Franco Prussian War: The War that Made Germany
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Where is Freddy Mercury in Austria Hungary? Under Prussia
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The Franco-Prussian War is so vital to understanding the two world wars yet it's so unknown, I'm loving this new channel!
For real. It's ironic that the Franco-Prussian war which created Germany, would also be the war that destroyed Germany. Because revanchism
Definitely! It's so sad to see how deeply this war shaked the relationship between France and the German States for almost a century. The next time both governments meet in friedship, will be when Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle sign the Élysée Treaty.
@@seventh-hydra not created the country, but the place in europe yes, they need them for existing at that time
@@leobarberies4032 I mean if I'm gonna be a nerd about it, it _did_ create the country (a sovereign state)
It didn't create the nation though (a group of people united by history, origin, culture, language, etc)
But yeah I get what you're saying, true
Using this logic, the Franco Prussian War caused 9/11
I've missed the old History, Discovery, and NatGeo channels since I was a kid, glad Simon is singlehandedly replacing every one of them!
Not to diminish the awesomeness of Simon, but there are a couple of other channels that also do justice to less famous historical events.
@@bjornodin For sure, History Hustle, Dark Docs, Kings and Generals, etc do a great job of covering overlooked stories. But the Simon Whistler Extended Universe is great for poppy, straight-to-the-point, easily digestible documentaries.
@@RTDice11 I concur 😎
We need another “Wings” channel to replace that History Channel show. I need an update on the most recent fighters, bombers, drones, etc
True statement!
In the future, I will tell my grandchildren about a long forgotten time when Simon didn't single-handedly controlled CZcams...
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My great grandfather lost an arm in the Franco Prussian war before migrating to Wisconsin in the US. His son, my grandfather, was shot and gassed fighting in WW1 in the US Army. The families short version of that war is that it began with Napoleon IIIs invasion of the German states to prevent unification into one nation that could supersede France's place as the leader of Europe. Reparations owed by France for starting the war were reasonable unlike the revenge reparations France managed to impose on Germany after WWI. The hodgepodge of states that became Germany were the good guys in the Franco Prussian war -- claiming that Prussia forced Napoleon III to invade "Germany" is very Putinish
My god, how old must you be to have lived such times
I'm starting to lend credence that Simon is bionic. He is always making new channels like a A.I. super machine. Keep it up whistle, love all the content!
Simon are clones.
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Bionic ass, bionic collarbone, he's slowly starting to admit it.
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I am a robot sent from the future.
Not bionics, cocaine. Lots and lots of sweet Columbian Bam Bam. That's the secret ingredient in Beard Blaze too!
A new channel from Simon!? With the first vid being on the Franco-Prussian War!? One of the best Christmas presents anyone could ask for!
:)
Truly
Helmuth von Moltke was a brilliant soldier who nobody talks about, and it's unfortunate. He did far more than military strategy, he single handedly wrote the book on modern mass transit in warfare.
Moltke is very famous
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy"
And wrote the book on being flexible in military planning.
Soldier? He was a field marshal lmao
and from Danish decent...lol
he crushed the Danish!
No one has this much time to spend on making videos. Simon is a time traveler.
Allegedly….
Robot sent from the future. I record on 4x speed and then slow it down.
@@warographics643 the only channel not on 4x speed recording is Business/Brain Blaze, and maybe Casual Criminalist. BB is way too uncut and unclean to be a 4x speed robot Simon. Must be the original Simon's consciousness overriding the robot's programming.
I think it's worth mentioning that Prussia, a proud Kingdom given their history (still in living memory to many) of Frederick the Great, got absolutely humiliated by Napoleon in 1806. Because of this (once all of Europe combined had put down Napoleon), the Prussians severely improved their military capabilities. As well as a bunch of reforms, one of the major things they did was adapt their officer schools. They began studying Clausewitz (who wrote his famous treatise during the Napoleonic Wars) and, perhaps more importantly, Jomini (one of Napoleon's staff who analysed how Napoleon was so successful). Essentially, they began learning from the French victories in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. This is, btw, why but the Schlieffen Plan on paper, and also the Bewegungskrieg used in the Second World War (this time to success) were so similar to Napoleonic tactics. There's something poetic, I think, about Prussia using Napoleon's own strategies against France and Napoleon's own descendant in the Franco-Prussian War.
"The French army, by contrast, was like a slumbering old man raising himself off of the sofa, yawning; scratching his balls before shuffling off to make coffee."
There usually isn't even an attempt at humor in these types of videos. Yet, Simon and Morris sprinkle little hilarities like this throughout. I love it.
"Now, back to watching France get humiliated."
I hope he made similar jokes in a video about Prussian humiliation by France in 1806 ?
@@ME-eu9sf That was more of a Russian humiliation if anything
@@seventh-hydra Prussia in 1806, Russia in 1807. Iena was the biggest traumatism of German history. They had their revenge in 1870.
@@ME-eu9sf Tbf though I wouldn't even really consider it a humiliation because even though they got _crushed_ everyone was like "what the hell are you doing, you've got a strong army but not THAT strong". Napoleon himself was stunned, not as a nationalist but as a strategist, wondering why they thought it was a remotely good idea. I don't think anyone was surprised when the most dominant military in human history defeated them
While Russia (in a tale as old as history) was viewed as a terrifying powerhouse, the only thing that could outright break French hegemony, and then their army proceeded to fold like a deck of cards
Edit: National humiliation 100% but in terms of joking about a disappointing military performance Russia would probably be the better example since they had much higher expectations. Much like the joke about the Franco-Prussian war, where attacking France seemed like suicide but the military dramatically underperformed
""Now, back to watching France get humiliated." Typical British saltiness.
I see Simon more on a daily basis than I do my family.
Yes. I think I even know more about Simon. TBH I prefer him over half my family 🤣
Same and mine live one street away.
Yeah sure pal
Simon must be given the Nobel Prize for Free Education to Humanity.
12 channels and with videos everyday with the same energy for each. Well done Simon and team.
13 now
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As a Mexican with German and Spanish ancestry, I was pleased how you mentioned the French’s embarrassing loss in my country 😂 VIVA MEXICO 🇲🇽🤝🇩🇪
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@Spencer Ellis How much do you reckon they're paid? 25-30k each?
@Spencer Ellis Simon openly admits he thinks universal basic income is a beneficial and good idea, while simultaneously getting mad about people "gaming" the system, while simultaneously agreeing with the data showing that "cheaters" and whatnot are inconsequential to the benefits of social safety nets.
Simon advocated for healthcare as a human right, argues against emperialist actions from America and his home country of the UK.
Basically, if you're a BB OG you have heard Simon say "I support something like capitalism, but don't be a dick" many times.
Even his hardcore capitalist drive to make money is tempered by being a properly functioning empathetic human being, aka he likes social safety nets and socialist policies despite liking capitalism to a certain extent.
EDIT: Simon likely pays fairly handsomely as he has hinted at a few times, and there's clues in some of the anecdotes his writers include.
@@wisersamson9000 Well, Simon isn't very intelligent. So, that explains why he thinks UBI and over-bearing, extremely authoritarian government policies like "social safety nets and socialist policies". Though, most people without the ability to properly function with logic, ignore the facts for "feel good" things as then they can justify their shit government's actions as "good" because it resolves them of any responsibility and individuality.
@@brandondavis7777 yep that’s exactly what happened in Germany during WW2. At first the public didn’t know but once they found out they simply didn’t care or were too scared to do anything. That’s exactly what is happening all over the world right now. First they slowly take your freedom of speech and other rights away, then they take your guns and then they start putting you in camps. The world is turning into George Orwell’s “1984”, the majority of the citizens are the ones voting in their own demise and the minority that aren’t brainwashed are the ones that will have to pay the blood price for freedom.
@@brandondavis7777 You are the perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Countries with strong social safety nets are by and large the best places on Earth to live, as well as being some of the freest countries on Earth. Also, 'government does shit' is not socialism. Socialism is a very specific economic system in which the workers own the means of production and distribution of resources.
Social safety nets are not examples of authoritarianism. You, however, are the perfect example of someone who uses feelings instead of logic or evidence.
Good day, dummy.
The night after the Battle of Sedan, Bismarck gave a toast to the unification of Germany, but he did it in English. The reason why was who he was with: they were all on horseback, and it was Bismarck, his nephew (who was also bilingual, and brought the bourbon), and the man who couldn't speak German: US general Philip Sheridan, famous from his work in the Civil War that had wrapped up six years earlier, there as an observer.
Speaking of the American Civil war… I’m convince that Bismarck was someone who had the power to look into the future with the eulogy he gave about Lincoln assassination, dude literally predicted both world wars
I can't wait to see the videos this channel puts out. Keep it up Simon.
I had been so curious about the hiatus in the other channels only to realize this was the most rewarding thing Simon has. I cannot wait to see what this channel offers.
Excellent vid. I really dig your delivery of the subject at hand. You've blended the history with a cheeky narration. Brilliant! Makes a somewhat dry subject entertaining and informative. Outstanding! Keep up the great vids.
Awesome, glad to see another great channel from Simon! Loving the content as always, sir!
I like how the channel was created in October and the first video comes out for Christmas. Simon playing the long game
Really liked the prelude section that gives it all the background and also the more casual mode
Finaly, the channel i have all been waiting for since i first discovered simon on yt! Now i can watch videos about a war in general an than binge the videos of all the generals that fought in it on the biographics !😍
You sir are more educational than my entire school time !
I'm looking forward to seeing what else crops up on this channel.
Go Simon!
Very interesting, and, as always, very well presented.
Thanks, Simon.
A British guy living in the Czech republic finally gets me to understand a key part of my home country's history and coming into existence. Thanks a lot Simon!
Did you sleep during school history lessons? The Franco Prussian war, as well as the predating wars which made the unification possible (1864 vs Denmark [which was later used as casus belli against Austria], 1866 vs Austria) are part of the curriculum.
@@f.h.4044 Well there is a difference in a subject being taught and it being understood.
i clicked on this video so fast! another channel from simon is an early chirstmas gift in my book! simon whistler you have one of the best personalities for hosting and i love your energy! always look forward to a new upload from you! keep up the hard work!
This is fantastic. Lesser known recent-ish deep dive. You really get to gain an insight into the weaponry of pre WWI! Thankyou, Simon! Loved it.
I am so absolutely excited. Great writing. Great presentation. I love you Simon!
I would love to see a video about Portugals "Vietnam", the portuguese colonial war (1961-1974). I feel like it's a very overlooked part of African and portuguese history.
Mozambique?
@@tamlandipper29 I’ve looked it up on Wikipedia for you:
The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican War of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974.
Simon, you dispense history with the skill of a poet. Your colourful commentry and play on words presents history to us in an honest and frank format. Thank you so much for this channel. I have been enjoying it tremendously, as well as learning a thing or two.
This provides a huge amount of clarity and context to both WW1 and WW2. Brilliant and interesting, thank you.
Great video and clear, interesting explanations. Thank you! I never realized the true impact of the Franco-Prussian war. It makes sense now. I especially liked learning the connection between this peace treaty and the reason the Versailles treaty was so hard on Germany. It makes sense now. Thank you again.
this man truly is an absolute legend, Cheers to you Simon and your entire team for keeping my work day enjoyable with tons of content :)
Must be horrible work... 😂
I’m so excited for this channel since I’m a big war geek. Thank you Simon you’re my god
I’ve been excited for this channel ever since Simon asked in one of the Biographics videos
Very interesting subject that is under-studied. Great video. As a side note, Simon's beard is becoming more epic and should soon launch it's own channel, Mega-Beards.
YAAAAAAAAAS! Simon finally started Wargraphics! I can already tell this is gonna be good!
Next, he will make a channel focusing on diseases
What video did he hint towards this channel again? I know he hinted.
@@ShannonCarter55 Louis XIV 20:55
Wait til he gets to the Afghanistan war
One of the best War Graphics video's I've seen. Good job!
Another excellent and fascinating channel. Well done Simon and team! 😊❤
I recently canceled my cable because I have 127 channels of Simon Whistler to keep up with. I feel like there are 20 more channels you're doing out there that I've not yet seen.
My goodness Simon is well on his way of having a monopoly on youtube. But hey I admire the work Simon and his team does. Also I like the video, entertaining and informative as always.
That bit at 11 minutes is probably my favorite Simon Whistler line ever. Delivered the perfect dry matter of factness
Simon makes so many CZcams channels that I can't keep up. I find new one's and I'm like damn why haven't I seen this before. and somehow they're all good! Soon he will be all my subscriptions I think
Definitely need to cover the Crimean War
Yes!!!! I’ve been asking for a ‘Warographics’ (even same name 🤣) for over a year! I’m really looking forward to this!
For April Fools day next year can you do the Great Emu War, which my country lost in 1932? Not our proudest moment. 🤣
Also would love to see this released as a podcast as well, like Biographics.
as a fellow Aussie I agree not our proudest moment not by a kilometre
We picked a fight against a feather duster with no herd instinct, I’m not sure anyone could have beaten them.
He already has. Don't recall the title but the description was something like "that time birds best machine guns".
Excellent. So much detailed background and lucid telling. Thanks from Vancouver!
Thank you for this channel. My love for history and learning is being satisfied!
The German portion of my family all emigrated to the USA between 1871 and 1879. Most would list on US census records that they were from West Prussia. Family stories also tell us that many of them left Europe because they wanted to get away from the ongoing wars and political unrest. They all settled in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in communities made up entirely of people of German descent.
Your family and many of the German immigrants were great contributors to American Democracy in the 19th Century.
While I really enjoy Infographics and Mr. Ballen, Simon is my favorite CZcams commentator by far. Keep up the awesome work. I have been a fan since 2014
I am so excited about this channel!!!! I don't know how Simon keeps up but I am sure glad I found your vifeos
I am absolutely loving this new channel. Keep it going
literally like 4 days ago i was thinking about the franco prussian war and how there’s only a handle of channels i enjoy watching that have good vids on it. then simon out of knowwhere drops this??? Amazing
Real time history is currently making a week by week documentary about the war.
Armchair historian does a great vid about it too
@@windydickbaker1 i did watch that one, i just found very little solid videos on it overall. armchair historians video was good tho
Drachinefel just did an excellent one on the (admittedly limited) naval theatre of the war.
Morris M. is an incredible script writer! I see their name a lot on Simon's other channels, always an interesting video when they're writing. Awesome that they get to be the first writer on Warographics!
Ohhhh are they to blame hehe, good on them
It is even more impressive if you consider that Morris is chained to the radiator in Simon's basement.
Let’s send him a basement care package. Maybe gloves so he doesn’t have to stop writing because of chilblains.
I wonder if it's the same Morris M. that writes articles for the website listverse?
Finally!!! I've been excited for this channel since you mentioned it :)
Really enjoyed that, great content! 👌🏻
Of course there’s another channel, and of course I’m gonna subscribe. Happy Holidays. 🎄🎅🏻
Great first video 👍 next, please do the Crimean or the Seven Years War.
Simon you absolute mad lad. Making another channel. Though this is definitely one i'm going to be waiting on new content. Love this idea
Simon, you mad lad. I love finding another one of your channels before you even announce it
Simon can be so incredibly funny sometimes in the most serious of historical scenarios. Lol
This makes me excited to see some “Wars of Revolution” content, or even smaller conflicts like the Chechen Crises, War in Kosovo, and the Yugoslav Wars.
The channel I’ve been waiting for! Thank you Simon
Good luck on this new channel. I am a huge fan.
Gracias por los videos amigo.
1:20 - Chapter 1 - The first iron man
5:45 - Chapter 2 - In the city of lights
9:50 - Chapter 3 - The march to war
13:55 - Chapter 4 - Catastrophe
17:05 - Chapter 5 - 1st as tragedy...
20:45 - Chapter 6 - Stage of siege
I'm considering making a second CZcams account just to sub to all Simon's channels.
This will become one of my favorites.
That was an awesome video ! Thanks for this huge work
Do really enjoy these video channels u create enjoy listening and learning about these things keep up the amazing work
*laughs like emperor Palpatine* I have been waiting a long time for this moment. My little bald friend.
The Boer wars would be interesting to cover.
woooooooo new simon and war stories, these are a few of my favourite things
I love history. Your excellent summary and AOT reference have won me over. Well done, may this sub and comment spread your channel far and wide so that others may enjoy
One bizarre coda of the Franco-Prussian War was the role of disgraced US Civil War General Sickles in assuring the fortress city of Belfort remained a French possession after the war even though France had to surrender the rest of Alsace. "Devil Dan" Sickles, the brilliant but eccentric attorney, polyglot, acquitted murderer of his wife's lover, and self-described Hero of Gettysburg was the US ambassador to Spain at the time of the war, but hurried to Paris after hostilities ended to resume his tryst with the exiled Spanish Queen Isabella II. While there, the desperate Third Republic President Adolphe Thiers apparently asked Sickles to intercede with Bismarck to salvage as much territory as possible during the negotiations over the Treaty of Frankfurt. According to one biographer, Sickles' boozy weekend with the Iron Chancellor in Spa, Belgium was instrumental in saving Belfort for France. Hard to believe? Yet Thiers awarded Sickles the Republic's highest medal, the Grand-croix de Légion d'honneur, before the French President left office in 1873. Sickles became second (or possibly first) American to win the Grand-croix and the first man to hold both that medal and the US Medal of Honor. The thuggish yet cultured Sickles' impressive collection of rare XIXth-century French literature resides in a library named after the General near Belfort. I gave a lecture on this and other unbelievable aspects of Sickles' 75-year long public career (bookended by arrests for embezzlement when he was 18 and 93 years old) : www.c-span.org/video/?456987-1/sculptor-vinnie-ream-daniel-sickles-andrew-johnsons-impeachment
Wow, incredible! Thanks!
What an absolute legend!
Another very good overview of the roots and culmination of the war. I found it a good overview which complements a week by week series on another channel. I think the cutesy comments and cursing make him seem needy, not hip. Please keep up the good work.
I would follow this channel as I really like the central theme and Simon fantastic at hosting war topics.
It just seems more like a channel for people that are already familiar with aspects of war (i.e. war historians, millitary scientists, etc) who want to hear about these subjects and then talk about them in the comments.
It would be so cool to have a CZcams channel that strips down millitary science and war history into the most basic of elements, strategies, etc. by using histories that are more basic and easier to understand, like focusing on battles of Greece, Rome, etc.
It would also be cool if the histories are connected in a way where past knowledge of a certain historical battle (or war strategy) would help to understand a similar battle.
I wonder how different history would have been if Austria and Italy allied with France for this war
He released Warographics this year! Was starting to think it wasn't going to be until January! Simon is a legend!*
*It may just be a bunch of clones, instead of just one Simon. He's never really denied it on BB, so it's a definite possibility. 👀
Allegedly...
Thank you so much, this was VERY helpful!
CZcams: We can never have too much content.
Simon: Challenge accepted.
Keep up the good work.
Nice. Can you do the First Sino Japanese War next Simon?
Loved the Attack on Titan reference. LOVED IT
Bro this is so sick I swear I remember suggesting something like this a couple months ago or so really good idea chance you got another subscriber. I changed my name but I have given several suggestions that have been made into videos you guys are good people
Great work. Keep it up!
Consider a video about another lesser-known war that changed the course of history - the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. It is a conflict that gave rise to Japan's imperial ambitions over the succeeding 40 years after the conflict's resolution and the beginning of the downfall of the Russian Empire into the path of revolution.
Just another big piece of a domino effect that's that leads a straight to World War I also just really fascinating.
I just stumbled upon your channel 2 days ago. I am very impressed and enjoy your episodes greatly. Thank you!
CHANNEL??? You might be pleased to hear he has about 20 channels by now I think. Most similar and just as interesting as this one. Looks like you got some years of yt binging ahead of you pal.
OMG what fresh heaven is this❤️🔥… how long do we have to wait for the next one, I need it as in yesterday!
In the United States what is taught in schools of this time period is overwhelmingly about our Civil War, what happens in Europe is barely mentioned if at all. Thanks for the video.
I think we need to have an Intervention for Simon he's addicted to starting CZcams channels and podcasts
Time management strategy reveal, Simon xD
Seriously, the Franco-Prussian War is a good starter for this channel. :)
Simon: “About as comfortable as a porcupine enema.”
Graphic: A hedgehog tunneling into a sweater sleeve.
My brain: Everything here checks out completely.
here in Germany, its called Deutsch - Französischer Krieg..... no mention for Prussia only....
the German language is most times straight on the point!
This is an absolutely fantastic channel, Fact Boy! Looking forward to the conflicts we get to see! Would love to see some of the conflicts of the Crimean region. Crack away, Whistler!
Excellent recap thank you! I enjoyed
Bismarck employed one of the first modern day style spymasters/ propagandists. He and his agents, among many other feats, surveyed the priority military marching routes within France and then came up with maps that were much more accurate than those of the French Army.
It's kind of interesting that the Germans learned about the use of trains for military logistics by studying the US civil war.
The Union sent generals over to Prussia to help them as consultants as punishment for Frances indirect support of the Confederacy. They also gave the Prussians advice on how to fight against an enemy with Breach loader rifles which is ironic because the Prussians invented them. The French had just built the first good one in the Chassepot. The confederacy had used a lot of French tabatiere prototypes so the Union Generas had an idea as to what they could and could not do. Rail roads was a big thing too. The French thought the Rhinelanders and their rail network would defect to their side, the Prussians didn’t take any chances and seized it before the war broke out
@@voiceofreason2674 Remember Britain invented the train and perfected it regarding travel.
Nice way to kick off a new series, Simon.
Oi, Factboy.
About time you did a channel dedicated to war.
Good on ya!
This is when my family fled Prussia, and we came into the US as illegal immigrants over the Canadian border.... along with about 8 other families the still live in the same place in Wisconsin we came to so long ago.