8 | Stuka Pilot | The Life of Hans-Ulrich Rudel - Most Decorated Soldier of the Wehrmacht

[@Xylo58]

I enjoy every episode. Thank you 🙏

[@tonyholt90]

Thanks, that was a great listen 👍

[@TrenchDiaries]

Thank you Tony!

[@jasonmaloney7352]

Oh love Tuesday upload days!! Keep up the great work seriously one of the best ww2 YT channel!! Love the different not Allies perspective that has been force down our throats for 80s

[@TrenchDiaries]

Happy you like it! It's precisely the point of this channel. Enjoy 🫡

[@juhopuhakka2351]

I do ice swiming. I have to say that the last scene put chills down my spine. It is not like they will get to go some nice warm place right after that crossing.

[@TrenchDiaries]

Yes, the swim is just part of it. Getting dry and warm afterwards must have been quite the struggle.

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

I crossed a snow melt river when I was 15 in Idaho. Wow! You can get into hypothermia very fast.

[@TrenchDiaries]

Extremely fast. You can also overexert yourself extremely fast as well.

[@RonHoltsford]

Tough way to loose his crewman , I can’t imagine making that swim ! But being captured was definitely out of the question! Great chapter ! Catch you on the next one ⚓️⚓️⚓️

[@TrenchDiaries]

Thank you Ron. I think most people would have chosen the river over captivity 🫡

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

The more I learn the more the war looks like a slave revolt to me.

[@sirkuscustom]

Sauna, then rolling in snow and sauna again. After that driving an airplane on a road with traffic, ending having a 600yards icebath -I really like this guy!! Thanks Jay!!

[@lllordllloyd]

The memoir makes it clear he was an utterly unrepentant Nazi.

[@inthelionsden6335]

Rest in Peace, Hentschel. Der gute kamerad.

[@TrenchDiaries]

Indeed, but we are remembering him in this way here 🫡

[@Beauloqs]

Theres a interview about 2.5hrs long on you tube with one of Rudels Commanders Heniz Georg Migold. Its well worth a listen, Rudel isn't in it much and the opinion of Migold and other comrades provide a interesting counter to this memoir.

[@TrenchDiaries]

I will check it out, thank you for the recommendation!

[@Beauloqs]

There you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqmnnKJ_i8ikbNEsi=b9aYWxu2Q40yyOKA I think you with thoroughly enjoy it. Its a bit of a shame its in English as hes a quintessential Prussian and i suspect some of the nuance is lost in translation...

[@Paulftate]

America 1st ... maga baby maga ... appreciate your work ✌🏽🤙

[@Slaktrax]

Thanks Jay. Another very interesting and absorbing video

[@TrenchDiaries]

Happy you like it, as usual 🫡

[@rascalnz9983]

A very empathy invoking story, beautifully read, writen by a former enemy and aggressor.

[@TrenchDiaries]

It's about the person, not the system.

[@marvwatkins7029]

A lot of action for his squadron.

[@TrenchDiaries]

Exceedingly so...

[@draganjagodic4056]

Danke für die neue Folge.

[@TrenchDiaries]

Sehr gerne!

[@jlea123-e3b]

Poor guy I was once drowning my self all I can the pace was good and then these two guys saved me poor guy

[@KP-nd3bx]

More luck than knowledge flying in such a dense fog and then not a scratch 👍 by the way thank you for a taste from the German language 😊 been there several times and enjoyed every minute. C U next time 👍😊🇩🇰

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, 600 metres of flooding Snow-melt...? That's an amazing effort..., but then jumping back in to play Lifesaver is bordering on the incredible. Was this feat witnessed, or is it the story as told by Rudel - talking as a Sole Survivor of the event ? Could he have recounted what he wished that he'd tried to do ? Speaking as a retired RGN with a bit of formal training in the manifestations and treatment of Hypothermia...; people who're frozen almost unto death percieve and think all manner of things at the time, & afterwards as they look back on it. Did the other two rescued Aircrew recover, and corroborate the account of Diving back in to try for a Rescue...? That would be good to know. Such is life, Have a good one..... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao

[@NotoLeft]

So sad for Hentschel, such an awful way to go😢

[@TrenchDiaries]

Indeed, a terrible fate.

[@eric-wb7gj]

TY J 🙏🙏. His friends ending was just another caused by Hitler's ambitions, but at least the war was another day closer to ending & peace.

[@johnhouchin9663]

Eloo vriende, dankie ☆

[@neilcook9088]

I can't believe he decided to land by the other plane! His bad judgement lost both planes and 1 man. He would have been better off leaving the others there.

[@TrenchDiaries]

No one gets left behind. Planes can be replaced, pilots are infinitely more valuable.

[@Tal-q3r]

🧐🇨🇦😁

[@TrenchDiaries]

😎 you're up to no good, I can tell 🤣🇩🇪

[@southpakrules]

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