@@spellchanger1169 Simon does have the annoying habit of adding in superfluous words/sentence breaks though. Instead of; "The baron was dead". He'd typically say; "The baron, he was dead". Mark's delivery is direct, concise, and refreshingly absent of apologetics about pronounciation. We all know someone isn't going to pronounce every word of every other language correctly, the important thing is that we know what the word means, and that some effort is made.
The fact that the giant Richthofen monument behind the grave blocked the bullets of border guards firing at people trying to escape the east mede me smile. Even dead he kept fighting
True Salty. At the grocery store years ago my wife was reaching for a Red Baron pizza. She was shocked when I explained he was a real man who deserved more than having a pizza company use his name.
It's disgusting that he isn't shown due respect. People love to roleplay that Imperial Germany is synonymous with the Third Reich, when it is anything but.
Propaganda important too, look at the backlash from normal German troops when their government tried to use the death of the US President's son as a tool against the Allies.
I never knew my grandfather as he died in 1939, but, as an Australian soldier, he was apparently one of the souvenir takers after the Red Baron’s plane came down. According to the family he returned to Australia after the war with the Red Baron’s fountain pen. And I’m told that after the war that the Red Baron’s widow put an ad in Melbourne newspapers asking for any souvenirs to be returned to the Richthofen family. I’m told that my grandfather sent back the pen and received a thank you letter from the baron’s widow. Unfortunately I have never seen this letter and so can’t verify the story.
@@chickenlover657 Well not really. On an even more macabre side he also brought home an intact “dog tag” from a young German soldier. If possible I’d like to find out what happened to that soldier and even return the tag if current relatives could be found.
@@rodgrego7690 Yeah, I'm just messing with you, I'd prolly take a souvenir as well. It's kind of human nature, as weird as it may be. Nice of you to think of returning the tags tho.
I’ve visited grave site 1, 2 and 4. Someone had placed a Fok Dr.1 model on the family grave in Wiesbaden, hopefully his last resting place. At the 100 year anniversary of his death, the French local population dressed up in best clothes and they even had a full size red Fokker replica there. Very impressed. Standing on the crash site, that looks perfectly even on the pictures, I realized that it was not a crash but a very controlled and successful landing. The terrain slopes downward in all directions except for the spot where he put it down. Instabile as the triplane was, I don’t think anyone who has just been shot through the heart could do it. The landing gear was designed to fold back on a rough landing. More likely did he land, stood up in the airplane and raised his arms in surrender when some infantry man shot him. Which explains the path of the bullet wound. The Aussies felt bad about it, covered up the incident and tried to make up for it with the funeral.
The Australians showed a lot of respect, especially the pilots who carried the coffin , they removed their hat and looked like they were burying one of their own, even a priest was there to have the prayers of the dead. Full military funerals.
@@chelseagruenwald The people who fought in the Great War were all honorable and well brought up. Humanity was civilised back then. It would have been a shock if contrary was to occur. You have to consider the horrors of the Nazis and what ensued due to their ... crimes in Europe... for lack of a better word, all of that was unheard of after the crusades were abolished. I hope we return to civility as those depicted in this film, hopefully soon. From my heart.
@@tanamly Not all were civil, there was hate I'm sure on both sides....this was war after all, a killing time.. Frank Luke, the allied flyer best known as the " Balloon buster",. upon hearing of the Baron's death was heard to say, " I hope he sizzled all the way down"......By that late stage of the war, visions of knights flying around in airplanes with chivalry was gone on both sides.
@@jeffreyhagelin3672 so true,the flying knight image disappeared in late war,but tbh I wouldn't consider Frank Luke as a yardstick for people of those time,since he was considered a bit too uncouth by his squadron members.
My grandfather, George Bell, was a member of 3rd Squadron, AFC, was there when the Red Baron was shot down. It is fair to say that he collected a souvenir which will be donated to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra along with a cache of his other memorabilia. I have original photographs of the wreckage and the grave along with a copy of the squadron history book called “The Battle Below”. Fascinating story.
could you perhaps take some pictures of the photos, or scan them maybe, and upload them somewhere while providing a link to them here? i would love to see them and i'm sure Mark would too, thanks!
Hi Nick. Thanks for your interest. I will endeavour to find a way of posting them, but I am a bit tech ignorant so excuse me if it takes a bit of time. Allegedly, the pictures were reproduced several times and are on file at the Canberra war memorial. They are searchable on the memorial website. That won’t stop me trying to put them here.
@@srzdax Ha, Ha, I'm a bit that way tech wise mate. Just find the nearest ten year old who'll probably be able to have it on-line in five minutes. I'd love to see them too.
@@richardmoeller5351 How dare you call the Aussies 'goddamn jackals', ya fuckhead. It was their choice to give the Baron a respectful, dignified burial, to honour a worthy opponent. I've read accounts of attendees at the burial, about how moving it was and what an honour it was to be part of. In case you didn't know this, most troops who fell on the western front got no funeral. They were buried where they fell. Some didn't even receive a burial, because there was nothing left to bury. It wasn't the Australian's choice to use him as propaganda, that would have originated with British high command. The Aussies had no say, in what was or wasn't used for propaganda purposes, in fact I reckon they had no idea that the filming of the funeral, would be used that way at all. Your comment about 'returning him to his family upon his death', takes the fuckin' cake. Who was ever returned to their family after they fell?
@@thechurch5000 to be fair, he did the same to his "enemies". Although at least he was the one to actually shoot them down, these guys just wanted a souvenir from a dead man, to sell it or whatever, which is kind of weird.
@@thechurch5000 Laying where dead? In the plane? When it say he was still in the plane when the souvenier hunters did their thing? Perhaps you should listen closely.
As an Aussie, our history tend to focus and memorialise primarily the Gallipoli campaign everything else being a satellite. I’m surprised this doesn’t come up more often, outstanding work once again Mark.
And he’s flying! HIGHER, THE KING OF THE SKY HE’S FLYING TO FAST AND HE’S FLYING TOO HIGH! HIGHER, AN EYE FOR AN EYE, THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIIIIEEEE!!
I don't know about wholesome. He was something of a loner, short, not popular with women - unlike his taller brother Lothar. And he was more of a marksman than a pilot. "Wholesome" is the rose tinted spectacles of history I guess!
Thankyou Mr Felton for making my afternoon. A true hero of The First World War and the beginnings of the modern combat airforce squadrons. Shame he was on the other side! Peace Charlie 🇬🇧
@@le4421 Sorry I forgot to add that english is not my mother tongue. I'm not quite shure what different kinds of meanings the word shame can have in this context. The one I know sounds like an insult. I think in general the usage of the word shame is different in english and my mother tongue.
@@threnn9509 @Claud Von insult? Do you mean about the side he was on? No insult, he was a great pilot, a tremendous tactician and I wish he had been on our side, thats all. A compliment if anything. I'm ex RAF and have studied the RFC, RAF including the Flying Circus and the baron in depth. He was a phenomenal early pioneer of military tactics in the air. Peace Charlie 🇬🇧
A hero of mine since childhood. A true hunter, in the forests of Silesia and in the skies of France. Thank you, Mark, for another well researched video.
I know this is a different subject, but in 1977 I was at fort Sill, Oklahoma. I never knew GERONIMO was Buried there, untill I went back there in 2009 Been to Deutchland as well, just saying 😊
I was stationed at a kaserne north of Frankfurt from '92-'94, and visited Wiesbaden numerous times. Having just learned The Red Baron is buried there thanks to this video, I would have checked out his gravesite.
American education is a disaster. At least, you guys realise the inadequacy of the system. How sad. However, if the Skull and Bones (incorrect spelling!) perverts could rob Geronimo's skull and get away with it, there needs to be reparation and that will happen! These Illiterati need to be exterminated. Their reign of brutality over a weaker foe shall bite them in the arse!!! BIG TIME!!
@@hanorabrennan8846 American education is working as intended. To create generations of near incompetent people. Just smart enough to function, and to vote a particular way.
Not sure the American education system had anything to do with my not knowing Richthofen was buried in Wiesbaden when I was stationed there. I grew up near Ft Sill and have been to Geronimo’s gravesite.
No, he was a cold and calculating killer, a large proportion of his kills were poorly performing 2 seaters that the RFC insisted on using and these were invariably attacked from behind and below, a well known “blind” spot. Perhaps a hero but never a gentleman.
A number of years ago there was a video on the very extensive and scientific study of the Barons death. It may still be on UA-cam. They were able to prove that it was an Australian machine gun that shot him down and exactly which gun did it. The Baron broke one of his own rules; never fly low to the ground. Richtofen knew that the government was about to ground him in order to save his life so he flew this last mission to hopefully increase his score. Probably the main reason why he kept after the prey in front of him instead of breaking off and maintaining altitude.
It was on discovery channel that experts in different fields and also medical doctors indeed proved that He was mortally wounded by Australian ground fire
Rest In Peace Manfred Von Richtofen. Perhaps his tombstone catched the bullets and not the fleeing civilians from East Berlin. He just helped the homeland even in his grave.
His Tombstone from Berlin was gifted to the Jagdgeschwader 71 'Richthofen' by his family and now stands in Wittmund right next to an old plane of Erich Hartmann.
@@carlgreisheimer5278 Indeed the absolutely Greatest of them all!!! And some German pilots passed 300 planes and several 250 and 200 planes shot down! But the Germans had no pilots to take over, so the very best kept on fighting and flying, till being shot down! But waiting for your enemy to arrive and know they have to go back at some time, is an advantage, as also during "The Battle of Britain"!
I've heard of other such statements from him (diary, witnesses...) in a documentary once. By the end he was actually losing the will to live, he was described as melancholic (depresion? PTSD?). The clear impression is: he had a passion for the hunt, the flying, the "chivalrous" duel in the air, but very much not the killing and bloodshed in it.
Pieces of his plane are in the Australian war memorial, I've seen them and even touched a piece, the mini wing that sits between the wheels on the focker triplane. (I had to break some rules to do that so don't tell anyone). Thanks for the upload, very much appreciated.
What's the point of having rare items cordoned off? Isn't it to protect them from idiot selfish vandals so future generations can view them as well? If everyone did what you did, eventually they'd be nothing left. Shame, shame, shame.
@@kellio48 Strangely I feel no shame. Didn't feel shame when I stood on the deck of the USS Missouri either or when I stood on the wing of a spitfire at an airshow(got in trouble for that one). You only get one chance to do some things sometimes.
Phenomenal pilot, trained to kill and destroy with utter precision, yet admired by all on both sides. Never in the history of military aviation has such a pilot been so respected. Watched a programme on Channel 4 maybe 20 years ago, they interviewed his great great nephew. Aged about 25, short blond hair, he was his double.
That modern day German squadron named in his honour would carry a different name and Richthofen would have been the top Nazi standing trial in Nuremberg. Not much else I guess.
At one point.. The Red Baron wanted Göering to be shot..for compromising the German Airforce's Honor when Göering was reported to have machinegunned a downed English flier who was standing beside his plane's wreckage. The Red Baron was said to be fuming mad and had ordered a Court Martial proceeding against Göering..and promised him that he will personnaly go and ask the Kaiser,as a favor, to have him shot. But as a stroke of luck..for Göering , The Red Baron was killed before the Court Martial could convene.
At least he has a known grave, many hundreds of thousands of men who fought in the trenches have no such 'luck'. Buried in temproary graveyards on the battlefields to be churned into the mud and forgotten by barrages, or lost in No Mans Land, their bodies thrown up, buried, and then reburied time after time by shell fire till nought remained but a few splintered bones and sodden rags..... Their names carved upon marble walls, their bodies an eternal part of the hellish landscape in which they fought and died..... So yeah, least Richtoven has a known grave..... I find those who were lost to the Battlefield far more worthy of Halloween than Richtoven.... if you go to those old Battlefields you can almost feel them watching you....
@@loveofmangos6112 there's a lot of speculation why Richthofen was even flying how he was that day. He was breaking all of his own rules. He'd probably about had it at that point. He was disabled from a previous injury. So you can say he wasn't himself anymore.
Felton - I just want to let you know my dad calls me regularly to talk about your videos. You got him off watching main stream media news where everyone hyperbolic and sensationalizing everything. It’s made a really positive impact on his life to watch your content.
It should be said that, to Brown's credit, he did not push any claim of having downed Richthofen; he reported only that he had fired on an all-red triplane that was in pursuit of Lt. May, and that the result was "inconclusive." The RAF pushed the claim on his behalf and without further input from him. Brown was an effective squadron leader who was known and appreciated for his policy of allowing novice pilots a "breaking in" period during which they were only to observe fights from above. May had been instructed by Brown to do so on that day, but impulsively joined the fight anyway. Brown survived the war and lived until 1944, when, shortly after being photographed shaking hands with Canadian WWII Spitfire ace George "Buzz" (also: "Screwball") Beurling, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Beurling was famous for his exploits during the siege of Malta and for his extraordinary marksmanship.
Wilfred "Wop" May, one of the pilots who was involved in Richthofens final fight went on to open Canada's first commercial airport and became a very famous bush pilot. His life would be worth an episode, all on its own.
I’m Canadian, and you would be surprised how few people actually know who Wop May was. Canada has a lot of interesting history for a fairly young country. Our history is often overshadowed by our loud neighbour to the south. Not to insult our American brothers. Most Canadians know who George Washington was or Abe Lincoln, but very few even know everyone who is on our currency. It’s pretty simple, it’s either Queen Elizabeth II or a prime minister.
@R Owen 1) It's more than 99.999...% of people get. 2) It's how I learned about him as a little boy and part of the reason I have an interest in World War 1.
@@jarodarmstrong7836 Indeed. Early on in the brand, you could even send away 5 UPC symbols and with return shipping, get a die cast Fokker D.III. I did so, but the toy has been lost to history.
Jarod, if you like pizza & want a real treat, Lou Malnati's will ship 2 chicago deep dish pizzas packed in dry ice & a styrofoam cooler to your address by UPS for $60. they make really excellent pizza.
Once again, Mark Felton Productions teaches me yet another unknown of history that leaves me astounded and informed. I love history and all the oddities that come with it. Thank YOU sir for another very interesting and great upload.
Hast du etwas Zeit für mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich Von 99 Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich Von 99 Luftballons Und, dass sowas von sowas kommt 99 Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All Darum schickte ein General 'Ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher Alarm zu geben, wenn's so wär Dabei war'n dort am Horizont
I really like how you scripted and integrated the music in the beginning respectfully carrying through the theme enhancing this remarkable story about the world's most legendary military pilot. So very educational. Thank you!!!
Very cool. I’ve never seen a film of him. I read a biography of him when I was a kid, The Red Knight of Germany. It was an original edition that my dad read when he was young. I’ve seen it displayed at the Smithsonian. I wish I still had it. Great video and story. The Red Baron’s house was filled with souvenirs from planes and pilots he’d shot down.
As an Aussie myself I don't recall hearing that it was Australian troops that shot him down. I'm encouraged to see the level of honour and respect afforded the young hero. Even in war it is proper to recognise it's grevious nature. Well done Mark I love your videos
Reminds me of the creepy pasta "One for the Baron" An odd occurrence has been rumored to happen in a certain pub at night in southwest Germany. If you sit in the stool farthest from the door while one beside it is empty, order a round for yourself and offer to "buy one for the Baron". The bartender will, without question or expression, pour two beers from tap. He'll place one beside you, and the moment the other one hits the table the room will go dark and silent, save the sound of footsteps as a man in uniform sits beside you. It is believed that it is indeed Captain Manfred von Richthofen, although no one is sure because they can barely see their own glass, much less the person's face. No one who's told this story has had the nerve to touch him or risk insult, and the figure does not say a word. But apparently if you were to ask him, "So sir, what's the condition at the front?" he would tell you startling details about the region's future and sometimes how they connect to the world as a whole. Those who lived long enough after the fact claim that these events took place the exact amount of years from the date they asked as from the date Baron von Richthofen died in battle. Yet this cannot be confirmed, because every time the figure has been asked the question after 1966 he's only replied with a cold laugh.
@@docharley4535 Indeed, it is a complete and utter nonsense, it was made by 4chan or Something Awful 15 years ago out of thin air, but it became one of the most famous "creepy pastas".
I hope, that the future will take him not so much as a hero - but as a monument for all young humas dying in senseless wars. Thank you Mr. Felton...what a giant work you do, to prepare such a future.
You know someone is excelling in their field when, upon searching for a subject you look not at the titles of the videos, but at who has created them. When it comes to the world wars, if Mark Felton has made a film about it, that will be treated as the primary. If I see Mark Felton, I click.
As a kid my father told me stories about the Red Barron and other great pilots. He was a Marine, but I think part of him always wanted to fly. But what a fascinating story! I had assumed when the Red Barron died that was the end of him. Some airmen never make it home, but the Barron was buried four times!
I can only say what an excellent story. Didn't knew that he was buried 4 times. Every time I see your videos learn more and more. Keep up the good job. Give us more stories like this!
Mark, you are a true monster in nailing a good story at the right time - nobody does Halloween better than you ! Again, I wonder whether I've *really* known anything about the conflicts I spent so much time reading about... Thanks a lot !
Once again Mark you amaze me with your thoroughly watchable and insightful mini documentaries that so often cover little known subjects....you are a u tube treasure to history buffs
May he never rest. He's like Achilles he lives forever! If he was alive today I bet he think it would be awesome he's a pizza. He wanted to be famous, he wanted to be popular, he wanted to stand out. He was a professional killer, and an honorable warrior. An anachronistic flying knight in shining armor. Give AI a few more years, someone's going to make a Red Baron ancestor simulation. Probably around the same time Star Citizen finally comes out. This time around he will be an esports star.
@Dalle Smalhals You'd have to dig that one up yourself, Caesar sells pizza and a clown hocks us burgers, we bought tacos from a chihuahua in the 90s, there isn't always a direct correlation that is immediately apparent.
The "RICHTOFEN" marker being struck, by bullets intended for Germans fleeing Soviet tyranny, is symbolism people wouldn't even dare to write. It's amazing.
Awesome Video Mark, thanks for posting so many excellent historical videos. I'm really enjoying the war stories channel as well. I would love to see a video on Erich Hartmann, his WWII Accomplishments are staggering!
Unbelievable....may he rest in Peace.....he was remarkable during his life..... Amazing yet that During WW2, The German Aviators outshined every other Nation, the German Pilots were the Best the World has ever seen.... Kudos to Dr. Mark Felton for teaching people the truth about the Horrors of both World Wars...God Bless you Dr. Mark Felton...Bravo❤
In WWII the Germans were happier surrendering to the British and Americans than the Russians. It helped the Allies that they had a reputation of being a kinder enemy.
Who knows, might have become a German WWII Ace or part German High Air Command after WWI or (depending on his views of Nazi Germany) could try to leave the country to either the USA or Britain (or anywhere else really) to either retire from military service indefinitely or when war broke out help either country's air forces in the early stages of WWII. He might've if he decided to, become an American or British Ace during WWII, though that's for the alternate universe theories to think about.
The Richthofens of this world always die, taking a bullet for their comrades, colleagues, village, town, city, country. It is the Görings who always make sure to survive. Everywhere in this world.
Dr. Felton. that was both informative and hilarious. Your parody of a certain sort of over-egged horror narration, complete with cheesily ominous background music, did not go entirely unnoticed. And yeah, good on the Aussies for paying proper respect to a valiant foe.
Meanwhile, _Biographics_ channel just released a bio about him, like 5 minutes ago. ..... Everyone struggling to keep up with _The Mark._ 😅
Mark always leads the charge for the rest of the youtube "historians"
Mark Felton and Simon Whistler are tied for my favorite narrator/host.
@@spellchanger1169 Simon does have the annoying habit of adding in superfluous words/sentence breaks though. Instead of;
"The baron was dead".
He'd typically say;
"The baron, he was dead".
Mark's delivery is direct, concise, and refreshingly absent of apologetics about pronounciation. We all know someone isn't going to pronounce every word of every other language correctly, the important thing is that we know what the word means, and that some effort is made.
For me, it's Mark and TiK
@@phillycheesetake True. I sometimes get the feeling his scriptwriter is trying to make the best of his unused English Literature degree or something.
The fact that the giant Richthofen monument behind the grave blocked the bullets of border guards firing at people trying to escape the east mede me smile. Even dead he kept fighting
He probably got shot at more times dead than alive.
Imo its absolutely hideous. A big blank stone. Well, Nazi Architecture, pompous ugly concrete
But that bunker stopped R7.62mm bullets. As someone already stated - he fought after his own death.
@@Daniel-kq4bx Art was never Hitler's strong suit
@@Jimbotheone i mean have you seen his paintings? They are nice
Im extremely grateful for the existence of this channel. Mark, you have done it again!
Sorry mate, no hard feelings.
A true hero and patriot. It’s tragic how his remains were neglected and abused. May his soul Rest In Peace
What a great channel Mark has created! I find all his videos to be very interesting and informative.
@@josephstalin364 you know he one hell of hero when even stalin saluted him :))
Glad to see you're still managing to get out of the grave every now and then.
110 years later and we still recognize him as one of the best pilots ever.
True Salty.
At the grocery store years ago my wife was reaching for a Red Baron pizza. She was shocked when I explained he was a real man who deserved more than having a pizza company use his name.
Pretty outstanding,yea?
And one of the worst frozen pizzas...
for me he's just a disgusting german killer
@@johnnyringo3871And that frozen pizza has sent more young men to an early death than the Red Baron ever could
You, Mark, have in this clip shown more respect to the Red Baron then most others ever have in 105 years.
Yeah, before this everyone knew him from a crappy frozen pizza brand.
Yeah, before this everyone knew him from a crappy frozen pizza brand.
It's disgusting that he isn't shown due respect. People love to roleplay that Imperial Germany is synonymous with the Third Reich, when it is anything but.
When the flying mates of your victims give you full respect in death, that means you were one Hell of a pilot.
I agree. was it propaganda? Yes, but it was also proper
They were soldiers in a war. Not victims.
Propaganda important too, look at the backlash from normal German troops when their government tried to use the death of the US President's son as a tool against the Allies.
Military sign of respect, not uncommon in wartime.
@@wolfgangpagel6989 Soldiers are victims of war
I never knew my grandfather as he died in 1939, but, as an Australian soldier, he was apparently one of the souvenir takers after the Red Baron’s plane came down. According to the family he returned to Australia after the war with the Red Baron’s fountain pen. And I’m told that after the war that the Red Baron’s widow put an ad in Melbourne newspapers asking for any souvenirs to be returned to the Richthofen family. I’m told that my grandfather sent back the pen and received a thank you letter from the baron’s widow. Unfortunately I have never seen this letter and so can’t verify the story.
So what you're saying is your grandaddy was a scavenger? Are you proud?
@@chickenlover657 Well not really. On an even more macabre side he also brought home an intact “dog tag” from a young German soldier. If possible I’d like to find out what happened to that soldier and even return the tag if current relatives could be found.
@@rodgrego7690 Yeah, I'm just messing with you, I'd prolly take a souvenir as well. It's kind of human nature, as weird as it may be.
Nice of you to think of returning the tags tho.
@@chickenlover657 "just messing with you" ... You really come across as an unintelligent douche bag. Have some respect for others families.
It's called the spoils of war.
ghost of the Red Baron: "What the hell? they moved my grave."
ghost of Abe Lincoln: "First time?"
Ghost of Alexander: "Oh please."
Lenin: Wait you guys were getting buried
@Kabuki Kitsune Haha! Or: I can't hear you, I have corn cobs in my ears.
My first thought was Abe. To move Abe today it's going to take jackhammers
@Kabuki Kitsune Not sure why they were investigating Hoffa. Seems like a solid citizen.
I’ve visited grave site 1, 2 and 4. Someone had placed a Fok Dr.1 model on the family grave in Wiesbaden, hopefully his last resting place. At the 100 year anniversary of his death, the French local population dressed up in best clothes and they even had a full size red Fokker replica there. Very impressed. Standing on the crash site, that looks perfectly even on the pictures, I realized that it was not a crash but a very controlled and successful landing. The terrain slopes downward in all directions except for the spot where he put it down. Instabile as the triplane was, I don’t think anyone who has just been shot through the heart could do it. The landing gear was designed to fold back on a rough landing. More likely did he land, stood up in the airplane and raised his arms in surrender when some infantry man shot him. Which explains the path of the bullet wound. The Aussies felt bad about it, covered up the incident and tried to make up for it with the funeral.
The Australians showed a lot of respect, especially the pilots who carried the coffin , they removed their hat and looked like they were burying one of their own, even a priest was there to have the prayers of the dead. Full military funerals.
the fact they brought out a priest had me shocked
@@chelseagruenwald
The people who fought in the Great War were all honorable and well brought up.
Humanity was civilised back then. It would have been a shock if contrary was to occur.
You have to consider the horrors of the Nazis and what ensued due to their ... crimes in Europe... for lack of a better word, all of that was unheard of after the crusades were abolished.
I hope we return to civility as those depicted in this film, hopefully soon. From my heart.
@@tanamly Not all were civil, there was hate I'm sure on both sides....this was war after all, a killing time..
Frank Luke, the allied flyer best known as the " Balloon buster",. upon hearing of the Baron's death was heard to say, " I hope he sizzled all the way down"......By that late stage of the war, visions of knights flying around in airplanes with chivalry was gone on both sides.
@@jeffreyhagelin3672 Sadly true. Guess my romanticism refused to acknowledge that
@@jeffreyhagelin3672 so true,the flying knight image disappeared in late war,but tbh I wouldn't consider Frank Luke as a yardstick for people of those time,since he was considered a bit too uncouth by his squadron members.
My grandfather, George Bell, was a member of 3rd Squadron, AFC, was there when the Red Baron was shot down.
It is fair to say that he collected a souvenir which will be donated to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra along with a cache of his other memorabilia.
I have original photographs of the wreckage and the grave along with a copy of the squadron history book called “The Battle Below”.
Fascinating story.
could you perhaps take some pictures of the photos, or scan them maybe, and upload them somewhere while providing a link to them here? i would love to see them and i'm sure Mark would too, thanks!
Hi Nick. Thanks for your interest.
I will endeavour to find a way of posting them, but I am a bit tech ignorant so excuse me if it takes a bit of time.
Allegedly, the pictures were reproduced several times and are on file at the Canberra war memorial.
They are searchable on the memorial website.
That won’t stop me trying to put them here.
@@srzdax Ha, Ha, I'm a bit that way tech wise mate. Just find the nearest ten year old who'll probably be able to have it on-line in five minutes. I'd love to see them too.
@@warrenmilford1329 So very true Lol.
@@MrBobthebird my second comment just got obliterated for absolutely no reason when i tried to edit it after noticing a typo
The Aussies did the best job honoring his death and showed their respect, just like the Baron did himself for his so called enemies.
Noice
So called?
By using him as a propaganda piece instead of returning him to his family upon his death? Goddamn jackals.
@@richardmoeller5351 How dare you call the Aussies 'goddamn jackals', ya fuckhead. It was their choice to give the Baron a respectful, dignified burial, to honour a worthy opponent. I've read accounts of attendees at the burial, about how moving it was and what an honour it was to be part of. In case you didn't know this, most troops who fell on the western front got no funeral. They were buried where they fell. Some didn't even receive a burial, because there was nothing left to bury. It wasn't the Australian's choice to use him as propaganda, that would have originated with British high command. The Aussies had no say, in what was or wasn't used for propaganda purposes, in fact I reckon they had no idea that the filming of the funeral, would be used that way at all. Your comment about 'returning him to his family upon his death', takes the fuckin' cake. Who was ever returned to their family after they fell?
@@Conn30Mtenor When you have whites fighting against whites, then all labeling of who's the enemy is totally arbitrary.
Red Baron: The Ace of Aces of World War 1
Mark Felton: The Ace of Aces of Online Historians
@Von ricth A well thats why we all are so glad Marks here
The Australians gave him the full respect he deserved
Not to mention the souveneir hunters who tore his plane apart like animals while he was laying there dead.
@@thechurch5000 That would of happen anywhere
@@thechurch5000 to be fair, he did the same to his "enemies". Although at least he was the one to actually shoot them down, these guys just wanted a souvenir from a dead man, to sell it or whatever, which is kind of weird.
Nah they did show respect the aussies were a class act for the wonderful pilot
@@thechurch5000 Laying where dead? In the plane? When it say he was still in the plane when the souvenier hunters did their thing? Perhaps you should listen closely.
As an Aussie, our history tend to focus and memorialise primarily the Gallipoli campaign everything else being a satellite. I’m surprised this doesn’t come up more often, outstanding work once again Mark.
As a Canadian we were told that Roy Brown shot the Baron down. The Canadian pilots in WW1 did well and were among the top aces.
There was a change in the theme song today for the Halloween special. That is great to listen to.
And he’s flying!
HIGHER, THE KING OF THE SKY
HE’S FLYING TO FAST AND HE’S FLYING TOO HIGH!
HIGHER, AN EYE FOR AN EYE,
THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIIIIEEEE!!
And then the wing hussars arrived
"It's a bird. It's a plane. NO, it's The Red Baron!!!"
@@cactuslietuva goddamnit you are everywhere lol
@@cactuslietuva The fact you are lithuanian makes this so much better
@@user-rh3pe7um8d It does :)
0:02
History channel: "your overconfidence is your weakness..."
Mark: "your faith in aliens is yours..."
This was a amazing comment so true haha
= )
If this were Reddit I'd give you gold, sadly I am but a poor on UA-cam.
wrong, its "Ancient Astronaut Theorists..."
At least they confidence that aliens "might" exist somewhere in this vast universe.
That genuinely made me laugh out loud.
Manfred looks like such a wholesome person when he is with his dog.
Just because he was good at his job, why wouldn't he be 'wholesome'? Millions of wholesome men kill each other during war.
@@SnoopReddogg I can tell he was wholesome and he just looks more wholesome.
Hey peter
I don't know about wholesome. He was something of a loner, short, not popular with women - unlike his taller brother Lothar. And he was more of a marksman than a pilot. "Wholesome" is the rose tinted spectacles of history I guess!
Very classy for the “enemy” to treat the dead that way. WW1 was the last war to be so polite to each other, yet so violent.
Jesus, could none of them not do the right thing and just give his remains back to family after the war.
The right thing? These are governments you’re talking about.
That’s why a headless pilot flys a phantom Fokker dr.1 to this day over France on cold, dreary nights.... and a small beagle hunts him
@@seanosborn3272 That's nuts!
@@kellio48 Peanuts actually
@@seanosborn3272 And that beagle is flying a dog house.
Thankyou Mr Felton for making my afternoon.
A true hero of The First World War and the beginnings of the modern combat airforce squadrons.
Shame he was on the other side!
Peace
Charlie 🇬🇧
I agree with the first part of your comment but the "Shame he was on the other side!" sounds a bit like an insult to me.
Threnn how so? Why do you take that as an insult?
@@le4421 Sorry I forgot to add that english is not my mother tongue. I'm not quite shure what different kinds of meanings the word shame can have in this context. The one I know sounds like an insult.
I think in general the usage of the word shame is different in english and my mother tongue.
@@threnn9509 @Claud Von insult? Do you mean about the side he was on?
No insult, he was a great pilot, a tremendous tactician and I wish he had been on our side, thats all.
A compliment if anything.
I'm ex RAF and have studied the RFC, RAF including the Flying Circus and the baron in depth.
He was a phenomenal early pioneer of military tactics in the air.
Peace
Charlie 🇬🇧
@@charliemansonUK Well said, Charlie.
A hero of mine since childhood. A true hunter, in the forests of Silesia and in the skies of France. Thank you, Mark, for another well researched video.
MAN AND MACHINE AND NOTHING THERE IN BETWEEN - That's a really poetic line.
That's not poetic in the slightest.
I was stationed in Wiesbaden in the 1980s and went past Sud Friedfof numerous times but never knew von Richthofen was buried there until years later.
I know this is a different subject, but in 1977 I was at fort Sill, Oklahoma. I never knew GERONIMO was Buried there, untill I went back there in 2009 Been to Deutchland as well, just saying 😊
I was stationed at a kaserne north of Frankfurt from '92-'94, and visited Wiesbaden numerous times. Having just learned The Red Baron is buried there thanks to this video, I would have checked out his gravesite.
American education is a disaster. At least, you guys realise the inadequacy of the system. How sad. However, if the Skull and Bones (incorrect spelling!) perverts could rob Geronimo's skull and get away with it, there needs to be reparation and that will happen! These Illiterati need to be exterminated. Their reign of brutality over a weaker foe shall bite them in the arse!!! BIG TIME!!
@@hanorabrennan8846 American education is working as intended.
To create generations of near incompetent people.
Just smart enough to function, and to vote a particular way.
Not sure the American education system had anything to do with my not knowing Richthofen was buried in Wiesbaden when I was stationed there.
I grew up near Ft Sill and have been to Geronimo’s gravesite.
May he rest in peace forever....Manfred von Richthofen, a true magnificent pilot, a gentleman and a hero.
I don't know much about Manfred von Richthofen. I guess I have to study up on him.
He obviously didn't shoot up YOUR family!
No, he was a cold and calculating killer, a large proportion of his kills were poorly performing 2 seaters that the RFC insisted on using and these were invariably attacked from behind and below, a well known “blind” spot. Perhaps a hero but never a gentleman.
@@Ndlanding - Be reasonable, man...It was WARTIME...! Do I have to tell you that in war you kill or else get killed...???
@@hughjohnson2674 - It's plain to see you know nothing of air combat tactics...!
My favorite warrior, and my favorite historian. Thank you, Dr. Felton, for covering this story with the reverence that it deserves.
Mr. Felton, I don't have words to express my gratitude to you for this episode.
A number of years ago there was a video on the very extensive and scientific study of the
Barons death. It may still be on UA-cam. They were able to prove that it was an Australian
machine gun that shot him down and exactly which gun did it. The Baron broke one of his
own rules; never fly low to the ground. Richtofen knew that the government was about to
ground him in order to save his life so he flew this last mission to hopefully increase his score.
Probably the main reason why he kept after the prey in front of him instead of breaking off
and maintaining altitude.
It was on discovery channel that experts in different fields and also medical doctors indeed proved that He was mortally wounded by Australian ground fire
Rest In Peace Manfred Von Richtofen.
Perhaps his tombstone catched the bullets and not the fleeing civilians from East Berlin.
He just helped the homeland even in his grave.
His Tombstone from Berlin was gifted to the Jagdgeschwader 71 'Richthofen' by his family and now stands in Wittmund right next to an old plane of Erich Hartmann.
Mark should do a vid on Hartmann.
352 kills and few people "in the WEST" KNOW who he is.
@@carlgreisheimer5278 Indeed the absolutely Greatest of them all!!! And some German pilots passed 300 planes and several 250 and 200 planes shot down! But the Germans had no pilots to take over, so the very best kept on fighting and flying, till being shot down! But waiting for your enemy to arrive and know they have to go back at some time, is an advantage, as also during "The Battle of Britain"!
Is it possible to see Hartmann plane from the outside?
@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 you may get a glimpse at it through the treeline from the street. It is just a Sabre painted in his color scheme though.
This makes me want to go out and fly my Fokker triplane kite...
:(
I had one but this beagle kept attacking it.
Be wary of any Australian infantry.
@@stephenbaber1547 yes🤣
@@claudiobrent918 not really that funny dude
Love the dramatic music. Such a shame respect is never understood. Once a soldier dies his war is over.
Mark, please stay independent and never cave in to any bigshot offers. For your and our sake.
is that why two of his books are being made into movies in hollywood as we speak
its simple as reading the description in his videos lol
"Sollte Ich diesen Krieg überleben, hätte ich mehr Glück als Verstand. Ich mag es zu fliegen, nicht zu töten."
-Manfred von Richthofen
"Should I survive this war, I will have had more luck than wisdom. I like to fly, not to kill."
-Manfred von Richthofen
Lex Prontera thanks for the translation!
A surprising statement, considering he had silver cups made as trophies of each of his aerial victories
Propagandalf HAHAHAHA
I've heard of other such statements from him (diary, witnesses...) in a documentary once. By the end he was actually losing the will to live, he was described as melancholic (depresion? PTSD?).
The clear impression is: he had a passion for the hunt, the flying, the "chivalrous" duel in the air, but very much not the killing and bloodshed in it.
Pieces of his plane are in the Australian war memorial, I've seen them and even touched a piece, the mini wing that sits between the wheels on the focker triplane. (I had to break some rules to do that so don't tell anyone).
Thanks for the upload, very much appreciated.
You are being investigated already!
What's the point of having rare items cordoned off?
Isn't it to protect them from idiot selfish vandals so future generations can view them as well?
If everyone did what you did, eventually they'd be nothing left.
Shame, shame, shame.
U mean ond of the landing gear struts?
@@Froot99 No check the vid, there's a 'wing' between the landing gear struts.
@@kellio48 Strangely I feel no shame. Didn't feel shame when I stood on the deck of the USS Missouri either or when I stood on the wing of a spitfire at an airshow(got in trouble for that one). You only get one chance to do some things sometimes.
Phenomenal pilot, trained to kill and destroy with utter precision, yet admired by all on both sides. Never in the history of military aviation has such a pilot been so respected.
Watched a programme on Channel 4 maybe 20 years ago, they interviewed his great great nephew. Aged about 25, short blond hair, he was his double.
Wish someone had a copy of that, as it’s one I’ve not seen and I thought I’d seen them all.
One can imagine what if he had been the Air Chief instead of Goering
That modern day German squadron named in his honour would carry a different name and Richthofen would have been the top Nazi standing trial in Nuremberg. Not much else I guess.
Goering seemed to be more interested in stealing rare art than actually running an air force.
I doubt very much would have been different at all, other than we would think of Richthofen as a war criminal rather than a respected pilot.
At one point.. The Red Baron wanted Göering to be shot..for compromising the German Airforce's Honor when Göering was reported to have machinegunned a downed English flier who was standing beside his plane's wreckage.
The Red Baron was said to be fuming mad and had ordered a Court Martial proceeding against Göering..and promised him that he will personnaly go and ask the Kaiser,as a favor, to have him shot.
But as a stroke of luck..for Göering , The Red Baron was killed before the Court Martial could convene.
@@manfredrichthofen2494 Wait....u ain't his descendent r u?
At least he has a known grave, many hundreds of thousands of men who fought in the trenches have no such 'luck'. Buried in temproary graveyards on the battlefields to be churned into the mud and forgotten by barrages, or lost in No Mans Land, their bodies thrown up, buried, and then reburied time after time by shell fire till nought remained but a few splintered bones and sodden rags..... Their names carved upon marble walls, their bodies an eternal part of the hellish landscape in which they fought and died.....
So yeah, least Richtoven has a known grave..... I find those who were lost to the Battlefield far more worthy of Halloween than Richtoven.... if you go to those old Battlefields you can almost feel them watching you....
Aye lad, your dead right.
True. Four times alone is better than one time with a whole community.
Baddest Germany ever had produce. This guy had the big kahuna. Demonstrated true bravery countless times.
As the chaps who buried him thought a hero is still a hero even if the enemy.
He made a good pizza too.
Yes, he was a brave and very capable pilot, but most of his victims were ambushed, and never saw him coming
@@ernesthill2681 who told you that?
@@noway57 yeah, they never seen a scarlet red object flying in the sky
The Red Baron is one of my heroes in life.
We love your videos here in Australia.
An Aussie shot the Red Baron down too. Was some miscreant ground gunner that got him. A lucky shot really.
@@1pcfred
Yes sir. A very lucky shot. I always thought it was Australian AA that got him not a single bullet.
@@loveofmangos6112 there's a lot of speculation why Richthofen was even flying how he was that day. He was breaking all of his own rules. He'd probably about had it at that point. He was disabled from a previous injury. So you can say he wasn't himself anymore.
i think you would enjoy reading about eddie rickenbacker also a world war 1 ace, or chuck yeager. some people lead extraordinary lives.
@@gregkoliaga5198 I know about them. They weren't the Red Baron. I think they'd each be the first to admit it too.
Star of the silent film “Weekend at Baron’s”
Felton - I just want to let you know my dad calls me regularly to talk about your videos. You got him off watching main stream media news where everyone hyperbolic and sensationalizing everything. It’s made a really positive impact on his life to watch your content.
It should be said that, to Brown's credit, he did not push any claim of having downed Richthofen; he reported only that he had fired on an all-red triplane that was in pursuit of Lt. May, and that the result was "inconclusive." The RAF pushed the claim on his behalf and without further input from him. Brown was an effective squadron leader who was known and appreciated for his policy of allowing novice pilots a "breaking in" period during which they were only to observe fights from above. May had been instructed by Brown to do so on that day, but impulsively joined the fight anyway. Brown survived the war and lived until 1944, when, shortly after being photographed shaking hands with Canadian WWII Spitfire ace George "Buzz" (also: "Screwball") Beurling, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Beurling was famous for his exploits during the siege of Malta and for his extraordinary marksmanship.
It's been proven it wasn't Roy Brown who shot him once in his Chest ..it was an Australian on the ground ..
@@angelamary9493 Yes, that's correct. Almost certainly it was Cedric Popkin. What is 100% certain is that it was not Brown.
Yes, ground fire, probably from Cedric Popkin's machine gun.
Wilfred "Wop" May, one of the pilots who was involved in Richthofens final fight went on to open Canada's first commercial airport and became a very famous bush pilot. His life would be worth an episode, all on its own.
Wasn't Wop May also involved in the search for Canada's Mad Trapper Albert Johnson?
@@Mike-im5bo Yes, he was.
I’m Canadian, and you would be surprised how few people actually know who Wop May was. Canada has a lot of interesting history for a fairly young country. Our history is often overshadowed by our loud neighbour to the south. Not to insult our American brothers. Most Canadians know who George Washington was or Abe Lincoln, but very few even know everyone who is on our currency. It’s pretty simple, it’s either Queen Elizabeth II or a prime minister.
Also memorialized with a brand of frozen pizza in America. My wife doesn't care for it but I like it.
@R Owen 1) It's more than 99.999...% of people get. 2) It's how I learned about him as a little boy and part of the reason I have an interest in World War 1.
@@jarodarmstrong7836 Indeed. Early on in the brand, you could even send away 5 UPC symbols and with return shipping, get a die cast Fokker D.III. I did so, but the toy has been lost to history.
@@horsepj I would have really wanted one of them, but I suspect it would have been lost to time as well.
Jarod, if you like pizza & want a real treat, Lou Malnati's will ship 2 chicago deep dish pizzas packed in dry ice & a styrofoam cooler to your address by UPS for $60. they make really excellent pizza.
I have fond memories of that brand because my grandma would bake some now and then and it was usually preferable to her cooking.
Once again, Mark Felton Productions teaches me yet another unknown of history that leaves me astounded and informed. I love history and all the oddities that come with it. Thank YOU sir for another very interesting and great upload.
This is indeed very rear and valuable piece of history
The only pilot which kept on transfer to different posts after death.Very informative video,work well done.
The Aussie Infantry did the honorable thing with there burial and salute.
@Normie Some of them gave it back . Guilt probably set in latter .
Looting was the norm back then
The Red Baron to this day is still a hero of mine
You are the history teacher I wish I had had!
Thanks Mr. Felton...this is one of my favorite lectures.
Einen Herrn der Lüfte kriegt man nicht so schnell unter die Erde.
You can't get a master of the air underground so quickly.
One does not simply lay the Red Baron in earth.
Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich?
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und, dass sowas von sowas kommt
99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'Ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn's so wär
Dabei war'n dort am Horizont
As on famous German Sergeant once said "Ich weiß nichts, ich sehe nichts"
Wohl gesprochen..👍
I really like how you scripted and integrated the music in the beginning respectfully carrying through the theme enhancing this remarkable story about the world's most legendary military pilot. So very educational. Thank you!!!
Somewhere out there in time and space the red baron flies on. Legendary forever
Very cool. I’ve never seen a film of him. I read a biography of him when I was a kid, The Red Knight of Germany. It was an original edition that my dad read when he was young. I’ve seen it displayed at the Smithsonian. I wish I still had it. Great video and story. The Red Baron’s house was filled with souvenirs from planes and pilots he’d shot down.
Absolutely awesome!
Thankyou again Dr Felton.
As an Aussie myself I don't recall hearing that it was Australian troops that shot him down. I'm encouraged to see the level of honour and respect afforded the young hero. Even in war it is proper to recognise it's grevious nature. Well done Mark I love your videos
Completely agree, the conduct of the australian soldiers is remarkable for their chivalry. Civilized to the core.
That Respect they give to him.
Hats off
The Red Baron still known 100 years later. Most I would imagine are familiar with the red triplane.
Thanks.
pizza not bad either
The New intro song fits perfectly
I like both but the former has a more fitting theme over all for these types of videos
Blasphemy!
Reminds me of the creepy pasta "One for the Baron"
An odd occurrence has been rumored to happen in a certain pub at night in southwest Germany. If you sit in the stool farthest from the door while one beside it is empty, order a round for yourself and offer to "buy one for the Baron".
The bartender will, without question or expression, pour two beers from tap. He'll place one beside you, and the moment the other one hits the table the room will go dark and silent, save the sound of footsteps as a man in uniform sits beside you.
It is believed that it is indeed Captain Manfred von Richthofen, although no one is sure because they can barely see their own glass, much less the person's face. No one who's told this story has had the nerve to touch him or risk insult, and the figure does not say a word.
But apparently if you were to ask him, "So sir, what's the condition at the front?" he would tell you startling details about the region's future and sometimes how they connect to the world as a whole.
Those who lived long enough after the fact claim that these events took place the exact amount of years from the date they asked as from the date Baron von Richthofen died in battle. Yet this cannot be confirmed, because every time the figure has been asked the question after 1966 he's only replied with a cold laugh.
I live in southwest Germany and never heard of such a nonsense...
@@docharley4535 Indeed, it is a complete and utter nonsense, it was made by 4chan or Something Awful 15 years ago out of thin air, but it became one of the most famous "creepy pastas".
Nice Treehouse of Horror story bro
Absolutely loved this one, Mark. The music was the cherry on top!
I hope, that the future will take him not so much as a hero - but as a monument for all young humas dying in senseless wars. Thank you Mr. Felton...what a giant work you do, to prepare such a future.
He had a cold stare, didn't he? His flying boots are also in the Australian War Memorial
So the Red Baron was never defeated by an adversary in the air?
Allied propaganda gave the kill to Roy Brown but there's no way Brown could have made the shot. It came from an Aussie ground gunner.
Snoopy killed him
@@1pcfred Trust an Ausie to get the job done that no one could accomplish 🤣🤣
For most of the pilots you only defeated in the air once anyway.
@@ad5034 Especially in WW1.
I’m so proud to be Australian.great presentation mark🙏
Choice of music was very fitting and I hope this style of music would be used more in the future. Keep up the great work, Dr. Felton.
You know someone is excelling in their field when, upon searching for a subject you look not at the titles of the videos, but at who has created them.
When it comes to the world wars, if Mark Felton has made a film about it, that will be treated as the primary. If I see Mark Felton, I click.
Amazing for The Red Baron's Death and four Burials. Thank You very much.💖🌺🌼🌷🙏
When do we get the Baron's epic battles against Snoopy?
I think it was Snoopy - and NOT Australian ground troops - who shot down the Red Baron!
@@josephstevens9888 YES! That is now canon in world history.
Ironically, No more Charlie Brown on free TV. Apple TV + has control over all the specials now.
On the peanuts movie
@@WALTERBROADDUS That is a very unfortunate for many, many kids.
As a kid my father told me stories about the Red Barron and other great pilots. He was a Marine, but I think part of him always wanted to fly. But what a fascinating story! I had assumed when the Red Barron died that was the end of him. Some airmen never make it home, but the Barron was buried four times!
"Mark Felton's videos are so boring." Said no-one ever. Happy Halloween Mark, keep up the impeccable work mate!
Thank you for revealing more about the Red Baron and his life and times -- and his afterlife.
Told with verve and eloquence, sir! Thanks again!
I can only say what an excellent story. Didn't knew that he was buried 4 times. Every time I see your videos learn more and more. Keep up the good job. Give us more stories like this!
This video was nothing less than freakin AWESOME! Thank you again, Mark.
Mark, you are a true monster in nailing a good story at the right time - nobody does Halloween better than you !
Again, I wonder whether I've *really* known anything about the conflicts I spent so much time reading about...
Thanks a lot !
Thanks Professor! What a story! You take all of these old pictures and films and create these gems which gives us a new perspective on history.
Once again Mark you amaze me with your thoroughly watchable and insightful mini documentaries that so often cover little known subjects....you are a u tube treasure to history buffs
His legacy lives on as a pizza brand
may god rest his soul.
May he never rest.
He's like Achilles he lives forever!
If he was alive today I bet he think it would be awesome he's a pizza. He wanted to be famous, he wanted to be popular, he wanted to stand out. He was a professional killer, and an honorable warrior. An anachronistic flying knight in shining armor.
Give AI a few more years, someone's going to make a Red Baron ancestor simulation. Probably around the same time Star Citizen finally comes out. This time around he will be an esports star.
@Dalle Smalhals Yup, it's not bad, better than most frozen pizzas but I'm not really a frozen pizza guy, usually way too saucy.
@Dalle Smalhals You'd have to dig that one up yourself, Caesar sells pizza and a clown hocks us burgers, we bought tacos from a chihuahua in the 90s, there isn't always a direct correlation that is immediately apparent.
@Dalle Smalhals What?
And a chain of Motorcycle stores in Japan
At least the Aussies treated him with respect and gave him full honours, ........after they stripped his aircraft completely bare for souvenirs.
Yeah because no one but the Aussies took war souvenirs. Especially when it came to living legends.
And stole his boots, by the way.
@@alisonjones7747 I suppose they're on display in Canada like most of the other stuff.
Yeah, Aussies are great demolishers. And they know it.
@@voornaam3191 Yeah. If you ignore the building of one of the most advanced, wealthiest and safest nations on the planet.
It's very moving to watch people from one army honor the death of another soldier from the rival army.
This is an extremely cool and interesting channel and I really like 🙂😊
The "RICHTOFEN" marker being struck, by bullets intended for Germans fleeing Soviet tyranny, is symbolism people wouldn't even dare to write. It's amazing.
He was protecting his countrymen even in death. A true hero.
Awesome Video Mark, thanks for posting so many excellent historical videos. I'm really enjoying the war stories channel as well. I would love to see a video on Erich Hartmann, his WWII Accomplishments are staggering!
You always had some of the most interesting videos I didn't know the Red Baron was even moved four times until I saw this
I have seen alot of your stories,this is one of the best
Unbelievable....may he rest in Peace.....he was remarkable during his life..... Amazing yet that During WW2, The German Aviators outshined every other Nation, the German Pilots were the Best the World has ever seen.... Kudos to Dr. Mark Felton for teaching people the truth about the Horrors of both World Wars...God Bless you Dr. Mark Felton...Bravo❤
"Here is the World War One flying ace, bowing his head to the burial place of his greatest adversary and most noble combatant, The Red Baron."
British respects their enemies warriors, who fought well against them.
In WWII the Germans were happier surrendering to the British and Americans than the Russians. It helped the Allies that they had a reputation of being a kinder enemy.
@@brianmarshall1762 More british than americans I think..americans sent officials and soldiers to Stalin, if he reclaimed them.
@@zumb42 No the British did also.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repatriation_of_Cossacks_after_World_War_II
Including their German officers and NCO's.
The natives in every country Britain colonised would question that statement.
@@MrBagpipes Race baiting? Noice lol
I wonder how history would have been shaped had he lived. Weird thing to think on.
Who knows, might have become a German WWII Ace or part German High Air Command after WWI or (depending on his views of Nazi Germany) could try to leave the country to either the USA or Britain (or anywhere else really) to either retire from military service indefinitely or when war broke out help either country's air forces in the early stages of WWII. He might've if he decided to, become an American or British Ace during WWII, though that's for the alternate universe theories to think about.
Probably a raddled morphine addict trying to numb the pain of his brain injury.
Im pretty sure he would of ended in the lufwaffe as a high ranking member
The Richthofens of this world always die, taking a bullet for their comrades, colleagues, village, town, city, country. It is the Görings who always make sure to survive. Everywhere in this world.
@@hoohaa5088 I doubt an ww2 ace. He would of been around 50. If anything he probably would of been a big nazi.
The first burial was conducted with all respect. It goes downhill from there until the final one.
Dr. Mark has me completely addicted to his videos !!!
Books, TV shows and feature films; don't forget about pop music with Snoopy and The Red Baron
Dr. Felton. that was both informative and hilarious. Your parody of a certain sort of over-egged horror narration, complete with cheesily ominous background music, did not go entirely unnoticed.
And yeah, good on the Aussies for paying proper respect to a valiant foe.
Me: Expects the same iMovie intro theme from Darth Mark Felton
Darth Mark: "You don't know the power of the 'Mark' Side!"
You legend.
Imagine being that great that your enemies hold a ceremonial burial and fire shots over your grave as a sign of respect.
Mark's voice Is what separates him from the other UA-cam history guys. He has a very aristocratic voice and he reads European history beautifully.
How much I'd love to have The Red Baron as my flying instructor.