Full History of the FIRST Wizarding War (Voldemort's FIRST Rise to Power) - Harry Potter Documentary

The First major Wizarding War in the Harry Potter universe was a catastrophic period in wizarding history that lasted a whopping 11 years. The war started when Voldemort, obsessed with pure-blood supremacy, sought to overthrow the existing magical order and establish himself as the ruler of both the wizarding and non-magical worlds.

The war officially ended on October 31, 1981, when Voldemort's curse to kill the infant Harry Potter rebounded upon him, destroying his physical form and rendering him powerless.

And the aftermath of this decade long conflict left deep scars on the wizarding world. Families were torn apart, and many prominent witches and wizards lost their lives. The wizarding world was in shambles.

But as far as the 7 books are concerned, the primary focus is on the SECOND Wizarding War, a conflict that only lasted 3 years.

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[juliie]

This is why I don’t understand why WB and JK Rowling chose to focus on Dumbledore and Grindelwald instead of the prequel of the first wizarding war that Voldermont began.

[Dawid_Gamer]

21:30 missed opportunity to mention that the other reason Voldemort probably targetted Harry was that Neville was a pure-blood (which in itself might have been another reason he didn't go after the Longbottoms) while Harry was a half-blood. With Voldemort seeing himself as the most powerful wizard to ever live who also happened to be a half-blood, he would probably recognize the threat in Harry significantly more than in Neville.

[travisvanalst]

Instead of making another Harry Potter reboot show…anyone else think they should make an R rated show based on this war?

[Vermillion]

It’s interesting, the WW2 Hitler parallel. Preaching the blonde hair blue eyes, perfect specimen when Hitler looked nothing like that himself. Voldemorts pure blood regime, while he himself is a half blood

[Pattmore]

The first wizarding war truly sounds horrific and terrifying 😢
Just wow.

[headstrongbachelor]

It's worth mentioning that the Death Eaters were just Voldemort's inner circle. He commanded an army of witches and wizards he bewitched to work for him and when his magic was destroyed they "felt ouf of trance" (Hagrid's phrase).

[cStatE]

Its crazy the 1st war lasted 11 years and the 2nd 2 years, man id give for a analog horror story about voldemort past

[Yuehan]

Because of the movies, I always pictured Lilly and james in their 30s, but they died at 21 years old

[timothygodwin]

So, im actually pretty sure that the ring was the first horcrux and the diary was second. Tom was already wearing the ring when he asked slughorn if it was possible to split the soul more than once which suggests that he had already created one horcrux and was wanting to make more. The supercarlinbrothers did a fantastic video on this topic. The ring was first, the diary was second.

[PumpiPie]

That thay dont make a voldemort orgin series insted of the reboot Is sad :(
So mutch thay could include. And go into. Thay also could have made some episodes showing marauders side 😣😣😣😣

[grec.]

I don't know which story is more sad, if Lily and James dead or the Longbottoms being alive but unable to recognize their loved ones. ☹️

[victorcippitelli]

I would prefer movie prequels of this event instead after concluding the movie adaptations of the books

[Tryingtogetradical]

Saying Voldemort disappeared from 61-71 reminds me of in Sandlot when they said one of the kids just “Got lost in the 60s”😂😂

[olenaolena]

I don’t remember Snape being Voldemort’s most trusted DE during the first war. Bellatrix clearly was one because he entrusted her one of his horcruxes, taught her, and (most likely) told her about the prophecy and horcruxes. I assume that because she specifically went after the Longbottoms after his defeat and was absolutely calm at her trial & confident of Voldemort’s return.

[fireflame]

I would have preferred a movie that focused on this then a Dumbledore vs grindelwald movie.

[svenvogelaar]

The giant cannot be in rural Denmark. In the 5th book Hagrid explains that they went into the mountains to find them. Denmark has no mountains.

[ascot]

Fun fact the diary is actually not the first horcrux that Vodemort created. It's actually the ring that he created first. After that, it was the diary as Morphious told Voldemort about the location of the Chamber of Secrets as its known the Ghonts knew the location of it.

[VergilSDT]

Voldemort's horcruxes make him unable to die if killed. What of old age? Does he age while his horcruxes are active? Would he have to rebuild his body and make a new horcrux every century or so? I've never heard an answer to natural death regarding horcruxes.

[stephenblack]

Grindelwald maybe be more skilled and powerful but Voldy is without a doubt far more fearsome and dangerous, he's a demon.

[hype]

I love how even if Harry died as a baby, the prophecy would still come true with Neville.