Astrid is back with another installment of Spies and Ties! This time it's the first part of the story of two agents with whom she has a close connection. US Diplomat Sam Woods and German Industrialist Erwin Respondek are two men largely forgotten to history, but who have a huge impact on the Allied War against Germany. This is their secret story as they get into a dangerous game of life and death, played by secret organizations, agents, double agents, and lonely agents…infiltrating the lines behind the lines, behind the lines. Please read our rules of conduct before you comment: community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518
War is painful, in many ways: "Hardship is the school of the good soldier" said Napoleon. Yes, war brings out the worst in people: it also brings out the best in them. Hunger, fatigue, lack of sleep, cuts, scratches, soaking wet, steaming hot, dying of thirst and of course literally dying, where's my fucking leg. oh, over there, far from me. War is fascinating in a "how do we make this nightmare stop" sort of way. Nightmares sure are interesting. It's also interesting in a "how did this nightmare happen" sort of way. Those are related questions. One could write a book about them.
Even though "corps" is spelled that way and is etymologically related to "body" it is pronounced "core" not "corpse", honestly. probably for reasons of morale.
Honorary Consul is a diplomatic post. It's generally unpaid. Auswaertiges Amt and State Department both have honorary consuls. They generally serve in backwaters where the AA / DOS doesn't have a person/funding. So e.g. you've probably never heard of Krasnoyarsk or Omsk. There is almost certainly NOT a consulate there. Yet these cities are large enough to require consular services (processing visas mostly also promoting bilateral trade). That's what honorary consuls do. Generally they have local ties because why else would someone go to Aeussere Wallachei ohne Entgeld? Usually a spouse, elderly parent or such. Germany does in fact take volunteers for foreign service duties, mostly though via the numerous interest groups. U.S. interest groups less often are directly involved in placing people, though that's changed a bit with the U.S. institutes of peace e.g. that great stupid GWOT. Of course, if the chief of state wishes to give a harmless political reward to a supporter they might name them "Honorary Consul for Ham and Cheese Sandwiches" e.g. So... generally is a real post! Unpaid. Might also be a purely political honorary title.
Hi Astrid! My father, Swedish as me, dipped his toes a little in this, albeit at a much lover level. He was trained in the subject at the Swedish embassy in Berlin early in the war. He saw the up march for Barbarossa from a glider. He became a friend of Hanna Reitsch before the war in England, she was also a glider pilot. They stayed friends for as long as she lived. One of my father's very best friend's aunt was married to Hermann Göring. Anyway my father, as he himself described it, could walk in and out of Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) as a "child" of the house. It was the cargo gliders he was after. I have met Heiner Lange, one of the glider pilots at Eben Emael, in what is now my house. He is in the guest book of my house. He single handed put the large magneto charge on the 120mm canon cupola at Eben Emael. My father got the drawings he wanted, but they later got stolen from a hotel safe in Stockhom, but that is another story.
Astrid, Indy, Spartacus, you lot are some of the most genuine UA-camrs. Your organic and passionate narrations are superb! Keep up the good work. And kudos to your behind the scenes crew that get everything ready and put it all together.
I have read and listened to all episodes of WWII , reviving the memories of a terrible past, and started “Lies and spies” and “Crimes against humanity”. Now we are expecting the Korean war. I was in the first year at the university when it started and one of our co-students enlisted. Well, your story of what you had to go through at the beginning can only add to the admiration you deserve and to our debt to all of you. I also bow to the perfect pronunciation in French and German of your colleague. Many many thanks to all of you, including of course all those people who participate in making all those episodes more than perfect. I send you my best heartfelt wishes and as a very old grandmother I am allowed to send you a big kiss.
I wonder why we haven't seen more of Astrid till now. I've been watching Indy and Spartacus for years and loving every minute of it, but now that she's taken a bigger role on the channel, Astrid is my absolute favorite to watch.
Great episode! I absolutely love how Astrid is so very engaged. This is not a boring lecture, this is a story told by a storyteller who is living the tale as she tells it. Your presentation, Astrid, is like how I "see" history when I am reading books on any topic of history. It's never boring! Thank you for all the good work you do, team! I sincerely hope you are inspiring more people to study history - either professionally or as a hobby. We can't have enough of them!
It’s pretty meta that you guys made a video about the former residents of the house the set is in. It’s the home of intellectuals and educators. Keep up the good work. Love you all and your contributions to education. Wish younger me had a channel to watch like this 10+ years ago.
Indy, Astrid, and Spartacus each do a wonderful job for their respective series. What makes Spies & Ties special to me is Astrid’s series is a huge change in scope from the main series and WAH series (focus on individuals rather than large groups). This makes each series more impactful because it prevents me from looking at the large casualties as numbers to be remembered and instead as individuals each fighting in the way they chose to. Every sacrifice deserves to be honored and remembered.
@@stevekaczynski3793 Well sure. I guess my joke missed. The only real life person that I can think of who was better looking than the actor who played them was Erin Brockovich.
The moment you chose the 24 pack of toilet paper over the 30 pack was filled with intense intrigue. What message where you chosing to send? Who would know the truth? And whose death warrant had you signed ?
@@colinmcdonald2499 Toilet paper... I read somewhere that American troops in WW2 were entitled to 21 sheets of toilet paper a day, British troops seven. British troops in WW1 were not issued toilet paper at all, at least not in the front lines. Since dysentery and other digestive bugs were endemic among British soldiers in WW1, the meagre issue in WW2 seems like a grudging concession by the War Office.
@@TheJoseph0012 Germans don’t say nineteen eighteen. They say 1900 and eighteen, or one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. Therefore it’s a direct translation of German.
@@astriddeinhard433 Astrid, I just loved your narration and your horn rimmed glasses! It’s just sooo the part. When I was in Germany a teacher at the fachhochscule had brass rimmed round glasses and bobbed blonde hair and to top it off, her name was Gabi. I think she might have been Ex-Stasi!
Great work, Astrid and crew! It is too easy too forget the individuals who put themselves at risk to embed themselves in the very system they worked to defeat.
Yup. And what about the patriots who's stories will never be known? They all had alot of guts. Its a good thing this information is being shared with the human collective conscience.
You know what? Often times videos pop up in my feed that run 4-6 minutes or so, and while viewing they seem to drag on forever and end up being jettisoned before finishing......just not good enough to hold my attention. Yours, on the other hand, will run for sometimes over 20 full minutes, and when they finish it seems I've only been watching for two or three minutes, at most. Thank you, guys!!!
I remember these two from a much earlier video TimeGhost released. I bought the history you mentioned about them, Two Against Hitler, for my uncle, and thoroughly enjoyed the book myself. Thank you for bringing their story to the TimeGhost army, Astrid - it's a wonderful story! So glad you inspired me to do my own readings about them - their story should be better known.
@@charlessawyer6953 grandmas can be really any age over 40, more so if your kid has another kid really really young, my friend is a grandpa at only 36 bc his 16 yr old got his girlfriend pregnant
Thank you Astrid, you are a breath of fresh air, Indy and Sparty are great, but... plus how you speak with your hands is so refreshing, thank you again. Oh and I LOVE how you say the years.
Astrid, you GOT IT GOIN' ON GF!! I perk-up when you hit my screen, not that I don't love Indy and Sparty, but YOU....Love your passion of intrigue! Thank you for adding another important voice to this absolutely amazing series. We have yet to miss any of the episodes. Love, love, love it all.
10:00 that Nobel prize was for a key experimental result and hypothesis in establishing quantum physics. The photoelectric effect only works if atoms' electrons have discrete, quantised energy levels.
Astrid your getting better and better, your giving Sparty and Indy a run for their money. I don’t want to cramp your style but might I offer a little professional advice: never cover your face with your hands! Your gestures are beautifully idiosyncratic and are very much part of your charm. But as any director will tell a beginning performer - we want to see your face (which is beautiful). Your getting better and better and your personality is joyous, so put your hand beside, under, over your head, play the air filing cabinet, just keep your face clear. Keep up the good work! 😃❤️
@@astriddeinhard433 It’s just about being a little more self aware and practice. It will become just something you understand and control in front of the camera. My evidence that you can do it: I only noticed one very small stumble in your reading. Ok the struggle with the delightful Slavic tongue twister happened, but you persevered. Indy has two or three goes and gives up, but his charm is different and that’s part of it. Astrid Konigen von allem will get this too!
Absolutely adore this channel and partner channels you guys have on UA-cam. Astrid Deinhard your a fantastic narrator, your enthusiasm for the subject material is infectious! (Well it is really interesting.) Great work guys! Much appreciated!
@@WorldWarTwo 😃😁 You showed us the room were the NSA was born into existence, You have seriously got some serious spy stuff happening on this channel. (Room 3416, will never forget that fact.) Soo Cool. 😎
@@astriddeinhard433 And please consider one about his step-cousin, Ian Fleming, as well! It could also work as a biography special or a special episode on the truly fascinating Operation Mincemeat. Although that one still lies in the distant future...
That was wonderful, I am so glad that Astrid got to tell this story in here own magnificentl manner. I hope that after this is over we can get more from her on "the world's second oldest profession".
We all probably know a lot about the great battles and the famous generals and admirals, but little we know about these secretive persons, who risked no less than the regular soldier in the battlefield. The information and intelligence is so important, that it can allow to win or lose a war altogether. Thanks Astrid, for remind us that there's always more interesting topics to study in history.
I really enjoy your presentation it's very refreshing,and i also like the fact that you get angry at some of the stuff that went on ,just like the people who watch the program's
I met a guy who was a spy during the Vietnam War, although I never found out who he was working for, I know he had a lot of connections in the US State Department, and he was also Russian. Interesting guy. I've been meaning to visit him again but he's really old. I worry about him. He's a really sweet guy. We were only neighbors for a summer but it was like he was my cool uncle I wish I had always had.
Hi Astrid Nicely explained.. I ilke your narrative especially in husky voice which suits this series.. Your suit looks good for you.. Learned a bunch of history.. Thanks to you..🙏👍😊
Just a minor note, Einstein didn't discover the law of the photoelectric effect, as it was an already known phenomenon. What he did was discover a theory that explains it-namely that light is quantised into particles known as "photons", that carry energy in discrete packets.
Charles de Gaulle was so tall, he could look into neighbouring countries by stretching out like a Slinky. This, and his wonderful ability to always be right, made him the greatest spy. You should make every video about these things. Guys, I ran out of Charles de Gaulle videos I haven't seen on here a long time ago. I mean, a looooong time ago.
I love all the presenters, you all do such a fantastic job. With Astrid she brings such a fun excitement that wraps up the viewer. Its also a fun thing the way she uses her eyes to mischievously tell stories(to me this is what I see). Bravo.
i love listening to intelligent people talk about history, when that person is also compellingly interesting like she is it makes it double fun. thank you and thank you the rest of the team........
Astrid well done! Truly enjoy all the videos and give likes to all of them. And the tie was awesome You all do a very heartfelt and informative videos. While watching to day I was reminded of the Kapp Putsch in March of 1920. Whats the history behind it and what happened to Kapp in the aftermath?
I'll watch the vid a little later - just hopping in to say that from the preview I thought that this is an Austin Powers cosplay - which is especially funny since the vid is about spies. If her outfit IS an AP reference, then this is even more GOLD than these series already are, lol
Please don't forget Alan Turing. Not a spy per se but the codebreaker who possibly won the war, if not the war, then he saved countless lives by shortening it. After WWII Spartacus should do a special episode of War against Humanity for the way he was chemically castrated for his sexual identity by the same country he served to the highest level of distinction and utmost dedication.
That happened after the war. And that chemical thing was not forced on him as punishment. Details are muddy, but it was choice between two bad alternatives for Mr. Turing.
@@vksasdgaming9472 It was that or go to jail. He committed suicide two years later. Whether the events played any part cannot be proved, as he left no suicide note.
@@vksasdgaming9472 not forced on him? Heavy jail time was the alternative. Don't try to justify the national disgrace that the treatment of Turing, a national hero, was.
@@stevekaczynski3793 Spot on sir.. What happened to Turing, after the war and what he did to help save humanity from absolute depravity: Never Forget. Alan Turing needs to be honored for his massive contributions and what happened to him so soon afterwards should never be forgotten. Sadly other stretcher bearers, nurses, tank gunners, naval engineers, air force mechanics and infantrymen ( etc.) also suffered similar injustices as Alan Turing and we will probably never hear about them.
As in watching this it is rememberence day in Holland we have this beautyfull tradition where we have 2 minutes of scilence even the trains dont run during that time and that to.me is just amazing
Astrid is back with another installment of Spies and Ties!
This time it's the first part of the story of two agents with whom she has a close connection. US Diplomat Sam Woods and German Industrialist Erwin Respondek are two men largely forgotten to history, but who have a huge impact on the Allied War against Germany. This is their secret story as they get into a dangerous game of life and death, played by secret organizations, agents, double agents, and lonely agents…infiltrating the lines behind the lines, behind the lines.
Please read our rules of conduct before you comment:
community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518
War is painful, in many ways: "Hardship is the school of the good soldier" said Napoleon. Yes, war brings out the worst in people: it also brings out the best in them. Hunger, fatigue, lack of sleep, cuts, scratches, soaking wet, steaming hot, dying of thirst and of course literally dying, where's my fucking leg. oh, over there, far from me.
War is fascinating in a "how do we make this nightmare stop" sort of way. Nightmares sure are interesting. It's also interesting in a "how did this nightmare happen" sort of way. Those are related questions.
One could write a book about them.
Please do an episode on the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Even though "corps" is spelled that way and is etymologically related to "body" it is pronounced "core" not "corpse", honestly.
probably for reasons of morale.
Honorary Consul is a diplomatic post. It's generally unpaid. Auswaertiges Amt and State Department both have honorary consuls. They generally serve in backwaters where the AA / DOS doesn't have a person/funding. So e.g. you've probably never heard of Krasnoyarsk or Omsk. There is almost certainly NOT a consulate there. Yet these cities are large enough to require consular services (processing visas mostly also promoting bilateral trade). That's what honorary consuls do. Generally they have local ties because why else would someone go to Aeussere Wallachei ohne Entgeld? Usually a spouse, elderly parent or such.
Germany does in fact take volunteers for foreign service duties, mostly though via the numerous interest groups. U.S. interest groups less often are directly involved in placing people, though that's changed a bit with the U.S. institutes of peace e.g. that great stupid GWOT.
Of course, if the chief of state wishes to give a harmless political reward to a supporter they might name them "Honorary Consul for Ham and Cheese Sandwiches" e.g. So... generally is a real post! Unpaid. Might also be a purely political honorary title.
I would love a video about one of the best spies that the British secret service had during WW2: Garbo AKA Juan Pujol García
The fact that they went about inserting the picture of the actual chair she was referring to is awesome
Hi Astrid!
My father, Swedish as me, dipped his toes a little in this, albeit at a much lover level. He was trained in the subject at the Swedish embassy in Berlin early in the war. He saw the up march for Barbarossa from a glider. He became a friend of Hanna Reitsch before the war in England, she was also a glider pilot. They stayed friends for as long as she lived. One of my father's very best friend's aunt was married to Hermann Göring. Anyway my father, as he himself described it, could walk in and out of Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) as a "child" of the house. It was the cargo gliders he was after. I have met Heiner Lange, one of the glider pilots at Eben Emael, in what is now my house. He is in the guest book of my house. He single handed put the large magneto charge on the 120mm canon cupola at Eben Emael. My father got the drawings he wanted, but they later got stolen from a hotel safe in Stockhom, but that is another story.
Thats a great story Rudolf , thank you for that !!!!!!!
Tack för att du delar med dig av dina intressanta och spännande familje historier 👍. Mvh från Sverige
@@midsue Tack själv som läser. Så här i efterhand ångrar jag att jag dokumenterade mer.
that is absolutely fascinating. thank you for your story.
I have to admit I haven't really heard of these two spies. Learnt a lot today, thanks for the great video Astrid!
Thanks!
Astrid, Indy, Spartacus, you lot are some of the most genuine UA-camrs. Your organic and passionate narrations are superb! Keep up the good work.
And kudos to your behind the scenes crew that get everything ready and put it all together.
I have read and listened to all episodes of WWII , reviving the memories of a terrible past, and started “Lies and spies” and “Crimes against humanity”. Now we are expecting the Korean war. I was in the first year at the university when it started and one of our co-students enlisted.
Well, your story of what you had to go through at the beginning can only add to the admiration you deserve and to our debt to all of you. I also bow to the perfect pronunciation in French and German of your colleague. Many many thanks to all of you, including of course all those people who participate in making all those episodes more than perfect. I send you my best heartfelt wishes and as a very old grandmother I am allowed to send you a big kiss.
Astrids narration would make even my life interesting lol
This woman is a treasure.
When she gesticulates it is as if she is conducting a linguistic orchestra, I don't know how to describe it.
Le Carre’s Connie Sachs comes to mind. Go Astrid
Every Astrid vid is quickly becoming a must watch
That's really great to hear Jon!
Most indeediddlydoo Jon. Most indeediddilydoo.
I somewhat agree. Every single video uploaded is a must watch. I've learned so much thanks to this crew...
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Agreed
I wonder why we haven't seen more of Astrid till now. I've been watching Indy and Spartacus for years and loving every minute of it, but now that she's taken a bigger role on the channel, Astrid is my absolute favorite to watch.
She is Queen of f'ing Everything
thank you so much for that - Spartacus is getting mad at me right now (not really :)))))
She has improved a lot. Keep up the good work.
With all her hmpfs and the obvious cuts they have to make around her mistakes.
I like Astrid but she has a long way to go to rival Indy & Spartacus
I love how much passion Astrid brings to the screen, she's brilliant!
Great episode! I absolutely love how Astrid is so very engaged. This is not a boring lecture, this is a story told by a storyteller who is living the tale as she tells it. Your presentation, Astrid, is like how I "see" history when I am reading books on any topic of history. It's never boring! Thank you for all the good work you do, team! I sincerely hope you are inspiring more people to study history - either professionally or as a hobby. We can't have enough of them!
It’s pretty meta that you guys made a video about the former residents of the house the set is in. It’s the home of intellectuals and educators.
Keep up the good work. Love you all and your contributions to education. Wish younger me had a channel to watch like this 10+ years ago.
I hope you continue this series post WWII. I would love to see a Spies & Ties series in this format for the Cold War era.
Much better, Astrid. Nothing subtle about this tie. 4.5/5
its YSL thank you :)
@@astriddeinhard433 A spectacular one - inspired by some 20th- century artist?
She's incredible isn't she *
@@DaveSCameron She very much is
Indy, Astrid, and Spartacus each do a wonderful job for their respective series. What makes Spies & Ties special to me is Astrid’s series is a huge change in scope from the main series and WAH series (focus on individuals rather than large groups). This makes each series more impactful because it prevents me from looking at the large casualties as numbers to be remembered and instead as individuals each fighting in the way they chose to. Every sacrifice deserves to be honored and remembered.
thank you very much !
@@astriddeinhard433 no problem my friend
This channel is a treasure of history. Astrid is a gem.
Cheers to the entire team!
Everyone involved in this project has their own way of story telling and each is entertaining and engaging.
What I love about Astrid, is how see tallks with such passion about any subject that comes to her mind.
Love it, Please continue
The thing to remember about spies, is that the actors that play them are always better looking.
Not just spies. Oskar Schindler looked more like George Sanders than like Liam Neeson.
@@stevekaczynski3793 Well sure. I guess my joke missed.
The only real life person that I can think of who was better looking than the actor who played them was Erin Brockovich.
Really loving these longer episodes covering the journey of otherwise unheard of individuals. Would love to see more, please keep going!
Astrid could narrate my trip to the shops and make it sound like one of the greatest adventures ever.
The moment you chose the 24 pack of toilet paper over the 30 pack was filled with intense intrigue. What message where you chosing to send? Who would know the truth? And whose death warrant had you signed ?
@@colinmcdonald2499 Toilet paper... I read somewhere that American troops in WW2 were entitled to 21 sheets of toilet paper a day, British troops seven. British troops in WW1 were not issued toilet paper at all, at least not in the front lines. Since dysentery and other digestive bugs were endemic among British soldiers in WW1, the meagre issue in WW2 seems like a grudging concession by the War Office.
@@stevekaczynski3793 This reply is gold. I threw up a Hail Mary and you, sir, delivered a touchdown.
Almost never told, you have my attention. Even a better title than Never Told.
I love Astrid’s charisma. Love to see new episodes with Astrid’s face
Once again, lovely stuff Astrid. Keep these episodes coming, your presenting style is delight to listen to.
Nineteen hundred and eighteen-Now that’s a direct translation from Deutsch. That makes it sooo original. Danke.
danke :)
I don't understand.
@@TheJoseph0012 Germans don’t say nineteen eighteen. They say 1900 and eighteen, or one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. Therefore it’s a direct translation of German.
@@Gokiburi777 Ooh interesting!
@@astriddeinhard433 Astrid, I just loved your narration and your horn rimmed glasses! It’s just sooo the part. When I was in Germany a teacher at the fachhochscule had brass rimmed round glasses and bobbed blonde hair and to top it off, her name was Gabi. I think she might have been Ex-Stasi!
Great work, Astrid and crew!
It is too easy too forget the individuals who put themselves at risk to embed themselves in the very system they worked to defeat.
Yup. And what about the patriots who's stories will never be known? They all had alot of guts. Its a good thing this information is being shared with the human collective conscience.
You know what? Often times videos pop up in my feed that run 4-6 minutes or so, and while viewing they seem to drag on forever and end up being jettisoned before finishing......just not good enough to hold my attention. Yours, on the other hand, will run for sometimes over 20 full minutes, and when they finish it seems I've only been watching for two or three minutes, at most. Thank you, guys!!!
Now that's a BIG compliment, thank you! :)
"I'm goinh to ignore that" - what a nice piece of continuity about breaking continuity :D You guys are awesome...
I remember these two from a much earlier video TimeGhost released. I bought the history you mentioned about them, Two Against Hitler, for my uncle, and thoroughly enjoyed the book myself. Thank you for bringing their story to the TimeGhost army, Astrid - it's a wonderful story! So glad you inspired me to do my own readings about them - their story should be better known.
Astrid, you are AMAZING. The TG Army LOVES you!
i love Astrid's accent. shes so adorable! like a cool grandma
She looks far too young to be a Grandma.
@@charlessawyer6953 You think she is younger than 40? You must be watching on 144p.
@@charlessawyer6953 grandmas can be really any age over 40, more so if your kid has another kid really really young, my friend is a grandpa at only 36 bc his 16 yr old got his girlfriend pregnant
@@spookerredmenace3950 he might be a great grandfather by 55 haha
@@sketty5069 i would not be surprised lol
Thank you Astrid, you are a breath of fresh air, Indy and Sparty are great, but... plus how you speak with your hands is so refreshing, thank you again. Oh and I LOVE how you say the years.
Astrid, you GOT IT GOIN' ON GF!! I perk-up when you hit my screen, not that I don't love Indy and Sparty, but YOU....Love your passion of intrigue! Thank you for adding another important voice to this absolutely amazing series. We have yet to miss any of the episodes. Love, love, love it all.
I love the genuine love and enthusiasm all the time ghost team have! Each video is better then the last!
*than the last
Thank you Astrid for bringing so much charm to an often grim subject
:))))) Thank you for that - and greetings from Sparty - he tries not to !
Love this Spy segment, keep it up, not only it's educational, but also fun.
I love Astrid, she reminds me of the Aunt that would always be fun to hang with.
"Professor of Economics I hope!"
"I hope not." I love you guys.
Thank you for making this video. I greatly enjoy your informative presentations.
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I wish I had more engaged teachers, like Astrid, when I was in school.
History was my best subject but I'd have killed for a teacher like Astrid. Mrs. Rush came close though
Ikr she is a very good teacher and a very sweet onr
True.
Thank gawd I did through out school.
Depends on where ya live I guess 🤷
@@live2ride18
Amen to that.
10:00 that Nobel prize was for a key experimental result and hypothesis in establishing quantum physics.
The photoelectric effect only works if atoms' electrons have discrete, quantised energy levels.
"He who says does not know. He who knows does not say." Is a good rule to remember.
You had me at "Hello Darlings". Loved it👍
May the 4th be with everyone at TimeGhost.
I just had to.
Beautiful pun. Thank you very much 😊
Thanks, it's Remembrance day today, after all.
What a fun spy story. And Astrid tells it pretty well. Can't wait for her to tell the rest of it. Great job.
Astrid your getting better and better, your giving Sparty and Indy a run for their money.
I don’t want to cramp your style but might I offer a little professional advice: never cover your face with your hands! Your gestures are beautifully idiosyncratic and are very much part of your charm. But as any director will tell a beginning performer - we want to see your face (which is beautiful). Your getting better and better and your personality is joyous, so put your hand beside, under, over your head, play the air filing cabinet, just keep your face clear. Keep up the good work! 😃❤️
glad to know someone besides me understands she is bad narrator although getting better
Spartacus mentioned that just now, when we watched the video - I will try very hard -its difficult for me believe me
@@astriddeinhard433 It’s just about being a little more self aware and practice. It will become just something you understand and control in front of the camera. My evidence that you can do it: I only noticed one very small stumble in your reading. Ok the struggle with the delightful Slavic tongue twister happened, but you persevered. Indy has two or three goes and gives up, but his charm is different and that’s part of it. Astrid Konigen von allem will get this too!
Absolutely adore this channel and partner channels you guys have on UA-cam.
Astrid Deinhard your a fantastic narrator, your enthusiasm for the subject material is infectious! (Well it is really interesting.)
Great work guys! Much appreciated!
Thank you very much!
@@WorldWarTwo 😃😁 You showed us the room were the NSA was born into existence, You have seriously got some serious spy stuff happening on this channel. (Room 3416, will never forget that fact.)
Soo Cool. 😎
ASTRID YOU DONE VERY WELL IN THAT PRONOUNCED NAME 👏 .
A great story and great storytelling from Astrid.
I could listen to this young lady all day. Thanks for sharing.
I would love a video about Sir Christopher Lee´s role in the war :)
noted
Yes, this
@@astriddeinhard433 And please consider one about his step-cousin, Ian Fleming, as well! It could also work as a biography special or a special episode on the truly fascinating Operation Mincemeat. Although that one still lies in the distant future...
@@ralflewandowski7641 I will 🥂
Brilliantly presented. The last part is really something to look forward to. Had no idea about this.
The wig and makeup ain't fooling me Spartacus
Shhh, don't let everyone know...
This video was really interesting. I look forward to hearing more about this obscure story. Great narration and visuals too.
That was wonderful, I am so glad that Astrid got to tell this story in here own magnificentl manner. I hope that after this is over we can get more from her on "the world's second oldest profession".
at first i wasnt sure how this new series would go but I love it now
We all probably know a lot about the great battles and the famous generals and admirals, but little we know about these secretive persons, who risked no less than the regular soldier in the battlefield.
The information and intelligence is so important, that it can allow to win or lose a war altogether.
Thanks Astrid, for remind us that there's always more interesting topics to study in history.
Thank you Germán
17:56 Sparty, he was a Professor of Government at Harvard. Make of that what you will...
Thanks Astrid, that was awesome!
Absolutely love this episode’s cheeky graphics
Always good to see an Astrid video. Many thanks for everyone's effort in making these videos!
Astrid , you are awesome. Keep up the good work!
Perfect host for this topic, I love it! Excited for more.
I really enjoy your presentation it's very refreshing,and i also like the fact that you get angry at some of the stuff that went on ,just like the people who watch the program's
I met a guy who was a spy during the Vietnam War, although I never found out who he was working for, I know he had a lot of connections in the US State Department, and he was also Russian. Interesting guy. I've been meaning to visit him again but he's really old. I worry about him. He's a really sweet guy. We were only neighbors for a summer but it was like he was my cool uncle I wish I had always had.
Hi Astrid
Nicely explained..
I ilke your narrative especially in husky voice which suits this series..
Your suit looks good for you..
Learned a bunch of history..
Thanks to you..🙏👍😊
Just a minor note, Einstein didn't discover the law of the photoelectric effect, as it was an already known phenomenon. What he did was discover a theory that explains it-namely that light is quantised into particles known as "photons", that carry energy in discrete packets.
I love you
I am on the edge of my seat. Astrid is a great narrator. And I love stories about spies! :-D Beautiful video!
I think Gianni just wet himself at 0:43
As a Patreon supporter I want to give a big thumbs up to Astrid’s presentation. I look forward to future episodes.
thank you - I will be there every second week :)
Thanks Michael :)
That phone ringing after mentioning Edward Snowden . . . very nice touch
Astrid, this is pure gold, hilarious, educational and riveting - looking forward to the next one
Another fun video. Will you be covering Virginia Hall as part of this series? She might be the most badass spy I have ever learned about.
I will discuss with the gang
@@astriddeinhard433 that is awesome. Thank you.
Thank you!!
Astrid is really into the whole spy thing. Scary - but not surprising.
Charles de Gaulle was so tall, he could look into neighbouring countries by stretching out like a Slinky. This, and his wonderful ability to always be right, made him the greatest spy. You should make every video about these things.
Guys, I ran out of Charles de Gaulle videos I haven't seen on here a long time ago. I mean, a looooong time ago.
I love all the presenters, you all do such a fantastic job. With Astrid she brings such a fun excitement that wraps up the viewer. Its also a fun thing the way she uses her eyes to mischievously tell stories(to me this is what I see). Bravo.
i love listening to intelligent people talk about history, when that person is also compellingly interesting like she is it makes it double fun. thank you and thank you the rest of the team........
Love this series! Astrid is the perfect presenter for it, I’m glued to my seat
Two books everyone should read, "Bodyguard of Lies" and "Secret Soldiers: The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception."
Astrid well done! Truly enjoy all the videos and give likes to all of them. And the tie was awesome
You all do a very heartfelt and informative videos.
While watching to day I was reminded of the Kapp Putsch in March of 1920. Whats the history behind it and what happened to Kapp in the aftermath?
i will try to find out ! and thanks:)
As always, great content 👍
@6:13 It's Marine Corps (pronounced core not corpse).
That got me too in grade school.
noted :))
I'll watch the vid a little later - just hopping in to say that from the preview I thought that this is an Austin Powers cosplay - which is especially funny since the vid is about spies.
If her outfit IS an AP reference, then this is even more GOLD than these series already are, lol
Could we get a Spies & Ties episode (or a bio-special) on Juan Pujol García?
I am writing it right now - just a little patience :))
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I think this series would be infinitely improved if Astrid wore those cheesy spy glasses/mustache things, or other stereotypical spy attire
i will think about a moustache :))
most excellent - wonderful presentation - terrific substance
I gotta admit, I love the Spies and Ties series.
Nice Mont Blanc, Astrid.
thanks :)
Keep it up, Astrid. You're doing great!
Fantastic work. Thanks!
The “Bodyguard of Lies” excellent book on Enigma.
thanks for mentioning that, I will get it :)
Great episode!
Please don't forget Alan Turing. Not a spy per se but the codebreaker who possibly won the war, if not the war, then he saved countless lives by shortening it. After WWII Spartacus should do a special episode of War against Humanity for the way he was chemically castrated for his sexual identity by the same country he served to the highest level of distinction and utmost dedication.
That happened after the war. And that chemical thing was not forced on him as punishment. Details are muddy, but it was choice between two bad alternatives for Mr. Turing.
@@vksasdgaming9472 It was that or go to jail.
He committed suicide two years later. Whether the events played any part cannot be proved, as he left no suicide note.
@@vksasdgaming9472 not forced on him? Heavy jail time was the alternative. Don't try to justify the national disgrace that the treatment of Turing, a national hero, was.
@@colinmcdonald2499 It was one of two bad alternatives he had. It if was forced him there would have not been any alternatives.
@@stevekaczynski3793 Spot on sir..
What happened to Turing, after the war and what he did to help save humanity from absolute depravity: Never Forget.
Alan Turing needs to be honored for his massive contributions and what happened to him so soon afterwards should never be forgotten.
Sadly other stretcher bearers, nurses, tank gunners, naval engineers, air force mechanics and infantrymen ( etc.) also suffered similar injustices as Alan Turing and we will probably never hear about them.
Oooh this is nice new addition to the channel. Espionage gets relatively little attention in WW2 discount the code breakings
Great episode, Astrid! You might want to invest in a different pair of glasses, though, since they reflect the studio lights; it’s a bit distracting.
As in watching this it is rememberence day in Holland we have this beautyfull tradition where we have 2 minutes of scilence even the trains dont run during that time and that to.me is just amazing
Fascinating subject handled well.
Oh man, can't wait for you guys to make a special episode on "Garbo". I honestly can't figure out why this story isn't a blockbuster movie yet!
on my list :))