Chalres V holy Roman emperor: "I love Germany so much I prefer to see 143 of them"

@PuckishAngeI

4 жыл бұрын

Habsburgs: I love Germany so much I want to see *approximately 1800* of them

@brandonlyon730

4 жыл бұрын

But the HRE consisted of many Dutch, Swiss, and northern Italian states also.

@INBCPC1994

4 жыл бұрын

Good ol’ Carlos

@zakariaalami1491

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha lool

@RedbadofFrisia

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonlyon730 the Dutch would identify as Diets/Duitsch at that time (the reason why we are called Dutch), which basically means that they saw no real distinction from themselves and Germans, since they hadn't really been put on the road to nationhood.

This is a historically accurate video. Lots of younger people may not realize it, but during the late 1980s, world leaders communicated with signs on sticks.

@PATTHECATMCD

4 жыл бұрын

Many humans stilll rely on sticks for communication. They're called police officers.

@PANZERFAUST90

4 жыл бұрын

@@PATTHECATMCD .....what?

@PATTHECATMCD

4 жыл бұрын

@@PANZERFAUST90 the technical term is "percussive adjustment".

@PANZERFAUST90

4 жыл бұрын

@@PATTHECATMCD That's pretty stupid of you. I mean you're really grasping for straws with that one.

@PATTHECATMCD

4 жыл бұрын

@@PANZERFAUST90 You are suggesting that police batons are purely ceremonial? Despite many hours of video evidence clearly displaying they are not?

Germany unification 1871: OH NO, THEY WILL DOMINATE US MILITARILY!!! Germany unification 1989: OH NO, THEY WILL DOMINATE US ECONOMICLY!!!

@kevinbergin2225

3 жыл бұрын

The US was not worried at all.

@TheKickingDonkey

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbergin2225 Yes, G.H.W. Bush's contribution is not forgotten. After the biggest western power had shown its support, it was much harder for the others to continue their obstruction.

@lisar3944

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbergin2225 um...the word there is "us" - come on.

@BarskiPatzow

3 жыл бұрын

True both times xD

@seegurke2319

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbergin2225 why should they ? Germany is now best eu body

Germany: Reunification France and Belgium: starts putting speed bumps on roads, to slow down panzers...

@njb1126

3 жыл бұрын

And widening the streets of Paris too

@basedkaiser5352

3 жыл бұрын

France has the nukes and can destroy Germany

@HedgehogZone

3 жыл бұрын

You should know.germany has its own nukes. I dont mean the american ones.

@12stem.b-obenita

3 жыл бұрын

@@basedkaiser5352 oh boy Germany is investing on nukes now

@SeraphimRoad

3 жыл бұрын

See invasion from the North Atlantic in the Normandy....again. *sike. In reality is with the opening of LIDL and ALDI all over the world

"Thatcher feared that a reunified Germany would economically dominate the continent." I mean, she wasn't wrong.

@paulyb7267

4 жыл бұрын

Thatcher was a typical little Englander who was jealous of Germany's postwar success!

@plzfixwolves955

4 жыл бұрын

I’d rather a Democratic Germany lead Europe then the dodgy UK that follows the U.S like a lost dog.

@starry2006

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulyb7267 bullshit, many in Europe feel exactly the same way

@starry2006

3 жыл бұрын

@TheFranksConqueredEurope They acted purely for themselves in the coronavirus, Macron taking masks bought for by the UK so hospital staff in the UK ended up dying.

@googane7755

3 жыл бұрын

@@plzfixwolves955 England has always preferred a weak divided europe and still holds onto to the delusion that they are a great power. You can understand why no one likes them.

West Germany: "Let's reunify" Margret Thatcher: *change team*

@attiepollard7847

4 жыл бұрын

I don't blame thatcher for being worried about a new Germany, someone close to her should have told her it would never happen. Never the less that woman was the best damn PM in the world right next to President Regan as one of the best influence world leaders.

@arminthegreat3729

4 жыл бұрын

She was half right. Germany didn’t try to retake its olds lands but it 100% dominates Europe economically.

@wolfsoldner9029

4 жыл бұрын

I hope this video shows some of our people who the true enemies are.

@arminthegreat3729

4 жыл бұрын

Der Alman'ach and who would that be?

@louismart

4 жыл бұрын

MPHJackson7 it was mainly East Germany that asked and voted for reunification, not West Germany. West Germans hadn’t a say on the question, but their constitution obliged them to accept the application of the GDR to join the Federal Republic.

I love how instead of „Soon“ Kohl hold up „Bald“, the German word for Soon

@OmicronTauKappaClassicDaddy

3 жыл бұрын

I love those clever momentary Easter eggs don't you?

@kobusg7460

3 жыл бұрын

True. I also like that "Heidi" features on The Wall. Finally: Here at last is one of History Matters' USSR episodes where, you know, nobody got shot...

@RodFleming-World

3 жыл бұрын

Horrible, arrogant man.

@RodFleming-World

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinfranzer2254 Kohl

@rexy_mirror1225

3 жыл бұрын

I was so confused thinking it meant bald head or something

Giulio Andreotti was known for his irony and witty remarks. His most rembered quote is "power wears out those who do not have it" which was used in the Godfather III movie. However, my personal favorite is "In a madhouse one can find two kind of people: those who believe they are Napoleon and those who believe they can solve the financial situation of Ferrovie dello Stato (Italy's train state company)"

@envinyatar5712

Жыл бұрын

He sounds like a great man to hang with.

@Blackgriffonphoenixg

Жыл бұрын

I mean, the high speed rail ended up becoming a powerhouse. ...it just bankrupted Alitalia (the national airline) instead!

It’s interesting to learn that a leader of a western democracy wanted the Soviets to increase troop numbers in East Germany.

@tomithy-6253

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Gahzi Jr. in the end it’s just Realpolitik in action, states have no room for ideology or empathy, mad innit.

@vladescu3g

4 жыл бұрын

calling the british democratic is a bit of a stretch

@peter5530

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinaumiller9781 And the best peace time PM she's ever had

@kevinaumiller9781

4 жыл бұрын

@@peter5530 lmao not exactly a high bar dude

@peter5530

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinaumiller9781 Still is

“Love Germany so much, I prefer to see two of them”. Wait till that guy finds out about Austria.

@zwiebelface185

4 жыл бұрын

Wait till you find out about Liechtenstein

@Lots17

4 жыл бұрын

Wait till he finds out about Luxembourg and Switzerland

@zwiebelface185

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lots17 These Countries are not German. Swiss isn't really a nationality. and Luxembourg has its own Language.

@lenav.5851

4 жыл бұрын

@@zwiebelface185 I couldn't agree more

@elements1168

4 жыл бұрын

@@zwiebelface185 they are former HRE

2:14 Ghost Hitler, the scariest form of Hitler 👻

@TheKickingDonkey

3 жыл бұрын

I completely missed that, although I have watched this video once every year. Thank you!

@mfaizsyahmi

3 жыл бұрын

Geistler

@jsparrow115

3 жыл бұрын

I never noticed that before.

@jorgeh.r9879

3 жыл бұрын

Me neither

@dwightdraper2767

3 жыл бұрын

😂💀

Actually in the EU only the Spanish were completely for a German reunification without conditions.

@endianAphones

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because everyone in Spain would be like "If there can be 2 germanys maybe there can be a few spains?"

@blauwbeer556

3 жыл бұрын

Who would have thought, the previously fascist nation wanted german reunification. Now that's fitting.

@schusterlehrling

3 жыл бұрын

@@blauwbeer556 actually a socialist PM supported German reunification.

@blauwbeer556

3 жыл бұрын

@@schusterlehrling do...do you know what previously means?

@schusterlehrling

3 жыл бұрын

@@blauwbeer556 I know, but Felipe Gonzalez actively opposed the Falange and Franco. To indicate he would like Germany more because of a facist past is exactly the opposite of his mindset. And he had no fears against a democratic united Germany.

"I would like to reunify Germany" *Poles sweating* *Czechs sweating* *Dutch sweating* *Danes sweating* *Belgians sweating* *Austrians sweating* *Luxembourgs sweating* *French sweating*

@kostam.1113

4 жыл бұрын

Russians and Lithuanians were also nervously sweating since they both still hold ex German/Prussian territory.

@indypad2114

4 жыл бұрын

In the early 1950s the USSR had proposed reunification but the West rejected it.

@Exodon2020

4 жыл бұрын

@Kyril J Well, for that very reason the Germans had to agree on accepting their current border as definite ones. And nobody seriously questions that except for some Nationalist nutcases. But it's not like those wouldn't exist in your own country either.

@abdusselamzahma7474

4 жыл бұрын

The Allies start the war and then they sweat

@piotrmichaowski3549

4 жыл бұрын

@@kostam.1113 Prussia were a Balts land ,stolen by Germans.

Lol, I like how Hitler's ghost is right behind Helmut Kohl at 2:15.

@yuslaven89

4 жыл бұрын

Good eye. I needed to rewatch twice. 😁

@Aw3som3ologY

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't catch that the first time thanks

@A.D.540

4 жыл бұрын

Dam I didn't even see it until you mentioned it. Good job

@drewbc32

4 жыл бұрын

Lol I was looking through the comments making sure I wasn’t the only one 😂😂

@19MAD95

4 жыл бұрын

Nice catch!

1:57 using subtitles i nearly spat my coffee out.

@oj3458

2 жыл бұрын

Omg what are the chances 🤣

@thalesn

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no

@houraisanproductions5879

Жыл бұрын

Oh how ironic

@Zettel9016

Жыл бұрын

The Jewish Mark. That's always been Germany's problem. ; )

Fun fact at 1:37 you know that the economies are West Germany, France, England, and Italy even though none of them are labeled.

@siangchengpang772

3 жыл бұрын

Yea that's how colors work

@justsomeguy1695

2 жыл бұрын

@@siangchengpang772 somehow even if colours aren’t labelled we still understand which they are meant to be

@minutemansam1214

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paradox.

@aycsfvmk1289

2 жыл бұрын

@@minutemansam1214 *Yellow Prussia intensifies*

@Enrico-

2 жыл бұрын

It's called Britain but ok

“I love Germany so much, I prefer to see two of them.” 😂

@welshinc5782

4 жыл бұрын

Two is better than one

@greateregyptianmapping8928

4 жыл бұрын

@@welshinc5782 no 8 is better west germany east germany northern east germany south east germany north west germany south west germany.

@matheuspinheiro4796

4 жыл бұрын

We have Austria :)

@strategossable1366

4 жыл бұрын

"This is getting out of hand, now there are ONE of them!"

@Zydia

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently German chancelour told italys prime minister at a meeting of those nations invovled "You have no say in this matter". Shows how insignificant their influence was.

The "I love Germany so much I prefer to see two of them" is one of the greatest things I ever heard

@user-hc6vy2vm8y

4 жыл бұрын

Its just soo italian))

@snipingflute4346

4 жыл бұрын

When I said I supported equal voting rights; I meant men shouldn’t vote either. -Benito Mussolini

@nocomment00

4 жыл бұрын

There are already like 4 of em. Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

@josephleonard6695

4 жыл бұрын

@@snipingflute4346 gotta give it to mussolini. he's eloquent and poetic, like most italians xD

@Franck10085

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-hc6vy2vm8y well, it's been originally said by a French (François Mauriac)

Interestingly, both France and the UK publicly favored German reunification, until that szenario became realistic, then they opposed it.

@jerm70

Жыл бұрын

Politic rhetoric is great until it is demanded to be policy.

@travisspicer5514

10 ай бұрын

@@jerm70 depends on who is in power also. One issue(kinda) with regular elections is the inconsistency in policy.

@bobg5362

2 ай бұрын

Ah, like Darth McCain voting to repeal Obamacare umpteen times until the day his vote would have actually repealed it, and then on that day voting to uphold it because he was a vindictive cuck who hated Trump more than he cared about his country.

Thatcher was wiser than the FA. She knew very well that once West & East Germany were reunited, the chances of England winning the World Cup again was eternally over! And sadly she turned up to be quite right.

@aaanawaleh

8 ай бұрын

Yes it was a wise stance but maybe now there's a new King, England will finally win the world cup. 2026 maybe??

@dabbasw31

5 ай бұрын

Well. If the FA had played in the FIFA World Cups before WWII, then England could have grabbed some of these too. :P

Fun fact: the USSR was the first major nation to recognize German reunification.

@stopmotiondaryl1767

4 жыл бұрын

@wayne Of course the US put a stop to it! Why would anyone want to live under Stalinist rule?

@kev492001

4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, the USSR kept East Germany under its thumb till they was forced to leave.

@stopmotiondaryl1767

4 жыл бұрын

wayne he already did, just like the allies, except unlike them, he controlled east Germany as a puppet state with no freedom.

@juanjoniebles452

4 жыл бұрын

Look up the Stalin Note. Stalin wanted a reunified, neutral Germany like Austria. Why? It’s all a matter of Realpolitiks. A neutral buffer state between West and East would have been great for Stalin, as it meant that there was no direct border to the USA-controlled Europe (which by the way also kept Western Europe under its thumb), a bulwark against US military and economic expansion and not having to deal with creating socialism in a hostile environment. The USA refused, for they would have lost their interests in West Germany.

@gidmichigan1765

4 жыл бұрын

@wayne Stalin also said the eastern europeans would have free elections.

“We’ve beaten them twice and now they’re back” -Margret Thatcher on German unification

@deanfirnatine7814

4 жыл бұрын

And here comes Merkel for the German's third attempt to destroy Europe

@attiepollard7847

4 жыл бұрын

I don't blame thatcher for being worried about a new Germany, someone close to her should have told her it would never happen. Never the less that woman was the best damn PM in the world right next to Regan.

@jankubiak324

4 жыл бұрын

And now the Germans dominate Europe through the hand of the EU...

@attiepollard7847

4 жыл бұрын

@@jankubiak324 and you want to know why the UK wants to leave the EU

@jankubiak324

4 жыл бұрын

@@attiepollard7847 I wouldn't say that Brexit would be a loss to Germany, as it got rid of its competitior within the Union, allowing the germans to hold a tighter grip over the EU, but also allowed them to push the UK into political turmoil, which is bad for British businesses and firms both within and outside the country... It's as if the UK was "pushed out" of the union..

Margaret Thatcher: Yo we need more commies here USA and USSR: 😐

@mohamdmlg9027

3 жыл бұрын

These were confusing times

@emib6599

3 жыл бұрын

After that still now are confusing times

@gc2696

2 жыл бұрын

I think she meant fewer Germans. 😂

"This is getting out of hand,now there's two of them"

@ClarkeMarek

3 жыл бұрын

Both Germans: Let's change that, shall we? Rest of Europe: Oh, shit, now there's one of them! :O

“I love Germany so much, I prefer to see two of them.” One of the best quotes ever.

@IceWolfLoki

3 жыл бұрын

And he got his wish as at the time there was 3 of them West Germany, East Germany and Austria (South Germany)

@tomasziskierka9557

3 жыл бұрын

@@IceWolfLoki Sadly nothing last forever.

@DeutschlandMapping

3 жыл бұрын

@@IceWolfLoki There's another: Liechtenstein

@ignatiusryd2031

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeutschlandMapping Don't forget about Swiss!

@BigBossXCV

2 жыл бұрын

Said by Francois Mauriac not Andreotti

Remember German Reunification only happened 30 years ago.

@harmen4436

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Blart Is it 30 years already. Damn

@tristandevos682

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Blart *29 years ago.

@valiatus6719

4 жыл бұрын

No the Real Germany died in 1945. Idk what you're talking about.

@theowohrmann6765

4 жыл бұрын

@@valiatus6719 The real germany died in 1919

@IanCaponeDrVonoreheimdonzYT

4 жыл бұрын

the real germany was born in 1871

My 2 favorite words in international agreements are "eternal" and "permanent".

@burkanov

2 жыл бұрын

:))))

@maxpulido4268

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget "indefinitely"

@edwinhuang9244

8 ай бұрын

You mean 66 years?

@kosatochca

4 ай бұрын

I’ve tried to read your comment very thoroughly, but the only words I can see in it are 99 years

I'm German and I didn't even know there were so many oppositions to the reunification even though German history class basically only consists of WW2 and the reunification nowadays.

@phil3114

3 жыл бұрын

@Heinrich Heinrich We got it tought, also the real political reasons behind some other stuff as well, like the Morgentau Plan or backgrounds of the Marshal Fund. So I am not sure what you talk about. German alliances to the West were and still are based on the geopolitical concept of "Westbindung". Just google it, there is no secrecy surrounding that topic.

@phil3114

3 жыл бұрын

@Heinrich Heinrich Just because most ppl do not propperly educate themselves (btw, self education is a cornerstone of our democracy, that is also why so much internal government stuff is openly publicised compared to other countries) does not mean it is a secret. I mean, even Wikipedia has an article about it.

@rankok8418

2 жыл бұрын

The biggest was the USA that blocked reunification in 1954. The Soviets proposed a demillitarized reunified Germany.

@TheKumarImpressions

2 жыл бұрын

@@rankok8418 bcz zionists doesnt liked Germans they lobbied western govts to destroy German people

@burkanov

2 жыл бұрын

I was similarly surprised when I learned that Belgium occupied Rhineland in the early 20s to prevent them from splitting from Prussia.

Got to love Thatchers directness. We want German unity, who's with us? Italy: erm... We love Germany so much that we prefer two! France: Only if we can economically shackle them with a common currency! UK: No

@r.o.b8728

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Rickard wtf italy hates germany

@Kimkima514

4 жыл бұрын

@@r.o.b8728 just 50% less don't like and 50%+ like

@gideonmele1556

4 жыл бұрын

Baron Marseille imagine how much worse it would be if that happened. Italy can barely stand as it is despite being a literal boot

@kurttrahan5892

4 жыл бұрын

Did you actually watch the video? It was Thatcher who direct about having Germany NOT reunify. The US was the only one who was all for it! I’m sorry, but how in tf did you get that flipped around?!

@theAEDan

4 жыл бұрын

@@kurttrahan5892 yea... Thats what I said UK = Thatcher. Seriously, how tf did you get that flipped around?

Can you talk about the federal kingdoms in the German Empire?

@pasci_lei

4 жыл бұрын

But every single one of them :D

@lukatomas9465

4 жыл бұрын

@Trz Some of them had armies.

@yourlocalmailman8456

4 жыл бұрын

@GameB Awesome what is a federal kingdom, that's the most conflicting title I've ever heard.

@lukatomas9465

4 жыл бұрын

@@yourlocalmailman8456 Germany was created by around 20 german states unifying and their rulers didn't lose their titles but kept ruling their states while they were under the empire(the kaiser also ruled Prussia which had about half of the German lands in it).

@louismart

4 жыл бұрын

Luka Tomaš There were 25 States and Prussia took about 65% of the surface (without the colonies), to be exact.

You forgot to mention the name of the man who teared down the wall and unified Germany: David Hasselhoff

@haisheauspforte1632

3 жыл бұрын

Well... Nobody in Germany really likes him, we treat him more like the "they think we like him, ahaha" meme

@endianAphones

3 жыл бұрын

He's actually on the greetings part! Notice the curly hair.

@tywinlannister8015

3 жыл бұрын

In my book that accomplishment is Günther Schabowski's.

@best_pilot

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh that pisser ! !

@gc2696

2 жыл бұрын

He threatened Gorbachev with a signed LP 😱

When he said “Deutsche Mark” why did the caption say he said “The Jewish Mark” 🙃

@solwen

3 жыл бұрын

Shut it down, He knows too much.

West Germany: Let's reunite! Margaret Thatcher: No, I won't let you- *Germany has reunited*

@MrWhitey998

4 жыл бұрын

@fredit _yt Speak for alot of Brits aswell, nobody liked Thatcher.

@someoneonearth1617

4 жыл бұрын

fredit _yt Most Brits hate her too.

@jackhopewell1745

4 жыл бұрын

fredit _yt she hasn’t been wrong yet.

@masterraven2053

4 жыл бұрын

she was such a bitch

@welshinc5782

4 жыл бұрын

fredit _yt don't worry, brits probably hate her more, unless you burnt effigies and got 'ding dong the witch is dead' to number one when she died as well

Feels like you could have covered so much more in this video! Please make new 10 minute history videos again :)

@swanpride

4 жыл бұрын

True...there is so much missing, like how a situation in which Reunification even became a topic evolved, the important role Genscher played in making it possible and how Germany basically paid off the Russians and France in order to get them and the US (which was kind of pleased about the notion anyway) outvote the UK.

Those banners at the hands of people are the most iconic and relatable thing in this channel.

It's insane how much territory Germany had lost since WW1.

@Vneosjwfk

Жыл бұрын

They lost allenstein (Olsztyn) Gleiwitz (gliwice) Breslau (Wrocław) Danzig (Gdańsk) Gdynia, oppeln (Opole) küstrin (Kostrzyn) Stettin (Szczecin) köslin (Koszalin) all to Poland, and they lost Konigsberg to Russia

@TheZett

8 ай бұрын

@@Vneosjwfk Ironically Stettin is west of the current designated river border between Germany and Poland, yet it is still Polish, despite the river flowing to the east of the area.

@Vneosjwfk

8 ай бұрын

@@TheZett as I pole i have crossed that border many times before, I always find it satisfying, today I live very close to the old german Polish border close in Silesia

@bwhog

7 ай бұрын

Especially compared to how much territory they had way back in 1870... Oh wait, they didn't have any territory back then since they weren't a nation. 😉 That all changed in 1871 because a united Germany seemed like a good idea t the time. Then they went on a "castle" building frenzy to gain a "medieval" heritage and we got the insane construction of Neuschwanstein, followed by the Kaiser, followed by millions dead, followed by the Fuhrer, followed by even more millions dead, followed by a Germany with split personality disorder. 😅

1:55 "[...] instead of continuing with the use of the strong DEUTSCH Mark." Subtitles say: "Jewish mark" Oof...

@EduardoEscarez

4 жыл бұрын

Well, that really is a bad automatic translation!

@yarpen26

4 жыл бұрын

Speaking of, there was never such thing as a "Deutschmark", it was just a "Deutsche Mark" or simply "Mark". The former was coined by Anglos trying to show off their German.

@talhahhussain5603

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh.

@elements1168

4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@user-xg8yy7yl1d

4 жыл бұрын

Based

Germany wasn't United 1.7.1990. Day of official reunification was the 3.10.1990, the "day of German unity ". In July they only joined economically.

@TheDunbartxeen

4 жыл бұрын

That is correct. D-Mark for GDR from 01.07.1990 onward. You could say it was the start of the incorporation of the unification and ended on 0.00 am 03.10.1990 when the GDR ceased to exist.

@mtlicq

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheDunbartxeen They should have put the Stasi through a Nurnberg trial and hanged them for crimes against humanity

@ApprenPlayer

4 жыл бұрын

MultiEpique That was on August 23, 1990 when a treaty of two Germanies as West and East Germany announced to reunite on October 3, 1990. Then nearly three weeks later on September 12, 1990, the four powers (🇺🇸 + 🇬🇧 + 🇫🇷 + 🇷🇺) signed up to renounce their claim into a treaty to make Germany to become a full sovereign state on March 15, 1991.

@Perririri

3 жыл бұрын

First of July; Third of October

Andreotti was famous in Italy for his witty remarks, but of course most of them can only be understood in the context of Italian politics. For instance, there was a state owned society, Ferrovie ("rail system") which famously ran at a loss for most of its history. Andreotti once said: "there's only two kinds of crazy people, the ones who believe they are Napoleon and the ones who believe Ferrovie can run at a profit".

Also is worth noticing that Felipe Gonzalez and Spain in General did fully support german reunification. Felipe did not attend on purpose a meeting of the CE (precursor of UE) issuing a declaration to recognize (and pressure) only the modern German-Polish frontier. Gonzalez had entire meeting with Kohl about the possibility of the (Re)union with Austria. The King Juan Carlos I did visit Helmut Kohl several times during the process. Now image if Austria was included the gap between Germany and the rest would massive.

I have to admit I kinda miss the longer videos, specialy the English & British History ones.

@soham6649

4 жыл бұрын

These small ones don't feel the same.

@ZeKaiserVG

4 жыл бұрын

I do as well, but I still enjoy the channel

@samcnut

4 жыл бұрын

It feels like we are going through a huge list of topics he wanted to talk about but couldn't fit into a 10 min video. We will get longer videos eventually and I like the shorter ones being more frequent than the longer ones being more apart (if we're only getting one type that is).

@francherogamer5187

4 жыл бұрын

Give him some time eventually they would come

@Marylandbrony

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, But these have grown on me so though luck.

2:00 “I love Germany so much I prefer to see 2 of them” who said that politicians don’t have a sense of humor? 😂😂😂

@FlagAnthem

3 жыл бұрын

Terrorists phoned him one december saying they will kill him on January. He answered: good, this means I'm going to have a peaceful Holy Christmas...

@michaelk4896

3 жыл бұрын

Other notable quotes: "Better to be a dictator than be gay" - Lukashenko "Unfuckable lard-arse" - Berlusconi on Merkel "I don’t want to be rude but, really, you have the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk." - Farage on van Rompuy

@yinjinggoblock2635

3 жыл бұрын

The last time germans had fun the whole europe had to be saved again

@FlagAnthem

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelk4896 actually, mr.B never said that.

@Zimisce85

2 жыл бұрын

Another famous quote from Andreotti goes: "to think bad of someone, you commit a sin, but you guess right."

Another great and precise video about my country. Much thanks for spreading knowledge in this kind of presentation!

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

I wasn't expecting a quote from Andreotti

@averyp3997

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody expects the Span-err... Andreotti!

I gotta say, I would really love to see a ten minute version for German Reunification.

@scalxdestxryere.t8988

4 жыл бұрын

There is one

@raKJ444

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! Because it's much more complicated than that! It would be really interesting to speak about the different point of views at the time and especially in East and West Germany where everyone was not for a reunited Germany (like with the question of the Third Way).

@jacobjohnson4785

3 жыл бұрын

History Scopes made a good video on it

@cow_tools_

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobjohnson4785 Thanks for the tip!

correction - we officially reunited on 3 October 1990 - however the currencies were reunited on 1 July 1990. happy unification - so happy about this!

Clever! Thank you🙏

Lmao Thatcher was right about Germany economically dominating Europe

@franciscomm7675

4 жыл бұрын

Still, the nerve of her to ask Gorbatchev to send troops to east germany

@icecold1805

4 жыл бұрын

I mean she meant it more in a "fourth reich" kind of way rather than EU, which is kind of the opposite of what their opponents expected: most thought germany was gonna tarnish any attempts of european unification to instead rely on being an economic powerhouse among weaker separate european nations, but the opposite is what happened.

@matimatimati1992

4 жыл бұрын

@@icecold1805 She exacly know that Germany would dominate Europe economicly. And she was tottaly right.

@seangannon6005

4 жыл бұрын

@UCHeZ60wbygvIyE3ZW3xT2GA funnily enough, that description applies to a couple of historical figures. I know you mean Hitler but sure bismark had a mustache and unified the majority of Germans, you could also make an argument for Otto I

@atlanteanautist1434

4 жыл бұрын

Francisco MM sending soldiers to suppress people is what Margret Thatcher does best

Pssst, you forgot to add Flevoland to the Netherlands.

@themgamer9152

4 жыл бұрын

It Didnt Exist Back Then

@Yokuyin

4 жыл бұрын

@@themgamer9152 Not true. Flevoland was finished in 1968, and this video is about events in 1989.

@themgamer9152

4 жыл бұрын

@@Yokuyin i knows only my comment wouldnt delete😥

Fascinating! Thanks!

Thatcher: No land for Germany. Also Tatcher: Goes to war against Argentina over small island.

@sirnilsolav6646

2 жыл бұрын

Argentina invaded British territory while Germany had been spilt in two as a way to reestablish a sort of balance of power. People still feared German nationalism and not without reason. Shortly after the reunification there were far-right riots in both Western and Eastern Germany due to the German parliament refusing to change the laws on asylum seekers. And honestly, Thatcher was right that a unified Germany would pose an obsticle to British interests.

@paulyb7267

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirnilsolav6646 We get it, you hate Germany. Now please go away!

@felipea1399

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirnilsolav6646 tbh Argentina was being comanded by basically fascism, but Argentina was claiming for that territory since 1833 when Argentine settlers were fought off the previously unpopulated island. Sorry, but you brits shouldnt be go around defending colonialism so lightly lol

@paulyb7267

2 жыл бұрын

@@felipea1399 This little Englander obviously hates and is jealous of Germany.

@felipea1399

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulyb7267 yeah and I dont get it but whatever. Tbh its weird that I ignored all the anti German part of the commebt

I am amazed that Thatcher worried about German revanchism and actually asked the Soviets to attempt to prevent reunification militarily. I never knew that.

@zhufortheimpaler4041

Жыл бұрын

well, the thatcher government also comissioned a study on "the german mental condition/mindset" that claimed that "the german mental condition" is one of revangism, glorification of past greatness, militarism etc. kinda what everybody else thinks about the UK..... fun thing about that is, that this internal study got leaked and resulted in a political scandal and souring of german-british relations. And the UK pushed for legal limitations on german military size, stockpile sizes etc, wich now result in the german army being incapable of doing its constitutional job of being a NATO Defense Army. Somehow it seems that the UK was the problem in post war europe all along.

@veramae4098

Жыл бұрын

Vladimir Putin was in East Germany at the time, and was all in on a plan of his boss, to put down the reunification demonstrations with machine gun fire. Also known as "Tiananmen Square". There was some little thing which I forget now that messed up communications and before the squads could be organized the walls and fences were down. "Accidental Czar: the life and lies of Vladimir Putin" graphic novel biography.

>All Soviet leaders post-WWII opposed a unified Germany Stalin did propose the idea of a unified and permanently neutral Germany in the early 50s. Now, it's arguable if he was actually serious about it or if it was just deceptive political maneuvering, but I wanted to throw that out there.

@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676

4 жыл бұрын

@pondblank pondblank Wrong on the last count. STALIN wanted a neutral Germany.

@michinomiyahirohito2746

4 жыл бұрын

@pondblank pondblank Ah yes, because history is black and white and there is no depth in a persons actions. Stalin did probably actually want a neutral Germany as it would serve as a buffer zone between the East and the West much like what the Allies [ including the USSR ] did with Austria. The flat Eastern European plains were a big problem for the USSR as this region was most vulnerable to foreign invasions as the Nazis had proven during their initial invasion of the USSR. You can have any opinion you want about people like Stalin but painting them off in such a simplistic way is stupid.

@batavica1875

4 жыл бұрын

Nazism was too strong back then, they had to wait a few decades for it to die down or WWIII would happen

@ressljs

3 жыл бұрын

By "neutral," did Stalin really mean "puppet?"

@CrashB111

3 жыл бұрын

@@ressljs More than likely yes.

Nice touch with Baywatch Man at the end!

I've lived in Germany since 1985 and seen it all happen. Hard to believe it's been so long!

Maybe, Giulio Andreotti was a fan of Holy Roman Empire, or, at least, German Union...

@lazer_kiw1

4 жыл бұрын

"I love Germany so much I prefer to see two of them. But do you know what's even better than two Germanies? Two thousand Germanies."

I’m really loving these shorter history videos focused on a question. Really great and informative work, thank you!

I did enjoy this episode, thanks for asking

"Every leader of the USSR had strongly opposed any notion of a unighted germany" Well, that's not true, just google "Stalin's note"

@Godslayer5656

3 жыл бұрын

You think he was actually serious about that?

@emermage

3 жыл бұрын

@@Godslayer5656 even if not, thats not obvious

@anderskorsback4104

3 жыл бұрын

@@Godslayer5656 Stalin had every reason to be. His proposal for unification was premised on the new, unified Germany becoming neutral. Considering the difference in population between West Germany and East Germany, taking both of them out of the Cold War would have been a net gain in relative power for the Warsaw Pact.

@Godslayer5656

3 жыл бұрын

@@anderskorsback4104 Well the issue there is that it still wouldn’t really be neutral. It would mostly likely still be democratic, and capitalist. Hell I could see this backfiring for Stalin, west Germany alone already was the strongest economy by the end of The Cold War, if from the start had east Germany incorporated into it, and both would build each other at the same time, that would be an incredibly powerful Germany. An incredible powerful Germany that would show democracy and capitalism works really well.

@nitishkumarjurel241

3 жыл бұрын

@@Godslayer5656 well Austria ended up being neutral so ist could have worked.

I love how the maps are accurate, as a historian it always bugs me when a video has inaccurate maps.

@stefangrobbink7760

3 жыл бұрын

The Netherlands is missing Flevoland, which finished reclaimation in the 70's.

@gc2696

2 жыл бұрын

The people too....totally accurate 😂

@justinkubusch1336

Жыл бұрын

The borders of the US at 1:27 are incorrect, they are pre Gadsden purchase

Forgot to mention reunification was supported by Ireland, who held the EEC Presidency in 1990

@louismart

4 жыл бұрын

Ciarán Maher A country still waiting for its own unification.

@Kaiserbill99

4 жыл бұрын

Oh. That changes everything then.

@davidchambers7508

3 жыл бұрын

A certain Charles J Haughey was involved in these negotiations. This was something good which Haughey did. Haughey it must be said could be a gangster at the best of times.

@ralfdwerlkotte5619

3 жыл бұрын

Well ireland was always nice.

@_tsu_

3 жыл бұрын

@@louismart which might happen now after Brexit

France:Wants the Euro so that Germany doesn't have too much influence in Europe Germany:Increases its influence in Europe thanks to the Euro

@chilloutcentral2097

8 ай бұрын

Just like the maginot line 😂

@charles2521

7 ай бұрын

Sometimes Machiavellian plans have the opposite effect of what was expected, the USA is a master of this (I'm not referring to terrorism, that's exactly what they wanted).

@AlamoOriginal

5 ай бұрын

​@@charles2521good, as you know USA has alot of German descendants, even Bush sr have German ancestry. So by a margin, its only juts ethnic brethren supportive of each other, look up the largest immigrant group in US, it is Germans

Incredible, I didn't think that Andreotti could appear in one of your videos

I absolutely love that all his resent videos have been on really interesting topics and questions that no one ever points out and so when ever I see the video title I’m like “huh that’s a good question, why haven’t I thought of that?”

I love your videos so much I prefer to see more of them.

Thank you!

Some would say that rather than a "reunification", it was West Germany annexing East Germany, which isn’t entirely inaccurate.

@Orodaran

Жыл бұрын

I believe that's what literally happened, from a "legal" point of view. I mean, I'm not expert in geopolitical laws, but I remember reading that the official, bureocratic and formal way the unification was reached was really with West Germany annexing East Germany. Or, at the very least, East Germany voluntarily dissolving itself into West Germany.

Love the details you often put in your work. Not just the obvious port-wine stain on Gorbachev's head, but especially things like the graffiti on the Berlin wall saying "glasnost", and even better: actually writing it in Cyrillic! 👌🏻 Cheers!

A "prequel" on who opposed the formation of the German Empire would be really interesting!

@danieltsiprun8080

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone

@shawnv123

2 жыл бұрын

france because france fought the prussians

@ancaconstantin8667

Жыл бұрын

There is one on the reaction to German unification

@MrSuchomimus9

Жыл бұрын

@@ancaconstantin8667 This comment was made 2 years before the German unification video

@Regnum_Scilandicum

Жыл бұрын

​@@danieltsiprun8080except germany* *except some states

*THANK YOU!*

It's odd forgetting sometimes just how recent some of the moments that shaped the current political landscape really are. I was never a slouch when it came to history but feudal times were always my favorite to learn about so I have this huge blind spot from 1970 to 2008.

Love these short 3 minute videos

@jonasb104

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can quickly get some information and move on. I actually realy like it, because other videos on KZread are always so long that I never have the time to watch them in one turn😅

2:27 - **"The boys are back in town" starts playing**

The question remains "who is James byzenette? "

2:13 Hilter looks mad at thatcher.... I wonder why... I mean 2:15

Also West Germany offered the Soviet Union some money in exchange for East Germany, something that Gorbachev ofc agreed to.

@wilhelmrk

4 жыл бұрын

"some" money. It was a vast sum.

@peterparker219

4 жыл бұрын

@kostas_misa This is not true. Germany agreed to pay the cost of withdrawal of Soviet troops from east german territory plus expenses for housing, vocational training and job placement service for the soldiers for a period of two years. Nothing else.

@kostasmisa2380

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterparker219 since East Germany was like a soviet occupied state, and they paid for the withdrawal of the Soviet troops from there, they like paid the USSR to free the GDR, which meant now East Germany was kinda independent, which meant it could choose for itself (reunification). Which means the FRG paid the Soviet Union for the reunification.

@peterparker219

4 жыл бұрын

@@kostasmisa2380 Big difference to your first comment though. You wrote "money in exchange for East Germany" and that's wrong.

@RyoKasai25

4 жыл бұрын

That's the most capitalist shit ever. Literally buying the other half of the country lmao.

As a German I wish this one episode was not a Minute History but an Hour History video.

@bobjackson4287

4 жыл бұрын

Reunification was the right thing for Europe ultimately.. i think, The positives was it marked the end of the cold war and Germany could finally move on from what happened in the 1930's and 1940's (In some areas Germany to this day has trouble moving on from that troubled past) France being greedy as they historically have been wanted something out of it, and the Euro would of failed by now if not for Germany and UK. Although it might fail anyways. The most important thing is the bringing of family's back together and making it whole again. Korea will eventually need this to happen as well, but things take time. Some of the negative things are Germany has become very culturally soft as a result, Thus things like migrants are destroying the nation from within over time and no one seems to want to stand up for century's of their culture. German GDP is very high and they are on the border to eastern Europe, however they totally rely on the United States for protection. Out of the 1st world Economical powerhouses they contribute some of the lowest amounts of capitol to shared and domestic defense. They have some really strange ideas of what is a good idea, such as 50% of their energy grid running off of solar and wind, when France just sells them excess nuclear energy which is what they should of just built in the first place. And only time will tell if Merkel was good or bad for Germany overall. But it will be interesting to see how it transforms to a world power and a dominant power of Europe over the next three decades.

@Schunderful

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobjackson4287 migrants are not destroying Germany, they are enriching it. And I say that as a German who's family lives in Germany for many centuries.

@fuckinantipope5511

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schunderful ich weiß auch nicht was diese ganzen Vollpfosten immer meinen wenn sie sagen das Deutschland von Immigranten zerstört wird. Nur weil in den Städten jetzt n paar mehr dunkelhäutige rumlaufen ist auf einmal Deutschland kaputt? So bescheuert diese Menschen die das behaupten

@Schunderful

2 жыл бұрын

@@fuckinantipope5511 Zumal es in Kunst und Kultur so viele tolle Migranten gibt. Serdar Somuncu, Abdelkarim, Mai-Thi, um nur einige ganz wenige zu nennen. Ich empfinde solche Menschen als eine Bereicherung für unsere Gesellschaft.

@fuckinantipope5511

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schunderful ist halt vor allem. Ironisch wenn Stimmen ausm Amiland sagen Deutschland wird von Immigranten zerstört, die Amis aber alle von Immigranten abstammen die wirklich das Land zerstört haben :D Und ja, gebe dir recht. Natürlich sollte deutsche Tradition und Kultur gewahrt werden (und das wird sie auch sehr intensiv), das heißt aber bei weitem nicht das man alles fremde einfach rausschmeißen soll. So viele hirnlose Idioten in den Kommentaren hier

America loved Germany so much we wanted to see one of them.

@rankok8418

2 жыл бұрын

Only on that allowed their military defacto permanent occupation. They rejected unification of a demilitarized Germany in 1954, proposed by the Soviets

@garretphegley8796

2 жыл бұрын

@@rankok8418 The same Soviets who had an affair with Ethnic Purges, Gulags, and Progroms. The very same Union who split Germany in two to beginning with, yeah no wonder the US wanted Germany defensible.

@SALT93

2 жыл бұрын

@@rankok8418 no shit. The soviets wanted a communist Germany and the Americans a capitalist one, that was the entire point of their conflict there

@maxpulido4268

2 жыл бұрын

America so loved Germany that we said "haha suck an egg, Britain"

Such a droll & wonderful series

I've always loved history channels... And this one has been the best so far!

"I love Germany so much, I prefer to see two of them." -Gandhi, probably.

@caolanfeely4317

4 жыл бұрын

Charlie Spurr I Iove Germany so much i prefer to see a thousand of them -every hre emperor ever

@anne.andromeda

4 жыл бұрын

"I love Germany so much, I prefer to see non of them" France, through entire history

@tejasmohite2651

4 жыл бұрын

Its Gandhi

@charliespurr7325

4 жыл бұрын

@@tejasmohite2651 thanks

@melchiorvonsternberg844

4 жыл бұрын

@@anne.andromeda Yep! It's easier to grap land of them. That was the french idea behind...

Great episodes. Fantastic content. I am slightly concerned that the VO is rather fast, with little space between sentences. You might find that it helps your audience to slow down a little and have slightly longer pauses

I can't help but picture Churchill's ghost having an aneurism when Thatcher proposed increasing Soviet troops in East Germany...

I never really considered the opposition based on the fear that Germany may start a war. Sounds some some good alternate history.

@DardanellesBy108

4 жыл бұрын

Chubby Catfish I agree. All I remember are economic concerns.

@mandalorian_guy

3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't have gone anywhere, NATO and the Soviets had massive forces in the area and were both nuclear powers. Not to mention Germany had already gone 0-2 in world wars so they weren't exactly ready to rematch.

@NoName-gc8ty

3 жыл бұрын

@@mandalorian_guy to be fair it was 10 to 1 or 10 to 2 if you count Japan in ww2

@gerdforster883

3 жыл бұрын

@@mandalorian_guy Fears need not be rational. Also, there was quite a bit of panic in the West that the Soviet Union was imploding so fast, they might sell out their former satelites for some of that hard currency West Germany had in abundance. Sure, those fears weren't really rational either, but as I said before...

@blauwbeer556

3 жыл бұрын

Hitler just comes back to life "hmmm... I still have some... *unfinished business* "

What do you get when the two Germanys unite? Out of the way.

Gorbachev wrote in his book that there was no promise that NATO wouldn’t expand

I remember back in 1989, the thought of a reunified Germany really gave me the creeps, as it was *constantly* being talked about in the news media at that time. I guess retrospectively my fears were really unfounded.

@Crashed131963

3 жыл бұрын

With Nukes there will never be a WW3.

@andknuckles101

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crashed131963 we are a disgusting race. the primary reason for the fall of humanity will be nuclear war

@charu2059

2 жыл бұрын

It's been 'only' 30 years since the reunification, so....

@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

Жыл бұрын

@@Crashed131963 Well there won't be a World war 4 at least.

@Crashed131963

Жыл бұрын

@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 As long as MAD keeps doing a fantastic job like it has for 60 years. It only works if both side do not like dying. A suicidal dictator (North Korea) or Religious fanatic (Iran) can upset that system .

Andreotti's quote was great Just realised I have a photo of him just right in front of me in a book XD

@radiomilano2346

4 жыл бұрын

Casteddu. Carlo il sardo ne sarebbe orgoglioso

@casteddu6740

4 жыл бұрын

@@radiomilano2346 lol Mi sono appena reso conto che sei tu XD

@IlMappatoreGenovese

4 жыл бұрын

weeeee

@casteddu6740

4 жыл бұрын

@@IlMappatoreGenovese ciao pesto Ho l'ascensore rotto In pratica è bloccato tra un piano e l'altro perché si è aperta la porta in mezzo

@radiomilano2346

4 жыл бұрын

@@casteddu6740 NON MORIRMI

*"Germany. Will. Be. United."* - Helmut Kohl.

@SuperZombieBros

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I’m not the only one who thought of that.

@mtlicq

4 жыл бұрын

We need Helmut Kohl back. - mtlicq

@Perririri

4 жыл бұрын

Normie.

@yakutza3922

3 жыл бұрын

Helmut Kohl had a corruption problem. But people continued to love him, cuz he reunited Germany. But in fact, its Gorbachev in discuss with Kohl, said what he wanted reunite Germans. And other countries was against (France, UK, Austria). They was afraid, and we can understand that. How ironically, its was communists who reunited Germany and created modern EU.

@ArtjomKoslow

3 жыл бұрын

@@mtlicq Hell no! Fuck Kohl! Because of him East Germany is still a Mess, Internet Connection is something you know from Sci-Fi Movies and overall he was a corrupt Piece of Shit. May he burn in Hell. Schmidt>Kohl.

"Thatcher feared that a unified Germany would economically dominate the continent". Sorry to break it to you but...

@El.Gatito.

2 жыл бұрын

*becomes number 1 exporter of goods in the world*

@TheKumarImpressions

2 жыл бұрын

@@El.Gatito. no it no.3 bro ..but when compare to population...Germany is impressive country

@ethanbaker8616

2 жыл бұрын

But what

@NikoBellic04

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethanbaker8616 Germany is the most powerful country in Europe today.

@friedrichwilhelmviktoralbert59

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKumarImpressions until 2009 they were. But sadly no anymore.

The animation of Yeltsin poking his head out over the top of the other leaders was hilarious.

lol 1:20 I see what you did there 😂😂🇩🇪🇩🇪

"Russians go home" - is that a Monty Python reference?

@yarpen26

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps but "Ruskies go home" was a legitimately popular slogan in the Eastern block, at least in Hungary.

@guardiadecivil6777

4 жыл бұрын

it's the most famous slogan used during the 1956 hungarian revolution

@kr8771

3 жыл бұрын

if it were i'd prefer it with incorrect grammar as in "People called Russias they go the house"

Another thumbs up to History Matters . . .

Short answer: Our „friends“

@NorceCodine

3 жыл бұрын

:))

"*BALD*" Could've been an easy little cast-off joke to miss, but I appreciated it lol.

0:23 Khrushchev creeping in the back

@EddieRivera1988

3 жыл бұрын

Actually that was Chernenko. Khrushchev is between Stalin and Brezhnev.

The Euro only made the German economy stronger than had it remained with the Deutschen Mark. The value of the Euro is driven by the collective economic strength of its member economies. Since Germany is the strongest of those, weaker economies drive down the value of the euro against what would have been a continued Mark. The perceived shackling of the German economy to this new currency had the opposite effect of that, which had been hoped: The Euro made the German economy stronger and the Italian one weaker.

Nice clip, the Dutch prime minister was hesitant as well at the time. The Reunification didn’t happen on 1 July 1990 though, it was 3 October 1990. On 1 July the GDR adopted the Deutsche Mark as currency.