296B - The Death of Adolf Hitler - WW2 - April 30, 1945
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- Europe is broken, its cities in ruins and millions have died in war and genocide. The world has risen against the Nazi threat, and now the Nazi leader cowers in bunker under Berlin - this is how Adolf Hitler's last 15 weeks unfold, and why he ultimately chooses suicide to escape responsibility for his actions.
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Hosted by: Indy Neidell and Spartacus Olsson
Written and researched by Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
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You may wonder why this episode was hosted by both Indy and Spartacus. Well, it seemed only logical- I mean, Adolf Hitler is really where the regular series and War Against Humanity meet, or even where they began. He is the most prominent character over the years in the regular series, and his invasion of Poland began the series, while at the same time, the evolution of Nazi plans for those they deemed 'lesser' has evolved in that period from subservience to extermination and has been covered as it evolved in War Against Humanity. This was, however, a tricky episode to write. You may wonder why, since the events are pretty straightforward. The answer is tone. See, the first couple stabs at this we realized that if you just read the events in the bunker and don't know the context and don't know the players involved, it could come across as mildly sympathetic for this sick old guy underground, betrayed or besieged from all sides, and that is not what the reality is. The reality is that it was the last days of such a narcissist that in his final weeks, he turned his back on the people he led- the people he had sent to murder others in the millions- simply because they were no longer able to do so, and he considered himself the victim. Had we read his testament here (which you can find online), and his excuses and banalities for the horrors he instigated- in effect, giving him a platform for them, it would be an insult to us all.
Never forget.
We can never forget the horrors this madman's ambitions and delusions spawned, nor his victims.
Having now seen the episode, I agree that the tone was just right and gives Hitler the treatment he deserves. That of a coward, a madman and a monster.
You've made it through the entire war in Europe without ever learning how to pronounce "adjutant" correctly.
Trump behaves in a similar fashion. Always the victim, and always betraying those who supported him when they no longer provide him utility.
Incredible you guys. Give me chills.
"forfate [sic]" -- "for-fit"
It's almost jarring how quickly events accelerated. At the start of the year the Western Allies are basically stabilising their front and the Red Army is slogging their way Westward. You get the impression it will be a slow, grinding trudge toward Berlin. Then in March it's as if someone put the war in Europe onto 5x speed and here we are now looking at two hastily buried corpses in a ditch.
Totally agree with you, it's weird to see the Axis forces virtually implode the last few weeks after such a long slog.
It is indeed, quite a change in pace -TimeGhost Ambassador
If there’s something WWI taught the world, it’s that modern industrialized war may make it hard to break a nation, but that nations still have breaking points. In early 1945, had Germany reached that point. Whether you want to attribute that to the loss of millions of men on the front, the lack of fuel and resources to power the war machine, the cities being shattered by Allied bombing campaigns, or any combination of those factors and others, Germany was spent.
Cracking the Rhine didn't hurt, plus getting out of winter weather for air cover.
If the Wehrmacht had been allowed to conduct strategic retreats and employ an elastic defense, the war could've dragged on longer. Instead, Hitler insisted all units would stand in place and fight to the death. The result was massive chunks of armies being surrounded into pockets and destroyed.
Frankly, there's no reason Germany should've lost in 1945. Hitler could've delayed the inevitable by much longer if he did not take overrule his generals so much from 43 onward.
April 30, 1945: Hitler makes his first good painting
A modern piece, in red on cream/ white.
@@anonUK I believe the colour is, to borrow a line from Blackadder, "Hint of Brain".
Wall spaghetti!
bruh
His most expressive to date. With pre-Jackson Pollock touches.
I love how Indy keeps gesturing even when it's Sparty who's talking
Is he a bit Italian?
There was an episode with Astrid and Anna and they did the same thing
They are a great team.
That's hilarious, perfect synergy between them. Also good script memorization.
@@minsapint8007 Not really. Much prefer Indy to Spartacus' excessive editorializing.
"How did you go bankrupt?"
"Two Ways. Gradually, then suddenly."
-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
When Jake is talking with Brett's betrothed Mike Cambell 😢
@@Jordan_Clark I'm hoping contextually this doesn't give sympathy to hitler, as the quote sounds more tragic than preordained.
Another book to the to-read list!
The only complimentary thing I’ll ever say about Hitler is that he killed Hitler.
Someone even said "nice shot" in chat -TimeGhost Ambassador
@@WorldWarTwo One of the Goebbels' children, as I recall. Traudl Junge mentions it in her interviews in World at War.
But then; he did also kill the man who killed Hitler.
@@arashimiyazawa8165I thought they all died killed by their father.
I think one other thing that you can say for him is he agreed to sign off on his orphan pension to his younger sister when their parents died.
It's not some great act of sacrifice but really goes to show how human he fundamentally was. I really dislike the image of him as some great satanic evil force as opposed to a human being who was absurdly evil, but moreso because he managed to get into a position of being able to implement his craziness instead of because he was necessarily some unique brand of evil.
In my opinion, we all probably know or at least have met, someone who, given the wrong circumstances, do something similar or at least attempt to do something similar. Not at all to justify what he did, but still a really scary concept to realise we could meet someone like that even today and have no idea, maybe even hear about something small they did and think positively of them.
I remember being hyped when I saw that the Great War team is doing same type of series for WW2. And that was almost 6 years ago. Can't believe how the time has flown.
Out of all regular episodes, war against humanity and other special episodes, I probably missed less than 10 total. And that was time well spent.
Thank you for your kinds words and your support. Can totally relate to your perception on the time gone....
-TimeGhost Ambassador
I remember watching episodes on the Winter War with Findland feeling like "this series will go on forever, so much to cover", and now it's almost over.
Spartacus still overly editorializing his lines with melodramatic, pejorative remarks though. Really damages any academic value this videos might've had. Much prefer Indy's delivery.
And this summer, Indy will cover his 3rd war in 10 yrs. When he started the WWI channel, I was on my way to my last semester of college and one of my courses that final semester was a WWI course. This time 10 yrs ago, I took the only history class available that covered the European theater in WWII (and then covered everything in Europe after the war and up to the present day).
Should the episodes for Korea be on Saturdays, the 1st one will be on my 32nd birthday.
@@fillphil4898 There was never anything wrong with how Sparty delivered various lines/remarks.
I loved how Spartacus just goes straight in at Hitler's suicide. No pretense, no more suspense, and no drama or attention than he deserves.
Really well delivered.
He didn't deserve a preamble.
My great grandfather was at the liberation of Dachau with the 157th infrantry regiment. He never spoke of it after the war or anything that he and his unit fought through. He ended up with 3 Purple Hearts and a bronze star. He lived until 2016 and died peacefully.
Did he bring back any war trophy?
@@thilgu other than his medals not that I’m aware of. I do remember him saying he tried to keep his M1 but wasn’t allowed to.
May God rest his soul....
@@seanfinnerty3661 he’s at peace with his wife of 70 years (in life) now. Thank you for the kind thoughts!
Your great grandfather kept silent because he knew he couldn't explain the unexplainable. What he and his combat crew saw and had to do is so contrary to any humanity that you can only truly understand it if you were there. Everybody knows what a psychopath is. Yet nobody, not even the pro's treating them, are able to understand them all the way through. Now take a psycho and multiply his actions by a factor of 10.000, and you still haven't reached even the outskirts of the true horror in a war. That's the best way that I can explain why we can never explain what we saw and did.
No. I was not a soldier in a war. I was a relief aid driver. But I saw enough. And some of it I saw up very close. And I too don't know how to explain what I saw and heard and smelled. Nor do I honestly want my loved ones to really fathom these horrors, because I know that if I somehow succeeded in bringing it across, they would never be able to let it go again. And that is something I don't want for my worst enemy. That is the best way that I can describe my personal feelings about it.
Your great grandfather managed to live a peaceful and prosperous life for just over 70 years after, and he helped get you and your family get wings and fly out into the world. Honor his dedication for that and remember him by the love he gave you. That is the best memory that you can give him. That is how he and all the other heroes from across the world deserves to be remembered. And I am also fairly certain, though having never known him, that this is how he wants to be remembered.
Also forgot to throw in a mandatory "Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!"
A missed opportunity for sure.
DER UNTERGANG
BRINGEN SIE MIR FEGELEIN!
That movie got so much history right. Its quite incredible.
I just realized the universal German character actor for any non-German film, Thomas Kertschmann, plays Fegelein in the movie.
The closing of the Victory at Sea epsiode "The Fate of Europe" sums it up - "Germany is beaten, the Axis is broken. Statistics are meaningless. The catastrophe is incalculable. But free men have given mankind the opportunity to be free, and that is the greatest of legacies."
"Hitler Dead!" - the best headline ever, so great that it took up over half of front pages
The only headline that can come close to this today is "putin is dead!" And "Ukraine victoriouse in war of their extermination!"
@@goldholzlol ukronazi detected.
Humans are just programmable machines @@goldholz
@@nonono9194 no they are not. Unlike machines, humans can change on their own, without outside influence and can make decisions by their own choice
I'm glad Sparty was the one to announce the death. He's had to narrate a lot of horror in the War Against Humanity series, and for him to matter-of-fact describe the last pistol shot in a wonderfully unsentimental way is perfection.
This has been a long time coming. I've been around since October 2015 when you guys were still relatively early in WW1. Now here we are...
It has been a journey. I started in spring 2015. 9 years...
I started following around the same time.
Really looking forward to Indy’s videos on the Korean War 👍
Did you also come from the Alt History Hub schleiffen plan video? That's how I got here and it was uploaded in September of 2015. Crazy to think I was only 12 at the time and now I'm 20.
Yep, it's been a journey.
I have been around since around the beginnings of the battle of Verdun, I was almost 17 then, now 25. Man, what a great time to be a history fan. Kings and generals, Indy and the time ghost army, Epic history Tv, TIK (regardless if one agrees with his political opinions or not, he is still a great and dedicated historian), Eastory, The armchair historian, the cold war, and even oversimplified and history matters, which are for more casual people, made youtube such a beautiful place to learn about the past. I am sure there are more channels I dont know about or not watch that much, but you get the point.
I hope TimeGhost covers the Nuremburg Trials and what happens to some of the people who played their role in killing millions. I trust TimeGhost to do the stories of the trials and the escape of those who deserved punishment thoroughly and objectively.
Ben Ferencz died just a year ago.
When he was approached by SS-General Otto Rasch's attorney about Rasch being too sick for trial, Ferencz recalls the following discussion:
When I asked what ailed his client, he replied that it was Parkinson’s disease, which caused Rasch’s s body to tremble. I stated that if I had killed as many people as he had, I too would be shaking. “Is he breathing?” I asked his Nazi lawyer. “If so, I am going to indict the son-of-a-b*tch.”
Since the crew is tackling Korea and at least the start of the Cold War, pretty sure that Nuremberg will be highlighted in the 'inter-war' period
Fun fact about Fegelein's death:
All of the major figures in the nazi apparatus were constantly trying to stab each other in the back but there was one thing they all agreed on...their shared loathing of Fegelein. _Everybody_ hated that guy. And it wasn't just the top brass either. Everyone from the guards through the bunker staff to high command wanted to be the one who got to actually kill him.
It takes a special kind of guy to stand out as a particularly loathsome little worm among the inhabitants of the bunker.
He also exited life just as he lived it..a pathetic coward. Here was a mass murder who sent countless people to their deaths who sobbed and soiled his trousers and begged for his life when he was faced with the same fate.
It's also amuing that, despite being a loathsome opportunist, Fegelein was virtually unknown until "Downfall," and now, just writing the word "FEGELEIN!" in some comment makes thousands, if not millions, laugh.
@@davidsigalow7349 It does say something about the impact of films and TV, especially popular ones. I had heard of him before the film, but I read history books. How many people actually do?
@@davidsigalow7349 The great thing is the guy that played Hitler in Downfall has no problems with the whole host of Downfall memes, saying something to the effect "As long as nobody is being harmed, it's all in good fun." I also got to wonder what went through his mind when he was asked to portray the most infamous man in recent history in such an intimate and visceral fashion.
@@randomlyentertaining8287It helps that German is a major world language so even if the subtitles are parodies, people can know what he’s really talking about or ask people about it.
It’s very much punching up because the truth won’t be obscured as if it had been in a rarer language.
So you’re telling me that Steiner’s attack did not succeed!
This is all because of FEGELEN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN!
What became of the fish ?
@@j3lny425It fled to Argentina. We believe may be living under an assumed identity.
Nein, nein, nein!
The only WW2 anniversary news from history that is positive, “Hitler is dead”. A milestone that can be celebrated by civilizations on Earth.
The doom of europe aka communist take over of half of the continent
Good point that you have made. The Nazis were not the 1st to be brutal to those they did not like and they would not be the last.
What was really scary about the Nazis was the methodical step-by-step process that included utilizing modern industrial technology.
Some revisionists would claim that Stalin was worse. No fan of Stalin but the situation in Stalin's case was quite different.
Other than the purges, much of the rest such as the Soviet famine of 1932 could be attributed to poor governance at a time of poor harvest and natural factors. Stalin was no nice guy but he had a strong economic incentive to keep people alive. Similar situation in the case of the Gulag.
Of course, that did not excuse Stalin's responsibility. Poor governance was still poor governance.
In the case of Nazis and the wider German establishment, the Eastern front, in the words of historian Andrew Roberts, was to be fought as a war of extermination.
Ehhh not if you're white 😂😂
This series has given me appreciation for VE and VJ Day . I actually feel anticipation. I can only imagine how it felt to millions of people in 1945.
My mother was thirteen and a bit on VJ Day. She and her parents were on holiday at the time staying at the pub in a small village. She tells me she spent the evening dancing the Lambeth Walk. First in the beer garden. Then in the street outside. I can but imagine the feeling.
In the Channel Islands, Liberation Day on May 9 (the day that the British navy arrived in the islands to accept the German surrender) is our biggest celebration. Streamers with British and island flags fly from people's homes. There are parties and barbecues in every parish, a military vehicles parade, and a concert where several of the acts dress in period costume and sing war songs. Even during lockdown, we all had backyard barbecues and played music in our yards. The older people talk about their experiences growing up under occupation: everything from booby trapping German latrines to using cows as unwitting minesweepers to the hunger and deprivation of the final months (for the Channel Islands, D-Day meant both Germans and civilians being cut off from supplies).
These are awesome stories. Makes you realise how precious everything is. As well is how fast we can lose it
@@eyeyayayayThank you for sharing
I find this too. It's real strange cos it's 'only a CZcams series'. Clearly, it's more than that.
The two lead fascists dead is a week?
We never had this good since.
I never realized for some reason that it was less than a week apart for them.
@@MM22966 less than 48 hours apart actually
Unfortunately Stalin didn't have a hesrt attack celebrating the death of old Adolf while pushing Baria down the stairs. That would have been a true chance at a good week.
@@joby10095 Not before Winston "Starve Those Beasts" Churchill.
@@deathdoor he was less than 3 months from being thrown out of office, but sure, I wouldn't have shed any tears. Not a whole lot of clean hands at the top of any of these countries.
When the guy with Main Character Syndrome realizes he's been the evil antagonist the whole time.
"Are we the baddies?"
He never realised, he died believing good guys never win, probably the original "nice guy"
I am sure he more thought of himself as a hero whose story turned out to be a tragedy. I expect he never had proper remorse for what he did.
Unfortunately, I don't think Adolf had that level of self reflection.
@@anonUK came here to comment that haha
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
You all have done an incredible job to document the past. I hope we are not doomed to relive it, but fear that too many of our compatriots have not learned.
Nonetheless, you have made every effort to teach us about the past. If we're too ignorant or lackadaisical to allow this to happen again, it's on us. This has been an amazing series and I am proud to have played even a tiny part in bringing it to life.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot for being a part of it! -TimeGhost Ambassador
The Sad is that there is people who don't believe that it happened or that it was that way. Some even think Hitler has innocent! Conspirace is a hell of a drug!
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Over thousands of years of human history many regimes have risen and fallen. Some regime leaders and their supporters are held accountable for their misdeeds, but many are not. We humans do not learn from history, and I fear we never will. Continuing conflicts around the world are proof of that. We understand what the horrors of war inflicts on our fellow humans, yet we still insist on fighting each other. To quote Bob Dylan "How many times must the cannonballs fly before they're forever banned?" My somewhat depressing answer, they never will be banned.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Yes, but those who see the past in everything today will make horrible mistakes of their own. In the end every situation, while bearing similarities to the past, is still unique in its own right. And seeing the past into everything blinds us to the present. It is a perilous journey historians must walk and if the past has taught us anything it is how unique the 3rd Reich was.
@@WorldWarTwo1:45 I’d love a video from the German civilians POV, how much did they know of the holocaust? What was there reaction towards losing the war? What was their response to invading allied armies form French, Canadian, American and British?
Finally, the episode we have all been waiting 296 weeks to watch.
Regardless of our polarizing opinions of Adolf Hitler, I think we can all agree on this:
*He took his bride on the worst honeymoon in human history*
I believe Eddie Izzard's description of der Fuhrer's honeymoon is quite the best one possible 😂
given the inherent cruelty of mankind and without knowing an actual example, I dare to articulate my doubt. These people never suffered what the civilians did and were warm, well protected and well fed at all times. And their ends were quite quickly and troubleless.
@@ErdoganIstKeinZiegenfi... I'm not comparing wartime experiences. I'm comparing honeymoons- and by that metric, nothing tops going down into a damp, musty underground chamber to swallow poison while your husband fires his Walther PPK in the wrong direction
Someday when the actual events of WW2 are forgotten, they may be remembered as a true Romeo and Juliet.
For example. Nobody remembers how Johnny Cash and Blake Shelton left their wives for the women they ended up with, they just remember the "true love" parts.
@@EpicLouisiana That is impossible. Neither World War 2 or Adolf Hitler will ever be forgotten. Ever.
"That's not Mozart.. that's Beethoven."
No, it’s Bach!
Couldn't tell... he must've been Haydn.
Schindler's list?
Band of brothers
@atfeldman123 although they gpt the date wrong 😂
"He should have done it four years ago..."
"He should have, but he didnt."
Probably one of my favorite scene from Band of Brothers. It really spoke of the futility of the entire war, and tbe insanity caused by one man and his cronies.
Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking with a WW2 veteran who fought all 3 Axis powers. He said he had been following the news in Ukraine, and "Putin ought to be assassinated".
It’s never just “one man.” The broader German society was also at least partially responsible for enabling Hitler to come to power, refusing to overthrow him and following his orders. Same with modern day dictatorships.
"Dragging our asses halfway around the world, interrupting our lives, FOR WHAT? You ignorant servile scum, what the f*** are we doing here?"
There's a reason those men went home and got back to their lives with such alacritous celerity.
Still happening
Interesting factoid about that scene in BoB: when Nixon announces that Hitler is dead, they had just shown the date on screen, and it isn’t April 30. It’s such a dumb error.
Don't worry, boys, Steiner'll be here any minute now
As well as FEGELIEN
This joke is long dead. Steiner is going West to surremder to the western Allies.
Any minute now…
*80 years later*
Hitler’s ghost: Hmm… I wonder what’s taking Steiner so long - surely he’s just stuck in traffic, right?
It's crazy how accurate the movie downfall is
Considering it's pretty much entirely put together from the memoirs of the survivors...
Downfall is based on the sources cited here
The only nitpick I have is how some of the rooms were lit up too brightly for the amount of lamps in them.
Not to mention the “Hitler Rants” parodies it inspired!
The person I felt the most contempt for watching Downfall was Magda Goebbels.
0:18 From 1939 to disaster
2:19 Life in the bunker, Jan-Apr 1945
3:59 Three irreconcilable narratives
6:34 Chaotic orders and fantasies
8:28 April 20
9:58 April 21
11:30 April 22
14:34 April 23
17:17 April 24
18:00 April 25
19:51 April 26
19:59 April 27
22:58 April 28
26:19 April 29
29:03 April 30
31:21 Aftermath and conclusion
Thank you
MUSTACHE MAN HAS OFFICIALLY LEFT THIS PLANE OF EXISTENCE 😆
Thank you
12:45 "The meme" 😄
FEGELEIN
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Haven’t thought about that chat for AGES
@@MaxwellAerialPhotography get a load of this normie
Spartacus' scathing epitaph of Hitler was as fitting as any I've ever heard. Bravo, both of you, bravo.
Blondie and her pup deserved better.
They were doomed regardless. If they had survived in the bunker and were found by the Red Army, their lives would have been very short.
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Unfortunately dogs don’t get to pick their humans…
@@rickglorie 💀
Think about all the babies Biden has murdered by promoting abortion.
I regret not watching the episodes as they came out like I wanted to. I was a happy man each Saturday during the coverage of 1939 and 1940. Afterwards school, life, and responsibilities kicked in. As I missed Saturdays and episodes piled up I missed a lot. But the few I definitely made time for were D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, and now the Battle of Berlin. I look forward to going back and following this series again. Thank you Indy and team for this phenomenal production.
Same its like purposely missing a Tom cruise movie then seeing it on TV and knowing you missed out
same, same… I feel a bit sad I didn‘t find more time for it. Watching it now just isn‘t the same anymore I fear
You are not alone, my man. Only now I am in August 1943. I just hope I will be able to watch every single video missed before Japan is defeated.
With me, I'm gonna watch the D-Day 24 hour special they did for the 80th anniversary of D-Day in June. I only caught snippets of it as it premiered.
Feel the same. I watched regularly up until September 1942, then I’d only watch the odd episode and specials. Now the war is almost over, been following the last few months though
What a ride it has been -- though it is not over yet. I feel lucky to have been able to follow along week by week for the entire length of the war so far. The slow build-up in the initial months and years, all to have it come crumbling down in a fantastical house of cards. Nothing even remotely compares to the historical experience the TimeGhost team has brought us, thank you all!
Thanks a lot for being with us this whole time! -TimeGhost Ambassador
That's fascinating that this man called himself a patriot all the while sending his people to the worst massacre of its history and having no regret whatsoever doing so, even insulting them in the process.
This is the life of a little man, no by height but by his ideas and what he did of his life, a coward and a murderer.
his own disdain for the people he supposedly was fighting for (and happily sent to their deaths) reveals a lot about the psychology of fascists- the fascist disdains his own underlings for being weak enough to be subjugated under him, even as he hates the enemy
You must first know the history of Mr. Hitler life before you write so much crap.
@@joelfernando1 Why, there isn't anything, not even in the slightest in Hitler's history that could redeem him or any of his actions in anyway?
*But do please elaborate on what crap did he wrote?*
This. The Nazi's actually did what they falsely accused the Jews off; the robbed Germany of a future, millions of Germans of their lives and stabbed the German people in the back at the end.
@@joelfernando1 I'd also love to be enlightened... I thought myself somewhat of an expert on Hitler, and I haven't heard of these redeeming facts, or anything that made him a true patriot that you allude to?
I love how Indy physically mimes Sparty haha
Didn't you see the puppet sticks between their hands? He's teaching Sparty to be more expressive with his hands.
Augsburg is where my grandmother was from. She met my grandfather there when his unit entered the town. They fell in love, got married, and he brought her back to the states to start a family.
That's were the beers are made. Not bad. I'll have two of them.
Bertold Brecht was from there too! Cheers, Warren the Knife!
@@calvinforcejr2382 thats where one of many beers are being made, the Augustiner.
Greetings from Augsburg
I’m sorry to hear that your rapist imperialist grandfather kidnapped your grandmother
Women do that all the time. To the victor go the spoils.
A few movie recommendations about this week...
1) Obviously, Downfall (2004), the best film covering Hitler's last weeks
2) Episode 9 of Band of Brothers , covering the 101st participation in the Ruhr pocket and later their advance through southern Germany
3) The German movie "The Bridge" (1959) about a bunch of teenagers joining the Wehrmacht in late April. Available for free in CZcams.
4) The 5th film of the soviet Liberation series (1971), covering the battle of Berlin and Hitler's death. Also available in CZcams for free.
5) Jojo Rabbit (2019), also about a child during the last weeks of war in Europe.
What about the movie with Alec Guinness?
Game recommendation: Call of Duty: World at War (2008) Downfall mission
@@mathiasbartl903 I haven't watched it, but isn't the same as downfall but not as good?
Good list. I'd add The Bunker which covers the same ground as Downfall. Anthony Hopkins plays Hitler and while it's not as good as Downfall, it's worth a look, and also free on YT.
Jojo Rabbit is incredible. Also add CoD World at War to the list.
Probably one of the most important episodes of this show so far.
He said he wanted to die a soldier's death. He died a cowards death. He just didn't want to face anyone for what he did, too afraid to answer for it.
I remember watching the Berlin Wall being taken down and a reporter at the time said that 1989 will be remembered as the year World War Two ended. So we've got a bit to go yet. Keep at it guys!
Thanks a lot for being a part of it! -TimeGhost Ambassador
Look up 1990's "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany" in Wikipedia.
@@josephvigneau7401?? What u bring that here?? U want to talk about the no existence of a nato expansion eastward on the document signed and that was a allegation made by USA signer James Baker? Or the part no nato expansion was clearly limited on the document??
@@Cringe_department_15 Not the place or time putinbot.
@@Cringe_department_15 there is nothing about that in the document, what is not written has no legal legitimacy and is, fittingly, cringe. Pinky swears about unrelated subjects (ie not linked to Germany) are worth nothing, if they existed in the first place.
So this is it huh?
I cant believe I was following this series for almost 6 years. I still remember the first episodes and how war felt small back then. And now it ends with total destruction of germany and death of hitler.
I was 21 years old and in my 3 year of uni, I remember watching ww2 vids from my humble student accomodations. Now I'm 26, soon 27, and employed. How the time flies....
The war in the Pacific still rages.
I was your current age when it all started. Should the Korea episodes be on Saturdays, the first one will be on my birthday (June 29).
What I find very interesting about this series is that even though the war is basically over, the episodes have never been longer and more packed with information. Weekly episodes are pushing 30 minutes on average compared to just a year ago. Timeghost has come a long way since 1914 and im glad to have been watching for most of it, thank you for your hard work.
The only suicide you can make jokes about without controversy
Hitler had a portrait of Frederick the Great in the Fuhrer Bunker. Which is weird, because there is no way that Frederick the Great would EVER have gotten himself in a similar situation.
Yeah, he was smarter than to start a massive world war with questionable allies.
Imagine what Frederick or Bismarck would think If they Saw that situation!
But Frederick did get himself in that situation, he picked up a fight with France, Austria and Russia at once and even lost Berlin, if it weren't for the timely death of the Russian Empress then Prussia would be gone.
Well, he compared himself to Frederick´s situation after the Battle at Kundersdorf, at which the Prussians suffered a major defeat and the road to Berlin being completely open. Due to the Russian and Austrian differences, losing the war was avoided and Prussia won.
When Roosevelt died, Hitler and Goebbels thought they now had the chance the Prussians had and could also win the war.
@@braziliankaiser8304 Sometimes you can be very lucky. Frederick was very lucky when that happened. But like hope luck is not a strategy you can count on. You gotta make your own luck.
I think the delivery of the final moment of Hitler's life by Sparty was excellent. THe tone was perfect.
It's weird, for... years now I've had this channel as a weekly companion. A sort of comfort food made of pure, well-researched history. When this video came up I hesitated on watching for a few minutes, because while it isn't over yet seeing the video title struck with me with some finality. I know the Korean War series is coming and I can't wait, as it's one of my least studied world events, but I can't help but feeling like I'm at the end of a long marathon. Happy we made it but sad it's coming to a close. Between WW1 and this, you have created a MASTERPIECE made of blood, sweat, tears, mountains of research, and historical testimony condensed into one of the most passionate, well-informed, and objectively best history documentaries of all time. In no other way have I been able to not only learn, but to understand and digest this information on a weekly basis because of how well it is presented. Thank you so, SO much for all the work you ALL put into this project, it's inspired many history lovers to delve deeper, and hooked many newcomers to the subject. To see you two together converging on one of the final moments of the ETO feels so right for some reason, both of you presenting the facts, as well as the human side of history hand-in-hand. I'll never stop loving this series, channel, and the people behind it!
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holy shit they made the characters from downfall into real people
You should really look into the lore of that movie. Pretty wild stuff. Totally unrealistic though
Thank you TimeGhost team for all the years of hard work
I'll save my thanks for August. 😉
@@PerkelenaattoriYeah we still got some action taking place in the Far East. Terve naapuri
Even by the lofty standards of Time Ghost/WWII content, this was a masterpiece by all involved in the crafting & presenting of it. Bravo for closing the endpapers of this dark chapter in history with the solemn flourish it deserved. I can think of no investment I've made which has been as richly rewarded as contributing to the TimeGhost Army
You know it's about to go down when there's no phone call.
Wow, you made 33 minutes feel like 5. This is better than any documentary on the subject I’ve seen in holding my attention.
I can't believe this is it. The war isn't over of course, but with Hitler's death everyone can see how the wind is blowing. I've been watching you since almost the start, I'm a part of the army since early 1943, when I got my first job. What an incredible journey. And although it was just a sidenote, when both of you mentioned my hometown Augsburg being liberated (and I mean this word, liberated!) I got tears in my eye. It made me realise that this series really is going to end. Thank you and the whole team so so much for your work!!!
For me, I joined as early as about Feb/March 1940, not long after I finished uni haha. Been awhile!
Europe's war is done.
The Japanese in the Pacific are getting more intense as they desperately defend their homeland from naval and air attacks.
Huh
“Hitler’s dead, that’s true. But the Japanese fight on.”
“Their defeat seems assured.”
“Not if you’re a GI getting ready for invasion.”
Good respect to ya from this old chap who is in his second war. Joined the army in 1914
It has been a long road since the start of the Polish-German war six years ago. Thanks be to the entire TimeGhost team, past and present, for the years of work and effort. Now, to bring it all to bear on the road to Tokyo (and Korea).
I have been watching this series since the July Crisis of 1914 and it's absolutely unbelievable that we get the honor to see your amazing series
Throughout this series I sometimes get hit with the feeling of how insane it is that this all actually happened and it wasn't even that long ago. Hitler thought he could conquer and murder his way into creating utopia for the German people but he brought more ruin and destruction to Germany than any outside force could have ever brought to Germany unprovoked. It's so tragic to think all of this happened over a few people's insane ambitions.
I appreciate the use of so many contemporary documents in this one, so many documentaries on the fall of Nazi Germany don't bother with them even though they are fantastically insightful!
Glad you liked it! -TimeGhost Ambassador
"Today, Adolf Hitler dies."
YAY!!!!!1!!!!!
I watched this series since 2018. This point always seemed distant, far far away. And yet now I've got only one thing to say. Thank you Indy. thank you Sparty. Thank you to the whole timeghost crew!
The only let down for me was the fact, that on the homefront was so rare...
My, Sparty is really emotional in this. Of course while Indy got to do all the cool front stuff with the moving frontlines and the telephone jokes Spartacus had to report on the worst of humanity. You can only stare into the abyss for so long until it stares back into you.
I don't know, it always feels very performative to me.
I'll say this for the guy - he did kill Hitler.
Of course, he also killed the guy who killed Hitler, so it kinda cancels out.
But he also killed the guy who killed hitlers killer so where does that put him?
@@Spiderfisch In a hole in the ground, under a couple burning tires.
20:24 "What is this shit about anyway? It doesn't involve me anymore"-Hermann Fegelein
Your final address to to your viewer's about the true meaning of Hitler's cowardly letting himself off the hook is truly powerful, thanks for your work!
You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.
Norm Macdonald!
To be fair, he had some potential as an artist - too bad that he did politics instead…
@@wilberwhateley7569 Too bad snooty art professors wrote him off instead of accepting him into art school which might have made him a better artist. It is one of the many reasons why I hate the art world. Too many snooty people, too many talentless people who can BS others into thinking the dreck they put out is great, too many talented people being written off because they aren't following the latest trends, too many pretentious people, too many weirdos.
It is an unoriginal comment, but I need to write that it has been an honor to follow you for all these years and to be a small private in the army.
I will continue to follow you in your next adventurers, especially the series about the fall of the Weimar Republic.
Sadly, fascism and nazism did not need 100 years to come back, and the situation looks destined to get worse before it gets better.
They will eventually lose again, but it is our duty to fight them and try to minimize the damage they will inflict to the world before their defeat.
“Educate yourselves because we will need all your intelligence. Be excited because we will need all your enthusiasm. Organise because we will need all your strength.” (Antonio Gramsci)
Not unoriginal at all - especially the wonderful execution ❤ thank you. 🙏🏼
@@spartacus-olsson ❤️❤️❤️
This guy plays the Germans in hoi4 every time btw
What? Who do you think the "nazi's" are then?
Marxism is making a resurgence as well. I feel like 100 years later everything is repeating
_Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him._
In WW2 it ended the war. In Iraq and Libya the real chaos started after "Big Bad" was caught or killed.
It's been a pleasure seeing this series develop for six years. Thank you all TimeGhost team for everything! Greetings from Spain.
Meanwhile Mussolini didn't even have his own video. Fitting for the second fiddle he was.
And why would he? Let’s face it - Mussolini was just a wannabe conqueror that didn’t have abilities that matched his ambitions.
🎵See the Reich in flames
Try to save Berlin in vain
It’s a road through death and pain
On the other shore, there’s the end of the war🎵
who could ever have believed
seems like nothing's been achieved
just to walk a day, go all the way
the front is closing in
It is not about Berlin
It is not about the Riech
It's about the men, who fought for them
What peace can they expect?
You can hear the indignation and satisfaction in Spartacus' voice that he can finally announce Hitler is dead. The War Against Humanity series is an amazing work, but it must have also been a burden to bear. Thank you Sparty for your service to preserving history, and I hope you got some catharsis in saying, "Hitler ist tot". Never forget.
This episode was a very powerful telling of the end of Hitler’s evil. Six years of watching these episodes culminating in a powerful special episode.
Let us also remember that the war in the east, along with its atrocities, has been going on for longer than in Europe and will go on for another 3 1/2 months.
"Hitler's dead? I didn't even know he was sick." - Norm MacDonald
Reality always comes crashing down on fascists. But unfortunately, they can do a lot of damage before that happens. What I find most humorous about this week's episode (gallows humor) is Goering's little push to "inherit" Hitler's crumbling empire that had him arrested. At the end, all of the nazis began turning on each other in an effort to rule the ashes, all delusional and convinced they would cut a deal with the western allies.
They would meet their ends in front of trials with judges, american, british, and soviet, all sitting together despite enmities between them. No one is getting a deal, just a noose.
Göring (and others) wanted to inherit the Reich because he figured that meant he'd be the one to negotiate terms with the allies and thus too useful to be executed.
@@GaldirEonailol “negotiate” is cute when the Red Army is in Berlin, the Axis armies are obliterated and most of Germany is under allied control already. What the hell was he going to do”negotiate” with.
@@ethank5059 I mean, look what that got Karl Donitz: survive the war with only 10 years imprisonment despite being on par with Goebbels in being a dye-in-the-wool Fanatic...
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Dönitz probably had the best defence lawyer at Nuremberg - he managed to weaken key parts of the indictment, regarding U-boat warfare, by for example getting an Allied naval commander to give favourable testimony.
What a journey this has been. Glad to see Indy and Sparty together again, a very appropriate change for the culmination of the war in Europe. Thank you to all involved in making these, looking forward to the final end of the war.
"They lose me right after the bunker scene."
Then the whole town of Rockridge busts through the doors in a giant brawl.
@@ianramage9777 "Yankee Bean Soup....Cole Slaw and Tuna Surprise!"
Weird to think that Nazi Germany still has a week to go. Hitler dying feels like the point when the credits roll, but there's still some agonal breathing to get through. Not to mention the Pacific.
The bloopers. After the credits, always the bloopers.
"Stars And Stripes", the US military newspaper, ran the headline on May 2, 1945 - "Hitler Dead". There is a photo of a US military policeman showing it to two German POWs. One, whose uniform suggested he was an assault gun crewman, looks solemn, the other, wearing a camouflage groundsheet, grins.
Having watched this series from nearly the beginning, I feel an odd sense of climatic joy seeing and hearing of Hitler's suicide... albeit this actually happened 79-years ago! Well done for a superb episode!
Thank you, really appreciate your comment and support.
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I have been waiting for us to get to this point in the war for so long and I gotta say both Indy and Sparty nailed it on the delivery and tone.
Still three months to go in the Pacific. Must have felt like forever.
Three months and two world-changing bombing missions.
Indy and Spartacus, having watch all your weekly episodes, this must surely be the best. Outstanding presentation from you both. Thank you.
hopefully you find a way to use this great quote by Ian Kershaw in one of the final episodes: "This war was a historically unprecedented attack on humanity, a destruction of all the cultural ideals that the Enlightenment had produced, a crash the likes of which had never been seen before. It was Europe's Armageddon."
In the hometown of my family, when the first American troops heading their way could already be spotted approaching, maybe 5 km out, the SS drove through the village and shot everyone who had hoisted a white flag: men, women, children, the elderly.
One of those very SS men survived the turmoil of the next two years, not being persecuted, free to live his life - *in the same village* . He died 1952 by 'slipping and drowning in the village's brook', which is barely ankle-deep.
Apparently, nobody had seen a thing. In fact, nobody had seen him the entire day. Or so they said.
"Teabag him. Teabag him!"
- _Joseph Stalin, probably_
Good lord, what great writing and narration
Thank you
Damn...you guys do such an amazing job. Your work is simply excellent. Thank you for all you do!
I was taking up a new post on a ship in the US Navy when I first found this series in early 2021. Every time we pulled into a port and internet was restored I always knew th first thing I wanted to download...it's hard to believe it's coming to an end. Here's to the next project!
I was a freshman in college when Hitler invaded Poland. I moved into my first apartment when he invaded to Soviet Union. And here I am now. The week by week method of this documentary is incredibly valuable.
Best youtube channel ever! You guys are the best of the best!
I consider myself someone who knows the history of WW2, but having watched your series, I have learned so much! Thank you so much and keep up the great work!
A lot of hungarian soldiers were fleeing west, to surrender to the americans. A few years ago at my parents house i found one of my relatives official release papers from american pow. He was lucky, and succeeded reaching them.
Wow. I was hooked to the end. You squeezed so much information in this dense, yet very pleasuring, delivery. Two masters of words describing the last gasping breaths of a dying monster. Mad respect Sparty and Indy!
Honestly I haven’t really started watching the series until March. Since then I’ve been keeping up every week. Thank you so much for preserving the history of the war for future generations.
I'm an OG TimeGhost viewer, having watched both The Great War in its entirety from start to finish and, as things draw to a close, World War Two. I'm also excited to watch the Korean War series as well. Is there going to be a Between Two Wars series for WWII and Korea?
Watching this just makes me appreciate Downfall more. It seems like this video is just a summary of Downfall. That just shows how accurate the movie was.
Excellent work Indy, Sparty, & team.
It's hard realising you guys have come all this way since 6 years ago. I remember still when you anounced the project a year or so before the first episode, when that episode aired and it was the only series in the channel, when the other series began to air as well, and now we've come to the end of it all. What a feat! Cheers! 🎉
Love your channels Indy. Both your telling of WWI and WWII
Sad to say I started this journey on the channel two years ago, but man has it been crazy and eye opening. Best history channel on the internet 🙌🏽
Thank you for your comment. And journey will go on...
-TimeGhost Ambassador
The finale after 5 and half years of war. Thank you for the superb effort and great reporting.
One small correction, Hitler's train was stationed and blown up in Mallnitz, Carinthia, not in Zell am See, Salzburg.