What on Earth Happened to the Prussians?

What on Earth happened to the Prussians? A once proud and powerful nation, now relegated to the European history textbooks of 2nd grade Texas curriculum. Who exactly were the Prussians, and what was their impact on European history and their relation to the Germans, Poles, Russians and other European nations?
Today we're going to answer all these questions, while taking a look at the rise and fall of Prussia, and who exactly their people were. Thanks for watching!
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  • @prussianmonarchist7110
    @prussianmonarchist71106 жыл бұрын

    don't cry because it's gone, smile because it happened.

  • @Marhakon

    @Marhakon

    6 жыл бұрын

    Prussian Monarchist thats the best quote i ever read :')

  • @scottleft3672

    @scottleft3672

    6 жыл бұрын

    Celtic culture was nearly wiped from our collective memories 30 years ago, but thanks to objects d'art, the interest, then the language was revived and is now common in some regions.

  • @mikejones5110

    @mikejones5110

    6 жыл бұрын

    scott left celtic culture is alive and well.

  • @reddyforlenny9389

    @reddyforlenny9389

    5 жыл бұрын

    I pretty sure he said the opposite "I died so you can come with me"

  • @louisnapoleonbonapartethet626

    @louisnapoleonbonapartethet626

    5 жыл бұрын

    I’m crying because I let it happen.

  • @girlboss9222
    @girlboss92226 жыл бұрын

    "From the ashes of the Holy Roman Empire" if you listen very closely you can hear the cries of an Italian

  • @youneskasdi

    @youneskasdi

    5 жыл бұрын

    Someone gets it

  • @iceeicee2019

    @iceeicee2019

    5 жыл бұрын

    *cries in distantance*

  • @kanal2123a

    @kanal2123a

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@caiawlodarski5339 It was a more holy than pope who excommunicated bunch of Catholic leaders and led crusades against them while Ottomans took Christian kingdoms in the Balkans.. It was Roman ( by standards of that time, christian, spoke latin and put eagles on flags haha ) It was an Empire, it was ruled by emperor, that was elected by kingdoms which were ruled by monarchs... So monarchistic republic of federation of free cities, states and kingdom ruled by elective monarchs :P In case you are still reading, this was a troll comment :D

  • @shenghan9385

    @shenghan9385

    5 жыл бұрын

    MyBloodS_Tearss the Italians are like: how dare the barbarian stole our Roman empire's good name.

  • @lazarignjatovic7881

    @lazarignjatovic7881

    5 жыл бұрын

    Video is 11:33 mins long and l read this when this guy was saying it....

  • @charitybrook6279
    @charitybrook62795 жыл бұрын

    I've always been told by my great grandparents that we came from prussia. Never knew anything about it though so thanks for the video 😊

  • @portugaltheman9717

    @portugaltheman9717

    4 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @charitybrook6279

    @charitybrook6279

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@portugaltheman9717 aight ... Good feedback bro 👍

  • @viktorb9045

    @viktorb9045

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thats interesting im from germany my grandfather used to live in prussia but germany lost all the territories there and he needed to emigrate in westgermany as a child after ww2

  • @shriptstein9031

    @shriptstein9031

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dayum ;P

  • @LS-vl6zd

    @LS-vl6zd

    4 жыл бұрын

    We always watch our guests until they are out of sight when they leave. That's what Prussians do.

  • @einheiliger9564
    @einheiliger95645 жыл бұрын

    prussia=preußen russia=russland english language failed

  • @Bialy_1

    @Bialy_1

    5 жыл бұрын

    If we talking about failures: Berlin="swamp" (in West Slavic ofc) as it is one more Slavic city that you were kind enoght to steal...

  • @PANZERFAUST90

    @PANZERFAUST90

    5 жыл бұрын

    The English language came from German. BOOM

  • @einheiliger9564

    @einheiliger9564

    5 жыл бұрын

    PANZERFAUST90 ya but it evolved a little bit strange

  • @jamesgorey5295

    @jamesgorey5295

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@einheiliger9564 Blame the French

  • @PANZERFAUST90

    @PANZERFAUST90

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@einheiliger9564 It certainly did /╲/\╭( ͡° ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ͡°)╮/\╱\

  • @jonathanburke9316
    @jonathanburke93166 жыл бұрын

    150% infantry combat ability intensifies

  • @TrUsIS100

    @TrUsIS100

    6 жыл бұрын

    ^

  • @anon2034

    @anon2034

    6 жыл бұрын

    Prussian Space Marines!

  • @CorsTymadorDofus

    @CorsTymadorDofus

    6 жыл бұрын

    DID U MEAN DISCIPLINE ?

  • @abcd703

    @abcd703

    6 жыл бұрын

    500% cavalery combat ability

  • @abcd703

    @abcd703

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sans The skeleton fuck, Poland have only 150%. But we have winged hussars

  • @kevinnielsen1417
    @kevinnielsen14176 жыл бұрын

    "Prussia was not a country with an army, but an army with a country" Friedrich von Schrötter

  • @alexpeters9757

    @alexpeters9757

    6 жыл бұрын

    "Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball." Napoleon I

  • @peterpim6260

    @peterpim6260

    6 жыл бұрын

    Citation stolen from Count Mirabeau,and a bit exaggerated.

  • @unicockboy1666

    @unicockboy1666

    6 жыл бұрын

    kevin nielsen The mongols were an army with a country...

  • @vandenbos6401

    @vandenbos6401

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, this is true. It was just a military outpost built on pagan prussian bodies by Teuton order. It was never an organic "nation" while under German control. This is why it vanished so easily.

  • @Jonathan-js3vi

    @Jonathan-js3vi

    6 жыл бұрын

    Andy Wood Stop spreading your bullshit, the Kings of Prussia would turn in their Graves If they knew how you misuse an information Video about their Country

  • @LongBinh70
    @LongBinh705 жыл бұрын

    I'm an old man and second-generation American. Both sets of grandparents emigrated from Lithuania pre-WW1, and growing up our households spoke Lithuanian, not English. But as a child I was told that our name, Polmon, was actually Prussian, but I was not sure what that meant. Thank you for clearing it up for me.

  • @ArturMINIMAL

    @ArturMINIMAL

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lithuanian here. Polmon is definitely not a lithuanian name, I can assure you of that.

  • @lottivonhesse9382

    @lottivonhesse9382

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ArturMINIMAL So, are the Lithuanians Germanic, or are some of them for sure, Nordic? I have been wondering about this.

  • @wohazas4317

    @wohazas4317

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lottivonhesse9382 Lithuanians aren’t Germanic or Nordic, but they do have German/Nordic influence from over the centuries.

  • @ArturMINIMAL

    @ArturMINIMAL

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lottivonhesse9382 They are Baltic.

  • @thebrutusmars
    @thebrutusmars5 жыл бұрын

    My English teacher used to think Prussia was in south Russia & that they were socialist.

  • @no-xs8bk

    @no-xs8bk

    5 жыл бұрын

    moron moment

  • @omamikels7091

    @omamikels7091

    4 жыл бұрын

    An embarrassment to teachers everywhere... 😉

  • @kawagi1384

    @kawagi1384

    4 жыл бұрын

    very cute

  • @lordofhostsappreciator3075

    @lordofhostsappreciator3075

    4 жыл бұрын

    The "education" system everyone

  • @vincezockt127

    @vincezockt127

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lordofhostsappreciator3075 is broken

  • @unknownhere4996
    @unknownhere49966 жыл бұрын

    You in America learn more about Prussia and Germany than in Germany. Many young people (in Germany) say: What was Prussia? I'm proud of you 👌

  • @Kroonhorstdino1

    @Kroonhorstdino1

    5 жыл бұрын

    No. That is not true at all. xD

  • @wilhelmtaylor9863

    @wilhelmtaylor9863

    5 жыл бұрын

    My parents were born/raised in Ost Preussen, specifically Memel.. The idiots calling this BS are simply .... IDIOTS.

  • @wilhelmtaylor9863

    @wilhelmtaylor9863

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Herman ze German - A moron will always think he's right. YOU are simply a moron.

  • @wilhelmtaylor9863

    @wilhelmtaylor9863

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Kroonhorstdino1 - you have some context? Something you THINK you know? Please share your insipid thoughts.

  • @Kroonhorstdino1

    @Kroonhorstdino1

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@wilhelmtaylor9863 I thknk I know because I learned about Prussia in school. A german school.

  • @TheMrGameszocker
    @TheMrGameszocker6 жыл бұрын

    Prussia is Preussen in German so that name similarity with Russia is only an English thing.

  • @Siegbert85

    @Siegbert85

    6 жыл бұрын

    And Latin of course.

  • @StreetsoundzV

    @StreetsoundzV

    5 жыл бұрын

    Russia is Rossiya. So Preussen and Rossiya are complete different names.

  • @user-qx4fe5tm5q

    @user-qx4fe5tm5q

    5 жыл бұрын

    Пруссия, Россия

  • @spircix

    @spircix

    5 жыл бұрын

    In Latvian, we used to call this territory Prūsija, the baltic people of that territory were called Prūši.

  • @user-qx4fe5tm5q

    @user-qx4fe5tm5q

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@spircix, on russian "prussia" because baltic people named ''prussi"

  • @lonelychameleon3595
    @lonelychameleon35955 жыл бұрын

    *Prussia joins the Holy Roman Empire* "So if you're German then why are you from the Baltics?" "Oh my god, Austria, you can't just ask people why they're German"

  • @tylerperkinson1677

    @tylerperkinson1677

    3 жыл бұрын

    HAHAHAHAHA

  • @skatedd2451
    @skatedd24516 жыл бұрын

    I am from Prussian background.. very interesting documentary. Thank you for posting it

  • @Valentin11Ga

    @Valentin11Ga

    3 жыл бұрын

    Everywone is from Preußen!

  • @ThePostApocalypticInventor
    @ThePostApocalypticInventor6 жыл бұрын

    One thing that is important to know, is that the Emperors of the German Empire from 1871 onwards were also the Kings of Prussia until the end of WWI. In fact it would be more correct to say that the Kings of Prussia were also the Emperors of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. The German name for holding both titles at the same time is called "Personalunion" and even though the title "Kaiser" or emperor is theoretically above the title "König" or king, the Kings of Prussia of the House of Hohenzollern deemed their kingship of Prussia as the higher honor. The right to be kings was seen as God-given and inherited while you were essentialy "made" emperor by humans. The state of Prussia continued to exist after the creation of the (so called) second Empire (Kaiserreich).

  • @Siegbert85

    @Siegbert85

    6 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't a personal union though. According to the constitution the Prussian king would always be the German emperor. It would be a personal union if the two dominions had nothing else to do with each other other than the head of state happens to be the same person.

  • @punished4890

    @punished4890

    2 жыл бұрын

    The first King of Romania, Carol I was part of a branch of the House of Hohenzollern, which was Sigmaringen-Hohenzollern.

  • @Chris-mi5ff

    @Chris-mi5ff

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @Javier-db5xn
    @Javier-db5xn6 жыл бұрын

    Prussia was basically Germany and then it unified with other german states......... and then the Germans lost Prussia.

  • @SkitBitProduction

    @SkitBitProduction

    5 жыл бұрын

    Conservative not early on they where Baltic and Slavic

  • @ToiYeuYAHWEH

    @ToiYeuYAHWEH

    5 жыл бұрын

    SkitBit Production, What? The Prussians speak German, not a Slavic or Baltic language!!!

  • @SkitBitProduction

    @SkitBitProduction

    5 жыл бұрын

    ToiYeuYAHWEH they where baltic historically before German came over. and Germany "Dutch line" is a term england gave them the name, dutch is a english word which German mean DutchLand. Google it if you dont belive me or watch a history video.

  • @ToiYeuYAHWEH

    @ToiYeuYAHWEH

    5 жыл бұрын

    SkitBit Production, But the Prussians speak German. That is a fact.

  • @SkitBitProduction

    @SkitBitProduction

    5 жыл бұрын

    ToiYeuYAHWEH I never said they didnt they just wherent German people nor spoke it till Germany annex them in hundreds years ago. Most Prussia modern land is in poland and small peice owned by Russia.

  • @michaelxx7022
    @michaelxx70225 жыл бұрын

    30 percent of Australians have a German ancestor. Most came from Prussia. They were the main reason Australia has a multi-billion dollar wine Industry. And a Big shout out to to my German Australian buddies !

  • @bobsmith5441

    @bobsmith5441

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @orionnebula2605

    @orionnebula2605

    5 жыл бұрын

    70% of Americans have German ancestorsl

  • @NwoDispatcher

    @NwoDispatcher

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm awaiting my pan Germanic society

  • @Mamibambi

    @Mamibambi

    5 жыл бұрын

    LIEEEEEEEE

  • @Mamibambi

    @Mamibambi

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@orionnebula2605 lol oversimplified

  • @dukadarodear2176
    @dukadarodear21764 жыл бұрын

    Stalin thought Holland and the Netherlands were different countries. During WWII his military officers were scared to correct him on this issue.

  • @Sceptonic

    @Sceptonic

    4 жыл бұрын

    And "educated" Americans today call the Netherlands Holland all the time

  • @jeune_turc9404

    @jeune_turc9404

    4 жыл бұрын

    Source?

  • @Sceptonic

    @Sceptonic

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Serg Stalin had late 1800's education and Americans have modern education, yet dont know basic things like where Iraq is

  • @henrykeyter53

    @henrykeyter53

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Sceptonic Dude in South Africa we regularly refer to the Netherlands as Holland. Why? Wel die hel alleen weet. Dit sê net lekkerder

  • @Sceptonic

    @Sceptonic

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@henrykeyter53 ok?

  • @javier6926
    @javier69266 жыл бұрын

    You didn’t mention the union of Prussia with Brandenburg. That’s important , because even if the Prussian kingdom was named after the Duchy of Prussia , it’s political , economic and cultural center of gravity was in Brandenburg , specifically in Berlin. Berlin is the capital of Germany for a reason.

  • @stalhelm8575

    @stalhelm8575

    6 жыл бұрын

    He didn't also mention how the Teutonic knights got there and why did they speak german. Skipped the polish lithuanian-teutonic war. There are also some minor mistakes and misleads but all in all a +. Greetings from Alenstabs/Allenstein :)

  • @kevinnielsen1417

    @kevinnielsen1417

    6 жыл бұрын

    he also forgot about frederick the great, who played a major part in prussian history. and how prussia won against several of the great powers in europe.

  • @jxg1652

    @jxg1652

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. I know a YT video has to find a balance between being short and being informative, but 1-2 extra minutes for those details really wouldn't have hurt. About that union with Brandenburg - you really could say that the Prussia that united germany was more like a mix between Brandenburg and Teutonic/Baltic prussia. Strangely Prussia really wasnt the powerhouse in the state of prussia. Berlin, in Brandenburg, was the capital for a reason. And the industrial base was mostly in Brandenburg and Silesia. Prussia proper, such as Danzig and Königsberg, really wasn't that important in the grand scheme of things. So altho Prussia and Silesia are gone with the wind u could say that Prussia lives on, in the form of Brandenburg.

  • @cuteurchins8535

    @cuteurchins8535

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well - Prussia was a fiefdom on Polish territory and on January 18th 1701 Frederick I, crowned himself as Frederick I., king in Prussia.

  • @Catubrannos

    @Catubrannos

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it's in the middle of the German Empire. Geography reinforced a previous regional capital.

  • @fritzorino
    @fritzorino6 жыл бұрын

    This comment section consists of: German nationalists, Polish nationalists, Russian nationalists and Americans who think that because one of their great great great grandparents came from Prussia they are "Prussians".

  • @saribeepo.o5111

    @saribeepo.o5111

    6 жыл бұрын

    How do you know they don't embrace the ideals and culture of their ancestors? It isn't exactly like those with Prussian heritage can return home now is it? Tell you what, drive the Polish, Russians and other invaders out of Germanic/Prussian lands, and we'll see how many Prussians are ready to return home

  • @fritzorino

    @fritzorino

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sari Beep o.O I reckon a very small amount. Almost all the people who were born or lived in Prussia while it was part of Germany are now dead. Their descendants from my experience have no interest in resettling their ancestors homeland. My grandfather and his family for example were born and lived in Stettin in modern day Polish Pomerania (very close to the German border) and after the war they fled to Hildesheim in Lower Saxony where they had relatives who moved there before the war. Now we live there for 3 generations and I have no desire to "return to our homeland". A homeland where the population currently home to it would have to be "driven out" first as you so eloquently put it.

  • @incomplete_machine

    @incomplete_machine

    6 жыл бұрын

    your reckoning is faulty. but only in part. it isn't the prussian state we would return home for. it is something much older and deeper than that.

  • @saribeepo.o5111

    @saribeepo.o5111

    6 жыл бұрын

    +fritzorino You can hardly count the perspective when wanting to return home for many has been driven into them that it is racist and evil for them to want to come home. Maybe it is not the case with yourself and your family, but there are many who would like to return home. As to these people being driven out... sorry I don't feel too bad for people who would be humanely moved out of lands they shouldn't have stolen in the first place, knowing the manor in which Germans/Prussians were driven out. Do you know why the right to return has existed? There is an understanding that for many there is a tie to an ancestral home that can override a few generations on foreign soil, especially for those of us who are not so bless to live near Germany. I suspect that the more America is destroyed by multiculturalism, and the more that German heritage communities are shamed, and drove out, the more descendants will look into and wish to return to their roots. There is a psychology to it, even without the pressure from outside forces.

  • @herrstarr4726

    @herrstarr4726

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oh stfu

  • @heather2050
    @heather2050 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve recently looked into my ancestry and found that I have ancestors from Prussia. How amazing that they were able to get away to safety. It is so interesting to learn more about the land they are from and the reasons they may have fled!

  • @MikeGodetteMusic
    @MikeGodetteMusic5 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos! You’ve made a video about literally every historical thing that’s ever been confusing to me and you explain everything in such a clear, concise way. Keep it up!

  • @mr.dr.genius2169
    @mr.dr.genius21696 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid I thought Prussians were some kind of exotic Germans or something like that.

  • @mr.dr.genius2169

    @mr.dr.genius2169

    6 жыл бұрын

    Afro Siberian You know that joke is older than time itself?

  • @xXxSkyViperxXx

    @xXxSkyViperxXx

    6 жыл бұрын

    prussia was indeed a powerful country that got destroyed. not geographically obliterated like atlantis though

  • @khiljinagor8976

    @khiljinagor8976

    6 жыл бұрын

    I thought they were Old Belique peoples

  • @khiljinagor8976

    @khiljinagor8976

    6 жыл бұрын

    xXxSkyViperxXx Atlantis is fiction. Right?

  • @christianalexanderthegreat8941

    @christianalexanderthegreat8941

    6 жыл бұрын

    I always thought Polish-Russian (P-Russian)

  • @trangdong8060
    @trangdong80606 жыл бұрын

    Being German myself, and having studied German and Prussian history in school and as a hobby, I have to say that both, your video, but especially your commentary, are not only factual, but also very objective and informative! What might be added is, that the Prussian state government was, until 1932, one of the last bastions of democracy of the failing Weimar Republic, when the Free State of Prussia was taken over by the then German Chancellor Franz von Papen, in the so-called "Preussenschlag" (Putsch in Prussia). A large number of Hitler's opponents, not last conspirators of the 20 July (1944) assassination plot (at Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia), e.g. Claus von Stauffenberg, were Prussian military officers, clergymen and (former) statesmen. Sadly, many Prussians from Silesia, Pomerania, and East Prussia lost not only their heritage, but a large number also their lives, as a result of Hitlers "ambitions". Both, West and East Germany, for different reasons, after 1945, ignored and neglected Prussian history, heritage, and people. Actually, the communist East Germany, starting in the 1980s, did a better job preserving Prussian history than the more affluent West Germany, where the past was ignored, in favor of 'Wirtschaftswunder' and rapid economic expansion.

  • @maurolesta871

    @maurolesta871

    5 жыл бұрын

    @ABSTERGOentertainment Angestellter indeed

  • @jellyorwhat3343

    @jellyorwhat3343

    3 жыл бұрын

    True that, for the DDR the Prussian culture didn't fit their communist ideology, but at least their military traditions connected in some extend to the Prussian one. Western Germany on the other hand, I think that former rivals have been quite happy that the former German hegemonial power was gone. Also the former Eastern German population lost all their wealth and networks and had to start from ground up while the West Germans saw them as "Polacks" and saw them more as a liability.

  • @simpsbelongtothegulags3702

    @simpsbelongtothegulags3702

    Жыл бұрын

    It aint Hitler's fault entirely

  • @Dummigame

    @Dummigame

    10 ай бұрын

    Interestingly enough, the economy of the DDR still percentually grew more than the BRD.

  • @kelllakell

    @kelllakell

    9 ай бұрын

    It wasn't ignored it was purposely erased. Allies felt that Prussian Militarism and Nationalism influenced the German Empire and 3rd Reich so they made deliberate moves to erase Prussian history and culture.

  • @bjdon99
    @bjdon995 жыл бұрын

    I always wonder if at some point someone in Germany will say that they want Kaliningrad back.

  • @mastersofclassicalmusic7346

    @mastersofclassicalmusic7346

    5 жыл бұрын

    YES OF COURSE !

  • @sassysally2995

    @sassysally2995

    5 жыл бұрын

    You mean Königsberg

  • @mastersofclassicalmusic7346

    @mastersofclassicalmusic7346

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Mrożek Nein, Königsberg.

  • @terkkraft8057

    @terkkraft8057

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually it was offered to Germany after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but our foreign minister sadly refused...

  • @TheMrPacu

    @TheMrPacu

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@terkkraft8057 Baker from USA and Thatcher were AGAINST reunification of Germany in 1991, and asked Gorbatschov to not reunite Germany.

  • @pomaranczowykrol468
    @pomaranczowykrol4685 жыл бұрын

    *Laughs nervously in polish*

  • @sinisterquestionmarkinacti2801

    @sinisterquestionmarkinacti2801

    5 жыл бұрын

    *hide im german*

  • @dmitrisheley1998

    @dmitrisheley1998

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Pomarańczowy Król " as in Trump??

  • @Montaggg33

    @Montaggg33

    5 жыл бұрын

    Zibo Sun No, his nickname refers to former youtuber called "Testoviron". In his videos he has been pointing out bad sides of Polish mentality in peiorative way and now, almost 10 years after he had finished his yt career, he is still popular amongst Polish trollnet.

  • @Karol-hc3rc

    @Karol-hc3rc

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Montaggg33 legenda

  • @Karol-hc3rc

    @Karol-hc3rc

    5 жыл бұрын

    @nowai90 Yeah, and? Your issue?

  • @kaiserwilhelmii5225
    @kaiserwilhelmii52256 жыл бұрын

    I’m still here

  • @shenghan9385

    @shenghan9385

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kaiser Wilhelm II Holly crap. Your majesty, I heard that you were working with the Americano in world war two. And that Kaiser corporation ship building venture was yours too...

  • @francocavalletti9217

    @francocavalletti9217

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm still here but i am unable to punch you

  • @rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477

    @rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fake account detected

  • @SoulDuckling126

    @SoulDuckling126

    5 жыл бұрын

    Never tries attack first, your majesty it will start the counter attack.

  • @SoulDuckling126

    @SoulDuckling126

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@francocavalletti9217 congrats, your plan was suceed.

  • @RADZADproductions
    @RADZADproductions6 жыл бұрын

    I’ve always been interested in the Prussians. My dad told me while I’m technically German, that our family was located in what once was Prussia, and our ancestors were of Prussian Royalty. Great video.

  • @jerryroman3075

    @jerryroman3075

    4 жыл бұрын

    Funny how every peasant tells stories of having "royalty" blood! If you had an ounce of royalty then you wouldn't have left!! Your a family of peasants.

  • @feldspoof7

    @feldspoof7

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jerryroman3075 you sound fun to be around

  • @PirateCat822

    @PirateCat822

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait a sec the Kaiser's were cousins with the Czars,and King George,wouldn't that mean you're also technically English?

  • @mcsroom8930

    @mcsroom8930

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jerryroman3075 bro are you stupid legit at least 80% of the humans in the world have some royal blood

  • @jerryroman3075

    @jerryroman3075

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mcsroom8930 80% of humans have royalty blood? ROFLMAO and who's the STUPID one? look in the mirror peasant.

  • @shaywright6608
    @shaywright66085 жыл бұрын

    Short answer. The treaty of Versailles and the Soviet Union

  • @thethanoskillingkind3180

    @thethanoskillingkind3180

    3 жыл бұрын

    Liberals and communists ruin everything...

  • @shawnv123

    @shawnv123

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thethanoskillingkind3180 cry about it

  • @patriciabrenner9216

    @patriciabrenner9216

    3 жыл бұрын

    Short answer: The Nazis.

  • @aeganratheesh

    @aeganratheesh

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@patriciabrenner9216 ur mom

  • @abhirajarora7631

    @abhirajarora7631

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shawnv123 I know you still cry about erstwhile USSR

  • @torq4495
    @torq44955 жыл бұрын

    lets clear something up Prussia's role in European wars was being the victor

  • @Bialy_1

    @Bialy_1

    5 жыл бұрын

    That is why no one knows Prussian language, because they were so overpowered... and Germany is another example of people with strong believe that they are special and are more than happy to lose 3rd world war just to prove it... ;)

  • @agencyfb999

    @agencyfb999

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Bialy_1 you just exist cause the allies granted you

  • @neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326

    @neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326

    2 жыл бұрын

    Didn’t the Prussians lost a battle against Napoleon?

  • @Chalk_I

    @Chalk_I

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326 we dont talk about that part

  • @paleo75
    @paleo756 жыл бұрын

    Prussians with enough money moved to America before during and after the civil war. I still have prussian coins brought over by ancestors over 200 years ago.

  • @sapujapu6323

    @sapujapu6323

    5 жыл бұрын

    those must be worth a load nowadays

  • @someoneinthecrowd4313

    @someoneinthecrowd4313

    5 жыл бұрын

    County For Questionism-Ball Correct. That's his ancestry of a lost nation.

  • @Getahin

    @Getahin

    5 жыл бұрын

    people with enough money stayed because their live was okay... people from poor regions left.

  • @nikkid4890

    @nikkid4890

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thankfully your family chose America. One brother chose South Africa. Guess where I'm trapped? ;(

  • @omamikels7091

    @omamikels7091

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Getahin My Prussian ancestor came to America, purchased more than 1,000 acres of land in Texas and two of his sons fought in the Civil War.

  • @jurgisneverdauskis536
    @jurgisneverdauskis5366 жыл бұрын

    Fun Fact: Kaliningrad was meant to be transferred to the Lithuanian SR, that was in the Soviet Union. However, our communist leader refused, due to the fact that Kaliningrad area was not ethnically Lithuanian, it was mostly Russian by then. Had this not happened, we would be a bit bigger, however we'd also have a significantly bigger Russian minority.

  • @maxmustermann4149

    @maxmustermann4149

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jurgis Neverdauskis Plus the Communists already transferred some territory to Poland before, like Suwalki, which was a mistake.

  • @mr.dr.genius2169

    @mr.dr.genius2169

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jurgis Neverdauskis You were lucky becouse having a Russian minority isn't the best thing to have in the world *cough* Ukraine.

  • @Masaman

    @Masaman

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jurgis Neverdauskis Very interesting! I always thought it would have made more sense for the former Konigsberg to have been absorbed by Poland, Lithuania or split between the two, instead of being a Russian exclave in the middle of nowhere. p.s. Canada, keep your eyes off Alaska

  • @brandon9172

    @brandon9172

    6 жыл бұрын

    Masaman Everyone should keep their eyes off of Alaska tbh.

  • @blackadvertisment6139

    @blackadvertisment6139

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sthursen in fact nobody asked Lithuanians. Suwalki area is 98% ethnic Polish. you are big empire day-dreamers....

  • @pallhe
    @pallhe4 жыл бұрын

    Good job! You managed to pack in a lot of information. Great maps and visuals too.

  • @SEBKAL
    @SEBKAL5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, Sir, this was a wonderful insight of Prussian history 👍

  • @zuraorokamono204
    @zuraorokamono2046 жыл бұрын

    As a Romanian, I have to respect Prussia for house Hohenzollern who helped us establish Romania as an independent nation.

  • @scottleft3672

    @scottleft3672

    6 жыл бұрын

    The firm Hohenzollern and Hohenzollern were a buzy little enterprise, wern't they.

  • @derechte207

    @derechte207

    5 жыл бұрын

    scott It is the Prussian Royale house

  • @KendrixTermina

    @KendrixTermina

    5 жыл бұрын

    Say what you will about them (and there IS much to be said) but they were generally patrons of the arts, sciences and at least some forms of modernization. Apparently they still have living descendants, and the dude who'd be emperor if the monarchy hadn't been abolished is now a business consultant who works with universities to help to make companies more eco-friendly. That's kinda poetic when you think about it. Our time has no use for kings or emperors anymore but we'll always need science nerds.

  • @zell9058

    @zell9058

    5 жыл бұрын

    Possibly my kin, and you know them better than I.. quick to the Google!

  • @danielponder690

    @danielponder690

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Hohenzollern family at the castle Peles had one of the first residential Otis elevators, a Pascal Taskin double manual harpsichord, a pipe organ, and a vast library of literature in almost any language - it's a really beautiful place to visit in Romania and feels like a 19th century German palace in the middle of the Carpathians

  • @jacquespansegrouw5513
    @jacquespansegrouw55136 жыл бұрын

    My Prussian forefather arrived in, Cape Town, South Africa in 1803. My surname is rare in the Afrikaans culture, originally being Pansegrau

  • @Berlinie

    @Berlinie

    5 жыл бұрын

    The name Pansegrau is rare in general, I'm German and never met anyone with that surname. It's nice !

  • @tutorialkinggames269
    @tutorialkinggames2695 жыл бұрын

    basically Prussian discipline over 9000

  • @claushellsing
    @claushellsing5 жыл бұрын

    Prussians are my kind of people. This world needs discipline, courage and honor so badly

  • @golgothaassassin5035
    @golgothaassassin50356 жыл бұрын

    George Washington hired a Prussian to train the soldiers for the war of independence in the colonial army he also wrote the code of military justice the blue book that the U.S. army still uses today Col Barron Von Stubin later promoted to General by Washington

  • @pharmdadfit

    @pharmdadfit

    5 жыл бұрын

    My town is named after a Prussian General from the American Revolution, De Kalb.

  • @qzg7857

    @qzg7857

    5 жыл бұрын

    He also hired Tadeusz Kościuszko who was Polish freedom fighter and a general. He also started military academy of west point in US. the thing is Americans didn't give a shit about your ethnicity as long as you were not black

  • @joseborjas9011

    @joseborjas9011

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maximilian hernandez martinez. Dictator of El salvador hired prussian officers. To build. The army and national guard.. in the central american state.

  • @joseborjas9011

    @joseborjas9011

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Washington gave barón von steuben 27,000 acres. In New York for his services.

  • @rodolforuiz4888

    @rodolforuiz4888

    5 жыл бұрын

    Was he or the Polish guy gay

  • @blazinchalice
    @blazinchalice6 жыл бұрын

    I learned a lot! This cleared up the whole Prussia/Germany confusion that I had and even answered questions that I hadn't even come up with yet.

  • @EmilicoYamigos
    @EmilicoYamigos5 жыл бұрын

    Funny thing that, the Fatherland of Germany, and the ones who created them and freed them, is a Nation that no loger exists.... thats really really sad dude.... like some sort of epic story of a Glorious Nation of WonderTales that used to exist and then vanishes of existance...

  • @hallevingston6030

    @hallevingston6030

    4 жыл бұрын

    Too bad the Germans screwed up. They paid for their folly.

  • @TheRealJawnz

    @TheRealJawnz

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@hallevingston6030 Your "people" are masters of paying for their folly, Levingston.

  • @lordofhostsappreciator3075

    @lordofhostsappreciator3075

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hallevingston6030 Stfu

  • @EmilicoYamigos

    @EmilicoYamigos

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EresirThe1st not only that, the french/brits were allied with Russia, but they both feared Russia... how can you kill your own ally? Well... finance the revolution and send communist thinkers to make even more unrest, thus they killed both allied an enemy empires that rivalled them, German, Austrian, Ottoman and Russian Empires....

  • @EmilicoYamigos

    @EmilicoYamigos

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sylvandomst5475 but thats because... they are and were forced dude...they dont have a chance, they were forced at gunpoint.

  • @NandiCollector
    @NandiCollector5 жыл бұрын

    Man, you answered my lifetime question/ curiosity! THANK YOU. :)

  • @J3ssthem3ss
    @J3ssthem3ss6 жыл бұрын

    I have a family tree that goes back to the 1600 when my family lived in Prussia, they eventually migrated to Milwaukee

  • @simonk.4338

    @simonk.4338

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jess Where is that? Germany?

  • @J3ssthem3ss

    @J3ssthem3ss

    6 жыл бұрын

    Simon K. Prussia, I think now is Germany...Milwaukee is in Winsconsin in the U.S.

  • @simonk.4338

    @simonk.4338

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jess So you're from USA. I thought you live somewhere in germany, i've never heard of milwakee before.

  • @J3ssthem3ss

    @J3ssthem3ss

    6 жыл бұрын

    My great great grandparents migrated there, it's located in the Midwest of the USA. Luckily for me, I grew up in sunny California!

  • @simonk.4338

    @simonk.4338

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jess Yeah, a lot of peple from central europe migrated to america. Does it ever snow in California? Just curious.

  • @Blindanddumb
    @Blindanddumb6 жыл бұрын

    Part of the confusion about the name Prussia is by design. When the Kingdom of Prussia was created in 1701, it was actually the electoral duke of Brandenburg who renamed and rebranded his own country. Brandenburg was within the HRE, and there could be no new kingdoms wihin the HRE. But Easter Prussia was outside the HRE, so it was possible to create a kingdom of Prussia. When that happened, the new king actually outlawed the use of the name Brandenburg for a few years. This had great effect as you know, as Prussia became very popular, while most people don't realise the political center of the kingdom was always Brandenburg with Berlin as capital. That also means that while the Eastern Prussians were forced from their homeland (or killed right away), the rest of the Prussians just went back to beeing Brandenburgers.

  • @martinledermann1862

    @martinledermann1862

    6 жыл бұрын

    Finally someone who gets it. Thank you very much for your comment and pointing out the inaccuracies of this video, which didn't even mention this most important fact that the Prussia known from history books was just rebranded Brandenburg. Even the famous Prussian militarism actually started in the Duchy of Brandenburg as well and had little to do with any "Teutonic" traditions of East Prussia.

  • @VenomTwisted

    @VenomTwisted

    6 жыл бұрын

    Harte Ziele true, although the people from that region aren't "brandenburgers" they are Saxons

  • @Blindanddumb

    @Blindanddumb

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lol what gave you that idea? Playing too much EU4?

  • @VenomTwisted

    @VenomTwisted

    6 жыл бұрын

    Harte Ziele too much is an understatement lol

  • @Blindanddumb

    @Blindanddumb

    6 жыл бұрын

    The game has marked those are as Saxon to simplify things. I can tell you right now that the people in that area never saw themself as that.

  • @cloroxbleach9222
    @cloroxbleach92225 жыл бұрын

    Germany, Russia and Poland are all seen in the comments fighting over who owns Prussia. But not a single Lithuanian or Latvian despite the original people being neither German, Pole or Russian. Edit: I forgot to add that the natives of Prussia, while being mixed slav and Baltic, are extremely close in language and culture to Lithuania.

  • @callydanielson3896

    @callydanielson3896

    5 жыл бұрын

    nice observation Cloгох Вleacн lol

  • @boahkeinbockmehr

    @boahkeinbockmehr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or lithuanian or latvian...

  • @cloroxbleach9222

    @cloroxbleach9222

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@boahkeinbockmehr The Old Prussians were a relative of Slav and Baltic people. (Mostly Baltic) so it's fair to say the Lithuanians _should_ have a stronger claim.

  • @qzg7857

    @qzg7857

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well most of Prussia is in Poland but i dont care about it. Prussians are gone today it is Pomorze and in Polish it means "next to the sea" it have nothing to do with prussians

  • @francienolan4619

    @francienolan4619

    5 жыл бұрын

    There are latvians and lithuanians . Like me

  • @magnusboner291
    @magnusboner2916 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the informative video.

  • @1293ST
    @1293ST6 жыл бұрын

    I am actually Prussian and I can tell you that my customs and that of my family are to a quite large degree different to other North Germans such as the people of Hamburg of Bremen. As far as I know, My earliest descendants I know of are a Teutonic Knight and a Prussen (we call them that here the Prussen instead of Old Prussians) women. They lived there for centuries serving mostly as military officers and at some point gaining larger lands becoming what one would call a Junker.

  • @sirharken821

    @sirharken821

    6 жыл бұрын

    1293ST is it true that Berliners consider themselves to be Prussians when I went to germany my tour guide described himself as Prussian

  • @1293ST

    @1293ST

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well I suppose that quite a few Berliners can have Prussian ancestry as Berlin was the capital of Prussia but it is quite unlikely that 1. They actually have Prussian - Prussian ancestry so from Ostpreußen, Westpreußen or other Eastern Provinces and 2. That even if they had would know it or consider themselves to be. Most of them today consider themselves either to be Berliners or to be Brandenburgians which are quite different, though of course possible and if it was a historian giving you the tour then it most likely was true. Living in Prussia was quite different from being Prussian as Prussia possesses quite large estates outside of the original West and East Prussian lands such as the provinces in the Rhineland or Silesia, which was indeed mostly German as all provinces besides maybe the regions in Posen nearest to Poland, but they were in their status rather similar to the Sudetendeutsche in Bohemia more Austrian, so part of the South German sub-culture one of from my point of view four sub-groups (North German, South German, Low Frankish and "Colonial German") which are found in the larger German / Central Germanic group. The Silesians or Schlesier, of course, integrated into Prussia and saw themselves as more part of the Prussian state than of the Austrian but I consider them to be similar to the inhabitants of the Prussian Rhine and West Brandenburgians in that they were more of their own unique type. There was as in most German countries a wide array of different German cultures within Prussia and that's kind of my reason why I only consider the descendants of the Teutonic Knights and Prussens to be the true Prussian Prussians which is not meant to be a kind of elitism but simply to sort and distinguish German cultures more easily as in the other case basically everyone living in Prussia would be Prussian so Saxons, Rhinelandians, Silesians, Brandenburgians, Sigmaringians and even German Jews would all lose their own unique German culture to become simply Prussians. Berlin is as it is the capital additionally the most diverse city of Germans and foreigners in Germany and not so much bound to the actual Brandenburgian culture which by considering the geography should be most dominant around there.

  • @1293ST

    @1293ST

    6 жыл бұрын

    yes I am quite sure about that the Prussen women, of course, converted to Christianity and it wasn't the first generation of knights. It was like the .. i dunno third or so maybe one more or one less. I just discovered that the women which my great-great... grandfather married was a pure descendant of the Prussen people though of course Christian for some time. I myself decent from the male line by primogeniture always through the oldest son to this knight and Prussen women while descending from the motherly side of my grandparents from Austrians of the Sudetenland. Quite funny that both of them were thrown off their land and then met in the East to become a pair.

  • @sirharken821

    @sirharken821

    6 жыл бұрын

    1293ST nice to see someone actually care about their roots

  • @wayhlan

    @wayhlan

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cool story bra. Are you still living in Germany?

  • @fcelysiairl
    @fcelysiairl6 жыл бұрын

    You’re lucky When I was a kid I thought Prussia was some hybrid of Russia and Persia

  • @armani91disanti26

    @armani91disanti26

    6 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @MPHJackson7

    @MPHJackson7

    6 жыл бұрын

    Trap God Well that's something.

  • @Mondy667

    @Mondy667

    6 жыл бұрын

    How the fuc....Oh

  • @severedsage5867

    @severedsage5867

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dat yuri pic doh

  • @MPHJackson7

    @MPHJackson7

    6 жыл бұрын

    Trap God In one way I was lucky because I knew Prussia was German when I first heard of Prussia. But in another way I was unlucky because I didn't learn about Prussia at all in school; I learned via a video game.

  • @tilhon
    @tilhon5 жыл бұрын

    Very good video! You went over the whole thing in a way even someone with very little historical knowledge would find interesting!

  • @aidanmillers300
    @aidanmillers3005 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video, keep doing things like this

  • @alexpeters9757
    @alexpeters97576 жыл бұрын

    This channel is awesome. Best description of Prussia ever. VIVAT BORUSSIA

  • @FemtoSecn
    @FemtoSecn6 жыл бұрын

    Rip Prussia

  • @yarpen26

    @yarpen26

    6 жыл бұрын

    PRIP Russia. Meaning: *Please,* rest in peace, Russia.

  • @yarpen26

    @yarpen26

    6 жыл бұрын

    That would be "finis Germaniae". "Germania" is in the Nominative, the Accusative form should be "Germaniae".

  • @MrHeidiHigh

    @MrHeidiHigh

    6 жыл бұрын

    This is Latinum: Germania/e. The Name did the old Germaniens became from Julius Caesar 60 bc. "Ger" is the Germanic word for Spear and "mannen" = means =Spearmen ! The other version is: In the Gallic War (de belo Gallicum) Caesar saw 1 Clan and the Name of these 1Clan was Germanen so he call all other Clans behind the River Rhein Germanen !? Greetings

  • @MrHeidiHigh

    @MrHeidiHigh

    6 жыл бұрын

    Prussia is the English word sounds like Russia but they have nothing to do with them !!! The German word for Prussia is Preußen.

  • @Novusod

    @Novusod

    6 жыл бұрын

    What happened to Prussia was genocide. i.imgur.com/DgQPES5.png

  • @vaubanschwarzwald3058
    @vaubanschwarzwald30585 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Thanks 4 sharing.

  • @ozzykulinski896
    @ozzykulinski8965 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done video. Really great work.

  • @katherinetutschek4757
    @katherinetutschek47576 жыл бұрын

    Love this, my grandma was born in Prussia and I was always curious about it's history - thanks so much

  • @TheOne-cf3lh

    @TheOne-cf3lh

    5 жыл бұрын

    R K lol you’re jealousy shows.

  • @RichardGoth
    @RichardGoth6 жыл бұрын

    "Iron Kingdom - the Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600 - 1947" by Christopher Clark is one of the best books ever written on the subject. I'm sure you also know about the Old Lutherans who emigrated en masse in the 1840's to Texas and South Australia?

  • @julieenglert3371

    @julieenglert3371

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I grew up in a close knit German community in South Australia. All of my mother’s ancestors came from Prussia. We have our family history books that trace our ancestry back to when our forefathers left Prussia. Most of mine came from the state of Posen, and some from Silesia. Both these states now lie in western Poland.

  • @piotrmackowiak9636

    @piotrmackowiak9636

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@julieenglert3371 Posen is a cardle of Poland it's were the Poland has started . Prussians grabbed it in a secound partition of Poland but finally failed.

  • @mangomum99

    @mangomum99

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes my family ancestors came to south Australia eventually to settle in what now is the Barossa Valley going from Gawler to Davey’s Town to Tanunda & Nuriootpa & Angaston ,Loxton & Hahndorf & so many more towns it’s awesome & I love it 😁

  • @mangomum99

    @mangomum99

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@julieenglert3371 Mine too my Grandmother was Amanda Sophia Altman & married Emil Herman Schultz we also have the books there was a big reunion in the early 80 ‘s

  • @larryzink8978
    @larryzink89783 жыл бұрын

    very nice job, cleared up some nagging mysteries and confusion. Keep up the detailed history and clarifications.

  • @mrbayd3069
    @mrbayd30695 жыл бұрын

    I have Prussian lineage, but the family migrated to UK

  • @Emrod82

    @Emrod82

    3 жыл бұрын

    So you are a elite invading force from Prussia ? :o

  • @mrbayd3069

    @mrbayd3069

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Emrod82 technically yes ;)

  • @hoboknight5349
    @hoboknight53496 жыл бұрын

    thinking about Prussia always makes me sad

  • @CyNiiCaL_nR7Gaming

    @CyNiiCaL_nR7Gaming

    6 жыл бұрын

    me to

  • @dmcc5110

    @dmcc5110

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ateistyczna Prawica haha of course the polish person says that!! But I think long term the repatriation while unethical certainly help more equally divide and distribute Europe

  • @fzzy5739

    @fzzy5739

    6 жыл бұрын

    especially "kaliningrad" :(

  • @bazzatheblue

    @bazzatheblue

    6 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't make the poles feel sad,they live in the prussians owns and cities now.

  • @OGmaximilian

    @OGmaximilian

    6 жыл бұрын

    ours isthefury Im 50:50 Russian-German... and i just say about "Kaliningrad": Königberg belongs to Germany.

  • @gothic_ace2037
    @gothic_ace20376 жыл бұрын

    I loved that part at the end about how prussia still lives on through its contributions to the world. That is how a country lives on even after dissolution.

  • @lottivonhesse9382

    @lottivonhesse9382

    Жыл бұрын

    Just look at the German in Chile - the people of Chile still do Prussian style military marches - they also, have women in marches - there are many Germans living there, too.

  • @syedmasood71
    @syedmasood715 жыл бұрын

    Masaman ! I love to watch your Video on PRUSSIA .It is quite good & informative .Bravo! I am from India.

  • @rankeen
    @rankeen5 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel! :)

  • @kyuubiyuubi
    @kyuubiyuubi6 жыл бұрын

    Trust me Prussia is *awesome*

  • @iceeicee2019

    @iceeicee2019

    5 жыл бұрын

    R K cough hetalia cough

  • @icetea1455

    @icetea1455

    5 жыл бұрын

    atleast they are not nazi

  • @dzezikus

    @dzezikus

    5 жыл бұрын

    Please visit Poland. We still have Prussian culture monuments and museums. Germans tried to destroy everything or convert to german but Poles are tolerznt and we treat Prussia as part of our history. Unfortunatelly big part of Prussia is in Russia.

  • @basilides4648

    @basilides4648

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dzezikus That's nice

  • @red2theelectricboogaloo961

    @red2theelectricboogaloo961

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but not hetalia

  • @Galadrian70
    @Galadrian706 жыл бұрын

    My friend. I want to sincerely give you my praises. You are a genuine relief. I love history, but sadly , i can’t give this passion the many hours of research it needs to be fulfilled. Yours clips are a great summary of the basic stuff i want to know. Ps I have a lot of confidence in your stuff, that i basically don’t second guess it like i useally do. So keep up the good work and don’t go the easy way.

  • @darththomarius6751
    @darththomarius67516 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video.

  • @johncotter3788
    @johncotter378810 ай бұрын

    You are such a GIFT to all of us who love History and related subjects

  • @MelaniAlarcon
    @MelaniAlarcon6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, here in Argentina there was a time that our troops had the prussian pickelhaube usually since from the start (independence) Argentina had excelent relationships with Prussia and then Germany

  • @thekoranhasscientificaccur2818

    @thekoranhasscientificaccur2818

    4 жыл бұрын

    Melani Alarcon What!?!

  • @VenomTwisted
    @VenomTwisted6 жыл бұрын

    *cue the Prussian anthem ear rape* edit: look up prussian glory march, not the anthem

  • @charjl96

    @charjl96

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's not bad

  • @VenomTwisted

    @VenomTwisted

    6 жыл бұрын

    char jl I know. Anthem is good, glory march is better

  • @t40xd

    @t40xd

    6 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJNqo7N6ZNjgdJM.html

  • @shashakeeleh5468
    @shashakeeleh54686 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @bennyioa
    @bennyioa5 жыл бұрын

    "Germanic EU" So you mean the EU?

  • @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

    @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

    4 жыл бұрын

    No. The EU is jewish.

  • @captainkittnrole

    @captainkittnrole

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Uhhhhh, no?

  • @neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326

    @neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326

    3 жыл бұрын

    Baltu Lielkungs Gunārs Miezis no????????

  • @funishark8201

    @funishark8201

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 wtf no

  • @jeanneelise5118
    @jeanneelise51186 жыл бұрын

    i am swiss and still had no idea what prussia was, that, for a long time, i thought prussia was some kind of region in germany. i was very upset when i found out what it really was. a state. a kingdom. and not just a small one, but the major influences of what germany is today. a kingdom with long and outstanding history. it's very sad, as we in europa and specially in german speaking regions are so extremely focused on only the events of 1. (even that more little than it should) and 2. world war, that few of the younger generation has any idea of the europe before 1914. it's our history, even when it might not be shiny. we should be aware of it.

  • @ScEd21

    @ScEd21

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm actually German and living in Switzerland now - I remember that back in school, I was a bit shocked when I learned that Germany of the early 19th century was divided in around 40 countries, most of which of the size of today's Liechtenstein or Luxembourg. By the time Germany was unified, Switzerland had been a modern nation for around 30 years already, and in some sense even earlier, as early as 1648 (but it depends on how independence and statehood are defined). And I agree, history should be tought much more in schools, also pre-20th century history. :)

  • @trijezdci4588

    @trijezdci4588

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not sad at all. Prussian influence represents all the bad and ugly things in German culture, most prominently militarism and kadaver-gehorsam (obedience to death, not thinking for oneself), while non-Prussian influence represents all the good and beautiful in German culture, most prominently poetry, music and philosophy. Switzerland is a good example of what a country with strong non-Prussian German cultural influences but no Prussian influences looks like.

  • @SchmulKrieger

    @SchmulKrieger

    6 жыл бұрын

    Philosophy? What is about Kant from Königsberg (Prussia)?

  • @trijezdci4588

    @trijezdci4588

    6 жыл бұрын

    A sunny day doesn't make a summer. Fact is that philosophers and writers were despised by Prussian authorities and society. They were considered "Querdenker", literally queer thinkers (in the original sense of the word queer, not the modern connotation of homosexual). A good Prussian was a person that would never think for themselves and always agree with and do without questioning what authority demanded of them.

  • @trijezdci4588

    @trijezdci4588

    6 жыл бұрын

    It is no coincidence that the democracy movement in Germany started out in Southern Germany, far away from Prussian influence, not in Prussia. Prussia is to 19th century Germany what Sparta was to ancient Greece. It is the South that represents the equivalent of Athens. Nuff said.

  • @ottovonbismarck2404
    @ottovonbismarck24046 жыл бұрын

    Good times.

  • @marcinrzyman320

    @marcinrzyman320

    6 жыл бұрын

    really really????

  • @suriname.ballv2137

    @suriname.ballv2137

    6 жыл бұрын

    you are dead so stfu

  • @ottovonbismarck2404

    @ottovonbismarck2404

    6 жыл бұрын

    Holland? JA I live in people's hearts.

  • @skoshi_tempest

    @skoshi_tempest

    6 жыл бұрын

    Otto von Bismarck Real nigga

  • @andiroth5344

    @andiroth5344

    6 жыл бұрын

    Otto Von Bismarck will forever remain part of Germany. Otto is invincible and is practically Germany or at least one of the greatest Germans of all time. End of story whether BUTTHURT People like it or not. : )

  • @kiba21ryuu
    @kiba21ryuu4 жыл бұрын

    Always love your videos!

  • @krystalmadness5675
    @krystalmadness56755 жыл бұрын

    Halfway through the video I forgot it was about the Prussians.

  • @sorayacatfriend
    @sorayacatfriend6 жыл бұрын

    Listen to the Prussian anthem, you'll thank me later.

  • @eliasfrahat7074

    @eliasfrahat7074

    6 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJNqo7N6ZNjgdJM.html

  • @leaksson93

    @leaksson93

    6 жыл бұрын

    It is my wake up alarm, I love the sound of goosestepping in the morning :D

  • @mr.dr.genius2169

    @mr.dr.genius2169

    6 жыл бұрын

    Prakhar Tiwari I am more thankful to الياس فرحات than to you.

  • @timvanrijn8239

    @timvanrijn8239

    6 жыл бұрын

    Julian Baranyi-Nicholls Chillian army tactics ar based on prussian ones. It was part of germans over seas effort to influewens smaller nation with tech and development programs

  • @felipeoyarzun5424

    @felipeoyarzun5424

    6 жыл бұрын

    Even our old uniforms were basically the prussian ones with a little of our own identity

  • @firestreak39
    @firestreak396 жыл бұрын

    My Grandmother lived in former Schlesien (South-Prussia) but got chased away when the soviets came.She told me that they lost all of their stuff and they saw so much suffering on the way to East-Germany (Saxony) where we now live....

  • @variatexwiktor

    @variatexwiktor

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ślunsk

  • @stevook21

    @stevook21

    6 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather was from a little village near Danzig that no longer exists.

  • @bombdiggidie

    @bombdiggidie

    6 жыл бұрын

    Damn that sucks... And the whole anti-German rhetoric today has to add insult to injury. I'll never understand how monsters like Mao Zedong or Pol Pot got away with everything and nobody blames the countries they ruled. Japan didn't even get blamed for the actions of Hirohito. Truly an unfair, strange world we live in

  • @JagdWehrwolf

    @JagdWehrwolf

    6 жыл бұрын

    @bombdiggidie Before You'll shed a tear ask how many polish Grandmas were forced into boxcars and shipped out. How many polish Grandpas had quiet little orchards in small villages that stopped existing after 1st of September 1939. And how many polish children got buried under ruins of polish cities.

  • @bombdiggidie

    @bombdiggidie

    6 жыл бұрын

    JagdWehrwolf okay Pole, I'm not gonna get into it with you. But know that by reinforcing the war guilt bs, you're just handing ammunition to those that wish to break Germany and quite frankly Europe. I mean Christ, you talk as if war was something new. I swear, too often I see these idiotic comments by hardheaded Slavs saying things like "Germany should have been pushed back all the way to the Elbe". Perhaps Poland should have been contained to Krakow. I have little sympathy for Poles because it happened to Germans on a larger scale and there is no recognition. Not to mention that Poles later reclaimed their land and then took that of which they never owned (Pommern). Seriously, I'm starting to think the only decent Slavs are Croatians, Ukrainians, and Slovaks.

  • @Asidders
    @Asidders5 жыл бұрын

    I've oft wondered this. Great video.

  • @marsukarhu9477
    @marsukarhu94776 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!

  • @NegusNegest
    @NegusNegest6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing vid! Thanks a lot. The maps are awesome and i learned a lot. Greetings from Switzerland

  • @yotabota5120
    @yotabota51206 жыл бұрын

    I hate that the Soviet Union got away with so many ethnic cleansings.

  • @riekeltras9534

    @riekeltras9534

    6 жыл бұрын

    vogelszijnlelijk rusland heeft ook een Jooden uitgemoord

  • @DarkImplement

    @DarkImplement

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yotabota Didn't video mention that Germans (Teutons) ethic cleansed original Prussians in Baltics?

  • @carbonbasedlifeform6693

    @carbonbasedlifeform6693

    6 жыл бұрын

    DarkImplement Maybe you didnt Notice that it was Poland Who asked the Teutonic Order to convert/destroy the Old Prussians,because they came down Killing Poles and Pillaging their Lands.Also every Nation has Blood on their hands.

  • @levvy3006

    @levvy3006

    6 жыл бұрын

    I love the Soviet Union

  • @mariosequeira1820

    @mariosequeira1820

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well you only get "caught" if you were against the winners of the war.

  • @abbottabbott1120
    @abbottabbott11206 жыл бұрын

    Really well explained, and comprehensive. I'd like to suggest having the century or years fixed in a corner and advancing as your story advances. I had trouble placing the year of each event and following along to keep in mind what else was happening around the area during those times. But other than that, this is fantastic!

  • @billalexander8011
    @billalexander80115 жыл бұрын

    Very good explanation!

  • @johnwilson2338
    @johnwilson23386 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. That was interesting and educational. 👍

  • @bioniclesnapper4055
    @bioniclesnapper40556 жыл бұрын

    Why didn't you explain how Prussia got formed from Teutonic Order as a vassal to the Polish crown? It didn't just appear out of nowhere in the 19th century.

  • @dmcc5110

    @dmcc5110

    6 жыл бұрын

    Łukasz Orzechowski yeah and a proper explanation of the partition of Poland and Prussian alliance with Brandenburg could have helped

  • @yugster78

    @yugster78

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thats probably the most important information of all! He never touched the Prussian history of the 1700s.

  • @Tubejczyk

    @Tubejczyk

    6 жыл бұрын

    what do you expect? this video is made by american

  • @TheDoaks

    @TheDoaks

    6 жыл бұрын

    Łukasz Orzechowski i

  • @user-dl3nc4jx7k

    @user-dl3nc4jx7k

    6 жыл бұрын

    which means organized, the Prussian nationality was up to the polish, occupied the territory on which it is now located,

  • @tedtimmis8135
    @tedtimmis81356 жыл бұрын

    Excellent historical overview!

  • @asmajatawis3514

    @asmajatawis3514

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mes Prūsai ni asmai Mikšai be mes bāndimai etteikātun nūsan kultūrin, kwāi bēi pernaikintā prō skrīžas wāldwikans (urdenan) = We Prussians are not Germans and we are trying to rebuild our culture, which once was annihilated by the Teutonic knights (order ) Zeimāi stesses Pōlis ni asti miksiska adder tenā asti prūsiska. That means: The north od Poland is not German but it is Prussian (originally) - in Prussian language which as you can see is not German.

  • @tedtimmis8135

    @tedtimmis8135

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@asmajatawis3514 My great great grandmother was born in Marienwerder, East Prussia back in the mid 1800s. As far as I know, I think she described her ethnicity as German although that may simply have been for convenience as many Americans tend to be pretty ignorant of geography. It’s interesting that the original Prussian culture survived the many centuries of cultural domination.

  • @asmajatawis3514

    @asmajatawis3514

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tedtimmis8135 Yes, the word 'convenience' might be the answer here. Thank for your supportive words.

  • @schievel6047
    @schievel60475 жыл бұрын

    Good job explaining all the history but ignoring what you promised in the title 👌

  • @napoleon8181
    @napoleon81816 жыл бұрын

    Hey, this is really well done! Wow.

  • @andyryooable
    @andyryooable6 жыл бұрын

    Dood I love these kind of stuff and learn so much from your channel. U da man.

  • @januszp.

    @januszp.

    6 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWWBxY-jobXOnKw.html

  • @christiankruse1970
    @christiankruse19705 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! Thanks

  • @susannavanandel5608
    @susannavanandel56083 жыл бұрын

    Thank you excellent summary

  • @1guitarlover
    @1guitarlover6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this video.

  • @misiomor
    @misiomor6 жыл бұрын

    There is some lingering legacy of Prussia today: - Byzantine-like EU regulations of everything in general and the economy in particular. - European retirement system based on direct re-distribution, first introduced by Bismarck.

  • @BrevardCountyFloridox

    @BrevardCountyFloridox

    3 жыл бұрын

    US military

  • @kukamaliabroussard7526
    @kukamaliabroussard75265 жыл бұрын

    You spoke so fast I had no time to capture your historical points. Now I need to listen to it. Its rich in information, but so quickly spoken. There are huge squisms.

  • @sturtfc
    @sturtfc5 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting wrap up thx. Learning about European history at school also left me wondering about the specifics of this word "Prussia", apart from the understanding that it became a highly militaristic state in the second half of the 19C. Seemed like a modern era version of Sparta

  • @texannationalist5887
    @texannationalist58876 жыл бұрын

    A fellow Texan doing a video on prussia? you might be my favorite person

  • @Siegbert85

    @Siegbert85

    6 жыл бұрын

    Is there some connection between the two?

  • @texannationalist5887

    @texannationalist5887

    6 жыл бұрын

    no, it just happens that i'm also from texas and interested in prussia

  • @benrose6033

    @benrose6033

    6 жыл бұрын

    Henning85 yes both Prussia and Texas are awesome and "hard as steel." Prussia wasn't known as the Iron Kingdom for nothing and Texans are notorious for their fighting spirit.

  • @omamikels7091

    @omamikels7091

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@texannationalist5887 Johann (see below) is my direct Prussian ancestor, my maiden name is Giesenschlag. I enjoy the YT videos about Prussia but am surprised by all of the angry comments that follow. I will never be ashamed of my ancestry or the history of past generations. "Johan Joachim Giesenschlag emigrated from Prussia to Texas in 1855, settling first in Washington County. In 1877 he moved his family to Burleson County and in 1879 purchased sizable tracts of land in the Hollingsworth Survey and in the adjoining Moses Cummings survey. According to family tradition, Johann Giesenschlag set aside four acres of land in the Hollingsworth Survey for a family cemetery. He died of consumption in 1880 and was the first person, buried there. The land was legally conveyed in 1886 by his son, Christian Giesenschlag, to the Evangelical Trinity Lutheran Church for church and cemetery purposes. The Church ceased to function sometime around 1900, but the land has continued to be used as a cemetery for the relatives and descendants of Johann Giesenschlag and a few other persons." It isn't mentioned above, but Johann & his wife Anna Schulze came to America from Damelack, Prussia.

  • @omamikels7091

    @omamikels7091

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@texannationalist5887 There is a Texas Historical monument erected at the Giesenschlag Cemetery.

  • @Fruzhin5483
    @Fruzhin54836 жыл бұрын

    hey man great video! Could u consider making a video about the Thracians

  • @Masaman

    @Masaman

    6 жыл бұрын

    Will look into it!

  • @Fruzhin5483

    @Fruzhin5483

    6 жыл бұрын

    YES!!!

  • @konstantinoskotsomytis2544

    @konstantinoskotsomytis2544

    6 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting topic! A must do!

  • @Fruzhin5483

    @Fruzhin5483

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! There is quite a lot to be talked about like their wine culture, their religion, their golden treasures which are scattered through out Bulgaria. Can't wait for u to make it!!!

  • @jimmychong3209

    @jimmychong3209

    6 жыл бұрын

    Masaman. and illyrians

  • @Chris-mi5ff
    @Chris-mi5ff Жыл бұрын

    Excellent. Explained all the same questions you had when younger.

  • @johnkingman99
    @johnkingman994 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. I often wondered what happened to Prussia. Thanks. :)

  • @Svennybaerchen
    @Svennybaerchen6 жыл бұрын

    There are many Football Clubs in Germany with Prussian History ... Preußen Münster for example ... or the ones with Borussia (latin for Prussia).

  • @alexpeters9757

    @alexpeters9757

    6 жыл бұрын

    Borussia Dortmund is one of many German clubs with the Latin name for Prussia "Borussia." Basically means "Prussian Dortmund" in Latin. 🤔

  • @austenbrainard2864
    @austenbrainard28646 жыл бұрын

    You should do a video on history of Austria or the history of the Hapsburgs ! A great vid bro keep it up ya got me to sup

  • @jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563

    @jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563

    6 жыл бұрын

    austen brainard Here in México we had an emperor. His name was Maximiliano de Habsburgo. We kill him becouse Napoleon III bring him here to ruled México and help the confeferation ( south of USA)

  • @shenghan9385
    @shenghan93855 жыл бұрын

    A very well made video.

  • @lordseelenfresserdemonking1168
    @lordseelenfresserdemonking11685 жыл бұрын

    I still listen to old prussian and German music From before and during the war And they had really spirit in there songs

  • @Bialy_1

    @Bialy_1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Germans made final germanization when Nazi came to power and changed even names of rivers to German... so what "old prusian" word or sentence you know?

  • @lordseelenfresserdemonking1168

    @lordseelenfresserdemonking1168

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Bialy_1 ja