The parachute chair sounds like a comic book villains escape vehicle: Allied planes: **blows up Hitlers plane** Hitler on his parachute chair: "curses! My plan has been foiled again!" **flies away**
@MFAWTKFDNS2 жыл бұрын
curse you Perry the Platypus!
@whoami77212 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking, too. "Curse you, Captain America! You may have won the day, but Germany will win the war!". And he cackles like a maniac on his way down.
@kgisabeast2 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@terry585012 жыл бұрын
"How dare they anticipate my strategy!"
@herrcobblermachen2 жыл бұрын
that parachute chair saved Corba Commander on countless occasions where he managed to drift to safety and fight again another day... in Argentina
@FireballsGarage2 жыл бұрын
The man who flew Chiang out in 1947 was named Robert L Rousselot my late Great uncle ...he went on to be one of the founders of CAT ( Civil Air Transport) and flew as the chief pilot for Air America in Southeast Asia
@flaviohaggis4817 Жыл бұрын
bet he had tons of fascinating stories.
@paulbeesley82833 ай бұрын
The principal founder of CAT, was General Clair Chenault, who commanded the American volunteer Force (a k.a , The Flying Tigers,) a mercenary unit serving Chaing Kai Chek's government up until Pearl Harbour, when they were absorbed into the USAAF. Now that is a story I would like to see covered.
@davesky5389 күн бұрын
Fantastic! You come from a unique line of men! As a young teen in the 1960's I was paperboy in Roswell NM to CAT pilot's and retired US Army Air pilot's. Walker AFB was still active at Roswell. The town was a retired pilot haven back then. I saw the photographs on the livingroom walls and listened to many narratives mostly about the flying. I was drawn to the old crop dusters and felt at home in their company. Consequently ... am retired Air Transport Pilot for Evergreen, SAT, Burlington.... long long long ago found inside a DC 3 and wear an old red CAT ball cap to this day in memory of all me heroes. Ya I flew that Goony Bird for Burlington back in the early 1990's from Biggs AAB to Mexico.... it must be in a museum now, or it's still flying!
@fuferito2 жыл бұрын
Mark's narrator's voice while advertising his Caldera Lab sponsor is unalloyed comedy gold.
@SirAntoniousBlock2 жыл бұрын
Disappointed he's not sponsored by Manscape like many other channels. 😂
@krishnabharay12352 жыл бұрын
This is bad...we dont wanna hear Caldera lab for 2 minutes at the beginning
@richardc-ex7rt2 жыл бұрын
@@SirAntoniousBlock That would be comedy gold.
@SirAntoniousBlock2 жыл бұрын
@@krishnabharay1235 You complain when you get to watch excellent free content? This is what's wrong with the self-entitled infantile world nowadays.
@gregb64692 жыл бұрын
@@krishnabharay1235 -- I skipped past that part.
@WJ88882 жыл бұрын
Hands down the Best channel about history in youtube, period.
@stevenhershman26602 жыл бұрын
I agree. Educational , Interesting and Enjoyable.
@elkjaer6152 жыл бұрын
Check out Asha Logos
@jamesreallylongusernametha12282 жыл бұрын
World war two is indeed a period in history.
@EnlightenedPatriot12 жыл бұрын
One of the best YT channels - period!
@williamwilliam50662 жыл бұрын
Oh no! You have a period?
@RandomDudeOne2 жыл бұрын
How Churchill made his many crossings of the Atlantic during the war dodging U-Boats might make for an interesting video.
@creighton80692 жыл бұрын
I second that! I’d love to see mark make more Churchill videos
@ottovonbismarck24432 жыл бұрын
He took a fast ship. U-boats couldn't chase cruisers. Only in WoWS are U-boats as fast as surface warships. Although Churchill was no coward, there wasn't much risk involved. Fun fact: Hitler almost got caught on the Eastern front during a visit in 1943 when a Russian breakthrough nearly overran the landing strip where his Fw200 was parked.
@RandomDudeOne2 жыл бұрын
@@ottovonbismarck2443 I think most of the time he flew, in a hodge podge of different planes at a time before there were any really good planes for Trans-Atlantic crossing.
@ottovonbismarck24432 жыл бұрын
@@RandomDudeOne IIRC he took both aircraft and (fast) ships.
@shooter77342 жыл бұрын
@@ottovonbismarck2443 Mark has a video on your fun fact about Hitler on this channel
@wilhelmvillagracia96702 жыл бұрын
Nothing gets my day going, with the exception Mark's Intro music.
@DANO-48992 жыл бұрын
It is an awesome piece of music.
@morchella19602 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the song?
@61Slughi2 жыл бұрын
@@morchella1960 It might be some general music that people can use for their videos. I've heard Mark's music opening being used on a football highlight video.
@DANO-48992 жыл бұрын
@@morchella1960 that is a very good question. I have no idea.
@thomasthomas24182 жыл бұрын
Me at work: "Oh wait! The Mark Felton theme beckons...."
@alexalbiston56752 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this.. you pick a topic no one has thought of, that people wouldn’t bother looking into.. and make it more interesting than you’d ever imagine! Top stuff!
@adecadeofpoetry48312 жыл бұрын
You took the words right out of my mouth, brother!!!
@baystgrp2 жыл бұрын
at At “And a lair or two, to make your nefarious plans”, I lost it. Well done, Mark :)
@jamier655512 жыл бұрын
Good to see Chiang being among the list, China is overlooked in general when it comes to WW2.
@ethanmcfarland82402 жыл бұрын
Many Americans, brits, Aussies, Indians, and Chinese troops died fighting to feed the Burma road supplying China. It was an important and brutal Theater
@stc31452 жыл бұрын
Especially the Japanse crimes against humanity there
@benbaselet20262 жыл бұрын
@@ethanmcfarland8240 And probably more Chinese people died than any other theater during or around WW2. Nobody knows the number I',m sure and most are not counted as WW2 in the west.
@sidefx9962 жыл бұрын
@@benbaselet2026 The figures, which who knows how accurate they are, place around 20 million Chinese and almost 17 million Soviets. Pretty hard for the average person really comprehend or appreciate.
@greycatturtle71322 жыл бұрын
Ye
@TheDkeeler2 жыл бұрын
The Focke -Wulf FW 200 Condor has to be the most beautiful and elegant of all the Luftwaffe aircraft.
@official_commanderhale9652 жыл бұрын
And also the most sketchy to fly on.
@riograndedosulball2482 жыл бұрын
The coolest looking bomber of the entire war
@riograndedosulball2482 жыл бұрын
@@official_commanderhale965 Heinkel 177 wants to send you a message
@GeneralCargo2 жыл бұрын
*sad HE 111 noises*
@KiteeTheFox2 жыл бұрын
Very much so, I keep forgetting it’s not exactly sturdy.
@csonkaperdido2 жыл бұрын
How mark continues to find good topics on an almost daily basis is truly amazing. The truth is that there's never, ever going to be a lack of a good story to tell. Each soldier in war has got at least 2 or 3 stories that are worthy of our attention.
@inflixi1872 жыл бұрын
Anyone complaining about the ad in the beginning should donate to this channel so Mark doesn't have to put an ad on his videos. Some of you don't understand how much effort it actually takes to make a video like this. Even though it's simple it's very time consuming to edit, and release. How dare you, Mark.
@mrlight01332 жыл бұрын
1 or 2 ads are fine but if you want to watch a 20min video with an ad every 1-2min sry (not his)
@inflixi1872 жыл бұрын
@@mrlight0133 we aren't talking about other people's videos. What are you saying?
@FunFails2 жыл бұрын
He gets millions of views on every video, he's in no need of donations lol. His youtube channel literally generates millions of dollars per year. I'm not saying it justifies ad-shaming; it doesn't, I'm just letting you know that he's in absolutely no need of any donations, from anybody.
@inflixi1872 жыл бұрын
@@FunFails he makes millions? Lol you obviously don't know what you are talking about. With a million views per video he wouldn't make millions a year. He would need to consistently get multi million views on every video he posts and that's if he gets monetized on every video.
@FunFails2 жыл бұрын
@@inflixi187 All his videos are monetized hun. You're objectively wrong.
@Shaneyesss2 жыл бұрын
I’m so impressed by his Chinese pronunciation! he says “Chiang” like a regular speaker wow lol. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since Mark is such a well read historian but still! Very cool.
@boqork2 жыл бұрын
He taught at a Chinese university for some time so that may explain it
@jimjamauto2 жыл бұрын
Well that's because Mark was actually there. He knew all these guys.
@sirronald49532 жыл бұрын
Cash my check
@vet-71742 жыл бұрын
Agreed !!
@rogersmith73962 жыл бұрын
Its pronounced Cash my check.
@odonovan2 жыл бұрын
2:47 - "Much safer" is likely less than entirely accurate, given the Condor's history of the fuselage breaking and the tail falling off, most often on landing, but occasionally during flight as well.
@PassportToPimlico2 жыл бұрын
As it was flown unarmed, one might wonder as to why a civilian FW200 wasn't pressed into service instead.
@riograndedosulball2482 жыл бұрын
Safer than a JU-52? Yeah, it was enough And you are missing the most important part: presentation. The Condor is the coolest looking bomber from WW2, if a supervillain dictator is going to fly he ought to do it on stile
@MrBsbotto2 жыл бұрын
Oh, well, if you're gonna make a big deal out of that
@MrBsbotto2 жыл бұрын
Sorry about my wôeful posting skills, I was referring to the minor annoyance of the fuselage breaking open and leaking passengers. Nice looking plane, though...
@coolguy24752 жыл бұрын
@@MrBsbotto Let me guess, you love Boeing?
@Omegaspeedmaster692 жыл бұрын
My Spanish friends father was the pilot of franco. When I stayed at their family holiday home near Valencia back in 2000,the father had an original portrait of franco on his wall. My friend and his father were opposite politically thankfully!
@volkerleiste61912 жыл бұрын
pilot of Franco => Mr. Paukner ?
@Omegaspeedmaster692 жыл бұрын
@@volkerleiste6191 no not him. I cant remember his first name,but his surname was Molina pons.
@Hairnicks2 жыл бұрын
Really interesting Mark, you certainly open boxes of history that no-one else thinks of, I really love your channel, thank you.
@MidniteSon2 жыл бұрын
I remember old History Channel that did the WW2 stuff, but Mark's channel Trump's that.
@lordofthegame52682 жыл бұрын
and boxes of fantastic men's skin care products!
@nancydemoss79042 жыл бұрын
@@MidniteSon Were you trying to be amusing by capitalizing trump or were you playing your trump card? 😐
@piercebrosnan95282 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your unbiased showing of history Mark, god bless and wish you a merry Christmas.
@Martin-nu3bl2 жыл бұрын
9:23 my grandfather, when was somewhere between 25 and 30 years old , was a worker in the Leonardo Da Vinci ' s International Airport ( Also called Fiumicino Airport, near Rome ) and remembers that he seen an airplane with three motors ( he still remembers very well that particular ), that , according to the other workers rumors, was the Mussolini's private airplane . I don't know how much Is true that story and if he only mistook an old plane for the aircraft of Mussolini, but when i' ve seen this video his story came up in my mind.
@beechcraftkingair37992 жыл бұрын
Mark: “So you wanna be a dictator?!” Real ones: “Yes!”
@coolguy24752 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, someone get Hugo Boss on the horn.
@headshot69592 жыл бұрын
"But for the truly upwardly-mobile despot..." 🤣 Fantastic line, right there.
@TyTwoFly2 жыл бұрын
More history that the history channel no longer teaches.
@kbanghart2 жыл бұрын
Well, a channel as big as the History channel isn't going to show content like this all the time, because they are appealing to the general public.
@madams31102 жыл бұрын
The History Channel teaches us valuable lessons about the Ancient Aliens and Nostradamus prophecies.
@Ur_fav_brunette_Stacy2 жыл бұрын
This is easily my favorite channel. Great content!
@SuperPwndProductions2 жыл бұрын
Decided to go into work this Saturday for a few hours. I get home and see a new Mark Felton video, a great reward!
@carlbrown90822 жыл бұрын
It's so interesting how an aircraft is such a status symbol for leaders or the "elite". Aircraft have always had a sense of mystique and freedom. National airlines have a similar symbolic prestige, but the expense often negates the usefulness of having a national air carrier.
@southerncharity79282 жыл бұрын
They are your beliefs. Watch the video again. A lot of _real_ elite didn't have any desire to fly.
@stoopingfalcon8912 жыл бұрын
I love the way that the Doc can take what could be such a bland subject, and turn it into a fascinating story you can't resist watching.
@FINNIUSORION2 жыл бұрын
These are my favorite episodes. The content that gives you a glimpse into their everyday lives. And this is also why this is in my favorite top 3 KZbin history channel's. Its not just the events and dates like the 99% of the rest of KZbin's historical content.
@bizzlebazzle2802 жыл бұрын
Lad the opening sentence “so, you want to be a dictator?” 😂
@ANobodyatall2 жыл бұрын
'Yes'!
@jogzyg20362 жыл бұрын
Well.... I mean.... I kinda do
@mithunkartha2 жыл бұрын
WW2 lasted for under 6 years but Dr. Felton has enough material for a 100 years! Great vlog as always 👍.
@williamharris95252 жыл бұрын
Thank you Professor Felton and keep up the excellent historical work!!!!! I do so look forward to your videos as they bring to light sometimes forgotten but still quite relevant and important historical facts.
@peterasp19682 жыл бұрын
A wonderful series of well researched documentaries, presented so very well.
@cwaldrip2 жыл бұрын
As the CIA would say, “He may have been a dictator. But he was OUR dictator.”
@manjelos2 жыл бұрын
Well, at this times in WWII was not so much space for democracy in China
@oliviersavard86762 жыл бұрын
@@manjelos still not the case today
@Ewen61772 жыл бұрын
And now the weekend can truly begin. Cheers all from Speybay Scotland. Cheers Mark for another cracking production, I shall raise aglass of Glenlivet 15 yr old. Tks again.
@krisfrederick50012 жыл бұрын
Cheers my friend from Detroit.
@natejones9022 жыл бұрын
Back in 1999 in Frederick, Maryland I had a chance to climb into Franco from Spain's personal airplane. It was the Spanish copy of the HE111. She crashed and was a total loss in 2003.
@OGPatriot032 жыл бұрын
What a shame
@Roller_Ghoster2 жыл бұрын
Its hard to imagine Hitler sitting in a seat dangling around after parachutting out of his plane if he ever had to escape.
@ianrogerburton16702 жыл бұрын
He would have been swearing like hell as he got caught up in it. "DU SCHWEINEHUND VON EINEM SCHEISSIGER; VERDAMMTEN FALLSCHIRM !"
@krishanuA2 жыл бұрын
Where is Hermann Fegelein?
@joellema98792 жыл бұрын
Not to mention what would happen when he landed in god knows where.
@ianrogerburton16702 жыл бұрын
@@joellema9879 Like Churchill´s bath at 10 Downing Street while Churchill was using it
@RCAvhstape2 жыл бұрын
It would've been like Escape From New York. German version of Snake Pliskin would have to go and rescue him.
@420BulletSponge2 жыл бұрын
I attended the memorial service for Werner Seitz and Francos He-111 did a just above rooftop level flyover at the end. It was quite a sight to see and hear.
@janezjonsa31652 жыл бұрын
My two grandads... one was artillery wermacht colonel. He chose this, the other way was concentration camp. Before war, he was Yugoslav kingdom Major. Ended up in Argentina, twice wounded. Boss at Siemens fabrik in Buenos Aires. Yes. My other grandad, was first blood Tito's partisan. He looked like Harrison Ford, but times 2 good looking.
@janezjonsa31652 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Yes, Bari Weiss... the legendarry pile of crap
@petershen69242 жыл бұрын
Mark, I wish you can see this. a few corrections to Chiang's personal planes: - the C-47 presented as a gift to Chiang was given the name "May-ling (美龄)", after Madame Chiang. It did not serve long as Chiang's personal plane. It was retired from service as Presidential transport right after WWII. But it continued to serve as VIP transport and decommissioned in 1990s. Currently on display in an Air Force Base in Taiwan. - After WWII, the ROC government purchased a DC-4 as Chiang's personal plane and the plane was given the name “Chung-May (中美)”, it was a combination of middle characters of Chiang couple's names (蔣中正、宋美齡), and was also interpreted as abbreviation of "China-America" (中國-美國). The plane was retired from Presidential service after Chiang's defeat in mainland. The plane was later assigned to China Airline and was destroyed while performing a clandestine operation in Southeast Asia sponsored by CIA. But the name “Chung-May” became the name of ROC presidential transport until the 1990s. - 2nd generation of “Chung-May” was a DC-6 and served Chiang the longest. It was purchased after Chiang's defeat in mainland and served Chiang into the 1970s. It continued service as VIP transport until 1980s. This is the one on display in Taoyuan Airport. - 3rd generation of “Chung-May” was a Boeing 720. It was purchased in 1971. Chiang passed away soon after the plane was assigned to his transport. It served as ROC's presidential transport until 1990s. Afterwards, the name “Chung-May” was not used as ROC's presidential transport. The 720 is currently on display in ROC Air Force Museum.
@petershen69242 жыл бұрын
10:41 Chiang's first personal C-47 is likely still around, preserved in Yichang, China as a monument.
@I_Lemaire2 жыл бұрын
@@petershen6924 Thank you!
@dickdaley90592 жыл бұрын
I wonder which aircraft(s) were designated to airlift all the Chinese gold bullion to Taiwan at the conclusion of Chaing’s reign in 1947? How much do you suspect the CCP wants their national gold treasure back in Bejing? Enough to invade Taiwan and reclaim it all? You bet…!
@petershen69242 жыл бұрын
@@dickdaley9059 as far as I know, all the gold bullions from mainland had been spent to maintain the value of New Taiwan Yuan and in military spending in the first 3-5 years since 1949.
@IrishTechnicalThinker2 жыл бұрын
Some of my dreams have been narrated by Mark Felton.
@michaelhowell23262 жыл бұрын
When mentioning Baur being a general in the SS instead of the Luftwaffe made me wonder: did the SS have its own airforce or was it reliant on the Luftwaffe?
@rogersmith73962 жыл бұрын
No one was reliant on the Luftwaffe after 1943.
@hkiller572 жыл бұрын
Considering the luftwaffe was run by Goring I think it's safe to consider the luftwaffe as the SS air division.
@wayneantoniazzi27062 жыл бұрын
Bauer was the exception rather than the rule. He'd been a pilot in WW1 and flew for Lufthansa when that airline was established. When he joined the Nazi Party he became an SS member so it was a small jump from being one of Hitler's guards to Hitler's pilot. One SS officer I know of was also was a reserve major in the Luftwafffe, Reinhard Heydrich. Anyway, the SS didn't have it's own airforce.
@PcGamerify2 жыл бұрын
I think it's similar to the navy and the marines, you need one to get to another.
@kevinoliver308310 ай бұрын
The SS and SA had a small air transport unit in the early 1930s. They used private aircraft belonging to NSDAP supporters and the SS/SA pilots were mostly WW1 veterans. When larger aircraft were needed they were hired from Lufthansa complete with crews. Including Bauer, who was already a Nazi Party member. After 1933 the Nazi government contracted out VIP air transport to Lufthansa and the Flieger SS/SA was disbanded.
@superdude43492 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't be surprised if you get hired to narrate a nature/history documentary, keep up the awesome work mark!
@Lorgoth1172 жыл бұрын
I love that nobody in the intro shot gives a single crap about the brakes being on fire.
@Panzer-5352 жыл бұрын
i saw, i had to rewatch to make sure, lol
@arisarsenis35002 жыл бұрын
@@Panzer-535 A clip from an older of Mark's videos...
@prodiptabose34252 жыл бұрын
It's a great day when Dr. Felton uploads
@filipohman72772 жыл бұрын
Awesome Work Mark, 👍👍👍Thanks and Winter Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮
@COACHWARBLE2 жыл бұрын
Can you feature Bruno Gesher. Survived Stalingrad in the Derlinwager Battalion after leading Hitlers private security. His drinking habit saved his life. Hitler loves him and Himler despised him. Boot camp and military training as an older man. Exceptional story.
@nightjarflying2 жыл бұрын
Geshe
@neil79942 жыл бұрын
The only channel in youtube where I actually enjoy listening to the adverts.
@cameronwilson13782 жыл бұрын
"So you want to be a dictator?" haha best opening line i've ever heard from you. Also i wonder if Hirohito didn't want to fly after hearing what happened to Yamamoto.
@larryzigler68122 жыл бұрын
Hideki Tojo would be more apropos.
@cowetareserve2 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton; I must once again thank you for all your hard research and attention to detail. I don’t care for this topic alone however; you always seem to teach me something new regarding many topics I myself felt “well read” on. Bravo Mr. Felton. From all of us to you!
@fuzzyhead8782 жыл бұрын
My grandfather, an army officer in the Nationalist Army, knew Chiang personally. I don’t know a whole lot more, he passed on when I was really young. My dad however has a lot of stories when he was in the army during the cold war, and my mom has a lot of stories from that era too. They moved to Florida back in the 70’s and I was eventually born in Orlando in 1991. But we’ve made a few trips to Taiwan, including to the island of Kinmen (or Jinmen), which saw heavy combat in the immediate years after the end of the Civl War. I always try to pay my respects at some point whenever I’m over there (more so for my grandparents and those that fought beside them).
@petershen69242 жыл бұрын
Your grandfather must have been Chiang's cadets in the 1920s.
@fuzzyhead8782 жыл бұрын
@@petershen6924 Maybe? I don’t think he was quite that old. He definitely did fight prior to, during, and after WWII (as far as I remember).
@petershen69242 жыл бұрын
@@fuzzyhead878 If he fought before WW2, then he was more than likely one of Chiang's cadets of Whampoo Academy, where Chiang was the commander.
@fuzzyhead8782 жыл бұрын
@@petershen6924 When I said before, I meant the Sino-Japanese war before, not warlords era before. My folks may know. Edit: Just talked to my Dad. Grandpa was a student there, but he was in a much later class.
@petershen69242 жыл бұрын
@@fuzzyhead878 That makes sense.
@JoeJ946112 жыл бұрын
Beginning at 0:04. you can see that the brakes are on fire in one of the Condor's wheels. In other clips (not in this video), a serviceman can be seen running up to the wheels with a fire extinguisher.
@shielahaberecht34172 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark...as a student of WW2 history, special emphasis Eastern Front, I appreciate and value your uploads. The very high quality of your narration, editing, factual content, truly brilliant insights and your obvious passion on the subject make this an easy choice for me!
@mmm0910002 жыл бұрын
Shiela, Mark is the best of WW2 channel , my dad was a P O W for 5 years captured near Dunkirk he would have loved Marks u-tube channel. Glad your a WW2 student best wishes.
@clvrswine2 жыл бұрын
@@mmm091000 *you're. Learn Basic English, fella!
@johnryder17132 жыл бұрын
Mark should have his own plane, broadcasting his brilliant information to us all!
@boi4832 жыл бұрын
"None of us Chaps are getting younger.But there is something we can do about it." Well everyone but Goebbels that is. Otherwise everyone else can do something about it.
@boi4832 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Really what's the article about?
@boi4832 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband Wow i didn't know she had any relatives left. Congrats on the news btw.
@rickglorie2 жыл бұрын
@Eva Braun’s New Jewish Husband you're spamming it all over the comments, please stop.
@stc31452 жыл бұрын
Dr. Skeletor. The half dead monster
@SomeRenoGuy2 жыл бұрын
I thought is was going to be a "male enhancement" ad!
@willyboyw.57712 жыл бұрын
General "Cash My Check." I wonder if that is George Marshall greeting him @10:48. Marshall and Madame Chiang were good buddies.
@eagleclaw8992 жыл бұрын
There's me thinking Mussolini's preferred plane was a Fieseler Storch, especially off of the Gran Sasso.
@petershen69242 жыл бұрын
12:59 The Hawker Siddeley Trident supposedly for Mao's service ended up being used for his deputy, Lin Biao, to escape his rule, during an attempt to defect to Soviet Union. But the plane crashed on the way.
@masterimbecile2 жыл бұрын
10:31 the character on the side of the plane is 郵 (yo2), which means "mail" or "postage". This probably means the planes also carried mail for the military.
@MrMagoo-qx9ie2 жыл бұрын
I saw you on an a tv show on History Uk called Hitler’s steel beast. A documentary tracing the story of Adolf Hitler’s armoured private train. FYI I’ve been subscribed way before 1 million. Keep up the great work Mark!
@danieleziaco70922 жыл бұрын
Wow your Italian pronunciation of "pipistrello" was amazing, you're the first i heard actually trying (and this case also managing) to pronounce correctly Italian words, usually English speakers just pronunce them in an English way (ending up butchering the word) nice job🏅
@brick63472 жыл бұрын
judging from the comments, his Mandarin and German are excellent too. His Polish pronunciation is bloody atrocious though! (Sorry Mark).
@amadeusamwater2 жыл бұрын
You should do one on Churchill and Roosevelt's private planes.
@sweetkitty27982 жыл бұрын
00:00 When the principal calls you to his office over the loudspeaker...
@vdotme2 жыл бұрын
12:17 lmao, reminds me of my late grandmother's living room. It was only ever used when important guests visited, otherwise you risked life & limb going in there.
@CoarseFisher152 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton you are a national treasure.
@sidefx9962 жыл бұрын
Funny to hear Dr. Felton's voice endorsing a product. I think he could read me just about any ridiculous April Fools Day story and I'd believe it.
@MrGrimBG2 жыл бұрын
Imagine hearing an explosion above and then Hitler lands in your garden in his parachute armchair.
@giano4272 жыл бұрын
The small preview window for this video is hilarious. "WW2 Dictators' Planes" first image that pops up: modern day US President and Airforce One.
@genek86302 жыл бұрын
😃
@billsheehy12 жыл бұрын
Best documentary channel ever. Thank you for your work.
@thinman86212 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Germans led the way on politicians using air travel. Wonder who came up with the parachute chair idea. Maybe a German 007?
@SuperNoticer2 жыл бұрын
Germans led the way in almost everything
@Clippa122 жыл бұрын
Young Felton doing a cosmetic readout gave me shivers boyzzzz. What an age we live in.
@WAL_DC-6B2 жыл бұрын
Apparently, Lufthansa German Airlines is restoring a former Focke Wulf, FW 200 using parts from several crash sites.
@muskcoder63672 жыл бұрын
Great story Mark, excellent narration as always. Thanks for uploading
@SuperFullin2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awsome, like everthing from Dr Mark Felton!
@thebigone60712 жыл бұрын
Dr. Mark knows so much about WW2 that his brain might explode!!!
@canuck_gamer33592 жыл бұрын
Mr. Felton's version of Plane's Train's & Automobiles. Personally, I found this one more entertaining than the film lol.
@johngauntlett49152 жыл бұрын
Always very informative!
@dingusgarage8032 жыл бұрын
My favorite youtube channel. Thanks Mark!
@billspooks2 жыл бұрын
Another BRILLIANT and INFORMATIVE program from Mark Felton. THANK YOU.
@cameronmontano55542 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mark! Another morning history video with my cup of joe, couldn’t ask for more. Keep it up
@lakotathierauf24192 жыл бұрын
Mark, great episode one of my favorites. Perhaps you could cover their private trains next ?
@noelblack81592 жыл бұрын
Going to watch the video, looks awesome so far!
@darrensmith69992 жыл бұрын
Time index 4:32 the first steward on the left bears a remarkable resemblance to Actor Daniel Craig!!
@timmyjones19212 жыл бұрын
I seen so many videos saying Adolf Hitler was afraid to go up to the Eagles Nest because he feared heights ? yet he flew likely more than any other leader of his times. Thanks Dr. Mark Felton , Wonderful Video.
@wayneantoniazzi27062 жыл бұрын
There's a lot of postulated reasons why Hitler only visited the Eagles Nest rarely. I won't go into them all, but I think the simple reason why is that the Eagles Nest is four miles away from the Berghof complex and has no provisions for an overnight stay. Aside from entertaining guests as a scenic overlook it really had no practical use. Everything Hitler needed was at the Berghof. Hitler never asked for it to be built anyway, Martin Bormann had it built and presented it to Hitler as a birthday present.
@grantspaete36772 жыл бұрын
Though it’s damage was paramount for ending the war, it’s a shame the allied bombing raids destroyed so many interesting pieces of technology that existed in Nazi Germany.
@EdricoftheWeald2 жыл бұрын
Imagine you're Hitler's attendant trying to impress your boss and you accidently put his coffee on the emergency hatch button
@Holasrmateo2 жыл бұрын
Honorable mention to Admiral Yamamoto’s Mitsubishi G4M Betty Bomber, that is now on display in the Solomon Islands.
@karlbark2 жыл бұрын
Brakes burning ( at 0:04 ) is just such an amazing clip. -All in all...great video...-...thanks ! 🇮🇸
@hoosierpatriot22802 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite channel on KZbin. And I am including my own in that!
@hootsmon47232 жыл бұрын
I've seen your channel , i wouldn't brag about it ..........
@johnedwards31982 жыл бұрын
It's my lifetime ambition to be an "upwardly mobile despot" 😂 at the moment I'm a mere minion! 😔
@COACHWARBLE2 жыл бұрын
Can you feature The USS TWIGGS, fletcher class destroyer? My uncle died on June 16, 1945 of Okinawa when serving radar picket duty. Nobody has ever done a story about it. RIP Vincent Grella from Brooklyn. Post war his buddies showed up on my great grandparents door step to honor him.
@GlasgowGallus2 жыл бұрын
Another great bitta work from Mark... Oh, saw you on ' normal... ' telly today, a documentary on Hitler's train... Ironic really, since, all you're online stuff knocks mainstream TV's efforts out the park. Again, thanks for the perfect channel mate 👍🏴
@PeterPanMan2 жыл бұрын
Hey, Dr. Felton...Do you do all the prep work yourself or do you employ research assistants? In either case, much respect. When one of your videos is posted, everything else in my life comes to a halt until I watch it.
@marcoflumino2 жыл бұрын
I would like to point out, that emperor Hirohito don't wanted any planes, because he thought that they were to superfluous and extravagant for the Imperial court...
@larryzigler68122 жыл бұрын
I would like to point out that Hirohito was not a dictator.
@marcoflumino2 жыл бұрын
@@larryzigler6812 well, if you properly listen to the video he actually says that!
@larryzigler68122 жыл бұрын
@@marcoflumino Did not have to listen for that. It's rather common knowledge. The real reason he did not fly was due to his beloved horse Shirayuki, happy to point out.
@marcoflumino2 жыл бұрын
@@larryzigler6812 yet you commented about dictators, on the video he specified that Hirohito was not a dictator, but you assumed that he did... I just point out the facts.
@larryzigler68122 жыл бұрын
@@marcoflumino You assumed wrong not I. Happy to point that out.
@vompiras14072 жыл бұрын
Greetings from 🇬🇷 ... Congratulations for your excellent job
@loganschaeffer90472 жыл бұрын
I don’t need caldera labs anymore after listening to Dr Felton! He reduces stress and improves skin with each video!
@AdmiralBonetoPick2 жыл бұрын
On 28 August 1941, Hitler's Condor plane was carrying himself, Mussolini, Ribbentrop, Himmler and others from a tour of the Eastern Front back to Lvov. As reported in the history book 'Hitler and Mussolini' by Santi Corvaja: "Soon after the Furher's plane left the air field, Mussolini, in a strange moment of exhibitionism, asked to pilot the aircraft. Hitler was so surprised that he said nothing and only made a face intended as a strange smile. Hitler had never learned how to drive a car, let alone fly a plane... Mussolini got out of his seat, went to the cockpit and flew the plane for over an hour, making the copilot, and everyone else on board, very nervous."
@vdotme2 жыл бұрын
Nice. You always pick the topics that haven't been done 1000 times on KZbin. A real historian who can do short simple presentations that will interest the history buff & novice alike.
@pwrfl23572 жыл бұрын
0:05 Plane wheel is on fire. Great video as always!
@tng20572 жыл бұрын
I know there were so many smaller dictators in WW2 and it will be hard to research on all of them. But I think Tito should have been mentioned. He was so flamboyant after the war in particular on personal transport and will be interesting to see what he used during the war.
@rickdeckard83392 жыл бұрын
This mans a legend
@ancient_history2 жыл бұрын
Now, who wouldn't want a personal parachute armchair. :) I liked the parallell in the begining with modern leaders! I'm thinking especially of the American presidents motorcade, 85 vehicles long, when he arrived in Rome. Powerprojection in absurdity.
@studinthemaking2 жыл бұрын
I knew. 85 cars. That was crazy.
@williedesmond82012 жыл бұрын
Was in hospital and just watched tons of Mark's videos, great info that iv not got from all the books and documentaries iv seen love his stuff brilliant info ,keep up the great work mark.
@steelhelmetstan73052 жыл бұрын
Well I'm ahead of the game here, been moisturising for years , that's why I only look 50...when in fact I'm 52!. Good old Dr Felton , moisturiser & military history an unbeatable combination.....I wonder if Dr Felton could advertise beer....that would be the best advert ever....'probably' 🙂🙂🙂