Heinrich Himmler - WW1 Soldier?

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  • čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
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  • @ktheterkuceder6825
    @ktheterkuceder6825 Před 2 lety +3749

    Fun fact: Goeebels wrote in his diary that if he had a face like Himmler he would never even think of daring to speak of race.

    • @helmortkuper2626
      @helmortkuper2626 Před 2 lety +1158

      Funny that this comes from Goebbels

    • @ktheterkuceder6825
      @ktheterkuceder6825 Před 2 lety +502

      @@helmortkuper2626 Yes. It shows just how much non " aryan" himmler looked.

    • @helmortkuper2626
      @helmortkuper2626 Před 2 lety +156

      @@ktheterkuceder6825 Looks German though

    • @ericcloud1023
      @ericcloud1023 Před 2 lety +698

      Lmao one weird looking Fascist makes fun of another

    • @simonshiels1
      @simonshiels1 Před 2 lety +323

      Pot calling kettle black methinks

  • @vincent.mazkett187
    @vincent.mazkett187 Před 2 lety +2351

    Himmler's Parents: *Looks German*
    Himmler in WW2: *Looks like Hirohito*

  • @MrDraro
    @MrDraro Před 2 lety +708

    Himmler actually went to school together with a great grandfather of mine - there is even a picture of him and himmler together in class... crazy :o

    • @Lewd-Tenant_Isan
      @Lewd-Tenant_Isan Před 2 lety +87

      Damn that's cool and also quite terrifying

    • @tuarchep3964
      @tuarchep3964 Před 2 lety +43

      Show it!

    • @cyrosubod2317
      @cyrosubod2317 Před 2 lety +20

      Bruh send me the picture i want to see it

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +72

      I knew a German guy once who had a picture of his father (a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe) with Göring.

    • @verbinski3195
      @verbinski3195 Před 2 lety +14

      Send us the picture

  • @superskinny4204
    @superskinny4204 Před 2 lety +766

    When I first saw Himmler's photo I thought he was a Japanese soldier

    • @mr.niceguy1812
      @mr.niceguy1812 Před 2 lety +99

      A true Aryan Superman for sure.

    • @bman6065
      @bman6065 Před 2 lety +39

      Especially in parade uniform

    • @gazza6294
      @gazza6294 Před 2 lety +17

      A thought the exact same thing the first picture 100%

    • @ezas533
      @ezas533 Před 2 lety

      HAHAHAHAHHAHA yeah

    • @harrytruax5195
      @harrytruax5195 Před 2 lety +28

      Himmler's turning Japanese I really think so...

  • @barrybraynen8786
    @barrybraynen8786 Před 2 lety +2804

    This is what history channel was supposed to be like. Props to mark

    • @JM-dy4ty
      @JM-dy4ty Před 2 lety +27

      I see this comment under every one of his videos

    • @321rafwaf123
      @321rafwaf123 Před 2 lety +15

      The intro gets everyone going instantly

    • @laurikotivuori1585
      @laurikotivuori1585 Před 2 lety +7

      @@JM-dy4ty Every single one I swear

    • @texasrox2010
      @texasrox2010 Před 2 lety +5

      This comment needs to be pinned

    • @fchanMSI
      @fchanMSI Před 2 lety +24

      The History Channel started to be real history & they had so many WWII programs eventually some people called it the “Hitler channel”.
      Now it became the pawn, mining & conspiracy theory channel.

  • @maxfredriksen350
    @maxfredriksen350 Před 2 lety +1479

    Mark is singlehandedly teaching young people a lot of valuable history

    • @16sputnik7
      @16sputnik7 Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah. Still waiting for his videos on "Bomber" Harris though.

    • @marcoAKAjoe
      @marcoAKAjoe Před 2 lety

      Amen

    • @marcoAKAjoe
      @marcoAKAjoe Před 2 lety +3

      @Crank Yanker CRT isn't even real... it only exists in the media. No school is teaching that trash

    • @MPGunther1
      @MPGunther1 Před 2 lety +19

      Most young people are brain dead from liberal politics

    • @OtaBengaBabalanga
      @OtaBengaBabalanga Před 2 lety +4

      propaganda, otherwise wouldn't be allowed on CZcams

  • @internetstrangerstrangerofweb

    Mark has the voice, the editing and the marketing ability to become one of the finest history you tubers out there.

    • @REM1956
      @REM1956 Před 2 lety +7

      IMHO he already is.

    • @hi._.golgo137
      @hi._.golgo137 Před 2 lety +3

      Don't forget the credibility, he did a lot of heavy lifting for years ( i believe he is a historian with a PHD)

    • @teen_laqueefa
      @teen_laqueefa Před rokem +1

      Already top dog in my home.

  • @DomPatek
    @DomPatek Před 2 lety +138

    Mark singlehandedly putting History channel and the rest to shame.

  • @iLeeqenD
    @iLeeqenD Před 2 lety +650

    I live about 100 metres away from the Himmler house in Landshut.

    • @myview5840
      @myview5840 Před 2 lety +85

      Hope you stop and fart in its general direction when you walk past.

    • @winghead9813
      @winghead9813 Před 2 lety +101

      Fun fact: You just told everyone on this platform where you live if they do a 10 second internet search

    • @myview5840
      @myview5840 Před 2 lety +106

      @@winghead9813 maybe he wants you to find him, so he can show you his bratwurst collection

    • @RecordedYou
      @RecordedYou Před 2 lety +12

      Ask him where his chin at

    • @official_commanderhale965
      @official_commanderhale965 Před 2 lety +15

      @Muad'Dib 100 meter radius isn't all that hard to search over.

  • @tommytwotones128
    @tommytwotones128 Před 2 lety +1417

    When I was little I always thought Himmler was Hitler's weird Chinese friend

    • @robertstallard7836
      @robertstallard7836 Před 2 lety +190

      Well, put him in a pointy, peaked field hat, long puttees, and give him an Arisaka, and he could easily pass for one of the bespectacled Japanese soldiers of WW2.
      Perhaps that's what really happened to him, being one of those who didn't surrender after the war and stayed at their posts until the 1970s!

    • @davemoss9505
      @davemoss9505 Před 2 lety +14

      Funny

    • @stretchedout6600
      @stretchedout6600 Před 2 lety +34

      Well Europeans do originate from Asia

    • @MrSloika
      @MrSloika Před 2 lety +112

      Himmler definitely has an eastern Slavic look. Large numbers of people who identify as German have Slavic ancestry. I'm talking about before WWII. A lot more Slavic blood came into Germany after the war. It's estimated a couple of hundred thousand children were born to German women and Soviet soldiers in the postwar era. Most of the fathers were of Slavic origin, many were central Asian or even far east Asian origin. I once met a German woman who looked east Asian. My initial impression was that she was Korean or Japanese. She told me both her parents were German. I saw a picture of her father who looked east Asian. After talking to her a bit more I discovered that her father was born in 1946, in the Soviet occupation zone. I didn't ask her anything else about it.

    • @cqpp
      @cqpp Před 2 lety +65

      @@MrSloika That's sad for the man born in 1946 he must've hated his rapist father

  • @stavrosk.2868
    @stavrosk.2868 Před 2 lety +5

    Felton's fine channel is NOT a substitute for reading history yourselves!

    • @JoeAmarone
      @JoeAmarone Před 22 dny +1

      Chicken farmer.Master Race 😆 Looks like. Emperor Hirahato😂

  • @splagyetsi3287
    @splagyetsi3287 Před 2 lety +44

    As a young man I was told, Himmler had been a chicken farmer before the war. Thank you for giving me the full story without the missinformation.

    • @calvinmcbride8562
      @calvinmcbride8562 Před 2 lety +8

      He did work as a chicken farmer and studied agronomy.

    • @flimsyjimnz
      @flimsyjimnz Před 9 měsíci

      @@calvinmcbride8562 lol I was going to reply 'Hi from New Zealand -I too heard he was a chicken farmer" -now you pointed out that he really was, I'll perpetuate the 'truth'!
      ....wondering if he also really did '...have two, But they were small..

  • @jimmyc3238
    @jimmyc3238 Před 2 lety +221

    9:00 As a chemist, I was intrigued by the old periodic table and list of elements. Another great story!

    • @sophrapsune
      @sophrapsune Před 2 lety +7

      Wow, well spotted!

    • @myview5840
      @myview5840 Před 2 lety +7

      It just keeps growing, said the assistant to the scientist

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 Před 2 lety +1529

    I don't care what anyone says, THIS is the History Channel.

  • @mapex1976
    @mapex1976 Před 2 lety +47

    Hats off again Mark, my 10 Yr old is a fan now, great use of limited visuals too👍🇮🇪

  • @christinebiada1292
    @christinebiada1292 Před 2 lety +17

    Does anyone else get the intro theme song stuck in their head??
    BEST videos - I learn so much from your videos.

  • @maddog8356
    @maddog8356 Před 2 lety +282

    Great video, Mark! This certainly clears up Himmler’s pre-NSDAP involvement in German politics as well as his personal history. Thanks for another brilliant history lesson!

  • @lancerproductions57
    @lancerproductions57 Před 2 lety +165

    Lovers of WWII history owe you debt of gratitude Mr. Felton. Your production of these videos are second to none and have watched every one of them. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these videos. I’m sure it’s very time consuming but a labor of love for you I bet.

    • @kidd32888
      @kidd32888 Před rokem

      Well said 👍👍👍

    • @EPICFAILKING1
      @EPICFAILKING1 Před rokem

      No we don't, he doesn't know what he's talking about, especially when he's NOT plagiarising.

  • @Neil.c04
    @Neil.c04 Před 2 lety +16

    Straight to the point, simple but in depth detail about everything. What a history channel should be, props to mark for doing all these perfectly.

  • @1234cheerful
    @1234cheerful Před rokem +2

    0:52 Well, Ribbentrop wins the hat competition. Also, as a cavalry officer, the Vintage Technology ribbon.

  • @imbok
    @imbok Před 2 lety +359

    One thing you can say about Himmler and military service and seeing combat during WW1 - at least he tried !

    • @3-DtimeCosmology
      @3-DtimeCosmology Před 2 lety +18

      He tried to get himself killed as an officer rather than an enlisted man.

    • @Hace1410
      @Hace1410 Před 2 lety +14

      @Projekt Kobra oh boi why include biden in this whole story? Btw. fighting somewhere doesnt make a good statemens. Hitler was insane, and try not to fight in a absolute pointless war in WW1 and WW2 does not mean you are a coward. It only means you have some logic left in ya brain.

    • @imbok
      @imbok Před 2 lety +10

      @Projekt Kobra It's hard to imagine a less relevant comparison.

    • @timcahill4676
      @timcahill4676 Před 2 lety +7

      @Projekt Kobra I wouldn’t call officers cowards, but they certainly thought they were better than regulars. Casualty rates among officers were not low you know

    • @SMlFFY85
      @SMlFFY85 Před 2 lety +9

      ​@Projekt Kobra On the other hand he was still a kid, an actual schoolboy. Had he been British he wouldn't have even been legally allowed to join up until the last few weeks of the war.

  • @basichistory
    @basichistory Před 2 lety +162

    I never knew the fact that Himmler was an actual real soldier

    • @chkpnt-fq5rv
      @chkpnt-fq5rv Před 2 lety +54

      It's almost like someone is trying to change actually recorded history to favor their side. Imagine that. History goes to the victors.

    • @captainsponge7825
      @captainsponge7825 Před 2 lety +14

      @@chkpnt-fq5rv lol, "history goes to the victors" is a total bullshit and you very damn well know it..

    • @kasimsultonfan
      @kasimsultonfan Před 2 lety +4

      @@captainsponge7825 I think we know what he's hinting at.Just another closet Nazi. They just don't get it, do they? 🙄

    • @amei653
      @amei653 Před 2 lety +33

      @@kasimsultonfan most of the famous nazi are soldier of ww1 which explain which develop their attitude and personality in ww2. Most people don't care about the fact Hitler was a veteran, Hermann Göring was an ace and so on. The fact that they are braver than most leader today is kinda funny.

    • @redjirachi1
      @redjirachi1 Před 2 lety +7

      @@chkpnt-fq5rv Himmler was a terrible person, that's undeniable. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't give credit where it's due

  • @Velts125
    @Velts125 Před 2 lety +15

    13:20 " his failure to see any combat in WW1 effected his personality ".
    That line would equally work well if he had seen combat.

  • @michaelsninsky4957
    @michaelsninsky4957 Před 2 lety +4

    Doctor, your prowess in the realm of history is just amazing. I recommend you to all of my friends. You have covered topics I haven’t even thought of. Well done!!

  • @stefanmolnapor910
    @stefanmolnapor910 Před 2 lety +56

    What a great day! Elsa passed with only alot of rain, I'm off work bingeing Dr. Mark Felton, and we get a new upload!!! A truely perfect day!

    • @zibabird
      @zibabird Před 2 lety +1

      Excellent news!

    • @stefanmolnapor910
      @stefanmolnapor910 Před 2 lety

      @@zibabird I agree! Thank you

    • @stuart8663
      @stuart8663 Před 2 lety +1

      Take care, Florida.

    • @richardkammerer2814
      @richardkammerer2814 Před 2 lety +1

      Hopefully you don't have any standing water. Digging a trench in that muck is brutal.

    • @mr.niceguy1812
      @mr.niceguy1812 Před 2 lety +2

      Days bingeing on Dr. Felton videos are the best days for sure!

  • @thomasweatherford5125
    @thomasweatherford5125 Před 2 lety +95

    Mark puts more info into a 15 minute video than History Channel does an hour long show

  • @jameslanning8405
    @jameslanning8405 Před 2 lety +14

    Heinrich Himmler, wanted the glory of being in the military, but did his best to not get tossed into the meat grinder on the front lines.
    He did his best to become an officer at the start of his military life. But he didn't get as high up as he desired.
    Dodging front line bloodshed and death, he kept to the back lines, reserves units and continued his schooling.
    You do great work Mr. Felton. I have been enjoying your videos for some time now and I hope you'll keep it up!
    I hope your videos and the like, will serve to educate and inform many others, before history repeats itself in the worst way...

    • @mr2981
      @mr2981 Před rokem

      That would seem to be a gross misstatement of the facts. Did you even watch the video and listen to the words? Himmler wanted to be an officer, and there is no evidence that he wanted to avoid combat. Quite the contrary.

  • @andyL0648
    @andyL0648 Před 2 lety +5

    Mr. Felton, you never cease to amaze with your incredible level of historical research and attention to detail! You mange to find the minute and exquisite details otherwise lost to the world. Your stories are always captivating and a pleasure to watch, and listen. You are truly an Indiana Jones of the real world and a history buff! Well done!

  • @austinwilson5876
    @austinwilson5876 Před 2 lety +422

    For some odd reason the younger Himmler looks like a young version of you tuber Markiplier

  • @austint7533
    @austint7533 Před 2 lety +291

    It cracks me up when ppl try and discredit Hitlers military service over his blindness after 4 damn years on the trenches. I think after 4 years of that “hysterical blindness”, if that’s actually even true, but isn’t that crazy. Man had lived thru hell for 4 whole years.

    • @obiwaankenobi4460
      @obiwaankenobi4460 Před 2 lety +94

      He was genocidal. He was delusional. That doesn't mean he wasn't certainly brave, or at least had some sense of honor. Even Dirlewanger was a veteran, and an extremely distinguished and brave one at that. And yet, he turned out to be one of the nastiest men of the Third Reich.

    • @natejones963
      @natejones963 Před 2 lety +19

      And some will say that it caused him to be the way he was.

    • @Stevie8654
      @Stevie8654 Před 2 lety +51

      A lot of the most vile Nazis were honorable men earlier in their lives. It's amazing how collective guilt brings out the evil in people.

    • @andrewshawmodels8610
      @andrewshawmodels8610 Před 2 lety +50

      His temporary blindness was a result of being gassed at the front as I understand.

    • @patvacca637
      @patvacca637 Před 2 lety +5

      It "cracks you up"? Ok buddy...you have to be a Trump supporter right?

  • @gothamgoon4237
    @gothamgoon4237 Před 2 lety +1

    Mark Felton. The best war historian on the Web. You truly have surpassed any of the big production companies and leave channels like the history channel in the dust. Your content is always first class.

  • @lunchmoneydnb
    @lunchmoneydnb Před 2 lety +1

    Been a fan for years. Thank you for all the quality work you do

  • @InCountry6970
    @InCountry6970 Před 2 lety +101

    Dr. Felton, who can through his voice and story telling enlighten anyone who wants to learn about history

    • @captainsage2444
      @captainsage2444 Před 2 lety

      @@flightforensics4523 like what

    • @firemangan2731
      @firemangan2731 Před 2 lety +1

      @@captainsage2444 Ignore him, he’s obviously one of those guys who romanticizes the Nazis and look up to them as they give him a meaning in his life to help him cope with his own insecurities about himself. They’re just as annoying as Soviet and North Korea D%#^ suckers.

  • @stevesullivan9752
    @stevesullivan9752 Před 2 lety +30

    1:47 I know most who understand art dismiss Hitler's paintings... but to a novice? They look excellent.

    • @robertstallard7836
      @robertstallard7836 Před 2 lety +18

      The problem is that drawings and paintings aren't judged on accuracy (photorealism) by the arty farty crowd. For them it's all about feelies and deep meanings.
      Therefore, you can have a very competent artist (like the ones you see who can do such a detailed pencil drawing of an animal, you'd swear was a black and white photograph) but they're dismissed in preference for daubings by loonies, all because of feelies.

    • @adriansmith4634
      @adriansmith4634 Před 2 lety +1

      Perhaps this is a subject for another video .

    • @jerryjeromehawkins1712
      @jerryjeromehawkins1712 Před 2 lety +5

      If they had just accepted the guy into Art School... so much could have been avoided.

    • @pierren___
      @pierren___ Před 2 lety

      @@robertstallard7836 it was the beaux-arts who judged Hitler, not the crowd. And they were classicist i believe

    • @johnb.8687
      @johnb.8687 Před 2 lety

      @@jerryjeromehawkins1712 Not true. If he was accepted WW1 would still break out and Hitler would have joined

  • @denisegore1884
    @denisegore1884 Před 2 lety +4

    The depth of information in Dr Felton's videos often have me thinking "how does he find all of this stuff out?". The videos are endlessly interesting. Many thanks!

  • @chim8167
    @chim8167 Před 2 lety +9

    Dr. Felton,
    Before I watch this video I want to express my gratitude to you and your dedication to history. It is truly mesmerizing and at times shocking the subjects that you present. Straight to the point with interesting details along the runtime. Truly, you are teaching us young (and old) how to learn history through the lens of WW2, and for that I wish peace and good health for you and your loved ones.
    Cheers and take care!

  • @zamiadams4343
    @zamiadams4343 Před 2 lety +42

    My day has just got better, a new Mark Felton video. Amazing channel.

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 Před 2 lety +91

    Another finely researched post by the good doctor.

    • @n55Rob
      @n55Rob Před 2 lety

      @This looks interesting bruh stop commenting on every post....he’s been fact checked a lot

  • @leroyholm9075
    @leroyholm9075 Před 2 lety +2

    Excellent and surely this is one of the best history channels on the internet!

  • @powerhouse1981
    @powerhouse1981 Před 2 lety

    Great video, info, pictures and scenes. Good to see these videos becoming more objective now. Absolute key when talking about history.

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie Před 2 lety +66

    1:59 At this young age, he would pass as a John Denver look-a-alike.

    • @shanemoore8055
      @shanemoore8055 Před 2 lety +11

      John Denver`s real name was; John Deutschendorf.

    • @donkeyslayer4661
      @donkeyslayer4661 Před 2 lety +3

      Before or after Denver went Hollywood?

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +2

      So that might be "岩だらけの山の高さ...コロラド州" or "Felsiger Berg hoch ... in Colorado".

    • @D_Marrenalv
      @D_Marrenalv Před 2 lety +4

      Jon Denver always looked like a mixed Asiatic to me

    • @shanemoore8055
      @shanemoore8055 Před 2 lety +1

      @@vk2ig "Gott sei Dank bin ich ein Landjunge"

  • @kevinremsen5627
    @kevinremsen5627 Před 2 lety +6

    Dr. Felton comes through again with new material and presenting it in a superb fashion. Thanks for all the great information in these excellent videos!

  • @jeremygreen3392
    @jeremygreen3392 Před 2 lety

    Thanks again Dr Felton. Love coming home to your works after 12hr shifts..

  • @kennethbedwell5188
    @kennethbedwell5188 Před 2 lety

    This is more information about Himmler's service than I have ever found. Thank you Dr. Felton.

  • @keithberger8998
    @keithberger8998 Před 2 lety +8

    This channel should be at the top of "history" category on CZcams. Cheers to Dr. Felton for another excellent episode.

  • @justalex2.0
    @justalex2.0 Před 2 lety +132

    Didn't know that himmler was a soldier fascinating thank you for letting me know felton still a big loving fan of your content and im glad i can see more of it!

  • @mooseworks_soldiers
    @mooseworks_soldiers Před 2 lety

    I discovered your channel last year while working at home. So glad I did. Best history films on CZcams.

  • @Tarik360
    @Tarik360 Před 2 lety

    I have heard this mentioned in a different documentary but it wasn't exactly elaborated upon, this gave a bit more info. Thanks Mark!

  • @ColoursCapello
    @ColoursCapello Před 2 lety +406

    I can almost imagine Hitler and his generals all making jokes about Himmler then being like "SHH!! SSHHH!! Here he comes!!

    • @quetshupfa
      @quetshupfa Před 2 lety +20

      And then shhh! shhhhhhhh!!! here comes that artist-e!!! (Albert Speer)

    • @Rohv
      @Rohv Před 2 lety +23

      Oh look its that Bohemian Corporal (Hitler)! Oh look its the solder wannabee (Himmler)!

    • @mgway4661
      @mgway4661 Před 2 lety +36

      He really brought it on himself by wearing random made up medals and ribbons when Hitler barely wore his own legit medals half the time

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +6

      It reminds me of that scene in _Das Boot_ where the submarine is cruising on the surface at night and the officers are relaxing in the wardroom. One of the officers makes a comment about their youngest member (who serves as a training cadre to those who'll listen) as their "Hitler Jugend member". The latter goes red in the face, and the captain orders him to play some music, specifically "The Tipperary song, if you please!" The whole crew sing along to that song, much to the disgust of the young officer.

    • @z1ll4jr53
      @z1ll4jr53 Před 2 lety +8

      That actually happened. Hitler and Goring did that.

  • @finp_c2857
    @finp_c2857 Před 2 lety +33

    I couldn't imagine being that keen to be in combat during ww1 and still somehow missing out whilst thousands where forced to fight.

    • @mikeromney4712
      @mikeromney4712 Před 2 lety

      For every fighting soldier are 10 back behind....;)

    • @coyote5735
      @coyote5735 Před 2 lety +8

      Himmler wasn't a first-class physically specimen I suspect he was kept back because of this.

    • @finp_c2857
      @finp_c2857 Před 2 lety

      Good point but I thought Germany conscripted pensioners by the end of the war

    • @LadyVLR
      @LadyVLR Před 2 lety +2

      Sounds like he wanted to be in it, but not actually have to do the dirty work.

    • @reallyhappenings5597
      @reallyhappenings5597 Před 2 lety +4

      Himmler wanted prestige and advancement, not combat. Hitler wanted and got both. Goering already had prestige, wanted more, and was capable enough to make combat his vehicle to that end.

  • @AgathaJoannaJagata
    @AgathaJoannaJagata Před 2 lety

    Mark Felton, great content you have. So much appreciated!

  • @aroncells3120
    @aroncells3120 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic video Mark with great insight on a very unknown or covered topic. Thank you again

  • @gordonpeden6234
    @gordonpeden6234 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm thoroughly enjoying the current series on Himmler, this fills in his early formative years. Thank you Mark.

  • @mewinthedark2351
    @mewinthedark2351 Před 2 lety +150

    i can see hitler and the inner circle being like "ah does the baby himmler want his combat opportunity?" lmfao

    • @pilsudski36
      @pilsudski36 Před 2 lety +26

      Evil as Hitler was, he was a good soldier, and was decorated with the Iron Cross. Himmler never even came close.

    • @workingshlub8861
      @workingshlub8861 Před 2 lety +6

      hitler gave whole SS divisions for himmler to command...didnt work out to well

    • @charmyzard
      @charmyzard Před 2 lety +4

      Can identify with Himmler's situation a *lot* somehow, ending up inferior to your peers, not by your own fault, yet still getting made fun of for it, and trying to borderline overcompensate for it.

    • @trolltalwar
      @trolltalwar Před 2 lety +1

      @@pilsudski36 i think himmlers issue was he had his goals set too high to start. i dont think he was a coward because when he finally got the position he wanted, he was expecting and anticipating to go to war. its a good thing to aspire to be a military officer, however i think it would of been a better decision had he just taken the first opportunity he got and enlisted as a standard private. had he survived the remainder of the war he would of got the combat experience, could of had a much better possibility of being awarded an iron cross for his service, could of potentially climbed the ranks, and wouldnt have been stuck in the soon to be disbanded post war reserve unit due to having said combat experience thus being picked for the defensive military.

    • @thenoblepoptart
      @thenoblepoptart Před 2 lety +2

      @@trolltalwar he was a bitchmade coward who wanted to send other people to die instead of himself. Him fleeing his school in terror of being enlisted by conscription shows his true courage.

  • @MrPatrizzo
    @MrPatrizzo Před 2 lety +136

    Himmler was born in October of 1900. He wasn’t even 18 when he was made an officer in WWI.

    • @RyanPHoferJr
      @RyanPHoferJr Před 2 lety +34

      The German draft had been 17 during the war

    • @joemama.556
      @joemama.556 Před 2 lety +18

      @@RyanPHoferJr and people lied ALL THE TIME about their age just to get enlisted

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +9

      @@joemama.556 My grandfather lied about his age to get enlisted. He didn't like the Army though, and left as soon as they started demobilising at the end of the war. I've seen a letter from his CO asking the authorities if he has deserted or just gone home like a lot of others, LOL.

    • @steffena1261
      @steffena1261 Před 2 lety +8

      And he was only 39 old when ww2 started. Quite young for such a powerful position he was in.

    • @joemama.556
      @joemama.556 Před 2 lety +20

      @@vk2ig a friend of my grandpa lied to get enlisted into the blue division. He wanted to go with his brother and the police wouldnt let him so he went by himself all the way to the eastern front and once there no one asked about his age(if you have te balls to travel from spain to the western front all by yourself and during wartime I think you are man enough to fight lol).
      Meanwhile his older brother enlisted literally because he wanted a Luger pistol, so he asked, What do I have to do to get the luger issued? and they gave him an anti tank rifle, so he would be an AT rifleman for the rest of the war lmao
      Good times!

  • @johnofypres
    @johnofypres Před 2 lety

    Excellent as always Mark. Thank you for your work.

  • @mch12311969
    @mch12311969 Před 2 lety +54

    I never knew that Himmler had served, but it does stand to reason that he would have. Thank you for yet another interesting and informative video.

    • @pilsudski36
      @pilsudski36 Před 2 lety +3

      But he didn't see much action. Hitler was at least a front line soldier, who was awarded the Iron Cross.

    • @DennisRay99
      @DennisRay99 Před 2 lety

      @@pilsudski36 Trench warfare wasn't a great place to see action.

    • @ericcarlson3746
      @ericcarlson3746 Před rokem +1

      born 1900 so 11 years younger than Hitler, not eligible to 1918 or so

    • @flimsyjimnz
      @flimsyjimnz Před 9 měsíci

      @@ericcarlson3746 -didnt stop Hitler and inner circle from making fun of him behind his back.
      Truly a bunch of pricks, no wonder they lost.

  • @IvoLaP
    @IvoLaP Před 2 lety +7

    Thank you Mr. Felton, wonderful content once again.

  • @jamesb.9155
    @jamesb.9155 Před 2 lety

    This is an amazingly detailed accounting. Thank you Prof Felton!

  • @beautruex7012
    @beautruex7012 Před 2 lety +1

    I have been waiting soooo Long for this episode!
    Thanks Limey!

  • @stiglitz3532
    @stiglitz3532 Před 2 lety +61

    I'm a simple man, I see a new Mark Felton video, I click.

    • @Kalleri13
      @Kalleri13 Před 2 lety

      I am a simple man who dislike this kind of spam on every video!

    • @austint7533
      @austint7533 Před 2 lety

      God please quit using this comment 😩 it’s so overused and old that it’s annoying to see

    • @patdohrety2940
      @patdohrety2940 Před 2 lety +1

      @@austint7533 Some people complain about being hungry or homeless. Then there's people like you complaining about intraweb etiquette

  • @Gauravkumar-ih3xh
    @Gauravkumar-ih3xh Před 2 lety +3

    Hi, I am from India and started watching the videos from few days and had to say the content is really top notch. Great work!

  • @johnnyterror4903
    @johnnyterror4903 Před 2 lety

    I often listen to/watch your videos while I draw. Thank you for your amazing work! Also your pronunciation of German is one of the best I’ve ever heard from an English speaking person

  • @bobg6638
    @bobg6638 Před 2 lety

    Always enlightening! Well done, once again!

  • @KevinDavis338
    @KevinDavis338 Před 2 lety +264

    So he wasn't a failed chicken farmer

    • @matthiascheah3519
      @matthiascheah3519 Před 2 lety +11

      AHAHAHHAHAH BRUh

    • @fawziekefli2273
      @fawziekefli2273 Před 2 lety +43

      @@matthiascheah3519 Seriously, that was what Himmler was known for being.

    • @freedomisslavery6840
      @freedomisslavery6840 Před 2 lety +75

      That's just the narrative that the victors created, the same with Hitler being a 'failed painter' when actually his paintings are pretty impressive.

    • @mostlyharmless7154
      @mostlyharmless7154 Před 2 lety +40

      @@freedomisslavery6840 Christ, I know you’re a neo Nazi but you’ve gotta admit Hitler wasn’t a good enough painter to make it a career- stop licking boots

    • @Carandini
      @Carandini Před 2 lety +26

      @@freedomisslavery6840 I wouldn't go so far as to call the art impressive, but they're serviceable. On par with and maybe a bitter better than some, of the commercial illustrations you'd find in magazines of the time.

  • @peterlejon2168
    @peterlejon2168 Před 2 lety +54

    This is surprising. I only knew the chicken farmer story.

    • @ShamileII
      @ShamileII Před 2 lety +10

      That's the propaganda

    • @rezamotori5709
      @rezamotori5709 Před 2 lety +9

      they say himmler fled to america, grew his beard and dyed his hair white and became colonel sanders and started KFC..........hahahaha

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +3

      @@rezamotori5709 But he went to the secret Antarctic base on the way there.

    • @feereel
      @feereel Před 2 lety +5

      @@ShamileII he was a chicken farmer.... propaganda to discredit him? He doesn't need any...he enslaved tens of millions of europeans

  • @GarioTheRock
    @GarioTheRock Před 2 lety

    I for many years had wondered about this. Thank you Dr. Felton :)

  • @lordfogg9728
    @lordfogg9728 Před 2 lety

    Professor Felton your research is amazing. Thank you Sir.

  • @sufimuslimlion4114
    @sufimuslimlion4114 Před 2 lety +11

    As a Muslim in America - im really impressed by your work and ability to stay intellectually honest and emotionally calm. Didn’t know these topics were even allowed to be discussed normally in the west anymore.
    Keep up the great work akhi.

    • @alvaro701
      @alvaro701 Před 2 lety +8

      The west is probably the only place where you can discuss freely about this kind of stuff.

  • @MrTwotimess
    @MrTwotimess Před 2 lety +12

    Interesting fleshing out of Himmler's early life. Thank you!

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Před 2 lety +1

      Imagine fleshing out Göring's early life ...

    • @MrTwotimess
      @MrTwotimess Před 2 lety +1

      @@vk2ig Lots of flesh there!

  • @MichaelPickles
    @MichaelPickles Před 2 lety +1

    the low sound of gunfire with the images and voice over worked so well!

  • @kenm.7651
    @kenm.7651 Před 2 lety

    I enjoy your style Sir….you tell the history as it was and leave out personal biases. Exactly how history should be taught leaving the learner to judge on his/her own.

  • @Roller_Ghoster
    @Roller_Ghoster Před 2 lety +19

    Another gem from Mark Felton. And there was me thinking he was a failed chicken farmer. Thanks for making my day more interesting.

    • @Roller_Ghoster
      @Roller_Ghoster Před 2 lety

      @busterkey l. apparently Churchill didnt say this. Its true up to a point though.

  • @asheland_numismatics
    @asheland_numismatics Před 2 lety +12

    This channel is awesome. 👍

  • @Tetleyb
    @Tetleyb Před 2 lety

    Another excellent and, moreover, informative video. Thank you.

  • @ahargrov1
    @ahargrov1 Před 2 lety

    Mark I absolutely love your channel I just wanted to say that and thank you so much for all the hard work that you do

  • @steveli59
    @steveli59 Před 2 lety +9

    This is one hell of a well rounded and unbiased bit of history. No screaming, no drama, just stating what happened. Well done Mark,

  • @silverhorse2010
    @silverhorse2010 Před 2 lety +120

    A story on the capture and death of Himmler would be interesting.

  • @jacobfarrell7171
    @jacobfarrell7171 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the content Dr Felton.

  • @AtomicZombiz
    @AtomicZombiz Před 2 lety

    I love your voice sir. Id love to hear your voice doing more hour long segments on WW2. You are an expert with a very calming, informative voice. Wish you were my history teachet in high school. Now, you are my history teacher

  • @erikdijkshoorn3231
    @erikdijkshoorn3231 Před 2 lety +6

    Thank you, again, great story...

  • @paulmurphy42
    @paulmurphy42 Před 2 lety +33

    Keep 'em coming Mark, as I always say but may I make a special request? Could you do a video on the flying career of Rudolf Hess? You have a photo of him at 0:47 in front of a Fokker Triplane but every account of him I have ever read only ever mentions him flying the Fokker D7. I've never seen any photo of him and a Triplane before. Keep 'em coming!

    • @wayneantoniazzi2706
      @wayneantoniazzi2706 Před 2 lety +3

      Hess barely made it out of flight training when the war ended, I don't believe he ever flew any combat missions. Triplanes had been withdrawn from front-line combat by the time Hess started training but they were still being used as home defense aircraft and for fighter training.

    • @paulmurphy42
      @paulmurphy42 Před 2 lety +2

      @@wayneantoniazzi2706 So you think he did fly the Fokker Triplane then? And he did just about complete his training?

    • @wayneantoniazzi2706
      @wayneantoniazzi2706 Před 2 lety +4

      @@paulmurphy42 I think it's almost a certainty he flew the Triplane. And I believe he had completed the training but the war ended before he was assigned to a combat unit. Hess was a late comer to aviation, he'd spent most of the war in the infantry.

    • @paulmurphy42
      @paulmurphy42 Před 2 lety +2

      @@wayneantoniazzi2706 Excellent answer, thanks.

    • @wayneantoniazzi2706
      @wayneantoniazzi2706 Před 2 lety +3

      @@paulmurphy42 You're welcome! And as I'm sure you know Hess never lost his interest in flying, taking it up as a hobby when he could afford to do so.

  • @donmarlon5924
    @donmarlon5924 Před 2 lety

    Very informative. Thank you for offering this.

  • @cfs7338
    @cfs7338 Před 2 lety

    I did not realize how much this would interest me. Fantastic video!

  • @NewNicator
    @NewNicator Před 2 lety +14

    The actor who played Himmler in Downfall looks more like Himmler than Himmler himself.

    • @KC-UT4rmAZ
      @KC-UT4rmAZ Před 2 lety +1

      The guy who played Hitler was a spitting image of him.

    • @TheTrickster923
      @TheTrickster923 Před 2 lety +2

      The actor had more of a chin. The real Himmler had a chin black hole.

  • @starkillerdude1914
    @starkillerdude1914 Před 2 lety +137

    Moral of the story is don't let Germans not achieve their dreams or they will visit you

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan Před 2 lety +4

      ... their dreams

    • @ZaJaClt
      @ZaJaClt Před 2 lety +4

      I mean they have visited us plenty of times, we have great fertile soil thanks to them 👌

    • @septimiusseverus343
      @septimiusseverus343 Před 2 lety

      @Projekt Kobra Exactly _which_ nation was O' Rourke describing again?

    • @alvaro701
      @alvaro701 Před 2 lety

      @Joff RH wtf

    • @Dave-jj3fk
      @Dave-jj3fk Před 2 lety

      This 🤣🤣…Coming a city near you

  • @jaimiemadden590
    @jaimiemadden590 Před 2 lety

    I must say you have provided many of us with a breathtaking view of history
    Nooks and Crannies.:.and all we need to become informed!
    Just wanted say thank you for all your hard work and effort it is appreciated !

  • @ziyafarzaliyev8547
    @ziyafarzaliyev8547 Před 2 lety

    The best history channel, voice and speech. Thanks Mark

  • @rex170
    @rex170 Před 2 lety +64

    "Himmler.."
    Downfall fans will know...

    • @jurtra9090
      @jurtra9090 Před 2 lety +15

      The scene when Hitler realized that Himmler betrays him?

    • @carter1940
      @carter1940 Před 2 lety +15

      Himmlah

    • @rex170
      @rex170 Před 2 lety +10

      @@jurtra9090 "JA,JA,JA,JA,JA"

    • @JaegerMatthias
      @JaegerMatthias Před 2 lety +4

      Und holen sie mir Fegelein....

    • @rex170
      @rex170 Před 2 lety +2

      @@JaegerMatthias "BRINGEN SIE MIR FEGELEIN,FEGELEIN,FEGELEIN,FEGELEIN!!

  • @sparkywilson4041
    @sparkywilson4041 Před 2 lety +5

    Best history channel on youtube.

  • @rickykuijpers3179
    @rickykuijpers3179 Před 2 lety

    What a channel! Well done sir and thank you

  • @peter6625
    @peter6625 Před 2 lety

    This is awesome! I live for your videos Mark!

  • @Kilen_BE
    @Kilen_BE Před 2 lety +67

    Would be interested to know what happened to his older brother during ww2.
    If he was already an officer in ww1, with a brother like himmler within the government later, he must also had a long career within 3rd reich…?
    It was very interesting, thx for all details 👍

    • @t.wcharles2171
      @t.wcharles2171 Před 2 lety +14

      he was the director of the reich ministry of science education and culture

    • @t.wcharles2171
      @t.wcharles2171 Před 2 lety +7

      appendix he was appointed in 1940 he was briefly called up in 1939 in the 19th Bavarian infantry

    • @hobofactory
      @hobofactory Před 2 lety +10

      According to wiki (I know, a dangerous way to start a sentence)... he mostly ended up a mid-level bureaucrat for the NS party in fields such as education and engineering. Was arrested in 1946 (since he did have party and SS membership), but wasn’t held for long as apparently there wasn’t much evidence he was personally involved in anything particularly heinous. He lived into his 80’s.

    • @samhouston1288
      @samhouston1288 Před 2 lety +9

      He was mostly appointment to cushy jobs overseeing schools and technology departments. He did serve in Czechoslovakia and was involved in the invasion of Poland though.
      At the end of the war, he was in the Waffen SS and inspected their schools. After the war, he was released from captivity in 1948, worked as a director and engineer for the European-Afghan Cultural Office in Munich, and died in 1982.

    • @DW-zj6ux
      @DW-zj6ux Před 2 lety +6

      @@mcfahk she married an Israeli? That is mighty strange

  • @2011woodlands
    @2011woodlands Před 2 lety +58

    Seems like i have always heard that he was a unsuccessful chicken farmer.

    • @NewNicator
      @NewNicator Před 2 lety +5

      Man in the High Castle lol

    • @okidokiliteratureclub706
      @okidokiliteratureclub706 Před 2 lety +3

      @@submarineUK non of them are failures at least when they were doing their work at that point of their lives( ww2). Neets and creepy outcasts, failed professions they had. They were lucky racist, spiteful outcasts took over Germany.

    • @99somerville
      @99somerville Před 2 lety +1

      He was a farmer in the late 20s. Not sure if he was successful or not.

    • @gabork5055
      @gabork5055 Před 2 lety +2

      No, he was the german Colonel Sanders.
      The name SS doesn't mean Schutzstaffel, it stands for Sanders and Starbucks, he owned the fast food restaurant often visited by the young vegan liberal art student Hitler who really liked his chicken flavored and shaped fries he called 'Goering wings'.

  • @lethalwolf7455
    @lethalwolf7455 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video as always Mark, big fan here!

  • @hexmark4879
    @hexmark4879 Před 2 lety

    As always a quality presentation nice one Mark

  • @X50lions
    @X50lions Před 2 lety +4

    Great detail in here Mark. I had no idea of the extent of his service in WW1 great work. well, I guess I am off to play HOI 4 WW1 mod now I guess.

  • @scottmcnabb9122
    @scottmcnabb9122 Před 2 lety +12

    That was very interesting never knew that about Himmler. And how he got were he was in Hilters arm .

  • @BillMorganChannel
    @BillMorganChannel Před 2 lety

    Your research is commendable! Job well done.

  • @ChristiaanHartNibbrig
    @ChristiaanHartNibbrig Před 2 lety

    Your videos are excellent, fascinating. Thank you.