The ENTIRE History of Germany Explained | From Rome to Reunification

German history in 33 minutes: 2,000 years of a country knocked back to zero four times and got up again every time. In November 1923, one US dollar cost about four trillion German marks, and a lifetime of savings could not buy a loaf of bread. We start with the Germanic tribes who trapped three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest, then follow Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Empire, Martin Luther and the Thirty Years' War, the rise of Prussia under Frederick the Great and Bismarck, the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, the Holocaust, Zero Hour in 1945, the Berlin Wall and reunification. German history sits at the center of European history, so this is also a tour of European history from Rome to the European Union. If you want German history explained with maps, animation and a little humor, this is the whole story in one sitting. German history, chapter by chapter (part of our European history series): 0:00 Intro: Four Times Zero 0:46 The Traitor in the Forest 4:53 The King Who Could Barely Write 8:04 An Empire in Name Only 11:28 One Monk, One Door, One Split 14:06 Zero No. 1: The Thirty Years' War 17:07 Zero No. 2: Prussia and Napoleon 22:11 Zero No. 3: Money, Dictatorship and War 28:24 Zero Hour: The Comeback A note on numbers: in German history, as in all European history, death tolls for the Thirty Years' War and early medieval events such as Verden (782) are estimates, and historians disagree on them. Historical borders on the maps are approximate. The Holocaust figure of six million Jewish victims follows the consensus of historians. Sources: Tacitus, Annals (books 1–2) and Suetonius, Life of Augustus Einhard, Life of Charlemagne; Royal Frankish Annals Mary Fulbrook, A Concise History of Germany (2nd ed., 2004) Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History (2016) Peter H. Wilson, Europe's Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War (2009) Tim Blanning, Frederick the Great: King of Prussia (2015) Christopher Clark, Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (2006) Frederick Taylor, The Downfall of Money: Germany's Hyperinflation and the Destruction of the Middle Class (2013) Richard J. Evans, The Coming of the Third Reich (2003) Frederick Taylor, Exorcising Hitler: The Occupation and Denazification of Germany (2011) More European history and world history from Howl History: 1100 Years of Russian History in 20 Minutes:    • 1100 Years of Russian History in 20 Minutes   3,000 Years of Israel History in 27 Minutes:    • Видео   All episodes:    / @howlhistory   About this video: the narration uses an AI voice. The story scenes are AI-generated illustrations, not historical footage or real portraits, and the short lines of dialogue in speech bubbles are imagined. Maps are built on NASA Blue Marble satellite imagery; historical borders are approximate. Copyright: the script, narration, illustrations, animation and maps in this video were created for Howl History. We do not claim ownership of any third-party material. If you own material shown in this video and believe it is used without permission, contact us through the channel's About page and we will remove it. #europeanhistory #germanhistory #germanictribes