Hitler's First 'Invasion' - Operation Winter Exercise 1936
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- In 1936 Hitler launched his first 'invasion' - his target, a piece of Germany called the Rhineland, demilitarised by the treaty of Versailles. It was the moment when Britain and France could have stopped Hitler permanently and avoided WW2.
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Obviously, if Luxembourg mobilized first, they would’ve won against Germany way before the allies
That would have been history's most epic own: Luxembourg invades Germany and deposes Hitler. If only...
Luxemburg conquered the world twice, but decided to liberate it.
Then .. communists sieze power in Germany. Take over the rest of Europe, allied with USSR.
Wait, Luxembourg didn’t win? That’s not what I’ve been told
You're dreaming if you think a country like Luxembourg with a micro army could do anything with Germany.
Two additional information:
1. In his memoirs, General Beaufre, who was a captain in the French general staff in 1936, partly explains the French non-reaction by a simple technical problem. The French army had not planned to be able to suddenly launch a "very partial" mobilization. It had to mobilized everyone, or at least certain classes according to the years of birth, to form a large part of the army. But we didn't have the lists ready to mobilize just a few divisions, in a few hours. Suddenly, the French government was faced with a problematic alternative: either declare a massive mobilization, which announced a total war, or do nothing at all.
2. Annie Lacroix-Riz, a French historian, contested because communist, but renowned for the seriousness of her studies, wrote a book entitled "the choice of defeat". In this book, she explains why the French elites, in the 1930s, were so unwilling to confront Hitler.
At the time, the French Republic had three possible allies: Great Britain, Italy, the USSR. Initially, in 1935, the head of government, Laval, wanted an alliance with the English and the Italians. The Ethiopian war ruined this project. There was no longer any possible alliance with the Italians. It remained to choose between Great Britain and the USSR.
However, in 1936, France absolutely needs the British alliance, because the Banque de France is on the verge of bankruptcy, and it is the City of London, through its large banks, which ensures the end of the month for French capitalism.
Now, going to war in 1936 against Germany, without a clear British "go", meant choosing the Soviet alliance. Unthinkable: it was a few months before the government of the popular front, which was announced. It could lead France to socialism. The French capitalists of the "comité des forges" did not want to hear about it...
It is likely that the inability of the army to move quickly within the framework of a targeted partial mobilization served as a pretext for the government to do nothing.
This sequence of events partly explains France's poor performance in 1940. When German propaganda told French soldiers not to get killed for English financiers, the message was relatively credible...
are you aware if either of these works are translated into english?
Straight ineptitude from the French military. The #1 purpose of that military was to keep their lifelong enemy next door neighbor at bay. They had overwhelming numbers and resources to do it at the time, but the political in-fighting deemed them useless. Bravo France.
@@LargeBasstafarian Well, if Annie Lacroix-Riz is right, it wasn't incompetence. It was the choice of defeat, that is to say betrayal.
For what ? Because the French capitalists would rather lose to Hitler than win with Stalin. In the end, they got both, which is kind of funny.
But of course, Annie Lacroix-Riz could be wrong. When one reads General Beaufre, one comes to the conclusion that indeed, the French general staff of the 1930s was very mediocre.
I would say: a mixture of betrayal and incompetence.
Actually the French Third Republic already had a big ally with very little in negative ideological issues in the East in the form of Poland but it kept shafting it until it was too late.
@@xRENEGADE156 Well, TH-cam censored my answer, probably because I had inserted links.
In essence: as far as I know, no, it hasn't been translated. And it's a shame, because Beaufre's memoirs on the French army in 1940 are priceless!
Please never change your intro, legend
as an ethiopian, its really interesting seeing photos of our then military 😁
Yet another gem from Dr. Felton ~ the only TH-cam creator, AFAIK, who consistently uploads lesser-known WWII happenings!
To be fair they really don't teach much about WWII in primary and secondary schools, apart from some details about the concentration camps and some vague mentions of Stalin.
TiK History repeats far fewer lies.
Yeah what i remember from history classes here in Germany is concentration camps, how jews were killed in these camps, we should fully read a book about some jewish girl (Anne Frank) and the most important dates. No more than that, and it was hell boring, although i was interested in history and it would have been much better if they teached about Strategic aspect and why certain countries did what they did. For example why German divisions were in north Africa and the fact that they were there, because i didnt knew about it, school does'nt teach you that and i researched it all by myself.
@@olic7266depends on your definition of "much"
I can't find this channel
Dr Felton, make a video about operation mammoth and Ramzi Nafi, its is widely unknown but very interesting topic where the The abwehr attempted to use kurdish nationalists to take over northern iraq in order to gain kurdish independence and to give oil to Germany in exchange in 1943.
Are you joking? Can you at least do as little as to research the history of oil industry in regions now called Iraq? I guarantee that you will be surprised. Lets just say, as a bait, that the whole producition in concerned region in 1939 would cover like a 1/4 of German 1939 prewar consumption. And that consumption racketed hard due to known events which were to come.
@@thedevilneveraskstwice7027 wtf are you on about? you respond like I made this up myself. I did not invent this event in history nor I was the mastermind behind it.
Though i have studied, a bit, WWII and the Nazi's, I had never heard of the "Winter Exercise". Your video was, as always, very interesting and well constructed, and pointed out how the British and French could have put Hitler in his place at the time. They didn't, and WWII ensued. Appeasement NEVER works for the appeasers, lesson learned?
It's the name for the famous re-militarisation of the Rhineland, it's just hardly ever used.
True. Although, there would have been no legitimate reason to stop him from taking back what was rightfully the Germans'. Attack him for defying an undeniably unfair armistice treaty? I wouldn't.
The first thing that he did that would more justifiably result in warlike action would have been the invasion of Poland in September 1939.
I do think the United States should not have got involved until when they did, when they were attacked on December 7th, 1941. That however, is based on my own views of global politics, which is subjective.
The british started ww2, germany did not want a large scale war with the british or french
Must be a Democrat as WRONG
We had full right to attack Germany when they put troops there
When behind on paying reperations france reoccupied the Rhineland
Bet you voted for biden to say something so stupid
I remember reading about the winter excercise long ago but this is the first ive seen it the subject of a documentary. You Dr Felton are a gold mine of history. Your research is impeccable and your presentations are consistently riveting. Well done sgain, sir!
A cover name like "Winter Exercise" is very good.
The allies see the Germans are up to something.
"Don't worry, it's just an exercise".
Just think, if Britain and France would have made any kind of resistance to this token invasion, WWII might have been averted. Awesome video Mark, you never disappoint.
Just think if France and England had declared war of both of the Molotov Ribbentrop pact nations, who attacked and split Poland in 1939, instead of only declaring war on one ?
Just imagine if the west let Germany expand east and deal with bolshevism.
@@jarl8815The fact that so many politicians, businessmen, and generals at the time had that thought really makes you think that they might have been onto something.
@@jarl8815bolshevism was dead under stalin.
they were too traumatized by Ww1...
I remember reading somewhere that a German general said of the Rhineland invasion (after the war) "If the French had posted a single constable on a bridge we needed to cross and that constable had refused to move, the invasion would have been over and Hitler would have been finished."
Mark Felton, the history teacher we do not deserve yet who we need in these troubled times. Thank you again Mr. Felton! I learn something new every time with your videos
Unbelievable! You must be joking.
Who determined we don’t deserve this?
You're happy with having history taught from a Jewish perspective? You're either yourself Jewish yourself, or extremely naive!
Bullshit. Germany bad, Allies good seems to be his only message.
Thank MI6
And Hitler manage to still hold the Berlin Olympics that year. No cancellation or apparent national protest withdrawals. Amazing. Such moxie!
At least he wasn't Putin.
@@_Dovar_Vladimir Putin is a heroe
Yep. Just like China could hold the Olympics regardless of what happened in 2020... But besides in France, it was really seen as just Germany simply entering again its own territory. It had been 18 years since the end of WW1. It's not like it happened shortly after.
@@MicahBellThe3rdspoken like a true communist
@@micanopykracker694 Spoken like a brainwashed not self thinking American
Mark how about a vid on the raid that the Lufftwaffe made on Ft Lamy in Chad to destroy Hurricanes being flown from Nigeria on the "Takoradi trail " a great story.
Once again, another very interesting history lesson from Mark Felton, in great details too.
Though being interested in WW2 for 55 years, this is a story not many worldwide governments like to tell as it's quiet embarrassing.
Many thanks to you Mark for sharing your always great insights!
We have been taught this in our middle school, not many remeber what's taught at such young age.
french is the most romantic country ever all germans are racists
Great story. I do so enjoy Mark's little known or talked stories about European history.
The Heinkel He 51 was not outdated in 1936. It was introduced in 1935. So they sent modern aircraft. The bf 109 was introduced in 1937.
Allies could have stopped him right there. One of the great what ifs in history.
Yep. How many millions died from one man's fanatical drive to rule the world and enslave or kill all who stood in his way.
Little Germany was going to rule the world, is what Hitler was sure would happen. Power mad maniacs are still running countries today, some of them.
Soviets wouldve destroyed europe
@@thug588not necessarily, at that time
It's crazy to think France could have just marched across the boarders and crushed Hitler. What shape would the world have taken had that happend? The decline of the British and French as major wold powers would have taken much much longer. The USA and the Soviet Union would have taken much longer to emerge as superpowers. What would Japan have done? Interesting to imagine, impossible to know for sure.
@@daviddigital6887without Hitler and the National Socialists all of Europe would have fallen to Stalin and communism.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.
We defeated the wrong enemy
Real
Europe the last battle docu 2017 Tobias bratt
@@townbythetownDamn right the US and UK did
The fuhrer will rise from agartha and save us soon.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing ! I am suprised that when we saw Germany re Arming at the rate it was Steps weren't taken to restrict this The Germans were still having to import critical components for this build up of material and British French and other Countries were Selling Germany components that could be either re engineered or weaponized or both but a blind eye was turned out of expediency and the need to recover from the Global Financial Crisis...We knew or had a good idea of what was going on and where it would probably lead but like you said we Buried our Heads in the Sand ..or in the Case of France Buried themselves completely under Concrete Bunkers believing that would Discourage a Man like Hitler
Why is Germany having German military on German territory in anyway wrong to begin with?
the allied occupation of the rhineland could be a video in and of itself, it was a strange period
the Free State of Bottleneck, in between two occupation areas, might be worth a look too
What a welcomed break..and just at the right time..as always a fascinating video of Hitler's invasions!
He was financed by Prescott Bush, the party needed a banker and bank. The money earned is 15,6 billion dollar, his grandson George promised to use it to bring more peace. This is well documented in books during and after WW2.
Anything seems welcome over American politics these days.
Must be revised history by Democrats
Invasion? You mean reunification with the rest of the country?
I kept pausing and hearing sections over again. When will we learn???? "And France did nothing". Hopefully the world will stay strong in Ukraine, because Europe blinked with Putin's move on Crimea.
we need nuclear war!! put me in charge ill stop putler right in his tracks!!
Letting him take Crimea and Donetsk was a huge mistake
The Rheinland belongs to Germany since like times in the Holy Roman Empire.
As our swedish Reinfield belongs to jail.
Biden
@@funfact8660 Too!
Lost control after WW1
Vae Victis.
Actually Hitler’s first invasion was the reoccupation of the Saarland in 1935.
@@Mackenzie002 doubt it was liberating for the jews there (who were rightful german citizens)
After the election, the Saar people want back to Germany.
Seems like an appropriate lesson when dealing with Putin today. Thank you Mark Felton for this window on a historic opportunity to deal a death knell to Fascism in the mid 1930's. Hopefully we will learn from history, and your forewarning we will pay heed to. ✌️✳️☀️
West has used what they learned of the road to WW2 fully with Russia.
The lesson wasn't completely learnt. The west did very little if nothing about Crimea, which obviously encouraged Putin.
@@jonathanellis6097true, but crimea was very craftily pulled off by Putin with phony voting etc and a local buildup of Russian immigrants to support his moves making it appear popular and legit.
The picture showing Heinkel He 51at 8:35 was taken at Schleissheim Airfield. Left in the backgroud is Hangar building no. 61n, built in 1913, destroyed in 1944 and demobilished in 1945/46. The remains of this hangar ar still visible in Winter times. The building right in the background was the changing room for air crews. It was also damaged during WW2 and demobilished afterwards. The Heinkel He 51 in the foreground marked with no. 36 is a school plane belonging to the Jagdfliegerschule Schleissheim. Unfortunately the serial number 116 or 1?6 is not clearly readable. The origin of this picture is a slide. Copies of this slide were sold till the 1980ies in numbers by a staff member of the no longer existing book shop "Kaiser" once located in the city hall of Munich.
What a fascinating adjunct to the video. Thank you so much! Incredible detail. I was wondering about the when and the how of this image. Just fascinating!
This is chess not checkers.
Fascinating as always Dr. Felton
Its insane how much work is behind all these Videos. They are all neutral like a documentation but not as boring :D
5:50 I always enjoy it when Dr. Felton uses this clip of Mussolini; he looks bombastic and ridiculous.
Comical is another term that fits this clip of Mussolini....
I became curious about Mussolini’s “Roman” assertions. Are there some good book recommendations to learn more about the Italian side of the axis?
Denis Mack Smith: Mussolini' s Roman empire , it's an old book (1976) but still good
You could say the west made that mistake again with Russia in Ukraine.
Lazy silly politics
They made the mistake in 2014 letting them take Crimea and Donetsk
Have you covered Memelland ultimatum? Certainly one of the lesser known of Hitler's pre-war territorial acquisitions.
If Bulshivics were anything like the communists of today then that goes a long way in explaining why Germany went the way it did.
Bingo!!
Indeed. Everyone cries "Nazis bad, Nazis bad" but remain clueless to the fact the threat of communism taking over Germany and the rest of Europe is what led to the Nazis gaining power. Who's to say things wouldn't have been worse with a communist Germany allied with the USSR? I'm pretty sure that would have been worse.
How odd that the poppy is not available as an emoji when sought to be placed here? Some lessons meant to be forgotten, or an oversight? Lest we forget.✝️🥀
that is such an important, yet often forgot piece of history and so interesting in context to another event in 1936 - The Olympic Games in Berlin..
thank you for telling it again 👏
You can never meet an aggressive enemy with weakness and accommodation. It invites further aggression.
As for an "aggressive enemy", don't forget that it was France and Britain that declared war on Germany on September 3rd, 1939. Germany had a local conflict with its eastern neighbor, originating from the Versailles Treaty, and both countries decided to make the issue their own, thus turning it into a world war.
The German invasion of Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, Greece and Northern Africa is caused by the war with Britain and France.
@@thkempe Why did Germany invade Poland? There was no need for it.
Imagine how different history would've been if France and UK stopped Hitler in 1936 when they entered demilitarised Rhineland
Kolektívny západ sa domnieval, že Hitler bude plniť plán ,,Main Kampf" dobíjať životný priestor na východe.
They had no right to demilitarise it in the first place..when a people get humiliated like what happened with versailles,they are going to be vengeful and bitter..that is what led to the speedy rise of the nsdap..what right did france have to have soldiers occupying germany?
@@MrTibbs12They beat the Grrmans at terrible cost and had legitimate security concerns.
@@rabbi120348 the germans also lost hundreds of thousands of men in the trenches..they suffered too.
@@MrTibbs12
Málo trpeli, hajzel Hitler rozpútal 2. S.vojnu.
It was still german teritory, and never forget the crimes in that areas, the french even brought some men to africa because the amouth of coles was not enough
Just a quick Thank you Mark. Really like your bite size. Not the Norm bit left field WW2 Vids. Having seen every Doc,Black & White clip of this most Fascinating period in time. Yours are a Breath of fresh air. Keep up the good work Mate.
Yeah... One should stop the madman sooner rather than later.
Fits the situation in Ukraine nicely, which should be pointed out to those opposing aid..
Great video, but you’re wrong about Stuka Usage in the Rhineland occupation, they first entered service in the JU-87A-0 version in the spring of 1936, after the invasion.
I remember reading Henry Kissinger's book "Diplomacy", where he lamented that the truly critical moment and correct course of action can usually only be recognized with hindsight (or words to that effect). We in 2023 recognize that 1936 the single best opportunity to smother the Nazi regime in the cradle, but in 1936 western leaders couldn't exactly fall back on "This will prevent WWII" when the Second World War hadn't even happened yet.
The question is did the West learn from that mistake? And yes, I'm talking about Putin.
@@Lovric_F
Well, there’s another thesis on how to 🛑 an agressor : you DON’T !
An aggressor stopped will come back meaner & wiser & more cunning & much more likely to succeed ultimately.
An aggressor must be allowed to overextend himself till rupture.
Remember that in the 1930s there were 2 mustachioed moloches in Europe
Not one.
I somehow doubt that the British public were truly “outraged” by anything happening outside the colonies.
Certain rich/powerful people yes, general public no.
“Seeking European domination.” Actually a very common hobby in Europe. Not that unusual. Maybe it’s something in the water. Somebody might want to figure that out before the next world war. Just a suggestion.
Superb content as always Dr Felton. Thank you
Dude, he just uploaded it lol.
2 minutes ago. smh
@@Wings_of_foamwhy you do dat 💆💆♀️💆♂️
@@Wings_of_foam I ain't vonarable or sad what got👏👏👏
The Nazi’s were left wing.
I don’t understand why Felton keeps insisting that National Socialism is right wing.
The Nazi’s were never right wing.
@@setituptoblowitup vonarable?
I'm surprised the french didn't surrender at that point. That's what they are notorious for, anyway.
Appeasement has never prevented war; it has excused them.
Not just divided, the allies were climbing each
others shoulders to sign treaties with the Fuhrer.
Great video Mark! So interesting you never disappoint theres not many intelectual historians left
Thx mark again for the reminder....but they took all of us after ww1 the Rhineland.. colonies... Danzig...it was not fair..so my ancestors got angry..this is why this knucklehead came to power with his guys....the German people didn't Start ww1 it was the monarchy....but we got punished to far...so hate gains control...very sad...they tried and failed Weimar republic...
Thank you for the more nuanced look at this period of history. Most WWII docs that I've seen usually breeze over this little game of chicken that Hitler played.
England and France feared a war but escalated a border conflict to a world war by declaring war on Germany 😂
"and so NATO including the USA seeing there was a stalemate on the Ukrainian front, chose to treat Putin with kid gloves, yet had they intervened and crushed the Russian military WWIII could have been avoided"
I was just reading about the subject in "The rise and fall of the third Reich". Hitler told later on himself that had the French decided to march against his troops, they would have made mincemeat out of the german forces.
The blueprint that Putin has followed while calling his opponents Nazis
Mark. Thanks for providing my Tuesday night Entertainment!
Mussolini’s body language is fascinating. What a clown.
Before the battle, the Marshal explained: "The Emperor has three choices. To attack, and be defeated; to wait for our attack, and we will win anyway; or to retreat, which is disastrous for an army that lacks means of transport and proper organization for food and munitions."
-- Marshal Badoglio in Ethiopia, before the Battle of Maychew, 1935
Like Vladolf Putlers invasions into Chechnya, Georgia, Nagorno-Karabach, South Osetia, Abkhazia, Tajikistan, Dagestan and Crimea. We never saw the invasion of Ukraine coming.
The treaty of Versailles sowed the seeds for world war two
Yes. And no one seems to make a vid of where who and why it all started.. Just like we see play out currently ..
putin = hitler
@@norapeters7973 because the same type of folks that engineered both wars are still in control, and it would be very inconvenient if they got singled out.
100 events which changed the world editions Montatorri ,
One of them was this ncident
Churchill said : If were moved then would avoided the WW2.....😢😢😢
"Radical" and "right wing" are opposites.
mouth breather
What utter nonsense! 🤣🤣 I love you people!
The NAZI party was decidedly a LEFT sided party. I believe the term "Socialist" exists some ware in their name. Am I wrong? Didn't Lenin congratulate Mussolini on his socialist actions as well?
They were a synthesis of left and right
@@sensational_cellar8606 the NAZI's "synthesized" into an exact duplicate of the soviets. They were both a " You better think as your told or get shot" form of Govt. they only difference between the two was they where competing for the same land.
I guess the big question is: to what extent do you think the Russia-Ukraine invasion is a replay of WW2, with the Russians substituted for the Germans? There seems to be lots of parallels.
Both of my grandads fought to keep UK independence. They did not want UK to fall under a single government, currency, ideology, judicial or educational system. Yet this is what our media, government and socialist leaning youth want.... they want a European socialist state..... not national socialism or soviet socialism but European socialism........
Wasn't this part of Germany proper? Why was it so wrong for him to take it back? Or are we arguing that the Treaty of Versailles was a good thing now?
Lost control after WW1
@@tomhenry897 Well, duhhh. Was that a good ting though? Millions of Germans were literally starving because reparations were destroying their economy. They needed industry in order to keep from starving. Do you think it was right to deny it from them?
It may be educational to read the Treaty of Versailles of 1871 which Germany imposed upon France. Perhaps Dr Felton could cover this one day?
I believe this was Heater's most gambling maneuver, much more than Operation Brabasora in Russia. I'm typping weirdly because i don't want to gamble against AI senssor chips.
This explains much of the political situation in Europe during the interwar period, which I think often gets overlooked.
Another event that gets overlooked is the liquidation of poles and poles descent living all over in USSR in 1938 ordered by Stalin himself.
Great video, but there is a slight gaff: all types of socialism is considered left, including totalitarian socialism egimes like the NationalSozialismus (Nazism). Thus they are left wing exteemisms. Right wing extremism would be something like Franco in Spain (non-socialism totalitarian)
You have the best videos on TH-cam. Thanks for educating and informing me and all the other viewers of your channel.
The reparations demanded by the Allies were not punitive. It was an application of the china-shop principle: "You broke it, you bought it." The reparations were no more than reimbursement due for the damages caused by German aggressive war. Germany caused great damage, especially to the national territory of France. It was reasonable that they make good for the physical damage. They could never pay enojugh to repair the moral damages against the Allies.
Hitler probably felt he was Frederick after the Rhineland episode.
Imagine how much the French regretted this decision in 1940.
As always, amazing material. I had no idea it was such a complex operation with so much backstory.
Let a bully in your front yard on Monday, and he’ll be on your front porch on Tuesday. (Paraphrasing a quote from President Lyndon Johnson).
Something we covered in school nearly 50 years ago and which I had totally forgotten about. Great video as always, thank you.
Looks like the Rhineland invasion is quite similar to the Krim invasion by Russia in 2014. With the same horrid aftermath.
5:57 one of the best clips of Mussolini. Nothing more satisfying than seeing an Italian man be so sure of himself.
Mussolini certainly had the ego of a Roman Emperor.
@@SMGJohn
But not the clout.
That’s why this is his clownishness at its pinnacle/nadir
There is a clip of him speaking English and talking to USA in a clip saying make America great. Not a joke just funny to see that imp.
At the top of wars,there are the politicians! The end always fought by the peasants !
'Special military operation'. Where have we heard that recently... 👀
NATO...
those same words are said before any military action. and always will be said.
@@maizie9454 The terrorists started the operation "War on terror"... because they are terrorised by the people's will and truth.
@@maizie9454 No. In some cases like the invasion of panama or Iraq....they are called what they are.
do your knuckles hurt after dragging them on the floor everyday
I'm sorry, but it is not extreme left against extreme right, but national left against international left. Hitler had nothing to do with the conservative right or whatsoever.
If at first you succeed...try, try, try again until complete and under destruction and defeat.
So that's why the Italians were able to defeat the Ethiopian army with the help of the other parasites! I've always wondered how after the first humiliation at the Battle of Adoa
Evening Dr F hope your doing well love your vids thanks for keeping my interest in history ongoing
A British sailor is drunk in Venice
He takes a Gondola back to his ship
He keeps dunking his finger in the water and licking it
At last he exclaims Salt Water=British
"Don't worry, we are only doing special winter military exercises."
hmm where have I heard that before?
Mark Felton day is always a good day!!
Sometimes I wonder how Hitler would be viewed in Germany if he had not attacked Poland:
- Defeated the Versaille treaty (mostly)
- Remilitarised the Rhineland
- Added Austria
- Added parts of Czechia
Pretty successful, until:
- Started a world war
- Killed minorities (although that started before 39 on a smaller scale)
- Lost the war and left Germany in ruins
It's a short way from being seen as a hero to pretty much the worst human being to ever live.
But I guess, with his ideology in mind, that he was doomed to do something terrible from the start.
Just to be clear: it scares the sh*t out of me to know that so much terror could have been excused, had he been successful. Not looking to excuse any of his actions
Watching history repeat itself in so many ways.
How cunning and dangerous Britain has always been, and the same continues now albeit with one more ally in the US. And, these selfish nations teach others on everything under the sun.
Dr Felton, while studying for my Political Science degree I was taught that National Socialism was a left of center political ideology given its authoritarian rule and economic control of the state. These two concepts fly in the face of conservative and capitalistic thought. So, how has it come to be that National Socialism is considered a extreme right political ideology given the core tenets of the ideology?
My thoughts too, being to the right of Joseph Stalin is not the same thing as being right wing. The Democrats in the USA have many policies that align with the NDSAP but no one is calling them right wing.
I think writer Gore Vidal summed it up best when he said, "The United States of America has only one political party - The Property Party - and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat."
@@briangraham1024 The Demoncrats are pretty committed to socialism. The GOP at least pays lip service to the US Constitution.
Its because of years of mislabling the nationalist socialist party... Hitler was very much socialist, and it's easy to see as much.
Another great video from Dr. Felton! Note the Blue Max on Blomberg!
I hope the USA keeps this in mind when voting for their next President. An appeaser of despots or not?
11:30 that's what we call "Hindsight bias"
Hindsight bias is the tendency for people to perceive events as more predictable than they actually were before they occurred. It is a cognitive bias that often arises when people evaluate past decisions or events based on the knowledge they have gained afterward. In other words, it's the belief that one "should have known better" or "should have seen it coming" after the fact.
It's likely going on today with Chinese expansion in the south China sea and Russian expansion in Ukraine. We'll see in about 10 years.
An obvious lesson for today...
Dr Felton, I would love to see a video about the French squadron that fought on the Eastern front, if you haven’t already covered it! Big fan of your videos!
Also would be great to hear your interpretation of the nazis experimenting on the disabled, gypsies and Jews.... and the resulting nuremberg code and trials ...
@@johnstones5765look into the Japanese unit 741. I believe the Japanese were given immunity from the Nuremberg trials. We used a lot of their human researc/experimentation for US medical advancements.
Awesome upload. Very interesting n informative the early years of Nazism. Watching vid so many factors contributed n possibly could have restrained the rise of Nazism. Kudos for such an effective vid of excessive financial reparations; humiliation n lack of human dignity that cost the world in not only wealth but human dignity n lives.
First! :D Great video!
Are you guys for real?
You haven't even watched it yet.
Several notable information to add the great informative video from Dr.Mark Felton, taken from William L.Shirer's book (The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich):
1. In March 11, French Foreign Minister, Pierre Etienne Flandin flew to London and begged the British to back France in a military counteraction in the Rhineland, His pleas were unavailing since the British would not risk war even though Allied superiority of the Germans were overwhelming. As Lord Lothian remaked "The Germans, after all, are only going back to their backyard"
2. In London, the esteemed Times newspaper, while describing HItler's action in invading the Rhineland, headed its leading editorial "A Chance to Rebuild".
3. When the invasion happened, it was the French government which wanted to act, but it was the French General Staff who held back. General Gamelin advised the government that a military operation entailed an unpredictable risks and could not be undertaken without decreeing a general mobilization. So what the french army would do was to concentrate thirteen divisions near the German frontier. This, as we know later from the Nuremberg Trial, enough to scare German High Command. As Jodl testified "Considering the situation we were in, the French Army could have blown us to pieces".
4. After Hitler's speech in Reichstag announcing the Invasion of Rhineland, William L.Shirer noted that "It was a long time before the cheering appeared, A few of the generals made their way out. Behind the smiles, however, you could not help detecting nervousness. I ran into General von Blomberg.. His face was white, his cheeks twitching".
5. In March 2, General von Blomberg issued formal orders for the occupation for the Rhineland, his generals were unimpressed, he assured his senior generals that if the French retaliate, he reserved the right to decide a "countermeasure". Only in the Nuremberg trial in 1945 did we know what his countermeasures were, a hasty retreat from Rhineland.
Amidst the uncertain responses and hidden fears of the Allied powers and German military leadership, Hitler is the only decisive figure who knew exactly what he would do.
Thank you