Hitler's British Heroes - The 1937 Deutschland Incident

[@henrikmelder6443]

Dear Dr. Felton. Again you have found history that has never been shown before. It is simply incredible! Thanks for some great programs and keep up the good work

[@stevenhershman2660]

Mark just keeps on coming up with these rare or less known Facts. I share all these stories and my source ( Mark Felton) with everyone I meet.

[@ET3Roberts]

Quit slobbering all over him

[@rob5944]

Yes, a fascinating and unknown story.

[@Farweasel]

@@rob5944 Indeed, I had no idea that happened. Never heard it mentioned anywhere before.

[@frasermitchell9183]

This incident was something I knew absolutely nothing about. It just shows one learns something new every day, and a big thank you to Mark Felton.

[@darrellwhittington4645]

Again SIR ! I'm 73 years old,,my father was a tank commander in Patton's 3rd army,,got me into ww2 history and I try ro absorb everything I can,,and you continue to come up with information I've never heard about ! OUTSTANDING,,SIR ! Thank you Again !

[@RedXlV]

5:04 Reminds me of how just months before the outbreak of World War I, the Royal Navy and Kaiserliche Marine were celebrating their "eternal friendship".

[@msgfrmdaactionman3000]

I can see why this history was forgotten. Thanks for uncovering it Mark!

[@jonathanspilhaus3165]

With your impeccable diction, flawless pronunciation of German and interesting content, your channel is a winner

[@mikecharman6729]

I’ve seen one of these medals in the RAMC Museum in Aldershot, brilliant to see the story shared to a wider audience!

[@pecnorthernvalley4892]

Every time I start a video from War Stories with Mark Felton I automatically press thumbs up direct - because he never disappoints! 😊

[@luongo7886]

HAHAHAHAA! I thought I was the only one who does that 😆😅🤣

[@robertobrien4799]

Me too!!!!!

[@frankgesuele6298]

@@luongo7886 Dito 😀

[@SkipShooter]

You never fail to impress Dr.Mark.

[@andydunn5673]

Good grief, what an incredible story. And as always many thanks thanks for finding and sharing this with us

[@cmdrflake]

Fascinating. Thanks for bringing this story to our attention. Like most Kreigsmarine the Deutschland / Lutzow had a checkered career being laid up by the Kreigsmarine later in the war. She escaped the gruesome fate of the battleships and most of her sister ships.

[@Thorr-kl6jl]

The three Panzerschiffe ("Pocket Battleships") were Deutschland (later renamed Lutzow), Admiral Graf Spee, and Admiral Scheer. The damaged Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled off of Montevideo, Uruguay, on Dec 17, 1939. Most of the crew returned to Germany, via neutral nations. Admiral Sheer completed a war cruise in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans during 1940-41, sinking 17 British ships. Admiral Sheer was sunk by a British air attack, on April 9, 1945, while at anchor in Kiel harbor. Lutzow was sunk by a British air attack, on April 16, 1945, while at anchor in Swinemunde harbor. Some of the ship's guns were still able to fire at advancing Communist Red Army troops, until the Lutzow was totally abandoned.

[@alkitzman9179]

Dr. Felton you are simply amazing at finding these very interesting and little known situations that took place long before either of us were alive. A very greatful viewer

[@djRichieOrlando]

You continue to show new material never seen or heard before. Thank you Sir Dr. Felton...

[@chrish9698]

What an interesting and unique story, I have honestly never heard of these events before. Thank you for sharing!

[@MyLateralThawts]

Although my grandfather didn’t mention this incident, he was a crewman on one of the torpedo boats, he did mention that the German navy helped to evacuate the Spanish Royal family, ensuring they were under the control of Franco’s forces. A side note on the medals. Any Germans who participated in the Spanish Civil War and were decorated accordingly, were not allowed to display those medals if they continued with the Bundeswehr, and no denazified decorations were ever produced.

[@longiusaescius2537]

God bless your grandfather

[@jacobhuff3748]

Once again not disappointed, Content like this always exposes the nuances of history..

[@MMOchAForPrez]

I don't know where you've been for the last like 15 years KZbin has been around, but I'm SO glad I found your channel a few years ago. You make some of the best content on war I've seen. Not to mention, your commitment to accuracy and knack for story telling is very informative and entertaining. Thanks for making all of this content, and all for free!

[@tdhawk7284]

Outstanding again, Mr. Felton.

[@johnfromperth8222]

Yet more amazing content from Dr. Felton!!

[@billyshane3804]

Mark Felton - Thank you for your yet again outstanding presentation. Your channel is one of the best on KZbin across all genres of videos.

[@cm3004]

Brilliant as always.

[@thEannoyingE]

Reminds me of the British SS you covered a while back. There is always new to learn from you, thank you Dr. Felton.

[@axeljacobs9723]

Thank you for pronouncing „Kriegs-Marine“ correctly! So many English/American speakers aren’t aware that the „E“ at the end of Marine is pronounced hard! Soooo annoying! Excellent content! 👍😊👍😊👍

[@CloneShockTrooper]

History I was never taught. Thank you Dr. Mark Felton.

[@empirikal09]

What the hell? This one caught me off guard. Extremly interesting. Thank you, Professor.

[@donalddodson7365]

Very interesting pattern: our "friends" become our "enemies." Maybe throughout human history. Thank you for the interesting vignette.

[@franciscouderq1100]

Never heard of this before and this is why I am always interested to open Dr Felton ‘videos. Thanks Doc!

[@berrymcockiner3906]

Nice one Mark 👍🏻

[@MrXdmp]

Thanks Dr. Felton!

[@andysvehiclehistorychannel]

I've been to Palma many times when I was younger but only just found out that a German battle ship paid a flying visit thanks to you Mark

[@RedcoatsReturn]

I always learn new facts and things I didn’t know about those times…thank you Dr. Felton! 😉👍👍

[@MrThirstysuperior]

never knew about that thanks for the info Mark

[@ronaldweed6103]

Well done 👏 thank you. My Dad & two of his Brother's fought in WWII.

[@jkoysza1]

A pot of fresh coffee, my two dogs, and a comfortable chair in the South Carolina springtime. All go so well with a new video by Dr. Felton on an arcane WWII topic. Life is good.

[@rainbowseeker5930]

Pre-WW2, you mean...

[@jkoysza1]

@@rainbowseeker5930 Strictly speaker,yes, pre-WWII. My comment was in general concerning Dr. Felton’s videos. Superb and often arcane content.

[@historyandhorseplaying7374]

Interestingly but completely irrelevantly, the old men on the front page of The Detroit News in the video were Civil War veterans- American, not Spanish. Amazing they were still alive in the 1930s.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Germany, Italy and Spain, my favourite countries...

[@rainbowseeker5930]

Don't leave aside Japan, mate...!

[@paulkurilecz4209]

I very much appreciate your videos such as this. A detailed look at some part of our history is quite educational.

[@torinjones3221]

Franco was the best thing to happen to Spain 🇪🇸 couldn't imagine a world with a communist leader in Spain.

[@greyone40]

I saw a 1937 King George VI coronation medal in there, of which I have one that was presented to my Grandfather.

[@lexituller6988]

"Boundless is my love for Europe and Its people, it angers and saddens me that we must fight the English they are a people of such high class and if I had it my way all bodies of Europe would stand against the horrors of the east" AH 1940

[@allamaadi]

Ah yes, what better way to show love for Europe and its peoples, than by committing genocide and war upon them all

[@sakkra93]

"England is not our natural enemy." - "Battle of Britain" (1969)

[@ChanchoBlanco]

Everyone loves paint addy as this horrific man but he actually had some great points he just should of listen more to his generals and less to his gut

[@Muffed_cabbage]

@@ChanchoBlancoaddy was a meth head who plunged Europe into darkness and nearly allowed the dark shadow of communism to take the whole of it.

[@johnmulligan912]

@@ChanchoBlancono he wasn’t.

[@andrewpinner3181]

Thanks Dr. Mark, l'm continually astounded by your videos !

[@TheRamon333]

I wonder what would be the value $ of those medals today?

[@Ye4rZero]

Great feature, it stands out even with the high reputation this channel has.

[@karengayle9331]

Always something never known before, keep up the good work!

[@andrewparrott7260]

Wow, a very interesting piece of history that definitely needs to be taught in schools. I enjoyed the video clip immensely. 👍

[@ccd3150]

thanks, Mark. I really enjoy your videos

[@UCN2027]

I personally love stories about former enemies collaborating or allied army that enter in war between each other. Other example is the good relation between the Royal Navy and Argentina in 1981 when a Sea Harrier landed on the Argentine aircraft carrier. Just one year before the South Atlantic War.

[@anitaharris9909]

Great work as always! Thanks...

[@fabianwylie8707]

Now that is a very intriguing hit of history . Many thanks Mark 👍

[@sealove79able]

A great very interesting video Mr.Felton.Have a good one.

[@jimc.goodfellas]

So much great content I can't even keep up

[@at1970]

Franco didn’t exactly reciprocate after hitlers help in the Spanish civil war. Perhaps dr Felton can do an episode on why not.

[@jackgates6949]

Because Franco was a devout Catholic and abhorred the Nazis. He was forced to accept help from Hitler since the political Left in many countries, including the USA, controlled the narrative. Hitler was also not a fan of Franco and never liked or trusted him.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Another hit out of the ballpark, Mark!

[@rutabagasteu]

Fantastic ! Not covered, yet again, in any of my 200 or so books on Ww2.

[@rainbowseeker5930]

Maybe because this incident didn't happen during WW2....

[@cornellkirk8946]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…. “Why don’t you have a program on a main channel on TV??” Every video you do is something totally new and incredible ❤

[@Gecko....]

Nobody watches TV anymore

[@cornellkirk8946]

@@Gecko.... better tell that to the billions of people who still do then!

[@Gecko....]

@@cornellkirk8946 Nah just old people who can't work the internet watch it. Streaming platforms/youtube are way bigger and growing, TV is dying. He's much better off being on youtube than ona TV channel, his format doesn't even suit TV where they want 30 minute/1 hour shows, the current history channels that would show WW2 stuff would offer him a few hundred grand contract for 30 episodes, he's making way more in youtube ad revenue. Even documentary streaming platforms like curiosity stream can offer him more money than a TV channel like yesterday. Look at the ratings for the various history channels, they average sub 100k views outside of prime time hours, that's why the history channel stopped showing them and moved to reality tv. He has zero growth potential on TV, online his growth potential is massive. TV is losing viewers as older people die off, young people stream everything on their phones/tablets. People like you still seem to think being on TV is a big deal like it used to be, it's really not. Advertisers on youtube pay him way more money than TV would because they know exactly what his audience demographics is using youtube analytics so the return on their investment is high, they can also see directly where their customers are comming from, something they can't do when they buy a block of ads on TV.

[@jourwalis-8875]

You dig up the most amazing stories!

[@arispanagiotopoulos2533]

Amazing and such a unique story, I had no clue about this! Well done Mark!

[@1JamesMayToGoPlease]

I'm pretty sure I've never read about this. Thank you!

[@lexituller6988]

"Our nation's borders have so very little to do with our struggle, the preservation of Europe's ethics and her people are our true fight" AH 1941

[@TankerBricks]

Mark. Thanks for providing my Wednesday night entertainment!

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

An excellent historical coverage of a strange accident ( striking) between two strategic foes upon Spanish civil war ...I never heard about it before ....allot thanks. Sir Mark Felton

[@lablackzed]

I have photos of some of the German war dead still in north front cemetery not all of them were returned back to Germany there is around 6 of them still buried there with a German eagle minus the swastika marking the war grave site I know the history of this story well.

[@yfelwulf]

If Shitstain 🇬🇧 had ships there they were up to no good not neutral. Handing out German medals to Brits further proof Shitstain 🇬🇧 was not involved. Once again Shitstain supports Nazis in Ukraine 🇬🇧

[@jas_1959]

Dr. Felton were do you find this great material? Another good story.👍

[@gotterdammerung5527]

I don't think this is a testimony to the allies as much as it is a testimony to Germany being extremely fair... This wasn't the first time the empire gave out awards to the foreigners

[@zurdochileno3230]

Wehraboo spotted

[@longiusaescius2537]

@zurdochileno3230 "Not malding over Germans for eternity as the civil religion dictates? Must be a Hitler fan!"

[@Sovietghostdivision]

You once again teach me something new and fascinating thank you dr felton

[@timmyjones1921]

Thank You Dr. Felton .

[@information609]

A very interesting documentary. I had a great grandfather who was stationed in Gibraltar when this incident occurred. He brought back a stack of photographs he took of the warship and casualties being taken off at the naval hospital.

[@josephosheavideos3992]

Once again, you have produced an amazing video. I wonder how many of the British honorees of Hitler's awards kept their medals after WWII began (probably not many).

[@saltyreesescup3104]

As Always,Thanks Doc !

[@Wuestenkarsten]

Never heard about this before...THX Dr. Felton!

[@somethingelse4878]

This is new to me, thank you

[@pauldavis9272]

Mark, your amazing history facts that you find are truly amazing! Keep up the amazing work that you are doing. I look forward to the next one.

[@jonmeek3879]

Great video

[@manic2360]

More Spanish Civil War stories please...

[@johnrudy9404]

Dr F,...how the hell do you find this stuff??? You never disappoint.

[@nordicson2835]

Another interesting article, thank you.

[@mattgibbs73]

A medal group to a British Dr surfaced fairly recently in the militaria trade, I seem to recall seeing it advertising and having a read up on the incident. Given approval for wear, presumably this was put in abeyance after 1939? 🤔 Amusing mirror incident occurred in Africa pre WW1 where German troops were awarded a British campaign medal for coming to assistance of troops being attacked by native forces.

[@aaronharvey2820]

Thanks Mark, these videos are bits of history we are lucky to have remembered. Keep up the amazing work!

[@danielwarnes7231]

Great as always

[@davesherry5384]

An excellent expose Mark!

[@NotoLeft]

Never knew of this before, hats off Mark💯

[@The_Greedy_Orphan]

A casualty is a casualty at the end of the day regardless of nation and must be treated. My Grandfather was a forward artillery spotter and was caught in counter battery fire, as he was put into the ambulance, before it left he was asked if he wouldn't mind sharing it with an injured German, he replied "yeah sure, bung him in".

[@jamesjukebox2386]

Great content, The Battle of the river plate and the onshore bluff and espionage battle is a great one for future reference if any more can be shed on this having been to Montevideo, many cheers.

[@miguelangelsimonfernandez5498]

My grandmother was evacuated from Valencia port in HMS Douglas to HMS London in Barcelona during the spanish civil war. She later boarded the mixed ship Hakkon Maru who took her to Lisbon. The latter was sunk in WWII in the Formosa strait in an air attack. They had to flee Madrid after a spanish Republican air force sergeant made a death threat to my great grand father, a portuguese diplomat living in Madrid. Their home, although being under portuguese diplomatic protection, was raided a few hours after the death threat. They were lucky to take refuge in the American Embassy that sped them to Valencia the followinng day with a safe pass document and an embassy worker by train. Such was the lawlessness. Another one of my relatives spent some hours in a Madrid "Cheka" , a soviet inspired torture and detention centre, modeled using VChK guidelines. A few of them in Madrid and Barcelona were actually run by soviet VChK officers. They appeared early in the war.

[@657449]

My 6 am history fix. Thank you for this forgotten piece of history.

[@flancrestenterprises945]

What happened to the recipients of the medals? I'd be very curious to learn if they returned the medals, or even wore them after the war began between Britain and Germany!

[@mckrunchytoast2469]

That has to be an odd feeling later on. Your country is in a bitter war, fighting tooth and nail for every inch of the land, sea, and sky, but you have a signed thank you card and a medal from the man you're fighting

[@benm4290]

And eighty odd years down the road your very own politicians hand your heritage right over to foreigners. Isn't that quaint?

[@kazmark_gl8652]

especially towards the end. when the true horrors perpetrated by the guy who sent you a thank you card are fully revealed

[@alfnoakes392]

Would make for a lot of explaining if the medal features on your chest at post-war Remembrance Day events and the like ...

[@longiusaescius2537]

Not really, the guy was an Anglophile

[@barryirlandi4217]

I am reading about the Spanish Civil War... Truely Syria of Europe.. So bloody

[@lloydchristmas1086]

My grandfather was a capt in the republican army and shot in the mouth during battle. His whole unit was devoured only 9 of them barely survived all shot up.. It was very bloody.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@lloydchristmas1086 did he learn from it?

[@exchequerguy4037]

Another gem by Mark Felton :)

[@piotrstrzelczyk5248]

2:50 The photo depics not Tupolev SB-2 but SB-2 based dive bomber Arkhangielsky Ar-2.

[@andyf10]

Another fascinating story indeed! Thank you

[@cancel1913]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@zillsburyy1]

good find

[@fv7669]

if there is ever gonna be KZbin Hall of Fame Mark Felton should be 1st inductee

[@franksimpson339]

A number of years ago I worked for the British Red Cross and I started to collect first aid manuals. I had a Deutsches Rotes Kreuz first aid manual from 1937, and it was written by a SS doctor Obergruppenführer. On the front of the book the red cross emblem had a German eagle on it. It had private notes written inside regarding life, but the sad part was when the owner said they were at war. Unrelated I guess, just interesting to me I suppose.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@franksimpson339 sad

[@raymondtonns2521]

thanks aagain Dr. Mark

[@cameronmccreary4758]

I'm signed up with subscribed along with the the maximum Bell that I can get and I still don't get alerted for a lot of these shows. I certainly would have liked to have watch this 4 weeks ago but, I didn't know about it. Dear Dr. Felton, Can this problem be fixed so, I can watch them when they first are put out for viewing?

[@danielfmontero]

Thank you Mark Graf Spee was also in Spain

[@TheSaltydog07]

I'm enjoying my college-level WWII history classes. Always engaging. I need to read up on Franco. Thank you.

[@moltderenou]

Don’t believe everything they tell you. Most English historians were biased against him. Unlike most dictators he died of old age in his bed, not before dragging Spain into the 20th century. Read about Largo Caballero and his opinion about democracy before you come to any conclusion.

[@TheSaltydog07]

@@moltderenou I research. I don't rely on one source.

[@moltderenou]

@@TheSaltydog07 Great, then after reading my comment you will need to do a little less researching

[@hackett152332]

@@moltderenouYou’re right, there needs to be law when it comes to education - not to be bias and speak facts only (regardless if it reflects negatively against your country)

[@longiusaescius2537]

Good luck

[@dorianmilam3519]

I had heard this story before (but in no detail) and have always wondered if the recipients of those awards continued to wear them after the start of WW II.