The Führerbunker - Hitler’s Final Command Post - WW2 Documentary special

[@WorldWarTwo]

We’ll be covering the death of Hitler in an extra episode on April 30. Join us here for the the demise of history’s most infamous figure.

[@Chris.in.taiwan]

Rest in pieces

[@bajonettm2122]

Do something about the last fights in Austria. That's something interesting and new

[@dallaswinston8260]

@@bajonettm2122 no it's fake

[@alexamerling79]

Say what you want about Hitler. He did shoot Hitler...

[@alexamerling79]

Mit dem Angriff Steiners wird das alles in Ordnung kommen.

[@IliketheBears]

This episode just makes me appreciate how amazing of a film “Downfall” is at portraying all of this

[@mrchambers31]

Bruno Ganz giving one of the best actor perfomances of all time.

[@_ArsNova]

It really didn't though. The iconic rant scene that everyone thinks about when this film is mentioned was completely fabricated, for example.

[@saisameer8771]

​@@_ArsNovaThe 3 hour movie only has like 2 rant scenes overall, so it's not that bad.

[@_ArsNova]

@@Smethells2023 Quote: "Hitler's (supposed) rage at Steiner's failure to mount the attack was made famous by its depiction in a scene from the 2004 movie Downfall. In reality, his secretary testified that instead of rage, on hearing the news, Hitler was 'silent for a long time', until finally saying the women should leave Berlin immediately (though they refused to). This account is far more in line with real psychology, in which a profoundly shocked person does not fly into an angry rage but rather is mentally paralyzed by the shock. But a commercial movie would not find it convenient to have 30 minutes of a man sitting in silence so it had to create a fictional "dramatic scene" instead. The scene has been made into numerous parody videos and internet memes in which new subtitles are added that typically have no correlation to what the characters are actually saying in German and are usually topical, lampooning current issues or trends."

[@indigodarkwolf]

@@Smethells2023 ​ @arsnova1321 These are interesting quotes, and so I hope that this will be addressed by the Time Ghost folks, because it sounds like there's good reason folks might be confused about what happened here. Personally, I just think it is a fantastic, emotionally intense movie. Sadly, I didn't learn about it until it had gone out of production and had been cleared from most store shelves, so I'm glad I went out of my way to find a copy at a used DVD reseller. One of the best films in my library.

[@gunman47]

Ah yes, is it time for Fegelein and his antics in the Füherbunker, while Hitler launches his rant with his Pencil of Doom and awaits Steiner's counterattack...

[@thanos_6.0]

*FEGELEIN!!! FEGELEIN!!! FEGELEIN!!!*

[@mrchambers31]

With Jodl the bald ape and the map fish pervert Krebs

[@goughrmp]

Mein Failure ……. Steiner

[@mrchambers31]

With Jodl the bald ape and the fishy map pervert Krebs ruining his plans

[@Dystopia1111]

Krebs and his fish both support this plan, although Jodl objects to the plan.

[@arghsonofcliff]

Two specials in one week. Gentlemen, I salute you. You have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

[@tylermorrison420]

Glory to the channel

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for the comment!

[@Moromom22]

It's time to start watching Downfall again.

[@JFox337]

This! Amazing film!

[@cgardner85]

And after that watch Looks who’s back.

[@paultapner2769]

@@impostorsyndrome1350 I could watch the one with Hitler hearing Mark Felton on the radio again and again. It's so good.

[@bakerb485]

Unlike most Hollywood films the night battle scenes are very well done the noise and fear felt by Germans as the Russian army hunt them down is far more visceral than many films set during this period

[@_ArsNova]

@@impostorsyndrome1350 Fun fact: His angry bunker rant was a complete fabrication for dramatic effect in the film. Not to say he never lost his temper at his generals, but this one specifically was totally falsified.

[@ternel]

It is small comfort to know hitler was miserable sleeping in a humid concrete box 20 meters underground and in consrant fear of drowning.

[@_ArsNova]

@@julianshepherd2038 His drug use is comically overexaggerated by pop-historians. You seem to have fallen victim to them.

[@_ArsNova]

@@Smethells2023 I agree. The man grew up in poverty and lived in the trenches of WWI, and survived a gas attack. The bunker was like a palace to compared to living conditions in his youth.

[@uncle2593]

@@_ArsNovait depends on whether he allowed his life of relative riches as Fuhrer to spoil his memory of his humble upbringing

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@Smethells2023 After the July 20 bomb explosion, he complained that he had been wearing new trousers and the blast had ruined them. It doesn't sound as though he worshipped consumerism or had a large wardrobe.

[@ndogg20]

@@_ArsNova " His drug use is comically overexaggerated by pop-historians. You seem to have fallen victim to them." Yeah, greatly overexaggerated, Hitler was only mildly on narcotics and only mildly delusional. He was fully composed as he declared his people unworthy to live and set an example for them to follow by offing himself.

[@BruceMusto]

One of the things I enjoy most about these videos, is Spartacus's sheer contempt that he holds Hitler and the Nazi's in. Troglodyte, I love it.

[@Amradar123]

It is a double insult as for Hitler a troglodyte is all what goes against his racial nazi theories.

[@emmiannon1266]

High above that bunker they would send children to work guns til they died to delay a cirtain defeat by a few minutes while the high command cowered in their hole. Fascism, White superemacism, and Dictatorship all summed up in one horrible showcase.

[@_ArsNova]

Probably one of the worst aspects of his presentation if I'm being honest. It ruins the façade of "objective historian" and teeters on the edge of "subjective ranting". Calm, rational delivery of information would be much preferred, like Jesse Alexander after he took over TGW.

[@stephenphillips4609]

@@_ArsNova Given the stuff Mr Olsen has had to read and watch and see while making these, I'm not surprised he comes across as angry. He should be. If it makes modern supporters of the Chaplin impersonator unhappy, so much the better.

[@davidjackson2179]

@arsnova1321 why is it that you keep commenting some form of pro-Nazi copium under every thread? Now you’re sad that Spartacus is not “objective” enough when talking about Hitler? You’re probably gonna have to die mad about that one.

[@senwod70]

“Austrian painter decides to check out the underground scene.” I kid, but this is incredibly important you all are doing retelling and preserving this for a new generation. I worry as those who fought the last war of this vast a scale pass away, younger people increasingly think of these things as diversions or some grand adventure.

[@brycedyck8450]

"Hitler gets a lot of bad press, but he did kill Hitler, so there's that..." Jimmy Carr, comedian 😂

[@j3lny425]

Yes he ended the war by blowing his brains out. ' Philomena Cunc'... pseudo-reporter

[@captainnutsack8151]

It is absolutely perfect that Spartacus was chosen to narrate this video. After what he has had to cover in War Against Humanity, it is very fitting that he would be the one to do the video about the bleak, damp, super-bunker where Hitler cowered like a dog and then finally rid the world of himself.

[@PobortzaPl]

Don't insult dogs

[@finchborat]

100% agree He had to cover millions of innocent people dying and he gets to talk about the death trap of the man responsible for the millions of deaths.

[@jamesgillen2339]

I like the way he pronounces "Gotterdammerung."

[@captainnutsack8151]

@@finchborat I can tell Sparty was taking pleasure in it too. Good for him. Love that he called Hitler a "troglodyte" hahahaha

[@DreadfulMeep]

I'm curious about the episode where they cover the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Or is that okay because 'it ended the war' and 'it was a military installation that was targeted'?

[@Amradar123]

We have come a loooong way since 1939. Thank you Spartacus and all involved for covering these tragic events of humanity through all these years.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

@@WorldWarTwothank you Spartacus for everything.

[@Lavthefox]

Watch it before youtube says "this violates community guidelines"

[@dallaswinston8260]

KZbin won't do that now delete ur comment or I'll report it

[@jonasmejerpedersen4847]

@@dallaswinston8260 ...what

[@dallaswinston8260]

@@jonasmejerpedersen4847 delete ur comment and mind ur business

[@1joshjosh1]

Yeah that's getting to be a bit of a problem.

[@dallaswinston8260]

@@1joshjosh1 no it's not delete ur comment

[@finnyishere3532]

Once steiner attacks, Hitler will be able to leave the bunker.

[@Amradar123]

Hitler did in a way in the end, but not as he had imagined....

[@leonardogomez8812]

Well Hitler DID leave his bunker after Steiner attacked, but not without a new hole in his head

[@hoodoo2001]

Fegelein! Fegelein!

[@gilwhitmore9682]

The Fuhrerbunker, or how to build the ultimate self catching rat trap

[@davidsigalow7349]

"Big bait catches big rat."

[@shawnmiller4781]

They check in but they don’t check out

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@shawnmiller4781 That could be the mark of a really good hotel...

[@tomy.1846]

I can't believe we are near the end of the war in Europe. Years ago, when you began this simply incredible series, I felt like it would feel like a long time to get through the entire war. It made me think of how the people who lived through it would have felt as events unfolded and the tide of war changed. Because of your depth, and obvious passion for telling the whole story, the years have flown by! I can't thank you enough for this project. You deserve the highest Internet Awards, no doubt at all. Pulitzer should award a prize for Internet series such as this! Congratualtions on creating some of the finest material on the entire Internet. Thanks again!

[@greg_mca]

There seems to be an almost poetic contrast in that each half of the bunker has less internal space than hitler's office in the building above, and you could have stacked both the internal bunker space and its walls in the same volume as that room

[@TheEvertw]

Congratulations, Spartacus! You have almost completed this epic documentation of the most gruesome acts man has ever committed, and I hope it will be with a great sense of relief that you and Indy document the ignominious end of the one who started it all. I am sure you will make some special items about the nuclear bombings of Japan, much strength in making those episodes.

[@OscarGarcia-yj8xh]

What a great special!!!! Just delightfull! You guys are doing the best job of the series, and that is saying a lot!!!, at the very end! Thank you for souch a wonderfull ride! You are like part of my family now, week by week during more than 5 years!

[@colonial6452]

When I was posted to the US Embassy Office in Berlin, we often ate at the Indonesian/Chinese restaurant located at the corner of Wilhelmstrasse and Voss Stasse, on the site of the chancellery. Poetic justice, I guess, that the "Bunker Bistro" was located on that site. The bunker was located about 50 meters away.

[@brenokrug7775]

Cool! Were you military or diplomatic personnel?

[@ramonribascasasayas7877]

This still was on 2012. And a hostel for refugees on the top. The German guide giving the tour on Nazi Berlin found it really befitting as poetic justice. (Although all of us had preferred the justice-justice...)

[@classicbandgeek]

I loved watching Spartacus relish every syllable of this script. Magnificent! Thank you to the entire Time Ghost team for this amazing journey we have been on together.

[@pathutchison7688]

It’s nice to see you doing something other than WAH. That series is amazing but I’m sure also very taxing mentally and emotionally. Keep up the great work.

[@finchborat]

Two other points I want to bring up. 1. For those interested who don't know, there was a guy who snuck into the Fuhrerbunker in the late 80s and got pics and videos of it. 2. I hope we see references to the main rant scene from Downfall within the next couple of weeks.

[@stevehofer3482]

This is really good. Thank you for making this special. Stuff like this makes me happy to be a TimeGhost Army member.

[@horusfalcon]

As for me, I would say it reinforces the necessity of being a TimeGhost Army member.

[@spartacus-olsson]

❤❤❤

[@soulscanner66]

Part II The family bunker did not become a gravesite thanks to my father's 7-year old's survival instincts. After the neighbors house was destroyed, it dawned on my Dad that the rail junction behind his house was a target and that the bunker wasn't going to save him. The nearby public shelter was a better bet. This was in a large local factory that had slowly been moved further and further underground during the war. I think I remember him saying that the basement was several stories underground, with 5 thick reinforced concrete slabs protecting it in the stories above. In the next air raid, my grandmother wanted to go down to the house bunker because she didn't want to bother going all the way to the public shelter, but my father was terrified of that because of the previous air raid. He begged, cried, and screamed that they go to the public shelter and my grandmother relented. The factory/shelter took several direct hits and survived. The house took an indirect hit and partially collapsed. By the end of the war, the whole area around the house had become a cratered moonscape. When they got back to the house, my grandmother gathered up the surviving belongings and they become one of those German women and children you see pulling all their belongings in a wooden cart. She went to a relative who lived nearby. On the way, she and my father passed a gruesome scene. A trainload of troops had got off a train and taken cover under a bridge because of the air raid. The bomb hit just beside them lifted the soldiers and bridge in the air, and the bridge came down, crushing most of them. PS: The propaganda machine of Goebbels affected my father for the rest of his life. One day in school (I'm guessing 1944), the nun's at the school he attended organized a field trip. They took his class on hayride out into a farmer's field to where a bomber had crashed. I don't remember the exact words he used to describe what the nun's said, but it something to the effect of "These are the people that want to kill you". He said the hatred he felt was the most intense of his life. I don't think you ever get over something like that.

[@michaelsalmon9832]

I like how the valet described Frederick as glaring down at Hitler. I often think of Hitler looking pathetically at his portrait hoping for some miracle. But one could also see Frederick looking back in disgust at what this man had done to Berlin and Germany

[@RAAM855]

Odd he idolizes a man he would have sent to a camp cause of his sexuality.

[@rosswebster7877]

Wonderful special Spartacus and Time Ghost Crew! It’s hard not to relish this temporary office becoming Hitler’ personal living Hell.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you very much. -TimeGhost Ambassador

[@ricardokowalski1579]

1- solid content 2- that tie 👔 is fire 🔥. Good choice. 3- Strong delivery.

[@Arbiter099]

You've reminded me of the original tie review guy. I hope he's well wherever he is.

[@BraveBob13]

What an awesome week for the channel you guys are TOP NOTCH thank you for all you do!

[@Valdagast]

Has Goering changed name to "Meyer" yet?

[@cripplehawk]

Last time I checked he was known as *"WANKSTAIN!!!"* ........ Or was that a meme?

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

Hitler has only got one ball Goering has two but very small Himmler's got something sim'lar but poor old Goebels got no balls at all

[@horusfalcon]

@@BoxStudioExecutive All the children Frau Goebbels had and all of the fraulein in Herr Goebbels office whom he bedded repeatedly would seem to give the lie to that last line. Just sayin'... The man was a monster in all monstrous and evil respects.

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

There’s no Miracle of the House of Brandenburg for this Bohemian corporal

[@steveford8999]

One thing I love about these vids is finally learning the correct pronunciation of all those words I've mispronounced all my life.

[@finchborat]

Same with Indy's replacement at the Great War channel and David at the Cold War channel.

[@davidsigalow7349]

Luckily for us, Spartacus is a native German speaker, which is why he has been able to correctly pronounce all of those titles the Germans created for themselves, such as "Uberstansterfuhrer," or whatever....

[@craigoh1969]

Yes. Very correct German pronunciation. But he sometimes slips up on his English, especially place names. Which is a pity.

[@LightFykki]

One thing that I find intruiging is how somehow 'safe' and 'isolated' the Führerbunker was. Spartacus mentioned it in the video, and the ambience can clearly be felt also in the movie Downfall. It feels as almost the bunker's inhabitants would not know what really was happening there living in their own false hope that something would change, until the Soviets would arrive right at the doorsteps.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Then some Red Army women turn up and want to know where Eva Braun's wardrobe is...

[@randylucas2458]

1:30 Spartacus seems to have been waiting a long time to say this...

[@rickhobson3211]

Brilliant, Sparty as always! I wonder if Hitler thought of it that way ever; all those armies, aimed right at him. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy...

[@TheBattleMaster100]

Cheapest he sat it out at his home in the Alps. Listening to this alone is claustrophobic. Excellent work as always Spartacus ❤

[@abhoren13]

Sparty telling us to join the army? Instant Lord Kitchener vibes. My man certainly has the mustache for it

[@spartacus-olsson]

Funny you should say that...timeghost.tv/product/canvas-2/

[@PedroG78]

Espartacus is the epitome of a History teacher. His knowledge, his passion, even his looks and his accent. You feel like he's a time traveller who has just come from the past to tell you today's lesson

[@mrchambers31]

All the memes that came out of that place

[@Dystopia1111]

Fegelmemes! Fegelmemes! Fegelmemes!

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Maybe the real 1000 yeqr reich were the memes we made along the way?

[@jamessicker]

@@yochaiwyss3843I would say the European Union is tbh Germany kinda owns Europe economically

[@Lonovavir]

Speer: My failure, we're going to lose the war. Tiger Tanks turned out to be a disaster, but on the positive front meme production is up 75%.

[@xeutoniumnyborg1192]

Great video once again. Loved the allusion to Coleridge's Kubla Khan at the opening!

[@chrisedwards4403]

On point, Sparty. Those around Hitler through the end game must have been thinking “What the hell?” Why did so many go down with the ship? Maybe you’ll cover these details? I’d love to know.

[@caryblack5985]

Some were fanatics, some wanted to be near the seat of power like Borman until the end.

[@hoodoo2001]

They had nothing else to do, no where to go. Desertion was out of the question, a short route to an execution (Fegelein), you going to to run out and surrender to the Soviets?

[@horusfalcon]

This was masterful, Spartacus. We will never forget. Never.

[@theeternalanglo5629]

Guys, Steiner is cutting his counterattack pretty close 😬

[@pnutz_2]

I think he's going to implement the dark side of the moon plan at this rate

[@redblaze8700]

Have Wenck support him with the 12th Army.

[@thebigm7558]

Than we can finally get that meme over with XD

[@alexwhite3158]

No matter how much I hear and read about the last days of the Third Reich and all the events and details surrounding The Fuhrerbunker and Hitlers life during the last few months are just such an interesting topic i never find anything less than fascinating and it never gets old!

[@paulbeesley8283]

I don't think "Downfall," quite captured the squalor and claustrophobia of the bunker. By all accounts, people were going crazy down there - drinking and partying, despite (or perhaps because of,) Hitler's increasing mental and emotional deterioration.

[@VladTevez]

The Fuhrerbunker - the place Fegelein left

[@thebigm7558]

FEGELEIN... FEGELEIN... FEGELEIN

[@janknudsen145]

Thanks!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you so much!

[@localbod]

You can't beat a well researched bit of docutainment about Bunkerman. 👍

[@WorldWarTwo]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@jamesbparkin740]

Interesting contrast with the Cabinet War Rooms, which were far more vulnerable to bombing but far more usable as offices. Or indeed, with Churchill's approach to personal safety.

[@AlmqvistRasmus]

Hey Sparty, that was one heck of a delivery!! Wow!! 🤜💥🤛

[@jimmypenrose1401]

Nice Samuel Coleridge reference at the beginning, Sparty!

[@spartacus-olsson]

I had fun with that...

[@elyjane8316]

Fantastic episode, fantastic delivery.

[@JFox337]

Everyone who enjoys this channel should go watch Downfall, it’s a film about the final hours in the Fuherbunker extremely fascinating and historically accurate for the most part.

[@ngineered4u]

LOL, you know this how? Were you there :-)

[@davidsigalow7349]

Afterwards, they should go to the HRP (Hitler Rants Parodies) channel for fifteen (!) years of hilarious short films mocking Hitler, his stooges, and all of those murderous SOBs.

[@WorldWarTwo]

A infamous film, thanks for the suggestion.

[@ac4694]

I love the irony of the contrast of buildings above and below the ground

[@johncunyus]

Never forget! Thank you, Spartacus, Indy, and all others for this incredible program,

[@ethanbramptom2700]

Holy fuck. After all these years it’s truly almost here. What an incredible experience following this series has been.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for watching, hope to see you in our next series: www.youtube.com/@KoreanWarbyIndyNeidell

[@darthreklaw5468]

when Spartacus is talking about the map room my mind instantly went to the movie downfall

[@georgewilliams8448]

Another excellent and welcome video!

[@BensonCaisip]

What's your favorite Downfall Scene? 1. Hitler phones Koller 2. Hitler gets angry at Jodl. 3. Hitler rant when he finds out Steiner never launched his attack. 4. Hitler angrily reacting to the Goring telegram. 5. Hitler informed that Himmler has been secretly negotiating with the Allies.. 6. Hitler pounds his table when he was told Fegelein could not be found 7. Hitler was told by Speer that his Nero Decree was never carried out.

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Hi Sparty Awesome explanation. Thanks.

[@fuferito]

09:53 I wonder who H¡tler's bodyguard is specifically referring to when he comments on the underwhelming telephone switchboard system of the Fuhrer Bunker.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Perhaps Kannenberger, the official supposed to be in charge.

[@petergray2712]

​@stevekaczynski3793 Albert Speer. He was responsible for supervising the bunker's design, construction, and outfitting, and it was most likely his oversight (perhaps because it was conceived as a shelter rather than a residence).

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@petergray2712 It generally does seem like it was built as a temporary sort of place. Not somewhere that anyone would use to command a war effort. Rastenburg had had far more extensive communications and phone lines, and after the bomb went off on July 20, the conspirators only temporarily managed to cut it off from the outside world. Whereas the bunker had very limited phone lines. I wonder if it had a radio room or facilities for using Enigma or Lorenz.

[@davidsigalow7349]

Fegelein was hogging the phone, making prank calls to the Fuhrer, "Der vaz three peanuts walking down der strasser...und one of zem vaz assaulted...peanut."

[@molieros]

Dismal Concrete Sarcophagus is an excellent name for a death metal band

[@bigrigjoe5130]

Downfall is an excellent movie that if you're watching this video, you should check out It's about the last week of Hitler's life in the bunker

[@SHAd0Eheart]

9:18 Ms. Manners always says it’s always best to look your best when having guests or enemy bombers pay you a visit!

[@elbeto191291]

Everyone needs to watch Downfall. It perfectly describes the general mood in Berlin in the final days of the Reich. And Bruno Ganz... well, may he rest in peace, for his performance as the Fuhrer is simply outstanding in its portrayal.

[@alexamerling79]

I actually visited the site of it when I was in Germany in 2013. Apparently it's a parking lot now.

[@vguyver2]

Yeah, the East Germans and USSR didn't want leave any sort of structure there. It's understandable. If one was around, there would be way more neo-Nazi pilgrimages there.

[@Irys1997]

Joni Mitchell, et al, should at least take comfort in the fact that they also paved hell and put up a parking lot

[@bookaufman9643]

This is the second great special in a week. The war in Europe is nearly over and I rue the day that I don't get a Saturday morning World War II video. Hopefully you crank out a bunch of specials before the end of the war in Europe. I know we have the war in the east but it's just not going to be the same. Thank you for these many years of fantastic content.🎉

[@WorldWarTwo]

Well, Indy will be starting the Korean War pretty soon! www.youtube.com/@KoreanWarbyIndyNeidell

[@bookaufman9643]

@@WorldWarTwo I love the show that you guys have put on but I have so much less interest in the Korean conflict that I do in World War II. Did you guys ever consider doing the World War I rather than the Korean conflict? I know that the decision to go with Korea was made quite a long time ago but I'm wondering if it ever came up?

[@spartacus-olsson]

@@bookaufman9643 we will continue making WW2 content on this channel or as long as you guys will watch it. When the war is over we will return to topics that can easily get more coverage - we will even be doing some mini-chronologies on specific events.

[@bookaufman9643]

@@spartacus-olsson that's awesome news. It's been a great ride so far.

[@bookaufman9643]

@@spartacus-olsson an interesting video or video series might be the great turning points of World War II. Maybe not the turning points that everybody agrees upon but maybe a better look or a deeper look into what made the war end the way it ended. I'm an Eastern Front nerd so I would like a very detailed look at Operation Bagration because to me that was what basically closed the book on the Wermacht in the East. Also things like the bad decisions that the Germans made in choosing what to produce as weapons and how many to produce. I think some of those decisions played a huge part in Germany's demise. I guess I should say the Nazi demise because Germany's doing just fine today. Lol.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Slightly later in the timeline, RAF Bomber Command sent a rare daylight raid to attack Berchtesgaden, apparently in the hope of killing Hitler. It tends to underline the lack of awareness that he was in fact in Berlin. A fair amount of damage was done, particularly to an SS barracks where some bodyguard unit was based. A crew member whose plane was shot down by flak successfully bailed out and was captured by angry SS who refused to believe his plane had flown out of England - they though the raid must have set off from Allied bases in Italy, which was much closer. The crew member managed to avoid being killed by them and SPOILER survived the war.

[@spectreshadow]

I still remember watching the very first episode all those years ago. I'm really going to miss looking forward to WW2 videos on Friday. Looking forward to the Korean War ones though!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Glad to hear that! See you there.

[@Mitchmeow]

Well done Sparty, as always. Never Forget.

[@maciejkamil]

I like that Hitler's final lair was so pitiful and pathetic. He wanted to rule the world - and at the end he couldn't even touch the grass. Thank you Sparty for conveying this atmosphere well. This reminded me of der Untergang.

[@WLM-83]

F.u.

[@Amradar123]

​@@WLM-83Fuehrer's Untergang?

[@waltcs1]

Thanks. Very informative. Very interesting. A very good presentation.

[@610jrod]

The writing and delivery of this episode is superb

[@coryfice1881]

A video game where you enter the Fuhrerbunker and its haunted by the ghosts of its last inhabitants would make for a really creepy horror game.

[@AbbyNormL]

An excellent and pithy lesson on the Führerbunker.

[@evancrum6811]

Thank you Sparty and team

[@1joshjosh1]

Holy moly this guy's intense ! I like it !

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for watching!

[@volodyadykun6490]

Now I'm interested in telephones of the war in general

[@HootOwl513]

Your satirization of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ''Kubla Khan'' caused me to spittake my morning coffee.

[@davidsigalow7349]

"I like the clammy atmosphere, and so do my fish...fish...fish.."

[@frandsenphilip1]

Thank you for the map! I've always just had to imagine where this happened.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for watching!

[@Lonovavir]

Somehow I don't think Wenck and Steiner will be able to turn things around. There's even a rumor Wenck's trying to surrender to the Americans.

[@serg9427]

The intro was extremely well done I must say

[@williamhalsted4]

Love the Kublai Kahn reference.

[@BackgroundHistory]

Oh neat, my favourite parking spot in Berlin! While I understand the demolishment of the bunker to prevent it from becoming a martyrium and a pilgrimage shrine to the far-right, my historian heart is dissapointed that I can't enter such a historically significant site. Still think its destruction was probably for the better though.

[@horusfalcon]

Egad. The "far-right"? Your definition of the left-right axis of the chart and mine seem to be at variance. Nazi Germany was one of the most extremely leftist and authoritarian of states in human history. The Nazi regime was up in every aspect of the lives and private business of the citizenry. That is leftism at its farthest left. You and I are agreed that the bunker shouldn't become a site for pilgrimage or any sort of martyrium, but we must disagree on other things.

[@Amradar123]

​@@horusfalcon Are you implying that Nazis are communist? 😂

[@rwdyeriii]

​@@Amradar123well in all honesty, there's not all that much different between them.

[@Amradar123]

​@rwdyeriii Time for you to watch the War against Humanity series then 😊 Totalitarianism has many faces but different motives.

[@Ahrlin9]

@@horusfalcon "Nazi Germany was one of the most extremely leftist..." This is lying nonsense and has been debunked so many times that only a deeply malicious and dishonest person would keep repeating it.

[@finchborat]

Idk if anyone has said this in the comments, but Rochus Misch would be the last member of the Fuhrerbunker to pass away. The 10th anniversary of his death was back in September.

[@philcollinson328]

Absolutely wonderful. Majestically narrated and highly informative.

[@jamesharmer9293]

"Dismal concrete sarcophagus" That's really good !!

[@kevinburns5762]

This guy's switching between American accent and German is admirable

[@patcunningham6170]

"Dismal concrete sarcophagus". What an apt description!

[@markfryer9880]

There is a hell of a lot of reo concrete surrounding A.H. Two metre thick walls are some serious amounts of concrete, thicker than any structural walls I have yet come across professionally. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@mikkovaittinen3835]

Those last lines...wow.

[@jonbaxter2254]

From conquering all of Europe, to hiding in a tiny little bunker. What a change a world war makes.

[@Lonovavir]

That's what happens when you don't play RISK. You can never conquer Asia from Europe, ever.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

A late 1940s Soviet painting set in the Reich's last days imagined Hitler looking stressed and histrionic, while his generals and cronies sit at a table and hit the booze.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Indeed, thank you for watching.

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

Sir,you do great job when pronouncing those sharp and twisted german names.Ferret bunker,where the weasle lives.The hunter is coming for his prize,only to skin and nail up on a wall,to make an allied bomber hat.

[@PhantomHarlock78]

Mark Felton did a great series about the Hitler body. The most probably is that it was never recover and the soviets took of other person, because the discrepancies in the bodies,.

[@rwdyeriii]

Yup and the Austrian Painter retired to Argentina.

[@spartacus-olsson]

@Turnipstalkhis dental records disagree as well.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

In the 1970's, when Jeremy Isaacs of ITV was producing the monumental documentary series "The World At War" he had one of his researchers (her name escapes me, unfortunately) who was in Munich, talking to older German citizens of Munich, looking for people who wanted to take part and share their stories. One woman she approached replied that while she didn't really have anything interesting to share, "there's a woman who lives in my apartment building. She knew people in the government during the war. You might want to talk to her." The reclusive woman in the building turned out to be none other than Traudl Junge, Hitler's private secretary. She was very reluctant to talk but the researcher, being a sensitive and skillful interviewer, took her time and eventually gained her trust. Not only did she gain the confidence of Traudl, but she brought Traudl to the UK to meet her family and Mrs. Junge eventually became, more or less, a part of the family, frequently babysitting and sharing in the lives of the interviewer and her family.

[@spartacus-olsson]

There's an epilogue to that story. During her early interviews she felt that she was detached from it... too young to have had any influence, an extra if you like. Now, shortly after the war she had compiled her notes from her time with Hitler for her own sake. She never felt it was appropriate to publish them... Then in 2000, when she was 80, she was walking past the Munich university (she lived in Munich). The main entrance of the university is located on the Geschwister Scholl Platz in memory of Sophie and Hans Scholl from the White Rose resistance... there's a memorial to the siblings there, and as Traudl walked by a couple was taking photos in front of it. For whatever reason it grabbed her attention and she looked closer at the memorial and saw Sophie's birth year - 1920 - the same as her own. In one fell swoop she realized she had been living a lie - youthful innocence was not an excuse. After this realization she joined forces with journalist Melissa Müller and artist Andre Heller - together they created a documentary and book based on her notes, with an additional analysis of the responsibility she and everyone who worked with the Nazis carried. The book then became the basis of Oliver Hirschbiegel's film Der Untergang (Downfall), which she also cooperated on in an advisory role, and two excerpts of her interview for the documentary appears.

[@OlagGan]

Well that's ironic. They blew up Hitler's Ballroom. He probably only had one.

[@WorldWarTwo]

I had a sensible chuckle over that. -TimeGhost Ambassador

[@ironsam2381]

i love the videos! but when you guys list measurements of things like buildings & distances can you give them in both metric and english? it's not that big of a deal but it would be nice to not have to pause the video to convert the measurements into something easier to visualize :) thanks!

[@parsifal6094]

We all know what we want after the WWII series come to end:The 100 years war - week by week!

[@nirajgaikwad838]

Well, video dropping out the day before Fuhrer's Birthday.

[@p_mouse8676]

The irony of ending up in your own sad little damp prison cell after all that has passed.