The Bunker Boys - Hitler's Child Soldiers, Berlin 1945

The story of the child and teenage soldiers that were famously filmed being awarded Iron Crosses outside the Führerbunker in Berlin, March 1945.
Special thanks to Frederick at www.filmhauer.net for access to footage. Also visit / filmhauer
Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. He has written extensively on Japanese war crimes, POW camps, Nazi war criminals, the Holocaust, famous escapes, Hitler and other Nazi leaders. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...
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[@blackpowderuser373]

"I wish my generals were as brave as you."

[@oliverhaake7552]

I wished these boys were as forseeing as some of the Generals... The war was already lost at the end of 1942 and everything that followed was a prolonging of the worldwide suffering. And the pictures don't show all the brave boys that didn't make it and died pointless in the last days and weeks of WW2. I suggest the German movie "The Bridge" from 1959. It shows how this turned out for many of these "bunker boys".

[@hosentrager7743]

Fegelein! Bringen Sie mir Fegelein!

[@vespasiancaesar9842]

@@oliverhaake7552 hi. you commented 55 seconds ago and i agree

[@Qasibr]

Pedro Kantor I’ve been reading Guderian’s Panzer Leader book. Seems like a brilliant General. Also been reading The Unnecessary War by Nixon’s speechwriter. His thesis is that Hitler didn’t want a two-front war.

[@edoedo8686]

@@oliverhaake7552 well stated.

[@tsilcher]

Breakfast with uncle Adi: Milk, cookies and an Iron cross.

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

What else a young Aryan could dream off? ;)

[@redram5150]

Use Bitchute or on

[@xys7536]

Then a hole in your gut. Thanks adi

[@joannsissy4768]

Idioto

[@adamrobbins2091]

Would die for an Iron Cross 🤣

[@douglasstrother6584]

Consider this: if you were born in 1923, you were 10 when the NSDAP came to power; you had a rough childhood before The Leader ascended, and now you could look forward to things being better. You were 16 when the war started. "How could these kids be so fanatical?" It was their whole life experience. Another fascinating episode of history Dr. Felton!

[@andrejatodorovic5916]

My grandfather was born in 1922 and he fought in a war from 1940 to 1945 .

[@csbanki]

I'm glad you came up with this. People who never ever in their life experienced any threat and violence are always so quick to judge from their sofa.

[@holdenparker179]

those kids were no not more or less fanatical than those who burned down hiroshima, nagasaki, dresden and raped german women in berlin 1945

[@stiporasic5689]

​​@@andrejatodorovic5916 na kojoj strani😝😝😝😂

[@alexandersantana24]

FANATICAL??😂😂😂 They just knew that j.o.0.s demons were destroying His country and degenrating the world. It's just the power of truth, mor0n

[@HoopTY303]

When I was a kid (studying WWII as a hobby) I used to wish there existed every soldiers story in some massive set of texts. I wanted to know them all. I love that now I have access to so much information.

[@Knee_Ghast]

i did that too

[@karsondegoey2671]

Well, just the allie soilders right?

[@rebeccamccoy2346]

Read Citizen Soldier, many first person accounts from Americans and Germans.

[@Meeskait1992]

I'm studying WWII as a hobby at the moment

[@eduparada970]

@@Meeskait1992 Same here! I had no interest in this conflicts but after playing battlefield 1 I got interested in WW1, did a ton of research, got fascinated and started studying ww2

[@williamkeith8944]

My dad was a combat medic that was 20 years old crossing Europe from Normandy through the Ardennes and Belgium. He once told me it was alarming to have to treat 15 year old wounded German soldiers. Medics on both sides treated enemy soldiers when they could

[@elflakeador09]

That can't have been easy dealing with that on a regular basis, I'm sure it never leaves you. I can only imagine the horrors these medics came upon. And your Dad was such a young man himself. I thank him for his service from across the pond in Ireland. 🇮🇪

[@VegasNit]

White Boy not even worthy of a serious reply...

[@keirtapper6158]

@White Boy just like in estonia

[@MB-ux9me]

@@VegasNit I mean the red army really did rape their way through

[@Whimsy67]

You realize that ww2 was like 70 years ago??

[@jona.scholt4362]

That one kid Czech saving wounded soldiers with a horse and cart is pretty nuts. I just imagine mortars and artillery raining down on him, his horse and cart and the wounded men. Gotta give credit, those kids had guts.

[@edoedo8686]

Could be a movie...

[@conveyor2]

@@edoedo8686 Not made by Hollywood or any German studio for sure.

[@bryanneideffer3969]

They fought extremely well on the western front though...fanaticism was high in their ranks as well!

[@rascallyrabbit717]

And somewhere there's a teenage girl crying because she's cold

[@BrassLock]

Reminds me of the ANZAC legend during the Gallipoli campaign of WW1, the soldier known as Simpson and his donkey, retrieving Aussie wounded under fire.

[@TomCosgrave]

I had a girlfriend whose father was German and who had been conscripted into the Hitler Youth at the very end of the war in Berlin when he was 15. He spent years recovering from the PTSD.

[@kanegarvey3188]

That’s really unfortunately. I don’t want to sound rude but do you have any more details?

[@badbotchdown9845]

He have not been conscripted at 15 he was in HJ since 8 years old as all germans young women and men

[@FortniteJuice]

Same thing with my grandpa. He grew up in Hamburg. As a member of the Hitler Youth he had to retrieve and clean up bodies from the massacre of the bombings

[@emveetu3672]

@@badbotchdown9845 No, there were German children that were able to avoid joining until Germany started loosing.

[@Dzeividz]

@@kanegarvey3188 What details do you want weirdo

[@TylerVossler]

The quality of your content and the educational substance is unmatched by anyone else in the KZbin historical space. Great job and thank you!

[@HistoryHustle]

Immortalized by the film Downfall (Der Untergang).

[@iamfishhead]

Der Untergang really is one of the best WW2 films ever made and certainly one of the best out of Germany, except for, arguably, Das Boot.

[@loveofmangos6112]

Peter was his name. Think the SS hangs his dad at the end for hiding and not fighting so he leaves with Trodel.

[@killraven123]

@@iamfishhead Generation War was also very good imo

[@samarvora7185]

@@iamfishhead Also Stalingrad (1993)

[@ColinH1973]

@@iamfishhead Das Boot is a truly great film. Well said sir.

[@josh656]

"I'll be in Argentina if you need me."

[@user-we2xi2rf8w]

Lol because they all fled there

[@wolfstudios4297]

Did they really?

[@scottdayman9329]

Beannn Nibbs yea most nazis fled there, so many that certain areas speak German

[@francescofilippini9387]

"With my friend: Juan Domingo Perón"

[@bryantc2899]

@@wolfstudios4297 Yes

[@SwedishHouseFifa]

Most underrated channel on KZbin

[@SwedishHouseFifa]

@General Calvi deserves to get a lot more

[@johnyare8576]

Certainly not by those who accessed it.

[@giraffeman326]

“The Führer demands all to share their last drops of blood in Berlin’s defence; the old, the young, the weak” - Victor Resnov

[@giraffeman326]

@Capitalist it’s a quote from a video game, but quite a true one.

[@giraffeman326]

@Capitalist nope, World at War. You were close.

[@Sovietghostdivision]

"They stand for Germany, they die for Germany. "

[@giraffeman326]

@@Sovietghostdivision building by building, room by room, one rat at a time.

[@reb-dom1ne]

“The mudak in the car is General Amsel, the architect of Stalingrad’s misery”

[@boskodelic8907]

I'd just like to say thank you Mark That's it

[@krisb3429]

Welkum heir pisda bukket.

[@heimdallwg2112]

Pozdrav Bosko

[@matthewbratton3825]

Well done again. Had no idea who the boys were or what happened to them.

[@theamericanguy1969]

Michael excuse me what? I’m German but mostly American but enough to get offended by you

[@mark_yt91]

Thanks bro, I appreciate

[@simonkevnorris]

i was wondering how to find out if these children survived the war and Dr Felton included details in the video - thanks very much.

[@rebdomine1]

Yeah, I had no idea I had already seen an interview with Hübner in World at War.

[@bundesautobahn7]

What I found really disgusting in that regard, was how many boys from the HJ they were able to recruit for these combat operations, voluntarily or otherwise. They, and the Volkssturm, were nothing but cannon fodder in a futile attempt to win a long lost war.

[@I_like_big_bombs]

Mark knows a lot that he doesnt let on.

[@hshs5756]

One of my favorite vignettes from Cornelius Ryan's _The Last Battle_ about the Soviet taking of Berlin is a Hitler Youth boy soldier sent out with a _panzerfaust_ to stop Russian tanks. Exhausted, he falls asleep in bombed-out building, and when he awakens the battle has swept past him in the night. All of his young companions are dead in the streets, but he lives to tell the tale.

[@greenhillburma]

@@bundesautobahn7 One of Hitler's two last blunders. By conscripting both the under-aged and the elderly, he helped much to devastate Germany's post-war human resource pool. The second would be his 'scorched earth' order which was aimed at obliterating Germany's infrastructure down to the very last piece. The latter however was skillfully deflected by Speer, if even only partially successful.

[@KMac329]

Thank you, Mr. Felton, for clearing up the date of the footage. "Downfall" has Hitler greeting the Hitler Youth in late April, 1945, and has one of the youths fighting in the Battle of Berlin, and coming from Berlin itself. It's good you've cleared up this misconception.

[@sergboxer7785]

Amazing. Thank you for these documentaries.

[@redram5150]

“Adi & The Bunker Boys” sounds like a hardcore punk band

[@TonySlug]

FYI There is a Dutch punk band called JOHNNY COHEN AND THE NEW AGE NAZIS who have an amusing song called "Hitler was a speed freak"

[@redram5150]

Tony Slug AnalCunt has a song called “Hitler was a sensitive man”. It’s on the same album as the track “I sent pictures of your son to NAMBLA”.

[@joannsissy4768]

F.u. jew

[@redram5150]

Stuart Ahrens TF are you on about?

[@nandy1256]

Actually bunker boys are the type that some people of America would elect, because their thinking always stay young

[@Nightstalker-zw2bg]

"Older men declare war, but it's the youth that must fight and die." (Herbert Hoover)

[@ffjsb]

It's ALWAYS been that way, and always will be. There would be a lot more wars if 19 and 20 year olds ran the world. A lot of old men have already been through wars, and know it's horrors, so most of them don't decide to go to war easily.

[@alanwitton5980]

He was spot on about that

[@algerianprophet9654]

That quote is for cowards. Only a materialist would believe in that garbage.

[@alastairward2774]

@@algerianprophet9654 lol, "cowards". Yes, lets all get stuck in and kill!

[@alastairward2774]

@@ffjsb utter rot, you really think age makes people reticent to send others to kill?

[@stevenhershman2660]

Another outstanding video. I found that I may have missed some of Mark's videos so I go back on BOTH of Mark's Channels and look at prior videos to make sure I do not miss any of Mark's Videos.

[@wayneliebl1098]

Mr. Felton, I very much enjoy watching your KZbin videos about WWII. Thanks for sharing them with us

[@stephendean2896]

In March of 1945 Hitler could have visited the Eastern and Western fronts in the same day. Then have time to be home for dinner

[@SubayAdamm2]

Yes lol

[@Bushchannel]

😂😂

[@johnhill1048]

O

[@leaveme3559]

every one keeps talking about how oil was the reason germany lost .....no!!!....hitler wanted to have dinner after visiting both fronts

[@leaveme3559]

@Stuart Ahrens yo your english sucks....u lost yourself in the end

[@thefutureofyesterday8136]

Some 12 year old kids ride bikes in the neighborhood, wondering what it’s like to kiss a girl, fishing by the lake, going to school to learn, having sleep overs with friends watching movies and eating popcorn all night. Other 12 year old kids are in a damp trench, firing a rifle to kill people, watching other kids getting blown into bits and dodging heavy artillery 24/7... 🤔

[@nicculessman4069]

Pretty scary to think about huh

[@handyvickers]

Imagine the PTSD from all that...

[@Walter-white891]

I mean trenches are barely even being used so no not other kids are doing that

[@thefutureofyesterday8136]

D0nye WTH? Trenches were used in a extremely common method in the 1940’s World War II so... yeah many German kids were very much so in trenches all along enemy lines across many countries. (?) 🤔

[@Walter-white891]

@@thefutureofyesterday8136 well kids in the 1940s didn't watch movies all night and eat popcorn all night

[@Dabu-Dabu]

I'm glad to see this channel still growing. Good stuff.

[@walasiewicz]

That was awesome Mark I've seen that footage 1000 times and was ALWAYS curious about the stories behind it

[@johndoe5432]

Honestly one of the saddest aspects of the entire war, those boys should have never seen combat and every one of them that died is a great tragedy.

[@nandy1256]

If it was Donald the Great in Hitler's shoes, would he be capable of allowing this?

[@gregoryjames1902]

They paid for the sins of their fathers.

[@thatonerussiandictator5412]

The sheer desperation and unrelenting Soviets brought the worst out of the times. But at the end of the day, anything to save Germany no?

[@LdudeLdude]

Cheerio Fujisaki lots of them did see combat and die.

[@fredcollins8919]

Some saw combat. Most did not, thank God.

[@jeroenarends5234]

The longer the war, the younger the soldiers...

[@JBluuz]

The longer the war, the shorter the lives

[@Salem-TC]

Also sometimes the older the soldier..

[@JBluuz]

@@Salem-TC true

[@lucasfreirex]

@HATEMAN you don't say.

[@robertosoto4598]

Se dice, cuanto más sea tu estupidez de decir psuedo palabras de sabiduría en los comentarios, más tendrás a ridículos igual que tú siguiéndote.

[@mrs.t3669]

You're a fantastic narrator....great videos...learning so much.

[@anitaharris9909]

Thank you very much for the best information explaining the famous film footage I have ever seen. All of your programs are excellent!!

[@paulwashington98e]

Hi there? Hope you're good & staying safe?

[@LehySnek]

As my granfather says "War is ugly, it doesn't doesn't care about no one, women, children or the elderly."

[@user-tv4ih2kq6r]

@Christian Soehring must have included "even" then 😂😂. I think her grandpa wanted to imply that even those who cant protect themselves, or ppl who're meant to be mercily excluded from wars. Maybe that is more appropriate than enumarating cuz some men cant protect themselves either. But those days I kinda thought men are forced to train in military, hence they are more dedicated to protect than be protected making eldery, children, and women's lives more important than them.😔

[@nandy1256]

@Space Monkey If you start a war, do you expect to pay the same amount you took on your enemy if you lost?

[@tomi9562]

As long as you have a soldier with a gun and ammunation, dont you dare give up. every bullet means one red aemrmy soldier less ~ my great grandfather who fought in winter war

[@anaveragegirl2330]

Christian Soehring : bruh stfu thyre the ones killing the others

[@gerard518]

@@nandy1256 Is this supposed to be English?

[@cinabolic]

“It's Definitely Not A Good Time To Be A Nazi” - Yorkie

[@historyfornoobs3007]

agreed

[@Amani-zo8ic]

Malcolm Hoth ?

[@nowhereman8564]

It never was never be

[@lordwaffle4614]

Omar Mokrane the quote is a reference to a character in the comedy film, jojo rabbit, it’s brilliant and you should definitely check it out.

[@historyfornoobs3007]

@@lordwaffle4614 i have sen the trailers it seems funny. thanks for the suggestion

[@karolchwierut]

Great video man, thanks for making it

[@raymondcaruso507]

Absolutely fascinating. Great video.

[@RobertPaterson]

My wonderful ex boss, Peter Nickels was a HJ boy in Berlin - captured by the Russians he spent 2 years as DP in a camp and emigrated to Canada where his first job was washing dishes. All his family had been killed in Berlin. Utterly fearless and always jovial, having survived the worst that can happen, he was an inspiration to all of us who worked for him - God bless Peter wherever you are - here or in Valhalla

[@EdAstor]

I wish I could hear more post war stories like this one. Greetings from Paraguay.

[@unoriginal9299]

Stuart Ernst Ahrens ?

[@mr.v5695]

@@EdAstor hai nde ndajahechai heta ko'ape la paraguayo

[@karlflavourtv7904]

@@EdAstor My grandma was 20+ in 1945. Her husband was executed from the soviets for nothing.

[@shush5924]

Hello fellow Paterson

[@anubisd613]

"Bunker Boys" ,that's sound like a cool and interesting movie

[@ssmt2]

It sounds more like a gay porn film. LOL

[@zepperfox7669]

Yo Defitnetly im down on that!

[@qingyunwang3802]

MT2SS That title belongs to the previous “Rump Reich” video.

[@ryanvargas4889]

MT2SS HahA! Knew I would see this comment.

[@ironwoodnf9128]

I think they made it and called it JoJo Rabbit

[@mackpainter7445]

My first history prof in college was in the Hitler youth. It was expected of all male youths to join. Then he held out his hands and said, "With these, a pair of pliers, and a crescent wrench I diffused German mine fields".

[@Ujuani68]

Oh hooray...🙄

[@get-memed]

@@Ujuani68 why are you so rude. Defusing mines is very dangerous

[@ronalddesiderio7625]

I can’t get a kid to work out here in the 1% Hamptons. Never mind Fire a gun to kill for the furor 🤣

[@kanegarvey3188]

@@get-memed I think he meant “oh hooray” as in that’s a very terrible task to do.

[@brendon1689]

@@kanegarvey3188 i'm not so sure about that, they did include a little bit of eye rolling

[@firewalkwithme2539]

Amazing detail from Dr Felton. Your vids are great viewing.

[@jorikrouwenhorst7220]

Childsoldiers: naah Bunker Boys: yeah!

[@Chezzers.]

Bünkerboiz

[@stadtbekanntertunichtgut]

@@Chezzers. You know that the ü that you wrote instead of an u change the sound and make this word nonsens? -.-

[@eamesaerospace2805]

Keller Kinder

[@SameLif3]

jorik rouwenhorst I read the comment with the same tone lol

[@Chezzers.]

@@stadtbekanntertunichtgut Of course! Makes it even sillier

[@terrymulcahy4068]

“They fight like soldiers, they die like children”

[@themudthedirtandthesand9079]

There is a fairly well-known story of a child-soldier who witnessed another child-soldier hanging dead by the neck from a utility pole in Berlin city center, apparently executed by the SS for cowardice, insubordination, or defeatism (believing the war was lost). That is what happens when a "pure blooded German" resists, challenges or ignores the PSYCHOTIC NAZIS, when the PSYCHIATRIC NAZIS have absolute political, social, and cultural POWER.

[@calugarulvlad6226]

@Zannekin your fastest replied comment ever come

[@julianmarsh1378]

@İSKELET APTİ If America was invaded and losing, we'd have our kids out there, too....

[@BloxEzio3]

@@freefall9832 Any nation desperate enough, will send those with too few winters behind to war, this has happened throughout history and is happening currently in the endless conflicts raging here and there. In the US Civil war, South used child soldiers towards the end of the war, when casualties had severly depleted the available manpower When Napoleon lost his army in Russia, he had to raise a new one, of anyone capable of carrying a musket In the great war, too young fellows served in pretty much all armies, often having lied about their ages. The recruiters could sometimes tell that this was definitely not an adult, often they just didnt care. More meat to the grinder Im not saying that what Nazis did was fair or justified, no child belongs to a war. Unfortunately, the world isnt fair or just either.

[@joannsissy4768]

Ok boomer

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Historians did a very good job presenting actual facts from fiction. Class A research project. Special thanks to the bunker boys for making this documentary possible!!!

[@eddihaskell]

What a complete and total waste of young life. These children had no chance of fighting off the Soviet armies.

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

You miss the point

[@aron8659]

@Nah mate what are you saying? makes no sense.

[@dovydass7020]

@Nah mate still a soviet victory

[@eggrollsoup]

Nah mate not to mention the lend lease and the allied fronts

[@Tridhos]

@Nah mate I think it was a bit more complex than you are capable of understanding. Despite the serious losses inflicted on the Red Army and extensive territorial gains, the mission to completely destroy Soviet fighting power and force a capitulation was not achieved. One of the most important reasons for this was poor strategic planning. The Germans had no satisfactory long-term plan for the invasion. They mistakenly assumed that the campaign would be a short one, and that the Soviets would give in after suffering the shock of massive initial defeats. Hitler had assured the High Command that 'We have only to kick in the front door and the whole rotten edifice will come tumbling down'. But Russia was not France. The shock value of the initial Blitzkrieg was dissipated by the vast distances, logistical difficulties and Soviet troop numbers, all of which caused attritional losses of German forces which could not be sustained.

[@thecourier231]

Willi Hübner looks like he's 10 years old, instead of 16.

[@stephenwood6663]

Germany was going through a serious food crisis in the latter half of the war: most everything was rationed, and bread was being increasingly watered-down with sawdust. Teenagers normally experience a dramatic growth spurt, but on those kind of rations, I imagine many would have remained short for their age.

[@alexanderthegreat5519]

Yes but he was 16y then.

[@kriegshammer2161]

Today we eat 10-15× more meat.A 11-12 year old look like a 16 year old 1945 .

[@Lenn869]

he probably lied about his age

[@roberthaworth8991]

The Japanese experienced this. The desired height for a Japanese Army conscript during WWII was 5'4"-5'6", IIRC. By 1990, having grown up with many more calories available in their daily diet (including fast food), the average Japanese male of the same age had attained the same height as his US counterpart. The cohort had added 4"-5" -- half a head in height -- in just two generations. In addition, bone-shortening childhood diseases and nutrition-based maladies such as rickets and chronic scurvy -- which had affected some parts of the Japanese population in the '30s and during the War -- had virtually disappeared.

[@apefromthekitchen]

Poor boys. Born the wrong time and the wrong place on the planet. I always felt sorry for the young boys on whatever side of a conflict, but children break my heart.

[@1947shadow]

Always a pleasure to watch your work!

[@vincentSD1]

Nazis: "You get one wish" Bunker Boy: "I wish we will win the war" Nazis: "Uhhh"

[@WailingFriend]

@Stuart Ahrens stop

[@BazookaLuca]

@Stuart Ahrens Germany, Benelux and France. Germany is the sugar daddy of the EU

[@BazookaLuca]

@Stuart Ahrens I'm German and even I have more humor than you. That war was decades ago.

[@Snoem]

@Stuart Ahrens damn bro who hurt you? Must have pstd...

[@nicholaspoplawski601]

Defeatist!! Court Martial!

[@CA999]

Stop everything! Another fascinating vignette to give top priority now!

[@CA999]

Yes I still see TV documentaries with ex Hitler youth in them as I did in the 80s. I am struck at time how they still seem memorised and captivated by Hitler ad they gaze past the TV camera into the distance. It's something that we cannot really understand as remote keyboard warriors and couch potatoes...

[@bassmits183]

Could you be so kind telling me what a vignette is?

[@David-yo5ws]

@@bassmits183 a brief evocative description, account, or episode. Pronounced vi'njet Oxford Dictionary

[@Miniaturehorseexpress]

MARK 🏆 You are the King of WW2 History 👍 Im 50 been interested my whole life, but I've learned more from you in the last month than I've learned in the last 49 year

[@battsy2911]

Not only did you get their names but you knew who's who. You are the best researcher ever. And we get to watch for free. Thank you.

[@charlestidwell5361]

He knew at this time that it was a lost cause, but he still sent these young boys to die.

[@nandy1256]

@Wesley Winston You speak as if the Allies totally obliterated Germany. But they didn't despite being capable of it. They even allowed Germany to grow back. Were they unfair when they no longer allowed Nazism and sympathy to Hitler to prosper?

[@thatonerussiandictator5412]

@@nandy1256 The Allies handled the post war situation very well (minus the destruction of numerous historically significant sights) but the Germans had no way of knowing that they wouldn't simply grind their love of nation, personal pride and self worth into the dust. They did it to a degree last time, and the second war was oh so much more painful and worse. Whats to stop them from erasing the very nation they love? Your looking back from a foreign perspective, the key is to look at it from their view. For many patriots and nationalist alike, one would tear the countryside apart and die if necessary to prevent such fears from manifesting. And its only common sense that the soviets would only bring bad things.

[@nandy1256]

@@lukewarmfacts5107 Do you mean you are certain there would be less consequences if they acted earlier and that their inability to do this is a failure on their part?

[@charlestidwell5361]

Here's the way I see it, America is not perfect just like any other country, but I'm from America and I love my country, and I certainly don't agree with everything going on in this country right now, but if you were born and raised in America and now you've decided to hate this country, THEN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE AND GO TO CHINA, THEY'D BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU!!!!!!

[@rajarshilayek3368]

War is not a solution. When nazi germans (i repeat Nazi Germans) attack poland it's there fault. When Japan attack on pearl Harbor it's there fault. When USA bombed on japan by nuclear attack, it's also there fault. Every country that participated in the war has something to blame.

[@joehyland4830]

Mark, your videos are spellbinding. My parents both served in WWII, and we of a certain age grew up immersed in the stories. Like others have said, your rounding out of the various engagements is captivating. Your knowledge and attention to detail is second to none. Please keep up the good work!

[@timothy8017]

Wow! Thanks for the details.

[@Nathan-ng1jt]

As usual fascinating historical content.

[@Collectorfirearms]

Time tells me it's 2 in the morning. Mark Felton says it's time to learn!

[@denizmetint.462]

It's 8 o' clock in the UK.

[@ironwoodnf9128]

T E A C H E D

[@omegavalwin]

im glad some of those kids got to live till old age

[@user-dk9gp3si5c]

If they don't, who will tell us amazing stories?

[@firemangan2731]

Is some of the boys still alive in 2020?

[@user-dk9gp3si5c]

@@firemangan2731 Yes, they are pretty old, but some of them are alive.

[@VV-wi6ir]

No..it's a pity..

[@krx_forcecausefu5243]

I knew one, he died some time ago at the age of 87 he tolde me it wasent war anymore at the end. Drunk russians in the evening yelling hurra and storming to there positions and at daytime the allied bomber came. It was nuts how brainwashed he stil was, qnd how proud he was that he signed up for 12 years to become a leutenant in the wehrmacht. He fleed west and got captured and was a pow for a year.

[@simonpage9201]

Fascinating videos Mark...cheers mate

[@paulboegel8009]

Incredible detail Dr Felton!

[@madsfrederiktoft5808]

This is re-enacted in Downfall..

[@GunsNGames1]

"I wish my generals were as brave as you."

[@sinclairmarcus]

A compelling movie

[@kstreet7438]

@Projekt:Kobra Yes.

[@wisdomleader85]

Yes, I believe every history enthusiast remembers the scene.

[@ColinH1973]

Fegelein!! Fegelein!!!!

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

Mark Felton isn't a historian he is an investigative treasure. A TV series with this man is a must.

[@geemeff]

Another great video bud!

[@jackavery7179]

Amazing coverage on history

[@joycekoch5746]

I was fortunate enough to have been friends with Alfons Heck. Heck was a decorated member of the Hitler Youth though I believe his last one on one with Hitler was in the Summer of 1944 when he told me how shocked he was to see Hitler so very old and tired looking compared to when he had seen him just two years earlier. It was very hard for Heck to talk about his younger self as he said the whole time was so surreal that he wasen't sure his younger self survived the war and he evolved a post war personality and became somebody else. It is like looking at a portrait of ones self and not believing that person was actually you and was capable of doing the things one did or having actually lived in such a time.

[@shable1436]

Heck of a story

[@Philip54622]

Thats because hitler was a broken man by 44

[@yeahit9109]

I smell cap

[@LOLLYPOPPE]

@@Philip54622 Should’ve played more golf.

[@bingbong6889]

What the heck! Thats so cool!

[@mattblom3990]

Still catching up to old Mark Felton (Leonidas squadron) and this gift drops.

[@johannsebastianbach9003]

German kamikazi :)))))) am i right?

[@seye8eyes]

still great information of video footage

[@brainstormingsharing1309]

Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up ❗👍👏👍👏👍

[@THEGIPPER34]

1:40am... Going to bed after a long day and getting readyto do it all again... oh Mark released a new video huh? Guess bed can wait

[@ioanekoroivuki543]

You have your priorities right!

[@gavinbarker6602]

4:00 am where I am :)

[@reddirtroots5992]

I was thinking about the same thing. It's 1:20am here in Northern California.

[@marcoAKAjoe]

Haha

[@theprofiler8531]

I’d seen that film of the bunker boys for over 40 years and thought like others they fought in the battle of Berlin. It’s fantastic to know the truth about these boys and what happened to a couple of them after the war. This is yet another example of why this is the best you tube channel and Mark’s skill as a researcher are unsurpassed. Thanks Mark

[@frankdevitt1537]

To the family and relatives of these Very Brave Boys, These Soldiers were Extremely Heroic to bring back Wounded Soldiers from areas of heavy fighting. Boy Soldiers, at the time and All brought Great Honour to you.

[@rugerscout308]

Mark I always learn something I didn't know when I watch one of your productions. You always seem to tie up loose ends when possible, very well done.

[@j.vonhavre1741]

When the bravery of children is a factor, all is lost. A recruiting party came to my family's farm demanding my ancestor who was 14 at the time. His mother hid him in the cellar. The following campaign season, they came again. She wanted to hide him again but his pride wouldn't allow it. Thankfully he survived.

[@j.vonhavre1741]

@Stuart Ahrens Big difference in a young man's mental development from 14 to 16 but he did his duty and repelled the northern invaders. Was your father on a Flak crew?

[@j.vonhavre1741]

@Stuart Ahrens Interesting. Mine fought in Virginia. 1864-65.

[@j.vonhavre1741]

@Stuart Ahrens Agreed. Next to the KJV, Mien Kamph is the highest selling book to date.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Fourteen year boys were taught to man the 88mm anti aircraft gun in the latter stages of the war.but, they were deemed too young to watch a war movie at the cinema.

[@Philip54622]

Of course everyone in Germany wanted to fight think of the Volkssturm for example

[@hal_aetus]

Amazing to know a bit more about what became of those kids. It's sobering and sad that they had (or felt compelled) to endure combat, but it also seems appropriate that they were rewarded for their peril. Particularly the one that had rescued stricken soldiers-- something someone on any side of the war could commend.

[@ytrew9717]

If only a last survivor could make a video to tell every single details of what he has seen. What an incredible destiny they had.

[@Michael-bm9de]

That 16 year old boy Wilhelm Hübner, winning the iron cross dosent look very teenage like, more like 12 or 13

[@NomenmihiLegioest]

I thought the same thing.

[@oliviarichardson9325]

back in them days that was normal, these days everyone grows up too quick and 16 year olds look 21

[@Michael-bm9de]

@MARKO bearly..

[@travellingshoes5241]

@MARKO He looks about 10 at most.

[@amirabans1127]

@@oliviarichardson9325 its just genetics. If anything 16 year olds look younger now. Compared to the 80s/90s. They look like 12 year olds

[@Idcanymore510]

Mind-blowingly amazing! One has seen these images over decades wondering who these boys were and what ever happened to them; never having nor expecting an answer. Yet Mark Felton pulls it off again! It somehow feels like closure. Just astounding work, Mr.Felton.

[@thegermansturmmann1797]

“The old The weak The young They stand for Germany they die for Germany”

[@cristopher7019]

@@Vladimir-fp5vw dont understand

[@csbanki]

The first thing that comes to mind is the tragical things these chidren had to go through. But we should also not forget the incredible bravery these boys have shown. I've always thought that they were the last line of defense in Berlin, and were massacred. Thank you for telling their stories, they deserve an incredible amount of respect for their service in a war they never should have fought in the first place. I'm also glad to learn about the survivals of at least some of them, and hope they could recover and live a healthy life afterwards.

[@hamzaelshakankiri2125]

The amount of research that goes into these videos is incredible.

[@Tractorman-xj4gt]

Such stellar work, Mark - well done !! These events MUST be kept alive and told so that the world hopefully will NOT repeat the same errors which lead to untold misery and suffering.

[@iain835]

Simply amazing. Appreciate it

[@chrisschultz8598]

I am amazed at the documentary evidence Felton was able to find on the young boys who were in this film. They are not just images on celluloid, they are real people, I was glad to hear that the three young soldiers featured here survived the war.

[@secularindian9311]

0:02 music name ??

[@chrisschultz8598]

@@secularindian9311 So far as I know, it's simply Mark Felton's theme music.

[@secularindian9311]

@@chrisschultz8598 Thanks bro 🙏I will value your far patience 💯 tq once again finally I got it 👍

[@garypulliam3740]

8:32 If you look real close, in the background you see three officers planning and discussing their escape from the inferno that Berlin would become.

[@gg0drk041]

Sharp

[@Popasger]

I think they were planning were the defenses and ammunition should be. Don’t think their planning an escape in front of soldiers who are to fight in Berlin. (Just a theory - I have no idea)

[@garypulliam3740]

@@Popasger Well, many did, so why not these two?

[@Popasger]

@@garypulliam3740 I just think it would be weird to have an escape plan being planned out in front of hitler and many soldiers who needs “support” if they hear leaders planning to escape in front of them they might lose hope or be scared to face the Russians. You have to remember that these children were filled with propaganda for almost 8 years straight. An escape plan would probably be made in a more closed room with more highly commanding officers... (Again I have no idea, I just use my imagination)

[@joonaslehtonen7965]

@@Popasger Sharp detecting skills. No way in world they would plan escape out in the open, not to mention only 5m away from Der Fuhrer & Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler troops and officers.

[@mbomb8702]

Mark, I came across your channel a while ago and I must say that I'm blown away by it. Small, rarely thought of pieces of history excellently researched and presented. Keep up the great work!

[@jacekwojciechowski3679]

First let me say that I'm a fan of what you do and a follower of this channel. Thank you for mentioning my beloved Silesia❤ although for those who prefer to know everything to the very last detail, town you've mentioned - LAUBAN (currently Lubań) is in Lusatia east of Lusatian Neisse, river since1945 forming Polish-German border.

[@andrimulo9667]

Thank U sir. I always listen your story with much interest. Good job cama.... Mate

[@scaredmouse6643]

And then there is me, Who gets scared by a flying cockroach

[@sultan1918]

😹 😹 👌🏿

[@scaredmouse6643]

@Jimbo my mom doesnt At least i think so....

[@scaredmouse6643]

@Rita L america of course dinosaurus exists here

[@mercamia]

same here man

[@scaredmouse6643]

@@alexparakan i mean drugs makes me go ye- nah i am just kiddin

[@mgweible8162]

This is probably one of the best presented and most professional channel on youtube. Keep up the great work

[@Will-Parr]

Excellent presentation.

[@iamstewpit6740]

I just came from a video of the Downfall scene, depicting this exact situation.

[@chrismaddox15]

Dr Felton, it's amazing how you find such detailed info regarding history. Very interesting! Thanks.

[@kennysherrill6542]

I have studied WW2 for over fifty years, you do a very good job of bringing it all together in sort order and to the point. Outstanding young man and carry on.

[@belgianfabian2216]

Fifty or fifteen?

[@kennysherrill6542]

@@belgianfabian2216 fifty

[@belgianfabian2216]

@@kennysherrill6542 That's so much, cheers to you my friend.

[@NR-pn6mn]

Great job! Enjoyed it 👍🏼

[@misterx6346]

Amazingly good video.

[@merhawisyoum6385]

Thank you The best historian ever.

[@Modest9009]

Mr. Felton: thank you! I so appreciate the hard work you put in to insure accuracy and truthfulness. I am a retiree and can barely afford internet...but will try to send a donation your way for all your work. Again, Thank You!.

[@thesweatleaf]

This is the saddest program from your channel which I can remember. It is well researched and 'puts a bow' on an elusive subject. Thanks.

[@albertmarnell9976]

One of these boys was a relative of mine and he died an old man in Florida. He was a great man and a kind man. He was only 15 when he was forced to fight the last battles in Berlin. He was born in Rastenburg, East Prussia.

[@Komet163B]

Cheers for Mark getting the March 20th date correct. So many “historians” mistakenly attribute this event to April 20th..

[@zerotrace000]

Mark, I commend you on your ability to bring these historical videos to the public. Your investigative spirit and attention to detail are on a whole different level. Your videos are fascinating and I appreciate your way of just reporting facts and staying away from politics and opinion. I have learned more history from you than I have ever learned at college. Bravo Mark! As a person who has served in the US Marines, I salute you.

[@tomasla9345]

yet another vid from Mark Felton I thumb up before really watching it... still not disappointed at the end... thanks for sharing!

[@julzmuzik9464]

I stand at attention whenever i hear your intro music!

[@giraffeman326]

I can’t express in words how bad I feel for those poor children. They had no chance at surviving against the Soviet, and died for nothing.

[@henryviii2091]

They weren't forced tho, they signed up for it.

[@giraffeman326]

@@henryviii2091 that doesn’t change how I think about it. They had no chance regardless. I’m sure Nazi propaganda gave them a better chance at the time too.

[@henryviii2091]

@@giraffeman326 Well, many European countries were forcing 16 year olds (ik, they are a bit older than the ones in the video but still kids) to go to the war and defend either against the Germans or the Soviets, and the Soviets also had children in their armies.

[@giraffeman326]

@@henryviii2091 I know. It was a terrible time to be growing up when your country is demanding more people to take action.

[@Samanta.van.laar.]

@@henryviii2091 the kids who diden wanne go where hangt as a exemple for the the rest if u say no u die anyway's so what u gonne do

[@xoster1272]

Such bravery shown by these kids, almost unimaginable.

[@deanpd3402]

Unimaginable in an adult let alone a child.

[@cerealeater803]

@@deanpd3402 what?

[@sneej7654]

@@cerealeater803 he was saying the bravery the adults had was already very brave but the kids were even braver

[@megaduck7965]

@@Digitaaliklosetti they’ve not been brainwashed in the same way ...

[@ieatpeopleand]

@@megaduck7965 No, they've been brainwashed in a different way.