Spanish Republican Exiles - Nazi Colonialism & Hitler + Mussolini ≠ ❤️ - WW2 - OOTF 014

[@jonathanallard2128]

This channel always make me want to spend the rest of the day playing Hearts of Iron, especially these "what if" questions.

[@monkas1833]

same

[@benlarson4018]

I often do lol

[@hannahskipper2764]

I just listened to that one this morning while I made my bed!! 😁

[@dams6829]

I usually watch it while playing the game.

[@gmodrules123456789]

You should check out "The New Order". It's a mod for hoi4 coming out in a few days. Its pretty big, I'd recommend playing the demo thats already out.

[@alexamerling79]

Hitler and the Nazis haven't released an album in years...

[@jamestheotherone742]

But they have a lot of cover bands... unfortunately.

[@alexamerling79]

@@jamestheotherone742 Sad but true...

[@Raskolnikov70]

Italy is their roadie. He's an okay worker, but he'll never shut up about how he should have been in the band.

[@soulscanner66]

Last hits were "These Boots Were Made for Stomping", "Do you want total War?", and "The Night they Drove Ol' Vaterland Down".

[@alexamerling79]

@@soulscanner66 a classic. I still remember "The Sinking of the Reuben James." I think Woodie Guthrie sued them for copyright though...

[@javierganzarain4559]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about la Nueve in more depth. That company was made up of Spanish communists, anarchists and republicans who were refugees in Algeria. They joined the 2nd Armoured Division under Leclerc and took part in Operation Torch and later in the Normandy campaign. They were also the first allied unit to enter Paris in 1944, and when the city was secured they entered the Spanish embassy and changed the Francoist flag with the tricolor Republican.

[@AnEnemy100]

Yes this. La Nueve liberated the Paris Hotel de Ville and then steamed off to Hitler’s Eagles Nest hoping to settle some scores. An opportunity was also missed to mention that many Spanish Republicans were sent specifically to Mauthausen and Ravensbruck while Franco also had a concentration camp system were those sent back to Spain found themselves if not immediately executed. Spanish Republicans also formed the backbone of the “French”resistance in much of the south of France up until liberation.

[@gusheredia]

Shhh... Don't be giving spoilers away! They cannot talk about things that haven't happened in the weekly episodes. (We're on 1941 here). They'll talk about it when the time comes in the series. Just keep watching! ¡Saludos!

[@gianniverschueren870]

Now this is my type of tie! Manages to jump out at you without being obnoxious. Very nice 4/5

[@matt-kv1nu]

I wonder what Indy will have to do for the coveted 5/5

[@gianniverschueren870]

@@matt-kv1nu I've handed out the 5/5 already. Twice I think

[@fatihsaidduran]

Dude I'm learning about how to pick good ties thanks to your comments lol

[@gianniverschueren870]

@@fatihsaidduran Glad I can be of service

[@klavakkhazga3996]

It would be amazing if we could get a special on La Nueve. It's a great story. They were even armed with american equipment and spearheaded the liberation of France. They opened the parade after the liberation of Paris, with half-tracks named after Spanish civil war battles - working around The French not allowing them to display anarchist and communist names. A sad story, as they believed the allies would help liberate Spain from fascism after the war.

[@waardlafrance110]

Wait 2023

[@stevekaczynski3793]

For a short period after WW2, Franco thought he was next on the menu, and Spanish Republican guerrilla forays across the Pyrenees into Spanish territory were at least tolerated by the French authorities. The Cold War saved Franco, however.

[@VolpeWhereAreYou]

Today I found out Hitler had a pet alligator

[@jafo766]

Kinda a , butt fcUK not really...EH !...it peaked my interest as well

[@ibbi32]

Ah the classic Hitler and Mussolini ship

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

which is interesting,because,Hitler died days before Mussolini,which makes me wonder what would Hitler have thought of Mussolini being executed by hanging and firing squad.🤔

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 that is a really good question

[@MrRamsey64]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 Actually, Mussolini died before Hitler. Following this, he ordered his men to burn his body after his suicide because he did not want to have the same fate.

[@podemosurss8316]

Tip: Never search "Hetalia"...

[@hebl47]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 You must be from a different, alternate universe. In this one Benito got strung up on 28th April, while Adolf bit the bullet on 30th April. A few other quick pointers to get you settled in this timeline: JFK was assasinated in 1963, we don't travel in zeppelins, the Twin Towers in Manhattan (that's two T-s, btw) got destroyed back in 2001 and Michael J. Fox stars in Back to the Future, not Eric Stoltz.

[@arnavbhagwat4232]

I've heard this Mr.Indy might know when the war ends....I need to know...my uncle fights in Libya under the King's Flag....we have near daily blackouts here in Calcutta in preparation if the Japanese attack...and my parents don't tell me anything...:(

[@od9694]

It will be over by Christmas

[@SL33PINS3XY]

@@od9694 🤣

[@swavedwalimbe4041]

That is because even they don't know, nobody knows. I hope your uncle is safe. I don't think after fighting a war with China for 5 years the Japanese would even dent India. I would chose blackouts over bombings any day and be prepared.

[@od9694]

@Sahil C the 1940's education system in India probably not at the same standard as the one you grew up with

[@Nothing-1w3]

@@od9694 they never said what Christmas

[@podemosurss8316]

1:45 When the nazis captured these Republicans, they asked Franco what would they do with these Spanish people. His answer was "they are not Spanish, do what you want"

[@yarpen26]

Considering what Francoists did with the Republicans in the 1940s, not getting them back to Spain was probably the preferable option.

[@niccolopasqualetti2698]

@@yarpen26 What did they do?

[@chrisca]

@@niccolopasqualetti2698 pew pew

[@podemosurss8316]

@@niccolopasqualetti2698 Basically the same things the nazis did.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Ones not deported back to Spain were frequently held in concentration camps like Mauthausen. The museum there has commemorative bunting, including in the Spanish Republic colours, as well as Greek, Yugoslav and others.

[@ImmortalSugimoto792]

Since Hitler and Himmler had discussed the future transfer of the ethnic Germans living in South Tyrol to the newly conquered areas of the East once the war was won, I think Germany most likely allows Italy it's hegemony over the Mediterranean.

[@burtonkephart6239]

Yea . They( Nazis ) were mostly focused on northern and Central Europe etc etc. Hitler said that they( the allies) during ww1 had forced him to come to Ukraine because otherwise Germany could have been blockaded again like they were during ww1 which caused starvation in Germany during and immediately after ww1 . So Hitler was stating his goal of political and economic autarky ( national self reliance and self sufficiency ) as his main goal and that’s it. Yes he wanted germany to be a top dog and all but mostly he was looking long term .

[@harmen4436]

Oof, Mussolini throwing some shade towards Hitler in the 1930’s

[@alexamerling79]

Funny considering how many times Germany had to bail him out lol

[@bustxr1067]

Mussolini never liked him

[@hannahskipper2764]

Germany had terrible allies in both world wars.

[@alexamerling79]

@@hannahskipper2764 right? Italy is the Austro Hungary of WWII

[@hannahskipper2764]

@@alexamerling79 I'm betting the Allies were glad Italy switched sides again after WWI. 1915 Brits: Italy, we'll give you all sorts of crap if you join our side. 1941: Brits: Damn, they sent Rommel to help the Italians. We had them in the bag! Russia: better him there than here.

[@aasante3437]

6:23 Never meet your heroes.

[@opressedrussianminority7421]

lmao

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Mussolini was shorter than Hitler.

[@stephengalindo6340]

Left the Cuban missile crisis to come watch this... Wait

[@hoangthangphamhuy5877]

5:41 We are living in 2020 while Indy is still living in 1941

[@cookingwithchefluc7173]

Please do a special video about the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942

[@kingjonny394]

They will next year

[@Raskolnikov70]

I can't imagine they'd NOT do one, as important of an event as it was.

[@jasonharry645]

I’m sure goring was behind that episode , and wanted further controls , Albert Speer seemed to hint at that, and was goring secretly a spoiler hoping eventually to be the number 1 ?

[@od9694]

7:00 the second guy in from the right looks like Vladimir Putin

[@poiuyt975]

He does! And even though we can't exactly see his eyes, he also seems to have that basilisk's gaze. ;-)

[@od9694]

@@poiuyt975 you heard it here first Putin's father was secretly a nazi

[@poiuyt975]

@@od9694 Secrecy wasn't his ace, if he got caught on a photo with Hitler and Goring. ;-)

[@davidbrennan660]

He has been in power a long time and he will continue to do so for the rest of time.

[@oLii96x]

@@davidbrennan660 together with the queen

[@yorick6035]

8:40 Did Indy just refer to himself as a Behemoth of Knowledge? I can dig it!

[@jamestheotherone742]

The chair.

[@podemosurss8316]

@@jamestheotherone742 All hail the chair of infinite knowledge!

[@uncleeric3317]

You mean, “Who run Bartertown?”

[@TripleEye_Josh]

A lot has been said about the relationship between Germany and Italy, and Germany and Japan. But I'm curious about the relationship between Itay and Japan during the war. Did their leaders interact much? Was aid sent between the two as was the case with Germany and Japan?

[@xmaniac99]

Mark Felton has a couple of video's about this. The answer is yes.

[@tobybartels8426]

7:00 : Here would be a good place to mention the mid-1930s anti-Nazi fascist alliance between Italy and Austria that briefly even had the support of the UK and France. (You covered this well in an episode of Between Two Wars.) ETA: Ah, I see that you saved this for the end so that you could advertise that very episode!

[@Phoenix-ej2sh]

This like is for unexpected Thunderdome.

[@parallaxgames]

I love it, but the line is "Who runs Bartertown."

[@melancholymelon5316]

My great great uncle left Spain after the civil war and moves to France joining the French resistance in ww2 he was there when Paris was liberated

[@unclebob540i3]

It's actually who runs Bartertown! My wife is of Basque descent, and she loves your episodes that cover that region. Keep up the good work.

[@frankdantuono2594]

Master Blaster runs Barter Town!

[@samsmith2635]

Indy and Spartacus, what a force of nature

[@samsmith2635]

Thunderdome reference reaffirms my believes we would of been the same ilk yelling it in the hallways of our respective schools.

[@Nikolapoleon]

Hitler won't turn on Mussolini. Hitler still owes him for that time when he was allowed to conquer Austria. Churchill claims that Hitler made the following statement when he heard that Mussolini would not contest the annexation: "Tell Mussolini, I will never forget him for this. Never, never, never, whatever happens."

[@nicholasconder4703]

Hitler would probably not have turned on Italy per se. He was, however, starting to get really annoyed by Mussolini and the Italian military. In all likelihood Italy and Mussolini would have been increasingly marginalized and turned into a puppet state over time through threats and economic pressure. A form of subjugation without force.

[@hebl47]

I bet Hitler changed his mind a bit after he had to bail out Italy for the n-th time.

[@xmaniac99]

I bet Merkel will change her mind when she has to bail out Conte for the n-th time :-)

[@hebl47]

@carmine paola They were doing most of the dying (and being captured), you got that part right. In fact, if Germany hadn't intervened in North Africa, Italy wouldn't have to fight so much. They would have been kicked out of the continent already. And do remind me, how well did it go in Greece before Germany did all the heavy lifting there. And how about that attack on France?

[@hebl47]

@carmine paola So, Germany had its defeats. What does this have to do with all the times Italy needed help and Germany bailed them out? Seems to me like you don't have any good arguments and are starting to grasp at straws. Maybe if Italy wasn't so incapable, Germany could actually rely on its ally to pull some weight in those times it actually needed a reliable ally? So in a way: Thank you, Italy! You helped Germany lose the war.

[@toplanerslife7675]

This channel is so underrated. Instead of people look at this channel to learn history they watch some other videos that offer nothing...

[@FilipPetrovic999]

Well, there was also many Yugoslavs that fought in Spain, and they were mostly leaders of partisan movement in Yugoslavia.

[@theblackprince1346]

Love to see a special on the Spanish soldiers who were sent by Franco to fight on the eastern front.

[@davidbrennan660]

It was useful for Franco, he sent his more keen types that might have been a nuisance to him back home...

[@markbd9775]

The Blue Division...outstanding unit

[@theblackprince1346]

@@markbd9775 Antony Beevor talks about them in his book on Stalingrad.

[@albertocruzado2899]

Those soldier were the proof how fascist Franco really was (a low level in reality, he was a practical son of a bitch). It was a brilliant political move that "helped" his ally without breaking neutrality, and being all volunteer means that he send out mostly the most radical and independent of the real spanish fascist (Falange), eliminating tensión inside and the treat of a coup that could lead to a true fascist government, surely a pupet of Hitler.

[@HamSaladtv]

It would be cool, but I would hope then there would be a special on spanish Republicans and veterans of the international brigades who fought against fascism from 1936 to 1945.

[@Gia1911Logous]

Should've gotten Paradox as sponsors for the Alternate scenarios lmao Also shoutout to the Kaiserreich team for putting Göring to rule Mittelafrika

[@WorldWarTwo]

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[@legiohistory2544]

Any advice for starting a history KZbin channel?

[@guinea_pig_epic9994]

Hi Indy! I am seeing a bunch of comments on making a special on India in ww2? just asking if you could do that as I am very anxious

[@timothymartin664]

my goodness love love your show. your perspectives and angles constantly bend my brain. i am 60 years old have been absolutely obsessed with ww2 history for my entire life. it was my history professor terry polarise constant A+ that got me into portland state. its a serious question you propose about hitler on italy ever becoming on equal terms.as you know hitler was a choire boy and goring had a catholic wedding however in the end it would have been about blue eyes and blond hair. thanks for this mind bender.

[@The_Crackal]

I hope at some point in the future you cover the origins of Kilroy was here.

[@Arashmickey]

The Chair of Wisdom was from the Emilio Estevez movie "Wisdom". The Chair of Infinite Knowledge, sitting in the room of Infinite Knowledge, situated in the Beach-side Trailer Home of Infinite Knowledge, is from the Emilio Estevez movie "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1"

[@kaiserjoe2316]

I misread the poster. "You can't afford to miss Ether." Try Pervatin I suppose.

[@LZin-uk5nh]

Besides a weird Mittelafrica without Benin, which creates a corridor in the proposed colony and a strange "peninsula" in the borders of Kenya and Ethiopia, godd episode. Keep it up

[@TheFrothyBrew]

I would love for Out of the Foxholes to be twice as long. This felt really short for some reason.

[@UHCredhead]

Great episode!!! Indy man... do you wake up looking that dapper or does it take time?

[@michaszkot4419]

Gigantic MITTELAFRIKA? Is that a Kaiserreich reference?

[@christiannichols8848]

Kinda it was a plan In ww1and so kiserriech put in there game

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

No (well, maybe), the idea of a German mega-colony throughout central Africa predates World War One, it was hoped that German victory in the first war would make this a reality.

[@tf2664]

Yes

[@kirbyculp3449]

The Germans killed a hell of a lot Herero and Nama to subdue the pre-WWI colony. Genocide in Africa preceded genocide in Europe by about fifty years. This is history, research the 'Herero Genocide' conducted by Gen. Trotha.

[@rat_thrower5604]

WTF they made Hearts of Iron a real thing???

[@podemosurss8316]

2:15 One of the Spanish republicans who fought in the USSR was Senior Lieutenant Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri, son of the Spanish politician Dolores Ibárruri. He was killed in action during the battle of Stalingrad while defending the Magaev Kurgan.

[@mat13channel]

I'm still in mid-WWI series and will take me half a year to catch up, but I just love Indy and the series. Since WWI Out of the Trenches questions are probably gone, maybe Indy will notice the question here since it's WWI/II related... I've heard or read somewhere that pilots during WWI didn't use parachutes because that was considered cowardly. But WWII pilots obviously used parachutes. So when did the Germans (and Allies) decide that it's not cowardly to jump when being shot down or plane has malfunction rather than to lose some pilot ace?

[@larsarkesteijn1614]

This is a question about the fort at Hanstholm. There was a big 38cm gun at the fort did it ever hit a allied ship?

[@clivemortimore8203]

I knew a chap who had been a solider with the Spanish Republican army, against the German Condor legion. He became a refugee in France and joined the Foreign Legion. He fought with the Free French, including in Syria fighting other Foreign Legion troops, including fellow Spanish Republican's. In North Africa he fought against the Germans again. He later became a commando in the British army, there were many non Brits in the commandos. He was captured by the Germans seeing the rest of the war as a POW. He said he was lucky to be given refugee status in the UK after the war. It was after the war in a dance hall in London he first saw a pretty lady who later became his wife, she too was a refugee, a German.

[@jjeherrera]

When time comes, maybe you'd like to say a few words about the "División Azul", Franco's Spanish division which fought on the Eastern Front with the Germans.

[@isaacrico2225]

it was apart of the wehrmacht too, donning german uniforms, some even joining the SS.

[@miguelangelsimonfernandez5498]

Roughly 70% of spanish exile returned to Spain by 1940-41. At first they were not very well treated in concentration camps. Some went to work at the MAginot line and fewer did stay and joined the french resistance. Others moved to the USSR before barbarossa and fought for the soviet union, actually very few, and most in the air force. My family doctor was a republican air force pilot with no war crimes who returned to Spain and didn't suffer persecution, as far as I know, and was allowed to work as an MD. His name was Jose Luis Portillo if memory serves me well. He died some 5 years ago.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Supporters of the Republic were politically suspect throughout the Franco era. A "republican air force pilot with no war crimes". Basically it was left to Franco and his followers to decide that, and they were certainly not going to shoot or jail anyone on their side over the bombing of Guernica.

[@TheIfifi]

Damn. Time ghost. Ww2 and sabaton history within one hour. Made my day

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Most likely Europe would have been divided into two circles of interest (or whatever) between Nazi-Germany and Fascist-Italy with line going somewhere in Alps. Mediterranean Europe (including Balkans) heading towards Africa would be Italian turf and Northern Europe heading towards USSR would be German turf. France would still belong to German turf despite having Mediterranean coast and that area would cause constant bickering between those two. There would also be differences with ideology as well and Mussolini strangely enough being more pragmatic in his politics regarding minorities. Hardline-nazis would of course be very angry about it.

[@tombarroso7654]

My father, a Army veteran, was posted to France in the mid 1950's, when France was a member of NATO. We are of Latin American extraction and he spoke fluent Spanish. We lived in Southern France and my father managed a number of exiled Spanish Republicans. Naturally, none had a love for Franco.

[@tombarroso7654]

@Rafael Resende- Rafael, My father never spoke of their political affiliation, but not all Republicans were Communists. They were probably Europeans with liberal leanings and probably anti-Catholic. I would think they definitely had more left of center leanings. The reason I do not think they were hard line Communists, first, because the Red Scare was in full bloom and they were all employees of the US military. This may have caused some discomfort to American service command. The Spanish Civil War has always fascinated me and I think it was more politically complicated. I remember a Spaniard extolling the virtues of Franco's dictatorship by telling me in his day you could leave your wallet on the street and no one would take it. I always thought that was BS, because the Guardia Civil would have stolen it and living though a brutal regime is not a good way to keep your wallet safe on the street.

[@igorokinamujika2073]

@@tombarroso7654 I would say that portraying the republicans as communist, is an oversimplification greatly supported by the francoist regime for propaganda purposes. The Popular Front wasn't an actual party but a left wing coalition. As such, most of its members weren't communist. in fact, during the war, despite the effect the USSR aid had on pro communist sentiments, the government stood firmly in the hands of PSOE, a moderate left wing party which still exist and is the current ruling party in Spain. In the Basque Country (or at least the republican side of it), the "all republicans are communist" thing is even less grounded, as there, the ruling party was actually the right wing-catholic EAJ (which, like the PSOE, still exists and is currently the leading party of the basque autonomous government).

[@randomuser1579]

That title is surreal, especially when when KZbin cuts it

[@DotepenecPL]

Quite a few Polish volunteers from Spain joined Polish Armed Forces in 1939/40. Some later took part in the French resistance, too. Many of them had actually lived in France for years, as economic immigrants.

[@michaelmutranowski123]

where did that Mad Max reference come from? did the crew watch it for the first time during lock down?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Is there a wrong time for Mad Max references? We think not!

[@atharva_kari]

Hey Indy! I am a big fan and just wanted to ask if you can please make a special on Indian soldiers! Stay safe!

[@atharva_kari]

I subbed

[@andypants1000]

Oh I'm up before the time ghost comment! Woo!

[@omarrp14]

Imagine losing 2 wars within a decade of your life. To later go on and win the 2nd war for another nation and never be able to return home.

[@jliller]

I see the three lightbulbs are back on.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Hey Indy I have a request your your "Out of the Foxhole" series. Could you please talk about the status of Madagascar during WWII. I think it would be a really interesting subject for this channel's viewers to hear about.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

I think they'll mention Madagascar when fighting breaks out there in '42.As Indy said, right now it's '41 and he pretends to not know what's going to happen.

[@indianajones4321]

Hitler in 1922: Mussolini is cool Hitler after meeting Mussolini: Mussolini is boring and sucks

[@bruceblunt2969]

Love your show guys, keep up the good work. My only criticism is Master Blaster runs Barter Town.

[@thedownfallparodist1145]

I like your channel Dude!

[@malkavmind]

this ending is anacronic and so much beautiful

[@danielnavarro537]

Good video. Keep up the good work.

[@podemosurss8316]

0:07 You should call the room differently to the chair. I proppose "room of Enlightenment".

[@brokenbridge6316]

Hey Indy. I have another request for your "Out of the Foxhole" series. Can you please talk about cooperation between German n Japanese forces in WWII. I know it happened. And I think plenty of people would love to hear what you have to say about this subject.

[@worldwar2animation241]

Love the content keep going.

[@woodse0651]

It's actually "Who runs Barter Town?"

[@lomax343]

8:10 - "Germany already has its hands full dealing with multiple enemies. Adding [more] to the mix would be creating an unnecessary problem." Hitler collected enemies (and unnecessary problems) like some people collect stamps.

[@shawnr771]

He appeared to be quite good at it.

[@smashnash26]

Best show on youtube.

[@kenoliver8913]

When Italy entered the war on Germany's side, Churchill commented "That's only fair. We had to have them on our side last time". He proved to be right - in both world wars Italy ended up more a burden than help for their allies.

[@xmaniac99]

Very funny. except that Italian army in WW1 was the only army that actually ended the war on the enemy lands; whereas the Germans where still firmly in control of France and Belgian territories. The allied help in WW1 .. muhahahaha

[@anthonydolan3740]

"Who runs Bartertown?"

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

I read that the Nazis even planned a section of the Ordnungspolizei (Nazi German police force) called the Kolonialpolizei (Colonial Police), based off of the Italian Africa Police, which was intended for use in a future Nazi German Colony, the force was formed from volunteers from other Ordnungspolizei units (mostly the Schutzepolizei and the Gendarmerie), and these were trained for colonial policing.The project was abandoned in 1943.

[@820-t3q]

Make a video about 'New Swabia' or 'Neuschwabenland'. I bet most of your followers have absolutely no idea about this. Plus, they don't teach it in schools... So, no chance of learning about this. And it is a really interesting topic.

[@opkb4e]

Mad Indy misses the V8.

[@sergiovarela8724]

2:08 well, a chunk of them ended up in the gulags, and between 300 and 400 of them survived and make it back in the Semíramis in 1954 acompanied ironically with members of the blue legion who also had ended up imprisioned by the soviets

[@jasonharry645]

Master blaster , good film moment

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Then what about our axis powers love fan fiction

[@matematic4837]

You should made special about battle of dubno-brody

[@tf2664]

Nice video as usual

[@CHIL2903]

6:10 I thought this was Ron Mael from Sparks!

[@CHIL2903]

@Mars Attacks 👍🏻 I see what you've done here😉

[@sandroballester12]

Some Spanish republicans fought with the british and some even were recruited in the SAS and fought in north africa D.Day italy and some even were recruited in the U.S forces

[@StickWithTrigger]

LMAO mad max reference at the end.

[@charliegreer4507]

Nice video!

[@xavierstassen5847]

There's a mediocre Netflix movie about Francesc Boix, a imprisoned Catalan republican who photographed the atrocities of Mauthausen and managed to smuggle them out. I think he deserves a bio by you guys! Your 10min bio videos are better than Netflix' 1h30 garbage😉

[@counterfan90]

What is a Catalan?

[@lucasjleandro]

Ansious for the special about Brazilian Expeditionary Force. Salutes From Brazil

[@PMMagro]

Smoking Cobras incoming?

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@PMMagro in 1944?yes,now we should wait

[@rafaelprudentedeoliveira2209]

Vladimir Putin time traveller next to Hitler in 6:59 hahahahahaha

[@OttoTheBlottoDog]

It's interesting to consider how much effect Mussolini's view of Hitler probably had on the German-Italian relations. One wonders if the two nations would have cooperated to a much higher degree in a similar vein to the allies.

[@joluoto]

Indy and Sparty, you really just need to get beyound Thunderdome at this point.

[@brickproduction1815]

Mad max reference?

[@Novhannel]

Indy Neidell sound like "Indian Idol" .. :) ;)

[@JohnSmith-vg4jd]

In regards to Africa, I wonder if Goering had any had any specific involvement in those plans. His dad was responsible for the genocide in SW Africa, to include use of camps based on the British model for the Boers earlier.

[@hipcat13]

How can a finite chair hold infinite knowledge?

[@meekmild8964]

Love you guys

[@slandgsmith]

Whew, that title made my head spin!

[@Seymorebuttz]

Hey isn't this guy also on Sabaton History or am I going crazy

[@henrykeyter53]

Please do a special about Fritz Joubert-Duquesne. He was a South African by birth who spied for the Germans in both wars. He had the biggest spy ring in US history

[@rsherhod]

Chair of Infinite Knowledge. Room of Infinite Wisdom.

[@warhorse03826]

I'd love to see some detail about the jewish freedom fighters in europe (when the time comes...probably later in the war.)

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

Regarding how Hitler would deal with Italy after a potential victory we cannot say for certain but according to Hitler's Beneficaries by Götz Aly the allied nations were treated almost as bad as the nations conqoured.

[@mr.perfectpanda9155]

Hey Indy Saw another comment an just wanted to ask if you could make a special on India in Ww2?

[@hellothere7144]

I think that would be cool

[@atharva_kari]

I think its mine

[@guinea_pig_epic9994]

Yup I think that would be cool

[@majalca03]

An unknown chapter in the plight of Spanish Republicans in France was played by the Mexican Consul to Vichy France, Gilberto Bosques Saldívar, who took the initiative to rescue tens of thousands of Jews and Spanish Republicans by providing them with Visas to Mexico and getting them out of Europe. Many ended up settling in Mexico.

[@sergeant_chris6209]

5:23 Hitler and the Nazis "World at War" European Tour 1939-1945

[@billh230]

I LOL'd.