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  • @yrnehbocaj2584
    @yrnehbocaj2584 3 месяца назад +247

    I think Blackadder said it best. "But the real reason for the whole thing was that it was too much effort not to have a war."

    • @nrrork
      @nrrork 3 месяца назад +33

      So the poor ostrich died for nothing.

    • @ubiergo1978
      @ubiergo1978 3 месяца назад +3

      @@nrrorklol, was just commenting on that, didn't he do a reaction of blackadder a while ago?, can't find the video @.@

    • @buenapilapil5513
      @buenapilapil5513 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@ubiergo1978ooohhhhh ominous....

    • @claudelorrain-bouchard6941
      @claudelorrain-bouchard6941 3 месяца назад +1

      I also got flashbacks of "blackadder",

    • @odonnell1218
      @odonnell1218 3 месяца назад

      I heard it started because some bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich ‘cause he was hungry.

  • @Coigreach
    @Coigreach 3 месяца назад +85

    In Gallipoli there''s a rather touching memorial inscription for both Turkish and Commonwealth dead. It reads:
    "Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country therefore rest in peace.
    There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side in this country of ours.
    You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears.
    Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace after having lost their lives on this land.
    They have become our sons as well
    1934
    K. Ataturk"

  • @Ahalaya
    @Ahalaya 3 месяца назад +46

    I like to describe The Great War as the original, thought-provoking, ambiguous indie movie and Workd War 2 as the big blockbuster sequel where the studio decided they needed to be more obvious with good guys and bad guys so they'd make more money.

    • @Justanotherconsumer
      @Justanotherconsumer 3 месяца назад +11

      Indie?
      It’s spelled Indy. Neidell.

    • @Ahalaya
      @Ahalaya 3 месяца назад +3

      @@Justanotherconsumer Well played, friend.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 2 месяца назад +2

      But what about the Armenian Genocide?

    • @Ahalaya
      @Ahalaya 2 месяца назад +2

      @jeffreygao3956 I think, in the analogy, that one ended up being a straight to streaming spin-off, not to make light of it. A serious film that the studio had no faith in making any money, so they guaranteed as few people as possible would even know it existed by barely advertising it.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 2 месяца назад +2

      @@Ahalaya And yet that spin-off ends up vindicated by the fandom who continuously insist that had it been treated respectfully, there'd be no need for the sequel.

  • @mikeor-
    @mikeor- 3 месяца назад +68

    In 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm wrote: "I do not want to have any quarrel with you. But if you mobilize your troops, I will have no choice but to take extreme measures. Until then, give my love to Alix and the kids. Love, Willy." Tsar Nicholas responded: "In the name of our old friendship, withdraw your troops from Austria and let me settle the matter. Your Loving Nicky." Unfortunately, the Willy-Nicky correspondence did not fix anything. In 1917, Nicky reached out to his British cousin, George V, but George did not allow his family to escape. After the Tsar and his family were murdered, George changed his mind and allowed his sisters to escape to Britain.

  • @nerdjacob05
    @nerdjacob05 3 месяца назад +40

    Your vidoes are truly inspiring. It started when I had to look up a video to get a better understanding of world history for a senior project in high school. I found your reaction to Bill Wurtz' "history of the entire world, i guess." Up to that point, I held ZERO interest in history. Like. At ALL. I was only looking up history content for a grade. Your in-depth understanding combined with the way you present it made want to research more things; and now, its become a full blown addiction- to history. It has given me something to be passionate about, and has changed the trajectory of my life. I can't thank you enough.

    • @VloggingThroughHistory
      @VloggingThroughHistory  3 месяца назад +15

      Thank you so much for the kind words. There's no greater honor I can receive than to know I played some small part in kindling your love of history.

    • @coxmosia1
      @coxmosia1 3 месяца назад +4

      Same here. Welcome to the club of Professor Chris.

  • @_chew_
    @_chew_ 3 месяца назад +11

    8:30 The Germans started replacing the Pickelhaube with the Stahlhelm in 1916, but it's not like every single German soldier immediately started wearing it as soon as it was introduced. Some kept wearing the old Pickelhaube helmets for a while. I have a photo of my great-grandpa (who served in the German army in WW1) from 1917, and he was still wearing a Pickelhaube. What's interesting is that he was only recruited in 1917, so it's not like he just kept his old helmet from before 1916. He was given a Pieckelhaube even though it was after the Stahlhelm was supposed to be replacing it.

    • @535phobos
      @535phobos 2 месяца назад +1

      The Stahlhelm was first given to the frontline units, and there the important parts in regions with heavy fighting first (for example, Sturmtruppen). I have seen pictures of Verdun with a mix of Pickelhaube and Stahlhelm.
      I also read reports of soldiers having to give their Stahlhelm to the next soldier when getting pulled out of the frontline as they were pretty scarce at the beginning. So the Stahlhelm always stayed in the trenches and was crusted with the salt of its former wearers sweat.
      Anyway, the Pickelhaube was worn basically to the end of the war by certain units, although usually without the "Pickel" after ~1916

  • @da7433
    @da7433 3 месяца назад +19

    As a Serb, I have to jump in here. The most problematic points of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum were the fifth and sixth points. In the fifth point, Serbia was requested to allow Austro-Hungarian police officers and investigators to investigate and arrest potential suspects WITHIN the territory of Serbia, without any supervision and control by their Serbian colleagues. In the end, with great pressure (both external and internal), Serbia COMPLETELY accepted this point. the sixth point was the most controversial and demanded that the Austro-Hungarian authorities, if they were to potentially arrest any of the suspects on Serbian territory, could try and convict them according to the laws of Austria-Hungary. That was unacceptable, and that is why the Serbian side requested that an international court be formed instead, which would decide on the guilt of the suspects. Literally all points were met. Sebia did not want that war! Serbia did not need that war! Especially if you take into account that it was exhausted as a country after it had just emerged from two Balkan wars and after suppressing the great Albanian rebellion in Kosovo and Macedonia in the fall and winter of 1913. Greetings from Serbia.

    • @SteveRoman66
      @SteveRoman66 3 месяца назад

      (You probably know more than I do so does this make sense?). Princip shot Ferdinand due to Ferdinand's support for Bulgaria to take over land Serbia fought and acquired from the Ottoman Empire, correct? This newly acquired land is from the Balkan wars of 1911-1913. The Balkan wars were supported by Italy, after Italy invaded and won Libya and Islands off Turkey in 1911.....So Italy started WW1...no? The amount of connections in WW1 is ridiculous.

    • @Mixer2904
      @Mixer2904 3 месяца назад

      @@SteveRoman66Also Princip was Austrian citizen he was born in Austria-Hungary, yes he was of Serbian origin, but that would be like US citizen of Mexican origin killing US president and USA decides to invade Mexico because of that.

    • @-Eisenfaust-
      @-Eisenfaust- 3 месяца назад

      @@Mixer2904 You're making it very easy for yourself. Princip was born a Serb in Bosnia, which was still part of the Ottoman Empire at the time. It was only with the annexation of Bosnia in 1908 that Princip became a citizen of Austria-Hungary. Gavrilo Princip was a member of the Mlada Bosna movement, more precisely a group of nationalist Serbs who called themselves the "Black Hand" and whose goal was to create chaos in Austrian Bosnia and to force the annexation of Bosnia to Serbia. The group was supported by the Serbian government with weapons and money, which was an open secret, and in whose interest they acted to create a pan-South Slavic state.
      I'm pretty sure Americans wouldn't like it if a group of Mexican nationalists, for example, who wanted to annex the southern states to Mexico, killed the US president and it later turned out that the group was secretly supported by the Mexican government. Lmao the US has started wars for lesser reasons. And now consider this in the context of a time when the world was already extremely unstable and each side was just waiting for the final provocation.

  • @cassandra2445
    @cassandra2445 3 месяца назад +3

    As someone from western Washington love how you said Orting lol

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 3 месяца назад +7

    Given how much Mr Terry has reacted to Mr Spherical, I'm surprised you haven't checked them out sooner. I'm glad you've finally watched it though

  • @MCastleberry1980
    @MCastleberry1980 3 месяца назад +10

    I feel like it's not a matter of "who" but "what". This was the end of the old world so to speak. Centuries of alliances, rivalries, etc came to a head and with everything so entangled once the ball started rolling it didn't take much for a massive war to break out.

    • @GhostWatcher2024
      @GhostWatcher2024 2 месяца назад +2

      So basically this was the "Europe" Season 5 finale...

  • @anthonywillis6528
    @anthonywillis6528 3 месяца назад +4

    This was my first ever video I’ve seen from this channel and it’s awesome. Thanks Chris!!!

  • @NoobSamurai4
    @NoobSamurai4 3 месяца назад +7

    HELLO, i have been watching your oversimplfied content and history buff's videos while i go to sleep :)

  • @popaandrei4422
    @popaandrei4422 3 месяца назад +4

    Loved this, totally loved the animation style, need more

  • @11mousa
    @11mousa 3 месяца назад +4

    Regarding the "short war". To be fair: Germany before WW1 had any reason to believe they can win the war quickly. A few decades ago, they changed the French army from the biggest one in Europe to the second biggest army in France within weeks. Around 10 years ago UK declared that they would not necessarily defend Belgian neutrality in a conflict between Germany and France. Now of course a lot happened in those years, but UK never officially revoked that statement. And assuming UK stays out of the war and France falls quickly, I doubt Russia would be able or willing to defend Serbia for a long time.

    • @Smurez
      @Smurez 2 месяца назад

      Yep, it was GB joining the war (and arguably dragging in the U.S. later on) that made it a world war, not just a major european conflict. Without them, there probably wouldn't have been a WWII. It probably was the germans growing fleet that made the decision to defend Belgium.

    • @slightlyconfused876
      @slightlyconfused876 9 дней назад

      Anyone who was concerned with diplomacy in 1914 should surely have been aware that ever since the days of Queen Elizabeth I, the freedom of the northern French and Belgian coastal areas from the domination of a major European state, had been the cardinal rule of British foreign policy. It surely didn't make a clear statement of this precept from Britain necessary. In the light of the recent German naval challenge this was even more important to Britain. Their misreading of this situation sums up the ineptitude of the German foreign office.

  • @JohnHikes
    @JohnHikes 3 месяца назад +2

    This was fantastic! I love their story telling.

  • @7dude77
    @7dude77 3 месяца назад +3

    Mt internet went down while watching this video and, ironically, it was paused at exactly 19:14 lol

  • @adamirishconundrum851
    @adamirishconundrum851 3 месяца назад +3

    Perfect videos for driving and listening. Subscribed.

  • @AlexKwiatek
    @AlexKwiatek 3 месяца назад +10

    Honestly, word Empire being rooted in word Imperator, Imperium etc. is only coincidentally related to the word we use for monarchs. It's just because post-Caesarian monarchs of Rome weren't feeling comfortable with calling themselves "kings" they had to use cluster of different republican titles. One of which were "Imperator", or "the one who commands", awarded by the soldiers to succesfull military leaders. "Imperium" was a word for command authority in the name of state.
    This word predates second roman monarchy by several hundred years, and using it to describe huge states that *command* over vast amounts of peoples or territories is perfectly fine even if they are republics or are monarchies led by kings. French or British Empires have more in common with Rome than let's say Bulgaria who actually had king who styled himself as an emperor

    • @patrickm3981
      @patrickm3981 3 месяца назад +3

      It needs also to be noted that other languages then English handle this different and therefore this problem does not exist there. For example the German and Austrian rulers were no "Emperors". The word "Imperator" (Emperor) exist in the German language but their title was "Kaiser" which is the German spelling of "Caesar". In a very similar way the Russians and Bulgarians also had no "Emperors" but instead they had a "Tsar". This word also can be traced back to "Caesar".

  • @tylerbenintende4510
    @tylerbenintende4510 3 месяца назад +13

    Hey Chris! Been a long time viewer of the channel even though I don’t comment too often. Great content as usual. Reaction suggestion: Extra Histories Ibn Battuta. I enjoyed it quite a lot and I think you would too!

  • @homerboy91
    @homerboy91 3 месяца назад +3

    As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Denmark got back lost territory from the Second Schleswig War of 1864, even though Denmark was neutral during the first world war.

  • @LeSethX
    @LeSethX 3 месяца назад +3

    It's also worth noting that the Ottoman Empire had been defensively fighting wars since 1911, first against Italy, then the Balkan Wars (and I think rebellions), so they were weakened immediately before WW1 started

  • @AegeanGreywolf
    @AegeanGreywolf 3 месяца назад +9

    Sidenote : Karl Dönitz was an officer on the SMS Breslau (later Midilli) during Raid of Sevastopol

  • @doc_adams8506
    @doc_adams8506 3 месяца назад +1

    One of the more difficult challenges in history is to prove a far context cause of any historical event. They are a great deal of fun to discuss but very difficult to prove in a research setting.
    OTOH, near context causes are the fodder of a great deal of historical research.
    An advisor saved me a great deal of tears and frustration by steering me away from a far context related project.

  • @richardcope5066
    @richardcope5066 3 месяца назад +1

    Hey Vth, I have too recommend Sean Munger, he's a smaller channel but he is a PHD historian with VERY in depth videos about topics like Watergate, The fall of the great European monarchy's, the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, The election of 1872 and stuff like that. The video's are so long it may need a series of reactions but at the very least his video about Franz Ferdinand and July crisis may be good cause there only 20-30 minutes.

  • @TheRealForgetfulElephant
    @TheRealForgetfulElephant 3 месяца назад +2

    An idea for an original content video could be you exploring the ancient battle of Ecnomus. One of my favorite naval battles in history, I know your going to Italy soon maybe pay a visit to Sicily and record from the coast of where this insane battle was fought. Thank you for reading!

  • @Arkt2024
    @Arkt2024 3 месяца назад +1

    I think you would like the old britannia video on the war aims of each power in ww1.
    They focus more on the diplomacy/grand strategy side, which are often ignored in videos about war.

  • @MCastleberry1980
    @MCastleberry1980 3 месяца назад +4

    I'm glad you mentioned the Christmas Truce. One of my favorite stories of WWI

  • @opinionatedWrestling
    @opinionatedWrestling 3 месяца назад +2

    I wish you’d been my history teacher in school!

  • @Randomstuff-Laurie
    @Randomstuff-Laurie 2 месяца назад

    You should do more Mr. spherical videos. It’s pretty informative, funny, ect. It covers a lot of topics to. Their shorts (short form videos) also cover quick & easy topics, highly recommend

  • @feanedhell
    @feanedhell 3 месяца назад +2

    I’ve never thought there were any good guys in ww1.

    • @slightlyconfused876
      @slightlyconfused876 9 дней назад

      If you look at German war aims as they developed over time, Germany certainly weren't the good guys.

  • @KeganStucki
    @KeganStucki 3 месяца назад +1

    Whenever I see this animation style I instantly think of Drew Durnill because of the games in this style he used to play.

  • @claudelorrain-bouchard6941
    @claudelorrain-bouchard6941 3 месяца назад +1

    21:48... this made me think of "Conspiracy", I seem to remember a scene where someone said that telling German soldiers to kill Jewish prisonners that couldn't fight back was destroying the soldiers' morale.... :(

  • @nigeh5326
    @nigeh5326 3 месяца назад

    As always great video Chris 👍
    I must recommend Shogun the new series on FX If you aren’t watching it.
    Based on a true story with amazing photography, costumes, sets and a fine script. Complimented by a great cast. As long as you don’t mind subtitles you will enjoy it.
    The lead British actor, Cosmo Jarvis, reminds me a little of the great Richard Burton, only without the Welsh accent.
    It was recommended to me by Dilip Sarkar MBE FRHS, one of the foremost historians of the Battle of Britain.

  • @antoinedoyen7452
    @antoinedoyen7452 3 месяца назад +11

    The problem with this kind of video (let's say "American") is the lack of global context of this war. The German fleet was becoming a mortal threat to England, the Entente Cordiale between France and the United Kingdom was a very useful way to share the colonies by excluding Germany. The assassination of Sarajevo or the invasion of Belgium were only pretexts!

    • @aldbgbnkladg
      @aldbgbnkladg 3 месяца назад +2

      Agree those were pretexts to go to war, there has been a long period of peace since the last large-scale war in Europe and technology advancement made a lot of new weapons available. My understanding is Leaders were almost looking forward to the war at that point.

    • @ebenezer576
      @ebenezer576 3 месяца назад +2

      The population too, war was really popular at the beginning.
      France for example had raised two generations hating Germans about the loss of Alsace for sure there is example like that for the 6 mains players ​@@aldbgbnkladg

    • @antoinedoyen7452
      @antoinedoyen7452 3 месяца назад +5

      @@ebenezer576 absolutely...my grandmother was Alsatian and her family had to flee Alsace to avoid becoming German. She grew up with an incredible hatred of everything Germanic until her death in the 1980s. Thanks to the European Union for calming all this hatred

    • @SteveRoman66
      @SteveRoman66 3 месяца назад +3

      If Italy didn't invade Ottoman held Libya and islands off Turkey in 1911, I don't think WW1 would have happened. With Italy defeating the Ottoman Empire, this started a chain reaction that lead to Italy backed Balkans fighting Ottoman Empire for more land. (Balkan wars of 1911-1913). In 1914, Princip shot Ferdinand due to Ferdinand's support for Bulgaria to take over land Serbia fought and acquired from the Ottoman Empire. Maybe that time would have just been a cold war between UK, France, Germany, etc... with cooler heads prevailing?

  • @TheSupertube22
    @TheSupertube22 3 месяца назад

    my friend, can you do a reacting to some video about history of spain? the reason i ask this is, i'm going to barcelona, and when i go to a new country, i see all your videos to that specific country, like scoutland. this way i go a lot more prepared! ahaah ty chris, you the man! greatings from portugal!

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955
    @ineedmoreflavour1955 3 месяца назад +1

    The ArmChair Historian has released a video about Sherman's march to the Sea in the last couple of days. Would be interested to see you react to this.

  • @bretberry8911
    @bretberry8911 3 месяца назад +1

    It’s interesting that everyone forgets France’s alliances that were specifically designed to start a war with Germany to avenge Alsace-Lorraine. France pressured Russia to mobilize, and France’s alliance with Russia wasn’t a defensive one, so it required France to declare war against Germany if Russia did.

    • @bretberry8911
      @bretberry8911 3 месяца назад

      The Schleiffen Plan was in response to the Franco-Russian Alliance, which require both France and Russia to mobilize their armies if the other country did.
      Also, France was giving loans (similar to the loans they were giving Russia) to Serbia pre-war and were pushing them to provoke Austro-Hungary.
      France had a choice to tell Germany that they would not mobilize, but they refused. France wanted a war with Germany (as long as Russia was going to help them) in order to regain Alsace-Lorraine.

  • @stargazer-elite
    @stargazer-elite 3 месяца назад

    Yeah, Mr. spherical is awesome I highly recommend looking at more of their videos

  • @joshuasingleton9373
    @joshuasingleton9373 3 месяца назад

    I agree about Vienna and schonbrunn its a stunning place! I would advise visiting in December when their Christmas markets are on!

    • @VloggingThroughHistory
      @VloggingThroughHistory  3 месяца назад +2

      I'll be there this December. Doing a group VTH tour in Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna.

    • @slightlyconfused876
      @slightlyconfused876 9 дней назад +1

      Just got back from Vienna, surely the most beautiful city in Europe, like walking through an art gallery.

  • @cuff02
    @cuff02 3 месяца назад +5

    “I heard that it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an Ostrich 'cause he was hungry”. (c) Baldrick

  • @mdaly724
    @mdaly724 3 месяца назад +1

    Technically, the major powers of Europe had a treaty to protect Belgium through the Concert of Europe. So, it wasn't just Britain. I know it's an over simplification but it might have been a good dig on Prussia who called it a "scrap of paper".

  • @steelepartridge6954
    @steelepartridge6954 3 месяца назад +5

    Have you read The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark?
    Absolutely incredible book covering the lead-up to the war. Cannot recommend enough.

  • @Benrhodes1
    @Benrhodes1 3 месяца назад

    I would highly recommend The Premodernist channel for some reactions. He has some great videos. My favorite is his one about time traveling to medieval era Europe. That one is a little bit longer than what you normally do though.

  • @kirkdaley3441
    @kirkdaley3441 3 месяца назад +1

    Schnitzel is awesome

  • @williamkriebel7531
    @williamkriebel7531 3 месяца назад +2

    @vloggingthroughhistory if you haven’t seen overly sarcastic productions I’d strongly recommend them as well. Very Mediterranean focused but very funny and informative

  • @timothy486
    @timothy486 3 месяца назад +3

    I just wanna ask; Will we be seeing your reaction to Armchair Historian's video on Sherman's March as well as Epic History TV's Napoleon in Egypt Part 2 anytime soon?

  • @thechairman74
    @thechairman74 3 месяца назад

    We are going to Vienna next week!

  • @edstockton3685
    @edstockton3685 3 месяца назад +1

    It's mad just how much the first world war did to reshape the map of Europe. I don't think people realise it led to the fall of four Empires (German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman & Russian).

  • @MichalKolac
    @MichalKolac 3 месяца назад +1

    Greetings from czechia btw schnitzel is very popular here it is called řízek here

  • @mathiasjulkunen9149
    @mathiasjulkunen9149 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for the content, I'm curious if you're going to revisit Historia Civilis? (story of Caesar)

  • @SoulfulMafia
    @SoulfulMafia 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for the upload! I am realizing I can learn alot more about ww1 on this channel. Im a history buff, no degrees or anything, but history has always been simply amazing to me. WW1 I always thought was odd almost no one teaches enough about, certainly not in my school. Cool to learn some new things about a huge historical event.

  • @jriver226
    @jriver226 3 месяца назад

    Historia civilis' latest vid the year without a summer is kinda a sequel to the Congress of Vienna, would love to see a reaction.

  • @MasterWooten
    @MasterWooten 3 месяца назад +1

    33:24 Yes true VTH, but that's because they were for the most part "like people." I'm sure that while your typical WW1 Tommy felt that way about about Gerry in the opposite trench, that your typical British solider didn't feel the same kinship with his opponent during the Battle of Rourke's Drift during the Anglo Zulu war due to the stark differences between the two kinds of men and how they viewed each other's humanity ie viewing the other as less than human because they're nothing like me. Empathy is always easy when your opponent could easily pass for your cousin.

  • @allycat0136
    @allycat0136 3 месяца назад

    Finally got around to watching All Quiet on the Western Front last night so this is pretty cool coincidence.

  • @riarisump3167
    @riarisump3167 3 месяца назад +1

    I love MrSpherical his stuff is great.

  • @tisse90
    @tisse90 3 месяца назад +1

    You mentioned that you had schnitzel in Germany and Austria in the video. Did you have it with mushroom gravy?

  • @solomonyang1423
    @solomonyang1423 3 месяца назад +4

    Extra history sengoku jidai

  • @tallthinkev
    @tallthinkev 3 месяца назад +1

    Yet how many where riding side by side just 5 years before at the funeral of Edward VII

  • @tommcdonald1873
    @tommcdonald1873 3 месяца назад +1

    Hey Chris, did you catch in the storytelling a bit of "All Quiet on the Western Front." in Part I

  • @User-A-F-I5I1218
    @User-A-F-I5I1218 3 месяца назад +1

    Can You Do Mrspherical's "Rise Of Napoleon" Video (I Like That Short French Guy)

  • @DreamIt.PursueIt.AchieveIt
    @DreamIt.PursueIt.AchieveIt 3 месяца назад

    Their video is surprisingly beautiful... deep 🤔

  • @claudelorrain-bouchard6941
    @claudelorrain-bouchard6941 3 месяца назад

    it made me think of Blackadder (the last season).

  • @shaggycan
    @shaggycan 3 месяца назад +1

    When they were talking about manipulation I immediately flashed back to Peter Jackson's WW 1 film. I made it about a quarter of the way through and had to stop because you could clearly see all these farm boys (from both sides) that had nothing to gain from this conflict, that didn't understand the reason why they were fighting that happily marched to their deaths for no good and worthwhile cause.
    It was just hard to watch.
    As for the numbers, yes the battles fought between from the fall of the Han to the rise of the Jin and the immense civilian deaths that occurred probably did exceed that of WWI, but this was over almost 2 generations.

  • @alexzoilist9584
    @alexzoilist9584 3 месяца назад +1

    You should react to Lavader's Kaiser Wilhelm II series

  • @robertjarman3703
    @robertjarman3703 3 месяца назад +2

    Also, as for artillery in the Great War, let it disturb you that in 5 hours, 3.6 million shells were fired into a 400 sq km zone on the first day of the Kaiserschlacht. 200 shells per second.

  • @fritoss3437
    @fritoss3437 3 месяца назад +2

    My man will watch every vidéo expect the "Brain4breakfast" one.. 😔

  • @MasterWooten
    @MasterWooten 3 месяца назад +1

    12:20 I'm surprised you an Ohioian is only ow getting to know schnitzel with all the Germans in the Midwest.

  • @MasterWooten
    @MasterWooten 3 месяца назад +1

    21:21 The Turk killing the Aussie is an overture to the Gallipoli campaign which occurred during the War wherein it was fighting featuring mainly Ottoman Turks versus Australians.

    • @Escapee5931
      @Escapee5931 3 месяца назад

      That's not accurate.
      There were more of each British, Indian and French troops than there were Australians.

  • @torbenopitz9458
    @torbenopitz9458 3 месяца назад

    Blue Jay dropped a new video about pirates

  • @tatedavis2016
    @tatedavis2016 3 месяца назад +2

    In 1917:
    UNITED STATES!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!?!

    • @SteveRoman66
      @SteveRoman66 3 месяца назад +1

      According to a well known quote, "US soldiers were oversexed, overpaid, and....over here".

  • @chrischavez4922
    @chrischavez4922 3 месяца назад +2

    It was me. I started it. My bad guys, I’ll do better in the future.

  • @MasterWooten
    @MasterWooten 3 месяца назад

    4:55 The "new ball" is India, a British colony, not a Dominion until 1947 so it's interesting that they used her instead of Canada or Australia.

  • @dewightmcdonald4725
    @dewightmcdonald4725 3 месяца назад

    I'd love it if you could go over some of stakuyi/ history of everything's stuff. Course his vids are over an hour long so maybe keep them as a backlog?

  • @Mixer2904
    @Mixer2904 3 месяца назад +1

    Have to correct one thing the assassin Gavrilo Princip was never part of the black hand, he was part of the organization called Young Bosnia which was more anarchist pro-Yugoslav organization not a ultranationalist one like black hand, and yes Black Hand did had a lot of influence over Serbian government in a way they got to do whatever they want without Serbian government being able to control them, so they supplied weapons and logistics to Young Bosnia, also Gavrilo Princip was an Austrian citizen as were his co-cospirators, so they were actually tried by austrian courts, it would be like US citizen of Mexican origin (born and raised in USA) killing US president and USA invading Mexico for that.
    Also even so Serbia accepted very harsh ultimatum the point in question being point 6 where Austrian courts could operate in Serbia and arrest and convict anyone they wanted, Serbia didn't refused that point but left if for mediation for Great Powers and if they decided that Serbia should accept point 6, then Serbia would oblige. When German emperor saw Serbian response to ultimatum he said "well it seems there is no reason to go to war anymore" but Austria went and declared it anyway, and since blame for war usually goes to the country that first attacked and it's aggressor country, therefore the blame for war is usually given to Austria and Germany.

  • @sarahrosen4985
    @sarahrosen4985 3 месяца назад

    Oh, watch Hat Historian for the picklehaube helmet.

  • @Jzscrstsprstr
    @Jzscrstsprstr 3 месяца назад +1

    RIght off the bat, I'd say imperialism is a big reason. The Balkans for example were designed on the table (through arbitrary borders, foreign rulers and their dynastic ties, politics) in a way to remain small (partially under someone else's rule) and angry, so that was always a ticking bomb and the Balkan wars definitely didn't help. But that's still due to the Great Powers. Their Greatness "allowed" them to meddle in other peoples' affairs, which was not appreciated by the latter. Hence the dead ostrich?

  • @bigrigjoe5130
    @bigrigjoe5130 3 месяца назад

    Have you thought about reacting to Atun Shei's videos on controversial absolutionists like Martin Delany and John Brown?
    I know you've done Checkmate Lincolnities but his less comedy based videos might be fun too.

  • @derpinglemon4577
    @derpinglemon4577 3 месяца назад

    Please try watching "Call me ezikiel". He does videos on historical events with a similar style to this one.

  • @jeromew6945
    @jeromew6945 3 месяца назад

    You should check out ryan reeves church history Channel your take on it would be great

  • @GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture
    @GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture 3 месяца назад +1

    Avalon Hill, in an issue of The General that was featuring the game Diplomacy, showed how two French political leaders help orchestrated events in order to get back Alsace-Lorraine.

  • @koangamer2756
    @koangamer2756 Месяц назад

    Make part 2 Mr spherical

  • @MannyBXNG
    @MannyBXNG 3 месяца назад +1

    I think they all wanted war because of the advanced technology and weaponry

  • @mrosovjetsmemes5064
    @mrosovjetsmemes5064 3 месяца назад +1

    Hey I have revomendation for you: Truth about GDR by fellow traveler

  • @dennis2376
    @dennis2376 3 месяца назад

    When conscription comes in, Quebec province say no and that caused a grievance to this day. Also after the war Newfoundland joins Canada because it can not pay its' war debt.

  • @soccerdiva7
    @soccerdiva7 3 месяца назад

    Since you’re now into Mr. Spherical, can you also do the Korean Civil war? 📚😎🤩🌎

    • @soccerdiva7
      @soccerdiva7 3 месяца назад

      More Mr. Spherical reactions pls? 🥺

  • @samrevlej9331
    @samrevlej9331 3 месяца назад +1

    18:42 This is actually a myth. Granted I know more about France than Germany in WW1, but after the war, to contrast with the somber mood, there was this idea that soldiers went to war "la fleur au fusil", i.e. with flowers in their rifle muzzles, to portray the populations as naively optimistic. Same idea as "the war will be over by Christmas". However it's largely untrue, at least for France and I'm guessing to be nuanced for Germany: farmers weren't happy about leaving their fields and families to go to war, workers were pretty disillusioned with how socialist and social democratic parties all over Europe had rallied behind national governments for an "imperialist war", and people were scared about going to war. Now, many didn't think the war would last very long, certainly not four years, but I don't think a lot of people were cheering going into it. People may have cheered soldiers going into what seemed like a defensive or just war.

    • @darthcalanil5333
      @darthcalanil5333 3 месяца назад

      especially since the Franco-Prussian/German war was still within living memory.

  • @emeralddragon2980
    @emeralddragon2980 3 месяца назад

    13:30 Hannibal Barca is laughing in his grave.

  • @HolyHandGrenade.
    @HolyHandGrenade. 3 месяца назад +12

    I started ww1, sorry all

  • @maximemunger5022
    @maximemunger5022 3 месяца назад

    Was just watching VTH when VTH uploaded lol.
    Also, video request(s):
    Do you think it would be possible for you to cover some Arthur Wellesley content?

  • @ubiergo1978
    @ubiergo1978 3 месяца назад

    Speaking of WW1, didn't he had a reaction video of Blackadder season 3? O.O

  • @MrWWIIBuff
    @MrWWIIBuff Месяц назад

    I believe firmly in Russia being responsible. Not for a war starting, that blame falls to Austria. But for making it a World War instead instead of a regional war in the Balkans like there had been in the decades prior.
    Had Russia not mobilized, my Guess is minimal German involvement, no French involvement, and no British involvement because there's no reason to invade France through Belgium.
    I think Russia is the piece of the puzzle that remove it and it remains a regional war.

  • @lesalbro8880
    @lesalbro8880 3 месяца назад

    I think that the Bosnian Crisis of 1908-09 played a major role in how many of the countries involved in the July Crisis of 1914 behaved. I really don't think it gets mentioned enough.
    WWI probably would have started then if Russia hadn't backed down at that time. This diplomatic humiliation almost certainly played a role in Russia not backing down in 1914. Also Franz Ferdinand is never assassinated in Sarajevo, if the annexation of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary didn't happen, or was overturned. Firstly because Franz Ferdinand probably wouldn't have went there if it wasn't part of the Empire. Secondly because while Serbia, who felt the territory should be theirs, was forced to back down when Russia did, they only did so officially. They continued to unofficially agitate against Austro-Hungarian control of Bosnia. So basically the outcome of the Bosnian Crisis, is the reason that both Franz Ferdinand was in Sarajevo, and that there were Sebian backed assassins trying to kill him.
    It also played a significant role in creating further animosity between Italy and Austria-Hungary. There was an agreement where neither would expand, without providing territorial compensation to the other. When Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia, and Germany backed them, they felt no need to compensate Italy. Especially after Russia backed down.

  • @brandonmejia7050
    @brandonmejia7050 3 месяца назад

    Yes, a mrspherical reaction. I enjoy his videos.

  • @2SSSR2
    @2SSSR2 3 месяца назад

    Fan fact - when British entered Jerusalem in 1917 they made it very clear that they occupied the city primarily as modern non-religious military's force and not in the name of any religion in order to not cause stir between anyone living in that city (Orthodox, Catholics, Muslims and Jews).

  • @kineuhansen8629
    @kineuhansen8629 3 месяца назад +2

    we already know who started the war it started becouse some one shot an ostrich since he was hungry

  • @magma9000
    @magma9000 3 месяца назад +2

    React to Al muqaddimah he makes great videos on Islamic history

  • @hofnarrtheclown
    @hofnarrtheclown 2 месяца назад

    The Reason this Vid was So Outrageous was Simply because Chris was Actually Listening to Mr Spherical a Countryball Historian who Believes in Old Theories that Had even been Debunked by Precious Historians yet He still Listened to the False Narratives but since Chris Barely had a Life and Can't get Enough of Very Basic Comedy he just Agreed to Mr Spherical Portrayals which Honestly at This Point isn't a Surprise Anymore to why He Accepted Mr Spherical's Outdated Beliefs and When this Vid was Uploaded there were Comments that Stated Common Criticism of Mr Spherical and Chris Immediately had Heated thier Facts and Blocked Them like a Fanboy, He Generally just Opposes Openness of Uncommon Statements and Views them as Haters.

    • @VloggingThroughHistory
      @VloggingThroughHistory  2 месяца назад

      Sir, This Is A Wendy's

    • @hofnarrtheclown
      @hofnarrtheclown 2 месяца назад

      ​​@@VloggingThroughHistoryIgnoring these Statements of Mine won't Help Chris, Just like Ben Shapiro Both So-Called "Conservatives" who in Actuality are just Same Old Libertarians who Try to be So Special in the Media.

  • @jacobduncan2142
    @jacobduncan2142 3 месяца назад

    I just came across a channel I hadn't seen before called Exploring History with William C. Fox. He has some really amazing videos. Just watched his on the Berlin Airlift and I was immediately taken by the quality and storytelling. I think you'd really enjoy his work.

  • @johnharris6655
    @johnharris6655 3 месяца назад

    WW1 was started by a driver who took a wrong turn.

  • @benvanderlinde4444
    @benvanderlinde4444 3 месяца назад +1

    Wouod ever do 1916 rising in Ireland and the civil war with Micheal Collins. There’s also a good movie about him which is really good