How A Famous German Ace Survived Being Shot Down EIGHT Times - The Story of Gunther Rall
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- The video is on the great German Luftwaffe ace Gunther Rall and how he was shot down eight times in his journey to score 275 aerial victories. This was made using the World War II flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series. Heroes of the Skies episode 17. Hope you enjoy! Please like, comment, and subscribe. #WW2 #WWIIHistory #WarThunder
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When I was a kid in the sixties my Dad was in the military and we were stationed in Europe for a couple of years. A good friend of ours was a German Officer who flew a BF 109 and Fw190 during the war. One day my brother and I were dog-fighting with our model planes. When he saw us he walk up saying "no,no,no" and proceeded for the next 30 minutes to instruct us in the proper way to shoot down another aircraft.
Very cool!
Lucky you
Good story👍
Nice to meet you Herr Rall! Lucky man!
I bet he had solid advice
I was at Rall´s funeral in St. Zeno, Bavaria, in 2009. There were a lot of soldiers to give him the final salute.
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As it should be. A great man of honor.
I knew Gunther Rall for years, his full interview is in my book, The German Aces Speak II. Georg-Peter Eder, another friend, was shot down/shot up 17 times, wounded 14 times. His wife Hertha was also his medical doctor while he was recovering. Actually the Fw-190A series of fighters were faster the than the Bf-109G series, and the Fw-190D series was even faster and better ay high altitude, being liquid cooled engine as opposed the A series using an air cooled radial. Rall also qualified in the Me-262 but never flew it in combat. The photo is not Rankin with Rall showing the missing thumb. That was a C.O. of the 56th FG Col. Hubert Zemke. I knew Zemke also.
What are the chances of confirming the unconfirmed claims of aces like Eder, Rademacher, etc..?
Also, Is Prien's JG 77 ever going to be published in English?
I read both German Aces Speak just a few months ago, and highly recommend them... thank you, Mr. Heaton, for your work. The stories have such interesting arcs to them, often feeling like the gentlemen are often the same room, or at least said "oh, make sure you ask so-and-so about the time such-and-such happened!" :D Funny, but, these days, if I could go back in time and meet Mr. Rall, I'd probably be more interested in his and Hertha's story together!
But...but...all the kids say, "The victor writes the history". They couldn't be wrong, could they? lol :)
Your books look pretty cool! I might have to read them!
For a smaller country, compared to the US, it was remarkable how they produced such quality war planes and produced such highly skilled pilots.
the highly skilled pilot thing... these were a fiew humans out of millions. its more luck to get the right man to the right job. sadly a lot of german pilots didnt met this standard. and the odds against them grew every day.
not to mention on how close they where to taking over europe. just messed up taking a shot a russia when it did
The quality of the German "volk" itself is THE key factor in their success ... at almost times and in all ways, as of always!
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Not only the pilots, but the other men too. Tough white men, not like Americunts are right lately . they are supporting the ones that want to rob them and rape their sisters too.
A gentleman, a warrior, a Statesman, what true grit looks like, Salute.
I had the honor of having dinner with Herr Rall back in the early 90's along with a Russian Ace whose name I have unfortunately forgotten. I will always remember Herr Rall's upbeat and outgoing demeanor and the wonderful retelling of his experiences.
This guy has had one hell of a time in WWII. And it's a wonder he survived them all. Glad he did. Great video.
Great resume of his career, like some others posting comments I too knew Gunther for a bit in his twilight years and was gifted a copy of his Flugbuch autobiography- he recounted flying over the Kuban from his base at Taganrog and the encounter that cost him his thumb. And his postwar experiences. A legend of a man!
I have always been intrigued by Gunther Rall,in many of his interviews he seems an amiable man,his friendship post WW2 with many of British and American adversaries would seem at odds with the image of a leading ace.that he fought well for his country cannot be denied
He fought for the Nazi's, the most evil regime in the history of the world, invading sovereign foreign countries and murdering millions upon millions of people.
Many became friends after the war. Great British ace (22 before being downed in 1941) Douglas Bader, was dined by Galland before going into the Stalag. After the war they became friends. There are other examples.
@@HiTechOilCo Actually, Rall, Galland, Hartmann & many others fought for their COUNTRY, as good soldiers, & they had to TOLERATE the NAZIs, or get shot.
As a Boomer, I really appreciate your research and video graphics skill. When I was a kid many combat veterans came home from the war but did not talk about their combat experiences. You are shedding light on what actually happened during the war. Of the vets I knew who did talk about it, this included crew members of a B17 and B24 bombers. One flew missions over Germany and the other flew missions to bomb the Ploiesti refiners in Romania. I talked with a tank leader in Patton's Third Army. This man said Patton was blood and guts...his guts and out blood. We had church members who had their legs blown off , fought on the front lines in Germany, two who survived Admiral Halsey's typhoon tragedy, one survived 3 years in a Nazi POW camp, another fought at the Battle of the Bulge, and one intimidating guy survived an SS bullet to the head (and lived with this bullet in his head for the rest of his life.) Close to home, my first cousin (once removed,) relived his experience of being under fire from an MG 42 machine gun in his nightmares for the rest of his life. Another dear friend, while being transported on a Liberty Ship in the North Atlantic, survived the ordeal of his ship breaking up but was saved by welders making emergency repairs. The most interesting story was a vet, with another soldier, shot a bazooka at a Tiger tank and the projectile bounced off the Tiger with no damage. He subsequently threw the bazooka down and ran. His buddy screamed, "you can't throw the bazooka down...it's against regulations!" He retorted, "with the goddamn thing doesn't work!"
Thank you again for bringing to life the most fascinating period of human history. It's a story that is worthy of being told...and you have a gift for bringing this story vividly to life.
Thank you!
I worked with a ww2 vet that was a forward observer for the 3rd armor division he had uncanny vision even when I knew him he was in his late fiftys we worked at a defense plant he was allso an avid hunter he could spot deer lying in the brush that he had to point out to me because I still couldn't see them he told me lots of ww2 stories about his exploits. The most craziest stuff I ever heard bravery exemplified. Those men were some of the best this country has every know.
Gunther Rall is one of very few German pilots to smile for the camera.
Many others have stern look on their faces.
well typical german. you take it with black humor or kill evrybody who asks you with a grim stare - bc your to tired to spend more of your livetime thinking/talking about something.
( Blauäugig in die Schmelze bis der Eiserne Blick in grauen Stahl erlischt)
Many veterans suffered from PTSD for the rest of their lives, never having a full night of sleep. Gentle men, calm men ... but their inside was pain and chaos.
Thank you for the great story! The German pilots flew so many combat missions, and shot down so many aircraft, it's hard to imagine!
Thanks!
I know these soldiers were nazis but at the end of the day they were fighting for the same reason us Americans do. He's a brave man and an amazing pilot, I could never dream of achieving half the acts of bravery let alone get into an aircraft knowing I was heading into certain death.
Nazi Germany was short of pilots all through that horrific war, so any pilots they did have never went home, they just continued fighting until they died.
@@zeltroid1730 - Fighting for the Nazi's, the most evil regime in the history of the world, invading sovereign foreign countries and murdering millions upon millions of people. The world has not been a victim of this before or since. America fought against the murderous evil of Nazi Germany in order to bring that evil to an end. Nazi Germany and America could not be more different. Nazi Germany fought on the side of evil. America fought on the side of good, to stop that evil.
*hard to believe
A friend's dad was a Stuka pilot. He had to walk home nine times.
Probably needed a better mechanic then 😀
A Brilliant summary of Gunther Rall's wartime exploits.. Thanks very much.
I met Franz Stigler at a convention in 2000. He was there with Charles Brown, the B-17 pilot Stigler opted not to shoot down. Stigler had 28 victories but was shot down 17 times!!! Almost all of these were over Germany fighting the Allied bombers. I saw the groove on the top of his head that was made by a .50 caliber round. The parachutes were made of silk which was very difficult to get and much in demand by German women. Somehow he kept "losing" his parachute after being shot down 😋
Outstanding TJ. Very nice job. thanks.
So amazing on how these former enemies become friends. People are people.
A truly great pilot.
Outstanding video and presentation.
I was lucky enough to be in touch with Gunther just before he passed away, he had his war story published entitled "My Log Book" in 2006.This is a wonderful read and he signed it for me along with his wartime photo.
He was always such a happy man and nothing was too much trouble for him and his book is an outstanding account. RIP Gunther. Not forgotten.
I have a signed copy of his book. The guy must have had an angel on his shoulder looking out for him.
Thank you for this great story!
another great video thank you
Wow what a lucky and evidently talented ace. I spent 2 years in west Germany thanks to my uncle sam, and all the veterans of that war I met were truly thankful to be alive and characters that could entertain you with some of their exploits.
Thank you kindly for your videos.
These history videos are fun. That was a good one!
Very well done. Thank you
In this video, you mention that the BF109 was faster than the FW190. The FW190 was marginally faster.
Brilliant, a very well produced and completely engaging documentary Thank You
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, thank you so much from little New Zealand!
TJ3 , Scott from Texas. I am a retired C141B and F16 Fighter Jet Crew Chief in the Air National Guard and I just wanted to say you put together some of the most professional Documentary short videos on TH-cam. You have definitely found your calling. Keep up the great work and I look forward to hearing from you. I do hav3 some ideas on future videos which I will write to you later about.
Thanks Scott!
Awsome video man love ur channel keep it up 💯
Great vídeo !!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
What an amazing life that man lived.
He most have had nerves of steel.
Excellent! Mr. Rall was a good man!!!!
Thank you for covering this subject fairly
Thanks for watching!
Great video!!!
One of the best fighter pilot’s during WW2.
Men like walther oesau, werner molders,
Klaus mietusch most of them fought with honor and cameraderie.
Many were forgotten but videos like these will keep their legacy.
Loved your videos hope you make more!!!
@Danny Thomson
The German Luftwaffe never forgot its old heroes.
While some WW2 pilots were incorporated in the new West German Airforce and even made 4 star generals.....the highest decorated German soldier, a JU 87 (Stuka) pilot named Hans Ulrich Rudel, a full Colonel, was however shunned by the west German Government.
Throughout his years after WW2 he was banned from all German military installations......because he refused to denounce WW2 as a crime, and all his fellow soldiers as stupid idiots that followed the Nazis blindly!
However.
Buy that time, the sixties, a new generation of German Luftwaffen pilots had emerged, and all those young kids, by learning what a man Rudel was, looked up to Rudel not only as a German Patriot.....but for the outstanding pilot he was.
Many private functions and receptions in Rudels honour were held over the following years, attended by some very highly ranked active officers.
Nothing the Government could do about that!
But the final tribute and honour came at his funeral.
(I'm writing this off the cuff..not sure when exactly.....you might like to google the guy.)
Right to the minute, just as his coffin was lowered into his grave.....a single F4 Phantom did a low flyby and dipped its wings.
This of course caused a minor political storm.
But to there credit.....the Luftwaffen high command simply declared that all records show there was no such a aircraft in that vicinity....end of story.....hahaha.
In those days our heroes, and our everyday simple soldier might have been forgotten by the German Government.....but by a long shot not by many others!
Little note from a German.
I served as a conscript 1973/74 in an Airborne Regiment for 15 mth.
We used to sing the old Nazi? songs on a daily bases.
Our heroes were the old Wehrmacht soldiers.
To top it all up.....than I shall shut up.....lol
One of the most unpleasant excercises was to spend several hours in a bunker with gas mask on.
Our NCO's then through plenty of teargas grenades in our bunker.
What was the whole excercise called????
A short visit to Eichmanns hobby cellar.......hahaha
Cheers
from Berlin
Yes, fighting for the Nazi's, the most evil regime in the history of the world, invading sovereign foreign countries and murdering millions upon millions of people. What great, "honor".
@@norbertschmitz3358 "...because he refused to denounce WW2 as a crime, and all his fellow soldiers as stupid idiots that followed the Nazis blindly!"
Verstehe ich Sie richtig? Hier schreiben Sie, dass Rudel seine Kameraden als Dummköpfe bezeichnet hat, weil sie die Nazis blind gefolgt sind?
Das kann ich nicht glauben, da Rudel als Nazi Anhänger sehr bekannt war. Als Soldat/ Flieger für sein Land war er überragend! Jedes (normale) Land hätte ihn als Held deklariert.
@@traxel14
Nein, Nein.....
he refused....er weigerte sich.....to denounce....zu verurteilen......WW2 als ein verbrechen zu bezeichnen.....and his fellow soldiers....und seine kameraden......as stupid idiots that followed the Nazis blindly.......als dumme idioten zu bezeichnen die den nazis blind folgten.
Da haben dich deine mangelden englichkenntnisse in die irre gefuehrt.....leider!
War selbst W15 er, und kannte als angehoeriger des luft-lande regiment Lebach einige piloten.
Rudel war fuer piloten damals ein held....ein Idol!
Rudel war ein ueberzeughter Nazi....wie millionen von Deutschen in jehner zeit....aber er flog und kaempfte fuer sein vaterland, selbst mit nur einem bein, bis zum ende!
Falls du nochwas in meinem englischen kommentar nicht verstanden hast:
Rudel wurde von der politic geaechtet.....durfte seit jahren keinen fliegerhorst mehr betreten.
Aber von seinen kameraden und nachfolgern war er hoch geachtet.
Zu seinem begraebniss, gerade als sein sarg ins grab ging, flog eine BW Phantom ueber den friedhof im tiefflug und wackelt mit der tragflaesche....ein alter letzter flieger gruss und letzte ehre!
Das verteidigungs ministerium wimmelte ab.....zu der der zeit war keine machine in diesem luftraum....!!!!
Ich bin nun 67, und finde es noch immer nicht nur traurig, sondern absolut beschaemend das wir unseren soldaten nie den gebuehrenden respect, ehre und dank ausgesprochen haben!!
Hoffe du verstehts mich nun besser.
LG
Excellent documentary! 👏👏👏💯
Damn good video young man!!,The hand of faith
Günther Rall, born on 10 March 1918 in Gaggenau as the son of a commercial agent. Grew up in Stuttgart, member of the Christian Boy Scouts. Joined the army in 1936, transferred to the air force in 1938 and trained as a fighter pilot. Participated in campaigns in the West, in the Balkans and in Greece. Shot down over the Soviet Union and Germany and severely wounded several times. At the end of the war, 275 aerial victories and Commodore of JG 300. After the war, commercial activity, then appointed to the management of the Salem Castle School. Joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and trained as a jet pilot. Project officer for the introduction of the F-104 G Starfighter. After various troop and staff assignments, Inspector of the German Air Force and finally, as Lieutenant General, German representative on the NATO Military Committee. Günther Rall passed away on 04 October 2009 in Bad Reichenhall.
"Those who admire me for my 275 kills know nothing of war. They do not know what it means for a whole human life that one had to kill at a young age in order not to be killed oneself. They do not know the shame and grief of the survivor. War is not the continuation of politics by other means, but a disgrace; it is the complete bankruptcy of political action. With the experiences of my generation, however, in some capitals of the world, this conscience also seems to be disappearing from politics
Great content & very informative.
Thanks!
Actually, TJ, the FW190 was faster than the 109. Although the ME109 was more plentiful and predated the 190, the 190 was actually a superior aircraft. And thanks for covering General Rall (he was a West German general after the war). He is my favorite German WWII ace. I just missed meeting him in the early/mid 2000's, something I deeply regret missing. He was such an interesting man/warrior.
What a amazing video!!
I'm not even into Aviation but these videos are really good 💪🏾 can't stop watching
My favorite character from WW2. Humble as they do not come!
ein großartiger Pilot. ein großartiger Held ein großartiger Mann .... Gott segne dich für immer Günther Rall ... Die besten Asse der Welt und der Geschichte und möge die Welt ihn nie vergessen .... EHRE UND RUHM Günther Rall
Es ist kaum zu glauben Rall hat der Kreig uberlebt wie Erich Hartmann noch so viele jahre kampfen
That was good Tj3 just thought I’d go outta my way to say it bro good stuff! At first I thought it was Hartmann again
Thanks!
Very interesting, excellent content 👌
Thanks!
Excellent story!
Nice that he got the opportunity to party with the man that shot off his thumb. They must have had a great time.
Outstanding as always, thank you TJ.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Complimenti per il video, filmato molto esaustivo e allo stesso tempo istruttivo. Le grandi pagine della storia, vanno sempre e comunque ricordate. Per evitarne...IL RIPETERSI!!!
Im imagening this guy teaking off and return on foot 30 min later just yelling at his commanding officer "Franz! It hapend agin!" Dude just screams back "THIS IS 4TH TIME THIS WEEK!"
👏 Standing Ovation from Perth Western Australia 🇦🇺 👍 What a Dude this Fighter Pilot Was R.I.P Champion of an Mesmerizing Era of Warfare - 'Lest We Forget' ☝
"Lest we foget", he fought for the Nazi's, the most evil regime in the history of the world, invading sovereign foreign countries and murdering millions upon millions of people.
@@HiTechOilCo True Hitler had dark supernatural hitchhiker's on board that raised a murderous Regime that flared into transparent Truth but Russia & Communism is no better with the blood on its hands tho mainly done whilst lurking within veiled Shadows but 'Such Is Life' & let it be known 😉 I am Aussie born & inherited my last name via Swiss Father + U.S.A Mother 👍🙃
@@mudkoerfgen9843 - Yes, Atheistic based communism has murdered hundreds of millions of people, (if not more), however the death camps of Nazi Germany are without equal. :(
@@HiTechOilCo True but above German Fighter Ace married a Lady that was under investigation 🔎 for helping some Jews escape said Death Camps so not all German military whole heartedly agreed with extreme realities but would be dangerous to then protest to leadership
@@HiTechOilCo Before you Talk about the Germans,Read wat Stalin and his NKDW Boys make with the Polish and Soviet People.Stalin Murdered more than Hitler.But this is the "Siegerpolitik"..Without Germany the Amerikans dont have many of Technolugy and Wapons..also the Rocket Technology..But that whas the "Good Nazis" right?
Another great work…
Interesting piece of history! Thanks for sharing 👍
Great vide, keep up the good work! I'm always amazed when some of these former combatants meet each other decades after fighting each other and become friends. I'd be interested to hear a shrinks take on such friendships. Do you have a video about the bomber Ye Olde Pub and Franz Stigler? If not that would be a great project for you. It's one of my favorite books
That happens with all branches of the military. They realize that circumstances were similar(fighting for their country) mostly to young too young to be very political. Also facing the same dangers.
He has one about the bomber and Frank Stigler. He put it out a few months ago so you can find it on his channel.
After being shot down 3-4 times, I find it incredible that he chose to keep flying combat missions, and not find something less dangerous like training new pilots.
Later on in the War, lots of well known Aces were taken off active duty to save them, see Adolf Galland, but a lot just wanted to keep on fighting for their country. Galland even joined the Fight again in 1945!
Rall was a total class act….in my opinion, the greatest overall pilot of the war, all things considered.
I have several aviation prints with Rall’s signature on them. One of the best German fighter pilots of WW2.
Thanks for the great video. I liked very much Rall's autobiography, "My Logbook". It's too bad so many of the Luftwaffe's top guns didn't put pen to paper to write their accounts. Adolf Dickfeld wrote his autobiography, "Footsteps Of The Hunter", a truly great read. I hope you do a video on Georg-Peter Eder.
Thanks!
First and the Last by Adolph Galand. I Flew for the Führer by Hans Knocke.
@@robertwarn9756 Both great 👍
Greatest Ace's the world will ever see.
that was a great story !!
I know this will be a banger
You're right
Just goes to show that you can the be best at something, and you'll still have bad days, just can't let them keep you down
I pray American people can study how the German people were called to war. There are so many lessons to take away
Rall said in an interview why he asked Hitler when the war will be over. The officers already knew early on that Germany is losing, and they were waiting for a diplomatic solution, a peace treaty that never came. The normal soldiers and the general public had no idea how the war is going, they only knew what they were told.
That’s an amazing account!
Nice video..
Wonderful story
Awesome story mate hope you do the story of the white Lily of Stalingrad
He's not a patch on Hans-Ulrich Rudell. Stuka pilot Rudel Rudel was credited with 2,530 missions, one battleship, one cruiser, a destroyer, 70 landing craft, some 800 vehicles, 150 gun positions, numerous armoured trains and bridges, 519 tanks and nine aircraft. He had been shot down more than 30 times (never by an enemy pilot) and wounded five times. He held the highest military honour, the Golden Oak Leaves with Swords and Diamonds to the Knight’s Cross, no other German received it.
Killing thousands of people. What a great guy!
@@HiTechOilCo I'd rather pull him out of a river than you.
Rudel was a devout Nazi.
one lucky old sod ,great stuff well done
Thanks 👍
Rip sir..great soldier..
Hartman also was shot down multiple times. He also scored many of his victories at very close range and crashed as a result of being hit by debris from his victims.
On the flip side of things, for most of the war, when Allied pilots were shot down it was a trip to the stalag.
actually was hartman ever defeated in aerial combat? i believe he never lost a wingman either
@@lancerasmussen6182 You could be right, but he still had to crash land or bail out multiple times.
I think there are a quite a few pilots from all sides who were not shot down by another fighter, but who still ended up getting knocked down by collision or flak. Kain - flying mishap, Bader, mid air collision, Tuck, flak.
All I am saying is that if Hartman had been an Allied pilot his first crash would have meant captivity. I think he scored about 25 kills per crash. Which puts him or puts the Allied pilots in about the same class.
They were all quite remarkable.
@@kellybreen5526 he did get captured by the Russians once, but managed to escape by punching one of the guards and jumping from the vehicle. Eventually making it back to his own lines. Of course the allied pilots were good, but never flew anything like the number of sorties the Germans did.
@@lancerasmussen6182 Exactly. The war experience for our aircrew was completely different from what the Germans experienced. From a skill point of view I would be very reluctant to say that the Luftwaffe had better pilots simply based on the number of aircraft that they managed to shoot down. That isbthe point that in my view gets missed.
Johnson onlybhad his Spitfire damaged once by an enemy fighter, and many of his sorties resulted in no contact with the enemy.
Most of his flying was deep behind enemy lines, and unlike Hartman escaping to friendly lines, for most of the war there was that pesky moat protecting Britain but also dooming our aircrew to captivity if they went down.
I would also add that the eastern and western fronts were also apple and orange affairs. Not a few pilots who were extremely effective on one front would get killed in short order on the other.
@@kellybreen5526 He had at least 352 confirmed "kills", if he had been shot down every 25 "kills" that means that he had to bail out or crash-land at least 14 times. Your invoice can't be true! How could you even think up such garbage without even ever reading about this pilot?
Thanks🇺🇸
臨場感ある素晴らしい動画でした。
very interesting
After the War even though He face much scrutiny he always faced the public with a smile He lived to 2012 ?"
Erich Rudorffer was shot down 16 times and bailed out 9 times.
Heinz Bär was shot down 18 times and belly landed 14 times.
If you are shot down a few times it is not evidence that you are a waste of oxygen. I am sure a lot of very competent aces (such as Erich Hartmann and Hans Ulrich Rudel) had to either bail out or make emergency landing. If you do not lose any planes, chances are that you are a coward.
Wow now that was interesting
cool use of IL2 :)
If not for the time recovering from his broken back, and also infected thumb, think of what his score may have been. Quite possibly the #1 ace. Was lucky enough to meet him at a couple signings and symposiums when I was a younger man chasing after WWII fighter pilots in the 90s. Such a friendly, well spoken, polite and generous gentleman.
i absolutely love war stories that have a happy ending and the once enemies become friends
An incredible pilot, incredible surviver, & a likeable guy ( he even became friends with American pilot that shot off his thumb) Always wished he hadn't lost his thumb.
TJ, have you ever heard of the Brazilian Air Force P-47 Squadron based in Italy during World War II called "Senta a Pua"?
Thumbs up!
A very brave man.
He's not really gone.
He bailed out of the coffin!
😊😊😊👌👌👌
Great Content!! One of my Air Heroes, Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
He fought for the Nazi's, the most evil regime in the history of the world, invading sovereign foreign countries and murdering millions upon millions of people.
@@HiTechOilCo true, but as a soldier you do as you’re told , you do and die, only thing that you can control is your humanity and your actions in combat!! I fought for my country In Bosnia and Iraq, we were wrong about Iraq! IJS!! Still a Gentleman and soldier
@@ricardocorbie6803 - As a person, a soldier does not have to obey illegal orders that violate God's law, i.e. thou shalt do no murder. He fought for the aggressor nation, (Nazi Germany). That's being on the wrong side. That is committing evil. That is wrong and there is no excuse for it. We must learn from the mistakes of history or be doomed to repeat them. To glorify the evil actions of Nazi Germany, or somehow gloss them over, means that 65 million people died in W.W.II for *no reason*. Then we have learned *nothing*.
@@HiTechOilCo not one time did I say anything about obeying illegal orders, the gentleman in question, never did anything illegal, not that we know of,, like shooting an unarmed pilot in a parachute, or strafing a hospital ship, etc!!
And always a gentleman when interviewed
He fought for the Nazi's, the most evil regime in the history of the world, invading sovereign foreign countries and murdering millions upon millions of people.
@@HiTechOilCo I guarantee you wear a mask alone in the car
nice video govna!
a great pilot.a great hero a great man....God bless you forever Günther Rall...The best aces in the world and in history and may the world never forget him....HONOR AND GLORY Günther Rall
Well done ,,rest in peace..
What a guy .
That's amazing .He looks like he was a nice guy .
What do nice guys look like? He fought for the Nazi's, the most evil regime in the history of the world, invading sovereign foreign countries and murdering millions upon millions of people. Is that being a, "nice guy"?
@HighTechOilCo
It's normal to fight for the Country ya come from ,it's random ,not a choise .
He was a pilot ,not a SS guard ,and i guess that independant from your political wrong or right side you can be a nice or a bad guy .
It's not just good vs evil .
@@samkangal8428 - What does a nice guy look like? The evil of Nazi Germany was never seen before or since. They invaded sovereign foreign countries, (a war crime), and killed millions of people. That's being the aggressor. That's being on the wrong side. That is committing evil. That *is wrong* and there is no excuse for it. We must learn from the mistakes of history or be doomed to repeat them. To glorify the evil actions of Nazi Germany, or somehow gloss them over, means that 65 million people died in W.W.II for *no reason*. We learned *nothing*.
@@HiTechOilCo "Such evil was never seen before or since"... eeehm Colonialism very much???
German pilots had a saying. You get the Iron Cross or a wooden cross. They never got a rest.
12:38. What jet is this? The infamous starfighter "widow maker"? Big canopy! 2 seats variant?
Yep. Either a F-104F trainer or combat capable TF-104G. Both models are two seaters.
Way COOL
RIP Gladiator...
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 24:16
Can u imagine getting flight instruction from this guy?... believed he was a regular guy with good piloting skills...