Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
It's nearly Christmas, and what better way to celebrate Christmas than by teaming up with a bunch of awesome history YouTubers, and talking about our local history.
Southampton, my hometown, is a wonderful city on the South Coast of England, with a history that goes right back to when the Romans were in England. The city has some of the best preserved medieval walls in the country, and continues to play a role as an important port to this day.
Where I got my information from:
localhistories.org/southampton.html
tudorhouseandgarden.com/planning-your-visit/explore-old-town/old-town-walk
castlesfortsbattles.co.uk/south_east/southampton_castle_walls.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_town_walls
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It's nearly Christmas, and what better way to celebrate Christmas than by teaming up with a bunch of awesome history YouTubers, and talking about our local history.
Southampton, my hometown, is a wonderful city on the South Coast of England, with a history that goes right back to when the Romans were in England. The city has some of the best preserved medieval walls in the country, and continues to play a role as an important port to this day.
Where I got my information from:
localhistories.org/southampton.html
tudorhouseandgarden.com/planning-your-visit/explore-old-town/old-town-walk
castlesfortsbattles.co.uk/south_east/southampton_castle_walls.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_town_walls
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![1918-19: The National Assembly & Setting Up the Weimar Republic | GCSE History | Weimar Germany
It’s November 1918 and German officials have just signed the armistice, bringing an end to the First World War. With the Kaiser having abdicated they now face the challenge of trying to sort out a new way of governing Germany. The next few months aren’t going to be easy.
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Setting up the Weimar Republic:
- The 9 months from November 1918 - July 1919 were uneasy for the new Republic whilst a new government was being put in place
- Ebert took steps to increase people’s confidence in the new republic
- Ebert kept civil servants who had served under the Kaiser to stay in office
- They were instructed to work alongside soldiers and workers’ councils where local people had set these up
- This kept Germany running - e.g. collecting taxes and keeping public services, such as schools running
- Ebert reassured the army would not be reformed & officers kept their ranks
- This gained him support of the German army
- Ebert reassured leaders of industry that no land or factories would be seized by the new Republic
- Moreover, there was to be no nationalisation of private industries
- This helped businesses and the economy continue to operate
- Ebert won the support of the trade unions - he told their leader (Carl Legien) the new Republic would try to achieve an 8hr working day
- Some extreme political parties were still dissatisfied - demonstrations & riots remained common in major cities
- Germany was still on the edge of anarchy
- Ebert’s fragile control lasted long enough to agree a new constitution
The National Assembly:
- 19th Jan 1919, elections for a new National assembly took place
- 82% of the electorate voted and moderate parties won most of the seats (SPD 40% and the Centre Party won 20%)
- Moderate parties, combined, had around 80% of the seats in the Assembly
- Feb 1919, the National Assembly met for the first time
- The large amounts of violence & unrest in Berlin meant the assembly had to meet in the peaceful town of Weimar (250 km away)
- 31 Jul 1919, the National Assembly agreed a new constitution by 262 votes to 75
- This constitution became known as the Weimar republic
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Black Country Living Museum - The Workers Institute - desk with old style telephone by Elliott Brown, licensed under CC-BY 2.0
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German prisoners captured in the new drive between Alsdorf and Mariadorf, Germany, march under guard in German street, 16 November, 1944. by Signal Corps Archive, licensed under CC PDM 1.0
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005-07-01 07-04 Oberfranken, Thüringen 060 Weimar, Deutsches Nationaltheater by Allie_Caulfield, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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SOURCES:
John Child, Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939 (EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY (9-1)) (Pearson, 2016) [ISBN: 9781292127347]
Its a GCSE textbook, please dont use it for any serious academic writing!
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![Women in the Weimar Republic: Work & Politics, 1918-1933 | GCSE History | Weimar & Nazi Germany
The arrival of the new Republic in 1918 brought about much change for women in Germany. They received new legal rights, making them, at least in theory, equal citizens to men. In this video we look at how things actually were and what difference these rights made, with a specific focus on women in politics and in the workplace.
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Practice exam-style questions on Weimar: https://quizlet.com/_6cqa3d
Quizlet Flashcards: Coming at some point
Revision Notes: Also coming at some point
*SOURCES*
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Weimar Constitution, Article 109 (“Alle Deutschen sind vor dem Gesetze gleich. Männer und Frauen haben grundsätzlich dieselben staatsbürgerlichen Rechte und Pflichten.”)
[2] Weimar Constitution, Article 119 (“Die Ehe steht als Grundlage des Familienlebens und der Erhaltung und Vermehrung der Nation unter dem besonderen Schutz der Verfassung. Sie beruht auf der Gleichberechtigung der beiden Geschlechter.”)
[3] Helen Boak, _Women in the Weimar Republic_ (Manchester University Press, 2013), p. 78.
[4] Ibid., 89.
Footnotes continued here (description has a character limit): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NMCeqNv6mtXNPhSnPVJuRLtc-MDAl2eSa92F9mVEWzM/edit?usp=sharing
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Boak, Helen, _Women in the Weimar Republic_ (Manchester University Press, 2013).
Planert, Ute ‘Weimar Bodies: Gender, Sexuality, and Reproduction’, in Nadine Rossol and Benjamin Ziemann (eds), _The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic_ (Oxford University Press, 2022).
Rossol, Nadine, and Benjamin Ziemann, ‘Introduction’, in Nadine Rossol and Benjamin Ziemann (eds), _The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic_ (Oxford University Press, 2022).
Stibbe, Matthew _Germany, 1914-1933: Politics, Society and Culture_ (Routledge, 2010).
Wikisource contributors, ‘Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs (1919)’, Wikisource (2021), https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Verfassung_des_Deutschen_Reichs_(1919) [accessed 6 May 2025].***
*I rely on an official GCSE textbook heavily for the purpose of making sure that what I’m teaching falls in line with the GCSE curriculum, the problem with this, however, is that this official GCSE textbook is a very unreliable source, which fails to cite its sources and contains numerous errors and outdated interpretations of the history. It very much does not hold up to academic standards and should not be used for anything other than GCSE revision.
**Benjamin says read his book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-the-weimar-republic-9780198845775?cc=nl&lang=en& He is a bit of a legend (and even gave feedback on an early draft of this script!) so I think you should too.
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0:00 Intro
0:28 New Legal Rights
0:45 Women in Politics
1:56 How many women are working?
3:07 Treatment in the Workplace
3:39 Areas of Employment
5:38 Backlash Against Women’s Employment
6:27 Conclusion - The State of Things
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![Ideological Differences Between East & West (1941-45) | Revision #Shorts | GCSE History | Cold War
The recent invasion of German invasion of Russia puts Russia in the war (WWII) and on the same side as the allies. The Grand Alliance, between Russia, the USA and Britain, is formed.
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This is the short version of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBBeV2wswkA for a very brief summary of what happened - excellent for last minute revision! ;)
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- britain & USA capitalist
- [SU] was [not]
differences between leaders
- Roosevelt, Churchill & [tash man] often referred to as the big three (leaders in 1941)
- known as the grand alliance
- the leaders of the grand alliance met 3 times during the war: tehran (1943), yalta (feb 1945) and potsdam (july 1945)
- [tash man] was a strong opponent of german [f-ism word] so it suited the 3 countries to work together
- ideological differences made it impossible to agree on how post-war europe should be governed
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