Americans in the Battle of Berlin - The Untold Story

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @americanexcursions3542
    @americanexcursions3542 3 года назад +1994

    That Katyusha rocket says "for Reichstag" on it. That means you Mark always select the accurate footage to go along with the stories.

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 года назад +103

      "On the Fuhrer's birthday, a barrage of Katyusha rockets will tear Berlin to pieces! With your bullets... with your bayonets... with your bare hands. Do the same to their wretched soldiers!"

    • @vonkaiser6817
      @vonkaiser6817 3 года назад +22

      @@comradekenobi6908 hello there

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 года назад +20

      @@vonkaiser6817 General Kenobi

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 года назад +6

      @Brian Treacy Sr. tachanka

    • @luchko3936
      @luchko3936 3 года назад +2

      @Raghab Mukherjee vasily died lol

  • @frostyfrost4094
    @frostyfrost4094 3 года назад +1942

    Dr Felton gives an honest and unbiased report on history, Where does he find all these remarkable true stories.

    • @ManiacalForeigner
      @ManiacalForeigner 3 года назад +267

      @@rintinfin4440 Cry harder, wehraboo

    • @lol-un6nl
      @lol-un6nl 3 года назад +242

      @@ManiacalForeigner nah this is beyond wehraboo, this is teetering into neo nazi territory

    • @generalfred9426
      @generalfred9426 3 года назад +211

      @@rintinfin4440 I can't believe people don't sympathize with an anti-Semitic, genocidal maniac that led his country and much of the world into the deadliest conflict in human history!

    • @beninwarrior4579
      @beninwarrior4579 3 года назад +110

      @@rintinfin4440 Any sane person would dislike the nazis and what they did.

    • @davem2369
      @davem2369 3 года назад +73

      @@rintinfin4440 someone didn't get hugged as a child, did they?

  • @donaldfedosiuk1638
    @donaldfedosiuk1638 3 года назад +1102

    As a very young man I worked as an editorial assistant on the Boston Traveler in the mid-60's. Andrew Tully was still there at the time and though I never knew him, I would come to read his "CIA: The Inside Story" shortly after I left. Far less cognizant of (or,, sadly, interested in) history in those days than I came to be, I had no idea of his foray into Berlin -- but then, nobody ever told me about it, either. Until just now. Thank you, Dr. Felton

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks 3 года назад +13

      Where you still with the _Traveler_ when it ceased publication? I know of the newspaper only through press clippings in family albums.

    • @jaymuzquiz2942
      @jaymuzquiz2942 3 года назад +8

      Are we supposed to use all those punctuation marks when writing in English? They're's so many of them!

    • @roderickcampbell2105
      @roderickcampbell2105 3 года назад +14

      @@jaymuzquiz2942 Jay, generally yes, that's the way it is. There are quite a few. But the text only has a double comma (,,) which is just a typo as far as I can tell. One feature is to forget about the punctuation marks. They matter but do not add contextual content really. So one can strip out punctuation and focus on the content. Unless it's poetry of course.

    • @Goddessღ
      @Goddessღ 3 года назад +12

      @@jaymuzquiz2942 Pretty much what Roderick said. Punctuation is important but you don't have to do it or go crazy with it. Especially in the youtube comments section. If a grammar nazi tries correcting you try not to take it personally but usually online native english speakers type with normal punctuation so ending sentences with periods for example. Sometimes native speakers just say whatever is on their mind and only pay attention to spelling and not really anything else. That person just made some mistakes and added flair but like what Roderick said, that doesn't really add much to the content of what they were saying. Just focus on what you are saying and focus on your conjugation and your appropriate use of words like your, you're and there and their and they're. Knowing the differences between those is actually important.

    • @jaymuzquiz2942
      @jaymuzquiz2942 3 года назад +8

      @@Goddessღ eYe mAy nOt bEe aYe sMaRt mAn bUt eYe dEw nOo wUt LuV iZ

  • @TheLordAncient
    @TheLordAncient 3 года назад +505

    4:56 Russian soldier's facial expression is priceless. Bitter sweet happiness. "I'm hugging a brother, we don't understand eachother, but we've been through the same hardships, which made us brothers."

    • @cleancoder3838
      @cleancoder3838 3 года назад +49

      ... and 17 years later, the countries of these two "brothers" would have wiped out almost the entire planet in a nuclear war, leaving only losers on all sides.

    • @bobka_old
      @bobka_old 3 года назад +16

      ralphy ralph country politics = soldiers evil intentions, understandable

    • @667DOOM
      @667DOOM 3 года назад +56

      @ralphy ralph you mean the leadership. a soldier is a soldier is a soldier. period.

    • @marchellochiovelli7259
      @marchellochiovelli7259 3 года назад +6

      @ralphy ralph Worse. Way worse, they just won so they could sugar coat most atrocities.

    • @gerardomartinez8000
      @gerardomartinez8000 3 года назад +1

      Untill cold war beguin😁

  • @warfare11gaming
    @warfare11gaming 3 года назад +590

    The best history channel about stories and nothing comes even close!

    • @christopherrobin1505
      @christopherrobin1505 3 года назад

      Dark docs does

    • @alexm2802
      @alexm2802 3 года назад

      @@christopherrobin1505 they are both equals

    • @MultiDivebomber
      @MultiDivebomber 3 года назад +6

      He even sounds like narrator of old documentaries

    • @friedchicken2592
      @friedchicken2592 3 года назад +1

      I suggest Yarnhub. It has nice animations

    • @SomeGamer1111
      @SomeGamer1111 3 года назад

      Battle of Berlin on Enlisted just released let’s gooooo. Play for free now, Berlin, D-Day, etc. no I don’t get paid to advertise

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 3 года назад +1011

    Dr Felton never fails to amaze me with little-known but very interesting facts about the war that not even documentary channels could produce.

    • @a.wenger3964
      @a.wenger3964 3 года назад +17

      Yeah! I've never heard of this war correspondent Virginia Irwin before, what a badass! 1945 Berlin was a complete hellhole!

    • @garak6789
      @garak6789 3 года назад +4

      Totally agree !!!

    • @alitlweird
      @alitlweird 3 года назад +3

      he’s actually involved in a lot of documentaries that have been on the cable channels.

    • @alitlweird
      @alitlweird 3 года назад +1

      @@a.wenger3964
      If you search “battle of Berlin ambient sound” (or something along those lines) you won’t be disappointed. it’s actually very relaxing with headphones.

    • @frmertd
      @frmertd 3 года назад +4

      speaking of war correspondants, i would love mark to give the real details on if Ernest Hemingway liberated Paris as has been claimed!

  • @winghungyuen2726
    @winghungyuen2726 3 года назад +566

    The online history teacher that never fails to deliver us quality content on stories we have never heard of. Keep it up!

    • @kewltony
      @kewltony 3 года назад

      9:34 Yank Magazine

    • @kewltony
      @kewltony 3 года назад

      11:40 rubbed out

  • @alih6953
    @alih6953 3 года назад +336

    This channel is a blessing during COVID-19 especially those who are under lockdown and are studying non-stop for exams and cannot go anywhere!

    • @joshbarber1907
      @joshbarber1907 3 года назад +10

      This guy taught me more than my history teacher did.

    • @larrysmith6797
      @larrysmith6797 3 года назад +5

      Where the hell are you locked down on April 13, 2021? Liberal pantywaist.

    • @alih6953
      @alih6953 3 года назад +20

      @@larrysmith6797 who me? We are in lock down In Canada. All the stores are closed, libraries, gyms and stores are closed. Even Parks are closed. Muted and blocked. It is law that you can only leave the house for shopping groceries. I am not even a liberal. But I guess calling me a liberal makes you a fascist? You are the type that says "COVID is fake news right" Won't bother respond to you anymore. Not worth my time. Feel free that you won.

    • @connorhughes7928
      @connorhughes7928 3 года назад +9

      @@alih6953 I have no idea where he got what he said from. But, I wish you luck and safety throughout Covid-19!

    • @alih6953
      @alih6953 3 года назад +6

      @@connorhughes7928 Wow thank you so much Connor. Your kindness makes up for his rudeness. I would like to suggest you check out TIK as well he has tons of WW2 stuff. God Bless you and thank you for making my day

  • @RadioactiveSherbet
    @RadioactiveSherbet 3 года назад +801

    I like how welcoming the Russians were of that first group of journalists. They thought they were crazy, but welcomed them with food and drink. That's kinda cool.

    • @jenshavla4673
      @jenshavla4673 3 года назад +110

      Slavic hospitality

    • @Kombajnistazbizona
      @Kombajnistazbizona 3 года назад +81

      Vodka means hello in Slavic culture.

    • @secretagentviper8382
      @secretagentviper8382 3 года назад +30

      @George Washington and fox is real America? Your just as guilty as they are for biased propaganda

    • @Blu3P0rc3l41n
      @Blu3P0rc3l41n 3 года назад +21

      @@secretagentviper8382 It's ALL propaganda. It just appeases to whatever sect you mentally subscribe to.

    • @WanderingCoyoteXVII
      @WanderingCoyoteXVII 3 года назад +17

      @@secretagentviper8382 don't bother with any channel that has a symbol like the Iron Cross as its profile picture. No chance of civil discourse.

  • @Groovy_Bruce
    @Groovy_Bruce 3 года назад +331

    The female war correspondents were badass. I love that one of them was an ex vogue model. What an amazing life she led.

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 3 года назад +12

      There was an excellent BBC4 documentary about her a few months ago. Might be on the iPlayer. (Or look out for a repeat).

    • @jessefarley4609
      @jessefarley4609 3 года назад +1

      When i heard that i think of the song dead crush by alt j that talks about her

    • @thor7856
      @thor7856 3 года назад +16

      A time when WOMEN were WOMEN and MEN liked them that way.

    • @Muzical-Man
      @Muzical-Man 3 года назад +5

      @@thor7856 indeed. The good old days as some call it. Also, men and women spent a lot of time doing their hair and dressing up considering technology didn’t exist yet

    • @SynchroScore
      @SynchroScore 3 года назад +2

      @@thor7856 Pretty sure that women are still women...

  • @bigbadword
    @bigbadword 3 года назад +394

    Even though they were punished I'd say the experience was still worth it.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 3 года назад +108

      Even at this point western leadership were terrified that some incident might spark and lead to fighting between them and the Soviets.
      Funny how the western allies and soviet soldiers and people had such camaraderie while the governments were already plotting against and paranoid of each other.

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 года назад +21

      They're like those illegal vloggers lol

    • @SMGJohn
      @SMGJohn 3 года назад +21

      @@planescaped
      Capitalism and Socialism are not compatible, of course they were paranoid not to mention the entire western Great Powers had invaded Russia just 24 years ago to fight alongside Tsarist troops against the Bolsheviks.
      One system will always seek to overthrow the other.

    • @satinsheets1012
      @satinsheets1012 3 года назад +3

      Two of a kind experience by an American

    • @satinsheets1012
      @satinsheets1012 3 года назад

      @@SMGJohn see this is where ur wrong it may be territost groups now but they was when the Americans helped them

  • @M1GarandMan3005
    @M1GarandMan3005 3 года назад +117

    "Mother, a few days ago we waved the flag of the Motherland over the top of the Reichstag in Berlin. The war, at last, seems to be coming to an end. There is very little fighting left to the enemy. Soon, I will be returning to our home. There are German prisoners of war everywhere. Today, I cross the Elbe River in Germany and shook hands with an American soldier. Although I could not understand anything he said, I felt this man was my brother, and I think he felt the same." - Alexei Ivanovich Voronin

    • @wayneantoniazzi2706
      @wayneantoniazzi2706 3 года назад +20

      Of course. When you come right down to it GI Joe, "Tommy," or "Ivan" were just regular working stiffs and would rather have been anywhere else than where they were. None of them asked for that war, and they all just wanted to get it over with and go the hell home.

    • @boris001000
      @boris001000 3 года назад +8

      Ahh yes the original CoD game. Memories....

    • @darthkarnage7538
      @darthkarnage7538 Год назад

      This was painful to read, knowing what in a few months, the US and USSR will be de facto enemies and will remain so for the years to come...

  • @Mis-AdventureCH
    @Mis-AdventureCH 3 года назад +332

    When I was a young correspondent in Jugoslavia in the 90s I carried the first page from the introduction of Ernie Pyle's book, "This is your war." It lived in my wallet throughout those years and now resides, thread worn, in my war trunk.
    "To not want to be in London during this time struck me as being simply uninterested in living."

    • @williammorse8330
      @williammorse8330 3 года назад +7

      hello - "uninterested in living"....... well put.... you must have some stories yourself worthy of note.

    • @jehugo66
      @jehugo66 3 года назад +6

      Jugoslavia was a rough place in early ‘90s.

    • @jemperdiller
      @jemperdiller 3 года назад +1

      Of course, because you work for secret services, as Pyle did.

    • @Mis-AdventureCH
      @Mis-AdventureCH 3 года назад +3

      @@jemperdiller ?????? Secret Service protects the President and other heads of state. They have nothing to do with anything you are implying. Pyle was a travel writer before the war.

    • @hakimcameldriver
      @hakimcameldriver 3 года назад +3

      Did you ever get up to Mostar, i was there for about 5 months until i was wounded and evacuated for medical treatment in Austria.

  • @ronalddesiderio7625
    @ronalddesiderio7625 3 года назад

    Mark Felton does an excellent job in my humble opinion

  • @tinekustec483
    @tinekustec483 3 года назад +82

    Sir Felton back at it providing with the gold content.

  • @CaptainGyro
    @CaptainGyro 3 года назад +92

    How Dr. Felton continues to come up with these interesting -- more like amazing -- stories continues to amaze me.

  • @jamiesimmons6850
    @jamiesimmons6850 3 года назад +288

    anyone else like before watching the video because you know it’s going to be a banger

    • @tonyarichards5430
      @tonyarichards5430 3 года назад +9

      That’s a given.

    • @martijnjongepoerink3459
      @martijnjongepoerink3459 3 года назад +3

      Sorry, not me.
      I am fairly critical.
      However, about 95% I give these a LIKE.

    • @ossieostrich69
      @ossieostrich69 3 года назад +4

      Yes I like then watch. But only Mark Felton’s work.

    • @allingtonmarakan1436
      @allingtonmarakan1436 3 года назад +1

      Of course and I have never changed my mind. Also, if I don't like at the start or early on, I a afraid that I will forget at the end as I spot yet another of Mark's videos in the 'related videos' column to the right.

  • @jonfoulkes3160
    @jonfoulkes3160 6 месяцев назад +1

    "Fierce fighting rumbled in the distance like summer thunder", that line hit hard, very poetic 🙏🙌

  • @jackmccloskey8073
    @jackmccloskey8073 3 года назад +36

    I feel the need for a movie to be made for most of Dr.Felton’s stories, but this one takes the cake

  • @AlexanderYK76
    @AlexanderYK76 3 года назад +32

    The little stories that no one ever told before. Danke Mr. Felton!

  • @HistoryHustle
    @HistoryHustle 3 года назад +21

    Another great untold story covered by Mr. Felton! Thanks again.

  • @Roller_Ghoster
    @Roller_Ghoster 3 года назад +616

    Americans in the Battle of Berlin? Next you'll be saying there was Japanese Stukas and Tiger tanks. Ooopps. There was 😲. I'll just get my coat Dr Felton.

    • @AbrahamLincoln4
      @AbrahamLincoln4 3 года назад +38

      wait, really? This is feltons channel so nothing can be doubted lol.

    • @live2ride18
      @live2ride18 3 года назад +58

      Or that the French fought ww2

    • @chrismartin3197
      @chrismartin3197 3 года назад +15

      @@AbrahamLincoln4 just a few experimental examples, I think like japanese bf-109s

    • @tavish4699
      @tavish4699 3 года назад +6

      @@live2ride18 HAHAHA :D

    • @cleanTron
      @cleanTron 3 года назад +23

      @@live2ride18 OR the french fought in Berlin, against to Soviet ... oh they did ^^.

  • @jpmnky
    @jpmnky 3 года назад +1

    Great work guys.

  • @PYRO-ON
    @PYRO-ON 3 года назад +19

    Dr. Felton does it again... The only historian bringing you the stories no one else has about this amazing conflict and all of it untold stories that have been buried until now.

  • @JoeWatts98
    @JoeWatts98 3 года назад +50

    You know when you hear that intro song, you’re in for a good story.

  • @eddy66t6
    @eddy66t6 3 года назад +201

    Honestly better than half the stuff being put out by the documentary tv channels these day!

    • @lutin_mi06
      @lutin_mi06 3 года назад +19

      All*

    • @snigie1
      @snigie1 3 года назад +8

      That's not really a high bar to cross

    • @area609joe7
      @area609joe7 3 года назад +3

      Just half? 😂

    • @flabbywall1780
      @flabbywall1780 3 года назад +1

      Tv?

    • @yesyesyesyes1600
      @yesyesyesyes1600 3 года назад +6

      Could Dr. Mark Felton be an alien from outer space?
      Ancient astronaut theorists say YES 😁

  • @editmemeslolz5991
    @editmemeslolz5991 3 года назад +38

    love this guy he just popped out on my recommended once then here we are

  • @studebaker914
    @studebaker914 Год назад

    Really good video of history of the brave journalists, many writers and cameramen lost their lives in the war.

  • @geert0809
    @geert0809 3 года назад +12

    Who needs history books when we have Mark Felton! You nailed it again with just another amazing story. Thanks so much!👌

  • @jonahwilliams4112
    @jonahwilliams4112 3 года назад +114

    Now we need to see the story of the American Paratrooper captured on D-Day that then became a Red Army tanker that fought in Berlin too! You do some the best WWII work out there keep it up!

    • @lonniebailey4989
      @lonniebailey4989 3 года назад +6

      I heard about this incident thanks to YarnHub.

    • @PhazzeeYeehaw
      @PhazzeeYeehaw 3 года назад +5

      do you have a link to anything? i’d like to know more.

    • @burkanov
      @burkanov 3 года назад +32

      @@PhazzeeYeehaw I don't have a link, but I remember this story. There was some guy, a paratrooper, who got cought after the d-day, sent to a concentration camp somewhere in the eastern Orussia, but managed to escape. He ran to the east couple of days, was in a very bad condition, but luckily got very strange rescue - he was seen by Alexanda, one of the very few girls who were tank commanders. She took him to the divisions command, and he was offered to be transferred back to americans, but suddenly he said, he'd rather join the tankers (did he like Alexandra so much? Who knows). Anyways, he got Sherman tank and joined the tank brigade. Half a year later he and Alexandra got in a serious battle, Alexandra died from injuries, but the american guys luckily survived once again. Zhukov visited him in hospital and provided him some basic documents, as the originals were in the camp. After the war, he returned home to the US. One more interesting detail: he was considered to be dead and there was a ceremonial funeral of him. In 1946 he married a local girl and - just by the accident - the priest, who married them was the one, who buried him twi years earlier :) Much later in the 80s or 90s, the guy was on a TV with Yeltsin and Clinton. There's a footage somewhere, google it, it's funny and cool story

    • @lonniebailey4989
      @lonniebailey4989 3 года назад +3

      @@burkanov Basically, what the video I posted in the comment describes.

    • @roguedalek900
      @roguedalek900 3 года назад +19

      That US Army paratrooper who served with the Russians was named Byerely . (Joseph?) He was from Muskegon Michigan. He wrote a book about it . 101st Airborne. I have the book but read it years ago.

  • @reptar5.048
    @reptar5.048 3 года назад +188

    You gotta love “56th and last birthday.” What a day that was

    • @kimwit1307
      @kimwit1307 3 года назад +28

      plenty of fireworks, certainly

    • @scockery
      @scockery 3 года назад +29

      Fegelein was suppose to bring the party hats...never showed up.

    • @roderickcampbell2105
      @roderickcampbell2105 3 года назад

      @@scockery Scockery is a great handle for you! I bet you watch the "rants"! I'm going to catch some now.

    • @misternikolas8611
      @misternikolas8611 3 года назад +17

      @@kimwit1307 Plenty of foreigners attending to the birthday as well!

    • @arfanmedni7294
      @arfanmedni7294 3 года назад +10

      Went with a bang

  • @Tyler-gv6zf
    @Tyler-gv6zf 3 года назад +31

    Work can wait; Dr. Felton uploaded!

  • @stephen8176
    @stephen8176 3 года назад

    Mark Felton and History Guy are what the History Channel *should* be.

  • @maryrafuse3851
    @maryrafuse3851 3 года назад +3

    Matthew Halton of The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) did some exceptionally good reporting. He should not be forgotten.

  • @KainWT
    @KainWT 3 года назад +9

    How does Dr. Felton keep pooping out amazing WW2 stories no one has ever heard of? Fantastic content

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 3 года назад +4

      Good fibre in his diet of history knowledge that he keeps consuming, I would suggest.

  • @terminal-velocity111
    @terminal-velocity111 3 года назад +17

    Well done Mark. As always, faultless dialogue with perfect editing. Best wishes from Edinburgh.

  • @noone-tj5lb
    @noone-tj5lb 3 года назад +61

    Lets Appreciate Mark Feltons stories and history from WWII and he never gives up from Britain

    • @sovietgrim1950
      @sovietgrim1950 3 года назад +3

      I like your profile pic

    • @noone-tj5lb
      @noone-tj5lb 3 года назад +1

      @@sovietgrim1950 np

    • @noone-tj5lb
      @noone-tj5lb 3 года назад +2

      @@sovietgrim1950 and yours Comrade Grim

    • @luchko3936
      @luchko3936 3 года назад

      Tf......ivan

    • @noone-tj5lb
      @noone-tj5lb 3 года назад

      @@luchko3936 CYKA your AK-47 is to small

  • @SirLoinOfsteak85
    @SirLoinOfsteak85 3 года назад +19

    That shot of the Russians loading the rocket that says "FOR THE REICHSTAG" on it makes me chuckle. Interesting to see their soldiers did that kind of thing too.

    • @capitalismisshit
      @capitalismisshit 3 года назад +4

      You're wrong. The inscription "по рейхстагу" means to "shoot at the Reichstag". Hello from Russia.

    • @SirLoinOfsteak85
      @SirLoinOfsteak85 3 года назад

      @@capitalismisshit Which means the same as what I said...

    • @richardcowling7381
      @richardcowling7381 8 месяцев назад +1

      Soldiers are Soldiers, we might speak different languages, wear different uniforms, salute different flags, but all Soldiers share a common humour.

    • @wanderschlosser1857
      @wanderschlosser1857 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@capitalismisshitSure you're Russian? In "Po Reichstagu" (sorry for using Latin letters) there is no "shoot" included. It indeed means "to the Reichstag" or "for the Reichstag" nothing more, nothing less.

  • @JavierCR25
    @JavierCR25 3 года назад +656

    “Influencers” today: I’m gonna take a pic of my dinner wearing a bikini.
    WWII Female correspondent: I’m gonna sneak into the Battle of Berlin so I can document one of history’s most important events.

    • @Jesse-B
      @Jesse-B 3 года назад +22

      Too right.

    • @MikoyanGurevichMiG21
      @MikoyanGurevichMiG21 3 года назад +59

      Well at least there are a rare bunch of some great female journalists of VICE reporting there in Iraq and Syria. The documentary on the Battle of Mosul wasn't that bad.

    • @LocalGuardsman
      @LocalGuardsman 3 года назад +58

      @@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Back when VICE was still good.

    • @davidcat1455
      @davidcat1455 3 года назад +16

      How do you put a bikini on a dinner? You must eat some interesting shaped food😉

    • @RaoulThomas007
      @RaoulThomas007 3 года назад +4

      Virginia had be Brass Ones, for sure!

  • @empirikal09
    @empirikal09 3 года назад +227

    Wow I always thought Americans arrived to Berlin right after the German surrender. This is really a fascinating and very educating story. Thanks!

    • @Joseph-xj4ex
      @Joseph-xj4ex 3 года назад +17

      It's history that isn't told!

    • @tjb7284
      @tjb7284 3 года назад

      @@Dave-ty2qp So what is your question aiming at?

    • @blackinpublic4193
      @blackinpublic4193 3 года назад +5

      Believing in white supremacy makes you lose two world wars 😂

    • @Jack-yg7pi
      @Jack-yg7pi 3 года назад +14

      @@blackinpublic4193
      First World War had nothing to do with white supremacy.

    • @sabrinanova949
      @sabrinanova949 3 года назад +7

      @Ron P
      "US army could have easily taken Berlin".
      Says a British who his army fleed from Dunkirk after got battered by Hitler's army. 🤣😂🤭

  • @RandomDudeOne
    @RandomDudeOne 3 года назад +51

    3:27 My dad was with the 5th Air Force stationed on the little island of Le Shima when Ernie Pyle was killed there in the last days of the war in the Pacific. One of the few things he told me about his time in the war.

  • @edmedlin2109
    @edmedlin2109 3 года назад +18

    Dr Felton does it again! This is how history should be taught. FYI, his books are just as well-written and fascinating in their detail and subject matter.

  • @belotypen
    @belotypen 2 года назад +2

    greetings from Poland, this documentary as other are best doc I found on Internet this year! So, many thanks for hard work!

  • @cior8837
    @cior8837 3 года назад +5

    once again a story we were never told nor taught! amazing job Dr. Mark Felton!

  • @edwardthemexican2907
    @edwardthemexican2907 3 года назад +30

    I loooove this channel!
    Reminds me when History/Nat Geo/Discovery MX Channels used to have ww2 documentaries almost every day

  • @DAni14787
    @DAni14787 3 года назад +23

    You learn something new every time Mark post a video :)

  • @Jansporter2
    @Jansporter2 3 года назад +5

    We love you Dr. Felton

  • @zenolachance1181
    @zenolachance1181 3 года назад +22

    When my mother went to visit her brother's grave in the Hawaiian National Cemetery they told her to look for Ernie Pyle grave because he's buried right on the side of him. He was a construction Battalion CB died in Guam

  • @austinjeffris38
    @austinjeffris38 3 года назад +3

    I’m so glad you cover larger well known battles but also the lesser known ones, the ones we forget about.

  • @bigbootros4362
    @bigbootros4362 3 года назад +3

    Please never stop Dr Felton... You are a wonderful source of knowledge.

  • @soldatdaniels8738
    @soldatdaniels8738 3 года назад +22

    The very first time I hear about Americans being in Berlin during WW2. Sadly it isn't what you'd think. But still, what a story!
    Thank you for today's lesson Mark!

  • @CatLegoDiver
    @CatLegoDiver 3 года назад +11

    Love that you always seem to find something that is little know or has been forgotten as time passes by. As usual, great, compelling work! Thank you!

  • @MarkThompson-ke9nu
    @MarkThompson-ke9nu 3 года назад +5

    You never cease to amaze me Mark , I always look forward to your videos 👍

  • @military-vehicles
    @military-vehicles 3 года назад +3

    That's why I love RUclips, you learn and hear new, never-before-heard stories. Thanks 👍👍

  • @anthonyspanos6161
    @anthonyspanos6161 3 года назад +1

    THE MOST RESPONSIBLE AND WELL RESEARCHED AND DOCUMENTED CHANNEL, I FOOLOW WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITY

  • @charlesclager6808
    @charlesclager6808 3 года назад +13

    Again Dr. Felton, you have schooled me. These facts are totally new to me. I had no idea that these brave reporters schemed their way into the heart of Berlin during the final hours of Hitler's Nazi insanity. Thank you so much.

  • @naajohnnorthcott8267
    @naajohnnorthcott8267 3 года назад +75

    My father, a British Military Police corporal, was assigned to escort a war photographer to the front. The photographer told him that if he was shot, my father was to make sure his photos got back. My father replied that if things got that hot, he would be long gone.

  • @alih6953
    @alih6953 3 года назад +8

    Thank you so much Dr. Felton. I was wondering when you would make a Video. Awesome work!

  • @Masden-
    @Masden- 3 года назад +7

    Mark easily has my favourite channel on youtube. No music, great footage, and amazing commentary. I feel like I could ask him anything and he would have an answer. Also, the comment section and most people in it are amazing. I love hearing the stories from people with personal experiences or relatives who had fought in the events Mark covers. Awesome guy and community.

  • @tonymcdonnly6492
    @tonymcdonnly6492 3 года назад +2

    Mark Felton, you should have a television series on The History Channel in America. Your work is stellar.

  • @warrenlehmkuhleii8472
    @warrenlehmkuhleii8472 3 года назад +235

    I would have a lot more respect for the press if this is how they acted today.

    • @VictoryOrValhalla14
      @VictoryOrValhalla14 3 года назад +27

      They acted no different, General Patton comments on how vile they are/were.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 3 года назад +18

      @@VictoryOrValhalla14 Patton himself was pretty vile as well... so he'd know. XD

    • @VictoryOrValhalla14
      @VictoryOrValhalla14 3 года назад +28

      @@planescaped how so ? He exposed the real enemy and died because of it. Have you ever read what he wrote ? Or are you just regurgitating nonsense because he slapped a coward ?

    • @jkline999
      @jkline999 3 года назад +10

      @@VictoryOrValhalla14 Today they would be on Hitler's/Stalin's side. Journolisters would not allow an Ernie Pyle to be amongst their ranks.

    • @FormerGovernmentHuman
      @FormerGovernmentHuman 3 года назад +9

      I don’t know if it was only my unit but we had combat cameramen attached to us from JSOC who would take photos of us in combat and classified photos of terminated HVT’s or EKIA.
      They were not affiliated with MSM.

  • @tribuneaquila1686
    @tribuneaquila1686 3 года назад +29

    Good videos keep it up

  • @ColinH1973
    @ColinH1973 3 года назад +6

    Absolutely fascinating account of yet another forgotten vignette of history. Thanks again, Mark.

  • @wickedgrinaz
    @wickedgrinaz 3 года назад

    Mark Felton videos are a 100% guaranteed watch from me. They are the only content I download for offline viewing.

  • @futurecorpse1945
    @futurecorpse1945 3 года назад

    Filipino fan here. Your WW2 videos are so great and entertaining to watch plus your voice really adds to the greatness of it all. I remember hearing your voice mostly in History Channel if I'm not mistaken. Keep doing the great vids. 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @donc9751
    @donc9751 3 года назад +4

    Thank you Mr. Felton for continuing to put out such great historical WW2 content! My Grandfather fought in Germany in WW2 and was with the troops of the Rainbow Division when they went into Dauchau on April 29th 1945!
    I remember as a young boy the stories he would share with me when I was able to pry them out of him, looking back I know he never liked talking about them, but I was his 1st grandchild and he was my hero then and always!
    Thanks for keeping these amazing historical facts coming! Today's kids are being taught nothing of it, at least in America. Very sad what our country has been allowed to become.

  • @jal4science573
    @jal4science573 3 года назад +3

    Whenever Mark Felton uploads, it makes my day. Thanks Mark. 👍

  • @homeland6901
    @homeland6901 3 года назад +6

    Never surprises me to see Mark's vast array of work to be so successful. Very interesting, great work!

  • @davo2003hd
    @davo2003hd 3 года назад +1

    What a amazing story! Thank you Dr. Felton

  • @youngthaiarfssoldier8732
    @youngthaiarfssoldier8732 3 года назад

    Mark Felton is THE one gonna fill the blanks in most pages of history book.

  • @aleksanderpopov5060
    @aleksanderpopov5060 3 года назад +5

    Thank you Mark for another great video, I was worried yesterday checking my notifications all day.

  • @TTULangGenius
    @TTULangGenius 3 года назад +4

    Another Mark Felton video, LET’S GOOOO!
    Always brightens my day! 😀

  • @gcarraig
    @gcarraig 3 года назад +38

    This is an absolutely stunning story. I would really love to see this fictionalized and turned into a film project or Netflix series. No idea how they’d recreate the shattered hellscape of Berlin’s infamous architecture. But by using these maverick journos as protagonists, it really would be a novel way of creating a focal point to depict the fall of Berlin in a cinematic way.
    Thanks for sharing this episode. Fascinating stuff.

    • @jch010
      @jch010 2 года назад +1

      Holy crap this is a great idea. Would also like to see perhaps another correspondant who is in the city right before the fall when everyone is drunk knowing the impending doom is coming. A dipiction of the berlin philharmonic where cyanide was handed out by the youth would be crazy. Always thought the fall of Berlin would be a grand scale epic romantic tragady.

    • @Smudgeroon74
      @Smudgeroon74 Год назад

      Germany gave the New World Order a hell of a fight, but ultimately their supplies were exhausted fighting in places like Stalingrad. The Axis powers were ultimately undone by the Yanks once again.

  • @davidham1338
    @davidham1338 3 года назад +2

    every night while eating dinner i put on my headset and watch your videos, best i have ever seen learn new history everytime, , LOVE IT keep up they great work

  • @mrbudlight6354
    @mrbudlight6354 3 года назад +1

    Great video a lot of great information

  • @badmonkey2222
    @badmonkey2222 3 года назад +4

    Thanks Mark for bringing this long forgotten story to light.

  • @DeltaV3
    @DeltaV3 3 года назад +3

    How this man continues to surprise us with interesting unknown WW2 facts is beyond me. I honestly thought I had heard them all. We salute you Dr Felton.

    • @hurri7720
      @hurri7720 2 года назад

      Perhaps he is able to read (or translate) something else but English.

  • @chrislebon5927
    @chrislebon5927 3 года назад +25

    God, you always cover the most interesting stuff. Made the pandemic a more tolerable learning experience....

  • @benji.B-side
    @benji.B-side 3 года назад +2

    Dr Mark Felton, our favourite historian on RUclips. Every video is just sheer quality and massively interesting.

  • @arocker23
    @arocker23 3 года назад +1

    You tell these remarkable and obscure stories in a manner which makes me feel like you were there. I love sharing these stories with friends.

  • @basichistory
    @basichistory 3 года назад +4

    This channel never fails to deliver. Who knew this before? Well done.

  • @veritas-revelare-omnis5217
    @veritas-revelare-omnis5217 3 года назад +4

    I learn more about our true history on YT or TT than I ever did in school! Thanks Mark for your content.

    • @y_ffordd
      @y_ffordd 2 года назад

      Imagine how much work Mark Felton does for the 5-10min videos and then think of a teacher doing 5-6 lessons a day, each an hour long, imagine how much prep they need to do for each lesson and how much subject matter they need to teach, much of which is not that interesting, but is part of the syllabus, but they still have to engage the students. Imagine how much time teachers spend preparing for these lessons, marking the homework, helping students, and they dont get paid any more for it. A good teacher puts in more hours than Felton does on these videos, but the difficulty of the job is why so many teachers leave, and why many fail. Take this video, its about a niche action in the war, some reporters getting into Berlin, it teaches us nothing significant about the war, its good entertainment, but its not essential learning.

  • @robotorch
    @robotorch 3 года назад +4

    I second Adriel Sebastian - consistently amazing hidden nuggets, keep them coming Doc

  • @neiltibbs648
    @neiltibbs648 3 года назад +1

    Just hope RUclips are paying him well because he deserves it. Better documentary’s than you get from TV highly recommend. 🇬🇧👍👍👍👍👍

  • @AmazingPhilippines1
    @AmazingPhilippines1 3 года назад +1

    Love your channel and research Mark.

  • @EmperorEric
    @EmperorEric 3 года назад +12

    These News correspondents made more of a push to Berlin than Steiner did.....

  • @dansmachine9360
    @dansmachine9360 3 года назад +30

    Running into the scariest, most dangerous place on Earth with only a camera.....balls

  • @The105ODST
    @The105ODST 3 года назад +7

    Looks like I am going watching this while I work out.

  • @RasPutintheGreat
    @RasPutintheGreat 3 года назад +1

    This channel's content is something we can't buy easily....

  • @benisaten
    @benisaten 3 года назад +2

    Great video. Respect from Niagara 🇨🇦

  • @tonycollingridge4347
    @tonycollingridge4347 3 года назад +9

    How interesting, and terrifying, it must have been to be in Berlin in those final days. Fascinating story once again Mr Felton!

    • @tonycollingridge4347
      @tonycollingridge4347 3 года назад

      Apologies, I should have said "Dr" Felton!

    • @dx1450
      @dx1450 2 года назад

      Imagine how terrifying it must have been to have been a German soldier or volksstrum member being surrounded by battle-hardened Russian troops. I bet a lot of them were privately cursing Hitler.

  • @rawmilkdrinker
    @rawmilkdrinker 3 года назад +11

    you deserve a show

  • @jstpsgthru
    @jstpsgthru 3 года назад +5

    Thank you. I was stationed in Berlin (1970.) I'm always interested in Berlin; this was a new story for me. I also enjoy your other productions.

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 3 года назад +1

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @darrenfranklin7585
    @darrenfranklin7585 3 года назад

    Again, Thanks Mark

  • @FormerGovernmentHuman
    @FormerGovernmentHuman 3 года назад +8

    Thank you Mark, you help me indulge in my love of history regularly. Despite a BA in History min. Mil history, you constantly provide new insight into a conflict i’ve been trying to fully grasp since I was old enough to understand what my great grandfather was apart of. I am fulfilled by your work and I hope you are as well.

  • @johnpaulroberti.bondoc7218
    @johnpaulroberti.bondoc7218 3 года назад +12

    Im being interested in WWII History because of this Channel,
    Keep it up.
    - From Philippines 🇵🇭

    • @darrellsmith4204
      @darrellsmith4204 3 года назад +2

      The Philippine people have enough WW2 stories for their own channel. A very brave and tough people..

    • @blackpowderuser373
      @blackpowderuser373 3 года назад +2

      I look forward to more Mark Felton stories based in the Philippines too.

    • @kayvan671
      @kayvan671 3 года назад

      @@darrellsmith4204
      We Germans too Hahaha

    • @darrellsmith4204
      @darrellsmith4204 3 года назад

      @@kayvan671 That's a fact. lol

  • @deepsouthinception
    @deepsouthinception 3 года назад +4

    In a world full of horrid "professional" journalism and cheap sensationalism, I absolutely love your docs, thank you thank you thank you!

  • @debbieverret4033
    @debbieverret4033 3 года назад +2

    History like you won't get it anywhere else! You're amazing Mark Felton.

  • @ahmedothman798
    @ahmedothman798 3 года назад +1

    His voice is so calm sometimes I watch it just so I can sleep 😅♥️