The Goebbels Government - Berlin 1945

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  • čas přidán 11. 07. 2020
  • What happened after Hitler died? Propaganda Minister Dr. Goebbels took over as Chancellor of Germany. Discover the full story of Goebbels' brief government in the last days of the Battle of Berlin.
    Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. He has written extensively on Japanese war crimes, POW camps, Nazi war criminals, the Holocaust, famous escapes, Hitler and other Nazi leaders. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...
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  • @66yozgattandrkebap48
    @66yozgattandrkebap48 Před 3 lety +6336

    This video probably took longer to make than Goebbel's government

    • @scepticsquirrel
      @scepticsquirrel Před 3 lety +178

      He literally did only one thing as Chancellor, he thought who governs less is the best governor. 🙂

    • @coleman4840
      @coleman4840 Před 3 lety +28

      Honestly

    • @adamwilliams5492
      @adamwilliams5492 Před 3 lety +87

      i took a number 2 that lasted longer than his government. 😂 lol

    • @miniaturejayhawk8702
      @miniaturejayhawk8702 Před 3 lety +39

      @@scepticsquirrel not only him, also Hitler. The Nazi Government was a machine that needed very little input from Hitler. All he ever did was voice his wishes, concerns and ideas which you could also read in his book. Its was only in the war where he actively took command of the armed forces.
      Fascist systems generally need little input from their leader but their are very fanatic about the input that they get. And most initiatives are being executed in the name of the leader with them only finding out afterwards.

    • @4thtime910
      @4thtime910 Před 3 lety +1

      @@adamwilliams5492 Funny...?

  • @btomlin5764
    @btomlin5764 Před 3 lety +3647

    I can remember when “The history channel” first came to be in the early 90’s, I was hooked. So many war stories from WWII. Slowly it turned to reality garbage. I stopped watching. I found Mark Felton’s channel a few days ago. Hello real history. God bless you Mark Felton. You’ve answered my prayers.

    • @David-mo5jw
      @David-mo5jw Před 3 lety +73

      Non reality garbage, flying saucer big foot.

    • @Brisoup1
      @Brisoup1 Před 3 lety +111

      You mean programs like "Hitler's Nazi Astronauts" or "Confessions of Hitler's gardener"?

    • @David-mo5jw
      @David-mo5jw Před 3 lety +80

      @@Brisoup1 The gardener would be ok but lost gynaecologist of Atlantis is stretching the concept of history somewhat.

    • @Aaron19987
      @Aaron19987 Před 3 lety +29

      What a turn of events it would be if Mark Felton starting presenting ‘the real housewives of stoke on Trent’

    • @vespermartini2556
      @vespermartini2556 Před 3 lety +22

      @@Brisoup1 "Confessions of Hitler's Cook" would have been good also.

  • @riskyflash6812
    @riskyflash6812 Před 9 měsíci +74

    “Goebbels refused to leave for reasons of humanity and personal loyalty.”
    The idea of Goebbels doing ANYTHING in the name of humanity is painfully ironic.

    • @angry_Australia
      @angry_Australia Před měsícem +1

      Lmfao

    • @tireja252
      @tireja252 Před 16 dny +1

      Only if you‘ve never read his books or listened to his speeches, explaining his idealism and his true goals, which were far from what you have been told about them…

  • @porkstack
    @porkstack Před 2 lety +128

    It's impossible to watch this without commenting.
    The incredible detail of information is just superb.
    Thank you so much for keeping this vital history alive. You're a genius.

  • @colanitower
    @colanitower Před 4 lety +2155

    Me: switch tablet on for latest world news
    Tablet: There's also Mark Felton's last news on the Third Reich in WWII
    Me: OK, first things first

    • @scottklocke891
      @scottklocke891 Před 4 lety +22

      Reading COVID 19 news. Breakfast time, a Mark Felton "Alles Kaput, Dritte Reich. Breakfast can wait.

    • @kannasai3998
      @kannasai3998 Před 4 lety +12

      Same story here..!!

    • @GMan-yg1og
      @GMan-yg1og Před 4 lety +1

      Shite format :-)

    • @daemonartursson5952
      @daemonartursson5952 Před 4 lety +7

      First thing I watched when I got home this evening. Thanks Mark

    • @voodoodolly
      @voodoodolly Před 4 lety +1

      😂😂exactly....

  • @baathwater8442
    @baathwater8442 Před 4 lety +1431

    Nothing brightens up my morning like a new Mark Felton video

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R Před 4 lety +6

      Ba'ath Water Nothing brightens my ding dong like a new Mark Felton video!
      👌🏻

    • @jorisvanoeffel4721
      @jorisvanoeffel4721 Před 4 lety +4

      Perfect during breakfast

    • @ADogNamedStay
      @ADogNamedStay Před 4 lety +19

      Perfect during the wake and bake

    • @babbage___
      @babbage___ Před 4 lety +8

      @@ADogNamedStay Ah yes, a historian stoner. Nice.

    • @ADogNamedStay
      @ADogNamedStay Před 4 lety +5

      @@babbage___ yes

  • @NoNameNo.5
    @NoNameNo.5 Před 10 měsíci +22

    The actor who played Goebbles in downfall was great, a bit too tall but all the fanatical and creepy

    • @arlenemcdonald224
      @arlenemcdonald224 Před měsícem +2

      Brilliant movie!

    • @jasonmason8413
      @jasonmason8413 Před 16 dny

      Definitely more physically accurate in valkerie or inglorious but his personality was perfectly portrayed in downfall

  • @55tranquility
    @55tranquility Před 9 měsíci +26

    I work with some pensioners who lived through the war, one chap I visit has some fascinating stories I could listen to him for hours. He used to live in Wanstead London when he was a lad, and told me about the POW camp that was on Wanstead Flats. It held Italian and German POWs and was there until around 1948. He told me that it never really was a prison camp as you would imagine, particularly once the war had ended the soldiers used to manage themselves and there were not many soldiers guarding them. Towards the end there wasn’t even a fence and the prisoners used to do work in the local area, they would socialise with the locals and play in local football teams, attend local churches etc. He said many families would invite prisoners round for to eat an evening meal with them. In fact quite a few local girls ended up marrying a young German or Italian lad and starting families and many opted to stay in Britain after they were released which is why in London you have Italian restaurants and Ice Cream parlours that the soldiers set up. Apparently his father happily took on young Germans to work for him after they were released as he said they were very good workers, he owned an engineering firm. His father told him that getting to know the POWs they realised they were just young lads conscripted into the army who had no choice and it wasn’t them who started the war. They realised they were just like their sons and brothers who were sent off to fight - they didn’t have a choice. I think its a great story how people are just people and it’s politicians and governments and tyrants who cause wars not young men and women starting out in life.

    • @matthewv4170
      @matthewv4170 Před 2 měsíci +2

      It was mostly Churchill and his financiers tbh

    • @brianschmidt9919
      @brianschmidt9919 Před měsícem +2

      thank you for sharing that

    • @kyletitterton
      @kyletitterton Před měsícem

      @@matthewv4170 Do you honestly believe that? That Churchill was part of the rise of the Nazi party and the subsequent global war, that initially truly began in the far East? You know that sometimes things actually happened as in the history books and not everything is a conspiracy that's gonna blow the bovine masses tiny mind?

  • @billh230
    @billh230 Před 4 lety +489

    Mark ALWAYS has something new, some tidbit that fills in the gaps, some perspective that I hadn't seen before.

    • @leonardolupini3484
      @leonardolupini3484 Před 4 lety +5

      Yes his posts are so interesting.

    • @deftone1
      @deftone1 Před 3 lety +2

      Brilliant man

    • @btomlin5764
      @btomlin5764 Před 3 lety +4

      So true! He has taught us so much that we never knew before!!

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety

      @@leonardolupini3484 what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety

      @Gabriel Rabin what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

  • @chainsawblue3639
    @chainsawblue3639 Před 4 lety +409

    I just finished watching 'Downfall' and now Mark spooks me with this video.

    • @billh230
      @billh230 Před 4 lety +69

      Bruno Ganz was masterful in that movie.

    • @loveofmangos001
      @loveofmangos001 Před 4 lety +47

      I remember Goebells screaming that he did not care after a German General informed him that the Russians were mowing down his conscripts.
      Beyond crazy.

    • @QW-pq5ql
      @QW-pq5ql Před 4 lety

      SAME

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw Před 4 lety

      Bringen Sie mir Mark

    • @fuferito
      @fuferito Před 4 lety +15

      @书中自有黄金屋,
      Eyewitnesses that staffed the Bunker, and survived.

  • @bigdukesix4161
    @bigdukesix4161 Před rokem +26

    Mark honesty, I consider your channel as one of the best around… if not the best. Some of the obscure stories are thoroughly researched and very well told. Awesome

    • @MrWonszBoa
      @MrWonszBoa Před 4 měsíci

      What would be the other channels?

  • @ZIL68
    @ZIL68 Před 2 lety +7

    Again, thank you for these broadcasts! They are very informative. I feel as if I'm learning so much!

  • @maxv3286
    @maxv3286 Před 4 lety +729

    This video takes up more than 1% of Goebbels' time as Reichschancellor.

    • @TheGeezzer
      @TheGeezzer Před 3 lety +2

      Laughs Out Loud! 😆

    • @josefschmeau4682
      @josefschmeau4682 Před 3 lety +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @detomasopantera1966
      @detomasopantera1966 Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @user-wj6dt5bq3w
      @user-wj6dt5bq3w Před 4 měsíci

      Still got to be Chancellor like Bismarck.

    • @mrnygren2
      @mrnygren2 Před 11 dny

      @@user-wj6dt5bq3w Chancellor of the Government Sector in Berlin, it was a bit too late to sue for peace.

  • @JayS25
    @JayS25 Před 4 lety +622

    Who else finds Mark Felton videos to be incredibly interesting? Like make you stay up in the middle of the night just to watch his videos interesting?

    • @ivanthemadvandal8435
      @ivanthemadvandal8435 Před 4 lety +7

      No, I subscribe to him because I find him to be completely unwatchable

    • @theopoint-o5141
      @theopoint-o5141 Před 3 lety +2

      They're alright

    • @VoltageLP
      @VoltageLP Před 3 lety +6

      I'm sure Hilter himself is subscribed from his bunker in Antarctica

    • @glennquickmire5738
      @glennquickmire5738 Před 3 lety +1

      @@VoltageLP In his pineapple under the sea...

    • @MattRichardsonX
      @MattRichardsonX Před 3 lety +2

      I think if Mark's WWII videos were all connected in war-time sequential order, it would be the most comprehensive WWII documentary every produced, including The World at War.

  • @jmichealsmith99
    @jmichealsmith99 Před 3 lety +3

    thank you for uploading this: I think Mark Felton is an excellent historian!

  • @BROKEN-PILOT
    @BROKEN-PILOT Před rokem +2

    After viewing all of your videos, I find this one the best by far. Bravo, Mark!

  • @sayantan222
    @sayantan222 Před 3 lety +484

    I wish we had a history professor like Mark in our school days.... Thanks for keeping this eagerness to know about history by your videos

    • @popsflying
      @popsflying Před 3 lety +6

      nope, the corrupt liberal controlled unions wont allow the truth to be told.

    • @jean6872
      @jean6872 Před 2 lety +2

      @@popsflying The only people who bellyache about school curricula are alt-right nutcases.

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety

      what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety

      @@popsflying what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

    • @jean6872
      @jean6872 Před 2 lety

      @@deedt8279 This is fantasy. There are witnesses to Hitler's suicide and the burning of his corpse.

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 Před 4 lety +383

    Time for bed.
    "Mark Felton published a new video!"
    I don't need sleep.

    • @marklloyd4087
      @marklloyd4087 Před 4 lety +6

      I am watching this,my snowflake daughter is looking at me,she is asked me have a I got a Nazi uniform in my bedroom, my reply I only put it on before it's mummy and daddy time in the bedroom, it was quite amusing watching my 20 year old daughter nearly choke on her toast 😂😂😂

    • @dick4332
      @dick4332 Před 4 lety +6

      @@marklloyd4087 you don't sound right in the head

    • @NoName-ig2jb
      @NoName-ig2jb Před 3 lety +2

      I dont need sleep, i need answers

    • @TheGeezzer
      @TheGeezzer Před 3 lety

      Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, glad to hear you don't need sleep, because this is a long video so you ain't gettin any!

  • @tommytommy7096
    @tommytommy7096 Před rokem +5

    Great lessons to learn in all these history videos.. I can get so lost in history but yet as i see the world today its repeating itself all over again… thank you for posting these videos i so love them…

  • @tomvera2589
    @tomvera2589 Před 2 lety +2

    Great work. Impressive detail. Well done. Learned much , thank you.

  • @LadyFairChildVideo
    @LadyFairChildVideo Před 3 lety +1645

    You can see most of these events in the Movie "DownFall" , with Bruno Ganz.

    • @avacyn2000
      @avacyn2000 Před 3 lety +179

      Brilliant film.

    • @YT_DH
      @YT_DH Před 3 lety +278

      To anyone who reads this comment- I know for 99% of you, your next likely action is to immediately forget the title of this movie and go about your day, tossing aside yet another movie recommendation, of which you have probably received hundreds. But I implore you - PAUSE - and lookup/note/download this ABSOLUTELY spectacular film, which will forevermore be engrained into your memory. “The Downfall”/“Der Untergang“ is a masterpiece that depicts the last days of Adolf Hitler and those closest to him. Do yourself an ADDITIONAL favor and watch it in its original German (& read the English subtitles) to be engulfed in the full emotional impact of the masterful acting. Enjoy!

    • @pattywolford
      @pattywolford Před 3 lety +88

      Excellent performance by Bruno Ganz

    • @wandaperi
      @wandaperi Před 3 lety +88

      *Incoming ranting and Fegelein comments!*

    • @tomasdetorquemada6499
      @tomasdetorquemada6499 Před 3 lety +73

      „Wo ist Steiner?“

  • @scottessery100
    @scottessery100 Před 3 lety +230

    "disposing of her children" was a pretty shocking thing for a parent to do

    • @johannvonleers5758
      @johannvonleers5758 Před 3 lety +107

      I think a fair number of parents would dispose of the kids rather than avail them to rape and/or confinement in a communist prison camp.

    • @hamzak2181
      @hamzak2181 Před 3 lety +51

      @@johannvonleers5758 Man you Nazis are a funny bunch. Talk about preserving the race one day and killing your own children the very next. If the Nazis were so terrified of being locked up in camps are years of war-crimes maybe they shouldn't have started the war in the first place.

    • @egord9101
      @egord9101 Před 3 lety +6

      @@hamzak2181 Damn right! Thank you.

    • @linda5ft
      @linda5ft Před 3 lety +27

      Everyone knew what the Russians where going to do “ 8 to 80 “. It has not been so long since we climbed down from the trees .

    • @charlesvan13
      @charlesvan13 Před 3 lety +38

      @@johannvonleers5758
      They could have flown the children to Western or Southern Germany. They would have been captured by the Americans, and nothing would have happened to them.

  • @vladblack1529
    @vladblack1529 Před 2 lety +1

    Another excellent video, thank you for posting it.✌🏼

  • @penitentiarychances9459
    @penitentiarychances9459 Před 2 lety +4

    Colbert said when you turn a certain age you become obsessed with all things WW2. Well, it's happened to me, I didnt care at all when I was younger but now I watch this channel all the time. Weird isnt it.

  • @petervonhoffmann5061
    @petervonhoffmann5061 Před 3 lety +813

    I was born and lived many years in Berlin before moving to the United States. I remember my Grandfather telling me how he met Mr. Goebbels before the War after a speech he gave at the Sportpalast Arena around 1938. Unfortunately, he was impressed by Goebbel's charisma and devotion to the Fatherland. My memories are those playing in the rubble and having many childhood friends who lost their fathers during the War. My family lost everything after the war due to Russian confiscation. It is difficult for Germans like me to watch those old newsreels and all the destruction and atrocities.

    • @jamesacko9223
      @jamesacko9223 Před 3 lety +239

      Germans should not be ashamed of their past at all, its the winners who write the history

    • @Hugatree1
      @Hugatree1 Před 3 lety +42

      Peter von Hoffmann God bless you and I feel for your painful memories. I hope the United States has been better for you and you’re having a good life

    • @stevensegal4697
      @stevensegal4697 Před 3 lety +59

      Long live sacred Germany

    • @deniseroe5891
      @deniseroe5891 Před 3 lety +10

      Peter von Hoffmann I am sure it is hard to watch. I can’t imagine how it feels. My mom’s family came from the Rhineland area to the US in the early. 1800’s. I am sure I still have blood relatives in Germany. God bless

    • @egord9101
      @egord9101 Před 3 lety +131

      Mate, watch reals from the Eastern front, what germans did there, especially the civilian population. They came with war and destruction, and received just that in return. Dont see how people cant get that.

  • @ultramet
    @ultramet Před 4 lety +416

    Last year I was visiting my sister in law in Berlin. I ate in an Indian restaurant and then walked a few blocks towards a Shopping Mall. Shockingly, I came across the remnants of the Fuhrerbunker located in a rather nondescript parking lot. I know Mark has covered this but it was eerie being near the bunker in person. As always, thanks Mark for such a thorough history presentation.

    • @trollking99
      @trollking99 Před 3 lety +53

      Indian restaurant, and you probably passed Africans, Muslims, Slavs and a pinch of Chinese tourists along the way.

    • @goatkoala573
      @goatkoala573 Před 3 lety +4

      What does “eerie” means?

    • @trollking99
      @trollking99 Před 3 lety +27

      @@goatkoala573 Means something like creepy or scary.

    • @NPCDCBA
      @NPCDCBA Před 3 lety +16

      @@trollking99 what difference does it make?

    • @MrEd94
      @MrEd94 Před 3 lety +49

      @@trollking99 Alright Adolf chill out...

  • @3ofEach
    @3ofEach Před měsícem +1

    I love your videos… idk if it’s good that I’m enjoying this kind of content this much but between your voice, the way you explain everything, and all the pictures you include I’m HOOKED!

  • @fdxx2499
    @fdxx2499 Před rokem +1

    By far the most important historical videos on earth at the moment.

  • @tutorialproduction1768
    @tutorialproduction1768 Před 4 lety +383

    The scene when Goebbels children was killed in Der Untergang was really saddening

    • @SolarWebsite
      @SolarWebsite Před 4 lety +41

      It was the first movie scene I actually cried about in decades when I first saw it, in a cinema. When I rewatch the movie, I still get emotional about that scene. I now have young children of my own...

    • @mrkeogh
      @mrkeogh Před 4 lety +83

      That was really appalling. Imagine being *that* committed to a cause that you'd kill your own children. It's debatable how well the Soviets would have treated the Goebbels children if they had been captured alive (probably exploiting them for propaganda purposes for the rest of their lives), but several occupants in the bunker made a dash for the West as the Soviets closed in and few Germans would have blamed the children for their parents odious behaviour.

    • @armenpetrosyan6000
      @armenpetrosyan6000 Před 4 lety +84

      It is a good proof how extremely sick nazis are

    • @GHustle4
      @GHustle4 Před 4 lety +11

      It was not saddening they would've grew up and did the same shit fuck them!

    • @ericscottstevens
      @ericscottstevens Před 4 lety +69

      The actress Corinna Harfouch who portrayed Magda Goebbels, had a mental breakdown on set as how a mother could kill all her children in the name of the state. The impasse went on for more than a few hours and filming was suspended as she was inconsolable. It took the producers/director to come in and figure out how to get her state of mind back on track to finish the days filming.

  • @BushcraftingBogan
    @BushcraftingBogan Před 3 lety +190

    I’m currently reading The Diaries of Joseph Geobells (1942-1943) as well as the Final Entries 1945. They are fascinating and an interesting peek into the inner workings of the regime. Highly recommended to anyone interested in this period of history.

    • @RaccoobCollective
      @RaccoobCollective Před 3 lety +2

      Where can i read this

    • @BushcraftingBogan
      @BushcraftingBogan Před 2 lety

      @@davids.654 I think the name was a fight with auto correct and I just let it go. And yes, historiand is a hobby of mine. Thanks.

    • @chickenman1801
      @chickenman1801 Před 2 lety +1

      Who translated?

    • @scottashe984
      @scottashe984 Před 2 lety +7

      Albert Speer"s book is really decent too.

    • @BushcraftingBogan
      @BushcraftingBogan Před 2 lety +1

      @@scottashe984 I ordered those recently.

  • @dutchbeef8920
    @dutchbeef8920 Před měsícem +2

    Its impossible to watch this video without wondering where Hermann Fegelein is

  • @nwofoe2866
    @nwofoe2866 Před 3 lety +9

    after that speech in 1945, Goebbels told close friends, "I could have told those people to jump out windows and they would have done it".

    • @areyoujelton
      @areyoujelton Před 3 lety +2

      Shows how dumb people are en masse

    • @nwofoe2866
      @nwofoe2866 Před 3 lety +2

      @@areyoujelton there are low-lifes out there like Hitler and Goebbels who abuse trust. Life is built upon trust in so many ways.

    • @donnasherron9509
      @donnasherron9509 Před 2 lety +1

      That was the "Total War" speech.

  • @cattleherder1912
    @cattleherder1912 Před 3 lety +234

    As depressing as these subjects can be the sheer amount of details and factual accuracy its very upbringing. I enjoy your videos very much Mark!

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety +1

      what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

    • @pretorious700
      @pretorious700 Před 2 lety +1

      History should never be viewed as "depressing". It's lessons to be learned.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart Před rokem

      @@pretorious700 it can be

  • @shadowtrooper262
    @shadowtrooper262 Před 4 lety +371

    I was just having my tea time and as I heard you state that Hitler and Eva died at 3.30pm, I looked at my clock and saw it was exactly 3.300pm. 😳

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 Před 4 lety +4

      Are you in India?

    • @elhombredeoro955
      @elhombredeoro955 Před 4 lety +2

      @@visionist7 I think Australia

    • @shadowtrooper262
      @shadowtrooper262 Před 4 lety +15

      @@visionist7 no, Im from Singapore.

    • @sabjiyom2893
      @sabjiyom2893 Před 4 lety +12

      I didn’t know clocks could show 3.300pm

    • @damyr
      @damyr Před 4 lety +6

      @@shadowtrooper262 Coincidences don't exist. You're probably Adolf reincarnated.

  • @markwoldin162
    @markwoldin162 Před 2 lety +3

    Not only beautifully written and produced, but Mr. Felton has a plummy voice and clear diction. A pleasure all around.

  • @davravidumn183
    @davravidumn183 Před 2 lety +3

    Another excellent presentation from Mr. Felton!

  • @HardwareHerr
    @HardwareHerr Před 4 lety +16

    Just woke up to Mark Felton. Great!

  • @scottsmith8190
    @scottsmith8190 Před 4 lety +149

    And Mark does it again .... This channel is pure class 👍👍

  • @slappy-chicken
    @slappy-chicken Před 2 lety +3

    I love this guy. His intro music is hype. It's always a pleasure to watch the videos.

  • @TheLoneWolf5346
    @TheLoneWolf5346 Před 2 lety +2

    Nice work Mark always enjoy your videos.

  • @terminallumbago6465
    @terminallumbago6465 Před 4 lety +622

    Interesting fact: Günther Schwägermann is actually still alive (or at least no date of death was ever provided). He'll be 105 in a few days

    • @rekruation3102
      @rekruation3102 Před 3 lety +140

      Guess how he looks now at the modern world, Europe and understands why their struggle was a chance which was lost so people got what they wanted.

    • @pellejohansen
      @pellejohansen Před 3 lety +60

      @Billy Batts all the good stuff. Frankfurtt school and globalism

    • @rekruation3102
      @rekruation3102 Před 3 lety +6

      Billy Batts yep.

    • @rekruation3102
      @rekruation3102 Před 3 lety +2

      Pelle Johansen rofl 🤣

    • @pellejohansen
      @pellejohansen Před 3 lety +15

      @Mr and Mrs. Smith i dont. They are very rare luckily

  • @taddyfaddy
    @taddyfaddy Před 4 lety +48

    That music always gets me.

  • @richardmullins1883
    @richardmullins1883 Před 3 lety +2

    Ehat a fantastic channel. I've learned so many new things about ww2 from his videos.

  • @stevetournay6103
    @stevetournay6103 Před rokem +16

    There's one of these videos about Hans-Ulrich Rudel; it would be interesting to see one on "ace of aces" Erich Hartmann, particularly his postwar years in Soviet captivity and then returning to flying with the new West German Luftwaffe. An epic life.

    • @rosh3385
      @rosh3385 Před rokem +1

      Great suggestion! I agree.

  • @psuedopotato
    @psuedopotato Před 4 lety +138

    5:55 the dude on the left looks like indy niedel from the CZcams channel the great war and second world war lol. Everytime i see that photo i always see him.

    • @kingericson490
      @kingericson490 Před 4 lety +42

      That would explain why he is so knowledgeable about ww2 and ww1

    • @user-tn1wo4md4n
      @user-tn1wo4md4n Před 4 lety +41

      He's there to do some "research"

    • @fazole
      @fazole Před 4 lety +15

      It does! That's weird, like something from "The Shining" movie.

    • @FlexBeanbag
      @FlexBeanbag Před 4 lety

      @@kingericson490 czcams.com/video/Bmc9NFfhx74/video.html

    • @JabbaWokkey88
      @JabbaWokkey88 Před 4 lety +5

      Good catch!

  • @Frothingill
    @Frothingill Před 4 lety +350

    The last joke from the Führerbunker/Berlin, laughed at Hitler too: "you can take the tram from the eastern front to the western front." :D

    • @Frothingill
      @Frothingill Před 3 lety +8

      This joke was told by Traudl Junge.

    • @meer9159
      @meer9159 Před 3 lety +39

      @WAFFEN COLLIDER what's wrong with Europe now? You prefer the days where drug addicted Nazis ran it?

    • @ewaldgering6459
      @ewaldgering6459 Před 3 lety +15

      @WAFFEN COLLIDER Europe now is a great place to live in. If there just weren't that Man afd/front/q etc fashists.

    • @alexgangsta1231
      @alexgangsta1231 Před 3 lety +5

      @@meer9159 yes, that's what he means... look at his name

    • @hamzak2181
      @hamzak2181 Před 3 lety +10

      @WAFFEN COLLIDER Nazis are defeated and will be defeated again if they ever rise up. Go take a nap.

  • @urielmartinez6279
    @urielmartinez6279 Před 2 lety +1

    I subscribed to this channel when Felton only had about a few thousand subscribers. As I write this, Felton has 1.5 million. Congratulations Dr. Felton!

  • @adamjg4
    @adamjg4 Před 3 lety +136

    "Downfall" the movie (Der Untergang) dramatizes what Mark covered here very well - a must see.

    • @alexm566
      @alexm566 Před 3 lety +2

      they show Goebbels wife killing the children tho, not a doctor 🤨

    • @Christian-mt5jx
      @Christian-mt5jx Před 3 lety +10

      @@alexm566 What adds to the drama. It's a drama not a documentary on how the Reich ended.

    • @evamarek5205
      @evamarek5205 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Christian-mt5jx I cried when I seen that movie. I have the DVD.

    • @badbotchdown9845
      @badbotchdown9845 Před 2 lety +3

      No need to dramatize every aspects would be real and reported by many witnesses present in the bunker.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart Před 2 lety +1

      @@badbotchdown9845 drama is good

  • @roscoewhite3793
    @roscoewhite3793 Před 4 lety +32

    This channel brings nourishment for the soul in a time of isolation. Many thanks, Dr Felton.

  • @treebirds536
    @treebirds536 Před 2 lety +1

    This video is a special one ! Thank you very much of that !

  • @alexburt6995
    @alexburt6995 Před 3 lety

    I really want your intro music as my ringtone!

  • @bradleyparker4035
    @bradleyparker4035 Před 4 lety +17

    I am Thirty Four. This is what used to be on History channel basically anytime of the day. This channel is a precious gem. You have sparked life back into us young American men. History Channel has abandoned us, and the Veterans of WWII are no longer as many as we knew as kids. Thank you for this channel Doctor.

    • @monsterhunter445
      @monsterhunter445 Před 2 lety +1

      My only complaint about history channel then and I guess pop history in general is the focus WWII that other stuff in history isn't important. I get WWII is interesting but they are much more stuff in history just as interesting if not more.

  • @fitzroy8372
    @fitzroy8372 Před 4 lety +32

    Keep up the good work Mark very interesting stuff, clicked as fast as I could.

  • @yummyyum36719
    @yummyyum36719 Před 2 lety +1

    I love this channel. It is done with great authority and historical integrity.

  • @masmainster
    @masmainster Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent informative video, thank you.

  • @marcuszc3172
    @marcuszc3172 Před 4 lety +79

    Early morning in the netherlands ..good moment to watch this ..

  • @Paul-hy6rp
    @Paul-hy6rp Před 4 lety +34

    Yet ANOTHER great video, having watched the film Downfall I know a bit about the last days of the war but still learnt some facts from this video.

  • @blutigesfeinripp
    @blutigesfeinripp Před rokem +2

    dear mr. Felton, i love yourt videos. but please, could you provide us with some bibliografical data to that short video clips you use to make your point.... for instance you said at around 2:45 that the "poisen dwarf" was the most visable person of the 3rd reich in the last weeks of ww2 in europe whilst showing him speak to a frenetic clapping crowd. when was this speech recordet? personaly i doubt that this was in the last days of the reich. for me it seems important to know when the clips where taken, so that your viewer can fully understand what happend at a given period of time.

  • @baseballguy2001
    @baseballguy2001 Před 3 lety +1

    Just a fantastic channel. What strikes me, the pictures of total war, the destruction, the raw firepower. Brutal.

  • @Obetv01
    @Obetv01 Před 3 lety +40

    Now I just have to go find and watch Downfall. Again.

  • @chipsthedog1
    @chipsthedog1 Před 4 lety +184

    It never ceases to amaze me how trgic it is that so many young life's were snuffed out on both sides and somehow it seems even worse when everyone knows it's pointless to continue fighting as the war was already lost but because of some zealots in power the unnecessary carnage continues. Rest in peace to all the brave young men and women from every country that died in this war. Lest we forget

    • @RVoogt
      @RVoogt Před 4 lety +12

      For those (both sides, all sides) who died, the war must have seem never ending.

    • @Kinghassz
      @Kinghassz Před 3 lety +6

      250txc People with NPD (Narcissists) aren’t known to be high climbers in Society but psychopaths and sociopaths I think can as there not very restricted like someone with NPD is.

    • @clanranald
      @clanranald Před 3 lety +5

      I wonder if anyone ever asked Churchill whether on reflection he thought it was a good idea for the British and French to declare war on Germany?

    • @Josef_R
      @Josef_R Před 3 lety +10

      @@clanranald Why would anyone ask him that?

    • @wobblybobengland
      @wobblybobengland Před 3 lety +1

      The plural of life is lives, pronounced with a long i as opposed to the pronounciation of lives, as in 'he lives in hope'. Life's indicates possessive form. It is usually used along with adjectives or possession qualities of life. Eg: My life's dream is to see people being able to spell correctly. @250txc Lifes isn't a word at all.

  • @AnTunZee
    @AnTunZee Před 2 lety +1

    I enjoy learning about history, mostly from watching the history channel with my father as a child. I wish he was still here because I know he would be glued to these videos instead of the history channel, just like me!

  • @serenus369
    @serenus369 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I love your documentaries. Thank you 🙏

  • @square-dealsam9102
    @square-dealsam9102 Před 3 lety +95

    VERY impressive work, Mr. Felton. Measured, concise and and historically accurate. And gratifyingly free of histrionics. Please continue.

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety

      what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

  • @nosignal88
    @nosignal88 Před 3 lety +77

    As a student of history, thank you ever so much Dr Felton for all of your contributions to the field.

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety +1

      what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

    • @Cal-Valhalla
      @Cal-Valhalla Před 2 lety +1

      @@deedt8279 - There is literally no evidence

    • @adamusso_tk
      @adamusso_tk Před 4 měsíci

      @@Cal-Valhallasame as no evidence of his death

  • @Godfather1678
    @Godfather1678 Před rokem

    Whats the name of the opening music? I cant find it anywhere great piece though

  • @brandonleca3765
    @brandonleca3765 Před 2 lety

    i must say, these are some pretty darn good videos.

  • @chuckvan1568
    @chuckvan1568 Před 4 lety +15

    I never tire of hearing Mark's recounting of the events of WWII.

  • @AdrianHepburn-vz9yr
    @AdrianHepburn-vz9yr Před 3 lety +83

    If only the war-changing potential of Hitler's Alligator had been realized at this point...

  • @jonescrusher1
    @jonescrusher1 Před 2 lety +2

    The psychology of the final days in the bunker is fascinating.

  • @leemcbride8146
    @leemcbride8146 Před 2 lety +7

    Germany should have delayed their invasion of Russia until after they had consolidated their gains. Opening the Eastern Front was a disastrous, premature decision.

    • @munchenonyou3774
      @munchenonyou3774 Před 2 lety

      Had to get to that Caucasus oil!

    • @aristedecomgmailcom
      @aristedecomgmailcom Před 2 lety

      Russia was building up its strength too。So was the US。Delaying Barbarossa would probably not have helped the Wehrmacht。

    • @Ironhardt
      @Ironhardt Před 2 lety +1

      Also the Stalin had just purged all the generals, leaving the military in terrible command

  • @joehart7260
    @joehart7260 Před 4 lety +58

    As someone really interested in this period of history, I love your videos Mark.

  • @uncleflagzz
    @uncleflagzz Před 4 lety +70

    Me: Ok, I think I'll sleep no-
    *Mark Felton Productionshas posted a new video**
    Me: _I don't need sleep, I need history lessons_

  • @alwillis5817
    @alwillis5817 Před 3 lety +2

    Good work. Thank you.

  • @taWay21
    @taWay21 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Imagine the audacity of offering "conditional surrender" to not only an enemy who you sought to annihilate via a cowardly surprise attack, but an enemy that had fought tooth and nail to reclaim all their territory and now surrounded your capital with a 10 to 1 numerical superiority in terms of men and arms.

  • @DrewPicklesTheDark
    @DrewPicklesTheDark Před 3 lety +14

    Nice to see this talked about, most people usually skip over this.

  • @MegilUrgand
    @MegilUrgand Před 3 lety +16

    Just hearing the opening music gets me all juiced up to watch another great piece of historical research.

  • @csaint6780
    @csaint6780 Před 7 dny

    My highlight of the day? is watching a Mark Felton Video!!! thanx Mark.

  • @user-cg7uv3mh9f
    @user-cg7uv3mh9f Před 2 lety +7

    If you look closely you'll notice that in Hitler's last appearance in the gardens of the Reich Chancellery in March '45 the absence of the 2 massive, bronze "Striding Horses" statues he'd commissioned by Sculpturer Josef Thorak. There is a Soldier standing in the location where the statues had formerly been positioned. This confirmed they had been relocated to safety and were not destroyed during the Allies bombing of Berlin, as was assumed for around 70 years after the War. This observation by astute 'nazi-looted art' Detective Arthur Brand prompted the search and discovery of the massive statues, intact and still hidden in Germany, almost 70 years after the fall of Berlin. This was a monumental discovery which rocked the World in 2015. A fantastic story.

  • @MrChispa06
    @MrChispa06 Před 3 lety +64

    I have to say he's the one and only man that makes me feel like I'm watching an actual documentary on TV. I swear he has the voice for it. Thank you for your content.

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety +1

      what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

  • @TheMovieMasturmind
    @TheMovieMasturmind Před 3 lety +6

    Mark, I’m sure you already know this but you are the best channel on CZcams. Your videos are so well done. WWII history has no shortage of facets to it, so I hope you will never stop making these videos.

  • @garyfrancis6193
    @garyfrancis6193 Před 3 lety +1

    So when is the musical version of this coming out?

  • @jlr974
    @jlr974 Před 2 lety +1

    Another amazingly detailed video

  • @Larpy1933
    @Larpy1933 Před 3 lety +11

    This entire channel is a tour de force of incredible research, impeccable production and taut intellectual rigor. Thank-you, sir, in every way possible.

    • @deedt8279
      @deedt8279 Před 2 lety

      what about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73.

  • @tlamn1905
    @tlamn1905 Před 3 lety +8

    Absolutely Brilliant! Very well done, edited, narrated and overall... an Incredible Historical vid and one of the most impressively made re this period of WWII.
    Nice One. Liked and Subbed

  • @rohank9292
    @rohank9292 Před 2 lety +1

    Very nicely made

  • @paulhart3812
    @paulhart3812 Před 2 lety +2

    That final public speech by Goebbels was March 10, 1945?
    I’m trying to verify the exact date.

  • @peterbrown2632
    @peterbrown2632 Před 3 lety +90

    I can’t help the sense that I am being made privy to undisclosed secret history listening to this. Thank you, Mr Felton.

    • @thegrayyernaut
      @thegrayyernaut Před 3 lety +2

      Probably because of his close-to-a-whisper voice xD It's as if he's divulging secrets to us.

    • @MrShobar
      @MrShobar Před 2 lety +1

      This isn't a "secret history". All of this is known.

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 Před rokem

      @@MrShobar Of course, but Peter meant that it feels like it’s a secret.

  • @steveoommen6269
    @steveoommen6269 Před 4 lety +12

    When you want to learn something more about history and a Mark Felton video is suggested on CZcams: Simply awesome.

  • @Janjanjjaakkiiccaa333
    @Janjanjjaakkiiccaa333 Před 2 lety

    Mark I have to ask, where did you get the thumbnail picture?

  • @cjtuffman8181
    @cjtuffman8181 Před 2 lety

    My mornings are always brightend up by a Felton video

  • @Anonymous-zu7dh
    @Anonymous-zu7dh Před 4 lety +5

    You almost always have something new I've never heard of, and even when I've heard of it before. You've better quality then I've seen before. Good job

  • @drobinbarker
    @drobinbarker Před 3 lety +23

    I am so very grateful to you Mark Felton for being the scholarly entrepreneur and audacious historian who has accomplished so much in the furtherance of apparent objective history. You are obviously an exemplary person to have done what far too many have failed to do before. Your accuracy is absolutely stunning! Please do keep it up Mark!

  • @mariogarache2976
    @mariogarache2976 Před 2 lety +1

    Love this guys page! I’ve learned so much from him!

  • @arefkr
    @arefkr Před 2 lety +3

    Goebbels as the head of government: We must do this and that.
    His staff: He must be lying

  • @tinkmarshino
    @tinkmarshino Před 3 lety +28

    always intriguing Mark..

  • @the1ghost764
    @the1ghost764 Před 4 lety +12

    Mark Felton has a good narration voice. It keeps you intrigued to the subject.

  • @Sutherland2
    @Sutherland2 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Mark Felton is a wonderful and brilliantly thorough historian who brings this period to life. These are fascinating and very well produced videos. Thank you!

  • @kitakitzFarm
    @kitakitzFarm Před 9 měsíci +2

    The best channel on CZcams for accurate HISTORY. Thank You Mr. Felton, you make history very interesting unlike my high school history teachers who put me in a Comma. THANK YOU SIR! Sharing with everyone I know

  • @oman9492
    @oman9492 Před 3 lety +7

    Goebells could be played by the actor who played lowkey out of the thor films. Looks like him alot