Hans Oster - A German Against Nazism - WW2 Biography Special

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks a lot to Arnaldo Teodorani for helping us out with the research for this episode! Its thanks to community members like him, and those who support us on www.patreon.com/timeghosthistory and timeghost.tv that we're able to make Special Episodes and Biography Specials now. We hope you appreciate our increased output! Please let us know what other Bio's you'd like to see. And if you would like to know something about a smaller topic, make sure to submit that as a question for our Q&A series, Out of the Foxholes. You can do that right here: community.timeghost.tv/c/Out-of-the-Foxholes-Qs Cheers, Joram *RULES OF CONDUCT* STAY CIVIL AND POLITE we will delete any comments with personal insults, or attacks. AVOID PARTISAN POLITICS AS FAR AS YOU CAN we reserve the right to cut off vitriolic debates. HATE SPEECH IN ANY DIRECTION will lead to a ban. RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, OR SLAMMING OF MINORITIES will lead to an immediate ban. PARTISAN REVISIONISM, ESPECIALLY HOLOCAUST AND HOLODOMOR DENIAL will lead to an immediate ban.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

What a hero...

[@BlueVentricle]

World War Two a lot of people you all could do easily. Oscar Schindler would be my idea at this time

[@arnaldoteodorani277]

You are welcome, thank you for giving me the opportunity and thanks to Spartacus for his superb presentation, he and Indy are the professors we all dreamed having.

[@kingsrook9866]

I'd like to see one on Sir William Samuel Stephenson

[@markcantemail8018]

Yes King's Rook that would be nice .

[@vguyver2]

He also didn't give any names after being caught. He and several other officers were tortured and still refused to give names, protecting other conspirators resisting the Nazi's. He is also the man responsible for preventing Spain from entering the war, which would have been a disaster for the British naval campaign in Europe.

[@oliverisfatandstinkyandhas9873]

Hot Plöppet they would’ve invaded the Gibraltar

[@vguyver2]

@@SausagesAndEgg Because early in the war Brittain was stretched thin. It doesn't mean they would have lost the war by the end, but several massive campaigns would have been stone walled and harder fought. A less supplied and much more isolated British field army along with a secondary Spanish force meant that the African campaigns may have been more costly in man power and time. What I'm proposing is that the war might have lasted more years as a result.

[@itsmebatman]

@@SausagesAndEgg If Gibraltar had been in Axis control the whole Mediterranean would have been inaccessible to the allies. That means Malta, all of North Africa, Greece, Suez and Palestine. Chances are the Axis would have taken Iraq too and thus would have had the resources to drag out the war a lot longer, if not win it.

[@joshuaearlsumbillo25]

He and the others were hanged twice. They had a doctor to revive them. After revival, they would get hanged again so they could "feel death twice". Footage of the execution was sent to Hitler which he watched while eating a cheesecake in his bunker.

[@LucidFL]

@@itsmebatman "if not win it". Where do you people learn such fantasy? Hearts of Iron?

[@seedhillbruisermusic7939]

I never knew about Oster and his compatriots, German resistance to the Nazis is generally unmentioned. Respect to them.

[@dondajulah4168]

@me hee It was not non-existent. If you want an example of non-existent resistance, see Stalin - Josef

[@vguyver2]

@me hee They had over half dozen coup plots and over 40 assassination plots but the military was fickle and abandoned most of the plots due to Hitler's luck, recent military auccesses, or overly convoluted plans. Example: Oster's circle recruited a volunteer for a suicide vest plot. A intelligence staff officer Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff. The plan was to blow up Hitler in a debut opening of a military museum as he was going to function as the tour guide. This is what happened. Hitler was in the crowd, the brave man was going to go up to set the fuse and then latch on to Hitler at point blank range to take him. He had two delayed fuses to trigger, as the detonator fuse ran out in a few minutes, it will go off. But it failed because Hitler was supposed to tour there longer but he went through the whole public affair far faster then what was planned and far faster then the 10 minute fuse that was set. Hitler was often unpredictable to even his own staff with the exception of his routine at home, so by not planning a more simpler plot, they were foiled by Hitler's impulsive behaviour (again). The suicide bomber couldn't believe it as Hitler and his entourage rushed out. The suicide bomber panicked because he had already set the fuse and was about to take out a crowd of civilians instead. He had to run to the nearest bathroom stool and began defusing it. He managed just at the nick of time with seconds to spare. They actually asked him about doing another attempt but he told them that "It was sort of thing you only ever get the courage to pull once." He was never caught and survived the war partially thanks to his caught friends refused to give his name despite torture when the same bomb would later be reused to detonate near Hitler in another attempt, but Hitler was saved by sheer luck in that one too. The bomb was moved away from Hitler unbeknownst to anyone as to what the contents were, and coupled with a huge thick table, he survived again because the delayed fuses gave it enough time to be moved around.

[@dlf7789]

@@dondajulah4168 Because Stalins govt was actually popular but upper party leadership disproved of him and theres great reason to believe Beria and Khrushchev were involved in his death.

[@garfieldkat4882]

Actually it is pretty well documented and written about. The first time I read about it was decades ago in Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. It is a good start if you wish to research on the resistance.

[@Andreu0rtin]

It saddens me that after all he did and the times he risked his life for his fellow people he didn't manage to see the end of the war and this "thousand year Reich". I guess this is a theme far too common in the stories this war has left us.

[@silvertemplar8061]

Same with Staffenberg.

[@Geredis089]

He and Canaris very nearly did see the end of it. Both were only killed, by garotte, in the last weeks of the war, in mid-April 1945, as part of the Volksgerichtshof trials and the panic killings that came from that as the Nazis disposed of various political prisoners in the waning days of the conflict. (I know, it's over a year past...but still worth mentioning)

[@Conn30Mtenor]

We all have to die. His death was of a great benefit to humankind and we should all should be so lucky to have lived our lives with such honor, courage and love for our fellow human beings. I would consider a death like his to be a gift from the universe.

[@individuum4494]

A thinking man, an example for us. Orders are orders, but there are times when you should not obey them.

[@knutdergroe9757]

There is times you Must disobey Orders !!! I am a third generation U.S.MARINE CORPS combat veteran. I have Family that in every war the U.S.A. has ever been in. I was taught that a very young age(about 10). That following a unlawful or immoral order does not give you a pass. There is no excuse, no defense. The Responsibility is still on you.

[@cv4809]

@@knutdergroe9757 how do you know if an order is immoral or not

[@100xszep9]

@mike boultinghouse goddamn that's stupid. he didn't say that at all

[@KitagumaIgen]

@mike boultinghouse You. There is a difference between disobeying the order to round up the villagers and burn them in a barn and break the rule of not raping someone.

[@ronik24]

"Orders are orders". Nope, the first thing you learn in an army of a democratic state is that you don't have to follow illegal or immoral orders.

[@seancrane1431]

Two lesser known Germans whom were against Nazism were Protestant theologians Reinhold Niebuhr and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Niebuhr, living in the US, feared what would happen to the church in Germany and felt powerless. In a Massachusetts town He would write the serenity prayer, highlighting his powerlessness, a prayer which the founder of alcoholic anonymous, Bill Wilson, would incorporate into his healing program. This prayer would also be used by US army chaplains. "God give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed." Bonhoeffer, to the dismay of his friend Niebuhr, would return to Germany to resist and preach underground. Bonhoeffer would later be accused of association with the bomb plot and executed at Flossenbürg concentration camp. Amazing to think an anti nazi prayer would later be used by alcoholic anonymous.

[@varana]

I wouldn't call Bonhoeffer "lesser known", though.

[@danepatterson8107]

@@varana They have ignored the Kirchenkampf altogether, including Between Two Wars. Probably due to its religious focus, which is a regrettable move on Time Ghost's part.

[@typxxilps]

@@strikerorwell9232 Milch was the guy who had promised Hitler to be able to deliver the air supply the Stalingrad pocket needed ... not Göring. Göring wasn't even in the same country as Hitler for 2 weeks when pocket had begun. Milch committed suicide.

[@Quincy_Morris]

Sean Crane in the boardgame Black Orchestra, a game about the plot to kill Hitler, you can play as a lot of these resistance leaders, including Bonhoeffer.

[@astrobullivant5908]

Reinhold Niebuhr is well-known now because Jim Comey used his name for his Twitter page.

[@themadgamer8024]

Good to hear about people I never knew about, learning something every day. Good work guys!👍

[@WorldWarTwo]

You're welcome! Thanks!

[@dams6829]

Tbh it is interesting how many Abwehr chiefs were against Nazis. Makes you wonder what would have had happened if it wouldn't be so, since Military Intelligence is a serious thing and might have changed the course of the war.

[@IchKomentiereNur123]

they would have lost anyways

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Intelligence/espionage was often overrated in WW2. Cracking Enigma did not prevent Allied screw-ups. Some Abwehr personnel were loyal to the Third Reich.

[@dondajulah4168]

@@stevekaczynski3793 "Some Abwehr personnel were loyal to the Third Reich. " I think what you would be going for in a military intelligence outfit is a little better than "some of them were loyal to the government"

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@dondajulah4168 you would think, but intelligence/espionage attracts slippery people. it was also Hitler's style to set up rival agencies and have them compete. So the SS developed its intelligence functions and gradually shunted the Abwehr aside, but even Himmler was sending tentative peace feelers to the Allies as early as 1943.

[@dondajulah4168]

Steve Kaczynski Not really. We are talking about high ranking officers in the intelligence service that were working against their government, not shadowy mercenary figures who you would expect to flip back and forth. Remember also that Germany was fighting an existential war so the willingness to betray their government for the interests of its adversaries is extraordinary

[@tyberfen5009]

How unfortunate that this brave man would not live to see the end of the nazis. I've been there, where he took his last breaths. A small yard next to the main camp, with only a wall seperating him from the other prisoners. A depressing place

[@criscabrera9098]

Tyberfen May his soul rest and peace and I hoped wherever he is no matter what you believe that he knows that all the sacrifices that he made were not in vain

[@Zen-sx5io]

@@criscabrera9098 Amen.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

Yes, Hans Oster, the man in the center of the German Resistance, the heart of it.

[@ryanryckaert9542]

Him and Henning von Tresckow. He turned basically the entire staff corps of Army Group Center into a resistance nerve center.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

@@ryanryckaert9542 Read Mr. Alan Clark's 1965 ''Barbarossa _The Russian-German Conflict 1941-1945" for a detailed account of the failed bomb plot at Smolensk, by General Treschkow and Major von Schlabrendorff in April 1943. The bomb (British-manufactured) was provided by Major Oster's Abwehr services who captured them from SOE agents, the same type Colonel Stauffenberg later used on July 20th 1944. The device worked perfectly, but failed to detonate. Mr. Clark's conclusion of the event is chilling : ''The hand of the devil had protected Hitler."

[@ryanryckaert9542]

@@Charlesputnam-bn9zy Sounds fascinating. I have a great deal of respect for the efforts of the military resistance to Hitler. The guy certainly seemed to have the Devil on his shoulder, all those times they came so very close to getting him.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

@@ryanryckaert9542 "The Omen'' is no joke. The devil protects his own. Also extremely fascinating is the case of Professor Karl Haushofer teacher of geopolitics, a mystic who had gone and study in Tibet with the ''ascended masters''. He was the man who reared Hitler and Rudolf Hess in their ''mission''. But his son Albert (Albrecht) was into the anti-Hitler plot and was hung. What he wrote on the walls of his death cell is an indictment of his father's responsibility, and a searing testament this just man left to Germany. Read Trevor Ravenscroft's 1973 "The Spear of Destiny". The book is not very credible concerning the author's theories. On the other hand the documentation on German Rhineland Mysticism and other matters is excellent. Essentially, Albert Haushofer saw Hitler as the Shirt of Nessus (my image, Albert didn't write it) Germany had put on for power and glory, and now to remove it, she must rip off her skin and flesh too. Pr. Haushofer and his wife committed suicide in 1946 while under American house arrest. But even weirder is the connection between Pr. Haushofer and Georges Gurdjeff another mystic. Suffice to say that during the war, Gurdjeff resided in Paris and was never troubled by the nazis. The German military Governor of France, General Heinrich von Stulpnaegel later hanged (blind due to a failed suicide attempt) for his part in July 20th, was a disciple of Gurdjeff !

[@SK_2521]

That's great that you bring light to the stories of german patriots who've tried to help their country during those dark years

[@SK_2521]

@@anuvisraa5786 They were real patriots who helped their people and their nations to get rid of Nazi regime. As mentioned by Spartacus, sometimes you must betray your government in order to save your nation

[@anuvisraa5786]

@@SK_2521To be put under enemy ocupation. Divede and in the original plan de industralised and depopulated. They heated the nazis shure but they where no patriots. They Whantet germany to kee the old social order at all cost.

[@SK_2521]

@@anuvisraa5786 They were. They did it to liberate their country (Germany) from Nazis who led germans to annihilation. And traitors were those who followed Hitler. From top to bottom. Those were real traitors who in futile attempt to grasp greatness decided to sacrifice their country and people in useless war.

[@thedeadcannotdie]

@@anuvisraa5786 Germany was already under enemy occupation since 1933. The enemy killed millions of Germans along with others. The enemy brainwashed the ppl and killed anyone who it couldn't brainwash.

[@Pinakij]

I think they were all Patriotic for white Germans

[@georgf9279]

Why do I try to read the English subtitles while you speak German? I'm myself German....

[@mongislort6440]

it's normal. even if he speaks english with english subtitles, I read the subtitles

[@padraigtomas3617]

Because our man mumbles. Sparticus is a magnificent fellow but seems unwilling to clearly enunciate.

[@Aeyekay0]

Never heard of Oster until watching this video. Great segment, keep up the good work

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you we will do our best.

[@TallDude73]

I always wondered, speaking of treason, how Walther Wenck was treated by Germany after the war, when he disobeyed direct orders in the Battle of Berlin in 1945 (which saved many lives, and made Wenck a hero in my eyes). Wikipedia doesn't say anything about prison, and since he died in a car accident, he obviously wasn't executed. Anyone know?

[@WorldWarTwo]

We'll get to him in a future episode!

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

@@WorldWarTwo "Wenck ! " it's one of expressions in the "Fall" in April/Mai. 1945. In the sense of AH said Wenck will arrange the situation against Soviets around Berlin with his XII. Army.

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

"Fall" "Untergang" "Le chute" /.../ AH : Wenck !!! Jodl : Aber Mein Führer. XII. Armee marchiert nach Westen, richtung Elbe !

[@Daniel-kq4bx]

Depends on his behavior before. A Heroic deed at the end cant make up for what happened before

[@bobwtrs89]

Love that you read the quote in German and put the subtitles in English

[@lps2013]

Quite ironic, youtube keeps recommending the We’re Demonetized! - TimeGhost Breakfast Club - June 2019 video to me, not that I really mind but I have seen it already. Keep up the good work.

[@WorldWarTwo]

I see the irony in that

[@AHappyCub]

TimeGhost: *STONKS*

[@rhoddryice5412]

I've "watched" several times and "enjoyed" the commercials. =)

[@EventHorizon_Alex]

You know you’re on the wrong side when your own intelligence service is fighting against you. Deep respect to Hans Oster and the other German resistance members for fighting the absolute darkness evil in human history.

[@kv6256]

I bet you wear a very little hat.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Or you"ve just forgotten to eliminate the unreliable ones.

[@thedeadcannotdie]

The more I understand the implications of the Munich Agreement the more I grow to loathe Chamberlain's actions :(

[@criscabrera9098]

Rittik Battacharya it’s easy to say that because hindsight but back they who knows and it is terrible knowing what we know now and realizing how close things almost came to being completely fine like were so close yet so far

[@simplymarshal1167]

The abwher at this point is the resistance

[@Conn30Mtenor]

@D L counterintelligence was very good, and their codebreakers had some successes against the British. The security of their own communications, however....

[@artkoenig9434]

The Oster quote that you read in German was both dramatic and eloquent. Your presentation was a fine tribute to a man of principle and courage whose life was cut short bythe tyranny he hoped to expunge from history. Many thanks!

[@WorldWarTwo]

You are welcome!

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

5:36 You know the situation is hopeless when a military officer willingly passes in for to an enemy to save his country.

[@max-cedrikvollmer1205]

I'm a german student and following the creations of your crew since week 4 of the great war and wanted to thank you for the great work you are doing. I want to comment on you using the word "Reichskristallnacht" in this episode, in german school a segment of the history lessons is devoted to why we shouldn't use the phrase and say "Reichsprogromnacht" or better "Novemberprogrome" because they describe a number of progromes that happend in November and because "Reichskristallnacht" was a word, that the Nazis established to euphemise the atrosities.

[@varana]

He does explain what it was right afterwards, though - pogroms against Jewish people. It's like saying "'euthanasia', i.e. the killing of disabled people", using the contemporary term and then noting was it really was about. :)

[@alexamerling79]

Wish all German officers were like Oster.

[@maltelabrenz3965]

if all had been ... none had be like him

[@belisarius6949]

Well obviously none of the Generals were Anti-Nazi. Hitler would only hire loyal generals. Oster was lucky because he worked in the Anwehr before Hitlers rise.

[@shellshockedgerman3947]

The Wehrmacht ranks were purged by the Nazis before WW2.

[@alexamerling79]

Most younger officers were especially zealous Nazis

[@anuvisraa5786]

@@apoc3037 or whe buld whe discusing how the german weaknes was one of the causes of the soviet conquer of europ. hind site is strange in did,

[@Conn30Mtenor]

His life is worthy of a major film. Not Hollywood, but a German one.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Certainly, he undoubtedly is worthy of one.

[@philipfreeman2863]

This is why I really enjoy this program. I knew of some resistance to Hitler in the military. But not to this extent. I knew canaris was hostile to Hitler and the Nazi movement. But not to this extent. Good job on your research and presentation.

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

How many coups do you wanna attempt against Hitler? The wehrmacht: yes.

[@stefanradev7034]

Resistance: Gut! Now you have to do... The Wermacht: No.

[@zexal4217]

No coups when they are being successful and genociding millions of people though...

[@ForelliBoy]

The full list including the ones before the 20 July Plot surprised me

[@delta2372]

It's almost as if outside being a terrific politician, Hitler was a complete moron when it came to anything regarding the military.

[@dondajulah4168]

@GhostOfTomJoad War of attrition was not by design. The war against the USSR was supposed to be over within a couple of months. When it wasnt, the Germans were screwed but there was still no alternative than to keep fighting and maybe hope Stalin wouldnt laugh in your face when presented with a peace offer.

[@tomfu6210]

Put your eye on Albert Goering, brother of Herman Goering, installed chief of export of Skoda factory. He was very "calm" towards nazism, in fact used his position to help many jews incl. wife of Ferenc(Franz) Lehár. After war the trial for war crimes was held in Czechoslovakia over him and thanks testimony of Czech workers of Skoda factory, he was acquited. Interresting person.

[@redcapetimetraveler7688]

In his book about Pétain's regime in occupied France the historian Marc Ferro reminds that among the french resistance were 5000 germans who fought against their countrymen but for freedom and democracy !! those 5000 heros were refugess (communists , jews and opponants to the regime) and also a large number of soldiers of the ocupying forces who opposed the war crimes ordered by the hierarchy.. It could be great to have an overview of this phenomenon in all occupied countries. thx for those videos , stay safe and strong ;=)

[@vguyver2]

I agree. I also hope that one day the cover the youth resistance in Germany. Those poor kids executed by the Nazi's for speaking out.

[@augustlandmesser1520]

@@vguyver2 Yes, Weiße Rose. Good kids.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Some German refugees, posing as French, worked to try and covert German occupation troops to anti-Nazism. Sometimes they were asked why their German was so good, and typically they would claim to be from Alsace, where many were bilingual. Some of these refugees were denounced and executed.

[@redcapetimetraveler7688]

@@stevekaczynski3793 , Alsace was very antinazi :when they tried to leve some volunteers there , the unit was composed of sons of german administrators of the occupied territory , the true alsacians were not interested to die for nazism. so the germans used extorsion and blackmail to force the recruitment and send the poor guys on the east front without proper formation and equipment. you can imagine the ressentment of the locals toward the occupying power.

[@4tbf616]

Oster was a true German patriot, its a massive shame he was almost never listened to

[@matthewrobinett1012]

You know I usually only watch Indy’s videos but I think I’m gonna start watching all of them this guy is pretty good too

[@WorldWarTwo]

He definitely is!

[@cgaccount3669]

There's a new one with a Lady that's good as well. Sorry I can't remember her name.

[@Centurion101B3C]

In order to be complete here; The Dutch rejection of the Oster/Sas information on 'Fall Gelb' (the invasion of the BeNeLux and France) mainly was the result of the respective shifts in the German timelines of the offensive. The Germans changed the date/time of the operation several times thus making the warnings seem like false alarms. In the end The prevailing belief became that; 1. Nothing would come of it. 2. Germany might take offense and use that as a pretext.

[@martinnoyes8507]

And the invasion of Norway.

[@SuperTamaru]

The people who have paid the ultimate price in the face of resistance of a hostile government, state, or other power, know that they will have to pay that price. But for every successful action they take, for every successful escape, for every liberation, for each life, for every sabotage of the enemy, they bring themselves, their loved ones, the oppressed strangers they sympathies with, is worth dying for. Freedom for all in the face of an oppressive regime is a cause worth dying for, and even when many resistance members don't get to see the day, the survivors will live their freedom with their fallen comrades, friends, and family. Together.

[@mikeblair2594]

My father-in-law is Hans Waldow a former resident of Berlin. His father directed a resistance cell against the Nazi regime. The cover was they were a "working man's fishing club". He survived the war by limiting the size of the cell. There were mysterious bombings of bridges which incidentally are great places to fish. My father-in-law was drafted at the age of sixteen and fought on the eastern front. His job was to string and fix telephone wires. He must have been a bad one cause they always broke when they shouldn't and once were hooked to a Soviet wire. I don't know and he's gone, but I hope he's smiling down at every practical joke on my own government that "happens"

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Small underground groups, often Communist, existed but found that if they tried to expand, sooner or later they picked up a Gestapo agent and the arrests followed.

[@XxBloggs]

Excellent episode. Thanks.

[@WorldWarTwo]

You're welcome! Thanks!

[@scipioafricanus6417]

A bio on Dietrich Bonhoeffer would be much appreciated.

[@jrotela]

I cant believe your name is Spartacuss. Fucking awesome dude

[@WorldWarTwo]

It has its advantages and disadvantages which bogs down to the same thing: you’re easily remembered.

[@Grenadier311]

This was a superb presentation, Spartacus.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks a lot!

[@alformodoritos2076]

Thank you for another informative video guys! I alway learn something new from you guys much more than what's taught to us in school.

[@dyerex54]

The really weird part about this is at Nuremberg gesevius was called as a witness for hadjmar schacht . Gesevius said he couldn’t understand why schacht would support Hitler in the early days of the Nazi regime.

[@kstreet7438]

Always look forward to seeing Spartacus on here.

[@kstreet7438]

It’s a German fella lol.

[@Nangong123]

@@kstreet7438 Who is it

[@kstreet7438]

Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau. He was the first foreign minister of the Weimar Republic. Also led the Germans for the Paris peace conference after ww1. Something about his photo struck me though.

[@kstreet7438]

Barry Allen yeah people often think it’s him but it’s not

[@hannahskipper2764]

God bless him. That's what true courage looks like.

[@vickicaldwell2091]

Thank you, Thank you! I wish there was more information out there about Mr. Oster and the resistance movement. The picture or photo that we see and is often used by Mr.Oster is so intriguing to me. The photo seems to speak to me of his character. He seems to say in the photo "I know, I am trying and this too will pass". Does anyone else feel this way about His photo?

[@HontasFarmer80]

This is the kind of thing we come here for. I can see a biography of Rommel anywhere. Though if they did one it would be good enough for PBS. 7:09 and we see where their new presenter learned how to speak German ... and make it sound less angry and harsh (Still sounds a little like that. English is just always trying to sound so darn polite compare to it.)

[@spartacus-olsson]

Thank you

[@gianniverschueren870]

Oh my, Spartacus. You're spoiling me today. That is one tie you can't not notice. 4/5

[@WorldWarTwo]

Wait until you see the ones for the last B2W episodes..

[@gianniverschueren870]

@@WorldWarTwo The anticipation is building steadily

[@Mcquiz95]

I can not notice, I haven't noticed any the whole series.

[@dyerex54]

Gesevius survived the war and testified at the Nuremberg trials. While gesivius was testifying goering referring to the plot to eliminate Hitler said there goes one man that we missed. Goering shouted it out right in the courtroom according to g Gilbert prison psychologist

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Paulus, the defeated German commander in Stalingrad, also testified and Goering was furious about it.

[@geniemiki]

I would have LOOOOOVED to read that guy's memoires. Shame he didn't get a chance to write them.

[@jaojao1768]

Yea, it is sad so much is lost

[@WillN2Go1]

Terrific video. Good information to know. I never knew about Oster. Good man.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Glad you enjoyed it! Keep watching our other bios to discover some more fascinating people.

[@Herman47]

*May we all have the exceptional moral courage of Hans Oster.*

[@parallelworldsguy]

An episode like this helps to restore my faith in humanity.

[@mathrodite]

I wish that more was known about him and what he did. An implacable enemy of the Nazi regime in a general’s uniform. The cool hard center of internal German resistance. Hidden in plain sight. You'd think he deserves a biography.

[@Xrayflames]

Another crazy thing is that in the past few years more has come out about the july plot and rommel being even more entwined than before, when Rommel was injured and laid up he had been on his way to organize the mass surrendered to the allies on the western front. Hitler had some luck to have attempts fail so often

[@konrad1547]

I didnt even know who he was until this video. Thanks to this channel we learn and remember these people who fought and resisted against the enemy of humans. Rest in Peace Hans

[@julez2106]

I know about Canarias, but never heard of Oster, utterly sad and interesting, men like them are true heroes. Spartacus is a great host btw, amazing content, as always :)

[@TheBreadB]

Can't wait to hear about Japanese people that opposed the Empire of Japan.

[@jaojao1768]

Yes, a lot of those were quite interesting. Many of them were socialists, pacifists and artists, one of the most interesting of which I think was Verda Majo, a japanese esperantist who joined the resistance in China. There were also some japanese imperialists who still disagreed with Tojo's policies, like Kanji Ishiwara who was the officer that caused the "Manchuria Incident", but who was furious to learn it had been turned into a puppet state of the Imperial Japanese Army

[@jaojao1768]

@Joshua N. Ajang it only became a separate country after the IJA invaded it, and was run by them from then on, but apparently Ishiwara intended it to be an "independent pan-asian nation"

[@vickicaldwell2091]

The would-be a new subject for me! Were there people who opposed the Japanese government policies at this time? Looking forward to hearing more about this topic...Blessings!

[@derekk.2263]

Sparty has a mustache even Stalin would envy.

[@frityet2840]

I JUST COLOURISED THIS GUY FOR A HOI4 MOD

[@johnringel9892]

Oster , and the like minded men he surrounded himself with. Are counted amongst the greatest, and most honorable Germans of this period. These men believed a German defeat was a far better thing, then a Nazi victory.

[@TheGunteraz]

I think it is safe to say Neville Chamberlain did more to start WW2 than Hitler did.

[@WorldWarTwo]

why is that 'safe to say'? Have you watched our B2W episode on Appeasement? It's here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haHQd6mrlJV0q80

[@belisarius6949]

@@WorldWarTwo I think he's saying that if Hitler wasnt appeased with Austria and Czechoslovakia, and if they intervened in the Rheinland Occupation and the German rearmament, that he would never have invaded Poland and started the second world war. There might have been a war, but one in the Allies's favor against a weak and fragile Germany.

[@varana]

He certainly did not. That is a really ridiculous proposition, really. (But not surprising in the long line of stupid "but the Allies were the real culprits" excuses for WW2.)

[@criscabrera9098]

varana312 wait wait what?

[@gogogomes7025]

I know there's a lot of people that dont like to bash on Chamberlain, but maaaaan, he's hard to swallow some times.

[@MRKapcer13]

Even this channel's videos on him tried to show that he ultimately was mistaken but had good intentions. And even still, I can't see him as anything other than a conniving coward, who watched on and did nothing as the Nazis spread over Europe. His suggestions to bomb Soviet oil fields so as not to anger the Germans directly, or plans to invade Norway and Sweden using excuse of sending troops to Finland all paint a picture of a backstabber and likely one of the worst PMs in British history.

[@dogcarman]

GOGOgomes There was a reason his nickname was The Great Pacifier... not in a positive way.

[@shanepower9201]

Pretty difficult to be even worse than Baldwin at tackling Hitler lol

[@12345678900987659101]

"No you can't just blindly follow orders like this and execute your fellow Germans!" "Hahaha gun to brrrrrrrrrr."

[@arispanagiotopoulos2533]

Awesome episode, very interesting information and so well articulated by Spartacus!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you very much!

[@vaultboyfan160]

Very informative.. Thank you

[@christopherjustice6411]

Hans Oster. One of the last noble German officers.

[@gregrefon]

Thank you very much, Spartacus and the Crew. Had no idea this man even existed,

[@WorldWarTwo]

You're welcome!

[@patrickdc8396]

Please do a video on Wilhelm Canaris!

[@mundogameplay1341]

I would like to see an Otto Skorzeny Biography,He did a lot of things in the war and after it

[@zulubeatz1]

Indeed im suprised he hasnt shown up yet. Ive read a lot about him and its a fascinating read. A British sas man showed up at his trial and got charges dropped then he successfully evaded capture and swooned Evita of Argentina.

[@zach21GF]

To my understanding, based on a book by historian Steen Andersen, Oster was the leader of the Zentralabteilung and Canaris being the chief of the Ausland/Abwehr in 1940. I don't have any other sources, but I have always been told to be critical when it comes to sources and challenge them, so there we go :) Thanks for the great shows!

[@kaycox5555]

Excellent, thank you.

[@davidswift7776]

Excellent pragmatic commentary, very insightful of what certainly appears to be a German hero 👍 Thanks for the post!

[@AHappyCub]

I first learned about him during one of my playthrough as UK in HoI4 when I decided to say fuck you to Hitler and declare war when the Munich Conference event fired, seeing Germany spilt in 2 stun me for a second

[@chrsfavel5506]

i was like this in high school. i didnt believe everything the teacher told me. i questioned and refused to conform. so i got the paddle.

[@christianmccann7884]

If only some leading Americans had a moral compass like this man ..

[@dyerex54]

Great video thank you

[@WorldWarTwo]

Cheers!

[@rodafowa1279]

Can you guys make a video about Lithuania and how they showed immense courage and bravery by actively fighting the Soviets and refusing to bow down to the Germans when they occupied the country?

[@Groovy_Bruce]

I notice this channel keeps referring to the deaths of these plotters as having been the result of hanging. I’m not sure it’s the right phrasing. Technically true but also sort of wrong. They were slowly strung up with wire by hand, so that they would die slowly, gasping for 20-30 minutes, with the wire cutting deeply into the flesh, until finally collapsing into a bloody heap. Wasn’t just a quick drop followed by a bear instant snap of the neck is all I mean.

[@VictorLepanto]

I am familiar w/ how the Abwehr, under Adm. Canaris, was anti-Nazi & acted to undermine the Nazi cause. There is an old story that Adm. Canaris is the man who talked Gen. Franco out of siding w/ the Nazis in WWII. I believe in a more general way that at least Adm. Canaris had some fascistic sympathies.

[@ganeshadesignatelier6835]

The sympathies Adm.Canaris at the beginning of NS movement was completely washed away short after the "Nacht der langen Messer" and the "Reichskristallnacht" , as an old school officer he was unable to cope with.

[@astrobullivant5908]

Great job, Arnaldo!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Hey Keith! Hope you are well!

[@astrobullivant5908]

@@WorldWarTwo I'm going a little stir-crazy, but I'm doing well, helping out with supply runs and now helping 3d-print some supplies.

[@arnaldoteodorani277]

Keith Kevelson Thanks Keith, loved your work on De Wiart!

[@jodeluna62]

Excellent Story! Good Video!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@CloseUp1961]

Oster laid the foundation for the reasoning of what id¡s a "just war".

[@TheBreadB]

Will the 3 episodes per week schedule continue? Still waiting for one more special before the weekly WW2 episode.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Yes it will. There were some delays on the Polish resistance episode though.

[@gedgar]

Just read the description, didnt know Eastory worked on this show! Cool! 😎

[@aleksandarnikolic7757]

Great as always. We are waiting for the biographies of August Landmesser and Martin Niemöller.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@blablubb9291]

@@WorldWarTwo Please dont forget all the communist resistence against the Fascist They were of all the political groups that was the best irganised, did very much and suffered the most The BRD nowadays forgets them always and only remeber people like Stauffenberg a monarchist

[@WorldWarTwo]

We did already cover some of them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4u1c2tuoamGmbs

[@johnlansing2902]

Courage of the wee hours ..... meaning doing the right thing even though no one but you will ever know ...... thank you for your courage.

[@viettrungnguyen1242]

How about Canaris, Tresckow, Olbricht and the rest of the Walküre conspirators?

[@1917-d2b]

Hes a hero, keine Frage

[@ScooterWeibels]

Thanks for the vid while I'm in lockdown.

[@WorldWarTwo]

You're welcome Scott!

[@UkDave3856]

A brave man

[@Mandark020]

You definitely should do a Bio episode on Wilhelm Canaris.

[@benjaminty47]

my boy got done dirty by the allies

[@matthewb.7575]

I'd love to see an Ernst Jünger bio!

[@stevekaczynski3793]

He had a rather quiet WW2 as an officer in the occupation troops in France. He was sometimes present at executions of German soldiers found guilty of desertion.

[@mennit4959]

Your voice gives me tingles :]

[@حسينمانوس]

He was a friend

[@romaniacountryball]

Biography of Indy and Spartacus when?

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

That's biographics not WW2. Also don't steal Chad's flag.

[@kstreet7438]

I think Indy has a wiki so there’s that. “He played Keyboards for Moneybrother for a time” interesting what this time traveler can do.

[@FlagAnthem]

I'm afraid we'll have to wait 2114 for the "TimeGhost history every week" serie

[@romaniacountryball]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 don't forgot about my army of vampiers

[@gotfreid]

they said don't listen to him . that is just hitler being hitler. it won't happen it is just political rhetoric.

[@eidechsentyp1236]

And then he did it.

[@dcviper985]

Any plans to do Gehlen, head of Abwehr Ost and defector to the Western Allies?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@Kinetic.44]

Look at the way Oster poses for his picture... no nazi looks that human

[@Daniel-kq4bx]

You guys definitely have to cover Stauffenberg more

[@deanportugal2106]

Stauffenberg was more of an opportunist who only opposed Hitler when it was obvious they were going to lose. Same with a lot of the others involved in the 1944 plot

[@jaojao1768]

Henning von Tresckow was also very important

[@varana]

They will, I'm sure, once 1944 comes closer.

[@deryckj]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer gave his life opposing Nazism and Hitler.

[@wbradburn8871]

What is the English translation of your Oster quote? The closed captioning covers the lower part of the screen.

[@wbradburn8871]

Please disregard. Finally figured out how to shut the CC down.

[@bobapbob5812]

good book is Schlabrendorf's "Offiziere Gegen Hitler". "Notes From Prison" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

[@paint4r]

You think a month before the end is bad? My great-uncle died in the prague uprising - which started on may 4 1945... Edit: btw the czech partisans are an interesting topic and something you haven't covered much so maybe in the future