The Luftwaffe General that made a fatal mistake (WW2)
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Hans Jeschonnek was 15 when he decided he joined the German army in the First World War. Early on he embraced militarism and showed much potential. As he rose through the ranks of the German army, he was known as a competent and intelligent commander, and one of the most popular generals of Nazi Germany, serving as Chief of the General staff of the Luftwaffe until his death. He would not see the end of the war, due to his own fatal mistake. So.. what exactly happened to Jeschonnek?
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This is a small historical footnote and interesting tale from WW2. I wasn't going to originally publish this video in the first place, but due to a busy schedule the coming weeks I am unable to promise new short videos every Tuesday. Thank you for understanding and I hope you enjoy the video!
Jeschonnek made lots of mistakes. How about a video on the Mechelen incident? Nothing on CZcams yet.
There are number of Subtitle and English errors in this but the general standard of English would put Donny Trump to shame. VIZ. Aircraft is singular and plural in Engish just like the word Fish. (error 2x). at 2:55 the subtitles break down. Corps in Englisky is pronounced Core even though it is spelled thusly. I don't care how Korps is pronounced in DEU. If it is English narration it hast to be core.
At 4:20 the subtitles are well out of whack too. The Statement about bombing by " Airforce One fighters" is a total cockup. The bombing was done by BOMBERS of the RAF 83rd Squadron. I think I saw a couple of spelling errors in the transcript too but it is late. Lieutanant is pron. Leftennant in the King's English but you can't please everyone. Timothy E Fidler, WRE NZL
Re Hydra . It is very clear that the allies had very good intelligence on the layout of the site and were attempting to target not only labs but the housing of key personnel. The succeeded in killing two of them too but unfortunately not Von Braun. When the allies bombed the oil refineries Roumania, they used incend and frag bombs in the first run and then small fragmentation bombs in the subsequent run. The idea was to set the place on fire and then forty minutes later come in and kill all the fire fighters. What do you expect - it is war - it is all about the kill ratios and loss of materiel. I am guessing after that the SS had to be used to force the civilian firefighters in at gun point.
The British probably should have used delayed action bombs too at Peenemunde to try to kill off any members of the clean up team who were high level technicians. But I was not running the show.
He is Not a NAZI General...he Is a GERMAN General!! He fights for his country how british, french, russian, us...general. You also writes RUSSIAN General Not COMMUNIST General. Sorry for my Bad english. I hate this... NAZI Soldier, NAZI airplane....the all are GERMAN Soldiers!
@@sepplehner3788 Was Hitler a GERMAN General? Now this clown was a dedicated NAZI - his words. Every moron who I-D'd as a Nazi is not a German General. This is rubbish.
Death to ALL Nazis!
Nazi sickness allowed Hitler to steal Germany - invalidating anyone to honor as a German-called General.
This is not the only mistake he made, he also convinced Hitler that air lift could save Paulus in Stalingrad, that decimated transport arm of Luftwaffe.
His suicide was a loss for the Soviets.
He didnt "convince" Hitler of anything. He was put on the spot by the leader of his country to give a yes or no answer to a question that would take days (or hours at a minimum) to provide a thoughtful answer. No doubt that the way in which Hitler presented the question to him was in a way that was clear that he desired an answer in the affirmative.
Almost immediately after he provided Hitler with an inaccurate assessment, he went to his boss, Goering, and insisted that he provide the corrected information to Hitler at which point Goering told him that going back to Hitler with a revised assessment would not be productive. Mind you, this all occurred several days before the airlift was put into effect. Anyone that has worked in the corporate world for any length of time understands very clearly the dynamics going on in this situation.
@@dondajulah4168 According to some other historians the assumption is that Jeschonnek was basing his answer on the prior year's successful 4 month long air logistical support to the surrounded German units at Demyansk on the Moscow front. Things had changed a lot since then regarding Russian capabilities which in large part led to the logistics failure at Stalingrad. In spite of the post-war beatification of Reinhard Gehlen as a genius, German intelligence on the Eastern front appeared to have generally been poor.
@@boomslangCA Actually the German intelligence on the Eastern front was pretty good. Better than anything the allied had. The lack of support wasn't the fault of intelligence but of ignorance and incompetence. And maybe ideological bullshit. Like ya post
I think it has been shown that the Luftwaffe _could_ have successfully supplied the troops in Stalingrad by air, but supplies for them to ferry in were not getting to the airfields, which was not the Luftwaffe's fault.
Of course, they got the blame, but fault and blame are not the same thing.
I had never heard of this General, but thank you for a very interesting story. I am sure there are hundreds of these untold stories from WWII. Thanks again.
Even after many books and research, I am still baffled by the hidden tales, missions and people that led lives worth re-telling during the war.
@@HoH WWII was huge worldwide. So, think of all the people who were effected by it one way or another? The stories would be endless with the people who were there from Greece to North Africa, to Russia to Norway to England and the U.S. Millions of people effected by WWII. It would be impossible to report all the stories, because there would be so many.
A Real prussian Generaloberst, responsible for hes own mistakes.. takes a selfshot through the head.
I have always been well read in WW2 History but never knew of the Story of Hans Jeschonnek. I guess he knew he would end up Court Martialed & Shot so decided to go Honorably.
More like tens of thousands of these untold stories! Geez, even the stuff my dad and grand-dad passed down to me about their combat experiences in WW1 and in WW2 were incredulous but true. Some of it would make great war movie material. Just talk to any GI's or enemy soldiers that were in intense combat.
Interesting story. It's a pleasant change to my ears to hear the German terms pronounced correctly!
@Lux Interior But it sure sounds so neat..
Very pleasant narration. The presentation is worthy of many more videos.
As for an event: the land battle for Narvik in 1940 would be interesting. (the sea part before is often coverd)
Just found you and this channel and this is very interesting. I subscribed because this is great content. Thanks so much.
OMG I am obsessed with history in general but I am fascinated by WW2 and all it's inner workings. I know a decent amount about WW2 but dahm I seem to learn something new every day. Thank you for your story I had no idea about :-) I know this is off topic but you are smart and super handsome :-)
Guderian says that besides that error another reason for jeschonnek's suicide was Goering's continued criticism of his tactics.
Thank you for making this. Hans Jeschonnek is my great uncle. Brother to my grandfather Admiral Gert Jeschonnek. I have some of Hans Jeschonnek's military belongings including his dress dagger. He's a lesser known Nazi figure due to his suicide but interesting nonetheless. Thanks again.
Doug, maybe you can throw some light on the family. Hans Jeschonnek was born in Inowrocław, then part of Germany but transferred to Poland after WW1. There is a story that family members remained in Poland and one being arrested and ending up in a concentration camp. Do you know anything about this?
@@HistoryonCZcams Interesting question. There's a fair age gap between my grandfather Gert and his brother Hans. I don't have any personal knowledge of any family being arrested. All that I intimately familiar with is the stories of nomadic movements of my grandmother shepherding four small children around northern Germany/Silesia trying to stay ahead of the bombings in Hamburg etc. I have personally visited homes in Flensburg my mother shared with extended family while they waited out the war. I will post your question to my mother and see what she knows. She may direct me to one of her brothers in Germany who may have more knowledge.
@@idcniles That would be interesting. Hans Jeschonnek committed suicide in Goldap and is buried there, I understand his grave is still there - there is a slight chance I might be there this summer so should that happen, I will investigate!
Hi Doug! Since you mentioned that you possess some of Jeschonnek's belongings, I wonder what happens to Sigrid? Is she still alive and well?
History on CZcams His brother-in-law Werner Gardiewski was in a KZ for ten years but that was after the war and he was serving at the German side so don’t know if he’s the guy you’re looking for.
Nicely done, sir!
Compact and well written/composed video. The information was unknown by me until now. Vielen Dank, ich habe alles genoßen!
Bitte schön!
This was my first time watching one of your videos. Very well done.
Great presentation. Thank you.
I was simply astounded when he mentioned that movie “operation crossbow”. I remember seeing that when I was a kid. I loved every minute of it. the title of the movie was changed to” the great spy mission” after they thought that “operation crossbow” would be confused with some type of medical film which obviously it was not.
From what I heared in another Video ,think it was TIK..
Jeschonnek convinced Goering ,supplying the Kessel of Stalingrad was possible, because Goering wasn't fully convinced about the Luftwaffe being able to handle such a huge task in Winter time.
That was also a fatal mistake in Judgement.
Thank You for the nice Video !
My pleasure.
If it was TIK it probably was right. His history docs are spot on and very well researched. Definitely one of my favourite channels for detailed military history.
@@HoHFirst thanks...you can also watch Jonathan House ww2 historian, who talked this General and of course TIK talked about this General...
Very interesting channel👍🏻 and good to improve my English 👍🏻☺ I never heard something about Jeschonnek.
Thanks for this Information! Greetz from Germany !
Should be: "I never heard anything about Jeschonnek."
@@tolekbonanno799 😁👍🏻 many thanks...
French général Degaulle made a greater mistake when he forgot to call the French airforce before attacking with tanks at Montcornet in mai 1940.
War history is always popular and fascinating subject to read. Thanks for this CZcams. :)
As usual, great video man! What I enjoy the most about WW1 and WW2 is how the focus of war turned more towards infrastructure and economy than simply killing people - for example, through the bombing of factories. Pretty surprised that he would confuse his own planes with the allies' but I guess with the distance anyone could. Was there a way to recognize allied and enemies' bombers? Radio call?
One thing - you've moved the box to the bottom right corner which can be hard to read since your channel logo is shown above it.
Probably radar, radio call and communication.
Yeah the evolution of war is fascinating. Especially during WW1 when the command of every army used old tactics against new weaponry.
Nice, clean explanation of Jeschonnek.
Could you please speak about the Battle of east Prussia in 1945 ?
My great uncle Rudolf Suhr , Hauptmann of Panzerjaager Abteilung 150 was KIA there on 20/01/45.
His half brother Gustav Suhr , was the 1st Suhr born in New Zealand , and fought in the NZEF .
In 1940, they were both fighting in Greece , on opposite sides.
Or maybe a documentary about Pnzrjgr Abt 150 ?
Thank you.,
shaul76239 thank you for sharing. That is incredibly interesting. I happened to be reading a book about Prussia right now, and I’ll see if it covers said battle.
Yes! The armored battles in East Prussia are a relatively under reported episode of WW2. Many great acts of heroism (on both sides) occurred during that terrible time. Would love to hear more about this!
Interesting video. Thank you for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
a video on the actions that stopped the 2nd Panzer just before the Muese River in the Battle of the Bulge?
Your comments at the end of this show got me thinking about 'Operation Paperclip', surely one of the most controversial war-related policies.
Very Great Video!
Thank you for the informative video; it is interesting to learn about this man. So often we only hear about Goering in connection with the Luftwaffe. I can see how a mistake like unchecked friendly fire, especially involving German aircraft, would be very costly to a German officer and his life.
There was another Luftwaffe general that committed suicide too : Ernst Udet.
He was an outstanding pilot.
TRIPLE G Sorry , which Henschel??
@TRIPLE G I think it's Heinkel.
Henschel was another plane builder who made the HS-126 Volksjager monojet fighter.
The HE-100 fighter was a sound competitor against the ME109. Later there were the HE-112, 113 versions, but just used for propaganda movies and never operational.
The reason Udet killed himself was because of the immense pressure forced upon him. He was a pilot at heart, not an organizer like his rival Erhard Milch, but they put him in charge of production. A task for which he was ill-suited for. And as time went on, the demands placed upon him only increased.
Finally he said: "There's no point in continuing this anymore". Shortly afterwards, he shoot himself.
Udet in his suisade note wrote We need thousands of fighter planes or we are doomed
@@Charlesputnam-bn9zy The He-112 actually did see operational (combat) service with the Spanish, Hungarian, Japanese, and Romanian Air Forces. During the design's limited production life, a total of 98 He-112s were produced mostly for use by foreign air forces allied with Germany.
The He-112 in Spanish service: In an effort to regain interest in the Heinkel He-112, prototypes and B variants were sent to Spain and saw some combat, but failed to win new orders with the German Luftwaffe. When it was clear the He112 was losing the contest with the Bf109, Heinkel offered to re-equip V6 with 20mm cannon armament as an experimental aircraft. After being re-assembled it was assigned to Versuchsjagdgruppe 88, a group within the Legión Cóndor devoted to testing new planes. It joined the Ju 87A's and Hs-123's already in service in Spain and was used as a ground attack plane. The He 112B's served Spain for 14 years, starting in the Spanish Civil War where Capitan Garcia Pardo downed a Republican I-16 Rata; The He-112 was mainly used for tactical strafing and bombing. Spain acquired a total of 19 He 112B's. Fifteen were still in service on 01 March 1940, and in December 1942, shortly after the allied landing in Algeria, a Spanish He 112B shot down an American Lockheed P-38 Lightning which strayed over Spanish colonial airspace. In 1945 the He 112Bs received the new type code C.5 and they continued flying with the Spanish Air Force into the 1950s.
In June 1938, Hungary evaluated the aircraft and later decided to purchase three He 112 B-1/U2 aircraft. These three aircraft, although operational, saw very limited combat action. By 1941, the aircraft were ostensibly assigned to defend the Manfred-Weiss plant but were actually used for training. When Allied bomber raids started in the spring of 1944, these aircraft were no longer airworthy, and it appears all were destroyed in a massive raid on the Budapest-Ferihegy airport on 09 August 1944.
The Imperial Japanese Navy purchased 12 Heinkel He 112B-0 fighters, which were designated both as the Heinkel A7He1 and as the Navy Type He Air Defense Fighter. The Japanese flew the A7He1 briefly during the Second Sino-Japanese War but phased it out of combat service before the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Surviving aircraft were used to train pilots. Assuming it still to be in Japanese use as a combatant, the Allies assigned the reporting name "Jerry" to the A7He1 during World War II.[18]
In 1939, the Romanian Air Force was assigned 24 He-112B's by the Third Reich that had already been built, and the Romanians ordered six more to be manufactured. When the first aircraft started arriving, they were tested competitively against the Romanian designed IAR.80 prototype. This interesting and little known aircraft proved to be superior to the He 112B in almost every way. At the same time, the test flights revealed a number of disadvantages of the He 112, notably the underpowered engine and poor speed. The result of the fly-off was that the IAR.80 was ordered into immediate production, and the order for additional He 112s was canceled.
In 1941 aerial combat (Operation Barbarossa) largely against Russian I-16s on the Eastern Front early the Romanian He-112s achieved mixed results but did score some aerial victories. However, the He 112s would be used primarily as ground-attack aircraft, where their heavy armament was considered to be more important than their ability to fight in the air. Typical missions would start before dawn and would have the Heinkels strafe Soviet airbases. Later in the day, they would be sent on "search and destroy" missions, looking primarily for artillery, vehicles, and trains.
Losses were heavy, most not due to combat, but simply because the He-112s were flying an average of three missions a day and were not receiving adequate maintenance. This problem affected all of the FARR (Romanian Air Force), which did not have the field maintenance logistics worked out at the time. On 29 July 1941, a report on the readiness of the air forces listed only 14 He-112s in flyable condition and another eight repairable. As a result, the aircraft of the 52nd Squadron were folded into the 51st to form a single full-strength squadron on 13 August 1941. The men of the 52nd were merged with the 42nd Squadron who flew IAR.80s and were soon sent home to receive IAR.80s of their own. A report from August 1941 on the He 112 rated it very poorly, once again noting its lack of power and poor speed. On 01 July 1942, the 51st Squadron returned to Pipera, Romania, and stood down after a year in action.
How about a video on the Mechelen incident? Nothing on CZcams yet.
Unique story! Thank you sincerely. I'd never even heard this general's name.
I love the content. Keep going
Thanks, will definitely do!
There is a story to be told about Edita Sedlakova .
I see her grave from time to time and it still breaks my heart .
Very interesting, about a person who failed to capture my attention, although I have studied much about the war--in detail, some in German . Thanks for the cloee focue on Jeschonnek. If he had survived the war perhaps he would better known. Friendly fire by a man of his rank--unforgivable for a man of is training.
James “ Ginger “ Lacey is someone I would like to know more about. Great videos by the way.
If I recall he helped sink the Bismark in that he sent a signal on behalf of colleague who's soon was on the ship asking if the ship was heading for Brest. Bletchley Park having broken the Luftwaffe's codes, read the message and passed it on to the Admiralty and Tovey in KGV
If you see the high standard of the german engeneering at that time it is astonishing how much the german airforce failed.
They did not have a heavy four engine bombers or they'd have bludgeoned England into surrender.
More due to poor management.
@ doubtful, stratigic bombing is not a effective method of winning a war, it just hardens the target and stiffens the will. Wars are won but taking and holding territory, aka, grunts.
The Germans under estimated how long the war would drag out. Ultimately, the length of the war exhausted the depth of the German supply chain of raw materials, and they could no longer protect the German manufacturing base. The German air force could not keep replacing the equipment it was losing, nor could it train competent pilots fast enough to replace the pilots it lost. Hitler made a lot of mistakes: once he controlled most of France he should have sued for piece with England. He also should have not turned on the Soviets during the war. If Hitler had paused after his initial victories to rebuild and exploit his gains, we all may have been speaking German at this point in time.
Standards were too high making the equipment complicated and prone to fail. Also low production volume
Please do a video on Spain's Division Azul (Blue Division).
With the huge competition it is to present stories such as this and being compared to other great videoproducers I must say you are doing a great job. My favourites are bazbattles, bbc, timeline and the fbi-files with Jim Calstroem from the "New Yaak affice". So I have analyzed many of them and even tried to write stories myself. I think your dramatic setup works, bcoz I did not stop watching. Still I feel the production might suffer from a lack of rss. Animations are usually very appreciated. That's where u can add comedy. You simply add some oneliners that ppl read while animation plays. Many dogvideos have them such as "Tucker Budzyn or Keyush the stuntdog". Anyway, that is optional. The tension buildup and the release are quite good. And that is an art as well as a craftsmanship. If anything I would wish for slightly bigger tension buildup and waiting a lil bit longer for the release. As you tell ppl the airplanes were german you almost create an anticlimax. But you got away with it. There is a flip or twist right there which could have been more well taken care of. But that's you're choice. Staying between 5 and 12 mins is great. Ppl can then chew off an episode or two before bedtime. Great upload☆☆☆☆ Thx! Or should I say Tanks?
We have a famous fighter ace from our village that was shot down in Normandy. I don't believe they ever found his body. We have a road named after him. He was called Eric Lock, it would be so cool for you to do a video on him.
Great suggestion, thank you very much! I'll see what I can find.
I very much appreciate the precision and substantive content of your videos, and think you have an effective and calming narrative voice. Would you ever consider doing a video on Heinrich Maier? I would like to know more about how widespread the Austrian resistance movement to Nazism within Austria was after the Anschluss; I’d particularly like to know more about *how* Maier became an underground opposition leader; how well-organised the Austrian Resistance was; and just how significant and effective the attempts on the part of Maier’s group to get secret information on the Wehrmacht in Austria to the Allies was,, as well as whether or not the Austrian Resistance was very successful at carrying out acts of sabotage and other types of civil disobedience that disrupted the Nazi administration of the occupied country.
in a sense, Austria did had anti-nazi armed resistance during WW2, ethnic Slovenian partisan movement in Klagenfurt area. Altough it was a token force, without significant contribution to the war effort, mere presence of that movement influenced Soviet stance toward Austria in emediate postwar time for better.
Interesting video. Like many other viewers, I have never heard about him so the information was enlightening. I have a topic which may be interesting to discuss and make a video about. I always thought that Goring was quite incompetent and I always wondered: "Would Germany have been able to win the war if Kesselring was the head of the Luftwaffe instead of Goring."
You should be able to find Adolf Galland s book,The First and The Last on download for free. There are other Luftwaffe authors but his was one of the first. Jessoneck believed Hitler's prediction of a short campaign to terminate the USSR . The things he did like drawing down instructors from advanced flying schools would have been acceptable if that had worked. A dead capable instructor is a serious loss. Equipment,mechanics,etc.
What works for short term solutions does not neccessarily work long term.
What part did Ernst Udet play?
Thank you for another well done video.
the comment about the 200 planes flying over Berlin is interesting, as my uncle in the Canadian Navy was often on ships with no insignia of any kind. by the closing last years of the war getting equipment into the field or air was the priority. identifying them seemed to b e secondary. My uncle mentioned even the friendlies were firing at his ship, and he was carrying AVIATION FUEL into Trieste!!!
I was of the opinion that Jeschonnek had become especially despondent after the Palm Sunday Massacre in April 1943, when the Luftwaffe tried one last time to make good on the promise to deliver supplies to the Afrika Corp holed up in Tunisia by that time since the British Navy was long in control of the Mediterranean sea supply routes. Seems over sixty JU-52s and even six or so Me 232s started out on a mission from points in Italy and were jumped by a squadron of Spitfires stationed in Malta who were warned by British Intelligence which had long cracked the German Enigma code and were looking over the Germans´ shoulder right through the war. Only five Ju-52 made it to Tunisia that day. The Spitfires had a Turkey shoot as the JU-52 were flying in a slow and lumbering triangle formation...
Thank you very much for this excellent video! It contributed to my understanding of this period of German history. By the way, you German pronunciation is pretty good.
Many thanks!
1:08 what are those two big pistols/hand canons they have (gun names)
It seems to be a flare gun. Hebel Modell 1894.
@@JohnJameson18y thanks, I was thinking it wasn't a normal handgun, my dad and I saw it and he wanted to know. I wasnt for sure either
I am fascinated by Wild Bill Donovan, his grandson David G. Donovan is a very close friend. He gave me his grandfathers golf clubs that he bought in Scotland while there during WW I. He donated much to the CIA. He described his grandfather as “not the grand baby bouncing on his knee kind of guy”. They lived not far from my home so first hand stories still out there but dying off quite quickly. Let me know if you’d like an introduction as Dave enjoys the history and would gladly share. He keeps a world map that has a sister map in Winston Churchill’s bunker in London. A side note is David is always invited to lead the St Patrick parade in NYC
From Wikipedia: "In 1943, Jeschonnek experienced at least one emotional breakdown over the failures and the inability of the Luftwaffe to defend Germany. Undermined by Göring and his subordinates, Jeschonnek shot himself on 18 August 1943. The suicide was covered up by Göring to preserve German morale and prevent the enemy powers from gaining any intelligence advantages. " So his mistake was either that he supported the war against Britain and the U.S. in the first place, or that he didn't secure enough funding for the German airforce to able to defend Germany against their bombers.
@House of History The S in corps is not pronounced in English. I know it's a hard habit to break but one worth working on due to how often it comes up in the context of the videos you do. I'm not being critical but as a former English as a Second Language instructor I just want to help. Love your work btw!
3:53 a post-war Spanish Air Force Messerschmidt playing the ME-109 in the 1968 movie ''The Battle Of Britain''.
A spanish ME109 with rolls- roice Merlin motor.
@@mvglorenz Thank you.
Also note absence of swastika on rudder which were banned after WWII.
This aircraft is not a real Messerschmidt is a spanish made Hispano Aviación HA-1112-M1L Buchón a post wwii development based on the me109
@@mvglorenz
Yep, the small spinner gives it away.
Thank you , How about a video on Hjalmar Schacht pls .
I didn't know about the "friendly fire" incident, have to learn more about that. Thanks.
I've little doubt that you will know of the extraordinary life and career of Capt Eric "Winkle" Brown.RN. who is credited with having flown more different types of military aircraft than any pilot has, or is likely to ever do. Plus he was present at Hitlers rallies, knew Hanna Reich and interrogated the Nuremberg defendants prior to the trials. And a lot more besides.
Ta again.
An incredibly fascinating life he lived! Definitely worth to be talked about in a future video. Thanks for sharing.
No
Jodl, love all your vids
House of History, thank you for the quality of your videos and your unassuming presentation.
Can you make a video about Feld Marschall Walter Model ? Although not a likeable character, he was outstanding by the courage he displayed in some of the most dangerous parts of the Eastern Front, like the partisan-infested forests of Smolensk, where he once gave his own armored car to a Wehrmacht captain in an exposed outpost fighting the partisans. And he did all that without any showiness.
He was a true soldier's soldier, but still unrecognized in the West because of his service to the 3rd Reich till the bitter end. While in the East, ... They have neither forgotten nor forgiven him for having delayed their advance toward the Vistula, and frustrating them of their prizes.
The 1977 movie ''A Bridge Too Far'' gives a slanted image of Model as a general only concerned for his own security.
Was that Feldmarschal Model A or T ?
@@bernied9415 There was Only One Walter Model
I'd like to see some more in depth examination of Wilhelm Canaris' interactions with the allies, and the various attempts to engage with the allies to negotiate surrender. We hear so little about these matters...we know that the allies declined to formally negotiate but to what extent did they string the Germans along that approached them? Canaris come to mind, his advice to Franco, his sometimes bizarre behaviour as head of the Abwehr. I'm interested less so in any biopic or story of Canaris- still a divisive figure and no mistake. But the story of allied interactions with high ranking German intelligence, and wehrmacht figures. I suspect we will never get the complete story.
Do a video about Walther Wever and his vision for 4 engine bombers for the Luftwaffe!
Thank you for your precise and factual document. I do like to know as much as possible about the highly respected Rommel if there is more to be shared.
Hi Jordie, I happened to have uploaded a video about Bir Hacheim last Friday. It was besieged by Rommel, with a force 10 times larger than its French defenders
Thank you so much. It's great to be able to see all the bits of the jig saw puzzle fit together for accurate perspective. All the best :)
Many thanks. I appreciate the work and time you put into your research...
The question is, does his mistake compare to Dolfie’s mistake of appointing Himmler as a commander?
Himmler was a coward playing double game
2:05 Hey, what are those planes doing up there?
What planes? Those are birds.
Oh. Okay. Carry on.
Another interseting video. Thanks.
The success of the Luftwaffe in supplying the 100,000-strong Demyansk Pocket encircled by the red army in the 1941-42 winter, until their breaking free, must have made Goering and Jeschonnek confident that they could do the same with Stalingrad.
But the Luftwaffe was then overextended and Stalingrad was 3 times bigger than Demyansk.
Charles weren't the Germans in the Demyansk pocket given a rifle that Hitler ordered to be cancelled.I think that particular weapon was very helpful to the German breakout.
@@frank1fm634 I think you are referring to the MP42 assault rifle (later MP43 & MP44 then into the postwar AK47)
I don't know if it was present at the time. But it's possible that it was issued for battlefield evaluation. Yes, Hitler ordered the gun to be cancelled for more urgently needed weapons.
An entirely different situation in every aspect. Three times as many soldiers and equipment to supply (not to mention horses), an entirely different tactical situation, atrocious weather, not nearly enough transport a/c (nor pilots nor fuel to fly them) etc. In fact, Jeschonnek alone was the one who made the claim to Hitler that the Luftwaffe keep the 6th Army supplied by air, against all reality that it would be impossible.
@Hydroginn1 Or MP 44. Platform for the postwar Kalashnikov.
@@frank1fm634 It was in the 100-km away from Demyansk, much smaller Kholm pocket(5,500 Germans)holding out for 105 days, that the new assault rifle developed in 1940-41 by Schmeisser was tested. It was called the MKb 42(H) or machine carbine. There were, out of 50 prototypes, 35 of them air-dropped for battlefield trials.
It was a success & the basis for the latter
STG-44 (assault rifle) mentioned by Mr.Hydroginn1.
Hans Rudell , Erich Hartmann.
Would be interesting to know what damage Jeshonnek has caused due to that fatal order to induce his suicide desicion, must have been pretty disastrous!
According to one of the sources, 12 night fighters were lost - but they aren't clear how many were shot down by the anti-aircraft defences (numbers range from 3 to all 12).
That's very interesting about the fool opening fire on his on airplanes.
Is there a link on it?
Please don't call him a fool. He made an honest mistake with tragic consequences for his comrades. The pressures of his situation were enormous.
There 's more to it than that.. read up on Operation Hydra on Wiki - the Brits launched a diversionary raid on Berlin to draw figher ac away from the main bombing site. So UK Mosquitos had been in the air over Berlin just before the German fighters arrived. THat's not mentioned in the video. TEFidler, NZL
I always wondered why the WWII planes all had target painted on their sides. Some with a big "X", others with an archery-style target.
ਦੂਸਰੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਯੁੱਧ ਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਦੇ ਦੋਰਾਨ ਜਰਮਨੀ ਦੀ ਨਾਜੀ ਸੈਨਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਗਤੀਵਿਧੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਵਧੀਆ ਲੱਗੀ ਜੀ ਜੇਕਰ ਹੋ ਸਕੇ ਤਾਂ ਡਾਕਟਰ ਮੈਂਗਲੇ ਦੇ ਵਾਰੇ ਵੀ ਇੱਕ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਬਣਾਉ ਵੀਰੇ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ
Thanks for the interesting story. The plane at the 3.54 mark isn’t a 109, it’s a post-war Spanish 109 airframe Rolls Royce engined Buchon. In Luftwaffe livery.
Thanks for pointing it out Steve, you're absolutely right!
House of History I appreciate the effort that you put into these interesting overlooked stories 👍
Small thing, but that picture of the ME 109 looks to me like the postwar Spanish version with the Merlin engine.
They seem fairly merry at 1:18 and there are a lot of bottles on the table.
Please do a video on Walther Wever and the impact his death had on Germany’s 4 engine bomber program!
Fascinating.thank you.
I am interested in seeing more about the Second World War. Great story.
There's a lot more on my channel! 😉
Can you do a video on my paternal grandfather Leonid Myronovych Shtern an important general in the Russian army?
Thank you.
hi I would like to see info on the pre 41 talks between Germany and Russia over Romania. There is very little info on these talks. I think these talks fueled the german desire to attack What do you think/ know about this? thanks sam.
Yes, this is correct. It was the fear of the Soviet Union capturing the oil fields of Romania using a mere 60 Divisions that prompted Hitler to launch Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. His talks with leadership of Finland in June 1942 inside a Train and secretly recorded by the Finland Secret Service confirms this story.
What a honorable man. Respect and RIP.
Wasn't Jeschonnek the guy who ordered the Stalingrad airlift? I think TIK said so in one of his videos.
Thank you so much. My father was in the U.S. Airforce 1953. The Airforce is the most "inteligent"service. One wonders if Jeschonnek would have been a future leader and thinker. I wonder if there were Airforce Officers who had ties or former friendships with fliers from the US or Britain. What were their feelings about flying against their former friends that they met while flying in the 1930's in the US and Britain? Certainly there were many close friendships broken, just as there are now with brothers divided in the U.S. about "Trumpism" and in 1860's iin the U.S. Civil War. Thank You "House of History", much like the "Therigan House" and "Holland House" and other host "houses" in all Olympics (such as in Salt Lake City), we share cultures, knowledge and friendship to save the world from making the mistakes of the past.
Trump was the only president in us history to not take a dollar or his salary say what u want Trump actually cared about America unlike BitchassBiden
Great video. Two clangers. The plural of aircraft is aircraft, not "aircrafts". There's no "S". Corps is pronounced core, not "corpse".
Your introductory background music volume is too loud, but the audio level of your presentation is too low. Please fix this for your future videos.
Thanks
Could you do a video about when the Wehrmacht started using Nazi eagles on their uniforms? I recently saw a video of Hindenburg doing an inspection and the soldiers already had the eagle over their right breast. I’ve always been curious as to when the uniforms changed to feature the Nazi symbols. I can’t find much info regarding the subject. I enjoy your videos very much.
It need be pointed out that it was Hans Jeschonnek who ordered aircraft in the Luftwaffe only have 2 engines, thus stifling the production of heavy bombers and supply craft
he repented well for his failure in the execution of directive 30
Goering was too busy eating, Doing opiates and stealing his art collection
He was arrested by Hitler like 5 years too late...
I've created a video about a Dutch art forger that managed to swindle Göring and earn a fortune by selling forged paintings to the Nazis, if that's something you'd like to hear about! czcams.com/video/RQRdvnY4J28/video.html
Chris W Not to mention getting buggered by some hot young Nazi.
That actually kept him occupied and prevented him from doing more damage to the luftwaffe
@@HoH write a script and sell it to Hollywood. Try to get John Goodman to play Hermann Goering
I think we can all agree that Jeschonnek's fatal mistake was pointing the gun at his own head. TFW you don't understand which end the bullets come out of.
Since you have done so many videos on World War II, I'm wondering if you could share your thoughts on what *might* have happened if Hitler had kept his promise to Britain and France that the Sudetenland was "his last territorial demand." As you know, there was tremendous sentiment in the USA and Western Europe to avoid becoming involved in yet another World War. I believe that, if Hitler had not invaded Poland in 1939, this isolationist movement might have had its way--at least in the European Theater.
Thank u for the untold story.
Please do one on Col Werner Baumbach
What was his mistake ?
Possibly this is only tangentially connected with World War Two, but how about one on Willi Munzenberg? I only see French and German language videos of him online. He was a Comintern agent of influence between the wars, boosting Soviet prestige among Western intellectuals and cultural leaders. When he went rogue after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the NKVD tracked him down and assassinated him in France, during the German invasion.
Bad breakfast product idea: 'Luft Waffles'
General Ritter Von Thoma as a POW was recorded discussing the V-1 and V-2 projects this also alerted British intelligence of the existence of these programs
My Mom was in a Displaced person's camp in Germany at the end of WW2. Her family came from Latvia. Can you find out more about those?
One family member says they had to be on the side of the Germans to be in there.
Reinhard Heydrich , would like to learn about him .
Oh yes, he was called "The henchman of Prague". Heydrich was born in Halle/Saale near Leipzig where I live now...
Yeah he was a monster
Können Sie empfehlen Medikamente für Furz und Durchfall? Ich Furz wie eine große Trompete. Vollen Klang, wie ein Kaiser Furz. Mein Durchfall fließt wie ein Fluss.
Make a video about Admiral Canaris
Always wondered how 1944 operation begration was so successful ?Anniversary of that operation is near
Good work, but please speak louder, so we can hear you better. Check out.... "The History Guy" and his videos. Otherwise smashing good show!!!