Frederick III - German Emperor who could have Stopped the World Wars

German Empire lost more than 2.5 million during the I World War. The empire was abolished and the country was set on the path to the II World War. However, there was a turning point three decades before, which could have averted this path. This is the tragic, but interesting story of Frederick III and how his death possibly changed the course of World history.

The video was made by our friend Oğuz Tunç, while the script was researched and written by Matt Hollis.

Sources:
Frank Lorenz Müller - Frederick III - Political Culture of Imperial Germany
Margaret E. Von Poschinger - Life of the Emperor Frederick
A. R. Allinson - The War Diary of the Emperor Frederick III, (1870–1871)

#Documentary #GermanEmpire #WorldWar

[Fatihturk]

WW1= the battle of queen Victoria's grand children.

[quintu]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Frederick III Hohenzollern the liberal?

[filipjezercic]

Becoming Emperor of a new and young Empire and dying 99 days later is a grand case of awful luck. Rest in peace Kaiser Frederick III.

[Zeruel]

Frederick is one of the great 'What Ifs' of history

[federicom]

The name Frederick means "peaceful ruler", it has never been more appropriate

[justcallmeSheriff]

Technically, everyone who died in the World Wars died of second-hand smoke.

[UtopiaBasti]

Friedrich was only Friedrich III of Prussia, not of the whole Empire.
In the empire he was Friedrich I.

Greetings from Germany

[horsthorst]

The most tragic thing for me is that some doctors diagnosed Frederick with cancer when it was at an early stage. So there was a good chance that he could be healed. But later he was examined by a leading British cancer specialist who told him that everything is fine and that the cancer would heal naturally in a few months. So Frederick decided to trust said doctor, refused any treatment against his throat cancer and later died because of his throat cancer.

[ErnestJay]

Frederick died because cigarette.

literally, Cigarette is the cause of 2 world wars !

[noahgreer]

Its especially sad that in the end even Bismarck warned Wilhelm II that if he took the conservative militarism to its extreme he could lose the throne and cause great damage to Germany and the rest of Europe. Well we all know what followed...

[tg]

I absolutely loved this video. One of the best you guys have produced so far, the information and the way it is narrated, it is really deep. You can feel the sadness and the what-if idea that I would think you guys wanted to portray. Thank you so much for this, you continually raise the quality of your videos, and I'm lucky and grateful to being your subscriber.

[Saintphoenix]

This is so profoundly depressing, what an amazing man and what the world might look like, i say that as a lover oh history and a great understanding of both the positive and negative effects of war

[julez]

What an inspiring and thoughtful man, may he rest in peace!

[konstantinoskotsomytis]

The last time I was so early, Afghanistan was still Greek.

[vinodvarghese]

Loved this video. It is very different from your usual content. Keep up the awesome work. Cheers! 👍🏼

[hgkghkhgkgh]

George, the British Empire at present covers a quarter of the globe, while the German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in Tanganyika. I hardly think that we can be entirely absolved of blame on the imperialistic front.

[jamilaziz]

I am a simple man, I see a video from Kings and Generals, I click like :)

[mikebejjani]

Thank you so much for providing such informative educational content. This is one of my favorite videos to date.

[Jon.A.Scholt]

I must say, as much as I love history, the focus all to often (though usually justifiable) is on wars and those responsible for starting and waging them. Leaders like Billy III here who are more focused on actually helping the citizens of their country and of others, are too often forgotten and not memorialized doe "great deeds". Glad to see leaders that are decent human getting their due.

[blaine]

Everyone: A sandwich caused WW1
Fredrick III: Hold mein smoke