WW1: The War Begins... | EP 1

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Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join EPISODE ONE 👉 https://youtu.be/IQtMHK-0kC4 EPISODE TWO 👉 https://youtu.be/e0hsvBebNwY EPISODE THREE 👉 https://youtu.be/9puuDbAdmNg EPISODE FOUR 👉 https://youtu.be/OKjabkX0UxU EPISODE FIVE 👉 https://youtu.be/GfM8fTG4Apc EPISODE SIX 👉 https://youtu.be/lIfoz47dKrw Following the declaration of war in 1914, how did the outbreak of the First World War unfold? What were the earliest military engagements of this terrible, totemic event? Who were its key political players and how did they respond? What was the attitude to the war in Germany? Were the allies unified from this early stage, or were they suspicious and frozen by indecision? And, how did the Germans, with the mightiest army in all the world, make its move on “plucky little” Belgium? Join Dominic and Tom as they launch into one of the most consequential events of all time: the outbreak of the First World War. 00:00 – Germany: from peaceful nation to war machine 02:30 – Introduction to WWI series: scope and importance 04:16 – Was Germany uniquely responsible for the war? Historians’ debate 06:12 – Fear versus aggression: German motivations 06:46 – The July Crisis: Sarajevo, blank cheque, Kaiser’s holiday, Austrian ultimatum 08:08 – Helmuth von Moltke the Younger: personality, melancholy, moustaches 12:01 – Germany’s strategic weakness: encirclement fears, manpower and GDP 13:45 – The Schlieffen Plan explained 18:06 – Von Moltke panics 19:00 – Kaiser signs mobilization order; emotional scene in Berlin 22:53 – The problem of Belgian neutrality and Britain’s obligations 23:47 – British cabinet debates: how far into Belgium would justify war? 25:04 – German ultimatum to Belgium: demands for railways and fortresses 26:14 – Belgium rejects ultimatum; King Albert’s defiance 27:59 – “A scrap of paper”: German gaffe fuels British propaganda 28:35 – King Albert’s speech to parliament: “Determined at any cost” 29:52 – Total War Rome (Creative Assembly) 30:37 – German invasion begins 36:18 – German reprisals in Belgium 50:00 – Comparisons with Allied conduct in Ireland, colonies, and elsewhere 50:47 – The Leuven library fire: destruction of manuscripts, global outrage 52:12 – Germany’s reputation collapses: admired culture turned to “barbarism” 53:28 – Fall of Brussels: German army enters the capital Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Animator: Michael Sherdyts - YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/MercenaryCamp Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Video Editor: Harry Swan + Jack Meek Social Producer: Harry Balden Head of Digital: Sam Oakley Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor