What did the World Learn from the American Civil War?
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Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the US and early modern history continues with a video on the European Perspective of the American Civil War, as we discuss what various political and military leaders from Europe thought about the war between the Union and the Confederacy. The American Civil War wasn’t just a North–South struggle; it was also a live laboratory watched closely from across the Atlantic. In this video, we explore how European powers – from Britain, France, Prussia, and Russia to Austria and the Ottoman Empire – sent officers and missions to observe the conflict and draw lessons for their own future wars. Fascinated by this vast democratic army, Europe’s elites hoped both to learn from American industrial warfare and to test whether mass democracy could survive a cataclysmic civil war. We follow the official and unofficial observers as they tour Union factories, Southern battlefields, and frontline fortifications, examining how they judged American tactics, logistics, artillery, and the rise of field entrenchments. Figures like Justus Scheibert and Henry Fletcher tried to warn their governments that this new style of mass, industrial, and democratic warfare pointed to a darker future. Yet their insights were largely overshadowed by the quick, decisive German Unification Wars. Finally, we ask: what did Europe truly learn from the American Civil War – and what did it ignore, to its cost, when 1914 turned the continent into a battlefield on an even greater scale?
Videos on American history:
American Civil War: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaBYW76inbX5jAtu0SZE9V0x7-5CWSt9j
American Revolution - https://youtu.be/yRfAoxJj5j8
When America Invaded Russia - https://youtu.be/7rRq3McTnYs
Tecumseh and the Native American Resistance - https://youtu.be/cH-T2aY4DPY
History of the American Mafia - https://youtu.be/jUne3fMzPKU
Battle of New Orleans - https://youtu.be/IH6CsX_nOVs
Video: Yağız Bozan and Murat Can Yağbasan
Script: David Ernenwein
Narration: OfficiallyDevin
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00:00:00 – Why Europe Watched America’s War
00:01:50 – Europe’s Fascination & Political Motives
00:03:33 – The Foreign Observation Missions Begin
00:05:21 – Russia’s Quiet Learning & Naval Surprise
00:07:18 – Prussian & French Conclusions on the War
00:11:05 – Britain’s Deep Interest and Strategic Fears
00:13:03 – Fletcher’s Warnings & Europe’s Forgotten Lessons
Music courtesy of EpidemicSound
#Documentary #AmericanCivilWar #ushistory
Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the US and early modern history continues with a video on the European Perspective of the American Civil War, as we discuss what various political and military leaders from Europe thought about the war between the Union and the Confederacy. The American Civil War wasn’t just a North–South struggle; it was also a live laboratory watched closely from across the Atlantic. In this video, we explore how European powers – from Britain, France, Prussia, and Russia to Austria and the Ottoman Empire – sent officers and missions to observe the conflict and draw lessons for their own future wars. Fascinated by this vast democratic army, Europe’s elites hoped both to learn from American industrial warfare and to test whether mass democracy could survive a cataclysmic civil war. We follow the official and unofficial observers as they tour Union factories, Southern battlefields, and frontline fortifications, examining how they judged American tactics, logistics, artillery, and the rise of field entrenchments. Figures like Justus Scheibert and Henry Fletcher tried to warn their governments that this new style of mass, industrial, and democratic warfare pointed to a darker future. Yet their insights were largely overshadowed by the quick, decisive German Unification Wars. Finally, we ask: what did Europe truly learn from the American Civil War – and what did it ignore, to its cost, when 1914 turned the continent into a battlefield on an even greater scale?
Videos on American history:
American Civil War: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaBYW76inbX5jAtu0SZE9V0x7-5CWSt9j
American Revolution - https://youtu.be/yRfAoxJj5j8
When America Invaded Russia - https://youtu.be/7rRq3McTnYs
Tecumseh and the Native American Resistance - https://youtu.be/cH-T2aY4DPY
History of the American Mafia - https://youtu.be/jUne3fMzPKU
Battle of New Orleans - https://youtu.be/IH6CsX_nOVs
Video: Yağız Bozan and Murat Can Yağbasan
Script: David Ernenwein
Narration: OfficiallyDevin
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✔ Podcast ► https://kingsandgenerals.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/2QTuMNG
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✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KingsGenerals
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Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n20wN_8SC3VAGVXnhlw-z0TNn1OuXjER4SaxqJFVp2w/edit?usp=sharing
00:00:00 – Why Europe Watched America’s War
00:01:50 – Europe’s Fascination & Political Motives
00:03:33 – The Foreign Observation Missions Begin
00:05:21 – Russia’s Quiet Learning & Naval Surprise
00:07:18 – Prussian & French Conclusions on the War
00:11:05 – Britain’s Deep Interest and Strategic Fears
00:13:03 – Fletcher’s Warnings & Europe’s Forgotten Lessons
Music courtesy of EpidemicSound
#Documentary #AmericanCivilWar #ushistory
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