Battle of Königgrätz 1866 - Austro-Prussian War DOCUMENTARY

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  • In his animated historical documentary we will describe the Battle of Königgrätz (Konnigratz) of 1866 (also known as Sadowa), which decided the fates of the Austro-Prussian War (Seven Weeks' War) and the Third Italian War of Independence. This war became a part of the German and Italian Unification Wars (Risorgimento). The effects of the French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars and Revolutions of 1848 on the situation in Europe, the ascendance of Prussia via the works of Otto von Bismarck, Helmuth von Moltke and Albrecht von Roon and the Schleswig Wars.
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    Gordon Craig - The Battle of Königgrätz
    Thomas Miller, William Herbert - Notes on the Campaign between Prussia and Austria in 1866
    Александр Свечин - Война за гегемонию в Германии 1866 г.
    Dennis Showalter - The Wars of German Unification
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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +810

    Show notes:
    1. Sorry for the late release, there was a mistake in the video and the renders take dozens of hours.
    2. Please, don't get political. Liberalism and Nationalism of that era were quite different in comparison to the modern incarnations.
    3. We glossed over the Revolutions of 1848, Italian Independence Wars and Schleswig Wars. They will be covered down the line.
    4. a7a6f4 www.color-hex.com/color/a7a6f4 is used for the smaller states within the German Confederation.
    5. Consider supporting us via patreon www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals - we have many new projects on the way and even $1 helps. Thanks!

    • @user-xp8gv5tq5m
      @user-xp8gv5tq5m Před 5 lety +8

      Are you going to cover WW1

    • @franciscovelasco5422
      @franciscovelasco5422 Před 5 lety +5

      Why do you have a moustache on your logo?

    • @dieptattho2337
      @dieptattho2337 Před 5 lety +4

      When you have time to make video about Vietnam? . I will appreciate it

    • @killer120070507
      @killer120070507 Před 5 lety +9

      Slesvig * :D

    • @Edax_Royeaux
      @Edax_Royeaux Před 5 lety +18

      @Kings and Generals 4:45 You've got a quote problem. You write "The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its power" But then you verbally say the quote in the opposite way, saying it won't be determined by its Liberalism but by its power.

  • @SVASH-hz5ji
    @SVASH-hz5ji Před 5 lety +1748

    Bismark has a plan...
    *Bismark ALWAYS has a plan*

    • @lealsaciensdu6774
      @lealsaciensdu6774 Před 4 lety +55

      BISMARCK PLAN DER LINE

    • @aayushdasgupta
      @aayushdasgupta Před 4 lety +21

      You spelled his name wrong

    • @satyamprakash7030
      @satyamprakash7030 Před 4 lety +42

      Extra history club members

    • @captainkittnrole
      @captainkittnrole Před 3 lety +7

      @Great Destroyer Moltke executed the plan

    • @captainkittnrole
      @captainkittnrole Před 3 lety +13

      @Great Destroyer yeah but it was still Bismarck's plan to take over the places they did take over. Moltke realised Bismarck's plan with excellent strategic moves, therefore executing it brilliantly. But Moltke alone didn't come up with the vision in the first place, it wasn't his job to begin with. However, it was his job to take the military steps. A politician is not a strategist and a strategist is not a politician. They both needed one another in order to achieve success.

  • @coppenheimerr
    @coppenheimerr Před 4 lety +782

    Fun fact : did you know general Paul von Hindenburg fought the battle as a soldier

    • @AnanthRanganathan
      @AnanthRanganathan Před 4 lety +123

      Not as a soldier. As a platoon commander.

    • @leorosenberg8604
      @leorosenberg8604 Před 3 lety +16

      cool

    • @michael7324
      @michael7324 Před 3 lety +45

      @@AnanthRanganathan Still a soldier.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 3 lety +55

      Another interesting fact: Despite getting quite a lot of glory from it, Crown Prince Frederick (future Emperor Frederick III) actually was intensely against the Austro-Prussian War, as it was against fellow German peoples, and thus he felt it was immoral. Bismarck and the prince's father Wilhelm I overruled him though and the rest is history.

    • @trihermawan9553
      @trihermawan9553 Před 3 lety +5

      @@thunderbird1921 bissmarck actually have a hand in that, initially Bismarck want the pribce's little brother who was still a child to take over but the queen rejected that,

  • @mexicoball2529
    @mexicoball2529 Před 5 lety +2292

    *150% discipline intensifies*

    • @heavenwatcher100
      @heavenwatcher100 Před 5 lety +7

      czcams.com/video/t7s5Ua4etZ0/video.html

    • @JustianoHolguin
      @JustianoHolguin Před 5 lety +14

      Mexico ball
      Patear el culo francés como hicieron los prusianos.

    • @dankole307
      @dankole307 Před 5 lety +73

      Please take back mexico from the drug dealers and corrupt politicians. Great people deserve better.

    • @isaacsorrels4077
      @isaacsorrels4077 Před 5 lety +33

      @@dankole307 Please just stop talking. We all deserve better.

    • @doggerlander
      @doggerlander Před 5 lety +1

      No se dice prusianos animal, se dice Prusos.

  • @kolossis8283
    @kolossis8283 Před 4 lety +163

    Bonet- to warm my head
    Gloves- to warm my hand
    Socks- to warm my feet
    Otto Von Bismarck- to warm my heart

  • @MalayArcher
    @MalayArcher Před 5 lety +825

    Mods used in this video:
    -Victoria Total War (ETW)
    -The Great War mod (NTW)
    -1220 mod (ATW)
    Whoever created Victorian mod really helped us a lot for this topic. To all VTW team, thank you !

    • @tayro480
      @tayro480 Před 5 lety +3

      What is the name of music in 7:16?

    • @jeager7623
      @jeager7623 Před 5 lety +1

      Tayro koniggratzer march

    • @tayro480
      @tayro480 Před 5 lety +3

      Zeke Jeager i don't think so dude.Are u sure u understand which music am i talling u?

    • @jeager7623
      @jeager7623 Před 5 lety

      nvm was wrong

    • @alecsis882
      @alecsis882 Před 5 lety +2

      @@tayro480 johannes bornlof, barbarians or solemn, dont remember

  • @ignatzmeyer1978
    @ignatzmeyer1978 Před 4 lety +136

    This battle has still today imprints on the Austrian culture:
    1.) The quote "So schnell schießen die Preußen nicht" (The Prussians don't shoot that fast), meaning that something goes/proceeds slow, refers to the Prussian needle rifle which superiority was downplayed by the Austrian military leaders before the battle.
    2.) After the battle the Prussians made a victory parade close by Vienna.The name of the director of the parade was Johann Gottfried Piefke and as the parade happened some Viennese called "The Piefkes are coming"
    "Piefke" is still today an Austrian slur for stereotypical strached and arrogant (Northern) Germans.

    • @ignatzmeyer1978
      @ignatzmeyer1978 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @MY_AI_COVERS Einen Bayern würde man zB eher nicht als Piefke bezeichnen.
      Und es ist meist eher abwertend (manchmal aber auch liebevoll-neckisch) gemeint ;)

  • @DarkFilmDirector
    @DarkFilmDirector Před 5 lety +367

    My 3rd great grandfather was likely a participant in this battle on the Austrian side. He was a Moravian from the village of Chropini in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Nowadays I think it's called Chropyně in the region of Zlin in Czechia. I had another ancestor I think that may have fought on the Prussian side as well but not yet confirmed. In around this time and the later Franco-Prussian War which caused much hardship on the population, a very large amount of Prussians, Rheinlanders, and "Bohemians" (Czechs and Moravians) immigrated to the US, particularly via the port of New Orleans up the Mississippi River into the Illinois side of St Louis.

    • @tomvolz3760
      @tomvolz3760 Před 4 lety +26

      @@CatnamedMittens That’s Czech name for the country. Getting mad over that is like getting mad at a German for calling his country Deutschland.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 3 lety +1

      Seems like there were two waves of Germans coming to the US. There was also a bunch in like the late 1700s or early 1800s as well.

    • @chuckborris802
      @chuckborris802 Před 3 lety

      @@CatnamedMittens Bohemia literally means Czechia

    • @chuckborris802
      @chuckborris802 Před 3 lety +1

      Can confirm that i also don't like "Czech Republic" just because we are a republic doesn't mean we need it in our country name. But it shouldn't be called Czechia neither because Moravia and Silesia are upset about it. Even when it's connected its small country anyway which is reason why is it one state because alone they wouldn't be complete.

    • @sillpill2886
      @sillpill2886 Před 2 lety

      What if my great great great great grandfather shot yours

  • @ragzaugustus
    @ragzaugustus Před 3 lety +373

    "International Pressure" also know as "British Empire".

    • @IGotBoergs
      @IGotBoergs Před 3 lety +10

      @@fyrdman2185 anglos are basically Germans so somebody already made that point & It went bad for everybody

    • @IGotBoergs
      @IGotBoergs Před 3 lety +8

      @@fyrdman2185 if you‘re hyper nationalistic seeing cities like Manchester and Leicester must hurt like hell these days

    • @BatCostumeGuy
      @BatCostumeGuy Před 3 lety +3

      @@fyrdman2185 Homophopic and Racist? Most bri'ish thing ever, am I right mate?

    • @upstateNYfinest
      @upstateNYfinest Před 2 lety +1

      @@fyrdman2185 jesus there are people on youtube that are just unafraid to be openly racist huh

    • @upstateNYfinest
      @upstateNYfinest Před 2 lety +1

      @@fyrdman2185 did i say that he wasnt racist? No

  • @pincopallinojoe9296
    @pincopallinojoe9296 Před 5 lety +125

    "I love it when a plan comes together." - Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke

    • @RedneckTalon
      @RedneckTalon Před 3 lety +16

      That man is nothing short of a military genius

    • @someguyfromarcticfreezer6854
      @someguyfromarcticfreezer6854 Před 3 lety

      Well he won to a tiny army and then he suddenly become a genius.

    • @23GreyFox
      @23GreyFox Před 2 lety +2

      @@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854 He was.

    • @someguyfromarcticfreezer6854
      @someguyfromarcticfreezer6854 Před 2 lety

      @@23GreyFox I didn't know this GIANT denmark is superpower?

    • @23GreyFox
      @23GreyFox Před 2 lety +1

      @@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854 What you think about him doesn't matter, he was a military genius. But i can see from you comment, that you don't know anything about him nor what he did to earn that title.

  • @DanielWW2
    @DanielWW2 Před 5 lety +564

    *_Prussia Gloria intensifying._*

    • @tppcrpg6311
      @tppcrpg6311 Před 5 lety +1

      earrape version

    • @lynnixvarjo9150
      @lynnixvarjo9150 Před 5 lety +3

      Sorry Preußens Gloria is only written during the next War

    • @thepuffin4050
      @thepuffin4050 Před 3 lety

      Actually the Koniggratz March

    • @sandeepgill9975
      @sandeepgill9975 Před 8 měsíci

      Denmark: TURN OFF YOUR STUPID MUSIC SPONGEBOB
      (Insert random Danish patriotic music earrape)

  • @thenoobinator3508
    @thenoobinator3508 Před 5 lety +930

    * *koniggratz marsch intensifies* *

    • @ottokard1243
      @ottokard1243 Před 5 lety +23

      DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN

    • @TheDarthbinky
      @TheDarthbinky Před 5 lety +20

      It's funny, I didn't know previously the title of the music... I just had heard it in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade during the Nazi parade/book burning scene. So I heard it playing here and was like "WTF?!?" Yay learning things! :)

    • @ottokard1243
      @ottokard1243 Před 5 lety

      @Policecar search it up

    • @ottokard1243
      @ottokard1243 Před 5 lety +2

      @Policecar czcams.com/video/uMZDEuiq8nQ/video.html

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 Před 5 lety +3

      "All I have to do is squeeze"

  • @andreacasarico1417
    @andreacasarico1417 Před 5 lety +539

    Hate to point it out, but Italy unified in 1861, but the map shows only the pre unification borders

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +216

      That is correct, we were late with that. Thanks!

    • @fristnamelastname5549
      @fristnamelastname5549 Před 5 lety +100

      Maybe, Italy never "unified". *X-files thame Music begins to play*

    • @andreacasarico1417
      @andreacasarico1417 Před 5 lety +72

      @@fristnamelastname5549 there is more truth into this sentence than what you may think

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 Před 5 lety +15

      @@andreacasarico1417 An Italian officer told me that Italy was in fact two nations. North of Rome and South of Rome. I must confess, I only know the Lega Nord, but news about Italian politics is absent in northern Europe.

    • @andreacasarico1417
      @andreacasarico1417 Před 5 lety +12

      @@ronaldderooij1774 hahaha who told you that? If "was" refers to the past, we are going back to the longobards in the north and the Byzantines In the South. After that, there were many more nations dividing Italy. If "was" had to be a "is", then I guess your Italian officer is either a member of the lega nord (you talked of nations and article 1 of the statute of the lega nord declares the intention of splitting Italy into two nations) or he is referring to the last election, where the country got clearly divided in two (but here the word nation is wrong). In any case I agree that in northern Europe news about Italy are often wrong and sometimes hilariously fictional (I know as I am living abroad and I have to debunk lots of myths). Truth is that Italy is an extremely heterogeneous country that still shows to this day it's city state past. This can be seen from the architecture, the culture, the food, the traditions, the economy, the language (indeed Italy is the country in Europe with the highest linguistic diversity - 8000+ languages/dialects. We use the hands because until the 50s Italian was a language spoken only by a minority of the population and until fascism, schools taught Italian as a second language. In all of this, hands are a good way to understand one another, since everyone spoke a different language), and countless other things.

  • @smartasskickass4260
    @smartasskickass4260 Před 5 lety +187

    3:00 Amish Secession war , Circa: 1870 colorized

  • @TheHydra-qt5ug
    @TheHydra-qt5ug Před 5 lety +95

    Finally, the Prusso-Austrian war! You just made my day. Thank you! And don't worry about the late upload.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Před 5 lety +424

    Is my nephew next?

    • @nah1308
      @nah1308 Před 5 lety +11

      Shut up m8.
      VIVE LE ROI

    • @goodman4966
      @goodman4966 Před 5 lety +25

      how are you still living?

    • @thenewcaesar2668
      @thenewcaesar2668 Před 5 lety +7

      Failure of a nephew

    • @napoleonibonaparte7198
      @napoleonibonaparte7198 Před 5 lety +37

      Narrow ETT My nephew is an administrator, not a militarist.

    • @thearmada6248
      @thearmada6248 Před 5 lety +13

      @@napoleonibonaparte7198 Yet he led his forces in battle and got his ass captured.

  • @talknight2
    @talknight2 Před 5 lety +21

    I lived in Koniggratz for a year as a med student. :) It's local name is Hradec Kralove and it's part of the Czech Republic. A beautiful city of a little over 100k inhabitants and many foreign students.

  • @anthonyphillips1893
    @anthonyphillips1893 Před 5 lety +77

    I would just like to say. What a good video. Seriously you capture history in such vivid imagery with smooth explanation that gives you a real atmosphere of what is going on. It makes such history content complimented by great story telling.
    Plus I’m a long subscriber and I see how much your graphics are improving. Like that transition mid battle into the tw camera view of the units firing.

  • @vaclavkodousek804
    @vaclavkodousek804 Před 5 lety +91

    In the end, the main causes of Austrian defeat were worse equipment and terrible mess in administration. There is a museum (Museum of Eastern Bohemia, Muzeum Východních Čech), where is big exposition about this battle. Pretty good, I was there myself. I recommend to visit. :)

    • @omarbradley6807
      @omarbradley6807 Před 5 lety +4

      actually if you see, their commander commit too many mistakes, like gave shit about the hills and his flanks, as well as have commited nothing of his reserves

    • @vaclavkodousek804
      @vaclavkodousek804 Před 5 lety +7

      @@omarbradley6807 There was more to it. The whole administration fell apart. The commanders were overconfident, confusing orders from more sides. Some from Vienna, some from Moltke, some from other high ranked officers. :) Total mess.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 3 lety +10

      Napoleon III believed that Austria would either win or they and the Prussians would beat each other up very badly, so he stayed neutral. He clearly underestimated Prussia and misjudged Austria's actual military strength (especially in leadership). It ended up costing him more than he could ever imagine.

  • @KommandoCraftLP
    @KommandoCraftLP Před 5 lety +33

    incredible how the Prussians managed to win that battle so decicively when the Austrians had such awesome positions.

    • @richardque4952
      @richardque4952 Před 2 lety +1

      Austrian still using muzzle loading rifle while prussia already armed with dreyser rifle.

    • @RWM_
      @RWM_ Před 2 lety +7

      Old good incompetence on Austrian side

  • @ragnarososo
    @ragnarososo Před 5 lety +293

    hello from czech republic!
    It was biggest battle (in number of soldiers) fought on our territory.We make reenactment of this battle.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +55

      Oh yeah, I am perpetually annoyed that all these wars happened in Czechia.

    • @ragnarososo
      @ragnarososo Před 5 lety +10

      @@KingsandGenerals why?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +56

      @@ragnarososo well, the land was ravaged and it wasn't good for the local population.

    • @ragnarososo
      @ragnarososo Před 5 lety +46

      as every war.

    • @heretyk_1337
      @heretyk_1337 Před 5 lety +23

      I too, as a Pole, can`t really watch this without being annoyed... :( I mean, our two occupants fighting on the lands of our Southern Bretheren... kinda like watching two rapists fighting over who will get the girl... Mixed feeling, to put it mildly
      Not to mention it is not very far from where i live... Yeah, "Annoyed" would be good word

  • @jeffa.2092
    @jeffa.2092 Před 5 lety +23

    @Kings and Generals, I wanted to thank you for these amazing videos and history lessons. It's great to see CZcams channels taking the reigns of what used to be the History channel back in the early 2000s before they sold out to garbage entertainment. Channels like yours are a highlight for how much good can come from a service like CZcams. Please keep the videos coming! Liked, love, and subscribed.

  • @Dan19870
    @Dan19870 Před 5 lety +71

    I'm thinking Total War: Empire II should be set in this era.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +58

      There should be Total War: Victoria.

    • @Sm4shBG
      @Sm4shBG Před 5 lety +2

      The theme music dou at the end of the video :D

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 3 lety

      That would be interesting. Imagine doing the Second Opium War as well (the one where the French under Napoleon III joined forces with Britain and smashed China). THAT was one of the craziest conflicts of that era. China literally did everything they could to infuriate the Europeans: Torturing diplomats, seizing British vessels, and even executing a French Christian missionary.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 3 lety

      @@KingsandGenerals Indeed there should. Imagine this opening line: "I am Victoria, ruler of Britain, mightiest nation alive. Our name is respected by allies, and terrifying to foes. We forever march forward to glory and triumph, around the entire world. Many an empire has come and many have gone, but the sun never sets on BRITAIN'S Empire!"

  • @danielanthony256
    @danielanthony256 Před 5 lety +8

    This is truly terrific channel. Thank you for your wonderful content.

  • @MikeGill87
    @MikeGill87 Před 5 lety +40

    A poll: "What is this battle called in your country?"
    - In mine (Czech Rep.) it's I'd say 75% of the time Battle of Hradec Králové (Königgrätz) and 25% of the time Battle of Sadová (Sadowa).

    • @MikeGill87
      @MikeGill87 Před 5 lety +18

      Fun fact: Hradec Králové's German name is actually wrong. To properly reflect the meaning of the Czech one, it would have to be called "Königingrätz". "Hradec" means very much just a town, village or whatever, while "Králové" means "belonging to the Queen Consort", as Hradec Králové (along with multiple other towns such as Mělník, Dvůr Králové or Trutnov) were the so called "věnná města" (dowry towns), as in the middle ages they were royal holdings pretty much owned, run and taxed by each current Queen Consort.

  • @SandRhomanHistory
    @SandRhomanHistory Před 5 lety +6

    really like the presentation. whst kind of software do you use for that? keep it up!

  • @FranciscoPerez74
    @FranciscoPerez74 Před 5 lety +6

    I really love the animations in this channel! This is the first video I've watched and I become instant subscriber!

  • @hansheden
    @hansheden Před 5 lety +4

    I like the fact that you just don't talk about how the battle was fought, but also why.
    Keep it up!

  • @aznhomig
    @aznhomig Před 3 lety +9

    8:40 - that moment when the Koniggratzer Marsch plays, you know shit's about to go bad for the Austrians.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před 4 lety +6

    This was a pretty interesting video to watch. I found it to be quite informative. Nice job to whoever made this video a reality.

  • @carlosbuenrosne
    @carlosbuenrosne Před 5 lety +2

    Very nice work kings and generals, i have been following your videos for a long time and every video we saw the improvements, congratulations

  • @MrRedoski
    @MrRedoski Před 5 lety

    Superb production quality! What a great channel!

  • @RexGalilae
    @RexGalilae Před 5 lety +4

    The music at around 4:00 is so epic. Love to see their quality steadily improving with every video

  • @mehrdadsolomon7064
    @mehrdadsolomon7064 Před 5 lety +3

    Just subscribed. High quality video, very entertaining with fantastic narration. Best in the game.Keep up the good work.Great respect from Iran.

  • @royce4815
    @royce4815 Před 5 lety

    Thanks so much for another episode. I always look forward to your new videos; they're more addictive than Game of Thones.

  • @omkarkulkarni6282
    @omkarkulkarni6282 Před 5 lety +1

    No Problem we were Waiting Patiently . Another Fantastic Video

  • @MrTetratron
    @MrTetratron Před 5 lety +11

    Great video :) i even did a study on the austro-prussian war last year :) i love the implementation of the "Koniggratzer march" :)

  • @Kryxian
    @Kryxian Před 5 lety +14

    It is wierd to see the small and insignificant village where i live (Lochenitz) in your video :D It has only 600 inhabitants and it was pillaged during this battle. There are monuments of this battle nearly everywhere.

  • @HISTORIUS
    @HISTORIUS Před 5 lety +2

    That empire total war main theme in the end of video, give me nostalgia....

  • @aidabagirova4933
    @aidabagirova4933 Před 5 lety +2

    Great video, great analysis. I got pleasure! Thank you, K&G!

  • @Grima21
    @Grima21 Před 5 lety +5

    Thanks for this video, greetings from Austria!

  • @LionKing-ew9rm
    @LionKing-ew9rm Před 5 lety +6

    I didn't know much about this part of history. Thank you for showing us less known parts of history.

  • @sayandas2218
    @sayandas2218 Před 5 lety

    Great video man.... I have been eagerly waiting for the videos of glorious wars fought by Germany... Great job... Keep it up

  • @jopastajopiter6844
    @jopastajopiter6844 Před 5 lety +1

    One of the best videos I've ever seen in my life
    K&G, You are the best

  • @DavideMontingelliOfficial
    @DavideMontingelliOfficial Před 5 lety +85

    The Dawn of German grandeur. (Using a french term is quite ironic)

    • @TheWhiteFaction
      @TheWhiteFaction Před 5 lety +8

      France invented everything. Nothing ironic about it.

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 Před 5 lety +11

      In the 19th century, French was very en vouge in Germany. Every educated German was expected to be fluent in it, like English today.

    • @tuxedosteve1904
      @tuxedosteve1904 Před 5 lety +2

      @@TheWhiteFaction no china invented Everything. Paper, gunpowder, compass, porcelain, printing press...

    • @tuxedosteve1904
      @tuxedosteve1904 Před 5 lety +3

      @@Perrirodan1 no. The downfall for the country was kaiser Willhelm's failed Foreign Policy with russia.

    • @whynotstayhonest4706
      @whynotstayhonest4706 Před 4 lety +2

      Its actually not really ironic if you think about that the french language originated from a German dialect spoken by the German tribe of the Franks who created France.

  • @HavocHerseim
    @HavocHerseim Před 5 lety +11

    Very cool! My 5th and 6th grandfathers were in the Prussian army at this time. They left to America immediately after and our family still has the passage paper authorized by the Prussian king allowing us to leave the country.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +1

      Very cool! I love when the stories we tell resonate with our viewers. :-)

    • @ejakpomevi
      @ejakpomevi Před rokem

      would be cool if you could show us a picture of the passage. (name blotted if necessary)

  • @Raws2000.
    @Raws2000. Před 4 lety +1

    Great video as always my friends !

  • @DemianX6x6x6X
    @DemianX6x6x6X Před 5 lety +1

    that painting of the battle of Solferino is just so awesome!

  • @matteobraiuca4665
    @matteobraiuca4665 Před 5 lety +4

    Marvellous I look forward to enjoy a video on the Italian unification,thanks kings and general.:D

  • @Nikkimond
    @Nikkimond Před 5 lety +7

    The battle in my town between Bavaria/German Confederacy and Prussian forces took place during this war. The Battle of Kissingen.

  • @hiddenhist
    @hiddenhist Před 5 lety

    Amazing to see how complex these battles get...

  • @Ragniirox
    @Ragniirox Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent video, as always.

  • @burningphoneix
    @burningphoneix Před 5 lety +9

    "The Goddess of Victory is waving her underwear in your faces" ~Bittenfeld.
    True quote, look it up.

  • @amadeus3341
    @amadeus3341 Před 3 lety +3

    I love how u play in the Königgrätzer Marsch at the exact right moment xd

  • @jordandouglas9921
    @jordandouglas9921 Před 5 lety +1

    Love the detail. Definitely stepped it up this time. 👍🏽

  • @animatedhistory8305
    @animatedhistory8305 Před 5 lety +2

    Great Video! Really beautifully done!

  • @Loyal94
    @Loyal94 Před 5 lety +4

    I can't point out how much I love your work. However, I'd like to give my personal humble opinion and maybe people agree:
    I think it's better if you finish a series rather than starting a new one. Even though the content is astonishing, I lose track of the events that you talked about, when you resume a series you "interrupted" with another.
    Keep up the good work!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety

      Hey there! :-) Thank you for your kind words! We have patreon requests to fulfill, otherwise, we are also eager to finish our series - remember, it is easier to research a series than write a completely new script.

  • @kamilszadkowski8864
    @kamilszadkowski8864 Před 5 lety +122

    In the video, it looks like there wasn't any cavalry in the Battle of Königgrätz. I assume you just didn't mention it because it didn't have any major role in the Battle, right?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +109

      A few times the Austrian cavalry tried to change the battle, it basically has run into a meatgrinder. It happened twice towards the end of the battle.

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 Před 5 lety +5

      @@KingsandGenerals Thanks, I must say I'm really tempted to try Victoria TW after this video.

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 Před 5 lety +43

      ​@Leo Jansen A very bold claim that can be easily disproven. Cavalry still had it's role and still managed to have a major impact on wars and battles even in the XX century.

    • @ukaszkowalski725
      @ukaszkowalski725 Před 5 lety +2

      @Leo Jansen It had it's glories even later.

    • @ukaszkowalski725
      @ukaszkowalski725 Před 5 lety +6

      @Leo Jansen On easter frontiers It was still commonly used. Frontire was not a line trenches there. During Barbarossa operation, German started even to recreate some of cavalery units.

  • @markbassett7995
    @markbassett7995 Před 5 lety +1

    I love you guys, I am truly fascinated in the German unification wars and the wars leading up to ww1

  • @cyclingnerddelux698
    @cyclingnerddelux698 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for the great video.

  • @dardo1201
    @dardo1201 Před 5 lety +20

    Slight error in the transcription of your quote the "not determined by its liberalism, but by its power" got a bit mangled. As it just says "not by its power".

  • @jeanduhamel9101
    @jeanduhamel9101 Před 5 lety +87

    I saw skalitz...... sorry wrong period

    • @CommanderDouchebag6353
      @CommanderDouchebag6353 Před 5 lety +26

      I feel quite hungry

    • @Loo0Lzz
      @Loo0Lzz Před 5 lety +27

      Henry's come to visit!

    • @janvesely3279
      @janvesely3279 Před 5 lety +16

      Sorry Skalice/Skalitz is very common Czech toponym. It means a rocky place. Henry's Skalitz is south of Prague, this Skalitz is to the NE of Prague.

    • @kamilahylsky2925
      @kamilahylsky2925 Před 5 lety +9

      Actually full name of this town is Böhmisch Skalitz (Česká Skalice) 🙂 The one from the game is Silber Skalitz (Stříbrná Skalice) 😁

    • @IchabodvanTassel98
      @IchabodvanTassel98 Před 5 lety +1

      Loll KCD

  • @joshlesure3196
    @joshlesure3196 Před 3 lety +1

    Love the channel and its content! More videos about the German and Italian unification wars?

  • @wiron1171
    @wiron1171 Před 5 lety +1

    Best and interesting video you released you got there keep that topic going

  • @abady17515
    @abady17515 Před 5 lety +5

    Very good video as always! Just a small mistake: the Wallachian 1848 revolution did not take place in Moldova as you are presenting, it took place in the south in the proximity of Bucharest! Keep up the good work!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +1

      Thank you! I know that, I just failed to find a proper image for the Moldovan uprising and decided to put the sign over the general area. Not the best decision of my life. :-)

  • @seeker5968
    @seeker5968 Před 5 lety +21

    Bismarck: iron and blood, who the heck is denerys

  • @Red-rl1xx
    @Red-rl1xx Před 5 lety

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @Sirlion87a
    @Sirlion87a Před 4 lety

    I see you used my assets for VTW in this video. It would've been nice to be notified of this. Cool to see them used this way.

  • @RobbyHouseIV
    @RobbyHouseIV Před 5 lety +3

    I caught a typo that I think you guys should strongly consider correcting. In Otto von Bismark's quote it reads, "The position of Prussia will not be decided by its power..." It should read, "The position of Prussia will not be decided by its liberalism, but by its power..."

  • @chasemurraychristopherdola7108

    Just saying but I found out something very interesting and what i found out is that in Prussian Second Calvary Divisions 3rd Light Brigade was a regiment known as the 3rd Prussian Dragoon’s and one of the captains of the 3rd Prussian Dragoon’s was a man named Johann Heinrich August Heros von Borcke and in 1862 he was having financial difficulties and the difficulties forced him to emigrate to the Confederate states of America and so when he arrived in America he made his way to Richmond Virginia where he was given the rank of captain in the Provincial army of the confederate states on June 1st 1862 and was assigned to the Confederate Calvary Division under James Ewell Brown Stuart aka JEB Stuart and in August of 1862 he was promoted to Major and in 1863 in the battle of Middleburg he suffered a significant wound to his neck which left him incapacitated throughout the rest of 1863 but he returned to service in1864 and he was present for the death of JEB Stuart at the Battle of Yellow Tavern and in December of 1864 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and then he was sent on a Diplomatic mission to Great Britain and in 1866 he returned to Prussia and he fought in the Austro-Prussian war on the staff of Prince Friedrich Karl Nicholas of Prussia and Von Borcke received the Order of the Red Eagle for his Gallantry.

  • @denniscleary7580
    @denniscleary7580 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for the video kings 👍

  • @3ntra
    @3ntra Před 5 lety

    Excellent episode

  • @tppcrpg6311
    @tppcrpg6311 Před 5 lety +31

    "I hate krauts who disagree with me but I hate other countries even more" t. Otto von Bismarck

    • @jimvolk9911
      @jimvolk9911 Před 3 lety

      Bismark was funny that way he wanted it all

    • @dolor3316
      @dolor3316 Před 3 lety

      @@jimvolk9911 he was disgusting

    • @23GreyFox
      @23GreyFox Před 2 lety

      @@dolor3316 No u

  • @phoenixedits8960
    @phoenixedits8960 Před 5 lety +37

    i had plans to study then i saw a notification from kings and generals
    u know the rest of the comment :)

  • @Daruliable
    @Daruliable Před 5 lety

    Great video, As usual

  •  Před 5 lety +1

    I’m cramming for a test on Austrian history that will start in around 7 hours. This is awesome, thank you so much

  • @Flow86767
    @Flow86767 Před 5 lety +6

    Thank you!
    *Would be amazing to see the Franco-Prussian war.*

  • @kokoro2426
    @kokoro2426 Před 5 lety +3

    I love these Empire: Total War songs and forts

  • @mohammadsaida4603
    @mohammadsaida4603 Před 4 lety

    Nice history video with clearly explaining

  • @ductn9
    @ductn9 Před 5 lety +1

    thank you for the great video!

  • @anthonywatson6070
    @anthonywatson6070 Před rokem +4

    As someone who is about to wrap up a Master's degree in Defense and Strategic Studies, and who is currently researching the development of the Prussian/German general staff under von Moltke, your videos do a great job at putting the strategies used and developed by von Moltke, and before his Clausewitz, into an easy to see visual. Really great and informative videos!

    • @dunk88
      @dunk88 Před rokem +2

      Whenever someone uses credentials before making a point you can bet they will not say anything worth any merit on its own

  • @fjLKA
    @fjLKA Před 5 lety +12

    My two-times great grandfather August Lustig fought for the Prussians at this battle. I one day hope to visit the place where it happened.

  • @panzerwafflez7228
    @panzerwafflez7228 Před 4 lety +1

    Lol that 8:48 transition from the dramatic soundtrack to the Königgratzer Marsch was hilarious.

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 Před 5 lety +2

    Amazing! As always :)

  • @oakist628
    @oakist628 Před 5 lety +102

    Could you do the Russo-Turkish and Russo-Persian wars?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +39

      We will!

    • @jeffjeff5719
      @jeffjeff5719 Před 5 lety +5

      Russio persian??? I wasnt know there was war russo persian war

    • @jacket6868
      @jacket6868 Před 5 lety +24

      @@jeffjeff5719 How do you think Russians got Armenia or Azerbaijan then lol

    • @jeffjeff5719
      @jeffjeff5719 Před 5 lety +5

      @@jacket6868 Armenia was under ottoman control but i totally forget about azerbaijan i dont hear any news from that country

    • @farajaraf
      @farajaraf Před 5 lety +8

      @@jeffjeff5719 russian armenia/Eastern armenia was under Persian rule and current Eastern turkey is Western armenia

  • @RandomPerson-me8do
    @RandomPerson-me8do Před 5 lety +16

    Hope i get to see some scandinavian action here. Swedish wars were especially interesting.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +4

      We'll get there!

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 Před 5 lety +1

      Kalmar Union is absolutely amazing.
      Freaking Pirates vs. Crusaders on the sidelines!

    • @damianp7313
      @damianp7313 Před 5 lety +1

      Polish deluge ?

    • @Kynos1
      @Kynos1 Před 4 lety

      Swedish involvement in the 30 years war would be interesting. In the area of Germany where I live there are still many castles and churches that the Swedes built when they were here.

  • @DanielLee_2304
    @DanielLee_2304 Před 5 lety +1

    Great vid! Enjoyed it, do more.

  • @The_crows_corner
    @The_crows_corner Před 5 lety +1

    Fantastic video! As always. Any thoughts about doing a video about the third crusade? Richard the lionhearted and Saladin are fantastic minds in military history.

  • @libzbond
    @libzbond Před 3 lety +13

    I just wanna ask: How do civillians die in these kinds of wars even though the European powers were pretty much focused on fighting in rural areas, I am aware they fought in cities, but how was collateral damage possible in the the 19th century?

    • @LordVelari
      @LordVelari Před 3 lety +2

      As an indirect source (not in Europe), during the battle of Gettysburg, one civilian was killed. She was cooking in her kitchen when a bullet flew in and shot her. I'm sure similar scenarios happen in 19th century Europe, since villiages are often fought for between the belligerents. (the villages themselves may not be important, but their positions on the map are, so armies fight for them all the time)

  • @firstconsul7286
    @firstconsul7286 Před 5 lety +23

    Go Prussia! Hell yeah! The Germans were awesome between Napoleon and WWI!

    • @dolor3316
      @dolor3316 Před 3 lety

      theres nothing awesome in declaring wars and killing countless people for their powerhungry ambitions. fuck prussia and bismarck

    • @mervenchrismaputi2436
      @mervenchrismaputi2436 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dolor3316 hungry of power? What about the americans, british, and french are they not wanted to rule the world also?

    • @michaelterrell5061
      @michaelterrell5061 Před 2 lety

      @@mervenchrismaputi2436 Americans at the time didn’t no.

    • @firstconsul7286
      @firstconsul7286 Před 2 lety

      @@michaelterrell5061 Manifest Destiny: Am I a joke to you?

  • @hankblaster
    @hankblaster Před rokem +1

    This channel is amazing WITHOUT the overbearing music

  • @gianlucaborg195
    @gianlucaborg195 Před 5 lety +2

    CHRISTMAS IS EARLY THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!
    PERFECTION AND ENTERTAINMENT IN ONE HELL YEAH

  • @vanlao6367
    @vanlao6367 Před 5 lety +16

    Damn, the part about Bismark speech give me a chill for how awesome it sounds.

    • @whateverthisis389
      @whateverthisis389 Před 3 lety +6

      He was so cool,they named a Battleship after him,one that outclassed THE ENTIRE ROYAL NAVY

  • @Mofifty31
    @Mofifty31 Před 5 lety +10

    Man it is so hard to find anything about that battle

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před 5 lety +4

      It is!

    • @hidof9598
      @hidof9598 Před 3 lety

      Where are your sources from?

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 3 lety

      Kind of funny how two of the greatest European march tunes were written during these two unification wars or so. The Austrians wrote the world famous Radetsky March to honor the heroic general who put down the Italian revolt against them.

  • @zackkotzias3304
    @zackkotzias3304 Před 5 lety

    Awesome video

  • @tylerdreamer9219
    @tylerdreamer9219 Před 5 lety +1

    wooooow great work! thank you!

  • @haffelbaffel123
    @haffelbaffel123 Před 5 lety +3

    I really love the video but I have noticed a tiny error with spelling. It's spelled Stuttgart with a double t

  • @mickemmagin
    @mickemmagin Před 5 lety +5

    4:27 "Bismarck had a plan. Bismarck always had a plan"

  • @josedanielbazanmanzano9607

    Wow... I wasn't expecting that. Good one

  • @gianlucaborg195
    @gianlucaborg195 Před 5 lety

    Props on getting Bismarck’s quote correct iron and blood not blood and iron! The accuracy here is supreme!