How Tall Were WW2 Leaders?

[@pauljenkins6877]

We have no idea of Dr. Felton’s physical stature but we do know that he is a towering giant of modern military history.

[@matthewlok3020]

There is a photo of Dr Felton with a (tracked) Panther on his clip about Allied Panthers so that’s a point to let the estimation begin

[@pwowakovalenko2770]

Good job, Mr. Felton...👍

[@mikeserrano734]

he hates hollywood directors lol

[@m.lhenderson5885]

And hung like a horse

[@dd52161]

he is 5'3 it says on wikipedina

[@morningstar9233]

Napoleon was actually slightly above average height for his time. He looks short because he was often depicted with his Imperial Guard, who were required to be six foot at least.

[@shadowman8535]

Oversimplified

[@morningstar9233]

@@shadowman8535 True enough, i could give more detail, but i think it's best to keep comments brief.

[@shadowman8535]

@@morningstar9233 mhm........

[@nevets2371]

He was also called "le petit caporal", or "the little corporal" by his men, which wasn't a reference to is stature, but to the fact that instead of merely giving orders from a distant commands tent, he would be with his men in the trenches, fighting alongside them. So it was more a term of endearment than diminution.

[@benjamincat6755]

he was short. that's just a pseudo fun fact

[@MilitaryHistory2011]

3:54 Dude looks like he's just dropped the greatest roast of all time

[@michalaugustniak433]

he looks a roast something

[@alexandersmall7380]

When Mussolini says your grandma’s pasta recipe tastes like tinned spaghetti o’s

[@josiahowen5408]

but since it was Benny it was probably only in his head.

[@luggilu7864]

Nah it was Hitler who did the roasting

[@raydavis6644]

EL DUDE to you

[@TimKyoutube]

“Cash My Check” LOL

[@matthewlok3020]

Chiang Kai-shek is only the tip of the tip of the iceberg when it comes to corruption in modern post Qing China

[@Psychol-Snooper]

My father refered to him as "Shanker Jack."

[@mardiffv.8775]

My thought exactly. Hee, hee.

[@StrimClocks]

I heard him called "peanut" by General Stillwell.

[@mardiffv.8775]

@@StrimClocks I am sure that will be the truth. I am from the Netherlands and we have a number of Indonesian immigrants and their descendents. Which the Dutch revere sometimes as peanuts as well.

[@lucasriley4339]

Me: Scrolling through KZbin enjoying my morning Mark Felton: Hey, you wanna know if you were taller than Hitler? Me: Sure, why not?

[@Locomotiveman1994]

Well? Are you???

[@PittManGaming]

I was so happy to learn that I’m taller (5’9”) than that awful man, Hitler.

[@RedfishUK1964]

Taller than Hitler and lasted longer!!

[@Collector123k]

I'm as tall as he was

[@jois9794]

@@Collector123k funi!

[@michaeltheknight2004]

Can we just appreciate how mark doesn’t have the fanciest editing, the prettiest effects, or the most high quality visuals, yet he still puts out some of the best history videos on KZbin?

[@chongtak]

I am on the older side and I appreciate the sobriety of his editing without fancy bullshit that youngsters seem to enjoy for some reasons.

[@jayneneewing2369]

I think Mr.. Felton’s documentaries are better for the of all the fancy hoo-ha.

[@hymerr]

Generation ADHD videos is unbearable if you older than 25.

[@williedesmond8201]

You don't need all that crap ,just tell the story that's good enough don't need anything else.

[@uzi9621]

@@williedesmond8201 Agreed!

[@Hectopath2006]

Mark is the sort of guy who'd talk about the history of some rock found near the Thames for 10 minutes and still leave his audience interested

[@annoyedwalrus7803]

A rock found near the Thames you say, tell me more!

[@GarioTheRock]

"Interestingly, it was this same rock that was used to knock Hadvar the Fart off his horse..." - from Mark Felton Productions', "The Great Rock Lectures: Death of a Scandinavian Goliath"

[@robinblackmoor8732]

I want to hear these rock stories. Is that a seperate Mark Felton channel?

[@msh6865]

Just subbed to "Rock Stories with Mark Felton". Thanks!

[@lukashodgson]

My housemate (who rarely cleans and never takes out the bins) is the same height as Hitler. The blood runs deep...

[@thenoobgameplays]

This is one of those questions that you'll die without needing the answer for, but after you see the question you'll need the answer for it.

[@rodgerrodger1839]

Damn! I wanted to say that. Okay, I lied. That was a wonderful statement.

[@goebbledup1835]

@rodger Rodger Great minds think alike

[@thenoobgameplays]

@George Washington ?

[@Jester-Riddle]

@@goebbledup1835 ... 'and yet, fools seldom differ' ... (just to complete the often misused saying !)

[@archstanton6102]

@@thenoobgameplays More inane ramblings from this bloke. I think he is some right wing nut job. Or he has had a relationship with each of them?

[@Scottagram]

"Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist" Specifically the right fist, of course.

[@ogchainsaw681]

yh he ruled so good bro, he mass murdered his own people and enslaved the few alive ones

[@Scottagram]

chill dude

[@alexthestalinloverhistoryb2814]

@@ogchainsaw681 Yeah he was cool

[@Poffean]

@@alexthestalinloverhistoryb2814 kek

[@alexthestalinloverhistoryb2814]

@@Poffean He was he’s one of us.

[@dontask6863]

Chiang Kai-shek being called “cash my check”, I don’t know why, but I’m just laughing and laughing at that one.

[@sleepyboi8060]

@lati long KMT were just as brutal as the CCP which certainly didn't help them. They also decided to sign the ceasefire with the communists when the Japanese invaded when they had already completely dislodged them from any land. While seemingly a good idea, the Communists had almost no political, societal, or economic power at the time of the signing and essentially gave Mao a free hand to build up and prepare for the resumption of the Civil War. Chiang-Kai Shek wasn't the best leader imo

[@Indycatalan]

In the WW2 China was in a civil war nationalist with Kai-shek and communist with Mao Zedong. And Japan attacked China. CKS was helped by Allied against Japan but used help only aiganst communist

[@eduardoaleman2773]

@lati long Turned red courtesy of Truman.

[@user-mp3eq6ir5b]

We may be going to War to Protect Taiwan & All those Wealthy Corruot Politicians... or, maybe not.

[@larryzigler6812]

@@eduardoaleman2773 DOLT

[@acurafillfilip9868]

My grandfather remembered lots of stories and jokes about De Gaulle: Just after the Nazis surrendered, De Gaulle intended to visit Germany. As his staff car came up to Franco-German border he ordered his driver to stop. The tall general stepped out, looked intensely at the bombed out flat German landscape from his elevated position, turned back to his driver and said: I’ve seen all of it, François, you can turn the car around and drive back to HQ

[@pierren___]

Lmao

[@kevinbergin9971]

@@pierren___ story yes, joke ... not so much.

[@acurafillfilip9868]

@@kevinbergin9971 it’s not meant to be ‘most popular joke’ on The r/jokes subreddit: De Gaulle was quite a character and the many stories were just describing what kind of a man he was: charismatic, authoritarian, headstrong and difficult to work with but revered by the French during and after WWII. Besides, humour was a bit different back then.

[@acurafillfilip9868]

@@JohnKobaRuddy no worries if you didn’t like it and sorry, I don’t watch sitcoms so I can’t judge this particular one. For an explanation on the story: pls see my reply to @KevinBergen. Have a nice day Commie

[@frankwren8215]

@@acurafillfilip9868 reddit user = unfunny

[@jeroendesterke9739]

How the heck De Gaulle fitted in his tank as a commander is still beyond me.

[@boss180888]

in ww1 he was infantry and ww2 he was colonel, so i don't think(i may be wrong) that he got into tanks, it's like leclerc and the second armoured division he was always in a jeep

[@sylvananas7923]

@@boss180888 From what I know you are right, he was too tall to get into a tank and anyway would command rather than pilot them !

[@robertwilloughby8050]

De Gaulle could - and did - get into a Char 2b tank, but yes, you're mostly right, all other tanks De Gaulle could NOT fit into - he was more tank command from - if you'll excuse the pun - above.

[@SynchroScore]

@@robertwilloughby8050 If you meant a Char 2C, that was the biggest operational tank of the entire war, so he could easily fit in there.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

@@SynchroScore Yep. Have no idea where Char 2B came from.

[@altair458]

“Cash my check” was in power until “Mouse C. Dung” threw him out. Enough said.

[@aa2339]

Pat Hurley was actually mispronouncing his name as “Moose Dung”. And it’s a little known fact that the US had opened channels with the Chinese communists under the ‘Dixie Mission’.

[@ottodidact5056]

Commies in the US gov't did their best to defame Chang and denied him vital war supplies which were already bought and paid for. The Commies like Lattimore , Dexter White . gave massive aid to MAO paid by Uncle Sam.

[@johngilbert6036]

@@ottodidact5056 Sounds familiar

[@68majortom]

Hilarious wordplay dude

[@jerrycasanova953]

@@ottodidact5056 General Cash my Check didn't need to be defamed, he blew everything himself and squandered the vast resources given freely by the USA.

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

I’d like to see a similar run down on the famous generals of WWII

[@gazelle8431]

Something tells me MacArthur was taller than Hirohito

[@matthewlok3020]

@@gazelle8431 apparently by less than 6 inches

[@stanleyrogouski]

@@gazelle8431 MacArthur was listed at 6 feet, so probably more like 5'11". Eisenhower was 5'10". Georgy Zhukov, the best general of the war, was a mere 5'5". Rommel was only 5'6". Patton was 6'2". Yamamoto was only 5'3".

[@gazelle8431]

@@stanleyrogouski patton was quite tall then

[@gazelle8431]

@@matthewlok3020 yeah but he was still taller

[@sinistercrusader4981]

As a kid, I always imagined Stalin as this massive 6' 5" buff dude who scared people just by sight. Kinda strange how one of the most powerful and terrifying figures in history was much shorter.

[@mapofthesoultagme7143]

I've always heard that he was 5 feet 4 inches or something

[@thegreenbird795]

he was short but stout....

[@dukeofselangor3723]

Putin is short too

[@lapis591]

@@mapofthesoultagme7143 I'm fairly certain he was 5' 7'' at the time of Yalta. As people age, they become shorter, so he may have been slightly taller than that at his prime.

[@blitzkrieg7353]

Yeah, short and fat lmao

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

I can feel less bad being rejected and ignored on Tinder by knowing I'm taller than Stalin and Mussolini! Thanks, Mark!

[@nou8257]

Im like 6ft 2 only De gual beat me

[@camaradacomissario9641]

I think that Western Europeans are too concerned about physical aspects, specially height.

[@alexthestalinloverhistoryb2814]

@@camaradacomissario9641 They really are

[@camaradacomissario9641]

@@alexthestalinloverhistoryb2814 Russian?

[@alexthestalinloverhistoryb2814]

@@camaradacomissario9641 I’m Georgian.

[@Willigula]

Dr. Mark is like a chef that knows what special dish you would like before you do. His videos are as diverse as they are substantive. Entertaining education! That’s why I support him on Patreon!

[@lexprontera8325]

I absolutely agree! Oh, and... you just reminded me of dining at Le Telepathé : )

[@skipinkoreaable]

Yes. He's a genius. But how tall is he?

[@matthewlok3020]

@Nathan Njakoy and Buckingham Palace too

[@kallekangasmaki311]

I was almost sad Mannerheim wasnt on this list. He was a pretty tall guy, at 187cm!

[@Н.С-ч9л]

We don't need a butcher on the list.

[@randomyorkshireman]

@@Н.С-ч9л ah yes, its okay to have Stalin, Mussolini, Hirohito and Hitler on the list because they aren't butchers but Mannerheim is where you draw the line. makes perfect sense!

[@YBM2007]

@@Н.С-ч9л Butcher? Dude you for real or am I missing the irony here

[@Н.С-ч9л]

@@YBM2007 I am for real, it's a shame that bastard didn't pay for his gruesome deeds. Comrade should had executed him.

[@YBM2007]

@@Н.С-ч9л read up on history, a hero fighting for a small country humiliating a big country.

[@Pantsugrenadiere]

De Gaulle : *My time to shine*

[@ritam8767]

Finally

[@stc3145]

Finally De Gaulle is better than everyone else at something

[@austint7533]

That’s about all he’s got going and some radio broadcast

[@gordons-alive4940]

I guess the bigger they are... /takes off sunglasses the harder they fall. Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@bostonseeker]

Churchill once supposedly said that De Gaulle looked like a female llama surprised in her bath.

[@michaelhowell2326]

I've always figured Hirohito was short but seeing him on that horse makes him look even smaller since Japanese horses are pocket-sized.

[@matthewlok3020]

Because his small stature would make him look disproportionately funny if the horse was not the right size

[@michaeldunne338]

The horses I have ridden in Japan didn't seem pocket sized though. Is there a particular breed you are thinking (something maybe raised up in Gunma prefecture)?

[@willdavey1565]

If I’m not mistaken the Emperor would always be standing on a higher elevation when in the presence of his subjects.

[@michaeldunne338]

@@willdavey1565 Good question. I believe so for public settings. Or the filming would work to that effect. For actual counsels, like the one at 2:00am 76 years and one day ago, he maybe just sits in a chair like everyone else, with a cabinet/group of military leaders? Or a chair that is a little higher? Regardless, McArthur broke that etiquette pretty quickly once the occupation really got going in September.

[@willdavey1565]

@@michaeldunne338 interesting. I also remember seeing somewhere that when Hirohito made the Japanese surrender announcement most ordinary Japanese citizens couldn’t really understand what he was saying because he spoke in a different dialect that was used by the upper class?

[@adambomb5381]

One thing I fine amazing is that FDR was wheelchair bound. The press was respectful to him and didn't spread it around. Talk about a different a time.

[@umyeah971]

What a random but thoroughly interesting video.

[@thebeamerdreamer]

True

[@umyeah971]

@George Washington cute

[@TheTimeDetective42]

Yeah cos u short

[@lawren7615]

@George Washington The tallest man wins

[@bimmer8602]

@George Washington oh u mean the dude who wears lifts and claims to be 6 3 lol.

[@chrisdugas1226]

You forgot about King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. He was king throughout WW2. He was only 5'0'' or 1.53 m tall. Because of his height, he as nicknamed Sciaboletta or the "little saber".

[@brendon1689]

he was likely left out as he did not hold any real power, with the reins being held by mussolini, of course.

[@marvelousmoostacheman5560]

@@brendon1689 He did have the power to oust Mussolini tho, which he excercised in 1943.

[@bostonseeker]

@@marvelousmoostacheman5560 The king asked for Mussolini to resign. When he refused, the war cabinet placed Mussolini under house arrest and switched sides in the war. Hitler later sent a famous paratrooper to spring Mussolini and his mistress. Musso and his moll were captured by partisans and executed, strung up outside a gas station near Milan.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

@@marvelousmoostacheman5560 The Grand Council of Fascists did that, not the King.

[@paulstreet9162]

Churchill's description of de Gaulle still works, “He looks like a female llama who has just been surprised in her bath.”

[@basedkaiser5352]

At least De Gaulle didn’t look like a goblin with asthma.

[@JohnDoe-zk4rm]

Churchill was a drunken half-american horrible man and responsible for so much evil

[@justsomeguy1671]

@@JohnDoe-zk4rm really, do you know any doc's about Churchill that speaks about that? I'm interested in this....

[@roromil2441]

At least de Gaulle didn't look like Penguin Man.

[@felipecardoza9967]

I just can't see what Churchill saw. Llamas are cute. DeGaulle looks ridiculous. If I were to liken DeGaulle to any animal, it would be a saiga antelope.

[@ethandavies8227]

Fun fact, Hitler was actually Five foot Nein. I'll see myself out...

[@Cohen.the.Worrier]

Actually, he was five foot NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN

[@vedolre]

5'No 😂

[@AndyCigars]

I did Nazi that joke coming. Well played. 😉

[@SgtLostSpartan]

Ann frankly I find this funny 😅

[@matthewlok3020]

Me at 177cm…the fuhrer is not going to like that

[@jimc.goodfellas]

The good Doctor always comes up with something we would have never thought of

[@themudthedirtandthesand9079]

He ought to a list of the heaviest leaders of WWII. Goring will win it for sure, Churchill maybe second.

[@poopistbaby]

HELLO FOLKSALAD NATION

[@Galactipod]

Well, others did think of it before him. They made content about it, and Felton took it, providing no credit.

[@Galactipod]

@zeddy mcdog There's a Reddit post about it. Many of his scripts are taken nearly word-for-word from other sources.

[@dereksue4877]

​@@Galactipod The only source I could find is from this one guy off of a toy tank forum(of all places). Who claims felton copied everything verbatim off of his article and didn't credit. Which is ridiculous, because I've watched that video I found that felton does credit him in the description. So I don't what that guy is saying about copying? None of what felton says mirrors word-for-word. He just borrowing the info.

[@waltersobchak471]

As a 196 cm tall guy, who rarely meets a taller person in the everyday life even today, I thought that I'll be way taller than all the leaders of WWII, and no one will stand over 185 cm. I'm surprised even that Chamberlain and FDR were so tall, not to mention de Gaulle. With that famous hat of his, I suppose he seemed easily more than 2 meters.

[@dragooll2023]

I'm 187cm, but 14 years old. Getting up there

[@YungEagle3k]

@@dragooll2023 who? Asked

[@dragooll2023]

@@YungEagle3k Not you it seems

[@4thpeverell142]

I am 195 cm, but 14 y o. Getting there and catchin up to ya buddy

[@manofsteel8728]

@@dragooll2023 i'm 250cm, but only 3 years old. Getting up there

[@Lord_Ronin_The_Compassionate]

I’m constantly amazed at the wide variety of topics that Mark manages to come up with, always original, and incredibly informative. Mr. Felton is, IMHO, quite easily one of the best KZbin content makers and very few others reach the same standard (although I’ll listen to Drachinifel, Lindybeige, and a few others). Even though this is an unusual topic he still makes it interesting. The sheer number of fascinating topics and never a hint of click bait, helps make the decision about whether to watch a new upload very simple - am I going to watch it now or later ? There’s never been a boring video by Mark, which is an incredibly high standard to begin with, yet despite the amount of content he produces he’s still a whole order of magnitude better than most other creators. Perhaps it’s one of those really high levels that other content producers should try to emulate? Thank you Mark for all your videos, but sadly I can only subscribe/accept new notifications/hit the like button once (though I’d be ok with un-subbing then re-subbing if it helped the numbers!?). Also, thanks for the reminder about your book channel - I’ll be heading there in a minute.

[@matthewlok3020]

I do fall asleep while watching some videos on KZbin, but not when watching Dr Felton’s videos

[@jimc.goodfellas]

Didn't read your whole comment but I'm sure you're right MFP is maybe the best channel on KZbin

[@FLVCTVAT_NEC_MERGITVR]

When my great uncle attended a procession in rural France (dans le pays d'auge, en normandie) just following WW2 waiting to see Charles De Gaulle speak, he found himself behind a very tall man who obscured his view onto the podium. He reached up and tapped the man on the shoulder and said : >. To my great uncle's surprise, the man turned around and revealed to be De Gaulle himself!

[@largol33t1]

Kinda shocks me how much French I know even though I never stopped to try learning the language. I speak better German than French but I didn't need a translation page to understand what you typed ("Excuse me sir, I would like to meet the general!")

[@louisecoffey9843]

Imagine lol. “Get out of the way, I want to see Charlie!” The man turns around and it is Charlie himself. Your great uncle couldn’t have got a better view if he tried lol.

[@FLVCTVAT_NEC_MERGITVR]

@@largol33t1 peut être que vous avez des racines françaises ;)

[@Simon_Nonymous]

and as I read you comment I was drinking ...Calvados de Pays d'Auge. Salut ami, your great uncle lived in a beautiful land.

[@tacomas9602]

@@largol33t1 I know a small amount of Spanish from three or four years of high school classes, and I even surprised myself in being able to translate it and get the same result!

[@nickfoster236]

Mark, I am 20 years old. Born in 2001. You are an awesome source for my favorite history lesson of WWII. Thank you for all your time.

[@JohnSmith-il7jn]

Most of these men were children during the later period of the 19th century or early 20th century before there was regular refrigeration of foods. We simply eat much more meat and consume much more sugary foods than these earlier generations. As a result, we are bigger and fatter than our grandparents and great-great grandparents. This is why period photographs from as late as the 1960's and 1970's still show most people as thin rather than fat, unlike today. Simply put, our diets have changed radically in the last 100 years.

[@donneary7104]

Simply put, the current generation is eating itself to death.

[@JarlBubbleLord]

Simply put, fatties cant say no to krispy kreme

[@vk2ig]

We certainly are fatter than our grandparents and great-great grandparents - this is very hard to deny when one sees people getting around with guts that arrive somewhere 1 minute before they do.

[@Boxmediaphile]

I hear Americans were taller compared to Europeans when they first arrived in England for ww1

[@treborschafer3945]

Plenty of meat is a good thing, but the sugary food is a terrible burden. Thankfully I am still about the same height, build and physical fitness of somebody before the terrible diets.

[@drawn2myattention641]

De Gaulle was such a beanpole of a figure. Fearless too. I've heard that on his return to France, with Nazi snipers still lurking about, someone near his entourage fired a gun in celebration. Everyone hit the ground but De Gaulle, who remained towering, unfazed.

[@sylvananas7923]

He was in Paris while fights were still going on due to pockets of remaining german soldiers, you can find footages on youtube.

[@theoklas]

President Tito of Yugoslavia was the only WW2 leader that was wounded in combat

[@lutscher7979]

@@theoklas whats the point ? we're talking about De Gaulle here

[@theoklas]

@@lutscher7979 There are bigger heroes than De Gaulle. He himself praized Tito as the greatest

[@benmacdui9328]

Didnt he desert France like a coward?

[@Roller_Ghoster]

At least you can't say this is a tall tale. Thats the long and the short of it.

[@beepboop204]

ooooooface.gif

[@nanorider426]

Good one. ;)

[@carolynking1625]

😄

[@brendanhere.6400]

Nice.

[@robertpearson8798]

That was a bit of a stretch.

[@imperfectly-balanced8861]

This cannot be! The second time in a week that I've had a Mark Felton video pop up just as I hop into bed! As always, thank you Mark for bringing us this uniquely interesting and excellently delivered knowledge that you possess ✌

[@xbmpr]

Good for where I am so I can watch these at work in the morning, thx Mark.

[@jamesbrown4092]

After all these years, I've finally found something where De Gaulle and I can see eye to eye.

[@Jeroenhermanjan]

Hitler always pointed how high he wanted to be.

[@Jester-Riddle]

... later in the war he was always so 'high' on drugs that he couldn't point that out ...

[@kipras4699]

@@Jester-Riddle wasnt that medication perscribed by his doctor, stull meth though.

[@Manco65]

ROFLMAO! Big smile! Big smile!

[@martinjohnson9316]

When it comes to well informed history, there's just no one of Dr Feltons stature!

[@felinef4022]

In the late 70s my dad actually had the opportunity to meet Jessie Owens. During their conversation, my dad asked him what Hitler was like. Owens replied something to the effect of, "He was a little bit of a guy."

[@bahshas]

funny he said that considering hes only a little taller (178) maybe he meant in a personal way which is even funnier considering hitter is one of the biggest figures in human history and he was just a runner

[@fangdog29]

@@bahshas Owen's really is remembered only in the context of Hitler. Hitler is remembered in the same league as Timur Lane - but with a lot more by way of ideology to his brutality.

[@anelpasic5232]

@@bahshas I bet he kissed Hitler's ass when he was in Germany.

[@JCO2002]

"Cash my cheque". First I've heard that. Hilarious.

[@WillmobilePlus]

I had to pause the video because I couldn't stop laughing.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I agree!

[@fatdaddyeddiejr]

Watch the movie The Last Emperor. It's a mid 80's movie. But they call Chiang Kai-shek General "Cash My Check."

[@toddwebb7521]

Stalin's actor that played him in a lot of propaganda films was several inches taller than him so anyone that thinks Stalin looked taller may be thinking of his propaganda double instead of himself. I corrected because I was off about height I thought I remembered actor being

[@OmikronZeta]

I never heard that he had a double - a topic for another video?

[@toddwebb7521]

@@OmikronZeta definitely sounds like a good topic for one

[@toddwebb7521]

Just looked him up apparently I was wrong about him being as tall as I thought but he was still distinctly taller than actual Stalin. It had been a number of years since I seen a documentary on it.

[@vk2ig]

The prospect of a "Stalin stunt double" is amusing ...

[@tenpercentfordabigguy8550]

I always thought he was taller

[@johnmh1000]

Thank you Dr Felton. I'm amazed by the content on your channel. This was one of the best, leading by the hook of "how tall..." we then get a pocket briefing on each man - great stuff!

[@davidllewis4075]

As I recall the event, at the funeral for President Kennedy the various world leaders walked together behind the casket at one point. Because of the uncertainty of the day it was suggested to deGaulle that, as a biggest 'target' it would be advisable if he rode in a car. His reply, as I remember the translation, was: "He who lives in fear of death is dead already."

[@cste9146]

How about Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, he was 187cm tall or 6'1"

[@MosoKaiser]

I was thinking that too. He was the president of Finland during the war, albeit briefly, so I feel he would quality as a national leader.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

wow, he is just two inches short of my uncle.

[@cste9146]

@@MosoKaiser Exactly

[@B52Stratofortress1]

@Ante D 188cm is 6 foot 2. That's what my drivers license says. Canada we officially use metric, but informally use imperial

[@tazman572]

@@B52Stratofortress1 Actually, 187 cm is 6' 1.6219," 188 cm is 6' 2.0166," But seriously, are you so petty to argue over 3/8" ?

[@timsummers870]

WOW, Churchill was only 169cm!!! He looks like a big man in the pictures. I know that this is about WW2, but Paul von Hindenburg was 198cm tall (1847-1934). Otto von Bismarck was 193cm (1815-1898). That's super tall even for today's standards, now imagine being that tall in the 1800s.

[@EstoniaANTICOMMUNIST]

And kaiser Wilhelm II was only 165 cm...

[@deanamodeo4072]

Please use a real measurement system. Feet and inches thank you. This cm nonsense is awful.

[@pifpif2081]

@@deanamodeo4072 cm is far superior

[@rohiths3554]

@@EstoniaANTICOMMUNIST OK. But previous generation s average height is lesser than present generations. So he was fine

[@DetroitRC]

@@deanamodeo4072 Imagine calling imperial system a real measurement system

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

"Well time to get ready for next weeks classes" "How tall were ww2 leaders?" "I dont need sleep! I need answers!"

[@roscoewhite3793]

I've always thought that "General Cash My Cheque" was a Spike Milligan original (in the Goon show episode "China Story"). I stand corrected, courtesy of Dr Felton!

[@antoinemozart243]

People who say that De Gaulle was not liked by the americans and english are completely wrong. It was only Churchill and Roosevelt. The english newspapers and the Parliament suported furiously De Gaulle against Churchill who was Roosevelt lapdog. Same for the americans who supported De Gaulle against their government. And remember what Churchill said to De Gaulle during the war : " between the US and France, I will always choose the US" . De Gaulle replied "Ill remember" . When the UK, in the sixties wanted to be part of the EU, De Gaulle said " No!" . De Gaulle was far more intelligent and strategist than Churchill and Roosevelt combined. He teached in the superior war school, was injured at Verdun, decorated, inflicted a local defeat to the germans in 1940. No comparison possible !

[@DavidFraser007]

I had no idea Chamberlain and Roosevelt were the same height as me. Stalin managed to hide his height with lifts inside his shoes and Churchill didn't give a damn. Growing up in Scotland I always felt tall, and then I visited the Netherlands, which maybe accounts for Roosevelt's height.

[@thEannoyingE]

Same here with Hirohito, I thought he was much taller.

[@harryeisermann2784]

hahaha a dwarf in Holland

[@LuvBorderCollies]

Stalin was the biggest surprise to me. I figured he was at least 5'10". Blood thirsty little twerp.

[@harryeisermann2784]

no he only was Paranoid, thats all, simple

[@williamfluit6198]

@@harryeisermann2784 :) My great grandfather is pictured on his horse in the Dutch Cavalry about 1892. He looks rather tall until I realezed his horse was not very big, and his feet didn't go below the horse's stomach. He was 5'8" according to my dad. But all his sons were born in the US and were 6'3". Diet makes a difference in height. All the great grandsons are carrying on the tall tradition at 6'4".

[@360Nomad]

Fun Fact: The average German soldier of WWII was shorter than his WWI counterpart and even Confederate/Union soldiers of the American Civil War nearly a century earlier as a result of lack of nutrition during Weimar-era inflation and later the Great Depression stunting the growth of many young German boys.

[@thecommentary21]

Load of rubbish. Not true even a little bit. Not even close in fact.

[@ginch8300]

I bet Germans during that time would have been amazing at hide and seek, being able to hide in small nooks and crannies and what not.

[@thomas316]

Cool, sources? 🤔

[@thecommentary21]

@@gr-s2143 I dont have to give you anything. Proper research will get you the answers. I generally start with not believing what Im being told and I go from their. You would be amazed at the other alternatives there are when you question everything first over believing what you are told by the supposed accepted establishment.

[@mattyb567567]

Cap.

[@zacharyellison4189]

Just when I thought he might be running out. Absolutely legendary Felton. Yes I'm American

[@nielsmichiels1939]

So weird to know that i'm taller then *Stalin.* I mean, i'm literally one of the shortest guys at work (1.75m)

[@neptune3569]

It's just as weird being shorter than him, at 1.67m

[@ritam8767]

Swedish?

[@nielsmichiels1939]

@@ritam8767 Belgian.

[@Nexlated]

I’m the same height as the Otto Skors idk how to spell it (you know what I mean lol)

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

@@neptune3569 its no shame being shorter than the man of steel himself

[@Ken-lp9qt]

I didn’t know that the frog DeGaulle stood at 6‘4“. That’s tall.

[@shanewaterman4125]

It's flippin huge if you're Hirohito! 😁

[@tobucksy]

A snide wartime nickname for deGaulle was “deux metre” (two meters) since that’s about how tall he was.

[@coimbralaw]

The frog? Huh?

[@m.lhenderson5885]

Show me on the doll where the Frenchman touched you

[@veteranpatriot4474]

Thank you Mr. Felton, I Love these what I consider " Little known Facts ". Thanks again for the hard work of bringing this video together.

[@josh656]

"America's only disabled president..." [awkward silence]

[@StevenKeery]

President Kennedy was also disabled from a back injury, supposedly sustained during the war. I think I read somewhere he also suffered from Parkinson's disease. Then we have Biden...

[@H-Zazoo]

@@StevenKeery There are some doubts about Ronnie towards the end of his term also.

[@CaptainDangeax]

@@StevenKeery What an enhancement Biden after brainiac Trump so dumb I bet the orange president is flat earther

[@beezelsub]

Thought the same.

[@EstoniaANTICOMMUNIST]

@@CaptainDangeax Biden is senile braininvalid

[@lba2746]

The Scandinavian kings at the time: King Haakon VII of Norway: 190 cm or 6'3". King Gustav V of Sweden: 192 cm or 6'4". King Christian X of Denmark: 201 cm or 6'7". Imperial numbers are approximations.

[@matthewlok3020]

I guess Dr Felton would love to know the source

[@bostonseeker]

These were descendants of Vikings, *real* Nordics, not fake ones ;-)

[@ColumbiaB]

At 7:30, the video states that Charles de Gaulle was “6'4" (196cm)”. 196 cm is actually just a shade over six-foot •five•. A height of 6'4" (76 inches) converts to the metric measurement of 193 cm.

[@ColumbiaB]

@@艾伦诺塔斯基 - What in the world are you talking about??? First, in France things like height are measured in the metric system, and the fundamental fact is that every source I have seen states that de Gaulle was 196 cm tall. That converts to 6'5". As for the metric equivalent of 6'4" (that’s 76 inches): One inch equals 2.54 cm (in the U.S., that is officially accepted by the National Bureau of Standards (in the Dept. of Commerce)). So, 76 multiplied by 2.54 equals 193.04 cm - NOT “194.67”. I already •did• the correct calculation. You, in contrast, seem to have done a calculation assuming an inch equals “2.56” cm, and that is most assuredly NOT correct.

[@rohiths3554]

That's giant even in modern standards

[@olasek7972]

@@futuredays1522 no, my french sources say 196 cm

[@Clonekiller66]

I'm so so so happy I discovered Mark's channel. Always have had a huge fascination with World War 2. Love your stuff Mark. Keep it up ❤️

[@martinkrsoski8970]

Something i never thought i wanted but now im hyped to see

[@romigithepope]

It’s hard to believe how much smaller people were. I still have my grandfather’s WWII Navy uniform. The last time I could fit into was 6th grade.

[@JohnnyUtah-71]

My grandpa was also in the Navy in WWII, however we're the opposite he was 6'2 and I'm 5'9 1/2". :(

[@shaunflavour6366]

I couldn't hit my grandfathers cap even at the back top of my skull. It's even crazier how small their heads were.

[@Kraken9911]

Modern foods have helped us reach genetic potentials. It's a lot more complex but basically food.

[@stephenbrand5661]

I think that 6'2 for Neville Chamberlain is WAY off. Every picture of him standing next to Hitler has him at an inch or two taller so he was definitely not over 6 foot.

[@MarkFeltonProductions]

Chamberlain was rather stooped and Hitler was wearing jackboots which added a few cm.

[@stephenbrand5661]

@@MarkFeltonProductions Hitler's translator, Paul Schmidt, was a legitimate 6'2 and there should be pictures from Munich that show him towering over both men. I'm not sure why my earlier comment is now MIA but from the photographic evidence Chamberlain appears to be 5'10-11.

[@toddwebb7521]

Well he was old so may have lost a bit from peak height, also it's pretty common for men of that Generation to state thier height in shoes so may have been more like 6'1" peak barefoot.

[@stephenbrand5661]

@@toddwebb7521 Google just has his height listed incorrectly at 6'2, which appears to be the source that Dr. Felton used. There are literally dozens of pictures from Munich where you can see him next to Hitler and Mussolini and he's definitely under 6 feet. Google also says that Chris Cuomo is 6'2 when he's really 5'9 so it's a highly questionable source for celebrity heights.

[@UnicornstalkRGaming]

Ah yes. Mark, asking questions no one else has.

[@andrewbird57]

Indeed.

[@truegrit2060]

I find it interesting that the one man in a wheelchair would actually Tower above all the axes leaders.🤔

[@peterstean2138]

De Gaulle was incredibly tall for the era - he towered over everyone in any room he was in I imagine. He must have been a very imposing figure.

[@kayvan671]

I'm just as tall as him. But for his time, its much more impressing.

[@Athrun82]

It makes me wonder if he ever comanded from the hatch of a tank. I imagine him being this tall would cause some problems if he had to withdraw into the safety of the tank.

[@e.k193]

@@kayvan671 Yes but you are not a General of armies like DeGaulle, go play basketball?

[@kayvan671]

@@e.k193 Salty 😝

[@j.jwhitty5861]

@@kayvan671 I'm 6 foot, pretty tall in general but worked once with a woman who was 6'4" and would always feel strange looking up at her :))

[@Camcolito]

As uncle Goebbels used to say, it's not the size of the Nazi in the war, it's the size of the war in the Nazi.

[@michaelvalenzuela2528]

"Career ended Abruptly" is a very polite way of saying executed or Terminated with extreme Prejudice.

[@Shinzon23]

I don't think many people actually ever thought this would be an interesting subject but I guess it does kind of make sense for some of the leaders for explaining their personalities....

[@TheWolfsnack]

...overcompensating short little buggers.....it even explains most current despots.

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

"Short man" syndrome with Mussolini and Stalin, I guess ? De Gaulle - "Who are you shoving, shorty ?" 😋

[@ricardovalentino3549]

Who cares how tall, these god forsaking, unnatural, b****, were, just be grateful they are"Dead.🐍🐍

[@stanleyrogouski]

@@Kevin-mx1vi Napoleon, for whom the "Napoleon complex" is named, was an inch taller than Churchill.

[@askme5805]

Exactly. Nevill Chambrlain was mall prick.

[@MrErichonda30]

"Short people" by Randy Newman should be played in the background.

[@vk2ig]

An oldie and a goodie. But it's amazing the number of people then and now who misunderstood the intent of that song.

[@daneaxe6465]

Randy Newman was right about short people.... Short People got no reason To live They got little hands Little eyes They walk around Tellin' great big lies They got little noses And tiny little teeth They wear platform shoes On their nasty little feet Short People are just the same As you and I (A fool such as I) All men are brothers Until the day they die (It's a wonderful world) Short People got nobody Short People got nobody Short People got nobody To love They got little baby legs that stand so low You got to pick 'em up just to say hello They got little cars that go beep, beep, beep They got little voices goin' peep, peep, peep They got grubby little fingers And dirty little minds They're gonna get you every time Yep, that sums up the situation pretty well. lol

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Funny story about de Gaulle. The movie The Day of the Jackal involves an assassin trying to kill de Gaulle. The part of de Gaulle was a non-speaking one, which allowed the film execs to hire a man that looked almost identical to de Gaulle, who had died 3 years prior. When during a filming scene, the actor stepped out of a car, and a number of people watching the filming from nearby fainted or were emotionally overcome, thinking de Gaulle wasn't dead. lol

[@PU8698]

Mark asking the real questions here

[@OneMan-wl1wj]

Some questions just yearn to be answered. "What is man?" "Why are we here?" "What is our destiny?" And perhaps most importantly.. "How tall were WW2 leaders?" Thank you Mark... from all of us.

[@frankdayton731]

You forgot one: "what is love?"

[@cjr6564]

Another "Tall Tale" from Dr. Felton, himself a colossus of KZbin.

[@JJ-su7re]

The comment about testing uniform pieces from ww2 is true. When i was about 12 years old me and my dad were visiting his friend who is a collector. He wanted me to put on a authentic ww2 german artilleryman's jacket and it fitted me like a glove.

[@Manco65]

I'm 6'2" tall. At age 12 I was already 5'11"tall.

[@trj1442]

Wasn't something that kept me up at night wondering but glad I watched another Dr Mark episode. Love your work bud.

[@IAMJAKETRIMBLE]

My father keeps his dad’s uniform from Korea in a Cedar Closet. My grandfather was 5’ 8” and in Military shape... I tried it on when I was about 16 years old (6’ tall and 200lbs). The bottom of the jacket only reached to the bottom of my rib cage, and the pants were so small I was afraid I’d rip them just trying to put them on. Its insane how much the average human has grown in height and width in the past 100 years.

[@fishrenfroeboyd7954]

I remember googling how tall all those leaders were like 7 years ago after hearing in multiple old documentaries their heights being randomly mentioned and me thinking “damn, a lot of them were so short”.

[@AC-mp7cx]

about average

[@keirhardie2547]

I’d love to see this with minor axis and allied leaders as well, that was great

[@mechantl0up]

Mannerheim was 187cm. Towered over Hitler in photos not taken by the Germans themselves. In the latter they looked equal height.

[@michaelvonbiskhoff7771]

For Romania, king Michael I was 185cm tall(as his father before him) and Marshall Antonescu was 166cm tall.

[@SSniperFly-lr7zb]

"Cash My Check" haha never gets old.

[@Jester-Riddle]

Well done for clarifying that the heights were relative to the average height at the time of people of that nation at the time ... Napoleon suffered from propaganda that he was short, when in fact he was average height for a Frenchman at the time (5'6"), because it served the political purpose to demean his stature. This myth persists, despite the facts being easily available and 'Napoleon Complex' still being used to attribute traits relating to short stature ... (Many other fabricated myths also still persist, my favourite being that carrots help night vision used to cover the availability of radar to the British in detecting German aircraft at night !).

[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

Actually Napoleon was 5'2" as measured on St. Helena. You are correct that that is average for a Frenchman at that time, however it was most certainly not average for an aristocrat or officer. So, yes, he was short, sorry.

[@rogerpattube]

Comment obviously from someone short. LOL

[@Jester-Riddle]

@@rogerpattube ... are you standing on your soapbox again ... !??? 😂😛

[@Jester-Riddle]

@@Norvik_-ug3ge It depends on whether you are measuring in French Inches, or British Inches ... French Inches were larger and equated to 5'6" at the time and this is a recognised confusion in the various reports ... However, that did make the French men not very well hung according to French Women !! 🤣 Are you also aware that Imperial measurements in the USA, such as the Mile, remain today shorter than the real Imperial measurements used throughout the World ? They use that to make their cars seem faster than they actually are and make fuel consumption seem better ...

[@waghprasad]

3:40 "Dear Diary, Today Mark was a cool guy, as always."

[@kevbomevbo3492]

I know he was a ruthless dictator, but film of Mussolini on the balcony always cracks me up

[@rv9990]

I never realized i wanted to know this. But damn. Mark Felton has done it again!

[@Brave_Sir_Robin]

The one that shocked me the most was Stalin. I just never assumed he would be so short compared to me!

[@oilersridersbluejays]

I wasn’t shocked really. Most Soviets were short little shits. Photos of Soviet soldiers surrendering to German soldiers during Barbarossa shows this well. The Soviets looked tiny compared to most of the Germans. There are also a lot accounts of Soviet citizens saying how the Germans all looked like athletes and were marvelled at their height, build, and how they managed to keep well groomed.

[@tonyfussy5720]

My biggest surprise was Roosevelt, I thought he’d be average height but 6’2” Yowsa!

[@thewedge8823]

@@oilersridersbluejays it's not the size of the soviets, but the size of their battle spirit. Nazi soldiers were tall, looked like athletes, well groomed?? hahaa... how did that work out for them? also if they were "athletes" why did they need to take meth amphetamines? they were clowns 🤡 and losers.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

The Wedge sensitive much? I was just stating facts. I’m not condoning either the Nazis nor the Soviets. Settle down son.

[@HonkyTonkManYeah]

@@thewedge8823 lol, their testosterone alone would have made you tremble. Crawl back to your cave, hermit

[@sonysonix]

The fact that he starts at 5’4 is a dagger through the heart to many 🥲. Especially with the intro that people were short then. I empathize with you my short brothers…

[@hugohom2280]

i feel your pain

[@simonyip8571]

Slightly off topic but during the First and Second World War's, the British troops were notoriously significantly shorter, lighter and less well built than the German troops and also the Australian, New Zealanders, Canadians, Americans, White South Africans, white Kenyan's, white Southern Rhodesians and Northern Rhodesians colonial troops. During the trench raid's in Flanders and Belgium etc, the tallest and stockiest British soldiers were usually at the front of the raiding party with a bayonet and rifle, a grenade thrower with a large pack of grenades and maybe a rifle or a revolver and sometimes a Lewis machine gunner, and the average height British troops were behind them. They had the best chance of being able to fight the 5'10-6'2++ German soldiers unlike the majority of the British Army who were around 5'5"-5'7"+. The awful living conditions of most British cities, with polluted air, damp and freezing and cheaply built and cramped terraced houses and tenements, combined with the need to start work at a very young age, limited and often poor quality food, expensive health care, exploitative wages and low safety and health regulations and long working weeks, the understandable desire to cope with such terrible and often violent conditions by heavy drinking led to the urban British working class to be a lot unhealthier and undernourished and stunted physical development compared to the usually just as poor but healthier rural working class people, and especially parts of Western and North Western Europe and the British Colonial Territories in Africa and North America and Australia and New Zealand.

[@terrancecoard388]

I thought Stalin and Churchill was taller and Roosevelt 6' 2" is a surprise.

[@matthewlok3020]

At least FDR was wheelchair bound most of the time

[@alexanderthemeh733]

i thought stalin was 6'0-6'2 giant, but he is still pretty big for that era

[@terrancecoard388]

@@matthewlok3020 Just saw FDR actually standing in today's Dark Seas video on the Lexington. It is a profile shot and you see his height while standing next to other men.

[@MrEvanfriend]

Stalin was notoriously short, and notoriously embarrassed about his height. He would wear platform shoes to make himself look taller, and stand on a box or whatever in pictures so the general public couldn't see that he was shorter than everyone else.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Typical small man syndrome bullies.

[@SantiagoAriasEskapa]

The Generalísimo Francisco Franco (He became General at 33, the youngest in Europe) was 1,63 m. The shortest.

[@MarzoVarea]

But he was not in the II World War.

[@terrancenorris9992]

He always looked taller in the news reels that I watched...

[@SantiagoAriasEskapa]

@@MarzoVarea yes and no.... The legión azul fought on the eastern front but they were "volunteers"...

[@edgargarred4319]

normally I wouldn't be interested in historical videos with this title but when its mark felton doing it I am certain it will be interesting

[@paulbradford6475]

Never heard of the "Cash My Check" moniker before. That's a good one and apt. General Stilwell referred to him as the "peanut" I think. I don't know how tall Stilwell was.

[@gregb6469]

Wasn't Stilwell an admirer (aka, bootlicker) of Mao?

[@roberthudson1959]

@@gregb6469 He thought that Mao and the Communists were better soldiers, and history has proven that he was right.

[@CentsTwo]

Since so many people are amused by "Cash My Check" a similar kind of video on the nicknames of WW2 leaders would probably be well received.

[@stormywindmill]

--Like "Dugout Doug " = Douglas Mc Arthur

[@Sshooter444]

Mark answers the questions no one knew needed asking!

[@gj1234567899999]

5’6 guys are representing! Stalin, Mussolini, Chang kaishek and Churchill!

[@carloschu7127]

So 168 - 170 cm people, we have to beware.

[@InvertedGigachad]

@@carloschu7127 169 cm, I am just about to unite China under the ROC

[@alextyy]

It's disappointing you didn't pronounce the height of Mao. He was 6 feet tall. A giant as an East Asian at the time.

[@archongaur1191]

@The_Jaguar_ Knight well afaik chinese commies had one large battle against japanese as well. Hundred Regiments Offensive

[@daphnedupont5133]

Very true - extremely disgusting what the Communists during WW2 - largely letting the nationalists take the brunt of the casualties from fighting the Japanese and then swooping in for the kill. One major offensive or not, that doesn’t change the overall situation and wretchedness of the Communists.

[@Hellston20a]

​@The_Jaguar_ Knight Curiously, the CPC appeared to do justice to the Nationalist War Effort in the 2010s, starting with TV shows like “My Chief and My Regiment" of 2009, and culminating in the popular film "The Eight Hundred" of 2020. While in Taiwan, the Tsai-Ing-Wen administration's policy to roll back the Kuomintang's prestige included downplaying their role in WWII.

[@mkyt2601]

@The_Jaguar_ Knight that would be a decent point because it is true that the Chinese Communists did much less than the Nationalists IN COMPARISON, but they saw more action and involved more men and casualties than did de Gaulle's Free France and yet he's in here...

[@martinc2944]

@The_Jaguar_ Knight Lmao, speak for yourself, not for Chinese. As a Chinese, I can tell you that there is no denial of the KMT's contributions in Mainland China. But truly, if you go to Taiwan, you will find a narrative more resembling to your 'sickening falsifications'. The Taiwanese will claim anything from there being "0 CPC contribution" to "the Rape of Nanking never happened". Calm down, you're letting your political biases get the better of you. You don't even have a horse in this race, so why do you care?

[@finntastique3891]

Field marshal C.G. Mannerheim was no midget either, at 1,87 m. Hitler was embarrassed, when the two met in 1942 at Mannerheim's 75th birthday (to which Hitler appeared uninvited). Hitler was 1,74 m tall.

[@samuelyawful]

Such a simple video, and technically you could just look up the facts on Wikipedia, but Mr Felton displays the info in such a coherent and entertaining way that you can't help but watch it

[@krisfrederick5001]

Charles de Gaulle could dunk on Hitler

[@ThePuschkin1986]

small correction: on-screen display shows deGaulle at 6'4 or 196cm. 6'4 however would translate to 193cm actually

[@brianallsopp69]

Well that did surprise me,, I always thought Churchill was taller being an Ex Cavalry man and I was always thought of Mussolini being a big fella as well 🤔as always Dr Mark brilliant and very informative....

[@matthewlok3020]

Mussolini was the surprising one here

[@paulbradford6475]

Civil War general (cavalry) Phil Sheridan was 5'4" I believe.

[@raffeyarslan8495]

Well the concept that cavalrymen used to be tall is mostly wrong I think. What I have read in this regard mostly cavalry used to take shorter men because they weighed less thus avoiding over burdening the horses. There were only few regiments of cavalry mostly one or two at the most which were purposely raised using tall recruits and were mostly used only ceremoniously. These men rode big horses generally considered unsuitable for use in campaign because big horses eat a lot when you read a lot than it means no less than 10 pounds of barley, rye and hey. Big horses are very expensive to buy and maintain and they could only deliver a single charge in a battle. So purpose of cavalry a rapidly moving force is negated. So cavalry used to buy smaller but agile horses with good endurence or stamina and mounting shorter or average height men.

[@timonsolus]

@@raffeyarslan8495 : Don't forget, there were different kinds of cavalry - heavy cavalry and light cavalry. Heavy cavalry was for shock action (charging head on), and light cavalry was for skirmishing and flanking attacks. Heavy cavalry required bigger horses and bigger, stronger men. Cuirassiers still wore a breastplate into battle during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. France still had cuirassiers wearing armour as late as the beginning of WW1 in 1914 (although only for the first few weeks of the war). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuirassier#19th_to_20th_centuries

[@mich722]

@@timonsolus Actual size wouldn't matter, but rather muscle, strength and more importantly skill.

[@AndreasNoelle]

Thank you again, Dr. Felton, for this interesting video. Funfact: In German "great" and "tall" is the same word: "Groß". :-)

[@kleinweichkleinweich]

Frederick the tall: Am I a joke to you? are you laughing?

[@Theturtleowl]

I love how Charles de Gaulle just walkes into the frame with Churchill. Makes Churchill seem a less of a bulldog and more of a basset hound.

[@theraptorsnest5891]

Dang it Mark.....at first I thought you were just grasping for some content, but I really enjoyed this one!!! Keep em coming sir!!