One of Goering's quotes has stood the test of time remarkably well: "Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."
pretty sure that's not the original quote or a different. the one i know has a part, were he said, that you have to make it look to the people, like they're under attack, and they will scream for war themselfes.
@@jamesdunn2214 fat hermann was simply showing his contempt for the plebeian he viewed as mere rabble. As did, do & shall do all the dictators, from Nimrod to Gengis Khan to Attila the hung to Kaiser-Bill to Vlad-the-bad-the-elder to Shaggy-Leo to Awfoul-Joe to 'ao-Tse-Tse-Tung to Horrible-'dolf to Kim-die-nasty to Adipose-Leonid to Vlad-the-bad-the-younger & Xi-com. One phrase I picked in a short (fantasy)story put it wittily : a bounty-inheritance-by-marriage hunter on his way to marry a rich princess, thought of what he would do to the subjects of this king-less country once he got the power : ''Funny how the clueless nitwit ruled rabble never realize, ''how much we the rulers are tributaries of their worship to enable us ''in putting them under our yoke !'' Machiavelli's ''The Prince'' remains relevant.
@@jayjayson9613 Did they ever prove that Tex did it? If so, he would be in deep No.2 if he did. How Ironic that Texans captured Gen. Santa Anna after the Alamo, then history repeating itself with Field Marshall Goring. What a SMALL WORLD we live in!
The fact that bormann was still scheming to get rid of other top nazis a few weeks before the end of the war speaks volumes of his machiavellian character
@@Midlife-Adventures not very I suspect. The allies were never going to settle for less than unconditional surrender at that point anyway and would have brought goering in on war crimes charges anyway
@@Combatwombat-sn7ng quite possibly. I was more considering the possibility of a joint defence against the Soviets. Too much at play for me to have anything like an informed guess at that. I've seen a fair bit of sci-fi based around the idea of the NAZI's winning, some on Hitler being killed earlier (potentially making Germany a whole lot better at strategic decisions).
Every top nazi in Hitler’s inner circle was always trying to undermine the others and gain favor with Hitler. I think Bormann and Himmler were the most dangerous, although Bormann’s power derived from his proximity to Hitler.
I’ve always thought your research was impressive, and what I’m about to say is not to detract from that by any means. Although as I started my dive into editing; I find it incredible how many relevant photos and clips you pull out as you talk about a subject all intricately placed to round off what’s being said. I didn’t know how time consuming that can be at times, which at times feels harder than researching a topic. Your channel is all around gold Mr. Felton and inspiring for historians, editors, and simple military minded people alike. Thanks again!
I quite agree Andrio, bless you for saying. One thing I also wished to mention is that Microsoft, Apple and all of the other technological companies are forever changing their formats of release and editing structures as well, so this business is expensive, arduous and hampered by the companies who should make it easier!!! Editing is crazy, even I bowke at the thought of editing and I write little poems, however, making videos and editing information, conducting research in the beginning is tantamount to getting information to release and that is paramount. Amazingly when I research subjects, a lot like watching Mark's excellent works of art, I somehow end up writing about new discoveries and the earlier subject I wished to research when I started out, suddenly becomes a thing of the past. Mark's work is a revelation and a wonder. Cheers.
@@ThePurplecadillac In the whole narration that remark was the oddest statement from anyone, especially from a pilot about a highly decorated WWI ace who could have done as good or better job of flying that plane. I think it tells us more about Capt. Bo Foster than Göring. In fairness to Foster, he further recalled Göring as having been sharp, friendly, and witty. Being pilots was not the only thing both had in common as each fathered only one child, daughters in each case.
Would love also see you talk about Albert Goering, Hermann's brother who was anti-Nazi and used his brother's influence to save several Jews, often getting into trouble for it.
Wait I never knew he existed and I’m even a history content creator! I’ll definitely do research on him because of your comment! Thank you for being him into my radar!
@@expandedhistory haha Mark and chums are pretty knowledgeable when it comes to ww2 history even I've learned a thing or two from reading the comments, have fun history hunting matey.
@@expandedhistory haha that’s awesome always cool to find something new theres a good book about goering and his brother and I’ll definitely subscribe to you!
Human beings are so weird. Goering had no chance of getting out of his predicament, and at best could hope to be captured by the Allies for an inevitable trial and execution. Yet, he still was attached to his “things”, and with the world collapsed around him he had to transfer all his art and stuff to his other home.
Goering had a very interesting sense of fashion. His light blue Luftwaffe Air Marshal uniform was very distinctive. A lot of people found it impressive. One of those people was 'communist' dictator Josip Broz, aka Tito. Tito had a near copy made for himself....minus the swastika patches. After visiting the former Yugoslavia, Qaddafi was so impressed with Tito's air marshal uniform, the Libyan Colonel had one made for himself.
Interesting. "Officially" Goering's Reichsmarschall uniform was supposed to be "dove grey," and in the WW2 uniform books I've got that's how it's described, but in color photos it always seems to image as light blue. Doesn't matter really.
@wayne antoniazzi Goring had a Mercedes made especially for him and painted aviation blue, his favourite colour apparently. Dr Felton has done a video about it. Aviation blue is a very light blue similar to his field marshals uniform. I wonder if that is the reason his uniform is the colour it is. Aside from a difference to stand out which is a very Goring thing to do.
Thank you so much for this, Mark. You are absolutely one of the shining lights of UA-cam. I love your content. I also wanted to let you know that your research and knowledge very much show in your videos. Be safe, and keep up the fantastic work. -Victor Macke
Don't forget to nominate Mark for the Nobel Peace Prize, Man of the Year, and to be the next Pope. . . . Yes, his content is great, etc, but the absolute non-stop slobbering over the man in an attempt to get a ♥ is amazing.
@@Lerxstification I'm not super concerned with that. I like his studies. I'm aware that he makes money, I WOULD nominate him for the Nobel, he'll never take my title as Man of the Year, and I think he'd be a terrible Pope. Also, if it were my choice, I'd probably throw him in for an OBE, but I'm not even a Brit. I don't care about hearts. Truly. I just enjoy his content, and if I remember correctly, this was the very first time I've EVER commented on one of his videos...
One of my very best friends knew Herman Goering well during his final days. My friend was one of Goering's guards in Spandau Prison. He spoke German. He had fought as an infantryman alongside the Finns against the Soviets earlier in the War. He met many of the old line Nazis while he was a prison guard. He said Goering was the most likable and was actually charming. Goering gave him several momentos before his death (suicide) but my friend's luggage was burglarized when it was on the ship coming here. He told me he knew how Herman got the poison pill, but he would not tell me how it happened. As I watch the film of the prisoners' lives I see my old friend's picture from time to time. He said that they had to keep eyes on the inmates 24/7. Olaf was tall. He said that he had to bend over to watch the prisoners thru the opening in their door and his back was extremely painful. He said there was a lot of conflict between the prisoners and they shunned Speer. My old friend has been gone for 20 years now. I spoke at his funeral.
Alot of really terrible and despicable people can be "charming". Not so shocking to me. The worst thing evil can have against it opposition is education and high intelligence.
I am no fan of them but I always had a grudging respect for Goering, perhaps because of his clear physical courage and abilities. Certainly better than the "poison dwarf".
Great episode. I read an article in a military history magazine about Goring during the Nuremberg trials. The Americans put him on a diet and he lost weight and gained lucidity. Apparently he was very quick-witted and would debate the prosecutors. One time he berated the commander of a British guard detail for the shabby appearance of the soldiers. The Russians were granted a long meeting with Goring in his cell and they brought a picnic basket with wine. The American guards could hear them laughing and joking.
@@chrisg4305 exactly. Amer1can guards actually slipped him some morph. I watched a bunch of documentaries on the trials, and circumstances surrounding it. There were actually (surprisingly) sympathetic guards who took to Göring.....sort of befriending him, in a warped sort of way (considering the circumstances)
What makes Mark's videos outstanding above all rest historic channels is astinishing, strict focus on facts and key information, plus a great narration and ear catching voice!
You summed it up perfectly. His in-depth research, his focus on key information and points, amazing narration, and catching catching voice. He’s one of the best!
There's no reason to pander. He's got a million subscribers, at the time of this comment was over 500k I believe. He knows, we know, you dont need to desperately hope he thumbs ups your comment.
Excellent. My father was a U.S. Army First Lieutenant and a Company Commander with a Tank Division. He served in Africa and European Theaters of War. Sometimes under General Patton. He participated in liberating a Concentration Camp in Europe, but I don't know which one. He also participated in the D-Day landing. He never said much about the war. I wish that he was still here, there is so much that I would talk to him about, now that I am old. This documentary adds to my knowledge and I thank you very much.
Fascinating history! I have trouble balancing the feeling it was all so long ago yet less than 20 years before i was born. No wonder all my South London family talked about in my childhood was the war! Anecdotes of being strafed in school playgrounds by laughing German pilots, ARP warden's helmets in the garage, wartime recipe books still being used and a 3.7" nose cone /fuse of an anti aircraft shell in the writing bureau in the front room used as a paperweight. It was still a huge & important part of my parent's & grandparent's lives as i grew up in the 1960's and 1970's. These videos with the remarkable footage & detail you've collated along with the impeccable pronunciation of German names & place names bring those times to life so vividly. Thanks Mark. It's really appreciated.
Another excellent job Mark. I can’t even imagine how much work goes into each video that you create. But know that they are appreciated and enjoyed and you are keeping history alive especially during the greatest generation of all time.
It is truly an honor to witness history brought to life the way you do it. I have learned more in the last couple of months since subscribing than I did in 4 years of history lessons.
Finally, a detailed and continuos recount of events about the lasts days of Hermann Göring, Adolph Hitler, and the infamous Third Reich. Dr. Felton description and explanation of the historic facts is so scholarly refreshing and educationally entertaining, after listening and read for many years other historical recounts, but mostly all of them broken in pieces. I will have to replay the presentation several times to be able to grasp every nugget of information. Fascinating!
Once again thank you for fleshing out the bare bones of a story that I first heard 60 years ago. It was interesting to hear that he was popular with the Americans; not so popular with the people of the UK and other countries who suffered from the bombing campaigns of the Luftwaffe. I was born and raised in Coventry.
An absolute superb account of Goering, that will make some historians blush with it’s painstaking research and detail. I love your historical documentaries, especially regarding WW2. 👍🏻
Another Great Episode Dr. Felton, thank you. Your narrations really makes this story stand out. I find it also ties in well with your 4 part series on the death of Himmler. You truly show how delusional men like Göring and Himmler were. Even though they new the war was over, and Germany in a wrecked state, they lived in a sort of bubble, believing they could negotiate a future for themselves. You also clearly show how remorseless Göring and Himmler were. " 12 years, I've had a good run for my money" is such a telling statement. If ever anyone did, Göring certainly suffered from narcissistic personality disorder, among other issues. Thank you for these always enlightening episodes of history.
Once again, another of your brilliant documentaries has graced UA-cam. Well done, sir, and thank you for all of your hard work to bring this history to us!
Love this vid! If I remember you did an older one on this topic back in the day. This one one of my favorite WW2 topics, amazing! Thanks for the good work Dr!
I do that all the time lol. I watch them within the first hour they come out and then I’m stuck with having to wait another week for a video by Dr. Felton lol.
I like those eps a lot and Im also a big fan of WW2 history, but surprisingly I always succeed in waiting all the parts to be put together and watch it completely. I just go to other videos, Ive seen many but there's always one .
Got the notification while I was working..time for a break to watch Mark Felton...and the capture Goehering World War II fighter Ace and head of the Luftwaffe
Born in 1942, I would say that was a post WW2 baby 👶 raised and schooled in the fifties and sixties. I thought I knew a lot about WW2. Your videos have brought me a new level of education as to the world war. Thanks 🙏 so much.
If UA-cam was nothing but a platform for your videos Dr. Felton, it would be completely worth it. You and a few other channels are a beacon of light on a platform that so often is a place for inane, meaningless nonsense. Thank you for the work you do. Many of us greatly appreciate it.
I without a doubt love him. Like you said, he’s definitely one of the few channels left for true history on UA-cam. He inspired me to make my own military history channel. Hopefully one day I can be as big as him!
@@RyanTosh I love this mindset so much, thank you Ryan! Of course, putting out quality content to my audience or just simple people who decide to take 10 min out of their day to watch a history video of mine means the absolute world to me. The fact that they could be doing something else but decided to learn something new in history from my video means that they deserve the best quality they can. That’s typically why it takes a week for me to upload one video. Love your quote though Ryan!
It's uncanny when aristocrats (who become 'part of history') have their young lives on film. Mostly I'm thinking of all the Kennedy home movies, but also Goering as a young ace too. Seeing all those eventually old (& not-so-old) statesmen running around in full-colour as toddlers is something else. Tho won't be so novel as more generations pass.
@@romanlegion5837 I was thinking in terms of everyone, documenting everything, everyday. But you know what, I think you're absolutely right. No matter how many petabytes accrue, only a few will ever truly command attention. Just like today. Thanks for that, well & simply put.
didnt realise Goring was from an aristocrat background but i guess one would have had to been as a German airforce pilot in WW1. Of course many a German toff was so anti-Communist that they were willing to back the genocidal Nazi thugs.
What I found most interesting about this was not Goring's fate, which I already had some understanding of. Rather the winding down of the war. Hitler was dead. But the interaction of the German soldiers and SS with the American soldiers. The German convoy letting them pass and saluting the Americans. The Americans so wanting Goring in their custody they go to pick him up even though they knew they would would meet German military on the way. The prize was worth the risk. And the SS cooperating in the hand off of Goring to the U.S. Goring being allowed at first to be armed. It all had a surreal quality to it.
20:50 I’m trying to imagine what it would be like to be one of those GIs on sentry next to an SS trooper. Hard to think of a more awkward situation during the war
@@hubriswonk same as many things done during war I suppose. It was their duty at the end of the day. Probably not the worst thing they had been asked to do in their service.
Or those 4 guys in the two m8s left behind. Surrounded by the Germans. Probably leaning against there vehicle, smoking, nervously joking around. What a scene!!
What an incredible story. When it comes to the byzantine relationships and workings of the Nazi hierarchy - especially during its last days - Game of Thrones has *nothing* your real-life accounts. Thanks Again, Dr. Felton.
Dr. Felton, I never even knew that there was a plan to capture this high level Nazi individual until seeing your video. This is what makes your videos and books so appealing and outstanding. Telling stories that not many people know about or are curious to learn about. This is what history is so thank you as always for putting this quality content out!
On a similar note, I wonder how long Goering and the staff could have kept the war going if they fled to Bavaria under that plan. Obviously Germany was doomed, but could have it have prolonged the war a few more weeks...or several months? Southern Germany is pretty mountainous if I recall correctly. The Italian campaign and the Korean War show how difficult fighting is in terrain of that type.
@@thunderbird1921 there was no war to keep going the allies demanded unconditional surrender no concessions and no compromise, Hermann Goering by this time was a drug addict addicted to morphine and completely delirious to the reality around him, he did us a favor by saving a rope.
As a Brit that worked in Bavaria for 35 years, I can say that Göring was a bit of a character, the likes of which I came across quite often in Bavaria. Bavarians are rather a strange lot. They distance themselves from the northern Prussians and they hanker for the old days of when Bavaria had its own king, kingdom and identity. When I first went to Munich in 86, Strauss was the big man in Bayern. Strauss, was overweight and like Göring, highly intelligent, and had a keen eye for being seen as the 'King removed' of Bavaria. Point being here, is that Göring had more than likely a completely different way of thinking to the rest of the Nazi cabal.
I've arrived in Bavaria back in the summer of 93'. Me a former US MP, I was stationed at the time in Fürth/Nürnberg and later after 95'- till early 97' in Schweinfurt before separating from the US Army. I married a German, I stayed in Bavaria to raise our 3 beautiful kids. Prost, Schöne Grüße aus Mittelfranken.
As an Austrian who lives near the Bavarian border and who's region is heavilly influenced by Bavarian culture, i can say this is very accurate. My grandfather is a character like this, very excentric and charming, and wherever he goes he's the main point of interest in the room.
"It's nice to be a Preuss, but it's higher to be a Bayer." Have you ever heard that one? It was funny and an expression of Bavarians' sense that they stand apart from - and above - other Germans.
“I love splendor.” In virtually every film of Fat Hermann, he’s either got a sword or his field marshal’s baton in his hand. He’s the perfect example of the Peter Principle.
That baton is on display in the Infantry museum at Fort Benning, GA. Also Heir Goering's person highly engraved superposed shotgun. They had a softball sized chunk of Hitler's desk too. A great museum and worth being stationed at Fort Benning. I think its name has been changed lately. The place is still Fort Benning to me and will remain so.
I must say you have the best history channel I have ever encountered.. so much detail and not taking sides just pure explanation in a objectively way keep up the great work!! 😎😁
I read an excellent book about Hermann Goring called "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist," by Jack El Hai. The book is about the US Army psychiatrist Dr. Douglas M. Kelley that did a psych evaluation of Goring and the other captured high ranking Nazis. It is a very interesting read. Apparently, that Army pilot's perception of Goring was not shared by all. From what I read Goring could be very personable but he was also a very manipulative sociopath, a very dangerous combination. Horribly, Dr. Kelley killed himself in front of his family many years later during the late 50's.
Another excellent book I recommend is written by his jailer Burton C Andrus - The infamous of Nuremberg. He descirebes his behavior while being held and also how he managed to escape the hangman
@@Manco65 If you study evil, evil studies you. That's an age-old fact, and you have to prepare, sometimes for YEARS, to specifically do that. You run into it tangentially when studying pre-catclysmic Earth history and the peoples that built the obviously very ancient megaliths.
Great work. I've seen footage of that press conference with Goring and the Americans many times and always wish there was audio for it. Would be so interesting to hear.
Actually, Goering was saved by this. The SS already had órders to ... "Apply "justice" to him. The allies should have decorated him, he singlehandedly destroyed the Luftwaffe
Goring was so full of himself with his status as a defeated general he truly believed that after the war Nazi Germany would still exist and he can keep his wealth
Seems pretty typical frankly. It occurs to me that none of the US Presidents or generals instructing the invasions of Vietnam or Afghanistan lost much of their wealth. Admittedly they are obviously not the ones having their nation be invaded/counter-invaded. But I should think many of the German upper crust didn’t lose their millions post WWI either.
I remember seeing one of Goering’s uniforms on display at the Luftwaffe Museum in Berlin. No doubt he would not have been pleased with the way he is remembered, by the very organization he founded.
Is it true that the display refers to him as "Hermann Meyer," after a boast he made during the war that if a single allied bomb fell on Berlin Germans could call him Meyer?
Another informative outline, this time covering one of Germany's most senior Nazi's. No hyperbole, no screaming narrative. Just factual reporting. These programs should be shown to all trainee "journalists" to teach them about proper reporting.
Mark, you did an amazing job. I have watched perhaps a dozen or so of your productions. This one was the best. Your narrative matched what was on the screen from beginning to end. I can't believe how you discovered all that footage.And you didn't end with the obvious choice: the still photo of Goering in his cell at Nuremberg after dying.
I’m wondering there was concern that both Himler and Goering might attempt to find refuge in neutral Sweden or Switzerland, respectively ( Mussolini was trying the same escape before he was caught). Was this a realistic fear? It seems that all combatants who ended up in either were interned for the duration of hostilities. But such war criminals like Himmler and Goerring? What legal or practical reasons would either nation be able to protect them? It seems that this would not be possible with Allied pressure that would be brought to bear. Already Switzerland was reeling under the economic warfare waged by the United States for doing business with Germany ( actually this would be a great episode if you haven’t done it already. Most people are unaware of the effective blockade of Switzerland. Even it’s overseas assets were seized under US sequestership. Probably the most effective economic warfare the US ever waged). Anyway was Goering and Himmler’s hopes even realistic. Were any Nazi war criminals able to hide in either country?
Served there and toured most sites many times. During a tour in the old Eisenhower Hotel, then part of the Garmisch military RnR complex, the guide showed us the lower tunnel column. (Which led to the SS barracks) He explained, that the swiss made a deal to allow occupancy troops, in exchange for leniency of their banks....we all know how that turned out 40 years later. But then he stated that the swiss used U.S. units in a column of 110 vehicles in a supply exchange with the Vatican. He said his uncle was a driver and told that the crates were 'not' food or medical, and it was all driven one truck at a time into an underground ramp. ..hmmm Some was also flown to England. Goerings house and the Hitler house were then(80s) just patches of dirt with a few foundation stones. After the war the local villagers torched everything and found nothing left inside...only the Eagles Nest had been untouched as occupied by the 101st. There is a pall that hangs around the area, a feeling nobody can ignore like mist...
@@theart9163 wow that’s incredible! Probably…what? Looted gold, artwork or other treasures. Wonder what the quid pro quo was between the Vatican, Switzerland and the United States.
16:30. I believe you may have misidentified 1st Lieutenant Sill. A man named Golden Charles Sill founded and ran a local diner "Sill's Cafe" in my home town of Layton, Utah, USA, which is still in business today. Sill served as mayor of Layton from 1983 to 1985, and served on the city council for seven years prior to his term as mayor. A few weeks ago I was in "Sill's" for breakfast when I noticed an old photograph on the wall. It was a picture of the capture/surrender of Göring. Also pictured were Gen. Stack, Lt. Shapiro, Lt. Golden Sill, and an unidentified US Army enlisted man. Thanks to your previous videos I understood the importance of the photo that literally hundreds of restaurant patrons pass every day without a second glance.
Would love to see an episode (or series!) on Martin Bormann! So many episodes allude to him and the power he held in Germany, and would be very interesting to hear your take on him in a more continuous form.
Eva Braun, according to Speer, was appalled by Bormann's lack of personal hygiene and his fooling around with young stenographers. According to Speer, Bormann was very uncultured.
My father K. Hechler interrogated Goring in 1945 at Mondorf Palace in Luxembourg( code name)" Ashcan". War Enclosure 32 Later he was our State Senator in WV but was most proud of his time as a U.S military officer. Major U.S 9th Armored Division. A military historian also. ( video posted)
I’ve always love history, especially military/WWII history but Dr. Felton inspired me to make Military History videos on UA-cam. He’s absolutely the best.
I've been interested in World War II stuff since I was a kid, and every time Dr. Felton has surprised me with his videos. I have no idea where he gets all these unbelievable stories from, but they blow your mind.
Goering took command of Jasta II after the Red Baron was killed, but I don't think he took command immediately after Richtofen's demise, but eventually.
The weirdest thing... I was just watching the Himmler episodes and thought to myself: "What was it actually like to catch Goering?" And in exact that same time this video was announced... Thank you Mark for reading my mind! :-)
I have always been interested in the history of WW2, i remember watching the World at War and documentaries on the History Channel. I learn so much from your excellent documentaries, really do appreciate the excellent work you put into them.
Goering was captured on May 8, 1945, by the 36th Infantry Division, a part of the Texas National Guard, and commanded then by General Dahlquist. Goering had reached out to Supreme Allied Commander Eisenhower about surrendering before his capture. Hermann Göring, shortly after he was arrested on the 9th of May, 1945, in front of a Texan flag. Medals and decorations were returned to him for this picture.
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One of Goering's quotes has stood the test of time remarkably well: "Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."
pretty sure that's not the original quote or a different.
the one i know has a part, were he said, that you have to make it look to the people, like they're under attack, and they will scream for war themselfes.
I think the citizenry is becoming more aware however and are not as easily misled.
@@jamesdunn2214
fat hermann was simply showing his contempt for the plebeian
he viewed as mere rabble.
As did, do & shall do
all the dictators, from Nimrod to Gengis Khan to Attila the hung to Kaiser-Bill to Vlad-the-bad-the-elder to Shaggy-Leo to Awfoul-Joe to 'ao-Tse-Tse-Tung to Horrible-'dolf to Kim-die-nasty to Adipose-Leonid to Vlad-the-bad-the-younger & Xi-com.
One phrase I picked in a short (fantasy)story put it wittily :
a bounty-inheritance-by-marriage hunter on his way to marry a rich princess,
thought of what he would do to the subjects of this king-less country once he got the power :
''Funny how the clueless nitwit ruled rabble never realize,
''how much we the rulers are tributaries of their worship to enable us
''in putting them under our yoke !''
Machiavelli's ''The Prince'' remains relevant.
Nazi.......👹
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When an answer is that long it's packed with lies
The absence of mellow drama and overwrought music is hugely appreciated.
"Melodrama" you dolt
@@chrisdonahue524no need to be rude
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@@chrisdonahue524 I think 'mellow drama' works well. Mellow out, dude.
The photo of Göring with the Texas state flag behind him always cracks me up. The juxtaposition.
Definitely one of my favorite photos. People who don’t know history don’t understand it but people like you and I get a good chuckle of it.
The 36th Division WAS jokingly known as "The Texan Army" since it was made up of Texas National Guard units.
Fitting also as the suspected American guard that is alleged to have slipped Goering the cyanide capsule at Nuremberg was nicknamed Tex.
@@jayjayson9613 Did they ever prove that Tex did it? If so, he would be in deep No.2 if he did. How Ironic that Texans captured Gen. Santa Anna after the Alamo, then history repeating itself with Field Marshall Goring. What a SMALL WORLD we live in!
we Texans love our flag I'll tell you that much
The fact that bormann was still scheming to get rid of other top nazis a few weeks before the end of the war speaks volumes of his machiavellian character
That leads to some pondering of how different post war history might have been if Bormann had not intercepted that message.
@@Midlife-Adventures not very I suspect. The allies were never going to settle for less than unconditional surrender at that point anyway and would have brought goering in on war crimes charges anyway
@@Combatwombat-sn7ng quite possibly. I was more considering the possibility of a joint defence against the Soviets. Too much at play for me to have anything like an informed guess at that. I've seen a fair bit of sci-fi based around the idea of the NAZI's winning, some on Hitler being killed earlier (potentially making Germany a whole lot better at strategic decisions).
Every top nazi in Hitler’s inner circle was always trying to undermine the others and gain favor with Hitler. I think Bormann and Himmler were the most dangerous, although Bormann’s power derived from his proximity to Hitler.
@@macleunin It is called the race to the top,as much as possible,as soon as possible,it is driven by the genes of survival.
I’ve always thought your research was impressive, and what I’m about to say is not to detract from that by any means. Although as I started my dive into editing; I find it incredible how many relevant photos and clips you pull out as you talk about a subject all intricately placed to round off what’s being said. I didn’t know how time consuming that can be at times, which at times feels harder than researching a topic. Your channel is all around gold Mr. Felton and inspiring for historians, editors, and simple military minded people alike. Thanks again!
@ Andrio Robberts - Hear, hear. I strongly agree.
I quite agree Andrio, bless you for saying.
One thing I also wished to mention is that Microsoft, Apple and all of the other technological companies are forever changing their formats of release and editing structures as well, so this business is expensive, arduous and hampered by the companies who should make it easier!!!
Editing is crazy, even I bowke at the thought of editing and I write little poems, however, making videos and editing information, conducting research in the beginning is tantamount to getting information to release and that is paramount.
Amazingly when I research subjects, a lot like watching Mark's excellent works of art, I somehow end up writing about new discoveries and the earlier subject I wished to research when I started out, suddenly becomes a thing of the past.
Mark's work is a revelation and a wonder. Cheers.
I irks that so many UA-cam channels use inappropriate and inaccurate photos, and Mr Felton does a fantastic job in these videos
Imagine having Göring in the back seat while you are flying a plane. The ultimate back-seat driver.
Oh he would have been a Nazi for sure.
The weight and balance computation would have been off the chart
"Effeminate, and he gives me the creeps."
@@ThePurplecadillac In the whole narration that remark was the oddest statement from anyone, especially from a pilot about a highly decorated WWI ace who could have done as good or better job of flying that plane. I think it tells us more about Capt. Bo Foster than Göring. In fairness to Foster, he further recalled Göring as having been sharp, friendly, and witty. Being pilots was not the only thing both had in common as each fathered only one child, daughters in each case.
@@jean6872 Göring wasn't effeminate and creepy?
Would love also see you talk about Albert Goering, Hermann's brother who was anti-Nazi and used his brother's influence to save several Jews, often getting into trouble for it.
Wait I never knew he existed and I’m even a history content creator! I’ll definitely do research on him because of your comment! Thank you for being him into my radar!
@@expandedhistory haha Mark and chums are pretty knowledgeable when it comes to ww2 history even I've learned a thing or two from reading the comments, have fun history hunting matey.
@@expandedhistory haha that’s awesome always cool to find something new theres a good book about goering and his brother and I’ll definitely subscribe to you!
@Bruce Stuart Lee im pretty sure Mr.felton already has a video on him if im correct
@@expandedhistory oh I truly do! I love all history channel’s big or small!! Great content!! 🙂
I was trying to look this up the other day, but really had no luck. This guy is a master of research and history. Thanks Mark
Imagine if he was just making everything up 😂😂😂😂😂
In fact, he is a historian himself.
Dr. Felton is without peer! I am in absolute Awe at his research and his pitch perfect delivery!
Human beings are so weird. Goering had no chance of getting out of his predicament, and at best could hope to be captured by the Allies for an inevitable trial and execution. Yet, he still was attached to his “things”, and with the world collapsed around him he had to transfer all his art and stuff to his other home.
To be fair, a lot of it was priceless art and had value outside of his ownership of them.
His train of his loot never made it to Bavaria, the US soldiers stopped the train and found the lot and confiscated everything.
Great episode. Love the detailed narration. Brings history alive!
I have enjoyed your History Hustle presentations as well.
lol I almost didn't recognize you without that map behind you.
he has the voice from commandos behind enemy lines.
@Kira Oof the irony of your comment, my god. I open your channel and looked at your banner and just sighed. My god the irony.
Goering had a very interesting sense of fashion. His light blue Luftwaffe Air Marshal uniform was very distinctive. A lot of people found it impressive. One of those people was 'communist' dictator Josip Broz, aka Tito. Tito had a near copy made for himself....minus the swastika patches. After visiting the former Yugoslavia, Qaddafi was so impressed with Tito's air marshal uniform, the Libyan Colonel had one made for himself.
Interesting. "Officially" Goering's Reichsmarschall uniform was supposed to be "dove grey," and in the WW2 uniform books I've got that's how it's described, but in color photos it always seems to image as light blue. Doesn't matter really.
Very good observation mate !
@@ottovonbismarck2443 Thanks!
@wayne antoniazzi
Goring had a Mercedes made especially for him and painted aviation blue, his favourite colour apparently. Dr Felton has done a video about it. Aviation blue is a very light blue similar to his field marshals uniform. I wonder if that is the reason his uniform is the colour it is. Aside from a difference to stand out which is a very Goring thing to do.
But I'm looking at how we're dressed here and I cannot help but to wonder: are we the baddies?
Thank you so much for this, Mark. You are absolutely one of the shining lights of UA-cam. I love your content. I also wanted to let you know that your research and knowledge very much show in your videos. Be safe, and keep up the fantastic work. -Victor Macke
You're not wrong.
@studio 2 deservedly so
Don't forget to nominate Mark for the Nobel Peace Prize, Man of the Year, and to be the next Pope.
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Yes, his content is great, etc, but the absolute non-stop slobbering over the man in an attempt to get a ♥ is amazing.
@@Lerxstification I'm not super concerned with that. I like his studies. I'm aware that he makes money, I WOULD nominate him for the Nobel, he'll never take my title as Man of the Year, and I think he'd be a terrible Pope. Also, if it were my choice, I'd probably throw him in for an OBE, but I'm not even a Brit. I don't care about hearts. Truly. I just enjoy his content, and if I remember correctly, this was the very first time I've EVER commented on one of his videos...
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One of my very best friends knew Herman Goering well during his final days. My friend was one of Goering's guards in Spandau Prison. He spoke German. He had fought as an infantryman alongside the Finns against the Soviets earlier in the War. He met many of the old line Nazis while he was a prison guard. He said Goering was the most likable and was actually charming. Goering gave him several momentos before his death (suicide) but my friend's luggage was burglarized when it was on the ship coming here. He told me he knew how Herman got the poison pill, but he would not tell me how it happened. As I watch the film of the prisoners' lives I see my old friend's picture from time to time. He said that they had to keep eyes on the inmates 24/7. Olaf was tall. He said that he had to bend over to watch the prisoners thru the opening in their door and his back was extremely painful. He said there was a lot of conflict between the prisoners and they shunned Speer. My old friend has been gone for 20 years now. I spoke at his funeral.
Speer lied about everything.
Nah. Goering is a narcissist.
Alot of really terrible and despicable people can be "charming". Not so shocking to me. The worst thing evil can have against it opposition is education and high intelligence.
Poor speer.....Yo Speer!
I am no fan of them but I always had a grudging respect for Goering, perhaps because of his clear physical courage and abilities. Certainly better than the "poison dwarf".
Great episode. I read an article in a military history magazine about Goring during the Nuremberg trials. The Americans put him on a diet and he lost weight and gained lucidity. Apparently he was very quick-witted and would debate the prosecutors. One time he berated the commander of a British guard detail for the shabby appearance of the soldiers. The Russians were granted a long meeting with Goring in his cell and they brought a picnic basket with wine. The American guards could hear them laughing and joking.
But the Russian judge decided to hang Göring like the American, Britain and French judges after the funny Russian visit in Goring`s cell!
Re. Morphine addiction and withdrawl.
@hazy78 he wasn't cut off cold turkey, he was slowly weaned off. The weight loss was due to a leaner diet.
@@chrisg4305 exactly. Amer1can guards actually slipped him some morph. I watched a bunch of documentaries on the trials, and circumstances surrounding it. There were actually (surprisingly) sympathetic guards who took to Göring.....sort of befriending him, in a warped sort of way (considering the circumstances)
@@chadkarr7394as a recovering opiate addict, it does elicit sympathy to watch someone in the throws of intense opiate withdrawal.
What makes Mark's videos outstanding above all rest historic channels is astinishing, strict focus on facts and key information, plus a great narration and ear catching voice!
You summed it up perfectly. His in-depth research, his focus on key information and points, amazing narration, and catching catching voice. He’s one of the best!
There's no reason to pander. He's got a million subscribers, at the time of this comment was over 500k I believe. He knows, we know, you dont need to desperately hope he thumbs ups your comment.
Excellent. My father was a U.S. Army First Lieutenant and a Company Commander with a Tank Division. He served in Africa and European Theaters of War. Sometimes under General Patton. He participated in liberating a Concentration Camp in Europe, but I don't know which one. He also participated in the D-Day landing. He never said much about the war. I wish that he was still here, there is so much that I would talk to him about, now that I am old. This documentary adds to my knowledge and I thank you very much.
I think Patton's forces liberated Buchenwald.
Fascinating history! I have trouble balancing the feeling it was all so long ago yet less than 20 years before i was born.
No wonder all my South London family talked about in my childhood was the war! Anecdotes of being strafed in school playgrounds by laughing German pilots, ARP warden's helmets in the garage, wartime recipe books still being used and a 3.7" nose cone /fuse of an anti aircraft shell in the writing bureau in the front room used as a paperweight.
It was still a huge & important part of my parent's & grandparent's lives as i grew up in the 1960's and 1970's.
These videos with the remarkable footage & detail you've collated along with the impeccable pronunciation of German names & place names bring those times to life so vividly.
Thanks Mark. It's really appreciated.
Staffed in a school yard that's sounds made up
If Pope-Asskisser and german Traitor Adolf didnt ruin our country and campaign, UK wouldve been taken over easily
Another excellent job Mark. I can’t even imagine how much work goes into each video that you create. But know that they are appreciated and enjoyed and you are keeping history alive especially during the greatest generation of all time.
It is truly an honor to witness history brought to life the way you do it. I have learned more in the last couple of months since subscribing than I did in 4 years of history lessons.
Thanks!
Easily the best military historychannel on this site. Dr Felton you tha man
My uncle was one of Goring's guards at Nuremburg. He said he talked to him often, mostly on a personal basis and not about the war.
Could your uncle have been the one who slipped Goring the cyanid? ;-)
@@ilovephotography1254 it was ss general von dem Bach-Zalewski, the butcher of Warsaw 1944, who boasted 'bout it later.
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@@ilovephotography1254 That was done when Goring's minister ran up to the next floor to listen to the World Series on the radio.
@@ilovephotography1254 That's what Lieutenant Tex . did
Your videos are the highest quality I’ve ever seen, it’s not riddled with ads and you show no bias, just facts. You are a unicorn.
Finally, a detailed and continuos recount of events about the lasts days of Hermann Göring, Adolph Hitler, and the infamous Third Reich.
Dr. Felton description and explanation of the historic facts is so scholarly refreshing and educationally entertaining, after listening and read for many years other historical recounts, but mostly all of them broken in pieces.
I will have to replay the presentation several times to be able to grasp every nugget of information. Fascinating!
Once again thank you for fleshing out the bare bones of a story that I first heard 60 years ago. It was interesting to hear that he was popular with the Americans; not so popular with the people of the UK and other countries who suffered from the bombing campaigns of the Luftwaffe. I was born and raised in Coventry.
A lot of Americans absolutely despised him, fwiw.
An absolute superb account of Goering, that will make some historians blush with it’s painstaking research and detail. I love your historical documentaries, especially regarding WW2. 👍🏻
This is one of the best episodes ever. It is well documented, well told, and well illustrated. Bravo!
I couldn’t have said it any better! What would be your top 3 videos from Mark?
@@expandedhistory this one, that other one, and the other other one.
@@W.LL1999 You stole the words right out of my mouth lol
Another Great Episode Dr. Felton, thank you. Your narrations really makes this story stand out.
I find it also ties in well with your 4 part series on the death of Himmler.
You truly show how delusional men like Göring and Himmler were. Even though they new the war was over, and Germany in a wrecked state, they lived in a sort of bubble, believing they could negotiate a future for themselves.
You also clearly show how remorseless Göring and Himmler were. " 12 years, I've had a good run for my money" is such a telling statement. If ever anyone did, Göring certainly suffered from narcissistic personality disorder, among other issues.
Thank you for these always enlightening episodes of history.
Once again, another of your brilliant documentaries has graced UA-cam.
Well done, sir, and thank you for all of your hard work to bring this history to us!
Thanks Mark. How bad is the state of UK television when all I look forward to now is content produced by talented individuals like mark on UA-cam...
These historical pieces are worth gold. Thank you Mark!
Instead of a summary of events all of the little details is what makes this video outstanding. 👏 🙂
Glad to see this re-uploaded. This was one of the most fascinating videos on the channel, and I really missed it.
This is the most comprehensive and complete summary of Goring's surrender and capture. Thanks for sharing Dr Felton!
Thanks for Your hard work to prepare every each episode!
Love this vid! If I remember you did an older one on this topic back in the day. This one one of my favorite WW2 topics, amazing! Thanks for the good work Dr!
i always make the mistake of watching these the second they come out, and having to wait so long for the next one 😂
I do that all the time lol. I watch them within the first hour they come out and then I’m stuck with having to wait another week for a video by Dr. Felton lol.
I've just discovered them and am binging, knowing I hasten the predicament you are in for myself
I like those eps a lot and Im also a big fan of WW2 history, but surprisingly I always succeed in waiting all the parts to be put together and watch it completely.
I just go to other videos, Ive seen many but there's always one .
Got the notification while I was working..time for a break to watch Mark Felton...and the capture Goehering World War II fighter Ace and head of the Luftwaffe
No lunch just Mark
You mean WWI right
Lol.
Same here
Born in 1942, I would say that was a post WW2 baby 👶 raised and schooled in the fifties and sixties. I thought I knew a lot about WW2. Your videos have brought me a new level of education as to the world war. Thanks 🙏 so much.
Incredibly informative as always. I always can’t help but to imagine what it would have been like to live through this crazy time.
If UA-cam was nothing but a platform for your videos Dr. Felton, it would be completely worth it. You and a few other channels are a beacon of light on a platform that so often is a place for inane, meaningless nonsense. Thank you for the work you do. Many of us greatly appreciate it.
I without a doubt love him. Like you said, he’s definitely one of the few channels left for true history on UA-cam. He inspired me to make my own military history channel. Hopefully one day I can be as big as him!
@@expandedhistory Don't focus on the size of your channel, focus on the quality. And the rest will follow :p
@@RyanTosh I love this mindset so much, thank you Ryan! Of course, putting out quality content to my audience or just simple people who decide to take 10 min out of their day to watch a history video of mine means the absolute world to me. The fact that they could be doing something else but decided to learn something new in history from my video means that they deserve the best quality they can. That’s typically why it takes a week for me to upload one video. Love your quote though Ryan!
Another great production Mark, I always have to watch a repeat when I've watched a new video to get my fix. Thank you.
You never cease to amaze me how thorough you are at you work .Well done Mark ..Jim
It's uncanny when aristocrats (who become 'part of history') have their young lives on film. Mostly I'm thinking of all the Kennedy home movies, but also Goering as a young ace too. Seeing all those eventually old (& not-so-old) statesmen running around in full-colour as toddlers is something else. Tho won't be so novel as more generations pass.
LORD GORING from Oscar Wildes drama 🎭
I think it will always be novel to see Great historical figures in their childhood
@@romanlegion5837 I was thinking in terms of everyone, documenting everything, everyday. But you know what, I think you're absolutely right. No matter how many petabytes accrue, only a few will ever truly command attention. Just like today. Thanks for that, well & simply put.
didnt realise Goring was from an aristocrat background but i guess one would have had to been as a German airforce pilot in WW1. Of course many a German toff was so anti-Communist that they were willing to back the genocidal Nazi thugs.
Yes. They werent always evil in practice. But a child psychopath is still a psychopath.
What I found most interesting about this was not Goring's fate, which I already had some understanding of. Rather the winding down of the war. Hitler was dead. But the interaction of the German soldiers and SS with the American soldiers. The German convoy letting them pass and saluting the Americans. The Americans so wanting Goring in their custody they go to pick him up even though they knew they would would meet German military on the way. The prize was worth the risk. And the SS cooperating in the hand off of Goring to the U.S. Goring being allowed at first to be armed. It all had a surreal quality to it.
so crazy you couldn't make up this insane ww2 history
20:50 I’m trying to imagine what it would be like to be one of those GIs on sentry next to an SS trooper. Hard to think of a more awkward situation during the war
Exactly what I was thinking! How could they stand side by side?
@@hubriswonk same as many things done during war I suppose. It was their duty at the end of the day. Probably not the worst thing they had been asked to do in their service.
I would have befriended them to get as much info as possible.
Or those 4 guys in the two m8s left behind. Surrounded by the Germans. Probably leaning against there vehicle, smoking, nervously joking around. What a scene!!
They may have just been glad for an end to hostilities. Much like the end of the first world war.
Good work, Felton. Goring did alright for himself despite everything, even cheating the hangman's noose.
Thank you Dr Mark. You have made history interesting and available, blessings from the States.
Really impressed with Felton as to how after so many years he has uncovered so many documents and details
Another perfect start to the day. Thank you Dr. Felton!
What an incredible story. When it comes to the byzantine relationships and workings of the Nazi hierarchy - especially during its last days - Game of Thrones has *nothing* your real-life accounts. Thanks Again, Dr. Felton.
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Dr. Felton,
I never even knew that there was a plan to capture this high level Nazi individual until seeing your video. This is what makes your videos and books so appealing and outstanding. Telling stories that not many people know about or are curious to learn about. This is what history is so thank you as always for putting this quality content out!
On a similar note, I wonder how long Goering and the staff could have kept the war going if they fled to Bavaria under that plan. Obviously Germany was doomed, but could have it have prolonged the war a few more weeks...or several months? Southern Germany is pretty mountainous if I recall correctly. The Italian campaign and the Korean War show how difficult fighting is in terrain of that type.
You are about as high a grade sycophant as Goring was to Uncle Adolf *
@@thunderbird1921 there was no war to keep going the allies demanded unconditional surrender no concessions and no compromise, Hermann Goering by this time was a drug addict addicted to morphine and completely delirious to the reality around him, he did us a favor by saving a rope.
@@DaveSCameron Who!
@@thunderbird1921 there were units dedicated to being mountain climbers and of course also warriors no place to hide
As a Brit that worked in Bavaria for 35 years, I can say that Göring was a bit of a character, the likes of which I came across quite often in Bavaria. Bavarians are rather a strange lot. They distance themselves from the northern Prussians and they hanker for the old days of when Bavaria had its own king, kingdom and identity. When I first went to Munich in 86, Strauss was the big man in Bayern. Strauss, was overweight and like Göring, highly intelligent, and had a keen eye for being seen as the 'King removed' of Bavaria. Point being here, is that Göring had more than likely a completely different way of thinking to the rest of the Nazi cabal.
I've arrived in Bavaria back in the summer of 93'. Me a former US MP, I was stationed at the time in Fürth/Nürnberg and later after 95'- till early 97' in Schweinfurt before separating from the US Army. I married a German, I stayed in Bavaria to raise our 3 beautiful kids. Prost, Schöne Grüße aus Mittelfranken.
Only after possessing ill gotten play toys and treasures for his collections. quite obvious he did not care what happened to anyone
As an Austrian who lives near the Bavarian border and who's region is heavilly influenced by Bavarian culture, i can say this is very accurate. My grandfather is a character like this, very excentric and charming, and wherever he goes he's the main point of interest in the room.
my friend has a car from Bavaria called BMW
"It's nice to be a Preuss, but it's higher to be a Bayer." Have you ever heard that one? It was funny and an expression of Bavarians' sense that they stand apart from - and above - other Germans.
Your research and attention to detail is excellent! Thank you
I spent years and a lot of money assembling this entire story. And it led to something much much larger. I am pleased it has been shared.
Probably the best WW2 resource channel on UA-cam. ✌️
Always good Mark. Thank you.🇬🇧
Excelente vídeo prof. Felton. Muito obrigado. Seus vídeos são aulas de história que não perco. Parabéns.
“I love splendor.” In virtually every film of Fat Hermann, he’s either got a sword or his field marshal’s baton in his hand. He’s the perfect example of the Peter Principle.
That baton is on display in the Infantry museum at Fort Benning, GA. Also Heir Goering's person highly engraved superposed shotgun. They had a softball sized chunk of Hitler's desk too. A great museum and worth being stationed at Fort Benning. I think its name has been changed lately. The place is still Fort Benning to me and will remain so.
Without doubt the best 25 minute doco I have ever seen and your best yet Mark
I must say you have the best history channel I have ever encountered..
so much detail and not taking sides just pure explanation in a objectively way
keep up the great work!! 😎😁
Another master history class by Dr. Felton!
I read an excellent book about Hermann Goring called "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist," by Jack El Hai. The book is about the US Army psychiatrist Dr. Douglas M. Kelley that did a psych evaluation of Goring and the other captured high ranking Nazis. It is a very interesting read. Apparently, that Army pilot's perception of Goring was not shared by all. From what I read Goring could be very personable but he was also a very manipulative sociopath, a very dangerous combination. Horribly, Dr. Kelley killed himself in front of his family many years later during the late 50's.
Thanks for mentioning the book's name. That makes searching for it a lot easier!
Re his suicide: Well looking into the minds of pure evil can put a great burden upon the unprepared.☹️
Another excellent book I recommend is written by his jailer Burton C Andrus - The infamous of Nuremberg. He descirebes his behavior while being held and also how he managed to escape the hangman
@@Manco65 If you study evil, evil studies you. That's an age-old fact, and you have to prepare, sometimes for YEARS, to specifically do that. You run into it tangentially when studying pre-catclysmic Earth history and the peoples that built the obviously very ancient megaliths.
I have read this book. It is compelling and insightful.
Thank you, sir. This is a story too easily overlooked. But it did leave me wondering - what happened to the families?
good idea for future videos.
Fantastic history lesson once again Professor Felton. Most of your detailed information, photos and film I have never read or seen, many thanks.
Great work. I've seen footage of that press conference with Goring and the Americans many times and always wish there was audio for it. Would be so interesting to hear.
I love the attention Mark gives to these fascinating events and moments in history.
Couldn’t have said it any better!
Actually, Goering was saved by this. The SS already had órders to ... "Apply "justice" to him.
The allies should have decorated him, he singlehandedly destroyed the Luftwaffe
Lol.
He had helped build it up first though, so definitely a mixed record.
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Hahahhahahahah
How did he "single handedly destroy the Luftwaffe" if Germany ran out of gas, metal, and manpower while fighting a two-front war?
Goring was so full of himself with his status as a defeated general he truly believed that after the war Nazi Germany would still exist and he can keep his wealth
Seems pretty typical frankly. It occurs to me that none of the US Presidents or generals instructing the invasions of Vietnam or Afghanistan lost much of their wealth. Admittedly they are obviously not the ones having their nation be invaded/counter-invaded. But I should think many of the German upper crust didn’t lose their millions post WWI either.
Yeah but it did and does still exist.
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Yet another very good treatment of the subject... a lot of detail that I was unaware of, or only obliquely..
Excellent piece of history, details we never knew during WW2. Thank you.
I remember seeing one of Goering’s uniforms on display at the Luftwaffe Museum in Berlin. No doubt he would not have been pleased with the way he is remembered, by the very organization he founded.
Is it true that the display refers to him as "Hermann Meyer," after a boast he made during the war that if a single allied bomb fell on Berlin Germans could call him Meyer?
& during the war,
he was supposedly vexed for being outmatched in corpulence by his deputy Hugo Sperrle.
@@charlesgrybosky1916 yep! I looked up the photo I took and in very bold letters, at the top of the display case it reads “Mein Name ist Meier”
Excellent as usual, thank you for such a well informed account of this part of the war.
Couldn’t have said it any better. Never knew about this sort of the war!
Another informative outline, this time covering one of Germany's most senior Nazi's. No hyperbole, no screaming narrative. Just factual reporting. These programs should be shown to all trainee "journalists" to teach them about proper reporting.
Mark, you did an amazing job. I have watched perhaps a dozen or so of your productions. This one was the best. Your narrative matched what was on the screen from beginning to end. I can't believe how you discovered all that footage.And you didn't end with the obvious choice: the still photo of Goering in his cell at Nuremberg after dying.
A level of detail of this event that I've never seen before. Thank you Dr. Felton.
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I’m wondering there was concern that both Himler and Goering might attempt to find refuge in neutral Sweden or Switzerland, respectively ( Mussolini was trying the same escape before he was caught). Was this a realistic fear? It seems that all combatants who ended up in either were interned for the duration of hostilities. But such war criminals like Himmler and Goerring? What legal or practical reasons would either nation be able to protect them? It seems that this would not be possible with Allied pressure that would be brought to bear. Already Switzerland was reeling under the economic warfare waged by the United States for doing business with Germany ( actually this would be a great episode if you haven’t done it already. Most people are unaware of the effective blockade of Switzerland. Even it’s overseas assets were seized under US sequestership. Probably the most effective economic warfare the US ever waged). Anyway was Goering and Himmler’s hopes even realistic. Were any Nazi war criminals able to hide in either country?
Served there and toured most sites many times. During a tour in the old Eisenhower Hotel, then part of the Garmisch military RnR complex, the guide showed us the lower tunnel column. (Which led to the SS barracks) He explained, that the swiss made a deal to allow occupancy troops, in exchange for leniency of their banks....we all know how that turned out 40 years later. But then he stated that the swiss used U.S. units in a column of 110 vehicles in a supply exchange with the Vatican. He said his uncle was a driver and told that the crates were 'not' food or medical, and it was all driven one truck at a time into an underground ramp. ..hmmm Some was also flown to England. Goerings house and the Hitler house were then(80s) just patches of dirt with a few foundation stones. After the war the local villagers torched everything and found nothing left inside...only the Eagles Nest had been untouched as occupied by the 101st. There is a pall that hangs around the area, a feeling nobody can ignore like mist...
@@theart9163 wow that’s incredible! Probably…what? Looted gold, artwork or other treasures. Wonder what the quid pro quo was between the Vatican, Switzerland and the United States.
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16:30. I believe you may have misidentified 1st Lieutenant Sill. A man named Golden Charles Sill founded and ran a local diner "Sill's Cafe" in my home town of Layton, Utah, USA, which is still in business today. Sill served as mayor of Layton from 1983 to 1985, and served on the city council for seven years prior to his term as mayor. A few weeks ago I was in "Sill's" for breakfast when I noticed an old photograph on the wall. It was a picture of the capture/surrender of Göring. Also pictured were Gen. Stack, Lt. Shapiro, Lt. Golden Sill, and an unidentified US Army enlisted man. Thanks to your previous videos I understood the importance of the photo that literally hundreds of restaurant patrons pass every day without a second glance.
The Doc that rocks. The Doc of course is Dr Mark Felton !
Those pictures were grand thank you for covering this in such vivid detail
Another excellent video-thank you, Mark!
I always enjoy these and find them fascinating. Thank you Professor.
"12 years...I've had a good run for my money." that really does nail it
Would love to see an episode (or series!) on Martin Bormann! So many episodes allude to him and the power he held in Germany, and would be very interesting to hear your take on him in a more continuous form.
A fox he was, Bormann, if there was one!
You will, eventually!
Eva Braun, according to Speer, was appalled by Bormann's lack of personal hygiene and his fooling around with young stenographers. According to Speer, Bormann was very uncultured.
his ancestor Brian Bormann is a top guy and antinazi
Its soon the intro music starts you know it gonna be a good historic lesson you will hear. Keep it up Mark Felton, you do it great!
Great narration priceless film footage !!! Awesome well done Mr.:):)
i've learn this before, but yet still learning history.
There’s always something to learn! It’s really just up to the individual if they really wanna keep doing that.
My father K. Hechler interrogated Goring in 1945 at Mondorf Palace in Luxembourg( code name)" Ashcan". War Enclosure 32 Later he was our State Senator in WV but was most proud of his time as a U.S military officer. Major U.S 9th Armored Division. A military historian also. ( video posted)
Did he live long enough to see we fought on the wrong side?
I've got into ww2 in a big way and a lot of that is down to your great videos so thank you.
I’ve always love history, especially military/WWII history but Dr. Felton inspired me to make Military History videos on UA-cam. He’s absolutely the best.
I've been interested in World War II stuff since I was a kid, and every time Dr. Felton has surprised me with his videos. I have no idea where he gets all these unbelievable stories from, but they blow your mind.
You Sir are a treasure. You offer a unique insight into important bits of history that are too often overlooked
Amazing material and research ! Thank you Dr Felton ! 👍
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That photo of him with the Red Baron is nuts!
Goering took command of Jasta II after the Red Baron was killed, but I don't think he took command immediately after Richtofen's demise, but eventually.
I love you mark, keep up with the videos bud
The weirdest thing... I was just watching the Himmler episodes and thought to myself: "What was it actually like to catch Goering?"
And in exact that same time this video was announced...
Thank you Mark for reading my mind! :-)
Where is the himmler video?
@@tmaliffawwaz9277 It has 4 parts. You will get them from Prof Felton's channel, I guess.
@@tmaliffawwaz9277 look at the playlists of Mark... you will find it....
I enjoy the history. Even the background music lets you know, this is serious history. Thank you
Thanks again Mark for another excellent video !
I have always been interested in the history of WW2, i remember watching the World at War and documentaries on the History Channel. I learn so much from your excellent documentaries, really do appreciate the excellent work you put into them.
Göring embodied the notion of the state being essentially a large scale piece of art.
Goering was captured on May 8, 1945, by the 36th Infantry Division, a part of the Texas National Guard, and commanded then by General Dahlquist. Goering had reached out to Supreme Allied Commander Eisenhower about surrendering before his capture.
Hermann Göring, shortly after he was arrested on the 9th of May, 1945, in front of a Texan flag. Medals and decorations were returned to him for this picture.
Now Texans put kids in cages
@femto no
@@pinchevulpes are you intoxicated ?
@@shockmaster1929 am I wrong? ( I mean this is a channel about historical facts)
@@pinchevulpes ya. The state doesn’t run immigration detention centers. The federal government does .