How World War I Started: Crash Course World History 209

In which John Green teaches you about World War I and how it got started. Crash Course doesn't usually talk much about dates, but the way that things unfolded in July and August of 1914 is kind of important to understanding the Great War. You'll learn about Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip, the Black Hand, and why the Serbian nationalists wanted to kill the poor Archduke. You'll also learn who mobilized first and who exactly started the war. Sort of. Actually, there's no good answer to who started the war, but we give it a shot anyway.

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[lemonhope]

Getting ready for world war 3
gotta know the prequels you know

[acidicvial]

*When WW1 ends*
Most of countries: Finally, peace
Some german boy that got rejected in art school: **Peace was never an option**

[gresho]

Whos watching during corona quarantine instead of history class

[samanali]

You guys would be legends if you made a quizlet for each video

[mandapanda]

no one:
the class trying to take notes: *sobs* mr. green pleaSE talk slower

[vinceian]

no exam, no school, no assignments.
just a guy who is interested on war.

[partypopl]

I can't be the only one watching this for a history exam ?

[laura-rsjs]

who else is watching this for your history class?

[Bibky]

So a guy killed a guy so that guys group of guys got mad at the other guys group of guys so they attacked those group of guys so the other group of guys call in their friend guy who owned a grouped of guys and then the original guy that got killed group of guys called in their friend guy who owned a group of guys so another group of guys also helped that other other group of guys so then the Original guy who got killed group of guys ally attacked a group of guys to get to the other other other group of guys but then another group of guys allied to those group of guys came in to attack those group of guys attacking there friends...

So like that?

[devstark]

I love how Switzerland was surrounded by the war, but never fought in WWI or WWII

[caelan]

The comments in Crash course world history videos:
33% Mongol memes
40% people who are asking others if they are studying for tests like them
27% actual discussions about history

[eliaschevette]

In one hundred years people would ask why did the United States spend so much time in the middle east? 

[Jotari]

1:50 so the butterfly started World War One! Of course. No one suspects the butterfly!

[matthewdentistry]

john, i love the vids man, but my brain just cant keep up

[aronbembridge]

Watching this 100 years after the war ended

Never forget

[gtabigfan]

Otto Von Bismarck said '' One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans'' he was reffering WW1 and he said that 36 years before First World War.

[Day_against_da_wlrd]

who's whatching this while being stuck at home cause of covid 19 for history class
instead being in school

[aashrithmadagiri]

Does playing battlefield 1 count as studying for my World War I Test?

[RunItsTheCat]

Here's a warning before you go on: Do not read Crash Course History comments. You have been warned.

[therebelreaper]

I thought it was because a bloke named Archie duke went and shot an ostrich because he was hungry