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Thank you so much for this informative video ! is there any links to see the entire script for this vedio? if not, it is Ok to see the subtitles as turning on the caption in here. thank you ~

Heinrich III is where ?

41:53and Lothar II or III ?

48:54 No!!!!!! Rudolf was from Duchy of Swabia ! Hee later conquered Duchy of Austria and Duchy of Styria . Archduchy of Austria exist from 1453 !!!!!

50:54 No !!!!!! Ludwig IV was from hause Witelsbach !!!! He hat absolute no relation to Heinrich VII !

It sucks how almost whole German history is neglected because of 12 years of Nazi rule. Great video btw

It's more focused on because it still affects the world, Barbarosa doesn't.

Weimar Republic ruined it first

@Jay Banalnal let's be honest, WW1 was something that should've been avoided.

@Comrade Royalguard it really shouldn't have

only 12years . hey im not saying this in or to disrespect you but you need to have a really good look around specifically world leaders

At 59 yrs old, I just found out I was adopted. Raised Puerto Rican, being Puerto Rican is all I've ever known. Yesterday I received the results of my DNA tests and turns out I'm 100% German. Outside of WWII I know nothing about Germany. Now my journey starts to recover my ancestry and learn about my people. Thank you so very much for this. ❤️

That’s incredible and I’m happy you’ve come to know your true origins. Forgive me if I offend you with this question, which I truly am not trying to do, but do you think its possible your parents were higher up’s in the Nazi regime, and moved to Latin America to avoid prosecution? If so, it would be pretty cool to find out who they were as they still might be missing on official records. Anyways, its really cool that you get to piece history together!

You could be NAZI German and your ancestors escaped Germany via the Rat lines as Yazn suggested . I half Scottish and on that side my mother is Nordic and Celtic ie Aryan - blonde hair and blue eyes. I'm Sicilian on my father's side.

@Charles Martella there is no ethnic that is nazi germam

@SwagKachu yes I understand that . What I actually meant was maybe one of his ancestors was a NAZI who escaped Germany at the end of WW2 ps and if there had of been they definitely would have been far,far superior. pps I am joking

Nice to see a doco on our history that doesn't focus entirely on *those* 12 years.

It just sucks that your grandparents were the worst.

marsnz Korrekt.Got to admit though those were the most interesting 12 yrs any nation has ever had. 73 yrs since NSDAP went kaput and it fascinates everyone. Nazis get views and ratings.

marsnz those 1000 years do u mean?

it explains a lot too, no wonder that 12 years guy thought he was the chosen one, announcing you were the emperor apparently a common theme in European culture of the period. Seems a common theme in Europe, war, war, and more war. this was a great video They want the EU army in this modern day. Happy to be American, we want all wars to stay overseas, easy when your surrounded by a vast sea. I have no doubt why my ancestors left Europe, we were tired of being ruled over, and still are fighting Europe, with words not swords

@buddy moore+ Yeah, the United States didn't want to be ruled, it wanted to rule. Manifest Destiny may be a good example. And it's a very stupid thing. We shouldn't rule the world. We attack sovereign nations without a moral, ethical, or just reasons. We undermine other nations' political processes, and try to force others to comply to our wills through threats of economic, military or covert actions. You know, the United States would be a great nation (for the first time) if we actually tried to make the world a better place. If we acted more like a leader than a tyrannical despotic nation, imagine what progress we would make in this world. But we got to fix the issues here first before we can actually do any good. Unfortunately, we have yet to have a government that actually doesn't have the people's interests at heart. Not now, not at the founding of the United States, and I don't think anytime in near future.

I love this country so much. It has such rich history and their language is absolutely my favorite. I wish more people knew it’s history.

German language sounds auzgezeichnet

If you want to say about real history of one single unified country called "Germany" - not many tribes, not federation, not just people with similar language it started from Prussia

@ᴘᴀwᴇʟ YT Prussia was the main, unifying force of Germany and a had a major cultural impact. However, the idea of Germany came about before Prussia began really pushing for it. Germany is a nation that is a series of old, smaller kingdoms and princedoms, who’s people desired to become a force on the international stage & not just a theatre of European politics.

Danke

The Germans(German speaking people) are arguably the cultural heavyweights of Europe. Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kant, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, Hesse, Goethe, Dürer etc... To see no further back than the great world wars is to disregard some of the most outstanding intellectual and artistic achievements of any country in any age.

BARBATUS 89 we will see

lets not forget the real heavy weights,: the many in the field of natural science like mathematics, physics, chemistry, economy, historiy, archaelogy, geography, urban planners/architects, blacksmiths/engineers and constructors ... most real innovations and changes are from them. and I dont just talk about Gutenberg, Gauss, Euler, Rothshield, Fugger, Goldmann/Sachs, Gutenberg, Einstein, Planck, Leibnitz, , Goedel, Escher, Bach, Siemens, Daimler, Porsche, Horch (Audi), Braun, Bosch, Hahn, Bunsen, Koch, Paracelsius, Altzheimer, Freud, Jung, Schliemann, Humboldt and so on ... for instance Knight armor (best were South Germany and North Italy) and Swords, complex mechanical constructions already in medival age (many famous blacksmiths!) ... and the ones who crated the infrastructure/universities/spots for that ... today often more 'entertainers' or philosophers' are named (and also shown in the TV, even in their 'modern versions'), but the real impact had mostly other ones ... of course some were generalists like Dürer (a real heavy weight) ... and keep in mind how many battles who changed the history were the result of 'better weapons', better ships, better food ... constructed/innovated/brought by whom? it was already an interesting documentary if one just focus on the genious blacksmith and little developers of the old times in Europe. many less known yet famous people at their time - with a lot of impact. hidden champions!

@Michael Fog An Austrian belittled my people, the Spanish, telling me we merely piggy-backed on Portuguese expertise. I never belittled his race, yet he belittled mine, so I mocked him using his own standard, telling him that if what he said of my people were true, then the Germans accomplished nothing without piggy-backing on the British Industrial Revolution. He admitted it was so since he didn't want me to disassociate with him as an enemy.

I would see it relaxed and a bit out of the box. The cultural hot spots changed over time in history. If you look over a few thousand years then from Persia, Greek, Roman to the successor of the Roman to the more middle and northern Europe countries and their colonies - which are are at the moment the most wealthy and innovative cultures (UK, Canada, Western- and Northern Europe) ... slowly Southeast Asia adds more and more (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China is on the same path) and might even overtake on some aspects... But my posting was about something different: due to the left wing/socialist ideology we often talk to much about cultural lightweight cultures (like entertainment, actors, social/moral-'philosophers') but less about the real cultural heavy weights ... we also have to much left wing milieu actors, singers and so on in the TV talking about the reality and society instead of real scientists. I don't like this shift from natural science to ideology/religion ...

Love Deutschland aus Griechenland . Great nation and people, majestic history . Heart of Europe !

Wtf germany is helping turky

@Théo Van de Voorde - Personnel because our politicians have no dignity, the majority of the people are pro greece

@Théo Van de Voorde - Personnel not germans helped this turkish dictator it is Angela merkel she helped Erdogan

If you want to say about real history of one single unified country called "Germany" - not many tribes, not federation, not just people with similar language it started from Prussia

And isn't Czech Republic in the middle?

I am in a relationship with a German and i want to learn and understand the history of Germany beyond the 12 years that are highlighted in school. I appreciate this video and the hard work that was put into making it.

Are you Jewish?

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That is why nationally they focus on the 12 years, because there is no history of a singular peoples in Germany. It was a disjointted mess, until 1870. Different states identifiied with completely foreign states as much as they did with other Geerman states before this. You would be better off learning about particular state that your Partner arose in

@Xar all histories are disjointed messes. We choose to organize from here on out and cut down the subverting tree of Abraham

@Dispatcher Not true. Both England and France have national identities going back a millennium, portugal 800 years and Spain 500 years, just as some examples.The People's in the regions within these countries have a collective and identification with each other, for the different centuries leading down. Not just word-of-mouth, but a written history, for example, those in the North of England, identifying with that history, aspects of it, just like those in the south.This did not happen in germany until a couple of generations after 1870.Up until that point, each region, the people's would be taught the history of their region and would identify with those within it, but not with those in other regions that are now part of the modern collective german identity

I deeply respect Germany's ancient history. But looks like very few people know about them. WW2 destroyed their ancient precious history. I completely agree that most of it is overshadowed by the events of 20th century. Thanks for the information. Greetings from Pakistan!

How did World War 2 destroy their history?

@Mustafa Ali what do you mean by Nazism, Hitler and bad stuffs?

@Mustafa Ali German history isn't destroyed, at least not from my view point. I still don't understand what Germany did wrong in world war 2. I don't understand why people can't do simple research on their phones. I mean hard Research.

@HausVonMisfits He explained how He ment it how cant you get it

Excellent work. No dead-weight here, just a well-paced stream of info at the right level of detail (for me) and with useful graphics. Watched from start to finish.

it is also very inaccurate and factually wrong at times, but hey, what can you expect from a youtube video

@More coffee What is one inaccuracy?

Like More coffee said: It is inaccurate and factually wrong at times. And then there are omissions. Why did the Romans call them Germans? Because they came from Germania??? Lol! It is more likely that they called them germanii meaning something like 'warring people' in latin and thus called the area the same people lived Germania. The origin story that is stated as fact should also be taken lightly. Though migration is mentioned it does seem to be misaligned. It is more likely that there is a link to the people we know as ancient Assyrians (who are described by contemporaries as pale in complexion, formidable warriors, highly cultured, etc. and not Iraqi), hence the connection to the so called Aryans being a form of Assyrian (though there is some confusion thrown in as some went to India). There are many examples of the connection such as Austria is called Oestenryk (eastern kingdom).

@Matthew The link between Assyria and Germany is basically completely unsubatantiated, so I didn't mention it.

Malcom

This is amazing o.O I’m not German and never will be but this is just awesome, especially for me who lives in Canada and has only really been taught about Germany’s role in WW1&2.. I’ve been to Germany and I get the feeling a lot of them don’t even know this extensive & better part of their history because they’re forced to focus so much on their loses 👌🏼

Nah they just forgot what they learned in school. Every German pupil learns about Charles the Great, Pepin, Otto I....

@F N this is not true

Simon Pantermüller erzähl keinen scheiß😂. Ich gehe grad in Hessen noch zu Schule (nächstes Jahr Abi) und wir haben die ganze scheiße durchgenommen. Von der antike übers Mittelalter bishin zu NS und Kalter Krieg.

@F N das ist schön, bei uns begann die deutsche Geschichte bei der Weimarer Republik und endete mit dem Mauerfall.

@Simon Pantermüller Ja wenn die Schule in Berlin oder Bremen ist...

We yanks are woefully ignorant of our European ancestors' history--- we are taught about it as an overview within "world history" here, in the states! Thanks, for making this engaging material available to us online :)

ok but you are responsible for your own education. stop blaming school if you do not learn as an adult.

Yeup! Another fellow American here- as I try to attempt great literary works- Russian classics etc. I just want to understand the things going on in the world when these authors were writing their masterpieces.

Yanks? Not very representative of all of those in the US.

Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into this excellent history of Germany. I have read John Rohl's 3 part volume on Wilhelm II that amounts to about 3900 pages. I find German history absolutely fascinating on so many levels.

Dude thank you, this is sick. Pre 20th century Germanic history has always been such an enduring enigma for me, this cleared up so much of the mystery. Great job.

This must have taken ages to research and write! Thank you for this incredibly thorough and vast effort! It is by far the most comprehensive documentary of our history on YouTube, at least as far as I have seen!

Unlike revisionism that is rampant in the left leaning halls of learning today, European history has been painstakingly recorded as a record of facts for centuries.

This was so well done. As a historian this was so well structured and time line was great. Well done. I love true history not watered down or as I have seen on the Hyksos history just made up to be a talking point. I'll call out who did this however I can't because this is far greater. 🤣

Things are either fact or fiction no in between so I just called it but thank for da heart. It's a first. 🤣

Every time I hear "Germany" refering to something prior to 1848 I get goose bumps... ...In a bad way... I watched this because I was interested in how german history would be portraied...because it is a thousand years full of complex topics and there are some misconception that seem to be common in english-speaking countries. (For example: If you see a map of national borders in medieval times.... It is wrong... yes always. And many words aren't chosen well. For example the modern concepts of "Monarch", "Nation" or "State" don't fit into medieval reality...) Some common misconcetions are repeated here (more than I care to write about...) but overall it still seems well done. There are some oversimplifications but If you don't turn a mosquito into an elephant (common german proverb) it seems to be an adequate synopsis of german history. PS: Don't get me wrong...there are more things in this video that are terribly wrong than I would like to write about... BUT... In Germany it's considered praise enough if you are not beeing scolded... ...at the same time we are told to say nothing if we can not say something nice... soooooooo........................The short mention of the concept of Translatio Imperii in 31:10 is ery nice. I'm sure this is a good overview for many people but (coming from a historitian) I can not follow your enthusiasm and I wouldn't call this "true history not watered down"...

Hey im thinking about becoming a historian whats your job like?

Long live Germany....Respect From Afghanistan 🇦🇫🇩🇪

Good luck man.

Lol... Wood

@infminuseight ikr, his name is Nazir like Nazi😂😂

@Pik Wood i am trying to get back at you for insulting him, im not insulting him

You put so much work into these documentaries and it makes them really great and thorough. Thank you!! ❤️

I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter. Summarized - Rejects Roman annexation - Teutons defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them Create an empire that wasn't really an empire but somehow lived for 1000 years - Very special and unique The Kingdom of Prussia and hundreds of German states gangsta! before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals. defeats the French, unite into a new Empire Get a colonial Empire Fights the whole Gets treated badly Comeback as Villian, fights the whole world again Lost because of own mistakes Gets divided again Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again. Also, a few German inventions: - Incandescent lamps (Heinrich Göbel 1854) - The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859) - Dynamo and tram (Werner von Siemens 1866) - The 35mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925) - Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - while Nazi Germany emigrated to the Americans of course. Are they lucky the Germans exist - 1938) - The ship chart (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969) - Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864) - Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873) - The recorder, player - with which the first films were possible (Emil Berliner 1887) - Aspirin - which all great athletes used to feel used to relieve pain and which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann 1879) - Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902) - Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903) - the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg) - The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz) - Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928) - Teabag (Adolf Rambold 1929) - The jet engines - Indispensable for all jets and rockets + First war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929) - The Helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936) - The first car (Carl Benz - With honorary mustache - 1886) - Computers (Konrad Zuse 1941) - Fanta (During the Nazi era - and yes, this Fanta) - First 3D film (also during the Nazi era) - NASA (due to thousands of German engineers and thinkers that the Americans needed) - Typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1864) Love Germania 🇩🇪⚫⚪🔴

I appreciate the format you use to convey information. I like your use of maps and the linear nature of the narration. Simplistic and informative. Thank you for your efforts to make these videos! Great stuff.

Thanks for the quickfire German history lesson. Im sure most of the documented history from that era has been pieced together from accounts of battles and power struggles between the various participants. I hope in your next installment more can be made of the people that advance their societies and mankind in general with the insights of their brilliant minds. Thoughts and inventions that propelled Germany and the world forward.

This was an excellent video, with such detailed explanations. I cannot imagine the effort that must have put in making this video. Thanks a lot for this! Eagerly waiting for the second part...

These documentaries are amazing. I've learned more about history in 5 hours than I did in 4 years in high school

That's wonderful..Stay blessed

In those 4 years schools focus on American history and development

Thank you for this wonderful presentation! The artwork you compiled for visuals is nothing short of stunning! I could look at medieval art all day. :)

I will say this: Germany is a GREAT place to be stationed. I was there for 3 years in the military--a little NATO bunker you've never heard of called Ruppertsweiller--and I returned for another 5 years as a DoD employee, this time in Wiesbaden. Can't wait to go back for a third tour!

@KS Germania Yeah. probably. lol. But I will still take full advantage of "American imperialism" if it suits me.

@xavierX Well, if you are lucky, you may be stationed in Ukraine. Miss that old cold-war feeling yet?

I’m glad somebody actually tell full good detail of Germany and not just talk about World War I and II thank for making both of these they are very informational and I bet it took you a long time Edit: he took away the heart

Saff oh WOW ... that’s kinda rude talking a heart away

the whole video is a continuum of wars.....from war to war from day one to today....Hitlers massacres were omitted but their bloodthirsty hate and need for domination at all costs becomes clear.

Nah, the heart goes away when you edit a comment. Happend to me too.

A friend of mine, after drinking a couple of beers, enjoys teasing anyone, while offering them a drink. If I bring him a German friend, his joke is invariably the following one: "Great Germany. And the Germans are excellent people. But every now and then you suddenly go crazy, start a war and unfailingly lose it" ;-) My German friends do not protest (especially the Swabians), also because the Other continues to offer a drink :-) And refusing could provoke a war, given the proximity to Legnano .. Waiter: another bottle of wine! (just to smile)

If you want to say about real history of one single unified country called "Germany" - not many tribes, not federation, not just people with similar language it started from Prussia

Excellent work! It jells with my memory of my college studies, but your presentation has much more nuanced detail; as soon as I get some extra funds, I will donate! I am looking forward to Part 2 of the history of Germany; by the way, I am an American living in Austria.

Interesting video. You could have mentioned the development of the German national identity in more detail, though, namely that this process started during the Frankish Empire when the East Franks began realizing that they spoke a different language and had different customs than the West Franks, and ended in the 12th century when historic documents show that Germans, now calling themselves Deutsche (tiutsche) had developed a political and ethnic concept of themselves.

I started to watch the documentary series The Germans and now came here, it is nice because the series focused on the most important people in greater depth and this documentary fills in the timeline. Also first time I heard of the teutonic cursades! That is super interesting! Thank you 🙏

Thank you for this insightful video. That is an incredible story, if not a complex mix of leaders of regions, states and church. Incredible how such a divided land was able to unite. I look forward to watching other countries histories. While they are somewhat an offshoot of European expansion, the histories of Canada and Australia would be interesting to see.

Spent 4 years in Bavaria and really enjoyed the culture, food and beer, lifestyle, holiday traditions and beautiful nature.

Fantastic video. I've been dying for a long drawn out documentary of the history of Germany. Thank you for your excellent work

Spot on

James Buck  "statehood" of Palestine is there since before jews arrived from Egypt. Palestine was a Kingdom, it was part of Ottoman Empire and was ruled by Hashemite Royal and allowed Christian Faith to Thrive. The Protection of Christian pilgrims was protected by German Knights even in the 1904 times. German and Austrian Knights of Habsburgs and Hohenzollerns were in these places. There was peace between Austrian and Ottoman empires during these times they always go into these Churches. A british Lord of Irish blood was murdered, Lord Moyne and 93 others. Those who have claimed israel comes from kabbalist, communist, zionist in which all the founding teachers of these 3 disicplines were all jews... "son of a bitch!" right? They control the hue and tint of the environment of lies and these communist-zionist-cabbalist jews are lyin EVERYDAY! The jews lied about Germany

Thank you for the history lesson.  I enjoyed this overview very much; it puts a lot into perspective. BTW, if you're interested in doing an history of an elusive subject, how about the politics of Central America leading up to the arrival of Cortez and a brief overview of Spanish rule there.  It is uncommon for most people to know that the power politics there were the same as elsewhere in the world, and that Cortez's presence was, at the time, just another counter in the Central American chess game.

Being an avid student of history, I knew several parts of your subject with some detail, and the overall gist; but you taught me a lot more that I didn't know... which helped fill in some holes for a more complete understanding. I was quite eager at the end to move on to the conclusion of your narrative, only to find that you haven't done it yet. So I"ll just have to wait. Get busy... I'm waiting and anxious because of the great job you did here.

I’m a Native American really interested in the German people. Thank you for this video!

Germans are actually also very interested in Native Americans. I know it's just fiction, but Karl Mays novels about the Native American Winnetou are the most read German speaking books as far as I know

Hey me too... Anishnabe... Im Ojibway, what about you??? 🙂

We’re all people.

Hello cousin. I am -3% Cherokee. Sup? My maternal 6th great grandmother is Wurteh Benge. I am mostly German. I'm interested in my long lost Native families

I am a quarter Cherokee Indian. I love history. I love the history of royalty. I'm grateful for this upload. STAY WARM. Love and light from Gore, Oklahoma.🍭

Being German it’s great to hear about our history more than WWII I’ve been waiting for a documentary about this topic!

Ah ... very well done. Excellent scholarship. No nonsense, good history doesn't need bells and whistles and stupid jokes; it just needs extensive knowledge of source material, good judgement/scholarly perspective and finally clear prose. Thank you. As a German American I congratulate you on your very Germanic-like style. Excellence and acuity need no embellishment.

Fantastic history! Thanks so much for creating this, I learned a lot 🙂

Very well done. Thank you for your hard work in creating this. I really enjoyed it. Cannot wait until part two comes out.

Man I'm loving these in depth videos. So much history in such a short amount of time, a perfect overview to pique interest. Thanks for the uploads brother

Astoundingly amazing how the history of Germany is explained

I regret that my history classes in the United States barely touched German history. My German ancestors came to the US between the civil war and WWI. I'm a Lutheran and my favorite composer is Beethoven. I hope to one day visit Germany. Howdy from Texas!

Welcome!

They shouldn't, why focus on one nation over in europe? Your own countries history comes first, and many other things history related, time management wise, i don't think German history is necessary, but would be very cool though!

@sylamy I understand. All I ever learned about Germany was Martin Luther, both world wars and the Berlin Wall.

soflo23 beep I mean general periods of history such as the Holy Roman empire or unification. Even the influence of music and art from the baroque thru romantic. Like I said most I ever learned was Martin Luther, the two world wars, and the Berlin Wall.

Hi, thanks for the great educational and entertaining history videos. I'd really appreciate if you could also add subtitles to the videos. So that we can learn the names, regions and all sorts of useful stuff more accurately. The auto generated subtitle is very bad. The technology has not yet there.

Thanks for the video! Fascinating how many work you put in there and I'm impressed that you did not focus solely on the NS-Era as many others do. I love our history and due to the Denazification of my beloved Austria, most here simply don't want do be Germans anymore and throw all these important history over board for an pure Austrian one, which doesn't even exist! Greetings from Salzburg!

Grüße aus Deutschland. Manchmal habe ich das Gefühl, dass bei euch in Österreich Geschichte falsch unterrichtet wird. Hatte schon öfters hier auf You Tube Diskussionen mit Österreichern, die behaupteten, dass Österreich schon immer unabhängig gewesen sei. Dabei ist Österreich erst seit 1806 unabhängig und das auch nur, weil sie von Frankreich dazu gezwungen wurden. Und bis 1945 war es auch noch normal sich als Deutscher zu bezeichnen. Kannst du das bestätigen?

Being German is keeping your word, working hard and helping your community. Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰 i hope that Germans are still proud of their country?

Most are not.

why did u add the question mark?

the EQUATION to hear from Germans

Reggie Brightside yeah it s awful when foreigners decide to just invade your cuntry without warning. Just like 1938 and 1939

Great documentary! Incredibly detailed with tons of research = really interesting... well, to us history loving nerds anyway. Thank you for your hard work.

I found it pretty interesting I did my DNA test and my mom's side always said 100% Finnish and that was exactly right (Finns have some unique marker genes) and the rest was French/German (my dad's side was 100% French as far as we knew and had been in Canada for a few hundred years, so culturally now still a bit french like my grandparents spoke French at home and we ate French foods but now we are in America and none of that really sticks after a few generations). The DNA test said French and German DNA was not identifiably any different hahaha. makes sense to me they are so close and so intermixed with all the other western European nations.

What a great, informative, dynamic presentation. Not dull like some professors.

"the bavarians were often independent minded and uncooperative, not something that would change anytime soon" It never changed IT NEVER Changed all germans know that, EVERY german know that. Dont argue with a bavarian. He is right, even if he isnt.

LOL

Especially if you come from the North.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm 7/8 Bavarian 1/8 Swiss, sorry, we are wound pretty tight, that's why we drink, to try to knock it down a notch.

Wait, what is a Austrian then

Bavaria rules. It's my history.. And I'm right 😆

Your documentaries are sone if the best in the entirety of YouTube. Thank you for what you do. History of Slavs next! Many of us would be greatly thankful for that.

That's some intense learning. Thank you for your effort in making the most comprehensive video (and video's) on empire foundations. And now to watch another from your list :)

Thank you for this doc. I've been on a mission for the last couple of months to find out more about my German ancestors, where they came from, the German language and Germanic Paganism.

Great DOC i really enjoyed im american with german decent. Even though my grandfather fought in the war he was always talking about the beauty of Germany and wanted to go back under different circumstances he bragged on there people all the time so its number 1 on my bucket list to bring my daughter on vacation some time to enjoy the great DEUTSCHLAND!!!!

I hope you get to go one day.

U are a German, living in America! Thats it!

hail the American Germanics! We are with you

@Arolema Prarath the British empire is not British, it is Israeli

I loved this documentary. I learned so much. And I see you have a part two so THANK YOU!

Good to know ,Stay blessed and safe..

I've been researching my family tree and discovered I have strong German ancestry. Thank you for making this video so I can learn more about their home and culture

Is there a part 3, going from the Reformation to contemporary German history? I really want to see the next instalment. Great work. Thanks

This really is great, as well as others you have done. This is small but what would be cool in the future History of... would be an overlay of current boundaries as the maps progress through the video. Thanks for all the work.

No matter how informative, organized, and simplified this may be, my head will remain spinning forever.

Wonderful documentary!! I am so excited to have found your channel! Cable does not respect our intelligence anymore. Not even with the History channel or Travel channel. Thank you so much for providing these.

Great job. Well worth the time to listen to a comprehensive history of Germany.

As a German I must say that I felt stupid that most of my knowledge of German history began in the earth 20th century. Thanks for this video, dude! All the love!

I suggest you cover the 30 years war in detail. that was a class A disaster and it had a huge impact on how subsequent germans (including bismark and hitler) thought about german national security.

Excellent documentary on the history of the German people! Proud to be half German!

Germany would censor you now for naziism.

Me, too!

I was there 1960-62, Should have married a German gal, instead of a Swiss!

Yeah my grandfather was in the army and served in Vietnam, I believe he was in a tank brigade. He also was stationed in Germany for a couple years, not far from his ancestral home. He is mostly German with some Polish and Swedish ancestry.

Top notch! Excellent decision to use so much artwork through the ages. Subscribed!

The battle of Teutoberg forest was a significant battle but not the most significant. The Romans crossed the Rhine several times after that, particularly Germanicus who went as far as the Elbe. Germany could have been conquered but Tiberius deemed it too expensive. Conquering Eastern Europe was also never a realistic possibility, being too vast. The Romans, and other civilsations were largely limited by sea and river transportation so tended to stay in the Mediterranean which has many peninsulas and the borders were mostly natural rivers.

What a great thorough documentary. Great storytelling. Subscribed and added to my liked videos. Shared it with a friend. Watched it twice. Good work.

Thanks for the video man, real interesting stuff, good pacing, good voice, good detail amount. Really a service to the people of the internet. I hope you fortune in your endeavors

I just love hearing non German speaking people pronouncing German words... You're doing quite well😉😊

Thank you

Danke

German ii bismarck

Vat vould you propose that my pronunciation to improve do speaking can? 😁

I’m a German American learning German and I CAN NOT pronounce the word sorry as hard as I try!! 😑😂🇩🇪

Amazing condensing of central European history into a 56 minute video. Thanks very much for posting. Awesome job.

Thank you for posting this documentary. I have tried to find more information about the history of Germany. However, I have often come to a disappointing end with most of the information zeroing on the era of The Third Reich. In my opinion, it does all of humanity a grave injustice to sacrifice an entire past as well as the future of a people to focus on one dark period of time. If we had chosen to do the same to every nation who committed atrocities towards others we would have no history to look back on. No nation has their hands clean when it comes to injustice and depravity. No country recieved it's recognition with a handshake and a peace treaty. Each country had to fight to gain and maintain their borders. Look what happens when they fail to do so. Also there is nothing wrong with enjoying and celebrating a culture who gave so much to the world.

Nicely done. Appreciate the connotations showing deep knowledge also about the neighboring tribes and the difference between germanic language and linguistics and the collective term "Germany". Cheers from saxony, we moved southwards a bit.

Good documentary - well researched info. Gave shape and organic flow to an complicated subject.Now I want to see part two.

Mexican American here, and like my father before me, have always had a love and fascination of European history. Sadly, it wasn't until watching Bridgerton and they introduced the Prince of Prussia, of all shows lol, that I realized I know absolutely nothing of German history prior to the obvious historical dates. I really appreciate this doc! I've met many Germans, and they are the nicest people! I unfortunately feel I have to acknowledge that not all of us Americans are of the 'murican intellect who won't learn about countries beyond the continent 😒😞 ✌🏽✌🏽

I think i learned more about Germany, and history, than i did the the entire time I was in school. subbed and liked

Grateful aya. That which is printed in history books is controlled by the world ruling elite. He who controls the money, including hard earned tax dollars, also control what is poured into your mind. The whole world is deceived. Governments, whether communist or fascist have been kept kept in check by the Vatican. The Vatican is nothing but a tool used by the world ruling elite to maintain control over the masses. Those world ruling elite who control the world banks, also control governments. This is why the congress of the U. S. has been deneutered and has become a congress of do nothingers. They have been bought off by the world elite and delagated their power to the unelected authoritarian bureaucracy spearheaded by the CIA and answerable to no one. The world ruling elite has taken over the government of the U. S. in order to reestablish the European revival of the Holy Roman Empire. The spirit of Charlemagne will rise again. The spirit of Charlemagne was controlled by Satan. There was nothing holy about the Holy Roman Empire. History is controlled by those with the power and money. The truth about the Holy Roman Empire from Justinian's kingdom beginning the church--state relationship to Charlemagne, to Otto the Great, to Charles V, Habsburg Dynasty, to Napoleon, and on to the sixth kingdom which was Hitler; all these kingdoms had one thing in common. They all had a great false church riding on their backs. That great false church used the power of those individual governments to supress the truth. This always led to rivers of blood. That spirit of the revival of the Holy Roman Empire, a European ten nation combine led by Germany with the Vatican riding on its back will soon rear its ugly head. Rivers of blood will flow once again. After blood flows like rivers and billions are dead worldwide, never again will man rule over man. Mankind was given free moral agency and chose to partake of the tree of good and evil. Man chose Satan's nature rather than God's nature. Mankind chose his own governments, his own RELIGIONS, his own science, his own economy and his own educational system. All of mankind's institutions are inside out. Mankind has created a bowl full of sewage by rejecting God's nature. Because mankind was created as free moral agents and chose on his own to follow his own human nature, better known as satanic nature, man will learn the hard way. By aversion therapy and the rivers of blood man creates by his weapons of mass destruction, mankind will be purged of his pompous, arrogant, puffed up with pride attitude and will be humbled. For the first time, mankind will be free of the influence and control of Satan and his demons to be reeducated in God's way of life; to live in God's spiritual ten commandments as a way of life. As for the world ruling elite who play the nations against each other as though they were chess pieces, they will learn what God meant when he said, "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to. make it in God's kingdom."

@Doug Dawkins what a load of crap

@Doug Dawkins can't you summarize? Or make the Yankees win the 2019 World Series?

Do you think you do not have the responsibility to learn most academic knowledge outside of school?

Now learn everything about the states.

I genuinely get mad when people tell me WW2 is all they know about Germany and that’s just depressing. While it is immensely important, to know the prior history is so important to even understanding the German mindset during the war period. Remember people, context is the most important thing in history. We must understand history so as to not repeat it.

OMG this is the best documentary in my entire life. You capture most of early german people so very good. Keep going bro.

As far back as I can track, 1650ad, my family, the Kocher's, have lived and flourished along the Rhine. 200+ years on the west side of the Rhine in Seltz, France area. In 1650, the church where all the prior family records were kept, burnt down. From what I understand, there's a river in Germany that shares the same name as my family.

Greetings from Duisburg Very good video that explains the history of the Germans in Central Europe from the Cimbri and Teutons to the end of the Middle Ages very well. I am looking forward to Part 2

My mother was born in Stettin,Prussia (now part of Poland) in 1941. I was born in Bremerhaven,W.Germany in 1961. I also served in the U.S.Navy. I love well made docs. Keep it up. Instead of indoctrinating our kids,the schools should be showing these. It's too bad when my phone is smarter than these kids coming out of schools now. Keep America Great!

European history, literature, even agricultural,economics has been so much of an education ..love it..From Texas

Caesar's Rhine Crossing was actually at a neighbouring city of mine, alongside lots of artifacts and small watchtowers of the Limes Wall are still here and they look quite astonishing for how old they are.

I know its a bit late, but no Arminius is not known in Germany as Hermann. At one point people might have referred to him as such to make him into some kind of first German, but nowadays whenever he is brought up, it is as Arminius. That doesnt really happen though, since he isnt really important to modern Germany and so is mainly brought up in the context of Roman history.

Der Hermannmythos war ein wichtiger Narrativstrang für nationalistische Geschichtsschreibung. Arminius/Hermann war der erste der die Gewalt aus Rom abwehrte und Martin Luther der zweite. Das Hermanndenkmal steht ja heute noch. Bei uns in Bayern ist Hermann eigentlich schon noch recht häufig zu hören. Allerdings hört man auch Arminius

I plan on working on a file showing German heads of state and I wanted to include some Germanic tribes but I didn't know which ones to choose but thanks to this video it came down to just three first is the Cimbri the second is the Cherusci and finally the Saxons which I believe were defeated and were annexed in the Frankish kingdom and later the Carolingian empire under Charlemagne and later Louis the Pious until the empire split focusing on the eastern half

Great job - I can't believe I haven't stumbled upon you guys before!

sir, you're doing a fine job ... wish I had a history teacher like this

I thought I knew a lot about German history but turns out I knew less than 50%. Top vid!

Awesome video. Can you supply some written sources for us to read over to as some of the historical figures and events I would like to go into more depth. For instance, the Norman rule of South Italy and wars with the Byzantine. I would like to know how the Normans went from enemy to ally with the Byzantine?

Great little documentary, I really like how you provide the meanings behind various names, such as Lombards meaning Longbeards :D I didn't know that!

That's more of a pseudo etymology. We don't know where the name came from.

The Germanic Tribe of the Langobarden

Great video! I just have to point out, that there were no 'Germans' really in Frankish times. The Franks were a Germanic tribe, just like the Saxons. The Franks have nothing to do with the people who lived in what we today call 'France'. They just invaded it and formed the nobility, there. They have always been Germanic people.

Red Pill Germany the Franks are parts of our History, and has nothing to do with Germany.

@ImperialFrenchWarrior haha, the Franks are Germanic people. Dream on! The imperial seat was Aachen and the Franks formed in what is today the Netherlands. Lol!

Wulfson N9z they no only form the nobility they're also came as farmers.

@Red Pill Germany you not really redpill you repeating the prussians propaganda like a parrot.

Good information and well presented in a matter of fact way - never seen this channel before but I like it a lot!

This clean format is much better than those highly dramatic ones filmed for television or special courses full of drama, annoying music and bad cut interviews.

I am 1/2 English, 1/4 Irish and 1/4 German so after listening to this history, I have all Anglo Saxon roots and mostly Germanic and Teutonic culturally. What a surprise! That will save me $100 on Ancestry.

Hello .Stay blessed

Except for the Irish yes. The Irish are Celts

Since your part English and Irish, you might also be part Norwegian and Danish, but depends on which part of Euope

I thought I was 100% German until I sent my DNA sample to ancestry. To my surprise I am 22% english and 9% Swedish plus some Norwegian.

@The One and Only Lord Farquaad calts are nordic right ?

A very interesting video. I'm sorry to say I didn't know that much about German history. This video although short has filled that gap. History very interesting and very important to learn from. Thank you for this excellent video, I look forward to watching your other video's.

1:50 Mytheus of Mecalia, a Ancient Greek explorer who went to modern day Germany. 4:45 WOW SOME GERMAN CITIES HAVE ROMAN ROOTS!!! 9:00 Early midevil Germany 13:30 Charlemagne. 15:50 the Holy Roman Empire is technically born.

50:50 Correction: Ludwig IV was from the House of Wittelsbach and had no relation to his predecessor Heinrich VII (though Ludwig IV was related to the Habsburg Rudolf I mentioned earlier, being his maternal grandson). Heinrich VII's line would only return afterwards with his grandson Karl IV, who succeeded Ludwig IV.

Hey mangreat job with these videos your producing, id love to see all countries of the world covered, but i cant find much information or books on Bulgaria, love to see that country covered

I was honestly shocked that my GERMAN girlfriend told me that she wasn't even taught anything about the history of her country before WWI. Amazing video! 👍

I would be too...

I have a huge respect of the german people. They are truly next level people.

Gergin Valeff - What are next level people? Xplain your self.

Germans believe that they are each part of the system and for the system to work properly, all the parts have to move as they should. They should arrive on time and function properly. Germans are big on this, so if they have a system in place, things generally go according to plan.

Nice try Reich, where you typing from, Argentina??

@asm msa LMAO

They are assyrians. Research. They are defently gods people

Great video and production quality. Looking forward to part two.

I'm german, and I'm a history buff. I graduated top of my class in history, but it's sad how we never learned about anything in detail. The only thing I remember being taught about the HRE in class is that "it was neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire." There was much more emphasis on more recent history, like prussia and the world wars. Of course, not even these topics were covered in great detail. A shame. Our school system has long been due for an overhaul.

Really... the only thing you heard about a 1000 year lasting political power house was the mischaractarization of a 18th century Frenchman? That's sad