SS Commandos - Ardennes 1944

2020 ж. 27 Қаң.
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Find out how Otto Skorzeny organised Operation Greif, the use of SS commandos behind US lines during the 1944 Ardennes Offensive, and his disguised German tanks in Panzer Brigade 150.
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  • Turning road signs to misdirect armies. That is some loony tunes level trickery that worked

    @SabreWolferos@SabreWolferos4 жыл бұрын
    • what about the allies fake army before d day

      @nagibrich1270@nagibrich12704 жыл бұрын
    • Maybe he did watch bugs bunny

      @ragman0077@ragman00774 жыл бұрын
    • the Brits already done that in preparation of a German landing. battle of Britain

      @topbanana4013@topbanana40134 жыл бұрын
    • Hyperdead_Goat You figure someone would have gotten wise,when one sign said(Hollywood And Vine)Next Exit.

      @gregoryadkins2213@gregoryadkins22134 жыл бұрын
    • Good one! 🤣

      @BillMcSwain@BillMcSwain4 жыл бұрын
  • Mark Felton's voice in his videos sound like they were made years ago and this makes his videos more authentic.

    @simulify8726@simulify87264 жыл бұрын
    • Reminds me of the old History Channel documentaries when it was nicknamed the Hitler Channel. Better that than today.

      @shaider1982@shaider19824 жыл бұрын
    • Polish radio broughtcast form the 1st of September 1939 : "Here comes that boi shit what up"

      @sicariusvast9555@sicariusvast95554 жыл бұрын
    • @Québécois Foie Gras Sadly, true.

      @richarddavidthomas@richarddavidthomas4 жыл бұрын
    • @@shaider1982 Kids these days need to know this. The current state of affairs proves that they do not. I miss Rodger Mudd narrations on the history channel.

      @filthydingus4000@filthydingus40004 жыл бұрын
    • Certainly could do audio books

      @seanokeefe703@seanokeefe7034 жыл бұрын
  • Otto skorzeny is the type of guy who really looks like a SS commando.

    @Ellie-qv4pu@Ellie-qv4pu3 жыл бұрын
    • *an

      @michaelmcnamara8047@michaelmcnamara80473 жыл бұрын
    • hell's angels wouldn't face on him

      @camerocar@camerocar3 жыл бұрын
    • In truth, he looked larger than life

      @AudieHolland@AudieHolland3 жыл бұрын
    • Think. You

      @rochaantonio3732@rochaantonio37323 жыл бұрын
    • He is looks like a traitor to me.

      @fatihorkunss@fatihorkunss3 жыл бұрын
  • 8:17 Another team painted fake tunnels on cliff-sides, causing several columns of tanks and trucks to smash into them. But the US forces soon countered these tactics with giant anvils and the new experimental ACME rockets.

    @b.elzebub9252@b.elzebub92523 жыл бұрын
    • I believe that the allies also utilized hundreds of "Portable Holes" during the battle.....

      @thomasthomas2418@thomasthomas24182 жыл бұрын
    • Don't forget the experimental unit that the Allies formed as an offshoot of their ACME rocket experiments: the RRS (Rocket Roller Skate) troops.

      @hunter35474@hunter354742 жыл бұрын
    • All under the command of General Chuck Jones?

      @mesolithicman164@mesolithicman1642 жыл бұрын
    • Beep beep

      @PUBHEAD1@PUBHEAD12 жыл бұрын
    • Needs more likes!

      @Garethprice1979@Garethprice1979 Жыл бұрын
  • Mark Felton is the history teacher we all wish we'd had at school.

    @Zog26@Zog264 жыл бұрын
    • @Marc Gene :-) I'd prefer the more reliable stopping power of the 75 KwK 42 L/70 cannon, but like you I was more interested in other sorts of main guns at 16!

      @Zog26@Zog264 жыл бұрын
    • I had a football coach who would just make us take turns reading the chapter aloud while he dipped skoal. :|

      @irishpickens6581@irishpickens65814 жыл бұрын
    • Too much has happened in the world to spend it all on WWII, as fun as it is to learn about.

      @masoodvoon8999@masoodvoon89994 жыл бұрын
    • @@thevillaaston7811 have you looked at the sources for this, a biography on Skorzeny and the journal of military history to see what their sources were?

      @masoodvoon8999@masoodvoon89994 жыл бұрын
    • @@thevillaaston7811 cause monty didnt want to look bad. C'on man history is written by the victors to promote their narrative. Get with the program.

      @wolverine67044@wolverine670444 жыл бұрын
  • Can you imagine meeting this guy randomly in the pub and asking if he had any interesting stories?

    @jasongodwin9454@jasongodwin94544 жыл бұрын
    • “there was this time i rescued mussolini”

      @cletusmandeletusman2328@cletusmandeletusman23284 жыл бұрын
    • Skorzenny stories are still arround. I currently found a very disturbing image which supposedly had been made in 1998. Even than the people who are on the picture could not be on it. The source obviously belongs to a Military Industrial Complex organization called Orion. I not state the picture might have been doctored. But one of my late friends who has been one of Skorzennys SS people named Rudolf Langenhorst told me a lot of the stuff he was involved in with Skorzenny - and even weirder things - I not disclose here. People always accuse you of being a liar. Well I protrayed Langenhorsts 90th birthday in Thailand where I live and I am in possession of his decorations. It is unfortunate that you can not post any pictures here in KZhead - I would have loved to post it here. SKORZENNY is on it in a wheelchair aged 90 and I am aware that his codename big Ed has been correctly stated. Well what ever - Skorzenny was a 1000 percent believer and he came always away. Even of a car accident breaking his back. The guy was into the 1980s seen as one or the best intelligence operatives who ever walked the planet....

      @dirkweeber154@dirkweeber1544 жыл бұрын
    • If you meet a Nazi in a pub you give him an interesting story, you dont ask him one.

      @Nat3_H1gg3rs@Nat3_H1gg3rs3 жыл бұрын
    • lol he would head butt you and politely tell you to piss off.

      @mikeohagan2206@mikeohagan22063 жыл бұрын
    • He lived in Kildare Ireland 🇮🇪 for a number of years and I believe he was interviewed on the Late Late Show, back when they had good guests

      @countrichardvoncoudenhovek8855@countrichardvoncoudenhovek88553 жыл бұрын
  • Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪, Skorzeny also bought a farm and lived in Kildare from 1959 until the early 1970's

    @countrichardvoncoudenhovek8855@countrichardvoncoudenhovek88553 жыл бұрын
  • Monty: I'm going to try to make the American troops like me American Troops: *opens fire*

    @robertcurran2765@robertcurran27653 жыл бұрын
    • MY GOD THATS FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY! .....oh....no....our mistake ...sorry

      @totallynotalpharius2283@totallynotalpharius22833 жыл бұрын
    • @@totallynotalpharius2283 they say as they continue firing

      @ichimaru96@ichimaru963 жыл бұрын
    • @@totallynotalpharius2283 GI soldiers : " my god that's field marshal Montgomery !! " Montgomery " : "" gutentag mein junge , wie gehts ? "

      @frankv8891@frankv88912 жыл бұрын
    • They were right to stop Monty. Security is all important in wartime.

      @mesolithicman164@mesolithicman1642 жыл бұрын
    • @@mesolithicman164 I am pondering the idea that detaining him may have helped the war effort

      @justonemori@justonemori2 жыл бұрын
  • This channel is by far one of the best I've seen. Not just KZhead but anywhere. The knowledge you provide of mostly unknown, yet very significant events that took place, it's content and production is second to none...

    @TheDeepsix13@TheDeepsix134 жыл бұрын
    • matt west :- Dr. Mark Felton has a doctorate in history, knows how to do research, and presents himself well on KZhead and TV. We are lucky to have him producing these videos for us.

      @blueeyeswhitedragon9839@blueeyeswhitedragon98394 жыл бұрын
    • It becomes apparent that the spin doctors were at work on both sides , the Germans being no worse . A lot of our historical view of ww2 seems to be have been modified or at best hidden from public eyes , that is until now with these informative productions that go a long way to Re addressing the balance , top drawer stuff , I look forward to these unbiased historically correct posts .

      @soapy3204@soapy32044 жыл бұрын
    • @@blueeyeswhitedragon9839 - I agree totally. I learn a lot from Mark Felton's videos about an era that many would rather forget about. Never forget history because those who do forget history or never learn from it... repeat it.

      @PaladinPierce@PaladinPierce4 жыл бұрын
    • It's got to be said that theres many commenters that also share good information.

      @GB-vn1tf@GB-vn1tf4 жыл бұрын
    • ...and a perfect narrator voice! But who are the idiots who give a thumb down on these fantastic videos?

      @MichielZwanenburg@MichielZwanenburg4 жыл бұрын
  • I read that the Hungarian Regnent Admiral Horthy's son was rolled-up into a carpet and carried out of the palace he was in. It sounds like a Pink Panther film plot.

    @EdMcF1@EdMcF14 жыл бұрын
    • True though

      @MarkFeltonProductions@MarkFeltonProductions4 жыл бұрын
    • In the last weeks of the war he'd go behind the Soviet lines with his commandos, steal their tanks, use them until he ran out of ammo and head back to the german lines

      @bigguy1164@bigguy11644 жыл бұрын
    • EdMcF1 Cleopatra was smuggled into Julius Caesar’s abode for “diplomatic” purposes rolled up in carpet 😉

      @PeteCourtier@PeteCourtier4 жыл бұрын
    • @@PeteCourtier Rather she was smuggled in a sack to Caesar.

      @northland7885@northland78854 жыл бұрын
    • @@PeteCourtier Coleoptera = biology Family of beetles. Cleopatra = Former ruler of Egypt. ;)

      @KB4QAA@KB4QAA4 жыл бұрын
  • As a student of history, thank you ever so much Dr Felton for all of your contributions to the field.

    @nosignal88@nosignal883 жыл бұрын
  • Monty: gets detained, almost killed Eisenhower: This is awesome

    @Kriegter@Kriegter3 жыл бұрын
  • What the History channel should be showing us, instead we get Storage Wars :/ Great research and presentation Mark

    @alwynnel753@alwynnel7534 жыл бұрын
    • A mess of Americans who watch "Reality TV, Making darn sure that American ignorance is mostly manufactured right here in America.

      @rocistone7507@rocistone75074 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you from Germany to the USA, for destroying the Nazi-Scum in Germany and Europe.

      @user-js4py7qb5j@user-js4py7qb5j4 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-js4py7qb5j Russia won the war in Europe.

      @Evergreen0021@Evergreen00214 жыл бұрын
    • @@Evergreen0021 Jeah sure dude... No doubt it's a fact, Russia won a PART of the war, in the east. Absolutely they contributed to the victory over the nazis. But Russia was only one of the allies, sacrificing their lifes. So better stop believing Russia won the whole war, or most of the war, or something. They "only" did their part. The reason why I don't thank the Russians is, that they didn't free ANYBODY. Worse, after Hitler, they run over all eastern European countries, murdered their governments, installed there a disgusting dictatorship called "communism", turning all Eastern Europe, including East Germany, into poor shitholes.

      @user-js4py7qb5j@user-js4py7qb5j4 жыл бұрын
    • IKR!

      @ahmarsaeed6085@ahmarsaeed60854 жыл бұрын
  • My college history professor interviewed Skorzeny in Spain in the 50s. His stories were amazing, but definitely from a different world. Good video.

    @williamluster9394@williamluster93944 жыл бұрын
    • Not different world, this the real one.

      @jiggerdaddy2519@jiggerdaddy25194 жыл бұрын
    • @@jiggerdaddy2519 Well this "real one" is currently remembered by people in their 70s and 80s...

      @Diabetic_Chicken69@Diabetic_Chicken694 жыл бұрын
    • @@Diabetic_Chicken69 brain spotting

      @jiggerdaddy2519@jiggerdaddy25194 жыл бұрын
    • Jigger Daddy And Islam is a religion of peace 👌🏻

      @V0YAG3R@V0YAG3R4 жыл бұрын
    • Bolero and somehow Christianity is too 👌

      @Robotdad474@Robotdad4743 жыл бұрын
  • Excellent video about a part of the Battle of the Bulge that gets overlooked. My dad was in the 99th Division during WWII. In a short book that I have about his regiment, the 394 IR, the story is related about an MP questioning a 2nd Lieutenant. The Lieutenant knew the password and gave correct responses to the MP’s questions. Finally , the MP softened a little and ask the Lieutenant where he went to OCS. The Lieutenant replied, “ Ft. Benning.” Ft. Benning, where? The MP ask. Ft. Benning, Texas. The Lieutenant answered. Another of the SS men was captured.

    @robertbenson9797@robertbenson9797 Жыл бұрын
    • In fairness most americans can be caught out the same way with even less cunning, one just has to not be blind, even the best skinwalkers among their kind rarely pass for a human

      @Elenrai@Elenrai9 ай бұрын
  • American "Halt who goes there?" "Its me Monty" "Monty who?" "Monty Python" "What's the capital of Wisconsin?" "WTF?"

    @4Kandlez@4Kandlez3 жыл бұрын
    • If Ike was delighted hearing about what happened to Monty, I can only imagine how Patton would have felt If and when he heard about it.

      @lordulberthellblaze6509@lordulberthellblaze65093 жыл бұрын
    • "Don't mention the war"

      @airingcupboard@airingcupboard3 жыл бұрын
    • German: "My name is captain Hugh Mungus." American: "Who won the 1937 world series?" German: "Scheiße."

      @morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333@morrighanwermarn-arnburg73333 жыл бұрын
    • hilarious - what is the capital of “Abastonia?”

      @LymanSheba@LymanSheba3 жыл бұрын
    • I'd get shot too

      @andypozuelos1204@andypozuelos12043 жыл бұрын
  • 6 foot 4" scarface, not chosen for his ability to blend in to the background...

    @EdMcF1@EdMcF14 жыл бұрын
    • EdMcF1 I thought the same thing, Look how tall that guy is. Talk about an attention grabber. I would be wanting to talk to him just to find out how tall he was.

      @charlesdobbs4570@charlesdobbs45704 жыл бұрын
    • Probably a dueling scar, nazi's often would fence and give each other scars on purpose to look more intimidating or as a mark of "honor" truly crazy shit.

      @napoleonblownapart8155@napoleonblownapart81554 жыл бұрын
    • Definitely someone who stands out in a crowd.

      @bigblue6917@bigblue69174 жыл бұрын
    • Napoleon Blownapart : During the Hitler era, the ,academic fencing' of german and austrian students was not allowed, so in these days only swiss students fenced in this way. Even today some students do this, but it is no more popular. Outside of the german language countries few students do this in Belgium, Poland and the three baltic countries ( in german Estland, Lettland, Litauen) , when it is true, also some chilenian students. Today this scars are no more wanted and the students prefer modern medicine/ doctor's work. And: from mid 19th to mid 20th century those scars had been a sign of the german language academics, for noblemen this was not common ( for them only scars from battle counted). The 19th century was a time, when the power of the nobility slowly declined, but the importance of non nobles began to rise. Those important non nobles had been rich persons, officals of higher rank and academics. In those days ( and up to the 1950s) only few pupils?/Schüler had been at the Gymnasium, they , and the students at university had been seen as the next members of the ,Elite' of the german countries, and with their scars they proudly showed ,I am a part of the Elite'. Today the situation in Germany is different. Today the Gymnasium is the most popular type of school, there are today more pupils than in Realschule ( middle education) or Hauptschule ( ordinary education). I am a Facharbeiter/ german style trained worker with middle education. I was born in the 60s, and i am rather shocked, what kind of idiots today leave the german schools, even the Gymnasien.

      @brittakriep2938@brittakriep29384 жыл бұрын
    • @@brittakriep2938 interesting insight sir.

      @napoleonblownapart8155@napoleonblownapart81554 жыл бұрын
  • Otto Skorzeny ...i was waiting for this video. That guys life was awesome.

    @calvinfernandez1956@calvinfernandez19564 жыл бұрын
    • *apart from the Nazi crap

      @BillOdyssey@BillOdyssey4 жыл бұрын
    • he stole the glory from the Fallschirmjäger during the Mussolini rescue, and kidnapped Horthys son. Wow, so awesome.

      @bezahltersystemtroll5055@bezahltersystemtroll50554 жыл бұрын
    • @@BillOdyssey Yeah: Why glorify Nazi thugs? ESPECIALLY NOW?

      @michaelmcgovern8110@michaelmcgovern8110 Жыл бұрын
  • Meanwhile in the history channel: ALIENS!

    @nanucit@nanucit3 жыл бұрын
    • Ancient astronaut theorists say: YES!

      @horsepower523@horsepower5233 жыл бұрын
    • Because they had gotten a new mission: distort history.

      @rickvassell8349@rickvassell83492 жыл бұрын
    • Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that you’re just an astronomical hater

      @christopheryanez@christopheryanez2 жыл бұрын
    • But they’re ancient aliens!!

      @tracymesser296@tracymesser2962 жыл бұрын
    • Bigfoot! Storage units! Pawn shops! Truck drivers! People who live in swamps!

      @dx1450@dx14502 жыл бұрын
  • Dear Mark...your opening logo , your diction, your well chosen video, your unbiased view are peace of art. I can objectively say you are best on you tube in topic you are presenting. All the best in future.

    @gematria125@gematria1253 жыл бұрын
  • “Eisenhower was delighted when the story was recounted to him” 😂

    @tfleu725@tfleu7254 жыл бұрын
    • I bet Patton was ecstatic!

      @charlesstuart7290@charlesstuart72904 жыл бұрын
    • I would be too. Monty was an arrogant SOB, notwithstanding his capability.

      @joshhencik1849@joshhencik18494 жыл бұрын
    • They were all arrogant pricks especially Patton.

      @edruss9149@edruss91494 жыл бұрын
    • It is LEGEND that Monty and Ike never got on !!!!

      @IanP1963@IanP19634 жыл бұрын
    • @Feanor Probably doubt and confusion. Tires were a safer bet. If you killed an allied field marshal you'd be guaranteed a court marshal for murder and probably be in prison for a long time.

      @Alan_One1@Alan_One14 жыл бұрын
  • Had he not been a German, there would be plenty of movies about Skorzeny. Edit (30.01.2020): Since a lot of people commented that he wasn’t German but Austrian, i have too add something: that’s absolutely true, but in fact not important. The intention of my comment is to show that there are in general not a lot of movies about the axis powers, compared to the allied countries.

    @JimmyJimmy-lw5tb@JimmyJimmy-lw5tb4 жыл бұрын
    • That's right, but i prefer Kurt Panzermeyer Meyer. Greetings from germany

      @stefanvogel8255@stefanvogel82554 жыл бұрын
    • I heard Arnold wanted to play him, but the movie didn't get a green light.

      @PanzerBuyer@PanzerBuyer4 жыл бұрын
    • Jojo Rabbit, LOL

      @Willy_Tepes@Willy_Tepes4 жыл бұрын
    • Jimmy Jimmy Well, you are right but Skorzeny was Austrian as I understand

      @X-cursionPilot@X-cursionPilot4 жыл бұрын
    • So go make a movie and quit whining. Or go put on your Nazi Youth outfit and play with your Hitler action figure.

      @ffjsb@ffjsb4 жыл бұрын
  • 5 STARS...Excellent job, top notch reporting, filled with details, stories and graphics. This is how history should be told! Keep up the good work.

    @brucevinikas8710@brucevinikas87104 жыл бұрын
  • You probably won't see this but your videos are so well researched and produced I'm surprised you're not picked up by the discovery or history channel to do some short films for them. Absolutely amazing and riveting stuff.

    @jacob_swaggerz@jacob_swaggerz3 жыл бұрын
    • History or Discovery channels are only in it for cheaply made to produce reality TV shows that barely have anything to do with the identity and purpose of the channel name. It's just about viewers and ad revenue.

      @TD_JR@TD_JR3 жыл бұрын
    • They full well know who Mark is. He did a series with the History channel but I guess they decided they could make more money with crap shows like Storage Wars.

      @cindyhawkins6238@cindyhawkins62382 жыл бұрын
    • @@cindyhawkins6238 how do storage units fit in with history? I don't see the connection

      @sandyb2379@sandyb23792 жыл бұрын
    • It's not a brain dead, meaningless reality show. Thats all they care about.

      @johnhammond9962@johnhammond99622 жыл бұрын
    • You don’t know much about the history channel then 😂

      @Mattiedamacdaddy@Mattiedamacdaddy Жыл бұрын
  • The way he escapes is movie worthy.

    @chopperman8042@chopperman80424 жыл бұрын
    • Read Escape from Corrigedor for an unconventional POW escape story.

      @paulwoodman5131@paulwoodman51314 жыл бұрын
    • The story of how they liberated Mussolini could be the script of any action movie.

      @John-yy1oy@John-yy1oy4 жыл бұрын
    • If he was with the Allies, it would be. Even now, the western world is not comfortable with the "good guys" of the film being Germans. Even computer games like Call of Duty upset a lot of people.

      @miiiiiiiiiiick@miiiiiiiiiiick4 жыл бұрын
    • Some polish prisoners did the same, they escaped from Aushwitz wearing german uniforms. When they got stopped on the gate, one of them who spoke german leanguage, ordered that the gate has to be raised faster

      @piotrwojcik9680@piotrwojcik96804 жыл бұрын
    • The trickery of the mind will get you farther than the sharpness of the blade.

      @mazscsu@mazscsu4 жыл бұрын
  • Just finished reading " Otto Skorzeny: The Devil's Disciple" Good job on the video.Thanks for the work you do.

    @celticwarrior4christ@celticwarrior4christ4 жыл бұрын
    • Read that book myself but he wrote that book himself and lots of guilding the lily and many things have since been found out and simply aren't true or yet to be proven

      @steveholmes5207@steveholmes52074 жыл бұрын
    • @@steveholmes5207 This not one of Otto's own books(2 "My Commando Operations" and "Hitler's Commando",this is a 2018 new book by Stuart Smith, completely independent of Otto,uses some material from his books but has many other sources.

      @celticwarrior4christ@celticwarrior4christ4 жыл бұрын
    • @Graham Goldie Yes for the most part.I thought I would get more action/combat out of the book but Skorzeny was a master of self promotion,so he did fight but not like we would have thought-more legend than truth.The ending of the book is somewhat vague about the Mossad connection and his time in Ireland,Egypt.I wanted more on the after war era.I gave it a 3 out of 5.Worth having read it to fine the legend was more in his mind than in real action.

      @celticwarrior4christ@celticwarrior4christ4 жыл бұрын
    • Why the devil ? You think the Allies were the good guys ?

      @toocoolforu@toocoolforu4 жыл бұрын
  • The world owes dr. Felton indefinitely for his work. We thank you so much.

    @jesuschristsuperczar1224@jesuschristsuperczar12243 жыл бұрын
  • I’m doing a rewatch of all of these videos. Dr. Felton thank you for all of your investigative work and production finesse. You really help to bring life to these important historical actions and events, which do not attract the attention which they deserve, in this modern day and age.

    @johntowner1893@johntowner18932 жыл бұрын
    • Ich schaue auch alte Originale Berichte von Kämpfe von unserer Wehrmacht an. Sie waren gut ausgebildet und gut Ausgerüstet. Eben Deutsche genau wie die SS unvergessen.

      @dieterwolfgangkohler@dieterwolfgangkohler Жыл бұрын
    • Vielen Dank🇩🇪

      @dieterwolfgangkohler@dieterwolfgangkohler Жыл бұрын
  • MP: Halt! If you are really British explain all the rules of cricket. Soldier: Can't you just do the humane thing and shoot me? No one really understands cricket or ever has. MP: I'm satisfied now, you are free to go.

    @thomas316@thomas3164 жыл бұрын
    • That detention of "Monty" was hysterical… You can just imagine the American MP's trying to devise questions to tease out the real Monty… "Do the NAZI's play cricket ????" " What's crick-ette , is that some kind of stick-ball ?" ; "OK ask him another " ---> " Is Hitler's other ball in the Albert Hall ?... That's a good one !" ----> Monty screaming at the top of his lungs about how they're all going get court marshaled... "That's exactly what a NAZI officer would say !"... "Ok does the King drink tea..??? " (hours of moronic questions.).

      @extradimension7356@extradimension73564 жыл бұрын
    • If we hadn't grow up around baseball.... The rules and nuances are almost as difficult.

      @robertmoulton2656@robertmoulton26564 жыл бұрын
    • Thomas too funny

      @philipmcmanis2135@philipmcmanis21354 жыл бұрын
    • Speaking as a Scotsman, most of us north of hadrian's wall would be in trouble with that question!

      @williecroft1115@williecroft11154 жыл бұрын
    • LMAO!!

      @cgross82@cgross824 жыл бұрын
  • " old habits die hard." I really had to laugh at that one..

    @rogersheddy6414@rogersheddy64144 жыл бұрын
  • "Eisenhower was delighted"

    @jasonschweigert8069@jasonschweigert80693 жыл бұрын
  • Skorzeny lived the lives of a hundred interesting men. His adventures would each make singularly great movies.

    @jackcade68@jackcade683 жыл бұрын
    • Dude was in the SS.

      @Mutedmouth@Mutedmouth3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Mutedmouth yes. And?

      @jackcade68@jackcade683 жыл бұрын
    • @@Mutedmouth So what , He worked for America and Mossad

      @nationalist464@nationalist4642 жыл бұрын
    • You could easily make a film about him. After all they made a great film about Rommel about 7 years after the war. The Malmedy scheme was daring but failed and the Nazis lost the war so no great moral problems there.

      @mesolithicman164@mesolithicman1642 жыл бұрын
    • He survived the war as well

      @hertzair1186@hertzair11862 жыл бұрын
  • 'Yo jim look its Monte" "You mean that guy who did market garden?" "Yeah" shooting and beating intensifies

    @Oblio1942@Oblio19424 жыл бұрын
    • Hahaha, good one:-)

      @arnobenter@arnobenter4 жыл бұрын
    • Is this the Market Garden when a US officer gave the Germans a full set of the battle plans? I'm surprised the operation went as well as it did. By the way, Eisenhower said of the operation " if Monty hadn't proposed it, I would have ordered it. An excellent reflection of Ike's willingness to accept responsibility

      @nickjung7394@nickjung73944 жыл бұрын
    • Nick Jung -No, this would be the Operation Market Garden where a British officer was captured on D-Day with the plans for the ground markers and smoke signals. Also where The Germans also listened in to British radio signals on No.68P sets which captured paratroopers had not destroyed. See: C. Bauer, 232-3; R. Kershaw, It Never Snows in September (London, 1990), p.231; Harzer, p.132. It’s also the one where British Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks halted his advance on the second day to regroup after assisting in the assault on Nijmegen Bridge. It was the halt that would keep British troops at Arnhem and failing. This was the operation that Ike finally told Monty his role, "Steady, Monty! You can't talk to me like that. I'm your boss."

      @alexprotivnak1224@alexprotivnak12244 жыл бұрын
    • @@alexprotivnak1224yes, I was referring to Market Garden. (D Day 6th June 1944, Market Garden 17 September 1944.) The radios were supplied with the wrong crystals and did not work. They were discarded as useless. Model gained no useful information from radios. There is no doubt about the US officer with the battle plans; his body was found on a crashed glider. The incident was reported in Model's diaries and Ryans book; Model initially thought that they were a hoax but soon realised that events were closely aligned with the documents and realised they were genuine. This information allowed him to optimise his resources with considerable effect. Regarding Horrocks decision, if you have ever walked the route, as I have, you will see that his decision was correct. Sending tanks along an elevated road surrounded with flooded marshland that is under accurate fire from well positioned 88mm guns is suicide. Regarding your comments on the dialogue between Monty and Ike, check your timeline. This took place before Market Garden and resulted from Monty's criticism of Ike's Broad front strategy which lengthened the war considerably. Useful references are Butcher's book about his time with Ike, Ike's book, Crusade In Europe and Monty's memoirs.

      @nickjung7394@nickjung73944 жыл бұрын
    • The Plan was assinine and IKE and SHAEF wanted the Port of Antwerp opened 1st.Ike finally gave Monty his way because he was yapping jackel.After Market Garden IKE more or less ignored him.Though IKE is just as guilty for allowing it,Even Alan Brooke,Adml Ramsey,Air Marshall Tedder and Bedell-Smith all insisted on opening up the deep water port - tactically that made perfect sense

      @bigwoody4704@bigwoody47044 жыл бұрын
  • It's very refreshing to hear your stories, from as much an unbiased stance as possible. Keep up the great work mark

    @ludaMerlin69@ludaMerlin694 жыл бұрын
  • My claim to fame, I met Monty, my Dad was in charge of motor transport near where Monty lived. As a Field Marshal Monty was entitled to a staff car and Dad delivered it and took me along. Monty died in 1976 but it was long, long before that. Probably when I was about 7 in the early 50’s.

    @billgiles3261@billgiles32613 жыл бұрын
  • Why am I first learning of this channel now? This is amazing stuff.

    @lowtdave@lowtdave3 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for the like sir. I found this channel while watching Joe Rogan. A guest of his was talking about the crocodile massacre of the Japanese soldiers in Burma/Myanmar. Wanted some extra detail and now I've watched so many videos. Thank you for all this information

      @lowtdave@lowtdave3 жыл бұрын
  • “Eisenhower was delighted when he heard...” Do you think? LOL! I had never heard that part of the story before; thanks for sharing! Once again, you have done some great research.

    @cgross82@cgross824 жыл бұрын
  • Once the word got out that these units were out in the field, it really freaked out the US Soliders. I've talked with several vets of that battle over the years and all agreed that whatever the cost of this operation, it was probably worth it for the Germans for the fear and distrust it caused.

    @Willysmb44@Willysmb444 жыл бұрын
    • Also factor in that us grunts just killed the bastards when they caught them. It got so bad that a mid-level general officer wrote an order justifying shooting SS prisoners. I think he did it to give his men cover. Eventually, orders went out saying DON'T kill the SS, we need them for intelligence about what units are where, etc. I don't think that helped much...

      @michaelmcgovern8110@michaelmcgovern8110 Жыл бұрын
  • Another well researched and superbly presented video. I liked the bit about what happened to Monty when he tried to exploit Ike's predicament for his own aggrandisement. Thanks, Mark.

    @TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels@TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels4 жыл бұрын
  • I read Skorzeny's book. Can you imagine being a fly on the wall in Spain in the 1950's listening to Skorzeny and Degrelle exchange War Stories!

    @polyglot8@polyglot84 жыл бұрын
    • I would prefer to have been a Mossad or French Socialist spy, hiding behind a wall, bringing them to justice in Israel,

      @mrsmith9031@mrsmith90313 жыл бұрын
    • Mr Smith you’re disgusting .

      @thomasmccann3679@thomasmccann36793 жыл бұрын
    • @@mrsmith9031 Skorzeny was a military advisor to the israeli secret service tho

      @Guadalajara1937@Guadalajara19373 жыл бұрын
    • @@mrsmith9031 what a marxist dork 🤣

      @gutzzgutzz6795@gutzzgutzz67953 жыл бұрын
    • @@mrsmith9031 There is no justice in Israel

      @AfroPoli@AfroPoli3 жыл бұрын
  • Damn his story would make a great movie, better than any James Bond fiction.

    @GregoryDeese@GregoryDeese4 жыл бұрын
    • CAN SEE YOU INTO F FANTASY U SELF LOATHING ONE PARTY SCHIZOPHRENIC SOCIETY ..THEY BOTH CONTROL TO PATHOLOGICAL LIFE GO MAKE SOME FISH N POTATOES

      @vantastroganoff4370@vantastroganoff43703 жыл бұрын
    • In the end a confuse answer

      @vantastroganoff4370@vantastroganoff43703 жыл бұрын
    • yeah just the idea of a War-thriller movie about disguised Germans is pretty exciting.

      @PRubin-rh4sr@PRubin-rh4sr3 жыл бұрын
    • Band of Brothers had an episode that featured some of these shenanigans.

      @papersplease@papersplease3 жыл бұрын
    • From German perspective.....Das Boot great film

      @matthewmaguire8852@matthewmaguire88523 жыл бұрын
  • In my opinion the American GI swagger was probably the hardest to imitate by the strict Germans. It’s a mixture of 33% confidence, 33% attitude, 33% training. It wasn’t just the American accent.

    @todd5082@todd50824 жыл бұрын
    • It wouldn't ever be an easy stroll past an American checkpoint. GI's may have been exhausted, cold and nonchalant - but never idiots.

      @RW4X4X3006@RW4X4X30063 жыл бұрын
    • Hi No The Germans were disciplined not rag tag gangsters like the American soldiers

      @sydneymartin6941@sydneymartin69412 жыл бұрын
  • For as many years I have studied the World Wars, I was not aware of several things that happened during the War that was brought out in this video. Very interesting.

    @johnadams5489@johnadams54893 жыл бұрын
  • That Otto dude looks like a freaking Bond villain! 😳

    @mattpowell2140@mattpowell21403 жыл бұрын
    • I always thought he looked like Jaws

      @leebh8607@leebh86072 жыл бұрын
    • Tall, with the facial scar und ze German accent, a perfect Bond opponent.

      @mesolithicman164@mesolithicman1642 жыл бұрын
  • You should read his book: Otto Skorzeny, my commando operations. Very good read and also the story of him trying to retrieve German gold from Evita Perron, his relation with Hitler and his post war life like his escape from the p.o.w. camp or his time with Nasser in Egypt.

    @ratscoot@ratscoot4 жыл бұрын
    • better not. If people write books about themself 90% is bullshit anyway, especially from WW2

      @noobster4779@noobster47794 жыл бұрын
    • @@noobster4779 99% you read about WW2 is biased one way or another. I found it very interesting to read his perspective.

      @ratscoot@ratscoot4 жыл бұрын
    • All books are worth reading. One gets to see the other side.

      @renataheiberg7534@renataheiberg75344 жыл бұрын
    • I will follow your advice and see if I can find this book! Of course it was biased but it will be interesting nevertheless! Thanks for telling me...

      @paoloviti6156@paoloviti61564 жыл бұрын
    • “German gold” lol

      @StopFear@StopFear4 жыл бұрын
  • 10:45 Sounds as though Eisenhower liked Montgomery about as much as Patton did.

    @keithallver2450@keithallver24504 жыл бұрын
    • Actually Ike was just about the only American general that didn't hate the English.

      @alswann2702@alswann27024 жыл бұрын
    • @@alswann2702 *British!

      @TheToonMonkey@TheToonMonkey4 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheToonMonkey "Limeys" if you *really* hated the British.

      @BeachsideHank@BeachsideHank4 жыл бұрын
    • @EnglishXnXproud toothless idiots !

      @davidprentice5442@davidprentice54424 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheToonMonkey Non-English Britons hate the English.

      @christosvoskresye@christosvoskresye4 жыл бұрын
  • Skorzeny is like a textbook Bond villain or evil henchman.

    @DomPatek@DomPatek2 жыл бұрын
    • he did things james bond himself might do.

      @bobbest1611@bobbest16112 жыл бұрын
    • he was a soldier doing his job

      @rub3nski@rub3nski2 жыл бұрын
    • Scars and all

      @chuckabbate5924@chuckabbate59242 жыл бұрын
    • I think falsi and bill g are far more evil.

      @mochiebellina8190@mochiebellina81902 жыл бұрын
  • Amazing stories told by an amazing teacher. I am discovering very interesting hidden stories behind each new video. Congrats and thanks so much, Mr. Felton!

    @fernandomazarro2551@fernandomazarro25512 жыл бұрын
  • I’m Canadian and those days in the Bulge war look damn cold. From firing from an elevated position in a snow storm to recovering tanks, none of them were dressed appropriately. Amazing the elements didn’t claim them all.

    @rumanda36@rumanda364 жыл бұрын
    • RW: The winter of 44-45 was one of the coldest in half a century in France.

      @KB4QAA@KB4QAA4 жыл бұрын
    • Your are right Canadian Viewer ...It seems to me that only Sir Montgomery was properly dressed

      @scooter66133@scooter661334 жыл бұрын
    • And a picnic compared to Chosin in 1950.

      @stevek8829@stevek88294 жыл бұрын
    • @Steve K - Right you are; many American soldiers and Marines lost extremities to frost bite in the fighting around Chosin.

      @shawngilliland243@shawngilliland2434 жыл бұрын
  • Skorzeny was perhaps one of the greatest commandos ever.

    @saeedkhanmalik@saeedkhanmalik4 жыл бұрын
    • Two words. Joachim Peiper.

      @humanforfreedom9583@humanforfreedom95834 жыл бұрын
    • Humanforfreedom 95 really a commando tho?

      @billt7283@billt72834 жыл бұрын
    • He worked for Israeilis after the war, STRANGEEE

      @willysillyplays@willysillyplays4 жыл бұрын
    • He looks like a meth head

      @ianwalton284@ianwalton2844 жыл бұрын
    • @@humanforfreedom9583 One word...Murderer!

      @gazza2933@gazza29334 жыл бұрын
  • I realize this is old, but I have learned so much more about WWII watching your videos,the little things that they didn't teach you in History class. I learned about the Maisey Bunker complex the other day watching something on Nat-Geo. Thank you Mr Felton.

    @christopherpuylara6355@christopherpuylara63554 жыл бұрын
  • I have been rewatching some of your older videos , you truly are a gifted historian sir!! You need your own television series! You would have a world wide following!

    @shearwave7885@shearwave78852 жыл бұрын
  • It's incredible how you find the photos to go with your research and videos. I like how you can inter-twine some of your other videos to give a big picture of how all these events tie together. Another great video. Thank you!

    @scottfabel7492@scottfabel74924 жыл бұрын
  • i've yet to see one of your vids where i don't learn something new. Well done mate.

    @bluthammer1442@bluthammer14424 жыл бұрын
  • Great episode. I've been studying World War II on an off for a good part of 40 years and never knew the in-depth details that Dr. Felton reveals. The G.I.'s hauling Monty into a barn was outrageous.

    @thunderbolt2145@thunderbolt21452 жыл бұрын
    • Pride before the fall. That was immensely tasteless on Montgomery's part trying to act the part of the fearless leader knowing Eisenhower was under security and couldn't be there. Eisenhower probably promoted the GI's that roughly shoved Monty into a barn.

      @tomservo5347@tomservo5347 Жыл бұрын
  • I'm on an absolute binge of this amazing channel.

    @joshuasmith4979@joshuasmith49793 жыл бұрын
  • Allies: operation fortitude Germans: there is a nazy among you Allies: I knew Monty was a nazy!

    @leooram1959@leooram19594 жыл бұрын
    • It was the queen giving the Nazy salute! See the photo!

      @guycastonguay9633@guycastonguay96334 жыл бұрын
    • The person you trust......is one of us.

      @nickjung7394@nickjung73944 жыл бұрын
    • Nazy?

      @rodwilkins1614@rodwilkins16144 жыл бұрын
    • Guy Castonguay Nonetheless, Monty was an egotistical idiot just like Patton. Except Patton was a leader and Monty was a punk. Remember Arnhem....

      @trippbloodworth4217@trippbloodworth42174 жыл бұрын
    • @Gaming Git Not to be a Grammar Nazy, but you misspelled Nazy. You may want to edit your comment to fix that.

      @heresy8384@heresy83844 жыл бұрын
  • This is GREAT. I've heard about this my whole life, they even mentioned it in U.S. History class in the 70's & 80's but never in such detail. Well done sir, well done. 👍👍

    @pantslizard@pantslizard4 жыл бұрын
  • Mark Felton: "Otto Skorzeny and His German Commandos" History Channel: "Otto Skorzeny - War Criminal or Alien Android"

    @HappyFlapps@HappyFlapps3 жыл бұрын
    • You can always tell what group of people control things

      @patsyparisi3000@patsyparisi30003 жыл бұрын
  • Honestly I think this would make an amazing movie or short tv show. This is like a real life action movie you always hear about. Thank you Mr. Felton for sharing this😊

    @masongohman2773@masongohman27733 жыл бұрын
    • I thought this type of false flag operation was touched upon in Henry Fonda's 1965 film "Battle of the Bulge"?

      @michaeldunne338@michaeldunne3382 жыл бұрын
    • I remember they did touch upon this a but in Battle of the bulge.

      @BaconBeast11@BaconBeast11 Жыл бұрын
  • Haha, I wonder what Patton’s reaction was when he learned that Monty was roughly handled and thrown in a barn by some GI.

    @AnhTrieu90@AnhTrieu904 жыл бұрын
    • He probably wanted to "pin a medal on the bastard".

      @neiljones9884@neiljones98844 жыл бұрын
    • Given that American overreaction to the these commandos had Eisenhower practically made a prisoner by his own guards it is difficult to laugh too hard at other incidents.....

      @trooperdgb9722@trooperdgb97224 жыл бұрын
    • Anh Trieu Germany's best American general

      @nickjung7394@nickjung73944 жыл бұрын
    • @Anh Trieu - I would guess delight. Patton disliked Monty intensely, all the way back to at least Sicily and perhaps even North Africa.

      @shawngilliland243@shawngilliland2434 жыл бұрын
    • The GI was probably promoted lol

      @humanforfreedom9583@humanforfreedom95834 жыл бұрын
  • To beat your enemy. You must become your enemy....and turn signs for directions.

    @vaughanpower4538@vaughanpower45384 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for this lesson in the history that is hardly ever taught. It never ceases to be informative and very well presented.

    @elviramcintosh9878@elviramcintosh9878 Жыл бұрын
  • Love these pieces! The “war reel” vibe is awesome.

    @ColdHawk@ColdHawk3 жыл бұрын
  • For a good eye-witness account of this part of WWII, try to find a copy _First Across the Rhine_ by Col. David E. Pergrin, who was the C.O. of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion who put in the pontoon bridge parallel to the Ludendorff Bridge under fire (among many other bridges, which they were amazingly good at).

    @hshs5756@hshs57564 жыл бұрын
  • Skorzeny's exploits during the Battle of the Bulge would make for an amazing movie!

    @mtate02@mtate024 жыл бұрын
    • Skorzeny was a German SS Commando hero.

      @amberlopez7477@amberlopez74773 жыл бұрын
    • @@amberlopez7477 If this thumbnail is accurate, you are absolutely beautiful Amber ❤️💋

      @mtate02@mtate023 жыл бұрын
    • @@mtate02 ι ℓσνє уσυ ʝєℓℓу!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

      @amberlopez7477@amberlopez74773 жыл бұрын
    • @@amberlopez7477 He was a Nazi thug, and you LIKE him?

      @michaelmcgovern8110@michaelmcgovern8110 Жыл бұрын
  • This is the only channel with amazing story's like this one!

    @roysieben6945@roysieben69452 жыл бұрын
  • this is a great documentary. well-researched and narrated. I feel the need to suggest that the volume of the gun & explosion sound effects are much louder than the narration, forcing me to hover over the volume control so I dont destroy my eardrums when the shooting sounds start (earphones on), while still being able to clearly hear the words spoken. but that having been said, this is an excellent channel and I will certainly be watching much more.

    @stevesaitz1706@stevesaitz17063 жыл бұрын
  • To be fair, the liberation of Mussolini was primarily an effort of the Fallschirmjäger, in fact Skorzeny almost jeopardized the mission by overloading the planes with his SS men simply for the PR stunt.

    @perkilpeters9590@perkilpeters95904 жыл бұрын
    • He also made a point of being on the plane that delivered Mussolini to Hitler. Some say he was a self promoter. I think he had panache, style.

      @thomasthomas2418@thomasthomas24183 жыл бұрын
    • Was the liberation of Mussolini his holy punishment by socialist war heroes, when they strung up , like a leg of lamb

      @mrsmith9031@mrsmith90313 жыл бұрын
  • Great job, as usual, Mark!

    @Creek_Hunter@Creek_Hunter4 жыл бұрын
  • Otto lived and farmed in Ireland in the 1970's. Enormously popular and charismatic guy . Sorry I missed meeting him.

    @conlaiarla@conlaiarla3 жыл бұрын
  • You sir should have your own tv channel. This indept quality content is rarely shown other places. An incredible importan and interesting piece of history is still being carried on. Well done!

    @rolfpettersen877@rolfpettersen8773 жыл бұрын
    • TV is for lies. The Internet is where truth is found.

      2 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for this informative posting. It was a ruse that I'd never heard of until today. My understanding of ww2 is becoming more clear, all thanks to yourself. Four years of High School History (I was quite a bright student, gaining an A) and what I've learned via your postings are like night and day! Thanks again.

    @chelamcguire@chelamcguire4 жыл бұрын
    • There's a movie called Battle of the Bulge released in 1965 starring Henry Fonda Robert Shaw Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas with a storyline about this. I always thought it was just made up.

      @ericw3229@ericw3229 Жыл бұрын
  • An event in history often portrayed incorrectly. Great research and brilliant story telling once again. Thanks!

    @russwoodward8251@russwoodward82514 жыл бұрын
  • This is interesting Mark, I had never heard of this before. Thanks for sharing dude.

    @mochengladbachgee3093@mochengladbachgee30933 жыл бұрын
  • This is the best video I have seen so far on the SS operations in the Ardennes especially the tank pictures. Special thanks to Dr. Felton for this and many other videos.

    @jdmans@jdmans Жыл бұрын
  • This story took the old saying "all is fair in love and war" to another level

    @profharveyherrera@profharveyherrera4 жыл бұрын
    • All may be fair, but some of it gets you shot after a summary court martial.

      @christosvoskresye@christosvoskresye4 жыл бұрын
    • But then you get nazi sympathizers getting upset that these war criminals were executed for their crimes

      @TheKsalad@TheKsalad4 жыл бұрын
    • @@christosvoskresye funny how they could not get him on charges for what he did ....because the allies did the same. The irony. What you gonna charge him with? Bad dressing?

      @dgray3771@dgray37714 жыл бұрын
    • @@dgray3771 why so Sauer, Kraut?

      @emjay2927@emjay29274 жыл бұрын
    • Americans and British did the same things wearing german uniforms behind German lines.

      @georgschmidt494@georgschmidt4944 жыл бұрын
  • You should as a historian do one on the Biscari Massacre of 14 July 1943 ( 16 months prior to Malmedy massacre which no doubt was in retaliation for Biscari ! ) where US soldiers of the 180 the infantry Regiment lined up 71 unarmed Italian POWs soldiers and 2 German Officer POWs and machined Gunned them all to death at Regia Aeronautica ‘s 504 air base at Santo Pedro near Caltagirone in southern Sicily . None of the US officers and troops who committed the Biscari Mass murder of 73 unarmed POWs ( which was a war crime against humanity and the Geneva convention which the USA was a Signator to ) ever faced justice at the nuremberg war crimes trials ! ...... it is history that must be remembered and never forgotten !

    @valdasendriulaitis50@valdasendriulaitis504 жыл бұрын
    • Fiver, aren't ya?

      @alswann2702@alswann27024 жыл бұрын
    • The Biscari Massacre were two incidents, one in which a Sergeant leading surrendered Italians (and two Germans) to the rear, took it upon himself to execute the 37 men with a Tommy Gun. The other incident was where the same unit captured a group of 36 Italians who had been manning a position where they had been pouring sniper fire on the US troops including targeting medics and the already wounded. When those Italians had surrendered, many were found not to be in uniforms (which under international law would make them spies and subject to execution) None of them admitted to being snipers when asked. When those men were brought before a US Army Captain he asked if any had been snipers and was told that they had been even though the interpreter had already told the capturing troops they had not admitted to anything. The Captain then convened a firing squad and had the men shot. A Chaplin would later report the shot prisoners up the chain of command to Omar Bradley who asked the commander of 7th Army General Patton what should be done. At first, Patton said to let the matter go because the men were likely snipers and besides they were dead and would only upset US citizens back home. But when later reports from the Inspector General of the 180th Regiments 45th Division found no reason for the shootings, Patton said "Try the bastards" The Sergeant who shot the first group of men and the Captain who ordered the firing squad for the second group were both tried for war crimes. The Sergeant was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, but that charge was remitted in November 1944 and the Sergeant went back into the line and served to the end of the war getting an honorable discharge and dying in Oklahoma in 1974. The Captain was also tried for war crimes and used a speech General Patton had given to his division officers that prisoners should only be taken under limited circumstances and if they continued to resist when US soldiers had closed to within 200 yards of their position, surrender need not be taken as part of his defense. Patton claimed his speech had been taken out of context but the captain was cleared of all charges went back into the line and was later killed in action. You have no idea if the Malmedy Massacre was in retaliation for Biscari. The suspected SS troops and their commander Joachim Peiper didn't raise Biscari in their defense at their war crimes trials. Instead, they claimed to have been tortured by US troops into admitting to killing captured Americans when they had done no such thing. They also explained that charges of murdering Belgian civilians during the same operations were actually legit killings due to those people being partisans. Did the German military put the SS troops on trial for alleged war crimes against captured US troops? No. Did the German military put SS troops on trial for murdering civilians? Nope. I find it laughable for anyone to argue that German SS troops (or Japanese ones for that matter) got a raw deal under US military justice while the US did nothing to control the conduct of its own men. The purpose of the Nuremberg trials was to bring suspected Nazis to justice for alleged war crimes. It wasn't to put allied troops and officials on trial. The reason was that in allied armies alleged crimes against humanity were still seen as crimes and subject to military justice. In the German military, crimes against humanity were OFFICIAL POLICY. If the Germans intent was to avenge Biscari (and hopefully dissuade US troops from killing captured Germans) then Malmedy was an utter failure because it resulted in official US Army orders going out to shoot all SS troops on sight and take none as prisoners. Other American units likely expanded that policy to any Germans they captured. If the SS were avenging Biscari, how did that work out for them?

      @TheLAGopher@TheLAGopher4 жыл бұрын
  • I really wish I could go back to school with the enthusiasm I have now from your videos, I remember as a kid in school history seemed boring, now I’m 25 and stay up until god knows what hour watching Mark’s content!

    @LordBojang@LordBojang3 жыл бұрын
  • I want a film in perspective of the Germans

    @boyl.8251@boyl.82514 жыл бұрын
    • Watch Europa the last battle

      @dannycreevy9612@dannycreevy96123 жыл бұрын
    • That explains why that small European countries opened their legs when the German troops entered their homes, becoming 2nd level nazis... Fkn snowhitties...

      @juanma7117@juanma71173 жыл бұрын
    • @@juanma7117 Thats not it i am really interested in WW2 but i have seen every single WW2 film from thr Allied but not all German Soldiers were nazi’s

      @boyl.8251@boyl.82513 жыл бұрын
    • @Simon Davies ive seen The Captain and also Stalingrad i believe but maybe not gotta check that one out then

      @boyl.8251@boyl.82513 жыл бұрын
    • @E Smidt You obviously know nothing about the history of the second world war its to laugh about really you should look it up because the Germans and Japanese weren’t the only bad guys in the war

      @boyl.8251@boyl.82513 жыл бұрын
  • Who gives a thumbs down on a Dr. Felton video? Excellent job Dr. you have some of the most informative videos out here. Keep up the outstanding work!

    @jefffortais5555@jefffortais55554 жыл бұрын
    • Ummm Jeff, I would guess,,, a German.

      @sheilagravely5621@sheilagravely56212 жыл бұрын
  • 12:27 "the allies had done the same in secret missions" Never heard of this before. Please enlighten us!

    @hakeemzahardi9207@hakeemzahardi92073 жыл бұрын
    • It is not a stretch of the imagination to believe it. I dont know of any specific mission, but Markeet Garden sure coulda used some SS uniformed Brits in it. Wait, there is that one where the lone American and 5 Brits storm this castle is a cable car? Operation Danny Boy or Broadsword or something

      @SuperChuckRaney@SuperChuckRaney3 жыл бұрын
  • Do not forget the 6th airbourne division took part in the Ardennes offensive, my uncle Robert Evison was in the 13th parachute battalion, and took part in the battle for the town of Bure.

    @jangreen5618@jangreen56183 жыл бұрын
  • Fascinating AND amazing at the same time! Thanks again for another great video, Mark.

    @Appalling68@Appalling684 жыл бұрын
  • There is a movie here on KZhead named "Come and See" it's about SS operations in Belarus. You will be stunned by actual rounds were fired overhead and a cow gets shot. This film accurately reflecks the death and destruction after operations began in eastern Russia. You cannot unsee this film. Its worth watching twice to really grasp all the details.

    @slypen7450@slypen74504 жыл бұрын
  • My late father fought in the Ardennes where he was captured. He then spent 6 months in a German POW camp where he almost started to death (lost almost 80#). His camp was liberated by Russian soldiers, and he and a friend made their way back across enemy lines on their own. He often spoke of how kind Belgians were to feed and hide them.

    @suzanneporter2936@suzanneporter29363 жыл бұрын
    • They sent him from France/Belgium to a camp so far eastwards that the USSR liberated it?

      @user-fb9ql8bm2e@user-fb9ql8bm2e2 жыл бұрын
    • liar

      @waragainstmyself1159@waragainstmyself11592 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-fb9ql8bm2e Yes. He hand wrote all his war memories. Was in 3 prison camps. Force-walked to all.

      @suzanneporter2936@suzanneporter29362 жыл бұрын
    • @@waragainstmyself1159 My father hand wrote these memories. He received Silver Star for his service.

      @suzanneporter2936@suzanneporter29362 жыл бұрын
    • @@suzanneporter2936 he definitely had a will to survive

      @sandyb2379@sandyb23792 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you Mark for posting interesting shows!

    @stephenpowell1827@stephenpowell18273 жыл бұрын
  • I like Mark's classical timeless speech, language, and pronounciation. Similar to Patrick Stewart aka Jean-Luc Picard. Even for me as non-native English speaker this is music in my ears if I may say so...

    @docharley4535@docharley45354 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks Mark for giving me more in depth information about Skorzeny and his mission. Great video !

    @ericmcquiston9473@ericmcquiston94734 жыл бұрын
  • That Otto character deserves a video all his own.

    @shatchett0@shatchett03 жыл бұрын
  • man this is great work! love your videos.

    @johnnycubero2075@johnnycubero20753 жыл бұрын
  • "Howdy cowboy - mind directing us to the nearest fuel depot?"

    @objectiwexyz@objectiwexyz4 жыл бұрын
  • I may aswel pay Mark instead of the Tv license as im never off his channel.. And its packed with info ive never heard of on Tv. He digs deep.

    @nazmoneymiller2363@nazmoneymiller23634 жыл бұрын
    • What is a TV license?

      @stevek8829@stevek88294 жыл бұрын
  • 10 out of 10 for this documentary sir Mark Felton. All the best for the future mate.

    @CharlieManchester1@CharlieManchester13 жыл бұрын
  • My greatgrandfather Victor claimed that he personally met Skorzeny in a hotel in the late 50's in Argentina, and said that Otto was a very energic man, that speaked so loudly that you could hear him coming in a mile away... Just like my greatgrandfather, according to my grandfather, since i never met good old Victor.

    @erikrosalen1819@erikrosalen18194 жыл бұрын
  • The fact the road signs threw an entire regiment is wild.

    @thedog4499@thedog44994 жыл бұрын
    • I imagine it was a time of chaos anyway, during the final Blitzkrieg of the war, and units were being hastily moved around without clear instruction. The situation was ripe to sow mass confusion. That said, you'd think one of them would have had a map and a compass.

      @joshhencik1849@joshhencik18494 жыл бұрын
    • In the confusion of War - don't be ridiculous !!!!

      @IanP1963@IanP19634 жыл бұрын
    • Wild but true

      @rudytahangchannel2229@rudytahangchannel22294 жыл бұрын
    • @@IanP1963 did he have no map

      @thedog4499@thedog44994 жыл бұрын
    • @@thedog4499 Perhaps not able to interpret it correctly. We had a lieutenant of this type once.

      @rizzochuenringe669@rizzochuenringe6694 жыл бұрын
  • Me a 14 years old student from germany watching a video about the ardennes offensive at 2.45am in the night altough I have school tomorrow.

    @hublitobuchclub947@hublitobuchclub9474 жыл бұрын
    • Same here but 18 years old from Philippines it's 4:49 AM

      @erikramos4285@erikramos42854 жыл бұрын
    • Solche Räuberschinken lernt man leider nicht im Geschichtsunterricht. Ist wohl aber auch besser so.

      @rippspeck@rippspeck4 жыл бұрын
    • Get good sleep if you can. You'll come to realize how valuable that is as you become a man.

      @deepatlantic2222@deepatlantic22224 жыл бұрын
    • Good for you!

      @Ira88881@Ira888814 жыл бұрын
    • @@deepatlantic2222 Badasses like Skorzeny don't need sleep. ;^)

      @NuGanjaTron@NuGanjaTron4 жыл бұрын
  • Incredible. More information in a Mark Felton presentation of less than 15 minutes, than an "hour", or more, from many other sources. Thanks Mate!

    @gerbear1907@gerbear19074 жыл бұрын
  • Fantastic documentary you put so much work and research into everything,I also love your voice

    @itaobyrneokeeffe7908@itaobyrneokeeffe79083 жыл бұрын
  • It's always Skorzeny, the mans combat record is insane

    @raptorcell6633@raptorcell66334 жыл бұрын
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