Stalin's Nazi Flags

The strange story of the NKVD 'Flag Disposal Regiment' and the Nazi flags thrown at the foot of Lenin's Mausoleum during the Moscow Victory Parade 1945.
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[@657449]

The Blood Flag is probably forgotten in the attic of a deceased Allied Veteran and the family has no idea of its history.

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

Obscurity, only one place away from where it should be... destroyed.

[@RedbadofFrisia]

@@JohnHill-qo3hb you are one step above an actual iconoclast, but not by enough. Imagine if someone destroyed all artifacts belonging to napoleonic France. Edit: for all the big brains in this thread, no i don't think they're the same, but both regimes were despised in their respective time periods.

[@RedbadofFrisia]

@Redsand yes the nazi's were genocidal, but so were the early republican Romans. Napoleon was viewed as a tyrant and an antichrist by some contemporaries. I don't condone any of it, you don't have to venerate it either but i don't think you should destroy historic objects because they make you feel unhappy.

[@RedbadofFrisia]

@@francestheoverthinkingdoom6761 So do you want to destroy Mongols artifacts too? They didn't contribute "positively" to history at all either, rather infantile view of looking at history anyways if you ask me. Give it another century and people will look at the Nazis the same way people will look at any terrible historical regime, our progeny can decide for themselves if they want to keep objects. Also, me thinks your opinion is coloured more out of political beliefs than any love for history.

[@Muckylittleme]

@@RedbadofFrisia Indeed, what is history if it isn't remembering what went before so that what comes after can be better?

[@MurrayKerrPhotography]

This ceremony was a re-enactment of what had happened to the standards of Napoleon’s army who invaded Russia, a lesson to be heeded by all who observed

[@robertbennett9949]

If Churchill could have pushed thru Operation Unthinkable in 1945, just think of all those colours of the British military which would have been flung in a heap at the foot of Lenin's Mausoleum sometime in 1946.

[@ImtheHitcher]

@ussr lost ww2 I love the weirdos you find online, an entire youtube account dedicated to some weird crusade against the USSR's involvmenet in WWII! The mind truly boggles

[@twix56]

@@robertbennett9949 Sorry, it wouldn't happend you dummy, the soviet people would have fought to the death for freedom. No one could stop the red army then. Well maybe 700 atomic bombs could, but it would have been genocide.

[@dvgsun]

@ussr lost ww2 "russia won ww2 because of allies lend lease" amazing - Russia , lend lease - the reason Stalin won. ))) Education is terrible these days

[@user-zv4jf8ag8p]

@Waxel Punkt. More like yellow press.

[@denissavinovka7335]

Я русский, и горжусь подвигом своих соотечественников, мой дед дошёл до Бреста в 43г, после был убит, не забывайте люди что война забирает все что вам даёт мир.

[@phonedog110]

Я украинец, и я горжусь украинскими солдатами тем, что они сегодня делают на фронте.

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Будем же жить достойно, друзья. За себя и за того парня! Киев.

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[@ray7419]

I’ve actually seen the display of Soviet captured Nazi relics and flags when it was on a tour through the US back in the 1990s. It was incredible to see. The tour was called “WWII through Russian eyes “. I seen it in Memphis Tennessee. Thank you again for such an informative and entertaining video Dr Felton.

[@wildlandfirefighter5656]

Need to see that the Soviets invaded Germany and Poland right at the end of WWI.

[@aghost5281]

Ray D. One day I shall reclaim everything

[@roamereasy9737]

Soviet communist is much worse than Nazi! Red army looted and raped not only German, but also local people of those countries that they overrun.

[@aghost5281]

Soviet bastards... Stalin will always be known to have been an animal.

[@vadimpm1290]

Erich, David, communists and nazis both were the creations of western powers, they were funded and organized by wall street, as the second and final blow to European civilization. But the Nazi attack was not against the communism, but for lebensraum. It's success would be literally the end of eastern european nations. All other aspects have been dwarfed by this. So much in this video is about "propaganda", but there are also the feelings of millions of common citizens, which you must respect.

[@slaytanicc]

The footage you find is amazing

[@JohnSmith-hd2tl]

Matija Radoičić do you know where he gets the footage?

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

What he said

[@acchaladka]

@@JohnSmith-hd2tl Likely a collection of national film in libraries and museums and archives - he's a historian and WWII is Dr Felton's specialty so I assume he knows where the best librarians and materials are archived.

[@flagmichael]

That is what I was thinking as I watched it.

[@checkdestroy]

It's most likely from the first victory parade held in Moscow, the full is on KZbin and is a super interesting watch. Check it out!

[@user-ku3jy9vd7n]

Thank you for another good video, Mark! In case anyone is interested, the red flag demonstrated at 3:17 is actually a standard, (or a colour) of a Soviet infantry unit. According to the letters on it, it is the colour of the 150th Rifle "Idritsk" Division of the 79th Rifle Corps, 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front. One more correction for the benefit of truth: SMERSH (mentioned by Mark) was actually a counterintelligence service in the USSR of the WWII time. The abbreviation in fact meant Russian for "Death to spies" (SMERt' SHpionam).

[@voornaam3191]

Well, I was a draft soldier in an Infantry Batalion. So there was a Batalion Flag, and this was an original, a couple of centuries old. Such a flag is not something one replaces, when damaged. Even the fabric itself is impressive. Somebody made this, by hand, centuries ago. Historic battles are "written" on the flag. It is THE symbol representing a batalion. That is exactly what you see in this video, all these batalions and other units have been defeated.

[@Future183]

I dont think some of them were centurys old since the swastika wasnt used until the nazis came to Power.

[@RON-nw9si]

I visited the museum in Moscow several times in 2002. The standards on the museum floor is very striking. Also the hundreds or thousands of iron crosses. If you're ever in Moscow it's worth a visit

[@watching99134]

They have same kind of thing with Iron Crosses on a smaller scale in Kyiv, they're arranged in a swastika pattern itself which I couldn't decide if it was a sign of respect towards the Nazis or just an artistic statement.

[@RON-nw9si]

@@watching99134 Is this Kiev in Ukraine? I'd be concerned it it was the Ukraine

[@mhroe]

@@watching99134 niether

[@havareriksen1004]

@@watching99134 Most probably it was an artistic statement on the danger of Nazi ideology, the artist probably given guidelines to that effect. It has been a mainstay in art to depict the shape of the swastika to convey an omnious threat of totalitarian regimes. In our day it often get censored from posts on Facebook and InstaGram, but denying history does not make it go away. We must remember the past in order to not repeat it.

[@Hideyoshi1991]

@@watching99134 I doubt the Ukrainians have really any love for the nazis

[@41tl]

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[@feanor-rizz]

@@donnergrober179 yeah but they make videos on general topics Mark just tells incredible stories that i would never come across on those channels

[@donnergrober179]

@@feanor-rizz right

[@eliaslundstedt5607]

Why woud I

[@TimDutch]

Not underrated he has got quite a lot of followers that praise him.

[@miroslawbrysmirek1165]

My uncle was one of the people caring flag ,hi was in Polish Army ,they fly him from Berlin just for parade

[@duongpham5869]

and now 2023 polish army fighting for new nazi Ukraine and nato

[@umbertoalessio5069]

@@duongpham5869 yeah , what a shame !

[@stuartbritton7408]

A good narrator. The voice of a historical narrator has to sound genuine and authoritative for humanity in all eras and generations. This man has that voice..

[@samueljohnstone3028]

Amazing symbolism, the military museums in Moscow would be a 'must see' if visiting Russia

[@watching99134]

They're interesting but I think the one with the flags is kind of on the outskirts in a run-down neighborhood iirc, they're giant buildings but not necessarily filled with thousands of exhibits.

[@burkanov]

St. Petersburg is a better choice, IMHO.

[@xxxlol4078]

Nah better go to luzhniki stadium

[@kylemiles448]

👍🏻❤️

[@dirkusmaximus9268]

Problem is that there is a lot that is not in English…Sadly…

[@welshpete12]

Many years ago , I was in Mosco and visited the Kremlin . It is huge inside , on one side under a wall. I found a stone stage with cannon barrels stacked on it . They had the Napoleon eagle on the breach . They were from Napoleons retreat from Mosco . Taken from the battle field and carefully stored there .

[@staffattorney]

A lot of French stayed in Russia and their descendants became Russians.

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

@@staffattorney Russians actually have no imperial history before they learned it from the French and the Russian court and customs became very influenced by the French. Russian nobility had French tutors and commonly spoke French as a sign of being classy

[@discoboy8169]

@@UhtredOfBamburgh Since the the Peter I, the nobility was forced to shave beards, change clothes and learn languages. As a result, they mostly even have not speak Russian at all and French was like the mother tongue - shame of Russia really. Then there was enother factor - Royal marriages, like queen Ekaterine II was purely German. Russia always been fighting for new territories since 8th of century and that's why growed to its lands. Not sure what do you mean by Imperial...

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

@@discoboy8169 Imperial means they want to take over as much as possible and form an empire, as opposed to being just a nation that takes care of rodyna and does not seek to overthrow foreign nations

[@Brekisigurdsson2000]

Moscow not mosco

[@bbeen40]

When I was stationed in San Diego in the late '90's my Staff Sargent brought us to a traveling exhibit call "WW2, through Russia's eyes". Many of these standards were there, many smashed. They had a giant Nazi Swatzika made out of thousands of smashed individual Swatzikas. I'll never forget the feeling I had standing next to it in my Marine Uniform. Powerful stuff

[@bbeen40]

@Ярослав Л The Marines had almost nothing to do with the European theatre of War.

[@MsPhotoclick]

I was there too and found it to be very moving, especially the concrete eagle that fell from the building.

[@_d--]

@Ярослав Л and don't forget the japanese unit 731 stationed in china, the one unit that probably inspired china to study the covid-19 and many other biological weapons we are messing with right now. USA made a big mess after the war. Collected their data and never really gave it much of a care. China was left without proper justice (said from me who doesn't really care about china) Luckly It worked out for my side of the world...

[@willydawiller]

@Ярослав Л "Point being you lot were responsible for both the creation and extraction of the fascists." Stalin had the german KPD help the NSDAP overthrow the social democrats of germany, cause social democrats were satan for Stalin until it backfired and NSDAP took over germany rather than the KPD, you can thank Papa Joe for Nazi Germany

[@jackpavlik563]

@@bbeen40 he did not say that it did.

[@VersusARCH]

2:35 Soldier (to himself): "Screw the protocol, I'm gonna trample on this fascist flag before tossing it onto the pile" Beria (looking): "Should we send that one to gulag for breech of protocol, comrade Stalin? " Stalin (looking) [Processing...] Nah, I would have done the same.

[@gunner678]

The symbolism of them being unceremoniously thrown into a pile is quite powerful. This scene has always struck me as a powerful moment in history, even as a child. Great video.

[@zzzpmi]

I want to travel back in time and send a package to Adolf containing a film reel with this. He will turn nuts for sure

[@Anony_mouse2]

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[@Anony_mouse2]

@@comrade-princesscelestia4907 I hope you are correct, however I'm no fan of ...ism's. We have the power within and that power will eventually make the entire world...beautiful💞

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@@comrade-princesscelestia4907 lol you’re right, China is doing very well. They’re slowly working their way up the food chain.

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Many such cases

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[@rexcowan9209]

After the defeat of the Romans in Germany, Germanicus in retaliation inflicted heavy casualties on the Germans. He recovered two of the three eagle standards of the lost legions. One aspect of military formation is to get the troops to think as a group, rather than a rabble, and to be willing to die for their unit. The symbolism of standards is part of that. The military unit is seen as being an entity.

[@hugosophy]

Yeah I was thinking something similar for example if everyone in that unit is supposed to protect that standard to the death than you can at least somewhat logically conclude that to get that standard most if not all the soldiers in that standards unit had to die or be incapacitated so let’s say there’s 20 dudes guarding the colors representing that unit and there was at the very least 200 unit flags in the parade alone so using those numbers we can estimate that the nazis lost at least 4000+ of their best most decorated soldiers that red army had To physically get at and wipe Out

[@wermelandia7302]

The biggest game of capture the flag in human history!

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[@rollsroycegriffon2375]

I've been searching for any information about this ceremony that happened in Soviet Union's Victory Parade of 1945. Now you made a video about it, Thanks mate.

[@dhowe1001]

Benjamin Laguerta 45 minute colorized versions of the parade are available on KZbin and are well worth watching, especially the cavalry review and the throwing of the standards

[@muehahahaha]

As an archaeologist it is so interesting how people handle the weapons and symbols of the enemy. Even burning the gloves holding them. Brings some interesting thoughts to some of the ancient weapon hoards we find

[@CipiRipi-in7df]

Maybe you remember that in April of 1814, in the court of Invalides, french soldiers were burning about 200 enemy flags captured in previous 20 years of victorious campaign and stored at Les Invalides.

[@Mamlukk]

Когда упоминают миллионы погибших советских людей, забывают упомянуть, что больше половины из них это гражданские, которые были убиты не в боях, а в ходе геноцида.

[@Mamlukk]

@@fjf891-mama чот не могу вспомнить ни одного случая, когда буржуи писали правду о своих преступлениях или о большевиках.

[@Darrylx444]

Tea-bagging old-school style.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

what does that even mean in English ?

[@Darrylx444]

@@sirandrelefaedelinoge It means when you insult your defeated foe by laying your scrotum in his dead mouth, like dipping a tea bag. It's common in shooter-type video games, where the act of crouching repeatedly over the dead body simulates it while they can only watch. Kind of a victory dance, I guess. And old-school means "like back in the day".

[@mattcarroll3469]

@@Darrylx444 omg hahaha I used to teabag people in call of duty like 10 years ago on PC hahaah takes me back

[@HanSolo__]

How would you call Zhukov and Rokossovsky riding (on this parade) on horses stolen from a famous Polish stable? The rapes, the secret mass-murdering, looting, provoking fights, sentencing for life in the gulags - this is Poland being liberated by the Soviets or something... My grandma said: "Soviets were far worst than Nazis!" Can't imagine how one could be far worst than literal beasts, but hey, they managed!

[@Mogilevsky]

@@HanSolo__ sorry, but your or somebody eleses grandma yammering is not viable. Read books, documents and if you'll prefer nazis at the end of the day that is just saying something about youself. I would like to visit Warsaw one day, hopefully i won't need to wear a yellow armband

[@MatSpeedle]

Very glad to see the Russians had the foresight to retain some of these historic items and put them on display in museum. Burning the flags would of course be good for the moment, but when we destroy history, we forget it and mistakes come back to haunt us again. Fantastic subject as always Dr Felton, thank you.

[@aspiceronni4462]

I am also glad they were not destroyed like most of the Nazi architecture was. We need to remember the evil that nearly swept the globe.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

@@aspiceronni4462 No worries communism and capitalism will be forever remembered for the evil they did and are doing.

[@aspiceronni4462]

@@mojewjewjew4420 I'm talking about evil Nazi fascism. But yeah. Good thing those relics weren't destroyed like all the Nazi architecture that could have been repurposed. They destroyed 95% of Nazi buildings. Almost like they want us to forget.

[@aspiceronni4462]

@@mojewjewjew4420 In the case you don't understand what I'm saying, sometimes terrible, horrible, vile things need to be left alone to serve as a grim reminder of the lengths a tyrannical government will take to exterminate its population. The grim reminder is so that we never let it happen again.

[@asscheeks3212]

“We need to be sure this will never happen again” Israel and China: “uh... yeah, yup, but... it’s okay to do it again if they are Terrorists right?” The rest of the world: “sigh....”

[@wangliao1823]

Coming up. NATO, America flags

[@JohnG44]

Lol 😂russia gonna get wiped of the face of the earth. We be throwing all those russian and soviet flag down.

[@dr.killjoyz8614]

@@JohnG44 who are we?

[@AvelierPlays]

@@JohnG44not gonna happen

[@JohnG44]

@AvelierPlays lol soviet already has fallen next up russian federation.

[@dr.killjoyz8614]

@@JohnG44 wtf? lol

[@OlChunkOfCoal]

Best channel on KZbin! I learn something new every time I watch.

[@Rustycaddy17]

For anyone who is wondering what music was played during the video, I have compiled a list for you! 0:14 Gandzia ("Гандзя") A Ukrainian folk song, its melody was used in Semyon Tchernetsky's "cavalry trot" march, which was played during many Soviet parades. 0:45 Jaeger March ("Егерский марш") Imperial Russian Army march 2:13 March of Tankmen ("Марш танкистов") Soviet march by Semyon Tchernetsky 3:47 Parade March ("Defiliermarsch") German-Prussian military march

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I need to know his intro music

[@orgoon7697]

Класс спасибо

[@lazarevaksenia5683]

Спасибо

[@Sovietghostdivision]

Pretty sure he made his own

[@Rustycaddy17]

@@Sovietghostdivision Tchernetsk often included musical quotes in his music, while some of his compositions were completely new.

[@Theogenerang]

The old British film 'The Flemish Farm' is a good movie about how far a soldier will go to protect a units colours from the enemy.

[@gruenerkoala]

what about a movie called "the phlegm farm"

[@MaggotAddict21]

Even if if soldiers commit evil acts it's still always commendable anyone protects their fellow countrymen.

[@mistersquare7327]

27 million not only soldiers and workers, also children, teenagers, elderly people who were brutally genocided by Nazi, died because of bombing and famine. Soldiers - 11 million, the rest were civilians.

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Mark Felton has some of the most interesting content I’ve ever seen. I love the level of his knowledge, magnificent. It’s something I’m striving for. Thanks Mark for sharing these wonderful video’s and content with us.

[@mookie2637]

I always see this in parallel with the immense parade of captured Nazi soldiers in Moscow in July 1944 after Operation Bagration. The viewing members of the public had to be physically restrained from assaulting the 60,000 POWs who marched, and the streets were symbolically hosed down afterwards. It really is difficult for westerners to imagine the immense psychological impact of the Great Patriotic War on the Russian psyche; which lasted well into the Cold War (and which, famously, Ronald Reagan finally came to understand in 1984).

[@parkercushingable]

I mean if we lost 22 million soldiers and civilians in the US we would talk about it and remember it for 100 years. More of a "yes and" to your comment respectfully 😊

[@916Pashok]

I agree 💯

[@ThisNinjaSays_]

An Iranian foreign minister once spoke of how Americans have never been invaded, occupied and humiliated. As a result they lack empathy for other nations who've been through it all.

[@ThisNinjaSays_]

I used to think it was merely a racial empathy gap. However seeing they way America treats Russia has been an eye opener. It's not just a race or cultural issue. It's a power trip. Once the American government has decided to hate your nation or people for whatever reason. That's it.

[@ironsugar8690]

What is meant by "famously came to understand in 1984"?

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I did not expect a video at this time. Absolutely a pleasant surprise!

[@cascadianrangers728]

Say what you want about the Soviets, but they knew how to have a parade!

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The all to skimmed over history that deepens our understanding and knowledge is laid out in detail, presented magnificently, without bias.

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Felton doing what the "History" Channel use to!

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History Channel full of alien and paranormal story,what a crap

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me in canada that doesn't have a history channel...

[@wachtamrhein3022]

@@arandomperson7713 10 years ago, I would say that you were missing out, but not now.

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Obsess about World War II. 😂😂😂

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@@-haclong2366 What's wrong with having interests?

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Dr, when my notifications go off and the first video I will watch is yours every time! You sir are an awesome historian writhe the best voice over video and the music intro is perfect! Stay safe and healthy because we cannot live without your investigative prowess and knowledge!

[@jeremykeller211]

Superb footage of an amazing event! Thank you!

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Ah yes, nothing like a new Mark Felton video to help get through this quarantine. Thank you for entertaining and informing all of us, who look forward to your every upload!

[@jumemowery9434]

Why couldn't my high school history teachers have made history as interesting as Mark does? Edit: After reading the responses to my comment i feel the need to add that the question is really rhetorical. I should have said something like: "it would have been great to have a high school history teacher who was passionate about history and enjoyed his/her job."

[@badmonkey2222]

Because public schools are a joke.

[@aerojetrocketdyners-2538]

Because the actual purpose of teaching history is more about analysis then knowing content.So shchools just give general case studies(content) to back up the arguments in essays( Analysis).So technically interesting content like this takes a back seat and become foot notes or just get omitted completely because it is irrevelant to the curriculum.It sucks...

[@jalilsalomon5587]

Because they do it for money

[@spaceskipster4412]

You need a private education to learn about real history now. 👍🏼 The state schools have abdicated the past to the PC brigade. 😖

[@asmith515151]

Because high school history teachers have to cover alot of ground in a short period of time. Akin to taking a 101 survey class in college

[@turkey0165]

Dr. Mark Felton always does a fantastic historical video presentation thank you very much!

[@jmeyer3rn]

Love these vids. More and more, Mark!!!

[@roscoewhite3793]

To see the Nazi standards tossed down like so much rubbish must have been a truly moving moment to those who had fought in the front line and to those who had worked so hard in those ghastly times. One question, though; who was the soldier given the honour of carrying the Chancellery flag? Was he one of those who had been there, perhaps even raised the red banner on that day?

[@redrumtm3435]

They just grabbed some kid with brown hair to represent their easy victory and destruction of Nazi eugenics. That's my take on it anyway. He was just in the right place at the right time by the looks of it.

[@gwarscout1825]

It must have been like living in a dream after, as you stated, the ghastliness of it all.

[@user-rf9mx4qf7z]

I just posted this as part of another comment, but since it answers your question: The Victory Banner was not, in fact, carried in the parade. It was brought back to Moscow and was intended to be carried by Stepan Neustroyev, who commanded the capture of the Reichstag, accompanied by Aleksey Berest, Mikhail Yegorov, and Meliton Kantariya, the three men who actually raised the flag. However the men were considered to not perform well enough in rehearsals, partly because Neustroyev had been wounded multiple times, and Zhukov decided against a replacement. The Victory Banner was carried in a Victory Day parade for the first time in 1965 by Konstantin Samsonov, another veteran of the capture of the Reichstag.

[@oldesertguy9616]

@OPERATION ASS CREAM The Nazis were fighting to enrich the Nazis, period. Because Stalin was bad, doesn't mean Hitler wasn't.

[@dhowe1001]

OPERATION ASS CREAM Don’t you have your own Neo nazi historical revisionist sociopath channel to watch?

[@SirDavothe2]

7:15 the flag is trying to take out one last soldier lol

[@kenjifox4264]

He barely managed to remain standing up, falling right in front of Stalin would've meant the gulag for the poor chap.

[@MathiasCzR01]

I think he accidentally stepped on the cloth of the flag which almost made him stumble.

[@beltigussin81]

@@kenjifox4264My thought also. Lol. Hope not.

[@jozseftoth9368]

No wonder, a fascist flag trying hard

[@Justin-ug3ii]

Canadian parliament: nice flags👏👏👏

[@GinVSLemon]

tradeu zelensky and the canadian parliament don't like this video

[@NordStar7]

Гунька одобряет

[@ridgebhouse]

The footage and your narration is spot on

[@paulcateiii]

I must admit the Germans made some great looking standards and flags

[@zjoaquin]

🙋‍♂️

[@Nikola95inYT]

I've heard that soviets preferred the best looking german flags to be used in the parade. The Wehrmacht flags of real combat detachments and batallions were not as rich looking and elaborate as museum standards of old Imperial army.

[@blueeyeswhitedragon9839]

As a child growing up in the 50's, I was always enthralled with the German army and SS uniforms. So much more "dashing" than the American or Canadian battle dress. Though the British did well historically with those red-coats! When we would play toy soldiers, the least desirable side to be on (even though they were the winning side) was the American GI with the drab green uniforms...often unpainted green plastic. Hey, we were just kids!

[@zjoaquin]

@@athargilani yes Sir !!!🙋‍♂️👍

[@whitewolfo2715]

Das Rite \o

[@user-rf9mx4qf7z]

There are (surprisingly from Mark) a couple mistakes in the video, reflecting legends that appeared in Russia later. Contrary to the gloves having any special significance, most participants of the parade wore gloves, and there's no record of the gloves that touched the Nazi flags being burned later. The Victory Banner was not, in fact, carried in the parade. It was brought back to Moscow and was intended to be carried by Stepan Neustroyev, who commanded the capture of the Reichstag, accompanied by Aleksey Berest, Mikhail Yegorov, and Meliton Kantariya, the three men who actually raised the flag. However the men were considered to not perform well enough in rehearsals, partly because Neustroyev had been wounded multiple times, and Zhukov decided against a replacement. The Victory Banner was carried in a Victory Day parade for the first time in 1965 by Konstantin Samsonov, another veteran of the capture of the Reichstag.

[@carlevans5760]

It's called, getting lazy. I've busted him on it several times.

[@jean6872]

Nowhere does Mark say that the Victory Banner was part of the Victory Day Parade.

[@user-rf9mx4qf7z]

@@jean6872 3:05 - he doesn't explicitly say the Victory Banner, but he said "one of the red flags flown from the Reichstag" and showed a picture of the Victory Banner, and in any case it's not true.

[@jean6872]

@@user-rf9mx4qf7z You are correct, Mark slipped up there.

[@norwegianboyee]

Unfortunate they didn't let Stepan go because of his wounds. It would have been better for them to let him carry the flag anyway, to show how much he had sacrificed.

[@mackrats0.120]

2:35 third row guy who accidentally messed holding the flag for a second. that’s a man who probably got shot right after the march

[@kenfoster8138]

Given what the nazis did under those banners, they could more properly have been consigned to an open sewer.

[@niallmcdonagh1093]

I visited the Armed Forces museum in Moscow last November (2019). The banners are in a glass case-including the AH standard-at the back of a room whose central exhibit is the large eagle that stood over the door of the inner courtyard in the Reichschancellary. Well worth a visit after Covid blows over!!

[@cactusrandomfred1]

Excellent video. Reminds me of how Mountbatten forced the senior Japanese officers to surrender their ceremonial swords when they surrendered after the liberation of Singapore. Field Marshal Terauchi gave Mountbatten two swords. One he kept for himself and the other he presented to George VI and is now on display at Windsor Castle.

[@user-yw8ff5ez5s]

シンガポールを解放？先に侵略して残虐行為をしてたのは君たち欧米人だろ？

[@TheChosen2030]

The Irish took good care of him

[@michailhack4170]

Mark, thank you so much for making a record of WW2.

[@newcreationinchrist1423]

Very interesting! Thanks for posting this. I love history.

[@collieclone]

As always, a whole new aspect of the war and its consequences from Mark Felton. I look forward to the notification of a new video from Mark immediately after I've watched the present one.

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

It amazes me how Mark manages to find and research these mostly unknown (to me anyway) slices of history to make his videos. Great stuff as usual Sir.

[@laserpmr]

how is this uknown? it's one of the most viewed vidoes of all time. it is shown almost every year on May 9th and printed on many postcards)))

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

@@laserpmr Only in Russia probably for Victory Day?

[@laserpmr]

@@Trillock-hy1cf in most eastern countries. They don't show it in your country?

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

@@laserpmr Not that I have seen, until now with Dr. Felton's video.... Victory Day means nothing to me, the same as 4th July in the US with Independence Day', but I do know about our VE Day on May 8th......:)

[@carlevans5760]

The stuff is easy to find. All you need to know is where? NARA here, National Film Archives, and the Imperial War Museum. I'm not saying he does a bad job? But the feeling on a couple is that it's not complete or research not enough .

[@gunnerbakke5020]

Fascinating!! Thank you Mark

[@amithpai965]

7:02 what's the tune of drums that has been played in backround?

[@noobeater231]

I can’t thank you enough for everything you do. Wishing you the best for 2021

[@TarMarnold]

Great video! My wife and I went to the museum during a trip to Russia. The trophy room was amazing to see in person.

[@mikhailv67tv]

I've been there to in 2008. Amazing.

[@yellowboot6629]

Thank'YOU Mark ❣️

[@b.o.353]

Saw these flags in San Diego back in the 90s. Amazing to see “Hitler’s Standard” and many of those pictured here. Along with his Brown jacket that they had rumpled on the floor behind the glass. Went twice and it was amazing to look at.

[@maddog8356]

Thanks for yet another WWII history lesson. I’m so glad I discovered your channel!

[@jasonrodgers9063]

I remember enjoying your "Blutfahne" video when it first came out. I am glad to see that a number of the Nazi "standards" were placed in a museum, to be remembered with historical context. An appropriately distainful historical context. Much preferable (long term) to yielding to the understandably furious emotions at the time. Much of history is horrible. The horrible must be remembered, along with the proud and honorable. Thanks so much for posting! Whenever I see a new little red "1" by my KZbin notifications "bell", I start thinking- "PLEASE be a new Mark Felton video! PLEASE be a new Mark Felton video"!

[@Collectorfirearms]

I hope you're not referring to the Soviets as honorable. They were just as bad as the Nazis.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

@@Collectorfirearms Believe me, I well know the Soviets were at LEAST as horrible! I'm referring to ALL history of ALL societies, the good and the bad. I should've phrased it better. Thanks for pointing it out so I could clarify.

[@Collectorfirearms]

@@jasonrodgers9063 yeah sorry. Thanks for making it clear. You're right though

[@greggemerer8251]

@@Collectorfirearms this is a totally baseless statement. It is as ridiculous to say this as to say the Americans were just as bad as the Soviets. In the hierarchy of evil,Nazi Germany has a special place: 40 million people killed and an entire continent laid waste in just 12 years of power.

[@Collectorfirearms]

@@greggemerer8251 what are you smoking? No such thing as a good country. You clearly have no knowledge of history if you think that the Soviets under Stalin were any better then the Nazis.

[@camasultanulw.h.y1629]

Your documentaries are gold

[@ashishbihani2806]

you upload some amazing videos

[@thEannoyingE]

This is a topic I’ve always wanted you to tackle. Such a fascinating topic.

[@bbcmotd]

It is said the flags were also thrown on a wooden platform, not to let them touch the sacred ground of the Red Square

[@jozseftoth9368]

Well, after all no nazi boots were allowed to touch the Red Square, than no flags having nazi swastika. Makes sense

[@user-tl5fi9lz9z]

If I were Stalin, I’d have opened up my fly and pissed on the standards.

[@thessop9439]

Itd have been hilarious! Like when Blücher pissed on Paris after Waterloo

[@newreast3904]

we do it with our eyes while watching this video my friend.

[@Kreuzrippengewoelbe]

Stalin was a real monster compared to Hitler.

[@newreast3904]

@@Kreuzrippengewoelbe And i dont mean my face's moustache...

[@alexlopez5800]

The video explains how the Russian soldiers had gloves on when holding the standards that were a representation of any nation who tried to conquer mother Russia. They also took the very gloves that they had on and burned them along with the Nazi standards.

[@illuminousbrown333]

Fascinating stuff!, thanks for sharing! 👍👍👍

[@KVD-kx5wx]

I knew you was going to say Stalin wanted the Blutfahne! That’s another great video. This is my favourite channel and has been for a while. Thank you so much for these videos!

[@mattkaczmarek1152]

After watching your videos for about a year, I finally decided to be a patron. Thank you for all your hard work and please continue to make videos!

[@haloreachlover99]

2:30 dude trips a little on the flag

[@anthonywalsh785]

thanks for posting once again this unknown to me anyways, piece of history.

[@garylawless3608]

Thank you Mark, for another gem of little known WW2 history! Like all of us who watch your channel, I have a keen interest in the world conflict that was WW2, and I find these episodes fascinating. Particularly the areas of the war that we would not normally see in documentaries elsewhere, or are not generally known as part of that history. Can’t wait for the next one! Cheers from Australia, and stay safe in this difficult time for all of us.

[@frechstudios3129]

At 1:38 I can’t get over how big that dude’s head is!

[@cipriantodoran1674]

The a-little-bit-far-away dude? I wonder who he was..

[@garypulliam3740]

@@cipriantodoran1674 I was going to ask the same thing.

[@cherylholmes8677]

Stalin was born in Iraq to Iraqi parents.

[@garypulliam3740]

@@cherylholmes8677 Stalin was born to Georgian parents in the Central Asian country of Georgia ... or Soviet Georgia, not Iraq.

[@simonpoelma2066]

Semyon Budyonny, the most incompetent marshal who favoured horses over tanks

[@AlexDeLarge1]

They carried the flags with gloves and burned the gloves afterward. That's so extra and I love it.

[@hugosophy]

This might be the greatest Dr. Felton video ever

[@tttt3487]

Another Meisterwerk Herr Doktor. I hadn't realized it was NKVD Troops doing the chucking.

[@jayalbertz9756]

My grandpa was American in the 2nd Armor Division and somewhere along the war he took a "Blutfahne" and sent it home. It sat folded up in his desk for 50 years and he wouldn't talk about it. Eventually after he passed away it was given to me, people have begged me to sell it but I'm glad I didn't. I'm so proud of him. Thanks for a very informative and well done video.

[@043778cc]

PLEASE never sell this relic, not you children or grand children... donate to a museum. thank you, from Belgium.

[@jayalbertz9756]

@@043778cc no it will not be sold, I sure wish I knew exactly where it came from for sure.

[@Normalguy1690]

Raise ur kids right or it will be on pawn stars.

[@angeloluna529]

@@Normalguy1690 then gets sold for 50 dollars and when they sell it, it will be 100000 dollars

[@39doddle]

Very informative video!

[@bdj1012]

Great video!

[@datboi988]

Glad to see this channel growing so much. Great work, as always.

[@Edward-ko9pn]

Every time I watch one of your videos I find myself humming to the intro music. Lol Thanks for all your hard work and effort!

[@Cosmopolitan121]

Скоро натовские знамёна так же будут валятся

[@-haclong2366]

I'm so glad that they didn't burn them.

[@sally232]

Great video explaining obscure known history! Immediately clicked it after seening it

[@steveholmes5207]

Regardless of what you think of starlin those men marching had more than earned that right thank you mark another excellent video 👍

[@sidneywaller9191]

you never disappoint me with your dhow love it

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

1:36 No-one told Stalin that he wasn't meant to have his body double stand next to him

[@neflesward2727]

I always like your videos before watching them, you have my trust. I know is gonna be something interesting and very well done. Bravo

[@Masada1911]

Always found this an interesting story but never knew much about it. Thank you!

[@noheroespublishing1907]

"In international news, Generalissimo Stalin has decreed a mass teabagging of Hitler's corpse in the aftermath of the war in Europe."

[@moeextra2091]

“Greatly feared but admired leader” very kind of you :)

[@BeelzebulKlendathu]

"Loosing 27 millions of soldiers and workers" Umm... and women and children were among them. Some of the contry's population were killed or died under Nazi, or I should say, Axis accupation; about 5 million civilians were transferred to Germany and were basically used as slaves. A lot of them didn't make it back, for they died too.

[@hughmungus1767]

Beelzebug Klendathu - Over 1 million Soviet soldiers that had been held in captivity by Germany were returned to the Soviet Union after the war and virtually all were murdered by Stalin and his henchmen. Stalin felt that anyone who had been in German captivity, even for a few hours, could have been "turned" into a German spy so he had them all killed, with the odd exception.

[@BeelzebulKlendathu]

@@hughmungus1767 Are you a caveman of some sort? Let me help you to gain some momentum: just type "post-war fate of Soviet POWs myth" or something like this in Google search box, and off you go. However, if you like this distorted picture you have in mind as of now, you won't perform any of these activities just to keep yourself comfortable.

[@Horesmi]

> soldiers and *workers* Women and children were critical to Soviet war machine. Most worked willingly in the siberian wastes in open air factories with but campfires to keep them warm, to protect their land at any cost.

[@yottadrive]

@@BeelzebulKlendathu There's a Wiki page (with sources, of course) that proves Hugh Mungus is right.

[@canamrider07]

Another Masterpiece, ty.

[@olegkorotaev1983]

Марк, привет! Ты довольно точно показываешь историю. Моё уважение.

[@yetti423]

it's good to find content adding to what was told as a teenager.