@@awormnamedscoobis3419 It can. Look at Israel. Spain was under Islamic occupation for almost 400 years... now it isnt and there is very little genetic evidence of it in the population.
I've recently become obsessed with Prussia learning about it in school, and I feel like its not enough for me. Are there any articles or books based around the history of Prussia? I just need more Prussia in my life.
+Lluvia Bejines Old Prussians were a balt tribe that was attacked and killed by some German knights who stole there land and name, a sad tale in European history is what it is.....
+Lluvia Bejines m8, did hetalia do this to u? cuz prussian is basically useless in this day an age so unless the awesome gilbert is your favorite character in hetalia, then i cant think of any reason as to why you'd waste your time. if it is hetalia... LEARN ON MY FRIEND! but bare in mind, no one can be as awesome as prussa.
Don't you think that you are disrespectful here, i agree that there are many people cause of hetalia think that every war was just a game, but there are also the opposite, like me. Although i do like eveyone in the anime i do believe that it wasn't beautiful not at all not even a little bit wars are not cute and relationships with countries isn't a game in fact i do not like countries in real world but i do feel bad for some countries that were too damaged like japan but in a way that was a good choice cause who knows what will happen if japan won on america maybe the world would have been more savage and japan wouldn't have this technology nor germany. Anyway, not like the anime countries weren't cute in real life they did bad things very bad things. But without the anime i wouldn't knew that in the world existed prussia and there is micronations and liechtenstein, belarus,latvia, estonia i didn't know hungary was important in history, the nordic 5 they were in an allience japan is older than germany and I wouldn't had the curiosity of searching about countries. Anyway hetalia is just an image or representing to the history in a funny way for children but sometimes i find it racist and the english dubbed version is raciest and have more bad words in it. What i wanted to say is try ignoring idiot people.
Shiroyasha KaTsuGin 5 months ago (edited) '''...Don't you think that you are disrespectful here, i agree that there are many people cause of hetalia think that every war was just a game, but there are also the opposite, like me. Although i do like eveyone in the anime i do believe that it wasn't beautiful not at all not even a little bit wars are not cute and relationships with countries isn't a game in fact i do not like countries in real world but i do feel bad for some countries that were too damaged like japan but in a way that was a good choice cause who knows what will happen if japan won on america maybe the world would have been more savage and japan wouldn't have this technology nor germany..." my take on this is, If Australia hadn't recalled it's Army from Europe after the North African battles against nazi Germany, Australia today would be a vast Japanese colony with massive wealth ,but because they didn't know that PNG and Australia were rich in minerals and oil (Australia didn't know herself until the 1950's) they chose to attack Manchuria . This was the initial cause of the japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour ,the US having blockaded japan because of Manchuria. Japan had state of the aert aircraft and ships. So after routing McArthur from the Philipines the east was theirs. If japan had of taken Australia ,they could not have been removed, the US only saw us as a strategic staging post to avenge itself and would not have tried to free the small population from Japoans Grip. But as most of Australia's army had been called back ,we were able to defend ourselves against the japanese who ,instead of rounding PNG ,tried to take it . PNG's climate worked against them from the beginning and simply wasted men and resources.
Oh poor prussia. State taht exist only because of agresive expansion and destroying other countries was destroyed. Poor bully finaly get what he deserve. So sad :(
Thinking about the current political situation in Germany about our Nato responsibility's, I find the ending of Prussia hilarious. First the allies abolish the most militaristic and aggressive of our cultures, because they want to safeguard the "interests of preservation of peace and security of peoples" and "reconstruct the political life of Germany on a democratic basis". And it even works! Now we are a peaceful people, with a military spending that is only undercut in % of GDP by Japan. With a projected defense expenditure for the year 2045 that is actually the smallest of the major powers. But now the same Powers that once disarmed us tell a different story. Now they criticize us for being unwilling to fight wars. The British want us to “get over” World War 2 and participate more aggressively on Nato Missions. The Americans criticize our low defense budgets with the "very real possibility of collective military irrelevance". I have to wonder what the WWII Allies would think about that?
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Ok but this "Downfall of Europe" you are predicting seems only to be aiding the Germans and French while hurting the rest. What happenes once the eu is gone and our economies are to pieces? Do we just get eaten up again?
Okay, Here goes -.- I myself am a Hetalian, and i see lots of drama in the comments; quite frankly i find it sickening. Our fandom always gets out of hand, and it's these things that give us a bad reputation. Unlike most hetalians, I understand that the show is a satire comedy and by no means tells actual history. My love for the shows and characters, and also small hints towards historical events is what sparked my interest in history. Hetalia makes me want to learn about the actual history behind things. I think the hetalians in this comment section should please show some respect to others! Some people are here to learn and blabbing on about an anime character is not what they're here for! So before you start commenting offensive stuff about Prussia and start talking about how 'awesome' he is, please stop and save that for someplace else. People are here to discuss history, not mourn a fictional character. Thanks~
Thank you. I am glad to find a rational person in that fandom. I am sick of seeing stupid comments on every video about history. Just stop, people! It's really annoying.
First smart Japanese cartoon watching person here. Thank you for hopefully shutting up your idiotic friends. I'm a true Prussian nationalist, and I find it annoying people are talking about some Japanese cartoon so much here...
I agree in some aspects with you. But when hetalians write an own comment and get hate speech from others here, then that's not acceptable too. Those historians (nostalgists) should just ignore the comments then and write under other comments with people who share the same motives. Also I don't see that the fandom is getting out of hands (at least not more than any other fandom). When I look through the comments I see many hetalians who are just happy about sharing the same interests and topics, who are writing dedicated and have fun. And then some nostalgists come and insult them like they are something better than "anime weaboos". And that's the point where my toleration ends. The hetalians don't hurt anyone. If anything they spread love about the same country, even when one is real and the other a fictional character who's very different from the real but anyway. They don't come and insult the people who like the real thing. But the other way around there are many people who insult anime lovers. Also I'm German myself. And the history of Prussia may be interesting, but you don't want that time back. At least when you're smart and not nostalgic enough. ;) It's not something to be really proud of and those who are... let's say they're too stuck in the past.
Prussian Monarchist you find it annoying is your opinion. but you can just ignore them. no one forces you to pay them any attention or to answer them..
Strange that the largest incident of ethnic cleansing in all the history of mankind is never mentioned or even covered up !!! The true numbers are intentionally distorted but facts remain the same: 14 million Prussian-Germans were ethnically cleansed from Eastern Germany and 2,5 million Prussian-Germans were killed from 1945-1951... So many years after the war was supposedly over a organised campaign of murder and ethnic cleansing of almost all German civilians from Eastern Germany took place.
Ya there was a huge East German Genocide, they don't like to teach it because it lends sympathy to Germany which undermines the Narrative of the Allies as the Heroes and the Germans as the Villians.
Levi Payne how could you not form prussia it's so fucking easy, start as brandenburg or the teutons, chill and just annex smal neighbours. Improve relations with austria and join the hre if you're having problem with the teutons or just do a brandenburg run.
Prussia's by far my favourite character in Hetalia, and I came here to learn a little about the country's history. It's amazing what your can learn from RUclips sometimes!
Dean yes but did the germans do to the russians? What about Italians being kicked out of nice and Istria. We built those cities and now Cote d’azur is the second most visited part of France (after having expelled the natives) and Istria is the most visited part of Croatia (after having killed almost 50 000 italians and expelled the rest).
Moisés Ánton Bittner I actually really like the borders of 1918, they were a pretty good representation of the extent of the German language, apart from Danzig, which should have stayed a part of Germany. Poznan was never German.
Marcus Tullius Cicero yes it was german, the allies "left the choice to the population", when 60 % of the people said they want to stay in germany, the vote was not regarded, and it was given away nonetheless.
Marcus Tullius Cicero what shall we say then ? the victorious forces of the United Kingdom, the United States and the Republic of France ? that is a bit long don`t you think ?
it was actually miracle that Prussia survived so long. if Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a little stronger, there is no Prussia. if Russian Tzar what conquered Berlin wasn't crazy fan of Prussians, there is no Prussia. Napoleon conquered it completely but from some reason only he knew he decided to let Prussia exist. seriously, only great luck and some stupidity of others allowed Prussia to be there so long.
dont forget they married the brandenburg- line to become germans. before they were germanic slavs....Prussia and Silesia are States which was, strictly speaking, more Slavic. The Silesians have seen particularly as a mixture of Poles and Germans. The Prussians have turned to Germany in order to become more powerful. But both countries are just the typical German-influenced Polish space until the expulsion. This video makes it not at all clear and is purely nationalistic
ApolloMars1617 btw, what you said about prussians beeing a slav/german-mix is false. The königsberg part was founded by the deutscher Orden, a group of teutonic knights. Yes, the region of posen was mainly inhabited by slavs, the other regions (pommerania, brandenburg, silesia) not so. The original inhabitants (pruzzen) became extinct.
silesia is traditionaly a slavic country. there were eimigrants 1100 because poland wanted to have towns and they got immigrants from germany to build this cities. So everyone in silesia with protestantic belive had german ancestors. If there were no mixing between the groups, as it expired on the Lower Rhine. Silesia has also been seen for centuries so as an autonomous country located between Germany and Poland. Today, the former Germans are always rather expelled. before WW2 in the cities lived many protestants. and many Polish city terms are transferred from German. I should point out that I 've never seen a people that were extinguished only because of a single nation hike. Thus, the conquest Britanias were never a major problem in the population , except around London , where it was already getting plenty exchanged with Belger , Gauls and Germans over the centuries . In general, these conquests and conversions cultural in nature and not genetic . Usually only a few thousand people come over and they remain more among themselves and when they are defeated they often go back or are dead The same can be seen in Spain, Kathago , East Rome, etc. Still, the Prussian kings had the German language after 300 years Germanization bring to a share of over 50 % and even after 1.WW many people strict Germanization have seized upon well 100 years no clever spoken German . The German Order was a warrior army , such as the Vandals in Carthage. Military interesting. Cultural maybe , genetically impossible. Bruessow is the capital of Uckermark. The Polish and Slavic influence is therefore not indispensable. The name is a blend of cultures and we are talking here of Brandenburg. The Germans actually had always lived rather only up to the Oder and only then came the Slavs sometimes over and sometimes the Germans.
proud of having been born in a region that once belonged to prussia proud of my prussian identity proud of my prussian blood proud of our prussian colors black and white proud of our prussian history proud of our prussian discipline proud of our prussian armed forces proud of our prussian military marches proud of our prussian kingdom proud of our prussian king frederick II the great proud of our prussian prime minister and future chancellor otto von bismarck proud of our prussian prussia that formed our united germany proud to be prussian
And now stolen from the Prussians (Germans), When Russia deporteded all the Germans from Prussia, they kicked out the descendants of the Baltic people. And now it belongs to slavs who have zero claim to the land and created a fictonal land for it.
There was no justification to ethnically cleanse 14 million Germans from Eastern Germany. As a result over 2 million German civilians died most of them were women and children.
@@chlopakzpolski Honestly you Poles should be grateful that you are even a country And by the way do you not learn about the annexation of your actual territories by the soviets in your extremely biased history classes? Eastern Prussia is yours in order to weaken Germany, not because you deserve it.
14 million German civilians were ethnically cleansed from the eastern German regions Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia. Over 2 million civilians died as a result according to Red Cross figures. Soviet soldiers also raped a staggering amount of women at least 2 million were raped.
"Other sources estimate that rapes of Soviet women by the Wehrmacht range up to 10,000,000 incidents, with between 750,000 and 1,000,000 children being born as a result.[84][85][86][92]" So you can fuck with this apologetic German BULLSHIT
THATS A LIE AND YOU KNOW IT. Russian Civilian casualties were extremely high and this is not be denied, but your figure has no historical basis. GOOGLE IT
Germans were doing same in USSR.At the begining of Barbarossa operation Russians and others suppourted inviders becouse they hoped for liberating from Stalin regime.But German's brutality and arrogance change the attitude among locals. As result great partisan army raised.
It wasn't independent de jure, but it was de facto. Just like how the electors of the holy roman empire weren't independent de jure, but let's face it, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Austria, and Hannover had quite a bit of independence.
IT was at the time an independent under the Holy Roman Empire oh on the by was it 5000 or 50000 west Prussians murdered and piled in the streets of Danzig and burned in 1939?
I find it fascinating. I have been trying to find out as much as possible about Prussia. Specifically, East- Prussians. My dad's grandparents both descend directly from the original families that were East Prussian.
+Jack Bro there isn't any Germans living in Kaliningrand anymore, the soviets made sure of that. The entire region is populated by first and second generation Russian immigrants, so it's not German land anymore and it will not be so for a very long time.
***** But why the fuck would anyone want a region populated by ethic Russians who are loyal to Russia ? That's just asking for trouble, not to mention that Germany isn't going to do anything like that even if your government wanted it. Ever since WW2 your country's ball were cut off and your being ruled by suicidal altruists.
***** Big Russian minority in a non Russian country = political trouble, go and ask some Ukrainians, Latvians or Estonians about that if you don't believe me. Also fat chance of having a pro German government.
How did Prussia fall? Germany still exists and is still the "north German" nation Prussia formed out of all the north German states. They might call a territory Prussia. However the capital of Prussia, Berlin and the nation Prussia became still exists albeit a different form of government.
I believe that Prussia is not apart of Germany, yet it is a Dutch/German territory. Correct me if I am wrong but Germany was apart of Prussia and split up, and whatever happened to the Germans effected Prussia and Austria as well.
Darth Revan Prussia was a Baltic state ( Germanic Tribe) that under Wilhelm II and Bismarks rule were they able to for the North German Confederation, then The German Empire. Germany never truly existed until the 1860's and 70's. Before then it was: Brandenburg (Berlin a.k.a. Prussia), Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, (Lower) Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rhineland ( Westphalia), Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, and Thuringia.
Wellington had lost the battle at Waterloo and Blucher saved the British from an embarrassing defeat, with WW1 and WW2 the British then showed their appreciation by declaring war against their historic ally and getting all matey with a bunch of onion growers. LONG LIVE PRUSSIA.
This was visually put together well- I enjoy seeing the land lost, then gained, then lost, then gained... etc, and thanks for the explanations of where it went to as well. I tried looking some stuff up on Wikipedia, but was just swamped with way to much information. This is much more clear. I think I'm going to view the Ottoman Empire in the suggestion boxes now.
Prussia was so powerful and I never thought that Prussia would end in a very short period of time. And the thought that the country had never been once mentionwd in our subjects just hurts! Prussia will forever live on!
This is one most informative and beautiful and most importantly easy to digest history lessons i have ever learned on youtube. Bravo sir you really have done a tremendous job.
@@universalconquest4447 I would have liked to see that Either the natives coming in wirh canoos or the Europeans running around like the Greeks and Romans decribed them
Basically, Prussia was destroyed since it started WW2 along with Austria as they believed the French and English were out to assassinate one of their important men. As for the innocent Prussian civilians, 8.2 million (or so) of them were murdered. But nothing seems to be said about this in schools, unlike how the holocaust always is... :/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussians Prussians were a tribe of the family of the Balts. In 1222-1223, the Polish prince could not conquer them (under the pretext of spreading Christianity, as in all of Europe in those days). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order In 1228, Konrad of Mazovia invited the Teutonic Order to its lands, so that from its territory they would lead the conversion of the Prussians to Christianity. The Order, however, did not fulfill the contract. The Order declared obedience to the local bishop of the Prussian lands. Gradually, the Order created its own state in conquered areas, bringing German settlers (which he did throughout Europe, where he gave the Order lands - eg in Romania and Hungary). Then, from the conquered Prussian areas, they invaded the Christian Livy and Christian Poland. With time, they turned into a secular state called Prussia. They had nothing to do with the original Prus tribe. They occupied them (Prussian tribe) lands, took their name, kept German language and culture. During the annexation of Poland in 1939 and the incorporation of lands into the Third Reich, settlers from Germany came to the villages and towns. They chose a home. The Polish family had one hour to take things and had to leave. Nobody cared that they had no place to go. Nobody bought their home. They were thrown out of him.
Don't forget,the real Prussians were a Baltic tribe , which was colonized by German knights.18/19/20th century Prussia has nothing to do with the prūsai tribe.
this video gives as much information as frequently needed. You won't believe, but there are people, who want to run a research in Prussia, and try to find that village (!) , town (!) or city (!) at modern map of Germany... I've heard once about someone, who was looking for Prussia in Denmark... There are people, who think, that Prussia is a place, not state, cause that's what was written in some certificate of their ancestors...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussians Prussians were a tribe of the family of the Balts. In 1222-1223, the Polish prince could not conquer them (under the pretext of spreading Christianity, as in all of Europe in those days). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order In 1228, Konrad of Mazovia invited the Teutonic Order to its lands, so that from its territory they would lead the conversion of the Prussians to Christianity. The Order, however, did not fulfill the contract. The Order declared obedience to the local bishop of the Prussian lands. Gradually, the Order created its own state in conquered areas, bringing German settlers (which he did throughout Europe, where he gave the Order lands - eg in Romania and Hungary). Then, from the conquered Prussian areas, they invaded the Christian Livy and Christian Poland. With time, they turned into a secular state called Prussia. They had nothing to do with the original Prus tribe. They occupied them (Prussian tribe) lands, took their name, kept German language and culture.
Most helpful, brief and concise geo-Graphic account for those of us who slept thru history class. (And are waking up asking "what the heck happened?".) Thank you.
second song name anyone ? "Second song (from 1:29): unknown. It was used in another RUclips video which has been removed many years ago." nothing more? :)
Thanks for this. It simplified Prussian history for me. I've read the entire Wiki page and never understood it as easily as the 4:36 video here. Again, thanks
+Blank Ball that's sad. They even have a really cool looking flag! And great national anthem. It is indeed a shame that a nation with so much interesting culture disappear.
Prussia was dissolved in 1871 for the founding of the empire - so that the empire could exist legally. The allies did not destroy Prussia, Prussia sacrificed itself in 1871 so that a German empire could arise
That was great. I suspected that Napolean had reduced Prussia, but I had no idea it regained itself, and was only dismantled after WWII. There sure is a hell of alot to know !
9 July 1569 at a Sejm in Lublin, Duke Albert Frederick paid homage to King Sigismund II Augustus. This event was observed, among others, by Jan Kochanowski, who described it in a poem Proporzec albo hołd pruski, 20 February 1578 in front of Warsaw's St. Anne's Church, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach paid homage to King Stephen Báthory, 16 November 1611 in front of Warsaw's St. Anne's Church, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg paid homage to King Sigismund III Vasa, in September 1621, George William, Elector of Brandenburg paid homage to King Sigismund III, 21 March 1633, envoys of Elector George William paid homage to King Władysław IV Vasa, 6 October 1641 in front of Warsaw's Royal Castle, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg paid homage to King Władysław IV.
Святослава Громовладна Many territories that were given to Poland after WW2 had, in fact, German majorities and sometimes not even a single Polish family lived there. Some land was given to Poland unrightfully - but that is unimportant history.
Haunted Writer. Not rightfully? Germany lost a war they started. A war that cost Poland ~6 000 000 lives, pretty much all infrastructure and land in the East.
Obviously the entire population of Eastern Germany was German. 14 million Germans lived in the German provinces Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia before they were ethnically cleansed and replaced by Polish.
Borussia Germania. True. Though people like to forget that Poles were forcefully Germanised. Also that East Germany used to be Poland before it was conveniently renamed. By example Greater Poland was renamed to West Prussia and Gdańsk to Danzig.
The origins of the Prussian State are quite interesting. The Prussians were a Baltic people, and among the last pagans of Europe. After the Crusaders were kicked out of Palestine, many German crusader knights went to convert the Prussians (and massacured many), then proceded to set-up a Middle-Eastern styled state with a strong central bureaucracy, which was quite unique in medieval Europe. Centuries later, the Prussians pioneered standing armies and public education.
This was everything I ever wanted to know about Prussia. I've always had a hazy notion of what Prussia was territoriality and what the time line of her rise and fall was.
my grandfather was from Pomerania in Prussia before he was Ethnically Cleansed in 1946 and replaced by Polish so he left Germany and went to Alabama in USA
Be greatfull they could kill him in revange for 9 mln killed polish citizens. Besides USA was much more rich country than ruined Poland at that time and escaped from communism. Be greatfull for this.
During the annexation of Poland in 1939 and the incorporation of lands into the Third Reich, settlers from Germany came to the villages and towns. They chose a home. The Polish family had one hour to take things and had to leave. Nobody cared that they had no place to go. Nobody bought their home. They were thrown out of him.
@@sachmetnut This was happening long before WWII. Germans since 18th century were ethnically cleansing originally Poolish lands by replacing/murdering original inhabitants. Bismarck in 19th century was performing this during Kulturkampf on Poles.
This is a helpful visual when learning Prussia's history. Which I want to learn about because Prussia interests me so much. True the interest started as liking Prussia in Hetalia but after hearing a little bit about his history made me obsessed with not only the character (Prussia is the cosplay I commit too, rarely being any other character except maybe Izaya and his alts) but also the history of Prussia. After learning half of my German side of the family had come from Silesia, my mom and I looked at the area they lived and looked at when they came over and at that time it was part of Prussia which made me happy. (I rather identify as Prussian than American tbh...). Also learning the history makes me feel like my characterization of Prussia when I cosplay him is a lot more canon (Hetalia canon=historical proof) since the best Hetalia cosplayers I've met know the history of who they are and the countries they interacted with, in much detail. Also watching this video shows visually that the heart of Prussia (the start) now belongs to largely Russia but a little bit to Poland and Lithuania. Which is kinda ironic considering the character Prussia was the teutonic knights (in real life the first Prussia was taken over by the teutonic knights then creating the basis of future Prussia) which main targets of "converting" (bullying) was Russia, Lithuania, then Poland once he was joined with Lithuania. How much more interesting history becomes when instead of learning facts about random dead people you're learning the history and life of characters. XD
Pricey Many germans who served in the Bundeswehr (not veterans) go to silesia and prussia when they get pension. The problem is, you can't consider prussia german anymore, because all the germans were kicked out when the soviets changed polands borders.
Lennart On Fire why not change them again? Or when the soviet union collapsed why not everyone get their former lands like that and change the borders of russia
Pricey They offered Kaliningrad (Königsberg) but for some reason our politicans didn't take it The other prussian lands were under full poland control and where would the new people go?
It's an anime where all the characters are personified countries. The show goes through various wars, alliances and stereotypes. I absolutely love the show!
Between 1914-18 the German Emperor William II was also King of Prussia. In the second Reich (1870-1918) Prussia was the largest state in the Empire, covering most of Northern Germany and present day West Poland. In 1918 the Second Reich was abolished, but Prussia contiuned as an administrative State of Northern Germany. This continued until the fall of the Third Reich in 1945, when the Allies at the instigation of the US abolished Prussia. The previous name 'Brandenburg' was re-adopted.
Coming from direct Prussian ancestry, I can say that this is a fine depiction of what happened. But you didn't mention that Bismarck actually united the German states to create The German Empire. Along with a bit of help, he was technically the one that made Germany happen. Great video though!
SuperEpicness I feel like i'm the only one that don't truly gets affected for this even if i like him (he's awesome tho) I'm just like: "¿What? ¿he's dead? That's such a shame, oh well **keeps scrolling while humming "Hattafute Paredo"**" I'm a weirdo. xD
My grandad and great grandad were 'German' but they always got mad when I said that they always considered themselves Prussian, I wish Prussia Came back!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussians Prussians were a tribe of the family of the Balts. In 1222-1223, the Polish prince could not conquer them (under the pretext of spreading Christianity, as in all of Europe in those days). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order In 1228, Konrad of Mazovia invited the Teutonic Order to its lands, so that from its territory they would lead the conversion of the Prussians to Christianity. The Order, however, did not fulfill the contract. The Order declared obedience to the local bishop of the Prussian lands. Gradually, the Order created its own state in conquered areas, bringing German settlers (which he did throughout Europe, where he gave the Order lands - eg in Romania and Hungary). Then, from the conquered Prussian areas, they invaded the Christian Livy and Christian Poland. With time, they turned into a secular state called Prussia. They had nothing to do with the original Prus tribe. They occupied them (Prussian tribe) lands, took their name, kept German language and culture.
I believe Poland should keep Posen since it was ethnically Polish. Pommerland, Ostpreussen, Schläsing, and the rest of Brandenburg should be given back to Germany because they were >80% German before the USSR came around
After Bismarck Prussia was no longer alone, it was considered Germany. So after WW1 and WW2 the allies blame Germany, not Prussia (Even thou Prussia is a smaller entity within Germany) Prussia ended after the Prussian-Franco war which unified Germany under Bismarck, who was a Prussian.
I'm ok with Prussia falling, sometimes the fathers of countries have to die. But why the fuck did the Communists decide to revert the Polish fiefdom borders, when they never held Pommerania long enough for it to be Polish. I am also sad Königsberg Castle is completely destroyed, really, you can call Kaliningrad a separate city to Königsberg because they look eternally different.
All the non-hetalians are looking at the hetalians comments like "Why in hell do you keep saying Prussia has five meters of awesome?? How did Germany hurt "big bruder"? Who the hell is west?!" And all hetalians are just like "VE~! IT MAKES ME SO SAD, ARU!! I JUST NEED SOME PASTA..AND POTATOES..AND BURGERS...but not a scone... PRUSSIA PLAY ME A AWESOME SOLO ON DAT FLUTE!! CHIGI!!"
Whoa, there, calm yourself. Can't the happy medium of moderate Hetalia fan and history buff exist? Some people are....a bit on the dim side, yes. But don't pitch a fit at all of us, thank you.
Quick summary No.2: 4) In the period 1815-1848 Prussia and Austria now the two most important states in the German Confederation. Prussia dominated Northern Germany and Austria everything to the south. There was no 'Emperor' but the Austrian Emperor acted as the Chairman of the Confederation so was nominally in charge. 5) Post-revolutions of 1848 - Prussia and Austria tried to gain ascendancy in Germany. 6) Rivalry virtually resolved in 1866 when Prussia removed Austria from the Confederation.
Read my summaries. If 'Prussia' isn't being taught at your school then you have a serious flaw in your curriculum and your have a serious flaw in the teaching staff at your school. This is where we're going seriously wrong with our history education in England today. This stuff was standard back in the 1970s when I took O levels and A levels, and helped me in my BA (Hons) degree and further with my MA and PhD.
Leopold,it's actually equitable that Prussia doesn't exist anymore.Because Teutonic Knights wiped out indigenous peoples-baltic tribes were real Prussians.Prussia that existed throughout the history is just a German state,which had nothing in common with actual Prussia.Even if Prussia rises,it will be under Lithuanian rule.Because they're mostly related to now extinct Prussians.
Not really, many Prussians after German invasion left Prussia and settled down in Poland and Lithuania.Because of them new coats of arms appeared in Poland - Prussia I and Prussia II.Some of them even took part in Grunwald Battle on polish side ofcourse
Quick summary No3: 7) From 1866 Prussia now the most powerful state in Europe. In the Franco-Prussian war 1870 France defeated and King William I of Prussia proclaimed German Emperor of the Second Reich. All Kings and Princes of the Empire now owe allegiance to the Hohenzollern King-Emperor. 8) In 1918 William forced to abdicate as Emperor and King and 'retires' to Holland. 9) Chunks of Prussia returned to Poland and Prussia becomes an administrative state in the Weimar Republic.
"The main thing is to make history,not write it"
-Otto von bismarck
Don't quote me on that
-Otto Von Bismarck
Posen and Breslau were always a Part of poland
-Bismarck
never!! please learn history
Children are oriented by the history written
Poor Prussia.... the 1947 abolition should be undone
ncpiedmontone should be,but cant be. Rip the many germans
It’s now called European Union. Brexit now
@@kentcyclist Leave, Already!!!
@@awormnamedscoobis3419 It can. Look at Israel. Spain was under Islamic occupation for almost 400 years... now it isnt and there is very little genetic evidence of it in the population.
Yea if we would start giving back every part of land to rightfully or ancestorial owners a lot of countries would not exist anymore
I've recently become obsessed with Prussia learning about it in school, and I feel like its not enough for me. Are there any articles or books based around the history of Prussia? I just need more Prussia in my life.
+Lluvia Bejines Old Prussians were a balt tribe that was attacked and killed by some German knights who stole there land and name, a sad tale in European history is what it is.....
+Lluvia Bejines There are. Search for Christopher Clark and Giles McDonogh's books to begin with ;)
Thank you!
+Lluvia Bejines m8, did hetalia do this to u? cuz prussian is basically useless in this day an age so unless the awesome gilbert is your favorite character in hetalia, then i cant think of any reason as to why you'd waste your time. if it is hetalia... LEARN ON MY FRIEND! but bare in mind, no one can be as awesome as prussa.
I don't like anime, my mother is half Prussian , and French. I'm fascinated with war and the such.
Oh how I miss Prussia..
How so?Or you are joking?
you weren't even alive when Prussia ceased to exist, how can you possibly 'miss' it? xD
Halt dein Maul
+Michel Sunderer you shut up first
2.5% are muslim immigrants there is no Invasion or Khalifat you racist fuckers.
WHYYYY!!!!! Prussia! No. v.v
...they were just jealous of your awesomeness
Emily G weeb
Emily G Hetalian fan for sure.:)
Don't you think that you are disrespectful here, i agree that there are many people cause of hetalia think that every war was just a game, but there are also the opposite, like me. Although i do like eveyone in the anime i do believe that it wasn't beautiful not at all not even a little bit wars are not cute and relationships with countries isn't a game in fact i do not like countries in real world but i do feel bad for some countries that were too damaged like japan but in a way that was a good choice cause who knows what will happen if japan won on america maybe the world would have been more savage and japan wouldn't have this technology nor germany. Anyway, not like the anime countries weren't cute in real life they did bad things very bad things. But without the anime i wouldn't knew that in the world existed prussia and there is micronations and liechtenstein, belarus,latvia, estonia i didn't know hungary was important in history, the nordic 5 they were in an allience japan is older than germany and I wouldn't had the curiosity of searching about countries. Anyway hetalia is just an image or representing to the history in a funny way for children but sometimes i find it racist and the english dubbed version is raciest and have more bad words in it. What i wanted to say is try ignoring idiot people.
My thoughts exactly!
Shiroyasha KaTsuGin
5 months ago (edited)
'''...Don't you think that you are disrespectful here, i agree that there are many people cause of hetalia think that every war was just a game, but there are also the opposite, like me. Although i do like eveyone in the anime i do believe that it wasn't beautiful not at all not even a little bit wars are not cute and relationships with countries isn't a game in fact i do not like countries in real world but i do feel bad for some countries that were too damaged like japan but in a way that was a good choice cause who knows what will happen if japan won on america maybe the world would have been more savage and japan wouldn't have this technology nor germany..."
my take on this is, If Australia hadn't recalled it's Army from Europe after the North African battles against nazi Germany, Australia today would be a vast Japanese colony with massive wealth ,but because they didn't know that PNG and Australia were rich in minerals and oil (Australia didn't know herself until the 1950's) they chose to attack Manchuria . This was the initial cause of the japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour ,the US having blockaded japan because of Manchuria. Japan had state of the aert aircraft and ships. So after routing McArthur from the Philipines the east was theirs. If japan had of taken Australia ,they could not have been removed, the US only saw us as a strategic staging post to avenge itself and would not have tried to free the small population from Japoans Grip. But as most of Australia's army had been called back ,we were able to defend ourselves against the japanese who ,instead of rounding PNG ,tried to take it . PNG's climate worked against them from the beginning and simply wasted men and resources.
I can't believe Prussia is fucking dead
fuck prussia its a copy of russia
+Alexander Levin LOL, it sound similar, but it's not.
Armando B. Just take away the p on prussia then you can see thats its copied name ;)
Alexander Levin lol
+Alexander Levin Yeah... It sounds similar in english, but I assure you the Prussians did not copy the Russians.
It really hit me hard when it said the allies decided to destroy Prussia.
thats why i hate them so much!
FICK DICH!
NEIN IF YOUR PRUSSIAN YOUR PRUSSIAN!!!!
Potsdam-accords
Oh poor prussia. State taht exist only because of agresive expansion and destroying other countries was destroyed. Poor bully finaly get what he deserve. So sad :(
75% of the comment section are history critics, 25% are mourning hetalians.
me too lol
Im part of the 25% ;-;
25%
It's the *other way around*. 75% Hetalians vs 25% history critics. (I'm part of the 25% history critics.)
No it's 50% hetalians, 25% history critics, an 25% EUIV/Victora II players. (There may be some overlap between categories.)
Thinking about the current political situation in Germany about our Nato responsibility's, I find the ending of Prussia hilarious. First the allies abolish the most militaristic and aggressive of our cultures, because they want to safeguard the "interests of preservation of peace and security of peoples" and "reconstruct the political life of Germany on a democratic basis". And it even works! Now we are a peaceful people, with a military spending that is only undercut in % of GDP by Japan. With a projected defense expenditure for the year 2045 that is actually the smallest of the major powers.
But now the same Powers that once disarmed us tell a different story. Now they criticize us for being unwilling to fight wars. The British want us to “get over” World War 2 and participate more aggressively on Nato Missions. The Americans criticize our low defense budgets with the "very real possibility of collective military irrelevance".
I have to wonder what the WWII Allies would think about that?
+C Arnoldi They would likely twist he truth to make it seem like Germany is stubbornly refusing to aid its desperate allies.
guillaume arh the war was over 70 years ago. Don't talk like you had some part in it.
You are still very strong. You have a powerfull eceonomy and industry. If you want you can reconquer the europe
They want a puppet not a peacefull nation. Germany hower wants the same woth europe
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Ok but this "Downfall of Europe" you are predicting seems only to be aiding the Germans and French while hurting the rest. What happenes once the eu is gone and our economies are to pieces? Do we just get eaten up again?
1 5 0 % D I S C I P L I N E
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With 5-5-4 general.
I would give anything to have Prussia return even if Germany just changes its name
Including your soul??? The name's Lucifer, nice to meet you!
That's kinda cringe
why name yourself after a province of Rome... Teutonia
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@@universalconquest4447 haha
Okay, Here goes -.-
I myself am a Hetalian, and i see lots of drama in the comments; quite frankly i find it sickening. Our fandom always gets out of hand, and it's these things that give us a bad reputation.
Unlike most hetalians, I understand that the show is a satire comedy and by no means tells actual history. My love for the shows and characters, and also small hints towards historical events is what sparked my interest in history. Hetalia makes me want to learn about the actual history behind things.
I think the hetalians in this comment section should please show some respect to others! Some people are here to learn and blabbing on about an anime character is not what they're here for! So before you start commenting offensive stuff about Prussia and start talking about how 'awesome' he is, please stop and save that for someplace else. People are here to discuss history, not mourn a fictional character.
Thanks~
Thank you. I am glad to find a rational person in that fandom. I am sick of seeing stupid comments on every video about history. Just stop, people! It's really annoying.
Freakin' peach.
First smart Japanese cartoon watching person here. Thank you for hopefully shutting up your idiotic friends. I'm a true Prussian nationalist, and I find it annoying people are talking about some Japanese cartoon so much here...
I agree in some aspects with you.
But when hetalians write an own comment and get hate speech from others here, then that's not acceptable too. Those historians (nostalgists) should just ignore the comments then and write under other comments with people who share the same motives.
Also I don't see that the fandom is getting out of hands (at least not more than any other fandom). When I look through the comments I see many hetalians who are just happy about sharing the same interests and topics, who are writing dedicated and have fun. And then some nostalgists come and insult them like they are something better than "anime weaboos". And that's the point where my toleration ends.
The hetalians don't hurt anyone. If anything they spread love about the same country, even when one is real and the other a fictional character who's very different from the real but anyway. They don't come and insult the people who like the real thing. But the other way around there are many people who insult anime lovers.
Also I'm German myself. And the history of Prussia may be interesting, but you don't want that time back. At least when you're smart and not nostalgic enough. ;)
It's not something to be really proud of and those who are... let's say they're too stuck in the past.
Prussian Monarchist
you find it annoying is your opinion. but you can just ignore them. no one forces you to pay them any attention or to answer them..
i didnt learn anything about this in school only ww2 and ww1
Because..Prussians..got..ethnically..cleansed..and..forced..out..of..their..lands..but..since..they..are..germans..its..cool........
Strange that the largest incident of ethnic cleansing in all the history of mankind is never mentioned or even covered up !!! The true numbers are intentionally distorted but facts remain the same: 14 million Prussian-Germans were ethnically cleansed from Eastern Germany and 2,5 million Prussian-Germans were killed from 1945-1951... So many years after the war was supposedly over a organised campaign of murder and ethnic cleansing of almost all German civilians from Eastern Germany took place.
Ya there was a huge East German Genocide, they don't like to teach it because it lends sympathy to Germany which undermines the Narrative of the Allies as the Heroes and the Germans as the Villians.
14 million Germans lost their ancestral homeland. They were almost all ethnically cleansed from Eastern Germany and replaced by Poles.
@@borussiagermania4089 but the Poles were kicked out of Eastern Poland
EU4 brought me here.
Prussia too OP.
What's eu4
***** a.k.a Europa Universalis 4
Cesar Funes As they are saying; it's pretty good. I'd suggest it if you are a big history nerd like me.
never managed to form Prussia in my entire life. stay playing England Castile sandbox
Levi Payne how could you not form prussia it's so fucking easy, start as brandenburg or the teutons, chill and just annex smal neighbours. Improve relations with austria and join the hre if you're having problem with the teutons or just do a brandenburg run.
Prussia's by far my favourite character in Hetalia, and I came here to learn a little about the country's history. It's amazing what your can learn from RUclips sometimes!
I'm not even remotely associated with germans but that Kaliningrad over Königsberg is just disgraceful.
Why?! Today, there are only russians, no germans. And why russian to cal it german? Sime is Istanbul-Constantinopolj
Titoistički Bokelj That's because they killed the Prussians and replaced them.. Thanks to Stalin.
Königsberg is a German city like Berlin or Munich are. Prussia will forever remain German land.
Titoistički Bokelj actualy there are living some germans, some from prussian times and some emugrated to there
Dean yes but did the germans do to the russians? What about Italians being kicked out of nice and Istria. We built those cities and now Cote d’azur is the second most visited part of France (after having expelled the natives) and Istria is the most visited part of Croatia (after having killed almost 50 000 italians and expelled the rest).
Poor Friedrich der Große (1712 † 1786)! He never thought his beloved country would be torn apart.
I bet he'd be pissed at this sight and would take it back
Moisés Ánton Bittner I actually really like the borders of 1918, they were a pretty good representation of the extent of the German language, apart from Danzig, which should have stayed a part of Germany. Poznan was never German.
Marcus Tullius Cicero yes it was german, the allies "left the choice to the population", when 60 % of the people said they want to stay in germany, the vote was not regarded, and it was given away nonetheless.
*****
Poznan was never German, according to official census data 57% of the population of the city was Polish. Also, there where no allies in WW1.
Marcus Tullius Cicero what shall we say then ? the victorious forces of the United Kingdom, the United States and the Republic of France ? that is a bit long don`t you think ?
it was actually miracle that Prussia survived so long. if Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a little stronger, there is no Prussia. if Russian Tzar what conquered Berlin wasn't crazy fan of Prussians, there is no Prussia. Napoleon conquered it completely but from some reason only he knew he decided to let Prussia exist. seriously, only great luck and some stupidity of others allowed Prussia to be there so long.
dont forget they married the brandenburg- line to become germans. before they were germanic slavs....Prussia and Silesia are States which was, strictly speaking, more Slavic. The Silesians have seen particularly as a mixture of Poles and Germans. The Prussians have turned to Germany in order to become more powerful. But both countries are just the typical German-influenced Polish space until the expulsion.
This video makes it not at all clear and is purely nationalistic
and i have married a islamic wife with no interest in religion. but in bwcs....
its called nature...or integration....have fun.
ApolloMars1617
btw, what you said about prussians beeing a slav/german-mix is false. The königsberg part was founded by the deutscher Orden, a group of teutonic knights. Yes, the region of posen was mainly inhabited by slavs, the other regions (pommerania, brandenburg, silesia) not so. The original inhabitants (pruzzen) became extinct.
silesia is traditionaly a slavic country. there were eimigrants 1100 because poland wanted to have towns and they got immigrants from germany to build this cities. So everyone in silesia with protestantic belive had german ancestors. If there were no mixing between the groups, as it expired on the Lower Rhine.
Silesia has also been seen for centuries so as an autonomous country located between Germany and Poland. Today, the former Germans are always rather expelled. before WW2 in the cities lived many protestants.
and many Polish city terms are transferred from German.
I should point out that I 've never seen a people that were extinguished only because of a single nation hike. Thus, the conquest Britanias were never a major problem in the population , except around London , where it was already getting plenty exchanged with Belger , Gauls and Germans over the centuries . In general, these conquests and conversions cultural in nature and not genetic . Usually only a few thousand people come over and they remain more among themselves and when they are defeated they often go back or are dead The same can be seen in Spain, Kathago , East Rome, etc.
Still, the Prussian kings had the German language after 300 years Germanization bring to a share of over 50 % and even after 1.WW many people strict Germanization have seized upon well 100 years no clever spoken German . The German Order was a warrior army , such as the Vandals in Carthage. Military interesting. Cultural maybe , genetically impossible.
Bruessow is the capital of Uckermark. The Polish and Slavic influence is therefore not indispensable. The name is a blend of cultures and we are talking here of Brandenburg. The Germans actually had always lived rather only up to the Oder and only then came the Slavs sometimes over and sometimes the Germans.
proud of having been born in a region that once belonged to prussia
proud of my prussian identity
proud of my prussian blood
proud of our prussian colors black and white
proud of our prussian history
proud of our prussian discipline
proud of our prussian armed forces
proud of our prussian military marches
proud of our prussian kingdom
proud of our prussian king frederick II the great
proud of our prussian prime minister and future chancellor otto von bismarck
proud of our prussian prussia that formed our united germany
proud to be prussian
my impression is......you are a proud person aren't you?
ashamed of not rigging Prussia out, when we had occasions. :)
Preussens still alive in our hearts, thanks to Emil Korner. Look this playlist
Preussens Chilenischer Militärparaden
you idiot prussia was a state with many different people from different heritage. there is nothing like prussia blood. its like saying i have us blood
***** No, thanks. Learn some history of Prussia first maybe.
Prussia land of my forefathers
+Jörg Heinrich Out of curiosity which part?
me too
+Jörg Heinrich Same for me :)
+Jörg Heinrich My Dutch forefathers fought for the Prussian army :)
thank you brother!
It hurts me to see what was done to Prussia.
Prussia state was a fake country stolen from the balts
And now stolen from the Prussians (Germans), When Russia deporteded all the Germans from Prussia, they kicked out the descendants of the Baltic people. And now it belongs to slavs who have zero claim to the land and created a fictonal land for it.
The biggest Ethnic Cleansing in History,14 Million Germans were expelled from their ancient Lands.
There was no justification to ethnically cleanse 14 million Germans from Eastern Germany. As a result over 2 million German civilians died most of them were women and children.
@@chlopakzpolski Honestly you Poles should be grateful that you are even a country And by the way do you not learn about the annexation of your actual territories by the soviets in your extremely biased history classes? Eastern Prussia is yours in order to weaken Germany, not because you deserve it.
Meine deutsche Oma kommt aus Ostpreußen (Gegend um Angerburg).
94 Jahre alt und noch immer gut drauf.
14 million German civilians were ethnically cleansed from the eastern German regions Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia. Over 2 million civilians died as a result according to Red Cross figures. Soviet soldiers also raped a staggering amount of women at least 2 million were raped.
"Other sources estimate that rapes of Soviet women by the Wehrmacht range up to 10,000,000 incidents, with between 750,000 and 1,000,000 children being born as a result.[84][85][86][92]" So you can fuck with this apologetic German BULLSHIT
THATS A LIE AND YOU KNOW IT. Russian Civilian casualties were extremely high and this is not be denied, but your figure has no historical basis. GOOGLE IT
Germans were doing same in USSR.At the begining of Barbarossa operation Russians and others suppourted inviders becouse they hoped for liberating from Stalin regime.But German's brutality and arrogance change the attitude among locals. As result great partisan army raised.
@@benrose6033 agreed
@@chlopakzpolski the Italians on the eastern front treated the civilians well :) (familia is everything, and every Italian knows that)
Freedom for East Prussia, Silesea and Pomerania.
Martin Bridge
Re-establish Prussia !!!
Freedom for muslim Germany
@@marekolejniczak8190 muslim germany doesn't exist
You want western poland because now your Germany is the European Caliphate :)
In 30 years we will see who looks more prussian
At least for ever because the winners wiped it from the map.
From 1525 to 1657 Prussia was a Polish fief, so Prussia was not an indipendent state
True, but the dukes still had power. Plus the Hohenzollerns traditionally trace back their heritage to 1525 as the ruling dynasty of Prussia.
***** duke had power but Prussia wasn't an independent state
It wasn't independent de jure, but it was de facto. Just like how the electors of the holy roman empire weren't independent de jure, but let's face it, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Austria, and Hannover had quite a bit of independence.
IT was at the time an independent under the Holy Roman Empire oh on the by was it 5000 or 50000 west Prussians murdered and piled in the streets of Danzig and burned in 1939?
14 million Germans were ethnically cleansed from Eastern Germany and 2 million died during this from East Prussia, Silesia and Pomerania
I'm Polish and German.....does that mean I am part Prussian?
YES, LOOK AT MY AWESOMENESS!!!!!
oh no
Not really since prussia exist doesnt anymore
I find it fascinating. I have been trying to find out as much as possible about Prussia. Specifically, East- Prussians. My dad's grandparents both descend directly from the original families that were East Prussian.
Ashley, the same as myself 🙂 but my Family came from Silesia. Silesia is also a Prussian province. Frederick the greats land.
Seems incorrect to me. Germany is the succesor of Prussia, not just Brandenburg and in particular Kaliningrad.
Pretty much everyone calls it Kaliningrad, the only people I've heard call it East Prussia is German Nationalists or German friendly people.
+Jack Bro there isn't any Germans living in Kaliningrand anymore, the soviets made sure of that. The entire region is populated by first and second generation Russian immigrants, so it's not German land anymore and it will not be so for a very long time.
***** Short of WW3 where Germany beats Russia I don't see how that can be changed.
***** But why the fuck would anyone want a region populated by ethic Russians who are loyal to Russia ? That's just asking for trouble, not to mention that Germany isn't going to do anything like that even if your government wanted it. Ever since WW2 your country's ball were cut off and your being ruled by suicidal altruists.
***** Big Russian minority in a non Russian country = political trouble, go and ask some Ukrainians, Latvians or Estonians about that if you don't believe me. Also fat chance of having a pro German government.
Thank you for the information you give in the descriptions of your video. I appreciate all the time it takes to do this.
The best part of the song coincides with Otto Von Bismarck taking power.
How did Prussia fall? Germany still exists and is still the "north German" nation Prussia formed out of all the north German states. They might call a territory Prussia. However the capital of Prussia, Berlin and the nation Prussia became still exists albeit a different form of government.
I believe that Prussia is not apart of Germany, yet it is a Dutch/German territory. Correct me if I am wrong but Germany was apart of Prussia and split up, and whatever happened to the Germans effected Prussia and Austria as well.
Darth Revan Prussia was a Baltic state ( Germanic Tribe) that under Wilhelm II and Bismarks rule were they able to for the North German Confederation, then The German Empire. Germany never truly existed until the 1860's and 70's. Before then it was: Brandenburg (Berlin a.k.a. Prussia), Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, (Lower) Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rhineland ( Westphalia), Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, and Thuringia.
Prussia no longer exists at all. Germany does. Prussia as an entity and state/nationality or lifestyle as it was is no longer.
Wellington had lost the battle at Waterloo and Blucher saved the British from an embarrassing defeat, with WW1 and WW2 the British then showed their appreciation by declaring war against their historic ally and getting all matey with a bunch of onion growers. LONG LIVE PRUSSIA.
"Allies blamed Prussia for World War 2" lol, blamed? really?
This was visually put together well- I enjoy seeing the land lost, then gained, then lost, then gained... etc, and thanks for the explanations of where it went to as well. I tried looking some stuff up on Wikipedia, but was just swamped with way to much information. This is much more clear.
I think I'm going to view the Ottoman Empire in the suggestion boxes now.
Prussia was so powerful and I never thought that Prussia would end in a very short period of time. And the thought that the country had never been once mentionwd in our subjects just hurts! Prussia will forever live on!
PRUSSIA WILL RISE AGAIN!!!!
Vivat Borussia/Long Live Prussia
Prussia... 😢
This is one most informative and beautiful and most importantly easy to digest history lessons i have ever learned on youtube.
Bravo sir you really have done a tremendous job.
just imagine if Prussia, Burgundy and Byzantines didn't fall
+Chez Just imagined it. I got a smaller France, a new power in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans somehow united together.
Imagine if the roman empire never fell. That is a superpower
Imagine if the Native Americans reached Europe before the Europeans reached them.
Leonardo David 28 Byzantium is the Roman empire
@@universalconquest4447 I would have liked to see that
Either the natives coming in wirh canoos or the Europeans running around like the Greeks and Romans decribed them
What is the name of the marsch at the end?
Basically, Prussia was destroyed since it started WW2 along with Austria as they believed the French and English were out to assassinate one of their important men.
As for the innocent Prussian civilians, 8.2 million (or so) of them were murdered. But nothing seems to be said about this in schools, unlike how the holocaust always is... :/
What are you talking about? It's common knowledge that the Soviets weren't the nicest of occupiers, so why act like people are hiding it?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussians
Prussians were a tribe of the family of the Balts. In 1222-1223, the Polish prince could not conquer them (under the pretext of spreading Christianity, as in all of Europe in those days).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order
In 1228, Konrad of Mazovia invited the Teutonic Order to its lands, so that from its territory they would lead the conversion of the Prussians to Christianity. The Order, however, did not fulfill the contract. The Order declared obedience to the local bishop of the Prussian lands. Gradually, the Order created its own state in conquered areas, bringing German settlers (which he did throughout Europe, where he gave the Order lands - eg in Romania and Hungary). Then, from the conquered Prussian areas, they invaded the Christian Livy and Christian Poland. With time, they turned into a secular state called Prussia. They had nothing to do with the original Prus tribe. They occupied them (Prussian tribe) lands, took their name, kept German language and culture.
During the annexation of Poland in 1939 and the incorporation of lands into the Third Reich, settlers from Germany came to the villages and towns. They chose a home. The Polish family had one hour to take things and had to leave. Nobody cared that they had no place to go. Nobody bought their home. They were thrown out of him.
I wish Prussia was still a country
Me too
Prussia is not a country its a state
eewag1 doesnt matter
Its a sad story
I'm now really mad at the Allies and I wish that Prussia at least had a tiny country at least Prussia is still awesome in hetalia
+Arthur Kirkland Fake world mate everyone knows this
theres a city called Prussia in germany ;)
Must be named after the old Balt tribe!!
ur one of the allies
+Ricardo Kakáresma In the city "Köln" is a street named "Preußen-Dellbrück-Weg" x3 Prussia = Preußen in german ^^
Don't forget,the real Prussians were a Baltic tribe , which was colonized by German knights.18/19/20th century Prussia has nothing to do with the prūsai tribe.
this video gives as much information as frequently needed. You won't believe, but there are people, who want to run a research in Prussia, and try to find that village (!) , town (!) or city (!) at modern map of Germany... I've heard once about someone, who was looking for Prussia in Denmark... There are people, who think, that Prussia is a place, not state, cause that's what was written in some certificate of their ancestors...
Shoutout to all the Hetalians watching this.
I cried ;-;
It's sad how brutal real-life is. It's so hard to imagine the allies destroying Prussia after watching Hetalia though...
Yeah. It doesn't help that I have a strange, pathetic crush on him Esppi
Nightcore Lucy Thinking about it though was like a hetalia horror movie or something like that. ;-;
I'm crying from watching this. How dare the Allies destroy the awesome Prussia?! I officially hate the Allies and Poland quite a bit now...
My feels hurt T^T
prussia is germany? whaat?
hugo wolf no shit
Yes it was part of Germany once, Sherlock.
Yes. Prussia formed Germany idiot.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussians
Prussians were a tribe of the family of the Balts. In 1222-1223, the Polish prince could not conquer them (under the pretext of spreading Christianity, as in all of Europe in those days).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order
In 1228, Konrad of Mazovia invited the Teutonic Order to its lands, so that from its territory they would lead the conversion of the Prussians to Christianity. The Order, however, did not fulfill the contract. The Order declared obedience to the local bishop of the Prussian lands. Gradually, the Order created its own state in conquered areas, bringing German settlers (which he did throughout Europe, where he gave the Order lands - eg in Romania and Hungary). Then, from the conquered Prussian areas, they invaded the Christian Livy and Christian Poland. With time, they turned into a secular state called Prussia. They had nothing to do with the original Prus tribe. They occupied them (Prussian tribe) lands, took their name, kept German language and culture.
NO SHIT SHERLOCK
Prussia will rise up again one day
Thank you. Was trying to figure out where the heck Aseken, Prussia, Germany was and this video helps illustrate that.
Most helpful, brief and concise geo-Graphic account for those of us who slept thru history class. (And are waking up asking "what the heck happened?".) Thank you.
Be proud to be Prussian.
They got some badass flag too
Prussia in the heart of Germany for ever and should be back 🏴🏳
second song name anyone ?
"Second song (from 1:29): unknown. It was used in another RUclips video which has been removed many years ago." nothing more? :)
let's find this song boys
Thanks for this. It simplified Prussian history for me. I've read the entire Wiki page and never understood it as easily as the 4:36 video here. Again, thanks
Long live Prussia
Hoch lebe Preussen
Long live to dead country?
Very good video
Will Prussia ever return?
Nope.
+Blank Ball not even as a tiny state like Lichtenstein?
117rebel I doubt it, there is just not enough of a Prussian Identity I reckon. Shame.
+Blank Ball that's sad. They even have a really cool looking flag! And great national anthem. It is indeed a shame that a nation with so much interesting culture disappear.
117rebel True, true. Well, nations disappear with a great culture and heritage; I dont see Byzantium anywhere. Its a shame but its History for you.
Prussia was dissolved in 1871 for the founding of the empire - so that the empire could exist legally. The allies did not destroy Prussia, Prussia sacrificed itself in 1871 so that a German empire could arise
That was great. I suspected that Napolean had reduced Prussia, but I had no idea it regained itself, and was only dismantled after WWII. There sure is a hell of alot to know !
9 July 1569 at a Sejm in Lublin, Duke Albert Frederick paid homage to King Sigismund II Augustus. This event was observed, among others, by Jan Kochanowski, who described it in a poem Proporzec albo hołd pruski,
20 February 1578 in front of Warsaw's St. Anne's Church, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach paid homage to King Stephen Báthory,
16 November 1611 in front of Warsaw's St. Anne's Church, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg paid homage to King Sigismund III Vasa,
in September 1621, George William, Elector of Brandenburg paid homage to King Sigismund III,
21 March 1633, envoys of Elector George William paid homage to King Władysław IV Vasa,
6 October 1641 in front of Warsaw's Royal Castle, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg paid homage to King Władysław IV.
So the people who live in that region are polish now? shouldn't it belong to germany?
No. More than 90 % who live in that region are Poles now and before war,Poles were majority here,so it shouldn't belong to Germany.
Святослава Громовладна Many territories that were given to Poland after WW2 had, in fact, German majorities and sometimes not even a single Polish family lived there. Some land was given to Poland unrightfully - but that is unimportant history.
Haunted Writer. Not rightfully? Germany lost a war they started. A war that cost Poland ~6 000 000 lives, pretty much all infrastructure and land in the East.
Obviously the entire population of Eastern Germany was German. 14 million Germans lived in the German provinces Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia before they were ethnically cleansed and replaced by Polish.
Borussia Germania. True. Though people like to forget that Poles were forcefully Germanised. Also that East Germany used to be Poland before it was conveniently renamed. By example Greater Poland was renamed to West Prussia and Gdańsk to Danzig.
There is a mistake in the movie. Prussia was not an independent state between 1525 and 1657 but a fief of Poland.
Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski It wasn't an independent state from 1870-1945 either.
The origins of the Prussian State are quite interesting. The Prussians were a Baltic people, and among the last pagans of Europe. After the Crusaders were kicked out of Palestine, many German crusader knights went to convert the Prussians (and massacured many), then proceded to set-up a Middle-Eastern styled state with a strong central bureaucracy, which was quite unique in medieval Europe. Centuries later, the Prussians pioneered standing armies and public education.
This was everything I ever wanted to know about Prussia. I've always had a hazy notion of what Prussia was territoriality and what the time line of her rise and fall was.
FREE PRUSSIA
MAKE EAST PRUSSIA, SILESEA AND POMERANIA FREE AGAIN
By '"free " you propably mean "german". But I'm happy,that it never will happen
East Prussia, Pomerania and Silesia will forever belong to Germany. End the illegal Polish occupation of Eastern Germany/Prussia
my grandfather was from Pomerania in Prussia before he was Ethnically Cleansed in 1946 and replaced by Polish so he left Germany and went to Alabama in USA
Be greatfull they could kill him in revange for 9 mln killed polish citizens. Besides USA was much more rich country than ruined Poland at that time and escaped from communism. Be greatfull for this.
During the annexation of Poland in 1939 and the incorporation of lands into the Third Reich, settlers from Germany came to the villages and towns. They chose a home. The Polish family had one hour to take things and had to leave. Nobody cared that they had no place to go. Nobody bought their home. They were thrown out of him.
@@chlopakzpolski Not to forget when Poland was partitioned in 1772 and the Prussians/Germans tried to germanify Poles.
@@sachmetnut This was happening long before WWII. Germans since 18th century were ethnically cleansing originally Poolish lands by replacing/murdering original inhabitants. Bismarck in 19th century was performing this during Kulturkampf on Poles.
ZHE AWESOME PRUSSIA 😢😢😥😥
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Yes frenss prussia will rise again
When you are young you try every thing you can. When you are old you watch every thing you did get taken away.
This is a helpful visual when learning Prussia's history. Which I want to learn about because Prussia interests me so much. True the interest started as liking Prussia in Hetalia but after hearing a little bit about his history made me obsessed with not only the character (Prussia is the cosplay I commit too, rarely being any other character except maybe Izaya and his alts) but also the history of Prussia. After learning half of my German side of the family had come from Silesia, my mom and I looked at the area they lived and looked at when they came over and at that time it was part of Prussia which made me happy. (I rather identify as Prussian than American tbh...). Also learning the history makes me feel like my characterization of Prussia when I cosplay him is a lot more canon (Hetalia canon=historical proof) since the best Hetalia cosplayers I've met know the history of who they are and the countries they interacted with, in much detail.
Also watching this video shows visually that the heart of Prussia (the start) now belongs to largely Russia but a little bit to Poland and Lithuania. Which is kinda ironic considering the character Prussia was the teutonic knights (in real life the first Prussia was taken over by the teutonic knights then creating the basis of future Prussia) which main targets of "converting" (bullying) was Russia, Lithuania, then Poland once he was joined with Lithuania. How much more interesting history becomes when instead of learning facts about random dead people you're learning the history and life of characters. XD
***** Prueben is dead. Get over it... You are not Prussian, you are German....
anyone know the Second track (from 1:29)?
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"I'm awesome." I Prussian friend once told me...
being of Prussian decent and not having a homeland to look back on, almost makes me feel as though a part of me is missing.
I feel you, my fathers family history is mostly in prussia and nothern silesia.
Y'all gotta get it back lmao
Pricey
Many germans who served in the Bundeswehr (not veterans) go to silesia and prussia when they get pension.
The problem is, you can't consider prussia german anymore, because all the germans were kicked out when the soviets changed polands borders.
Lennart On Fire why not change them again? Or when the soviet union collapsed why not everyone get their former lands like that and change the borders of russia
Pricey
They offered Kaliningrad (Königsberg) but for some reason our politicans didn't take it
The other prussian lands were under full poland control and where would the new people go?
It's an anime where all the characters are personified countries. The show goes through various wars, alliances and stereotypes. I absolutely love the show!
Between 1914-18 the German Emperor William II was also King of Prussia. In the second Reich (1870-1918) Prussia was the largest state in the Empire, covering most of Northern Germany and present day West Poland. In 1918 the Second Reich was abolished, but Prussia contiuned as an administrative State of Northern Germany. This continued until the fall of the Third Reich in 1945, when the Allies at the instigation of the US abolished Prussia. The previous name 'Brandenburg' was re-adopted.
Coming from direct Prussian ancestry, I can say that this is a fine depiction of what happened. But you didn't mention that Bismarck actually united the German states to create The German Empire. Along with a bit of help, he was technically the one that made Germany happen. Great video though!
Poor Prussians had it so rough.
As a Hetalia fan I got emotional.
same here
RezzLeiden These people are nerds just forget them.
SuperEpicness I feel like i'm the only one that don't truly gets affected for this even if i like him (he's awesome tho) I'm just like: "¿What? ¿he's dead? That's such a shame, oh well **keeps scrolling while humming "Hattafute Paredo"**" I'm a weirdo. xD
Wow thank you, gives me a deeper understanding of the history behind WW2
Voltaire said about the Prussian army, "Whereas some states possess an army, the Prussian army possess a state."
My grandad and great grandad were 'German' but they always got mad when I said that they always considered themselves Prussian, I wish Prussia Came back!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussians
Prussians were a tribe of the family of the Balts. In 1222-1223, the Polish prince could not conquer them (under the pretext of spreading Christianity, as in all of Europe in those days).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order
In 1228, Konrad of Mazovia invited the Teutonic Order to its lands, so that from its territory they would lead the conversion of the Prussians to Christianity. The Order, however, did not fulfill the contract. The Order declared obedience to the local bishop of the Prussian lands. Gradually, the Order created its own state in conquered areas, bringing German settlers (which he did throughout Europe, where he gave the Order lands - eg in Romania and Hungary). Then, from the conquered Prussian areas, they invaded the Christian Livy and Christian Poland. With time, they turned into a secular state called Prussia. They had nothing to do with the original Prus tribe. They occupied them (Prussian tribe) lands, took their name, kept German language and culture.
I am Polish and i actually support Germanic Imperial borders restoration.
nie jesteś Polakiem tylko idiotą.
Jakie są podstawy twojego twierdzenia? Jedno zdanie napisane w internecie? Śpieszy ci się do oceniania innych.
I believe Poland should keep Posen since it was ethnically Polish. Pommerland, Ostpreussen, Schläsing, and the rest of Brandenburg should be given back to Germany because they were >80% German before the USSR came around
I miss preußen,
After Bismarck Prussia was no longer alone, it was considered Germany. So after WW1 and WW2 the allies blame Germany, not Prussia (Even thou Prussia is a smaller entity within Germany)
Prussia ended after the Prussian-Franco war which unified Germany under Bismarck, who was a Prussian.
I'm ok with Prussia falling, sometimes the fathers of countries have to die.
But why the fuck did the Communists decide to revert the Polish fiefdom borders, when they never held Pommerania long enough for it to be Polish.
I am also sad Königsberg Castle is completely destroyed, really, you can call Kaliningrad a separate city to Königsberg because they look eternally different.
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That is so true, poor Prussia. He was awesome!
YEA...AND PRUSSIA IS MY BROTHER!
fool! I AM PRUSSIA!! HAHAHAHA!! >:3
BROTHER?....SUP BRO!
Prussia is too awesome to not know him! XD
So an Oblast is a colony right ?
It's a state within a country. The USA has States, the Russians have Oblasts.
At least my forefathers were all Prussians and I was born in a former Prussian province... For me Prussia didnt fall. It still lives
Prussia should be a country once again
I am Prussian via my paternal grandmother. Thank you for making this educational video :) I did not know this information before!
Shoutout to my fellow Prussians out there
You know that whole thing about blaming Prussia for world war two yeah the king is in my blood line
rylan scott who's saying Prussia started world war two??
My Mom's family came from Prussia is why I'm on this page, trying to find answers
All the non-hetalians are looking at the hetalians comments like "Why in hell do you keep saying Prussia has five meters of awesome?? How did Germany hurt "big bruder"? Who the hell is west?!" And all hetalians are just like "VE~! IT MAKES ME SO SAD, ARU!! I JUST NEED SOME PASTA..AND POTATOES..AND BURGERS...but not a scone... PRUSSIA PLAY ME A AWESOME SOLO ON DAT FLUTE!! CHIGI!!"
ARE YOU A HETALIAN- ;A;
Weeaboo? That's my proud title. (:
Whoa, there, calm yourself.
Can't the happy medium of moderate Hetalia fan and history buff exist?
Some people are....a bit on the dim side, yes. But don't pitch a fit at all of us, thank you.
Sp00n .exe Both Anime and Hetalia are stupid. So are the people who like it.
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Quick summary No.2: 4) In the period 1815-1848 Prussia and Austria now the two most important states in the German Confederation. Prussia dominated Northern Germany and Austria everything to the south. There was no 'Emperor' but the Austrian Emperor acted as the Chairman of the Confederation so was nominally in charge. 5) Post-revolutions of 1848 - Prussia and Austria tried to gain ascendancy in Germany. 6) Rivalry virtually resolved in 1866 when Prussia removed Austria from the Confederation.
Read my summaries. If 'Prussia' isn't being taught at your school then you have a serious flaw in your curriculum and your have a serious flaw in the teaching staff at your school. This is where we're going seriously wrong with our history education in England today. This stuff was standard back in the 1970s when I took O levels and A levels, and helped me in my BA (Hons) degree and further with my MA and PhD.
75% Prussian in my blood Hail kaiser hail almighty state of Prussia hope you rise again
probably not.. but its good to know your history and that it makes you proud :)
Paul Reil I'm some Prussian.
I miss you Prussia, you were a hero! T.T
Someday you'll return...someday.
By the way, for people who don't know, Hudri is the Prussian battlecry. While Hurra is the Austrian one.
Leopold No never, this form of cancer is dead and it will remain dead and will not come back to life.
Leopold How is Prussia a symbol of manhood??? All you "Prussians" in this comment section are moaning hetalians
Leopold,it's actually equitable that Prussia doesn't exist anymore.Because Teutonic Knights wiped out indigenous peoples-baltic tribes were real Prussians.Prussia that existed throughout the history is just a German state,which had nothing in common with actual Prussia.Even if Prussia rises,it will be under Lithuanian rule.Because they're mostly related to now extinct Prussians.
Not really, many Prussians after German invasion left Prussia and settled down in Poland and Lithuania.Because of them new coats of arms appeared in Poland - Prussia I and Prussia II.Some of them even took part in Grunwald Battle on polish side ofcourse
3:05 ... Sad music play in the background
Quick summary No3: 7) From 1866 Prussia now the most powerful state in Europe. In the Franco-Prussian war 1870 France defeated and King William I of Prussia proclaimed German Emperor of the Second Reich. All Kings and Princes of the Empire now owe allegiance to the Hohenzollern King-Emperor. 8) In 1918 William forced to abdicate as Emperor and King and 'retires' to Holland. 9) Chunks of Prussia returned to Poland and Prussia becomes an administrative state in the Weimar Republic.