What Happened to Prussia? (Short Animated Documentary)
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- Prussia no longer exists. But why? What happened to one of history's most famous nations and why did it stay gone? If you want to find out more then watch this short and simple animated documentary.
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Fun fact: Prussia is the reason why all of Germany's national sports teams wear black and white.
They shouldn't be allowed to, they're pussified Franks LARPing. Merkel alienated all rights to Prussia even though she's a Frank and has no right to alienate those lands.
I thought manuel neuer wears yellow
@@hifive789 the Keeper always has different colors
@@bashkillszombies yes she does, she is an elected leader
True
"It didn't last Because if look at the clock, it's time for war with France" lol
The best time of the day, like tea time for the brits
My favorite time of the day !
What did the french do?
@@ivanivanofivansson8551 Well... Everything started with the Treaty of Verdun. It's all downhill from there
I think the English have the same clock
I honestly don't know what I love best about these videos.
1) the fact that they are so short
2) despite #1, they still pack in a ton of info
3) the "fun fact, no!" Line
4) the dancing through the daisies animation
Or
5) incredible sarcy comments/pictures, like the "war with France" clock.
Keep up the great work.
Like someone dies... the figure tips over...
The "war with France" clock is incredibly funny.. And it's funny because it's true. France was always at war with somebody.
I'm here for the daisies.
For me it’s James Bissonette
He didn't even mention the establishment of Kaliningrad oblast, which happened after the Soviets took over Prussia. This video is woefully incomplete.
"There is a distinct lack of Prussia"
That's enough to make a grown man cry
Yes
German points at map, Germany here. Prussian raises hand to his chest and points towards his heart.....Prussia here.
@@hmartinspliff its the same with a few fiefs of the holy roman empire, they just don't exist anymore
Edit: by which i meant all of them muhuhahahaaaaa
Edit 2:
Oh wait i forgot liechtenstein
Hahahaa
@@thomashaeyen6942 isn't Belgium still a thing? Belgium was a state in HRE too and its borders was almost the same as today
"What's the time?"
"Uh, it's about half past War with France."
Would that be Prussia or plucky little England?
@@conveyor2 Both
Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?
You said that half an hour ago.
Look at the time! It's Napoleon o'clock! 😁
Look how they massacred my boy...
What is your plan? I thought you always had a plan?
It was spinning three plates who caused this
Never put an Austrian in charge, they can't even rule their own empire let alone the whole German region
You kinda caused this though.
In your face, old man
Remember in middle school hearing a lot of about Prussia in history then being confused why it wasn’t on the map and that was one of my first wiki deep dives
sad reality
I forgot Prussia for years until recently I had randomly thought about it and like you I went on a deep dive 😂
The murder that was covered up so well, it hid in plain sight.
We gotta retake it back
@@simpsbelongtothegulags3702 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Do you suffer from a distinct lack of Prussia in your life?? Ask your doctor if Preussennex is right for you. Side effects may include: aggression, militarism, and growing out some phenomenal facial hair.
Plus, a perplexing fetish for spiked helmuts.
I'd like 10,000 bottles of preussenex please
Ok,i gonna ask
You also develop an irresistible urge to wear a helmet with a spike on top
The latter part sold me right away
Where is France?
👉🌍
Where is Canada?
👉🌎
Wo ist Preußen?
👉❤️
❤
@papa joe stalin of Stalinist stanistan .5 yearly state militarization
@papa joe stalin of Stalinist stanistan you mean one %150
I like that you used the right globes. I wouldn’t have bothered
@@Limpshot_McGee holy crap. I hadnt noticed that. Nice attention to detail on both parts.
Allies: "Lets get rid of Prussia to passify the Germans"
America in 2001: "Germany why aren't you helping us in Afghanistan"
Germany : sure, but where is my army ?
USA :
Hey, let's castrate this country! Only good can come out of it!
Funny how there are more US troops in Germany that in Afghanistan
@@DeusExMau5 and had Prussian militarism not been crushed, then what troops Germany sent over would have fought.
Passific Oshun, yo!
Meanwhile, in Bavaria:
Ludwig: Look! I built a cool castle!
3 cool castles.
Too bad he was deposed. He was gonna build an even cooler castle.
Neuschwanstein
Prussians were competing with Britain and France while Bavarians and Austrians were busy feeling emotional 🤦🏻♂️
Fun fact: Neuschwanstein was largely built with Prussian money. Because Bismark paid off the Bavarian king to gain his acceptance of Prussian primacy over the German Empire.
That last part about removing Prussian existence from Germany to snuff out any nationalize militarism really struck me. Similar to how the Japanese people are more pacifist due to their constitution restricting them, along with the horrors of WW2 have really made both nations docile from their empirical ambitions of the past. I cant imagine what the impact of the next world war would bring. If only i could spend eternity watching the universe as a spectator, to see how it all evolves and changes.
If you could watch the whole universe, spectating countries would probably grow incredibly boring really fast
Ironically this will also lead to the lack of political progresivist drive for the newer generations,
It's sad how they think they are doing the right thing, but their censorship is as strong as any fascist.
"Fortunate is he who is able to know the cause of things" - quote from Virgil. I think your desire to watch the universe as a spectator to see how it evolves and changes fits what Virgil said.
A brief history of Japan:
Samurai, extremely powerful navy
*Nuke*
Ara ara~
Fun fact: Due to the fact, that the dissolution of the federal system was an important step for the nazis to gain power, the german constitution of 1949 included an article that forbid any form of reducing the power of the bundesländer (federal states), which makes it very difficult to reform the police and education systems. these are in full control by the federal states.
Not entirely true, there is the federal police (Bundespolizei)
Nikola Leviathan there is nothing of the kind in the US Constitution. The only thing that comes close is reconstruction, and that was in the aftermath of a civil war.
Not quite....its bundasländer not bundesländer. Or at least hear in Finland it is i dunno
How is that different to any other Federal system where States control police and education? They vary in their degree of decentralization but it is not uncommon. And saying it is difficult to reform is basically saying you disagree with the policy decisions and the democratic elections of the States’ parliaments.
Power of the Länder can be changed/reduced but only with their consent in the Bundesrat for which a 2/3rds majority is required.
What happened to Prussia?
*Mace Windu: “He’s too dangerous to be left alive!”*
Too based
Britian
cringe
Prussia: "UNLIMITED CONQUEST!"
You can't
It‘s not really gone. Brandenburg (where it all started) still exists today as a state in Germany. Potsdam is often called „Germany‘s Prussian capital“ and it deserves this name fully!
For me prussia is Königsberg while Potsdam or Berlin are simpy Brandenburg. That's as prussian as Mönchengladbach
@@mailboro Prussia's capital was in Berlin
The prussian royal family was from brandenburg
And prussia was originally an union between brandenburg and east prussia
So brandenburg was prussian
@@MRTN_theboy Uhh no, Prussia in its German form was formed by the Teutonic Knights then Poland later conquered it and renamed it to the Duchy of Prussia. Then Prussia later gained Independence and later United with Brandenburg.
@@BorisJohnson129 The Hohenzollern Monarchy began in Brandenburg, not Prussia. Prussia proper was actually largely irrelevant to the power of the Hohenzollern who firmly based themselves in Brandenburg. The only reason Prussia became a prominent name is because Prussia was a superior title to Brandenburg and thusly supplanted it
@@KaiserFranzJosefI The ruler of Brandenburg made himself king of prussia, because it was located outside of the Holy Roman Empire, which already had a king. Brandenburg on the other hand was a part of the Holy Roman empire.
I know an old german gentleman which had to flee from prussia after ww2. Hes 84 years old now and he was about 8 years old when the war ended. He ended up in nürnberg without any friends. He met my father, became friends with him and is still alive.
How is he?
As a Prussian: I ask myself this everyday. Oh wait, I no longer exist
How could you be both the young Bonaparte and Prussian ? Bonaparte has literally humiliated Prussia in 2 weeks.
But we’re going to retake it
Goodbye
@@freewal are you algerian?
Ethnically you/they do. They're just German, Dutch or Belgian now.
Top 10 strongest anime characters
1- Franz von Papen
We need anime character with this name.
Normie
@@Perririri Thx
are you really Cantabrian?
Actually no. Papen was jointly responsible for Hitler becoming Reichskanzler. He and von Hindenburg thaugt von Papen could control Hitler as vice-chancellor. But just after a few weeks it became clear, that this wouldnt work so in 1934 he eventually resigned as vice-chancellor.
1:02 Bismarck's joy looking at the clock that shows it’s time for a war with France is priceless 😂
My face anytime anything relating to Prussia happens.
For anyone planing on visiting Berlin, visit Potsdam instead or take a trip to Potsdam as well. It’s the capital of the state Brandenburg and is located right next to Berlin. You can find so much Prussian history there, many old palaces of emperors and beautiful architecture (compared to Berlin).
Thank you for your advice, I'm going to Berlin next week so I'll be sure to check it out!
@@normaluser333 Berlin is still worth a visit .
The communists stole Konigsberg.
Berlin is a dump, but it is worth visiting still.
Hi sir, it seems that you’ve been in a coma for the last 106 years.
“Oh boy! I can’t wait to see Prussia in all of its glory!”
You know what? Changing plan, you dont need to see the world. Get back to sleep
That's some cryosleep-grade coma right there.
sir I'm afraid to tell u there is a virus killing everyone and there is no king anymore
@@pikamonketchumlol1237 Ruined the joke. Congratulations.
@@pashauzan use the emergency gun
Prussia stills lives, in our hearts, and in the chilean army.
Well, that certainly explains Pinochet. And all the murdering.
Dont forget as a POLISH province.
@@Newbmann and as a russian province a lot of other german states and also lithuania...
@@LuckyBird551 Pinochet had nothing to do with Prussia lmao.
@@redisgreatYT link?
My father was born in East Prussia. He moved to the USA in the 1950's. Being among the few Germans who returned from Stalingrad, his time in the Soviet Gulags had pretty much beat Prussian militarism out of him. He died of cancer in 1968
message is clear - do not mess with Russians
Quick question what was his name and career/occupation as well as which city of East Prussia?
@@shawnwarrynn8609 Willie Earnest Barkowsky. Eichendorf
A testament to the history of the region. A German first name, Slavic second name.
Franz von Papen floating through the screen with glowing eyes with Hindenburg looking in disappointment is my new favourite moment in your videos.
Prussia united Germany, but today most of Prussia isn't in Germany
One of the most sad facts in life.
Just like the House of Savoy, the house that unified Italy has parts of it that are not in Italy.
@@mauricioaguilar7227 Well good, savoy belongs to the french and half of Prussia's land belongs to the poles.
@@DaDARKPass Always has been.
@@bullmoosevelt4495 The only reason prussia, silesia and poznan had lots of germans was because they were germanised by invading Germans in the 12th, 14th, 18th and 19th century.
@@DaDARKPass just like what every other nation did with conquered land so what’s your point?
Where's prussia? Is he safe, is he alright?
It seems the in the allied anger, they killed him.
_“NOOOOOOO!!!”_
prussia is alive I'VE FELT IT
I miss Prussia
He's fucking DEAD!! MEDIC!!!!!!!
German here.
As you probably know, for a long time there was no united Germany, but many small countries that constitute the Holy Roman Empire. Its politics used to be dominated by Austria which was the biggest and most powerful German country.
Prussian heartland was much smaller than the map shown in the video in what today is northern Poland.
Then, Napoleonic wars happened and since Prussia had sided with Napoleon, they were given huuuuge swaths of land to the west, basically absorbing a lot of smaller countries that had sided against Napoleon.
Afterwards, Prussia was constantly busy challenging Austria's dominance over the politics of German countries. It culminated in a war where Prussia surprised Austria with a newly developed gun that gave them military superiority.
They seized the opportunity by founding the German country "Norddeutscher Bund" and Austria couldn't contest because they had lost their military dominance.
Norddeutscher Bund was basically Prussia plus all the small countries still in existence and over the next few years, Prussia persuaded the Southern German states to join, renaming it the German Empire.
Politics in the German Empire were now dominated by Prussia which gave itself huge voting power in parliament and making the Prussian king the German Emperor.
After WW II, Stalin wanted to have an even bigger USSR and simply moved Poland westwards, diving the Prussian heartland between Poland and a Russian exclave.
TLDR: Today's Germany was founded on Prussian-Austrian rivalry and Prussia seizing the opportunity to kick Austria out of German politics. After WW II, Stalin wiped Prussia off the map.
Prussia was against Napoleon they lost lands they got land through wars prior to it like seven years war then after Napoleon's defeat they got more land
Damm you Stalin!
It never went away, it moved into our hearts.
It's in the Blood
Never forget that....
Bismarck had a plan....
*Bismarck always had a plan....*
Can't believe I'd come across an EH reference here. XD
Bismarck will return from his grave because the amount of power he generated while turning in his grave will resoruct him and he will fix germany
I love that reference
Çağan Gültekin I dunno man he can’t because the man was a an antisemite which is illegal now in Germany
i liked extra credits but unsubbed from their scandal and SJW leanings; they still bad or are they making good extra history videos again?
*History Matters:* "Where did Prussia go?"
*Rafiki:* "He lives in you"
Prussia exist in all our hearts....
@@wilhelmfriedrich4700
Nah
@@garlkurzer Yes yes it does and It's beautiful
Thanks for posting!
2:26 is the funniest thing I've ever seen in History Matters. I love this channel.
Good follow up would be "How Prussian was Prussia?" Show the demographics of historical Prussian regions and how the Soviets and Polish handled the resettlements after WWII
It's a sad, but interesting topic. I am from the region, so I know a little bit about the post war situation. Its just East Prussia Im talking here about, of course.
It was kinda like the Wild West after the war- before Polish and Russian borders and administration were estabilished, no law existed there in practice. After the war ended, bands of looters went into the region. Sometimes even Polish speaking Mazurians were the subjects of the looting and massacres.
Lynches were common - angry Poles beat or clubbed Germans to deaths on the streets because of their grievances. Many were still angry because of the attrocities commited by the Germans and they took revenge on the locals.
Most of the settlers came from Poland proper, either Mazovia or Pomerellia(West Prussia), the minority came from the east. My own hometown's populace is mainly descended from the settlers from the Vilnius region in Lithuania.
Germans and even Mazurians (Protestant Polish speakers present in Prussia for centuries by that point) were persecuted, children were laughed out at school, called names.
Most of the Germans and Mazurians left in the following decades. There were waves of migrations. The first one, immidetely after the war, saw most of the Germans leaving for Germany. Then, they weren't allowed to leave for some time and had to apply to the government for the allowance. Then, in the 50s, and lastly, in the 70s, the remainder of them left. Nowadays there are a few thousand Germans in the whole province, and next to no Mazurians.
Modern Masuria is second poorest region of Poland and most of the castles, palaces, and other sings of the region's German history were left in ruins for decades. Not to mention that most of the towns were destroyed during the war. Like destroyed in 60%. My own hometown lacks its beautiful Altstadt/Old town today, and commie blocks stand in their place, because of how ruined it was. And the bricks were mostly sent to help rebuilding Warsaw.
Luckily, things are chaning nowadays. Some monuments and palaces are being rennovated, and people are no longer weary of the region's Prussian past, but are embracing it.
@@Vitalis94 this was very interesting, thank you for the information
@@carlmcmuffin7443 Feel free to ask me anything. :p
@@Vitalis94 how was the relationship between polish people and people from East Germany?
@@Vitalis94 Its nice to hear that they are embracing it. From here in germany it looks like everythings was completly erased. Take good care of it
Prussia is just Germany right?
Well yes, but actually no
Poland is just Prussia right?
Well yes, but actually no
Reditt Memes are funny
Well no but actually no
@@FriedrichBarb never!
@@luca_history reddit memes are the funniest. Where else do you get new memes which are actually funny.
@@AdityaDeo-cg6eu I make them myself
Reditt memes are repeatative and unfunny
1:11 Love how it's a recreation of that one painting,
And the little soldier in the baCK: wE ShOuLd PAinT tHis
Love it!
One interesting thing to note is that Stalin actually supported the "independence" of Prussia as a post-war state, or at the very least opposed its dissolution. It was the Western Allies that pushed for it to disappear.
what do you mean Russia kept the old capital of east Prussia as their own
Eh, I think originally the Russians (Russian Socialist Republic)wanted to give it to any of the neighboring Warsaw Pact Members/Socialist Republics but no one wanted it. In the end they ended up keeping control. Thus why Russia has it today.
Watched a video on why Russia has Kaliningrad. Think they said that at the time no other state wanted to deal with the post war Koningsburg issues or create an exclave. But USSR said fine because Cold War/Warm water. Plus at the time it was surrounded by other soviet controlled states.
I don't think it's impossible that Stalin would be in support of a Prussian puppet state to administer that area, further divide the German people, and potentially use it later to influence the rest of Germany post war.
and I will add as an American, good riddance to Prussia.
Everyone: Prussia became Germany
History: *Yesn't*
In German we just say Jein.
@@MatthewSchellenberg we say Jain
+ and - = ZERO and (+)*(-) = (-) So, the answer is either NEIN or Nothing.
_“It’s dedication to phenomenal facial-hair...”_
This man... his wry humour... *chef’s kiss* mwa, mwa...
"It's funny 'cause it's true."
*Schnurbart intensifies*
My grandfather was born in East Prussia in 1880 and lived until 1974. I often wondered what his thoughts were about his homeland and its disappearance. It is now in Russia.
The visual gags just beyond split-second are perfection for this channel.
The German Empires borders make me feel like I'm in heaven
Fax bro fax
Same
Wtf
Germany isn’t the same without Prussia’s fish tail borders in the east
@@k9cobra728 In my head, Silesia was like Germany's leg & West-East Prussia was the arm
James Bissonette stopped sponsoring them. That’s common knowledge.
It is known
Well he sounds Français, so duh.
Dr. M. H. Wha...?
Dr. M. H. Have you just gotten triggered just because you saw the word “Israel”? Calm down man...
Dr. M. H. Regardless of my anti-Zionism stance, it should be known that “Israel” is the first name of many people
Another great video! ❤️
I am always amazed of how Germany can start all over again and recover so fast.
lol I'm German and this is just not the case
@@meister7868 Look at the economy. Germany lost two big World Wars and is still No. 1 of the EU.
@@shinizuko yup. two world wars and a bunch before. we Germans finally learnt the long game. economics wins wars
@@shinizuko Germany's economy after WW1 was bust. Due to the reparations they were forced to pay they were super poor and the great depression didn't help. Hitler stopped paying these and transformed it to a war economy.
After WW2 it was in an even worse state, all of its industries were nonexistent, its land destroyed, no economy to speak of. The only reason Germany rebounded from that was because of the Marshall Plan, which along with the PM's (I believe it was a PM? Whatever their leader at the time) new policies allowed Germany to have the economic miracle it did.
@@belland_dog8235 Yes, I know. But you didn't get the point, I think. Germany was destroyed after WW2. Many cities were ruins, but today, Germany is No. 1 of the EU, stronger than the "rivals" The United Kingdom and France. Surely, this couldn't have happened, if the USA didn't give any help through the Marshall Plan.
Where my parents are from (Maastricht, the southernmost part of The Netherlands) the name for Germany is still "Pruusen", which you could've guessed, translates to Prussia.
Somebody from Germany is still called a "Pruus", a Prussian.
Yah, I didn't realize that while most of Prussia was in the eastern part of what is now Germany, but there was also a sizable chunk sitting right next to Limburg!
Well for most frenchs Maastricht is a part of Holland so....
@@AlePraXan In my country (Chile) the majority call it Holland
@@marover He trabajado en Colombia y Mexico por un año y siempre usaba los Países Bajos en vez de Holanda. A menudo la gente no me entendió: "Como? País Vasco?" Si, Holanda es lo más conocido, pero personalmente prefiero Países Bajos.
@@AlePraXan For a lot of people it is. I like to use The Netherlands, because Holland is a province. The province where I live coincidently, but still: les Pays Bas is the only right term for me :-P
There was no "Emperor of Germany"! The tilte was "German Emperor".
And that choice of words was important! The Prussian king was not an overlord to the other kings and princes but merely the first among peers.
so wait, was the German Empire a new HRE then, instead of a unified country?
Don't tell that to Wilhelm I. He was extremely pissy about that detail since he wanted to be the Emperor of Germany so bad.
@@nnaauujjddaa It was not a new HRE - since it had a constitution and the emperor was not elected. But by it's constitution it was a confederation - with each member having their own laws.
All hail Kaiser Wilhelm, problem solved
@@HerralemanZyG Imagine liking Hohenzollerns in 2020.
It’s crazy and terrible to think that millions of Germans with their culture, their language and their cities like Königsberg, Danzig and Breslau no longer exist, and it was only 80 years ago… It’s very sad.
Yeah ..and the same is being done to Palestine..by the same people
Gdańsk wasn't even German for most of its history...
Thank you it was quite interesting & very informative.
Imagine Allies actually agreeing to reinstate Prussia.
25 years later
Prussia: Ok, so we got Moscow, Cold War is over, who are we fighting next?
Allies: ...
OrkosUA Lol
Prussia Begins WW3
The Allies after WW3: You no longer exist
Allies be like:oh no
@Hans maybe
This is so wrong and stupid
lol germany was never going to become what it once was capable of in any timeline where they lose world war 2
Fun fact: "It just works" was in fact the official motto of the Weimar Republic.
Reesertch teim
So yeah I was stupid enough to half-believe that for a split second
Narrator: Nothing worked
*16 TIMES THE DETAIL*
@@l0ther128 Lol I'm sorry
To put it mildly; it didn't
Great content!
"If you look at the time, it's time for war with France"
Love these videos 😄
Poor France. Prussia in the east, Britain at the west and its people are expert rioters
1:55 I love how Belgium is named zuid-Nederland because it is basicly a meme in the Netherlands
1:02
"It's time for war with France"
The clock: *"It always has been..."*
2:45 The role of the Winged Hussars in WWII is criminally overlooked so I applaud you for including it in this video
Very good Video!
Ahhhh the latest episode of “things I’ve never wondered about but now I’m deeply interested in and want to research more because of a 4 minute animated documentary”
You love to see it
Opposite for me. Wondered for fucking years. A decade even!
On either side of the big ponds, adults quietly reminisce on their childhood, and how they learned things.
Europe had Puncinello (or PUNCH AND JUDY et al for centuries). From the mid-50s forward, American tykes had their puppets and marionettes as well (and the telly to bring them to you).
The silly animation we're chuckling at here has its roots in our childhood favorites such as HOWDY DOODY, CAPTAIN KANGAROO, the innovative genius of the late JIM HENSON and others (think KERMIT to YODA and you get HENSON, right?).
Who has never seen or heard of a MUPPET and its silly movements (DISNEY made dammed sure they caught HENSON and Assocs as soon as Jim felt the need to protect his legacy.
Sell the hard lessons to adult "kids" via the things they laffed at, as kids (just slow the pace a bit. Some of us are comparing the body of this presentation with what we learned in the really big books, DECADES ago).
We tired quickly of Seuss, and wanted the really hard big grown-up books, like the grown-ups we aspired to be, one day!
I think my dad still lives in Prussia cause one day, he just disappeared.
Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!
My dad must live in Prussia too. Small world.
Perceived Velocity ahahaha maybe they know each other
Very original dad joke
@@koboz9321 I've never seen a original joke. It's all about being at the right place at the right time.
Dad jokes are the best BTW. Making everyone's eyes roll is priceless.
@@perceivedvelocity9914 NO DAD WHAT ABOUT YOU
Fun fact: During 1990, after the german re-unification, some politicans had the idea to form a new Federal state called "Prussia" in former east germany.
The first king of Romania was a prussian from the Hohenzollern lineage, he was one of our greatest most dedicated, wise and cherished ruler of all time. I admire this line of royalties, at least those who came to Romania.
Don't forget, that all the ethnic germans of Prussia were expelled.
Not only did the state ceased to exist, but also the people, the dialect and the culture.
You must be thinking of east Prussia, the vast majority of Prussians remained in their own territory
@@keebone No. Nearly every german who lived in eastern Europe was expelled, not only the east prussians.
@@dave3508 I mean considering what was their plan it's hard to shed a tear for them.
@@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 These people lived there for centuries. What kind of plan did they had?
@@dave3508 The whole exerminate everything to their east to resettle it. No big deal really.
Allies to Prussia after WW2: *You have lost existence privileges*
Or "your trial of existence is now over"
Dakka dakka dakka
This is why I love this channel. These little Easter eggs are unreal! Also WAAAGH!!!!
Prussia was Baltic nation in Middle Ages, but German Teutonic order conquered their territory and germanised them. When Teutonic order lost big war with Poland, duchy of Prussia was under polish control.
In 18th century Poland was losing strength, and strong Prussia used it to get partitioned them (with Russia and Austria).
Her: "Kaliningrad is an interesting city"
Me: "It's pronounced 'Königsberg'..."
No, it's Królewiec
@@Zapadoslavist Königsberg
@@KrizZSleVen no
@@Zapadoslavist Yes
@@Zapadoslavist its definitely Konigsberg
Small correction: The German Empire didn't cease to exist with the revolution in 1918. The official name of the Weimar Republic was still "Deutsches Reich" or German Empire. This lasted until 23.May 1949, when the Federal Republic was founded. The official stance of the government at that time was that the Weimar Republic *is* the German Empire, just with a different government and constitution. This is the same stance the Federal Republic takes (if you add a name change on top of it) and the only reason why many international agreements that Germany made are still valid.
So _technically_ the German Empire still exists today.
And the offical name of the weimar president was reichspresident same thing with chancellor reichskanzler
Huh. How common is this? Surely France is the opposite.
Heck, they still got the House of Hohenzollern alive and kicking (as pretenders though).
@@Darkfawfulx Depends on which French Empire and Republic you look. Some severed all ties with their predecessor (most notably after the first revolution), but some kept almost everything (the third of fifth republic spring to mind).
@@Darkfawfulx Napoleon's title was Emperor of the French Republic
You know the meme, "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?"
That. That's what happened to it.
"I love *expanding* *my* *national* *borders* "
1:30 Correction. There was no Emperor of Germany. Only a German Emperor. Important difference.
Fun fact: Strictly speaking, Prussia consisted of two parts, East Prussia & Brandenburg. The first title from the king in Prussia was king of "Brandenburg-Prussia" & Brandenburg is still a federal state in the FRG ... So we still have half of Prussia ...
Finally you have no idea how long I've been searching for this question.
And didn't come up with an answer through simple googling it?
@@Vitalis94 do you legit think I didnt try that 🤦♂️
He didnt even answer the question I wanted in the video
Beep boop....
Hows your neighbor, the omnissiaha doing, you not god
@@egyptianboi305 But googling the "history of Prussia" answers it. Prussia was abolished by the Allies as a constituent region of Germany, and was divided between Poland and Russia geographically. Simple as that.
@@Vitalis94 you didn't get it do you?
I want to know what happend to the ETHNIC GERMANS in Prussia not Prussia itself and I searched everywhere and the answer is still unfound
Most excellent, thank you
"Enforced friendship" 0:57 - Oh! That´s so cute!
1:45 That Empire Heaven was really funny!
I like how Russia and Qing were next in line.
Nahh Tsarist Russia and Qing China were shit.
@@MyName-lq7rv What wars lmao? Tsarist Russia suffered so many humiliating defeats in the decades leading to its collapse. Same with Qing China.
I ask myself the same question every day.
Historic Prussia no longer exists in either its Old Baltic Prussian or German Prussian Form: It's now divided between two Slavic nations.
I cry myself to sleep about Prussia every night
@@FriedrichBarb same
The Brandenburg province of Prussia (including Berlin) which really constituted the core of Prussia's territory ever since it became a duchy, is still German!
"A distinct lack of Prussia"
Rest of Europe: "I do not see a problem with that situation."
As a Pole, the only people that would want Prussia back, are some Germans (not even most) and mostly Americans master baiting to Kaiser
@@Zapadoslavist No need to say you're pole, it's obvious you are by how much you seethe in the comments over nothing.
@@2UNIEK Germs need to be eradicated.
I love the characters. Especially in the paintings.
For some reason I don't think anything of it that the human characters move only sidways, but seeing the horses do it just looks wrong.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do the Second French intervention in Mexico! I feel like everybody forgets about that war and I find it really interesting!
Or the Paraguayan War.
Forgotten Fronts OMGGG YESSS. I feel like everybody forgets about Latin American history which really sucks :(
But you need to do the Pastry War first.
Even the Belgians fought in it !
I didn't know about that thanks to you I will end up in a wikipedia spiral :/
Control Council Law No. 46 passed on February 25th, 1947:
The Prussian State which from early days has been a bearer of militarism and reaction in Germany has de facto ceased to exist.
Guided by the interests of preservation of peace and security of peoples and with the desire to assure further reconstruction of the political life of Germany on a democratic basis, the Control Council enacts as follows:
Article I
The Prussian State together with its central government and all its agencies are abolished.
Article II
Territories which were a part of the Prussian State and which are at present under the supreme authority of the Control Council will receive the status of Länder or will be absorbed into Länder.
The provisions of this Article are subject to such revision and other provisions as may be agreed upon by the Control Council, or as may be laid down in the future Constitution of Germany.
Article III
The State and administrative functions as well as the assets and liabilities of the former Prussian State will be transferred to appropriate Länder, subject to such agreements as may be necessary and made by the Allied Control Council.
Article IV
This law becomes effective on the day of its signature.
Signed in Berlin on February 25, 1947.
Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Army general
Vasily Sokolovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union
Lucius D. Clay, General for Joseph T. McNarney, General
Brian Robertson, General for Sholto Douglas, Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Control Council Law No. 46, signed on 25 February, liquidates the State of Prussia, its central government, and all its agencies. This law is in the nature of a confirming action; the eleven provinces and administrative districts of prewar Prussia have since the beginning of the occupation been split up among the Soviet, British, and American Zones and Poland.
This is the document that indisputably ended the existence of Prussia
in the end they destroyed bc they feared it
So can't Prussians unify again??
Adi also the Konigsberg area of Prussia has been Russified and they’re not gonna let it go without a fight
@@raptor4840 kalinigrad*
@@tanmaypaturu3459 historically known as Königsberg before its modern name of Kaliningrad
Dad: Why are you crying so damn loud?
In the late 1970's I served under a Prussian while stationed in West Germany. In the same unit, the Operations NCO was also a Prussian. They both were born in West Germany and served in the US Army as career soldiers. Both very military in bearing and at the same time very open and friendly.
"Its dedication to phenomenal facial hair" and "firmly existing to not" god I love these episodes
There's one part he left out. Prussia was originally called "brandenburg-prussia" and brandenburg is in fact still a federal state of modern Germany, and much of Prussias legacy survives even if the physical state did not
that is not entirely true, the prussia that we know began as a vassal state of Poland-Lithuania, the duchy of prussia, which would later merge with the margraviate of Brandenburg to form Brandenburg-Prussia, less than 50 years later Brandenburg was completely assimilated by Prussia, being reduced to a province within the Kingdom of Prussia (although the capital of the latter would be Berlin, capital of Bramdenburg, and not Konisberg, historical capital of Prussia)
Technically, it has always been Brandenburg. It only borrowed the name from Prussia to avoid HRE law and become a kingdom.
love the M60 LMG at 0:44
"If you look at a modern map you'll notice a distinct lack of Prussia"
Bro you dont have to remind me, I'm already crying
The murder that was covered up so well, it hid in plain sight.
In 50 years there may not be a Ukraine - - why people die for a strip of land that belongs to boone
Allies: "Prussia no longer exists."
Sweden and Chile: "Are you sure about that?" *pickelhaube boiis hellmarch intensifies*
*Swedistan
@@elemperadordemexico Don't know about you but I enjoy living in Sweden, the best country in the world 😎
@@elemperadordemexico Meh, Stan just means land of in persian and has no islamic connotation, but assuming you made a joke like this you're probably uneducated and didn't know that. After all Sweden is still 100X better than your country. Jealous?
@@elemperadordemexico I think you have a tinfoil hat instead of a crown and a cabbage instead of brain to assume such bs
@@KATHLEEN-XM772 Ah yes, the *Bismarck*
Last time I was this early, Frederick was still the King in Prussia
He's still the king in our hearts
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I'M FREDERICK THE GREAT, OUT THE GATE FIRST SERVANT OF STATE
"frederick was still king of Prussia"
Wait, which one ?
Its so sad to see that only parts of what is originally the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which is one of the two founding states of Prussia (the other being ducal Prussia) are left to Modern Germany.
this was highly interesting
I just love to see the borders of Prussia in the east.
They look so smooth.
Like a gun pointing at Russian empire😈😈😉
“Should I say nice video or make a stupid history joke?” - everybody in the comments
Nah, not stupid, just a bit corny.
Everyone thinks they are meming.
@@The_Antiquary Yeah, I hate that. Comment with your own fucking words and thoughts, ya know? So stupid.
Prussia was officially dissoluted on February 21st, 1947 by a law of the Four Allies Powers (the last one before the Cold War became hot).
Nothing humans make is forever. Prussia will march again !
im jamaican but my name is Bucknor i did some research and it states that my last name originates from prussia i really wanna find out if i have linage there and my grand dad part of the family is german/part german he is also half german
@@scratchy996 it won't
'Officially'. In reality it was yet another piece of cake the dummy Western Allies gave to Stalin thinking that way they would subdue the beast. Now even after the 'dissolution' of the Soviet Union, the new Imperialist Russia under (Ras)Putin is using that piece of Real Estate (formerly known as East Prussia) as a military base from where to launch the future War against the Western Powers that is coming up for sure in the near future. Subdue my rear end!
TY 🙏🙏
2:42 Hermann Göring dancing across had me in stitches
President Göring
When I lived in Germany for a couple years, the old Germans told me that after WW2, the allies trained the Prussians to claim they were Germans, not Prussians. So they all learned to claim Germanhood instead of Prussianhood. The video covers this, but I'm not sure they did it justice.
well, prussians are/were germans.. just like bavarians... germany only united very late. But they did lose their regional culture
Trained them like you train a dog
They brainwashed many but there are still some of us left who identify as Prussian rather then just being German. I mean of course I’m German but at first I’m Prussian. A Bavarian our old beloved enemy is as well first a Bavarian and after that a German. Same goes for all the other tribes. Of course only in case they are not brainwashed by the Allie’s.
@@vincentdequiram1102 hey Sir you are a prussian so I am asking you. I searched everywhere. Even when prussia is no more , present day germany retains land of prussia right ? I mean brandenburg, ruhr etc were part of prussia right ?
@@uditmisra8i226 Yes so it is. Though originally the word Prussian goes back to a Baltic tribe called “Pruzzen” which lived in an area which is since 1945 under polish governance: East Prussia. This area was once taken by the Teutonic Knight Order. My ancestor Henry Walpot btw was the first Highmaster of this order. Anyway… the Pruzzen were converted veeeerryyy slowly to Christianity and many of their nobles became even members of the Teutonic Knights. I say this cause there is the disinformation going around that the Pruzzen would have been wiped out. It’s not true they mixed with the German settlers in medieval times. The royal family of the Hohenzollern were the last Highmasters of the Teutonic Knights and secularized the order to become a worldly state which would be called Prussia. This royal family were as well holding the land of Brandenburg. As the Kingdom grew, more and more territories became a part of Prussia. Like Mecklenburg, Pomerania etc.within the 19th century Prussia expanded the most. So of course it included regions which are inhabited by other German tribes. In my case I’m a descendant of a Teutonic Knights family which were the founders of the old order but we had to escape from our lands to west at the end of WW2 together with millions of other civilian refugees of whom approximately 7-8 million were murdered during the escape. My family came to Berlin which was the former capital not just of the Deutsches Reich but as well of the Kingdom of Prussia, before Potsdam became the residence city under King Friedrich Wilhelm I. I hope I’ve been able to answer your question.
Awesome 😎
I had a teacher in high school who had an antique map of Europe that had a Prussia on it. It was so neat. He was my favorite teacher in high school. I had him, my junior and senior years.
I myself live in Lithuania's Memel Region or East Prussia. After Wehrmacht started retreating every inhabitant fled the region ( minus couple people ) fearing the approaching Red Army. There is still 18-20th century buildings, manors and churches standing. And there is many other nuances that you can notice that are left from Prussian times.
Maybe germans need to "Immigrate" to the memel
@@Belisarius1648 there are barely enough germans to populate germany right now
Maybe NOT, dear. @@Belisarius1648
Why was Prussia forced to leave the First Schleswig War?
They were _Pruss-ured_ by other nations
Avery the Cuban-American u again seriously u comment on everything
Avery No
Haugh! Haugh! Haugh!
Ehehehehehe
No.
It does bring a tear to the eye
Not sure why but angry Stalin in the background is very funny at 2:58