Unification of Germany: How Prussia Reshaped Europe
753K views · Jun 21, 2025 · Education
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@potatoexplains-us · 4 months ago
It’s wild how Prussia basically chose to be smaller just so they could be more powerful. Most leaders try to grab as much land as possible, but Bismarck knew that including Austria would actually make Germany weaker.
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@TheHistoricalOdysseyOfficial · 1 year ago
Bismarck = Master of the game 🗿
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@georgemccormick4786 · 5 months ago
One of the most unfortunate events in European and world history.
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@colindaniels945 · 1 year ago
You're putting it very mildly when you say that Bismarck was able to pressure Wilhelm I not to utterly destroy Austria in the wake of the Seven Weeks War,lol <br><br>Bismarck actually threatened to jump out of a window if the Kaiser didn't offer Austria lenient peace terms
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@T0nitigeR · 1 year ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZjD_WrQAPs&t=310">5:10</a> Austria was asked if they wanted to be part of the Greater German Path, but declined. Also Bismark would only allow german speaking aparts in the new Empire because he knew it would otherwise destabilize the State like it did to the Austro-Hungerian Empire. So with Austria declining, the solution was the Lesser German Path led by the Hohenzollern.
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@kurumitokisaki6096 · 1 year ago
Switzerland always chillin' as usual
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@dann7947 · 1 year ago
What a nice ending, I hope nothing bad happens after that
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@teviottilehurst · 1 year ago (edited)
The border between Scotland and England has been more or less the same for 1000 years unlike the mess that was the Holy Roman Empire and central Europe. Germany is surprisingly a young country compared to say, England, Scotland, France.
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@Amateur_8Historian · 1 year ago
I’ve been waiting for a video about Germany. Thank you bro. I love your animation style.❤🎉
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@colindaniels945 · 6 months ago
By the way, Bismarck was opposed to the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine because he believed that it would fuel a French desire for revenge.<br><br>He would be proven right
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@NERV_Mars · 1 year ago
Bismarck: the guy who signed enough treaties that random royal got knocked off and half the world died.
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@shakar236 · 1 year ago
How can anyone call history boring?? Thank you bro! Keep up the great work!
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