Germany's AMAZING Last-Ditch Efforts/Inventions That Came Too Little, Too Late [WW2]

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

America: „You are accused of war crimes, what is your plea?“ German scientists: „ I can make rockets.“ America: *Operation Paperclips* likea Boss.

[@reacttube4653]

Funny Comment

[@TheFront]

That's how Dr. Zola got hired!

[@reacttube4653]

@@TheFront Sorry I didnt know

[@nickdanger3802]

How was making rockets a war crime?

[@AngelicN0va261]

@@nickdanger3802 Making rockets is what saved the scientist

[@epaminon6196]

1940... German Scientists: "We'd like to build an atomic bomb. It'll take a lot of resources but if we succeed, it could easily win us the war, about three years from now." Hitler: "Nein! Nein! Nein! Three years is way too long! The glorious German Wehrmacht must have priority!" 1944... Hitler: "So, guys... About that atomic bomb of yours..."

[@lady_peri_of_nohr]

Soilder: "Mein Führer they fucked off to America years ago." Hitler: "Scheisse."

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

@@lady_peri_of_nohr *Hitler punches the air vigorously*

[@Fuzz1994tps]

It seems like the Nazi's never getting a hold of the A-Bomb was a good thing..

[@epaminon6196]

@@Fuzz1994tps Really? You don't say... 🤔

[@Fuzz1994tps]

@@epaminon6196 you aren't so smart for not realizing 2, I could say the same to you "Really? You don't say... 🤔"

[@Loup-mx7yt]

Title: Amazing super advanced last ditch German weapons that could have changed the world. First one on the list: peasants.

[@justtime6736]

This comment is funnier than it deserves to be 😂

[@yungcris5211]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 lmao I know right it’s just so weird

[@leothelion2001]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh I'm so dead 💀

[@jaybird1229]

First smart 💣 bombs💥

[@jaybird1229]

Old men 60 and over and children 11-15.

[@wog6523]

The me-262 has gotta be one of the most sick jets ive ever seen

[@craftpaint1644]

Horten 229 😑

[@jamesricker3997]

@@craftpaint1644 the me 262 was not ready for Frontline service but the Germans used it anyways.The Horton 229 was a flying wing capable of simple maneuvers with a skilled pilot but it was dangerously unstable ,in a combat situation it would have been more dangerous to its pilots than the enemy.

[@MrMitchbow]

It was air terminal

[@letoubib21]

@@jamesricker3997 *_". . . he Horton 229 was a flying wing capable of simple maneuvers with a skilled pilot but it was dangerously unstable . . ."_* >>. . . The H.IX V2 displayed very good handling qualities, with only moderate lateral instability . . .

[@louisavondart9178]

it was a very effective design but had bad engines. The Heinkel jet engine was far better than the Jumos used in the ME262 but Junkers had Goering in his pocket so the Jumo engine was used, being cheaper to produce.

[@WesleyB-Rook]

I commented on your GEETSLYS channel how thankful I was for all your great content and how I’ve listened to every video over the last few weeks while at work all day long, and you responded recommending this sister channel. Well I took your advice and have now listened to every single video on here and The Braved as well and I must say it’s great quality content. 10/10 would recommend. I have never gone through channel’s content like your guy’s-it’s just so reliably concise, easy to digest and surprisingly well written and executed. Once again, keep up the stellar work as I look forward to new videos!

[@TheFront]

Wow, that is really kind of you! Thank you, we are really proud of all three of the channels!

[@drumboarder1]

Try "the history guy: history that deserves to be remembered" He does a mix of bigger stuff like this and lesser known stuff. There's also the TopTenz/biographics/geographics/megaprojects, etc, group but their topics are all over the place and the amount of content they pump out means there have been some errors but they're pretty good

[@emilchen9866]

The Front you guys own gesstlys?

[@RonaldTrumpOfficial]

I thought this man sounded like him. He is him!

[@kaiserschmarrn260]

OMG I allways thought you sounded really similar

[@inappropriatecontent2589]

I think the STG44 could’ve been included on this list. Although it was developed and distributed before the final days of the war, it was given out too late to reverse their backwards momentum.

[@indianajones4321]

Germans: About to be defeated Also Germans: Yeah SCIENCE!

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

„ Now lets go make rockets for the Americans!“

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

German big brains looking at the allies after developing laser superweapons: There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywere.

[@jamesricker3997]

Germans: I don't care if it is in the early development stages and won't be ready for Frontline service for a couple years we need it now!

[@historyweirdo3253]

Germans ah yes we need more troops oh i know time to get old men to fight the soviets will run away from these old men slowly walking to them with walking sticks.

[@mrnygren2]

@@historyweirdo3253 The video failed to mention that the volkssturm also included women.

[@JimboShogun0686]

If the war dragged on any longer Germany would've went back to swords and shields

[@christianschlogl6295]

I heard stories of them bringing out Corssbows and Muzzleloaders from museums

[@deafsquid6978]

@@christianschlogl6295 Hanz pass me ze blac powda for mein musket.

[@klop3re]

The volksturm was made up from men who served in the first worldwar with weopons from the franko-prussian war

[@dennisvisser3910]

@@klop3re fun part is those actually fought on par ( the vet’s ) but the rest of the vulksturm wase ............

[@iansneddon2956]

Would have fit well with the cavalry they were still using. The Germans relied on horses very much through the war - but primarily for horse drawn wagons which was the primary means of transporting supplies to soldiers in the field.

[@joelex7966]

Good video. The type XXI U-boat was actually produced in substantial numbers. 1,000 were ordered, 267 were in the process of being built and 118 were actually completed. There were numerous problems and delays and the 2 that were launched left port in late April 1945. Had they started launching a year earlier they would have been a game changer for the war in the Atlantic. Instead it was too little too late just like all or the other Winder Waffle

[@Speedluke]

If I am not mistaken, one of those submarines even had an allied ship in its sights, but then they heard about the capitulation and chose not to fire.

[@joelex7966]

@@Speedluke that is true, I believe it was amn American cruiser.

[@panzerloli2719]

I was in the Type-21 sub, its a pretty impressive and nice subbmarine.

[@jamesricker3997]

Allied anti-submarine capabilities were also improving. It would not have changed the outcome of the war

[@panzerloli2719]

@@jamesricker3997 it couldnt change something, the war was lost in 44/45, but thats one of the weapons that couldn't have the outcome of the war if it got into the Kriegsmarine in 41

[@panzerloli2719]

@@jamesricker3997 but tbh, the new subb was so outstanding the allies couldn't find it befor it attack

[@jamesricker3997]

@@panzerloli2719 yes they could The next generation Sonars were coming on line and aircraft were getting improved MAD gear.

[@greyscarclawcloud863]

What an experience! You are lucky

[@ajax54]

Beautiful. Always look forward to your content. Thanks for your hard work brother 👍

[@TheFront]

Much appreciated!

[@Alex-dp5lr]

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[@joemamaobama6863]

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[@CatsEyethePsycho]

6:13 When your mom found you sneaking snacks at 3am.

[@TheFront]

LOL

[@zydg7787]

Laughs in orphan

[@ZnapZap]

Ey

[@Nick_B_Bad]

The ME-163 Komet is my favorite, I’m building a Sten parts kit now in the likeness of a MP3008. I had to cut the Sten bolt and rotate it 90 then tig it back together.

[@LastoftheHood]

The nazis: time to bring out the big guns The allies:I'm gonna stop you right there

[@Im_AFK_Btw]

The Allies: cowabunga it is

[@freddovich7925]

"Big guns": balloon deflation sounds

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

"Emergency Fighter Programs" *proceeds to develop dozens of aircraft using experimental and resource intensive jet and rocket engines*

[@maikbaumann1250]

the idea was to konter numbers with tech advantage. donzens of jets have to fight and win against tausend of normal planes

[@tsarfox3462]

"The next man would be Yuri Gagarin. The first man in space" The Soviet Space program: "Yes. Yuri. There were no others and every one of our heroic cosmonauts had zero fiery explosion related deaths."

[@建元U陳]

I mean Gagarin is a pilot He knew what he's in for

[@tsarfox3462]

@@建元U陳 Yeah, I mean cosmonauts kinda knew what they were signing on for. Astronauts and Cosmonauts were an awesome kinda crazy that were basically like "I could live a cushy life and retire but, I'm totally willing to risk my life to be a badass who advances science and gets to see space"

[@bradbrad6521]

The craziest thing about WW2 is if hiltler would have waited till his army was an actual mechanical army instead of one dependent on horseback, the German airforce would have been way to advance, same would have been the same for the navy and it would have been a completely different war But thankfully that psycho rush so much with such little foresight.

[@youraveragescotsman7119]

If they waited they would have lost faster.

[@Reinhard_Erlik]

@@youraveragescotsman7119 not really.

[@youraveragescotsman7119]

@@Reinhard_Erlik Yes. The German economy under the Nazis relied on war to plunder the resources of conquered countries. If they wait, their economy collapses. The longer they wait, the more prepared their enemies get. The UK and France were already preparing for a war after the Sudetenland was annexed.

[@chupacabra304]

Too much pervitin (amphetamines) and oxycodone made them think they were invincible. Fortunately they didn’t develop their superweapons until it was too late & USA & USSR were able to capture much of it … which unfortunately led to the cold war and the super advanced devices we have today.

[@youraveragescotsman7119]

@@chupacabra304 Except that the Allies had tech on-par or superior to what Germany had. Stop spreading that bullshit "Germany is the cause of everything we have today". They aren't.

[@nyxknight7555]

Your intro is becoming iconic to me Edit: It always makes me start thinking of history even when it’s just going in the background

[@arturs2436]

2 years ago i had the chance of visiting that submarine(Type XXI Electroboot) that extensively being shown in the vid.The sub in question is the U-2540 "Wilhelm Bauer" and its docked in the port of Bremerhaven(Germany),i recommend the visit.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I love your video's The Front. You talk about little known subjects most people don't. But what about "The Russian Dunkirk." I really hope you make a video on that subject. Please.

[@joestephan1111]

My former German VW mechanic told me he and his brother, despite being teenagers at the time, were both conscripted into that circus. He told me though they both carried guns they didn't do so very aggressively. You would have had to have known Dick to fully picture this.😮

[@visi7754]

Nice One! Informative and Educational ~ Cheers

[@TheFront]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mythic744]

I love the videos, Keep up the good work. I know your not the top war-vid channel, but to most of us. Your the only war channel willing to cover topics that others would not, and getting us interested in other topics that history class can’t teach.

[@alessiodecarolis]

Of all these weapons only the new U-BOOT could've been a danger for the allies, but don't forget that they had am Absolute air superiority, better radar/sonars, plus they knew were enemies' bases were, so the outcome couldn't be different

[@iansneddon2956]

Exactly - Germany was losing in science/technology. And convoys had their own air cover later in the war. Fairey Swordfish armed with rockets or depth charges patrolling for u-boats. But the video omitted that the early experiments in midget submarines led to the more effective Seehund. A short range and slow submarine with just two torpedoes it was (1) so quiet on electrical power that it was hard to hear on hydrophones, (2) so small it was very tricky to get a fix on it with active sonar, and (3) its small size reduced the stress experienced from depth charge explosions. A depth charge had to go off within about 10 m of the Seehund to incapacitate it. These could have been deadly on D-Day if they were available - but they did not enter service until later in 1944 and never in large enough numbers to make a difference.

[@jamesricker3997]

They also had the next generation of anti-submarine weapons ready to start coming online in 1945

[@toddkes5890]

If the Electroboot had been deployed, the Allies might have eventually realized that bombing the fragile battery factories was a good idea (instead of bombing the solid concrete sub pens)

[@alessiodecarolis]

@@iansneddon2956 right, SLOW & SHORT range, it need something bigger for deployment, probabilly it would've ended as the Ohka, the rocket powered kamikaze, potentially lethal, but hampered by its' carrier (the G4M) vulnerability

[@iansneddon2956]

@@alessiodecarolis By D-Day the Battle of the Atlantic had long been over, but the midget submarines could have done a lot of damage if they could have been deployed in numbers against the invasion/resupply fleet in June 1944. But they did not go into production until after the landings. These weapons suffered, as many German weapons did, from being pushed into service quickly without fully training crews and working out how to effectively use the submarines. Orders were placed for a thousand Seehund midget submarines, but ultimately only 138 saw service. These were not effective in combat in rough weather and their range was very short. Even conserving fuel, the quarters on a 17 ton submarine are very tight. Unsuited as an offensive weapon without some larger tender. But craft like the Seehunds were suited as coastal defense submarines. They were carrying out successful operations in 1945 from German ports going against shipping in the Channel. They would have been more effective if they could have been operating from French ports nearer their targets, or even Antwerp. But by the time the Seehunds were being effectively deployed Antwerp was in Allied hands.

[@alexgrabienski4185]

Also worth to mention are the projects following the "Neger", what let to 1/3 loss for example at the "Biber" - Minisubs, and just read this morning about "Schulungskommando Elbe" from Luftwaffe, what planned and once launched kamikaze attacks against allied bombers by ramming the planes out of the sky. The pilot should jump out of the plane, land by parashute and start with a new plane. Due to lack of planes, fuel and pilots making it back in one peace, this unit only stuck once. Later there where some real kamikaze missions where the pilots rammer planes loaded with explosions into bridges to stop the soviet army.

[@raclark2730]

Definitely one of the best historical channels.👍

[@spd579]

I remember the VS, using a lot of captured small arms. Italian and Russian, seemed to be the primaries. Still, Hanna Riches idea of suiside pilot's flying v-1's was truely nutty!

[@sredacted1647]

ME-163 Komet!

[@jantschierschky3461]

Was not last ditch

[@craftpaint1644]

Horten 229 😐

[@marcofava]

@@jantschierschky3461 Yeah it kinda was

[@jantschierschky3461]

@@marcofava no it was constructed 43, been in planing since 42

[@jamesricker3997]

The fuel was dangerously unstable ,That aircraft killed more of its pilots than allied airmen. That isn't including the ground crew that died in fuel accidents

[@georgebettasso1395]

What about the Volks Grenadier Divison formed in late 1944. Also could the V-2 Rocket made a difference if it was lunched earlier in 1944 before D-day?

[@rodrigopaim82]

Dont see what the V2 being used earlier would change. Brits would still not surrend, americans would still land and soviets would still kick ass at Bragation

[@alessiodecarolis]

Nope, it couldn't strike a target less big than a city, too imprecise, if the jet fighters had been produced in 1942 ... this could've been a problem, but luckyly the war ended as we know!

[@liampett1313]

The V2 was terrible. And normally missed its target my miles or blew up on takeoff.

[@justtime6736]

Just exactly how many people had a V-2 for lunch?

[@sciencefliestothemoon2305]

Not the rocket alone, but the potential payload. The Nazis invented Tabun, a nerve gas, but were internally discouraged to use it.

[@swolowplays6791]

I was confused on why someone was imitating geestlys voice, I then realised this was geestlys

[@RonaldTrumpOfficial]

Same!

[@LastoftheHood]

Nazi: British can I copy your homework British:Yea but change it so it doesn't look the same nazis: I got you 8:29

[@arbeitszeitbetrug]

The sten itself was a simplified copy of the german mp28

[@Querian]

@@arbeitszeitbetrug okaaaayyy

[@stevebobmcjocksock4021]

@@arbeitszeitbetrug "Simplified" is an understatement. It's a tube with a fucking magwell.

[@adamfrazer5150]

To me, one of the most chilling moments captured on film, is that diminutive dark-wizard asking the thousands if they wanted "total" war. Hearing such fanatic replies, genuine or emulated, becomes scarier still when you place yourself there to soak in the desperate madness erupting all around you.

[@adamfrazer5150]

As for Herman's great ideas ? Please, make up your own mind, of course, but I want to tell you just one fact before you form your opinion : He created, made, and proudly wore his. Own. Uniforms.

[@A_Epic]

So is War Thunder going to be added to the Geetsly’s Gaming Network anytime soon? The HE 162 is genuinely a fun plane to fly in that game (at least with friends)

[@TheFront]

We can make it happen if there is a lot of support!

[@smokyblackeyes3615]

@@TheFront or send vodka to devs

[@knochi956]

The He 162 is one of the best, yet one of the hardest planes to fly. Luckily I am going to get my hands on it soon.

[@broccolirob5026]

Amazing, the sedated geriatric torpedo was one I’ve never heard before

[@drumboarder1]

Iuno bout geriatric, don't see many older dudes contorting into a torpedo

[@broccolirob5026]

@@drumboarder1 60 year olds can be limber, right? I’m sure the drugs could’ve helped get them in torpedos too

[@Aspir3xx]

Marvelous video.Although I didn't see the Do-335 Arrow.The Fastest Piston Engine Fighter of WW2

[@darnit1944]

Fastest doesnt mean better. We literally never heard anything about its fighting capability. Always about BF 109, FW 190, Me 262, and others.

[@ryanr1945]

Love the use of warthunder to demonstrate the plane

[@princeofpokemon2934]

Germany was so desperate to keep fighting, that they threw civilians into the fight. Some of them received very little training since the Allies and Soviets were marching into Axis territory at a quick pace. And to rub salt in the wound, they threatened to shoot anyone who tried to flee!

[@tannhauserr]

Volkstrurm recruited civilian from 15 to 50 years old but during battle of Berlin there are many militia that was under the age of 15 majority of which belongs to the Hitlerjugend (I don't know if this is a fact or not, so take it for a grain of salt, but there's a myth about 11-12 years old girl Volksturm during the Battle of Berlin that got raped by Soviet Soldiers. I hope that it's fake because that's so fucked up)

[@princeofpokemon2934]

@@tannhauserr The Russians even straight up shot wounded people! That wasn't war, that was murder! Then again the Nazis show no mercy to the Russian people either. Justifiable or not, that was pure cruelty!

[@dalehusbanduk]

@@princeofpokemon2934 they considered it revenge for the absolute brutality Germany imposed on the USSR. All side committed real atrocities in ww2

[@princeofpokemon2934]

@@dalehusbanduk It would make sense since the Russians were treated just as badly. Justifiable or not, those were bigger war crimes than Hitler has ever committed.

[@joemamaobama6863]

@@princeofpokemon2934 ah yes because killings of 20m[5.5m poles] soviet civilians and rapes of 10m soviet women = rape of berlin

[@DEFYN]

Kinda funny to see your own footage on a channel you've been following for years lol Mostly watch the Geestly's one though Small world Nice vid :^)

[@thankfullpluto588]

Hey defyn

[@jarrettlee6331]

Hey I'm not sure if you have but you should make a video about the battle of Stalingrad as many people don't know about how crucial it was!

[@johnburns4017]

Look at the TIK channel.

[@WordsofHeresy]

I think the Elektroboot could've changed the battle of the Atlantic. I mean, just 2 of them patrolling France probably could've prevented D-Day or at least drastically change how that happened. Hell, they could've made the Kriegsmarine into the most powerful navy in the war. It would've eventually been countered by Allies, but I think a fleet of these could've prolonged the conflict

[@jamesricker3997]

The problem was getting the resources to build them. Allied anti-submarine efforts were also extremely effective If you had two of those in the English channel they would have been sunk within 12 hours

[@youraveragescotsman7119]

No matter how many they had, the Allies have overwhelming superiority in the skies and sea. Convoys had their own aircover from Escort Carriers and Destroyers were incredibly effective a hunting U-Boats, especially with their new Sonar. They could deploy some to D-Day, but those Subs wouldn't be coming back. I doubt they'd have sunk anything.

[@connorbranscombe6819]

@@jamesricker3997 Yeah this werhb is actually fully delusional if he thinks 2 Uboats would be able to tie up an invasion force of over 5 THOUSAND vessels.

[@lepmuhangpa]

Great video, as always.

[@kennybruce2597]

You should do a video on some of the deception of World War II. like the action figures they dropped Behind Enemy line before D-Day that was armed with firecrackers, or the Phantom D-Day invasion.

[@connordevereaux759]

Good video TheFront. 👍🏻 I like history it's why I subscribed to your channel. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@TheFront]

Greetings!

[@jamiekelly4663]

@@TheFront great content as always, greetings from Ireland also 🇮🇪

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

Greetings from backwoods Mississippi.

[@watdeneuk]

4:14 why the 262 would need the armament of a spitfire? It had 4x30mm wich is multiple times the firepower of an average spit.

[@joemama4330]

LOL THE WARTHUNDER FOOTAGE CRACKED ME UP XD

[@kalskirata9643]

I actually visited the Wilhelm Bauer, the pictured electro sub in Bremerhaven. It actually saw service in the Bundesmarine after its founding in 1955.

[@tobiaslandolt3953]

2:38 that word is actually the n-word in German.... so yeah

[@gustavocarrillo327]

Your videos are awesome, knowledgeable and always have good information

[@katerbiller04]

I don't know if you have done a video on this or not, but what about the weapons made for the Resistance?

[@IAmTheAce5]

I'm fairly certain you can't 'crank your war machine up to eleven' with fuel and material shortages

[@iansneddon2956]

Even if Germany could have found the needed materials and engineered mass production for the Me-262 they would have found themselves unable to fly them all for lack of fuel.

[@spiffygonzales5160]

That's why they invaded Russia.

[@RJLbwb]

Dying flying a experimental plane sounds a lot more dignified death than being thrown into combat with a weapon that didn't work.

[@katherinecaine-pollock6339]

My ex husband was a submariner in the navy, he said that the type XXI sub was the basis for nearly all post war submarines used by both sides in the cold war.

[@baileyadair3626]

A video about the emergency conscript troops who fought in the Great War would be cool since they’re veterans and have a idea how to war

[@jessemills868]

Happy these vids r back on my home page

[@bradleyunknown319]

Had to be careful with that torpedo pronounciation XD

[@Flippotycoon4583]

Use the mp3008 as a trowing weapon instead 😂 But great video I always love learning about the Volksturm and their weapons.

[@georgepage5008]

Can you make a video about photographer of war? I always wondered whether many of them were KIA or how they got alot of the pictures we are today.

[@kcharles8857]

Impressive research. Great channel.

[@lubu4u312]

2:35 what did they call it

[@seventhson27]

You left out the synthetic fuels and using the Autobahns as runways and the overpasses as hangers.

[@bocktordaytona5656]

The Red wing on your heinkel in war thunder gives me vives of Larry flouke "pixi" from ace combat zero

[@leopoldthedigger7062]

Talk bout Aussie tanks!!!!! Good vid

[@DoctorOther]

were they built to fight the emus? :)

[@RonaldTrumpOfficial]

@@DoctorOther random Australian tank veteran: get me in? 👉🙂👈

[@reacttube4653]

This was a great video

[@TheFront]

Thank you!

[@reacttube4653]

@@TheFront of course I always like your videos

[@AdmiralBlackstar]

The Neger - when people take the term "torpedo boat" too literally.

[@hansthorsten6264]

Well, the link of the Braved channel is not in the description.

[@Its-Av3rage]

How many WW1 veterans in Germany fought in the Volksturm?

[@justtime6736]

Twelve.

[@thepropagandamonke7389]

I wouldent Call giving you 69 year Old granpapi a Panzerfaust a AMAZING idea

[@mr.noname115]

Where is the v2 Rocket? It had an great effect on space travelling and was the begin of all modern day rocket systems

[@jonathanescalante4611]

Hey front why didn't you use the gameplay for bf5 instead of cod battlefield has the gun

[@18pablo88]

That was a beautiful looking submarine

[@aldwynaustria1758]

2:36 it was called the what? /j

[@ThomasF4u]

Me162 was only credited with one kill and even that was disputed with a flak gun

[@samspeed6271]

What about the Me163 Komet? It was a pure, unadulterated crazy idea: a glider with a pair of MK108 30mm cannons with a rocket motor in the back that's burning a hypergolic mixture of propellants (methanol+hydrazine hydrate fuel and 80% hydrogen peroxide solution oxidiser). The propellants are so toxic that the ground crew were supposed to wear chemical resistant protective clothing and breathing equipment. On top of that, if the fuel comes into contact with the oxidiser, it reacts with such vigour and energy that its an explosion. Even residual fuel and oxidiser in the engine after flameout is enough to utterly destroy the Komet if it sloshes together on landing. If my memory serves, more Komets were lost due to ground handling accidents, landings and take offs that caused fuel/oxidiser explosions, than were shot down by Allied fire.

[@JJumper8888]

Yeah I was actually looking for someone mentioning. That thing had quite a fun nickname in german, Raketenei which simply translates to Rocketegg. And when you look at the visual appearance of that thing, one can say that it pretty much nails it

[@mark12strang58]

The Germans deployed jet fighters and rockets for combat during World War Two, while its Army mostly relied on horses for logistics and transport.

[@thelmagreenwood3377]

They should have brought back the old Steam Engines, would've solved a LOT of logistical problems.

[@thelmagreenwood3377]

@@kms_scharnhorst even farther back - the old old Water steam engines. even Rhine water would have worked in them. AND....cool name btw.

[@thelmagreenwood3377]

@@kms_scharnhorst that's almost a given, keeping the Fuehrer out of the Details - didn't always work that way lol

[@jamiemcaloon5548]

RAF pilot developed the first jet engine but his comanders laughed at it, seems the Germans were watching and impressed.

[@thelmagreenwood3377]

@@jamiemcaloon5548 Germans seem to do that - they were impressed with the American civil war, and won the Franco-Prussian war; Watched the Japanese handle the Russians in 1905 and put it to use in WW1.

[@gyrostat5211]

whats the intro song?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

7:05: Hey, I know this craft from Battlefield 1942. Good times, and they better revive the multiplayer servers.

[@the_jingo]

The final boss used his “final form” too late and the whole party already buff up by the first 2 phrase

[@mkv7704]

Is no one going to talk about how the German torpedo was called the ,,Neger”?

[@Ray-qb2cj]

"So whats the name of the G7E torpedo submarine thingy?" "It was called n-"

[@Arclight104]

If the claims about Mario Zippermayr are true then Germany also tested fuel-air explosives during the war which would have been combined with V-1 missiles as a tactical weapon. This apparently never reached fruition due to technical and material limitations. People talk about the ME-262 and the ME-163 but but both suffered from serious flaws. The ME-262's jet engines had a shelf life of hours but they needed to be fully replaced due to a lack metals such as Chromium , Nickel etc and also required solid concrete runways to operate from which limited them in terms of deployment. They were also introduced far too late into the war in 1944. The ME-163 was also dangerous due to its explosive fuel and had an incredibly limited range-literally requiring it to sit under the bomber streams predicted routes. The V-2 rocket project was also a colossal waste and cost more than the U.S A-bomb project to achieve very little. Those funds would have been better used producing more tanks, aircraft,trucks, radar, working anti-aircraft missiles/proximity fuses, enhanced synthetic fuel/rubber production sites and more STG44 and panzerfausts. Plus having an actual coherent and organised Atomic energy project from the mid-30s might have helped immensely even if a bomb could only be churned out toward the end of the war it would have definitely had an impact somewhere-probably over London as a one way suicide flight.

[@reallifeengineer7214]

This video missed the guided torpedo. If I remember the article correctly: Americans captured this technology and turned into the first generation heat-seeking sidewinder missile; many years before Russians had guided missiles.

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

It’s truly a tragedy how in a alternate timeline the scientist who built these terrifying weapons could have made amazing inventions to better the world.

[@davidr1037]

Sweet video

[@TheFront]

Thanks!

[@davidr1037]

@@TheFront the Volkssturmgewehr is also Radium Rifle from Fallout 4

[@jamescebula3630]

Correction the volkstrumgweher was semi auto not fully auto

[@johndoe5432]

3:25 The weapon was never intended to be a suicide weapon. Suicidally dangerous sure, but these weren't German Kamikazes.

[@Pierce1996h]

Wrong. All major countries employ suicide attacks they just don't all call them the same thing. I can't think of a single military that doesn't spout propoganda about how their soldiers are so loyal they will fight to the last man(suicide tactics). They only do it more often and with less lies surrounding it when desperate. These were suicide bombers. Just because they were lied about and just called "dangerous" doesn't mean shit

[@j.r1158]

You should do a video on willi herold

[@michaelandreipalon359]

2:58: Shockingly?! I expected it though.

[@davidtapp3950]

What about the German submarine powered by hydrogen peroxide? I believe it could travel at about the same speed as it's torpedoes.

[@cbonesteaksauce3833]

You know your on the losing side when all of your inventions begin with the word “emergency.”

[@ttun100]

@ 11:11, more like they were voluntold.

[@_____J_____]

I could watch the intro for hours

[@norrinradd3549]

You should’ve mentioned the ME 163 Komet, which along with the V weapons, killed more people who produced them and used them, than people who they were aimed at, and in the case of the ME 163 Komet, it had a habit of exploding on touchdown, unless every last drop of fuel was used up........ Also, the nazis spent far too much on producing planes at the end of the war, than they did on training pilots, which was why the allied forces, found hundreds or even thousands of unused planes(and spares for planes) littered all over Germany....... This was in part, because they moved their production into hundreds of Forrest plants, which was ok when they had a railway system to move them, out to wherever they were needed........ But even when they didn’t have the railway system, to move the planes, and they didn’t have the pilots to fly them, they carried on producing them, instead of making the things that they really needed........ This goes to show, how tenuous the grip on reality was, for the whole of the nazi party, but especially the leaders.!.!.!.!.!.

[@thenecromorpher]

Iirc the fuel was basically medical strength Hydrogen Peroxide (~80%) that occasionally vented into the cabin and dissolved the pilot down to the bone.

[@srice8959]

Truthfully we was quite lucky that the NotSees made that submarine earlier

[@axaxaxaxaxaxa3341]

The gustloff volkssturmgewehr VG 1-5 didnt fire full auto even though they depict it as such in cod vanguard for example its name is volkssturms rifle

[@davitka_p]

What about panzerfaust??

[@McEldercraftHD]

3:00 this torpedo actually is named after the German N-Word 😳

[@Floofrer]

MP18 > Type 100 > Sten > M3 > MP3008

[@dpm2937]

2:42 Uhm I think thats the german N-Word

[@RN-rl2du]

meanwhile in the pacific: *Kamikaze* *Bamboo spears* *Banzai charges*

[@warmstrong5612]

If the Type XXI was brought out for the start of the Battle of the Atlantic in sufficient numbers, then things would definitely have gone differently. Same with the StG 44. Forget the V2s, build more Fritz X, Save the remaining Zeppelins for mid Atlantic scouting, attack USSR only after Britain's surrender, etc etc. They still wouldn't have been likely to win but would have achieved more goals, maybe.

[@youraveragescotsman7119]

So by using literal magic to develop technologies which were still beyond what they could achieve at the time? Why not go further and let the UK have their Sonar in 1940, their new Escorts in 1939 and their Mk14 Spitfires for the Battle of Britain. Or the Soviets their IS-4 for 1941? Or the US a Sheridan for 1935.

[@darnit1944]

Any delay on the defeat would only delay Germany's inevitable atomic bombing. Which is about 3 months max.

[@jamiemcaloon5548]

@@darnit1944 Well since we are all going what if? lol, then if Britian surrendered then America wouldn't have got the atomic bomb plans and Hitler would have seized them instead(if we didn't destroy the plans), then he would have nuked America and Russia lol.

[@darnit1944]

@@jamiemcaloon5548 Most of the development of nuclear technology is in the US. Besides, Albert Speer had dismissed and abandoned German nuclear development, so i doubt they will even get a single warhead by 1945. Or before getting nuked by America. Oh and also, there is no way Germany could perform operation sealion. That is a big what if scenario if we want to go there. But delaying the war until later in 1945? That's more realistic than operation sealion or German nuclear development

[@jamiemcaloon5548]

@@darnit1944 Guess you never head of Tizard mission?, Winston ordered all our most technology advanced achievements to be taken to American quietly incase the war went sideways, and one of them was a functional design for the Atomic bomb..they're scientists we're gobsmacked how many years they were behind in their atomic research so if Winston didn't send those plans America would still be years behind and no bombs would have been dropped in 1945.