How Tall Were WW2 Leaders?
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Napoleon was actually slightly above average height for his time. He looks short because he was often depicted with his Imperial Guard, who were required to be six foot at least.
Oversimplified
@@shadowman8535 True enough, i could give more detail, but i think it's best to keep comments brief.
@@morningstar9233 mhm........
He was also called "le petit caporal", or "the little corporal" by his men, which wasn't a reference to is stature, but to the fact that instead of merely giving orders from a distant commands tent, he would be with his men in the trenches, fighting alongside them. So it was more a term of endearment than diminution.
he was short. that's just a pseudo fun fact
We have no idea of Dr. Felton’s physical stature but we do know that he is a towering giant of modern military history.
There is a photo of Dr Felton with a (tracked) Panther on his clip about Allied Panthers so that’s a point to let the estimation begin
I totally agree 👋👋
Good job, Mr. Felton...👍
he hates hollywood directors lol
And hung like a horse
3:54
Dude looks like he's just dropped the greatest roast of all time
he looks a roast something
When Mussolini says your grandma’s pasta recipe tastes like tinned spaghetti o’s
but since it was Benny it was probably only in his head.
Nah it was Hitler who did the roasting
EL DUDE to you
Can we just appreciate how mark doesn’t have the fanciest editing, the prettiest effects, or the most high quality visuals, yet he still puts out some of the best history videos on UA-cam?
I am on the older side and I appreciate the sobriety of his editing without fancy bullshit that youngsters seem to enjoy for some reasons.
I think Mr.. Felton’s documentaries are better for the of all the fancy hoo-ha.
Generation ADHD videos is unbearable if you older than 25.
You don't need all that crap ,just tell the story that's good enough don't need anything else.
@@williedesmond8201 Agreed!
Me: Scrolling through UA-cam enjoying my morning
Mark Felton: Hey, you wanna know if you were taller than Hitler?
Me: Sure, why not?
Well? Are you???
I was so happy to learn that I’m taller (5’9”) than that awful man, Hitler.
Taller than Hitler and lasted longer!!
I'm as tall as he was
@@Collector123k funi!
This is one of those questions that you'll die without needing the answer for, but after you see the question you'll need the answer for it.
Damn! I wanted to say that. Okay, I lied. That was a wonderful statement.
@rodger Rodger
Great minds think alike
@George Washington ?
@@goebbledup1835 ... 'and yet, fools seldom differ' ... (just to complete the often misused saying !)
@@thenoobgameplays More inane ramblings from this bloke. I think he is some right wing nut job.
Or he has had a relationship with each of them?
"Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist"
Specifically the right fist, of course.
yh he ruled so good bro, he mass murdered his own people and enslaved the few alive ones
chill dude
@@ogchainsaw681 Yeah he was cool
@@alexthestalinloverhistoryb2814 kek
@@Poffean He was he’s one of us.
How the heck De Gaulle fitted in his tank as a commander is still beyond me.
in ww1 he was infantry and ww2 he was colonel, so i don't think(i may be wrong) that he got into tanks, it's like leclerc and the second armoured division he was always in a jeep
@@boss180888 From what I know you are right, he was too tall to get into a tank and anyway would command rather than pilot them !
De Gaulle could - and did - get into a Char 2b tank, but yes, you're mostly right, all other tanks De Gaulle could NOT fit into - he was more tank command from - if you'll excuse the pun - above.
@@robertwilloughby8050 If you meant a Char 2C, that was the biggest operational tank of the entire war, so he could easily fit in there.
@@SynchroScore Yep. Have no idea where Char 2B came from.
Mark is the sort of guy who'd talk about the history of some rock found near the Thames for 10 minutes and still leave his audience interested
A rock found near the Thames you say, tell me more!
"Interestingly, it was this same rock that was used to knock Hadvar the Fart off his horse..." - from Mark Felton Productions', "The Great Rock Lectures: Death of a Scandinavian Goliath"
I want to hear these rock stories. Is that a seperate Mark Felton channel?
Just subbed to "Rock Stories with Mark Felton".
Thanks!
My housemate (who rarely cleans and never takes out the bins) is the same height as Hitler.
The blood runs deep...
“Cash My Check” LOL
Chiang Kai-shek is only the tip of the tip of the iceberg when it comes to corruption in modern post Qing China
My father refered to him as "Shanker Jack."
My thought exactly. Hee, hee.
I heard him called "peanut" by General Stillwell.
@@StrimClocks I am sure that will be the truth. I am from the Netherlands and we have a number of Indonesian immigrants and their descendents. Which the Dutch revere sometimes as peanuts as well.
As a kid, I always imagined Stalin as this massive 6' 5" buff dude who scared people just by sight. Kinda strange how one of the most powerful and terrifying figures in history was much shorter.
I've always heard that he was 5 feet 4 inches or something
he was short but stout....
Putin is short too
@@mapofthesoultagme7143 I'm fairly certain he was 5' 7'' at the time of Yalta. As people age, they become shorter, so he may have been slightly taller than that at his prime.
Yeah, short and fat lmao
I was almost sad Mannerheim wasnt on this list. He was a pretty tall guy, at 187cm!
We don't need a butcher on the list.
@@user-ts2fw6dv1b ah yes, its okay to have Stalin, Mussolini, Hirohito and Hitler on the list because they aren't butchers but Mannerheim is where you draw the line. makes perfect sense!
@@user-ts2fw6dv1b Butcher? Dude you for real or am I missing the irony here
@@YBM2007 I am for real, it's a shame that bastard didn't pay for his gruesome deeds. Comrade should had executed him.
@@user-ts2fw6dv1b read up on history, a hero fighting for a small country humiliating a big country.
Chiang Kai-shek being called “cash my check”, I don’t know why, but I’m just laughing and laughing at that one.
@lati long KMT were just as brutal as the CCP which certainly didn't help them.
They also decided to sign the ceasefire with the communists when the Japanese invaded when they had already completely dislodged them from any land.
While seemingly a good idea, the Communists had almost no political, societal, or economic power at the time of the signing and essentially gave Mao a free hand to build up and prepare for the resumption of the Civil War.
Chiang-Kai Shek wasn't the best leader imo
In the WW2 China was in a civil war nationalist with Kai-shek and communist with Mao Zedong. And Japan attacked China. CKS was helped by Allied against Japan but used help only aiganst communist
@lati long Turned red courtesy of Truman.
We may be going to War to Protect Taiwan & All those Wealthy Corruot Politicians...
or, maybe not.
@@eduardoaleman2773 DOLT
“Cash my check” was in power until “Mouse C. Dung” threw him out. Enough said.
Pat Hurley was actually mispronouncing his name as “Moose Dung”.
And it’s a little known fact that the US had opened channels with the Chinese communists under the ‘Dixie Mission’.
Commies in the US gov't did their best to defame Chang and denied him vital war supplies which were already bought and paid for. The Commies like Lattimore , Dexter White . gave massive aid to MAO paid by Uncle Sam.
@@ottodidact5056 Sounds familiar
Hilarious wordplay dude
@@ottodidact5056 General Cash my Check didn't need to be defamed, he blew everything himself and squandered the vast resources given freely by the USA.
One thing I fine amazing is that FDR was wheelchair bound. The press was respectful to him and didn't spread it around. Talk about a different a time.
Churchill's description of de Gaulle still works, “He looks like a female llama who has just been surprised in her bath.”
At least De Gaulle didn’t look like a goblin with asthma.
Churchill was a drunken half-american horrible man and responsible for so much evil
@@JohnDoe-zk4rm really, do you know any doc's about Churchill that speaks about that? I'm interested in this....
At least de Gaulle didn't look like Penguin Man.
I just can't see what Churchill saw. Llamas are cute. DeGaulle looks ridiculous. If I were to liken DeGaulle to any animal, it would be a saiga antelope.
Fun fact, Hitler was actually Five foot Nein.
I'll see myself out...
Actually, he was five foot NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN
5'No 😂
I did Nazi that joke coming. Well played. 😉
Ann frankly I find this funny 😅
Me at 177cm…the fuhrer is not going to like that
I can feel less bad being rejected and ignored on Tinder by knowing I'm taller than Stalin and Mussolini!
Thanks, Mark!
Im like 6ft 2 only De gual beat me
I think that Western Europeans are too concerned about physical aspects, specially height.
@@camaradacomissario9641 They really are
@@alexthestalinloverhistoryb2814 Russian?
@@camaradacomissario9641 I’m Georgian.
After all these years, I've finally found something where De Gaulle and I can see eye to eye.
As a 196 cm tall guy, who rarely meets a taller person in the everyday life even today, I thought that I'll be way taller than all the leaders of WWII, and no one will stand over 185 cm. I'm surprised even that Chamberlain and FDR were so tall, not to mention de Gaulle. With that famous hat of his, I suppose he seemed easily more than 2 meters.
I'm 187cm, but 14 years old. Getting up there
@@dragooll2023 who? Asked
@@YungEagle3k Not you it seems
I am 195 cm, but 14 y o. Getting there and catchin up to ya buddy
@@dragooll2023 i'm 250cm, but only 3 years old. Getting up there
My grandfather remembered lots of stories and jokes about De Gaulle:
Just after the Nazis surrendered, De Gaulle intended to visit Germany. As his staff car came up to Franco-German border he ordered his driver to stop. The tall general stepped out, looked intensely at the bombed out flat German landscape from his elevated position, turned back to his driver and said: I’ve seen all of it, François, you can turn the car around and drive back to HQ
Lmao
@@pierren___ story yes, joke ... not so much.
@@kevinbergin9971 it’s not meant to be ‘most popular joke’ on The r/jokes subreddit: De Gaulle was quite a character and the many stories were just describing what kind of a man he was: charismatic, authoritarian, headstrong and difficult to work with but revered by the French during and after WWII. Besides, humour was a bit different back then.
@@JohnKobaRuddy no worries if you didn’t like it and sorry, I don’t watch sitcoms so I can’t judge this particular one. For an explanation on the story: pls see my reply to @KevinBergen. Have a nice day Commie
@@acurafillfilip9868 reddit user = unfunny
I've always figured Hirohito was short but seeing him on that horse makes him look even smaller since Japanese horses are pocket-sized.
Because his small stature would make him look disproportionately funny if the horse was not the right size
The horses I have ridden in Japan didn't seem pocket sized though. Is there a particular breed you are thinking (something maybe raised up in Gunma prefecture)?
If I’m not mistaken the Emperor would always be standing on a higher elevation when in the presence of his subjects.
@@willdavey1565 Good question. I believe so for public settings. Or the filming would work to that effect. For actual counsels, like the one at 2:00am 76 years and one day ago, he maybe just sits in a chair like everyone else, with a cabinet/group of military leaders? Or a chair that is a little higher?
Regardless, McArthur broke that etiquette pretty quickly once the occupation really got going in September.
@@michaeldunne338 interesting. I also remember seeing somewhere that when Hirohito made the Japanese surrender announcement most ordinary Japanese citizens couldn’t really understand what he was saying because he spoke in a different dialect that was used by the upper class?
De Gaulle was such a beanpole of a figure. Fearless too. I've heard that on his return to France, with Nazi snipers still lurking about, someone near his entourage fired a gun in celebration. Everyone hit the ground but De Gaulle, who remained towering, unfazed.
He was in Paris while fights were still going on due to pockets of remaining german soldiers, you can find footages on youtube.
President Tito of Yugoslavia was the only WW2 leader that was wounded in combat
@@theoklas whats the point ? we're talking about De Gaulle here
@@lutscher7979 There are bigger heroes than De Gaulle. He himself praized Tito as the greatest
Didnt he desert France like a coward?
In the late 70s my dad actually had the opportunity to meet Jessie Owens. During their conversation, my dad asked him what Hitler was like. Owens replied something to the effect of, "He was a little bit of a guy."
funny he said that considering hes only a little taller (178) maybe he meant in a personal way which is even funnier considering hitter is one of the biggest figures in human history and he was just a runner
@@bahshas Owen's really is remembered only in the context of Hitler. Hitler is remembered in the same league as Timur Lane - but with a lot more by way of ideology to his brutality.
@@bahshas I bet he kissed Hitler's ass when he was in Germany.
De Gaulle : *My time to shine*
Finally
Finally De Gaulle is better than everyone else at something
That’s about all he’s got going and some radio broadcast
I guess the bigger they are...
/takes off sunglasses
the harder they fall.
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Le general. Thank God 🙏🙏🙏 for France... hallelujah, hallelujah
The good Doctor always comes up with something we would have never thought of
He ought to a list of the heaviest leaders of WWII. Goring will win it for sure, Churchill maybe second.
HELLO FOLKSALAD NATION
Well, others did think of it before him. They made content about it, and Felton took it, providing no credit.
@zeddy mcdog There's a Reddit post about it. Many of his scripts are taken nearly word-for-word from other sources.
@@Galactipod The only source I could find is from this one guy off of a toy tank forum(of all places). Who claims felton copied everything verbatim off of his article and didn't credit. Which is ridiculous, because I've watched that video I found that felton does credit him in the description. So I don't what that guy is saying about copying? None of what felton says mirrors word-for-word. He just borrowing the info.
Mark, I am 20 years old. Born in 2001. You are an awesome source for my favorite history lesson of WWII. Thank you for all your time.
Thank you Dr Felton. I'm amazed by the content on your channel. This was one of the best, leading by the hook of "how tall..." we then get a pocket briefing on each man - great stuff!
You forgot about King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. He was king throughout WW2. He was only 5'0'' or 1.53 m tall. Because of his height, he as nicknamed Sciaboletta or the "little saber".
he was likely left out as he did not hold any real power, with the reins being held by mussolini, of course.
@@brendon1689 He did have the power to oust Mussolini tho, which he excercised in 1943.
@@marvelousmoostacheman5560 The king asked for Mussolini to resign. When he refused, the war cabinet placed Mussolini under house arrest and switched sides in the war. Hitler later sent a famous paratrooper to spring Mussolini and his mistress. Musso and his moll were captured by partisans and executed, strung up outside a gas station near Milan.
@@marvelousmoostacheman5560 The Grand Council of Fascists did that, not the King.
I’d like to see a similar run down on the famous generals of WWII
Something tells me MacArthur was taller than Hirohito
@@gazelle8431 apparently by less than 6 inches
@@gazelle8431 MacArthur was listed at 6 feet, so probably more like 5'11". Eisenhower was 5'10". Georgy Zhukov, the best general of the war, was a mere 5'5". Rommel was only 5'6". Patton was 6'2". Yamamoto was only 5'3".
@@stanleyrogouski patton was quite tall then
@@matthewlok3020 yeah but he was still taller
At 7:30, the video states that Charles de Gaulle was “6'4" (196cm)”. 196 cm is actually just a shade over six-foot •five•. A height of 6'4" (76 inches) converts to the metric measurement of 193 cm.
@@user-lh2yf9ch4k - What in the world are you talking about??? First, in France things like height are measured in the metric system, and the fundamental fact is that every source I have seen states that de Gaulle was 196 cm tall. That converts to 6'5".
As for the metric equivalent of 6'4" (that’s 76 inches): One inch equals 2.54 cm (in the U.S., that is officially accepted by the National Bureau of Standards (in the Dept. of Commerce)). So, 76 multiplied by 2.54 equals 193.04 cm - NOT “194.67”. I already •did• the correct calculation.
You, in contrast, seem to have done a calculation assuming an inch equals “2.56” cm, and that is most assuredly NOT correct.
That's giant even in modern standards
@@futuredays1522 no, my french sources say 196 cm
Thank you Mr. Felton, I Love these what I consider " Little known Facts ". Thanks again for the hard work of bringing this video together.
What a random but thoroughly interesting video.
True
@George Washington cute
Yeah cos u short
@George Washington The tallest man wins
@George Washington oh u mean the dude who wears lifts and claims to be 6 3 lol.
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Mark you're to be knighted... I'll send a special request to 10 downing street
I absolutely agree!
Oh, and... you just reminded me of dining at Le Telepathé : )
Yes. He's a genius. But how tall is he?
@@NathanMoorexpress and Buckingham Palace too
I find it interesting that the one man in a wheelchair would actually Tower above all the axes leaders.🤔
Just when I thought he might be running out. Absolutely legendary Felton. Yes I'm American
At least you can't say this is a tall tale. Thats the long and the short of it.
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Good one. ;)
😄
Nice.
That was a bit of a stretch.
When my great uncle attended a procession in rural France (dans le pays d'auge, en normandie) just following WW2 waiting to see Charles De Gaulle speak, he found himself behind a very tall man who obscured his view onto the podium. He reached up and tapped the man on the shoulder and said :
>.
To my great uncle's surprise, the man turned around and revealed to be De Gaulle himself!
Kinda shocks me how much French I know even though I never stopped to try learning the language. I speak better German than French but I didn't need a translation page to understand what you typed ("Excuse me sir, I would like to meet the general!")
Imagine lol. “Get out of the way, I want to see Charlie!” The man turns around and it is Charlie himself. Your great uncle couldn’t have got a better view if he tried lol.
@@largol33t1 peut être que vous avez des racines françaises ;)
and as I read you comment I was drinking ...Calvados de Pays d'Auge. Salut ami, your great uncle lived in a beautiful land.
@@largol33t1 I know a small amount of Spanish from three or four years of high school classes, and I even surprised myself in being able to translate it and get the same result!
It’s hard to believe how much smaller people were. I still have my grandfather’s WWII Navy uniform. The last time I could fit into was 6th grade.
My grandpa was also in the Navy in WWII, however we're the opposite he was 6'2 and I'm 5'9 1/2". :(
I couldn't hit my grandfathers cap even at the back top of my skull. It's even crazier how small their heads were.
Modern foods have helped us reach genetic potentials. It's a lot more complex but basically food.
WOW, Churchill was only 169cm!!! He looks like a big man in the pictures. I know that this is about WW2, but Paul von Hindenburg was 198cm tall (1847-1934). Otto von Bismarck was 193cm (1815-1898). That's super tall even for today's standards, now imagine being that tall in the 1800s.
And kaiser Wilhelm II was only 165 cm...
Please use a real measurement system. Feet and inches thank you. This cm nonsense is awful.
@@deanamodeo4072 cm is far superior
@@EstoniaANTICOMMUNIST OK. But previous generation s average height is lesser than present generations. So he was fine
@@deanamodeo4072 Imagine calling imperial system a real measurement system
Hitler always pointed how high he wanted to be.
... later in the war he was always so 'high' on drugs that he couldn't point that out ...
@@Jester-Riddle wasnt that medication perscribed by his doctor, stull meth though.
ROFLMAO! Big smile! Big smile!
Thank you Dr. Felton for all you do! Your videos are some of my regularly watched on youtube!
"Career ended Abruptly" is a very polite way of saying executed or Terminated with extreme Prejudice.
I’m constantly amazed at the wide variety of topics that Mark manages to come up with, always original, and incredibly informative. Mr. Felton is, IMHO, quite easily one of the best UA-cam content makers and very few others reach the same standard (although I’ll listen to Drachinifel, Lindybeige, and a few others).
Even though this is an unusual topic he still makes it interesting. The sheer number of fascinating topics and never a hint of click bait, helps make the decision about whether to watch a new upload very simple - am I going to watch it now or later ?
There’s never been a boring video by Mark, which is an incredibly high standard to begin with, yet despite the amount of content he produces he’s still a whole order of magnitude better than most other creators. Perhaps it’s one of those really high levels that other content producers should try to emulate?
Thank you Mark for all your videos, but sadly I can only subscribe/accept new notifications/hit the like button once (though I’d be ok with un-subbing then re-subbing if it helped the numbers!?).
Also, thanks for the reminder about your book channel - I’ll be heading there in a minute.
I do fall asleep while watching some videos on UA-cam, but not when watching Dr Felton’s videos
Didn't read your whole comment but I'm sure you're right MFP is maybe the best channel on UA-cam
Sir Mark Felton. You should be knighted. To Sir mark Felton. God bless you sir...
@George Washington I'm a fan too... I watch Dr turley everyday
Dan bongino too 🤣😂😂
"Cash my cheque". First I've heard that. Hilarious.
I had to pause the video because I couldn't stop laughing.
I agree!
Watch the movie The Last Emperor. It's a mid 80's movie. But they call Chiang Kai-shek General "Cash My Check."
🙏🙏🙏
Funny story about de Gaulle. The movie The Day of the Jackal involves an assassin trying to kill de Gaulle. The part of de Gaulle was a non-speaking one, which allowed the film execs to hire a man that looked almost identical to de Gaulle, who had died 3 years prior. When during a filming scene, the actor stepped out of a car, and a number of people watching the filming from nearby fainted or were emotionally overcome, thinking de Gaulle wasn't dead. lol
Mark answers the questions no one knew needed asking!
Most of these men were children during the later period of the 19th century or early 20th century before there was regular refrigeration of foods. We simply eat much more meat and consume much more sugary foods than these earlier generations. As a result, we are bigger and fatter than our grandparents and great-great grandparents. This is why period photographs from as late as the 1960's and 1970's still show most people as thin rather than fat, unlike today. Simply put, our diets have changed radically in the last 100 years.
Simply put, the current generation is eating itself to death.
Simply put, fatties cant say no to krispy kreme
We certainly are fatter than our grandparents and great-great grandparents - this is very hard to deny when one sees people getting around with guts that arrive somewhere 1 minute before they do.
I hear Americans were taller compared to Europeans when they first arrived in England for ww1
Plenty of meat is a good thing, but the sugary food is a terrible burden.
Thankfully I am still about the same height, build and physical fitness of somebody before the terrible diets.
How about Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, he was 187cm tall or 6'1"
I was thinking that too. He was the president of Finland during the war, albeit briefly, so I feel he would quality as a national leader.
wow, he is just two inches short of my uncle.
@@MosoKaiser Exactly
@Ante D 188cm is 6 foot 2. That's what my drivers license says. Canada we officially use metric, but informally use imperial
@@B52Stratofortress1
Actually, 187 cm is 6' 1.6219,"
188 cm is 6' 2.0166,"
But seriously, are you so petty to argue over 3/8" ?
Another "Tall Tale" from Dr. Felton, himself a colossus of UA-cam.
Hey Mark you have inspired me to create my own channel focusing on world war 2 film to the backing of stirring music. Thanks for your great work.
When it comes to well informed history, there's just no one of Dr Feltons stature!
Stalin's actor that played him in a lot of propaganda films was several inches taller than him so anyone that thinks Stalin looked taller may be thinking of his propaganda double instead of himself. I corrected because I was off about height I thought I remembered actor being
I never heard that he had a double - a topic for another video?
@@OmikronZeta definitely sounds like a good topic for one
Just looked him up apparently I was wrong about him being as tall as I thought but he was still distinctly taller than actual Stalin. It had been a number of years since I seen a documentary on it.
The prospect of a "Stalin stunt double" is amusing ...
I always thought he was taller
"Cash My Check" haha never gets old.
Thank you for all this exhaustive work you do.
As I recall the event, at the funeral for President Kennedy the various world leaders walked together behind the casket at one point. Because of the uncertainty of the day it was suggested to deGaulle that, as a biggest 'target' it would be advisable if he rode in a car. His reply, as I remember the translation, was: "He who lives in fear of death is dead already."
"Well time to get ready for next weeks classes"
"How tall were ww2 leaders?"
"I dont need sleep! I need answers!"
That was probably the most well explained VPN add I've ever watched, I stuck to the end to see if you would explain it right, well done man!
normally I wouldn't be interested in historical videos with this title but when its mark felton doing it I am certain it will be interesting
Ah yes. Mark, asking questions no one else has.
Indeed.
I've always thought that "General Cash My Cheque" was a Spike Milligan original (in the Goon show episode "China Story"). I stand corrected, courtesy of Dr Felton!
Love to wake up to Dr. Feltons videos...always a treat.
The fact that even the shortest of them is taller than me...
This cannot be!
The second time in a week that I've had a Mark Felton video pop up just as I hop into bed!
As always, thank you Mark for bringing us this uniquely interesting and excellently delivered knowledge that you possess ✌
Good for where I am so I can watch these at work in the morning, thx Mark.
I had no idea Chamberlain and Roosevelt were the same height as me. Stalin managed to hide his height with lifts inside his shoes and Churchill didn't give a damn. Growing up in Scotland I always felt tall, and then I visited the Netherlands, which maybe accounts for Roosevelt's height.
Same here with Hirohito, I thought he was much taller.
hahaha a dwarf in Holland
Stalin was the biggest surprise to me. I figured he was at least 5'10". Blood thirsty little twerp.
no he only was Paranoid, thats all, simple
@@harryeisermann2784 :) My great grandfather is pictured on his horse in the Dutch Cavalry about 1892. He looks rather tall until I realezed his horse was not very big, and his feet didn't go below the horse's stomach. He was 5'8" according to my dad. But all his sons were born in the US and were 6'3". Diet makes a difference in height. All the great grandsons are carrying on the tall tradition at 6'4".
Great info, Mark. I’m a TALL guy, so this was fun to watch!
simply love your videos.Thank you for all your effort!
I didn’t know that the frog DeGaulle stood at 6‘4“. That’s tall.
It's flippin huge if you're Hirohito! 😁
A snide wartime nickname for deGaulle was “deux metre” (two meters) since that’s about how tall he was.
The frog? Huh?
Show me on the doll where the Frenchman touched you
I’d love to see this with minor axis and allied leaders as well, that was great
Mannerheim was 187cm. Towered over Hitler in photos not taken by the Germans themselves. In the latter they looked equal height.
For Romania, king Michael I was 185cm tall(as his father before him) and Marshall Antonescu was 166cm tall.
Fascinating as always Mark, thanks! 👍
Now this is the content I subscribed for.
I remember googling how tall all those leaders were like 7 years ago after hearing in multiple old documentaries their heights being randomly mentioned and me thinking “damn, a lot of them were so short”.
about average
I don't think many people actually ever thought this would be an interesting subject but I guess it does kind of make sense for some of the leaders for explaining their personalities....
...overcompensating short little buggers.....it even explains most current despots.
"Short man" syndrome with Mussolini and Stalin, I guess ?
De Gaulle - "Who are you shoving, shorty ?" 😋
Who cares how tall, these god forsaking, unnatural, b****, were, just be grateful they are"Dead.🐍🐍
@@Kevin-mx1vi Napoleon, for whom the "Napoleon complex" is named, was an inch taller than Churchill.
Exactly. Nevill Chambrlain was mall prick.
Thanks for more great content Mark.
I like how this man is asking the most important questions about ww2
The Scandinavian kings at the time: King Haakon VII of Norway: 190 cm or 6'3". King Gustav V of Sweden: 192 cm or 6'4". King Christian X of Denmark: 201 cm or 6'7". Imperial numbers are approximations.
I guess Dr Felton would love to know the source
These were descendants of Vikings, *real* Nordics, not fake ones ;-)
3:55 That moment when you visibly show how proud you are of yourself
And here he is again! Answering all the questions I never knew I had! 😹
Great video like always!
"Short people" by Randy Newman should be played in the background.
An oldie and a goodie. But it's amazing the number of people then and now who misunderstood the intent of that song.
Randy Newman was right about short people....
Short People got no reason
To live
They got little hands Little eyes
They walk around Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes On their nasty little feet
Short People are just the same As you and I
(A fool such as I) All men are brothers Until the day they die
(It's a wonderful world)
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
To love
They got little baby legs that stand so low
You got to pick 'em up just to say hello
They got little cars that go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Yep, that sums up the situation pretty well. lol
De Gaulle was incredibly tall for the era - he towered over everyone in any room he was in I imagine. He must have been a very imposing figure.
I'm just as tall as him.
But for his time, its much more impressing.
It makes me wonder if he ever comanded from the hatch of a tank. I imagine him being this tall would cause some problems if he had to withdraw into the safety of the tank.
@@kayvan671 Yes but you are not a General of armies like DeGaulle, go play basketball?
@@e.k193
Salty 😝
@@kayvan671 I'm 6 foot, pretty tall in general but worked once with a woman who was 6'4" and would always feel strange looking up at her :))
My father keeps his dad’s uniform from Korea in a Cedar Closet. My grandfather was 5’ 8” and in Military shape... I tried it on when I was about 16 years old (6’ tall and 200lbs). The bottom of the jacket only reached to the bottom of my rib cage, and the pants were so small I was afraid I’d rip them just trying to put them on. Its insane how much the average human has grown in height and width in the past 100 years.
I know he was a ruthless dictator, but film of Mussolini on the balcony always cracks me up
"America's only disabled president..." [awkward silence]
President Kennedy was also disabled from a back injury, supposedly sustained during the war. I think I read somewhere he also suffered from Parkinson's disease.
Then we have Biden...
@@StevenKeery There are some doubts about Ronnie towards the end of his term also.
@@StevenKeery What an enhancement Biden after brainiac Trump so dumb I bet the orange president is flat earther
Thought the same.
@@CaptainDangeax Biden is senile braininvalid
I think that 6'2 for Neville Chamberlain is WAY off. Every picture of him standing next to Hitler has him at an inch or two taller so he was definitely not over 6 foot.
Chamberlain was rather stooped and Hitler was wearing jackboots which added a few cm.
@@MarkFeltonProductions Hitler's translator, Paul Schmidt, was a legitimate 6'2 and there should be pictures from Munich that show him towering over both men. I'm not sure why my earlier comment is now MIA but from the photographic evidence Chamberlain appears to be 5'10-11.
Well he was old so may have lost a bit from peak height, also it's pretty common for men of that Generation to state thier height in shoes so may have been more like 6'1" peak barefoot.
@@toddwebb7521 Google just has his height listed incorrectly at 6'2, which appears to be the source that Dr. Felton used. There are literally dozens of pictures from Munich where you can see him next to Hitler and Mussolini and he's definitely under 6 feet. Google also says that Chris Cuomo is 6'2 when he's really 5'9 so it's a highly questionable source for celebrity heights.
An excellent piece. Thanks.
Nice vid, would be interesting to get a compilation of other WWII personalities too if you're game.
So weird to know that i'm taller then *Stalin.*
I mean, i'm literally one of the shortest guys at work (1.75m)
It's just as weird being shorter than him, at 1.67m
Swedish?
@@ritam8767
Belgian.
I’m the same height as the Otto Skors idk how to spell it (you know what I mean lol)
@@neptune3569 its no shame being shorter than the man of steel himself
Mark asking the real questions here
Been addicted to these videos from day one love it!
small correction: on-screen display shows deGaulle at 6'4 or 196cm. 6'4 however would translate to 193cm actually
Fun Fact: The average German soldier of WWII was shorter than his WWI counterpart and even Confederate/Union soldiers of the American Civil War nearly a century earlier as a result of lack of nutrition during Weimar-era inflation and later the Great Depression stunting the growth of many young German boys.
Load of rubbish. Not true even a little bit. Not even close in fact.
I bet Germans during that time would have been amazing at hide and seek, being able to hide in small nooks and crannies and what not.
Cool, sources? 🤔
@@gr-s2143 I dont have to give you anything. Proper research will get you the answers. I generally start with not believing what Im being told and I go from their. You would be amazed at the other alternatives there are when you question everything first over believing what you are told by the supposed accepted establishment.
Cap.
Something i never thought i wanted but now im hyped to see
What I like about Mark Felton's channel as well as many other things, is that he shows measurements in English and Foreign.....which is much easer for me to understand....:)
For example when measurements are in foreign, then for metres I have to multiply in my head them by 3 (or 3.3) to know what the length is as a rough idea in feet, inches or yards.
All I know about Km is that 100 Kph s about 60 miles an hour.....
Apart from that, this is an interesting video of the heights of the Allies, and those of Uncle Adolph etc...
Very interesting, thanks for posting.
3:40 "Dear Diary, Today Mark was a cool guy, as always."
I'm so so so happy I discovered Mark's channel. Always have had a huge fascination with World War 2. Love your stuff Mark. Keep it up ❤️
You forgot the teeny tiny Vittorio Emanuele III King-Emperor of Italy.
The guy was ridiculously short.
Things I have never thought about but an now deeply interested to find out.
Crazy how short some of these were, really interesting as always Mark!