This is the final episode in our series on the road to WW1, see the full playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLEbAHi3fZpuHE1QmqTfhBM9kkr_QSyXtW.html. This is a Saturday 'catch up' episode of The Rest Is History where we release episodes that were previously audio-only for the first time on video. This episode is parts 5 and 6 of our series on the road to WW1 from earlier in the year.
Why is there not a picture of George V? WHY? Why do you lie all the time? Why do you misrepresent the history so bad, why? Why do you leave your part out? Why do you whitewash the British Empire and its chokehold on the whole world? ... this is no history, this is ideology, pure and simple. Horrible.
Absolutely. There are a number of authors who should be heard through the authors voice: Tom, Dominic, Bill Bryson, Rory & Alistair, Sandi Toskvig….and their are some readers who embody the author, such as Tony Robinson’s reading of Terry Pratchett’s wonderful Disc World series. Speaking of which - I hope there will be appropriate references to Blackadder series 4 during your last episode discussing the actual battles…what does such an interpretation from the late 1980’s say about the legacy of WWI in Britain??
I absolutely love your content guys, you bring history to life, and youve given me a better understanding of western history and how it pertains to the modern day... Thanking you for your podcasts
Tom’s brother James Holland and Al Murray also have a v good podcast called ‘we have ways of making you talk’. They also combine knowledge with humour to both entertain and educate, mainly on WW2 subjects. Well worth a listen or watch imo 👍
We all love the kaiser. 😂 out of all over them he is the most fun . And he got away with it all . Lived a long life . Got remarried . Chopped up fire wood for fun in his old age. 😂
@@jezalb2710yes . We had to fight ww2 but .... why was there a Hitler ? Why did the communist take power in Russia ? It all comes back to ww1 . The world was on the right track in 1913 . Germany was ahead of all the other nations.
Fascinating to learn that von Moltke was a Christian Scientist. I only mention this because at the outbreak of WW2 the C-In-C RAF Bomber Command, Ludlow-Hewitt, was also a Christian Scientist. Two very senior military commanders each a member of a minor Christian following.
Could never understand why Germans thought French would surrender even if Schlieffan plan was successful even though France wouldn't give in in 1870 when their armies were all crushed.
We let ourselves get sucked in by France. Look at what they are doing to us now . We are paying them millons to stop the small boats. France is the real enemy
Why were the German/Prussian generals, political leaders, diplomats, etc. melancholy? Because they had a war plan and the war plan was very aggressive, there was never a contingency plan - a plan b. This was because the Prussians were war experts and knew that wars are unpredictable. The plan on this particular occasion was the von Schlieffen plan, circa 1906. So the Prussian Germans in the know, knew what would happen. Hence the melancholy. They also knew exactly how long a Russian military mobilisation would last. Hence the von Schlieffen plan. Now let’s take another look at the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia. Why was it so unreasonable? What was the Austro-Hungarian Empire? When had it last won a war? If you accept that this multicultural empire was pretty much under the control of Berlin perhaps it is easier to understand Austro-Hungary’s unusually aggressive and provocative behaviour. A final point: geopolitics. Drang nach Osten? Or the Berlin-Bagdad line - Germany’s real place in the sun? Russia was loathe to fight Germany/Prussia, not only out of fear of German/Prussian military prowess, but also because Russia could only be strong with German support. There was no shortage of Germans, e.g. Baltic Germans, in the Russian government - German influence in the Russian Empire was always strong. Now, weak Austro-Hungary? Well, that was a completely different matter.
I am listening to your intro now. The quote from cousin William is funny but please use stronger consonants and drop pr accents when trying German 😂😂😂❤❤❤
An obvious solution to me was Britain declaring there would be arbitration and if one side didn’t turn up, it would join the other in the war. If neither showed up it would stay neutral. I feel this would have forced all parties to the negotiating table. Could someone explain why this plan either doesn’t work or why the British wouldn’t implement it? I know there must be a reason it isn’t feasible as it was never suggested in the video and it came to me immediately
Asking if ww1 was inevitable is not the question to ask. One should ask what took the countries. So long to fight? Why they waited is the answer to find.
I wonder if the journey to WW1 could be made into a TV series farce ? It might be worth a go. Of course the dream casting for Kaiser Wilhelm would have been John Cleese who could have reprised his Basil Fawlty character. I also wish Britain and France had stayed out of WW1 and then after the dust settled the Kaiser could have written his autobiography ' Triumph of the Willy '.
Great power calculations work like that. Hitler's strategic thinking was no different. In that world, world war is inevitable. King of the Hill in 1914.
I am finding this episode very interesting and heartbreaking. To think WW1 could have been avoided, if Monarchs had the power back then we all think they had 😢
I'm not sure I even know what Chatham high street is (sort of the main street of some English town?) but my interest is more and more piqued with every mention and I would definitely watch it.
Maybe the way to avoid the war would be NOT to annex Bosnia and give the South Slavs and Serbs right to selfdetermination instead of imperialistic acts of aggresion and expansionism in the Balkans prior to World War 1.
Hi Tom, still a legend for writing Persian Fire, but you say you so respect Heroditus and in the same breath say he is either lying or inaccurate when he says something you don’t agree with. For example in Babylon you say he is incorrect indicating some Near East societies required all girls to offer their virginity to temple. Wealthy fathers would pay bribes or send a surrogate, ‘ugly’ ones would work as maids in lieu of the levy. Just because you are not an expert in temple ritual pre-500BC best not to disparage Heroditus, contact an expert in the field.
Sometimes war are inevitble. But summer 1914 it was not. Or rather many of teh involved natiosn CHOOSE to take steps towards war and none bcked down or tried to avoid the escalations.
Why is there not a picture of George V? WHY? Why do you lie all the time? Why do you misrepresent the history so bad, why? Why do you leave your part out?
@@heathereley9749 The chokehold the British Empire had on the world, the purest embodyment of all the evils of imperialism is not stressed enough. The view of continent towards the "splendid isolation" and its consequences is not emphasised! In my view the BE has the same guilt for the outbrake of 1WW as the Germans and AH has. A history that leaves out the "altera pars" of the story and only repeats the existing and well known causal relations from one point of view (that of British historiography), is hardly worth listening to or reading.
I SO agree. I tend to go to other podcasts or lectures for 'real history' from real serious historians rather than kids' authors. Nevertheless some parts of these podcasts are fun especially Dominic Sandbrook who refrains from religiosity.
My appeal to every Muslim, my brother or sister, the owner of the channel, I know that it is not my right to comment on your channel, but God is my witness that our circumstances are harsh and forced me to do this. Please forgive me. My brother, there is still a brotherhood of faith. I asked you for a bag of flour. My brother, we women cannot go out among men. There is still a woman with you. My brother, God has honored you. You are men. We are women. We cannot go out or work like you. My brother, where is the brotherhood of faith in your hearts? We are women. There is no brotherhood, no mercy, no compassion, no humanity. And give good tidings to the patient. It is the greatest hope while waiting for what we want. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' How many times I called and talked and tried hard, but no one responded. Oh man, we are with you. My mother ordered us food from the restaurant. More and today. My mother left. Crying. She said, Why are you crying, my mother? She said, My daughter, I ask. God, that I may be honored by death. She said, Why, my mother. She cursed us. She said, "My daughter,today the restaurant owner insulted me. I said, 'Why?' I said, 'How can I be better than people?' I ask God, my daughter. May God gather me. With death alone, a gathering that is better than this humiliation and this humiliation. It is true. I am saying this. It diminishes my value and respect. But, man. I swear to God that I did not say this. I kiss your boots. I am so hungry that my conscience no longer allows me to let you go and ask us for food. I kiss your boots, man, and I ask you by God Almighty and in the Book of God, man, I kiss your boots, man. He has caused us harm, my brother, so that we can buy a kilo of flour and pay the rent. My brother, have mercy on us. He who is in the show will have mercy on you, He who is in the sky. My brother, this is my WhatsApp number: 00967772168484. Whoever can help us, message me on WhatsApp. We will send him the full name. He will transfer us as much as he can. May Allah reward you. Allah knows that my family and I, our house rent is 15 thousand Yemeni riyals per month, and now we owe 45 thousand for 3 months. The owner of the house is one of those people who do not have mercy. By Allah, my brother, he comes every day and humiliates us and talks about us and wants to throw us out of the house and into the street because we were unable to pay him the rent. We will have until the end of the week, and if we pay him, he will swear by Allah that he will throw us out into the street without mercy. See my situation for yourselves. I ask you by Allah, the Living, the Eternal, to help me. By Allah, the Almighty, even at night we cannot sleep from fear. We do not have mattresses or blankets to warm ourselves from the cold. Everything is flooded from the rain, and we have no one but Allah and then you. My brothers, I kiss your boots, don’t turn me away empty-handed. Help us with whatever you can. Is it acceptable to you that we live in this place? We are girls and we have no one. Our father died in a car accident. Consider us your daughters and your honor, and help me with whatever you can. May God reward you with good =>[[}>] ^][/*&;;&;&&;•̥·-`.`.`.`.`.•.,¸-•.,¸°꒰·̮ •̥·°`.`.`.`.`.,.•¯,.•¯}:;:;:;;::;;::;;::;;--|.....%;&;;&💔😭🥺....
This is the final episode in our series on the road to WW1, see the full playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLEbAHi3fZpuHE1QmqTfhBM9kkr_QSyXtW.html. This is a Saturday 'catch up' episode of The Rest Is History where we release episodes that were previously audio-only for the first time on video. This episode is parts 5 and 6 of our series on the road to WW1 from earlier in the year.
Nov 16, 2024:
All is quiet on the weste- OH MY GOD?! A new The Rest is History episode has landed!!!
Not sure if I see it, but do you have the cortes/aztec series on youtube or planned in the near future?
Why is there not a picture of George V? WHY? Why do you lie all the time? Why do you misrepresent the history so bad, why? Why do you leave your part out? Why do you whitewash the British Empire and its chokehold on the whole world? ... this is no history, this is ideology, pure and simple. Horrible.
I know I am getting old (& truly happy) when the highlight of my Saturday night is clicking on this belter.
Thank you !
Your comment confused me. Thought my phone was reading my inner monologue ;)
Same for Me at 35 lol
Your not getting old, your getting wise.
Tom’s readings make me wish he’d been the narrator for his own audiobooks!
He did indeed narrate Rubicon!
Absolutely. There are a number of authors who should be heard through the authors voice: Tom, Dominic, Bill Bryson, Rory & Alistair, Sandi Toskvig….and their are some readers who embody the author, such as Tony Robinson’s reading of Terry Pratchett’s wonderful Disc World series. Speaking of which - I hope there will be appropriate references to Blackadder series 4 during your last episode discussing the actual battles…what does such an interpretation from the late 1980’s say about the legacy of WWI in Britain??
Good afternoon from the SF Bay Area. This has been such a great series, thank you. WWI is a real challenge to understand. Keep it up!
Thank you so much !
I can tell you how it began at least: Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry
I absolutely love your content guys, you bring history to life, and youve given me a better understanding of western history and how it pertains to the modern day... Thanking you for your podcasts
Thank you !
Tom reading the letter . Omg . He always cracks me up. 😂
The conversational format of two friends banter works brilliantly to deliver the most serious content imaginable - world war! Learnt heaps - thanks😊
Tom’s brother James Holland and Al Murray also have a v good podcast called ‘we have ways of making you talk’. They also combine knowledge with humour to both entertain and educate, mainly on WW2 subjects.
Well worth a listen or watch imo 👍
In his book on the subject, Sean McMeekin says Russian mobilization was the key event and therefore Russia was most responsible for the catastrophe.
You just mentioned Madame Blavatsky, and it triggered a thought: How about an episode on Aleister Crowley?
Tom's impersonations and Dominic trying to hold in his laughter are priceless 😂😂
That opening 😂😂😂😂
We all love the kaiser. 😂 out of all over them he is the most fun . And he got away with it all . Lived a long life . Got remarried . Chopped up fire wood for fun in his old age. 😂
The Dutch must have been furious when Germans invaded them in 1940
@@jezalb2710yes . We had to fight ww2 but .... why was there a Hitler ? Why did the communist take power in Russia ? It all comes back to ww1 . The world was on the right track in 1913 . Germany was ahead of all the other nations.
I love you, this is one of my favourite episodes of your podcast ❤ from Germany ❤
24:40 “Fatalistic bellicosity” also describes the Japanese preparing to attack Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Fascinating to learn that von Moltke was a Christian Scientist. I only mention this because at the outbreak of WW2 the C-In-C RAF Bomber Command, Ludlow-Hewitt, was also a Christian Scientist. Two very senior military commanders each a member of a minor Christian following.
Anglo-American Israelites are very influential too ;-(
It’s our old friend the Kaiser! 😂
that needs putting on a mug with a wanted picture of the kaiser 🤣
The stupid little boy…
Could never understand why Germans thought French would surrender even if Schlieffan plan was successful even though France wouldn't give in in 1870 when their armies were all crushed.
Bring your roadshow to Canada!
The alternative history of a WW1 without France and Britain participating is fascinating.
We let ourselves get sucked in by France. Look at what they are doing to us now . We are paying them millons to stop the small boats. France is the real enemy
Instead of The Great War or World War 1, it'll be the Russo-German War of 1914.
That Villy accent was lol
Willy/Wilhelm
Why were the German/Prussian generals, political leaders, diplomats, etc. melancholy? Because they had a war plan and the war plan was very aggressive, there was never a contingency plan - a plan b. This was because the Prussians were war experts and knew that wars are unpredictable. The plan on this particular occasion was the von Schlieffen plan, circa 1906. So the Prussian Germans in the know, knew what would happen. Hence the melancholy. They also knew exactly how long a Russian military mobilisation would last. Hence the von Schlieffen plan.
Now let’s take another look at the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia. Why was it so unreasonable? What was the Austro-Hungarian Empire? When had it last won a war? If you accept that this multicultural empire was pretty much under the control of Berlin perhaps it is easier to understand Austro-Hungary’s unusually aggressive and provocative behaviour.
A final point: geopolitics. Drang nach Osten? Or the Berlin-Bagdad line - Germany’s real place in the sun? Russia was loathe to fight Germany/Prussia, not only out of fear of German/Prussian military prowess, but also because Russia could only be strong with German support. There was no shortage of Germans, e.g. Baltic Germans, in the Russian government - German influence in the Russian Empire was always strong. Now, weak Austro-Hungary? Well, that was a completely different matter.
I am listening to your intro now. The quote from cousin William is funny but please use stronger consonants and drop pr accents when trying German 😂😂😂❤❤❤
The bickering over Chatham High Street is wetting my appetite for this blockbuster podcast.(Did the Kaiser ever visit?)
Note well, no plans to pull back from the brink, no plans to stop, no plans to hold back….
Yes..that was not mentioned.
The attempts at accents on this show is like a party where the Dead Ringers cast gets drunk.
When you got Freud's mojo on your side, does anything else really matter?
An obvious solution to me was Britain declaring there would be arbitration and if one side didn’t turn up, it would join the other in the war. If neither showed up it would stay neutral. I feel this would have forced all parties to the negotiating table. Could someone explain why this plan either doesn’t work or why the British wouldn’t implement it? I know there must be a reason it isn’t feasible as it was never suggested in the video and it came to me immediately
Asking if ww1 was inevitable is not the question to ask. One should ask what took the countries. So long to fight?
Why they waited is the answer to find.
Even as a total Balkan commie (with a little podcast of my own), this is my favourite podcast by far. Kudos gentlemen!
Original thumbnail title;
_"Why the Germans _*_Thoguht_*_ War Was Inevitable."_
I wonder if the journey to WW1 could be made into a TV series farce ? It might be worth a go. Of course the dream casting for Kaiser Wilhelm would have been John Cleese who could have reprised his Basil Fawlty character. I also wish Britain and France had stayed out of WW1 and then after the dust settled the Kaiser could have written his autobiography ' Triumph of the Willy '.
Great power calculations work like that. Hitler's strategic thinking was no different. In that world, world war is inevitable. King of the Hill in 1914.
I am finding this episode very interesting and heartbreaking. To think WW1 could have been avoided, if Monarchs had the power back then we all think they had 😢
I'm not sure I even know what Chatham high street is (sort of the main street of some English town?) but my interest is more and more piqued with every mention and I would definitely watch it.
No more brother wars!
Freud's first thought about the war is his libido....? Was something lost in translation here, or is this just typical Freud? 🤔
Had Austria just occupied Belgrade, there's no guarantee the Serbs, with Russian backing wouldn't have decided it meant war anyway.
Maybe the way to avoid the war would be NOT to annex Bosnia and give the South Slavs and Serbs right to selfdetermination instead of imperialistic acts of aggresion and expansionism in the Balkans prior to World War 1.
Sort of like Russia giving all the Caucasus nations right to self-determination?
Great Britain letting Irish go on their own?
You mean as in the Serbs dominating Bosnia? That idea was tried out later as you know. Ended in genocide.
John Burns you quoted blamed organised Jewry for WW1
À pissing compétition between cousins..
Hi Tom, still a legend for writing Persian Fire, but you say you so respect Heroditus and in the same breath say he is either lying or inaccurate when he says something you don’t agree with. For example in Babylon you say he is incorrect indicating some Near East societies required all girls to offer their virginity to temple. Wealthy fathers would pay bribes or send a surrogate, ‘ugly’ ones would work as maids in lieu of the levy. Just because you are not an expert in temple ritual pre-500BC best not to disparage Heroditus, contact an expert in the field.
Sometimes war are inevitble. But summer 1914 it was not. Or rather many of teh involved natiosn CHOOSE to take steps towards war and none bcked down or tried to avoid the escalations.
Somebody misspelled ’thought’..!!
Why is there not a picture of George V? WHY? Why do you lie all the time? Why do you misrepresent the history so bad, why? Why do you leave your part out?
What? 😕. What have they left out? Which bits are "lies"?
@@heathereley9749 The chokehold the British Empire had on the world, the purest embodyment of all the evils of imperialism is not stressed enough. The view of continent towards the "splendid isolation" and its consequences is not emphasised! In my view the BE has the same guilt for the outbrake of 1WW as the Germans and AH has. A history that leaves out the "altera pars" of the story and only repeats the existing and well known causal relations from one point of view (that of British historiography), is hardly worth listening to or reading.
Apoligists are predictably tiresome.
Apologists for whom?
The ridiculoous comic voices are really off- putting and are so unprofessional. It really detracts from the quality of the video.
These guys are great, unlike the ponderous novels of your namesake.
I love it when they are being funny . 😂
I SO agree.
I tend to go to other podcasts or lectures for 'real history' from real serious historians rather than kids' authors.
Nevertheless some parts of these podcasts are fun especially Dominic Sandbrook who refrains from religiosity.
My appeal to every Muslim, my brother or sister, the owner of the channel, I know that it is not my right to comment on your channel, but God is my witness that our circumstances are harsh and forced me to do this. Please forgive me. My brother, there is still a brotherhood of faith. I asked you for a bag of flour. My brother, we women cannot go out among men. There is still a woman with you. My brother, God has honored you. You are men. We are women. We cannot go out or work like you. My brother, where is the brotherhood of faith in your hearts? We are women. There is no brotherhood, no mercy, no compassion, no humanity. And give good tidings to the patient. It is the greatest hope while waiting for what we want. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' How many times I called and talked and tried hard, but no one responded. Oh man, we are with you. My mother ordered us food from the restaurant. More and today. My mother left. Crying. She said, Why are you crying, my mother? She said, My daughter, I ask. God, that I may be honored by death. She said, Why, my mother. She cursed us. She said, "My daughter,today the restaurant owner insulted me. I said, 'Why?' I said, 'How can I be better than people?' I ask God, my daughter. May God gather me. With death alone, a gathering that is better than this humiliation and this humiliation. It is true. I am saying this. It diminishes my value and respect. But, man. I swear to God that I did not say this. I kiss your boots. I am so hungry that my conscience no longer allows me to let you go and ask us for food. I kiss your boots, man, and I ask you by God Almighty and in the Book of God, man, I kiss your boots, man. He has caused us harm, my brother, so that we can buy a kilo of flour and pay the rent. My brother, have mercy on us. He who is in the show will have mercy on you, He who is in the sky. My brother, this is my WhatsApp number: 00967772168484. Whoever can help us, message me on WhatsApp. We will send him the full name. He will transfer us as much as he can. May Allah reward you. Allah knows that my family and I, our house rent is 15 thousand Yemeni riyals per month, and now we owe 45 thousand for 3 months. The owner of the house is one of those people who do not have mercy. By Allah, my brother, he comes every day and humiliates us and talks about us and wants to throw us out of the house and into the street because we were unable to pay him the rent. We will have until the end of the week, and if we pay him, he will swear by Allah that he will throw us out into the street without mercy. See my situation for yourselves. I ask you by Allah, the Living, the Eternal, to help me. By Allah, the Almighty, even at night we cannot sleep from fear. We do not have mattresses or blankets to warm ourselves from the cold. Everything is flooded from the rain, and we have no one but Allah and then you. My brothers, I kiss your boots, don’t turn me away empty-handed. Help us with whatever you can. Is it acceptable to you that we live in this place? We are girls and we have no one. Our father died in a car accident. Consider us your daughters and your honor, and help me with whatever you can. May God reward you with good =>[[}>] ^][/*&;;&;&&;•̥·-`.`.`.`.`.•.,¸-•.,¸°꒰·̮ •̥·°`.`.`.`.`.,.•¯,.•¯}:;:;:;;::;;::;;::;;--|.....%;&;;&💔😭🥺....
Wtf is this?
@@ClarkeiantoSpam. Report it.
Go away you madman
Excellent podcast, thank you.