«How to upset Nazi interrogator» Ah, Nazis! That mysterious tribe which appeared out of nowhere in 1933, conquered Germany, then started WW2 by invading Poland, and eventually mysteriously disappeared in 1945. Let's be serious and say out loud the factual truth: They were National-Socialistic GERMANS who created many concentration and death camps where German killed millions (mainly Poles, Jews, Gypsies) and Auschwitz was only one of those camps.
@januszlepionko Well that's what original Nazi abrevvation means. A member or supporter of German National Socualist party. Who told you they came out of nowhere and disappeared? Everyone who have learned about this knows that it took a change of generation to purge germany from the particular ideology. Then there are many offspins popping up here and there, most of whom never use terminology or symbolism, but have very similar ideas. Like invading and killing their neighbours to destroy certain demography and idemtity, etc.
It's a damn good thing that there are people going around and interviewing these veterans on camera. Because we are on the razor's edge of WWII passing out of living memory.
@@libbylandscape3560 forgotten? Or having never known? If hardship and adversity are the fires in which a man is forged,what happens to those who were granted the option to avoid walking through those flames? If necessity is the mother of invention,what happens in the absence of necessity? These are the questions that have come to be the most persistent in the back of my mind in the past few years. We have had it far too good for far too long,and all we've done with these blessings is convince ourselves that it will always be this way. And God help me,I am FAR from being the exception. "Victory has defeated you" --Bane: The Dark Knight Rises
@@AshtonRogers-se1zjYour comment reminds me of a quote, maybe you've heard it? Hard times make strong men. Strong men make good times. Good times make weak men. Weak men make hard times. Or something like that. I don't know who said it, but have seen it in YT comments. Edit: Finally just now saw someone in other comments cite the source of this. They said it is from a post apocalyptic novel by Michael Hopf. Those Who Remain
@@AshtonRogers-se1zj While I hope studying history and honoring the lessons of the past can perpetuate peace, I also fear that not enough people will do so (whether from hate, ignorance, or apathy). Do you mean to say that people have too much peace these days? I’d like to know your perspective.
Lester Shrenk is an amazing man. In his 80s, he found the German soldier, Hans Herman Müller, who shot down his plane because he was curious why he didn't finish him off when he had the chance. Lester traveled to Germany to meet him and ask him. They hugged and Lester said they felt like old friends. When asked the important question, Müller told him "Yes, I could have shot you but why should I?" and after talking a while they became "good buddies". Lester said he understood that when his plane was shot down, Müller was tired of the killing and the war.
I met a ball turret gunner a few years ago. He still had ptsd after all these years. His wife was comforting him as he was telling me about how horrible it was to sit in that turret while getting shot at and how horrible the flak was. He said he never got shot down, but his plane was shot up plenty of times, including having its tail almost severed.
At an air show I met a B24 crewman. He told me the story of how a row of 24’s ready to taxi, engines running, a nurse was driving past in a jeep, waving at the crews. The girl suddenly mad a hard left turn, in between 2 B24’s, only she mis judged and got caught by a spinning prop. As he told me the story, he cried for this girl as if it had happened yesterday. I felt so bad for this man, having to live with this horrible memory.
My father was a ball turret gunner as well. Multiple missions as well as D-Day. He was hit in the ball but survived. Ended up in a sanitarium after discharge Horrible frost bite on his face that turned into bad skin cancer later in life. He never mentioned the war. When he was in his 90's the only thing he would say when asked was "I loved the war". Sure Dad.........
My grandpa was a B-17 turret gunner in WWII and he had some intense stories! He also would call his political representatives on a regular basis, to make sure they knew his voice was not soft.
Crazy butt it seems everything awful that the Allies did and is known is only okay because what we believe the enemies did from what we were told it's still blasphemy to even say this it just invokes emotion out of people and it's not about the truth anymore maybe in a few hundred years like when we learn about the Civil War nobody at all is shocked physically shocked to hear the north may have or may not have committed atrocities and vice versa with the South it's just like Napoleon said about history he probably heard that quote somewhere
I've heard this before that the Nazis had a lot of personal information on many prisoners, right down to grade school records. I've never known how they got all of this information and how they transmitted it all back to the enemy.
Read up on Hanns Scharff Wikipedia. Get his book at the library. The Germans listened to the radio chatter between airplanes plus they pieced together small insignificant bits of info. Scharff once asked an airman at intake how his dinner was with x aircrew member. He was given a list of incoming prisoners and asked for the files they already had...so when they came in he struck up a casual conversation and asked them to sign in his autograph book. Many times he would show them entries from prior captives and their whimsical comments. Scharff eventually moved to Calif and started a mosaic business. I believe he did the floor in the Calif Capitol.
Shows just how many says there where in our own ranks. It's all basic personal files that I'm sure they got. A hold of an would transmit back to the Germans. The mafia really came in an started cleaning up the spy leakage problem about 2 years into the war
Thank you for your service, sir. My dad was a bombardier on a B-17, 8th Air Force, 385th bomb group. I’m very grateful his plane never went down and he was not captured. When I was very young I thought my dad defeated Hitler all by himself. I know better now and am very grateful to all of his AF compatriots who supported each other to serve and protect the world from the scourge of Nazism.
A true man of honor. Thank you, sir, for your service and for sharing your story. I know war is horrible. The world needs to know history from the man who lived it.
Frenchman, British & Italian were captured fighting for the resistance. The Frenchman is taken, tied up & interrogated. He lasts half an hour. Next the British guy is taken, tied up & he lasts an hour. Finally the Italian is taken, tied up & interrogated for hours. Eventually he comes back and the other two want to know how the Italian resisted so long. “How am I supposed to talk with hands tied?”
Italians were allied with Germany. They were Facists. I know you say what about France? They were defeated. The disgusting Vichy were German collaborators but there was a very real Free French resistance.
It was all public record, all they needed to do that was access to newspaper archives. As others in your squad or platoon broke under pressure they'd get more to work with to make it seem more comprehensive, but it usually wasn't actually deep. For instance, they could find an obituary for a parent, they'd then have all the living relatives' names, and where they lived, that would lead them to graduation notices, wedding announcements, etc. The B-17 thing comes from other POWs either cracking and talking, or talking amongst themselves when they think no one is listening.
@@RakastaaKissawell sure, but how did they access these archives from across the atlantic ocean? in a country that they were at war with? did they write the local newspaper in boise asking for information on a pow? did they waste their spys time?
Americans were far safer in german custody than german POWs were in american custody. So stop lying. Western POWs were treated exceptionally well by the Reich, even jewish prisoners.
This is actually a really good example of how torture is used. A lot of people think it’s “hurt them while asking them questions until they give you the answer you want” which always results in the same old “people lie to make the torture stop.” In reality, torture is conducted by asking many questions where you already know the answers with one or two snuck in that you don’t know. That way you can tell when they’re lying, but the victim doesn’t know which questions are unknown so they have to tell the truth to avoid punishment
You know what's weird, they didn't then. And they got shot down all the time, because the planes weren't as good as they are now. We even had family friends who were German and Polish speaking, who had dragged themselves out of their plane wrecks, and started walking. They found random people on the road, and just asked them where the Americans were! The civilian Germans were tired of the war, and some of them were starving, so they would share rations with them, and just have a conversation with them, and the people would tell them honestly the directions to the British and American lines.
@@Hollylivengood that’s actually true but I believe the reason for that was ww2 pilots didn’t have as much information as they would now. Obviously there’s a lot more advancements in military avionics.
@@Hollylivengood read a few stories of american pow kept on japan mainland escaping during the fall of japans regime...this was towards the end of the war as the only people left were mainly officers and high rank but yeah same thing. The people were friendly, honorable and helped save alot of POW from those camps, they were tired of the fighting and just wanted to go back to their lives.
@@Steadyriot-is4jg the japenese pow camps were brutal, my greatgrandad was in one, and when I was a little before he passed, he used to tell me stories, insane
Ich kann ihnen versichern, dass wir für diese Art des Humors bis heute nicht berühmt sind. Diese freche und kindliche Antwort hätte ihnen mehr als eine saftige Ohrfeige eingebracht. Wie sagt ihr Amis: "watch your words".
Yeah, what a shame so many of our grandfathers were brainwashed into thinking they had more in common with Judeo-Bolsheviks than with our great German brothers. Millions of white Christians were killed around the world all so drag queens could show their junk to your grandkids down at the library.
Amazing, My dad told me the same exact story. He was a B-24 Tail Gunner, Shot down 9 missions in, and a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III. He told me they marched him in and laid out his whole like just to show him that they already knew he didn't know any important information. My father passed on in 1998.
@@ooneybird27 My dad told me very little, never talked about the war, would always leave the room if war movie was on tv. and mumble "that's all BS". I think he had serious PTSD most all of his life. He had aversions to loose hair and cock roaches. He did tell us some funny stories though like flying low over Italy and checking their guns by shooting near the farmers to scare them. They would fly those big B-24's right on the deck.
❤ my grandaddy was a ball turrett gunner on a B17 named Rattlesnake Daddy! He's been gone almost 3 years and I miss him every day. I'm so glad this gentleman survived the war as well. Thank you for your service, sir.
@@Luvias0415 panzer-shrek..... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH how did i never think of that obvious one before. XD
Thank you sir for your service and your loyalty to our country. Your generation is and will forever be the bravest , fearless and most honorable to ever have lived! Truly the best generation. I thank you as well as my children and entire family. For in all reality, you and and all the soldiers who fought and fight are the reason we live in freedom today!!! Much much much love!!!
God bless your uncles 🙏 🕊 🇺🇸 My late paternal grandfather along with three great uncles on his side of the family all served during WWII. One great uncle served under Patton while Grandpa and the other great uncle served in Germany. The third one served in the Navy.
@ what was the context of that statement? Churchill once stated that he wished England had a leader with the strength of Hitler and Hitler himself claimed he regretted having to fight the English. What is your point?
Oh wow, in Normandy! I was just reading that it was his first time ever going at 100 years old! How special of a chance to meet him in a place of such prominence.
Glad to see these interviews are happening before it's too late. My grandfather was in the RAF and passed a few years back and did several interviews. That generation was tough as hell.
@@italicpigeon he's saying he was to SERE training, and the old man did a terrible mistake by upsetting his captors. The point of SERE is to be as miserable and clueless as possible, to increase chance of survival and not letting any information out. The old timer certainly made his situation worse by this stunt.
@@foxz7424 thats not what he meant at all. He is saying, having gone through sere school and learning how to handle being interrogated, he could not imagine actually having to go through an actual real interrogation, not a fake one in a training scenario. Also, the "R" in SERE is resistance, and thats what the old man did.
I never attended SERE training, yet I heard copious stories about it whilst attached to the 509th Geronimos at JRTC, as an OPFOR training aid to various Groups in for MOB Training. 1 time I was captured by the 20th Group, they gave me a taste of the experience, due to me pelting them with so many questions about it. Although it was a bit...intense & somewhat painful, I do miss that era of my Army career. It seemed like the more painful sh!t was, the more of a charge I got out of it. As a crusty old truck driver today, I'm still pretty fvcked in the head. This is how I shall remain, until I get buried!
We owe this man and everyone else that has sacrificed for their country so much. Agree or disagree with what the military does but the men and women in it have fought, bled, and died so we can have that right to disagree. That earns more than a paycheck and college tuition in my book. Their sacrifice not only should also earn our respect but our eternal gratitude as well. All veterans should be treated like the heros they are,not left to deal with their mental and physical scars by their lonesome when their service comes to an end.
I think that depends on what country. As an American, our freedom wasnt really at risk in these wars. We are in a very unique position over here, half a world away from the major contact, the enemies have no real place to launch their operations from, and they have to make it across one of the oceans while our ships, subs, and planes pick then off. The countries we aided. Absolutely those men fought for their free and Americans fought for their freedom But us Americans havent fought for our own freedom in a LONG time. We spend most of our military might fighting for other peoples freedom or oil. All that said, I still cant fathom a war on the scale of WW2 and how absolutely terrifying it would be to fight in it. The men that fought were amazing.
@@williamblackfyre4866 All due respect, but if you do not believe that the combined forces of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy & Imperial Japan were an extremely serious threat to every free nation on earth, then I humbly suggest you seek damages (or refund) from any history department that taught such nonsense.
@@mariannejensen9107Because it's also the first thing I noticed. Let's not pretend his voice doesn't immediately stand out when you hear him. It's not an insult to point it out, just a fact
Yeah. That said, if it's about your life (as a regular fighting man, I can't speak to spies) you gotta give them something to save your life (that's even expected and accounted for).
Holocaust Denmark have (their own) information about "my" crimes over there - "crimes" I committed more the 15 years before I was born.. Criminal psychopathy knows no bounderies.... Yrgh.
@@ChristopherGray00 well either way the islamic, jewish, and christian god are all the same being. its onbvious to everybody who isnt those religions. im christian but luckily there is religious freedom for me to say the obvious without being beheaded lol
Talk about being a badass. Thank you for your service hero. My hero passed away in September. He was 99, a WWII Navy Veteran, and a total badass yet a God fearing man. ❤️
@themanwithnoname1839 The fear of the Lord is not a "fear of afraid", to fear the Lord is to respect, love and know him. It's in Scripture! @bdizzle5359 all respect and honor for your military hero.
How many warcrimes has he committed? How many women raped or boysoldiers tortured? Americans, russians, british, french and even canadian soldiers were all monsters. Worse behaviour than the germans
But y'know, Donald Trump is not impressed by soldiers who were captured. He prefers those who asked a doctor to invent a fictional case of bone spurs so they could avoid their military service. Clearly a man who understands the sacrifices of patriotism.
The Best Generation. Thank you for interviewing them and getting their stories, they deserve to be learned, studied, remembered. It’s one thing to hear about WWII from a history book, another thing entirely to hear it from a human being.
@bigchongusHHUntil you realize that most of them are unironically Democrats because of their rose tinted glasses for FDR. The man that "definitely dragged the world out of the depression (WW2 didn't have anything to do with it) and didn't try to pack courts and gain more executive power than the office ever had"
My brother was a RAF fighter pilot. He had intense (and scarily realistic) training on what to do if captured and interrogated. The Number1 rule was to say Nothing other than 'name, rank and serial number', no matter what. Even the most innocent 'Yes' ( 'So, this is your name, rank etc?' 'Yes' ) could be used in edited propaganda videos, and they showed him what would happen; 'So you knew that the school you bombed was full of children?' 'Yes'... EDIT: To add context, the Army is sent on exercise to find the downed enemy pilot, so the hunt is on, in the hostile countryside. Once captured (and you Will be captured even if it takes a few days ) then the 'enemy pilot' is handed over to the Intelligence Officers who will carry out the interrogation as part of their training too. It's all done as realistically as possible. Because it can seem ultra-real, there is a doctor on hand who can step in, who says 'I am a Doctor. I cannot be impersonated. Are you OK to continue, Sir?' That gives the pilot a way out if it gets too much, though they all try to make it until the end of the exercise. It's grim stuff, especially if carrying an injury from escaping the hunt.
@@uncletiggermclaren7592 It would have been early on in his training, as part of the 'escape and evade' exercises, as he moved from helicopters to Harriers, so I'd estimate it to be around 35-40 years ago.
Ironically, the RAF repeatedly bombed German women and children with phosphorous, (napalm) . All German towns and cities were to be targeted, the entire German population was to be massacred, Churchill and Lindemann would see to that. All German towns and cities above 50,000 population were 50% to 80% destroyed. Dresden with a population larger than that of Liverpool was incinerated with an estimated 500,000 civilian inhabitants burned and buried in the ruins. Hamburg was totally destroyed and 70,000 civilians died in the most appalling circumstances. Cologne with a population greater than Glasgow's was turned into a moonscape.
My dad was up in a b17, one of those planes with turrets. He and his guys flew in advance to bomb Iwo Jima. Before the soldiers landed to take the island. I pretty proud of and am so thankful for your service. Glad you made it and glad i am that you are sharing with us. You truly are heros!
@@farmers-daughter2000 Maybe his ( Mntungwa77) approach was a bit harsh on your father, you obviously respected and beloved him, like its in every normal father/mother - children relationship, on the other hand as he served in a B-17 he probably helped the war effort and personally caused dozens, if not hundreds of casualties from the ,,other side" depends on his missions this could be civilians aswell. Glad to know that he was in the Pacific front, that means he not bombed my Homeland.
Thank you SO much to everyone who puts these types of interviews on here! Were on the razors edge of ww3 and i think this kind of content helps those on any of the firing squads understand the severity of their actions! STOP WAR!!!
I mean, trapped in a dark room with people you prefer not to socialise with forced to fill out a bunch of paperwork as an examination. *_It's GCSE's!_*_ They're onto something..._
@@PhelippeMitsu98 Bruh the Gestapo were crazy. Imagine the U.S. ended up with political police sometime in 2025 or 2026? If it happened once in history, it can happen again.
I actually get anxious the more we lose these veterans I feel like it’s the last of the REAL humans left and all their wisdom and stories are going with them we need MORE lengthy interviews with these heroes
I heard a story about a prisoner in Germany, badly wounded, he hadn’t heard someone speak with an American accent for over a year. One day he heard English spoken with American accent he bout lost it hearing that sound and was rescued.
That’s insane how that German officer was able to find out all the info on the Airman. Especially with the technology and the means of getting info at that time. Imagine what they would do now with the amount of information readily available at the touch of a button.
@@armandhammer9617Highly covert intelligence operatives. International spies. They really had those back then. I mean, they still do now, but it’s not as heavily necessary to gain most the info as back then
Most of it was just from local newspapers that german intelligence received from friendly embassy staff in the US. Papers would often publish profiles on local boys who went off to serve.
@@MaxwellAerialPhotography interesting. Surprise that they would publish that much info on someone like that back then especially when with opsec and all that.
They probably had a guy in military office they paid off to copy all their files, or capture one base and take all their paperwork especially if it's the same base u flew from and were captured near by after crasj
any veteran is an honorable veteran in my book, and this man especially as he fought in one of the biggest wars the world has ever known and still lives to tell the tale(AND is willing to tell that tale)
My late paternal grandfather Jesse and my late great uncle Louis both served and saw combat in the US Army in Germany during WWII. Uncle Louis died one month before I was born. Grandpa passed away just over 12 years later. I never did get to really talk to him about his time in Germany. I have always regretted that. American Veterans Center THANK YOU 🇺🇸 🙏🏼
@@scuffedcovers yeah but don't forget that the soviets were very low on logistics, USA gave them a lot of resources, the soviets were only focusing on the heavy industry (tanks, planes ecc). And no I'm not an American patriot I'm just a REAL history enthusiast.
@@mike0330and the east would've collapsed if not for the allies lend lease so chill out If the east collapsed, Germany would be unstoppable, combined military industries of both, slave manpower from the soviets, lots of natural resources etc
@@LaughingMan44 our sons can now become our gay daughters while our daughters can get culturally enriched by somalians while we all live in ever shrinking boxes forever. It's been GREAT!
@@LaughingMan44 ye fr imagine if u are speaking a LANGUAGE what messed up person do you have to be. way better to be american with a IQ below freezing point
Is that what you think he did? He was brainwashed into thinking he had more in common with Judeo-Bolsheviks than he did with our great German brothers. Millions of white Christians killed around the world all so drag queens could show their junk to your grandkids down at the library.
I hope we continue to hear the stories of the men/woman who were there and experienced humanity at its worse! My mind is blown at the sacrifice, the bravery and the horror. I've heard stories from British, American, German, Russian, Australian, Indian, African etc and they all tell a story of evil that we can only hope we never experience.
I am lucky to state that I met this WWII Veteran. Wonderful man! Great storyteller. What an honor. A hero, and part of the Greatest Generation. Thank you for your service, Mr. Schrenk.
He fought against the only decent people left, and look how the world ended up today. Yeah thanks a lot for destroying not only Europe, but the entire world...
Thank you America not declaring war against Finland 1941 like the cowardly Churchill and the UK did, shamefully on the Independence Day of Finland 6th of December 1941, to kiss Stalin's ass as a gift for that monster. After the Winter War 1939-1940 Soviet Russia, the long time ally of Nazi Germany, invaded Finland again bombing several cities for a week when eventually the government of Finland, and also my grandfathers and other relatives, had no choice but announce publicly and with each others, respectively, that we are in war again with the Soviet Russia. That war took 4 more years. Then 7,5 months more against nazi Germans. The UK betrayed Finland, even though it must be said they didn't fight with us or bombed us, but they betrayed us anyhow. Democracy against democracy on the side with an A class tyranny and against our lifelong anglophiles Marshall Mannerheim and President Ryti. The great USA instead never didn't declare war against us. Thank you americans for your integrity and high moral. 🇫🇮🇺🇸
@@KiviK-d7wFinland was in a precarious situation. Obviously the Finns were not going to ally themselves with their most hated enemy, the Russians. It was logical that they would side with the Germans initially with the mentality of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". Finland came about however and dissolved their alliance with the Germans, which was the right move. I have always had an interest in the Ruso-Finnish "winter war", and read the book "Frozen Hell" which is a great read and documents the heroics of Simo Häyhä, which if I am not mistaken is the most successful and deadly military sniper of all time. The war itself is a patronage to what the "little guy" can pull off in battle against a much larger enemy. The Finns were organized, dug in, and clever, and the Russians couldn't crack their defenses.
My Grandad was an RAF bomber pilot shot down over Norwegian coast. When he was interrogated the German officer had an upper class English/ German accent and said he had been at Oxford University
It was my father , he fought on both sides of the war just to be on the safe side, he was half German half Eskimo, he went to Oxford & Cambridge and was fluent in 6 different languages he was actually spying on the Narsties for British Intelligence and also sold same info to the yanks for quite a few dollars. At the end of the war he had medals from Germany, Russia, England, France and the USA. The film The Spy Who Never Was was based on his life story. He died under mysterious circumstances whilst searching for Nazis in Brazil in 1969.
It's strange how this old man can radiate so much toughness just by his looks. I am a young 225 pounds russian powerlifter/boxer but i would never dare to disagree with this bombadier. His word is my damn law! Our times simply do not produce men of this caliber anymore!
*“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”* That’s one of the unending curses of humanity… I don’t want to revisit the horrors that made men iron strong like this-but a life free from *actual* difficulty has made our last couple generations absolutely jelly. It’s quite the conundrum.
I mean, America is at the topnofnits game atm, back on the moon, no debt, every citizen owns a home, manufacturing is up, economy is doing amazingly well. His life, and every other American is absolutely top tier right now.
@@kiereluurs1243There’s always someone with a stick up their butt that can’t let a positive moment stay positive. Always have to get all naggy and negative about nothing. You’re not going to change anyone’s mind, nor is there any benefit from it. If you want to discuss that, you would do better to go to some dedicated forum and rant there
@@kiereluurs1243 doesn't matter... would you say that to someone who said "Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh" -peace be upon you and gods mercy and blessings. probably not, because you'd be seen as xenophobic and anti semitic. You sound like those dumbass's that get mad when people say "merry christmas."
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«How to upset Nazi interrogator»
Ah, Nazis! That mysterious tribe which appeared out of nowhere in 1933, conquered Germany, then started WW2 by invading Poland, and eventually mysteriously disappeared in 1945. Let's be serious and say out loud the factual truth: They were National-Socialistic GERMANS who created many concentration and death camps where German killed millions (mainly Poles, Jews, Gypsies) and Auschwitz was only one of those camps.
@@lovingmayberry307 Stop blasting him apart. Google this Warriors name & find his story. It's simple: I've done it many times.
@januszlepionko
Well that's what original Nazi abrevvation means. A member or supporter of German National Socualist party. Who told you they came out of nowhere and disappeared? Everyone who have learned about this knows that it took a change of generation to purge germany from the particular ideology. Then there are many offspins popping up here and there, most of whom never use terminology or symbolism, but have very similar ideas. Like invading and killing their neighbours to destroy certain demography and idemtity, etc.
@@januszlepionko All the socialist were killed after Hitler took control during the Night of Long Knives, you pathetic misinformation troll.
It's a damn good thing that there are people going around and interviewing these veterans on camera. Because we are on the razor's edge of WWII passing out of living memory.
And so many have already forgotten to the point that to some it never existed. 😢
Yes. Most are dead and the living are in their 90s or 100s.
@@libbylandscape3560 forgotten? Or having never known? If hardship and adversity are the fires in which a man is forged,what happens to those who were granted the option to avoid walking through those flames? If necessity is the mother of invention,what happens in the absence of necessity? These are the questions that have come to be the most persistent in the back of my mind in the past few years. We have had it far too good for far too long,and all we've done with these blessings is convince ourselves that it will always be this way. And God help me,I am FAR from being the exception.
"Victory has defeated you"
--Bane: The Dark Knight Rises
@@AshtonRogers-se1zjYour comment reminds me of a quote, maybe you've heard it?
Hard times make strong men.
Strong men make good times.
Good times make weak men.
Weak men make hard times.
Or something like that. I don't know who said it, but have seen it in YT comments.
Edit: Finally just now saw someone in other comments cite the source of this. They said it is from a post apocalyptic novel by Michael Hopf. Those Who Remain
@@AshtonRogers-se1zj While I hope studying history and honoring the lessons of the past can perpetuate peace, I also fear that not enough people will do so (whether from hate, ignorance, or apathy). Do you mean to say that people have too much peace these days? I’d like to know your perspective.
"If you knew all the answers, why ask me the questions?"
IRS took notes
Admission means punishment is valid.
If they knew all that already id imagine they already have the evidence though@Jason-gj1pu
You beat me to it.
Don't ask questions you already know the answer to!
Lester Shrenk is an amazing man.
In his 80s, he found the German soldier, Hans Herman Müller, who shot down his plane because he was curious why he didn't finish him off when he had the chance.
Lester traveled to Germany to meet him and ask him.
They hugged and Lester said they felt like old friends.
When asked the important question, Müller told him "Yes, I could have shot you but why should I?" and after talking a while they became "good buddies".
Lester said he understood that when his plane was shot down, Müller was tired of the killing and the war.
Such nosy questions! Freedom-loving people have _privacy,_ nosy Nazi socialist authoritarians!
No comments? Gold comment sorry ma dude. This in fact should be pinned. That's pretty crazy
there isn't a name more German than Hans Herman Muller
Because they knew they fought for nothing at all. Theres only one master, those so called dictators were merely his puppets.
@@kaspars804 Niklas Süle
The Greatest Generation!! When they die, their stories die with them. I'm happy that many have been interviewed.
Love you mate great work thanks 🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲
It's a shame they were convinced to travel across the world to kill their fellow European man, all for the benefit of Judeo-Communism.
Technically, they were the silent generation. The greatest generation was the generation who fought in WWI.
I mean this generation was also responsible for the ww 😂
I mean this generation was also responsible for the ww 😂
The original “posting your IP address to intimidate you” tactic.
Hilarious. 👏🍻🥂
Wow you need to go outside
@@kwyatt261Wow you need a sense of humor
@@kwyatt261how the hell does making a joke correlate to how long he spends outside?
The Nazis truly were the progenitor to 4chan.
I met a ball turret gunner a few years ago. He still had ptsd after all these years. His wife was comforting him as he was telling me about how horrible it was to sit in that turret while getting shot at and how horrible the flak was. He said he never got shot down, but his plane was shot up plenty of times, including having its tail almost severed.
At an air show I met a B24 crewman. He told me the story of how a row of 24’s ready to taxi, engines running, a nurse was driving past in a jeep, waving at the crews. The girl suddenly mad a hard left turn, in between 2 B24’s, only she mis judged and got caught by a spinning prop. As he told me the story, he cried for this girl as if it had happened yesterday. I felt so bad for this man, having to live with this horrible memory.
My father was a ball turret gunner as well. Multiple missions as well as D-Day. He was hit in the ball but survived. Ended up in a sanitarium after discharge Horrible frost bite on his face that turned into bad skin cancer later in life. He never mentioned the war. When he was in his 90's the only thing he would say when asked was "I loved the war". Sure Dad.........
I’d say the chances of a ball turret gunner being taken out were pretty high
Masters of the Air depicts these exact situations very accurately!!
My grandpa was a B-17 turret gunner in WWII and he had some intense stories! He also would call his political representatives on a regular basis, to make sure they knew his voice was not soft.
Ah, the ancient technique of "trolling"
Lol
@@aaabbb-py5xdstill a nazi
Crazy butt it seems everything awful that the Allies did and is known is only okay because what we believe the enemies did from what we were told it's still blasphemy to even say this it just invokes emotion out of people and it's not about the truth anymore maybe in a few hundred years like when we learn about the Civil War nobody at all is shocked physically shocked to hear the north may have or may not have committed atrocities and vice versa with the South it's just like Napoleon said about history he probably heard that quote somewhere
@@aaabbb-py5xd ?
@@aaabbb-py5xd You know what the nazis did right?
I was given the great honor of putting Les’s memoirs together. He has such an amazing story.
They wanted confirmation on their intelligence!
If they're so intelligent they wouldn't take me for a fool.
@@ianbelletti6241lmao he meant Intel as in information, not 'the smarts'
@@ianbelletti6241 dunning kruger effect
@@user-ex6xc5ox3k I know what he meant and I took it the direction I wanted to take it. 😜
@@jrfy6757 nice try. It's actually the smart ass effect.
Gotta have some big balls leaving the paper empty
lots had a iorn set back then
@@redlight3932Definitely... The men back then were real tough guys. The "men" today wear fake tan and shoes with no socks 😂
@@four-twenty4205chill out tough guy
@@four-twenty4205you inmediately started projecting
That’s what ended up causing his plane to crash.
It couldn’t sustain lift, with that much unaccounted for weight. 😂❤
I've heard this before that the Nazis had a lot of personal information on many prisoners, right down to grade school records. I've never known how they got all of this information and how they transmitted it all back to the enemy.
Probably the same way as the ruzzkies are doing it now. Agents and money.
Read up on Hanns Scharff Wikipedia. Get his book at the library. The Germans listened to the radio chatter between airplanes plus they pieced together small insignificant bits of info. Scharff once asked an airman at intake how his dinner was with x aircrew member. He was given a list of incoming prisoners and asked for the files they already had...so when they came in he struck up a casual conversation and asked them to sign in his autograph book. Many times he would show them entries from prior captives and their whimsical comments. Scharff eventually moved to Calif and started a mosaic business. I believe he did the floor in the Calif Capitol.
You don't think they had spies in the US military? Of course they did... and turncoats.
Shows just how many says there where in our own ranks. It's all basic personal files that I'm sure they got. A hold of an would transmit back to the Germans. The mafia really came in an started cleaning up the spy leakage problem about 2 years into the war
The Bush’s financed them lyssen
Thank you for your service, sir. My dad was a bombardier on a B-17, 8th Air Force, 385th bomb group. I’m very grateful his plane never went down and he was not captured. When I was very young I thought my dad defeated Hitler all by himself. I know better now and am very grateful to all of his AF compatriots who supported each other to serve and protect the world from the scourge of Nazism.
lmao
Thanks to your father for separation of Korea
His hair game is on point, rocking a faux hawk at 100.
That's because he's the man
1.1k likes and zero comments? Lemme fix it😄
i love it 🥹
Still battle ready at heart
A true man of honor. Thank you, sir, for your service and for sharing your story. I know war is horrible. The world needs to know history from the man who lived it.
Frenchman, British & Italian were captured fighting for the resistance.
The Frenchman is taken, tied up & interrogated. He lasts half an hour.
Next the British guy is taken, tied up & he lasts an hour.
Finally the Italian is taken, tied up & interrogated for hours. Eventually he comes back and the other two want to know how the Italian resisted so long.
“How am I supposed to talk with hands tied?”
nice one
Got the punch line!
Ha
Italian hand sign's.
Italians were allied with Germany. They were Facists. I know you say what about France? They were defeated. The disgusting Vichy were German collaborators but there was a very real Free French resistance.
Grandpa said the same thing. Their file on him even knew about schooling. Mind you this was long before computers. Amazing 😮
It was all public record, all they needed to do that was access to newspaper archives. As others in your squad or platoon broke under pressure they'd get more to work with to make it seem more comprehensive, but it usually wasn't actually deep. For instance, they could find an obituary for a parent, they'd then have all the living relatives' names, and where they lived, that would lead them to graduation notices, wedding announcements, etc. The B-17 thing comes from other POWs either cracking and talking, or talking amongst themselves when they think no one is listening.
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They must have had spies in the States (and other countries) who researched for and informed the Nazis.
@@RakastaaKissawell sure, but how did they access these archives from across the atlantic ocean? in a country that they were at war with? did they write the local newspaper in boise asking for information on a pow? did they waste their spys time?
@@ghostlight69420 There was also a large Nazi movement in the USA.
We would have never heard these stories, if it wasn’t for these Veterans!!!
"Don't you want your family to know you're safe?"
"By the looks of it, I'm far from safe right now."
Do I want my family to know I'm safe? Yeah. I'd like to tell them that personally when I get back home.
Americans were far safer in german custody than german POWs were in american custody. So stop lying. Western POWs were treated exceptionally well by the Reich, even jewish prisoners.
How wasn't he safe?
@@KyleDownsFTW ummm, an American soldier being interrogated by a filthy Nazi.... fill in the rest
It's a euphemism for being alive and having some moderate of health.
This is actually a really good example of how torture is used. A lot of people think it’s “hurt them while asking them questions until they give you the answer you want” which always results in the same old “people lie to make the torture stop.”
In reality, torture is conducted by asking many questions where you already know the answers with one or two snuck in that you don’t know. That way you can tell when they’re lying, but the victim doesn’t know which questions are unknown so they have to tell the truth to avoid punishment
Interrogation, not torture.
@@LNMagic the difference is the actual punishment, which in this case the Germans weren’t afraid of doing
@@jacobackley502neither are the Israeli. History has a twisted sense of of humor.
Shut up @@nay4658
Best comment no-cap
Pilots and crews that go into enemy territory get counter interrogation training for this exact reason.
You know what's weird, they didn't then. And they got shot down all the time, because the planes weren't as good as they are now. We even had family friends who were German and Polish speaking, who had dragged themselves out of their plane wrecks, and started walking. They found random people on the road, and just asked them where the Americans were! The civilian Germans were tired of the war, and some of them were starving, so they would share rations with them, and just have a conversation with them, and the people would tell them honestly the directions to the British and American lines.
“Don’t fill out any forms. Ok you’re trained, get on out there”
@@Hollylivengood that’s actually true but I believe the reason for that was ww2 pilots didn’t have as much information as they would now. Obviously there’s a lot more advancements in military avionics.
@@Hollylivengood read a few stories of american pow kept on japan mainland escaping during the fall of japans regime...this was towards the end of the war as the only people left were mainly officers and high rank but yeah same thing. The people were friendly, honorable and helped save alot of POW from those camps, they were tired of the fighting and just wanted to go back to their lives.
@@Steadyriot-is4jg the japenese pow camps were brutal, my greatgrandad was in one, and when I was a little before he passed, he used to tell me stories, insane
God Bless you, Sir. Thank you for your Service. ❤️
@bigchongusHH Oh, you’re a Nazi sympathiser. You’re being put on a list.
"But sir you know so much about me you already know the answers so you write them down and I'll sign that" lol.
Irs moment
Ich kann ihnen versichern, dass wir für diese Art des Humors bis heute nicht berühmt sind. Diese freche und kindliche Antwort hätte ihnen mehr als eine saftige Ohrfeige eingebracht. Wie sagt ihr Amis: "watch your words".
If it's such a childish answer then why do you look like such an idiot asking it?
@@thl7587
@@thl7587It would seem my good man, that you people were the ones who got slapped in the face in the end.
@@thl7587As we Americans say, watch your wars.
0/2 🤡
*”Don’t you think we already know all this?!”*
_Then what do you need me for?!_ 😂❤
Yea genius logic, now youve given them a reason to kill you..... Over a joke
No some don't they don't teach it in schools any more. They are definitely the ones that need to hear it. If you don't like it don't listen to it.
@@themanwithnoname1839You're the one currently upset about a joke
@@orangenostrilHe is the Nazi from the video that would be getting mad at us over jokes! XD
@@themanwithnoname1839 if you knew anything about history you'd know the nazi party would kill anyone for any reason
"B-17? What's a B-17?" (maintains eye contact)
Airplane? What's an airplane?
It's a type of tax form to claim a refund on othepedic shoes
"I haven't heard of that vitamin before."
@@Gandhi_Physique😂
When was that said?
Thank you so much for serving our country SIR🇺🇸❤️
Yeah, what a shame so many of our grandfathers were brainwashed into thinking they had more in common with Judeo-Bolsheviks than with our great German brothers. Millions of white Christians were killed around the world all so drag queens could show their junk to your grandkids down at the library.
So if an enemy 50 years ago could find that out what do you think they can do now in the World? LOL
80 years ago.
🎯
They know about your future
50 years ago? You really think it was 50 years ago? I didn't know we fought Nazis again in the '70's😅. Oh, our country's future is doomed.
50 years ago was the late 70s early 80s you drongo 😂
Amazing, My dad told me the same exact story. He was a B-24 Tail Gunner, Shot down 9 missions in, and a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III. He told me they marched him in and laid out his whole like just to show him that they already knew he didn't know any important information. My father passed on in 1998.
The USAF didn't start until after WW2, his photo incorrectly states Air Force but he was in the Army Air Corp.
@@ooneybird27 My dad told me very little, never talked about the war, would always leave the room if war movie was on tv. and mumble "that's all BS". I think he had serious PTSD most all of his life. He had aversions to loose hair and cock roaches. He did tell us some funny stories though like flying low over Italy and checking their guns by shooting near the farmers to scare them. They would fly those big B-24's right on the deck.
@@davidrn2473you mean US Army Air Force right? Just missing the army part 😅.
@davidrn2473 : The US Army Air Corps was the exact name used during WWII! Kindly check the proper terminology before you correct someone else!
@@bsmith4u2 My dad too, he had a great disdain for Hogans Heroes, and later MASH (he was in both wars)
❤ my grandaddy was a ball turrett gunner on a B17 named Rattlesnake Daddy! He's been gone almost 3 years and I miss him every day. I'm so glad this gentleman survived the war as well. Thank you for your service, sir.
Was he part of the 457th Bomb Group or the 759th Bomb Squadron?
That is a TOUGH name for a bomber
@@CZATARFORCE the 457th, he was stationed at RAF Glatton in England
@@sunnyvols Nice 👍
Dam small man big balls
What a hero! Thank you for your courageous service, Sir!
“There was this German guard: Shrek”
nazi schrek must be an AI thing lol
Funny because the guy in this videos name is
SchRenk
Predominately German surname
But is actually a Jewish name 😂
😂😂😂😂
His other nickname is the panzerschrek
@@Luvias0415 panzer-shrek..... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH how did i never think of that obvious one before. XD
Thank you sir for your service and your loyalty to our country. Your generation is and will forever be the bravest , fearless and most honorable to ever have lived! Truly the best generation. I thank you as well as my children and entire family. For in all reality, you and and all the soldiers who fought and fight are the reason we live in freedom today!!! Much much much love!!!
Amazing folks these guys. I had two uncles that served in WWII, one under Patton. Hats off to you sir.
God bless your uncles 🙏 🕊 🇺🇸
My late paternal grandfather along with three great uncles on his side of the family all served during WWII.
One great uncle served under Patton while Grandpa and the other great uncle served in Germany. The third one served in the Navy.
Shame they fought for a country that hates them now
@007ElSenor much blessings, respect and condolences 🙏 🇺🇸 🕊
@ what was the context of that statement? Churchill once stated that he wished England had a leader with the strength of Hitler and Hitler himself claimed he regretted having to fight the English. What is your point?
Patton was a monster who killed his own soldiers. Murdered them in DC when WW1 veterans demanded better living conditions.
Met Les at the 80th D-Day anniversary and he's still as sharp as ever!
That is so awesome that you got to meet him. What a tremendous experience!❤
What a blessing to meet such fine people, after 80 years, their story is still not old.
Did you ask him what kind of plane he flew 😅
Oh wow, in Normandy!
I was just reading that it was his first time ever going at 100 years old!
How special of a chance to meet him in a place of such prominence.
"I'm Lance-Corporal Hugh G Rection, I was flying a Y-Class freighter called the Ebon Hawk, loaded with proton torpedoes."
lmao, i understand this reference XD
I'm R.Evan, I was flying a tie-fighter, loaded with lightsabers...
I’m Han solo captain of the millennium Falcon.
Copilot was Mike Hawk
Our crew members name also were Harry Bawls and Gian T Crotch. You can find our MO in the ID10T file report.
Im canderous ordo, want some steroids?
Glad to see these interviews are happening before it's too late. My grandfather was in the RAF and passed a few years back and did several interviews. That generation was tough as hell.
The whole interview was outstanding . Lester is a stoic , tough , resilient and hard veteran. Wish you the best in this life and next one solider
Boy, this is giving me flashbacks from SERE school. I can’t imagine actually having to live through a situation like that.
You can't imagine being interrogated by enemy forces?
You should do SERE training mate.
@@italicpigeon"Actually having to live through a situation like that"; since you have trouble reading.
@@italicpigeon he's saying he was to SERE training, and the old man did a terrible mistake by upsetting his captors.
The point of SERE is to be as miserable and clueless as possible, to increase chance of survival and not letting any information out. The old timer certainly made his situation worse by this stunt.
@@foxz7424 thats not what he meant at all. He is saying, having gone through sere school and learning how to handle being interrogated, he could not imagine actually having to go through an actual real interrogation, not a fake one in a training scenario. Also, the "R" in SERE is resistance, and thats what the old man did.
I never attended SERE training, yet I heard copious stories about it whilst attached to the 509th Geronimos at JRTC, as an OPFOR training aid to various Groups in for MOB Training.
1 time I was captured by the 20th Group, they gave me a taste of the experience, due to me pelting them with so many questions about it. Although it was a bit...intense & somewhat painful, I do miss that era of my Army career. It seemed like the more painful sh!t was, the more of a charge I got out of it.
As a crusty old truck driver today, I'm still pretty fvcked in the head. This is how I shall remain, until I get buried!
Thank you for your service.
For what?
@@Kevin_Jones1 for your freedom. For your freedom to make yourself try and look edgy and cool in a UA-cam comment section. 🙄
@ashotofmercury oh, you're still stuck there with the freedoms and stuff. Ok. I'll come back later.
The riding is crazy bro 😭
@@Kevin_Jones1Better yet don't come back.
We owe this man and everyone else that has sacrificed for their country so much. Agree or disagree with what the military does but the men and women in it have fought, bled, and died so we can have that right to disagree. That earns more than a paycheck and college tuition in my book. Their sacrifice not only should also earn our respect but our eternal gratitude as well. All veterans should be treated like the heros they are,not left to deal with their mental and physical scars by their lonesome when their service comes to an end.
I think that depends on what country. As an American, our freedom wasnt really at risk in these wars. We are in a very unique position over here, half a world away from the major contact, the enemies have no real place to launch their operations from, and they have to make it across one of the oceans while our ships, subs, and planes pick then off.
The countries we aided. Absolutely those men fought for their free and Americans fought for their freedom
But us Americans havent fought for our own freedom in a LONG time. We spend most of our military might fighting for other peoples freedom or oil.
All that said, I still cant fathom a war on the scale of WW2 and how absolutely terrifying it would be to fight in it. The men that fought were amazing.
Rather than 26, your comment merits 26 million appreciative thumbs up!
@@williamblackfyre4866
All due respect, but if you do not believe that the combined forces of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy & Imperial Japan were an extremely serious threat to every free nation on earth, then I humbly suggest you seek damages (or refund) from any history department that taught such nonsense.
@@williamblackfyre4866 interestingly enough all wars my country participated since I think 1989 were started by Americans, except one.
@@Petaurista13 that is kind of interesting, whats country are you talking about? Are they an ally or part of NATO?
His body is, obviously, not in a great shape and his voice is terrible, but I'm really amazed at how well his mind seems to be at this age
it's strange that you find it necessary to mention that a body and voice approaching 100 years old is not in top shape, why even focus on that?
@@mariannejensen9107Because it's also the first thing I noticed. Let's not pretend his voice doesn't immediately stand out when you hear him. It's not an insult to point it out, just a fact
He is in a time where he has been more youthful and now he’s blessed us with his memories
@@mariannejensen9107 it’s strange that you missed the point of his comment
@@mariannejensen9107 read again, slowly, maybe you can get the point of the comment then
Good man! You NEVER divulge info. Voluntary or otherwise. The old term was " Loose lips sink ships" even under duress. Well done sir, well done 😔🫡
Yeah.
That said, if it's about your life (as a regular fighting man, I can't speak to spies) you gotta give them something to save your life (that's even expected and accounted for).
It's more like cowardice
@@Alolan.Vulpix.Getting.Railedsays the dude commenting from his couch 😂😂😂😂😂
@@joecolletti3180 not an argument
Name, rank, SSN#, nothing else.
Imagine the level of knowledge the government has if the nazis were this capable in the 40s.
The government has more information on you than you want to imagine, and even more than anyone admits.
Yes. I have no grandchildren yet but the government knows their names by now.
Yep and, what they don't have, they just "invent" - lie + lie equals lies 😰
Now we just have to use the internet an wow our prisoners with our deep insider knowledge.
Holocaust Denmark have (their own) information about "my" crimes over there - "crimes" I committed more the 15 years before I was born.. Criminal psychopathy knows no bounderies.... Yrgh.
Sir, you are a hero. God bless you and thank you for serving your country❤
He looks tougher than an old leather boot. GOD bless him.
@@ChristopherGray00dont diss on peoples religions. you wouldnt say that about islam. only christianity.
@@ChristopherGray00 well either way the islamic, jewish, and christian god are all the same being. its onbvious to everybody who isnt those religions. im christian but luckily there is religious freedom for me to say the obvious without being beheaded lol
@@ChristopherGray00 no need to diss anyones religions, I'm not religious myself and this is a dickish move to pull
@@chrisvibz4753 aren't Christians and Jewish people even seen as "people of the book" in Islam, because they're abrahamic faiths?
@@ChristopherGray00Tough words for someone with a gay ass anime profile pic.
Talk about being a badass. Thank you for your service hero. My hero passed away in September. He was 99, a WWII Navy Veteran, and a total badass yet a God fearing man. ❤️
If you fear your god then that god is a tyrant...... You should RESPECT them NOT fear them.....
@themanwithnoname1839 The fear of the Lord is not a "fear of afraid", to fear the Lord is to respect, love and know him. It's in Scripture!
@bdizzle5359 all respect and honor for your military hero.
How many warcrimes has he committed? How many women raped or boysoldiers tortured? Americans, russians, british, french and even canadian soldiers were all monsters. Worse behaviour than the germans
Thank you Sir, for your story, service, and your bravery
But y'know, Donald Trump is not impressed by soldiers who were captured. He prefers those who asked a doctor to invent a fictional case of bone spurs so they could avoid their military service. Clearly a man who understands the sacrifices of patriotism.
Amen to that 🙌🏻
@@--Traveler--
I'm a Trotskyist, and you're a pompous asshole, Mac.
@@--Traveler--They in fact did not beat everyone. The Soviets came in and wrecked house after losing quite a few people
"Welcome home."
The Best Generation. Thank you for interviewing them and getting their stories, they deserve to be learned, studied, remembered. It’s one thing to hear about WWII from a history book, another thing entirely to hear it from a human being.
He is a smart and a bit stupid at the same time to be fair but he still has my respect for what he has gone trough
@bigchongusHHUntil you realize that most of them are unironically Democrats because of their rose tinted glasses for FDR. The man that "definitely dragged the world out of the depression (WW2 didn't have anything to do with it) and didn't try to pack courts and gain more executive power than the office ever had"
Thank you for your bravery and service to our country !!!
Why would they kill the best anti-communist fighters?
Thank you for your service sir. Thank you for your sacrifice...God bless.
My brother was a RAF fighter pilot. He had intense (and scarily realistic) training on what to do if captured and interrogated. The Number1 rule was to say Nothing other than 'name, rank and serial number', no matter what. Even the most innocent 'Yes' ( 'So, this is your name, rank etc?' 'Yes' ) could be used in edited propaganda videos, and they showed him what would happen; 'So you knew that the school you bombed was full of children?' 'Yes'...
EDIT: To add context, the Army is sent on exercise to find the downed enemy pilot, so the hunt is on, in the hostile countryside. Once captured (and you Will be captured even if it takes a few days ) then the 'enemy pilot' is handed over to the Intelligence Officers who will carry out the interrogation as part of their training too. It's all done as realistically as possible. Because it can seem ultra-real, there is a doctor on hand who can step in, who says 'I am a Doctor. I cannot be impersonated. Are you OK to continue, Sir?' That gives the pilot a way out if it gets too much, though they all try to make it until the end of the exercise. It's grim stuff, especially if carrying an injury from escaping the hunt.
This was recently, obviously?.
@@uncletiggermclaren7592 It would have been early on in his training, as part of the 'escape and evade' exercises, as he moved from helicopters to Harriers, so I'd estimate it to be around 35-40 years ago.
What if your name is Yassir (sounding like Yes Sir)
@@Drdan-i6e Yassir Yu Arafat Gitt.
Ironically, the RAF repeatedly bombed German women and children with phosphorous, (napalm) . All German towns and cities were to be targeted, the entire German population was to be massacred, Churchill and Lindemann would see to that. All German towns and cities above 50,000 population were 50% to 80% destroyed. Dresden with a population larger than that of Liverpool was incinerated with an estimated 500,000 civilian inhabitants burned and buried in the ruins. Hamburg was totally destroyed and 70,000 civilians died in the most appalling circumstances. Cologne with a population greater than Glasgow's was turned into a moonscape.
My dad was up in a b17, one of those planes with turrets. He and his guys flew in advance to bomb Iwo Jima. Before the soldiers landed to take the island. I pretty proud of and am so thankful for your service. Glad you made it and glad i am that you are sharing with us. You truly are heros!
How many innocent civilians did your dad kill?
@@Mntungwa77How many did the Japanese kill in Korea, China, and the Pacific?
@@Mntungwa77 😠🙁🙁😋🤬
@@farmers-daughter2000 Maybe his ( Mntungwa77) approach was a bit harsh on your father, you obviously respected and beloved him, like its in every normal father/mother - children relationship, on the other hand as he served in a B-17 he probably helped the war effort and personally caused dozens, if not hundreds of casualties from the ,,other side" depends on his missions this could be civilians aswell.
Glad to know that he was in the Pacific front, that means he not bombed my Homeland.
Thank you SO much to everyone who puts these types of interviews on here! Were on the razors edge of ww3 and i think this kind of content helps those on any of the firing squads understand the severity of their actions! STOP WAR!!!
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Sad thing we never learn from history.
They don’t care. They follow orders for a paycheck.
I'm just blown away that Nazis interrogated people with forms. That's some ruthless efficiency right there!
Luckily this was the Stalag Luft guards. If this was the Gestapo the story would be different
I mean, trapped in a dark room with people you prefer not to socialise with forced to fill out a bunch of paperwork as an examination. *_It's GCSE's!_*_ They're onto something..._
@@PhelippeMitsu98 Bruh the Gestapo were crazy. Imagine the U.S. ended up with political police sometime in 2025 or 2026? If it happened once in history, it can happen again.
@danielsmith the lefts not going to win so we won't have that
@@danielsmithiv1279no thank you to that
I actually get anxious the more we lose these veterans I feel like it’s the last of the REAL humans left and all their wisdom and stories are going with them we need MORE lengthy interviews with these heroes
The German fit of rage when he couldn't understand why you didn't fill out all the paperwork
😂😂😂😂
just german culture to be very proper and orderly, and this guy failed the paperwork so the german was upset because he was sloppy in his eyes.
@@Mumintrollet8921 yea but we have a piece of paperwork that says we're not required to answer those questions :^)
That's a culture where sloppy and laziness isnt tolerated. Their level of efficiency is from Mars.
I heard a story about a prisoner in Germany, badly wounded, he hadn’t heard someone speak with an American accent for over a year. One day he heard English spoken with American accent he bout lost it hearing that sound and was rescued.
That’s not a story lmao
Today in things that never happend. Kids nowadays Will like everything, false. Broken world
Did you have a stroke midway😂
What a story
@@Replayedzomg this seems like a totally reasonable story? there are significantly weirder true war stories out there.
I have upmost respect for veterans what you guys went through and seen Thank-you so very much and God bless you all!
The word is 'utmost', not 'upmost'.
@@TheTraveller20081 Whatever, nerd.
@@tapani1857 better an ediucated nerd than ignorant or illiterate.
Womp womp, this geezer's voice sounds like a screeching chicken.
@@tapani1857 better an educated nerd, than semi-literate
Bless this brave man. I cannot comprehend the atrocities he and the many others were faced with. Much respect to him. ❤️🕊❤️🕊❤️
“B-17? Y’all taking vitamins??” 😂
he could have answered no sir B12
Mattel Electronics presents: "B-17 Bomber!" 🤠
Cowards
@@Flo_Resolution "BEEEE SEVENTEEEN BAAAWMER!"
@@alanbareiro6806 you've seen the AVGN episode, haven't you?
This gentleman right here is has one of the strongest hearts I’ve ever seen!
That’s insane how that German officer was able to find out all the info on the Airman. Especially with the technology and the means of getting info at that time. Imagine what they would do now with the amount of information readily available at the touch of a button.
I know I've tried to find out how they got all this info but haven't seen anything on it. They even knew what their report cards from school said. Wow
@@armandhammer9617Highly covert intelligence operatives. International spies. They really had those back then.
I mean, they still do now, but it’s not as heavily necessary to gain most the info as back then
Most of it was just from local newspapers that german intelligence received from friendly embassy staff in the US. Papers would often publish profiles on local boys who went off to serve.
@@MaxwellAerialPhotography interesting. Surprise that they would publish that much info on someone like that back then especially when with opsec and all that.
They probably had a guy in military office they paid off to copy all their files, or capture one base and take all their paperwork especially if it's the same base u flew from and were captured near by after crasj
Bless this old man 🥹
He literally fought agaisnt the best anti-communist fighters. The west is the reason why soviet Russia, China and North Korea existed.
@@PROVOCATEURSKi mean, better than nazis right?
any veteran is an honorable veteran in my book, and this man especially as he fought in one of the biggest wars the world has ever known and still lives to tell the tale(AND is willing to tell that tale)
"The Nazis should have stayed to fight communism." -@@PROVOCATEURSK, 2024.
@@PROVOCATEURSKBRO, UR SAYING THAT NAZIS SHOULD HAVE LIVED FOR FIGHTING AGAINST COMMUNISM? 💀
God Bless you sir for your service 🙏🙏
Thank you for your service from a fellow veteran.
We fought with the wrong side
-George patton dies after saying this phrase....
co-incident?
My late paternal grandfather Jesse and my late great uncle Louis both served and saw combat in the US Army in Germany during WWII.
Uncle Louis died one month before I was born. Grandpa passed away just over 12 years later. I never did get to really talk to him about his time in Germany. I have always regretted that.
American Veterans Center THANK YOU 🇺🇸 🙏🏼
Thank you for your military service! You guys are the bravest of the brave🇺🇸
Thanks for helping the bloodthirsty Soviets conquer half of Europe.
@@NorthWinds83-hs3px I mean it was the Soviets who helped get rid of the Nazis the most, relax
@@NorthWinds83-hs3px Calm down buddy, your stupidity is showing.
@@scuffedcovers yeah but don't forget that the soviets were very low on logistics, USA gave them a lot of resources, the soviets were only focusing on the heavy industry (tanks, planes ecc). And no I'm not an American patriot I'm just a REAL history enthusiast.
@@mike0330and the east would've collapsed if not for the allies lend lease so chill out
If the east collapsed, Germany would be unstoppable, combined military industries of both, slave manpower from the soviets, lots of natural resources etc
Thank you, Sir, for your service. God Bless America 🇺🇸 ❤
Hot take: America was on the RIGHT side of WWII :)
Commanding a vengeful god is a road to hell.
@@pancakes8670nope if most armymen of them times seen America today they would be on Germany side
You are so brave Sir! Bless you for your courage and strength and service to our country. Thank you ❤🤍💙
Thank you to that Man for his service
I am so proud of these brave Veterans. Thank you Sir for your Service to our Country! GOD bless
lmfao oh yeah, thank you for ruining the european legacy in favor of jews
in what ways are we better off
@@LaughingMan44 our sons can now become our gay daughters while our daughters can get culturally enriched by somalians while we all live in ever shrinking boxes forever. It's been GREAT!
@@Y1001 at least we're not speaking German
@@LaughingMan44 ye fr imagine if u are speaking a LANGUAGE what messed up person do you have to be. way better to be american with a IQ below freezing point
Thank you so much for your service and all your sacrifice for our America. Love and prayers for you and yours.
Is that what you think he did? He was brainwashed into thinking he had more in common with Judeo-Bolsheviks than he did with our great German brothers. Millions of white Christians killed around the world all so drag queens could show their junk to your grandkids down at the library.
I hope we continue to hear the stories of the men/woman who were there and experienced humanity at its worse! My mind is blown at the sacrifice, the bravery and the horror. I've heard stories from British, American, German, Russian, Australian, Indian, African etc and they all tell a story of evil that we can only hope we never experience.
God bless you, sir. Thank you for risking your life for US. 🙏🇺🇸❤️
Not for the US only, but the whole world
@@slimstsnThe whole world 👀
It is amazing that pre computer they came up with all that information so quickly
They used the RSHO. It was able to trace someone’s heritage to the 1700s. Thats how they were able to persecute so many Jewish people
The Nazis used IBM punch cards to keep databases on everyone. Read IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black.
The Nazis used IBM punch cards to keep databases on everyone. Read IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black.
The Nazis used IBM punch cards to keep databases on everyone. Read IBM and the Holoc@ust by Edwin Black.
The Nazis used IBM punch cards to keep databases on everyone. Read IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black.
My pops was a bombardier, 36 missions over Europe. Still the toughest man I ever knew, but this guy comes close!
I hope that He is still with you and yours ❤️
Knowing what the nazis were capable of, defying them took extreme courage.
My uncle died after war, from wounds sustained when he was shot down.. no-one escapes unscathed from war. Most were kids.
I salute your pops.
I had an uncle that was a navigator on a B-17. Flew the 2nd Schweinfurt raids. Lucky to have made it home.
Thank you, sir! You are so appreciated!
The Greatest Generation !!
May God Bless and Keep Him Always 🙏
This fella right here has seen a lot. God bless you sir!
For Sure!!!!!
Schrenk is a german last name. History is just so amazing.
Thank you for your service!
37% of Americans are of German stock, it is the largest single national group in the US.
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Somebondy Once Told Me? (The extra n in the misspelling is intentional.)
In fact over 15 % of Americans have GERMAN Ancestry . Boeing , Heinz , Jim Beam ( Jakob Böhm ) , Eisenhower , Strauss etc .
@@motorrebell 37%
If they knew so much about us in 1940 how nuch do you think they know now.
Oh buddy, it’s bad
Hahaha next to nothing, the BND and MAD are a joke who do you take us for?😂
What is gods name are you talking about ?
Are you scared of germany???
Some of the replying here sound like they were lobotomized. Geez, he's talking about the info our governments collect on all of us.
I am lucky to state that I met this WWII Veteran. Wonderful man! Great storyteller. What an honor. A hero, and part of the Greatest Generation. Thank you for your service, Mr. Schrenk.
Cringe af
❤❤❤❤👌🏻👌🏻
You met him?
@@FayeFee Yes, I knew him while a VA employee( retired now). One of my favorite people.
He fought against the only decent people left, and look how the world ended up today. Yeah thanks a lot for destroying not only Europe, but the entire world...
Thank you for your service. I wish we had more men like you❤
It does suck that we are the last generation to be able to see these brilliant men and their service to the United States.
May these men be blessed 🫡
Thank you America not declaring war against Finland 1941 like the cowardly Churchill and the UK did, shamefully on the Independence Day of Finland 6th of December 1941, to kiss Stalin's ass as a gift for that monster.
After the Winter War 1939-1940 Soviet Russia, the long time ally of Nazi Germany, invaded Finland again bombing several cities for a week when eventually the government of Finland, and also my grandfathers and other relatives, had no choice but announce publicly and with each others, respectively, that we are in war again with the Soviet Russia. That war took 4 more years. Then 7,5 months more against nazi Germans.
The UK betrayed Finland, even though it must be said they didn't fight with us or bombed us, but they betrayed us anyhow. Democracy against democracy on the side with an A class tyranny and against our lifelong anglophiles Marshall Mannerheim and President Ryti. The great USA instead never didn't declare war against us.
Thank you americans for your integrity and high moral. 🇫🇮🇺🇸
@@KiviK-d7wUK betrayed everyone, even Germany.. and the US did not much, Russia did the biggest part defeating the Nazis, by far!
@@KiviK-d7wYou absolutely tool.
Imagine what Russians must feel for their guys ,since they really win the war
@@KiviK-d7wFinland was in a precarious situation. Obviously the Finns were not going to ally themselves with their most hated enemy, the Russians. It was logical that they would side with the Germans initially with the mentality of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". Finland came about however and dissolved their alliance with the Germans, which was the right move.
I have always had an interest in the Ruso-Finnish "winter war", and read the book "Frozen Hell" which is a great read and documents the heroics of Simo Häyhä, which if I am not mistaken is the most successful and deadly military sniper of all time. The war itself is a patronage to what the "little guy" can pull off in battle against a much larger enemy. The Finns were organized, dug in, and clever, and the Russians couldn't crack their defenses.
God bless you and all who served.
All young people should take a course that is teach by an old veteran
Well, they're pretty much all dead now...
A coarse in second hand propaganda, sure
Should ask them what they thought of the Germans (they liked them)
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 they liked them a hell of a lot more than the Japanese, that's for sure!
Em no.
God bless you sir!!! Thank you for your sacrifice and service.❤❤❤you much loved❤❤❤
My Grandad was an RAF bomber pilot shot down over Norwegian coast. When he was interrogated the German officer had an upper class English/ German accent and said he had been at Oxford University
And had many fond memories of London?
Reminds me of "Goodbye Mr. Chips" and the German teacher.
It was my father , he fought on both sides of the war just to be on the safe side, he was half German half Eskimo, he went to Oxford & Cambridge and was fluent in 6 different languages he was actually spying on the Narsties for British Intelligence and also sold same info to the yanks for quite a few dollars.
At the end of the war he had medals from Germany, Russia, England, France and the USA. The film The Spy Who Never Was was based on his life story.
He died under mysterious circumstances whilst searching for Nazis in Brazil in 1969.
Oh you big fibber, he never was half Eskimo he couldn't stand the cold.
@@jmackmcneill Yea, I guess he hoped to see it again, before it gets destroyed.😉
One day, we will no longer have these great men from that war.
All the great men are dead already
This video is prob 20 years old
And women!
He's the last tool in the shed to rust away...
Yes... this world is another world now, a selfish one world!Love from Sweden
I can't believe Shrek was a nazi :(
The 30’s and 40’s were a wild time
I can
Shrenk
@@julibluedwe all know...
@sumofluffyvids huh?
Thank you for your saving of democracy. I’m glad you have had a long life.
It's strange how this old man can radiate so much toughness just by his looks. I am a young 225 pounds russian powerlifter/boxer but i would never dare to disagree with this bombadier. His word is my damn law! Our times simply do not produce men of this caliber anymore!
*“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”*
That’s one of the unending curses of humanity…
I don’t want to revisit the horrors that made men iron strong like this-but a life free from *actual* difficulty has made our last couple generations absolutely jelly.
It’s quite the conundrum.
@@glorygloryholeallelujah true.
@@glorygloryholeallelujah exactly
@@glorygloryholeallelujah strong men make good times, good times make weak men, weak men make me hard
Thank you for having to put up with that part of your life. I hope its much better nowdays.
I mean, America is at the topnofnits game atm, back on the moon, no debt, every citizen owns a home, manufacturing is up, economy is doing amazingly well. His life, and every other American is absolutely top tier right now.
Thank you for your brave service, and many sacrifices - so appreciated !! 🇺🇲
It´s not a good service to help communists take half of Europe...
This man's voice is both scary and nice😅 much love and respect sir❤
Thank you for your service, Sir🇺🇸🇺🇸
God bless you Sir and thank you for your service 🇺🇸🌺🕊️
God Bless you, dear veterans sir! God Bless you!
There is no 'god'.
Now you know.
Best wishes to this man.
✝️🙌🏼
@@kiereluurs1243There’s always someone with a stick up their butt that can’t let a positive moment stay positive.
Always have to get all naggy and negative about nothing. You’re not going to change anyone’s mind, nor is there any benefit from it.
If you want to discuss that, you would do better to go to some dedicated forum and rant there
@@kiereluurs1243 doesn't matter... would you say that to someone who said "Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh" -peace be upon you and gods mercy and blessings.
probably not, because you'd be seen as xenophobic and anti semitic.
You sound like those dumbass's that get mad when people say "merry christmas."
@@kiereluurs1243there is a god and he loves you. No need to hate on other peoples religions okay buddy?
Thank you sir for your service, sacrifice and keeping America free.
Thank you sir for your service and thank you for youer story sir
Never thought these videos from WW2 heroes would turn from an educational experience to tips for today.