What was the Franco Prussian War?
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Music: Music: Antonio Salieri: Twenty six variations on La Folia de Spagna
omg the style of the videos is so different in these old videos :D
if spain would have a prussian king would be very glorious. we have bourbons...
What is annoyance : Having an Italian ally
What happened to the core tactics after Napoleon fled into exile in 1815?
Thanks for your factual analysis.
The Bismarck state, always a problem for Europe.
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Interesting
...but Bismarck had a plan. He ALWAYS had a plan.
I wish to specify; the french understood as well as the germans the importance or railways and transporting troops and supplies. Unfortunately, they weren't as efficiant because they rush their troops too quickly to the front, without giving them proper supplies, or much heavy equipment to support them
Uneducated people: the prussians werent that great The prussians defeat a superpower in like a year
audio is too quiet
France is a country known as agression and surrender
Those lads speedrunned growing facial hair 3:00
Why is it always the rich Elites who make war? You never hear of poor people being involved in wars. 🤔
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I watch these, and I appreciate it, but I still don't ever understand. What was France hoping for when they declared war? What was their best case outcome? Were they hoping to conquer Prussia, then Spain, then all of Europe. I don't get what the ultimate goal of the war is about? It seems like they just want a war, then find some convenient excuse, then gather an army and fight the other guys till a few acres of lands change hands after hundreds of thousands die. What a waste.
On the surface, the French started the war while underneath, the French started the war, just like they started BOTH world wars! Louis Napoleon wanted a war to distract the French from his miserable domestic policies and to continue French aggression in Europe, which had continued for 1,000 years. "Back onto the international stage"? Is that what countries around the world called the French invasions including Mexico? Gee, Pierre, your bias is showing beeg temps.
Lmao your really trying to say France started ww2
The French started BOTH world wars ? Is it a joke or is it written in your private history book ?
Noice
God Bless the Internet and its providers. Ever wonder about the Franco-Prussian War, Hitler’s historical nursery? Wonder on the Internet.
It's pretty crazy seeing on how the channel has improved
Herr Bismarck wanted to take over Paris but Wilhelm I prevented him...
The Prussians did absolutely nothing wrong. The French had been meddling in German & Italian affairs to prevent them from uniting under one strong flag. Germany in particular would become powerful enough to tip the balance of power in Europe, and well.... Franc couldn't have that. Bismark simply used French war mongering to achieve what the German people had been wanting for so long. It's a shame that Austria ended up being permanently left out, considering the fact that the Austrians had been wanting to join a united Germany since before the Austro-Prussian war. The Nazid didnt take Austria by force, the Austrians wanted to join. They are freaking Germans after all! Who are we to tell them they cannot join their German brothers and sisters? Its just annoying that the allies essentially behaved just like France did here when it comes to this
Also yes the nazis did take Austria by force and although in the inter war times Austria might have wanted to join Germany a lot of them didn’t want to join nazi Germany
Wdym Italy was a French ally and French helped a lot to unite italy
4:53 now THAT is ACTUALY GERMANY! ^^
Well, what can I say as a German? Auf nach Paris!
As a German i feel more like part of the Kaiserreich
@Lukas Engel What is your opinion on the Kaiserreich?
@Matt the Olympian Nordrhein Westfalen
What part of Deutschland are you from?
No france is still the agressor here Germany simply abused the french desire for agression to their favor
"Superior german logictics" Oh how they have forgotten their lessons.
France couldn’t beat Mexico what made them think they were going to beat Germany
so basicly france go like no no prussia cant get more power. prussia see opportunity making france declare war. then prussia says heheheh guns go brr brrr. then kicks france behind.
The Franco-Prussian war was one of the most epochal events in history. It brought down one of France's better builders and civic planners in Napoleon III. It elevated Prussia, and worse a unified "Germany', which led directly into the catastrophic 1st World War. That war and the related WW2 destroyed Europe, and cost the world incalculable amount of lives and treasure...
I was sent here by my school.
The only thing I heard was *Prussens Gloria*
u talking so fast OMG r u singing rape music?
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Bismark is like... the Uncle Iroh to Prussia being like the Fire Nation...
I have to agree with my history professor who covered the subject. She alleges France still would have declared war even if Bismarck hadn’t edited the Ems Dispatch. Otto may have taken credit, but in this case, it is Napoleon, motivated by his desire to both check Prussian expansion, whilst simultaneously desiring to push France’s borders to the Rhine, that ultimately led to war.
SOVIET PRUSSIA WILL RISE AGAIN!!!
I know it seems like a devious move to manipulate the press, but let's be honest France more or less spit on the newly forming germans, with their blocking the legitimate rise to power in spain, then when Prussia agrees, to try and demand that no prussian will ever be king in Spain, kind of had it coming. Just goes to show without the OG napoleon, france cant fight a war, without foreign support.
Im prettysure that at 1:15 the disconnected part of Austria should belong to Prussia
One small mistake. Prince Leopold , who tried to become the spanish king was a member of the Hohenzollern family, but not really prussian. He was a member of the swabian branch ,Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen'. The mountain and castle Hohenzollern is at the swabian Alb mountains near the town of Hechingen. The swabian branch is older than the prussian branch, but they only had a small teritory , which became a part of Prussia in 1849. Fun fact: For some weeks the town Sigmaringen was the capital of France (when the Vichy gouvernement had to flee).
Very nice, deliberately avoiding speaking about the Paris Commune lol
Nuance!? In history!? What is this heresy?!
Actually the french had more troops than the prussians in the last major battle where napoleon was captured way less actually and it was a prussian cavalry charge that inflicted heavy casualties to the french
There were deep geopolitical strategies in play, certainly in Bismarck's mind, but Napoleon III was not acting as a rational player. He was trying to rally the French people to his new "Liberal Empire" and thought a glorious war would help him politically. He was also miffed because Bismarck had not rewarded France for standing back during the Austro-Prussian war and wanted more territory to buffer Alsace. Not least, France and Napoleon III, in particular, wanted to compensate for the humiliation it experienced in Mexico, the execution of Maximilian, US pressure to withdraw. Finally, Napoleon was very ill with a large kidney stone. He took drugs for pain, he tired easily and was in no shape to be out leading an army, which he insisted on doing. The French had superior rifles and expected to slaughter the Prussians with the Chassepots. It did not go as Napoleon hoped.
Spain's revolution occurred in September 1868, Queen Isabella abdicated soon after. The invitation to Leopold occurred in summer 1870, as you say.
Wilhelm was not the Emperor of Germany, he was just German Empreror
Germany wins war against France (1870-1871): Took Elsaß-Lothringen (most people there spoke german) + Money France "wins" war against Germany (1914-1918): Took Elsaß-Lothringen, West-Prussia, Part of North-Germany, Occupies Rheinland, Took Great Parts of Prussian-Polish Area, Give Germany absolutely fault for the war, Nearly impossible war-reperations. That was fair.
@chip Wtf are you talking about ? Did you read me regarding Ems dispatch ? Prussia provoked willingly 1870 war. In 1914, Germany declared war on France August 3rd August, after having invaded Luxembourg and declared an ultimatum to Germany. Why are you lying and why are you so ignorant ? Please justify yourself You really should learn history before posting nonsense
@Selina Ansen Germany declared war on Russia, France declared war on Germany, both times. France willingly went into a conflict with an opponent they knew they could possibly lose to
@chip Germany provoked the war of 1870 with Ems dispatch, and declared war on France in 1914. France wasn't that willingly compared to Germany...
@chip yeah
@That’s a Human person Before france...
This is a strange trend imo. After WW1 & 2 there are arguments for every war "Germany" was involved that Germany was the aggresor.
Damn, that sounds like a massive a$$ whopping.
My ancestor was a major general in this war... and a polish nobleman. #history
Also, France conspired to stop German unification for centuries knowing that a united Germany would become the dominant power in Europe. False news? How about the French Emperor telling a German prince whom they could and could not marry ??
That stuff happened for centuries with ever nation
I find this is a very good introduction to this war for a newbie. However: While our armchair historian mentioned the need to look beyond the ostensible to fully grasp the meaning of the conflict I think he should have mentioned WHY the Germans had this sudden urge to unite. The Germans were sick of being an easy victim that they had been ever since the French under Louis XIV had invaded parts of Germany, not to mention the Napoleonic wars. This war against France was only the means that serve the purpose to unite Germany and make it a strong nation.
I wish this never happend. Because if it never did, the world would be much more peaceful.
You could record louder and then we could turn it down if it was too loud. rather than just passing through looking for something you can hear
*P R U S S I A N D I S C I P L I N E*
It's straightforward and easy to follow until out of the blue you introduced Prussian Prince Leopold, without a single word explaining his relationship with King of Prussia, or why was he offered the crown and not the King of Prussia.
From the mist a shape a ship is taking form and the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm...
All that for a 2-4 door vehicle
Man this is old
Bismark the CHAD
The speaker keeps saying German, when is Prussians.
No mention of Bavaria and Austria.
I hurt
A lovely balanced view of what started this war. Nice job guy.
One minor correction: Leopold was not a Prussian prince. He was Prince of Hohenzollern and belonged to the Catholic branch of the Hohenzollern family, the Prussian kings belonging to the Protestant one. The two branches had been separated since the Middle ages, long before there was a Kingdom of Prussia. By the way: The term "Franco-Prussian war" seems inaccurate since all German states (and not only Prussia and Bavaria as it is said in the film) fought in it.
They deserved that for going against russia in the crimean war
The warmongers in Paris and London always needed a bad guy and a scapegoat to justify their god given right to rule the planet.
who is only watching this for school work
The ONLY victory scored by the French was thanks to Italian general Giuseppe Garbaldi, who headed a multinational unit 5000-strong, the "Army of the Vosges"...the only "French" unit which was able to capture a Prussian flag in that war...
The French got what they wanted：Now The Hound Of War is Roaring They deserve it.