The Strange Survival of Hitler's Cloak
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- In Oklahoma, one of Hitler's most iconic pieces of clothing is on display - a black cloak. How it survived the war and ended up in a museum was completely by chance, but it's a fascinating story...
Visit the 45th Infantry Division Museum website here: www.okngmuseum.com
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Imagine the stats on that cloak.
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Bwahaha
+10 to evil spells casting, +10 to menacing, +10 to intimidation, +10 armor
Yeah but you can only wear it if you're chaotic evil or you'll take damage every round.
@@PetieLee-5 likability -25 mental health
Well, heck. I know that many war veterans keep quiet about their experiences, but not telling your wife that the cloak she wears once belonged to Adolf Hitler is on another level.
Hahaha...so funny!
Probably didn't want to buy her a new one.
Cheater behavoir
It does highlight the point of intrinsic vs subjective value. She loved it for it aesthetic and intrinsic value, being unaware of its subjective value.
Some guys just don't GAF :)
My father once casually mentioned that he and his brothers would play war using some Japanese Hinomaru flags that his father brought back from the China-Burma-India campaign, but he didn’t know what had happened to the flags as my grandfather had died in 1975. I searched grandma’s garage and found them in a rag pile, still in surprisingly good shape. It’s amazing what treasures must still be out there, waiting to be found.
So your grandfather was a thief and a criminal?
My grandfather had a Japanese rifle that I used to play with. He picked it up during Guadalcanal. Unfortunately my grandmother "donated" the arms out of the family after his death, including his .45 sidearm. I love my grandmother and it was hers, technically, to do with as she wished, but it still bothers me. Oh, she also donated an incredibly rare Thaddeus Norris fly fishing rod to a fishing museum without asking anyone. It was worth about 24,000 dollars in 2015. Oh well 😢
@@FreejackVesa Shaketh my headeth
@@FreejackVesait’s always a shame when people don’t see the value in objects and give them away without asking others first.
@@FreejackVesawomen ☕️
I remember a conversation l had with one of my mother's friends when I was 10 or 11. She mentioned her late husband's uniform from World War l. Already a history buff, I said, "I'd like to see that." "You can't, she replied, "l threw it out." I shudder to think of how many historic artifacts have been lost! Just your usual great work, Doctor Felton!
My grandfathers British WW1 medals were left to the eldest grandson. Sadly he grew up to be like his father ( not related to the grandfather) and was Bipolar. He left the medals in his room he rented when he moved away. Fortunately the landlord contacted his mother, who reclaimed them. They were given to the 2nd eldest grandson who has taken good care of them, and now in his 60s looks to see if there are museums interested in them in Canada where Grandparents came to after the war, or England since the great grandchildren have no interest and never knew Grandad. Sad to see those things get lost to time, and disinterest.
She threw it out? Wtf what kinda person does that
"Beautiful cloak!" "Oh thanks, you like it? It was Hitler's."
Hugo Boss
Second hand cloak for sale, one not very careful owner.
haha "Oh you like it? so you agree WITH HITLER?!??"
In New Orleans Louisiana the Actual U 504 // People Slip up and Call me Lucky when I wear Grandfathers Navy Yard Coat... Except I also wear a Tri piece Green Oxford Suit from Godcheauxs ... well MoMo got Caught in Oak Manor Again
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OMG this is hillarious. A housewife running around OKC wearing Hitler's cloak😅
My kids used Iraqi army mess kits camping with the scouts..
I would love to be a fly on the wall when she found out..😝
I thought the same thing.
Especially if she was a Karen😅
Ive burst a little laugh too lol
I think the show "Band of Brothers" really did a great job illustrating how US soldiers took anything not nailed down in Europe, especially Nazi memorabilia. I think Mark is correct in that there has to be lots of treasures from these veterans still in basements and attics. I bet many families don't even know it's there since many veterans didn't about their war experiences or share what they brought home.
After WWI the Germans implemented a policy where any artwork obtained thru German occupation, they would then secure these pieces until wars end, to then have them returned once the smoke clears.
Forget what that policy title was in English 🤔
I suppose looting was always seen as an obvious and non-problematic part of war, even in the 20th century.
For those wanting to visit: near the end of the video, you state the museum is in Tulsa. It’s actually in Oklahoma City, near downtown. Two different cities several hours apart.
Cloaks should make a comeback.
The West needs more cloaks.
I think you mean 'an Empire Strikes Back'!
They are available by elite tailors. Warm , versatile, and practical over a suit - jacket .
Some men still wear them to the Met in NYC on Gala occasions.
Excellent for walking in woods, snow , rain.
A striking, yet practical garment.
Yes, but has to be something that catches on so that lots people start wearing cloaks at once. A single person wearing a cloak looks like a reject from a star wars convention. Trust me, I know...
@@hatuletoh I understand. It's a radical attire in today's casual world .
We look to history with such fascination, because of the culture, and clothing.
What will our personal - national styles be remembered for ?
It amazes me how you manage to find these stories, Mark.
Never in Hitler's wildest dreams, could he ever have imagined his cloak being used to send HIS silverware to a GI's home in the States, much less his cloak being worn around Oklahoma, of all places, by a LADY out doing the grocery shopping. Oh, the Horror! (I imagine Goering would have been very jealous!)
Mark should do stories on all the weapons brought back to the USA by G.I.s. They knew the value of those. One family inherited an STG-44 from a Grandfather and turned it into a police department in Connecticut I believe.
I was kind of hoping it would have ended up a makeshift baby's diaper 😂
@@Lerxstification I own one of Goering's spoons.
@@Lerxstification Why not. Us soldiers and army stolen tons of stuff so why would that be any different. Most ridiculous was operation paperclip when Nazi mass murderers were treated like heroes in US. Specially von Braun brothers and Hubertus Strughold. Between those 3 at least thousands died.
I saw this when I went to Oklahoma city (it's not in tulsa) and that is one of the best world war 2 museums in the world. It's small but amazing
I agree. I've been many times and always find something new I missed. They have an amazing firearms display too with hundreds of guns
Love the 45th infantry museum. One of Oklahoma's greatest places to visit
Next Mark Felton video: how Hitler’s socks and underwear ended up in Shanghai
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And Eva Braun knickers and nightgown in England.
I heard this story. Apparently they strain green tea through them. 😅
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No cloak and dagger here just Mark Felton doing his thing and providing us with another unknown gem of a story from the annals of WW2
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Well there is a cloak, just no dagger. :)
Daggers are the next video.
Cloak and dagger tf2
My uncle served with the 45th Division in these campaigns, I will have to recommend to my cousins that they view this episode. Thank You Dr. Felton.
This is how the world goes. Remarkable relics are forgotten about. This cloak barely made it. Had the veteran died, nobody would have known where that thing came from. As Mr. Felton said, try to find out if older relatives have anything interesting stashed away, because once they are gone and you are going through their stuff, unless you know any stories that might be connected to what's there you will have no idea. Likewise, if you own anything with interesting provenance or stories connected to it, write it down and tell your heirs. Or, if it's something that might belong in a museum one day, you might consider donating it before you die. Remember the dumpster's strong gravitational pull.
This is why history must never be allowed to be erased because i want to know about all of it even what clothes Hitler wore
There a video of Hitler talking to Eva Braun. They read his lips to see what he was saying. It was in late June 1944….”This morning you were complaining that the brown dress made you look fat. Imagine the problems I am dealing with.”😂😂😂
@@lemmdus2119where can i find that??
It was on the History Channel years ago. I would guess it might be out here on the TH-cam
@@coolandgood1010 It used to be on TH-cam...they read the lips of everyone at the Burghof on Evas films including Himmler complaining about his "work load."
@lloydchristmas1086 Yea, it was actually pretty interesting...
I imagine Mark was wearing a cloak when composing his channel's theme tune
It was composed by Elijah Robert and is an extract from a strange piece called Redemption's Last Chance. (Thanks to TH-camr VirtualR for identifying it.) I say the piece is strange --- it's a rag bag of unrelated bits in various styles, played one after the other seemingly with no effort to make them flow nicely into each other. The reason why Mark Felton's ident music doesn't have a resolution at the end is that there isn't one in Robert's piece.
@@rosiefay7283Put this up as a main comment, not a sub comment.
I knew it from another youtuber called Preston Jacobs who used it in one of his game of thrones theory series videos, I assume its copyright free music from somewhere?
LOL the master of evil tune :-D
@@rosiefay7283 A couple of years ago, during the winter olympic games, the tune was used as an interlude between medal ceremonies! Every time I heard it I thought Dr Mark would pop up and give us some 'interesting facts' about some obscure fascist who was captured in the area!
I love this channel because it focuses on the minute and often niche parts of history yet we learn so much from them.
My apologies if this has been said already. But the 45th Infantry Museum is located in Oklahoma City not Tulsa Oklahoma. Keep up the excellent stories of history Mark Felton, Thank you so much for what you are doing.
5:38 The museum is located in Oklahoma City (not Tulsa). Quite the hidden gem and totally worth the visit.
Lots of other stuff there. Captin Sparks was the reason why I went there the first time. I was amazed at how many Heros came from that area. Changed my of view people from there.
I think they have that set of silverware also. I thought I saw it a few years ago.
@@ScottPalmer-mp1we I lived around that area for a while and interned at the museum. There's an entire room next to the cloak filled with a bunch of AH artifacts.
@@ScottPalmer-mp1we They raided Hitler's apartment pretty good, around from the cape is a case full of personal items.
I agree the silverware is in Oklahoma City so I would presume cape is too!
How crazy it would have been to have been wearing a piece of clothing for years and then you're told casually "oh yeah, that was Hitlers". I can only imagine whatever was donated to a thrift store, what were the items and where did they end up, it amuses and intrigues me.
I have this (comtemporary) pair of black gloves made by Hugo Boss and whenever people compliment me on them I say "oh thank you, they were made by the same company that made the uniforms for the Nazis!"
Thrift store employee sorting incoming clothes: this bunch of clothing sure is a weird style, they all have initials in them A.H. I wonder if these belong to Allen Hazel on 3rd st? Nah he’s a bit shorter…..
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She was probably going shopping and church meetings etc and had no idea!
funny part is, back then, if an item didn't sell (within a reasonable time) it was deemed 'surplus'. meaning it was given over to be ''shredded and/or reworked'.
Thus (in all probability) the clothes became 'filing' for quilts or 'wool fibers' to be woven into blankets.
which given the needs of the time, mean odds are some family in Europe have a 60 yr old red cross blanket, with an infamous heritage.
We found a military type helmet in my grandfathers basement in Argentina. It had these lighting bolts on the side. We knew he was in the war but he always told us to keep quiet about it. I’m guessing he was some kind of an electrician or something.
Or SS
@@TrishDigginsDesign Probably that. OP may have discovered a dark truth about his grandfather.
Thank you finding this and then sharing with your fans/subscribers.
This cloak is located at the 45th infantry museum in Oklahoma City, and is definitely the most ominous piece in the whole museum. It felt super unnerving standing next to it to get my picture taken, but not as much so as taking a selfie in Hitlers mirror which is almost directly across from it. Well worth the trip though!
I really need to go to that museum. I live just over the border in Texas, and will be off work till August for surgery. Now, that is on my bucket list!
Super unnerving?
@@seerstone8982 exactly. It felt like he was standing right next to me
@@deniseroe5891 definitely worth the drive! Tons of stuff to see inside ranging from WW1 up to the modern era. There’s also a vehicle and aircraft exhibit outside!
Why is that in usa ? Doesn't belong there
Made him look like the real life Darth Vader
the other way around
Well thats kind of why we got so many star wars like inspirations of good vs evil like empires
I mean, he was in a way
I mean the Empire were in fact modelled after the nazis so it wouldn't be surprising for the idea of Vaders cape to be based off hitlers cloak
Lucas obviously drew a lot of inspiration from this era.
0:01 Hitler's Cloak
Loool
a dreadful spelling mistake would turn this whole place down
Mr. Felton, you have done it again! The topics related to the second world war that you unearth and lay bare for us to peruse and marvel over are seemingly innumerable. Thanks for your efforts to bring this history to light.
I can only imagine the Spouse’ reaction when she was finally told that she had been parading around wearing the cloak of Adolph Hitler. I’m sure he spent several nights on the couch 😬😬. Great Video Dr. Felton! Semper Fidelis SSgt B
She gave him a reich good telling off!
Goot Vun!!!!😂😂👍🏻
The *stolen* cloak you mean.
Black Cloak - Darth Vader! There's just something about those black cloaks that just makes the wearer look ominous.
Dracula also
Well Vader and the Empire were based on Nazi Germany
Most stuff in star wars were straight up copied from germany. Officer uniforms. Darth Vader helmed (medieval germany if im not mistaken). If only imperator had speedy speeches it would be total package.
@@hagestad the helmet is loosely based of a samurai helmet, kabuto, menpo etc
Although Mark thought it looked ridicolous, which makes me think Marky boi dont have the shoulders to wear one LOL
1:20 That makes him look cool rather than ridiculous.
As mentioned, the 45th Infantry Museum is in Oklahoma City less than a mile from I-35 and definitely worth a visit. I used to volunteer as a docent and heard some legendary stories about various donations including an incident where a WW2 Japanese grenade detonated in a car trunk out in the parking lot. You can see the original 'Willie and Joe' drawings with editor's notes on the margins, the Reaves firearm collection dating back to the Revolutionary War and vehicles both inside and out including 3 Shermans, howitzers, DUKW, M113 personnel carrier from Vietnam displayed with lots of period gear and a newly restored US 81mm Mortar Halftrack. At some point the entire collection is moving to a new building but I highly suggest visiting before then to experience the old armory and its unique atmosphere.
A Mark Felton video drops as I'm watching Mark Felton.. amazing!
The astronaut meme but it's just Mark Felton productions
At university we had a professor who used to wear a cape. Kids in the first year called him batman. He looked awesome.
Did he look like Professor Snape by any chance?
@@jodofe4879 LMAO. "Another point from Gryffindor!"
That or Frank Costanzas lawyer.
@@nicholai1008 Now I remember that episode! Thanks!
@@nicholai1008Larry David in a cape 👍
Amazing stories that never cease to amaze me. Thanks Mark
I visited the museum a few years ago for my birthday, hearing the exact same story word to word from one of the workers touring the halls.
I interned there for almost 3 months handling artifacts, and they let me touch this very cloak as thanks after I finished my internship.
Imagine my surprise when I saw Mark make a video about this!
You know life is good when Mark Felton releases another rare history video
Not surprising because brits like to talk and savor the sound of their own voice.
hitler's cloak must be worth at least a million dollars.
Ironically, the 45th Infantry Division's unit badge featured a Red Diamond with a Yellow Swastika [vertical] prior to 1939. Originally a unit of the Oklahoma National Guard, the symbol was in recognition of the State's Native American heritage. No affiliation with German national socialism was ever intended. When War broke out in Europe, it was quickly dumped. The symbol that replaced it was an eagle/thunderbird in Yellow... [5:16]
*"no affiliation"* 🤭
@HootOwl513 ---> You are correct. The Headquarters building of the 40Th Infantry Division (Mech.) at Los Alamitos, California has (or had? I Ieft there in 2007) several display cases on the wall of the various shoulder patches worn by the many Regiments, Divisions of the Army National Guard, and Regular Army units and some foreign units from WW1 era to WW2 and Korea. I recall seeing that one from Oklahoma.
{[ BTW - Los Alamitos used to be a Naval air Station built early in WW2. It was till a highly functioning N.A.S. with anti-submarine patrols and fighter jets scrambling into the 1970's. They put up a large sign on Lexington Drive after the whining, sniveling civilians who bought new homes built near the Naval Air Station complained about the sound.... years after the station was built in a farm field. The sign said: "Pardon our noise: It is the sound of freedom!" (I hate idiotic civvies that move next to a Base and then whine & cry about the sound of "The War Mongers") .... On the front porch of the Headquarters building are two huge old naval cannons from the 1800's pointing north toward the flagpole. ]}
Fast Forward some years, and now my son lives in Oklahoma and has been in a museum in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and he sent me a photo of the "Bird" patch of the 45th Division and a few other military items on display there. Several tribal members have been in that Division over the years.
@@gusloader123 I worked on one of the loudest jet planes, ever, the Hawker-Siddeley AV8A Harrier. The Rolls-Royce Bristol Pegasus powerplant was about 51% of the aircraft's total mass. When I was at MCAS Yuma in the late '70s, an Orange Orchard was situated across the road from our airbase. It is now townhouse condominiums. I can only imagine the throngs of neighborhood karen-moms complaining the noise is harming their kids' hearing.
@@HootOwl513 🙂😁 M.C.A.S. Yuma !?! Hope they issued you lots of suntan oil and a wide brimmed hat and gallons of ice water! What a small world. Later 70's I was Infantry, stationed at Camp Pendleton, California and next door to my Home-of-Record (about a 1 & 1/2 hour drive north of Pendleton), was a U.S.M.C. Aviation Ordnance man stationed at Yuma. If he had a 3-day weekend I would see him and chat about stuff. Our families (sisters) both had horses on the property.
@@gusloader123 I was a 6635 Avionics Troubleshooter. We were most effective in that climate on the night crew. [I did get a big white Resistol Panama hat at the local feed store for off-duty daytime use.] Usually I was with the Swing Shift 1400-0200. We often had to wait until dark to work on some of the planes left out on the flightline in the sun. You could burn your hand on the hot metal of the wing without gloves. To this day, I still have my main meal at midnight -- Mid Rats.
Semper Fi.
Dr Felton,I don’t know how you managed to pull this one out of the bag,fascinating,thank you.
Australians were active souvenir collectors in WW1 too. In a little cafe in a village in northern New South Wales I saw a German Krups shell casing being used to grow pot plants. And it was quite a large shell casing too; can't imagine how the soldier easily carried that home from France!
Mark Felton: “Hitler flirted with wearing black capes which looked rather ridiculous on him.”
*proceeds to show badass picture of Hitler in a black cape*
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i was thinking i dunno look pretty snazzy
I’ve went to the museum in Oklahoma City. My father served in the 45th during the Korean War. I went there with him. There are many other items in the museum that belonged to Hitler. Including one of his uniforms. Also a wash basin with its mirror. I found it creepy looking into the same mirror that once ha his reflection in it. It’s a great museum. Very educational. I recommend it.
My dad was in the 45th at Anzio - specifically the 157th Infantry Regiment - got badly wounded May 26 during the breakout.
It's probably a portal to Hell.
If you take the selfie with an old Leica camera using Agfa film, when you develop it there will be a certain face looking back at you from the mirror....
you always find interesting stories. I consider myself to know A LOT about world war 2,I have been reading about it since I was probably 12 I'm a huge military history nerd. You always manage to find something I didn't know despite my many years of studying the subjects. Keep up the great work. you get 13 Iron crosses out of a possible 10
Wow, I did not know that and I live in Oklahoma City. I will have to go see it. Thanks.
Now I want a cloak and I’d also like to regrow my mullet.
Ugh that would look so pretentious, lol
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MULLET POWER!!
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I know of no other TH-cam channel that brings such consistently interesting and often obscure history and stories of WW2. The comment section being filled with compliments directly to Mark is a testament to what I just said above.
The best information resource on WW2 on TH-cam.
@@jackhowland3737 100% Agree with you. I'm always so glad to see peoples interest in everything Mark brings to the channel. 👍🪖
He never talks about himself or slides into waffling.
@@suzannenorth308 That is so true, on a man judging another man level Mark shows no arrogance, he is fact humble in the best ways. 👍
As others have pointed out , the 45th Infantry Museum is located just off of Interstate 35 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and not Tulsa, Oklahoma. As others have pointed out, the museum is truly a hidden gem that contains some of the largest collection of Adolf Hitler's personal items including the cloak from this video, some hand towels engraved with the Initials "A. H.," and a large mirror from his Munich apt. There is just something creepy about gazing at yourself in the same exact mirror that Hitler himself gazed in on more than one occasion. Probably the best part of the museum is that it is free of charge with donations accepted and appreciated.
Really good post. I had never even thought that some of Hitler's clothes could have survived. I assumed he wanted every physical trace of himself to be destroyed, especially his corpse
What absolute timing, My AP European class just took a visit to the 45th Infantry Division Museum, where I got to see this in person.
I always wonder if it's actually the original things in these museums
Thank you Dr. Felton. You inspire a new generation of historians.
I was at that museum two years ago. It's a fantastic museum, well worth a visit.
I just love that fact that he had a cloak. It's also recognizeable in Darth Vaders design.
The black cloak used by Darth Vader was no doubt inspired by Hitler's very own.
The whole Empire in Star Wars was based on the nazis, I believe.
I think the entire "Empire" was inspired by the Nazi regime.
No no from Zoro. 🙈
@@theblackhand6485 Zoro's first apperance was in 1996. The first Star Wars was made in 1977.
@WadaZable Zoro's been around since the 1920s, and if anyone is deserving of a black cloak, Hitler's probably one of the very few.
Mark Fenton: Treasure Hunter sounds like a great spinoff series
More of these, please, Dr. Felton. When I go to a garage sale or flee market I always keep an eye open for anything that might possibly come from this time period. Nothing yet.
Amazing, not just that certain WW2 items survive today, but more so how they got here and some at the time were not spoken about or simply overlooked.
I would rather like that rainproof one. Does look really practical. Whilst we're searching basements and attics, can you keep an eye out for missing episodes of 60's Doctor Who as well? You never know...
I imagine that for reasons of copyright, they will remain hidden for another 30 years, by which time the videotape player may be extinct.
I have one, they're very neat. Mine is meant for horse riding, it's not quite like an European one, it has holes for the arms to stick through and buttons up the whole way. Still, very much better than an umbrella
Marks description of history never ceases to amaze!
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I wonder where the Blutfahne is now ?? What a find that would be. Great article Mark Felton your the best.
My grandfather was in the 45th and I’ve been to the museum several times. It’s kind of astonishing to see the cloak there and see it being worn in videos. Almost a piece of evil personified
Thank you Mark Felton greetings from the Marshall Islands🇲🇭💯
And from Washington state USA!
Great video. Insane that some random woman walked around with hitlers coat on lol
Keep 'em coming Mark...unbeatable evening viewing! Thank you.
“After the war, I shall haunt an old castle in Romania.”
Been to the 45th infantry div museum. Excellent place to visit
Been going there since I was a kid and never get tired of going back.
With no knowledge of the matter, I still correctly predicted that this would be a tale of an American soldier stealing everything in sight.
I don't think soldiers looting is restricted to the American nationality. Soldiers of every winning side throughout history have participated in looting. If I remember correctly a number of Germans (especially Hermann Göring) stole a number of pieces of art from the Louvre and a number of other museums around Europe early in the war.
Fantastic story Dr Felton and thank you for being correct and saying “hitlers apartment was thoroughly looted by American troops”
Mark, thank you for bringing these stories to life. No one would have ever known had you not done this story.
He really looks like a comic book villain in these cloaks
Ironically the old insignia of the 45th, had a swastika.
Comic book villains look like him...
Once again, the good Dr giving us content we never knew we needed
That’s why I love this channel. You think you finally know everything about the WW2 only for Dr Felton to drop a completely new and fascinating story on you.
Also I would have loved to have been there when the gi said “oh yeah, forgot to mention but that cloak you’ve been wearing was hitler’s” 😂
I find it ironic that the very same cloak worn by a man whose symbol was the swastika, wound up in a museum for the 45th division whose symbol was once a yellow swastika.
Loved it, but the location of the museum is in Oklahoma City, not Tulsa. Been there many times
Thanks Mark. I really enjoyed this story especially the Wife & the Cloak.
Mark, is this kind of knowledge and detail that puts you head and shoulders above others youtube historians.
Thank you so much.
God bless you Dr Felton for your work, time, effort, and the time involved in the making of these awesome tell tales of fact and truth of what happened to the everyday things of people who were outlaws of the world and many people fought to put a end to so people could be free and not slaves until they were worked to death then gassed. Have a good morning and enjoy your Wednesday.
Another Mark Felton video. many thanks for the history lesson Dr. Felton!
The abandonment of the cloak has been a disaster for Western society
That goes for capes as well.....
Pardon ?????
@@sakabula2357 NO CAPES.... Did you not learn anything from Incredibles???
I thought you meant this THIS cloak 😂
It would be difficult to drive in one, I would think.
Just an FYI Mark, The museum in question is in Oklahoma City. "During the 2021 legislative session, the Oklahoma legislature approved changing the name of the Museum from the 45th Infantry Division Museum to the Oklahoma National Guard Museum". Thanks for great content.
I love these stories, the more quirky they are the more i like them! this one is fantastic.
Always a great and informative day when Doc. Mark Felton uploads
My good friend Michael Gonzales was the curator of the museum for decades!
Many thanks for sharing, Dr. Felton. Until next time!
Super villains wear cloaks. Hitler is cut from the same cloth.
LOL, "cut from the same cloth" seems to have taken a different meaning when the soldier's wife modded it for personal use!
Thanks for the upload Mr.Felton!
Born and raised in OKC, I’ve seen this cloak several times at the 45th Infantry Museum. Amazing little museum to visit if you ever find yourself in town.
Amazingly and so informative.
I really enjoy your channel.
Ian from Exeter.
1:23 here we have Mr. Adolf preparing for his Devil Summoner cosplay
Dracula, as many will remember, also wore a black cloak.
Tha's who owned that particular cloak before Hitler!
You don't say.
Yes, but Dracula wasn't real and neither was his cloak
@@4Kandlez Maybe. But Dracula was evil, and so was Hitler, as many people believe. So the choice of garment was appropriate.
@@Clipgatherer I knew all the time Batman is evil, but no one believed me.
Only Mark Felton delivers content that gets 10K Likes in 7 hours. Another stellar example of your craft, Dr. Felton!
Supposedly died in the Berlin bunker... I for one am convinced that he was far too cowardly to take his own life, and indeed fled to Argentina along with all the nasties of his regime.
2:25 Definitely inspired the Vader cloak on some level.
Now if they can only find his dagger.
One of my favorite road trips as a kid was to the 45th ID Museum. On the way, I had no idea I was about to see so many items from Hitler's Munich residence. A very memorable museum visit!
I really enjoyed this episode Mark. I am from Oklahoma City and I remember seeing silverware in the 45th Museum there that had Hitler’s name on it when I visited in the past. I agree with someone else who has weighed in. The museum is in OKC. Thanks again for sharing this!
Didn't even know about this subject
Absolutely brilliant best historian in the world.
"Rather ridiculous"
Nope, absolutely not. He looked fabulous in that.
Mark, can you do video(s) on Soviet and Italian Paratrooper units during WW2. They seem to be the most overlooked when it comes to the major powers.
the 45th Infantry Musem is well worth visiting, been to it several times