Hermann Goering: The Head of the Luftwaffe

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  • By the age of twenty-four Hermann Goering was a famous combat pilot ,a national hero, and leader of Germany’s most celebrated fighter squadron. By the time of his death, less than thirty years later, he was reviled as a monster with the blood of millions on his hands.
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  • @prathamsingh1481
    @prathamsingh1481 3 роки тому +761

    "No enemy Bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer"
    -Hermann Meyer

  • @Morningstar91939
    @Morningstar91939 Рік тому +64

    His mother once said “He will either be a great man or a great criminal.”

  • @Mamaki1987
    @Mamaki1987 4 роки тому +66

    Ah yes, Goering. People said that he wore so many medals that he had to be careful when visiting a metal factory because of the magnets. I really love your presentation.

  • @lyleslaton3086
    @lyleslaton3086 3 роки тому +86

    When Goering was captured,he tried to keep his Field Marshal's batton. He told the MPs "That is the symbol of my authority". The MP replied"You no longer have any authority", deflated he surrendered the baton.

  • @TJDious
    @TJDious 5 років тому +1021

    Been waiting for this one. Guy was damn near a cartoon character.

    • @TJDious
      @TJDious 5 років тому +80

      I read a book about the third Reich in Jr High that had a picture of him with Hitler that described him as "the gloating fat man on the right."

    • @jaredquinney204
      @jaredquinney204 5 років тому +15

      This is true

    • @vernfl291
      @vernfl291 5 років тому +58

      He WAS a cartoon character, Warner Bros did a Bugs Bunny cartoon during WW2

    • @comradecat3678
      @comradecat3678 5 років тому +5

      @Eddie Moyna still should have realized the importance of bombers, it's like the Germans were anti bombers during WW2

    • @comradecat3678
      @comradecat3678 5 років тому +5

      idk maybe the allied bombing was just so effective because of the magnitude not the act or bombers in themselves

  • @Mr.Pallanza
    @Mr.Pallanza 4 роки тому +404

    Hermann Goering: Drug addict.
    "His stories were that of soaring *_HIGHS_* and crashing lows."
    I caught that, Simon. Clever word play. Very clever.

    • @GG-bw3uz
      @GG-bw3uz 4 роки тому +7

      Oh boy. I didn't. Thanks !

    • @crimsontowers
      @crimsontowers 4 роки тому

      Though I almost wouldn't wish withdraw anyone, it's one of the worst feelings you could ever experience, mentally and physically.. But for Nazis, yeeah too bad. Deserved to be permanently in that state

    • @crimsontowers
      @crimsontowers 4 роки тому +2

      Plus, Hitler too.. his vitamultin, anti flatulence and meth, Hitler was tweaked out of his mind making him even more of a lunatic

    • @Jimminy812
      @Jimminy812 4 роки тому +1

      Budaboommboomtish

    • @shaebryant1916
      @shaebryant1916 4 роки тому +3

      I think it’s more to do with the fact he flew planes😂😂😂😂idiot man

  • @BamBamBigelow..
    @BamBamBigelow.. 5 років тому +54

    This guy had the first pick of all Europe’s best artwork for his house....he covered the walls with priceless pieces. Must’ve been cool strolling the hallways.

  • @ZombieDragQueen
    @ZombieDragQueen 5 років тому +290

    In his post mortem photo he looks stoned out of his mind. A couple anecdotes: I live in Malmö, Sweden, where Göring lived for a while working as a freight pilot between Malmö and Germany. Last I heard the apartment where he used to live is still standing. I read an article where surviving neighbors were asked about him. They said he was a average neighbor, a man who kept to himself but polite to the people in the building. Which pretty much describes all Swedish neighbors. We're not the chattiest social folk. Also, several years ago I worked for a company that digitizes, among others, old photos, postcards of celebrities, royal houses of Europe, historical events for IBL Bildbyrån, a Swedish photo licensing company that licenses pictures to school books and others. And in one folder there was a photo of a typed report concerning Hermann Göring and one of his raids during WW1. I was in charge of scanning, saturation/sharpness editing and writing the metadata. I think they were lucky I could read old German fonts and knew some German and figured out what the photo was about, otherwise my directives were strict in what metadata words I could attach to the file. Knowing the significance of the photo I asked my supervisor if I could enter the Hermann Göring metadata on that flight raid military report. I was allowed and hopefully in the future if someone searches IBL's database with Göring's name they will stumble upon it and it could prove to be a great resource.

    • @Verdunveteran
      @Verdunveteran 5 років тому +3

      Jag har undrat länge om Göring hade något romantiskt eller sexuellt förhållande med någon malmöitisk kvinna under tiden han var i Malmö. Anledning är att min morbror, som är från Hässleholm med bor i Oxie och är gift med en infödd malmöitiska. Och både hon och deras son har vissa drag som är väldigt lika Görings. Jag jämförde ett fotografi av Göring taget under första världskriget med fotografier på både min kusin och hans mamma och likheterna var slående när man jämförde deras munnar, näsor och ögon. Jag har försökt hitta några som helst uppgifter om Görings tid i Malmö med någon form av information om han fick ihop det med någon och om det eventuellt skulle kunnat resultera i ett olegitimt barn. Tyvärr har jag inte hittat något...än i alla fall.

    • @ZombieDragQueen
      @ZombieDragQueen 5 років тому +3

      @@Verdunveteran - De äldre i artikeln nämnde inte kvinnliga besökare. Men på den tiden om man ville ha en romantisk affär brukade man låna nåns lägenhet i ett par timmar så man skulle slippa skvaller i ens trappuppgång. Sen hade hade inte direkt några unika ansiktsdrag, så det kanske är bara sammanträffande. Man kan även undra om det är värt att forska ifall man är besläktad till en krigsbrottsling. Görings efterträdare tog det inte väl. Minst en av dem lät sig steriliseras så Görings gener skulle dö ut med dem.

    • @Verdunveteran
      @Verdunveteran 5 років тому +1

      @@ZombieDragQueen det är alltid värt att efterforska! Att censurera historia är fullständigt oacceptabelt. Och med hänsyn till att han inte var någon krigsförbrytare när han var i Malmö så finns det ingen anledning för varken min kusin eller hans mamma, eller någon annan i vår släkt, att känna någon skam än mindre skuld om det visar sig att någon anförvant skulle ha haft ihop det med honom. Det är ju trots allt orimligt att tro, om så hade skett, att vederbörande skulle ha kunnat se in i framtiden och förutse att Göring skulle komma att bli en av de mest ökända krigsförbrytarna under vk.2.

    • @ZombieDragQueen
      @ZombieDragQueen 5 років тому +1

      @@Verdunveteran Ah, nej jag menade inte så, jag tänkte mer på om din kusin och hans mor verkligen skulle visa sig vara Görings (barn)barn. Personligen skulle jag inte vilja veta om jag var i deras sits. Men du skulle kunna jämföra bilder på dem med Görings barnbarn och syskonbarn och se om det finns. liknelse.

    • @dougplemons3640
      @dougplemons3640 5 років тому +4

      I'm curious. I've had an interest in Sweden and it's culture for sometime. You mention people in Sweden are not generally chatty. I've read this in several sources. Would you mind elaborating on this, please? I live in Asheville, North Carolina, US. I've never traveled to Europe. Should I have an opportunity, Sweden and the Scottish Highlands would be my choices.

  • @klech8
    @klech8 5 років тому +317

    Live by the pill, die by the pill.

    • @anarchoaristocracy8368
      @anarchoaristocracy8368 5 років тому +6

      14

    • @shebbs1
      @shebbs1 5 років тому +2

      A lifestyle choice made, or forced on many famous people. Look at Elvis, Johnny Cash, many politicians, evangelists and many sporting cheats

    • @klech8
      @klech8 5 років тому +9

      @@shebbs1 yea, you're right. Except he was a nazi, so I get to make fun of him in particular.

    • @jakiebakie6194
      @jakiebakie6194 5 років тому +1

      @@shebbs1 evangelists?

    • @xur1317
      @xur1317 4 роки тому

      According to his guard at the Nuremberg Trials he went through 40 oxycodone pills a day.

  • @DarthRedshirt
    @DarthRedshirt 3 роки тому +132

    Goering and Richthofen are the best example I can think of to personify: "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

    • @giasifman9050
      @giasifman9050 Рік тому +6

      Petain too

    • @taufiq-4854
      @taufiq-4854 Рік тому +3

      He die a hero tho

    • @mojewjewjew4420
      @mojewjewjew4420 10 місяців тому +3

      He was a Hero to Germany.

    • @stevendowns4378
      @stevendowns4378 9 місяців тому +2

      I wouldn't say Richthofen became a villain. The German Empire was nowhere near as brutal as Nazi Germany was. They were actually pretty par for the course among imperial powers in the 1910s. Richthofen was simply a master of his craft and was respected for it by both friend and foe.

  • @oom5768
    @oom5768 5 років тому +256

    The history of a scrawny pilot who became an absolute unit

    • @yallevereatenbeans2723
      @yallevereatenbeans2723 5 років тому +29

      The fookin M A S S on this unit

    • @ulrikschackmeyer848
      @ulrikschackmeyer848 4 роки тому +8

      Bra jobbat ('well done'), saving history🇩🇰. I live within walking distance of Klövermarken (Cloverfield) the first airport of Copenhagen, where Göring was also based in the early 1920'ies, flying mail and charter between Sweden, Denmark and Germany. The local story, documented by shopping bills, goes that he aquired a strong and long-lasting taste for Danish pastry ('Wienerbröd') which also made him loose his wasteline😂. We even know the name of his favorit Baker, where he still ordered pastry, well into the 1930'ies.

  • @thesamuraihobbit
    @thesamuraihobbit 5 років тому +341

    Do Hermann Fegelein next. BRINGEN SIE MIR FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN!

    • @rodrobinson5630
      @rodrobinson5630 5 років тому +14

      thesamuraihobbit Was I understood that reference lol

    • @thesamuraihobbit
      @thesamuraihobbit 5 років тому +45

      @@rodrobinson5630 While he's portrayed as a mere troll in the parodies, the real Fegelein was a major POS who was hated by pretty much everybody in the bunker. Oh, and he has a 50k body count.

    • @jaybee9269
      @jaybee9269 5 років тому +3

      thesamuraihobbit >> But what about Fegelein?

    • @jamesrose4523
      @jamesrose4523 5 років тому

      lold

    • @JackClockerinos
      @JackClockerinos 5 років тому +10

      My favorite antic he did was supposedly kill off Hitler and become the Failure. Everyone hated him, even Krebs's fish. Eventually Hitler came back, and the two yelled at each other, with Fegelein begging for mercy from Hitler.

  • @keyholes
    @keyholes 5 років тому +19

    18:56 The guard on the left looks like he's been awake for centuries and really, really needs a nap.

  • @keelyleilani1326
    @keelyleilani1326 5 років тому +185

    I used to work at a grocery store when I was in high school and there was a guy in his late 40s or early 50s working there who looked exactly like Goering. He worked in the dairy department that was in the very back of the store and would come to work drunk and also hide a bottle of whiskey in his dairy cooler. He would hit on any attractive female that happened to go back there. Sometimes he would hide back in the refrigerator and watch people through the milk shelves. Anyway he eventually came onto me at one point and I told him I was underage and he said "age isn't anything but a number and if there is grass on the field then play ball", I told my mom about it and she made me quit my job.

    • @RomZruleTeHworld
      @RomZruleTeHworld 4 роки тому +5

      where were you living

    • @soso1030
      @soso1030 4 роки тому +2

      if i have a goring like looking colleague i take him to see mum

    • @josephphillips8104
      @josephphillips8104 4 роки тому +12

      @@laughtergang246 like dose this kinda chat up line to a random girls on the internet even work?

    • @silverhost9782
      @silverhost9782 4 роки тому +1

      Ew Sweden

    • @jacksonjamieson4094
      @jacksonjamieson4094 4 роки тому +4

      Cool but did we ask?

  • @someloser6041
    @someloser6041 5 років тому +211

    I would absoloutely ADORE it if you would do an episode on Otto von Habsburg, he was the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary.
    Please please please please please?

    • @someloser6041
      @someloser6041 5 років тому +4

      @@sofiakgabriel As far as I can tell, they did one on Bismarck. Not Otto von Habsburg.

    • @theKeshaWarrior
      @theKeshaWarrior 5 років тому +1

      I couldn't agree more! Not many people know about Austria after the first war other than the Anchluss. But our theoretical monarch wound up a game show host!

    • @Damo2690
      @Damo2690 5 років тому

      Technically Otto Habsburg not Von Habsburg

    • @cullenholloway8377
      @cullenholloway8377 4 роки тому +1

      Idk who that is but ill watch anything this guy makes hes like a history teacher on steroids

    • @DarthBigBen
      @DarthBigBen 4 роки тому +2

      What about Blessed Karl?

  • @KICKASSoBASSIST
    @KICKASSoBASSIST 5 років тому +918

    3:30 talking about WWI yet you show a picture of WWII bomber

    • @EvelynDayless
      @EvelynDayless 5 років тому +59

      Yea, it is pretty confusing.

    • @frnkndad
      @frnkndad 5 років тому +53

      I saw that and thought the video had somehow skipped from the audio. Ah well.. They can't always be flawless

    • @CitizenSnips69
      @CitizenSnips69 5 років тому +20

      It’s just weird cause they have someone knowledgeable about airplanes on their team

    • @therampanthamster
      @therampanthamster 5 років тому +13

      yup, disappointing that they did that, but still an interesting vid.

    • @Biographics
      @Biographics  5 років тому +544

      Sorry about that. Our video editor will be beaten until morale improves.

  • @lucas3918
    @lucas3918 5 років тому +116

    Absolutely loved this one
    Next, could we get Reinhard Heydrich?

    • @michellesheppard9253
      @michellesheppard9253 3 роки тому +2

      If they don't have one, The People Profiles have one (about 30-50 minutes) on him.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 роки тому +13

    0:45 - Chapter 1 - Early life & rise to fame
    4:20 - Chapter 2 - Between the wars
    11:10 - Chapter 3 - WWII
    17:10 - Chapter 4 - Surrender & suicide

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 2 роки тому +31

    “Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” Ernest Hemingway.

  • @cassandraralph5906
    @cassandraralph5906 3 роки тому +5

    I learned a lot about Hermann Goering today! Thank you again, Simon! Well done indeed!

  • @prof2yousmithe444
    @prof2yousmithe444 5 років тому +18

    Great video! One of your best. This chronicles how a man goes from a hero to a zero!

  • @manahawkinhickjones6714
    @manahawkinhickjones6714 4 роки тому +3

    Mr. Whistler I just want to thank you for doing such a good job on your part of the show. I just think that some of the episodes need to be extended a little such as this one...keep up the good work!!!!!

  • @klyntarkenny8046
    @klyntarkenny8046 5 років тому +21

    Seriously who needs cable tv when we have such awesome and insightful UA-cam channels like this one !?

  • @Cpt_Boony_Hat
    @Cpt_Boony_Hat 5 років тому +93

    You guys should do his brother. Talk about polar opposites

  • @thedarkwolfsif1750
    @thedarkwolfsif1750 5 років тому +191

    Another amazing video as always!
    This comment will probably be lost, but I feel to make the request anyway.
    I request that you make a video on Oskar Schindler.

    • @NathanielEssex1849
      @NathanielEssex1849 5 років тому +12

      I second the request! In fact, can we also include Amon Goeth?

    • @Biographics
      @Biographics  5 років тому +17

      You might enjoy this video in the meantime. ua-cam.com/video/6nhxipZvyc8/v-deo.html

    • @thebronywiking
      @thebronywiking 5 років тому +5

      The swedish hero Raoul Wallenberg should also get a special.

    • @thedarkwolfsif1750
      @thedarkwolfsif1750 5 років тому +2

      Biographics well thank you very much! I had no idea this video existed!

    • @arielcasanova3427
      @arielcasanova3427 4 роки тому

      Looks like you got your wish! :D

  • @jaybee9269
    @jaybee9269 5 років тому +13

    You didn’t mention that General Ludendorff of WW1 fame was also a participant in the Beer Hall Putsch.

  • @SlideRulePirate
    @SlideRulePirate 4 роки тому +76

    I feel sorry for HG's tailor. Imagine being expected to bring you 'A' game for a specimen whose arse is wider than their shoulders. He must have been sobbing each time he snipped off the last thread.

    • @jdraven0890
      @jdraven0890 3 роки тому +8

      Goering looked incredibly shabby once captured by the Allies and on trial, with all of his decorations and rank removed. Before that (and I'm with you, I just DO NOT understand HOW) his custom-tailored and custom colored uniforms somehow looked passable.

  • @browndd
    @browndd 5 років тому +8

    You were wrong about why Hitler ordered his armor to halt during Dunkirk. It wasn't because Goering wanted to finish off the BEF with the Luftwaffe. It was because at that time Hitler still thought he could make a separate peace with the British and feared that annihilating the BEF would make that impossible.

  • @Rooksiepop
    @Rooksiepop 4 роки тому +14

    I grew up in Germany and your videos are extremely accurate and exciting to watch

  • @crazydave951
    @crazydave951 4 роки тому +11

    Goering was a genius, his guards at Nuremberg said as much.

    • @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf
      @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf 3 місяці тому

      Goering was a druggie and an addict of the spotlight in Nazi Germany. Nobody liked or respected him at the end of the day.

  • @susanjamison3382
    @susanjamison3382 5 років тому +2

    I really enjoy your videos. A great view of history and a lot of information in a short time.

  • @saraash8591
    @saraash8591 5 років тому +2

    Been waiting for this one. Simon and colleagues you guys do amazing things thank you 4 all the history. Merry early Christmas and a happy New Year's to you all.

  • @konker420
    @konker420 5 років тому +11

    Love Biographics. Especially the ones about military leaders. Keep the longer videos coming!

  • @commentingpausedtoprotectus
    @commentingpausedtoprotectus 3 роки тому +11

    2:45 Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen must be the most German looking and German sounding German in the history of Germans.

  • @eddeewhat5553
    @eddeewhat5553 2 роки тому

    Dude I really enjoy your channel not just because I love history but because you always have people I’ve always been interested in learning more about. 👍🏽

  • @thomasmccullough7233
    @thomasmccullough7233 5 років тому

    Thanks for another great upload!

  • @stephanginther9051
    @stephanginther9051 3 роки тому +7

    I can't seem to find it again, but I watched a documentary on WW2 that said that one of his biggest blunders was a campaign against a Russian town. They said that this town had a unique rocky geography that cause weird updrafts that made flying over the town difficult and the sudden drops in air pressure could cause a plane to crash if the pilot wasn't an expert. The town also had excellent anti air weapons. So attacking from the air was basically suicide, the town was a natural fortress and close enough to the Russian lines to get resupplied. They said the town also had *no strategic value **_whatsoever._* It was was a bad angle to attack Moscow from and the German's already had bases that were closer anyway. He spent countless lives and resources to take the town out because it irked him, and for no other reason.

  • @barbarachase5824
    @barbarachase5824 5 років тому +22

    Thank you very much for yet another GREAT video!

    • @geezergeezer1
      @geezergeezer1 3 роки тому

      Barbara, this particular video is not great. It is slovenly crap. Far below the usual standard of this channel.

  • @JoshuaNJones
    @JoshuaNJones 5 років тому +1

    Excellent choice. Thank you and keep up the great work.

  • @oncall21
    @oncall21 5 років тому

    Fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing!

  • @johnvonshepard9373
    @johnvonshepard9373 4 роки тому +46

    Goering at Nuremberg: "When you bring me out, can you introduce me as Joker?"

  • @saltandvinegar2420
    @saltandvinegar2420 4 роки тому +27

    “Far too much on his plate”, good one!

  • @abhirams3179
    @abhirams3179 Рік тому +1

    Amazing Work

  • @twitchoff1114
    @twitchoff1114 2 місяці тому +2

    "Because the corpulent Goering had far too much on his plate" Don't think we didn't catch that

  • @peter-radiantpipes2800
    @peter-radiantpipes2800 5 років тому +19

    Please do Richard Feinman. :) look him him. Most interesting man that changed physics and an odd in a good way guy. It’d be something most haven’t seen before or heard about outside of academia.

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 5 років тому

      Boring
      We want more Nazi videos

  • @thebrettyouneed178
    @thebrettyouneed178 4 роки тому +5

    a video on Ernst Röhm would be awesome

  • @mentalillnesstheatrepodcas7686
    @mentalillnesstheatrepodcas7686 5 років тому

    The way you say 'lunatic' @ 0:19 is gold >

  • @Skualo-77
    @Skualo-77 3 роки тому

    Thank you for your service sir and God bless you.

  • @avernvrey7422
    @avernvrey7422 5 років тому +5

    A perfect opportunist and true role model for cunning, able, and self-focused individuals.

    • @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf
      @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf 3 місяці тому

      And also the butt of all cartoons and jokes in Hollywood in the war years as Hermann was a true image of the nazi overweight ogre stereotype.

  • @Eisdax
    @Eisdax 4 роки тому +6

    I wish I would have had these videos when I went to school and had to learn about the WWII. I seriously couldn't be bothered with it back then because our teachers presented it as dry as humanly possible, which was a massive shame, given that this topic is utterly fascinating.

    • @michellesheppard9253
      @michellesheppard9253 3 роки тому

      I believe that most teachers talk about history that way in purpose, and I can't stand it when they belittle historical events and lie about them.

    • @Utahtruckguy
      @Utahtruckguy Рік тому

      Absolutely! I’ve learned more on UA-cam then I did in history class

  • @dannyrivera8300
    @dannyrivera8300 5 років тому

    I love thes bio videos subscribed the other day been watching nonstop

  • @jamesmbevis
    @jamesmbevis 5 років тому

    Love it; excellent work. Classic closing line. :

  • @NHarmonik
    @NHarmonik 5 років тому +9

    Could you please do one on his brother, Albert?

  • @cee128d
    @cee128d 5 років тому +157

    Why did you use WW 2 era photos for the WW 1 era portion of the video?

    • @cee128d
      @cee128d 5 років тому +11

      @Thatfathipo I was mainly referring to the military fighter aircraft. Plus no one would be able to tell who was piloting the plane, but they sure as heck would be able to tell a WW 1 plane from a WW 2 place. And yes, photos and video do exist of him with era correct WW 1 fighter planes that are readily available, many of which would fall under Creative Commons or Fair Use. Sorry, but your theory doesn't hold up.

    • @caydenl.4878
      @caydenl.4878 5 років тому +2

      @@cee128d maybe a simple mistake

    • @cee128d
      @cee128d 5 років тому +8

      @@caydenl.4878 Sorry, but no. A mistake would be showing a British, French, or other Allied plane instead of a German plane. This is someone not paying attention and releasing shoddy work.

    • @caydenl.4878
      @caydenl.4878 5 років тому +5

      @@cee128d so a mistake is showing different photos for different planes but its not in this case?, nice double standard.

    • @cee128d
      @cee128d 5 років тому +5

      @@caydenl.4878 Not a double standard. One is PERIOD correct planes one is not. In many of the pictures of the period one would have great difficulty telling a period correct WW 1 French plane apart from a WW 1 German plane due to the quality of the pictures from that era. One would have to be terribly incompetent to mistake a WW 1 Bi or Tri plane from any nation for a Single Wing WW2 plane. Since he had shown period correct German WW 1 planes earlier in the video and then switches to WW 1 planes a minute later while still discussing WW 1 that shows a lack of due diligence on the part or the creator.
      The average person may not be able to tell the difference between same era planes from different nations or manufacturers as they are very similar. For the most part the only way to tell would be by the markings. Even an illiterate grade school dropout can tell the difference between a WW1 era plane and a WW 2 era plane. For someone posting Biographical videos that is just not acceptable. Neither error is acceptable. Both are wrong, but one is understandable, while the other is not. People need to stop making excuses for poor quality work and start holding creators accountable for their failings.

  • @tenacious645
    @tenacious645 5 років тому

    Yes. I've been waiting for this one!

  • @SeanD808
    @SeanD808 3 роки тому

    Love the WWII production during WWI... Loved the Normandy invasion scenes during the Dunkirk evacuation part.. Narration was great... stock vids bombed!

  • @sopwithsnoopy8779
    @sopwithsnoopy8779 5 років тому +5

    Wilhelm Reinhard took over JG.1 after Richthofen's death, NOT Hermann Göring.
    Göring took over JG.1 after Reinhard was killed in a crash testing a new fighter aircraft, a plane that Göring had just gotten done flying (kinda like the ending of the movie 'Blue Max' w/George Peppard).

  • @scp5055
    @scp5055 3 роки тому +8

    12:58 "He had a bit too much on his plate" That might be an understatement

  • @markjosephbudgieridgard
    @markjosephbudgieridgard 3 роки тому

    Absolutely love these vidios very interesting and informative.. Amazing really thank you so much... Excellent 👍

  • @thembabarry5126
    @thembabarry5126 3 роки тому

    I like how he keeps his head so still while he talks

  • @princeyplayzhd4980
    @princeyplayzhd4980 5 років тому +61

    Simon can u please do a biographics on the Kray Twins?

  • @jdraven0890
    @jdraven0890 3 роки тому +4

    There is a story about Goering in Speer's "Inside the Third Reich", that is so bizarre that I actually believe it happened.
    Speer said that in the later days of the War, when it was quite dangerous to venture out, Goering insisted that he come to his mansion.
    Goering said that he had an idea that could turn the entire War around. Speer was in charge of war production, armaments, etc.
    Speer said that Goering was still living in relative luxury, running his hand through a bucket of what appeared to be precious gems as he spoke.
    Goering said he knew that Speer was having trouble finding enough steel to make trains....so he made the brilliant suggestion that Speer use concrete, instead.
    Speer was floored. But haven't we all seen people trying to save their business or their existing way of life grasping at straws and in hard denial about impending reality?

  • @palious13
    @palious13 5 років тому +1

    You forgot about his personal championing of the Zerstroyer project that produced the luke warm ME-110 and the disastrous ME-210. I've always said that Goering was excellent at preparing for war, but less than stellar at executing it.

  • @phelixhartman2441
    @phelixhartman2441 3 роки тому

    Amazing video. Tyvm

  • @Eminem12378
    @Eminem12378 5 років тому +18

    More serial killers please! Ed Kemper, John Wayne Gacy, Jerome Burdos, Dennis Rader, and Arther Shawcross are just a few I that can think of that I want to see you guys make videos on. I know I'm not alone on this one. Simon presenting the stories of those serial killers would be truly gripping.

    • @ManiaMac1613
      @ManiaMac1613 7 місяців тому

      Good news, more of these guys have videos

  • @Sniper5875
    @Sniper5875 5 років тому +4

    I wonder if we will get more ww2 german air force videos, I'd love to get a whole history of rudel, Hartman, steinhoff, and more

  • @chriswainwright8759
    @chriswainwright8759 4 роки тому

    Very interesting. Thanks for the video

  • @BrownSugaBabe
    @BrownSugaBabe 2 роки тому

    Discovered this channel yesterday and I am addicted to it!! No pun intended lol

  • @esidisi732
    @esidisi732 4 роки тому +20

    not to mention his IQ was ~140, he had really good command skills, and an instant learner

  • @bartspam3607
    @bartspam3607 5 років тому +85

    Ww2 planes in WW1 ??? Well done

    • @gus12793
      @gus12793 5 років тому +5

      Yeah haha I got really thrown off by that 🤦‍♂️

    • @Imdor
      @Imdor 5 років тому +3

      All their channels do that sadly, it's just something we got to accept.

    • @ChrisHyde537
      @ChrisHyde537 5 років тому +7

      bart spam That’s how the Allies won decisively. If Woodrow Wilson had manned up and dropped the first nuke on the Kaiser’s head a lot of men would have been spared the horrors of trench warfare.

    • @opkb4e
      @opkb4e 5 років тому +4

      Also pictures of American troops when talking about the French.

    • @davidm2031
      @davidm2031 5 років тому

      @Daniel Southerland really? At 3:27 and 3:35 and you can't tell the difference? That's ww2 and he's talking about ww1. They screwed up, period.

  • @eduardoprofet3970
    @eduardoprofet3970 5 років тому

    Great video as always! Do one on Charles Ponzi!

  • @MrKFNeverGiveUp
    @MrKFNeverGiveUp 5 років тому

    Biographics - you are awesomeness.

  • @MovieGuy
    @MovieGuy 5 років тому +3

    Good biography but you forgot to remind: Goering part in creation of the Gestapo, His part in the Spanish civil war that his Luftwaffe use this war to prepare themselves to war and boom civilians, His rivalry with Albert Speer, how he stole many Art treasures and decorate his home with them. And his part in the Holocaust, the report he send to Heydrich, in that he order him to find The Final Solution, what brought to the Wannsee Conference. I'm just say you lack few key parts about him, but still good biography.

    • @GrrMeister
      @GrrMeister 5 років тому

      Your last paragraph alone would have been enough to have secured a conviction at Nuremberg.

  • @jgman2645
    @jgman2645 5 років тому +21

    Do Manford Von Richthofen!!!

  • @stephaniecarr6984
    @stephaniecarr6984 4 роки тому +1

    Yet another great video! I'm positively ADDICTED to this series! ..no pun intended of course....😉 Silent movie era comedian Fatty Arbuckle next, please!🙏🙏🙂

  • @stevenattema772
    @stevenattema772 5 років тому

    good and informative, thx

  • @stephjovi
    @stephjovi 4 роки тому +5

    So Biographics actually made me find something positive about Göhring. Seems like if there had been someone more competent instead of him, the war would at least have lasted longer if not even ended very differently.

  • @CaptainDugog
    @CaptainDugog 3 роки тому +4

    This was a great recount, however you did miss the fact that during 1925-1934 he was a political figure within the Reichstag as a representative of the NSDAP and was even the head of the Reichstag in 1933 that prevented Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher from pushing the enabling act to give themselves full power of the government.
    That and the fact that it was during his time in Austria where he also visited Italy where he had met with Giuseppe Renzetti, the leader of the Italian Chamber of Commerce that had a major connection to other politicians in the Weimar republic, it was during this period of time where his meetings with Renzetti in Italy in 1924, these meetings were told to Benito Mussolini and were even printed in Il Populo d' Italia papers and this was the start of the connection between the Italian Government and the NSDAP.

  • @matttucker3
    @matttucker3 5 років тому +1

    Very interesting indeed sir, This is definitely one of my favorite channels though :D

  • @1KMedia214
    @1KMedia214 Рік тому

    That dude fumbled the bag epicly

  • @Kenxclout
    @Kenxclout 5 років тому +198

    I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.

  • @strawberryshortcake8382
    @strawberryshortcake8382 5 років тому +3

    Do Carl Panzram. One crazy dude. I keep requesting him to other you tubers. Whoever covers him first will have a heck of a story to tell.

  • @mariagemavalerdiaguirre3792
    @mariagemavalerdiaguirre3792 3 роки тому

    Thank You Greetings from Vasco

  • @user-bl8xf2oi7e
    @user-bl8xf2oi7e 5 років тому

    Great video as usual I know who I will be coming to for my exams

  • @buzzonthebeach5190
    @buzzonthebeach5190 5 років тому +3

    15:54 Another blooper...talking about the British air force in WWII but the photo is WWI biplane manufacture

  • @TheSlodfj5
    @TheSlodfj5 4 роки тому +9

    "The Luft-waffles" 🧇🛩
    I honestly thought that's what people were saying when I was in grade school. 😅😂😂

    • @wayneurquhart1967
      @wayneurquhart1967 2 роки тому +1

      I thought nazi goering was an Indonesian fried rice dish.

  • @Leamick
    @Leamick 5 років тому

    Excellent content, subscribed.

  • @mikepierce5621
    @mikepierce5621 4 роки тому +1

    Have you considered a video on the Red Baron? Others I personally would be interested in.....Chesty Puller, Omar Bradley, James Mattis and any Medal of Honor recipient. Thanks for the great videos.

  • @prof2yousmithe444
    @prof2yousmithe444 4 роки тому +6

    In an odd way, his life was mired in tragedy. Sadly, there was no one available to help guide him out of his self-destructive behavior. By no means am I defending him. I lost family in the camp at Sobibor. His life could have been different.

    • @davestafford4905
      @davestafford4905 2 роки тому

      He should've just smoked weed and chilled with the commie homies instead.

    • @Utahtruckguy
      @Utahtruckguy Рік тому +1

      That’s most people

  • @LazyLizzy706
    @LazyLizzy706 4 роки тому +3

    Hermann Göring was fluent in multiple languages, and spoke English without an accent. The man had a high IQ as well as other Nazi leaders.

  • @Actschapter7verse55
    @Actschapter7verse55 4 роки тому

    Awesome video. Well done

  • @jonjonson6991
    @jonjonson6991 3 роки тому +1

    Interesting shows...thanks👍

  • @chesspiece81
    @chesspiece81 5 років тому +3

    LOVE BIOGRAPICS and Simon

  • @Christian-os3sh
    @Christian-os3sh 5 років тому +11

    Did you say "Eukedal" on what drug he used? That's Oxycodone, same as Oxycontin.

  • @brianmcnevin1419
    @brianmcnevin1419 5 років тому

    Excellent video!

  • @Tencargo
    @Tencargo 11 місяців тому +1

    B24s? It was displayed in the wrong timeframe. Please proof photos as well as script. Having said that, as a retired military pilot/historian I still enjoyed this presentation.

  • @_Patton_Was_Right
    @_Patton_Was_Right 3 роки тому +8

    "WE DEFEATED THE WRONG ENEMY!" They killed Patton for speaking the truth

    • @psychic_beth
      @psychic_beth 3 роки тому +1

      who is they? the Jews? Communists? Please, do tell who you mean by "they"

    • @_Patton_Was_Right
      @_Patton_Was_Right 3 роки тому +4

      @@psychic_beth the "International Clique"

    • @psychic_beth
      @psychic_beth 3 роки тому +3

      @@_Patton_Was_Right Both you and I know that the International Clique is another word for Jews.
      Nazism got dunked on once, and it's looking like we'll have to dunk on it again soon with muppets like you

    • @_Patton_Was_Right
      @_Patton_Was_Right 3 роки тому +3

      @@psychic_beth Bring it commie. I bet you're a real hit with your bi grandson, go buy him a dress before you're totally looted and invaded

    • @JBGarrison72
      @JBGarrison72 2 роки тому +1

      Based and International Clique-pilled.

  • @justicar5
    @justicar5 5 років тому +16

    Goering didn't claim the army could be supplied by Air, he wasn't even in the same country as Hitler, at the time, that claim was made by Jeschonnek, who later committed suicide on realising his mistake.

    • @Bluesit32
      @Bluesit32 5 років тому +4

      I don't know why people keep saying he made the claim. Fact was he was too busy high off his tits to make promises like that.

    • @Riceball01
      @Riceball01 5 років тому +6

      @@Bluesit32 Probably because Goerring was the head of the Luftwaffe and regardless who originally told Hitler that the Luftwaffe could keep the 6th Army fully supplied by air, Goerring didn't contradict Jeschonnek and tell Hitler otherwise.

    • @cesarvieceli2958
      @cesarvieceli2958 5 років тому +4

      He actually promised that to Hitler and ordered that in a meeting with the luftwaffe high command; even though Richtofen sad that this was impossible.
      You can check this meeting in books like the German Aces speak, chapter 8, in the end of the chapter Adolf galland talks about this meeting with Goering

  • @ohhitisjustme
    @ohhitisjustme 5 років тому

    Outstanding😌

  • @Powerkraut1
    @Powerkraut1 Рік тому

    Paused this on my break, came back to see the image of fact boy staring into my soul