I couldn't help but chuckle at that ad, talking about historical warships while there are demon ghost ships and catapults in the background. Nice video on the frogmen though.
One of my grandfathers was part of 30 corps and was actually on sentry duty at one of the bridges when he and his mates saw the swimmers. I asked him why they didn’t shoot them, “because no one ordered us to” he said. He also said that when they captured a swimmer, he was absolutely convinced he would be shot, so when the Brits gave him tea with rum and blankets he was utterly shocked!
Mark you must have either an enormous collection of war time footage or access to some incredible archives. I am consistently amazed by the material you provide for us. Just the research you put into each production to provide the detail is remarkable. Thank you.
One of the things I like about Mark Felton is all the "little" and l use the word advisedly, operations that normally just get lost in the "big" narratives of WWII.
My Uncle was a Lieutenant in The Royal Engineers, in September 1944 he was in Command of No.2 Troop of 615 Field Squadron. He went backwards and forwards across the river to rescue chaps during the battle for the bridges at Nijmegen. He commandeered a small tug from the quay at the power station and crossed the river during the battle to rescue British troops who had escaped through the German lines to bring information about the battle at Arnhem and Oosterbeek. At the same time, the Sappers, of The Guards Armoured Division, managed to remove the original charges placed on the bridges by the Germans to stop them being destroyed.
@@redtobertshateshandles After 75 years most is washed away. And what was not washed away, was dredged away by dutch dredging companies in river maintenance.
How unlikely that these frogmen, without rehearsal, laden with unfamiliar and cumbersome devices, fighting strong currents all the while under the very nose of the enemy, nonetheless successfully installed all the mines. If ever there was a long-shot...!
@@johnjacobs1625 you still have to fight the current. otherwise you just end up in the middle of the stream. the had to reach their specific pillars and the river also has many bends. it's not easy even for the best swimmers that's why so many people day every year swimming in rivers.
When your commanding officer says “the war will be won by Christmas”, say your prayers because those words will always spell doom for those on the frontlines
Every time i hear about Montgomery I cringe. Seems like most British leadership at the time (including Churchill) got their position because of connections. I wonder if that's still the case, certainly our political class is, but i really hope the armed forces doesn't still have the same problem (though if you watch any Sandhurst documentary I fear it does).
It only took them another 5 months after "the war will be won by Christmas" to actually win. They weren't that far off in their projections. They were overly optimistic but I can't blame them. They were rolling up the Germans at that point in the war.
Hoehner Tim Well the russian did like 70-80% of the work during the war... Its easy to come in last- even against inferior forces an claim victory....🇩🇪🚧🌪
I love the history that surrounds WWII but I genuinely had no knowledge of this raid. Thank you for all the hard work you out in sir. Appreciate the amazing content as always!
These tales of attack frogmen are fantastic Mark. I was one myself...I know the risks these guys faced...just from the water....let alone the sentrys,guns,dark,tide etc..incredible bravery. Well told.👍
Its getting old saying "I never heard this before" but there you go. Thank you again Dr. Felton for creating these videos to record these obscure but important events so that they wont be forgotten.
Mohamad Khairulnizam Bin Osman Hello! One death, 7 infected and around 50 in quarantine. Taking the situation in Italy as an example, the government is taking no chances. Only banks, supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to open. All borders are closed and also the airports, no flights of any passengers are allowed to come or go, only flights with cargo. Also all public transport shutdown and of course no schools or universities. So we are at home or working from home an hoping for the best 😄👍🏼. I hope you are your family are OK, stay safe my friend!
I consider myself a WW2 buff and nearly every time I watch one of these I learn something new which puts me in my place. I knew the rail bridge was severely damaged but had always assumed it was bombed. Well you would wouldn't you! Thanks.
Dearest Mark I’m located in the red zone at Bergamo Italia. We can’t leave the house for 2.5 weeks. Kids are home from school for going on 5 weeks. Things are not clear and only a fool thinks all will be ok like it was before. This virus will go down in history and remembered for eternity . Mark bless you for your efforts they help me get through the day and further educate my WW2 history bank. Thank you dear Sir.
Last week the French "5 miles invasion" on German territory at the beginning of WWII and now the German frogman in operation Market Garden. And on top of that, at 3:11 a map of the area where I live...you not only keep on surprising and teaching me - no -you Mr.Felton, are spoiling me!😀 With the utmost respect, regards from the Lowlands! Already looking forward to the next class😉
Allied troops gave their lives to save ours. Mark Felton, your videos are the best short history documentaries I've ever seen and in every single vid there's something I didn't know before. Stunning. Best wishes from Germany.
Dear Dr. Felton, thanks so much for explaining the fights my grandparents (and those of all the other Germans, too) had to go through. I always thought I knew quite a bit about WWII - but your videos prove I've just been scratching the surface !
@Joseph Clark Einstein level IQ? Haha let's see some evidence for that please. He failed in every military command he was put into and only excelled in murdering captive and unarmed people. Even Guderian knew he was incompetent.
Welp I just got off work and it's my day off so I'mma going to enjoy it by drinking some whiskey and by binge watching MFP videos it's gonna be such a relaxing day for me and I hope it is for you people to
Excellent Episode , Extremely Brave German Navy Frog Men indeed. It was an amazing joint services mission with strong Luftwaffe support a late war success for the Germans . Would make a great movie !!!
Great job again Mark. I have been a ww2 buff for 50 years read 1000s of books and viewed just as many Documentary's and videos and you still amaze me with facts and true stories I have never heard. Subed forever. Thank you.
Credits to you for pronouncing 'Nijmegen' nearly the right way. My great grandparents lived through that part of the war and it wasn't fun at all for them.
Even though I live in Cuijk, just under Nijmegen. I’ve never heard of this story! Every year we commemorate Market Garden, but this story has never been told. Thanks for this amazing video!
Great episode mark thank you I served in the 82nd, 321st brigade artillery, 2nd battalion 105 mm, served from 90 to 94 in Desert Storm in 91 + 92 and heard all about Market Garden from the old timers, and many plaques and story boards on base, anyways thnx again, AIRBORNE hoooooraahhh!!! 🇺🇸
Always learning something in these videos. Surprising to learn that the Italians were highly advanced in the art of scuba and frogman warfare, as the common perception is that their armed forces were basically utterly inept.
I really enjoy your videos, Mark. Not too short, or too long and filled with good original film footage and images. Thanks for your time and effort and for sharing on UA-cam.
I never knew anything about this particular operation. It's nice to know that after 40 years of studying WW2... I can still come across something like this.
Can you truely imagine doing living threw these things. It's surreal to watch these video's sometimes when my empathy grows so powerfull I can almost see threw the men's eyes almost. Knowing so much information it's easy to see how the war developed and escalated... All respect giving to those who actualy lived or died in these unforgettable times.
We are not all trapped in our houses just yet, some of us still have to work. Well at least that is the case Downunder at the moment and that could change quickly.
Merely trying to encourage you to appreciate your freedom when you have it although I can't help being a little envious of course. Is that what gate keeping is?
Mr. Felton, your videos are the best. The subject matter is always well presented and I always learn a little more about the war that I've studied since childhood. Really terrific stuff. Thanks so much for your dedication to giving us such quality material.
What astounds me is how does Mark do it? How does he consistently finds these thoroughly absorbing, and amazing gems of information, of oft-forgotten history? 👍
Thank u mark for the excellent content. Whenever I watch an educational ww2 video, i look for the mark Felton ones first and foremost. Your narration talents are a step above bro. Keep the good videos coming please!!
They didn't swim against the current but used it to help them. But I presume the strong current may have caused some problems when they got to the pilons and attached the mines.
It is it pushed the US ranger off course from their intended landing zone when they crossed the river by paddle boats. Funny thing is the same thing happened to the film crew when they were filming the movie "A Bridge too Far" even thought the boats had hidden motors. They have to redo the crossing again since they moved too far away from the camera setup.
Went on the 100km Nijmegen Commemorative marches that were held every fall with US, UK, it was a lot of fun got to know a lot of people that were in the area in 1944.
Now why hasnt someone done a video on this before? All you ever hear about these bridges is "The Germans tried to bring them down but were unsuccessful." Well done Mark. You've beaten them all to the punch. Good job.
Same with me. I'd never heard of German frogmen during WW2, let alone hearing that the Italians had such combat-effective frogmen. Mark Felton is so good at digging these things up for us. His videos are second to none.
I remember seeing some years ago on Antiques Roadshow, a divers watch, taken from a body and eventually ending up with a British soldiers nephew. Amazing relic and a great story.
Another FASCINATING n informative story of WWII ! It seems well-researched, especially those pictures of the frogmen ! Kudos to u. Tried to watch every video u upload coz it's so INTERESTING. Looking forward to ur next video.
Thanks again Mark! Really like these short but informative videos of less known cases of WW2. If I may, I’d like to suggest another one: please make a video about the faith of Russian 44th division near Suomussalmi, Finland in 1939-1940. It is a less-known story I’d say...
Thank you Mark, for adding to my knowledge. I went to there with my parents, when I was a pup, therefore didn't really understand the significance. Luckily my understanding has grown and you are adding to that. Again, thank you.
Great research and story telling once again. World of Warships is a fantastic sponsor.Thier game is great fun to play., and a natural draw to such histories as these. Thanks!
... and only now I realise that I’ve got the joke arse-forwards, the ‘French Policeman’ bit is s’posed to be where the ‘Police Frogman’ is! 🤦♂️ ... still, it kinda works either way
Always a treat Dr mark Felton productions. And always finding out about little or unknown stories. History is always waiting to be found thank you mark
Another great video of historical fact and very interesting information on the advance and counter measures from both sides in the war whilst I was growing up most people's grandparents or older parents had been in the war now with time passing their stories are no longer accessible you're channel is excellent means a lot 😍🍀
It was during the air battle on September 27, 1944, that Canada's second highest scoring fighter ace, Henry Wallace 'Wally' McLeod was killed in action. He was a veteran of the Malta campaign, and had 21 victories to his credit.
I couldn't help but chuckle at that ad, talking about historical warships while there are demon ghost ships and catapults in the background. Nice video on the frogmen though.
I imagine a significant amount of Marks viewers already play the game. I do.
it was, not so much nowadays.
@andy Carr grinding for that Richelieu! beating my Lyon up bad.
Quit the game a long time ago
@@Kolar522 After what they did to Carriers I lost all interest. I really enjoyed that part of the game and was almost my entire reason to play it.
One of my grandfathers was part of 30 corps and was actually on sentry duty at one of the bridges when he and his mates saw the swimmers. I asked him why they didn’t shoot them, “because no one ordered us to” he said.
He also said that when they captured a swimmer, he was absolutely convinced he would be shot, so when the Brits gave him tea with rum and blankets he was utterly shocked!
I wonder if the Russians would have been as kind?
@@brianjschumer Don't be ridiculous. Russian didn't drink tea back then!
Algolei I
LOL. Do you know what Russians use a Samovar for?
Lawrence Wright if they run out of scimitars?
Jack Pavlik
LOL. For brewing tea, but I reckon you knew that.
Mark you must have either an enormous collection of war time footage or access to some incredible archives. I am consistently amazed by the material you provide for us. Just the research you put into each production to provide the detail is remarkable.
Thank you.
One of the things I like about Mark Felton is all the "little" and l use the word advisedly, operations that normally just get lost in the "big" narratives of WWII.
I live in Nijmegen and heard of this story but never saw a clip of it . so thx for this
@Praxis Alba where do you come from ?
My Uncle was a Lieutenant in The Royal Engineers, in September 1944 he was in Command of No.2 Troop of 615 Field Squadron. He went backwards and forwards across the river to rescue chaps during the battle for the bridges at Nijmegen. He commandeered a small tug from the quay at the power station and crossed the river during the battle to rescue British troops who had escaped through the German lines to bring information about the battle at Arnhem and Oosterbeek. At the same time, the Sappers, of The Guards Armoured Division, managed to remove the original charges placed on the bridges by the Germans to stop them being destroyed.
I would do a little diving for souvenirs in the river.
@@redtobertshateshandles no current is to strong sadly
@@redtobertshateshandles After 75 years most is washed away. And what was not washed away, was dredged away by dutch dredging companies in river maintenance.
How unlikely that these frogmen, without rehearsal, laden with unfamiliar and cumbersome devices, fighting strong currents all the while under the very nose of the enemy, nonetheless successfully installed all the mines. If ever there was a long-shot...!
Pretty sure they went with the current.
I've seen the Rhine current highly doubtful you'd swim very far against it.
@@johnjacobs1625 you still have to fight the current. otherwise you just end up in the middle of the stream. the had to reach their specific pillars and the river also has many bends. it's not easy even for the best swimmers that's why so many people day every year swimming in rivers.
@@LuvBorderCollies Love golden retrievers
@@LuvBorderCollies Bingo!
No matter which side they are fighting for, you have to admire this kind of personal courage and determination.
As a dutchmen this is something I didn't know about. Thank you!
When your commanding officer says “the war will be won by Christmas”, say your prayers because those words will always spell doom for those on the frontlines
Every time i hear about Montgomery I cringe. Seems like most British leadership at the time (including Churchill) got their position because of connections. I wonder if that's still the case, certainly our political class is, but i really hope the armed forces doesn't still have the same problem (though if you watch any Sandhurst documentary I fear it does).
It only took them another 5 months after "the war will be won by Christmas" to actually win. They weren't that far off in their projections. They were overly optimistic but I can't blame them. They were rolling up the Germans at that point in the war.
happened in korea too
and ww1
Hoehner Tim Well the russian did like 70-80% of the work during the war...
Its easy to come in last- even against inferior forces an claim victory....🇩🇪🚧🌪
I respect this channel !
Mark shows everything as a historian should.
I love the history that surrounds WWII but I genuinely had no knowledge of this raid. Thank you for all the hard work you out in sir. Appreciate the amazing content as always!
These tales of attack frogmen are fantastic Mark.
I was one myself...I know the risks these guys faced...just from the water....let alone the sentrys,guns,dark,tide etc..incredible bravery.
Well told.👍
If you were in the German navy at this point, being a frogman on a near suicide mission probably looked pretty tame compared to say being in a uboat.
A T anything is better than being questioned by the Gestapo.
Its getting old saying "I never heard this before" but there you go. Thank you again Dr. Felton for creating these videos to record these obscure but important events so that they wont be forgotten.
Just what I needed in this boring lockdown morning at home! Thank you Mark! Greetings from Guatemala.
Why lockdown at your place?
Mohamad Khairulnizam Bin Osman Hello! One death, 7 infected and around 50 in quarantine. Taking the situation in Italy as an example, the government is taking no chances. Only banks, supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to open. All borders are closed and also the airports, no flights of any passengers are allowed to come or go, only flights with cargo. Also all public transport shutdown and of course no schools or universities.
So we are at home or working from home an hoping for the best 😄👍🏼. I hope you are your family are OK, stay safe my friend!
Plan for self isolation: rewatch all Mark Felton and History Guy episodes. Oh, and Drachinifel. And Forgotten Weapons...and...
Excellent choice.
thanks for the new content to watch! subscribed
don't forget The Mighty Jingles!
Don't forget The History Guy.
Unlike the others Drachinifel is a bit biased towards the british.
I consider myself a WW2 buff and nearly every time I watch one of these I learn something new which puts me in my place. I knew the rail bridge was severely damaged but had always assumed it was bombed. Well you would wouldn't you! Thanks.
Dearest Mark
I’m located in the red zone at Bergamo Italia. We can’t leave the house for 2.5 weeks. Kids are home from school for going on 5 weeks.
Things are not clear and only a fool thinks all will be ok like it was before. This virus will go down in history and remembered for eternity .
Mark bless you for your efforts they help me get through the day and further educate my WW2 history bank.
Thank you dear Sir.
Good luck
Crazy times and I hear ya I’m in New York City so good luck
Best wishes to you
Christian Holt. Thank you same to you.
Fergus Moffat. Thanks and same to you and your family.
Last week the French "5 miles invasion" on German territory at the beginning of WWII and now the German frogman in operation Market Garden. And on top of that, at 3:11 a map of the area where I live...you not only keep on surprising and teaching me - no -you Mr.Felton, are spoiling me!😀 With the utmost respect, regards from the Lowlands! Already looking forward to the next class😉
I live in Nijmegen so this is extra interesting for me! Great video as always , thank you!
Allied troops gave their lives to save ours. Mark Felton, your videos are the best short history documentaries I've ever seen and in every single vid there's something I didn't know before. Stunning. Best wishes from Germany.
Dear Dr. Felton, thanks so much for explaining the fights my grandparents (and those of all the other Germans, too) had to go through.
I always thought I knew quite a bit about WWII - but your videos prove I've just been scratching the surface !
"The mission was considered so important that it was put under the command of a myopic Bavarian chicken farmer". It's a miracle they were successful.
In the 'Eagle Has Landed' this mission was about Churchill and a certain Major Steiner.
hahaha, true.
@@PanzerBuyer hahaha, idiot
but, he went from that to the second most powerful man in europe, at the time.
@Joseph Clark Einstein level IQ? Haha let's see some evidence for that please. He failed in every military command he was put into and only excelled in murdering captive and unarmed people. Even Guderian knew he was incompetent.
Welp I just got off work and it's my day off so I'mma going to enjoy it by drinking some whiskey and by binge watching MFP videos it's gonna be such a relaxing day for me and I hope it is for you people to
A Mark Felton video about the Netherlands! you just made my day!
Better even - about Nijmegen!! I can see the Waalbrug from my home :)
Excellent Episode , Extremely Brave German Navy Frog Men indeed. It was an amazing joint services mission with strong Luftwaffe support a late war success for the Germans . Would make a great movie !!!
Great job again Mark. I have been a ww2 buff for 50 years read 1000s of books and viewed just as many Documentary's and videos and you still amaze me with facts and true stories I have never heard. Subed forever. Thank you.
Frogmen of any country have always fascinated me. Great one doc
Credits to you for pronouncing 'Nijmegen' nearly the right way. My great grandparents lived through that part of the war and it wasn't fun at all for them.
I used to love watching History Channel...Mark Felton has rekindled my love of history. Cheers, mate! 🥃
History WW2 at its finest.
Even though I live in Cuijk, just under Nijmegen. I’ve never heard of this story! Every year we commemorate Market Garden, but this story has never been told. Thanks for this amazing video!
I must tip my hat to you, Mark. This is sterling documentary work. Not surprised, given your past efforts. Respect.
Being a Scuba diver myself i found this vid fascinating.
Another lesser know operation brought to you by Mark Felton Productions.. Thank you Dr Felton. I so enjoy your wisdom of WWII...
This and World War II are hands down the best Historical Channels for this time period on all of UA-cam 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻
Great episode mark thank you I served in the 82nd, 321st brigade artillery, 2nd battalion 105 mm, served from 90 to 94 in Desert Storm in 91 + 92 and heard all about Market Garden from the old timers, and many plaques and story boards on base, anyways thnx again, AIRBORNE hoooooraahhh!!! 🇺🇸
Always learning something in these videos. Surprising to learn that the Italians were highly advanced in the art of scuba and frogman warfare, as the common perception is that their armed forces were basically utterly inept.
1:49 Hugo Boss Summer-BeachWear Commercial.
He looking good, my oh my!
I really enjoy your videos, Mark. Not too short, or too long and filled with good original film footage and images. Thanks for your time and effort and for sharing on UA-cam.
I live in Nijmegen. I knew a lot abou this operation but you just gave me the whole picture! Nice video!
Everything shut down due to Coronavirus. Upload by Mark Felton! Keeps me sane during all this.
I never knew anything about this particular operation. It's nice to know that after 40 years of studying WW2... I can still come across something like this.
Over the years I have read a few books on Market Garden but I never heard of this operation Thanks for this
Complete Surprise to me. Allways thought that these attempts were a complete failure with no survivors at all. Thank you, Mark👍👍😊
Can you truely imagine doing living threw these things.
It's surreal to watch these video's sometimes when my empathy grows so powerfull I can almost see threw the men's eyes almost. Knowing so much information it's easy to see how the war developed and escalated...
All respect giving to those who actualy lived or died in these unforgettable times.
We really need like 15 of these a day while we're all trapped in the house.
We are not all trapped in our houses just yet, some of us still have to work. Well at least that is the case Downunder at the moment and that could change quickly.
Sounds like complaining...had to comment I've been trapped in the house 20 years since my spinal cord injury! Feeling better now? Lol
@@stevenholton438 Are you trying to gatekeep being stuck in the house?
Merely trying to encourage you to appreciate your freedom when you have it although I can't help being a little envious of course. Is that what gate keeping is?
Time to binge every Mark Felton video!
I knew nothing of this. A fascinating story.
Thank you very much for creating/posting this video.
Mr. Felton, your videos are the best. The subject matter is always well presented and I always learn a little more about the war that I've studied since childhood. Really terrific stuff. Thanks so much for your dedication to giving us such quality material.
What astounds me is how does Mark do it? How does he consistently finds these thoroughly absorbing, and amazing gems of information, of oft-forgotten history? 👍
I've known of this daring German operation and always thought why it was never televised or put on UA-cam. thx mark for never being biased. 👍🇬🇧✌
Thank u mark for the excellent content. Whenever I watch an educational ww2 video, i look for the mark Felton ones first and foremost. Your narration talents are a step above bro. Keep the good videos coming please!!
The Waal has some strong currents, these men where strong swimmers indeed.
They didn't swim against the current but used it to help them. But I presume the strong current may have caused some problems when they got to the pilons and attached the mines.
It is it pushed the US ranger off course from their intended landing zone when they crossed the river by paddle boats.
Funny thing is the same thing happened to the film crew when they were filming the movie "A Bridge too Far" even thought the boats had hidden motors. They have to redo the crossing again since they moved too far away from the camera setup.
Went on the 100km Nijmegen Commemorative marches that were held every fall with US, UK, it was a lot of fun got to know a lot of people that were in the area in 1944.
Same here. 8th ID. It was surreal marching through the streets while people threw flowers. It made me feel like it was 1944.
Now why hasnt someone done a video on this before? All you ever hear about these bridges is "The Germans tried to bring them down but were unsuccessful." Well done Mark. You've beaten them all to the punch. Good job.
There's so many little stories that nobody has heard about because they aren't big battles, thanks for making this.
Thanks mark. To be honest, i didn't know there was a german frogman in german front. Thanks.🇺🇸🇺🇸🤝🤝❤🤝👌🏼👏👏👏👏👏👏
I think Otto Skorzeny tried the same thing when the Americans crossed the Rhine, but his frogmen were shot in the water.
@@PanzerBuyer thanks for inform. Il shake your hand. 🤝
Same with me. I'd never heard of German frogmen during WW2, let alone hearing that the Italians had such combat-effective frogmen. Mark Felton is so good at digging these things up for us. His videos are second to none.
@@jamescdevosyes the german frogman are the ksm
I had no idea Italy pioneered frogmen worldwide. FASCINATING! Best channel on youtube.
I remember seeing some years ago on Antiques Roadshow, a divers watch, taken from a body and eventually ending up with a British soldiers nephew. Amazing relic and a great story.
Nice mark! I live in Schijndel near Eindhoven and have read a lot about this but never saw any video. Thanks! Your content is really good, keep it up!
Another FASCINATING n informative story of WWII ! It seems well-researched, especially those pictures of the frogmen !
Kudos to u. Tried to watch every video u upload coz it's so INTERESTING. Looking forward to ur next video.
Another amazing story that I never knew about. Thanks Mark. Your work is fantastic.
A lot of personal interest on my part, since I was born in Nijmegen just before the allied liberation.
you keep finding these gems i never knew about . Fantastic
Absolutely awesome story, we need more detail of operation in ww2 like this channel
I've seen a lot of documenteries on Operation Market Garden but this topic was never mentioned. Thanks.
I really need to do my school work but I can't stop watching these
Thanks again Mark! Really like these short but informative videos of less known cases of WW2. If I may, I’d like to suggest another one: please make a video about the faith of Russian 44th division near Suomussalmi, Finland in 1939-1940. It is a less-known story I’d say...
Best Channel on UA-cam. Thanks Mark!
Thank you Mark, for adding to my knowledge.
I went to there with my parents, when I was a pup, therefore didn't really understand the significance.
Luckily my understanding has grown and you are adding to that.
Again, thank you.
Dr Felton always seems to find the most obscure and interesting angles to all these fairly well known episodes.
Great video Dr. Felton. A little known part of the German effort against Market-Garden.
Great research and story telling once again. World of Warships is a fantastic sponsor.Thier game is great fun to play., and a natural draw to such histories as these. Thanks!
Keep up the Good work Fulton, very amusing the hear the German commando frogmen swam to the allied side of the river
Congrats on the sponsor Mark. You earned it buddy!
I know Operation Market Garden. I did not know that the KreigsMarine had frogmen and I did not know this story. Thank you Mr. Mark.
Thank you for your work on these war time videos.............................
Nijmegen is 13 kilometers from me. Thanks for sharing. Greets BO&MO EXPLORERS from the Netherlands🇳🇱😘
As a Dutchman, I never learned about this, so thanks for the story! Here in the Netherlands all attention is for Arnhem an the "Bridge too far"...
Frogmen.
Reminds me of a joke by Milton Jones: “My Uncle was a Police Frogman... er, no... I meant, a ‘French Policeman’...
... and only now I realise that I’ve got the joke arse-forwards, the ‘French Policeman’ bit is s’posed to be where the ‘Police Frogman’ is! 🤦♂️ ... still, it kinda works either way
French police man Ajajaj
@@rexjaru lol
Always a treat Dr mark Felton productions. And always finding out about little or unknown stories. History is always waiting to be found thank you mark
These stories are fantastic spotlights on history.
im impressed by how well you pronounce Nijmegen, well done.
Thank you, Mark. I so love your channel. Where do you get all these obscure but fascinating war stories from?
Another great video of historical fact and very interesting information on the advance and counter measures from both sides in the war whilst I was growing up most people's grandparents or older parents had been in the war now with time passing their stories are no longer accessible you're channel is excellent means a lot 😍🍀
Logistical and technical competence is one thing. However it is the determination, tenacity and sheer bravery of those engineers that lingers.
i wonder who were more successful. the german or italian frogmen of WW2 hey MARK! my father would have loved you channel!!!!
Hi Mark, thanks a lot for your job here, lots of facts and your English is very well understandable.
should be a good crowd this week--stay safe people and kind
Your tales and presentations are the Best! Thank U
really nice to see some ww2 history from my area! i live in boxmeer and never saw it on a map during a documentary about ww2....
thats one that has been hidden in the depths thanks as always
Mark Felton videos are concise and informative. Mucho awesome
It was during the air battle on September 27, 1944, that Canada's second highest scoring fighter ace, Henry Wallace 'Wally' McLeod was killed in action. He was a veteran of the Malta campaign, and had 21 victories to his credit.
Maybe Mark can find some info and do a video on him. I would definitely put a thumbs up to that.
All these years watching documentaries and movies, I never knew about this German operation, fascinating!
Great as usual! Better than history channel ever was.
Really interesting Mark. I'm always intrigued to learn facts I never knew. Makes my isolating more bearable. Thanks for a great video!
I’ve walked across the road bridge at Nijmegen. We were there for the Four Day Marches. Operation Market-Garden was on my mind all during our walk.
Dear Sirs ,stop the game commercial. Your films are very good. Thanks.
Another fantastic report on another "not-well-known" action..... excellent !!