If Big Government says "there is no information that was withheld" it means all that could be released has been released. Anything not released is withheld therefore could not possibly be released and we cannot speak about that. Uh-huh - lips tightly squeezed shut - mmmmfff 🙂
And if The Americans said they found no gold….we Americans were not much better than The Russians in thievery right down to foot soldiers ripping off anything they could find.
My dad died in November. It was a pleasant memory one day when we were talking over the phone and we discovered we had both been watching Dr. Felton's channel separately unbeknownst to us. I know he enjoyed these videos. Thanks.
There's a book called Windswept Lies of War, and it talks from censored history and hidden secrets to lost files and classified documents about World War II, it's the real deal.
Wasn’t the author of that book a frequent collaborator w/the KGB? I’ve heard the stories but take it with a grain of salt why someone sympathetic to the Russians would write something full of misinformation🤔
I agree with the scepticism that things will be released, especially those concerning the royals. The government will just tack on even more years when the limit is reached.
Indeed. I remember when 1975 rolled around and the word was that all the secret things from WWII were going to be released. Instead, the secrecy period was extended another 30 years for most things although a few things were released. As Dr. Felton has described, a considerable amount is *still* secret. I don't really object to continued classification regarding techniques for making weapons like nuclear bombs and deadly chemical concoctions given that the information might still be misused. However, the activities which might reflect poorly on the Royals should have seen the light of day long ago. Those individuals are all long dead now and the living Royals should not be unduly tarred by their ancestors' actions. I can think of no reasonable excuse for maintaining the coverup.
Come on, mate! Ordinary mortals like ourselves shouldn't even think about having a peep into the 'Royals' or other shenanigans that the 'elites' are up to!!!!
The 👑Monarch could release ANYTHING📜 from classification. The thing is we have no longer Monarchs that act with a sense of power and responsibility. Just sitting in a palace sipping their tea and going out for certain State duties. I'll elaborate: We are all being DECEIEVED. The Parliament is suppose to stand in contrast to the chief executive the 👑KING (the Prime Minister is only by CONVENTION. This means Parliament does not work for the people as it has no real opposition. All will be kept secret🤫.
I used to live in the far north of Bedford. People on the estate I lived on were forever getting ill. About 10 years later some poor sod doing community service on one of the WWI vintage sets of disused buildings was repairing a fence and got ill and died. Turns out it was identified as a WWI vintage chemical weapon. that got him. It hit the local papers then suddenly went quiet. Turns out what was done there is still classified as far as I can see. The two dispersal airfields on the B660 Kimbolton road are not on google either. Whatever is in the middle of Elstow storage dump is a bit of a mystery too.
The Navajo Code was kept classified until the late 60s, and many Navajo Code Talkers were not allowed to talk about what they did in the war or get the recognition they deserved because of it. They are a fascinating study, and would make for a great video.
When someone not only forbids you to question a past event but makes it illegal and threatens you with a costly lawsuit and imprisonment, you have to ask yourself what is being hidden...
Absolutely! If they released all the documents we'll have a true history and a lot will not be anywhere near what we've been told. In other words, the house of cards will come tumbling down and expose those responsible and their decendands that are still involved with the lies.
"And it's 1, 2, 3, what the hell are we fighting for? I don't know I don't give a damn. Next stop is Vietnam... That may or may not be an odd comment. It's possible suitability may depend on familiarity with the music of the Vietnam War anti-war movement. I don't know because it's still a government secret. ;p
My father's activities as a "Yank in the RCAF" only goes up to a certain point. I wanted to write a book about him, and might still do so. He was shot down over Norway, captured, his wound as a prisoner experimentally stapled shut by a German doctor, escaped during an air raid and made his way via the underground back to British troops. He might have seen the fire-bombing of Hamburg on the distant horizon, then back in England, he may have been offered training in Mi-6, the information of which was basically unavailable from Her Majesty's Government. He had several British connections via a visiting friend after the war when we lived in Hawaii and later New York. I was just a small boy during those times and he was a terrific dad. Thank you for your war history video insights.
Dr Felton, it is with the utmost respect that I take this opportunity to thank you on behalf of all your subscribers and myself for the untold hours of research & dedicated attention to detail in the work you consistently provide in the name of historical education.
"Embarrassment of public officials" is NEVER a decent reason to keep information classified, but rather the greatest argument in favor of releasing such information! Wrong decisions made under the duress of exigent circumstances are forgivable, but government officials should ALWAYS be afraid that their actions might prove to be embarrassing and stupid decisions should be immediately exposed!
Hi Dr. Felton! I tried to read your book "The Devil's Doctor" but found it too disturbing. (I lost two uncles to the Imperial Japanese Army.) I will never understand the need for biological warfare agents. Goes to show that we learned nothing from gas warfare in WWI. As a medical professional (perfusionist), I do understand that such weapons would be uncontrollable with the goal being to affect civilian population more than military objectives. Thank you for scholarship in these areas. We need to know the truth, no matter how ugly.
Sometimes I've had a hard time reading... Like Howard Zinn's "A People's History Of The United States". It's so revealing of the horrible treatment of labor in America from the start of the nation. It's the ugly truth, but knowledge is good. We have to know or better can never come. "I get on my knees an pray. We don't get fooled again." (The Who).
I really wonder why he was the only one being in prison so long while other perpetrators either got shorter sentences or were released prematurely. Don't think I'll live long enough to find out.
Thanks Mark! I like many channels on UA-cam, but I find none of them as interesting as yours. History is one of the most relevant subjects and through its studies, we learn about ourselves and the intentions of our adversaries.
Your series on Himmler was outstanding. I hope I make it to 2045, gotsta know! Maybe the negotiations he was having with the Allies were being considered? Seems that would be unlikely because of his involvement with final solution.
My wife was part of a team that reviewed the Unit 731 material for declassification in the early 2000s. She told me most of the remaining material will never be declassified because of the potential negative impact on US-Japanese relations. She couldn't even tell me what the material was despite my having virtually every clearance on the books.
Whenever authorities either grant permission to have secret topics of war discussed with a wider audience or when classified topics are declassified, we can be certain of one thing: Dr Felton will be one of, if not the first on the scene to talk about them and society will be all the more grateful for it
Not necessarily. Not all information needs to be in the public domain. Here is a brief anecdote to illustrate my point. I have a family member who was a civil engineer for a local government agency in the US. He had access to detailed architectural plans for bridges and dams and other critical infrastructure for both safety inspections and in case of emergencies. This type of information could be used by bad actors to cause horrendous damage. Another example, there are over the counter medications that when combined or used in a specific manner outside of normal usage can be very lethal. Emergency Medicine physicians, pathologists and many pharmacists are aware of these combinations but, an effort is made to keep this information out of the public domain. With respect to over classification of historical events, I will agree with you. Many in power do not want the citizenry to know what actions and events have occurred in the past.
@@xenoraptor1552 It's not the only reason. The morale of a nation is a precarious thing. It's admittedly very hard to argue against what you said, but these kind of things have to be on occasion handled carefully when there's a greater impact than what would befall of certain individuals.
Thanks Dr. Felton! I was just thinking about Rudolph Hess, Himmler, The Phoney War, and the secrets that died with those men. Your research is impeccable!
Mark Felton YOU ARE HANDS DOWN THEE BEST WW2 HISTORIAN ON UA-cam. You literally are the continuation of the pure soul of what the original History channel was. No flattery but you and your voice is the true successor to Charlelton Heston narration in my opinion
My opinion is that Radar was a very minor part of U-boat detection. Rather, Radar was a cover story for Ultra decryptions, meaning Radar equipped aircraft were sent to positions known from Ultra, and then the boats were "discovered" by Radar. The Germans wasted a great deal of effort trying to evade the Radar. That was one purpose.
No radar was very important to bring weapons on target. Ultra only got you in the rough area. Ultra was at best many hours old and at 10knots a U-boat would be 10's of miles away that assuming that their position was correct in the fist place.
@@robbarton7972 I am sorry, you missed the point entirely. This is about the strategic importance of Radar across the North Atlantic, not tactical targeting of the last mile. You were not going to see or track a U-boat 300 miles away by Radar. It was kept classified to guard Ultra.
My Grandfather was in the R.C.A.F in WWII. He was a radar technician on Fogo Island and told me about hunting Submarines when I was a child. I always thought he was joking... Maybe not. I have several pictures of the radar that he said would have had him shot at the time.😊
@@jeremyrowe743 My maternal grandfather was a mechanic in the RCAF. I believe your grandfather's story. My dad was in the Pacific theater and he had some crazy stories. Truth is always stranger than fiction.
@@kellydonivan6513I agree the truth is always stranger than fiction. My dad was a veteran of world war ii, Us Navy, South/ Central Pacific. He was aboard two different ships during the war. The first one was the light cruiser, USS Montpelier which was a very storied ship and saw way too much action for my 17 year old father. The second ship was the USS Norton Sound, which was a converted seaplane tender. It was converted to a guided missile ship late in the war using captured Nazi plans and technology concerning the V2 guided missile. The US Navy used this information and created a guided missile ship which became the USS Norton Sound. They launched the Viking 5 Missles against the Japanese at both Iwo Jima and Okinawa with devastating results. My dad only talked to me about the missions they ran aboard the Norton sound. He kept quiet about the operations aboard the Norton sound until the day he died. He felt it would have been a betrayal to the Navy and his country had he spoken up about those operations. The Navy kept the Norton Sound's operations out of the news and the media for fear that the country would have been totally against the US Navy using captured Nazi technology against the Japanese. Looking at it through the lens of 2024 I don't know what the country's reaction would have been at the time. But considering how the Japanese were prosecuting the war we would have used any weapon at our disposal to end that war sooner. And that includes the use of the two atomic bombs not to mention the fire bombing of Tokyo in various other Japanese cities. My dad was my hero and this responsible for the man that I turned out to be. Rest in peace dad, you did your job and you did it well!🇺🇲⚓️🙏💯💖
I never understood why he had such a high position, for me he was the stupidest/least interesting of this leadership clique. His risky England maneuver was the best thing he ever did!
He went to England as a goodwill gesture and he was placed in prison for life, alone, with no human contact. It’s a shame that we Europeans in America and Britain were tricked to destroy the greatest nation to ever be, Germany under National Socialist rule, we now live in a global Weimar, and we are being invaded by migrants and bred out of existence.
@@allewis4008 Yes, I can tell you, but it has less to do with politics than with very private/intimate things why he was a favorite of Hitler. Firstly, he was in Hitler's closest circle of admirers from the very beginning, even at a young age. And he was as vain as he was gay and loved Hitler like a kind of father figure! Hitler was also known to be homosexual/bisexual when he was young, and in the 1920s he was even arrested by the moral police in Munich because he had been involved with underage prostitutes (there are files on this). The homoerotic relationships among the early Nazi activists were already known back then, hence the chic uniforms, riding boots, macho attitudes and even the fashionably styled Hitler Youth! It was particularly noticeable in Hess's case; Himmler and Goebbels were also known to have such "inclinations" (sex parties). There is a dark secret surrounding the innermost leadership circle, a perverted, conspiring homosexual clique, and almost all of them are of part-Jewish descent! Around the corner from me (Vienna, Felberstrasse), Hitler once lived in a one-room apartment with his only childhood friend. There are also homoerotic nude pictures from that time that Hitler himself drew - and this childhood friend was also (partly) Jewish Ancestry, like many of Hitler's other acquaintances, right up to Eva Braun! ;-)
Dr Felton, it would be very interesting if you did some research regarding the bombing of Dresden in February 1945. There has been speculation that Dresden had been left relatively untouched until so late in the war, as it had been designated as a target for the Atomic bomb (to demoralize the Germans and give notice to the Russians). When it was apparent that the war in Europe would be concluded before the bomb was ready, Dresden was removed as a “protected” city, and scheduled for attack.
@@TR4Ajim Apart from your caps lock being broken, you're either unaware or ignoring the record of the Manhattan Project's Military Policy Committee that had targeting discussions as far back as 1943. Specifically this 5 May meeting that was summarized by General Leslie Groves: “The point of use of the first bomb was discussed and the general view appeared to be that its best point of use would be on a Japanese fleet concentration in the Harbor of Truk [in the Pacific, north of New Guinea]. General Styer suggested Tokio but it was pointed out that the bomb should be used where, if it failed to go off, it would land in water of sufficient depth to prevent easy salvage. The Japanese were selected as they would not be so apt to secure knowledge from it as would the Germans.” This was 9 months into the Manhattan Project, so unless you have a verifiable source pointing to someone saying "Let's spare Dresden for Little Boy," then save it for Alex Jones. In the last half of 1943 the decision was made to use the B-29 to drop the bombs. It hardly supports your theory that they chose to use an aircraft that wasn't used in the European Theater.
@@FIREBRAND38I guess it might work pre 1942 when the British bomb effort was transferred from billingham to the states - although that may not have happened?
@@FIREBRAND38B29s did visit Europe,and Paul Tibbets was chosen because of his experience in the European theatre. B29s weren’t allergic to Europe and could easily have been deployed there. The reason for creating the atomic bomb was that we knew Germany was trying to build one. That would give an extra incentive for targeting Germany first.
Mark, my father was a RCAF radar technician in England during the war. He didn’t talk much about his experience and had nothing to do with electronics in his civilian life after. I do know he was involved with Chain Home as he mentioned they set a record for getting the station back on line with their generator following a power outage. He also was very proud of being part of the 418 City of Edmonton Mosquito Squadron before he returned to Canada. This is the first time I have ever heard about the secret 5000, and I doubt he was part of that effort. Can you please recommend any books about the radar techs that may help our family understand what dad did during the war. I’m a long time subscriber and find your videos fascinating. Thanks
I think William Woollard's BBC series "secret war" covered a lot of the mid 1970s release of some documents. There will be a little bit on radar in Rutherford's notes and in some science journals from the 1930s to the 1970s as the principle was known, what the UK got was an efficient ground system along with the relay of information to ops/control rooms
All during World War II, radar was considered secret. My father was drafted into the US Navy in 1944 and trained as a radar technician. He was sworn to secrecy before the first course.
Dr Felton. Not sure if you are aware, but the MI5 list of known Channel Island collibrators is also covered by the 100 year rule, to protect certain high profile families'.
To be fair there wasn't really much option for the residents of small islands under occupation, a tiny population doesn't provide the necessary cover to hide/disguise any kind of resistance, yes in the case of the channel islands collaborating was the only sensible option if you want to keep yourself and your family safe and together and not starve!
The people most likely to take action against collaborators in the Channel Islands are other islanders, and I doubt that they do not know who these people were. The populations of the islands are so small that there is not the same anonymity that you get in the rest of the UK. I also approve of keeping documents out of the public gaze. The people themselves are most likely dead, but too many people believe that the sins of the fathers should be punished, particularly in this age of keyboard warriors who get a thrill from making other people's lives unpleasant.
Absolutely disgusting the continued silence on these topics. Keep up the great work Mark. I am struggling in my business however when my fortunes improve I plan to become a Patreon supporter as you are the best online/UA-cam historian bar none. Thank you again sir and best wishes for the holidays.
Thank you for efforts. Keep digging. My mother joined the women's RAF (whatever it was called) the day she turned 18, in 1941. 2 weeks after being deployed to a spitfire base (her job was to refuel and rearm spitfires), her friend walked into a propeller. Harsh way to grow up in a hurry. It was decided that no one was to know, so someone would not be blamed. If something like that gets hushed up, you can be certain a great deal more has been hidden away. It was a very different world in 1941, than today.
@@oliversmith9200outstanding comment. So outstanding, I'm definitely lifting it from you to use in the future. Hopefully,if civilization still exists in a hundred years this comment won't be so deadly accurate but as they say don't hold your breath.
Hello Mark, my Dad was part of the British guard in charge of Hess when it was our turn. I'm sure he would share some stories with you if you wanted? He was also called upon on the day of Hess's death.
Can he email me his story? I've collected a lot of guards stories thus far. I'd be interested in his opinions of Hess's last day etc. hello@markfelton.co.uk
@@michaelfern4079 it's been a while since he spoke of Hess. from what I remember, they had to keep a set distance. Each nation were afraid to have his death on their watch. I don't believe conversations were allowed. At least for the British. Dad said Hess was a pain in the arse. The prison garden was a size that meant the guard on patrol would have to change his route, if Hess went to one end of his garden or the other. Hess knew they couldn't break the distance rule and would move accordingly to mess with them. Hopefully that makes sense!
Wow. This is the stuff of thrillers and secret operations in the second world war. Amazing that some information is secured for the next century or close to the middle of this one. Thanks Doc. Keep ' em coming!😊
First view & first comment! Thanks, as always Professor Felton... your subjects are always interesting and of the utmost fascination. But this particular topic is one ive been highly interested in, passionate about and doing my own sort of research & investigating now for over 15 years.... so i definitely appreciate any further learning, but especially your input as the result of your thorough, unique & very well-done research, and resulting documention. Cheers from across the pond
Just found out the other day that my mum served in 100 Group, 199 Squadron, based in North Creek before being sent to Bletchley Park. Never heard of Mandril and what was done at North Creek is still covered by the Offical Secret Act
As a WWII buff and former student pilot, I was surprised when the instructor warned us of the dangers of flying above 10,000 feet without oxygen. He presented detailed information of what happens to the human body at different altitudes; for instance, at 20,000 feet, you would start feeling drowsy after "X" minutes and lose consciousness after "Y" minutes. At 33,000 feet, you would lose consciousness in less than 2 minutes (or so I remember) and after that you would die from hypoxia. As someone who had read about the cruel Nazi experiments carried out by Luftwaffe doctors on concentration camp inmates, I was intrigued by how this detailed information was obtained. Maybe the Allies conducted their own experiments using chimps or other animals (but that's unlikely, unless you can teach a chimp to fly a plane at 33,000 feet), or maybe they just plagiarized the results of studies conducted by Nazi scientists.
Rumours abound of a secret folder. The slim volume is known to a mere handful and it's location is a closely-guarded secret. The only thing we do know is the title. It reads... 'Things Mark Doesn't Know about WWII (and Other Histories)'
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Traveling on a peace mission without a diplomatic passport. Hess was such a nut, the Allies made him a war criminal as an act of mercy.
I wasn't aware you wrote a book on Unit 731. I've read a couple of other histories on this subject, and I have to admit that I find accounts of Unit 731's activities very difficult and nauseating to get through due to the profound depravity of the Japanese involved. I've read hundreds of books and articles on warfare and man's general inhumanity against his fellow man. But there are some inhumanities that are on another level. 731 is definitely one of those.
Looking through a book on submarines I too discovered some interesting stuff. The book era stretched from the early ww1 era through the between war years into WW2. It also contained letters and minutes recorded from the German kreigsmarine high ranking officers. Including the setting up of a secret submarine research company based in Holland so they could continue to do submarine design and research without being in breach of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1916 7, the high ranking officers were talking and planning the 'NEXT' war, even before ww1 had yet finished. Scandalous.
Most military officers called the Treaty of Versailles "A 20 year cease-fire", it was less-savvy politicians and the populations that actually thought it was over.
Because weapons technologies evolve so rapidly, military establishments frequently work on the “next generation” of weapons while the previous generation is still in production. It was everybody, not just the Germans. Jet fighter design in World War II was under way in in Germany in 1939, and not much later in the UK. The American B-29 (the plane that would drop the Atomic Bomb) began development in 1940, a year before Pearl Harbor. Warships have longer lead times, so it’s not surprising that the Iowa class battleships began development in 1938, and wouldn’t actually fire a shot until 1944.
If your government wasn't planning ahead for the possibility of war with it's current enemies... it'd be malpractice. Plus the citizens would be incredibly angry bcuz the government wasn't ready "just in case"
Firstly thank you so much for unrelentless pursit of historical facts - this channel is quite incredble thanks to the amount of work you put in. Its amazing whilst you was listing and going thru the things still remaining secret you mentioned ULTRA and Bletchley , i was just thinking about it and it was the next section ! - I was lucky enough to go on a guided tour at Bletchley this year at Histocrypt and the servicemen who worked there and given the tour, you could see how they was still so tight lipped about certain things that remained classified. It was amazing to hear them and tell us what we could know, and equally impressive, if not more so, how they still treated what they knew as strictly need to know. Thanks again Dr Felton - i eagerly await what your 2025 productions bring and hopefully we are still all here when the other information becomes declassified !
I have an old ex-MOD Land Rover that I can’t buy matching paint to maintain it with because the paint (allegedly InfraRed and Radar adsorbent) is still classified by the US Govt (its manufactured in California).
The paint is called IRR(infra red reflective) It is toxic when sprayed or been sanded down. I became very ill using it in uncontrolled domestic use. Brilliant stuff,can remember going past a copper with a speed gun at about 125mph and never heard anything more about it.
Every video you produce is solid gold. How the history channel or one of those hasn't signed you up for a lifetime subject matter expert contract, I'll never know. Keep up the good work, sir!
Why so much secrecy ? Is it because they are still working on the same project with their same counterparts ? One thing is very clear, we need to work on our own projects and make sure no one else gets their hands on them. ? Once again it’s the general public that has been used and abused , again and again. Thankyou for sharing your videos. Amazing work .
You're just an unfortunate byproduct of the Haber-Bosch process. A cog for a war machine that never was needed. You can go away now. You are the carbon they want to reduce.
Yes. Same as it ever was. That's why I call them The Parasites That Be. They have no real power,only tricks and collusion that if one day mankind worldwide wakes up and wises up, their ticket will be punched with extreme prejudice.
thanks a lot again for this clip. i am now 61 and have been enthusiastic about flying since i was a child. they told us (~1979) in secondary school that rudolf hess was crazy, i asked the teacher how he imagined a crazy man flying a twomotor plane in dead reckoning with tank switching to scotland (try meet duke of hamilton as i read last years) was chased in his max 540km/h fast bf110 over the north sea by two spits (unsuccessful for the spits?) then had to jbail out with a parachute for the first time in his life because the airfield switched off the lights. the teacher said he didn't want to go into it any further. later in the schoolyard he told me (16 years old at the time) not everything in the syllabus is the opinion of the staff. the teacher himself was over 60 years old at the time and certainly in the war himself. and than 1987 you learn that hess shall hung himself on a door handle ..but hess not was able to stand up alone as his mals nurse Abdallah Melaouhi say (there was once a german language tv reportage in youtube from him where he tells how he experienced the day of h death with strange people he neve see before in spandau but this is no more to find) 🤨or the things Eugen Paul Bird (spandau prison commandant) tell us here in youtube ...worth to listen. cant wait to see what yours series mr. felton brings out... all the best.
An amazing amount of stuff is classified, not because its release would harm national security, but because it is just embarrassing to whoever classified it.
I'm guessing that is why the Russian Federation keeps so many of the Soviet records of the war period locked away. They have a certain narrative of the Great Patriotic War they want to promote and wouldn't want documents released that could contradict that.
You are just a handful of people who do what you do !! I can't thank you enough for all of your hard work and sharing everything history related !! I myself often wonder what path I would have taken if I applied myself in school ?
I join many others who are grateful for your rare and sublime spirit of inquiry Dr. Felton. I have learned so much from your channel that could be found no where else! Please consider turning the focus of your sabre sharp mind to the actual fate of the Austrian painter beyond 1945. His commonly accepted end story is a heap of rubbish that will not survive your inquiry.
My cousin Betty was in ATA in England, later had training re: Enigma intercepts, and was in OSS attached to American Forces to provide "Ice" for operations.
Thank you for what you do, Mark. 👍 You are an excellent historian. My favorite one honestly, ive been subscribed to you for what feels like a decade now 😁
Hess said a lot more to the British than the public was told. Not only did he tell of behind the scenes correspondence, but he also gave info on Hitler that the British ignored that later cost lives
Maybe the British ignored warnings about Hitler because they were afraid of him, personally. Germany was scientifically advanced. They were obviously in a position to lose the war, but Hitler had a separate and distinct identity FROM Germany. He escaped to Argentina even after a national defeat. Maybe the British decided to circumvent grappling with Hitler the human being. The best they could do was sever his influence from the general population. Which only includes any influence which would continue to adversely impact them.
My late mother nursed Hess in Scotland immediately after his arrival. She was no friend of the Germans but said that he was a compliant patient whose only request was for Jeeves books by P G Wodehouse! The secret's out!!!
Not surprised about the Bletchley Park stuff. I read Gordon Welchman "Hut Six Story" to further my understanding of security. I was astonished he wrote it, at the time he wrote it, until fall of Berlin Wall East Germans still used mechanical cipher machines derived from enigma for less sensitive traffic. Also until the late 80s India used some ex British mechanical cipher machines, they knew they weren't secure against UK but just needed them secure from Pakistan! Also Welchman's description of "traffic analysis" in the same book was the most illuminating thing I ever read to understand Snowdon's leaks on metadata gathering. Some of that stuff is still very relevant
I've often wondered about reported communication between Himmler and Churchill in particular an attempt by Himmler to contact Churchill by radio in the last weeks of the war. I have read (forgotten where) that in the Public Records Office there is a file indicating a radio message from Himmler was received, logged and a copy sent to Downing Street, but that no more is known. I suppose HImmler was trying to save his own skin, but was there communication between them during the war?
Yes, there was communication. However, it's difficult to tell whether MI6 was 'playing' Himmler to goad him into toppling Hitler, or whether peace feelers were being taken seriously at Downing Street. I covered some of this in several previous videos.
If the archives can be damaging to the reputation of the Royal Family and Government, why would they EVEN acknowledge that fact publicly or that said archives even EXIST? I think they aren't as hard-hitting as some people assume given those factors.
I'm not 100% sure how it works, here in the US, the government has released some pretty disgusting records about what it and the CIA have done in the past. I think they just do it when they believe people will stop caring. Most stuff they don't want _ever_ getting out are not even recorded and the info dies with those involved.
I watched a recent TV series with Josh Gates in his Expedition Unknown series. His production crew was with a man exploring a tunnel network, that the local ministry said 'Did not exist. Was only a plan on paper." Yet this man found an entrance to the 'paper tunnel' and having some knowledge of the possible content, they took with them a Geiger Counter. When it went over a certain 'mark', Josh stopped them immediately and got them to retreat. This 'exposed' the fact the ministry knew far more than they wanted to reveal and explained why they made it so difficult for the determined investigator to explore the paper tunnels. I can't wait for them to go back with radioactive hardened electronic remote video camera's! With-holding documents, does not always prevent a hint of the real story from coming out. Good work Dr Felton. Keep digging.
I once worked as an Archives Technician at the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, NY. In the Supervisory Archivist’s office was an armored filing cabinet with a combination lock; it bore a red placard that read “CLOSED.” I asked the Super what information from FDR’s era might still be closed to the public. He told me that most of it remained closed because of people named in Special Operations from World War II (OSS and stuff like that). He told me that the fear was that someone would find out that their great-grandfather had been assassinated by someone else’s great-grandfather, and that they might decide to murder the assassin’s living descendants in revenge. Thus, the files remained closed. Anyway, that’s what the Super told me…
Some documents on the war may never be released, the war was so damming for both sides that there are things that will likely never see the light of day.
You must remember, WW2 is the foundation mythos that built the modern world (for better or worse). Releasing anything that questions the narrative would be like changing a foundation myth for a religion and it's morality.
I've always heard that a British officer who was a magician by trade helped to disguise Alexandria from German bomber raids during the North Africa campaign. The techniques he used were so novel and effective that they were deemed classified for some extreem lenght of time. What I remember of this incident said he literally used smoke and mirrors to disguise Alexandria and made it appear 30 miles away from where it was, thus the germans bombed empty terrain. Other accouts talked about stobe lights that disoriented German pilots and made them think they were flying upsides down. If you've ever heard of this account I'd love to see what research you could do on this sealed archive of magic tricks.
Strobe lights. I recall reading about a US or UK tank unit where the standard turrets had been replaced with one of a different design that involved something like a regular searchlight with a shutter type device that operated at some designated speed. The idea being that German troops would transfixed or psyched out or some such. I think they found it wasn't effective. there wasn't a whole lot of info on it.
If that's the case, I wonder if there's certain aspects of WWI that's still kept classified even today. If so, perhaps those materials may make very juicy videos that'll keep Mark Felton occupied and us entertained for a while!
Spent time with a Musician/Codeworker. He worked at HYPO center at Pearl Harbor. So much taught about WW2 is BS. This man lifted the veil on the true American submarine war against Japan. Everything I knew about the Pacific is wrong and my beloved WW2 book collection is almost useless now.
Unhappily, nothing you report is surprising. I wish you would report on the UFO/UAP's information that is held by the British Gov't and talk about the more famous and well witnessed events in Great Britain from 1920 - 2020. Thanks for your continuing hard work and passion for History!
Another great video as usuall Mark ! I must admit i listen to these rather than watching them whilst im modelling submarine and boat models keep up the great work !
The declassification of material I want to see the most is the declassification over the sinking of HMS _Glorious_ because I have read a long time ago that they actually got her log books off even though its almost always claimed they went down with the ship. Apparently, the sinking would cause great embarrassment to people still alive if the information was released or their families and the grey funnel line's reputation
There's a lot about the sinking of HMS Glorious that the families if those who died never got answers to. If you haven't seen it I recommend the BBC Timewatch documentary from the 1990's about it.
The dark side of all this is that we can never truly trust our governments. If known documents are classified, imagine what other secrets are kept? Great work Dr. Felton. I know you will continue your search and requests on such topics.
In the early 1980s, I attended a community college in Northern California. My US government teacher was a US Navy intelligence veteran who had served in the 1950s. He got to see a lot of the Navy cables during and before 1941. He said he never saw any cable that specifically said that Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked. However, he said that he read enough cables to realize that the people who were reading them, back then, had to have been able to figure out that a Pearl Harbor attack was inevitable. If they could not figure that out they had to be idiots. On that note, in the 1990s, I bought & read a book by a US Naval officer who decrypted the Imperial Japanese codes. It was titled something like "And I Was There". He believed that FDR held back info to the Pearl Harbor Army & Navy brass in order so they would sitting ducks, Japan would attack and we would have to enter World War II. I've long lost the book but it anyone knows the name, please let me know. He said that all intelligence gathered in the Pacific was routed to Washington DC first. It was then analyzed and they would decide if & which Pacific commanders needed to know.
Concerning the Pearl Harbor attack, I suggest that you check: "Infamy", by John Toland "Day of Deceit", by Robert Stinnett "Betrayal at Pearl Harbor", by Rusbridger and Nave "Stalin's Secret Agents", by Evans and Romerstein
Thanks Dr Mark Felton for keeping us informed about WWII mysteries, and others, your programs are excellent, and informant to the edge, Im just become 70 years old, and at 2045 I will probably 91 years old, if I live that long?
If the government says there is no information that was withheld, it means they have two of whatever you are looking for.
And if the Russians say they returned all artworks they stole after the war out of Germany, they keep them on public display in their museums.
If Big Government says "there is no information that was withheld" it means all that could be released has been released.
Anything not released is withheld therefore could not possibly be released and we cannot speak about that.
Uh-huh - lips tightly squeezed shut - mmmmfff 🙂
And if The Americans said they found no gold….we Americans were not much better than The Russians in thievery right down to foot soldiers ripping off anything they could find.
"These aren't the droids you're looking for"
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo If the Russians say they're not going to invade your country, mobilise your army immediately.
In 2045 I will be 82 years old. Looking forward to some good Mark Felton videos. Hope I live that long.
before 2045 the "classification" period will be extended to 150 years...
you and me both.
Remember to set a reminder on your iPhone 😂
You keep on moving, Young Fella. I’ll be 91!
In 2045 I will be dead,in fact I will be dead b y. 2026 😢
My dad died in November. It was a pleasant memory one day when we were talking over the phone and we discovered we had both been watching Dr. Felton's channel separately unbeknownst to us. I know he enjoyed these videos. Thanks.
Condolences
Thank you, Dr Felton! Long time fan, I truly admire your dedication to education. Merry Christmas.
There's a book called Windswept Lies of War, and it talks from censored history and hidden secrets to lost files and classified documents about World War II, it's the real deal.
Wasn’t the author of that book a frequent collaborator w/the KGB? I’ve heard the stories but take it with a grain of salt why someone sympathetic to the Russians would write something full of misinformation🤔
who is the author as all I can find is a series of novels called Windswept
lol which version is this the "pro nazi" history or some other weird variation?
@@hollister2320 Compared to the Americans, the Russiand are a beacon of truth
Stop posting this shitty scam.
Happy Christmas Dr. Felton. If you don't do this work, I suspect it will never get done. So thank you for all your efforts.
Mister big spender
Wrong season to celebrate, better use that money on education. Even a pope said no Jesus born out of wedlock was born in the winter.
@@PROVOCATEURSK Errrrm
Thanksgiving not Christmas
@josephbritt6890 Why Thanksgiving?
I agree with the scepticism that things will be released, especially those concerning the royals. The government will just tack on even more years when the limit is reached.
Indeed. I remember when 1975 rolled around and the word was that all the secret things from WWII were going to be released. Instead, the secrecy period was extended another 30 years for most things although a few things were released. As Dr. Felton has described, a considerable amount is *still* secret.
I don't really object to continued classification regarding techniques for making weapons like nuclear bombs and deadly chemical concoctions given that the information might still be misused. However, the activities which might reflect poorly on the Royals should have seen the light of day long ago. Those individuals are all long dead now and the living Royals should not be unduly tarred by their ancestors' actions. I can think of no reasonable excuse for maintaining the coverup.
Come on, mate! Ordinary mortals like ourselves shouldn't even think about having a peep into the 'Royals' or other shenanigans that the 'elites' are up to!!!!
The official Warren Commission report was sealed for 75 years,,,,2038
The 👑Monarch could release ANYTHING📜 from classification. The thing is we have no longer Monarchs that act with a sense of power and responsibility. Just sitting in a palace sipping their tea and going out for certain State duties.
I'll elaborate: We are all being DECEIEVED. The Parliament is suppose to stand in contrast to the chief executive the 👑KING (the Prime Minister is only by CONVENTION. This means Parliament does not work for the people as it has no real opposition. All will be kept secret🤫.
We still don’t know what happened to General Sikorski. British government dirty secret most likely.
I used to live in the far north of Bedford. People on the estate I lived on were forever getting ill. About 10 years later some poor sod doing community service on one of the WWI vintage sets of disused buildings was repairing a fence and got ill and died. Turns out it was identified as a WWI vintage chemical weapon. that got him. It hit the local papers then suddenly went quiet. Turns out what was done there is still classified as far as I can see. The two dispersal airfields on the B660 Kimbolton road are not on google either. Whatever is in the middle of Elstow storage dump is a bit of a mystery too.
Whoa. I'd love to see an investigation on that.
The "far north of Bedford"? Bedford is not that big.
Far is a relative term @@Mark.Andrew.Pardoe
Unreal. Yet these things continue to happen regularly. If civilization still exists after WW3 we'll figure out a more appropriate term.
So are we to believe that the Spanish Flue was some weird trench disease, or was it a clandestine allied bioweapon that was released by accident..?
Your tenacity deserves recognition. We are living in perilous times. Self inflicted when uncomfortable and inconvenient truths never see daylight.
The Navajo Code was kept classified until the late 60s, and many Navajo Code Talkers were not allowed to talk about what they did in the war or get the recognition they deserved because of it. They are a fascinating study, and would make for a great video.
There is an interesting movie with Nicholas Cage.
@ Yeah, that wasn’t a very good movie.
@@randyreese6413 Unbelievably they focused on the soldiers assigned to guard the Code Talkers rather than the Code Talkers! Dumb.
HEYA HOYA HEYA HOYA
I don't think the Nazi fan base of this channel cares about that
When someone not only forbids you to question a past event but makes it illegal and threatens you with a costly lawsuit and imprisonment, you have to ask yourself what is being hidden...
Static in the attic channel.
Streisand effect.
Absolutely! If they released all the documents we'll have a true history and a lot will not be anywhere near what we've been told. In other words, the house of cards will come tumbling down and expose those responsible and their decendands that are still involved with the lies.
Unfortunately happening in the US right now
"And it's 1, 2, 3, what the hell are we fighting for?
I don't know I don't give a damn.
Next stop is Vietnam...
That may or may not be an odd comment. It's possible suitability may depend on familiarity with the music of the Vietnam War anti-war movement. I don't know because it's still a government secret. ;p
Finishing up at work, about to go home and cook my dinner and listen Mark Felton….. life is good:)
Bet Red Flags always appear when You confront a member of Govermant.
We are fortunate 👍
I don't know how good life is, but knowledge is good for life.
Be sure to makes Potatoes a la Hess.
@@KarryBenderyou’re real cocky for someone called bender
My father's activities as a "Yank in the RCAF" only goes up to a certain point. I wanted to write a book about him, and might still do so. He was shot down over Norway, captured, his wound as a prisoner experimentally stapled shut by a German doctor, escaped during an air raid and made his way via the underground back to British troops. He might have seen the fire-bombing of Hamburg on the distant horizon, then back in England, he may have been offered training in Mi-6, the information of which was basically unavailable from Her Majesty's Government. He had several British connections via a visiting friend after the war when we lived in Hawaii and later New York. I was just a small boy during those times and he was a terrific dad. Thank you for your war history video insights.
Dr Felton, it is with the utmost respect that I take this opportunity to thank you on behalf of all your subscribers and myself for the untold hours of research & dedicated attention to detail in the work you consistently provide in the name of historical education.
"Embarrassment of public officials" is NEVER a decent reason to keep information classified, but rather the greatest argument in favor of releasing such information! Wrong decisions made under the duress of exigent circumstances are forgivable, but government officials should ALWAYS be afraid that their actions might prove to be embarrassing and stupid decisions should be immediately exposed!
As the saying in the UK goes, "The Official Secrets Act exists not to protect secrets, but to protect officials..."
It's not the wrong and stupid decisions they are hiding.
It's the planned and successful ones.
@jonathanljohnson You are 100% correct on "embarrassment" not being a reason (officially) in the USA yet it seems to go on anyway. 😕
That reason is illegal in the USA@@bms9144
ALL governments are lying to everyone. Period.
Hi Dr. Felton! I tried to read your book "The Devil's Doctor" but found it too disturbing. (I lost two uncles to the Imperial Japanese Army.) I will never understand the need for biological warfare agents. Goes to show that we learned nothing from gas warfare in WWI. As a medical professional (perfusionist), I do understand that such weapons would be uncontrollable with the goal being to affect civilian population more than military objectives. Thank you for scholarship in these areas. We need to know the truth, no matter how ugly.
Sometimes I've had a hard time reading... Like Howard Zinn's "A People's History Of The United States". It's so revealing of the horrible treatment of labor in America from the start of the nation. It's the ugly truth, but knowledge is good. We have to know or better can never come. "I get on my knees an pray. We don't get fooled again." (The Who).
No. It indeed looks like we didnt learn anything from WW1, and that perhaps we haven't learned much more recently. From a fellow Perfusionist
@@matthewrodd3985 "Perfusionists! Perfusionists EVERYWHERE!!!". (salute to you both, btw.)
.. evil runs the world.. don't think the US is the good guys.. it's occupied by Masons
And it seems to be still happening today with what has gone on with Covid. the cover ups & lies
Can't wait to see what you will find about Rudolf Hess. Looking forward Dr.
Is anyone expecting that to be other than what it seems like? That coverup is like a plastic tarp over a pool of blood next to a bad car crash.
@@inkydoug Well I think he was Murdered by the Americans
Hopefully a lot about the mercenary plot to free him from Spandau prison in the early 1980's...and, oh, that was a movie.
Yes...I often wondered what he talked about while in prison in the UK.
I really wonder why he was the only one being in prison so long while other perpetrators either got shorter sentences or were released prematurely. Don't think I'll live long enough to find out.
Thanks Mark! I like many channels on UA-cam, but I find none of them as interesting as yours. History is one of the most relevant subjects and through its studies, we learn about ourselves and the intentions of our adversaries.
Your series on Himmler was outstanding. I hope I make it to 2045, gotsta know! Maybe the negotiations he was having with the Allies were being considered? Seems that would be unlikely because of his involvement with final solution.
My wife was part of a team that reviewed the Unit 731 material for declassification in the early 2000s. She told me most of the remaining material will never be declassified because of the potential negative impact on US-Japanese relations. She couldn't even tell me what the material was despite my having virtually every clearance on the books.
Extremely Cruel.. and Some insanely Deadly..
It probably deals with the grisly details of Americans being used as guinea pigs.
Was it a government agency or a group of historians?
@porkchopproductions0314 Government agency
I suspect if the truth about Japan had ever come out, people would be saying "Adolph who?"
Whenever authorities either grant permission to have secret topics of war discussed with a wider audience or when classified topics are declassified, we can be certain of one thing: Dr Felton will be one of, if not the first on the scene to talk about them and society will be all the more grateful for it
Indubitably!
Sure...
You'd be surprised at the mountains of engineering data is still classified.
To Keep the public stupid
Not necessarily. Not all information needs to be in the public domain. Here is a brief anecdote to illustrate my point. I have a family member who was a civil engineer for a local government agency in the US. He had access to detailed architectural plans for bridges and dams and other critical infrastructure for both safety inspections and in case of emergencies. This type of information could be used by bad actors to cause horrendous damage. Another example, there are over the counter medications that when combined or used in a specific manner outside of normal usage can be very lethal. Emergency Medicine physicians, pathologists and many pharmacists are aware of these combinations but, an effort is made to keep this information out of the public domain. With respect to over classification of historical events, I will agree with you. Many in power do not want the citizenry to know what actions and events have occurred in the past.
@@JohnConsedine-ex1czhistorical information has no place being kept hidden from anyone. The only reason to hide it is to protect guilty parties
@@xenoraptor1552 harmful information should be restricted. Not allowable in the hands of the immature, nor the uneducated.
@@xenoraptor1552 It's not the only reason. The morale of a nation is a precarious thing. It's admittedly very hard to argue against what you said, but these kind of things have to be on occasion handled carefully when there's a greater impact than what would befall of certain individuals.
Thanks Dr. Felton! I was just thinking about Rudolph Hess, Himmler, The Phoney War, and the secrets that died with those men. Your research is impeccable!
The icing on the cake from your videos: all the comments with personal WWII history. Thank you
Mark Felton YOU ARE HANDS DOWN THEE BEST WW2 HISTORIAN ON UA-cam. You literally are the continuation of the pure soul of what the original History channel was. No flattery but you and your voice is the true successor to Charlelton Heston narration in my opinion
he is better.
we already know that
Agreed - he’s superb
Is anyone really interested in the Queen Mother's rude letters 😂. I expect the Sun newspaper will get hold of them sooner or later 😊.
Nah I’d say zoomer historian
My opinion is that Radar was a very minor part of U-boat detection. Rather, Radar was a cover story for Ultra decryptions, meaning Radar equipped aircraft were sent to positions known from Ultra, and then the boats were "discovered" by Radar. The Germans wasted a great deal of effort trying to evade the Radar. That was one purpose.
No radar was very important to bring weapons on target. Ultra only got you in the rough area. Ultra was at best many hours old and at 10knots a U-boat would be 10's of miles away that assuming that their position was correct in the fist place.
look up the meaning of centrimetric and all will be revealed.
@@robbarton7972 I am sorry, you missed the point entirely. This is about the strategic importance of Radar across the North Atlantic, not tactical targeting of the last mile. You were not going to see or track a U-boat 300 miles away by Radar. It was kept classified to guard Ultra.
This particular dilemma is well documented in R. V. Jones book Most Secret War. An excellent read
I am pretty certain that most HUFF DUFF detections were a cover for Ultra.
My Grandfather was in the R.C.A.F in WWII. He was a radar technician on Fogo Island and told me about hunting Submarines when I was a child.
I always thought he was joking... Maybe not. I have several pictures of the radar that he said would have had him shot at the time.😊
Living on the edge!
@@jeremyrowe743 My maternal grandfather was a mechanic in the RCAF. I believe your grandfather's story. My dad was in the Pacific theater and he had some crazy stories. Truth is always stranger than fiction.
@@kellydonivan6513Is that the truth? Seems a bit strange to me.......
@@kellydonivan6513I agree the truth is always stranger than fiction. My dad was a veteran of world war ii, Us Navy, South/ Central Pacific. He was aboard two different ships during the war. The first one was the light cruiser, USS Montpelier which was a very storied ship and saw way too much action for my 17 year old father. The second ship was the USS Norton Sound, which was a converted seaplane tender. It was converted to a guided missile ship late in the war using captured Nazi plans and technology concerning the V2 guided missile. The US Navy used this information and created a guided missile ship which became the USS Norton Sound. They launched the Viking 5 Missles against the Japanese at both Iwo Jima and Okinawa with devastating results. My dad only talked to me about the missions they ran aboard the Norton sound. He kept quiet about the operations aboard the Norton sound until the day he died. He felt it would have been a betrayal to the Navy and his country had he spoken up about those operations. The Navy kept the Norton Sound's operations out of the news and the media for fear that the country would have been totally against the US Navy using captured Nazi technology against the Japanese. Looking at it through the lens of 2024 I don't know what the country's reaction would have been at the time. But considering how the Japanese were prosecuting the war we would have used any weapon at our disposal to end that war sooner. And that includes the use of the two atomic bombs not to mention the fire bombing of Tokyo in various other Japanese cities. My dad was my hero and this responsible for the man that I turned out to be. Rest in peace dad, you did your job and you did it well!🇺🇲⚓️🙏💯💖
@@ColinH1973 It doesn't to me. As I stated above, truth is always stranger than fiction.
When I started watching, there was 20 comments. After the film it was 66. So many enjoy these films of yours mr Felton! Thank you!
It was always suspicious to me how long they kept Hess in prison, he knew to much
I never understood why he had such a high position, for me he was the stupidest/least interesting of this leadership clique. His risky England maneuver was the best thing he ever did!
He went to England as a goodwill gesture and he was placed in prison for life, alone, with no human contact. It’s a shame that we Europeans in America and Britain were tricked to destroy the greatest nation to ever be, Germany under National Socialist rule, we now live in a global Weimar, and we are being invaded by migrants and bred out of existence.
@@carstenmanz302I don’t think he was stupid at all and there is way more than meets the eye which we will probably never find out.
@@carstenmanz302 If you can't figure it out, you're not as smart as you think you are.
@@allewis4008 Yes, I can tell you, but it has less to do with politics than with very private/intimate things why he was a favorite of Hitler. Firstly, he was in Hitler's closest circle of admirers from the very beginning, even at a young age. And he was as vain as he was gay and loved Hitler like a kind of father figure! Hitler was also known to be homosexual/bisexual when he was young, and in the 1920s he was even arrested by the moral police in Munich because he had been involved with underage prostitutes (there are files on this). The homoerotic relationships among the early Nazi activists were already known back then, hence the chic uniforms, riding boots, macho attitudes and even the fashionably styled Hitler Youth! It was particularly noticeable in Hess's case; Himmler and Goebbels were also known to have such "inclinations" (sex parties). There is a dark secret surrounding the innermost leadership circle, a perverted, conspiring homosexual clique, and almost all of them are of part-Jewish descent! Around the corner from me (Vienna, Felberstrasse), Hitler once lived in a one-room apartment with his only childhood friend. There are also homoerotic nude pictures from that time that Hitler himself drew - and this childhood friend was also (partly) Jewish Ancestry, like many of Hitler's other acquaintances, right up to Eva Braun! ;-)
Dr Felton, it would be very interesting if you did some research regarding the bombing of Dresden in February 1945. There has been speculation that Dresden had been left relatively untouched until so late in the war, as it had been designated as a target for the Atomic bomb (to demoralize the Germans and give notice to the Russians). When it was apparent that the war in Europe would be concluded before the bomb was ready, Dresden was removed as a “protected” city, and scheduled for attack.
Talk about a fish story, lol.
@ YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!
@@TR4Ajim Apart from your caps lock being broken, you're either unaware or ignoring the record of the Manhattan Project's Military Policy Committee that had targeting discussions as far back as 1943. Specifically this 5 May meeting that was summarized by General Leslie Groves: “The point of use of the first bomb was discussed and the general view appeared to be that its best point of use would be on a Japanese fleet concentration in the Harbor of Truk [in the Pacific, north of New Guinea]. General Styer suggested Tokio but it was pointed out that the bomb should be used where, if it failed to go off, it would land in water of sufficient depth to prevent easy salvage. The Japanese were selected as they would not be so apt to secure knowledge from it as would the Germans.”
This was 9 months into the Manhattan Project, so unless you have a verifiable source pointing to someone saying "Let's spare Dresden for Little Boy," then save it for Alex Jones.
In the last half of 1943 the decision was made to use the B-29 to drop the bombs. It hardly supports your theory that they chose to use an aircraft that wasn't used in the European Theater.
@@FIREBRAND38I guess it might work pre 1942 when the British bomb effort was transferred from billingham to the states - although that may not have happened?
@@FIREBRAND38B29s did visit Europe,and Paul Tibbets was chosen because of his experience in the European theatre. B29s weren’t allergic to Europe and could easily have been deployed there. The reason for creating the atomic bomb was that we knew Germany was trying to build one. That would give an extra incentive for targeting Germany first.
Mark, my father was a RCAF radar technician in England during the war. He didn’t talk much about his experience and had nothing to do with electronics in his civilian life after. I do know he was involved with Chain Home as he mentioned they set a record for getting the station back on line with their generator following a power outage. He also was very proud of being part of the 418 City of Edmonton Mosquito Squadron before he returned to Canada. This is the first time I have ever heard about the secret 5000, and I doubt he was part of that effort. Can you please recommend any books about the radar techs that may help our family understand what dad did during the war. I’m a long time subscriber and find your videos fascinating. Thanks
I think William Woollard's BBC series "secret war" covered a lot of the mid 1970s release of some documents. There will be a little bit on radar in Rutherford's notes and in some science journals from the 1930s to the 1970s as the principle was known, what the UK got was an efficient ground system along with the relay of information to ops/control rooms
All during World War II, radar was considered secret. My father was drafted into the US Navy in 1944 and trained as a radar technician. He was sworn to secrecy before the first course.
“Most secret war”by R V Jones and “instruments of darkness” by Alfred price are both very interesting and detailed about WW2 radar
Thanks, I’ll check them out.
Dr Felton. Not sure if you are aware, but the MI5 list of known Channel Island collibrators is also covered by the 100 year rule, to protect certain high profile families'.
To be fair there wasn't really much option for the residents of small islands under occupation, a tiny population doesn't provide the necessary cover to hide/disguise any kind of resistance, yes in the case of the channel islands collaborating was the only sensible option if you want to keep yourself and your family safe and together and not starve!
The people most likely to take action against collaborators in the Channel Islands are other islanders, and I doubt that they do not know who these people were. The populations of the islands are so small that there is not the same anonymity that you get in the rest of the UK. I also approve of keeping documents out of the public gaze. The people themselves are most likely dead, but too many people believe that the sins of the fathers should be punished, particularly in this age of keyboard warriors who get a thrill from making other people's lives unpleasant.
Absolutely disgusting the continued silence on these topics. Keep up the great work Mark. I am struggling in my business however when my fortunes improve I plan to become a Patreon supporter as you are the best online/UA-cam historian bar none. Thank you again sir and best wishes for the holidays.
Big fan! Happy thanksgiving from your brother across the Atlantic. Cheers.
A Mark Felton video drops on my lunch break. A great day.
Simply the best historian youtube got
Thank you for efforts. Keep digging. My mother joined the women's RAF (whatever it was called) the day she turned 18, in 1941. 2 weeks after being deployed to a spitfire base (her job was to refuel and rearm spitfires), her friend walked into a propeller. Harsh way to grow up in a hurry. It was decided that no one was to know, so someone would not be blamed. If something like that gets hushed up, you can be certain a great deal more has been hidden away. It was a very different world in 1941, than today.
Different yes a fact, but I could stand more different and less the same.
Did she bump her head on the prop?
@@paulhope3401She would have been partially or fully decapitated. After all, the propeller was being turned by an approximately 1000 hp Merlin engine.
@@paulhope3401 she died. gruesome thing to see
@@oliversmith9200outstanding comment. So outstanding, I'm definitely lifting it from you to use in the future. Hopefully,if civilization still exists in a hundred years this comment won't be so deadly accurate but as they say don't hold your breath.
I like it when Mr Felton makes a Promise, he and his team always keep it, so more hq productions are in the editing suite already. Sweet
Hello Mark, my Dad was part of the British guard in charge of Hess when it was our turn. I'm sure he would share some stories with you if you wanted? He was also called upon on the day of Hess's death.
Can he email me his story? I've collected a lot of guards stories thus far. I'd be interested in his opinions of Hess's last day etc. hello@markfelton.co.uk
That’s amazing. Did he ever have any conversations with him? Any details are priceless as once they’re gone, they’re gone.
@@MarkFeltonProductions I will ask him to get in touch. Keep up the great work!
@@michaelfern4079 it's been a while since he spoke of Hess. from what I remember, they had to keep a set distance. Each nation were afraid to have his death on their watch. I don't believe conversations were allowed. At least for the British. Dad said Hess was a pain in the arse. The prison garden was a size that meant the guard on patrol would have to change his route, if Hess went to one end of his garden or the other. Hess knew they couldn't break the distance rule and would move accordingly to mess with them. Hopefully that makes sense!
@@brahoy Fantastic. Thank you for sharing! 🙏
Wow. This is the stuff of thrillers and secret operations in the second world war. Amazing that some information is secured for the next century or close to the middle of this one. Thanks Doc. Keep ' em coming!😊
First view & first comment! Thanks, as always Professor Felton... your subjects are always interesting and of the utmost fascination. But this particular topic is one ive been highly interested in, passionate about and doing my own sort of research & investigating now for over 15 years.... so i definitely appreciate any further learning, but especially your input as the result of your thorough, unique & very well-done research, and resulting documention. Cheers from across the pond
Just found out the other day that my mum served in 100 Group, 199 Squadron, based in North Creek before being sent to Bletchley Park. Never heard of Mandril and what was done at North Creek is still covered by the Offical Secret Act
As a WWII buff and former student pilot, I was surprised when the instructor warned us of the dangers of flying above 10,000 feet without oxygen. He presented detailed information of what happens to the human body at different altitudes; for instance, at 20,000 feet, you would start feeling drowsy after "X" minutes and lose consciousness after "Y" minutes. At 33,000 feet, you would lose consciousness in less than 2 minutes (or so I remember) and after that you would die from hypoxia.
As someone who had read about the cruel Nazi experiments carried out by Luftwaffe doctors on concentration camp inmates, I was intrigued by how this detailed information was obtained. Maybe the Allies conducted their own experiments using chimps or other animals (but that's unlikely, unless you can teach a chimp to fly a plane at 33,000 feet), or maybe they just plagiarized the results of studies conducted by Nazi scientists.
Yet people wonder why history enthusiasts still have an obsession with WWII.
It's the foundation mythos for the modern world, for better or worse. For some people it's a certain sort of theology.
It's a religion really
only an 'obsession' for some.
@@DrewPicklesTheDark for the insane? What is there to worship in there?
@@longiusaescius2537 of the insane. What could they possibly worship, death?
Rumours abound of a secret folder. The slim volume is known to a mere handful and it's location is a closely-guarded secret. The only thing we do know is the title. It reads...
'Things Mark Doesn't Know about WWII (and Other Histories)'
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The things Mark doesn't know about WW2 must be a very slim volume.
@@FredScuttle456 It's mere existence is merely a rumour, unsubstantiated...
Plenty of documents have also been destroyed.
"accidentally" destroyed. Or "misfiled".
Felton did a video on that too. 🚫🦬
What exactly was Hess found guilty of? Being Rudolph Hess?
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Traveling on a peace mission without a diplomatic passport. Hess was such a nut, the Allies made him a war criminal as an act of mercy.
@@crimony3054 That's absurd!
Fascinating video! I hope I'll still be alive when these secrets are finally revealed 🙏🏻 JC from Singapore 🇸🇬
I wasn't aware you wrote a book on Unit 731. I've read a couple of other histories on this subject, and I have to admit that I find accounts of Unit 731's activities very difficult and nauseating to get through due to the profound depravity of the Japanese involved. I've read hundreds of books and articles on warfare and man's general inhumanity against his fellow man. But there are some inhumanities that are on another level. 731 is definitely one of those.
It was a very hard book to write, and I'd already written several on Japanese war crimes, POWs, etc.
An act of malice you wouldn't think was possible to commit
Is this book available in hard copy or paper back?
@@graemeandrew8643it appears to be available in hardback on Amazon
The ability for mark to create something interesting time and time again is unparalleled
Woohoo! Another Mark Felton Video!!
Looking through a book on submarines I too discovered some interesting stuff.
The book era stretched from the early ww1 era through the between war years into WW2.
It also contained letters and minutes recorded from the German kreigsmarine high ranking officers.
Including the setting up of a secret submarine research company based in Holland so they could continue to do submarine design and research without being in breach of the Treaty of Versailles.
In 1916 7, the high ranking officers were talking and planning the 'NEXT' war, even before ww1 had yet finished.
Scandalous.
Most military officers called the Treaty of Versailles "A 20 year cease-fire", it was less-savvy politicians and the populations that actually thought it was over.
Because weapons technologies evolve so rapidly, military establishments frequently work on the “next generation” of weapons while the previous generation is still in production. It was everybody, not just the Germans. Jet fighter design in World War II was under way in in Germany in 1939, and not much later in the UK. The American B-29 (the plane that would drop the Atomic Bomb) began development in 1940, a year before Pearl Harbor. Warships have longer lead times, so it’s not surprising that the Iowa class battleships began development in 1938, and wouldn’t actually fire a shot until 1944.
Planning for the next war before the current one is finished is wise, not scandalous, because a next war is inevitable. C’est la vie.
If your government wasn't planning ahead for the possibility of war with it's current enemies... it'd be malpractice. Plus the citizens would be incredibly angry bcuz the government wasn't ready "just in case"
hardly scandalous,
the treaty was merely a ceasefire due to its unfair nature
Thanks Dr Felton.
This is one of my favourite videos yet ! Part 2 plz : D It''s also very cool to see the behind the scenes research proccess of being a Historian !
Whatever the subject, Dr Felton maintains a level of mystery.
Unlike other scholarly bestselling authors who strip all the way down to a teacup for photo shoots.
Excellent channel and I belive many things from ww2 will never ever come to light
Firstly thank you so much for unrelentless pursit of historical facts - this channel is quite incredble thanks to the amount of work you put in. Its amazing whilst you was listing and going thru the things still remaining secret you mentioned ULTRA and Bletchley , i was just thinking about it and it was the next section ! - I was lucky enough to go on a guided tour at Bletchley this year at Histocrypt and the servicemen who worked there and given the tour, you could see how they was still so tight lipped about certain things that remained classified. It was amazing to hear them and tell us what we could know, and equally impressive, if not more so, how they still treated what they knew as strictly need to know. Thanks again Dr Felton - i eagerly await what your 2025 productions bring and hopefully we are still all here when the other information becomes declassified !
I have an old ex-MOD Land Rover that I can’t buy matching paint to maintain it with because the paint (allegedly InfraRed and Radar adsorbent) is still classified by the US Govt (its manufactured in California).
The paint is called IRR(infra red reflective) It is toxic when sprayed or been sanded down. I became very ill using it in uncontrolled domestic use. Brilliant stuff,can remember going past a copper with a speed gun at about 125mph and never heard anything more about it.
@@notwennalla007then a lot of my mates must have been poisoned with it as vehicles were freely sprayed with it with just basic masks in the 70’s.
@@notwennalla007 125 mph in what model car?
@@notwennalla007 For the speed gun to work, the paint has to be reflective. Absorption will result in no feedback.
125mph in an ex-MOD landrover ? Those things feel decidedly unsafe at 60.
This is a very interesting topic. One suspects something rather distinct was on Hitler’s mind concerning Wonder Weapons we don’t know…
Thank you so much for your excellent and much needed info!
Thanks!
Every video you produce is solid gold. How the history channel or one of those hasn't signed you up for a lifetime subject matter expert contract, I'll never know. Keep up the good work, sir!
The father of a former coworker was a WWII POW and a victim of Unit 731.
Keep up the great work man, your videos are brilliant.
Why so much secrecy ? Is it because they are still working on the same project with their same counterparts ? One thing is very clear, we need to work on our own projects and make sure no one else gets their hands on them. ? Once again it’s the general public that has been used and abused , again and again. Thankyou for sharing your videos. Amazing work .
Exactly, shame on them all!
You're just an unfortunate byproduct of the Haber-Bosch process. A cog for a war machine that never was needed. You can go away now. You are the carbon they want to reduce.
Yes. Same as it ever was. That's why I call them The Parasites That Be. They have no real power,only tricks and collusion that if one day mankind worldwide wakes up and wises up, their ticket will be punched with extreme prejudice.
thanks a lot again for this clip. i am now 61 and have been enthusiastic about flying since i was a child. they told us (~1979) in secondary school that rudolf hess was crazy, i asked the teacher how he imagined a crazy man flying a twomotor plane in dead reckoning with tank switching to scotland (try meet duke of hamilton as i read last years) was chased in his max 540km/h fast bf110 over the north sea by two spits (unsuccessful for the spits?) then had to jbail out with a parachute for the first time in his life because the airfield switched off the lights. the teacher said he didn't want to go into it any further. later in the schoolyard he told me (16 years old at the time) not everything in the syllabus is the opinion of the staff. the teacher himself was over 60 years old at the time and certainly in the war himself. and than 1987 you learn that hess shall hung himself on a door handle ..but hess not was able to stand up alone as his mals nurse Abdallah Melaouhi say (there was once a german language tv reportage in youtube from him where he tells how he experienced the day of h death with strange people he neve see before in spandau but this is no more to find) 🤨or the things Eugen Paul Bird (spandau prison commandant) tell us here in youtube ...worth to listen.
cant wait to see what yours series mr. felton brings out... all the best.
SEVEN COMMENTS IN ONE MINUTE!!!!!
That's impressive!
Congratulations Dr. Felton.
Cheers.
Fascinating, good work Sir
An amazing amount of stuff is classified, not because its release would harm national security, but because it is just embarrassing to whoever classified it.
I'm guessing that is why the Russian Federation keeps so many of the Soviet records of the war period locked away. They have a certain narrative of the Great Patriotic War they want to promote and wouldn't want documents released that could contradict that.
You are just a handful of people who do what you do !! I can't thank you enough for all of your hard work and sharing everything history related !! I myself often wonder what path I would have taken if I applied myself in school ?
I loved this! I’ve been reading about WWII since I was 6. Now being 27 it’s so fun to learn about this. I hope you make a sequel!
I join many others who are grateful for your rare and sublime spirit of inquiry Dr. Felton.
I have learned so much from your channel that could be found no where else!
Please consider turning the focus of your sabre sharp mind to the actual fate of the Austrian painter beyond 1945. His commonly accepted end story is a heap of rubbish that will not survive your inquiry.
Agreed.
My cousin Betty was in ATA in England, later had training re: Enigma intercepts, and was in OSS attached to American Forces to provide "Ice" for operations.
great Video, Mark!!!
Thank you for what you do, Mark. 👍 You are an excellent historian. My favorite one honestly, ive been subscribed to you for what feels like a decade now 😁
Dr. Felton is the right person to unveil such subjects.
Here we go! Love these stories!
Hess said a lot more to the British than the public was told. Not only did he tell of behind the scenes correspondence, but he also gave info on Hitler that the British ignored that later cost lives
Maybe the British ignored warnings about Hitler because they were afraid of him, personally. Germany was scientifically advanced. They were obviously in a position to lose the war, but Hitler had a separate and distinct identity FROM Germany. He escaped to Argentina even after a national defeat. Maybe the British decided to circumvent grappling with Hitler the human being. The best they could do was sever his influence from the general population. Which only includes any influence which would continue to adversely impact them.
My late mother nursed Hess in Scotland immediately after his arrival. She was no friend of the Germans but said that he was a compliant patient whose only request was for Jeeves books by P G Wodehouse! The secret's out!!!
Thank you for this video, mark! I really didn’t even know most of what you showed us in your video. Thank you again!
Not surprised about the Bletchley Park stuff. I read Gordon Welchman "Hut Six Story" to further my understanding of security. I was astonished he wrote it, at the time he wrote it, until fall of Berlin Wall East Germans still used mechanical cipher machines derived from enigma for less sensitive traffic. Also until the late 80s India used some ex British mechanical cipher machines, they knew they weren't secure against UK but just needed them secure from Pakistan! Also Welchman's description of "traffic analysis" in the same book was the most illuminating thing I ever read to understand Snowdon's leaks on metadata gathering. Some of that stuff is still very relevant
I've often wondered about reported communication between Himmler and Churchill in particular an attempt by Himmler to contact Churchill by radio in the last weeks of the war. I have read (forgotten where) that in the Public Records Office there is a file indicating a radio message from Himmler was received, logged and a copy sent to Downing Street, but that no more is known. I suppose HImmler was trying to save his own skin, but was there communication between them during the war?
Yes, there was communication. However, it's difficult to tell whether MI6 was 'playing' Himmler to goad him into toppling Hitler, or whether peace feelers were being taken seriously at Downing Street. I covered some of this in several previous videos.
Mark, I would like to hear more about the Battle of Shingle Street which has always fascinated me.
If the archives can be damaging to the reputation of the Royal Family and Government, why would they EVEN acknowledge that fact publicly or that said archives even EXIST? I think they aren't as hard-hitting as some people assume given those factors.
I'm not 100% sure how it works, here in the US, the government has released some pretty disgusting records about what it and the CIA have done in the past. I think they just do it when they believe people will stop caring. Most stuff they don't want _ever_ getting out are not even recorded and the info dies with those involved.
I watched a recent TV series with Josh Gates in his Expedition Unknown series. His production crew was with a man exploring a tunnel network, that the local ministry said 'Did not exist. Was only a plan on paper." Yet this man found an entrance to the 'paper tunnel' and having some knowledge of the possible content, they took with them a Geiger Counter. When it went over a certain 'mark', Josh stopped them immediately and got them to retreat. This 'exposed' the fact the ministry knew far more than they wanted to reveal and explained why they made it so difficult for the determined investigator to explore the paper tunnels. I can't wait for them to go back with radioactive hardened electronic remote video camera's!
With-holding documents, does not always prevent a hint of the real story from coming out. Good work Dr Felton. Keep digging.
I once worked as an Archives Technician at the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, NY. In the Supervisory Archivist’s office was an armored filing cabinet with a combination lock; it bore a red placard that read “CLOSED.” I asked the Super what information from FDR’s era might still be closed to the public. He told me that most of it remained closed because of people named in Special Operations from World War II (OSS and stuff like that). He told me that the fear was that someone would find out that their great-grandfather had been assassinated by someone else’s great-grandfather, and that they might decide to murder the assassin’s living descendants in revenge. Thus, the files remained closed. Anyway, that’s what the Super told me…
Some documents on the war may never be released, the war was so damming for both sides that there are things that will likely never see the light of day.
A life without Mark is not worth living.
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It is strange to classify the peace negotiations with Germany. Would it change our view on the actors?
It would change everything
You must remember, WW2 is the foundation mythos that built the modern world (for better or worse). Releasing anything that questions the narrative would be like changing a foundation myth for a religion and it's morality.
Yes
Like Havaara
No, it changes nothing. The Nazis were worse and had to be overthrown.
I've always heard that a British officer who was a magician by trade helped to disguise Alexandria from German bomber raids during the North Africa campaign. The techniques he used were so novel and effective that they were deemed classified for some extreem lenght of time. What I remember of this incident said he literally used smoke and mirrors to disguise Alexandria and made it appear 30 miles away from where it was, thus the germans bombed empty terrain. Other accouts talked about stobe lights that disoriented German pilots and made them think they were flying upsides down. If you've ever heard of this account I'd love to see what research you could do on this sealed archive of magic tricks.
Strobe lights. I recall reading about a US or UK tank unit where the standard turrets had been replaced with one of a different design that involved something like a regular searchlight with a shutter type device that operated at some designated speed. The idea being that German troops would transfixed or psyched out or some such. I think they found it wasn't effective. there wasn't a whole lot of info on it.
Excellent as always!
If that's the case, I wonder if there's certain aspects of WWI that's still kept classified even today. If so, perhaps those materials may make very juicy videos that'll keep Mark Felton occupied and us entertained for a while!
Spent time with a Musician/Codeworker. He worked at HYPO center at Pearl Harbor. So much taught about WW2 is BS. This man lifted the veil on the true American submarine war against Japan. Everything I knew about the Pacific is wrong and my beloved WW2 book collection is almost useless now.
Due tell please
Unhappily, nothing you report is surprising. I wish you would report on the UFO/UAP's information that is held by the British Gov't and talk about the more famous and well witnessed events in Great Britain from 1920 - 2020. Thanks for your continuing hard work and passion for History!
Another great video as usuall Mark ! I must admit i listen to these rather than watching them whilst im modelling submarine and boat models keep up the great work !
Totally fascinating yet disturbingly not surprising. Keep up the good work.
6:30, they'll never declassify that, the british government can do no wrong
The declassification of material I want to see the most is the declassification over the sinking of HMS _Glorious_ because I have read a long time ago that they actually got her log books off even though its almost always claimed they went down with the ship.
Apparently, the sinking would cause great embarrassment to people still alive if the information was released or their families and the grey funnel line's reputation
There's a lot about the sinking of HMS Glorious that the families if those who died never got answers to. If you haven't seen it I recommend the BBC Timewatch documentary from the 1990's about it.
If the history is that the logs went down with the ship, they will never be declassified because they do not officially exist.
The dark side of all this is that we can never truly trust our governments. If known documents are classified, imagine what other secrets are kept?
Great work Dr. Felton. I know you will continue your search and requests on such topics.
@@benbaker2965 does that mean they can be trusted to keep secrets?
In the early 1980s, I attended a community college in Northern California. My US government teacher was a US Navy intelligence veteran who had served in the 1950s. He got to see a lot of the Navy cables during and before 1941. He said he never saw any cable that specifically said that Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked. However, he said that he read enough cables to realize that the people who were reading them, back then, had to have been able to figure out that a Pearl Harbor attack was inevitable. If they could not figure that out they had to be idiots. On that note, in the 1990s, I bought & read a book by a US Naval officer who decrypted the Imperial Japanese codes. It was titled something like "And I Was There". He believed that FDR held back info to the Pearl Harbor Army & Navy brass in order so they would sitting ducks, Japan would attack and we would have to enter World War II. I've long lost the book but it anyone knows the name, please let me know. He said that all intelligence gathered in the Pacific was routed to Washington DC first. It was then analyzed and they would decide if & which Pacific commanders needed to know.
Concerning the Pearl Harbor attack, I suggest that you check:
"Infamy", by John Toland
"Day of Deceit", by Robert Stinnett
"Betrayal at Pearl Harbor", by Rusbridger and Nave
"Stalin's Secret Agents", by Evans and Romerstein
@@Thorr-kl6jl Thanks I will definitely check them out. Thanks for the ideas for my Christmas list!
Thanks Dr Mark Felton for keeping us informed about WWII mysteries, and others, your programs are excellent, and informant to the edge, Im just become 70 years old, and at 2045 I will probably 91 years old, if I live that long?
I'm still blown away by the whole red house video. Dr.Felton, you are something truly special.