Ten Minute History - The Thirty Years' War (Short Documentary)

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    This episode of Ten Minute History (like a documentary, only shorter) covers the outbreak of the Bohemian Revolt which was what would eventually spiral out of control into the Thirty Years' War. The revolt was crushed fairly quickly but sparked intervention by Denmark, who didn't do too well, and later Sweden who did very well. Both of these were aided by France who decided to get directly involved in 1635. By 1648 the Holy Roman Empire lay in ruins, with Austria and Spain struggling to pay for the war and rebuild the Habsburg Empire. This war saw the rise of Sweden and France but most importantly saw the foundations of modern diplomacy built.
    Recommended books:
    Mark Greengrass - Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648. Does a great job of outlying the theological currents in Europe at the time and how all of the religious changes led to the Thirty Years' War.
    Peter H. Wilson - Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years' War. The go-to text for the war; incredibly detailed and honestly can't be beat for the topic. 100% recommend.

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  • @patrikcath1025
    @patrikcath1025 5 років тому +2920

    That one time we literally threw a bunch of bureaucrats out of a window and caused 30 years of war all over the Europe

    • @marinarosario8855
      @marinarosario8855 4 роки тому +227

      You, bohemians, should't have windows in meeting rooms (Or have meetings in high floor).

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 4 роки тому +63

      Or meetings

    • @EkinYalvac
      @EkinYalvac 4 роки тому +151

      patrikcath sounds like that one time a teenager shot a prince and caused 4 years of war all over the world lol

    • @eventyraren
      @eventyraren 4 роки тому +49

      This is the second time you throw someone out a window, and last time also started a war. I see a pattern here.

    • @prinzeszelda3650
      @prinzeszelda3650 4 роки тому +17

      Btw they only lived bcs of convienent bushes below

  • @ataman6430
    @ataman6430 5 років тому +4235

    Somehow, the 29 Years and 11 Months War doesn't sound quite as catchy.

  • @villakennedy
    @villakennedy 5 років тому +3171

    Just annoyed myself when you said “Ferdinand III” and I immediately said Thirdinand and chuckled...

  • @chrisza9782
    @chrisza9782 3 роки тому +878

    8:35 "The Swedish laid siege to Prague". In modern times, that would sound like a very drunk tourist group

    • @Lajosen
      @Lajosen 3 роки тому +9

      Sadly covid has prevented this

    • @Morhgoz
      @Morhgoz 2 роки тому +20

      Specially if Swedes had us Finns with them like they had in first time as we were part of Sweden back then...

    • @sharkronical
      @sharkronical 2 роки тому +34

      Austria and Sweden back then: "Time to reinforce our rule in our parts of Europe"
      Austria (after WWII) and Sweden (after Napoleon): "we were bad, but now we're neutral"

    • @johanrunfeldt7174
      @johanrunfeldt7174 2 роки тому +21

      @@sharkronical We were badass, but now we're neutral.

    • @david23854
      @david23854 2 роки тому +6

      Not too far off from what actually went down. They went there and celebrated, got drunk as hell and looted half of the city

  • @GuyWithTriangle
    @GuyWithTriangle 5 років тому +4357

    If only Ferdinand had more Imperial Authority he could have passed the reforms to disallow internal HRE wars

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 5 років тому +69

      Then it wouldn't have been the HRE. What reasons would the princes have had to give that much power to one of them?

    • @samlund8543
      @samlund8543 5 років тому +591

      Yora
      It’s a reference to EU4

    • @ahmedbassam400
      @ahmedbassam400 5 років тому +230

      @@Yora21 Eu4 reference lad.

    • @CarlosRios1
      @CarlosRios1 5 років тому +131

      @@Yora21 r/wooosh

    • @hampuslundstrom9249
      @hampuslundstrom9249 5 років тому +256

      Only you look away for 20 years focusing on the new world, and suddenly Hesse or Nasau is the new Emperor.

  • @mkploeg
    @mkploeg 5 років тому +3716

    I absoluly love that you put Joakim Brodén from sabaton in the video

    • @hf3923
      @hf3923 5 років тому +224

      Well it's only appropriate if the Lion from the north is prominent

    • @giladpellaeon1691
      @giladpellaeon1691 5 років тому +147

      I had to play that part of the vid twice just to be sure. Great job Ten Minute History, always slipping in the quick little "wait, whaaaat?" moments. Part of why I subscribe.

    • @Cringo-ik9uo
      @Cringo-ik9uo 5 років тому +52

      I laughed so fucking hard at that xD

    • @mkploeg
      @mkploeg 5 років тому +16

      had the same thing was like is that who i think it is

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 5 років тому +13

      So that's who that was.

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation7721 5 років тому +1587

    I like how the picture in Ferdinand's house is just anti- Turk sign

    • @dams6829
      @dams6829 5 років тому +50

      I somehow took it as anti Muslim but your one makes sense too.

    • @kwazooplayingguardsman5615
      @kwazooplayingguardsman5615 5 років тому +17

      @@dams6829 no to both.

    • @savioblanc
      @savioblanc 5 років тому +99

      Every Muslim was a considered a Turk at that time, so it's the same

    • @spencer871
      @spencer871 5 років тому +64

      I'm sure it was a reference to the Ottoman Sultan.

    • @widodoakrom7032
      @widodoakrom7032 5 років тому +6

      Thought Ottoman still powerful state untill 1699😂🤣🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨👍

  • @jvteam3095
    @jvteam3095 5 років тому +3092

    Loved the part when Sabaton's lead singer showed up at 4:09

    • @RoScFan
      @RoScFan 5 років тому +40

      What s the joke? What does sabaton have to do with the 30 y war?

    • @jvteam3095
      @jvteam3095 5 років тому +427

      Sabaton is Swedish, and their song "The Lion From The North" is about the topic immediately being discussed

    • @Malos_
      @Malos_ 5 років тому +165

      @@jvteam3095 *Gott Mit uns

    • @jvteam3095
      @jvteam3095 5 років тому +155

      ​@@Malos_ The Lion from the North is also about the Swedish intervention in the 30 years war though

    • @rkmurphy5648
      @rkmurphy5648 5 років тому +188

      @@jvteam3095 There's also "A lifetime of war" which is just about the 30 years war in general.

  • @ronaldderooij1774
    @ronaldderooij1774 3 роки тому +542

    I love the word "defenestration". We don't have that in Dutch, I believe. But on the other hand, we had the audacity to eat our prime minster in those days. Which is rather unconventional as well.

    • @watching99134
      @watching99134 2 роки тому

      The Dutch have always hated waste, why just kill someone when you can also eat him?

    • @stephenwright8824
      @stephenwright8824 2 роки тому +24

      _Defenestration_ was the word my college German professor used to introduce the German word for window, _Fenster._ I had personally heard neither word before. (This was in 1991.)

    • @mardasman428
      @mardasman428 2 роки тому +18

      In German there's the word "Fenstersturz", a compound word from window and fall

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 2 роки тому +10

      @@mardasman428 Danke! Ich finde aber "Defenestration" etwas mehr "Classy".

    • @gertvanderstraaten6352
      @gertvanderstraaten6352 Рік тому +5

      We kunnen er 'ontvenstering' van maken. Maar volgens wikipedia is het defenestratie.

  • @evalpenguin8797
    @evalpenguin8797 5 років тому +2710

    video quality 10/10
    Sabaton references 20/10
    MOAR DAKKA *40.000/10*

    • @Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm
      @Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm 5 років тому +72

      But the death of Gustavus Adolphus proves there is nevah enuf dakka 🙁

    • @lewesc
      @lewesc 5 років тому +41

      Somewhere in history some army painted their fast moving things red.
      And when this channel summarizes it, I will be a happy man.

    • @evalpenguin8797
      @evalpenguin8797 5 років тому +34

      @@lewesc u got it da wrong way rond ya git u paint stuf red so it gos fasta no da fasta stuf red cose itz fasta

    • @edwardcollier7218
      @edwardcollier7218 5 років тому +9

      WAAAAGH!!!!

    • @thomaswilliamruston
      @thomaswilliamruston 5 років тому +4

      Cuius regio eius religio.

  • @andreap8343
    @andreap8343 4 роки тому +533

    "miserable" is a very soft definition for what was life for civilians during the 30 years war. According to statistics, the percentage of civilian and military casualties in the HRE was bigger than the one nazi Germany suffered during WW2, just to put things in perspective.
    It was a war like no one before, and although it didn't see much complex territorial changes or repentine fall of empires, can be seen as the beginning of what Europe will be for the following 300 years: the rise of France, Netherland, Sweden, the decline of Imperial Spain and the HRE, who finally abandoned the (super cool but ultimately impossible) idea of a unified Europe under Habsburg rule, much modern ideas regarding diplomacy, religious liberty and military warfare, and most important, it ended once and for all the so called Religious Wars in Europe.

    • @richmondmemedepot7180
      @richmondmemedepot7180 2 роки тому +8

      More casualties in the HRE alone? Damn

    • @stevemc01
      @stevemc01 2 роки тому +30

      Given the differences in medieval/modern warfare, that's brutal...

    • @theraxo1137
      @theraxo1137 2 роки тому +41

      Not more casualties, higher percentage of casualties but still its brutal.

    • @Toujeo
      @Toujeo Рік тому +12

      up to 8 million people died and germany saw a population decline of over 50%

    • @buddermonger2000
      @buddermonger2000 Рік тому +8

      The nazis actually didn't suffer that much in terms of civilian casualties during the war, so that's not actually a great comparison as I think under a million civilian casualties were suffered by the nazis since the war was primarily fought beyond its own borders (as well as roughly 5 million military casualties out of a population of over 80 million). Remember that to get to Russia, Germany first had to get through Poland and that Germany wasn't actually reached until early 1945, where they capitulated in less than 5 months. In comparison, the Germans were in Russia until late 1943 and into 1944 and in Poland until 1945.
      The second world War was primarily destructive in the East where it was industrial warfare for many years. Roughly 45 million of the 70 million deaths of WW2 were in Russia and China. And then I think an extra 6 million or so died in Poland.

  • @nathanjay83
    @nathanjay83 4 роки тому +522

    Bohemians had a clever way of countering that, by throwing his representatives out of a 3rd storey window. Lol

    • @Wanys123
      @Wanys123 4 роки тому +18

      I think we did it like 3 or 4 times throughtout history( I am not sure cuz there was either 3 but only 2 are like called "defenestration of prague", or there is 4 and only 3 are like significant and named...)

    • @mokkorista
      @mokkorista 4 роки тому +56

      Coz we in Bohemia have a saying: (If) You kick them throughout the door, they'll return through the window. This is a preventive action.

    • @xeanderman6688
      @xeanderman6688 4 роки тому +4

      @@Wanys123 we can do it again

    • @nathanjay83
      @nathanjay83 3 роки тому +4

      @@Wanys123 There have been a few local representative that knocked on my door I would have loved to thrown from a 3rd storey window. lol I bet its therapeutic :)

    • @sharoneisenberg2274
      @sharoneisenberg2274 3 роки тому

      Don’t forget the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in France, which also saw people being thrown out of windows!

  • @derkaiser420
    @derkaiser420 5 років тому +1583

    A giant European War that didn't involve England. I am shocked.

    • @MNKY80808
      @MNKY80808 4 роки тому +226

      Great Britain did officially get involved in the closing years of the war. However, a large number of Scottish noble sons and mercenaries fought on both sides (primarily on the protestant side as protestants themselves, but fighting for the Habsburgs meant more money) from the beginning of the war to it's end.

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 4 роки тому +123

      The English were carrying on a tax strike at the time so they weren't
      able to fight a war.
      When they finally went to war it was against each other.

    • @joellaz9836
      @joellaz9836 4 роки тому +78

      derkaiser420
      The English civil war had strong religious undertones. There was a great hatred of the wife of Charles I, who was catholic and people thought there was a conspiracy to make England catholic again.

    • @fullmetalalchemist9126
      @fullmetalalchemist9126 4 роки тому +16

      Or Russia

    • @fredbarker9201
      @fredbarker9201 4 роки тому +5

      Joella Z agreed when I read a book on Charles I I can see the civil war is very religious. But also about challenging absolutism in kings

  • @HiveFleetUlfang1
    @HiveFleetUlfang1 5 років тому +704

    A time of religion and war. Legends tell the tale of a lion...

    • @spikethompson2000
      @spikethompson2000 5 років тому +114

      This beast in the shape of a man with a dream to rule sea and land

    • @thebutzel9752
      @thebutzel9752 5 років тому +88

      All those who stand in his way will die by god and victorious arms

    • @theseabassi9638
      @theseabassi9638 5 років тому +81

      With the righteous that follow him south, once more, set ashore, to war

    • @midshipman8654
      @midshipman8654 5 років тому +75

      Legends have taught, battles fought,
      This lion has no fear at heart

    • @cavaleirocatolico4665
      @cavaleirocatolico4665 5 років тому +69

      Lion come forth, come from the north, come from the north.

  • @RedditzGG
    @RedditzGG 4 роки тому +117

    4:09
    Joakim: GOTT MIT UNS, AS WE ALL STAND UNITED, ALL TOGETHER, GOTT MIT UNS

    • @CaptainActually1
      @CaptainActually1 3 роки тому +1

      Ironically, that's the only song he doesn't sing.

    • @friday26th
      @friday26th 3 роки тому +3

      @@CaptainActually1 he tends to sing noch ein bier, we all drink united, all together noch ein bier

    • @williamtoner8674
      @williamtoner8674 2 роки тому

      we've got mittens too

    • @losisansgaming2628
      @losisansgaming2628 9 місяців тому

      ​@@CaptainActually1wdym? He's the main singer of the group and I can hear him singing every time I hear the song

  • @GUNSLINGER47L
    @GUNSLINGER47L 4 роки тому +684

    "they needed some one to blame and they had one group in mind"
    me:the jews ?
    "witches"
    wait what?

    • @Argentvs
      @Argentvs 3 роки тому +83

      Protestants actually killed thousands over thousands of women despite the propaganda against the Spanish. The inquisition outright ignored such claims as nonsense and even finned people for doing it.

    • @remydubard2229
      @remydubard2229 3 роки тому +4

      Same

    • @ilyeskammoun4105
      @ilyeskammoun4105 3 роки тому +3

      Same here

    • @katarina9064
      @katarina9064 3 роки тому +5

      @@Argentvs based?

    • @Argentvs
      @Argentvs 3 роки тому +44

      @@katarina9064 History. Google it. The Spanish Inquisition gave a 2 weeks notice and dismissed almost all denounces. In fact it condemned more people for false accusations than else. Witchcraft were outright ignored and accusers were heavily fined.
      Death sentences were appealed by calling the Inquisition, as people saw it more fair when the nobles in towns were unjust.
      Also they made crimes go away simply by bribing the inquisitors.
      They were more occupy in finding foreign spies and political plots, their main job was that, like a secret police.

  • @HenningGu
    @HenningGu 5 років тому +338

    0:56 they supposedly landed in a pile of dung.
    Or were carried by angels, depending on which side you ask.

    • @thetruereality2
      @thetruereality2 4 роки тому +4

      👍👍🤞😁

    • @farasbanas9564
      @farasbanas9564 4 роки тому +33

      The most likely reason is that the windows aren't particularly high

    • @farasbanas9564
      @farasbanas9564 4 роки тому +19

      @Biracial Boy there are windows to that building and it's not that high
      Protestant propaganda says it was a pile of dung
      Catholic propaganda says it was angels

    • @iagreebut4839
      @iagreebut4839 4 роки тому +46

      Or maybe they fell from a not-so particularly high building, carried by angels, then landed on a pile of dung?

    • @davidpanton3192
      @davidpanton3192 4 роки тому +2

      No shit.

  • @whiteoctober4582
    @whiteoctober4582 5 років тому +511

    I love you for the Sabaton references
    GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS GO FORTH
    LIBERA IMPERA
    AUGUSTA PER ANGUSTA

    • @edvindenbeste2587
      @edvindenbeste2587 4 роки тому +3

      R/suddenlysabaton

    • @leef8433
      @leef8433 3 роки тому +3

      Actually there is a song about that battle called "Gott Mit Uns" by Sabaton.

    • @11mousa
      @11mousa 3 роки тому

      To be fair, Libera et impera as well as augusta per angusta were references by Sabaton also.

  • @onkelkonkel5
    @onkelkonkel5 3 роки тому +96

    5:20 If you are to be picky, his horse, named Streiff, wasn’t actually killed but only wounded at the battle. He did however succumb to his wounds and died the next year. His body was stuffed and he is still on display at the Royal Armory in Stockholm.

  • @viktor9988
    @viktor9988 3 роки тому +98

    What is impressive with Sweden's military organisation during that time - the King himself dies on the battlefield - still the swedes just kept on winning battle after battle through the war and they were almost always outnumbered. Many great generals and impressive logistics right there.

    • @e.d.1642
      @e.d.1642 10 місяців тому +4

      Never play Swedish chess.

    • @MysticMelody333
      @MysticMelody333 9 місяців тому +1

      Look at Sweden now though.

    • @bluestone9726
      @bluestone9726 8 місяців тому +13

      ​​@@MysticMelody333Life here's pretty sweet tbh. Don't know where you're from, but odds are living standards in Sweden are higher on average.

    • @quandangle9397
      @quandangle9397 7 місяців тому +6

      @@bluestone9726 as a Swede, we got a massive immigration problem but other then that yeah life is pretty good

    • @gengis737
      @gengis737 Місяць тому +1

      Swede used a conscript system, instead of hiring mercenaries. With religious and solidarity pressure of the community, each soldier had to behave in battle. Also, harsher living conditions in Scandinavia made them tougher soldiers (like the Russians later).

  • @brilliantloewe3806
    @brilliantloewe3806 Рік тому +170

    I'm German and the thirty-year-war is quite a big topic in German schools. I had it as a topic for a half year and I can say that I learned equally, if not more about the thirty-year-war in this ten minute video than in school. Keep up the good work 👍

    • @PsychoMachTricks
      @PsychoMachTricks Рік тому +4

      Are the schools in German nice?

    • @arnaldoenriquez6191
      @arnaldoenriquez6191 9 місяців тому +3

      As an American, this just sounds like public education lacks everywhere

    • @Florian-yk8vg
      @Florian-yk8vg 6 місяців тому +1

      @@arnaldoenriquez6191 tbf also most kids in middleschool just dont care too much about history with obscure european states that dont exist anymore. thats why many ppl tend to not remember much about stuff from middle school lessons i guess.

    • @charles2521
      @charles2521 4 місяці тому

      @@arnaldoenriquez6191 American schools are more concerned with nationalist indoctrination, perhaps that's why American minds are moslty immigrants.

    • @charles2521
      @charles2521 4 місяці тому

      @@PsychoMachTricks I don't know about the German schools themselves, but I've heard that the German education system does everything it can to prevent social mobility. So if you get bad grades at the age of 6, you won't get a second chance as an adult.

  • @MrGazlo
    @MrGazlo 5 років тому +157

    Lots of region in the HRE lost around 60% to 80% of their population during this time and the death toll was massive for the time (although mainly from disease, way more than from actual combat or pillage).

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 2 роки тому +13

      Illness in war (specially old wars) was serious bussiness. I believe General disease was a major player in every war all the way up to the crimean war.

  • @Carewolf
    @Carewolf 5 років тому +203

    Also Christian IV was an brilliant architect and terribly general. He managed to get the entire Danish army caught in a valley fighting not a two side battle, but a battle on three fronts all uphill...
    He lost.

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine 2 роки тому +16

      The Danish Monarchy from around that point and going forward another two hundred some years, had a lot of rough quirks.

  • @JohnnyLodge2
    @JohnnyLodge2 5 років тому +170

    That no sultan poster in the background is highlight of the video.

    • @icecold1805
      @icecold1805 5 років тому +14

      Are you kidding me? the 0:40 is the highlight by far.
      Still tho, that's a good close second.

  • @HistoryMatters
    @HistoryMatters  5 років тому +438

    Just to let everyone know, the sound is a bit off in parts because I've recently moved and have yet to set up a proper recording area. I think UA-cam is rolling out the ability to edit the voice over for videos so I'll fix that when everything is sorted. I am also aware I butchered many of the pronunciations so if you could correct some for me to fix later that would be much appreciated.

    • @HistoryMatters
      @HistoryMatters  5 років тому +60

      The French Wars of Religion were my specialisation at University so I'd love to at some point.

    • @nikolaytsankov9066
      @nikolaytsankov9066 5 років тому +6

      Small mistake - 1:12
      I think saxony was divided in 2 parts (A kingdom and an Electorate) at that time
      I'm not 100% sure though

    • @americana_incarnate1717
      @americana_incarnate1717 5 років тому +8

      Nice sabaton reference.

    • @varana
      @varana 5 років тому +3

      Nikolay Tsankov: Saxony was divided - between an Electorate, and several duchies to the West of it (modern-day Thuringia). The territory highlighted in the map is the Electorate which became a kingdom only in the early 19th century under Napoleon's influence. At the time of the 30 Years War, Bohemia was the only kingdom in the HRE.

    • @cheydinal5401
      @cheydinal5401 5 років тому +6

      In "Osnabrück", the emphasis is on the "brück", not the "Osna", I live only a few kilometers away from there. Your pronunciation of the "ü" vowel is pretty good though.
      Also could you make a video about all the massive geopolitical changes that happened after the end of WWII? I'l thinking from the Conference of Yalta, the founding of democratic as well as communist Germany and Japan, the establishment of the Eastern Bloc and NATO, to the Chinese Civil War, and of course importantly also the new international monetary orders with Breton Woods and such, and UN

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 5 років тому +142

    HAS MAN GONE INSANE
    A FEW WILL REMAIN
    WHO'LL LIVE ONE MORE DAY
    THROUGH DECADES OF WAR

    • @baldkevindurant
      @baldkevindurant 5 років тому +28

      It spreads like disease
      There’s no sign of peace
      Religion and Greed
      Costs millions to bleed
      Three decades of war

    • @j.a.pelaez6435
      @j.a.pelaez6435 5 років тому +4

      Easily one of the most saddest lyrics in a Sabaton song

    • @marsultor3044
      @marsultor3044 4 роки тому +1

      The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind Sabaton shows up at 4:08

  • @General_Dave_1
    @General_Dave_1 5 років тому +158

    Omg you added a Sabaton Reference, Officially best History UA-camr Ever.

  • @Lord_GenericCan
    @Lord_GenericCan 5 років тому +153

    i am happy to see the sabaton reference

  • @isakferm7686
    @isakferm7686 5 років тому +42

    5:18 RIP Streiff, the actual name of the horse 🐎

  • @xaviersaavedra7442
    @xaviersaavedra7442 5 років тому +171

    In the span of 29 years and eleven months. One of the most deadly wars ravaged Europe. What should we name this war?

    • @dams6829
      @dams6829 5 років тому +104

      29 years and 11 months war.

    • @SobQuaza
      @SobQuaza 5 років тому

      @@dams6829 derp

    • @MaxTheCat-eh5ts
      @MaxTheCat-eh5ts 5 років тому +18

      Xavier Saavedra the despacito war

    • @xaviersaavedra7442
      @xaviersaavedra7442 5 років тому +6

      Dams
      Nah let’s round it so our war can seem longer

    • @vasilisdouklias6992
      @vasilisdouklias6992 5 років тому +47

      "The almost but not quite 30 years war"

  • @Bufoferrata
    @Bufoferrata 5 років тому +9

    One of the most complex struggles in European history distilled down to 10 minutes. Sheer brilliance. Pity about Gustavus' horse. He's now stuffed and stands in a museum in Stockholm. What price glory?

  • @vitorluigi2911
    @vitorluigi2911 5 років тому +340

    Martin Luther: The church is corrupt and it will need a reformation
    All of Europe: *TRIGGERED*
    Gustavus Adolphus: You mad?
    All of Europe: *NOT TRIGGERED ANYMORE*

    • @7636kei
      @7636kei 5 років тому +9

      More like 'so busy being triggered that they didn't note him triggering again' :(

    • @su_morenito_1948
      @su_morenito_1948 4 роки тому

      Victor Luigi no

    • @jav1843
      @jav1843 4 роки тому +6

      Meh you know Gustavus was a really skilled tactician but after his death the swedish troops didnt perform well at all,for example in Nordlingen they were destroyed by the spanish tercios using equiment and tactics 100 years obsolete

    • @su_morenito_1948
      @su_morenito_1948 4 роки тому +2

      Jav how were the 100 years obsolete if they literally were 100 years old lol

    • @minutemen_in_t-605
      @minutemen_in_t-605 4 роки тому

      PLC: You guys have problems with religions?

  • @MrKingkez
    @MrKingkez 3 роки тому +10

    The fact this man uses MORE DAKA as his way of showing overwhelming fire power, as a chaos and work player of 40k gets my approval :) And my sub

  • @TheFlamemaster900
    @TheFlamemaster900 5 років тому +82

    Loving the Sabaton References :D

  • @Grymbaldknight
    @Grymbaldknight 5 років тому +43

    "More Dakka"
    It pleases me that you know about Warhammer 40k, Ten Minute History. It seems fitting somehow.

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 5 років тому +32

    "Miserable" is indeed putting is very mildly.

  • @serubyne57
    @serubyne57 5 років тому +120

    _Alexa, play The Lion of The North by Sabaton_

  • @Martin-jk2ng
    @Martin-jk2ng 5 років тому +18

    Whenever one of the guys holds up a sign that says "Soon" with that squinty eyed stare, it always makes me laugh.

  • @slav1467
    @slav1467 5 років тому +31

    4:08 Goddamn you for inserting that Sabaton reference. 😊

  • @austinhornbeck5060
    @austinhornbeck5060 5 років тому +15

    Lol, Joacim Broden chasing the Catholics XD 10/10

  • @christianbuffum-robbins8904
    @christianbuffum-robbins8904 5 років тому +702

    I'm early, better make a joke.
    The unity of the Christian Church.

    • @matheuroux5134
      @matheuroux5134 5 років тому +74

      Atleast it's not as bad as the Sunni-Shia split still causing war to this very day

    • @electroflame6188
      @electroflame6188 5 років тому +57

      >everyone that doesn't share my exact belief is a heretic
      rather representative of christian thought in general tbh

    • @midshipman8654
      @midshipman8654 5 років тому +9

      Electroflame 618 I mean, seeing as this was the last major European campaign were religion played a large part, that at least says sometime.

    • @alecblunden8615
      @alecblunden8615 5 років тому +6

      @Divine EuropaThe Christian Church is united as one, holy, catholic and Apostolic. Such a pity the Latin church meets none of these marks of the church as postulated by the Nicene Father's.

    • @matheuroux5134
      @matheuroux5134 5 років тому +11

      @@travelmaniak3127 oh so Sunni and Shia love each other today? Ha ha. Like Iran and Saudi Arabia love each other?

  • @Oyrou
    @Oyrou 5 років тому +18

    Love seeing Joakim Brodén at 4:09

  • @mantis2048
    @mantis2048 5 років тому +26

    I'm so glad you made this video. A war with catastrophic losses that shaped modern Europe and in America we barely cover it.

  • @Kaiser_Wilhelm_IV.
    @Kaiser_Wilhelm_IV. 4 роки тому +11

    It's quite funny and worth mentioning that there even was a historical Third Defenestration of Prague. Seems to be some kind of national sports there.

  • @annachi8426
    @annachi8426 5 років тому +22

    You are saving the AP European History grade every day and I would just like to thank you for how much time and effort you have put into these videos. You're a rockstar.

  • @jjrj8568
    @jjrj8568 5 років тому +12

    The cruelties inflicted upon civilians show how dangerous employing mostly mercenaries and low-income soldiers is.
    Most shameful war in Europe until 1939-45.

  • @ItsChevnotJeff
    @ItsChevnotJeff 2 дні тому

    A lot of conflicts really spark from unexpected events, from meeting at the third floor, being late as a chauffeur, and even flunking out of Art School

  • @TheNorthie
    @TheNorthie 5 років тому +27

    The only question I have is what is to be done with Luxembourg? It seems they forgot about it

    • @timfortune9
      @timfortune9 2 роки тому +6

      Half will go to Sweden and the other half will go to France. Peace in Europe forever!
      ...Oh coitus, we forgot the Balkans.

  • @Heidepixie
    @Heidepixie 5 років тому +5

    I love that the horses either go by very quickly or are put behind other characters.

  • @thegreenroom8878
    @thegreenroom8878 Рік тому +17

    I was struggling with this topic and your video really helped me to understand it. THANK YOU!!!

    • @Linki8uu
      @Linki8uu Рік тому +2

      I used this video to study for a ap European history test on the 30 years war I passed

  • @marlonmoncrieffe0728
    @marlonmoncrieffe0728 5 років тому +26

    One of my favorite movies is 'The Last Valley' (1971) from writer/director, James Clavell, who was also a bestselling historical novelist.
    The film is the story about two very different men; Vogel, a wandering loner (Omar Sharif) and The Captain, leader of a band of mercenaries (Michael Caine) who both stumble upon a hidden valley untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War around it.

  • @belfigue
    @belfigue 5 років тому +92

    Great video but you left the Franco Spanish war up in the air. What happened with Catalonia and Portugal. The 30’s war was also the demise of the Spanish hegemony in Europe to France

  • @PatrickAllenNL
    @PatrickAllenNL 5 років тому +173

    I'm happy to live now rather then 400 years ago

    • @dalmaramin5522
      @dalmaramin5522 4 роки тому +1

      @Rafael Lopez mmmmm only superpower to threaten the US is gone? Think you forgot China and Russia fam lol

    • @marcovtjev
      @marcovtjev 4 роки тому +5

      @@henrik4630 Tell that to the Southern Provinces. They were devastated several times, and would be in war several times after that in Louis XIV's wars. In those times even an allied army passing through is a problem.

    • @sharoneisenberg2274
      @sharoneisenberg2274 3 роки тому

      Lt Fuckwit Or climate change or corona. Those are also big threats. Still, we’re probably better off now than in the 17th century, what with the Little Ice Age and the General Crisis

    • @williamrachello3699
      @williamrachello3699 3 роки тому +8

      @@sharoneisenberg2274 can you honestly think that Coronavirus even remotely compares to the death and destruction pervasive back then? Go back to your SUV, soy latte and air conditioned house, and keep wondering why you have it so hard.

    • @MrMajsterixx
      @MrMajsterixx 3 роки тому

      iam czech, tell me about that.

  • @robertabrahamsen9076
    @robertabrahamsen9076 5 років тому +35

    Amusing and substantially accurate summary, but I didn't notice anything about Bavarian involvement in the war, which complicated and arguably prolonged the war. Also, I think the peasant revolts in Austria are worth noting. And finally, emperor Matthias less appointed the fanatical Ferdinand as his successor than was effectively ousted by him.

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 4 роки тому +1

      Good point. I believe Tilly's army was substantially Bavarian.

  • @tigertankgaming1606
    @tigertankgaming1606 4 роки тому +21

    4:09 sweden use sabaton...
    result: total victory!!

  • @hi_austin
    @hi_austin 5 років тому +49

    Ten Minute History coming through in the clutch turning this mediocre Sunday into a tolerable one.

  • @samlund8543
    @samlund8543 5 років тому +12

    5:20 Hey, I remember reading that comment about the horse! Glad to see you followed through!

  • @swedichboy1000
    @swedichboy1000 3 роки тому +6

    3:27 Sweden to Denmark: Let me show you how it´s done.

  • @jampe1965
    @jampe1965 5 років тому +65

    you forgot to mention swiss independance at the treaty of westphalia

    • @j0nas469
      @j0nas469 5 років тому +1

      @George Manjgaladze but until 1648 it was still part of the hre

    • @alanpennie8013
      @alanpennie8013 4 роки тому +1

      @George Manjgaladze
      It took a long time for the Hapsburgs to acknowledge that.

    • @watching99134
      @watching99134 2 роки тому

      @@j0nas469 Hence his reference to the Peace of Westphalia.

  • @sykeraid4944
    @sykeraid4944 5 років тому +48

    "Tercio? More like Terci-go."
    Hah. I get it.

  • @gunnerjensen5998
    @gunnerjensen5998 5 років тому +6

    Your illustration style is great! I love the humor you're able to add to an educational video. This is like the 10th video in a row I've watched.

  • @roryo1970
    @roryo1970 3 роки тому +4

    One of the most complex conflicts ever. You nailed it. Quite brilliant summary,

  • @DogWalkerBill
    @DogWalkerBill 5 років тому +5

    WOW! You are GOOD! I read "The Thirty Years War (New York Review Books Classics)" by C. V. Wedgwood and it was a long slog for me! And confusing: So many Ferdinands and Fredericks that I couldn't keep track of who's who!
    Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor's slogan should have been MTHREGA (Make The Holy Roman Empire Great Again!)
    From the book I read, the 30 Years War ended after all the original antagonists (like Ferdinand II) died and all the powers that be were too exhausted to continue. And the German states were a ruin of barren farms, dead bodies and starving people.
    Ten minutes! You are REALLY good!

  • @shanemize3775
    @shanemize3775 3 роки тому +5

    Great video! To sum up one of the most insane, complicated wars in history in 10 minutes in a way that is easy to understand and is enjoyable, too, is just amazing. Got to love the ghost horse and the the out the window bit, picture of the sultan crossed out, etc. Too darn funny! I love your videos. Just not enough of them. That's the only problem with them. Lol. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

  • @wfcoaker1398
    @wfcoaker1398 5 років тому +71

    Don’t piss off the Czechs, they’ll heave you out a window!

    • @libzbond
      @libzbond 4 роки тому +2

      @Our ship Lusitania How are you still allive, I thought the Germans sank you

    • @obiwankenobi4252
      @obiwankenobi4252 4 роки тому +10

      Imagine if, after the Munich Conference before WW2, they just yeeted the German representatives out of a window

    • @wfcoaker1398
      @wfcoaker1398 4 роки тому +5

      @@obiwankenobi4252 The Third Defenestration of Prague. Lol

    • @libzbond
      @libzbond 4 роки тому

      @@obiwankenobi4252 You got the high ground!

    • @pavel6688
      @pavel6688 3 роки тому

      @@wfcoaker1398 Actually 1618 was the Third Defenestration of Prague. The video is incorrect.

  • @MaxG4880
    @MaxG4880 5 років тому +9

    Brilliant!! I love the videos in this channel, but the Sabaton cameo made this one that much more special!

  • @mattmacaulay2900
    @mattmacaulay2900 5 років тому +1

    Incredible summary of an immense topic. Very well done!

  • @badoodadoodadoo7653
    @badoodadoodadoo7653 5 років тому +5

    Funny that when you said life was miserable I played another video and got an ad that jingled: *”THE PAST, NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD!”*

  • @LocalHeretic-ck1kd
    @LocalHeretic-ck1kd 5 років тому +42

    Poor horse of Gustavus Adolphus! Let he be remembered.
    Also: MORE DAKKA!!!

  • @Br1ckbuster
    @Br1ckbuster 5 років тому +4

    Ok... how you managed to condense all of that into 10 mins is quite amazing. Learnt a lot as well!

  • @jiddick
    @jiddick 3 роки тому +2

    I love that you have Joakim walk past when you discuss the battle of Breitenfeld!!!

  • @NickC-Ohio
    @NickC-Ohio 2 роки тому +2

    Yours are the only videos on UA-cam which I actually watch at 3/4ths speed instead of speeding it up like I might for other videos to suit my craving for rapid information.

  • @Aufenthalt
    @Aufenthalt 5 років тому +7

    The most clear report on the thirty years war I saw. Congratulations.

  • @FBIagentObama
    @FBIagentObama 4 роки тому +3

    *OPENS WINDOW WITH RELIGIOUS INTENT*

  • @Trambo1997
    @Trambo1997 4 роки тому +22

    Gustav Adolphus re-invented warfare during that time period with his cannons and firepower improvements. Not to mention tactical genius.

  • @tomweiss9600
    @tomweiss9600 2 роки тому +5

    Ah, humanity at its best, thanks for cheering me up!

  • @mauricedesaxe1745
    @mauricedesaxe1745 5 років тому +8

    I also highly recommend Wilson's "Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years' War", the level of detail is remarkable.

  • @lorenzogabutti8303
    @lorenzogabutti8303 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks for explaining such a complicated war so effectively! 👏 Great job!

    • @kicapanmanis1060
      @kicapanmanis1060 Рік тому

      I missed the days when he made 10 minute videos. The format was more entertaining. I'm fine with him making shorter ones (not everything needed 10 minutes) but wish he made some from time to time.

  • @gsthomas187
    @gsthomas187 3 роки тому +2

    4:08 Nice Sabaton cameo, I love it.

  • @hungryepicboys8895
    @hungryepicboys8895 3 роки тому +2

    The Treaty of Münster is one of two cool historical events that happened in my hometown and they will not let u forget it

  • @miniDwarfB0y
    @miniDwarfB0y 5 років тому +4

    Great job mate! I studied and wrote my third year dissertation on the TYW at University just last year, really enjoy the vids mate, keep it up!

  • @DaisyGeekyTransGirl
    @DaisyGeekyTransGirl 5 років тому +9

    "Cardinal Richard had died and Louis XIII decided to follow suit." Gotta love that deadpan humour.

  • @zoolanderXXL
    @zoolanderXXL 2 роки тому

    Another, just great video! Thank you

  • @gensaikawakami341
    @gensaikawakami341 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, so this one's gonna take a few rewatches...my favourite kind of video

  • @billymartin2220
    @billymartin2220 5 років тому +28

    Could you do a video on the decline of Poland lithuania?

    • @aegonii8471
      @aegonii8471 5 років тому +9

      Essentially Lithuania rose because the collapse of the Golden Horde left a shit ton of real estate. There power and influence decreased over time because they weren’t gobbling up land as fast as Muscovy. Eventually they were like fuck it and United with Poland. Then over time after kicking some German, Muscovite , and Turkish ass they got their ass handed to them by Sweden. Then they got gobbled up by Austria, Prussia, and Russia the end.

  • @GabrielAlejandroZorrilla
    @GabrielAlejandroZorrilla 5 років тому +4

    Love the channel! History has been never do funny, keep the work going!

  • @lagianna100
    @lagianna100 4 роки тому +11

    When your conquest of a single province turns into a devastating conflict that pulls in all the European Powers

  • @TheTenthLeper
    @TheTenthLeper 5 років тому +1

    As always, great work.

  • @hf3923
    @hf3923 5 років тому +6

    I love how it took a 30 year war to end an 80 year war

  • @dtice69
    @dtice69 3 роки тому +4

    "Man, the Germans in the 20th century sure were angry at their neighbors. I wonder what caused all that."
    "Oh, I dunno..."

  • @OrkarIsberEstar
    @OrkarIsberEstar 2 роки тому +2

    omg that Sabbaton reference kills me XD Great Job with Joachim Broden

  • @KilyanAustin
    @KilyanAustin 2 роки тому

    I know literally everybody is saying this, but I love the animations and little signs they hold up. one of the best if not the best history channel on youtube.❤

  • @goganii
    @goganii 5 років тому +6

    3:20 unexpected sabaton

  • @Greystar2426
    @Greystar2426 5 років тому +5

    I’ve read so much of the 1632 franchise that I forgot what the actual 30 years war looked like without biplanes and ironclads

  • @sebastianarnold948
    @sebastianarnold948 3 роки тому +2

    I’m simple. I see Sabaton, I click like. A time of religion and war, legends tell a tale of a LION

  • @wyneken38
    @wyneken38 5 років тому

    Excellent job with the maps!!!

  • @jackwolf2984
    @jackwolf2984 4 роки тому +4

    Please put more Sabaton reference in your videos...or easter eggs like that in general, love it.

  • @svg_apricot4472
    @svg_apricot4472 5 років тому +5

    i usually have to be at a certain level of drunk to wade into a youtube comment section to take that as you will, but as this is definitely more than the 10th time to date that i've watched this video i finally feel the need to say that your dead-pan discription of the "second defenestration of Prague" is a joke that i still laugh at almost 5 months later

  • @emopony5077
    @emopony5077 3 роки тому +2

    The "More dakka" sign got a chuckle out of me.

  • @danielbertoldivivan3333
    @danielbertoldivivan3333 Рік тому

    Very good episode, congrats