When Desperation Outweighs Everything Else: Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg

[@Scobragon]

Massive points for pointing out half of the norse warriors, who fall in battle are sent to Fólkvangr, everyone always talk about Valhalla.

[@pseudotasuki]

I tried to find out how it's pronounced, and holy cow does it vary a whole lot depending on the language. In Danish it's close to how he says it is the video. Swedish and Norwegian soften the second syllable. But Icelandic sounds like a completely different word. I'm not familiar with how these languages evolved, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Iceland's isolation plays a role.

[@ivanjednobiegowiec7656]

@@pseudotasuki if some of youtubers from Iceland are to be believed their pronunciation is the closest one to Old Norse thanks to you guessed it isolation :)

[@daviddickinson4848]

​@@ivanjednobiegowiec7656 icelander here (ignore the username its a throwaway) yes icelandic is the closest you'll get to old norse, however it has been changed a little due to the norwegian and later danish rule of iceland, the language is noticably an old one if you look at the language rules

[@ivanjednobiegowiec7656]

@@daviddickinson4848 nice one mate 👍

[@presidentmerkinmuffley6769]

​@@pseudotasuki Their isolation does have a big role. To my knowledge they are the last place with "þ" as letter. Þ used to be in the Nordic languages and English, then the Germans made the printing press and lacked that letter.... it's why "ye olde" pops up in older English books as it had been "þe olde".

[@Mgnostic]

Toward the end of the war the chance of a Japanese pilot surviving an attack on an American ship was pretty low no matter what. I have wondered if this had an impact on the decision to use Kamikaze tactics. That is, "You are going to get shot down anyway and this gives a better chance of killing the enemy". This would be in addition to the points made in the video.

[@allangibson8494]

Except they didn’t have a better chance… The Japanese based the whole program on bad intelligence data…

[@joshuadickinson4614]

Someone actually did a video on that (Drachinifel I think), and from what we can tell that ABSOLUTELY played a role. Attacking late war american fleets was almost suicide anyway so when you do the maths the higher accuracy of kamikazes meant that for a given number of hits on american ships kamikaze attacks actually cost fewer lives than conventional bombing.

[@bkjeong4302]

That was literally why kamikazes became a thing.

[@the_Carthaginian1]

It was Military History Illustrated, and it was an excellent analysis that shows why the Tokkotai was less insane than people have been lead to believe. The math of the chances of getting through US air defenses successfully coupled with the doctrine of self-sacrifice connected to State Shinto means the idea was very much logical from the Japanese standpoint.

[@justcarcrazy]

3:36 Not bushido culture, but a corruption of bushido culture. I'm no expert, but from what I understand, the bushido code requires a warrior who has been captured to rather kill himself than divulge his lord's plans or secrets - a last resort if escape is impossible. Bushido never required throwing one's life away with reckless abandon.

[@MadnerKami]

I'll never get this whole suicide-attack thing. You invested into the soldiers, not just the material, but the training. It takes time, it costs a lot and it requires you to retain experienced troops away from the frontlines in order to have useful and knowledgable teachers in the first place. And then there's the whole stuff about creating a human in the first place (plus you can use that human in your country's economy after the war is over). Far too valuable a resource to throw away like that. Heck, even if your soldier gets captured during a fight, that's another mouth to feed for the enemy, putting strain on their logistics, which is yet another reason to train them to stay alive instead of murder-suiciding themselves (and quite likely not even doing any harm while doing so, as the japanese kamikaze-commandos and Banzai-charges proved).

[@rickb1973]

I had a friend when I was a teenager who had a working scale model of a V-1 pulse jet engine. The few times we ran the thing the sound it emitted was like a trumpet from Hell. I can't even imagine what the noise and vibration must be like to sit directly under the intake and pulsing reeds of a full sized engine.

[@fallingwater]

RC planes that run on scale versions of these are still made today. You can hear them in the entire general region they're being flown in. The things are *obnoxiously* loud - and they're many times quieter than the original engine. The entire concept is insane.

[@allangibson8494]

@@fallingwaterThey are also more reliable - the Argus engine had a mean time to failure of 30 minutes. The Ford manufactured clone had a life of 90 minutes because they added rubber seals to the intake valves.

[@MadnerKami]

There're good reasons for why that thing got the nicknames its got. Höllenhund (Hellhound), Maikäfer (maybug/doodlebug) and buzz bomb. When they came, you knew they were coming, from very, very far away.

[@mustbejoking]

​@@allangibson8494the reed gives out from metal fatigue, I don't know about the rubber seals. In the miniature pulse jets you can make your own reed valves but it depends on how they are made, if you cut them out with snips they have a short life if you punch them on press with a die you get longer life cycle if you photo etch them you get the ultimate duty cycle. Mechanical cutting induces hard points where the direction of geometry changes which creates. stress points

[@allangibson8494]

@ The German Argus engines didn’t have rubber seals and had a mean time to failure of 30 minutes. The American Ford engines in the JB-2 Loon did have rubber seals bonded to the reeds and had a mean time to failure of 90 minutes. The radio beam guidance in the American version gave significantly higher accuracy to go with the longer range. The thousands the Americans had on hand when the war ended would have been a significant irritation to the Japanese too.

[@sthrich635]

The wide difference between Germany and Japan in their usage or ideas of "Kamikaze plane" largely stemmed from the vast different battles each nation was fighting in, despite engaging a common opponent. In WW2, Kamikaze planes were only really worthwhile against large and valuable military assets - that would be the large navy vessels such as carriers and battleships, arguably medium-sized ships like cruisers as well. For Japan in the Pacific, it was a naval dominated battlefield with the US, so there was the vast number of valid targets for Kamikazes and there would be some tactical/strategic effect from damaging them. For Germany however, the Allied navy large ships were not really on the top of the German's priority list. Their main battlefield was on land, against the Allies in Normandy and most important the Soviets in East whose navy had little relevant most of the time. Convoy ships might be one of the few valid target though German already got U-boat program for that and it had better range for it too. Hitting a flying bomber plane which might sound tempting for the Germans but in practical highly unlikely doable even the target would be much smaller and moving much faster than a ship The German leadership probably realized it would be better to stick to Flak guns for AA and the German's own brand of Kamikaze could be guys with just one-shot Panzerfaust rushing or ambushing Soviet or Allied tanks, much cheaper and actually helping the ground battle for Germany to some degree.

[@c4sualcycl0ps48]

The thing I’ll always appreciate about IHYLS is that he spends the first few minutes of a video on the most long winded introduction and thesis ever, then bring it around to the actual topic in question. It’s like cranking a wind-up toy before letting it go.

[@eyerollthereforeiam1709]

I can imagine the training program.. "Okay, class! Pay attention! I'm only going to show you this once!"

[@Parocha]

😂😂😂😂

[@z3r0_35]

I can tell you exactly why the Fi 103 wasn't Germany's first choice for a piloted bomb, and it was a problem identified really early on. As you pointed out, Germany wasn't THAT desperate yet, so the idea was that once a pilot had put their plane on a terminal trajectory, they would ideally bail out and be rescued (the idea of not doing so was considered too "defeatist" in the mid-war period). The Fi 103 had the obvious issue of the pulsejet's intake being above the fuselage and behind where the cockpit would be, creating a hazard for any pilot trying to bail out (later on, the He 162, with a similar engine arrangement, was to solve this issue with the installation of an ejection seat). Then the Germans figured they could get around this by having concentration camp inmates fly it because they're theoretically expendable...until somebody pointed out the obvious problem: anyone forced into doing this sort of thing against their will is far more likely to turn the thing around and try to blow their former captors up (in this case the Germans themselves) than to blow up their captors' enemies. tbh they would've been better off taking out the explosive charge and sticking on either some rockets or cannons and using them as interceptors, as the Fi 103 was quite fast, and pulsejets are highly efficient at high altitude (which is why pulsejets are being considered for use in airliners nowadays).

[@warheadsnation]

The V-1 platform was never designed to be a maneuverable airplane (unlike the Me328). An interceptor still has to maneuver. Also, the Schmidt duct pulsejet was not good at high altitudes. Now as a ground attack plane the cannon would be useful, since you're already having to make the airframe tough enough to deal with the shock from the pulsejets. But now you have no loiter time, so launches would have to be phoned in by combat commanders at specific targets and the Fi103s would have to be launched close to the front. Like a regimental-level artillery unit firing at enemy breakthrus.

[@z3r0_35]

@@warheadsnation It'd be no worse than the Ba 349 Natter was, with the added benefit of the infrastructure to build and deploy it already existing.

[@keppscrossing]

12:16 that is not the explosives around mid-fuselage, just behind the wings. Those are compressed air spheres. The explosives are in front of the wing.

[@moggridge1]

"Feeseler" I'm afraid, not "Feiseler". Always interesting videos, thank you. 👍

[@hpoels851]

More like "Fieseler" ???

[@builder396]

@@hpoels851 Spelling, yes, pronounciation, apparently misleading, hence "Feeseler"

[@BobAbc0815]

Many English Speakers mispronounce the ie like ei.

[@janhaanstra2245]

​@@BobAbc0815 many English speakers think that the rest of the world are also English speakers 😉 🤯 😂

[@DiretheAlphaWolfogen]

First time watching your videos and I am impressed with them

[@Dunelover-xi8cs]

The picture of the Focke-Wolf 190 was a prototype testing turbocharging the engine instead of the usual supercharger(s), like that used on the P-47 Tunderbolt.

[@barelyasurvivor1257]

Stalingrad was a preventable disaster The general in charge asked for permission to retreat to better positions to avoid being trapped by the Russian Army. But Hitler personally said "No Retreat!" (He said that a lot) And Goering said that the Luftwaffe could supply the encircled German army with enough supplies. They only supplied enough about one day out of the Battle/Siege of Stalingrad. The rest of the time they didn't even come close to enough.

[@fazole]

No offense, but your statement is very superficial. A LOT of factors were at play other than just Hitler saying "no retreat". Where are 300k underfed, underclothed, undersupplied undermotorized troops going to retreat to in -20, -30C blizzard?

[@builder396]

What kind of freakish Fw 190 did you dig up at 16:30? It looks like it got re-engined with *something* and had radiators slapped onto the underside.

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@Dunelover-xi8cs]

The fuel tank(s) were right behind the wing, to not upset the center of gravity as the fuel was used up. The explosive charge was right behind the nose cone. The guidance system was in the tail behind the fuel tank, under the pulse jet.

[@bradywomack9751]

Great video.

[@handen]

0:33 I heard “Don Cheadle Motivation” and fully expected to see a photo of Don Cheadle.

[@jarink1]

What's really amazing is considering the very low production, about a half dozen of these still exist and are on display in museums. There's also some replicas.

[@cuddlepaws4423]

It is just as well that the V1 wasn't developed earlier on in the war, as we in the UK would have suffered much greater losses than we already did. And what would have happened if they had had longer to work on and develop it further??? Such as giving it greater range and greater payloads?? We watched a Mark Felton Production video on Parachute Bombs, which carried huge payloads, and the pictures of the detestation left by them was amazing.

[@jackray1337]

That program may have been delayed on purpose as 'lost in the bureaucracy' until Skorzeny put his nose in. When the German bureaucrats put their minds to it, they could delay things in the misty clouds of 'it's being looked into' just as much as the Sir Humphrey Appleby character on "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister". These bearcats had a long tradition before the 1932 takeover and are still in action (or inaction) today...delaying as much as possible whatever programs that could be called complicated, lengthy, expensive, controversial, or courageous.

[@steve-qc8hd]

14:00 If you think anywhere in Great Britain is within 230 mile of the Pas de Chalais, you need a better map. Initially Fi 103s had a magnetic proximity guidance system based on targets that had large metal infrastructure, London Dockland cranes and ships, ships and the Tower bridge, and similar installations in Portsmouth & Southampton -all more or less within the limited range of the V1, but for various reasons it didn't work, partly the British being aware of the V1 guidance having been pre-warned by Polish resistance of the V1 project, were able to using de-gauzing techniques (originally developed to counter magnetic mines) to disrupt guidance, along with the Germans finding that magnetic guidance was pretty poor, so replaced by a relatively simple variation on the timer self-destruct fuse used in field artillery, but again pretty poor because it doesn't allow for wind-drift, headwind, tailwind etc. generally the target CEP was almost anywhere in the Home Counties.

[@allangibson8494]

The Fi 103 never had a “magnetic guidance system”. It had a pneumatic gyrocompass for heading control and a pressure altimeter. Most had no electrical system at all. Later a radio beacon was added for target calibration correction. Range was set by a counter driven by a propeller on the nose - when the preset count ran out the elevator control hose was cut by a guillotine causing the missile to nose over cutting off the fuel. The later American JB-2 Loon had active radio guidance from its launch submarine.

[@steve-qc8hd]

@@allangibson8494 Read what I fuxking wrote, explain how and why the British set up a series of sites on the South Downs and Kentish wields to mimic large iron structures and interfere with the 'guidance system,' and who said anything about electronic? The system I described was a simple compass using ferric deflection. The fact that you qualify your post by saying 'most had no electrical system at all' means there were more than one system. Radio beam system had been used earlier for manned aircraft, Knickebein and X-Gerat, so it is unlikely any substantive attempt to reuse that system was seriously considered, especially as critically short supply radio equipment and personnel would have been redeployed. (Germany was massively under resourced for long range radio equipment, mainly due to allied bombing. Further, considering that the doodlebug offensive ended with the clearance by ground troops in August 1944 there was hardly 'a later', apart from a few air launched using the system developed for the manned aircraft. And that said, part of the reason for V1 only going operational AFTER D DAY when ideally it should have been available to target build up areas in Portsmouth and in Devon in April and May 1944 was the months of work 'refining' the guidance, with typical German over engineering. At best, you are conflating work done briefly postwar on the USN sub launcher project. As I said the range system was by clockwork similar to a spin counter as fitted to 'timed' fuses', a pin travelling along a threaded rod, and that was a problem of the system, - a propeller spun arming system on a bomb only has to count a few metres before arming, trying to accurately set a 'propeller' driven system for 200+ miles was like most German designs asking too much for the available technology, with no compensation for headwind, or tailwind made range nominal at best, probably an entirely internal clockwork (alarm clock) system would have been better as had already been fitted in timed delay bombs. Further, again mentioned, there was no system to correct for course due to wind drift. So at best a point it in the general direction and hope for the best, with a CEP a lot worse than the Paris gun of WW1, probably little wonder it was regarded as an indiscriminate terror weapon. But all that said, this is the second time the followers of IHYLS have pissed me off with their juvenile arse cu_nt attitude, previously it was over use of NG aircraft in Op. Sagebrush, which is some-thing I let go, there won't be a third time I'm out, probably IHYLS won't notice the sub drop off but, failure to police one's site adds up over time.

[@dziban303]

mate this is nonsense

[@steve-qc8hd]

@@dziban303 Mate you say it is nonsense, but you don't present anything to refute what I said, again the original system as captured by the Poles was a magnetic needle, possibly why tests were failing short outside the military target area and hence one was recovered and examined and INFORMATION NOT AN ENTIRE AIRCRAFT was handed over to the Allies, That is the fictionalised account confusing Op. MOST III which was the recovery of V2 components in the Summer of 1944 (V2 guidance system WAS found to be immune to countermeasures as it was effective a passive inertial guidance system what was called post war a FROG Free Rocket Over Ground). As I said previously the failure of the influence (magnetic) system led to the long lead time, as they couldn't get it to work constituently, (probably down to the changes in the earth magnetic field which wasn't understood back then, hence they couldn't deploy against the forming up points for Neptune in time, 6 days late they started throwing them at London and even then many were falling short, which means the influence system may have been in use, but your response saying "duh Mate this is nonsense" isn't a fuxking argument. Fact the Germans tried several other magnetic systems such as G7e torpedo, and even the close systems had problems, as did Germans attempts with proximity fuses in A/A shells. But don't worry your little r^tarded cu_nt brain, I'm out of this fuxking toxic shit hole of a forum because of gain sayers and of pro-Herenvolk cu_nts like you. I'm sure IHYLS is proud of you. Now go fuxk yourself

[@RaimoKangasniemi]

Before the Crusades, the Christian Holy War concept demanded that to get your sins forgiven you had to die in combat during such a war. The Crusades made it at first possible to get same spiritual benefits by participating in combat, and later others could serve in your place and gain benefits for you - like a son for parent - or you could just take the cross and then pay the Church not to go and still gain the spiritual benefits.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

230 miles wouldn't allow you to hit much in Great Britain beyond the midlands. Your V1 if launched from Calais would fall 10 miles south of York. The standard bomb would only get as far as the Stevenage area.

[@jujuUK68]

. "The standard bomb would only get as far as the Stevenage area........." and by the looks of it, many did........

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@jujuUK68 but that's hardly most of Great Britain, is it?

[@nevisstkitts8264]

The range could be extended significantly by launching from a bomber (FW200 was how it originally tested in Finland.) Saved on building expensive launch ramps and rockets, too.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@nevisstkitts8264 the air-launched Fi-103R only had a range of 205 miles when launched at an altitude of 8,200ft. But they had reduced fuel tanks. So I'd expect an increase in range of the standard V-1 of at least 50 miles. What wasn't mentioenwas that the long-range ground launched version didn't come into service until March 1945.

[@robertsperti5926]

Would have been more interesting if they tried to make a point interceptor fighter version of the piloted V1.obviosly the wings would need to be better designed but hey...what if...it wouldn't have have changed the war situation

[@LastGoatKnight]

While this video is fresh I want to add a little fact regarding the Kamikaze as a unit. I don't know much about the unit itself but it was part of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army Air force, were the best of the best pilots were selected (at first, then Greens were "volunteering", sometimes literally) with the best (later cheapest and/or outdated) equipment of the time. So not all Kamikaze pilots were self-sacrifising suicide divers and not all suicide divers were Kamikaze pilots. The unit was originally meant to turned the tide of the war, just like when a hurricane revented the Mongolian invasion of Mainland Japan TWICE, they called this Divine Wind, which is the kamikaze (kami=divine, spirit; kaze=wind), when they realised that the US has more battle ready ships than expected. Imagine the US Marines, the Navy Seals, something similar. It also included the airborne divisions. Also also there was a destroyer called IJN Kamikaze which served until 1945 (if I recall it correctly) And here's a disclaimer, my knowledge on the topic is not only limited but rusted as well so I recommend reading into the subject

[@jeffbybee5207]

Btw that destroyer out lasted the war and was given to the nationalist chineese

[@Zero_2558]

@@jeffbybee5207 Well... that destroyer is called yukikaze actually but in general is correct, kamikaze tactic had been using as a last resort by the IJN/ IJA forces even before it was officially a combat unit(though it was more on personal but mainly culture influence). But actually around at 1944 the survival rate of IJN pilots in a conventional CV attack was almost just as deadly as kamikaze due US having better planes, crew, ship AA etc. but the potential and actual damage dealt by kamikaze is actually higher then conventional attack at that point. I do remember Military History Visualized had made a video on this topic a few years ago, so u can have a look as well

[@eriks.9730]

I believe most, if not all, of the IJN destroyers were named after winds. Note that their names end with “kaze”.

[@Zero_2558]

@@eriks.9730 well *kaze* in English means wind, and with what word u can put in front of it it kinda makes sense, but there are lots of destroyers doesn’t have it in name(just most famous destroyers from IJN had this in there)

[@Dunelover-xi8cs]

The P-47N, Spitfire Mk.24, and the Gloster Meteor could gain enough speed, in a moderate dive, to catch the V1. Just. They would get a wingtip under the wing of the V-1, roll quickly away, disrupt the missiles guidance system and cause it to crash.

[@alfavulcan4518]

I was thinking the Fi-103 pilot could bail out before realizing the canopy was just in front of the jet intake. I guess he’s SOL

[@ph43drus]

"Sometimes brain no work." You speak my language.

[@ryguy-qh2qk]

It’s goin….. that’s for sure…..

[@mattheide2775]

Self-sacrificing detonations are understandable considering circumstances. It is a common theme in warfare.

[@ZachariahJ]

Very interesting video. Just like to mention that the concept of 'going down with the ship' was 'expected' (in fiction and the media, at least) of Captains in the West as much as the East. It may still be true!

[@BobAbc0815]

10:57 is there any sort of Horse-Walhalla, where fallen Horses get a lot of Hugs😂

[@micharomeijn7898]

First to comment your vid ❤ self sacrifice!

[@flickingbollocks5542]

🏆 🎉 🥂 🍾 🥳 🤪

[@warheadsnation]

I read a biography of Hannah Reitsch and the other great female German test pilot, Melitta von Stauffenberg (yes, the sister in law of Claus). Reitsch fought like hell for the Reichenberg program. She really wanted to die in battle herself.

[@MrChainsawAardvark]

While the Fi-103R, we should really look more at its descendants, like the JB-1 and the Matador. Really, a lot of the 1946-66 tech gets overlooked in a lot of discussions. What would fighting with GUPPY boats be like, or how many people know about the DASH drone helicopter meant to allow ships too small to have a normal helo still have stand-off ASW?

[@warheadsnation]

To me, the unique essence of bushido culture was the idea that the LESS important the goal, the greater the man who died for it. Meaning, you thought so little of your own life that you would throw it away for the smallest thing. It was about the individual, not the commander or the war. Whereas modern suicide attacks, even by Japan, were much more utilitarian in their logic. It was because one man could do so much damage crashing a plane into a carrier that it was embraced. It was because Japan thought itself facing extinction that mass suicide could be demanded.

[@the_lost_navigator]

A personal transport-vehicle fit for a Politician... Space Cadet Turdeau step forward!

[@Law0086]

Oh man. Just imagine if they invested in Radar earlier on and with more gusto. They could've had a radio controlled cruise missile.

[@dennismason3740]

LOOFT-va-fa - Luftwaffe. I can't let this one go.

[@steve-qc8hd]

ME 328 and the others shown were not man guided bombs, all were initially attempts at a high speed Volksjager fighter similar to Me 162 hence if you look at the ME 328 you'll see it had a landing skid, possibly it was intended to drop the pulse jets for recycling, their life expectancy was accepted as one combat mission only, and then the "fighter" landed in much the same way as a ME 163 but without the proclivity to dissolve the pilot

[@martindice5424]

I seem to remember there is an example of this loony aircraft at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham , Kent. That’s in the UK.

[@iskandartaib]

A note on the pronunciation of German words. If you can't figure out how to pronounce words with "ie" or "ei", remember "bier" und 'wein". They're pronounced exactly like they are in English (other than "w" actually sounding like the English "v"). (So "Fieseler" would have the same sound in it as "beer".)

[@LarsAgerbk]

20:54 has the creator of this video never been young? When you're young you have more hormones in your blood and thus is more idealistic and willing to die a glorious death for a greater cause. Don't you remember?

[@999theeagle]

The explosion at 4:40 looks like 2 Godzillas back to back.

[@Ob1sdarkside]

What a mad time to be alive. When madness was the norm for a lot of people

[@goaway7346]

Isn't that what we have right now?!!!

[@Ob1sdarkside]

@goaway7346 yeah and people said never forget, but we did

[@SovietUnion100]

Madness is still the norm in the west where people self mutilate themselves for a gender fetish cult

[@kevanhubbard9673]

Even the individual acts of self sacrifice could be seen as doctrinal as often they might be inspired by John Wayne type films of wounded people blowing themselves up to stop an enemy advance say down a narrow corridor and therefore protect their comrades escape.

[@HandFromCoffin]

What would a pulse jet of that size that close to your head be like? It would scramble your brain and blur your vision right?

[@nevisstkitts8264]

Guy riding on top two engines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZOVdJ9maKpmqpYsi=n2uaikxXTHcvCSoh

[@tombogan03884]

Wasn't there a movie about this ? Maybe 1950's, or 60's ?

[@samrobinson566]

Perhaps you're thinking of "Operation Crossbow"? It's a long time since I've seen it, but I think it was more about the development of the V1, and early flight stability issues. They added cockpits to prototypes, and were testing them in flight to fault find? Then the plot changed to the Allies attempting to sabotage the development? At least I think that was it. I hope that helps 😊

[@TheAnxiousAardvark]

"Brain Just No Work" was actually a quite clever and fitting ending for a kamikaze aircraft video.

[@the_Carthaginian1]

Given the poor math involved in conventional attack, the higher chance of success of a kamikaze strike, and the culture of State Shinto... well, the Japanese had a beneficial combat tactic that fit well within their cultural beliefs. It was not a case of "brain no work"; it was, in fact, just the opposite.

[@allangibson8494]

The Fi103 had a 60% failure rate in normal military operations. Engine failures were the leading cause.

[@hueyiroquois3839]

Why would you sacrifice FW-190s for suicide missions?

[@ppszthunder]

Hey IHYLS could you please make video about the polish light bomber the pzl.p23 karaś? Fun fact it was the first plane to bomb Germany in WW2.

[@michaelogden5958]

16:42 Central Casting Villian, no? Check out the facial scars! 😧

[@edwardscott3262]

A fun fact about those scars. The type of "fencing" they ended up doing was standing perfectly still while someone else cut you. It was all about looking tough in the easiest way possible. They then purposely did things like stuff horse hair in the wound to make it scar worse than it really was. There were even Germans who faked it. Cutting themselves. Which for some crazy reason was seen as worse than standing still while someone else cut you with a very sharp sword. All the fencing went away long before future Nazi leaders could get any scars like that. By that time it had devolved into just making the cuts like I said for the image the scars represented. When you learn about Germany before WW2. You come to realize that place was so damn crazy something bad was bound to happen.

[@JoeyMills-y3v]

Pretty sure this was never a serious project but it sounds cool i guess

[@LarsAgerbk]

I would say national socialism is all about sacrificing oneself to the nation. SS - the national socialist army was known for holding out to the last man too.

[@barelyasurvivor1257]

If I remember correctly Hitler personally stopped the Idea of Aryans sacrificing themselves by kamikazi planes etc. But its been a lot of years since i saw that, so my wording or recollection may not be perfect.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

No need to self sacrifice to man a flying bmb - Mistel.

[@AndyBonesSynthPro]

I think the main reason the Fi-103R didn't attract more buyers is the fart-cannon pulsejet engine. Don't make a young man's sacrifice go down with a "FRRRRRP" that's not dignified

[@HERA-hh6os]

Im happy you are starting to do again a bit of social history on your channel, your first videos were cool

[@barelyasurvivor1257]

The V1's accuracy was 19 miles in diameter at first, but by the end of the war was 7 miles in diameter. Only around 25% of them hit their target circles. So not really that accurate for anti ship or other targets.

[@BeachTypeZaku]

The Morganthau Plan was the main reason the Germans fought as hard as they did. I suggest a read if you're curious👍

[@BeachTypeZaku]

@jackgee3200 what was discussed in that plan was what Germany was accused of in the Nuremberg trials, or at least most of it. Yes it wasn't adopted because even Churchill, that traitor, said it was reprehensible. Though I can't imagine that it did any good for anyone when the Germans found out about it.

[@gumpyoldbugger6944]

Comparing the Kamakazi with the Jihadist is rather disingenuous. Kamakazi's sacrificed themselves in a vain attempt to beat back the pending invasion of their homeland. The Kamikazi pilots more akin to the Captain and crews of the HMS Glowworm and HMS Rawalpindi, both went up against heavy German cruisers knowing they were out-classed, out gunned and out numbered but still attacked and did their duty knowing full well it was suicide. Jihadist are a completely different kettle of fish.

[@noobepro_7146]

Why.... Why... Just why... They don't put a pilot on V2 lol

[@matthewmcintosh4925]

Done the run into the burning building bit, knew I could run out, most people are idiots. Building is on fire, yeah but. Fire, Fire, Fire, evacute, evacute, evacute. 20% crispy critter. Yeah people are stupid.

[@tombogan03884]

By the time a country is desperate enough to resort to Kamikaze tactics it is too late for them to be effective. Japanese Kamikaze were far more effective against US ships, and the fact they weren't coming back was meaningless, given the loss rates among their attacks. But the time to benefit from that increased effectiveness was at the beginning of the war when our forces were already on the back foot. Not when we had built a fleet that covered the seas.

[@warheadsnation]

In fact the real effectiveness of kamikaze attacks declined rapidly. Because the #1 goal was to sink carriers, which were the greatest threat to Japan. The USN quickly rearranged its fleets to protect the carriers at the expense of the escorts. So more and more attacks were launched, but fewer and fewer carriers were sunk. And of course more anti-kamikaze weapons were coming, such as bigger AA guns and the first SAMs and the Goodyear F2G. So doing all this earlier in the war doesn't solve anything.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Oh right! The Norse were the first BAKA's? At least we're NOT the last... PS. So Hanna Reitsch had ♪the biggest balls of 'em all♫?

[@quentinking4351]

As horrible as it is, this probably would have worked. V1s were easy to intercept and shoot down because they didn't maneuver.

[@SynapseDriven]

It's pronounced "vessell"

[@FredTheFreak]

Pulsejet go wee

[@sski]

BlubBlubBlubBlubBlubBlubBlubBlubBlubBlubBlubBlub...

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Nah, its more of brrrr sound.

[@spykezspykez7001]

John 15:13

[@Dysfunctional_Reprint]

Talk about something more depressing than your standard issue metal sky murder sharks.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Every facet of 2024 has been both dark and depressing so don't worry about it friend! I love learning and i love zany vehicles so i'm good

[@joellamoureux7914]

They surely would have put Jews in them if they were able to make sure they didn't turn around and fly em into German infantry or something

[@stevenleek1254]

Fire the phoney Ai voice. It's downright creepy.

[@nzfield6913]

Jeez man, you pick such interesting subjects, that's really good, but your pronounciation makes brains bleed... Faisler??? Like in Lafuaffa??? Who the hell would Hanna "Rish" be??? Come on😂😂😂

[@peternaumann777]

Its Fieseler, not Feiseler... pronounce it like: Feesalar in english.

[@RogerEverett]

Sorry to be That Guy, but it kills me when people, mostly Americans, say "ka-mah-ka-zee". The correct pronunciation is "ka-mee-ka-zeh". Yeah, I'm a student of Nihongo.

[@robertbetz8461]

To get a better overview of pulse jet engines, looknup driving 4 answers. The explanation here is inadequate.

[@JZ0UK]

Bro be talking like Christianity wasn't literally a death cult obsessed with martyrdom - and that Germany didn't have a err... Very particular part in the later developments 🤨

[@notbobrosss3670]

That's a very interesting. But propagandist view of Christianity. Many faiths have the concept of martyrdom. It's an ancient concept. But no Christianity wasn't a death cult. Catholicism promoted martyrdom a long time ago. But that's like saying all Muslims are the same. Maybe not casting such wide dispersion on people's isn't a good idea.

[@BearfootBob]

NPC take

[@nektulosnewbie]

Martyrs very much wanted to love, but refused to compromise on what was felt aa more important than life. One who goes looking to martyr themselves over something isn't a marytr because they want to throw their life away.

[@6mtzhp55]

​@@BearfootBobAI cope

[@HERA-hh6os]

In christianity, suicide is a sin. This contradicts a lot of forms of self sacrifice in a strongly religious culture. That's why in japan, where suicide was already ritualized, self sacrifice was more of a logical conclusion. Besides religion is not the only factor. The massive social pressure of japanese culture and its focus on honor is a big factor on self sacrifice. Finally, something not quoted here is how racism (of the japanese towards white men and of white men towards asian people) reinforced mutual deshumanization and the idea that surrendering wont amount to anything - imagine surrendering to beasts that arent human : they'll just eat you

[@treyriver5676]

then there is the combo.. Forlorn Hope en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forlorn_hope

[@NoSTs123]

Interesting. thats how they motiveted the people to be the first on the ladder.