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    Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Who’s to blame for WW1? Six of the main players cross swords in a disused warehouse spitting rhymes and insults. An unhinged Kaiser Bill, a supercilious George V and a cocky Gavrilo Princip all feature in WW1 Uncut’s take on one of the most complicated questions in modern history.
    WW1 Uncut presents an original track that distills into under four minutes some of the individuals and their respective hang-ups, rivalries and egos that led to chaos and carnage in Europe. This is Origins: Rap Battle, WWI Uncut style.
    Origins: Rap Battle | Series 1 Episode 7 | BBC
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  • @RalphStudiosOfficial.
    @RalphStudiosOfficial. 3 роки тому +3952

    Ww1 : started Cus an Austrian man was shot
    Ww2 : started Cus an Austrian man was not shot

    • @gojira4036
      @gojira4036 3 роки тому +509

      WW3: Started because an Austrian man shot at someone

    • @redbirb8013
      @redbirb8013 3 роки тому +381

      WW4: Started because an Austrian man did not shoot somebody

    • @odin....
      @odin.... 3 роки тому +329

      Ww5: started because an Austrian man was shot by an Austrian man

    • @jacob-ct4hc
      @jacob-ct4hc 3 роки тому +275

      Ww6: started Cus an Austrian man did not shoot an Austrian man

    • @abdelrahmanmohamedafifi6879
      @abdelrahmanmohamedafifi6879 3 роки тому +254

      WW7: Australian man killed instead of an Austrian

  • @theyoungstag1637
    @theyoungstag1637 3 роки тому +4022

    WW1 summed up in 5 words:
    “You want a war gav?”

    • @diegoangeles1549
      @diegoangeles1549 3 роки тому +177

      "We bring the pain slav"

    • @sh33pik73
      @sh33pik73 3 роки тому +73

      "The story of doom"

    • @azura871
      @azura871 3 роки тому +52

      "Russia, Mongoms and Turks my friends" ;D
      Yep mongols "T9"

    • @duroshebanja6810
      @duroshebanja6810 3 роки тому +17

      Me thinks that's "Mongols". Not "Mongoms"?
      Too bad the Commies took over Russia, during that war , many historians say they were making the greatest strides , of any European powers to modernization, before it?
      There's a book on that subject, "How Russia blew a century of progress" , or something very close to that tittle.
      Serbs & Russians , faith, ethos, mindset, seem to bind them throughout the centuries.

    • @abbyalphonse499
      @abbyalphonse499 3 роки тому +33

      Great job, the chain has been ruined.

  • @theprofessional155
    @theprofessional155 6 місяців тому +1607

    The most inaccurate thing was that Nicholas was a giant

    • @ChihuahuaSenior777
      @ChihuahuaSenior777 6 місяців тому +41

      I am taller than him

    • @GoofySillyGuy
      @GoofySillyGuy 5 місяців тому

      tiny lil russian boy lmao

    • @luisantoniohernandezdauaja6961
      @luisantoniohernandezdauaja6961 5 місяців тому +101

      Most likely a mixup with his father, Alexander III. He was 6'11"

    • @medbox_enjoyer
      @medbox_enjoyer 5 місяців тому +91

      wrong, his size represents russia itself, a big country, or strength but russia wasn't even that strong
      also josef being a literal minion 😭@@luisantoniohernandezdauaja6961

    • @im-your-parents
      @im-your-parents 5 місяців тому +21

      And the british one was actually shorter than nicholas but in this video he's taller

  • @CanadaPlayz48
    @CanadaPlayz48 Рік тому +879

    Wait so considering Franz Ferdinand's assassination at the start, can we assume this entire rap battle took place on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo?

    • @gerardanderson9665
      @gerardanderson9665 Рік тому +11

      That's not Franz Ferdinand

    • @Carlo_von_Habsburg
      @Carlo_von_Habsburg Рік тому +20

      I think it takes place in 1914, because the nations all join in later in the rap battle in order and in the beginning there was only the assassination as well as franz josef

    • @CharcoalTBF
      @CharcoalTBF Рік тому +15

      No, At the beginning you're correct, but when the nephew of franz starts singing, its the austro-serbian war. Then when Tsar nicholas walks in, we skip to russia's declaration of war. Then when The Kaiser starts singing its skips to the german declaration of war on russia, While he's singing he says "And don't try to make france intervene" or something like that. we skip to the french declaration on austria and germany. Then when the UK walks in... yeah yeah you get the idea

    • @The_Syndicalist_Gamer
      @The_Syndicalist_Gamer Рік тому +5

      @@CharcoalTBF Slight Mistake. THE Nephew. Franz Joseph Was The Uncle of Franz Ferdinand.

    • @Nurichiri
      @Nurichiri 26 днів тому

      @@CharcoalTBF It's not Franz Ferdinand that's singing, it's his assassin.

  • @theprussian4616
    @theprussian4616 3 роки тому +6900

    That moment you realize WW1 is just a large family feud.

    • @jmcl4972
      @jmcl4972 3 роки тому +76

      @Глеб Борисов Darude Sandstorm

    • @angel_dust3312
      @angel_dust3312 3 роки тому +311

      @Hans WW2 is also one. Germany(fatherland) had a massive divorce against Soviet Union(motherland). They shared custody of Poland till Germany tried going for full custody.

    • @bearsgaming6364
      @bearsgaming6364 3 роки тому +164

      granny would be dissapointed

    • @wursthaendler2825
      @wursthaendler2825 3 роки тому +55

      Most Wars in history were

    • @hansandhismp-4033
      @hansandhismp-4033 3 роки тому +4

      im also Hans

  • @user-dg9cs2sv4o
    @user-dg9cs2sv4o 3 роки тому +3661

    Historical chanels at night:

  • @Usonan-Foderation2016
    @Usonan-Foderation2016 Рік тому +2693

    Fun fact: Wilhelm II Could speak English without the German accent
    Edit:wow this got more likes than all my videos have

    • @Rowlph8888
      @Rowlph8888 Рік тому +105

      Queenn Victoria's grandson. Probably grew up in the UK

    • @connor4435
      @connor4435 Рік тому +174

      @@Rowlph8888 no? He was the son and heir of the German emperor, obviously he grew up in Germany

    • @Grid-the-goofy
      @Grid-the-goofy Рік тому +41

      @@connor4435 i mean he was realted to the british king at the time so-

    • @MUHAMMADZIQRIIQBALBINMUHAMMADS
      @MUHAMMADZIQRIIQBALBINMUHAMMADS Рік тому +19

      russia too

    • @gheppie
      @gheppie Рік тому +54

      @@connor4435 Queen Victoria grew up in Germany

  • @Chips635
    @Chips635 4 місяці тому +89

    Bro france was just chilling in the back

    • @annanasaraia
      @annanasaraia 2 місяці тому +7

      He is just checking on😂

  • @runebonnell2589
    @runebonnell2589 4 роки тому +4236

    Everyone else: looks historically accurate
    Tsar Nicholas: Chunk

    • @pancytryna9378
      @pancytryna9378 4 роки тому +42

      Well

    • @carucath97
      @carucath97 4 роки тому +216

      More notable cos irl he and George V looked really similar

    • @kyee1713
      @kyee1713 4 роки тому +28

      Wasn't George the V the fat one?

    • @kyee1713
      @kyee1713 4 роки тому +65

      Nvm, George the IV.

    • @pancytryna9378
      @pancytryna9378 4 роки тому +11

      @@kyee1713
      No

  • @kaiserwilhelm1843
    @kaiserwilhelm1843 4 роки тому +8206

    Everyone knows me, ya? The Kaiser ya? Coo-ee

  • @mikeor-
    @mikeor- 10 місяців тому +291

    Tsar Nicholas and Kaiser Wilhelm wrote letters to each other before the war where they addressed each other as "Nicky" and "Willy." George V, however, never corresponded with either Nicholas or Wilhelm. He felt so bad about not helping Nicholas II or Michael II from surviving the Russian Revolution, that he attempted to compensate by allowing his two sisters to escape to Britain. They both lived in exile until they died at the ages of ninety and ninety-five before the 1980's.

    • @mikeor-
      @mikeor- 10 місяців тому +30

      Despite their alliance, Kaiser Wilhelm and Franz Joseph did not like each other that much. However, Kaiser Wilhelm was friends with Franz Ferdinand so that friendship might have led to him offering his support to Franz Joseph.

    • @simonrooney2272
      @simonrooney2272 2 місяці тому +3

      @@mikeor-Wilhelm was also just itching for a war so jumped on the first excuse to fight one

    • @arturs2436
      @arturs2436 Місяць тому +1

      @@mikeor- Wilhelm was also good friends with Franz Joseph first heir(his son) Rudolf(till he commited suicide in 1889), who had liberal ideas, kinda like Franz Ferdinand. They were rather unlike the Emperour who was very stuck to the old ways.

    • @hellarion8759
      @hellarion8759 12 днів тому +1

      @@simonrooney2272 Thats so wrong. Willhelm didnt want the war, neither did he needed it. Willhelm only wanted to secure Germanys "place at the sun". After Serbia acepted the Austro-Hungarian
      ultimatum, to search themself for the murderer, Willhelm even wrote to Franz-Joseph that every
      reason for war was faiding away. After the WW broke out, they even made a postcard with him saying: "I did not want the war". That was apparently just propaganda, but Willhelm really had no reason to go to war.

  • @jaythepotato
    @jaythepotato Рік тому +152

    Not me coming back every few months when this pops into my head

  • @kuwi8679
    @kuwi8679 4 роки тому +3888

    guys help i did the German war dance and my wife left me

    • @hfg1022
      @hfg1022 4 роки тому +217

      Let me gues your wife is not German?

    • @vladimirlenin4070
      @vladimirlenin4070 4 роки тому +39

      @@hfg1022 seer...

    • @armorpiercing3277
      @armorpiercing3277 4 роки тому +52

      Alright, who wants too tell him?

    • @MiaRose-xd7sm
      @MiaRose-xd7sm 4 роки тому +12

      😂

    • @alaskagyal
      @alaskagyal 4 роки тому +36

      mate, i made that comment a year before and it has 10x the likes of yours
      please be more original

  • @Todietipso
    @Todietipso 3 роки тому +2710

    The Gang: Walking out like badasses
    The Text: 17 million people died

  • @evazheng3680
    @evazheng3680 Рік тому +158

    King George V got me with the britishness

  • @Marcel._B
    @Marcel._B 9 місяців тому +334

    Wilhelm's last lines are so underrated. Basically saying "This whole thing has become so intense, we need a fight and I (Germany) can't back down from it (Austria kinda forces me) even when I put shame on myself afterwards. This is all too much"

    • @otherhouse
      @otherhouse 7 місяців тому +1

      That is false though. Germany was pressuring A-H to declare war so they get a casus belli to declare war on France and Russia

    • @gamepab2024
      @gamepab2024 6 місяців тому +21

      Exactly. It's not like he was an Evil leader that wanted the war, he also was feeling preassured by it's allies and the public opinion

    • @Kira-no666
      @Kira-no666 5 місяців тому

      and its own high command@@gamepab2024

  • @TheGoldenKing20
    @TheGoldenKing20 7 років тому +2237

    I bet if the real Czar Nicholas II was half as imposing as this guy, the Bolshevik Revolution never would have happened.

    • @roseashford5143
      @roseashford5143 7 років тому +342

      TheGoldenKing20 Definitely though to be honest the actor for Nicholas II looks far more like his father Alexander III a really huge monster of a man

    • @jeffeppenbach
      @jeffeppenbach 7 років тому +52

      Both are acceptable. Either are attempts at spelling a non-English word, in English.
      A few years ago, when the fighting was happening in Libya, there were several front page stories in the paper, and each spelled Gaddafi differently. Some sounds don't really translate into English well.

    • @rubenkomen1409
      @rubenkomen1409 7 років тому +33

      Kaiser is how Caesar was pronounced in Latin

    • @rubenkomen1409
      @rubenkomen1409 7 років тому +29

      +EducatedThinker1 C was pronounced as a K and ae as ay, so Caesar -> Kaysar -> in german spelling "Kaiser"

    • @vaineratom7739
      @vaineratom7739 7 років тому +12

      its Tsar

  • @drelluxe1381
    @drelluxe1381 3 роки тому +2982

    "But like the godfather the sequel kicks ass"
    Hitler: Ah shit

    • @johnnyemeliada4932
      @johnnyemeliada4932 3 роки тому +43

      WOW ROASTED.

    • @jaydencorrigan8950
      @jaydencorrigan8950 3 роки тому +10

      Ooooooo

    • @breaderikthegreat3224
      @breaderikthegreat3224 3 роки тому +23

      Dark Knight, Captain America, Star Wars:Are we a joke to you

    • @drelluxe1381
      @drelluxe1381 3 роки тому +5

      @@breaderikthegreat3224 2:17

    • @adamhumphries9670
      @adamhumphries9670 3 роки тому +24

      No I think “the first was a gas” meant Willem the first “the sequel kicks ass” meant himself.
      Also 3:21 is the perfect summary of the whole war. 😂

  • @chislehead8701
    @chislehead8701 3 місяці тому +30

    I still can't believe BBC posted this😂

  • @user-bn1ob5rd9i
    @user-bn1ob5rd9i 22 дні тому +11

    Psychologist: gay Kaiser Wilhelm does not exist, he cannot hurt you
    Gay Kaiser Wilhelm:

  • @mihailgrecu654
    @mihailgrecu654 3 роки тому +3618

    Watches once: This is kinda cringe ngl
    Watches twice: This is very weird
    Watches thrice: This is a fricken masterpiece

    • @maximorulli5620
      @maximorulli5620 2 роки тому +37

      True

    • @user-ee8rc4uu2f
      @user-ee8rc4uu2f 2 роки тому +20

      Yeah

    • @Srd_1994
      @Srd_1994 2 роки тому +12

      legit

    • @paulwilkinson4073
      @paulwilkinson4073 2 роки тому +108

      I actually disliked it at the start thinking it was very cringey, now I watch it every day I love it so much, it’s literally my prize video I adore it.

    • @user-ee8rc4uu2f
      @user-ee8rc4uu2f 2 роки тому +6

      @@paulwilkinson4073 me too

  • @cannoxgd7391
    @cannoxgd7391 2 роки тому +1450

    WW1 generals after loosing 60.000 men but gaining 14 metres of land: 2:35

  • @georgesamual2527
    @georgesamual2527 Рік тому +62

    Tsar Nicholas II is 10 times more intimidating here than he was in real life.

    • @baronbrummbar8691
      @baronbrummbar8691 7 місяців тому +1

      so true
      in realive he was just a moronic narcissist

  • @MR.Slime39
    @MR.Slime39 7 місяців тому +30

    I need an extended version where france, italy, Bulgaria, the ottoman empire ext. fight against each other

  • @aidans_invasion
    @aidans_invasion 4 роки тому +2331

    So everyone gonna ignore so how the war was basically a family war because they where all cousins.

    • @redacted5657
      @redacted5657 4 роки тому +97

      finany someone mentioned it

    • @corneliali7747
      @corneliali7747 4 роки тому +100

      @Andrew holy shit. It really is like a family feud.

    • @personaronthegreat1399
      @personaronthegreat1399 4 роки тому +58

      Andrew yeah. They all link through 5th cousins, George is 1st Cousin to both of Wilhelm and Nicholas but Wilhelm and Nicholas are 3rd cousins.

    • @AndresGuazzelli
      @AndresGuazzelli 4 роки тому +62

      @@napoleonbonaparte9574 George and Nicholas were first cousins as their mothers were sisters.
      George and Wilhelm are also first cousins: George's father and Wilhelm's mother were siblings.
      Nicholas and Wilhelm were third cousins: Nicholas' great grandfather, Nicholas the 1st was the brother of Wilhelm's great grandmother, Maria Pavlovna.
      Also, Nicholas' wife, Alexandra Feodorovna, was Wilhelm's first cousin, so they were cousins in law as well.
      To top it off, all three were also 5th cousins, being equally-leveled descendants of King George II.

    • @prorogamingyt.9377
      @prorogamingyt.9377 4 роки тому +11

      They were all related?

  • @rotciv1492
    @rotciv1492 2 роки тому +10235

    The french guy didn't get his turn because he doesn't speak english.
    This is accurate af.

    • @bosnjakball
      @bosnjakball 2 роки тому +58

      Not really

    • @paulwilkinson4073
      @paulwilkinson4073 2 роки тому +93

      Neither did Franz Josef of the Austro Hungarian empire

    • @ghoshrajorshi2007
      @ghoshrajorshi2007 2 роки тому +263

      @@paulwilkinson4073 French guy didn't speak to make fun of real French guys calm and taciturn manner,calm even in company of quarreling people

    • @paulwilkinson4073
      @paulwilkinson4073 2 роки тому +5

      @@ghoshrajorshi2007 oh I see !

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 2 роки тому +60

      Because first Joffre was a general not Raymond Poincaré the president or "Le Tigre" George Clemenceau minister of war and then president in 1917. And then not only France went in ww1 for themselves before the brits but suffered the biggest population loses of any war in history so it's just disrespectful and stupid.

  • @MrH4nky
    @MrH4nky Рік тому +86

    Wish there would be more of it. It's semi-educational AND remarkably well-written. It will stuck in your head, which, in return, will allow you to remember the basics

  • @ShahzEditx
    @ShahzEditx Рік тому +16

    Imagine WW1 leaders watching this video, they would be rollin' in their grave seeing their mimickers act. 💀

  • @thebestmc3912
    @thebestmc3912 4 роки тому +1558

    WW1: caused by cousins over some territorial issues
    WW2: domestic violence

  • @kaiserwilhelmii8819
    @kaiserwilhelmii8819 2 роки тому +16819

    Still proud of my war dance 107 years later

    • @paulwilkinson4073
      @paulwilkinson4073 2 роки тому +588

      @@CheesoisHim absolutely, we are proud of you wilhelm

    • @torieldreemurr541
      @torieldreemurr541 2 роки тому +282

      You make me happy.

    • @FersoElFlaco
      @FersoElFlaco 2 роки тому +224

      Mr Kaiser pls do it I need that in my life

    • @anairconditionermother7537
      @anairconditionermother7537 2 роки тому +132

      Can’t blame ya I’d be proud of it too

    • @Digitalbadger67
      @Digitalbadger67 2 роки тому +91

      If you real german kaiser wilhelm than you will speak german like me Hallo mein name is Kaiser wilhelm II Und ich spreche die beste und schönste prache und meine oma dreht sich nicht im grab um

  • @elconcaro8031
    @elconcaro8031 Рік тому +32

    It's so funny how happy Franz Joseph is so happy when Wilhelm II said he's his mate at 2:23 and How offended Joffe gets a Willhelms comment at 3:16

  • @sharckshroom821
    @sharckshroom821 7 місяців тому +16

    I'm not sure why they made Tsar Nicholas such a Chad considering how indecisive he was throughout the war.

  • @s.v.o.579
    @s.v.o.579 5 років тому +3012

    “Language may offend”
    *Willy-Nilly*

    • @kuchniagrubasks9007
      @kuchniagrubasks9007 5 років тому +175

      Apply cold water to burned area

    • @finbarrdarcy5929
      @finbarrdarcy5929 5 років тому +77

      Sietse Van Overstraeten *Blighty* Cover your ears children!

    • @flebner7927
      @flebner7927 5 років тому +129

      Massive difficult chap

    • @connor4435
      @connor4435 5 років тому +39

      Sietse Van Overstraeten HEY, do not say that phrase, do you have any idea how many people you are offending

    • @bltdffrnt860
      @bltdffrnt860 5 років тому +29

      dont take za mick

  • @reda84.
    @reda84. 2 роки тому +6291

    Fun fact: Gavrilo Princip was too young to get the death penalty so he only got a prison sentence and survived until 1918 meaning he was alive to see almost all of ww1.

    • @paulwilkinson4073
      @paulwilkinson4073 2 роки тому +791

      Yes, correct me if I am wrong but he tried to kill himself so many times, but failed each and every time. He shot himself, took pills and all the sort. He looked quite skeleton like after but he never died

    • @rosswindsor4384
      @rosswindsor4384 2 роки тому +416

      @@paulwilkinson4073 Yeah he tried to kill himself many time but tubercolosis got him (May have not spelt his illness right)

    • @paulwilkinson4073
      @paulwilkinson4073 2 роки тому +182

      @@rosswindsor4384 you spelt it right and you are correct! He did get tuberculosis and I think that killed him

    • @mcplatterpig
      @mcplatterpig 2 роки тому +105

      He died young
      Good

    • @howitzer4041
      @howitzer4041 2 роки тому +59

      Well, the jail cell was shit so he ended up losing a war and then died of TB in 1918

  • @NosyCodes
    @NosyCodes Місяць тому +9

    would be funnier if yall had nicholas walk out a little bit before the end
    "when the revolution started"

  • @mhdld9287
    @mhdld9287 Рік тому +17

    I like how most of the video was just Germany taking all the allies by its own, sums up pretty much the course of ww1

  • @Chaffeeboi
    @Chaffeeboi 3 роки тому +4145

    I want them to make a ww2 version just to see hitler do the German war dance

    • @captainpuff1238
      @captainpuff1238 3 роки тому +140

      This. Yes

    • @Captain_Yorkie1
      @Captain_Yorkie1 3 роки тому +81

      Hell yes

    • @macintosh7893
      @macintosh7893 3 роки тому +170

      I don’t think they can cuz hitler would have to be in it, and the BBC are run by the UK government

    • @macintosh7893
      @macintosh7893 3 роки тому +50

      George Pearson governments probs don’t want to offend the neo nazis

    • @iwantnumber9676
      @iwantnumber9676 3 роки тому +8

      yes.

  • @coolcool109
    @coolcool109 3 роки тому +10757

    the camera man was switzerland?

  • @clippyclop4476
    @clippyclop4476 8 місяців тому +17

    The serbian looks like hes a member of the adams family

  • @axolotlman7550
    @axolotlman7550 Рік тому +40

    I got an A in my history assignment because of this. Thank you so much BBC for making this educational masterpiece.

    • @annanasaraia
      @annanasaraia 2 місяці тому

      This comment is literally masterpiece👏👏

  • @insertaliashere1379
    @insertaliashere1379 3 роки тому +2287

    Therapist: It's okay. Buff Tsar Nicholas can't hurt you.
    Buff Tsar Nicholas:

    • @armanmahmood9783
      @armanmahmood9783 3 роки тому +104

      1:37

    • @joelout
      @joelout 2 роки тому +61

      Meh, just hit him with the German war dance.

    • @tsarnicholasthesecond728
      @tsarnicholasthesecond728 2 роки тому +37

      @@joelout the war dance wont stop me

    • @madotsuki_mk1
      @madotsuki_mk1 2 роки тому +87

      7 years later, and I still can't get over the fact that Nicholas II in this video looks absolutely nothing like the historical Nicholas II, but instead bears a striking resemblance to Alexander III, his direct predecessor.

    • @rickymcgowen6776
      @rickymcgowen6776 2 роки тому +17

      @@madotsuki_mk1 And his father.

  • @Scorpian-oi4xp
    @Scorpian-oi4xp 4 роки тому +2021

    Me: I passed the test
    Math teacher: 1:39

  • @jackpresley3254
    @jackpresley3254 Рік тому +18

    As a ww1 vet I can confirm that this is exactly how ww1 happened

  • @raantas946
    @raantas946 8 місяців тому +10

    it's amazing how they managed to find the most awkward characters to play the most awkwardly chilling rhymes

  • @arronstones4114
    @arronstones4114 5 років тому +7422

    Who is here before world war 3?

  • @TaraZaraChara
    @TaraZaraChara 3 роки тому +1927

    Austria had the best rhymes.
    "You hear me, assassin? Our troops are massin' Get ready for the bombing, the shooting, the gassing" was a great bar

    • @Toffita_lubenica
      @Toffita_lubenica 3 роки тому +110

      The word to offend someone the most is:we're packing more army than you got salami

    • @youareveryannoying9179
      @youareveryannoying9179 3 роки тому +59

      Blood split in Sarajevo gonna cause a blood bath was better

    • @reneframe4395
      @reneframe4395 3 роки тому +19

      King George had the Best rhymes

    • @Pharry_
      @Pharry_ 3 роки тому +58

      Franz Josef might not be that threatening, but he spittin bars

    • @Justin-cw7zf
      @Justin-cw7zf 3 роки тому +11

      @@Pharry_ If not Austria Hungary was that effective in ww1

  • @TheFinnfluencer
    @TheFinnfluencer Рік тому +17

    3:13 there’s a W in Wilhelm II for a reason

    • @Notpies
      @Notpies Місяць тому +1

      "Snail-sucking frog cooking, garlic stench"
      DAMN 💀

  • @archont_de_epire
    @archont_de_epire 5 місяців тому +6

    I just love how king of Britain had frightened eyes when Wilhelm said "look into my eyes, do you see compromise?"

  • @tacoblude8208
    @tacoblude8208 4 роки тому +2039

    The German war dance is so effective because it makes the enemy kill themselves

  • @sariz___
    @sariz___ Рік тому +2941

    the way old man austria spits bars like he's still 20 years old is fire

    • @Kaiser_Franz_Josef
      @Kaiser_Franz_Josef Рік тому +215

      Thank you!

    • @445CupCake
      @445CupCake Рік тому +20

      @@Kaiser_Franz_Josef how are you a kaiser

    • @idiotuk
      @idiotuk Рік тому

      @@Kaiser_Franz_Josef hello Austrian-hungarian

    • @dermalerausosterreich97
      @dermalerausosterreich97 Рік тому +58

      @@445CupCake Kaiser means Emperor, and he is the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

    • @DrRatioSimp
      @DrRatioSimp Рік тому +6

      ​@@445CupCake what

  • @pryvietcomrade1322
    @pryvietcomrade1322 Рік тому +14

    Does everyone agree that Wilhelm’s rapping skills are outmatched

  • @FiveSkitsAtFreddys
    @FiveSkitsAtFreddys Рік тому +27

    I remember when this happened, truly an amazing historical moment. I love learning about it in history class.

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 3 роки тому +3596

    Fun fact: Both the leaders of the Entente and the Central powers actually did a rap battle before declaring War.

  • @johnwilkins11
    @johnwilkins11 5 років тому +1093

    Only 1914 kids remember this

  • @user-hf7tn1vg6i
    @user-hf7tn1vg6i 2 місяці тому +7

    Царь Николай тут СЛИШКОМ брутальный. На самом деле он из всех был более ребячиским. Тут он больше показываеться как стериотип о " Суровых Русских"

  • @jigmewangchuk6074
    @jigmewangchuk6074 7 років тому +2230

    I never imagined BBC to make something like this

    • @konza02
      @konza02 6 років тому +25

      Jigme Wangchuk Exactly. This isn't made by them.

    • @garbotics5676
      @garbotics5676 6 років тому +5

      Acke who is it made by

    • @niranox8082
      @niranox8082 6 років тому +2

      Who is it made by then?

    • @DYLANJJK94
      @DYLANJJK94 6 років тому +6

      +British Falcon You sure don't know British grammer.... He never said it wasn't made by BBC.

    • @placeholder8768
      @placeholder8768 6 років тому +118

      Dylan K
      > *says someone needs to learn grammar*
      > *types it as grammer*
      gg u got me there

  • @grey3247
    @grey3247 3 роки тому +1794

    France: *Is the main fighting force in the western front for years*
    The video: What's a France

    • @PinkStratovolcano
      @PinkStratovolcano 3 роки тому +8

      @@afisto6647 what?

    • @localnonbinaryprussianbowl3350
      @localnonbinaryprussianbowl3350 3 роки тому +89

      This video can be renamed to "WW1 leaders roasting france"

    • @Sir_Walter
      @Sir_Walter 3 роки тому +61

      Agreed. I was waiting for Frances turn and I’m still waiting..

    • @tilco6026
      @tilco6026 2 роки тому +12

      What was that country ???

    • @eddyharris2372
      @eddyharris2372 2 роки тому +10

      The rap battle is about the lead up to the war rather than the war itself.

  • @marcusbaker830
    @marcusbaker830 7 місяців тому +6

    BBC tries to get an invite to the Rap Battle community

  • @kiplinghasler5491
    @kiplinghasler5491 4 місяці тому +5

    Switzerland was standing in the corner eating popcorn and enjoying the drama😂😂😂😂😂

  • @atharvasapre8578
    @atharvasapre8578 4 роки тому +1041

    My granny when I grow 1 inch taller.
    1:13

  • @tomerpilo5193
    @tomerpilo5193 3 роки тому +2032

    Therapist: Gay Rapping Wilhelm II isn't real he can't hurt you.
    Gay Rapping Wilhelm II: 2:09

    • @roskcity
      @roskcity 3 роки тому +121

      Everyone knows me ya? The Kaiser ya? Coo-ee.

    • @peechaichum5698
      @peechaichum5698 3 роки тому +76

      Tsar Nicholas II: 😒

    • @rowmantowman7614
      @rowmantowman7614 3 роки тому +52

      He’s worse than my sleep paralysis demon

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 3 роки тому +41

      But no one going to talk about Tzar Nicholas calling himself a "Russian bear"

    • @randomnum111
      @randomnum111 3 роки тому +22

      @@rowmantowman7614 he is my Sleep Paralysis Demon

  • @bavariageneral8982
    @bavariageneral8982 Рік тому +6

    2:34 Squidward Tentacles Dance School best performer

  • @gilyoshida4453
    @gilyoshida4453 Рік тому +7

    best description of the first world war: "Oh Crap!", Austro Hungary

  • @gonzalojorgensen6941
    @gonzalojorgensen6941 3 роки тому +2863

    🇩🇪 German Empire : Best Dance
    🇷🇺 Russian Empire : Intimidation
    🇬🇧 British Empire : Best Style

    • @leduoanime9156
      @leduoanime9156 3 роки тому +273

      🇷🇸 Serbia : Best provocation
      🇦🇹🇭🇺 Austria-Hungary : Best white beard
      🇨🇵 : Best forgotten

    • @talhahhussain5603
      @talhahhussain5603 3 роки тому +43

      @@leduoanime9156 Overall winner: Pompey

    • @rudygould4217
      @rudygould4217 3 роки тому +46

      @@talhahhussain5603 WHAT ABOUT ME POMPEY

    • @apez1919
      @apez1919 3 роки тому +91

      🇹🇷 Ottoman: AFK

    • @tilco6026
      @tilco6026 3 роки тому +62

      🇫🇷French empire🇫🇷:best background charactere

  • @transzendenz1774
    @transzendenz1774 4 роки тому +8491

    I am a German and can confirm that the German War Dance is 100% accurate.

    • @nutpeg6915
      @nutpeg6915 4 роки тому +530

      Hey dude look over the trench!
      What?
      It's the German War Dance!
      Umm...The german wha-
      Oh wow.
      He groovin

    • @babyinuyasha
      @babyinuyasha 4 роки тому +132

      @@nutpeg6915 someone needs to do that a German uniform

    • @ricohill495
      @ricohill495 4 роки тому +8

      Baby Inuyasha especially the Nazi ones.

    • @unwillfullyignorant7805
      @unwillfullyignorant7805 4 роки тому +40

      Prussia_ correct, it’s under § 86a of the German Criminal Code

    • @ricohill495
      @ricohill495 4 роки тому +13

      Prussia_ no I just pictured those Nazi scumbags doing the German war dance while also getting bombed by the allies.

  • @W3f1ndy0u
    @W3f1ndy0u Рік тому +8

    Everything fits so perfect. The best thing about this video is the background which fits every countries personality

  • @houseking9211
    @houseking9211 5 років тому +1412

    When the guy who owns 1/4th of the world complains about someones territorial ambition

    • @kyrinpeterson2729
      @kyrinpeterson2729 5 років тому +29

      Ouch

    • @odd-hatodbart9064
      @odd-hatodbart9064 5 років тому +51

      @TheHouseOfKing I think he meant European territorial expansion compared to the rest of the world where European monarchs didn’t much care for in terms of ethnicity and value due to the colonies being, well, colonies rather than parts of the empire back home where control really mattered.
      Not gonna diss your point, because it’s still correct and hilarious but, just some insight

    • @khoiluu5800
      @khoiluu5800 5 років тому +7

      @@frederickcubbins no more

    • @khoiluu5800
      @khoiluu5800 5 років тому +10

      @@frederickcubbins tbh, i really wish the British has as much territory as the US and has an equally high GPD and powerful military, sad that the greatest empire to ever existed lost their grip

    • @houseking9211
      @houseking9211 5 років тому +7

      @@frederickcubbins But the sun still never sends on the British Empire

  • @canadian_v3ngeance767
    @canadian_v3ngeance767 3 роки тому +1800

    Fun fact: Nicholas was not a big guy. He's looking more like his father here. Also his grandfather was high too.

    • @AhhLewis
      @AhhLewis 3 роки тому +70

      Pretty sure the size of the people represents the strength of the country

    • @cohenpierce1442
      @cohenpierce1442 3 роки тому +196

      @@AhhLewis Then Kaiser Wilhelm would literally be the hulk here, they had a better army than anybody else in Europe and it was decently sized

    • @kawaiipotato7775
      @kawaiipotato7775 3 роки тому +60

      @@AhhLewis Yeah but that doesn't seem to fit Germany, it was stronger than Russia.
      Russia was also politically unstable so I don't know if it should've been that big.
      It does making sense that France and Austria are dying, rotting, old men.
      Britain should've been WAYY bigger than this because you know - the empire?

    • @AhhLewis
      @AhhLewis 3 роки тому +23

      @@kawaiipotato7775 russia had biggest army but Germany was effectively

    • @factboy7160
      @factboy7160 2 роки тому +13

      @@AhhLewis fun fact: Tsar Nicholas 2 is one of the most useless and dumbass leader in Russia. If you don't believe me watch oversimplified about russian revolution.

  • @longhopoon4969
    @longhopoon4969 2 місяці тому +4

    0:22 Fun fact: Princip shot Franz Ferdinand with an FN model 1910, not an M1911.

  • @RMastermindX
    @RMastermindX Місяць тому +6

    Vladimir Lenin: hehehe watch out nicky

  • @garyjennison5879
    @garyjennison5879 4 роки тому +3546

    Best Lines: Germany
    Best Charisma: Serbia
    Most Intimidating: Russia
    Best Flow: Britain
    Overall Winner: Pompey

  • @cramperist
    @cramperist 7 років тому +5438

    it would be even greater if there was a italy swapping side every round.

    • @matthewlei6223
      @matthewlei6223 6 років тому +182

      That's WW2 though...

    • @sanin3213
      @sanin3213 6 років тому +374

      That weird guy named bob from your yoga place italy changed side in ww1 too

    • @pii1251
      @pii1251 6 років тому +9

      fuck you j dog

    • @sanin3213
      @sanin3213 6 років тому +25

      Pii12⅓ why ;(

    • @kzkballmapping3218
      @kzkballmapping3218 6 років тому +188

      thats the entire history of italy though

  • @oscurasignora
    @oscurasignora Рік тому +13

    This is the best thing i've ever seen.

  • @EmpiresEGG
    @EmpiresEGG 2 місяці тому +5

    Millions died to bring us this song

  • @scientificproductions1642
    @scientificproductions1642 3 роки тому +973

    Theory: This rap battle took place in Switzerland in a concealed area.

  • @jimmyneatron97
    @jimmyneatron97 5 років тому +1772

    Germans:(surrounded by British troops and tanks)
    Germans:(performers German war dance)
    British:RETREAT!!!

    • @Jonqm29
      @Jonqm29 5 років тому +30

      😂
      That's is Germany!

    • @connor4435
      @connor4435 5 років тому +10

      Nah we were more like, alright obliterate them for that

    • @brognog1145
      @brognog1145 5 років тому +3

      that's how the german empire could of wondarn

    • @hornypolice7994
      @hornypolice7994 5 років тому +1

      Oh crap

    • @alaskaball188
      @alaskaball188 5 років тому +10

      The Prussian Prance

  • @Eden-sh7ci
    @Eden-sh7ci 7 місяців тому +11

    The German dance was wonderful 😋

  • @v4ria
    @v4ria 11 місяців тому +9

    King George and Kaiser Willheilm’s raps were absolute 🔥

  • @Nap_Gaming
    @Nap_Gaming 2 роки тому +3138

    Serbia: Best DJ
    Germany: Best dancin' skills
    Russia: Best outfit
    France: *BEST SILENCE*

    • @archiereilly5016
      @archiereilly5016 2 роки тому +1

      France, just cant be fucked to deal with everyone's shit

    • @baptistebrigand5882
      @baptistebrigand5882 2 роки тому +6

      .

    • @ed_da_boi
      @ed_da_boi Рік тому +32

      Well, Napoleon can you tell me about the Times you had with Jean Baptiste Bernadotte?

    • @razor643
      @razor643 Рік тому +4

      Britain best Camino appearance

    • @bogeeb2567
      @bogeeb2567 Рік тому +2

      I’m a Serbian and This is cool

  • @obamus4070
    @obamus4070 3 роки тому +1593

    Camera man: Switzerland
    Editing: USA and Japan
    Music: Romania, Greece and Bulgaria
    Script: Italy, Portugal and Ottoman empire
    Costumes: Belgium, Albania and Montenegro

    • @marxistvalor
      @marxistvalor 3 роки тому +9

      Albania wasn't in the war

    • @obamus4070
      @obamus4070 3 роки тому +23

      @@marxistvalor well it was inveded

    • @marxistvalor
      @marxistvalor 3 роки тому +8

      @@obamus4070 oh yeah, i just read about it thanks

    • @obamus4070
      @obamus4070 3 роки тому +5

      @@marxistvalor no problem

    • @AbrahamLincoln4
      @AbrahamLincoln4 3 роки тому +42

      *USA and Japan later fought eachother over a disagreement in editing style.*

  • @kenzydorjee9734
    @kenzydorjee9734 2 місяці тому +6

    Kaiser Willhem the 2nd:💅💅

  • @irinaluchianova3015
    @irinaluchianova3015 5 місяців тому +6

    This is how ww1 should have gone, a rap battle between the rulers

    • @BlueeJ
      @BlueeJ 5 місяців тому

      WW1 if it was awesome

  • @kiriahiyaoro
    @kiriahiyaoro 3 роки тому +724

    queen victoria: boys no fighting!😠
    nicholas ii, wilhelm ii and george v: sorry granny... 😔

    • @jeffrasomjeffy4946
      @jeffrasomjeffy4946 3 роки тому +8

      I’m the 96th like

    • @AlexanderSergeevRus
      @AlexanderSergeevRus 3 роки тому +7

      Actually, Victoria is grandma of Nick's wife, not His.

    • @joshualieberman1059
      @joshualieberman1059 3 роки тому +10

      Александр Сергеев George V/Nicholas II their mothers(Dagmar and Alexandra of Denmark) were sisters if I'm not mistaken , aside from Nicholas II's wife being a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

    • @AlexanderSergeevRus
      @AlexanderSergeevRus 3 роки тому +7

      ​@@joshualieberman1059 Yes, They were sisters. But George V was Victoria's grandson through Edward VII, and Kaiser Wilhelm II - through his Mother; Nicholas II didn't have a similar relationship with Victoria.
      Dagmar and Alexandra were daughters of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. These both are even elder than Queen Victoria.

    • @AlexanderSergeevRus
      @AlexanderSergeevRus 3 роки тому +4

      @@joshualieberman1059 But if we talk not about blood relationship, but about "in-laws", then Nikolai could call Victoria a grandmother by right of marriage. Moreover, the gentleness of Nicholas strongly influenced the fact that she treated Him well enough, despite the general skepticism towards Russia throughout her reign (especially time of the reign of Nicholas the First).

  • @tsarnicholasii3029
    @tsarnicholasii3029 3 роки тому +978

    Queen Victoria: Boys no warring
    Nicholas George and Wilhelm: Sorry granny

  • @infinitium8460
    @infinitium8460 Рік тому +15

    EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY

  • @WilkensTokarev2
    @WilkensTokarev2 Місяць тому +3

    Tsar Nicholas ii King George V vs Kaiser Wilhelm II
    Queen Victoria: 😭😭😭

  • @herpyderpy2869
    @herpyderpy2869 3 роки тому +2115

    Therapist: Gay Kaiser Wilhelm can't hurt you, he isn't real.
    Gay Kaiser Wilhelm: 2:08

    • @seagotsick
      @seagotsick 3 роки тому +92

      @Maricarmen Reynoso EvvRy oNe KnOwws Me jA zA KaIsEr jA CoO EeE

    • @seagotsick
      @seagotsick 3 роки тому +14

      @Maricarmen Reynoso LOL YEAH

    • @seagotsick
      @seagotsick 3 роки тому +40

      @Maricarmen Reynoso ThIis AiiN'TT nO pRaanCE It'S a GeRmAnn Vaaaa DaaNcE

    • @Kaiserr1871
      @Kaiserr1871 3 роки тому +28

      How dare you...

    • @rob_olmstead
      @rob_olmstead 3 роки тому +3

      Noooooo

  • @GAIAD
    @GAIAD Рік тому +791

    Imagine just trying to park your car and hearing grown men swearing at each other in military uniforms.

  • @ArnabChakrabarty2008
    @ArnabChakrabarty2008 Рік тому +7

    I still cant believe BBC would make this masterpiece 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @gfreaksoutkoopa634
    @gfreaksoutkoopa634 Рік тому +11

    Imagine Franz Joseph rapping in his prime if he’s this good now😳

  • @MaitreKorda
    @MaitreKorda 7 років тому +2131

    This war was the biggest familial dispute of all times.

    • @christoffermilo7624
      @christoffermilo7624 6 років тому +84

      Uuuuurrmm try again sweetie
      What about the war against the two Brothers in the 12th century. Kublai Khan who sat on the mongolian throne. he fought against his own brother called Ariq who wanted to sit on the throne himself.
      PS over 30 million people died

    • @rockyblackwidow3762
      @rockyblackwidow3762 6 років тому +63

      M Korda War of the Roses was a pretty big familial dispute, but probs not as big as those two may be

    • @DYLANJJK94
      @DYLANJJK94 6 років тому +5

      Too many babies wanting others land. Then their colonies anddominions were forced to join.

    • @americannotamericant1773
      @americannotamericant1773 6 років тому +8

      M Korda this beats my family bringing guns to the family reunion, ready to shoot each other.
      Even worse than my family splitting during the American revolution, that was the last time they shot at each other.

    • @canadianodst2360
      @canadianodst2360 6 років тому +32

      WW1 caused WW2, over 80 million dead

  • @Touhid
    @Touhid 3 роки тому +3700

    *BBC* posted rap battle,
    the beginning of WWIII 🤣

  • @pumkintheboi7545
    @pumkintheboi7545 Рік тому +6

    Imagine if they met up in Switzerland, decided to diss it out with a rap battle instead and war prevented, would have been one hell of a timeline to live in

  • @TheZombieman87
    @TheZombieman87 8 років тому +1576

    The guy playing the Czar looks more like Alexander III than Nicholas II.

  • @indranilbose9454
    @indranilbose9454 4 роки тому +496

    FortNite Dance: Naaahhhh
    German war dance:Hell yeah!

    • @bill0127
      @bill0127 4 роки тому +5

      Its pronounced
      GEHRMAN VAAR DANZ

    • @noelblack8159
      @noelblack8159 4 роки тому +2

      bill 012 no it’s pronounced: DER DEUTSCHE KRIEGES TANZ

  • @seanzamidar5771
    @seanzamidar5771 Місяць тому +4

    i watched this 5 minutes before my world war 1 test and i got 100 on it

    • @saccorhytus
      @saccorhytus Місяць тому +1

      that must have been a bad test

  • @cyb3rbruh
    @cyb3rbruh 21 день тому +3

    Imagine countries drop diss tracka instead of bombs

  • @cameronmarks3966
    @cameronmarks3966 8 років тому +806

    France said nothing?

    • @rahim2049
      @rahim2049 8 років тому +19

      +Cameron Marks he standing in the background

    • @cameronmarks3966
      @cameronmarks3966 8 років тому +45

      +Rahim Abdelli I know, yet he said nothing

    • @rahim2049
      @rahim2049 8 років тому +118

      Cameron Marks And the french has to say except of .. I surrender :3

    • @cameronmarks3966
      @cameronmarks3966 8 років тому +237

      +Rahim Abdelli You are an ignorant piece trash sir. Any French soldier is braver than you.

    • @TheSuspectOnFoot
      @TheSuspectOnFoot 8 років тому +216

      +Cameron Marks General Joffre was too proud of his own language to spit a single word in English.(Joke)

  • @PeterSuckz
    @PeterSuckz 7 років тому +3152

    You want a war gav?

  • @Gameinger16
    @Gameinger16 6 місяців тому +3

    I love this video so much please make the sequel