Operation Himmler - Nazi False Flag Used To Justify Invading Poland

[@evek6570]

Dont ask mr Felton that what he was doing between 1939-1945

[@davidbrims5825]

He didn’t exist, born after the war.

[@tabasco07]

spying for sure😂

[@ClarenceCochran-ne7du]

I think he was the itch in his Granddaddy's trousers at that point in time. LOL.

[@tortepasti2]

@@davidbrims5825 And I thought Mr. Felton was 90 years old. Thanks for clarifying!

[@meanstavrakas1044]

Ask him about the One Million Ethnic Germans forced to flee Poland in July & August of 1939,

[@yurikovRUKR762]

I look at the thumbnail and your profile picture, you got alot explaining to do

[@ClarenceCochran-ne7du]

😂😂😂😂

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Hmmmm

[@RacingAddicts]

😮😂😂

[@MrJokerh61]

Confused

[@Die_Bereitschaft]

@@MrJokerh61he kinda looks like the guy on the thumbnail 😂

[@pierrenavaille4748]

What a lucky break for the Germans! The Poles attacked on the very day the Werhmact, Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine were all fueled and ready for action.

[@mark_sugar42]

It's called "instant response"!

[@ministryofanti-feminism1493]

The Poles enacted a general mobilization on March 23rd. Polish belligerence is not a myth.

[@henriklarssen1331]

Isnt there an old saying "around poles, never relax" or something like that?

[@TheBelrick]

Do you see what I did there? The only way out of cult brainwashing is to notice inconsistencies and hypocricies that lead to questioning narratives.

[@TheBelrick]

@@ministryofanti-feminism1493 Add to this Poland had a military far outweighing its own means. Just like Ukraine did by 2022.

[@andrewhall7930]

Germany just coincidentally happened to have its entire invasion force amassed along the border the night before the invasion of its radio station, and a coordinated land and air Assault began into Poland 5 hours after the attack.

[@EJisArete]

Poland was an ongoing concern. Hitler delayed invasion multiple times. He asked Poland to please stop murdering ethnic Germans living in Poland. He went through all of the correct channels but was brushed off every time.

[@joeylawn36111]

🤔

[@metanoian965]

@@EJisArete what mur dering ?

[@dwhitey]

Stop believing conspiracy theories

[@narancauk]

Stop believing conspiracy theories -----------------------------------like Nazis through CIA control USA today ,Hahaahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@prism991]

I'm from Gliwice. Had a great grandpa in Wehrmacht and the other side of the family full Polish. There's plenty of people with similar story in my region. Thanks for covering this story. A significant moment during that time.

[@nylotehace4531]

Twoj pradziadek przezyl wojne?

[@TheBelrick]

Two reminders: 1. Poland a tiny poor nation had the largest army in Europe. How was that funded and for what purpose? 2. We are literally seeing the eradication of the 2014 events and the claim that RF made up a false flag to invade Ukraine who also by coincidence had its army funded to grow to the largest in Europe by 2022... Cmon people! I invite all of you to watch recent AI translated speeches while you still can. Then was the same as now! ps: A final reminder, 2 nations fought Poland in 1939 , one was the Greatest ally ever and went on to conquer half of europe.

[@moscuadelendaest]

@@TheBelrick seek help

[@EOJ111]

Help for what, having a brain? Yeah, that is unusual these days​@@moscuadelendaest

[@TheBelrick]

@@moscuadelendaest hey. You sound like you took all the fascinations. That is a good thing. Seek to do better in your next go around. PS: You better hope that the Buddhists are wrong else you will come back as a rabbit.

[@Dr_DeeDee]

Who else thinks the false flag guy looks like Mark?

[@yerkeruiter]

Apart from the ears, the dimple on the chin and the dimple between the eyes? Yea, I can see some similarities, but it's not really spot-on. And Mark Felton looks casually handsome while that falseflag guy looks like ... well, a false flag guy.

[@paultapner2769]

Me

[@Robbiehans]

It’s him

[@LemonHead-sq5ws]

Lmao

[@theblackhand6485]

Clearly his grand Väter !

[@Heike--]

There is a glorious East German movie called "Der Fall Gleiwitz" that is the most East Germaniest movie ever made. It covers these events in detail. Seriously, the movie is incredible and you should track it down and watch it. Naujocks is the main character and the music is wacky and wild and East German as hell. Plenty of concrete straight-ahead stares from the cast.

[@ileanaacacostaacosta1813]

Hi Heike if like to ask you if this German movie has English captions and where can I track it I know about this story but I'd like to watch that movie please

[@markrossow6303]

​@@ileanaacacostaacosta1813 thank you

[@stevetournay6103]

Sounds creepily interesting.

[@ipodman1910]

Is it showing actually what happened there or supports German Goebbels propaganda?

[@iamrevnow]

It's a good thing we learned our lessons and we'd never let governments get away with false flags again! 😂😢

[@phantomstrangermedia]

Like Nordstream 2?

[@Heike--]

@@phantomstrangermedia That wasn't a false flag, that was a n overt act of war by the USA against Germany.

[@HiCon37]

Womp womp

[@Polleej]

@@phantomstrangermedia Indeed, and much bigger ones too-how about 9/11?

[@JakMakes-z5o]

That's barely a false flag, he is surely referencing the heirs to the false-flag throne: israel.

[@yes1497]

Nothing better to enjoy on a friday evening than a Mark Felton video

[@TCW838]

Friday EVENING? It's 10:20am here in my part of the US. How does the rest of the day go? I like to be prepared. Have a great evening!

[@tortepasti2]

@@Occident. Ok, bro. Get your cringe a$$ out of here

[@baileymoore7779]

​@Occident. Ah, Tik. I enjoy his videos very much but I think you are not being fair to Markus.

[@LemonHead-sq5ws]

Taking a good poop on a Friday evening 🤤

[@tortepasti2]

@@baileymoore7779 Haha of course the person is not fair. Hes actively engaging in history revisionism.

[@NautyCat]

Always wondered when you would make a video on this topic. Thank you for all your effort and research, Sir.

[@JustinQuilling]

That tower still stands today. At night it is lit up. There are no metal bolts to prevent it rusting. It is quite an amazing thing to see that has stood the test of time.

[@joeylawn36111]

I'm really surprised it survived WWII unscathed....

[@wojtek1582]

@@joeylawn36111 That part of modern Poland (Upper Silesia) wasn't greatly damaged during the war. Soviets didn't want to damage mines and steelworks that were here and were also aware that large heavily urbanized and industrialized area is hard to take with direct atack. So they were attacking mainly around Upper Silesia to force Germans to run away.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

No metal bolts? I'm assuming you mean steel or iron? I'd expect bronze bolts to be used as bronze is virtually corrosion-proof and won't harm wood. However if there's NO metal at all can you tell us how they did it? It's an amazing work of craftsmanship any way you look at it, I'd never guess it was a wooden tower!

[@JustinQuilling]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 As far as I know it was built with all wooden dowels instead of metal parts. Go to Gliwice, Poland and see it. It's true.

[@wojtek1582]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 He should wrote "iron bolts/nails". The tower has thousands of brass screws.

[@jokodihaynes419]

"To trick your enemies you must first trick your allies"-Persona 5

[@snowscapephile4709]

What are you suggesting in this context?

[@GazB85]

Who is Persona 5?

[@casewargaming6432]

Lol

[@davidcolter]

I had never heard of the annexation of Memel before, can you do a full video about that?

[@CA999]

Here is my second thumb Dr Felton.

[@mark_sugar42]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_German_ultimatum_to_Lithuania

[@nightvvisher7713]

Go play hoi4 xD

[@dwhitey]

​@@nightvvisher7713 I unsterstood that reference 😂

[@benserghert]

The Oscar Schindler bit is fascinating!

[@wxwaxone]

One wonders if this is why Adolf’s government gave Oskar, seemingly, unusual leeway during the war such as when he treated his workers well, bent rules to get them out of concentration camps, etc.

[@UmbrellaGent]

People get this white-washed idea that Schindler was all around an "anti-Nazi hero," but it seems to be closer to truth that he was both pro-German and pro-Jewish, and not necessarily pro-Polish. It was within his moral compass to work for the benefit of both the Nazis before and during the war as well as the Jews.

[@figofagonagoitis]

Schindler was not a good person. He supported Nazi regime and had huge profits from his cooperation. Yes he did rescue some Jewish workers because he needed them to work and he rescued only those who could pay him with stashed money and jewelry or their relatives could pay.

[@kurtwagner350]

It kinda adds up, he was an industrialist who supplied all sorts of random things to the German war effort. It’s not even a sure thing that he knew what they were for or if he had such oversight to know precisely what was made in his factories. Still though, kinda ironic that he would’ve contributed in this way to a German intelligence operation to make the poles look bad.

[@nathansullivan4433]

I see Mark used die Glocke to time travel back to 1939 to help kickstart WWII. You have some explaining to do…

[@marktruax7996]

Mr. Felton, I will never stop watching your channel. I have learned more from your videos than I ever did in school. Many thanks for all you do!❤❤

[@jimmyc3238]

Poland and Germany signed a non-aggression pact, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact, the Soviet Union and Japan signed a non-aggression pact..... seems like a sure-fire way to get attacked back then was to sign a non-aggression pact with someone.

[@mark_sugar42]

The countries that signed non-aggression pacts had the highest risk of going to war. This was a strategic "let's not invade each other now" type of agreement

[@lisap.8231]

It reminds me of staying out of NATO, to keep Putin happy

[@spiffygonzales5160]

"here let's have peace, sign this non aggression pact" "Sure that makes sense." *Erases "non" * "😈"

[@gamerxt333]

By "someone", you're mainly talking about Germany.

[@jimmyc3238]

@@gamerxt333 By "someone" I mean totalitarian dictatorships, i.e. Germany and the USSR.

[@adams1348]

Gliwice is my hometown

[@astralclub5964]

My Theory = Dr. Felton is an immortal being who made unfortunate choices between 1939-1945!😄

[@Dr170]

Doomed to an eternity of grounded and erudite war analysis

[@Adelina-293]

I say he's a Founder from Star Trek.

[@D.N..]

Life always has meaning when a new Mark Felton video appears...

[@MrXdmp]

Thanks Dr. Felton!

[@davidmilfred3809]

Wow.. another fascinating episode packed with information. Great job!😊

[@LJWalter78]

This time in history is rarely investigated. 99% of WW2 documentaries begin with ; “On September 1st 1939, Germany invaded Poland, kicking off hostilities that later developed into the Second World War.” They never explain the details of “why”.

[@Harthorn]

Much can be learned from this.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I'm surprised Dr. Felton didn't mention one of Hitler's ultimate goals was the destruction of the Soviet Union so of course he'd have to go through Poland to make that possible. Or maybe everyone knows about that anyway? Interestingly this wasn't the first time the GErmans and Russians had taken over Poland. Back in the 18th Century Prussian and Russia took advantage of Polish political instability to divide the country between the two of them, Poland not becoming an independent nation again until 1919.

[@ElizaWebbg]

Yes.. like Poznań-Gdansk did ethnic expulsions of Germans after WWI, because the Allies decided that extremists should run the new state of Poland. Hostilities were immense.

[@lamafioza5123]

@@ElizaWebbg who stole those polish cities in partitions of Poland at the end of 18th century? Hostilities were immense

[@ElizaWebbg]

@@lamafioza5123 It's not the same, wars are lost, territories are taken. Lithuania my country used to be big, now it's not. Your bad faith argument isn't very thought out. I suggest you look into the German ethnic expulsions before trying to be condescending.

[@sarty23]

Mark! Your channel is the absolute best WW2 and war channel ever!

[@charlesharris9965]

It was not the only false flag operation during the WW2 era. The Japanese invaded Manchuria in 1931 because of a false flag bombing of the Manchurian railway by Japanese troops. The Soviet Union invaded Finland citing an artillery strike on a border town as pretext for the invasion (the artillery strike was fired by Soviet, not Finnish, artillery batteries).

[@Harthorn]

Exactly.

[@Jstebb97]

And the Americans let Pearl Harbor happen according to warning by the FBI at the time.

[@Heike--]

Let's not forget the Gulf of Tonkin incident which was a false flag that got the US into Vietnam as well as the US greenlighting Saddam's invasion of Kuwait.

[@fort809]

After the ww2 era as well. Gulf of tonkin comes to mind, as well as the planned operation northwoods that Kennedy struck down

[@Heike--]

Finland got them back, though. After losing the Winter War, they allied with the Nazis and invaded East Karelia, conquering and ethnically cleansing and the land like Israel into Gaza. The Finns even had their own concentration camps in which they put ethnic Rus for the crime of being Russians. Even to this day Finland is in deep denial kind of like how Japan is still in deep denial about its own war record and unit 731.

[@lyricengelbrecht8377]

Between Sean Munger and Mark’s videos I now know more about this event than any normal person should

[@crazysteve9390]

The detail about Schindler is fascinating, wouldn’t mind knowing more

[@susanacuratolo1200]

MARK: TIMELY AND ON POINT!!!

[@vr_bob]

Mark knew what he was doing with that transition @ 0:04

[@adamlee3772]

Another very informative video Prof Mark. I knew some of these details but you filled in many gaps.

[@lairdcummings9092]

I'm a simple man - Mark drops a video, I drop what I'm doing to click through and watch. It's ALWAYS worth it!

[@richardmalcolm1457]

@3:55 The Poles *did* get their pound of flesh from Czechoslovakia anyway, though - they just seized it for themselves rather than via a deal through Hitler. As the Munich Crisis reached its final hours on Sept. 30, Joszef Beck sent an ultimatum to the Czech government, demanding the Trans-Olza, a long-disputed 800 sqkm area on the Polish-Czechj border. The Czechs immediately acceded; the Germans were happy with the result, which spread the opprobrium of Czechoslovakia's dismemberment around. In the end, of course, it was a moot point when Germany conquered Poland the following autumn.

[@marcinterlecki6021]

The problem was that this area had in fact indisputed Polish majority (being grabbed by Czechs in 1919-1920). So alternative was to leave all those Poles to Germans after fall of Czechoslovakia....

[@AXS512]

@@marcinterlecki6021 The Soviets could use that same reasoning. The areas of pre-war Poland annexed by the USSR were mostly heavily majority ethnic Belorussian and Ukrainian. And had they not occupied them those lands would have been taken by Nazi Germany.

[@bigbadladnamedalasad7071]

We can’t have that being mentioned now can we? It’s amazing how history is constantly being manipulated simply by leaving out integral information. Another piece of information that seems to be lost in time is that Germany actually offered Poland a substantial chunk of money for the Danzig corridor, but Poland refused out right. You see, most people living in the Danzig corridor were actually ethnic Prussians who were eager to reunite with Germany, and they were actively harassed for these feelings by the Polish from 1933-39. Yet once again, this information is simply ignored by most historians.

[@marcinterlecki6021]

@@AXS512 LoL. And what the heck Belorussians and Ukrainians had to do with Bolsheviks Russia exactly? Ever heard about Brest-Litovsk Treaty? Bolsheviks RENOUNCED any claims Imperial Russia had on Belarus and Ukraine (and few other countries). YES they attacked them right after Armistice. PLUS Poles killed NO ONE in Zaolzie. Zero. Null. While Soviets murdered hundreds of thousand of Poles, many more sent to Siberia. Give m ethe break with this simmetrism of yours....Learn more, comment less....

[@mark_sugar42]

@@bigbadladnamedalasad7071 The information is there. Poland as a land locked country was at an immense disadvantage that's why the Allies gave the corridor to Poland. Most people in the region were not happy with the borders that they had so everybody was equally unhappy. Does not mean that you go around invading them.

[@TheRealBatCave]

Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

[@tabasco07]

and greetings from Poland

[@musa5950]

Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷

[@davidschroeder3272]

Another amazingly detailed documentary from Dr. Felton! I look forward to these so much. It's such a treat - thank you Dr. Felton. I've been interested in military history, and history in general, since our whole family (except the girls) would gather around a tiny black and white TV in the 1950's to watch the Victory at Sea series.

[@jacketrussell]

I worked with a guy who's father was a Pathfinder in the Wehrmacht. He told me that his dad was in Poland, 3 weeks before the invasion, scoping out potential targets.

[@mark_sugar42]

Abwehr (German intelligence) was very active in preparing for war. And so was 5th column (Germans living in Poland)

[@narancauk]

@@mark_sugar42 And Croats

[@mark_sugar42]

@@narancaukCroats living in Poland or Yugoslavia?

[@narancauk]

@@mark_sugar42 Traitors are traitors no matter where and when they live

[@mark_sugar42]

@@narancaukyou missed my point. Where these Croats living in Poland who were helping Germans, or where these Croats living in Yugoslavia helping Germans with similar activities ahead of invasion there? (As I understand Yugo was Serb dominated so many Croats saw Germans coming to “liberate” them from Serbs). Thanks.

[@Sonny89PL]

Very important topic and worth to remind of. Thank you Doctor Felton for this video.

[@Danekim_]

My day feels better when you upload sir 😂

[@tachikomakusanagi3744]

So the mystery of how Dr Felton has so much rare footage of obscure WW2 events is finally revealed!

[@rainesboy]

A great book on this subject is titled Hitlers Special Forces by James Lucas and includes detailed accounts on all 3 operations that took place that night

[@kustom4935]

These short, historical documentaries are magnificent. Thank you for all your efforts and keep up the great work at spreading the truth.

[@rudithedog7534]

How come Britain did not declare war on Russia when it invaded Poland, was the treaty exclusively against aggression from Germany?

[@mark_sugar42]

I think you meant to say "did NOT declare war on Russia". Yes, the treaty was only against German aggression. I don't think Russia would have moved first against Poland if it was not encouraged by the German attack (it was just after the 1937 army purges). Even then, the Russian advance into PL was resisted with minimal force and the logistics were terrible as per numerous accounts the Russian tanks could not be supplied for more than a few days.

[@rudithedog7534]

@@mark_sugar42 yes I did mean not, thank you for your answer, must edit my original question

[@tachikaze222]

it's a good question. The treaty was signed a week before Hitler invaded and was intended to reiterate to the Germans that invading Polish territory meant a return to the horrors of a world war. The Germans said 'sign us up' so we did.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

Answer: practicality. What can the British do against the USSR? The only routes to the more worthwhile places in the USSR is behind Germany and attacking the Russian Far East is pointless. The British opt to not do anything about them under the (correct) assumption the alliance between Germany and the USSR will break down due to ideological considerations. Like, Hitler said it as early as 1924 that war against the USSR is inevitable so they waited for it to happen...

[@tomhenry897]

Hypocrites

[@davidduff5123]

Welcome back, Dr.Felton. YT summarily deleted all of my subscriptions. I continue to recover them. I must now binge-watch in order to catch up. That is not a bad thing!!

[@AndresBranco]

Mr Felton could you speak on Mexico's 2nd World War involvement? Thanks

[@coling3957]

siesta . the end. a channel called History Hustle deals with a lot of these small states, minor wars and so on , including south American involvement in the world wars.

[@Heike--]

Mexico was in WW2? Really? I had no idea! On whose side?

[@e-curb]

@@Heike-- yes, and it wasn't supporting Hitler.

[@Heike--]

@@e-curb I cannot imagine that Mexico, of all countries, would take the Americans' side. That would be like Poland joining Germany to invade the USSR.

[@e-curb]

@@Heike-- Mexico didn't take the American's side, they opposed the Germans and Italians. Mexico was selling oil to the US. After German u-boats sunk several Mexican ships, the gloves were off.

[@devildog4684]

Still used today this is best educational channel on youtube

[@krzysztof4068]

Thank you sir.

[@omgwtfbbqownage]

Mr Felton. I Really liked that transition in the first few secs of the video. Love your content!

[@treemanog112]

The reason why Mark can make all these videos on this obscure history is because he was actually there and witnessed it

[@MgtowBarbarian]

Mark, I’m glad you said a term used to by “students of history” and not “conspiracy theorists”.👍🏻

[@The-Black-Robin]

Mark Feltons' brutal occupation of World War 2 content of KZbin

[@rogerdc7279]

I knew of the "false flag operation" but not the details that led to it. Thank you

[@louis9049]

Babe wake up, new Mark Felton Video just dropped! 🗣️

[@Arivse]

The Soviets did also false flag operation towards Finland before this, on the same year. Luckily for us Finss, Sweden didn't attack on our west border..

[@Polleej]

Without having an opinion about this, it's funny how the "good guys" never pull false flags, yet at the same time they expect everyone to believe them when they say their enemies have done a false flag. Gulf of Tonkin, anyone? Nordstream, anyone? 9/11 anyone?

[@purplfedora800]

​@@Polleej Gulf of Tonkin wasn't a false flag, the torpedo boats from the first incident did indeed belong to North Vietnam. The second Gulf of Tonkin incident involved zero North Vietnamese contacts; neither real, nor Americans disguised as North Vietnamese sailors. The term you're thinking of is "casus belli," where a country uses something as an excuse to go to war, regardless of how good of a reason it is.

[@paulrockatansky77]

The term "Polish Corridor" is a misnomer, and yet after all these years it somehow perpetuates to this day. The Polish Pomeranian Province (Voivodeship) along with the city of Gdańsk (Danzig) were historically Polish prior to the Partitions of the late 18th century. When the old mustache and his clique seized power, this Free City was predominantly German...but it belonged to neither Poland nor Germany. Would handing it over placate Germany? Doubtful. Appeasement only encouraged the old mustache and Germany's international policy of the period revolved around his vision of eastward expansion.

[@Saeronor]

Not to mention painter was not interested in corridor per se, Danzig being a complete sideshow in terms of strategic goals.

[@Hoaxe72]

Calling it the “Polish corridor” is a misname because it was German-speaking

[@Saeronor]

@@Hoaxe72 Not even according to German policies, which involved bringing in settlers to finally achieve that goal for the large part of XIX century... with hardly satisfactory results for impatient overachievers in "ethnic cleansing" contest. But then again, policies of different German resulted in Danzig losing up to 1/3 of its population in order to "convince" it to willingly join Prussia, so I suppose not even Germans were that precious when it came to politics.

[@Hoaxe72]

@@Saeronor the city overwhelming spoke German, and voted for the National Socialist party, it was only after the war that the Germans were removed from Poland and the rest of eastern and Central Europe

[@Saeronor]

@@Hoaxe72 You could at least do the barest of due diligence and stop confusing "corridor" with Free City... Also, wrong, Germans were being removed from Eastern Europe before war ended - more accurately: before 1941 - as per agreement painter had with... Moscow among others. Since the painter was never particular about who had the right to what (and didn't care about particulars in general, just like he didn't care about muh Danzig), they were being settled on territories that belonged to millions of other people he expelled after the war started, including... lands taken from Poland in 1939. So, hilariously, crying about "muh Germans after WWI" was something not even painter was doing _for real_ , since he happily replaced them with other Germans. And I am supposed to believe some internet rando, who makes mistakes as basic as conflating different areas, does the crying genuinely rather than merely seeking to publically validate their garbage worldview using cherrypicked group from a cherrypicked period.

[@simonkevnorris]

I'd never heard of the taking back of Memel before. Thanks for the video.

[@Convernater]

Dude told his own experience

[@TheWilferch]

Great detail overlooked in history lessons in schools around the world....I'm sure. Good job Mark, regardless if touched upon in class......

[@maciejrzepczyk6562]

As a Pole, I have to say thank you to Ludwig Beck, who was the first German officer to publicly describe Hitler's ""aggressive foreign policy"" as aggresssive. He also tried to assassinate Hitler before the war. When anybody tries to be a pro-German apologist, I just mention L. Beck.

[@tachikaze222]

yeah even Stauffenberg was happy to see Germany retake their Prussian lands plus "systematic colonization" of the rest.

[@JanDahl]

I hope you’re planning to make a video on the posited Danzig Massacre

[@Russojap2]

Very interesting! Greetings from East Tennessee 🤠

[@joeylawn36111]

Fun Fact - the actor who played Major Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes, Howard Caine, is from Tennessee.

[@Russojap2]

@@joeylawn36111 Wow, I didn't know that! Very interesting!

[@mr2sansw202]

Just come back from Poland, it’s my 5th visit love my history and knowing true details

[@coling3957]

Ribbentrop was the chief war-monger.. assuring Hitler that UK and France would not go to war. Goering actually went to a lot of effort to avoid war.. he enjoyed his lavish lifestyle and power and didn't want to risk it with a war in 1939. .

[@highdesertutah]

I think he also told Hitler not to worry about declaring war on the United States since it would take until about 1970 for America to muster large amounts of troops over to Europe.

[@JakMakes-z5o]

Where did you read that? WW1 clearly rebuts that entire point

[@Iron_Wyvern]

Churchill was the main mover for the world war. He wanted blood

[@bobgillis1137]

He was camp as a row of tents.

[@superkupanemo7357]

Thank you @Mark for covering this topic. There are plenty of history pieces forgotten in the West, you keep on reminding them. Cheers!

[@taylorcasale680]

Something tells me this is going to be relevant in the future

[@al8951]

With how the political situation here in germany is developing rn, I think you are not quite wrong lol

[@JoeDiGiovanniIV]

Whos gonna invade Poland? Who happens to be a Nato country. Noone. I assume you're insinuating Russia, which is just ridiculous considering the way things have gone in Ukraine. Putin himself asked a Russian reporter if he was nuts for considering taking on Nato. The man isn't suicidal and certainly has no interest in making things 100x worse than they are

[@JakMakes-z5o]

That's utterly ridiculous, he's referencing Israel's escalations in the middle east.

[@JoeDiGiovanniIV]

@JakMakes-z5o lol. No. Just. No. 😂 and who are they invading? You mean the country where like 6 other neighboring countries have tried to suprise attack and invade them in the past 70ish years? Multiple times? That one? 😂

[@thEannoyingE]

Now this is something I wasn’t expecting.

[@alanaldpal950]

I consider it a major mistake for historians and the world in general, that consider September 1, 1939 to be the “official” beginning of WW2 without acknowledging or emphasizing that the Soviet Union also invaded Poland (and the Baltic states) and should also be held RESPONSIBLE for starting WW2

[@Neurocalypse]

You wouldn't do that to sweet old "uncle Joe" would you? You know Patton was assassinated because he was going to go after Russia.

[@jonthinks6238]

The Japanese attacked in 1937.

[@sunsetgundog]

Hitler's ambitions were always to the East, and Poland was the best way through.

[@notsureyou]

@@sunsetgundog I wonder if Germany simply wanted to bypass Poland, which is why they needed that Northern territory?

[@paulrockatansky77]

Slovakia is also frequently omitted as the belligerent that invaded Poland militarily alongside Germany in September.

[@jonkilner8816]

After the Battle 142 is all about the Gleiwitz Incident and is a really good read

[@yerkeruiter]

0:44 "The Appeasement". Let's never make that mistake agai.... oh wait, we gone done and did it again.

[@patrickmckee2180]

Dumb

[@fort809]

Where? The US and it’s allies operate a strategy of containment against foreign adversaries

[@AndrewAMartin]

Nuclear Armageddon changes the equation just a little, don't you think?

[@truthseeker9454]

@@AndrewAMartin Do you think appeasement works with nuclear states?

[@tachikaze222]

we have?

[@zacharycrosswait1704]

Brother you are timeless

[@marcinterlecki6021]

Actually Memel had been grabbed by Lithuanians only in 1923, through staged 'rebellion', outside of any regulations of Versaille. This is interesting; Lithuanians condemn Poles for grabbing Vilnius (which hosted only minimal Lithuanian-speaking community, some 2-3% (sic!) and Polish-speaking majority, where 3 years later they grabbed Memel which had only small Lithuanian community and historically was never a part of ANY Lithuanian state.

[@mark_sugar42]

At that time, everybody was grabbing land from everybody else. I used to think that WW1 ended nicely and everyone went home. In fact the next 20 years were a series of local wars and conflicts across Central, Eastern and Southern Europe.

[@ProfessorM-he9rl]

Thank you for this post. Very interesting.

[@frozenstorm1658]

bro started WW2 for content

[@SootyPhoenix]

MrBeast vibes.

[@LukeSilverstar1000]

Mark knows so much about history because he was present for so much of it. Alchemist? Vampire? Inquiring minds want to know.

[@narancauk]

Yes .And know a lot about Jesus because I was born in the year 10 BC in Nazareth and I have followed BBC since. Just Magic

[@karoltakisobie6638]

When Germany took over remaining part of Czechoslovakia Polish government decided to take Zaolzie region too. I don't know details but I know that this region was cause for both governments to not trust each other even during WW2.

[@mark_sugar42]

Yes, Zaolzie was mainly Polish inhabited, CZ took it during 1920 when PL was in a war with Soviets. Then PL took it in 1939. So much distrust when PL and CZ should be been allies during the inter-war period

[@Qba86]

@@mark_sugar42 *Theoretically* , the system of interwar alliances should have worked even despite the distrust between Poland and Czechoslovakia. "Little Entente", including Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania, was formed under the auspices of France. Poland didn't join due to the animosities over Zaolzie, *but* it had a mutual defense agreement with Romania. Therefore, should Germany invade Czechoslovakia, the idea was that the "Little Entente" and -- presumably -- France, would declare war on Germany. Then Poland would join the fight on the side of its ally, Romania. In 1938, this might have put an end to Hitler's ambitions, but unfortunately the Munich Agreement rendered these plans null and void.

[@SeamusMartin1]

To me, Alfred Naujocks, the guy in the thumbnail and at 7:46 in the video looks a lot like the snooker player, Ronnie O'Sullivan.

[@js70371]

Alfred Naujocks could be Dr. Felton’s evil twin

[@EdL-m3b]

Still being used today.

[@mikebunting7262]

By Soviet Russia on 2/22/22

[@danam0228]

Several times by Putin alone

[@z_A_S_T_R_A_v]

​@@mikebunting7262Russia is not soviet. I would suggest you to do a fact check before commenting next time to avoid revealing yourself to be a moron.

[@rhetorical1488]

@@mikebunting7262 find those wmds yet bubba?

[@rhetorical1488]

@@danam0228 gulf of tonkin this year pleb?

[@257796]

Thanks Dr. Mark

[@jb7483]

Yet their are fools on youtube who still believe Germany was just acting in self-defense... thank you for your honest, non revisionist history, Mr. Felton

[@mark_sugar42]

There are fools everywhere. They seem to multiply too.

[@tachikaze222]

@@mark_sugar42 everybody wants to live in a Harry Potter story with big drama everywhere to be found

[@d.k8746]

ignoramus nonsense

[@stevemartin6144]

Apart from mention of Schindler, there is nothing new here. Naujocks told all of this in great detail in his book in the 1970s.

[@mjc8281]

I have always wondered had the Germans won WW2 if attacking Gleiwitz Radio Station would have stood the test of time as "historical" or would it have become something like the sinking of the USS Maine which is now little more than an historical shrug(and I'm not suggesting that the Maine was a false flag operation).

[@BenyNukem]

That's normal at war?

[@mikehunter5046]

Fascinating. Thank you Mark.

[@Rom3_29]

Episode idea? Soviet Union 1939 false flag operation. Excuse to invade Finland . Manillan laukaukset / Shelling of Mainila. - Soviets accused Finns shooting cannon(s) cross the border in to Soviet territory. Which Finns denied like Poles denied attacking Germany. Who knows how many minor “unknown” wars were going on around the globe after 1918 ? Japan attacked China first time was well known major war?

[@redshirt256]

This might have been a coincidence but another history channel with a different focus, Sean Munger covered this as part of his most recent video. Interesting to see you cover this only a short while later.

[@kerrygrittner5733]

My grandfather claimed his freikorp defended Silesian farmers from Pols for years before the war.

[@JakMakes-z5o]

Why would the winners of the war acknowledge that? Sadly that fact and many others will die in opposition to the narrative.

[@tachikaze222]

@@JakMakes-z5o The history is there. But irrelevant now.

[@chamonix4658]

was your grandaddy in the SS

[@piekarzpaola]

I guess he meant Silesian Uprisings

[@EJisArete]

@@chamonix4658 You know what the free corps were correct? Why are you even on a history channel if you refuse to learn?

[@dammad8584]

Historic politics then are as shocking as current politics today. As always you are the " Best of the Best" thank you Mark Felton

[@derin111]

My German girlfriend’s family were originally from Gleiwitz. Her recently deceased Mother was actually a child there when this actually happened. After the war they were amongst the millions of ethnic German refugees who had to migrate westward.

[@tachikaze222]

I give Russians a pass on '45, given what the Germans had done '41 - 44 in Russia. "I don't say what the Russians did was right . . . but I understand"

[@Har1ByWorld]

you mean Gliwice?

[@derin111]

@@Har1ByWorldThat’s what it called now……not what it was called when she lived there. If somebody is talking about “the siege of Leningrad”, do you ‘correct’ them and say “you mean St Petersburg”? Actually, YOU probably! 🤣

[@DoctorCongoChronicles]

I mean good, Germans used Germans in France to attack France, Germans in Czechia to attack Czechia, Germans in Poland to attack Poland, not even little Denmark was spared, the Germans used Germans in Schleswig to attack Denmark in 1871. If there was a German on the moon the Germans would probably create a Space Force to bomb the moon. A far, far overaggressive country, having Germans in your country who moved literally everywhere and bred like rabbits was a recipe for disaster.

[@RickyKoboo]

I mean good, Germans used Germans in France to attack France, Germans in Czechia to attack Czechia, Germans in Poland to attack Poland, not even little Denmark was spared, the Germans used Germans in Schleswig to attack Denmark in 1871. If there was a German on the moon the Germans would probably create a Space Force to bomb the moon. A far, far overaggressive country.

[@fauxhound5061]

Nice Video, Mark! Or should I say Alfred?🤔

[@patricktheplumber5482]

You should make a video covering Judea declaring war on Germany in 1933 and how they boycotted Germany years prior to what we call the start of world war 2 !

[@jamestaylor1984]

That would run counter to the 91 year old narrative and could never be permitted.

[@patricktheplumber5482]

@@jamestaylor1984 I’m amazed my comment is still visible to be honest I’m constantly censored especially on Marks vids ! Have a great week end brother 🇩🇪

[@tachikaze222]

@@patricktheplumber5482 KZbin cleans out the pro-nazi crap eventually

[@jamestaylor1984]

@@patricktheplumber5482 I am glad your comment was still there mate. The truth will out eventually! Stay safe+

[@gamerxt333]

@@patricktheplumber5482 Constantly being censored, is probably a hint you should quit talking nonsense.

[@muskokamike127]

"hitler broke the agreement after only 4 yrs" well colour me SHOCKED....

[@samuelattas3864]

Stalin also needed a reason to attack Finland on the 30th November 1939, so the Red Army shelled the Soviet city of Mainila and blamed the finns. Events basically followed the same script. Look up the Shelling of Mainila

[@gumpmosh]

Cool story, clown. There was no need of that, Finns oftenly did provocations in the Soviet border area. And after 3 rounds of the Soviet-Finnish negotiations the war was inevitable

[@samuelattas3864]

@@gumpmosh Ok Bolshevik

[@samuelattas3864]

@@gumpmosh Ok, Bolshevik 🚩

[@JBS2018]

@@gumpmosh Dont you have some battlefiled in Ukraine to be serving your mother Russia on?

[@dennisvanoord3278]

Mark Felton War Crime mugshot goes hard 🥶

[@IG-88r]

We all know it was Pvt. Franek Dolas fault

[@mark_sugar42]

I was about to post it. Polish movie from 1970s, "how I started WW2" ;-)

[@panbinnyladen]

We knew what you were doing with that 0:04 transition lol

[@thenoblepoptart]

Is it truly necessary to have his old-timey mugshot in the intro of the video?

[@donta.s.k.281]

one of rare things I remember my history teacher from elementary school told us… wish more teachers educated about small but fun facts through which kids will remember stories one day.

[@seanmatto2258]

You should collab with Tino Struckmann and TIKhistory. It will break the internet for sure

[@pawel8365]

My late grandparents lived very close to the radio station, about 700m away, you could see it through the window. As a child I hadn't a clue of the significance...

[@buckgulick3968]

Still trying to figure out why England and France didn't also declare war on the Soviet Union. They attacked Poland too.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

Because England and France were already at war with Germany, they didn't need another enemy. England and France would have lost the war if they declared war on the USSR too.

[@mayrbek123]

I think the soviets invaded a bit later and they had their hands full with Germany already

[@Heike--]

@@dragosstanciu9866 No they weren't at war with Germany, not then, anyway. They were sworn to declare war on anyone who invaded Poland, but they only declared war on one country when two attacked.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@Heike-- The USSR invaded Poland two weeks later (September 17) than Germany. England and France were already at war with Germany.

[@franktatom1837]

​@@dragosstanciu9866 That does not dispute the fact that England and France chose to break that treaty as to the USSR. The outcome of that flap of the butterfly's wings caused millions to end up behind the iron curtain for 50 years.

[@fitzyholden1036]

Always amazed me how many people don't know about this.

[@mediocremodeler5174]

And then the Nazis’ ally, the USSR/Russia invaded Poland from the East as previously agreed upon. People forget that.

[@DrLoverLover]

No they don't. Nazis keep bringing it up as an excuse to be nazis

[@hansgruber650]

The crimes and atrocities committed against the natural German civilians in the Danzig Corridor by Bolshevik Poles for some time prior was enough to enter IMO but war was not declared against the Russians invading from the East, hmmmm.

[@Napolean45]

Yes pro nazis crying Point😅​@@DrLoverLover

[@Napolean45]

​@@DrLoverLover😂😂😂😂

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@hansgruber650 Because England and France were already at war with Germany, they didn't need another enemy. England and France would have lost the war if they declared war on the USSR too.