4 INSANE Creations that Prove German WW2 Engineering Was Scarily Advanced

Immerse yourself in the wonders of German engineering in WWII and beyond! Discover the iconic Anti-Aircraft Blockhouses that withstood Allied bombardment, examine the revolutionary rocket engines that propelled Nazi ambitions, and witness the beginnings of stealth aircraft technology.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:17 Anti-Aircraft Blockhouse
5:13 Walter HWK 109-509
8:27 Ho 229 Flying Wing
12:56 Type XXI U-Boat
18:52 Just Scratching the Surface of Nazi Engineering

[@georgepatton93]

Main issue is that these advanced weapons need dedicated logistic systems, strategic planning, and even proper tactic to use, something the Germans high command did not learn nor adapt to, and this is not even mentioning soft factors like reliability and equipment flexibility

[@NYG5]

all these things didn't mean much when they couldn't attach nukes to these long range missles, didn't have the resources to strategic bomb the allies at the same cost effectiveness as the allies doing it to germany, all these wonder weapons required rare materials the germans didn't have, all the wonder weapons could be employed en masse in years when the allies were about to cross into germany in days

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

Nazi Germany didn't see this but the US was the missing link it needed to make these war machines work. Man in the high castle already showed what Germany achieved would've achieved with the level of Logistics the US today created.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Fun Fact: German anti-aircraft block houses were actually reinforced with sand with acts as a natural shock absorber.

[@tieradlerch.217]

Damn they really bring the 88 to the top...through stairs??

[@johnryder1713]

I always thought the most devastating technology the Germans produced would be the V1 and V2 guided missiles, but one I think they never got to use enough was night vision scopes only occasionally used by Tank crew and sometimes on other small arms

[@user-kr7yh8vw9m]

Great video as usual. Basically:powerful and efficient on paper but a logistical,costly and impossible to use on practice.

[@MrChainsawAardvark]

Other nations had the technology to build advanced weapons like Germany, its just they were not desperate enough to do so. Turbojets may have been the way of the future seen in retrospect, at the time they had a lot of downsides. The materials needed for making turbines - vanadium/molybdenum steel alloys - are also needed for tank armor and ship construction. Cutting tools for the blades are made from precious tungsten needed for armor piercing shells. Better submarine electric motors require a lot more copper windings.

[@patrickmiano7901]

True, but in most areas, they were way behind when the war broke out. Also, the Allies had the advantage of having the most brilliant scientists, most of whom were refugees from Germany and Occupied Europe.

[@selfdo]

@@patrickmiano7901 Present your evidence that Germany was technologically "way behind" when WWII broke out. I don't see much of that. What I have seen is that economically, they weren't ready (who was?), and if they didn't win quickly, would certainly lose due to being out-manned and out-produced, and lacked strategic materials. The Germans defeated France in 1940 while the French still had powerful forces not only on Metropolitain soil, but world wide, but they'd broken the French WILL to resist. Doing the same to the UK and later the USSR was the only way Hitler could prevail, and he didn't have long to do it.

[@samuelhunterbearportfolio3876]

“Look at you! You had horses! What were you thinking?!”

[@ElsinoreRacer]

German Tech and the war winners: Proximity fuse: zero, Cavity Magnetron: zero, Atom Bomb: Zero. More? Jet engines; they built axial-flow when they only had the available metallurgy to build centrifugal flow. So tired of this tripe. When the war is in your backyard, and you are losing, you can get any fever-dream contraption to it. It doesn't have to be serviceable, supportable, or sorted. "It would have been so great." Sure. They spent years and could not replace the ME-110. But overnight, they will perfect hypersonic skip bombers. Because that is how things work.

[@drew3758]

the ho 229 was not a stealth bomber and america took inspiration from a diffrent plane laserpig made a video about it i think

[@Khalifrio]

The B2 was inspired by the Northrup YB 35 and YB 49. Northrup Gruman actually built a full sized replica of the HO 229 and tested it for stealth properties and it failed. Any stealth properties it had was because it was made out of plywood for reasons of low cost and availability in late war Germany. The channel Sandboxx has video blowing the stealth myth out of the water.

[@drew3758]

@@Khalifrio yep

[@drew3758]

@@Khalifrio kinda disappointed he spreads these myths

[@csdn4483]

Just a quick note, while the Ho-229 looks like it was the predecessor of the B-2, it's actually the YB-35, and later the YB-49, that is the true predecessor of the B-2 and was built by Jack Northrop himself.

[@johnryder1713]

The early assault rifles like FG 42 and STG 44 were under used, advanced small arms but one of the easiest produced and least seen was the Gewehr 43

[@jackryan444]

It boggles my mind, considering all the weapons they had designed… most soldiers got 1800s rifles.

[@zillsburyy1]

and horse drawn carriages @@jackryan444

[@adrianlopez6809]

@@jackryan444 it came down to differing philosophies in small infantry tactics, Germany was focused on their machine guns which were advanced enough to continue being used by modern nato armies today. On the squad level Americans were using ww1 era machine guns because American tactics centered on their rifleman. Germany pushed for a semi automatic rifle in 41 but being german it was overengineered/unreliable and didn't catch on.

[@hansbauer6817]

I don´t know if FG 42 can be considered assault rifle. I probably get what you mean, but it doesn´t fit the specific of assault rifle, automatic rifle would be more suitable I would say.

[@hansbauer6817]

That´s where simplier G 43 caught on.@@adrianlopez6809

[@alexgrabienski4185]

The type XXI U-2540 sank itself in 1945 and was later raised and became the first submarine of the Bundeswehr in 1958 named "U Wilhelm Bauer". Its now a museum in Bremerhaven. Later two Type XXIII were raised two and served the Bundeswehr as U-Hecht and U-Hai, last one sinking in 1966 killing 19 out of 20. The Hochbunker in Hamburg I know from my time as a trainee, when I travelled to work school, which is situated near the bunker. But never thought much about it, like its just there. But thats something to go deeper in. Espacially the "Marinekleinkampfmittel" (Mini subs and combat divers), who in parts where stationed in my hometown of Eckernförde.

[@Littlemilkjug533]

Germany needed oil more than anything

[@rickoshay5525]

Germany had a lucrative business deal with Russia at the start of the war. German steel for Russian oil. If only Germany had not betrayed Russia.

[@michaelhowell2326]

So many folks say that the Wonder Weapons were what lost the war for Germany, but I just don't see it. They simply ran out of men and resources. They still had plenty of equipment but it was useless for lack of fuel, food and the like. Even if they hadn't spent the money on the wonder weapons they would have the same problems.

[@knightblade0188]

The wonder weapons made every l thing worse is the issue

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful introduction video... thank you 🙏( the front) channel

[@anthonyriego659]

Truly, the real Wonder Weapons

[@PeterEmery]

No, the Ho 229 was NOT a stealth aircraft.

[@ufsman]

The type 21 was amazing 12 days underwater that’s amazing and the hunton manlta ray were amazing maybe next time you could do the mouse tank and maybe the bouncing bomb just to show off England great design too.

[@odysseus2656]

Did you know that most wireless equations were solved in the 1860s or earlier? All we have implemented in the last 30 years was researched and solved over a century earlier.....but we did not have the ability to make what we needed for a wireless network. With previous technology a cellphone would have been the size of a grand piano. Did you know the electric motor was invented 40 years before the internal combustion engine but we still do not have the technology to make electric cars feasible, and no, the EVs are not feasible in any sense of the word. For one thing they are so heavy we would need to rebuild every road and bridge in the nation. So yes Germans may have seemed to make advanced things but did they just week existing solutions?

[@DTex.45ACP]

The HO 229 was not even remotely stealthy. I was afraid this crap would be in this video. Alex Hollings destroys this stupid narrative.

[@Nawabofbengal]

As one man said "utter fool German science is the worlds finest"

[@cpt_bill366]

Neither the B2 nor any other flying wing has been capable of supersonic speeds

[@Al.J_02]

Here we go... Just what I hoped I wouldn't end up seeing.

[@valcanoman1829]

Good video! These weapons that the Nazi Germany has made were referred to Wunderwaffe is a German word meaning "Wonder-Weapon" for most of these weapons however remained prototypes, which either never reached the combat theater, or if they did, were too late or in too insignificant numbers to have a military effect. Others you may include Panzer VIII Maus (Mouse), Landkreuzer P. 1000 “Rat” is a 1000-ton tank, FG 1250 active infrared night vision device that can be mounted on tanks and other armored vehicles, Amerikabomber long range strategic bomber prototypes being the Heinkel He 277, Junkers Ju 390 and the Messerschmitt Me 264, Heinkel He 280, Heinkel He 343, Horten H.XVIII, Messerschmitt Me 262, Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, Messerschmitt Me 263 (Scholle), Foche-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Dragon) Helicopter, Karl-Gerät, Schwerer Gustav, Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster, Zielgerät 1229 “Vampir” active infrared device, StG 45 (M), StG 44 (The First Assault Rifle), FG 42, Nazi UFOs, Die Glocke (The Bell) and the best for last is the Aggregat (German for “Aggregate) ballistic missile series with the more commonly known as the V-weapons like the V-1, V-2 and V-3 missiles along with the developing of other guided bombs and missiles that germany has developed in the war. Nazi germany was very close in winning the war but their incompetence, lack of flexibility and leadership with a leader who is very psychopathic and sociopathic with envy and hatred has led them into losing the war that we are very lucky and proud that the allies won the war.

[@nickvinsable3798]

🤔 . . . I’m fairly intrigued about relevant alternate histories, such as pondering if the _Crimson Skies_ scenario came true, would WW2 still happen? And how would have that played out?

[@csonracsonra9962]

You're asking questions from someone that gave you this information to start with

[@nickvinsable3798]

🤨 . . . I think we have a misunderstanding here, @@csonracsonra9962. I’m asking about the alternate reality of _Crimson Skies_ &, in this case, the technology that would’ve been developed & such…

[@johnryder1713]

Captured Allied and Occupied country weapons in Axis hands for a future video please

[@notthefbi7932]

After watching this, it's crazy to think how powerful Germany could have become without a psychopath for a leader

[@knightblade0188]

Not really Germany was never gonna be a powerhouse in ww2

[@Deathshead419]

What's actually crazy is how these easily debunkable myths of German technological superiority still make the rounds.

[@enzovernille3800]

​@@Deathshead419Yeah I was a victim of those Because in my early days of history hobby i watched too much History and NatGeo

[@mr.noname9328]

​@@knightblade0188I'm sorry, how was Germany not a powerhouse in WW2?

[@knightblade0188]

@@mr.noname9328 because the simple fact they just weren’t after ww1 they were out in a terrible position. They lacked the resources ability to fight a prolonged war and despite popular belief they were not more technologically advanced than the Allies. The reason they did so well early in the war was really because most of Europe was in a bad spot due to the Great Depression and those stronger than Germany were much fewer. The only threats to German early on were France and Britain but due to many bad decisions gave Germany a way to dominate early on. If France and Britain had not tried to fight another trench war they’d have most likely ended Germanys rampage early on.

[@indianajones4321]

First saw the flying wing in Raiders of the Lost Ark

[@seanmatto2258]

Don’t forget Mario Zippermayr’s coal dust bomb

[@richardletaw4068]

I would like to thank you for another superb production. Also, as a professional writer, I would like to compliment you on your superbly literate scripts. Your verbiage goes beyond being merely descriptive and, at times, verges on the poetic. While English is clearly not your native tongue, your usage would do credit someone born to the language.

[@ThePadi94]

The flakguns on the Type XXI could NOT be retracted!

[@ohmmy999]

Truly Advanced like US atomic weapon, Japanese submarine aircraft carrier, UK universal tanks and Soviet super heavy tank.

[@knightblade0188]

And US and British long range planes

[@Koltak013]

Can you do a video on Central Asia during ww2? Nobody knows much about us

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Probably because apart from conflict related drafting for the war and various factories and mines to support the war effort and a famine not much happened there compared to much of Europe and east Asia

[@Irobert1115HD]

do your research: the HO9 was the result of the 3x1000 competition. and that competition wasnt about stealth but range, speed and payload. also the type XXI submarines could dive for up to 70 days in one go. also there where four units who got into active service with two even completing their patrols.

[@rankoorovic7904]

They had a lot of ideas that were ahead of their time but between the idea and making it happen there is a lot of things to do.BTW the other sides in the war also had some ideas ahead of the time but the German secret weapons have garnered mythological proportions

[@raypurchase801]

GERMAN DESIGNERS: "Let's create a superfighter called the Pfiel. Use a flawed push-pull concept. No commonality of parts with other aircraft. Requires a long runway when every runway in the Reich is full of craters. Make it difficult to fly when there's so little fuel, most pilots are barely-trained. Create a design so complicated, it'll need years of development but we need it immediately". BRITISH DESIGNERS: "We'll take a Mosquito, give it single-seat cockpit, make a thousand other detail improvements and name it the DH Hornet".

[@raypurchase801]

Every Nazi superweapon combined didn't add one day to the length of the war.

[@BuckClucks]

The Ho 229 WAS NOT a stealth bomber, if you want to watch a video about the Ho myth watch Sandboxx Ho 229 video it explains it.

[@mbryson2899]

Thank you for pointing that out, I keep on running into people who still believe that tripe.

[@arminulrich2319]

8:40 The B 2 is not able to reach supersonic speed.

[@aurathedraak7909]

Yeah even the Soviets couldn't take these thicc flak towers, during the battle of Berlin. And i bet even today's weapons probably couldn't destroy it

[@mitchellculberson9336]

B-2 isn't supersonic it is subsonic.

[@shawarmaboii5271]

the b2 spirit isnt supersonic

[@t1ll316]

I never understood why you would purposely destroy these historical monuments after the war was over, its not like ideology survives within them, therefore Im glad they were just too robust

[@NYG5]

They could build all this stuff but couldn't implement a competent war economy or logistical system to support their eastern front, nor advanced yet simple equipment to ease said logistical problems and keep equipment in the field longer in this war of attrition.

[@user-McGiver]

if Mordor and orcs were the Reds in Tolkien's Universe, germans were the dwarfs ... during the story, their own world was already destroyed by war...

[@markdavids2511]

Why bring up the German bombers?, they never had a heavy bomber.

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Context as always

[@keatonburton5636]

In this video, 4 insane feats of German engineering. In the next video, their arch-nemesis, the British.

[@raypurchase801]

Every Nazi superweapon combined didn't add one day to the length of the war. UK & US technology was superior to its German equivalent in almost every regard. The exception was stuff like the V2, which was useless for winning the war.

[@angelogarcia2189]

Nice shitpost...

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Overengineered crapmeisters still, these uber weapons. However... - I remember this. Good old yet unfortunately delisted Medal of Honor: Airborne, anyone? - Gotta love seeing at least one of these in action on History Channel's Dogfights. - Also remember these as the Deathshead-designed aerial jet fighter motherkarkers that ruined B.J. Blazkowicz's days in Wolfenstein: The New Order+The Old Blood (and also what appeared to be a sneak peek in Return to Castle Wolfenstein beforehand). Great games, terrible follow-ups, *especially motherkarking Youngblood.* - I think the Japanese megasubs are far more interesting to me.

[@reaperiscomingforme]

Dont forget the drugs to keep soldiers awake that help germany win battle for france invasion of poland and there other campaigns like denmark, norway, Czech, and battle of Britain making sure there pilots could keep flying missons without rest. The drug made them bliz fast through every campaign😅

[@cris_261]

And then came the Russia campaign.

[@reaperiscomingforme]

@@cris_261 didn't think they where on drug through russian campaign they might have been in the start but throughout the end they might have not used drugs as it was hard to come by

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

​@@reaperiscomingformethe pervitain factory was bombed also over time the amphetamines would have had less and less effects

[@reaperiscomingforme]

@@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 I know but at start of war the drugs made germany fast wonder weapons would have never won the war too much man power and metarials allies won because we had numbers we could make more tanks and aircrafts and ships and bullets than germany could have hoped to produce We as allies used drugs as well but I think we said we didn't like the effect it had on troops when they where coming down off the drugs. I guess too much munches 😆

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

@@reaperiscomingforme the axis was out resourced, sure some their stuff was fine although tendancies for over complicated and tactics commendable but on simple math the resources they could call upon especially oil wasn't enough against their competition. Indeed part of the reason for the blitzkrieg thesis was to overwhelm their enemies in short sharp action before their enemy could organise defences properly and Germany own lack of resources for sustained action as alluded by Hitler when taped in Finland in 1942 indeed in 1940 Germany was loosing more men per day than during WW1 but the gain was vast amounts of territory and apart from a stalemate with Britian and minor insurgency losses low rate of losses until invading Soviet Union. Indeed I found a disturbing indulgence when in recent years people raving more avidly than before about the excellence of ww2 german military equipment when they weren't going to be risking their own lives using such. Indeed by the time something can be evaluated to the n'th degree It's usually becoming passe, this was a problem in recent decades in Europe where matters related to WW2 were becoming an indulgent distraction from present goings on . By now we have usually heard the same stories upteem times and it can be tiresome. It's fair to mention at the time a lot of the planes and tanks etc were sometimes weeks old and the designs months old which gave it an exciting dynamic, whereas in Ukraine most of the tanks are decades old although for many designs their first time in real combat.. nice Templar cross on your badge 👍🏻

[@buryitdeep]

And just think how much further we would all be without all you interferes?

[@TheCrusaderKing]

Engineering yes. Tactics yes. Logistics and strategy no.

[@ddoherty5956]

The German army have always been brilliant strategists, a mad drug addict in charge was their biggest problem.

[@drew3758]

@@ddoherty5956 that's a copout the German generals used at the end of the war to avoid there own mistakes and failures.

[@ddoherty5956]

@@drew3758 only a drug addict would over rule Rommel

[@drew3758]

@@ddoherty5956 Rommel is really overrated only reason he's so well known is due to his novels and only reason he was successful at first is because the British made constant failures in everything

[@user-McGiver]

@@ddoherty5956 the entire german army was ''mad drug addict''... not just the guy in charge... learn your stuff...

[@whydingus2379]

No mention of the Ovens that could burn a body to ash in just 15mins. Something that still cant even be accomplished today. 😢

[@taelorwatson9822]

I wonder what would have happened if they hadn't persued the attack of the Jewish people, esp the scientists, used American manufacturing techniques, and more proven engineering. Their equipment had so many break downs.

[@enzovernille3800]

Then WWII would Probably not happen You are asking the Nutzis to stop being Nutzis

[@shaifunnessa7816]

Tops 10 heroes American army please make video

[@user-vo8tk5lr5j]

How about top 10 heroes of various armies as opposed to just the Americans.

[@ThePadi94]

Thie video is so poorly researched...

[@enzovernille3800]

Had you seem his shorts of comparison of Prince of Wales? 😂

[@TheRedHand101]

Dude stop feeding the Wehraboos

[@ejt3708]

Yeah, not only that he pumps nationalism, which feeds the Orks.

[@Irobert1115HD]

only the segment about the HO9 jet bomber was wehraboo food.

[@TheRedHand101]

@@Irobert1115HD ah thats enough, theyre on a very strict diet.

[@TheRedHand101]

@@ejt3708 hmm i wouldnt go that far, primarily because he talks about lots of countries. Channels like Simple History in contrast though definately do with a very heavy US centric outlook.

[@ejt3708]

⁠​⁠@@TheRedHand101 The premise is bull - clickbait - seen all this - nothing new here folks. The US had far more tech, but why wasn't it used to put the world under its boot? What is it about the American way that they think that's wrong? The point here is he's glorifying Nationalism for clicks. Division is good. Divide and conquer. We will always fight each other so President Putrid, please come save us. Look at this guy's vid on WWI generals. I bet his other vids never criticize autocratic Imperialists like the Chinese, Russians or Islamics.

[@ColinFreeman-kh9us]

Pity that you undo all your work with your bagging of those who refused to wear masks and actually stood up to lying tyrants , media collaborators and spineless sheep . You take the credit, and fair enough with your brilliant work on the PNG and Solomons campaigns on other channel but seriously have a look in the mirror. A fair weather Allie to freedom young fella is you

[@enzovernille3800]

😂😂😂😂 What a joke

[@Mr100Supermariobros]

fortaniti no babaji babaji sasako i oguko sasako

[@b10-flojomhonjoea.51]

First and it's because IT'S GERMAN ENGINEERING

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

Is ze finest in ze werld.

[@Sedgewise47]

So it wasn’t Space Aliens?

[@knightblade0188]

Debatable the west was also producing stuff Germany thought impossible

[@user-McGiver]

​@@Based_Gigachad_001 if Mordor and orcs were the Reds in Tolkien's Universe, germans were the dwarfs ... during the story, their own world was already destroyed by war...

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

@@user-McGiver fax

[@ewathoughts8476]

You have a tendency to paint your videos in myth. Get a different can of paint labeled truth.

[@kietvo2633]

fool german science is the best in the world

[@user-McGiver]

bullcrap!... slap after slap, and lesson never learned... that's just pure dumbness...

[@user-McGiver]

if Mordor and orcs were the Reds in Tolkien's Universe, germans were the dwarfs ... during the story, their own world was already destroyed by war...