The Real Life Maverick and WW2's Biggest Chad: Hans Joachim Marseille "The Star of Africa" (Part 2)

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Please like the video guys, KZbin copyright claim.

[@universalfox]

Roger Roger

[@goldenguardian8753]

Already done PAC-man. Shame it had to be taken down and uploaded again

[@carkid266]

Got it.

[@Jaeger_Bishop]

Copyright for what!? It's probably something stupid that falls under fair use but KZbin copyright trolls gonna troll.

[@jizburg]

Roger, i will relisten for the watch time

[@josephustheinvestigator]

Well you made a grown man cry over a soldier who fought for a horrible regime. Amazing story, this man was a true living legend. I'm glad we can remember him, what he stood for, and the good he did. Amazing video!

[@sermovies3217]

what is really sad is that he died 22 years old. Fucking hell with 22 I did not do jack shit. I did my 2 years stint in the German military (SAZ 2) which I just did because I did not know what to become in the future and well this guy lost his life as many others of that generation dying brutally in a senseless war. And in current history in Ukraine it gets just repeated.

[@DUSTKILLL]

Lol did you miss the whole usa empire building? No government is good in any part of history

[@Greg-yu4ij]

@@DUSTKILLL No government is free from sin. However the US government had enough good people to be overall good, until the CCP infiltrated and corrupted it.

[@rogerc6533]

@@Greg-yu4ij Oh no Americans corruption has been happening since its Fed became privatized, Tik Toks intrusion into America is only a recent development.

[@jordinagel1184]

@@DUSTKILLLif you feel the need to be an apologist to literal Nazis by using whataboutism, you’ve clearly lost the plot (and your marbles)

[@joevanseeters2873]

No doubt had he survived the war, Marseille most likely would have followed in the path of Galland, Rall, and many other German Luftwaffe pilots that befriended their enemies after the war. He may have even become a General in the later Bundeswehr like several former WWII flying aces did! A rare breed indeed.

[@JohnGaltAustria]

Hopefully not, as Galland helped known war criminals.

[@joevanseeters2873]

@@JohnGaltAustria Yeah, well, believe it or not, all the nations involved in the war and many not involved helped war criminals after the war in many different ways, especially if it involved something the powers to be needed or wanted for themselves.

[@aoife1122]

Not likely, Marseille wasn't exactly "general officer" material. More likely, he'd gone the way of Erich Hartmann who, after achieving the rank of full colonel (O-6 coincidentally also being the rank held by the fictional "Maverick" in the second movie), was eventually forced into early retirement over his outspoken criticism of the F-104G (and the whole sordid affair overshadowing its procurement). Marseille in this position would not held back either. ;)

[@Diadema033]

If Marseille survived the war, arguably Germany had won the conflict...

[@Stoddardian]

The Bundeswehr is pathetic.

[@winghungyuen2726]

That move with the piano with all the Nazi highest command is the chaddest move one could pull against that regime. First time hearing the full story of Marseille. Always great to see you cover these topics in your style.

[@jxmint4458]

I was already gaining respect for him because of his exploits but to hear that he played jazz in front of Hitler as protest?!?! You really have to have balls made of titanium to do that.

[@ultimaIXultima]

@@jxmint4458 unimagiutium. titanium doesn't even do it justice.

[@memelisispabrado9004]

His balls had to be the size of 2 universes

[@riograndedosulball248]

Hans Joachim Marseille and Kurt Knispel were some of the Chaddest tragic characters ever

[@ChrisJensen-se9rj]

Despite having aircraft wrecked and crash landings, Hans Joachim Marseilles is actually part of a very exclusive club of fighter pilots who met their end not as the result of another fighter pilot. Other members of this club included.. Manfred von Richthofen... killed by ground fire from an Australian machine gun position. Albert Ball...engine trouble after flying inverted into a cloud. He crash landed and died of a broken back. No bullet wound. Georges Guynemer...Flew into a cloud and disappeared. Probably a forced landing in no man's land, with the wreckage buried by artillery. His body was never recovered. Oswald Boelcke..killed in a mid air collision with another aircraft from his unit. Thanks to all those involved for this great video. A fantastic job, with much information that is not widely known. Only 22 years old. Didn't get the opportunity to marry and have children. What a tragedy. His name lives on.

[@KABModels]

The saddest part of his loss is that he had specifically asked not to have to fly his Gustav again, and asked to fly his F4 that day. He is without a doubt one of the most inspirational men to have lived.

[@xdpotatoman6098]

Was going to comment something similar to this but you beat me to it

[@TheInternationalBlackLipPlate]

I wouldn't take any of the quotes or stories within seriously. We know some events are false and yet marseille apparently reacted to events that never happened?

[@nemrody7828]

​@@TheInternationalBlackLipPlate can you explain?

[@Helena-me6mp]

@@nemrody7828he cant

[@pot8552]

i am not kidding when i say that this series, is a better, more exciting, fun and educational than most movies. i would rather watch this than the vast majority of movies. absolutely amazing.

[@BiggestCorvid]

I'm reminded of the details that TiK puts into his videos about Operation Torch, but TiK is a libertarian. Fuck libertarians, fuck the algorithm for recommending him and never telling me about AniMarchy, my new favorite channel.

[@litorres4125]

@@BiggestCorvid why

[@alexanderchenf1]

@@BiggestCorvidideologies are for losers with no business

[@tillerzeit]

Joachim has the grin of a man who is an absolute menace to society and knows he is

[@liamweaver2944]

Amen to that

[@seanohare5488]

True s lust for Life

[@jimmcnair5843]

Eye eye brother, thank god for men like him!! The rest are cattle

[@mustafamuhammed4788]

Being a big fan of military aviation in general and the WW2 era in particular, I haven't seen such an amazing documentary commemorating an ace with such details. Keep up the good work.

[@TheInternationalBlackLipPlate]

alot of it is anti-German propaganda mixed in but yeah its decent otherwise

[@31Toyru]

Great video. Very well done! It reminded me of a story from Erich Hartmann's biography "The Blonde Knight of Germany". I read this book several decades ago, so I'll try my best to summarize the story accurately. Essentially, Hartmann was being interrogated after the war by the Soviet NKVD. He would spend over 10 years as a prisoner of war in the USSR. During one of these interrogations the men threatening and berating him brought up the fact that Hartmann was the highest scoring ace of all time with 352 kills. Hartmann politely corrected them and said that he was not the highest scoring ace of all time, and that that honor belonged to Hans Joachim Marseille with 158 kills. His captors were puzzled by his math and logic and asked him to explain. He then said something to the effect of "Well you see, Marseille's victory's were exclusively over western aircraft and pilots. And it is well know that shooting down such skilled pilots in advanced aircraft is quite difficult. The same can't be said on the eastern front, where shooting down a Soviet aircraft is much easier overall. So when I say that Marseille is the highest scoring ace of all time, it is true, because shooting down a single western aircraft is equivalent to shooting down 3 or 4 Soviet aircraft." Imagine the balls you have to have to say that to your Russian captors. Not surprisingly, Hartmann did not have an easy go of it and was put in solitary confinement for a considerate portion of his imprisonment.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Considering the fact a good chunk of USSR air force consisted of biplanes at the start of the war… he did have a point. Much like most tanks soviets had at the start of the war were BT’s and T-26’s going against panzer 3’s and 4’s.

[@ldkbudda4176]

Soviets in the begining had over 1000 of T-34/76 and KV-1 of wich no one german tank could knock out!@@Ballin4Vengeance

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

@@ldkbudda4176 1. They could 2. They had about 8000 BT's and around 13000 T-26's. They had around 1000 KV-1's and most soviet tanks lost in 1941 were lost because they were abandoned due to lack of fuel, ammo or unreliability

[@riograndedosulball248]

And even then, progressing through the war... Russian fighters remained kinda garbage when compared to both their German and Allied counterparts

[@anonymous8780]

Yaks and Lavochkins > P-40s and Hurricanes. I think this idea of Soviet pilots / planes being inferior comes from Nazi propaganda.

[@jessasnamoi]

If I'd see a Hollywood movie with a character like this I would call it utterly unrealistic. This guy is an absolute role model in every aspect, almost superhuman.

[@stoneylonesome4062]

I don’t think Hollywood would be willing to do a movie portraying a Luftwaffe pilot in a positive light, not in post-2020 America, anyway.

[@viktoriaironpride4977]

@@stoneylonesome4062 In view of the fact that who controls Hollywood.

[@datankz2498]

If it makes you feel any better, he does have a film from 1957 called "Der Stern Von Afrika" covering his military service.

[@seanohare5488]

I admired his American style boogie woogie piano playing in front of a shocked Hitler ballsy

[@andyberry2025]

It's one reason why in Valkeryie, Col. Stauffenburg in real life was also a bit of a wild card in a few ways but many would never be believe all the things he did when he was alive either if they were portrayed by tom cruise doing the same thing. Some people just don't have the same charisma and style as the original.

[@jonathonrodriguezthomas6457]

A pilot so good at his job it took the entire effect of a nations bombing campaign and a nations resource shortage to kill him. The man was truly the Anakin Skywalker of our world, and yet we forgot him.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

I wouldn't say that's a good analogy. ...He literally insulted and disagreed with 'Palpatine' and lived to talk about it. 😂

[@hakapeszimaki8369]

He was not like that. He did not join to m*zi party but served his fatherland.

[@jeffbrooks8024]

Killed by equipment failure

[@maddog8004]

IMO it was his mechanic who sabotaged you cant find anything about him he just vanished most searches turn out to be whipped .

[@jonathonrodriguezthomas6457]

@dimapez Yes, I used to use it in War Thunder, but now I'm thinking of using it

[@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL]

The Star of Africa book, 2nd expanded and revised edition will be out Sept. 2025, by Colin D. Heaton

[@helldd5807]

the ending really hits hard, well done pac

[@kenbowman9907]

I will also, great job on documentary! documentary

[@SteveAubrey1762]

It was brought up that most of Erick Hartmanns kills were against the Soviets, and they were not known to be the best aviators. Whereas Marsellies kills were against first rate pilots....that really impressed me.

[@frankhassle9366]

The Soviet aircraft and pilots were substantially improved by the middle and late stages of the war..

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

in one ocation he downed 3 aces in the same fight

[@ale69420]

Probably in terms of raw talent, and natural feel of an aircraft, the best pilot ever. Absolute madlad.

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@TheMerrittbadge]

Imagine him with an f 22

[@Stoddardian]

Rudel was still better.

[@antoinemozart243]

Rudel was a bourgeois with no imagination. His life was boring as hell. In combat against Marseille he wouldn't have had a single chance.

[@Stoddardian]

@@antoinemozart243 Marseille was literally a bourgeois who was stuck in the degeneracy of the 1920s. Rudel was a radical visionary, like all fascists.

[@joshuawasef7857]

This man has the utmost respect in history and i will never forget

[@bias_remover7229]

YT found the spicy crosses, didn't they? Well time to watch it again.

[@Teleoceras]

Yeah, I noticed a few were missed the first time but didn't want to say anything.

[@MaticTheProto]

Yt sucks

[@fightingwolf18]

It's ironic, given how actual Nazis like Stew Peters and Nazi sympathizers like Tucker Carlson are allowed to run wild. Then again, the new owner is a crypto creep that enables these little psychos. 🇺🇲🏴‍☠️

[@aaronnelson7702]

Fuck youtube. Censorship of history is the same as the taliban blowing up monuments.

[@chris_bianchi13]

Was wondering myself... They've still missed one. See if you can spot it!

[@tomaskalivoda583]

This is legit the coolest lifestory I've ever heard. Thanks for putting this together.

[@MDzmitry]

Knowing of people like Marseille makes it only more heartbreaking to understand that such great people fought for an extremely flawed regime destined to fail. Whether they believed in the goals of Nazialism or not, they provided themselves as the material for the war machine. And many died doing so.

[@eddgar-ce3md]

Many grew up in that system, indoctrinated since youth, they had no way of knowing better. Everything was censored, they had no information from outside, and speaking against the system was very risky. I grew up in Communist Romania, I have seen indoctrination with my own eyes. 34 years after the fall of Communism, and we still have people who can't recover from that. But what scares me is that I see it nowadays happening in the West, especially in the US. With all the freedom of press, with all the access to information, people willingly let themselves get indoctrinated. That's why I have no sympathy for the modern Russians. They have access to outside information, they can travel all over the world, meet people, exchange ideas, yet they still support their genocidal regime.

[@hb9145]

Yes, the Nazi regime was indeed flawed. But please keep in mind that he was something like 11 years old when Hitler's propaganda machine started, and he still was a humanist and never joined the NSDAP. Having said that, while the USA was a democracy, the government practiced racism and segregation and put Japanese collectively in concentration camps.

[@Stoddardian]

And we're not being indoctrinated by Jewish ideology?@@eddgar-ce3md

[@jayhawk9267]

This man was more of a badass super chad ace then Hollywood could concive

[@jimmcnair5843]

Absolutely!!

[@ScotchArsh]

Phenomenal storytelling of a phenomenal individual. No movie or series could come closer to introducing us to Marseilles. This two-part biography is the best I've ever seen anywhere on KZbin.

[@universalfox]

What an absolute chad

[@vishakhanshivaneshan8740]

🗿

[@mike4769]

After hearing this he might be my favorite German of all time. He was indeed the real life maverick

[@babboon5764]

Better still, he was a man who remained true to his integrity

[@DoWoZ]

Very Well Done Old Chap with accurate fact's...What a loss...What a Pilot RIP Joachim.

[@blooeagle5118]

I remember reading the book "Star of Africa" in high school, and I loved it! It was one of the best books I ever read, and it taught me a lot about how respect works in wartime. You can hate the regime, the ideaology, the massacre, the death, everything; but at the end of the day, everyone if fighting for what they believe in, for each other, and for themselves. You can both hate your opponent and respect him for choosing to fight for his beliefs. That is respect, and honor. That is something that's sorely missed in today's culture

[@Abrams6578]

Well, time to rewatch it all over again. Still in awe hearing of the things this man pulled off. And the soundtrack at 38:00 is my favorite in all of Strike Witches, so thanks for using it. And hope you do more videos on the aces that deserve to be talked about.

[@markdean1984]

I’ve been saying all the times to anybody asking who as the greatest fighter that Marseille was.Thank you for doing justice to this great pilot. Awesome documentary.

[@herrklugscheiser2330]

Giving his discipline record, it’s really funny that the NCO school of the German Luftwaffe was named after him.

[@peterwolf8395]

Shame had i read this at 16 i would have become a pilot just to be trained there.

[@floyvlogs1754]

This legend of a KZbinr not only made a damn good video, he also fit in Razgriz's squadron theme during the segment about Marseille's greatest feat. Damn fine job, Animarchy.

[@alanmeasures8337]

If everyone was like Marseille the world would be a great place What a hero and l thank you Sir for putting this on You tube absolutely brilliant Love from the UK Joachim

[@sandman1201]

I hope you'll still read this, Animarchy. Thank you for the exelent videos, i've thuroughly enjoyed them. You're a great teller of this history, engageing, informative and over all fun. Hans Joachim was a badass and it is amazing the bs he got away with. Thank you for the videos!

[@frankalley8064]

This is the BEST video/ podcast I have ever heard of or seen,you are remarkable for giving it to us all, and you were correct for I have never ever heard of these extraordinary human being.War is terrible, but in a way you have put it and this 22 year old German military man who fought for his country is truly worth more than most of us living in today's World. Thank you very much for the time you have in all of this. He deserves a book and movie to show the people of Earth of how it is to live.

[@212th]

Absolutely unbelievable. Loved the footage. Especially of him and Rommel. I've shared this far and wide

[@sylversyrfer6894]

Notice how each saluted the other at the end of their meeting? Like real soldiers do - none of this Heil H BS. Rather telling as both thought Hitler was an idiot.

[@Marlene-ou5ol]

But was it necessary to blur the pictures of the aircrafts?....

[@MaxBaumer-jk6cm]

I honestly shed a few tears at the ending of this story

[@rickoneal3068]

You were dead on on Hans Joachim Marseille. He was greatest fighter pilot who ever flew a plane. I've read much about him. Also charismatic, independent, cultured. Shame he died do young. I've hot request for you.. you did such a great job on Marseille. Could you do a video on the charismatic, flamboyant, and the greatest Formula 1 driver ever. He also like Marseille he died way too young. A national hero in Brazil. I believe you would do great video on Ayrton Senna.

[@hennyzhi2261]

This is my favorite thing on your channel - love coming back to hear the story that I'm surprised doesn't get talked about more.

[@RaliX1993]

Ruhe in Frieden! Es wird wohl nie einen besseren Jagdpiloten geben als Hans Joachim Marseille. 😢😢

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

werner voss könnte rannkommen aber das war ein anderer krieg

[@Helena-me6mp]

@@gehtdichnixan3200Stimmt, andere Zeit, derselbe Mut

[@patrickthomas9006]

Wouldn't mind a 3-4 hour Hans Joachim Marseilles video series and I feel like I'm not alone. Great video editing, enough sarcasm and humor to keep the narrative from getting dry and all centered around air to air combat... better way to kill four hours than most.

[@nikirki25]

After hearing his story, my BF-109 F-4 experience in war thunder (torture in digital form) has improved drastically

[@maxomat4319]

F-4 and the F-4 trop are good planes. The average german teams are bs though.

[@jessasnamoi]

@@maxomat4319 the only plane I ever scored 16 kills in a single run with was a BF-109 F-4

[@Levi_o_Lusitano]

​@@jessasnamoiits the chaddest plane in the game. Only the chaddest of pilots fly them

[@t26e3pershingtank]

​@@Levi_o_LusitanoChad plane? Nah, gigachad plane

[@paint4r]

Torture? That's my favorite 109 to fly out. It's borderline overpowered except when you fight the XP-50s.

[@wesleymcbride8084]

You made me shed a tear for am man I never knew that died over seventy years ago. You did a damn good job may he and all deceased from the Africa campaign Rest In Peace

[@juanita9270]

Just for the record: Joachim is a 3-syllable name. Pronounce like Jo-Achim. Secondly, ´Stern von Afrika´ does translate as ´star of Africa´, but ´Stern´ only means the star in the night-sky, NOT a star like in movie-star. Excellent documentation! (Greetings from Germany)

[@tjanderson5892]

Felt the Star reference was always intended as a double entendre for a night sky star and movie star. Hence the fitting cleverness behind the title. Even if they’re 2 completely different words, the singular translation justifies it

[@ErikBramsen]

But in German, "Joachim" is often abbreviated to "Jochen" as with Joachim Peiper and, indeed, this guy. Greetings, Denmark.

[@juanita9270]

@@ErikBramsen Joachim and Jochen are both used as first names-

[@ErikBramsen]

@@juanita9270 Jochen, in this case, is a diminutive of Joachim, same way Jim is a diminutive of James and Chuck is a diminutive of Charles. That's why there's sometimes only two syllables in the video narration: he says "Jochen", not "Joachim."

[@juanita9270]

@@ErikBramsen Wrong. ´Joachim´ is always abbreviated as ´Achim´, never as ´Jochen´, and Joachim is always pronounced in three syllabes. That´s a fact. End of discussion.

[@sirsphinctalot9407]

People don’t realize that the German soldiers in WW2 were people too. Though misguided by unhinged leadership the German military was insane in their combat prowess and experience. There are no enemies in war, only opponents to be respected and conquered. The true enemies are the people forcing those opponents to fight without reason.

[@robertuskoppies444]

How come you deliver such excellent documentation? Better than any other I have seen to date? As I said before, I couldn't stop watching. This is the real documentary channel!

[@Tico.Altacuna]

Joachim was a natural pilot; you are a natural historyteller.

[@sempressfi]

Having a long family history (and present) of family military service, including KIAs, the flying to the RAF base to keep them informed and making sure family were notified hits me right in the feels. Just one of those "how i would hope to be treated" things but also a deep respect that this came from a guy who one might not think would care to do such things given the shenanigans

[@jacey320]

One of the other pilots of JG-27, who looked up to Marseille and Gustav Rodel as role models, would have his ethical compass influenced by these two men. He remembered stories of them refusing to shoot parachuting British pilots and Marseille rescuing downed allied airmen in the desert at great personal risk, fully coming to believe-as Marseile did- that they were not killers, they were destroying machines, not men, at least not on purpose. That pilot would go on to become an Ace in his own right and would see the end of the war in Europe. I dont know if he knew about Marseille refusing the Diamonds but his own actions would echo Marseilles when he dismissed the opportunity to recieve the Knights Cross by refusing to shoot down a crippled B-17 and instead escorted it back to the channel, saving the American airmen from certain death.

[@jacobnugent8159]

Both were influential to a young pilot named franz Stigler the pilot who spared a damaged b-17

[@26ozkan]

This guy definitely deserves a movie or proper serie. But it seems very hard when we consider current producers or entertainment companies.

[@heikoscheuermann]

there is movie from 1957: 'Der Stern von Afrika' it's here on youtube, in german with english subs

[@ralphshelley9586]

Girly men.

[@Hordalending]

If Hollywood made a movie of Marseille he would be presented as a transgender and his mother and girlfriends would play lead roles as "strong independent women" (like the recent remake of Das Boot) and most of the movie would not be about flying but Marseilles alleged enmity against Hitler. The movie would be a total scandal.

[@26ozkan]

@@Hordalending my friend, thats an excellent summary. Made my day 👏

[@viejitaloca]

@@Hordalending wait das boot had a remake? oh no........

[@Loren_Vosser]

As a 60 yr old who has been interested I'll even admit obsessed by WW2 military history especially aviation history since i was 5 years old i knew nothing of Hans Joachim Marseille. I had numerous relatives who served in the military in WW2 . My grandmother's family were murdered by the Nazis which has heavily influenced my views on the Nazis and their regime. I have no sympathy or tolerance for their views or actions. However this young man was not only a hero and truly remarkable fighter pilot but a throughly decent man. Alongside his other takents its a pity he didn't survive the war Germany and the world needed men of his caliber. Thank you for these 2 videos on Hans Joachim Marseille so much better and interesting that the vast majority of what passes for documentaries or entertainment.

[@simeondunev4890]

In a way its a good thing he didn't live to see what happened to the city he grew up in after the soviets .

[@snook279]

Fantastic video. I am a retired High School History teacher who always liked to talk about heros who did what was right, not what others expected and I feel bad I never knew of this pilot. Thank you for helping me learn.

[@adammckone3318]

fantastic tribute to a true hero. in war you don't get to choose WHO you fight for but you do get to choose WHAT you fight for.

[@doggie4827]

This dude really does surpass every pilot ever. May we never need someone to ever surpass him.

[@americomonteiroribeiro]

For a change, videos/stories with great quality and a lot of information. Simply excellent. Thanks Keep going!

[@RyllenKriel]

You can always tell it is a good story when you don't want to hear it end. Thank you Animarchy History for this tale.

[@Voodoo1650]

Awesome, awesome!! What a perfect tribute to the greatest fighter pilot who ever lived!! I've only ever really heard his name before this, so thank you very much for this magnificently piece of work! The amount of detail in your documentary is amazing, and your commentary and narrating was so entertaining. I would love to see a movie made about him!! Thank you!!

[@Grisu19840]

I have never heard about this guy, and I've always been interested in WWII and military aviation. What an absolute chad this man. Thank you very, very much for making this video. Well done, Sir!

[@AdmiralWillisLee1942]

An amazing documentary, Animarchy. I was choking up at the end. If Marseille doesnt get a 3 hour long biopic by the time I die i will be livid.

[@aawana1]

Excellent story-telling. Very detailed and engaging. Hope to see some more. Thanks for the great effort!

[@jimmcnair5843]

What an absolutely incredible documentary!!! I rewound often even though I had consumed the content with total understanding but just to savor the content again. You sir are an absolute joy to listen to!!! I think you are not given enough credit for your craft.....much respect to you and your talent, thank you so much for the enjoyable experience you have provided!

[@hb9145]

You are a skilled communicator. Such long videos and not a single dull moment. Well done!

[@MarkusSnyman-t5o]

This is the greatest story I've ever heard, truly undefeated.

[@Namenlos_1312]

Beside his unbelievable skills in aircombat , and his human side like the pass overs over the allied airports to let them know what happens to their pilots, the most absolutely amazing thing is his privat piano concert and i would give everything i will ever earn in my whole life to beeing able and witness this moment happening , Undefeated Hauptmann Marseille rest in peace , your incredible actions but mostly your spirit and your humanity will never be forgotten and shall be an reminder as well as an example for us today and for future generations , Horrido !

[@neillangridge862]

These two programs are absolutely excellent - great research and wonderfully delivered. A fine achievement of history. When I heard your introduction of that he was the finest fighter pilot I was sceptical - knowing a little of Joachim's faults. However now I wonder that you may just be right. Well done.

[@giorgiomaninchedda7134]

Wonderful pilot and wonderful man. He deserves such an enthusiastic tribute. I followed it with great pleasure. Well done.

[@Castia158]

I’m genuinely sad about this man passing. Forget what side he fought on he clearly had a golden heart and strong morals.

[@daleclapp4179]

Thank you for bringing this hero's story to the attention of those who thought all Germans were Nazis. Too bad he wasn't on our side, but then perhaps his story wouldn't have such an impact. I just thank God for men like him. And Yes, I cried to learn of his death. He didn't get the chance to live a normal life. But then he wasn't just a normal person. He was Marseille.

[@michiganmafiamx5543]

Wow, this was a fantastic story, thank you! I did not know many of the details contained in this video. What a human he was, you can’t help but like him.

[@dubyacwh7978]

I have watched a lot of historical videos on KZbin and I must say this is the most impressive presentation that I have ever seen about Joachim Marseille You brought to light details that presented a totally different perspective on what I knew of his history and I thought I knew a lot. This is truly an awesome presentation. I have enjoyed it thoroughly once again more than anything I have ever watched on KZbin and I have been watching videos on KZbin for a very, very long time. I was impressed with Marseilles on what I knew and now what I know in addition to that really leaves me awestruck for years. I participated in the online gaming community of Fighter Ace from its inception until it was no longer available online and one of my tags was Marseille. I really loved flying the 109 F4 it was my favorite plane in the game. I was part of a German squadron called Luft and my tag was Condor I especially loved flying in the north Africa room, but I always loved flying the German aircraft the most

[@TheMrrabbit1968]

Wow! Both parts of this story are so beautifully told. The section when he stuck it to Hitler & the high ranking Nazis using a piano almost brought me to tears. What a true & rare champion among mortals. May he be forever remembered. RIP Herr Marseille.

[@michaelharrison9662]

Absolutely stunning and utterly fantastic, thank you for telling the full story of Hans Joachim Marseille. Thank you sir for this 🙏🏾

[@peterscotney1]

What an astonishing man, what an amazing story!

[@ronaldfinkelstein6335]

I never heard the term "maneuver kill " before. Erich Hartmann's bio described a trio of maneuver kills. Hartmann attacked a formation of loaded Il-2"Sturmovik" attack aircraft, at relatively low altitude. The Sturmoviks performed a Split S(roll inverted, pull stick back, go straight down). They all crashed. I was under the impression they were counted in his total of 352.

[@0Turbox]

He attacked the leader, who panicked and crashed, and his buddies followed him.

[@ronaldfinkelstein6335]

@@0Turbox well, the leader would count...but the others were maneuver kills. According to this video, the Luftwaffe didn't give you credit for the enemy being terminally stupid(No credit for maneuver kills)

[@eSSEPAPIRET1]

This is the best and most interesting documentary i've ever seen. And i've seen a LOT. What a BRILLIANT storyteller too.

[@gregsmith7949]

Forget making a movie about this incredible individual, you need a mini series to truly portray how larger than life (as brief it was) this ledgend was. One of the most stunning life stories out there.

[@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL]

We have a feature film going into pre-production

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Oh hey Colin! Love your books!

[@gregsmith7949]

@@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL 👍👍👍

[@Kielomo]

Perfect time for the re-upload, I was just looking for this

[@gordonpeden6234]

What a great story, so so sad. Well told too.

[@fruityoverlord9937]

That was beautiful! I'm sure there were a lot of conflicted men who fought only to discover the regime they fought for. Great story! Great man!

[@murer-Clau67]

Wow great story... and very well told. I was captivated!

[@marcocammozzo7553]

Two videos that are absolute gems. Such great work, unparalleled! Bravo

[@konsyjes]

You're an amazing storyteller. You let that Moonlight sonata play the perfect amount of time.

[@gary6300]

Hi buddy, it was an awesome video of the star of Africa. Thank you for sharing. I hope you do some of the other aces of wwii.cheers Gary 🇬🇧 .

[@maxvb9764]

Amazing pilot, and amazing videos about him. Congratulations.

[@r.shanethompson7933]

Thank you for this amazing story, about a warrior I'd never heard of before. Really embodied the image of 20th century Knight.

[@alexmartin6561]

What an absolute unit. Thanks for informing me of the best pilot to ever live. Fuck, he was so young when he died yet accomplished so much.

[@FluffyNeko]

An extraordinary man, the best of Germans. A man who could've made the Red Baron salute. A man who was honest with his heart no matter the consequences. A hero.

[@thelittledestroyer2682]

The Sanya no Uta combined with Marseille's death at the end really made me wanna cry. But, because Iam taught not to show much emotions, with some difficulties I managed not to. Respect for Marseille and all of other fighter pilots and soldiers that fought in WWII. Never be forgotten.

[@Jameston]

God damm, what a story! Feels unreal. Well done on these videos, you did him justice

[@klaassiersma4892]

Thanks for bringing this remarkable man back alive, at least for a few moments.

[@MadLudwig]

What a magnificent story of a courageous warrior of character.

[@tylerbrass4002]

This was really, incredibly well done.

[@commanderrico8892]

What a mad lad I’ve never heard of this guy before, but my goodness I enjoyed every minute of this guy

[@charleswinthrop5929]

All I can say is WOW a truly honorable warrior who looked out for friend and foe alike thank you for posting this

[@phann860]

An extremely good presentation, I read about him some years ago (too many years ago, alas). I did wonder about the "pixelated" pictures of German aircraft, but assumed it was a wartime expedient from WW2 (Covering up unit IDs), I didn't realise it was KZbin censorship. A very short period of time for his exploits. I wonder about his fiancee, it is easy to forget that his death impacted a lot of others. Anyway thank you for the story of a total maverick but also a human being. Maybe you could cover Johannes Steinhoff who survived horrendous injuries.

[@robertdeen8741]

Thank you. An amazing story about a true gentleman warrior. Such a sad ending but I suspect he lost some of his will to fight when he learned what he was fighting for.

[@Erika_Banba]

Is this a re-upload? Still a great video tho keep up the great work as always

[@jim7544]

Outstanding research and video. One of the best on KZbin!

[@wanderer98716]

The greatest of them al was The Star Of Africa. No one anywhere ever shone more brightly than Hans Joachim Marseille. Undefeated. An exceptionally well presented and laid out video. Take my hat off to you, for your production. Thank you

[@neidl]

By far the best and most detaild documentaty on Marseille I have come to watch. Great Job.

[@apersondoingthings5689]

His performance against the P40s is even more bonkers when you realize that the P40 is more maneuverable than the German planes it faced and the strategy of the pilots was to just turn and pull as many Gs because their plane could out turn and handle more Gs. Knowing this his performance of our turning P40s is insane

[@reinbeers5322]

The 109s can definitely turn better than a P-40. They're much lighter.

[@apersondoingthings5689]

@@reinbeers5322 not necessarily. Sure it’s lighter but U.S. early war fighters were pretty good in terms of maneuverability, with really only the zero and Spitfire really beating the P40 out in maneuverability among major players. The go to strategy of dealing with German fighters were boom and zoom and bring the German plane into low altitudes and then pulling as harder as possible as the Germans couldn’t do it. Just because something is lighter doesn’t mean it’s more maneuverable. The BF 109E-3 is a lighter than the Spitfire MK 1 and yet it is not nearly as maneuverable as it

[@ravenwing199]

​@@reinbeers5322The P-40 was sharper turning low and fast.

[@Vorenus1974]

Wow I really liked this video. I have heard quite a bit Marseille that he really was the best fighter pilot of all time also with great morale virtues defining him as a great German. But it was nice hearing all this in a story format. Thanks for making this.

[@kestrel09]

Incredible story of an incredible young man.