Werwolf - Hitler's Ukrainian Headquarters

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  • Everybody knows about Hitler's Eastern Front HQ called The Wolf's Lair, but hardly anyone knows about Hitler's other Eastern Front HQ, codename 'Werwolf', a mini-Wolf's Lair located in Ukraine.
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  • @garrysekelli6776
    @garrysekelli6776 3 роки тому +708

    The bomb worked flawlessly except för not working.

    • @aliabdallah102
      @aliabdallah102 3 роки тому +68

      Task failed successfully.

    • @silentone6411
      @silentone6411 3 роки тому +15

      An external factor stopped it from "working"

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      @user936 3 роки тому +25

      60% of the time, it works every time.

    • @garypulliam3740
      @garypulliam3740 3 роки тому +5

      I know, right?

    • @gamerxt333
      @gamerxt333 3 роки тому +16

      KillHitler.exe has crashed, send error report ? ( your personal info wont be shared)

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    @decam5329 3 роки тому +550

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    • @robertpersely1722
      @robertpersely1722 3 роки тому +3

      Hahaha!!

    • @stewcountrysongsstew4980
      @stewcountrysongsstew4980 3 роки тому +7

      Sad but true ..lol

    • @stewcountrysongsstew4980
      @stewcountrysongsstew4980 3 роки тому +18

      If the wife goes through my phone in sure she will think that Mark Felton productions is a generic brown wrapper for a porn site ...lol

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      @jillvalentinefan77 3 роки тому +12

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    • @dereklee796
      @dereklee796 3 роки тому

      @Tiago Suleyiman Ramos ??

  • @ballackChelsea13
    @ballackChelsea13 Рік тому +153

    Although I know, as a German, quite a lot about our history, this channel always brings up something which ist new to me. Thank you for that and your great work.

    • @heaterpistol6067
      @heaterpistol6067 Рік тому

      @handsome nazi Glad they lost. The Wehrmacht attacked countries in an aggressive war. Terrorism is when an army attacks civilians. Hitler made mistake after mistake.
      1. He let the troops at Dunkirk go, giving Churchill an army.
      2. He started attacking the UK, started bombing them, then stopped.
      3. He attacked British lines in Africa, with too few troops, tanks.
      4. He invaded the USSR. Strategic blunder. Two front war.
      5. Attacking civilians made it impossible to find allies.
      6. Hitler suddenly declared war on the US when he did not have to.
      7. He split his army, half going to Stalingrad and half going to the Caucasus Region

    • @lucindahumphries4702
      @lucindahumphries4702 Рік тому +4

      Your German "ist" is showing. Lol. I was born in Frankfurt as an "Army brat"and lived in West Germany in the 2nd and 3rd grades and the 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Your country is beautiful and I miss her to this day. Stay safe and God bless.

    • @Ciech_mate
      @Ciech_mate Рік тому +1

      Ho guys i served in germany in 2013/14 in fallingbostel i love your country. And I agree i always find something new here

    • @NapoleonBonapartepdrquay
      @NapoleonBonapartepdrquay 9 місяців тому +6

      My friend's elderly mother was a German nazi lady. She was in a nazi youth organisation, then joined the army as a nurse, serving throughout the war. Thereafter, she came to England to find a husband and married well having 5 children. I enjoyed long conversations with her over a decade or so, before her death in 2017. A good and principled lady who loved her family. I respected her.

    • @sleezy-vl2hu
      @sleezy-vl2hu 7 місяців тому +1

      Man if they could see the world today they would have realized the mistake they made in trying to kill Hitler.

  • @lippythelion181268
    @lippythelion181268 3 роки тому +130

    If they'd invaded the UK his HQ would have been Wolverhampton surely?

    • @christophersmith7714
      @christophersmith7714 3 роки тому +9

      Except for the fact that it's a shithole!

    • @philp8872
      @philp8872 3 роки тому +11

      underrated comment

    • @MacJaxonManOfAction
      @MacJaxonManOfAction 3 роки тому +7

      Or perhaps Wolf Hall Manor in Wiltshire - close to the ruins of Queen Jane Seymour's home "Wulfhall". It has the wolf and royal connection Hitler would probably have loved (he did often liken himself to Freddy the Great, after all). Quite a creepy place, by all accounts.

    • @mikerichardson4618
      @mikerichardson4618 3 роки тому +3

      Wolfhamshire

    • @BRLaue
      @BRLaue 2 роки тому +1

      Wehrwolfington Manor.

  • @kunyaco11
    @kunyaco11 3 роки тому +2145

    Always in the mood for a Mark Felton video.

    • @antmerritt
      @antmerritt 3 роки тому +14

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    • @bengis_bob8661
      @bengis_bob8661 3 роки тому +12

      Hell yes

    • @ThatC10Guy
      @ThatC10Guy 3 роки тому +11

      So true!

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      @Error_404_Account_Deleted 3 роки тому +15

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      @lucidcatnap 3 роки тому +8

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  • @SellOrReee
    @SellOrReee 3 роки тому +2227

    Filling in where The History Channel sold out.

    • @frogrock7561
      @frogrock7561 3 роки тому +29

      Silent One yeah, you’d think the History Channel would’ve learned. Oh wait..

    • @coldstonecanc3rgang994
      @coldstonecanc3rgang994 3 роки тому +12

      @Robert Williamson It could also be "Would have" which is also correct. Boy I miss proper grammar

    • @johnharris6676
      @johnharris6676 3 роки тому +29

      I agree! That history channel is a big joke!

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      @dereklee796 3 роки тому +4

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      @wiseapple 3 роки тому +22

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  • @szymonkarwowski1143
    @szymonkarwowski1143 3 роки тому +110

    I was there a few years ago. There is not a single pine tree near the Vinnitca. The Werwolf area is an exception. The headquarters itself is completely destroyed, but the information boards about the HQ and the occupation of Ukraine and the museum are interesting.
    Best regards to the author of this extremely interesting channel from Poland.

    • @lee20454
      @lee20454 10 місяців тому

      Despite of the nazi plea to the rest of western Europe to join them in illuminating murderous Soviet Stalin's regime, it's worth remembering that this nazi ruthless and criminal regime who's head ordered all Russian POWs to be shot immediately after the completion of this project and buried into the common pit. That says a lot. Peace and Love

    • @StevenKeery
      @StevenKeery 8 місяців тому +3

      It surprised me that they would bother wasting explosives to destroy this complex, unless Hitler didn't want to lose face by having Soviet troops posing for photographs in his forward headquarters. The concrete structures would have no real strategic purpose after Hitler had abandoned it.
      I would like to visit the site myself to take some photographs and pause in memory of those who had died there. The more I read about Hitler, the more I think what a strange, complex man he was. So many facets to his character.

  • @damianmcdonagh7908
    @damianmcdonagh7908 3 роки тому +49

    In September 2017, I visited the site in Vinnytsa, Ukraine. It was an eerie experience but well worth the effort. The nearby private museum is equally fascinating and unmissable. The museum in Vinnytsa is also interesting.

    • @SS33333
      @SS33333 Рік тому +1

      Always wanted to visit Obersalzberg Hitler's mountain retreat n see it wid my own eyes but sadly it's in ruins. Is this place worth going to.....

  • @smoketinytom
    @smoketinytom 3 роки тому +264

    Mmmm, the soothing voice of Mark sharing some obscure but brilliant history!

    • @ThatC10Guy
      @ThatC10Guy 3 роки тому +4

      National Geographic material right here (the new nat geo sucks)

    • @alitlweird
      @alitlweird 3 роки тому +5

      I can’t sleep unless I’m listening to a WWII doc narrated by a Briton.

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 2 роки тому +1

      Imagine that, a cold space on the plane kept the bomb from going off.

    • @pissiole5654
      @pissiole5654 2 роки тому +1

      @@alitlweird glad I'm not the only one mate! Haha

    • @alitlweird
      @alitlweird 2 роки тому +1

      @@pissiole5654
      lol. save a few exceptions, if the narration is American English, I can’t do it. (there is a WWII series narrated by Charlton Heston that I can listen to) I’m American, btw.

  • @RetroCat31
    @RetroCat31 3 роки тому +459

    "A poisonous little dwarf." Good one Hitler.

    • @jackgrattan1447
      @jackgrattan1447 3 роки тому +49

      I thought that was Goebbels nickname.

    • @RetroCat31
      @RetroCat31 3 роки тому +26

      @@jackgrattan1447 Well, that would describe Dr. Goebbels now wouldn't it.

    • @mftepera
      @mftepera 3 роки тому +22

      Stalin called Nikolai Yezhov a dwarf too...and then had him shot. Nasty little midget.

    • @insomniac2233
      @insomniac2233 3 роки тому +15

      New reference for a coworker! I laughed out loud!

    • @StalinTheMan0fSteel
      @StalinTheMan0fSteel 3 роки тому +16

      @@mftepera Stalin had another pint sized little guy in the early 50's, a sort of Johnny-come-lately Yezhov.... His name was Ryumin and Stalin's pet name for him was "pygmy"! Like Yezhov, he was eventually shot!

  • @johnrust592
    @johnrust592 3 роки тому +225

    When Mark talked about the Soviet prisoners building this complex, I thought, "I bet a paranoid lunatic like Hitler ordered their execution." About 15 seconds later, Mark confirmed my suspicion.

    • @cjstibitz2130
      @cjstibitz2130 3 роки тому +47

      No it makes a lot of sense. If you were a pow being forced to carry out slave labor. Once the work was done. There is a good chance at least one of those soldiers may escape. If even just one were to escape and then describe the layout to Soviet high command that could be the end of Hitler. Evil. But it makes sense

    • @metalfire86able
      @metalfire86able 2 роки тому +6

      Lol, it make sense to kill all of them. Its not about paranoid.

    • @stevejauncey3086
      @stevejauncey3086 2 роки тому

      Rest in peace

    • @kojak5500
      @kojak5500 2 роки тому +5

      It was never proven but only “reported”

    • @yakovendelman7659
      @yakovendelman7659 2 роки тому +2

      Besides they didn't sign the Geneva Convention and had no rights so it wasn't even a warcrime.

  • @damianmcdonagh7908
    @damianmcdonagh7908 2 роки тому +25

    I was there in September 2018. It's located near Vinnytsa and is accessible via taxi. Not a whole lot left but there's a fascinating private museum nearby. The main WW2 museum in Vinnytsa is also well worth a visit.

    • @magr7424
      @magr7424 Рік тому +2

      That's very interesting, thanks for sharing that information. Best regards!

  • @hedgehog3528
    @hedgehog3528 3 роки тому +579

    Wolfs lair?, Werewolf?
    These names make him sound like an evil mania-
    Oh wait

    • @antmerritt
      @antmerritt 3 роки тому +17

      An Alcoholic Hedgehog “werewolf!” “There wolf. There castle.”
      “Why you talking like this?”
      “I dunno you started it!”
      🤣 sorry I needed to expunge that classic line from Young Frankenstein. Sorry. 😂👍

    • @Chase_Barny
      @Chase_Barny 3 роки тому +31

      They always say werewolf but never how wolf

    • @JPoulAndersson
      @JPoulAndersson 3 роки тому +36

      Hitler chose these names with "wolf" in them due to an endearment by good friends often calling him Wolf, Adolf being old German for wolf.

    • @exsappermadman25055
      @exsappermadman25055 3 роки тому +1

      Moderation dear Sonic, moderation.....Heh heh.....

    • @guerrillapress77
      @guerrillapress77 3 роки тому +1

      @@Chase_Barny more importantly, why wolf?

  • @IFarmBugs
    @IFarmBugs 3 роки тому +168

    Apparently I grew up right next to one of Hitlers HQs, history keeps on giving!

    • @Clem_Fandango11
      @Clem_Fandango11 3 роки тому +8

      @Steve Jobs except Argentina only has a small bit of rain forest. Up on the Brazil border which isn't that dense. The rest of Argentina is mostly rolling plains and uninhabitable mountains where food is scarce and nothing grows...

    • @mauriceouellette7514
      @mauriceouellette7514 3 роки тому +1

      Bonjour du Canada Haaaaaaaaaa if Vassili Zaitsev know who's there

    • @VMohdude-
      @VMohdude- 3 роки тому

      @@Clem_Fandango11 ah you deserve a like

    • @mikeblazey3906
      @mikeblazey3906 2 роки тому

      Proof

  • @user-xh9lz2hj4e
    @user-xh9lz2hj4e 3 роки тому +14

    Mark Felton is a refreshment from all the animated clip art history videos

  • @mr.niceguy1812
    @mr.niceguy1812 3 роки тому +36

    "Grandpa, what did you during the covid lockdowns?"
    "Watched Dr. Felton's videos all day & learned a lot."

    • @marqsee7948
      @marqsee7948 Рік тому

      @@davidb2206 wow, you're old. You didn't learn more during the last several decades? You're carrying much inherited baseless fear and anger. Why? Bad home life between the world wars?

    • @marqsee7948
      @marqsee7948 Рік тому

      @@davidb2206 your grandfather died in the Civil War at age 29, you claim? Were you born in the 1920s or 1930s?

  • @matthewbrooker
    @matthewbrooker 3 роки тому +75

    The roof of the main quarters at Werwolf covered in shrubs and grass was noteworthy to me. Better than any manufactured camouflage. The quantity and quality of engineering to house and protect Hitler for such a short period of time is sublime ....so German.

    • @64maxpower
      @64maxpower 8 місяців тому +2

      If you had a bunch of free labor from amazing people that came from a place where hard work was a way of life why wouldn't you build a kick ass Headquarters?
      That was an extra douchy move to kill them. I thought hard work would set you free.

    • @sleezy-vl2hu
      @sleezy-vl2hu 7 місяців тому

      Man if they could see the world today they would have realized the mistake they made in trying to kill Hitler.

  • @robertansley6331
    @robertansley6331 3 роки тому +113

    Another brilliant video. I can understand why some thought Hitler had a guardian angel, the way he survived so many attempts on his life. I had not heard of this attempt on his plane and this is why I like this channel, the content is fascinating.

    • @danielosdinia4258
      @danielosdinia4258 Рік тому +3

      didn't you watch the film Valkyrie? This plot was depicted there as well.

    • @antikertech157
      @antikertech157 Рік тому

      @Chams Ali Hitler was a manipulator and dark magician. The end does NOT justify the means.

    • @arostwocents
      @arostwocents 4 місяці тому +1

      He had a higher power with him. It was not a positive higher power.

  • @richardbrayshaw570
    @richardbrayshaw570 3 роки тому +33

    This is one of the most remarkable stories of WW2 that I have seen. Well done, Mark.

    • @sleezy-vl2hu
      @sleezy-vl2hu 7 місяців тому

      Man if they could see the world today they would have realized the mistake they made in trying to kill Hitler.

  • @nashdapistolshrimp8641
    @nashdapistolshrimp8641 2 роки тому +14

    I've visited his place. Its freaking MASSIVE 😲. Those bunkers have upto 5m thick sidewalls and 8m thick roofs. Its pretty much impregnable. They could easily build a small town with the materials that were used to build this bunker complex.

  • @asheland_numismatics
    @asheland_numismatics 3 роки тому +242

    This channel is still the BEST!

  • @solomonholton1517
    @solomonholton1517 3 роки тому +49

    Even before the iconic intro music I leave a like button because Mark has never made a bad video! Thanks again :-)

  • @aussietaipan8700
    @aussietaipan8700 3 роки тому +21

    Hello Mark. You certainly deserve the millions of views and over 1 million subscribers. I shared your channels with my now 97 year of father about 2 years ago and he fascinated by the high level of content that your present. Thank you very much for the great work from myself and my father.

  • @hugolafhugolaf
    @hugolafhugolaf 3 роки тому +33

    Just how can MFP keep on releasing this amount of quality work at such a rapid rate astounds me.

  • @codysing1223
    @codysing1223 3 роки тому +167

    Hitler clearly had plot armor, he couldn't die until the end of the Anime

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 3 роки тому +7

      @The Honkler negative votes aren't registered by youtube

    • @Apodeipnon
      @Apodeipnon 3 роки тому

      @@visionist7 they push your comments down

    • @samiam619
      @samiam619 3 роки тому

      Cody Sing Don’t you have a stupid (poorly drawn) CHILDREN’S cartoon to watch? There adults in the room now. And this is real life History...

    • @chadkingoffuckmountain970
      @chadkingoffuckmountain970 3 роки тому +16

      @@samiam619 ok boomer

    • @codysing1223
      @codysing1223 3 роки тому +5

      Lmao. Ok boomer.

  • @6omega2
    @6omega2 3 роки тому +12

    It should be noted that "Werwolf" does NOT mean what English speakers associate that term with (i.e., the shape shifting man-wolf horror creature of legend). In German use, it means "Armed Wolf."

  • @kingkonut
    @kingkonut 3 роки тому +105

    Not surprised he never used the pool. Can't imagine Hitler in speedos.

  • @rossroderickwhitney
    @rossroderickwhitney 3 роки тому +41

    Once again, a splendid video from Mark of the highest standards, comprehensively researched, and narrated by a voice that to my American ears is not only authoritative but soothing and enticing. Best of all, perhaps: the viewer is not subjected to the excessively emotional, inescapable, wall-to-wall ghastly music that so often accompanies videos on WWII. Keep 'em comin, Mr. Felton!

    • @rossroderickwhitney
      @rossroderickwhitney 3 роки тому +4

      I thought my remark had been deleted, so I wrote it again. So what appears to be dementia really is not.

    • @studio2165
      @studio2165 2 роки тому

      Ars kisser..

    • @azarif3581
      @azarif3581 Рік тому

      Well said ,👍

    • @lee20454
      @lee20454 10 місяців тому

      That's an excellent and truly heart felt statement.

  • @nutzeeer
    @nutzeeer 3 роки тому +55

    so many butterfly effects... one can not count them all

  • @henrik496
    @henrik496 3 роки тому +51

    Would be interesting to know did any of Hitlers food taster get poisoned.

    • @wozzer3wa
      @wozzer3wa 3 роки тому +3

      No just bad wind

  • @concept5631
    @concept5631 3 роки тому +81

    3:58 *"...Anti-gas chambers..."*
    Oh, the irony is just seeping through the walls on this one.

  • @V8_screw_electric_cars
    @V8_screw_electric_cars 3 роки тому +30

    Note to self: never command armies while in fever

    • @milferdjones2573
      @milferdjones2573 3 роки тому +4

      Yes a Lee at Gettysburg and Napoleon at Waterloo also said to make their atypical frontal assault plans while having a fever. Lesson you can’t work though a fever and your doctor should order you to bed and prohibit you from giving orders till your over it.

    • @kronniichiwa9909
      @kronniichiwa9909 3 роки тому +1

      Let generals take charge

    • @shaneelnand9350
      @shaneelnand9350 3 роки тому +2

      More like don’t be on Meth and giving direct orders of war.

  • @tmg1993
    @tmg1993 3 роки тому +96

    Shoutout to my man Mark Felton, I'm always down to learn from you

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheJeremyseattle Behave yourself Jez

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron 3 роки тому +5

      @Joseph King ... because it's essential that one offers ones finest grammar, vocabulary and punctuation to suit your retentive needs? If you can't understand him learn, if, on the other hand, you dislike his sentiments why would you believe pointing out his English would help?

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron 3 роки тому +4

      @Joseph King What a smart, superiour and shining light you are Sir!

  • @mountainhobo
    @mountainhobo 3 роки тому +79

    Not sure why you feel Hitler had a penchant for "gloomy pine forests". I visited the original Wolf's Lair in Ketrzyn when I was a kid. There was nothing gloomy about the area. Pine forests are beautiful in the summer. On the other hand, in the six months of late October to mid-April all of that area is miserable and dark regardless of whether it is forested or not. It's just the nature of northern climate.

    • @99somerville
      @99somerville 3 роки тому +6

      mountainhobo I’ve always heard the area around the Wolf’s Lair was swampy, therefore mosquitoes must have been a problem. Perhaps that is what made it gloomy.

    • @mountainhobo
      @mountainhobo 3 роки тому +8

      @@99somerville "mosquitoes" -- That's Warmia and Mazury, a.k.a. Polish Minnesota, post-glacial lakes all around, so yeah, you won't escape mosquitoes, but that's true for most of the former East Prussia. Best locate near a large body of salt water, preferably breezy, but those areas while available in that region tend to be far more exposed, so militarily not desirable. Having said all of this, Minnesota is quite beautiful. As for the mosquitoes, remember they sense fear. ;)

    • @damuses1452
      @damuses1452 3 роки тому +6

      Exactly. Then again, I've noted on several of this man's videos he adds barbs against NSDAP Germany and/or takes "poetic license" with his narration.

    • @56squadron
      @56squadron 3 роки тому +7

      @@damuses1452 - We're all human.... where that enters in, our personal feelings will sometimes encroach. The only way to avoid that is soulessness.... and nobody actually prefers that.... well maybe liberals do... but nobody else.

    • @metalfire86able
      @metalfire86able 2 роки тому

      He had differ taste.

  • @Kynos1
    @Kynos1 3 роки тому +22

    "Poisonous little dwarf" - "Giftzwerg"

    • @Blei1986
      @Blei1986 3 роки тому

      ja, "kleiner Giftzwerg"
      at least he had sooome kind of humor lol

  • @mirola73
    @mirola73 Рік тому +8

    I thought I knew quite a lot of WW2, Mark Felton never ceases to amaze me presenting knew information. Thank you !

  • @40AndAWakeUp
    @40AndAWakeUp 3 роки тому +144

    Who's liked the video before watching? I have!

  • @codybailey855
    @codybailey855 3 роки тому +33

    Very cool! I was totally unaware of this second HQ on the Eastern Front. Thank you again sir

  • @sarge6870
    @sarge6870 3 роки тому +8

    Never a dull story my friend. Always providing history that was not known by most! Feed me more Mark... :)

  • @Schnitz13
    @Schnitz13 3 роки тому +21

    7:30: "At Army Group Center Headquarters in Smolensk, in the Ukraine." Then as now, Smolensk was a part of Russia (Russian SSR), not Ukraine.

    • @gerhard6105
      @gerhard6105 2 роки тому

      He says "the Ukraine". Then a not excact area is ment and not a country, ssr or reichskommissariat.

  • @advisingbob
    @advisingbob 3 роки тому +146

    45 degrees Celsius= 113 F, for our American mates.

    • @skydiverclassc2031
      @skydiverclassc2031 3 роки тому +19

      Double the C degrees, subtract 10%, and add 32 = F

    • @MrKillswitch88
      @MrKillswitch88 3 роки тому

      It gets hotter than that in some places here with death valley being the most well known but unofficially some spots on a not too uncommon bad day can top close to 60c in the south west.

    • @jackgrattan1447
      @jackgrattan1447 3 роки тому +25

      @Rad Derry But "Fahrenheit" sounds cool.

    • @anthonyanth8368
      @anthonyanth8368 3 роки тому +1

      @@jackgrattan1447 lol 😃

    • @johnjacobs1625
      @johnjacobs1625 3 роки тому +3

      @Rad Derry We are too set in OUR ways! Sorry mate.

  • @averagedemographic8933
    @averagedemographic8933 3 роки тому +18

    I visited the site back in like 2015, very interesting, huge concrete blocks split in two by I assume incredible force. The forest was deep and the bunkers strewn about.

  • @avacyn2000
    @avacyn2000 3 роки тому +4

    That opening music always gets me hyped for some quality Mark Felton.

  • @drummingkiwi8766
    @drummingkiwi8766 3 роки тому +17

    Love your videos! A true step above in terms of quality from most of UA-cam! Also may I suggest a video on the amazing story of Joe Beylre. He was captured as a paratrooper on d day. Escaped and got recaptured several times. Then escaped and made it to the Russian lines and asked to fight in the red army before getting hurt I believe and visited by General Zhukov and given a pass back to the USA. A truly incredible story!

  • @sisyphusvasilias3943
    @sisyphusvasilias3943 3 роки тому +51

    "... for Hitler and his intimates."
    Genuinely can't tell if Mark is referring to Hitler + his closest aides or Hitler + his underwear.

  • @tankerd1847
    @tankerd1847 3 роки тому +4

    I learn so much about the war that I never would've heard about if it weren't for your channel. Thank you.

  • @aaronfarris8159
    @aaronfarris8159 3 роки тому +2

    New to the Mark Felton experience, Love It so far. Although I own most Great War movies, I've learned ALOT about WWII from this Great Channel 💙

  • @woodenseagull1899
    @woodenseagull1899 2 роки тому +10

    Mark. Your research is so good. I am astounded at the detail you uncover..! Thank you so much. I lived through those times, in England of course. Keep up the good work, I do recognise that memories are fading away . Therefore, you are vitle to keep memories alive.

  • @leonmcmahon363
    @leonmcmahon363 3 роки тому +17

    That intro always hooks me straight on to the video well done mark 👏

    • @antmerritt
      @antmerritt 3 роки тому

      Leon McMahon yes so glad you mentioned it me as well! 👍😁👊

  • @MasterMalrubius
    @MasterMalrubius 3 роки тому +16

    I suppose Pavlov was on to something. I hear the music and I begin drooling.

  • @lightzpy8049
    @lightzpy8049 3 роки тому +26

    Hitler: "I want a new compound base"
    Workers: "Okay lets go to work boys"
    Workers: "We are done"
    Hitler: "Liquidate them"
    Workers: 0__0 WHY

    • @Blei1986
      @Blei1986 3 роки тому

      well, it actually makes alot of sense.
      the allies would have set that as priority for bombruns imo

  • @Zoped98
    @Zoped98 3 роки тому +8

    I absolutely love your content, and I’d like to make a suggestion: A video or short series on the American submarine USS Barb (SS-220).
    In short, this submarine ravaged Japanese shipping, was the first to launch rockets from the Japanese shore at military and industrial installations on the mainland, and sent in a strike team of saboteurs to set a very dangerous bomb, blow a train rail, and derail a train carrying military personnel.
    Furthermore, their skipper, Eugene Fluckey, was awarded the medal of honor (among other awards) and went on to be promoted to Rear Admiral following the war and led the U.S. Navy submarine ballistic missile testing program.
    It is truly an amazing story of bravery, with some of the crew’s achievements being literally the stuff of legend, and I think it’d make a great video if you’re interested :)

  • @tylerfoss3346
    @tylerfoss3346 3 роки тому +6

    How you keep finding important segments of history continues to pleasantly surprise me, Dr. Felton. Once again, unknown to me and very well done. Thank you!

  • @L3fty233
    @L3fty233 3 роки тому +46

    Wouldn't it have been simply ironic if hitler was killed by gas in one of his bunkers. Very neat video, I love ww2 history.

  • @lee20454
    @lee20454 10 місяців тому +4

    Dear Dr. Felton, aside from your obvious tremendous knowledge of history, and incredible way you present your material makes it for me as a magnet with the force which is impossible to break. Thank you so so much.

  • @awallner1
    @awallner1 Рік тому +1

    "Werwolf, vercastle." My favorite line in Young Frankenstein. Your video reminded me of that.

  • @johngaltman
    @johngaltman 3 роки тому +16

    I've never been in a pine forest I wouldn't think oppressive, instead they are quite, composed, and full of life.

    • @91harleyfxusnretired3
      @91harleyfxusnretired3 3 роки тому +4

      You would be right. The trees’ canopy adds a quietude + sense of shelter from the surrounding world. Shade and bit of cooling in heat. Bugs not really so bad if the terrain isn’t wet/swampy…
      But the other aspect is also true. Lost sense of direction. Gloom, strange noise of unknown wildlife. When weather is bad and blasting thru, a false sense of security that might crash down on top of you.
      The context kinda makes the atmospherics.

    • @Giorg189
      @Giorg189 3 роки тому +2

      Indeed, the occasional wolf pack or brown bears, make a great deadly company!

    • @keithschneidly3922
      @keithschneidly3922 2 роки тому +2

      Green in the winter too.

    • @markus1642
      @markus1642 Рік тому +1

      If you still havent been in pine forest, go visit some old pine forest with big big trees. its like fairytale when nothing grows on the ground but green moss and everything is soft and quiet.

  • @tomrutt25
    @tomrutt25 3 роки тому +16

    I love your German pronunciation 👍 adds an extra greatness to your videos👍

    • @revelation6780
      @revelation6780 3 роки тому +1

      you might like it, but it's incorrect due to pronounciation and accent. does not matter anyways, but needs to be mentioned

    • @Blei1986
      @Blei1986 3 роки тому +1

      @@revelation6780 it's totally fine for someone who doesn't speak german as first language.

    • @revelation6780
      @revelation6780 3 роки тому

      @@Blei1986 Like i said, it does not matter. I wanted to Klugscheiss only - tho i don't know what Klugscheissen means in english ;).

    • @DrJones20
      @DrJones20 3 роки тому +1

      @@revelation6780 Smartcurse?

  • @Trillock-hy1cf
    @Trillock-hy1cf 3 роки тому +2

    I have seen pictures of the Wolfs Lair, but not of the other two 'Lairs' but nice to see all three in great detail, and the calm and collected commentary by Mark......as usual...:)

  • @PorkChopJones
    @PorkChopJones 3 роки тому +10

    Thank you Mark Felton, you hit the nail on the head once again, as always your attention to detail is impeccable mixed with still shots and a quality of video that had to be way ahead of it's time.

  • @philbob_d1562
    @philbob_d1562 2 роки тому +3

    I'm very happy to have found these videos.. as an amateur historian this is information that I've never seen. Thank you Mr Felton.

  • @iron6672
    @iron6672 3 роки тому +11

    That's so interesting. More engaging than recent Hollywood-Flicks.

  • @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control
    @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control 3 роки тому +15

    Man the tension of the Tresckow/Brandt scenes in Valkyrie were so well done. Even though you know how it ends you're still crossing your fingers with the plotters the whole way through. What a shame those guys couldn't have ended it all then.

    • @mar3869
      @mar3869 Рік тому +2

      Good thing all those traitors were dealt with.

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 Рік тому

      @@mar3869 are you a nazi?

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 Рік тому

      @@davidb2206 are you a nazi?

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 Рік тому

      @@davidb2206 it's a simple question and how am i blocked? LMAO

  • @Lewis-pv5gv
    @Lewis-pv5gv 3 роки тому +6

    I’ve been watching your channel since the start and Love it! Can you pls make a video about the Yugoslavian war In the 1990s?

  • @patrickmccarron5059
    @patrickmccarron5059 3 роки тому +10

    Gee whiz, I never knew the was a second Wolf's Lair type of facility.

  • @randyattwood
    @randyattwood 3 роки тому +12

    Fascinating and another event about which I had never heard a thing.

  • @Noticing-Enjoyer
    @Noticing-Enjoyer 3 роки тому +24

    "Poisonous little dwarf". Hiler had a sense of humor lmao.

  • @pietrostavastano2356
    @pietrostavastano2356 2 роки тому +2

    It is far from "forgotten", I have been there twice on a school trip

  • @maximiliankolbe_NIN
    @maximiliankolbe_NIN 3 роки тому +14

    Damn that’s impressive. Less than one hour and over 10k views! Bravo.

  • @FuriousGerbil5
    @FuriousGerbil5 3 роки тому +6

    Just made some steak and eggs, time to catch up on my WW2 history with mark Felton

  • @SonOfFudge
    @SonOfFudge 3 роки тому +2

    I think one of my favorite things to hear is the inro music Mr Felton uses/has
    Its very good
    Anybody else agree?

  • @mariaedwards6371
    @mariaedwards6371 3 роки тому +3

    I have learned so much watching your channels. Things that are not taught in school. Thank you

  • @andrewh5457
    @andrewh5457 3 роки тому +4

    Often seen standing up in a Mercedes, wearing Hugo Boss, with his arm in the air, a bit like Lewis Hamilton.

  • @jacobfarrell7171
    @jacobfarrell7171 3 роки тому +6

    If it existed in WW2 it is never forgotten thanks to Mark Felton.
    Now let's get him 1 million subscribers!

  • @Johnyperks
    @Johnyperks 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing video, Mark Felton is the best War historian on your tube by far

  • @srb99100
    @srb99100 3 місяці тому

    The symphonic Bass to Dr. Feltons videos is a treasure in and of itself 🙏

  • @georgearmerding
    @georgearmerding 3 роки тому +26

    I just want a video of Mark Felton dancing to his intro music.

    • @gary11able
      @gary11able 3 роки тому +4

      I do it all the time wearing a tutu and jam filled wellies..........oh God, did I say that out loud.

    • @deftone1
      @deftone1 3 роки тому

      gary11able 😆

    • @robertandrews6915
      @robertandrews6915 3 роки тому +2

      Id rather him use him time making more fantastic videos. A video of him dancing just sounds stupid. This ain't tik tok

    • @alexpilgrim1659
      @alexpilgrim1659 3 роки тому

      🤣

    • @mandywalkden-brown7250
      @mandywalkden-brown7250 3 роки тому +4

      Robert Andrews - guess you still haven’t learnt to ascertain whether something is said tongue-in-cheek yet? You must be such fun to around ...

  • @billd.iniowa2263
    @billd.iniowa2263 3 роки тому +6

    This is the first I've heard that the decision to split Army Group South in two was made while hilter was feverish with the flu. Why am I just hearing this now? Nice work on this video Mark. But is this some new information that has just come to light?

  • @AlexD889
    @AlexD889 Рік тому +1

    Man I wish this channel was around when I was in high school great stuff!! I actually like learning history now mark makes it so intriguing. Here I am 26 and learn more about ww2 from mark than I ever did from high school.

  • @WesloTheTerrible
    @WesloTheTerrible 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent documentary again Dr.Felton❕-Cheers🥂from Nashville, Tennessee 🇺🇲👍🏻👍🏻

  • @1942Johnnyred
    @1942Johnnyred 3 роки тому +5

    Great episode again Mark. Was wondering if you could find out if any British or commonwealth ground troops landed on okinawa on the first days of the invasion.

  • @ajbufort
    @ajbufort 8 місяців тому +3

    Though American, whenever I start to watch one of your excellent videos, I always give the British salute! 😅

  • @randal4776
    @randal4776 10 місяців тому

    What I like about Mark Felton's videos is that he uses different footage for each video and not the same ones over and over.

  • @beanerflowers09
    @beanerflowers09 3 роки тому

    Whenever I get a notification that mark Felton put out a new video I get excited never ignore this notification...

  • @johannesnicolaas
    @johannesnicolaas 3 роки тому +9

    The world is good again, when I hear this opening music

  • @nicobas773
    @nicobas773 3 роки тому +4

    Wow... Such great knowledge on M.Felton. Best ww2 history teacher to my knowledge :)
    Thank you so much Mr. Felton.

  • @mdallas
    @mdallas 3 роки тому

    FYI this theme music is spot on. great content. subbed and watch often in my feed.

  • @matthewlok3020
    @matthewlok3020 2 роки тому

    That fuse was the same one used in the St Nazaire raid. At least this one worked perfectly until the percussion whereas the fuse in St Nazaire worked way off the expected detonation by hours

  • @redrobur68
    @redrobur68 3 роки тому +8

    My goodness, the light brigade's ride through the history of the German military resistance. Very good work. What always upsets me is how bumbling and self-absorbed this resistance was. This is in complete contrast to the extent to which this resistance has been hailed. My silent and little honored hero is Johann Georg Elser.

    • @redrobur68
      @redrobur68 3 роки тому

      @Pedro Kantor
      Wise words. But from my point of view, this is about more than a myth. In fact, the German resistance had many variants. From my point of view, the military resistance was not a resistance at all, but an attempted coup by the people who had previously helped make Hitler great. But the young Federal Republic of Germany needed this fairy tale of the military resistance to show that there was also a clean German military, because after all, the generals of the Wehrmacht were also the first leaders of the Bundeswehr. The fact that there was also a communist, a social democratic or a Christian resistance wasn't particularly helpful. Nor did the desperate acts of individual ordinary citizens receive adequate attention.

  • @johntechwriter
    @johntechwriter 3 роки тому +7

    If there is a lesson to be learned from all of Mark's insightful documentaries, it is not to entrust your life to a demagogue with delusions of grandeur. You will end up another unknown in a mass grave.

  • @cornbeefsandwich2828
    @cornbeefsandwich2828 4 місяці тому

    When I was in hospital, nurses had to distribute themselves or come in in pairs to keep a safe non distressing distance. That book is outstanding literature.

  • @jasonfernee2401
    @jasonfernee2401 2 роки тому +1

    When Mark Felton rocks up with another information packed moment of historical mastery, it's time to make a nice pot of tea with biscuits.

  • @mad_dog1971
    @mad_dog1971 3 роки тому +3

    Mark your videos are truly fantastic to watch. Better than anything on TV or Netflix
    Thank you so much

  • @terrygrossmann2295
    @terrygrossmann2295 3 роки тому +7

    I was watching another YT channel. when I received the notification that Mr. Felton had just uploaded. Oh well, the other channel will have to wait.

  • @thEannoyingE
    @thEannoyingE 3 роки тому +2

    Always learning new WWII history thanks to Mark Felton. I hope at some point, the US POW camps for German and Italians will be covered.

  • @TeunisD
    @TeunisD 2 роки тому

    Good you say 'forgotten' Mark, as I had the opportunity to visit the ruins of this complex, but actually forgot to actually visit and instead spend my time elsewhere in the region.

  • @TheKulu42
    @TheKulu42 3 роки тому +13

    I had never heard of Hitler's second Eastern headquarters until now. Another gap in my WWII knowledge filled!

  • @MrJoeGarner
    @MrJoeGarner 3 роки тому +4

    Another amazing video Mark! Thanks for what you do.

  • @Roller_Ghoster
    @Roller_Ghoster 3 роки тому

    Mark I'm going to ask you a stupid question 😁 I clicked on the Filmhauer link and it took me to a Militaria 1945 channel. I take it this is the right channel to view further footage from the period covered in your video?

  • @BatMan-oe2gh
    @BatMan-oe2gh 3 роки тому

    Another interesting video Mark, Learn something new every time. One happy subscriber. Keep up the good work. 👍👍