Secret Nazi Arctic Bases

[@johnnieireland2057]

It's ironic and amusing that some of the most fascinating stories anywhere, including WW2, are often some of the most unheard stories! Thank You for bringing these stories back to life for us Mark Felton!

[@56squadron]

We perceive them as grand events... and forget that the mundane aspects of life still go on.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

Right. This whole video is about the private war fought up north by no more than a few hundred total people. Excellent deep cut to play...

[@blakestormcrow6275]

"They evacuated all but one man". Sucks to be that guy in a frozen wasteland

[@mkelebay]

When I went to the war museum in Ottawa for a school trip, I had a old museum curator come up to my and my friend and actually showed us one of the weather beacons which was hidden away there. He explained the purpose of them and was super fascinating, after which our moronic teacher chastised us for not staying with the group. Simultaneously sparked my interest in history, while cementing my view on many teachers having no actual interest in unique knowledge.

[@deadendfriends1975]

Oh that's the truth

[@gothamgoon4237]

They don't. Teachers are generic. Not specialist. Usually people who are very good at a specific subject are either a specialist who actually does that job or a enthusiastic hobbyist. My history teacher was a moron about everything history other then the industrial revolution. He literally didn't have a interest or clue about military history or ancient history. It's why I only got a C in history. All homework and assignments were about the industrial revolution. I couldn't care less about it other then the fact that it tied into WW1 and beyond. Teachers today are VERY stupid. Some can't even spell. Grossly over paid too, at least here in Australia.

[@terrortorn]

It must be the only so called profession where their failure has no impact on their continued employment.

[@terrortorn]

The title of "Teacher" is for many of the so called profession never earned beyond their first days employment. Some are little more than utalented instructors.

[@HiDesert004]

Most of my teachers were schlubs too. My history teacher was also the football coach and had to teach directly out of the textbook and didn’t try to conceal his boredom. My Spanish language teacher couldn’t even speak the language and his idea of culture was playing an old vhs tape of the movie El Cid. American education for you.

[@Sofus.]

Sirius Dog Sled Patrol exists to this day is a elite Danish naval unit. It conducts long-range reconnaissance patrolling, in teams of two. Deployed for up to 4 months in the wilderness alone with the dogs, and temp down to minus 50 degrees.

[@alswann2702]

Do they sleep naked in the snow with nothing but a but an axe and their hatred of the English to keep them warm? Whoops, that would be my Irish ancestors!

[@bartfoster1311]

@@alswann2702 I think alcohol may have been a major factor there!

[@donjones4719]

@@alswann2702 Knew the Irish were not too bright, but they didn't know to not sleep naked in the snow?

[@Uliio]

Don't wanna mess with the serious sledge patrol.

[@NapoleonBonaparte5]

They are very sirious

[@festungkurland9804]

hahaha those icicles on the last guy's foul weather gear. Glad i'm not sailing up there.

[@i20010]

Was a bit chilly I'd say.

[@quillmaurer6563]

"So you're stationed on Allied territory. What do you spy on? Manufacturing? Technology? Communications? Politics? Recruitment efforts? Economics?" "...Weather."

[@fryer05maverick31]

Must have sucked being up top on those U boats in the North Atlantic. What's the weather Hans? F*cking cold !

[@bigblue6917]

Who's been making snowmen on the bows, Hans? Hans? Someone defrost Hans.

[@namulit]

There's an Italian comic called 'Sturmtruppen' with a very, very, very dark kind of humour. One strip goes as this: A Landser enters a shelter and shouts: "Hans is dead, but he didn't die a hero's death!" In the next panel you see Hans frozen to death with a roll of toilet paper still in his hand...

[@simonkevnorris]

Yes, the closing shot with icicles hanging off the hat was interesting to see.

[@BunnyUK]

most U boat men were killed too. suicide missions.

[@highdesertutah]

If I was a German I’d take the Russian front any day of the week and twice on Thursday over a U boat.

[@kmvandermeer7872]

4 dislikes, must be german veterans still trying to keep the stations secret.

[@jhewes.5923]

@Don Olypopper Those Soy sissies

[@conveyor2]

No chance. Merkel's regime would have tracked them down long before now.

[@Pewling]

Can't be that secret, 783 people found out about it in less than four minutes!

[@edsmith4995]

@Mark Gaiennie The Germans underestimated us history geeks. No wonder they lost.

[@adamjenkins3333]

11 Thousand in 1 Hour

[@bigblue6917]

All of them cleverly disguised as ordinary KZbin viewers.

[@Wallyworld30]

C'est La Vie edge of the earth! The game is up!

[@LarS1963]

There's a few errors here: The patrol was called Nordøstgrønlands Slædepatrulje (North-eastern Greenland sledgepatrol). It was shut down after the war, and the name Sirius wasn't coined before the patrol was re-established in 1950. The name first suggested was Resolut, but it became Sirius to avoid confusion with the Canadian Resolute Bay weatherstation. The original patrol consisted of Inuits, Danes and Norwegian ex-pats. One member of the original patrol was killed in 1943. Two others were captured, but later escaped and rejoined the patrol.

[@Treblaine]

"or as the americans call it ALOOOMINUM" I adore this channel.

[@vk2ig]

Mark will probably need to rest his mouth for an entire week after forcing himself to say that.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Unbeknownst to the Germans, the snow speaks Greenlandic

[@deutan4390]

Greenlandic for the Germans is like Finnish for the Soviets.

[@maniac117]

Avery the Cuban-American To the Americans, the snow speaks German. To the Germans, the snow speaks Russian. To the Russians, the snow speaks Finish.

[@jinglejangle3287]

If it wasn't for the US...

[@jinglejangle3287]

@@maniac117 why would the snow speak russian for the Germans?

[@miskapiska2188]

I always see you in Drew's Alex and issorrowproducutions comments too are you like farming

[@sonnyburnett8725]

I’d never heard of the Dornier 26 until this video. What a beautifully designed airplane with those push/pull engines and gull wing. Apparently, the rear engines raised up 10 degrees during T/O to prevent the props from contacting the water. The Germans certainly can design an incredible aircraft.

[@living2ndchildhood347]

My Father-in-Law was a Gunners Mate onboard the USCGC EASTWIND during this mission. He mentioned many interesting details about the raid and capture of that last weather station and a humorous incident that ocurred onboard the EAST BREEZE while the Prize Crew was sailing her back to the US, in a wicked storm.

[@Dave_Sisson]

Interesting, he must have had some great stories. When I saw that in the video I wondered how the Americans were able to read all the metric gauges on the captured ship. In Australia we have this image of Americans as being very insular and unaware of the way the rest of the world does things. But that is almost certainly an unfair stereotype and they probably had someone who could understand them.

[@NoFlu]

Had to do a double take on th title. I was like "Didn't he already do a vid on the Antarctic base myth months ago, why does it say "1 minute ago"? " Then I read the title again.

[@bigblue6917]

That is a little known phenomenon called Daja View. That feeling you mat have seen this before.

[@magdarloongii563]

@@bigblue6917 it's deja vu

[@gabrielvanderschmidt2301]

​@@bigblue6917 Don't you mean Deja vu? Or Déjà-vu, if you want to look smart or just petulant :)

[@Wehraboo-fi9vm]

Big Blue r/boneappletea

[@keithallver2450]

The 15 man Sledge Patrol had to be the smallest official army in history.

[@JacobafJelling]

Keith Allver Sirius 🇩🇰🇩🇰 still exists too.

[@jamestheotherone742]

Lots of "Sovereign Citizens" are their own "army of one".

[@blitzmakesunevenmm4323]

The battle for advantage in Meteorological Information! You don’t fully comprehend how valuable this information was until it’s laid out in front of you. Well done Dr. Felton!

[@cameronfearn2914]

Just want to say my dude, im loving your videos

[@SupermarineSpacefire44]

I could've sworn you've already done a video about this but any video from you is always enjoyable. Thanks for another great video Mark!

[@vk2ig]

He did one on the alleged secret Antarctic base at the opposite end of the planet.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

2:13 After Greenland had created the Sirius Sledge Patrol, the Germans countered with their own XM Patrol. Fortunately, Greenland eventually won and took over both patrols.

[@oldesertguy9616]

Siriusly.

[@christiantacal6641]

thank you sir mark very informative content. been following your posts for 4 months now and i discovered awesome and untold history. Regards from Philippines!

[@Helekopa_Pailaka]

Every video you produce adds to my existing knowledge of history. Thank you.

[@tinysaxon5665]

How can anyone give you a thumbs down! Great stream & great content..I love your channel, best of the year 👌🏻

[@DiogenesOfCa]

Nazi weather station personal still salty over losing their bases?

[@flame5555555]

The men and I had fought through the most bitter of winters on the Eastern Front. We were no strangers to cold. But even now, the blood in my veins chills when I think back to the events of that day...far, far from home...

[@toasterbathboi6298]

Mark Felton upload instantly makes my Monday 100 times better.

[@knallis.hjemmelading]

I just want to thank you for all the work you due Mark,i really love your videos. Greetings from Norway

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video on some truly obscure WWII facts with rare film footage.

[@THE-HammerMan]

Phenomenal work as always Mark! The film clips you obtain are simply marvelous, simply m-a-r-v-e-l-o-u-s!

[@pinhofilipe]

Congratulations on your work on this channel! I really enjoy your videos. World War II is a very fascinating topic of history and you prove that with your work here on KZbin. Thank you so much!

[@123Dunebuggy]

Again i would like to request a video about the “basis Nord”, a german submarine resupply base in the soviet artic.

[@darthstanley166]

You've done it mark you've give me a reason to laugh on Monday when you did the 2 different aluminum's! Felton fan 4 ever!

[@luciaconn6788]

best short doc. out there.

[@nokokusovai4415]

Keep up the fantastic work, Mr Felton. You continue to impress with each new video.

[@DeerHunter308]

Probably people who just haven't gotten over what the Nazis did 70 years ago.

[@nokokusovai4415]

@@DeerHunter308 What?

[@ewanmcclelland6836]

Great Work Mark! loving your videos, they're really sparking my interest in History

[@kirklazarus1132]

Awesome, great video Mark! I can say great video early, because all your videos are great!

[@algore3790]

Another fantastic video Mark, keep up the great work. I always feel bad when I forget to like your videos.

[@burntbybrighteyes]

A sledge patrol stumbling into a secret german base on greenland and then being chased 400 km through the wasteland.. wow.. doesn't that sound like the plot to one of the coolest war/horror/thriller movies of all time?

[@awildboi9050]

Love your videos man.

[@gunner678]

This is new to me, the first so far. I enjoy all your videos!

[@KCODacey]

Once again, Mr. Felton never ceases to amaze & educate me. Many thanks!

[@flyingwithmatt1986]

You need your own TV show. Excellent content and delivery. The sort of stuff I like to watch late night after several beers!

[@chriskelleher349]

Amazing. Germans had weather reporting units. Allies had military hunting them. Cool.

[@tomn.9879]

Was it painful to call it “a-loo-mi-num”?

[@toaderspanache8571]

is it painful to call i alumiNIUM?

[@simonmcnicholas]

Tom N. That’s a word the Americans get right, they pronounce it correctly... us Brits say it wrong

[@MrBizteck]

HERESY!!!!

[@alswann2702]

@@toaderspanache8571 YES!

[@mkelebay]

@@simonmcnicholas actually the guy who discovered the material wrote it both ways in his writings, which basically means we are both right, and both wrong.

[@HistoryHustle]

First? Amazing how you always seem to cover these unknown facets within major well known conflict.

[@williammiller8317]

Just seeing that U-Boat covered in ice reminds me of what lies ahead...

[@jamesedenfield5039]

I love your videos Mr. Felton! But I think I like your humor a bit more. Aluminum! Haha!

[@ScouseJack]

That's humour ;-p

[@bigstrap5150]

James Edenfield u just have a thing for guys

[@at1970]

Another amazing, fascinating story with great details. Have to say the most amazing fact remains how that idiot hitler could have declared war on the US while his army was freezing in front of Moscow.

[@stephenarling1667]

Hitler and Goring's idiocies were among the Allies' greatest assets. Had competent people been in charge, Germany might have prevailed. What a revolting development THAT would have been!

[@djartyom924]

Amazing work like always 👍👍

[@dynamo3590]

Always Good Watching! I like Your All Videos, Mark Felton! Thanks!!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Awesome stuff...I don't how you do all of this info...Well done as usual...Thanks very much..Kentucky us over and out...!

[@Kabutoes]

Last time I was this early, I was still storming a German Arctic Base with Sgt Reznov to get Friederich Steiner

[@hoplite-official5011]

Kabutoes “you could see the evil in his eyes”

[@anadventurousattackkitten779]

Thank you for covering this subject!

[@ericmcquiston9473]

This is why I watch these video's to find out about information I don't know about. Thanks, great job Mark !

[@wesleygay8918]

After that last base mark mentioned, didn't Germany still have the weather station on svaalbard (sic)? My understanding was they weren't found till 6 months after the war ended.

[@Hebdomad7]

You know it's bloody cold when you have huge salt water icicles coming off your hat.

[@wolfgangthiele9147]

Speaking of weather stations: the soldiers and sailors of operation “Haudegen”, a weather station on Svalbard (also known as Spitsbergen), were the last Germans to surrender after WW II had ended, on 4 September 1945. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Haudegen

[@ubermenschsuperiority4970]

I love your intro man 😎👍🏻

[@iqbalzaidi353]

Beautiful and remarkable video Thanks Mark

[@direwolf285]

Dr Mark, your work is amazing. Thank you so much for your great efforts.

[@tangle70]

The aluminum thing gave me a chuckle.

[@awol1561]

Great work Mark. What do you think is your #1 resource/ archive that you research and is it online?

[@moelll]

Damn right we call it aluminum lol. Good video as always

[@williammiller8317]

Al you min yum!

[@tncorgi92]

The discoverer of that element, Hans Christian Ørstead, called it "aluminum" without the "i" so the American spelling is correct.

[@Roller_Ghoster]

@@tncorgi92 "you say potaatoe we say potato" as the song goes 😁

[@stahl1624]

Paul Drake No

[@marrioman13]

@@tncorgi92 it was first named Alumium. The -ium suffix was chosen to conform with most other elements. IUPAC prefers -ium

[@markfryer9880]

There were also at least two Artic fishing trawlers, one of which was captured with its Enigma codes intact.

[@dingusmoped]

Always love watching these. Today in the news in Taiwan they had "the oldest still operational" submarine. Apparently it was put into service in 1944. Anyhow, would be a great video on that! Cheers Mark! :-)

[@jamestheotherone742]

Oldest but rebuilt and refit many times over the years.

[@koldomakazaga6846]

Thanks mark! Great vídeo

[@Head318Hunter]

This channel is awesome. It's like the history channel back in 1996-2001 before the went all "reality show" garbage.

[@alswann2702]

Nice bear! I've seen that pic before. I believe the story is it attacked the crew setting up the weather station equipment. I'd love to know more details. Was it on the menu in the ship's mess that night? Did the captain have a rug made? Weirdest war trophy ever!

[@assasinofeire4776]

"Denmark was and still is a colony of Denmark" Mark throwin shade at Orange Man :D

[@majorchungus]

Orange man bad

[@pogue972]

Very interesting! I love these tidbits of WW2 I've never heard before.

[@camrsr5463]

3:55 The Germans then took the fight to the arctic marine life. There were many casualties on both sides. LMAO!

[@rickythegreaetist]

All of this is so professional. Very nice.

[@r2gelfand]

The Coast Guard, unsung heroes of WW2.

[@Dogmeat1950]

Today they just Jump onto Submarines in the middle of the Ocean and Capture them lol

[@vk2ig]

One of them even won the Medal Of Honour at Guadalcanal.

[@Mat-threw]

Mark if you haven’t already you should do a vid about the shootout in Iceland between the personnel at the single German weather station there. It was the only hostile action in Iceland in WW2

[@xczechr]

I had no idea there was action in Greenland during WW2. Thanks for sharing.

[@brockbest]

Fantastic. I love your videos.

[@meinimoe1346]

Dear Mark. Greenland has not been a colony since 1953. It is part of The Kingdom of Denmark. Never thought I would get to correct you 😂

[@spacewurm]

Greenland became Danish in 1814, and was fully integrated in the Danish state in 1953 under the Constitution of Denmark.

[@i20010]

Are you sure? You better check that. :-)

[@jakob556]

Many thanks for these amazing videos! Would still like some more videos on the Cold War :)

[@tomryner5830]

That thumbnail looks like me in the military service sans the Stahlhelm the m98, potato masher granade, etcetera= I did my service close to the Arctic circle. Interesting up as Always! Thank you Mark

[@hoosierhiver]

The aluminum comment make me chuckle

[@dougspindler4947]

I'm supporting you. Excellent video.

[@jasontaylor5061]

Well done video once again 👍

[@RON-nw9si]

Fantastic as usual👍

[@SNP-1999]

Highly interesting video, as always, Dr. Felton ! One must salute those US soldiers who marched 400 miles across the arctic waste of Greenland, it must have been hell ! I must say that the Focke Wulf 200 "Condor" was such a beautiful aircraft, one of the nicest designs of the era - it was of course designed as a transatlantic airliner, not as a warplane. Another one of the rarely seen and heard, but extremely interesting, episodes of WW2 - quite astounding where those Germans always seem to pop up !!! 😯

[@simonkevnorris]

Another interesting video and on a subject I knew nothing about.

[@PrussianRedWhiteBlue]

That Dornier is gorgeous!

[@ibrahimayaz9635]

amazing video markkkk

[@rossnochimson6904]

Nice video Mark

[@DuLzzPKC]

if i saw someone else with this title i wouldnt have clicked cuz i would have thought its bullshit. but if its mark felton ill happily watch it

[@TheParallellinial]

The Siriuspatruljen (Sirius Dog Sled Patrol) still exists to this day and is an elite Danish naval unit. It conducts long-range reconnaissance patrolling, and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness of northern and eastern Greenland, an area that includes the largest national park in the world. The Sirius Patrol has the ability to engage militarily, and has done so historically. Its purpose is to maintain Danish sovereignty and police its area of responsibility.

[@K_T_S]

Can you do a video about Hans-Ulrich Rudel? :D

[@stevehairston9940]

@Emil the germans were definitely ruthless, but the Japanese were more so by ten fold.

[@DieterRahm1845]

@Emil A historian wrote that many people asked how could Germany lose the war. Well, he said, the correct question would be how could Germany last for years facing such adverse conditions. We know the answer: thanks to their skilled military.

[@cranna31]

Dr Felon your content is amazing.

[@KrautKranky]

Food in the oven, and the notification pops up. Winwin.

[@greypatch8855]

Dude I love your videos

[@frankwhite3406]

Excellent Episode Indeed.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Very interesting video. May I suggest the invasion of Iceland by the allies for a future video?

[@arcticviper252]

Great video, one nit pick. The airbase shown when on the subject of the airbase near Cape Farewell, is the airbase then known as Blue West 8, then Sondre Stromfjord, now Kangerlussuaq. It is roughly 900 km from Cape Farewell.

[@moritzk3004]

They just needed a holiday place for winter sports

[@dsloop3907]

Looks very very cold there.

[@gundown__]

Love watching these videos at the moment just find them ever so intriguing