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Video: Prussia vs. Napoleonic France (Nazi Propaganda)
by James Mayfield (Chairman, European Heritage Library)

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This EHL video is a compilation of scenes from the epic 1945 German film "Kolberg". From 1804-1815, the First French Republic borne of the French Revolution was ruled by the awesome dictator Napoleon Bonaparte as the First French Empire. In the greatest apex of French military history, the French nation conquered nearly all of Western Europe and was so feared that what was left of Europe set aside their differences -- even with the Muslim Ottomans -- to form seven continental coalitions to crush Napoleon's armies. The main powers opposing France were the Germans of Prussia and Austria, as well as the British and Russians. Prussia and Austria both barely escaped total defeat, but ultimately it was a joint alliance between Prussia and England that forever crushed the French empire at Waterloo. In this film, the Germans of the Prussian Kingdom are facing total annexation. The city of Kolberg, now part of Poland since WWII, was a historic site of a heroic popular resistance to French invasion that included both soldiers and civilians refusing to accept foreign rule.

In the last days of World War II, when the German empire was all but dissolved, Adolf Hitler and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels ordered the creation of a multi-million dollar film to inspire the Germans to fight and die for the Reich at all costs, including death (as occurred at Kolberg). It is interesting that at the same time as the German authorities called for all resources to be devoted to the war effort, millions of dollars were spent and thousands of men were drawn from the front to produce this epic.

Please note that my translation style (German to English) in this video is very liberal and condensed. Whole phrases and words have been left out. The reason for this is to reduce cluttering and simplify the viewer's experience.

Neither I nor the European Heritage Library support the Nazi ideology.

 

 
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

James Mayfield is the owner and Chairman of the European Heritage Library. I am working for a doctorate in history, with a specific emphasis on Islamic and European histories. I am well versed in all world cultures, ethnicities, religions, languages, politics, and historical evolution in relation to and against each other.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES USED:

none. Copyright for Kolberg is expired.


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