Find the Führer: The Secret Soviet Investigation (Episode 1)

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  • The fate of Hitler is one of the most infamous subjects in history - but the investigation of the nation that was best placed to find out, the USSR, is often ignored or dismissed in the West. This series examines what the Soviets found, both at the bunker and Reich Chancellery, and also the medical examination of the purported bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun. Kept secret until 1968, the Soviet files reveal many strange anomalies that challenge the established story of the ultimate fates of Hitler and his wife.
    In this episode, the storming of the Reich Chancellery and the search for Hitler's corpse.
    Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, 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. 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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    Disclaimer: All opinions and comments expressed in the 'Comments' section do not reflect the opinions of Mark Felton Productions. All opinions and comments should contribute to the dialogue. Mark Felton Productions does not condone written attacks, insults, racism, sexism, extremism, violence or otherwise questionable comments or material in the 'Comments' section, and reserves the right to delete any comment violating this rule or to block any poster from the channel.
    Sources:
    'The Hitler Book', Edited by Henrik Eberle & Matthias Url, (John Murray: 2005)
    'The Death of Hitler' by Jean-Christophe Brisard & Lana Parshina, (Hodder & Stoughton: 2018)
    'Doppelgängers' by Hugh Thomas, (Fourth Estate: 1995)
    'The Berlin Bunker' by James O'Donnell, (J.M. Dent: 1979)
    Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Bundesarchiv; Imperial War Museum; Maksym Kozlenko; Grot; Dnn-Dennis; Lacy Scott & Knight; KulturEin.

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  • @bomberboi5405
    @bomberboi5405 ปีที่แล้ว +2121

    It's a good day when Mark Felton uploads

  • @The_dude_channel
    @The_dude_channel ปีที่แล้ว +1176

    Videos like yours are getting harder to find but I’m glad some one is trying so hard to preserve real history.

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      If you despise communism like I do watch Lloyd DeJongh. Another awesome teacher.

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      @cauliervassallo6955 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Lindybeige is good

    • @CrashLoveless
      @CrashLoveless ปีที่แล้ว +47

      What I appreciate is Dr. Felton‘s care and skill in picking the pictures he uses for these videos. You see so much bullshit today that is talking about some historic event of World War II, or historic vehicle, or place, and not once in the entire length of the video, does the fool who is making it, actually get the background pictures right. Dr. Felton‘s care and concern, to present us with real history is a rarity and a delight

    • @Pantherking916
      @Pantherking916 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@CrashLoveless Well said!

    • @emmgeevideo
      @emmgeevideo ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Super kudos to Mark Felton but there are many competent history channels on TH-cam and the academic world produces a huge amount of solid research. There are many excellent museums worldwide. But yes, Mark's videos are distinctive because they look into new corners of history and even when he covers familiar topics he brings fresh new data and perspectives.

  • @spartan114m
    @spartan114m ปีที่แล้ว +312

    My dad was born during WW2. He loves history and when I turned him on to your channel he would get so excited about your latest episode. He would always comment saying "This guy is the real deal" He would go on saying how important it is to learn from this time in history to not repeat it. RIP Dad.

    • @luvmechanix
      @luvmechanix ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sorry for your loss. My pop is the same approx. Age and also loves this stuff.

    • @daniakalaina
      @daniakalaina ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My dad was born in 1939. He is gone now but not before passing on his love of WWII history on to my brother and me. He left me a Nazi flag and Luger he bought off a US War veteran. I am keeping it for my grandkids.

    • @greatjob7113
      @greatjob7113 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's with Hitler now.

    • @pablocruise9514
      @pablocruise9514 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just like my dad. He was a WW2 vet in China. He told us a lot of facts about the war that were not know to the wider public.

    • @kanabis134
      @kanabis134 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry about your loss

  • @luvmechanix
    @luvmechanix ปีที่แล้ว +322

    The toothbrush mustache was a popular thing among ww1 soldiers. It was the only facial hair that didn't prevent the seal of a gas mask and was a symbol that the person wearing it was a trench war veteran.
    In case anyone was what it meant i thought I would share.

    • @AltIng9154
      @AltIng9154 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes ... due to his Rotzbremse.... Hitler looked somehow British...😊

    • @requiscatinpace7392
      @requiscatinpace7392 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      They seem to be less fashionable these days.

    • @wyattcannon9865
      @wyattcannon9865 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@requiscatinpace7392 haha

    • @KlausEichmann45
      @KlausEichmann45 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@requiscatinpace7392I wonder why lol

    • @valerietaylor9615
      @valerietaylor9615 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The earliest pictures I’ve seen of Hitler with his iconic toothbrush mustache date from about 1919 or 1920, around the time he joined the Nazi party. His World War I era photos all show him with a much fuller mustache.

  • @moralfuxery
    @moralfuxery ปีที่แล้ว +25

    There is not a human alive that was more born than to teach the world history. I mean his intellect, voice and persona, are all built for this, and you can just tell this comes to him second nature. This is one of THE BEST channels on this entire platform. Has long has your into substance, and not people jumping into jello. Mark your awesome.

  • @amham48
    @amham48 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    Only Dr. Felton can provide this level of detail in a 22 min. episode.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

    • @user-ru9gf7ky2y
      @user-ru9gf7ky2y ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not a doctor. Does not practice medicine.

    • @eliotreader8220
      @eliotreader8220 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I understand that The title can be used for people who are historians

    • @identidem
      @identidem ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​@@eliotreader8220anyone completing a PhD is a doctor, the degree literally means doctor of philosophy (docere means a scholar or to reach). With medicine it came to be used a courtesy but it's the other way round now.

    • @Filmaker25
      @Filmaker25 ปีที่แล้ว

      That body at the chancelory must have been ol uncle adolf , it had the same coat he was wearing when he was last seen on film. Before hiding in his bunker.

  • @jdhutche35
    @jdhutche35 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    How could the history Channel not realize that people love this.... I don't understand how they have fallen so far. Really all of tv has. Thank you Mark Felton I can't get enough of your channel. Both of them are amazing

    • @diegoferreiro9478
      @diegoferreiro9478 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Oh, come on! Everybody knows nothing can match a freak discussing about Martians.

    • @stuarthipkins8336
      @stuarthipkins8336 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Say no to censorship.

    • @hurleymacmaster8262
      @hurleymacmaster8262 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Why don't they do these instead of aliens?

    • @Frommerman
      @Frommerman ปีที่แล้ว

      Because people who care about history as an attempt to honestly examine the past don't watch TV anymore. The only people watching network TV in significant numbers are boomers, who would be violently repulsed by the idea of a story told from the Soviet perspective.

    • @IanJohnGonzales
      @IanJohnGonzales ปีที่แล้ว +4

      History Channel ended being a show for Bidders.😅

  • @HC-cb4yp
    @HC-cb4yp ปีที่แล้ว +350

    My mother was a displaced person in Austria immediately after the war. She absolutely swore until the day she died that she saw Hitler in the back of a Mercedes one day.

    • @sneedfeed3179
      @sneedfeed3179 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

      Bro come on

    • @joeyp4099
      @joeyp4099 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      Wouldn’t be surprised.

    • @ganiniii
      @ganiniii 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      Quite honestly I believe she is not a liar. Still you must consider other possibilities. Hitler was an Austrian from the Kärnten region. Maybe she saw a relative a die hard fan who tried is best to resemble him. It's quite amazing how similar some persons can be. Also, the Kärnten region is said to this day still has a strong presence of Nazi ideology.

    • @brianfoster5748
      @brianfoster5748 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      consider all the incest running rampant in the extended family

    • @ganiniii
      @ganiniii 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brianfoster5748 what? Nazis weren't incestuous! They had disgust of handicapped and mentally impaired. They wanted to eradicate those of society.

  • @joegordon5117
    @joegordon5117 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thank you, Mark. This particular part of history has fascinated me since I was a boy doing Sixth Year history, my history master introduced me to Trevor-Roper's Last Days of Hitler account. As you commented, so many facts are still unknown or disputed around the demise of the top Nazis, which is no doubt why so many of us are still fascinated by it today

  • @Clipgatherer
    @Clipgatherer ปีที่แล้ว +85

    SMERSH is a name you know from the James Bond novels. But such an organization really did exist.

    • @MarkyMarkWalberg
      @MarkyMarkWalberg ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yeah, Goldfinger failed them a great deal

    • @enterBJ40
      @enterBJ40 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      STASI is also mentioned in some Ian Fleming novels. Back when I was a teenager I thought it was fictional until the 90-91 when Berlin wall collapsed and western had access to STASI archives. Then I confirmed that they were real.

    • @Clipgatherer
      @Clipgatherer ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@enterBJ40 The people of East Germany certainly knew better. ☺

    • @enterBJ40
      @enterBJ40 ปีที่แล้ว

      An investigation performed after Germany reunification, showed that 1/3 of East Germany worked as a whistle-blower for STASI.
      DEUTSCHE WELLE made a short report about STASI back then when Germans were free enough to raid the STASI central office and found archives and dossier from everyone. According to DEUTSCHE WELLE , days before reunification, some officials tried to destroy the dossiers with paper ripping machines but the task was so huge that the machines got broke.

    • @neilenglish8582
      @neilenglish8582 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, thank you..

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706
    @wayneantoniazzi2706 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Great episode! Looking forward to the next installment!
    I read Lev Bezymensky's "The Death Of Adolf Hitler" over 50 years ago when I was a senior in high school, a well-written and engrossing read. It was dismissed by most American WW2 historians at the time but in my then 17 year old opinion everything Bezymensky said in the book made perfect sense.
    I remember his into to the book very well, he said he had to get permission from the Soviet archives to view the pertinent SMERSH documents, no surprise, but didn't meet any resistance. It just took time for the request to work its way through the bureaucracy. And I've always remembered what he said:
    "Working with the Soviet bureaucracy is like turning millstones, but let's turn those millstones together and see what we find!"

    • @philipmulville8218
      @philipmulville8218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brilliant.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

    • @finnberglander7816
      @finnberglander7816 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another interesting "Soviet" read is "Icebreaker," by Victor Suvorov

    • @daveheath3728
      @daveheath3728 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The thought of going into a long winded extensive effort to try to prove that Hitler escaped to Argentina is wearing . Suffice it to say that there is way too much evidence and documentable facts to debunk the fuherer bunker suicide and Russian investigation "evidence " , as well as the Trevor - Roper white wash , as well as a mountain of evidence , including FBI investigations and documents , Hitler sightings and contacts by servants and supporters , and South American Police officials too numerous to ignore . The book Grey Wolf by Dunstan & Williams , and Quest by Melchor & Brandenburg make for a forensically more compelling case than the bunker suicide fraud . I personally have changed my view to the escape scenario from the suicide view based on the compelling evidence . The world has believed the other view and it has been accepted as fact for the last 75 years so that many cannot entertain any other explanation . It is up to you to examine tha evidence and then make your decision as to which is true and which is false .

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Never would have thought Professor Felton would leave us on a cliffhanger 😮 These are photos I've never seen before 👍

    • @kina18
      @kina18 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still never seen some of them as they are covered 😂 to protect against TH-cam violations 😢

  • @00madkaw
    @00madkaw ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Waited until all the videos of the Investigation were posted before starting. Watching them all back to back!
    Mr. Felton never disappoints with his level of dedication to portraying the past as it happened and not what we are all taught by those with an agenda.

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    One of Mark Felton's most long and detailed 2 part post. Kudos. The Royal History Society should equally be honored.

    • @dudebro3250
      @dudebro3250 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still prefer Europa the last battle to this.

  • @machinesofgod
    @machinesofgod ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Episode 1 was fantastic, can't wait for #2. I had known of CMEPW, but had no idea they were that feared and so powerful that even Marshal Zhukov was denied access by them.

    • @frostyfrost4094
      @frostyfrost4094 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So much new information

    • @MrSlavaoat
      @MrSlavaoat ปีที่แล้ว +3

      СМЕРШ

    • @machinesofgod
      @machinesofgod ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MrSlavaoat Yeah, I know. I don't have the ability to type in cyrilic

    • @warden330
      @warden330 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Zhukov had every reason to be afraid. Zhukov was a survivor of the pre-war purge of the Red Army high command. After the war Beria made repeated moves against him, and Stalin seems to have regarded him as a threat to his position because of his success.

    • @diegoferreiro9478
      @diegoferreiro9478 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@warden330 you are right, but in hindsight, if there was a man in the Soviet Union able to challenge Stalin power it was Zhukov.

  • @davidanspach1624
    @davidanspach1624 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    A masterclass, as always. I deeply admire your work and hope to some day be half as good of a historian as you, Dr. Felton.

    • @samssepiol
      @samssepiol ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not everyday the NKVD administers the body of another Party member.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

  • @MPGunther1
    @MPGunther1 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Thank you, Dr. Felton. Looking forward to Episode 2

    • @zyme4569
      @zyme4569 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me searching for episode 2 only to realise episode 1 was only just released

    • @MPGunther1
      @MPGunther1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zyme4569 😁

    • @petewoodman4736
      @petewoodman4736 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zyme4569 Me too!

  • @hustlegrind2642
    @hustlegrind2642 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Are we going to Argentina in the next video to investigate Hitler escape?

  • @willbrink
    @willbrink ปีที่แล้ว +43

    No matter how much I have learned about WWII, for the decades, I will never totally fathom the level of death and destruction of that war.

    • @Ryan-on5on
      @Ryan-on5on ปีที่แล้ว

      If anything, WWII is a sobering warning of how blind hatred, willful ignorance, and fanaticism can degenerate the precious spiritual values of any culture, no matter how high or low, and transform a once civilized, cultured people (remember, along with Himmler and Hitler, German culture also produced the likes of Beethoven, Goethe, and Schiller) into little more than bloodlust brutes who mindlessly sway to the rallying cries of a strong, dominant authoritarian leader.

    • @Americanpatriot-zo2tk
      @Americanpatriot-zo2tk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, the Germans asked for it. You play stupid games win, stupid prizes.

    • @skepticsr_us
      @skepticsr_us ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Americanpatriot-zo2tk It's way more complicated than this. Look at the amount of propaganda and gaslighting we've been subjected to over the past 3 years despite the availability of information through the internet. You think it was any different in the 1930s and 40s? Btw, do you think the Russians are currently involved in an "unprovoked" war?

    • @helmortkuper2626
      @helmortkuper2626 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@Americanpatriot-zo2tkActually the British asked for it.

    • @Americanpatriot-zo2tk
      @Americanpatriot-zo2tk ปีที่แล้ว

      @@helmortkuper2626 ooc ty

  • @1977Yakko
    @1977Yakko ปีที่แล้ว +106

    As for the theory of Hitler escaping, I sometimes wonder if some secrets are too big to keep. Also, given his health issues, not sure how long he'd have lasted on the run.

    • @Imtahotep
      @Imtahotep ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Look how long biden is 'lasting' > that's not much of an argument.

    • @brianlamb7937
      @brianlamb7937 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not even close to the same thing, that Quack Doctor was giving Hitler so many drug concoctions its a wonder he lived as long as he did. it's my understanding that the doctor like to use mercury in his so-called medicines.@@Imtahotep

    • @rdhunkins
      @rdhunkins ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@ImtahotepWell, Biden has it easy. Takes lots of naps and vacations.

    • @robert-trading-as-Bob69
      @robert-trading-as-Bob69 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Good questions. Big secrets lead to big lies, or thousands of little ones.
      As for AHs health, he had gone cold turkey to get off the stuff Dr Morrell had been giving him, so it is difficult to gauge how ill he was.

    • @Imtahotep
      @Imtahotep ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @rdhunkins and he takes enormous bribes too.

  • @166293
    @166293 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It is mind-blowing to realize how vague the circumstances surrounding Hitler's fate were already only days after his death.

  • @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach
    @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Always factual, never sensationalised. I deeply appreciate your work and researches. Though having seen the film "Iron Sky", I can confidently proclaim Hitler escaped to a moon base.

  • @MVProfits
    @MVProfits ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is the art of a master at his craft. Well done! With anyone but Mr Felton it would seem like clickbait. Now we just can't wait for part 2.
    It was also a crazy glimpse into Stalin's oppressive world that Marshal Zhukov could be dismissed like that by SMESH.

  • @f4ust85
    @f4ust85 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    The last days in Berlin are trully haunting and fascinating on so many levels. How strange that the vast majority of historians concentrate on the events on the battlefield but completely write off this chapter in a few paragraphs. Thanks for your continuous work!

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

    • @nancykaplan7163
      @nancykaplan7163 ปีที่แล้ว

      hollywood did not like the USSSR. frankly neither did england. america was torn about the USSR. respect for the people but stalin was amass murderer on level with the Nazi. so the fall of berlin wasn't going to get press.
      Germany itself (minus hitler) might have surrenderd earlier if they were not afraid the russians.

    • @milferdjones2573
      @milferdjones2573 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I imagine little German side documentation unlike earlier battles no German record systems still operating no one bothering to make any reports as they captured or dead. Leaves only the SOVIET side. And was a forgone conclusion no drama to it. What gets covered is the interesting battles for the most part.

    • @f4ust85
      @f4ust85 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@milferdjones2573This doesnt even concern battles or the military per se. As for Soviets, hundreds of witnesses survived that were present in the "Zitadelle" and either ended up in the western sector (thats what they all struggled for afterall) or were released from Soviet camps in the 50s, many of them wrote memoirs. In fact, the usual problem is on the contrary - the only memoirs commercially available were those by German officers living comfortably in the west, who put all tactical blame on Hitler, Goehring and other scapegoats who were already dead, and boasted of the unbeatable Wehrmacht, absurd kill ratios and so on, while the Soviet side of the story was often not present and not trusted.

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@f4ust85 ....and Berlin was captured by the Soviets and the evil madman Hitler killed himself and his guards burned his body outside his bunker and they all lived happily ever after, the End. Nighty night sleep well.

  • @Krezo200
    @Krezo200 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thanks for all the great Uploads Dr. Felton!

  • @yodasmomisondrugs7959
    @yodasmomisondrugs7959 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    Mark learning how to leave us on cliffhangers is great! Your presentation skills are reaching new levels of awesome.

    • @kevinlutz5994
      @kevinlutz5994 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Same Bat time. Same Bat channel. I'll stay tuned,,,,

    • @albdamned577
      @albdamned577 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      a real Scheherazade, that one! lol

    • @billpelican2773
      @billpelican2773 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait, is this like a spoiler? You mean they don't find him? Stop don't tell me

    • @chrisvowell2890
      @chrisvowell2890 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jack_Warner It's not for me to agree with your sound or otherwise!

    • @FrancisFjordCupola
      @FrancisFjordCupola ปีที่แล้ว

      To be honest, though, the cliffhanger coming was kind of more or less spoiled by the title including the words "episode 1".

  • @Zoped98
    @Zoped98 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Mr Felton uploads right as I get home and relax
    And its a multi part series with long videos
    And its on a more interesting (to me) topic
    Today is a good day

  • @davidgrunga
    @davidgrunga ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love these type of videos! There is something about Soviet bureaucracy that always makes any topic twice as interesting.

  • @davidfisher12865
    @davidfisher12865 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My maternal grandfather was born to an aristocrat German family in Germany, then his father moved to America before WW1. He worked for the oss during WW2, and was involved in operation paperclip. Had LOTS of Nazi friends. Got to meet many as a kid. They all said Himmler escaped, that body on the floor is a body double. The were adamant that borman was alive long after 59. and they ALL said Hitler died in 56 of a stroke on his boat. Eva died of heart disease in 79.

  • @uniquehorn1480
    @uniquehorn1480 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Typical of the excellence we have come to expect from Dr Felton.

  • @ba-dam9991
    @ba-dam9991 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wow… this is definitely the best detailed historical last days of Germany’s defeat. I never heard of Smersh but did know Stalin was banging his fist wanting to know where Herr Hitler was… probably died never being satisfied. Wonderful work by Dr Mark Felton .Always look forward towards your next history lesson. Thank you , Sir !!!👏👍

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Führer had the last laugh in this one.

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SMERSH ( Smersh Spionam, I think ) figures heavily in the first few James Bond novels/films. It's the villainous organization in the best Bond film, From Russia With Love.

  • @rajatsharma8697
    @rajatsharma8697 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    finally a 20 min video...thanks...please please need more of this duration

  • @asintonic
    @asintonic ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you Mark stellar as always!
    The Outcome of WW2 saddens me tremendously.

  • @Josh-wq1pw
    @Josh-wq1pw ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mr Felton, your channel is top tier greatness. Found your channel a little less than a year ago, and I've been hooked ever since!

  • @e24mpwr
    @e24mpwr ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A cliffhanger! :) Looking forward to the next episode!

  • @irish3335
    @irish3335 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Dr Felton is better than the history channel, in both content and significance - thanks for sharing!

  • @rumpstatefiasco
    @rumpstatefiasco ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A.H. died in Argentina in 1965,
    AND
    I cherish Dr. Mark Felton.

    • @mikejames5743
      @mikejames5743 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      in colombia in 1978 actually

    • @NH-ti5rf
      @NH-ti5rf ปีที่แล้ว

      In Berlin 1945. Göbbels would have never killed himself and his wife and kids without AH having committed suicide first.

    • @jerdonsbabbler3515
      @jerdonsbabbler3515 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Actually, he died in my foyer in ‘81. Very slippery and he banged his head.

  • @stonedtowel
    @stonedtowel ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Mark Felton would be such a badass presenter at something like tank fest or anywhere he could narrate/present. Your content is so crisp man, love the presentation and how you ignore all the fluff a lot of historians must have.

  • @patrickbianconi1817
    @patrickbianconi1817 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Despite having read and watched so much about the demise of Hitler, this first episode of the series kept me sitting on my chair as if I was at the movie theatre. Thanks doc Felton!

  • @waynehullihen3066
    @waynehullihen3066 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Oh yes. I’m on the edge of my chair. Dr. Felton you don’t disappoint.

  • @jaimiemadden590
    @jaimiemadden590 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This documentary is a most welcome addition to your exhaustive research on World War 2
    Thank you can’t wait for the next instalment

  • @bozzy6206
    @bozzy6206 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Interesting that you're trying episodic type of content! I'll give the entire series a watch and will provide feedback. So far I'm excited to see how many more topics you can cover in a long form video format!

    • @diegoferreiro9478
      @diegoferreiro9478 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Check for the whole Himmler and Bormann series which are both available, you won't be disappointed.

  • @void308
    @void308 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Only criticism here is having such historical photos blurred out. What a shame. A warning could have been put on the intro...

  • @ebergarcia1793
    @ebergarcia1793 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Poorly reserched television documentaries, sick burn Mark.
    Great content as always.

  • @royboy9361
    @royboy9361 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Dr. Felton, you are my favorite historian, hands down. I never miss an episode.

    • @user-ru9gf7ky2y
      @user-ru9gf7ky2y ปีที่แล้ว

      Not a doctor. Doesn't practice medicine.

  • @stephenbridges2791
    @stephenbridges2791 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I had not seen many of those photos. Given the technology of the time, there probably was no way to be 100% sure whose body was whom. Looking forward to the next episode. Great content, Dr. Felton. All of us interested in history really appreciate your efforts.

    • @thesteelrodent1796
      @thesteelrodent1796 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      they did have very detailed dental records, but otherwise they only had photographs to work with. But even today with DNA checks, you need a reliably source to compare it to, otherwise it's just as useless as trying to identify people with a photograph.

    • @clovermark39
      @clovermark39 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why would they burn the bodies?

  • @Valerycorbin
    @Valerycorbin ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Mark Felton always delivers

  • @danielvandersall6756
    @danielvandersall6756 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "SMERSH" of course makes an appearance in the James Bond books: SMERSH first formally appeared in the 1953 novel Casino Royale and subsequently appeared in Live and Let Die, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger. It appears very rarely in the films, however, replaced by the more neutral opponent SPECTRE.

  • @larsgagelmann5202
    @larsgagelmann5202 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Total spannend, dieser Beitrag, werter Mark! Freue mich schon auf die Fortsetzung.
    Kind regards from Bremen

  • @kevinlutz5994
    @kevinlutz5994 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    All your clips could be made into great movie scripts! Wow! What a great story teller. Who needs historical fiction when we have the facts? Truth is stranger than fiction. Keep up the very good work, Mark!

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hitler escaped to Argentina, watch the documentary film Greywolf.

  • @Mark-yy2py
    @Mark-yy2py ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As usual, another splendid piece! Thanks, Dr. Felton!

  • @kodibrooks5441
    @kodibrooks5441 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Idk what I would do without Dr felton's videos,
    Keep up the great work

    • @user-ru9gf7ky2y
      @user-ru9gf7ky2y ปีที่แล้ว

      Not a doctor. Does not practice medicine.

  • @SD-rs6qn
    @SD-rs6qn ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for the longer video Mark, it’s been a while. You’re number 1!

  • @simonleib1992
    @simonleib1992 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic work. So detailed. Thank you.

  • @erniebubbert5995
    @erniebubbert5995 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thanks Mark, in a depressing, polarized, crumbling, world your videos are one of the few things I look forward to. 👍

  • @christopherclayton8354
    @christopherclayton8354 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Love it and love the longer format videos. Appreciate what you do Mark!

  • @Bolivian05
    @Bolivian05 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lets go Mark lifting up my day with History

  • @craigd6261
    @craigd6261 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As always, an extremely well put together video that makes all of the facts you think you know so much clearer and adds details that you didn't know. Quality throughout and an example of how history should be presented.

  • @Lutefisk_lover
    @Lutefisk_lover ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another fantastic episode Dr. Felton! So much detail - and insight into Stalin and his security apparatus. Thank you!

  • @MrHaveaword
    @MrHaveaword ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I haven’t tuned in for a while Mark! But this one caught my eye, anyway - Glad to see you’re not running short on ideas, and still bringing light to these lesser known events! Bravo!

  • @StevenKeery
    @StevenKeery ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I can't hear or read the word Smersh, without thinking of Sean Connery and Rosa Kreb.
    Interesting that someone had the same surname in the bunker.
    I wonder if this was Fleming having fun with his characters.

  • @999kostuch
    @999kostuch ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You do realise Mark that you are nearing 2m subscribers? Well done!

  • @elliotlane3225
    @elliotlane3225 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Looking forward to the rest of this series. The series in Bormann was really good and informative and well worth a reviewing alongside this series

  • @kennyreynolds3406
    @kennyreynolds3406 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I appreciate your videos very much Mark.
    WW2 is my favorite part of History to learn about and you bring light to the stories i havent ever heard of.
    While you can find endless videos on D-Day, Stalingrad and Peril Harbor (your Chanel) is the only one telling the history that i dont already know.
    Thank you for that Mark Felton.

  • @polarperlen
    @polarperlen ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Paused the video at 0:04 to tend to the kids. I came back and found Adolf Felton on my screen...

  • @benitoharrycollmann132
    @benitoharrycollmann132 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mr. Felton, you're doing a true service to society by offering such extensive content. We need the lessons that history has to offer us now more than ever.

  • @lloydknighten5071
    @lloydknighten5071 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I ALWAYS have a reason to watch Dr. Mark Felton. He knows his material!

  • @karlferguson
    @karlferguson ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I will watch this another three times before you upload the next one.

  • @andrewarthurmatthews6685
    @andrewarthurmatthews6685 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another clear , concise, well delivered, beautifully paced historical documentary. No frills , gimmicks or obtrusive background music but just the facts . Mark Felton Productions has set a very quality bar for the other video makers to attain.

  • @coffebean94
    @coffebean94 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just by seeing length of video, the title, and it being created by Mark - you know you're in for a solid treat

  • @F40PH-2CAT
    @F40PH-2CAT ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Poorly researched television documentaries"
    Shots fired at @historychannel

  • @troyhanks7279
    @troyhanks7279 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh the suspense!! Thank you for another great presentation and your dedication to preserving history

  • @jimhoade9265
    @jimhoade9265 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best channel on TH-cam by miles. Thank you Dr Felton

    • @steinarholstmyhre
      @steinarholstmyhre 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Except dr. Felton completely missed the main point. There was no double suicide in Bunker Berlin. It was a theater, a fraud, the Bluff of all time.
      Two actors stepped in and played Hitler & Eva Braun. Even for a ´Wedding Ceremony´- all fake.
      Adolf Hitler died in 1971, say the South-Am inveatigators. Eva lived to 100 yrs, not bad. The Hitlers had 3 children together.
      We have their names. They´re still alive.

  • @jackmeeellleee4896
    @jackmeeellleee4896 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Morbid stuff, but of vital historical importance and fascinating.

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I do remember Smerch to be a plot point with a Roger Moore James Bond movie. The real history behind it is quite interesting.

  • @hoosierdaddy2308
    @hoosierdaddy2308 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Too many Germans under interrogation said he and she died there, and I believe that's what happened..

    • @bondgabebond4907
      @bondgabebond4907 ปีที่แล้ว

      The problem in war is that lies are told. Did all those Germans under interrogation get orders to say Hitler and Ava died in the bunker. Were any of these interrogated even there to see the bodies? We can't believe much of anything concerning this incident. I still believe Hitler was dragged out, with his wife, and escaped to Argentina. For the Nazi dream to continue, Hitler could not die and be left to the Russians. Think about it. People were fanatic about Hitler.

  • @Sgt_Bill_T_Co
    @Sgt_Bill_T_Co ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I believe one Soviet official once said that Hitler's body had been totally destroyed after being taken to Russia, my simple hypothesis is that it may been taken to ground zero at one of the many atomic tests just prior to Stalin's death.

  • @brandonha
    @brandonha ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The interrogation at the institute for the blind really only took off after the detainees said “actually, we’re over here to your left sir…”

  • @mersito3955
    @mersito3955 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Hi Mark! Since you have made a few videos about Switzerland during ww2 I wondered if you were aware of the Documents of La Charité-sur-Loire? It is not very well documented but it is about a secret accord that was found by the germans made by the swiss and the french before the war that say that in the case of invasion of Switzerland by the germans, the french military would have enter Switzerland and fought alongside swiss troops. That could be a not very well known subject to talk about because it would have probably changed the war. Ho and great video as always.

    • @giggity4670
      @giggity4670 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Don't think anyone would put trust into the French to protect them and the swiss had very good plans in place already to blow up all the ways in and out and bunkers to protect them and had very good defenses from the mountains it would of been nearly imposable to take them easily.

    • @mersito3955
      @mersito3955 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@giggity4670 It would have been harder than the Netherlands and Belgium but conquering Switzerland was possible and would have gave a good strategic position both for Italy and Germany. The fact is those documents allegedly existed so it was probably not so impossible in the eyes of the french and swiss.

    • @alexturnbackthearmy1907
      @alexturnbackthearmy1907 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@giggity4670 France is a local superpower, bordering the swiss. If not they, then who? Their forces were more then enough to crush germany AND defend swiss.

  • @mch12311969
    @mch12311969 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fascinating, as always Dr. Felton.

  • @oswaldboelcke5470
    @oswaldboelcke5470 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Once again, you are a gem. I love what you put out. Well done.

  • @lght5548
    @lght5548 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These are very well written and produced videos. 👍👍

  • @NickDD88
    @NickDD88 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I stand by the fact that Mark Fulton does some of the best historic documentaries around.
    I have watched since my senior year of high school (4 years ago) and have enjoyed these videos throughout University as well.
    Thanks for all of these, Mark!

  • @jerryjeromehawkins1712
    @jerryjeromehawkins1712 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A Dr Felton video??
    The first thing I look at... 22 minutes???
    Perfect!!!
    👍🏽

  • @htos1av
    @htos1av ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is such a good edification that I feel like I owe Mark money! :) Outstanding work.

  • @dave7244
    @dave7244 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One word, Argentina

  • @JessiOz2k07
    @JessiOz2k07 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am 3 minutes into the video and have stopped to write this.
    I am so excited to watch this entire series. So so excited.

  • @bigbasspa
    @bigbasspa ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Mark, I love your uploads. Thank you for making them a joy to watch as opposed to some uploaders who jump in all the time and ruin their posts. Top man!!

  • @danielfuqua864
    @danielfuqua864 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No where else on youtube can you learn as much in a 10 to 20 minute period as you can on Mark Feltons channels. Even the most minuit details that tie everything together are covered in every video.

  • @lobo5056
    @lobo5056 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I read a great novel. Out of print now. It was called ....titled Berkut, I think. Premise was Stalin refused to believe AH did suicide and sent his NKVD dogs who discovered suicide was a ruse. Just a novel, but well done detective thriller. Good research by the author. Thanks for the videoI

  • @douglasturner6153
    @douglasturner6153 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Eva Braun may have escaped? You're leaving us with a cliff hanger. Personally I don't believe she would have left her beloved "Grey Wolf"!

    • @rare6499
      @rare6499 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She went to the end with him no doubt about it.

    • @noirbl00d98
      @noirbl00d98 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're so naive.

  • @lokischildren8714
    @lokischildren8714 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a great day when Dr felton post a video
    The study of history isn't as simple as it seems

  • @jimthetrucker
    @jimthetrucker ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Where would we be able to see the unblocked photos at? Hard to make any judgement on the blocked versions.

  • @1FokkerAce
    @1FokkerAce ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I demand a board game called “Find the Fuhrer”.

  • @coling3957
    @coling3957 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Major Hugh Trevor Roper investigated Hitler's death soon after war ended - largely due to the Soviets misinformation on the matter- and his report, later a book ( The Last Days of Hitler ) which was revised several times with added details as they became available, was essentially correct right from the start. he interviewed witnesses held in the British and American zones, the Soviets did not cooperate.. having been an Oxford don, Trevor Roper was a skilled historian and knew how to establish facts using the evidence available. he was skilled at dismissing some of the absurd claims from a few witnesses - like those claiming Hitler had flown out of Germany in the last days .

  • @FredrichMontesclaros
    @FredrichMontesclaros 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    My grandma served in Hitler's villa in Argentina. She said Hitler was very kind to them,o and Eva was such a lovely woman. She said Argentina's military was guarding the ranch.

    • @ChristianGarcia-bi1ww
      @ChristianGarcia-bi1ww 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yea right

    • @doktor_spritz9344
      @doktor_spritz9344 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Mine was there too

    • @komunistrusya-rz6qj
      @komunistrusya-rz6qj 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My grandmother said the same thing, she lived in the neighborhood and Hitler would come by for grocery shopping couple of times a year. She also said that there were occasionally body builder looking "Israeli tourists" once in a while.

    • @LeftJoystick
      @LeftJoystick 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The internet was a mistake.

  • @beanoman4363
    @beanoman4363 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buzzing when Mark uploads

  • @Harry-Hartmann
    @Harry-Hartmann 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A very interesting Video 👍🏻

  • @labby2
    @labby2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As always, your research fascinates me. Thank you for continuing to educate us and champion the cause of history, Dr. Felton.

  • @kathleenmcmanus8509
    @kathleenmcmanus8509 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The irony is that Stalin was worse than Hitler