Hitler's Grand Railway Dream - Hitler's World: The Post War Plan - S01 EP06

Hitler's Grand Railway Dream - Hitler's World: The Post War Plan - S01 EP06 - History Documentary

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@hape3862 11 ай бұрын

4:35 Fun fact: The mayor of Cologne, who built the first highway, was the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany after the war, Konrad Adenauer.

@davidcarr7436 Жыл бұрын

Drove a 65 VW from Winnipeg, Canada, to Lexington Kentucky USA and back. A distance of approximately 4,000 kilometers. Great little car.

@asullivan4047 11 ай бұрын

They seemed to sell very well in the Republic of Mexico.

@Rawita86 9 ай бұрын

Werent kdfs stolen project from scoda??

@alexanderblohme5044 8 ай бұрын

You mean LADA (the soviets) did.

@fordfairlane662dr Жыл бұрын

I will say the autobon today is still astounding till this day!

@marvwatkins7029 11 ай бұрын

A slick production even though a lot of it has been well covered already for decades by other documentaeries.

@asullivan4047 11 ай бұрын

Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Special thanks to guest speaker. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. Quite a sinister motive having the allies think the autobahn/Volkswagen. Were only for the benefit of the German population. Quite a sizable rail way gun -!!! 😱.

@vancepomerening4794 11 ай бұрын

The Autobahns were not that important militarily. The Panzers were moved by rail because they were too heavy for the Autobahn. Today in the U.S. heavy military equipment also moves by rail, and not on the Interstates.

@jamesm3471 11 ай бұрын

Yes, and in terms of fuel efficiency, moving heavily armored vehicles like main battle tanks any other way than by rail or ship, especially under their own power, is a nightmare.

@johngillespie9459 11 ай бұрын

They actually weren’t too heavy for the autobahn, but for all the local roads and bridges, many of which dated from the era of horse drawn vehicles. But yes, wear on tracks, suspension and engines makes long range movement of heavy armored vehicles by either rail or special trucks a necessity.

@austrorus 9 ай бұрын

what never was mentioned, the Autobahn or at least the very straight parts of it, cold and would be used as airfields. And for landing but also starting quickly of aeroplanes. There is a film around on the net, and NATO planes had used the Autobahn in trial test runs. SINGAPORE to this day has infrastructure oh the highway that leads into town. Only has to remove the - dividers -. Bring in the rolling stock, control towers and technical trucks. And it works . The SWISS had done the same...

@gilbertspader7974 Ай бұрын

@@johngillespie9459That’s tricky, remember the King Tiger 2 weighed nearly 70 tons !!!

@MachinecoMachines 10 ай бұрын

My first THREE cars were Beetles followed by a VW Van. Rebuilt one engine when it threw a rod which took out the side of one cylinder. Lots of adventures, including a fire in the engine compartment after driving with the right end blown out of the lateral muffler. They were definitely iconic of "imported German cars" in the '60s." Bad heating so VW invented the 'gas heater' as an option, which burned gas from the tank with its own sparkplug. Biggest inconvenience? no gas gauge.

@gfurstnsu 10 ай бұрын

Without a gas guage? You are talking about the VW before 1965. I had a 1965 VW that I purchased new in June of that year after graduating from Lafayette College. In the fall I went up to Alaska where I stayed until November of 1967 after finishing my degree at the University of Alaska in College, just outside of Fairbanks. You mention the gas heater? I had one as without one in the winter one could not last long. It worked very well and never failed me. The problem was that the steering box needed a heater too. In the cold weather the grease would become very viscous and it was impossible to steer the car. So every once in a while one had to open the little door there and pore hot water on it. After an hour you had to chip away the ice and repeat the procedure. All these problems mean he did not drive much when it was below -40!

@retsehcmaharg 11 ай бұрын

The first politician to use an airplane to campaign.

@marvwatkins7029 11 ай бұрын

The Super Railway of Hitler's fantasy could never have been 20 meters high. 7 maybe.

@oldsguy354 11 ай бұрын

The Hoover Dam was already well under construction by the time Roosevelt took office. That public works project was initiated by the Hoover administration.

@annettepiff4583 10 ай бұрын

Thus named the Hoover Dam.

@oldsguy354 10 ай бұрын

@@annettepiff4583 The video claimed that it was a Roosevelt era public works project. I was simply correcting that misstatement. In fact Roosevelt changed the name of the dam to Boulder Dam to keep from giving Hoover any credit for it at all. It was changed back to Hoover Dam in the 50's.

@gfurstnsu 10 ай бұрын

I owned one of these early VWs back in the late 70s. My January ‘51 car had cable brakes and no chrome on the sides, and 16 inch wheels. It was actually a barn find in one of the towns on Rt 495. It must have been brought to the US by a returning service man as even they cable brakes were illegal in a new car in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. The interior of the car was exactly as shown in these KDF wagons. It also has the flipper turning signals we called MaksNicks at the time. The color was deep black that looked a little purple in the direction Sun. In 1992 I sold it to a father and son who lived in western Massachusetts. Where is this great car? It did not have the crotch coolers that were on the delux ‘51 VW at the time.

@frank-y8n 11 ай бұрын

Schwere Gustav was used to destroy fortifications, not civilian targets. The bombing by heavy bombers of Germany by UK and US, of Japan by US, was directed at the civilians and their houses. McNamara - concerned in the bombing of Japan - has remarked that if they had lost the war they would have been prosecuted as war criminals. Also remember the bombing of many other countries by US - think for example of the bombing of North Vietnam and Iraq.

@SemiDad 11 ай бұрын

Retreating Germans massacred thousands of French civilians thought to be assisting the Resistance or just pure retribution for their losses. What’s your point?

@patquint3291 11 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@SemiDadThe point is, there is no point and all sides lose. The so called victors write the history books.

@SemiDad 11 ай бұрын

@@patquint3291 in this case, the OP attempts to rewrite history for the loser.

@marvwatkins7029 11 ай бұрын

If you write a book concerning history and it is published, no matter how bad it is, that makes you both a author and historian.

@robertcornelius3514 11 ай бұрын

And it also makes you a liar.

@shorunqualtec2070 11 ай бұрын

It doesn't, to be a historian you have to be right. 20 seconds in and it's clear the video maker did not do even the most basic research Author, yes. Historian? No.

@frenzalrhomb6919 11 ай бұрын

@@shorunqualtec2070 Alright then I'll take you at your word. What then is it, that this "Author" has gotten wrong?

@christopherwelch136 10 ай бұрын

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@annettepiff4583 10 ай бұрын

@@christopherwelch136Thank you! Everyone was supposed to learn this in elementary school!'So basic!

@ryanreedgibson 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoy this historian and have since I was a kid. He seems like a very sensible person.

@redMaple_QC 10 ай бұрын

So basically Germany could have conquered the world if only they didn't start a war.

@michaelosborne9674 9 ай бұрын

Few realize just how close we all were to speaking German

@ChrisSmith-lo2kp Жыл бұрын

all that we see today of ancient Roman ruins are due to the public works archeology under Mussolini

@annettepiff4583 10 ай бұрын

You can see part of a 2,000 year old Roman road extremely close to the Cologne Cathedral. In between the two is a museum that houses an underground, large, and ornate room. It was accidentally discovered during construction in WWII. Thank goodness it was preserved! I've been to all three -- the church, the Roman room, and the old Roman road --- talk about surreal! School children are expected to go on a Field Trip to the museum before they graduate from high school.

@jrbeeler4626 11 ай бұрын

Construction of the Hoover Dam - then known as the Boulder Dam - began in 1931, during the Hoover administration. The Bureau of Reclamation conducted surveys and site selection starting in the Harding administration.

@tomflendodo7297 11 ай бұрын

IF ONLY The United States Government ! WOULD IMPROVE THE RAILROAD, SYSTEM IN THIS Country!!!!!!!! AMCRASH IS A DISGRACE !!!!!!!!!!

@Amser1 2 ай бұрын

The tech was Great for the era in Germany. Way ahead of most

@hilldwler420 9 ай бұрын

Here we are 80 years later still discussing the man’s ability to totally rebuild his country amidst global economic crisis yet nobody will model their country after it lol.

@lewdecker1442 8 ай бұрын

We copied some of the same achievements

@richierugs6544 11 ай бұрын

i love Guy Walters, he's the Richard Dolan of ww2

@aaronjaben7913 Жыл бұрын

8:13 bro's clothes

@hamishdunbar5836 2 ай бұрын

Why didn't the Germans make Adjustable wheels for the trains in Russia?

@christopherwelch6877 10 ай бұрын

I hope compassion and the norms of basic morality can outweigh the dire state of public education in the US. Vote Blue

@christopherwelch6877 10 ай бұрын

We need a more educated populace. Stay safe.

@connierenna-xf9um 9 ай бұрын

Not that anyone would be interested, but I like only black Volkswagens and dark green.

@connierenna-xf9um 9 ай бұрын

I mean beetles, of course. Oh, and very deep maroon is nice, with black leather upholstery. With any of these 3 colors, the silver has to be very shiny. Otherwise, I’m not a fan of the Volkswagen Beetle even though it was very popular in the USA when I was of driving age.

@GeistInTheMachine Жыл бұрын

Hitler's Reading Rainbow.

@littlejohnny47 11 ай бұрын

Hilter’s Grand Railway Dream, spends almost 25 minutes dealing with roads, VW, and air transport before getting to anything dealing with his sick dreams! Why ruin a potential decent documentary! And to all those posting comments about anything but German railway systems, what planet are you from?

@willisrice7844 9 ай бұрын

Yes they dont allow byou to run a bill

@Joelontugs 11 ай бұрын

I’d like to know how many hipsters know where the beetle was invited lol

@paulstewart6293 11 ай бұрын

Probably most know it was "Invented" in Germany because they read about stuff. Et toi mon cher ?

@cg9952 10 ай бұрын

You mean invented? 1938. Check your spelling, you shame all of us OG's. Did you not read the Spelling Primer before calling out the Hipsters??

@Memevze 10 ай бұрын

*drops latte

@coodudeman 6 ай бұрын

NIDES!!!

@mustbejoking 10 ай бұрын

Another lazily researched and presented take on history .... haven't seen a J 50 ...just a mishmash of common knowledge intwined with irrelevant tosh

@hartmutdietz1228 10 ай бұрын

Criminally bad German pronounciation! Bonn not Bern!!!!!!!!!

@willisrice7844 9 ай бұрын

Like 85

@rossbryan6102 10 ай бұрын

DID ANY JEWISH PEOPLE MANAGE TO GET ANY OF THE CIVILIAN VERSIONS OF THE EARLY KUBLEWAGEN?? AS AN RAILROADER, I BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THE GIANT RAILROADS PROPOSALS, THROUGH AN TRAINS MAGAZINE ARTICLE, AS WAS QUITE FASCINATED! THE BREIF GLIMPSE I GOT OF THE FORD PEOPLES AIRPLANE APPEARS TO BE POWERED WITH THE FORD V-8 FLATHEAD CAR ENGINE!