East Meets West 1945 - US-Soviet Linkup at the Elbe
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- The real story behind the meeting of US and Soviet forces at the Elbe River in Germany on 25 April 1945 - not quite what we have been led to believe!
NOTE: Though I'm British, I use the American pronunciation of 'Lieutenant' when discussing US forces.
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1945: The valiant Russian Bear.
1946: Those dirty red villians.
Just so people know i wasn't really making a political point only that it amuses me how quickly the Russians went from friends to enemies.
The comment wasn't expressing my view it was more of a joke of how quickly are perceptions of the Russians changed. I have nothing but deep respect for all people who fought the Nazis.
@@nemonooit without the British and French selling out on the Polish,Czechs and many more countries in fear of the Germans,the germans would've never took speed and killed as many as they did. The Russians signed a non aggression pact,and the first Russian troops arrived in Poland after Warsaw was already under siege by the germans.
@@Johnsavage1 they should remove replies to be honest. It's kinda infuriating seeing so many people viewing ALL Soviets as monsters.
The same was with Germany and Japan, but exactly the opposite. I remember one phrase from a war-time US army film, it went something like this: "... a savage nation incapable of innovation" vs one from 1950s: ".. these industrious people .."
I suppose the ultimate goal was to hold back the reds.
"uh sir?"
"what"
"There's a dude on a horse"
"what's he doing?"
"just staring menacingly"
" yup that's the Russians tell HQ"
Right 😂
And that Cossack guy be like: Did I drink too much Vodka today?
are those Amerikans I'm seeing?
I must be dreaming right?
How did I get on a horse?
Cossack not Kazakh
@@tpower1912 hahaha okay but they do sound the same hahaha XD
The reason he was coucious because he does not want to be killed by germans in american uniforms.
My dad was there, he defied orders and crossed. Got the photo proof. One of his proudest moments.🤣🤣🤣🤣
What did he think of the soviets?
@@harshbansal7982 He met a troop, that appeared to be Mongolian. He crossed in basically Jon boats. If I knew how to attach the photo I would. My brother just saw my posting and has attached the photos, Check for the link?🤷♂️
He will also have the event more accurate in details.
@@jameskoch7190 do you know imgur ? You can attach the photo there .
Well KOCH ain't ROBERTSON either !! I'm sure he is right about the names
R.I.P. to that brave war videographer, he did his job well.
Yes was sad to hear died days later, bitter sweet
@dimoshanti i hear gaston motdrew
@@daleval2182 immediately afterwards mate
@dimoshanti Gaston Madru, a french camera men. he died in Leipzig, 19 Apr 1945. one of his famous filmed record was used in NGC's documentary 'ww2 apocalypse'
What? I thought camera men never die!! How did he die?
"We have been misled for several decades" should be the motto of your channel
Ha! Awesome. :-)
"Well, not exacty" is close second to that
Mark is always debunking the bunkers.
ha
@Pedro Kantor, the Crimson power Fister So very true - and yet our education system blindly continues to put forward incorrect versions of history to the young ones, decade after decade after decade...
Makes you wonder just how much of what we've been taught is factually correct.
So it was more like:
US troops: hey, good to see you
Soviet: hey, good to see you
too.
Both: Bye!!
Then......the Cold War begins!
**murmurs to self**
"You're next."
Then the Soviet forces took large parts of east Europe, including Hungary, which led to circumstances where two young people, 20 and 18 years old (my parents), had to flee to west. And the long Cold War was a fact...
That's how it was at the front: no politics, just fellow braves glad to survive the war
"We defeated the wrong enemy."
These men were so happy, they never thought a 45 years conflict would ignite moments later.
Maybe the media should have reported all the mass murder of Polish POWs the Soviet Union was responsible for since Poland was supposedly the reason the war started?
I think alot of them knew that something would happen, many of them probably even thought they should continue invading east/west, and finish freeing all the poor abused citizens on the opposite side.
@@Balthorium Do you think the good guys would ever report how they sold Poland twice? What about their heroic image?
@Ahmad Omar lol. All countries team up with Nazis starting WW2 and massacring POWs then lying about it until 1991! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
They didn’t know their real enemy at all.
My dad was there,,, he spoke fluent Slovak and, was used as a translator....
I remember listening to him at night, praying in bed with his walking rosary,,, in Slovak.
My dad, my hero, I am such a fortunate son!
I like the last two words you just said comrade :D
@@comradekenobi6908 *_IT AINT ME, IT AINT MEE_*
well i aint no fortunate son :(
On what side who with
So He was translating Slovak language ? How could that help with Russian / english
*I am Russian and I would like to see this peace between the two powers again. No one in Russia wants war as well as in the United States*
Did you just jinxed it?
American born myself and none of the people here want war with Russia. We shall never forget our friends from the East 🇷🇺.
Bound by blood always and forever.
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺
@@SovietMOB funny how karl marx and linclion we're pen pals and friends and borrowed ideas from one another
unfortunately some neocons and woke lefties in USA and NATO think Russia has to be destroyed ...I think they have no clue how wrong they are
@@mush6681 "Pen pals" is a little strong. Marx wrote to Lincoln congratulating him on fighting against slavery and he encouraged him to continue to fight for the liberty of the oppressed working class. Charles Francis Adams (ambassador) wrote back on behalf of Lincoln. CFA basically politely and diplomatically says "Thank you".
I'm a history buff, especially WW2 and Mark always throws in footage I've never seen. Truly one of the best youtubers.
Yeah I always wonder how he gets/finds the footage that we've never seen
WW2 He is untouchable as a historical truth teller, his research must be staggering, but so worth it and he never glorifies war, yet respects the people who fought and died in them.And now we are busily giving away every freedom that they fought for away, for an exaggerated flu..
@@robertarmstrong2470 the pandemonium we’ve witnessed over the past 9 months over a virus with a high mortality rate has been very nearly unbearable. China should pay for unleashing the Kung-flu! Of course I’m kidding.......2020 has been a terrible year.
@@anthonysodano2255 So China shouldn't pay for their ineptitude and irresponsibility which unleashed a deadly pandemic on the world? Or at least acknowledge that it came from their country and stop trying to pretend that it came from the US, Canada, Italy, etc and so on? Oh right.. I forgot.. The Chinese Communist Party can do no wrong in today's world.. Just like they're definitely not keeping millions of ethnic minorities in concentration camps, definitely not carrying out mass forced organ donations, and certainly aren't violating every international agreement in regards to Hong Kong and carrying out mass arrests in that region due to the new security law, suspending elections, and arresting and preventing pro-democracy politicians from taking their elected posts. Yup, definitely none of that happening because China is a benevolent behemoth who just wants to share pandas with the rest of the world.
The best WW2 historian period.
Just like the Soviets and the Americans met up to celebrate a great victory, we history fans and Mr Felton meet up through you tube to celebrate history and learn it's hard lessons. Let's hope Mr Felton keeps this up. Cheers
😘
'Dr Felton' as he has a doctorate.
give our teacher some respect
@@bsolutions525I will from now on, thanks for pointing that out sir
@@bsolutions525 umm, really? Is he a God? He is just someone with an education. There is no disrespect in not using "Dr.". He even calls his channel "Mark Felton". Stop being ridiculous.
@Stxr KillerXFinally someone who gets it
To borrow an American term, generals always want to claim the glory when us grunts do their fighting for them.
Um that's every country
@@CollectorfirearmsThe American term I was referring to was, "Grunt", the British army slang for a common soldier varies from regiment to regiment. In most English regiments and Corps FNG,s are private soldiers. In others they are referred to as Fusiliers, Guardsmen, or Rifleman, amongst others.
@@davymckeown4577 oh I see what you mean
@@Collectorfirearms No worries mate, I'm just an ex Brit grunt with some issues.
@@davymckeown4577 well I'm not British but I respect that you served in the military
Everyone's a gangster until Mark Felton enters the classroom
I can go episode for episode with the honorable Dr Felton when it comes to 20th century history ...not to take anything away from his expertise
@@feereel - Thanks for letting us know.
And we know that we'll be in for a treat.
A lot of *vodka and Marlboros* were exchanged on that day. .... Good times.
Chesterfield Cigarettes were in C-Rations
Marlboro was marketed toward women until the mid to late 50s when they introduced the Marlboro Man.
Filter cigarettes weren't around until the '50s. Kent was the first.
and probably a few Mickey Mouse watches
@@McShaggswell someone is watching steveMRE
I wanted to say that Lt. William D. Robertson became a neurosurgeon and saved my life in 1972. I remember hearing him talk to my father who also fought in WWII about meeting the Russian soldiers on the Elbe bridge just before my operation. I saw the famous photo in his office during one of many appointments. He said that the Russians wore brown uniforms and no one could communicate with each other. He was a very friendly person and you would never know that he was a soldier in WWII.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
@@hughmungus1767 I know that it is not that important who saw the Russians first in Germany but, my doctor was invited to the Soviet Union many times for this event. I purchased a silver coin that was issued by the former Soviet Union to commemorate this meeting.
A neurosurgeon?! That’s big! What a life...
On the other side Lt. Alexander Silvashko became a school principal and preferred to stay quiet.
John, Stoneage, Let me add insight to what happened to a couple other of the the West and East soldiers, captured specifically on that famous Torgua bridge which Fenton showed.
The 2nd from left (tallest of the 69rs with cigarette in his mouth as he reached to shake hands) was Bernie Kirshbaum, who lived the longest after the war among anyone else in that famous
picture, died at 91 in 2016. I talked with him before his death, and found this soldier of Jewish faith had not such a drive during the war, but also became an architect, sculpture and gained a PhD after the war, living a modest life in NY without seeking any notoriety. Another soldier in that bridge picture (fourth from the right (center picture) was Charles THAU. He was not actually a Ukrainian or Russian, but a 23 year old Jewish Pole who became a partisan after his family was wiped out in 1941. The 58th Ukrainian Guard found him in the wooded forests, and since he spoke German and Russia, took him along as a translator, ending up in the front line at Torgau. Speaking no English, he heard a few of the 69rs (speaking in German near that bridge) stating how great the US was, Charles THAU immigrated to the US a number of years after the war, and owned several auto repair shops in Wisconsin. How do I know this--he was my father and occasionally spoke about the history which brought him to that famous bridge (re-enacted) photo at the Elbe. Little did he know his son would become and USAF colonel, and travel to attend the reunion of Elbe Day at Torgau. (BTW: The photographer that took the famous AP photo, died in Florida). Ironic that all known participants in that bridge photo remained modest about the event, and didn’t seek recognition.
I wish my great Uncle lived to see Berlin fall, he passed somewhere between the Battle of Caen, and the initial landings on Juno. His name was Ernest Thomas, and was apart of the 3rd Canadian Division, Canadian Scottish Regiment.
Thank you to our Commonwealth brothers in arms , especially those from Canada who fought on land , Sea and in the Air to help defeat the Nazis .My father fought throughout the war from 1940-45 and always mentioned the happy times had with our Canadian brothers.
But in the end, the Soviets that were considered our Allied will back stab us all from our back and continued ravaging the eastern european territories and the far east till 1991.
The fun guy at the party^^^..... Thank you Ernest Thomas for making the ultimate sacrifice, so we could enjoy the freedoms we have had over the past 75 years.
They were chosen to land on D Day for very good reason - one of the best units available. As an Englishman, I will always thank those who defeated the Nazi menace, especially those who fought not as conscripts but as volunteers - which would have been the case with your Uncle Ernest. Hats off.
@Babyalex nope, Nazis and Nazi sympathizers are always the right enemy, slightly ahead of the Bolsheviks in 2nd place
Me and the boys meeting after quarantine be like :
Lol covid 19 is a big scam.
your a trumpist arent you @mr 95
@@ThePhoenix109
Please go to the nearest hospital and try to get it from the patients. Prove it to us
@@fabiana7157 everything is corona death nowadays. Other diseases stopped existing. All that for a disease similar to a flu.
@pearlsnaredrummer77 you should tell those who lost their jobs and livelihood because of the scamdemic.
Last time I have been that early, the Germans were 20km away from Moscow
Last time I was this early, Paris was in German hands.
lol
Last time I was this early, the Germans were winning at Stalingrad.
@@doctrine8248 So you have never been here? XD
@@InVinoVeratas Paris, Germany
go look up "Socialist fraternal kiss" that should explain the whole “why are the red army so kissy kissy and smoochy smoochy?”
Just comrades being comrades, guys being dudes.
This is an old Russian tradition, they express Christian love in this way.
@@radziwill7193 it was before men kissing each other became gay.
Middle Easterns and North Africans also have the same traditions, people kiss or touch noses to greet each other.
@@3alaiyer yeah, in Kuwait it's considered a friendly gesture
10:10 this photo really brings tears to my eyes , two men that have never met , yet their body language and eyes tell all the mutual understanding
1:53 the price of good footage in a warzone, sad.
Indeed, and it's some of the most raw, scary footage of combat in the European Theatre I've ever seen.
@Babyalex Bad enough to give you a sucking chest-wound.
I mean the first thought in my head was they're dead. The neighbors are dead. The people living a block behind them are dead. That was serious firepower to be targeting one area.
Спасибо Англичанам за победу в Африке, Американцам за победу на Тихоокеанском фронте, Советским людям за победу в Европе. Это была победа не отдельных стран, а победа мира над нацизмом
Cheers to that.
Oh how the turns have tabled...
Truly a victory over evil. A day humanity truly unite
I'll drink to that!
Зачем говорить спасибо людям, которые ничего не знают о Сталинградской битве? Это не была "победа мира" или какая то командная работа. 80% всех боевых действий и военных потерь всей второй мировой были на восточном фронте
Particularly enjoy the clips of the G.I.s and Soviet soldiers smiles, hugs and handshakes. The pure joy on their faces also, belies a bit of relief that their nightmare is finally close to ending.
Nuclear Armed Race, Cuban Missiles Crisis, Korean War, Vietnam War and The Cold War :
"are we a joke to you?"
@@amirudinadnan7024 Were your born an idiot or did it develop over time? These all occurred after this film. The soldiers in it had no idea what lay in store for them.
@@MaskHysteria nope, I'm not an idiot. Thanks to their government's. After this, the world split into 2 different blocks/factions, country's were divided and many civil wars occurred all around the world.
My Russian-American father in law was a GI at one of the early meetings, brought up 'cause he spoke Russian. He described one touchy incident: A Russian soldier grabbed an American's helmet, threw it in the air & shot holes in it. A US soldier promptly grabbed a Soviet's cap, threw it up & shot at it! My father-in-law (very big guy) quickly defused the tension by starting to laugh. Now, the whole thing was a joke!
Thank you Dr Felton for restoring credit to Albert Kotzebue and his patrol in the minds of the public. Another great video lesson done.
Why did he lost the credits?:/
Because he was German origin and he met from soviet side Aitkali Alibekov(origin kazakh) he was cavalryman like real nomad person as his ancestors. Russians never wanted Kazakh or anyone else became hero.
And also first flag who stuck on top of Reichstag was Kazakh but in photo and person who became famous is russian.
Soldiers who fought against the common enemy of Nazism celebrate being alive and that the war is about to finish, which shows that as men they weren't enemies but comrades in arms...
Then politics of men made them enemies, after THE worst war in history.
Mankind is kind've stupid like that.
@书中自有黄金屋 nice strawman
@书中自有黄金屋 And what is the reason for them to be enemies? Do you realise that only small part of soviet soldiers were communists and had something to do with "gulags"?
Common enemy being Fascism/Nazism. Comrades being Communist & Western worlds fighting against a common foe is all.
Fascism and Commie are the enemy of the free world
@@FromaTwistedMind Marxism is the common enemy
I'm not terribly surprised there isn't a monument for when a wary American patrol met a suspicious and aloof Soviet cavalryman.
A Mark Felton video posted 3 minutes ago? I need to buy a lottery ticket... after I watch the video of course
This is why I respect Dr. Felton. Telling history real history. I hope you do some stuff about Iraq.
I thought you are already dead
@@jawed4106 yes
@@jawed4106 Bush lied about it. Kinda like how he lied about my involvement in 9/11.
@Thus theruss They do but it sucks.
@@jillvalentinefan77 😂😂 don't let hell's sucky internet get you down 😂😂
The PROFESSOR is in the house!Time for some learnings to be going awn!
@@kevinmiele5289 are you serious
@@sid2112 nope my grand dad died peacefully at home....know the truth it shall make you free
@@n00btub3r2012 I didnt write his west point bio and thats just the beginning of his career ,very much different then what is "thought" about ike....
WOW youtubey scrubs a question about DEC's (Disarmed Enemy Combatants) or was it Felton triggered by truth
@wireless one Ali G? Is that you?
This channel is the BEST for history!!!
The Honorable Mr. Felton should be knighted . A Legend .
This is not a history channel. It is a propaganda channel. I'm curious when it will talk about the Rothschilds role in causing WWII.
@@mynameisgladiator1933 pls stop
@@mynameisgladiator1933 🤦♀️🤦♀️
@@mynameisgladiator1933 You know your comments can be viewed as antisemitic statements.
I'd imagine these brave men on both sides felt great relief knowing the war was coming to an end, and that they had allies close by.
Mark, your uploads are literally the highlights of my week. Thank you for your amazing content.
My grandfather's father died in 1945 as a soviet sergeant he has seen the americans the next fight he was killed bye germans
his friends wrote this in his logbook and give it to my grandfather (he keeps it in a 4 digit locked vault to keep it safe)
Greetings from Nigeria Mark. I started having interest in ww2 history in high school and I've watched tonnes of ww2 documentary videos thus far but yours are on a different level. Keep up with the good work Prof.
I was on a marathon of Mark Felton videos, when I clicked on this one... Just noticed it was uploaded like 10 minutes ago!
It was either my 8th or 9th grade history teacher, who was German herself, told us about that. I would stay after school just to hear her talk about WWII from the German perspective as well. I enjoyed learning new historical moments from such an interesting time period. Thanks again for yet another superb history lesson. 🙂🍻
Wow, I was hoping for this video last week! Thanks Dr. Felton!
RIP to the man that died from fire immediately after recording that film.
this is so unbelievably well made. Thank you Mark Felton for this early xmas present!
I love how every episode you're met with Mark Felton staring at you with some Storm troopers
Imagine if Patton was there instead of Robertson....the Americans and Russians whould have exchanged shots.
I believe you’re right and Patton not being there was probably planned just for that reason.
@@zacharypelphrey6166 ... agreed
"We have faught the wrong enemy"
By General George S. Patton
The Communists is our true enemy and its a fact.
@Ronald Steinback because he said that the Communists is our real threat and true enemy.
In the Americans' mind, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. As such, they had no choice, but to accept the Soviets help.
That combat footage at about 2mins is absolutely insane. Another great video, mark.
I waited for a video on this for so long!
When you think he's exhausted all ww2 stories, here comes another piece of history.
Actually, I don't think many people think he's exhausted all WW2 stories. It was a big war--I bet he can find enough stories to last him the rest of his life.
There's enough stories of WW2 that he could spend the rest of his life detailing them and not run out.
Well, there's also the story of how Soviet troops liberated American POWs in Manchuria.
That combat photographer who was killed immediately after the fighting. Damn. So close to the end.
So refreshing to see a channel like this blow up
So you mean to tell me the MSM and politicians manipulated the general public? Wow...who would have thought it? Some things never change Dr Felton. Another outstanding video, thanks for putting together such high quality content too!
Always high quality content Mark! Love your videos!
Look at them happily hugging. Nothing unites men more than mutual enemy...
Great story again! Congrats on the UA-cam award . Well deserved! All the best to you and your family
Great video, film footage, story and behind the scenes updates👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Mark - I rarely make comments (aka...never!...until now) - but wanted to say this segment was extremely well done, and an excellent example of the 'historical process' in action - answering the most important question for us - 'why' - though, we will never know for sure, you present the most reasonable case.
Last time I was this early, they hadn't linked up yet.
nice meme....
Niiiice!!
As always, digging deeper into face-value 'facts' & uncovering new stuff! Brilliant!!
Quality as usual. Keep 'em comming Mark!
To show you the power of the Allies, I just sawed this Reich in half! -April 25th.
That’s one thing flex tape won’t fix.
@@moronoftheoxyvarietys489 eu rn👀
You reached the million
Wow
Congrats man
Great stuff Dr Felton as always. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve always got time for a new Dr.Felton video.
I imagine the Cossack was perhaps even sent out to look for American or Allied forces... maybe he wasn't instructed on what to do if he met them.
@@mikeromadin8744 there were Cossacks on both sides
@@mikeromadin8744 true cossacks fought for their people, traitors and bastards fought for 3rd reich, luckily there werent many of them
I'm pretty sure narrator said Kazakh and not Cossack
@@dugannash9109 the hat the rider was wearing was standard issue cossack hat
The first casualty of any war is THE TRUTH. Thank you Dr. Professor Mark Felton.
Another excellent video, good job
Great work Dr Felton, always precise and consistent. History is more clearer when is presented by you.
"Mother a few days ago we waved the flag
of the motherland over the top of the Reichstag in Berlin. The war at last seems to be coming to an end. There is very little fighting left in the enemy, soon that will be returning to our home. There are German prisoners of war everywhere.
Today I crossed the Elbe River in Germany and shook hands with an American soldier. Although I could not understand anything he said, I felt this man was my brother and I think he felt the same" - A Soviet soldier from the Og CoD
Hey, i've played that game! No believes me when i say i have the original COD game at home it's a good gme for what equipment they had in 2004 although unfortunately my computer died recently and even though the game was on a external hard drive the game launcher was deleted and i have no clue where the CD is so i can'treinstall the game i will ahve alot of happy meories from this game and it will be sorely missed
@@cameronnewton7053 F
Ahhh man good ole memories
@@yequalsemexplusbee4322 good old times
@@tuannguyenhuy77 It would of been nice if this video at some point started playing “Pegasus Bridge.”
(Sips coffee, starts the Dr Felton History lesson!) 😎☕🧐👍👍
i have searched the internet dry for information about this subject, yet you still provide more :))
Always learning something new on this channel. Great work once again
hand shake? for sure! hugs? let's go! kiss on the cheek? sure, why not! makeout session? um...
In Russian culture a triple kiss on the cheek is a historical way of greeting, kissing on the lips, even between males, is usually reserved for close intimates or moments of great emotion. It must have been a very emotional moment for these troops. I think it's a little unusual but not completely weird or anything. Leonid Brezhnev was known to give slobbery lip kisses on male lips in some circumstances, this made him the butt of some jokes in Russia. This is known as the Socialist Fraternal Kiss if you want to read more about it.
Yeah, lots of pictures of the fraternal kiss between soviet leaders and castro, etc
This is why gulags were invented
Hey, if they're cool with it, who am I to judge?
now give us a kiss!
"Today I crossed the Elbe river in Germany, and shook hands with an american soldier. Although I could not understand anything he said, I felt this man was my brother. And I think he felt the same"
-Soviet soldier, Call of Duty (2003)
Together with World at War's, the original Call of Duty has one of my favorite endings
Man of culture, Reznov was a beast
"I saw my first American. Well, he looked a lot like me. He had the same kind of farmer's face. Said he come from some place called Hazzard, Tennessee." - ua-cam.com/video/Aupn-91BNwU/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SUNSHINEandSPIRIT, The Waterboys (1985)
One of your best Mark ! Awesome!
Great video as always !!
I have a wartime issue of the Boston American newspaper about this meeting, it made front page news.
Can't even begin to imagine what Kotzebue and his men must have felt when they saw that Soviet cavalryman. Truly a meeting of monumental importance.
Soviet cavalryman was ethnic kazakh Aytkali Alibekov.
Great video as usual Dr Felton
Another superb piece of history - Thanks Mark!
Hello Mark. How have you been. Keep up the videos coming. Good job
Talk about getting to the heart of the story. Well done Mark!
Congrats on the 1M, Mark. You deserve it.
another very interesting video - keep them coming!
There's something charming about how the actual meetup happened without the staged feel of wartime propaganda. It's not top brass somehow right in the front lines, meeting up and shaking hands. Just a bunch of GIs spotting a guy on a horse. Nowhere near as grandiose, but it's way more interesting. I can't imagine how surreal that would be upon them first seeing each other.
Funfact: the "Kotze" in Kotzebue means "vomit" or "puke".
Kotze does mean vomit in German but Kotzebue is a Russian-derived name, as explained in this video.
'Kotze' in ancient names often derives from 'Kote, Kotte, Kate' which refers to a special kind of small house or shack, typically for the medieval times in middle Europe.
'Bue' sounds similar to the scandinavian 'By', which means village. This would sum up to Shack-Town or Hut-Village.
@@arnonuhm4022 it's not that out of the question for a Russian to have Scandinavian ancestry.
Kitzelte means the town cosebue in Germany ( smal town between Hannover and Berlin) and so lt. Kotzebue was not far from his "Hometown" (70 Miles)
Another excellent video, thanks for all your work and dedication to history
Your work continually amazes. Thank you.
Been in Torgau in 1988, when the GDR still was there. And in the 90's with an American colleague. In the Torgau castle museum there are interesting ww2 artifacts to see. In 1988 i was as a 15 year old in the GDR on a solo family visit. I asked my uncle if i could go to Torgau, not knowing very good that it was pretty far from Kamenz near Dresden. We went on my cousins MZ motorbike. He was 19 ( and still has that bike). Near Grossenhain we were stopped by a Russian soldier with a black and with striped police stick. Then suddenly a MiG-29 took of and flew low over the road. That because of the landingstrip ending near the road. We had a great day in Torgau. At that time there were real bears in the castle's empty canal. I did make several photographs that day.
An Interesting report, thanks!
My father met Soviet soldiers at Torgau. I wish I had asked more questions about those times.
Any update?
@@mfsneko1905 Probably not anymore
Mark’s content helps me so much when I am down in the dumps. It’s kinda silly the idea considering it’s major historical wars and battles, but for me it helps a lot. Take care Everyone!
Thank you for this mark!❤️
It's nice to see your channel growing...i also support and share your videos link Everytime on Reddit...keep it up dude !
It's really accelerated recently - great to see.
The USA and USSR had a rocky relationship dating back to 1917 and while they had the Cold War after the fact, it’s so nice seeing the Americans and Soviets getting along. Both sides fought hard and sacrificed to fight the enemy. 1945 was definitely a turning point.
I was just reading all about this historic event the last week or so. mark, it's like you make videos personalized for me!! cant wait to learn something new!:)
Love your videos Mark, it really makes my day when I see the upload notification
I love that the soldiers greeted each other and celebrated as if they were brothers, but both sides told them to hate each other after WWII.
Edit: Holy shit, I just wanted to make a point that all soldiers from all sides of WWII were Human too, but some shitbags in the comments decided to start WWIII down here.
The soviet was probably thrown in gulag, lots of soldiers who were helped by the west were gulaged or executed to prevent the west from being depicted as friends
Ikr, it's actually quite sad
They weren't told to hate each other, they did hate each other
@@Len1977gt no, they didn't just naturally hate each other, that doesn't even make sense. We citizens are programmed from birth to think a certain way, that's why you hate them.
@@Len1977gt Only reason they hated each other was because of propaganda from both sides' governments portraying the other side as monsters.
Time for another lesson from the professor!
Mark Felton has IMHOP the best historical stuff on UA-cam.
Your Channel is the highlight of my working week Mark! So interesting!
Author, historian, Imperial naval bridge officer stationed aboard the Star Destroyer 'Death Star's Revenge'.
My grandfather drove a Sherman during the Second World War and went from France earning a bronze star for choosing not to retreat and hold a French town all the way to Berlin after the soviets took the city I didn’t know this last part until I was looking through some of his old stuff and found a fist full of Soviet coins that he traded with a Soviet soldier
Brilliant as always Mark my knowledge bank has updated again thank you.
Another excellent and informative video,thank you Doctor Felton.