Heinrich Himmler - WW1 Soldier?

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[@ktheterkuceder6825]

Fun fact: Goeebels wrote in his diary that if he had a face like Himmler he would never even think of daring to speak of race.

[@helmortkuper2626]

Funny that this comes from Goebbels

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

@@helmortkuper2626 Yes. It shows just how much non " aryan" himmler looked.

[@helmortkuper2626]

@@ktheterkuceder6825 Looks German though

[@ericcloud1023]

Lmao one weird looking Fascist makes fun of another

[@simonshiels1]

Pot calling kettle black methinks

[@vincent.mazkett187]

Himmler's Parents: *Looks German* Himmler in WW2: *Looks like Hirohito*

[@simonmagness9235]

😅

[@arifahmedkhan9999]

All the people with glasses ,weaker physique and with a shaved face looked like Hirohito.

[@dpt6849]

Succesful integration in western society🤣

[@D_Marrenalv]

Himmler's mom looked gypsy tho, bless her heart

[@genderfluidebananenmarmela3190]

Too much Rice in his Youth time. 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrDraro]

Himmler actually went to school together with a great grandfather of mine - there is even a picture of him and himmler together in class... crazy :o

[@Lewd-Tenant_Isan]

Damn that's cool and also quite terrifying

[@tuarchep3964]

Show it!

[@cyrosubod2317]

Bruh send me the picture i want to see it

[@vk2ig]

I knew a German guy once who had a picture of his father (a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe) with Göring.

[@verbinski3195]

Send us the picture

[@superskinny4204]

When I first saw Himmler's photo I thought he was a Japanese soldier

[@mr.niceguy1812]

A true Aryan Superman for sure.

[@bman6065]

Especially in parade uniform

[@gazza6294]

A thought the exact same thing the first picture 100%

[@ezas533]

HAHAHAHAHHAHA yeah

[@harrytruax5195]

Himmler's turning Japanese I really think so...

[@barrybraynen8786]

This is what history channel was supposed to be like. Props to mark

[@JM-dy4ty]

I see this comment under every one of his videos

[@321rafwaf123]

The intro gets everyone going instantly

[@laurikotivuori1585]

@@JM-dy4ty Every single one I swear

[@texasrox2010]

This comment needs to be pinned

[@fchanMSI]

The History Channel started to be real history & they had so many WWII programs eventually some people called it the “Hitler channel”. Now it became the pawn, mining & conspiracy theory channel.

[@tommytwotones128]

When I was little I always thought Himmler was Hitler's weird Chinese friend

[@robertstallard7836]

Well, put him in a pointy, peaked field hat, long puttees, and give him an Arisaka, and he could easily pass for one of the bespectacled Japanese soldiers of WW2. Perhaps that's what really happened to him, being one of those who didn't surrender after the war and stayed at their posts until the 1970s!

[@davemoss9505]

Funny

[@stretchedout6600]

Well Europeans do originate from Asia

[@MrSloika]

Himmler definitely has an eastern Slavic look. Large numbers of people who identify as German have Slavic ancestry. I'm talking about before WWII. A lot more Slavic blood came into Germany after the war. It's estimated a couple of hundred thousand children were born to German women and Soviet soldiers in the postwar era. Most of the fathers were of Slavic origin, many were central Asian or even far east Asian origin. I once met a German woman who looked east Asian. My initial impression was that she was Korean or Japanese. She told me both her parents were German. I saw a picture of her father who looked east Asian. After talking to her a bit more I discovered that her father was born in 1946, in the Soviet occupation zone. I didn't ask her anything else about it.

[@cqpp]

@@MrSloika That's sad for the man born in 1946 he must've hated his rapist father

[@splagyetsi3287]

As a young man I was told, Himmler had been a chicken farmer before the war. Thank you for giving me the full story without the missinformation.

[@calvinmcbride8562]

He did work as a chicken farmer and studied agronomy.

[@flimsyjimnz]

@@calvinmcbride8562 lol I was going to reply 'Hi from New Zealand -I too heard he was a chicken farmer" -now you pointed out that he really was, I'll perpetuate the 'truth'! ....wondering if he also really did '...have two, But they were small..

[@internetstrangerstrangerofweb]

Mark has the voice, the editing and the marketing ability to become one of the finest history you tubers out there.

[@REM1956]

IMHO he already is.

[@hi._.golgo137]

Don't forget the credibility, he did a lot of heavy lifting for years ( i believe he is a historian with a PHD)

[@teen_laqueefa]

Already top dog in my home.

[@maxfredriksen350]

Mark is singlehandedly teaching young people a lot of valuable history

[@16sputnik7]

Yeah. Still waiting for his videos on "Bomber" Harris though.

[@marcoAKAjoe]

Amen

[@marcoAKAjoe]

@Crank Yanker CRT isn't even real... it only exists in the media. No school is teaching that trash

[@MPGunther1]

Most young people are brain dead from liberal politics

[@OtaBengaBokongo]

propaganda, otherwise wouldn't be allowed on KZbin

[@iLeeqenD]

I live about 100 metres away from the Himmler house in Landshut.

[@myview5840]

Hope you stop and fart in its general direction when you walk past.

[@winghead9813]

Fun fact: You just told everyone on this platform where you live if they do a 10 second internet search

[@myview5840]

@@winghead9813 maybe he wants you to find him, so he can show you his bratwurst collection

[@RecordedYou]

Ask him where his chin at

[@official_commanderhale965]

@Muad'Dib 100 meter radius isn't all that hard to search over.

[@DomPatek]

Mark singlehandedly putting History channel and the rest to shame.

[@JohnSmith-pg9ns]

When I see some Nazi sympathizers? Go to a trump rally

[@lockheed6859]

What about Cone of ark

[@stavrosk.2868]

Felton's fine channel is NOT a substitute for reading history yourselves!

[@JoeAmarone]

Chicken farmer.Master Race 😆 Looks like. Emperor Hirahato😂

[@charlessaint7926]

I don't care what anyone says, THIS is the History Channel.

[@AmiHotaru]

This is the best History Channel ever!

[@almightywang]

Hear, hear!

[@sovietbear5317]

To be fair everyone is saying that -not that i don’t agree!

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

My censored and blocked comment .

[@marcoAKAjoe]

And we have found it.

[@jimmyc3238]

9:00 As a chemist, I was intrigued by the old periodic table and list of elements. Another great story!

[@sophrapsune]

Wow, well spotted!

[@myview5840]

It just keeps growing, said the assistant to the scientist

[@mapex1976]

Hats off again Mark, my 10 Yr old is a fan now, great use of limited visuals too👍🇮🇪

[@Autovaz2104]

Are u da humbena?

[@christinebiada1292]

Does anyone else get the intro theme song stuck in their head?? BEST videos - I learn so much from your videos.

[@thatroonstboi6231]

Now I do

[@austinwilson5876]

For some odd reason the younger Himmler looks like a young version of you tuber Markiplier

[@joeedwards3100]

Markiplier's dad is German so u never know

[@borntofeel1152]

@@joeedwards3100 holy god, himmler is markiplier long lost dad

[@leondavidmunozlozano7973]

LOL

[@kraanz]

Himmler doesn't have a super gay haircut, so no.

[@shinyentree225]

I thought he looked similar to puyi if he put similar glasses on

[@lancerproductions57]

Lovers of WWII history owe you debt of gratitude Mr. Felton. Your production of these videos are second to none and have watched every one of them. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these videos. I’m sure it’s very time consuming but a labor of love for you I bet.

[@kidd32888]

Well said 👍👍👍

[@EPICFAILKING1]

No we don't, he doesn't know what he's talking about, especially when he's NOT plagiarising.

[@mewinthedark2351]

i can see hitler and the inner circle being like "ah does the baby himmler want his combat opportunity?" lmfao

[@pilsudski36]

Evil as Hitler was, he was a good soldier, and was decorated with the Iron Cross. Himmler never even came close.

[@workingshlub8861]

hitler gave whole SS divisions for himmler to command...didnt work out to well

[@charmyzard]

Can identify with Himmler's situation a *lot* somehow, ending up inferior to your peers, not by your own fault, yet still getting made fun of for it, and trying to borderline overcompensate for it.

[@trolltalwar]

@@pilsudski36 i think himmlers issue was he had his goals set too high to start. i dont think he was a coward because when he finally got the position he wanted, he was expecting and anticipating to go to war. its a good thing to aspire to be a military officer, however i think it would of been a better decision had he just taken the first opportunity he got and enlisted as a standard private. had he survived the remainder of the war he would of got the combat experience, could of had a much better possibility of being awarded an iron cross for his service, could of potentially climbed the ranks, and wouldnt have been stuck in the soon to be disbanded post war reserve unit due to having said combat experience thus being picked for the defensive military.

[@thenoblepoptart]

@@trolltalwar he was a bitchmade coward who wanted to send other people to die instead of himself. Him fleeing his school in terror of being enlisted by conscription shows his true courage.

[@Velts125]

13:20 " his failure to see any combat in WW1 effected his personality ". That line would equally work well if he had seen combat.

[@imbok]

One thing you can say about Himmler and military service and seeing combat during WW1 - at least he tried !

[@3-DtimeCosmology]

He tried to get himself killed as an officer rather than an enlisted man.

[@Hace1410]

@Projekt Kobra oh boi why include biden in this whole story? Btw. fighting somewhere doesnt make a good statemens. Hitler was insane, and try not to fight in a absolute pointless war in WW1 and WW2 does not mean you are a coward. It only means you have some logic left in ya brain.

[@imbok]

@Projekt Kobra It's hard to imagine a less relevant comparison.

[@timcahill4676]

@Projekt Kobra I wouldn’t call officers cowards, but they certainly thought they were better than regulars. Casualty rates among officers were not low you know

[@SMlFFY85]

​@Projekt Kobra On the other hand he was still a kid, an actual schoolboy. Had he been British he wouldn't have even been legally allowed to join up until the last few weeks of the war.

[@maddog8356]

Great video, Mark! This certainly clears up Himmler’s pre-NSDAP involvement in German politics as well as his personal history. Thanks for another brilliant history lesson!

[@Neil.c04]

Straight to the point, simple but in depth detail about everything. What a history channel should be, props to mark for doing all these perfectly.

[@MrPatrizzo]

Himmler was born in October of 1900. He wasn’t even 18 when he was made an officer in WWI.

[@RyanPHoferJr]

The German draft had been 17 during the war

[@joemama.556]

@@RyanPHoferJr and people lied ALL THE TIME about their age just to get enlisted

[@vk2ig]

@@joemama.556 My grandfather lied about his age to get enlisted. He didn't like the Army though, and left as soon as they started demobilising at the end of the war. I've seen a letter from his CO asking the authorities if he has deserted or just gone home like a lot of others, LOL.

[@steffena1261]

And he was only 39 old when ww2 started. Quite young for such a powerful position he was in.

[@joemama.556]

@@vk2ig a friend of my grandpa lied to get enlisted into the blue division. He wanted to go with his brother and the police wouldnt let him so he went by himself all the way to the eastern front and once there no one asked about his age(if you have te balls to travel from spain to the western front all by yourself and during wartime I think you are man enough to fight lol). Meanwhile his older brother enlisted literally because he wanted a Luger pistol, so he asked, What do I have to do to get the luger issued? and they gave him an anti tank rifle, so he would be an AT rifleman for the rest of the war lmao Good times!

[@basichistory]

I never knew the fact that Himmler was an actual real soldier

[@chkpnt-fq5rv]

It's almost like someone is trying to change actually recorded history to favor their side. Imagine that. History goes to the victors.

[@captainsponge7825]

@@chkpnt-fq5rv lol, "history goes to the victors" is a total bullshit and you very damn well know it..

[@kasimsultonfan]

@@captainsponge7825 I think we know what he's hinting at.Just another closet Nazi. They just don't get it, do they? 🙄

[@amei653]

@@kasimsultonfan most of the famous nazi are soldier of ww1 which explain which develop their attitude and personality in ww2. Most people don't care about the fact Hitler was a veteran, Hermann Göring was an ace and so on. The fact that they are braver than most leader today is kinda funny.

[@redjirachi1]

@@chkpnt-fq5rv Himmler was a terrible person, that's undeniable. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't give credit where it's due

[@thomasweatherford5125]

Mark puts more info into a 15 minute video than History Channel does an hour long show

[@hudiscool4186]

Sooooo true!

[@kraanz]

Storage Wars and other such garbage have info in them?

[@thomasweatherford5125]

@@kraanz 🧐

[@nonconformsoundwave1351]

..... than german TV in 60 years....

[@KevinDavis338]

So he wasn't a failed chicken farmer

[@matthiascheah3519]

AHAHAHHAHAH BRUh

[@fawziekefli2273]

@@matthiascheah3519 Seriously, that was what Himmler was known for being.

[@freedomisslavery6840]

That's just the narrative that the victors created, the same with Hitler being a 'failed painter' when actually his paintings are pretty impressive.

[@mostlyharmless7154]

@@freedomisslavery6840 Christ, I know you’re a neo Nazi but you’ve gotta admit Hitler wasn’t a good enough painter to make it a career- stop licking boots

[@Carandini]

@@freedomisslavery6840 I wouldn't go so far as to call the art impressive, but they're serviceable. On par with and maybe a bitter better than some, of the commercial illustrations you'd find in magazines of the time.

[@michaelsninsky4957]

Doctor, your prowess in the realm of history is just amazing. I recommend you to all of my friends. You have covered topics I haven’t even thought of. Well done!!

[@InCountry6970]

Dr. Felton, who can through his voice and story telling enlighten anyone who wants to learn about history

[@captainsage2444]

@@flightforensics4523 like what

[@firemangan2731]

@@captainsage2444 Ignore him, he’s obviously one of those guys who romanticizes the Nazis and look up to them as they give him a meaning in his life to help him cope with his own insecurities about himself. They’re just as annoying as Soviet and North Korea D%#^ suckers.

[@ColoursCapello]

I can almost imagine Hitler and his generals all making jokes about Himmler then being like "SHH!! SSHHH!! Here he comes!!

[@quetshupfa]

And then shhh! shhhhhhhh!!! here comes that artist-e!!! (Albert Speer)

[@Rohv]

Oh look its that Bohemian Corporal (Hitler)! Oh look its the solder wannabee (Himmler)!

[@mgway4661]

He really brought it on himself by wearing random made up medals and ribbons when Hitler barely wore his own legit medals half the time

[@vk2ig]

It reminds me of that scene in _Das Boot_ where the submarine is cruising on the surface at night and the officers are relaxing in the wardroom. One of the officers makes a comment about their youngest member (who serves as a training cadre to those who'll listen) as their "Hitler Jugend member". The latter goes red in the face, and the captain orders him to play some music, specifically "The Tipperary song, if you please!" The whole crew sing along to that song, much to the disgust of the young officer.

[@z1ll4jr53]

That actually happened. Hitler and Goring did that.

[@chim8167]

Dr. Felton, Before I watch this video I want to express my gratitude to you and your dedication to history. It is truly mesmerizing and at times shocking the subjects that you present. Straight to the point with interesting details along the runtime. Truly, you are teaching us young (and old) how to learn history through the lens of WW2, and for that I wish peace and good health for you and your loved ones. Cheers and take care!

[@andyL0648]

Mr. Felton, you never cease to amaze with your incredible level of historical research and attention to detail! You mange to find the minute and exquisite details otherwise lost to the world. Your stories are always captivating and a pleasure to watch, and listen. You are truly an Indiana Jones of the real world and a history buff! Well done!

[@stefanmolnapor910]

What a great day! Elsa passed with only alot of rain, I'm off work bingeing Dr. Mark Felton, and we get a new upload!!! A truely perfect day!

[@zibabird]

Excellent news!

[@stefanmolnapor910]

@@zibabird I agree! Thank you

[@stuart8663]

Take care, Florida.

[@richardkammerer2814]

Hopefully you don't have any standing water. Digging a trench in that muck is brutal.

[@mr.niceguy1812]

Days bingeing on Dr. Felton videos are the best days for sure!

[@marvwatkins7029]

Another finely researched post by the good doctor.

[@n55Rob]

@This looks interesting bruh stop commenting on every post....he’s been fact checked a lot

[@denisegore1884]

The depth of information in Dr Felton's videos often have me thinking "how does he find all of this stuff out?". The videos are endlessly interesting. Many thanks!

[@gothamgoon4237]

Mark Felton. The best war historian on the Web. You truly have surpassed any of the big production companies and leave channels like the history channel in the dust. Your content is always first class.

[@austint7533]

It cracks me up when ppl try and discredit Hitlers military service over his blindness after 4 damn years on the trenches. I think after 4 years of that “hysterical blindness”, if that’s actually even true, but isn’t that crazy. Man had lived thru hell for 4 whole years.

[@obiwaankenobi4460]

He was genocidal. He was delusional. That doesn't mean he wasn't certainly brave, or at least had some sense of honor. Even Dirlewanger was a veteran, and an extremely distinguished and brave one at that. And yet, he turned out to be one of the nastiest men of the Third Reich.

[@natejones963]

And some will say that it caused him to be the way he was.

[@Stevie8654]

A lot of the most vile Nazis were honorable men earlier in their lives. It's amazing how collective guilt brings out the evil in people.

[@andrewshawmodels8610]

His temporary blindness was a result of being gassed at the front as I understand.

[@patvacca637]

It "cracks you up"? Ok buddy...you have to be a Trump supporter right?

[@SnoopyDoofie]

1:59 At this young age, he would pass as a John Denver look-a-alike.

[@shanemoore8055]

John Denver`s real name was; John Deutschendorf.

[@donkeyslayer4661]

Before or after Denver went Hollywood?

[@vk2ig]

So that might be "岩だらけの山の高さ...コロラド州" or "Felsiger Berg hoch ... in Colorado".

[@D_Marrenalv]

Jon Denver always looked like a mixed Asiatic to me

[@shanemoore8055]

@@vk2ig "Gott sei Dank bin ich ein Landjunge"

[@finp_c2857]

I couldn't imagine being that keen to be in combat during ww1 and still somehow missing out whilst thousands where forced to fight.

[@mikeromney4712]

For every fighting soldier are 10 back behind....;)

[@coyote5735]

Himmler wasn't a first-class physically specimen I suspect he was kept back because of this.

[@finp_c2857]

Good point but I thought Germany conscripted pensioners by the end of the war

[@LadyVLR]

Sounds like he wanted to be in it, but not actually have to do the dirty work.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Himmler wanted prestige and advancement, not combat. Hitler wanted and got both. Goering already had prestige, wanted more, and was capable enough to make combat his vehicle to that end.

[@1234cheerful]

0:52 Well, Ribbentrop wins the hat competition. Also, as a cavalry officer, the Vintage Technology ribbon.

[@justalex2.0]

Didn't know that himmler was a soldier fascinating thank you for letting me know felton still a big loving fan of your content and im glad i can see more of it!

[@zamiadams4343]

My day has just got better, a new Mark Felton video. Amazing channel.

[@gordonpeden6234]

I'm thoroughly enjoying the current series on Himmler, this fills in his early formative years. Thank you Mark.

[@lunchmoneydnb]

Been a fan for years. Thank you for all the quality work you do

[@stevesullivan9752]

1:47 I know most who understand art dismiss Hitler's paintings... but to a novice? They look excellent.

[@robertstallard7836]

The problem is that drawings and paintings aren't judged on accuracy (photorealism) by the arty farty crowd. For them it's all about feelies and deep meanings. Therefore, you can have a very competent artist (like the ones you see who can do such a detailed pencil drawing of an animal, you'd swear was a black and white photograph) but they're dismissed in preference for daubings by loonies, all because of feelies.

[@adriansmith4634]

Perhaps this is a subject for another video .

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

If they had just accepted the guy into Art School... so much could have been avoided.

[@pierren___]

@@robertstallard7836 it was the beaux-arts who judged Hitler, not the crowd. And they were classicist i believe

[@johnb.8687]

@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 Not true. If he was accepted WW1 would still break out and Hitler would have joined

[@mch12311969]

I never knew that Himmler had served, but it does stand to reason that he would have. Thank you for yet another interesting and informative video.

[@pilsudski36]

But he didn't see much action. Hitler was at least a front line soldier, who was awarded the Iron Cross.

[@DennisRay99]

@@pilsudski36 Trench warfare wasn't a great place to see action.

[@ericcarlson3746]

born 1900 so 11 years younger than Hitler, not eligible to 1918 or so

[@flimsyjimnz]

@@ericcarlson3746 -didnt stop Hitler and inner circle from making fun of him behind his back. Truly a bunch of pricks, no wonder they lost.

[@sufimuslimlion4114]

As a Muslim in America - im really impressed by your work and ability to stay intellectually honest and emotionally calm. Didn’t know these topics were even allowed to be discussed normally in the west anymore. Keep up the great work akhi.

[@alvaro701]

The west is probably the only place where you can discuss freely about this kind of stuff.

[@jameslanning8405]

Heinrich Himmler, wanted the glory of being in the military, but did his best to not get tossed into the meat grinder on the front lines. He did his best to become an officer at the start of his military life. But he didn't get as high up as he desired. Dodging front line bloodshed and death, he kept to the back lines, reserves units and continued his schooling. You do great work Mr. Felton. I have been enjoying your videos for some time now and I hope you'll keep it up! I hope your videos and the like, will serve to educate and inform many others, before history repeats itself in the worst way...

[@mr2981]

That would seem to be a gross misstatement of the facts. Did you even watch the video and listen to the words? Himmler wanted to be an officer, and there is no evidence that he wanted to avoid combat. Quite the contrary.

[@kevinremsen5627]

Dr. Felton comes through again with new material and presenting it in a superb fashion. Thanks for all the great information in these excellent videos!

[@keithberger8998]

This channel should be at the top of "history" category on KZbin. Cheers to Dr. Felton for another excellent episode.

[@leroyholm9075]

Excellent and surely this is one of the best history channels on the internet!

[@2011woodlands]

Seems like i have always heard that he was a unsuccessful chicken farmer.

[@NewNicator]

Man in the High Castle lol

[@okidokiliteratureclub706]

@@submarineUK non of them are failures at least when they were doing their work at that point of their lives( ww2). Neets and creepy outcasts, failed professions they had. They were lucky racist, spiteful outcasts took over Germany.

[@99somerville]

He was a farmer in the late 20s. Not sure if he was successful or not.

[@gabork5055]

No, he was the german Colonel Sanders. The name SS doesn't mean Schutzstaffel, it stands for Sanders and Starbucks, he owned the fast food restaurant often visited by the young vegan liberal art student Hitler who really liked his chicken flavored and shaped fries he called 'Goering wings'.

[@peterlejon2168]

This is surprising. I only knew the chicken farmer story.

[@ShamileII]

That's the propaganda

[@rezamotori5709]

they say himmler fled to america, grew his beard and dyed his hair white and became colonel sanders and started KFC..........hahahaha

[@vk2ig]

@@rezamotori5709 But he went to the secret Antarctic base on the way there.

[@feereel]

@@ShamileII he was a chicken farmer.... propaganda to discredit him? He doesn't need any...he enslaved tens of millions of europeans

[@Roller_Ghoster]

Another gem from Mark Felton. And there was me thinking he was a failed chicken farmer. Thanks for making my day more interesting.

[@Roller_Ghoster]

@busterkey l. apparently Churchill didnt say this. Its true up to a point though.

[@taptapuyo2714]

Imagine a time traveler art dealer in Vienna successfully promoting Hitler to become a renowned and successful artist in 1912.

[@steveli59]

This is one hell of a well rounded and unbiased bit of history. No screaming, no drama, just stating what happened. Well done Mark,

[@IvoLaP]

Thank you Mr. Felton, wonderful content once again.

[@tjb7284]

"wonderful"???

[@MrTwotimess]

Interesting fleshing out of Himmler's early life. Thank you!

[@vk2ig]

Imagine fleshing out Göring's early life ...

[@MrTwotimess]

@@vk2ig Lots of flesh there!

[@kennethbedwell5188]

This is more information about Himmler's service than I have ever found. Thank you Dr. Felton.

[@powerhouse1981]

Great video, info, pictures and scenes. Good to see these videos becoming more objective now. Absolute key when talking about history.

[@rex170]

"Himmler.." Downfall fans will know...

[@jurtra9090]

The scene when Hitler realized that Himmler betrays him?

[@carter1940]

Himmlah

[@rex170]

@@jurtra9090 "JA,JA,JA,JA,JA"

[@JaegerMatthias]

Und holen sie mir Fegelein....

[@rex170]

@@JaegerMatthias "BRINGEN SIE MIR FEGELEIN,FEGELEIN,FEGELEIN,FEGELEIN!!

[@Kilen_BE]

Would be interested to know what happened to his older brother during ww2. If he was already an officer in ww1, with a brother like himmler within the government later, he must also had a long career within 3rd reich…? It was very interesting, thx for all details 👍

[@t.wcharles2171]

he was the director of the reich ministry of science education and culture

[@t.wcharles2171]

appendix he was appointed in 1940 he was briefly called up in 1939 in the 19th Bavarian infantry

[@hobofactory]

According to wiki (I know, a dangerous way to start a sentence)... he mostly ended up a mid-level bureaucrat for the NS party in fields such as education and engineering. Was arrested in 1946 (since he did have party and SS membership), but wasn’t held for long as apparently there wasn’t much evidence he was personally involved in anything particularly heinous. He lived into his 80’s.

[@samhouston1288]

He was mostly appointment to cushy jobs overseeing schools and technology departments. He did serve in Czechoslovakia and was involved in the invasion of Poland though. At the end of the war, he was in the Waffen SS and inspected their schools. After the war, he was released from captivity in 1948, worked as a director and engineer for the European-Afghan Cultural Office in Munich, and died in 1982.

[@DW-zj6ux]

@@mcfahk she married an Israeli? That is mighty strange

[@mooseworks_soldiers]

I discovered your channel last year while working at home. So glad I did. Best history films on KZbin.

[@AgathaJoannaJagata]

Mark Felton, great content you have. So much appreciated!

[@stiglitz3532]

I'm a simple man, I see a new Mark Felton video, I click.

[@Kalleri13]

I am a simple man who dislike this kind of spam on every video!

[@austint7533]

God please quit using this comment 😩 it’s so overused and old that it’s annoying to see

[@patdohrety2940]

@@austint7533 Some people complain about being hungry or homeless. Then there's people like you complaining about intraweb etiquette

[@Gauravkumar-ih3xh]

Hi, I am from India and started watching the videos from few days and had to say the content is really top notch. Great work!

[@NewNicator]

The actor who played Himmler in Downfall looks more like Himmler than Himmler himself.

[@KC-UT4rmAZ]

The guy who played Hitler was a spitting image of him.

[@TheTrickster923]

The actor had more of a chin. The real Himmler had a chin black hole.

[@Tarik360]

I have heard this mentioned in a different documentary but it wasn't exactly elaborated upon, this gave a bit more info. Thanks Mark!

[@asheland_numismatics]

This channel is awesome. 👍

[@paulmurphy42]

Keep 'em coming Mark, as I always say but may I make a special request? Could you do a video on the flying career of Rudolf Hess? You have a photo of him at 0:47 in front of a Fokker Triplane but every account of him I have ever read only ever mentions him flying the Fokker D7. I've never seen any photo of him and a Triplane before. Keep 'em coming!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Hess barely made it out of flight training when the war ended, I don't believe he ever flew any combat missions. Triplanes had been withdrawn from front-line combat by the time Hess started training but they were still being used as home defense aircraft and for fighter training.

[@paulmurphy42]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 So you think he did fly the Fokker Triplane then? And he did just about complete his training?

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@paulmurphy42 I think it's almost a certainty he flew the Triplane. And I believe he had completed the training but the war ended before he was assigned to a combat unit. Hess was a late comer to aviation, he'd spent most of the war in the infantry.

[@paulmurphy42]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 Excellent answer, thanks.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@paulmurphy42 You're welcome! And as I'm sure you know Hess never lost his interest in flying, taking it up as a hobby when he could afford to do so.

[@beautruex7012]

I have been waiting soooo Long for this episode! Thanks Limey!

[@silverhorse2010]

A story on the capture and death of Himmler would be interesting.

[@zombienomicon9682]

Himmler's murder you mean.

[@zombienomicon9682]

@Leon Erin too many questions.

[@mgway4661]

@@zombienomicon9682 cope

[@99tubalcain]

There's some really good ones on KZbin if you look around.

[@pramodamonkar4773]

Hammer committed suicide after he was captured, that meance he was coward

[@starkillerdude1914]

Moral of the story is don't let Germans not achieve their dreams or they will visit you

[@SpeccyMan]

... their dreams

[@ZaJaClt]

I mean they have visited us plenty of times, we have great fertile soil thanks to them 👌

[@septimiusseverus343]

@Projekt Kobra Exactly _which_ nation was O' Rourke describing again?

[@alvaro701]

@Joff RH wtf

[@Dave-jj3fk]

This 🤣🤣…Coming a city near you

[@erikdijkshoorn3231]

Thank you, again, great story...

[@MichaelPickles]

the low sound of gunfire with the images and voice over worked so well!

[@johnnyterror4903]

I often listen to/watch your videos while I draw. Thank you for your amazing work! Also your pronunciation of German is one of the best I’ve ever heard from an English speaking person

[@X50lions]

Great detail in here Mark. I had no idea of the extent of his service in WW1 great work. well, I guess I am off to play HOI 4 WW1 mod now I guess.

[@sparkywilson4041]

Best history channel on youtube.

[@drott150]

I never knew Hess was a WWI aviator. I should have figured based on how he "defected", but never made the connection. Another score for Mr Felton!

[@ahargrov1]

Mark I absolutely love your channel I just wanted to say that and thank you so much for all the hard work that you do

[@justinmartin4662]

Anyone with half a brain avoids going to war with conscripts. It’s the same reason given for Americans who joined the paratroopers, if your going to fight, fight alongside the best.

[@maxhearn502]

He's known for his taint of bias.

[@vitabricksnailslime8273]

Anyone with half a brain avoids going to war. (as soon as I attempt to qualify this statement, a whole host of arguments erupt, so it can stand alone).

[@edwardd9702]

"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."

[@josephstevens9888]

@Jermaine Johnson During WW2, submarine crew members had the highest causality rate - one out of four never came back from patrol. The next highest group were crews who served aboard bombers. Not sure about the combat arms (Infantry, Armor, & Artillery) of the Army, but you could be right - the airborne force just might have had the highest causality rate.

[@5hiftyL1v3a]

@@81cb750fss if I wanted to fight with the best, I definitely wouldn’t join the US military. Did you know that US special forces cross train with our general infantry, since that’s the standard of our standard forces. US grunts get such limited scope in their training - trained for their role and nothing more. In our military each infantry men receives complete training on every other role in their unit - the idea being if someone becomes combat ineffective, anyone else can step up and perform their role. Drivers are trained as gunners, infantry men train as engineers etc etc. The US military strategy is ‘quantity over quality’.

[@TheWieger01]

this is interesting. I was wondering why Himmler would be 'taken seriously' by Hitler. but he did see combat, fenced at his university and had quite a personality

[@cyrosubod2317]

Himmler was loyal to hitler thats why he like him

[@Redstripe921]

​@@cyrosubod2317 yeah but only loyality isnt enough

[@aroncells3120]

Fantastic video Mark with great insight on a very unknown or covered topic. Thank you again

[@jamesb.9155]

This is an amazingly detailed accounting. Thank you Prof Felton!

[@scottmcnabb9122]

That was very interesting never knew that about Himmler. And how he got were he was in Hilters arm .

[@bigmonke7661]

I know people joke about hitlers painting but damn that man knew how to paint it’s a shame he wasn’t accepted into art school

[@kommissar.murphy]

Hitler's paintings are OK from a distance or at a glance, but if you pause the video at 1:45 or just Google his Munich paintings you will soon see the same mistakes repeated again and again. Perspective seems to have been a real problem for someone who enjoyed realism so much. The horse and cart in front of the building seems to be going uphill even though the street is flat. The roof of the building is completely wonky. Windows seem flat, when they should be at an angle and so on. That won't get you into art college in any era!

[@davemoss9505]

@@kommissar.murphy Good boy. The Media and Israeli government Pat's you on the back for pushing the moral narrative.

[@jeffcarroll6553]

@@kommissar.murphy Tell that to Picasso and see how far you get

[@fkr9032]

@@kommissar.murphy Saying this as an art academy student myself.. Just no. I've seen people with way worse an ability to draw perspective and such and still having been accepted 😂 Ofcourse we all hate the man but you can't deny he had a talent for painting

[@septimiusseverus343]

It's a damn fine painting. There, I said it. Wait for it...."NaRtSeE! Waycist! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

[@kenm.7651]

I enjoy your style Sir….you tell the history as it was and leave out personal biases. Exactly how history should be taught leaving the learner to judge on his/her own.

[@AtomicZombiz]

I love your voice sir. Id love to hear your voice doing more hour long segments on WW2. You are an expert with a very calming, informative voice. Wish you were my history teachet in high school. Now, you are my history teacher

[@gageoverbo8086]

I never knew that heinrich served in ww1.

[@wolfenstien13]

He did, but he didn't. I guess it's the effort that counts?

[@gageoverbo8086]

@@wolfenstien13 I guss.

[@gageoverbo8086]

@@SaturatedCatit's not a big deal unless your a relative of him.

[@paidwitness797]

@@gageoverbo8086 Ooof, thats unlucky.

[@gageoverbo8086]

@@paidwitness797 who's unlucky?

[@koolaidria4801]

Can we start a petition for Dr. Felton to take over the history channel? It seems long overdue...

[@johnofypres]

Excellent as always Mark. Thank you for your work.

[@jameszilch5354]

This God forsaken war should NEVER be forgotten. Thank you Professor Felton for these documentaries!

[@LeeRaldar]

Ironically without this war then the ensuing cold war would presumably have been far warmer.

[@Dial8Transmition]

I was trying to find information about Himmler's military service a few weeks back but could not find much information. Himmler to me is one of the more interesting members of the National Socialist regime, but I find that most of the information about him out there are about the horrible things he did and not about Himmler himself as a person. Thank you for making a video about him and I look forward to the next one

[@pmsdgy1325]

Well, a lot of his personal correspondance with his wife is publicly available. If you are interested, check it out. I don't know however how many of the letters were translated.

[@Squid969]

That Hitler's painting of Munich is amazing...

[@Charles_Anthony]

To think, if some stuck up art director would've allowed him to attend the art academy... WW2 would've been very different.

[@robertstallard7836]

The problem is that drawings and paintings aren't judged on accuracy (photorealism) by the arty farty crowd. For them it's all about feelies and deep meanings. Therefore, you can have a very competent artist (like the ones who can do such a detailed pencil drawing of an animal, you'd swear was a black and white photograph) but they're dismissed in preference for daubings by loonies.

[@marvelousdex9678]

@@Charles_Anthony Look at some of the "art" of Weimar Germany. Much like the urinals and taped bananas of today.

[@alvaro701]

@@robertstallard7836 The photorealism isn't that hard to achieve, and its a bit pointless after the camera's invention. Feeling and deep meaning is what makes the diference, of course. Thats why Hitler paints are dull and soulless, they are boring, its the kind of ''art'' that my granma would have in the kitchen.

[@robertstallard7836]

@@alvaro701 I agree that there's little point in most art now that the camera has been invented. It's fine for doing artist's impressions of what a proposed development might look like, or to illustrate a history book etc, but other than that, little need for it. If an art gallery were to burn down, very little of any importance would be lost apart from portraits of historical people or places for which no photographs exist. Now, don't get me wrong, if someone has the skill to paint proficiently, accurately and realistically, and they can then dupe people into buying daubings then good luck to them. Caveat emptor! However, if (like many) they don't have that ability in the first place, then they're just frauds. The test is to tell them to draw a horse (not the easiest to do). If they can do that for you and it looks like a proper horse, then they have earned the right to run the "art" con on the gullible. (so long, of course, as they don't expect public funding to do it!)

[@brianf1132]

Mark, as always, excellent stuff.

[@lethalwolf7455]

Great video as always Mark, big fan here!

[@Simon_Nonymous]

Downfall/Der Untergang was criticised for making Hitler seem human... this video is a good example of not being afraid to tell a story, no matter how despicable that man became, he was still human. I've never seen a comment on this channel that suggests Dr Felton is anything but factual and nonjudgemental as far as is possible. Rara avis!

[@Simon_Nonymous]

@Jermaine Johnson nobody said what? Please explain :-)

[@ichibanmanekineko]

Mark is just an absolute legend! ありがとございます

[@jeremygreen3392]

Thanks again Dr Felton. Love coming home to your works after 12hr shifts..

[@GarioTheRock]

I for many years had wondered about this. Thank you Dr. Felton :)