The Decline and Fall of the German Empire: Full Documentary | All Parts

Hey everyone, this is the Enlightened Edelweiss, and I present to you the full documentary on the decline and fall of the German Empire. It is a combination of all seven parts of the original series and spans the fall of Bismarck to the birth of the German Revolution. This is the first time I've done something like this, so the editing is a little unpolished, but I hope you'll forgive that. Hope you enjoy the video and have a nice day!

00:00 - The Fall of Bismarck
05:27 - The Rise of Weltpolitik
10:12 - Morocco and the Balkans
17:29 - The Road To War
24:40 - The Great War Begins
31:10 - The Silent Dictatorship
37:35 - Birth of the Revolution

Notes:
1. John C. G. Röhl, Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Concise Life (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) p. 44.
2. A. J. P. 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 Encyclopaedia. "German Empire." Encyclopedia Britannica, October 29, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/place/Germ....
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, The Kaiser's memoirs, Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, 1888-1918 (London: Harper & Brothers, 1922) pp. 311-312.
10. Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Bosnian crisis of 1908." Encyclopedia Britannica, September 30, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/event/Bosn....
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 Short History p. 9.
14. Sheffield, A Short History p. 10.
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 Short History pp. 15-16.
18. Sheffield, A Short History p. 32.
19. Hoyer, Blood and Iron pp. 119-120.
20. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 120.
21. Sheffield, A Short History p. 34.
22. Sheffield, A Short History p. 35.
23. Sheffield, A Short History pp. 36-37.
24. Sheffield, A Short History p. 40.
25. Hoyer, Blood and Iron pp. 120-121.
26. Royde-Smith, J. Graham and Showalter, . Dennis E.. "World War I." Encyclopedia Britannica, March 17, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/event/Worl....
27. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 121.
28. Sheffield, A Short History p. 38.
29. Sheffield, A Short History p. 48.
30. Sheffield, A Short History pp. 55-57.
31. Sheffield, A Short History p. 45.
32. Hoyer, Blood and Iron pp. 124-125.
33. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 125.
34. Sheffield, A Short History p. 66.
35. Sheffield, A Short History pp. 67-68.
36. Sheffield, A Short History p. 70.
37. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 122.
38. Hoyer, Blood and Iron pp. 125-126.
39. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 127.
40. Hoyer, Blood and Iron p. 123.
41. Sheffield, A Short History p. 170.
42. Sheffield, A Short History pp. 170-171.
43. Hoyer, Blood and Iron pp. 137-138.
44. Taylor, Bismarck p. 264.

Selected Bibliography:
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia. "German Empire." Encyclopedia Britannica, October 29, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/place/Germ....

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

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: The History Press, 2021.

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

Röhl, John C. G.. 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/Worl....

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

Taylor, Alan P. J.. Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman. New York: Vintage Books, 1967.

Wilhelm, Kaiser II. The Kaiser's memoirs, Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, 1888-1918. London: Harper & Brothers, 1922.