doesn't even do shit like that on BB.

@ahuels67

Жыл бұрын

@@kieronparr3403 I don't care, WE DEMAND SIMONHOSEN

Can you do a video on the 1919 German revolution by rosa Luxembourg? Loved the Irish revolution series from an Irishman🇮🇪💚

YES! FINALLY!

Can you talk more about the history of the Pomeria region?

im fm Puerto Rico and my London Jets shirt is only for special occasions. Thanks Simon, ISNT THAT RIGHT PETER?

Here for the Futurama references, delivered with a straight face, no less.

Hajo Holborn Said that Bismarck in 1870, did not want an Anschluss bc 1. He wanted Austria to continue to control the subordinate nationalized of the empire. 2. Bismarck’s political base was mostly Protestant and Austria was full of Catholics.

I have an interesting question was Bismarck reluctance to take Austria is because whilst he did not want the multi culture state as it would be difficult to hold on. Austria-Hungary was always at risk of splitting up and Franz Josef was very skilled at keeping everyone together.

15:02 That is not Prince Charles of Bavaria. That is Prince Charles of Hesse, the elected-but-uncrowned King of Finland.

Can you guys do a crimean war video pretty please?

14:50 A Zap Brannigan reference. Nice.

Simon you are not entirely right on Schleswig the notohern part (north of the current dansh/german border) had a danish majority and the minorities in Schleswig danish in the north and german in the south weren't reconized before the Bonn treaty of 1955 and a video on the Schleswig wars could be great now there's videos on the Seven weeks war and the Franko-Preussian war

6:46 “Tis but a flesh wound!” - Franz Joseph

Does Simon Whistler have a Discord?

Wasn't expecting a Culture reference in a historical war minidoc.

I'm not sure many people heard the capital letters in "comparing The Culture to the crew of the Red Dwarf".

21:37 we might have 3 defenestrations of Prague, but have we had a self-defenestration of Prague

1:33 - That coat of arms does not represent the HRE, but rather one monarch who happened to be, among other things, Holy Roman Emperor. Most of the things represented there were not part of the HRE (particularly the realms of the King of Spain including those in Italy and the Americas).

The Needle gun wasn't new but actually about 25 years old!

"Where some states have an army, the Prussian Army has a state." - Voltaire. "Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball" - Napoleon Bonaparte.

I always thought it was funny that most of Prussian history is just Bismarck throwing a hissy fit until he gets his way

@Ukraineaissance2014

Жыл бұрын

Except the whole massive frederick the great and napoleonic prussian eras..

war makes us all a bit hungry

Bismarck was another Richelieu! Or was Richelieu a Pre-Bismarck?

Next do one on the war that made Austria thirsty!

My first real cartography project was making a map of the birthplaces of major Europe composers from the late 1200s through the early 1900s. I spent a week deciding how to display Europe.

1:13 "You wouldn't have found a single Germanic state" Well no... I wouldn't find one, I would find MANY... Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, the Austrian Empire, Prussia, the Netherlands, and all those little ones too. That's loads of Germanic states. The way you said it made it sound like there weren't any whatsoever. The way you said it also seemed to imply "Germanic" means "German" which is certainly not the case.

The Risorgimento by Garibaldi, inventor of the squashed raisin biscuit 😋 by the way needs its own chapter.

TRAINING MATTERS anywhere in history.

The Seven Grains Bread: The diet that made Austria hungry.

Don’t forget about Roon’s reforms

I too would be quite famished after a bout like that.

Interesting subject. THEN I saw who is hosting it. Never mind.

And we know Bismarck always has a plan.

@savagedarksider5934

Жыл бұрын

Bismarck always have A plan.

15:09 is Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse.

Bismarck is the Man who is in Fakt the guy who is in charge for coming WW1

Is it part of the uniform to have a wicked mustache? Damn...

just an appetizer

To think at a similar time to the United States Confederacy a German Confederacy was fighting a war as well. It's neat seeing how other countries were at war as the same time as my own!

But I thought Europe didn't have any more wars after the Treaty of Westphalia... Are you saying Steven Fry and Hugh Laurie did not give us an accurate representation of history? That seems absurd!

Very interesting, informative video. One small linguistic gripe that I probably wouldn't have mentioned if not for the fact that it's used several times: German =/= Germanic. There were Germanic unified states, Denmark and Britain among them (I suppose you can argue the point on Britain, but you can't claim DK isn't Germanic), but not a German one.

@michaelmoorrees3585

Жыл бұрын

In 1815, The British monarch was also the elector of Hanover. That didn't change until Victoria ascended, but someone forgot to file the paperwork.

In Germany we call this war the war of brothers

Britain & Denmark are Germanic nations.. as is Swedend, Netherlands, Norway, arguably France as well as Belgium, Luxembourg & Switzerland. All having Germanic origins. There's other regions as well but they aren't independent nations.

@Ukraineaissance2014

Жыл бұрын

English and welsh people in fact have mostly ancient Briton genetic background, and the scottish have moved back and forth from northern ireland over about 2000 years. The viking and Saxon genetic input at least was less than previously thought, even if it was culturally very important in england and scotland especially.

I just want to point out that Elba doesnt flow throught Jičín nor is it even close in fact the closet point of the Elba to it is around 25/30 km

I’m sorry did you just reference another KZread channel😂

Where else can you hear a side in a war compared to the crew of Red Dwarf? :)

actually Austria had a mutual defence pact with the ottoman empire over the territories Walachia and Moldavia modern day Romania an had soldiers stationed in the region. they activated their part of the treaty when the russians invaded the ottoman empire besiged silistra. the russians were forced to withdraw from walachia as a result. both prussia and austria were preping to get involved in the wider crimean a but for various reason refraned from direct intervention.

11:13 What's an enemo? Enemoh? I wish this guy would make up more words.

I never met my dad but I hope he's Simon

' with the current officer core you have in your service, one day things will be very different for you' - Bismarck to Wilhelm I see parallels to brexit

Bismarck has a plan. Bismarck always has a plan.

Benedict Cumberbatch as Prince Charles at 15:07

Really "Seven weeks war?" In Europe you call it "Germans Brother War" or just "German War or even Austro-Prusian War."

@paulceglinski3087

Жыл бұрын

Not to worry, friend. The American Civil War has at least half a dozen different names, such as The War of Northern Aggression, Lincoln's War and The Second American Revolution, just to name a few. It depends on ones point of view.

@Einheit091

Жыл бұрын

@@paulceglinski3087 thanks now i feel better about it

@thunderbird1921

Жыл бұрын

I actually informally call it the "German Civil War" because essentially that's what it was (the German Confederation splitting and fighting over its future). America and Germany have some historically remarkable similarities, and our nearly simultaneous internal conflicts is one of them.

@paulceglinski3087

Жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 There is that. Agreeing in Tennessee.

@paulyb7267

Жыл бұрын

@@Einheit091 There is another name for this war: The German Civil War.

I initially read, the war that made Austria hungry.

I honestly don't know who got slapped hardest by Prussia: Austria or France.

Is this the “Brothers War” in Victoria 2?