Try as i might, i can't feel sorry for any Germans of this period...i look at this and all i can think of is the camps, occupied lands etc .they got what they gave..
Well gee, let's wonder why countless many English & American musicians & bands came to Hamburg starting in the mid 1950's. For those who think Japan is holier-than-thou, none of them came there! Hamburg became the cradle of British Rock while England was too stuffy and conservative. The same with the USA. 😅😅
21:00(ish) Hamburg was the first town or city to suffer a firestorm caused by aerial bombing. London, Chicago, and Hamburg had all had firestorms prior to this; just not caused by bombing.
Hamburg wasnt the first time a bombardements creat a fire storm. Its happen in some occasion priore to that the difference is that Hamburg firestorme was not the by product of the bombing but deliberatly created.
From what I understand, phosphorus bombs didn’t burn people and buildings like incendiary bombs. Two different animals: Phosphorous bombs were dropped in the first wave to light up the area and guide the bombers with the real stuff, conventional and incendiary, to be dropped.
Phosphorus is rather nasty, though. It burns down to the bone. It can be put out with water, but it still has a horrible effect. The magnesium in incendiary bombs will actually burn under water. It's even nastier than phosphorus.
The incendiary component in a number of those WW2 incendiary bombs was phosphorus. But the stuff was also used for smoke and illuminating purposes. If it was dropped from a bomber at high attitude it was used as a incendiary. if it was was dropped from something smaller at a low attitude it was for marking purposes
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Special thanks to civilian guest speakers. sharing personal information & experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. The diabolical 😈 leadership in Berlin. Didn't have compassion while ordering the Luftwaffe. To bomb Warsaw/London/Stalingrad ( civilian population areas. ). Hamburg became the 1st whirl wind incendiary bombings🔥🔥🔥🔥😈😈😈😈. Dante's Nine Circles of Hel!. Better put for a lack of a better phrase. A simple telegram sent by Berlin to London. With a proclamation of surrender would have ended the devastation.
My elder sister married a German guy . His mum lived here and we met her often . She told us how her dads shop ,they lived below it i believe ,was bombed . Only her dad and her were in the property at the time . Her dad was killed , she was ,un injured ,but trapped in the basement for 3 days. What she omitted to tell us was her Dad gained the shop after it was taken from a Jewish family. Divine retribution ? I really couldnt say . But ive often wondered what happened to the family that lost everything , who they were ,what they looked like , and of course .....what became of them . Is it strange I never ONCE thought about Mia or her Dad.?
when u forcefully take someone else’s property ,, it will never be urs ,,, however human death is tragedy ,,, bombed and trapped for 3 days is a a torture ,,, civilians have to follow the rulers narrative,, so its always sad to wage a war ,,, as only unarmed civilians suffer
And the first thing I thought when I came out of the shelter was this isn't what Hurr Goebbels and the Fuhrer promised, this is what they and fatty Goring promised for others.
At least it was a military target due to ports . Bombing that untouched (during 5 years of war) City of Desden 2 months before the war ended was a war crime . Russia was entering Berlin to end things no matter if Dresden was bombed or not by 1945. Desden was going to belong to Russia, they sure did not want a city they would have to rebuild from scratch .
Wrong. The bombing of Dresden was requested by the Russians so they wouldn't have to fight house to house like previous cities. The western allies did what the Russians requested to save Russian lives and then the Russians used those actions against the west in propaganda after the war.
@@leighwang9747 It was already agreed Russia was getting un-bombed Dresden after the war. Why would Russia want a city they will control bombed to the ground so close to war's end ?
Nazis: "DO YOU WANT TOTAL WAR?"
Germans: "YES!"
Also Germans: "No, not THAT total!""
They wanted total war and bomber haris gave them.
Whom?@@Napolean46
Try as i might, i can't feel sorry for any Germans of this period...i look at this and all i can think of is the camps, occupied lands etc .they got what they gave..
The Nazi's brought this on themselves, and unfortunately, the innocent as well.
Yes they asked it and allies gave them accordingly
Rephrase - The GERMANS brought this on themselves......
It's always that way. The innocent suffer the most!!!
What a stupid comment
Well gee, let's wonder why countless many English & American musicians & bands came to Hamburg starting in the mid 1950's. For those who think Japan is holier-than-thou, none of them came there! Hamburg became the cradle of British Rock while England was too stuffy and conservative. The same with the USA. 😅😅
Fun little fact, the Alster is not a lake, its a river that has these wide, lake looking parts right in the midd of the city
21:00(ish) Hamburg was the first town or city to suffer a firestorm caused by aerial bombing. London, Chicago, and Hamburg had all had firestorms prior to this; just not caused by bombing.
Hamburg wasnt the first time a bombardements creat a fire storm. Its happen in some occasion priore to that the difference is that Hamburg firestorme was not the by product of the bombing but deliberatly created.
From what I understand, phosphorus bombs didn’t burn people and buildings like incendiary bombs. Two different animals:
Phosphorous bombs were dropped in the first wave to light up the area and guide the bombers with the real stuff, conventional and incendiary, to be dropped.
Phosphorus is rather nasty, though. It burns down to the bone. It can be put out with water, but it still has a horrible effect.
The magnesium in incendiary bombs will actually burn under water. It's even nastier than phosphorus.
The incendiary component in a number of those WW2 incendiary bombs was phosphorus. But the stuff was also used for smoke and illuminating purposes.
If it was dropped from a bomber at high attitude it was used as a incendiary. if it was was dropped from something smaller at a low attitude it was for marking purposes
22:00(ish). The lady's whole statement wasn't translated; only about half. I recognized words she said that weren't in the English translation.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Special thanks to civilian guest speakers. sharing personal information & experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. The diabolical 😈 leadership in Berlin. Didn't have compassion while ordering the Luftwaffe. To bomb Warsaw/London/Stalingrad ( civilian population areas. ). Hamburg became the 1st whirl wind incendiary bombings🔥🔥🔥🔥😈😈😈😈. Dante's Nine Circles of Hel!. Better put for a lack of a better phrase. A simple telegram sent by Berlin to London. With a proclamation of surrender would have ended the devastation.
Wow beautiful city for it's time,,, just beautiful
My elder sister married a German guy . His mum lived here and we met her often . She told us how her dads shop ,they lived below it i believe ,was bombed . Only her dad and her were in the property at the time . Her dad was killed , she was ,un injured ,but trapped in the basement for 3 days. What she omitted to tell us was her Dad gained the shop after it was taken from a Jewish family. Divine retribution ? I really couldnt say . But ive often wondered what happened to the family that lost everything , who they were ,what they looked like , and of course .....what became of them . Is it strange I never ONCE thought about Mia or her Dad.?
when u forcefully take someone else’s property ,, it will never be urs ,,, however human death is tragedy ,,, bombed and trapped for 3 days is a a torture ,,, civilians have to follow the rulers narrative,, so its always sad to wage a war ,,, as only unarmed civilians suffer
I think Coventry was the first firestorm in England, what goes around comes around. Bloody WARS!!
And the first thing I thought when I came out of the shelter was this isn't what Hurr Goebbels and the Fuhrer promised, this is what they and fatty Goring promised for others.
All their promises were null & void from the start. They were all Nazi 😈party propergandatizsd.
Hell is war.
Choose your leaders wisely, or find out.
They never got there hands on that hitler.that was the worst thing about the whole Damm thing!!!
My German grandmother survived the attacks on Mannheim...
She is lucky. I hope she regretted having cheered the mad man who started all these problems.
At least it was a military target due to ports .
Bombing that untouched (during 5 years of war) City of Desden 2 months before the war ended was a war crime .
Russia was entering Berlin to end things no matter if Dresden was bombed or not by 1945.
Desden was going to belong to Russia, they sure did not want a city they would have to rebuild from scratch .
Wrong. The bombing of Dresden was requested by the Russians so they wouldn't have to fight house to house like previous cities. The western allies did what the Russians requested to save Russian lives and then the Russians used those actions against the west in propaganda after the war.
Are you saying that the British and American bombers bombed Dresden because they did not want the city to fall into Russian hands?
@@leighwang9747 It was already agreed Russia was getting un-bombed Dresden after the war.
Why would Russia want a city they will control bombed to the ground so close to war's end ?
@@Crashed131963 Are you speaking from a German's perspective or a Russian's?
@@leighwang9747 Russian and Allied. The German point of view no longer mattered at that late stage of the war .
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This Did Not Work! Try Try Again over Japan!
You know nothing about the atrocities of Nazis etc. Or Japan.
Wow nice😂😂😂
😌 *Promo sm*
The original title for this documentary was How to over cook Hamburgs and still make it Kosher.
Not funny.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@dr.barrycohn5461it's very funny for some of us..hahahaha
A point well taken!!!
Is that schnitzel I smell ???