Hitler Stunk As A Military Leader. Germans Who Were There Describe It

I was hired to produce a television documentary based on several books which had been written when this was made (1998) on how Hitler lost World War II because of careless, idiotic, incorrect military decisions that time and again cost Germany lives and treasure inbattles that they might have won. Most armchair historians know that it was unwise for Hitler to open up to fronts, one to battle the West in Europe, the other to battle the east and Russia. And many know about his unwise decision to pull back the Luftwaffe from the battle of Britain. To get to the deeper issues of why and how Hitler made these mistakes, I obtained the support of major British and German historians and some of those military leaders who worked with Hitler directly. They give a picture that makes the points the film is making, credible.
This clip from a 1 hour PBS television documentary I made called " How Hitler Lost the War." The film takes a unique point of view. Rather than talking about who won the war, my colleagues and I explored what Hitler did that helped lose Germany the war. Although it happened so long ago, it is still a frightening story. Some of the interviews I conducted in this segment were fascinating to me and I hope they are to you as well.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Here is the full documentary - worth watching - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJStgZ-Ilr5ggK8

[@ricardofranco7419]

Many people don’t see the importance of history class but that’s the reason we keep repeating it over and over again in one way or another.

[@decimalexercise7154]

What’s the saying, I think it goes Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak mean create hard times.

[@JonathanSterlingUSA]

Take a look at Germany's current energy policy. They are destroying their own nuclear energy reactors. Hopefully that lunacy is not an omen. Watch out, it might be happening again.

[@animal482]

@@decimalexercise7154 so true

[@deadalready7467]

@@decimalexercise7154 great quote. Never heard it before. I believe it however. Thanx 🙏

[@garehnkalloghlian6052]

That’s a failure on the part of the school/ teacher , if you can’t convincingly and honestly convey why something is important, why the hell should I believe it important despite every atom in my post telling me it’s boring!

[@matthiasbalke9089]

How does one control peoples minds? Give them something to fear. Worked then. Works now.

[@glendaguthrie25]

Here in 2020. So true

[@glendaguthrie25]

Here in 2020. So true and apt.

[@adamm7302]

I don't think so. He exploited the anxieties and fears people already had with a charismatically proposed solution.

[@dragoshflorea6841]

@@adamm7302 You are so incredibily right .. now is whorse

[@lzlz21213]

@Truth Bingo!

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

I can understand why many people initially followed him. Imagine you're part of the working class that was struggling after WW1 when suddenly this loud roaring man comes on the radio promising the restoration of Germany and it's pride.

[@matty6848]

Of course. You’ve been out of work, your kids are starving etc. suddenly a man called Adolf Hitler comes along, puts millions back into work, puts food back into yours children’s bellies, starts too build state of the art autobahns, big grand buildings and within a couple of years your life is worth something again. What are you going too do? Your going too support him.

[@FreddyP77]

Don’t forget hitler was a hobo

[@tommiatkins3443]

Then don't be so fucking stupid. Or you get Trump

[@Plexpara]

why people keep following the US presidents? tehy are non stop in wars

[@kartikchauhan3209]

Because he did what he said, he completely vanished unemployment in germany, in nazi era german economy became 2nd fastest growing economy in europe. But yes what he did with jews was completely unjustified.

[@stevefranckhauser7989]

Tell a lie loud enough and often enough and the lie will be believed.

[@garysline5501]

Fox news

[@stevenh8174]

Someone who was in Germany at the time said to me that people don't think on an empty stomach

[@77Neville]

Paraphrased from Napoleon.

[@Plagius8]

Mine was 22

[@alabama2uz]

They apparently don't think when they're obese, either.

[@azizgab3899]

There are countries that have people with full stomaches big belly’s and don’t think at all

[@scottykingdavid]

Or on heroin and on empty either.. wow that sucks

[@pan-shot4900]

-War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

[@elmerfudd5193]

🤯

[@brandonellis8111]

Brilliant

[@b3at2]

Untrue... we know today what happened to dominated people at the hands of imperialism was wrong, and we do a lot of things today to correct the misgivings of the past.

[@ironDsteele]

This is completely true. Unfortunately under a genocidal dictatorship there's seldom any other option. I know which I would choose.

[@sneesus98]

@@Celisar1 call of duty quote :)

[@WildThings113]

what happens when history is no longer taught in schools, it repeats itself

[@icydawn9727]

It is true

[@Battle-Fiercely]

What happens when the history that is taught in schools is a lie?

[@Riffman08-dz6pv]

Europeans are notorious for tampering with history.Here in Aus we don't deny it

[@jaminova_1969]

I once met a gentleman who was taken from his family when he was 7 and sent to a concentration camp where NAZI doctors performed hideous experiments on him, As a result, both of his hands were crippled. I was 12 when I asked him about the serial number tattooed on his wrist, and he told me the story. Nice man. Rest in Peace, Leon!

[@tartgreenapple]

Sad to say, but he died at 7 years old when he was sent to a concentration camp.

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@tartgreenapple ahh beleive my dad died from the shock off w.w.2. He was in the new Zealand army from 1939-1946. He managed too keep upp the pretense that all was Gold until he died in 1992 in hastings city- new Zealand.- South pacific.'

[@SvetlanaVladimirova8590]

Strange that he survived, given that the experiments were so "hideous". I am at a loss to understand why those evil doctors did not kill him.

[@duncanchizizi6543]

@P RH they are sick and foolish.

[@joshwaffen88]

LoL sounds like a fairytale

[@Jonahch2v9]

In one class, we listened to vintage radio asking British people about Hitler in the '30's. They loved him. They thought he was the greatest politician ever and wished theirs were half as effective. If he had died before starting the war, he'd be a national hero and world recognized politician.

[@woah5546]

The same with Mussolini. Had he not entered the war, Fascist Italy might have even existed today.

[@tlt3921]

Britain at that time was unaware as was the rest of the world that the economic stimulus Hitler used to propel the German economy was wealth stolen from Jews who had been murdered, run from their homes and sent to concentration camps About a third of the German economy was funded by stolen Jewish wealth as was approximately a third of Germany's war material. Your teacher was seriously lacking for not pointing that out. It is common knowledge now

[@honkhonk8009]

Same story with Putin. Everyone thought the dude was smart. Now hes a fool. People always think other countries are better untill they see their true colors.

[@zoeissleepy708]

If hitler was good at anything it was acting and lying

[@ButHerMama]

@@honkhonk8009 hey your supposed to work your way down the pole in history

[@neilog747]

If you want to avoid indoctrination, never follow the opinions of your peers, friends, family or politicians. Its not just the politicians and media you have to worry about. Always be an informed sceptic. Belonging to a group is never worth the price of becoming a fool.

[@drawingtime2589]

That's right.

[@quincybirwood2629]

Well said.

[@tofu_golem]

Here's the dilema: Other people can suck you into nonsense, but they are also your best resource for finding out when you're wrong about something. This is why critical thinking is important.

[@cheylobarbie]

Its public schools feeding your kids biased information its all such bullshit and its everywhere

[@papercup2517]

'It's not just the politicians and media you have to worry about.' Indeed, these days we have the seductive power of the internet with conspiracy theories powered by social media sucking in millions to a new form of 'group-think'. Critical thinking, the ability to assess the quality and relevance of evidence, avoidance of circular reasoning, and similar skills are absolutely essential to find one's way in today's information-saturated world. IMO, children should be learning this stuff (at age-appropriate level, of course!) from a very young age. It can no longer be delayed or confined to tertiary college/university courses, which many people, especially in America, lack access to, but should now be a basic requirement of children's education, like literacy and numeracy skills.

[@tacomadc]

The "Polish horse calvary" charging German tanks is an urban myth. The polish military and its airforce gave Germany stiff resistance and cost them many troops and tanks.

[@kayvan671]

"Only" 16k.

[@Nosliw837]

Agreed. People fail to realise how reliant on literal Horse Power the German military was as well. However, I think that's usually in regards to logistics/supply trains. And it's been a while since reading up on the Polish army's tactics, but what horse units that were used were, I think, primarily handling anti-tank weaponry.

[@Peter43John]

Truth be told, Poland fared much better against the German Army than the French & their Anglo Allies.

[@planet_69]

@@Peter43John oh i thought they only lasted 6 weeks.

[@alfredovilla8560]

@@Peter43John - Although the Poles fought bravely & with great stamina, Poland was savagely torn apart by the combined attacks of the Nazi & Soviet ogres. It was hopeless.

[@MrJesseQuinn]

We can learn something from this grave mistake: never pay attention to a politician words and charisma but instead focus on their policies and, more important, the results of such policies.

[@will5107]

A very good point. Also, who are they seen with: and what have their policies been..? Like Cheney for Bush W.

[@reginabrunt5087]

You pay attention to both ( words and policy’s )

[@jimdickson919]

we used to judge them by their character, morality.. I guess that shit went out the window in 2016

[@TK.000]

Obama seemed to have that charm with people. I saw through it, mostly because I don’t trust charmers who just say what you want to hear.

[@flaminmongrel6955]

Exactly the opposite of the left in America does.

[@jameszelaznysr.2681]

It amazes me how Easley Humanity can be manipulated, even now in the year 2020.

[@missanna208802]

Read the book, influence. Watch both conservative and "mainstream" media. Then read Marx and Mein Kampf. You'll be terrified of what is happening in the western world, if you aren't already, and you'll be one of the few who don't jump on the soon to be genocidal bandwagon unless it is stopped.

[@theamericanguy1969]

What’s “easly”

[@Joe-hd2pm]

Will Lewis you won’t believe until you see it

[@manufacturedreality8706]

Yep, I guess some things never change......sadly.

[@OTPpride]

ManufacturedReality deeply saddens me

[@debnn4854]

I cared for a British war bride til her death in 2014. She told me about the nightly raids in London. She had a pic of her deceased husband/British soldier, on the mantle and missed him greatly repeating" "oh dear Bill ,dear Bill"

[@vortexgen1]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." [Sun Tzu]

[@eily_b]

My grandmother once told me about Hitler. Her mother died when she was 14 years old and she had to work as a housemaid from that age on in rich families in other German cities. She worked and worked and worked. She had never a day off and she was invisible. When Hitler rose she was a young woman and she did not give a "Pfennig" about his speeches. She never had time to listen to them anyway. How Hitler changed her life was that he started noticing people like her. For the first time in her life she had decent working hours, was able to make some gymnastics with other girls like her and the best of all: go on vacation. Something people never even dreamt of. They had neither the time off nor the money for it. So she admitted to have voted for him once (now we know it was the one time he needed). They did not knew it better, people were not informed back then. They were poor, uneducated and had to work 15 hours a day. He made their lives better in the first place, they had not the chance to see behind his intentions.

[@disgruntledpedant2755]

And her antisemitic hatred of the wealthy german jews who employed her was a bonus!

[@bettywith2girls]

@@disgruntledpedant2755 You didn't know that woman or how she felt about anything or anybody, besides what Eily is telling us what her grandmother said. If Hitler hadn't made the German people's lives better, he wouldn't have been elected into office...it was a different world back then. The severe sanctions that were imposed on the German people after WWI is what created the environment where a guy like Hitler could succeed. The German people couldn't have anticipated what would ultimately happen, and when they did...it was too late.

[@katherinetutschek4757]

@@disgruntledpedant2755 Not every German was antisemitic, and there were many people in other European countries who were. It's easy to think of WWII in black and white but there was a lot of variation and subtlety.

[@ronaldgreene5733]

The least corrupt were made to suffer the most. The truth will once again be known and the extreme nature of events will no longer write the narrative as if we are sheep forever to be led down the road of destruction. Ideologies will one day pass away so that they can no longer be pasted onto others in retrospect and render us without courage of our convictions in the mass currents generated against which few wish to swim.

[@icarus6651]

@@disgruntledpedant2755 We got Troll ! Folks we got us a troll!

[@richardhewit215]

When you're in a hole and somebody says they have a ladder, you don't ask questions about the ladder, you just say give me the ladder.

[@bubb5225]

weejams I used to live in a socialist country in Western Europe. Not everybody makes the same wage as you say. There are economic differences of poor, rich and middle. Only the differences aren’t chasms as they are in the US with CEOs making 400-700 times the wage of a company employee. Socialism is not communism, either. You sound like one of these men who is disappearing from America, the non-college educated white guy who earns a good salary and gets good benefits. You don’t want that to change. Therefore, you want the rest of America to remain in its current state with low wages, obscenely high health and education costs, and rents and mortgages....who’s going to flip the burgers at McDonalds, you ask. Immigrants who you want to waste billions of dollars “building a wall” against. They’ll do until the robots come along, which we’re already seeing. You want to discuss world affairs and economic systems that are beyond your comprehension due to your lack of education. You sound like you’re doing OK economically, unlike the vast majority of Americans. Since you have the money, why don’t you go to your local university, college or community college and take some history courses? Study economics while you’re at it. Then come back to you tube and make an informed, rather than a self-centered argument based on your rank ignorance. That’s more enlightened than flopping on the couch with a beer and watching college football.

[@BirdYoumans]

@weejams I can help you with your confusion. For the same reason most people are either too lazy or "don't have the time" to read the 448 page Mueller report in order to know they are being scammed by Barr's exact opposite "summary" of the report which now allows trumps worshipers to actually believe that it exonerates trump, (It clearly states the exact opposite, It does NOT exonerate him), you will always have lazy or naive people that will not go to college because it requires at least 4 years of brain work they are not prepared to do, free or not. For example, many don't bother to finish high school today. So there will always be an ample supply of "burger flippers" that will always play the victim card so well rather than ever admit they did not prepare themselves for life. The GOP's biggest fear is education. Think about it. Remember, it's much easier to fool someone than to convince them they have been fooled. The GOP mantra is simply this - Keep 'em scared, angry and misinformed. It works like a charm. How else can you sell tax breaks for the ultra rich and not much else, especially for you and me. If you remember correctly, in order to sell the tax breaks this time, you and I were supposed to see roughly a $100 a week extra in our pay checks. Instead, most of us had to pay more at tax time. We were supposed to get insurance that was a small fraction of what we were previously paying. Instead, it went up, a lot and they are trying to take away pre-existing condition guarantees. We are paying almost a dollar more a gallon for gas. But instead of taking care of business when they had all three legs of the government for two years, we got tax breaks for the ultra rich. Anybody getting a picture of the con here? Yes, lot more minimum wage jobs. Hows that working out for you? Most of the stock market that makes any money is owned by the very wealthy. Again, not much help for the middle class. So it makes the economy appear from the numbers to be good, but how's YOUR pocketbook? I could go on and on, but most of you that need to think about this have already fallen asleep lol! And they know that, so they just lie with impunity and many will continue to believe it. And the destruction of Hillary by the right wing propaganda machine has been a work of art, but that's another story.

[@nuwavedave]

@@bubb5225 - No doubt, you consider yourself among the BEST-educated. Always easy to make sweeping generalizations when you set yourself up as the Standard-Bearer. What BUSINESS did YOU ever run, "April May" - or whatever months you claim to be? Companies don't just piss their money away on CEOs - they EARN every penny . . . Robert A. Iger, CEO of Disney earns $65 million per year. He oversees the entire Disney Empire of companies valued at $130 BILLION. If Iger makes one poor business decision - he could DECIMATE the value of the company he is paid to oversee. Let's say YOU are on the Board of Directors at Disney - and a Robert Iger comes along, claiming "Pay me $65 Million - and I will increase Disney's value by $10 BILLION." Is a Ten Billion Dollar Gain worth $65 Million to you? You'd be a damn fool if it wasn't. Can the guy who runs around Disneyland dressed as one of the Three Little Pigs increase Disney's value by $1 BILLION?? Probably not. He's paid a wage based on his value to the company - and how irreplacable HE is in the job. Face it - ANYBODY could wear a Disneyland costume. It lierally could be ANYBODY in there, and who would know? Not exaclty a position with a lot of Job Security. What Weejams said has a lot of truth in it. When you guarantee a liveable income - regardless of whether you work or not - those who would work the hardest will come to resent theose who are leeching off the system. Eventually, they will slack off, and before you know it, nobody is doing theit best to produce top-quality work. This may not be what you experienced under Western Europe model of Socialism - but, it IS what is being proposed by American Socialist Democrats. In addition, what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Green New Deal" promises IS Communism. The State controls the major means of production - from Energy Production and Use - to Healthcare to what car we can drive and how we are to heat our homes.

[@MGTV1]

@weejams all the "jobs" are being taken by robots. all the people in school are getting worthless degrees. put them together, and you have your breadlines.

[@matriximaster]

@@bubb5225 The fact that Bill Gates ore Steve Bezo's have billions does not make anyone else poor, just the opposite. You sound like the one who needs an economics education, although going to college these days will make one more ignorant to the truth. Socialism has a 2 generation shelf life before they tax everyone into poverty and then the masses suffer, totalitarian powers increase, and eventually total collapse and often war. Socialism is the epitome of, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, however the intentions of politicians are never about the people, only themselves, and hence lies the problem with Gov't's.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I found these old guys - historians, men who fought in the war, incredibly interesting. So might you - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmq8e6yLfMmssJY

[@melindathomas21]

Thank you for replying.

[@richardwhitfill5253]

Yes very interesting. It’s hard for me to dislike Germans I have a lot of German ancestry

[@jamesirvine9493]

hitler was an agent and never intended germany to win the war

[@wladyslawbukowski]

Polish cavalry attacked German tanks with lances? Where did you clowns learn history? Such an attack never took place. The Poles had cavalry units that were equipped with anti-tank guns. On horseback, Polish soldiers were able to move efficiently through forests and wetlands. One case of a head-on confrontation with German tanks took place, but it was not an attack on the tanks. The Polish cavalry detachment was surrounded and, in order not to be destroyed, escaped by breaking through the tanks, because it was the best chance of this escape. German losses in the Polish campaign of 1939. 17,269 killed 30,300 wounded 3,500 missing 236 tanks (not bad for a lance attack, eh?) 800 vehicles 246 aircraft

[@user-ih9dg3uz5y]

It surprizes you that this Child murdering, mass murdering Misfit Hitler who was a Moron and had the IQ of a houseplant was not a good Military leader!!! Geeze, cop on will you.

[@rogertulk8607]

Fascinating! My parents lived it, and as a child I heard so many war stories that I could swear I lived it too. I hope there will be more videos like this one.

[@hanzflackshnack1158]

It's interesting getting older, having been in the military myself, and finally being able to see things from the soldier's perspective regardless of what country they fought for. That German pilot flew to London and back 68 times, sometimes three times a day, and lost units every time... The mental fortitude to get back in the cockpit day after day is astounding

[@potterj09]

For that man doing no more than serving his nation I completely agree. Fanatics are the ones who lose their right to be seen as honorable. The tragedy is 2 honorable men on opposite sides can be forced to do this on the behest of fanatics who do not know what war looks like.

[@PlugInRides]

American did daylight bombing raids on Germany that were so dangerous, completing 25 combat missions got the bomber crew sent home. The average life expectancy was only 11 combat missions for an 8th Air Force B-17 crew, and 37 seconds in combat for the ball turret gunner.

[@ninjawizard3865]

Pervatin may have helped.

[@occamraiser]

Really, heroic, when not doing so lead to a firing squad? The USAF and RAF were in the same boat. And merchant seamen crossing the Atlantic (of whom 28% were killed) knowing that EVERY SECOND or every day could be their last.....don't celebrate a few Luftwaffe crews too much - they were bombing civilians and creating the concept of total war - if they had a choice about what they did they would be criminals not heros.

[@occamraiser]

@@ninjawizard3865 good old nazi race-hatred probably stiffened their resolve too. Just like when they flattened Warsaw because the Poles (and Jews OFC) were fighting back. Russia has really become the new nazi state with its approach to capturing cities by reducing them to rubble first.....how very 1942

[@TurdFerguson101]

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does tend to rhyme. : Mark Twain

[@aleclala132]

( BG )

[@nadiahirsch1404]

It will happen again😢

[@juliarman]

he said it in vain.

[@wranglerboi]

Hmmm...war...more. They do rhyme, don't they?

[@akashsinha2880]

It was the general thought process back then. Adolf wanted to do to Russia what Britain had done to Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Don't overthink it to death. People back then truly believe in environmental determinism.

[@geoffhoward6058]

Without history you don't have memories and without memories you don't have a future.

[@MarieRains]

I am entirely addicted to your channel! I somehow stumbled upon it. Possibly due to my love of the 60's. You're channel has opened up so many more channels as well from history. It's amazing! Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication over the years! 🌻✌❤

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

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[@BrandyTexas214]

Man... this really wasn’t that long ago... my grandparents were kids

[@PH-pq3vq]

Yeah it's mind blowing

[@paytopray1468]

My grandfather just turned 94 a few days ago and he fought in ww2

[@b3at2]

it was 40 years before I was born. im 36 now..

[@indiae.2448]

in 13 years, it'll be 100 years since Nazi Germany began and Hitler took control. In 25 years, it'll be 100 years since WWII ended.

[@lawrence9506]

My parents were adults, my brothers were children.

[@createone100]

My Dad was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. He was a rear-gunner, 32nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.

[@cheesemccheese5780]

ok

[@proud2bpagan]

From the daughter of one vet to another, thank you to both your dad and your family. It's not just the person who signs on, it's the entire family.

[@tomodiochi8035]

Ok..........

[@barbsmart7373]

Createone 100 Tena koe. How proud you must be! I am, constantly so grateful for all these men. I had a beautiful friend called Joan, whose first husband was deemed to be missing in action at Dunkirk. He left Joan and their small boy. I met Joan Farmer through her daughter here in New Zealand. Joan died of a heart attack in NZ on ANZAC day, 50 years after Dunkirk. It was then that I realised how long the intense grief can last, right into old age. (For example, my father suffered a heart attack on Mother's Day, about 60 years after his mother died from a fever in 1940. It is thought his younger sister died a few months later in the same year, "of a broken heart"). Thankyou for your comment. I have lived with the ongoing affects of 2 world wars all my life, but people seem to rarely talk about these things. That is why I appreciate the comments and videos on you tube as much as I do. I won't forget. And I won't keep it buried in the past. I have seen so many things repeating, After those 2 world wars, flu epidemic, and holocaust.

[@justa.american8303]

@@barbsmart7373 I know what you mean. My Dad jumped into France on June 6th with the 101st Airborne. What those Men went through on the beaches and from the air is unbelievable! I think that few today would have the courage and determination to accomplish the tasks set before them. It is a shame that they and their deeds and sacrifice are no longer recognized as they once was. Our society has become too soft, lazy, and fail to actually think critically. JMHO

[@christopherhirt2831]

Loved this documentary. Recorded it on my VCR as a kid on PBS in 1989.

[@alcoholfree6381]

Superb short documentary done in a very tight format; I watch lots of WW2, Nazi, Hitler, and War videos. This is dynamite for sure!

[@jaelsonnen5750]

When I was younger, I used to find these videos impressive, now I find them terrifying

[@coreyham3753]

It is simply amazing to watch this video and realize how many parallels there are between Hitler and the Nazis and Chump and the current republicans. The fact that almost 70 million americans cannot see it and refuse to acknowledge it, is a very scary and very sad commentary on a significant segment of american citizens.

[@rach9466]

Corey Ham you need to open your eyes. ANTIFA goes around terrorizing and doxxing people, media censors conservatives, liberal politicians made a list of trump supporters (intimidation). Why is it the Republicans you think are acting like this video? Fascism is inspired by Marx and is “left-wing”.

[@Mendaz]

@@rach9466 Hitler literally said their "socialism" is opposed to Marxism as they believe in private property. With that said, no matter how authoritarian a left-wing leader is, they cannot be a fascist, since fascism is also characterized by ultranationalist and reactionary traits in tandem with authoritarianism.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

@@coreyham3753 I agree. How can Trump, who is responsible for the many deaths of Americans and was not responsible (as he claims) for the great economy inherited from Obama - lie every day and still get 72 million Americans vote for him?

[@LJ-ht4zs]

@@rach9466 Who threatens people who do not agree them with guns? Stand off and stand by - meaning? Socialism for the rich. Cut payroll tax and you cut off Social Security and Medicare in a few years. Guess you have enough income and do not care about the rest of society.

[@beatricepetronelli3042]

Radio was the means of control then , but the internet is the means today.

[@jordangordan8980]

I'm betting there's much more truth on the internet then on cable news.

[@FC-hj9ub]

That's the fault of the reader, if you choose to blindly believe everything

[@dmt02459]

Radio was the means of dissemination, not control.

[@1234567mrbob]

@@dmt02459 The difference between the Internet and classic media like radio and TV is the fact that it's two-way communication. Unlike TV or radio, where you need a license, a studio and sponsors, an average nobody can be heard on the web. People have the ability to respond, rebut what is written or broadcast and even publish their own material. It's a very unique time in history and a unique form of communication. Where it will lead who knows? But one thing is for sure, governments will try to control and dominate it. It's what they do.

[@granmabern5283]

TV

[@RosenetTV]

A remarkable segment. Thank you, David

[@joecombs7468]

Another good job David. I think I may have seen this years ago. Parts of it are very familiar to me.

[@joestephan1111]

Back in my motorcycle days I frequented a California biker bar. Marie, one of the owners, was a little girl in Nazi Germany during the war. She saw it all first hand, including the time Hitler came to their school. She told me the reason he had overwhelming support from the German people was because he, in a country still economically devistated from the first world war, told them what they needed to hear.

[@MsAli0]

Just like the current president

[@autumnhomer9786]

🥀This is the best explanation I’ve heard. Thank you.🥀

[@joestephan1111]

@@MsAli0 Hitler constantly talked of making Germany great again. Trump says "Let's Make America Great Again."

[@sharksport01]

@@MsAli0 no, the previous fraud president.

[@southerninfidel3141]

@@joestephan1111 .......so Mr Genuis.....why do people risk life and limb to come here?

[@wallyc2649]

Democracy is so fragile and you don’t realize how fast it can change . Does it look familiar ?

[@rithvikmuthyalapati9754]

Democracy isn't perfect, but we never needed to beat up people and control their lives to ensure loyalty

[@veritasvexillifer6597]

Yes it sure does.

[@anampaiseanta]

democracy is NOT noble

[@sstuddert]

@@anampaiseanta Democracy is noble, because it at the very least presumes that all people have an equal right to participate in whatever decisions concern them collectively. The alternatives to democracy do not presume this and, therefore, fail to acknowledge the absolute moral worth and equal dignity inherent in all people by virtue of their humanity. So while you think you're being edgy or contrarian by going around and telling people that democracy isn't noble, you're really just being a stupid asshole.

[@Charles-hy6gp]

@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 On Democracy, leaders are powerless and If the congress and senate is not with them, they are completely ruined On dictatorships, leaders can execute traitors and lobbysits Plus not to mention that people were never taught about civics, they vote Politicians in terms of carisma and Words rather than experiences and knowledge

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Historians did a very good job actual facts from fiction. Orator did a very good job presenting the documentary. Class A research project. Special thanks to the guest speakers for making this documentary possible/more informative!!!

[@hansmarheim7620]

Greate documentary, David. Thanks from norway!

[@moalong1636]

"I use emotions for mass and intelligence for few" - Hitler

[@abdouliejohn7267]

Is Trump using the same strategy?

[@IAMBENNYBLANCO.]

@Tsvi Rozenkranzt wow..... you really are an ignorant and uneducated individual. That motto perfectly explains the democrat party.

[@srobertson6386]

Sounds like Trump except for the Intelligence part!

[@cv5916]

Abdoulie John or is he trying to protect you from this propaganda? And please don’t try to tell me the mainstream media hasn’t been biased against Trump from the get go. Both parties better pay attention. If you don’t think Obama was brain washing folks, you better look again. Been happening since the start of time. But hell, I assume that would be Trumps fault too?

[@helloimbanned]

Sounds like every politician

[@deprivedfashionista8092]

Creating a common enemy connects people, this shows perfectly that people are fundamentally tribal beings.

[@Zerospawnn]

And thats how its always will be were all animals deep down inside

[@wholeNwon]

And herd animals.

[@MrBears25]

There are people that refused too kill Jews during theses times. There was opposition the problem is empathy and not giving a shit

[@shaft9000]

It disconnects them, too. The last year has been "no see grandma" while we fight off a virus.

[@doirtlee]

@Danny B. you science deniers will be the death of civilization.

[@preethyawesome8278]

Mr. Hoffman, I would like to thank you for all the hard work that you put in to make such amazing content available to history buffs like myself. I belong to the Millennial generation and my parents are Baby Boomers. I have always been fascinated with the social history of America in the 50's and 60's and the social history of Germany and Britain during WWII. This clip has now got me interested in WWII military strategy. This is all so fascinating and thanks again for uploading such interesting content. With best regards from Ireland.

[@edt8535]

The most disturbing aspect of the whole WW2 German thing is wondering what I (or even we) would have done if we had been in their shoes…peer pressure is a terrible thing. Americans shouldn’t be so high and mighty all the time-we’ve made plenty of our own mistakes :/

[@steeleirise9863]

We Americans are perfect,Don’t know what you are talking about!

[@tehdmanvids3]

@@steeleirise9863 I certainly can't think of a single thing we've ever done to hurt anyone, ever!

[@samirar1990]

@@tehdmanvids3 Really ? How about agent orange ! people are still suffering today in Vietnam, how about Irak ,… just to name a few 🙄 all innocent civilians that were killed, USA have committed a lot of war crimes, go do some research

[@CIA_Is_aTerrorist_Orginization]

Every country teaches their own version of propaganda to their youth so as to influence them how to think about certain historical events

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

Americans were taught to hate communists and Russians. Now it's the Chinese. I refuse to hate anyone.

[@aarondavis7457]

Communism is responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths. It's a good thing to hate something that evil.

[@brendab.5111]

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 Good on you. Someone who refuses to be part of the “hate machine.”

[@armyantlocsta]

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 that's what I say wow! I research and stay objective

[@anthonyakator6181]

@Pixie Perfect One we America has been giving aid and food to developing countries for, almost 70 yrs now, two thw reason why one cam blame the deaths of millions on the communist ideology and not the capitalist ideology is because in many cases the communist government committed these atrocities against their on people examples include Stalin Mao Hitler etc. In short capitalism is not far from it in some cases but it objectively has driven the most human beings out of poverty and into prosperity

[@thelakeman5207]

I learned in high school that what Hitler did in Germany could never happen here because of our type of government. That teacher needs to go back to college. How wrong he was!!!!!!

[@alchuchu6078]

Trump really following Hitler's playbook...failed coup. Now lets hope he goes to jail and Hitler 2.0 never comes

[@BiasedCookie]

@@alchuchu6078 Trump was one of the players. Biden isn't your savior I assure you.

[@Calamity_Leo]

@@alchuchu6078 yeah.... it's not Trump if you are saying this you are blind, and would have followed Hitler

[@SBb374]

@lame duck Yeah, I don't think so Nutjob McGee. Try paragraphs.

[@tonypoore440]

@@SBb374 His point was made, paragraphs or not. If we corrected all the typo's and bad grammar in YT comments there'd be no time for conversation or debate. No need for "I'm smarter than you."

[@cedricnicholson7446]

Where’s the rest of the documentary? I want to see more. This is great stuff

[@Ogaitnas900]

"The sound of the telephone [...] remains in my case, to this day, a frightening noise" That gave me goosebumps.

[@aaronmarshall]

Hunger is one hell of a drug.

[@thom-mark6443]

I guess it's true. "Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it."

[@cali4niasf]

.... and wind up voting for trump. Small case "t".

[@johnb.8687]

Knuckle Thursdays Lol their are hardly any parallels between Adolf Hitler and Trump. Name one. And guess what, you don’t know what really happened to our guys in libia in the embassy ( spelled incorrectly because KZbin’s blocks it) if you did you would vote for him to. We know what happened to Mr S. It’s appalling, the us still refuses to release the autopsy.

[@JET7C0]

@@johnb.8687 ​ First off, KZbin doesn't block spelling Libya correctly. Second off, Are you serious? I mean, "whataboutism" is a common in political debate nowadays, but this takes the cake. While Benghazi was tragic - and just FYI, I had tons of criticisms of Hillary/Obama - 4 Americans died there, versus as of this comment, over *_200,000 from COVID-19_* under Trump. This is a scenario the National Security Council on bio-defense was specifically formed to prevent and tackle, but Trump's administration _eliminated it entirely_ in 2018, along with slashing 2/3rds of the CDC's budget for dealing with pandemics globally, maybe just because it was an Obama program, or mentioned other countries (even though it wasn't for charity, but so any potential pandemics are fought and contained outside our borders _before they even have a chance to hit us in the first place_). When asked about this at a press conference, he flippantly dismissed them as "sitting around" when we "didn't need them," which is basically the same as saying we don't need fire departments around in case of 4-alarm fires. This was despite the vocal alarm at the time of many prominent, typically apolitical doctors and disease experts, whose only concern was preventing deaths. Then, last spring, when the worst pandemic in a century hit this country, he straight up dismissed, then completely downplayed COVID-19 as it began to ravage America, despite seasoned epidemiologists sounding the alarm, while saying at a rally that Democratic party criticism of his non-response and downplaying the virus was "their new hoax," going on to say yet again it was no worse than the flu, both of which his supporters took to mean the entire virus was somehow an elaborate, worldwide illusion. Yet privately, _at the very same time,_ he was busy admitting in recordings made between him and Bob Woodward that the virus was "deadly stuff," "rips you apart," and ominously saying, _"it is the plague,"_ which was actually _much worse_ than the flu. He says he didn't want to create a panic despite knowing the danger, which might be understandable, but he still could have done what countries like South Korea had done to vastly diminish its spread without mass panic, yet inexplicably, instead of marshaling the resources of the country which holds 1/4th of the wealth on Earth, he was busy saying first the virus would "disappear like a miracle" (lol), then when people began to die in serious numbers, pointed out a typical flu season kills ~30,000 give or take (over many months), when COVID has killed _7 times that many_ in less time, and keep in mind that's even with _tons of people taking precautions they never have_ during even really bad flu seasons, like masks, reducing social interaction often significantly (if they aren't selfish a**holes), while businesses enforce their own, yet it still killed far more than any flu, and _it isn't even over yet_ with both colder weather and the regular flu hitting us all at once in the coming months. If you think this wasn't avoidable, South Korea, a country comprised of tens of millions of people which was hit far earlier than us, thus showing us the way, have as of this comment ~360 deaths, vs. our _over 200,000,_ which is nearly 1,000 times as many. Who knows how many would be dead by now if we'd just "went back to business" like usual last April til now, which Trump and the craven politicians supporting him wanted, who didn't have to put themselves and others at risk, many of them for low wages and zero healthcare benefits. Yet, incredibly, despite all that, you want to sit here and whine about Benghazi and Hillary (yes, she sucked _and_ Trump sucks - both can be true and only one is currently president), and an event where 4 Americans died under her, versus 200,000+ so far from COVID-19 under Trump. Unbelievable. Enough that I wrote this response, not so much for you, but to memorize it for whenever I come across arguments as ridiculous as yours again.

[@virgie4715]

Patriot5.56 Right. Anyone who takes covid seriously pretty much looses all credibility immediately, lol.

[@tylerrose7599]

@Patriot5.56 4 percent death rate is 13200000 Americans though.

[@450Chicago]

Thank you for posting and preserving this. Very important messages from eyewitnesses brave enough to tell the truth and should never be forgotten. After a lifetime of being a student of the history of this war, I learned a new perspective by watching this.

[@animatorofanimation128]

Crazy how all those German generals looking for jobs and recognition in their memoirs after the war all of a sudden started to blame Hitler for all of the military failings huh? Yes Hitler made a lot of dumb decisions, but there were times where he was actually right and his generals were wrong, like operation citadel for instance. Where he thought it was a dumb idea but his generals insisted (he turned out to be right). Remember that a lot of "common" thoughts about the war come from the memoirs of German generals who benefited from throwing Hitler under the bus

[@zacharyolenick1054]

No matter what the Germans did, they were doomed to lose the war from the start. Even if Hitler made all the right decisions, or if the generals made all the right decisions, at the end of the day Germany did not have the economy or resources for the war.

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

he was a genious but operation barbarossa failed because of lendlease.

[@GigglesClown]

@@myhonorwasloyalty what? Operation barabrossa failed because the german army ran out of supplies, men, and heavy equipment (tanks). It turns out killing/ wounding, capturing 5000000 men causes ungodly casualties

[@oneshothunter9877]

@@myhonorwasloyalty Hitler was a genius? Really? 😂

[@playoutgames6191]

My Father didn't make it back from Dunkirk, he was captured and marched to Poland for 4 years, I keep telling people that Hitler liked the British, they don't listen, now look what's happening, people are following madness in a different way, but there's no more heros to stop it

[@CreatingExcellence]

There’s hero’s but “they” have used all forms of media to vilify the hero’s and glorify the enemies. It’s a shame the majority of the population is falling for this smoke and mirrors trickery.

[@Mark-yb1sp]

When I was in the Army serving in Vilseck, Germany, I met a Hitler Jugend. He talked about how not just him, but everyone around him, teachers, bankers, neighbors and store clerks also believed. He said it was a fervor that was reinforced EVERYWHERE. As an old man, I look at my own life in the past and wondered how many things I got involved in (and now not proud of) that was ONLY because everyone else was. Probably a lot. Thank you for this, David. 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@westxranchin]

The British reporter watching the dog fight was wonderful! I’m sure he was a spectacular moral booster for the troops and civilians.

[@sahhaf1234]

This is one of the very good, very fair documentaries that I've ever watched...

[@mykeyoh1536]

4:15 "hitler came to power at the very moment radio was invented...he used the people's receiver... a small radio in every kitchen... to communicate to his people on a daily basis.." tweet tweet....

[@robinjackson7882]

LOL

[@ItsMeMissV369]

Radio = CNN

[@saynotohookups]

Do you notice how there are Television's everywhere?

[@lodibencolby5588]

Good observation

[@Adelaideanegg]

@@saynotohookups I didn't notice 🤷‍♀️

[@samhouston5217]

S/he who owns the media controls the Narrative and hence will rise to power. We saw that this year in the US.

[@TheRealEMH]

Actually ppl are now fully aware of this and see through the media lies. The democrats cheated to seize power. That’s why smart ppl voted for Trump. Trump will succeed. I can’t think of two more undeserving and incompetent ppl than Biden/Harris. What’s happened in America is a coup and the majority of Americans know it.

[@carolyndennis4947]

@@TheRealEMH I know Trump will come out on top however, Ppl are I’m afraid still lost in brainwashed minds js

[@shubhamswaraj9029]

Same in India

[@jstravelers4094]

All dictators vilify the media. All of them.

[@lynnquillen4813]

You are all blimd! Your dear leader is cut from the same cloth as hitler, sowing fear, violence, division and hate and is a clear and present danger to our nation and the WORLD. He's managed to sucker you into WORSHIPPING him, a lying, cheating, narcisstic sociopath. Cult45.

[@dm-gq5uj]

Other stupid mistakes made by Hitler: invading the USSR and declaring war on the US. If Hitler had focused on the Middle East and capturing the oil fields there, the Germans would have been very hard to beat. As it was, they ran out of oil and got lost in the vastness of the USSR. The Americans might have been glad to fight a one-front war with Japan after Pearl Harbor, but Hitler's declaration of war made that impossible. Hitler seriously underestimated the manpower and material resources available to the Americans.

[@blugaledoh2669]

@Paol Vrobel yeah most of Germany got their oils from USSR.

[@Bobblawlaw1]

@Paol Vrobel no such thing. USSR and Germany signed a pact after Poland had been invaded. USSR was unprepared for war. But the pact was signed for keeping the peace between the two countries, allegedly. Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. Look it up.

[@dbc7772011]

The irony is, Japan and Germany are today two of our biggest Allie’s and trusted trade partners. I’m an American and love visiting these 2 well run, educated countries. What a mess periods of history were.

[@magisterrleth3129]

You can't remove those things and still have Nazi Germany though. The entire thing was steeped in Hitler's personality. He invaded the Soviets because the Bolsheviks were always on the chopping block for him. He declared war on America because he saw America as the puppet of a malignant Jewish conspiracy, and a key source of Europe's ill fortunes. You don't get the military machine without him, and he was it's fatal flaw as well. Simply put, the Nazis were doomed to fail from the start because the entire ideology that informed their actions was based on a wildly warped version of reality that was destined to run head-first into the real reality.

[@ziggypop79]

He had no choice but to invade USSR to get more oil or he’d run out. USA wasn’t hardly in the war really, apart from with Japan. It was Russia that brought down the nazis with or without them.

[@thunderbolt2145]

In my opinion one of Hitler's main problems was that he was a World War I veteran, and at times thought with the mindset of how that conflict was fought while entering a new age of combat and technology. I believe he was a competent strategist, but lacked the field experience to conduct large scale operations and failed to take advice from the OKW.

[@vhlamingostreamsaudioconte403]

It wasnt about Huskers desicions - Germany was doomed to loose WW2 due to lack of resources

[@jugo1944]

He was an incredibly inept strategist. He literally started a war with the worlds two most productive economies while still fighting the British

[@s0cializedpsych0path]

When Bloomberg ran for Mayor of NYC, he tried to do the same thing with the radios. NYC was absolutely littered with little red Bloomberg radios.

[@kmiller36]

And here we are today in the United States...who is fooling who? Could it be me or could it be you? Keep an open mind and research all you can during these times!

[@nadiahirsch1404]

😢the world is facing danger again

[@WateryFire]

People are still ignorant. As long as we are ignorant evil is in charge and war can happen any minute.

[@blickch]

There is an aspect that you are missing. Research will not save the US. You need to have the skill set to look critically about what you are looking at. How to determine whether a source is trustworthy or not is critical to successful research. The mass de-education / poor education of the masses and derision of learned men and institutions is crippling the populations ability to consume information. Just think of how many times you have questioned someones sources and they respond back with "the internet"...it is a sad state of affairs.

[@workplacewarriordoctorpepp203]

similarities today.......big tech and the fake media surpress , censor , delete and have been caught in 1000000000000000000000000000000 lies. anybody who would not smash blm and antifa.....take their sides as they burn down our buildings and assault our own citizens. this is the tip of the icerburg. but we have been taught to be sheep and not stand up. we were told not to have big families in the 70's.....later they are saying we need the illegals because we dont have enough workers to replace the old ones. your generation didnt have enough kids. i guess everyone is just not raised right.......what a pity.

[@SuperJMichael]

If you trust that today’s government gives a rats tail about you, it’s you.

[@redsox258]

At 20:06, if you look really close, you can see a parachute falling down to the water in the middle of the screen, near the boat. That footage of the air battle in Britain with those chaps commentating on it as if they were watching a sports match was really was funny as hell! In the next scene the guy mentions being shot down only one time in his flying career, doubt that was him but that would be crazy if it was haha..

[@randystone4903]

Lessons we need to remember. Democracy is fragile and today we as a nation are swept away with emotional manipulation.

[@charlestidwell5361]

Those who don't know history, are doomed to repeat it.

[@laurendecruz8569]

peter west The story is the same, human nature, emotion over intelligence. Karl Marx was one who identified and labeled it as a social problem requiring a social remedy. Post Feudalism a growing Middle Class, the worker had to be dealt with by control to prevent him from being not poor, but never gainful. Satisfaction through mediocrity. This only works for a short time with humans.We don’t always show it, but humans are intelligent as well as emotional beings. Improper or poor education allow emotions to distort rational. History teaches that fear is the dominate emotion requiring control.

[@certifiedg7927]

@Hank E. however rotten it is. Those men know alot about human nature. I think we should learn them too. Just cos u aren't trying to take advantage of people doesn't mean people aren't gonna take advantage of u

[@gottlieblucy52]

lauren decruz I think we almost did,

[@randydodsworth4334]

More like those who just ignore it.

[@ericscaillet2232]

@naz ratt granted but how far back does one really have to go ..😂

[@historyjunky1299]

"For those who wish to start a war, must first count the cost" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@elena16350]

Michael W that doesn’t say anything, Hitler wants to change, he dominated the people, people didn’t have a say in what happened,they had it foisted on them.

[@danelirimescu6832]

I am not German but germans are the most hardworking Europeans, most disciplined, most innovative, best scientist, etc.. they did not deserved to have their own people starving to satisfy the French and english

[@pikiwiki]

I don't think people who start wars do much counting. Their brains are set on the likelihood of winning.

[@williampreller6387]

War is measured by the number of body bags filled. I'll beat tRUMP had a ready supply of body bags..

[@brianolias1190]

Danel Irimescu they sure did, that’s what happens when you lose a world war that you pretty much started. Twice they did it to themselves. They deserve everything they got!

[@spmoran4703]

I love how the Battle of Britain commentator reported the fight and if reporting a football match.

[@jrmckim]

Absolutely love your stuff!!

[@rhyswong8976]

I love old videos like this. Interviews from the active but older participants of the war always jolt my ear up, how they feel, their expression, their raw thoughts. Now that most of them have passed away, and whats left is biography and expositions. This sort of video although old and not as eye catching as present documentaries, must be preserved for the future. Thank you for uploading.

[@BilgemasterBill]

You might really enjoy "The World At War" series. I believe many of the interviews here were excerpted from it.

[@Kennedy4OurCountry]

People who dont learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[@nyki7fykxtjxyi]

Jim Jones

[@paulhunter1525]

Hence Republicans Senators move to ban teaching about Slavery in public schools.

[@yankee2666]

Wait - let me write that down.

[@yankee2666]

@@paulhunter1525 And where is that being done? As a teacher I can tell you that's not even close to the truth in any school system. You have a twisted view of what conservatives are trying to prevent, and likley a twisted view of much else.

[@johnnyperez1969]

@@paulhunter1525 Nice try!!

[@DonVitosLazyEye]

1:34 That's a really great shot strictly from a cinematography standpoint.

[@Woktavius]

ok what is the game in the beginningwith the ball on a string??

[@EASYTIGER10]

I find it fascinating hearing these people from "history" talking to us directly across the ages. Like hearing Napoleon or Alexander the Great's generals discussing their campaigns

[@ericscaillet2232]

Has anyone noticed that it is mostly short men with issues that starts all this crap...😒

[@zer0L0]

The interviews are amazing . Thank you for putting this up

[@CalCap]

I thought this documentary was brilliant - brilliantly put together, the narration the interviews, everything. Who made it? Are there any more like this?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

My team and I made this documentary. I have made more than 175 documentaries for television in my day. They mostly have a similar style. One that I was one of the folks who created way back in the 1970s. Thank you for your compliment. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@CalCap]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker A reply from the creator himself! Wow. And thank you. When did you make this?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

1988

[@CalCap]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker David, is this the full piece you made or is there a longer version? I’ve come back to this docu two month after originally watching it as I thought it was so good, and hoped there may be more(?) Please let me know - thanks in advance, Alex

[@thomasc2680]

I didn’t know the result of the war was decided by Hitler’s compassion for the British. Wild.

[@kayvan671]

The English are Germanic people like us Germans. Scandinavians and the Dutch too. We are pretty much the same people. Thats pretty much the reason.

[@shermanhofacker4428]

I remember sitting in church listening to a pentecostal preacher as a kid and suddenly realized there wasn't much difference than watching a Hitler speech.

[@scottclaudet]

Its so easy to say: "This man hijacked a nation and brainwashed his people". Think about the things the people at the time were seeing and what they were going through ; the things they lived and the things they knew. Its not that simple.

[@oliverharris7366]

Much like Donald Trump.

[@vanlendl1]

20000-30000 german soldiers were officially executed because of refusing orders. Hearing BBC was a heavy crime.

[@JOHNizSiK]

@@oliverharris7366 How so ?

[@SI-qp7cm]

This is a fiction that Americans have foisted on the world to rehabilitate the German people and justify going back on their word with the Russians. Hitler did nothing other than lead a party that represented the German people.

[@djriqky9581]

@@oliverharris7366 there's no hyperinflation and we didn't just leave a worldwide war. This a dumb comparison

[@marc-andrebrunet5386]

Thank you very much. Memory of history is important. I'm 41, and I will remember for those who are not here anymore to help the new generation understand our fragile world .

[@Nattherat64]

Amazing footage, thank you

[@laurakuhn8743]

This is chillingly still relevant. Thank you

[@alexhuffenberger1780]

Radio in 1936 = Tweets in 2020.

[@just_another32]

More relevant than ever right now.

[@FlatEarthSpaceman]

yeh its called our history genius.. of course its fkn relevant

[@alfredosanchez76]

@@alexhuffenberger1780 Retarded ass statement, since you're clearly referring to Trump. You do realize literally the entire medi and social media demonizes every tweet he makes? Your statement would only be relevant if the entire country was on his side, and the few ppl who opposed him were too afraid to speak out or protest

[@hazelrosemadamba3520]

@@alexhuffenberger1780 Thank you for this important documentary. On the eve of the US Presidential elections Nov 3 2020, this serves as an intense cautionary tale of immense proportions.

[@jamezkpal2361]

My father was born in 1919 and fought against the Japanese as a US Navy combat engineer in WWII. But he had no hatred for the Japanese. In fact, he had a grudging respect for his foe. But he hated Hitler. We are Germans by descent. He never said one thing about Hitler that wasnt filled with hate.

[@LKaramazov]

Maybe he was a communist.

[@MrJetFormation]

I feel like that is a very unique opinion among Americans who fought in the pacific including the general treatment of POW's and civilians by the japanese would be considered evil by even by the Germans. I think you should talk about this story, each and every on is unique.

[@GizmoRob176]

The Japanese Imperial Army were as brutal if not more than the Nazis.

[@overbeb]

L Karamazov Fuck off Nazi, nobody wants your bs.

[@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer]

My grandpa was born in 39, half his brothers went in ww2. The other half Korea. He worked as a mason starting at 16. Wer'e from the Cleveland area, so he worked with a lot of Polish guys after the war. He said They hated the Soviets for what they did more than the Germans. His brother was a liberator of Dachau. This isn't taking any sides, I'm just trying to share prospective from my first hand source. His oldest brother drove a Higgins on D day. None of them were a fan of Hitler.

[@singhjobim9719]

Well done. A thoroughly enjoyable video.

[@nigelbagguley7606]

I've always thought it more illuminating to study Hitler's speeches with the volume off, just focusing on the body language,if viewed from this perspective,Hitler far from being the charismatic,hipnotic "fuhrer" becomes a figure of absurdist caricature ( the figure so accurately portrayed by Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator).

[@paulbrower]

It may be ironic, but Hitler went to a speech coach who taught him the conducting gestures of -- irony of ironies -- the great JEWISH composer-conductor Gustav Mahler to complement his words. If you look at his gestures you see them more suitable for conducting an orchestra than for illustrating his words. Perhaps Hitler, well known as a music-lover and a marginally-competent (but lazy) artist, missed his calling.

[@janetlynch5804]

AND Yes, "It Can Happen Here."

[@janetlynch5804]

The Propaganda from Radio and Newspapers...and the restrictions put upon both caused the people to be misled.

[@thegraphicw]

The risk for either a Communist or Fascist government does exist for the US at this time. It does not have much to do with Trump per say, but more to do with decades of economic stagnation and lack of opportunity for the common person. At this point in time, we are quite vulnerable to going either way and neither will have a great outcome. It could be a rough ride indeed and you are unfortunately right in this case.

[@susannabonke8552]

@@thegraphicw Fight for democracy but without weapons. Freedom of opinion and negotiation. Learn from mistakes.

[@elcruzer5514]

@@susannabonke8552 Will we ever learn from our mistakes?

[@redroverredrover679]

*WILL

[@adamsmith9898]

“The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.” ― Adolf Hitler

[@virsapiensfortisest922]

The rights points they harp on: 1.) Trump is a racist 2.) Trump cheated in election and must be impeached 3.) Blacks are oppressed and must rebel and demand better (not equal) treatment

[@justinrichardson4456]

Excellent observation, mein fuher!

[@bingingbinging8597]

@@virsapiensfortisest922you see the irony here? It’s trump with his. Slogans

[@MrLostform]

its not rocket science, he gave them somebody to blame, told them they would prosper if they got in line, and took away all external controls.

[@NoggleNasher]

Which documentary is this from?

[@Lerch-zc3ww]

Great film! I've seen a lot on WWII, but this is an interesting overview of Hitler's thinking I've never quite heard.

[@ericscaillet2232]

You mean from the narrative if the helmet fit he'll wear it...😒

[@bobsmudger3979]

A very good insight into the cult of personality. And exceptionally relevant in 2020

[@dorisbrinkerhoff8124]

the brainwashing was vary intence it changed there DNA

[@will793]

@@cosuinofdeath “rainbow lights canceled guys A leader speaks that leader cries”

[@alfredobanuelos4730]

It’s a good point. But I find that people who are followers often have something broken within. That’s why they throw away reason out the window the minute an opportunity presents itself. That’s what is happening today.

[@davidhamilton9871]

Yea they are like super sheep now

[@novaordemdesantiago1890]

Yeah... use the mainstream propaganda and win the people. Who is using the mainstream now? Think about it...

[@earldunning7586]

Is the reason why history is not being taught this country any longer so the children of the United States cannot distinguish what went on then from what is going on now

[@RainsWorldVegasSlots]

Best comment

[@silverchairsg]

From what I've read, he was actually pretty good in the beginning at making geopolitical and strategic military decisions such as bluffing the Allies and invading Poland, Czechoslovakia, France etc. However, as time progressed, his paranoia got the better of him, leading to severe micromanagement and military blunders such as opening two fronts etc, leading to his defeat. That's why emotional self control is so important.

[@chellenta1175]

Hitler thought strategically well at the end of the war, and he simply forgave the British troops in the hope of sharing the world with the British. This is clearly stated in the video.

[@dontaylor7315]

Kept getting a creepy feeling that these German experts still admire him.

[@4825sardis]

Some of them couldn't let go, I think these character types were very young and impressionable when Hitler took over and believed everything that his propaganda machine preached to the people. Don't forget they didn't have freedom of the press back then. No newspaper reporters could question and heckle Hitler they way they heckle Donald Trump now.You wouldn't hear these kinds of interviews with men(why don't they interview any women?) who were 50 years old in 1939.

[@SunnyIlha]

It is, actually, rather creepy.

[@happyhammer1]

We should be wary because we live in a similar political atmosphere to Weimar, where radicals; communists and fascists were fighting in the streets and the average citizen didn't trust the media and government. A key component that is missing from our current era is an economic crash.

[@sjewitt22]

The American poor are the poorest in the first world, neoliberalism has been very bad for wages in the last 30 years. yea it's not as bad as the depression but there are economic issues.

[@ghost-ez2zn]

But now, I think tweaked news about our "great" economic gains will transfix the boobs who fell for the rhetoric in the first place. It gives everyone hope that they too can become wealthy. And their economic conditions is not their fault in any way. And the consistent race baiting, blaming of certain groups, encouraging hatred, etc. keeps everyone so busy fighting each other that the powerful just step right in . And calling people with education "elites" who shouldn't be trusted, appeals to people who lack the skills to distinguish between what is real and what is not. And makes them feel empowered. Yet when in power, the last people who count are the same people who voted for these candidates in the first place. And Americans have always been entranced with wealth. If so and so got rich, so can I! This is America! And yes, people can better themselves. But the vast wealth they are seeing in the powerful was almost always generations in the making and inherited. Or stolen (conned), or made by stomping over people just like the boobs falling for the rhetoric. Personally I think the greed and stupidity and lack of critical thinking skills have made us doomed. Combine that with insane celebrity idealization and willful ignorance Americans are demonstrating makes us double doomed. We aren't the only country like this, but I can only speak to what I see. TLDR: Its our fault. We got what the greedy and powerful paid for. It's going to get worse before (IF) it improves. I'm glad my only child says he isn't going to have kids. Don't get me started on election issues and the legitimacy of the winners. I'm from FL and I live in TX. Voting is a farce. We are doomed.

[@tomsenft7434]

We have an economic crash in slow-motion since 2007. Maybe since 9/11.

[@maggiemargaret1412]

@@ghost-ez2zn Ditto your sentiments; you sound about my age and I understand these thoughts. Just can't figure out why its easy for some of us to see and not all ~ except to say that it IS LIKELY the result of people 'escaping with' or being addicted to and aspiring to "entertainment" and the wish for the same obscene money it brings to actors, anchors and athletes. For the life of me, I can't figure out how people "buy" that "reality TV" is reality when every single person in the show is being filmed. The other devastation to American psyche and why people "believe" stardom "could" happen to them in some kind of 15 minutes of fame moment is due to the weird and also obscene financial success of the Kardashian & Hilton types of America who are not actors. It is a crying shame...and very scary. I have three kids only one of which is having kids. I love them and worry for their future, for sure. The people are kept so busy chasing mortgage/rent/food/activities & basic life necessities they do not have time to even watch documentaries like this...so they do not see the writing on the walls. Again, scary. I wish we were neighbors...at least I'd have someone to discuss this with. Most don't see it.

[@cogle_arts7332]

@@maggiemargaret1412 Just look back in time to the fall of Rome. " give them bread and circuses ". Western civilization is in very real danger of collapse and yet most will not notice, blinded by T.V. and sport, or as i call it the cult of celebrity. It has largely replaced church for most. I am in no way a religious man, but i would rather they worshiped some god than worship these false idols. We have time still, but we must educate the youth, and they must know about the mistakes we as a species have made in the past.

[@kdrmzesy]

What documentary is this?

[@edhollingsworth2335]

My uncle James V. Hollingsworth was an air gunner with the Royal Canadian Air Force over Germany in WW 2. He made it back to Canada. RIP Uncle Jim. (2007). You were a great Canadian!

[@viewer3091]

How come the failed politicians of the 1920s don’t get the blame that they deserve.

[@susannabonke8552]

Which ones? From France?

[@ericscaillet2232]

Too far back, besides it is easier to blame the guy with the knife 😒

[@h.u.schubert3740]

Your point is only partially true - the political failures do go back to the roots of WWI, then to the terrible Versailles Contract and of course the 1929 global financial & economic mess.

[@mtn1793]

@@h.u.schubert3740. The 1920s was a big upsurge in KKK (fascism?) numbers in the USA. Funny when you consider it was supposedly a boom time. Also it was a time of union organization and hard times on the WW1 vets. A lot of the same seeds as Germany had.

[@scottweber8348]

It wasn't so much the politicians as the unforgiving nature of capitalism. It's easy to forget how new the system is, it seems like it's been around forever. The bust of the 30s was a direct result of the boom of the 20s. Regulations were very minimal, if anything. The stock market was a fantasy land, until reality inevitability caught up with it.

[@ordinarydevin]

Ever notice how there’s never any subtitles of Hitler speaking? Wonder why this is...

[@M0butu]

Works better that way. But if you want to know: It's basically MDGA. Make Deutschland Great Again. Only more radical, with emphasis on the German struggle and virtues and lots of allusions to race that feel very out of place today.

[@taoforte8988]

You sound like a Nazi fluffer

[@geminiman7791]

@Big Man "nazis are trumptards" Didn't know Trump and his supporters started wars, annexed foreign lands, committed genocides, forced conscription, turned America into a totalitarian state and have Trump be unquestionable the dictator/head of state. "German is not a mystery language. It's pretty easy" So people need to spend months if not years learning a language just to understand what a historical figure is saying?

[@tomodiochi8035]

He talked a lot about “internationalist”

[@michaelkuznar7396]

@@M0butu or "build back better" ? Same thing different words. Stop being a partisan parasite.

[@genekelly8467]

Like the narration..was it by Prof. Tom Sowell?

[@rikda]

When I did my corpsman course as a coal miner, one of the first lessons I learned, was, "Remove the patient from the cause or the cause from the patient" As a life long hobby of researching, I applied this process to every issue. (Cause & effect) What was the cause of Hitlers rage & hatred, & inevitably, his downfall? It's a subject rarely studied.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

This is not about how & why the Germans bought his pitch, This is about the Blitzkrieg,

[@youtube2snoopy820]

Agreed. I was just about to write the same... other than the first 3 minutes of the video, which was telling.

[@AMorgan57]

Furthermore, the proposition that Hitler extended an olive branch to Britain, in some sort of authentic gesture of brotherhood, is hogwash. Consider Hitler's other grand promises. This film is far more misleading than it appears on its face. You have to put it in context. The interviewees are spinning their stories to sanitize what they can.

[@davidderr8705]

@@AMorgan57 To be fair, a lot of those guys were serving in Germany's armed forces at the time and I found their perspectives to be quite interesting simply because we often do not get to hear their thoughts on these matters. I can handle the bias, it is good to hear the German perspective.

[@Catlily5]

@Pat Mynuts You say that the left is like Hitler and the left compares Trump to Hitler. Guess we will see if either side or neither side is right...

[@thomaswikstrand8397]

@Pat Mynuts If you ever wonder why Germany followed Hitler, look in the mirror. Your opinion is fully the product of propaganda.

[@Allin7days]

This was my all-time history question. I sort of understood it, but never really got it. Until I witnessed the madness here in the US in 2020 with my own eyes. Still, it's very chilling to see how fragile we are even as a strong democratic country.

[@keycuz]

Kleptocracy, not democracy.

[@kusheran]

Our problem in the Western Culture is the love of money overpowers democracy and all other moral principles. Organized profit-making is too powerful without stronger containment. Like an early rocket design that is out of control, we the people need to control its power.

[@turavalphacygni6234]

@Amber Baskin You're lost and under estimate how easily people go for their own desires. You can't be great without people.

[@ddylla85]

"A Republic, as long as you can keep it." - B Franklin We are not a democracy.

[@iwantthetruthandnothingbut6521]

It's because a person at their core is very self-centered. They will turn in their neighbor if they see that they will get more money, more stuff, more privileges, etc etc etc. It gives them a sense of superiority and power that most people are lacking in their personal lives.....

[@mosess880]

Thanks for sharing

[@danielkokal8819]

in every conflict, your enemy WILL make mistakes. both sides will. The winner of the conflict is the one who is able to exploit their enemies' inevitable mistakes.