@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 I got the Law & Order “Dah-Da.” But Mark’s would be good, too
@conorbowen3360
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about history is that no matter how much you know, there's always something new to learn. Thanks Mark
@projektkobra2247
2 жыл бұрын
You can never learn all there is to know about WW2 certainly.
@amg863
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like something a primary school kid would write in an essay. Super corny but at least the teacher noticed you ❤️
@UkraineJames2000
2 жыл бұрын
There's just so many moving parts. Even if you only had to document what happened today, you couldn't come close in your lifetime.
@Canadianvoice
2 жыл бұрын
Like being a chef. No such thing as a perfect one who knows everything. You are always learning.
@Canadianvoice
2 жыл бұрын
@@projektkobra2247 behind a keyboard I know everything about WWII.
@para1324
2 жыл бұрын
The forgotten or unknown players of history intertwined with the known found out by Dr. Felton. Fascinating! Keep digging Dr. Felton.
@MichaelKingsfordGray
2 жыл бұрын
You have forgotten your real name!
@todddavis2041
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if we should give Mark a shovel or Front End Loader to continue Digging up these great Lesser Known History facts?
@QuasiELVIS
2 жыл бұрын
This guy was fairly well known.
@rexwinton3677
2 жыл бұрын
Can't beleive you are still able to produce so many amazing videos, keep it up 👍
@cesariojpn
2 жыл бұрын
He doesn't just do WWII stuff, he's done stuff on the recent Ukraine/Russia Conflict, the Falklands War, etc.
@pzkpfw2310
2 жыл бұрын
Why wouldn’t he be able to still do it?
@9FisterSpit9
2 жыл бұрын
When all you get from history is war. You find lots of it.
@brettadams6734
2 жыл бұрын
Dude’s a machine. A “War Machine”, if you will.
@jonathanchalk2507
2 жыл бұрын
Because they are repetes
@johnminer1407
2 жыл бұрын
My mother-in-law was German. Talked a lot about the "royals". Traded working in the fields (mandatory) as a teenager for caring for a princes children. Later served in anti aircraft battery. Married a German pilot that was killed. After the war she married a US serviceman and moved to US. Disowned by her parents but after their death reunited with her surviving siblings. She was fascinated with German royalty until her death.
@TheYeti308
2 жыл бұрын
Eie .
@ROOKTABULA
2 жыл бұрын
Just like MAGAts are with the Trump Klan in Amerika today, eh?
@madhukarjonathanminj2772
2 жыл бұрын
interesting
@chiefshepherd3420
Жыл бұрын
Very cool 😎 My grandfather's side of the family goes back to Wittlesbach royalty of Bavaria. Our world history is very fascinating 👏
@ARIXANDRE
2 жыл бұрын
A never ending fountain of historic knowledge. Thank you, Mr. Felton!
@DaveSCameron
2 жыл бұрын
and relentless sycophantic cringe sadly?
@JakobSeidl
2 жыл бұрын
He’s a PhD - Dr. Felton
@demef758
2 жыл бұрын
@@DaveSCameron Because when I think of "history," the first name that pops into my head is David S. Cameron.....
@lukealadeen7836
2 жыл бұрын
Doctor Felton
@martinroncetti4134
2 жыл бұрын
Great video (as they all are!). I wonder what strings were pulled that kept this prince/SS general from being sentenced to death. Being that the prince was "well-connected", this story would be worth a trip down the rabbit hole.
@None-zc5vg
2 жыл бұрын
Look up what happened to top S.S. man Martin Sandberger who got sentenced to death but who had such powerful connections (even Konrad Adenauer stood up for him) that he was reprieved and was out of jail by the end of the '50s, free to live openly in comfort until he died in 2010.
@DickWeinerUSA
2 жыл бұрын
Sentenced to life, commuted to 20 years, serves 3 years. Somehow, one has to believe he had something to offer and that it was quite valuable. As if we will ever know...
@tancreddehauteville764
2 жыл бұрын
Do you have to ask? Anyone with royal connections will be protected, it's obvious.
@jean-charlesweyland129
2 жыл бұрын
@@tancreddehauteville764 Say that to Nikolai II and Louis XVI...
@chriscarbaugh3936
2 жыл бұрын
Outrageous; should have had a death sentence!!!
@thevale2456
2 жыл бұрын
Mark you are a National Treasure! I discover new things from WW2 regularly in your videos. Keep up the great work, look forward to your next video.
@MichaelKingsfordGray
2 жыл бұрын
Yet another anonymous coward.
@bedney45
2 жыл бұрын
As always, excellent content Dr. Felton! I’d like to suggest a topic: pardons and sentence commutations of Nazi war criminals by John McCloy / Peck Panel due, in large part, to the pressure brought by the Adenauer government.
@scottlindsly
2 жыл бұрын
Better yet, a video on an utter lack of prosecution of soviet war criminals due to the US/UK making deals with a literal devil responsible for 20M deaths & untold numbers miserably enslaved in most of a continent. But I suppose it's easier to beat up on the defeated
@derrickmiles2153
2 жыл бұрын
Bro... Mark Felton doxxed his son at the end of the video. WTF
@g.h.9117
2 жыл бұрын
Yes Mark must back fill so much of this history because American and English have only been taught English centric history. Most German families know these things. Typical American and English folks post ww2 know half their history because the other half is never taught. Hence we have Mark back filling...
@jerseycitysteve
2 жыл бұрын
@@derrickmiles2153 Doxxed? It's not like he's trying to live anonymously in some council apartment. Everybody in Hesse knows about the castle. In fact, you can visit the museum on the grounds.
@jerseycitysteve
2 жыл бұрын
The clemency to war criminals is no mystery to either Germans or Americans who want to know the history.
@scotiawillow
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your hard work and expertise, in bringing these documentaries to us!
@derFleetadmiral
2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton, your German pronouncing is excellent! Greetings from Germany!
@stevensrp2music985
2 жыл бұрын
You never seem to let us down and always keep it interesting. Thanks so much
@DaveSCameron
2 жыл бұрын
He's a deity! Why keep wasting time brown nosing Mark, we all know he's a historian of epic proportions and superlatives lose weight after years of such bollox from sycophants! 😂
@Nattedooier
2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton is such an established history KZitemr that he has a dedicated meme community
@DaveSCameron
2 жыл бұрын
Oh he's even more than what you suggest here, this man played upfront for the 1983/4 Liverpool Championship winning side, he led the charge at Salerno and was in on the dropping at Nagasaki! 😂
@KA-vs7nl
2 жыл бұрын
We still dont know what he talked about with Hess when they jumped.
@klutttmuttsprutt6087
2 жыл бұрын
@@DaveSCameron Some would say that he fired the arrow that killed Harold Godwinson, that he invented the assembly line and that he own the first brick removed from the Berlin wall and that it can cure. dandruff
@DaveSCameron
2 жыл бұрын
@@klutttmuttsprutt6087 😂😂😂😉
@jamisbillson4872
2 жыл бұрын
@@DaveSCameron Wrong. It was Hiroshima. Please get your facts right!!!!
@MPGunther1
2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton, Your video's and information are the greatest bar none. How you can continually put out such amazing content is astounding! Thank you for enriching our knowledge
@davidbarr9343
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for reminding me of so much that I was taught at college(European military history 1815 onwards), that as an old man I have forgotten over the years. Military history students would do well to view your channels. Thank you once again.👏😊
@gerardodwyer5908
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting background on the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family tree, the same Hannoverian royal house that produced the Windsors.
@mscorrell
Жыл бұрын
They are the same; Windsor was a name change during WWI.
@hoodatdondar2664
9 ай бұрын
@@mscorrell Yes, it annoyed the Kaiser, too. He made a rare joke, he said he was going to soothe his feelings by seeing a performance of Shakespeare’s play “The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha”.
@jonathanwebster7091
8 ай бұрын
The S-C-Gs were a separate family from the Hanoverians.
@nunyabiznez6381
2 жыл бұрын
My high school history teacher once said "I've forgotten more history than I ever knew." I have never been quite able to wrap my head around that wry statement but I believe that Mark Felton has gone a long way to prevent that malady in me.
@JohanHerrenberg
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I had read about him in a Heydrich biography, and I knew he was Queen Wilhelmina's cousin. In The Netherlands we have several streets, quays and lanes named after (the House) Waldeck Pyrmont. Thanks for giving a face and a history to this name!
@petruswindhoos9818
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if those Dutch municipalities are aware of this part of history concerning the Waldeck Pyrmont family. Could cause a bit of commotion if they did I can imagine.
@edwinbruckner4752
2 жыл бұрын
@@petruswindhoos9818 We all know how 'Royal' our 'Royal family' is. They are mostly german, Queen Maxima is from Argentina and from a well established family, that should tell enough. It's all kinda shady. Prince Claus served in the German Wehrmacht, some say even the SS, but i don't know exactly, but anyway, also German. Meh, traditionally the Dutch always had a love/hate relation with our Royal family, nobody really cares, 50% loves them, the other half likes to see them go, so, meh. Another German ( war) connection isn't going to change that, we all know.
@JohanHerrenberg
2 жыл бұрын
@@petruswindhoos9818 The House of Orange has always been rather shielded from too much criticism. It must be said that, although Queen Wilhelmina left the country at the start of the German invasion, she did became a sort of beacon of hope for many people living under German occupation. I think most people nowadays aren't even aware of what Waldeck Pyrmont even means or is...
@celticfox
2 жыл бұрын
@@JohanHerrenberg I believe you're right
@robertotamesis1783
2 жыл бұрын
@@petruswindhoos9818 I could see why prince Philip (Queen Elizabeth 2nd husband) sister Cecilia had a royal funeral in Nazi Germany.
@jaydipbasu916
2 жыл бұрын
Mr Felton never ceases to amaze me. He has the knack and passion to unearth these nuggets of little known, yet compelling bits of wartime History. 👌
@lukealadeen7836
2 жыл бұрын
Dr Felton *
@bosoerjadi2838
2 жыл бұрын
And also touching on the myth that Americans aren't impressed nor influenced by foreign titles of nobility. A sentence commute from life to twenty years to in fact serving only three years seems outrageous.
@None-zc5vg
2 жыл бұрын
Read about how Sandberger, a true hands-on killer, was allowed to walk free and to live comfortably until 2010 (he was just one of many, like Dr. Helmut(h) Knochen).
@zeevogel
2 жыл бұрын
It probably had more to do with securing influence and influencial people in West Germany in the cold war.
@hoodatdondar2664
9 ай бұрын
@@zeevogel Yes, and it is true that they are less impressed in the USA. There is some interest tho, especially in the U.K. nobility, for cultural reasons. Did you know they still open sessions of the Maryland state legislature with a formula including ‘ in the name of the Proprietor’? That is Lord Baltimore, founder of the colony, and namesake of its main city.
@Conn30Mtenor
8 ай бұрын
The American GIs loved the Germans and heavily identified with them and the NAZIs in particular. Unless the GI was Jewish or black but their opinions were disregarded.
@andrews527
4 ай бұрын
Happens in the US every day.
@pirate751
2 жыл бұрын
Well Done As Always DR Felton...Bravo !
@DaveSCameron
2 жыл бұрын
Quite, quite!
@Ryanboy2020
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I had not heard of Waldek prior to seeing this. I am a amateur historian of WWII, specifically, German forces in that period. I love the fact that you can have a lifetime of learning and still find topics that I had no idea about. Thanks Mark
@cyberherbalist
2 жыл бұрын
Looking further, I found that Josias' son, Wittekind, served in the post-war Bundeswehr (West German Army) and reached the rank of Oberst-Leutnant (lieutenant colonel).
@nigeldunkley2986
2 жыл бұрын
You can add to that Christian Peter Carl Prince zu Waldeck und Pyrmont who when the DDR NVA was suddenly taken over by Bundeswehr officers, found himself sent to take command of an NVA battalion who had never seen a prince before outs ide childrens fairytale books! Later he was an officer in Bonn in FüS III, the Attachéreferat. He moved to Berlin and lived with his charming wife Sybille in a mini schloß-like house. Nice guy, and a physically big and tall man!
@Oookkaa
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for including German language primary sources in your video. As someone who loves history and is trying to learn German, it is fascinating to see these primary sources in their unadulterated form. There's nothing I hate more than people portraying Nazis as people who spoke English with a fake German accent.
@user-vu6xv4qf7c
2 жыл бұрын
Every time I see there’s one of your new videos online, I know it’ll be quality content. Thank you Dr. Felton!
@donl1846
2 жыл бұрын
Keep these great stories coming Professor Felton, thank you for all the work you do putting these stories/videos together.
@GeoStreber
2 жыл бұрын
When talking about Waldeck, and showing Waldeck castle, don't forget that that castle sits on the valleytop which was flooded for the Edersee, the lake that was bombed in WWII by the dambusters.
@MikeKojoteStone
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making that connection for me. I was at the Edersee about 2 weeks ago (live an hour away) and saw the castle and heard the name, but it didn't register during the video.
@martinhogg5337
2 жыл бұрын
That was extremely interesting! I have no idea where Dr. Felton unearths his stories from but they are entertaining and educational for all us history junkies. Please keep up the great and fascinating work!
@jonathanljohnson
2 жыл бұрын
With 68 million Germans in 1938 to choose from, I'm sure there are many lifetimes of interesting stories to be told, but Dr. Felton is very adept at choosing historically significant and highly interesting subjects.
@martinhogg5337
2 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanljohnson That is very true!
@xr6lad
2 жыл бұрын
That there’s was German royalty in the N party is hardly a secret if you’ve read enough military books.
@global001
2 жыл бұрын
Good you are publishing this history. I do find it horrendous though that the worst people virtually got away with their crimes due to influence.
@MrKuifster
2 жыл бұрын
You learn more in a 10-15min video with Mark Feltons than any other place.
@leslieackerman4189
2 жыл бұрын
Life sentences or otherwise were never Serious after the war. This is the most professional channel of the many out there on the subject WWII. Superbly researched, the video matching the narrative, great narration and video quality.
@ELMS
2 жыл бұрын
Never mind the scripts, your research in finding old photos and film is just breathtaking. All I can say as I watch is “Wow!”. Thanks, Dr. Felton.
@davidvaughn7752
2 жыл бұрын
This is an important part of European history that need to be re-emphasized. The displacement of the German hereditary Elite after World War I was a determinate factor it how history played out in post-war Germany. Also, people with influence who play their cards right, even if on the losing end, can still be relevant. An excellent expose on this particular blue blood.
@entertainme7523
2 жыл бұрын
❤
@dougsword6849
2 жыл бұрын
Every day I check in on Dr. Felton’s channel and am NEVER disappointed! Keep being fascinating Mark!
@jimhalke
2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton makes history incredibly interesting and provides information that most history books don’t have
@lioneldemun6033
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately he is one sided on the Ukraine conflict
@blezzshaban9860
2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton I would love for you to do a video about the state of the German Reichstag during the Nazi period. Thanks for feeding us with interesting documentaries
@McRocket
2 жыл бұрын
Every time I assume that I know all of the interesting Nazis? You come up with yet another. Well done and thank you. ☮
@Sovjetski-
2 жыл бұрын
Good as always, this channel is the only one YT i check out everything that is posted!
@MasterMalrubius
2 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video on much less known topics.
@joe-qo3qi
Жыл бұрын
Never ceases to impress me, the clarity and excellent linguistic mastery Mark has of the German language it's Rank and file Military pronunciation. Educational home study at its best. I recommend 🇺🇸👍
@nathanielrobinson6931
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making history videos I like it's really good to listen to some of these things almost relaxing and interesting and just nice in general.
@Willigula
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dr. Felton for another interesting program this morning!
@dustineaton1827
2 жыл бұрын
These videos keep most my love of history alive
@ancilodon
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing better for a day home sick than a new Mark Felton video.
@TihetrisWeathersby
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't know there was a German Royal Nazi, You learn something everyday, Thanks Mark for the Videos
@jankygrunt
2 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is it’s almost a trope, the Aristocratic SS Officer or General in the Heer, etc, you’d see it a lot in war movies and games
@karlvonboldt
2 жыл бұрын
Hermannn Goering was an Aristocrat.
@jankygrunt
2 жыл бұрын
@@karlvonboldt yeah that’s true, I was kinda talking about the “Hollywood-ized” idea of a Nazi Nobleman
@karlvonboldt
2 жыл бұрын
@@jankygrunt 👍🏻
@g.h.9117
2 жыл бұрын
Many Von Richtofens etc. Who took part in the Nazi party and especially in the Herr, German Genetal staff. Heard of Von Runstadt, Von Staufenberg and operation Valkuri? The Reason why Mark has to back fill all of this war history that many German families know about is because most English and American kids were only taught British/ American centric History. They know only half the story...
@schroedingersdog7965
2 жыл бұрын
9:02 "Palma sub pondere crescit" A rough translation of this Latin phrase would be "Honor (or "glory") increases under pressure", suggesting that achievements won in difficult circumstances bring greater honor (or glory) to the victor, or - perhaps better - that a person who remains honorable in difficult circumstances achieves yet greater honor. By associating himself with the Nazis, Prince Josias chose the easy road to advancement and thus betrayed his family's motto.
@mattharte7334
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video, looking forward to the next!
@elviramcintosh9878
2 жыл бұрын
Well researched and presented. Learning now what I didn't learnt at school. History was a subject to be endured rather than appreciated. And one needs History to make sense of an often senseless world. Thank you.
@kennethhoppe2259
2 жыл бұрын
Always educating me Dr Felton thank you Sir.
@toddewire13
2 жыл бұрын
all is good mark thank you so much love everything you do!!
@grippatherippa3909
2 жыл бұрын
quality videos as per usual, thank you Dr. Felton for putting in the effort for such exquisite videos.
@charliezobel511
2 жыл бұрын
You could show him the respect of using his title rather than just calling him by his surname.
@grippatherippa3909
2 жыл бұрын
@@charliezobel511 alright
@grippatherippa3909
2 жыл бұрын
@@charliezobel511 did not know he had a doctorate
@jamesoshannasy8052
Жыл бұрын
You must have such an amazing grasp on ww2 to be able to pick these little ripper stories out for us Mark absolute gem thanks man!
@brisa2004
2 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say that I enjoy your history channel so much over here in the U.S.! Even my 11 year old son has become very interested in history thanks to your videos! Keep up the great work!
@globcity3456
2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe you keep coming up with interesting yet true facts about topics I wouldn't have ever imagined being interested in. Your videos are truly great Mark please keep up the amazing content. You have yet to bore me with your captivating remarks.
@tony199120
2 жыл бұрын
I almost forgot about royals, interesting i never knew that, As someone from the netherlands ive heard all my life of prince klaus, husband of queen beatrix, mother of our current king, He was a hitlerjugend, nsdap jungvolk, reichsarbeitdienst and ended up in wehrmacht panzerschool and went to the 99th panzergranadierdivision in 45 where he became a POW of the americans. And in the 60s he married our princess, becoming dutch royalty and the fuzz about his past and him becoming royal has never went away. it would be fun to learn more about him or other post war royal family members with a ''coloured past'' that ive atleast never seen analyzed and told by a historian. im curious about facts not what to think about a person.
@RedXlV
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Deutsches Jungvolk and Hitlerjugend membership were mandatory for all German boys during Nazi rule, and he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. So unless he was personally involved in atrocities that's nowhere near as shady as some other royals' past. Not like he was an SS or Nazi Party member, or a child molester like Prince Andrew.
@tony199120
2 жыл бұрын
@@RedXlV yes i think that was his argument all his life, others where giving different views regarding his moving to germany in 1938 etc, so i am just a bit intrested since it seems a lot have pasts, dark or not so, im curious. Now we have a queen with a argentinian father that trew people out of planes or something.. the dutch royals always seem to marry others with kinda intresting pasts and family ties it seems.
@michaelbruns449
2 ай бұрын
Complex and elaborate, beautifully colorful artwork > 9:01
@fordfairlane662dr
2 жыл бұрын
Himmler deferred enlisting in the army...then decided agriculture was the was to go..but in the end he was a war crimes criminal like all the rest...keep the great history coming our way..we love it and love your commitment to bringing forgotten history yack to life again..Mark Felton a history teacher I wish I had in High school...
@trouserarmadillo8616
2 жыл бұрын
Bring it yack, baby!!!! Woo!!!!
@wirelessone2986
2 жыл бұрын
@@trouserarmadillo8616 What is YACK?And why did you thumb up yourown comment?
@AsteroidM749A
2 жыл бұрын
@@wirelessone2986 why did you thumb up yours?
@PhilosophersLegacy83
2 жыл бұрын
These waste of skins need to be forgotten about.
@wirelessone2986
2 жыл бұрын
@@AsteroidM749A I didnt which is weird but I thumbed up yours SO THERE
@hangin-in-thereawesome4245
2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Felton I enjoy all your videos and I hope I can watch rest of them soon! I've learned so much about WWII from them!
@theculturedthug6609
2 жыл бұрын
Another informative Video Dr.
@rha101
2 жыл бұрын
As a professor of American history, I deeply admire Mr. Felton's ability to present complex and sometimes foreign information with a precise clarity that his audience can follow and understand and, therefore, truly learn from. Well, done indeed.
@patricklynch9574
2 жыл бұрын
Almost a thousand hits in under 5 minutes. That's sweet doc.
@ms90sbabyy
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr. F for making things too interesting to fall asleep listening to.
@Dragondude312
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Mark, absolutely loved this!
@-.Steven
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Fascinating Video! Incredible Information! Mark Felton Never Fails to Deliver!
@EdMcF1
2 жыл бұрын
Super title: I can hear Adam Ant singing 'Prinz Charmlos, ridicule is nothing to be scared of'.
@adamsykes6351
2 жыл бұрын
I love modern history and these bites of information are brilliant. Thanks Mark.
@AK-hi7mg
2 жыл бұрын
Lol . I couldn't help but to laugh when it went from that dramatic footage of the trial and life imprisonment to relased from custody after 3 years. 😂
@Hemispheres2112
2 жыл бұрын
You have an excellent narrator voice. I mean I know you have a wealth of knowledge on the subjects you post, but your not just reading. It's full recital on the clips. Very talented.
@Roller_Ghoster
2 жыл бұрын
The Nazis actually despised the former monarchies of Imperial Germany. Its a wonder so many joined including an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II Charles Edward, former duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha.
@jetvader999
2 жыл бұрын
Probably because they still wanted money and status. Joining thr party would have been the best option.
@prince-solomon
2 жыл бұрын
Opportunism.
@fromulus
2 жыл бұрын
Did you make this comment before you watched the video?
@george5156
2 жыл бұрын
@@prince-solomon ambition without talent, there'll never be a shortage!
@lablackzed
2 жыл бұрын
@@george5156 Yep that's why America has a potato for a president.😳😅
@dorothychambers3956
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou mark for another great video. Always love to watch them
@ishgabibble919
2 жыл бұрын
A Nazi Concentration camp guard was sentenced recently at 105 years of age , over 77 years after the war
@chuckh5999
2 жыл бұрын
and only 3 for good old prince Waldek who definitely had fingers in Buchenwald.
@jackwills7092
2 жыл бұрын
Bc he's a freemason and that's a get out of jail card look at the female camp guard who was not tried with the first lot of guards was spared the death penalty 2 years wait to be tried found guilty and sentenced to 2 years her father was a freemason But if not then you get sent to prison when you are 107 and you did nothing poor man
@duellingscarguevara
2 жыл бұрын
Not useful to the allies post war?. No Disneyland for him?.
@ricahrdb
2 жыл бұрын
It is a bit of the other extreme. So many who were directly responsible received only light sentences directly after the war. But in the last few years prosecutors are seemingly scavenging retirement homes to find anyone with even the slightest link to put on trail. Currently they are prosecuting a 97 year old woman who was a secretary in ww2: go figure. It feels as if it is more about symbolism and not really about justice. They should have had someone like Waldeck-Pyrmont actually serve his life sentence instead of what they are doing now.
@shivmongoose3343
4 күн бұрын
@@ricahrdb In a healthy society the courts prevent or at least mitigate political excesses. When the law is perverted for political gain like in today's DOJ, it's a sure sign of extremism running amok.
@nordicson2835
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you ,yet again for another informative and interesting post about history we were never taught at university.
@readingforwisdom7037
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark. The most important things you reveal in this film are the things you leave us to read between the lines. The post-war compact between the western powers and former Nazi 'players' is a lesson in realpolitik we turn a blind eye to but one which illuminates how great power politics actually works. Great video
@notsocasualobserver
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the casual quip in the title
@thelastwesternman6115
2 жыл бұрын
Lesson learned is the importance of networking during one's lifetime.
@RoboticDragon
2 жыл бұрын
So many fascinating things you keep bringing up. Love them all.
@raykewin3608
2 жыл бұрын
Great work, Doc. 👍
@SuperTuhla
2 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this channel and trully enjoying it! Thank you so much!
@MegaRagingMonkey
2 жыл бұрын
Mark you are everything that ww2 in color attempted to be. Your content is more informational than anything I’ve come across on KZitem when it comes to dark history within ww2’s time frame. Please never stop what you do.
@eddieoi9444
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another informative video Dr Felton..
@florida_drone_dude
Жыл бұрын
Interesting....so if you were in the SS and a commoner you were hanged as a war criminal if you were found remotely tied to any crimes against humanity but if you had noble roots (even as an OberstgruppenFuhrer in the SS) you were released after 3 years and allowed to tend to your estate. Sounds like a big double standard.
@kevinperlow4595
2 жыл бұрын
When the intro comes on you already know Dr. Felton is dropping a banger!
@julianbennett3772
2 жыл бұрын
Good show, as usual. Not to forget, Mark, and others, all those relatives of Georg VI and QEII who served in the various military sections of the 3Reich.
@manuelroca5289
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing to find out facts that were never taught in School. Dr. Felton keep these documentaries coming and thank you!
@DrStrangeLemon
2 жыл бұрын
Always something new to discover. Thank you for another interesting piece of history. What surprises me is the sentence received and the atonement paid for such a high-ranking Nazi with camps under his direct responsibility. Something doesn't sound right about that ... it definitely pays to have connections.
@artius6170
2 жыл бұрын
HOW CAN MARK FELTON STILL FIND TOPICS THAT SURPRISE ME?
@Mordalo
2 жыл бұрын
There is way more to this story than just having powerful friends.
@scottlindsly
2 жыл бұрын
Like countless soviet war criminals facing no prosecution
@tomhenry897
2 жыл бұрын
How would you do that
@robinresre818
2 жыл бұрын
that was incredible information where did you get that from of course your voice and the music at the beginning is incredible too😊
@abilol8861
2 жыл бұрын
love mark felton 😍🥰and his theme music👌👌👌👌👌👌
@christyhart8254
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic content as always!!! Love your channel!!!
@ipolygon1
2 жыл бұрын
I wasn’t expecting to hear about my relative after clicking onto this video… but the second I heard the name I did a spit take… and I already kinda knew what was coming cause I already knew the story… my part of the family fled Germany just before the war, and my great grandpa fought bravely with the 101st airborne. He lost a leg at the battle of the bulge. Him being engaged to a Jewish women had him ousted from his family. He was serving a manslaughter sentence when the war started cause he killed a man in American bar. When the war broke out he wrote a letter to FDR and received a presidential pardon.
@midimusicforever
2 жыл бұрын
Keep teaching, Mark! You are awesome!
@RealNameDre
2 жыл бұрын
As always thank you for the history lesson Dr. Felton, always a pleasure to learn something new and interesting! 😀👏👍
@DaveSCameron
2 жыл бұрын
Grow up please and keep it rational not cringe or sycophantic you nobhead!? 🤩
@timothylyon2567
2 жыл бұрын
Informative as always; thank you. As mentioned by William Edney, perhaps you could produce a video about the links between Adenauer and the Nazis.
@Trillock-hy1cf
2 жыл бұрын
Being born in Dec. 1945 (as what I call 'an end of the war celebration baby', when my parents in the RAF were on leave), and all this went on in the after war trials etc., but took a bit more notice in 1950 (aged 10) and onwards as I took notice of the news, all the reasonably fresh remnants of MG Pill Boxes air raid shelters (especially around the coast and the Ventnor radar site), derelict buildings from bombings, and some bomb craters in fields as the Germans would often dumb their unused bombs on the way back to their airfields in France....I lived on the Isle of Wight (and still do coming back to it years later), but as nippers it was fun exploring these now unused bunkers and pill boxes, gun batteries etc., spread in and around the Island. Apparently there was often bodies of drowned/shot Luftwaffe pilots/crews washed up on the beach where I lived, but before my time. My Grandad (ex Home Guard and still had his .303 rifle in a clothes cupboard, later handed in to the Police), would tell me that he used to see attacks over the English Channel by the Luftwaffe attacking convoys on their way to Pompy and Soton lit up by all the search lights just over the horizon at France, or a few raids coming over to bomb the Ventnor radar station up on top of the Downs, and some missed and hit the town of Ventnor below causing some damage to houses etc. A friend of my Mum's had a lump of a bomb casing displayed on her mantlepiece which was still rather sharp...:) Mostly of it and them are all over grown and demolished over the years, but was a fun time for us nippers to find stuff from those years... Another great and informative video Mr. Felton!! Sorry, I am rambling on far too much now, and will shut up!......:)
@Trillock-hy1cf
2 жыл бұрын
@Bear Bread Thanks, as I do get a bit carried away....:) Just to back again in the mid 50's there was a beach on the south coast on the IOW where I believe there was a practice beach for the D Day landings, and I and a mate used to cycle out there because there was loads of live .303, some pistol rounds, and spent mortar fins with craters all over the low height cliffs. We used to stuff our saddle bags with the 5 clip ,303 bullets, some lose .45 pistol bullets, take them home and gently remove the bullets, empty the cartridges, and push a lit match into it to fire the percussion caps to make it safe, and then inset the bullet back into the cartridge as if it were still live. I still have a clip with 4 rounds in it today on my PC desk as a reminder of those exciting days......:) I miss those days of finding WWII relics, and the high cliffs have fallen over the years, and covered every thing up..
@duellingscarguevara
2 жыл бұрын
My grandad was busting to go to war, but being a farmer with 5 kids, had to make do with home guard in Australia. (Would have ended up at Tobruk, Singapore, or New Guinea, I guess?. Burma possibly?). The 303 would be fairly valuable now?. I was given a few Knick knacks, (old field radio, bits of kit), thrilling for a war-mad kid. Being farmers, I suspect his son got the 3 oh, and would still be in the family. (Farmers can still have firearms...regulated, of course).
@duellingscarguevara
2 жыл бұрын
@@Trillock-hy1cf what about the baked beans making a big comeback?. I hear they were popular, post war, (and some would be glad to never see them again?).
@Trillock-hy1cf
2 жыл бұрын
@@duellingscarguevara Enjoyed reading your story mate!
@Trillock-hy1cf
2 жыл бұрын
@@duellingscarguevara Just a matter of choice, but in the 50's there wasn't the choice of foods like today, and Beans on toast was cheap....:)
@paulm3033
8 ай бұрын
I really enjoy learning about the lesser known asoects of the war , thank you, your videos are well put together and yoiur commentary hits rhe right spot.
@Kray83
2 жыл бұрын
Mark's narration makes all the difference - I am so used to his style and dry humour that it's virtually impossible to watch any other history channel. Thanks Mark!
@garyfritzges6710
2 жыл бұрын
Pure accurate history ! A great gift, thank you.
@wnc1129
2 жыл бұрын
30 Minutes after posting and already at 8,000 views. No one can Top Dr Felton and his Mini-Documentaries, both in followings and credibility
@alvon911
2 жыл бұрын
Hello from the 'States! I recently found your channel, and I am thoroughly enjoying it. Love the details, and your pleasant accent makes the videos more interesting.
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