What If Austria-Hungary Reunited Today?

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  • What if the Austro-Hungarian Empire reunited today after being dead for nearly 100 years? Let's find out!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 18 тис.

  • @tomasziskierka9557
    @tomasziskierka9557 3 роки тому +3668

    Austria-Hungary: *Reunites*
    Habsburg: Goes to visit Sarajevo
    Rest of Europe: *Nervous Sweating*

    • @damjansicva
      @damjansicva 3 роки тому +97

      Princips still exist. One of them is my good friend

    • @tomasziskierka9557
      @tomasziskierka9557 3 роки тому +50

      ​@@damjansicva If Habsburg really will take this trip then tie him up and hold him in basement for a few days. For safety measures.

    • @damjansicva
      @damjansicva 3 роки тому +52

      @@tomasziskierka9557 nah, I'm going with him to Sarajevo 😂

    • @eclipse1040
      @eclipse1040 3 роки тому +14

      HAHAHAH LOL😂😂😂

    • @SledgerFromTDS.
      @SledgerFromTDS. 3 роки тому +34

      • 1. Top 10 Hardest Countries (Terrain) GLF.
      -1. USA - Militarized
      -2. Japan - Island
      -3. China - Trained
      -4. Russia - Winter
      -5. Canada - Winter
      -6. Israel - Thoughest
      -7. Great Britain - Island
      -8. North Korea - Nukes
      -9. Australia - Deserted
      -10. Iran - Fortressed
      • 2. Top 10 Strongest Countries (Military) PIR.
      -1. USA - 0.0857
      -2. Russia - 0.0929
      -3. China - 0.0945
      -4. India - 0.1593
      -5. France - 0.1914
      -6. UK - 0.2131
      -7. Japan - 0.2137
      -8. Turkey - 0.2491
      -9. Germany - 0.2609
      -10. Egypt - 0.2676
      • 3. Top 10 Richest Countries (Money) $.
      -1. USA - $21.44 T
      -2. China - $14.14 T
      -3. Japan - $5.15 T
      -4. Germany - $3.86 T
      -5. India - $2.94 T
      -6. UK - $2.83 T
      -7. France - $2.71 T
      -8. Italy - $1.99 T
      -9. Brazil - $1.85 T
      -10. Canada - $1.73 T
      • 4. Top 10 Populated Countries (People) M.
      -1. China - 1440 M
      -2. India - 1380 M
      -3. USA - 331 M
      -4. Indonesia - 274 M
      -5. Pakistan - 221 M
      -6. Brazil - 213 M
      -7. Nigeria - 206 M
      -8. Bangladesh - 165 M
      -9. Russia - 146 M
      -10. Mexico - 129 M
      • 5. Top 10 Biggest Countries (Area) KM^2.
      -1. Russia - 17,098,242 KM^2
      -2. Canada - 9,984,670 KM^2
      -3. USA - 9,833,517 KM^2
      -4. China - 9,596,961 KM^2
      -5. Brazil - 8,515,767 KM^2
      -6. Australia - 7,692,024 KM^2
      -7. India - 3,287,263 KM^2
      -8. Argentina - 2,780,400 KM^2
      -9. Kazakhstan - 2,724,900 KM^2
      -10. Algeria - 2,381,741 KM^2
      ..

  • @elijahking728
    @elijahking728 4 роки тому +7552

    imagine being in china, only to wake up somehow in Austria-Hungary

  • @randomdude5668
    @randomdude5668 2 роки тому +835

    Austria-Hungary: *has 14 divisions*
    Me: that's a lot
    Austria-Hungary: *has china as a division*
    Me: hold up wait a minute something is not right

  • @hefywefy5331
    @hefywefy5331 3 роки тому +1788

    Austrians and Hungarians after seeing this: Ferb I know what we are going to do today

  • @bexspace9746
    @bexspace9746 7 років тому +9091

    me: grandpa, soccer is on
    grandpa: who is playing ?
    me: austria-hungary
    grandpa: against whom ?

  • @ruufs2384
    @ruufs2384 4 роки тому +5617

    I still really like the shape of Austria-Hungary...

  • @torieldreemurr541
    @torieldreemurr541 3 роки тому +382

    Austria-hungary: reunites
    Balkans: *And i took that personally*

  • @music-lv3dl
    @music-lv3dl 2 роки тому +291

    In an alternate universe: what if the Austro-Hungarian Empire fell today?

  • @xsongi2413
    @xsongi2413 4 роки тому +4439

    Serbs hungarians and romanians in one country?!?!? 5 years maximum

    • @realhungaryanslavboy2201
      @realhungaryanslavboy2201 4 роки тому +74

      vince pap. Thats right.

    • @roromil2441
      @roromil2441 4 роки тому +269

      @@vincepap9651 Actual Romanians wouldn't tolerate the Hungarians' BS for long.

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec 4 роки тому +375

      Don't unify more than one ethnicity into a single state in the Balkans....
      *EVER*

    • @xsongi2413
      @xsongi2413 4 роки тому +33

      @AnnoyinglySalty Yes i agree another yugoslavia + a few pieces of another countries wont be a good idea

    • @kanadai-magyarmapper9447
      @kanadai-magyarmapper9447 4 роки тому +133

      @@roromil2441 neither Hungarians the Romanian BS

  • @czechgroyper1915
    @czechgroyper1915 5 років тому +3703

    I don’t think putting serbs croats and Bosnians all in one country is a good Idea

    • @bobobobo4457
      @bobobobo4457 5 років тому +434

      Lmao. Putting us together on you tube is bad enough. Peace to all.

    • @disquette8958
      @disquette8958 5 років тому +171

      What kind of logic is that? No one's "putting" anyone anywhere.
      These people lived side by side for centuries. They still do: in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Percentage of total pop. - Bosniaks: 50%, Serbs: 31%, Croats: 15%), as well as Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and elsewhere, not to mention as diaspora in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, the US, etc.

    • @disquette8958
      @disquette8958 5 років тому +129

      Aside from nutcases, they get along perfectly fine. In time this will probably improve even further. Don't believe the flashy political populist melodrama. Or UA-cam comments. Trolls, flamers, bots and impostors everywhere, seeding hatred for whatever their reasons.

    • @disquette8958
      @disquette8958 5 років тому +135

      ​@@iLuvHardStyle I am a Serb. Did you really just called out on a random person on UA-cam as "you foreigners", as if that person could be responsible for anything related to Balkan politics of the past? There is no "us" and "them", friend. Ironically, what you don't see is that such mentality made the 90's possible. There is no foreign or domestic finger that can make me hate someone like that. I always blame individuals, rarely certain governments and their moves, never the people, whoever they are. People are just unsuspecting pawns in the hands of the mighty few.

    • @disquette8958
      @disquette8958 5 років тому +56

      ​@Niko Umicevic And you base that statement on what exactly? There was never a claim from me to know and understand absolutely everything about the 90's, as probably no one with integrity should. However, I've lived through that period in Yugoslavia, was witness to the events, studied it, all while remaining as objective as one can be. So, what's your point, again?

  • @gaborkustra1213
    @gaborkustra1213 2 роки тому +167

    The Hungarians wanted to break up with the Habsburgs in 1848, fighting a war of independence against the Austrians. The victory could have been successful, but the Habsburgs called on the Russians for help, who defeated the Hungarians together with the Habsburgs. If this had not happened, Austria and Hungary would have been two separate countries.

    • @readsomebooks666
      @readsomebooks666 2 роки тому +43

      And apparently, the Hungarians wanted nothing to do with WW1. Which is jarring considering how much Trianon cost them.

    • @gaborkustra1213
      @gaborkustra1213 2 роки тому +37

      @@readsomebooks666 Hungary and Austria formed a dualistic state, but power was in the hands of the Habsburgs. The Austrian emperor was also the ruler of Hungary. When the heir to the throne was killed by a Serbian man, the Habsburgs sent a message of war to Serbia. They drove the Hungarians into war, but the Hungarians were not strong enough to resist. Hungarians can do the least about the outbreak of WW1, but they have lost the most.

    • @readsomebooks666
      @readsomebooks666 2 роки тому

      @@gaborkustra1213 Oh, I know all that. Studied large tracts of WW1 in Uni. Just making a passing comment.

    • @pracsiHD
      @pracsiHD 2 роки тому +1

      And then chad Prussia came and clapped Austria, so to get back powaaaaaaaa they made an alliance with Hungary

    • @pracsiHD
      @pracsiHD 2 роки тому +6

      @@gaborkustra1213 "not strong enough" try to fight against 4 countries from 3 different places .____.

  • @geekypleer1202
    @geekypleer1202 Рік тому +22

    The empire was actually trending upwards in terms of stability until the war happened. And there was a percentage of the population in the successor countries that looked back on the old empire with nostalgia. If it had been given more time, it may have improved the treatment of it's different ethnicities across the territory, (especially if Franz Ferdinand had lived to become emperor). They already had considerably high standards of living compared to the rest of Europe. Even before the dissolution of the empire, the issues people had were more of sharing rights and privileges rather than the empire existing as a repressive entity. But who knows.

  • @DomozoveoGZ
    @DomozoveoGZ 3 роки тому +901

    Austria-Hungary: reunites
    Serbia: *now this is an Avengers level threat*

    • @johnksls.
      @johnksls. 3 роки тому +19

      And romanians

    • @user-eq3xx3sk5h
      @user-eq3xx3sk5h 3 роки тому +39

      Gavrilo Princip: So anyway I started shooting.

    • @kategoried7501
      @kategoried7501 3 роки тому +38

      @@user-eq3xx3sk5h Gavrilo Princip was a terrorist

    • @user-eq3xx3sk5h
      @user-eq3xx3sk5h 3 роки тому +9

      @Under King Learn history mate.

    • @user-eq3xx3sk5h
      @user-eq3xx3sk5h 3 роки тому +22

      @Under King Lol no, the history tells that austria-hungary wanted to start a war with Serbia long Before 1914.Your history teaches you that Gavrilo was terrorist bcuz you were on wrong side of war.Gavrilo was a hero who was symbol of freedom for our country and middle finger for Big Countries.

  • @technicult2003
    @technicult2003 5 років тому +3505

    Who else was first surprised to see China in the list of countries losing territory?

    • @jueljohnson41
      @jueljohnson41 5 років тому +140

      Yeah, what would they even lose?

    • @sutarted5650
      @sutarted5650 5 років тому +38

      Surprised*

    • @nobody8175
      @nobody8175 5 років тому +363

      @@jueljohnson41
      china loses:
      a less than 1 square killometer piece of land
      about 30k populaction
      5 million dollars

    • @technicult2003
      @technicult2003 5 років тому +66

      Nobody : Think about Vatican City with just 0,44 square kilometers

    • @trollinape2697
      @trollinape2697 5 років тому +17

      Its basically nothing

  • @nemtudom5074
    @nemtudom5074 3 роки тому +83

    0:53 Beating the french automatically makes this a victory, lmao

    • @gideonmele1556
      @gideonmele1556 2 роки тому +4

      The Habsburg dream

    • @dl5498
      @dl5498 2 роки тому +1

      Beating the french at what? Weak pull out game?

    • @AG-yc7vt
      @AG-yc7vt 2 роки тому +2

      I see someone is still salty about Napoleon.

  • @robertdraxel7175
    @robertdraxel7175 3 роки тому +68

    It was quite decentralized even at that time, it had regional capitals, 13 official languages, it would be a great nation today. I am sure.

    • @whyiseverysinglehandletaken2
      @whyiseverysinglehandletaken2 Рік тому +4

      kinda like Brazil (on a smaller scale) or India (on a larger scale)

    • @MrKrtek00
      @MrKrtek00 Рік тому +5

      It was actually more decentralized in many ways than one would think from the video. Historically, it was the personal union of two countries, Austria and Hungary, but many of the regions had their own local funny businesses (eg there was a separate Croatian-Slavonian Diet and autonomous government, independent from Hungary)

    • @robertdraxel7175
      @robertdraxel7175 Рік тому +2

      @@MrKrtek00 Yes but I meant that beginning 1870s until 1919, for instance, Hungary imposed compulsory hungarian language use in parts of romania and serbia, I jnow this because I am of Czech origin and live in a part of Romania, near Serbian border due to my ancestors defending the border then with Ottomans they were dislocated, it happenend often in the Austrian Empire

    • @MrKrtek00
      @MrKrtek00 Рік тому +3

      @@robertdraxel7175 you mean compulsory language use in certain offices… most town had at least newspapers at least 2-3 languages, schools were mostly using the local languages, so compulsory use a single language wasn’t common (unlike eg in modern Romania…) i am saying this as someone with minority background from Hungary.

    • @robertdraxel7175
      @robertdraxel7175 Рік тому

      @@MrKrtek00 I know that EU is more illiberal. We have to buy only American gas, and fuels, only western companies can make profit in our country, the Russian or Chinese companies should disappear according to EU and finally: their armies station on our territory, in Romania even the Deveselu Radar which directly provokes an otherwise calm and constantly getting richer Russian state. They don't care about freedom for Russians, they want Russia to be submissive.

  • @dc4296
    @dc4296 3 роки тому +208

    Before his assassination, Franz Ferdinand came up with a plan to maintain the empire while granting a lot of autonomy to it's provinces and territories, called "the United States of Greater Austria", which only sounds dumb but was actually a pretty neat idea.

    • @balazsnagy3912
      @balazsnagy3912 Рік тому +29

      As early as 1850, Lajos Kossuth proposed to transform the kingdom into a Danube confederation with autonomous territories.

    • @cantripleplays
      @cantripleplays Рік тому +30

      Which is probably why he was assassinated. It would have made the Serbs too content to unite with Serbia which the black hand desperately wanted

    • @nashbridges-cu6dy
      @nashbridges-cu6dy 8 місяців тому

      Serbia came up with a plan to give german people in greater serbia full autonomy, that was a pretty neat idea but austrians didn't accept it so it had to be destroyed forever.

    • @jokekopter2509
      @jokekopter2509 6 місяців тому

      Don't forget Franz Ferdinand Troyalisam idea

    • @nashbridges-cu6dy
      @nashbridges-cu6dy 6 місяців тому

      @@cantripleplays just like germany appeared by unification of all german speaking tribes, Italy appeared by unifications of all latin speaking states, serbs gotta right to do the same, but Austria-Hungary kept over 2 million serbs plus annexed Bosnia 1908 with a plan to occupied Serbia too.. it was complete inadmissible so, sick tired of slavery, serbs decided to finish with A-H once and forever.. and bring a freedom to all slavic nations Czechs, Slovaks, Croatians, Slovenians, part of Poland and Romania then Bosnia as well as Serbian province of Vojvodina.
      Serbians are Spartans of 20th century. Fighters for God's justice.

  • @redscorpion2127
    @redscorpion2127 3 роки тому +669

    Ah yes china the greatest colony of Austria-Hungary

    • @kidfox3971
      @kidfox3971 2 роки тому +52

      Austria Hungary owned a very small colony on the coast of China.

    • @nsiria6656
      @nsiria6656 2 роки тому +15

      but why tho

    • @kidfox3971
      @kidfox3971 2 роки тому +33

      @@nsiria6656 Because the Chinese were weak and taking land from them was just as simple as showing up to claim it.

    • @igorwojtczak7711
      @igorwojtczak7711 2 роки тому +7

      @@kidfox3971 I think it's just partially true. Circa 1890 Empress Cixi's government refused sell their territory to Italy. Empress said: We will not give them even one span of Chinese soil!

    • @willandersen3695
      @willandersen3695 2 роки тому +3

      (And also, the only colony)

  • @zoltantapai3716
    @zoltantapai3716 2 роки тому +39

    Some kind of cooperation between ex Austria Hungary members would be pretty interesting. There is quite a large amount of produce being transported through the region towards the north out of witch most of us only experience the roads being ruined all the time by heavy transport vehicles witch they are not designed for. I wonder what power could they hold if they decided to control the flow of goods together.

  • @atisalvaro
    @atisalvaro 2 роки тому +48

    Actually Croatian was also official language, in Kingdom od Croatia-Slavonia...besides German and Hungarian elsewhere.

    • @teetman322
      @teetman322 2 роки тому +4

      At later on Emperor of Austria (or later Austria-Hungary) held the title king of Slavonia, king of Croatia and king of Dalmatia or as it was known "Trojednica" (loosely translates to "kingdom of three"), and since Dutchy of Croatia has most of it's original territory in present day and Ottoman era Bosnia, it is likely that the annexed Bosnia would become the 4th kingdom of Kingdom of Croatia. That is why certain members of Croatian intelligentsia tried to define Croatia as a multicultural state where Muslims, Croats and Serbs can live under the protection of the same Ban (regent of kingdom of Croatia) and Emperor. Unfortunately, when Austria fell apart after ww1 that idea of multicultural state turned into Yugoslavia which didn't really care to give everyone the same rights which then caused the chaos and hate spread by all sides that were the victim of each other that lasts to this day.

    • @atisalvaro
      @atisalvaro 2 роки тому +2

      @@teetman322 Croatia was kingdom from 925-1918, so there was no "Dutchy of Croatia". in Austria-Hungary. The Triune Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia (virtually Dalmatia as well) was part of the St.Stephan's crown. King and empearor Karl signed the transformation of the state into a three-part state on November 13 th 1918., and it was soon after accepted by Hungarians, but its realisation did not take effect because of the pro-Yugoslav forces in the Croatian parliament at the time. Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was the core of the newly declared State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, on October 29th. 1918. Therefore, Croats as the only political nation within it had a central role. The state existed until it eventually merged with Kingdom of Serbia on December 1st. 1918. The who settlement had nothing to do with Bosnian Moslems. They were incorporated in the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945) in another era. That was an attempt of a Catholic.Moslem state.

    • @teetman322
      @teetman322 2 роки тому

      @@atisalvaro I was referring to the original dutchy (kneževina) of Croatia before the kingdom and how it's territories were located mostly in present day Bosnia. Also annexation of Bosnia and Muslims happened before ww1 and that is what I was referring to when I mentioned the idea of multicultural Croatia started to form (Ilirizam). The rest you said stands.

    • @atisalvaro
      @atisalvaro 2 роки тому

      @@teetman322 It's not that the territories of the Dutchy of Croatia "were located mostly in present day Bosnia" The core of the state was in (actual) North Dalmatia, and most of its territory was on the territory where Croatia is still today. Yugoslav idea that was invented in Croatia in mid XIX century did not tackle multiculturalism (to include Muslims). It was based on linguistic and political Slavism. A branch of Croatian Statehood Right Ideology was first to include Bosnian Muslim into a wider pan-Croatian orbit. These two projects are completely diverge.

    • @atisalvaro
      @atisalvaro 2 роки тому

      @@teetman322 "that is why certain members of Croatian intelligentsia tried to define Croatia as a multicultural state where Muslims, Croats and Serbs can live under the protection of the same Ban" None tried to do that. But they managed to obtain a trialistic transformation of the state, where Zagreb would be the centre of South Slavs. Further details were not defined at the moment. However Croatia would have become based on the Crown of Zvonimir, along with Slovene lands, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • @dermonte6697
    @dermonte6697 7 років тому +853

    What If the Holy Roman Empire Reunited Today?

    • @gazzyps
      @gazzyps 7 років тому +24

      CPT.Unnütz already done

    • @alikareem3829
      @alikareem3829 7 років тому

      CPT.Unnütz I think he already made that video, check his channel.

    • @ukaszlange1441
      @ukaszlange1441 7 років тому

      CPT.Unnütz done

    • @059luigi
      @059luigi 7 років тому +91

      the hre and the Roman Empire are different

    • @ukaszlange1441
      @ukaszlange1441 7 років тому +4

      Luigi Fernandez oh, yep I haven't seen "Holy"

  • @reichtangleanschluss509
    @reichtangleanschluss509 5 років тому +1378

    Empire of Austria-Bosnia-Herzegovina-Croatia-Czech-Slovakia-Slovenia-Galicia-Trenito-Transylvania-Bukovina-Banat-Tianjin-Hungary (Empire of ABHCCSSGTTBBTH for short).

    • @CompactStar
      @CompactStar 5 років тому +6

      Emuh for extremely short

    • @daveporter4667
      @daveporter4667 5 років тому +18

      That is the concept of EU. But who hold the power lever? Who push the buttons? Today in EU mostly is Germany.
      What Hitler wanted to build by force Angela got for free, even with the consent of the small countries.
      Welcome the the new(old) order.

    • @mandiszandi7429
      @mandiszandi7429 4 роки тому +21

      It's a lie. Germany just pays the bill. All the member nations together hold the key.

    • @daveporter4667
      @daveporter4667 4 роки тому +3

      @@mandiszandi7429 There is only one political vector from EU who negotiate/talk with putin today, and that is the chancellor of Germany.
      Do you see any similarity with the beginning of WWII?
      Yes I agree, Germany it is an economic force, but just wait till the naive(fouls) will found out what is the quality of the today German cars today.
      German cars = money pits for fouls. There are a lot more options in today world.
      So ya, Germany (Mutti) needs the stupid kids of Europe to sell the crap to them.

    • @mandiszandi7429
      @mandiszandi7429 4 роки тому +15

      @Dave Porter grow up, my friend.

  • @Gray-Wolf
    @Gray-Wolf 3 роки тому +20

    House of Habsburg still exists in Austria, and the Austrian Royal family still exists as well (yes, they are considered royals) the party is led by Karl Von Habsburg, He was born in 1961 and was the first Royal to get COVID (he survived ofc)

    • @BobC250
      @BobC250 2 роки тому

      But he's a sellout...... working as a banker in Switzerland, for the £$£$£$£$. No interest in his family history.

    • @Alphyyn
      @Alphyyn Рік тому

      You obviously never heard of the Habsurg law which dethroned the Habsburg family and transfered all their belongings to the Republic. Also the Adelaufhebungsgesetz which abolished nobility also in 1919.
      There is no such thing as "royals" in Austria. They are "regular" citizens as everyone else. It was also not allowed for them to travel to Austria until they declared that they are not willing to claim any title/crown/whatever again and commit to the Republic of Austria.
      But since 2011 they technically could run for president again.
      But by record they are not called "von Habsburg" as royals but by their family name "Habsburg-Lothringen".

    • @Gray-Wolf
      @Gray-Wolf Рік тому

      @@Alphyyn I have heard of the Habsburg law, I've studied WWI and WWII quite a bit. Technically, the Habsburgs are Royals, most people use the pretty broad definition of that individual simply being a member of a house/dynasty and (as you know) the House of Habsburg is a dynasty/house.

  • @kompatybilijny9348
    @kompatybilijny9348 3 роки тому +173

    It would work perfectly fine as long as you would not enforce bizzare laws (like banning languages) and dissolve elitism between nations. It would work like a mini-EU with more centralised government. And it really would work, because most people really do not care about nationalism as long as they are not treated like animals.

    • @Kalimdor199Menegroth
      @Kalimdor199Menegroth 2 роки тому +25

      I don't think it would. Such a state construction would require even more compromises and sovereign powers being given up than being part of the EU. We already see more and more complaints, most of them coming from countries that were formerly part of the empire about how bad it is when more power is being centralized at Bruxelles. This issue will appear in a supposedly reunited Austria-Hungary as well.
      "And it really would work, because most people really do not care about nationalism as long as they are not treated like animals."
      Highly unlikely. Most people today in this part of Europe are not treated like animals. But they are still very nationalistic.

    • @Pascal_Mueller
      @Pascal_Mueller 2 роки тому

      @@Kalimdor199Menegroth Belgium also contains several ethnicities

    • @CborgMega
      @CborgMega 2 роки тому +6

      @@Pascal_Mueller Maybe you should study the history of relations between the two nations dominating Austria-Hungary, Germans/Austrians and Hungarians, on one side, and the rest of nations of the Empire - Slovaks, Czechs, Romanians, Serbs, Croats, Ukrainians - on the other side. I really doubt you would find some similarities with the history of Belgium, in terms of relations between ethnic groups. Some food for thought, down here:
      From Geoffrey Wawro's book, _A Mad Catastrophe. The Outbreak Of World War I And The Collapse Of The Habsburg Empire_ (Basic Books, New York, 2014):
      (page 26)
      (page 27)
      (page 63)
      From the book authored by Myra A. Waterbury, _Between State and Nation Diaspora Politics and Kin-state Nationalism in Hungary_ (Palgrave Macmillan New York, 2010):
      (page 29)

    • @CborgMega
      @CborgMega 2 роки тому

      @@Pascal_Mueller From the book of C. A. Macartney, _The Habsburg Empire, 1790 - 1918_ (Faber&Faber, London, 2014):
      (pages 930 - 933)

    • @xfects
      @xfects 2 роки тому

      @@Pascal_Mueller And it's working so well... 😉

  • @czechm4te
    @czechm4te 4 роки тому +476

    HE HASN'T MISSPRONOUNCED CZECH ONCE, HE IS THE CHOSEN ONE.

    • @venascomedy8864
      @venascomedy8864 4 роки тому +19

      I recognize that and czechia is drag in to empire to empire

    • @MFahrulRozi
      @MFahrulRozi 4 роки тому +3

      *destroys all of your computer*

    • @TechSupport900
      @TechSupport900 4 роки тому +6

      The true almighty is Bohemia And Moravia

    • @forstaken2254
      @forstaken2254 3 роки тому +1

      He will bring balance

    • @andrewjones9547
      @andrewjones9547 3 роки тому

      why the fuck is it check

  • @EndOfSmallSanctuary97
    @EndOfSmallSanctuary97 7 років тому +1898

    Am I the only one that thinks it's kind of cool there's an actual descendant of the Habsburg's still alive?

    • @mauriziodanielemutti7874
      @mauriziodanielemutti7874 7 років тому +102

      WheresWallace4883 It's not really that strange tbh

    • @levrevesz
      @levrevesz 7 років тому +114

      WheresWallace4883 100 years isn't that long

    • @StalkerQtya
      @StalkerQtya 7 років тому +173

      Many of the great dynasties has descendants. Bounapartes, Hohenzollern, Habsburgs, Bourbons, etc.

    • @hubbusubbu
      @hubbusubbu 7 років тому +131

      Ferdinand Habsburg is a formula 3 driver.
      xD

    • @reinbert
      @reinbert 7 років тому +73

      Well, as cool as all the other monarchs of Europe. They're featured in old peoples magazines on a weekly basis. "Oh - No! Super rich princess of anywhere was betrayed by arch duke of somewhere, already the third time! Will she ever be happy again and spend her summer in her vacation home in monaco?"

  • @patrizia9044
    @patrizia9044 3 роки тому +272

    I will never lose hope 🇦🇹❤🇭🇺

    • @JustAPintOfMilk
      @JustAPintOfMilk 3 роки тому +13

      k.u.k. 2: A new federation.

    • @milokliz2616
      @milokliz2616 3 роки тому +7

      Well, keep on hoping hahaha

    • @ChrisLeirbag
      @ChrisLeirbag 3 роки тому +29

      Oh, we'll keep hoping. 🇦🇹❤🇭🇺

    • @Kushken
      @Kushken 3 роки тому +14

      It would be a horrible idea of a country, it should be destroyed the second it's reunited

    • @JustAPintOfMilk
      @JustAPintOfMilk 3 роки тому +5

      @@Kushken its basicly the same with the United states of Europe

  • @timelapse5586
    @timelapse5586 2 роки тому +14

    Europe : no you cant just unite multiple ethnicities with just Nationalism
    Austria-Hungary : haha Nationalism go brr , and civilwar go pew pew

  • @evanleaf1772
    @evanleaf1772 5 років тому +1728

    “Don’t do that, don’t give me hope”

  • @drpepperman5933
    @drpepperman5933 4 роки тому +699

    And it’s whole again
    And then it broke again

    • @onetokatman7293
      @onetokatman7293 4 роки тому +31

      Hire a samurai

    • @CitrusyGuy
      @CitrusyGuy 4 роки тому +31

      Correction: rich and important people could hire a samurai poor people who could not afford to hire a samuai did not hire samurai

    • @northernleigonare
      @northernleigonare 4 роки тому +3

      Just like china.

    • @yeeoof1995
      @yeeoof1995 4 роки тому +19

      But what about this part? That's the Tamil Kings. No one conquers the Tamil Kings.

    • @link-nh4dj
      @link-nh4dj 4 роки тому +18

      Yee Oof who are the tamil kings? Merchants, probably. And they've got spices

  • @Kaiser_von_Europa
    @Kaiser_von_Europa Рік тому +6

    Can you do what if the German empire with or without colonies reunited today, pls

  • @markiod
    @markiod 2 роки тому +9

    Austria would be really hungary for food so he'd go to turkey

    • @SledgerFromTDS.
      @SledgerFromTDS. 2 роки тому

      Either that this is Richer/ Poorer here, Even though its about the Video

    • @user-pj9lw2bh5b
      @user-pj9lw2bh5b 2 роки тому

      Мрзим вас

  • @royalpillows7716
    @royalpillows7716 3 роки тому +817

    I’m still salty on when I had a assignment to write about a historical event and I wrote about WW1 and every time I wrote “Austria Hungary” the teacher corrected it and put “Austria And Hungary”

    • @Icy_5811
      @Icy_5811 3 роки тому +120

      If my teacber did that (I never did this before), I would get **A N G E R Y** and prove it's Austria Hungary

    • @stupidstudiosproductions2179
      @stupidstudiosproductions2179 3 роки тому +208

      Idk how a teacher(especially a history teacher) would get the name of a really important empire wrong, what’s next The Franco and Prussian War?!

    • @markgorbe
      @markgorbe 2 роки тому +43

      Change it to Austro hungary or Austro-Hungary

    • @Battyj
      @Battyj 2 роки тому +68

      @@markgorbe that's incorrect, the correct way, if you are going down the Austro route would be Austro-Hungarian empire but the best way to be clear would just be to put Austria-hungary

    • @markgorbe
      @markgorbe 2 роки тому +5

      @@Battyj idk if thats the correct way, im just trying to help. The point is to other people understand, that we're talking about Austro-Hungarian empire and not something else

  • @bythefireside9447
    @bythefireside9447 6 років тому +1364

    Hmm. That empire doesnt look big enough. How about we add just a *little* bit of Serbia to it.

    • @MCAurothic
      @MCAurothic 6 років тому +242

      Conrad Von Hotzendorf God damnit Conrad you started a World War

    • @carrot7653
      @carrot7653 6 років тому +16

      Omg it is you

    • @generalpatton8468
      @generalpatton8468 6 років тому +41

      Conrad Von Hotzendorf You guys failed already though.

    • @ferdinandhagsteiner4390
      @ferdinandhagsteiner4390 6 років тому +29

      Read for 4th attempt Franz?

    • @stevecool21iscool55
      @stevecool21iscool55 6 років тому +15

      Nah let's make it a bit smaller
      Let's remove that romania ethnic land from this shitty empire

  • @kristijan1985
    @kristijan1985 2 роки тому +7

    Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian languages are basically the same, nobody can negate that. So a pretty large percentage would speak the so-called Serbo-Croatian language. Great video, just discovered your channel, cheers!

    • @Marijanus
      @Marijanus 11 місяців тому

      I think if you're talking 1914, then you can't apply the modern, [artificially] merged state of the languages. Either Slovenian is also counted in, or all are counted separately.

    • @kristijan1985
      @kristijan1985 11 місяців тому

      @@Marijanus not sure I understand you. Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian are the same language, while Slovenian and Macedonian differ.

    • @Marijanus
      @Marijanus 11 місяців тому

      @@kristijan1985 Modern Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian are all based on the same dialect in a dialectal chain. But 100 years ago, someone living in... Ćosinac would have about as much trouble speaking with someone in some region of Istria as they would with someone speaking some form of Slovenian.
      I mean, just TRY to understand Bednjan speak.
      Macedonian is certainly different enough to be its own thing. Torlak, less so.

  • @effix9097
    @effix9097 9 місяців тому +2

    Fun fact: Karl von Habsburg, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, can be seen online rating anime girls.

  • @jjj123m
    @jjj123m 5 років тому +801

    RLL: What if Austria-Hungary reunited today?
    *The Treaty of Trianon would like to know your location*

    • @inkigaming4279
      @inkigaming4279 5 років тому +11

      Versailles

    • @jjj123m
      @jjj123m 5 років тому +5

      @@inkigaming4279 Thx

    • @inkigaming4279
      @inkigaming4279 5 років тому +51

      Indominus188 the thing is, the Treaty of Versailles didn’t affect Hungary. It was the Treaty of Trianon.

    • @felixkisling7072
      @felixkisling7072 5 років тому +34

      @@inkigaming4279 There was the treaty of saint germain, which was responsible for the german part of austria-hungary (and also that one which was the more important)

    • @suzettezamora1803
      @suzettezamora1803 5 років тому

      ZAAAGREEEEEEEEEEEEEB

  • @enoppp167
    @enoppp167 3 роки тому +188

    Austria-Hungary: reunites
    Italy: peace was never an option

    • @BestPrezz
      @BestPrezz 2 роки тому +10

      Well, it was an option until they switched sides

    • @adidu7907
      @adidu7907 2 роки тому +4

      @yeetus fetus oh they did... They did it and they know it... So did the romanians in ww2... They also know it.... Latin betrayers xd jk love to all

    • @Tortellobello45
      @Tortellobello45 2 роки тому

      @yeetus fetus ur right

    • @Tortellobello45
      @Tortellobello45 2 роки тому +1

      @@adidu7907 ur dumb or something...Italy didn't.
      Central Powers was a defensive pact, so when Austria-Hungary declared war to Serbia Italy joined the war against Austria-Hungary

    • @adidu7907
      @adidu7907 2 роки тому +2

      @@Tortellobello45 i was joking, chill your tits mad italian, i can feel the hand gestures through the screen lol.

  • @markschlicht213
    @markschlicht213 Рік тому

    Thanks for this presentation, very interesting! We will be visiting Innsbruck and Prague this year!

  • @swedenball8589
    @swedenball8589 2 роки тому +4

    R.I.P the students (have to learn 13 languages)

  • @K2ELP
    @K2ELP 7 років тому +406

    Don't call Austrians German.

    • @kaisercat6831
      @kaisercat6831 7 років тому +7

      I know that feel...

    • @creely123
      @creely123 7 років тому +17

      Don't both of you speak german just like the Swiss and lichsteninens and the luxembourghish.

    • @roltroltrolo8174
      @roltroltrolo8174 7 років тому +27

      xKelp Austrians are ethnic germans but still have their own identity

    • @belisarius6949
      @belisarius6949 7 років тому +11

      Wir Österreicher werden empfindlich wenn wir mit den Piefkis verglichen werden ^^

    • @irgendeinerirgendwo8420
      @irgendeinerirgendwo8420 7 років тому

      Take some 1740

  • @daizus6688
    @daizus6688 4 роки тому +1172

    Austria-Hungary: *reunites*
    Romanians: *nervous sweating*

    • @nagyadam8813
      @nagyadam8813 4 роки тому +5

      Never again,with the nazi

    • @leonardlangner9949
      @leonardlangner9949 4 роки тому +13

      Andreea Ionescu if it would actually happen I doubt only a part of Romania would join. Either all of it or none

    • @countryhumansromania9692
      @countryhumansromania9692 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah ikr

    • @kingdomoftransylvania5744
      @kingdomoftransylvania5744 4 роки тому +11

      we would just destroy it like before

    • @tekkerssecondary7493
      @tekkerssecondary7493 4 роки тому +72

      @@kingdomoftransylvania5744 what are you talking about? You destroyed nothing. Romania joined the war by 1916. And rushed Hungary 2 days before the armistice. If you think that Romania "destroyed" hungary, then you should know that Karl wanted a peacy-treaty with the Antante. So Romania didn't "defeat" Hungary in 1918, Karl gave up.

  • @scapenessv2385
    @scapenessv2385 3 роки тому +23

    *Austria-Hungary reunites*
    Germany: I heard you need help

  • @turtlegamez4274
    @turtlegamez4274 2 роки тому +4

    When talking about languages Czech and Slovakian can be sorted as one language since I hear that they can mutually understand each other and can communicate while speaking their languages. Poles can also understand a decent part of them so it could perhaps be one of the major languages in the empire.
    Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin are also almost completely similar and are all grouped as Serbo-Croatian so that part of the population would also have 0 problems understanding each other.

    • @vincencgade2443
      @vincencgade2443 Рік тому +1

      Slovaks and Croatians understand other Slavic languages without any problem, Czechs understand Slovak, Polish, Sorb, and Croations. Polish understand fully Slovaks, and lot of Czechs. Moreover, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovenians and Montenegrin is difficult to see as different languages, even for some natives. Czechs, Polish, Sorbs, Croatians and Slovenians usually knows German. Slovakian and Serbian usually knows Hungarian. Language will not be a big problem:-).

  • @orginalchimp7963
    @orginalchimp7963 5 років тому +415

    You won UA-cam. I finally watched it.

  • @fishermansfrend303
    @fishermansfrend303 7 років тому +2689

    If the Austro-Hungarian empire rise again the Habsburg guy shouldnt visit Sarajewo

    • @kostam.1113
      @kostam.1113 7 років тому +108

      Or just don't annex Bosnia like they did in 1908.

    • @NechroMaster
      @NechroMaster 7 років тому +33

      Yes and yes again be assassinated and that the Serbs again turn out wrong!

    • @SnakeP1tPoetry
      @SnakeP1tPoetry 7 років тому +61

      Serbs are never wrong.

    • @HollowDesert
      @HollowDesert 7 років тому +54

      Now We Are Free except for assassinating Franz Ferdinand which caused ww1 directly and the cold war and ww2 indirectly.

    • @SnakeP1tPoetry
      @SnakeP1tPoetry 7 років тому +35

      Dont come to Serbian lands with imperialistic ambition and you wont be killed.We had to strike fear into the hearts of westerners so they remember not to mess with us again.

  • @fritzhartmannhandykanal
    @fritzhartmannhandykanal 2 роки тому +3

    I love the fact, that in the map you can see the Netherlands that reclaimed all the land they could

  • @Icy_5811
    @Icy_5811 Рік тому +3

    Some random Chinese guy: "I feel asleep as a resident in China and woke up as a resident of Austria-Hungary

  • @samuelswaney210
    @samuelswaney210 6 років тому +675

    If anything if Austria-Hungary did come back it would probably be better for it to be a federation to ease the diverse population from autonomy.

    • @rubie8410
      @rubie8410 6 років тому +15

      Mother Russia something similar to the United States or Russia ?

    • @Nerobio
      @Nerobio 6 років тому +8

      Learn some History about how the Austrians fucked up Hungary until the Osman-Turkish invasion. The Turkish stayed for 150yrs and the Habsburgs up to 300...

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 6 років тому +30

      well this goes both ways though.
      What about the Magyars fucking up vast parts of Europe before that?

    • @peterii3512
      @peterii3512 6 років тому +46

      Én vagyok Az Apád Doesn’t really matter nowadays does it. Everyone who fought in those wars, who was oppressed and who oppressed is dead. The current generation has nothing to do with those people you see in old history text books. Unless they’re going around glorifying them I see no reason why the union shouldn’t be tried again not least to stop russia and turkey.

    • @oliver4876
      @oliver4876 6 років тому

      XDDD Your brain is dead or what happened with your mind? You supposed to be kneeling before the Magyars because let's think about it why the Turkish army doesnt conquerned half of Europe? You need help to know the answer or you have enough IQ?

  • @pateardealul4627
    @pateardealul4627 7 років тому +492

    Do "What if the Spanish Empire reunited today?".

    • @MikhaelAhava
      @MikhaelAhava 7 років тому +5

      RandomBattlefrontPlayer good idea, it'll be easy for communication, oh wait, I was once part of their Empire... Never mind. We don't speak Spanish at all.

    • @pateardealul4627
      @pateardealul4627 7 років тому

      MiguelPmpM where are you from?

    • @mvenezian9705
      @mvenezian9705 7 років тому

      probably california or texas

    • @pateardealul4627
      @pateardealul4627 7 років тому

      max venezian oh that makes sense.

    • @MikhaelAhava
      @MikhaelAhava 7 років тому +1

      max venezian
      Asian.

  • @FelipeJaquez
    @FelipeJaquez 3 роки тому +3

    The boys are back in town!

  • @kubahladik3492
    @kubahladik3492 Рік тому +2

    0:25 If you are questioning why china is there, its because austria-hungary had a colony there in the modern city Tianjin (next to beijing)

  • @JuanMatteoReal
    @JuanMatteoReal 5 років тому +437

    *Plays HOI4 with Death or Dishonor DLC*
    Hungary: REFORM THE EMPIRE!
    *Annexes Austria*
    Germany: Man wtf, I'm supposed to annex them...
    PS: Oh wow, thanks a lot for those likes! :D

    • @vincepap9651
      @vincepap9651 4 роки тому +6

      Juan Matteo leave it to orbán

    • @artificialgravitas8954
      @artificialgravitas8954 4 роки тому +15

      The sad bit is that doing that tends to lead to Germany annexing you

    • @vincepap9651
      @vincepap9651 4 роки тому +5

      Artificial Gravitas yes cause germany has annexed Hungary... You should read into it cause neither time has germany annexed Hungary. It was an alliance: central powers and then the axis powers

    • @danijelramac9015
      @danijelramac9015 4 роки тому +7

      vince pap he meant in the game

    • @lexian2348
      @lexian2348 4 роки тому +3

      bruh its not like we tried to leave austria for like 70 years or whatever

  • @thecakeofcommunism503
    @thecakeofcommunism503 3 роки тому +285

    Marvel: The Avengers Endgame is the bravest crossover in history
    Austria Hungary: Are you sure?

  • @KorbenDalasCZ
    @KorbenDalasCZ 2 роки тому +8

    Unrealistic, Czechs hated Austria-Hungary and the Habsburgs.

    • @eozcompany9856
      @eozcompany9856 2 роки тому +1

      Not really, there was some hatred towards them in the higher circles but most people simply didn't care, it wasn't even until later part of the WW1 that the idea of creating separate Czechoslovakia appeared, before that most people just thought that the empire would be federalized.

    • @AsiaMinor12
      @AsiaMinor12 2 роки тому +1

      @@eozcompany9856 that's basically the whole story of Austro Hungary. Most of the ethnicities were happy to fight for their empire in 1914. By 1918 the various ethnicities were sick of the millions that had died from the war and famines and simply decided to use the institutions they had to create their own nations.

    • @Doug.Dimmadome
      @Doug.Dimmadome 2 роки тому

      I do..?

  • @TenOrbital
    @TenOrbital Рік тому +1

    AH was the 7th economy by GDP in 1914. Like Russia, after a slow start it was rapidly growing and industrialising. The war it started wrecked all that. Trade as proportion of world GDP did not return to 1914 levels until 1973. WW1 led to WW2. Population levels in Eastern Europe and Russia also did not recover to 1939 levels until the early 70s. It is interesting to speculate what Europe would be like today if Vienna and the others had avoided war over the last century.

  • @Jefferson5020
    @Jefferson5020 7 років тому +342

    if the Russian empire reunited
    (alaska included)

    • @MenschMair
      @MenschMair 7 років тому +11

      A good Idea! ^^

    • @fazeelzafar6160
      @fazeelzafar6160 7 років тому +3

      Swiss Ball Grüezi

    • @torneko6652
      @torneko6652 7 років тому +6

      It'd be basically the same

    • @imperatorpalpatine1351
      @imperatorpalpatine1351 7 років тому +31

      Putin is on the job

    • @savvageorge
      @savvageorge 7 років тому +11

      Mongol empire would be more impressive. This included the whole of Russia, most of china and large areas of the middle-east.

  • @ImAakash
    @ImAakash 4 роки тому +387

    In my childhood, I used to think that Hungary is a country where Major population is dying with hunger and famine.
    Don’t judge me because I was a child.

    • @CoolNinja925
      @CoolNinja925 4 роки тому +118

      You spelled Africa wrong

    • @ImAakash
      @ImAakash 4 роки тому +9

      Alex 1218 , I mean Hungary 🇭🇺 country in Europe.

    • @marinaverse.__
      @marinaverse.__ 4 роки тому +28

      Doment r/woooosh

    • @miguelmapping769
      @miguelmapping769 4 роки тому +30

      I think cause there name is hungary..

    • @fimkollim4929
      @fimkollim4929 4 роки тому +7

      Lol we dont i live in czech and most population have obesity...

  • @greeses5482
    @greeses5482 3 роки тому +7

    I mean as a federation, it would be an interesting idea

    • @hg6345
      @hg6345 2 роки тому +1

      This transformation was the vision of the last emperor. Would have taken decades, but almost certainly avoided ww2.

  • @aryansatvati4161
    @aryansatvati4161 2 роки тому

    It was very interesting thank you for making this video🤔❤❤

  • @somerandomguy4701
    @somerandomguy4701 3 роки тому +183

    RLL: “14 different countries would lose all or some of their land”
    Also RLL: “Proceeds to show china, half the world away”

  • @jhall2593
    @jhall2593 5 років тому +250

    I met Karl von Hapsburg a few years ago in Chicago. Nice guy. He and his family live in Zurich. He's a Swiss banker, speaks 6 languages,
    very devout Catholic, and is working on having his grandparents, Emperor Karl I and Empress Zita, canonized as Saints.
    As far as becoming Emperor goes, the Archduke (yes, he has that title) says he doesn't care either way. He doesn't expect Austro-Hungarian Empire to reunite, but if it does he hopes he's ready for the task.

    • @lexxro87
      @lexxro87 5 років тому +42

      @@iLuvHardStyle who are "we" ?

    • @spanishcoinquistador7077
      @spanishcoinquistador7077 5 років тому +24

      iLuvHardStyle just like how steal content and uploaded it as “yours”

    • @mileyli3043
      @mileyli3043 5 років тому +13

      Oh wow~ He can speak 6 languages! He's so talented!

    • @citywokbesitzer6834
      @citywokbesitzer6834 5 років тому +29

      @@iLuvHardStyle "You" did nothing. In fact without Russians, and British and French the Balkan slavs weren't able to end AH

    • @d4n4nable
      @d4n4nable 5 років тому +12

      @@finnweekes100 I actually think that was removed. A Habsburg ran for president some time ago.

  • @robertmangl6954
    @robertmangl6954 3 роки тому +21

    Having German and Hungarian as officially dominant language is exactly I wouldn't do on re-union of AT-HU. At this point, the EU policies are a well-done example, and I would apply them, perhaps adapted to the special situation as many of the languages were majority languages elsewhere.

  • @guardianeifie
    @guardianeifie 2 роки тому +1

    India is another country with many languages spoken. The way they handle this is that many Indians speak English as a second language (most native English speakers would dispute that they actually speak English, but that's a different topic). A large number of people in the new AHE would also speak English, and it would probably become the language most used for business and commerce in the country. Two Austro-Hungarians would be more likely to have English as a language in common than German, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, or another language.
    The disastrous part is how this would immediately start WWIII as a result of that tiny territory in China. People's Republic of China would, undoubtedly, annex the AHE territory in Tianjin.
    Of the 13 (not counting China itself), 9 of the states that would lose territory to the AHE are members of NATO (Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia). Of those, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Montenegro, Slovakia and Slovenia are entirely within the AHE and cease to exist as independent states -- which means the AHE is considered all of their successor(s). A majority of the people and the land would be comprised of NATO territories, which means the answer is probably yes.
    This, then, means war. AHE would invoke Article V of NATO, having been the victim of an armed attack by the PRC when the PRC annexed imperial territory by marching soldiers into it. This drags the following nations into a war with PRC -- Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, FYROM, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK and USA. Two more nations -- Australia and New Zealand -- would also be dragged into the war as a result of their treaties with Canada, UK and USA. It's incredibly likely to see even more countries join in just because they want war with China -- Japan, ROK/South Korea, ROC/Taiwan, Philippines, and potentially also Malaysia and Vietnam.

  • @swibb5790
    @swibb5790 7 років тому +112

    If we reunited today, we'd beat some serious ass I swear

    • @pauljones3017
      @pauljones3017 7 років тому +2

      Nice profile pic.

    • @swibb5790
      @swibb5790 7 років тому +1

      Thank you.

    • @Nightraven26
      @Nightraven26 7 років тому +28

      Ben The awkward moment when Croatia had better railways in Austria-Hungary than it does today... 😂😂

    • @creativeusername1355
      @creativeusername1355 7 років тому

      Nightraven26 lol burn

    • @Oscee613
      @Oscee613 7 років тому +2

      Took a train once from Budapest to Zagreb. Horrible. Both sides :D

  • @SabNik
    @SabNik 7 років тому +242

    How to insult somebody from Austria: Call him German

    • @olvrhffmnn
      @olvrhffmnn 7 років тому +45

      I am from Austria and i am not insulted if someone calls me a German. This paranoia against being associated with German war crimes was linked to a specific generation of people born just after the second world war and it is fading away quickly now.

    • @prymexxxx
      @prymexxxx 7 років тому

      true

    • @Wandrative
      @Wandrative 7 років тому +4

      If Celtic and Slavic elements have indeed influenced Niederdeuschland, then it makes Hochdeuschland Germans purer and More German, including the Austrians. So according to your data, the Austrians will be MORE GERMAN then the Germans themselves.

    • @olvrhffmnn
      @olvrhffmnn 7 років тому +6

      No, Austrians are not more German than other Germans. Genetically speaking, north-western Germans are closer to the original Germanic tribes, while north-eastern Germans have more slavic roots and southern Germans such as Swiss and Austrians have more celtic roots. That does not make any of them less German, though, because the German nation was formed in the middle ages and has integrated all of these roots. Austrians are however part of the High German (Hochdeutsch) dialect zone which was the basis for modern written German. So, in a way, northern Germans are learning southern (Austrian and Bavarian) German language at school now and have largely abandoned their original local languages (Plattdeutsch) as a result. Which only shows how much all of German-speaking Europe is connected and how much Austrians are just Germans by another name.

    • @Wandrative
      @Wandrative 7 років тому

      I was not claiming that, I was saying those things according to Aleks Kevyn's comment.

  • @letnjiznoj
    @letnjiznoj 3 роки тому +3

    I love how he thinks Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs can't understand eachother

  • @greenbutter3190
    @greenbutter3190 3 роки тому

    Stable video 👍

  • @torcedordoecbahia
    @torcedordoecbahia 4 роки тому +405

    Áustria-Hungary: reunites
    Serbia and Romania: dislike the vídeo

    • @charlesnapoleon9070
      @charlesnapoleon9070 4 роки тому +29

      Nope. It belongs to Austria-Hungary

    • @johan3276
      @johan3276 4 роки тому +16

      @@charlesnapoleon9070 ! The empire was great but not for evryone !

    • @johan3276
      @johan3276 4 роки тому +9

      In the Romnians minds those wich live in österich they consider that austria shoud belong to the romanians allso!

    • @charlesnapoleon9070
      @charlesnapoleon9070 4 роки тому

      @@johan3276 then they should have more rights

    • @iwillsalt3459
      @iwillsalt3459 3 роки тому +7

      @@charlesnapoleon9070 Tell that to the majority of Romanians in the regions, AND Dacian settlers.

  • @ApaceLp
    @ApaceLp 7 років тому +69

    The Habsburgs are still alive?! Mind = Blown

    • @Geraduss
      @Geraduss 7 років тому +6

      Why wouldn't they be, they are huge family, sure they're all inbreed and weird, though that last guy didn't have the iconic chin. Hm..

    • @zlikurac4840
      @zlikurac4840 7 років тому

      all emperors were somehow related

    • @Geraduss
      @Geraduss 7 років тому +2

      Yeah, but the Habsburgs were kinda the extreme, keeping it in the family was sort of their gig. Why you get those iconic caricatures of the Habsburgs with long pointed chins and buckteeth.

    • @vbacs22
      @vbacs22 7 років тому +7

      Some Habsburgs live in Hungary too.

    • @ApaceLp
      @ApaceLp 7 років тому +1

      Geraduss thats why i'm surprised, that they are still allive xD

  • @pikestance4219
    @pikestance4219 2 роки тому +2

    Lol, I would like to see someone explain to Beijing, “oopsie , but we decided to take this back.”

  • @johnwoo8753
    @johnwoo8753 2 роки тому

    You should make other videos about empires and unions reuniting. You could do a video about if Southeast Asia united to form a country.

  • @MrBritishComedy
    @MrBritishComedy 6 років тому +132

    The part about languages has one major flaw. Czech and Slovak are so similar, they are mutually perfectly intelligible, meaning that Czech and Slovak speakers would make up a majority in that department.

    • @vannessathefatty4017
      @vannessathefatty4017 6 років тому +7

      But still they are different languages

    • @kujbjj4103
      @kujbjj4103 6 років тому +29

      They Are almost same...

    • @sharnistevens1428
      @sharnistevens1428 6 років тому +11

      Its the same with Slovenian and Croatian. Very similar, mutually intelligible (or so my grandparents tell me)

    • @vannessathefatty4017
      @vannessathefatty4017 6 років тому +13

      Sharni Stevens Slovenian and Croatian aren't mutually intelligible, tough they are related. Croatian, serbian, bosnian, macedonian and montenegrin are mutually intelligible and can be grouped as a one language, Serbo-Croatian.

    • @DwanGarcez
      @DwanGarcez 6 років тому +12

      Vannessa The Fatty, the Macedonian Slavic language is actually a South-Western Bulgarian dialect. For the rest, it's Serbo-Croatian alright.

  • @dumneseu7142
    @dumneseu7142 4 роки тому +471

    Austria and Hungary reunited
    *Romania has left the chat*

  • @FreddyImran32
    @FreddyImran32 3 роки тому

    I love how he says
    "For whatever reason" xD

  • @pookapine
    @pookapine Рік тому +2

    idk why but it seems like Americans are the only people who ever seriously ponder this question

    • @Straline.
      @Straline. Рік тому

      Yeah, they care too much about the slavery and reunification of an old state to see how it would be today because they care about it

  • @gamerboi9419
    @gamerboi9419 4 роки тому +156

    Austria-Hungary: reunites
    China: nervous sweating

    • @pilkpog7952
      @pilkpog7952 3 роки тому

      i don’t get it pls explain

    • @pilkpog7952
      @pilkpog7952 3 роки тому +2

      Mistjor oh Austria Hungary had sum city in China or sum thing right?

    • @pilkpog7952
      @pilkpog7952 3 роки тому +1

      Mistjor e

    • @shawnv123
      @shawnv123 3 роки тому

      @@pilkpog7952 yes

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 3 роки тому +5

      Lol no European power would stand up to china. They wouldn’t last long without the trade

  • @Doppeladler-qf3zj
    @Doppeladler-qf3zj 7 років тому +188

    To my fellow Austrians!
    Stop hating on people who say that we are German! What's the problem with being German? It doesn't make you less of an Austrian! Austria is part of the German language and culture area! All Austrians knew that they were German until the Allies made lots of anti-German propaganda after WW2! Our ancestors ruled the Holy Roman Empire of the GERMAN Nation! We should be proud of our German blood! Being Austrian isn't a contradiction to being German! We can be both Austrian and German! We are all Austrians and all of us are German!

    • @yosiyoda263
      @yosiyoda263 7 років тому +23

      Never. I'm Austrian, not German.
      Bis in den Tod, ROT WEIẞ ROT!

    • @Doppeladler-qf3zj
      @Doppeladler-qf3zj 7 років тому +23

      You didn't get what I just said, didn't you? Did you even read my comment? I recommend you to read it again. Try to mount a valid counterargument next time.
      Btw nice Schuschnigg quote over there! It's too bad that you made a mistake and ruined it! "Bis in den Tod: Rot-Weiß-Rot!" is the original quote without grammatical errors.

    • @solid7468
      @solid7468 7 років тому +3

      Even the 1910 census recorded ethnic germans being '%32 of the population in Austria-Hungary

    • @kostam.1113
      @kostam.1113 7 років тому +13

      Majority of Austrians were brainwashed after WW2 into thinking that they are not Germans.
      But history and facts are different from propaganda Austrians=Germans, same nation, same people different countries.

    • @yosiyoda263
      @yosiyoda263 7 років тому +4

      There was no need to brainwash the Austrians after WW2. WW2 itself was the reason, why Austrians started to hate Germany. The second lost war lead by the Germans. The second big catastrophy for Austria in only 30 years. No, there was no brainwash needed.

  • @carlosfeher4292
    @carlosfeher4292 10 місяців тому +2

    it was a very rich and beautiful empire. the Anglo-Saxons turned the peoples of the empire against each other. that's how the HAPPY TIMES OF PEACE passed

  • @mohdadeeb1829
    @mohdadeeb1829 Рік тому +2

    5:23 He looks EXACTLY like Emperor Charles.

  • @godendor6823
    @godendor6823 7 років тому +129

    Okay you may not belive me, but my granma's uncle was Gavrilo princip

    • @OKANGUVEN99
      @OKANGUVEN99 7 років тому +6

      interesting...

    • @gavinsmith9871
      @gavinsmith9871 7 років тому +105

      Jana Cegar your right...I don't believe you

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 7 років тому +13

      +Okan Guven What the hell is that? Kill it with fire!!!!!!!

    • @swly5235
      @swly5235 7 років тому +31

      Fuck that guy

    • @djordjerasic7482
      @djordjerasic7482 7 років тому +17

      SWLY fuck you

  • @gamerpaul4140
    @gamerpaul4140 6 років тому +1125

    Like who is from Austria-Hungary

    • @Gerald0613
      @Gerald0613 6 років тому +99

      you have to be at least 101 years old today to be born in the Monarch

    • @nahodny_marc
      @nahodny_marc 6 років тому +63

      He meaned the land idiot

    • @alexszutor4697
      @alexszutor4697 6 років тому +5

      Me

    • @michaelmoore4043
      @michaelmoore4043 6 років тому

      Gamer Paul. Brb hujf

    • @Autobe2224
      @Autobe2224 6 років тому +2

      Gamer Paul im from austria

  • @NuNugirl
    @NuNugirl 2 роки тому +1

    My family was very happy and would have never left if Myerling did not happen. The largest immigration of Hungarians to America was 1895. They saw the writing on the wall, that the empire they loved was ending and a Great War was coming. So sad 😞

  • @drishaanpaliwal
    @drishaanpaliwal 2 роки тому +1

    Austria-Hungary: 13 official languages
    India: not enough

  • @Leon-pk4jf
    @Leon-pk4jf 6 років тому +891

    I am BACK!

    • @stevecool21iscool55
      @stevecool21iscool55 6 років тому +24

      Austria-Hungaryball never

    • @Leon-pk4jf
      @Leon-pk4jf 6 років тому +57

      MrBudgie 123 ! Serb...

    • @theunknown8574
      @theunknown8574 5 років тому +27

      Austria-Hungaryball Back without Sloavkia Czechia Northern Serbia Bosnia Croatia Slovenia South Tyrol Chinese colony Transylvania and Southern Poland

    • @dk-wy7ph
      @dk-wy7ph 5 років тому +10

      Long Live Romania
      south tyrol 😭

    • @osterreich-tirol5996
      @osterreich-tirol5996 5 років тому +22

      🇦🇹

  • @newzealandmapping537
    @newzealandmapping537 3 роки тому +633

    Austria Hungary: I Have 13 Major Languages.
    South Africa: Same.
    India: Pathetic
    Papua New Guinea: You Don't Know My Power
    Earth: *OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU*

    • @isaacadkins2344
      @isaacadkins2344 3 роки тому +7

      South Africa : ok

    • @dexterjettster3683
      @dexterjettster3683 3 роки тому +17

      Papua New Guinea: *cute dear boy*

    • @Meatlord69
      @Meatlord69 3 роки тому +11

      Nobody gives a shit about shithole india lmao.

    • @aestheticscout9543
      @aestheticscout9543 3 роки тому +25

      @@Meatlord69 wym bro India is based and epic there legit the only country In the world that won't bend over for china rn lol

    • @chillmemes5865
      @chillmemes5865 3 роки тому +2

      United States: Pathetic

  • @Idunnowhaddaputforthis
    @Idunnowhaddaputforthis 2 роки тому +1

    Austria Hungary: *Reunites*
    Someone in Sarajevo: *takes a wrong turn
    Austria Hungary: Oh come on-

  • @radekp.2184
    @radekp.2184 2 роки тому +4

    Ever heard of Visegrad 4 group? That would make more sense for the union.

    • @nagatomutsu844
      @nagatomutsu844 2 роки тому

      Austria is joining them now, the connections between them never cease to exist.

  • @realistavelicanstveni9698
    @realistavelicanstveni9698 3 роки тому +72

    Without Austro-Hungarian Empire I wouldn’t exist today! My grandpa from Bosnia and grandma from Ukraine(before Poland)!

    • @auritro3903
      @auritro3903 2 роки тому +1

      Nice

    • @User-fj9xt
      @User-fj9xt 2 роки тому +1

      U would but in another country

    • @teetman322
      @teetman322 2 роки тому +1

      Well, none of us would exist today.

    • @User-fj9xt
      @User-fj9xt 2 роки тому

      @@teetman322 how?

    • @vexitoDrums
      @vexitoDrums 2 роки тому +3

      @@User-fj9xt Cause the butterfly effect, the smallest changes can have a huge impact on earth, even what you do will have an impact, who knows, maybe u will have a kid and he could end up attempting to conquer the world

  • @superraegun2649
    @superraegun2649 6 років тому +323

    The way you've described it; an absolute monarchy, would never survive in modern day Europe. But it would realistically become a federal republic, so wouldn't have an emperor, but a president. In fact the arch duke was addressing the idea of federalisation at the time of his assassination.
    Since most of those countries are members of the EU, it would probably join the EU, allowing full access to the single market, and having many European allies, as well as the benefit of European support regarding separatism. With the threat of vetoing any nation joining the EU such it secede, it might be able to hold the federation together.
    Interesting that you mentioned the capital, as it would realistically have to be neither the capital of Austria or Hungary. In a federation the capital has to be neutral ground, and can't be the capital of any of the states (it's technically not part of any state), and ideally on the boarder between two states.
    The unification would mean the country would be able to grow much faster than each individual country currently is, so it's GDP would increase, and within 20 years could possibly become the second largest economy in Europe, after Germany, and thus very influential within the EU. Unfortunately this growth, and the nationalism within each state would mean they'd likely want to leave both the federation and the EU, which would be economically devastating but would still probably happen, so no, it wouldn't last very long, as people are terrible at recognising what's best for them as instead they look for things that confirm their wishful thinking.

    • @falsevacuum4667
      @falsevacuum4667 6 років тому +6

      Major Agent 3 Guy It also doesn't have any permanent citizens..

    • @Jordan-qs9vp
      @Jordan-qs9vp 6 років тому +2

      +Xi-K
      What about the Pope?

    • @sarkis951
      @sarkis951 6 років тому +13

      Or we all should just go back to monarchy!

    • @parsifal8186
      @parsifal8186 6 років тому +5

      Unfortunately, the monarchy has been abolished and what remains of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine have stopped claiming the throne, I believe.

    • @skytom9839
      @skytom9839 6 років тому +16

      The constitutional monarchy could work. It's the same system that for example Sweden and Norway are using.

  • @mcgintyfam
    @mcgintyfam 3 роки тому +1

    Imagine it had the shape of only the nations that were fully part of it

  • @rk28984
    @rk28984 Рік тому +1

    Most "Italians" you mentioned would actually be from Südtirol (South Tyrol) and German speaking. These people have been part of Austria for ages and only been absorbed into Italy right after WW I.
    People from South Tyrol normally don't consider themselfe Italian and calling them that is like calling a Scottsman to be English.
    In fact a lot of people from Südtirol hate Italians, because after they were included into Italy they were forced to give up German, some of them got new family names, all the villages got Italian sounding names. When they had a resitance movement that wanted to rejoin Austria in the 1970 and 1980 a lot of those people were torchered and imprisoned by the Italian police.

  • @Planelia
    @Planelia 4 роки тому +250

    0:25 me: what the heck china
    4:16 me: oh ok

    • @zubastikos
      @zubastikos 3 роки тому +4

      Me be like

    • @pancholopez8829
      @pancholopez8829 3 роки тому +3

      Believe it or not, THAT is the full extent of their overseas colonies, or colony in this case. It was really a concession than anything else.

    • @mahuamaji4377
      @mahuamaji4377 3 роки тому

      The same case that happned with me! I thought what how could the empire go to China?!?

    • @Diamond-OSCandMarblestuff
      @Diamond-OSCandMarblestuff 3 роки тому

      Yeah

  • @frigyesmartonback6146
    @frigyesmartonback6146 4 роки тому +42

    I think in the present Austria-Hungary there wouldn't be emperor, only, if it would be a constitutional monarchy.

    • @lenawoschitz3704
      @lenawoschitz3704 4 роки тому +11

      The head of state could still have the title of emperor, but he wouldn´t have political power

    • @reds.victim1023
      @reds.victim1023 3 роки тому +4

      Long live the Austro- Hungarian Republic!

  • @kokoska5595
    @kokoska5595 3 роки тому +8

    I'm from Czech Republic and I always wondered what it would be like if Austria-Hungary did not fall apart?

  • @therandomizer9943
    @therandomizer9943 2 роки тому +1

    Man. Who knew that the habsburgs are still around today after dealing with one of the most difficult times in European history.

  • @kanny8851
    @kanny8851 3 роки тому +446

    “The Empire was rather unique in that it had 2 Capitol cities!”
    South africa “are you challenging me?”

  • @deadvodka
    @deadvodka 7 років тому +16

    A little side note to your very well done vid: to say "German would be understood by only 16%" is not accurate in my opinion. It would be the first language to 16% maybe, but there are many in Czech, Poland, Hungary and Croatia who speak german fluently.

  • @lexdelija213
    @lexdelija213 3 роки тому +5

    Correction: the bosnian language was formed in the 21st century.

    • @n8-kiss182
      @n8-kiss182 2 роки тому

      and its the best >.

    • @lexdelija213
      @lexdelija213 2 роки тому +1

      @@n8-kiss182 copy paste languages are usually the best :)

    • @n8-kiss182
      @n8-kiss182 2 роки тому

      ​@@lexdelija213 hahaha good one. but Serbian, Croatians, and Bosnian are basically the same. I wouldn't call it copy and past more like a refinement.

    • @lexdelija213
      @lexdelija213 2 роки тому

      @@n8-kiss182 so if there was an Austrian or an American language, they would be refined?

    • @n8-kiss182
      @n8-kiss182 2 роки тому

      @@lexdelija213 yes

  • @FrankBarryLuv
    @FrankBarryLuv 2 роки тому +2

    In my eyes, to establish such an empire is the only way forward under the light of the current Ukraine crisis. This, with an emphasis on expanding a decent spa- and coffee house as well as art culture, where people can prosper and enjoy living in.