The decline and fall of the German Empire: complete documentary, all parts

Hello everyone, this is Edelweiss Lit, and I present to you the complete documentary on the decline and fall of the German Empire. It is a combination of all seven parts of the original series and spans from the fall of Bismarck to the birth of the German Revolution. This is my first time doing something like this, so the editing is a bit messy, but I hope you'll forgive me for that. I hope you enjoy the video and have a nice day!

00:00 – The fall of Bismarck
05:27 – The rise of Weltpolitik
10:12 a.m. – Morocco and the Balkans
5:29 p.m. – The road to war
24h40 – The Great War begins
31:10 – The silent dictatorship
37h35 – Birth of the Revolution

Remarks:
1. John CG Röhl, Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Concise Life (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) p. 44.
2. AJP Taylor, Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman (New York: Vintage Books, 1967) pp. 79-80.
3. Röhl, Kaiser Wilhelm II pp. 44-45.
4. Edgar Feuchtwagner, Bismarck: A Political History (Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2014) p. 248; Taylor, Bismarck p. 247.
5. Röhl, Kaiser Wilhelm II p. 67.
6. Britannica, T. Editors of the Encyclopedia. /"German Empire./" Encyclopedia Britannica, October 29, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/place/Germain-Empire.
7. Katja Hoyer, Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of The German Empire 1871-1918 (Cheltenham: The History Press, 2021) p. 68.
8. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 97.
9. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Memoirs of the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, 1888-1918 (London: Harper & Brothers, 1922) pp. 311-312.
10. Britannica, T. Editors of the Encyclopedia. /"Bosnian Crisis of 1908./" Encyclopedia Britannica, September 30, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/event/Bosnian-crisis-of-1908.
11. Andrew Roberts, Churchill: Walking with Destiny (London: Allen Lane, 2018) p. 165.
12. Gary Sheffield, A Short History of the First World War (London: Oneworld Publications, 2014), pp. 6-7.
13. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 9.
14. Sheffield, A Brief History p. ten.
15. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 115.
16. David Fromkin, Europe's Last Summer: Why the World Went to War in 1914 (London: Vintage, 2005) p. 169.
17. Sheffield, A Brief History, pp. 15-16.
18. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 32.
19. Hoyer, Blood and Iron, p. 119-120.
20. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 120.
21. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 34.
22. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 35.
23. Sheffield, A Brief History, pp. 36-37.
24. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 40.
25. Hoyer, Blood and Iron, p. 120-121.
26. Royde-Smith, J. Graham and Showalter, . Dennis E.. /"World War I./" Encyclopedia Britannica, March 17, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I.
27. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 121.
28. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 38.
29. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 48.
30. Sheffield, A Brief History, pp. 55-57.
31. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 45.
32. Hoyer, Blood and Iron, p. 124-125.
33. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 125.
34. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 66.
35. Sheffield, A Brief History, pp. 67-68.
36. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 70.
37. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 122.
38. Hoyer, Blood and Iron, p. 125-126.
39. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 127.
40. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 123.
41. Sheffield, A Brief History p. 170.
42. Sheffield, A Brief History, pp. 170-171.
43. Hoyer, Blood and Iron, p. 137-138.
44. Taylor, Bismarck p. 264.

Selected bibliography:
Britannica, T. Editors of the Encyclopedia. /"German Empire./" Encyclopedia Britannica, October 29, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/place/Germain-Empire.

Britannica, T. Editors of the Encyclopedia. /"Bosnian Crisis of 1908./" Encyclopedia Britannica, September 30, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/event/Bosnian-crisis-of-1908.

Feuchtwagner, Edgar. Bismarck: a political history. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2014.

Fromkin, David. Europe's Last Summer: Why the World Went to War in 1914. London: Vintage, 2005.

Hoyer, Katja. Blood and iron: the rise and fall of the German Empire 1871-1918. Cheltenham: La Presse historique, 2021.

Roberts, Andrew. Churchill: Walking with Destiny. London: Allen Lane, 2018.

Röhl, John CG. Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Concise Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Royde-Smith, J. Graham and Showalter, . Dennis E.. /"World War I./" Encyclopedia Britannica, March 17, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I.

Sheffield, Gary. A Brief History of the First World War. London: Oneworld Publications, 2014.

Taylor, Alan PJ. Bismarck: the man and the statesman. New York: Vintage Books, 1967.

William, Kaiser II. Memoirs of the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, 1888-1918. London: Harper & Brothers, 1922.

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