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Yes it was the famous Panther in front of the Musée de L'Armée of Les Invalides in Paris. It was full of rust so it was given to the tank museum of Saumur later
@@ambravirlebretonIt'd be very interesting to know if that's the one that's being restored. I heard/read about a Panther that matches that deterioration description, a couple years ago, that was in the (very costly and slow) process of being restored. Of course, I could use Google, but thing is, not sure if you guys noticed that since a couple years ago, Google became some sort of sales catalogue, all answers are "sponsored", so what was once the pinnacle of web searching became a... welp... sales catalogue, I guess? 😂 Have a good one!
In 1984, the Medved brothers wrote a book about all-time movie box-office disasters, including Joseph Goebbels' 1945 cinematic disaster, "Kolberg." Amazingly, the Minister of Enlightenment was able to get the diminished Luftwaffe to fly a print of "Kolberg" flown into the besieged port of La Rochelle, for its "world premiere," two weeks before the Allies liberated the city in February 1945. The making of "Kolberg" would make an interesting subject for a future Mark Felton video.
I'm from Brest, the fallschirmjäger were holding the place, the us army had a very hard time to take back the city with twice the losses of the germans
I was stationed in Baumholder (1989-1991) with 2/68 Armor.......that Tiger being in the area created all sorts of legends that their were numerous Tiger tanks in storage somewhere under Lager Aulenbach which was the Bundeswehr Kaserne. Yes there are numerous old cellars dug into the hillsides in and around Baumholder, but an underground facility in this region would have taken decades to build, it is mostly rock and not worth the effort.
There are loads of rumours like this around. Over time, being told over and over again they got truly fantastic. Like the size of a fish once caught. "It was THAT big!!" There were many ludacris projects done by the nazis - but some stories are just too fantastic. A nazi nuclear bomb program is one of the most famous. A 25km subway in today's Poland another. The latter is used today, of course, by the NSA. Who else?
@@stanislavczebinski994They were undeniably trying their best at a point to develop a nuclear/atomic weapon though. Why do you think V1 and V2 rockets existed and were created? Surely you don’t think Hitler wasn’t aware, via Nazi intelligence of the ongoing Manhattan Project developments, do you? We would be quite well living in a much more dystopian and scary world were the Nazis ever successful at finding a way to contain the payload of a nuclear weapon inside their rockets/missiles. Or humanity may have been completely pushed to extinction. It’s honestly terrifying to thibk about the “What If?”'s of WWII had the Axis powers triumphed instead of the Allies.
@joeamarone8251 AAA-0 They became 4/12 about 1990. Good to hear from a fellow 2nd brigade member from an past era. Those Kirch-Göns boys thought they were called "The Rock" out on the Frankfurter Stadtwald. Not even close to the rock status of the legendary Baumholder
I went to Samur by accident, on a summer trip from Paris where we lived 6 years. we saw this Tiger 1 , it should have been displayed as the French war trophy. To honor the 500 French that died. French troops were courageous in WWI at Verdun, and WWII, they need honoring ! Thanks for this post Dr Felton, more like the content and reason that made me follow you for years ! The WWII story of the French at Les Invalides needs to be expanded and better. Vive la France ! Jai Irlandese !
My eyes might be deceiving me, but in that picture of captured German vehicles I can see a couple of Chenillettes. These are French vehicles that were captured and reused by the Germans, so it would be nice to think that the French army required them, despite them being of limited use by the end of the war. "Ex German Panhard 178", another French vehicle that was captured and reused by the Germans.
@@tinomejia8396 They do look different which I why I'm not positive, they have extra bits of the side that are a little like shirtzen. But those semi-circles on top (for crew headspace) are fairly unique.
Another excellent presentation Doctor. I was surprised to hear "Baumholder" (9:42) brought up. I served at Baumholder 1966-1968 as part of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division's 1/68 Armor. At that time I gave little thought about where I was being in the French zone of occupation. During my tenure there, at least twice French armor visited the area, a sight to behold in the 1960's, M4 Shermans and MB jeeps parading past our M60A1"s..
Thank you Dr. Felton for these obscure but fascinating bits of history , as a vet , I find it fitting using enemy equipment against said enemy , war is Hell
It just required an experienced, careful driver, who had to be aware of it's weaknesses. Sadly for the vehicles, it was a real luxury, especially towards the end of war. While most of those had their final drive broken after 150-200 kilometers, there are confirmed records of several Pz. V Panthers with well over 1000 km at their odometer with no breakdowns, but those could be counted using just hands' fingers, so to say.
I recently been made aware a lot of the problems was the poorly trained, inexperienced and young crews expected to man these tanks. The panther being a hard tank to master and easy to damage if not operated correctly, especially the gear box. Many of these young drivers never having driven any motorized vehicle. At best they received only 10 hours of training with some as little as an hour and a half.
Like the late great Japanese Fighter especially the George by US naming wasted in large part by being thrown into combat without a trained pilot. Still a Jap Ace in Japan shot down several of eight Corsairs the rest running fighting outnumbered 8 to 1 in a George. Japan had put it's few aces left in one unit in Japan. @@binaway
My dad was in World War II. I just love listening to Mr Felton because my dad wouldn’t talk about the war and happenings, I suppose the Concentration Camps got to him
Damn. I have been to the Samur Tank Museum and seen that Tiger I with my own eyes, and never knew it had such an interesting and fascinating backstory!
I'm amazed how much information you can dig up. Always a good day when that bell rings on my phone. You sir, are the only history channel needed for world War two historians.
It is wonderful to be able to follow the history of this single tiger throughout this confusing time of the war. Thank you, Mark for another excellent video.
The Saumur tiger I is currently undergoing extensive restauration work in order to make it run again. Completely taking apart the tiger prior to restauration enabled them to find some obvious battlefield repairs done to the gearbox that may date back to that period, as well as some bullet casings that had slipped through cracks! They plan to have it running in a few years, and then they'll be the only museum having both a running tiger I and II.
I am big follower of military history (served myself) and enjoy reading about it, or watching programmes. I am subscribed to several on YT, but this has to be one of my favourite channels (I mean every type of channel) period. Dr Felton never disappoints, and when you thought you had read a lot, knew a lot, etc. The Dr consistently surprises you with content/action you weren't aware of. Not just that, but the videos are top quality and the narrative and detail meticulous. Love it ❤
Very interesting. Lest we forget that the Germans used M-4 Shermans against U.S. troop during Operation Nordwind, January 1945 in Alsace Lorraine. I believe I learned that in another of Dr. Felton''s videos.
Both sides used each others vehicles in North Africa as well, marking them well so as NOT to be mistaken as belonging to their previous owners. Rommel even equipped a special 'bodyguard' unit with captured British tanks, if I recall correctly.
There is a WW2 museum in Normandy, It's on the west side of Normandy and used to be a WW2 tank museum. However, after the Paris terrorist attached in 2015, the museum closed (due to lack of business I assume) and the collection was sold off. However, when I was there in 2019, a new museum had opened and in there was quite a few German WW2 vehicles that had been repurposed by the French post for things like logging, collecting apples in the harvest etc. The most fascinating part of the museum was as you were walking out, there were a handful of glass cabinets full of things that had all been found in the last few years. Boots, helmets, rucksacks, webbing, weapons etc etc. That stuff is still out there, my brother in law owns the fishing and gun shop in Dol and only last year, someone brought in a K98 that had literally been found in a barn, complete with some ammo. If you have the chance, go and check out WW2 museums in Normandy.
Thanks a Lot for that Video! My grandfather fought in St. Nazaire on the German side. He was with his artillery unit attached to the 11th Tank Division when he came to St. Nazaire. There he was regrouped to the "Kampfuntergruppe Losgar" as Stabsgefreiter. But he never spoke a single word about his time there, but about the previous time and the time where he was POW in France. So, basically I have almost no info about the things he has done there. Just, that he newer was awarded with anything.
The indestructable submarine pens at St. Nazaire (and the other three). I once saw a documentary where the Allies dropped a Tall Boy bomb on one of the German submarine pens, saying that it destroyed the pens. However, it turns out the Tall Boy only partially penetrated the roof but did not destroy the pens. What's more, today one of those former German submarine pens is still in use by the French Navy (Brest).
the US tried carpet bombing them to NO effect, except of course for flattening the city. The damn courageous RAF tried flying up the port canals to land shots into the pens at the subs, again to no avail. What the RAF attempted was nothing less than suicide given the defences. I used to live up the river in Nantes and visited/toured the place several times with a local friend who is a historian. The key to that giant bunkers survival wasn't just it's size, thickness and defences. It had a secret weapon : the Germans where pouring cement WHILE being bombed, so much so that live unexploded bombs where buried in cement. The system was built into the infrastructure. There was only week point to that bunker : the soldiers manning it and unfortunately they didn't give up. They had enough equipment to hold on for a very long time more if they had chosen to do so. To this day, locals regularly uncover NEW boxes of ammo and guns being washed ashore, mainly coming from German supply ships that had been sunk by RAF raids. The Germans had so much gear that they didn't even bother to disembark and save huge amounts of it !
@@ottodidakt3069 Thanks for the additional info. Joe Kennedy, oldest son of Senator Joseph Kennedy and oldest brother of later president John F. Kennedy, was killed flying remote controlled B-17 Flying Fortresses that were turned into one giant bomb drone (Operation Aphrodite). The drone had to be taken off the ground by a two man crew who then used their parachutes after the drone had been set on its course and the detonators were activated. Kennedy's plane exploded shortly after take-off. Though I can't find the confirmation, I believe the Americans were planning to use B-17 drone bombers to be crashed into the German sub pens in France.
@@ottodidakt3069 The U Boat pens at Farge [ April 45 ] were completely destroyed by Lancasters 617 Sqn carrying the Grand Slam two of which went completely through the 7m thick reinforced concrete roof to explode inside while 10 near misses shattered the foundations
Correct I seen the conformation on You Tube in part at least. None of the B-17 that made it to target survived German AA fire to get inside to detonate. Later some of the B-17 drones were used on softer targets with mixed effect. Considering they used TV camera to operate it must have been something else to the Troops using them having except for a few from New York city or those who might have seen a demonstration of one before the war. @@AudieHolland German WWII drone way more effective with some ships sunk. Drones nothing new but the heavy investment of the Communist Block in Jamming technology made it seam non productive to put investment in doing that much with them. Still there was a lot more drone use from WWII till now than people think. Vietnam for the US had a thousand plus recon drones in use. Satellites getting better cause major decline in drone programs after Vietnam. After all vs SOVIETS jamming expected to make them of low use. But Cruise Missiles are a form of Drone and in major use for many decades and although some were used pre programmed others were controlled all the way into target.
It's amazing how much the Tiger Panzer has always impressed the Brits in particular and the Allies in general...Every time I watch a video about Tiger Day at Bovington, UK, and I see the crowds watching in awe as the 131 starts rolling around the circuit, with people taking pictures of it like crazy and many awaiting for the Tiger to go back to its shelter so they can take a closer look at it, I'm stunned by the fascination they have for this former enemy !
Excellent video, Dr Felton! We have visited the tank museum at Saumur a few times over the years (well worth a visit), but I never appreciated the story behind that Tiger. Many, many thanks.
I also visited the Saumur museum many years ago and it is indeed worth a visit. I saw that Tiger tank and wondered how it got that distinctive dent. Now I know 😁
Good afternoon Dr. Felton, thank you for this most recent interesting historical fact! It is not surprising that the French used Wheremacht and SS equipment against the Germans. They had to make use of whatever they got their hands on in order to liberate their own country.
@@amacca2085yes as they were a part of the allies they did indeed liberated their own country Even if I do understand that the americans, british and canadians were the ones who fought the most you shall not forget France still had troops on the french front and in Africa. So you should stop shaming the french and their " inability " during the war because they did fought hard and there are clearly people in 2023 who still make fun of the french hereos who died for their country even thought they were allies and they were liberators like their fellow americans, canadians and british camarades. Anyway have some respect for the french hereos who fought the nazis and remember them instead of shaming them by joking about the country that they died for. From Belgium 🇧🇪
Interesting video. If you look carefully though you will see two Tigers in use by the french here - one called Colmar which is the ex sSS102 Tiger now in Saumur, and another called Bretagne at around 8:01. Also the image of Tiger 114 in german service is actually from sSS101 in this video.
The Tiger 1 shares the same room in the museum as the only running King Tiger, along with several Panthers that were used by French forces. The Museum is in Saumur, France and is really well worth visiting. It's enormous and has everyhing a tank admirer could wish to see... except an Armata, as the Russians only have a couple of them at the moment. One point about the Morrocan troops that fought in Italy. Allied troops called them " The Rape Battalions ".... for good reason.
I always found it fascinating how this equipment got around. I say that's a happy ending where the tiger survived her ultimate enemy, the scrappers torch
Another Grand Slam is delivered by the most relevant Mark Felton Productions. Heck he delivers quality and informative did you know WW2 and other conflicts. Cheers and keep up the amazing work. An atta boy as well.
I loved this! I just took my 16 year old daughter to France and I could only sneak in one day at Nantes and St. Nazarre and I got to stand on top of the U-boat pens. As I drove away I wondered if there were any land battles in the area and now I know thanks to Dr. Mark Felton!
You never cease to amaze us with your knowledge and research of little known aspects of WW2.... When l was a little kid growing up in the fifties very near Foulness Island there was a field full of old WW2 vehicles, some of them tanks.. We used to 'clamber' over them, try to remove parts as souvenirs until the government police arrived and chased us off..l reckon there many 'souvenirs' still languishing in grandads shed even now....68-70 years later..
Once again, I have to watch his video at least two or three times because it’s just so dense with interesting knowledge. Thank you so much again, Dr. Felton! I love tanks, so this one’s especially fun for me.
Another excellent episode as always Dr. Felton. Could you please do a video exclusively about the French Waffen-SS volunteers from the 33rd Charlemagne Division captured in 1945 and executed on the orders of General Leclerc in Bad Reichenhall. There seems to be no clear consensus if this incident was considered a war crime. Was Leclerc's B-25 sabotaged at the time of his death in 1947? I always look forward to your videos clarifying any historical discrepancies confused by time and the fog of war. Thank you.
Another fascinating video .....from Dr. Felton. There is a fully operational Panther in our Australian Armour and Artillery Museum in Cairns, North Queensland where I live. There are several Mark iVs, =a Stug 111 and iV, several Panzergrenadierwagen SdfHz 251s, PAK 75, Flak 88mm, a Tiger 1 missing its Maybach engine, a Kettenrad in working order......all in Wehrmacht Halle.....along with Soviet , US and British tanks of almost every description. Les Griffiths
Great bit of history and well told. When you mentioned the Vichy it made me wonder what happened to them. Have you ever done a video on that subject. Thanks Stu
Great story ,a lot of people dont know about those heavily defended areas on the coast that never got taken ,the germans had that pocket sealed for sure (700 arty guns) kinda hard to think the french only took 500 casualties there ,I am also surprised the french could fix a Tiger and get it back into the battle that must have been a eye opener for those German troops stationed there.
Hi Mark great channel I hve just seen you Y/T video on the German WW2 Glider Bomb the Fritz X......and might have something to add to it and it Also ties into the Covert Wartime activity of MTB 255, An Australian Civilian called Bob Haggard ties them together. Bob Haggard was in the process of joining the Royal Navy when halfway through they realised he was an electronic wizzard and had built a Radio from bits and bobs at home at the age of sixteen so they told him to go home and they would be in touch, they brought him in to look at a complete fritz X unit that they had Captured from Anzio, he quickly worked out from the code word for the unit Wotan that it worked from a single beam (bend the beam and it misses). The Royal Navy was so pleased that they decided to use him for some other missions, they wanted to know if the D-day deceptions were working so MTB 255 was re-adapted Torpedo tubes and Guns removed and some Top secret equipment added along with Explosive to blow the boat up to stop it getting into enemy hands should that be necessary. initially they planned six missions but they were so successful they extended it to 24 missions there is a short write up and a Picture of MTB 255 in David Jeffersons book Coastal Forces at war.........after D-Day they were finding out V1 and V2 lauch sites,...... sadly on St Valentines Day 1945 that came to an end in Ostend Harbour there was a big fire which killed 35 people from the Royal Navy and 26 Canadians Ostend Harbour had been in British hands for about a week and Probably MTB 255 was the first boat in after the Germans left MTB 255 was due to go out on Patrol but Bob Haggard needed to report to a Y Officer......he was taking sometime so T/Lt Peter Aspinall went to see where he was......in fact the Y officer had an Irate local who had had a Pig stolen which is what had been the hold up.......someone stealing the pig most likely saved Bob Haggard and T/Lt Peter Aspinalls lives it was on their way back to the Boat that the Explosions started of the 15 on board MTB 255 only 5 survived......with bob and Peter Seven in total.......one of the 5 was a young telegraphist just 21 at the time.......my dad
The SNCAC NC. 900 was a French version of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, constructed from a number of abandoned Fw 190A-5 and A-8 airframes found in the former chalk quarry of Cravant after the Liberation of France.
The Tiger concerned is now being disassembled to be restored to full running condition.
Late Production Tiger I in running condition... I never suspect that it's gonna be reality.
Serious.. that’s amazing
In french colours I trust
Huzzah!
Let’s hope it’s going to be painted in French colors
This is an absolutely amazingly well researched daily show. I wish youtube existed in the early 80's! Congratulations, Mark Felton!
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What does the eighties have to do with youtube? Also, you could have talked to tons of WW2 vets in their fifties and sixties then.
While this is a good show, I love having lived in a pre-internet world....
Imagine having Dr. Felton for a history teacher in high school!
They didn’t talk
I remember seeing a Panther tank with the Cross of Lorraine on the turret as a monument in France decades ago. Presumably it's still there.
Where did this Panther stand ?
It is probably in the Musée des Blindés of Saumur :)
Yes it was the famous Panther in front of the Musée de L'Armée of Les Invalides in Paris. It was full of rust so it was given to the tank museum of Saumur later
Thanks ! And right ! I went at least four times in this museum and saw the Panther 211, the Panther 256 and another one with French markings.
@@ambravirlebretonIt'd be very interesting to know if that's the one that's being restored. I heard/read about a Panther that matches that deterioration description, a couple years ago, that was in the (very costly and slow) process of being restored. Of course, I could use Google, but thing is, not sure if you guys noticed that since a couple years ago, Google became some sort of sales catalogue, all answers are "sponsored", so what was once the pinnacle of web searching became a... welp... sales catalogue, I guess? 😂
Have a good one!
Had no idea Germans were holding on the French ports for so long. Thank you for these incredibly well researched videos!
The good doctor needs to do a video on how those French ports stayed in the fight past VE day.
In 1984, the Medved brothers wrote a book about all-time movie box-office disasters, including Joseph Goebbels' 1945 cinematic disaster, "Kolberg." Amazingly, the Minister of Enlightenment was able to get the diminished Luftwaffe to fly a print of "Kolberg" flown into the besieged port of La Rochelle, for its "world premiere," two weeks before the Allies liberated the city in February 1945. The making of "Kolberg" would make an interesting subject for a future Mark Felton video.
I'm from Brest, the fallschirmjäger were holding the place, the us army had a very hard time to take back the city with twice the losses of the germans
It reminds me of when the Germans were holding out in the Courland pocket until the surrender of Germany
I knew it because of this Channel
I was stationed in Baumholder (1989-1991) with 2/68 Armor.......that Tiger being in the area created all sorts of legends that their were numerous Tiger tanks in storage somewhere under Lager Aulenbach which was the Bundeswehr Kaserne. Yes there are numerous old cellars dug into the hillsides in and around Baumholder, but an underground facility in this region would have taken decades to build, it is mostly rock and not worth the effort.
Bro, I was 8th MP Co, 8th ID in Bad Kreuznach 84-87, but we had a platoon in Baumholder and went down there a bit. We all called it "The Rock".
There are loads of rumours like this around. Over time, being told over and over again they got truly fantastic. Like the size of a fish once caught. "It was THAT big!!"
There were many ludacris projects done by the nazis - but some stories are just too fantastic.
A nazi nuclear bomb program is one of the most famous. A 25km subway in today's Poland another. The latter is used today, of course, by the NSA. Who else?
@joeamarone8251 Mate that is better weather than in Melbourne Australia '4 seasons in one day' was a hit song here and describes Melbourne very well
@@stanislavczebinski994They were undeniably trying their best at a point to develop a nuclear/atomic weapon though. Why do you think V1 and V2 rockets existed and were created? Surely you don’t think Hitler wasn’t aware, via Nazi intelligence of the ongoing Manhattan Project developments, do you? We would be quite well living in a much more dystopian and scary world were the Nazis ever successful at finding a way to contain the payload of a nuclear weapon inside their rockets/missiles. Or humanity may have been completely pushed to extinction. It’s honestly terrifying to thibk about the “What If?”'s of WWII had the Axis powers triumphed instead of the Allies.
@joeamarone8251 AAA-0
They became 4/12 about 1990. Good to hear from a fellow 2nd brigade member from an past era. Those Kirch-Göns boys thought they were called "The Rock" out on the Frankfurter Stadtwald. Not even close to the rock status of the legendary Baumholder
I went to Samur by accident, on a summer trip from Paris where we lived 6 years. we saw this Tiger 1 , it should have been displayed as the French war trophy. To honor the 500 French that died. French troops were courageous in WWI at Verdun, and WWII, they need honoring ! Thanks for this post Dr Felton, more like the content and reason that made me follow you for years ! The WWII story of the French at Les Invalides needs to be expanded and better. Vive la France ! Jai Irlandese !
My eyes might be deceiving me, but in that picture of captured German vehicles I can see a couple of Chenillettes. These are French vehicles that were captured and reused by the Germans, so it would be nice to think that the French army required them, despite them being of limited use by the end of the war.
"Ex German Panhard 178", another French vehicle that was captured and reused by the Germans.
Good eye.
I couldn't figure out what my eyes were seeing.
Thanks for the good info.
I'm in California and not to familiar with Chenillettes.
@@tinomejia8396 They do look different which I why I'm not positive, they have extra bits of the side that are a little like shirtzen.
But those semi-circles on top (for crew headspace) are fairly unique.
@@Valkanna.Nublet You're right they do look like Renault Chenillettes!
It looks like Renault UE indeed!
I thought they were the similar Vickers vehicles made by Britain but after looking into it I think you are right, good eye
Another excellent presentation Doctor. I was surprised to hear "Baumholder" (9:42) brought up. I served at Baumholder 1966-1968 as part of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division's 1/68 Armor. At that time I gave little thought about where I was being in the French zone of occupation. During my tenure there, at least twice French armor visited the area, a sight to behold in the 1960's, M4 Shermans and MB jeeps parading past our M60A1"s..
2:28 I'd like to point out that the last French Commando to participate on D-day passed away earlier this year.
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If Mark Felton had been my high school history teacher, I would have paid attention and gotten an A.
I definitely would have given him 100% attention
if Mark Felton was my teacher I would have been suspended due to sexual improprieties 😳
He may have even taught you your real name!
Well he wasn't, so....
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Another video that is equal parts enlightening and entertaining. You truly bring history to life. Thank you, Dr. Felton!
Another great and interesting story. Mark never fails to deliver.
Just what I needed on a fine Sunday evening.
Thank you Dr. Felton for these obscure but fascinating bits of history , as a vet , I find it fitting using enemy equipment against said enemy , war is Hell
The Panther was a superior tank when it worked properly. But it did have its issues. And excellent post, as is always reliably expected from MFP.
It just required an experienced, careful driver, who had to be aware of it's weaknesses. Sadly for the vehicles, it was a real luxury, especially towards the end of war. While most of those had their final drive broken after 150-200 kilometers, there are confirmed records of several Pz. V Panthers with well over 1000 km at their odometer with no breakdowns, but those could be counted using just hands' fingers, so to say.
I recently been made aware a lot of the problems was the poorly trained, inexperienced and young crews expected to man these tanks. The panther being a hard tank to master and easy to damage if not operated correctly, especially the gear box. Many of these young drivers never having driven any motorized vehicle. At best they received only 10 hours of training with some as little as an hour and a half.
Like the late great Japanese Fighter especially the George by US naming wasted in large part by being thrown into combat without a trained pilot. Still a Jap Ace in Japan shot down several of eight Corsairs the rest running fighting outnumbered 8 to 1 in a George. Japan had put it's few aces left in one unit in Japan. @@binaway
@@timagamer lol you know its "german engineering" when 1000km without breakdowns is the exception
Give me Tiger anyday.
Great video! The Tiger was fitted with transport track at Samur I see in last photo.Interesting detail.
Incredible & fascinating. I long for the day Mark narrates one of my vidoes… 😊
When I read the thumbnail, I thought ah, ha, 'Oddball' DID use his Purchased Tiger. Lol
Thank You. Great Video. Keeping History Alive & Honoring those who fought & died for Freedom.
My dad was in World War II. I just love listening to Mr Felton because my dad wouldn’t talk about the war and happenings, I suppose the Concentration Camps got to him
Damn. I have been to the Samur Tank Museum and seen that Tiger I with my own eyes, and never knew it had such an interesting and fascinating backstory!
I can't imagine how demoralizing that must have been to be attacked by your own captured vehicles.
Once again excellent material. I have learned more about WW-2 from Dr. Felton's than any history class I have attended !!! 👍
I'm amazed how much information you can dig up. Always a good day when that bell rings on my phone. You sir, are the only history channel needed for world War two historians.
It is wonderful to be able to follow the history of this single tiger throughout this confusing time of the war. Thank you, Mark for another excellent video.
Thank you for sharing
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The Saumur tiger I is currently undergoing extensive restauration work in order to make it run again.
Completely taking apart the tiger prior to restauration enabled them to find some obvious battlefield repairs done to the gearbox that may date back to that period, as well as some bullet casings that had slipped through cracks!
They plan to have it running in a few years, and then they'll be the only museum having both a running tiger I and II.
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I am big follower of military history (served myself) and enjoy reading about it, or watching programmes. I am subscribed to several on YT, but this has to be one of my favourite channels (I mean every type of channel) period.
Dr Felton never disappoints, and when you thought you had read a lot, knew a lot, etc. The Dr consistently surprises you with content/action you weren't aware of. Not just that, but the videos are top quality and the narrative and detail meticulous. Love it ❤
Very interesting. Lest we forget that the Germans used M-4 Shermans against U.S. troop during Operation Nordwind, January 1945 in Alsace Lorraine. I believe I learned that in another of Dr. Felton''s videos.
Both sides used each others vehicles in North Africa as well, marking them well so as NOT to be mistaken as belonging to their previous owners.
Rommel even equipped a special 'bodyguard' unit with captured British tanks, if I recall correctly.
There is a WW2 museum in Normandy, It's on the west side of Normandy and used to be a WW2 tank museum. However, after the Paris terrorist attached in 2015, the museum closed (due to lack of business I assume) and the collection was sold off. However, when I was there in 2019, a new museum had opened and in there was quite a few German WW2 vehicles that had been repurposed by the French post for things like logging, collecting apples in the harvest etc. The most fascinating part of the museum was as you were walking out, there were a handful of glass cabinets full of things that had all been found in the last few years. Boots, helmets, rucksacks, webbing, weapons etc etc. That stuff is still out there, my brother in law owns the fishing and gun shop in Dol and only last year, someone brought in a K98 that had literally been found in a barn, complete with some ammo. If you have the chance, go and check out WW2 museums in Normandy.
It’s good to see tiger 114 survived the war and be saved from be scrapped to a display in a museum today great story Dr Felton.
Thanks a Lot for that Video! My grandfather fought in St. Nazaire on the German side. He was with his artillery unit attached to the 11th Tank Division when he came to St. Nazaire. There he was regrouped to the "Kampfuntergruppe Losgar" as Stabsgefreiter. But he never spoke a single word about his time there, but about the previous time and the time where he was POW in France. So, basically I have almost no info about the things he has done there. Just, that he newer was awarded with anything.
The indestructable submarine pens at St. Nazaire (and the other three).
I once saw a documentary where the Allies dropped a Tall Boy bomb on one of the German submarine pens, saying that it destroyed the pens.
However, it turns out the Tall Boy only partially penetrated the roof but did not destroy the pens.
What's more, today one of those former German submarine pens is still in use by the French Navy (Brest).
the US tried carpet bombing them to NO effect, except of course for flattening the city. The damn courageous RAF tried flying up the port canals to land shots into the pens at the subs, again to no avail. What the RAF attempted was nothing less than suicide given the defences. I used to live up the river in Nantes and visited/toured the place several times with a local friend who is a historian. The key to that giant bunkers survival wasn't just it's size, thickness and defences. It had a secret weapon : the Germans where pouring cement WHILE being bombed, so much so that live unexploded bombs where buried in cement. The system was built into the infrastructure. There was only week point to that bunker : the soldiers manning it and unfortunately they didn't give up. They had enough equipment to hold on for a very long time more if they had chosen to do so. To this day, locals regularly uncover NEW boxes of ammo and guns being washed ashore, mainly coming from German supply ships that had been sunk by RAF raids. The Germans had so much gear that they didn't even bother to disembark and save huge amounts of it !
OD ................thanks for the extra info !!!! flying to those pens was a Death Flight ????@@ottodidakt3069
@@ottodidakt3069 Thanks for the additional info.
Joe Kennedy, oldest son of Senator Joseph Kennedy and oldest brother of later president John F. Kennedy, was killed flying remote controlled B-17 Flying Fortresses that were turned into one giant bomb drone (Operation Aphrodite).
The drone had to be taken off the ground by a two man crew who then used their parachutes after the drone had been set on its course and the detonators were activated. Kennedy's plane exploded shortly after take-off.
Though I can't find the confirmation, I believe the Americans were planning to use B-17 drone bombers to be crashed into the German sub pens in France.
@@ottodidakt3069 The U Boat pens at Farge [ April 45 ] were completely destroyed by Lancasters 617 Sqn carrying the Grand Slam two of which went completely through the 7m thick reinforced concrete roof to explode inside while 10 near misses shattered the foundations
Correct I seen the conformation on You Tube in part at least. None of the B-17 that made it to target survived German AA fire to get inside to detonate. Later some of the B-17 drones were used on softer targets with mixed effect. Considering they used TV camera to operate it must have been something else to the Troops using them having except for a few from New York city or those who might have seen a demonstration of one before the war. @@AudieHolland
German WWII drone way more effective with some ships sunk. Drones nothing new but the heavy investment of the Communist Block in Jamming technology made it seam non productive to put investment in doing that much with them. Still there was a lot more drone use from WWII till now than people think. Vietnam for the US had a thousand plus recon drones in use. Satellites getting better cause major decline in drone programs after Vietnam. After all vs SOVIETS jamming expected to make them of low use. But Cruise Missiles are a form of Drone and in major use for many decades and although some were used pre programmed others were controlled all the way into target.
You never cease to amaze me, Dr. Felton 👍
To me the Tiger I is the most iconic tank.
Would have been so Very scary hearing a Tiger approaching with that track squeak 😮
It's amazing how much the Tiger Panzer has always impressed the Brits in particular and the Allies in general...Every time I watch a video about Tiger Day at Bovington, UK, and I see the crowds watching in awe as the 131 starts rolling around the circuit, with people taking pictures of it like crazy and many awaiting for the Tiger to go back to its shelter so they can take a closer look at it, I'm stunned by the fascination they have for this former enemy !
The details of these kinds of events in 2ww are truly mind boggling dr. Felton. How you do it is simply amazing.
Excellent video, Dr Felton! We have visited the tank museum at Saumur a few times over the years (well worth a visit), but I never appreciated the story behind that Tiger. Many, many thanks.
I also visited the Saumur museum many years ago and it is indeed worth a visit. I saw that Tiger tank and wondered how it got that distinctive dent. Now I know 😁
Good afternoon Dr. Felton, thank you for this most recent interesting historical fact! It is not surprising that the French used Wheremacht and SS equipment against the Germans. They had to make use of whatever they got their hands on in order to liberate their own country.
Liberate there country
Hilarious
Without the US the French would be speaking German as their secondary language, just like the rest of Europe.
The French also used former Luftwaffe aircraft, even building a Ju.52 variant for use in "French" Vietnam.
@@amacca2085yes as they were a part of the allies they did indeed liberated their own country
Even if I do understand that the americans, british and canadians were the ones who fought the most you shall not forget France still had troops on the french front and in Africa.
So you should stop shaming the french and their " inability " during the war because they did fought hard and there are clearly people in 2023 who still make fun of the french hereos who died for their country even thought they were allies and they were liberators like their fellow americans, canadians and british camarades.
Anyway have some respect for the french hereos who fought the nazis and remember them instead of shaming them by joking about the country that they died for.
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@@amacca2085 *their *(HILARIOUS!)*
I find it amazing the things I learn for you, Dr. Felton! Thanks
This is fascinating. As always, thank you for sharing this with us, Dr. Felton!
Interesting video. If you look carefully though you will see two Tigers in use by the french here - one called Colmar which is the ex sSS102 Tiger now in Saumur, and another called Bretagne at around 8:01. Also the image of Tiger 114 in german service is actually from sSS101 in this video.
When Dr felton drops a new vlog.... I stand to attention... salute a job well researched and delivered. Here here..
The Tiger 1 shares the same room in the museum as the only running King Tiger, along with several Panthers that were used by French forces. The Museum is in Saumur, France and is really well worth visiting. It's enormous and has everyhing a tank admirer could wish to see... except an Armata, as the Russians only have a couple of them at the moment. One point about the Morrocan troops that fought in Italy. Allied troops called them " The Rape Battalions ".... for good reason.
I‘d love to See that thing its a Part of my countries (shameful) history
I still love my Country tho, sadly so many germans dont
As rich in details as ever. Thank you, dr. Felton.
I'm interested in learning more about those German pockets that didn't surrender until after the war in Europe ended. It sounds very interesting.
I believe Mark made a video about it?
Thank you for your service to WW2 documentaries, Dr Felton!
I always found it fascinating how this equipment got around. I say that's a happy ending where the tiger survived her ultimate enemy, the scrappers torch
Mark feltons videos have given me insights into events and details i never knew before. Some of the best videos on the internet
Fantastic story …
The amount of history you produce from ww2 is astounding
Looking forward to the next one
Thanks again
It was a wonderful historical coverage video...thank you for sharing
Always happy to see a new excellent
installment. Thank you, Dr. Felton.
Another Grand Slam is delivered by the most relevant Mark Felton Productions. Heck he delivers quality and informative did you know WW2 and other conflicts. Cheers and keep up the amazing work. An atta boy as well.
I loved this! I just took my 16 year old daughter to France and I could only sneak in one day at Nantes and St. Nazarre and I got to stand on top of the U-boat pens. As I drove away I wondered if there were any land battles in the area and now I know thanks to Dr. Mark Felton!
What a awesome peice of history. So glad it ended up in a museum.
Thank you for sharing. Fascinating!
You never cease to amaze us with your knowledge and research of little known aspects of WW2.... When l was a little kid growing up in the fifties very near Foulness Island there was a field full of old WW2 vehicles, some of them tanks.. We used to 'clamber' over them, try to remove parts as souvenirs until the government police arrived and chased us off..l reckon there many 'souvenirs' still languishing in grandads shed even now....68-70 years later..
Great story! Great way to start a Sunday morning
This is very cool Dr Felton. Thank you.
And it still has the dent.
Bravo, Dr. Felton.
Thank you for fantastic historical information
Once again, I have to watch his video at least two or three times because it’s just so dense with interesting knowledge. Thank you so much again, Dr. Felton! I love tanks, so this one’s especially fun for me.
Another excellent episode as always Dr. Felton. Could you please do a video exclusively about the French Waffen-SS volunteers from the 33rd Charlemagne Division captured in 1945 and executed on the orders of General Leclerc in Bad Reichenhall. There seems to be no clear consensus if this incident was considered a war crime. Was Leclerc's B-25 sabotaged at the time of his death in 1947? I always look forward to your videos clarifying any historical discrepancies confused by time and the fog of war. Thank you.
Anther fascinating and ell researched Mark Felton presentation. Mark raises the bar with new interesting stories.
Dr Felton, will you be atending the airborne march at Oosterbeek next week? Would be an honnor to shake hands if so. Thanks for the great content ❤
Thank you Dr Mark! Take good care! JJ
Great story and historical facts..as always " the best of the best"....ty Mark Felton.
Another Unknown part of this dreadful war ! Thanks for your research and sharing !
Great evening to you all and I will enjoy your video on this one, thanks again for your time, help and work with the video of the subject.
It's amazing how many stories Mark comes up with, that I have never heard of.
It must be up to 95%.
TH-cam absolutely insisted that I watched this video, and I'm glad I did. Great work as always.
Magnificent details. Thanks!
As always Dr. Felton thanks so much for another informative and interesting topic and video! Many thanks from East Tennessee in the USA!!
Always learning interesting history on this great channel
Thanks M
Another fascinating video .....from Dr. Felton. There is a fully operational Panther in our Australian Armour and Artillery Museum in Cairns, North Queensland where I live. There are several Mark iVs, =a Stug 111 and iV, several Panzergrenadierwagen SdfHz 251s, PAK 75, Flak 88mm, a Tiger 1 missing its Maybach engine, a Kettenrad in working order......all in Wehrmacht Halle.....along with Soviet , US and British tanks of almost every description.
Les Griffiths
Great bit of history and well told. When you mentioned the Vichy it made me wonder what happened to them. Have you ever done a video on that subject. Thanks Stu
Another rewarding video, Mark! Cheers!
Always interesting, Dr. Felton. Always something new and unexpected. Thanks again.
Never cease to be amazed, the best content on U tube,thankyou sir
I need my daily dose of mark Felton👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Mark Felton, you are the absolute king of WW2 on youtube
Yet another great video from Mark Felton.
My grandfather was wounded in the closing of the pocket and was evacuated to Ft. Devens to recover.
And mine was one of the germans in that pocket.
According to the locals there was a tank lost in the bog near brennilis lake , monts d'Arree, brittany, never recovered.
Have seen that Tiger at Saumur. I have a picture of my son, then around 6 standing in front of it. Interesting to have its history here.
Great story ,a lot of people dont know about those heavily defended areas on the coast that never got taken ,the germans had that pocket sealed for sure (700 arty guns) kinda hard to think the french only took 500 casualties there ,I am also surprised the french could fix a Tiger and get it back into the battle that must have been a eye opener for those German troops stationed there.
Never cease to amaze Dr. Felton
Mark. Thanks for providing my Sunday Night entertainment!
Long time viewer, first time commenting. Can’t thank you enough for posting these. Fascinating content.
Hi Mark great channel
I hve just seen you Y/T video on the German WW2 Glider Bomb the Fritz X......and might have something to add to it and it Also ties into the Covert Wartime activity of MTB 255, An Australian Civilian called Bob Haggard ties them together.
Bob Haggard was in the process of joining the Royal Navy when halfway through they realised he was an electronic wizzard and had built a Radio from bits and bobs at home at the age of sixteen so they told him to go home and they would be in touch, they brought him in to look at a complete fritz X unit that they had Captured from Anzio, he quickly worked out from the code word for the unit Wotan that it worked from a single beam (bend the beam and it misses).
The Royal Navy was so pleased that they decided to use him for some other missions, they wanted to know if the D-day deceptions were working so MTB 255 was re-adapted Torpedo tubes and Guns removed and some Top secret equipment added along with Explosive to blow the boat up to stop it getting into enemy hands should that be necessary.
initially they planned six missions but they were so successful they extended it to 24 missions there is a short write up and a Picture of MTB 255 in David Jeffersons book Coastal Forces at war.........after D-Day they were finding out V1 and V2 lauch sites,...... sadly on St Valentines Day 1945 that came to an end in Ostend Harbour there was a big fire which killed 35 people from the Royal Navy and 26 Canadians
Ostend Harbour had been in British hands for about a week and Probably MTB 255 was the first boat in after the Germans left
MTB 255 was due to go out on Patrol but Bob Haggard needed to report to a Y Officer......he was taking sometime so T/Lt Peter Aspinall went to see where he was......in fact the Y officer had an Irate local who had had a Pig stolen which is what had been the hold up.......someone stealing the pig most likely saved Bob Haggard and T/Lt Peter Aspinalls lives it was on their way back to the Boat that the Explosions started of the 15 on board MTB 255 only 5 survived......with bob and Peter Seven in total.......one of the 5 was a young telegraphist just 21 at the time.......my dad
Outstanding video and presentation
I like this channel Dr Felton be going in with these mini military documentaries
Answered my question. I have seen and stood beside this tiger there…magnificent!
Fascinating. Thank you Mark.
Excellent…more information i had no idea about….keep up the great work!👍👍
Hello mark Felton!
Another amazing video Dr. Felton thanks again for your insight into history 👍😎
Fascinating, I didn't know much about the battles for the occupied channel ports,informative as ever mdear,thanks for posting
The SNCAC NC. 900 was a French version of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, constructed from a number of abandoned Fw 190A-5 and A-8 airframes found in the former chalk quarry of Cravant after the Liberation of France.
As always Sir, well done.
I’ve seen that Tiger! Great museum! Fascinating film, cheers!
Thank you for the lesson.