Once again, we realize just how complicated the whole story of this war is, and how many facts could have turned out differently. Thank you, Dr. Felton!
You have the picture they gave us. Churchill’s in that one too as the main actor they also stole the original, the black and white one, remember during Covid from the hotel? Too bad they didn’t open the Churchill files yet which is going to tell you guys everything you didn’t know. More in line with the truth about what really happened there, as Rudolph Hess did the Spandau Ballet….
I do admire how you state facts with such conviction and how those facts could’ve turned out differently. That’s interesting. Just interesting; not factual at all (that’s not a fact, either). Fact.
It's interesting to think about how well-regarded Göring - the aristocratic WW1 flying ace - might be today had he deposed Hitler and made peace with the Western Allies at just the right time in history.
The allies literally turned on each other afterwards. Instead of Germany, it was the Soviet Union and so on. The war was pointless as it never ended anything. Other countries had human experimentations and such.
Naturally the common people don't want war . . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or parliament or a communist dictatorship. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country. -Hermann Goring Very true words that americans should listen to.
@@SINfromPL That's debatable since the number of subscribers doesn't necessarily have any bearings on one's success, or lack there of, on TH-cam. How much money you make on TH-cam has a lot more to do with the type of content you produce with many of the more successful TH-camrs producing what could be called nonsense that don't require a ton of research or high production values. Many TH-camrs, particularly history oriented TH-camrs face a lot of scrutiny from TH-cam, often get demonetized, and have been seeing sharp declines in ad revenue which means they're not getting paid as much. So given all of that , I wouldn't necessarily assume that he's making a lot of money off of this and his other channel. And for all we know, TH-cam could just be his side hustle to supplement his main income doing something else.
I've long believed the best chance for a Nazi victory would've been the death of Hitler in the last week of June 1941...too late to uninvade the Soviet Union, but at a point where Führer Göring's lazy ass would've OK-whatevered potential policies geared towards recognizing the fact that, given the right incentives (let's not forget that, until they reached Russia proper, Ukrainian and Baltic locals were far more likely to view the Wehrmacht as liberators than invaders), countless Soviet subjects would've joined forces with the Nazis faster than you can say "Kill Stalin".
The peace negotiations at this time are the elephants in the room about WW2 .This is a rich and fascinating seam of history to mine into Mark. All the best and thank you for your hard work 😊😊😊
...and I love, too, that they never have that low, manipulative music in the background that makes a video unwatchable to me! Just plain facts and great narration. Keep up the great work!
Just in the past 2 - 3 weeks of watching this channel ive learned so much. There are books and articles that Im now looking into to expand my knowledge on the topics I've found here. THIS is what History Channel used to be.
As a history major, these marvelous videos show me that WW2 had so many deeper and fascinating layers to its narrative that school textbooks and the history channel skip over to focus on the larger, more commonly known events. Thanks, Dr. Felton
Rudolf Hess's flight to the UK was a peace mission in my opinion. I would love for Dr. Felton to do a video on this. Lots of information on this out there.
@@Outlier999 untrue. Hess went on that mission to Britain because he had hoped to link up with some people(associates of Duke of Hamilton) he knew in Scotland and it was all arranged but his Cessna somehow ended up on the wrong flight path in Scotland. Rudolf Hess had the full blessing of Adolf Hitler..
A Swedish acquaintance of Göring’s, Birger Dahlerus, is known to have travelled between Berlin and London several times, in order to prevent war from breaking out. His efforts were fruitless.
"Halifax was an appeaser".... yeah, that's not the impression Joseph Kennedy got when he reported "England is advising France that they should both go to war regardless of Poland" after a conversation with him
@@newmeadam No, it was't. There was absolutely no need to buy time in 1935, when Germany was disarmed but Britain chose to sign the Anglo-German Naval Agreement without even consulting anyone, not even the French or the Italians, both signatories of the Versailles Treaty. That was most certainly giving things away... and as the Treay allowed Germany to build a fleet almost as big as the French or the Italian, and also to concentrate its rearmament on land forces, it's quite difficult not to define it as cold blood treachery, That was the first and probably the worst example of appeasement, and it was so much a choice that it's no wonder the Germans expected it to lead to an Anglo-German Alliance against France and the Soviet Union.
@@lloydchristmas1086I think you have that backwards - industrialists manipulate the politicians to push for war, so they can siphon national treasuries into their pockets. Socialize the costs, privatize the profits...
@@isidroramos1073 The UK by 1935 saw a lot of the provisions of Versailles as unjust. And seeing the AGN as appeasement is only really true with hindsight. The UK of the time saw it as trying to correct an injustice in a controlled environment.
Sir Peter Ustinov's father was the press attache of the German embassy in London. A meeting was held in his apartment, with German generals among the participants, which was also an attempt to reach a peace agreement, while "I was at the movies," writes Sir Peter in "Dear Me." The story is worth telling, I believe.
OMG !!!! Thank U dr. Felton very much !!!! Göring - before the war broke out .... was a frequent visitor in the II Republic of Poland. He was seing a lot of people during his hunting in the Polish forest.
Dr. Felton, you astound me yet again! I never knew about the Beamish family connection to Goering. I live in Cork, where their stout brewery was, and it is a completely hidden history
I've learned so much history through watching Dr, Felton's easy-to-absorb, informative videos. Thank You so much, it's always exciting to see a new one come out....
Actually,this appears to be the best possible alternate World War 2 plot line that any one could possibly pursue. Had Göring actually been entertained in this,and had he bumped Hitler off, I could see a potential where the Russians in Germans could have eventually been fighting each other over what they had already taken.but that,without the. Rest of Europe being involved until it was clear that 1 side or the other was going to overwhelm the other.
Just when you think you know everything there is to know about WWII, in comes new information giving a completely different perspective of how things really developed. You always hear about how Göring was always sidelined and this video gives you a clearer reason why. Mr. Felton never disappoints with fresh, new and credible insight.
Thank you, Dr. Felton. The history of WW2 never fails to fascinate and surprise. It's a shame that we will all have to wait so long for the archives to give up their secrets. Keep up the good work. 😊
This video makes you wonder if this was a 2nd attempt for peace with Hess providing cover for Goering( saving face) or perhaps at the instigation of Goering( and/ or others) with Hess as the Fall Guy in case of failure.
Yeah, and I always wondered. Hess was a very high ranking member of the NSDAP and everything. Fine. But, when he went to the UK, the...full atrocities of full blast war and warcrimes were yet to come. Hess was, by that time, emprisoned and not in any position to order/commit any of this. Prison ? Yeah, maybe. I guess. But LIFE in prison (even if a very comfortable one) ? What had he done personnaly to get a life sentence ?
@@margen9328 As a certain monk says in the song ...."Oh those Russians". The west wanted to release Hess for decades, but the Soviets blocked it every time the subject was raised. It could be argued that Hess didn't even deserve prison. Once the Nazi's were in power, Hess very quickly became irrelevant. He really didn't affect policy at all. He only kept his (powerless) post because he was one of the 'alte kampfer'. Any power he had was usurped by Bormann.
Such great content. You never fail to bring something new, either a story like this that I had never heard or new and interesting facts to stories that have been told. Thank you Dr. Felton!
I absolutely love what Mark Felton posts. These videos have certainly changed some of my thoughts about the war. Plus I’ve learned quite a lot. Thank you Mr. Felton for making these videos.
Interesting that Goering never mentioned this during his trial at Nuremberg. I suppose he knew he was doomed anyway and preferred to save face in front of his fellow defendants.
Absolutely not. Its crazy how many alternate scenarios there could be based on any number of diplomatic movements. Due to the result of the war the masses have been told that it was some unique Hitler war of conquest, when actually he never even wanted to invade Poland and even offered to protect Polish rights in Danzig. Meanwhile from 1795-1918 Britain couldn't care less weather Poland was on a map or not.
@@AFGuidesHD they didn’t care about. What about in 1945 did they care that year? Or was it just 39 to 44? What do you think? All right, so that means it’s fine that Stalin went into Poland from the East End and killed 20,000 officers dude I may have missed read your thing I probably did .
@@AFGuidesHD Poland got bent over by uncle Joe with a small pox acne Even worse by Churchill, what did Roosevelt say “these things tend to figure themselves out” let it be or something . he wrote let it be before the other guy did. Trademark AF guy HD, Adolf Hitler guy his page 2023 he wrote this I guess . “Let It Be” words from FDR inspired by every town named Berlin and to the east “When I find myself surrounded by Mongols mother MarEe comes to me telling me she’s been raped a few times let it be And in my DARKEST HOUR… um There is still a light that shines on me Auschwitz has new spot lights Let it be” Can somebody pin this to the top Dr. Mark please thank you if possible
@@marionapoleoni4502 Yeah they didn't care at all. I think Vansittart was probably the most honest about wanting to fight Germany to prevent them from being too powerful. Britain and certain hawkish figures only wanted Poland to fight Germany as an Eastern Front. Noel Mason-MacFarlane exquisitely says as much in his letter to the British Cabinet in March where he says "war, and war now with a near eastern front". Due to this the Brits had to prevent Poland from making a deal with Germany otherwise there'd be no Eastern Front.
EXCELLENT video. I am riveted by all things Goring. He had a Smith & Wesson .38 revolver (Model 10) and a Swedish wife. He liked big cats. So far, so good. Then he created the Gestapo, and I became disappointed in his choices. Memento Ac Liberare Gonzalo Lira.
After all these years i am simply in Awe of the content this man continues to churn out. and not garbage, high quality interesting stuff from day one. I had zero idea that fat Goering had done this.
It is due to videos like this one that we acclaim this channel to be the top dog history channel for all things military, especially for WWII. Extraordinary! Excellent work Professor Felton! Kudos are in order! Brilliant expose! And again, thank you for sharing!
Never ceases to surprise me what facts I pick up from this channel. Always thought it was Himmler that created the Gestapo. Never knew it was Goring! Or that he had Anglo Irish connections to 'Beamish' through his first wife.
Göring was here where I live for rehabilitation. During his visit here there where two flagpoles outside the facility (nowadays a school). One with the swedish flag and one with the nazi flag. Here is in southern Sweden in a village called Ryssby.
It is strange to me that the British were so hesitant to accept Görings offer or to at least explore it further. The same situation when the plotters of 20. July approached the British for support. This was also turned down. One could suspect that there were significant lobbys in Britain who had an interest in an ongoing war with Germany. I think it is a similar situation with the war in Ukrain today. Weapons are hesitantly delivered to keep the war going, instead of supplying everything needed so that the Ukrain can win quickly.
Nazis never kept their word. Anyone agreeing to their latest 'deal' would be considered a fool and treated as such. Sooner or later they would suffer the consequences of appeasement, e.g. the Molotov-von Ribbentrop Non Aggression Pact.
@0:37: Price Gustaf Adolf was NOT the crown prince of Sweden. His father, Gustaf Adolf, son to king Gustav V, was the crown prince of Sweden. However, when the time had to come, crown prince Gustaf Adolf, married to Louise Mountbatten, had suggested to "step aside" from being king in favor of his son, Gustaf Adolf, to become the King of Sweden, and his wife Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha to become queen of Sweden. This did not occur though prince Gustav Adolf was killed in an KLM aircraft accident at Copehagen Airport on January 26, 1947. Hence his father, Gustaf Adolf had to remain crown prince until October 29, 1950 when his father king Gustaf V died, and hence Gustaf VI Adolf and queen Louise became the royal couple of Sweden.
Thank you for your continued efforts Dr. Felton, I agree with others in the comments that you have taught all of us very interesting facts and details that are almost unknown to most.
Does this peace proposal give some underlying rationale to the 'Phony war' period when there was a sense that both sides although at war and building defenses did not quite want to get into what became WW2 that we know now? Halifax seems to have been reserved and was replaced by Churchill. This video suggests Halifax was open to possibilities.
The "Phony War" story often leaves out that France actually invaded Germany early on, but was stalled by poor tactics and German defences, and so the decision controversially made to pull back.
@@gamerxt333 What do you expect the Germans to do once the French declared war? The can't pull off something like the Japanese vis-a-vis the Polish declaration. 'Oh we know you don't mean it and are being pressured by your allies. We'll just ignore it and pretend you never did it' simply wouldn't work. I'm not saying the French were the instigators (they clearly weren't), but once war was started, if you can't end it diplomatically, then invasion is the only option.
@@gamerxt333 Hitler was surprised that france and england declared war on Germany, and they sent Rudolf Hess aswell in the hope to get peace with britain
@@Occident. Even if France did attack first, it wasnt a full invasion like what happened to them, which before Germany invaded, was more like a guessing game and not exactly a true war. And saying "Germany tried to avoid war with the west" is ironic regardless, as they knew there would be a reaction from invading other places because of pre-war alliances.
Having an interconnected aristocratic elite who ruled Europe was far better than the system we have now. Just imagine Dianne Abbott attempting anything like this...
It would be interesting to know how Goring would be able to effect a coup as Hitler was at the height of his popularity at that time and just removing him from office forcefully would have extreme ramifications throughout the military, the SS, as well as the civilian population. The only way it could have possibly been pulled off would be by assassination without possibly implicating himself in the act. History would definitely be different if had occurred. Very interesting video Dr. Felton, many thanks for posting.
Well, there was a network of anti-Hitler aristocratic high officers in the Wehrmacht who could possibly have effected a coup. But after that, who knows...
Probably, Goring would have made Hitler's death look like a tragic accident, and asked Germany to join him in mourning the loss of the great Fuehrer while he stepped in to take over.
Once again, we realize just how complicated the whole story of this war is, and how many facts could have turned out differently.
Thank you, Dr. Felton!
SO the Allies bungled a "get rid of Hitler" peace deal...just great
Exactly what I thought. You never have the full picture.
You have the picture they gave us. Churchill’s in that one too as the main actor they also stole the original, the black and white one, remember during Covid from the hotel? Too bad they didn’t open the Churchill files yet which is going to tell you guys everything you didn’t know. More in line with the truth about what really happened there, as Rudolph Hess did the Spandau Ballet….
I do admire how you state facts with such conviction and how those facts could’ve turned out differently. That’s interesting. Just interesting; not factual at all (that’s not a fact, either). Fact.
@@marionapoleoni4502 You make no sense at all..is English your primary language?
Because of this channel, I became a history major.
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Good for you, keep learning
why....why did you have to ruin your life
Anyone else wish Dr. Felton would just make a 10 hour long WW2 documentary? 😂
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10 hrs? Ha! He's already gotten that beat on this here channel! Mark Felton is a gem.
No, I would rather have nice small tasty tapas dishes than an indigestible 10 hour banquet.
His books
I would give good money for that
Dr. Felton….. i hope you never stop
doing what you’re doing, you’re an absolute gem to people who love history.
Easily the best history channel on TH-cam. Simple, to the point, no hype.
It's interesting to think about how well-regarded Göring - the aristocratic WW1 flying ace - might be today had he deposed Hitler and made peace with the Western Allies at just the right time in history.
A.H never wanted war with England. For some reason he somewhat admired the country.
The allies literally turned on each other afterwards. Instead of Germany, it was the Soviet Union and so on. The war was pointless as it never ended anything. Other countries had human experimentations and such.
deposed... a friendly way of saying killing hitler. so many cards that could have been played. and it seems the wrong ones always won out
Yes and think of how well regarded anyone who deposed Churchill would be.
Except for Poland. We would've been just as f***ed, just from the other side.
Naturally the common people don't want war . . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or parliament or a communist dictatorship. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.
-Hermann Goring
Very true words that americans should listen to.
That sums up current Russian propaganda pretty well.
@@gottwyCZyou mean anti-russian propaganda lol
Putin obviously learned from Goering.
@@MrDino1953 what about LBJ and GWB? Gulf of Tonkin and WMDs true? Nope. They played the Goring card.
@@MrDino1953 At least Russians know if they're male or female.
Glad Dr. Mark still has fun doing YT after 5 years, its a vibe to listen to more WW2 lore
bruh, 2 million subscribers, he makes more money than any job he has ever worked
@@SINfromPLWhat on earth does ‘ bruh ‘ mean ?
@@Albert-Arthur-Wison225 it means "my friend"
@@SINfromPL That's debatable since the number of subscribers doesn't necessarily have any bearings on one's success, or lack there of, on TH-cam. How much money you make on TH-cam has a lot more to do with the type of content you produce with many of the more successful TH-camrs producing what could be called nonsense that don't require a ton of research or high production values. Many TH-camrs, particularly history oriented TH-camrs face a lot of scrutiny from TH-cam, often get demonetized, and have been seeing sharp declines in ad revenue which means they're not getting paid as much. So given all of that , I wouldn't necessarily assume that he's making a lot of money off of this and his other channel. And for all we know, TH-cam could just be his side hustle to supplement his main income doing something else.
@@Albert-Arthur-Wison225racist question
Absolutely incredible that this plot remained secret for so long. There must be several embarrassing details involving high ranking British officials.
The last 400 years of high ranking British officials is an embarrassment.
Also that the Swedes don't publicize more of it, probably they don't want people to know how much money they made off the war.
Swedes keep very low profile, just like Swiss banks do till these days.
There is a lot of mess hidden under the carpet...
Bravo! I never heard of this before, Dr. Felton.
Yeah right Hoffman you’re on the inside just kidding I wish I was
Goering is by far one of WW2s most wild card and open ended figures.
I definitely agree. I feel he didn't share the beliefs of the party, he just wanted the fame, status and power.
@@jyearr6744 Highly self driven.
He liked the good life.
@@gumdeo at the expense of others.
I've long believed the best chance for a Nazi victory would've been the death of Hitler in the last week of June 1941...too late to uninvade the Soviet Union, but at a point where Führer Göring's lazy ass would've OK-whatevered potential policies geared towards recognizing the fact that, given the right incentives (let's not forget that, until they reached Russia proper, Ukrainian and Baltic locals were far more likely to view the Wehrmacht as liberators than invaders), countless Soviet subjects would've joined forces with the Nazis faster than you can say "Kill Stalin".
Please never ever change the intro! It gets me jamming everytime😂
Always a good day when Lord Felton uploads
The peace negotiations at this time are the elephants in the room about WW2 .This is a rich and fascinating seam of history to mine into Mark. All the best and thank you for your hard work 😊😊😊
Your videos are always informative, concise, and succinct, unlike so many TH-cam videos that drone on and on.
...and I love, too, that they never have that low, manipulative music in the background that makes a video unwatchable to me! Just plain facts and great narration. Keep up the great work!
I've read a lot of WWII books and watched a bunch of WWII videos and I've never heard about this. This is mind-blowing!
Half the commenters literally say something alone those lines about each of Dr. Felton's videos.
Just in the past 2 - 3 weeks of watching this channel ive learned so much. There are books and articles that Im now looking into to expand my knowledge on the topics I've found here. THIS is what History Channel used to be.
Hitler was an alien.
Also he build the pyramids.
Give TIK history a shot, another great WW2 channel.
Both are way more detailed and interesting then anything you can find in our media.
Wait until you go back 4-5 years worth of his Research - The Professor is really good
Wherever there's appeasement, Lord Halifax is never far away
Wherever there are War Crimes, Winnie, FDR, and Truman are never far away
@@bigfish92672 not applicable sorry.
@@bigfish92672war crimes are associate with nazis not allies. Allies came to liberate Europe and the world from Nazism and militarism
As a history major, these marvelous videos show me that WW2 had so many deeper and fascinating layers to its narrative that school textbooks and the history channel skip over to focus on the larger, more commonly known events. Thanks, Dr. Felton
Yes the real history is totally different from the trash you see in propaganda films.
Rudolf Hess's flight to the UK was a peace mission in my opinion. I would love for Dr. Felton to do a video on this. Lots of information on this out there.
Was it not to Lord Halifax that his mission was directed?
Hess did it on his own. It was half-baked.
@@Outlier999 untrue. Hess went on that mission to Britain because he had hoped to link up with some people(associates of Duke of Hamilton) he knew in Scotland and it was all arranged but his Cessna somehow ended up on the wrong flight path in Scotland. Rudolf Hess had the full blessing of Adolf Hitler..
@@boblennox9251I think it was the Earl of Hamilton (but he never got to see him.)
Deep diving the complexities
You have a stunning channel! You put an incredible amount of work and research into each video. Thank you.
A Swedish acquaintance of Göring’s, Birger Dahlerus, is known to have travelled between Berlin and London several times, in order to prevent war from breaking out. His efforts were fruitless.
Absolutely fascinating, Dr. Felton. Thank you.
"Halifax was an appeaser".... yeah, that's not the impression Joseph Kennedy got when he reported "England is advising France that they should both go to war regardless of Poland" after a conversation with him
It was never about giving things away... it was always about buying time to get ready.
@@newmeadam No, it was't. There was absolutely no need to buy time in 1935, when Germany was disarmed but Britain chose to sign the Anglo-German Naval Agreement without even consulting anyone, not even the French or the Italians, both signatories of the Versailles Treaty. That was most certainly giving things away... and as the Treay allowed Germany to build a fleet almost as big as the French or the Italian, and also to concentrate its rearmament on land forces, it's quite difficult not to define it as cold blood treachery, That was the first and probably the worst example of appeasement, and it was so much a choice that it's no wonder the Germans expected it to lead to an Anglo-German Alliance against France and the Soviet Union.
Its all about money...not defending other countries. The leaders want any excuse to go to war to fill their pockets with war industrialists money.
@@lloydchristmas1086I think you have that backwards - industrialists manipulate the politicians to push for war, so they can siphon national treasuries into their pockets. Socialize the costs, privatize the profits...
@@isidroramos1073 The UK by 1935 saw a lot of the provisions of Versailles as unjust. And seeing the AGN as appeasement is only really true with hindsight. The UK of the time saw it as trying to correct an injustice in a controlled environment.
Sir Peter Ustinov's father was the press attache of the German embassy in London. A meeting was held in his apartment, with German generals among the participants, which was also an attempt to reach a peace agreement, while "I was at the movies," writes Sir Peter in "Dear Me." The story is worth telling, I believe.
Dr. Felton packs more detail and facts into 8 minutes than anyone, cheers!
Felton hits another one out of the park. For WWII aficionados, it doesn't get any better than this.
Thank you, Dr Felton, from a faithful viewer in Sweden!
As always Dr. Felton does our home work. Thank you.
An incredible story. In all my years of studying the war, I have never heard of these negotiations.
OMG !!!!
Thank U dr. Felton very much !!!!
Göring - before the war broke out .... was a frequent visitor in the II Republic of Poland. He was seing a lot of people during his hunting in the Polish forest.
Everyday you find out more and more about the past and such things are honestly astounding to hear!
Dr. Felton, you astound me yet again! I never knew about the Beamish family connection to Goering. I live in Cork, where their stout brewery was, and it is a completely hidden history
I've learned so much history through watching Dr, Felton's easy-to-absorb, informative videos. Thank You so much, it's always exciting to see a new one come out....
Another excellent video and probably another 100 kids around the world who have just made their minds up to study history. Thank you Dr. Felton !
Actually,this appears to be the best possible alternate World War 2 plot line that any one could possibly pursue.
Had Göring actually been entertained in this,and had he bumped Hitler off, I could see a potential where the Russians in Germans could have eventually been fighting each other over what they had already taken.but that,without the. Rest of Europe being involved until it was clear that 1 side or the other was going to overwhelm the other.
Again, I am floored by Dr. Felton. I had never heard of this.
Just when you think you know everything there is to know about WWII, in comes new information giving a completely different perspective of how things really developed. You always hear about how Göring was always sidelined and this video gives you a clearer reason why. Mr. Felton never disappoints with fresh, new and credible insight.
Lots of things we don’t know and locked away
Thank you, Dr. Felton. The history of WW2 never fails to fascinate and surprise.
It's a shame that we will all have to wait so long for the archives to give up their secrets.
Keep up the good work.
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The mystery of the Hess flight and his imprisonment tell his death always struck me as very odd.
This story dovetails into it - both Hess and Goring had aquantences in Scotland it seems from this video
Hess was an odd person. :D
This video makes you wonder if this was a 2nd attempt for peace with Hess providing cover for Goering( saving face) or perhaps at the instigation of Goering( and/ or others) with Hess as the Fall Guy in case of failure.
Yeah, and I always wondered.
Hess was a very high ranking member of the NSDAP and everything. Fine.
But, when he went to the UK, the...full atrocities of full blast war and warcrimes were yet to come.
Hess was, by that time, emprisoned and not in any position to order/commit any of this.
Prison ? Yeah, maybe. I guess.
But LIFE in prison (even if a very comfortable one) ? What had he done personnaly to get a life sentence ?
@@margen9328 As a certain monk says in the song ...."Oh those Russians".
The west wanted to release Hess for decades, but the Soviets blocked it every time the subject was raised.
It could be argued that Hess didn't even deserve prison. Once the Nazi's were in power, Hess very quickly became irrelevant. He really didn't affect policy at all. He only kept his (powerless) post because he was one of the 'alte kampfer'. Any power he had was usurped by Bormann.
Another little known fact from WWII presented in a very concise and informative format. Thank you, Dr. Felton.
I still learning ww2 histoy, thank you Mark Felton.
Such great content. You never fail to bring something new, either a story like this that I had never heard or new and interesting facts to stories that have been told. Thank you Dr. Felton!
Goring seems like the poster boy for "In it for me". I imagine his greed for material treasures would have been monumental has he seized power
I absolutely love what Mark Felton posts. These videos have certainly changed some of my thoughts about the war. Plus I’ve learned quite a lot. Thank you Mr. Felton for making these videos.
I can't get the thought of Big Herman playing tennis out of my mind.
I had no prior knowledge of this! Thank you for yet another excellent vid.
A video on the purported German-Soviet peace feelers in 1942-43 would be a natural followup video.
I love Mark’s videos. Ive not spent years reading the literature so grateful to him for the in depth knowledge and focus.
Really like your videos Mark, very informative, and the coolest intro video ever.
One of the few intros that don't annoy me.
Fascinating subject. This channel is a gem.
It would be so good to see Dr Felton do a series like The World at War ,and he wouldn't even need Lawrence Olivier to narrate it
Nah WW1 doesn't have the SECRET NAZI PLOT or SECRET NAZI BUNKER or EVIL NAZI PLAN that WW2 has for Dr Felton to clickbait with.
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Mark, the hits just keep on coming! Excellent!
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Thank you Mark. This vid had me turning and looking out the window for a couple minutes... so close and yet so far.
The class dynamic in Hitlers Germany is very interesting. More please!
Incredible research work. Thanks Dr Felton.
Speaking of Sweden and spying, the William Holden film The Counterfeit Traitor is based on a true story and it is a great film!
IMDb rating: *7.5* (!)
Imdb is flawed at times. Personal Satisfaction is all that matters really@@QED_
Good grief. Was William Holden ever in a bad movie?
@@DavidHamburg-i5d He was in a lot of good movies. There must be some mediocre or bad films he was in though.
"Many thanks for watching...". Many thanks for bringing us this! Very fascinating
Interesting that Goering never mentioned this during his trial at Nuremberg. I suppose he knew he was doomed anyway and preferred to save face in front of his fellow defendants.
Maybe is was mentioned, but hushed up ?
So close to 2 Million Subscribers! Great upload as always. You always know you’re going to get a well researched mini doc from Mark Felton!
Wow! An amazing story. WW2 was not so cut and dry as a lot of people make it out to be.
Absolutely not. Its crazy how many alternate scenarios there could be based on any number of diplomatic movements. Due to the result of the war the masses have been told that it was some unique Hitler war of conquest, when actually he never even wanted to invade Poland and even offered to protect Polish rights in Danzig. Meanwhile from 1795-1918 Britain couldn't care less weather Poland was on a map or not.
@@AFGuidesHD they didn’t care about. What about in 1945 did they care that year? Or was it just 39 to 44? What do you think?
All right, so that means it’s fine that Stalin went into Poland from the East End and killed 20,000 officers dude
I may have missed read your thing I probably did .
@@AFGuidesHD Poland got bent over by uncle Joe with a small pox acne
Even worse by Churchill, what did Roosevelt say “these things tend to figure themselves out” let it be or something . he wrote let it be before the other guy did.
Trademark AF guy HD, Adolf Hitler guy his page 2023 he wrote this I guess .
“Let It Be” words from FDR inspired by every town named Berlin and to the east
“When I find myself surrounded by Mongols
mother MarEe comes to me
telling me she’s been raped a few times
let it be
And in my DARKEST HOUR… um
There is still a light that shines on me
Auschwitz has new spot lights
Let it be”
Can somebody pin this to the top Dr. Mark please thank you if possible
@@marionapoleoni4502 Yeah they didn't care at all. I think Vansittart was probably the most honest about wanting to fight Germany to prevent them from being too powerful. Britain and certain hawkish figures only wanted Poland to fight Germany as an Eastern Front. Noel Mason-MacFarlane exquisitely says as much in his letter to the British Cabinet in March where he says "war, and war now with a near eastern front". Due to this the Brits had to prevent Poland from making a deal with Germany otherwise there'd be no Eastern Front.
@@AFGuidesHD very interesting thank you
Superb as always. Dr Felton is peerless. Ty for what you bring via this channel.
EXCELLENT video.
I am riveted by all things Goring.
He had a Smith & Wesson .38 revolver (Model 10) and a Swedish wife.
He liked big cats.
So far, so good. Then he created the Gestapo, and I became disappointed in his choices.
Memento Ac Liberare Gonzalo Lira.
wtf
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Whiskey I like.
Not a dancing man though.
You never fail to amaze me, Mark. Cheers!
I never stop learning thanks to Dr. Felton and his wonderful videos. It’s true, sir! You have the best videos. I appreciate the photos. Thank you.
After all these years i am simply in Awe of the content this man continues to churn out. and not garbage, high quality interesting stuff from day one. I had zero idea that fat Goering had done this.
It is due to videos like this one that we acclaim this channel to be the top dog history channel for all things military, especially for WWII. Extraordinary! Excellent work Professor Felton! Kudos are in order! Brilliant expose!
And again, thank you for sharing!
Very interesting part of history 👍👍🇺🇸
Very informative and interesting video. Thanks Dr. Felton.
(The entry tune is so captivating).
Never ceases to surprise me what facts I pick up from this channel. Always thought it was Himmler that created the Gestapo. Never knew it was Goring! Or that he had Anglo Irish connections to 'Beamish' through his first wife.
Thanks Dr. Felton! I learn many things from You that others either skim over or never mention! Thanks again!
Göring was here where I live for rehabilitation. During his visit here there where two flagpoles outside the facility (nowadays a school). One with the swedish flag and one with the nazi flag. Here is in southern Sweden in a village called Ryssby.
really is fascinating some of these obscure niches and corners and details of history. That is why I watch! I love it so much!
It is strange to me that the British were so hesitant to accept Görings offer or to at least explore it further. The same situation when the plotters of 20. July approached the British for support. This was also turned down. One could suspect that there were significant lobbys in Britain who had an interest in an ongoing war with Germany. I think it is a similar situation with the war in Ukrain today. Weapons are hesitantly delivered to keep the war going, instead of supplying everything needed so that the Ukrain can win quickly.
Nazis never kept their word. Anyone agreeing to their latest 'deal' would be considered a fool and treated as such. Sooner or later they would suffer the consequences of appeasement, e.g. the Molotov-von Ribbentrop Non Aggression Pact.
I love every one of these videos. Mark Felton is the David Attenborough of history.
@0:37: Price Gustaf Adolf was NOT the crown prince of Sweden. His father, Gustaf Adolf, son to king Gustav V, was the crown prince of Sweden. However, when the time had to come, crown prince Gustaf Adolf, married to Louise Mountbatten, had suggested to "step aside" from being king in favor of his son, Gustaf Adolf, to become the King of Sweden, and his wife Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha to become queen of Sweden.
This did not occur though prince Gustav Adolf was killed in an KLM aircraft accident at Copehagen Airport on January 26, 1947.
Hence his father, Gustaf Adolf had to remain crown prince until October 29, 1950 when his father king Gustaf V died, and hence Gustaf VI Adolf and queen Louise became the royal couple of Sweden.
Thank you for your continued efforts Dr. Felton, I agree with others in the comments that you have taught all of us very interesting facts and details that are almost unknown to most.
So, Rudolf Hess' mission was not that far fetched.
Excellent research Professor Felton!!
Some swedish trivia: "Bonde" translates to Farmer, making Baron Farmer 🙃
Don't stop with your great videos! I have learned so much from them! They are the best!
Always love the „mother-in-law music“ at the beginning! Scary stuff!!!🤣😂🤣
MIL music!!! Love it!!!🤣
A lot of intrigue to go around. Always amazed at that.
Anyone else wish that Dr. Felton would just make a Month by Month series on WW1 and WW2 like Indy Neidell did with his week by week series?
Many Thanks for Sharing Dr MarK! Cheers JJ
Great video, but could you tell us what the terms of the peace agreement were supposed to be?
I love marks videos just wish they were much longer he's the best.
Interesting story. How does this relate to Hess' flight to Britain?
THANK YOU for this fascinating video!!! Reality is often far more convoluted than what is described in the standard textbooks!
Does this peace proposal give some underlying rationale to the 'Phony war' period when there was a sense that both sides although at war and building defenses did not quite want to get into what became WW2 that we know now? Halifax seems to have been reserved and was replaced by Churchill. This video suggests Halifax was open to possibilities.
The "Phony War" story often leaves out that France actually invaded Germany early on, but was stalled by poor tactics and German defences, and so the decision controversially made to pull back.
Mark Felton on fire.
I've studied Goering extensively and had no idea that he was involved in peace overtures at this late stage of the war. Excellent find, Mark.
Late stage? You clearly misunderstood, the topic of this video is very early stages of the war, 1939
Well done sir…more precise information giving such insight 👏🏻👏🏻
In Hitlers last will and testament, he mentions the many attempts to make peace with Britain. What happened?
Certain parties wouldn't allow it
The ones owning the British treasury?
The thirst for an unconditional victory over Germany, no matter the millions of people who'd die until then.
What happened? well he did bomb Britain , I wonder about Galland who said same as you
The British REALLY wanted a war. Churchill was a fanatic.
I have learned more about the war from this channel than from any other source. Nick J
Hitler was never interested in a war with the west, but knew a war with ussr was inevitable
That explains why he invaded western countries like France....d'oh.
@@gamerxt333 What do you expect the Germans to do once the French declared war? The can't pull off something like the Japanese vis-a-vis the Polish declaration. 'Oh we know you don't mean it and are being pressured by your allies. We'll just ignore it and pretend you never did it' simply wouldn't work.
I'm not saying the French were the instigators (they clearly weren't), but once war was started, if you can't end it diplomatically, then invasion is the only option.
@@gamerxt333In the aftermath of WWI, France oppressed Germany. I’m also sure French arrogance was a factor. Paris is fortunate that it wasn’t leveled.
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Hitler was surprised that france and england declared war on Germany, and they sent Rudolf Hess aswell in the hope to get peace with britain
@@Occident. Even if France did attack first, it wasnt a full invasion like what happened to them, which before Germany invaded, was more like a guessing game and not exactly a true war. And saying "Germany tried to avoid war with the west" is ironic regardless, as they knew there would be a reaction from invading other places because of pre-war alliances.
Interesting! Can't say I remeber hearing this before. Thanks Mr. Felton.
Having an interconnected aristocratic elite who ruled Europe was far better than the system we have now. Just imagine Dianne Abbott attempting anything like this...
Intriguing video😉🤓Ty, Dr Felton, for bringing this to light!!
It would be interesting to know how Goring would be able to effect a coup as Hitler was at the height of his popularity at that time and just removing him from office forcefully would have extreme ramifications throughout the military, the SS, as well as the civilian population. The only way it could have possibly been pulled off would be by assassination without possibly implicating himself in the act. History would definitely be different if had occurred. Very interesting video Dr. Felton, many thanks for posting.
Well, there was a network of anti-Hitler aristocratic high officers in the Wehrmacht who could possibly have effected a coup. But after that, who knows...
Probably, Goring would have made Hitler's death look like a tragic accident, and asked Germany to join him in mourning the loss of the great Fuehrer while he stepped in to take over.