D-Day - The Battle of Cherbourg

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  • @GP090
    @GP090 4 роки тому +3504

    This channel has been a blessing. I miss the old History channel back when they focused on actual history. Keep up the good work Mark

    • @matthewtilley7175
      @matthewtilley7175 4 роки тому +18

      Right

    • @VaeringWoT
      @VaeringWoT 4 роки тому +66

      Ancient aliens though 🤔🤔🤔

    • @JOSHHARRIS-v3w
      @JOSHHARRIS-v3w 4 роки тому +66

      I’ve always had a thing for WW2 specifically in history, even as a kid. I’m 20 now and this is my favorite history/WW2 channel on UA-cam.

    • @ABriefHistoryOfhistory
      @ABriefHistoryOfhistory 4 роки тому +47

      I have to agree with this statement. The history channel used to be a joy when younger. I love these videos and finding out new information I didn't know before

    • @14arma
      @14arma 4 роки тому

      Devil Doc by chance?

  • @jeremymerrifield7244
    @jeremymerrifield7244 4 роки тому +24

    For me the best thing about Mr Felton's work is that he does not try to glamourise the events. After all war is 100% dreadful.

  • @rosaakanatan
    @rosaakanatan 4 роки тому +556

    Every time I hear that intro music, I know something fascinating is on its way 📚

  • @MrSlanderer
    @MrSlanderer 4 роки тому +79

    I swear, Mark Felton can narrate entire programs lasting years, with his vast knowledge. This stuff is absolutely fascinating.

    • @poolplexer
      @poolplexer 3 роки тому +5

      It is great content!

  • @bryannelson6139
    @bryannelson6139 4 роки тому +167

    I consider myself very well read on WW2, but I always learn new and more in depth information from Mark Felton, my Professor of WW2 history.

    • @Tireshredderjoe
      @Tireshredderjoe 3 роки тому +2

      Awesome to have this channel.

    • @nonnaurbisness3013
      @nonnaurbisness3013 3 роки тому +1

      @Uwe Grau here's some of that attention you were begging for. Hope it helps

    • @Jeff-sl8xz
      @Jeff-sl8xz Рік тому

      Simp

    • @robinblackmoor8732
      @robinblackmoor8732 Рік тому +2

      I think most people that watch a Mark Felton video say, " I never knew that." quite a few times as they watch the videos. My father was in Italy and Mark Felton seems to know stuff my dad did not know and he was there!

    • @priestsonaplane2236
      @priestsonaplane2236 Рік тому

      Its one of the things that make WW2 such an interesting study, because it seems that there's always something new to learn about it even after all these years

  • @kickingmustang
    @kickingmustang 4 роки тому +873

    Lunchtime, cheese & tomato sandwich & Mark Felton telling a tale. Thank you Mark, you're the best.

    • @Biglake92
      @Biglake92 4 роки тому +38

      Mark Felton is not telling tales. He’s presenting FACTS that are still very relevant!

    • @MakeSomeNoisePlaylists
      @MakeSomeNoisePlaylists 4 роки тому +13

      a tale ? this is proper history mate ! wake up

    • @Grayman58
      @Grayman58 4 роки тому +4

      Dont forget the pickled onions mate

    • @MrMetonicus
      @MrMetonicus 4 роки тому +15

      That's not a man's sandwich.

    • @nickg2366
      @nickg2366 4 роки тому +16

      Who the f eats that sandwich?

  • @BourbonNeophyte
    @BourbonNeophyte 4 роки тому +148

    My grandfather was in the 79th. He told me stories about this place. Wish I knew more and had another chance to ask him about his time in France. He passed away in 2001.

    • @53flitcraft
      @53flitcraft 3 роки тому +5

      god bless him and those who died for u.s.

    • @WhuDhat
      @WhuDhat 3 роки тому +4

      He would have tripped seing this video, maybe better he didn't though.
      And of course Rest in Peace to your honorable grandfather who fought for more than just just his country in that horrid war

    • @johnlee5096
      @johnlee5096 3 роки тому

      @Uwe Grau can you highlight what was Christian about the behaviour of the Nazis during the war?

    • @johnlee5096
      @johnlee5096 3 роки тому

      @Uwe Grau so I've been brainwashed to be sympathetic to the Bolshevik Communist Soviets by the US government who spent the best part of the 20th century in a cold war with the same Bolshevik Communist Soviets? And in order to brainwash me they convinced millions of people that the war they experienced wasn't really what it appeared?
      Why didn't you tell me before now? I've wasted 43 years in the Truman Show

    • @johnlee5096
      @johnlee5096 3 роки тому

      @Uwe Grau well there's all the evidence you need, I'm convinced. Now tell me about the Tooth Fairy again

  • @edwardgarea7650
    @edwardgarea7650 4 роки тому +32

    This channel is such a blessing for people like myself who love history. It’s thoroughly researched, and aimed at an intelligent audience. No dumbing down here, just history, wonderfully told.

  • @sophrapsune
    @sophrapsune 4 роки тому +113

    You’re really doing a public service, making this sort of detailed history available to the public online.
    It serves to commemorate all who took part.
    Thank you.

  • @akula673
    @akula673 3 роки тому +10

    I grew up on the "World at War" series narrated by Sir Lawrence Olivier. Mark Felton has really captured the right way to tell a story.

  • @michaelraller4471
    @michaelraller4471 4 роки тому +552

    Your neutral, factual and professional episodes are a blessing compared to most of nowadays history “documentations”. Thank you ! 👏👏👏

    • @Gruntilda-Winkybunion
      @Gruntilda-Winkybunion 4 роки тому +22

      neutral and professional!
      thats why im here

    • @yetna197
      @yetna197 4 роки тому +11

      The 'wartime reels' are way more biased than Mr. F.

    • @Dockhead
      @Dockhead 4 роки тому

      @@yetna197 well tbh that's down to narrator and director of who ever is in charge of making what ever history channel, a lot of footage ive found in some videos arent actually relevant or correct for what hes talking about for mr felton, sometimes rarely seen in older history footage done on tv where they normally aired.
      he literally can only source content from places where everyone else has, he just does it in a more friendlier and structural manner so to say.
      i think people take the Mr felton is the best a little too far. a lot of comments ive seen relate that they learned about this specific history from older documentaries etc when they were younger, so i cant see how Mr felton is doing more than what was already done, to me all he's doing for the most part is showing more intricate events etc in there own specific film instead of joining everything to together in some episodic series, like what has been done for so much in the past.
      not to take credit away from mr felton as some of these vehicles or specific battles i really didnt know about or in the terms of how he shows it, and he really is one of the few people (in English) that shows us these things properly.

    • @bullitt7544
      @bullitt7544 4 роки тому +1

      It is so distinctively History based on Fact with little too NO unnecessary Glory.
      The very best of any Production of it's kind.

    • @timjoyce1586
      @timjoyce1586 4 роки тому

      They didn’t try to change history. History cannot be changed , just learned from.

  • @bernardthefourth
    @bernardthefourth 4 роки тому +1695

    Just like the old history channel before they sold their souls!

    • @TCIR
      @TCIR 4 роки тому +77

      bernardthefourth
      Old history channel:
      History of the panzer tanks,
      how they were developed
      And how they ruled the tank
      battlefield
      Modern history channel:
      I WILL SELL YOU A OLD ROCK
      OK HERES 140K

    • @robot-he6nq
      @robot-he6nq 4 роки тому +9

      bernardthefourth lmao these comments are on all of his videos. Not complaining though

    • @keithallver2450
      @keithallver2450 4 роки тому +27

      Ancient Astronaut theorists would disagree.

    • @unfairfight3625
      @unfairfight3625 4 роки тому +18

      He who controls the past controls the present and future,,,this was a banker war,,one side payed for everything..all the steel for the Germans war machine came from a mine in Sweden, that family made a huge fortune and still run the mine..the reall truth about the war is classified,,

    • @robertnichols78
      @robertnichols78 4 роки тому +9

      @@unfairfight3625 All wars are bankers wars. I believe James Corbett has a video with that as it's title on his channel, he also has a series about the conspiracies surrounding WWI. Check out his channel, " The Corbett Report" or his website if you haven't already, it's a wealth of information.

  • @jimb.942
    @jimb.942 4 роки тому +155

    Another beautiful job Mark! I can’t find any reason to watch conventional tv or cable shows when I have quality shows like yours on UA-cam!

  • @MisterCuddlez
    @MisterCuddlez 3 роки тому +15

    Man, I'm so glad I found a history channel that doesn't have over-the-top narration by some guy who sounds like he should be narrating an action movie. Thank you for doing what you do. Keeping it entertaining without all the cheap thrills and tired frills.

  • @ottovonbismarck2443
    @ottovonbismarck2443 4 роки тому +151

    I once read, that von Schlieben only surrendered after he visited the field hospital tunnels, which by that point had run out of air condition.
    Some 25 years ago, I visited the Normandy sites. I still wonder why and how on earth people would attack locations like Pointe du Hoc and Cherbourg. Or on the other hand, how people defended while under bombardment 24/7. Brave souls on both sides. Or idiots. War is so far from any imagination ...
    Thank you again, Sir Mark, for an objective presentation. Keep it up. Cheers.

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 4 роки тому +7

      No matter what their government has done, people do not want their families killed or made homeless and starving, their homes and cities burned and reduced to rubble, their livestock stolen or killed. So they resist the invader. The young men enter the armed forces for the above reasons, plus not wanting to be shot or hanged for “treason.” The JWs and SdAs were virtually exterminated wherever the Nazis overran if they failed to escape.

    • @weewilliewinkle
      @weewilliewinkle 4 роки тому +11

      As an experienced army man my father well understood what happened to vanquished peoples. They have their faces ground into the dirt by the victors. Their integrity besmirched and their way of life massively diminished. They are unlikely to avoid physical retribution for having the temerity to oppose those who have won. This is exactly what happened to Germany and it is exactly what would inevitably have happened to Britain if we had oppposed Germany and lost. This is why men, even men who felt well disposed towards Germany and even National Socialism, did not hesitate to join up to fight them when war was declared. We could not afford to lose and go under the jackboot. Every man thought about what it would mean if we lost. The penalty to be paid by Grandma, Grandpa, Aunts, Uncles, Wives, Girlfriends, Children.

    • @suzyqualcast6269
      @suzyqualcast6269 4 роки тому +11

      You wonder why Pointe dun Hoc was targeted, then read the history.
      As for 'brave' souls on both sides: the krauts were foul Nazi occupationist porkers who were quick to line up civilians and wipe with an M34/42. Then - they were bullying bastards of the worst jack boot type and our lads were more than ready to give the fks some boot back.

    • @Nibb31
      @Nibb31 4 роки тому +11

      @@suzyqualcast6269 Simplistic manicheism doesn't reflect the reality. There were war crimes on both sides, and the vast majority of soldiers on both sides were conscript farm boys or workers.
      The SS divisions were cruel, cult-driver, and committed atrocities, but the majority of the Wehrmacht were just soldiers doing their patriotic duty.

    • @GARRY3754
      @GARRY3754 4 роки тому

      @@weewilliewinkle i think you call this fear.

  • @WildAustralian
    @WildAustralian 4 роки тому +17

    Who else thinks Mark Felton’s research and videos are incredible ? Some of the footage he includes is amazing and you won’t see it anywhere else.

  • @nickshale6926
    @nickshale6926 4 роки тому +386

    10:27 - footnote: No30 Royal Navy Assault Unit was led on this particular mission by future James Bond creator ‘Ian Fleming’.

    • @OmarBradley4
      @OmarBradley4 4 роки тому +35

      Wikipedia says Fleming was replaced as head of the unit on June 6th and that he didn't participate directly in this operation. Says he later "followed" the unit, but doesn't seem like he had any official leadership role with them after June 6th.

    • @cjn585
      @cjn585 4 роки тому +2

      No Way!!!! AWESOME

    • @roscoewhite3793
      @roscoewhite3793 4 роки тому +6

      @@cjn585 There's a book about it, which also notes the number of times that the actions of 30 AU are referenced in James Bond novels, as Fleming's private jokes in some cases.

    • @youtubecreators34TBeans
      @youtubecreators34TBeans 4 роки тому +6

      @@roscoewhite3793 "churchill's ministry of ungentlemanly warfare" is a great read.

    • @minnowpd
      @minnowpd 4 роки тому +5

      James Bond was an ornithologist who studied the birds of the West indies.

  • @mr.crapper7197
    @mr.crapper7197 4 роки тому +33

    Mark, I love what you do keeping history alive.

  • @2011Oly
    @2011Oly 4 роки тому +25

    As I said before, even during this time with the pandemic, I’m glad I’m able to give my students access to this wonderful channel. I teach a class on WW2 for Grade 12 students.

    • @thepancakemann
      @thepancakemann 3 роки тому +1

      That's charming. I'd have taken your class given the option.

  • @MichaelBrodie68
    @MichaelBrodie68 4 роки тому +40

    Band of Brothers was superb. It remains one of the best mini-series I have ever seen. However, you learn more about the invasion overall in just these 13 minutes from Mark Felton. Mr Felton is an outstanding historian.

  • @thomasweatherford5125
    @thomasweatherford5125 4 роки тому +10

    Mark, your work makes my day. You’re still one of the true historians who’ve kept his word in providing a solid testament to fact. Thank you.

  • @majorgeneralspencerreid6673
    @majorgeneralspencerreid6673 4 роки тому +597

    Posted 11 minutes ago with almost 300 likes... Mark Felton should start his own TV network and bring REAL history back to the world.... (or at least to those who suffer with the History Channel).

    • @nutzeeer
      @nutzeeer 4 роки тому +23

      UA-cam is just fine...

    • @randomdude9135
      @randomdude9135 4 роки тому +33

      Who watches TV when you can watch UA-cam even from your toilet!! Now that's what I call FREEDOM

    • @domitiusseverus1
      @domitiusseverus1 4 роки тому +3

      Was just thinking some channel or other should pay Dr Felton to screen these!

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 4 роки тому +11

      TV networks are doomed. Gone within 15 years

    • @kennydyas688
      @kennydyas688 4 роки тому +1

      @@randomdude9135 NOT to mention RELIEF.

  • @PeterVenkman760
    @PeterVenkman760 4 роки тому +43

    Remember when the History channel did not have ice road truckers lol Love this channel

  • @f.puttroff4470
    @f.puttroff4470 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you, Mark! My Uncle (my father's brother) was killed at Cherbourg on 20 June 1944 and is buried at Saint Lo. God Bless you guys!

    • @georgepantazis141
      @georgepantazis141 3 роки тому +1

      God bless you and your family.thank you for your uncle's service,and giving his life for our freedom may we all be worthy of his sacrifice .

    • @f.puttroff4470
      @f.puttroff4470 3 роки тому +1

      @@georgepantazis141 Thank you, George!

  • @SynchroScore
    @SynchroScore 3 роки тому +197

    Here's one of those weird occurrences that you sometimes get in wartime: One of the ships bombarding Cherbourg was the WWI-vintage battleship USS Texas, now a museum in San Antonio. One German shore battery managed to hit the battleship, the shell striking the roof of the conning tower. It bounced off, but still knocked the head off the targeting periscope. The periscope tube fell back into the ship, landing on the Chief Gunnery Officer and breaking his shoulder. So he got wounded despite being in the most heavily-armored part of the ship.

    • @swenhtet2861
      @swenhtet2861 Рік тому +9

      Damn, did I take my time for too long to knock that gun out? 😬
      Just finished that mission on Company of Heroes 😁

    • @ryanzbt14078
      @ryanzbt14078 Рік тому +16

      BB-35 is not in San Antonio

    • @-.Steven
      @-.Steven Рік тому +11

      @@ryanzbt14078 Indeed! It'd be difficult at best to move a museum battleship so far inland! 😂 A quick search today, May 06, 2023, said BB-35 was in dry dock at Galveston.

    • @recessional5560
      @recessional5560 Рік тому +4

      @@-.Steven Hahahahaha!

    • @robertcarter4649
      @robertcarter4649 Рік тому +4

      ​@@ryanzbt14078bb-35 is in drydock being refurbished then will go back to San Jacinto where it is on display

  • @Socialhustle.
    @Socialhustle. 4 роки тому +22

    Finally I have found the perfect history channel with no politics and no propeganda but just neutral thanks mark for making my day , bless you

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 4 роки тому

      Welcome Niels. Yes true about Dr Feltons Productions, but there's all hell in the posts after. There's 'no holds barred' in some of the comments, so put on your 'Thick Skinned' Armour and keep your head down. Read a lot before taking any 'pot shots', cause the 'flak' can get real heavy sometimes. ⚠

    • @roscoewhite3793
      @roscoewhite3793 4 роки тому

      @@David-yo5ws Ain't that the truth!

  • @josephstevens9888
    @josephstevens9888 4 роки тому +371

    General "Lightning" Joe Collins was one of the general officers brought over from the Pacific Theater for the invasion of France. Just a year earlier he was commander of the 24th "Winged Victory" Infantry Division on it's mission to capture New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. Just twenty-five years after the Normandy Campaign, General Collins nephew, Michael Collins, would be Command Module pilot of Apollo 11.

    • @schroedingersdog7965
      @schroedingersdog7965 4 роки тому +8

      Thank you!

    • @theirishempire4952
      @theirishempire4952 4 роки тому +8

      And Michael Collin went onto fighting for an independent Ireland

    • @Westwoodii
      @Westwoodii 4 роки тому +20

      Never knew about the relationship to Michael Collins of Apollo 11 - thank you.

    • @MichaelBrodie68
      @MichaelBrodie68 4 роки тому +10

      Your options are:
      1. Attack thousands of fortfied and enchrenched German Wehrmacht, or
      2. Circle the moon, being the most isolated human being in the universe.
      Personally, I would prefer a middle- ground...

    • @theirishempire4952
      @theirishempire4952 4 роки тому +16

      @@MichaelBrodie68 Fight Nazis in Space?

  • @NfcdxAdhmc4993
    @NfcdxAdhmc4993 4 роки тому +40

    Mark the man back uploading when we need it the most🥺

  • @100Kakdela
    @100Kakdela 3 роки тому +17

    Hungover, pack of crisps and cold "cure", and a good old WW2 story from Mark Felton - feeling much better!

  • @SigmaWolf-in2mr
    @SigmaWolf-in2mr 4 роки тому +6

    Never disappointed, Thanks to Mr. Felton's Historical expertise. Good Show.

  • @roscoewhite3793
    @roscoewhite3793 4 роки тому +20

    I celebrated my first visit to a bookshop since the beginning of lockdown by looking for a book by Mark Felton and bought "Ghost Riders." Then I returned home and found the notification for this video... quite a good day, what?

  • @landonricketts2569
    @landonricketts2569 4 роки тому +7

    This is easily one of, of not THE best history channel on UA-cam. Thank you

  • @stephenmeyer2340
    @stephenmeyer2340 4 роки тому +5

    Mark you are the best. I really appreciate your narration and very accurate pronunciation of both French and German names and words. I always learn a great deal from your videos.

  • @shiftyshamsk
    @shiftyshamsk 4 роки тому +14

    Love the start up music intro. Makes me want to breakout the popcorn. This should be on at the big screen cinema. I'd watch a few hour's worth. 👍🏻

  • @Americandragonrider333.
    @Americandragonrider333. 3 роки тому

    Thank you Mark Felton for not being afraid to tell us the real uncensored history of our world.
    We need more like you.

  • @SirAxl97
    @SirAxl97 4 роки тому +17

    Professional as always. Thank you, Mark!

  • @ramz1455
    @ramz1455 4 роки тому +640

    Me: It's 3am I should go to bed
    Mark Felton Productions: The Battle of Cherbourg
    Me : *click*

    • @mikaosola8009
      @mikaosola8009 4 роки тому +5

      😂

    • @zegunner7906
      @zegunner7906 4 роки тому +5

      yes

    • @zerf1cker120
      @zerf1cker120 4 роки тому +3

      So you went to bed 13 minutes later? What a tragedy! Please make sure everybody knows about your misery!

    • @MrC00kieM0nst3r
      @MrC00kieM0nst3r 4 роки тому +1

      *4 am

    • @gumatussiT1
      @gumatussiT1 4 роки тому

      7:22 am raining and i should sleep but this documentaries got me

  • @chappy2121
    @chappy2121 4 роки тому +85

    Brilliant. Didn't know much about this battle as it got overlooked by D-Day, much like the Italian campaign which is a shame to those who fought

    • @stevecarey2030
      @stevecarey2030 4 роки тому +9

      This was actually a pretty big deal, not a sideshow. Until then the allies had been stuck in the bocage. The Brits were still slugging it out at Caen. This was the start of the breakout of Normandy.

    • @barthoving2053
      @barthoving2053 4 роки тому +6

      @@stevecarey2030 Technically the Allies were stuck at Caen. Breaking through the Bocage true Bocage country which was south of the Contentpeninsula and west of Caen was not the original plan. The Americans troops would break into the the Cotentin peninsula and secure Cherbourg while the Commonwealth would break out into the French interior at Caen. A german segeant defending the Bocage claimed if the Americans made an all in assaults like the Soviets they would had overrun them. But the fact is until operation Cobra no serious break out attempts were made in this area as Cherbourg had the priority. So basically he had been fending of probing attacks, or small attacks, but those gave him already the impression of a major offensive.
      Taking Cherbourg is an important part of operation Overlord. So I do not completely see the comparison with the Italian campaign. Where thethunder or capturing Rome a the 4th of June was overshadowed by D-day two days later. The 4th infantry division had actually landed at Utah beach on D-Day. But because of the heave destruction of the port the victory was less important then was hoped.

    • @Oxen1997
      @Oxen1997 4 роки тому +6

      Not to mention the American landings in the south of France. Next to nobody seems to realise there were navel landing around Marseille.

    • @Oxen1997
      @Oxen1997 4 роки тому

      @Nimbus Nimbus You mean operation Dragoon?

    • @sobobwas6871
      @sobobwas6871 4 роки тому

      @Bart, not quite sure how the british were going to slog through the troops on their front ever. The logic behind the whole normandy campaign was to pivot on Caen an drag all the troops and armoured divisions towards the British and Canadians and other troops. In this they were largely successful attracting all but one tank divisions, including all the larger SS divisions and all the Tiger sections. The Americans had very different difficulties, less the opposition and more the awful terrain. To say they only probed is not fair on the slog they suffered in the flooded and bocage countryside. By the time Cobra happened the German force had been stretched to breaking point, the tank divisions on their way to provide a reserve had had to be returned to them british sector after Goodwood. So the basic strategy worked, after that is the multiple operations by all allied armies to get them to a position of overwhelming strategic advantage. It didn’t happen by mistake.

  • @TheMultisportGeek
    @TheMultisportGeek 3 роки тому +2

    Great video Mark. I listen to these while driving back and forth from LA whilst taking kids to college. I live in San Francisco.

  • @livingadreamlife1428
    @livingadreamlife1428 4 роки тому +12

    If this were a History Channel program, I’d watch more History Channel.

  • @carldycer
    @carldycer 4 роки тому +5

    This one’s a belter. My ‘favourite’ part of Battle for Normandy. Mark you simply do the best history vids.

  • @shotsfiredandmissed9068
    @shotsfiredandmissed9068 4 роки тому +104

    History professor is back again for another lesson
    *quickly grabs notes*

  • @markproulx1472
    @markproulx1472 4 роки тому +43

    I simply cannot believe what these men went through.

    • @joemurphy9549
      @joemurphy9549 3 роки тому +5

      Yes, they are remarkable men. Makes today’s groaners and moaners and (dangerously dishonest) ideological whingers look like pathetic, selfish and immature people
      Why do they look like that? Because the groaners and moaners are pathetic, selfish and immature people. Lol 🙄👍

    • @cindymaceda2999
      @cindymaceda2999 6 місяців тому +1

      The Ukrainians are experiencing it right now.

  • @gfexc
    @gfexc 4 роки тому +1

    This work by Mr Felton gives the researcher a true idea of the magnitude of these events. Before, I thought, well, the allies took Caen, fine. Next please. Until I´ve seen the logistics and the horror of what really was involved taking these towns. Unreal. Bless.

  • @andrewc247
    @andrewc247 4 роки тому +5

    Another great production Mark, anyone studying World War 2 history in school or in college should be watching these!

  • @kardondo
    @kardondo 4 роки тому +30

    Was just wondering if Dr Felton is gonna grace us with some amazing WW2 content. You always deliver Dr, god bless you 🙏

  • @Jonathan-tz7ss
    @Jonathan-tz7ss 4 роки тому +4

    These videos are bloody fantastic, I caught my dad recently watching the history channel and it had 'ancient aliens' on. I was almost sick.
    This channel is the original history channel

  • @benji.B-side
    @benji.B-side 4 роки тому +11

    This channel is brilliant!! Nothing but excellent content and narrative, no hype or over exaggeration, just authentic documentation of world war history and historical facts. Love it, keep those videos coming Mark.

  • @lachesisatropos5139
    @lachesisatropos5139 4 роки тому +1

    Mark, it is such a genuine pleasure to watch & listen to your war documentaries.

  • @PaulHFleming
    @PaulHFleming 4 місяці тому

    I have been watching Dr Felton's documentaries for almost three years now. Each one more addictive than last, more unusual and little known history tidbits. I hope your work being used teach history at University level somewhere.

  • @chrisdooley6468
    @chrisdooley6468 4 роки тому +6

    The production value of your videos is amazing Mark. I am a big WWII buff and I love to watch and learn more from your excellent videos. The inclusion of archival footage is mesmerizing and really brings to life the stories. Cheers

  • @chemBTW
    @chemBTW 4 роки тому +14

    My great grandfather was in the 79th Division, 315th Infantry Regiment, Company B....Great content!!!! Thank you!!!

    • @joeya6795
      @joeya6795 3 роки тому

      Did your great grandfather win any medals though?

    • @chemBTW
      @chemBTW 3 роки тому +1

      @@joeya6795 Yes sir, a bronze star and a purple heart at The Battle of Cherbourg

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad 4 роки тому +4

    Only Mark Felton can get 20,000 views after 1 hour of posting his latest video! That's how great people look forward to them.

  • @rickyjones3754
    @rickyjones3754 3 роки тому

    I love Mark Felton documentaries ! Especially this battle of cherbourg doc! As a proud English man living in Cherbourg, I pass through these roads daily. I can see Fort du Roule outside of my kitchen window as well as the port of cherbourg and the whole of the " English Channel". Or as it's known in France LA Manche.

  • @brienmauer8134
    @brienmauer8134 3 роки тому

    As a history buff, and since "the fall of the history channel", YOU good sir, are filling a gap, doing a public service, with these HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES! I, FOR one, thank you! And lest we forget, "Those that do not LEARN from history, are destined to repeat it"

  • @Dee-nonamnamrson8718
    @Dee-nonamnamrson8718 4 роки тому +113

    You should edit all of your videos together chronologically, and make one huge docuseries. Netflix would be idiots not to buy it.

    • @jasondaniel918
      @jasondaniel918 3 роки тому +31

      Hint: Netflix are idiots.

    • @pastorofmuppets8834
      @pastorofmuppets8834 3 роки тому +13

      They'll also rip him off

    • @normferguson2769
      @normferguson2769 3 роки тому +1

      The evens are sometimes simultaneous (such as the Battle of the Bulge) so a chronological order is difficult.

    • @ajrob2888
      @ajrob2888 3 роки тому

      Umm, not too difficult to list chronologically. Even if some events happened simultaneously, it's not that hard to pick one, and then present the other(s).

    • @christopherclink6931
      @christopherclink6931 3 роки тому +2

      Should unsubscribe from Netflix.

  • @lesames3743
    @lesames3743 3 роки тому +4

    Great video. Really interesting and detailed history. Mark needs to be on TV.

  • @sairamsriram
    @sairamsriram 4 роки тому +174

    As the son of a history teacher, I love this s--t.

    • @deltanovember1672
      @deltanovember1672 4 роки тому +3

      You can type shit, it’s okay, you won’t get punished.

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 4 роки тому +1

      It's spelt S U B J E C T subject 🎓 :-)

    • @joshuaarundell3764
      @joshuaarundell3764 4 роки тому +2

      Same here! Dad and I love chatting about the Mark Felton videos we've watched recently!

    • @sairamsriram
      @sairamsriram 4 роки тому

      @@joshuaarundell3764 - I should introduce this channel to my mom.

    • @Mugdorna
      @Mugdorna 4 роки тому

      As a former history teacher I love this subject matter

  • @edwardschinella5191
    @edwardschinella5191 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks for this great article Mark! What a lesson in our history. Hoping to catch a glimpse of my Uncle Eddie ( Schinella). My father said he got hit with gunfire, didn't make it. Watching these films brings a tear to my eyes. God bless you guys for your service!

  • @boballen1294
    @boballen1294 4 роки тому +1

    I must say...I get a greater education from watching UA-cam than I did in all my years of schooling! And so much more entertaining! GREAT JOB MARK! Looking forward to the next!

  • @bernardoconnor1502
    @bernardoconnor1502 4 роки тому +3

    Listening to your narration evokes memories of Robert Powell's narrations on the old History Channel.Well done.

  • @theobserver1320
    @theobserver1320 4 роки тому +8

    You are doing a very good job. very informative and neutral. Greetings from Germany

  • @ggsniper0123
    @ggsniper0123 4 роки тому +4

    My fourth cousin on my mothers dads side, Alphonse A Poni, was in the 9th infantry division 39th Régiment C company. He earned a Purple Heart in North Africa but was unfortunately killed on June 18th 1944 on the Push to cut off the Cotentin peninsular. He is buried in Normandy and I will be visiting his grave in March 2021. Thank you for this video 🙏

    • @roscoewhite3793
      @roscoewhite3793 4 роки тому +1

      When you're at his grave, please speak my thanks for his sacrifice.

  • @dr.barrycohn5461
    @dr.barrycohn5461 3 роки тому +1

    Well selected footage Dr. Felton. Thanks for this superb selection topic.

  • @bullitt7544
    @bullitt7544 4 роки тому +1

    Your work is completely enthralling.
    The Standard you have set with these productions is 5 Star.
    Whatever your Nationality is, I honestly hope that you receive it's Highest Honour.

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 4 роки тому +237

    Mentions D-Day
    Recommendations: "thats a million views for you"

    • @meenki347
      @meenki347 4 роки тому +10

      US Army the original Antifa!

    • @meenki347
      @meenki347 4 роки тому +2

      @@shoban In case you didn't know. ANTIFA is short for, "anti-fascist".

    • @kanalbatch9704
      @kanalbatch9704 4 роки тому +6

      @@meenki347 IF then the red army is the original antifa....

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 4 роки тому +2

      @@meenki347 Yep, Antifa back when it actually stood for anti-fascism.

    • @a5cent
      @a5cent 4 роки тому +1

      Why do they get a pass? Because ANTIFA is a disorganized, decentralized entirely irrelevant group, of which only a very small minority are violent. They are loud and obnoxious, but that's all. You won't find a single killing in all the US that is ascribed to them. The FBI annually records plenty of right wing killings however. Why does right wing media never mention that I wonder?
      You can't officially join ANTIFA. There is no way to pay dues. The are loosely united by ideology, but there is no organizational hierarchy or communication amongst them. Their most prominent role is as a boogey man in right wing media.

  • @HOTPLATEGAMING
    @HOTPLATEGAMING 4 роки тому +35

    i'm a simple man, i see a new upload from mark felton
    i click

    • @djharto4917
      @djharto4917 4 роки тому +2

      Haven’t heard that before

  • @eddiejohnson5183
    @eddiejohnson5183 4 роки тому +6

    Like always a brilliantly presented piece of history.

  • @scubabunny81
    @scubabunny81 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you for another wonderful video. You and Ace Destroyer do such a fantastic job of bringing history alive.

  • @billd.iniowa2263
    @billd.iniowa2263 4 роки тому +6

    I'm sure I've seen the doc that some of this was taken from. But your presentation is even better. Its a interesting situation from the German perspective. Being asked to fight for the sake of time... Knowing you will either be taken prisoner, get wounded, both, or die. And no hope of relief.

  • @garynarborough
    @garynarborough 4 роки тому +4

    Great video Mark. One battle I have never heard about before but know about now. Thanks for a very informative video Mark. I learn something new every day.

  • @brandonburr4900
    @brandonburr4900 4 роки тому +3

    I continued to be in awe of Mr feltons accurate portrail of each battle and the accompanying video footage. I enjoy hearing of the commanders from Germans and allied sides of each of these battles and what happens to them after their capture. I had no idea the US lost that many soldiers for this city. Look forward to more coverage of battles for different cities slowly advancing to Germany. The best history channel on you tube!

  • @Caglexercises
    @Caglexercises Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @markarmour1576
    @markarmour1576 4 роки тому +1

    Always concise, accurate videos with a logical and exacting voice. Thanks Mark Felton.

  • @jesusarizaga4065
    @jesusarizaga4065 4 роки тому +3

    Love your historical accuracy and the depth each one of your pieces

  • @brianperry
    @brianperry 4 роки тому +5

    I was born in 1946, when I look at all those young men I look back to when I was at their age in the mid sixties Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll...not fighting for my life!... a generation of such courage, we should never forget what they did for us all..

  • @mohamadashkar3201
    @mohamadashkar3201 4 роки тому +4

    Luv this content keeping it real and based on the details of the specific sieges, battles and operations is a thing I loved about channels like this

  • @mickroden7973
    @mickroden7973 4 роки тому

    Love the old school narrative and duration...not too long...long enough to get the story across. Keep up the good work Mark.

  • @andlem
    @andlem 4 роки тому +2

    A great documentation, many thanks! My father fought as a paratrooper (Fallschirmjägerregiment 6, 12 cm grenade launcher) at Carentan and was wounded by a grenade (June 13) before the bombing and was taken behind the front line. He said as in the documentary, the Allies could not get through because of the artillery - until the area was ploughed over by bombs.

  • @BlueDebut
    @BlueDebut 4 роки тому +3

    This channel, The History Guy and Indy Neidell are my go to for history. Each of you guys have your specialties that give me a diverse mix of history

  • @cameronalexander359
    @cameronalexander359 4 роки тому +313

    Imagine typing out "Generalleutnlant Karl-Whilhelm von Schlieben" in morse at the beginning of every communication 😯

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 4 роки тому +96

      Later renamed Bob by the signal corp.

    • @tnbspotter5360
      @tnbspotter5360 4 роки тому +23

      Why do you think their communiques to Paris were always typed so furiously in every movie?

    • @mufak
      @mufak 4 роки тому +49

      Signalmen probably surrendered first, bloody exhausted by their job.

    • @ColinH1973
      @ColinH1973 4 роки тому +3

      @@mufak 😁👍

    • @elongated_musket6353
      @elongated_musket6353 4 роки тому +2

      or just von schlieben

  • @geowidman
    @geowidman 4 роки тому +6

    Video is much appreciated by me: My dad was in the 2/12/4thINF, S.E. of the city. He survived that, was later hit in the south of the peninsula 30 days after D-Day.

    • @gerryadams2011
      @gerryadams2011 4 роки тому +1

      My grandfather was killed leading to his daughter having a life of sheer hell after she was put up for adoption. So lucky old you Sir.

  • @supremebossa7534
    @supremebossa7534 4 роки тому +2

    I am in love with history, I by far know the most about history in my class (7th grade going on 8th), and I love seeing more interesting content, thank you so much

  • @kurtdavidson9808
    @kurtdavidson9808 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much for the unbelievable videos. I had no idea we lost so many in that battle. Twenty two thousand is a big number when you think of it in lives. God bless all of those men. They are all heroes in my eyes.

  • @eStreetservicesltd
    @eStreetservicesltd Рік тому +3

    My grandfather-in-law was a German American. I once asked him about significant meetings he had had… He fought for the Americans in WW2, having emigrated in the early 30's. He told me the story of the time he took a message to the Germans in Cherboug (06:25 in the film) asking for their surrender. The American command were careful to send an American who had learned German at school, alongside him, just to make sure the German native was not double-crossing the allies. He crossed the line under a white flag. He was blind folded and taken to what he guessed was a submarine bunker because of the damp. In a room he had his blind fold removed and there was von Schlieben. He said, in answer to my original question, it was very tense in the room. He handed a letter to the general that requested the German surrender otherwise Cherbourg would be heavily bombed within 48 hours. Von Schlieben read the letter and then clicked he heals, saluted and said "Wir werden bis zum letzten Mann kämpfen." He was then blind folded again and returned to the line, where he crossed back to the American under a white flag again. Amazing story that Mark Felton’s film seems to corroborate...

    • @Johny40Se7en
      @Johny40Se7en Рік тому +1

      Great story, cheers for sharing. I had a feeling what "Wir werden bis zum letzten Mann kämpfen" meant, and my guess was right "We will fight to the last man"... Muppet.
      As if Hitler was gonna find out whether he surrendered or not.
      But then again, it's understandable why many Germans didn't surrender to the allies, considering how sick and maniacal Hitler was. The soldiers likely feared what would Hitler and his cronies would do to their families back home if they didn't carry out orders 🤨😕

  • @ScubaShneve
    @ScubaShneve 4 роки тому +60

    "I'm going to surrender, but please fire some tank shells at me first to keep my honor intact."

    • @jasondaniel918
      @jasondaniel918 3 роки тому +24

      But, remember, the German commanders and their soldiers had family in the Vaterland. They were obliged to expend every resource to defend their area of operation, or at least appear to have done so. Otherwise, their families would pay for their "cowardice." My congratulations to the Allies for understanding the Germans' dilemma.

    • @freddyduran1417
      @freddyduran1417 3 роки тому

      @@jasondaniel918 thats not why he requested that. It's an age old concept to surrender that way.

  • @magr7424
    @magr7424 4 роки тому +5

    How fantastic relaxing it is after a hard day of work to come home, drink a beer and watch or hear to Dr. Felton..

  • @sirtompo2
    @sirtompo2 4 роки тому +1

    The first thing I look up on UA-cam is your channel , great work Mark

  • @angelous278leito278
    @angelous278leito278 4 роки тому +1

    The March to a Million subscribers for this, the ultimate military history Channel on UA-cam

  • @fauxhound5061
    @fauxhound5061 4 роки тому +117

    I wish I wasn't too broke to support you on patreon. All I can do is like and watch your videos and recommend them to friends and family

    • @docharley4535
      @docharley4535 4 роки тому +6

      I spend just 1$ each month - if 10000 subscribers would do the same...

    • @hafeezuddin1367
      @hafeezuddin1367 4 роки тому +2

      @@docharley4535 some of us are students who doesnt have any credit cards lol

    • @thekhans2823
      @thekhans2823 4 роки тому +2

      @ fish , Oh well I donate $10 each month and so your a student why don’t you have a credit card ?

    • @Smarterthanasocialist
      @Smarterthanasocialist 4 роки тому +5

      @@hafeezuddin1367 i understand the student aspect, but I truly hope English isn't your first language or course of study. People tend to reasonably afford what they wish in developed countries, notice I used the word reasonable, not whatever they wish, so context is afforded. The cost of a cup of coffee a month is a fabulous support.

    • @thekhans2823
      @thekhans2823 4 роки тому

      @ Bill of Rights , Yes and what does that have to do what anything here ?

  • @joeschlotthauer840
    @joeschlotthauer840 4 роки тому +56

    Should be played in all schools during lunch...
    Different episodes every day...

    • @richardalden6368
      @richardalden6368 4 роки тому +2

      yeah just how UGLY it was; how those poor people during that grim bleak time of history, fought over rotten scraps of food until THEY ATE DEAD HUMAN FLESH and became crazy

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 4 роки тому +1

      Yep, you'll have them wearing peace signs, going Hippy, growing long hair and singing of Love and Brotherhood in a month

    • @floridaarmyvet3613
      @floridaarmyvet3613 4 роки тому +2

      Liberals are the modern day brown shirts.

    • @richardalden6368
      @richardalden6368 4 роки тому

      @@josephpapilson7224 ... and China Lol

  • @pauls.3400
    @pauls.3400 4 роки тому +4

    Of course I found this interesting Mark, just as all your videos are. Best UA-cam war channel by far🏆💛🎖

  • @elkpants1280
    @elkpants1280 4 роки тому +1

    Mr. Mark Felton, I just want to convey how I believe your actions in the preservation and memorialization of these stories is so incredibly important for human history, I believe there is a lot of wisdom and tragedy and general knowledge that can be gained from these instances; I hope that people will see these and understand what is at stake.

  • @EtzEchad
    @EtzEchad 4 роки тому

    Another important battle that doesn't seem to ever be talked about in D-day documentaries.
    Thanks!

  • @andrewc247
    @andrewc247 3 роки тому +3

    Always love watching your brilliant educational videos Mark, the information you put into these are second to none, thank you so much 👍🏻

  • @ghazalkhazana3262
    @ghazalkhazana3262 4 роки тому +5

    Wao! What a piece of a history which makes u feel like u r there watching as it's happening in front of u.
    I am fascinating with 2nd world war since I have lived in Berlin and Nuremberg in early 1980's and have seen the scars of war on the buildings, thay have placed a big sign in downtown Nuremberg say ' Nie Wider ' ( Never Again ) sad thing about that is so many military and civilian lives were lost , the best and informative world war 2 footage I have seen so far, thanks Mr Mark

    • @ghazalkhazana3262
      @ghazalkhazana3262 4 роки тому

      @Hater Sensei Grand Master Chosen One unfortunately not , I could but had no clue that wall will be gone in few years . Left berlin in 1984 🙂

  • @g24thinf
    @g24thinf 4 роки тому +3

    My uncle Sgt Don Brown served in the 315th Regiment 79th Division, receiving the 1st of 3 wounds suffered in combat at Cherbourg.

  • @tigertiger1699
    @tigertiger1699 4 роки тому

    Thank you Mark🙏
    Another thing you do by publishing this history..., is that you reconnect me with my parents.. they lived through the worry of watching this from a world away.. knowing that if the allies lost.....
    I know that while it wasn’t as stressful as in Europe... but they were clearly stresssed...

  • @123-NORTH-STREET
    @123-NORTH-STREET 4 роки тому

    mark is the best first class productions joy to watch

  • @chriskelly9549
    @chriskelly9549 4 роки тому +13

    I have Alzheimer's and memory already full of holes. Watching things like this reminds me where I got my passion for civil rights, equality for all humans and kindness as a whole.