German History Read Slowly (1890-1918) | A German Listening Comprehension | Get Germanized

Translation: The period from 1890, the year of Bismarck's dismissal, until the end of the First World War in 1918, is mentioned in the history books as the Age of Imperialism. From a world-historical point of view, the term of imperialism undoubtedly seems more appropriate. It points to the aspiration of the European powers and the new powers outside of Europe (USA, Japan), which characterizes this epoch, to establish a world position of power in the race with each other by acquiring overseas colonies. From a German point of view, the designation associated with the emperor's name is also justified. The development always feared by Bismarck, but cleverly prevented with his elaborate alliance system, had become a reality. France which was so far isolated and interested in revenge gained an ally, the danger of a two-front war was no longer excluding the empire. But neither the emperor nor the Reich government made moves to count on the British. The emperor did his part to offend the British through generic and clumsy statements. Britain's annexation into the Franco-Russian Entente was the logical consequence of German misconduct. Thus, the only ally of the German Reich was the Habsburg multi-ethnic state of Austria-Hungary. But it was precisely the unfortunate involvement of the Danube monarchy in the highly explosive Balkan conflicts that tore the Reich into the maelstrom of inextricable conflicts of interest and national passions after the murder of Sarajewo, from which, after all, not wanted by anyone, but factored in by all the great powers, the great war arose. The enthusiasm with which the war had been welcomed in all the people involved, soon died in the horror of the material battles. With the entry of the US into the war and the politico-military collapse of Russia, the year 1917 became a crisis and the turning point of the First World War. But it was only after the attempt to force the military decision with the spring offensive in 1918 failed that Ludendorff admitted the hopelessness of continuing the struggle that suddenly demanded the immediate inclusion of ceasefire negotiations and even the overdue parliamentarization of the constitution since the beginning of the war. In Compiègne the German delegation leader, the Centre politician Matthias Erzberger, signed the ceasefire treaty, which amounted to a political and military surrender. On all fronts the weapons went silent and the most murderous war world history had seen so far came to an end.

You have the perfect reading voice. Your diction is flawless. My German is not good, but I could really follow along with the translation because your speech was so clear and not rushed. Please do more of these historic (and linguistic) learning videos. They're so much fun.

I've always needed Get Germanized ASMR

For a language learner this is some great content. Seems like it's easy to produce for you. Win win!!

You could just read German real slowly and bam, instant ASMR.

I think I recommended that you do a history video a while ago. I'm glad to see it finally happen! It would be cool if you could do a video explaining German history in a simple and informal way. For example, you could talk about the Prussian and Austrian rivalry and how that has affected Germany today.

great work! some children's stories for beginners too please? danke!

Vielen vielen Dank für diese Video. Ich lerne Deutsch aber finde andere Videos sehr schwierig.

I love history. Always thought German history was interesting.

Yes! More of this, please.

I love the video! Found it very interesting. Also your voice would be great at narrating horror stories.

I been stressing out about finals this help me relax a bit because I’m studying my ass off

Danke!

This language is so damn beautiful😍

Cool! Hard text for a beginner like me though. Had dict.cc and google translate by my side to help and even then couldn't translate equally to the translation at the description. :)

Do the one with otto von bismarck please.

OK. That'll work. Lets do it again

Mein Deutsch is nicht so gut. 🙁 Aber, danke für die Video.

This was horrible! 🤣 You are reading too slow, bro! I know you want to help our English speaking friends by reading slowly. I totally get that! But it sounds weird to my Germans ears. It's just way too slow. These people are learning German but they are not completely stupid... I think they can handle more than that. And who wrote this? PLS (!!!) do not adopt the way of missing commas in that text to your skills. Dom: I know I am a bit annoying. 😉 But I just want to add my German view... I think you are doing great and you give great content to English speakers about Germany. PLS do not feel offended when I am critical. It's in our genes and you know that. :) Looking forward to the next video!