Germany's Secret Interwar Air Force

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  • After WW1, Germany was not allowed military aircraft. Well, that's the official story. Here is the truth - the secret German Air Force that went to war...in 1919!
    Special thanks to Frederick at www.filmhauer.net for access to footage. Also visit / @m1945
    Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. He has written extensively on Japanese war crimes, POW camps, Nazi war criminals, the Holocaust, famous escapes, Hitler and other Nazi leaders. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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  • @grontelp77
    @grontelp77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    That Prueßens Gloria montage of planes lining up for taking off was epic

  • @ThatGuy-he6lc
    @ThatGuy-he6lc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    I’m pretty sure I’ve learnt more from Mark then all my years at school doing History...

    • @thebengalimapist3923
      @thebengalimapist3923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Me too

    • @asheland_numismatics
      @asheland_numismatics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Same here. He’s excellent at his presentation. 👍

    • @hooper4581
      @hooper4581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nah we just learned to pay attention 😜

    • @HaggisFritter
      @HaggisFritter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I concur,but in all fairness Miss Branigan my Gym teacher taught me things Mark couldn't have 🙂

    • @pk-sc8iz
      @pk-sc8iz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sheehan Riv umm ok then

  • @noecarrier5035
    @noecarrier5035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1541

    "Hey, those Germans are really enthusiastic about those gliders, should we be worried? They keep painting skulls on them."
    "Absolutely not"

    • @doodlesquatch277
      @doodlesquatch277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Nah, it'll be fine...

    • @neinnein9306
      @neinnein9306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      ...and they start building one-winged bomber models while imaging having jet engines.
      "Reimar and Walter Horten, come back and sit down to do your maths homework!"

    • @noecarrier5035
      @noecarrier5035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@neinnein9306 [flies out of the classroom with amazing fuel efficiency]

    • @krisfrederick5001
      @krisfrederick5001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They had Death's Heads on their kites, not a good sign.

    • @neinnein9306
      @neinnein9306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Fabian Kirchgessner Ja mei servus Fabi, is doch'n Dorf das Ganze. ^^
      Nebenbei, kennst du den Kanal von BTB-concept? Da ist sicher einiges für dich dabei :)

  • @maidstone1982
    @maidstone1982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1818

    that intro music makes me want to start a war with my refrigerator.

    • @MFC343
      @MFC343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      that's cold man, that's cold!

    • @roamereasy9737
      @roamereasy9737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Be cool! Be cold!
      At first have an icy cold beer then form fighting strategy against your refrigerator.

    • @bumblebeebob
      @bumblebeebob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Being l have a strong German heritage the music makes me want to raid the 'fridge, knock back a few cold ones, and then go on a road march.... er.. trip.

    • @gtfanatic
      @gtfanatic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do it

    • @JohnMoses1897
      @JohnMoses1897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Ulf Knudsen especially if it's a "programed" rumba vacubot - spying on you obtuse -

  • @thebiasfish3650
    @thebiasfish3650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +513

    Name a better learning Chanel than this one, I’ll wait

    • @noecarrier5035
      @noecarrier5035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Mark's audiobook channel?

    • @g3heathen209
      @g3heathen209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      "The history guy" is a very good channel.

    • @Roughneck253
      @Roughneck253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Drachinifel is a damn good channel when it comes to naval matters.

    • @g3heathen209
      @g3heathen209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Time ghost army's channels, history mache also

    • @noecarrier5035
      @noecarrier5035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would also like to mention Atun-Shei for US civil war stuff

  • @soothestation6664
    @soothestation6664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Before discovering Mark Felton: "I know so much about WWII."
    After discovering Mark Felton: "I know nothing about WWII."
    Thanks for sharing all these interesting videos on WWII. Keep up the good work!

  • @mashbury
    @mashbury 4 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    DAMN YOU FELTON ! Playing Prubens Gloria this late at night.. makes a man want to go invade Belgium .. this is totally irresponsible of you man ..

    • @IvorMektin1701
      @IvorMektin1701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I polished my Picklehaub.

    • @MMSaabChannel
      @MMSaabChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @neinnein9306
      @neinnein9306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      + ß for you

    • @siegel947
      @siegel947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      👏🏻🇦🇹

    • @mashbury
      @mashbury 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rich ... pervert

  • @atomic_wait
    @atomic_wait 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    'How many military aircraft have you built?'
    'Nine.'
    'Nein? You mean none?'
    '...Ja, das ist what ich meant.'

    • @eisaatana96
      @eisaatana96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That was about as funny as stepping on a pile of wet dogshit barefooted

    • @milkapeismilky5464
      @milkapeismilky5464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@eisaatana96 so, really funny? Cuz it was.

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Jake Kennedy And Islam is a religion of peace 👌🏻

    • @Zretgul_timerunner
      @Zretgul_timerunner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      By german standards this joke got someone killed and alot of laughs.

    • @unclestuka8543
      @unclestuka8543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its about time we had some fluent German on this post.

  • @simonkevnorris
    @simonkevnorris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I'm fascinated with the period between WW1 and WW2 as so much was going on in that period. Thanks for adding to my knowledge.

    • @williestyle35
      @williestyle35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Check out TimeGhost History. Their 'Between Two Wars' series is excellent. (:

  • @martienvanderplas5369
    @martienvanderplas5369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    There was also another secret German Air Force called the "Schwarze Reichswehr", there airfield was located in Lipetsk, Soviet Union (Russia). They had several Fokker D.XIII aircraft this all was against the treaty of Versailles. Nowadays the airfield is used by the Russian Air Force

  • @RJC10101
    @RJC10101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Had no idea this ever happened! Mark Felton delivers again

  • @jimmyyu2184
    @jimmyyu2184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    There's something to be said of those 'old military marches', really gets a person going; regardless of country and composer and era. Excellently done video.

    • @roscoewhite3793
      @roscoewhite3793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "really gets a person going"
      Composer: That's the idea! Mission accomplished!

    • @hankb1604
      @hankb1604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      German martial music is fantastic. The only martial marches that out do the Germans were composed by John Philip Sousa in the US!

    • @cormaryd
      @cormaryd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hankb1604 Another one, also in the World at War is "Wenn die soldaten" you can find a version sang by the Bundeswher mit soldatenchor. quite nice.

    • @JosePerez-vz1qq
      @JosePerez-vz1qq 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is the title of the march played herein?

  • @guyfawkes5291
    @guyfawkes5291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    As a ex Australian soldier, I love Military history, always have always will, thank you Mark Felton. You never fail at teaching new military history regardless of the country. More of this needs to be taught so we do not make the mistakes of the past and that the sacrifice of the those soldiers and civilians never forgotten.

  • @ottovonbismarck2443
    @ottovonbismarck2443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I'm German and have a French cousin. I usually play "Preußens Gloria" when I arrive at his house in France. I think this is appropriate, since our common grandfather was a Prussian (from Königsberg). Last time, my cousin came out with his hunting rifle ... hilarious ! :-)

  • @something7239
    @something7239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    2:00 when enemy soldiers are not killing each other, their favorite activity is swapping hats.

    • @paulwoodman5131
      @paulwoodman5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      An ancient tradition.

    • @mistermunga5861
      @mistermunga5861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In some way footballers do the same by swapping shirts after they kicked the hell out of eachother

    • @whysosyria1
      @whysosyria1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and just like that, they gave each other lice

    • @ccbwook
      @ccbwook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My maternal third cousin Adolf Jacobson, of Bertram, MN, was in the firing line when the armistice was signed; he said to me in 1965 that in fifteen minutes the American & German soldiers were all talking & exchanging names & addresses. He also said about the incoming artillery that it was bad -- but, that the first explosions after a lull were the worst.

    • @alanjamesh.zamorano1677
      @alanjamesh.zamorano1677 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Team fortress

  • @siggisten278
    @siggisten278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    Intresting fact about some of the swedish soldiers fighting for estonia, some where swedish estonians that had lived on one of the estonian islands for many hundreds of years some even dating back to a crusade by a swedish king which was suppose to take more of estonian land but failed and some swedish soldiers stayed on the estonian island. Some the last swedish people either fleed the soviet union when they retook estonia or fought against or forced to fight with them. There is a story about the last swedish estonian who now lives alone on that island because his father and brother I think was forced to fight for the soviet union and he was going to wait for them but they never returned. My memory about the last swedish man in estonia may be a little bit wrong so take the last part with a grain of salt.

    • @erikjohansson8769
      @erikjohansson8769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Very interesting, there must then also exist some estonians who are descendants from swedes.

    • @alwayswonderingwhy4317
      @alwayswonderingwhy4317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania were sold to Russian Peter the great for a good price. Same like Louisiana was sold by France to US. But they believe to this day Russia enslaved them.

    • @achyuthansanal
      @achyuthansanal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Michael Moretti Umm..so???

    • @davidberriman5903
      @davidberriman5903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Michael Moretti Oops. The year was 1867. My guess is that was a typo.

    • @ivorbiggun710
      @ivorbiggun710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@alwayswonderingwhy4317 Sold by who though? Did the people of the Baltic states have any say in it?

  • @codybailey855
    @codybailey855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    People at the office often say, “You know so much about History!” Me: Oh, not hardly. Let me introduce you to Dr. Felton! I’m continuously amazed by his work!

    • @pk-sc8iz
      @pk-sc8iz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      quick flex

  • @christianm.9960
    @christianm.9960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    Why did you used "Preußens Gloria"? WHY? Now i'm in war with my french neighbor... again...

    • @Wollemand
      @Wollemand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Christian M. Just use the Blitz on your camera.. Flash it twice, and he will run for baguettes 🤪

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣😊😂

    • @JohnMoses1897
      @JohnMoses1897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Become a peacemaker, play LA Marseillaise at full volume, at sun up and brighten his day

    • @ajace5883
      @ajace5883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Just play Ju 87 sirenes and there will come white flags out of his windows.

    • @alwaysbvb2937
      @alwaysbvb2937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      How many minutes did it take to win?

  • @davidkatacic7358
    @davidkatacic7358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    My history teacher : all of German airforce was immediately disbanded.
    Me:

  • @russwoodward8251
    @russwoodward8251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A great story. Thanks. I appreciate all of your productions and writings.

  • @cxllin2178
    @cxllin2178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    The music at the start is so satisfying

    • @naradaian9196
      @naradaian9196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      cxllin21 the music at the end is much better

    • @krisfrederick5001
      @krisfrederick5001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I say the middle on this one.

    • @rowanantonypajuluoma9421
      @rowanantonypajuluoma9421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mark always has the best audio.

    • @lupusdeum3894
      @lupusdeum3894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When you hear that opening theme, you know to expect a quality production.
      🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

    • @BlackStoneSlayer
      @BlackStoneSlayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Crank Yanker can u name the into music

  • @trghostz5025
    @trghostz5025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Hell yeah, finally a video on this!

  • @sebastiangrob4813
    @sebastiangrob4813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Like for Preussens Gloria, And of course the production quality

    • @chomik86
      @chomik86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean prussian madness.

    • @BlackStoneSlayer
      @BlackStoneSlayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can u name intro music

  • @jesusfreak1700
    @jesusfreak1700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Love it, cheers Dr. Felton!

  • @noecarrier5035
    @noecarrier5035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    "Hmm, those are some unusually fast and capable civilian airliners they've been cooking up. Should we be worried?"
    "Steve, you're fired"

    • @davestevens6283
      @davestevens6283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      " After all, they've learned their lesson"

    • @Bonanzaking
      @Bonanzaking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don’t you mean shut up Carl?

    • @meijiturtle3814
      @meijiturtle3814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They were initially described as fast mail planes.

    • @noecarrier5035
      @noecarrier5035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@meijiturtle3814 Ah, yes. Fast mail service. "To whom it may concern"

    • @melchiorvonsternberg844
      @melchiorvonsternberg844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davestevens6283 You're so right! Both of them, the Brits and the Frenchies checked, that they can't aford it, to fight with the Germans. The price was their empires...

  • @AyebeeMk2
    @AyebeeMk2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You learn something new every Mark Felton production. Great stuff.

  • @derin111
    @derin111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What I enjoy about Mark’s videos is not just the unusual and oft little known subject matter but also the delivery of the content.
    It is clear and above all succinct. I have never heard an “um”or an “er” nor a wasted syllable. There is never the endless repetition that plagues some documentaries nor the tedious verbal rambling of certain TH-cam historians, who seem to take upwards of 40 minutes to make two points whilst enjoying the sound of their own voices (We know who they are, don’t we?!).
    They would do well to note Mark’s example and realise that whilst often the subjects in the titles of their videos may be of interest to many, most people don’t have 40 minutes to waste listening to them wittering on ad nauseum.
    Thank you, Mark !

  • @jonh9561
    @jonh9561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yet another great chunk of important history that I was unaware of, thankyou Mark

  • @neinnein9306
    @neinnein9306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    A patriotic Blue-Max-Holder and Anti-Nazi. Well, that's the Germany I love.

    • @neinnein9306
      @neinnein9306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      A man who already did his duty, torn between doing his duty again or stay true to his conviction.
      This man is worth more than being judged by an internet hero.

    • @oldesertguy9616
      @oldesertguy9616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@neinnein9306 Kind of ironic that the "internet hero" is the one hiding behind his keyboard, while criticizing a man who actually had principles. What "Waffen SS" fails to realize is it was the easy way out to just go along with the Nazis while they were on top. It had to have been very difficult for Sachsenburg to not go along with his countrymen. I applaud him staying true to himself.

    • @LOGISTICS1987
      @LOGISTICS1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Prussian Glory is such a wonderful tune to hear

    • @ExVeritateLibertas
      @ExVeritateLibertas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well in today's Germany being patriotic automatically gets you a neo-Nazi charge.

  • @varovaro1967
    @varovaro1967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Summer? No, Mark Felton never stops!

  • @daichishimmura9886
    @daichishimmura9886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    This is more fun way to learn rather than the boring teacher explaining without detail

    • @koenigskiller02
      @koenigskiller02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes thats true but our history teachers would never talk or even know about these topics

    • @captainicarus9525
      @captainicarus9525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It doesn't make sense to overload history lessons with tons of details for a mass of pupils. I really appreciate Marks work for sure! There are many topics to talk about in history and Mark can be a good role model in ways of research and presentation. Don't blame your teachers. Share Mr. Feltons content :)

    • @marwanelsa7edy419
      @marwanelsa7edy419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It the music there some thing to it

    • @Ayeshteni
      @Ayeshteni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Any history is taught better with the addition of Preussen Gloria!

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@captainicarus9525 THIS

  • @Biggocat
    @Biggocat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Splendidly and most gratifying again
    Gut gemacht Mark!

  • @whoareyou1034
    @whoareyou1034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    So one german airman became an Anti-Nazi. Another aviator did a 180 and decided to just do the hydrofoil.
    Madlads.

    • @trauko1388
      @trauko1388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Both were anti-nazi and refused to join the LW, Göring squad mates refused to invite him to veteran meetings in spite of him being the last Squadron commander... pilots seemed to mostly reject the nazis. Save for the scumbags of course...

    • @Gallic_Gabagool
      @Gallic_Gabagool 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@trauko1388 Why is that? Is it because they tended to be upper class Prussian aristocrats?

    • @khoi83
      @khoi83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Gallic_Gabagool officially the NSDAP was a workers' party.

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@trauko1388 The didn't invite him because they only saw him as a Jew, ironic as Richtofen would never have stood for it, they were friends.

    • @ivorbiggun710
      @ivorbiggun710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Gallic_Gabagool Jacobs was a Rhinelander. After his involvement in the conflict against the Bolsheveiks he became an accomplished bob sleigher and speed boat racer and set up a small aviation manufacturing company. He did actually join the Luftwaffe reserve after Hitler came to power but refused to join the Nazi Party. He fell out with Goering when the latter tried to muscle in on his company and moved it to the Netherlands. When Germany invaded Holland he went in to hiding but survived WW2. After WW2 he moved to Bavaria and set up a construction crane company. He was a very enthusiastic source for WW1 aviation historians. He passed away in 1978, the last surviving holder of the Pour le Merite.

  • @lotharvonrichthofen4474
    @lotharvonrichthofen4474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent and informative as always Mr. Felton

  • @DeTooR
    @DeTooR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My bedtime history lesson. Thank you!

  • @mountainmanmethod4613
    @mountainmanmethod4613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nobody does it like Mark! The standard of excellence!

  • @irongeneral7861
    @irongeneral7861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a timely entrance of "Preussens Gloria" ... and well done with the rest of the video as well! :)

  • @296Echo
    @296Echo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The depth of your knowledge Sir is truly remarkable ..... please keep up your amazing work !!

  • @JoeMun
    @JoeMun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Imagine having notifications turned on for this channel to come and dislike these videos... the audacity 😒

    • @eisaatana96
      @eisaatana96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imagine caring about people disliking a video on youtube

    • @stevenobrien557
      @stevenobrien557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@eisaatana96 it effects the income and thus future output of a channel we like so don't be so obnoxious.

    • @JoeMun
      @JoeMun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jake Kennedy hrrrdrrrrdrrrrr

    • @slartybartfarst55
      @slartybartfarst55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@eisaatana96 You, Sir, are an Idiot. Please leave.

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stevenobrien557 I didn't know that about "thumbs down" votes. Where does one find out all of the mysterious rules of TH-cam?

  • @tttyuhbbb9823
    @tttyuhbbb9823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Dr Mark! You are incredible! The world needs at least 100 more historians as efficient, hardworking, and well informed as you are! 👍👍👍

  • @stephenclaymcgehee2931
    @stephenclaymcgehee2931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    My grandmother, born in Riga, Latvia in 1889, would tell us stories of that period of time. She said, more than once, that "the Nazis were angels compared to the soviets." (she meant the German troops - Nazis hadn't been "invented" yet). I have never known of anyone with a more intense hatred for communism than my grandmother who had first-hand experience with them. I'm proud to say that she passed that trait along to me.

    • @lrakretor3426
      @lrakretor3426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      perhaps you are simply blinded by hatred.

    • @s.marcus3669
      @s.marcus3669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      It's up to people like you and me to preach the gospel of conservatism and hatred of Communism. Prager University has an excellent video on "Why Communism Isn't Vilified Like Nazism" that EVERYBODY should watch.

    • @jaikee9477
      @jaikee9477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I am German and there is tons of evidence for eastern Europeans welcoming our troops to their countries, seen as liberators from the communists. Hitler's major goal was the defeat of Soviet Russia before it would attack Europe. Then Britain declared war on us and we were forced to invade western Europe.
      The idea that Germany tried to conquer the world is nothing but stupid wartime propaganda.

    • @deanpd3402
      @deanpd3402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jaikee9477 Ukrainians loved the Nazis and with very good reason. None of this is revealed in conventional history.

    • @deanpd3402
      @deanpd3402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@johnburns4017 maybe both but most certainly communism. No one should ever make excuses for communism.

  • @240pixel
    @240pixel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greets from Lithuania Dr. Felton. Love your work!

  • @jamesmetzler2031
    @jamesmetzler2031 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This was fascinating, Mark. I had no idea that a German airforce existed between WW1 and WW2, Let alone had superior aircraft and pilots, including aces who scored impressive kill counts! Thank you so much for posting!

    • @scottmoldenhauer8908
      @scottmoldenhauer8908 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      German pilots also trained preWW2 , in Russia. So twice there existed a German airforce between the wars.

  • @roscoewhite3793
    @roscoewhite3793 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Going back into lockdown for six weeks from tomorrow - so I made sure I bought a Mark Felton book to help through that time. Knowing that there will be more videos to watch will be a comfort as well.

  • @royalproductions8704
    @royalproductions8704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I got my blood pumping when Prussian Glory startes to play!! Loved the video Mark! 😄😄

  • @EdemJansen
    @EdemJansen ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another work of art by Mark, thank you!

  • @MoldyChese
    @MoldyChese 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    damn the Music at 6:30 or Somewhere around that is Amazing (Prussian Gloria)

  • @ew3612
    @ew3612 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was an excellent delivery and the music was perfectly timed with both your narration and visuals.

  • @bill5457
    @bill5457 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent production quality as always, Dr. Felton. How I envy you your gift for historiography.
    And how interesting that Germany unintentionally provided the secrets of her advanced aircraft technology to her enemies after that war, just as she would do after World War II.

  • @Continuouz93
    @Continuouz93 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mark Felton, you are my favorite historian. You know how to fill people’s hearts that love history. You are a legend.

  • @RaiderLeo69
    @RaiderLeo69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The German military music at 0621 makes me want to invade the nearest pub, cheers!

    • @BC_26fhj
      @BC_26fhj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is it called?

    • @OlOleander
      @OlOleander 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BC_26fhj seconded

  • @MrThekingofrock97
    @MrThekingofrock97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best war history channel on TH-cam, hands down. Interesting topics every week.

  • @tad27612
    @tad27612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Ironic, I guess, since the Weimar Republic would have a secret airforce developed in the Soviet Union later in the 1920s.

    • @tng2057
      @tng2057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When I first read the title of this footage I was thinking about the German air corps in Soviet Russia in the 20s.

    • @tad27612
      @tad27612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tng2057 I thought the same thing.
      If you've ever seen Babylon Berlin, when the character Stresemann is informed that the generals have set up a "secret' air force in the Soviet Union, it's funny since Stresemann is the one who negotiated it.

    • @karstenburger9031
      @karstenburger9031 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikeromadin8744 Hitler collaborated with Soviet Union, too. Had a good relationship with Stalin, until he decided to attack...

  • @nikonmark37814
    @nikonmark37814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watch all of your episodes and this is among your best, keep up the good work.

  • @rechtsradicaillou
    @rechtsradicaillou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This was super interesting and I especially love this period in German history. Babylon Berlin focuses greatly on the secret German airforce in the Soviet Union in the late 20s.

    • @mahogany15
      @mahogany15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, I saw that in Babylon Berlin and would love to see Mark do an episode on that, if he hasn't already.

  • @bravo0105
    @bravo0105 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your channel and videos are OUTSTANDING!
    THANK-YOU!

  • @lawrencelewis2592
    @lawrencelewis2592 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I once saw a Fokker D7 take off. It was amazing that it got off the ground in less than 200 feet. The pilot took it up and let it hang on the propellor where it seemed to hover in mid-air. I'll never forget that.

    • @lawrencelewis2592
      @lawrencelewis2592 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelpielorz9283 I wish! I saw the Fokker at an air show in New York- it was part of the Old Rhineback Aerodrome collection.

  • @peterdirlis6461
    @peterdirlis6461 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree, Prof. Felton does a great job. I’m still amazed how he finds all the great footage!
    Great job sir!!

  • @robertphillips6296
    @robertphillips6296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    It’s a shame that all of those aircraft were destroyed, they were of historic value.

    • @dennisvisser3910
      @dennisvisser3910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And some of the best planes at the time.
      And the blueprints for modern planes.

    • @benhooper1956
      @benhooper1956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ironically a lot of them were actually used by allied airforces, I know the Fokker D.VII was used quite a lot by the USAAF in its early days, and there are surviving Junkers D.Is

    • @drubber007
      @drubber007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not at the time though, more like scrap value.

    • @ivorbiggun710
      @ivorbiggun710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I doubt the people who had lived through WW1 and lost so much thought so.

  • @r2gelfand
    @r2gelfand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thoroughly enjoyed this video Sir Felton!

  • @DiogenesOfCa
    @DiogenesOfCa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The Blue Max has got to be the best looking medal of all time.

    • @Eshanas
      @Eshanas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's also one of the best ww1 air war films of all time.

    • @MoveAhead101
      @MoveAhead101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was a great game on the commodore c64, too.

    • @hansmueller3029
      @hansmueller3029 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed

    • @melchiorvonsternberg844
      @melchiorvonsternberg844 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MoveAhead101 The blue Max...? I remember this as flyin' straight ahead and firin' at the opponents. What was soooo exciting about?

    • @ivorbiggun710
      @ivorbiggun710 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are some very nice replicas for sale on Ebay for very reasonable prices. If you want an original though.... $$$$$$$$$$$$$!

  • @luciusvorenus9445
    @luciusvorenus9445 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic video from Dr. Felton on an interesting subject.

  • @Sonnypdful
    @Sonnypdful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Finally time to go to bed for today!"
    Mark Felton uploaded a new video.

  • @allenpinnix5241
    @allenpinnix5241 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent as always-- Dr. Felton takes what others call the footnotes of History and turns them into entire books! Many thanks!

  • @aregularperson7573
    @aregularperson7573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Yeah this channel has taught me more about history then history class has ever taught me

    • @ColinH1973
      @ColinH1973 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like all of us! 😁

    • @hrvojegrgic5111
      @hrvojegrgic5111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is probably because history in public schools is 100% politically controlled.

  • @ValerianMacMillan
    @ValerianMacMillan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mark, you've outdone yourself! Thank you so much for your work.

  • @Aislanzito
    @Aislanzito 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    congratulations on bringing this historic fact to us

  • @martinhogg5337
    @martinhogg5337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Something else I never knew. How you come up with these nuggets of history never fails to surprise me.

  • @kiwiguy4889
    @kiwiguy4889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love the WWI content!

  • @rbilleaud
    @rbilleaud 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Mark Felton documentaries. There's never any fluff, or editorializing.

  • @andreww3116
    @andreww3116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mr. Felton, I absolutely love your documentary videos. I live in the USA of German heritage and having an intense interest in history, I've learned immensely from your efforts. Thank you very much.
    It would be great if a major channel such as the History Channel, Discovery, BBC, PBS, or even a streaming service were to contract with you to create full-length documentaries. Such would be a just reward and provide wide recognition of your work.

  • @mrhud50n15
    @mrhud50n15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this Dr Felton keep up the good work you’ve taught me everything I know and helps my thirst for knowledge growing

  • @arnokilianski7889
    @arnokilianski7889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is very interesting for me, as I am descended from Baltic Germans: My mom's family came from central Poland, while my dad's came from Lithuania. (I'm in Canada, and would never even remotely consider "going back").

  • @hansmueller3029
    @hansmueller3029 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of a handful of worthwhile channels on this site.

  • @stressedpanda7205
    @stressedpanda7205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    8:42 "The Soviet air force seemingly incapable of matching the Iron Division's modern methods of waging war." (Observer manhandles small bomb over side of cockpit)

    • @melchiorvonsternberg844
      @melchiorvonsternberg844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This was an image, of the early WWI. In that time period, the Germans had invented the concept of close ground support, or Schlachtflieger, which means battle planes. And this worked very well, includin' tank killing from planes. Well performed in march 1918...

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if his name was Norden?

    • @DawnOfTheDead991
      @DawnOfTheDead991 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I noted that too!

  • @artkoenig9434
    @artkoenig9434 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The march was a stirring addition to your presentation! Thank you!

  • @ilhamionur
    @ilhamionur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would love to see a video about Turkish Brigade in Korean War. One of the most unexpected crossover episodes in History. You are a man of culture, Pls make it happen.

  • @Bikerbug2020
    @Bikerbug2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simply amazing where Mark gets all of this footage.

  • @bruensal7182
    @bruensal7182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Last time I was so early, Hindenburg was still president.

    • @neinnein9306
      @neinnein9306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Last time I was so early, Hindenburg was still flying.

    • @bruensal7182
      @bruensal7182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@neinnein9306 hindenburg is HOT

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@neinnein9306 Last time… Peter Griffin still had the #Hindenpeter

    • @bruensal7182
      @bruensal7182 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @My Moni is XD hindenburg do have a sexy moustachio doe

    • @RichieGonzales_28
      @RichieGonzales_28 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Last time I was this early the Germany was still in Austria

  • @jimmuo9286
    @jimmuo9286 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mark, really enjoy your video Programs, especially WWII episodes! Thx..

  • @billyleroy2465
    @billyleroy2465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hello Again I have Theodor Osterkamps portrait in oil by a pretty well known Dutch artist done when he was stationed in holland 1917.

  • @shannonwittman950
    @shannonwittman950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Mark! Always getting the best research and narratives from your channel. Also, nice touch putting in the German Prubens Gloria. Inspires me -- and I'm only half German!

  • @iaminyourwalls2211
    @iaminyourwalls2211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When Preußens Gloria kicked in I had a moment--
    Edit: IT KICKED IN TWICE I- !!!

  • @morgandavid6908
    @morgandavid6908 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your stories just get better and better. Thank you for the time you put into them.

  • @Baerchenization
    @Baerchenization 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Of course Germany still has a secret space force on the dark side of the moon. Also, Antarctica.

    • @rwps3677
      @rwps3677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Psst! Don't tell that anyone...

    • @dennisvisser3910
      @dennisvisser3910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stil waiting for that sunbeam on moscow........

    • @Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu
      @Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Under the Antarctic.

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu subterranean caverns with volcanic vents for plant life.
      It causes a process similar to photosynthesis, but it's not technically photosynthesis.
      Sorry my memory is getting bad.

    • @ColinH1973
      @ColinH1973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, and Elvis sings to them from a London bus.

  • @KMac329
    @KMac329 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your productions are always so fascinating.

  • @historyarmyproductions
    @historyarmyproductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Its good to have something to watch, Thanks Mark. My parents are getting divorced so its gonna be a pretty hard and rocky time.

    • @oldesertguy9616
      @oldesertguy9616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good luck. This year really sucks, but it's always good to find something to take your mind off of things. Things may get worse, but they can also eventually get better. Just dedicate yourself to something to keep from dwelling on it.

    • @historyarmyproductions
      @historyarmyproductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oldesertguy9616 Thank you.

  • @MARfilms
    @MARfilms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every video of your is always insightful and informative. There was so many aspects of a war I though I knew so well until you make a video how much more there is to learn. Thank you.

  • @tomjustis7237
    @tomjustis7237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As everyone knows, the "Great War" ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 ... or did it? Germany's capitulation may have 'officially' ended the war, (note I said officially) and the major battles along the western front also obviously ended, but many of the smaller participants continued fighting each other in one way or another for quite awhile, and both the winners and the losers were in some cases involved. The British navy (after the Armistice) helped push the Soviets out of Estonia. Germans fought in Latvia (after the Armistice) to push the Soviets back. The United States put troops in Russia (after the Armistice) to defend the Murmansk ports against Soviet takeover. Poland had an entire fighter squadron made up of experienced American pilots who had (after the Armistice) supposedly 'resigned' their commissions to fly for Poland against the Soviets. Many other smaller participants of the 'Great War', with no connection to the Soviets, also continued fighting each other for their own reasons without the support of the 'great powers'. The Armistice may have been signed, and the war may have 'officially' ended, but the fighting and killing which started in 1914 continued for several more years. So exactly when did the 'Great War' end? I'm not sure that even Dr. Felton, with his obvious wisdom and skills in research, could answer that question. While I do not place myself on Dr. Feltons level, from what I have learned from my studies as an admittedly rank amature, the fighting that began in 1914 did not completely end until sometime in 1921. So did the "Great War' end when the major combatants signed an Armistice, or did it end when the last of the participants, no matter how small, finally laid down their arms? Honest opinions would be more than welcome.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go watch the Great War...

    • @swunt10
      @swunt10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      there was no capitulation. it was an armistice.

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It ended when the 'Super Powers' agreed with the Armistice Agreement. Those inter-fightings were not part of the Armistice, so technically were not 'breaking' the agreement.
      If you have a 'Group' that gives themselves some 'Group Patriotic Name', it is not representative of a country, so politically. if a Super Power backs the 'Group' it is not seen as a DIRECT attack Country against Country. That's why we have all the 'Dirty little battles' going on today. To be raw about it, I am disgusted with all of the 'Super Powers' involved and those complicit in their support! But, how do you test your 'secret weapons' and prove those weapons and keep your military trained and FUNDED, if you do not have some 'worthy cause' to support? The trouble is, this Political Travesty at the expense of bankrupt and politically fractionated regions has gone on for so long, those 'Groups' of people have reached the point today where they have had enough. They are abandoning their homelands or self starving their beliefs and adopting whatever helps them the best. And NOW, the 'Groups' are dissolved or so small, that the Super Powers are almost fighting, in reality, Head to Head.
      And now, to throw the 'Cat amongst the Pigeons', Covid19 has given a 'Blank Cheque' to VERY NEARLY bankrupt Super Powers, so they can continue! However, as far as I am concerned, that only means that the Financial Collapse of some Super Powers in the future, is going to come at a much harder, severe, crippling and devastating impact than the Great Depression ever did. I'm talking unprecedented Depression. History shows that ALL past civilisations have fallen at some time. Plague, Volcanic Eruptons, weather aberrations that cause drought for too long, or rain, or the 'too fast growth rate' out strips the resources and or a rebellion internally within an empire and of course, occasionally, war.
      The past 'Armistice' It's coming to a head now. Countries are so close to fighting countries, there appears to be a 'backing off' going on if you look for it. PERHAPS the one, slimiest, 'saving grace' is the growing realisation that mining of resources on asteroids is financially feasible and 'first in, first served!' The moon and Mars (and other planets) are internationally neutral zones, but not asteroids. It could re-focus a Super Powers money and political might to go into space. Jobs, jobs and more jobs and "unlimited 'technology needed' elements" to create advance technological growth and therefore GREATER POWER. Maybe????

    • @sincerelyyours7538
      @sincerelyyours7538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      WW2 is often thought of a just a continuation of WW1. So to answer your question, WW1 didn't actually end until 1945. Sure, some soldiers kept fighting on their own for months and even years afterward. The US Military and its allies spent the rest of the 1940s and the whole of the 1950s, as well as much of its new NATO budget trying to answer the big question "If Germany wanted to start WW3, could they, and how would they do it?" This while fighting the Korean War, then a bit later the Vietnamese War, then the Russians in a Cold War, and all that while putting a man on the moon at the same time. Those were some interesting decades!

    • @williestyle35
      @williestyle35 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      WWI ended with the foundation of the Soviet Union in December *1922* ( at the end of the Russian civil war, when most foreign troops left Russia and Eastern Europe. ).

  • @RON-nw9si
    @RON-nw9si 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of your best Mark well done!

  • @arcticarazon6941
    @arcticarazon6941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You know things are getting serious when Prussian Glory starts playing in the background

  • @Tiagomottadmello
    @Tiagomottadmello 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great history journalism !! 👍👍

  • @cameronnewton7053
    @cameronnewton7053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    that classic military music combined with the old biplanes taking off was glorious your a excellent director mark
    now if you'll excuse me i have to grab my musket and go to war
    FOR PRUSSIA (even though i'm australian LOL)

  • @Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo
    @Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The compilation of footage is, as always, excellent.

  • @Gregorio416
    @Gregorio416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Driving home after working at a satellite clinic. Never clicked on a video so fast

  • @TCK71
    @TCK71 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another amazing story, thanks!

  • @theprofiler8531
    @theprofiler8531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Extraordinary absolutely extraordinary history lesson. The films of the planes were magical. It was history right before your eyes. The martial music was a nice touch. I had no idea that the Baltic states had a Germanic population. You just can’t but help to learn new things from Mark’s videos. I learned about the Blue Max from the movie of the same name so it was nice to see an actual one and the men who wore them. Thanks once again Sir Mark.

  • @ekim000
    @ekim000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic stuff as usual. Illuminating the little corners of history that are overshadowed by the easy pickings. Thanks a bunch 👍

  • @robertcieslak1861
    @robertcieslak1861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God, I wish I could have had Mark Felton as my history teacher in high school or college. I'm sure my final grade would have been a lot better than the D I actually got.

  • @keithe.bilitsky833
    @keithe.bilitsky833 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is so much history amongst the history. Thank you Dr. Felton. 👍👍👍