Otto Skorzeny's Coup in Hungary (WW2) | Operation Panzerfaust
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In the summer of 1944, the imminent defeat of Nazi Germany was coming closer every day, although the Germans were willing to fight until the last man. Not just the Nazi leadership realized they were losing the war, but so were their partners. Italy signed a peace treaty with the allied powers in 1943 and in August, one year later, the Romanians, after a coup, switched sides, from the Axis to the Allies. The Hungarians were still part of the Axis Powers, but their regent, Miklos Horthy, had secretly entered peace negotiations with the allies. So.. what do you think the Nazis did in such a dire situation? Probably not kidnap the son of the regent, in order to force a halt to the negotiations, and kidnap the regent himself right after?
Yeah.. well that’s exactly what the Nazis did.
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Time Codes:
1:02 Background to the Coup
2:45 Preparations
5:50 Operation Panzerfaust
9:11 Aftermath
Sources:
Jörgensen, C. Spying for the Führer (Berlin, 2014).
Frank, T., Hanák, P., and Sugar, P. F. A History of Hungary. (Indiana, 1994).
Photos, paintings and imagery: Public Domain, Wikicommons
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I'm amazed he got away disguising as a tourist. What would a tourist want to see in war torn Europe during WWII? "On your right is a concentration camp, on your left you'll see what used to be a village."
Looking great and sounding great !! Excellent production, very informative and entertaining. Thank you.
Ich bin mit Adrian von Fölkersam verwandt. Er mein entfernter Vorfahre. War schön etwas über ihn hören zu können. Tolles Video
My grandparents were ethnic Germans living in Hungary in the village of Hercegfalva now Mezofalva. Born in Hungary as their parents were. WW2 breaks out and all hell breaks loose. Many WW2 stories and all that happened to be eventually forced to emigrate back to Germany with the enforcement of the Potsdam Agreement which was the removal of 14 million ethnic Germans out of eastern Europe.
Actually is not really true that there was no fight and bloodshed. Some of the royal guards did not get the order to cease fire, and they actually fought the Germans. The official version was that this skirmish cost the life of 3 Hungarian and 4 German soldiers. But according to Károly Lázár, the guards commander, the Germans had higher casualties, around 20 when one patrull run into a Hungarian machine Gun nest...
ofc the guard commander would say so.
Another underrated channel, thx for the great vid.
Thank you, Claudio!
Also Otto was the most unterrated Warhero !!! #OttoForEverForEverOtto #OFEFEO
Otto Skorzeny was one of Germany's most intelligent and brave soldiers in the Germany Military.
Slight correction: he was a fanatical Nazi til the day he died, a war criminal openly "hiding" in fascist Spain. I'm really sorry if this doesn't jive with the "clean, honorable Wehrmacht" trip you appear to be on, but them's the facts, son. You probably don't much care for Sönke Neitzel, but Deutsche Krieger and Soldaten, for example, are meticulously researched history, and they paint a very, very different picture from what you are suggesting here. Viel Glück!
Lions , Tigers , & Bears , OH MY !
@@haeuptlingaberja4927 Slight correction: he was a soldier who fought in the German Special Forces and committed no war crimes whatsoever which is why both American and British soldiers testified in his defense at his trial. Sorry if that doesn't jive with your anti-German tirade which had no sources to back up any of the claims you made. But then your kind of fool never bothers with facts do they?
If you are not too blind with propagandist rage to learn, here's a book you should read: 'Skorzeny: Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century - War Leader #11' written by Charles Whiting. Whiting served in the British Army during World War II and wrote over 350 books.
@@vintageadventure-l6m Trust me I could not just agree with you, but I could offer more info to back up your position that's undeniable. As a family, we choose not to deal with these baseless claims. After all, might is right as they say. The anti-German position will fall the way of Patton and others as time slowly creeps on. Nothing can erase us. Until the last breath, and the last drop of blood as someone once said.
@@vintageadventure-l6m 👍👍👍 Otto war ein Ehrenmann der das tat was er am besten kann !!!
Very interesting buddy, keep going and the subs will come.
You guys are a great channel! Excellent bio's!
Fantastic work,easy to follow and listen to
Nice presentation!
Uh just one tiny tidbit, the picture you used for Miklos Horthy Jr. is actually Gyula Gombos. I get why you made that mistake though when I searched up Miklos Horthy Jr. that picture also appeared under the name "Miklos Horthy Jr." instead of Gyula Gombos.
Thanks for pointing it out! I indeed didn't know and simply found this photo with his name on it
Great video!
Looking fresh!
An excellent narrative.
Nearly all those making history videos on CZcams do a pretty amazing job. I learn easier from someone more soft spoken and methodical like this channel.
I would really like to learn about the Grand Mufti, Amin al Husseini. He was a Bosniak Muslim leader who was a Nazi collaborator. I think it’s rather weird that in World War II the Nazis and Arabs roughly had the same goals. Another spectacular video!
A brief answer that explains the (occasional) Arab-Nazi collaboration can be traced to their common enemies: the Jews (anti semitism), British and French imperialism, and Communism (religion and nationhood were subservient to class solidarity).
It is a very interesting topic and certainly deserves its own video! Hope this answer has you satisfied until then, and thanks for the comment!
Bravo. Well documented, nicely said. Thank you
The man at 3:54 is not Miklós Horthy Jr. It is Gyula Gömbös
For foreigners: Gömbös was Hungarian prime minister from 1932 until his death in 1936.
Rocking the blazer man! Also, if that's whiskey in your glass, seems like a bit much haha
The video was a bit blurry. Maybe there's a smudge on the camera lens? Also, some of the writing on pictures was hard to read because the photo was bright/white. I recommend making the background of the box darker for these bright pictures.
Cheers, it was tea! Hadn’t noticed blurriness myself, but I’ll brush the lens for the videos I am about to record ;)
@@HoH Ah, it did look a diluted for some whiskey.
Looking forward to those videos man.
I was gonna say, it's probably tea! Europeans usually drink Scotch which is much lighter, but bourbon is darker like that stuff on the table. :-)
I would like to hear more about Otto Rasch and the role he played.
A very curious character that I would like to know more about is hitlers adjutant Julius shaub. He is in at least half the still and moving pictures of Hitler. He was one of the very first nazi party members, and was ordered by hitler to go from the berlin bunker to obersalzberg in order to burn certain papers that hitler wished to be denied the allies.
I love the look.
hi house of history , do you know of the hungarian general ferenc wäeger ? i think he fought with the Germans, ww2 also captain Lorenz Szabo and his wife etelka wäeger ( daughter of ferenc) she was my mother, any info would be great
cheers, mark
Possibly you could do a episode on The British betrayals at Bleiburg in 1945 that led to the massacre of so many people, civilians & soldiers who were trying to escape the communists?
Ferenc Szálasi was a former major in the General Staff of the Hungarian Army but NEVER a count!!!
In the commentary you claim Adrian von Fölkersam was an SS officer, but the picture you use shows him as a regular Wehrmacht officer. Which is correct, your commentary or the picture?
Both are correct. He was a member of the Brandenburger division (elite special forces) linked to the Abwehr before being transferred to the Waffen SS.
Then if you describe him as an SS officer use a picture of him in SS uniform or explain the transfer in your commentary.
@@mercomania Unfortunately there is no inexaustible well of photos from this period.
@@HoH Then amend your commentary. If you pretend to be an accurate history channel up your performance.
3:57 ez nem a fia, ez Gömbös Gyula.
If you have not already can you do one on Slovakia
What happened to the Hungarian Quizlings?
In the first few months after the war, over 6200 Arrow Cross members were charged with murder. Many figureheads were executed, including its leader Ferenc Szálaszi.
Hope that gives some insight!
Thanks so much for the information and also for the superb history videos!
Salazsy and others were executed in 1946. The Iron Guard mostly got away.
@@annescholey6546 They reappeared in 1956 , didn't they?
Do you know anything about George Soros and or his Mother?
Skorzeny really was a jack of all trades when it came to special operations to bad he was on the wrong side of history.
Good
What country do you come from?
3:55 thats hungarian pm gyula gömbös. He died in the 1930s
Danke!
I'm a little late to the party, but I feel I should mention that the soldiers in the picture at 6:23 aren't German, thats the Arrow Cross victory parade. You can tell from the arm bands. Thos are all Hungarians
Didn't this guy go on to help the USA in the Cold War? And then even Israel or am I thinking of someone else?
So flying carpets are real?? 😃
Noice
😂😂😂😂
I am very interested in the history of Hungary and their place in history during the war with Germany I am especially curious about certain family bloodlines that actually participated with the Germans and taking them to the trains for deportation to the death camps and such also what happened to their property who got most of the houses and money and did some Hungarians benefit financially and are they still in ownership of these properties or were things returned eventually also was their only choices to either Communism or to Germany ? what else could they have done ? Thank you